><n I*s n ,V.‘ ! '
■rV. -ip rti-
tyth faToreawitti'the
MW W-PW. Giant?
'o* '* thfough iha
--t JfOttt'njg wii/hten: t ii<. v -- ir jugh.
(slio'fr/,:jthd mi, friends had been very hr-
n^tew wifTtArge
fe%*id !< £MM<Ui and'lEnglish; ’ had’ been
ti feviry corner; and htevery Mb
oFthe'rpad through the dbunt/y,' comroWd
tqg3Bjß«falififur. to be ! ori ‘haddob ! tW
hie ayrti-'
piftThOfs m abend' abi db honor
lo the peculiar champion of their “ peculiar
institution;” A programme' of bande of
nunc, military 'companies, fire company,
d&.,yair published and circulated. A
bafad of Mime Was sent thirty'mild into the
interior jo wake up the sleepy suckers, and
draw them by the magic of music to the
Douglas 7 gathering ; and every device ' that
Ingenious but drooping 41 Locofocoisrh”'could
mvent/was put inio operation to gather an
immense crowd to greet heir “much-loved
and-much-abused” Douglas,
*■ Here was the home of Douglas before be
char He'd and* went South—here he made his
saccfesefut entree in the field of politics.—
Tfilsis the district that once and again, by
large majorities, sent Stephen to attend to
thbfr interests in Congress, and here came
Sipp/ien after his late rebuffs and lukewarm
greetings of the North,—expecting that here,
oh his old siumping-ground, the scene of his
earlier, triumphs, the reception would be as
warm and enthusiastic as his greatness
seemed lb demand. ,
But, alna ! “ How ire the mighty fallen I”
What a pity ! We had no Circus in our
town on that day. After all the determined
effort and hard work and free beer of a few
office-holders, the (was to he) great process,
ion was formed, aud, as The Patriot says,
no man in all this slronghpfd of Douglasism
was found mean enough to 11 blow a note or
sport a feather” in such a cause. The'whole
procession numbered one hundred and iwen
tff-six men and boys—and this in a city of
twelve thousand. There is hardly a day that
we, do not have a funeral procession of twice
ilrf'size. *
But Douglas was to speak ; so we went to
the stand to here what could be said in vin
dication of his course. There were not to
exceed a thousand men there at any lime j
and when he mounted the platform no token
of welcome or gladness greeted his ears, but
an ominous silence that must have been
painful to him. By his side stood Rich
drdson, looking intently into the faces of the
assembly ; and knowing the men as he did,
’lis no wonder that his extended visage deno
ted that he had seen “ the “ writing on the
wall.”
The harangue of Douglas was listened to
attentively and silently, except an occasion
al groan, but not interrupted by a single
“ cheer.” He gave us a re-hash of his Chic
ago, Rock Island and Geneva speeches—not
a word for harbor and river improvements,
and barely touching the all-absorbing ques
tion—the Kansas-Nebraska seemed to trouble
hire like a nightmare, and " nigger” “abol
itionist,” “ Black Republicans,” “ Know.
Nothings,” came from his mouth with a
venom and bitterness that told the desperation
of ibis case.
But, poor little man! he was in the wrong
crowd, and after all his violent gesticulation
■arid base appeal to the baser passions and
prejudices of human nature, he sat down
amid (he united and loud call for ’Squire
Jonas, a firm and unflinching Anti-Nebraska
Vj/hig, who mounted the stand amid cheers
that made “ Nebrascals” tremble, and offer
ed a series of resolutions condemnatory of
the Nebraska bill and of the course of Doug
las and Richardson, and after some pertinent
remarks they were put to vote and passed by
at least four to one, and then the crowd
gave three times three cheers—good, lusty
ones—for Richardson’s competitor for “ that
seal in Congress”—Archi, Williams, who,
by-the-way, will be elected from this district
next mopth, in spite of that “corruption
fund” at Washington.
On the whule, the “ demonstration” was
a aad one to Ouuglaa and his friends, and
made the* “ heart glad” of those who hope
to see truth and justice prevail. Look out
for us dn the 7th of November.— N. Y.
Tribune. A Lookee-on
A'Woman Apparently White Snr.
rendered to Slavery—Fourth Dis
trict Court.
A raiher singular case came before this
court yesterday. Some days since a woman
named Pelasgie, was arrested as a fugi'ive
slave, .who had lived for more than twelve
years in this city os a free woman. She was
so nearly while that few could delect any
traces of her African descent. She was ar
regled at the instance of a man named Raby,
who claimed her as belonging to an estate of
which he is heir at law. She was conveyed
to the first district guard house for safe keep,
ing, and while there she stated to the acting
Recorder Fijleul that she was free, had never
belonged to Raby, and had been in the full
and unquestionable enjoyment-of her freedom
iiMhiaciiy for.the above .mentioned period.
