such a place as that, and let her get married
right off it she wants to. 1 eau't give her no
other as I see. She's always worked hard
every minute, and alway'll have to, while she
stays at home." I caught his two rough, hon
est hands in mine, and pressed them in grati
tude. but for a moment words failed me—then
the full tide of my joy received a cheek, a pretty
effectual check, too, in the thought, that poss
ibly she might not "want to."
The next day was Sunday. I could already
walk about a little, and was to leave on M ou
duv. The family weut church, except Susan,
who volunteered to stay, and prepare tea,
against their return.
" Now I must decide my fate to day," thought
I. with some trepidation, as they drove from,
the door ; but she handed me the last papers,
and then absorbed herself so completely in a
book, that I did not like to interrupt her. I
read and re-read the advertisements, which
somehow I couldn't very clearly understand ; in
fact, one column lasted ine all the .morning,
and a part of the afternoon, while the dear
cause of all this distraction sat quietly on the
the lounge before me, and though her eyes
sometimes wandered sadiy from the page, they
never wandered towards nie ; and would, after
a moment, return resolutely to her reading
ugain.
" An incorrigibly vulgar hand, isn't it—so
different from Cora's !" she said, quietly, as if
uttering my thoughts, as she looked up with
an arch smile. In truth, my eyes had been
fixed upon her hand ; but, without seeing it,
for I was turning over in my brain, for the
thousandth time, what I should say and how I
should say it.
"And why is it vulgar ! In the service of
love, it has received marks more honorable
than a warrior's scars ; but every one is a proof
of the unselfish devotion of your heart. O,
Susie, I should be more proud to win this faith
ful hand, than the fairest fingers ever nursed
by selfish idleness—may uot hope sometime
to call it mine
" Oh, why do yo talk so to me ! Indeed
you forget yourself," she said, springing up,
with a look of mingled astonishment and re
proach. "Poor Cora ! have you been trifling
with her?"
" Cora does not love me. I have never
sought for any heart but yours—if must des
pair of gaining that—O, it will be hard to
live !" I ended, passionately ; while a sudden
conviction that all was lost, seemed to stab mc
with its deathly chill. My paleness put the
dear girl's reserve all to flight.
" I love you now, indeed I love you !" she
said, changing her first tone of simple earnest
ness, to one so sweet and fervent, that it seem
ed to hc-r thrilled listener like the very utter
ance of a soul. Then the thought of what she
had said, overwhelming her with sweet eon
fusion, she would have hurried away, but I
caught her in my arms, and pressed a fond
kiss upon the sweet lips, which had given me
more than life. Then I told her what paiu I
had suffered, from her avoidance ; and the
many little ways in which she had seemed to
show indifference towards me. And she said
I shall never forget with what mingled con
fidence and timidity, what fitting blushes and
smiles and tears —that she had tried not to
think too much of ine, ever since we first met ;
had tried to rejoice in Cora's happiness for she
had uot once thought it possible that she herself
r.otild be preferred ; that sometimes when she
heard uie speak disparagingly of mere beauty,
she had thought she might have been the one
beloved, had she been educated as well as Co
ra. In this true confidence the time flew
by, till Susie thought of the church goers, and
tin.
When I saw her graceful form swallowed up
by that everlasting kitchen so exactly as it had
always been before, the sunshine seemed to have
vanished with her, and I feared my happiness
had all been a dream, till she returned through
the room on some household errand, and her
eyes stealing timidly to mine, and gathering
confidence from what they read there, blessed
me with one of those looks—how shall I de
scribe them ?—mere words can give no idea of
their sweetness, to one who has never felt it—
who has never been loved—louks, that come
with the confidence of petted children, nest
ling in the heart, where they were sure of
welcome—looks, that brighten with their love,
every day of ray life, now, and which memory
hoards to cheer lonely rides and midnight
watches.
Mrs. Kendall's consent to our marriage was
granted more readily than I anticipated. A
professional man, however penniiess, she con
cidered a brilliant match, and was proud that
her daughter hail made such a conquest,
though she evideutly wondered that it had not
been Cora.
