Pniimore WilUamsoa’s Release. -•
i. Oqo of the most' memorable acts of judi
aMboppression, one'of the' m6M i; glaring in
stances of 'he wresting of'the law to pur
poses of injustice and tyranny, was concilia
dwl onSulurday by the release of Passmore
Williamson, on the order same jud c e
who filing him into prison. ■ . ■'
if the incarceration of this innocent, man
against all law and every shadow of jusiice,
proves that under a democratic' system the'
private citizen is hot secure against arbitrary
power and violent malice on the part of mag
isi rates, his.release equally demonstrates that
under such a system the force of public opin
ion is sure at last to right' the utmost wrong,
the most bold and reckless
contemner of jusiice and official duty.
On the 19. h of August Passmore William
son was brought before Jtflije Kane by vir
tue of a writ of habeas corpus, commanding
him to produce the bodies of Jane Johnson
and her two sons, alleged slaves of John H.
Wheeler, freed by lHe act of their master,
and taken from the toiler's keeping by the
will of Jane herself, who left him ns soon as
shu was informed by Mr. Williamson that
she had the legal right to do so. This writ
Mr. Williamson made return that the per
3'ina required were not in his custody, and
that accordingly he could not produce them.
For making his return, Mr. Williamson was
Shut up in Moyatnensing prison on the 27ih
of July, on the ground that it was a false re
turn, and as such contemptuous toward the
court.
Since that time Mr. Williamson and bis
friends have been incessantly engaged in en
deavors lo extricate him from this unjust and
illegal confinement. ■ As a matter of course,
they first applied to the courts of Pennsylva
nia, whose manifest and primary duty it is to
protect the liberty of her citizens against ar
bitrary and tyrannous violence, from what
ever quarter. The chief justice pusilani
mously refused to interfere; and then with
great expense and delay they resorted lo the
full bench of justices,.who again after long
waiting, gave their notorious decision in fa
vor of Judge Kane and his right to shut up
men in jail without either law or right.
Mennwhile the universal indignation of
the country, expressed through ever conceiv
able channel, had not onlytmffided this un
just judge with a stamp from which his repti
tutiuo can never recover, but had been fell
by him as a burden too great to bo borne.—
Private suggestions were given that any rea
sonable pretext would be adopted for the re
lease of Mr. Williamson ; and accordingly
J.mo Johnson’s petition was presented, but
true as all its statements palpably were, and
just as were all its demands, it was rather
100 strong to be allowed. At the same time,
however, the court took occasion lo open the
door for a different arrangement. Other pro
ceedings were had, tdl finally Judge Kane
proposerf that Mr. Williamson himself should
appear and take immediate steps for his lib
eration. Hereupon, willing to adapt every
means that should not compromise the truth
or surrender n principle, Mr. Williamson pe
titioned Cor leave to appear before the court
and purge himself of that contempt because
of which he was imprisoned.
When this petition was presented, the dis
trict attorney contended that the word “le
gally 1 ’ should be inserted, so as lo make Mr.
Williamson admit that he was legally incar
cerated, which, ol course, he would never
h i'-e done. Bit so desirous was Judge Kune
of extricating himself from the deleslihle po
sition in which he stood, that he overruled
the proposal and allowed the petition to pass
as it was. Then Mr, Williamson was lo
answer why he had not produced the bodies
of Jane Johnson and her children as required
by the original writ. To this interrogatory
his reply now was simply “Because it was
impossible.” Here again the dislrict-attor
ney sought lo go further and compel him to
answer whether he would have produced
them had it been possible, but this the judge
also excluded, and upon this answer released
the prisoner.
The case then stands thus; Mr. William
son was adjudged guilty of contempt of court,
and was even declared by the judge to bo
guilty of perjury, because he had made oath
that Jane Johnson and her sons were not in
his custody, wherefore he could not produce
them.
After being held in prison for such con
tempt (or the period of three orhonths and
one week, he is at last allowed to amend his
former answer by making oath simply that
he did not produce,’jhose persons, “Because
it was impossible to, do so.”
With regard to the essential identity be
tween these two answers, comment is need
less.
In any other northern city than Philadel
phia such an outrage ns that which, for more
thin the quarter of a year, Mr. Williamson
has been the victim, would have provoked
public disturbance. Certainly there was
never an occasion in which a revolutionary
remedy would have seemed more truly justi
fiable. But the result, as it now stands, puts
those in the right who hold that , violence
should never be employed even for a right
end. • Passmore Williamson comes from his
prison at the peaceful fiat of public opinion—
released by the justice of his cause and by
the voluntary submission of the tyrant who
immured him. — Tribune,
The American Whig is the title of a
new paper published at Harrisburg by Gen.
