The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, May 12, 1859, Image 2

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    THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT.
A. 3. GERRITSON, Editor.
!MONTROSE ; SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA.
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11.5 G.Per Annum iiiAdvai,
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1110Il9V.DSO.; L. W RIGh T, 11111d'a,
FOR. sritr-o - ott arsrnit.:
iOLTN ILOWE, Franklin
'JUSTICES' Dunning Letters. Warrants, ; linkman.
Summonses, Executions, Attulumen% Constables'-
Sales, Deeds, Notes, and other Blinkb always kept
era hand at this office. BLANKS Printed to order.
pgr We tem n.that R. Cushman is to open
.Whool the 18th 9t* This month, in the build
ing formerly-iiccupild F. Stoddard, in
Muntrose;; - . * Mr: Cvehmen Jias long been
issoeinted with - :Prof. S2tcddard ,as a pupil
•and teticheroihere be has received a thorough
rind systematic course of instrucrion ;•• and is
- veil prepared
_to - aid those who may :put
theritrelvek undv-r his tuition, in gathering
gems from the fowut eids of science. D. Y.
For the Dcmocreit.
AN /WEAL FROM THE LADIES OF HARFORO.
.....ifripEditor.-1 Appeal to you in behalf of
a numerous tlltd very respectable class of
citizens—the larliei of Hanford . 'lmagine
them Wore you in the attitude of suppli
cants. 'Does it not move your Manly hesit
to pity I Then listen to their complaint.
But rfirst s let tee premise that you have not
lived to become a man, an Editor, and a 1
husband, without learning the, painful truth 1
(painful to us,) that nine-tenths of the an
noyances we suffer may be traced directly
to the passireni,,prejudicer, and fcllies of men. I
In a thousand different ways are we the
recipients of the evil,' resulting 'from their
tnisguitit&zeal, their misconceived notions
of duty, their mistrelmn views of life, and
misconduct generally. I lay, this down as a
general principle, and if you adtsit its cor
-mattress, you cannot turn a deaf "ear to an
appeal based upon it, though it may be made
to apply to a particular case. sAssuming
that-you turn a "willing ear," I proceed with
the complaint. -
Now, Mr,- Editor, you knOriv AN about the
"ansargamation" excitement in die town, so
far as the leading facts are concerned. That
"John," after iundry attempts, succeeded in
merryitrg "Milly;" that Le was halforquarier
black, and that she—wasn't ; thit a few of
our citizens thought "John" had as' gold a
tight to trierrya white girl as any one else,
and that others disputed it ; that this latter
class,. the 'chivalrous and large-hearted"
majority held - 'an indignation meeting, and
that subsequently statements an I counter
statements have appeared in the Montrose
papers; that Democrats - and Republicans,
saints and sinners, and "the rest of the"
people; are wonderfully exercised beciuse
"John" and "Milly" are enjoying (poor eri
joyment),the sweets of married life; ail this
you knesek already; but you don't know-what
I, and almost every 'woman in this cow
inanity feel keenly, that , our neighborhood
pease is destroyed, that our husbands bare
1 each other by the ears,and after pulling them
1 all day,- come home 4 night to talk, of
`"John Gnsta," "Jobe Ginter until they fall
asleep.. No, Mr. Editor, you don't- know
1 this, but we do. TUexplain, let me tell you
that between Ilerford village and
_where I
live—a distance of three entree, the road pas
issing through the neighborhood of the Sophia
I
i family s and by the school house in which
i "Ellen" did not teach—tbein are from' fteen
i to twenty families, and fur years preceding
lJohn's "strange and unnatural marriage,"
their social relations bad been uninterrupted.
1 rte neighbors, they-bad been uniformly Intl,
obliging, and peaceable. Alas, how changed:
The community is now divided, and all be-
cause , "John" married "Milly l" One portion
defend "John" and justify his surreptitious
marriage, and the other denounce the whole
transaction. The first, to save- their pet from
i censure, seize upon the weak points' is the.
I characters of those who differ with
(them, willing to blast - the reputation
of white men, and destroy the peace of i
as entire community, rather than have the I
"darkey" stand in his true "color ;" while
the latter class, in expressing their. disappro
bation of the marriage and their detestation
of "Jan" and his abettors
_are equally un
reasonable, and seem determined to give the
affaira a darker shade than it is entitled to.
Members of the same church are arrayed
against each other, and refuse to unite in
common fellowship; members of the same
school district, heretofore' friends, aril's
each °thee with dishonesty and falsehood ;
and 'even members of the same family are up
on opposite sides; and all because "John"
married "Milly," and "John" was black and -
"Milly" wasn't. Tell d es, Mr. Editor, where
1 all this will end. It would take, columns to
give the details of oar neighborhood brawl,
but I imagine you see in the foregoing suf- 1
ficient ground for complaint, and I tbe:efore
proceed with the appeal.
Now, Mr. Editor, my appeal is to-ron, In
behalf -of the ladies of this neighborhood I
I pray you to suppress all future statements
1 caleulated to arouse , the "angry passions" oft
r our huabauda, sons and brothers. The 'papers
are anxiously looked for each week, and if
they contain anything relating to this affair, ,
a general excilement follows ' Business is I
neglected, and the uteri meet each other and 1
I talk for hoursslevising plins,uttering denuncis
I ationesand correcting slanders, If they will
I keep up the fight, don't add fuel to the
dame, I pray you.. We women are heartily I
tired otthe whole matter. We are no friends
of amalgamation; neither hare we- a single
'apology to offer for "John," or one word' to
utterio palliation of his disgraceful conduct.
