' From the Pittsburg Gazette. ! The Wllmot Proviso. Ne.nlv eleven years have passed since this then apparently unimportant proviso, tacked to an appropriation bill, was proposed in Congress by Wilmot, now our candidate for Governor, and although we suppose the large majority of our, readers are perfectly well ac quainted with its whole history , it may not tie uninteresting or unprofitable to give a brief sketch of it from such materials as afe in our hands. It is so pleasant to review the past and recall the names of those who may now be found preaching “democracy” but « ho formerly were foremost among the “abo liiinm-ls.” The Mexican War, undertaken that Slavery might have a more expanded domain, had, in the summer of 1846, quite depleted the Treasure. Cn the Blh of August in that year Mr. Polk, at that lime President of the United Sla'es, in a message to Congress ntked (or an additional “appropriation to provide for any expenditure which may be necessary lo ! make in advancelbr the purpose of settling all difficulties with the Mexican Republic,” In accordance With lire desire thus ex pressed, Mr. M’lCay of North Carolina, on the same day introduced a bill into the House. This Bill simply set forth the fac.nhata state of war existed between the Republics of Mex ico and the United States, and that “the sum up two millions of dollars be appropriated to enable the President to concludes treaty of peace,” e'p., etc., to which Hon. David VVil mot moved to aid the following :— Provided, •• That at an exp rest and fundamental condi tion to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United Stales, by virtue of any treaty which may be nego tiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moncysherein appropriated, neither - Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territo ry except for crime, whereof the party s'hall first be duly convicted," So rends the Proviso since so famous. A correspondent of; the Pittsburg Gazelle, wri ting from Washington under date of August 9, IS4G, says : “The Proviso was, of course, warmly, nlmosl fiercely opposed, but for the first lime within 'my recollection the locofocos of the North stood up like men, and manfully resist ed «he extension of slavery ; and in so doing have committed the unpardonable sin against their brethren of the South, and made an un beatable breach in the party.” Our correspondent, could he have looked forward eleven years, would have seen the breach healed by a general striking of hands among the motley crew on lhethen discarded and detested ground of Calhouoism ! Bui to proceed : the bill of McKay with the proviso as above, passed the House by a vote of 85 to 80, The Pennsylvania Dem ocrats voting for it were the following: Black, Erdman, Leib'j Thompson, M’Lean, Ritter, Wilmot and Yost. Messrs. Brodhead, C. J. Ingersoll and Garvin dodged. That makes 12 vo'es and 12 votes were all that Democracy could then count upon from this Slate. v On the last day of the session ihe bill went to the Senate and there died a natural death. Mr. Lewis of Alabama in that body, moved to strike out the Anti-Slavery provision, which Mr. Davis (honest John Davis) of Mas sachuseiis rose to oppose and spoke against lime till the session was on the point of closing. The bill had found its way through many fiery trials up to the very point of pass ing. of theN. Y. Tribune writing to that paper in August 1840, re marks ; “Mr. Davis supposed the proviso would bp stricken out in the Senate if it came to a vote, but we understand he was mistaken— that it would have been retained. No matter —the moral force of the vole of the House, remains. It is a solemn declaration of the United North against the farther extension of Slavery under the protection of our flag. It wjll stand 100 ! Let us see what candidate for Congress from a Free State will \ venture to avow himself in favor of receding from the position thus taken.” The New York Express, the Tribune, and, besides these, numbers of what wefe then, called Democratic, but are now dubbed . “Abolition” sheets, sounded the triumph at the spirit of opposition to the demands of Slavery, which had been thus-suddenly devel oped ia Congress. Mr. Wick, of ‘ Indiana, was denounced as the “meanest of the dough faces,” because he moved to qualify .Wil mofs Pioviso by inserting “ail North of 36 deg. 30 min.” so as to leave all South of.that line to Slavery, and that was voted down by 89 to 55. Every votfr/rom the Slate of New York was recorded in;favor of the Proviso, iFur once the North stood united, and looked the braggart of Slavery . fully in the face. There were among the Democracy no recre ants, except in the way of dodging. James Buchanan gave the party its cue a little later, in his letter to the Berks county Convention, nnd then the “faithful” began to “rat,” and Kave kepi doing so until now. We shall, in another ■article, give a lil’le more of the his tory of the Proviso, We have simply, in this article, recalled the cause and beginnings of