Bergner. No. 6is before us. While we
admit the necessity of a new paper at the
State capital, we are sorry to say that the
WAig does not meet that necessity. The
whole object of the paper before us, seems to
be, to revive the old Whig party. That is
a hopeless task, my friend ; and somebody
is wasting money and time on the effort.—
What is needed at Harrisburg is a paper that
will attack the National Administration in its
vulnerable point—rfor its submission to slave
ry. Such a paper edited with lact aad abil
ity, would be ' bailed by the people every
where with pleasure; and it would aid in
building the Republican; parly, which next
year : js Jo carry Jthe This is a.ser
vice which neither the Whig nor the Tele
graph are'able to pertbr.m; , and. therefore
we hope they will both make their exit,-and
thus otske, room for a. paper that, will ,do
sotoo gooi',’~.Vndertport Journal,
THE AGtmTb^.
M. H. COBP.H:
»,» All Busincsßpind 'other mus
be addressed to the Editor to insure attention.
WEILSSPBOUGH, PA V , .
Thursday ittornlug.itor. 18,1888.
.Republican Nominations.
For President In 1856 s •
Hon. SAtJttONP. OH&SE, Of OJlio,
For Vice-President:
Hon. DAVID WILMOT, of Penn’a.
TO THE KBPUBLIOAN PRESS,
The Republican Association of TViwhJnKton city, being de>
slmoA of procuring as cpectUly an poulble a complete iUt of
ull pajtoru advocating or favorable to the Republican t\uiy t
for publication. and for the purpose of forwarajng them dost
ruble political information and documents from tills Import* •
ant point during the flfcxt session of Congress nod Ereslden-
Uni campaign, earnestly request the editors of all such to
mall vu one number of Uielr paper addressed to M fltcUfor Uit
Washingtoncity. DA.VIEL K. QOOCbOK
L. CLKPHANE,
Committee of Republican Association.
Indian Sommer is on a flying visit hereabouts
just now.
It is uncertain how election has gone in Wiscon
sin. Wc think the Republicans have triumphed.
See Bowen's new advertisement—he*u wide awake
for trade*—call and see his “shopkeepers.”
And don't forget to look over Tabor, Baldwin &
Co's now advertisement
A very fine letter from the West will bo found on
the first page. Wo shall publish anoltfer from Min
nesota Territory next-week. G. H. The money
sent was right, and has been fbrwarded as directed.
Thank you.
What ahull we Gain?
A corrcspondonl writes us upon the subject of
Prohibition, lo which be seems utterly apposed. His
arguments, though somewhat hackneyed, discover
no ill-concealed pocket interest. We extract the es
sential portions of Ids letter and give them here, to
gether with such remarks thereon as occur to us at
the moment. He asks :
“Suppose the measure carries in Pennsylvania,
what have you gained 7 what will it gain fur the
Temperance cause? Look at Maine! Alcohol is
sold there, if not openly and boldly, at least with
such success that the law is evaded. Look at Now
York ! Tlte traffic is as full of vitality-there os ev
er, though the law has been in operation more than
a quarter of a year. Nay, more liquor is alleged lo
be sold there than before Hie Jaw went into opera'-
tion. The law is disregarded openly, boldly and
boaslingly ; and many who stmt up their burs upon
the incoming of the lair, declaring that, though un
convinced of the utility and good policy of the law,
they would, like good citizens abide by its provisions
—now display their decanters as fearlessly as before.
Now, friend Cobb, what status lias this law in
any community where free-rum principles previous
ly prevailed ! About the same, L apprehend, that
Jane Johnson was adjudged to have in Kane's
Court—that is, none whatever. I apprehend that
where the rum interest was strong before the law
began lo work, it is strong now. Even in your lit
tle backwoods village of Wellsboro’, for which you
hold that local prohibition has done miracles, I pre
sume there is at all times liquor to bo obtained by
those who “know the ropes.” There may not bo
open drunkenness os before, but that there is drunk
enness you must be aware. Stranger os I am, I
could pul yuu in the way of finding whiskey, not in
original packages, in many of your taverns and in
some of your groceries. But should this be true,
would you admit that local Prohibition had not ma
terially bouefiUed the Temperance cause jn
gion ?”
