■incw.'j Tile Deat«criilte<Fren on the. re piorßlotChir.ltecder. TheDt'aocrvUic Union says “A blow wittah will recoil with terrible effect has been Struck !by ..the National Administration. — Whether, it was the impulse of a galvanized imbecility,dlUjudging counsellors, maltco or dmdppointtnent, -we little care. A gross npd (liigrant wrong : has, however, been per petrated, a wrong which.ere long will bring stome and reproach upon those who were its itfirtigniorsand its doers. The hour has pas sed when a specious tale witl deceive the peo ple.- No puerile charge of land speculations can buflbt an instant against the storm of wrath which Will bo aroused. A high-min ded, honorable, fearless and determined man h»B been wantonly and basely stricken down, because he asserted and would vindicate the rights. of freemen against a hoard of lawless nod law-breaking ruffians. Because ,Goy. Reeder sought to,throw around the ballot-box the shield and the. guards which our republic cam law* create and otdain, because ho has had the courage lo : be a just and manly Exe cutive, regardless of menaces and even per sonal violence, he has been removed from his position and ano'her has been sought out to fill the place he has made so honorable. Os tracism has not been an Athenian custom alone, nor has Aristides been its only vic tim.” Of the fate of the Administration it further BOVS * “As its death will be that of the suicide, there will neither be the mockery of mourn ers nor the burlesque of a funeral. It does seem passing strange, that so far forgetful of the flhice of his birth, his youth and his man- j hood, forgetful of the great free North, it was a foregone conclusion in the mind of the Pres ident that in all defiance of whatever might be the voice of her people, Kansas was to be domed to slaver' The Spirit of The Valley a democratic paper published at Scranton, Pa. sa>s : “A ter many days of spasmodic throes, convulsions ami revulsions, the Administration has partially showed us hand, and covertly, meanly and despicably sanctioned the remo val of Gov. Reeder.'' Farther on in the same article it says : “The Democracy of the North arc not Abolitionists, as the propagators of Soulbern views among us. would if possible, make ap parent, —but there is n firm and well founded belief that the Sou'h in ihe acquisition of Slave territory is unprincipled and dishonest, and bv her every act manifests a disposition to rob and trample upon Ihe inalienable rights of ihe Norn. At Hie present lime ibis pnn vciple is rebutted bv iho allied powers Know Nothing and Abolitionism, which is the best aid the South can ask from the Norlh, for this parlv possesses the peculiar faculty of blasting and killing ever principle they advo cate —proving that montrosities are obnoxious oven to themselves, but ihe lime trill come when ihe National Parly—ihe Conservative Parlv of the Union—the Democracy of the North will thunder forth the words, 1 NO MORE SLAVE TERRITORY 1 " Then, and not till ilien will the ognmon ceoso ” Antt aur... •■Tlic Panv musl lake a slant! upon llns question. Tlic atlmmislrnlion is determined lu press the issue ’ Why not meet it manlul- Iv 1 The South bru»s ant! blusters to fright en the North, and we are such boobies as to crt for Quarters before the wordy war com mence. That looks like Democracy of the right stamp Messrs. Abeger & Adams. The Kansas lieraldt has ihe following: “Prank P.erce, occupying his elevated po sition and looking mu over the whole Repub lic. deems me mosi flagrant outrage commu ted bv nnv person appointed during his term of olhee to bo ihe speculations mthose lands, and consenuenitv he lavs Ihe axe at the root of the tree, and ems down the offender. What has he accomplished 1 Nothing but lo gain the detestation of all who know or take pains lo mooire into the lams.” The Easton Argus (Democratic) is partic ularly severe on ihe Administraiion : . “VVe trust Hie successor of Gov. Reeder will receive belter trea'roenl. If he con pon sent lo sacrifice all manly independence obey Ihe behests of a Missouri mob and allow him self, in his everr aci, Jo be governed by iheir dictates, his position will be pleasant enough and he can speculate in lands lo his bean’s content. Du: if he dares to remenfber that he is a man—with a 'head, mind, conscieilce and a reputation at stake, the President will soon again be called upon to supply Kansas with a new and more pliant Governor, and we may have a repetition of the outrageous scene just enacted —a second attempt to ruin a most deserving man, and another step to ward rendering ihe preserfl Administration as odious and unpopular ns it is weak and imbe pile," The Montrose Democrat, is doI less se vero than the Argot: <‘To what infinite depths of dishonor and difficulty mav not a weak and vascillaling Ex ecutive .consign the country—blasiing with the breath of peril and discord the hopes, peace, happiness, prosperity and lasting gond of a great and generous people. To what, in Heaven's name, is the country coming? What trill be the end of a systematic proced ure of aggravation and violence? What is the result of totally disregarding the gener ous impulses of millions of freemen—a dis regard aim seems to seek oportunities to heap insult and insolence upon them?” • National Capitol.