the excitement, which went on untilji was checked by the compromise measures of ISSU. The session succeeding this in which Mr. Wilmot proposed his “rider” Joiljeihree million' bill, is full of instruction. shall refer to it further on Monday. Thb Next Governor of Pennsylvania. —VVe are glad to learn that David U’ilmol, the author of ihe “Wilmot Proviso, 1 ’ and long one of iho-foremost in the advocacy of terri torial freedom, on the floor of the House of Representatives, has been nominated for Gov ernor by the Union Convention of Pennayl .va-wu. William Millwrrd was nominated for ■Canal Commissioner. James Veech and Joseph i*. Ce.wis for .fudges of ihe Supreme Court, 1 The Convention adopted a series of strong anti-slavery resolves, condemning, in strong terms, the late decision of .the Supreme Court of the United States,Asserting the power of Congress over (he territories, and declaring their uawiffingness lo abridge the r*nhts of any class oT citizens. We prediol that Mr. Wilmot will be the next Governor of Pennsylvania. —Chemung Htpuhhcan. THE AGITATOR. JW. B. Cobb, WELLSEOROUGH, PA. Thursday ftfdrnin?, April 16. 1857. %• AH Business,and olherComimmicationsniust be addressed to the Editor to insure attention. Republican Nominations, For Governor , DAVID WILMOT, Of Bradford County. - For Canal Commissioner, WILLIAM MILLWAED, Of Philadelphia . For Supreme Judges, JAMESVEECH, Of Fayette County, JOSEPH J. LEWIS, Of Chester County. We a re requested to slate that the District School will commence on Monday, the 20th instant. No local news, no murders, no robberies, no sui cides—nothing horrible and intensely interesting to chronicle this week. We beg our readers to excuse these important lacks, as we are not in the least to blame. This is a moral and religious community,, and the people can’t do anything shocking for us to chronicle—or they keep shady if they do shocking things. Printers cannot help this dearth of the hor rible, indeed they can’t. Wc could give some inev itable passages in the life of a printer, horrible enough, the dear knows; but nobody would be shock ed—nobody would bestow a “ La sakes alive 1” up on the printer therefor. So we wo’n’t do it. “Lena’s” articles have been received and shall appear in their order. •'Frank’* will have a hearing next week. A new poet sends a budget of “ poems,” and rcmicgts us to “ look over and correct. 1 * We beg decline thcdelicate task. Our tastes differ so radically that oar correspondent would not recog nize his brain children, were we to do anything of that kind. We sometimes enact the cruelly of pub lishing such poetry without alteration, still, we pre fer to be merciful rather than severe. We do not object to picking out the beauties and sublimities in our friends “ poems** and publishing them; and we agree to slop publishing whenever he is satisfied. For example, under the head of My Loss,” wc find the following horribly descriptive passage : But ah the winds around my pathway roul, • . Dark and dreary was that dreadful night I The lightnings flosii*t,the thunder uttered a horrible gowl, Amidst that storm ray father sank. M O what a dreadful sight. Next, our poet-friend sets ont upon his travels: But now I have started for the ancient city of Rome One of the most beautiful of all of the world, O glorious city, beautiful O beautiful a pleasant home, But my homes the Ocean, to Us botoni. shall I be forever wfaorled. A terrible foie, truly. We trust our friend will reconsider his determination ere he abandons him self to it. He must delay the descent until warm weather, for comfort’s sake. We propose June tts a pleasant'month to go down in- O’ The Tioga Agitator publishes Gov. Geary’s Farewell Address, and wonders if the Buchanan p&. pers will publish it- We answer, some of them have and others will. This'agitator has found a “ mare’s.nest.” In a tone of absolute exultation be announces his discovery that there really have been troubles in Kansas—that Kansas actually did bleed, and cites the Governor’s Address as proof positive of the fact. Now it occurs to us that this agitator is thankful for small favors. We, for one, never doubled that Kansas was pretty effectually phlebot omized; but- what the Agitator can lind in Govern or Geary’s Address to justify him in laying the Hal tering unction to his soul that the democratic party stands convicted of falsehood, is more than wc have been able to discover. God knows that there has been enough of wrong and outrage in Kansas. No sane man has entertained any doubts upon that sub ject, nor expressed any, to our knowledge. But the cause of those wrongs and outrages is a subject that the Agitator adroitly dodges It is enough for him that sucli wrongs were, and he seems very grateful to Mr. Geary for affording him credible evidence of the fact. But Governor Geary docs not stop there. He points out the cause that led to the desolation of that fair Territory. Hcshows that it was the hand iwork of bigots andTanalics from both North and