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I l $ 1. . I i 1 *1 > * l VXkl*- \Trr> w»> rF -i, • - S e n c u a (H o a m r . Who are for the Canals ? Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1851. Democratic Whig Nominations. F o r Judge o f the Oourt of Appeals, SA M U E L A . FO O T . F o r Secretary o f State, JA M E S . C F O R S Y T H . F o r C o n troller, G E O R G E W . P A T T E R S O N . For Treasurer, JAM ES M. COOK. For A ttorney-G e n e ral, D A N IEL ULLM ANN. For State E n g ineer and Surveyor, H E Z E K IA H C. SEYM OUR. F o r Canal-Com m issioner, H E N R Y FITZH U G H . F o r State-Prison Inspector, A L E X A N D E R H. W ELLS. The speedy Enlargement of the Erie Canal is a question, which, in spite of Locofoco duplicity, must have a very decided influence on the approaching election. It is a question so deeply in- be such as not only to rebuke and pun ish theif hypocrisy, but silence their ef forts to overthrow the Canals. The re Frauds on Travelers. suit will also, we trust, confirm the A gentleman has requested us to pub lish the following as a specimen o f the volving the best interests of the State at councils, under whose guidance a new impulse has been given to the work, which is to be closely identified with the future weal of the State.' gross deception practiced upon our thor oughfares of travel The individual in question started large, and especially of the central and commercial portions o f the State, that but few men who are not blinded by par* The Railroad. tizan zeal, can be found to differ in re gard to its utility. Strange, however, as it might seem,the Enlargement has subtle and bitter enemies. These* enemies, have F o r Justice o f the Supreme Oourt. SAM U EL B L A T C H F O R D . fought against it, openly, till they found they were fighting against the full tide o f an honest and determined public senti ment. They were defeated on every hand, when they carried their cause (o. the people, at the special election, in June last. Pride and passion caused them to make loud boasts o f continued F o r Senator, M Y R O N H. C L A R K . But F o r County Judge, JO H N M . B R A D F O R D . F o r Surrogate, O R S O N BEN J A M IN . F o r Justice o f Sessions, B I N D L E Y W . SM ITH. F o r Superintendent o f the Poor, G E O R G E RICE. F o r C o roners, A A R O N Y O U N G . H A R V E Y JE W E T T . hostility for some time afterwards, the leaders discovered, on cool reflec- that tion, that they w e r e , by that process, digging their own political graves so deep that no resurrection could be hoped for. A chanue o f tactics was therefore re- On our first page will be found the proceedings o f a Railroad meeting held at Farmersville, Seneca Co. on the.7th., inst. It was attended' by some o f the most influential and wealthy citizens of Ithaca, TrumanSburg and the region a- bout Farmersville, and the doings are significant o f the warm feeling that ex ists along the line o f the contemplated road in behalf o f the project. The people at the North of us are deeply interested and sufficiently excited in regard to the road. But, the most of them are just at present following the lead o f managers who project a connec tion with Halls Corners, by way of Vienna and Newark. from Troy for some station between Uti ca and Syracuse from which to take stage to Cazenovia, but did not know what station. The ticket-man at Troy, pretending ignorance of the proper place to leave the cars for the stages, induced the traveler to purchase a ticket to Syr acuse, and told him that the conductor would remit a w e y -tyket from the get- For the Geneva Courier. The Law of Treaso For the Geneva Courier. Ithaca & G Sodus Bay Rail-Road, The gentlemen whose peculiar province it is to save the Union, are giving to common felonies and despicable crimes new names. A man who doubts the policy or the consti tutionality of a law, becomes a traitor; and a man who commits a murder, becomes guilty of treason, in their vocabulary. Par ticularly do these patriots mourn over and denounce the treason of the Christiana mur- lt is expected that, in a few days, the rail-road from the heart of the Lackawana Coal-Mines, to connect with the N. Y. & E. Rail-Road at Great Bend, will be completed and in operation. When this is done, there will be a connected line of continuous rail road communication from the coal-mines to County Fair, The Ontario C o . Agricultural Fair was held in Canandaigua, on the first and Ithaca. 83 miles. It is now intended to con. ting-off-place to Syracuse, and that it would be good for one or two months. The unknown station proved to be Chit- tenango; but the conductor, in the most ungentlemaniy manner, refused our trav eler the way ticket, and even an expia tion, which caused a discrepancy be tween himself and the ticket-master that solved on ; and while they abated not a F o r M em b er o f Assem b ly, let Diet., W I L L I A M R . P E T T IT . Whig Assembly Nomination. particle of their secret hostility to the Canals, they determined to deceive the simple and unwary by a pretended friendship for those great works. In pursuit of this policy, the Locofoco pa pers now abound with columns of proof, gravely showing that the party which calls itself Democratic, is the only party As if to crown They have gont so far as to organize a company on a subscription reported at some $60,000. Win. D. C ook , of Sodus, is President. W e trust the Doctor will find it expedi ent at an early day to unite his organizat io n with the scheme to which Geneva might be classed under the enviable ti tles of cheating and falsehood. When the necessity o f paying fare twice over is known to the public, a choice o f roads will most probably be ta ken into consideration. is now committed. H e is a man o f too much sense not to be aware o f ihei ad vantage of the Ithaca route to Sodus, o- ver any other. 