Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-06-15

ded the river TO TIoga Point Here he arrive
on the l'h OF August. and encamped awaitin
reinforcement which arrived on The % unde
he command Of Gen. Clinton. Sullivan nov
numbered nearly five thousand men-quie
lomIdable, army for the object 10 which II wa
destined. fort was erected in wha, is nov
the Southern par, of the village of Athens
which was garrisoned f6f the protection o
stores for The army on its return, and was de
signed also as a rendezvous 10 send those wht
were wounded or who sickened by the way
On The 30th Of September the army returned
to Tioga. aud on the Sd of October took its de-
parure down The Su,quehanna TO Wyoming
and thence TO Easlon. Before The army LEFT
Tloga, the Susquehanna became so low as lo
render The boats useless which had conveved
the artillery lhiher, and as II was Impossible
for them 10 remove il further, il was sunk in
;he river. This was done secretly, and per-
| haPs The spot where il lies is not now known
10 any person living. The successful result OF
! Sulrvaus expedition is known Ia ALL It's de-
vas,aiing policy seems 10 us hardly consistent
with humanity but il received the sanction OF
Washington, and was The only way 20 preserve
ihe fronIIer from recurrence of The horrors of
CHelty dilty anu w VyoHiil3.
la 1889. treaty was held al Athens, be-
tween tie whites and several Indian tribes, in
reIa,Ion TO ma-sacres which bad been commit
ted upon the West Branch after the decarallon
of peace. Col. Pickering was ,he cor,mls sion
er of The whites, and the celebrated chief of
Senecas, Red jacket, was the principal Indian
orator. The treaty terminated amcabiy, but
the mu:derers were not brought TO justice until
larer period As the Settlements increased.
the Indians drew away To the West, where
their hunting grounds nigh. be undisturbed by
the foot OF The white man but they must have
turned with sorrowing memories TO that lovely
valley, and their fathers graves 10 the grove
of oaks upon the bank Of the TIOga.
The valley of Sheshequn was the birthplace
of the poess, Julia H. Srou, whose early de-
cease has been so much lamenled. Her grave
is beside her native river" in the place iha,
was The home of her married hfe-Tow anda.
Her friends were looking forward with hope 10
her future literary career, when her first born,
and at that time her only child was suddenly
taken from her by death. Ever after, 1t seemed
If shadow of The grave was over her. ur-
al she was laid to rest IN ITS darkness There
are many legends from her pen 10 throw a 10
mantc Ialeres, around her own loved " river OF
the hills"
Mrs. NJ 81. Leon Loud has given Legendary
interest TO The valley OF The Wysox, or Wysau-
ken. it was called al an early day. The
hat of FernsIaer. the >. Hermit of the Wysau-
KEN" stood. when the frs, settler came into
the country. upon the spot where afterwards
rose her paernal home u.s~
The township of Asylum. in The lower part
of the county, was so named from the circumstance
of its becoming the home OF colony Of refugees,
who fed from the horrors of the French Rcvolu-
ton. Some, of them were mobiles OF high rank
Most Of them returned to France as soon as they
could do so with safety. The present Surveyor
General Of our Commonwealth, is the son of one of
the French engrants who remained in the, town.
ship of Asylum.
Towanda, the county town OF Bradford, is situ-
ated upon the western side of the Susquehanna,
and near the cent1e of the county. 1t is -four
ishing town. and place of much bnsiness.-The
village OF Troy in the western part Of the county
is also place of considerable business.
Bradford isa good agricultural county. The
valleys Of the Susquehanna, aud its tributary
streams, are fertile, and the uplands too, "a
vailable for tiaee, and amply remunerate their
culiivators Lumber is one of the staples of the
county During rise of water, especially at the
time OF the spring foods. the Susquehanna is al
most literally covered with arks and RATS seeking
a market at the lower towns upon the river, or
perhaps in Baltimore or Philadelphia These
come from every navigable stream tributary to the
The numbering business is Cne Of
much risk and danger, and requires and deveIopes
much hardhood of character in those who pursue
it, Some of the townships west Of the river III the
noNhern part the county, have large settlements
Of Irish, who came into the county as laborers on
our lil:lated canal. They have purchased small
farms. and have begun to gather around them the
comforts of a permanent and independent home
Ft.v are generally destitute of education, but
,eem ,.esirous that their children should have an
of acquiring this blessing which has
,een denied TO them.-Much mineral wealth has
,esn developed in the lower part OF The county,@
md it is supposed that nearly all our mountains
contain coal and iron Our mountain scenery is
So These mountain ran
es skirt the river on either side. sometimes bend
NO around valleys, and again coming abruptly
pon the river, forming those Narrows which are
Gen so alarming TO the unaccustoued traveller ;
verhung as they generally are by ledges OF rocks,
nd with high and PERCEPTIONS descent to the
iyer.
The North Branch Canal. upon which so much
ali completed work is left to 90 10 destruction,
pas designed to terminate at Athens. three miles
Glow the New YORK line The dam across the
'iora was finished several years ago, and was
opposed 10 be we'll bulk, until one night, becom-