¥ fca.c of Roolti »ad Itycrafl. ' frtm The Siitwauite free Democrat, Feb. I. Oa Saturday, the 3d inst,, the Supremo 'Court in session at Madison, on the petition .of John Uyciafiand Sherman M. Booth, discharged them from custody under sentence from Judge Miller, on a charge of .violating the Fugitive Slave Act. ihe Judges delivered separate opinions. Justice Cranford, while adhering 10 his opinion of lost summer, in favor of the constitutionality of the Fugitive Act of 1850 ; gave an able opinion, affirming the insufficiency of an. in dictment to warrant an imprisonment, bo cause it charged us with no offense known to iho tows of any Slate, or of the United Slates; that as the allegation in the indict ment did not aver that Joshua Glover iras a fugitive slave, it was the same as if H was allowed that wo had aided the rescue of Joshua Glover, a free citizen of Wisconsin, end that the sehtence of Judge Miller, undor that indictment, was as truly a nullity us if bo had sentenced us arbitrarily, without con viction, without a trial, and without oven no tifying us that we were charged with any •Uflense. And io this opinion of Justice Craw ford; all tht mtmhert of Ihe Court concur rtd This decision of the Court was peculiarly Soothing to the vanity of I'.. G. Ryan, Lsq, »]yi boasted, after the conviction of Rycraft, that ho had drawn the indictments, and claimed that tho conviction under it was ow ing to his legal skill in framing i.. Chief Jusiice Whiton affirmed his former opinion, that the Act was unconstitutional, because it annulled the writ of habeas corpus and tlie right of trial by jury. Ho also took the ground lliat a law might he unconstitu tional m some parts and. constitutional m other parts, so that a conviction might legally lake place under it, but whether this was •uch a case he would not impure.. It was •efficient to rost the discharge on tho grounds affirmed hv Justice Crawford Justicu Smith gave a long, and very able opinion, affirming all he had said in his first opinion, denying the power of Congress to legislate on I tie subioct. reviewing the whole question of Stale Sovereignly and Stale Rights, affirming the power of tho State Cqurls to enlorco the writ ofliabeas corpus up on Dnilcil Stales officers and to inquire iniolho legality of Uie proceedings of the Federal Courts', n» freely as into iho proceedings of mv other Coiir'. The prisoners were ordered JD be discharged tram custody. OtficoSccKliig in Pensjtvamla. The LeicisUurs Chronicle, contains u let ter from h irnstmrg, written, we presume, by- Mr. Ilickol;,- tne now Deputy Superintendent of Common Schools, from which wo malic (be following extract, in relation to the doings of the oflice-sceKers and the Governor : “Gov. Fuilock has beon closely besieged by throngs of applicants for office. I hey faavo been tu persistent ood pertinacious as gadflies to tho dog-davs, but have thinned off wiitim a duv or two. There ore over I,OOU Applicants lor the 2t> offices at hia disposal. — fiotna 01 them have discovered, by this tunc, that he possesses firmness and independence of character, as welt as honesty o| purpose, and warm-hearted cordiality, and that he is not disposed to shrink from the responsibili ties thrown upon him, or suffer the helm to •acenc irom ins own control. Circumstan ces have also developed the fuel, that he w.ll ■c - . knowing l '■ appoint anv inebriate, or piolanc swoaror. or person of otncrwisc tm- Gnorta't character. 10 anv oltice ui bis pH. Ono imlivmaii depraved his proypoda nt onco bv prescntim: his application in person, while itr.*>xicate.. Aun’.ir' urih'd hm own appointment in latviuutie ol more Rironph than politeness, and had 1v.3 name stricken from iho ns., as sunn as he Ich. Sitll anoth er had made a tavurabic in the ex ecutive opinion, when the o (juusi Mormon arr uieoni'-nLs sudden’v sol'leJ Iho point aitvursu. Uihcfs who have attemp ted to dictate ano coerce, have not found Inin Quito so wax-'U mi" nnnn>*=ibbj ns his being- oaot countcrmnc. had i -d mem to suppose. Theao oosua. in o; what may be ex pected. 1 nresurm . wit not De diStK'ttlul to Iho pubho trcnennis. h »wevcr unexpected and aopalalable to smaller c.rcieg 1 Popular Sovereignly Congress nos just p\eu on evidence of the little value i: nnta upon Hie docir nc of ,-pop aiar sovereign - , as v-nnoss tb.s item irom IPe prorecn.njs o" me House "Mr. buiiiiijj. irorr, tne jud.c.ary comma tee. ioiroaucc.l a resolution annulling the ac- tion of the Minnesota i,ein<.aMn . in charter* log tne Minnesota and .Northwestern Railway •ad Tronsi; Ur,.wot companies. In mo de bate on tins bih.it wasdai.l the (»ovenwr and Secrctar* w«tc t» Ik largo-' bone-himj by these gram? . nn, urlhthat me District Attorney nan a.rea.;\ luci. removed for his iction in me mane, Tno resolution passed. ’ 7no passag* o.‘ lim re? solution — ((hero wore but lb votes against it» —s'.nucs down completely tii-j docinnu of the Inal session ol Congress. that me people of me territories have ltie on"; line, exclusive right to malte Ihcir laws air.: u.