Fnm the Nea York THbuiu.
Three Day* Later from Europe.
Batik near SiUUria-ZJOO R*uwn*
' • r jVrt» Defeated in Aeia— l,soo to 2,000 Killed.
} FBOM TUB BALtIC,
Sir Charles Napier's fleet was laying in
linß-ol*bbtlle before Crbnstadt, but up to June
20, no attack had been made! ‘The English
ftigate Desperate fired some shots, .which the
batteries returned.
• Bomersuhd wss a second lime bombarded
on the-26th -end 27th June, and the fortifica
tions Were destroyed.
\ THB BLACK SB A.
On the aW June, eight Russian steamers
came out of attacked three
of Ihe'allied ships at the batteries. ' The al
lied ships engaged were the Furious, Terrible
end Descartes. The affair seems to have
been a running fight. The Furious was con
siderably damaged. The main body of the
allied fleet was at Baldjik. Some English
_ bbats taking soundings at the mouth of the
Dnieper, had exchanged fires with some Cos
sacks,
THE DANUBE.
On the 21st and 23d ult. nn important
battle was fought. The particulars are'de
rived from a despatch slating that the Turks
under Girolte, Meher Pasha, fell on the Rus
sian rear guord of 25,000 near Soli Tin on
the 21st. The battle lasted during two days,
and'ihe Russians lost 2,500 killed; they
however made good their retreat. The plan
of the campaign and the movements of the
allied army are kept a profound secret.
ASIA
On ihe 19th June, the Turks met with a
severe check in attempting to storm two re
doubts between Usurgnet and Kutais. The
Russians attacked them in Ihe flank during
the assault, and defeated them with 1,500 to
2,000 killed, 12 cannons', 35 standards, and
■ Ihe the entire camp equipage was captured.
-Att erroneous dispatch was published, rever
sing the fact, and staling that the Turks un
der Selim Pasha had defeated the Russians
under Prince AudronkofT, with the above loss
—but reliable accounts show that the Turks
were disastrously defeated.
GREAT BRITAIN,
Independence day was celebrated by a
banquet at the Star and Garter Hotel, Rich
mond, given -bv George Peabody to 150
guests. Queen Victoria sent her own and
Prince Albert’s portraits to decorate the di
ning;room. Sir James Emerson Tenent pro
posed “The memory of ‘Washington.’’’
Speeches were made by Messrs. Buchanan,
Peabody, Buckman of New York, Barnard
of Connecticut, &c., and a song was sung,
written by Mrs. J. R. Peabody. '
SPAIN
The insurrection continued, and Govern
ment was severely pressed. The Queen had
thrown herself on the protection of the troops.
It is impossible to come at the truth. From
the statements published by Government, the
insurgents numbered 7,000, of whom 2,000
were cavalry. They demand Ihe dismissal
of the Ministry, and the Queen’s favorites.
The outbreaks as yet have been entirely
military. The insurgents charged three
limes unsuccessfully, and at length, aflef
great loss, retreated upon Toledo. The roy
alists would again attack them, when the ex
pected reinforcements arrived from Saragos
sa, &c. Anxiety was fell as to the part that
Generals Narvaez and Serene will take—
meantime the insurrection is formidable, and
it depends upon accident whether the insur
gents or royalists will triumph.
News from Washington,
Special Dispatch to the I N. Y. Tribune .
Washington, July 10, 1854.
I have positive and undeniable information,
from the highest sources at Honolulu, to the
effect that aTreniy is about concluded between
Mr. Gregg, the United Slates Commissioner,
and the Government of the Islands, for their
annexation to the United Slates forthwith.
The only unsettled question in relation to the
annexation is, whether the Islands shall come
in as a Territory or a Slate. Mr. Gregg in
sists on the former. The Administration
here at Washington is perfectly advised as to
thaposition of the negotiations.
This is kept a profound secret at Honolulu
to all out of the court circle. The King and
Privy Council have the constitutional power
to make the treaty, and in fear of fillibusler
ing or something else in the way of foreign
invasion, they are exercising it. The native
population is undoubtedly opposed to annexa
tion, whila tho majority of the foreign resi
dents desire it.
The Post Office Committee have a call of
the House, and will move to take up the
Railroad'bills. This shrewd movement may
carry the road measures.
A New York Nebraska Democratic mem
ber says, the North had better not take issue
against popular sovereignly, but go at once
for the Repeal of the Fugijive Slave Law.
This is pretty rich for the Nebraskaites,
Col. Colt’s book-keeper and a Mr. Wright,
testified before the Colt Committee to-day,
Horace H. Day and others from New York,
have been subpoenaed and are here.
Liquor Law in Rhode Island.—
Ajb amendatory auti-liquor bill has passed the
House of Representatives of Rhode Island.