It took many vivid representations of the
loneliness to which I must letuni, to win Su
sie's consent to our immediate marriage.—
Indeed, I think it was at last owing to the
fact, that a widowed sister of her father's hav
ing been invited to make her home with him,
proved to he very capable and industrious,
and therefore of great assistance to Mrs. Ken
dall.
What Cora thought of it, I never knew ;
she busied herself in getting up a wedding par
ty unprecedented in that place, at which she
shone pre eminent ; but know that mv gentle
bride received more homage from one heart,
than mere superficial grace ever elicited from
crowds.
We were immediately established in the lit
tle home at the village, which Mr. Kendall's
generosity had provided ; a home which its
presiding a> gel made more truly such than the
proudest palace could have been without such
a spirit. There was not a particle of distrust
in Susie's nature ; and the assurance of being
loved and understood, dissipated that cold re
serve which had made her character seem so
apathetic at first. To me, she expressed her
self with all the confidence and freedom of
thinking aloud ; and I was surprised at the
depth of her feeling, the truth and freshness i f
her thoughts, on subjects which her former si
lence, when they were discussed, led rae to sup
pose she took no interest in. It was a pleas
are to explain anything to her ; she seemed to
listen with such intelligent interest, to compre
hend so readily. Hut once, when I had been
ilnstratiug, at some length, an illusion which
puzzled her, she sank into a very brown
study.
" Susie," —and T sat down beside her, —"the
room is changed with your changed face ; even
the firelight seems a very different thing ; what
can make you so serious, love ?"
She laid her head on my shoulder, and fair
ly burst into tears.
" I am thinking you will soon get tired of
my ignorance ; I cannot understand you, or be
a companion for you, as I waut to, and then
though I know you mean to always love
me, dear, faithful Jeunc, I don't see how you
can help wishing vou had married another wo
man "
" There is not another woman in the wide
world wiser than my darling wife, in that which
most concerns our happiness ; and that wisdom
I can never cease to love, to reverence while I'
yet live ; yet, if you would like to study—l
believe you would like—why cannot you go to
school ? Miss Dcnyah's first term has not
been commenced n week yet, and you told me
yesterday, that your house-work was so little,
you wished 1 would find you something to do ;
and since you have finished all the sewing, I
shall want none for a long time ; there don't
seem to be anything else to set my industrious
little wife about. Come, let me wipe away
those tears, and tell me what you think of it
—wouldn't you like to go?"
" Oh, no, I cannot think of it ; for what
would you do for dinner, when I was at school?
If you will show me about it, I should like to
study at home."
" Von would find that very dull, love ; the
order and emulation of school, makes the la
bor of acquirement much less. I will look
over the lessons with you in the evening. I
want to refresh my knowledge of those half
forgotten studies ; and we can recite to each
other, till you outdo all the other young la
dies in school. As for dinner, we can eat
bread and milk, and some of that excellent
fruit, which grows in the garden. I should
like that better than to have you sweltering
over a stove, to get so many hot meals every j
day. It would be healthier for us too ; yon
don't know how I have longed for snch simple
food, at greasy boarding houses, where a pro
fusion of unwholesome dainties took the place
of fresh fruit and good bread."
Susie finally consented to try the school for
a week, though she still seemed afraid that I
should suffer in some way ; but the honsekeep-1
ing went 011 as smoothly as usual. She knew
so thoroughly well how to do everything in
the quickest and best manner, that it seemed
to take very little of her time. We had warm
suppers, instead of dinners, and the washing j
was done 011 Saturday, conclusively disproving
the old adage about slovens washing on that ,
day.
She became much interested in her school, !
and studies, and I soon grew quite proud of the ;
position she held among her classmates, many
of them older than herself. No oue could he '
more pleased about all this than her father,
who asserting that it was his business to edu-;
cate his daughters, insisted on paying her tui- ;
tion, which was quite an assistance to us, just '
theti.
