' From Tht‘Chicago Democratic Prrir. •' • ' Affairs In jiansttk. lji.ll our information hitherto with regard Jo, tho organization-of the Kansas Legislature; having come through Pro-Slavery: medium 3! it is likely that in one point we have, done in justice to.'Gov, Reeder, .Accordmg .to the statements contained in the following lolt«.he presented papers to show the illegality trip election of some of the members, but no po lice whalevef tvas taken, of thorn ; .Pawnee, K, T w July 7,1855, You will no doubt be astonished at tho new light thrown upon legislation, constitutional law, ami the powers of Congress, by the Leg islature of Kansas, which adjourned from tins place yesterday after a session of five ■days. Tho first bill introduced after the (louse was organized was to adjourn the Leg islature from ibis place to the Shawnee Mis-’ sion, or Manual Labor School, located about iwo miles from Missouri, near Wcalport. . Air, Hutchinson, a Free-State member, made a speech against it, arguing that the or ganic act authorized tho Governor to locate the first Legislature and determine the place for bolding its sessions; that they had no power to order the Governor to move his of fice and locate it permanently at the Indian School; that the Government had been at the expense of fitting up a large two-story stone building,‘sixty feel long by thirty wide, with suitable desks, dec., and the citizens had been oi much expense in preparing for theic ac commodations ; and the officers at Port Riley had generously offered them whatever accom-., modiitinns they should lack in tho town, with a carriage at their service, free of expense, to lake them to and from their place of meet ing. lie thought it unwise, unnecessary and contrary to the organic act making it a Ter ritory, &c. The Speaker, Mr. Stringfellow, said there was no use in spending time to discuss this bill. ’i]hcy had determined what course to pursue (Wo months ago. They had told Gov. Reeder what to expect, &c. The lull finally passed. Tho Governor vetoed it. U was then passed by a two-third majority. A committee was appointed to wait on the Governor and tell him the result. He replied that by that act they had dissolved them selves ; that he.should not follow them nor lake any further notice of their proceedings. They were no longer a Legislature. Early the first or second day of the session, n resolution was iniroduced.oppointing a com mittee on contested elections, with instructions to examine persons and papers. No seal was contested. No person was sent for. — Rut on die second day after their appointment the committee reported that they had a large bundle of paper pul into their, hands by the Governor concerning election : frauds, &0., but they had not opened them. They had also concluded not to examine the persons ejected at the May election, and holding seals by the ■ authority of tho Governor’s certifi cates, as they had determined before they came here how to dispose of. this They would therefore recommend that all persons elected at the first election of March 31, in Kansas, whether in the opinion of the Governor they wore elected legally or illegal ly, should be entitled to their seats, and *b“ l all thoseTlecled at the second election should retire. This report was adopted. And the members holding Free State principles were expelled without trial or examination. One of them (Mr. Jessce) said as he bad not been heard before the committee, he would state to (He House that he was clerk of the first election, held in the third representative district, Thai early on the day of theflec tion, before many of the settlers hadcomejn, n body of armed men from Missouri, ing about three hundred men, came to the polls, and look • iolent possession of the bal lot box. They drove away the officers ap poilcd hy the Governor, and pul in some ’of their own numhe:. They then proceeded lo vote in a pro- Slavtry delegation from the District. The people repudiated it, and the Governor sol tho election aside ns illegal and ordered