ea, I had time to look around.; and the only
modern thing in the room was a portrait
which hung over the mantel.
I glanced alternately at it, jiiid at Harry
Anstruthen; There was the same fair, open
brow beneath a profusion of curls,which,even
at the age of twenty-one, retained the golden
hue so rare in childhood ; the same laughing,
teazle eye, the same well formed mouth, sha
ded by the down of the first moustache:
Harry at last caught the direction of my
glance.
- " Yes it's I," said ho nodding gravely, "but,.
it does not
_by any means do me - justice.'
Indeed I more than half agreed with him
coxcomb, as I thought him.
"Now, mss Jezebel," continued he, " I
must'give you warning not to fall in love
with me. It will be hard work for you, I
know, to help it; but I cannot have any
more wives on my hands, Pm engaged to
six already." • •
There is not much danger, I retorted, as
. I'm neither a Mormon nor a Turk."
" Whew! how peppery. you are.. Have a
care Zrrl will take you to season the batch,'
was the reply. "Let me see; there's
she's a beauty, I tell you ; as , petite as
a Fenella, a perfectly bewitching little blonde,
Oat daucesin.yOur heart without leave or
license. I - admire blondes," and be looked
steadily at me,my brunette complexion grow
ing swarthier, I have no doubt, from my vex
ation. •
" Then there's Clara Haman, she's two,"
counting them on his fingers, " there was nev
er. a Roman emperm more stately than she,
• and her \fi'gure is rounded like a statute's."—
Another glance at me who was all angles and
corners.
"And' there's Mee Brant. Well, Alice is '
. the very personification of grace; she never
moves a hand nor turns her head except just
when she should; every muscle is in its prop
er place."
I had such a superindundance of -limbs
that I never knew what to do with them.
" Then there's Anne Gray. Ah ! she'd
niake a wife! Such sweet, blue eyea,.. that
only live op your own, and such It gentle lit
tle heart, that only beats for—well, no mat
ter who. And Elizabeth Titylor, let me see,
she makes five. .Well, Elizabeth is rather
strong-minded. She knows more about the
°lonics' and omonies' than any profeesor
in college. But . I think ;qiii would -appreci
ate Jenny Warren the mgt. Such pies and
puddings as she =km' She'd reach any
man's heart through 'his stomache, I assure
you ;" and master Harry aired the evening
paper •before the fire, and settled 'himself
down to its contents, '
The evening passed quickly to me, in arran
ging my plan of studies tit home, with my
aunts, and tired as 'I was, the good ladies '
-early bed-hour arrived long before I expected
it. Aunt Patty arranged the blocks of her
silk patch-work in her basket, and then left
the parlor, Harry 'following her. Presently
I beard her voice in the next room,
4llarry what a troublesome fellow you are.
You mix up the silver so that I "shall never
get it counted."
Well I won't, aunty," replied Harry,"but
w hat an elfish-looking littlething that girl is."
Aunt Margaret was protecting her gerani
tims from The cold air of the window, se I
bad the full benefit of the remarks.
. "She's not very handsome nim, poor child;
but she is very much like her mother was at
her'age, and she grew to be one of the most
women lever saw," replied aunt Pat
.:, muchsorrow as her voice could
express, coming through a throat made mellow
by most generous living.,
She'll never , be any thing but a fright.—
She Pets me in mind of an imp aunt Patty.",l
~" Harry, how can you I One, two, thme--eil
don't mix the large and small forks, Harry—
five, six."
" Why she's got arms like the sails of a
wind -mill, and bands like a bird's claws."
• " Eleven, twelve large ones—she will fill
' up and be a fine figure yet."
" Yes, she will fill up mighty soon, if she
puts down muffins and tea with the. locomo
tive speed she did to-night."
The clinking of the silver was all that I
heard for a moment, then =stet Harry com
menced again,
"And such a mouth! Whew! it would
take a week to kiss it from 'one side' to the
other."
"What ,nonse•nse, Harry James, silver
.don't look very bright—you men , seem to vire
for nothing but kissing; it is really underbred
to talk so much about it.as you do," and I ,
fancied the little lady drawing herself up to
her utmost height.
" New, aunt Patty, you know you like to
be kissed. Don't be jealous because I•some
times bestow_mv favors isll ottefs.".
".Well, sir, all that I have to say is, that
Isabel Hadley has a spirit of her own, and
• you bad better not try it on her."
"My moustache against your 3 false front'
that I.do it to-night," was Harry's rejoinder.
"I'donVwere false front,' Harry, and
You know it," and good aunt Patty's voice
• quivered with excitement, "and if you try to
kiss her' I hope she'll box your ears for you."
"Dont be revengeful now, because I made
a mistake about your hair. I'm going to try
it, at any rate." •
"Barry, you will make the child cry with
yeti! nonsense. don't do it now.
' 1" Cry ! she is not °tie of the crying kind,
, can tell you. Here goes. I hope she will
not cut me with all those angles of hers,
though," and the door opened, and Harry
walked into the room, looking perfectly inuo
%,:aTlt of the intended assault. ,
I was stooping on the sofa, searching for
my gloves, when he came and stood by me.
Good night," ski he, extending his hand.
• I put out mine. ,As quick as a flash of
Jightning his arm was around my waist.—
mouth was close to mine when suddenly
he, sprang back several feet ; looking like any
thing but a conquering hero- I had dex
trously concealed a pin in my mouth, and be
.iore 'his lips could touch mine I thrust it for ;
ward, giving him a prick which electrified
him. I' stooped ' down and pieked up the
glove which. he had knoCked out of my hand
• again, and then said very quietly,
" his hardly worth your while to begin kiss
ing meat se late an hour if its going to take
a . whole week to do it. Good night though,"
and "I nodded maliciously- at him, as he stood
lOst in amazement,
Dear little aunt Patty laughed till the tears
started. ' •
"You bluffed me off this time, lkGss Isabel,
but beware o(the next," said Harry recover
ing himself; and passing his hand over his
mouth and then examined it to see if there
- 'were any traces of blood.- -
" Yes beware. But you've lost your
moustache, you know, to - aunt_ Patty," and
throwing this bomb, I followed the two la
dies .up stairs.
