THE JAP AX TREAT!'.
RATIFIED BY THE SENATE, JUDY 15.
Treaty btliuen'tht United Statet of America and
the Bthpire of Japan , done at Kunagaicil the 3U(
■day of . March, in the year of our Lord Jesue
Chriet, 1854, and of Kayei the Seventh Yean,
' ’third Month and Third Vay.
The United Stales of America t\nd the
KmplWol 1 Japan, desiring lo establish
lusting and sincere friendship between-the
two nations, have resolved to fix, in a man
ner clear and positive, by means of a treaty
or general convention of peace and amity,
the rules which shall in future be mutually
observed in the intercourse of their respective
countries; for which most desirable ol.ject
the President of the United States has con
ferred full powers on his Commissioner,
Matthew Galbraith Perry, special embassador
of the United Slates to Japan, and the august
sovereign of Japan has also given simi
lar full powers to his Commissioners, Hnyn
shi dai-garkuno-kani, Ido, Prince of Tsus,
Stma, I/.away, Prince of Mima-Saki, and
Adonn, member eff the Board of Revenue—
mu) the said commissioners, after having ex
changed their said full powers, and duly con
sidered the premises, agreed lo the fol
lowing articles. /
Aifi'ictE I. —There shall be perfect, per
mnnent, and universal peace and sincere cor
ded amity between the United States of Ahic
nca on tlie one part, and Ibc Umpire of da
mn on ilie other part, ami between tbcir peo
ple respectively, without exception ol persons
u; tdiee.-
Art. H—The port of Sirnodn, in tho
I’riiK-i;>:ilitv of Idzu, mid ihe port of (lako
d ill', in thr I’iinnpihiy of illal-mii, urn
granted by the. Japanese ns poris for Ihe re
icon'inn of American ships, where they can
lie supplied with wood, waler, provisions, and
roil, nnd oilier anicles their necessities may
reu'ure, ns far as.lhe Japanese have llieni.
The nine for opening iho (irsl named porl is
inmvdialelv on signing 1 his ireaiy ; the laM
namcil porl is lo he opened immediately nl
!'•' I tie same dav in Iho ensuing Japanese
rear. [Noth —A lardf of prices shall he
given by ihe Japanese officers of iho things
which ihev can furnish, payment fir which
shall made in colil nnd silver enin.]
Art 111 —Whenever ships of the L r nitedi
R'nlcs are thrown or wrecked on Ihc const ol
Japan, Ihe Japanese vessels will assisl them
nnd oarrv their crews to Sirnod i or Hallo
dadc,pnj hand them over to their country
men, appointed lo receive them ; awhat
ever articles the slnnwrcckeH may have pre
served. shall likewise lie restored, and the
expenses incurred in the rescue and support
of American nnd Japanese who mnv thus he
thrown upon the shores of ciihcr nation, are
nut to be refunds:
Art IV.—Those shipwrecked persons
nnd other citizens of (he United Stales shall
he free ns in other countries, nnd not he suh
iccted lo confinement, but shall be amenable
lo ns 1 law.
Art V —Siunwrccked mariners and nth
c: crizens of me I mied Slates, temporarily
living at Simona or [l.ikodade, shall not he
suhieei io such restrictions and confinement
as me fluid) nnd Chinese at Nagasaki, hut
shall tie free at Simoda to go where they
please wuhia the limits of seven Japanese
miles lor ri) from n small island In the har
bor of Simona, marked on the accompanying
char’ hereto appended, and shall in like man
ner be tree In go where (hey please at Hahn
kade, within the limits to he defined after the
visit of the United Slates squadron to that
place
Anx. V! —lf there be any other sort of
goods wanted, or nuv business which shall
renmre to be arranged, there shall bo careful
deliberation between mu parlies, in order lo
settle such matter
Art. Vli. —1; is agreed that ships of ihe
United Stales resorting lo ihc pori open to
them, shall be permitted to excln ngn gold
and silver com and articles of goods foi
other articles of goods, under such regula
tions as shall be temporarily established by
the J.ifihnesc government for that purpose.
It is stipulated, however, that the ships of the
United States shall be permitted to carry
away whatever articles they arc un« iliing to
exchange J’
Art. Vlll.—Wood, water, provisions,coal
and goods required, shall only he procured
through the agency of .Ktpaucsc officers ap
pointed for that purpose, and in no other
manne;
Art. IX — lt is agreed that if at any fu
ture day the government of Japan shall grant
lo any other nation or nations privileges and
advantages which are not herein guaranteed
to the United Stales and the ci'iiens thereof,
that these same privileges and advantages
shall be granted likewise lo 1 lie United Suites
and persons thereof, without any consultation
or de-lav
Aar. X.—Ships of the United Stales shall
be permitted lo resor' lo no o'lier ports of
Japan hut Simoda and Ihikod-rde, unless in
distress or forced by stress of wealh'-r.
Art, XI, —There shall be appointed by
the government of the United Stu'cs cmnsuls
or agents lo reside in Simoda, at any lime
nfter the expiration of eighteen month.- from
the date of the singing of fiiis treaty, provided
that either of ■ho two governments deem such
arrangement necessary.
