CURIOUS CVSIi.-A* ATTEMPT
TO EXTORT iUOXEV.
I'i'piri The Waterville (Oneida Co.) Journiil, dug. d.
Our community Ims been,under great ex
citement during .hhp.ist week, in.consequence
ul' ilid development yf the particulars of a
Lisa at'empt 10 extort money from Mrs, Em
ily fi’er.oson, a respectable and quiet, weal
thy lady, re-idtng two mifes west of this vil
lage, Mrs Ferguson lost her husband, after
a protracted illness, about four months ago,
since wbte.lt her presence has been almost con
stantly required at Lome to minister to the
wains o( an invalid and entirely helpless
daughter. 'Vhile her mind was weighed
down by the grief caused by lliese severe ul-
I hctiutis, and oppressed by numerous sores,
gome fiend or fiends in human form attempted
to extort from her money to n considerable
amount, by threats to take her life and the
lives of her children in case she refused to
comply with their demands. It appears that
on the IS h dav of lust July Mrs. F. received
from ilie Fool-Office in this village a. Idler
mailed at Hubbard s Corners, in Madison
County, a copy of which follows:
July 7,1805.
Dealt Madam : 1 write a lew lines concer
ning a hale deal with your husband. I wrote
him a \ear aon if he would send me a check
of S:),U0l) 1 would square ofl’with him, if not
he should die a slow death by poison. You
sec how well ( kept my word. Now 1 have
look your girl and she shall go too, and the
rest of the family, you with the rest, for re
venge. unless you send where I direct $l,OOO
iinuiedia'iMt You "ill fmd lam not lo'be
trilled wild —il you have not already. Send
me ihe money and you ore sale, if not you
shall suffer a worse death than your husband;
remcmbei what 1 sat. Say nothing to any
one, or 1 will murder vou in cold blood, bul
send the money direct Iv. 'Send nin a letter
In North Brookfield, Madison Co.—direct to
Mrs. JuliUi Fisk, and 1 will see that 1 get it
instead of tier; i, not, 1 rather she would
have it Ilian ant boru else. If 1 ever hear
Hull you teli n word o! (his beware, i have
Called on vour dauglner lalely, but you don'i
nusirusi wno 1 ut, send il soon if you waul
to live in peace loop
Tlii« nirfMi'Miin*.' missive threw Mrs. Fer-
Gusnn tut > Uic ihejxM distress, nnd, »s was
nvura.. imnu-dmi* ly sought the advice of
fn* , hU'-. anii'iii’ wiiom were i;r. Mungor and
1). 11 (r-iiHfwn., Fsq.. who concluded lo make
use 0/ n tlwo' leiic'’ in answer lo the one
Mr* F. had nvcivpd. m the hope of expo.
Bin*/ the authors o r this rrue) vjllnnv. Ac.
corclini/lv n loiter wn« wriMen bv Mrs. I'erjju.
son ami directed lo Airs j.dieii F^k,.North
Brookhultl inclosing two irn dollar bills
m uUod hv Mr. (j-milw m. in which it wnssfa.
ic*i ir. suhs'anre thif she had forwarded §*i()
of the simi rfij'nree. : ih it she could not at
ore.son: oormn.nu «o much money as Si,ooo
and she m-'jL’fil n p r pcr'crmor* m spare h p r
own am‘ he*- children’* hve.s The Idler was
hiKcn ir»m the Fos* O/fdC bv Svdnev Fisk,
hU'h.uic o' Juh'-l. and bv him taken
horn* On Uv v evenin': of the same dav Mr.
Fisk called on Mr 4 h*r»»uaen and inquired of
her r «he had wn'p-n a Idler lo his wile, and
whni >hc indiniu" o’ it was. Mrs Ferguson
answered ibe U rs r nue-Unn in Iho ;illi r rnaiivc,
and «vw* Mr. [•'ij.k u hworj,
a* ihr v, holt' rr:ni*v 'i>*n up f-i (hr\( umc. Mr.
f*Vk nisr nrouucpi! Ihr leflor written lo his
\M.'f and l:c in'»:i r\ ronuuned f herein. 1)1)11. of
whirii nr ui.u-ff m .\ll^. I* coni so ns keeping.
(J:. \lnnw' htpnf?nm«i to be pirscui at Ihe
inn am be'.ievmL’ f* 10 be cnMrclv inuo*
its: jiiUu'cl birr to come u- Waicrvihr.
u.-M-f rmo'br' coiiMjlianon. in winch
i*isk u.o mi" ri l iin* c on-übing pan\. flic re
lurried jbe marked S2H. wo-
n v» ipe <ino re*»hn*ficd i»
-mi N'.i'ii Iti
DJjn'H' n
;\lr- I
w ni ' (t in n{if <i 'Wr-. /ra-flrN,
mi. inrW'iwi M if>* sim»* mail 10 I/k*
O*J)V} ,r Hr IrlU-' o .\Jr.v ]*/'•}» in hrr
J his was on U
or ui)\ u /)*■- J/)/7)>*V
oi Hie Friday evening
i isi nnr ru*s wm* cnJJrU on J\Jr.s
I crL'sifor.. am. Mrv Im-k. in iin? cour>e of .*>
nnva-i muTwow wuii m*' u. rilaimn lo Wv■
(hi \ . inc 'J-/sr u
nvonis ol them* »ru sJa.'nJ in substance
ih-r (lurißi’ im n.uTm »n bclurr. when sin
wo* cm iff** \ nuinc n strange an*. n,\rk imt*
v.iJ-j.j . p\u)«'n'>\ U'.-oynseit, pn’-nred nor 1m u r
n:i. 11• *’ i f . ; Mm inn rcemvKj a Ji Bit hon*
Air*, i •tji.".)':. nnr ih.f on hung sn*
in 1 ,, flin.; ifi.i. i. coirn:n ,, d n,o .s.tinng<* »n
«o. 'ii‘ u:v an I tie nen-
k;
UIiCCMfU i " (hfC IlUt W nppCUfd Uj bcdeCj
t o!hut<Jr '■ <r‘ tttv It'ttoncs of (hr sum son
ant) remarkrc fh-t! na* lie inkrn Ihe letter
.'nun fM' cm '( .■ ' fiersel;*, he would
hiw oikcu 'if' \ vrsn<m\W\ l 'r before morn,
fig l[)\. me uari r.iU.u ini’ then prcvmc 1
'» ! > mim h.'K v ijf-r. niid un Pt if rent rwiM--
■m ri! mu, h*" 'ii.r mm* rn-:- v-p Mrs.