a new one. The result was that at the theFree-Soil ticket was elected by an over powering majority. And he had no doubt but that three-fourths of the voles in Kansas were for making it a Free Slate. Singular llave Case lu Phlladcl pliia. from 77ir VhiUuhlphid Bulletin, July 19. Much excitement was caused at Walnut st. Wharf, yesterday afternoon, by the liberation of q slave family. It seems that a gehllq mah from Virginia, who is oh his way north for the purpose'ofembarking to Central Amer ica, was on board the steamboat Washington, with a female ilavfe and her two sons.' Just be IS re the starting of the line foir New York, 'one of the abolitionists gbt wind of tho affaiV, and a colored man accosted the party, who were on the upper deck, and inquired of the woman if sho was aware that, by the laws of Pennsylvania, she had only to step ashore with her children and they would be 'free.—- At this juncture ihb master stepped forward and told the negro that he desired no kiter forence with his business, and that the’worn on knew where she’was going. The colored man replied that he did not desire to interfere with him, but that ho wished to inform the woman of hei rights. The mother slated that she did not know she was free, and expressed a desire to be at liberty. The Virginian then said that she could do as she pleased; if she wished to leave him she could go ashore. He then re minded her of her three children in Virginia, and asked her IF She Wished to be separated' From them. “No, Massa,” was the reply,- “bftl I wahts to bo free.” The’ slaves’ were then seized by the negroes present and hur- Vied ashote. This proceeding was, however, ‘not accomplished without a scuffle, 1 The Virginian seized the colored man-who hid first accqstcd the also collared a yclMtnown citizen and prominent abolitionist wtftl'diad folido aft active part in the mailer. The latter threw off the slaveowner, who de- whether/bq, wouldbe respon- tlissp peop(e. ‘..’fjie Philadelphian replied "1 will be responsible For every shad dow of .legal claim you have upon ’them,” ■Bnddmi'dqd-him.his card. , a ,- . llvo Qffiqer t pf the Uogt, who seemed-puzzled to understand the pro ceeding,’ifntorfered' to prevent disorder. The, Virginiau'Went on shore and made w 'ufibri jo obtain (he 1 assistance Wulfe The latter declined to interfere.. *ffie woßipn aRd her two children, were,' finally burned up t)ock*Bt,iiad put fnlo a the Cheers of the crowd. The vehicle.vras driven rep idrptfown town, and tfio discomfited owner" was left to digest bis ytjortificatidtl best way be coutd. The VtrgioiaCsfatecl (hat he wstTMitrister to one of thl 'Central'American ■ Sf.. . ;r l THE AGITATOR. ~H. H; 0 OBB,E d tto r. » # « All Bostnas«,and other Communications must bo addressed to the Editor to insure attention. WELLSBOROUGH, PA. Thursday Morning. Ang. a, 1885. NOTICE.— frid citizens of Shippcn, who are in favor of Ihd immediate and perpetual prohi bition'of Slaveiy in alt territory under control of Congress, are requested to moot at ;lhe Manchester School House an the 18th day of August next, to elect three delegates to attend (ho Republican Con vention at Tibga, on the 23J day of August follow, mg. ' - •E. Scagers, Wm. Wilkinson, E. W. Grinnell, W. W. McDougall, .Jos. A. Darling, Ezra Chandler. July 25,1855. 'Two excellent pkmk crossings have been made across Main street during the week, materially im proving the facilities for getting about town in wot weather. The walking public is Indebted to Die en terprise of the merchants mainly, for Ihoao convon cnccs,so wo arc told. To CorsesfoNDKsrs.