Ir- • ,
[o= ror that Bradford Porter.) _
Essl ys Geotogyi—No..
iatij the placid sunshine, glow
hearti• of tire and crel,...tys of);now
I,l,ched ti sides with deep 'ravines in.
;,,undcrs Eilenced, and their lighuiings
d oeaCh'd ;
c;itar€l.or heat of spent eruptions breathe,
l';;;J;e co la)? earthqbakes .shake them from
bene.tb.". , •
Olt the formation of the - POlcanit
roc k g —This class of. rocks has been
to .„ ; cd during every period of our globe
fr ,,: a the plutonic, to the present day:
T he y are principally composed of the
jo „ : ,Jescent liqattl ) of our earth, which
ha+been ejected trom the interior of it.
3:,L1 c ooled on its surface or in fissures.
Vile:awes have been a subject of much
jaierest in all ages of the world.. The
'wil d have - looked. on them with as
fi±siennent, and the unlearned with su-
pc,f4iinnus awe.
V,,butts have been the theories to at-,
count fo s. The Egyptians at
iro,:teJ all physical evil to Typhon ;I
a •ti Os Greeks who adopted die science'
a.,.,l.iap,er,ftition.4 of the 'Egyptians, tell
Willa Typhon was a giant niore.pow
elltii than ill the children of the earth ;.
las a:asi reviled the s.tars, and his arms
and setting sun
e .a:i•ace.l the rising
waif - his hands he 'uled rocks to. the,
/igh'eathetivels ; (Irv - gleamed from his
eves: and liquid fire from his mouth.",
North after his birth he so frightened
the goos, that-Jupiter as a punishment.
hun in Mount Etna. where
hp continues i , t rave; shaking t h e
earth with his groans, and ejecting ii
qt,nl iire frunihis mouth."
Telt,iwaus supposed volcanoes to.
b o , k4 seil h. thea....tionofinternal winds,
cr-iteratiar a brat sufficient to inflame
cOrtibus:i ' ile bodies in the bowels olthe
Hulatrous nations of America
21;,1 the Pacific' islands always d - eitia;tl
uuktiovin-cause of earthquakes and
modern
t ,, n ton ol eoa; and other entinbusti
,;<tris ha , 2 its advocates, and also the
ir , ry of Sir,H. Davy, whidfascribes.
production,olheat to the oxygenation
metalie nucleus. The
N I of
.these modern theories lived its
v. arid the latter , was discarded by its
au a:qhor.
The theory adopted by geologists of
ie present day. is oediteted limn the
.:(4.1/3 'theory of the,—eP.rth which I
Orirfly explained in preceding es-
It supposes that the internal
glebe is compressed by the
and coutrzettog of the surface.
coat the pressure of the fluid. aided
1 .1.; iltyrnal gases. overcomes the °du
rtts.tstauce, and, bursting froth its
mine:neat, throws floods of liquid
•
Ouririg the pe - rind of historic record,
vauiiiries• ha re -been periodically
j..rt to earthquakes and , I voleante
(whi',e others have ueett coin
-,!%viv Iree fr.iin these calaaitties.----
thus slates, anti shitle3 — are found with.
a inetattiorf , hic ap o caratice. Bitumin
ous coal. is changed Jo anthracite;
1;:fle-V;,»(! with fossils '
.is ' Challaed • to
.. f o
granular marble. -
It is not intprohsble , that many of the
metamorphic rocks, may have beerr,ori
oinallv fiissiliferous; their present a's
v ~
,7cules. peck 6clog owing to the extreme heat
..-E,-i, i i ~,,1„„„-es, are' those- which to which they, have siibsequently been
1i1t...! their miters oil apertiires above exposed. Rocks also which are now
fossilieerons may yet become metamor
ly sea, and deposits - their products
where they :ire cooled by the air. Suba- Phic. All things are subject to change.
y.cm s vokAtioes are those whose era- and every change is the result of a fix. ,
:as are'beneaili the ocean, and cense-. 'ed law. :It is our "ignorance of these
qh 'ally their products are cooletliunder laWs, that leails us into the grossest er
ns wnlers. . runs. - Were win our power Ao trace
the influence of these laws back t 0.... the
It will readily be seen, that though
the', ruducts of these. two classes of vol- beginning." and down the ~ end of
crones are derived from the saute time." they would doubtless be found
"wee. yet the different „conditions un- to harmonize in their action. •
der ulna) they are conle ^ d, will give,
-There may exist What we term physi
' them elarelv different appearances.-- cal evils,. yet they were doubtless so
,
It lq thus that we may account for the . formed as to give the, greatest good to
Farley at volcanic rocks,. the-greatest number.
,
Amq.no the volcanic products may he
l ' n e eLlneil,Greeristone,Baaalt, Midwfe,.
