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■"Jlsff /predih.-.the reporl. n o|‘,p*lients l who^
, hsyqtqkeo (realroentj our ea
itsbteHfTl?.ol the "herqic prcold treatment is
■ ,loornpch;in vogue, in ; th§m for,their .good, ■
’ irompiriT Jtlghii^tocßtlod. 1: ! ’
, Tfi?4 afirtpaf National, Convefiiion for flip:
of Women’s High I s,' ass'emmed
on , morning, at Sp.nsbm
a'OcortMilbn
hundred females, mostly friends,
‘with o a’Spr’mW{rtg' of males..
■• About half past’ ten; o/clqck _-M!ib liucy
' Siima.VtKj ihp leaders of the mtWenfent en
’iferpi, tlin Hall, and afifer a short lime'spent
l in Ylie eHijtmittee' room, made their appear-
Spdfe tipon'ihe platform.
Itj'isS Slone beiqg in Bloomer costume, Was
'iHe dbsprvbd of ali observers, and from the
neaiAeks if 'her kuire, and the’ grace with
whiqh it was.worn, did much to commend it
to thd’ppGlic approval. She, as Well as the
Officers of the Convention, appeared wiiHtiut
bonnets, Her dress Was* entirely black, on
ly relieved by the white of.a lace cbenriizetie
and pmjecsleeves of the same material. Her
mantilla was of black velvet, covering a
black silk dress, the skirt.of which reached
below the knee, beneath which were panta
loons,nippa rent ly of cloth, With a neatly-fit
ting shoe, completing her attire.
The Convention was called to order by
Paulina VV. Davis, of Rhode Island, the
President of the last Convention, in session at
Cleveland, Ohio. Shp read the call of the
Convention, setting forth the objects of the
movement to be for securing to woman equal
rights with man in literary, scientific, and
ariipie education, and also to share in the
elective franchise, and to fill the offices in the
gift of (lie people: She announced that an
informal meeting Ernestine L. Rose, of New
York, was selected as President, and propo
sed that the nomination should be adopted.
This prevailing; Mrs. Rose took the chair,
and in on eloquent address returned thanks
for: the honor, and depicted the wrongs of
women, social and political.
: The following list of officers was submit
ted by the President, and approved by the
Convention:
Lucreiis Mott, Philadelphia; Princes D,
Gage, 7Missouri,’ T. M. Higgioson, .Mass.;
Martha p. Wright, N. Y,; Thomas Garrett,
Delaware; Hannah W. T. Culler, Illinois,
and Robert Purvis, Pa., Vice Presidents. ~
v. Secretaries —Joseph A. Dugdale, Abby
Kimfier and Hannah M, Darlington.
Business and finance committees were a|so
appointed, and they retired’ to consult upon
their .duties. Miss Lupy Stone is the chair
woman of the business committee.
. During the absence of the committee, a
letter was read, frqm Mrs. Olive Starr Waitt,
of Hljaois, propo»ing suggestions in further
ance of the cauae. A . series of resolutions
was:; neat, proposed by Miss Lucy- Slope,
which-wos without dissent., Miss
Stqppgave a-jhistory of-the progress pf the
cause, showing a-, gratifying advancement in
the, short period since the idea was firsi
moofed.. The resolutions are as 'follows ;
Resolved, That, we congratulate the true
friends of woman upon the. rapid, progress
which her cause has made during .the year
past,, in splta of the hostility of the bad, and
the prejudices of the good. Resolved, That
woman’s aspiration iato.be theonly limit of
woman’s .destiny. Resolved, Thai ,so long
at woman is .debarred from so equal educa
tionj tesirictedviu her -employments, denied,
thetigbl of independent property if .married,,
and donied iq s ail cases the right 6f control
ling (ho legislation which she is nevertheless
bound to obey, -so long -must the woman’s
rights agitation be. coalinued. Resolved,
Thai in perfect confidence (hat what we des
ire will one.day be accomplished, we commit
thp.oause pf ; won»o to .Gotl and to ,Human-:
ily
Resolved, I'll at fh' demanding the eddca
tional'Virfiif of woman, we do not deny the
natural distinctions of sex, but only wish'to
derelope them fully end harmoniously.—
Resolved,- "fhat in demanding the industrial
rights of Woman," we 'only claini 1 that she
shbuld have “a lair' day’s Wages for a fair
day’s worft,”'which is However' impossible
while She is ‘restricted' lodfew ill-paid avo
cations, an.d unaHS fif Married)'!© bbriltbl
bcf own ’earning^' Resolved, That in de
mabdlnglha pblitibal rights of womap, We
Bimply' o aSserf''(he fundamental principle of
laxatioti'add teprdsetnaltob
should 1 and that if this'principle
is dented, Mil 1 pur ''institutions' must' ftil with
it. r ResdlvOd, Tilatbur present Democracy 1
is an absurdity,'sib ob it.'deprlrea Wornan eVeti
of Ihs'politicalpdwerwhichis allowed to her
in Eu to pe.nfidabol ishes all othor 1 aristocrt- ’
cy Only to establish a'neWSristbbracyof sdx,
which includes all men wo
raefir TfietWrdre,' R^Wjved, 1 That il' is 'bfei
cause’’we*’ beauty indeSi'
eredrieSS oT'Vhg isrtiilj?, o tßStwedfemanJ {of
wofttah in'etju instead tof her 1
losing? as ndWthbtidflt rofoEller OWn T prbp*
ertyvfl»%iufify«M W oWihilrfren, SM
fina!(jr, h-if bWtflegSl laws 1
whibh hatfc'M bfett* ptdmftA&d l ’by “jurists
“a dented Wfia Heathen nat(Ba.”“ i, - n
.we'urge 'l( : 'iHo‘ J wA- s
merf'of' every'American Biate-^firtft,i6'pcS
tition (he Legislalß
and a reform'm the
ond, to use their
female educ&onl
as possible new cl
— Ledger.