Three years have passed since then—three j
short sunny years. Susan has not been at
school all the time, One term she devoted to
entertaining an old aunt, my only relative, j
whom she persuaded to leave her lonely home
and visit us. At another time, she nursed me ;
through a contagions fever and stayed from I
school six months afterward, for I fear I should
come in tired or sick, and need her care when
she was away.
She has lately discovered an old thesis of
mine, written to prove that no one should en
ter upon the duties of matrimony, before the
age of twenty five, which she says gives her
plenty of time for a good education before her !
matrimonial duties begin ; but I cannot imag->
ine how those duties can be more faithfully
performed, than they are now.
Her cultivated voice equals Cora's in the
village choir, and far out-warbles it at home, j
Her vivacity, the natural overflow of a happy,
innocent heart, astonishes those who knew her
silent, unappreciated girl-hood, and her manner
has gradually acquired that indescribable grace, !
the rarest charm of the belle, or coquette,
which 1 believe springs more directly from the
certainty of pleasing, the consciousness of be
ing admired, than is generally imagined. Her
beauty, now that is tastefully clad, is loudly
acknowledged by those who could not see it
before, though she is scrupulously careful not
to out-dress Cora. Dear father Kendall loves I
to spend a few hours with "Susie," in our
sunny sitting-room, whenever he comes to the i
village, and her visits home are gladly welcora- j
ed by her mother, and Cora, who seemed to I
think that is doing well, considering it was on
ly Susan. "Only Susan !" the light of a hap
py home, the life of a happy home, the life of
our village society, and more than light or life !
to one worshipping heart—my priceless wife
is growing into noble and intelligent woman- J
hood.
I meant to have noticed before ending these
reminiscences, whether "those hands" had
grown any prettier, but she is off, this moment
to school ; it was but now I felt their light
touch, her stolen kiss, (taken without an equiv
alent) is yet warm upou my forehead ; but she
has reached the gate, and rejoined a merry
group of school couipanious ; perhaps it is well;
how could I be a disinterested judge of hands,
that bestow on me so many uubought favors,
so many a loved caress.
La.-t night, when I had reached the last
page of my newspapers, pen, ink and ledger,
were brought from the office, and placed nois
lessly beside me, as usual ; a silent nod was
the ouly acknowledgement for too delicate at
tention, so grateful to my tired frame. (I have
pleuty of practice now.) Susie was about to
resume her pencil, but she paused, and laying
her hands upou my shoulder, looked archly in
to my face aud said, "Do you know, Dr.
Jeune, that yon are a most remarkable man ?"
" I know a certain visionary young lady who
thinks so," was the answer. "Ah ! but I
know so ; when Aunt Rachel was here, two
years ago, she told me I was spoiling you, that
everything depended ou a young wife's begin
ning right; that if I did not stop waiting on
mv husband now, in a year or two, when I had
more cares, he would expect the same atten
tion as a right, and think himself neglected, if
I did not slave myself to wait ou him ; not
that he would mean to be selfish, but would
get used to it, as to forget that it was a favor,
unless he was a very remarkable man—a very
great exception to mankind in general. I told
her that it might be so. It was very natural,
certainly, but my husband was so unselfish, and
good at heart, that he deserved to be waited
on all his life, if he did forget to uotice it by
and by ; yet just now when I brought your
ledger your dear eyes said "thank you, Susie,"
as plainly as ever," aud tears of tenderness fill
ed her own.
"My darling ! I pray to God, that tha in
fluence of long use, and habit, may never be
tray rae into expecting, as a matter of course,
or accepting unthankfully, the angel's service."
Mansfield, (Tioga county, Pa.)
Classical Semiuary was destroyed by fire on
the 22d ult. A portion of the furuitnre was
saved in a damaged state. The building was
valued at 2.5,000, and insured for $12,000. —
The furniture worth about $5,000, was uuiu
surcd.
A bill prohibiting hawking and peddling
in Susquehanna connty, has passed both braneh
cll of the Legislature and become a law.
iinMori) ilqjorter.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
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FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Witt. MILL WARD, of Philadelphia.
