Montrose pemacrat.
TEE LARGEST CIRCULATIOR IN NORTHERN PERN'A.
E. B. CHASE ik J. B. McCOLLUM, &now
ALV DA*, Priblisher.
3lositrose, Thirrsday, Aug. - 2,
lar Next week we shall publish the list
of Committees and address of the Democrat
ic) County .Committee adopted at its recent
meeting,and held over for revision.
Removed.
Gov. Reeder has been removed by the .
President. Hon. 3. L. Dawson of Pa; appoint
ed.to take his place. Mr. Dawson is a man of
ability, and, uite famous as the father and
advocate of the Homestead bill.. Ile voted
to repeal the Wissouri Compromise and his
oonstitutents repudiated him.
Kansas.
The Kansas Legislature, met at Pawnee, on
thii24l inst. That illustrious body,after being
in session two or three days at theahove - place
adjourned to meet at Johnson's Mission, near
the Missouri line. A correspondent of the
Eas
ton Argus, in a letter dated JulyAth says:
"The Legislature of Kansas adjourned on the
eth to meet at Shawnee Mission on the 16th.
When their Coinmittee waited upon Gov.
READER, to inform him of their determina
tion to go, he informed them in very distinct
. terms that he would not recognize any fur
ther action of theirs, but would consider them
dissolved by that act. A few of the members,
,more intelligent than the rest, began before
„they, left here, to appreciate their position.—
. The first Legislature of Kansas is undoubted. ,
ly dissolved and no longer competent to do
iness.
4(l.;i.'s Lay's Book,—for August is neat
ly printed and embellished with t fine plates
consisting of the latest fashions 4k.c. ke. It is
ali , ays cieleOme visitor. Published _ lac
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale and A. L. Godey,
delpli9ii,=7-terms, $3,00 per annum.
The Wayne County Herald informs
us that the Bradford Reporter and Tioga Ag
itator have been saying some mean' things
abont.us. This is new to us though we pre
sume it is correct. We have not opened a
copy of either of those papers in three months
to our recollection, consequently those editors
havihaptheir labor without pay. We care
as little 'what the profligate prostitute of Wil
mot says about us since he, at the bidding of
his master, joined the Know' Nothings, as we
do about the insane ravings of the spirit-yip
ping Editor of the Agitator. We despise the
one and pity the other. ' '
- la , - The Escaped Nun, is the title of a
book just published by DeWitt and • Daven,
port, N. Y. Thename of the, writer is not
given and the truthfulness of the story is open
to doubt. 'ln our Opinion a work that .. purports
to picture faithfully the mysteries and iniqui
ties, of Convent life - ought to come ,to the
.pub- .
lie well authenticated. We are not partial to
books of this character; designed as they
Are to excite a feeling of . hostility against a
religious - sect. The*style in which the work
is written is attractive and thrilling. It It
neatly bound in
, cloth and its typographical
apPearance, reflects credit upon the publish
ers., .For sale at the. Post o%ce.-
Charles F. Read and °nisei res.
After the above named gentleman made
up his Mind to assume the senior editorial
ship of the &publican., on two occasions he
spoke to the senior of the Democrat en the
subject of newspaper courtesy, and desired
that a better state of things should prevail
hetireen the papers of this county, assuring
1114 in the most positive manner,-that he had
a control ,over the Republican that would
enable him , to put ,a stop to the bitter sand
disgusting personalities with which its col
trans bad beenioaded the pait three years.
We assured hiln of oar &sire to bring about
such a state of things, and expressed a hope
that while he shout 3 occupy that place the
truce would not be broken. We have tried
to fulfil our part to the letter, never haring,
as eur readers will recollect, spoken of . Mr.
Read but.in terms of eulogy, as a gentleman
and a citizen.
' We do not pen this article for the purpose
• of opening a quarrel with Mr. Reed, but rath
er with the hope of avoiding it by awakening
kis
,Sttention to a subject which we are sure
be will appreciate. If he has read the paper
to which his name is attached as Editor for
the last three months, he - must be aware that
it has given us cause of offence strong enough
to have justified us in resorting to very se
vere treatment of its Editors. Ile must be
aware that he has permitted it to atttaek,
With falsehood and coarse demation, not
only our political integrity and character .for
manhood and truth; but also to assail our
private character with such chpie,e epithets
as !" blackleg," i‘ traitor," "gambler," " liar,"
tke. &c. Week after week, while we hare
. been busily engaged endeavoring to make
comfortable a home for ours, scarcely enter
ing purplliee for three months, an 4, writing
scarcely a column for our paper dating that
whole time r —we say week 'after week has
the columns of his 'paper teemed with these
choice libels. •
Now we are disposed simply to give Mr
Read to understand that these things must
stop, or be must prepare himself to stand by
the infamona attack - 3, *ltch go out -to the
public with the saietic•n his name. He is
a Man of reqxmslilitv, and his name wai l
-
pie 3 the resposibl4 - position at the head of that
paper. - If it was put there to give character
to 'p paper which had none before, while
he ;really has nothing to do with ib,so much
the, - worse for him, fur lie thus places himself
voluntarily in the way, of 'lending his charae
ter to the defaming and injuring of those who
Lain never *famed or injured him. Let it
be as .it may,:be is the oily responsible man
connected with the _Paper. and be must either
withdraw from it, alter its tone and die, tem
per of its articles, or, hold himself responsible
for thew: Which he does is a matter of lit
-di: ;intone:at to us, save we should dislike - to
feel 4:ildiied to expose to the piddle the utter
disrvuxl oljkth, manhOod and hOnor which
characteridlirthe tone of that paper, and
to which his name and sanction are attached.
