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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

TIE CASE OF PAssMeRE WILLIAMSON. Tie
action for damages brought against Judge
Kane in the Court of Common Pleas of Del
aware county, was some time since argued up
on demurrer To the declaration claiming
damages Judge Kane put in five special pleas,
setting forth his Office, the proceeding which
occurred, and iustifying his entire conduct =
The plaintiff replied de injnria to these pleas
the defendant had committed the acts of his
own will, and without cause. The Judges
counsel demufred specially to the replication
on three pleas, and joined issue in two of them
The agument in demurrer was held in Decem-
ber On Saturday Judge Haynes gave notice
that he decided against judge Kane, so that
the replication stands, and the case will go to
trial on the general issue, and will be tried
some time during the present summer.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

FROM New MExGco-S. Lens, FH'aH
April II, lS57-We are in receipt OF oan.'
Fee dates to the 18th nit The pemo'ra''
Convention had nominated for Goverl'o'-
James L. Collins Mr. Oterlo, late Dt'eSa.'
to Congress, ha been reelected. Coa>'s'',
he excitement had been o,ca>loned N eI.a l.,
F. on account of the circumstances gFo"'o35
out of collision between Il Mexican nrH,o ,I.
Gruber and soldier, Grnber shot tne >o.'e' .a
and then gave himself up and was tax q = - a :,;I
A party of troops therrupon enterei ''s lr.l, l,nl
and fired about forty shots killing Ufo't, 'n' IT,,
another prisoner and woundlng TWO o'4:.- 4;.,
Some of the soldiers engaged III the PFocet''s7 ,D,
had been identified, and we're to be tFIeu ~
the offence.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

pa We call the attention of our Republi-
can friends to the prospectus in another col
umn OF new weekly paper at Philadelphia,
the first number of which will be issued on the
ID day of May. We have every reason to
believe that the Times will be ably and eff
cently conducted, and will prove valuable
aid to the PRONUNCIATION Of correct sentiments
Specimen copies may be obtained, on writing,
by any pers"l. desirous Of aiding its circula-
t on.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23
rS- The Hon Richard w Thomns

sss~ The Hon Richard ". Thompson, late
M: from Indiana was recently Cor claims
to have been) the hired attorney of the Memo
mnee Indians at Washington, where he rem
dered them service which he values a t $40 600
When they were to receive liberal sam from
the Federal Treasury in payment for lands
Mr.. Thompson sent in his little BILL bat the
Indians disputed or repudiated it and took the
fnll sum due them distributing it among them
selves and giving none to their yeilowiSh pale
counselor. Mr. T. then preferred his claim at
the Treasury, on what grounds we do not re-
member and cannot imagine. His claim was
elected. He trie Congress, with equal ILL.,
success at first, but finally obtained the pass
age Of an act which authorized the accounting
officers to pay him any sum that they should
find Justly due him Those officers promptly
reported that no sum was due him-Mr Mon
eypennv, President Pierce's Commissioner of
Indian affairs, stigmatizing his claim as utterly
groundless and fraudulent Thus the matter
seemed to rest until the accession of Mr.. Bu-
chanan
Meantime however. Richard from being a
leading and active Whg and voting as snch
for all manner of WiImot provisos and No-Ex-
| tensonofSIaverv resolves, became a Fillmore
know-Nothing and bitter ProSlavery Hunk
er. As such, he managed the Fillmore State
Convention last year, headed. he Fillmore EIec.
| toral Ticket As such, he did all he could to
give Indiana and the Presidency to Mr. Bu-
chanan
current scandal affirms that this was in
pursuance of bargain with certain leaders Of
the Pro-Slavery Democracy stipulating that, in
case of his success in his undertaking, his claim
should be allowed and paid at the Treasury
We know no facts that sustain this charge
indeed, we should be very unlikely to know
them if they existed 1t is what Che senior
Mr.. Weller would call remarkable coincidence,
however that one of the very first acts of the
new lords of the Treasury was the allowance
and payment Of Mr.. Thompson's claim-N
Y Tribune
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