Remarks. We always advocated Prohibition as
based upon the fact that the use of alcoholic liquors
as beverages, is an abuse. And this because science
demonstrates that all those things which contribute
to make,up the bone, blood, muscle and brain of
man, are proper articles of food, rationally taken in
to the system; and on tho other hand, that those
tilings which contribute to none of these ends, but
operate against them, are not proper articles of loud
and therefore hurtful. Alcohol, so far from furnish
ing anything far chyle, only excites the secretory
organs to abnormal action, resulting in a draining
off of the vital juices. These juiced, as every phys
iological student is aware, are furnished by the arte
rial circulation, from the pure blood. It would seem
then, that the use of such irritants is ouly an unrec
ognized mode of committing suicide. This brings
us tn the conclusion that the man who sells such liq.
uors to bis neighbors is no less culpable than ho who
sells arsenic or strychnine, Knowing that the purcha
ser will swallow them without reference to their
poisonous properties. This is plain matter of fact,
and admits of no denial.
Add to this the well ascertained fact that three
fourths op all the crime committed in this country, is
committed by men and women under the influence
of liquor, and that ninety-nine hundredths of our
criminals arc addicted to cither moderate or excess,
ive drinking, and the rum traffic appears in its true
light—a system of licensing nine-tenths of commu
nity to rob and murder the other tenth. These are
some of the reasons why wo oppose ram and advo
cate Prohibition,
If we get tho measure in Pennsylvania what will
be gained thereby 7 Why, friend, we should outlaw
the traffic and thus wash our hands of the crime of
legalizing morder and its kindred abominations. A •
legalized wrong is ten.fold—yes, a hundred-fold
more formidable than an outlawed one. If law con
templates protection to society, should it ever be con
verted into an ongino to destroy society 7 But this
license law does lend to destroy society by diminish,
ing its security. ,
Because the law is disregarded is no argument
against the law. If it be, then every penal law in
the land is unjust sod should be abolished. Men
and women steal and murder in spile of the Jaw—
then why not show your sincerity by advocating the
abolition of all penal enactments 7 Did you ever
know a good citizen to break a sanitary law habitu
"lly?
If a law is disregarded it only proves that it is
not properly enforced. It may bo an unjust enact,
monl, but the fact of its violation is no evidence of
its injustice, unless it be first shown that no just law
is violated. That law is just which is fn harmony
with God's law j therefore, go to work and show that
the prohibition of wrong conflicts', with God’s law;
else, hold your pfedco. The arguments of the Now.
York Liquor League do not reach the Moral qnes.
lion at all. Condensed'iato a single line they read—
“ft impoverishes our purses ; ergo, it is unjust ."
Now, if alcoholic liquors are’phisbnAns, then their
use is their abuse and therefore wrong. And if it
be wrong, let it be suppressed like every wrong.■'
? The law' has'no 'status In any eommunily whert
the rum’ interest predominates; Neither has the law
against theft, sMUs in r community ot thieves.'
The cases are parallel), for the justice of'the law is
made todepend upon the respect it inspires..iq ei.
Uler case,'. Oar (riead.loses iu .bringing the stand
iuff of tbeilsw into the question. Sir Hudibraa has
it:r, i ,■ , „ ;v •
■ ' “Np rogue o’er fell the,balter,draw, . ■
,Witb. eoojt opiniwi of .the law,'.' • , .
.i.We.hdd wrong ibotdd, be fought .to
the death. To pupiah theft, ariion and munjer end
ICJB AGITATOR.
jpermli the* instigptoof thosp crimes to go tjuno-
abwrd knd the tresis to
be lfHhe fire Ist be
qnotdhed, into tijSdelached flame,
but apon ihe bAamg ns pifevent
crime bydestrayuiya traffic which U the parent of
everylmagiiiafile excess. ri _-_
A|6ob^dmdea.’tbeay slope ties the I
intenirctuOficuUica of fi perverti lits more
perceptions and turns him loose apon sqdety with
raging passions, imbroted appetites and:a very vague
idea of right and wrong. . Some, con tend that (t ie
unjust to restrict, or. prohibit men.from .using
thing,which, bumad .Skill produccs. Now,' laws' ex
ist in nearly every, if not every Northern State,
forbidding Uie carrying of concealed weapons about
the person; and we have to bear ony other than a
rowdy or a cowardly bully exclaim against the law.
Do iay but cowards and ruffians violate (hat law
under ordinary circumstances 1 Does tbe good citi
ten crp out—*lf takes Sway onr liberties'!'.’ Inso-'
much as the right is involved, a man has as, clear a
right to gamble away his earnings .as he., has to
drink .'tiieonaway. Both lead: to crime of a deeper
dye and both entail corses upon society.
