. 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:
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■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,
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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
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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