If things thus continue-*if Mr. Read perSista
in lending thesanction ipf his , name to the
falsehood» and slanders M half a dozen Ina-
lignant scribblers to that,pape4 we must
treat their falsehoods as.bis falsehoods, 66r
slanders as . his sianderkaird ther libels as
11
his libels, for his name stands i silent ;and
yet speaking approbatioU 4 them. It may
be that the history ofl hi 4; poliucar career
would not look mom inviting in print than
some others. - It may be ; that some of his
private transactions in life ivould ;not bleach
a newipaper page more thite than some
others. : It may be that- hisi Character would
not brighten under the focal rays of the sun
of the past.. At all eients, he may find that .
be cannot lend himself to !give weight and.
character to theimalipe of Our enemies and
rid himself of the responsibility:
Perieskal.
Since Mr. Read has seen proper to permit
the paper of whicl he pretends to be Senior
Editor to pour out column after column of
misrepresentations, and deliberate, inexcusa
ble falsehoods in reference to the course of
the Senior Eakin of the Democrat in the re
cent Convention at Harrisburg, we deem it
proper to give the public a condensed and
truthful statement of the occurrences there,
and the part we took .in them. We shall
state the proceedings-1w the. COmmittee on
.Resolutions, which of course do not l. appear
with the proceedings of, the Convent i lon, and
shall also state our action in the Convention,
for tlatruthApf . which our readers may turn
to treProcengs as published in Mr. Read's
paper. We shall -do this and then leave Mr.
Read 'in the haqds of a people who respect
truth and'hate fitlsehood.
On the Qrgarization of the Committee on
"I4solutions, Mr.! Wright, its, Chairman, laid
bafori the Com4ittee a series of Reselutions,
endorsing the -I , Tational Administration, the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise, tkc. &c.
They received 'bk. two votes out of thirty
three. Aulrics
„then pffered si series, gen
eral in' their reference to the Slavery question,
to which Mr. Chase offered the following as
an 'amendment.. -• •
Resolved, That the National 6:institution
wisely commits the institution of islavery to
the control of the States where it as exis
tence, and we will r es ist all .attenipts by the
non-slaveholding States to iaterfeie with the
rights guaranteed to the institution, so also
we will resist any attempt to use the poweri
of the General Government to• perpetuate or
extend the institution. ,
Resolved, That the taking possession of the
polls at the election for the organization of
the Territory of Kattias by a large body. of
men 'from !tifisSeuri, for the purpose of over
awing the bona fide residents of the Territory,
was a gross infraction of the laws, and an
outrage that calls for the severest reprobation
of the American people,: and we therefore
most heartily endorse the Apurse pursued by
the lion. A. IL Reeder, in his patriotic efforts
to enforce the law, .and protect .the - fights of
the people of Kansas from violence and usur
pation, .
Col. S.W. I3lack Pittsburg then offered
sr an':tmetilltucint to the amendment a series
"which were mliipteti, by a small majority,
anditlin the attor4, a well as those offered
by Mr. Au 444; fell without a direct vote.
Mr. Wright then refused to report the mUjori•
ty resolutions t i c,) the [Convention, and, Col
Black was direiited to doso by the Commit
. IVlwn the COUvention met in the evening
Col B. made his repOrt, and COI. Wright re
ported his as 'the minority report, making - a
long .speech in their favor, to which Col.
Black replied With great eloquence and pow
er. It was :then tuirreil by Mr. Hatter, to
adopt - the majority report, which motion Col.
Wright moved to amend by substituting the
minority report, cri 'his resolutions, which
was voted down. Considerable confusion
and offering of amendments here ensued;
when, for the purpose of stopping amendments,
and debate, end also ' bring the. Convention
to a test cote once, r. Chase succeeded is
obtaining the floor a d called ,the infviona
l a
question, also Offeringi the same reiolutions
quoted above. ;The icall for thO previous.
question being isustai'md by eel requisite
number (twelve)ithe main question, was or.
dered, of courservithout the yells ;and nays
because a division of the house bed previously
been called. The " Convention had also pre
viously adopted ;the rules of the Horse of
Representativeit'its its guide. The majority'
report was deOlered, adopted, endthen came
1 the vote on the resolutions lof M. Chase,
which were laidl i On the table. I
The above is 4 brief and truthful statement
I of our action ilithe Democratic Convention,
—a statement which all the' published . .
It
feedings that wf haye seen fully corro .. rate
in all essential parts; and by which/we are
willing to be jUdg4l before the/intelligent
people of Susqnehatana connty y and tipild or
fall by their verdict. We pume the, pub
lic will wonder how , r 7 many columns 'of
misrepresentation and/falsehood could be in
vented as has bee3Vpublishod in Mr. Read's
paper the par ,three weeks, when the facts
show a counte/ [[do consistent, straightforward
and easy of apprehension. Well, wed have
' been as..l2ishect y ourselves, and had Mr.! Read
/
one;tenth the tianhood for whifh we have
giYen him credit, * would, after reading the
proceedings of I the Convention, have either
never published j what he has, or if insisted
upon by his partneT, he *mild have reflised to
endorse it in the tame hssue, that on him 'at
least should not ;eSt - the guilt of deliberate
public falsehood. il Perhaps he will do So yet,
and perhaps, he :frill not; at all events, we
brand the stittmints of his paper as wilfully)
malicionsly,land !eatirely. -false, , slanderous,
and villainous;
lof aid-,appeal-to . the published
proceedings thl Contention tp sustain us.
