ot r.'ob bed ve,T. vii'p!'cit <!! -'d j
vtjo'.vs aldetiue siiim 01 N~ ■ j n"i | i.'| ) —t ■s'.)
ur rf“"i'.,Tns-w* wK«fli 3r,LK ' c - * :,u r ‘ s
•< ftJnf f th« play mike wmepopre atsH iM;
puH tfiei/
flirmatlonaredirocl, ahijwebelieveftllable.
ThS tolldlicral 0 ««<I evtdehce
1 htftdughlycd’iifir As ilsi truth.' >' -i '"', '•
Ji 8 teßat 3
St^hert
of fllihtjih i v ffifd* : Chtipmsir, ex-Spefial Mail
A R fent;' 1 Ediior Washington Union
andOlerU df House of Representative*; W.
Gray. PoslmasierofCli»6lH.nd; Wnt; Often,
or Elyria, Ohio, and one otWr party whose
name wa forget. -'
This company of political brethren and
imrtnculale pafHots haVe secured the refusal
of a $50,000 purchase of Indian Missionary
Reservation lands in Nebraska Territory;
85,000 has been paid down, as forfeit money,
in case the Company should not pay the rest',
due at tho 'lime stipulated. Since t ho death
of Gov, Burt, his Secretary, Cummins, is
acting Governor pro tern., until the President
fills the rtcency. The influence of the'land
jobber* aforesaid'is-being concentrated on the
President, to induce him to appoint Cummf/id
permanent Governor of the Territory . The
understanding, or bargain, is, (hat in case
the Company aforesaid succeed in having
him returned as Governor, he agrees to lo
cate the Seat of Governmental the village of
Belleville, on the lands purchased by the Com
pany, which, ns a mailer of course, will vast-
Iv enhance tlieir value, 10 the emolument of
Ihe said Douglas, Gray & Co. The honesty
and morality of the bargain and sale, is a
matter wo will not stop here 10 review. It is
enough 10 know that it is par excellence
l)pmocraiic.'
!l is understood that Chapman is to bo the
Treasurer and financier of the scheme. Fur
thermore, he will be brought out ns a candi
date for delegate to Congress from the Terri
tory I and will receive all the influence of
Douglas to secure his election, It is consid
fred°lhiit with him in Congress the lands and
corner lots coul be sold lo better advantage,
ns »e(l with an eye to further land specula
tions. Chapman is sending a press over lo
the Territory, which is to be a Douglas organ
there, and 10 have beato«ed upon it all the
public printing of the Territory. Whether
the Company will advocate the introduction
of slavery under the “ Popular Sovereignly”
joggle, we are n»l advised. The Dealer re
cently contained an editorial lauding Cum
mins, and urging his appointment as Govern
or of Nebraska,
Chapman has resigned his special mail
agency, and has spent considerable lime wjih
Douglas in Illinois, making speeches in that
Slnle before ihe election in favor of the vio
lation of the Missouri Compromise. He hps
also been in the Nebraska Territory for sev
eral weeks, on some landspeculation, as was
known.
If the Company succeed with their scheme,
our neighbor of The Dealtf will make his
pile. It is n large operation, and a bold
move, but the ropes, we are told, are well
laid. A half million ofdolla& is the very
least, we are informed, the Company expect
to clear in the speculation. We have furthi r
particulars which we withhold to-day.
Indictment of Theodore Parker.
Our Courl reporl this morning shows ihat
Mr. Parker hns been induced in the Circuit
Court, for obstructing the United Stales Mnr
sHal in the service of process against Antho
ny Burns, in May and June last. We re
gard this prosecution, at ibis time, as need
less and unfortunate, and we believe it will be
regretted by every sincere lover of good or
der and the public iquiet. At best, Mr. Par
ker’s offence is a constructive one, and if our
own recollection faithfully serves us, govern
ment will find it hprd to proyc even that.—
But without entering into the'merits of the
case itself, we think it right to say that the
prosecution is a political one, that it is dan
gerous to free speech, and that it can only
result in opening wounds which were already
healing, and stirring up bad blood, which
was already begining to cool. Political pros
ecutions are almost always blunders, and this
one will prove no exception to the rule.—
What Government expects to gain by it, it is
difficult to say. Private feeling may be grat
ified, and private malice appeased; but the
prosecution, whatever may be its result, will
only make the execution of the Fugitive
Slave Law more difficult than ever. The
Circuit Courl cannot reasonably expect to
•lop Mr. Parker’a mouth ; ho will probably
continue to say what he thinks ; while his
auditors and admirers will grow more numer
ous and warmer with every successive indict
ment. It is out of the power ofhis Honor or
of Mr. Attorney, Ip slop preaching or pam
phleteering, unless lhe Fugitive Slave Law is
amended by (Tie introduction of a special
clause against Fanucil Hall, and against the
presses, and printing offices of Boston.