Akt. Xll.—The present convenlion hav
ing heart concluded and duly signed, shall hn
obligatory and faithfully observed by ihe
United America and Japan, and by
ihe citizens and subjects of each respective
Power ; and it is to be ratified and approved
by the President of the United States, and
with the advice and consentof the Senate
thereof, and by the august sovereign of Ju
pan; and the ratification shall.be exchanged
within eighteen months from the dale of the
signature thereof, or sooner if practicable..
In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipo
tentiaries of the United Stntesof America mid
the Empire of Japan, aforesaid, have signed
and scaled these presents. . , " .
Done at Ivanagawa, this thirty-first day of
March, in the your of our Lord Jesus Christ
one thousand , eigh’l hundred nnd. fifty-four^,
nnd of Kayci the seventh year, third month,
and third duy. I\f. C. P^mtv.
The Wayne County (Newark) Democrat
wants to know (he whereabouts of one VVil
liam L. Brown, a teacher of Penmanship ?
He has forgotten to pay for something over
two reams of Letter Circulars which he of
dared printed at that oflice. Pass Ihe genllo.
man on till the Dcmociti: ta duly informed.
5W
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JAKES POLLOGRi'rf
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
GEORGE; DARSEE, of Allegheny.
FOR SUPREME COURT,
DANIEL IS. SNTSER, of Hontgomety.
Nk\v Advkbtiskmknts. — On first page, Dr. W. W
Webb's card maybe found,and on third—Mr.J. L.
Webster's card as Insurance agent, R B- Smith, E«q
do., J. R. Bowen's new advertisement, JU. E. Gray’s
“ Cheap for cash," &-c., Arnold's Bakery and Van
ely Store, Corning, N. Y., and farther on, V. Case's
notice lo Formers and others. Let them be read.
To ttilti-Ncbra,ka Men.
In an emergency like the present, when (he futo
of millions depends upon the integrity of the masses
and their independence of party leaders, it render*
union of the friends of liberty absolutely necessary.
It is lime that steps were taken for the purpose of
rendering every effort that may be put forth effects
ivc, by concentrating and directing the onli-Nebrasj
ka element, now, by reason of old party lines, neccsj.
sarily much broken and j
Thai there must be an-kirfalgaination of ibc dis
approving of olFparthjs is conceded by oil hostile
to the Slave power. The repeal
of the objectionable features of the Nebraska bill,
and a Tier that, the repeal of ibc Fugitive Slave Law
—should be made abiding issues, and rallying points
around which the friends ot Freedom may gather,
so long as the clank of a cha in shall be heard within
our borders. Whig and Democrat—all that object
to the transplanting of Slavery upon Free soil, and
the sale of Northern freemen in the balls of Con*
gress, like chattels, by tbcir professed servants —
should now shake Imnds'tind forget the dead issues
which have heretofore separated them, and join up
on this one, so fraught wilh importance to the des
tiny of this land.
To us, in view of the question of freedom or fwve
ry to millions of God’s helpless creatures, the reier- ,
cnee paid lo shadowy lilies, lo men rather than to
principles, and to favorites rather Jhan lo meritorious
men, seems little less than criminal. What arc
names, when the lives and liberties of unborn mill
ions arc involved 7 Of paltry consequence, truly.
A correspondent in last week's paper urged tl o
call of a General Convention in Tioga, composed of
men of all parties without distinction, for the pur-
of making a County Ticket for the Fall dec
lion. Wc regard ibis ns a much needed movement,
and with many others, hope that it will be entered
into, and pushed on by the united strength of all
anti-Nebraska men. Nolhing can be done without |
organization, though Iwo-lhirds of the freemen of ;
Tioga were agreed on the Ncbrasko,qucstion ; fori
unity in action must be secured, as well as unity of!
sentiment. Who will take hold of the mailer, now,
before it is 100 late 7 Lei us not forget that time
passes quickly, and that the enemy is busy while wc
arc slothful and inactive. It is time to move; let
us work as if there was to be no lo.mnrrow.
It is desirable that there be union on the Slate
ticket, as well ns upon the County. We look confi
dently forward lo some action by tlio anti-Nebraska
parly, now unfortunately divided in their choice o(
candidates, but not irreparably so. Judge Pollock
is without doubt, the strongest candidate before the
people ; nnd we think, (bo only one upon which Ihc
greater part of the anti-Nebraska element can be
concentrated. Ho is nil right on the question at is
sue, nnd we believe the only objection urged against
him by our Free Dcmdcratic friends is tbaUic clings
10, or is not committed for the repeal of the Fugi
live Slave Low ; in other words, that he is not sutfi.
ciently a “higher law” man. We are sorry for
this, as we believe that Ibis objection is not so im
portant, as a defeat would bo disastrous to tlio com
mon interest at the North. In a late No., of tho
Coudoraporl Journal,- we find a reply to a letter on
this subject, received by Jo is S, Mans, a warm,
hearted, earnest worker in the cause of Freedom-
Subjoined is Mr. Mann’s reply lo the letter alluded
lo :
Wc arc decidedly of the opinion that the cause of
freedom need not bo sacrificed, and we trust will not
bo at the coming election in ibis Stale. The Free
Democrats simply ask that Judge Pollock will say
dial the lime has come for the North to unite in op
position lo the encroachments of Slavery, and that
he will use bis influence in favor of the repeal ol the
Nebraska bill, and of the Fugitive Slave bill. I.et
Judge Pollock nay Ibis, and wo presume the friends
of freedom in Pennsylvania can be united in Ida sup.
purl. Would uur friend advise us tu accept lets
than (l.ia ’
Wc hardly expect the Frcc Ttcmocrals to accept,
less than Judge Pollock’s repudiation of the Fugi- }
five Slave bill, and his pledge lo urge its repeal. .