bird,
inels
T HE n ' J AWIT i H , PO®?
.TbntiilayJ[Mnln*,Kot..3,lSM»
not]f<6s [ (
A* tfiwwayjitvobeeogniideiiHn wag.!? l !*
L*Ejbprqfnll l #C
| of Prohibition may -he
ioe vnte,fhp ascertain any.in
■arrnouDtoble obstacle has 'beep n ;
t* the trinmph.pf ; ,Uj0 p FroblhUpryp Ji
Ttfl .W^S*fMw
ward thro.ugKa series, of .moral end Jegal iiuup
menuiiliesj ifld.mMi of DeceiiUj v erir long, ulti.
mate‘So Prohibition., The frlpfiSf of TempeVanoo
generally idok'ld entire- ptoliib'ifton as ‘ th e g r^“ l ,
agent that i» to stay the tide of drnnkenhesCdnd
crime. Since‘ihe'infan^'of movement,advo-;
‘bates and opjiobeta hkva changed' posUiana. Tlierr
the forradrurged a j&rlial kbritltieftMiftkili rafoJcici
ting drinks; wV.W latter went ft’r tile lefgesf tib
myUl
or oltrd’ieHijxltabcß' toed, wifo'coi«lMtt»tlv«ly‘ tln
-1 ‘knoWrr. 'T%e Uqbor'men were theff IbWhUlji l ullta
i Jitsin tto fieldt ‘■The Befciro'WeWtorietiy and
t*r«ty amsemdtfcih ila eppireiit, and ■ Immediate
‘bhjebtsahd'bearingi. fiat the case is different'now
-ii-tbo Reform has assumed annltra phase, and finds
lu ablest adrecatde-aaoog'.meaieria. women of 'oitra.'
isdc proclivities,! while, the Opposition Jia* eubeided
into a forced Conservatism, add;iedieed«d.hy>nien
’of Conservative. habits .of‘thinking. License, of- a
partial restriction of the privilege of sale, is now
the grand hpbby of the sellar andc&rumtper. ,
. Thus it appears that the parties against
each otbec in this cause, base essentially changed |
.their relative positions, lbeir l plans of attack and de
fense. And there is one cheering a]gp in this
change : while tho, Reform has progressed front
Conservatism np to; UltraisiU, the ppposillvn has
receded iota Conservatism—with nothing but its
,« blood-money." to rely Upopja.ils last and hope
leas straggle tvilb Bight and Reason.
The Opposition very likely look upon tho late de
feat of Prohibition as a permanent adjustment of
the matter. Submitted to the people,they debided
against it by an insignificant 'majority. Perchance
it may be thought that Temperance men will now
fold their arms and leave the triumph of their favor
ite measure to little and the'gradual eWvatiin of the
moral sentiment in community. This is a mistake.
The advocates of Prohibition had bnt little faith in
the success of a scheme devised by corrupt men- to
remove' the question, Which lay like a stumbling
block in their paths, from the important position it
had come to occupy. I 1 - ’
How did it get before the people 7 ,
A litUe more than a year ago. Prohibition twee ■
pretty generally rondo an Unne in the then pending
election. Probably the greater part, if not all the
Representative districts in thia State, elected their
represenlatiteswitfi theknowledge that a Prohibit
ory Law would be urged at the coming session of
the Legislature. The question went op. before that
body in the form of mounter petition*, and many
wore sanguine that the measure would carry, per.
nape a little modified, yet tin, wuuo In lt» |w>l
•cope. U had warm ftienda them, but the opposi
tion wan composed of that class of men who think
nothing and do nothing except aa a narrow Policy
approves and dictate*. The qnpslion waa cooaid
ered, but how, and with what intent! Aa a atone
of stumbling, and to get rid of it. Headed by an
Executive whose main characteristic is the indecist
ion born ol moral cowardice, and who dreaded to
be brought to that pinch where a slraitforwayd • no,,
or ‘ yea* Would be required of him, its enemies con
eluded to aend it back to the people for their second
sober thought, tiros getting rid of it for a year, at
least. It waa a grand scheme to thrnst the question
oQI qf the Legislature for thii Present, with a proe
pect that thdse who concocted it might' be killed off
or piotnolid febfore it came up again like an impor
tunate ghost to lrouble them.