It provides for the punishment of drunkards
by a fine of five dollars, or imprisonment in
jail for a term not exceeding thirty days. It
provides fur her, that if he, (he offending
party, shall, while in the custody of the offi
cer or the court, dr after conviction and while
imprisoped, disclose the name of fhe person,
place, die., of whom he obtained /his liquor,
and shall give evidence therefore upon cbm
plaint and warrant, he may be discharged.
It provides further that any person who shall
have furnished., or given away, intoxicating
liquor of any hind to any person found impl
icated, he shall be sbbject to the penalties of
the law. This bill passed the House by a
vote of Forty-five to twelve.
The Cholera has made its appearance
among the workmen at the Glendon Iron
Works, Gaston, Pa, Five deaths occurred
there last week, four of which in one family,'
and several more ere reported. Many of the
hands becoming alarmed, have leA the pre
mises, and it is difficult to procure attendance
for the sick. Nearly all the hands on the
Lehigh Valley railroad, in that vicinity, have
qpil work and left. On Saturday and Sun
day, five laborers on that road died from chol
era, at Freemansburgh..
THE I#®
WHMBOEOnOH, P*. j
T h nr«day M»lfi»l P|i Jnly fly, 1854..
'•~ A»TI : BEBBA«Ki TICKKI.
r FOR GOVERNOR, I .
JAMES POLLOCK, of NGrtlmmljerland.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,'
OEORQE DARSIE, of Allegheny.
_ FOR SUPREME COURT, '
DANIEL n. BHYSER, of Montgomery.
Oar Tillage—Tioga and Temper,
ance.
There-are thousands who are born and reared in
Uie midst of brick and mortar wildernessesj instead
of amid pleasant fields and grand old foreslj trees—
who traverse hot and dusty streets, rife with jtbe con
fusion of business, instead of cool, quiet and grassy
paths, where nought but the sighing of the grateful
winds and the sweet and constant gash of bird mu
sic greet the ear; and who creep out of thejshadow
of their brick and marble palaces once a year to rev.
el in the sweets of country air and country fare. It
is to some of these thousands that we feel constrain
ed to speak of our village and its surroundings, as
in every way worthy of their consideration when
they torn their &ces oountryward.
Walkthrough is a pretty village, of perhaps eight
hundred inhabitants, located in the heart of a fiue
farming’country tolerably well improved' Sir a coun
try where lumber is the staple production, Thevil
lage plot is quite extensive snd regularly laid out.
The hills around it are not characterized by that ah
ruptnesa so common in Northern Penneylvanialand.
scapes, but ascend by easy and gentle elopes, with
few exceptions. Nature seems to have pnt more Jin
iafl, so to speak, upon Tioga, than upon many of
these Northern Counties. -She is plumper, rosier
mom healthily constituted and of course more at
tractive. Though the dame has more lovers now,
than is exactly allowable to the sex, we will say to
those who live at a distaned, that she is always ar
rayed in her best “ bib and tucker,” hereabouts, and
is extensively admired, because she is always in the
best of humor.
Looking south-eastward from the village, one of
tbe most beautiful of landscapes is presented to the
eye of the beholder. It is one of those kaleidiscope
views of Nature which intoxicates tbe senses with a
full draught of beauty, but which men never think
of justly describing. We are col speaking (or tlioee
who have gazed on it every day of their lives; but
tor one to whom it is exceedingly lovely. And wo
have no doubt but that the flrsl impressions of any
admiler of Nature will correspond with ours essen
tially. There is also a variety of scenery in other
directions, which cannot fail to interest the student
of Nature.
. The beautiful in Nature, is here developed rather
than tbe sublime. There ere no lofly and continued
ranges of mountains fading grandly away in the dim
distance—no Niagaras, thundering down our moun
tain gorges; but there are forests of stately pines
and gloomy hemlock, and clumps of graceful elms
and leafy maples, and cultivated farms, and snug,
substantial farmhouses and farm buildings. Ajl this
you will see, and admire.
Then there is Tioga village—not the leaet lovely
of Tillages, by any means ; and as visitors fi(atit-t|}e_
east most pass through it-£•&«■<> W^U«ha>.
oath* we cannot pass it without remark. The rev
eller from New England will inevitably remindetkof
the little villages among bis native bills, with their
neat dwellings embowered in shrubbery, their taste
ful flower-gardens, and last, but not least, the fine
large IrOcr that overshadow (he broad streets. We
shall not soon forget taking off Imt, and making a
profound obeisance to these latter {per force) as we
passed under their pendent branches, perched upon
the top of the overloaded stage, not many weeks
since. They arc glorious old trees though, for all
that
Wo believe it is very generally known', at
least in the adjoining counties, that the region round
about Wellsborough abdqnds in various fossil re
mains, which must render interesting
to the geological student. Iq a few hours of .pleas
ant rambling recently, we collected upwards of a
hundred fine, and very perfect specimens of fossil
shells, comprising some six distinct varieties. They
occur in the slate, formation in astonishing quanti
ties; and in a species of rock resembling bornslone,
they seem to have been taken up while tho rock was
in a fused, or liquid stale. In the slate formation
the deposits sre very regular—Uic shells invariably
resting upon the convex surface. The action of wa
tor is very perceptible in the arrangement and ap
pearanoo of Ilia hills, valleys and rocks.