FOK JUDGES OK THE SUPREME COURT,
JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester Co
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JUDGE WILMOT'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
In another column will be found a letter
from Judge WILMOT, accepting the nomination
for Governor. It is an able, maidy, and ear
nest document, such as might have been ex
pected from the author, asserting iu eloquent
language the Rights of Free Labor. The po
sitions assumed appeal directly to the hearts
and consciences and interests of the ' toiling
millions' of the country, to all of which Sla
very and Slave Labor is so diametrically op
posed. The man must be bigotted indeed, or
wilfully stubborn, who can read this letter
without feeling that its statements are correct,
aud that its author is oidy seeking to stay the
growing power of that mighty Aristocracy,
which has no sympathies in common with the
Free Laboring Man, but would degrade him
to a level with their human chattels. We shall
be greatly mistaken if the people of Pennsyl
vania do not, at the ballot-box, express their
approbation of the vitws and principles express
ed in this letter, and their appreciation of the
high purposes aud consistent course of the
author.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
The Convention of School Directors held at
this place on Monday last, was not very fully
attended, owing to the storm, which prevented
many from reaching town. Prof. CHARLES
R. COBURN was elected County Superintend
ent, with a salary of SIOOO.
We had looked with much confidence to a
full Convention, and wc learn from every
quarter of the Couuty that arrangements had
been made for a general attendance of the Di
rectors—but the severity of the storm on Mon
day was such as to keep at home many who
had calculated upon being present. Our re
gret, however, is diminished by the fact, that
but two uames wer# presented to the Conven
tion as candidates—those of Prof. COBCRN aud
Eld. (IF.O. I JANT'ON —both of whom are univer
sally admitted to combine all those qualities of
education, and experience and skill, necessary
for an efficient discharge of the duties of the
office. In the hands of either, the Common
School cause was safe, and the office ol Coun
ty Superintendent would have a fair trial.
Mr. COBIRX having been elected we bespeak
for him the confidence and co-operation of the
friends of education throughout the County.
He enter upon the duties of the office under
many and unusual disadvantages ; with a wide
spread prejudice against the office itself, on
the part of the public, coupled with but a
faint hope that it may be made useful. He
will devote his whole time to the welfare of
the Common Schools, entering into the work
con amore, bringing to it the experience of
many years, and a heartfelt devotion to their
interests.
The liberal spirit manifested by the conven
tion was worthy of remark, and praise. As
unfavorable as has been the experience of the
prat three years, there was a general disposi
tion to give the office a fair trial, and for that
purpose a liberal salary was cheerfully voted.
In answer to many inquiries we would state
that the term of office of the Superintendent
will commence on the first Morula t/ in June
next, being the first day of that month.
The Cauandaigua and Elmira Road
(from Jefferson to Canandaigua) was sold
last week under foreclosure of the third mort
gage. It brought $55,000, and the rolling
stock, See., $15,000. The road is subject to
two prior mortgages, in the aggregate $500,-
000, and to about $15,000 due the operatives
on the road. The third mortgage bond hold
ers will receive about 10c. in the dollar. The
stock and fourth mortgage are wiped out.—
The road was purchased by parties in Elmira,
Penn-Yan and Providence, R. 1., and will be
put in good running order at once. A similar
sale of the Canandaigua and Niagara Falls
Railroad will take place shortly, when it is
thought that the two roads will fall into the
hands of one company and be consolidated.
FIRE AT OWEGO. —The stables conuected
with the Ahwaga House took fire on Monday
night last, and were consumed, with nine hor
ses, two omnibusses and a large quantity of
other property. We do not learn whether
there was any insurance. The many friends of
Mr. RKOWER in this vicinity will be pained to
hear of this calamity, which we trust is not as
scriou® M reported.
DEPLORABLE CASUALTY. —LA the former part
of last week, a boy named George M'Collum,
aged about 13 years, resident of Eist Bnffaloe
township, Union County, came to his death in
the following manner. It appears that he had
quantity of gunpowder in his pocket, and hav
ing laid down upon a pile of straw, he fell
asleep. While in this situation, (and matches
it is supposed, in his pocket,)the powder ignit
ed, set fire to his clothing and the straw, burn
ing him terribly. Medical aid was brought
into requisition, and poultices applied to case
the pain, and, if possible to save his life. He
lingered in intense agony until Friday morn
ing, when he died.