Tills is the way \t got before (he people.
Few will object 'to the plan of submitting iho
general features of a proposed law to the people, for
their opinion before enacting it, if anoh is to be the
rule; bnt few honest men will be willing to accept
of "it as the exception. The proposition to submit,
the qneation to tho people did not proceed from an
honorable motive j we do not see such an exhibition
of candor and fairness in regard to other legislation i
were a handful of capitalist* to apply next winter
fof a charter to construct »: railroad through this
section of country, would the Legislatbre send tho
matter bach to the people whose interests, such a
road would moat essentially affect, for their opinion 7
Who for s moment supposes that such a course
Would be adopted 1 Ifo, thp road would go thiough>
ripping,up farms and gardens, without so much *a,
s—“ By your leave, sir !"
Will the Legislature .consult the people in regard
to the. said of the Public Works, or the propriety of
squandering hundreds of thousands upon ihbse who
contract to dig Commonwealth ditches, and who
fulfil their engagementaso well that a good crop of'
haymay.be cULat the; heels of their workmen X—
oh, not. of qontaei Upt. But should not the rule, bo
made to embrace aneb measures,aa well as.that ol
ProhibitionL.Thiwa *oprpf r to, be no good, reason
wby it should {jo.t.i .Then. what .does the affected
deference to the. wUf of people atlotaftpd to be
displayed by, .in jregard jo Prohibi-
amount ,10.1-an, ! cyoyyal of insincerity, and
nothing else. All these questions essentially affect
the interests of the. people. . Thera is scarcely a
doubt in regard to.the benefidenco of a Prohibitory
Law, entertained by the great mass' of uiiintcrested
thinking men. It kims at the oppression of none
except him' who' attempts to cUrse community with
adririklr|g hell and its lohg train of horror*. It*
siro is ‘to emancipate, not to oppress. If promises
life, respectability and domestic peace to n ihokt of,
sorrowing and miserable homes, oojy so frightful in ■
their desolation. It proposed to djefjde ,ibe, question
—“ Is it better to restore to life, and respdctabllUy '
these inisejtable thousands,or sink theip.sliinower in
■their t” 1 *TBere ia but one moral side to
the qO*iUon, ; buV»Us itbete are'toO'many polilical
sides to it, fid'.lhe gtoditf Hmnsnily.' ; '
;; ButitbsqueiUonofiProhibilionianol yetdeaidad.
The reosnt vets of.-tho people,,was .neither reliable
nor, final. Uwaemo fair test, and the truth of this
wlUeppeer m lent, tjteo two yeary,,wfl boldly,
• i confident. ,Thie ; , fitiendij p{.bw> raotsute., have no
cause pooejto.dcspajr.,, Let us bok,
•t the figures:
i«r, apd and
vbtw for'Pn*ititlohj»Uad
51,000 votes epsrtT-ehdjriur,beyond »■, reasonable.
dosM, that thagnat majatilJLof- thle .ruunhw-arere
dl»Poy»d toward the measure, as they voted for
me icknowlcdged bW^Stei^'Aod
iHE .TI
iSconcloiion jfstiSi by{ the
(■Bom InaodgeW marsbi m “* legii
Se of for
its diseoiofitoro opon its avowed friends. .
—BiiYlf ehech/ ypw»
■tetacdyaofftr heftt»i - j rbe-Begi«l«f'it» B-JtfdJbd
to be strongly in, ft W .«s.Pn*i "4 & %WT '•
aible^,^feUiBl
Wssiji^tßsmat
circumstances,/which can lisrdfr be,) each otthosq
ind -ifibif aW trfe.-triiV petition foV;^a ! prt*ule
’lha'eHhclmcnf df aiprbtiibilory fiW' ta ? l&fc i Mtocl
intmK tlleit Ittfilsr'This is nol'lhe Best ihttfe/bpt
■ ntalti/tlie' ittistf thi% b»-e*pebted' ofihe
I IsigisltttirtUhi* winter!-'Btttrafc the Tempertfnie
men of Tioga <thlly'.awake-to 1 the. importance! of
prompt and decided-action 7 owWilll l&y refosblo
apply for local legislatlea becitoa«<!ner»UegialnUoD
will bo belter? fan 8 ;•••-!' v.. .
. Just think-of It-.xWayne, Bas<ibahannii,Brad
fotd, Fartiq fad .SriiVrrtlie.-whole
o^o r ttaroU«r.Vb<rt^K’Mn'.^«P^ l » lid M I>K','i
biUon! Is it just, is it equal, thafcpUslhese and m»-
riloMld .be carted
Rmni becaqsq Berltp, Lancaster an4l.S9jiqjUull.yfe
tofhe]r,t?«omi;a .monster that it eaUpg.fbeir-hearts
piit !- Jiutl' No.! it la, infamy-black,;, hateful,
Mlhapnie Fith localjegislation bntii gen
nrsl legislation had, a great.Uiumpb will be
' achieved,.a«4 there is.Dogopdteaaon for refusing lo
cal (egisja(ion pnder 1 the circumstances.. Then, if
"• genjranaw is to be tried’ fcr by again submitting
tlio question to the people, let a special day, when
no other issue is before the people, be urged for the
I (tiah : Thi» wUI secure the triumph of the measure.
ild
irty
> id
umvei
of M
ifforlJ
) opei
[«6b
[see*
trove
Spidly
iduatry.
female’
Woman’! Inflncnce.