' - `,°7 11 .9,ry, gasygftaloitl, and the varie
-114 Of 'the Te
e ap rocks, together with
La' uff:Puntice, &aria, Tufand dshes
°l these greenstone, basalt, traeh.y te.
P"rilil . Yry, aurvedalnul, and the . trap
fo.vt:i• are supposed to be ;he products
1 , - i , irierit voleanot , s, and antecedent to
' 1 ,,1-"Presctit order of things ; while lava,
P'!!tice, tuff and ashes, are, now being
. - '''ll:-Il in volcanic districts!' 2
I :ll! , :aoicrocks have been formed in
fray age Of our globe:since the first
?' ') . llc . tion of its solid . crust, and coti,;!
. Nrarre:y a country ivliej.e
‘., pr.,Lirts ace 'lot fauntl. They
found iii twiny sections of the lint-
Voic.o,oes are divided' in
1y so c:atkses,'wrial and subaveouq
'tkey have a place in every
rorts. They are found rest-
in: °'t granite, on 'the - metamorphic
rt,...ts. and interspersed with the 'fosstli
ittotis strata.'in.the., form of dikes and
l'4Pt, and reiAitii on the tuilis of the
hNtations of matt: '
treat and inconceivable milk he,the
fltes that can rupttire.do crust of:our
tanh which is now sup.posed to .have
z' thickness_ -of more th4tt sixty. miles,
throw forth such torrents; of liquid
r 'ekg, as those - formed in, volcanic dis
trict*,
By the gruptions, hundreds of
tpiare milesliave been suddenly coVer
-10 great depth
_by burning lava,
:11111nlains hl're been shaken to their
I ;, l ".iftlands hive been raised from
"a, and (irk' land submerged with.
1 . ' 11 '; period of' bisnirie ree9rti. , •
rip. re is sor n pl i i n ts eonneeted with
a2P;ICW pr2d.:Cina a tnnee uni
.lT?et ups the mitid of wan, than
natur :1 phenomenon. Our
hr 'lett impressions have been that the
- 44 1. bk is stable and immovable, and this
impression has grown with.otifgrowth )
and strengthened with our strength. All.
the upside down. theories - :oCastrono;; -
.tners. - have -not been able to diminish
our cdufidence r in the Security - of .our
foot-hohl on, itisurface, or the idea'of
its being a mass of Itqltid'fire, confined
by a crust not one hundredth part of its
diameter in thickness give us a me
menee
. tineasiness. Yet when the en;
ergies Of-nature give motion to this li- ;
quid mass, when the fevered earth i 4
felt jarring, and lifting, and the massive
wail is heard harshly.to strain and
grate," when bellowing thunders roll
,beneath, the feet, and lightnings shoot
with awful
_glare up to a Cloudless sky,
when temples awl cities, mountains ad
seas, and all.that lives, and all that is,
are moving and roc king by a force un
seen, then,
.confidende takes its, flight ;
security is at an end. Yet this is but
one'of the puny efforts of nature, a
scene that thousands witness every
year.. Picture to ours=elves the ocean
giving continents their birth. mountains.
rising to the clouds in height, and the
rocky crust of our earth wrinkling. and
'rending, and opening chasms to the
source of liquid fire, and we have , a
page in the !tistorv.of our world. which
every country tih - ows, and . every mar,
May read. .We may congratulate our
selves that the part otthe country that
we inhabit is comparatively 2 free from
volcanic influence at the present day.
Nor.Onalid we I arter our present secu
rity for the grandeur and sublimity of
Etrta or 'Vesuvius.
Mine can teil however, how long.
this security may be' ours. Volcanoes
have within the meniory,of man burst
forth in districts equally secure. This
was the 'case with Jurell6, in Mexico
which rose (ram a plain to the height
of sixteen hundred feet in A. 1759.
Still'the - humap period (as it is called')
or.the pert, d that man has bee' an in.'
habitant of cur globe, may be consider
ed as compalatively a period of repose.
What . its &oration may Le, man cannot
predict. The elements are in :he hand
of Hun who formed 'them, and destrue- •
non goe's forth and is stayed at its bid-
There are many. phenomenas attend
ing volcanic 'rocks - which are of high
interest to the geologist.' 91 these. one
of the most important ,is the forma:ion
of trap dikes. Trap dikes are p-rpen
iliftlar -walls of volcanic rut-k, that are
often fnund penetrating the er'iist of (air
earth through horiz‘mt-1 s rata,from
the*.terliriry rocks. down through the
older series. and probably cAtenti.ncr to
Ole source' of. !igen) nuitor4.
dikes are supposed to - 11.0:e ocen eaos r d
by . cracks or rents in the •crust of the
earth, that berame with OH in
ternal fluid, which cooled • :led was
moulded in the form of die spitee it o c .