A CcbTods Sobphisb—A Skves-Ykaus
StEKp.—A loner from San Francisco to Mr.
fl. R. Harris, of this city, from his brother,
relates e curious incident that occurred there
a short time since, which we do not recollect
having seen in print. Her Britannic Majes
ty's exploring ship PloVer arrived ut San'
Francisctra short time since from the Polar’
Sea, where she had been ice-bound since 1847.
When she left San Francisco, some years
ago, it was a mere trading station, resbrted
to by a few vessels in pursuit of hides, and
the town‘dr place contained only a few adobe
houses. The captain and crew of the Plover
expected to find the same San Francisco in
1854 that't(jfey ; fen'.ip 1847. The captain,'
therefore,'sailed irttb'the' bay without o pilot,"
and approached ln the evening. Hd
was much amnSed at ! the rmmerbus lights he
saw. Wheri heawoke' from his drdam' bf
sfeven jfear6,ihe ilext morning, hi? found s
noble Ciiy becupying the she of ihe‘ ; |i>feffcnf
San Pranclsco.' ‘He; hnd knowri nothing faf
the Mexican Hyar," aiid Cession of California
to the DniieS 'S{ales',‘;ftnd the many other
great events that, hafd lakeriplaceduring the
time be had.hcen (ocKe'dup'ifr fK'eTrtizih re
gions 6P the Nori ii.—Rocktytr ’
War is aoeratntree called (he wetping
willow Mked a Schoolmaster, addressing
odo of'nrt Becauae you take
from it to »Wp-lb» boys with."
the AGOTTfIy
VVVAVWWWIV
Tiinriday noming, Dec. 91,1854.
> -f i*m in ■ —3—*■*
Sammons, Subpmnas, Warrants, Constsbhfs Sales,
casc»«
gyWe-arcßmieTebUgatioawko’tfoO.fi. A.Gaow
for an;«arlypyy of the Presidents ■ j
An Apology.— Oar patrons did not receive
a paper last
cure (t from the papermtkerlri lime. lilThe'papefi
upon which this number > is -printed was piqcurcd at ‘
Elmira, sod nearly, two weeks admit waa .ordered,-
at thaL It-will bb scen lhal this failure, .wap uns-;
roidablo-#ono of.thoak accidents that'huihanl faros,
siglil, unless assisted, by a jfdar’a stock of; paper, on
hand, cannot.prevent, Our;edflion absorbs nearly ~
a bundle of papef. with o B(eadylncte|ae
weekly. Now, every bundle that wp purchase,costa,
ua from
of paper a thing .of capita). It is unnecessary to
slate that advance payments on subscription (would
r e pdor a good slock of. paper -a lhing of courso, (or
tljal is evident. As this is iha first time that wo ev..-
cr missed a paper since we embarked in tpe business
of publishing, so, we hope It may be the last.
(D* Mr. George Payne, has taken rooms in-Rub.
inson’s Hotel, whore all who wish good pictures of
themselves °nd friends, will do well to call.. Mr. Ps
has just returned from the city with a .fine assort
ment of stuck, which he will bo plessod to exhibit
to all who favor him with a call.
flic Political Present.
It is questionable if the political world ever pre
seated such a strange aspect as it.does to-day. In,
Europe, ancient cnemlesaro become modern friends,
and Franco and England, forgetting Fputenay and
Waterloo, forgetting national caste and national
creed, fight shoulder to shoulder with Mohammedan
Turkey. The cross of St. George, the tri-color and
the Crescent, wave aver a common battle-field, and
together triumph, or together go down in the dust of
defeat in a Common cause. The strife of Despotism
with itself is begun. The kingdom of Oppression
is divided against itself, and the world silently awaits
the fulfilment of the prophecy thereon. When that
shall have been consummated, a better day for na
lions and for men will have dawned, aud the golden
gales that open to Earth’a Harmnnial Future, shall
be thronged with a mighty pilgrim
nations.
At homo, there is a strange jumble of the seasons
of the political year. Its spring, iU summer, its au
tamo and its winter, seem crowded into unnatural
juinposillon. New parlies spring up, learning the
lesson of Manhood in the rradlc, and springing into
full life and vigor from their cradle bands. Old par
lies, but how in the apparent xenith of power, and
grown arrogant and haughty in long rule, go down
like frail reeds before the impetuous onset of the
New. , '
A mighty revolution is going on throoghout the
length slid breadth of the entire North. Vet not a
a sanguinary revolution, accompanied by the awful
thunder of cannon and tho shrieks of dying men
beaten down by the fearfbl tempest of battle.' It is
s mighty moral revolution—a conflict of rights with
wrongs in the council chamber of the North’s great
heart. A nation is being arraigned at the bar of
Conscience for lire commission of and persistence in
a 'monstrous crime against God aod Humanity.
1 It stands before a Judge who cannot bo approached
with a'bribe, amT whose sense of justice flows out
of the kindlier instincts of Humanity—from the
fount of all Justice and Right.
The day of reckoning b as been delayed full long.