- fa* The in&Oence of women l« for 100 great; the
influenceof VVoiun, i# far too entail.— H. Bans.
Thi) foregoing is not at all paradoxical, however
much It may appear ao to the general reader. In
the first place the author seems to apeak of the sex
as typed la a class! but,in the second place, he con.
aiders the distinctive attributes of Womanhood. We
can bat admit thfl he in tf the truth squarely. •
In separating reasoning from unreasoning intelli
gence, Mon naluraliy -ascend# to the higher eleva
lion in the scale of existence; and in view ol the
wisdom and beneficence of Deity, it would seem
that tho race naturally ascends to that elevation
without sexual distinction. And no course of tea
spning can justify the setting upqt such distinctions
in violation of natural, law. No man of sense will
insist that sox constitutes'a gtnui, at to go further,
a tptciek. Proceeding fipon this, it seems that nei
ther, sex can justly claim precedence of the other by
reason of natural endowment If there is any sa
pcriorlty, it is blit fair to consider it as the const
qoence of unequal opportunities Cot interior develop,
meal, rl
As the duties of life are of both a rough and gen
tle nature, It is reasonable to suppose that like 1 for
ces rain for Vhdir.tcODihpliihinent ; snd yet it does
not Allow' that 'there is arty radical difference be
tween thqptj-rqoj pol evep if deglf%; But jn appli
cation, lhefe,pifLj bf ajdiitinptipn., ,pno man may
lift 500 pounds with lever power to aid him, and in.
other may lift it by hunt otrenglh; still, the same
fordo, etaeUlially, is employed in botb-cs»n; but by
juoiciont application, it teems to assume superiority
in one instance, while it has no inherent superiority.
We hold that man (proper) lisa his sphere of ac
tion and duty, and. Woman bars; but that these
spheres ore remotely situated, or. separated by a
great gulf," as some contend, we repudiate .utterly.
We believe .that three spheres not only lie. contigu
ous to, but commingle with each other; i»nd because
‘upon careful analysis, no difference,is found to exist
in the' intellectual or spiritual organization of the
sexes. We can think of no duty os pertaining to
man's estate, which woman has not proved herself
adequate to perform. Torayris prSSed herself more
than equal to the groat Cyrus in warlike strategy
Nilocris outwitted the wise men of Memphis; Dido
folfndedone of the moat important and powerful cit
ies'of ancient times, and hut for the wit of the Sa
bine women, Rome, perchance,had never been.
CompateSemif&mU with Tiinias and 'Spjrdanapa-
Ibs, and ho? 'barren of argument is that field, to
support manV'clsim of superiority over bis guard
ian angel—Woman! Arising,to'the plane of the
porely infetlectnal and benevolent, Here in America,
and'With all her disadvantages, with unreasoning
Prejudice to buffet, with l narrow-minded Custom to
beat down—Woman stands, prepared to dispute the
palm with the best writers,-‘thinkers and actors of
the age. True, Caßlom.worsfuppcra cry out that
she is getting without her sphere—that she is peril
ling her position in the social and moral scale of be
ing—as if the had no intuitions to guide her up to
that excellence, attainable only through the religions
discharge of duty,!,
Woman was not mads to fritter away existence
in doll-like inactivity. .Shebaa superior mental fac
ulties, not made to inatj bat to use,' and she most
nae them. The infant mind 'in her hands ia like
clay the hands, of tjie potter. If it riaea into
forms glowing with beauty, warmed and impelled,
by noble impulses and reaching up to honor and
usefulness —Woman is its benefactor. Through
this channel, her influence.must become compiensu.
rate with man’s; nay, superior to .his in.shaping the
destiny of the race. In the nature of ihingi there
miist'be classes, bat' there is no good .reason why
these should be mistaken as the legitimate outcrop
pings of a true Womanhood. 1
It is not aloUe'in training Mindthai' her duty can.
sists. If she has a good thought to. utter, she has.a
'right to utter it with as much'freedom and publicity
as her brother. The pulpit and' the lectu/e-room
should nut be closed against hef and locked with the
double hasp Of jealousy and intolerance. Oh, is it'
not» prohd compliment' wo pay to our mothers, our
sisters add our wives,' when' we snOer at, and rldi.
cole this sex.and deny woman's ability to Utathfatinf
an Intellectual equality ‘with man 1 1 She ho* ; D6flo Of
that mercenary aplrtf which to dicfigutee \iuj chai
acterof fad- generally »peahin g, »;■ ■ ■
‘ Naluri hM qiMliried her <br leaching noble end
elevating thought*,** well a* a,’b; o’*, She cah
teach Where ’ man’e boatwd etreUglb ataila nothing.