If abundant resources are . conducive to wealth,
Tioga County must at no far day become a wealthy
County. Thereisnn abundance of coal—bitumin
ous—and iron, oceans of pine, hemlock, beech and
maple, for building and other purposes. The people
aro industrious and intelligent, and thrill is every
where visible.
With 25,000 inhabitants, this County has but eei
en licensed liquor shape, if wo aro correctly informed.
The Temperance cause has a good start, and Maine
Law or no Maino Law, tho day is not far off when
no licenses will be issued here. Wellsborough has
no legal rurahsles,-and a drunken man, or a street
row, are both of uncommon occurrence. Besides,
we are informed that Sheriff Guernsey is entirely
clear of boarders.
The Good Templars have two flourishing Lodges
here, and there is a Division of the S. of T. and a
Lodge of the I. O. O. F.-pall doing well, as indeed
is nhpost everything, except Rum and political fogy,
ism. Old fogies will probably be reckoned among
organic remains ere raanjf years.
cr Wednesday, Iho 19th in»L, was,lhe hottest day
of the season, hereabouts. We beard a rumor to
the effect that Thursday waa a abode holler; but
Wednesday was hot enough for all practical porpo.
sea. Fat people and standing collars were about
I equally scarce in the, streets, and lean folks were
;satisfied to remain as they were, however much they
(had previously admired plumpness. The mercury
on the-day alluded to, at the Cleaves House, rang
ed as follows;
Six.*., 94deg: 10—96 deg: 11—100 deg;
Hi —101; and at 7 r. m., 84 deg.
On Monday some rain fell, refreshing both indi
viduals and vegetables.
O’ We invite any responsible fViend of Mr. Pol
lock, the Whig candidate, to point to any official
ail of Governor Braufe, that baa been at variance
with the interests of the people at large.—Montrose
Democrat.
How about (bat Beer Bill that got into'His Ex.
cellency'a breeches pocket 7 Would n’t it be well to
label that pocket “ Bills slock here J"
S3* Had tho Calotbumpians treated our good chi
“ns to on? of their wandering Concerts before our
leading article was set bp, instead of on Monday
night, we should have otnitted a portion of it. Re
ally, we did n’i recognize anything very attractive,
or creditable- tn the performance, bxcept the winding
up; (hat pleased all who wcrer sleepy, undoubtedly.
Tbe base pitdwoiuated largely in the mnsie.'
r®r#HEJsTISS?
ET Mr,6i«fe then,
iyon can iifElw, tKe. awn if
ho desired'lfclwilie could pbt, arhobaanoaoUmri-'
Ity from t&jiaftyiwhioh j« |
; We ratnbliojedttoti
al in j&gfc, in wluchvii usual;
are lottWwwhat'lfi'do'uMa* to what‘the editor is
driving at.. .He seems to have taken for hie motto
in media, tulUtimai ibit, whicbhero meant— u the.
top : of die foneeis ssfcrthsa either •idi. ~A ’
With all proper deference, we moat diaaent from
our neighbor's view of Mr. Biglsr’srposUion. We
think there are just two horna toevery aimpie dilem
ma, the Nebraska question baa jurt two aided—«n
ti and pro. TheNebraaka resold ollll presented to
the Convention-that nominated Mr. Bigler, were tid
ed oat it itfuue; why t—not becanao Mr. B, waa
hostile to thst-measare—oh, no! no onepretenda any
ajich-thing, that we ate aware of; hut .becanao he
“ deprecated that such an issue ahould hare been at
tempted." Ah, ho was afraid to speak out, lest it
might affect hia election—that lathe plain truth;
and if he had been hostile to the Nebraska hill, by
dimply recommending anti-Nebraska resolutions to
that Convention, they might possibly have been pass
ed; and doubtless, hsd this been done, that measure
never had been enacted. Its friends were watching
Pennsylvania, and as she went, so went the bill.
And let no one suppose that in ruling out those res
olutions in that Convention, the Democratic parly
repudiated the Nebraska bill, for U did no such thing
(hoiigh the editor - of the Eagle would so represent
it. It repudiated it os on ISSUE, not qs a. MEAS
URE.