'The District Convention, which met at Clifton, on Saturday last,made a unani- friendly to the Canals, a game of impudent deception, it is in sisted that this immaculate party has nev- W e think the statistics presented by “ Engineer” cannot fail to convince all moua nomination o f W i l l i a m R . P e t t i t , o f the town o f Gorham, as the Whig candidate for member o f Assembly. Mr. P ettit is a highly intelligent and sub stantial farmer and well calculated to make a capable and worthy Representa tive. His views on the public questions o f the day are such as well become the We liberal and enlightened Legislator. rt O look for his election by more than an or- Efficient action dinary Whig majority, and thorough organization on the part o f the W h igs In this District is alone requisite to equal the magnificent result o f last fall. Let no honorable effort be spared to ensure it. Theron R, Strong. er opposed the Enlargement! No party was ever placed in a possi- tion of more glaring inconsistency. No man of discernment is deceived by the present liberal professions of the prints which advocate the interests o f Locofo- reasonable men of the,same thing. ism. It is but a few months since their Senators broke up a Legislative Session, in defiance of the Constitution, to defeat the passage o f a law providing for the speedy Enlargement o f the Canals. The faction of the party most decidedly hos tile to the Canal, managed to rule the Locofoco State Convention : and every man nominated by that Convention is known to be an enemy to the Enlarge ment. Their election would be deemed Hunkerism of the most illiberal stripe has manifested its ascendancy in the councils o f the Locofoco party in this section j ) f the State, by the nomination o f Theron R . Strong for the office of Judge o f the Supreme Court. Ho is o f the Dickinson school o f politicians, whose notions of national politics are formed by the Virginia standard. By his votes as a Member of Congress, he the signal for the repeal o f the Act pro viding for the speedy execution o f that work, as well as an endorsement by the people o f the revolutionary course of Who can doubt Not Strange, [ y The Locofoco papers try hard to make capital against Mr. B l a t c h f o r d , the W h ig candidate for Circuit Judge, on the ground that he has been the law^ Could partner of Senator S eward . they show that lie is less enlightened, honest, and capable, in consequence of this association, there might be some Mr. pertinence in a drive of that sort. B latchford , however, stands too high Some sour and petulant quill dtiver, whines through a column o f editorial in the last Gazette^ in deprecation of the Whig nominations in this county, and the Senatorial and Judicial Districts. as a man and a lawyer, to be effected by such pittiful pettifogging. W e confi dently anticipate his election by an over whelming majority, notwithstanding the Geneva Post-Master is electioneering for We are not grieved at this. The W h igs have not made their nominations with a view of suiting the tastes of men in that quarter. The spasms of the Gazette are good evidence that the nominees are o his opponent. 5c?- The New York Evening Post has been recently enlarged, and is printed on new type. It has been published up ward of half a century. It is thoroughly Free Trade and Locofoco in its doc- tier: their vehemence is if possible more un. measured upon this technical definition, than upon those who have doubted its justness— a fact scarcely credible when former diatribes against the latter class are remembered. Its solution is found in the fact, probably, that vehemence is always used by counsellors of all grades just in proportion as their law is found to fall short. A more absurd statement was never so solemnly made. “ Treason against the United States,’1 says Judge K a n e , 44 consists in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies,” &c. And againt 44 Levying war embraces not merely the act of formal or declared war, but any combina. tion forcibly to prevent or oppose the execut lion or enforcement of a provision of the constitution or of a public statute, if accom panied or followed by an act of forcible op position in pursuance of such combination.” Now in what possible regard can the trans action in question be held to be treasonable 1 If Mr. G o r s u c h ’ s lerter is true, (and there canTbe no hij-lier evidence,)]ihere was no 41 combination” to resist the law ; there was a secreting of the fugitives; there was as refusal to go with the master; there may have been every possible prevention taken to the identification and discovery of the fu gitives; and even threats against the pursu ers may have have been menaced. But all this goes to the individuals engaged ; it was in effect threatening and endeavoring to bring about a prevention of the taking of these fu gitives, and an endeavor to escape, and an endeavor to rescue or to assist in escaping. In so far the law was souzht to be evaded struct a rail-road from Ithaca through Ge neva to Sodus Point, on Great Sodus Bay, 56 miles, making the whole distance from the coal-mines to Sodus 178 miles. The cit- faithful and reliable Whigs, Were they endorsed by that concern their integrity might well be doubted. The only thing really worth noticing in the whole Jere miad© is a gross and unmanly attack up- the resigning Senators. ri 9 that’LEVi S. C hatfield is as bitterly inimical to the Canals now as he was when he insulted the Legislature, last spring, with his ribaldry, in the form of official opinions and offended dignity. Hear the solemn opinion o f this Anti- Rent dignitary: has demonstrated his hostility to some of the most precious rights of Freemen.— W e copy on our first page an article from the Auburn D a ily Advertiser , giving the undeniable proofs o f Mr. S trong ’ s rec reancy to the cause o f Freedom, and showing him in the nature of a genuine Poughfaco. 