—•'The capilol at Wash ington is bow receiving a new iron dome, of much greater height than the old one,- this ia necedsary on account of thegreat extension of the edifice at the ends, by the new enlarge ment, which has destroyed the former exquis ite proportions of the whole ; the new dome wilt restore harmony, and the enlirged enpi fol will be fur more stalely than before. When completed, the capilol will doubtless be the fi nest specimen of architecture on the Ameri can continent. Santa Anna is said to have mode sundry extensive purchase of real estate, in New York of late— through his financial agents in Wall street—embracing vacaut lots as well as elegant nousei. THE AGITATOR;. n. a (fOBB, Etutor.'. • • All Business,and other Communications must be addressed to the Editor to insure attention. WELLSBOROUGH, ra. , a Tlmrsrl.iy lijornlit!!, A rig. j 6, IS 53. For President 111 ISSd; . ■ Hon. SALMONT; CHASE, of Ohio. For Vice-President s Hon. DAVID WltMOT.iof Penn’a. q q q..q q q $ q, Rcp.abiicun State CohieiiUon. The citizens of Pennsylvania, wiihonl regard lo former paijty distinctions, who. are 'willing lo unile in a new tifganirilion lo resist thp<iurl(ier spread of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power, arc re* qnested lo meet in Moss Convention at Pmshurg, on Wednesday, the slh day of September, lbsq,m U o’docki ’A. M;, Id organize a Republican party in this Stale, which shall give expression Ip the popular will on llio subjects involved in the repeal of the MissoarlComproinwVand co-opcrulfe with other or ganizations of a bimilar character *m\ollicr Slates. George Darsie, Allegheny county. . John VV. Howe, Crawford county. John S. iMann, Potter county. John Allison, Beaver county. Jons M. Kenned?, Philadelphia county • Wm. B. Thomas, ** Joseph Marrle, Westmoreland county, Benjamin Frick, Northumberland county. Martin Bell Blair county. H. H. Frazier, Susquekana county, M. H. Cobb, Tioga county, Thaddeus vStevens, Lancaster county. Alex. K- McClure, Franklin county . Alfred Matthias, Indiana county. Papers friendly to the cause will please copy. Arrangements are making to secure die attendance from abroad of eminent speakers, whose names will be duly announced. The County Republican Mass Con-, vcnlioii, will be held at TIOGA. VILLAGE, ou THURSDAY, An gust 23, 1555. [JJ’ See Notice of Wellsboro’ Academy Commence ment. (CT Trial List for September Term will appear next week. Subscribers will do welt to preaerve (bis number for reference, as owing to tile crowded stale of our columns, the Jury List may not appear next week. We are sorry to fcc that several papers, among wbicb we arc surprised to find tile Honesdale Demo crat, are recommending Gov. Reeder for the vacant LI. S. Scnatorehip. The Democrat surely knows that Reeder is a pro-rlavcry hunker—and an upholder of the Nebraska iniquity. lie has been removed from Kansas because lie lucked the villainous propensities of a border ruffian, not because of his anti-slavery tendencies, which arc not. Would live Democrat have recommended A. 11. Reeder a year ago? We think not. Then what has he done since to merit the place 7 Does anybody suppose that he would remember the issue that gave him the place ? A Cai.l for a Republican Stale Convention will bo found at the head of Ibis column. It wilt meet at Pittsburg on Ibc slh of September next, and will be a Mass Convention. We consider the movement of the greatest importance to the future of Freedom. It is desirable that Pennsylvania should lake her stand among her sister States North, os openly and Unequivocally uj naic OIUu unS Republican sentiment is fast anchored in the hearts of the masses there is no room to doubt. Organiza tion will prepare os ibr a successful stand against huukerism in ’55, when Frank Pierce will rclirc in. In an unenviable obscurity darkened by the shadow of his crimes. It will also aid uv (o co-operate with those Stales where similar organization exists. We hope this county will send one strong-dole gallon. Relations between tlic Dreamer and Hie Worker. They are not what they should be. The icy, sunless regions of the Social frig'n) rone intervene between the Dreamer and the Worker- Tho great arch annihilating the gulf between man and man, and knitting them together with the wool of a Common Brotherhood, docs not yet span the gulf between the Dreamer and Ihe Worker. »’T is true, and pity ‘I is true 1” We left a kindred subject some months since, with a promise lo resume it in a future number. We improve the present opportunity lo redeem that promise, lest the commoner theme of politics crowd it out altogether. The relations existing between the Dreamer