The South has pursued the wrong, until the wrong
has become in Us view a sacred right In the la
bor of challeliz'mg immortal souls, wrong Ims tem
porarily pul off its bideousness—light baa become
darkness and darkness light. It is no strange phe
nomenon—this persistence in wrong until ils defor
mity becomes pleasing. It is a natural result of
self-degradation, and as such it must be treated.
But for Northern men, living without the circle
of the malign influence of Slavery, and In whom it
appears always in the wrong, there is no longer an
apology for silence and inaction. It is time to be
Up-and doing, before that '‘nightconicth wherein no.
man can work.” Every man who admits that hu
man slavery is wrong, admits at the same lime that
its further extension should bo prevented; and is
bound by tbo decree of Conscience ns the great ex
pounder of Iho Common Law of Humanity, to set
about righting that wrong without delay, and
with every means that lies in his power. A mo
ment noic, is worth an ago, when it shall be 100
late.
Shall we work singly—we men of the North—or
as one man? If singly, we shall each lie down el
last, conscious of having accomplished nothing. If
as one harmonious Man, thirsting for Right and
stirred with the holy leaven of Love and Huradnily,
then may wo at no distant day stand up a redeemed
nation, and celebrate the emancipation of this groan
ing land from the bonds of its great iniquity. There
is no hope of success while, to use a homely phraso,
“ every man fights on his own hook.” There must
be unity of action.
How can this bo accomplished 7
Only by unity of thinking j for like thoughts pro
duce liko actions. When men who have but just
begun to think upon the enormity of slsvcry have
progressed up la the point of absolute conviction,
then, the South-may well take alarm fgr the safety
of its pel institution. Slavery has an organization
peculiar to itself; and its sustenance is nothing less
than concurring public sentiment. Opposition is
not the life of its' business. On the contrary, it
cripples the system by starvation. So long as Nor
thern freemen suffer themselves to’ he bullied by
llrreats and frightened by the bugbear of dissolution
—will Slavery' grow and fatten within out borders.
All this blu»U>r about dissolving (he Union is
sheer braggadadia. The South will never commit
suioide by secession. It is not good policy to saori-
Geo greater lot lessor interests, a fact ns well known
at the South as anywhere. Draw the lino of sepa
ration between the North and tho South-uni) a ref
uge from oppression is forthwith afforded the slave,
fame hundreds of miles nearer Umn Canads,,which
isttlready too near for the health.;pf Slavery. Be.
aides, them would bo Ulilp International comity be.
dissevered portipnq—euch as lo promote
the prosperity of the Southfor, with all
boy. blaster 'about independence, it would tpiss Ihe
luxuries Ihtnjshcd by free labpt,and which it.coaid
hot under present circumstances produce at, hoqie.
cannot compete’ft'ithi Free labor, and a
•ejiarotiqp would resultdisastrously lo.thc South in
Ibis yery,parllinjar ; r ‘since,"ip produce what it now.
purchases ftoi^'llie
be foiced lo emplby free
whoWodld'sooael or" iuicr.i'oot buf, apd cjdstrby i»il :
terly the sys Urn 8f nnrhqtilted labor? 'i 1 r < L ' '• ; *- "
, ltie aspfcti: of politfca! dffiibs.ti'ihbro hopeful
tlhtiHt has Ovtrbeco belbfhi ar fcdhcdrhs ; tlle'soltjcicf
of American of'parly 1
tion.Waa never Weaker ;ihatf 'l("ifiioff, dmt‘ thVih.
«r (tirSpor, The ipyjliof the sevaifl falluleclijifc
go lo|Bow whit ipncikn do whSthey dareHk
thintLWd. net fitiaHmiejw* on grfld public jgji|.
lions j and, if we mistake not, are an earnest of
r Wftiftfasy ■» Wt -<to,- urban . eonpletely-ewineipiud
-wbafia gained.: IniUt«teww«uCMMj»MpecU
ed otherwise T It ,js no less important that tbe
Nortli should hold llflif ffifcW'hii’ l&nPgitoM'W
TfKdoidlh'lhrtnWesfiW«7-^nrttT^nnoH>edoi»-
'heritage to ihe.enrißhingof,9bo,okMPi,whije another;
gropon ■ under a borden ef i.ahdinii [Oml scourges.
, .Qrgauiwtlpo-roust >ft.#ie>.,wjlh ..organization,’
turning Iheengmo of party,agaiuej .itself;
ing tbe arch .enemyof.Freedom willv.its oym wcap
pits. .Success not. neeeessarily ensue to pqtion,
unless jUial option ip judgtnqlical, and systematic.
Every woodsman, knows by- experience that if lie
would, fella tree in the shortest space of time, be
most begin apd go tbtuugb will), the operation sys
tematically.. He tnitst sfrike no falsa 1 blows. Just
so in everything else—system is indispensable; and
the pnly practicable and proper altitude for the'
Nort.li to, assume now fs. to rcsotro itself Into a
great,Republican party, with free soil and free men
os its great object.