" You, must not mind Harry, Isabel," said
..A.opt Margaret, " he is a spoiled child, and as
fuThof mischief as a kitten.' He is always at
his pranks with us."
"Oh ! I can take care of myself very well,,'
I replied, secretly delighted at my success.
(To be. Continued.)
ar-It is reported that sviolent personal en , .
counter has taken place between Gov. Reeder
and Stringfellow, and that the Amer, is .. ‘ badly
4fiaten.
outrost, mural
. .
Tll LASE $? CIRCULLiiOIt IN ItOHTHSSII ?EWA ' .
E. p. CHASE J. Bi MCCOLLUM, Elsosa.
A-LyIN D A' l Y, Publisher.
Montrose, Thu ay, July 6, 1855.
sgrThe lack of editorial this number
of our paper is occasioned by the absence of
the Editors..
Ifg'The patriots of '76 considered it good
policy to encourage imrnignition. The follow
ing is Oita of the causes that inflnencea the
colonies to seperate from the "mother coun
try." Can it be that King George's d es potic
pelic,y,.for which he was denounced 'bas .
come sudlfeniv popular'll
" lle has endeavored to prevent the popula
tiOn of these States;. for. that purpose oh
.structing the laws for naturalization of for
'eigners; refusing to pass others to encourage
their migration thither, and raising the con
ditions of new appropriation s of lands." "
I WRITTEN POE 7Hs DEMOCRAT.
school ellovernrient.
I
MORAL S GAsipx vs. CORPOR4AL PUNISHMENT.
= School Ge'vernment seems to have been
.•
theluestion iunder discussion at the meeting]
of the Susqnehanna Comity Teacher's Assoi
elation .a4ty ,',2sth,' 1855,4nd from the report'
of the Secretary there seems tat have been but
one dissenfink voice to the iota/ abolishment
of Corporeal, Punishment in schools. Now it
is surprising that these modern, Teachers—
" Wise men ;iron] the east," and perhaps from:
the north, Riuth, and the •west certain sould
denounce the wisdom of Solonion which says
",Spare the rod and spoil the child." Yea,
and even to denounce the great and funda
mental
principles of,
, government which had
its origin in the Dely at the foundation of
the world, and has teen the only effective
principle in the divine and civil government
from.that time to the present, to end its effi
ciency"only with eternity. •
The very. first divine - command, show the,
institution - of corporal punishment; "For in
the day that thou eatest, thereof (thou •shah
surely die. ,ReWard and 'punisi . imint are the
sum= bonsai:. of governmental influence.—
Divine lair says 4 3,-e shall both loveiand fear
me." That embOdies the whole
Love comes first. and represents the effect of
moral suasion—kindness and religious in-,
•
fluence. But then in connection is fear
which refers to punishment and the power
to inflict it. The inference then is that we
'should use kindness and moral sinision first.
It is better to lead the mind of the pupil
than attempt to'.,,drive, and teachers should
spare no pains to!dra' w, out the rnind and de
velop
the .intelletual faculti6 of all under
'their charge, an&manage by appeals to their
reason and sense of justice, as far as possible.'
.They may enter "nto all (and indulge such as
are innocent) the childish schemes of the pu
pils. Sympathise with them and gain their
confidence and esteem. • Children,
.with but
few exceptions, have feelings that may be
worked upon to lead thetri the path of
knowledge and " high up4ie hill of science.
But then there are those wlor the most pro
found : student of mental philosophj and . de
cipherer of human nature could i no wise
manage - by kindness or appeals tol l ltheir feel
ing. Now with thesL what shall be "done?
"Expel them from scholl," says S. W. Tewks
bury. • "Spare the rod and spoil the Ohild,"—
turn them out in the Wr,!,rld to grow up in
ignorance, and crime unrestrained; llool.come
fit subjects for the State prison or gallows.
Beautiful' thonglit that is! emanating only
from a lack l of force and
. consideration to the
•
autlir. '
The wellrare of the country demandi that ,
such turbulent - spirits should- in youth be;
governed. "Train up R child! in the , way be
should go," - t'at is the principle ; and if mor
t
al suasion wi
,I .
.not do . it, do not' inrn him
out to go hi? own way I to destruction, but
keep him inlsehobl and make him know that
you are his ;master, by corporeal punishment,
and at th#, same time that you are'bis
friend.. Nat play the tymnt. Admiaii
ter thi . .puntshment as; Sou would a dice
of powerful'imedicine to -.1 friend, and hap
py is he who does it judiciously.
_, It is
neither pleasant to adOnister or pleasant to
receive, butilie exigences of the y case demand
Eien thei most refractory pupils vehen they
know they have a =astir who is a friend and
not a tyrant become very many cases the
best of scb4lars, and all:may be so trained as
to give the mind a better direction than to
tarn• them but of school.
The common school law provideS for the
instruction and governrcient of all, and makes
no provisioi for a single, refractory pupil, and
it should be the business and is the duty
-of the teachers of SusqUebanna county (also
else Where) io ,instruct and govern all pupils
put .undei ; their' charge., Experience ithows
the inefficieucy o r goverilineut withott g;entil
ty for the violation of law in all the ramifi
cations,
of rule andiorder- . , i '
I 1
There are thousands on the very point of
columittibg all so
the fear of natty,. and that in mos t
of crimes, restrained on
ly
tt e
cases corporeal Puuishment. - Moral suasion
hasbeen used for years In the temperance
cause and_to suppress the - sale of intoxicating
drinks, but has proved decidedly inadequate;
and nothingshort of the enforceinent'of the
"Maine Law," itito, which was incorporated
penalities, some of them corporeal has elosed
the shop of the vendor - and t strengthomed the
gait of the inebriate.