‘ld io robcb,bet aphereis, widdrlhan uanVj and
notwilhatandlfig the; rgreat'outer/ now, tha world
will acknowledge, at no diatant day, her right* and
po le**. important than \ -
. Tp .epdpreth
We cannot ppfdiah-apjthJDg without thy qpthot’a
>tt irconftWhcei „ ,p,f sjpjpa, ip.accorijapep
w , th.%.(^«wiona;r«lp < % atcrtffj p$
Be oWvpd i jfltho^ig ( «rti,,
ec&fr'ife
.uki&t a ,c
OUJYTY .AGITAT
fe poll
billea
p«lTi
are a q
tk»t
a the.
.to ask relatiro to thapdbliW
'presume that (W*App
cultoral SoclMy*w»« formed for Agricultural pntpo
’iea.' lf»o,^U'annuaT reporU'shoflilTJe ain widely’
i&ssssafc.
'ippearilhsi - twijjhliw a
to run
matter oi publiibinff the Report! of the Soctoty why
JBk
Perhaps this thj?2 wi.be oxplwned satisfactorily
Wi &i , dlijfiim ! Ve*l! aiiiy grktofol ‘forHbe aifie.^ 4 ?
ww®i
; Brin dkdt&n tfc’Wa otii'tkeefi him warm, 'He don’t
jarmedy like the i*hiipe nf: tbinjfsj as h^fijn!tioatl,np
j fi^ W eou rn
friends, that wo are atill “unfrii," fo«)£»|fo .
ofvdenio^U^dida'tcome^tes|>onMlo.tiac r ag(> :j
nizeipWpmi&fiff ;teuon why, election,
news lidio’ljkdeptpß wlrjn, Fts UNMf P® took * l ,
perfectly tooU We take tbia occasion to inform oijr.
wtolftd at
this, office—tl\e ,ioad~oh* jiand,.having .raised Use
“deiiKto a pitoff o’PinVntoifiiistipn foil Threatens ’
to tnm—r- u old sHoeV,u(^3h'dbWti.' 1 ‘ J '’ •' ■
ri,- i-.ii. !■'■- 'a.-.ir- n-i "
fered
IE? A rainuta'accountWtCbo battle ofAltna will •
be given: on our j next number, .Bimpkin Sodger
-may; bp-heard ÜBxt.ffeoh} but he mtuf spell. better.
,w*H findbio>»®h dishedif bp doesn’t
quit troubling other people’aeoup,
’ iCrSee'johhs fit. Roe’s new iwlyetlisemetit on9d
page." i
Independent Order ot Good Tern
plats.,
[We are titdebtcd to Mire Maar C.thiwv, G. W.
8, of the Stale, for the subjoined statistics of the
Order of Go6d Templars, ini ao.] ' “
■ “This ia now the most interesting: slid effective
Temperance Order, in the United States. It was
first originated in duty. 1852, and: there are now in
New York 361 Lodges, in, Pennsylvania '829, in
Missouri 41, Hilndiapa 27, in Illinois 11, in Canada
44, in Ohio 17—and quite i large number in each
of tho States of Massachusetts. Wisconoio, lowa,
Vermont, Kentucky aqd Michigan,
“Moles and females are admitted on an exact
equality.—both sexes being entitled to Irold office,
dec. It is'eminently:! social organization, combi
ning all tho good: points of a well regulated family.
.Children #re admitted at twelve years of oge; and
within the bosom of this Order, they thus form ear
ly altachnienta to the principles of total abstinence.
“ The following is the form of an application for
a Charter in the Stale of Pennsylvania:
11 The undersigned, inhabitants of———, believ
ing the Independent Order of Good Templars well
.calculated to.extend the blessings of Total Absti
nence, and promote the general welfare of mankind,
respeclpnlly petition tho Grand Lodge of the I. 0.
of Gi T. of Pa., to grant them .a CHARTER to op
en a ne* Lodge, to. be coifed Lodge, No.—,
of the I. O. of G. T„ to be located in , end
under your jurisdiction.
Wo pledge ourselves, Individually and collectively
to be governed by the Roles and Usages of the
Grand Lodge. n
Enclosed is tits Charter Fee, $5. Books, $l.
Ip* Applications to open new Lodges should be
signed by ten personal in' good standmg.in commu
nity, and rent, free of Postage, to the Grand Worthy
Secretary. MARY C. EMERY, G. W.S.,
WellibnoTtas a Go., Pa.
Mb. Cobb :—fn a former number, I was
describing the 11 North” under three classes,
No. I, 2 and 3and had disposed of N0.,1.