— “Slavery, Past and- Pros onl." Wo have bat partially examined your manu script, but like it first rate. The paper sent os de sired. Ella St. Claib. Will yon bo good enough to forward the remainder of your sketch 7 That sub mitted is very good. IscoonituL Wo like your effusion, but must have your real name before publishing it, not for publication baton a-guaranty of your good faith. The Weathke—‘Harvest, etc. —For twelve con-, sccutive days it bos fogged, showered, mizzled or drizzled, either one or ail, every day. Many tuns, of liny havo rotted in the heap and in the swarth. Wheal has suffered Considerably from growth, cveir as it stands uncut in the field. To what extent it is damaged we cannot tell; but that tills species of damage is not general we have goad authority for believing. Corn is doing finely. The warm, moist weather of the two weeks has forwarded it beyond tho reach of limely frosts. Potatoes never looked belter —ex- hibiling the old sign of health in all ils fulness, viz: on abundance of blossoms and balls. The prospects fur fair weather are increasing. The air is a trifle cooler than the firc-iadcn breath of a blast furnace, and the sun has shone on tho recking earth fur six consecutive botirs I A few Words u front Fact* and Slavery. “Facts are stubborn things.” The mere existence of a fact, is not the fatness of its mission. To be rendered most effective, facts most be arraigned ot the tribunal of Reason. And they roost be presented with an eye to the effect of light and shade. A fact, in effectiveness, may lose nair Its Tluuo tyjr ail OWklMitt »rr vstiifltouJ jrredspstws tian. Tho mission of Facts seems to be the evolu tion of thought by contact with tho speculative fac ulties. It may bo an object, then, to bring each fact'into service in each a manner as may best de velop ils thought-evolving power. We confess to a good share of admiration for, ns well as faith in facts. Terily, they are “stubborn tilings," arid we have phrased, “Facts bearing upon Slavery,” in the Balance, with considerable satis faction ; albeit, we can by no means subscribe to the closing remarks of the writer; but this does not «f. lect llie facts. In return, we propose presenting fuels besting upon Slavery, interspersed with such com ments as may bethought pertinent; for we not only (be) it s privilege, but a doty, to comment upon sny and all fuels connected with the living issues of the dsy—presuming that every intelligent man and wo man reserves the right of private Judgment in all tilings, also. \ > I. It is a facl.tliat prior to the Revolutionary War, the fathers of Iho Republic became convinced that Slavery, then in its infancy - and much less hid eous Ilian it now is, wasJncompaliblo with the en joyment of those rights with which a just Being lias endowed every ono of his intelligent creatures. 60 they cast about to gel rid of Uio evil. Their peti tions Were disregarded. ■ 2. it is a to-day, aflef cnjoying com parative independence. fur nearly a htmdred years, 350,000 of their children hold in bondage, spiritual as wed >S physical, s bandage worse than death— ■l,ooo,ooo.of their fellow men; claiming llic right to buy and sell IhecnMO the market places like cattle; lo compel their labor without adequate recompense; and to prostitute the females at will, and lo degrade' them lo the condition of tho brute.* These masters have made laws’which render the attempt by any white person to teach the slave to read and write, a penal offence. Contrast these facts. Again—it is a fact that the men of theßoVololion made a Declaration of Rights, called The Dcctiira tion of Independence; declaring that all men aro crtKlcd equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which aro fi/e, 1 lib earv and thepariuit of happineti ; end It is a (act that 330,900 of their children, profess, ing great veneration for the' Declaration of Rights, have destroyed the liberties at 4,000,000 of their fijj. low men, and deny that all men are endowed by God with tho rights Of life, liberty and the pursuit o( hap piness—thusl throwing the lie in Uio teeth of the fa. titers of this' Repulic, and spilling upon the sacred instrument they pretend to venerate. And it is a hu imitating fact Uiat a junta .of demagogues, pretend ing to be ,the apostles of democracy, peek to-day, lo plant and perpetuate Human Slavery on soil first by God dedicated to Freedom,and secondly so acknowl edged by. human enactments. Contrast theseifacts. What harmony! Again—it is a fact that Jefferson, tho author of tho Declaration of Independence, inserted clauses condemning slavery ps a flagrant wrong; and abol- 1 ishing it in tho colonies. These clauses were strick en out; and . i It is, a .fact that Jefferson Is lauded as the apostle of Democracy .by lliosompn wlid ‘havp 'ever done, and ere still Doing their utmost 'to perpetuate Hu man Slavpry, - speaking of which, Jefferson once aipd —“ltr’omblo fut my oottrtlry when I think llial God ia just '.’’