‘ In many of the Northern Slates the work is al
ready begun. Party names have been laid away
along with tbs rubbish of a dead past, never, we
hope, to w resumed.' It is time that Pennsylvania
should do something ; or, shall wo worship at Whig
and Democratic shrines, and sacrifice to Baal on
Whig and Democratic altars J la it manly to stand
thus upon technicalities, while the best interests of
man ore hourly crushed by the iron heel of Op
pression? Manly ?—there- is not a spark of Man
hood about it! ’ Nobio 7—it is ignoble, base and ,
cowardly ! We Cannot persist in it if wo are men, j
and in‘earnest.
The freemen Of Susquehanna County have already
organized a- Republican pajty. They are wide
awake, determined, and in-carncst that.the late vic
tory aboil be proved the precursor of still mere brill
iant ones yet-lo come. They have buried the hatch
et of partisan warfare and are arming in the spirt l
of ’76, Tho Whigs and Democrats had just as
milch to lose, and- no more to gain there, than they
have hero in Tioga. They did not elop to inquire
whether the rotten creeds of old parties might be re
suscitated ; or whether, their chances for public
plunder were belter under the patronage of the Old,
or tbe New. They wore not, as a body, impelled by
mercenary motives. They .acted as became men as
became men ip earnest in the work of freedom to
oppressed humanity.
Wo are in favor of sectional warfare iu the cause
of human rights, The North must fight if it is in
earnest. We do not deplore that there is, and mutt
br a Nortli and a South, for so long as there is such
a South, let there be a North as distinct from it as
light from darkness. If the South arrays itself
against the interests of Freedom, let the North ar
ray itself against llic South. This is hut doty.
If those who acted a prominent part in the last
campaign hero in Tiara were in earnest, let them
prove it by organizing without delay. Or shall the
next campaign find ns unprepared for its trials and
emergencies 7 >
4h« Lectures.
The second of the proposed course of Lectures be
fore the Institute, was given by Mr. C. C. Burleigh,
on the evening of the 6th instant,' at the Court House,
and, wc are happy to say, to a targe audience. The
lecturer handled his subject in his usual able man
ner, and to the profit of all who are willing to ac.
cept truth in whatever guise, and by whomsoever
presented. We have henrd It objected to by one or
two ortly, who, we think are
It was full of promise to human nature, which tho
lecturer thought capable of a much better approxi
mation to the Divine than it has yet attained, It
had far its basis tile law of Progression—a law
which has come to be pretty generally acknowledg
ed by intelligent men in oil parts of tho civilized
world.
Contrary to the predictions of the faint-hearted, \
the lectures have paid their way so far; and there
is encouragement in the fact that the receipts of the
second lecture exceeded those of the first by a hand
some sum. Wc have all along believed that this
community would yield a living patronage to an
enterprise of this kind, because its standard of lit
erary taste is far above the ordinary average in vil- |
luges of its size and advantages. If tho interest
already awakened continues to increase as wc think !
it musl, the foundation of a more extended course of
lectures next winder, will he laid. Tiiis is certainly !
a very desirable thing; for it not only opens wide 1
the way to knowledge and improvement to all, but
evidences to the people of other places the intclli.
gence and progressive spirit in our midst.
And this one consideration is worth double tho
actual expenditure of the whole course, to tins, and !
neighboring villages in any view taken of the mat- ■
ter. Many who crowd into the large cities to spend I
the long, cold winter months, do so because of the J
soperior advantages afforded in such neighborhoods 1
for mental culture. But since tho Lecturing system !
has gone into operation, n great many families and '■
people of leisure, to escape tho extravagance of oily I
life, have picked out a retired country village, where
the chief Intellectual attractions of-city life could
be enjoyed at a less expense.
Although the lectures have paid their way so far,
it will require a sli|l more liberal patronage to sus
lain them successfully and payingly through the en
tire course. We have little fear but that this in.
creased patronage will be realized.
The Jecture of Mrs. Smith on Monday evening
was exceedingly well attended, J ahd we believe gave
very general satisfaction. She handled her subject
skillfully, ond, urged tho rights and duties of Wo
man, earnestly and fearlessly. We were sorry that
an effort to elect a lady president failed, because it
would have been gratifying to the speaker, and more
appropriate to tho oebasion. One thing is certain
—when Wertian approximate* to Mrs. Smith’s. ideal
of a true womanhood, the world will bo measurably
better. , ' t
Her lecture to-night (Tuesday) will be Unusually
interesting—embracing the history of thp’ woman
ol the French Revolution.
Gooev.— Punctuality is'ono 'of Qodey’a chief fit.
tnos. The Jdnuary No. i* already before ns, rich
as a California gold mine. It contains 100 pages,
upwards of satyengravings, icn oliitom full pqg c-
It has two fine line engravings*—"John proclaiming
the Messiah,V: ■ and f‘The ; Floral, 1 Gffijrlng j” IjoUi
splendid pictures, bat we incline'fo foe latter., It is
a splendid -number. , 43 a year, or two. copies lor
Yearns' C/isftrjAh flluslrafcd Magazine for Iho
'Youngi; Buffalo, 1 N; Y'.y E.Y. 11 Beadle, jmblisher.'