And he will do lids, unless wc greatly mistake the [
"man. Indeed, he has already spoken through the (
State Central Committee in firm, and unmistakcablc |
language, aimed, if wc can construe it, directly at'
the infamous measure last referred 10. If, as is af. j
firmed, the Missouri Compromise was superseded by I
the Compromise of 1650, wc cannot sec how a re
enactment of the former can tic oilier Ilian a direct
onslaught upon the latter. If one sui>erfiedes the
oilier, a reinstating of live tiling superseded must of.
necessity he no less Ilian a repeal of Ihe tiling su
fierscding. Wc subjoin two extracts from the Ad. ]
dross of the Whig State Committee, touching sever-k
ol importmr point s lo in ihc coining cam.
piign. Wc arc glad to sec ttic Committee lake a de
cided stand stand in favor of freedom. The follow-!
ing in plain enough, and almost as radical as one 1
coaU wish: j
n I'o the doctrines of the act of 1760 which re-'
lieved us by constitutional means of a grievous so
cial evil —lo the great ordinance of 1787, in its full
scope and all its beneficent principles—to a resolute
determination to effect the absolute and entire re(kjal
of (lie aggressive portions of-the Nebraska hill—to
the proteeijonof the personal rights of every human
being under the Constiulion of Pennsylvania, and 1
tire Constitution of the United Slates, by maintain- i
ing invlolJtc the trial by jury and the writ of hube- !
us corpus—to the assertion of life duo rights of the I
States ot the North as well os of the Sought, end to
tho integrity of the Union, never so much endanger,
cd as when a wanton wrong ,|s inflicted—to, these
principles the Wliig party of rcnnsylviriia abet‘its
candidates arc pledged. On this strong ground'they
arc content to stand,mud to the > support of- these
principles wo invite the co-opsraUon of every free-,
man in Pennsylvania." . i
If the above paragraph doer not in effect advocate
the repeal of tfuj Fugitive Slavtf Bill, then language
fails to convey idea*, A restoration of the right of.
trial injury to the Fugitive Slave, just at effectual
ly,cripples tbo .bi.ll, .as ils (repeal—ln fact, docs deg.
trails force, by rcijdcying its execution difficult.
Here is another slrofig jiaragfaph from the same
source f' ‘ 1
“ Wc arraign the National Administration, aided
ami abetted by the present State Executive—for in
opinion and action they oro identified—before the
pooploof Pennsylvania. Wo hold them responsible
for tho revival of sectional .agitation. They bare,
by the abrogation of did Jllissauri line, by 'which,
north of overlain parallel of,latitude, slavery was
forever prohibited,'ardnsed a spirit of resistance to
aggression which it may be difficult to appease.
6H3taXM^-sg*yUf
MU
They hiVeilone thi»j^ariidjiiy, ; rests
(hi resp&aibluty. Wb onr Iriendsthro
out IliO la every towjs|% t :,lo ef-y
ganize.aiSdittiimng all clcct.;
such a &ejHmtura and repnsstinlalioh Jir<3yi)£rcB3 ; '
aswillelw;* dobisive fgMfclo Ihow.WtoliaVe!
anew.invoked us-tiwigitauo"^-~ *
On the Stale reform and Tempoaanco queftiers,
the Committee are as frank and decidedly favorable,
asfonocan wish. Olf the other, haijtj;;Oio,Addrc?B:
of tiro bemfsoralio Committee in silent upon the at,
sorbing qnetAlons of the day, while sufficiently .the
ological in its lone to suitihd illo'at fastidious, The
Know-Nothings are the object of its especial ami
general mftice. '
Mr. Bigler’s friends fear nothing sp.ranch as f.
onion of the anti-Nebraska men of all parties. In
one of the Bigler organs recently, we saw an nrti
cle in which the sapient editor kindly pointed -out
llurway for the several opposing parties to walk in
the coming strife—which was, that each should be
consistent, and vole for its respective candidate,
the most laughable thing about an editor
who supported Mr. Bigler, should exhort other peo*
pie lo be consistent! But this shows what the Big
ler party hang their hopes of success upon. Shall
their hopes be realized ? I
tint Juatitiamat Aquiial
Eagle of July 13. Eagfe of Feb’y 9d.
[EXTRACT.] [SXTIWtT.]
