'roductive d great mischief to the country
in the contention and 'alienation it caused, it
vas a.mero abstraction, a thing neither Talc
tical nor useful.
A desperate attempt was Made last year 16
carry the Presidential election upon a :Kan
sas agitation, in whioh the same claSs of ac.-
tors appeared that did in tho Missouri agita
tion of 1820—men " ready . to risk the Union
for'any. chance" .of establishing - their party,
4' and wriggling themselves
. to the head of it."
But, just judgment-was pronounced upon this
people and their project, in, the election of
Mr. Buchanan, and. they will soon be obliged
to select some other tepic,upon which to dis
turb the public tranquility, and stugglo for
- the attainment:of power. Their spasmodic
, attempts to keep up excitement without any
practical or useful object in view, but simply
that they may thrive
,upon discord and pas
sion, aro even now received by. the public
with a feeling; bordering very nearly upon
contempt.
The. American peoplo are practical and;
sagacious. They will require some practical
good
,to appear in any movement to ,which
they' aro invited; and
_when duo tithe has
elapsed for reflection, they will try party and
. party-measures by .the standard of principle
and not of professio4 Ttre Wilthor Proviso
Was utterly extinguished by lrebster on the
7th of March, 1850, in. the demonstration of
its inUtility,_ and was thenceforth delivered
over to history as an imposture; and 'nppro
d val of the Kansas, Nebraska act 0f1854, has
,
been growing more and more general as its
conformity to sound principles has been ex
amined-and established. That unnecessary
things shill not be done, and thq citizens of
• each political division of the - country shall
determine their local institutions, are in fact,
propositions so.reasonable and just that it is
1.." surprising that they should ever have been
guestioned.
Three years ago the Democratic party of
/this State 'choose defeat before dishonor. It
stood up for toleration sad- equal rights,
against passions and prejudices of the time,
because constitutional and just principles de
man led it. And now, with a new antagonist
—the Republican party—it-still stands in the
path of duty, with its past course vindicated,
and with the highest claims to public con
fidence .ar;'d favor. While it ,is not insen,
sible toideas of progies,s and improvement,
and will seek to apply those that are practi:
cable and just, its duty as a great conterva-
H Live organizstion to preserve the prinCtples
. of the government and the institutions of the
country from degeneracy will not be neglected.
tln brief, if trusted it will be • true, and frtAril
its administration of public affairs, the people I
will ; receive, as heletofore, the "4reaceable
'fruits' of good government, and honest rule.
C. R. IitICKALEW, Chairman.
.TsO..N.llurcarsaox, ce .
cretanes. •
•
I%.J..l.lAtnEstAx,
,•
Getting used to it by degrees.
" Somewhere about here," writes a Southern
correspondent "lives a small farmer of each
social habits that his coming home intoxicated
was once no unusual thing. His wife urged
him--in vain to sign the pledge.
" Why, you see," he would aay, " til sign
it after a while, but I don't like to break off
at once; it ain't wholesome.. The best way'
is to get used to a thing or degrees." •
"Very well, old man," his helpmate would
rejoin," see now 'if you don't fall into a hole
one of these days, while you can't take etre
of yourself aid nobody will help you out."
Sare enough, as if to verify the prophecy,
as he returned home drunk one day; he fell
into a shallow well, and rater a deal of use.
less scrambling, he „shouted for, the "light
of hie eyes" to come and help hirn out.
"Didn't I tell von so ?" said the good old
.soul, showing her cap-frill - over the edge of_
the parapet; "you have got into a hole at
last, and - it's only lucky I'm in hearing, or
you might have arowned. " Well," she con
tinued after a pause, letting down the bucket,
"take hold." And np he came, higher at
every turn of the winding, until the old lady's
grasp slipping from the handle, down he went
to the bottom again. This occuring more
than once, made the temporary occupant of
the well suspicious.
"Look here," ho screamed in fury, •at the
last splash, "you're doing that on purpose
-1 know you are 1"
•• Well, now, I " responded the old wo
man tranquilly, while winafing up once molt.
"Don't you remember telling me, Vs best to
g et used to a thing by degrees!' I'm afraid
if I bring you right np of a sudden, yon
won't find it wholesome 1" . •
The old fellow could not help chuckling
at the application of his principle, and pro
tested be would sign the pledge on the in
stant, if she would lift him fairly out. This
she did and packed him off to sign the pledge,
as wet as he was.
"For, you see," sbc added erniihatically,
if you ever fall into'lbe diteb nail), feccre
ion
A STAR Cosaßms.—The administration of
Jackson, during its second term particnlarly,
was contemporary with' the most brilliantly
intellectual Congress we ever had. A corre
spondent of the LowelltJournoi, calls atten
l'tion -to the composition of the twenty-third
Congress which commenced December 2nd,
1833, and terminated March 3, 1535, and it
surprises us by the number of members who
have filled high positions , under our govern
ment. Six of them, J. Q. Adams, Tyler, Polk
Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan. have occu-
pied the Presidential chair. Five members,
Messrs. Calhoun, Johnson, Tyler, Fill more,and
King hay been Vivo Presidents; and no less
than eight rnembeza, _Messrs. J. Q.. Adams,
Beaty Clay, John.Torsytb, Daniel Webster,'
John C. Calhoun, James Buchanan, John M.
Clayton. and Edirard Everett, have filled the
lake of Secretary of State. Thirty-two mem•
bets have been 'Governors" of States, and
twenty-three tneriabera of tile, Rouse have
since saved in the Senate.
ADTICE TO AN OPPONENT.-11: Montour
American feels it slippery walking with nig
ger soled shoed shoes over Ilindoo ground.,
and &pin despair, "from pulr-nt indications
there is no .prospect of defeating l'aeke.r," and
recommends letting. it go by - .default ! Our
Montour Coteroporary hasn't learnt the art of
whistling to keep up courage. fakes lesson
from the Morning Times, man and shriek for
Kansas and negto equality, curse the Su
preme Court, and denounce Washington as a
slave-hOlding villain ! the way for
Americans to govern America; and the negro
to be placed on an equality with the Ameri
ean.—Pennsytvanion.
