A Remarkable Tragedy in Wew
Haven.
Almost under the shadow of Yale College
hts been. enacted a tragedy that by its mo
tives and incidents carries the imaginotion
bank in New England history for a century
and a half.
k Mrs. Hersey, aged 70 odd, living in
New Haven,, esteemed herself, and was es
teemed by a coterie of friends arid ■ acquain
tances, as a “messenger’’ from heaven. —
She claimed to have died, to have gone to
heaven, to have conversed with Christ, and
to have been restored to life again. Her
brother, Samuel Sly, aged 50 odd lived with
her, and had full faith in her pretensions.—
Associated with them was band of fanatics,
who assembled at their house nightly to sing
and prny, and to hear Mrs. Hersey repeat
rhopsodies about heaven, and what was told
her there. Amos Hunt used to frequent
these meetings, and Mrs. Hersey imbibed the
idea that he was possessed by a devil or other
had spirit, and was endeavoring to kill her.
Hunt quit the circle; and then Mrs. Hersey
look up the notion that Hunt had sent the
bad spirit into Justus W. Matthews, and that
he was consequently hurling her, insomuch
that her life wns in danger through his en-
O Q
chnntmcnts. Mrs. Hersey made her follow
ers belioye that if she should die the end of
the world would instantly come. Matthews
himself believed that ho wns possessed of a
bad spirit through Hunt’s agency, and was
anxious to have it expelled even at the cost
of his life. Sly went out into the fields, and
cut a wilchhazel bludgeon, and put it in a
table drawer upstairs. On the Sunday night
before Christmas, Matthews went to Mrs.
Hersey's house, entered the basement, and
sal down by the cook-stove. Various per
sons were in the room above. After deliber
ation among the chief of them, accompanied
by meditation and religious worship, it was
determined that the “man of sin” should be
cut off. Sly thereupon look the witch-hazel
stick, supposed to have great potency over
unclean spirits, and descended to the base
ment. Here sat Matthews with his hands
lied; lied wiih his consent, to keep the evil
spirit in him from hurling Mrs. Hersey.—
Sly fasiened all the doors in order to prevent
interruption, and then, with the witch-hazel
stick struck Matthews a heavy blow on the
forehead, knocking him senseless to the floor.
He then cut his throot, and slabbed him with
a fork in the breast. When Matthews was
quite dead Sly went up stairs, burnt his
bloody shirt, washed his hands, and resumed
worship. Some hours later it was revealed
to the uninitiated that Matthews was dead,
and they actually thought that he had killed
himself that he might be rid of the devil that
tormented him.
All these things Sly am) Ilersey testified
to before the Coroner’s jury, in the most sol
emn and earnest manner; but their appar
ent sincerity did not save them, and two of
(heir confederates, from being committed to
jail to answer a charge of murder.
A hundred aoi fifty years ago, and less,
in New England, such scenes were not en
acted by weak and illiterate fanatics, in an
obscure basement, but in the open temples of
justice, by skillful jurists, instigated and urged
on by cultured divines like Winslow, Hub
bard and Mather, As we read Sly’s and
Hersey’s confessions, old historic scenes, the
blemish of puritan greatness and glory,
came gloomily up in review. Winlhrop’s
words rang in our ears ; the words he ut
tered late in life, when urged by mistaken
clergymen to multiply these horrors ; “1
have already done enough of this business.”
And when we could not keep from think
ing how much of the same madness still
permeates even the educated and refined
classes pf society ; not disclosing itself in
physical enormities, which wound or kill
(jic flesh, but in religious and social ostra
cism, which bruise and crush tender spirits
just as fatally. —Honesdale Democrat.
Mr. Giddings.
The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
thus reports the debate in the House, when
Mr. Giddtngs look the floor :
Mr. Giddings, placed himself in front of
the Clerk’s desk, declaimed spiritedly in fa
vor of freedom, and the building the Repub
lican church upon a rock, that the waves of
hell shall not prevail against it.
Mr. Letcher called Mr. Giddings’ atten
tion to the resolution offered by the latter,
and adopted in a Republican meeting, insist
ing that a number of Free Soilers bo placed
upon the standing committees, and asking va
rious questions concerning it.
Mr. Giddings remarked that he understood
every Northern man to be pledged to that
doctrine.
Mr. Campbell of Ohio, said no such reso
lutioa was a lest for him.
Mr. Giddings exclaimed—‘.‘Goo forgive
tno for voting for a man who was not in heart
end conscience with it.”
Mr. Banks desired lo say that if any such
resolution was adopted, it was not tendered
to him for approval. Nobody had asked him
for, pledges,
Mr. Giddinga was frequently interrupted,
answering various interrogations from quar
ters, {Lively limes and great confusion.]
The editor Plain Dealer says he was pres
ent, and odds:
It was rich beyond description. 1 1 was
Giddipgs’ first appearance in the ring, and
the way the factions pttqhed into him was
frightful. ******* But iho
old man sustained himself remarkably well.
He was particularly severe on the Richard
■Oß'- men. McMullin,of Virginia, bad on
his own individual account proposed, ihnt
they all resign and go home; lo this “Old
Gid” replied, that it reminded him of the
culprit' condemned to be hung and when the
Sheriff bad got the rope around his neck,
end was about to swing him off, the fellow
caileiTlo (tie. Sheriff and asked him “if be
did nol lliiolf the thing had gone far enough,
and if they had pot both better resign and
go home!” Giddings aaid the Nebvaakals
had got (o awipg, and now they proposed to
T/ttigO, He further said ftat in reading
Swedenborg be found that there were spirits
in some of the spheres so benighted that' al
though they <had been in the spirit land twen
ty years, did not yet know they were .dead.
