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i - from jrtWftilwdicarion*, you may sawy
wMlwbVitlut not a single county or tho
either give Mr, Bigler,
nor anyotbet “ or. Rum man a
ia issued and signed by hundred* of
. Daroocrttssnd Whigs, in ih» county. Tor a
Couniy ConrenlioD, on the sih of September.
fa tome of the largest towns, not a half e
down will refuse to sign the call, A large
number of the loading Democrats took pan
j n the meetings, whfSrb it was voted unanim
ously that “the union of freemen without
regard to old party attachments was the only
safely, for-freedom" and, here there is prac
ticallya fusion. Even now, Bigler has not,
practically, any organ, and two weeks from
n,w, I. think: be will not base nominally, in
this strong Democratic county.
Every intelligent man knows that the old
petty questions ate not at issue; and*ihe
Bigler State, Committee acknowledge it by
. nolicfcrring to'any of them in, their lataad
dress. •
t Yoq.prbbuMy heard of Judge Knox s visit
to this county, and advising, the Democrats
; to-acquiesce,;and finally pfleriug to procure
a letter,from Gov. Bigler declaring that he
watt opposed to the passage, of lha Nebraska
•*' fraud," bul be was told that.etas not the
practical question now. We must have can
.didates thsl-welein favor .ojf the immediate
restoration of the Missouri .restriction. But
that was going lop far for the wily polviciao.
The Honorable Judge dare not pledge the
Honorable -Governor to take any «uch posi
tion.’. Wo bad great -regard hr Judge Knox,
and.’ great hopes of his future usefulness ;
but all such “ hopes are fled.” He is a na
tive of this county, and received more than
bis parly voteVhep running for Judge. Me
is considered a man of more ability far than
Mr, Riglor, hut he did not alter the course of
a man in this or Potter county, so unpopular
was bis mission.
la McKean county the Nebraska men
have no organ, but a strong Temperance
and Ami-Slavery paper is'flourishing there.
You know that Potter has not “ put her light
under a bushel” for a number of years ( ami,
Itrusl, will protest stronger than ever this
year.
The indignation is to hot in Bradford conn'
ty that former parly shackles have perished,
in the flames. Respectfully,
The Parfccr Girts.
Supporting the Honor op me State.
Thu Democratic Slate Committee in enume
rating the many public service of Gov. Big
ler, allude lo his noble defence of the honor
of the State, when Governor Lome of .Mary
land', refused la deliver up the .notorious Mc-
Creary, who stood charged with (he abduc
lop of the two colored girls from Chester
cdtinty,—Elizabeth and Rachel Parker. We
lhiilk the Committee are. hard pushed when
they are obliged Vo refer lo that letter as an
achievement meriting the highest honors,
when we consider the contemptuous manner
in which it was treated by Governor Lowe,
and the suddenness wilb which Governor
Bigler dropped the subject when he found it
lo be distasteful lo his Southern allies. The
sovereignty of the Stale had been invaded
by a notorious outlaw—two of its citizens
entitled to the protection of the laws, bad
been hurried into a stale of slavery—one of
them had been told and sent lo Nets Orleans
—Mr. Miller, a citizen of Chester county ,an
important witness, had been -murdered in a
most flagitious manner—and yet when the
causa and author of all these atrocities, was
demanded in the name of our violated and
insulted laws, and the State of Maryland re
flisei to remand him for trial, Governor Big
ler lamely contents himself with a simple
letter to the Executive of that State, acknowl
edging it to be an infringement of our Con
slilutional rights as well aji all our ideas of
justice. And here be drops the subject!
Gpv. Lowe refuses to return McCreary, and
not a whimper escapes the high dignitary in
whose hands the people of Pennsylvania had
entrusted its dignity and honor. McCreary
goes at large, boasting of bis triumph over
the laws oF-our State, and we know not when
he will again cross our borders, invade our
houses, sad carry off our citizens, as he has
frequently done heretofore. Any other man
but Governor Bigler would have made the
insulting conduct of Govern ir Lowe, the
subject of an indignant appeal to the People
or of n message lo the-Legislature. The re
fusal of Gov. Lowe to obey the. national
qompset would hare been held up to the cen.