It would not shake. oOr belief in Uie efficacy of
ProhibUien though ear correspondent should prove
that whiskey is kept in every tavern and .grocery in
this village. The traffic is outlawed amf men dare
aol sell openly. ; , j , ‘
Tint R»roßuc*N MoVauunv^TKeP/tfodelphia
Daily News in speaking of this movement styles it
“a miserable failure.” Horeaftes, it thinks (be pal
ly Will subside into a mere faction. The Netci is
very like the Little Pedlington Observer In. Us sup
port of parties and its advocacy of principles.' Three
months ago it made a Quixotic attempt Ip revive the
Whig party. Failing in.that miracle it Went in for
American principles. After election showed that
Know-N otbingism was defancf, it kept very qaiet.
We confess to having waited rather impatiently to
see in what direction the politic genius of the News
would next throw out its feelers. Since the Masim
clinselts'nnd Now-York elections it foresees Die ulti
mate triumph of Americanism, and Hup certain de
feat of the Republican movement.
The News will retract its summary sentence of
of the Republican party before another campaign
shall have been fought. The success of the Amer
icans in Massachusetts does not tell against the Re
publican element; for Massachusetts Americanuim
is deeply tinctured with Free-soilisim fee election
of Gardner over Rockwell is pimply the.'lriumph of
a second-best man. The result of the New-York
election has not yet transpired. Whpmildoes, the
iVeist will And that the Republican movement there
is quite a formidable faction.
“In any oilier northern city limn Philadelphia,
such an outrage os that which, for more'than a quar
ter of a year, Passmore Williamson baa been the
victim,, \yould have provoked public disturbance.
Certainly, there was never an occasion in which a
revolutionary remedy would have seemed more truly
justifiable."—W. Y. Tribune, I
Beautiful preaching this, for an editor who wu’d
have been flagged a hundred times for Newspaper
slanders and abuse, but for the protection of the
same laws he now invites a mob to revolutionize.
What docs' the Tioga Agitator think of llic Tribune
now? —Wayne Co. Herald . -‘ •
Think? Why, wo think it is the boat newspaper
in the world. Wo are of tho Plymouth fcock slock,
and hold that oppression always justifies revolution.
We do not uphold tyrants and boast.of oar Democ
racy. in the same column. The Tribune speaks with
remarkable moderation in view.of tho circumstances.
Had there been a thousand mcn-in-Piiiiadelnhia as
indiscreet as some' people, Kane would have been
Jcffryized two months ago. But there is nn apology
fur the Tribune: It had not seen the astute Her
ald man's slap at Gov. Pollock—howling horribly
against tho “K. N., abolition Governor,” because he
didn’t pardon Williamson out! Had the Tribune
recollected this novel mode of release Ibr State pris
oners, it would never have hinted at revolution.
Prof. Cutter’s Lecture. —Prof. Cutter of War
ren, Mass., gave our citizens Uic best lecture on
Physiology, on Wednesday evening, 7th inst, that
we ever had the pleasure of listening to. The sub
ject announced in the bills was—“ Shall Physiology
be taught in our Common Schools 7” In discussing
the question the Doctor displayed a thorough prac
tical knowledge of the science and an unequalled
gift, of imparling knowledge to others. We could'm
help contrasting his style and language with that of
another who gave us a series of very good lectures
some weeks ago. Dr. Cutter,' without being pedan
tic, displays a great deal of learning and laborious
study. In a ward, he is master of his theme: and
could the good people ot Wellsboro’ consent to be
taught by a man of so little pretension of such
sterling attainments, they could not da a belter thing
than to make up a purse of 9150, and invite Dr. C.,
to return and give them a course of six lectures this
coming winter. As it is, the prospect-is gloomy
enough. The pleasant entertainments at last, winter
cannot be enjoyed in the winter at hand. The rich
people arc too poor and tho poor people are no! in a
hurry to take the risks of last winter again upon
their hands. Now this region would sustain a good
coarse of Lectures this winter—belter limn it did
last. But the timid are alarmed at a iiltlc croaking.
They wilfloarn to let croakers croak. Had tho old
Committee heeded the croaking that dinned their
ears last foil, there would have been no lectures.