This, as applied (p the Democratic parly was
rather severe, but the ’‘Regulars’’ seethed
to laugh at the joke as heartily as any body.
THE AGITATOR.
M. H. COBS-, i:: 'i EDITOR.
*,• All Bastoess,and other Communications must
be oadieasedlaibeJGditorXo.insaie attention. -
pa.
Tlinriday Marnln}, Jan. 10, 1850.
Republican : Nominations.
For President In 1850
Hon. SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio.
For Vice-President s
Hon. DAVID WIMIOT, of Ponn’a,
TO TUB REPUBLICAN PRESS,
The Republican Association of Washington city, being de
sirous of procuring as speedily as possible a complete list of
all papers advocating or favorable to the Republican JA ir/y,
for pub!ic%!on, and for the purpose of forwarding (hero tlcsi
table political information and documents from this import*
vnt point during the next session of Congress and Vrcsiden
ala) campaign, earnestly request (ho editors of all such to
'mail us one number of their paper adilrosscd to “ FUd* for th(
ftoplt,” Washington city. DANIEL R. OOODLOB,
L. CLBPIUXB,
Committee of Republican Association.
Hon. J. U. Giddings has oar thunks for u copy of
hii speech on tbo organization of the House.
We are under obligations to Messrs. Soothes of
ike Senate and Baldwin of ll»r» House, for early
copies of the Governor's Message and other docu.
monte.
The Slate Legislature is now in session. Piatt of
Luzerne, is Speaker of the Senate, end Wright of
Philadelphia, of the House. The former is a Know
Nothing, the latter a democrat. The 14th inst. has
been fixed upon for Die election of U. S, Senator.
Wc shall give an nbslrecl of the Governor’s Mes
sage next week. It is one of the ablest Stale papers
ever pul forth by a Pennsylvania Executive. There
is no evasion of matters pertsining to the common
interest, no highfalutin’ about the beneficence of Ait
policy, but a plain, candid statement of facts. This
is as it should be.
The essential portiona of the President’s Message
will be found on Ibe fin-t page.- It will be seen that
the Kansas outrages are only alluded to in a very
ambiguous manner. Otherwise, the Message is an
interesting Slate paper. Mr. Pierce showa himself
to bo unwilling la meet Ibe J ieaet before the country
and looks Southward whenever he alludes to them.
He bids bigb lor Ibe Southern vole.
Wngylctou Waggs-—Ace.
Ami what of Wagglclon Waggs?
Wagglelon Waggs is anybody and nobody. Now
he is here, now there, always in fifty different pla
ces at once. Ho is trading at Grab’s, the grocer
being measured for a coat by Snip, the tailor, dick
ering with Cripps, the shoemaker, for a pair of bools
and always reading somebody's paper. Wo accosted
brother Waggs once on a time, as ho sat In the mid
dle ol a pile of papers and periodicals. “Mr. Waggs,”
said we, “you contribute your shore to (ho livings
of we typos, certainly. “W-a-l,ycs; reckon Idu,”
replied he. u Not less than ten or twelve dollars a
year 7” queried we. “W-a-l,no; reckon m»t, Fact
is, the papers keep coining along that I ordered two
years ago. ’Spose they send 'em because they like
lobe patronised— never paid anything. Anyhow,
there's lots and lots of folks that do pay, so they
don't miss my subscription.” “Alas !” thought we,
“he doesn't consider how numerous the Waggs fam
ily has become!”
When Mr. Waggs purchases groceries ho says—
“charge it to Waggs.” He gets his coat of Snip
and says—“charge it to Waggs.” Ho gets his boots
of Cripps and soys—“charge 'em to Waggs.” lie
subscribes for his county paper and says—“Waggs
will pay before the year is out.”
Now, Wagga is not dishonest necessarily: but be
deals with the Waggsee who also deal with the
VVaggses. So each is in a manner forced to trust
and gel iruated. Wogglcton often moralizes upon
Uic evils of the no-poy-as-you-go system. We own
to a relationship with the Wuggs family 100, reader,
not from choice but from necessity. All of our
neighbors belong to the same family. Some ate full
blooded, some jost a little tinged with the blood of
! the Weggsea; and it is because we are afraid that
I the Waggs blood may erelong course in its full tide
through our veins, that we wage war against the
Credit System.
Almost as long ago as we can remember, one
winter morning, much like some daring the past (on
days, wo were commissioned to call at the store, on
the way to school and buy a cap. The commission
was joyfully executed. It was a seal-skin cap, Uie
hair of which was warranted to rise and full with
the ebb and flow of the distant tide. Arrived si
school, wo were soon the center of a circle of in
quisitive urchins who lost no time in trying on the
new cap, feeling of it and speculating as to Us prob
able cost. At last a big boy reached out and seiz
ing the cap. demanded—“what odd thing
-7” “Nothing 7” replied wo with no little pridf,
“gbl'it^harged !” , j
Not yethovo wo forgotlep the npronrions burst of:
laughter that followed, nor the mortification wo ex-1
pcricnccd as we slunk out of sight. But for more
than a yqor past wo have seen that absurd announce
ment In the actions of hundred* of growo-up people.