A Courzsi: DMMOCRATIC Vrc.rour.--Next
winter for the first time since 1826 or 1828,
a.Lei,istature containing Democratic tnljori
ty will, assemble at Frankfort, the -capitol of
Kentuelty.i The Democrats have since that
date had the Governor and half the delega
tion in COhgr888; lint4tever the Legislature.
The opposition had permanent and endu.-
ring ascendency in that 'bosly that never
could be shaken in the least. But now, with
the dawning of the new era that marks the
reaction everywhere in favor of Democracy,
Kentucky wheels valiantly into the line; and
{'Here she .will r e main hereafter.
iVrTrevertou Pa. is now a village of 1800
inhabitants, bas a cburch, stores, arc. l'breo
years ago it bad but one house.
.outtose penuftrat.
J.B. Nlc COLLIN,
A .J. GERRITSO'N,
74011 4 1' . 7.00.13, PA.,
Thursday, August 20,, 1857.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR.
'WILLIAM F. PACKER.
FOR CANAL comsnpsionit,
NlMnori STRICKLAND.
FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT,
. IVILLI47II STRONG,
JAMES TriOMPSON.
DEMOCRATIC BOUNTY TICKE
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
C. S. GinurtEßT, Great Bead.
FOR SHERIFF,
0. ill. Montrose.
FOR PROTHONOTARY,
G. XL DENNISON, Dimock.
MR REGISTER & RECORDER,
IREUEEN TUTTLE, Gibson.
FOR 'COMMISSIONER,
JUDSON STONE, Middletown.
TOR TREASURER,
DA:VG BREWSTER, Montrose.
FOR. AUDITOR,
I. E. cutestAtm, Jessup.
FOR CORONER,
JOHN BOLTON, Clifford
.:Ilecting of the Democratic County
Standing Committee.
'The members of the Democratic County
St...tiding Committee are requested to Meet at
their Committee Room [over A. Lathrop's
Store.] in Montrose on SATURDAY AUG
UST 29th, 'r 1 o'clock P. 24.
A full attendance is desired, as business o
importance will be brought before the Com
mittee far consideration.
Wm K. HATCH, Chairman.
Montron, August 19th Mi.
• U.,-r Our -paper makes its appearance late
this week. One or our workmen has 'peen ill
several days, and our supply of paper was tale
in ; yet we could_ have made up -cur
rriday mails had it not been for the negligence
of the Secretarirs Of the Nominating Convention.
Their report, aside from errors and imperfec
tions, was so - disconnected and- unintelligible
that it was necessary to hold a conference over,
and guess out a portion of it; and finally, a part
of it was not handed in to the office until after
eight o'clock Thursday night. We hope the
above explanations arc sufficient: A. J. G.
£ Will some of our very numerous
delinquent subscribers take the occasion to
call and pay up during Court Wctk •
Jar We would call the attention of .our
readers to the ad rertisement of E. N. Kellogg,
ez Co. We are assured that . their Corn
Starch is a genuine article.
t.V ion. Darius Bullock, of Bradford Co.
who been appokted by' the Governor, to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Judge WilmOt, is now holding Court in this
county.
jam' Hen. B:rd B. Chapman has been .re
elected to Congress from Nebraska.
jam' The next House of Representatives
as far as chosen, stands as follows; Demo
crats, 110, all other:, 99. Of those yet to
be chosen, the Democrats will ercure about
two-thirds.
Canal across the Isthmus of Suez
It is proposed to open a Canal across the
Isthmuz of Suez, connecting the Mediterranean
and . Red Seas. it will be of immense advan
tage to the commerce of the world ; bringing
as it, would the various American and Euro-
Nan ports from 7,000 to 13,000 miles sailing
distance nerve o India and China. A (Com
mission of E
. ropean engineers report to the
Viceroy of • a -
..that tho work will cost
not more that; 840„000, and is entirely
practicable. There a races in the soil of
a canal having existed in the same locality
in ancient tithes. It is also recorded that
NECHO, 615 before Christ, commenced snob
' a work which was completed under 4be reign
of DARIUS lITSTASPIS, and enlarged under
the Piolomai.. Fallen into decay, it was
repaired by the Boman Emperor TRAJANVIS
and again by the Chalif OMan, in 140 sifter
I Christ.. Some historians are of the opinion
that it was still in use in the thirteenth cen
tury. At the beginning of the nineteenth
century, NAPOLEON L revived the idea of a
connection of the two seas, which was well
received by MEHEMED Ail. Again- in 1846,
'a company was organized in France, joined
by Austria, and later by British capitallists for
the same purpose. A corps of engineers was
, sent out, in which the celebrated Roararr
IS'rErnmcsoN represented England. Their re
i port was favorable, but the British govern
latent took a decided stand against the plan,
1 ultich caused Louts Pumarrz, to drop it.
II; is now a favorite project of the French
i Emperor, but, meets no favor from Lord Pal
i rnerston of England.
The Coal Trade.
Below we give a statement of the coal
trade for the last 36 years. It will be found
interesting for reference, showing as it does
the steady increase in the production of that
great source of, wealth in the Old Keystone.
We are indebted to the Pennsylvanian for
the figures.
Tears. Tons
1820, 365
1821, .. . 1,073
1822, . . • 2,210
. . 5,823
1824, 9,544
1825“ 34,893
1826;.. 43,046 .
1827, 03,434
1 . 828, . 77,698
•1829,:.... . 172,083
1830,. ' 174,704
1831, G 170,820
1.832, 1 363,871
1833, - 1 4137,733
834, 376,330
t 835, 560,7581
1'836 % . . 682,423 1
1937, . . 881,473
1838, 739,293
1839, ', 803,3271
Democratic Comity Contention.
EDITORS.
The Derttoeratio County Convention met
at Montrose on Monday the 17th inst., at 2
o'clock, P.' IT., and . organized by electing
ISAAC RECKUOR, Esq.,. of Great Bend, Presi-
dent, and Dr. Cat.yis Liar - of Friendsville,
and Gen. A. CARPENTER of flarford, Vice
Presidents. C. C. Mims of Diruock and J.
13. McCournt of Mobtrose were chosen See-
relariat
The fallowing gentlemen presented their
credentials and took` s'iAtr its Delegates :
Ararat—.B IL Dix, F.zra Walker.
Auburn—lL J. Millard, G. L. Swisher.