Let us see if Mr. Bigler is not the Nebraska cati
didale, by his own election. We may suppose that
his especial organ, edited by one of bis mast pliant
tools, is a fair point from which to view bis position.
Listen to the Democratic Union:
“ We acknowledge the polite and friendly atten
tion of the editor of the Daily Newt, for giving pub
licity to the fact that “the Nebraska bill is adopted”
by the democratic party of Pennsylvania, as an issue
pending between the friends of freedom and the ad
vocates of slavery, »' * • We have no conceal
ments an the great question of public liberty. The
sovereign right of the people to rule is inscribed on
our banner. The whigs may glory in the slavish,
doctrines of abolition incendiaries; they may amal
gamate with enemies to our laws and constitution."
Mark the exulting tone of this:
“ The democracy of Carbon county jiave endors.
ed, in the fullest and . most emphatic 'manner, the
great principles upon which the Nebraska bill rests.
In every part of the State, the masses are arousing
for the coolest, and only await the time for action."
Now we submit that Mr. Bigler is the Nebraska
candidate, according In his own organ. No sane
man con doubt his.friendship for that infamous bill
oiler the above confession.
A masterly silence upon the great questions of
the day, will not suspend public opinion in regard to
Gov. Bigler's position. The day is now come in
which plain “ yes ” and “ no,” are required by the
people, in answer to their inquiries; and he who
dares not say either, will not be excused from the
just suspicion of honest men.
We are not the champion of the Whig parly,
here, or elsewhere; but one or two assertions in the
article in the Eagle, alluded to, demand s little
attention. For instance, when it says that the whig
party at the North' stood up in solid phalanx to sus
tain the milk-and-water administration of Millard
Fillmore. Oar neighbor either know-better than
this, or he is unpardonably ignorant He should
know that there was a great disaffection in the whig
.ranks, and we think that the masses generally are
.ware uf it.
Again, when he. says that with the exception of
J. R. Giddings, the Whig party has furnUbed no
anli-slavery champions of much note; of effect we
are constrained to a»k btiuOuui wlmt party Bevraiu,
Sumner, Greeley, C. M. Clay, &c., come, or are yet
members. And when he says that David Wilmot is
democratic in sentiment, we are imppressed to oak
him about how many weeks it is since he became
willing to admit Mr. Wllmol within the pole of the
immacculate democratic party. We fear that our
neighbor is again the subject of an eleventh-hour
conversion ; this sudden wheel may nut be called a
miraculous change of heart, but properly, a miracu
lous change in opinion—unless we are greatly mis
informed. And wc would further ask, have not
democratic journalists generally for several years
past, been unanimous in denouncing the whigs as
Abolitionists 7—and bow long is it since the Eagle
among others of its stripe, declared that they, (the
whigs) were but just waking up in regard to the
non-extension of Slavery 7 Do these things bang
together ?
More Annexation.— The laughable extravaganza
selling forth the grasping propensities of Young
America, is subsiding into sober reality. There is
no burlesque so extravagant that he will not surpass
it in deed. There is no ambitions scheme that ho Is
not ready to engage in. Now, through his agent,
Mr. Gregg, he is trying to make a dicker with the
Sandwich Island princes, for their sea-girt homes,
and they stipulate in return that their principalities
ho erected into independent Statcos, and not, as
Master Frank wishes, to be crippled by territorial
governments.
Finally, what necessity will there bo for reviving
the Slave trade, if the Sandwich Islands shall be an
nexed, as there is every reason to believe now ?
What a fine place it will bo to rear human chattels
to supply the coming demand in Kansas!
Docs any one suppose that j this magnificent
scheme was.hatched in Mr. Pierce's sorely pealed
brain? Of course not; for who |iloesn’t know that
he only acts the part of the hen that sits on duck's
eggs ? The South laid the Cuba and Sandwich Is
land eggs, and Mr. Pierce is expected to set on them
till a favorable result appears. It is to be hoped that
he will not have to look after the precious brood for'
a longer period than two years.
"Tower's Elements or Gummas, n —By D. B.
Cower, A. M. D. Burgess &. Co., Joho-st New
Cork.
This little book will be erected with a cardial
welcome by teacher* generally. We have carefully
examined it and cheerfully bear witneaa to its excel,
lence as an elementary work. It is especially de
signed for juveniles,'and is to grammar, what Co],
burn’d First Lessons are to higher Arithmetic.
Smith was in advance of Brown.Kirkham and Mur.
ray, for beginners, and&bi* is an improvement be
■ydnd the latter 1 . Tower has simplified, and brought
down the science to the level of juvenile comprehen
sion.