411 have examined all the provisions of this bill * * and I have come to the conclu sion, unhesitatingly, that t h e w h o l e sc h e m e IS A DIRECT, OPEN AND PALPABLE INFRAC TION OF THE CONSTITUTION.” That he licked the dust before the 'slave-holding aristocracy o f the South in voting for the famous 44 Gag Rule,” (designed not only to deny a hearing to petitions on the subject of slavery, but to shut out their reception by the House) At Reflecting men will judge how far the learned opinion of this official black guard ought to w o l g h againot those uf D aniel W ebster , G reene C. B ron s o n , and other men, whose intellectual and moral worth are really worthy of re spect. In contrast with the above, see the following letter from D aniel U ll - on the Whig candidate for Surrogate, It is alleged that he is incompetent for the post. The charge is made, we ven ture to say without the least regard for truth. Mr. B e n j a m i n has held that of fice before and discharged its duties with i honor to himself and satisfaction to the people. H e possesses ability, experi ence and honesty, and the people will show by their votes that they believe him a more suitable man for the station than any whom the Locos will be like ly to nominate. If they do put up a better man, it will be in season then to trines ; but is the most able, respecta ble, and interesting paper o f its species, that we have the fortune to peruse. G eorgia E lection . — The recent State election in Georgia, turned on the ques tion of Union or Disunion, and the Dis- unionist were beaten to the very death. H owell C obb the Union candidate for Governor, was elected by 15,000 majori ty, and the Legislature and members of Congress, chosen, were mostly o f the Thus the Castle Garden stripe. patriots lose their thunder. exultover the Whigs. We venture to as sume that they have not the timber. . B u LKLEV,R fnnf . . t t , & C o . I is now the title o f the firm heretofore known as Mr. is a matter o f imperishable record, a time when F rancis G ranger , M il lard F illmore , D aniel D. B arnard , and other distinguished citizens of New York, were members of the same Hous and voted against the 11 Gag,” Mr,Strong signalized his devotion to his Southern allies by voting for it. The Locofoco party cannot forget its long subserviency to Slavery, and therefore they insult the intelligence and the liberal feelings of o o the people by offering for their suffrages a man who would fain choke down the free expression o f their sentiments in re lation to one of the most important ques tions o f the age. — The people have once repudiated this man ; and will, at the coming election, give him a quietus that will last. (0 - The W higs o f the 23d Senatorial District, held their Convention, last Thursday,at Lodi, and nominated J osiah B. W illiams , of Ithaca, as their enndi- Mr. W illiams is a date for Senator, man of great worth personally and po- liticaly, and will make a better run than he did in June, when he came near over- If the throwing the fugitive, S tanton . latter is re-nominated, (as he should be for Locofoco consistency,) Mr. W ill iams will beat him out of sight. The District is composed of Seneca, Yates It is a c l o s e o n e , bu t and Tompk the Whiga can carry it i f they will it and work for it. W e think they will do it, for we want just such a man as Mr, W illiams in the State Senate. Y ates C ounty . — Tho Whigs of Yates have nominated J ames L. S eely for county Judge and Surrogate; M y r o n H W eaver for Assem b ly; T heo d o r e F . S harp for Treasurer, and A, P otter for Coroner. T h e ticket is a good one, and we hope to see it elected. The W h igs of Yates are a gallant band, and always make the Locofocos work extremely hard to carry the county by a small majority. W e trust this time they will make it impossible. G et the N ames R ight . — The Albany Journal calls attention to the fact, that some of the papers still spell Mr. U ll - mann ’ s name with a single N , also that several papers in this Judicial District give Mr. B latchford an initial letter, W e lastst weekeeK mann , the Whig nominee for the office of Attorney General, the same for which C hatfield is running, or hopes to run, if any body consents to vote for him : N e w Y ork , Sept. 24, 1851. D ear *S ir :—I have the honor of acknowl edging the receipt of your favor of the 20th instant. I have to say in answer, that in my opin ion, the act passed at the last session of the Legislature, entitled 14 An act to provide for the completion of the Erie Canal Enlarge ment, and the Genesee Valley and Black River Canals,” is constitutional; and that I am in favor of a vigorous prosecution of those im provements in accordiance with the provis ions of that act. I am, and ever have been, an earnest and decided advocate of the Whig Canal policy, f consider the Whig party as, unequivocally, pledged to the early completion of the En largement and the lateral works. The issue presented by their opponents on this subject is, by far, the most important practical question now before the people for decision. So much of the interest, power and glory of our Slate is bound up in these works, and the advantages—fiscal and commercial—or their being speedily finished, so manifest, that the undersigned is, and always has been uf the opinion that is the high duty of the Government of this State to advance them, by every practical anil constitutional means, to their final completion. I am, Sir, respectfully, your fellow.citizen, DANIEL ULLMANN. Hon. E. S. S p a u l d i n g , Buffalo. Can there be any question as to which of the two men will be prefered by the people, as a member of the Canal Board, and entrusted with the power o f car rying out the law of the last session ? We apprehend not. The tone of the Locofoco Press,though insidiously mild at present respecting the Canal question, was but recently very explicit in condemnation of the Whig policy, under which the Enlargement is prosecuted, The following is from the Albany Atalas : 41 There is but one desire, and one feeling * * among the Democracy, * * and that is TO SUSTAIN THE ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS, ENTIRELY