Apolacon—D.'Butfam, D. Sherer. _
Bridgewater—J. N. Dean's, Jr., D. H. Coon.
Brooklyn—lL O. Miles, E. G.. Williams.
Clifford—.(No Delegates.)
Choconut—M. Hickey, Jacob Kimbal.
Dimock—C. C. Mills, S. Tyler.
Dandaff—(No Delegates.)
Franklin—J. L. Merriman, D..L. North.
ForestLake--Elislia Griffis, him Graham.
Leet, James Meat!.
o'retit Bend—lsaac Reck how, IL W.Keach.
Gibson—Reuben Tattle, D. C. Roberts.
Harmony—L. Norton, J. W. Austin.
Ilarford—A. Carpenter, John Blanding.
Herrick— (No Delegates.)
Jackson—Reuben H. Perry.
Jessup—O. 6.. Beebe, I. E. Birchard.
Lathrop—A. B. Merrill, Daniel Wood.
Lenox—Noah Titus, J. Titus.
Liberty—Richard Bailey, D. 0. Turreil.
Middletown—Nelson Cami., J. D. Buxton.
Montrose—Wm. K. Hatch, J. B. McCol I u m
New Milford—lLMcCollum, Norman Foot
Oakland-0. Phelps, Levi Westfall. '
Rush—George Snyder, Erastus Maynard
Silver Lake—Ezekiel Timcthy Soli
van.
Springville—C. Burr, J. Compton.
Susq'a Depot—ThO's Armstrong, Thomas
McKernan:
Thomson--(No Delegates.)
On motion of Gen. John Blanaing a Com
mittee of seven WAS appointed to draft and
pre.tent Recolutions for the considera6o cf
the Convention.
The Convention then proceeded to nomi
nate a candidate for Member of the Hou.e of
Representatives. R. T. Stophens of Great
Bend was nominated for that.position by ac
clamatien;.but declined being' a candidate.
Whereupon C. S. Gilbert of Great Pend.
Thos. Johnson of Bridgewater, and Wm.
Hartley of Lenox were named. Oa first bal
lot C. S. Gilbert received 27 vote., Thomas
Johnson received al votes, and Wrn. Hartley
received 15 votes. C, S. GILMEET having
.re
ceived a majority of the votes cast- was de
clared the candidate, and his nomination WItS
subsequently made unanimous.
"For Sheriff 0. M. CRANE of Montrose was
nominated on first ballot;.be having receiv
-31 Votes; JAMES MEAD having received 11
votes,and C. N. iftura 3 votes.
For Prothonotary GEOEGE M. DENNISON of
Dimock was nominated by acclamation ; H.
J. Webb, J. L. Merriman, Wm. 13. Rand rick,
and Norman Foot who were named in connec
tion with the office having declined being
candidates.
For Register and Recorder REUBBN Turrts
of Gibson was nominated-on 2d baHot ;R. O.
Miles of Brooklyn hiving received 0 vote 9, O. I
S. Beebe of Jessup 1 rote, James Mend of
Friendsville 14 votes, and Reuben Tuttle -26 1
votes.
For Commissioner P. flay, E, Griffii. E.
Ornm, D. Ross, 3. Stone, and Win. C. Han
drick were named. Jcnsos Sroxs of MiJd'e
town was nominated on 2d ballot, and his
nomination was subsequently . made unani
mous.
For Treasurer DANIEL BREWSTER of Bridge
water was nominated by acclamation. ,
For Auditor 1. E. Biscuant, of JesPnp was
nominated on first ballot.
For Coroner JOHN BOLTON of Clifford wrs
nominated on 2d ballot.
The following named persons were then
chosen to constitute the Democratic Standing
Committee of the County for the ensuing
year.
Ararat, N. West; Auburn. H. Hill: Apolacon,
D. Sherer, Bridgewater, C, J. Curtis; Brooklyn,
R. O. Miles Clifford, E. ()ram; Choeonut, E. A.
Money; Dimoek, J. Foster; Dundaff, T. P. Phin
ney; Franklin. H. Blowerfq P. Lake,Wm Har
vey; G Bend, O. Trowbridge; Gibson, B. Dix; I far
mony, J. W. Austin; Hsxford,A.Earpenter; Her
rick. A. Tilden; Jackson, D. M. Farrar, Jessup, I.
E. Birchard; Lathrop, Ansel Sterling; Lenox, IL
Marshall; Liberty. D. G. Turreil; 31id3letnwn, 0.
Ross; Montrose, Wm IC. Hatch; N. Milford, D.
McMillan; Oakland, 0. Phelps, Rush, Gen. liar
soy; S. Lake, E. H. Gaige; Spruigville, C. Burr;
Susq's, M. H. C. Vail; Thompson C. Stoddard.
On motion of Dr. Calvin Leet, \V m: K.
Thatch WAS elected Chairman of said Com
mittee.
Years. Tons.
1840,...... 865,414
11841, .... 953,899
1842,......1,193,001
1843, . ... 1,263,539
1841, . .! 1,631,669
1845,. ... 2,023,052
1840, —.2,343,990
1847,.... —.2,992,808
1848". 3,089,238
1849, .
1850," . 3,332,614
1851.
1852,..4,999,471
1853, . ;,195,251
1854,; 5,847,308
18.55, - . 6,626,288
T0ta1...62 3 793,03R
The Conimittee on Resolutions through
thiir Chairman, Gen. Jomr- BLANDING, made
the following repttrt:
The DemocracY of Susquehanna County,
enter the canvass, with ' this declaration of
sentiment.
Resolecd, That in the clear and vigorous
Administration of James Buchanan, our hopes
are fulfilled,—and- this gives another proof
that Democratio rule alone. will secure
Freedom. For History will write it, as an
alarming peril, that, in the crisis of 1856, an
oath-bound conspiracy :mint? religious lib
erty, and constitutional order, p came so near
consumating its treason,
by electing to the
Chair of Washington, Jefferson, and Jackson,
a man void of Administrative experience, and
of spotted honor. Happily, however, the Amer
iean people then banished from the Nation the
acrimony and violence of Slavery agitation ;
and localized it in those single States and Ter
ritories where the question of its introduction
or abolition might arise. So that .Penn'a has
no political duty or right touching Slavery,
save the negative one of continuing those bar
riers that exclude it from her soil. What a
long breath of relief,-our tired country draws,
as, for - the first time she reposes under the
quiet shadow of "popular sovereignty."