auto of the nation. He chose to pocket
the insult, and in his message at the ensuing
Motion We find not one word in denunciation
oflbe conductof Maryland, or in vindication {
of lha right* of our State, —indeed the sob-i
joef os not mentioned I So much for this
praise of the Governor by this redoubtable
and long-winded committee! Were the
State of Pennsylvania to refuse to deliver up
the abductor of a slave, we should never
hear lha last of ,it, and .the Union would be
eotfoogered i our rulers quell the gathering
ftyrm apd our wrongs go unavenged I
iiTHB Wotraonoucn Girls.—A cornu
popdoa^ otJThe. ExeUr (N. H.) JVewa Letter;
•riling from VVollborough, apeak* of the
girl*fin (hat vidmiylhu*s “The young
j»ro
l^wf.^ , vyouogiwr»; aOT,I «up(>pM.«fe»u
ng, They ,ijdm»l» Uie mptm,
jbe, ficjliiy,,ms ■ ,coJt»^”
te* totewbws I* 1 Artie ilea
who
hrt§B/ ho bfu»hiw hi* fiair. •■ r. ’ ’
oaow and. aulS (threat
j* * certain hind of vie* that home
penoo* will ahun if they ate ever bo bad.—
It.ii ad-vice,
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lists POLLOOfaof&oftbmiertaad,
FORCANAiCOMSUSaiONEB,
IOSOROE Allfighimy.
FOR SDPREMb COtoR^ 1 , ;
BAHIttH. BK¥BKBiOfHoßtgomery.
i Pl^Ptßtl' S)R : Cpjfafc&S:
GALUSEiI A. GBOW, pfSiaqiiehaima.
Receipt* for the Agitator for tio will ending Sep
'imbertyt, .... . IM
Geo. W. Davis, $l,OO Jno. Jenkins, $l,OO
J. C. Edeelt, 1,00 G. T; Mathews, .1,00
Geo. Jenkins, 1,00 R.W. Sweet, J.OO
E, Hayden, . 1.00- ' H. Hsyden, 1.00
a! Baiy,.: 1.00 G.W. Hall, 1,00
Abm. ude, 1,00 S. Hoyden, 1.00
L, Bronson, 1,00 W. W. Snow, 1,00
The Free Democratic Convention which met at
Harrisburg on the 30th alt, withdrew (hair State
ticket, sod passed resolutions recommending Judge
Pollock to-the suffrages of sll Free Democrats of
this Commonwealth. In this, tbs Convention evin
ced much wisdom end sagacity, and removed the
.principal abstraction in the wsy of s thorough «nti-
Nebrstks triumph that existed. The course is now
dear, sod-victory, over, s bad principle ppt forward
under the patronage of a rotten party, made corrupt
by power and powerful by corruption, rendered cer.
tain. No one doubted the soundness of either, or all
of the Free bomocratic candidates on the most im.
portsot questions of the,day—non-slavery extension
and Prohibition—but it baa all the while been evi
dent that it was not passible for them to unite any
considerable portion of the anli-Nobraaka strength
at the ballot-box—at least, not so great a proportion
as could be united by Judge Pollock and bis aato.
elates.
It needs no argument to prove that no good anti.
Nebraska man can honestly give hia vole or bit in*
flue nee in favor of Gov. Bigler. lie it ta thorough
ly committed for that bad measure, and far its god.
father—the Administration—os he can be fur any
measure on adherence or opposition to wheih threat,
eas to mar his plans of personal aggrandizement.
Is is idle to talk of rooting np an evil with une hand
while awarding it sunshine and summer rain wilb
the oilier. There is no half-way policy that cornea
up lo the exigency of this Present There is no
supporting an anti-Nebraska head white a Nebraska
liearl beats below. To be consistent it seems (hat
no man opposed to Slavery aggression can vote for
Gw*. tUo-ikimins election-^.
Now ok Never,
It is not pretended that all who claim to be oppoa.
ed to the Douglas infamy moat vote for Pollock in
order to be consistent. By no means. Some grains
of allowance most be thrown in, lo preserve a filr
average. Tlhcrc are some who pretend to be with
the people, for the furtherance of unworthy smbi.
lions. There was a hypocritical Jodoa among tha
•pasties, and the “thirty pieces of taver” have a
hort of admirers in the political world. W e hod no
reference to such aa these when we spoke of consis.
tency. They will vote ae policy seems to dictate.
On the Temperance question Guv. Bigler Is equal,
ty objectionable. He cannot asy what bis action
on a Prohibitory Law would be when a committee
of his fellow .citizens solicit his opinion upon that im.
portsnt subject, yet has satis fled John Chambers
that ho would approve a Right of Search Prohibito
ry law. The Chambers letter does net clear up the
fag that hovers about the Governor's dubious posi
tion.
We cannot agree with the Bradford Reporter that
it is wrong to make temperance an issue in a politi
cal campaign. It is well enough to talk of preserv
ing that question pure from political corruption; hut
if the question is ta be decided at the ballot-box, U
must go into tit political arena and lake ill chance
with other issues. We have no fear that it will be
como corrupted or prostituted by bad men to base
purposes, to any great extent. We believe that the
inherent virtue of tho reform will suffice to keep it
pure under all adverse circumstances. True, it will
be ased os a hobby by some; so is every tern that is
dignified with the name of Religion. But does that
render true religion less pore 7—less to be venerated
and practiced 7 We think nob
We are forcibly impressed with the justice and
importance of the remarks of the Philadelphia Reg
ister in relation to the subject of a Prohibitory law.