Getting a thing charged is only a short and easy
mode ol forgetting that one is wearing somebody's
bools or coat, and that somebody is eating some
body's flour and potatoes. It is tho art of living for
nothing all the year .and footing an enormous bill at
the end. It is the science of feeding men, women
and children without an iimnediate outlay. Few of
the arts and sciences are so freely and foolishly pat
ronized.
Who says it is customary to buy md sell on cred
it 7 Wo don’t care a fig who says bo. So we shake
our fist in the face of such on unreasonable custom.
“Sink or swim, live or die’’—we raise a rebellious
standard and call upon the universal Wafgs family
to rally around it.
Would Wa ggt be free,
“Himself mast strike the blow !”
Waggletoii will never be free until he emancipates
himself; for Waggloton Waggs, reader, is only so.
ciely personified. So don’t flare op and. put on the
coat that was ent out tor- no matter who.
Can anybody inform os whether it is common to
mako 50 per cent, on. a dollar of ready money, in
this county 7 Probably not 50 per cent, is a large
dividend on capital invested. Nevertheless, we have
realized such profits in a few instances during the
isstyesr. Not intentionally however. Wagglelon
Vf eggs forced ns to do it. We have offered tbe.pa
perjo a number of men for $l, cash down, “Of
coarse, they paid down,’’. My you ? O f coareetome
did, and some did not Some preferred (a pay du.
ring the pay jlJiO. The dgitotorhas sev
eral hundred dollars invested injure manner. Now
if such'dividends wonUhelp a poor man np the hill,
what t
„ Tbis.ia a statement of simple (act. Men" of
means and firtencial acumen prefer to pay us filly
eenta for the .Ibahpf a ! 'dolfer a few nionlha of one
year. This looVs iery generbii feci
ioborrem thidoOar beforolending it—thel’S tlie dif
ficulty. We bof row ! he dollar and that becomes due
before the interest vn our investment. This is not
*T«E TIO|&rA--j CjftUffTY AGITATOR.
A
bo p{sUbfe. H«4 >re t re«d; inoiiy we Laid tefil i7
bandfooie out of this jMr. Trail.. 'A* it
it, wears getting rich to fttl that/we kre tlnjoet
tempted to call upon WfgglclonWagga to forkover
the principal and retain the intereat. Tqerow end
denlyrichit toloae half-'one'r heart,
up apd lo pervert one*» bettor,nature- . life po npt
vrieti-'frrgrow rich auddeoly, and- therefore shall hot'
charge Marions interest after the ISth day of -fob,
rusty next
And not long thereafter; that branch of iheWsggt
fttnily WblthUkes the Agister wilVtU udder their
viqea and fig-tree* and lay' while they reidu-“lfnV
la my paper i' I’ve paid for It." And then yonr
humble servant will-look down upon his-boolrsnd
murmur—“theae arc my boo ta—fee paid for them fl'
Ha can’t contemplate hie boota and conacientioualy
any that—W-h-e-w! We came nigh letting you in
to our secrets 1 Then again, when . the nice, white,
paper comes into the office, fresh from friend Robin
son's storehouse, we can say—'“trial's paid for-”
Can’t eay how it would seem to be able to ssy all
these fine tilings. Can’t say just how it would aff
ect ua. Might make us crazy ; but belter be in a
lunatic asylum on suspicion, than to get up every
morning and rush into—another man's bools and
breeches.
We offer no apology loWaggleton Waggafor an
ything we have said. Wo do not fear him. Ho
may take a notion to cowhide us; eery well, let him
try it. He will lose ten minutes in trying to buy a
cowhide, and we can run a mile in that time. But
should he pay down for (he cowhide—mind, we say
if he should defy custom and do that—bnd so pop
in upon us unawares, we shall spit him with this
very goose quill and roast him in the blaze of edito
rial wrath. Should he dare to enter into our pres
enco with felonious intent , after this warning, then,
in (he language of the interesting relict of Deacon
Bedolt, ho stands convicted of “self-suicide." Let
the raging Waggleton come on: let (he whole fam
ily of Waggsce come on—one at a time. Let them
conic on, and when they confionl us, wo will com
promise with them—they giving ns one dollar each,
while we give them the paper one year, and permit
(hem to return to their anxious families without a
•c^r.
What are they doing in Congress? Quarreling
like cals and dogs—joking and punning and saving
Ike Union—the blessed Union I McMuUln and his
Shorter confederate are suffering a transient eclipse
by a new planet in the Southern heavens. Mr. Ben
nett of ’Massysip’ has Saved the Union ogjai/i t in a
speech as long as your arm—yes, as long as your
two arms He wound up by declaring that North,
cm fanatics were determined to precipitate the Un
ion in blood! That would be red precipitate, you
know—excellent tor psoriasis srptennis , when prop,
crly prepared, so the doctors say. He said that the
strife had belter begin on that floor, so that the first
blood might bo spattered upon those walls! We
protest against spattering the Capitol walls with the
blood of civil strife. They were built with the pub
lic money, and what is more, can't be whitewashed.
That would be worse than McMullin threatened, —
he only proposed to “foul and bleed and die” on the
steps, Mr. Bennett must not spatter the walls of
the most magnificent building in America. Lot
Mc'Mullin bleed, but forbid the Massysip gentleman
that sanguinary privilege. Oh, Bennett, spare these
walls!" & c.