ANOTHER SPlmTUAusT INsAxE.-In the Al.
Iegany pa Court of Quarter sessions on
Monday, }. II. Htmptou made an application
for jnry de %n1tieo ia9urenI0 in the case Of
Frank McCsacken, Young man, who had re.
Gently been employed at the freight depo. Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, but who
bad become insane from reading NEWSPAPER,
devoted to splritnali>m, and giving his atrep,
ton to the spiritual rappings Mr.. McCrack-
en- was head receiving clerk at the denot .,
the Point Depot, and was considered one Of
the best clerks in the city He had PREY Gus
ly been in the Western Pennsylvania Ho,Da.
tai, and was discharged, supposed to he cur
ed. He labored under the impression tha.
the persons about him carried magnets bv
which both his mind aud body were mduenc.
ed. He appeared sane enongh, except On this
subject Of sprifuaIism and magnetism TIE
jury, without going out, found that the prison,
er was insane.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

FOREIGN NEws-The steamer Arabia arriv
ed on Friday from Liverpool, bringing three
days later news The triumph of Palmerston
in the election is quite as positive as it appear
ed by the previous mail. His gain may be
set down in round numbers at about fifty votes
in the House of Commons This gain is found
in the return to the House of some twenty-five
so-called Liberals instead Of Conservatives
and of as many members who will support the
present Premier through thick and thin, instead
of independent men, who, while following him
in some things, are pretty sure to oppose him
wherever, as in the Chinese question, the idea
of moral right and wrong is involved, Such
is the result with the four hundred and seven.
ty members already elected and we see no
reason to suppose that the hundred and thirty,
five yet to be returned will materially change
the aspect Of the House. We regard Lord
Palmerston, therefore as sure of such a steady
majority as will render him, for time at least
virtually the dictator of England. ~
A battle in Persia, between the British and
the forces of the Shah, had been previously re
ported the details we are now enabled tC
present The British gained complete vic
tory, though without much credit to Gen. Out
ram, who commanded.
The Neufchatel Conference has not yet ar
rived at a final settlement and there is NJ
positive confirmation Of the reported conclu
sion of peace between Spain ana Mexico. Th'
breach between Austria and Sardinia also re
mains unhealed
The Bank of England has raised its rate o
discount one half per cent.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23
ANOTHER DEATH FROM "THE NA1royAI,

ANOTHER DEATH FROM "THE NATIoxAL".-
Some weeks since an article was published sta
ting that lady and daughter, the family of
our most respectable citizens, was seriously i'll
from disease contracted while stopping at the
National Hotel at Washington, previous to
the Presidential lnauguration A letter from
the proprietors of the hotel was subsequently
published which stated that the sickness was
caused by miasma from the sewers We re-
gret to announce that Mrs Robert Johnston
the lady referred to, died yesterday from the
mysterious poison. She was just five weeks
confined to her bed, during which the constant
efforts of medical skill we're baffled They
were only three days at the National, ,and while
there were sick for some hours, and also had
a sick night at Baltimore. Nothing serious
appeared afterwards in Mrs JohnstOn's case
until after nursing her daughter, who was sick
some two weeks, when she was herself taken
down. Miss j ohnston is now in fair wav
of recovery Mr. Johnston himself was sick,
but is now as well as possible under the cir
chrhstarces. Nsleart :f8rfftisfr, April l6
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

BsE- The Wayne County Herald which has
an irresistible propensity to meddle with the
political affairs Of this District, repeats the
stale slander upon Mr.. Grow, of favoring the
Collins line, and in consideration thereof ac,
cepting a free passage to Europe The story
originated with a reckless and INSCRIPTIONS
know nothing sheet in Philadelphia, and has
been reiterated by several papers such as the
Herald, who take their cue from it-probablv
from the fact Of former dark lantern proclivi-
ties. If there was was the least desire for truth
and justice, few minutes search would salts
fy even the Herald editor that the charge was
utterly groundless, because Mr. Grows vote
is recorded on all occasions against all propo
sitions to favor the Collins line at the expense
of the Treasury.
We trust the HeraN will not suffer on ac.
count of its intense anxiety about the state OF
political matters in this District but will con,
fine its labors at home, where they seem to be
needed.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

