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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-08
Collegiate gnstitute
TOWANDA, BRADFORD CO., PA.

FACULTY:
OLIVER s. DEAN, AB. Principal Professor of Ancient
Languages, and Mental and Moral Sciences.
WM. H. DEAN, A. b.. Associate Principal, Professor
of Mathematics and Natural Science.
Prot. CHI ARIES r. COBURN, County Superintendent,
General Director Of Normal Department.
Mrs. ANN {. KELLOGG, PreceptresS.
Miss ANNA NJ. DEAN, Assistant Preceptress.
Miss MARY B. ALLEN, Teacher of Vocal and Instru-
mental Music
Mr.. CANFIELD DAYTON, Stewart
The Winter Term commences WEDNESDAY, NO
VEMBER 81, and viii continue IA weeks.
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TOWANDA HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
IRON AND STOVE STOPE.
d. C. HALL,

Wholesale and Retail Dealer
in Hardware and Stoves, Iron
and Nails, Sash, Glass, Paints
and Oils, House Trimmings
all kinds ofCarriage trimmings
Seat Cloths and Laces, Carriage
Sulkey and Seat Springs. Car,
penters' and Joiners' Planes,
Saws, Augers, Chisels and all
other TOols-Cross Cut, Mill
and Circular Saws, Blacksmith
Tools, Bellows, Auyils, Vices,
I'm, N n1... nnH S.r.n,- DInAn.
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DR.. PORTER'S PREPARATIONS
For Family Use,

known Safe and Reliable Remedies are warranted for
what they are intended to give satisfaction
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O. TI. wooDRUFF-DENTIsT

DERMANENTLY located in Towanda -
Il Office No 5, Brick Row, over II. w. MOBILES Store
Entrance door south OF Tracy Moores dec.l. If
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DITCH NOTICE.
AUDIToR's OEFICE, Wood Co. q. !

Perrysburg Aug III, lhOO
To Jacob WhistlerS Co'ey, Robinson Humphrey,
James Dunlap, John Runnion BrpinRrd Brigham.
NJ Rudskon. Josiah Hedges. A Green, Robertson u
Blake. ID Vdubalkerbuig, James Tylor, VIM Mills,
Henry Cahill ct al, Frazer X 6 GOrWin. John Ber-
~, Senrs. D g. NJ II, VIM Gibson, Smith (Trustee).
Alexander Duncan George LauchS, Marcus Sears,
Horace Potter Danes.
You will take notice that on the 10th of Maya. D..
1852 jacob IlarH and others filed with the Auditor
of ood county, Ohio, petittiOn praying the coun
" commissioners of said county TO locate and estab
ing proposed route, to witt Com neAcing at the south
eTn terminus of the section line between sec tons 80
and 33, town B. range and running thence north as
yearly on said line As practicable through town L.
range and into I s. X. o. TO that branch of Beaver
Creek that tersects said line, thence down said
creek na direction until the banks are sufficient
ly large to contain the water aud there 30
the southeast quarter OF section 32 town S. ran o.
hat copy ofsaid petition was, on the 18th OF May
A. 1859, placed in the hands of n, W, Mnton en-
gineer, who has made accurate sHrVey or he pro.
posed route for said ditch and did on the Igth day
OF August, 1860 file with the county Audto, ssch
report as is required by law. And said parties are
further notified that the application for said ditch
aud the report of the gineer of his survey and es
Inmates of said ditch will for hearnE on the 7th
day of September. A. ID. 1850
l6-2S3.2j ADDISON SMITH, Auditor.
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Plain and Center Rrnnhlica n Club.

A permanent organization Of the Republicans Of
Plain aud Center Townships effected on Wed.
nesday evening, Aug. 22d, by electng g. W. ST..
John. ESQ, President; J, Audeu, Vice President
W. H. Gorrill, Secretary and s L, Boughton, Treas
urer. Hon, A. Cook made ngthy and te Hing
speech, in which ne ably and eloquenty discussed
the political questions of the day. after which the
meeting adjourned for two weeks, with three rous
ing cheers for Lincoln and Hamln.
J.C. Ames, Of Hull Prairie, will address the next
meeting.
The meeting was we'll attended aud great enthusi.
asm prevailed.
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Pictures In n Diet