*•’ »r miiir wi.ii* \ nn-' :j, ,ar. Kff ’lnt Ijq would
so imvs smii* l:i' d fli •u”\ */nh Imr l.iU. Inis-
•wid for f* s* ttnr. *T/)(b/ no ! U»?i: the mon
' ' inu< !>-• liirlii.funmi;! fir lie woulil inurflfi
Mi- 1 "rfl'inii aru. Df-r whole famtiv.as well
AI it s'mu - Un ' her nun ors.T inn To Ihe ?nmc
in w hi- h lor (J.iru anfl m\ s'(*i run
. |n ' 'vj- nuns n U'linv an awfu ilueitcn
■ v ’ ■ an,. nu nnnriuir il.ingf-r of all
’hs im'ii’j cnrvi'rnir w.i> Mronuls insisted
■■p'lr,, M: nn-: Mu Fi-t, wihiliew. On the
"ili'i.i ins; ni > rnl n_• M . Fux m ide his appear
■nice n' the .None Ihmil,:i-■ 1J Fo.si Offi.'i>, and
■■ ■ i>j-<• s■ ■n l • ■ 1 1 lo liv Po-lrms'er ili.il he had been
i h naw In Mrs Ferguson to hike the let
iirecicd lo Mrs.. Fist; ; it was given To
I nil"’ idpsp circurnslaneos u was deemed
t m l '- i.i eause the arr.’-si of Fisk ami wife ;
■ij iinn were iiceonhnt'lv laken into cu-uo-
■' n| . 1 uesii.u o. uus sveek by OiTicer LlitT
'iii, on n warrant issued in Justice Church.
1 ri viuas to me nrres., however, 'he house
■i llv> nceuseu was visaed by Mr. Goodwin,
■ i Iho hone oi gelling some iurihor elue lo the
jih ir-. in inis Ouse vilnmv. Itunng ilus
i .sit Mrs. Full slaied that on the S.ilurday
. veiling previous she hud received nnolher call
.un ihe strange individual ; lhal he made
■is npjirone.h lute in Ihe e'ctmig and enticed
■■r oui oi floors ; that wiili threatening lan
guage and gesiurea he demanded the lener
si received from Mrs. Ferguson, and lhal
- It; gave it and the 820 contained therein lo
lent; and lhal after an interview of about nn
it mr he (eft for parts unknown. The officer
w ho made the arrest was accompanied by ex-
Sheriff Schuy'er Hubbard.' It is properf\o
add that they found in the house of ;the .ftp
cused parlies evidencKj almost conclusivefbf
iheir guilt—among vyluhh were the'marked
bills that Mrs. Fisk stated she fiad given to the
strange-gentleman -who-had acted so mysteri
ous a part in this dgik transaction ; algo some
letter-paper, • corresponding in size, texture
and “mill-mark,” with that on which the let
ter to Mrs. Fergupna was written, Fisk.and
wife are now undergoing an examination be-
fore Justice Church ; bul up to the liine we
went to press, all the evidence oh behalf of
the people “had not been taken. The keenest
indignation is felt in our community hi' this
base and brutal attempt at extortion, and there
is a settled determination to ferret out the
guilty parlies and bring them to deserved pun
ishment.
THE AGITATOR.
M. H. COBB, : ; : ; EDITOR’
All Ru?incsB,and other Communications must
bo addressed to Hie Editor lo inpnrc attention*
WELLSBOROUGH, PA.
Tlinmda; Morning, Aug. 23, ISSS,
For President in 1856:
Hon. SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio.
For Vicc-Prcsldcht:
Hon. DAVID WILIHOT, of Penn’a.
3 3333333 3
Republican State Convention.
The citizens of Pennsylvania, without regard lo
former parly distinctions, who are willing to unite
in a new organization to resist the lurther spread of
Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power, arc re
quested lo meet in Mass Convention at Pittsburg, on
Wednesday, the sth day of September, 18.55, at 11
o’clock, A. M., to organize a Rrpubmcan parly in
tins Stale, which shall givcl expression to the popular
will on the subjects involved in the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, and cooperate with other or.
ganizilions o( a similar character in oilier Stales.
Gf.or.qf. PaasiF., Allegheny county.
John \V. Uowt, Ciawford caunty .
John S. Mann, Fatter county.
John Ai-uson, Beaver county,
Jons M. Kennedy, Philadelphia county*
U'h. 11. TffOMtS, “
Joseph Marki-p, Westmoreland county.
Benjamin Prick, Northumberland county.
Martin Bkli. liloir county,
li. U. Fkazikk, Suaynfhana county.
M. JJ. Conn, Tioga county.
Tinonr.ns Stfvess, I.ancaslrr county.
Auc.x K. Mct’i.uiu:, i'tonkUn county .