Yhis illustrated hiontlily is dipecihiiy designed for
yobhg'ppbripldin their’tee'rin, "'Blit itia An ercellctit
sn'i'ihle*- ‘ IcenU'a
yebrii
Jfrt- itions in'
WOOL, , 'aclukflj
suffering for a'loaaiof wowl lir-diy. '
C) lt<~Th ly eoDToned at - the dm
(low ling or ttance bat been done ji
It lei , that' \ ihcreoM the pot lag* <
j lettei y_come before Congjg
this winter. P. M. General Campbell, following 11
Ul»»pJ»,ofb])L JO**)”, Jh«PBp8 r witWlpcripj
tha means of diffusing intelligence amonglhomaas
. li ia oM-ot.thß. matt JlliWaL»sJ)e)Tig?-tf!»t-liM.
concocted In Washington for the last six. months,
W-lhWts iWdiit in the
rto made m; H •U'ffjf 8 *!
1 ntn^ 6ier,\o ih'ftct, that the jFfee^Vtddisf
allvging.nmqng jtlicr .Iff 8 :?0. ? 0 . t l , D^edi
for
or two aparfd'lo mnkp.'. up ,tho'.
deficit, in, postal revenue. 1 it wpuid go ab;
mufji put ‘of of Woodatjbkirp' who
cup Uncle to rCdlice 'ituni- pleth.
ora. Ttien again! it might djssbWiifo tfrililri, dr
aboliet) Slaveryi'or credit the Cuban egg, make Kan.
soa free, or I'dke the'atariti out of the Nebraska bill,
or dim the farne of the herd of the bottibardmenl Of
Grey town, or— ’’
(Make s Wan of Franklin Pierce.)
' Far the Agitator.
Tlic Common ScliooliQf Tioga Col:
Having ■ recently made, the - circuit of I ,this
county fur. the purpose of examining teachers,
it may bo pf public interest to give,, a brief'
report. EJvety. township.and borpugh'.pf.lhe
county-has been visited nu,d generally the
nfiernoon of the day has been spent in ex-,
anoing teacherj3,.pnd the evening in lecturing,
to the , people, ‘oh.llja, subject of TcacKin s ,'
Our School] Em, Universal Education, or
kindred topics. The work has-been done in,
four weeks,.find a more laborious rqbnlh it
has rarely been our lot to experience., But
lliirf hard and ,often,. very difficult .labor has
been much lightened by the consciousness of
having dona sqme good, awakened some in
terest, kindled a little zeni-hn,the'subject'of
general education, and often much cheered
also by the grateful appreciation and hearty
co-operation of the friends ofCommon Schools
in different, parts pf the county. All those
whose hospitality we have enjoyed, phd en
couraging counsels »e have received, will
plen-e accept opr, cordial thanks.
There are, in this county onehundred and
j eighty-five schopis, formerly called sub-dis
i trjets. Nearly that numben.of teachers have
j been examined, though there will, probably,,
j be no more than one hundred and twenty
five schools in operation this winter. Of the
teachers.examined, fifty have received first
class certificates. It has been a severe lax
j upon our fuliihlo judgment (o decide in many
: cases what kind pf certificate should be given,
i The department had decided upon but two
! grades. To make all the (enebers of So
j large a county as Tioga in two classes, and
I put each one on the right side of the line, ac
cording to his merits and adap'tcdness and
i promise as a teacher, especially when so
' many elements and qualifications enter into
that promise,.of which a siratiger, after the
closest scrutiny .must remain ignorant, to do
this with equal justice "to all is more than
should be expected of any human being—
“ Hutnanum esl erare." Hence it is nllo-
I gelher likely that injustice has been done
I some teachers whose modest worth failed to
I receive the proper consideration of the Su-
I pertendenl. But ho is more sensible that
, some may have received a permanent
| tificatp, w|)o3e other qualifications than • a
knowledge of the branches lo he be taught,
viz: “In the art of leaching,” would place
them by all good judgment as second class
teachers. It may be a grief lo revoke or
change any permanent certificate to a lempo
| rary one, but it will always bo a great plea
sure to change a second class or temporary
certificate to, a firs) grade or permanent one,
j whenever by visiting a s.qhool, or re'-exami-.
; nation we shall become satisfied that a leacb-
Icr deserves such promotion, Indeed this is
| the very design of the arrangement for tern
, pornry certificates. It initiates those in'o
| the teachers’r.ank who could not have been
■ fully introduced into the honorable profes
j sion “ by authority of law,” and thus educate
j them practically for the calling, and invites
! them thoroughly to prepare themselves for
I this responsible post, with a view of berom
■ ing finished teachers ; first in demand and
I highest in wages. It is hoped that all who
bold a temporary certificate will perfect
themselves both in the art and science of
teaching, with a view of attaining a diploma
of their profession, if they design to follow it
i any considerable length of time. And if
| one who has received a first-class certificate,
j concludes that he has nothing (more lo learn
j in the business of teaching the young, he
j ivill thewby afford the most convincing evi
! dence not only of. (hat misjudgmenl which
1 granted the certificate, but nlso of'marked
i incapacity to teach'a good school at all.