Resoled, That History must also fix upon
the Black Republican party of 'SO, the re
sposibility of filling Kansas with discord,
clime and death,' for the mere purposes ,of
political capital.--and in '57, for a like pur
pose, it seeks to fasten on thenia slave Con
stitution!!
Resolved, That three years ago, in one of
those delusive excitements that Providence'
sometimes sends over a countri, as a storm,
Bigler wits set . Aside for Pollock, on the false
issue of Slavery,—false, because oar Cover
nos,, could not so much as touch the hem of
emery's garment. Results have proved this;
*id yet the same farce is sought to be re.,
enacted by one whose sincerity is "shown in
his Congressional vote for the pegiute.•
. .. ..
i i?„,,ared, What mitt-party always carefully I the Blue Ltxlge are hereabouts to-day,and
cherished the duty ofrieparating partisan poli- will of course vote." , This is also entirely
ties from the Judicial office,—a principle ea- and'absoltitelY untrue.
_There was out on the
sential to its purity and impartialtity. lor. the 13th of June a single men of 'that..de
first time in ourmannals, and contrary Ao the scription in or about Lecompton, offering .or.
pledge under whioli be was elected, David ready to vote. Of this
_I have the clearest
Wilmot has broken down that ssered princi- plod which cane given of a negative.. If
1
pie ; and now vainly tries to draws off the -these men were 1. ereabouts, they must have
minds - of.men from this true issue, to the false been in some dingle on the Ka* lands, hid .
one of Slavery: Freemen of Pennsylvania, in the brush. No eye saw them in daylight;
bold him to tlio point,—and tell him, by a .in Lecompton, and there were many, vigilant
majmity of 50,000, that, be.vilm has been un- eyes wide open then and there, - s • .
faithful in.one office, shall not be trusted in Let-me quote another choice pass:age and
another,—nud that in resigning his office too I shall have done: " Gov. Walker, is in the
late for the people to elect a successor in Oc- horrors. Sonic think he will leave Kansas
tober, he has ehowe a want of principle, and soon. Shoirld he do so, .the State govern .,
a disregard of the popular will. • - meat will go immediately into active motion.
Resolved, -That the recent deCision of the The people are getting tired oltbis guberna-
United States Supreme Courtin. the case of torial rime. - Satrap* after satrap - has been
Dred Scott vs. John RA. Stanford, accords sent," Aso.. Whence did our correspondent
I with the judgement of the. Democrats of this learn this 60e-tending fact I—from his mu
county, is in harmony with the Legislation of loreary sources, or from his.own observations
the country as exhibited by History and re- in the executive office, whither Le occasion
ceiree our cordial acquiescence; and that w e ally .betakes himself, (and where le is treated
condemn the denunciation of our highest - Je. ed by its inmates just na if he 'were a .gen
dicial tribunal indulged in by an unsernpu. tleman,)to gather up. the shreds and odds
lolls opposition as productive of di sco rd, f a t a l and ends of things, wherewith, by callocation
• to the stability of our institutions and citicu: and patching, contortion and dove-tailing.
Wed if persisted in to weaken and bring in. cutting and- fitting, glessi and guess,_ surmise
to contempt our incomparable evstem of s.elf. and subterfuge, (the children of Fiction, and
gc.vernment. Malignity their father,) he may construct. a
.Resolved, That the nomination of Gen, picture, which, like the mirage of the orienr
tat wastes, looks at the distance .of New_York
Wm. F. Peekenfor Gavernoe, Nimrod Stick- Maisie like..the actual scenes of Kerins f
land for Canal Commissiorer, and Williarn
Strong and James-ThomPion for Judges of I cannot say nor vouch for anythieg but the
the Supreme Court:---are such as commend
utter untratfulness of the picture. - Thisscor
themselves to the cordial endorsement and .re spondent is said to travel extensively in
. the
support of every Pennsylvanian, whose elec.- Territory, arid therefore professes the means of
tion viii redound to the credit and honor of information. Does lie not *now—or is.he
our good old Commonwealth. t. • absolutelutely bent on not a.q.ftaining what
he is equally obstinate in 4* Worts to fore-
Resolved- hatT we put forth a County stall—that Gov. Walker i giiining ground
Ticket, composed of good men and true, and d a i ly w it h
the masses of - Wansas- 7 -the Free
we sill support it, unconcerned, about re-.t
s''' tie men of Kansus who demand only their
" its ' If we " cce ' l ; it is well--if we fail, 1 right-,: . and who desire peacelere,irrespectiVe,
we are unshaken still, knowing that even in I 7 •
. lof any outside party or influences I
this. District, I Indeed; front the extra infusion of gall in
"Truth crushed to earth nill rise again ;- c his last letters ; when speaking
of. the Govern-
The eternal years of God -are hers,'or and his friends, I can but infer-that heis_
and that our opponents-have but one idea 4 I consciousa of the truth of what I say. : Profit-
Office.
- The Resolution!' were adOpted nnanimouslv w it- 1, -
• I a tsor -Peps to our hope the promise which
. - During, the absence of the Committee the 1 he has made in our ears, (we should give him
Convention was addressed by Dr. CALVIN
I credit for sincerity until evidence is given to
Lner. ' •. i the contrary) the N. Y. Trioerne at home
I nod its writing remppet in. Kansas, either sev
' On motion adjourned. . i orally or conjointly, to alienate the masses of
[Si'4,llo3 by the offfoers.] • i reaqonable men front a decent coentenance
Politics and fitiiraloa.
.The followinfr is a specimen of the absurd
ideas which resnit froth a training in th e
Greeley, Seward, Ka!loch and Landon Seim!.
The visionary theorists, or mad men, _who
give utterance to siich narrow-minded and
ridiculous sentiments deserve the contempt of
the community, and Nbou!(1 never be invest
ed wilt power. .