It baa strongly urged the importance of electing men
lo the Supreme Bench who are all right on (Ids ques
tion. It says very truly, that the labor of Temper
ance men is useless unless they first reform the
power that is to declare upon the validity of the lew.
It matters not how Wei) we succeed in 'reforming
the Executive and Legislative branches, if you leave
an old fogy Judiciary behind. It has-been e stand,
ing remark with had men threalened with the
pains and penalties of the taw—“ I’ll carry my case
up to the Supreme Court, and beat you there, any
how."
Now, this ahould bo attended to in season. Wo
have aeon no opinion upon tho Prohibition question
from either of the gentlemen who are on the tickets
before the people, that come* up to the proper mark.
It may be too late, now, to remedy the matter, bat
it it not tao Ute to pitch np»n the man who is, judg
ing from bit coatee in the put, the mod worthy of
confidence.
ST Rev. Its Surra, of Roeheder, N. Y., will leo
(are before the Odd Fellow* in the Coart' Hoocc, oc
WetfnewJav evening,l9th Inat. A general attend
imppia roqueded.
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*Ckt Daccra r.ittgat more fiercely .titan ever in
fluir region. Several <kenching-»bewer» have (alien
within'the hat ten' dnya, hut .the aucceeding hoi
weather hae licked np. (heir liltl* .moisture like a
deTcaring-.fi* ma,' : September, cp fly, reposls, if ft
ft*(Hind Tirid Ficiu
—U QQih
gieSJ .fell hf trnlh—is urhai. .tt* deei Hr.'
Glow Injiiiipiij boigeyoftln attrihaUßf.lo bimother
Ditn whet k»hw were hui retl motivekip oppos
ing EQiaU’a matlhtt tp’inftodno* * hiH to repeal the
Fogitlre Slave Law. -If onrftiend will e*H, perhaps
we can convince him.
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Thww**r9t*»»»l^».-*«» t r:^-l**. 44 --
Antl-Hebraska Comity Ticket,
FoSKsBrSES^RTATiyR,
Thomas L Baldwins °/
FOB- PBOTBtmOTART,
Jobu F, Donaldson, Of WtOabort.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDRR.
William D. Bailey, Of WelUtoro.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
O. B. Wells, Of Jadoen.
FOR AUDITOR,
A, E. lilies, Of Charleston.
R. Rockwell, 41,00.
The .Prospect.
te <ioTOo'»»rtar A&iTAfc<ypr u■ ’
, Wat BradfenfcKi'ysrter remarfcSLapon
tbPrme«rioo'#rai*tifc Mr. (i»’« namo-tt-lbe
betd ofiwr ptpwu (be peoples choice- fcr Cson*-
not brought abootky political chicanery—btttinde
| fiance of the wishes of aspirant* and the enmity of
I foes, a*ponl*neoutM(aring to Wif fndependtiieeS hja.
rightoes* and ability. -The. dooslUuencyhe repre
sent* are notibe_ people to permit menttogounr?;
girded, nor, oriiaWfae
quarter tostrike down a CaUbful Representative,
whom'only crio»ei»,thatbo haa truly andbooofaUy,
represented public aanUtpont at borne- <,•*■■
If any Congroaaional aspirant,or any mole-eyed
dehef in pdlueal iitrijotot ddubta that Mr. Gaow
hu the approbatios of tunb-tenth* of the people of
' Ibis District, for Mb Congressional conduct, lot them
make the issue. Trot pot your opposing candidate,
whether lie be aimon pure Nebraska, ring atreaked,
or epeekled, and see what the Tenth of .October will
decide. Any gentleman coveting the I honor of be
ing badly beaten, haa an opportunity.—Don’t all
apeak at.once ”'
We doubt whether any gentleman is covetous
enough of defeat to take the field againat Mr. Gaow
—we wish, .for the aake of a little apice, that some
gentlemen wooW'ventnre fp make the issue.
While apeakingof Uiia matter, it ia proper to no
lice the norel instructioni given <o its conferees by
the Tioga Coareatloa, They were Instructed to
vote ibr Mr, Gaow, provided that tho other conferees
should pledge their respective districts to support a
Tiogsn for the same officoi for the three terras neat
succeeding that lor which it ia proposed tA'pijinunle
Mr. Grow, • This seems rather ondalled tor foi in
apprppiate under the pretent. circumstance#. It is
scarcely to bo expected that inch an emergency as
now exists will arise in another decade, at-least.
It ia worthy of consideration, that all rewsrdk should
be proportioned to the action calling it forth. Mr.
