to change your condition, madam,” said Mrs. Morrison, “You seeni lo be much in. .warn of:a husband,.too” said Miss Price, I nev er found it difficult to get one,” exclaimed Mrs. Morrison f “and I wish you to know, that I have had two already.” “TDh !’’ cried Miss Price," I see your husbands were much lo be pitied, and 1 don’t wonder that their lives were of short duration.” While this altercation was going on be tween the ladies, Mr. Folhergill looked and listened with extreme embarrassment. Pos sibly he could have been happy with either, “were the other dear charmer away”—and ha seemed totally unable to decide which de setved his preference. The contest between the rival candidates was carried on with in creasing bitterness, until the hand of Miss Pfice, while performing an energetic gesture, happened to touch the somewhat protuberant nose of Mrs. Morrison. What followed we would gladly suppress, but for the sake of making an accurate report it is necessary lo say that the bonnets of both ladies were de moolished, and their faces rather badly scratched. Mrs. Morrison made a charge of assault and bntiery against Miss Price. That the scene we have described made some im pression on the mind of Mr. Folhergill may he judged from ihe circumstance that when giving in his evidence at the Mayor’s office, he signified his determination to remain sin gle fur at least six months longer.—Platts hurg Expresr, A»I o uiidTu ;i)cvci«|i in eut s. New-Ha ven, Fhidav, Dec. 18, 1657. It will be remembered (bat last winter a bay named Charles E. Sage, about 19 years of age, «as missing from his home in Crom well, near Middletown, in this Stale, and that an Irishman named Patrick Nugent was ar rested on a charge of murdering the lad, and putting his body under the ice imhe Connec ticut River. In a few months afterward a body was found in the river without a head. This body was believed to be that o( the missing boy, from several marks'upon it, as well as from a portion of the clothing. Soon afterward ihe lining of an overcoat was found answering io the description of that worn by ihe missing person. Soma months elapsed, when a sailor named Benson came to Crom well and,directly charged Nugent, the Irish man, with the murder. He said he saw the deed dune, and assisted Nugent in pulling the body under a haymow. He described accurately the lad’s apper nnoe, his dress, the color of his- hair, &c., and declared that he had not had any peace' of mind since the murder, and that he had come to Cromwell expressly to divulge all he knew about it. He confronted Nugent and charged the deed upon him. The accused denied it, but trembled from head to foot. A Grand Jurv found a true bill against Nu gent whose lime of trial was fixed for the present month. Thus matters have rested until within n few weeks, when the cousin of the missing boy, living in Ithaca, N. Y., re ceived an anonymous letter from the interior , of Pennsylvania, which he showed to his fa ther, a Mr. Williams. The letter was answered, when another' letter was received from Pennsylvania, signed Ihe person who called for Ihe letter, and de. scribe him. The Postmaster did so, when Mr. Williams immediately left Itahca for Penn sylvania, arid found Russel, whom he discov ered to be his nephetc, Charles E. Sage, the identical missing bop ! A special Cburt is held at Haddam to-day, when Nugent will be liberated. The case is involved in the deepest mystery beyond what has been related. No' one can assign any reason'for_lhe perjury of the sailor whoswote that he saw the murder committed, and there is no information to lead to the identity of the body that was (bund and-buried, as that of the boy. Sage. The annals of crime do not afford a more extraordinary case than this. New Haven, Friday, Dec. 18. John A. Benson, the sailor who testified that he saw ihe murder of Charles E. Sage, of Cromwell, has been arrested on a charge of perjury, with intent to take life, and has acknowledged his guilt. Thocrime will send him to the Slate Prison for life. There are no further dei elopments. Curious Physical Phenomenon. A Young Man struck .Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, —Ansel Bowen; a young man residing in Westerly, R. 1., was the subject of n cu rious physical phenomenon, a short 'ime since. On the 39ih of October having some business to transact in another village a short distance from Westerly, he was proceeding to transact it, and before he entered the place, while walking along by the roadside, he suddenly felt as-lhough a dark cloud was passing athi. wart his face, and the next instant he was stricken entirely blind. In a moment more he lost the use of his speech, so that by all his endeavors he was absolutely unable to ut ter a single sound. 