\ tin; cliurader of ilieir in stitutions '1 tieso wore tiie arynm-uis uaeJ to force ihrouch Conar’sa ilia: .niquuom act. Iho repeal of the M.asour: Coninrutniac, and by winch it wa< ottomnlcd lo be sustained before the people; and i! is pertinent to in quire why, if the people of the territories are sovereign, and n-ive the right lo do their own legislation, they cannot bo permitted to chirr tor their own railroad companies The pres ent Congress, winch is the putative (nihor of iho popular sovereignty doctrine, cooilv un dertakes to annul the action of the Minnesota legislature, ns if its power to do so was un questioned and unquestionable ! IVVe think Congress did right in this partic nln\r instance. Wq have always contended that it has power pot only to legislate for the territories, but lo annul whatever territorial legislation may meet its disapproval. Wo ■re glad, ihcreforo, lo see Congress come back to the .exersiao of its legitimate func-, lions; and if the Kanzas legislature should undertake lo legislate slavery Into that ter ritory, we shall expect the next Congress to •anal its action with that freedom and unan imity with which the present Congress has visited the territorial action of the Minnesota legislature, —lHthhurtf Oa telle. Asfjaa Sorn uad« hot, now. THE AGITATOR. M . | EDITOR. » # » All Bjuainew, and other Communications must be addressed to the Editor to insure attention. WELLSBOROUGH, PA. Thursday ITlorulng, Feb. 15, 1855. LECTCRJES. —Tho Welltborough Literacy Institute has engaged the services of the fol lowing Lecturers: Cassius M. Clat, ** IGth and 17lh. Rl. Rev. Alonzo Pottkr. 37 Tho Univsralißl Conference meets at Mans field on Wednesday and Thursday, 14th and 15th lasts. Several distinguished speakers are expected to be present and address tho assemblage. All are invited to attend. £CJ* Our thanks are duo T. L. Baldwin, E*kj , for documents. ET Michigan, Ohio and Illinois, have enacted stringent Prohibitory Laws ainoo our last issatio. Mork Triumphs !—Harlan from lowa, Durkce from Wisconsin,tViUou from Massachusetts and Ssward from N«v York —a glorious company of anti-aUvery men, have been olectod to tho U. S. Sen. ate within a few weeks. The re-election of SeWsrd is the greatest triumph of the series. Now lot Penn sylvaoia scud a V.'ihuot, and the triumph is com plete. 07 Cassius M, Clay, the most eloquent advocate of human freedom in tho Union, will lec ture at tho Court llouho on FRIDAY EVENING IGth inat. Subject—" Slavery. 1 * This distinguished gentleman is bo widely known that commendation is unnecessary. A resident in a Slave Stale, he can speak of that which be has seen. IT See Tabor, Young & Co’s., new advertisement on third page. Also, A. Bixby’s notice of Cayuga Plaster, just re ceived and for sale at a reduced price. Also, Maclaurin’fl now system of Penmanship, •aid to be the greatest discovery of the ago. Also, D. S. Irolan’u Sash and Blind Factory. IT O&LAXDO LI’MD, of Ithic«, lectured on “Tho inliuouco of Intemperance on National Character,” on Monday evening at the Court House, to a full house. His lecture was excellent, qualitatively, but quanliUvely not so good—to those who stood up to bear it. The luclurer dealt largely in fuels. Are Christian IVSea proper Snb* jecls lor the Gallows f When rticn become eo quickened with a lovo of jualico for the sake of humanity os to framo laws fur the punishment of offenders llul through pun. iahmont reformation may come, instead of dettruo lion to the life and budding uscftilness of the reform ed, then society will have pul awny one of tho most inconsistent of its inconsistencies, and will exhibit a heller degree ol hannony in its development. But at present, how painful arc its efforts to move upward and onward—all the while, crab-like, sidling off on tho same dull level. It labors harcLcuough to accomplish its redemption—Us means ark ample, but its means are applied and its labor directed with astonishing effect against itself. lU measures are suicidal or contradictory. For instance : Chastity is considered indispensa bio to the moral health of every community. Ils lack in any degree, especially in the female individ- severely dealt with, and its total want in run. sidcrcd a misdemeanor verging on the darkest criin inai action. But if an individual falls under nuspi. uo;;, jii.il, or unjust, community casts her off utter ly, and concentrates upon her the full force of Us ijrnbh frown, Icbt she by some dunce trespass upon the domain of Virtue and Respectability. Then Bocn.tr is inconsistent; for it forces an erring mem bt r from the cormniPFlon of slight wrung down the ’ piano of l)ha«lcr, to tho utter abandonment of every ’ \ rrluous aspiration —thus dclcatsng it.