Mr. AND Mas. JoHX DrAN-It is trn" as
we learn from most excellent authority that
Mr.. John Dean has gone 70 school in ds-
tant part Of the State, for the purpose OF ba''
ing his wits and his manners polished npa bI
The school is private one, and is in the Aa0-
it of taking in grown pupils, whose early etA,
cation has been neglected. Mrs Dean remains
for the present at the house of Mr.. Ii. BcF'h
off, the officer of the Supreme Court who re-
moved her from her fathers house when tne
writ of habeas corpus was allowed. All r1'
mors- and stories to the contrary, Mrs Dean
has not left Mr.. Berth0lfS house since soe ell
tered it, nor has she ever seen her husband eA-
cept in the presence of Mr.. and MIS- D'''-'
off ~. \. Mirror.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

The CAMEL EXPERIMENT. lFahirrto7
Star says: The Camels in Texas have been
heard from up to the 18th Of March They
are doing well, and those first brought over
are in use for the transportation ofsupp'ics be-
tween San Antonio and Camp Verde Three
little ones were born in March and are thriv-
ing, and five or six more births are expected
From the reports of tie condition of the ami
mails. at present, and through the eleven
months that the first Importation have been
on the continent, We may regard all doubts
as to their acclmat on disSipated and that
so much of the experiment is frf tad-
Fhe only remaining determi lat' point is the
character of the stock that may be prOanrei
For this, time will he required. The officers
in charge, are, however sanguine that il will
fully equal those Of Asia Minor Africa, AMI
may, by proper atteu ION, be more HI hy le-
veloped.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

Rey~ At a municipal election held at St.
Louis, Mo- early in the present month. the
vote for mayor resulted as follows: Winner
(Enancipationist) 5,487 iPratte, Democrat }
1856 Lane, (Amcrlcan,) 1881. The En-
ancipatonsts also carried, by a large major
ity, both branches Of the councils, and all the
city officers. a movement, Of such strength,
in Slave State, must make the slave breed
ers tremble. That free labor should attempt
to assert its rights at the South is what they
have long feared. The Slave States are pro
per field for Abolitionsm or emancipation to
exert itself, although it is right and proper for
citizens of the free States to labor to enlight-
en- and awaken the Southern people to the
fact that both their duty and their interest re-
quire the abolition of Slavery.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

the heels of our progress as nation is always
to be found the dark shadow of the accursed
institution, and that neither the light of reve-
lation, Of reason, of justice or of progress shall
suffice to dissipate it. Such is the tendency of
modern Democracy. We are sorry to add
that it is strengthened and upheld in its mon
strous assumptions by the highest judicial tri-
bunal Of the land.
The Republican party asserts, on the con-
trary that the interests of Free Labor should
predominate. That the institutions Of the
country were formed for the white man. not
the negro That Slavery should not extend
beyond its present limits, where it has unques-
tionably Constitutional existence, and that
the Territories of the Nation should be devot-
ed to Free Labor That party seeks to ad-
vance the interests and elevate the condition
of the free white man TO do this, it holds as
an essential and primary object, that he should
not be brought in contact with the debasing
influence of slave labor E. ..
Those who like the Star, and kindred sheets,
talk about Republican regard for the negroes,
know that they are uttering contemptlbIe
falSehood yet as it ayails to excite the preju-
dices of those who are ignorant of the true
aims of the Republican party it is persistently
reiterated Your true nigger-w orshipper is
your modern Democrat. He bows down in
alteration of the institution of slavery. lie
considers it the most benefcent of Institutions
He regards public men, in proportion as they
count their human chattelS. He has such a
peculiar regard for its effect upon society, and
particularly upon poor white men, that he de-
sres it to be extended over all the Republic
| and knows no reason why "our Southern
brethren may not bring their property into
Pennsylvania, and hold it, whether that prop
erty consist of horses or niggers. Such men
would not be shocked if their slave masters
should enact that poor white men should be
sold into slavery, particularly if it was incor
porated in the platform.
These efforts to misrepresent may answer
for the present. But the contest still goes on
and the issues become every day more plain
to the most unconcerned and unobst rvant--
Free White Labor is finally to predominant
though the day may be far distant 1t is YET
to arise in its majesty and assert its rights and
its true destiny. 1t is ultimately to wrest this
Government from the hand of the Shareholders
and bring it back to the original design of its
founders. To effect this, it only needs that
the plans of the Shareholders shall become
known, and the influence and effects of Slavery
be generally understood. The seed is now be.
ing daily sown, which shall in time bring forth
an abundant harvest
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