" In New England it will seen become a
questionfor the churches to dcgide ' s‘hether
a DernrTrat shall be receised into th e c hur c h
or be allowed to remain in it without •disei
pline. According to the common internreta
tion .of - the late decision of the Supreme Court
those who endorse it by their votes or their
infltienoe. are doing all in their power .to
tires the chains of the slave, to make serri
tude--involuntary, oppri—rive servitude--the
` . c , rner stone" of nivonal government, and
et the same time, to ~'care the moral .3.55415-
!:i aa t:on of a race. The Apostle Paul seemed
. 0 in,:t• ate thittlho - ie who "approve" of each
cgs are more guilty than those who do,
them: Our churches cannot tolerate fellow
ship with slareholdeni; indeed some elergy
o-en think thc - ,yi , onlsjin peril by associatintr
with them as ervals7lF Christians from the
North cannot sit peakstittlly with a
. .d.izle . glite
from the South, ho w i7enn they tolerate north
ern brethren who approve of the principles of
tho , e delegates, artrPcote as they vote on the.
freat Questions of ilk day I This aspect of
''the question i 3 this State.".
• The above is fro the New York Evan
geliAt, a " religious" : ,- tper; it shew's to what
foolish and unriensonahle extremes tire mind
once surrendered fanatacism, can Le Car
ried. The Rum Libing and adulterous Kai.
loch is the pride of the so-ealled christian
conimunity of New England ; but the hon
est Deiatoerat whO ,isres to vote his conric
tir:s cannot move its "Christian" circles:
From th ti'...pszslTerald of Frecaom.
itiansas Letter Writers.
Of the actual tt'te of Kansas_ affairs, her
friends can only jteige by papers printed . or
correspondents writing from.laere—sto one of I
whom I wish to call the attention of your
readers : I mean• the speciattorrespendent oft
the N. Y. -Tribune. For several months I
have mid this person's letters with care,upon
the current events - and current politics of our
Territory. and having had some means of
information thereupon, I desired to estimate I
the justness of his statement. My impres
sions thus far have 'not been very favorable
to his truth or candor. Not to judge of all
by one, look at his three letters, dated June
.12th, and June Mill and June IGth, in the
Weekly Tribune, of July 4th, each one of
which contains a distinct and palpable un
truth, with the usual gloss of perversion, false
coloring, and clap-trap ; while inuendo, fling,
sneer, and new itnplying a malicious pos
itive, rain down in showers upon the heads
of Gore: nor Walker.and his friends, For ex
ample : the tong yarn about a certain com
'
mince waiting upon the Governor to depre
cate the submission of the Constitution to the
people, was spun out of his own brain, or out
of the vast fund - of floating gossip, so much
of which he incorporates into his communi
cations to the Tribune. It has not one word
of truth. Ido not say that he may not have
heard it from some news manufactures, and
perhaps have believed it •, but this will, not
lexcuse him from reasonable inquiry of elia
, hie sources us to its truth.
It is n common remark here, that this cor
respondeat details to his articles a variety. of
narrative trash, which is related to him as
such, but which he jots down as verities.—
The same may lie said.of those ideal conver
sations,and little speeches, which he, after the
exampleA:af certain old fabulists , puts into the
mouth of the governor or his friends.
Again : take his twit letter. lie says
"The County court decided at . its May term
upon voting precincts in this county,. at Le
e,onapton, Franklin ,Gum Springs, (an imagi
nary ifiace).and Washington Creek.!' There,
is not the first- line, word, syllable, or letter,
of trutli.ia this; and what is more, this writ
er, if he had jaut inaself on ordinary inquiry,
might hare known it.
Again, in the same letter, the charge that
one of the judges of election for Lawrence, -
at the late election, refused to serve because
he could not get. a place on the pro-slavery
ticket in is baseless at the fantastic visions of
the evening, It has not as wide a founda
tioe inirpth as Sir John Falstafrs hetoic
ehargi.wpon those- eleven thieves .in Buck
rand.-..l4leitler of - the Judges (residing' in
Lawrence) were at the nominating convert
fa: Leemptotz within ten days- be-
Akre
.figwinpitilis neat letter ; he claims to •be
writing OtrwLecompton on election day.
So *aril, "Some 200 of the disciples of
of the Governor, will agonize :in I exagerate
lin vain. The thing cannot be done until his
enemies here--those enernie , , I mean,,,who
' have sivotn, with their palms on the very
1 horn's of the altar, to oppress and -- vilify him
in whatever right or wrong he does, I say un•
til these unchanging 'foes pluck up by the
1 roots frorn the minds of the people the very
s-entiment of justice, as well as every sense of
1 their worldly interests, intimately connected'
I as•they are with - the preservation of peace.—
' Ilut our writer says if 'Walker loves, the
State Governinent will be put into immediate
action as an independent sovereignty, and no
1 successor can Le tolerated. Pray, where did
Ithe scribe of a newspaper obtain such - high
o
cmmand!' Vre, people have said no nich
t
1 thing by word or mouth, or by the mouth of
i their convention:
is
1 In another place, he says with strong end
' p'irysis that the U. S. States.ariny can keep
the constitutional Convention in - ansas, but
I the people are deterrninetlrive them into
I-Missouri. - That is Abe - kind of rhodamontade
I with which Eastern, ears are to be .regaled. I
do believe that this Convention, if they have
. a just view of their position,will adjnurn.with
out action ; but their right. to convene can-*
not be called in question, and I am decided
ly cf the,erniVn that no ;ono but our, pug : .
nacioas correspondent does question it.
Often; Mr. Editor, have I heard good Free
State nicn. flail fault with untruthful state- .
meats and uncandid comments of this come-
spondent. I would not think neccs-ary or.'
proper to allude to.thase things for the penefit
of your Eastern readers, (nobody hero need.
be dezelYeri,) if these perversions were—of oc
casional occurrence 'ineTrely ; but 'it is not
So, and the malignity of this writer
,towards
'the Governor is unappeasable, and seems to
augment in rancor in proportiortir the zeal
of the Governor in fulfilling-the avowed pur
pose of his mission. This.is contrary to the
plainest dictates of decency in a man or citi
zen, however urgently-the policy of the par
tisan Mai dictate this.course. I will, and so
I believe of ibellerald of Freedom, give the
the Governor a reasonable support, and when
I think his.nets will conduce to the -public
peace, and replace in the.bands of the people
the rights which have been w rested from them
I will not hestiate to say so, for fear that
some partisan may publish that I have de
serted the Free State party. TRUTH.