What will you do about it? '
Tlio Know-Nothings have carried Uio State of
New-York by abool 10,000 plurality. This triumph
was doe the Order in that State, in return for tho se
verc beating tliey got there last fall. The Adminis
tration gels a rebuff from every Northern State so
far. Even Maryland has gone against Frank Pierce
and Louisiana seems to be going in the same direc
lion. Americanism and anti-alavery combined were
too much for anti-slavcry alone, in the Old Bay
State. Well, the victory is against the Pletceilcs
and there’s no use in crying, boys. We ere bound
for a Northern President in 185 G anyhow, ’
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Newspaper CiiawoE., —The Balance has' passed
into Hie hands of j. Emery i Co.,' and will hereafter
be under the .charge of J. Eucav, £sq. We feel to
rejoice with, brother Ruckman on bis escape from
certain .stacvallon m «n odiior, wbllo wo siocorely
regret his pecuniary losa. He is nowXX, and there
fore prime quality. As one of the fraternity bro. R.
has conducted himself like a gentleman always;
and as one of ike “sovereigns” ho will be better fed
and clothed than before. His luck is not without
parallel.
To our friend, the Colonel, who succeeds to tho
Balance quill, we extend a welcoming ID*. We
hope his table will never lack (hose inevitable per
quisites of an editor’s life—cold potatoes, ancient
crusts of johnnycako, putty sonp, bone pot-pics and
cold water—in the absence of anylhi ng better. He
will always be welcome to dine with us when he is
within a tew degrees of tho starving point. We are
now dining on chowders made of duns and oncol
leotable bills and the promise of a continuance of tho
same, reaches welt into the future.
Organizing Congress.'
Messrs Thomas R. Whitney and Bayard
Clarke, M. C’s elect from this state, ‘"solicit”
a meeting of those “Members of Congress
who have boen chosen as Representatives of
the American policy,” in the Representative’s
Hall, Washington, on Thursday, the 29th
inst.
Messrs Whitney and Clarke were elected
last Full as Whigs ns well as Know-Nothings,
each having received what he called a regular
Whig nomination, Mr; Wbilney was adver
tised from day to day in our columns as fhu
regular Whig'candidate. We could- not ex
clude the'advertisement, but we exposed its
falsehood. They now unite in repudiating
all obligation to any parly but that which they
softly designate as representing “the Ameri
can policy,"
It is os well lo call things by their right
names. There is an intrigue on font to give
a Silver-Gray complexion to the organiza
tion of the new House by making Solomon
,G. Haven of the late law-firm of Fillmore,
Hall and Haven,” Buffalo, its Speaker. To
i (a.auceoas it deemed necessary that a nart
only of the Opposition shall be allowed to
participate in the nomination, though the ex
cluded Members are expected to help elect
him. This move of Messrs Whitney and
Clarke is intended to promote this intrigue,
though these gentlemen (or at least Mr.
Clarke) may not be aware of it.
The most numerous parly in the now
House will be Ihe Nebraska Democratic, one
hundred strong, composed in good part of old
Members, and led by veterans of consumnle
tact and eminent ability. They can only be
defeated by a conceniralion of the Opposition
vole on common candidates for Speaker and
Clerk. Whoever, therefore, shall attempt to
divide the Opposition force and present by a
partial caucus candidates for the leading po
sitions in whose selection the residue of the
Opposition have no voice, and who may very
probably be obnoxious to that residue, (else
why is the trick of nominating by a partial
caucus resorted to?) is grasping at an unfair
advantage at the risk of throwing the Organ!-
zation and the Commiitees into the hands of
the contrivers and supporters of the Nebraska
Iniquity,
There is. very much more suggested by
this proposition o( two new Members (rom our
Stale; but we desire harmony id the ranks
of the Opposition, and will say no more than
seems absolutely necessary. Be it distinctly
understood that we object to no candidate for
Speaker or Clerk who may bo fairly selected
by a majority vole of all those whose aid is
required to elect him. Lot him be so chosen,
and we know he will be sound on the great
question of Freedom for Kansas, which in
our view, is the pillar and ground of the true
“American policy." We ask nothing more.
— N. Y, Tribune.
Reducing the Price op Flour. —The
peopleEust are getting iheir flour at a much
reduced price, by means of association. A
number of the citizens of Concord, N. H.,
(where flout is selling al 8 12 fit) per bbl.,)
recently got up a .subscription and sent an
agent to ibe West to purchase 300 bids. He
returned a few days ago and delivered it to
subscribers at 88 75 per bbl. This plan has
been adopted in several towns in the Cast.—
The citizens of Thomsonville, Conn., recently
united in purchasing two hundred and fifty
two barrels of flour from the manufactures nt
Rochester, and it was.deliveredat their doors
at $9 38 per barrel. . This was a saving two
dollars and a half orthree dollars on abarxel.