1 o crown all, his calamities were increased by the loss of bis sense of hearing, which instantly left him, and then be was without the power to see his way, to cali for assist, a nee, or to evade danger by gelling out of the way. -Not knowing what was next to happen, he stood dike a stone, till luckily one of his companions, passing that way, saw Bowen, and went to speak with him, but he received no answer. He shook him; turned him round; but he neither spoke or opened his eyes, but pointed to his longue, and anon ft* his eyes and ears. He was conveyed to his home. Pistols were fired near him, with out making the least impression. He was the incarnation of mystery. When he eat it was with a . spoon. When he walked he was led like a blind man. He kept along in the same situation 17 At the end of this lime, Sunday morn ing, Nov. 15, he was going to church, the c oud was dispersed and he again saw ris ror^ er |y- He went to the church, carrying with him a small slate, on which to write questions and answers. When the music was begun, the sense of hearing returned, though speech came not. During the morn log service he wro e some on the slate, and ie l P re “ chet through Bowen re lur-aer) tohis home, rejoiced a, the sudden re yiro of h» senses, and apparently j n as g00( j he s '“ THE AGHTATOft. M. H. Cobb, Editor & Publisher- . WELLSBOROUGH, PA Thursday morning, Jan, 7, 1858, %« All Business,and other Comraunicatiommust be addressed to the Editor to insure attention. We cannot publish anonymous communications. We have about six inches of snow, on a level as yet. The weather has been remarkably mild and forbearing thus far. Wc see by aAVisconsin paper that W, C. Wkbb, Esq., formerly publisher of the .Banner, in this vil lage* has been elected to represent Waushara co., in the Wisconsin Legislature. Though we have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with Mr. Webb, we feel to congratulate him upon his good fortune and trust ibis may prove but the beginning of h« public labors. The Washington news is lor the most part dry as dust. Douglas still maintains his position of hos. tilily lo the Lecomplon Constitution. It is said that the Administration advised the Border Ruffians lo vole down the Slavery clause, since slavery already exists in Kansas under the U. S. Constitution. But the Ruffians did 'not do it, and therefore Kansas stands at the door of lha Union asking admission as a Slave Stale. Now, if the Democracy abide by the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, they must admit Kansas with Slavery ; for if they reject her, the Ad ministration must admit what Mr. .Buchanan em phatically denies in his Message, to wit—that the Convention which framed the Lecompton Constitu t-on did not represent the people of Kansas. Mr. Buchanan says it was a legitimate Convention of the people of Kbnsas. Now let us see if he will ad mit her under the beneficent doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, as she demands —xoith Slavery . We call attention to an article from the Wellsville Free Press, in another place, entitled, “Draped in Mourning.’* It is especially intended fur the eyes of those opponents of Spiritualism who are ever ob jecting to its doctrines that they induce insanity and suicide. We do not publish it as an objection to religion by any means, but as one instance in thou* sands on record, in which a false education joined to an undue excitement of the religious faculties, has induced insanity and self-murder. Now. these un fortunate cases of the misdirection of the religious faculties argue nothing against the proper develop ment and exercise of those faculties, but only against their perversion ; and he who would draw therefrom an inference unfavorable to the Christian religion would thereby only reveal a shortsighted and narrow bigotry. Every good thing, every truth may be converted into a demoralizing or destructive agent by perversion and misdirection. Gut he who condemns that good thing, or that truth from any like exceptional view, is unwise—at least. nave We Holidays EuougU? “ Multiply the Holidays and you will lessen the « shameful excesses and the very general disorder u which now 'reign supreme on our public days. “ Their infrequency is their bane.” So remarked a friend to us at the close of New- Year day, in the course of a conversation touching the general low character of holiday festivities in this country; and this remark set us thinking. It is purely true. We have 100 few holidays, as a people. Extreme meets extreme everywhere in nature, and in obedi ence lo the ffeat sanitary, law of Compcnsalion. daily overworked man does not enjoy a natural sleep. He sleeps violently —a deathlike, dreamless sleep ; he awakes unrefreshed and dreading the day before him. Such a man does not live out half his days because violent means conduce lo violent ends. He habitually transgresses the law of Compensation aud justly dies under the infliction of its penalties. Wc often hear it remarked of a man, that just as he had surrounded himself with the comforts of life just as he got ready to /fee, he died I There is a good reason for this dying just as one gels ready to five ; One overworks himself for thirty years, in order lo place himself in independent circumstances. The penally of thirty years’ overwork is either a broken constitution, or sudden death. There is ho denying this. It is a fact under the observation of not a lew in every community. We have not digressed, for thisjis all pertinent, to Hie subject in hand. 4s it is with the whole body, or mind, so is it with every faculty of the body and mind. Take a child of six years; keep from him, all knowledge of the world and its ways; isolate, him from companions of his own ago; cut him off from Social enjoyments and hold him thus restrained until he arrives at the susceptible ago of twelve years. Then remove every restraint; thrust him upon the world, ignorant as ha is of its ways; sur round him with every rationalsmeans of social cn. joyment, with boys and girls of his own age, eiub. erant with life and spirits. At first he will be das sled, confounded and reserved., Bui the social spark exists in his nature, unkindlcd as yet because it has been robbed ot sustenance. Already it begins to kindle with the fire of fellowship. He breathes a new atmosphere, secs a new world, overflowing with new delights revealing ilscll to his astonished senses. There is no middle ground of participation for him. He puts the cup to his lips and drinks to intoxica tion. For tlic time, he is a monomaniac in Excess, for in ono short hour his social faculties, from pas sivily, have sprung into unnatural and dangerous activity. Faculties which should have grown with his growth and strengthened with six years of just exercise, have their development crushed into a sin gle brief hour of lime; and the result is one of two things : Either he plunges from .one excess to a greater and finds his level with outcasts, or he tires of pleasure, retires within himself dnd becomes that dreadful thing—a hater ot his kind. Say lo a man— u During six days you shall sub. sist upon coarse and innutrilious food ; but on the seventh your table shall be loaded with the moat de licious viands two zones can afford.** How manyi IhmV. you, would not make that seventh day a scene t)f riotous excess? How many ? So it is m. every department of nature. Keep your horse exclusively on hay, and if by accident he -find access to your granary he will gorge himself. But, feed him three pecks of oats per day, and you may give him free access lo your oat.bia without risk of damage to him. Nature graduates her transitions. The seasons melt into- each other—Winter is lost in Spring, Spring in Summer, Summer in Autumn and Au . tumn in Winter. Her holidays are equally distrib uted throughout the year. She creates no necessity for overwork—man’s greediness does that. Nature did not decree that the American people should have no holiday from-tlie Fourth of July until the 25th of December, and none from the Ist of January to the 4lh of July, - No, the stinginess of the American people did that. The result o! Ibis unnatural re* straint ia c the deplorable demoralization of the peo ple# witnessed upon each successive holiday. We chain Young America until he becomes mad with restraint, and then unloose him and let him run as TI E mO Gr it I COU If T Y AIQ IT ATO E. madness drives him. . Long absthjcnee, in effect, ancy, only whet* his. appetite U£ an unnatural.and onwolrolable keenness, and when, the chains drop, heptnages recklessly into excess. ' ■ - '' The core ibr this evil lies in the suggestion at the head of this article. Jf you would lesson these ex. cc?ees, multiply your holiday occasions. 0o this, and out of this periodical, moral anarchy shall come moral harmony and profit to the American people- As a people, we need more time for recreation.; It ■ will not be long ere Sunday w.ill be grudged to tire laboring man, as indeed it.nuw is, in some respects. Were labor justly apportioned among men, man’s necessities would never require him to labor more than eight hours in twenty.fnur—leaving sixteen hours for recreation and sleep; but labor is not thus apportioned, nor can it be in this age; therefore it becomes our duty, as well-wishers to the race, to do the next best thing—to increase the number of holi days, gradually, until they shall reach the number of twelve, annually. This can be dotte, and.we, for one, do not despair of seeing the work brought about, in part, ere many summers shall have smiled upon the land. The reform must begin somewhere, and it may as well commence right here in Tioga county as elsewhere. Some may object to this that there ore no great anniversary days to be celebrated at the beginnings of the months. Let us begin with May and revive the old May. Day festivities. Then lei us have the Harvest Home Gathering, still extant in New Jcr. sey and in some other Slates. This, with our An nual Fair, will increase the number of public days from five, to seven, and that will make a pretty good beginning. Upon all of these spring, summer and autumn holidays, dancing in the open air might be practiced by such as prefer that really beneficial ex ercise—beneficial, when properly conducted. It has fallen in public favor because its votaries have driv. en it into close, unvenltla cd rooms and unscasona. ble hours, and justly fallen. Shall we have more holidays and less rowdyism, or fewer holidays and more rowdyism!