If Mr. Read' will : i therefore make good ' the
statements whiih have gone out to the world
with the sanctioijof his mune, from there - cords of the Conslintion; then we will'admit
ourselves a "bliutkleg," as his paper politely
terms us, and if he cannot;- if be is the man
he professes, , he Will " correct tha. falsehoods
through thi same medium by :high they
have been disseMinated, and the very next
time ha bends the knee at tbe altar lof his God,
whether in priiste or public,i ho will ask of
fendea Truth for forgiveness With true repent
ance. We hope such will be . 11iS -course. ill
- sir A son of Billings Stroud, residing
about three miles south of Montrose was poi
sonod last Monday by eating cobalt which
had been prepared for poisoning flies about
tho house. He lived but a few hours.
Governor Reader.
This evening (Monday) we learn that the
President has gelded to the clamors of the
Missouri mob. and removed Gov. Reader front
the ofoe of Governor of Kansas. •
The pretext for this proceeding is that Gov.
Reader baii , disgraced his position by 'nee-
JXIOIIII transactions in Indian lands. •We be
lieve it the merest pretext, for from some
what of an intimate personal acquaintance,as
well as the reputation which Gov. Reader
has acquirid in Pennsylvania by a life-time
of ardent devotion to an honorable profes
*ion, as well u an every day illustration, in
his life and couduct, of those high and man
ly virtues which adorn all that is noble ntVd
!good and great in man, we are slow to be
lieve that he should suddenly sink to tile
depths of dishonor, and that too while feel
ing himself clothed with a responsibility
drawing upon him the eyes o bole na
tion. Such is not Andrew :0 r , such
;not a part of his , diameter, a merican
!people will yet vindicate him from the stain
;which is sought to bb placed upon him.
I We have no heart to write in anger. e
write in sorrow, feeling a gloom settled and
dark resting upon our mind and shading all
l our apprehensions of the future. To what in
finite depths of dishonor and difficulty may
not a weak and vascillating Executive con
sign the country,—blasting with the breath
of peril and discord the hopes, peace, happi
ness, prosperity and lasting good of a great
and generieus people. To what, in heaven's
,name, is the country coming? What will
be the end of a systematic procedure of ag
gravation and Violence What the result of
totally disregarding the generous impulses
of millions of freemen,—a disregard that
seems to seek opportunities to heap insult and
insolence upon them ! Will it strengthen
their affection for the bonds which bind them
to the Union of their country,—or will it not
rathei drive them to feel that those bonds fi
nally are but hateful and corroding chains,—
which bind them involuntarily to a govern
ment in which their voice is powerless,—a
government whose favors are curses,and whose
hand is extended only in violence and usurp
ation f Smelting under renewed aggrava
tion,—writhing under,,,a continued series of
insolence, to what point may not such a peo
ple finally be goaded? The last feather will
surely break the back of the camel, and woe
to him on whom the load , shall fall.
Governor Roller , will return to his home
in Pennsylvania, the comforts and luxuries of
which he left with reluctance, perhaps with a
hea‘y heart, for he must feel keenly the dis
grace which is sought to be loaded upon
character. Bet he will be sustained by the
reflection that he has tried to discharge like
a man, the duties and obligations which de
solved upon him,—that he has tried to yin
dicate'the ;honor fif the goiernment, the laws
of Justice nd order,—tlie rights of Ameri
can citizenship from riolcince.- His conscience
before his country and his God will approve
him,—thei sympathies and Judgment of a ,
Commonwlealth will approve, and vindicate
Aim too ! I" President Pierce will yet find that
the sure pathway to , the hearte of the people,
whose confidence in him has been their great
t'git sin, lixds not through the infatuated
ranks of :kilned inoba, and is secured not by
the Souris(' of the rod of iron. Justice may
yet Weep her sightless eyes to light, and vin
dicate the konoz of our confederacy, not less
thanlindividual reputation which has fallen
in its defence. Ali honor to';Andrew
Reeder, the patriot who loves Ms country and
her fame,—the itatesznan Who has been sac
rificed in the defence of Justice and Law,—
whose courage could not be swerved by
volvt and bowie-knife, and whose many'
is prbof against the blandishments u
violence of usurpation and outra
cupies to-days position ten-fol
the country than his ace
will be spoken wiWveneA
theirs will be wbi
Have w
Have we a4l,
Vice President
Aron among us," but a 1511011,
'as the - anxious inquiry of press
r. That question has been settled,
re Rev. Elespr has little pros
efbeing called to the throne of France.
The Harrisbnrk Keystone has hoisted the
name of George Dallas for President in
56. The zeal of our estimable cotemporary
in advocating theisymb of Mr. Dallas upon
the country, has S#,ested to us ' an object ;
and inasmuch asa peep behind the curtain
of political mapaiment is sometimes interest
ing, we feel just playful enough to take the
peep ourselves, and also give others a " sixpen
ny sight."
The Keystone is devoted mainly to the in ;
West of our ami.lble Senator Brodhead; now
why this early *me for Mr. Dallas ? Does
the Keystone suppose Mr D. will or can be
nominated? Noit at all. Friend Barrett is
too sagacious for that,though the whole nation
will accord to Mr. Dallas those splendid abil
ties, rare attairimenta, and manly virtues,
which shed a lusirous radiance around graikt
nese in retirement.
time sin
and pu
and
-Would not Mr. Brodhead like to be elect
ed by the American people to preside °vet
the'Senate of which he is a member I We
think he would,—who thinks he would not
Now suppose he could • succeed in ; carrying
Pennsylvania for Mi. Dallas ; —Pen nsy I vania
will probably, turn the presidential contest in
'56, hence her voice must be heeded in some
respect. Something must be done to secure
the vote of Pennsylvania, will say the Conl
vention, but, we cannot nomin;te Mr. Dallas.