But Sam. Galloway or Ohio made the best speech
of all. Speaking of securing to posterity the bless
ings of a purer Freedom, Mr. Marahall of Kentucky
iittviiujnctl tilm wists— / 1
“Nigger posterity 7* *
“I have it lo say,” retorted Mr. Galloway, "that
“ I have no posterity of that description; but I can
“ not vouch for certain other members upon this
*• floor.” At this point the speaker was interrupted
by uproarious laughter. We may suppose that even
McMullin forgot the precarious state of the Union
and suffered Ids anxious visage to relapse into a
grim smite. But Mr. Galloway’s speech did not
consist of mere quips and quirks. It was a sound,
vigorous, lice speech, and should have made a good
impression.
Mr. Banks eume within 3 votes of an election on
Monday. .
q q
New Arrangement.
After the 15th of February, 1856, the Agitator
wilt be published on the pRy-down system. The
system will bo rigidly adhered 10.
A number of considerations have contributed to
the adoption nf this system at the present time. It
is incumbent upon every individual to pay his hon
est debts- Tha well-being of society imperatively
demands this; and, with proper economy, evefy man
ordinarily can do this, provided always, that Jio re
ceives for liis labor, value received.
City, papers have adapted the pay-dawn system
almost universally, and with tiie happiest results.
It always proves two things; haw many of the pa
trons of a paper ore earnestly in favor of holding
the laborer as “worthy of bis hire,” and how many
wish to aid in the support of their county paper. It
will, In this case, show how many friends the Agit
ator has among its 1000 patrons. We have no jnx
ielics concerning the result. Many men have ex
pressed themselves warmly in favor of the project—
in fact, we have found but one man willi the face to
oppose it.
What farmer will sell his produce and wail for
his pay until the produce is consumed 7 What lai
lor will , make garments to order willi the under,
standing that' he shall be paid for them when the
garments shall bo worn not? Yet how many find
fault if required to pay for their county paper in ad
vnneo 7 Is it cheaper to psy at tho end of tho year 7
On the contrary, it is not so cheap; for, if payment
is delayed throe months, oven, the subscriber is re
quired to pay 50 cools additional. Is the nso of one
dollar for three months wdrtlr 50 cents 7 All know
belter than that. Then why do some men prefer to
pay 01,50 fee their ijlapcr, when three or si® tnonlhs
previously they might have had it for one dollar!
Tho pay-down system is just tp belli patron and
orinler. There is no profit iu a large subscription
list, nearly onc-hsif of which consists of non-paying
subscribers. On the contrary, it is a damage to ail
parties and especially to tho publisher. At one dol
lar per year, the profits on one copy of this paper
amount to about one shilling. (Therefore,on every
non-paying subscriber, we lose 87 cents. The ques
tion is now, whether it is better to send the ..paper
and lose 87 cents, or to retain the paper add save a
like sum 7. Upon due consideration wo have con
cluded to, savo the 87 cents.
Within the last six month*, the publishers have
paid a debt of more than $4OO, which' was in
contemplation when (he piper wka catsblhistd. ,To ;
do this, lias required great fifforL ftad oaf suhsert.
ber* paid promptly for t^eir, paper, (his vom would
liavebeenpaid without much ’effort' ’ Though c»-
tnhlislled.’on a Grin baaiij (ho paper labors under em
baraasmeh\s which the pay-dowh; system Will proba
bly remove.' ' ! ‘‘
We dp riot expect to rotain all onr old iubscrlber*,
but ihtlcipste hrf preit fatting- off. ' It 1* befieVed
that the paper has triariy WatmTricndaiakhia cobn
•ty* who will be betiw iri'raptttingj'nll' thus* who
may fall off. In the beginning It will be difflealtto
renumber that no paper will be sent after (lie time
q r q q q
Iphwbie&jtha* bqep'paid liar expired. When,*
aabienbery fails to picetve bit paper, ho may inftr
that bla hob expired. If bo wishes to
cobtlpprlt, let hihrremit the money to our address.
Those who are in arroara will mach oblige at by
oondingaathaamonnt-at'tbretrllestopportnnhyr •
t, It ia so ,Ibla-paper
should expire oh the' Ist ofJaituiry of each year.'
Thua every, man will have a set time to pay lor his
pappr. The^approaching, {Court,weeks-, will afford
ah excellent opportunity to settle up old dnea and
subscribe for'another year! 'Wo /urge' upon our
friends the necessity of jassislingns by (heir active
co-operation. Our list should not-tie sufferedto fall
off.' An exciting Presidential Campaignis'sl hand,
and through the agency of tlu prcaa alone, can tho'
causa of Freedom be pleaded before the people.' As
to the stand which the Agitato* has taken in the
battle ibr Liberty and Good Order, its present and
past bear witness, its. future course may be calcu
lated ;by its past. . It, .has steadily opposed rum and
slavery always; it will ever be found, the champion
of tho oppressed and the fearless advocate of every
thing New, that promises to benefit MAN.
COBB, STURUOCK & CO.,
Publisher a of the Agitator.
The following named gentlemen are authorized
to collect duos and receive subscriptions for the Ag
itator. Their receipts will bo regarded os pay
ments.
Wu. GaRrXtSON Tioga.
J. B. Potter .Middlebury Center.
G. W. Stanton Lawrenccvilie.
Da. J. C. Wuittaexx Elkland.
John Secrino Liberty.