and the Worker, even in the best regulated society, (all far short of that unity of feeling and purpose which tends to harmonize and develop Man’s intuitions. Each shapes his course, and bends Ilia energies by the unspirilual criterion—lnterest, This criteri. on is mammonish and downward-lending. Let every reader look about hint or her lor Ihe evidence of tho justice of this conclusion. The field is open lo all, and It is the duly of all lo enter and investigate. The Dreamer is the mm in independent cireum stanccs—the employer. He may have been a work er ; but when the end w«* gained he receded from the Worker’s sphere and commenced the life of a Dreamer. Or, he may been born a dreamer—to the wealth heaped by an anccatral Worker. In cither I case he does not fellowship with the working world around him ; but exists ns it were, in a little world scooped out of the great world, by the same spado with which the general barrier of cash) has been heaved np. His ulterior aim is to create a new dis ' tinclion betwen men, and having created it, to de [ lend it with a wall of ice, over which the mere pkwi | dcr cannot pass. So he goce on from dsy to day, a I monarch in bis own little world, moling out favors to those who, mayhap, receive them because necessi ty bids them, however much the pleading dignity of a sorely-beset manhood may rebel. Doubtless, the dread of being frowned upon as a Reconstruction!*!, deters many a thinker from at. lacking the Dreamer in his icy elronghald. But the world cannot frown an earnest worker from hip du ty. For Ihe Good of Man, there sbonld be a Re. former in every household—one who may preach Hie Gospel of a Common Brotherhood lo those who hun. ger and thirst and ace nut filled. It is a glorious Gospel—as radiant to-day as it was 1800 years ago. But, Blast how few teachers think, it worth while to promulgate it in this )9th century! The despised Nazureno came to establish an equality between the Dreamer and the VVorkcr. False distinctions went down before Hiu like grain beioro the Reaper. His band was extended to all, but the condition of ac ceptance is—“ Except ye become as Lrrrn Chil dxek, jc shall in nowise enter in !” “Except ye become as little children !”—How comprehensive end how full of meaning. Lillie children meet on an equality. False distinctions have no beginning with children and no sway The iniant prince and the infant sweep, untrammeled, meet and play as equals. Socially equals, because bbssfully untaught that one is bom heir to a teepter E TIOGA C<j)U^T v Y AffITATOfo n slid to a cjjmnoy.brush. £Bow different with the mcn-cluldrf ni—the prince acting, the infill Bweeple sweep. Tjlo touch of the''latter is little else then contamination to the (Umber; yet they oncci met on not only a moral, but a social equality.. As children, Nature asserted her-rule; -as men,-Cus tom asserted t/s rule. Hence the difference. ;' Wbibh should be deposed—Nature, oriCastbm 1 ■ Let nonq. misunderstand us. It is not charged that Nature is all right and Custom all wrong; but ( that Nature' is always right and Custom too alien established in defiance of its plainest laws. Reason asserts that the dependence of (he Dreamer and the Worker is mutual. The fhrmerjs as much obliged with the products if the labor of tho latter, as the latter is with the patronage,of tho former. Neither is independent of the other as society exists ; bat in a better elate of society, there can be no talsa dis tinctions between the Dreamer and thc'Worker, Custom inquires—“ls be rich 7 Is bo well-con. necled 7 Is be duly obedient to my law ?'• Nature asks—“ls ho honest, earnest, useful, and therefore respectable 7” ~ Custom soys —“He is my .bootmaker! She is my dressmaker I They are my servants! therefore we move in different circles 1“ Nature says—“Ha is an honest, earnest man— She is a noble, devoted woman. Thcy ; are the ser. rants of Gad and Humanity; therefore, limy rank with the noblest and truest." So Nature strives to inculcate a great truth, while Custom, making instruments of misluiight if not sil ly men and women, strains every nerve to saddle so ciety with a wioked social and moral lie. You, sir, with the soft hands, faultless linen, and bespangled with chains and rings, whose gait is so proud, and who acknowledges an acquaintance with tlie shoemaker only by occasional glances of admi ration at your polished boots—yon are the victim of a lie! If so from inisleacliing, you are not wholly responsible; but your children will curse you for transmitting such unnatural distinctions to them. For tlic world is getting wise ; and the day is surely coming when it will be a mare desirable thing la be known as an honest artisan, than as a preacher nf caste and a builder up of false distinctions. And so with tho lady who would as soon be seen in the streets in sackcloth as to recognize her dress, maker when walking with a fashionable acquaint ance—she, too, will be remembered hy posterity as a legator of prido as