WHAT IT Cosrs TO ENsLAvE KANSAS =
The effort to force slavery into Kansas has
proved expensive to the party that the people
hold responsible for the outrage 1t cost the
democracy its ascendency in Maine, New
Hampshire, and Michigan, Wisconsin and To-
wa 1t has cost them dozen seats in the L
S. Senate 1t has victimized three territorial
Governors And finally, it has Sectioaalized
the Supreme Court of the United States If
the design of swindng freedom out of Kan
saS is persisted in we shall see at what fur
ther cost that design is prosecuted !-AB.
Ere. Journal
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

Bsg~ Sunday last commenced one of the
most severe and unusual snow storms within
our recollection Snow fell almost incessantly
for thirty-six hours, and now remains six or
eight inches in depth, although much Of it
melted as it touched the earth. Should it go
off with rain, we may expect very high wa
ter and at any rate it will furnish the lum-
bermen with the anxiousIy expected opportu-
nifty of reaching market with their lumber
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

IcEBERGs IN THE SUsQUEHANNA.-There are
still remaining lodged on the rocks and islands
in the Susquehanna river in the vicinity of
York Furnace, lying between New Brdgevlle
and the Narrows," above McCalrs Ferry,
immense piles of ice, which will probably re-
main there until the first of next June, unless
carried away by a freshet in the river Our
Informant states that there are millions of
tons of it, in huge stacks, some of which are
twenty-five and thirty feet high, and covering
several acres in extent HrightsriHc Star
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

PRESENT OF LIBRARY-Some weeks since
Mrs. Martha Ii WurtS, wife of John WurtS,
Esq, President of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company, made a present to the Pres
byterian Church and Congregation of Carb-
ondale city, Pa, of a library of some 500 vol
umes The design is that this shall form the
basis of permanent library for the use of
the Presbyterian Congregation, and she desir-
ed that it should be regulated and conducted
after the manner Of circulating library
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

Ra~ Erastus Evans, of Owego, has been
appointed special agent of the Post Office
Department for Southern New York, Northern
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Mr.. North
has been re-appointed special agent for the
Northern portion of New York and Vermont
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

A Trxr-The time any neighboriog Den
ocratic LomiIist feels like p eachmS ut'o" ,ay p,
ltical integrity, will he please take loI ,.,r al
the recent repuf iation by the peln"yrnIb ptl" neb
Supreme Court of California ofthe o'a'' w.
of California, contracted by Democrats
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

MAJOR MURPHY, of Leavenworth, ha,>L al a+
recently appointed Indian agent ny MI T. pr, ,Ss
anan, made speech few days since ~ S5o, 5r
CITY. in which be auded the murder o' 9n~, ,,,n
maker and recommended the hanging o. sym
other abotitionist in Leavenworth.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23
RElF- The Harrisburg Union and Patriot

nE3~ The Harrisburg Union and Patriot is
responsible for the following -
So Maj HESS new paper, THE States was issued
in Washington city Thursday last 1t is Democratic
with Southern procvities. .i1.'|
Will you be good enough to name for us
Democratic paper that has not Southern pro-
cliyities 2"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