—Which ? Wc feel to rejoice with our fair correspondent, « Leonine,” that something is being done to pal a check upon Jawbreakers in this village. We un derstand that four illegal vendors of bine ruin have been brought before Mr. Justice Emery within the past week, and bound over to the February Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace. This is a good be ginning, and if the individual who has undertaken tlie office of public prosecutor shall persist until ev cry offender be brought to justice, he will earn, and wc trust will receive the substantial gratitude of ev ery Christian man and woman of this community. We are glad to be able to stale that he has the undi vided support of the good and true men of this bor oogb, who are determined to sustain him to the ut most, both with voice and purse. Touching the threats of violence to the person of the prosecutor, or any other person, indulged in by the trafficking fraternity, we feel impelled to say such threateners, don’t attempt to put those throat* , in force. It is not for us to say just what the result to you might be; but we can imagine that the con i sequences might be permanently unpleasant. It is | hoped that no friend of good order will be forced to I resist the execution of sueh threats; but should things reach that pass, we presume to‘say that our | friends will leave their mark where it may be seen iof men. The prosecutor will be protected in the dis | charge of his duly, and those pledged to his prolec lion and support will protect themselves. Our correspondent makes especial reference to the saloons, as being worse than the taverns. We most respectfully dissent from that opinion. Gam bline and drinking always den together. Where ‘ licncr yrcchf nfftrwi? (TCnwr WC tVdultf Sflftfl er see him a gambler than a sol. Both are terrible scourges and should be suppressed —will fee suppress. cd, so far as they can be ferreted out. We have never canvassed borough election mat ters m these columns, heretofore, nor mingled in tho strife of borough politics, apart from depositing our vote on the day of election. ! But the lime and the occasion fur adopting tlu s course seems to have manifested itself. The dec tioa of borough officers this year turns upon the question, “Shall infractions of the law be prosecu ted, or shall the transgressors be pecmUlcd to trans' gress the laws under the noses of the proper author ities? There is but one question before .the voters of this borough—a clear, unmixed question—shall Rum rule and ruin in our midst? Let the cam paign be made upon this sole issue, waiving every merely personal preference, asking only if the can didates will love justice belter than the good opinion of tavern frequenters and rum-dealers. This is all the question which the good of this community de mands shall be put to our hearts. We care not who lias the offices, only let the candidates in whose in tegrity the temperance men of this community have confidence. This is no time to hoist personal friends into place ; it is the time to put stern and true ad vocates of law and order in power. In order to do this, good citizens must proceed systematically, else, through divisions, the enemy will triumph. Let temperance men call a public caucus and then and there make a ticket, fairly and in an amicable way. It will not do lo have a dozen candidates up for the same office, nor will there be if temperance men are true to their professions. Wc shall sec. The Atlantic Monthly,—*' The third No., of this high-toned Magazine is assuredly the best yet issued —though its predecessors were, in theii time, the best specimens of an American Magazine extant* The January number is solid as well as brilliant, its literature is well assorted and its reviews arc im partial, manly and discriminating. “The Princess Maya' 1 and “ Tlie Diamond Lens,” speci mens of u Fanlasie," while Holmes sparkles in “ The Autocrat of The Breakfast Table," and some body else iu a poetical eulogy-.of “Catawba/* It has a blistering review of the' Presidents Message, and several excellent literary articles beside. This Magazine is destined to a great success. The Spiritual Age. —This paper, which suspend, cd publication in October last, lias been revived and united with the Nino England Spiritualist , and will hereafter bo published simultaneously at Boston, New York and Chicago, under the joint conduct of A. E. Newton, formerly of the last mentioned pa