Au-’iitu Mai uiias, Indiana county.
Papers friendly to the cause will please copy
Arrangements arc making lo secure the attendance
from abroad of eminent speakers, whose names will
be duly announced.
3J J We regret to slate that the infant child of
Bc\. J. F. Calkins died on Wednesday evening, 18th
inst. It was taken lo Elmira for burial.
There is no disguising the fact that the potato
crop hereabout is rolling very fast. Those lielda
on dry ground may escape.
Air. I. M. RrcßiuN, has been appointed P. M.,at
Mansfield in \fii-. (*onn*v, lice B. M. Bailey d.
-No carh'cucs on the Slavery question, after this
neighbor.
Ilo.v Horace Wn.usroN dud at lus residence m
1 rov, Bradford c‘hmlv,on the 14lh mslanl. Mr.
\.e ui lfc mw ~C 1 1 mi'inht'.rs of the Bradlord
Bar. ami for some years pre.-ided pver the Courts of
Die 12m Jiidicid District. He was an eminent
lawyer ami an upright, honol man.
Mr. Uawsos hating declined being Governor of
Kaunas, the President has appointed cx-Govrrnor
Shannon of Uhio in Ins stead, and the Utter bus uc
copied. Shannon, like Dawson, was concerned in
the Nebraska infamy, but unlike Dawson, hadn’t in.
dependence enough lo decline the doubtful honor.
The removal of Guv, Reeder meets with stern con
demnation from the press of all parlies, with the ex
ception of here and there a tonal hunker concern
A- teller wn-
We regret lo learn from the last Dnnocratic Un~
ion, Ihrnslmrg, that Col. Ziegler has retired from
the conduct of that p : »pcr, which will be merged in
the I 1 at not under the charge of Andrew Hopkins,
U>n. Ziegler bus conducted llio llnion with
limited ability and liberality, 100 liberally probably,
lor the lumber leaders. 'Phe Colonil is Urn honest
'or a liunker editor, as witness his jurtuig broadside
at the Administration for removing Gov. Ucedcr.
him on no accnun’ lo
The Republican sentiment has liken a deep hohl
in the heart*, of the penpb . The Whig C’onf.mli on
of Allegheny county rc-'dvcd lo I iy piriy aside and
uuko uvuni'in cau-e with tiie Rcmhlieans. The
Whig- of (Iradlofd (one r< v -'.dv'*d a* fallows : .
- ■“Thai (he rights of ihc North can only be *c
cured Irom the encroachment* of Slavery, hv uniting
the Amlin ruslfcngth upon firm and deenh d ground
agai ist the innhvr extension of southern iwMUution* 4 .
Toe Bradford Rrjmlcr h out this week fully com
mitted lo the Republican movement. A large and
spinici) mcetiiig of mi i willnmi distinction ol par
ty was held at Heading l.iUly,len (nunlics hung
rcpr< sculcd, w hich adjourned to meet at ViU-lnug
on (he A;>» id Septi inWr, Resolutions with back
bone m tin n» wire udi.nltd.
The H puldn an mmemcnlia extending like wild
fire. 'fhc pv.oplf. are moving—let us thank God and
lake courage
“No North, no South, no EjU, no Wort ! hwl a
m.nnirnancc of ihe common bond and a true
devotion to the Common Irolhcrhood*."
So said .Mr. Pierce in V>2. and the Pomocralic*
Pre«?, Norlli am! South, seized it up am) converted
it into available eapiul. It made a fair appearand*
on paper—very lair.
Mr. Pierce has labored arduously and with a de
cree of apparent success, to accomplish su much of
(u« pledge as l.es in the first two words. Who is
unconvinced that lie has lull no means untried be
winch the North might be annihilated? He has
rendered lum-cir a byeword and a reproach among
men. Bui he has done still more to redeem his
pledge; lie has tried hard to annihilate the West,
by obliterating its grand distinguishing feature—•
Freedom. He stands convicted of having connived
at the subjugation of Kansas by means of hordes of
border Miliums, set on by the Slave Power.
Out Co the Fecund clause of his pledge he has
proved traitorous. His whole Administration so far
is little more than a scries of grants of special priv
ileges to the South, whose most servile slave he is,
without half the nohihty of hts dark-skinned breth
ren. Granting; that he could not have acted up
to the spirit of his pledge except by compromise,
which it certainly sqainix at, his course is not reliev
ed by a solitary adjustment of the kind. On the
contrary, ho has sanctioned the destruction of “that
common bond” which the penplchcld sacred and in
violable. He has acted for the South alone and the
South despises him as heartily as England despised
Arnold.
The mission ol Ihe Republican
Parly.
IKK 'l' I (Hi A G OTJ NT Y ;MG IT AT OB."
llls BUccesa in aphllnlaling'the ilfoithi and West
is not real; for ndt'Bitijslanding the array of high,
handed measures intended to suppress the apir ft of
liberiy.everywhcfer there, never was'a day wlieh'the
line between the North and the South was so dts-
Unqtly. drawn as it is at this present time.. ...He is a
failure. He has defeated himself on every band.