- Copied. In examining the strata eon
iiituous to-these dike, it is found to have
been iiivariatAy ..eltaeg-il by heat.—
(Cr All =aunts due for subseriptions; ad-
L:ertising job work erC., at this office priori°
the 4th of Decernber' lust, MUST be _settkd,.at
least—next February court ,willaffard an excel
lent opportunity for those knowing themselves
indebted to toll and sare'eosts !
,?Tarried.
lit Monroeton, January 31st, by the Rev. Julius
Fomer, EDWARD Eew r.u. Esq.; of 'Punk
hanneck, Pa., to Miss M. ELLEN Fow.t.su,
of the former p_loce.
•rai'm . RELIGIOUS NOTICE- 7 -Rev.
Ma. G! IISP It, wilt . preach at . the Court
House, in this borough on next Sabbath. Sec
!lces to commence at early canttlelightiug
ifriefa" THE MEMBERS OF THE T.
• 11J. IL, will meet at the File Proof,
Tanana) . evening. 'next; at early candle.
light. Themeuthers are requeited to be punc•
tuaF in- their ettendance..
.Quetnion for Discussion—" Ought SIaVETM
to be abolished in the District of Culu 'Aid .2"
H. L. SC OTT, Secretary.
Administrator's Notice.
A LL PERSONS indebted to the estate of
AD, A i.nmyr 'A. BacSWITH late of Elmira In
tbe county of Cheniung and smte of New York
deceased;,are notified to make payment and all
persons haying demands against sairbesiate are
'notified W present them dubfattestcd'for settle
ment:
This 'notice is intended for all peronsi in this
Commenwealth having unsettled business with
Bahl dieoirsed at the time of his death either in
his indisidu9l . capacity or as connected'in part-,'
nership Arith . iniothcmperson or [lessons inclu
ding the .unsettled mercantile and other bo s i.
nesa done in Ridghury tow nsbiti by
S4tiertee, & Strong. and, Beckwith -&
Satter
lee, and busities done!byi Hector W. Strong in
which he had an interest.
JOHN A'Ondniatrator. ".
Smithfield Bradford C4,!,..'Pa., Feb, $
Democratic County Convention.
• Tuesday evening, February 6th, 1844, Con
ventlon met nt the ringing of the bell, aC the
tow. House and proceeded to organize by'eteed
tine Ait IiNAH - W4141.1:6; Ytrsident, and
Utll6. STOCKWELL and. G. W. RUSSELL zee ,
retsries-;—. ihe several townships being called the
following gentlemen appetite:dos delegates, viz:
from , •
•
Asylum—Elgin Ifortonaohn F. Dodge;
Altainy-- ! Win. Slake. James Wilcox;
Athena—C. H. Herrick, Simon Spalding; I
Burlington—Addison McKean, J. E. Voshurg ;
,Columbia—James Sherwood, J. H. Furman ;
Canto t—Chas. Stockwell, Jacob !Rockwell;
DurelL=B. Laporte, J. M. BishoP t - '
Franklin—Stuart Smiley, Chas. Stevens;
Granville=—Harribon Russ, Wni. Bunyan;
Herrick—H.'l3, Mintz, /Joliet Titus;
Letoplrallrofut, David White;
Litchfield.—HiraM.Merrili;
MOnroeA. L. Cramer, lorias Smith;
Oivvell—C. G. Gridley, - Aaron Chubbuck;
Mu—John Baldwhi, Edward Ciandalt;
Ronle—Arisush Wattles, John Puasmore;
Ridgbury—L. H. Pierce, W. H. Johnson;
Sheshequin—Sterling Blackman, D. Brink ;
Springtield=C. Guthrie, V. Lewis;
Smitlitield—J. L. Webb, Seth Salisbury ; _
South Creek—D..R. Moore, Valentine Lewis;
Standing Stone—Simon Stevens, Alm Ennis;
Towanda Boro.—l. H. Stephens, J. Culp;
Towanda Tp.—N. Gilbert, Frederick Fisher;
Wroy—Frederlck . Orwun, W. A; Garrison ;
Tuscurora—Chester Wells, Cyrus Shumway;
IRsier—G. W. Russel, Daniel , Lenox ;
Wysox—•Y. E. ii'iolett'oE• W. Morgan.;
Wells—W. S. Ingalls. D. L. Lawrence;
Wyulusing—S. W ;Biles, G. W. Elliott;
Windham—Abraham Dunham.' •
On motion of Col. I V. E. Piolett, at the , re
quest (dr A. Dunhut* JULIUS RUSSELL was
Stilistitutvd, as,ka delegate from Windham in
place of Win.'iturdell.who did not appear:
On motion of Maj. F. Fisher, the conven
tion proceeded to 'elect senatorial Conferees,
whrieupon Cit,ts. &roc Kwat.r. and E. W. Mon-
GAS were elected,l
The COnv . entiOn next proceeded to ballet for
Representative delegates, whereupon Davin
WI !MOT. andiG.,F. MASON were elected.