! .
The position of the Teacher% AssOciation
is clearly erroneous in regard to the plan of
government, and is very little reason will
showthe di lamma that the 'mitt/ abolishraettt of
corporeal punishMent and.,tlie entire relitnee
on moral suasion--will bring ;then' into. We
suppose a papa i l it school 1 l (stnd all atimit
that there are such) who Cannot be govO i med
by any appeal toritt reason,) and the-teacher
stands committedri,opixmdto legal restraint
thinks it necessaiiy to expel- the refractory
pupil, and the selfool.directi?rs orster hint' , to
tutu such pupil mitt, but be stubbornly refuses
to:leave, and still continues to play his pranks.
The teacher is about to seize him by the col
lar and. eject hits front the house. But hold
oa Mr. Teacher! you are adopting the means
,you have publicly discarded, and are on the
point of inflicting Punishment- corporeal.—'
Now re moral suasionist what will you do
'with the case. - - f
A SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
Lanesboro June 18th, 1855.
V4ila4l,pliia CottespoOttre.
PHILADELPHIA, June 24, 1855.
A startling instance of the mental anguish
sometimes produced by unrequited love, was re
cently developed here. A'young man in the up. l
per part of the city was deeply • smitten with a
young lady of the neighborhood, Who professed
to reciprocate the feeling but who, to his great
astonishment was a few days since married• to
another man, He' imtnediately determined to
commit suicide, and made arrangements for do
ing so in a manner more horrible- than any we
ever heard of. He actually attempted in swallow
a quaniity of molten lead!
The horrid dose was taken into his n,outh,but
was suffered to run outagain without being swal
lowed. but his month:and breast were so dread
fully burned that it is thought the injuries will
prove fatal. The unfortunate man expresses a
wish that he will net recover, for life seems to
have lost all charms for him since the desertion
of his inamorata. •
A novel race is to come off at a tiding school
in this city in a few days, between a trained horse
l e
and , expert runner and jump Cr. They are to
run o and a half mile heats, best two in three,
and j and
ten hurdles each heat. The stake is
$2OO.
The bealth of our City continues remarkably
good. ; ' For the week ending on the 2.3 d inst.
the ndrnber was but 182,-75 of which were of,
adultA and
. 107 of children. As usual, 'Con
sumption carried off a larger number . of victims
! than any other one disease, viz : 13 adults, and
!7 children. _
1! The stock of the city Bank; a new institution
. charterediby tho last legislature has' already all
•
•been tal - 4. In fact several of our papers are
:complaining that the operation was a very sum
mary one, for the CoMmissioners appointed to
superintend its sale absorbed it nearly all them
selves, a very handsome operation for them, as
the stock already commands a premium of five
dol lars per , share..
• The most extensive. arrangements are being
made by our city people for their summer migra
tions, arid the:proprietors of theirusual haunts
may look out for a perfect jam this u - muter. All
will go who can, and the i•emainde of us- will be
obliged to swelte r away the hot w ther as best
I'vre may.. • • . •
'By the arrival of the ships St. Louis and Asia,
we have later:now from EuroPo. The success
of the Vies previouily reported, are confirmed,
and a grea number. of' • Russian transports in the
sea of-Azof, ave been captured. The British
lournilsare,iri igh glee over these triuniphs.—
The French have o captured the Matnelob, or
WhiteTower,,before 'ebastopol, after great loss
and havoc on both sides. The position appears
to have been useful to the ussians rather as a
means of-aggression than o cream It was
rumored that at St. Petersburg, uch blame was
attached to' the - governmeni for 'nding, so .
T \
much money upon Sebastopol, while o proper
atiops were made to protect the sea of . .:61*.—
Notwithstanding the reccuf successes of theAliles
, at Kerstch and other points, it still seems dou t -
I ful whether they will succeed in cutting off the
supplies of :Sebastopol, as 6ej have other eve-
Imes:remaining, which they are making
. strenuous
efforts toresolutely defend. i -
OieTourTtrYnian, the frenowned I ? forace
Greeley, - of - the - Tribune, was recently arrest
ied at Pari s , at the suit of Sculptor, Who
1 hild tent a piece of statuary to the New York
Crystal Palace, which has not yet been 're
turned to him, - the charge being based on
the fact that Greeley was one of the tlireetors
of tharcOncern. - Bail- being refused, he was
sent to the'debtors apartment of a-Paris jail
and confined there for two days, until the
case was heard before a Magistrate, when he
was discharged and the prosecutor ordered to
pay the Costs. ' > • - .
Our wags have recently been amusing
the selves, with a highly successful joke 'on
the American candidates for local offices this
fall, and the'public generally. At the me t-
ing on last. Saturday night., a large transpa
rency was exhibited representing" Sam" with
a dead coon . in one hand and a .rooster in the
other. After the processsion was over, it was
lodged in the Police Station of the Sixth:
Nirardfor safe keeping. And since* then,
probahly at least a thousand victims have
been 'hoaxed by the waggish assuring - them
that a particular friend had been confined in
that place, and was earnestly beggi n g o their'
.)
assistance. : They trash to the Station House
full 'of solicitude Old, friendly ardor, eagerly.
inquire the name of their unfortunate friend,
and find it to be One other Th an the übiquit
ous "Sam l" Eaeh person, of course,. turns
victimizer in tura, and the Station House has
been' literally besieged with; anxious inqui
rers.
Stdries of mad dogs running at large in Coo
city,
.forit a staple article of the entertain
ment serited up bythe local reporters of our
morning papers to their reacLers. Forttnate
ly no persons are known to have yet been bit
ten. Oue is reported,to have ran into a Sta
tion House the other day into the, very pres
ence of his sworn foes—the police Men, thus
evincing, though no doubt unconciously the
valor so eulogized by the poet who makes his
hero " bearb the Hon .- in his den, the Doutilus
in his hal)."