She also slated that she had a house well
furnished, yhioh she was in the habit of let.
ling out<in’rooms. About this time a lawyer
appeared before the Recorder and stated that
the woman ■ was boro in slavery, and now
belonged to a man in Mississippi.
Re produce s bill of sale which corrobor
ated tils assertion; and which stated that in a
cflriain.anmber of years she was (6 be set free.
This being a sort of triangular fight, the wb.
man, Raby and- the laty/ftr forming"ih» cor
ners, the Recorder found himself af a loss
whSl to do. and ns Raby pressed hi# claim,
thq Recorder advised him to apply to one of
thedistriciscouris.? Accordingly hesnplfedlo
ths Fminh District Court and took a rule on
Acting Recprder Filleul, to show cause why
a msndamuB:^ufd r hoi r IM. if sued, compel').
io 6 up fW womap ,Mt. Fillsul
the nbnrt atjd waled (bp,. cir
eupwisy nieytkpedj,', jwdgP.Beynplds diet-,
cided, however that Raby was ihe owner,, bC
the woman, and .erdereiMhe t ule-ld- be, made
•b«6wjfe,‘«nd a writ of mandamut lb ia.
mtad' upon Acting Recorder FSHeuI forthdsuN
woder of t he'ali ve, Tbe issumgbf ihb wrfti
«9*# , W 'fra# rqndbred unnecessary.. 6y . the
daclarau'on of 'Mr. Filleul that the order of the
court was sufficient, and that ,ho would at
once order the woman’s release. Time, how*
-- t? Wo, -M • &
over, haabeen given w ptov|*er ,f j*-
dom, and al*o i(t the Wfyer|tp ptowthe jjjU
Q- Ptcap If.
THE AGITATOR.
WBMBWHItSBi'M.' ;
Thandar HfvrttHig.Ocl Mi
’ tke desalt of FitiWaV and the '
j) a iy at freenen. ;' •
The Mngnin«ry triumphs of the' ahidenU y>VP
made -die of great feasts,
aud otlm demonalraUaiß. Thett Were, gen*
efally inwiceeded by a eejuon cf Inddtentrepqee J
bulbil somcftroethappened Uialiho too/ careless vie.
fe'rtwetesiirjliised by die vanquished, and cut off
jji the' midst ofthrir rejoicing, or bound handand
(bot dorinjptheif unwise and uhlimelyalsepi ’"
The Ja bot givento profit by
experience. Wllhari exemplo hf overthrow in the
immediate pait, il abuts lie eyes arid drives toadly
on to split again and again upon the same rock.
Just to it wwithpattien, The power of toAay,
is too often the uncOosuioUs parent of the weakness
of to-morrow. Victory fa a fine' thing—a glorions
thing i but ebove aU, It ie rdangerona thing when it
crowns the efforts of unreasoning men. - .Defeat,
however inglorious, it a thousand i Umea better than
victory unappreciated.
The raornx of Pennsylvania have achieved a glo.
rlone victory—a victory in which the H*fd»trioinph.
ed over a Bsdprinbiple, It was not a viplpry over
a parly, except so far as party became idenli Bed with
a manifest error. The threatening shadow of, a
great social and moral wrong had fallen fell upon
the cheerful hearths of free men, and they arose to
repel the substance. Thank God* they were sac.
cesiful.
The people have triumphed. How did they tri
umph 7 By striking, at one man. They did not go
out in the harness of party under the surveillance of
party leaders; they became not whiga and demo
crats, bat “min!. biob-mindep min !"— helping to
gird up each other’s loins with the harness of Prin
ciple. They had grown weary of fighting for par
ty, and now, nobly disdaining such petty distinctions
they struck a manly blow for Bight' Had they
madly persisted in plodding along the beaten paths
heretofore unworthily trodden, defeat must have fol
lowed, and at its heels a train of agressions upon
the domain of Freedom by a powerful and despotic
influence, aneb as every freeman mast tremble to
think of.
We rejoice (bat it was a victory which neither of
the great parties can justly claim as its own! and
we sincerely hope that it is of such a nature as to
preclude forever the distinctive existence of either.
As men, invested with the rights and dignities of
Manhood, we alt have worshipped names and shad
owy nothings too long. In unreasoning children,
thishlind reverence might be-pardoned; but in men,
there is no apology (or it. If we have turned away
from these idols now, it is in evidence of the on
crashed manhood within ns. The immutability of
principles' alone, has rescued- America (be to-day,
'or forever-ras her children will it.