«In tlio language of a "The Washington Un.'
contemporary * wo aronotion justly remarks, that if
aware that wo have been wo exhibit the wisdom
in any respect deficient in which becomes our parly
holding up the 1 Nebraska on the present occasion,
swindlers’ ’ to public con. we will allow our old cnc.
demnutionandscorn. Thermos, whether Whigs or
North has passed itsjudg-Abolitionists, lo lake no
me n I on them, and will bo benefit from Ibo Ncbras.
sure to execute it. Notlka question. That wis.
one of the authors or sup. dom will be displayed in
porters of the bill wilt be presenting an unbroken
trusted again. All tbosejcolunm in favor of the
who were engaged in the Compromise of 1850. Wo
act of perfidy,whether be. feel that every true Dem
longtng to the exccntivcor.ocrat will readily respond
legislative departed e n t,jlo the sentiment, that our
ore under the popular ban; plighted faith, our parly
they have taken leave ofjiealty, and our lovo of the
public life forever. No. Union, demand that the
parly which supports orlprinciples of that Com.
favors the fraud, whethcr'promiso shall be rccog.
boldly and directly, or nizod and affirmed in giv.
lUintly and by, implication ing a territorial govern
bas the slightest cbunce*inenl to Nebraska. In
of succeeding in any clcc.jlhe. emphatic and patriot
lion in the free States Ihric language of Mr. Dean, j
years to come. The peo-'wo believe that ail good |
pic have deeded this, and,Democrats, as well as the
we arc jiroparcd to co-op. friends of the administra
orate with the people. Ition in New York, u re
in wlmi parly arrange-gnrd the Compromise of
menta those whoaroinflu-1850 as a full and final
enccd by a common pur-settlement of the slavcry (
pose on this great qncs-agitation in Congress, and 1
lion may cnlcr, is yet (othoy are willing that the
be seen. ’l’lie present ef. principles af that Com.
icrvescence will doubtless promise shall hr applied to
crystal’™ into some rogn- ony ncio territory that j
lar organization, which may be organized, tcheih- \
will send to Congress men'cr it be NEBRASKA,
who cannot be bought ov- CUBA, or SONORA ! I
cr lo the support of lb.it The. RILL REPORT- I
scries of WICKED ED BY AIK. DO VO.'
Af EASURES of which LAS, CHALLENGES'•
the Nebraska oct is the THE SUPPORT OF
prclilninary. *• • So EVERY TRUE DEM.
far as this Congressional OCK.47’, upon the ground
district is concerned, it is Mot it re-enacts and re.
ell right, onr immediate affiims the principles of
Representative, Mr. Gaow the Compromise of 1850."
having failiifuily ropre.j
sented bis democratic con.
slilucncy, ami must be
Mistuliifi) by the demo
crats of Tioga."
' Tlioso who read the' Eagle last week, must
have been reminded, ns we were, of the fine illustra
tion which it afforded ol the truth of the following
couplet:
The flesh Will qnivnr where the pincers tenr—
The bloud will follow whero the knife is drivenl
For if the “ noble bird " had been in its death-throe
it could not hove exhibited greater ngony.
All the abusive slang meted out to ns last week
by the Eagle end ils callpw brood, was in part pay
ment for the publication ofjthe card habited in mour
ning at the head of this column, some two weeks
ago as an illustration of the magnificent gyrations
the Eagle is capable of describing, in its political
migrations. The worthy Col. is most respectfully
informed that that cord, will bc publishcd in these
columns as occasion may require, or until its incon
sistency is explained away. And lei it, be understood
distinctly, that no quibble con release onr heighbor
from his unpleasant situation before the public, and
that the cry of “ mud dog," cannot frighten us from
doing our duty. Jl may be painful to strip the cloak
away that hides a brother’s shortcomings from the
world at large, but we cannot forbear; and we hope
our unfortunate brother up town, will remember that
wo do it 11 more in sorrow Ilian in anger."
To all thp abuse our neighbor thought proper to
heap upon us, editorially, or by manufactured cur.
resplendence, we make this reply, and hope it will be
remembered by whoever rfads it; Though a 'stran
ger,” we have a higher opinion of the intelligence
of the people of Tioga, than to think them capable
of mistaking slang, and abusive epithets, for argu
ment, or tile language tlmt’gontlcmcn use in adjust
ing their differences, as our neighbor has done. Wo
shall never use abusive language towards any indji
vidual in these columns, and we would scum to lend
them for that purpose. We nsk the people of Tiogji
(o judge of os by our works, and they nijldoil
They n ill likewise judge between us and our neigh
bor, as to which pursues the most manly course.
It is easy to heap epithets and make bass inyiuua
lions ; but it is not manly—such are not the weap
ons that gentlemen use. And it is true, as our read
ers ate aware, that no man who is conscious of the
justice of his cause, flits in such a lowering and un
governable a passion as' the Eagle exhibited in its
lalo'atlack upon the editor of this paper. IV,. have
•marked out onr course, and shall pursue it regard
loss of denunciation from any quarter, parly, seel or
Clique, so long as we stand in the path of Duly.
And we ask no quarter from the doers or upholders
of Wrongs arid grant ndhc—considering tho privil
ege-bf Speaking out boldly whatever truth-may oc
cur to us, as .the most 'sacred of alb ■
Now to our contemporary’s quibMe, in which ho
vainly, strives to clear his skirls from Iho gross in.
consistency apparel in thotelally dificrent sbnti
mools expressed,in Ibq card alluded to. H c makes
« grave charge against ns, .which deserves especial
attention, although without the shadow of a fourida;
lion. Jfo says that wp have garbled extracts”
from an article on the Compromise ip the Eagle of
Feb.2d. Now] wodcny lhallhc extract is garbled
in any sense of'the term, ' And wo ask every pan
Who has a.popy of tho papejt,referred to, to read tho
articlefrojh which we .made the extract, and’judge
lor himself Any not haviqg a copy vC qn SCO
one by calling at our office. ‘ At the same lipje, wo
affirm 'that If the article referred to iqcans anything,
it inearts (p endorse the tipuglas infamy emphatical
ly. And the childish quibble in' which ho says tliiil
the Nebraska'bill hadbiit jtist iiedn'reported in the
Senate, and thqt he t'hbu'glil if tight to standby it
bccahsd'the hfissdnri lino had been ri.enncicd by
the acts of 1850, is unworthy of i man of his sense
and experience—utterly unworthy. Why ,thefea.