criminal aa it in baseless. Custom has made the Worker envious, scornful, morose and unhappy. Labor in itself, entails none of these misfortunes upon men. No, labor exalts and ennobles, but never debases. Still, Uie Worker does stand arrayed in hostility to the Dreamer. You have only to look around you for proof of this. things will not always .remain so. As cer. tninly as the world progresses, just so surely will the 1 remedy for this great evil bo applied. Society must sometime sicken of tho burden of its falsehood ; it lias suffered self-imposition until tho insult lias be come a deadly plot against its existence. When the remedy comes there will be an hour when the preach er of eagle will tremble. It will not be an hour of violence or excess nor yet of retribution; yet it may he that the builder up of false distinctions will find that of all Ills building, ho has neglected to provide one stone whereon to stand in the hour of trouble. Reader, these are bul a few of the distinctions be tween the Dreamer and the Worker—the Consumer and the Producer—the Employer and the Employee. We have arranged these thoughts hastily. Tlie theme is exhaust less ; and when the fatigues of the campaign aru over, wc win comer ogam upon this matter. Tlio Convention. A friend writes us to kay, that it bus been sug gested to him that the object for which the Republi can Mass Convention at Tioga is called, is not prop erly understood in different sections of the county. We do not believe that one man who read the Call of the Standing Committee misunderstood it; R dim ply recommends that a Convention composed of those who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and to the aggressions of the Slave Power, should beheld at Tioga on THURSDAY, the 23d of August, 1855, to prepare for the Fall campaign. The object, 69 it is explained to us, is to concentrate and render effective the anti-Nebraska strength in this county, without reference to fanner party connections— Democrats, Whigs, Free Sailers, Know-Nothings and Abolitionists—who arc opposed to the further extension of Slavery, and who behold in the ballot-box the proper instrument to employ in protecting our rights as men and freemen —arc earnestly solicited to attend this Convention. We arc informed that an individual who is figur ing for an office, has kd people to believe that he Is the master-spirit of tlio proposed Convention, and that it was called for his especial benefit Now that impression is false ; there Is no -master-spirit of the movement, except (hat which warms the blood of every opposer of the lute outrages upon Freedom by the Slave Power. The Convention is not culled for the elevation und aggrandizement of any individual or clique; but to prepare for making a successful stand against hunkensm, whether it be whig or democratic. On the one hand it is whispered—“ls it a Whig trick 3” On the other it is whispered— “ls it a Loco-Foco trick 7” We say to you, gentle men, on the authority of the Republican Standing Committee, that it is neither a Whig nor ‘Locofoco’ trick. If you nfc suspicious, we say to the people —“The Committee hove invited yon to come in force and make it THE PEOPLE'S TRICKP' Freemen of Tioga, the affair is in your hands. You can make the action of that Convention an express ion of your sentiments if you choose. Now n ill you do it, or will you sit down at home and wait for the ravens to feed you I If you are in earnest, and we believe you are, you will not stay awoy from that Convention. If you suspect it, go and compel it to rebuke Southern insolence and Northern dough faceism. Remember, it is a MASS Convention, in which every honest opposer of the acts of the Na tional Administration, and every abhorrer of the Nebroska infamy, every hater of “parly for tlio sake of parly,” baa a voice. Those towns that have neglected to choose delegates, should delay no lon ger, as it will doubtless be Icft.to the Convention to decide whether its action shall bc‘governed by preo edents, or whether it shall strike out in a new direc tion lor itself. The idea in Ihe call of such a Con vention is, that the People may be trusted. In response to a "please X,” wo have received a number of The Democratic Standard and Anti-K. N- flxpotiior, edited on every page by John I. An utN, E.wj., whose style, as be very happily observes, “is perfeclly original." The leader ia devoted to the literary capabilities of John I. AHenr-Esq,. Tho second article is devoted to the religions thoughts of •Join I Allen Eetj. Tho leading article on 2d page is devoted to tho iteration of a good resolution that John I, Allxn will take a trip to Wltyesbatre and won’t bo seduced into imbibing anything strong by the Valley folk. Next comes a declaration that “all and singular" the joltings on, pages, 12 3 4, respect ively, loaded and not credited, bear the ear-nuirke of JOHN I. ALLEN. In another column we hear him discoursing about bis modesty Wo stopped reading, there, we did. Sad