•
OS THOMAS JEFXERSON- 1 IWe are wives s and mothers, and some of us I
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ar IVILILLEN preset. • ‘,l have daughters, whom- we would rather 3 ield
AND ritor estte or EVERT rainier !raiz,
to the cold embrace of the grave, than giro
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'Fhy coo f eed her council's shame ? " in marriage' to one whose taiuted'blood
Pore. st gl densirion of the brave: would entail lasting disgrace upon their off.
Wis. • ,in Tarletun fled to Carter's , care.; . Spring. We - look upon such a union as
fie-
Thou, Whit when menaced by perfidious Gal, loathsome in -the extreme, 'and in these
Mist prostraw to her v-hiskered rainiest% fall:; days where " honor " iis esteemed so highly
Ord when our rash her empty hags supplied , .; Sickles .
1 that , is , justified for shooting down the
Mist meanly strive the foul. disgrace to-hide;
- _ I destroyer of his domestic peace, we shall not
tioseeretels; reSign the Presidential chair.
Disclose thy secret measures, foul or fair.. ' priteod to say what steps the parents of the ,
iSis search with curious eye for horned frogs, unfortunate and misguided gul might not
Mid thesaild waste of Louisiana bogs; ' hare taken torelease their daughter from a ll'e-
Oi where the Ohio, rolls his turbid stream, long disgrace, rind their owe posterity from
Dig ton huge bones • thy glory and-thy themie; a curse that will never cease ~- but wo do say
r `e , b c. l4 Phlic""'hist, the Sat:y ' a charms , I that, inasmuch as "John" and'"Milly" are
And suds supinely-in her sable area,
But quit to abler heeds the helm of B , t 4 p, I permitted to live together, the - community
Nor image rein on tile country's fate. I should ant be znadesto suffer, and the peace
of . the 'whole neighborhood destroyed, by
Such lire the meu alto ate seeking to steali
over what
. all see ,.. m .. toag . re . e i . s ,
the livery of Democracy to serve abolition- Oaretling
cousiderieg past remedy ,. Mail old utensils
- isio Mid seetionelion - with. • Having always biroorise enemies, the unity of the church
rbsec-their et:nog to throw obloquy, upon bis broken, and all !social ties sundered, by a
character, sad publi-bed Lim rie "the scorn useless, dispute - about ' "negro equality I"
w .. c ypatriut nio
ut, t, ; le i. now in t h e b oo "John " and "Milly , give together undisturb
c ed, but husband and wife, brothers in the
of gaining some partisawor pe!seital
hie great church, old friends and ,neighbors,-are -cott
age, would lu , oku The prestige . of I"° V . "'" I steady quarreling over the question whether
name to aid in the consume:aten . of their i "John Guile" is black; and if black , whether i
ml i em it a i ms , m e p e opl e , w ill . c o t' be kn.; he had a , right to. entry "Mitly2 . What
ean possibly result from- a .decisive I
* d upon by thie.ruse—their etsamachs will) good
l_ a ' sc • • • - , - tit I mast dlorse my appeaf; and in doing. so
reject the nauseous dors) ofityisocrisy,tboug.ll let me pray you; to pour oil uponthetroubled
the', digtratic; substan ce kir diagOl;:sed by- waters -by refuaing s. to aid it' -the generai
, :h e .iiinoolll ,50 , ..al r.-outing Sof Aaveeting pre , 1 quarrel,noJ you will sacurd the gratitude Of,
I HE LADIES"' OF HA RFOII D. -
tsut'.-1.. P. limdo, Ecti , presented' thel
Nertherti Pennsylvanian with a Shad, recent:l - 1
ly, whereupon the-editor (or ' , somebody else)
licipekbe "ntatir live a thousand years" (what
nonsense!) that 'this shadow may never grow
kiss" (if it does it will disappear, for its very
small now;) tte., tke. We tateit forgranted
that the attor n ey has retired from an exteu
sive(l) practice; and opened a fisb market,
but the editor omits to state where the stall is
'nested. Anothershad would no etiittla 'induce
hint to giro further particulars.
rke Genesee Firmer.
The May number gals popular sagricul-
Intl] and Icricultursl journal is received.
It is .-unnecessarito commend the FARMER.
It has y(ti . published fi..r twenty-eight years
is the beau of tho Genesee country,"and
its Mends and readers are legion-
The publisher offers to take subscriptions
for the coming six. months (Julfto Decem
ber) for twenty-five centP. A. specimen of
the papa can be seen at this office, and we
shall he hiPppy to receive and forward sub
ecriptious. Specimen copies-are - r-rat free to
rdrapplicaa's. See advertisement is soother
soluidn. -
Prior. Wit trimr.—lhe Binghamton papers
speak of "Prof. Whitney" lecturing at that
N. place.reoently. Ia k Charles - ...Whitnei, the
• -
gent that inns off without payingliis . bills I
If so, we twit i.e ptlitters, landlords; and all
others upon whirm he calls, to give him whit
he orders, ir he advances the money, bat not
otherwise. Trust him for a thouaand.- then-
tars," a dinner, or drink of wbialey, and be will
run away s im lips is tLe Light, and cheat TOW
•
out 61k
. .