REPUBLICAN VICTORIES. —The recent elec
tions in the West have shewn that the Repub
lican fires are burning brightly. The majori
ty for Republican Judges of the Supreme
Court in Wisconsin will be 12,000, and, per
haps, more. Michigan has again rebuked Gen.
CASS and the doughfaces, by giving her Re
publican Supreme Judges nearly 12,000 ma
jority, and electing six of the eight Circuit
Judges, the Democrats having but one, and a
union of all other parties having defeated the
Republican candidate in one other district.—
The Republicans have likewise carried the
eight University Regents. Ia lowa, the elec
tion forjudges, Treasurer, and the local offi
cers was not warmly contested, the vote hav
ing been very light, and the result doubtful.
gJaf The Pennsylvania Democratic State
Convention is called by Charles It. Ruckalew,
its Chairman, "to re-assemble at Ilarrisburg,
on Tuesday the 9th day of June next, at 0
A. M., for the purpose of nominating candi
dates to complete the State Ticket, and trans
acting all other business pertaining to the
original authority of the Convention." Win.
Strong of Berks, and Wm. A Stokes of West
moreland, are prominent candidates for nom
ination to the vacant Judgeship.
fcaf In the Senate, on the 20th nit., the Ap
propriation bill being under consideration, Mr.
MYKR moved to resume the consideration of
Section 35, appropriating SBI,OOO for the com
pletion of the North Branch, and for the re
pair of the same, for the tear ending Nov.
20, 1857, under the superintendence of W. R.
MA FFET, which was agreed to by 22 yeas, to
8 uays.
SALE OF THE MAIN LINE. —The bill for the
sale of the Main Line of the Public Works of
the State passed the House of Reprcsenta-
tives on Thursday afternoon, by a vote of 51
to 41. The price asked is $7,500,000, if sold
to any other party than the Pennsylvania R.
R. Company ; but if that Company shall be
come the purchaser, the price is to be $0,000,-
000, in consideration of the repeal of the ton
nage tax now paid by them to the State.
&ir The only interesting news from Europe
by the steamer Africa is the birth of the ninth
child of Queen Victoria aud Prince Albert.—
It is a daughter, and its advent occurred on
the 17th ultimo without anything to mar the
happiness of the event. Mother and child
both doing well. There is a slight decline in
cotton.
MINNESOTA. —Governor Gorman, of Minne
sota, has issued a proclamation calling for an
extra session of the Legislature of that Terri
tory, for April 27th, " for the purpose of en
acting such laws as may be deemed necessary
to enable the people to form a State Constitu
tion, preparatory to being admitted into the
Union as a State."
LANDS WITHDRAWN FROM MARKET. —The
President, upon recommendation of the Gene
ral Land Office, has directed the withdrawal
from the sale to be held in lowa on the 4th
proximo, that portion of the public lands up
on which the Indians have reeeutly been com
mitting depredations, murderiug the settlers
and destroying their homes, &c.
At the Mayor's election in Leavenworth,
Kansas, 300 Free State men voted. Only 80
of them are enrolled by the Border Ruffians,
and none others can vote at the bogus State
Convention.
Ha?" William B. Gillis. a transcribing cferk
in the House of Representatives, from Elk
county, a nephew of Judge Gillis, died iu Har
risburg on Wednesday.
All the Democratice papers in the
State appear to be turning Know Nothing—
all very anxious to get up a Know Nothing
State Ticket, (and no doubt using money to
that end).
The Apportionment bills have gone to
a Committee of Conference. It is extremely
doubtful if they arc able to agree upon a ro.
port, and not improbable that an Apportion
ment will not be passed this session.
46F* The Susquehanna river has been for
several days swollen to full banks, by the rains
and the melting snow. We do not hear any
damage having been douc to the Canal, or to
property.