•
A colored *omen the other day gave birth
to twotwins while .clossing the Delaware in
a ferry bnata passage which' does notoccu
py more than five or six 'minutes. She was
kindly taken care of, and a carriage lifted to
take her home.
Some statistics have recently been publish.
_mod in regard , to the Sunda4S4hools of Phila,
'delphia, from *hich it appears that they-con
tain over over 40,000 scholars, and over 4,000
teachers. This is a gratifying Circtrinitunce,
and argues well for the care taken to train up
our youth in the.way they should go. Those
who speak so flipantly of the crimes of
forget to make due allowance for the concen-
tration which necessarily takes place in large
to_ was of goOd as well as evil, and that while
th aggregate of vice is great, the organized
invenients to'dissetninate moral and relig
ious principles are based on a corresponding
ly extensive scale, • •
Our markets hare not recently Undergone
any important change. Beeef cattle sell at
the elorbitanCtate - of from $101: to sl4.
Flour cominands $10,50 to SLI per barren . ;
Rye Flour, $1;75 Corn Meal, $4,745; Wheat
sells for from 42,50 to *2,55 ; Rye $1,62 ;.
Corn, 10Qa107c.; Oats, b9a9oc.
- - Truly, Yours.
Curious Slave Case.
A Yellow Girl arrested , tm . th Forged Free
dom Papers.
An interesting trial was opened yesterday
afternoon, at i .fusticc. Alleu's court, in Vine
street. Robert Bariltt, negro ! •trader; 56
Oliver street, accused iThornas Matthews, a
well-knowti and highly respected citizen; of
having given his shtve=girt, Fanny Watkins,
Forged free papers . for herself and -her sister
Susan.
Bald lfo)
mitlett. informed us ~eat be purchaset
Fanny (who is a girl of sixteen years of age)
from the man 0111ennis, who is at pmSent in
prison awaiting ins trial for the crime .of
Murder. :- It is stated that she is nearly white.
Bartlett said to. us, "she is. the best looking
'girl in St. Louis. I have n : offered $1,200
again and again for her, bbl would not let
her go alba."
Mr. Matthews plead not guilty. J. L. Gil
lespie, Esq.,.appeared . for the defence. .
The first witness called was J. W. Frakes,.
'onto of the police officers
..who arrested him:l
He said that at aboufthree o'clock yesterday 1
afternoon, lie sal Faniirg,ing down Main
street. He accosted her and.asked her where i
she was going ? "To , see a . gentleman," she •
said. . He questioned her furthe,And at
length, although unwillingly on her part, as
certained :that she was going to Mr. Mat
thew's store,
.which situated on Main st.,
between Market and Walnut. • . ' • .
lle advised -her . not to' go, . and: said that
MattlMws would "get -her into a scrape"
yet. l" she asked. Why,' said the
policeman,' I've got wind of that man ;
try to get you to runoff, and if vou try that
you'll get a good whipping and be sold down
She.answered that there was no fear
of that, and left him. lie and a 'star' called
Shinier, then went down to the police office,
and after sitting, there threauurths of au
hour, returned towards where they had met
her before. They met her again-
, going in .
the smile. direction:
Frakes said be thought he would watch
her; turned down an alley; 60, -- entering
an adjoining yard. placed himself. in a posi
tion from which he could see very one and
everything in Mr. Matthew's stAzi , re. Shimmer
on the . eotitrary, folloWed thlm :and. stood
neat the store dom., so,as to '.ee everything
that,pas.sed within. The girl Fanny ; and her
sister or companion, Frakes aMrmed; entered
the store, and after some conversation with
Mr. Matthews, he saw that. gentleman write
On a sheet of paper and give it to 'Fanny.
He gave a card, alSo, to one of the girls ;
he . couldn't swear
.to which Of them. The
girls left ; be ran round and met them ;
call
ed for Shimmer's assistance ;
.and tt oeeeded
to search FannT. She made some...resistance,
he said, but ho finally got the paper out .of
her hand. It was crumpled up, Just as she
had held it in her hand. ,;This is a copy-.of
it :
Know. e, that I; Jacob S. Knight, of St.
Louis, state of Missouri, 'in consideration of
the kind and laimaneleeling,"and the further
consideration of valuable-services *rendered
me by Fanny and Susan Watkins, girls of
color and slaves, have hereby emancipated
and set said. girls free for •life. •• •
The said Fanny and Susan Watkins (now
slaves) are from this - datt forever . made free
from all further servitude as slaves, from me,
my heirs, executeni, admiuiNtrators and as
..
(Pus, forever and henceforth be -regarded by
.c, and every person or persons whOmsocy-
CL
. ,
. .
Give unaer my hand. this the first ' day of
June, 185 i - JACOB McKNIGHT. .
qb Witness : aleb Johnson."
This paper, as rson's acquainted with Mr.
Matthew's hand d are, hears no resemblance
whatever to his sty lof penmanshi. - '
On cross-examination,•the witness acted i
.very rudely. lie was stainio• within a yard
of Mr Gillespie, yet he repe.ate7dly, and when
evera strong question was asked 'exclaimed
.