Pictures In Di"ttonary.-r feature Of n
dictionary though little esteem, by some, we are
disposed TO think when properly executed, one Of
Baleys English Dictionary, one Of the most celehra-
ted was thus illustrated early in the last century,
neat cut diagram will often give better dehni
tion of term thana page Of letter press Worces'
ter's pictures scattered through the vocabulary
Websters in body by themselves In respcc,
to size, completeness, mechanical execution, and
variety Of subjects, Webstcrs unquestionaby the
best. Worcesters, though many of them are well
enough, are on the whole, failure. They arc very
small many of them are obscure, and the assortme Mt
H. -propotioned. Ornthology somehow, achieved y
in all, S2t or one third are birds or fragments of
birds; and of this 32I, no less than l9l merely
heads or billsof birds Botony has lil Quadrupcds,
&c, the same; Fishes ~ Mathematics and Mechan-
les together about 100; Architecture 80; Mscella.
neous, Domestic Arts. &c 70 and physical Science,
few. Reptiles and Insects are ms vigorously exclu'
ded as from Ireland New Engander. l5-w2
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DITCH NOTICE

Perrysburg, Aug. 2i, ,ls6O.
To +. Roberts. b. F. Tillottson, A. J. REYNOLDS 7.
Bosser. Lawrence Gcgan, q, V. Denniston, Chris.
Iopher Htssel' Silas Howard, Sanford Howard,
L. NJ. Key, n. Harris, Luke smith and ]. Crayen,,
You will take notice that application has been
maze TO the commissioners Of Wood county Oaio, for
opening ditch in said colnty and that the route of
sah proposed ditch or wsor course has been snrvs,
ed beginning on road tract number fifty of the Mau.
NEE ana western Reserve road lands thence north
easterly across i'd LOT hity, and &C ross fftythree
hiy-sX nty-seVen and sixty, northwest cor ner of
sechon thence across SEQ. in north east direc.
uon 20 the county line In township north range u
east ana thers terminate. The said parties are fur
ther notified that the application for said ditch and
the report OF the engineer of his survey and estimate
OF said ditch will be for hearing on the Rfth day OF
the next September session ofth commissioner Of
said county.
lG-2S27t ADDISON SMITH Audi,or
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Ucnub,,eam convention.

-
The Rem ublican County Convention will be heid
=, poRrAGRyILLE, on Saturday, september
Ist, 1860, at 10 o'clock. A. NJ. for the purpose OIL
placing in nomination county ticket to be support
ed at the coming electo wit;
! Sheriff;
l County Clerk;
l Probate judge
l Commissioner;
/ Coroner;
Also will be taken into consideration the proPr'e'
" of changing the mode Of holding county conVen-
tons and for the transaction of such other business
as may come before the convention
Hon. James NJ. Ashley will be present and ADDRESS
the Convention. Let there be full turn out
E. Graham,
VIM. I. Jones,
FIR. Miller,
H.A. Alexander,
Geo. S. Mcknight,
S. w. ST. John.
Rep. Central Comnttee.
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Pole Raising in Miami.s-tnc ius Republi-
cans OF our noighborng town had grand old time
pole 50 feet gf gfrGS0R R And eys1ing In the ater
deuer and E. P. Bassett addressed the large gather
ing of people in we.timed and, effective speeches
At O'Clock the Perrysburg Wide Awakes crossed
over to Miami and from thence in company with
those of Toledo ana Maumee marched upto Maumee
There were 260 lamps in use, and with the soul.str.
ring music of the silver cornet land and our own
band, the march was pleasant and enyening After
marching through the principal streets. the process
sion halted at large vacant lot, whe stands for
speaking had been erected, The crowd was esti-
mated at from l,2es to 500 Remarks were here
mads by Messrs. II. L. Hosmer, j. r. Tyler j. G..
Klinck, J. NJ. Richie, c. Kent and A. Blake, of To-
ledo, and Mr.. Colver of Perrysburg. The first two
from the fact that they have heretofore acted with
the Democratic party and done much service as
speakers excited special interest and were warmly
received; and the which they gave for with
drawing their support from that party were ample
and we'll received. They had adhered to Mr.. Doug.
las In the vain hope that his doctrine Of Popular
Sovereignty might prove be a real principle with
him, and not the cheat and sham which it now con-
fessedlyis. Losing all confidence in the integrity of
the Democratic party, they saw no organization,
which, in either its profssssd principles its can
didates, gave any promise of relief TO the country
from the present difficulties of the Slavery question,
but the Republican party and to that they pledged
their earnest and constant efforts. The other gen
tlemen all spoke with good effect, and the accep-
tance oftheir hearers. At a late hour the meeting
adjourned, and our Wide Awakes came home by the
'oVer land" route, going through number of inter.
esting eVolutions on their way TO the "wigwsmr
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stondmnn,s Speech. -Our DOuglas friends had