South—of men who have no interest in Kansas, not even a residence there and whose aim is disunion — of agitators, a set of uneasy, discontented spirits who'cannot,or will not mind their own business, and who arc ever ready to sited their blood.and other people’s for some half-ficdged, raisondeislood, per verted principle. This particular agitator may learn if he will, a very useful lesson from Gov. Geary’s Address, —Tunkhannoek Democrat . Remarks. We give the foregoing copious extract from our TunjUiannock cotemporary, in order to exhibit a specimen of the unfair and uncandid man ner in which the Buchanan press habitually treat opponents. That those papers have generally pub lished, or intend to, or dare to pulUh the Farewell. Address of Gov. Geary, tho Tunkhannock editor either knows, to be grossly untrue, or else stands con victed of unpardonable ignorance. That paper is the only Buchanan paper out of some ten received weekly at this office, in winch that Address has yet, or will, hereafter appear. We know the objects, aims and determined policy of that party full us well as docs our cotemporary, with this remarkable differ ence : He knows, but to misstate ; we know, and declare. Still, he deserves credit above bis icllows, for the fiorih Branch Democrat has published that Address, without having read it, or having read it, only to misrepresent its letter and unmistakable spir it'und intent. In evidence <Jf this we ask the read er to lake up Gov. Geary’s Address and compare its essential declarations with those in the above ex tract, in their bearing upon the points which we con. aider below. Ist,—as to the. cause of the outrages in Kansas : The Governor slates that the great body of the citi zens of Kansas, are peacable, law-abiding people ; that the troubles have resulted from the machina lions of non-residents. Gut ho nowhere says that these violent/’sedilionists were from both the South and the Noith, as our colemporary alleges with such exultation. Nor does he, to direct terms, stale from what section these fanatics came. But in Ins refer, ences to these men he leaves no room for doubt os to their He reiera to them in one place as “those who attributed my labors to a desire for gtu w bernatorial or senatorial honors, 1 * and these we know lo have been of that parly of which Ihe Squat , ter Sovereign is the organ ; for in Uiat paper has ihe Governor been outrageously abused and insulted by these base insinuations. Again, he refers to them in the following direct manner: w That I have met ” with opposition and even biller vitnpeiatiou and u vindictive malice, is no matter for astonishment” Now from whom did he receive this treatment? not from the Frco State men, certainly. He has had their support and countenance from the first His Administration has had the support of the Free Soil pipefs in the Whence the *• opposition, 11 the ** biller vituperation,” and the M vindictive mal ice'* of which the Governor complains ? For the enlightenment of our colemporary we answer —from th' Sfjunitn Sovnrign y lhf Lrcomptnn Union and the THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. party •chose organa they are. And these are the “ non-resident machinators” stigmatized by Gov. Geary as “disturbers of the peace of the Territory,” and as w violent men who have selected Kansas as the ground upon which their disunion schemes are to be prosecuted ” And sacii, sir, are the men and the measures which the fuUcly-called democratic parly* through Mr. James Buchanan, elect to aid and uphold in refusing to sustain Gov. Geary. And wc ask our ancandid cotemporary to produce the na ked fuels in evidence before his readers, if Ife dare. We can send him copies of that excellent Democrat ic organ, the Squatter Sotereign t with its amiable notices of Governor Geary, with extracts from its Territorial colemporaries touching the same individ ual. But he would not publish a word in correction of liis above-quoted remarks—not lie: that is not in the bond under which Buchanan editors pul them selves. We regret such insincerity in men, but that does not cure the disease. jßditor; 2d,—wc are told by this editor that, “no sane man “ has entertained any doubt as to the outrages in ”Kansas, nor expressed any,” to his knowledge* This places the Biglers, the Joneses, the Forneys, the Snobbiest the Packers and the whole tribe of Buchanan editors in a pretty dilemma; for every mother's son of them denounced the story of the wrongs and outrages in Kansas, as“ a base, Black Re “publican He 1” Now they cither believed what they said, or they did not. If they believed it, then let them be packed off to the madhouse insiamcr; but if they did not believe their asseverations, why then they must be set down us a most contemptible pack of liars—a fuel which we are willing to admit, and have not been backward in proclaiming. 