Grow stood op to bis duty like a true man when
many shrank back, a fetid of ths uplifted rod of a
reckless and tyrannical Administration, or dodged,
attiie bidding of a shortsighted policy. Y et, if the
people of lhe counties of Bradford and Susqnelmna
are willing to come up to the demands of the Tioga
Convention, we can we nothing in it to object to;
hut ii, in making the demand, the leaden in that
Convention intended to lead away from the true ap
preciation in which Mr. Grow is held by the people
of this County, and to signify that the claima of asy
man in this, or any other county in-the District to
an eqnal term with him in Congress, were to form
an important part in the agreement to hit renomina.
lion, it was bad policy. There should bo no oondi.
tiont to bisrenomination—at least, no condition like
that attempted to be imposed.
But there can be no formidable opposition arrayed
against the people's candidate. He will be returned
to the place he has tu honored, by a larger majority
than ever. The people have decided thlt already
in Maas meeting, and their decision ia in itaelf a
victory.
Tbe Governor at Ittomrosc.
Wo hire road a report of the Governor's speech
at Montrose, as reported in both the Register and
Democrat, and, comparing it with bis speech in Fal
lon county, we are at a loss how to decide as to
what His Excellency's forte consists in—bunkum
or whipping HU Satanic Majesty " around the
stomp.” Certainly, if be ottered his honest senli
-meats in Fallen county, he did not speak very plain
ly at Montrose. In Fnlloo, relative to the Nebras
ka question, be said: u Tbe republican principle of
self-government was the leading feature of thqCoro
promise OT root!: no u nrnvti liin 'M tHB
tame principle precisely wss incorporated hi the Ne
braska bill, bo would defend that bill as being found
ed upon the great principle of self-government-"
Now, isn’t that as flat an endorsement ut the Ne
braska infamy at can be required by Pierce, Dong,
las it, Co? But bear wbat be said at Montroee tbe
other day, . Wo copy from a report approved try the
Governor himself:
u I mould ham organised the territories, could I
ham controlled it, anduot have ditturbed the Dliieou
ri line.”
The italic* arc not our*. Now the Governor is
desperately in love with the doctrine of u popular
styvereignty,"—endorsed and defended it in 1651,
and in 1854 will not abandon it. Yet the Governor
knows very well that when the Nebraska bill passed
and thereby abrogated the Missouri line, that this
•' popular sovereignly” doctrine was said to have tri
umphed. Then why did he say that ho ( would have
not have disturbed the Missouri line had it been for
him to say 7 He, a supporter of the Nebraska bill
and still a friend at the Compromise of 1830! Oh,
Consistency I Thou art indeed a jewel.
Will Mr. Chase see to it that this grand oversight
of the Governor’s is retrieved 7 Will he come out
like an honest man and acknowledge that ho was
wrong in bis estimate of Mr. Bigler's character?—
He labored hard to convince the freemen of Susqne.
liana county that they might safely swallow him,
without patronizing the national Administration.
This is like the label on a box of sugar coated pills
—“ warranted free from any bad taste in the moolh."
The effect on the stomach being like the book eaten
by one of the Scripture worthies—probably.
We fully endorse the Democrat'! opinion of the
Gorernor’s effort at Montrose —“ He outstripped
himself.”
CT It is a generally admitted fact that Insanity
oilener proceeds from contemplating imaginary evila
than real ends. The contortions of an anonymous
writer in last week’s Eagle, are additional evidence
of its soundness. Wo had thought to let the anony
mous scribblers that find vent for their burning in
dignation in dor neighbor's sheet, fret it ont, with
out notice. It is Unpleasant for an unarmed man
to be subjected to the combined assaults of the two
edged sword of sarcasm and the 43 pounder of log
c in the hand* of such a skillful wsrrior ss the let
ter “H," without asssying to defend himself. Such
terrible, such withering sarcasm *4 H, deals in, is
without parallel in these prosy, matter-of-fact limes.
When we glaqgod adown his burning column, we
involuntarily exclaimed — u Loi the avenging shade
of Randolph of Roanoake, has come back jo vex us,
bis Made rendered keener irom contact wi\|t immor
tality I” Yet, in the language of Webster—“ we
still live,"
We cannot take back one word of what tte have
Mid (boat the Tioga a word. If
ft, or any other lamp of etapidity, wiche* to mia
npreaenl what Wo did My, very well; eachi* the do
pnvityof human nature in aome of it* exemplifica
tion!, and we moat bear ear part of iU >pite. We
did not, a* ft, intimate*, call any member er norni
tree of that convention a ", ninnyhammer," and our
beat anatret to the many vague, and utlrrly/aUe
charge* made In. RV, article, ia to refcr lb* public
lojdrt wbalwe'did.aayof that Convention inlheae
column*. ; We have only to qniet pn one
nying that we fo not, expect, or «i*h the
“ onterrified^to' “VwaOdw" Judge
wanted forVGarnnor r and.nMto-m»dergotbeTdm
Tbntnbprote**. .Will {MelkorwfaatJtipd ef rbet
orio enter* into hit 'pompMcandiailractiie ieMoo?'