•©* The first number of the Philadelphia
Weekly Times will be issued this week, and
will contain an interesting biographical sketch
of lion. DAVID WJLMOT, with a portrait.
COL. FORNEY —It is stated that Col. For
ney has purchased one-fourth of the Pennsyl
vanian, published in Philadelphia, and will as
sume the editorial control of its columns on or
about the first of May.
TRULY SAD AFFLICTION. —JOHN S. RICHARDS,
esq., an eminent lawyer of Reading, lias been
lying ill for two weeks of erysipelas. A week
| ago bis mother and sister, residing at Colum
bia, proceeded to Reading to attend him in
his illness. Both were soon after seized with
typhoid fever, and on Saturday last both died,
—the mother in the morning, and the sister
in the evening. Mr. RICHARDS' condition is so
critical as not to permit his being informed of
the calamitous dispensation of Providence
which in one ('ay removed both these watch
ing angels from his sick couch.
HENRY C. HICKOK, Esq., (former Deputy,)
to be the Superintendent of Common Schools
for Pennsylvania, under the law making that
a separate and independent Department.
The Senate confirmed the nominatiou, unan
imously. The appointment is for three years
rom the Ist of June next.
tfoy-We have received from Ilarrisburg,
the new fee bill, and will furnish the same,
gratis, to justices and others, as long as the
supply lasts, on application at this office.
A MERITORIOUS ACT.—On last Sabbath
morning, JAMES EDWARD, a son of Mr. Achen
bacb, of Berwick, a lad eight years, was rid
ing a horse to the river to water, in company
with his elder brother, who was also riding one
and leading two others. While at the falls—
the place where they were accustomed to water
them —the horses became unmanageable, and
the one which James was riding gave a sudden
leap from the slope wall directly into the river,
precipitating the boy over his head some twen
ty feet from shore. The water being very
high and the current swift, the boy was carried
down the stream at rapid rate. Just at this
moment WM. B. AVERY, a sou of the Rev. J.
R. AVERY, Pastor of the Congregational
Church, in the town of Franklin, Connecti
cut, was standing on the bank of the river
witnessing the awful struggle the little fellow
was making to save his lite. From the nature
of the falls at this place—the steepness of the
slope wall and the stage of the water, to jump
in to the boy's rescue, was almost certain death
to both ; yet, as the little fellow's head ap
peared above the water for the last time, with
his little hands stretched heavenward, as if
imploring help, Mr. AVERY, without making
any preparation whatever, plunged into the
rapids to his aid, and as he was going down,
encircled his arms around the boy's waist
and with great difficulty reached the shore
and saved James Edward from a watery grave.
No man, but at the peril of losing his own life
could have saved this drowning boy. The ex
amule of Mr. AVERY, a stranger us he is, and
knowing not whose son he was rescuing from
the water, is worthy of imitation, and justly
deserves the admiration of the world.—Blooms
burg Republican.
ROMAN* CATHOLICS. —We learn from the
Ringhatuton Republic of the 28th ult, that the
mission of the Redcmptorists is still in progress
at the Roman Catholic Chapel of that village.
The following was the programme on Tuesday
evening last :
This evening the ceremony of renewing the
baptismal vow is to take place, and a sermon
preached explaining and vindicating the true
doctrines of the Catholic Church, to which
Protestants are invited to listen. This even
ing every member of the church is to take a
sperm candle, which is to be left after the ser
vices for the use of the ltar.
To prevent any mistakes in the candles, and
to insure uniformity in them, the congregation
were informed that several boxes of candles
would be at the door of the church, where
they could be procured from men in attendance
at eight cents a piece. Sperm will be in de
mand this evening and must rise in market.—
The congregation were also informed, for the
next three days seven priests would be in at
tendance at the church to receive confessions,
all would have an opportunity to confess ; and
were exorted to avail themselves of the priv
ilege. This mission is undoubtedly very effec
tual in reviving the church, and may lie called
the "protracted meeting" of the Catholics.