Motioned and C.oted, That our Delegates go
without instructions.
On motion. Resolved. That Bradford county
is entitled to the Senatorial Delegate to the
State convention, inasmuch as Tioga county.
has the Senator. We feel full confidence that
out democratic brethren or-Tioga will cheer
fully Peered it to us
Resolved. That the democracy .of this calm,
ty are in favor of MARTIN VAN BUREN
f;•r President... and R. M. JOHNSON, Vice
President of the United States. •
Resol•ed.'That the proceedings of the con
vention he signet) by the officers and poblished
in. the - Bradford Porter and Democratic Union,
and other. Democratic papers in the common
wealth.
(Signed by the -Clinrets.)
51n5n7 IM,
lialißLlC NOTICE- is hereby given that
fir-'the Blacksmith's Coal will be sold for
SI 38 PER TON. PAR MONEY,
$1 . 50 per ton, land produce—land
produce taken in payment. .
- N. B. The subscribers have a large quanti
ty of sppenor good coal on band, and a stiff)
dent assortment of rake and coarse coal.
I. & S. BOLITHO.
Franklin, February 11344.
ANNUAL REPORT
Of the Receipts and Expenditures of Brad
foil County, for the year 188.
Aisessors,
Bridge Contracts,
Constables attending court, making
returns, and adv.for Tp; elections, 488 90
B. Buffington, late edminissioner, 253 85
A. Martin, crier of court,
tioroner's inquisitions, 54 42
& Elwell, counsel fees, 25 00
Damages by roads thro' itOprovements, 462 83
Dims7e Views, \
r
Inciuentals,
J ut.ace'
Grand Jury, attendance and mileage, 575 43
Traverse Jury, " " 2630 36
Office books, 97 75
Monies refunded,
W ,1d crit' orrtiticates,
J. N. Weston, bbff. prisoner's support, 795 47
F'no tnig,, • 362 25
Stationery,
Public Buildings,
Township views,
Civil su ite, •
Wolf certificates,
D. Cash, late Pt uthonotary, Clk Quar
ter Sessions and Oyer & Terruiner,-, 295 95
A. Chubhuck, " • " " 121 26
A. Chubbuck, for transcribing old
peorance docket. index,
Irad Nilson, late corn. in full,
Joseph Towner, commissioner, , 14 00
E. Arpenwall,- 161 76
A. S. Chamberlin,.com. clerk, 291 60
Commonwealth suits, 1306 13
1. 1 - 1 Stephens, late SLIT., for fees, 62 40
do. d 'Prisoner's support, 141 53
Daniel Brink, commissioner, 100.00
Road vi ews, , . • 419 25
Elections, 796 34
; .
.
A nil horse. , - 66 50
Bridge views, 44. 50
CoHaloes Accounts of County Taics.
Names of: - LAmonntlAmount
Tdui r i2s "`P a ' Collectors* fßi•ceiv'(ll duo
Pike, .61*ply, 1837-$2 O 00 144 66
Rome J Vought, 18:13- -.1 - . at 95
Smithfield, C R Hamilton 1829 - • $0 68
• Wells, A. War,tendyke, " 30.00 22 - 39
Burlington, C Knapp, 1840' 66 .10
Canton. A Bothwell, " . 23 36
Graityille, Wan Ross, " 10 65 932
„U King; " .31 - '6O
Tawatithi bino', A. Martin," 114 37 -74 92
R Horton, . • 211- 72
Wells, 1V Smedley, = • " ' • 72 92
Athens tri.,S Ovenshire, 1841 10 00 69 51'
Columbia! JAV "• 550 1 8; 70
Herrick, Robert Depew, " 412 133 00
Litchfield, 1' B Merrill, " • .'l9 86
Orwell, Harry 1. Parks, " 37 16 11 21
Pike', John Baldwin, - 38 64
Ridgbeiry, Anson Webb; . • 38 65
South Creek. S 3tilea, - 94 21 82 -
Shrshequin, El-Hort-Au " 162 - 50
, Wyrdusing, Eliaughn, jr." 79 30 89 93
WYgnic: David Owen. " • 77.74
. 54 71
Athens ho; G- - !) We 115,1842 88 95 - 98 24
"tp. J Watkins( " 183 02 289 06
Asylum', U Moody; "24 59 63 10'
Albany, iifiner wilco:, u .50 80 -42 52 .