While be strove to favor the South ho has conferred
a signs' favor upon the North by arousing the, mass
cs to an appreciation of and consequent disgust at
the hypocrisy of doughiaccd leaders," add Che'gross
ly unjust demands made upon their consciences. - -
There has been no floor since the birth of the Re
public, when the people, so strictly canvassed and
pronounced upon the. acta of a weak. and.unwise
Executive as they are doing to-day. Literally, “the
eyes of the nation are upon him,” and the voice that
created him is loud in ills execration. Good men
and good measures may be unpopular with the few,
but never with the many. Pierce and his measures
are detested by the many; and so it mqy tarn out
that through the excess of his villainies Right may
triumph. |
Ills asked—“what does the Republican party pro
pose tc do?” As we understand it, it 4 intends to
seize the present opportunity to unite the North
in a solid phalanx against the aggressions of the
Slave Power. It proposes to do here in Pennsylva
nia what it lias done in Ohio and Indiana—bring to
gether all those men without distinction of former
parly lies, who are disposed to slop quarreling about
defunct banks and tariffs and henceforth to make
common cause against Southern aggression and
Northern treason. And is not this a noble purpose 1
Is it not a cause for which eveiy true freeman, dnly
gralctul for the Inestimable blessings of civil and re
ligious liberty, may be proud to do and die, if need
be ?
Grant that it doss not promise so richly of “loaves
and fishes" as the petty issues of mere partizanship i
grant that to the mere seeker fur preferment U may
nut present the templing display of inglorious case
to him who reposes upon public favors; grant that
it leads up against mountains of difficulty, that there
arc “lions in the way," th.il the field U eloquent of
toil yet to be endured,of privations yet to be suffer
ed. Grant all this, and it must be granted, and yet
.the consciousness that while those mountains arc un
sealed and that toil and privation unendured, every
freeman is a debtor to duly, must be un unfailing
stimulant to strengthen and urge us on Right-ward.
As honest, justice-and Right-loving men ; os in
heritors of privileges for which millions are vainly
supplicating tyrants on thrones and tyrants in the
Legislative halls of this Republican nation—can ivc
refuse to join hands and hearts in so noble a cause 7
Or, shall men, like children—
“pleased with a bauble, tickled with a straw," ,
fall down and worship at Ihe crumbling shrines of
Wliiggcry and bogus Democracy—the merest names
and but pitiful ghosts In nomenclature at best I God
forbid that one should think no meanly of his fellow
man I The outgrowth of human nature may be
stunted, but not forever; and when respited /rom
the pruning shears and left to its kindly instincts,
its tendrils will stretch toward the light, and then—
Wo to tyrants!
The Republican party is the parly of Freedom.
Us Im.Miicss is with National wrongs, not indmdual.
No man is forced to enlist under Us banner, or hav
ing enisled, to continue in its midst when it shall
have proved recreant to the lru>t now committed to
Us keeping. Rut every freeman is invited to become
a worker mUs ranks. Those who cannot work
without pay or promises of preferment, arc not cv
ncclud to enlist. They make good “sunshine p.ilri
ols and Mimmcr soldiers," but when the storm low
ers thi'V Sirr nii'ri' cli>tr< TUf»*o vc moot. ruUC.,t«_
the i/rans of once dominant parlies, to be removed
out of slight lorcver. Men who can work wi'houl
gloves are wanted for tins work, and such men arc
plenty. No nun can work in this field for suit alone.
Ife is but one of u joint &lm*k company, and the in
(eresu of one is the interest of all. They cnfi.M in
no crusade against shadows, and no intolerance ex
i eept to absolute wrong will be exhibited.
There U work to do and it must be done. The
young man, standing on the threshold of active life,
lias now opportunity to enrol ins name on the list of
Troedom and Human Rights. U is to the young
men that this deinon»traiion in favor of Freedom j*
to be indebted for its succos. They arc fresh ami
vigorous, ami they come upon the stage unprejudiced
and uulrammclcd by long connection with party.
The old men now in the harness have battled long
and manlully for the Right. ]>ul they will soon
pass from ibis stage of action, leaving posterity to
retain and widen the ground already gained to Free
dom by their exertions.
V oung men of Tmgj, arc you ready to join in an
uncompromising war against Slavery in this other
wise happy and free, land 7 If so, you do not lack
opportunity. The field is mighty, but lion Jew the
Reapers !
Mas in the last number of the Pill -
hnrg Jo armj i \ Fisher, *a\r» that the proposed or
g.nization of a Rcnuhlnau parly will have a Inul
etii'V to di-trael rather tfiun to unite the anti. Slavery
-ircngth in the Stale. The American parly is prim
eipally relied upon to check (he insolence of the
South, and (he Free Democratic parly is supposed
to have accomplished as mi-bion and h indirectly
recommended to retire from the field of Us labor*:,
and to trust the American parly to fini-h the work.
We arc not a little surprised and grieved to find
the estimable lady alluded to, and Jor whom we feel
lint profound respect which flows out spont«ncou-lv
toward every honest, earnest and tea.loss worker in
tin* field ol social and political reform, ahanthtitiuj
the stand she has so ably and profitably defen/.vd
Ibr a con.-iilcrahle ncr'md ; and especially since tJ*C
grounds upon which such an abandonment j* urged
•went tu he tsu slight and unsupported u\ the f.ieu as
viewed hy a largo number of nnli-Shu-ry n u'n.
Wiihout v\ filing to appear censorious, we can’t help
thinking that this wonk: not have occurred had the
IvsUer never been united with the Journal,
Mr*. S., urges that lire American parly cannot be
expected lo ab union llieir principles to accommodate
Hie Free Democrats. We urge that the latter can
not be expected to disregard llieir convictions of do
ty and rigid, to stand upon a platform which many
ol them at least, con.-idcr narrow and proscriptive.
As for our part, we think the American movement
was a necessity of the limes, hut that iu objects
can ho attained without a separate organization.