Teachers have very justly complained
much of tardiness of Directors lo pay their
wages. This is very wrong, fof no-class of
laborers more richly deserve prompt pay
than‘the good school teacher. This delay
of pay, is no fault of the law, but father of
its bad execution. The, lasV was executed ‘
1 as it should he, the teacher would receive his
pay at the end of every mbnlh'whfcn ha iVtarfe
his report, and at that time' alia, would be'
discharged;, or continued according to his
failure or success as a teacher,, ' ;
In our intercourse with (he'friertdd'df-edu
cation, wa 'are' becoming acquainted with
some things which block the wheels of our
public school system, and sqme things.alsn
which bid us look hopefully to thefufure; If
the jtave patience to "read and
hear, they [shall, ha ve our views freely bn
this from time to'lime. ! Enough at present'.
More arionj, jf. ,F. CauTiks, y o'. Sup't: ’
PREsEni'ijyG-Apk’bfes.—‘Somo ono haring
slated 'that ißebaetw'dy to-preserve "appfrs
from' roiimg Is lb paek-iheifi in salt, the-.edi
tor-of fi’mcderbocfeer tried 'the
experiment.;''He soys that -they) havo’ kept!
for three'years, Ittid they would keep to.oM
eternity, ifj they waitdd forhiPrto eat them.
The 'shlihej particle's so mix -Nvilh- the apples
ihafyoUedn’t eat btfb of 1 ihem,i without' font
eying' you jare;tliewinj» k 'piece. bf' ! Loi’s. wife I
A youns man of-gnad standing recently;
proposed Ihbqordblc tnahriage, id b ty dungy |ai|
of the wesLivben b»;ffefceived ifori answer:
•‘•Get o(itJ : you: felteril ijODo,.yo,u,j-tfiiog;l’d.‘
sleep with la man 7 I’ll tall your molheri”
ITATO
J^QfifiuHfiflcejyhlol).
look place a lew miles from Osborne, on the
on
Thursday evening last. It appears that about
years since a'jarmer, named 'William
Ricketts, left bis f^^i^ : '4efe r 'fiftTorl6ne' in
AbouKoeve
o;«wOrMtaMH>rrlH»»baßd-had-die(l-4>f«iKotHa~
, diwhqo. i-r'X'M viifoi Jbelieved,,jhf and
bianifesietj .much; distress,of tpind,upofi.the
receipt; of the,intelligence., Her.informam,
! whaie.namp ia Win,. T. Gaylord, manifested
been
finish sympathy, for. Mrs, R.; in her.bereave
mep(jand ii;equemjy yipiled her house to con
dole*.with her iq hprj, afflict ion. The: unstis-,
pecling wirf),.appreflial,ed the kindness of Gay
lord, tendered him/the hospitalities of,her
house and home. (jioylord, with pp apparent.
indifTerence, declined the offer, .hot, finally
proposed, tq.opcopi the same on condition of
marriage. The astonished Mrs. R. m first
declined, but afterward agreed to let the mat
ier stand over until Gaylord should call again,
In the inter|ni, : Gaylord abstracted from the
post office all letiers.directed to,Mrs. Ricketts,
and one from her husband he opened, perused,
and then destroyed. The letter plated that he
did not intend to return hpme for three years,
but was very anxipus to see his wife, Gay
lord agpip called upon IVJrs Ricketts, and in
sisted, upon ap answer to his proposition,—
Mrs. R.,after n few moment’s reflection,.eon
sented to the union, and the time for. their
marriage wan ?el. The day come, and they
were married, and by their marriage Mr,
Gaylord came into possession of a farm val-
House, Dec.. 13.—The Judiciary Commit
tee were insirucltd to inquire inio expediency
of repealing ihe Usury Laws. The Public
Lands Committee reported in favor of ex
tending ihe Cal Torn la Lind Commission.
The Houses voted to print 15000 copies of
the Abstract of tjie Census for Ihe use of the
members. The House then went into Com
mittee on Ihe Indian Appropriation bill, when
Mr. Mace rose to offer a bill restoring the
Missouri Compromise line, and of course
prohibiting slave y in Nebraska and Kansas.
Mr. Mace supplied his plan in a brief
speech, saying that he meant the‘measure to
bring the cbuutr| back to the quiet produced
by the act of 1820, His bill is an exact
copy of the eighth section of that act. Mr.
Oliver, of Missouri, replied, charging Mr.
Mace with desiring to throw into Congress an
afiple of discord. He denied that the
people of -Missouri had Interfered in the re
cent Kansas election. Mr. English sugges
ted that Mr. Mace wasrone af the originators
of a Kansas Emigration Society, which Mr.