StaaJmou's Speech. -Our Douglas friends had
pola raising on Saturday, upon which occasion Mr.
St.admau delivered himself of of his able
Hnceches" He discussed popular so7sreignty at
some length and said it the principle for which
our fathers contended in the colonies, and i'll the
next sentence told ns Douglas was the daddy of the
"ratent" which was invented in 1855. lie forgot to
explain why the democracy refused to admit Kan
sos o,tbonrb her constitution WAS lawfully framed
and regularly presented to congress. lie also Tor
Got to tell us why Douglas, standing upon his pet
measure other gned sickness was absent erery
time when the Senate called upon TO decide
ANYTHING of an important nature. lie repeated the
exploded faseAnod tat Lincoln voted TO stop sup
plies TO the sol ets engaged in the Mexican war; b'
po,withs,andiua. ne tho tght him m hoho man, and
that the Union wo uld be preserved no matter VINO
y,s elected President He said the democratic par
~ had severed all nection with the pro-s'avery
leaders of the South. and made a. pitiful appeal to
those who left the party 1855 foi this reason 10
come back to their first love. One reason why the
Deople were Leaving Dougla ami going over to Lin
coin was accounted for by Republicans misre presen
tation Douglas misrepresented That's impossible. ;.
His double face mode of dealing is too well under
stood 10 m Ike people believe he has been misrepre-
sented in this regard III held that the people of
territory had ri gh to abolish slavery, while III
territorial state. Douglas speech in New Orleans
and in the u S Senate TO the contrary notwthst an
ding. His attempt at defending the ast resolution
on the Douglas platform was rather shallow for
MN occupying the position of a candidate for Con-
Cress lie said 1--WE asked if we end orse this last
resolution-of course we do. Suppose our Republ-
can frienls should get in power, and place on the
Supreme Bench a maioIity of Judges, what would
they think of us if we refused to obey their dec's-
ions and yet we told that simple resolu-
ton pledgng ourselves to abide the decisions
of this court is against the principle of popu
lar sovereigntythat Douglas isagainst his own prn
ciplen Fora more general ilust stration of this prn'
ciple we refer our readers to article on the first
page headed " The Popular Hunbus." Mr.. Stead
man then referred to the Dunn BILL and tried to prove
that the Republican psrty was pro-slavery. lie IL
nallv concluded by saying that If the Douglasites
would go to work. erect poles all over the country
form clubs and do their duty, Douglas would not
only triumph but he would be elected to Congress
This modest assumption of his own election, was
quite harmless, though amusing ooneeit MI
Steadman was followed BY re guar John Brownite'
who pictured off any resistance to my great prin-
ciple as the tpesin for bowie knives, revolvers,
horse.pistols, &c when the crowd, which numbered
one hundred and sixteen men women and children,
began TO simmer down." and shortly after the meet
ing was dispersed.
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saThe Free South. ."--This robbed and out
ragged champion free speech on Kentucky soil has
again been reiusta,ed. 1t will be remembered that
this paper, published at Newport, Ky, was attacked
by mob on the night of the twenty eigth of
October last-the presses broken and the types des
troyed The damage thus stained was som ethng
over So, 900. One ofthe leaders of this mob was
banker named Joseph Piner, formerly sheriff at
III place. Piner, while acting as sheriff under.
took to swinde the editor of the Free South out OF
a sum of money due him for esaI dvertsing. This
scheme promptly exposed in the Free South, land
of course incurred the officials biterest hats Short
y atter,the printing office set afre land presses
types and material all burned up together. Who
the incendiary could have been post lively
known, although there strong suspicious ah oat
A public meeting called in the city of Newport
and the most prominent in the place took al
active part in raising subscrp tons to buy types
and presses. The editor was thus enabled to
unfur the banner of the Free South upon the old
dark and bloody ground" The re-commencement
Of the paper bitter pill to the sheriff and du-
ring mis- in Office a continual thorn in his
side. AT the close of his official career Pin open
ed bank, and when the John Brown excitement
Of destroying the press wh ich accordingly done
on the 2Sth of October. The first issue of the paper
since TIE mob made its appearance last week -
AS soon as the paper was out, Hallam, who is him
seha justice of the peace sued out warrant gainst
the editor, making it returnabe before himself and
another pro-slavery justice, answer the charge of
publishing an incendary paper, AMI as a matter of
course bound him in the sum of 81, ,O0O TO ap-
pear at court Foster is the postmaster at Newport
andis the individual who participated in the bargain
and sale of the mt gro Waggoner, of whom we made
mention IA few weeks since. This town is pcstered
with few drones who cause a continual disorder by
some hocus pocus, amcng the peaceable and quiet
portion OF the community, and whom the people
could dispense ofwthOut serious inconve enience
The Slavery party started several organs in New
port at various times to try to crush out the Free
South by argument, but the effort of convincing the
la6oring and hard-hsted mechanics that il was bet
ter IL work side by side with the negro proved rath
er heavyjob, and having failed ng
failed TO crush the Free South by fire and by mob
law-t would seem that they are going TO do the
thing by the sham process of iaO What the result
of this affair will yet be- we are unable to conjecture
In the number before we find a car signed by 22l
responsible citizens of Newport, condemning the
mob, and setting forth that the editor has been
peaceable citizen for fifteen or twenty years, and
has been regarded rs upright aud honest man in
all his dealings The paper is full of reading matter
most OF which is printed in very hne type 1t is soon
to beenlarged, when it will come oct in new dress
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Suicide.--A young man named Marcus hanman.
resident of Henry township, in this county, COM
mited suicide on last Friday week. by deibe rntey
blowing his brains ont with rifle. He is supposed
to have been of un sound mind for some time past
and Oh more than one occasion has attempted Sc If
destruction, and was only prevented b, the timely
interference of his wife The occurrence came near
proving fatal TO his wife, also as she was so fright
ened that she went into fits. and for few days.the
prospects of her recovery were anything but en-
cOuragng. She still lies in helpless ca ndtion at
the house of Mr.. Freyman
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DEATH |!
To Every Form and Species of
v G Il ElA / n.
CD