' If any think that the insolent and agreaaive spirit
of the South is thoroughly d'ucomfilted by reaaon.of
its rebuke, they are .probably deceived. Not one, or
two victories of equal brilitance, can, thoroughly
'Subdue such a terrible power. If it is ever driven
back-to blacken and curse its own fields alone, it will
.not bo by the prowess of an undisciplined body of
mbn, bnl the untiring vigilance and united action of
the entire North. Numerical strength without effi
oicqt organi ration, or the watchfulness of a few true
men—neither, can accomplish it. The destinies of
this republic sro (inslrnraenlaliyj in the hands of
the people. All are deck hands (br-the time being,
and only by the strictest unanimity in thought and
action, can the good did Ship of State be guided into
safe Harbor.
I If Ibis day of Success is.to be succeeded by a
Year of apathetic indolence, it would be far belter
for Freedom bad ft never dawned open n«. If men
aie th fold tbeir arms and' commit themselves to
sleep now, they deserve to awake bonnd and helpless.
They win so awake, unless they are active and rig.
slant. There is no hope of success in the future ex
cept in a more perfect ibsion. The interests of free
dom most not be perilled by s return—no, not oven
for a dsy, to the worahipot idle distinctions.
There are but.lwo political elements now—Free
dom and Slavery. Let them he arrayed against
each other till Freedom i», declared victor, and the
hateful growth of Slavery is forever checked. It ia
high time that the Pbiliatian Dagon ofpolitics —
Forty far Party'* sale—was hurled from its proud
elevation, tor it .is but common dust, clothed with
kingly garments by reckless and unprincipled men
to awe the ignorant and- mislead the unsuspecting.
Why ahold men do reverence to it longer 7 Does
it ennoble them 7 No! it degrades them. Point to
one lovely or attractive feature in the whole scheme!
There is none—the worship of party ia devoid of
anything that can render Manhood heir to other
than contempland scorn. Had men been required
to worship simply the name— Jesus Christ —with,
out reference to the sublime character of him who
bore it, or to the precepts that fell from, his lips,
what man with the soul.of a man, would be found
ia (his enlighlenrd day, base enough to seek to per.
peluate such a degrading'idolatry t
The only virtue in reverencing a being pr a prin
ciple, seems to be, that thereby a better 'approxima
tion to the essential good of either, is obtained!
therefore, as names have no inherent goodness, and 1
no signification except asthe representatives of «c
-nalitiea, it follow* that any homage paid them ia
not only idte-hut criminal
u Lft us ciU ti/rmnU, Trailersall things by
tbeir right name*. If Democracy and Slavery are
enemies, when men professing democratic principles
ooßoive at (he wider, diffusion of Slavery, and in
sist that the principle ia,democratic, let them be dis
robedofthoir assumed garments, and stand revealed
in their true characters—the liveried servants, of
a merciless despot. Tbs magic of a.name should
never,he permitted to aUnet.pabliß attention,aw'sy
fromtba rottenieaftednesyof(tiees wboavsii (hem-,
selres of its inSuence to hide their baspoets. ,
A wretch murders-your wife and children, and
attempts to screen himself from life pertiltyof the
law and tlieioallilngof his fellow.men,hy sayiig—
*)l aiir.a’Cbrietian!” IsJurtice saliVfled, dr dods
tie world receivo him'ss gnilllbvs, dr Will* the mag.
io 'of a nsrae, a preterite, conciliate ydur Outraged
feeliigl 7 * Oh,'no l Murder is notU'Chrislian irr.,
tue—Christianity revolts at the conlemplalidn of
andtHi crifneC Bo' Sfkvery ia nbt a -doitiditaiU vßr
toe, and democracy, can in novTits bd made to sane,
tidn stf ipmatrotis a wrongs' )• -‘-I >■.
' ' The dduntry OWeapdibl-ofgralilnda.toPetm*yl.
vao» for the' nettle stud aba' hsa’Hsiken. Whigs,
demoeratirfiM-wiier* and twparty men are equal
creditor!. Ifanyureah ignorant arteelaim It a*
« whig victory,' thoyarolaibe pitied Forbad-the
impaign been made%&, strial > partyi issd**, dodge
Pollockand the Rep*biitj.n Cohgriaaiaoal delaga
lioo wotrid have b*ap WgoaUy dWeated. ,Wf,-,ar*
Hot tbodraf to ottef the plain troth'embodied, in thia
riiorlaanteAee—- Tba-Whig party aa aparty.is d®-
fimcti?l There areafevv who build upontbe hope
of its (blurt resurrection. TJwy build upon noth.
v ty -* yfa i i/#*f* j^fcOfrafegw^fc*#*
wr
& 0-
JT\
fflSpffi! - r ' CQU4GITA-TQSbr ; yir v
ingAgd tlielrdMj|w«ll um£edrfj&ri.