M. admitted. ! Mr. Oliver thought the bill
wos introduced because the Emigration So
ciety hud'failed to elect an Anti-Slavery Del
egate to Congress. Mr.' Washburn, of
Maine, thought the Pro-Slavery members
ought not to bd tfurptisfed- at an effort to re
store the Missouri Restriction. Dud notice
was given last session that such would be (he
case, and if not done this session, the next
Congress would do it. Mr. Stephens,-of
Gboigitt, {jdt the floor; itndi'jhe House Sd l -*'
jour ribd.—iV. Y. TriSuiie; ' • • ' '
Governor op New York.—The official
vote, , as published in the Albany Argus ,
gives iße result; .
For Myron H. Clark,.. 156,779-
Horaiio;Seyiriour, 156,46.5;
Daniel Oilman,'... ... ./. , 1-29.154
iQreen Qj.Bronson, .'34,003
Me. Clark’s-pluralily-oyßr Gov.,Seymour
is .315, and- he is, elected.;. ./The-united vole
of .Messrs, Ullmnh aud'Bronson.jt will be
seen,)-rnlls< several! hundred [votes below the
poll of either of the.lesding candidates.
Stilt, the cry is wood, or. wo freeze.
aM
ncd
. .jf Djiylo?
ion," of The following
ufsd nt several thousand dollars. Soon after
iheir marriage, Mr, Gaylord proposed to his
wife to sell out pnd move fo Kansass, and
there locale lor life,
The wife consented, and the farm vvas ad
verlised for sale at a sacrifice. The adver
tisement appeared |in ihe Daylon and’Cin
cinnati papers, qnd much was said in regard
to ihe sale of ihe| “Ricketts’ estate.” The
advertisement, as it appeared in ope pf our
Dollar Weeklies, was seen by Mr. Riekelis
inSan Francisco. Enraged and chagrined,
Mr. R. look the first steamer, and arrived in
Osborne on Wednesday evening last. Mr.
R, made diligent inquires, and learned the feels
as above slated. Arming himself with a
knife and a brace of pistols, he went lo his
house rapped at ilje door several times. It
was finally opened by Mrs. Gaylord, and
Ricketts entered. ■ Mrs. G. ihrew on her
dress, and lighting Ihe candle, turned to look
upon ihe stranger who had come at such an
unseasonable hour of the nigbi. A shriek,
mid ihe expression of 11 Great God ! Ricketts,
is that you !” followed, and the astoished, uf.
flighted wife, fell insensible to the floor.—
Gaylord, who was in bed in an adjoining
morn, rushed out lo sec what had happened.
Ricketts immediately seized him hy ihe throat
and plunged the knife into his side, and then
went to where his unforlunale wife was lying,
eui her shoulder and neck, then left Ihe prem
ises, and Ins not since been heard from.—
The wife, recovering, informed the neighbors
of what had transpired, and immediate search
was made for Riekelis. Gaylord was lying
very low when Mr. Fosdick last heard from
him, and the probability is that be must die.
Riekelis has undoubtedly made a successful
escape.
1 f
ICI
Congress.
Senate, Dec. 13. — A proposition to en
tertain at the politic expense the Convention
of Soldiers of 18x2, to meet doring the win
ter at Washington, was referred. The Inva
lid Pension hill came in from the House.
Mr. Badger’s bill increasing the salaries of
Judges of the Supreme Court, and raising the
pay of Members df Congress from §8 to $l2
per day, was introduced, and for the present'
laid on the tabid. The bill to improve St.
Clair Plats was reported to the Senate. A
bill was introduced and referred- to the Fi
nance Commiitee, granting railroad compa
nies three years time in which to pay dunes
on iron imported for railroad purposes. The
Sctiaie then wdnt into Executive Sessions.
i ~ i . England.
! <TSbdeei tUdt at 'CSmbridtge ffniifertity,
| ’‘X : gtentldmaft 'rashtys&ayted-qn Friday
pighi,' W’"lecture in
The
Wo Pi urns terdiflifjw I<jd‘|( bbftrre“he‘ cbmtnen
bdd' With pipes'
eiid * digal%J'«‘dW!»Vifri3 l 'cjfftliferB’j;'Bhd- the
lecture had ; fsFWiien it Was
intfefrupWd T^ : fcnea'' : *^l^ffe u pTiee« 'fcr
Sir ■Wiilieirßarei&K; ,i Lfeiuffo,;fbeconi
irig'ahgeWtf'witff' disorder
Wide'air oWdrVittidft tijipeciea
.oncommgfoa 'UnW'drshyi'(tfW"’t6 "address
gentlemen, and’ npt 'n'lbf'bf blackguards.”
This wki'lhe 1 signal Tor J hicreased noise and
during tvhlchplpes and cigar*
vvere aet alight Ip 1 aU directions, and a number
of persons Who had entered the gallery (which
had been Closed to the under-graduates) were
saluted with a' showed of squibs and crack*
era. !
rritce-Prob
ler.