DEFEAT THE DEBT BILL, AND REMOVE ITS COXCOCTORS AND SUPPORT ERS FROM POWER IN THE STATE.” S ilsbe , B ulkley * & B ennett . S ilsbb retires from the business of the gr^-The United States Life Insurance Company, advertised in our columns by D. T. C leveland , has a board of D i rectors eminently worthy o f the public confidence. The subject of Life Insur ance, is engaging much attention at the present day, and men o f wise forecasle deem it but a just and honrable provision for the future. concern, and takes charge of the manu facturing department, for which lie' admirably qualified. W e need not say that the affairs of that establishment will be pushed with the same energy that has already given it such a commanding share o f business. Their Rooms are Appleton’s Mechanics’ Magazine for October has been received per D erby , O rton & Co. O f its value as a scien. tific periodical, we can always speak in he highest terms. filled with the usual profusion o f beauti ful and excellent Furnituie and Cabinet- Ware o f all kinds ; and their shops are turning out new supplies o f the like sort. It is worth something even to examine The Life Insurance Company ad vertised by Mr. J. R . M o s e r , is an old and well established one, and doing a Mr, M o s e r is a relia- large business. ble and honest Ag' nt. i The Locofocos of this Senatorial their assortment. M urder T rial .— A n important and exciting trial for murder takes place this week at Owego, in the case o f J ohn M. T hurston , charged with the murder of A nson G arrison . The pleaof insanity is relied on for the acquital o f the ac cused. J oshua A.S pbncbr , o f Utica, and E zra S. S weet , of Owego, conduct the prosecution ; and J ohn J. T aylor ahd D aniel S. D ickinson the defence.— District, held their Convention on Satur day last at Lima. W h o they nominated, is not yet known in this section. It is of little consequence who. The editor of the Owego Gazette an nounces that he has made arrangements to report the proceedings of the trial and issue it in a daily sheet till the con clusion. l* . > “ The law of the last session which was passed to prevent an early determination of the Constitutionality of the Canal bill, will doubtless be repealed, if the democrats have the power,” — Waterloo Observer . That is to say, G hatf I eld will bo aid ed to make war on the Enlargement and another 41 S top-Law” performance will prostrate the Public Works of the State. GO-An Insurance Company has been established at Bath, called the 44 Steuben Farmers’and Merchants’Insurance Cum- i pany and perhaps violated, but not forcibly resist ed by a 44combination ” to that end. The law itself was not organized against; it may be acknowledged to be in full force and ef fect, and yet no “ combined resistance ” to it as a law can be discovered. Judge K an e admits this distinction: “ I speak of a conspiring to resist a law, not the more lim ited purpose to violate it or to prevent its ap\ plication and enforcement in a particular case or against a particular individual. The combination must be directed against the law itself.” But how completely all “ treason” vanishes from this case, in another view of the sub ject. The Marshal discovered that he could not make the arrest, and he proclaimed his intention to leave, and did leave with his as sistants, leaving the G o r s u c ii family almost if not entirely alone. Thus was prevented (under the most unfavorable view1 of the ar gument) the second incident laid down by Judge K a n e as essential to treason : “ Some actual force used under the combination t o r e s i s t t h e l a w .1’ The law had gone. Its majesty was fast wrapped in the pocket of the Marshal. Its panoply was removed from the G orsuch ' s , and encircled the discreet re tiring Sheriff; and then commenced a riot and murderous assault, to the great contempt of the dignity and integrity of the statutes of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. —Thus much of this case of treason. There was no combination to resist the law as such, and no resistance to it for its officer and only repos itory had announced that it would not be en forced, and departed with Its insignia and authority in his pocket. Would it not be belter for those whose of ficial or servile leisure and inclinations lead them to give names to acts which they do not deserve, ahd features to the law which it will not wear, and libels to men which they know to be false, and professions of faithfulness which they well know they will never have to and dare not verify,— to pause and reflect that competency to read the con- stitution and to follow its requirements, is ♦ not confined to the recipients of an acciden tal official favor and its legitimate blindness izens of Ithaca and Geneva, and those along the line of this road to Sodus, have been for some lime past concerting measures for the formation of a company to construct the road; and such progress has been made therein as to insure the certain accomplish ment of the object within a reasonable time. This will give a continuous rail-road route from Sodus to New York about 33 miles shorter than by the contemplated road to run out from Sodas in a south-westerly direction and connect with the Canandaigua Road at Hall’s Corners. These facts are deemed important to those who may be invited to invest their money in the stock of any rail-road from Sodus Bay ; it may appear, on investigation, that, while one of the above mentioned roads would pro duce a remunerating return to the holders of its stock, the whole earnings of the other may not be equal to the expenses of opera ting the road. These considerations are sig nificant and will be carefully scrutinized by capitalists before they embark in either of these projects. One of the greatest objects of the Ithaca & Sodus Rail-Road, is to obtain a substantial freight track on the shortest and most feasi ble route from the Lackwana Coal-Mines to the best and securest harbor on Lake Ontario second days o f October. * W o copy from the Canandaigua papers some o f the awards for the best articles on exhibition . The display in most o f the departments is said to have been very fine. 5 00 Matched and Single Horses . To A. Worthington, o f Canandaigua, for the best pair of Matched horses, not over 7 years old, \ $7 00 C. F. Dickinson, Victor, for the best Single Horse, “ :' j f R. Murray, Jun, Canandaigua, 2d best do,, . , The Committee reported that they highly gratified at the large number exhibit ed, as well as the superior quality of the horses entered to compete for premiums.