. Tribune. Startling Caw- Pemuglvanla-.Araoud* Phiia DlWUl,TlSurstfayi'Aug, 30,1855. Quite a thY|ljtiji^ in Judge Kelly 1 * CuurUorday. Juring the: trial of the Wheeler case., ( ,Yesterday tht»;,cpunsel of the way, and their testify >«# that the wqpnn Jane wasforced awayygainst her will ~lVei nf Cul. AVheelef-,»»,.Mpedally. foU ahff circumstantial, jo effect: In the ab sence of (he woman,.ih&oniy person compe tool.to.testify fully to (he.,question of volun tariness, the. Colonel coUldafibrd to bo par ticularly‘Stronghut, presto kin the midst oT proceedings ibis forenoon Jina. Johnson ap peared in Court. She came >in escorted' by aufotßcer and accompanied ;byt. Mrt.' ifUoll, Mrs! McKim. Mis 6 Pugh .and. Mrs. Pldmby; She Oas put on the stand,, and her testimony mterlyiond entirely deal roy edit hat ofGoh Wheeler, and- hir witnesses. Her; evidendo was clear and justno the,point, reiterating in the most satisfactor manner all* she . had'said in her affidavit at New York,l ‘ Bat it w*s a bold aod perilous rnovo.on thh part -of her friends, aftd theldeepeai opprehon- j sions were fell for awhile for the; result. The United States Marshal was there wilh his war raolandan extra force to execute it, 1 The officers of the Court and other Stale .officers were there to protect the. witness add vindi cate the lawa of the Stale. . Vandyke, the United. States District-Attorney, swore he would lake her. The State.officers swore he should not, and for a while it seemed. that nothing conld avert a bloody'scene, ii was expected that the conflict would lake place.at the door when she should leave the room, sp that when she and her friends went out, and ffir some lime after, the most intense suspense pervaded the court-room. She was however allowed.to enter (he carriage that waited for pher without disturbance. She was accom panied by Mr. McKim, Secretary of the An •‘'Slavery Society j Lucretia Molt and George Corson, one of our most manly and intrepid police officers. The carriage was followed by-another filled with officers as a guard, and thus escorted she was taken back in safety to the house from which she. had been brought. Her title to freedom under the law s of- the State will hardly again be brought into ques tion;- ' Greot credit is due. to Wm. B. Mann, ac ting attorney-general, for the manner in which he has behaved in this case. He has. done much to vindicate the honor of the Slate and the sanctity of the court of which he is an officer. Judge .Kelley, 100, has behaved with great dignilynnd impartiality. To the Associated [Press,; —The appear ancoof Jane Johnson, the slave of Col. Whee ler, in Court, caused great excitement. Her testimony was much the same as her affida vit, She said she had desired her freedom, and mode, such arrangements before leaving home as to expect her friends to rescue her on reaching New York. After her statement was concluded the United States officers at tempted to arrest her, but the Court instruc ted Us officers that she being a witness was to be defended with their lives. . She was taken out of Court between a long flin nf Pnlli'A nffineii; and nlacsdin~a tm.--.!.*. and driven off. Relays had been prepared and were in waling, and sbo'was soon beyond the reach of the officers. Great excitement prevailed about the Court-House for some lime oiler the occurrence. LATER FROM EUROPE. Stceaborg Bombarded and Destroyed—Rus sian Repulse before Sevastopol—-Sevas topol again Bombarded. THE CRIMEA. The news from the Crimea is important, a great battlle having been fought on the Cher naya. The British Government received the following dispatch : “Varxa, Aug. 19. —The Russians attacked the position at Chernaya this morning at day. break in great force. The action lasted about three hours, but they were completely repulsed by the French and Sardinians." Second Dispatch.— “ One o’clock. —The Russian attack this morning was under com mand of Liprrandi, with from 40,000 to 00, 000 men. Their loss is estimated at from 4,000't0 5,000, and about 400 prisoners are taken. The loss on the side of the Allies was very small. Pelissier telegraphs on the 16th ns follows: ■“Por some days past rumors of an inten ded attack on the part of the Russians had excited our attention, and this morning at daybreak they realized their intention agiinst our lines on the Chernaya, but in spite of the movement of imposing masses which bad been collected during the night, (he enemy were repulsed with great vigor by the troops forming the divisions df Generals Herbillon, Csnava, Foncheux and Morris. The Sardin ians placed on our right fought bravely. The Russians, led a large number of dead on the field, and many were made prisoners. The Russians were in complete retreat on Mack enzie's Hill when'our reserve came up, and with the aid of our brave Allies, particularly the English cavalry, the enemy received ase vere blow. Our losses, alihough