.on i||H.d Welter
been%al I® Uie l» w " i # llor f» ni *# n
iroottWe beenJnWdqL Bat ItWtold hayeobWe
eventually, for lla constituents were fat becoming
• Imbued wlth-c-progressive spirt Vwhiehyiinod sis-
U 1 The Fagit^eB]*^to s
detlfoyed the' lackboneof * pirtjvsndjtb*
Nebraska hill bee.done tboewM P»d thing, fir tys
De.fa-.ralio party.-, When thetreason of Northern
tbo landmark* ofFreedomi It iWept
withthim Bis WSngwaß of party* Wdif fteemett
ddtheirduty, Giijid will' Krftßh Mitbey.btlm pot
physician (o tied tfiem*’* i*el thenf go,' There le e.
bellcrdty druningibr HnmiOity* -
This State was enabled to make ilsrefent demon,
itibtidn in'ftvbr of Freedom : by meaai of Fusion.
Look at Ohio i there, the, flwian; waa perfect, and
the majority for free men. U about 90,000.! Penn
sylvanta-gave fas ihth half of that, Why t be
csttsawhig* and. freeoailen went through, the mo
tions of calling- separate Conrenlions, Had. they
called a.gcneral Convention, composed of the diiaf
fecled of all parties, the anli-Douglu majority' moat
bavoreached 100^00,
Hern is a lesson fiy fetors profit. Unless the Re
poblicans effaVpnJmmediate and tboreigh organi
sation, there is little hope of future success. They
should organitejnem. It is madness to put'it off
till ibe eye of an, exciting campaign.' There most
be no folding oi .arms because of victory. Every
district should have its organisation, for Tioga
must not lag behind her sister counties. If is’not
too'early.. The enemy is ever at work—shall men
fighting for a great principle be leal active?-
Our Next <J. 8, Senator.
Soon after the passage pf the Nebraska bill, the
Administration papers gtpw insolent with, success,
and chuckled amazingly over the idea that, as Sen
ators were chosen for a term of six years, and as a
large majority of the Senate were friendly to the
aforesaid infamous bill, the chances for its repeal
were “nowhere" for the next six years. Perhaps
the results of the Northern elections will convince
those editors that it is not always safe to add insult
to injury, especially when the people are the injured
party.
The Legislature of this State is anti-Nebraska in
both branches by a fair majority. The House stands
74 known antj-Nebraska men to 59—some opposed
and some favorable. As an United States Senator
is to be chosen next winter, we hope the most effi
cient anti-Nebraska man in the State will be the
unanimous choice of that body. The national Sen
ate has been a retuge of the worst kind of fogyism
too long, and it is high time that it was thoroughly
renovated. These are the times that try men’s prin
ciples—peculiar times, and peculiar men ate want
ed to represent them. Pennsylvania needs to be
represented by her best and bravest spirit She
needs, and must bare a man of strong points and
deep-set free-soil sympathies to represent her. He
mas the candid and fearless,- imbued with a deep
love of Truth, Justice and Humanity. Ho must
have proved himself an anti-Nebraska man from
principle, and as rauoh, bis coarse on that- question
and kindred ones, must have been straitforward in
the past, under all circumstances. Ha must, be net.
tber a slave to a venal ambition, nor a cringing wor
shipper at the shrine of public opinion. He must
bo a true wan, -warm with noble .impulses, shaping
bis actions by Reason and Tntniiibn no lcsa than by
the experience of the past. Such a man would con.
for distinguished honor upon the judgments of his
electors, and add another name to ’ the list of able
statesmen which Pennsylvanians wUl'retriembcr with
pride and pleasure. Such a man, and such only,
can help reform the abases in onr legislative depart
ment, and roll back the tide of Southern influence
■which threatens to wholly corrupt the channels of
legislation. Pennsylvania has but one such spirit—
active in the Present and provident for the Future—
that man is DAVID WILMOT.
Prohibition.
Sad are we while we write it, and not only sad
but filled with sorrowful indignation—Ram, is far t
season victor over Right, and Justice and Good Or
der. We have hoped against hope for a long week
past, determined not to give op until the last ray of
light should bo officially snuffed ont. It has dome
at last, lijie a clond dyed in Egyptian darkness,'!
chilling to the marrow of the bone, like the east
wind of November. We are left to grope in its
midst, how long wo know not, —perhaps until the
great woe of oar widows and orphans shall go out
in one mighty sab, rending the cloud upward to the
blessed and eternal sunlight. Perhaps bat a few
months—probably two years. Take heart, philan
thropic rnmsellers! The glorious old Common
wealth holds herself ready to receive proposals for
filling her jails, poor-houses, penitentiaries and Pot
ters' fields for a few years longer I 1 She stands ready
to charter you anew to stab her Morality to the
heart! Again she condescends to arm you like so
many subordinate deaths, and despatch you with a
“ God-Speed ” upon your honorable missions 1 Cheer
up, noble,aelf.saerificing men,! Your right to de
base and demoralize your brother man, to rob, ..wo
men and children of respectability and bread, to
convert smiling fields into barren sands—your right
to do all these, and .mote, is not to be ruthlessly'ta
ken from you; but you may thank “ Fatherland "
for your blessed privileges.