3d, —in hfS"re(alion of fuels to the editor of the .St, fjouis Democrat , a Buchanan paper, Geary says that an organized band of cul-lhioals were sworn to assassinate him from the moment of his entrance in to the Territory, whenever he should please to devi* ate from the line of policy which they had marked out for him. Who were those cut-throats? Who headed the gang? Was it a “fanatic from the North?” Indeed it was not., It was one Sherrod, with a gang of Southern cut-throats at his back. Now, will the Tunkhammck gentlemen be good enongh to say whether he can produce evidence to show that Free Stale men ever swore to assassinate Gov. Geary, or in any way opposed him in putting down the disturbers of the peace of Kansas 7 Wc ask bim.lo back up his statement/with the docu ments ; and will accept Gov. Geary as authority. 4th, —that editor knows that wc have never been in the habit of dodging anything, if he knows any tiling about us. Wc have given the fullest scope to the subject in hand that our columns would permit* We published Geary’s Farewell Address two weeks before the slow gentleman of Lite Tunkliannock pa per thought of showing it in his columns ; indeed, it is a matter of grave doubt with us whether he would have published it at ail, had not our very per tinent inquiry aroused him to a sense of duty. In return, he might stir up other sleeping lions of dem ocracy to publish the Governor’s address. Pul the facts belorc the people, gentlemen, and your “ great democratic” party could not live twenty-four hours. Your principles cannot bear the light nny more than can the eyes of the bat. Keep them in the friendly shadow of Slavery’s sable wingil you would pre serve your organization. Make a show of candor and fairness, for the dear people who vote as their leaders direct, even if forced to swallow the whole nasty batch ol Northern niggers’’ with Douglas at the head, do think something of candor amt fairness still. Go-ahead, gentlemen ; if called to Police Slate papers, : misrcpreecnt their plain let ter and spirit, for that is a par? of your trade. In sist that black is white and whltcblack ; swear that Kansas ought to be free, and-flien do your worsHo 'enalav® »i; doprooato (he resignation of Geary, and support the Administration that refused to sustain him in the discharge of his duty ; in a word—do all that is damnable, politically and socially, and swear that Republicanism and infidelity arc one—and then you can pajiss muster as a simon-parc-dyed-in-the wool democrat. Brother Little will be good encash not to consid er these closing remark* personal. His'tendency toward Abolitionism is too apparent in several of bis late articles for that. -We aim only at the Snobbles and the Biglers of Democracy. We are every day receiving, through exchanges and from private correspondents, fresh evidence of the enthusiastic reception of the nomination of David Wilmot by the friends of Freedom every where. His nomination is bailed as the fruition of I the.long cherished hope for the distinctive organiza tion of the Republican parly oi Pennsylvania. Wc can now go to work with uplifted faces, free of en tangling alliances, with our eyes fixed upon the Mecca of the freeman's hope. Friends, brothers. Republicans—the strife before us is an earnest bat tle, not for a paltry and selfish existence as a party, but for existence as a nation of freemen. Up, for tbe love of liberty and Humanity ! We extract the following very pertinent remarks from a private letter received from a gentleman of large heart in his love of Truth and Justice, and of great experience and acknowledged sagacity as a politician. This gentleman resides in the State of New York, and his opinion must therefore have the. weight due to that of a calm and dispassionate ob server, standing apart from the influences of local prejudices .arid from lire excitement and confusion of the conflict. He writes: I “The nomination of Wilmot by the friends of Frecdem and free institutions was a bold stroke and a strong-ill, wjhich carry with them auguries of success in the great trial, to the issue of which, wc shall, all over the Free States, look with anxious hearts. u A good cause never loses anything in presenting a bold and determined front to the enemy. Thu name of Wilmot is a household word wherever the rights of human nature arc held paramount among political rights, and' the principles of Free Stales, based in the fair representation of individual sever* eignly, are held to be the only just and tolerable sys* terns of government. In these times, we should sc* lect none fur leaders and standard-bearers, but such as are true representatives of our great cause—men of hearty of soul and eourage t of long endurance , tried integrity and unswerving purpose —men whose /tecs,and not lips only, manifest their political faith; —such men, and such only, as representatives of our Sovereignties, can save even our general Gov ernment and Constitution, from the Executive and Judicial traitors who* are so determined to under mine and subvert both.' The Free Stales are now the only bulwarks and citadels of Freedom; and when we shot! have achieved