Vtiesi•Wl Charley would come rouud tlis
way agkiti—we would biro some negro to
(so/seals - 103in%. IT be don't pay Lis bills here
• well bttunt...bius "sill she deril guts- hia'dne."
,t4flitteE'lTOl news showthatAi - ar has
sin3ost begun-120,000 Aestrian troop.e.har
ing-ibassed into Satdinia.
Black Republican Hypocrisy. •
Since the advent °t i the selcstyled "Re-1
piblican7 partylir lialt r byen their boast that
they are real old 4.leffe:soilian Democ
raer,"a claim utterly . derold of truth, as is
irbistrated bY the following among other od.
eurrenced: On the recent recurrence of the
birthday of Jefferson, certain Black . Republi
'von convened .rt Boston for the professed
purpose. - of "doing honor" to his memory.
Anaoug othets :prekent • was Josiah Quincy,
who, when in Congress, asked that the author
of the ; Declaration of Indepeddence be itn
• peached. Bryant, poet,
abolitionist, ;and. teiitor of the N.-Y. Posi,
baring been insiled t, tie litesent, wrote the_
following letter t.
- - New York, April 1, 1859.
• Gentlemen :—I thank you fur inviting me'
• to the festival yuu are about to bold in honor
• ottlic memory of -.lfferson. You do well to
obserrei the birthday of that-great ma; one
of Cho wisest political pbilosophers of his
tinbri—wiser,l think than any who lived -in
the times before him—one who sew. deeper
into the principles of government - than bis
cutempontries -knew. I shothi be most
happy to unite with you in this corm:Den:tom
tion,but I am withheld by my various.occupa.
lions:- I am, gentlemen; with great re
Hard, &c., • WILLIS'S! r e., .
. Messrs. U. L Pierce ..and others, com
soittee. • .
Tins adini iationof Mr. Bryant for Jeffer
son, is suddenly conceived. During the
whole life of Mr Jefferson, Mr. Bryant was his
hitte.r enemy, and this - letteiTis the fiat inti
tuatirin we'llate had of a gauge in his senti
ments towails the illuotr oy .statestnan. To
ahowthe abscr.lity of NI elaim totbe
title of - Jarersonian DemouraCiiiiiinh. he would
feign acquire, a correspond;..at of the - New
P.ausp..itire Uaastte furnishes that paper with
pcesm written years ago by that . would-be
apostle of Jaffa-..onion Democracy- Hare .it
The Farce Played Oat.
A few of the usernbeis of Forneys mam
moth-Committee of fifty-As 'met at Altoona,
'ay 4th, and after indulgiug, in a general
letting off of gas by speeches all around, the
peisage of sundry resulutione,dispersed. They
decided not to . nominate a ticket—the only
sensible conclusion to which the paltry fac
tion has arrived. We have not beard their
reasons for ibis decision, - and do not know as
they give any, but of come everybody knows
that a partythat could not muster, a corporal's
guard in the State would not expose their
weakness. In this_ Representative and Sena
torial district orfour counties, ihey could not
poll four•votes. Stich of thr faction as YON
will rote as heretofore—with the -Black 'Re
publicans.
Jar We notice that' Nimrod Strickland,
- Esq., late of. Chester -cotitity, has assumed
editorial cherge,of the Pennsylutuian. The
new editor takes alound Democratic position
to begin with,.and, we doubt not, will main
tain it with ability and fidelity. -
jurPhblishers who expect to get paid for
advertising, will do well to refuse credit to
Daniel Ades:, of the N. Y. Press. lie adver
tises largoly, hut pays—. He 'i4 agent for
"an old Indian Doctor, Uncas - Branq who
pretends to care congutnptiob for 3 cent ~
an impobtor of course.
,Sw• The' , T e'
iopla party" elected their can
didates•for municipal officersin d'hiiadelphia
last week, over the Democratic ticket, bra
bout 2000 majority, aided .by the Forneyites.
Lett year the opposition majority was from
6000 to 7000. Only 45000 votes were polled,
being but little over one-half pe full role of
the city.
Uarford Affairs.
The undersigned, members of sub disttjct
No. Llarford, Pa., do certify that we are
not'disposed to favor amalgamation; or do
we in any manner whatever feel it our duty,-
to assist, or employ any person or' persona,
who will lend their aid to help or assist the
extension of that system in any form or
,hape whatever. We fis) consider our last
school teacher influenced, by a portion of
our district, to favor the degrading and
detestable system „above mentioned, and
mwst therefore /along as she maintains these
principles, object - to her as a teacher for our
et:lldren in any and all branches.
Joseph McConnell, .F. W. Richardson,
LG. Carpenter, Virgil Tiffany,
Nathaniel CNICS, John T. Pols°.
E. M. Tiffany.
For the Democrat
Military - .: ring Brigade.
According to praeious notice by the
Brigade Inspector, the delegates from .the
several companies of the first Brigade . of
Susquehanna Counts' convened at the Key
stone Hotel in the boroigh of Montrose, on
5th,,1859, and were called to
order by Col. Asa Spicer.
On motion, Col. Birnjainin Glidden was
called to preside, and C. M. Gera appointed
Secretary.
On motion - , the convention „proceeded to
ballot for Brigadier General. •
- C. B. Jackson received 9 vote.,
Benj. Glidden received 7 votes.
Mr. Jackson was then declared 'duly
nominated.
Convention proceeded - to ballot for Brigade
lorrotor.
C. JI. Gere received fourteen votes.
'Asa Spicer received two votes.