much less numerous ihoDlhose of Ihe enemy, are not yet known.” FBLIBSIED. Affairs before Sevastopol .were unchanged. Omar Pacha had received hasty orders to return to the Crimea instead of going tu Asia. General Pelissier and I have decided to open fire from the English and- French bat teries to-morrow morning at daybreak, ySt. Petersburg letters say that Gorchalcoff has orders from the' Ethperor to sink the Russian fleOV if the Malakoff falls. The' London Morning Post (Ministerial or gan) says editorially : “Wo have reason to believe that stirring and hitherto unexpected intelligence may oe looked for from the Cri mea within the next few days,” ' [t is supposed to refer to the secret expe dition or Bolt] movements. Tub St. Louis Republican notices the ship ment front the city of several new mail and passenger coaches for the line between Inde pendence and Salt Lake, They were built in Ne’w Hampshire, for W. M. P, Magraw, the well known mail contractor. un v^r> THE A(SjIATO M?h7oOBB. M: ; lEiyy» *• AH er \ jonmiu. _ be addressed to the Editor to insure attention* Tinwaar^W^ FoePreglOeatin 1S5B: ForVlßc'.Pftfaoem;' ‘ Hom )pAYID WHJIOT) t>f RwjSfrj j. j. i»tf.j«ihHcn»..MoiiilitnllttH«.- For RrpO&tiMok(rf&*ilt Q&Tiogi. For. S/uritf-~-Jaait Mathub, of Clwrlalon. -- - ~ For Auditor— Jas. S. WATBOCB.of Guinea. ,■ . i; n' rpßEft£ wQ) bo a Meeting of .thotanutoee appointed.by i Ifcffcrttro Borongb,of ydlsborg 1 and on SATURDAY the Jjfii at 5 cmocK aftenitoa. . ■• -a. R BNRWOBOTiPMrt*. not ; 1 5nO. E J E o®So^S<A'' '■; , V W, Bilious, Dioesscr will Bo well 3d' page; ETO. Cole has established himself in the Sharing and at Rftbinsoh's Hotel io lliis village; Woonderetandthat he comes well, rtcomraetlded, and what la fall a» well, Ibat hia wdrit recbmmcndsiliclf.* •■■ •'< ■' ''trii Bubn£d. —Wo regret toleariiihat a,barn be longing to Mr. EmatiiO biileO of AljitfdlebDry, wits enlirvlf coiinrirnbd by fife, together Willi wriio ISO bushels of Wheat and SS tun* : flio 30tH ult. .CirctiVnslanccß indicate it to' have'been the work' 6f an incendiary. It -is to fee' hoped that the person will ba‘ brought In justice. A man who will burn barns, will do worse sliould'malice re quire! ' ’' D*\V hot does Iho balance mean by calling ot “fastidious )” Do wo go swathed in “purple and fine /inch Do We soak our locks, in odoriferous pomatum,'ln order (o render oar tcenit palpable 7 Do we sport immaculate kids, and—and patches on the knees of—of our “incomprehcnsiblcs 1" Do wo shake bands with the tips ot our fingers? Do we over comploiu of the “bnwihle boaws*’ that afflict ns poor devils, editors'? No sir! we deny all these insinuations and demand satisfaction'—yds sir,satis faction. Our friend, Theophrastes Thunderbolt, will wait upon you! The Cemetery Company are wide awake and ap pear to be doing with all possible despatch, what ought la have been done twenty years nga. A fine plot has been purchased, with good natural facilities and capable of improvement at a moderate outlay. This is as it should be. The city of the dead, like that of the living, should be beautiful without dsten lullous display, snd'eo softened and reclaimed from Iho general dctolalcncss of such .spots, that death 'and its surroundings may invite, rather than repel the traveler who slowly but certainly approaches its gales. The idea-of Rest, should be actualized in every graveyard surronndiitg. “The man may remove the knqjmlain, bol life mountain cannot reJnove the mao,” —is an old Per sian proverb; and though old and an importation at that, it is eicellcnl and truthful. Looking over the great field of political Reform, it seems impossible that a single soul of the North- wise exactions of British statesmen could stir nptlio coaler blood of our fathers to mutiny against the most powerful nation on the globe/in defence of their liberties, bow is it that outrage upon outrage descends upon us—their children, free men—to mad den for u brief moment and then to take place with other recorded enormities, unresisted and unavenged! la Right, is Justice less sacred in the eyes of this generation than of that just passed away 7 It may be doubled if even a spprk of that spirit of honest and earnest resistance which secured immor tal names to tbs men of the Revolution, subsists in the bosoms of tlieir children. Pillar after pillar sup porting the superstructure of our liberties is strick en down by the Slave Power, and (he falling frag ments threaten to crush us; yet we content onrselvcs with crying—“shame '. aliatne !"—like very children Conservatives cry—“peace I peace!—for the sake of the Union and our liberties !”