in each of them a vic tory over that democracy which rests on a basis of serfdom instead oi equal rights, our work will be finished and the Constitution and the Union preserv ed in their integrity and purity ; and not before. '• • • ** Let the Keystone elect Wilmot Gov ernor, and thus add a new and unmistakable guar antee to (he cause of Republican Government in Hub:, our hour of danger.” • • • We hold that neither the Constitution nor the Union can be restored to its original purify while the falscly-callcd democratic pqrly control the ad ministration of a single Stale government in the North. That party most' be utterly overthrown be fore peace in the land can be secure. The election of David Wilmot would jprovc the*-otter and irre parable overthrow of those twin monsters—Know* NolhingUm and Sbamocracy in Pennsylvania, and with their downfall in this Slate, tlicir power in the entire North would vanish. W Not must indeed be elected If labor can elect him. He is a platform of high and noble principles in himself—we ask no other and no Let us advocate him as the firm and unflinching champion of Right, everywhere. Let us make tUc campaign upon this issue alone; and then, if by the favor of Almighty Kindness we be victorious, we shall have triumphed permanently, and forever. Freemen of the glorious Banner Coun ty, shall we join hands and fight the batlloon the single question ? -“VIVIA— THE SECRET OF POWER.” By Mrs. E«. D. E. N., South worth. T. B. Peterson, publisher, 102 Chestnut's!,, Philadelphia. Sent post-paid on receipt of §1.25. We have not vet read this latest work of Mrs. S., in detail, bat its leading points place in the foremost rank of American works of fiction. Her charac ters are-breathing pictures of intensified human na ture, and the characters in “ Vma” are fully up to the author’s best efforts.. Vivia, the heroine, is our Ideal of a true woman, with a soul sitting on the throne of Faith and contemplating the ills of life only as so many obstacles to be patiently borne until overcome by Endeavor, In the victory of Wake field Brunton we read the experience of an earnest sou) in the crucifixion ol Self upon (he cross of Du ty. Ada Muhnaison isjan impassioned female mon,- stor—just such a character as one does not love to. contemplate; Helen rerhinds one offanolher Helen, while Dora, the child-artist, her sacrifice and her tearful life-struggle impress us with' the power of a soul knit with love and duty, though it tenant a frail body. This much we catch from, a cursory exam ination of the bock. The secret of Power, as we learn in the genera! summing up, is Faith. The work is gotten up in Peterson’s best style, spring back, etc., etc. “ The Border Rover,” by Emerson Bennett- Published by the same. Two vols. paper, sent post paid on receipt of 75 cents. Wc have not examined this book, but the critics pronounce it one of the best of its class, Mr. Ben nett is gifted with a fervid imagination, and is at home in all the details of Border life. Such as delight in “ adventurous story” will read the 4 * Border Rover”,with great satisfaction, Godcy's Lady's Booh for May has a fine gemo graph entitled 4 ’ Dining Out." and is, all respects an excellent number. Mr. Godey complains that some of his exchanges neglect to notice the Book, That doesn’t mean us, Mr. Godey : we consider the noticing of the Lady’s Book a duly as well as an ob ligation. Mr. Godey is doing a good work fur Art, and deserves a first-rate notice every month Elis Magazine may be had, single copy, $3, or two cop ies for $5. Back numbers furnished to subscribers at any lime during the year. A Mas is the Rapids of Niagaka.— The story of Joseph Avery, the unfortunate man who lived for a day clinging to a rock in the rapids above the American fall at Nia gara, will not soon be forgotten; and an oc currence of very similar character occurred on Tuesday, 31 si ult. A man named Id. C. Taylor, a resident of West Winfield, Herki mer County, (a guest at the Ladow House, descended .Hie bank of the river, near the Suspension Bridge, probably for the purpose of viewing the Bridge from below. On reach ing the bottom, he slipped and fell inlo the water just above ihe bridge, and when dis. covered was thirty or forty rods below the bridge near the shore, rolling over and over, borne along by the resistless current until he caught hold of a large rock, and after some hard struggles succeeded in reaching the lop. Tho slarm was immediately given in the neighborhood, and it was soon decided there was no way of reaching him except by means of a rope ladder. This was immediately procured, and after much hesitation, delay and alteration, occasioned by the difficulty of determining where to place it,'inasmuch as the man. could not be seen from the projecting bank over his head, it was lowered to Ihe dis tance .of perhaps a hundred feet, and became entangled among the rocks and trees. 