Mr. Gene was then declared dily nominat
ed, after which, on motion, the convention
adjourned.
[Signed by the officers.l,
FIRST RE6IMICNT
, The del. gates from the several companies
composing the first Regiment •of Susq'a Co.,
in pursuance 'of a call by the Brigade In
spector, convened at . the Keystone hotel on
Friday, May 6th, '59, and organized - by call
ing Capt. James Mead to preside and M. C.
Sutton, Secretary.
On motion, John Brackney received the
nomination fur Colonel ' • D. C. Menkler for
Lieutenant-Colonel, and hi. McNarry for
Major.
On motion it was
Resolved, Thai the proceedings of this
Convention be published in -the County
papers, and tbat our commanding officer call
out the fiat regiment to meet for parade and
drill at-biendsville-rzn Monday, June 6th, at
9 o'clock, A. M. -
On motion, the convention adjourned.
[Signed by the officers.]
In pursua'nce ota call by the Brigade le
spector, the delegates of the several com
panies of the 2d Regiment convened at the
Keystone lintel on Friday,' May a, '59, and
organized by calling Geo. John Blanding to
the chair, and Maj. Elliot-Aldrich, Se c'y.
On motion, Stephen E. Carpenter seas
duly nominated for Colonel ' ' Charles Slocum
for Lieutenant-Colonel, and Norman Tingley
for Major.
On motion; the convention adjourned.
[Signed by the officers.]
Letter from Mr. Burkaleiw.
The Crihnubia Democrat publishes the fol
lowing portion of a letter from Citamns R.
13:1,...:exatzi-, giving an account of the earth
quake at Quito:
Qum), 22nd March,lBs9
DEAR. Ste We bad this morning, at 8i o'
dock, the most severe earthquake which brut
visited Quito during the present century. Its
ddvatiun was shoat one minute. Ti e spires
of many churches are thrown down, roofs of
houses fallen in, and the streets in many pla
ces lined with broken tiles precipitated_ from
above. I have just returned from visiting the
Flores House, from which wo removed oti the
17th instant. It is in ruins--a great part of
the roof is down, also a part of the second
story; the chimney top, thrown with violence,
carried away the stable roof, some of the fur
niture is crushed, and the brick and ties are
plied four or five feet.deep over the lied places
where we slept. We escaped the catastr3phe
by just five days.
'My present house is 'militated, is reasona
bly secure against future Shocks, and there is'
plenty_ of open ground adjoining for refuge.
Mrs. 13uckalew and +passed into the patio,
and the children and servaots.!oto the garden
during the shock—from our position, I savi
the- motion of the house, and the movement of
the earth to advantage.
A bricklayer, on the roof working at a chim
ney top, found it throivn in confusion around
him, and took a firm grip to hold himself from
following the fisgments: There is. more or
fess of injury all over the city, but details are
yet unknown. Ido not think the number
killstl is very large. I have bad time to make'
only a slight personal examination, tbe-hons
es are very much shattered, and another se
vere shock would produce immense destruc
tion.
- Reports front neighboring villages -repre
sent them as having.adffera severely, and we
await news from the south, where, previous
earthquakes have' been most seiete. I might
fill my sheet with r3poiti, but have confined
myself io this letter to wrist r know.
-Your's respectfully,.
C. 4Buctataw.
WOOD*ARD.
Tim announcement of the *Wards o coif
tracts for carrying *he mails is the Southern
States of the Union, at the Post Office De- -
partment on Monday, shows that the bids
were but, little aborts those of previous years,
and•not higher than might have been autici=
. paled from the increased puke of grain; &c.
The present financial.disability of the Post
Office Department Lad very Ha:Tercet to in
'Crea.e the tl("rtietpi ojbiddere. -
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Fablic Laws at 1859.
The Harrieburg correspolident, of the
Philadelphia Inquirer gives the following lift
.of all the public acts
: paved by the Legis
lature and approved by the Governor, during
the session of 1859. They comprise a
very small proportion of lho business of the
session, which was principally confined to
bills 9f a privite nature. But the people may
be tbankfurtbat this list is no larger. Ex
perience demonstrates that change& in our
system of.public law are rarely for the better,
and frequent change's always pernicious:
January 25, 1850. An act to abolish the
offices of Canal Commissioners and Stile En
gineer.
Feb. 11. An ant relating to the I sands
of Revision of the seviral counties of the
•Coutmonweiilth.
March 17. An act relative to the Trust
ees of the'Farmers' High School of Pennsyl
vania. -
March 22. An aot to authorize Proifiono
tariee and Clerks of - Courts to administer
oaths and affiratatioao, dro.
March 31. An act to extend the General
Manufacturing Law to the manufacture of
leather. .
March 31. $ further supplement to an
act regulating Banks. -
April 6. Au act relative to interest upon
verdicui.
April 6. Anitet further to prevent disturb
ance of publio meetings. -
April 6. Au sot relative to Recorders of
Deeds.
April 8. Supplement to the act relative
o real estate,•approved the 27th of April,
Apr 9 8., Supplement to the act relative to
Executors and Administrators, approved Feb.
24th, 1834.
April 6.. To-authorize execution process in
certain cases, &el
April 8. Relative to to thes3ooExemption
Law.
April 11. Suppfernentad and relating to
Boroughs. -
Apsill2: An act relative to costs in cer
tain cases.