The “Bread, JLeague” in Charlestown, Mass,
has been organized, and five hundred.barrels
of flour have been subscribed for.— Exchange,
New Codnxebfpit,—-A new counterfeit
made its; appearance on Saturday,, purporting
to bean issue of (he Mechanics’ Bank of this
ciiy,..of the dpnotninalionyf ; fiya dollars.—
They are most capiiajiy done,, and. biaqr. sq,
close a resemblance to.the.genuine issue, that
it wjll, require qyeryolose inspection Uwletecl
lhem f; : The one w»,sjt.w was letjdr ; B.’ko.
1732. The only perceptible difference be
tween it !and the genuine note,, was ii> the
'engraved lines in the lower .corners, which in
the counterfeit, having beendonebyhand,
are. while, ihe gpnqjna are.
Cauliqn stiotild deeyercisecl in taking,Meehan.
,io foes.—Philadelphia iVttey. ,
]'} rh^jGßKonaa^Cataitrophe.
Fnmjtht S, LO6U Etning Newt, Nm, 6. j
yli is Before us now—ihat terrible scene.— !
The moment' before thelong train with its
load of life approached the fatal spot, many
dows the ,which separated
the thibkV turbid waves of the'Missouri from
tbs pellucid watersof the Gasconade; others
looked out on, the long bridge we were ap
proaching, and remarked on its strength or
its frailty; and old gentleman, whom we
thought unduly cautions and nervous, wished
he was out, “for,” said he, “I believe that
“bridge will break down.” We glanced out
tile window near us in a careless way to see
the structure, and turned round again with
out the shadow of a fear ibat we were doom*
ed tiotto cross it. At the t moment came the
destruction. We could tee nothing, but we
heard everything. A shtip, piercing sound,
as of shattered timbers, come from the front.
We knew its meaning. The bridge bad bro
ken down. Then followed four separate,
well-defined crashes, and our car took the
inevitable' lunge. At the first sound we
sprang to Our feet and started to run back
ward. It seemed os though the ruin was ap
proaching us instead of our hearing it.—
Every man in the crowded car in which we
wdre seated jumped up, as the shiver in front
told of the coming danger. During (hose
few terrible moments in which we approach-'
ed the the intensest silence pre.
vailed. Not a word was spoken. Wo had
given but two steps backward in the invol
untary effort to avoid danger, when our time
came to follow those who had gone before. —
Down, down, down, endlessly we seemed to
go. We were not long fulling, yet it seemed
ages. The memory of railroad accidents
we had read' of, and (he reflection that we
were in, the midst of one of frightful charac
* lerl the question soon to be solved whether
we would escape ro be killed ; the reflection
that we might be killed the next moment, and
I the inward belief that we would not be kill
|ed at all; a chilling thdught at the idea of
being crushed by a bean, or transfixed by a
rod, or torn asunder by adverse forces —all
these thoughts flashed at: ross our mind while
falling. Then there wa i a tremendous con
cussion, and we found that we were on the
ground, under a mass 1 of leaning timber,
which, however, did not touch us. Though
in the midst of a crowd |when the car com
menced falling, we saw no one near us on
the ground. We crawled out from under
the wreck, and thanked[ God that we were
safe. We sat down on a stone to recover
from the shock. There was not a sound to
be heard. Not a shriek, or groan, or n cry
came from the wreck. All was silent as
death. After a moment we looked aod list
ened again. Men were creeping, crawling,
and hobbling from the shattered cars, some
holding a leg, some pressing an arm, and
some clasping the head. Several sat down
near us and breathed heavily, but spoke not,
A man staggered by and said, quietly : “my
collar-bone is broken.” 1 Capl. Couzens went
past with a irmri swingmg to his neck. His
feel did not touch the ground, for his legs
were broken. A wooden shanty was stand
ing a short distance oif, and we got up and
walked to if. Mayor King, with the blood
streaming over his face from a gash on his
forehead, was trying to tear down the door.