11 was at once decided that some one musl go down to disentangle it. In a few moments Willard B. Coburn, porter of the Lidow Ho tel, volunteered his services, and proceeded to the place where the ladder was attached to the trees. He needed assistance, and soon two brave men, Anthony Shirley and Nate Crane, offered to go down. The three worked bravely for more than an hour in conducting the ladder, while the men at the top carefully let it down. At length the waving of hand kerchiefs and cheerings on the Canadian side indicated to us ■ hat the man had sprung to the shore from the rock, and had begun to ascend the ladder. Cautiously, and with a firm grasp and step, he climbed up throe hun dred feel, and was greeted by the shouts and acclamations of the hundreds of spectators who had assembled to witness the exciting scene. He was for a few moments borne on the shouldi-rs of the excited multitude, all were so anxious to congratula’e him.— N. Y. Times. The General Free Banking Law which has been pending in the Pennsylvania State Legislature for some was rejected April 3, in the House of Representatives, there being a majority of. nine against if.— This is the way in which our good Common wealth is kept behind bikers. Notwithstand ing all the outcry about the insecurity of special banks, we go on chartering them year after year, without requiring the deposit of se curities at Harrisburg in case of their explo sion, and thus, while we concede to a few in stitutions the monopoly of the discount busi ness of the Stale, we have no guarantee against loss by their mismanagement. Why business of any legitimate kind should be re stricted to a lew favored hands we could nev. or see. Discounting is as legitimate a busi ness as any other. No general act to author ize and regulate the free formation and man agement of corporate banks can be had; and under pretease of lestricting our credit within proper limits, charters are granted to such bogus concerns as those which have recently exploded in the interior of the Stale. We do not doubt that, before the present Legislature breaks up, it will pass several new special bank charters for out of the way places, which will stand a pretty good chance of be ing of the “wild cat” species. We had hoped that the consistency displayed by the present House of Representatives upon the bank bills would have induced the adoption of this gene ral law. Bat it seems that ihe demagogues are 100 strong. —North American. Gov. Chase, of Ohio who has already buried three wives, it is rumored, proposes a matrimonial fusion with a charming widow— of course-r-of Cleveland. Gov. deary on ttic State of Tlilnffa In Kansas. r Joseph Ford of Fountain Groye, Rjce County, Minnesota Territory, publishes a let ter in The Chicago Tribune,* detailing a con versation which he held in Washington, a few days since, with ex-Gov, Geary pn Kan sas affairs. Tee following extracts] will bo read with interest. Mr. Ford avowfls that he was a Buchanan Democrat |he com menced the conversation, but he had turned a Republican before he ended it,'and; his con version seems to have been approve! by the Governor: T have, all my life, been what is called a National Democrat; and though my territo rial residence forbade my taking any part in the lasi Presidential election, my sympathies and hopes were earnestly for Mr, Buchanan. I was not, then, as you may inaagine, exactly prepared to tale that Gov. Geary told. 1 had looked upon the reports which were circulated, in newspapers as grossly exaggerated statements of occurren ces in the Territory ; and, though willing to admit that the Pro-Slavery men had been guilty of some excess, I consoled myself with the natural supposition that the other side was equally to blame. Even the report of the,, conversation of the Governor in the office of “The Missouri Democrat,” 1 looked upon as a partisan 1 statement, greatly disloiied for political' purpose*, Judge then of my sur prise, to hear from his lips a confirmation of all that I had looked on as false Before ; and to hear the remarks attributed to him hy the “Democrat,” not only re-affirmed, but repeat ed wtih minute details, which greatly height ened the effect of wlpu he had to say, I do not propose to detail at length the conversation that filled almost an hour < but I cannot refrain from calling your'attention ajjfHhat of your readers po the feiw points which have not appeared in the many reports given by the public press. Passing ovei his confirmation of the charges of atrocities, whio.h have filled the Republican confirmation direct, positive and Unequivocal —I will mention what he said in relation to the withdrawal of the troops ; “Every Pro-Slavery man of influence, as well as many of the saloon-keepers, common loafers, and the like, knew of the;proposed withdrawal; and I was taunted by them— some of them the vilest of the vile—with the fact that I was to be left unsupported, long before ! had an official notification of what was intended. I did not pay any , attention to these things.Jnasmuch as I, though then suspicious, yet depended upon the positive