lui t« of Hr Nebraska bill, to far as the Missouri l{ae
A.jPTATOB&^W
teat ajftetfd hy essentially the tai
fpiqjtfiwtH/ktig ai'adireft abrogation i
to the Co
at the rep
herfatefed Conlpmnfao; osw which i
nejg hi'Ptjjjnd, Jus jJlj I UtC-
thcirpolilicol faith and grounded their .
'pianyyoars. /And noilbis alone, bni.w
legation jwas made against it, its apalogi
and said! that thq Act. of I§2o, was sup
the Act of 1850!—the very Compromij
neighbor so reveres, and which, in part,
nlcd in a meeting of which he was an
six weejes since! Alas! Colonel, snci
will not l;e taken for-argument any more)
guard. iAnd you have notadvanced. o|
wards clearing. your course on the Ni
from the charge of contradicting, ap exhi
card published above. The public will d<
To the-chargc of being a “stranger,"
cnly.antj' pointedly in the Eagle, we pli
but wo heg leave to assure, the people
tliat we were not aware that it was a
fence to be a “stranger.” And wo wool
those unfortunate strangers who read
Eagle, that they must not suppose tlrn
is the moulh.piccc of the people Tio;
certainly never were among people wlu
uniformly kind and conrteons to sirangi
Tioga people. Even the editor has treat
—notwithstanding his animosity to strai
per. Upon the whole, strangers can ven
on, and our attentive host—P. P. Cleav
that thu “ young eagles" don't pick lb
One, and ono only, of llio Eagle cor:
is worthy of either notyto, or contemp
only because of his utter ignorance o
of whioh ho writes. That renegade
writes from Tioga village, Colonel—vi
the Agitator because the Eagle was so < :<
the Compromise and Temperance! (give
neighbor, and we’ll send him a specie
consistency.) Who knew of a number v ho had stop
peel the Agitator, and who sent you a dollar—that
whig, we rather suspect, is a creature of imagination
—though we wouldn’t hint that the Eigle, the im
maculate typical apostle ,of democrat y in Tioga,
would even think uf printing a fancy sketch from
the murderous quill of its editor—pf course not!
bless you J dear Mr. Public, of course not!
Now wcMl talk about that Tioga village whig.
Any gcnllchiun can bo satisfied as to £ho truth of
the fallowing facts, by culling at our office.
1. did drop the Agitator in Tioga vil
lage, and only one, up to the date of the letter.
2. He is not, and as far as we can learn , never
was a whig. \
3. That gentleman is our neighbor's father-in
law.
4t/i. last and best—On (he very same day that (he
renegade whig sent a Dollar {!) to the.. Engle, our
good friend, {though we never saw his face) Wm.
Garretson, Esu., (may his shadow never grow less)
sent us an order for NINETEEN copies of the Ag
itator, and $l9 in cash , all to be sent to Tioga village
as follows: ,
Chas. O. Elz, $l,OO H. Pf. Borden, $l.OO
C. Osmun, 1,00 Jos. Fish, jr., 1,00
Thos. Wands, 1,00 C. H. Place, 1,00
O. T. Howard, 1,00 Geo. IJ.Tancr, 1,00
G. G. Reynolds, 1,00 J. M. Keeney, 1,00
A. Sanderson, 1,00 11, C. Borden, 1.00
A. Humphrey. 1,00 Abra. Adams, 1,00
T. L. Baldwin, 2,00 Tioga Div.S. of T. 3,00
Total, 10 copies and $lO.
Now wo submit that our neighbor's Tioga letter
looks very dubious; and wo know that his attempt
to pi.tr tlm Enyle at our expense, will not fail to be
appreciated by on intelligent public. . We shall live
down all such opposition, and make our contempo
rary ashamed ol every base insinuation he has em
ployed against us. Bear this in mind.
We again inform the public that the Agitator is
not intended for a whig paper, nor are we the
mouth-piece of the whig party, any more than our
frightened contemporary is the mouth-piece of the
true democratic party; and this paper has no more
to do with its antecedents, than has the type upon
which t|ic Bible is printed, applied to other printing,
to do With theology, Let it bo distinctly under
stood, that we have nothing to do with the course of
the Advertiser , and that no courteous man will be
guilty of abusing an absent foe.
As to the charge of being a " hired writer,” pa
raded in the Eagle , we reply : We arc not hired, as
we can convince any man ; and such is our aversion
to being hired, that wo don't believe our worthy con
temporary could hire us at arty price, to support him
for the office of Register and Recorder this corning
jail.
Our neighbor calls this paper, “the Christian, He
former and Moralist." We thank him for his can.
dor and kindness in making this concession; and
we regret that we cannot return the compliment
without doing violence to the l(ulh.