The Southern Standard says that "HSouth
Carolina is the very seat of moral and poll
tical chivalry." We can imagine, that, if moral
and political chivalry were persoaijfed South
Carolina would he it, sc7t - LouiS Jo,;r
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

New CoUNTERFEIr-A new counterfeit of
the denomination of $5's on the Anthracite
Bank, at Tamaqua, Pa, is in. circulation
Counterfeit $5's ON the Southwark Bank of
Philadelphia, are also in circulation,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

ISAIAH ON HooPs.-The following Is aD o
tract from Isaiah ill.,, | h-
" In that day the Lord will take u. s.,
very of their tinkling ornament about 'nt,' 1I, ~
and their combs, and their round t"S ""
moon
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

FIRE AT QUEBEc-Qaebec, Apr1 io'1rn = rar
night the whole of the Offices OF the ANN ANN
Trunk Railroad Company at Point Lew oHTSf r
site the city was destroyed by. tTe' >
amount of the loss has not tranSplrca'
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

HH Senator Summers health has been great.
ly improved by his sea voyage His nervous
system is recovering its natural vigor, and he
expects to come home in a few months, as we'll
as ever
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

Attorney General Black has appointed Jas
F. Skunk, of Harrisburgh, to q clerkshin in
the Attorney Generals office. RS is a son
of.late Gov Shunk- -:
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

The President of the late Republican Con
vention has appointed the following State
Central Committee, viz .-'
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23
e 88raoforo Repqrter,.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
. TOW A NDA
Gbursbap alornlnp, april %. 1884,.
e. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
:

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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

VIM. b. Reed, Esq, of Philadelphia for
merly Wing, but in the late contest Buch-
anan man, has been rendered the mission to
China
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

FOR GOVERNOR,
DAVID WI1NToT, of Bradford Co.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME ooUGT, ...
JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester Co
JAMES vEECfI, of Eayette County.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23

LEMUEL TODD, Chairman.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-04-22
FROM BALTIMORE.

APRIL lG Seven bodies were found
among the ruins of the Cigar store of
Handy & Bausemer, one of the stores
consumed by the great fire last night.
The bodies were not reached till after
noon, it is supposed three more are in the
ruins. Those discovered were scarcely
recognizable, they were mostly apprentice
boys.
One of the men injured by the falling
walls last night is dead; making eight
lives lost so far, with q list of eight more
still missing. rs
The search among the ruins of the
great fire is still going on Five bodies
taken out this morning, and more s,ill
missing, this makes l3 deaths in all so
far. Large mass of persons are throng-
ing to the scene of the disaster watching
the search for the remains of Buckley who
has not yet been found. He is knoxn to
have been in one of the buildings when
the walls fell aG sf
Six bodies recovered from the ruins/to-
day making thirteen in all, another of
those injured died this afternoon. Max
ing total deaths so far, fifteen. The re-
mains of Buckley a member of the Inde
pendence fire Company, was recovered
this afternoon The search is still 60
ing on. @
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-04-22
wooDsPtEID, ONO, APRIL se, 1851
Coop! BErrgR!. BEST Il. sa,nivel,

Coop! BErrER! BEST y! "Sanivcl,
my SON. when you're a married man you'll
understand many things US you don't
: know now. But vether its worth While to
6 go through so much to learn so little as
she charity boy said when he got through
the alphabet, is all q matter O. taste; 1
gthisM At isn't" Them's not exactly our
sentiments. But who could keIp thinking
.!efI old Tory Weller after reading the list
of marriages in to-day's paper? And il
the readers of the Spirit expect the editor
to contribute anything for this number,
al, we have to say is, they viii be eyre
fgiously mistaken.