-elf in l!iu ac • complishmcnt ol one of iU moA desired works— l!jo reformation and restoration of an erring mun be: ; And Again: Sobriety and industry nro hc!J as ' ciruuui! *.uUk*. Nul to be eober, induMrious and 1 huDOrt id to be disreputable Lack of sobriety us 1 oflcn results from an uccu.imlalion of unluwnrd cir* c jm?laiiCes, as from any oilier cau. a « ; but%ocidv I krci:#» I i inebriate mlo Llic* culler, socially »-pcaking, I at least, ollener than it hltsdinn out of il with kind • worn. And not only lln>, but it iho in. 1 cn lute's family, and iu forgetting that the child is 1 not respoaitilo for the nets of the parent, perhaps | li.rccs il i.ilo u career of reckless dissipation lo drown thobin-ae of unmerited di>grace. Thus »o- I c.cly, by Us intolerance, 'orces the eh.ld into the ; pursuit ol Iho very wrong for wliick il cundrnoncd ! liic parent. And again. Society regards -the sncnficc of Im-, man hie at t!.-. hands ol man a-» llu. highest nnd nio-l Uniblc of human crimes. Il express itself in strong terms wlicu it meaturev out lo Luc mur derer llie death penalty. Ycl, il consents lo legal rae U:e act j I abiiori*, in the yam hope of making ot two w r «ng<, one kp.ii r I A norioe might presume, that, lo render human life unit secure, il would be necessary to make it »« *a* ml in iho eyoa of moa a« poamhle. Hut we ap prehend that the b«*t way lo do tins is not by legal izing murder. Why should the Uw proscribe the most fievere of ftl! penalties for an act winch it an* llionrcs its to commit with impunity? Why doe* it command—“Vo shall do no murder’.” nnd add—“lc.il your Uvea bu required in compensa tion I” Tho law m this caso does not contemplate reform, bat vengeance, rather. Wo aro unablo lo soo haw ibis Inghcst of enmorf can, bo inetamorpbos cJ mlo a virlno even by legislatures. If hlu for life is a good rule, then, if an I’Vil-dmposed peraon burn his neighbor’s hou-y, lut tho hhonlF apply the torch lo the culprits. If ouo - «toal Ihb neighbor’s goods, lei Iho shenlT levy find make re«-Ulullon. Tins policy would prcM rvo Ilia animus of iho Ux tahon\i % which Uic Christian world, blnrlmg from the dog m of non-resistance, so fondly clings to. \\ e own no allegiance lo this ‘’blood fur blood” rule uf uclion. It is wauling in Iho oeaonco of all righteous law—Humanity. Tho true object of pun. lehmcnl should be, the protection of society through the jefonnalwn of the offender. It does not seem a very Chnslianliko act lo hurl any man out af exist once with a brother’s bluod upon him; for, to do eo, is lohurl him down tonenr-endmg pain, if tho pop. ular belief is lo be credited. It U an act of inhu. inanity, then, to hurry a blood-stained soul into the presence of an offended Duly, since iho rilcat may find pardon at Ijio gal-way of Ucponlancc. To this view it may bo objected, that ,; .o culprit has ample limo for repentance intervening between sootcuco and execution. Admit that bo docs repent —what right have wo lo punish a repentant man 7 If wo raid tho Word aright, wo shall find that thro' repentance courts retnlslson of sin. Doos God pun. fsh after ho has pardoned 7 Take another view: It is objected that the mur derer has ample time for repentance. Let us see: Joe and lUII arc schoolboys. Joe i < bright, active aad to magjjr (Jp bwfcrt ua|u Util u stupid THE TIOHA COUNTY AHITA and,l«/‘(constitutionally,) rind With difficulty idbb lorsThe easiest itik. The masterj knowing tho ca pacities of the two bbys, gives tbrim a bard task to perform in tho sumo time. Joe masters bis with tbo closest study, but Bill goes to recitation as igno-- rant os evor, - Now, was Bill allowed soffioient lime to gel tho task 7—that's tho question. Joo studies op, gets a good education and is fitted for a life of usefulness. Now send him away to the Rocky Mountains to shoot boars and fight Indians, and forbid him to return to civilized Ufa. Would that bo a proper investment of his means to do good? Wo conclude not. Very well r Now suppose that Bill goes on get ting no bettor very fast, and finally lands on the gal lows. Ho wont to his cell a pretty hard case, but by coaxing and threatening, his spiritual advisers convince him that ho is sorry that lie— got in limbo. Ho repents, (of being caught,) and becomes a Chris tian—professedly. Ho makes a speech to the throng assembled to see a man die legally, and drops. Now, if his conversion was real, and not a sham, what was accomplished by the sacrifice of this exem plary Christian 7 Why, he was just filled to dis charge his duty to his follow-men, just ready to bb useful, when the law stopped in and cut him off! True, society must bo protected, but docs it need protection against Christian men? Certainly not. Then his death was unnecessary, for society was al ready protected by his conversion. Could his dooth alone for the life of hU victim 7 Oh, no. Then it was unnecessary that he should dia for that. Was it necessary that his death should bo made a warn ing to others 7 Not if tho death-scene of a Chris tian is to be pointed l at as an example for ail to imi tate. This sacrifice was nmdo to satisfy the law of retaliation—for nothing beside. It ia but a few days since two men—Uanaing and -Short, were executed in Kentucky. Both held 00l '“game,” till all hope of a reprieve vanished. Then both suddenly became good Christians. Short made a speech on the gallows, stating that ho had been to a great many''hanging sprees” but never thought ho >hou!d bo hung himself. But ho said he hud “whipped Satan clean out of his old coal,” and made bis “election sure/’ He hated life, and would bo in Paradise before sundown. So much for lb« “terrors’* inspired by “hanging sprees,” and so much for a law that makes no distinctions between Christian mon and black-hearted villains. In jublice to the friends of froc-lrado in Rum wo must stale that Short acknowledged that his mishap resulted from a train under Captain Whiskey. This noted Captain has trained many thousands to do gallows duty, and we fed to thank our Judges fur not giving him permission to train in this borough, aa ho earnestly petitioned last Wednesday week. Some refer to the Mosaic Law in support of the argument for death punishment. Rut what evidence is Hint law of present necoslity ? In its lime, and for semi-barbarous Israel, it was doubtless appropri ate. Rut no reasonable man will protend that a civ il law prescribed for a rebellious people ages ago, is therefore a law for the enlightened nations of to-day. The doctrine of Necessity alone, can justify such a barbarous law. Let it be proved that the circum stances of to-day are identical with those that exist ed then, befocc urging the binding force of a rule the only province of which is to restrain men who have never beau taught the beautiful lesssons of hu manity. If Mosaic code is a good ono for this age and for this people, then let it bo adopted entire. Let the thief make fourfold restitution and go free. Let the disobedient child bo stoned. Let the Young America put himself on Israelitish diet—then the sticklers for the laws of Moses will ovidonce more consistency. (I J”“\Vc know of no good reason wdiy llic Laities should ho deprived of their right to vote, mid on the othet ii.md, many van be adduced in favor of granting them the privilege. Wo hope tho ’strong minded woimn” will coi.liniic; to agitato the ques tion unlit the taws of the land shall recognize llipir equality.” —Corninif Jnuy nut. Oor sentiments exactly. If woman is endowed with reason end common sense, she has u right to to oy nil liio hem lits that urcruo lo man from the possession of these qualities. If she is ns intelli gent, generally, as her brother, then remit her to the rights mid pi Alleges that a false socialism lias de prived her of. 'll intelligence is tho guardian of our tree institutions, then women is as much entitled to vote os eoy oilier reasonable being. It is objceli d that the scenes lli.il mvnrishlj dis grace the bailol-box on election days, are mil such ns gentler woman should look upon. What! Is man, then, eg reckless and tbrgellul of tho saneiily and dignily of the freeman's deirest prink gc, ns to render the special lo o 1 ’ its exorcise disgusting mul shameful fir wives mid Bisters to behold ! Perhaps it is so—l., io in's sh, lino lit it be said—-we believe it is 100 trim. Dors it follow, therefore, that there can, or should bo no reform, no redemption of tho billot.box from tho sink of tilth into which itum mid bribery have plunged it 7 A thousand limes, No ! As woman opproaclies the polls tho violence and disorder that now wrangle there will slink away liko guilt at tho approach of inuoeenco, ashamed of their mutual iiideousnesa. The man who hai fell the blessed influence of a mother’s and a sister's love, will not deny bul-that woman's presence must evert a powerful reformatory inllueneo upon the disgraceful doings of electron day. Too drunken brawls and moan.spirited Iratbc in principles would speedily disappear,mid something likcorder and honorable independence would tako place instead. The übjeclions.usually urgi d u-ainst woman's cnlranel'.isement nro born of palpable end unmaiilv piciudiec—not‘of reason. There is not a lithe of tin opposition olihrcd to it now, that there vvns but ycsteifay, as it were, mid all that remains will be withdrawn, probably, in a very few years. So mole il be. TJsc IjCCtlll’l*-.—Pursuant lo notice, Rev. John I’lKiir.ivr read Inn r]ilomJul unliro “Tho (Jolil i'ii r„lf” before the Iniddiilc on Tliurtalay evening last. To epcirk of thin poem as it devem-s, nould rjfpiira more vpaco limn wo can command. To up. preciale it, one must Iwar it from the lips, and in the innnilabl.) stylo of the author. Mr. Pierpont is a fmo specimen of the men of Plymouth Ruck, ami though the hoar fro*l of tirno rests upon Ins head ins cheok has the Ircshncse of youth, and lus heart is not a whit behind. In person, he is full six foot in height, spare, yet not too much so for tho delicacy of his organization, and ns erect as an Indian Chief. In intellect ho is also a giant—not in the animal, but in tho coronal region. 