April 12. Relative to sett temente of Phro
thonotaries, Registers of Wills, Recorders of
Deeds, and Clerks of Courts with the State
Treast rer.
April 13. Relative to uuadjusted claims
against the public works,
April 13. Relative to Executors,. Adinini
stratoas and Guardians.
April 14. Regulating the gandrercl weigbt
of oats. • -
April 14. Relative to void marriages.
April 14, Suppletnent to the Mesas
Law.
April 14. thopleraerit to the Genoral Milt
tia Lwow. • .
April 15. Relative to,Estatae tail.
4111 15. Supplemental act authorizing
Courte to change the.Elamee of pecons.
A,Distracted Administration.
Forney has been so sedulously engaged in
search of the mote in the National Admini 2
stratioa's eye, that he has failed to perceive
the beam in his own. So eager hubs been
to discover the slightest point Of divergence,
io opinion between the President and differ
ent members of his Cabinet, that be has en
tirely overlooked the antagonism which
exists among the different members of Gov.
Packer's Cabinet—a Cabinet which be has
taken under his immediate fostering care,end
for whose good behavior , be is responsible.
Knox - pulls ,strongly one. way, Dieffenbaoh
pulls heavilyancither,bleister keeps quiet, and
Packer stands aghast. The "State Sentinel,',
edited by a special friend of Judge Knox'
who has been brought to the State Capital,
for the especial object of editing the organ,
and placed in office by Governor Packer,
meekly follows the lead of The Press; but the
_Clinton Democrat, of which Mr. Dieffenbacb,
is proprietor and editor,"putslhe ticket to its
masthead, and 'asserts its bodying adhesion
to the Democratic organization. The Lyc
otning Gazette pursues the - course of the
Sentinel, but the Perks countypaper seems to
he in as witch doubt risible Sobretary of the
Commonwealth, the lion. Wm. M: fleister.
Packer and his friends, therefore, are with
out consistency and cohesion; they are with
out compass or rudder; they are ignorant of
their, latitude and longitude, and inow - not
whittler to steer their sinking ship. Forney's
Committee at Altoona, day before yesterday,
did not assist them in devising some mode to
escape'from this most eusbarrastdcg conepli
cation. Unmeaning resolutions were passed,
a ticket was not nominated, and everything
was left very much in the same situation as
before.
Dieffeubach may continue to straddle his
Cw•o paits-colored horses at the si+k of being
split through the middle; Knox may continue
his efforte•to lead Packer Ind his followers
into the Republican ranks, with every ph)b
ability of success; ileister may cotritue to
hold his prudent tongue, and Packer may
continue to be the same—Which ho has
ever been. Did eier is Democratic Admini
stration in Pennsylvania appear in such con
temptible plight t The Lycoming, Gazette
and the State Sentinel may now determine
upon placing the ticket at the head of their
columns, but this tardy recognition of their
error, must still place in ludicrous attitude,
the leaders Who imagined that they were
inaugurating a formidablererrolution. Packer
finds himself somewhat in_ the position of
Murat, King of Naples, who placed every
confidence iu his imposing statue, so that at
an important crisis he attempted a diversion
in favor of Napoleon. Douglas, by courtesy,
-may stand for Napoleon, and Packer for
Murat, and be may by courtesy,meet Murat's
fate—annihilation.
There is but one real solution for the enL
berrassment in. which-Knox, Ileister, Packer
and Dieffeubsch - find themselses—a general
resignation.
There would be a public rejoicing, should
they all resign in a bo"y,since they are with
out constituencies; but somerof them are im
bued with a self-sacrificing pal - dodos'', which
is proof to any popular diseomfiture. Fail
ing.in this general andication in office, for
,their country's good, we respectfully suggest
to Got. Packer that he should resign, lest
worse betide him; we request Mr: Dieffen
bach once more to leave, position, wbieb he
is constantly attemptinglo proie distasteful
to him, if he continues in office, we must
doubt his sincerity; to Mr, Ilitster *a appeal,
by his honorable name, to bo longer let a
scion of Governor Meister endanger u the
credit of a most respected family. Judge Knox
we hand titer to *'orney and the Republicans.
— l .A:drier:ad Union.
Tns State Department has received des
patchesfrom Utah, confirmatory of the news
received by teletraph.from touiv i tbat there
is a conflict between the federal and judicial
officers. A .large mass of documents from
Col. !ohnson fully explain the liomplicatione
and difficulties between _ the' federal •and
jUtlicial officets.
Yaws ago the signifitant hitters, G'. T.,
Gone.to Texas—were used as linearly o
usarki upon the ledger bad - debts. Now
the initials G. P. P., Gone to Pike's Peak—
are-used for the,,raine purpose.
The Scrauta■ Tragedy.
- One of those unfortunate eirchnistances re
sulting front the use of rot-gut whiskey, took
place on Sunday evening last, at about 10/
o'clock, in Providence Township, about half
a mile from this boro', by which one man wise
sent unprepared to his long account, and an
other having acvery narrow escape--recei
ving a scratch on the right side of the neck,
which, bad the cut been a little deeper, would
have severed the main artery.
The cirournstancea attending this almost
unparalleled _outrage, are substantially ai fol
lows:—Mr. William Bell, of Providence Bor
ougb, a quiet and orderly citizen, while return
ing from the Methodist Church in this place
to his home on the above evening, was most.
unmercifully set upon by two men named An
thony Hoirlew and Thomas M'Grill, astie was
passing along the Toad above the crossing of
the R. R. leading to the Diamond Mines. Mr.