per, and S. B. BairrAN,of the Age.' The sybscrib. ers to the Age will now receive the six months due them on the latter paper, and may now consider the Age permanently established. The union was jo. dicious, and the talents of two profound thinkers and vigorous writers will now be concentrated. The Ago is one of the ablest advocates of Rational Spir. itualtsm published. Life Illustrated. —We arc frequently, asked to sc. led a good family paper, by friends and acquaint ances. We consider the paper at the head of this paragraph, all in all considered, to be the very best family paper published. Its clean face is aperpet ual warning ot the necessity of a morning .bath and clean linen to.the preservation of health; while its pages teem with Hnrdiolcesl and most healthful in. telleclual and moral viands. Yes, it is the best. • In price per single copy is $2 yearly but we have made arrangement with the Publishers, Messrs. Fowler & Wells, 308 Broadway, £fcw York, by l which we are enabled to furnish both it and The Agitator one year for $3. Those wishing to sub scribe (or a family paper will please take notice. I-'IIOM KANSAS. The Fort Scott Affair. SpedalCorrespondenco of. The Chicago Tribune. Lawhemce, K. T., Dec. 24,1 857. I have already forwarded !o you an ac- ( count of the Fort Scott difficulties'. By the j arrival of Col, Phillips we have full particu* j tars. - The Colonel leffhere on Friday at 3 ( a. m.,’ and arrived ai the camp at Abbott, i Sugar Mound,.9o mires from Lawrence, in { the evening, having ridden that distance in eleven hours. He .found about 100 men in j nasnp, and on Sunday 183 were assembled. t Instead of the Free-Stale men committing outrages, it was the Ruffians who had done ( them. Under pretense of collecting taxes, | &c., cattle, corn and horses were stolen. To stop these depredations the Free-State men organized a Vigilance Committee, No acts of violence were committed, and one man ( who had stolen a hog was ordered to replace it. This was the only act of punishment in- , dieted by the Committee. The Rev. Mr. Stewart and two others were taken prisoners while acting as scouts, and taken into Fort Scott. On Tuesday, the 15th insl.. Captain Bain and 14 men were hunting for Stewart, and approached Bnrnesville, about eight miles from the Fort. A citizen of the place invited Bain and his men, informing them that they knew where Stewart was, but at that moment the Captain caught sight of a large body of horsemen deploying at the end of the street. He immediaiely gave orders to retreat, which soon became a flight, they being pursued by 80 Ruffians. . Five of Bain’s men were taken prisoner’s; the. rest escaped. On Wednesday the fight occurred between ihe Ruffians, headed by Deputy Marshal Little and Geh. Abbott, the particulars, of which you have already received. The numbers, however, were incorrect. There were 45 in the Free- State camp, in a log-house on the little Osage River, half-a mile from the bank; there were 70 of the posse. The Marshal demand ed their unconditional surrender, which was of course refused. The firing commenced, and lasted dn hour. After the Missourians retreated, the Fjee- Slale men fell back to Sugar Mound. Here Col. Phillips found them, and on Sunday the forces numbered 183 meh. Phillips, who took the command, was directed to release the eight men held in duress without any .pre lense of law, if it was a possible thing, and to avoid a collision with the troops, two hundred of whom were camped near Fort Scott, but in no case to allow his command to be disbanded or disarmed. He had diffi : cully in preventing his men from attacking the troops, so much are they embittered by ihe outrages perpetrated against them. It must be remembered that these writs under the rebellion act are illegal—that act having been repealed by the late Territorial Legisla ture, and all proceeding under it quashed. On Sunday morning, a movement was made on Fori Scott, with a view of rescuing the prisoners; but the troops being but four miles distant, it.was not deemed advisable to risk t an attack from them, as ammunition was . scarce, and the companies were poorly armed. A retreat was ordered to Sugar Mound, thirty , miles distant. A blinding snow-storm came : ,i oiu-vuiy,ana wunouta murmur, lien. , Lane arrived in camp on Monday noon, and assumed command. He commenced organi zing the Territorial militia, and issued a proclamation to the citizens, stating his object • was to preserve the peace, and granting pro -1 lection to all real .inhabitants of Kansas, but, at the same lime, declaring his intention of hanging every Missourian caught in arms after q drum-head court-martial. There are about .260 Missouri Ruffians assembled at Fort Scott and Barnesville. ' LATER NEWS, Since ihe above was wriiten, E. B. VVhii man and. Col. Harris Stratton have arrived Prom Lane’s camp, with the startling inlelli gence that the United Stales troops are march ing