Yes, Prohibition is lost by a few paltry hundred
votes—not more than Tioga might have turned had
she stood up to her duty as she ought. But there is
a day of retribution coming, when all Uje mighty
strength of the Liquor Traffic shall be like flaxen
bands in a greedy flame. Cadinna.'like, it has sow
ed bones which shall spring np avenging spirits, not
to build cities, but to dig down the walls that pro
tect the trafficker from the lash of justice. Days
will pass slowly until the monster is robbed of its
fearfol strength. ’
Next week we shall speak (briber upon this sub
ject, andwbal seems 'necessary and proper to be'
doiie now.
CT Il U-not often that we promiip mure then wp
can perform, but lepmeUmet little dipt will occur.
Wbenwapromiied kit,week the fall partic
nine of.the[foil of Sevastopol, and the bloody rout
of the, fjtuMiaos in the Crimea, we iptepdgti 10,d6 to.,
Bqt the fact!«, we can’t,do U—because Sivsitopol
ip/rtiil on .fta legf, and likeiyto be. The.' 22,0b0
**ktlt”. .Rnisions are able to attend drtil every worn*
ing.and the 18,000 dead’KngluH and Irenph ifor*
oqly ’fwasum. TlierplbW, our reader*'moit
excuap Iho'ndn-lUfitmotaofa pidmiiomadtlprema.
tinrely,yat vpitli’.the Tacta* and figOrti before' ui. It
•ae’ahoaigptnp bylhe fcdodoh ;Timet;'and to‘
ported ddty free by the’ New York pren.7iwl«
!
r tTiRn, J. F< CautltM; delirewd; an Ipferfflipf,
Leotameatha enlist the'
17th. ie*Hat the Ceart Hooie.' .It wiU be fopud 09 (
' ■.»-if,) ff-, •/(■>"
A kltor.&om jWmf ip
lowa city, willbe
ferißCi*ifo:lJ»B,“,wefteip(V'ffvl
-
With dombpeM, ele«llon)iiin tie tohad loan
other coimp, u vigoroui and epiby ar'erer.. 1 '
W". -p,>
tlleMltmrrt^d.—By the merest
we (be first number ofthU nji#'|
wedSyTapaws anfjbimnd to comndt onf fim/lin, |
premioog«f it tgjlpfr before they geteoM.
first place, H U published by- Messrs,
iob*r!^
all these, owe much of their present widedlffusiotj
end sW&ss? to 1 '!bo IndfcfatlTjgtofei' JrffiftiTof these an.
there'and pubUMterS." Book*
>ry oneiiiimmlng, with. Wo« (fndjngite HR Pd’WH
itybni of the mud and plant item u» solid-platform'
df GommonSonimandOmttwwß
have scattered broadcast , lan
gnage is ispokeu j aadnpw, ihoy Jhayy, commenced
sending, opt Lire weekly, onlhe clean
est, smoothest, softest: and papisr, and. tp a
style oflypogrtphical as
exceeded, no, nor
minds pf ilsfoanderslare
everything,and ; lifi|pg (W eorUW tod
admittidg evetThody+highand jlow.hmh and'ppor
—into the arcana. «tti
everything asafni, aflfor
clubs of eight,; ien, siit«n
»t gi,so dacli.l. We shall take it; (If wecah getit;)
read it and grow ifiser, and adviea everybody to go
and do likewise. '
.Somraura roa William Francis,
of Dehnar township, called epon us a few days
ago and gave us an item of his gxperience in seiect
ipg pctatoes for.seed, .According to. custom ,wben
potatoes are scarce, he, last Spring, cut off the seed
end of bis potatoes for planting leaving the butts fief
table use*. Falling'shori of feed ends before his
ground was planted, lip finished the remainder with
butts. Upon digging, he Wee very agreeably disap
pointed to fiod that tills portion y ielded just twice os
as many bushels to. tbs rote os that planted in, the
usual manner. He assures us that the soil ’and
preparation were the same In bolh cases. We men
tion this, .thinking that farmera may derive s useful
hint therefrom.
, Had Dog,—Jngtias our paper la going to
press, a rumor has reached, us that a mad; dog was
killed on .Pine Creek in this county yesterday, (Tues
day) oat, however, until he had severely bitten a
young mao by the name of Charles Bexford, of
Gaines township. The wound was immediately
cauterized by Dr. Pnrdy of Elmira, who chanced to
be present. We have this, from a gentleman who
resides at Fine Creek, and presume it ia correct. .