But we freely avow that when we make tho acei.
dents ofhirth and parentage pretexts for dHVanrhis
mg individuals, we can no longer,aa we do now and
as we will lo the lad, urge that the accidents of
hirl/i and color should not debar any man or woman
the freeman's privileges. We cjn heller afford lo
slaivc than to prove so grossly inconsistent. /■
We do not expect tlmtthc American parly, will
abandon their principles lo unite with any organiza
lion; nor must it demand that anli-Slavery men
adopt and promulgate their doctrines. I n common
with the Free Democratic masses, we recognize hut
one great National question (o-d.iy, and that is the
question of Human Freedom. There wo take our
stand and there we she!) ho found at all times and
seasons; and may God speed lito Right!
Wo would not be considered in the above remarks
as questioning the integrity of Mr*. Swisakd-n.
We acknowledge" Wiiat every friend of Frecdoin ac-
Knowledges gratefully, (hat she has been a ptofila
ble workdpin the field of Reform; but is it bept to
disprgajajio Uio Ftee-Soil party ? ;L
K 7” Why. does nuL.Gov. I , uliuck T -llie know-nothing
abolition Executive of Pennsylvania, pardon Will
iduisoa-if be.ia so wrongful!y imptisoped hy thb de;
cree of Judgfc Kane? 'Answer"that, ye viper heart
ed and treason lisered editors, belore you repeak your
stale denunciations of fudge Kane, and ait who ap
prove of his prtnnpt add just decision I— Wayne Co.
.
superlatively stupid.pditor, Faqatnore,
Williamson ‘is' pot convict under any laW" of Penn-,
sjdvania, neither is ho held in durance by authority
of any Court of Pennsylvania; therefore, it may be
presumed that Gov. Pollock will by most men with
common sense be presumed to have no delegated au.
thority to act in the matter. Williamson wai cast
into prison by Judge Jeffries Cain, of the Fede
ral Judiciary. And your silly question, most ludi
crously ignorant and angry editor, is pot directly in
the teeth of Hie recent decision of Judge Lewis of
tile Penn'u., Supreme Court, that “every Court has
sole jurisdiction over its own contempts.”
Moreover, most egregtously mistaken editor, 1 Pass,
more Williamson cannot accept pardon for'an of
fence, of which by act ol Congress hostands acquit
ted. His offence, if he has offended against the law,
is simply and only a misdemeanor; and as such, en
titles him to a jury trial. Wo have heard you bitter
ly inveigh against prieslcrait which arrogated to it
self llie right of deciding in mailers of fact and be
lief for laymen, yet we have here caught you suffer
ing Kane to mislead you in a mutter that any toler
ably informed man, to say nothing of a member of
tile Wayne County Bar, an editor and an apostle of
unwashed and uurcgcuerated democracy, ought to
comprehend.
And again,.sapient editor, you falsified and disfig
ured the facts iu the case in hand, last week, to the
tunc of half a column. Wc couldn't help smiling
at your effrontery, and the magnificent self-delusion
you were weaving, when you wrote that article and
expected your readers to gobble it down like hungry
geese us truth. As a private in the Republican
ranks, wc undertake to furnish yoU with a new hat
every 4th of July until you have succeeded in knock
ing so much of the Democratic parly as dwells in
Wayne into a ebeked hut, if you will agice la pub
lish weekly half a column of just such misrepre
sentation and bundling sophistry as that alluded to.
Gov. Pollock appointed Ale.vmdcr K. McClure
Superintendent of the Public Printing. Col. Me-
Clurc signed Hie Cull lor the Slate Republican Con.
venlion. Whereupon the Ao.iouni V’cdrttf says :
“The Governor should never have bestowed the
appointment upon him. lie is not now nor never
was a member of the American parly-—Uc has no
sympathies with it, and the sooner it is abandoned
Hie mucker will he be pleased. 7Ac American party
ask Ins i e/nocal."
This, being interpreted, meanclh : “Governor
Pollock, you have seen how in lime past that arch-
Jesuit, Frank Pierre, has beheaded men ‘or opinion’s
sake, being Americans. And you have heard us de
nounce the. said Pierce in no chuicc language (hr
daring to proscribe American citizens for omnion's
sake. Therefore, ns you appointed Col. .Met’lure us
Superintendent of Public Printiqg knowing that lie
never was or would be an American, wc, the Amer
ican pally, ask that you equal, and if possible ex
ceed Mr. Pierce in making un ass of yourself, by
bebuulim* the aforesaid Alexander McClure, who.-e
greatgrandmother's granny’s 'uncle’s wife was sus
pected of being a Scotchman 1 SDuh 1
We have received from the gentlemanly Agent,
vi. i<: I’ntnamof Tmgi, one of “Spruit’s hennet
ically Sclt-iScaliug F.in.s” for preserving Fruit a>
Ircsli and sweet as when first plucked, almost any
length of time. Tins U-in is wholly closed excep
ting an aperture say J 3 indies in diameter in Hu*
top, which lias a closely fining screw cup, rising
above the edge of which is a chamber to be tilled
with melted beeswax when the can has been filled
for use. Directions for filling accompany the Cans.
The only (htUeuliy m preserving fruit, green corn,
pea<, ncans, &c., seems to be in the chemical chan
ges which they severally undergo from exposure to
the air. Cut these cans by a simple arrangement
entirely overcome this difficulty. In them one may
preserve berries, green corn, beaus and any oilier
garden luxury Hhe year round, 1 at a very trifling ex.
pcn^c.
Orders may be addressed to Mr. J. G. Putnam
Tioga Village, Pa,
The llonrsdale Democrat cannot mean that the
fu-ion of men opposed to the aggressions of SUvery
is Vn he baulked by the Tribune and PuUhurg Oa.