]3el[ received an indignity from : One of the ,
men, and resented it...by striking him cith
cane he held in his - timid, and thinking flight
the best evidencii of valor took to his heels,
but-was hotly pursued, and overtaken just rs
bove the Race Course, when desperate slug
gle ensued, during which Howley received nu
merous stabs in different parts of his body,
from which wounds be died about 11 o'clock
' -
"Cf-tbe same evening.
Early Monday morning news reached Scran
toil that a man bad been murdered the night
previous, and rumors and excitement, entirely
contradiuitcry, were afloat. During the morn
ing Mr Bell came forward and delNered him
self up to justice, acknowledging fully the
act; and pleading self defence as a full justifi
cation. An inquest was held, and the jury
rendered the-following
VERDICT—Anthony Howley came to his
death by being stabbed with a knife in the
hands of Wm. Bull, in self defence.—SCranton.
Herald.
A strante Aiti•ertisment.
The Zanesville Courier publishes an adver
tisement of Solomon Sturges, one of the
wealthy men of Ohio,in which he gets forth
bis reasons for °tiering for sale his vast land
ed, property. Ile advertises the subject
thus :
"I will therefore sell at low prices, and on
easy terms-of payment, any of my rear estate;
and I have a great deal more than I want,
ought to have or desire."
After enumering a number of tracts which
he wishes to sell, h‘goes on in this wise:
"I have also some eight or ten fine im
proved farms in Indiana, and one of 670
acres near Galena, in -Illinois, that I wish to
sell. I believe'no man has a right to own
more land than i. necessary for bra own use,
and that of his family. God ..has no doubt
wisely ordained that land slaarki should be
cursed ; and I can truly say that lam ex
ceedingly anxious so sell all my lands, and get
clear of the curse."
The Courier, in referring to the advertise
nrenr, remarks :
''Besides the property here offered for sale,
we happen to know that be has about ninety
thousand acres of land in the West, some of
it selected twenty or thirty years ago, in the
best pact of the Western States; and we are
glad to see that he is.rnaking an effort to re
hem himself of some of it and theieby re
move what be considefs a "curse," and that,
like Lis old namesake, he grows wiser as he
grows otter, and is
.beginning, like himi to
team that ie vanity." -
rir...When Mr. Bnchanati was elected
President, republican "old grannies" were
profuse in their prophecies of evil. That we
should have no more fiee States—tbat
slavery would "spread" all over thiTeouutry
—was a fact unalterably fixed according to
the professed Ifelief of these freedom shrieking
' worthies. Mr. Buchanan bat' now been in
office two years, and two free States have
been added to the Union during the time ;
and that too,against the vehenient opposition
of the
. 131alk Republican party. Ono free
State a year does • pretty well and the
probabilities now are that we shall average
that number during the. present Admini
stration.
Let the "darkies" continue to s cr eech for
freedom and vote - against the adthission of
free States; the Democracy will take care
that their insane ravings shall be as harmleek
in their effects in the future as they have
been in the past.
CAUSE OF TUE GREAT PROSPERITY OF
xi% Igor; CITY COLLEOE.—Owing to the
(borough and comprehensive course of in
struction pursued iu . tbe iron City College,
under teachers wbo, by their experience and
scholarship, enjoy the favor of many of the
most distinguished scholars in the country,
its present number of students is fully ten
times that of any other Commercial College
in Vittsburgb, and is now the most popular
and successful Commercial School in. the
United States. -
tar The papers tell an anecdote connect
ed 'with Senator Seward's attention to the
ministers of the Oneida Methodist Confer
ence, which icgood, if not true. Durirg the
sitting of the Conference an elder noticed the
devout attention of the Senator, and he asked
the tatter to what Church Imbelorged.
sate Seward, after a moment's thought, 'I
will tell you ; ecclesiastically I am an
Episc .alian, but politically lam a Metho
dist I' '
A lad named Amos Douglas, aged
tour :en years; was playing with - some other
boys in the country near litilwankie, and
went into a - stable and placing a strap around
his neck, pretended playfully that be was
going to_ bang himself. Sure enough, he
became entangled and fell, and hung himself
fatally.
itir - We are told of a Yankee in Kansas
who was discovered a short time since scour
ing an old gdn barrel. s On being asked
what be intended to do with it, he replied,
that he was "fixing up l " to go luto the liquor
huskies., and to avoid the law was going to
use this iron
,tube instead of glass tumn!er,,
thereby making it appeartlat he was selling
liquor by the barrel. He could swear to
that, and none of hil accusers would be per
mitted to go behind the letter of his alit taxa
tion, to inquire or,prore what kind of a
barrel be used, or what quantity it held.
Or Among the laws passed by the Legis
lature is one entitled "an act relative to costs
iritertain cases,".which provides "that in all
cities where petit juries may_ by la* direct
that a prosecutor or defsadant shall pay the
costs thereof, and - such jury.may direct that a
protecuter shall pay a portion and -the
defendants a portion thereof, mod' shall desig
nate 'in such vase what portion each party
shall pay.
sat- Es-Judge Vondersmith,. of Lancaster,
recently tried in Pbiladeltibia and .convicted
of forgery, has been-sentenced, to twenty
years inaptisonureut, a tine of e- thousand
dollars, and to make restitution to the
Gicvernnient to the amount of thirty thous
and dollars..