Burlington,l B M'Kesn.' " 90 86 208 79
pt,--n-A .1 55 64 "103
.65
Canton, Justin.Buthwell, " 96 78 la ff
Franklin; Daniel Webber, " 50 00. .19 26
firanyik ll Settim, jr.. ". 82' 67 66 01 .
Herrick, B Mintz; . "..65.77 , - ,18 95
,Litchfield; B Merrill, "65 21. 0 . 20
Pike, John Baldwin, " 202"96 .12214
Ridgberry, T Benight, ' 102 80 .10 02
SoutWOreek, B " '7 37.' 49 57
Smithfield; W:B Barton, " 226 79 141:52
Springfield, C H Campbell" 232 32 81 04
Tuscarora, C Wells. 1" 64 37 13 41'
Ulster,* William Gibson, 147 17 :" 66 00
Wells,-R " 7 5 . 5 5 80.81
Wysox, Albert Lent, ".-166 05 129 .31
Urindhatn,John Russell, " 47 Of 235 62
Wyaltlging, JOhn 9r - night'," 165 44 76 94
Athens born, G Metrill, 1843 114 30 14p 62
" 'tp., Rob. Sutton, • "• ,163 61 46p 42
Albany, .D Burdick, 11 39 00 -97 88
Asylum, Elmer Horton, 130 33 142 52'
Burlington. C Taylor, " 85 10 267 75
Canton,.l Rockwell:- ,"- 77-30 203 34
, Franklin, CVV Stephens" 18 . 75 56 80
I Granville, Levi Taylor, , " • 155 78
Herrick, N B Whittnoie," 22 97 84 72'
Leroy. H Holcomb, , " 462 138 92
Litchfield, T B Merrill,• " 84 91 101 65
Monroe, Chester Mason, " • - 296.47
Orwell, G W Wells; " 654 60 2t6 90
Pike, G W Humphrey, 1 " . 188 57 231 19
Rome, 8 Rockwell, 94. 08: 111 38
Ridgberri, H Hinchman; 84,67 117 96
South Creek, D R Moore," 85 96 832
Stnithfield,L,Adams, " 78 00 342 28
'Springfield, F Cole, " 117 61 -216 30
Sheshequin, B Horton " 66 37 291 20
S. Stone, H S Stephens, 27 94 188 14
Tray, PP Freeman, " 260 41 222 25
Towanda B Goodwin " 188 82 117 75
Tuscarora. W Thompson " 5G 01 48 07
Towanda bp. A POOley, " 369 44 '62 30
Windham, Wm Sibley, " 128 91 136 67
Warren, Aaron Corbin, " 194 96 . 87 11
Wyacnt, AIN hitney„ ". 98 )56 253 87
Wyalusing, W Bile s, " 28 00 265 95
Wells, N Shepard, jr: " 171 31 - 557
Ulster, Norman Shaw, " 51 25 184 99
" $5,778 22
Recv'kon duplicates which
have been settled in full
during the year 1843, 12,488 83
Total,
•Those marked thus (s) have been settled
since let of January.
,
, filon ,. s ReceiTe.l3 by Treasur er In 1843.
On Duplicates, . $8268 05
Judgments and Treasurer's deeds, 775 01
Commissioner's orders, / 6146 00
Interest on judgments, 2 . 168 92
Money in Treasury, Jan. 1, 1843, 36 84
Due C. Stockwell, Treas.lan. 1, 1844, 232 32
Total.
By s co, orders returned, including
credit orders, '514,341 32
By Treasurer's commission, 1 286 82
'County Orders.
outstaroinorders, Jan. 1, 1843, $3,792 52
Orders issued-in 1843, including . .
credit orders, 13,200 26
Orders iasued, to Treasurer, 5,146 Q 0
Orders returned in .1843,
Outstanding Jan. 1,1844, 67,797 46
BRADFORD COENTY, SS.
, We, the Commissioners of said county,
do hereby certify the foregoing to be true
statement of the receipts and expenditures of
said county for the year 1843.
E. i ASPEN.W.A.LL,
D. 13R1NK, Cows.
J. TOWNER.
Attest-A. S. CUA m Etimsr, Clerk.
Commissioners Office,
Towands.,January 24,1844
$lOl2 26
1346 25
G 9 00
New Books . and Stationary!
Ingram olfzuzo
72 00
• 50 88
97 97
26 87
THE subscriber-has just received a very
eatensive assortment of School and Mis
cellaneous 'BOOItS ;.History, Travels. Voya.:
ges, Biography, etc., which are offered\ for sale
low for cash. The stock embraces in part :
A tour in the East, Holy Lind, &c.,by p. Joy
Morris, 2 vol.; Thomas' Reminiscences and
Sketches, 2 vol; the works of Josephus, Rollin,
Byron. Combs, Dick, Sterne, Marryatt ; Coo
per's Naval History, Plutarch's Lives, Mack's
Lafayette, Blake's 'works, Life of Washington,
Franklin, and Jefferson. -
Also. a general' variety :of Family Bibles,
large and small; piahns and, bymns, - music
hooks, etc. Blank Books and, Stationary, of
almost every description.'