11 in bond is just such a one as tho phrenologist loves to contemplate. On Fr.uhy evening lie gave a very interesting sci entitle lecture on the formation and uses of Snow, which, we are sorry to say, waa not exactly appro priate lo this latitude—the Tecluto, not tho Snow. Wo heard one young man say that ho couldn’t sea “head or tail” to it. A minuto after, he inquired where Boston was I No wonder, ho cculdn't see head ot tail lo it 1 Owing lo tho slnto of the roads tho attendance was meager. “Order Reigns in Wollsbord)! Not as it reigned in Warsaw, but in the will of the people. Rum did not win, neither did the potty advocates of moderate temperance. Our readora will probably ho cltHlsd out of turns nucleating local demonstrations, bruising for inetirico-T-for another y< evorbtoi there ii nevkr a loss withoi gain, arid m this coao tho gala will m ono. j As ono of many, wo undertake to lender tbo Honorable Bench of this county, tho sincere thanks of tho order-loving citizens of Wellsboro* and vicin ity far their prompt refusal to grant licenses in our midst. The disappointed potitionersj will thank them 100, beforo another year comes found, perhaps, when tho increasing respectability of |thia village shall become still more apparent under tho continued nilo of Temperance and Order. True, !tbc seller in prospective will iiavo fewer coppers and what is : bet ter, fewer ourtes. And then, our neighbors who take & social “nip** now and then, will have more money to spend, for papers and kooks, the contents of which will, unlike those in decanters, clovate and strengthen, instead of casting down into the gutter filth of inebriation. Only five licenses, wo understand were granted in this whole county—with a population of nearly 30,000 ! This makes but one for ovpry GOOD souls. Now give us tho next county on tho list, some body. Tioga doesn’t want all tho glory. Cmavoxaxo*.—Wo would cjll attention to tbe bills of Mossri. Teed A Hampton, now stopping in this village. We aro somewhat acquainted with these gentlemen, and have no hesitation in pronoun cing Mr. T., the most powerful psychological and mesmeric operator wc have ever mot. Dr. Hampton is one of the best physiological and ‘descriptive Clair voyants in the country, describing diseases and pre scribing remedies with extraordinary accuracy and effect. They with to get up a class of twenty or thirty, or even a*.smaller one, at a merely nominal fee, in order to prepare for a public exhibition some lime next week. Dr. Hampton may bo consulted at ail reasonable hours at Cleaver's fluid. Position of Iho Know Nothings. Thu earlier movements ol the Know-Noth ing organization were of a character to com mand respect if they did not command approba tion. They discarded the machinery of cau cuses,and set up no claims us a political organ- I izalion. If among the candidates in the field, they could find a man of undoubted qualifica tions for the office he aspired; who was American in feeling and despised tho miser able habit of counting tho foreign vote, they gave him their suffrages, without regard to bis parly allegiance, if thero wore no such candidate in the field they silently put up and elected one of that stamp, from their own number. Latterly—us in New York and Massa chusetts—a different policy has boon adopted. Not satisfied with success won thus unobtru sively i aspiring to measure their strength with existing organizations, and having in a meattro fallen under the management of sosme of those hungry seekers after office, who infest every party, they ofsay to lake the field as a political organization, and re fuse to sustain any but their own nominees, no matter what measure of qualification em bodied in the candidates already before Ihe public. This is fatal step. It opens the way and invites the designing to work (heir own selfish purposes through the organization. Thus, what was objectionable merely on ac count of its intolerance and ami-republican character at first, has become infinitely more so, by, reason of its insolent, dictatorial spirit, and its insulibrablo corruption. Worse still ; jif ihe’nxposilions of the National organs of l the Order are to bb taken ns authoritative, it has fallen into the hands of tho South, and is to be used os an engine to drive from life Councils of the Nation tho antagonists of Slavery, and to crush out the lovd of Free dom in ibo hearts of tho people. Surely it I cannot be that the honest masses who were led by hatred of Popish bigotry and oppress ion into tho order, will lend themselves to a bigotry and despotism infinitely more perilous i lo free institutions.— Summit {<).) Beacon. J An ExtraorJlitiury JSaJlooii Ascen sion by u Woman. At Easton, Northampton county, lust week, Miss Loaisudlradley ascended m a bal ! loon. 1 She knew very little about tho business she 1 had undertaken,or of tho cllccls likely lo bo ’ produced upon the balloon when it reached the i r.tnficd atmosphere. The balloon was an old ' one, and the silk hod become roltcn. When aho reached this height she stales that the 1 balloon, which was not entirely filled when it left the earth, expanded, when tho gas began : lo escape at the seams, and became very of ' Tensive lo her. This alarmed her, and shc ! pulled tho valve rope, but permitted but little ! gas to escape, as aho was afraid aho would | into the Dolawaro. In a’ fevv moments I after this the 'balloon collapsed, and fell for ! tho distance of six hundred or seven hundred feat. It seems that when tho balloon burst it [ was torn into ribbands, except tho lower part ;or the nock of the balloon. So completely was tho upper pan lorn lo pieces, that largo 1 p.cccs ol silk blew away, and tho remainder 1 bung down oven below the car. ’When she luvl fallen this distance the neck of the bal- A"'" suddenly Idem up, turning inside nut and catching against the net work, formed a par . aehule, which bore her safely U> the ground. | She came down in an open field', and so light ! iy did the car strike the earth that she says 1 there was not tin; slightest jar. Her presence : of mind was extraordinary. After tins fear ful fall, and when the balloon was still tic- I sccmling with terrific velocity, slto threw out I her sand bags and anchor, and then with tho I utmost calmness commenced singing a hytna. She alighted about four miles from this place. The trip must bo considered a quick ono, as at a quarter past It,’ situ rodo into town safe and in fine spirits. Aykh’s Ciiniiay Pectoral, —We believe ibis lo bo an excellent preparation, and shall therefore not heainuc'to recommend it to our readers. It has been tested in numerous in stances in this city, and m several which have como under our own observation, it has ac complisbed what other popular medicines and some ofour most skilful physicians had failed to accomplish—a perfect cure, in case of (ap parently) confirmed consumption, it is the only medicipe for Ibis desoaso which wo can heartily recommend. —Temperance Advo cate, Prov. IL I. ' A Gbaphic Simile,—Henry Whrd Beech er aaye that an. honest man inside of a Know- Knolhing lodge has “the .peculiar advantage that (lies have in a spidpr’e web—the priyi lego of losing thoir legs, ot buzzing without flying, and being eaten at leisure by big.bel lied spiders. ?OE. f Loses Eltber Way. [thieving and nr, if not for it gomo amall tot bo a amall The citizens of Rdy County, Missouri, in the resolutions adopted at their County Court House, on the Ist instant, denounce the Bead ing of emigrants into Kansas by New Eng. land Societies, os a movement calculated to "thwart the natural and legitimate operation of the Kansas Law,” and as an attehnpt to “overpower those who are attracted to Kan sas from Missouri, and other States, by the ordinary and proper inducements of emigra tion.” Kansas is bounded on the south and east, that is tJsoy, on the two aides from which alone it can receive emigration, by slave holding communities. The "natural and legitimate operation” of this state of things, is to introduce Slavery into Kansas, just as tho same state of things introduced Slavery into Arkansas.. Nothing can be more “natu ral” more “legitimate,” or we may add, un less exertions be mode by the North of a moke energetic character than any wo have yet witnessed, more inevitable. Among ir tho ordinary and proper inducements to emigra tion,” none being more obvious or more powerful than proximity, it must be confessed to bo clear that the natural destiny of Kansas under Douglas’s bill was to become a slave holding Territory. In Ibis condition of things, certain societies in New England, and elsewhere, undertook to keep Slavery out of Kansas by sending free emigrants there. Their doing so is made the pretext in Missouri, for sending in a horde of interlopers to control the election of a delegate to Congress, and the same thing may be repeated, in the election of the Ter ritorial Legislature. Gen. Stringfellow, of Missouri, tauntingly informs us lliat “Missouri is nearer to Kansas than Boston is.”— It ccsis less to send in ten bullies from Mis souri to flood life ballot-boxes with spurious votes, limn it does to transport one emigrant from New England to stnlu in Kansas. Un ilie whole, it would lb bo tho pre sent opinion of (ho slave-drivers that Free dom must Use this battle eulicr way. K we leave the character of Kansas to be deter mined by the character of the emigration naturally to be expected from its position and neighborhood, it will full wuhoui resistance O * into tho arms of slavery. If we attempt ;o contest tho "round, we discover ihat Boston | >J 1 ■ is a long distance off, while Missouri .s ciose at hand ; l(int even in a fair struggle to throw in honest emigrants and settlers, Missouri has prodigious advantages Now Mngiaiui ; while in tho game at throwing ui pro tempore voters to control elections, M.ssuun nas the field wholly ’o herself. We did not create, and are not responsible for, Iho facts which make up this picture, out only describe them. If it has an uninviting and disagreeable aspect, it is our duty lo look at it, nevertheless, just as .t is. Wo never doubled, and no intelligent man over doubled, that the solo object of repealing the Missouri Compromise was ti extend Slavery into Kan sas. The stupidity, winch could be gulled by the assertion that- i-lie South was contend ing merely for a principle, and aot for prac tical results, is too deplorable lo be reasoned with. The dominant politicians of tho South never bad, never can have, anv principle, save and except tint ol spreading Slavery wherever - ..i-v can force it by fair means or foul. —.V. Tribune. Tlic Doctrine ol Instructions. The instruc'ions o! the Michigan LcfTisia'- turo to her Senators relative to 'ho Missouri Compromise and tho Nebraska act. give Iren. Cass a great deni of Iron',ln. Phev ml only speak in terms of ps-ieprovnl f ms past course upon the nues'.ion nvo'ved 11 die 'at ler incavj'c, bat iticv direct him to bring n a bill lor llm re-i-if jiion of the comnrormsc nn.t lo'urgc iid aJoa-non ev his voii'i; anil vo'c. — Of course i!.• ■ limeral «'il tlcmt-cral.c doctrines of jUcil ei.ee lo .nsli-tc lions apply onlv lo cases .n winch Jcmocral ic mslrucl opposiiiMn Scnaiors in which cummer icy ili>' Ini ter arc mi uut\ ioiind I-* obey or rc.'':;n. li'it wlicn 'he conlrnrvol lips ii.i;i[-cns, ill liw Dumocrals Ims lo jo s lo a.-.-crl 'hut ;lie nvijoiitv w iio give '.ho .n slrttc'.ions arc Abolitionists. or higher or 'ovv. er law men, tina llicv aro too tall or 100 short loose cons’nicllOtuMs or miscnnxlrucnonists. anything, si :imt llioy represent .n nionsaiul purposes repugnant lo Ilia nlorests and fec- iings oijlu; persons instructed Wall commenced iho game of <iuibb!in;» and evasion. ilo would neither obey nor res'gn, bocauso the Whit; Legislature wb.ch gave ilia instructions did not believe in Uie tutv of obedience. Cass was instructed : n ! a bO 'o go fur the VVilmot Proviso. Ho repudiated bocnusß it was not convenient to ocev. Pou coy, of Ct. was last veir inslrucled to 'csist tho repudiation uI the Missouri Comnrom'so. Uo repudiated becausetnc Legislature, 'hougn just elected on that verv dues: ion. was :om posed of factions. An Iso they go, fumbling, prevaricating, and at Ins! ircaK.ng limugli thu meshes of tho nets w Inch they nave set 10 catch their opponents. Tekkiiili; Railroad Collision i ■ S.nou- tirouM—A Man’s Head I’rr Off iiv Tin; Lunmonu:.— V serious collision jo tween the ireigld tram ,iad the night express tram from ibirncllsvi.lo loon place on Satur day morning, bet ween A'.l.ca and Linden, on the Now York l.’ily road. 'lie engine ot die /retold tram bad been slopped m cidiseuucncc of the lirc-pan idling with siu>w. ami oxiiaus ling die sicam. Tho (rain standing on a partial curve, and the wind and snow jlow iuga gale, d was not discovered iv die ex press (ram until nearly upon d. I'lio onipn eor blew a tcrrdic blast irom ins whislle, but the alarm was of no avail ; they ran into the freight tram, breaking up its passenger car, killing a man by tlio narno ol Quigley, and breaking tho arm of another mau. No other injury. When tho whislle was sounded, Quigley ran to tho door, and was in tho act of look ing out upon the coming train, when the lo comotive caught him. as it swept forward, cut ting hia head off, and casting |t some dis tance on the other side of tho brack. Ho was in the employ of the road as trackman,.. The broken oar was removed from the the .boiler supplied with water, and both trains wore soon under way. The conductor of tho freight train had sent back his flagmen, but the air being so full of snow ihey wero not seen. —liuffalo Rcimblic, Jan. 20. Erii Confluence* *1 Free Trade Our Yankee Cation imported, in 1853, nearly $268,000,000 worth of goods, Of these $31,000,000 wore for goods free of duty, and presumed to be of a character that could not be produced at home. But bow „many millions remain that were paid for ar ticles tliat American soil might have been the better for producing, and American hands are idle for the lack of labor on? Why should not Americans have the privilege of growing such products aa no country ca a surpass her in, and American hands have ih« job of moulding them to the shape of our wants'!—Why is thial Because it is easier to trade than to tcorfc—to handle the yard stick than the spade—the pen than the rake. If there is anything characteristic of our na." tion it is the propensity to trade. To dig and plough, to sow and reap are slow methods of making money ; yet the earth is the source of wealih, and the tilling the earth the pro cess to obtain it. The farm or the dairy do . not make such quick and large returns aa : the factory or the machine shop; and who cares for health or moral purity when money can be made —without which.there can bo no show 1 Wa shall never cease to be-a de pendent and debtor nation till we are driven back to. the soil as the treasure-house of true national wealth. Let ua have agricultural schools, and set all our idle, boys and youth to felling the forest, turning the furrow, put ting in the seed, and gathering the fruits, and nations that now come lo us as domineering creditors, will come as dependent customers. The enormous frauds which disgrace our lands—the insatiable desire of office, and tbs corruption which is so unblushingly ackoow. ledger! by those who hold it—<ho general laxity in the lone of moral sentiment, and the obligation of virtue, and the redclessuess with which life and property are sacrificed, all have their source directly or remotely in lho hot haste of men to bd nfch. 