Rows: rip Wauntwo.—Anl,grkansarpoper
gives an account or a marriage ii the jail of
St. Prancis Comity, of a beautiful young
lady, to -, •one of the three brothers who have
recently 6een convicted of ro' urderin the first
degree and venteneocir to be hanged. s'
Joaoa FL:MD.—Mr. -Samuel R. Ellis,; of
Pottstown, summoned ae a juror in the.U. S.
Circuit for the Eastern District of PennsOra-
nia r was fined $.50 by Judge Cadwalader, on
NVednet-day_ last for dxpressing an opinion
after having been empanneled as a ,juror.
The case on trial was that of Judge Vonder
smith, of Lancaster •conuty, for committing'
pension frauds., The circumstancesrtre t h us
repotted in the Philadelphia Press, of Thurs.
day "Mr. Ellis asked to be excused from
serving as a juror on the case, as he had ex
pressed an opinion. --The judge asked him•
how long since he had expressed an opinion,
when-he replied•abeut a week ago, and since
he had been put upon the present panne! of
jurors. Ile therefore asked to be excused.
The judge directed the clerk to mark the
juror excused, and al.o- to mark him fined
*5O for expressing his opinion publicly,ahout
a ease whiehdte was empannelled to try.'
X flontiau ItumaN OCTRASuE EXPLODgD.—
Sortie wetkr; since, a pathetic 'account of an
attack upon W. W. hose, an asaistaut editor
of the Leavenworth (Kansas) Times, went • the
rounds of the Republican Frees, which they
indignantly denounced as a pro-slavery out
rage upon a man on account of his atiti-sla
vitTy views, &c. The story waft dished up in
Usual style of• Kansas border ruffian outrages.
The facts of the ewe have dime c one to light,
by which it appears that likes had groes!y
insulted the 'wife of a - Me. White, who had
kindly taken lam into his family and nursed
him while sick, and falling to make a proper
amend for his conduct; received a severe pun
ishment from his aggrieved benefactor. In
this case, like many others, the teal offender
was made a martyr, and - the facts Ivete
represented and used for poli tical effect.
Ditows.so.,--The body of the wife of Joseph
if. Robinson, residing some three or' four
miles up the River from. this place, in Eaton
Ltownship, was frond floating dowti. , the Sus
quehanna itivoi4lit Wilkes-Barre. on Thursday
of last week. We learn that !dn. Robinson
bad 'been laboring under the t;ffec . s of in lau4,
for the past two or three rnonths,• caffi•ved by
ill beftb, rind that oYee‘eral occasions she
bad attempted to put ati, end to ber life, but
was prevented from doing a-'. On Wednes
day night she effected her, escape from The
house by obtaining a key to. one of the doors,
which it was customary to• keep locked to
prevent her from going out, and nothing was
seen or heard of her until picked up At or
near Wilkes-I3arre. Thu body was brought
back and interred on Saturday. She was a
woman much respected by her acquaintsnces;
and her untimely death nihl be mouraeo' by
large circle of relatives and fiienffs.—runk;
hannOe - k Democrat.
THE General Post-Orliee Department re
ceipts for the last reported quarter wero $l,
86,0,176; the expenditures $1374,018. leaving
neltrly $1,0130„00 . 0 net. The amount of postage
praid in postage stamps and Ramped envel
ope , timing the quarter, was $1,376,031 03.
ft 4. for the interest of tb people of the U
nited States that the DemocrAtic party t•honid
hold the reins of government—for it is that
party that has thus far made our country
great4.-bas pursued such a policy both foreign
and dotnestie as secured , . ot•de.t and right at
borne nd protection abroad. No- one will
attempt to gainsay this, with the past and
presett before into.
,
&zits-Tsai- Cobb say, the Treasury receipts
are far byotid the estimates, and as yet he
hus,not found it neeesAary to touch a dollar
of thil 4 rea.tary notes authoriztql the I:tte
law. This will be a matter cf regret with the
Republicans. ,
THE FIEETFUv'ets at fiei ° rhti, OLio,
publish a monthly paper, chfled the Goad
Time Onmiug, the motto of which is—"Fcir
ip Ileaveu they neither marry nor are given
in marriage."'
A Card.---Dr.TnnvEit of the Binghamton
Water-Cure, will 'be at Susquehanna Depot
(Nwnors flotol) on the 6th of each month du•
ring the Spring and Summer for consultation.
Invalids will find it to their advantage to give
him a nail. Patients reeeiired at all times at his
establishment in Binghamton, N. V., where
every comfort and convenience way be found
for the successful treatment of Isvntns. [tf.
By purchasing Goods of Ziegler dc
Sothis, . ( Wholesa/e Drug. Paint and (amass
Dealers,) 'corner of Seed and Green Sts.,
Philad'a, yen have the advantage of select
ing your Purchases from an extensive and varied
stock of white lead, ritsc,'col , rd paints
and window glast of assorted sizes and
qualities. tilkof these articles aro in.,tked
such prices as cannot fail tit the closest
buyer. Iteh3 ly $lOl w
S. M. Pettengill Jr,
A dvertising Ageises, at 110
New-York, and 10 State-st, 8,:.t0n, are
agents for The Montrose Democrat, and are au
thorized to contract for us at our lowest iltes:
Importnint to feanreles.4-:Dr: Chi•ene
man's Pills Prepared by Cortielins L.Cheese
man, New York City. The combination of in.
gredienta in these Pills are the result of a long
and extensive practice. They are mild in their
operation,and certain in correcting all irregulari
ties, painful nichstrimtions, removing all obstruc•
tions, whether from cola or otherwise; headache,
pain in the side,palpitation of the heart, disturbed
sleep, which arise from interruption of nature.