assurances of the Administration that I should: be sustained. The discovery that the people of the Territory were to be left at the mercy of. the assbssins by whom they were threat enpd, was the severest trial to which \ was 1 subjected.” ; 1 repeat his language as literally as possi ble ; and I am sure that I do not color or ex aggerate the facts. In relation to the charac ter of the men who have been laboring to destroy his power and influence, he observed ; “There are men here in Washington now, seeking for office, and with- the probability that they will get what they ask, whose hands and arms up to their elbows are red with blood, I know them to he murderers /. Yet they are graciously received by Mr. Buchan r an and the Cabinet; and their statements are taken as truth wherever they conflict wiih mine. They are treated with more cor* diality and favor than 1, who have tried to discharge my duty faithfully honcs'ly, can ever hope to he.’’ In relation to the corning election and the probable complexion of ‘the Constitutional Convention, he said: “I believe that at least two-thirds.of the -people of the Territory are in favor of ma, king Kansas free ; but under the operation of the plans which their opponents have devised, there is no doubt lhat'a Pro-Slavery Consti tution will be framed.” The difference between the two parlies he staled as follows : “Among the Pro-Slavery men there is no freedom of speech—hardly of opinion. The first inquiry made by them of every new comer is, ‘Where are you from V and if the answer is| ‘From the North,’ that man. is marked and neither his person or properly is safe. They have established a reign of ter ror. Among the Free-State men I found’ nothing of this ; every man who has an opin ion is at liberty to express it without moles tation: I had no trouble with them after the first difficulties were over—-none whatever.” The Governor was very direct and explicij in his charge against the late Administration, and by no means disposed to spare that now in power. He seemed to sneak as an honest, injured man. Going to Kansas with the in tention of dealing alike with all parties, and enforcing the laws as he found them, without inquiry as to how or by whom they were made, he soon learned that that policy was not what his party there or his superiors in office desired. “They” (I use his words) “dreaded nothing somucb as impartiality -and as soon as they ascertained that he was not to be used for their purposes, his troubles and persecutions commenced. He complain ed that his dispatches sent to the Department of Slate were grossly garbled in publication, when they were permitted to see the light at all. The parts which were supposed to be offensive to the Pro-Slavery parly were strick en out; and the “country” said’ he, “has never yet learned the whole truth. 1 ’ He thought that no objection was ever’- made to any strictures upon Free-State men; but when the truth was told of their opponents, it was -“goring our ox.’ 1 , In this conversation, of which I have given but a brief outline, the Governor, though there w£re olhers in the room a pari of the time at least, spoke principally to me, as I had particularly requested a statement of fads" as they had come under his obserya.ion. He did not speak under excitement, and with apparent care to tell the;exact truth. His Secretary—the name I do not recollect —was present during the conference, and he, oftep fo the most emphatic manner, con firmed -the Governor’s words. Indeed, so excited was he at limes, when a topic of pe culiar interest was touched—the murder of Buffum for instance—that his indignation was manifested not only in words, but in an ex ceedingly demonstrative manner. Wheq thoroughly aroused bylljo Governor’s narra tion I asked him : “Governor, w hat am f,.a Northern Democrat, to do? I am tempted to declare here that I hm ready to work here after with the Republican parly?” He ans wered quickly and decisively : “There seems lo be no other course for an honest and intelligent man to pursue.” I have thus given you a sketch of »hat oc curred,in an interview which has left me ia no doubt of what is ray duty to do. I fag lieve—religiously believe—that Gov. Geary, is an honest and conscientious-man, and that he told me the truth. Igo home to my farm in Minnesota, ready to co-operate with any man or any party to make not only Min-, nesota, but every - other Territory, now and forever hereafter free., A Supposed Trance— A Young Lady’s, Funeral Postponed.