"Sir?" and pretended not to hear it; al- I
though he appeared to have no difli lty i,n
ri
heang Justice Allen, who spOke less dis ilict
ly, in a lower tone of voice, and from fi:f, ,
times the distance... - .. • -
Frakes said that he Inki been. told by Bart- .
let t, 'some days befoie, to keep a watch on Mr
Mathews, whom he suspected to be an-aboli
tionist. Before the girl fanny went down to
the store,.he and his . fellow "star" Shimmer
searched her in Bartlett's office, and found no
papers on her. When she came out on the
contrary, the alledged forged 'pass, produced'
in court, was fOund on her. •
Bartlett told us that the• girl Fanny had
frequently said to him that Mr. Matthews was
dying to induce Ler to run away .. At first,
he said, didn't pay any 'attention to her; -
I Wouldn't listen to her; but she came - day
after day and said the same thing; and so."I
suspected him at last. He represented to us
that; Fanny Was searched before she telt . his
office, and that nothing was found on her,-
He said that be believed that this was not
the firstviime*Mr.MattheWS had been playing
the same game; he believed that he bitd giv
en free papers to two slaves of his, Sam : and
.Matt, who had escaped Within the last. six
weeks—Matt only ten days ago. . .
The examination of this witness closed the
session of yesterday afternoon. Mr.' Mat
theWs was asked if he.-conld give Lail in • the
sum of $l,OOO. Two gentlemen instantly of
themselves—Daniel .Williainson i Esq.,
•
wa.s accepted.'
Mr. Matthews and his se curity - are well
known and mniverSally . estemed eitizens.-
Mr. Matthews has been extersively engaged
in buisnessin St. Louis for upwards of eigh
teen years. •.. • • .
Thus far, no evidence has' been. produced
to criminate the gentleman accused. If the
girl conspired to entrap Mr. 'Matthews—sup
posing him to be guilty of the charge-hat
motive was it that induced her ro resist,
Frakes when he asked her for the alleged
forged pass? If Frakes searched the 'girl, as,
lie:alleges, before she went out of Ilartlett's
office, what induced him to advise her ncit,to
'o.o to the store when he met her in the street ?
Again, how could Frakes swear to the
identity. of the paper taken from her, when
he must.haia lest Eight. of her in coming
from the riai of the store . to arresther, after
be . says he M v Mr. Matthews give a paper to
her lie . acknowledged that he did - not
search the girl Susan; hOrtherefore, did he
know that she had not passed the forged pass
to Fanny !
. These points alone will mini a :verdict
being rendered against Mr. l'ilatthewtt bythat
-wise maxith of the law which 'liar that every
doubtful circumstance shall be construed..in
favor of the person accused. The identifica
tiept, of the writing alone would clear him if
the other points failed.
But the strongest and most damning evi t
dence in favor of. Mr. Matthewil-cagainst his
accusers, is yet to be told. i Mr. Williamson
- statedlo us, and is ready to jnga us his tattle: .
vit., that the witness Frakes, MI : his presence,'
offered to tear up the'alleged• forged pass if
Mr.ltatthewit would ere him $l,OOO. - '
PREIRIVIII LIST,
Of the .Sttiguehaiyaa County .Agricultura?
! Society. • -
Fair and Cattle Milieu ,- to be beld In
Montrose, Oct. 1 lib, 113.54.
- y SEAT (minx.
For the best Durham Bull, two years old and
upiarch • $5,00
24 best, - 3 00
For the best Devon Bull, do • 5,00
2d best, .. 3,00
For the best Garde or Mixed . 1 5,00
•
2d best, 3,00
For the best Cow,as reganlsfonn and appear
ance, ~... ..... ......... .. . ..... .. 5,00
2d best, .3 00
For the best mileh Cow as wears from- re
sults, - 5 00
2d .
be5t,........,.... ......... ..3,00
For the best two year old 'Heifer - 5,00
24 best, ' .1' . . 300
,
3d test, ' I 2,00
For the best lot of store Calves, not less than
five, 5,00
d best, : 3,0 0 .
34 tw.it., .. .2,00
For the best pair of Working Oxen, - 500
24 best, 3,00
• 34 best, : .... 2,00 .
For the best pair two year old Steers, ...5,00
2d best, ' ... ......... ....3,00
ad b e st, • 2,00
For the best lot of yearlings, not lest; than
A ve,. . • 5,00
24 best 300
. 3d, lest, .. ... . . 2,00
To the township that will send to the Fair
the best ten yoke of Working, Oxen,— .10,00
1 -21 best, 5,00
STIEEP.
For the best fine woolled Back, - 300
2J best, 2,00
For the b e st South DOwn and Middle Wooled
• 2d .. ...2,00
For the best long wooled Buck, 3,00
2d b 9 5t,... ..2,00
For the best lot of fine wooled Ewes, not less
than three,.. ...3,00
21 best,. .. •.. . . .2,00
For the - best lot of S outh Down or .middle
wooled,
2d best,.. . :2,00
For the best lot of low" wooled ..3
2d Lest,.
For the best 80ar,.".• . • ....3,00
21 be:st, • • •,. • • • • • • • • • • • 2,00
Best-Sow • .. • • • • • • • • 3,00
•
2d best, .. . .... 2,00
Best lot of .. .3,00
2d test,. • .. . ; 2,00
11ORSES.
For the be:St Stallion for all w0rk,.... 5,00
24 beat,... - :3,00
Best breeding Mare, with etaltity her side,s,oo
24 best,.... .... 3,00
Best pair :nate lie 4 Ilorses,raised in the C 03,00
24 3;00
. POULTRY. • '
For the best lot, of 'any breed, not less tban
six,..-. .. 3,00
2ti bist,
33 pest, • .
nurrtt.
For the best Firkin of Butter, ..
211 best,
bebt,
. CHEESE.
For the best Cheese, not less than 251 b ,3,00
2d best, ' ..2,00
G ARDEN' VEGETABLES.
Best variety,
5d bt.%t,:.
.
For the best variety of Fall apples, .not less
than a half bushel, .. • ..2,00
.. • .. ..1,00
Bert specimen of Grapes, • .... 2;00
2d Lest, .. 1,00
HONEY
For the best 2016 Honey, froui the hive with
out destroying the Bees,— - ..2,00
2d best, •..1 , 00
. . • DOMESTIC MA:CIFACTURES.