ActjnxNT. —Ajserlous accident, from the pre roitpfd discharge of a gon, occurred on Friday, JUtfi' by whjfch Mr. fa PT'JSawrN of this boroagh, wat crippled for and Mp. J. Aucxandu,,iils& of this borough, narrowly escaped with hi* life. Sev eral gentlemen,-reaidcnlanf this went -over to Marsh Creek on a hunting.and fishing excursion Friday-morning. .' Arrived at the ground, I thbtoafly separated with apiace of rendezvous agreed upon. Me. Erwin and his comrade having tired of hunting, deposited their guns and game fah the' tobf of an old shed near the credit; and betook-tliemsclvestefishing. While thus epgoged the rest of the parly d ro, e up, and Mr. E., going to the shed, Carelessly seized his' gun by the muzzle and endeavored to pull it dawn. The hammer caught in the guard of,his comrade’s un and Ilia barrel was discharged, mangling his 'rely, and wounding Mr. Alciander, who jit the 'ear apd side of the head. ,(ely was of the parly, [own' for hie if gal in ihe wa Dr. I. ll.'Shearer, who immediately despatched a messengel inttrumcnla, and also to request the nltem Dr. N. Packer. Upon consultation, it was agreed that amputation of the shattered hand was not im mediately necessary, if at all. Mr. E., was brought home next day, and is doing weih The whole charge passed through the middle of the left hand, shattering tite bones of the second and third fingers badly, but' it is (bought that the band will be saved. Mr, Alexander's escape was almost miraculous. The gun was heavily charged with dock shot, sever al of which passed through his hat, and two or Uitee struck him in (lie ear and bead, inflicting severe but not dangerous wounds. Another. —An infant child of Rev. J. F. Calkins of this borough, was so severely scalded on Friday afternoon, iOlh inst,, that its life was despaired of for several days. Its recovery is now hoped for. Sudden Death. —We learn that Mr. Burdick Hill, an old and highly respectable resident of Chatham in this county, dropped down dead in the hay field on Monday, 6lh inst. He had been in poor health lor a number of years, bat a few hoars previous (o his death remarked to his family that he had not fell so much like work for years. Ho repaired to the harvest field, and having mowed a few rods, put down his scylbo and commenced raking grain. In a few moments thereafter he was seen to fall, and life was extinct when help arrived. A post-mor tem examination disclosed an enlargement of tho heart on one side, and a reduction of the muscular (issue to the thinness of brown paper. The heart had burst in this place and suffered the blood to es cape into the cavity. Received—The United State* Magazine Cor August, Published by J, M, Emerson &. Co., New- York, at $1 a year. The first impression upon ex amining this Magazine is, “Can such a work be af forded at $1 a year 7” It is published monthly, contains about 40 brood, (hrcc-column pages, end from 25 to 50 fine enghivings. The'number before us has Canto 2d of the “Lay of the Last Minstrel, M beautifully illustrated, two Revolutionary sketches, illustrated, and n portrait and excellent biographical sketch of Prof. Louis Agassiz, The editorials are able and progressive, and show no mean proficicn cy in the useful sciences. There has been a terrible riot in Louisville, Ky., resulting in the deal!) of over 30 persons, six of whom wore Americans, (ho balance Irish and Ger mans. The riot look place on election day and the , assault came from the foreigners, who fell upon un armed men, shooting and stabbing them in the •irret*. TUe Know-Nothings I,u>n mobbed the for eigners, shooting, stubbing, beating and burning ev erything in thoir way. We cannot give both sides in detail ns the affair makes half a dozen columns in the Tiihune ; but it is certain that no more fright ful riot ever occurred. In this country. O*The subjoined “phragmunl,'' from Mr. Sodg cr cume to hand laic. It will be seen that he is on a “lower*’: ' bunglonn, tno nlmcnix hear) auguss, mebby. Mons.edditoor sur:—imo on a lower fur my hellh wich sihes sez has took wings onto it and flew awa, becoz of mi oudindius application. So ive left hum to git awa from the apple bon, and i hainl et enny frutc senls. ivc got lu lakin what tho bungtoun fokes calls *old rye, 1 and its a nashun site bettor *n sider. it mails a chap fcal as if lie’s as good as the best on em- sur,i intend tu rile out my impreshuns of men and annymuls on this lower—that is wen languij permits it. bungloun sur, is a. groin plage—that is, it gTooo more wikider every day as i heerd the par son say mcself. it is Bitlyvuled onto a vally ellyva led 4teen lout iibuv bungloun rivver on un cverig. the produckshuns is ducks, flannel, gesc, shu pegs, father beds, sour* krout, rag karpeU and onions, anl of wich the site perduces nalturally. owin to the inkreese of liker shops the rivver is verry 10, ond konsekcntly tbar ainl none of the bungtouners that kin navigate more *n 3 ours a da. i told a feller that thar orler be lot# o* water, as