0. F. Tavlor Covington.
Victor Case Knokville.
W. W. McDoooall Shippen.
Isaac Plank Brookfield.
Jno. J*>i«3 Blossburg.
C. F. Culver Osceola.
O. H. Blanchard. .. .'. Nelson.
8. So H. Bartlett. ... 1... .Mainsburg.
Samuil Phillip* Westfield.
Wn. M. Johnson Daggett's Mills.
A. Barkis Ogdcnsburg.
The Election for Governor In
Wisconsin.
Our readers have already been informed
that Bashfortl, the Republican candidate for
Governor in Wisconsin, had been elected by
several hundred majority'over Barstow, the
present incumbent. By telegraph, they have
also learned of late, that the Statu Canvas'-
ssrs of the returns in Wisconsin, have deci
ded in favor of giving the certificate of elec
tion to B irstow. The Milwaukie papers state
that at the meeting of the Board of Canvas
sers affidavits were read from persons in sev
eral counties giving votes alleged lo have
been cast for Barstow in various localities,
bui not counted by the County Canvassers.
In this way they added to his total 75 votes
in Chippeway, 60 in Dunn, 38 in Jackson,
65 in M.aniluwoc, 86 in Monroe, 10 in Oconto,
89 in Polk, &c., making in all 362. They
also received the fradulent vote of Waupaca,
returned for Barstow,' though it contained
only half the vote of the cotlniy, in conse
quence of there being a dispute 'about (he
county seat. The returns for the other half
of the county were counted at another place
by the local officers, and gave Bashford 127
majority. The counties not officially heard
from, gave an aggregate majority of 23 for
Tima the Stolo Canvassers oloctod
Barstow by 156 majority, whereas it is con
tended by the Milwaukee Sentinel that Bash
ford was really chosen by 407 majority.—
And that there was gross illegal voting at
Woupe.ca Falls, where, in a place having
only 388 male inhabitants of all ages, 612
voles were polled, and that the voles counted
by the State Canvassers, as above stated, in
various counties, on affidavits, were cast in
towns oveilooked ol discarded by the Coumy
Canvassers. Admitting this to be true, the
authority of the Stale Board to recognize the
returns niay be doubled. The- election will,
of course) be contested by Bashford before
the Supreme Court of that state, and from
the closeness of the contest, and the ' nature
of the allegations made on both sides, it is
difficult to tell how the decision of the Su
preme Coutl is likely to be. Lancaster
Whig.
Horrid-Affair in Maysville—Negro
Burned to Death.— informed that
on the Kentucky Thanksgiving day a couple
of young men of Maysvilie, whose family
connections are described as of the “highest
respectability,” were on a drunken spree at
the Parker House, in that place, and, pro
tracting their frolic unlil a very late hour,
after all the household had retired to bed, at
tempted to arouse the barkeeper to procure
more liquor; and failing in this, and succeed
ing in finding a yellow man, one of the wai
ters, asleep, they concluded to set fire to him
in order to awaken himl With this view
they look a enmphene lamp, and, pouring the
fluid over his whiskers, ignited it, and the
poor fellow’s neck ond head.became instantly
wrapped in an intense blbzo, which continued
until the fluid was consumed. -The suffer
ings of tho victim were dreadful in the ex
treme. No refinement of" lorlure could have
produced more excruciating misery. But,
s' range to‘ say, dealh did not release him
from'idrment until after the lapse of two
weeks. The pohfVrea’ture was the slave of
Mb Ball; keeper of (ho Parker House, who
says, as our informant tells us, that no hu
man suffering could exceed that of bis boy
duririg the fortnight that he lived afler the
burning. The young then “respcfctably
connected,” whose drunkenness 'resulted in
this horror, are said to allege that they burned
the negro'by acc.ident; that when holding
the lamp to'his face they managed to break
it find spill the-fiery fluid upon him. The
young men are rich. They have agreed to
pay Mr; Ball 5i,200 for the loss bf his ser
vant. Our informant says that no one in
Maysvilie speaks of this transaction without
a shudder of horror, but that no movement
has beeti made .toward a legal investigation
of the mailer, anti' that the “high ‘ position"
of the parlies implicated' will overawe any
6Uch movement. ' We ask the citizens of
Maysvilie, in the nnme bf iheir honor, if
ifiesfe things dart bpl-—Cfninnli<iti Commer
cial. ’■ 1 '
"A Republican'Staid Association has'been
fbtmed in Michigan, lo effeAtf thorough' Slate
organization. The association hha adopted;
effective measures to accomplish this purpose, i
The Kansas,Herald of Freedom lestimfttea.
(hat the population 'there nearly equals 70,-
OQOy and that the spring immigration will
bring op to ninety or a hundred thousand.
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■; An Ikciderx im tußS;j3iffroHV of Slave
!»y.—Afew days since apparent;
ly a southern gentlemanjtjrrived at Washing
ton on-his way to the North. Learning that
mJhe direction that 1$
desired to travel Uiflhe next day,' he’ booked
himself flt>ii® qf lh'o;pr,inpipalJiotelß, where
he received suchattemlon* as are always
duo to geriUemeo, arid passed his time as
agreeably as one could' Be expected to do
who ,\yns somewhat arixiousAo prosecute his
journey. The next day he went to the rail.
’ road* station lb take the cars for the north,
where he was arresled .by the chief of police,
on the ground that instead of being a gentle
man, ris bis appearancri indicated,; be was
merely a chattel personal, belonging to «•
buicher. of, Richmond by iho name of Lyn
ham.. There was nothing in his complexion
or appearance any way that betrayed the
slightest taint of Ethiopian blood, and he
spoke both the English and German lan
guages fluently and correctly. Who says
that slavery is merely a question of color or
race ?
A Proslavery Convention was held at
Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, on the 14th
uli., at which Gov. Wilson Shannon, of
Ohio, presided, with Gen. Slringfellow as
Secretary, Resolutions were adopted, endor
sing iho laws of the Missouri legislative' dic
tators ; opposing the admission of Reeder os
iho Congressional delegate; denouncing ihe
Constitutional Convention just held at J'o
polio ; approving the Kansus-Nebraska Act;
thanking iho northern Democracy “for their
undeviating support of the great principles of
government, ’’ —among which is slavery of
course, —charging some of the newspapers
abroad with gross misrepresentation of the
actual slate of things existing in Kansas, and
declaring finally that we, the Law and Order
party, Union-loving party and Stales Rights
parly of Kansas Territory, are fully able,
and we pledge ourselves to support and sus
tain Gov. Shannon in the execution of the
laws, and we feel the utmost confidence in
his firmness and integrity.
Hon. G. A. Grow. —We rejoice in com
mon, as we have good reason lo believe,
with the people of this Congressional Dis
trict, at the course taken by our‘Representa
tive in Congress, Hon. G. A. Grow, in the
effort to organize the House. He has stood
up and fought nobly and manfully for Free
dom, since he lias been our representative,
being one of the strongest opposers of the
Kansas ana Nebraska bill, and now—since
the passage of that bill bos sown (he seeds
of discord which are fast ripening—he is
found at his post firm and unwavering. He
had been a faithful representative, and the
people place confidence in him. —Bradford
Reporter,
-OT-A-K-R-I-E-Df
Gn the Ist infit-, In Tioga village, by T. Tf. jfitnrk, Esq.. Mr.
Jntnct IV. Uurrrlf, of Chatham, and Miss OJivo Short, of CJj
mer. .
Also, by the nunc, and at the ramo time and place, Mr. An
drew lAmuio, of Chatham, and Midi Maliiida {Rowley, of fax
mlngtnn.
At the eamo time and place, by the mme, Mr. Geo. Palmer,
and Mi*» Mary Smith, nil of Middlebnrr.
tr» UltMlolmr?. by Kev. 8. Butler. Sir. Ansel Martin, of Chat
ham, to Mi« Sarah Gleason, uf thu former plKcc.
Also, Mr. Snyder Chamberlain, of Mlddlebury, to Mlkb Cla
rissa 1(. IhHlor. of Chatham.
On the 2d iasd., by T. Miller, V. I>. M., Mr. Em Davis, jr-,
to Mlha Margaret W. Cos*, all of Richmond township.
HARRIS’ STATE REPORTS, just received by
G. W. Taylor. Also—Pardon’s Digest—
latest edition, and xMedicnl Jurisprudence*
Wcllshoro 1 , Jan. 10,1856.
Teacher Wanted.
THE Chnrlesloft Board of School Directors wish
to procure an experienced Teacher to take
charge of a vacant school in Charleston District.
Apply to Joseph Wilcox, president of thfe board,
or J. L. Kingsbury, secretary.
Charleston, Jan. !0,1856.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS, Letters of Administration on the
Estate of SAMUEL P. BUCKBEE, de
ceased, lot* of Farmington, in the County of Tioga
and State of Pennsylvania, deceased, havehcen gran
ted to the subscribers. All persons indebted to the
said estate arc requested to make immediate pay.
moot, and thoso having claims against tlio estate of
said decedent will make known the same without
delay to PRUDENCE TREMAIN, }.. ,
and JOHN CRIPPEN, { Admt grt
January 4lh, 1856.—fit.
Administrator’s Notice.
WHEREAS, Letters of Administration having
been granted to the subscriber on the estate
of WHEATON HEWITT, dec’d, late of Gaines,
Tioga County, Ps, Ail persons indebted to said es
tate, are requested to make immediate payment and
those having claims or demands against tho I same
will make known the same without delay to
THOS. ALLEN, AdmJlor.
Wcllshoro’, Jan I Dili, 1856.—6 t
Administrator’s Notice.
WHEREAS, Letters of Administration having
this day (Nov, 35,1855,) been granted to
the undersigned on tho Estate of Henry Curran,
late of Chatham township, deceased. All persons
having claims against said estate are requested to
present .them without delay, and ail those indebted
to the same, to make immediate payment to
EDDY HOWLAND, ) . ,
ELIA» M. CURRAN. ( Mm ' mt '»•
SALLY CURRAN, Adminitlrairiz.
Chatham, Dec. 6,1855. —Gt
NEW ARRIVALS AT THE WELLSBORO’
DRLCr STORE.
Sulphate of Indigo, for coloring Blue' and Green,
' Cavan Mixture.—This ‘article contains Balsam
Tolu and other valuable cough remedies, and is par
ticulsrly recommended to the notice of Physicians.
Pulmonic Wafers,
A new lot of that 4s and 6s Tea, that every body
I'kes so well.
Extract or Liuok, Rose, Vanilla, Pme Apple,
&.C., for cooking. 1
Masking Ink, that will not wash oat—for mark
ing Linen, &e. !