For the best Flannel, not less than 10 yd. 3,00
241 best, ..
.2,00
. 341 best, . . • . . . 1 00
For the bpst Woolen-Cloth, do 3,00.
2d best, . .. 2,00
3,1 'be3t, • . . ...1,00
For the best Woolen Carpeting, not less than
fifteen yards, .. .. . .. 3,00
2d best, .. ... .. .. 2,00
Fe, the best Rag Carpet, do .. ' 8,00
2d best, - .. • • .1 . ..2,00
or the best Quilt of any description, ..3,00
..\ld ti best, ' ..2;00
Fort best half dozen : Woolen 50ck5...200
2.lkt,
L N
.. • • . • • • 1,00
For the be. Ornamental Needlework, certifi
eate of merit .
For the best Wo :ted work, certificate of, do.
For the best varlet • of Flowers, do.
LEATHER AND IT' 'HANti?ACTERERS. .
For the best lot of Sole 1.• titer, . .. 2,00
Best - lot of Harness leather, .. .2,00
Best lot of Citlf Skins, .. .. .2,00
Best double Carriage harness, . : ..2,00
Best double. Twm do .. ..2,00
Best single Carriage do .. .2,00
For the best Saddle and Bridle,.. ' . 00
CABINET WORK.
'For the best exhibition of Cabinet.Work,3,oo
2d best, , .. .. .. —2,00
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
For the best Plow, for general use, .3,60
2d best, ..do ..
For the best Harrow,— .. 2,00
" best Cultivator for Corti, , 2,0(1
" ' best Corn Stalk cutter.. ..2,00
" best Corn' Sheller,..
" best Churn,•
" .best Ox Cart,
•
" be.st Horse rake,
best Hag rigging,..
" -.best Farm Wagon,
' " best lot of Butter Firkins and Tubs2,oo
For the best, Cheese Press, .2,00
To the person who . shall exhibit any imple
mettt of his own invention, which, in the
opinion of the Committee, is worthy of merit,
A .. / e . 3,00
• .Panticsts'roa glum are to be Awarded at
the'rdeeting of the society in Ittinary. )
For the best ciorof Winter Wheat, not less
than two acres,..
•. •
2d best,
..; .. do.. : ;3,00
For the best crop of Spring Wheat,. do. .5,00.
2d best, , ....... 3,00
'For the bast Corn,not less than three acres,s,oo
2d best,.. . • . do .3,00
For the best crop of Potatbes, not less than
one half acre, .. • .. • .. :5,00
.2d best, .do - .;3,00
For - the be. 4 Cooking Stove, cast in the coun
ty, certificate -of merit.
nt.Acicsurrunco.
For The be4t tot of Horse Shoel for the rcead,l,oo
For the best for the farni,.;,. ,1,00
To the Farmer who will show the greaterit
results from his,farm, for the pasLmar,
portion to the number of acres iniproved,-a
certificate of merit, and,...'. ;
2d
,be5t,....d0,..
The executive Committee in presenting the
premiums for 1555, are gratified ~in offering
to competitors the most liberal list that has
been laid before. them ; and it is hoped the
exhibition will be more extensive than at any
former period. There never was a titnawhen
the Agricultntal interest was so prominent In
the contity, and held out welt , inducements.
It is trusted. therefore, that an institution
which, Nis aided to essentially to, develop the
resources of the county, will be libe►ally sup
ported. Applicants for premiums- on Grain
and Potatoes - are requested to give the _.mode
of cultivation, and furnish the Society with
complete proof f of the quantity raiSed. Ap
plccants for, premiums.on Mulch Cowl for But
ter, will state the . gfeatest . quantity made in
any one week durm. the season. '-
Persons presenting - Agricultural imple
ments, are requested to furnish a description
of the article. .
To enlble•the Committee to give an addi
tional interest to the exhibition, it, is earnestly
requested that those who take an interest in
the success of the Society, •and !who possess
Any thing that is ornamental or curious, will
send it for inspection.. . I
" - - InomAs-Nnanotsov
• ,
AurnED.BALDWIN.
THOS. JOHNSON,' . •
N. B. If any thing has been overloo -e4
the announcement of premiums, it -nil! be reel
tified, on application to any, member of the
Committee.
A -Declaration by tile Itepref!en a
! lives ot the tufted States of Ant in.
I lea, ifl Conirer assentbled.
Warm, •iu the. course of hum l an events, it
becomes - neoes4iry . .for.one . peOple to dissolve'
the political bands which have connected them
with another, and to assume,o, , me, atnOngthe.pek,w
ers of the earth, the seperate mid equal sta
tion to..sreioli the laws of nature and nature's
God entitles them, k decent respeet to - Abe
opinionS of mankind requireS that they should
declare the causes which impel thetn• to such
seperation.
We. hold these truths - to be • self-evident, - ,
that all men are .created equal that they
are endowed b .their Creator with certain
unalienable, rights; - that among these Are
life, liberty, and - the-pursuit - . of happiness.
That, - to . secure - these rights, governments
are instituted among nien, deriving their just
poweri from the c6iisent of the-governed ;
that, whenever
-any fOrm of government be
comes destructive of these ends,. it 'is the
right of the people to alteror abolish' it, and
to institute a new - •goVernment; laying .its.
foundation on such principles, and organiz-.
ing its powers in such form, as to them shall
seem most' likely to effect their safety and
happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate
that governments long established, • Shotild
:not be changed 'for light and transient causes ;
and, accordingly, all - experience bath shown;
that' mankind are. More disposed to suffer,
while evils are sufferable, than to rid them:
selves by abolishing . the, forms to -which they
are accustomed. • 'But, ..when a long. train of
abuses and usurpations; - pursuing invariable
the same object, evinces a design to reduce
them: under absolute despotism, it is their
right, it is their duty, to' throw off sue!' gov - -.,
eminent; and to provide new guards for their'
future security.. Such bas been the patient
sufferance of these colonies, and such is noW
the necessity
. which - constrains them.' to alter
theii former systems of government.' The
history of the present. king Of GreatSritain
is ti history of reputed injuries and usurpa
tions, all having, in direct object, the estab
lishment, of a direct tyrany over these States.