J. KINGSBERY,
Towanda, Jan. 27,1844.
Eel
FEE
47 25
328 87
5 00
58 44
25 00
70 00
5 410
ONE' CENT REWARD. .•
BUT NO CHARGES PAID - !
ItAN- away from the subscriber . on the
night of the 23d January, a young . man
by the name of 119Ert Ferguson, ati appren
tice to the Blacksmithing businces. I hereby
forbid all persons harboring or trusting him on
my account, as I shall pay no debts of his con;
tracting after-this date.
J. B. RIDG WAY. '-
Wysox, Jan. 29, 1844.
-,----
7 $12,715 74
ONE - CENT REWARD !
IN away from the subsc4 . iber, on' the 9th
inst., a boy by the narna of Imes S.
Schirmerhorn. bound ea an apprentice to the
Blacksmjthinglbusinesa. Said boy was about
16 years old;—had en when he left, gray pants,
gray roundabout coat and a cloth cap.. I, here
by forbid all persons harboring 'or trusting him
on my account, as I shall pay no debts of his
contracting after this date. •
H. W. ROOT,
I:lii ' ngfield, Jan. 10. 1844. .
Panel and Common Lumber & Good,Sbingles,
ANTED in exchange for cash and goods
by , -H. MIX dr: SON..
V v
Ir ROADCLOTHS, Casshneres, Beavcr.!
cloths and Sattirieti for sale low by
dr.'SON.
to my eitelo;ure the 18th day of No
-1 vember last, 3-BMALL YEARLINGS;
one a red heifer with ufhiterlpek and tail; one
brown heifer with whitenreg on tail: one red
steer with white on lad ; t e ' owner is requested
to prove property, pay charges end take them
away. 4VILLIASt. BRAUNIN
Durell 11-- '°. 1843. i
$8,298 95
$144,62€1 14
Monies Rettirned.
, $14,62S 14
$22,138 78
$14,341' 32
ESTRAY.,
11.1iLY in%
aids and the
i still coniin
si the above
old stand,
.of Thomas
, and nearly
Hay Scales.
log o ;
rarranted. to
mee,iim the
able to ren
der perfect satafaction 'to eA who may favor
him with their patronage. '
Watches warranted - to run, well one
year, or the , honey refunAed ; and a written
agreement to that effect given 'to alt that desire
one.
• ,
A large assortment just teak ,
le very low for cosh.
Canonry 29, 1844.
CLOCKS. ;
ed and for sal!
Ton,anda,•'fr
CLOCIO, & JEWELRY.
THE subscriber has recently returned from
New York and has - just relayed this day
a splendid assortment of goods in his line.—
, among his assortment may be found Gold and
dyer Levers, Horizontal, Lepine and common
Watches of he best quality and at reduced pi
, ces. Also, Brass eight day and twenty four .
hour,Woo - Clocks.
Arnolitt his -assortment of Jewelry may be
found Gild & SilAer Pencils, Breast Pins, Ear
Ring's, Finger Rings, Wrist Clasp!, Sleeve
-Pius. Guard & Fob- Chains, Gold & common
rkeys, Pocket Knives. Specks and Goggles,
Silver Thiubles,„Steel Pens. Wallets, Tooth
Brushes; Tobacco and Snuff boxes,Accordions;
Percussion Caps, Violin Strings, elaridnet
Reeds, Pen ;i1 Points, Table & Tea Spoons ell
of which xvill be sold low for Ready Pay..
V&P(9iM ZiM2CiMaaaa
All kinds of Watches & Clocks repaired on
short notice and done well, Also, Engraving
in style. call and see.
J. M. GILLSON.
• - RZ7Weit door to the Post Office.
Towanda, Nov. 17th, 18413.
Ai FEW cwt. of good old Berkshire Cheese
jba . constantly on hand by, ,
Noy. 16th, 1843. B. S. CLARK.
D'IMM , 8 YESIM 8 auram 8
INSURANCE AGENCY.
0• D..'
A RTLETT has tho agency - of
• the &ware Mutual Safely Insurance
Company-o Philadelphia, and.is prepared to
take risks on very favorable terms: Policies
are issped by said company in- the usual man
ner of other steck companies.
'Towanda, Dec. 4, 1843. . . -
CAUTION.
%WHEREAS my wife Louisa M. has let
Vir
my bed and board withUnt any just
cause or provocation. I hereby forbid any one
harboring or trusting her on my account, for I
shall pay no debts of her contracting after this
date. FLOYD B. HOWES.