— They staled injustice to some of the compet itors that the rules of the Society debarred some of the pairs of horses from competition on account of aze. 3 00 were Miss Reed, Richmond, Oil Paintings, 5 oo Mrs. B. Anna Tripp,Monochromatic Drawing, 1 oo Wm. Brace, jr., Victor, best Maple Sugar, 2 00 Mrs. Willson, Gorham, Roll Crash, l qq Miss L. E. Maxwell, Geneva,Paint- . ings of Fruit, ■ 1 oo J. C. Sheldon, Richmond, fancy’ . Buggy, bv Boy, 2 00 Miss E. Gauss, East Bloomfield, Woolen Hose, Miss. C. Sutherland, Canandaigua, Melon Seed Bag, J. J. Cobb, Phelps, pretty Lamp Mat,- 50 Mrs. D. Fleming, Canandaigua, do, 50 “ E. F. Willson. E. Bl’field, Crochet Bags with rings, Wm. P. Ottley, Phelps, lot of Seeds, (worthy of notice) '1 0 0 50 50 50 p r e s i d e n t P i t l m o r e ’ s O r d e r s in re g a r d to th e S y r n c t t s e 'I'rttllo r e — P r o m i n e n t C i t i z e n s I d e n t i f i e d — C o m p l a i n t s a g a i n s t the C o m m i s s i o n e r , d c . Two and Three years old Stud Colts . Collister Mellin, Gorham, best 2 years old Stud Colt, $5 00 Charles Shepard, Canandaigua,2d do, 3 00 Two and three years old Mare Colts. To F. Gates, Gorham, for beat 3 years old Mare Colt, $5 00 Pitt May, Hopewell, 2d do, 3 00 Two and three years old Gelding Colts . Correspondence o f the A* . Y. Express. W ashington , Oct. 8. President Fillmore, on Monday, issued or ders to the District Attorney o f Northern New York directing the immediate prosecution of all, irrespective of persons, who took part or aidedand abetted in the recent, treasonable outrage at Syracuse. dc To Nathan Oakes, Phelps, for the best three years old Gelding Colt, $5 P. Hathaway, Farmington, 2d do, 3 J. C Cost, Hopewell, for best 2 y’rs old Gelding Colt, 5 Bulls, 00 00 00 —an object that cannot be accomplished in any other way, and jin which no other rail road now constructed or in contemplation can ever participate.1 . There is another important consideration connected with this subject, from which all rail-roads connecting with the N. Y, & E. R. R. at and to the west of Owego, may de rive some advantage ; but which will operate more especially to the benefit of the Ithaca & Sodus Road. The completion of the Leg- get’s Gap Rail-Road will open the shortest route from New York to Owego, that can be obtained for any rail-road; the whole of which, it is expected, will be in running or der in a few days. This will leave the road from Ithaca to Sodus to be built, a distance of 96 miles. —Thus, From N.Y. to Delaware Water Gap, 80 Thence to The coal-mines, Scrantonia, about 50 Great Bend, 47 Owego, 36--133 213 Ithaca, 30 Geneva, 39 — 69 .. 282 Sodus Point, 26 308 00 To Halsted Knapp,. Hopewell, for the best Bull over two years old, $7 00 Dibble & Dixon, E. Bloomfield, 2d do, 5 Norman Hills, Bristol, for best Bull under two and over one year old, R. A. Andrews, Bristol, 2d do, G. Kipp, Phelps, for best Bull Calf, D. Pickett, Gorham, 2d do, Steers, 7 5 5 3 00 00 00 00 I To Daniel S. Baker, West Bloomfield, the best pair 3 years old Steers, $5 do do do do do do do do do 3 2 for 00 00 00 do 2d do 3d do 4th do Vol. Trans, do best pair 2 y. old steers, 5 00 do do do for for 3 00 2 00 Vol Trans best 5 00 best 5 00 From N.Y.to Owego,as above, 213 Thence to Elmira, 36 Jefferson, 22— 58 Sodus via. Hall’s Corners, 271 70 341 308 33 miles of judgment Assembly District Convention. Mr. J. H. T illman ’ s assortment of stoves is very fine, as will be seen by Advertisement. M A D A M O ISE L L E FA R O D I. This renowned Musical Artist will give a Concert on Friday evening at Concert Hall. W e copy from a Boston paper the following notice of one of her Concerts in that city : CO™ The Baptist Denomination held a State Convention last week at Elmira. Among other resolutions,they passed one of thanks to the Railroad C o ’s, and tho Proprietors of the Steamboat on Seneca Lake,for their liberality in furnishing e x cursion tickets to the delegates. All who vote intelligently will thus understand tho most important issue in volved in the pending election. It will decide whether we are to have the ca pacity o f the Erie Canal made such as to secure the vast and rapidly increasing trade of the Great W est, and thereby pour wealth untold into the lap o f the State. It will decide whether we shall which is wrong, w e la w gave the name of our candidate for Superin tendent of the P o o r , as G eorge W . R ice . W e understand his name “ is right without the W .” have that woik accomplished now , or left unfinished till rival enterprises and other governments have stolen the trade o f the West from us, and rendered our public works comparatively worthless. These considerations are o f such weight as to exert a mighty influence on the action of the electors. The verdict they The Pennsylvania election took place yesterday. Great exertions were made by Locofocoism, allied to 41 Phila delphia Cotton,” to defeat Gov, J ohn son , the noble hearted Whig candidate for re-election. W e fear they have been successful. Go By O rton ’ s advertisement it will seen that he is fillinsr his Bookstore with M u s ic a l . —Again are we called upon to record anothertriumph of the great Parodi. The advent of this celebrated vocalist into this country has formed an era in our musi cal history. It was a great undertaking of Maretzek, to attempt to carry out the idea which he had