DREADFUL OCCURRENCE - - A BOF EATEN
BY A BEAR.---A shocking occurrence took
place on the Harntrank Marshes; near Detroit
Michigan, on Tuesday, -la - which_ a boy
eleven years old was actually eaten - up, alive
by a bear, within sight of the city. The cir
cumstances of the case are thus given by the
Detroit Free press :
A Man named named Joseph Rademacher
went out on Tuesday morning, io company
with a little brother,, to pick ra'pberries._
They carried their dinners with them, and
went some five or six miles out before lona
meneine their day's work. Rademacher de
posited his dinner basket - and coat on the
ground, and . employed himself for some time
in piektntr, berries, when his attention: was
attracted by a noise, he looked around, and
to his intense astonishment,.saw a large she
l.ear, accompanied by three cubs, engaged in
devouring his dinner. It was but—the work
of azionient to drop his basket, of berries
1 and hurry, with' hisyoung_ brother from the
spot. Ice saw two - boys not far from him
when he :eft, the spot, but said nothing to
them. Before himself and brothei 'had got a
safe distance, they heard
,terrible screams in
the direction they had (-Mire, which only serv
ed to accelerate their pace, and place a great
er distance between them and danger. They
were soon overtaken by one of the boy; who
came rushing after them in a bewilderment
of fright,,screaming that a hear was eating
up his brother. Rademacher received this
intelligence in utter dismay,- and took to his
heels with a will, followed bythe two boys,
deserting tiro sufferer to his fate. The'cow
nidly race soon brought them to the city,
when they spread the alarm, and a large par
ty was quickly formed for the rescue, which
proceeded-to the scene,of the disaster, accom
panied by Rademacher and the father of the
unfortunate boy. • A long search•resulted
finding-the remains of the boy, the bear hav
ing eaten. up about. hrilf of the
.corpse; .and
buried the rest for a future meal. Remnants
of his clothes* were found scattered, around,
together with Radentutcher's coat, torn to
pieces. A general hunt was.. commenced
with a.view of. finding the . .bear,. which. has
been continued up to the present time • with
out, success.. .
SF Are your Ju'ngs dise.ased, and would
you be cured, do not allow yourself to be : ez
perienented upon, but try a remedy „that bus
proved itself worthy of your confidence. We
refer to Dr. Wistaria Balsam of Wild Cherry
None genuine unlow signed I_ Butts. - 2
A Dedeoit Expelled - friiin..l . the
Church for voting' for Tichituan.
The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Inquirei con
tains a full report of the trial, conviction, and
expulsion from the church of Deacon
Stebbins, of the town of Alpine, in that cottn=,
ty. Ile Was the first deacon of the church to.
'which lie belonged—the Freewill 'Baptist:
It appears,that socm after the last Presidential
election two elders addressed deacon Steb
bins a letterpin which he, was informed that
he was charged with crime, and they ad
monished him that he must clear himself of
the accusation. They say :
First. It is an established fact that there
are tyro princsples in active and open opposi
tion, viz: shivery und liberality; and it . le
deeMed that your covenant obligations and
professed love of liberty, have, so far as ac
tion is concerned, supported the system, prin,
ciples and power of slavery:
Second. It is an established far
office of deacon is second to but
kingdom that Christ set. up in this.
that Governors - of- States, Kings of nations,
and Presidents of the United,' States, and the
offices they fill are of less note than the dea
con in Christ's Church and the office he fills.
Soon after he was furnished with a list of
the charges against him; and after a long
and tedionkinveStigation, the conned report
ed as follows :
SPARTA, Feb 4,4851. -
The conned appointed by the Grand Itap
idA Q. M. Conference to meet with Alpine and
Sparta church, ? baying, examined the
mon,/ presented - relatine , to the case of Dea.
G. P. Stebbins, present the following decis
ion
Charge 1. -Reception:
That, in our opinion, is not sustained.
2. Unchristian conduct. .
Sustained, but removed by confeision, ex
cept the last specification, viz.: the accuse •
tion•amainst the church at the public meet
ing, which demands a 'more full retraction tcsar CATTX.E. -
and confesion. For the best Durham Bull, 2 years old,- and 2d. Publicly declaring that he would sup- - upwards. $.5; 2d best, 3;
best, 2. For the
port slavery. best. Devon Bull, 2 years - do. $5; 2d best, 8; 8 - d
best, 2. for the best grade or mixed Mired, $l3
Not sustained as far as his statement is
concerned but so fsr as his act in toting for 2d best.3i . „.3d lest 2. For the best M M itch Cow,
,
Buchanan, he has' thrown his- influence in fa- 2d 165; be s t, 3; 3-d. bor the 'best t wo
..
vox of slaver .
year old heifer, §a; a
est, 3; beet, 2. roe
y .
the best loVof store Calves, not less-Than flee,
E. 0. BAILEY, Chairman. $5; "d best; 3; 3d best 2, For the best pair
N. K. EVEARTS, Clerk. ' • . of Working Oxen, $5; 2d best, 4; ad best. t.;
The Free will Baptist church of Al pine and 4th . best , For the best pair of three year old
p
Steers, $5; 2.4.1 best 3 ; 3d b,V. .2. For the beat
Sparta, after the council of ministers f"em the pair of two rear old Steers, ,R,3; 2d best, 31
quarterly meeting had examined the _above 31 best 2. For the best. lot of Yearlings, not
chargvspriferredagainqt De.aeon G. P. Steb- less than fi ve, $5; 2d best 3;.3d- best. 2.
bias,' and exonerated- hint from them all on • - • ~- s ither. .-
his'explanation and investigation, not sntis- • For the hest Fine' Wooled Buek," $3; 2d best,
fled, called Mr. Stebbins lefore a single church 2; 34 best I. For. the best "South Down, $3;
meeting, rated hint clear i n ( ihargrs. pre- 2d best, 2; 34. best, 1...F0r the best Long
ferred against hint, save voting for - Mr.) Bu- Wboled Beek, $3: II best, 2; 3d best 1. For
c h ano e fo r President of the United States, the best lot Of Fiat... Wooled Ewes, nut lesa than
ree, $3; 24 best:2; 3deat for the best
excluded him for•thi.t. act b be a Inejority or
lot of South D wn.
o. EweS, k
not l less,than them
oue.