—and yet as of old, there i, no peace—except that which precedes a to tal subversion of those very liberties which we arc here at the North exhorted not to peril by manly re sistance to violence and wrong. Unless the Northern masses can pat party, prefer, cnees aside and unite as one man with the open and bold purpose of repelling any sod alt future invasions of their rights, not by foreign, but by home tyrqnts, the North bad better give the Slave Power's quit claim deed of all its blood.bought territory, and bold -out its million hands for the shackles. It is useless to prate of Compromises, (or with Freedom half the loaf is not better than no loaf. No! Freedom never was and never can bo parly to the transfer of a sin. glo foot of free territory to the trafficker in immortal bodlb. All, or none—all the broad and fertile prai ries, Ibis vast expanse of hill and valley and unbro ken forest—all this was a sacred bequest to Freedom and aeuled with the blood of the testators, who dis cerned as with the prophets' vision llio great need of Humanity in the future. That bequest is sacred. Earthly courts have no power to invalidate that will. Il was written in (cars nid blood and sealed with blood, and wc, the legatees, are its Executors. The friends of Human Freedom have no choice toll but to wort. Furlhcr parley is useless, nay, dan gcrous. While wc seek an accommodation, the very rights we endeavor to preserve inviolate are slipping away from os forever. It is on storming and humiliating foci that, in ev ery struggle between Slavery and Freedom since the gauntlet was thrown down in tlio Declaration of In dependence, the former lias triumphed. It lias nev er lost a battle and never will, until, like Napoleon it finds its Waterloo. Freedom has been worsted so often that its fabled invincibility may well be doubl ed. But the great principle lias never been defeated- Only the possibility of its universal application has failed of demonstration. Vftieq Freedom seemed to die in the surrender of Greece and flame to tyrants, its death was only seeming. Its friends had sung the syren song of “Peace, peace —for sake of peace!"—to the hurt of Freedom. Had they grap. pled with aggression and innovation in &e begin. Ding and spurned those disgraceful parleys, during which tyrants were strengthening their defences and snnltiplying their means of offence, the world had now, perhaps, been comparatively free. The Convention of ’B7 was 'a serious failure. It was then that America took a serpent to warm and nurse in her bosom, tod if.il does not. sting'her'to desthit will not .be iorlsok .of malice. Hadthe whole North been,,tape lira, Slavery might have been crushed put of existence. But then,as now, there were venal men and fcir.faced foea of Freedom. New-Engtand .was false la herself and therefore could not bo true to Freedom. There is no word of iOROnGH.PA: ?*' \ ■5 .0- The, Price ol Freedom. JM E TlOfi to t£|w>lrit of c&iaproaise, andjrtnt dovintMhia koeertO the polinilspirii of SlavetrjMo tm' flwvo* ion!. Yet ho wu not of tint “baser, wyt" who -dtrthß'XfOlOlPiHiflg' of JSday." TBorf «ns.>limc»,apd wfif-gQTeruinntt; woo ddaoiatctl the’landi' Tor oeren - long ;yetr» the colonies had-Voughl shoojdet ip slJotiL dcr in * common camp ( and, nothing spwptdyp terrible to thoac men aa a of the comraon bondl Besides,* io boon tUe de crtji*iJ.'[‘}ln yp&s jfWill die of itapilj" kk'iil ttey. - .. oritaelf." Newly 70 have elapsed sinoa Iben.arid the vlcUmi of’thesys lemhdve'increasednear Wtt;(bld. : Alas! ißbybad nobtooception of thOMtrenglh of the fnonsler they look Jo nnrsevuThen ilwta weaken'd intighifidinl; nowJt it mighly.tnd insists ortdisputing iniebby inch witliPreodo«n,ilhe precedence:’. ■; S ,-Mep and brethren, wo arealLworker* io the field i before . no. -Banish Holland fbldirigof There, la nO)di*gai«ing;)bo dsogerof insC lion. A moment Inat now and Ibe ovij gains « day’s growth. It the Uoiooi* worth paying let it be saved now, ftom.Uightabd ruin with which it isthrealen cdby the Slave Power. -Men mast make a stand CorHimuta Bights; ifthoUniim can mikes skill to exist on that platform it Will stand. ' ■, .What-is this Union oi which.ddmsgognes prate? Is it a union of Freedom, or is it a factitious union of Jrap, mighty antagonisms } Certainty it is a.roar rioge which tho pdrtiag perpetuate with a Moon their lipe. Freedom and Slavery can never dwell togeth er, in. unity. No sano man believes it. , No, dema gogue dares maintain such a monstrous proposition before an intelligent audience. The North and the South are divorced in heart and spirit—the form on ly remains. ' Lei ibe South retrace its steps; let it shrink back from the unholy design of cursing our fields as she has cursed her own, with the blood of men and the tears and gleans of women and chil dren ! The free North will accept of nothing less than this. Let Conservatism ahmse itself with its toys— words of affected moderation. Few of them have any sympathy with oppressed humanity. Like the dog in the manger they: will da nothing themselves, and insist that tho whole world Ishall keep silence also. The wqrid must mojderate its paqc to theirs ; aqd ,<P