Inquirer, Nov. sth.,
’eningby Mr. Hen-
The riot continuing, the Mayor and Mr.
E. C. Browne, one of the borough magis.
(rales, appeared upon the platform, but were
not listened to, and retired, the under-gradu
ates following up their retreiat by storming
the platform and “ proposing an amendment
—That tobacco is anything but pernicious.”
Amidst the confusion, a policeman collared
an under-graduate who was Kecking up one
of the forms; whereupon'ihe tedder-graduate
immediately struck out with his fists,' and,
shouting out “Gown,” a rush of nil gowns
man was made, a'nd'the silly fellow was borne
off in triumph, amid the crash of steal a and
loud'hurrahs. :
The whole of the police force had by (hie
lime attired, antf a desperate fight ensued,
the corisfables using' their slaves freely and
making Sundry prisoners, whom they lodged
in the old sessions just as the. senior proctor,
the Rev. M. Edleslon, of Trinity College,
arrived. 'On the arrival of the proctor, the
prisoners capitulated, and, having given their
names and colleges, were allowed to proceed
home. On Saturday night ttgain, notwith
standing that the proctors, assisted by a num
ber of master of arts paraded the town, sev
eral skirmishes look place With the towns
men.
A subsequent attempt on Sunday the sth,
on the part of ■ some 200 students to get up
another tobacco row, was defeated by the
college officers, when' the town magistrates
determined to imprison the participants, an
operation which was effected by locking the
chapel doors while the young men were at
evening prayers.
On Wednesday, at the Town Hall, Richard
Cayley and Thomas Charles Wood, both un
der-gradunips of St. John’s Cnlleye, were
plnred in the dock to answer a charge pre
ferred by Superintendent Jaguard, of assaul
ting the police in the execution of their duty.
Great excitement prevailed, and the bench
was thronged with magistrates, mid the body
of the court desely crowded with under-grad
uates and townsman. Both of the young
men, who appear to have acted with great
violence, were fined £5 each, and expenses,
or in default of payment, one month’s im
prisonment.
It is almost unnecessary to state that the
fines were immediately paid, and we are in
formed were soon made up to the defendants
by a ‘whip’ among sympathising under
graduates.
A from the British Army,
Betrayed by a woman—his throat cut—sup
posed to have attempted suicide.
This morning about 8 o’clock, an English
man, supposed to be James Tenue, was oro'l
lo the City Hospiml wiih his throat horribly
rut, and in a dying condiiion. As Tar as we
could ascerlamli appears ihnt Iw had just ar
rived from England in the ship North Amer
• ica on Saturday lust, and during the passage
he.became acquainted with an Irishwoman,
who was also a passenger. Just before ihe
ship got into port he gave her a box, contain
ing SoO and a quantity of clothing, all he had
in the world, which he desired her to lake
care of for him uniil he arrived in N. York
as he had no place to keep it.
On iheir arrival, and as they were about to
leave the ship, she requested him lo lei her
retain the box until he could obtain a board
ing house, and at the same time giving him
her address, where he might call and gel it.
Supposing all things right, he left the ship.
He soon succeeded in obtaining hoard in No
88 Olive street, kept by.a Mrs. Rion, and on
Sunday wem in search of his fair trustee. —
Not being able to find her, he again renewed
his search yesterday, but with no belter suc
cess, and he was compelled to return without
his money or clmhing.
The landlady, finding ho had no money,
and was not likely to obtain it, requested hint
lo leave the house. Ho begged her not lo do
so, but to let him sleep on the floor. .She at
hist agreed lo let him remein, and pul him in a
bed with a man named Marlin Calahan. —
This morning, as Mrs. Rion went to call him
lo breakfast, she found him weltering in his
.blood, and his throat cut from ear to ear. —
She immediately sent word la the Fount!
Ward station house, when several officers
came and removed him lo the City Hospital,
and pul him under the care of Dr. Wright,
who says that he cannot live twenly-four
hours.
The only thing that was found upon him
was a passage ticket with- the above namo
and ship. Calahan says that he knows noth
ing about the affair, that he was not aware
his throat was cut; until Mrs. Rion discov
ered him. The officer, thinking this rather
a strange story, thought' best to lock him up
until (he affair is further investigated. Cal*
ahnn is how in prison.
It is said that Tenue' had desferted from the
British army and sought fefltge in this coun
try. His throat was supposed to have been
fcUt with a dirk knife, which was found iu the
bed.— N. Y. Post
. The Slave Trade. —Nearly 1300 Af
rican Sloves are said to have been, hadfd
lately, at Cienluegos, only 70 or 80 of iwbony
were captured, .by the authorities. Theta
are hints, also, that the . Captain General la
not acting out his profession of hostility to
theinfamous,traffic. The paptnip.,C!eneral,
like, Cassius, is suspected qf having an
“ itching palm.” Nevertheless he has is
sued fresh orders fop ,|he suppression of
the trade, . The .whole;, number of negroes
landed during the yept is represented to be
about 0,393.
.3 is v trt fate i: -i