*p|lp 1 The opposition ol those papers to Ivnow.Mo
llnngistn is honi’si, and however unjn-l it may some
lime.-, appear, it results in benefit to the cause of
I’lerdom. If Ann rie.int.sm L like C'allinhcisrn, that
il cannot lolenlc now and then a RcncJilin ~tn Fra**-
mus «r perhaps a Luther, why not establish an In
quisition and summon the oflVnders to appear and
pronoudee— “Ui.voca I' 1 We have no very i x jjlul
opinion n( the patriotism that **ulT , t , rs ricwspajnr
thunder to influence Its choice in this emergency.
Godey’s Seplemher No. sustains its reputation
for excellence above all n\als. 100 page*., scores of
engravings, and embroidery pnllerns dial turn (lie
indies’ beads completely. We are no judge ol" lash,
ion pbiics, but presume Uiul in ibe present number
can’t be beat. $'J a year. ■
Tim Fitnti Journal ibr August contains a vast
amount of interesting reading mailer —bSarlicles
in all. Tina monthly is published by J. M. Me c.
(JIUI A. Co. i’ll 1 Lu/i ipiiia, at Si a year.
Crossing rut; Ati.antu; in Turku Days.
—The Boston Advertiser Buys n winking
engineer, by the twine ol' John Ross, residing
in Montreal, bus addressed n letter to the
Mayor of Boston, upon the* subject of a re
ifiil invention ol an extraordinary character,
lie chums to have discovered n new motive
power, winch will waft a ship across the At
lanlic ocean in three days ; and further, if a
hole were bored m the holloin, the vessel
would (lout with equal safely and freedom.
In order to complete a working; model, which
is wholly independent of's'eam, he asks the
assistance of fifteen hundred dollars from
some gentleman’s pocket. No progress, says
Mr. Russ, has been made in that direction
(the sea) lo keep pace with the movements over
railroads on the land, but the desideratum will
certainly be accomplished in his great discov.
cry.
Grain.—The Vincennes (Ind.) Gazette of
duly 2d, says that the millers and farmers
are closing contracts for new wheat at 81 per
bushel, deliverable in from ten fifteen days.
The first lots of wheal that have been bong hi
willcommand 82,23 ; the extra quarter is the
resuh of competition among the. milters, as to
who should grind the first lot of new wheat.
We may expect flour at about $6,50 in the
month of August, and before the first of Jan.
nary it will doubtless soil for $4,50 or 83.
„ -, V T— 5
©^mmurtfcatlons.
~i , -j Facts,
.Respectfully .inscribed to lid-Doughfaces of Tioga.
Mb. Editor,— l am ajover of and
not only want io be free myself, but would
•have everybody have this God
given Inheritance universally extended —
1 would hive the poor down-trodden African re
leased from.'servitude—tbe peasantry of Eu
rope released.);om the galling i°he of tyran
ny which they have borne for centuries—the
ignorant and 1 superstitious heathen- brought
from the darkness which has enveloped them
for ages, into the light of civilization and
Christianity." In a word, 1 would like to see
the universal emancipation of mankind—the
Goddess of liberty reigning o’er all the earth.
And I would not only like to see this great
cause triumphant, but am anxious to enlist
in the army of reformation—to live and die
in the defense of truth —of true democracy.
Bui, as Americans, should we not let alone
the heathen and Ihe oppressed of other lands,
until ire have driven oppression, ignorance
and superstilion from the soil o’er which floats
the “stars and stripes” ? Why send mission!
nries abroad when we have need of them at
home ? Why prale about the rottenness and
corruption of the dynasties of the old world,
when we have a dynasty at Washington
which is at this moment doing more io rivet
the chains of abject slavery upon human be
ings than all other powers beside? Why
laik about the enormities of a Napoleon or a
Czar, when we have in the person of the Pre
sident of l ho United Stales., as great a traitor
io humanity us either, although his intellect
is not as great.
Lei us first “cast the beam out of our own
eyes” let us “judge not lest we be judged.”
Yes, we have a battle lo fight here in our own
land which requires the i/nton of all our
forces—of all the fi tends of freedom. Giant
wrong is in our country. Slavery is here.
It wants our tree territories, it says iu free
dom, those fair territories were acquired with
our “common blood uml treasurer and there
fore, have I not as good a rii»ru to corrv rnv
institutions there as you have to curry yours /
f have, and 1 shall do it. if { am mu per
mitted to I will destroy this union. Freedom
says down uu/ii it / for the sake ot saving
the iniiDii i would not help you enslave sin*
pour Alncun, or pollute the sou of an men oi
those virion territories! Doughface savs to
slavers, Oh ! dont destroy our glorious union,
1 will help vou save it (goes in for “popular
sovereignty ’’ S:r.) if you will — vou Know —
all rights says slavery, Mr. Doughface, us a
bargain, Freedom is thus put m Use minor
ity,.and stands back trembling fur the conse
quences/
Is not this a true picture 1 (s not this the
wav the Nebraska bill was passed ! , Was u
not slavery who demanded the head of Gov.
Reeder, and' was not Doughface the execu
tioner I Alas, 100 true. And must U uiwas s
be sol Was not this question answered,
negatively, and in thunder tones through me
brilol-box last lull I Was Doudhtansm en
tirely oxienrun.uod I it was not. Fas ;t
exifrimnniftl in ■ tu-= coumv
Xuw. Uie nm'snnn rnrni-s nulil homo
ha re JJoun ii facts in Tioti Co. —<inrinis h.m
ihpm. !'hev are noi mi hmu w>i, >omc 01
them arc -'alive nn«l kicKin V'.imc .3 Hit-
immor.al omnitv OommiUcc* or nsianccv
They h.ivo !)Ci*n ar«iuomsiv laboring jor srmv
linen weeks, m Irving 10 devise .rune means
whereby 'he dead hankers might be resusn
i.-iled 1 Devoir'll snubs. Fbev nave unoouni
edly undernmio Ihe severest menial exert;ises
—have taxed llicir moine powers to Umir in
most tension, .mo niter drawing up Resolves
and Addiesses—bin with ami-sin with
milk and water sentiments. and voting them
all down, mev nave linailv “'im-netl heir
work.” I’hev linailv deemed i •jnnoiUir
and uiesjwtiienl. I snimose, :n 'nih.ish Miose
loscdinnns, winch one ol ihai cornnnnee roan
In a ceil mi vming nmn, and sum hev were
in lie nun I'iied 'nneiher with in nnlress.