In conclusion : we do not find fault with our.con.
temporary for changing ground on the Nebraska
question; not at all. It is only because he misrep
resented his course upon that measure. There is no
other cause of quarrel between us, and since we can
not stoop to meet him with tho unmanly weapons
ho has offered ' us, in accordance with this notice,
(and we ask pardon of our readers for inflicting this
upon them,) wfc shall pursue the path we have cho.
sen to follow, regardless of abuse. If our neighbor
is really an anti. Nebraska man, we can pull, together
on that question, surely. lie is at liberty to indulge
his idiosyncrasy in regard to epithets'when he speaks
of us—we shall only defend the principles we advo
cate and revere. The public will judge between us’
About Ourselves,
We are about to do something that ib very com
monly done by now papers, but which we have never
done before, viz: publish a few, out of many friend.
)y notices from our brethren of tho press. We see
nothing wrong in doing so, and it may relish with
the public £8 well, (we hope, bcllcrl),ae opr neigh
bor’s self-glorification, last week. We do Ibis Unit
we may thank our brcllirci) all together for thoir
kindness. '
“ VVe hail the appearance of the Agitator with
unusual pleasure. * • » ' The now paper, fotlu.
natcly for the cause of progress in Tioga County,
has secured the services of \V. D. Bailey, of the
Advertiser, as publisher, bud will therefore have nil
the strength of the old paper, with tho addition of
all that a faithful, accomplished and
hopcfiil yoiilig man, who wields a graceful pen, can
give it. » • tVo liope every friend of Temper
ance, and every hater of oppression in our sister
county, will,giro the Agitator a generous and enthu
siastic support.',' —Courier ajmrt Journal,
Judging from the increase of names on tho sub
scription book during last week, wo. think the hope
expressed in the last paragraph of the above, is in a
fair way of being realized.
37te Tioga Agitator* an independent newspa.
per, which aoknowlddgcs no allegiance to any party
os a; parly, bill joins in' tho.cdftflict against Slavery
and Inleiuperaqce, hassttpersoddd the Wetlsborough
Advertiser, heretofore the Whig, organ, qf Tioga
county.
The Agitator is edited, by jijf. in. whom
wo recognize the abloffeprlcssjand independent ed
ilor of the uVitio Dawn, a phper recently published
in ' Koiteedatol , Wo : predict a' successful bareerTor
the paper under Itis Register,
The Agitator, is the title of a newspaper the pub
lication of which has just been commenced at Wells
borough in r this Sta.tc, by Messrs. Bailey A. Cobb.
Mr. Colb is well known to most of our citizens flout
Moi necliprtwilb the editorship oEtbjfTfrurpatan
'he Jfgftator , is but
supper a Ibe'whigßlalet’mket he canaeitto gentlemen
coiebd ing il ftjS 'eppoeed to the Ncw«kn swindle,
tdaliVmacnly
W.Tkf UgitiloßtWc* theplsco of at
' ’WeIBI gfottgfiftftitllgoes strong agrftltsf ttfeNbbraska
jnjqy il ftSJayery and Intern perance.— ; 7V'. V. Tribune.
.Tm Agitator.— Tliis is Uie title of a new paper,
~the'fir l.nutpber of which is before os, published by
Bailey! & Cobb, Wcllsborough, Pa., M. H. Cobb, cd
i ilor. St is devoted to the " Extension of the area
j of Freedom, and the spread of Heillhy Reform,”
I andadvocatcs tlie enactment of a ■■ prohibitory law
| for the entire suppression of the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors.” It argues well for the
welfare of the country, that the Rum and Hanker
publications are dyingi out, and new and vigorous
ones are springing up instead, that will spread a
healthy influence in community. iVetes, Keene',
N.H.
These ore a few of the kind notices Our paper has
received, for all of which we are thankful. '
is at
i f the Com'{:
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I the biU.al
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ur
iy6, pinpodj
lopes for go
Wd tills at
ts stood up .
arseded by |
e that our
was tcpudi
officer, not
i. quibbling
Ilian black,
to step to
braska bill
bilcd in tbc
rcido for us.
" made op-
I :ad guilty;
hereabouts,
criminal ol-
II inform nil
last week’s
i, Us editor
;;a j for We
[ were more
i rs, than the
led us civilly
igers on p a.
urc to come
r.n, will sco
:ir eyes out.
■espondents,
j and that
the matter
Whig, who
ilio dropped
onsislent on
ns his name
nen of your
A Rainy Day. —Rainf'days have been anathema
tized bod read out of the calendar of things to be
wished lor, to be endured with patience when serU,
or to be “ found missing ” when one is ready to
set off on a pleasure jaunt For us, a real good old.
fashioned rainy day—one in which the rain comes
down steadily, strait down—when all Nature is gloo
my and tearful, and the cattle, and the fowls in the
fields and yards walk 'abotiffirdopUigly, or congre
gate beneath the trees and sheds—when (as wc re
member) the farmer sits down by the kitchen fire
with the last paper in his hands, and the boys and
girls are 11 cutting up didoes ” in the w t’other room," \
that is the kind of a rainy day that is pleasant and
loveable. To-day (Saturday) is just such a day,
reminding one of a hasty breakfast bolted in hopes
of better fare, a walk through wel grass and tangled
underwood, a confused heap of hooks, lines, baskets,
bail boxes, glorious nibbles, u chubs where ibe trout
ought to be,” terrible appetite, cold victuals and not
half enough at that, another walk through the wet
weeds, supper same as breakfast, nobody to sympa
thize with bad luck, and a mental vow to the effect
that trout and alt other finny individuals, hencefor
ward be suffered to train on their own hook and es- i
lublish their own line of conduct, Independent of!
our wills and inclinations.