Butlington, Jan. 'l9 z 1844.
ESTRAY. •
CIAME to my inclosurein Wyalusineabout
%V the middle of November, a YEARLING
heifer. The owner is requested to prove prop
erty pay charges, and take her away.
JOHN HUFF.
Wyelosing, December 26, 1843,
Administrator's NoticO,
LT; PERSONS indebted to the estate of
Jacob Arnout, late of Towanda township
deceased, are hereby notiOed to make immediate
payment; and all persons having -demands
against "paid estate, are requested to present
:them tp the subscriber, legally authenticated kir
settlement without delay.
GEORGE H. BULL,
A. L. CRANMER.
Administrators.
MonrPe,•Decembes 11th, 1843. '
Adjourned Special Court,
A'N'iADJOURNEiII Special Court will be
„Ms, hild in Towanda in and for the county
of Bradford on Monday the 25thaday of March
next at 1O o'clock in the forenoon for the trial
of the billowing causes, to wit: '
. ,
0. P. Dalian] vs. George Dewitt, ejectment ;
Delphaitelleu x vs. Abel Fairchild et. al. trespass;
Sartile Oolden vs. A. B. Smith et. al. do.
Willlacal B. Clymer vs. M. C. Drinkwater et. al.,
ejectment ;
Saila° Holden ♦s. Moses Warford et. al. ties•
passe
Rebec4 Shrader vs..l. Decker et. sl..ejectment.
•
A. CHUBBUCK, Prothonotary.
:Prothonotary's Office, '
wands, December 21st 1843. 5
/E 0 Is3o 00.T.C.EMISTS
IVIASHION A 13L E TA ILO 11—einMain
.11 1 'giver B. Thomas' , Hat Shop, and nearly
opposite Moron's store. (Oct. 10.
.) . L. - E. DE WOLF,
&UTCYZW.TZ'
TOWANDA, PA.
(Office with the Register §• Recorder.)
,C)MO O&M
HE subscribers / aro prepared to fill ell ON
ders for Coal at THE OLD BED, at
the shortest notice and on the most favorable
terma. Thankful for the liberal paunriage they
have 'received, they are determined to sell fine
coal for blacksmith's, at lower rates than ever
hefoie,Ofrered, via: we will sell for cash; ,
Fine Coal at $1.95 per ton--or $1.38 in pro
duce,---.Coarse and Raked Coal at -
former prices.
Beware . of imposition i Fine Coal front other
places has palmed off as coming from our mine
—a ••ufileient proof o f the superiority of our coal.
N. B. PRODUCE taken to payment fhlztoal.
GATII3B & WAGGITT:
Franklin, Brad; Co. Pa. December 25, 1849.
FITANFI. BOOM
T O. R. IMARTLETT'S. •
I ' October 23, 1843.
..111 ..
. ' ERINOS, Alpapeas, Mons. De Laines,
Figured Orleans. Tegans, Printed Vel
vet /Ste, heautifizT pattern's for the Ladies' for
11 ,a14 by • H. mix & O'DI:..
QOTS &, SHOES, a large nagoirtrnent,
'Nev. 8. - SALSBURY'S.-
IFLE POWDER, of,ilifferent qualities
for-sale by ' P. HALL
airing.
AME to' : the premises of am Patna
' 'Oda Toriand a on or
shoot; the Kist :day of Novetribeidait a RED
HEIFER, ; goat. one and a tialflears old with
no partieniai:tnarks: . a Ttiri - oWner is requetted.
to call grove property pay charges and tako bee
away. - . G. H. DRAKE.
Towinda, Janie : Bib
i" taw' -Or JITROBS, drawn tar Fob
jUl rural. Term and Sessions; 1844.
SECOND WUN...
AlbanY—M., A. Ladd, Jaime Lee,- - •
Columbia-71. Besley, G. Bailey, :W.. Garnett,
Reyes;' , . • •
Canton—George Griffin ;. . . •
Frantlin—J'aines C. Ridgway ;
GranvilleZibs Moyse. Benjamin Saxton t.•
Leroy—Ansel Tillotson; •
Litebfieltl-Jacob Campbell;
Monroe—Charles Mallon, David Ridgway;
• Orwell—G. S. Gorham, Joel /obtain ;
Pike—Charlez Reeler ' E. Taylor:.''
Ridgberry—King H. entrains, D. A. Gillot ; •
Standing Stone—Williim Griffis; 1
Springfieht—G. Adams. D. Gatk P. Norman ;
South Creek—Samuel H. Colemait s ;
Towanda boto—E. D. Montanye;
) tp.—Chas. Manville, B. Goodwin ;
Ulster—dames Gorseline, Wrn. Hovey";
Wysox—F. Brawn, J. Ridgway, D Shores;
Wells—A. W.Knapp,
SPECIAL COURT.