This class did not give, me much trouble;
but, if 1 am not widely mistaken* Np.. 2 is a
poser, .It mayyl believe* justly bp Ijkened.io
the “ Northern Lights,” which’appear, only,
whin darkness'makes them .visible; and flash
up and fade out in rapid alternation, sometimes
menacing the Souib with sharp coruscations —
assuming all colors from the darkest blue.to
the bloodiest red —hut, always, fading back
into the complexion of qighf. Taking leave of
comparisons—l should say, that North No. 2
is always playing peadulqm, between cour
age and cowardice, conscientiousness apt)
mercenariness, self-respect and self-prostitu
tion, love oflibeiity and tolerance of slavery,,
political integrity and parly servil|ty,,affecta
tion of dignity,and, Inevitable flunkyism,.—
liability js not one. of .’its , It has
1 continual'tides like the sea, and the sfyvear
chy is its moon.' Ts it, like the sea,"doomed
to a permanent average,,level"! That’s the
question,, Surely, it went to sleep on ‘ the.
Baltimore Platform,.and was like to doze an
indefinite lime, had not "the foolish South (only
with, lop much noise.and haste,) nailed on d
new‘'planki— and it will go to sleep on it
again; certainly, |f the plank is removed,
and probably if is not. Set we we mpai not
be 100 positive, foyjhe laws of its excitability
defy investigation. II co.psemed, tamely,.to
be converted into Ijlobtjhpunds, ps if there .were
honor, even in that ;■ and surrendered free,-,
dom, in all the new lerr(|ory,,tp.the,chances
of, emigration. under lhq :
swindle,; but, .was awfully roused when the
aathe system" was .applied, to .Nebraska. Is
slavery in Nebraska worie than slavery in
New Mexico arid Texasi But, 1 trow, it
was not slavery per se,pot ha -prospective
introduction jnto Kansas, that ** ruffled its
dander,, but the circumstances and autece.-
denls. It (the Nebraska and Kansas bill)
was passed with just a little , too mpch. haste,
without allowing time lor No. 2 toshpw a
decent amount of resentment, and to taper
off into patriotic Upionsayirig. I( was an
.unkind" jrelurp ’(pr'.Oie 'servtCje, reridered, in
ohlqrqfbrmlng (be.ftorlhero sensibilities dti
rirtg ihe'last fouti'years.', It waked "up. the
_pal»iil, |( ap(d''iarhrv^'«the late'
enormous outlay for \Vp may '
Np, a
cohsmedcdj'riqd that .ibis conscience arqw i
qualmyln «>ntemp|afiori of 'iha hjdeoqs len-
tolerated “ (of the sake of harrao
yl No.' 2 continues , to 'hlbayei. respecting
a la ve ryi k i of i t' vy iTft the rnp^
| reserve, prppndly.and even ,respect yef
.ihri-fcdmDrothlil had favp;|^l}win?roduclioh
m pmltt Wf
Ty worth v wfcjo W hjfge ekjriqsrc jtfhtt.
I another' psge the Rfej
iptemium* awarded at
For the Agitator. ,
teraHveifibr epecp for}they will have |to
fartjfc eußt in miMi hot fully alive to the
evilaf slwry, whinhose that are, will n'pt
catwutcwfor the dHcunutances: or ralhpr
pleaidrto tee the alavearcljy
con tinueto exhibit its natural character —that
ofa lyraDl. ahd pb-
Wd' seTfiepi'ciich. - MSy irgOoß' Providence
continue to bafdiSkPhdraoh’a Kdartl : '
,^-,._Soib*-.Ea.ci*B.
-—ProkibUimi
%tHgiieh!]r ;U }??IWPr 1 *s*B 10032 4053
2639.- i !949 , 3332 ' 1711’
Sr*,. ;8233. p„l458; ;tiJ9SS 1089
81air.... .... 3700’' f 1513 ■ 2253 1143
Bradford 4811 3369 4353 1673
8ucka....6398 ,5089 > 3778 5879
•Butler 2955 , 2331, . 2001 2399
Cambria.....".; 1627’ 1780, ,1232 1325
Carb0n...:..1056 1227 653 1072
Centre...U.3774 ' 2113 2438 1871
Chester.,;;*:.,. .6544 ~-4412;' 5508 3830
C10tiT0.8015,„j,2173 ,2148, 1667
Clearfield...... 1188 !, 1458 1235 872
ClthtonV,. 935 1141 730
Columbia..’.... >11399 ! 2100 1037 1933
Crawford ' 3696 3867 2994 ' 2130
Cumberland.... 3157 2581. 2326 3210
Dauphin 4061 2224 2476 3448
Delaware 2292 1556 1722 1593
Elk... 401 364 282 307
Erie ; 3637 2526 2767 1501
Fayette 3483 2440 3493 1407
Franklin 3579 , 2799 2539 3241
.Fallon ; 705 876 426 832
Greene 1746 2006 1186 1782
Huntingdon. ■•• 2614 1500 3169 1294
Indiana., 3161 1264 2368 1333
Jefferson 155 9 988 1385 1015
Juniata 1170 1176 1140 909
Lancaster 10962 4699 5537 8969
Lawrence 2596 994 2369 I 737
Lebanon....;.. 2636 1751 1091 i 2784
Lehigh 3094 3026 776 1 4733
Luzerne 4884 4368 4283 ■ 3265
Lycoming 2799 2269 2309 ' 1889
McKean. 405 502 415 1 481
Mercer 3034 2550 2985 1846
Mifflin 1630 1387 1398 982
Monroe 625 1017 574 1718.