"CosTAR's Rat, Roach, &C., Exterminator.
'COsTAR's'
"COsTAR's" Bed-Bug Exterminator
"COsTAR's"
"CosrAR's" Electric Powder for Insects, &C.
DESTROYS INSTAETLf
Rats -Hoaches-Mice-Mo Moles--Gr round Mice Bed
Bugs Ants -Moths--M Mosquitoes cas- Insects on
Plants Insects Animals, &c. g.. lin short, eve
~ form and species of
MIN.
10 years established In New York CITY used nv tho
City Post Once the City Prisons and Station Hons
es--the City Steamers, Ships, a. the CITY hotels
Astor, st. Nicholas, &c. -and by more than 20 900
private families.
Gs- -Druggistsand Retailers everywhere sell them
GSs- Wholesale Agents n all the large cities
ls- Regu r sizes Use. SOC 81 boxes bottles TASKS
~ !!!Beware!!! ofspurious limitations Examine
each bottle box and flask and take nothing but
"CostaT's."
Es-Sl 90 boxes sent by mail.
H1r$ SO S5 boxes for Plantations, Hotels, 30, by
Express.
GB- Address orders. orfar Circular 10 Dealers"
HENRY X. COSTAR,
Principal Depot, Ala Broadway N Y
For sale BY PECK l. HAMILTON, PerrysburH.
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Wood County Court of Common Pleas.
Petition for DtpOrce

Wood County Court of Common Pleas.
Petition for DtpOrce
Ellen T. Howell, petitioner, vs Allen G. Howell, de-
iendnnt,
Allen G.. Howell will take notice, that Ellen 4.
Howell has fled in the of common pleas Of wood
county ohio petition against him, asking that the
bond OF matrimony between herself and said Allen
G. Howell NAV he dissolved, annulled and held for
nought; that she be res ored to her maiden name OF
Ellen +. Granger, and that she may have reasonable
alimony signed her; and that she assigns the
cause therefor the adultry of said Allen T. Howell
with persons known and unknown, specifically SET
forth in said petition; extreme cruelty ano hubitual
intemperance and that said cause will be Tor hear
ing at the ensuing term Of said court Of common
pleas, commencing on the 23d day eff October, n.
d. 1860 JAMES MURRAY solr for petr.
IAwGS3.93
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Mr.. Steadman stated positively that he had
not made speech in Wood county, previous to last
Saturday and the charge made against him in the
Journal. therefore, incorrect. Our informant
said democrat had made speech out in Troy set
tlement, ID he thought twas Mr.. Steadmln. II IL
was not him, we Of course take pleasure in giving
him the benefit of his denial
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Perrysburg Wide Awakes. --This assoc