conceived, of bringing to this country a lady who had met with such distinguished success, in all the cities, and before all the crowned heads of Europe; and the immense expense attending such an engagement could only have been met by demanding from the public enormous prices for admission to her performances. It was for this reason alone that the, illustrious etnpressario made his engagements as short as possible ; and that being through, the peerless Parodi has made a tour through all the principal citiesof the United States,where she has met with the most marked success and immense edthusiasm. Having returned to Boston and brought with her an array of talent unequalled by any other artist who has ever visited us, we shall expect to see the Tremont Temple crowded at the two concerts, which she gives this and to-morrow evening. We attended the concert which she gave on Friday of last week , the house was filled with a very large and discriminat ing audience, who manifested their approba. At a meeting of the Delegates, from the several towns, comprising the Eastern As sembly District, of Ontario county, held at Clifton, Saturday, Oct. 1 1th, J o h n J. S t o n e , Esq., took the chair, and W m . O r to n was appointed secretary. The following gentle men appeared from their respectve towns : GORHAM, P. Pettit, Wm. Simpson, J. Jones, J. M. Pulver, SENECA. J. M. Bradford, N. Tamblingson, Jno. L. Bennett, Wm. Orton, Wm. Johnson, M. S Reed, HOPEWELL. J. Frushour, H. V. R. Schermerhorn, J. J. Stone, Robt. E. Murray, A. J. Shannon, MANCHESTER. M. Persons, M. Alierton, Alfred Dewey, B. Osgood, tion by the most enthusiastic applause: nearly id. a new and extensive assortment o f liter- Tho business o f that '*ry attractions, establishment, wholesale and retail, is very large, and deserves to be, i f industry and unwearied attention to the means of success make the standard to judge by. T all wheat .— Mr. W illiam L eason , will render, on the pretensions o f the Locofoco party, we are persuaded will of this town,has brought us some etalks of wheat, grown by him the present year, over six feet in length. They are very coarse and heavy, and the heads worthless from the effect of the weevil. every piece on the programme was encore The Nonna of Bellini, Parodi has made entirely her own, and for glhe future, when any artiste who shall lay their claims to celebrity, shall attempt to perform “ Casta Diva? Parodi, and Parodi only, will lie taken as the standard of excellence. The other parts of the programme were preformed in every way worthy of artistes in Pavodi’s concert; three time was Strakosch summon ed before ihe andience to recive their plau dits, as was also Hauser, whose equal we have never heard. Mr. Arthurson was heartily applauded. The two cencerls which Parodi now gives, are at the request of a great many warm admirers ; and as it will probably be the last time she will ever sing in this city, we can but advise those who would sccnre a good seat to go early. J. Cost, IsaacStoutenburg PHELPS. A. Banta, J. Snow, E. J. Acker, N. Oaks, Kendall King, S. Hildreth. On motion, the Convention proceeded to an informal ballot for a suitable person to be supported at the ensuing election, for Mem ber of Assembly, from this district. W m . R. P ettit received 18 votes, A mos J ones , 6, scattering, 6. The direct ballot resulted as follows :—W m . R. P ettit , 19, A mos J ones , 7, scattering, 4. Whereupon W m . R. P ettit was declared duly nominated, and by a vote to that effect, it was made unanimous- After listening to a few spirited remarks, from several of the gentlemen present; urging the necessity of a thorough organization, proposing plans of operation, &c., the Con vention adjourned, subject to the call of the District Committee. JOHN J. STONE, Chairman. W m . O rton , Secretary. Distance from N. Y. to Sodus via. Elmira & Hall’s Corners, Distance from N.Y. to Sodus via. Ithaca & Geneva, Difference in favor of the Ithaca & Geneva route, Can the coal from the rich and inexhaust ible mines of Lackawana afford to encounter an addition of 33 miles of land carriage in its transit to Sodus B.iy 3 Can any traveler between Canada and New York, or Philadel phia, be found willing to take this round-a bout track and pay 66 cents extra passage- money for the privilege 3 Probably not. The friends of the Ithaca & Sodus Rail- Road may rest assured, that, for this road, there is but one destiny; and that is, t h e road is to be b u ilt . And I entertain the confident opinion that any other road to run out from Sodus and connect with any exist ing or contemplated rail-road, will be merely a feeder to the road with which it may be connected, and will never return a dollar by way of dividend to its stock-holders. E n g i n e e r . W orking For the Geneva Courier. Those “ Wonderfully” Improved Show-Cases. do 2d do 3d do 4th Melvin Powers, Farmington, pair one year old Steers, Curtis Camp, Farmington, broke pair Steers, Milch Cows. To E. M. Bradley, E. Bloomfield for best Milch Cow. $7 00 Seth Pavmele, do 2d do 5 00 Mr. Bradley made from his enw, in one week, 14 lbs. 2 oz. butter; and Mr. Parmely 12 lbs. The committe stated that there were three other fine cows on exhibition, but that the owners had not complied with the regu lations of the Society, and consequently could not compete. Heifers . To F. W. Goodwin, Canandaigua, for the best two years old Heifer. $5 00 F. W. Goodwin, do best one year old Heifer, 5 00 do do do 2d do 3 00 Chester Osborn, Gorham, 3d do Vol Trans Oxen. To Daniel S. Baker, West Bloomfield, for best yoke Working Oxen, $7 00 Ox Teams . To the Town of Gorham, for the best Ox Team of not less than ten yoke from any one town, the owners of which were members of the Society, was a- warded the premium of $20 00 The Committee stated that six yoke in the Team from the Town of Canandaigua, were better than six yoke of the Team from the Town of Gorham,but the remaining four yoke were so much inferior that they could but decide in favor of Gorham. Saxon Sheep To Clarkson Oldrige, Farmington, for best Saxon Ram, $5,00 L. Burkholber, Seneca. 