U’i-n cnnmmire ihat ye aid come 10 surh con
clusion I (I is expedient in keen “muni ’is
lar as in you lies. You pronaniv lounn nno
easy tltin sr lo frame an excuse Inr noldmc a
separate ornanizaiion (ins lall ; w nen vou re-
member 'he position taken nv ’no le.idnin
bunkers ol ibis cnniili, last la,'. ,a miss nm
veniion assembled at 'he ' .Min, ibni-e n
Wfli'lioro,' on ’lie dill 01 .j:v i-.VI
ilia: cnnvnniiun lignred vrmr mmi'ni'in men.
Nearlv ml ;iie leading hunkers were n 'lim
emi'eniinn. ’.Veil. "Ivu nui -urai- nnainne w
doughfaces do llien and llierc ' Vi,v .werv
nian rd ibeni voted Tor a re.sonrimi tphuj.
mending a L’.Mux ol ail nitrites, a ne norm
lo resist ihe ogoression.s 01 m.iverv . Jim
short \ear ago Uiev were nnaninmusiv n ia
vor ni nnion—w hide ore ’hev o n.iv ’ I'hev
are he He lo Him resoiinon •
are ianv iinhiniir i;i Hie ranas <jt Pierre,
Av/iisun, Slrm;»lellow ■ Wlio ean uenv itii'-e
as-prlinns ! “I pause lor a repiv, ’ nan
Dmiuhlace, Sneak out, sir, ,i'vou nave anv.
i/ima io sav why scn'enecoi Jenin (ptiliiicni.;
shou ( d not lie passed upon vnu nv the llepnli
(leans of Tin»n enunlv. file 'run is nasi—
the lesnmonv is abundant
reeled ul political hipoer-v -n he ursi ,-je
Uin/JLKIU KV
grce.
Thk Cu'sr. ok tr.— via rim Kastwnod. wno t
was convicted at Rnrhesti r, ,ui l-’mlav last.,
of having murdered Hdwnttl Brereton n Jan
uary last, is • uile a tciiui'i man. When tsKeo •
wfiv sentence ut death snoufd not ne urn-,
notineed against him, be addressed the court t
as follows ;
“I did not intend to kid him anv more than
the must innocent man tlterc, ant because tin- ■
tier the influence of intoxicating drinks, anil ,
the excitement caused by his sinning me with ,
a s'liue, I did not know what I was about. ;
and I have no further recollectiun ol the af- ,
fair at the lime. The facts slated here before |
me I have no knowledge of neither nf the 1
throats nor the blows which have been proven (
here before me. It might have been done, ,
but I was intoxicated and in passion. I had I
no thought of killing the man anv more than .
I now have of killing any one here, or anv |
one here of causing the death of a. person. I
Misfortunaleiy I struck the blow and caused I
the death of this man. 1 don’t blame the t
court, ns I know of, under the circumstances I
and evidence, or the jurv for bringing the I
verdict they have. I plead innocent, and |
God knows I am innocent." 1
A Visit to Passmore Williamson.
On (asi Fridays in company with a fdw
friends, we paid a visit to Mr. Williamson in
his cell at Moyamensing. He occupied a dell
on (he second floor, in the felon’s prison, or
rather,in the apartment in which are placed
untried felons. The story of the Norristown
Watchman that his cell had been handsome,
ly carpeted and furnished, is altogether false
—he has no furniture except a bed/ wash,
standi and a small writing-stand—and the
carpet consists of a single strip about Tour feet
long in front of his bed. Mr. W. isjin loler.
able good health, and in excellent spirits—
whatever diseases he may be afflicted with,
we feel confident he will never have an affec
tion of the vertebra!, Mr. W. is made of the
true martyr spirit, and thongh Judge Kane
may murder him by inches, we will not be
lieve he can ever make him yield to bis un
just demands. There is a calm energy writ
ten upon the countenance of Mr, W, which
evinces a noble consciousness of duty per
-1 formed, and a mind though unyielding deter
' mitmiion lo stand by ihe right,
i The brave heart of P. Williamson, ihough
;it can be made lo bleed for ihe wrongs of Ihe
; oppressed, will never quail before ihe oppres
sor. The tortures of the inquisition could
not make him deliver up a s(ave lo his roas
ter, if that master had the power to recnslave
him. Judge Kane has a hopeless task, and
J we fancy the mild face of Williamson will
I trouble him in his sleep and haunt him in his
I dreams—and he will wake to find himself on
the rack of public opinion.
Been the slaveholders—ihe more noble
j specimens of them—cry shame upon the out.
I rage. They say Wheeler recklessly threw
away his property by bringing it lo a Free
I yjtnie, and he is not deserving of pity if he
should lose it. Mr. Williamson Has been vis
' ued by a Carolinian, himself a slaveholder,
1 who severely denounces ihe course of Judge
* Kane.
1 Mr, W. for the lasi week has Dad (he nnv.
1 ilege of walking in :hc corridor, thougn 'ho
associations are not verv pleasant in the lame
1 hall. Oaths ana rude (reaimentof rude men
| 10 ruder women are noi verv pleasing loa re
' lined mind.