Montgomery ... 5144 5559 3819 5789
Montour 757 976 773 735
Northampton.34l7 3885 1411 3093
Northumbcrla’d 2121 2182 1524 2280
Perry 2121 1412 1297 1989
Philadelphia... 28817 24936 25380 90570
Piko 207 624 -212 458
Poller 748 656 : 613 550
Schuylkill 4252 5388 2762 5658
Somerset 2756 1268 1740 1642
Susquehanna.... 2819 2126 2640 1525
Sullivan 329 417 299 349
Tioga 2448 1489 2041 1576
Union 2881 1013 1440 2614
Venango 1679 1466 1836 822
Warren 1460 1118 1273 975
Washington... 4276 3457 4276 3572
Wayne 1408 1 877 1603 868
Westmoreland.. 3773 3803 3346 3236
Wyoming 1174 893 1191 339
York 4777 4707 2336 5904
ToUl 204,008 167,001 158,342 163,510
Pollock’s-majority over 8ig1er,37,087. Majority
against a Prohibitory Law, 5,168.
Canal Commissioner.
Henry S. Mbit, Dem 274,074
George Daraie, Whig 83,331
D. M. Spicer, Auicncuu - 1,344
Mott's majority over Darsie, 190,743.
Judge of Supreme Court.
Jeremiah S, Black, Dem 167,010
Thomas H. Baird, American 130,596
Daniel Smyser, Whig 73,751
Black's majority over Baird, 46,414.
ClvU .VKox lu Kansas,
A correspondent of the Milwaukee Senti
nel, writing frqm Lawrence,, Kansas Terri
tory, under date of Oot. 4, says s ,
“Disputes and collisions with our Missouri
oeigbbors— squatters from Missouri—“ Mis-
Bryans," as some of their neighbors call
them-—are becoming - daily more frequent
and open rupture more probable. Within a
few days they have taken down and removed
the.tents of our squatters, and burned the
cabins while tbe owners were absent at work.
* * * “Yesterday a parly of eight or
nine of these miscreants, under the command
of one Robinson, (who was not himself pres
ent, however, but was expected in tho eve
ning,) presented themselves at a store just
opened about two, miles from our camp, and
kept by a Missourian, a southern man with
northern, principles, a. Methodist minister of
the northern branch of that church, and ap
pateqtly a very fine man, though not a
member of our association, and in a bluster
ing, threatening manner informed him that
they should Inst might tear down his store,
and destroy his goods. * * *
Our party to the number of twenty or
thirty—f-all that were in the vicinity of camp
assembled on the ground, armed to the
teeth with rifles, revolvers and fowling pieces,
and had the enemy returnd and made an at
lack,there would have been bloody work.—
1 hay are in consultation this afternoon, and
what the result will he I.am unable to say,—
We shall set a strong guard to-night on the
disputed claim,.also around our camp, as
they will fire it, I doubt not, in a moment if
they call.
“ These details will show you some of the
phases of our pipncer life. We are not idle,
or without stirring, incidents and occasions
for excitement. As I close this letter for the
person who will take it to Kansas, Missouri,
d, it is reported the enemy is in otir
vicinity, and the men are hurrying out to
protect.our rights. Two sett of guards for
.different localitiesaro.detailed for the night. I
A lawyer is drafting, an instrument for the
formation of a military, company of minute
men, which will, be,.organized 10-nighl.-t-
E very thing oatojteoswar. God grant that it
, may not co.iiie I .but the passions 6f desperate
rnetj are'the,most unreasonable things in the,
world., They say, “Nq, Yankee, but Gilley
yVas, ever known (o fire,” They sadly for*
get hisfory, but will certainly lind their error
corrected if, they commit qoy more aggres.
: 9 i°ti?* I tbiak fhßy wiU ; consider discretion
the belteii part, and not commit any
■ aggressive act.,,shall. see.
i -il' ,■ S.D.L,
’r has been
.aqd cgljed j tljja .Regulating Bftnd, to
r .and .bqwie.
:^ n «Vn those present.
l a grand aU
intention ofiexler
?mip|jliDg us, and (hey, t .were very anxious to
* f ■ “H P ‘ M *
? i of r fjjrß enemy"
f.IVJVJt.
fHE AWFUL KAJLRVAD COLLIS.
A great
j-lVji). *A\ fO 5 WI
r fmS^^ s wi^ea.:{
FmaTheDelrtii 2kUtm* .flf JFK day Eetning.
ThiW»fc%ff kipdiiafa Buggies
wo of the
moat heart-rendingand terrible railroad dig.
aster thal 'feVer 1 'in 1 A'hierici. He
day,wa left Falls,, with tbaintclass
and two fecoad-daait ».
press and .pit's baggageman ’After 1 leaving
Htfikuiftij We;
between Hamilton and London," by a freight’,
engine off the traek; After a delay
of affhdur We started, and reached London
abogt six .hours behind time. About three
miles .west of London the cylinder head of
our engine burst, which delayed us two
hours. We backed down to London, took a
new engine and .started again for Windsor
about 1 o’clock, and aboiit 13' mijea west of
Chatham, on the Baptist Creek Flats, going
about 20 miles an jrouf, we came in collision
with a gravel train of 16 car* backing east,
the collision was frightful in the extreme.^
. Our locomotive was cc/nspjetely Ihrowb over
to the right,'the express car thrown over and
crushing the first and second class' car into
mdto fpfinusts, demolishing the pext,: and
making d wreck bribe third-car,’and drlvibg
in.the.epd of .the fourth the .passengers in the
last chr escaped unhurt or Villi slight brui
ses; almost the entice load’of (bo second
,class cars were killed or wounded; some cut
completely . in. two, others with mangled
heads, and bodies, and without 1 limbs.
The screams and groan; of the mingled
were awful io the extreme. Every effort
was made by the Conductor, and passengers
to relieve the suffering, but notwithstanding
all superhuman efforts to relieve them, ait
were not extricated until more than four
hours after the collision. Among those
whose exertions in saying the victims, are
Thomas F. Meagher and 'Junk, the baggage
man, Mr. O. A. Browcson, and others of the
passengers. Heaps of the dead and mangled
were found in the ruins, piled together in oil
mangled shapes.
One poor fellow was cut out of the express
car, his limbs haogiog out of the side, fifteen
feet from the ground. One of the strangest
features of the accident is, that all the gravel
cars were demolished and piled upon each
other, with lha lender of thejengine stove in,
The conductor of the gravel train was on ihe
rear car, with his signal light ami a negro
boy at his side. The conductor saved him
self by jumping; the negro .was killed.
At the limelof the collision there was a
dense fog, it being almost impossible to see
lights. Where blame belongs in this awful
catastrophe, we know not; but there is gross
and culpable negligence in the operation of
the affiira.of the road. The conductor of
the gravel train says he was ordered out by
the superintendent of the gravel pit.
. We ought to meniion that on the third car
from the rear we had no light at the lime of
the collision and was in total darkness, nor
had we anything but pieces of candles stuck
in lubes at any time. Those had gone out
m the time of the collision. The dead are
lying around, and being, mostly emigrants
their names caanol readily be .got, but about
fifty are killed outright and roaoy;-of the
wounded must die, of which there are about
forty alive. There was one woman buried
under a mass of ruins, and lay there over
four hours before she was extricated. She
must die. ___
' We were 32 miles from Detroit and 13
from Chatham, the surrounding country for
miles a vast swamp.and no aid or physicians
at hand, which, with the, denseness of the
fog and frightful screams of the wounded lot
help and water, rendered it the most appal
ling scene imaginable. It was heart sicken
ing. Yet all was doite that could be during
the long live hours that the miserable uniat
tuqates lay wailing Ihejt turn for assistance.
One man had six friends with him, all killed.
There are whole families killed and we can
not ascertain ibeir names.
We are informed by H. P.'Toms, Esq. of
this city, who was also a passenger on the
train at the lime of the collision, that no
blame can be attached to the engineer of the
train, as he had taken every precaution by
, telegraphing from one station to another, by
iwailing for trains to pass, and by the strict
est orders to run very slow, to avoid any ac
cident. The censure, he thinks, must rest
splely with those in charge of the- gravei
train, and with the watchman left (o give no
tice when the last train had passed, who, in
stead of attending to his duty, seems to have
fallen. ,asleep—at any rale,- he gave false
information to the engineer. Why the grav
el train was on the track at such a lime, is
for those, to explain who have thus caused
this fearful loss of life.
Mr. Toms informs us that when be left ibe
scene of the disaster, it had been ascertained
that 23 men, 11 women and II children had
been killed, and 21 men and 20 woman and
children badly injured—one-half probably
fatally. It was thought that as many as 15
dead bodies were still buried in the ruins
when he left.
connon schools.
Police to School Dirtctoro, Teaekerl.and tkefritnit
of Education generally.
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
At the school house near Stebbinsville.
Clymer District, Monday, No?, 13,1 o'ciocs
P. M.
At the school house in Westfield village,
Westfield District, Monday, 12, 4 o’olk P.M.
At, the School house near M. Simmons
Brookfield District, Tuesday, Nov. 14, *
o’clock P. M.
At, the school honse in Knoxville, Tor
Knoxville and Deerfield Districts, Wedner*
day, Nov. 15,1 o’clock P. M.
At the school house near Mr. Teats, Chat*
ham District, Thursday, Nov. 16,1 o’clock
P. Mv, and at Mr. Told’s school bouse in tbs
evening.
At the school house in Wellshorongh, for
the Districts of Wellsborough, Charleston
and Delniar, on Friday, Nov. Itf, 1 o'clock
P. M. in. > > c.;i r.. , f...
; At.lbe sbhooli house bear/Mri (Houses, Far
tnifigton Diattict f iMonday,Nov. 20,2 o’cl’k
P. M.-
At the.school boose iaElkland, for Elk'
land'Borough and Township Dialrkls, Tues*
day* ai.fl.o’dock P. M.i
At the school house io Lawrtnceville, tot
*sa*a
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