far as the, uon-extension of Slavery is cun. cerned,they will always be found flinging, to tho skirls of tho movement, exclaiming at ever sdvan. tage gained over the South—“ Behold what our mod craiion lias accomplished I” . Listen, and you will bear many thus delivering themselves in less than two years, oven here in Titjga’County. The Democratic(?) Convention, Tbo last day in. August witnessed lira complete baokerixalipn of—wo wi)l not »ay, tho Democracy o( Tioga county—but of some SQ delegates, sup posed to represent Unit parly in Ibe several .election districts. Tbo Convention organised at about three o'clock by calling Col. N. A. Eluott to the Chair. The names of the severs) gcnUcmen acting as Vice- Presidents and Secretaries did not reach us, owing to - lira confusion. There was a very full representation present; but we are credibly informed that in many, sfid'lt is be lieved (hat in a majority of the districts represented but very few Voters attended the primary elections, in some esses not half-a-dozen. The whole proceed ings revealed a sad lack of concentrnUon in the dem ocratic sentiment, nMniiUundingihs Unwearied cf. forts of the lilUe clique of Wellshoro' lawse**** —* ■ aieUiJ’ All OTdCIV' Messrs. Watson, Ed. WETMORE, Rose, Wilson, Wetline, Darling abd Howland, were named for tbo Assembly. Mr. Howland woa nomioated on the 2d ballot. He is Uioqgbt nut to be sound on the Maine Law, and is a thoroughgoing bunker. It is thought thql he can cavass the county at less expense than any other man. Mr. Welmare got three voles, and maintains that if all the fools and crazy men in the county will vole for him, he can yet be triumphantly elected. There is no little sarcastic wit io Mr. Wel more's composition. Messrs. Lalhrop, Potter, Coates, Smith and Cald well, were named for SlicrilT. Mr. Potter being a Frce-soiler, was thrown overboard. Mr. Coates was served ditto. Mr. Lalluop was nominated on 7th ballot. He is a hunker of the Douglas stripe and un sound on Prohibition. As lie holds one county of fice already wbicb does not expire until a year from this tall, it is quite probable that the people will ad minister a rebuke to his somewhat prurient ambition on the 9th of October. Still, it must be admitted that he is not a little generous and self-sacrificing in thus volunteering to take the burden of-two offices on bis shoulders at the same time. Mr. Lstbrop is said to be excellent on the location of county bridges and it would bo a pity to remove him from the Hoard of Commissioners. Messrs. Gray, Fox and Green, were named for Treasurer. Mr. Fox was nominated on Isi ballot. Ho is also a pro-Slavery linnkcr and against Prohi bition. Mr. Gray’s connection with the onli-Ne braska party last fall, probably accounts for his de feat Mr. Green walked the plank for same reason. Mr. J. 6. Albeck was nominated for Commission er on Ist ballot. He is said to be ot the tribe of Ju dah, and ought therefore to be a good financier. Mr. C. G. Denison was nominated fur Auditor on Ist ballot. He is lately from 'York Stale,' a bunk er, and—Bo-forth. H. Allen and D. C« Holden, Esqrs n were elected Senatorial Conferees. The Committee on Resolutions now reported Ist. That we endorse the principles and financial policy of the Democratic party as held by Jefferson and Jackson, “and other sages of the Democratic party." (Mem.: “Other sages” is supposed to mean Alcliinson, Pierce, Slringfellow Sc Co., as their do ings in Kansas and elsewhere, were silently passed over until a later moment, and thus tacitly endorsed.) The Committee than proceeded to bestow sundry kicks and cuffs upon the dead bodies of the Whig, and Know. Nothing parties, which it was very safe to do, as dead bodies caUnot kick back. Wo hale to see men prove their courage in such a mean way however. One'resolution censored the last Legisla ture forrcpcaling.lhe Tonnage Tax on coal and lum. her. By reference to a file of the Legislative' Rec ord, wo find Mr. Baldwin’s vote registered against the repeal of the elaresaid Tonnage Tax; and we are both surprised and ' pleased to find Mr. B’s., course in tills matter, approved and endorsed by the Democrats of Tioga in Convention assembled. Gov. Reeder's course was faintly endorsed and his removal as faintly disapproved of. The act of tbo last Legislature, fixing- the salaried of members at WOO for the session instead of 83 per day as former, ly, was censured. Doubtless Mr. Ha«ii|qd. would accept of 8250 as compensa(jon fur services render ed—if elected. We suggest that be bo se-ppblipjy pledged. The last resolution was (he beat of this series. It set forth that the country owed everything to the Democratic party. (Slavery included 7) About ono-fourth of (he entire delegation waa present at the adoption of there resolutions. Bat tbo crowning act of the Convention, and but l. COITISKEY AGITATOR. for wbiefjome mimbave beenieft in doatlt