When a great and truly magnificent work
is presenied to the people, one that ia designed
to be lasting, and combines the 'perfection of
■ art and mechanical skill, and'contains a
graphic, well written and extended record of
the roost glorious history the- world has ever
seen, it most certainly, deserves a more than
passing notice from the American press;
This work, of Which we have been allowed
.a look at (he proof-sheets, is a ponderous vol
ume containing nearly eleven hundred- Targe
royal Bvcrpagev«nd is just the Size a maa
wants id occupy an important position in bis
library for whai American’s library is per
feef wilhout lha most splendid edition of his
, WVtorjr that he cart obtain -1 ■" • ■
We need'rtot enler upon any extended ac
count of what' this work embraces ; suffice
it to saylhat it contains the most extended
history of ' eveby portion of the Western'
Hemisphere/ broughl ! down to the present
'month,‘‘ever published before. We cannot,
however, forbear to mention the spirited man
ner in which’ the author has depicted the stir
ring scenes of the Revolution, and with what
a master'hand he has traced the annals of all
the political parties to the present lime.
We are all pleased with pictures, and il
cannot be denied that the life like ‘delineation
of incidents are among the most important
requisites to a volume of History.
The publishers in regard to this we believe
have exceeded any thing ever before atiempt
ed in this country. They have certainly
"introduced in ihis work the moat numerous
’and beautiful set of illustrations we have ever
had the pleasure of reviewing.
The engravings are from designs by those
farfamed artists, Darley, Billings, Wallin
and Doepler, and elegantly colored with from
five to nine different time, true to nature, so
as to import a close resemblance to well-fin
ished paintings. This the publishers areen
abled to do-by their parent coloring machine
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lowa.Cwy, Oct. 14,1664.
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iMb. Cobb— Dear Sir i —l promised to
country abbot Ibe
rgmal^West. ~ -It will ; take more time than I
'cm.s|wfe to do illy writfnjfinngle letters, so
biad .allow rne.a place in the
Agitator, sod its (
hie some. Ido not get niy knowledge wholly
°f counties, hayb)t^en
considerable, land,) but from the c xperience
%rmslm settlers'in'iimßtaier~ Igaveup
notion afterThad' been' here a
Tew, days, though ! shall Visit that country
yet.' Kansas is not exactly the place where
Adam and Eye first set up in the horticultu
ral .business, but no. one disputes that it is a
beautiful country. lowa is a lovely country,,
ahd frbm what I have learned outstrips her
sister Staites, and the territories in many re*
specls, ahd leaves them in the shade. This
IrlluOiTorlihereis not too'much shade here’,!
not are tfiere any pine alumps' liere, immova
ble as the' rock of ages, spreading their
graceful roots all over the cornfields. There
is ia variety of land here—rolling prairie, ta
ble lands, ’bottom lands and bluff lands—all
of the land' has a rich black s6il that will
wear for years without manuring, except-it is
some of the bluff lands, the soil of which is a
yellowish loam. This is good laud, but it
needs some attention. - It can be plowed the
first time; if there are no grubs on it, with
one gpod team ; but if there are grubs on the
[arid, i,e., a small growth of oak bushes as
large around as your thumlh—it may be ne
cessary to put ' a whole drove of oxen ahead
of the plow. Timber is not very plenty, but
there is enough to last until more can be
grown. The' State is well watered with
beautiful Streams, but water privileges are
scarce, as they are in any level country,—
though they can be replaced by the “ steam
privilege,” which is not so scarce. The
drinking water is as good as it is in Tioga
county. Some water is good, and other wa
ter is not so delicious—that which comes
from 'the river bottoms is not so good ; but
the higher the land the belter the water. —
The roads are excellent—hard, smooth and
level. The atmosphere is dry, and its tem
perature very even; the warm seasons are
long and pleasant, with a gentle, refreshing
breeze every evening over the prairies. The
winters are short and rather severe, with but'
little snow. Winter wheat is a poor crop—i
there is noi snow enough to keep it from hil
ling out; but spring wheat does well enough
for both crops. The soil- and climate are
admirably adapted to all kinds fruit, vegeta
' hies, and grain 'that grows in this latitude,
besides a great many tbingsthat require long
seasons, and cannot be raised in Tioga coun
ty. The tremendous tide of {migration that
is pouring into Ibis Stale will soon take up
all the good land and make this a rich coun
try; Emigrant wagons line t he roads.—
The hotels, or placet where they keep folks,
are full, and the land offices'are crowded du--
ring the business hours, [t is an easy mai
ler to take tip a piece of land, and give it the
appearance and value of an eastern farm of
the age; of’three score and ten in four years;
for in that time, hedge fences can be grown
from Osage Orange to torn breachy slock—
shade trees six inches through, apple or
chards, &c., dsc. Thus you see an industri
ous man can have a farm free from stumps,
stones and hills, of the richest land, with an'
everlasting -fence, and all other necessary
things, besides the fever and ague, which
“ embelishraem” eomes in to make oat the
full- compliment. But you won’t die with
this disease, nor have it, if your time don’t
como. There is but little danger having this
disease, if, when land is picked out, a- good
place for water on rolling, prairio or high
land is thought of. Those that-live on low
lands, near rivers, are the ones that lake the
fever, dec. I have no reason to bomplaio of
the health of lowa. 1 came here sick, but I
'soon got well and have been so ever since!.