1 .Mr. W. manifested no uitiernes* even lor
' Judge Kane, but calmly awmis the neallhy
i throb o( public sentiment, flic liilsn imnres
| sions which were at first made n rHcmnce to
1 Mr. W. are being rapidly
1 -wrong undercurrent n ruin —a ’urrem
1 w nieh will soon swell into a tluoti, ana ,f Kane
' s lardy in doing ;ii,-nce »nl -wren mm from
1 his scat and drown mm in its depths.
1 Noble men and women of Pennsvipania,.(
' is for vou lo sav now iong an .nnoeent man
1 snail be imprisoned for a nunieous act —un-
der a pretense, too, which could imprison anv
1 one of you, .f we will allow sucu acts m
1 judicial despotism lo no unrcuuKco, our an
■ guiige is : •‘Fellow slaves, our ciiams are east
1 —me ‘manacles are upon our wnsis,' he
1 2\ vps mum our ancles.
i Olive Brunrit Ai/g, 7
Stale Convention.
Ve nubh.-n mi anoiticr ■'niumn, a cau inn
.Vniibliean suim ■ 'nincnii™
Not .1000.
Vo
lie v m 1 ixihum. mi ne -iii -n
cmniT, sieneu ,v x niimncr 11 versons
ornieriv oemitka ttiiii'.he JillWem names
atctv PNi'iitvi n lus suio
■et :orih, .s to cisi-ci a 'inion m 'he voters 01
n.s '..iintnoimca. a >;■no-vr'ii 'o ne .uteres.
i'HV Ql SI IVI.TN
■ iicnl in he riant uirccinn
ss tvatun a atroe imtontv oi ter voters in-
,10'tU to the .•Canvas s'enrasita tail and hn
, jutratn's winch am -tie 'emnmntc ronsennenco
'ii the lioiK'iii oi ne .ifissoun
■some exiiccjnnl snouui je resonett 'o jivo
e\inrssi"n 'o 'he scniiments amt ipcllnes oi
Vo "pen m ora-inizniion ana a
niaitiirm unnn v.mch aii 'he 'ricnas 01 Free-
•ier -loonie,
mm, oi ormer aany names* can
stand *n common. ana not nv division suuer
tie voire cm I'ennsviNani:\ to •*» stilled or ncr
aMVivumts presented.
.rinvement nas mcuciv noon naucuruica .n
aianv or ;fu» .\ T mt(u j rn states* .van
arusnons ot NUcrcss,
.on<>er f o oe ofinafv suoscrvienc to the ocncso
oi' na riv ?cac/er-\ out are nsi on :ne tram-
nets \)\ mu'.v. .uui speaisina as becomes .a
»■ Jem r rcemen
aev in» mu <.i:ss}ieo wu\ jcmu 'no uj
■inr imi ciavf>r
...mu ho ' :\ns )i
i n in^o.v
ui n i mosl’jiMMU is s »r- is ms .\C
aiahcan 'Jonsfsi'mn
.fermineu p\prr**su>n m Northern crnnmenis
.mo n :amndn*p Knossn ‘o ne masts'em ana
jpn«h*. .Xun>v i\ uma wm not )c jemnu ner
msut "Uiies »n 'pduKina na umiessive mu
mo'enuu 'fim u savers •oronaainmism
Anion now 'Sircnirns 'o *~'-ush sm * ■“•erv
enmnenc ji muom.— Jr nu torn '.la>or
U'arn iiom a ,au; Rumour 01 Die Her
ald <>;’ Freedom iliai a nmuarv emnnanv ms
11 organized on tie 'VaKarusa. ,ienr man
mi ->f;i{)(] cor
sriilc-u ihereniiuui, aiul good inaicnai n ,inun-
rt.uice is 10 uc li<ia io nuiKe a good conipanv
They nine ;.ikcii measures io arm meiii'Oives
u an cany dm
Tlie ihrKorv I’ouii Free Stale men areai
so on mo a.nil , nev 'live aeon sumecled o
most gross ouir ige-’ some iiitc or ;our times.
nui ii ive ora\m-/.fu a nmuarv comnanv, ana
hincciuiUi am proieet eacn oilier ,rom ;or
Man .niiii.vrs,
- j(i(aair- oy 'he Governor * Message flat
kans.is isonmieu to g.JdT musnels. jcover
alile in anv accessible nmni >n me Territory
no the requisition fit ’he tio'crnor.
The Free Siam F.vtvu'ivc Commuted acre
to meei .11 inns ranee on Monday :o ano
measures mr araamzina the parly iltroi/cnoui
tlie enure IVi'rHory. 'Ve shall soon learn
their adion, by telegraph.
The Herald remarks ihni ihe tide of Pro-
Slavery emigration loward Kansas nas begun
io ebb, and at tins lime ihe Slave Slnie emi
gration is larger from Kansas 10 Missouri
'han vice versa. Ins a notorious fact 'hat
there is not an election district m Kansas Ter
ritory to-day but would poll three votes ot the
actual raters in such district for Freedom 0
one for Slavery.
The Leavenworth Herald tPro. Slavery)
nominates Disirut Attorney A.J. Isaclts as a
candidate for Delegate to Congress.
■i pMcet) )v :jie
Momaiown i’i
'«• u.
a.s n novc
nere is m renn
he lienuDiicnn
ae people are do
'ruiM.rr.M.osv .no
:e mas nir.pr.Hiw'iv jenmno
"h i -ironii mu
'Anusns .\nv>.
A .11 lonv ni Fico cuaic men ire
i ic miu n
.so >U\POI S 3
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iui mi:ro p ‘ v