CT Wo clip the following rich morceau from the
editorial columns of the .M’Kean Citizen of last
week. We advise brother Allen to keep his eye
peeled for the “ devil” who perpetrated that loader.
There's something besides u dirt and things ” in
Insbyad —depend upon’l.
The editor of this paper has been absent
all the week, save one half day and night.
Consequently, we boys of the oliice have to
get up the “ edit,” and get out the paper, and
we have tried to get a little money from our
subscribers. '.Veil, we got it too. This is
one of the paying papers. Since our editor
left, we have received ten shillings all in
"speller.” Now if we knew bow we could
keep this out of sight of the editor, it would
greatly add to the minus condition of onr
pockets. “Ned” says, “ donl tell him.”
But ihnbwont do for wc heard that the man
who paid the money, met the editor and told
him all about it. Wc don’t suffer though, as
those poor fellows of the Elk Advocate did.
We have found that a little planning, is as
good ns hard \Vork. And to get out of the
sad dilemma ihul'wc arc in, tailing warning
Irom their condition, we hit upon a plan which
bus worked first rate this week. We told
the beef man, that if he would trust the con
cern to a pound, a pound and a half or two
pounds of beef that wc would give him a
puff. Well he did it. " Ain’t we lived
ihoiigh?” ,Won’t somebody pay in a few more
shillins before the editor returns ! We have
spent the most of this for “ ice cold lemon,
nde." But just listen to the Boys of the Ad.
vacate.
"When our beloved cashier went awny he
said, " hoys” if you warn money, you
must collect that due on ihc ptfpcr, as 1 have
got only enough to lake me to Philadelphia
and buy the city if I like i(. Well, we did
colled what we could. We have raised one
(pmrler, Iwenly-five cents and two shillings,
cash, money, gold and silver, in one several
pieces, and this is all the money we have got,
and we do not know of another cent due this
establishment. We lenvc it to our readers to
say how much this will do towards buying
clothes and victual's for a large family, and
keeping body and soul together, of Iwo
hungry devils for ivvo weeks. We arc, like
all printers, used io hard litre, having ever
since we learned the trade been accustomed
io eat drink and go naked, but we- can’t
slnrve.
Hurrah for our side. Slop the press.
Unlock the form. Another dollar has arrived.
We bad only just set up the above when the
mail brought us this. “ One good turn de
serves another,” Come, send in the cash
while the editor is gone. We will never tell
I,im ” S
Who Kili.ru Him.— On lasfeveningsome
cold blooded liqnor seller for three cents, sold
poor John Donohey, a railroad hand, whis
key. Donohoy walked nut upon the Sandus
ky Hail rood to the bridge, one and a half
miles from town, and ns he was siant'crins
. CO 0
along the, track, the evening irnin swept
around the curve. The engineer saw the
man' and immediiilolv whistled down the
brakes, and with soul filled with horror, gave
him every warning. Douohoy saw the trriin
coming. He stepped from the track. An
oppressive load went off the engineer’s heart;
butnlqs! the poor drunken wretch lost his
balance, fell back, nml the cow-catcher strik- 1
ing his head, split it lopm completely,' and i
knocked the unfortunate man into the creek.
The brakeman immediately sprang from the
Irnin and brought him ashore, but John was
dead ! Who is tho murderer? "We ask the
liquor seller who sold him the liquor—answer
(o your conscience as you will answer In (he
day of wrath—arc you not his murderer!
And'then put your httn&upon your ill-goiten'
gain nnd say : For tkriee cents have I done
this thing.” —Mansfield fO) Herald,
Opr sentiments exactly. The natural, and there
furo the rational conclusion.
The Cat Species.— “/My son, how many
species of cals nre o lhei;of" “I ibouoht,
Gtissy, they were only Vwo—the domestic
and the wild cal.'* “ 1 tell you there is five.
Don’t yer suppose 1 knows, old lady ? ” “I
daresay ; but be a little more respectful, ond
name them. ” “ Well, there’s wild cats and
tome cals.” “But that make's only two.”
“ Jest you wait, old lady, till I get through,
won’t yer ? Ajnll there cat-fish and cat-a-lioe
and cat-n-wampus?” “And you may add
another species to your list,” said thf) mother
of this hopeful, “when your father returns
look out for a cat-o-ninc-tails. ”
✓
> Wlien> lithi
Tim Reverend John
city, having delivered a
in (he town of Bedford,
of last week, on which
formed by the Chronii
town, “ (he Reverend
audience that Gov. Bigle
ledi in the cause of prohil
to sign any Constitution!
lature might, pass, 1 ’ nnc
had it from the lijis of the Governor, hit h
had a letter in his pocket from him to that
effect,” we now coll upon the Reverend gen
tleman to produce the letter which he boasis
to have in his pocket, and publish it to the
world alongside with the one written by Gov,
Bigler to the Stale Temperance Convention,
and which was pronounced unsatisfactory by
that body.