CertainlY not wilt respond the . Delegates for
Mr. Dallis, but you can give as Mr.? Brod
head_foriVice.-Presideng Swig the natu
ral fathei of the late Bounty. land Bili r zlia
senatorial face iaprinted as natual as life on
all the land warrants now being issued, and
he will be wondrous popular for a run in
the whole Unionl I Done says the Conven
tion; Mr. Brodhead is at mice in the line of
safe precedents for the White House, and the
Keystone,—who knows, when all this shall
be brought abo4 by its sagacity in executing
the far-seciing plans of Senator trodhead,—
who knows but•tho keystone will be transfer
ed to Washingte i n,—the organ of a new and
briliant administration. What say the press
of Pennsylrania
ell 'as
7r He oc
ligher before
and his name
lion and loce when
only with Contempt.
I 1
• From the Toronto Colonist.
110Wrnetton of Myers
Wrens Tent in Canada by a Mob. •
. . .
One of the most disgraceful riots 'that ever
occuredin this city:took place on'Fridav /nit,
the circumstances-of which we have "taken
trouble to ascertain accurately, and they are .
as' follows :—Howe's menagerie and Myers
and Madigan's equatrian •troupe jointly ex
hibited and performed in the city, on-the va
cant space near the jail,. on, the evening of
Thursday and' Friday. . .
o.n - Th,ursday night a row occared in a
house of ill-fame a little west, of the old hos
pital on King street, in which two or three of
the Circus .people: ; .wero concerned. - Two
young me med. , Fawcet and Fraser, who,
it is said, corn= g tO.the hook and ladder . .
panv in s vitvere seriously . injured, one
of them getting his jaw broken In two places
from the blow of a decanter. The parties
who inflicted thte injuries were those con
cerned with the cirrus; and, . consequently,
the friends of the sufferers
. vowed vengeance
on the whole establishment. From the in
quiries we have made, we have ascertained
that the friends of Fawcet and Fraser were
busy during the whole of Friday preparing
for an attack on the Circus people and police,
and allow the mob to do just as it pleased.
.Symptorns. l ,of the riot were quite perceptible
during tl4 hours of performance, but no reg.;
tiler attack was made upon the premisei
.un
til the audience had departed. It was. then
I that some one commenced to cut the canvass
with a knife, and a' most violent demonstra
tion was made by yells and shouts. The em
ployees of.the circus fumed thetriselves with
such weapons as they could lay hands upon,
sallied out in a body and -made a clearance,
and again returned under the canvass: The
pollee here, it seems made a feeble !attempt
to arrest seine persons, but were, prevented
by the , mob. Abetit this time we, believe it
was, that Joseph Bird, a member Of the hook
and ladder company received a blim from an
iron bar from one of the circus me`n, and had
to be taken home. A pistol shot,i we under
stand, was aUo - fired by one of the party as , .
sailed. , The next step of- the Mob was to
make an attack on one of the wagons, which
they pulled over and tumbled over the em
bankment into the bay. They then attacked
the ticket wagon,, which was smashed into
pieces with . their axes and set on fire.
The Mayor had previously been sent for by
Mr. Yale; one of the managers of the company,
and he soon nrrhed on the spot and-endeav
ored to quell AIM disturbanee. He advised
the circus men - ,to lay down their weapons,
and consider themselms'as prisoners, and he
. would do•everythit:g in hispower to protect
them ; to - which reque4 they immediately.
yielded, sittivg down to g ether-in the tent.
He then exfts...lnlated with the mob outside,
and entreated. them to desist ; but his efforts
although successful in one quarter, were -de:-
feated in Another. He managed, however, to
rescue two .men belonging to the company,
who were set up by the crowd, some of
whoin shouted out "kill them—knock
. them
down," .lc, and wlont he sent off in a cab
to the police station. The work of
.destruc
tion still went on. • • • .
When the ticket wagon was set on fire,
sumo of the - .mob proceeded to St. Lawrence.
Hall and caused' the fire alarm to be rung i
which proceeding, most likely preconcerted
had the effect of bringing the hook and lad.
__".... ...snip _ ly :.
dressed the excited po ulace from the roof of
one of the wagons, poi ting out to them the
shameful character of heir proceedings, and
after some time they began to disperse. My
ers one of the proprietors, who was of the
party implicated in the assault on Thursday
evening, Fawcet and Fraser, is now in custody,
having been arrested ht Brewton; on Satur
day.
Shocking Scene ha Wisconsin—=ft
Man Lynched. . I
The case of David F. Mayberry, who was
tried mid convicted in Jefferson county, Wis.,
for the murder of Andrew Alger, has already
been briefly noticed in our columns. The
excitement during the trial was'intense, and
theqeeling against the prisoner was ,strong.
As soon 'as the verdict was 'rendered, a mob
of nearly a thousand persons made,a rush for
the prisoner, Who was, however, hurried to
jail., The excitement eon ti u ued and increased
after sentence
,Was pronounced. The fol
lowing partiChlars of the subsequent scenes
are from thei Janesville (Wisconsin) Stand
ard, and we;need scarcely %ay that thefte
fleet upon these who partitipated in them,
anything brit'credit
Judge Doolittle (mite to tlie
-portico and
made a very impressive address to the popu
lace remonstrating apinst the spirit which
seemed to actuate them, and in favor of the
supremacy of the law's. He was, • listened to
respectfully; and at this juncture a more quie
spirit seemed. to prevaiL This was about
I t o'clock, A. M. About 1 o'clock, the
crowd thinned out, sad the officers deemed it
a fitting tiine to proceed with the prisoner to
the jail.