u to the troegtbond nmmtjiieil by the Hog* Depot le|#sn, ln the (Up following tesolnlioji > fiodlnd, Thatweba«beiii and atiltarempowdtothan nit of tbe Missouri Compromise, by which Kunw and Ne • Liaaka were opened to-ffisTßry/ reardtof tt ara-wantoni»»r tmdlatioa of a solemn compact, alike dcstmtire of the bar tsmffsfMsSx^Titfsmr- .. TBrt Kxioumoii WMIvYOIEDr DOWNI Sen the Democratiopplyof TiogaConnlyia madoto eddoitb 1 th& iteiriikt'bii)/tnd'(}tß opening of Kao- "Will tbe !SSBS2SRSff®SiSS underraeH aospicesf'-dftheydo, rt mart be true u we hate often beard ft alleged, bp Which we do not believe tv -be *Tke Democratic party in Titga> Ctvtij ii managed' 6y a.dique if ~JfelUba to' tnreaorlcere !" There are not a lew who can not fcliftVe tuch ebuSßillilmg allegation wilhdtilnn mi«Ukable r evidcnco. '* J \ ai ' ''" s ‘ No inah present in Ihat Convenltob ebald fall to nolite tbh'fart tbit it waa dnderclosojbtft atnghlar |y pal[fthle management A minority of IM dele* gnlea'acled independently; ■■ it will be eodn whether the majority were led. or will lead. We incline tq (He latter opinion. ■ 1 ! No better Uckei oonldhavebeen aelocted for the interest of (he Republican party; and every Repnbli can-owes a debt of gratitude to the Democratic Con vention, ■ The Cattle-Show &. Fau.— Amid the crowd of ceres, (hehustle of.business and .the din of polities, It is presumed that the good people of the county will not loss sight of the fact .(list the Annual Exhi bition of lira Tioga County Agricultural Society will take place in this village, on the 261 h & 271 h of lira present month. The occasion will.be in a high de gree interesting and profitable to oil classes—farm ere, mechanics, professional men and gentlemen. Wo make no mention of (he Ladies in this connect ion, as it is generally admitted that no public occa sion can bo cither interesting or profitable without a good attendance of ladies. We can think of no. man dispairad to be so un.gai.lint or unfair as to hint that a Fair coaid be much of sn af fair withont a fair representation of the fair —sex. (Please ex T cusethis somewhat clumsy endeavor to see /airplay in public affaire, as punning is out of our line of business; for which reason our tedders fare no bel ter.) , ; We understand that the Committee of Arrange ments have procured sufficient ground of Mr. Eras. tus Fellows, to accommodate with pasturage, stalls. See., all tho slock that may be entered for exhi, bilion. A temporary building will be erected on tliis ground, in which the Fair will be held. Ample preparation lias been and is still being mode to render everything convenient end pleasant for exhibitors, whether there be few or many* No pains or expense will bo spared to render the two hays’ visit agreeable.. Oar lannfords-are making ex tensive preparations to accommodate oil that may come to tho Fair. We make this statement on the assurances of the Committee, who ere all soUcitous that lira arrange meets shall be ample and satisfactory—as they will be. Those wishing to enter animals should lose no time in notifying Mr. John.Diokinson, Chairman of lira Committee. “ .The Slave Power has received a just and merited rebuko by Judge Kelly of Philadelphia, in the bold and manly stand lie made against the interference of lira Federal officers in tho case of Jane Johnson, the freed slave woman, who was brought into Court to testify as 10 mu violence u&cu m nci . .... testimony corroborated that of numerous oilier wit. nesses, whoso combined testimony fully proves Col, Wheeler to bo a pitiful, whining, official baby—an. worthy of tho namo of man and a disgrace to the office he holds. Judge Kelly’s charge .is brief and to the point and will be published next week. Wiggletown, (no ailmonlx hear.) atcenSS. Mr. Ajitatur eskwair sur; This is a grate coun try, a trcemenduouß kongiomereted konsentrated al mily sublimeslun country, produktyfying men, any. mats, pankins poiylicks, potatoze, pankakes and per duce in ekul kwantyties like all nalur. Old Wiggle was the first squatter and lie is hear yit, as luff as a gnol, tho hes deaf and dum and blind and haint got no legs. Tho furst was caused by (he tumble noise maid by the groin of the crops, and as be lost a eight every year that greed clean out of the coun try, it fullers naleraliy that he wouidnl liev any site let). His legs woz took oph about 20 years ago by a pnnkin vine that run from a lot a mile off 1 nite, Sc run thru his winder onto his bed & and round bis logs. The legs had lu be anipertated. The chap that rit that pccco fur the Ego) sined Outsider, is old Wiggieses iSlh sun. Hcs a fenom anon. He has faces on every side of his bed, and is a pesky cute chap. He coma it over the Egal man mity slick, becoz you see ha intended (Imt or. tide fur an adverlizment. You see he got out of ci. dcr wicli lie cant du without 1 day. And he gits out of cider so often (hey call him old Outsider. He got 2 barls of cider by that advertisement. Old Wiggles has got another sun called Patrick Henry Wiggles. But ho aint considered so cute as tho rest on cm. Old Wiggles keeps a hired man lu bring him inlu the house wen it rains. Profcsur Sodger. not a bean. Patrick Henry Wigglea met with a (crybul uxidenl last nile. Ho got so near ' tho fire that his lied melted and run doun into his shins! The old man sez as its only a matter of (oiocation it wuul maik much difference. Prof Sodger, 1 Coitions Customs. —Among the Chinese, no relics are more valued than boots which have been worn by an upright magistrate.