Perrysburg Wide AwakeS. .--This association
is now fairly orga nzed and ready for service. 1t is
compose of lue Republicans. majority of whom
are young men, regularly equipped in uniform which
consists of glazed cap. bound around with red
white and blue ribbon. cloak of enameied water.
proofcloth, and swinging lamp filed with oil sus
pended staff about five feet in length to be ,ar
ried in professions like musket. The Wide Awakes
drilled in few simple military movements, and
are expected to attend Republican gatherings during
the Presidential campaign to carry torch.light in
the night PROFESSIONS and to drill suicientlyin the
company to march creditably. The military drill on
Wednesday evening last, and the subsequent pa
rade the evening following reflected much credit
upon all concerned. In the course of few weeks
WiGe iwakes will favorablv compare in num-
her with any other town of its size in the State
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We are glad to hear that the Republicans OF
Wood county are making mp to sense of t he duty
they owe to themselves and the cause of free labor
he most cheering news to us from every part
of the county. and we will be much mi staken if our
majority is not increased to at least three hundred
this fall. Keep the ball in motion-t is only five
weeks from next Tuesday until the State election
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MARRIED.

On the goth inst, by ID. Ross J. P, at the resi-
dence of the bride in Perrysburg, Mr.. JACOB EMoH
and Mrs, FRANCIS NEELUs, all of Perrysburg.
On the 81 inst by d. Ross j. P. .at his residence
in Perrysburg Mr.. JESSE JOLLY. of Bowling Green,
and Miss HARRIET Cook, of Perry ysburg.
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Notice of Gilead Union School.

The School will be opened on he Goth day of
August. under the instruction of Mr.. D. A. Avery as
principal, assisted by Miss Kimberline teachers of
experience. The tecond tern 10 commence on the
2Sth day of November; the third term 10 commence
on the Sd day of A prl 1860.
lst term, ~ weeks I'd do I6 weeks Sd do IL weeks.
Normal class will be open at the fall term. pre-
paratory for teaching
Terms of teaching, three dollars per quarter paya-
BILE invariably in advance, BY order OF the Board,
GEO. HOsPLEHoRN Clerk, Gilead Aug. 10, 1860.
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The Live Republican. of rrOy township raised |

The Live Republicans Of Troy township raised
Lincoln and Hamlin pole last Saturday, III feet
above ground, Hon. AsHER Cook spoke in the Ger
man and En- glish iangu ages, and made an able ex.
position Of Republican principles eontrosted with
the cheat of democracy. We understand that ma
jority Of the Germans Of this township, who In 1855
voted for Buck. and Breck. are now suong Lincoln
men and will 60 the whole Repnhlican ticket.
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INFLAMMATION or THE LIVER.

Boston March 4. lS54,--I have been afflicted for
many years With morbid state of the Liver with
pain in the side etc. was about submitting TO the
usual mercual course of treatment, whereby hoped
to gain relief but not a cure | could not lie on
either side when | began with the PERUVIAN
siRuP, and amer using It for only one week cen
sidered myself cured.
is tn. KENDALL, MD.
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RLANKsl BLANKsl!

All kinds of Blanks of the most approved forms
we'll printed on good paper. kept constantly on hand
and for sale cheap at the Journal oce-such as war
rsntee mortgage and quit-claim Deeds state war
,ants summons. .subpoenas, con'tables sales execu
,lon,. attachments. blank notes, &c. Justices and
,otaries wanting anything ir this line would do well
give us call.
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]. N. Free, the orator, philosopher and cham.
pion of American letters, the who astonishe.
his hearers with his sublime rhetoric on "truh and
Immortality" we mean the 'immortal J, NJ" drop.
ped into sanctum, during absence last week
and efr mote" Said note was in the hands of the
legal fraternity for several days for interpretation
but made the wiser, aud now his an.
biographical cuson lies spr cad out before in all
its majesty. We have made several serious attempts
to decipher his hisrogyphical effort. but with re.
peated failures and now fear we shall have to a.
wait his return to explain the devp arches of
wisdom which m,strust it contains.
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Mr.. j. Dautennanof Portage township. n this
county brought into.our oce specimens Of four diff
ferent kinds Of wheat and m nster heads hey are
The longest measures four and half in ches, and
contains eighty one grains ofwheat The different
kinds the blue stem early ripe red chaf bear dy
and Mediterranean.
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The Fostorin News says the population ofthat
part of Fostora lying in Seneca County, according
to the censns,is 1850, and thinks there are at least
l50 in that part of the town lying in Hancock and
Wood counties, making an aggregate of l . 2OC.
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Frank. Sawyer of Norwalk, will address the
Republicans of Perrysburg this Thursday evening
at the Court House. Let there be general rally
among the lovers of freedom, free labor and frs e
speech. The Wide AwAkes will turn out in the
evening,