■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.
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'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.