$3; 24 best 2; 3d 1...;t,"1. Fur the'best lot of
The facts upon which Ale charges ate, Long Wooled Ewes, not less than three,. pi
founded ers. as follows.; • • 24 best, 2; 3d best, 1. r " - -
In the fall of 18 - 56.1 reviotts to the Presi
dential.election, dissatisfaction took plaCe in
the church about Stebbins- voting ; lie has
for nine years been known as a Democrat In
the town of Sparta; a man that decidedly.
snpports.the constitution of the eniletl States
At this period Elder Era-tug W. Norton ask
ed him if he votettabe liberty ticket. . He said
he did. Simeon Rouse to‘ked -him who he
.was going to vote for, for President. Steb-
Dins did not immediately answer. - Rouse
says, "Yon are not going - to vote for slaVery,
are you'!" Stebbins replied, No," and
traveled on, as he had met Rouse on the ro ad
For those answers-he was Charged with de
ception.
Stebbins admitted that he had made the
answers, but defended himself as follows :
First. That the democratic ticket which
he. voted, supported the most liberal prinCi
plc; 'of any ticket now in vogue. That it
Llives . .to all new States, when:annexed, or at
the time of annexation, the liberty to frame
their own constitution as best spited them,
only - it should be in keeping • with the con
stitution of the United States—it mi. - lt-be
in favor of SWery 'or - not.' He believc:d
be the duty of every American citizen to stip
port. the constitution of the Uuited States.—
Ile belieied' the 'democratic principles and
influence; to be anti slavery.' To prove this.
he says that all the States that everabolished
slavery had abolished' it under • a democratic
administration, which is undeniably 'se. lle
alse..thaintained that slavery now covered less
territory, in proportion to that embraced in
the United States, teen it did nt the time the
colonies entered . into a compact for the pur
pose of protection. from a foreign foe ; that at
that time there was bat one thirteenth part
fiee—Massachusetts being the only free State
at that time. and now, opt_ef thirty one,
there arc sixteen free States.
lie was also charged with saying publicly
shilt be would support slavery, which they
did not and could not prove. 'Election Caine
on, he feeling it bit-duty, voted for Mt.
Buchanan. Consequently as' by the chief
priests and elders theSavionr was brought. be=
foieiPilate's bar, so by the - chief .priests and
Edwin, was be brought liefoto the judgment
seat;of Sparta and Alpine Free Will Baptist
church...
He pleaded guilty to voting
,for Mr. Bu
chan:an; and upon that charge was expelled
the church.'
TUC DIFFICCLTY KANSAS.--The Detroit
Free Press says-it is well understood lu Kan
sas that there would have been no trouble
or .opposition to Governor Walker in'iKan
sas, if it had. not been. for Senator Wilson, of
Massachusetts, who visited the Territorg, and
persisted upon the leaders of the Black Re
publican faction to continue a disturbance
for political capital in the States. . ,
Traverse Jurors.
•
IST .Al 6 2.1:1 WEEKS.
•
Those marked with a* are drawn for the 2d week.
. Aitankr.—Ebenezer Bu: , bnell, Sae! %VII--
Hams; Otis Slocum.
Auucas.-J. B, Bearsley, Job Green,' Wm.
Orefield, George Oreffiefd , Samuel Tewks
bury, R.. S. Davis,* Ansel Gay,* Minor C.
Tubbs.*. . '
BnmonwAitn.—llyde Crocker, Zaub.
Brewster.
Bnoon.mq.—liernaa - Sterling, Charles F.
Perrigo, Lyman Ely.* •
Coleman, Cyial
Dtsgooc.—James ,Slott',. Henry Dupoilk,
Henry' Gerritson,* Oliver Heald,* J. W.
Mier.*
FrtAtikuw.--Normitt Mitchell W. C.
Smith. *
FkukilDSTru.e.—Joseph
FOREST LAKE.---Jatnes E. Pate 11, IL IS.
Biewster.•
GIBSON.-S. P. Chandler.*
GREAT BEND.—Davis Esterbrook, John
Lane. '
Hassonn.—Charles V. Tingley, Gabril Er
emir,- J. C. Harding, Jona% ,Adams, N. W.
Miller. Stephen Carpenter,*Jackson Tlngley,*
E. M. Tiffany,!' L. It. Peck*.
HARMONY—J. N. Manh.*
laganics.—Jeremiah_ Coon, Jacob . Whit
man, John Richards.*
Jaossos—David Lamb,* Franklin Bri:
•
ant,* Francis, Whitney.* =. •
Jaasup---Joel Cogswell, Chariot Ulm*
Isszatter —Jesse Sylyanus,Abiatba
Lineurr—rD.l). Turrell, S. S. Charnplin,*
David Davvleyi* Elkhanah Loekivood,* S. W.
Truesdell.* • .
Letrox---Oriin T. Kinney._
NEW' Itln.rotto---Albert„ Aldrieh, Pierce.
Desk Samnel Williams, Eliba Page.*
Ol1)Onnid, S. D.
Cobb, BarnareTierney,Saiiiuel Taggart, Ste
phen Edsell.* '
Ittotitn9aKl--G. B. Eldred„.Beech
OattLargol•-!-Iliram Vooler. -
Itustr=-•William Hinds, John Biahop,*,
llirnrn Coggswell,* J. W. Gran er.* Philo
Sherwood.*
SKSQ. DEPOt —sfattbin Hutta, . .
nett,* Henry Perrine.*_ •
: Sratsovicix—Aleiander D, , - F. •
Stark, John. Tuttle.
Sll:i'Elt LAKE—Ebenezer Miller, • Lomas.
Tlro xi' ox Whitney,*lByl 4 irester
~
King.* -
.List. August Term.
SECOND'"WEEN. Wakeman vs Tewksbury.
Curtis vs N.;Y: it E. R. R. Co. Brackne vs
the same. Young do, , Browne') vs -M
him. Southwell vs Maryott.. Pratt vs '-
ding. Tavlorys Connor. Shift Hollister.