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN —The cousistent course
of the Republican party is shown by the fact
suggested by the Gettysburg Star, that both
of the cabinet officers of Gov. SHUNK —Gen.
JOHN N. PIRVIANCE, of Rutler, and JOHN LA
I'OKTE, of Bradford—are on the American-Re
publican State Committee. These men are
both true Democrats, and repudiate that spu
rious Democracy which has but one purpose—
the increase of the slave power, by the exten
sion over new Territories of the aristocratic,
labor-degrading and corrupting institution of
slavery. Such a party is no longer worthy of
the support of Americau citizens.
A MANIAC IN A STAGE. — A strange affair,
resulting in the possible death of three persons,
took place about two miles from Eddyville,
lowa, on the 10th inst. As one of the Wes
tern stage company coaches reached that point,
a passenger by the name of Jos. Patterson,
Jr., % from Joilet, Illinois, in whose previous ap
pearance nothing singular had been observed,
exclaimed, " Why did you kill my cousin ?"
With a pistol and dirk-knife lie then commen
ced a most terrible onslaught upon the pas
sengers, mortally wounding Dr. Simmons of
Knoxville, Marion County, Ohio, and severe
ly injuring a Mr. Hylawder of Jasper County,
lowa. He was an entire stranger to all the
parties injured, and insauity can only be as
signed to the commission of the act.
s^-Abraham Frymire, of Upper Paxton
township, Dauphin county, hung himself in his
barn, on the 4th ult. The deceased was a
man in good circumstances, but in the sale and
purchase of some land, there some difficulties
involving the title, which, preying npou his
mind, caused him to commit the rash act .He
leaves a wife but no children.
Morrow B. Lowry, in a speech that he
made in the State Convention declared that
he had "attended seventeen Democratic Con
ventions in his time, and in the whole seven
teen there was not as ninch talent as there
was to be found in the Republican Conven
tion." A very candid admission and truthful
declaration.
Winchester, Conn., there has not
been a death in one and a half years. The
village is surronnded by 100 smoking coal pits,
and besides, there is no physician in the
place.
Letter of Acceptance from HonD.Wilmot.
TOWANDA, April 22, 1857.
Gentlemen: On my return home, after an
absence of two weeks, I found your commnu'-
cation informing me of my nomination as &
candidate for the office of Governor, by a
convention of the Freemen of Pennsylvania
opposed to the leading measures of the late
and present National Administrations, which
assembled at the State Capitol on the 2oth
ultimo; together with a cop) of the declara
tion of principles promulgated bv that Con
vention.
I accept the position to which I am called
by the unsolicited suffrage of the body whose
organ you are ; profoundly grateful for so dis
tinguished a.mark of the confidence of my fel
low citizens, yet painfully sensible of mv ina
bility to meet its responsible obligations".
The approaching election is one of no ordi
nary interest. Important questions of titatt
policy, affecting the public welfare and pro*-
| perity, are not alone involved in the issues
[presented. As one of the largest and most
! powerful of the sovereign States of our con
! federate Republic, the honor and interests of
Pennsylvania are deeply concerned in the prin-
I ciples that animate our National Government
! She cannot, with safety to l.er Independence
: and the liberties of her people, be indifferent
Ito the momentous questions of National im-
progress of sett lement— questions touch
ing the constitutional powers of the federal
, Government, and vitality affecting the dignity
i unci rights of free labor. Nor can she, without
| dishonor, withold her protest against the
i wrongs inflicted upon her sons in a distant
i Territory, under the license of Federal author
! it v.
The dearest rights of freemen, secured bv
plain constitutional guarantee, are ruthlessly
violated on the soil of our national domain
American citizens are made the victims of a
tyranny unknown in the despotisms of the old
world. The annals of civilized and christian
nations furnish 110 examples of cruelty and out
rage 011 the part of a government towards its
people, such as has been endured by the peo
ple of Kansas; unless they be found in the per
secutions of the Ilnguenots under Louis the
Fourteenth, of France, and of the Protestants
of the Netherlands, by the Duke of Alva, un
der Phillip second, King of Spain Indeed,
the barbarities to which the people of Kansas
have been exposed, were of a character so in
human as to provoke incredulity in the minds
of a large portion of our citizens. Thousands
have been deceived into the belief, that, for
partizan purposes, fictions were substitute for
facts ; although no events in American histo
ry arc better authenticated, than are the mur
ders, robberies, arsons and lawless rapacity in
flicted upon the free settlers of Kansas
These outrages had for their object the sub
jugatiou of that Territory to the curse of sla
very.