to arrest him. A Council of War had been held, and it was unanimously! decided to resist the dragoons. It was also reported that the Rev. Mi. Sldwarl and the-other pris oners had been hung at the fort. This news bad excited the men almost to madness, and a messenger was dispatched to glean intelli gence, As he had not returned at the lime sel, it is supposed he was taken. The troops were twelve miles distant from the camp on Sugar Mitund. They were armed only with revolvers sabres, the latter of which would be of out little use in- the limber where Lauo is intrenched. The position occupied is a very strong one, situated in the heavy timber on the head waters of the little Sugar Creek ; the men occupy three blockhouses, which command all approaches, and places any advancing foe under a most galling fire. We do not anticipate any defeat, and Lane | sent word that if attacked he should “whip j them.” The reports were given in the Con vention to-day, and every allusion to the idea 1 of resistance to the United States troops was received with themosl enthusiastic applause! When it was announced that Gen. Lane in tended lo resist the Federal troops, three peal ing cheers were given for him. Every detail was received with the mbsl profound silence or the loudest cheers; according- to its char acter. When it was announced that the U. S. troops were advancing on the Free-State men, and that Gen. Lane and his officers had decided to fight them, every person in the Convention Hall seemed to hold ineir breath for a few seconds, and silence, solemn as the grave, hung over the assembly, which was broken finally by one simultaneous burst of 1 cheering. The Rubicon was passed—the danger did not look so overwhelming, as it was felt that energy, courage, and devotion enough ; existed in the Free-State parly of Kansas; to stand the brunt and consequences of the act in which they were engaged, and carry iflo a saccessfulissue A Skake'on [cb. —A black snake, four or five, feel long, the other day attempted to cross-g pond In Haverhill, Mass.,on the ice, but the progress madeby Ills’ snakeship over the cold, glassy surface was so slow, that when within about ten feet of the shore, be became so chilled by the ice that ;he could go no farther, and was drawn ashore by means of a pole and captured.— Elmira Advertiser. Ten millions in specie were sent to Europe from Now York and Boston in December. ‘-'From tho Free Press, Dec. 24. Draped in Mourning. • It becomes, our sad and mournful duty to this weak announce to the public the most melancholy-event-which has occurred in this community, since taking up, pur residence to iowbj On Monday Vnornibg last, Miss Frances M, FARKDM,a younglajfy 21 years of age, daughter of EutWABX> i- Fabhum, Esq., in a fit of melancholy, apdr partial de rangement, induced by an unnatiiral-stata of religious'excitement, stealthilyj left her room in her father’s house, and repairing to the mill race near by, threw herself into the water, and was carried, by thedurrent under the ice and drowned. Her absence from her room was not discovered till daylight, though from the opening and closing, of a door, of which nothing was thought ay the time, it is presumed that she left the house! about three o’clock in the morning. Language is inca pable of expressing the extent land univer sality of gloom pervading out community upon the recovery of the-hody, and the con sequent certainty of this melancholy and un expected event. I j Although it was generally understood that the deceased was subject to [turns of gloom and despondency, occasioned by a strange c onviction that she had somehcjw committed the “unpardonable sin her| sanity upon all other subjects, and her uniform cheerfulness at home, at church, in the ’-social circle, and in short, everywhere, so far as the public were able to judge ; and so| studiously was her secret and sorrowful monomania con cealed from her most intimate companions and associates, no event couldJiave possibly happened of a like character more startling and unexpected. Anting’ all pf our village maidens, she Was pre-eminently first in good ness of heart, in amiability; of character, in placidity and sweetness ol] dispisition, and we may also add, in beauty pf person, and marked perfection of form and feature. Indeed, so general a favorite! was not to be found in the entire villagei Kind to the poor, confiding and gentle, her smila was alike bestowed upon the high and the low, the rich and the poor; andjwe do not say 100 much when we add, that even the do mestic animals about the door of her father s house seemed to recognize (Frank s hand as the one to which they were! to look for the choicest favors. We have‘np words in which to express our sorrow bvjeran 'event of so melancholy and heart-chilljng a character. With the parents and friends of the deceased we sympathize in the depth .of our heart, and feeling as wa do, thai from the sacred