2d do 3 00 E. M. Bradley, E. Bloomfield, 3d do’, 2 00 Merino Shc*>p. Geo. Brown Phelps, for best three Merino Ewes, $5 00 Wm. Pitts, Richmond. 2d do, 3 00 do do 3d do, 2 0u Swine. O. Phelps, Canandaigua,for best Sow, James Caeward, do 2d do, Match. To A. D. Paten, Canandaigua, for plowing 1-4 acre best, within 11-2 hour.*, with hordes, $5 John Lamport, Canandaigua, 2d do. 4 Collister Mellen, Gorham, 3d do, Robert Chapin, Hopewell, 4ih do, Collister Mellen, Gorham do do do with Oxen, Enoch Ottley, Phelps, 2d do do, Thos. Carr, Hopewell, 3d do do, The President is determined that these reck less tramplers upon law and doers in treason, shall be dealt with according to their deserts, regardless of number and position. I am advised by letter, horn high authority at Syracuse, that a number of prominent citi zens are identified as leaders in the nefarious tra nsaction. 1 am also advised from Syracuse, that a complaint exists against Commissioner Sabine for his unnecessary adjournments and delay, and for his temporizing and exhibitions of timidity, also, for his indulgence before him of the Abolition lawyers in inflamatory speeches not german to the record. However much, or however little cause there may be for these complaint, it is certain that this same Mr. Sabine but a very few yaersjago was a known Abolitionist; and it is certain furthermore, that he is now an ene my to the Compromise Measures in general, and the Fugitive Slave law in particular, un less a very recent change has come over him. The District Court of Northern New York is probably not in possession of these facts. I can hardly think that the distinguished chief of that tribunal would knowingly suf fer a man of this stamp to hold the post of U. S. Commissioner under his appointment. B ru tu s . Suicide. An inquest was held by Coroner Jewett, upon the body of the wife of Peter Walling, of the town of Canadice, on the 1st inst.,who was found in the wood-shed adjoining the dwelling house, with her throat cut from ear to ear, down to the bones of the neck. li appears that Mrs. W. had been melan- chol> during the last two months of her life, and had frequently expressed deep solicitude for her future welfare, although a consistent and active member of the Church for the last twenty years. Her gloomy forebodings in creased to such an extent, that at times it apparent to her friends, that she was w deranged, and intimations had been expres sed that she might be led to destroy herself. She left her bed between two and three o’clock in the morning, without the knowl edge of her husband, who soon missed her, and being apprehensive of what she might do made immediate search, and found his razor had been taken from its usual place, and on opening the door into the wood-house, the awful reality presented itself to bis view. Verdict of the Jury— 11 The deceased came to her death by cutting her throat with a razor, while in a tit of insanity.” Mrs. W. left a family of eight children .— Ontario Hepositoi y. OC^-The Whigs of Ontario and Livingston counties have nominated M y r c n H. C lark o f Canandaigua, as their candidate for Senator. The W higs o f Ontario and Livingston o o could not have chosen a better man if they had selected from the whole State. W e have the pleasant recollection of a personal acquaintance with Mr. C lark w hile residing in Canandaigua, and we know that at home , he commands the re spect and esteem of all parties. O f course, there is no doubt o f his election. Roman Citizen . $5 00 3 00 Plowing GO Gen Levi Hubbell has been re-elected a Judge of the Supreme Court in Wisconsin by about 1000 majority. He ran as an Inde pendent Democratic candidate. % 3r J enny L ind gives a concert in 3 2 00 OO 00 00 Buffalo this evening, the proceeds o f which are l o b e given to the sufferers by the late fire. She will never forget how to do good. 5 4 3 00 00 00 CO RO N ER’S IN Q U E S T . On Tuesday the 7th inst., Coroner ■R o y c e was called to hold an in quest on the body ot a female infant child, of mature birth, at Canandaigua — name unknown. It was found covered with water under the eastern outlet at the foot of the Canandaigua Lake, lock ed up in a black patent oil-cloth travel- ing-bag, with five stones in it, probably picked up on the lake shore. Nothing was elicited to show from whence it was brought, whether from one or twenty miles. From the testimony it appeared probable that the child was bom alive, and lived a few hours after birth, but had taken no food. It had on no cloth- and, from appearances, had not lr)g ; been in the water more than two days. The verdict was in accordance with the above facts. We should not advert again to those Ca ses, had not our quandam friend done us the 44 kindness” and honor to leave 44 all the writ ing” to us, (or, to use his word, 44 gentle man,” ) as he informs us—1 uWe are done ” It is not a little pleasing to see the Case correspondent striving so hard to answer, where he avers there is “ nothing to answer.” We would pursue another course, and would wish to answer, something—[how far we shall be gratified the public may judge]—de- serous ever to learn, even should it be from such as endeavor to belittle their kind by freely bestowing the sobriequet of “ little man.” Thus much for our correspondent’s magnanimity—in perfect keeping with his monopolizing mechanism, and who so loudly disclaims ever following others in improve ments and inventions. A man may well play the braggart when his genius is so pro found that he may launch forth to the admir ing world such complete originals, without the aid of his fellow man. Glorious consum mation ! Let it not be said hereafter that Geneva boasts no original genius whose 41 decency” forbids copying ! We were quite proud that our villa was awarded some merit for her efforts in the use ful and the ornamental, but we cannot say that we were so