noboddy drinked any, and i woz morraly surlinnonewut waiated m wash in. but my wuntifik resonin didnl effect him much. property in the site, herq, is ekolly divided akord in to natur. every individual has as much sile as he or she kin carry about handily, in tec simple:— that is, Hie children seem lo have shaired ekolly in tlio rite of si le. mannyfakiara is ruthcr dull here, the,principal shop has stopt runnin on account of a phenomenon, wich konsi.'ted in the ponds gcltin dry 1 hile. on Hie next mornin the viKig woz dredlully egsited, and the parson sed it woz a jajmenl for bcin worldly, and mebby Uvoz; but ive heerd since that dekun Grub had 40 barls of old rye cum to him ihe very nite the aforesaid pond dried up, which the parson sed was a jinny wine Providence. Lynch Law —Probable Murder.—We lenrn from a passenger on ihe steamboat Vir ginia, which passed here not long since, that about daylight, after leaving here, at a wood yard, a man Was accused by a watchman with having stolen sixty from a pass enger. There was no other evidence against the fellow than that the watchman had seen him near .the berth whence the money was stolen. The passengers and officers of the boat tied the poor man, and leading him ashore, shaved off one side of his head, strip ped off hfs clothing, and stretching him on the groom), one large man standing on bis neck, and another on his legs, w,hile two or three stood over him, whipping him with big sticks for lone hour, until he was almost dead. The lynchers were remonstrated with by one of the passengers, but ho was soon given lo Understand that he would be treated in like ujbnner if he interfered. The poor man tog ged his persecutors 4o kill him at once and put him out of his misery, but the cowardly villains preferred lo torture him to death. — We have this statement from a most reliable gentlemen who witnessed the affair himself, and is loud iu his denunciation of the officers of the boat. The poor man that was so bru tally whipped would not acknowledge the theft. Our informant stales, from circum stances which afterward came to his knowl edge, that the watchman stole the money him sell.—Memphis Eeening News. Tho mother of Horace Greb tr, died re cently, at Wuync, Eric Co., Pa. rcSEiiwNs. :■ 'For tie Agitator, Chapter ou American Slavery. ~ Self government was thehobby on “which they hoped;io inhodUce slavery into our free domain, and accordingly they used all the wiles the slave power could control. Madison,, Jefferson, end pumerous other statesmen, gdmilted the power of Congress to legislate lor the territories. Jefferson said the 1 Territories were minors and mutual property of the states; and it was not only the privi lege but the duty’of the stales through their ' representatives, to' make for them aft “need ful rules and‘regulations” and in accordance with this belief was enacted the ordnance of ’B7.' Douglas &Co then made a most im portant discovery. After the constitution had been in existence three-fourths of a century, Tlris-maiiwas the first to discover the inability of Con gressto legislate for the prosperity of (he Stales. Douglass had always been a firm supporter of the line of 1820 until that ses sion of Congress. Like Lewis Cass, his mind had undergone a change'in regard to the power of Congress, and he contended that the people of 1 the territories had'"a right to admit, but not the poWer to interdict ah very. This was the self-government embodied in the Nebraska bill. The people have a right to admit an acknowledged evil, but have not the power to prevent it; and that after viola ting a solemn compact of national honor. Every one knows the opposition that bill met in both houses of Congress. ° Over two hundred speeches were delivered and six months of time occupied in its discus sion, nnd it finally passed by a small mnjor j ity. This Bill was introduced by a northern member, passed by a majority of northern Members, and sanctioned by a northern ad ministration. This Bill abrogates the line of 1820, and gives slavery a chance in territory of greater extent than the “old thirteen states.’,’ Nebraska and Khnsas are the gar den of America by nature, nnd are destined to be of great use to the slave power, unless the Missouri compromise can be restored. There are at present 31 states, of which fifteen are slave stales, covering nearly one million of square miles. The Slaves num ber nearly three and a half millions, valued at two thousand millions of dollars, ll will be ihen seen that thpre is one majority of free stales, and if Kansas and Nebraska are ad mitted as slave suites, there will be a major ity in favor of the south. The question may perhaps arise as to “wlini □ the evils of this institution, and for what |is the entire north denouncing it I” 1 would j simply say, that it is almost impossible for a i man to describe the principles of slavery as they really are. Words fail to perform the required task when they come to describe the miseries of the