circle of home and the family hearth side, has been borne away one of the Earltds brightest treasures; the: only consolation which we can render, in this their bereave ment, is the firm and well ■ established con viction, that she dwells with the angels, and sitting beside the Riverjof Life, now fully realizes that lifti is simply a journey, time the pathway, anti death the gateway to Im mortality. So 1 melancijoljy and mournful indeed is this event, forjlhe first lime since publishing the Free Presjs,; do wa invert our rules, and drape our paper in the weeds of wo. In doing this, we 'are quite sure that ’ wpjjenefitlingly express jibe sentiments and I grave of the deceased will be" fememoSfeu when the flowers again 'blossom, and the earliest and most fragratit ,wil| be sought out by those who loved her intli/e; and mourned for her in death, to be strewn upon the spot where sleeps the pride oif girlish beauty and . loveliness among our village maidens. Murder-at Rochester, N. Y.—Chas. W. young lawyer! of Rochester, was found on the edge of itjejriver on the 20th with skull fractured, apd? marks of blood were traced up the bank (b where the mur der had been committed! i An arm of a chair was found with the tip of a lady's viclorine, combs and velvet rosettef, worn in the hair. The Rochester Union bays : All these evidences were taken by Coroner Quin, wilh the body, police’ station.— Before the body was removed, it was identi fied as that of Chas. W.jLitiles. Thousands were on the ground yesterday, looking at the evidences of the bloody, crime and the gathering about th'e polfce office was im mense. I | Chas. W. Littles wad alboul 25 years old, and had resided here some four years, most of the time. He came from Dansville, where his father resides. Hejsiudied law with Mr.. Mudge, and was admitted some two years since. About two years ago he married a young woman named |Sirah Stout, and has since separated from her j but there was ap parently a mutual' jealousy, perhaps ro' without cause existing' (The Stout family were suspected of krioying something of the whereabouts and associates of Littles, so they were aU taken intb.cuStody and tesli • fied before the Coroner’s -jury. Mrs. Littles '.and her brother, Ira Stout, had each an arm broken on Saturday rjight, as they say, by falling in Galusha slrebti It is a singular coincidence that one oil the family should be killed and two others! have limbs broken about the same hour, aifd- yet not be in the same vicinity. The brother, Eli Slou\, and his wife, and the little toy Stout, it is proper to say, went through ihe examination as if innocent of all knowledge of the cause of Littles’ death. j t Humorous Wea op IDouglas’ Speech.— A witty friend of oursj heard the “Little Gi ant” deliver his recent great speech in the U. S. Senate, and said .that he put him in mind of a short-lmrned Durham, three years old, who had succeeded in making “a break” into a strange field. jThe little fellow ex hibited all the bovine [threatening of battle in the regular style. He “pawed the ground and snufied the air j” he tossed the dust over his back, and lashed himself into a fury ; be kept up a fierce belloW, steady “tmtgissanl ” as the French expressiit. Now be would move towards the fenqe and displace a loose rider or two with his j stubbed horns, and anon he would wanderrerralic.throu<di the field, causing, the we km td resound to his mutiermgs. If an os from (he pasture he had left set up an emasculate roar, the little short-horn would paw vrith all the more en-' er gyi and move hrs 'head about minatory, until the subdued'farm drudge became silent and chop • fa f f e n. - - Zfafr j shurg Telegraph . eommutucatctms. Mk..Editoh ; We notice in your paper ft® “Proposition of the Mansfield Classical Semi, nary” regarding the establishment of a Nor. mal'Scbool in that place, and sincerely hope that some one mote competent than ourselves will make reply, but should there be so little interest felt on the subject as no to elicit re. marks the following will be at your disposal. ' Said “Proposition” was so entirely discor dant with our feelings, and seem so very im proper that we could scarce credit ourselves for understanding correctly, and were quite inclined to believe that it was got up just to see whal would be said, but having been as sured that it is really “a call” we feel it in cumbenl upon some one to speak upon iba subject. This Seminary has long tried to gel "a start” and it seems as if the very elements had combined against it, and now discouraged as it is, it would fain call upon the County in its last extremity to'levy a tax of “ten thou sand five hundred dollars” to set it a going. How could said Seminary, sectarian as it has declared itself Croat the first, expect that our Counfv would consent to any such thing. We have all denominations among us, and can it be expected that the Presbyterian, 1 Epis. copalian or Baptist