~ ETThe pifdoiddUigeorihednti-Nihtartaipoanty
Convention wQI be found in another column. Up
ward* of 70 delegate* were In attendance.
!*• ./». ■*-rC*rtrrix,
Conventtom-J
|k > in pur wance ti iw
<slfriran Jjßti-N#rt»ka Coi nty
lion to b» hold atWelleboro.on the sth Inst.,
jnnt Si -E.rENB--
wlarie*,- .- - - ..
. On Jnpiion of.Jtm) Patkhurat,, Wro. Me-
Dougall. C. C. Green, I.' CJ. Hurd, aod.C,.
"O. Biz wore apjpo!nie3'T
resolutions.; / r^H^TJh
which were considered arid adopted:
Remitted, r ffnirib of
wilhout regard to former political attachments
is the only safety for .freedom. ’ ;
Keioiced, That we will support no map
for County, Statefor National office who is
not actively-and heartily in favor of a posi
tive law prohibiting "slavery In all our terilo*
rias, and’ opppsed to the admission of any
more Slave Siatesl
Resolved, That* we demand the immediate
repeal ol the Fugitive Slave Law, as uocon
slitommland oppressive.
Resolved, That w« rejoice at the result of
the late Elections in Connecticut and lowa,
and will endeavor to follow their example.
Resolved, That we are in favor of the im
mediate enactment of the “ Maine, or pro
hibitory liquor law’’ as a measure demanded
by the most vital public and dearest private
interests.
Resolved, That we shall regard the vole
to be taken, at the next general election, on
the subject of a prohibitory liquor law ns an
authorative insi ruction to the Legislature
which they will be bound to obey.
Resolved, That we invite all our neighbors
and Fellow-citizens to unite with ua in carry
ing out the foregoing resolutions.
Resolved, That a Smnding Committee of
seven be appointed by the committee on reso
lutions to act in the coll of future meetings.
On motion the Convention proceeded to
make the following nominations;
For Representative—Titos. L. Baldwin,
of Tioga, received.sB voles and was declared
duly nominated^
For Pcothonotary, die, — J. F. Donald
son, of Wellaboro, received 41 voles and was
declared nominated!
Register, <fec.—W, D, Bajlbv, of Wells
boro, received 69 voles and declared Domina
ted.
Commissioner— O, B, Wells, of Jackson,
received 29 voles and was declared nomina
ted.
Auditor—A. E. Nilbs was nominated by
acclamation.
The following gentlemen were appointed a
Standing Committee for the ensuing yenr:—
Laugher Baohe, C. O. Eiz, S. E. Ensworih.
J. C. Whittaker, Edwin Royce, G. W. Stan
ton, and W. W. McDougall.
O* Tha following are the nominees of tho Tioga
Convention:
Representative— J- W. Rvou. of L&wrenceville.
J'rothonolary—J. F. Donaldson, of Wcllsboro.
Register, ifc. —J. P. Msoill, oi Wellaboro.
Commissioner—Andrew MuaoAoon, of Jackson.
Auditor— A. E. Nil**, of Charleston
COMIHPICITIONS.
Messira. Dau«6i Cobb The
Fugitive Slave Law is ignored —why ?” I
caonot tell lo a certainty, because I do not
know the secret history of the gelling up of
the resolutions. No doubt there was a well
considered gelling up, as was apparent from
the fact that before iho committee retired, it
Was announced to the convention that they
were “all prepared.”
One of the committee, at least, is an indig
nant opposer of the Fugitive Stave Law, and
he certainly did not forget it; nor is it rea
sonable to belie,ve that the subject was not de
liberated upon; wherefore 1 conclude that
Ihp ignoring had policy in it. What policy ?
Not a desire for present harmony j for the
convention would willingly have condemned
that odious measure, nnd its introduction as a
subject of censure, would have been palata
ble lo a large majority. Their policy looked
further aheatt—to the harvest of the present
sowing. A “Paddy” «iih his flying ma
chine, as Ihe story goes, forgot the prevalence
of gravitation, and well nigh broke hU neck
in the “ lighting.” Not so with our wire
working friends. They are religious be
lievers in the power of terrestial attraction.