Slaves, and the cruellies inflic • led upon them by their hard-hearted masters. I The people of the north wiio have, never seen inny of the works of slavery, can have no idea of the principles upon which it is found i ed- The northern Journals Irequently con : lain articles concerning ibis institution ; yet [many f.ul to hppreciale ihem. Nine-tenths [ of the citizens of the free stales are no doubt ; I ignorant of ihe evils and wrongs that go hand in hand «ith the slave trafllc ; and being un conscious of ils wrongs, are nol properly pre pared to arrest its progress. The people of the Free stales are manifestly opposed to the slave traffic, but have been lulled imoo child ish inactivity by the duplicity of their favor ite politicians. The Democracy of the nortli reposed the utmost confidence iu Cass, Doug lass & Co., and were betrayed in (he buseest manner. Such men have numerous political j friends who trusted ihe whole matter to them, Jand did not enquire into its bearings until it j was 100 late. If we had union of sentiment 1 properly diffused throughout ihe nonh, we I should nol be disgraced by the passage of 1 Fugitive Slave laws, or Nebraska bills; and j until the north becomes as one man, nothing of importance can be done on this question. On slavery, the south is a unit. Ii is not rent asunder by political dissensions; but s'ands firm, and endeavoring to gam every possible inch of grounds, on which to plant the blighting principles of ils accursed in stitutions. It is natural for a man to eulogise his own country, and at the same time not perceive the good qualities of other nations, lie will discover with an extraordinary skill, the un just laws of a foreign country, he will exam, ine their faults wuh a microscope, and de nounco their form of government as being despotic, and still not perceive the imperfec tions of his ow n. The Allied powers of Eu rope are at present engaged in war with the Autocrat of the Russias, and trying to limit his despotic sway. Monarchiul Europe saw his increasing power and audacity, nod was aware of his growing hostility towards neigh boring nations, and became convinced that his authority would bo supreme if he was permitted, undisturbed, to swallow up whole nations. The whole world is an eager spec tator of the scene, and every mail brings us something “important” from'lhe seat of war. While ihe ciiizens of Ihe Uuiied Slates are watching > eagerly the state of affairs in Europe, they are fostering a viper, whose fangs are of the most deadly character, add is increasing in strength with the most rapid strides. Within a few years it had rose from (ho dimensions'of an infant and now occupies the position of a giant, thrcaining to totally annihilate Freedom in this continent. ’ Every year gives the "peculiar institution" more strength, and every legislative act more power. Every act of Congress, concerning slavery, during the last half century has only served to bind more lightly the chains of the slave, and deprive the Freemen of the north of the rights und privileges bequeathed lo them by their revolutionary fathers. And slavery has continued to increase from time to time, notwithstanding the attempts of the north to prevent its farther progress. Al though-it has as yet been in the minority, yet with the assistance of Northern Dough faces it has been successful in every case, (to be continued.) yurea S. Sodgcr, esq. It is said that the Wheal crop of Illinois will, this season, amount to at least 25,000 bushels. The largest product of Illinois hitherto has not been more than 16,000 of bushels. BT ‘Tr [Conlinwed.] '■it'.,.. , »• fbr tie JgUaiar. - ' 'The Be&son Wby. Mr. Ewtoh .-—Perhaps lihe mass of lhe’ freemen of this County'have, ne'er inquired why the Legislature of .Pennsylvania, ever formed such an ill shaped senatorial district as the one of which this County is a part.- Perhaps many do not remepiber what .Coup ties compose it, here is (he list: Tioga, Potter, McKean, Blk, Jefferson’ and ’Clear field! The extremities of this territory by the mpat direct roads, are about two Hundred miles asunder. The Southern line of Clear field County is considerably South of the center of the Stale. Now to the Causes that brought forth this monstrosity 1 The leading politicians at Harrisburg, and in this County, who were so intent Upon saving the Union, four years ago, that they supported the proposition that was brought forth allow ing slave holders to remain in this slate six months with their slaves, can explain the whole matter. They only needed to under stand addition and subtraction to enable them to pick out counties enough joining ns which had always given majorities enough, for. the natural allies of Slavery to nicely over bal ance the majorities-that-'Tioga and Potter Counties were capable of giving bn aha side of freedom. The true object was'to- crush out, or at least smother, by.an overpowering force in those south-western Counties, the strong feeling which had