Gontr’a Lxdk’b Book— L. A. Goner, Philadelphia.
The August No , is folly op to its usual standard of
excellence. The illustrations are excellent, and the
ladies are especially cared for. Terms, $3 per an
num, or 83,50 to clubs,
U. S, MailStxame* Franklin.— I This fine steam
er went ashore in Moriches Bay, on the morning of
the ITth inst, The passengers were safely landed,
and it is thought that the greater part if her cargo,
said to be worth a million of dollars, will be saved.
ST The Homestead Bill has passed the Senate in
an awfully mutilated condition, 1 Whether it will
survive the action of the House, is yet to be told.
ST The potato crop in these parts, is Buffering for
rain. Corn is not yet injured Grain
looks Well .
TY. ACrXTATOB,
QQVi
Not of the Wayne Coin-'
<y JStxafjlpi hU ovftteWifg generality, awards our.'
oolomnin notice,
for start notices—pip.'-
ones—dittoes toiboseofa contrary character. Of
this latterSUmpisfriend Beatdslee'a.'
Oar friend hap discovered two points in oar plif.
'form 1 * so? anfair fkllaoloua ” thathef* cannot
permit them to pasa nnexposed." Now to bis expo*
aitiqn
He says we sneering]/ call Gov. Bigler “the hero
ol a pocket veto, mid the author of a non-committal
letter upon the qowtion ofa Prohibitory Liquor law.”
It is true , that we said this, not sneeringly, but be
came we are in the habit of calling men, things and
actions, by their right names.
It is true as he aaya, that the bill pocketed by Mr.
Bigler, passed late in the session. Why did it pass
late in.the session 7 Because it is customary with
such politicians as Mr. Bigler to ward off all issues
except strict/ parly ouea. prior to an important cam.
paign; and because if Mr. Bigler had received that
bill early in the session, he would have been obliged
to act in some form upon it. This would have alien,
ed the friends of the bill, of that large body of nal.
uralixed citizens who roaufacture and sell the article
that bill was intended to curtail, according to Ids de
cision. By pocketing the bill be, and bis friends ex
pact to suspend public opinion, in a degree, draw the
Lager Beer vote, and, peradvcnture, to materially
aid in his re-election. The bill passed late in the
session, friend Beardaice, so that your friend Gor.
Bigler might not be necessitated to take final action
upon it until after Ihp fall election; and a man of
your political experience ought to know it. It is
useless to deny the ifacl that Mr. Bigler is the liltlo
hero of a pocket veto.
It is also true that Mr. Bigler Is the author of a
non-committal letter upon the Subject of a Prohibit
ory Law. Yoh say that he c< uld not pledge him
self to sign one before he had examined into its con
stitutionality. Most sapient Bigler! In conscien
tiousness howrigid—in leaving a hole to creep out
of, how characteristically wise! He did not pledge
himself to sign any law, whether constitutional or
not. Now where is the foundation for the charge of
unfairness preferred' against ns by the Herald 7 It
exists only in the fertile brain of its editor. In the
namo of common sense, why did not Bigler answer
as straightforwardly as did Judge Pollock 7 Because,
friend Beardslee, your friend, Mr. Bigler is a coward
and a miserable vacillating time-server, who counts
place many degrees higher than he does the public
weal. This is why he did not answer as plainly as
did Judge Pollock*
The gentlemen who addressed the Gubernatorial
candidates upon the subject of Prohibition, did not
ask them whether they would sign an unconstitutional
law. They did not contemplate enacting an uncon
stitutional law,; und Mr. Bigler, if hia associations
at Harrisburg have not utterly destroyed his confi.
dence in his fellow men, did not suspect that that
Committee had any sinister design in addressing
him upon the subject of Prohibition—then why did
he whiffle about?—because ho dared not speak ‘out.
We shall support Mr. Pollock without reference
to his political faith—caring nothing for that, but
much for his boldness and independence. We shall
never lie about his opponent, and we never sought
to advance our own, or any man’s interest by unfair
means. We shall use every honorable means to as
sist in defeating Bigler, and will show hands with
friend 8., or any other Hanker editor that supports
him, (Bigler) after J»ext October, and the world shall
judge which are the cleaner.
Friend Beardslee has discovered from the editori
als of our first number that the Agitator is 'Whig, to
ttin vAwnti oiraiigemedtily doctrine laid
down there, was Temperance, and Equal Rights io
all! But we forget. The Democratic parly repu
diates both these great doctrines—-consequently they
must bo Whig doctrines; consequently the Agitator
is a Whig paper. Very well—make the most of it.
As before stated, we ate pleased with unfavorable no
tices—from our opponents.