will consent to be taxed to support a school at variance with their oto religious views ? What one does of his own free will ia en lirely a different thing- If we choose to sup port Hmdooism who shall interfere; but lo be forced to support any sectarian school ii averse lo our opinion of the privileges of a “free country.” “Ten ihousand five hundred dollars” is not a small sum to be raised in our County at any time, and in the present pressure for an extra tax to be levied upon us, many who may be called “well off” in the world, bav in"' all that they can do to raise money la furnish bread for their families, is an idea not only absurd but extremely at variance with true Christian principles. And this sum let us’remember is proposed to be raised “by the first of June 1958.” Now who is willing to pay this lax ? Don’t all say “1” at once. But an inducement is offered. “Onesla dent from each town in said County will be educated free from all charge,” provided he places himself under bonds, or submils lo certain conditions which few persons of con. slderation will do. No, no ! “Young Amen, ca” loves liberty too well. Tfwe were to have such a school, why should Mansfield be chosen as the favored spot ? Knoxville, Tioga, Osceola and other places have an equal right to ask for this County lax. Is not our own Boro a far bet ter point, being much more central? We have already done much for Mansfield great ly to our loss, and now believing that “Chan ty begins at home” our people seem resolved to expend their means and effort here. We understand that out own people ate about making a proposition to raise by tu the sum of eight ihousand dollars for the pur pose of establishing a school of the kind here, proposing to educate free one scholar front each town without hands. This seems ‘a ~ more Teasonaoie snm tod .I.= Indorsement fairer,, but opposed as ®! are lo the •principle we hope that (ho cilizea of our County will duly consider the subjes before enlisting in favor of such a measure. Our anxiety for educational interest is at great as that of any other individual, havm; children lo educate, but we would never com. pet a Methodist or Catholic, or any other de nomination to contribute to that purpose. These are our sentiments, freely expressed, and we have c nfidence to believe that »e also speak the feelings of the majority of out county. , • A Tax Payer. Mr. Editor; Good news ! good news!— Th sre seems to be a' stir in our place in re ■ gard lo the morals of VVellsboro, and a dis position is being shown lo right matters, is ferret out and destroy some of our hells os earth. We have entered upon a new year, and is not this jusi the time to look into these matters and drive from our place every ibni£ that is morally wrong? Success to every at tempt of this kind, is the prayer no doubt of the inhabitants of our town; for the report is that we are sending home for miles around us drunken husbands, fathers and sons.— Now this is not as it should be, and .it seem that some ladies are getting excited on tta subject, and want somebody to do something. “Kate” in her remarks, dwells long and sa riously on our Hotels, now have we jiol res pectable (?) saloons, so called, but in reality the most damnable places we have, for the reason that here our sons are trained lo lbs hellish business of card playing, and front that to drinking the poison that crazes ths brain and makes more than ta .brute of the once kind brother tfod son ? Yes, at thess respectable places is where the- work com mences, and many such ones we have, to the knowledge of every inhabitant here. Nos let us not pass over these, and bear down so hard on our public housesthey are only the resort of those men that have been ruined at places that have been countenanced by us for years. Now lei us commence at the right place, and we shall accomplish all that has been undertaken, and there no doubt will be peace again among us. Lboxise, [ . For The Agitator. Common Schools. There will be an examination of leached at the School house near Union Academy. January 16, at Mansfield, Jan. 23, and Wellsboro, Feb. 8. Teachers that are 1 to schools and hSvc not been examined will for feit their pay unless they come forward B one of these examinations. • Any one condo? later than 10 o’clock, will be under the ne cessity of slaying the evening. No teacher will be commissioned, short of a six hour* drill. These examinations are exclusively for those who are already in schools, or ex pect to be previous to the Spring examina tions. Directors should circulate this notice among the teachers. N. L. Reynolds. Co. Sufi. Gov. Ramsey, the Republican candidal 1 in Minnesota, is elected by sixty-fivs Dll ' ■jority, if the illegal votes are thrown ouj- If they are counted in, as they probably be, Sibley, the Democratic candidate have a majori'tyt-of about, two thousand. For the Agitator.
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