manifested itself in these two counties in favor of a “proviso’’ prohibiting slavery in al.l (he territories. To show how completely the object of the Union savers was accomplished, we have only to refer to the acts and voles of B. D. Hamlin, the only Senator yet chosen m this new district. Many acts and resolutions have been intro dused in the last three years, directly or in directly referring to Slavery, and, 1 believe in every instances, the voice and vote of Mr. H., has been on the side of the oppressor,— thus no doubt, misrepresenting the true sen timents of the majority of his constituents. This same policy of crusfiing out the sen timent of freedom in the hearts of the honest masses, has been carried out m all parts of the State, The honest voters of this county can cor reel this wrong as for as this district is con cerned, if they chose to pull their full strength, and give the Republican candidate, if he be a good man, at least fifteen hundred majority, and 1 do not see why we should not give eve ry good man on our ticket at least twenty five, hundred majority in this County, ft is of the utmost importance that we should send a oood man (o the Senate, for he may deler mmc the character of the neat United States Senator, who is to be chosen by the Legisla ture next winter. BACKBONE, From Ike Milwaukee Sentinel, Aug. 'l. Horrible Harder and Robbery. One of (he most diabolical murders in the history of this State was committed between 11 and 13 o’clock of Wednesday night last, about a mile east of West Bend, Washington County. A farmer named John Muehr, a native of Bavaria, and a man of excellent character, was about retiring to bis bed, when a young man named George Debear, or De Bear, came to (he door and asked for a drink of water. The (firmer replied that “He would not ask him to drink water in nis “house—he would give him something belter and taking a mug, raised the trap door ot the cellar, and was going down—his head being about two feet above the floor—when De Bear struck him with a hammer, the steps, fracturing-his skull and knocking him down, the trnp-door closing af.er him. Mrs. Muehr, seeing her husband thus siruck, ran lor the woods to call a neighbor. The murderer chased her, armed wilh a knife, and overta king her, aimed a stab at her neck, cutting her head half off! She fell instantly, as though dead. The hired boy who was alone in the house, and witnessed the attack upon Muehr, had run for a patch of com, and the murderer, after killing, as he supposed, ibe woman, and hearing the boy screaming murd der, chased him through the cornfield, anr coming up with him siruck the knife clea through his neck, killing him instantly, De Bear then returning to the house, ana robbing it of $6O, which Muehr had received the same day fur a pair of steers- which ho had.sold, set fire to ihe house, and went for the body of the boy, and dragged it back to the house, with the intention, it is thought, of thtowing it ioio the flames ; but left it close to the burning, house. Meantime Mrs. Muehr had recovered sufficiently to creep away, ana when the murdeier came to where he had left ihe body of the woman and found it gone, he appears to have fled. Mrs. 'Muehr succeeded in crawling on her hands and knees to a neighbor's house and gave the alarm. The Sheriff of Washington County and his deputies started men m ail directions to search for De Bear, and he has offered a reward of $lOO. Muehr formerly lived .in Milwaukee ; was we understood when here a butcher, had been married about one year, and bore a first-rate character among his neighbors. The name of his hired boy we yvore unable to learn, and all the par ticulars we could obtain were that his father and mother resided in Port Washington. Mrs. Muehr was not expected to live an hour, and her husband, wilh his skull com pletely smashed in, was expected to die every moment when the officers left. The murder er, who has relatives living in Mayville, in ibis Slate, is on American—had worked in that neighborhood for upward of a year — 'six mbmhs for Jacob Young and the same length oftime for Christopher Young. While with the former, Mr. Young had at different times from $OOO to $BOO in gold in Ihe house, .and of this De Bear was well aware. Ha is about twenty years of age, six feet high, light complexion, light brown hair, long, thin fade, narrow chest, stoop shouldered, a scrofulous scar on the right side of his neck [ wore a while know-nothing hal. Lateu.—De Bar was arrested next day and lodged in jail. Such was the fury of the people that judge Lara bee was obliged to hold a special Court to try the murderer. On the day of trial a Grand Jury was empanneled, and an indictment found against him for mur der. He plead “not guilty,”'and was re manded to jail, whither, surrounded by the military, he was burned. The sheriff had not proceeded far from the Court House, when the mob dispersed the military and in.
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