They do not entertain the idea of a sustained
flight. Fools if they did j while in fellow
ship with the national party, and actually
controlled, in part, at leas;, by the friends of
Bigler & Co.! Good lighting ground is
therefore a prime desideratum. And what so
eligible as the Biltimqre platform? Is the
parly ready for any other platform 1 Will it
be, whilje it maintains its national character t
Our friends know that it will not ; and hence
they dart'd not “spit upon”, that platform
So, 100, thought the Hon. G. A. Grow when
he voted against leave to bring in n. bill to re
peal the Fugitive Slave Law. The Tioga
democrats—the leaders 1 1 mean—have no de
sire tb be isolated from the great national
parly. They have lateen a “ considerable"
flight tq gratify the popular sentiment; and
give an airing !o their own better instincts ;
but they have left open, behind them, a scut
-1 lie door, through which they will skulk down
lo the old positions. I’hus will they strangle
1 “ our thunder” under jthe pretense of wield
ing it. Is it not timei the spirit of freedom
had a body of its owjj, obedient Vo Us proper
nature T,
Many politicians, -ntertaing strong anti
slavery sentiments, dppearto hope much from
Ihe policy of acting, tt present, solely on ihe
ground of opposition to the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, They believe that
“ Anti-Nebraska drilting" will prepare Ihe
people for a' more thorough and ultra resis
tance to Ihe slave power* but they think the
-time he's not come when Higher ground can
be sOc&dsslblly maintained. I can well allow
ihese coOsiderations, las an excuse for those
whose temperament forces them to rely upon
mere tactics,’ rather jlhan upon the power of
truth, and whoso main-idea of success, is an
electiooi viefory, gained by cunning manage
ment. 1 ( will even’ idiiiit vhal the policy of
“Stilling”-in the -' anitward squad” of-a
pro-slavery army, is as yet amatterof spec
ulatidn, .about (Which there may be a . sincere
differenoeof^opinion. .It.is said that : Hun*
gary ir haviog her ** soldiers of freedom"
drilled in the armies of Austria jand-that they
will some day convert the whole Austrian
'Vi*
, is {
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armies <
,y co" 7(
■> ?3* <t • 1 €«>'^ik^ £ %^"3»!*s*^' vs *» a << ijL < #t ‘^ ll - - '*'
this lineal concession I claim
the right i«aeClare 'tpif ultra distrust of auch
polieypdtOTDSt, alsptjof ib e “ final perse-
its Odvricates, On abstract
each party to drill
ijrilf^puiaifetfiibh^h^ilMsible.
benvedsured, iri ils value, by the nature and
Btnount af
I propose,-under -this list,, to examine-the
policy aforesaid, and in so doing,
arid cCmpato' '' the .“ Nebraska dwindle" and
ihe FugilivfrSlave Law; but aa--Lha(e long
communications l defer to a (Inure number.
Sept. 2, lfjsL ,* Scran Facias^
[Tba following letter vru not written For public*,
tioo, bat we here been permitted to publish such por
tions a* will be of general interest to the public.—
The writer/we btlierc, moved to Minnesota territo
ry quite recently. We shell be pleased tChnir front
him again.—an. so.]
Ran Wwo, Missnori Txaairoar,
July 37,1854.
Due Batfrnxa ;—I have enjoyed very good health
since I left Tioga Comity, which waa on the stb of
June.- I arrived at Fuller’s on the 22d, and staid
there until after breakfast the next morning, when
I set out tor Lacrosse, which place.! reached before
anon. Crossed the Mississippi in the afternoon, iu
company with. B. H,, and De. 8., and families, (both
from Chatham,") with six yoke of oxen, two waggons
and nine head of cows and yoqng 'oaUle. We trav
eled about 170 miles in ten days, with plenty of
feed for 5000 head of cattle, if we had had so many
to drive. We saw but five shanties ip that distance
where anybody lived, and one village of perhaps 35
Indian tents (pat bod been erected the day previous.
About 140 Indians and 40 horses wore congregated.
I bought a pickerel of them weighing ten pounds
dressed—lor 30 cents; and saw many more in the
Zumboo river, (about half as large as Pine Creek)
larger than the'bne 1 bought. The second day af
ter leaving the |ndiahs, we traveled by pocket com
pass, without any road or mark to follow, and arriv
ed at Red Wing on the evening of the 3d of July.
Red Wing is a' city of three well "built frame houses
and perhaps tin shanties. One steamboat, and oft.
on three, touch here every day, to leave passengers
and their effects, or to take away those that are sick
of the country, and with the mail three limes per
week. People are flocking ihJgJAnmcsota/very fast
and but fevv'return. The country sppeW to be a
desirable place for speculators, or office-seekers.
Red Wing it tbe connly seat of Goodhue county,
and the first court was sitting when we arrived, with
men enough to form a Grand Jury, whose business
It is to authorize the laying out of roads and or
der regulations’ for tbe city. This moy seem a
strong term for a part of the country not yet survey
ed by Government; bat an U. S. law pre-empts un
■urveyed land to settlers as well as that which is
surveyed, and leaves them in peaceable possession
until it is thrown into market, when ho must be pro.
pared to pay for it in 30 days. This is Ihc'way that
Red Wing stands. A claimant hat run off bis
claim into city lots,and quitclaims to those who wish
to be in town. Two-thirds of an acre now sells for
830; but wilt probably go up to 850 by nest spring.