We learn from Harrisburg that the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee have prepar
ed an Address, in accordance with the pub
lished programme, taking strong ground in fa
vor of Nebraska iniquity; but on present
ing it to Gov. Bigler for approval, he suggest
ed many alterations, and finally sent out an
agent to submit it to leading Free Soil Demo
crats of Wilmol’s District, for their approv
ai. We should say that an address endors
ing the Nebraska hill, would need consider-'
able alteration pefore it would meet the ap
proval of Frec-Soil men. The. lending Pree-
Soil Democrat in Wilmol’s District we be
lieve is Wilmol himself, and if submitted to
him, he would no doubt suggest such emend
ations as would materially improve it" After
it had passed through his hands, the reader
could probably tell if it was for or against
Nebraska, though we infer that would not
be so easy in its prqsent form. For what can
cause this great difficulty in gening up a pro
slavery address, except a desire to make it
read to Free-Soil men as if it were anti-slave
ryl A difficult task, truly—they had belter
set E. B. Chase at that. —Montrose Register.
Parties—Delegate Elections,—lt re
quires no (jreal discernment t0,5e&414l par
lies no longer exist. Whig and Democratic
parties, with their distinctive principles, have
passed away. The next election will show
it. It is not worth the trouble for small poli
licians to call conventions and settle tickets.
They will be swept away by the people like
chaff before the wind. Even in'this strong
counljy, it is doubtful if a single member of
Ihe regular ticket will be preferred.
caucuses and small dictators will tie longer
force such slave-mongers as Hiesler and Dar
lington into office.— lni. Whig, Lancaster,
Pittsbuboh, with a population in fhe city
proper of 70,000 persons, only averages
about 20 deaths in, a week I Not a single
case of cholera has occurred in that city du
ring the present season, There seems to be
something in the Coal-smokaand atmosphere
of Pittsburgh, that is conducive to health—
for it is a fact that it is the' mbs* I healthy city
in the Union, and an epidemic, of no kind
was everkoown to rage.there.
list Norristown, Pa., A person by the name
of Joseph Dettro was employed to sow guano
and ashes, which caused his fingers to become
very sore, and "several of the nails came off.
In due lime| however,' the wounds healed
overj and nothing ’more was thought of it
until about two weeks .ago, when : he was seiz
ed with great pain in his throai-nnd jaws, and
on the 15ih ult,, died of lock-jaw.
PopulakSovebeiontv.— This is the doc
trine of the Nebraskaitds, but Senator Ton
cbv, of Connecticut, having been instructed
to vote against the swindle, refused to comply,
says the: legislature!are humbugs, and that
be feels highly complimented by their censure.
■Vi :
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pr<f|TeM||f Backward—Jndge '
Editor of thR Agitator— lJedr'Sfr;
I think the late conduct of Hod. J. C. Kpox
is deserving of public notice, and permit one,
who was formerly an admirer and supporter
of him, to record bis solemn (protest against
his backslidings, J
It is the doctrine of physicians that if their
pqtient is not improving be is getting worse,
and it is tny opinion that the same doctrine
holds true in politics and morals. I have
known Mr. Knox intimately ever since we
attended the district school together, and have
known his honest arid earnest struggles to
obtain a living and distinction. When in the
Legislature he was believed to be the most
radical man there; and his independence of
opinion, and' fearlessness in expressing it,
distinguished him from the most of his fellow
members. His bold attack, made in a speech,
upon the inefficiency and fogyism of the Su
preme Bench of the Slate, was well deserved,
and attracted much attention throughout the
Commomwealth. He also took a prominent
port in passing the law closing our jails to
the slave hunters, and the law extinguishing
the last remains of slaveholding in the Stale.
I think at the time the (oiler law was passed
there were about fourteen slaves in the Slate.
Of course I do not propose 1.0 speak of even
a majority of bis public acts deserving alien
lion and approbation. Bui there is decidedly
a different and opposite character which he
has chosen to act of late;.the motives, of
course, cannot be explained, I allude more
particularly Do his conduct in his late visit lo |
this county. It is well known to Mr. Bigler
that Judge Knox teas very popular here, and
for that reason he was pitched upon as a sort
of Missionary, probably£-to visit and reclaim
us from the fanaticism irfjo which the Gover
nor thinks we have fallen. Mr. Knox very
singularly reached the county alj the very
lime, and at the very point at
Wilmot did. And after doing what he could
to restore the political health of Lawrence
vllle, preceded Mr. Wilmot to Wellsborough,
and was there upon the day that Mr, Wilmot
spoke, where he received the most pointed
rebuke and neglect—not being idvited to.
speak in a Democratic Mass Meeting, al
though a popular speaker and former favo
rite. The fact is, the people knew his mi;- j
sion and believed him a backslider.