Toprove this let facts be subuiitted to •a can
did world :
. He has refused his assent tolaw.the most
whol e some and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his governors to pais laws
I
of immediate and pressing importance, unless
suspended in their operation jilt' his- assent
should be obtained; and, when so siispe , ided,
he has utterly negleeted to attend to them..
He has refused -to pass other laws for the
accommodation of large districts of people,
unless those people "would relinquish the
right of representation in the, legislature; a
right inestimable to, them, , an*formidable. to
tyrants only. • .
lie has called together lecrislativehodies at
placei tmusual, uncomfortable,- and - distant
from'the depositoryof their public records,
for the tie. purpose of fatiguing them into
complian e with his measures. • -
He has dissolved 'representative houses re
peatedly, for opposing-with manly firmness,
his invasions on •the rights. of the people.:
He has refused, fora long time after such
diselittions, to cause others to -be elected;;
. whereby the legislittiVe powers, , incapable of
annihilation, have returned to the people at .
large for tlZeilr exercise :.•the State, remaining
in the mean time, exposed! to all the danger of
invasion from' without, and coriV,uLsions
•
in.
2,00
5,00
.: . . .. . . 2,00
fie has endeavored to - frevent the population
of these States ; for that purpose, obstructing
the - laws of naturalization of foreigners; refu
sing to pass other* to encourage; their. migra•
tion hither, and Faisink. the conditions of new
appyopriations of land. -
Ile. has obstrueted the. adminiStration of
justice' by refusing his assent to la*S : for es
-tablishing judiciary 'power4. • . .
He has made judges ilel l !endant on - his . Will
alone, for the tenure of -choir. offices, and the
'amount and payment of tWeir salaries. .
. :He has erected' ft imuttitide of new offices,
and sent hither swarms of officers .to'liarra.%
our people, and eat out their substance:.
He -has kept among., us . in times of peace;
t din - g .arrnies, withoUt the consept of our
ure. •
",' affected to render the military . in=
f avid superior to,-the Civil power.
ined, with others, to subject
IC. foreign to our coustita
• • dged by our.laws -•
cts pretended . leg-.
.of armed troopi
trial,frorn.
1..11 they
• hese
.. • 2,00
..2,00
.. . 2,00
2,00
-2,00
....d0..d0.. 3,00
JCLY, 4, 1776. ,
legisl4
He In.
dependent
-he has- coal \
to a jurisdietk
tion, and tinackiew.
;iug his - assent to their'
islattion
- . •
For quartering large bodi),
among us.
For protecting-them, - ,b,y a •mci6..,
punishment, foe: any murders *lll,,
should - commit 'on the inhabitants• ot
States : I '
.
For cuttiug off our trade with nil . paits - oi
the world . ; . i • • . „
•
(For im posing; taxes on us without our con
sent :
• ._.
.
- For depriving, us. in; many-eases, of the
benefits of tr;ial, by' jury : •
.For transporting us beyond-the ,a6ta'to rbe
tried for pretended offencest: ' -f . •
• For abolishing the free system. of. English.
laws in a neighboring province, establishing
therein an, arbitrary government s amtenlarg
ing.its boundaries,. so as to •!enderit, at once
awexaMple and fit instrument fur introducing
the same absetute . rule inte'thesecoloaiest'
For taking. away •our olitirters,'• abolishing
our most valttable_laws, and altering ,funda- •
mentally, the powers of otir. goVetriment ;- , •
Fat su-spendit 1T our own .legiiiTitturer;
,and.
declaring thernsely . ot invested - .vitt?. power °to,
legislate for us in rill-cases 'whatsoever,
. fie has alxlioteilgoverrunent here,' by de-7
staring us. out of.hisprotection, and . waging.
-waragninst us., • .;„ -
Ho has plundered our' seas, •• ravaged et
Coitus: burnt our. towns, and ° destroyed the
liver of our people.. : ' - ].
4e - is at this time, , transporting
otforeign Inerc'eria ries : to Complete.. the
works of death; desolation, and 'tyrany, •nl•- •
ready begun, with C4rumstalico of cruelty
n'ud 1,6114 seared:v', paralleled 41- the most
arharous ages,. Mid totally unworthy: the
head of ft,civiiiied nation. . : .
- .llerhats constrained our fellowpcitizeits, ta7:
kekcappire on the bigb setts, to -bear arm
against.their,eauttry, to become tbe ex en.
ticiners (lef tleir friend ~and .brethren, or fall
themselves by their
lie has. , - excited- ,- • domestic riniturections
amongst u, and , has endeavored to bring on
the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless
Indian savages; -Whose known rule of warfare
is an undistinguished. destruction,orall ages,
seses,"and conditions. '
In every stage of these oppressioni, we.have
petitioned for red r i es.% inthe most_ humble;_
terms ; our repeated petitions have been an
swer9d only by repeated injury: A prince,
whose character is thus marked by every act
which may define a tyiant, is unfit'to be the .
ruler of'a free people. - ,
Nor hae . e-we been wanting in - attention to . '
our British brethien. 'We have vrarned thettr
frOm - tithe_ to time,_ of attempts made by their
legislature to extend an, nuwarrantiible - jeris._ I
diction over Its.' ..We have reminded of
the circunistancevof onr,emiginUon and sat. - I
tlement here. We haveappealed to their na- i
tive justice and.,tnaguanamity, and we have
conju(ed them, by the - tiei of Our common
kindred, to disavow thef.onshtphtiovs, witict-'
would inevitably interrupt ,onr. conneetions i
and correspondence. They,; - too, have beerl
deaf to the voice ofjngfat aid cemOgniitity.