:We tl were startled by the cryof "Hang
him hang him !" when, on stepping •to the
window, we saw the officers and prisoner
coming towards the . jail, surrounded by the
infuriated mob.. A rush' was made for the
jail, the door of which was barricaded at once
by the Crowd, and the approach of the offi
cers cut off. The officers—though' resisting
the populace. with all the energy ' they pos
.seimd, and protecting the prisoner. to the
utmost of their power—were borne down
and overpowered..
The prisoner was then almost alone; but
he defended himself with superhuman strength:
Ile fonght with the utmost dopenttion, and
possessing a most athletic physical frame, for
some ten yards the crowd fell like chaff
before him. • A - blow, bowel;er, with a blud
geon from behind, felled him to the ground,
and he was powerless. A rope was then pas
',sod round his neck, seized by the crowd, and
a rush made down Court street. The pris
oner, though draging in the dust,.caught
the rope with his hands ; and thus prevent
ed strangulation it once. • Arrived in front
of our office; a desperate effort .was again
made by the officers and citizens to res
cue` him. The rope , was cut three times by
Mr. Orrin Gurnsey, who exhibited the most
determined bravery in his behalf, but
.. as of
ten was he thrust aside; and the rope re
adjdsted.
At this time, a scene almost indescribable
was exhibited; a crowd of between three and
four thousand persons was swayed to and frd.
In the centre was the doomed prisoner lying
upon the ground, above him stood friends,
begging and struggling for • his life, while a
far greater number were intent upon his
death'. This state of things lasted about ten
minutes, and as we looked from our window,
the.hope predominated that the friends oflaw.
and order might prevail. But it was a vain
hope.
The fearful cry of "Hang him!" rose load;
er than before, and a_ rush with the prisoner
was.: made to a cluster of trees on the public
square, the , rope re=adjusted upon his neck,
the other end thrown over the limb of a-tree,
and, fur the first time in dtir life, the Vorrible
spectacle of a human being hanging by the
neck until be was dead, met our view.
The circumstances which attended the
murder of Alger were of the most aggravated
kind. It was a cold-blooded and atrocious
deed. It was unattended by a single mitti
gatory circumstance. .•
The -murdered man was a mftsman: He
was well known to all who followed this
occupation on Kock ? river. Ere had been
known to them for years, and 'was admired
and respected by them all. His residence
was near Jefferson, in Jefferson county', in
this State. His friends were aware of the
enormity of the murder, and as they supp6s
ed .the inadequacy of the punishment which
:our law provides for so foul a crime, they as
sembled in mass here to await the issue of the
• trial. Diiring its progress, no more than
common excitement was perceptible; but last
evening, after the verdie,t of the jury was
known, the deep-seated and determined feel
ing to visit punishment upon the head of the
prisoner exhibited itself, and to-day an organ
ized band of not less than three buleired per
sons:were pr e sent, who would not be satisfied,
save with the life-blood of the murderer.
Coroner's Verdict in the Neal Dow
Cure.
We are indebted-to Winslow 47..C0.'s Ex- .
press for a copy of the Portland Advertiser
of thiS morning, containing the venliet of the
Coroner's Jury whiCh has for some time been
investigating the causes which led to the
death of John Robbins, who perished at the
cityliquor Agency in Portland, on the sec
ond
of Jane. It will be seen that the Jury
find that the whole• blame of the homicide
rests upon the Mayor of the city, Neal Dow.
After an extended review of th testimony
elicited before the Coroner's Jury, and a care
ful examination of the statutes bearing upoij
the ease, the . Jury in conclusion say.;
Anil now, after a full:consideration of all
the'evidence in the case, the Jury find that
- the said John. Robbins carne to - his death. by
and through the agency of said Neal Dow,
Mayor of the city ofPortland, in the maimer
and by the means • aforesaid; and in conse
quence of the. rash and illegal order to fire
given as aforesaid, by the Said Neal Dow in
the said city store, to the said company, call
ed the Rifle Guards ; and, that the said hon-.
icido of the said John Robbins, by the said
Neal Dow, in the manner and by .the means
aforesaid, was and is witbopt legal justiA
tion or excuse. ' •
But whether such homicide,cormui ed un
der the circumstances aforesaid, nstitutes
the crime of 'murder, or Mansla ghter only,
the jury are. not able to deci , , and therefore
leave t question to be - / d ermined by -the
appr..riate tribunal of t
„,)
State. Such be
in, r he conclusion t which the jury are
roughs by the evidence, they further find in
the language of the statute, that the said
John Robbins " died of felony," and not "by
mischance or accident ;" and with a view that
justice may be done iu the p'remises 4 they ree.
ommend that the witnesses, whose testimony
appears to be material, be required to enter
into recognizance. aecordin,g to law, for their
personal appearance at the term of the Su-.
preme Judicial Court for the transaction of
criminal business next to be holden at Port
land, within and for the . county of Cumber
land, on the last Tuesday of July current, so
that all the facts respecting the death of the
said John Bobbins, and the criminal conduct
of the said Neal Dow may be in the usual
manner laid before the Grand Jury then and
there to appear, agreablyto the statute in
such case made. and .provided.
In testimony.whereof the said Coroner' and
the Jurors of the inquest have hereinto
,set
their hands and seals this ninth day of July`
in the year of our lord 1855.
JEREMIAH Dow, . .
.
MAMA:: Ntrrsn,
&SPURN EMERSON,
Jous C. PLUMMER,
At3A BAIL;
• .I.OD.Si READ,
WENDEL P. Smrrn, miner,
From this it appears probable that laws
will not vindicate, and the arch-Marauder
Neal Dow, Will suffer the extreme penalty oi
his ligh-handed and odtrageousproceclings.