THE Iion.WILLIAM JESSUP, President '
Judge (Atha I ltlt Judicial Diatrict of Penn
ayisania, has ordered and • ap pointed a Special
Court of Common Pleas to be held for theCoanty
of Bradtordet Towanda; on Monday, the 2516
day of Moral . next, at two o clock, P. M, for the
trial of all such causes as may then be pending"
in said court. ,
AARON CHUBBUCK. P•oth'e .
Prothonotary's office Towards, Dec 29,16/3
NEW GOODS. .
BURTON.KINGSBURY
AS HIST RECEIVEDIrom New York
E, City, a large and well selectcd.assort
meat of FALL 4. WINTER GOODS which
are offered forsale at his old stand. 'His stock
consists in part of -' • -
DRYIGOODS, CUTLERY,
GROCERIES, 'LEATHER,
LARDWARE,• BOOTS, SHOES,
cilikKgßy, HATS &,` CAPS,
- &C. &C. &C.
Which will be ph] ) on the most reasonable
terms for cash`or country produce. His old
customers and the public generally ere reques
ted to call and examine qualities and prices.
Towanda, Nov. Ilth, 1843.
THE LATEST NEWS!'
D 4 ea Cjoi aro capaaay.
11,17 E just received and are ;Am openin g ,
at the store lately occupied by V, , }':.
PnAtet, in %rya's', an extensive and cell *e
lected assortment of '
Fall" 4. Winter Goods :
consisting of almost every variety of Dry Gorda,
Graccries o terockery, Queenswere, Hardware,
Boots and Shoes, &c., &c., which they offer.to
the public on the most favorable terms for cash
or ready pay. Having purchased for ready pay
at exceedingly low prices, and confidently be
lieving that their terms and prices offer equal if
riot greater inducements to the purchaser than
can be found elsewhere, they respectfully solicit
thee patronage of the community. '
Lumber and produce taken in payment.
Wysox, Nov. 6, 1843. '
i „ MIX SON
RE NOW RECEIVING frob New York
Ail L a large and choice selection of GOODS
of every description, to which they call the atten
tion of the public, and which will be Fold for
cash, produce of all kinds, and Lumber, et ex.
ceedingly tow prices: Call and-examine priecs
and qua lities.
November 7, 1843.
WIRIER GOODS!
HE LA.NGET STOCK EVER OF
.FERED IN THIS MARKET, is now
opening at illontanye s B,. which they will sell st
wholesale or retail at such prices as will ensure
a liberal share of pablic patronage. , Their stock
consists of
DRY:GOODS, GROCERIES, EIRDITHE,
Boots and Shoes, Ladies' Bonnets,
-Genikmens' liats• Caps,
Buffalo Robes, 8•e.
and all the etceteras necessary for the comfort
of a cold winter, which appears to be rapidly
approaching.
• J. D. &E. D. MONTANYE.
Towanda, November 8, 1893.
LATE ARRIVAL !
THE subscribers have just received at their
store in Monroeton, a laige and well se
kited assortment of FALL AND WINTER
.CODS, comprising almost every variety of
•
Dry i Goods; Irardivare,
Groccrics,, I Crockery, Vic.
which they now offer to the public at very Jew
prices r f'or ready pay.
The citizens of Monroe and Ale sunotintling
country are respectfully invited to Fall and • ea.
amino our stock, as we are confident we can give
them as good bargains as they, can find at any
other establishment in the cooky.
(Cr Luther and Produce t a ken in payment.
, vl.l. C. &0. N. A1 . .158U . 111 - .
)tiiOnroeton, Nov. 8, 1843
AT S & CAPS,.n "gond • astqirtaterit tur
sdo by & co.
COTTON YARN, Wirking & Batting on
hand by MEANS & C 9.;
%_N:k Pair iimasui)
exchange for Goode—Common, Panel &
good Culling Boards, and 28. Inch
EMI
. .
NOTIC '
its HEREBY GIVEN,, that there will he a
meeting of thp Direct Ors of tbo . ,',Brakiford
County Mutual Insurance • (Joakpaii,y,.,-ut ono
o'clock, P:M., • on Wednesday, the 17th day of
January inst., ht the office Of N. N. 13itts.
punctual attendance of all'the• directors is re
quailed, N. N. BETTS, - • - •
. • H. S. MERCCIi; • 4 ',-, 2 ! u j: 2.e
11. - • - KiNus:I3ERY,
• vu1,,,U1,,.(e.
• Towcnda, January •8; L 8 4.: • -
(Cr The above meeting i adjourned to Tues
day February Bth, at the-sank! place and
ESTRAY.
M I EANS & CO.