— In Davis’ China, we are informed that when ever n judge of unusual integrity resigns his situation the people fill congregate to do him honor. If he leaves the city where he has presided, the crowd accompany him from the residence to the gales, where his bools are drawn ofTwith great ceremony, to be pre served in the hall of justice. Their place is supplied by a new pair, which, in their turn, are drawn off to make room for others, it be ing considered .sufficient to consecrate them that he should merely draw them on. Remarkable as it may appear, a similar custom prevails among us. Here, however, we seem lo care little whether the course of the judicial officer has been upright or equiv ocal, and yet—judging from- the evidences around us—there are numbers, who, (bough they would not give a fig Tor a “functionary's’ boots, are quite eager lo stand in his shoes. Rum and Democracy.— The Americans of Northampton county have called a meet ing (o be held in the public square at Gaston, And invite “all who are opposed to the Liquor Law paged- by the last Legislature’’ to join them in.it, The Easton Argutcharacterisea this invitalion as unparalled imprudence,’’by which it means we suppose, that Rum and Democracy are now, and will be hencefor ward, one and indivisible. “Rum and Dem ocracy.’’ What a partnership. Which member of the firm has most reason to be ashamed of tho other T Jlonndak Democrat, "'"s u\~ Slixverj^—Past and Present. i MRt'fiDitdH:— your permission, I will fay a lew thoughts before your readers on tbe subject of-slavery,— •-—., --- ■ wj|l v bear .repeating, and reason ifrim^factsi s !* rejected even by -ihe. wise, ~ Were these things, not so, the moralist and (he reformer would fail to ac complish ihoir tnutaioh, dad'the world’would move on and grow worse instead of better. ■ ’TTbisds the; only thing that has enabled the then Opposed ‘to the extension of slavery to maintain their courageand increase'their numbers; “I see,” said an eminent profes sor in one of our eastern colleges, ’‘that our review lessons are altogether the most profit able ;” the’same fact may be observed by no liiig the' progress ofi a nli-slavery■ for the past few years id the Northern States. The Rev. Henry -Ward .* Beecher ottered volumes of truth end eloquence, when he said to bis peo ple in Brooklyn, that “many of the great states of this Union might hear the Declara tion of Independence read with the emphasis of a mao who believes in it, and they would suspact'that it was newly written. Those immortal words penned by Jefferson nearly eighty years ago, now fail to arouse the souls of freemen, as a declaration that affects the well-being of humanity. They should be thundered in the ears of every trai tor, who voted for the Nebraska Measure, and pasted on the front of every prating poli tician, who has intelligence enough to realize the curses of slavery, but has not moral cour age enough to talk and vote as his own heart declares to be right. These back-boneless followers of office-seeking demagogues, should not only be informed that “all men were cre ated free and equal,” but that the Founders of this Nation on the 4th day of July 1776, publicly declared that all men had the inali enable right to life, LIBERTY , and the pur suit of happiness; and now on this day sup posed to be a living,! binding instrument, not withstanding the fact that the men of the pre sent generation, are by their voles constantly surrendering vast quantities of our western lands, to an institution that gives the lie to every line of that sacred Declaration. There is no man of common intelligence, but knowJ that a notion holding territory has a right to govern that territory, make all need ful rules and regulations” in regard to it, and to exclude slavery from its soil; and more over there is no man of common intelligence, who has an unperverled conscience, but feels in his heart that he ought to use all his influ ence, and especially his votes, to restrain an evil so revelling and monsirous in i's charac ter, in as narrow boundaries as possible. Slavery is the only question which can en gage the attention of the people until the wounds, which have been made and torn open by the despotism of parties, and are now bleedihg upon the soil consecraled