The Portland _ Jury deserves all credit for
their patient and scrutinising investigation
into this extraorainary case; and although .
their verdict, was to have been anticipated by
those who looks fair and reasonable view of
the whole hellions • tranaaction, yet the ex
amination has elicited dan amount of facts
which must go far to convince every unpreju
diced mind of the nghteousness of their dm:is
ion.
The Portland advertise...has not a word of
comment upon the verdict. It -seemslo have
been. struck duinVvas if with a. thunderclap.-
Fromi the Evening Mirror.
Delaware, Lackawanna, and Wes;
tern Railroad Company.
Ma. ED rroa-An com s mon, no . doub,t, with
many of your readers, I have felt no small de
gree of interest in the progress of the Dela
ware, Lackawanna and restern Railroad.—
I have lately spent some time in examining
the portion of the road,llying in the vicinity
of stroudsburg, in order to observe not only
its state of forwardness, but the difficulties al
ready encountered, or to be encountered, by
those constructing it. f am one of those who
regard the contractor; who prosecutes
work skillfully and well', as worthy at least of .
" honorable mention," although the prodnct
of his labor cannot be convoyed to "palaces
of industy for exhibition. I have been much
pleaSed with the evidences which my.observa
tion has afforded of thefact, that the Comm:
ny have been fortunate in securing,- in this
quarter at least; the services of the right kind
of mon ; those who understand their business
fully, and who can carry on the work . with
economy and promptitude.
Sections 42 find 48 inclusive .are beipg
worked by Messrs. Mott 4E- Elammersly, and
are nearly completed. They have had diffi
culties of no trifling character to overcome,
there being a good deal of traN rock, inter
spersed in their route. Besi des, the earth
for the enhankment, hils been brought in
many cases for's long distance. Their task
hart been by no means an easy one, and I
, •
tralia, California, ThE DiCiTraOSE Eii\lol2 AT
rf
trust, that tint on lhe (=vibe c 4id p. est nt greater t .
be such, as i Pinot ). - 1 , ills •• /ran PuritasuED EVLRY lriril!:DAY son stati tly
for the lab LER 4 , STOD D A RD' S i Glicitrui 4 t, i sx..
1
.
•
TEIRMS..•SI :50, cre,ll in adc ant e, $2 00,it
not paid v, RAI in six irionill s; i net $2,50, at the end
eminently r ND slier. STORE.
reputatio lis now tilled with 4 uew ni llnet ts xten
°raw d ea , asb: r t r :i t e i v ' t a i of r tv a r o t; e ll ! c p • 3 1t. a
i t ,
4 11 e „ i l r e t a i
a n e n ,
sulHcientg : tr s c . 1,1 („atiemen's wea r, mufti ' of the year. 'No papet discontinue a until arreara•
will, be eati`qthes 1 o neli, :i1k1.3. , ...ing and .Pre- ge3 are Paid, tXe (-p
iat the option Of th e Pub.
ployers and t.toi 4.1 t; , tln led Pol L a ., Ii;c1 Pat.' li-heis. All torniminkations connected with the
Next the secth tir.thizeii Jenny L.,iiis4 angilvat ' office., to insure ALI( ntion, must be directed (post
ing constructed by'"'s rceech nod Philadelphia I paid) to CuAst & DAY, Mont rose,Susqueltatina
This portion is also (1 kip Boo.l.Congresq and ' County, Pa.
ate , . of AdvertisPligs
pletion as rapidly as proms
the:laautti Cowie& Bro. R
.... Wl , lllogton Boots,
will permit, and will no doud,
as early as required, and as soon IA 'br.,l4,lliir. i One square (12 lines or less) 3 i nser tio n s, $ l , OO
wi t Boots and
inc -...p0 subs( qttcnt insertion, . . .,. . . 0,25
paris of the raid less difficult of construction. I
Ire ono of these sections (47) there is a very "'' " --se, thi
. se months. . ... ~. I .... 9an
Police Court, thiii - forenoon, his
with
still
heavy rock cut. The rock is composed of si- 'bleeding, and his shirt saturate& with blood, so d
lex, with a small portion of lime, which cora- '
was committed to jail, to await an pxamination
Lined, forms the most diffiicult material to en
on Wednesday next, the 25th inst.—/40ston &en
counter. There is also a great profusion of
0
water which interferes with the bla.sting, Mid ja g Td •
renders the work extremely laborious re
quiring no small dcgree of patience and skill
on the part of the contractor.
This work at Forge Cut (more familiarly
known among contractors at . Rock Difficult.)
was at first undertaken by Messrs. Noyes,
Phelps & Co. They went all over the work ]
in order to find a proper place for , a com
mencement, but discovered no spot which
promised to be sufficiently easy. They final
ly became discouraged; and were successful
in securing services of Mr. Levannay, who
vent no time in looking for easy spots, but
commenced his work hr right good earnest.
We are happy to learn, however the gentle
men referred to, are efficient contractors, and
have succeeded well in other portion's' less
difficult. Mr. Le% :ma ay is one who having
once put his hand to the plough, never turns
back until his task is finished. Ile is 1411
known for the energy and perseverance with
whihhe prosecutes a work once commenced.
\
No o staele in the line of his employment,
c \,l
which human ingenuity can overcome, is
sufficient to deter him. My personal acqua—
intance with him is but slight, yet the repu
tation which he has acquired during the
twenty years devoted to similar work s' will
amply sustain me in this opinion of his ster
ling qualities as-a contractor.