We have two stores, or warehouses,occupied by for
warding merchants—one temperance tavern and
two boarding shanties. Codings, and sample boards
just as they come from the mill are taken frop the
water's edge el 813 per M.,and pari of the time not
to be had at that, though rails are continually pass
ing ibr the lower markets, from the pino region near
St- Pjml. We don’t wait fqr floods here, though a
flood is beneficial to raftsmen.
• ■ » •. I have not seen a pale face or an ago*
case sino» J left the Genesee river in York Slate.
AH whom I bwe met look remarkably jogged unit
healthy. Frdh. ]^jlyyniil < .fr n nta pushed op in par
conveyance over 'qns^an* ll °f sloughs from five to
forty rods long, and in the average, about bub deep.
After crossing tire Mississippi into this territory, I
saw no slongha to delay our loads. The roads here
are not altered from tho nature] make of the land.
After wo left Milwantce, the country sedmed rap.
idly to improTC in appearance, and I think the qual
ily of soil in Wisconain and Minnesota, that I saw,
is aa fir preferable to that of Tioga county general
ly, aa Bulkey’s Tints on the Coyranesqne, are to the
Pine Creek barrens; or, if you please, you may com
pare the big meadow flats with the barren hills.
You may think this exaggerated, hut it is, so tar
as my observation goes, correct. The rye that 1
saw in Wisconain before the 33d of June, was uni.
family seven and a half feet tall, with heads from
four to eight and a half inches long. Wheal about
six feet high, with heads about six inches long.
I speak of Wisconsin, for I have seen but one
field of wheat hra-e, sowed on prairie sod turned av
er just before so\Ving,and it compared well with the
Wisconsin wheat. X have seen three pieces of corn
in this Territory, planted on fresh broken sod, that
exceeded the best lull of corn X ever saw either in
Tioga or Lycoming. I have seen no older settlers
than those who came here last fall, excepting a few
in Red Wing. I will tell you more about it when I
gel belter acquainted with the country; but from
what I have seen, can safety invite all who wish to
better themselves to come here. In my next, X will
advise you of the route &c. Yours, 6. H.
Tub Washington Union says Judge Doug
ins "stands upon a great principle.” So did
Shylock, nnd wanted an enormous interest
too, but he did not get it, and in the end he'
even lost |jis principal. So the little giant
most be warned in lime, or he may not even
.have a “ halter gratis to hang himself,”
— Phil. Sun.
The Fredericksburg News says :—ln the
county in which we were raised, for twenty
generations back, n certain family of weahh‘
nnd respectability have inlermalrried, until
there can not be found in three of them a
sound man op woman. One has sore eyes,
another scrofula, a third is idiotic, a fourth is
blind, a fifth bandylegged, a sixth with a
head about the size of n turnip, With not one
out of the number exempt from physical or
mental defects of some kind, 'Yet this fam.
ily perseveres to intermarry with each other,
with these living monuments constantly be
fore them.
PerfectMf Correct.—The Jones County
Agricultural Society of lows, among other
sapient resolutions, has resolved, that the in.
ability of a wife to make bread is a sufficient
ground for divorce. This is a noble vindica
tion of man's rights. If a woman cannot
make her" bread either by, darning stockings,
lending the babies, overseeing the household
or economizing the family outlay, she .is a
bad partner, and Ihe senior of the firm should
dissolve'as 'quick as possible, —Phil. Sun,
A country youth who bad returned from the
city, was asked by bis anxious father if he
had been, guarded in bis conduct while there.
“Oh, yes,” waithe-reply, “I was guarded
by two policemen part of the time.”
ti u ,vo>a t-.-ui.i t'
CnrttpetidtnU ef, At Buffalo Democracy.
About 17W 4 Colm«rt;&: Elli«i-4ba ! former
an iron ift
m* pm
ity, (hen known toicdntam Coal. At various
times othCrontriea were Wade, andthe exis.
'tehee bf cbariri tMs gradualljr became
generally ktrowDfgiving, increased value to
'the ' lands; Purchase*' 6f v internal in - - coal
lands andjaUempta. to open minea were natu
ral 20
years since, when capitai/slsof Philadelphia
and New York, made a purchase and secured
Railroad Charters, In Pennsyltania and New
York, frpm'fhe Road nov running from Cor.
ning up the Tioga River. With great trout
le and under many embarrassments, the Road
was finally completed in , 1,830. T his was
accomplished through the exertions of James
R. Wilson, Bsq., the Rail,
road Company, and I regret to say, that Mr.