TO MARRIF.I) LAM ES,these Pills are invai
uaLle,-ns they will bring on the monthly period
with regularity. Ladies who have been disap
pointej in the use of othei• pii}s, can place the
utmiii confidense in Dr. ChCCSOIllan'S Nis do
ing all they are represented Ledo.
NOTICE.—They should not be used during
-Pregnancy, as a. rain-earrings would' certainly re:
suit therefrom. .
Warranted purely vegetable, and free from
injurious to la's or I",ealth: Explicit
directions, which should be read, accompany
-each box, Price $l. Sent by mail on enelus: I
log 81 to any authorized agent. -
S: 11. tivrtni/Gs,
165 Chambers-St, Sete-York,
General Aeent for the United States, to whom
all Wholesale orders should be addressed. '
Dr. J. W. (SHAN, Tuttkhannock, and ABEL ,
TIMRELL„ Montrose, Agents. ' jan:lo ly
' PATENT Eliall.
LATg - FIRt AT DUISUMTE", lOWA. '
Dunuquk,
T.
1,'56:
Gents t iltna requested by Mr. T. A. C. Coch'
cane, of this place, to say to, you that oxi - the
morning of the 4th - instant, about o'clbtk, dish
store took fire, and the entire stock - of goods
was destroyed. The heat becalie so suddenly
intenselhat, none of the goods could- possible
-be caved ; but fortunately his books and papers,
which were in one of your Champion Sales,were
all pteserred perfectly. And Well they mq be
called Champion, for during the whole coat.
ration there was one incessant pouring of flame
directly upon tho safe whih contained them.
And still; upon opening it, the inside was found.
to be scarcely warm, while' the outside was
taint severely scorched. Yours truly,
N. A. IifcCUIRE.
Ile/rill& Patent Champion Fire and Semler.
Proof-Safes,with HALL'S PATENTPOWDER
PROOF LOCKS, afford tge greatest security
of any Sate In the world.. Alto Sidhbbard - and
Parlor Safes. of elogant worknianahip‘ and Sh
ish, for Otto, '
FARREL, HERItIN( er-eci„ have removed
from RiliValunt Street,- to their new attire;
Ne'.629)C4errtalul Streeit,(JAroe's - H4a.r.,1
where the tar - goat aaaertment "Of -Safes iu ,the
world Can be fotind. 1 - •
FARREL, HERRING & CO,
G 39 CHESTNUT STREET,
(Jayte's
march r7—tf. PHILAI/F,LPIIIA
Holloway's PI/15..--Sick headache,' qpc
of the most conitnoopf all ailments, is rumored
by a single also of thii gentle aperient. It doe ! :
not net upon the seat-of the pain but upon the
disordered-stomach, the obstructed bowels, th e
distempered fiver, by the irregular action o f
which organs the torture is occasioned. As a
remedy for offensive breath the Pills are most
confidently recommended. They purify the
whole internal organization and impart to crery.
function a degree of vigor which insures th e
regular discharge of all Defuse matter through
the natural and legitimate channels. -
- vistanzazo. -
In Brooklyn, April 22. by Rev. Wm. IL Adams,
Mr. LUCIUS ROBINSON and Sire. MARY
WORTMING; both of Brooklyn.
In Montrose, tin Thursday morning last, by Rev.
W. H. Adams, Mr. EDWIN McKENZIE. of the
firm of MAcnzio & Nichols, of Brooklyn. and
Miss cEßTUDE o liu g hter ofChas.Avery,
IMMO*
Io Dundaft, April I9ih, WARREN J. OLII.
STEAD, aged 10 yerrs and-6 mouths.
4 9n-:the 2311 - cif -the same month, ALFRED
\V. OLM STE Ali aged 't yelirind I month.
THE NEW ERA!
SPRING 81SIIIIME11 GOODS,
at Great Bargains.---Beady-pay aae(Gmall Rroflta
3E3.3E11:1 - I=Lizt. - iirDrZu
Is now receiving n full and. choice Stock of
Spring and Summer Goods,including a great
variety of Rich Prints in new styles, Gingham!,
Brillianks,Plain and Fancy Lawus,Challlis,Robes,
Silk Dress Tissues, and Barages,Black and Fancy
Silks. Poplins, &e.; with a superior assor meat
of Silk, Broehe, Cashmere and Stella Shawls;
Mantillas, Parasols,Rich Ribtrons, Bonnets and
Flowers, Broad ,Coths, Cassimeres, Summer .
Stuffs, ece., with a large assortment of other
Staple and rano? Goods, N.
as usual in Groceries. Crockery, Hardware, Iron,
Steel, Nails,,Stoves, Drugs, Paints, Oils v =iloot a
and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Clocks, Carpeting
Floor Oit•Cloths, Wall Paper, Painted Window
Shades, &c. The entire Stock being, large and
bought for Cash, will give superior opportunity
for choiCe, selections, t end, in accordance with
the spirtt , of the
.times, will be sold for
Ready P '
10 to 25 per cent. k3low Regular Priem
An examination of the Goods and Prices will be
found profitable to those who Kish to buy. .
Flour Sc Salt constantly on hand.
New'illifford, May 4th,N185'9.
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