—first essaying ,lo destroy .llm light of dis cussion u'tid of petition,'and. libcrly'of tije Press, by mob and gag-law'rabaiiurcd, and by ev ery freeman in Ufa land 1 #; hunter of meli end wdibfcn, wilhoul" discretions, y 5 Office ' and impnsonnfanl i'andfheh VaddiWilte,destroying th» ancient huidmarksof.F#eedini ah d clincher faucst fields to the blight of Slavery: Contrast these TH'E XiOtJA. /- Vv ~ 1 » \ i , -y r facta-jHK) consistent \ j.vj sj,< It isjii fact that England gjould not iffy. ognizqUio right of-pur father* to “life, liberty, ud the .pursuit of happtn£!*»,’*-ihoy oflfettd thomselWa. as sacrifices up on the altar of American Freedom,' ■ThoTOlioar admired and applauded." 'America me' ,declairf ;t of - Yet it isViiWtlUt'''lbWa wh6tecday;prbsntno, toaascrl the principle which those brare-heariod men died to vindicate, are eel upon ..by the slenth honnds of Slavery, mobbed, lynched and kncnahed with violent death on every'hand. ‘AM nibfe—thU" fiapd of the freej and' home of the J>r*ye !”—Mi '■‘asylum' for the oppressed of mil 'nations!"—holds 4,000,000 of one' nation' to toil and die, SbA VES! degraded (o the brute idyct, bdbghfand sold like oat. lie, whipped litre dogs.hhntedliko (leasts of prey, women P(ostilDt«d, 1 cbjldren.tom from wives from liusliapdsi instep) from brothers, amTsobf —mark tiio word —told into lifelong bondage—exil ed forever! Terrible facts! It is a fact that thirteen years attar the establish ment pf American Independence,' Slavery and free dom met in the Senate halts—moans! Mark, haw thriftily the'noxious weed sprang under the benefi cent Influence of patriot-blood-bought institutions'! Mark, how' early tha children spit upon the great Declaration of their fathers!'Tn '43 years they sill! met as equals'. In 53years they metj as equals; but in loss' than 70 gears' they trtel no more as equals for Slavery had worsted Freedom! and hardly.ten out of tbrcc-scoro in the Senate wero found bold enough to succor Freedom’s nJinbrify! 1 ' It Is a fact that Slavery, width limber-backed tori servalives tell ua “will dio of itself," ’ has never lost an inch of its vantage ground ih all' its long con test with' Human Eight. ' It gained by the compro mise of 1830—not so much physically as morally. It gained by the war with Mexico. It gained— what did it not gain by the ' treason of Webster in 1850! It gained Kansas and Nebraska in 18541 And if wo do not purge the National and Slato Leg islatures of traitors and puttyfaccs, it will plant ils black flag before every freeman’s door in 1856. Are you, freemen of Tioga, ready to accept the curse 7 Remove the emergency as far from you as the truth will permit, aod then it will leave not a moment for sleep or folding of hands. It is a fuel that the Slave Power instigated a band of ruffians to invudo Kansas and to dispossess the actual settlers in that territory of Dio freeman's dearest right*—thin right of suffrage. It is a fact that by the kawic knife and revolver the cilizcqs of Kansas were dispossessed of Hie' rigid of suffrage, and aliens were elected to tile first Kan sas Legislature. Il is a fad that these rowdies convened at Paw. nee and having organized, proceeded to eject every Free State member from both the lower Ilonse and the Council, with a single exception. Every one of these ejected members presented the Governor’s certificate of election, which was set asldjj without ceremony. It is a fact that those legislative ruffians deck red the entire Missouri code to be the laws of Kansas. It