Wilson, reaped a rich reward for his enter
prise and public spirit in great pecuniary em
barrassment, and the gratitude of the citizens
of Tioga Village. He, like many other en
terprising men,allowedhis public spirit instead
of his interests, to govern him; and he be
came personally liable for a Road which was
constructed some ten yearstn advance of the
public necessity for it. For when the road
was completed, and the Coal sent to market,
so little prepared were the public,that Coal
which cost $2,50 delivered at Corning, was
with great difficulty sold for even its freight,
and but a limitedilernand for it existed even
at that rale. • Under sueb a slate of things,
embarrassment, loss, ruin, followed. Those
who had nobly embarked Capital in a lauda
ble attempt to develop the resources of ibis
rich Goal basin, had only the consolation of
knowing (hat they were ten years in advance
of their time. j
The roatf and mines being open, the sup
ply of coal was for some years greater than
the demand. This however increased yearly,
and latterly with great rapidity. As the su.
perior quality of the coal became fcnbwn, es.
pecially did it work its way into Iron manu
factories and shops where wrought iron is
made, tilt now there w scarcely a Blacksmith
between Albany and Chicago who does not
lay in, his supply of “ Blossburgh.” The
reason of this high appreciation of this .fuel,
is, that it is quite free front sulphur, and un
like the coal sold at Erie and Cleveland, it
makes on the forge a “ hollow fire’’—that is,
the outside of the fire is a crust by the. wel
ding or melting together of the coal. This
crust retalins the greatest amount of heal in
side, just where it is wanted, to impayt to the
iron the greatest heat in the shortest time.
For smith’s purposes this Blossburgh coal is
unrivalled, and will ever be in demand. And
fur ages to come, these mines will be able to
afford an adequate supply of the article.
This basin is some six miles by ten, and be
ing intersected in numerous places by deco
cut streams, affords numerous places for en
tries, and give ample draitlage without cost.
There ore several different seams, of coal, of
which but three ore at present worked. They
are of similar character—generally three feet
in thickness—nearly continuous, and free
from faults.
The Railroad which was cfrigiTnaFly con
ducted with the narrow track and flat W,
has recently been relaid with heaj'y T rails
and made six feet guage, to correspond wit h
the “N. Y. & E." and “Buffulofand Corn
ing.” This dispenses whh the necessity ol're
loading at Corning. The roo'd is capable
of transponing an almost indefin le quannly
of coal. At the present time thure are two
mines in operation, and both arq vigorously
prosecuted. The one at Blusabuijgh has been
in operation, 14 years, n’nd is worked by W.
Al. Moljory, E«q., under the management
of James H. Gulick, Esq. Ho id an energet
ic business man, and accomplished gentleman,
long familiar with the mining business, aon
early indentified with the operation in this
Valley. Mr. G. is ably seconded by John
James, a thorough bred Welsh miner, w no,
has opened his mine in a scientific manner,
and works it economically and with energy.
There are now about 125 persons employed
in it.
The miners earn on an everage each SlO
per week, afier paying their boys for “ nul
ling” out their Coal 8 or 10 shillings per day.
Seventy-five cars of five tons each are dis
patched daily to Corning.} Cost of mining is
10 shillings per ton—freight to Corning
81,20. The oiher mine is situated four miles
above Blossburgh, on Morris Run, and is
owned by the Tioga Transportation Compa
ny. Jt is a.recently opened work, to which
the Railroad has been extended. Prom this
mine 80 cars of three tons each are daily
dispached lo Corning, and preparations are
now being made lo open a new mine, and to
reopen one which has remained for some
yertrs idle. The demand for coat is rapidly in
creasing. This will lead lo an increased ac
tivity in mining operations, and consequently
to increased prosperiiy in this region. The
fire clays of this Coal Basin, are found to beot
superior qualily. Fire brick ore now exten
sively manufactured haro by Mr, Guhck,
which stand high where ihey have been used,
and in some instances they have been ined
alongside of the famous “ Stourbridge” wuh
satisfaction. There are two glass works here
both “ blown out,” owing to losses consequent
upon the low prices at which French Glass
is imported by that Democratic Tariff oi *4B.
The materials for glass making are abundant,
and produce a glass of tho very best quality,
and had the Tariff of '42 been continued, the ■
glass business of this region would have
grdwn to an extent requiring hundreds of
thousands of dollars of capital, and giving
employment to make hundreds of laborers,
What an unmitigated curse upon the industry
of this State of Pennsylvania is the Walker
in the State by Ibe casting
vote of the Vice President, and he a Pennsyl
vanian.
Here too is a Rolling Mill Handing idle.
It was stopped because of-the low prices M
which English Car Irons were sold—prices
lower than the cost of its productions—anoth
er beautiful mull of'Walker’s Tariff sod
Dallas, casting vote. 1
Here too is a Blast Furnace. It was
“ blown out,” for the reason thal its product*
cost more than ‘‘ Scotch'Pig” wasl sold for in
the market. There is a foumjry here too,