Besides the cut to which reference has been
made, there is, at the 'Enit end of section 48,
a great amount of very hard earth,'which, it
0
would appear, cannot be removed at a much
less expense than ordinary rock; I t observed,
in passing, a number of men engaged in drl
ling Ilk preparatory to blasting, and from all
appcarances,l should judge that more diffi
culty would be experienced- in drilling and
blasting .it than in many kinds of rock.-
- Taking both sections together the work is very
expensive and troublesome, and would be like
ly to involve Mr. L. in considerable loss were
it not that the road is in charge of those who
are both able and willing to pay the cost f
construction, and who will not see aco mo
tor, who possesses• all the qualities visite
for the prompt and satisfactory e. cution of
his weds, suffer for the want reasonable
compensation.
Next are the sections of ,lessrs. Einigh A:
Benedict. Their work bordering on com
pletion ; it has been ushed with vigor, and
reflects much cre 't on the contractors. I
trust they will (else a fair reward for the
labor and tap' al which they have expended.
The same / nifty-be remarked of Messrs. Wright
tk Kinijey, vi ho have already completeit their
work-it being easy of construction.
. / The Delaware bridge is progressing slowly
,rn consequence of high water in the Delaware
' river; _ and the contraetor, Mr. Noyes, is una
ble to boat the store from the quarry in or
der to its completion.
The Delaware, Lackawana and Western
road, it %Yin be remembered, extends from
Great Bend on the New York and E i rie Rail
road to New Hampton on the New Jeisey
Central. It will be the nearest route from
New• York to Buffalo Erie, &e. It runs di
rectly through the Lelawanana coal region,
in which the Company are extensive owners.
Mining operations are carried on in con
nection with the ordinary business of the
road, from which 'the Company will no doubt
derive considerable profit. ,
Although the construction of the road is
attended with great expense in conseptence
of the roughness of the surface and hardness
of the soil, all who are acquainted with the
facts of the case, are confident thatithe road
will be extremely valueable ono Aug com
pleted, and amply repay: those who have in
vested in •it. So great has been the confi
dence of the public in the ultimate success of
this enterprise, that the Company during the
most stringent times have had no 'difficulty
in securing, on very favorabla temp, all the
loans which they needed. It is confidently
expected that the entire road will be opened :
for business by the first of next September.
B
NATIVE AMERICAN Rktactos.--" Brothers,
let us have Atnerican liberty anti - Atue,rican re
ligion."
[Speech . of Hon. X. Rayner, in knotc-rioth
ing convention.] - .
Taking the ttboveltir a text, the Louisville
Times says
"The Christian religion is' f foreign origin,
and if know-nothingism goei 'on to wax much
warmer in its zeal for things indigenouS to this
country, we rutty expect that . a.natiye Ameri
can religion .will be proposed before long.:-,—the
Mormon, perhaps, as this is purely.Amerir.an:
-Orator Rayner, we suppose, would have the
name American supemedu that of Christian as
a prefix to our religiOn. What a pity that
Christ was not. born to America instead of Beth
lehem of Judea! If he bad been, no doubt
Sam's people would bad thought:much better
of his religion than 'th ey do: Itwas-a great
oversight in Providence not to let . this coun
try be discovered Py Europeans, until the
times'of their Cativilic Majesties, Ferdinand and
Isabella; and a stilt greater one, that Christopher
Columbus, a Catholic, should hare been.allewe,d
the honor of first 'placing a foOt upon is a
wonder, tan, that the Know-Nothings aro SO well
Satisfied with such an . imporeatit
I- S.
L. B.
1.. IL
Awful Harder her
About 1 o'clock this morning, information . ,
was brought to the Eight Station House that e
middleaged Swedish iailor, named Peter Brown . :
living in Page's yard, (opening from North street,
near Commerical street,) hld just murdered Ma
ry Brown, his wife. Capt. Tarleton and - officer
"Gilley, at once proceeded to the spot and found
the report too true. It appeared that about Mi
dnight. the neighbors were aroused by the out
cries of the wife, who was on Irish woman`shoot
ing, "Oh, Brywn—don't don't rood upon aver
mining the cause of the alarm, learned that the
husband had coolly rourdered , his wife by stab
bing her, with a threesided file, the edgeleltniund
to make a knife sharpness, which . lie hid repeat
edly thrust in her breast. Deathis supposed to
have ensued immediately. -
Upon entering the house, the officers . ;found
Brown in bed by the ride of the dead body" of
his wife, apparently unconcerned at the awful
tragedy which be had been enacting.
which is about six inches long, with 'a , wooden
handle, stained with . blood, was found standing
with the point in tlie floor, near the bedside. UP
on the remark of the . officers that the womauwea
dead, Brown' responded--" Yes, 1 killed her p
and ivon the body being tweed over . the wound
baud.
. IR 1082 ; a gift near Paris- was attacker.
With frequent , vomitings, at: whiCh. times she
castli k up spiders,. caterpillars, snails and other
insects, and it was finally discovered,
froni:some extraordinary inCtination, she had'
been in a habit of swallowing those * insects,
and that they had remained in
. her_ stomach
until ejected, sometimes for, seven or eight
•
months. .
t A PIiETTY: IiONCEIT.-70tie of our COt:
respondents has a bright little girl, just lea rn
ing to talk,.who is destined to I.;e a poetess.
Some oilier pretty sayings. wo have already
chronicled,: Here is the last : A bob-o-link
came and sang on a tree near the 'window:
She was much delighted, and.asked : " What
makes 116 'sing so sweet, mother? Dolte eat
flowers r—P6rtland Transeiipt. : ' •
t An exchange piper asks very limo
eenly if it is any harm for ycin, ladies to?
sit in The lapse of 'ages Another replied
that it all depends on, the kincrof ages select
ed—Lb-age from:18 to 25 it puts down as ex
tra liazardbus.
riff,WheiNfachaOn,thecireekPhysicianXiis
Slain, Homer said. of him, "a good Physician
is worth as much .as a whole ariny:XThen a
good medicine like Ayer%taillaaptic Pills, is
worth a-'great deal more, beca).l4 it cures as
well, works wider, and lasts / longer,
cle of- the best Physib . lifs: label: -must be
narrow; while such- emedy is ai•ailable to
all—kan be had by very body, and is worth
haring,.
r OfitS ail& Quick Returav
Small
.I?.RING GOODS. /
NELSON 451c PJLJ1 fit',
-
4.......4au5qu et.