He finally succeeded, rind we then, assisted
by others who had ctome up, lore off the
sides, so as easily to admit of the wounded
being brought in. Thi floor was soon cov
ered with the prostrate jforms of men marked
by every discription of injury. One had a
leg lying unnaturally! bent, or an arm doub
led backward; here Was one bending his
head forward, to let the! blood dip from a gap
ing gash in his face, and there another with
his bowels protruding from a hideous wound
in his body. No onb complained except
when those who brought in the wounded in
their haste stepped on a fractured arm, or dis
turbed a broken leg. Those suffering vic
tims showefl no weak timidity nor selfish
ness, Even through their agony shone the
traits of a generous manhood. No one de
sired to engross the attention of his friends,
but all submitted without a murmur to the
wretched comforts that'alone should be pro
vided. A small boy was delirous with a
wound on the head. A while he would lie
moaning in the shanty, then jump up, run
into the rain with shrieks that would have
made the hardest heart shudder. A consid
erable time elapsed after the accident before
men spoke about it. They were stunned,
shocked, bewildered and unstrung by the
concussion, and overpowered by the over
whelming consciousness of. the destruction
they looked upon. As they recovered their
senses they began to talk. One knew that
the man who sal next to him was killed, for
a wheel had fallen on him ; another saw the
man before him pierced by a huge splinter;
and another still saw the roof of a car as it
crushed the life out of this citizen or that
one.
At one part of the wreck several woun
ded persons could be seen, directing the la
bors of those engaged in extracting them.—
One by one, as the limbers which pressed
thenvdowo were cut ajway, they were drag
ged out audJjorne away. Under the roof of
one car could be seen |he protruding limbs of
seven lifeless bodies, crushed to instant death
as they fell. The dead were neglected, and
the living sufferers slope thought of. A body
which moved was brought out and placed on
a log. Then it ceased to move, and a man
placed bis ear over jther heart, but it was
pulseless. The face, chest and neck of Ihe
dead man were discolored, so that it could
scarcely be recognized. Passers by looked
on the face and asked who it was, but could
not learn, ft was Mr. Chouteau. Men-ran
wildly about, seeking'friends of whose fate
they were uncertain, (ill a motionless corpse,
visible through a cretjicp in (he wreck, told
the worst; or till the ones jooked for were
met, when a momentary gleam of joy at the
meeting would light uplhe universal gloom.
Mr- O’Sullivan,stood}op the platform of the
engine to note the .effect of the passage of
(he,bridge. His quick eye saw the yielding
of the .timbers, and a cpttciousness of the
impending bqrrdr seized his mind. “My
God, boys, we are. all killed,” bad hardly
escaped his mouthi when he went down nev
cr to rise nor. speak again. Several country
men, on the opposite; shore of the river, two
hundred yards distant, witnessed the awful
I spectacle. They-gazed with curious delight
;as they saw that magnificent train sweep
ialong the high, embarkment toward the ratal
: spot; they were slid staring with pleased
: wonder, when a shudder came o»er them and
rooted them to the spot, as the "locomotive
went down, and each whirling car as it came
to the abutment,slopped not, but leaped down
with its precious load of life. It was a ter.
rible picture of blood and tears, of wpe and
sorrow, of suffering and fortitude, of silent
agony and speechless grief, of life and death
which; we pray Heaven, we may never look
on again.
Pardon of Da. Beale.— We understand
that an effort is about being maid to induce
Gov, Pollock to pardon Dr. Beale. He has
been in prison more than a year, and the lit.
tie property he possessed when charged with
the crime for which he is now suffering, has
almost melted away. When all things are
considered, perhaps it will not be thought
amiss that we should be the first to suggest s
compliance with bis own and the petition of
his friends. At the lime of bis trial, wa
spoke out fearlessly upon the subject, and fell
that we were only doing our duty to the pub
lic. The ends of justice having been satis.
Red, we can discover no utility in reducing
the family to actual Want. They have been
sorely stricken, and the pang will long re.
main in their-hearts. An aged mother and
father, and a wife and interesting family now
demand his care and support, and the penalty
of his guilt has perhaps been amply satisfiied,
the Governor might, with propriety, extend
his mercy towards him. — Pennsylvanian.
MARRIAGES.
Married at Covington on the Blh of Nor. br
Elder T. Miller, Mr. GEORGE W. BASSETT, and
Mia. AGNES, PRICE.
On ■ Sunday the 7lb, nit, bj A. Bucklin Gan.
Mr. WARREN McCARTER, and NANCY a!
HUYLER, all of Rochester, Olmatead Co. Miaow,
ta Territory.
W. W. ROBINSON,
DEALEK IN
Books,Stationery, Blank Books, Wall Paper —Bag,
lish, French and Ametican Manufacture,
'Toilet uteneile and V erf ornery, Fan*
cy So ape, Violin String), Gold
Pent and Pencils, lfc„ Ife,
All the popular Magazinet and leading Pneifa.
pert may be had at hit Counter.