follows then,if thal Legislalure be declared le gal,' Slavery is established in Kansas. The auction block iaalroady erected in Nebraska. . Now, gentlemen, we bayo given you several, im portant'.factsobearing upon the .Slavery qpcstioo. We an not man! given to industry, perhaps, than many better men. But we love Justice and hate Gp. pression. . Kcaspn loaches every sentient heingjliat his arm is the servant of Right, against Wrong. Man intuitively perceives Wrong docs not yield the palm to Justice without a struggle. W» do not - r — - —»rj*— d.u.SUvefv will WitfaOr.away if loti (o itself—no, history scatters snch sellooUboy arguments to the winds; therefore wo are no “sun shine patriot or summer soldier," hilt Jo common with the thousands who hate Oppression, wo havo chosen an active part, and shall endeavor to work winter and summer, rsin or shine, so long as Free, dam needs the services of freemen. Rabid.—“ Several mongrel sheets in the dark po litical borders of Pennsylvania," says oar excellent friend Beasdelcc, of the Honcsdale Herald, mention ing Hie Agitator. in a list of two or three, “are po king low and vulgar squibs at the editor of the Montroee Democrat , because be"—boasts of being a Freesoilcr and acquiesces in the policy and Biilk and-wiiiakcy platform of the Harrisburg hunker Convention. Wo dare any that JJbcnczcr needs your help Ilowkin, fur hp is “despat hard" put to it to stand on a platform so uarrow, and contemptible, withal. Perhaps the drowning cx-Spcoket, like tile tired Ceesar cries—“ Help me, Bcardslec, or 1 sink I” It is pretty generally known that Ebcnczer b oko his neck in that tilt against Judge Wilraol, nni he never burned up after his overthrow until the Con vention aforesaid. It may be—npw that wo reOccf, it is cruel to squib cither of you; you are both per fectly harmless, gentlemen; and what is better, you are dangerous foes tu no cause except that you «d -vooate,, Kequiescat in pact ! Being in your political dotage, friend 8., and as second childhood amnses < itself in recalling the ima ges oi those tilings which .formed the ambition of manhood, wo arc not at all surprised to learn thqt. you still hold that all editors are venal—advocating only those doctrines which promise preferment. Still, wq object to being judged by your standard. \ But dear sir.! Don't, if you have a jot of rcspict foX the editors alluded to, insinuate that “wo, or ci thcrof us” envy the “conscience and consistency” of democratic editors!' “Yo gods and little fishes!” The whole batch of you may fold your arms nod Ho down dbntonl with tho blessed promise—(doubt less designed to comfort democratic etUprs,) “Bless ed bo NothingV (CTSomo monlhs'ago we promised our fl-iend tod' correspondent* Eiatpkln Bodger, a hearing iiHh&e Columns. UnibrlunatelV Mr, Sodgcr’s coromuaics lion was mislaid and did not appear. We have hud several interviews with the mdignant genUetnap.in' which we have suffered .npme.\ Under the (treat of' having nil roanper of “oblokee hpopt onto", os, wo give oat “bean krik” place, hero: Beno Krik, jiwgU3*,oKUrarebouU. Mialur eddytur tskwaro doer eurV. M r . siktn, Ural’s our skulomahl.'liaa, ben la WellshdridW and; lie seithat ils gitlih toh bc UiQfaatidn.to yew’s k«p pytul letters in rilin. So' 1 shall folio the fashan for .wnnee, bccoi I pheal very indiginns sir. i Ihaulnl pluprt yew wanted, to.bint around lh»t my nffboahuas » wasn't axccptable, but sikcS set! yoo imley srd whet you did lO .ineurtidge md ortdn the sktlmnr'j fuf fame—hoo must bdnrt,frustum smart gal j guest, bccrra.Uiaf’A ’ao moijity chaps rumuu their broth oat to ketch her.- • sur. yew air a tryin to gU amam likW li\v past in this konitnorfwcUlt, wich' is a base, wicked law, besides bein' Xlfavdgont. r rnr. sites sea iu owda shus. • wliallriCa has IbolugitdaUir ,of,llns vast voun try to. pass a la w agin oar mafiin & drintin our oau likkur! !