'A'e are quite sure mat lo overcome me prevailing aversion lo agricultural 'abor is a most ,m -portant and philanthropic object, and that te this end schools for scienlific and practical I husbandry should be numerous, oneap and I attractive lo ihe young,.— N. Y. Courier d- I Enquirer. Xo Change in the Xabx.net. The Washington onion o( a rate dale, nos tho following authoritative nonce: ,t is well known that wo do not attempt to contradict the numberless falsehoods daily sent, or winch purport to be sent by telegraph or otherwise, irom this city in relation to tho President and the different members of bis cabinet; but tho intention of Mr. Guthrie to resign is announced with such an assurance of reliable' auihoruy, that we deem n proper to say that it .s without the slightest founda tion in truth. Such an idea was never an* lorlaincd for one moment either by ihe Presi dent or the decretory, and we may as well add, that the rumors which have gained cir culation within the last eighteen months with regard to contemplated changes in the cabinet, and ail rutpors ot dissensions between ns dif ferent members, or between any one ot them and Ifto President, are each and all absolutely and entirety groundless. Inkocktit as a Child. — a. New Orleans paper makes the following statemenl Curing iho lasi year '.here were expen ded something near for intoxi cating drinks n Ihis Stale ; S-0.000.000 of this was expended in Now Orleans alone.— There were made about 16,000 arrests, di rectly and mdirecllv, .or irunkennoss in iho city and Slate ; aoout 100 deaths bv delirium '.rumens, aooul 75 murders, ocsides a nosi ol older crimes. dver I.UOU hn-c been reduced ;o vagrancy and imunensm : no resources ot .nc Stale have deen crippled ; thousands navs -cl*ii Kent out ol employ ment : society at larco ,as been senuus'V. .eeinv jamaueu in all .is w.'i'.v, .'or - hi' relations ii nur best ciiracns nave been destroyed and '.il ;!iis ’las aeon oone, ana mcro, ana vci wo nave men who 10. l us Dial •“ 'he rumscl’or .s .in innocent a> a ctiild. ruined ,n ,:e iml-Mlavorv Resolutions. Mr. Lou. .‘i Warren couniv, nas .nlroducetf mm niu i.juso, aim resolutions. .nsirucling our Senators a no vcs ,n ’o vole against '.he aarmi- sion ,nto lie constitution permits slavery. ana :o oiq' in every oons'iiutionui ciTori ;o cneeic :ho aa. Senator vanco of :hia national svii. These are ,m -portanl resolutions, and will ikelv oad to an inicrcslHig discussion. Va Deiiare .ney embody ihe sentiments of a larga majority of ilio members ofihe Legislature. and .however bmcrly they may be opposed by a few "douga ■aces,’ '.bey will no OoulJl.pase. The roraicl of 'ho oeopla ai :ho inie oiecnon was so jn enuivocm and ompnatic aeainsl .he .under extension of siavorv, .hat :he Legislature mil oniv sending .11 accordance with (he popular will ; n adopting Mr. Lou's resoiunona.—r/ur risimni-1 Herald, '■Veil Jone, Mr, Loll. Tow snne ilia members ;o a vcio and cl us see wnother mulling was sailed by :he ale election.— '■Vo on; :l;o Herald ,n .13 peiief ihal ihese resolutions are .11 accordance «nh ihe popu ar " 11, and wo rnoicc most hearlliv that Mr, Loll lias so promptly proposed Ihe remedy for s averv propagandist!). Xu more since States, L<’i UlO uce Stales adopt this postlion and thov will nrovcnl the further extension 01 slavery, and 11 is the only thing that will do it. .'oudersport Journei. Tue Sad Kesvlt of Ignorance. — The Delroit Advomser relaics an instance of an o.\ Doing killed and a sled broken lo pieces by a railroad car, and all because the ox could not understand French. The team, consisting of one English and one French ox, drawing a heavy load of wood, and driven by a French driver, was crossing the (rack when the express tram of cars made n» ap. pearanco. The driver, in great excitement, immediately ordered his oxen to “ chuck” (the French for “ haw.' 1 ) The French, ox understood him, and. turning olf the saved himself from injury ; but the English ox, having never studied the languages, pres, sed further on, and was instantly killed.— This case should be a warning to farmers to save their oxen properly educated. Y Tine A ANKEB haa interned a mac* extracting the lies from quack advertisements.* Some of them are sever seen after entering fke machine, as only the Hull) comes o^, lie health and enemies 01 some ■' nuesnog aur 'eoresenta- - nton 01 averv tMalo wnos*
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