The Reverend gentleman having made a
public declaration to the effect stated, either
he is guilty of a political fraud, in thus rep
resenting Gov. Bigtir to be in favor of i
Prohibitory Law, or Gov. Bigler is himself
guilty of gross duplicity and prevarication on
the subject. ' His letter to the Stale Tempe
rance Convention was pronounced unsatis
factory by that body, and yet if we aro to
believe the Reverend John Chambers, that
gentleman has not on)y satisfactory evidence
from the own lips, but carries,
about with him in hisj pocket, a private letter
from the Governor tjo tho same effect. So
far ns the Governor’s conduct in relation to
the Lager Beer Bill, os well ns his letter 'o
the State Tcmphrnnce' Convention, arc con
cerned, his personal land official ads are to
tally at variance with the assurances this
vouchsafed for him tj the people of Qgdfora
by the Reverend John Chambers, find go
far to negative those assurances, it i3~doe,
therefore, to the public, and the Reverend
gentleman owes it 110 himself, lest his onn
veracity may be doubted, that the letter thus
boasted of should bef published, and we now
call upon him to produce it, so that \ve know
the truth. 1
A failure to publish the leller ihus earned
about in his breeched pocket by the Rdverend
gentleman, alter being thus publicly called
on lo produce it, .will place him in a most
unenviable position before the public. (Jov.
Bj^ler r in Ins letter lb Mr., Bonham, expres
sing his willingness lo stump the Stale, not
only emphatically, but rather boaslingly says,
ilial lie has “ no opmionions to disguise on
any subject ,” and there can therefore be no
preience on the part of Mr. Chambers o
withhold ihe letter boasted of, if there be any
such in his possession. Come, Reverend
sir, let us have that letter. —Daily News.
Ilouicslcad Bill.
The following nre the Homesiead provi
sions in Mr. Hunter’s bill :
Sec. 8. —That any free while person who
is at the head of a family who has arrived
at the age of twentv-one years and is capa
ble of holding lands under the laws of the
Stale in k which the Uutds lie, shall, from amt
after the passage act, be entitled to
enter a quarter section of vacant unap
propriated public lands and no more, Which
may at the time the application is made bo
subject lo private enlryfor a quantity equal
thereto, to be located in a body, in conform
ing with the legal subdivisions of the public
lands.
Siic. It.—That the person applying ur
ihe benefit of 'he eight section of this ac',
shall upon applicatibn to the Register of die
•unnd Office in which he or she. is about to
make such en'rv, nfinke affidavit hc'fore saw
Register ihni he or she is ihe head of a family
or is nieniy-one years of age, and that such
application is made for his or her exclusive
use and benefit and those specially ndentioncu
herein, and not, either directly or indirectly,
lor the use or benefit of any person or
persons whomsoever; and upon making 'tic
affidavit as herein required and filing it «uh
the Register, he or she shaft thereupon he per
mitted to enter the quantity of land specified
—provided, however, that no certificate shall
bo given, or palciyt issued iherefor, until the
expiration of five years from the dale of such
entry and until ihe person or persons entitled
lo the land so entered shall have paid for the
same i«cnly-fne cents per acre, or, if die
lands have been m innihtt more than tvientv
years, twelve-and-a-balf cents per aenh.
We are informed by a gentleman, who was
in Warren Township on Thusday last, ’.hat
one of the greatest storms passed” over ,m
Little Cove on Monday previous, which nas
occurred there during the last fifty vears.
Our informant says that the corn crop was
greatly injured’ by the hull, many of the fields
having been beaten lo the earth and entirely
stripped of blades. The roads in every direc
tion arc obstructed by fallen trees, and manv
houses and other buildings were partially un
roofed. lu ono instance four men hod .taken
refuge in a blacksmith's shop, while some six
or eight horses were hitched outside. A f puli'
of wind parried the hut of one of the pnrlv
out of the building, when the owner went in
pursuit of;it. This circumstance called the
whole parly outside, and scarcely had they
left the building, when an enormous tree some
three feet in diameter fell directly across it
burying the enli.ro fabric in ruins. If i he
parly had .been in the shop'at the time, the
whole of them must inevitably have lost their
lives. Their escape was truly fortunate and
rernarkable.-—jfournaf, Mercersburg, July
21. -t>i.
Guild Killed by a Panther. —We.havc
been informed that a litllo daughter of Mr.
Barker, in the lower end of this county, was
killed by a panther a few days ago, The re
port ive hove is.this: Afrs. Barker sent her
little daughter to a spring near Clinch AJouh
lain for some water. The child staying lon
ger than usual, the mother \yent to see what
Jad become of it. Near ,the spring she dis
overetl traces of blood—ip a short distance
farther a portion of the of her child.
.Mr. Darker was,not at home,' but the agoniz
ed mother succeeded in raising a small com
pany, who went of theymimal that
had torn from her a beloved little one. A
few steps from the place' where the remains
of (he child’were found, a' la/ge jtanther was
discovered in a tree. ’ The unerring rifle of
one of the company,, so soon aMho monster
■Was observed, bronjght him" to the ground. —
Abingdon- Virginian, July 32.
ritTPE deferred makclh-thc heart sick'
lit Letter ?
i Chambers, of this
i temperance lecture
on Tuesday evening
iccaaion, we are in
tie, published in that
ecturer assured the
er was deeply inleres
uition, and was ready
ini bill that the Legis
that “ he not only