to Freedom more than thirty years ago, ate healed. Cun ning and devising politicians may seek to press the question of Catholicism, but it will avail nothing—slavery extension and broken compacts are the fields of warfare, and upon them men must stand or full. With these preliminaries, I propose to offer a few “review lessons ' on a simjcci ilmi interests every tree man of America, every child yet unborn and every negro in the world. The first point to which 1 would draw your attention is the ut ter recklessness •of parlies. It seems as though truth, justice, liberty, benevolence and all those higher attributes of the human soul, which have a tendency to elevate and refine society, have no place in the hearts of those who make any pretensions at political man agement. And yet on a moment’s reflection, I can think of a Sumner, a Chase, a Benton, yes, and even a Wilmot, who have stood up amidst the contempt and calumny, which have been heaped upon them by their enemies, as the rocky islands of the North stand against the dashing billows of the Atlantic. True, some of them have fallen martyrs to their principles, and in their noble undertaking have made no compromises, which could re dound to their own advantage or safely, and have relinquished all the praises and emolu ments, they might have received, had (hey not faced, and hurled defiance into the teeth of hydra-headed error, yet they have a con sciousness of having acted in the righ l , and can say with t he dying philosopher of Athens; “What disgrace is it to me if others are una ble to judge of me, or treat me as they ought?” \_7 Luther was branded a “lying heretic,” Wtlberforce a “fanatic and hypocrite,” yet they made no faltering steps ; and let their examples be so many lessons to all whp la bor in the field of truth. Is it not slrnnge, that farmers, mechanics, merchants, day-laborers, preachers and above all back-boneless editors, who never held an office in their lives, and never expect te, and who have no interest in the game which is going on among the political card-players, ex cept the succese or defeat of those by whom they have been duped and led astray, will destroy their consciences, their hearts and even their souls by becoming members of a parly and accomplices with a set of men, who try to apologise for opening the Territo ry of Kansas and Nebraska to the Slave dealer, who may go there and profit by ex changing men, women and children as he pleases? Truth is forgotten; justice is for gotten ; benevolence is forgotten ; the duty they owe to their country is forgotten; the duly they owe to their God is forgotten. All these things are given up and bartered away; and for what? Not for office —for there is not one in five hundred among the classes of which I have spoken, who ever held an office outside of the towp in which they reside ; not for honor—for there is noth ing but shame and remorse-stamped upon the looks and countenances of all those, who, having a spark of honesty burning in their bosom, undertake to reiterate the self-con demning apology ; not to stop agitation—for the clashing of knives and the reports of re volvers have not yet ceased to thrill the minds of freemen, ns they come booming along over the extended plains and the limber-covered hills which lie between us and the waters of the Missouri; not for humanity—for every man who loves his fellows, possesses a heart that revolts against every apology that may be offered for the extension of slavery. i 1 can see nothing that will justify their i* a ir -- course—hence leave them to work out their own salvation. Ne?t week I will tell yon something about Pennsylvania's.past course and present position, APOLIX). Terrible Railroad Disaster. Tißentp-Jne Persona IciUed — Upward* c f Eighty wounded, ' A frightful accident occurred on the Com* den and Amboy Railroad on the 20th ult, by which twenty persons were killed outright and upwards of eighty mutilated. We gatb er the following particulars from the Tribune .* The circumstancea of the catastrophe ate briefly as follows.: The 10 o’clock train from Philadelphia led punctually on Wednesday morning, and consisted of fire passenger-cars, baggage-car, and locomotive. - Israel Adams was the engineer and Isaoc Van Nostrand the conductor. The train reached Burlington station a few moments past 11 b’clock, and wailed the arrival of the New York train from five to ten minutes. The up train not making its appearance, the Philadelphia train moved onward at a' moderate rate—the en gineer keeping a lookout for the other train. It had progressed about a mile and a-half, when the expected train came. in sight, and immediately gave two loud, sharp blows of the steam-whistle, which is the signal for the brokers and to reverse the engine. The en gineer of the Philadelphia train, alarmed at his desperate position, instantly commenced backing, and got under a