„ I regecl it, what rile hcv they to tanik .the siivptns of drone krik go blein to JJto sloto of Main fur UXitr,' when- bdrtelkfik runs over with ■9 sllihitVvWhtßkoy ! . la ihe.Main.likknrmoro'piapn or? wj{| jt groduchlify tho dubius.Jrimroirui' more apddenot than our liters ? no ttir! l gnlnn of dur liter will yield 1 kidfe 6l rnally "potato, ‘nrid i' hart, dnlMer sites sea* will mailt tridM thrhbla UmW'dO harts of, !M»io likjtpr!,. Itsm sdeekulasltun eui—and the, sov£ins ( ,pf beno krik, jyonl c bo apokuUtcd onto like kabbagoe, stir—yes sur, i repcot il—ltii KAB , SAGES f i ■ Sur, lhe a AAerry kon Cagul brsw’inguevcr „ 1C OU SfTf AgrlT AT OB; bene krik as 1 We aintlo impdSwTotto with imwwaily —no eur. MUlet sikes sex lil&Mistur Makßank ho anil sortie whether be sdo* a ledger afore bin or nol; but he so* 1 he sees ‘wheefta rrows Airith g(ku eyes into em entry - 'timo he sleeps in mister Snoopy's grocery. These • Binos'fc tangcnlsiuß»n*wir, sur—m'uter inKes sex they do. And wlißl’s.raorobnr, a hltchin post rite sftft? akwaro Dobbses bean, took after, tnr. bikes won nite-iast week, and ketcht him and thru him down nnd ponnded him' fill be bed bekdod see.stars on tboground,., ( This sir r means'war 2 for,bow can ennybooy see' stars when'they ainliookm up 7 - - yew may Specked toheer again ftom"' - ! «ill !ick Ibe hUt. asho did Orleans. s. sodgcr.^ ppss.—2 baot'im&drdannel) wcbsten difckshanary and got mdtinly luk in. - hat Uio wurdi aint apelt rile, tie *pell» tator—po4a-lo! ■ bo dona beagns. • ~ . aimpUin. (P* Present appearances indicate that the Old Line democrats will pot make their nominations in this count;,' Until the ‘Republican nominations shall have been made. Thoir only object seems to' bo to defeat certain of the probable nominees of the Re publican Convention, ' In order to do Ibis, they will probably steal all'the Republican thunder they- Can, and no one need bo surprised should tlio " liunkfers toko the Be ld with known fre&soil candidates. This wooldbo on a par with 1 their usual Consistency. l The county Standing Committee hive been in la bor for neatly « month, but ncilhbr mountain' nor mOuso has yet appeared.- There is some clashing of opinion we hear—soma-wishing to be frank with the people, and others foe leading the dear people by the nose. Thu latter will probably triumph in the Com mute, but they will find that-the people era decided ly averse to being nosed around by a few self consti tuted leaders any tangot. ID* Wo publish elsewhere a brief account of the late elave caso in Philadelphia, which we commend to our readers. It was prepared' for last week, but was accidentally left out. The action at Judge Kane in this matter is said to bo partial and in a high degreo reprehensible, flo issued a writ of Habeas Corpus, commanding Passmore Williamson to produce the Slaves in Court Tbo respondent appeared and stated that the slaves wore not and never had been in his custody. Judge Ksnc then commuted Mr. Williamson for contempt! By this rale, any man who, from any cause, fails to comply with the requirements of a writ may be committed for contempt by tho presiding Judge. Verily, these are perilous times, not only fur the peo ple, bat for snch Jcffrcy-liko Judges, if the people da their duty. Judges of (hat stamp deserve to meet (he fate of their infamous prototype. Kansas.—A private letter from Kansas dated July 7, stales that the bogus Legislature which re. ccnlly convened in that territory, is dissolved. The pro-slavcry members, after ejecting the Free Slate men, proceeded to pass a bill removing the scat of Government to Shawnco. Mission on the Missouri border. Gov. Reeder vetoed Ibis measure, when it vyas passed by a two-thirds majority. A Committee having wailed upon the Governor and informed him of their determination to go to Shawnee, he inform ed them that be should not recognize any jurthor ac tion on their part, but should consider the Legisla ture dissolved. This acted as a damper to their hopes. They evidently hoped to intimidate the Gov ernin', but ho’ia too good stuff for them. There is every prospect of h row, h'nd tho quicker it commen ces the bctller. ■ Too P~~: