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Before daylight, 1835. ’ J ;
Late last night (arrived etthia places anrf
learned that (here really wa» cause to appre
hend serious (rouble here. . ] ' ■
The scene of ihe late tragic occurrence was
Hickory point, a settlement some-twelve
miles south from Lawrence near the Waufca*
rasa River. In that settlement there- me
Several families of Missourians—Pro-Slavery
men. One of these, a Mr, Coleman, “jumped
the claim” he now holds, and built the house
bo has been occupying from materials for
the house of another man. Lately there has
been some difficulty between this Coleman
and a young mm named Chao. W. Dow,
who had a claim near the same place. It
seems that Coleman and one or two of his
neighbors and friends have burned a limekiln
on Dow’s Itind, culling the limber therefrom.
This, of course, gave offense, and Dow pro
hibited them repealing the trespass, h ap
p-ais, however, that they had made up their
minds to do so.
On lust Thursday Mr. Dow had gone to
the blacksmith shop, which is near Coleman’s
residence, and while there met with Coleman.
It appears that they left the blacksmith shop
together, and camu along the roid in com
pany, wrangling about the subject in dispute.
While close to his house Coleman left Dow,
and the latter, after going on a few steps,
beard a cap burst bn a gun. Instantly turn
ing around, lie saw Coleman with a piece
presenting at him. He raised his hand nnd
said, “Don’t shoot but at that instant Cole
man, who had pul another cap on his gun,
fired—the contents, a heavy charge of buck
shot, lodging in the breast of the unfortunate
Dow, nnd killing him. Two of the balls had
pn-rced his heart. Several other persons
were present, friends of Coleman nnd set
tlers from M:ssouri. The names of these
man are tlirgus, Barkley, Moody nnd Wag
oner. Two of them had participated in the
It-n'-hurning, nnd were doubtless accessories
to this most atrocious murder, which had evi
dently been coolly premeditated.
Co’eram fled, and the body of his unfor
tunate victim lay where it had fallen in (he
wheel-track of the Santa Fe road. The
friends of Coleman allowed him thus to lie,
and never interfered nor apprised noy one.
Yesterday a meeting was held at Hickory
Point and nearly a hundred persons assent
bled. The body was examined, together
with all the testimony that could be elicited.
All the evidence obtained Was from the friends
of Coleman, as given to the neighbors, who
had first found the body. The meeting passed
resolutions, and adjourned about dark last
night —having determined no means to so
cure the murderer and bvmg him to justice.
Now came the second act in the drama, —
h appears th it Coleman hid (led to Gov.
Shannon ai ,the Shawnee Mis-ion. Whjil
there transpired I know not, further than
tint the murderer returned to Lecomplon,
vyhore Court is to bo held next week. Fear
tog the testimony of a Mr. Branson, the per
son with whom the murdered man had boar
ded, a warrant was placed in the hands of
Sheriff Jones, no officer elected by the Leg
islature of the Shawnee Mission, for the ar
rest of Branson, under the pretence that he
had used threats. The real object was to
rum his testimony with a Jury, as he was
one of the most important witnesses in the
case, next to the Pro-Slavery men. The
Sheriff summoned a posse of fourteen men,
who armed themselves and proceeded to the
house of Branson, where they arrived about
9 o’clock last night. Jones neither rend nor
produced his warrant, but in a profane and
domineering way told Branson he must come
with them, or they would “blow him to h—l. 1
There being no alternative, lhal gentleman
cunpliec.
Scarct ly had they gone when, with a speed
most necessary, a Free State man near, who
was apprised by Branson’s family, galloped
for neighbors, and soon a company of fifteen
men, eleven of whom were armed with
Sharp’s rifles and one with a double-barreled
gun, were in pursuit. By a rapid detour
they contrived to head Jones’s puny, and
[flamed themselves in the road near Bhinlon’s
Bridge on the VVaukarusa. As Jones's party
approached this spot they were boasting of
what they would do, saying they wished they
had got there when the meeting assembled,
nnd they would have done so and so to the
hundred men congregated there that day.—
When they approached the rescuers, the lat
ter, drawn across the road, ordered them to
stop. The numbers were exactly equal,
only Jones’s fifteen men were all armed to
the teeth and the Free State men in the hur
ry had not procured arms; but the Sheriffs
posse seemed to have no inclination to light.
One of the rescuing parly requested Mr.
Branson to step out; a voice from the other
crowd told him they would shoot him if he
did, but Branson joined his friends and there
was no shooting. Jones here swore and
threatened terribly ; said the Governor hod
promised thev should have 10.000 men to
t nforce the laws of the Legislature of the
Mission, and that they should immediately
hear of it. The two parties then separated.
Early this morning, long before day, the
drum beat in Lawrence, nnd sallying out we
encountered a party well armed, the long
d mgling atgntd of their leader gleaming in
the cold moonbeams. The wpr spirit was
up. The people here ..are most peaceable,
hut as they look for, |oov.(Shannon and some
2,000 or 3,000 Missourians to-morrow or
next day, you may- estimate the sentiment
that prevails. A meeting .will be held at
daylight.— N. Y. Tribune
We lenrn by thcj last Monlrote Democrat,
ihil the editor of 'bnt paper hsi been prost*.
cuied by Judge Wjlmot for libel. Chase
his persistently followed the Judge with his
obuae—and not content with as-ailing him
politically, has indulged in the most outra
geous personal attacks, and in the most un.
just insinuations aslo hi* judicial integrity.
If he is right, Judge VVtutor should at once
lease the place he octuple* { and if he is
not, the Judge is entitled to the protection of
the la«" against ,a moat malignant and on
acrupulouv'defamer. Chase will now havfc
an opportunity to make good his assertions,
of. atspd a convicted libeller. —Bradford
Reporter.
THE AGI3.TP&
M. H. CQgg. M ; ;■ jEDITOife.
All
be tfddreucd to the Editor to iuore ettention.
Thursday fllornlay, Pec. 90, IBSB.
F«r President i* ISs*t
Hon. BALBON P. CHASE, of Ohk{.! <
For Vice-President s’
Bon. DAVII) WILBOT, 0f P6aß , ar ~
TO TUB HBPDBUCAN PRESS, . . , ;
The He publican Association of-Washington city, being do*
slrutut of procuring aa spocdiljr as possible a complete list of
aft paper* advocating op favorable to the IftpUUtatn Ptirfy,
Jot publication, and for the purpose of forwardjng them deal
table political information and documents from tnis Import*
ent point during the next session of Congress and PreaMen
iial campaign, earnestly request the editors of all such to
mall us one nnmbcr of their paper addressed to u fheisfor Otc
PepUy" Washington city. DANIEL It OOODLOE,
L. CLEPUANB,
Committeo of KepubUcnn Association.
I Elder Smith will preach in the Presbyterian
Church in Wellsboro’, Sunday morning at the usual
hour.
We ere requested to state that the Episcopal
Church will be closed on Christmas Eve.- U wilt be
open for service on Christmas morning at 10 1.2
o'clock.
Cols has removed his shop to the building occu
pied by the Bollard Brothers, where he is ready
to shave, cat, curl, color, and shampoo anybody that
needs hU services.
Wood.— Those who wish to pay for the paper
in WOOD, will please remember that wemuet have
wood NOW—during the winter weather. We shall
consider the contract void if payment is longer de
layed.
The House is yet unorganized. Banks will prob.
ably be elected during the week. Mr. Grow, from
litis district, anticipates the will of his constituents
by giving his support to Banks. Wo apprehend that
our Wayne County friepd can “mewl and puke” on
without influencing Mr. GV, action.
The Holiday s. —Preparations foi having a gener
al time during the approaching holidays arc being
made in various parts of the County. There is to
be a grand dance at Vermilycu’s Hotel in Gaines,
New. Venr's Eve; Faulkner, of the Cowanesque Ho
tel, also ha* asocial dance on the same’evening.
Music by Wclmore’s Band.
Rev. T. Gross, (colored) gave our citizens an in.
leresling relation of his 34 years' experience as a
slave, on Wednesday evening week. He is a roan
of decided ability and is a natural orator. With the
advantages of an eJucelion he would soon build np
a splendid reputation as a speaker and writer. The
audience made him up the snag little sum of $20,25
of which the Bir generously contributed nearly $ll.
His effort was the bcU refutation of the popular ar
gument that the negro is under-intelligent, that
could be offered. Hc'could spare wit enough lo ren
der some whiter men we wot of, famous, and Still'
stand a head and shoulders, intellectually, above
them. Success to him.
This is not to be a dissertation npon the beauty
and efficacy of prayer in general: we leave the dis
mission of that matter to those testy theologians
who always have the leisure and ability to discuss
those questions. The scope and efficacy of a cer
tain prayer made by a distinguished divine on a dis.
languished occasion, will be considered briefly under
this head.
It may be three mdntbs since, at a Grand Mason
ic celebration held in the city of Philadelphia, the
Rev. John Chambers made a prayer which was
copied in part by several sham' democratic papers
and pronounced the very essence of Christianity.
One of these papers,'whose editor believes obonl as
much in prayer as ii hungry horse does in wooden
oats, declared that Idr “sublimity and fervid palri
otism it has never been excelled." I He copied a por
tion of the prayer, as he alleged, “for the benefit of
those Know-Nothing priests who ere urging on the
dark, secret and proscriptive crusade against the
stranger and tiro exile." The extract runs as fol
lows :
“Wo beseech thee, Omnipotent Jehovah, than
great Architect ol the Universe, to protect, guard
and perpetuate the Temple of Liberty in this, our
happy land. Continue to admit within its portals
the stranger end the exile, who approach it with
garments dripping with chilly dew of other and less
favored climes. Cause love and charily to glow and
fructify in our hearts for suffering humanity through
out the world." .
Now, the editor above referred to publishes the
most shameless pro-sldvery paper in all Northern
Pennsylvania. He goes the whole hog and a lusty
litter of pro slavery pigs beside, as regards Slavery.
A slave himself, ho would rejoice to see everybody
enslaved, on the principle that “Misery loves com-'
pany." Yet, strange to say, we just as heartily en
dorse the spirit of the above prayer as he does. As
itds so seldom we can “agree to disagree,” we ssy
to him alter the manner of Paul—“ Let us thank
God and take courage.”
If ne understand that prayer, it cannot be en.
dorsed by an honest pro-slavery man. Rev. Mr.
Chambers preyed that Jehovah would condescend
(o keep open doors in the temple of Liberty and that
the oppressed might ever find refuge therein. Also,
that He would cause Love and Charily to grow and
fructify in men's hearts “for suffering Humanity
throughout the world," This is a glorious invoca
tion in behalf of the downtrodden and tlie exile.
Our heart warms with gratitude to the Rev. John
Chambers for putting up such a truly democratic
and Christian prayer, and in auch a cotton city;
and we are amazed that the editor ttllndcd to did not
see that In pinning his endorsement to that prayer,
ho lamed tile whoieslivoholding and upholding crew
over lo the tender mercies ot the Devil.
If the editor aforesaid will permit, we will try to
elaborate what we conceive to have been the Rev.
gentleman's loading idea when making the prayer.
Should we succeed indifferently, tel him remember
lliat a- deficiency in practice covera a multitude of
error* though ilkhouUhdiachWe a great deal oi awk
wardness.'"Wo suppbso the Re*.'John Chambers
meant tosay; ’ '<
°We heaoefch theoiOtFoantaioof Lotaand Char,
ity and GiVermhescsyfoodiUiiug,who didst create
all things and didst give ithecatUk emit the fruit*
thereof for thoiurtenaoDoof Man, w(lbiigt dialine
linn of race or color, who didst preside over and di
rect the actiooa of thoaewhodcclaredthat tboudidst
create aU. men freo and equal, endowedwiili pertain
inalienable right*, among which art life, Überty and,
Hie pursuit of happiness,—rlhat Umn will inspire the
children dfthoae ui)h£ airealoßniihlhe jrekl'Work
ao happily begun, but which they bare 1 ,«h basely
abandoned in their devotion to the strange God,
Mammon. We aak thee that our brethren may not'
always struggle in (he bonds of the Oppressor 1 to
mock oor false profession*, toiling with bound bands
andsebargedbaekt In the' fields oohseeratedby the
blood of martyrs who died 'to render America the'
"land of the free and Hit home of the br|ve f ' | but
* i
That Prayer.
THE TIOG A. CGTJKTY 4GITATQE a
Umtlhou ipito'.fywn thq ofcastathat
blocknp Ihegaleqqf the Temple of, Liberty, sdtbat
all m|y enter anddvreli lbtrem,-7-qrhelher they] be
•(rangers tod oxilds, oriwbetber they be the unfor
tunate victim* of?** skta »little -Aether thin oar
own,—yet, “creatures in thy image.”. And we esk.
that their lips may be sealed who make long pray*
• ejtai
places to be seen and beard oi men, Until their un
worthy, prejudices shall be edit out, root and branch,
and the; come to leokon'immortal souls** nalper
.taining -to-one .branch of the human family-to the
ewlpi'tott of any.” , - ,
H.This u (.further-carrying -dnt ofilUs Eeri 'John
ChambersMdea of a genuine Chrialian praTer.aa we
comprehend H. The brother for whose benefit ; wo
havJeaiij’efl’tha above' interpretation can' object
W iny portion, which- be fliaydem leu Christian
•■id patriotic that) tlie original ' thefb W nt>‘
fullidgoff cither in ita “fervid patriotism” or' “gen‘
uine Christianity," (and we think (here iiitune,)
wiil he, as a apeciai favor, give it his candid and
heart; endorsement. 1
Perhaps the da; will dawn in which the fact that
no oppressor or advocate of Oppression can be a
true Christian, wilt be general); accepted and acted
upon. That (act is not sn acknowledged at present
oven in aotne anti-slavery communities. It will not
do to affirm that there may be honest differences of
opinion concerning Slaver; in (he abstract, in en
lightened communities. -The moral); enlightened
man has but one opinion relative to Slaver;, as snob.
He will lei) you in a word that human bondage is
a wrong inflicted upon the race, in the outset. - The
enlightened slave owner knows that lie is assiitlng
to perpetuate a system abhorrent to God and en
lightened man. He cannot have learned the golden
rule and yet see no wrong in Slavery. The Golden
Rifle works both ways; the Iran Rule does not.
As well, may the highway robber offer in defence
of bit nefarious deeds, that (hern ms; be an honest
difference in opinion as to, the criminality of robbe
ry, between society and himself. What sensible man
would not laugh at sueli a defence? Who, surely ?
There an honest difference in opinion as
to thu nest means of gelling rid of Slavery, with
out doubt. But that difference is by no means wide
enough to include theopposers of Agitation. What
one of those opposers will apply his argument to the
hindrance of any other moral movement?' What
one will urge tliat*lheft is wrong, but that (ho prop
er way to sbolish it is to say nothing about it ?
How long, proy, would il take to banish'all the evils
dial afflict society, were the right to call' the right
and tho wrong of human deeds and tmafctmenta in.
to the arena of publie dispute ? Certainly Time
would be 100 brief, and Eternity too tiirrbw t limit
in which to accomplish so mighty & revolution.
You may as soon evolve electricity without fric
tion, or other recognised pi eons, as yon can effect
tlie abolition of any-evil without agitation. These
questions belong to the people and to the people they
shoahTimmediately go. The humble artisan has as
much to do with (be settlement of this great ques
tion as his servant in the halls of .Congress. The
humblest individual, endowed with Common Bcnse
and the means of gaining inlormstion, is competent
to decide sa to the right pt wrong of Slavery. Tho
fact (hat all pro-slavery papers; (tediously keep the
facta ss (hey are daily made known in Kansas, from
(heir- readers, is proof enough of (be fact just stated.
A Fiw Words. —We beg the, atienlion of pur
patrons to what we are about to say ;
A considerable number of you have seemed to
consider that Hie printer could not live upon nothing,
prints paper with nothing and pay the pape'rmakcr
with nothing; and we thank you for it. But diore
of you seem to be blessedly unconscious of the fact
that we, like common mortals, must eat, sleep, wear
clothes, pay taxes and rent, and that to <fd all this
we must have money. Just think of it: Last year
a great many of you paid your subscriptions in
promises. We were tolerably familiar'with the cur
rency. It looks like money at interest yon know,
only it isn't. But we took it and probably you lelt
better than wo did abont it.
Well; when the collector came around we had no
money. But it occurred to us that, as wo had a
pretty good stock of promiiu on band, it would bo
proper.to make a turn! So we hinted the matter to
oar visitor. You should have been there just to see
bow a man’s nose can curl under certain circum
stances. . tie just told ns (bat he should feet obliged
to inform against as for trying to abtam money un
der false pretence*, if he beard any more of. the
matter. This,took os down two or three pegs.
But hanger will drive a met to up passes. Floor
was out, butter was out and vegetables were put,
wo were in—fur the lot- The editorial exchequer was
like Bob Acres’ slock of courage, oozed out
went to the store and proffered some of your cur
rency in exchange for bread and got laughed at.
So you see that your promises wouldn't pass cur
rent. They keep first 1 rate, however.
Don’t think that we ire joking because we chance
to be in such apparent good humor. We arc npw
about to let you into some very important secrets.
The Agitator has Ibis day, near 1000 subscrib
ers—more, by some hundreds titan any paper ja tins
county has, or has had previously. Should j|g list
increase for the coming year in the ratio that it hu s
during the lost six months, it would in a year hence
contain not less than ISOO. Tite paper upon which
it is primed costs us 96 per week, cath. Our other
expenses ore not less than 910, also cash, allowing
nothing for onr services as editor, rent, fuel,' &c.
This,'you will' perceive makes our weekly expense,
at a very Moderate estimate, 916. For the year, it
amounts to the sum of 8839. ■
New, for (Mi outgo, our‘(feld-in income in sub
aoriptionadocahot amount In more than 8600—‘leav
ing ahandsome balance against you anti fnr which 1
wo are in moat presaingneed. Wc have wortcd at
band and brain labor (rain 15 to 18 homra per day,
and that without one day of relaxation from aonio of
the vexatioUa details of business. We do not appak
of this to complain. Wo hare done no more than
our duty. But no wish to dissipate the false and
mistaken notion entertained by not’a that an
editor’s broad is bad for the picking ap. If an y of
you. were adored the whole earn for which we labor
ed and fought last year in payment for a year's ser
vices at hand labor alone, you would; take it aappi
insult Still, we existed and kept pretty clear of
little debts. But remember that a mere living dpes
hgl pay fqr a printing office, npr does it shelter us
and ours from the possible, storm ol to-morrow. No,
friends, a mere living docs,not enable us to pay for
the office, and thus provide for lhat stormy day in
the future.'
What can be done? Listen: Tito laborer is
worthy of hU hire. We hkve wrillen ranch on this
toit ‘in •the jiast'yedr arid meant it—every word.
VVe pffefef (ridc’iiendence to weallh.or power, dr any
thing aa a. real or nominal Anlj ! !n order toa
tho&bgh tiiMbeipalton (Vo'frir the baleful; bohd* of
baitjkid
our plana fur the fiiture: Tharbfefpe;ihosfwbo’ read
thodjgfMftn-after thelStb ofFcbroary.'Aimo'Dofn
inl,voeaHdassnd eighthhndred 'kndMfiayaV,,drill
baretkotaalisfittioii Of kiiowiflg iballl lx.pata (fo
and therefore Urir etsn. !v,'
Briefly; aflpr tbo ISih of February next, o nr mot
to wiD be'-f^Norpay,' no paper! 1 * See if.we don't
stick- to that motto.
In ” Tabic. ' 1 f
- " 7 Tht Kftitat fWrtok— threat. Prairie, Detert,
MtunUtiniiVale aM .Rjcer." By Max. Gaixidc.
Fopler* ifc Wells /Publisher*, 308 Broadway, HeJr
y«rk.„,p> X9Z U,_
- We have perused this book with all the interest
Wlj dreamer, bqt that of pne.who describes'whathe
has carefully' noted 'down lit his Jdhrneyirfgi In ‘that
much tslked-of ngiomtowsrd which the eycsoftlio
wholecquntry are tamed, Greepe, is n tbor.
oiigh traveler, and haa'intermingled with his alalia,
ticil information many iitiie ’incidents of personal
adventure, inch as inly a companion of KiltCjartoq
Frank Aubrey and other celebrated pioneers can re
late. -The intrinsic-worth'of'th« work, however
lies in (he tables of distances to Kabsas by the sev
end routes, with the fare and cust of transportation
of goods. ; It. has a tbenhomelrical table also, show
ing (he temperature of the various sections of (he
territory,, It it a hook for everybody: and indispea.
sable to flip Kansas emigrant. It msy be ordered
through,this office, or of the publishers.
"Geoffrey Monclon,"- By Susibna Moodie. Ao
fl'or ol “Houghing il in the Buih," *hift in the
Clearinga," dec., &o.
Passing from the title of, this book, it would seem
that the author's name should be reCommendaliun
of its merits to the reading public. Mrs. Moodio is
certainly one of the few authors of the time whose
works are destined to live. Geoffrey Moncton is
written with great power, and tile plot is one of the
most ingenious we.ever traced. There is an origin,
ality about its characters not to be, met with in mud
era fiction except at long intervals. All her charac
ters are heroes of good or bad eminence. Robert
Moncton is a sleek, unscrupulous villain. Geoffrey
is his antipode. But in Dinah North we have a
character worthy of the conception of him who por
trayed that of Meg Mcrrilies. Geoffrey Moncton
is on extraordinary book. It may be had of G, W.
Taylor, Wellsboro’, or of Messrs. Dewitt & Daven
port, the enterprising Publishers, New. York, on re.
coipt of the price—Bl. Messrs. D. So D-, are the
sole American publishers of Mrs. Moodtc’s works.
“Water-Cure” and "Phrenological Journals." —
Fowlers Si, Wells, Publishers, 31)8 Broadway, New.
York. Each, 81 per year single copies.
A new volume oi these sterling Fomily Journals
begins with flic Ne'w-Year. Were every father to
present his family’ with a year’s subscription to
these Journals every New-Ycar, there would'be a
deal more profit in it than there is in the usual
present of fsl turkeys and chicken-pies. Feed the
mind more and pamper the body less.
Chloroform stud Robbery on (he
Cam.
Mrs. David Wright of Toronto wus robbed
on the cars near Poughkeepsie on Thank*,
giving nighi, under the following circum
stances : She dms on her home return from
Baltimore. Among the passengers who Imd
got on board the train ut Baltimore was u
lull, dark-eyed, well-dressed end genteel
looking lady, who sat -down by (he side of
Mrs. Wright. “Are you traveling alone J”
asked the stranger. “I am," vims the reply.
“How fur are you going?” “To Canada,"
was the answer. The conversation, thus
commenced, was continued for a long time.
They passed through Philadelphia and New.
York on the most friendly terms, and were
hurrying along the Hudson road, when the
stranger inquired of Mrs. W. if she could
change a fivu-dollar bill for her. Mrs. W,
replied that she could not, and in order to
show her willingness to do so, had she been
able, she pulled out her wallet and displayed
throo tweaty-dollar gold pieces, a ten-dollar
gold piecd, some small change, and a check.
By and by Mrs. W. complained of a pain
in her head. “Oh!” said the stranger, “I
have some cologne with me; let me put a
litile on your temples—it will, doubtless, re
lieve you.” Mrs. W. immediately sank to
sleep, and remained insensible until the con
ductor shook her nwuko and demanded her
tickcl. It was with the utmost difficulty he
could wako her. He finally hoisted the win
dow of the car, and the fresh air relieved the
unfortunate woman. She pul her hand into
her pocket to get the ticket, when to her as
lonishment and dismay she found that her
wallet, containing her money, her ticket and
her .check, had gone, and the elegant gold
pin she had upon Iter-bosom was gone, and
the strange woman, who had been so atten
tive, hod also disappeared.
The gentlemanly conductor endeavored to
console her with the promise- that he would
see I a her baggage at Albany. But when
they arrived at Albany it was ascertained
that there was no baggage there for her.-
I'he baggnge-masler said a lady and gentle
man got off (we think at Hudson), and said
their baggage directed to Albany trrtist be
lull there and not taken to the place where
they first intended to leave it. In this way
Mrs. Wright lost her money, her jewelry and
her clothing. This female robber wore u
black velvet bonnet trimmed with scarlet
flowers, a dark mantilla, is lady-like in her
demeauor, wears a fascinating smile, and is,
unduubtely, the some person who played the
confidence game with the raerchanl.and hotel
keepers at Baltimore a short lime since.—
Mrs. Wright was too sensitive to mukc
known her moneyless situation, and did not
gat a morsel of food for nearly two days,
when she providentially met her friend Miss
or-Mrs. Parker, who furnished.her with funds.
Mrs. -Wright is a very estimuble woman of
high social position, and we hope her husband,
who.is a man of nroperty and standing, will
spafetflo pains to ferret out the female high
way. woman, who presents the bottle instead
of the pistol in ! society instead of solitude,
and lakes away the sense and then the purse
of the victim.— llian Independent.
' Malicious.— Tho grist and saw mill of
Samuel Kellum, 2d, in ijlu'roll, was entered
on Sunday night last, by dome person, who,
damaged the machinery !io the amount of
several hundred dollars, by boring the main
shaft nearly spsrli'cutimg the belts, and sink
ing them in the river, and culling the bolts
of the grist mill. Such lawless and high
handed proceedings will meet the reprobation
ofevery right-minded men, as' no one is sul'e
in the neighborhood ol* the perpetrator of
such an outrage. —Bradford Reporter.
The Rev. T. Gross, for thirty-four years
aslave, gave our-citizens a'brief-narrative
of his experience under the peculiar institu
tion, ol) SUqday evening' last, at the -Metho
dist church. There was a full house, and
at .lift'close of Mr;- G.Vsimple statement, a
colleclidn of : 8i &,$() lSkeh Up, to assiai
iti'fdscuing odeoftiis childferrfrttra’Slavery.
Wte think l nd One Who ktStrd this narrative
will bgain'Wame us for 1 Ogitoting the ques
tion of-slavery.—Couderkport Journal. .
inr nan
g act oa|we legislative anvil
to Georab wjjjjph we rero over rather care
-rally ntoin. ildna fusi-rkported, and resolved
to say nothing 'about until it should passj;
ItOtTWr CWWHpdWrtW'have'AoinrneDceJ ven
lila(ing,it, andwilMtoufitleas ijpimo discover
iiffirtitf’ dritl ana necessary consequences; so
wo -have- no adequate motive for further' for
bearance. It is substantially as 'fodowaV ;
A Georgian goes before a proper tribunal
and swears that one of his negro slaves has
run, away—or .a .dozen of bis slaves, as the
case may be—that said slave—or slaves—
Has made his way to some Free State—say,
New-York— and that he cannot recover him.:
whereupon the tribunal gives him legal au
thority to seize or attach any property be
longing or debt due-in Georgia to any citizen
of taii Free State whereimaid fugitive is
sworn to have found refuge, and pay him
self the sworn value of said fugitive slave or
slaves out of said properly or debt. There
are a good many clauses and much verbiage;
but (he gist of the bill is here given.
This bill had not passed when we last
heard from Mtlleducville, but was deemed
likely to become u law. We sincerely hope
it may, for these reasons: ’
I. It will strike a damaging blow at our
inflated system of Mercantile Credit. A
Southern retailer of dry goods rarely nr
never pays for them when he buys them.—
He obtained litem on credit of the jobbers of
New-York or Philadelphia, expecting to pay
for them out of the procee.ds of their sales,
un'ess he can find some more advantageous
investment for the money. Should the crop
of his section fail, or the price of cotton rule
low, or the rivers fail to rise so that it can
be floa'od to market, he won’t pay*! if he has
invested his current receipts in Government
funds, or a new house, or a plantmion, ho
probably won’t. It is a gambling business,
'his supplying the South with goods on
it, in good part extended to men vtiho have
neither the property nor theesinblislthd char
acter which could alone entitle them to such
credit. It multiplies retail merchants enor.
motisly and floods the Planting States with
goods which are neither wanted nor paid
for. We believe this Mercantile Credit a
edrse both to the North the Smith, and
hail the advent of anything calculated t 0
break it up. This foolish and unjust Geor.
gin bill will tend to doit; so tie hope it wtl)
pass.
11. Our “merchant princes,’’ who job goods
on credit to Southern retailers, are nearly
all Union-ttavers, who think S'avery eiihera
good thing in itself, or a necessary evil with
which the North has nothing to do. When
one of them shall have been called upon to
pay, under this Georgia luw, for ten or fifteen
slaves whom he never saw nor heard of till
he found them in his little bill, il may possi
bly crawl through his hair that we hate
something to do with Slavery, it may even
occur to him that it is not exactly the right
thing for a man to sell his half-brother into
the most brutal and cruel bondage in the
cane-field or rice swamp, merely because
that brother has one-eighth African blood in
his veins.
Ilf. This act will tend Rapidly to diminish
the Slave pnpulution of the Slate adopting
it, and so to weaken the impediments to
emancipation. Every slaveowner who has
a particularly vicious, intractable, unprofit
able negro, whom he cannot sell and does
not wish to keep, will contrive to have him
run away, laking care only that he runs into
some Free Stale. Thence he may go to
Canada or whenever else he may choose;
ltie master will only track Him to some Free
State trading with and trusting the South,
and then proceed to letjjy on the property or
debts of citizens of saiq State for his liber
ally estimated value. So long as there shall
beany property liable Ito attachment under
(his law, so long, we may be sure, will the
slaves keep running away.
IV. Our neighbors who sell goods to the
South on credit sometimes get rich very fast,
counting their “bills payable” as “securities”
or realized profits, and take to building eash
his palace on the Fifth Avenue or therea
bouts on the strength of such good fortune.
By and by these Southern promises full due
and are not paid—“not then nor ever”—and
the half-built palace has to be sold, and the
mechanics are sometimes losers. Let this
Georgia bill pass, and our merchants will
estimate their profits and build their palaces
on the busts o l ' their payments received rath
er than their goods sold, which we believe
the more excellent way.
—ln short, the passage of this Georgia hill
will burst some pernicious bubbles and do
much more good than its authors intend,
while we do not perceive ifiut it is more un
just and oppressive thunl other measuies
which the maintenance of Slavery renders
necessary. Lei us have it] enacted. — N. F.
Tribune.
[See Adeertiment on third page.]
Land for the landless, and u home for
every man, is a grand iden, and worthy of the
age-' We know of no plan or ussociaiion
beuer calculated to develop this idea than ihe
Great Northwestern Mutual Land Associa
lio i. The Managers are active buainess men
of high-standing, and able to perform all that
is promoted by die Association, and bring
a Homestead wi'hin the reach of all. Shares
are placed at the low figure of 83 and $1
for quarter shares. All the moneys received,
are invested in lands, (some of which have
trebled in value since the purchase.) Those
lands will nttthe nnnnuf hnceltng, be distrib
uted by a;Committee of Directors, elected by
ihe Shareholders, so that every shireholder
will have a piece ol land worth 85 1030,-
000. Every Shareholder ■ gels something
valuable, with (he excellent chances for a
splendid Farm. We know of shrewd business
men in our city who fv>ve taken one hundred
shares each, preferring it in all other invest
ments. This company will atiend to (lie lo
cation of lands for others at reasonable rates,
or fora portion of the increased Value in three
years, and we recommend, them as possess
ing advantages for profitable investments
above all others.
, A responsible Company to whom may he
entrusted - any-amount in cash or Warrants
lor location, is quite a disideraium and can
not fail of appreciation. Orders should be
sent in immediately, to secure shares, and
good early investments. — y, 1. Tribune ,
;Petition vlor tHiimn’i Bemovoi.
From tie Cenetposdenee of tie St. Utdt Dtmettu
LBAveNWoßxn Crrr, Nov. 26, 1855.
Petitions art. in course or signature in Lea.
venworth, Doniphan, LaWrence, Ocena and
Topeka, requesting his lexcellency, Preaid ent
Pierce to remove Gov. Wilson Shannon.
I subjoin the'Doniphan petition:
7b iie Exeellenef, the Prt ideal af tie V. S.
May it pleaseyour . Excellency : We, if,,
undersigned citizens of Doniphan County
respectfully petition- your: Excellency i 0 ,9!
move the present Chief fixecutive office, of
this Territory—Gov, ’ Vilson
replace hlrhby a genth trtSn orjudgementaniT
aßility, who while a >ie6d of ‘*law and or.
der,” will refuse to re< ognise as law-abiding
men ruffians who bate invaded our borders
and violated our ballot-box repeatedly, or
residents of Kansas vho have invited such,
outrages, and publicly defended them ns just
necessary, and even e institutional. '
Many of its, may it) lease your Excellency,
expended our lime and money, used all our
influence, and voted i 1 order to secure your
election ; many of us are still the friends of
your administration, arid hope to remain so;
but no one of us, we solemnly assure you,
President Pierce I will in future be found in
the ranks of any man it any party who dares ,
as'Gov. Shannon has oared, tacitly to indorse
the conduct of the illegal voters from Miasou.
ri, Who have hitherto controlled opr elections,
national and local, and publicly boast that
they will act hereafter as they have acted in
time past. I
And your petitioned will everp'ray, <fec.
Forty Pro-Slavery emigrants from Georuii,
sent out gratis by the sbfveholdcrs of that
Stale, to mtl Davy Atchison In conlrollint; the
affairs ol Kansas, arrived last week at Kan.
sas City, and proceeded to the southern jior.
lion of our young' dominion.
The call lor a Free State Law-and-Order
Convention, which I sent you last week, has
been signed by one hundred and twenty o(
the most prominent citizens of Leavenworth.
It will be strictly a Squatter Convention, i
understand that a petition to Congress, set.
ting forth our grievances and requesting re.
dress, will emanate from it.
Mr. Parrott, the counsel of McCrea, hu
succeeded to day in obtaining a change of
venue to Tecumwh.
Modern Democracy.
We extract tho following remarkable spec
imen of Legislation from an Act passed hr
Mr. Pibbor's pretended Kansas Legislature.
Sue. 11. If any person print, write, in
troduce into, publish or circulate, or cause ir>
be brought into, printed, written, published
or circulated or ahull knowingly aid or is.
sist in bringing into, priming, publishing or
circulating within this Territory, any book,
paper pamphlet, magazine, 'handbill or circu
lar, containing any statements, arguments,
opinions, sentiment, doctrine, advice or in
uendo, calculated to produce a disorderly
dangerous or rebellious disaffection among
the slaves in this Territory, or to induce such
slaves to escape from] ihe service of their
masters, or to resist thpir authority, he shall
be guilty of felony, on]d be punished by im
prisonment at hard labor for a term not less
than five years.
Sec. XII. If any free person, by stak
ing or writing, assert dr maintain that per
sons have not (he right to hold slaves in (hi*
Territory, or shall introd oce into this Terri
tory, written, printed, published, or circui
ted in this Territory, any book, paper, mag
azine,- pamphlet, or circular, containing anv
denial of the right of persons to hold slavei
in this Territory, such person shall be deem
ed guilty of felony, and punished by impris
onment at hard labor for a term of not less
than two years.
Under cither of the foregoing sections a
man may be convicted of felony, and impris
onment at hard labor for a term not 'ess
than two years for carrying the Declaration
of Independence into Kansas in his pocket.
We go in for Dr. Alex.. Stevenson for
Mayor of Pittsburgh. This is the letter an
nouncing that be “is in“: “Beloved Breth
ren—l am a running of the race that is set
before us candidates for Mayor. Igo in far
street preaching and apple selling on the corn
ers, and I h*»pe to be elected, for, he played
on a harp of a thousand strings—spirits of
just men made perfect."
HARRIED.
In Wclbboro,' on Nov. 25th, at Hurt’s Hold, bj
Rev. J. F. Calkins, Mr- D. H. CURTIS of Middle
hury ant Miss LAURA SPALDING of Chiitlura.
In this Boro, the 17lh inst, by Rev, Isaiah Me-
Mahon, Mr. HORACE BACON and Miss CO
LETTE BILINGER, both Of Charleston.
Religions I
REV. W. BULLARD will
on Sunday, Dec. 29th aj
noon.
Donation
The friends of the r
invited to.attend n donnl
lory, on Thursday evening, Ji
Donation
THE fripndu of Elder M’
pive hint a donation via
Dolmar lowntdiin,Stony Fork,
and evening, January 9lh I
Cordially invite all tho friendi
to attend the donation.
1 COMM m
! B c.wrr.cox. nrv
T. C. HORTON, PHI
L. MILLER, ELI
Notici
THE Stnchholdctß of she il
will hold their annuel
in- MenafHd on Monday lh
for. t|te purpose -of electinj
for,(he. cnaping year..
Office Miihafirfd Irnn Works,
Dec. 12,1855,
J.B.
Notice to Sloe
NOTICE is,hereby giyon.
the “Mansfield Iron W
will bo held eCthe office of I
field, on Monday the 7th day ol
clock P. M.; lor the purpose c
tal clock of,said,company to
in order to increase the ftcilii
Ibe manufacturing of pig ina
ness
Office of the Mansfield Iron »
December 15,1855. i
CHAS, E.SW
J. LOWREV
J. F. DON AIL
A.P.CONBI
Notice
I) preach at Mnlnsbnrf
A I o'clock in the situ-
Party.
e». A. A. are
lion parly at the Rec*
snnary 3., 1856.
Visit.
ron Rockwell, are (a
( at hi* residence in
Wednesday afternoon
856. The committee
of Brother Rockwell
HRI- CAMPREM.,
LETIJS CORBEN,
BACON,
nnrfielii Iron WoiVp,
Jieellnir' Bt their office
7th of iunuarv ncxh
•irector» »n(J Officer*
1 IOARD, Secretary.
io the Stockholder* «f
irks* 1 that » meeting
is company' in Mew*
l Jniintry neit. it I rf
[ r increasing the capk
ijjly thoiwend dollars,
!e» of company Is
aPd for fbnndry bwt
. 1‘ Vr;
forks,)
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