Burritt vs'Curtis. Praier vs - Mitchell. We* ,
fall vs Fri tchley , Tewksbury Vs
Buck vs Taylor. , Skinner vs .Pope.: . iYoung
.VBLealieitn, •• Williamson vs -Pratt. Case 'vs
• K ellum, m Case Vi Merriil. •Alverson vs.Oelatt.
Sehermerhorn vs Stephens. Young vs Wet=
den. Drinker Vs Whitney. Rattle vs Greens
Sayre vs Lyon. Week's. vs
,Ilolnres.. Way.
man vs fond.
,"Gavitt D'Onnis.: Ashley, II
Case. Chamberlin vs Case. Tyler vi Fiiw;er,;
Meeker vs Sutton, Brewiter vs Whitney.
•
- PREMIII • AI- LIST.' .
Of the Susquehanna. County Agricidiuriti Soete:'
ty—Fair and Cattk Show: lobe held in Mon.
Lose, on Thursday, 15th iay of October,
. 1857. . •••• -
For the best Boar, $3; .2d best, g; 3d best,
1. For the best Sow, $3; 24 best; 2; 3d'beit,
1. For the best, lot otspring Pigs, $3; 2d best s
2; 3d best, 1.. -
_
Ftit,,the best-Stallion,• fur all work, $5;
b es t 1..; . 0 hest, 2 ; 4th bestrl. For the best
Braedirik "gare, with colt.by ber.side, raised in
the county, $5; 2d best, 3; 3d
. best, 2. felt: -
the best pair of Matched Horses, raised irk Abu ;.
county, $5; 2d best 3 ;_ i .3d best 2,
• :
rouvrur. .
•
For the Lest lot of Chickens, not less than
twelve; $2.; &est; 1. For the best lot of
Fowls, tact less than sixi Rooster and fienS,s2;
2d best, I. For the best lot af Turkeys, e 2;
2d best 1. For the bestlot Dneks, not loss
than six, Sc,i; 2d best 1. -
- rxTrxrt. :
,
For the best firkin of .luttpst, 95 ; 2•1 - beti - 4
3d best, 3 4th best, 2. For the greatestquan
tity made during the synnott from aoynutuber. of
cows, $5; best 3; 3d best, 2. ...
,For the best Cheese, nat less than 2.51b5.,
2d best, 2. - •
VEG. - TABLES
For the best and greatest variety, $2 i 2 *Ow
. .
For the best speCimen of Fall, Apples, not few
than • 1-2 a bushel, $2; 2d best, 1. Foe the beet
specimen of Winter Apples, not less than 1-2 a
bushel, $2; 23 best 1.- • For the best peek of
pears; $l. .For the best : peck of Quinces, elk
For the best specimen, not less than nibs:
$2; 2d best, I. . •
.
For the best fide gallons of ; cider . ‘inegarlig;
fld best, 2; -3d b4t, 1.
LEATIfigirAND ITS MANUFACTURE.
For the best lot of,Shoe Leather, $3; 2d beat,
2. For the best lot of Harness do, $3; 2d best,
2. For. the best lot of Calf Skins, $3; 2d
2. For the best Cowmen Double Team Harness,
$3; 2d best 2. For the best Single Carriage
Harness, $3;. 2d best 2. For the best pair. of
Calf Skin-'Boots, made by Exhibitor, $2; 2d
best 1.
- CABINET WORK,
For the best 'esbibitio'n of Cabinet Wolk, .5;
2d best, 3
FA.1%31 i~rtEM 1T8!
For the best,Plow. for general use, $3; best
Cultivator, 2; best Straw Cutter, 2; best Corn
Sheller 3;' best Churn, t; best Cheese Press,2;
best Firkins, not less- than two, 2; best Horse
Rake, 2; best Bee Hive 2; best Harrow, 2, , ; best
Single Carriage , 5; 24, best, 3 .
SLACKSIIITMICO.'
For the best lot of Hoilse ShOes,S2; 2d beat, .
DOMESTIC DIA ISITFACTURES.,
For the best speeimen - of Flannel, not less-than
ten yards, $3 ;2d best . For the boss speei;
men of Fulled Cloth, not - less than five yards. 2;
2d best, 1. For the best .Woolecilearpeting.
net leas than fifteen yard's, $3; 2d bOst, 2. For
the best Rag - Carpet, 3; 2d best, 2. For the
best half dozen pair of Wooten Socks, $2; 2
best, 1. For the best Wool' Mittens, not less
than two pair, $1 ; 2d best 50 mi.. For the
best Pri tett Work Quilt, $3 ;2d best 2. For the
best Quilt, - of any - kind, $3; 2d best 2. For the
best Silk Bonnet, $l. Fur the best , Velvet
Bonnet, $l. For the best-Lady's SaCquo, $l.
To ;the Farmer whose productions are. the
greatest, (hay included) in proportion to the
number of acres under cultivation, taking into
account. the stock kept en his farm'durina the
*
season, $lO tci.the next, 5.
The Reports on the greatest productions, &e.,
will be received, and the premiums Awarded- 6t
the meeting of tlui Society in January.-
The - -Executive Committee in presenting the
foregoing Premium List, would take occasion
to remark, that it has, been thoroughly 'revised
and 'extended to the utmost limits off.the Secie
ty's nieanS, : in order to - give the greatest amour..
a,gement to ~emnpetition.
On a full consideration of the subject, it luta
appeared to the . Committae, that 'it Would be
more in aceordanee with the object for which the
Society was instituted, to omit 811 special pr
mintns for -grain or . root crops, AS thi:havo a
tendency to encourage an undue share of Mien , .
turn to these particular objects, to the neglect of
the general interest. Of the farm:.'' But Beg?
thereof, premiume are 'offered for re
turns of the rainier's - labor, which, after 'all, la
the main object, as it is the best general manage.
ment - Which deserves- torntnendation s ]whethe; it
be on a. largo, or stuall.f.:r
It is highly creditable t At the interest in; the'
Annual f r air continnils to in rease,therebyshent.
ing that the public appreciates ;the tisOfulneal of
the Society in promoting the prosperity of the
County.. '
'Tiros..Nmitatsort ' -
E eate
. nt -
F r '' . • •
- _ 'ALFRED BALDWINT, 77,
:A= track , will be prepared 00 the, Fair
grenhd f fecthe exhibition or,b9pspil
strlxt.
fionsts
C TEESS
HONEY.