I like to see these western shake
with the fever and ague—they are too lazy
to do any thing else, and it is well enough
for them'lo have a job on hand once.in a
while to make them industrious. -After all,’
this is a healthy State,"and the chills and fe
ver will disappear as soon as the country is
settled, which will be directly. Money is
plenty here; theV adopt' the pay down sys
tern. Mechanics’ wages are very high ; iu
fact, all ilidustriousmen are getting rich fast,
especially the farmers, who cannot help but
be worth something by the rise of land, if
nothing else. Grain is not verv high, there
fore it is the mdst profitable for farmers to
feed it to their slock, for they bring R good
price. -Stock raising is a good
costs nothing In keep slock in the summer,
and it takeskut little hav to winter them, os
the winters are short. ;. Stock feed on a p is-,
lure of blue grass until nearly Christmas.
Oxen are worth from.s6o to $lOO per yoke,
cows $4O a piece, mules $3OO a pair when
tWo years old, and they can fye raised as
easy as a yoke of steers. There is not much
dairy business* done here, whether because
the farmers are (oo Jazy to milk or nbf, I
don’t know; bul lhis is a first rale diiry,
country, with; lotsof good grass, and a pas
ture of bloe ; grass, which is the best for milk
can ;be found, for there is plenty blue grass
seed here. , This la a. good business; for.
butter;is 20 cents andicheese 124 cents per
pound. There dro: good nurseries here;
where all kinds of. fruit and ornamental trees'
can be had at a: reasonable price. Groceries,
Dry Goods,- Hardware. t&c., are, upon .so
average, as cheap as they are in Tioga Go.
Lumber rs pretty, high ; it is about sis cheap
ko build of brick,Tor.brick are very reasons
ble.> .Lime- stone i»-plenly. Stone '.coal is
found iritmany of the,counties, .flnd it will bo
the. principal-.fuel whdn the rail roads shoot
through, .the. mountains, and cut.tbroligh the
land—which-willbe before,, long,'as they are ;
progreMingirapiflly wit hi number qfyroads
in thh State,!*;. i; ... .. -i
This ia naplace for.professional: men, e*.
pedaHyi lawyers,- Tbqroarehodipmes;
about jand lilies. l . j Uncle Sam accounts Tot .
khe-.thlpfdie rgives,.aridijteiiß as goodps Ihe
vfbeWi n; There, i ia op stealing, for;se(tlers -
have.not gnllhii)g»arpond: them.yet’Vor(b ,
Stealing.;!. There U hq collecting, without if
is. dope; in p meeting ;house ..with, «..hat.-rt j
Those rtThotbinkofooroing jolotyg must'
iilt 't« »»{} o'g—z.
ypubave Übdoisto Witte ;*«;aome land not
entered, and you hpvo a yearto payfor it i D
LwbUldadviaOallfcbtj went (o come West to
do . plcaoe abotit tyand those who
Sant to stay' at Wme msy take the name ad-
ih <.’; 1 ; v &r.ib AgUtttr.
Mb. Cobb The election, in (bis county
baa resuliedfargolyin favor of the better
.tide,,, .ffihttt has been gained by it, end what
we itsi/eesons ?, Astropg combination of
circumstances, tee rendered the people mors
than usually obedient to. the higher motires,
iThd last freak of'the' “ chivalry" bad die.
gusted them toward, party nationalism, x
miraculous ifetuity, on the part of many of
their leaders bad undermined their.party toy.
ally,, and left them measurably, free to follow
their honest judgments. So the poor, blind,
jdepwvedv.champions of. injustice are. smiitei
down by popular contempt. U h hope
that they raay ’repent, and, do works meet for
repentance, yvhithout too much impatience of
reasonable probation. It appears, that upon
sober second thought. the people do not trust
new converts; especially when they reach
after the pay with too much eagerness,
.Let up /ear, also, that many will only
feign repentance; so that we may not be
again imposed upon, and the .cause periled
bj a schism among its friends.