particularly pleased as to let any o n e exclude “ the rest of mankind ” through their personal egotism. Rights for all and to all , is no more than may be rea sonably demanded without disparagement to any. As the field is all our own, we choose not to battle single-handed against empty nothings ; and it would ill become us, or any other “ little man,” to crow over a retreating or fallen foe. But, as we set our sails and nailed our bunting with the flag for “ The Million,” so we intend to stand or fall; and should our friend change again his tactics from 44 Now we are done ” to 44 stick close to you,” as he said in his first, we may per haps have the amusement of witnessing some more of bis pistol -artillery and small-sword Poultry . To Geo. C. Gauss, East Bloomfield, for the best lot of Dorking Fowls, $3 00 Geo. C. Gauss. do best lot Po land Fowls, 3 M. Van Dusen,Phelps,best lot Large 00 The Courier , of Louisville, presents the name o f Joshua F. Bullitt, E s q ., o f that city, for the Speakership o f the House of Representatives in the next session of the Kentucky Legislature. The Daguerreian artists holJa Nation al Convention in N ew York city on the 1 1th o f next month. Fowls, John Greig, Canandaigua, best Turkeys, Robert Lay, Phelps, 2d do, 3 00 pair 2 00 1 00 E. M. Bradley, E. Bloomfield, best pair Ducks, M. Van Dusen, Phelps, 2d do, 2 1 00 00 Melvin Powers, pair Geese. ington, best 2 00 F. W. Collins, E- Bloomfield, 2d do, 1 00 The Committee recommended a premium of $2 to E. M. Bradley, of East Bloomfield, for the best pair of Muscovy Ducks; to Robert Lay, of Phelps, $1, for the 2d best do; to Oliver Kent, of Bristol, $2. for the best pair of Cochin China fowls, and $2 to Robert Lay, for best pair Chitagong fowls. They also noticed some very fine China and Java fowls, from Penn Van. Also, some Bantams, very fine. Fruit. exercise ; and if he should chance to point as fatally as an ardent son of Erin did when he shot the porcupine, (viz., the first fire he missed him, and the next hit him in the same ball-hole,) we might hope to live for another evolution with our sporting neighbor. How ever, we would not urge him to hostilities against his ipse dixitt as the game is not worth the quarrying. M echanic . To T. C. Maxwell, Geneva, for the greatest and best assortment of Apples, $3 00. E. F. Willson, East Bloomfield, for best 1*4 bush Vergalieu Pears. 3 00 J, XV. Mitchell, East Bloomfield, for the best 1-4 bush Secke Pears, 3 00 F. W. Collins, do 2d do 2 00 T. C. Maxwell, Geneva, for best 1-4 bush Pears of any sort, 3 00 J. J. Mattison, Canandaigua, for best 1-4 bush, Quinces, 3 00 Geo. L. Whitney, do 2d do, Tr.Amer.Inst, E. A. McKay, Naples,best 6 bunches Native Grapes, 2 00 T. C. Maxwell, Geneva, 2d do, Trans. Amer. Inst. John Greig, Canandaigua, best do do, Foreign Grapes, 2 00 The Committee stated the exhibition of Fruit was highly creditable and the display of Apples very fine indeed. They recom mend the following Premiums.— To R. C. Stiles, E. Bloomfield, for a fine lot of Peaches, Discretionary . Mrs Wm. Bradley, East Bloom field do case Shell work Miss Mary Greenleaf, Canandaigua, Crochet Hat, Mrs. Sylvanus Chapman, Gorham, fancy Bed Quilt, Miss Eliza Benjamin, Canandaigua, worked Cap, Miss Lucinda Gauss, E. Bloomfield, Needle Work, Miss Eliza Babcock,Hopewell,white knit shell Quilt, Mrs Curtiss, Canandaigua, white Quilt, Miss Anna Splint, do worked Aus tralian Birds, 1 00 Mrs Wm. L Fleming, do, Etching- Sleepy Hollow, 1 00 A specimen o f the improvement of the Daguerreotype, called the 44 H illo- type,” is on exhibition at Albany. The art, will soon be brought into general use. R. Chisolm, o f Beaufort, S. C., is cul tivating the olive tree from plants procur ed in the neighborhood o f Florence. The Toronto (Canada) correspondent o f the N ew York Tribune announces the withdrawal from public life o f tho Hon. Louie Joseph Papineau. The death o f the venerable and re spected Ohio pioneere Hon. William Creighton is announced, at the age o f 73 years. Mr. C . visited Ohio in 1796.J A new steamer, called the Captain, has been placed on W a rd’s line o f Lake Erie boats. Her cost was upwards o f $ 100 , 000 . Fort Bruce, Canada, has recently been hilt opposite Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Stevenson, o f Virginia, is to deliver tho address at the Pennsylvania State Fair at Hainisburgh on the 29th. Four thousand dollars have been col lected in New Orleans towards erecting a monument to the memory o f Gen. Jackson. 50 3 00 50 1 00 1 00 1 00 2 00 1 00 Gov. Slade, agent o f the National Education Society, has gone west again with thirty young ladies for teachers o f schools. A new locofoco organ has just been started in N ew York, called the Nation al Democrat. It goes with the hunkers. G eorgia , — The following are believ ed to be the Members of Congress elect from Georgia— all 8 Union’ men but Messrs. Jackson and Bailey, and we do not feel sure that they are both elected ; Diet, 1. Jos, WJockeon. II. Jnrnes Johnson. III. Da-id J. Holley. IV. Charles Murphy. | Diet. V. W. E. Chastain. VI. Junius HUIyer VII. A. FI. Slt-phi VIII. Robert Toombs, D r a i n i n g C a y u g a M a r s h e s .— Hon George Geddes has been for some time engaged, under the direction of the Commissioners ap pointed by the Governor, in making a com plete survey of the Cayuga Lake, the Seneca River to Baldwinsville, and the Montezuma Marshes. We understand he has the Notes of a former Survey of the Seneca River, made many years ago by his Father, will be able to ascertain comparative ^e^“' , — Ithaca Chronicle. .i n *- re str no th in ur L U (I e) le P1 th an at DC re fri H hi. me hi Gc ts ‘•or ipr an w ti le w h ti on af ve al Dt foi pll ho of IO| thi tui the api yot ant M M C R C of of ag FI w Hfl Oa Cc On Bu Ch Eg On Ap Pol Re Flu Ap Pcs V lh< As ah< < 1 *P cei < 1 act & ou ( Ins vol CM 184 / 1 tic th. o f 85 S a T i Se TI be o f vo set an $1 th ah I Eg C r Nc ] by 1 Ca Sp ] mg < 1 by Tli To Re Sii ( Fc ct