CORNER Store, Lafayette }Bock, Binghp• West's
N. Y., aro now_roceiving daily-their SPRII 6y,1
STOCK of all kinds of Dry. goods consistiog7 - --
part of - . . ' ,
Prints, Merrimack, Cosheco, Ballou's punnell's
and Sprapie's, from 6d to 35 a yard. : _
.S'hirtings, Bleached and 'Unbleached, all styles
and widths, from S ceas to 20 cents. t
Shnetings and Pillow Case Cotton, - all, *idths
and prices. .••
Ginghams, Lancasinr, Glasgow, French; &c.,
from 12 1-2 to 25• certs. .. - - .. • •
Denin's from 10 to-12 1-2 dents. - ••. .
Ticks from 9to 20 cents: • . ,
Apron. Checks,"lo.to 20 cents. -
Silks, Fancy and
. Plain, &fine . assciOtnent of
Spring Styles at all priCes from. 56 1-4 cents to
$2,50. • -
Mouslin de Lanes, Plain-and Figured all wool,
and Wool . and cotton, all prices from 10 to 75
cents a yard.
Linnens, the best Make, cheap Embroideries,
Laces, Damasks, Ccirtain Muslins, &c. &c.
Shawls. a splendid assortment of Sprint , Styles,
all prices, also . Mantillas, Dress Trimming, and
every other talkie id their line. Also, ."
Goads .for Men's and Boy's Wear, a fine as
sortment of Kentucky Jezins, Cassimeres, Cloths,
Doeskins, Satinetts, Suspenders, &c.,-&c.
Ta b le Linens, Napkins, &e., &e.
As, our goods have been bought at the
late large, sales at Auction,- in. New York, we
can. and will sell them at very low prices, and
We oily ask you to give us an
a call d judge for
yourgelves. • -
NELSON & PRIEST.
Bilghatriton, May 10, 1855,
Dr Good's and - Cartiets at Cost,.
ICKfilkli k BENNETT have on hand a
.
• i large and well selected stock of Foreign
and Domestic Dry Goods and Carpets, embra.
zingiilmost every article in thi) Dry Good's line
o'er !Drought into the inarket in view of the short
crop lor coon on bond, we have concluded to
offer hem for sixty doyi from this date vt-eost.
Theao persons to whom we have. formerly' sold
Goods will at' once see that this Is a rare oppor.
tuniy and one which should be'embraced im
mednately. T 6 those : ho have never favored us
with!a call we would say, try us once and ' you
will os convinced that this is the place to pur
chase Dry Goods and Carpets. -Our
_stock is al.
way replete with fashiouable- and seasonable'
Go and are determined tv keep as. good a vs.
riet4 3
; as can he found in this section of the eon
try, 'and sell .at prices which cannot, fail to
,
please. .
i.
;1 WICK.H.kIi 4k. BENNETT.
Bmghamton, Jan; 30, 1855.
. NEW GOODS CHEAP
Rt. the Head of NavigatiOn.
rPHE undersigned most iespectfnily announces
:I to the public that he N still selling Goods
at tho Oil stand,' raid that he has - an entire new
stock which will be sold cheap;
C. W. MOrt.
Montrose, May 3), 1855.
PA - TENT MEDICINE AGE
ABEL TURR.ELL,
Montrose, Pa.,
i f
DRUGGIST, AND AO , f
,
FOR AL9 TRE I'OPULA t
1
. ..
IPATEffir - UIDA , , I.l_
OF 'ME DAY. •:
consignrgents • Consicinity Received.
. .
Arthur's Patent Self... Stali n -00' 4 '
- Fur preserving Fresh Fruit, ronuiifies,47,tl
Hermetical Serilingi.,
THESE Cans which nro sealed by the,house
keepers without. the aid of a[ tinner, and
opened easily without injury to the Can, are rap
idly coming into general use. Full tiireetioas
for putting/up frtiit accampaning tho.canst. and
tho work is so easilyperfbrmed, that i by their
use, ovary family may have Fresh Fruit and To•
undoes on their tables all winter, at summer pri•
PRICES.—Pint Can's, $2,00 ;
Half-Gallon, $3,50; Three Qurts, $4,25 :
$5,00 per derzen. . The different gizibs nest, in
order - to secure eeonninv ie transpOrtation. ---
Country Storekeipers will find this new article
one . pf
_ready sale. Manufactured and, sold by
ARTHUR; 13URNHANI;k CO.
No. Go South TENTH St. PIIIVA.
July.lB, 1855,-30m3.
To the Honoiable the - Judges of the Court, of
Quartor,Semione of the' Peace in and for,tho
county of Susquehanna.
The Petition - of Fruderie,k Pickering, of the
Borough of Susquehanna Depot, in . Said Courtly,
respectfully sboweth Otluit bola provided with
suitablo.conveniences to keep a Grocery, In the
Boritugh Aforesaid, and that it is his intention.,
to UPPIS to th e• next Court of Quarter Sessions,
to be holden in and for said county, on the third
Monday of August next, for,a License to keep a \
Grocery to sect Strong Beer, also, other Malt Li
quors, according to the act of Aasembly in such
easei made aid. provided.
FREDERICK PIC,KERING. --
.); !aDepot, July 21, 1855.--30 w