' How blind,'soever, the ancient demagogues
of parly may have appeared, in the late can
vass, they are,.in (he long run, very superior
to the Fusionists, in political tact \ and, if
we do not learn to scrutinize with more cau
tion, the motions of active politicians, we
shall never succeed as well our cause and
the'slate of popular feeling would seem to
promise.
I do not find it possible to blame hunker
ism for baffling such policy, by wielding il
against its authors or abettors'; nor to resent
deeply, even (Be treachery, which drove our
Iriends out of their false position, and forced
them to take the honest, and only consistent
course which is practicable for a new party.
Why should we seek any advabtage that
does not depend on the numbers trailed with
us fn principles ? Is there any other way so
likely io succeed permanently assn organised
eonlest between the like-minded? Why
shall we seek to force' others to act with it*,
hv a surreptitious use’of the enemy’s colors I
Let US' sail under our own flag hereafter,
if'the (brthernnce of true and just principles
be our aim, we have noiiohi to do well shame
or fear. If, to elect" somebody, be nut
main purpose, we hive no hueinegs out of
the strongest party-,-nor right hi wrest
its machinery from he" true purpose oft it—
the service of office seekers. - '
Downfall-of Seoqttopal- a notfi
altacl ed—No mo rt hard fighting yet.
The most, extraordinary .excitement b» s
been caused throughout Europe by the disco
very that, the reported fall-of Sevastopol i»
false,—the destruction-of the Russian fleet r
false,—the blowing,up' of. Fort Constantine,
false,—the eighteen thousand. Russian dead,
purely imaginary,—the twenty-two thousand
prisoners, entirely fabulous,— Meqqhiltoff' 9
melo-dramatics altogether a sham,—the dis
patch to Outer,' Pasha a forgery,—and th«
whole story (to presept. appearances) the
grandest hoax of the age 1,
VVe do not, know wfapl bas pcpurred. 6 *'
' ccpting ihal, to,latest authenticated accpuofi,
namely, the 28th Sept., three days later iban
its reported fall,, the French .and. English
flags did not (vave.ovet Sevastopol j neither
had the city been attacked;! , , ~ .
Our Correspondent at; Liverpool writes:
The, process, of disebttsmg the public
mind was conducted aery, gradually. ®
5
ho.iromailsatjl .fa'slngjjjaritbnt no of
few* cen6rroahonhf ; iDtelljgenco,so extpor
ropj)l - ToWW*
tptjled tbat.jspme of lliejqimls might possibly
bar’ncQKect.’. A &»erj^l ( r TJ t ’
kahle,,fpr early,intelligence* nor, indeed, w*
jmelligeneehfiany kind,atlempted Ip » uBt#m
Hoping yon all feel er well a* I do, I re .
main ve?y reaped folly hr lowa City r»bt
Bida pp , , W*. A. Nichols?
It Will not always serve onr party to go
begging or stealing indorsements from‘demo
cratic conventions—and in cose of failure,
only resort to the legitimate method. Wt
shall not always have “ the palpable treache
ry” to justify our appeal to the people. Such
a course must always encounter distrust and
the imputation of insincerity, as well as medi
tated bad faith on our part, Which is dis
graceful to a good cause, and a burden which
an honest party will never Consent .to curry.
I do not wish to censure our friends, harshly;
but if they be true friends, and worthy of our
cause, they will tolerate the plain truth, and
profit by it.
What right had Anti-Nebraska men lo
submit, the selection of their candidates to *
convention, not composed exclusively of their
own party I—lo a convention selected upon
bther principles—and mainly upon the basis
of fidelity to an old organization; which re
pudiated the question of slavery in the terri
tories, as a test; or if not so, demanded loyal
ty to the National and State administrations
at the very best ?' If there was any sincerity
atid good faith in that movement, it was im
plied .that in the event of the Ne
braska and pro-slavery democrals ahould be
compelled, by the gentle stress of party dis
cipline, to vote'against their own principles,
and in violatiomof their conscientious convic
tions, if they had any. Was this fair!—
Had not' these democrats, as the only loyal
members of a National party, a clear pre
scriptive right to the name,'the machinery,
and the presrige of regularity, pertaining to
that convention? And what cbuld we hare
gained by success, beside a factitious show
of numerical strength—not at all sustained
by the merits of our principles?
Iff the qvent of failure, good-faith and sin
ceHty implied that the anti-slavery element
should sink down out of sight, and its strength
work in tho service of its foes—leaving all
its boasted principles and-its : lender con
science in abeyance, till'another-freak of
“the chivalry” qhall coax them into the mar
ket.
EATER FRORI EUROPE.
THB WAH. —SEVASTOPOL NOT TAKEN.
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