MrJ, K. remarked at the close of the meet- 1
ing that they were abolitionists, because they j
had passed a resolution in favor of the repe'al !
of the wicked “ Fugitive Slave Law.” Now j
I recollect that the Judge condemned that law j
in strong terms about a year after its pas
sage, and had had no fears of being called
an abolitionist.
Mr. Knox was willing lo pledge Mr. Big
ler to come out in a letter condemning the
passage of the Douglas bill, but said he could
not pledge him lo be in favor of its repeal.
Now all can see that the repeal and restora
tion of the slavery restriction is the only
practical question. And this maneuver of
the Judge is only « political trick. The
South does not care how much we condemn
me taw it we stop thbre, and do not repeal it.
Mr. K. proceeded to Potter county with
Mr. Wilmot, probably to neutralize the ef
fects of his speech, and I am informed on
good authority, tried to induce Judge Wil
mot not lo speak. This conduct shows him
no man for the \imes and the people, but a
mere party man-4the tool of an inferior wily
politician —in faol/a degenerate son of Tioga
* Now on Never. .
FOR THE AGITATOR.
What Next?
Mr. Editor:—The people have had large
and spirited meetings upon the subject of the
extension of Slavery* and therein they rp<
solved that it was the-duty of all to unite in
our political action as the only way to pre
serve our free institutions—the pride of eve
ry true American. Now, in accordance with
such resolves, let a County Convention be
called of those who are in favor of restoring
the celebrated Missouri restriction—and make
that Ihe only test,
I propose that the Democratic County Com
mittee recommend such a Convention, and
set the lime, and let the VVhig Committee
concur in the recommendation. The Con
vention to nominate candidates fur County
officers, and the Legislature.
If such is not the meaning and intent of
the resolutions, they mean nothing. And if
we follow the glorious example of a number
of our sister Stales, tve will call a Stale Con
vention to pm forward men on whom we can
all unite. There is . time enough; and if
those opposed to the Douglas fraud will en
sure success, then let them deserve it by lay
ing aside dead issues. For they know that
old things have passed away,
VVill Whigs or Democrats tell us what
they are fighting for under their old party
platforms, except it be the spoils 1
I set it down as a fact, that if a man, in
sists upon his old party organization under
the present circumstances, that he loves par
ly or office better, and before the welfare of
bis country.
The people hove spoken through their
Muss Meetings against the greatest national
fraud of the day; add now the only way to
carry out this popular expression is speedy
and ihorough organization. Shall a'County
Convention of four or six delegates from
each township be called, or shall these popu
lar demonstrations go for nothing! Let the
true and determined friends, of Freedom act
promptly and without flinching. Now.
The Indiana Antl-Nebbaska Conven
tion met at Indianapolis on the 13ih, Judge
T. Smith, an old line Democrat, presiding.
The resolutions oppose the Nebraska swindle
and the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
pledge a general co-operation, without regard
to parly predilections, against the extension
of slavery, in favor of a prohibitory Liquor
Law, and deprecate the Action of the Demo
cratic Convention which met nl Indianapolis
last May.
They say there is a saw mill down east
which saws so easy, that while a young man
was silting on the log, while the log was run
ning through, he was sawed in halves, and did
not discover it until the overseer told him to
roll off.
■ir \--y
New York , July 13,1864.
To thh Editor ofi-hk Thakscbii-t:
Musical amusements are a tdullin Nov York
just now. as fancy in Walt
The Italian opera excites no enthusiasm; the
excessive heat of the-weather being too much
for us all, even when Coixed by the mur
muring waves which splish. around Castle
Garden, This is an inac spicious time for the
opera : moat of our resident opera-goers are
out of town, and strangi ra are exceedingly
scarce. Beside, Maretze t has made a great
mistake in putting his tickets at one dollar
instead of fifty cents; h s company not be
ing sufficiently good to mil unusually hard
upon public curiosity, tai te, or pocket: con
sequently, the audience 11 Castle Garden are
very thin, and whoever iirnishes the funds
must be losing money ra fidly.
rr Great activity prevails among the
ers of sheet music and music books. Mr.
Lowell Mason, whom you Bostonians so well
know, is_engaged upon his crowning must*
cal work. It is to be cdlled.“ Thb'Haiie
tuiAH,” and will contain the raalurqst flower
ings of a mind of great hatural strepght and
activity, enriched with hplf a century of as
siduous and culture. Mr. Ma
son is (he author of fifty musical works; over
forty of which were wri ten and published in
Boston, two iij London, knd four in tins city.
Among these are Hie Bdston Academy's Col
lection, and the famous Handel and Hayden
Society’s Collection, wl ich ran through thir
ty-five editions J also, tie Carmina Sacra,
which has had a larger- sale than any other
music book ever published.