We speak of quiet being restored to Kansas,
because armed bands of lawless men do not to
day infest her highways andjplunder her people;
because her towns are not sacked and the ca
bins of her settlers in flames. This peace is
deceptive, and insecure. It will be broken the
nvtnent that the people of Kansas make a
viperous effort to recover those rights of which
th-v have, been fraudulently and violently de
prived Tiit purpose of her enslavement is
inexorably pu'ied forward. A system of
injreniously devised fraud, kindred to that
employer! HI the usurpation under which she
now groans, is being carried out for the eon
summation of this great wrong. To this end,
also, the power of the Federal Government is
basely prostituted. We are given rrnrds of
fairness, but persistence in svppr>rt of the
wrong. Every appointee of the President in
Kansas is an active co-worker in the scheme
for her enslavement.
Principles of eternal truth and justice, which
lie at the foundation of a Christian civilization,
and upon which repose the rights of humanity,
are defiantly assailed by the power that con
trols in our National Government Those
truths, declaratory of the natural and inaliena
ble rights of man, contained in the Great Char
ter of our liberties, are condemned hv our
highest judicial authority as unmeaning and
false. The sanctuary of our Courts of justice
is closed against an entire race of tncn. The
poor and downtroden are not allowed to peti
tion for a redress of their wrongs, in those trib
unals cf human government that should roost
nearly represent the beneficent attributes of
the Creator and final Judge of oil tnen.
In view of these ineontestible facis—of the
wrongs perpetrated against the rights of Amer
ican citizenship, and the dangers to which our
liberties are exposed—thus presented in its
true aspect—the contest before us assumes a
dignity rarely given to human affairs, and im
poses duties upon our citizens as high and sol
emn as ever appealed to the hearts and con
sciences of men. The question is before us •
from its demands there is no escape. Decide
we must, either for the right or for the wrong.
Sooner or later the verdict of this great Com
monwealth must be pronounced on the issues
forced upon the country by the advocates of
human bondage. History will record that ver
dict to her enduring honor, or to her everlast
ing shame.
The repeal of the Missouri Restriction, and
the attempt to force slavery upon Kansas by
fraud and violence, precipitated upon the coun
try a conflict between the antagonistic systems
of free and servile labor. In the issue of this
conflict is involved the democratic character
of our institutions of government, and the in
dependence, dignity and rights of the free
white laboring man and his posterity.
Slavery is the deadly enemy of free ' a ' tor -
The two cannot coexist on the same field of
enterprise. Either labor will vindicate its
right or freedom, or it will sink into depen
dence and dishonor. Free labor i elotnei
with intell gonce an 1 power. It stands erec
in the dignity of a true manhood. It sustains,
by its energies all the noble institutions of a
refined and perfectly developed social a
It is the source of our prosperity and nation
al {greatness. Slavery is labor in ignorance
and chains—a brutalized humanity, stimuli''* 1
to industry by the lash of a master. It makes
the laborer an article of merchandize, withon
aim and without hope. In the place of an in
telligent citizen, ready to defend with his 1 0
the honor and interests of his country, slavery
gives to the State an ignorant savage, to be
held tn subjection. It endangers the MXlil
fabric by converting its great element o
strength into an implacable enmity.
Never, in the history of partisan warfare,
were men more unjustly and pcrseveringly nus
represented than are the opponents of the ex
tension of slavery. This arises in part from
the intolerant nature of slavery, ami the wea
pons it is necessitated to employ, and part,
from the fact—so omnipotent has the slave
power become in onr government tlif* -°P*
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