Waterproof Shsk Blacking, to preserve the lea
ther and keep the feel dry.' . ...
Writing Ink—Black, Blue and Red, of the beat
quality, Wcllsboro’, Jan. 10, 1856.
LIST OS LBTTKR3 remaining In the Post Offlcn at-Wells
boro’ Pa, for Quarter endlnX December Slat 1855.
Adams Jamea,' Pierce i 00.
Ashley Alltn, Mr.- Paaamoro Mias H.
Anwnndcr, t,Mr. Fberia Mlaa Arrene,
Berkley Silas Anna, Powell Samuel P,
Bceby Comfort, Boas Bor. J. 11.
Brown Jacob, Boaa Bar.'James.
Churchill, Mr.A. 0. , , BoaaJ.H, ,
Gatlin, Mrf, Almira, Beltlj Sum Catharine,
Doan Job,' ■ ' . Kich Hiss Ann,
Edwards, D, Q. . ■ , ]|caa Mrs, Mary
Qanott Otniro. Fmlth'O.W,
OraV/W. Fr Esq. i . •. Smith Mowra, 0, W. * Co.
Kelly Junes,-. . Bidder Solomon,
Knox James Roq. StrohrWgo Mr. 11.
iKfun John Keq, . Eollgcrjobn,
Knox J. C. Eaq. ‘ Thompson J,
LeldlaW Andrews. - • Thomas John 8. (Foreign)2,
Lake Altman p.-. ~ . Voetaob Mathias -
BdydMlaak A:C. ‘ ' Walker Oeo,o.'TH
Miner, William H. > William Oeorgo W.
Honan Mlaa P. M. Wood Bev. Lavl,
Ndbtoß. P, ' 1 1 Woodworth Hatoey
Pecklna J. F-,
PeraAtia rolling for anj of Iho abort- Intlprr will plena- rvy
they an, auvnrliwd. Ir.A P. RICHARDS, P. M.
Register’* Notice.
NOTICE 1* hereby given,that the
on the following named Eatatea baia Kiik?
their aecounta, and that the earns will be neanltj
to the Orphan’* i Court of Ticn.Couotv, os tfnu
DAY, the 4lli day of February, 1856, for alw, '
andconfirmatioo.yiz! "■ «'
The account of Lew!* Dagget and Sjmn,t „
Peltengell, Adthiniatrelori of GEORGE DARrpm
late of MiddleburW, deceased.
The account of James Cray, Adrainiitni- .
CHARLES PIERCE lata of Rutland, decayed ° C
The account of Thoa. E. Arnell and Jonah H„k
bell, Adiiripialrator* of JOHN’ W. FROST lii>
Rutland, deceased. 1 *
The account of Joseph Mania and William -Mn
lor, administrators of CONRAD WEAST. laic or
Liberty, deceased. 01
The account of Daniel Angell, administrator .r
ALVAH COMMINGS, late of Deerfield, dectw*
The account of Elmer Ingreek, adminiatntor „c
JOHN P. SMITH, late of Charleston, decealed.
W. D. BAILEY, Remitter.
Register’s Office, WeHsboro’, I
Jan. 7th, 1856. £
Tioga County as : ’
»T)ie Connoonwealth of Pennsylvinia
to the Sheriff of said county, Gredin, ■
Whereas ROCKWELL. BARROW &
WINTON heretofore in our court of
Common Pleas of the county ofTiofi,
to wit, in the term of December 1851,
before the judges of our said court at Wells boronjh,
by tlis consideration of the same court, recovered
against Andrew Jackson and if. C. Jackson Jaleof
the said county, os well a certain debt of ninety Isa
dollara and fifty-five cents, os one dollar twelve and
a half cents, like money, which to the said Rock,
well, Barrow and Winton, in our said Court sr C re
adjudged for their damages, which they sustained
by occasion of the detention of that debt, whereof
the said Andrew Jackson and H. C. Jackson wen
convict, as by the,record and proceedings therennon
in car said Court, before our Judges at WeHsboro'
remaining manifestly appears, yet execution of ih (
said judgement still remains to be made—eng (j,
said 11. C. Jackson has since died, seized in his de.
mesne, as of fee, of and in divers lands and tenements
in your county, as by the insinuation of tha nid
Rockwell, Barrow and Winton we have received—
and whereas five years are nearly expired since the
said judgement was obtained, and the lien on iba
real estate of the said Andrew Jackson and H. C.
Jackson would after that time be lost, unices said
judgement was revived, —We do therefofe command
you, that you make known to Andrew Jackson, wjo
survived H.C. Jackson, with notice to Sally Jackson,
widow of H. C. Jackson, dec'd., Hiram Cook Ai i
minislralorof H. C. Jackson, dec’d.. Bertha Jackson,
Andrew Jackson, Adam Jackson, Sally Jane Jack
son, heirs at law of H. C. Jackson, dec'd., Da,id
Chorchcr and R, W. Clinrchor, that they be and ap
pear before our Judges at WeHsboro’ at our eaanir
Court of Common Pleas, there to be hold the first
Monday of February next, to show ifanylhing they
have or know to say, wherefore the debt and dann.
ges aforesaid, should not be made of the lands and
tenements which were of the said Andrew Jackson
and H. C. Jackson, and rendered to the said Rack,
well, Barrows sad Winton, according to lbs form
of the recovery aforesaid, if it shall seem eipcdiear
to them. And have you then and there this writ—
Witness the Hon. Robert G. While, Presidenl'Judge
of our said Coart, the 15lh day of December 1855,
J,F- DONALDSON, J’roM’y,
Welleboro' January 10th 1856.