Beside editing the fifty books mentioned,
Mr. Mason has always been extensively en
gaged in lecturing and teaching, and how he
has ever gotthrough wi h all his work is a
mystery. 1 have been informed that it has
always been his practice to rise about 8 o'clock
and go down to breakfatt, where there would
be lying beside his plate a batch of music
proof, which ho would pxamine and correct
while breakfasting. All 9 o’clock, his leach
ing and other public laqors would begiu, and
continue until dinner I me. By the side of
his plate at dinner woqld be another lot of
proof, which be would correct aS he dined.
After dinfier, he woujd again engage m
teaching, lecturing, or either business; and at
tea moj-e proof to be exam
ined and corrected After lea, he would
give a lesson jin music tja some class or to his
| choir, unless and then re
turn home and work till midnight, and often
, till 2 o’clock in the moj-ning. It is said that
I fox twenty years he tfas never known to
I spend even half a doy| in mere amusement.
| His labor was a labor! of love, and conse
| quently his work was |his recreation, it is
| thus that Mr v Mason |has been enabled to
| write fifty works, instruct thousands in music,
1 lecture fur and wide, travel over the United
States and Europe, amass a splendid fortune
and, give away anotbeij fortune, for his indus
try is only equalled by |his benevolence. And
now, " The Hallelujah ” is to be the crown
ing work of this long 4nd useful Hfe. It will
doubtless be a magnificent production, wor
thy of its nuthbr and cur country, which has
j thus far taken the lei.d of all the world iu
| works of- Psalmody.
In general iileralurq, there is very liltlo be
ing done just now. Publishers are shy of
bringing out now worts, as they consider the
thing has been greatly overdone during the
past year. Of some twenty books, which
have been published this season, only three
have had a respectable Bile when judged by
the present standarc, and these are the
“ Lamplighter,” “ Mis. Partington;”'and the
“ Second Series of Tern Leaves.” All the
rest have slept.soun’d y—a warning to those
synters w-ho mistake] their faculty o( appre
ciating the works of genius, for the ability
to do works of geniujs.— Boston Transcript.
or Kansas.— A letter in the
St.'Louis Repvblicai\, dated Whitehead, Kan
sas territory, June 2sth, says that thousands
of emigrants from Virginia, Kentucky, Ten
nesee, and Missouri,)have alreaflJ’arnVed in
that territory, and thousands are still pouring
in, the lands for frdm ten to twenty miles
back, having been, ’with but few Exceptions,
claimed by squatterk. The writer gives- the
proceedings of a meeting of these settlers,
at which a squatter! Association was formed
to make provision fcjr deciding upon disputed
claims, &c. Resolijuions were adopted, pre
cisely similar to those passed at thasqualter
meeting held at- Si|ll Creek trading house.
Among them were resolutions to afford no
protection to abolit onists as citizens of .the
territory, and reenn mending slaveholders to
introduce their “ pnperly" as early as possi
ble. A Vigilance Committee was appointed,
and also five “ delegate? to the General Ter
ritorial Convention, to bo held at Sail Creek,
on the 4th day of Jily.” Of what character
this Convention is expected to be,.no mention
is made.
A Nebuaska Set
an officer in ihe Phil
who was making an
Delaware aleqgiboali
animated MjKvers;
The discusjv wn
naturally enough it
crowd around the dii
nation of thwargum
on board, accosted l
" Friend, do I uni
thee is in favor of tl
“ Yes, I am.”
“ Well, thee is a
not in the employ
raenl.”
The official Jiboll
look, and immediati
stairs in the direct!
Gazette.
As IT SHOULD B
wire, residing near
erled themselves sol
train on the New I
the danger before it-j
tree had fallen direc
(hereby avoided the
have been handsome
road Cornpany. < -Tl
ed them each a life
Company, and ai silk
accompanying (he pi
pressing the gratitn
their noble and hue
Republican,
rtEB. —A few days since
adelphta Custom House,
excursion on one of .the
i, became engaged in an
' on the Nebraska Bit),
i an exciting one, and
collected quite a largo
putants. At the tormi
tnt a Quaker, who was
te official thus :
erstnnd lhee to say thkt
le Nebraska Bill ?” J
itrangcr to me, but is thee
if the General Govern-
iman gave one bewildered
ly disappeared down the
in of tho bar. —lVenton
—Mr.jSilßs Horton and
Dwego, l who recently ex
nobly in warning the
fork and Erie Road of
—which was, that a large
: lly across the track, and.
f horrors of ,a collision,
tly regarded by the Rail*
le President has jferward
pass, a medal fern the
p dress for Mrs. Horton,
i esonts with a letter ex
lie of the company for
[pane conduct.—JEforiro