headway of between twenty and thirty miles an hour, for Burling, ton again. To comprehend lhis.re,verse move ment, it must be remembered that the passea ger-cars, usually placed behind and coming after the lificomolive, were now in front and pushed forward by the locomotive. Thus the engineer was of course ignorant as to what was in advance of the backward-going train. He had run but one-half of a mile when the first passenger-car came in contact with a light wogop driven by Dr. Heineken of Columbus, N. J., who attempted to cross the track m front of the cars. The pole of the carriage breaking, (he oc cupants, consisting of the Doctor, hi> wire, two children and .wife’s father, escaped unhurt. One of the horses was dashed to pieces, but the carcass of the other, falliag across the rails, turned the first cor off the track. The subsequent distraction can be readily under stood when the rapid rate at which the tram was impelled is considered. The first car being driven backward, the second was (brown diagonally across the track, and its center lit erally smashed into atoms by the concussion with the third, Both of these cars fell down . the embankment, a hight of about seven or eight feet. There were five cars.toro to pie ces. A more complete wreck was never wit nessed. One of the cars was reduced to splinters ; another was cut in twain, one end .being reversed, and the other end in an up right position, frightfully shattered. The oth er cars were ripped Irom one end to.the oth er and beyond repair. Some of the heavy iron axies were twisted into a bow. The heavy T rail was bent in some places and torn from its fastenings, the inside flanges being cut as if by a sharp ax. The scene which ensued baffles description. The cars piled upon each other, in shattered fragments, from beneath which my nada of human beings were crawling, maimed, bro ken, and reeking with blood like prespiration; the shrieks, groans, nay, absolute bowlings of the wretched beings thus entombed as it were in destruction—ma ngled form of men and women huddled together with broken panels, bars of iron, massive wheels, and scattered baggage —all combined to render this fearful scene even more terrible to the imagination. One of the passengers—Mr. George Ridge way—jumped from the train, and, the next instant was buried beneath it a lifeless, disfig ured mass. Those persons who came to the rescue knew not where 10 begin thd work of as sistance from the urgent calls which arose on every side. The unhurt and the least injured were crawling up the banks, many.Of them being able to walk to the houses in the neigh borhood, where they prayed for a g lass of water —their sufferings being fearfully aggra vated by thirst. On every side could be heard the sobs and wailings of those who: had just recognized a dear frienor relative among the mangled and conglomerate mass. Wives for their husbands, husbands for their wives, parents, children—all joined in swellin g.this vast aggregate of agony and horror. Another Outrage In Kamai! The following Statement of Mr. Pardee Butler, concerning a shameful assuult made upon him recently by the Kansas ruffians, will bo read with indignation by every true freeman: It is from the St. Louis Intel ligencer ; “My residence is on the Siranger creek, about twelve miles from Atchison. On the 26th of August, I went to Atchison for the purpose of taking a boat down the river.— Mr. Kelley is Postmaster at Atchison. After transacting some business at the post office, I sold to him, in presence of Arch Elliot, Esq., “Sir, I should, some lime since, have became a regular subscriber to your paper, only, I do not like the spirit of violence that charac terizes it.” He said, “1 look upon all free soilers as rogues, and that they ore to be treated as such.” 1 replied, “Well sir, lam a free-soiler, and expect to vote- for Kansas to be a free Stale.” He said, “J don’texpecl you will be allowed to vole.” Not another word was spoken—l 'ell (he house. Nothing more transpired on that day. The next morning, Mr. Kelley, (be Post muster, entered my boarding-house, followed a number of men, and presented me the fore going resolutions, cut out of the Squatter Sovereign, and pasted on a sheet of white paper; and demanded that 1 should sign (hem. I commenced reading the resolutions • aloud, having first.glanced my eye over them. I wanted to give myself time to frame a wise and prudent answer. He fiercely interrupted me, aud demanded that I should “sign,” I felt that 1 wanted impartial witnesses lo whst should transpire. I rose up, walked down stairs, and into the street. Here they stop ped me, and demanded, “will you sign t” I said “No I” They seized me and dragged mo to the river, cursing roe for a d—d aboli tionist, and saying to me (hey were going .to drown me. Arrived at the bank, Mr. Kelly went through
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