CORNING, AT. 1., Nor. 15, 1555.
Dissolution.
TRIECO-PARTNERSHIP heretolbre existing he.
tween the subscribers under tbe style of Tabor
Yooag 4, Co., is this day (Nor. 5,) dissolved br
mutual consent, L. TABOR,
ROBERT YOUNG.
T. L. BALDWIN.
A. G. GUERNSEY.
0. B. LOWELL.
The business will hereafter be carried on at tbs
same place by Tabor, Baldwin &. Co, who wil cob
led the accounts, notes Ac., of the old firm.
LOOK OUT FOR THE ENGINE!
The Seasons change —
SO DO FRIENDS AND FORTUNE;
AND BUSINESS RELATIONS, A
THEREFORE,
TABOR, BALBWIN Sc CO..
(.Succeed Tabor , Young if Co.)
IN THE FOUNDRY BUSINESS, AS
MANUFACTURERS of Steam Engines, Boiler*
and Machinery of all kinds; Stoves, flolloif
Ware, Tin, and Copper Ware.
REPAIRING & JOB WORK done with ihe
least possible delay.
MILL GEARINGS furnished without extra charge
for patterns.
PLOWS of all kinds, (two of which look the
premium at the late County Fair,) kept constantly
on hand.
We have the exclusive right, for Tioga County, lo
manufacture and vend the
King Store.
one of the best (if not the very best) Cook Stove*
ever invented; which is always on hand at out
store house, for wholesale & retail.
Their Stoves took the premium over the Albany
Stoves at the Jale Fair. That is a featberin oar
cap which we dont intend to have plucked out soon.
Corn Shellen,
Of all the Improved patterns that commend them*
selves lo farmers.
Besides this, we intend to furnish better Ware,
better articles and belter work, at lower prices thin
any other establishment ia Tioga county will'to
able lo do. And the roan who pays CASU,-can get
what ho buys at reduced prices. This is the fair
way of doing businers, and the system upon which
the Tioga Foundry and Machine Shop will be con*
dueled hereafter. Don’t wait for the wagon, bet
come on. TABOR, BALDWIN & CO.
Tioga, Nov. 15,1855,—tf.
EVER CHANGING-ALWAYS NEW!
LARGE ARRIVAL
PALL AND WINTER GOODS,
AT THE
EMPIRE STORE.
THE SUBSCRIBER takes the earliest opportn*
nity of informing the citizens of Tioga county,
and the “rest of mankind,* 1 that he is now receiving
his second stock of Goods foj the Fall and Winter
trade; and he deems it unnecessary and entirely
out of order lo go into an enumeration of the thou*
send and ono articles, that he In common with other
merchants keep and are so
Extremely anxious to dispose of.
Bnt there is one thing that he wishes distinctly
understood, and that is, he docs not bay goods to
lay upon his shelves and counters and accumulate
the dust of centnrics, wailing for that good time,
when people are so green, or (what is Worse) hard
up, as to be willing to accept the “Old Familiar
faces" of these "Shop-keepers," at the "tariff" Aral
imposed. (No insinuations?}
His motto is “small profits, speedy sales, and
?|uick returns." Thinking that by adopting and
iving up to the motto, he shall merit and receive a
continuance of the patronage heretofore awarded
him, ho would say to all—calf and see the New
Goods. J. R, BOWEN,
.Wellsboro, Nov. 15,1853.
PLAIN 6L FIGURED DELAINES.—a large
stock all styles and colors; also Persian cloths,
Paramettas, Merinoes and Debages. a better assort'
meat than ever before offered in the county, and sell
ing at startling low prices by J. R. BOWEN,
SILKS— A few more pieces of those beantifb
changeable silks at:.so|ots per yard, last tecej,
ved at the Empire Store, and going, off like hot
cakes. Call and see them at J. R. BOWEN'S.
CLOTHING,— A large stink in store .of the li’
test fashions, a fit guaranteed every tirno, is
also a price to suit (Jwhuyer, for 1 am bound to sell
Septal), 1855. J.R. BOWEN,
PRINTS. —800 pieces prints, all styles snd price*
from 61 to 18} coots per yard. Calico's, good
styles, fast colors,' at B'ots, the time as;usually sell
at 12J; at (Sep. 20,1855.) J..R. fiaWEN’S-
and Twilled Rod flannel*
white and yellow of.allhipd*|abo e>larg*
stuck of Canton Flannels just received and selling
cheaper than the cheapest, M J, R. BOWEKSj