Tioga County ss: -
@The Commonwealth of Pcnnsylvinli,
to the Sheriff of said county, Greeting;
Whereas, ROCKWELfi
and DAVIS, herotofore in our Coart of
Common Pleas of ihe County ofTiop,
to wit., in the term of December 1851,
before the Judges of our said Court at
the consideration of the saidCourl, recovered agamil
Andrew Jackson and H. C. Jackson, late of Ike md
county, as well a certain debt of ninety fix dollars
and twenty nine cents, as one dollar twelve and a naif
cpnts like money which to (he said Gilbert, Roct.
well and Davie, in our said Court was adjudged for
their damages which they sustained by occarion ert
the detention of that debt where of the said Andrew
Jackson & H, C. Jackson were convict, as oy
record and proceedings thereupon m our earn coao
ty before our Judges at Wcllsboro* remaining man
ifcslly appears yet execution of the said judgment
still remains to be made, and the said 11. r. Jackioo
has since died, seixed in his demsne as of fee of ion
la divers lands and tenements in your county, u or
the insinuation of the said Gilbert, Rockwell idu
Davis, we have received, and whereas five years are
nearly expired since the said judgement wu ob
tained, and the lien on the real estate of the uid
Andrew Jackson and H. C. Jackson would after that
lime be lost unless said judgement was revived,—
We do therefore command you, that yon make knovn
to Andrew Jackson who survived H. C. Jackion
with notice to Sally Jackson widow of H. C. Jack
son deed., Hiram Cook Administrator of 11. C.Jnci
•on decM., Bertha Jackson, Andrew Ja,cksoo, Adi®
Jackson, Sally Jano Jackson, heirs at law of H.C.
Jackson, dec’d., David Chaicher and R. W. Church
er that they bo and appear before our Judges it
Wellsboro’ at our county Court of Common flew,
there to be held the first Monday of February sew
to show If any thing they have or know to say
wherefore the debt and damages aforesaid, should
not be made of the lands and tenements which
were of the said Andrew Jackson and If. C. Jack
son and rendered to the said Gilbert, RockwclUr,a
Davis, according lo.Uie form of the recovery afore
said if it shall seem expedient to them, and lute
you then and there this writ.—Witness the Hob.
Robert G. While, President Judge of our said Court
the Islh day of December 1855.
J. F. DONALDSON, Proih'tf.
Wellsboro’ January 10th 1850.
SHERIFF’S SALES.
BY VIRTUE of sundry writs of Fi. Fa. v c nr>
Ex. and Levari Facias, issued out of the Com
mon Pleas of Tioga County and tome directed*l
will expose to public sale on Monday, the 4th day o:
February nevt, at 1 o’clock, anernoon, in the Court
House, VVclJsboro 1 , the follow/ng described property,
to wil:
A certain lot ofland in Gaines township,bound* l
north by S. X. Billings, cast by Long Run ilo» c *
south by VVcllsboro’ and Coudcrsport road,and wc* l
by S. X. Billing^—containing one acre of improved
land, with a lavenr house, barn and some fruit tree*
thereon. To bo sold as the properly of Benjatn^ 1
Barsc.
ALSO—A lot of land in Charlatan township,
bounded north by H. Clan*, cast by L. 1. Codftf.
eooth by Cooley, arid west by Charles Coolidgc-
Containing about one hundred and thirty four acres,
with about 50 or 60 acres improved, a frame liook
and frame barn thereon. To bo sold as (he property
of Joseph J. Shumway.
ALSO —A lot of land in Middlebury township,
bounded north by Bingham lands, east by Clark
Colo, south and west by Martin Stevens—containing
silty-five acres more or less, with about DO acres im
proved, a lug house, frame barn and stable andap
plo orchard thereon. To be sold as the property ot
Thomas Leet.
ALSO—A lot of land in Richmond lown»l»h
bounded north by William Clark, east by James R-
Wilson, south by James R. Wilson, and west t*
Jeremiah Lovo and A. J. Shaw—containing aoo« l
sixty acres, with about si* acres improved, AIM
house and slnh stable thereon. To 1)0 sold as 9 11
property of E. Faulkner.
ALSO —A lot of land in tho borough of Lawreiff
villa, bounded as follows) beginning at the solid l '
west corner of Smith Steven’s lot on Cherry stse* 1 -
thence north 85} deg east eight perches and is' 0
•nd a half links to a post, thence souUi 4 J deg- eas*
nine perches «hd 24} links-to a pos), thence aoutn
81 deg. west ten perches and ten-links to a port oo
Cherry street, thence north three deg. oast aloW
Cherry street two perches and 19} links to the sooj 0 '
weal corner of Smith Steven’s lot the place of •*'
gihning- I —containing 97 9-10 acres of land *>'"
frame dwelling lionse and frstne born thereon. 1
be sold as the property of C. U. L.Ford.
, ALSO —A,lot or tract of land in Lawrence to* 0,
ship, bounded, on Jib? south bylhaCowanceque tiw 1
on the west by land of Emily Knapp, on the not
by land of 0. Seymour and James Ford, and on >
toll by th'o Pritchard land—containing seventy- 0
acres, bo the same more or less, all improved. *’