We must, therefere, acquiesce in the neeessity,
which denounces our seperatien; :and Itold
, them, as we bold tne rest of mnuktird,eneteies
to war, in-peae, friend A- - -
We, therefore, the. representatives 'ofthe
-United States Of America, in _General Con.
g ss assembled, appealing to the Shpreme
' J dgc of. the World 'for the rectitude 'of our
I it entions, do, in the name, and -by the au
thority of the good people itf. these ccilonies f .
solemnly publish and declare': That these
.Uni-
- t4i Colonies, are, and of right ought to be Free
and Independent States; that. they, are ab
solved from all allegiance ..to. 'the - British
crown, - anir that all , political connection be- •
tween them and
,the emu; of Great-Britain, is
"and ought to be, totally.dissolved ; and that,
as Free and Indpendent State;, they - have full
power to levy war; to conclude peace," ;con= -,
tract alliances, establish'commerce, and to do
all other acts and things which Independent
States my of right do. - And, for the support .
of this declaratioe, with a firm reliance on
the protection of Divine Providence, we mu
tually pledge to each other, our hves, our, for- -
I tun, and, our saerdd honor. _
The` Derneeratie Party.,
-The - Demoeratie Party represents the great
principles,of progress._ It is onward' and out
ward
in its movements. It has a heart for
action and• motives for a world...lt _consti
tutes tlie'printiple of diffusion, and_is to hn
manity what the centrifugal force is to the re
volving Orbs of a universe. What motion is
to them, Democracy is to princifile. It is
the soul of action. It-coinforms to the•prov
idenee of God. ' It has confidence in man,
and in an abiding reliance in his high ,destiny.
It seeks the largest liberty, the greatest, good '
and the(turest happiness.. It. aims` to. build
up the great interests of the many, to the
least' detriment. Of thfr few. It remembers the
past, without' neglecting the present. It es
tablishes the present ; Without fearing to pro .
vibe for tlie future. It' cares for the weak,
while it petniits no injustice to. the strpng.
It conquers the oppressorond prepares' the
subjects of tyranny for freedom. It melts
the bigot's heart to meekness, and reconciles
his mind to knowledge: It. dispeis , the clouds
of ignorance and superstition, and prepares
the people foi instruction and self-respect. It ~
1
adds, wisdom to 1 gislaiion; and ' improve‘
judgment to gOvern nent. It favors enterpriitt .
that yields a . rewnr to many, And an indus- .1
try that is.pernment. It is the 'pioneer of
humanity—the conservator of nations. Jr
FALLS ONLY WITF.N IT CEASES TO BE TRUE TO
ITSELF.. VOX POPELI VOX . DEI has proved to
be a proverb and prediction.—By the Author
of the Republic of, the, United Stqtes• of
.America.
i
Vinaixil, 7 -Thifirmers of-
Virginia. have commenced harvsting thorl
wheat: The - crop is generally - considered;
good, except in the southweSt • part of tlie
State, , where the fly.bas injured it;. but: as:
large quantities of wheat were'sown, it is ex
pected that the harresewiil, be 'move 'abund
ant . than- usual. The drying of the straw,
immediately below the head, by Ywhieli the;
ascent Of saip is crested, is said to be :one .of
the most reliable indications of the maturity
of the &ant, alai of the necessity •or. cutting
aeiteuring it.. - : -•_
'Agrthe jrinters of Cincinnati have form
ed a military company. This - is the first
company . of; the kind
n ever established , iii this
country. , Punters are, generally good- hand
ling the "shooting sticks," and we think it
proper that they.should publicly demonstrate;
the fact, "is la'palitairP . '
gam' I you are afflieted . ra
with. any co.
plaint *bleb requires a Purgative Medicine,
try ATER'S New ] Pills-=they are worth try
ing.---Conorcl geicury, N. C. •
111144.4.1180.
At Dundati, nn the 4th inst., by the
s tter,
G.'. N. Todd, Mr. 11011. ACE STAREgIID,Of Preston,
Wayne Co., anti Miss"SAR.4.4 A.:I3uSSEII, of
ISl'utfa' Co ; .
4 At , Pleagant Valley House, Jnna .18t6;by
Bela Jones Eq., HEIiRT WEBSTER, 1 and
Mits. PUEUE A. TRXVIS; both of Liberty'.
•
lr e
. ‘ . .
At hia residence in Auburn, bn the Bth; .
inst:, Gansuos IfUNNEL in .the 52d year of
hia, age..l . ' --. ' ' i •
the subject: Of this brief note- wag born in
Monroe
.ponnty,Penn'a; on the 15th of Dec,
1893, and reinoied to Susquehanna . county,
(Wow'. .
7 1,1
•ont d
ing,) - in 1817,. where he resided' '
for ann her years, but finally disposed. of
his jute
.-at in that place and removed. to this
- 1833. Vlv It , sided up to the
it
deith siuttered , seye . rely through ind-isr`
tiob, but for the last six months of his life, be,
as woll. as A tarp circle of ardent friends, \
were fOtidly look ng forward for the reiteration
of, his heal - th,•-bt in the midst of life •rie are
in 'death: It *as he privilege of the author
of 'this tribute of res -et to have long enjoyed
the acquaintance of thd..deceases), !Fag
a kind and indulgent husband and father, as
well as a : sincere 'friend. Ile suffered im•
rnen.serTpain previeus - to his death, but.poisea'
sA his reason up to' the' last:.. $o has left a -
highly respectable family to mourn. his (Aril
exit.' [Cob.
thet ilrid •
n a g + t
water, Sus que hanna
ale
t se h o d i h Uo j i u n ' 1 8 P -
5 1 aa:Z!;tij in
the
crhyeilr
bmwin, is the Eighty, first vest' - of his'` sir