—On Friday last a, young lady named Williams, whose family resides on Seventh street, near Culler, died siiddenly of disease of the heart. The body was dressed in the habiliments of the grave, and every necessary arrangement was made for the funeral ceremonies, which were to. have taken place on Sunday last. At the appointed hour a hearse, followed by a train of carriages, drove up lo the house in readi. ness lo receive the body and convey it to its .Anal resting place, - The cortege retnai'ned in fronl of lhe house such an unusual long time as lo excite the wonder of the neighbors, whose astonishment reached the culminating point w&eh the dri ver of the hearse mounted his box, seized the reins, and drove hastily away, followed by the empty carriages, and without the corpse, for which his services werebnnighl info re quisition. The solution of the affair is as follows: On approaching the body for the purpose of taking a last farewell of the de. ■parted, a relative noticed a very perceptible ftush came over the countenance of the dead, and an placing his hand aver the region or the heart he was surprised la find it quite warm, notwithstanding the fact, or the sup posed fact—that death occurred three days previous. A number of medical men were at once summoned, who, after ponsullation, advised a postponement oft the funeral, and the hearse and carriages were dismissed. , Since that lime the body fns no! gt ajl changed in npearance. • The cogp.ieaaqoecciq-. tinues -flushed, and there is considerable warmth perceptible in the region of the heart. Meanwhile the family and friends are in the greatest doubt and perplexity, and there era convicting opinions as to the case. Some who have visited.the body, are confident that death has’ actually taken place, while others main tain that the young lady lives in a trance. Hundreds of people have visited the house daily, attracted here by the singularity of the case. Panther Fight in Kansas. —The last' number of the Kickapoo Pioneer savs:—A. few evenings since, as William Pate, well known in'lhese parts ns a Kickapoo Ranger, was meandering the crooked trail from his town to Port William, he was halted by a re spectable looking footpad, in the shape of a full Jjrown male pantlier. nnd requested to “stand anddeliver.” Sir. Pate objected to the surly tnanddiUn which the demand was made, and informed his liger-lilte majesty that his property, fall told, consisted of an empty bolile and a howie knife, both of which he stood in need of, and as he was in a hurry, he wogld'be obliged IQ the gentleman to re tire. "As that was not what Mr, Panther de sired, and as he showed his teeth and gradu, ally insinuated himself -towards Mr. Pate, Mr. Pate waxed wralhy, and he let Mr. Pan ther have the bailie over his, pale, with all the nervous energy of a strong arm. The act beipg, considered by Panther as a declar ation of ;war, he closed in on our gallant Pate, who being some himself, and nothing loth for an engagement now that his blood was up, Seised bis beligerent opponent by the scalp Uibk with his left hand, while he ap plied the shining steel- with his right, to the sledS vest of his antagonist. In a few mo ments Panther had as beautiful a “slashed jerkin” as one would wish to see; while Pale, still in the ascendency, stood by minus coal, hat, breeches, soijpe hide, part of an ear, and considerable hair; actually nothing left but boots and bowie' knife. But our friend -was victor and nothing daunted, ho shouldered his enemv and carried him home, where he was measured by several of his neighjjprs, one of whom has kindly furnished us vvflr the full measurement of the animal fronhnip to lip, which was seven feel three inchesi J No? - Bad. —As we do not read the German vernacular, we lose the good things set before the readers of the German papers of our city. The following good story is told itj the Pres Democrat of last evening : A tri-weekly Hunker paper published in this c'iy, called the Grand Aus [straight our] announced a few days since, that "Mr. Kane had recently returned from the Arctic regions ,iq search of the lost steamship Franklin.- To this the A ( lus [German Republican] replied that it was never before heard that Sir John Franklin was a steamship. Shortly after, the Grand Aus had a long article, endeavor ing in prove, mean the Atlas was ia taking cognizance of such small mistakes, and wound up by saying, that as a matter of course, franklin was not a steamship, but merely a sailing vessel. —Milwaukie Sen, Nature qf Comets. —M. Cabinet, of the French Insrilule, in the course of §ome re marks which 'he has published concerning the cornel which is expected by astronomers in the year 1858, says : With regard to one of the questions to which this question has given’ rise, 1 must protest against the idea that acomet possesses the power of imparting a perceptible mechan ical; shock. I can prove that the collision ol a swallow, intent on suicide, and "flying full force against a train of a hundred car riages,,drawn by ten steam engines, would he a thousand times more dangerous for the train in question than would be the simultaneous shock of all the known comets against the earth. What is a comet? Jt is a visible nolhing. The Hon. Charl.es D, Penrose, . Senator from Philadelphia, died April 6th, of pleurisy at Herr’s H ole h Harrisburg. The event w? 3 announced [o both blanches of the Lag' 3 * 3 " ture, when an immediate adjournment tooS place. ;
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