Accident on the ftbU null Penn
sylvania Anil a o ad.
On Monday evening, (he 81 -t ul(., ns (he
Paul Express Train (ram Pittsburgh in Gin.
cinn ui was lomldg avurve near Dnrlingion,
Pa., 4 frightful Trolliaion took place between
this and the freight train going East. The
Collision Wffa so sudden that no time was nl>
lowed (o apply the “brakes’’. The huge
lohonmilves rushed upon each other as- in
deadly, conflict, and having spent (heir, giant
power'll! one onset, Isank'' together upon the
track a complete rasas of ruins.: The freiahl
train received little., injuries—'
not so with the other.- The baggage car
passed entirely through (he first passenger
ear—the bottom of the former passing just
above the floor of (he latter, sweeping, in (he
twinkling of an eye, dvery seat from its
place, and crowding passengers, baggage,
stoves and broken pieces of timber in n space
not enough for one car. The concussion
was felt but for a few seconds, and oil was
s'ill except the fierce hissing of the escaping
steam. Almost instantly the shrieks of dy
ing men were heard far above the tioiseol
the crushed engines. Three or four men
lay oIT to one side, in the snow—some with
broken arms, others with shattered legs and
bruised bodies, crying in piercing tones of
agony fur help. Just above the front end of
the second passenger car, where a great mass
of fragments had been washed up, ibree men
were seen, two of them held up their legs,
the third showing out of the mass of ruins
but his head and hand, crushed, and black
from congestive blood. Poor fellow, death
gave him no lime for agony.
Near to these, but on the other side of the
cars, stood a brave man—Matthew Roll—
one leg broken and his right arm held firm
ly beneath the heavy timbers of the bottom
of the baggage car, resting upon the front
of the second passenger car. He u’lered
no complaint, though his leg was broken and
his arm literally ground to pieces; nearly'
an hour elapsed before he could be released,
yet he showed no impatience and let no
groans escape his lips. The other two men
were almost equally brave, enduring their
long confinement with remarkable fortitnde.
The officers of the trains, assisted by some
of (he passengers, exerted almost superhu
man efforts to extricate the wounded and
to place them in thn unbroken cars; but so
firmly were the ruins pressed together tfial
it was probably no less than an hour before
all were taken out. The cries of the woun
ded for physicians, for water, for warmth,
and fur wives and sisters, were sufficient to
rend the stoutest heart.
One poor man, whose throat had been
cut et her by a splinter or by broken glass,
was laid upon the floor of the car, and after
wards propped upon two or three seats, but
his sufferings did not last long—he breathed
through the cut in his throat for an hour, or
so and then lay still in death.
Correspondence of Tht N. Y. Tritune.
From Kama*.
Sr. Loots, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1855.
I have just arrived here by the Martha
Jewell. O.i Friday last 100 armed ruffians
led Westport for Lawrence, and on Sunday
100 more. A more abandoned ganq of
scoundrels could not bu collected in the Five
Points. The principal object had in view
by these men was plunder. They openly
avowed their intention of forcing “the “dam
ned Yankees to fight,” and in that event they
would extirpate “the cursed breed in Kun
tat"
Two thousand men were said to be ren
dezvoused at Rickapoo. I saw some of these
brave defenders of the right and “law and
order” on route, and from my knowledge of
the border counties of Missouri, I can testify
there were not ten slaveholders in each 100
of them. The respectable Missourians staid
at home, and in charity I would fain believe
did not countenance the marauders in this
expedition. The situation of the inhabit ants
of Lawrence is truly critical. Navigation
on the Missouri may be considered closed
from this day, as the cold spell of this week
must bring down vast quantities of ice from
the up country. Reenlorcemems are' con
sequently, by this means, cut off from the
East. The threats of the drunken, idle han
gers-on of.lha border towns are in a fair
way of realization. These ruffians go to
Lawrence determined to find a cause for a
quarrel, and in case they succeed in getting
up ever a brawl, the Free-State men will
fare badly. "We will burn the d——d Ab
olitionist completely out, hang the men ns
•non as “captured, and ravish the women.”
These are the words continually on the lips
of these gallant, chivalrous sons of the South.
God defend tho right.
I am here, thank God, where I can at least
write the truth. But do not think \ have fled
my friends. 1 came on business of the Ter
ritory, and having perfected my arrange
ments, leave to-morrow for Jefferson City,
thence to Lawrence,
A FREE-STATE SETTLER
Sunday Work.—ln Mifflin county, re
cently, a Justice of the Peace summarily con
victed a number of persons for an infraction
of the Sunday Law, in doing the' work nec
essary to keep in blast the anthracite furnace
of Biting, Graff & Co. The case was re
manded to the Court of Common Pleas of the
county by writ of certiorari, which tribunal,
after a careful reviewal of the facts, reversed
the decision of the justice of cho peace.
Judge Wilson, in-delivering the opinion of
the Court, said that he was satisfied that the
injuries consequent on the stoppage of the
blast of such furnaces for twenly-four hours
out of every seven days, would be so great
nud general as essentially to be fatal to the
manufacture of iron in this country, and that
the act of assembly prohibiting worldly em
ployment on the Sabbath does not impose a
find for the work necessary to keep a furnace
in blast.
A Mb. Loyd, living at the San Jose Mis
sion. recently sent a sum of money to his
mother, in the Rustem States, an old lady
eighty years of age, with the reonrlt that she
Blight use it Ibr her own private purse or for
her passage to California. Nothing daunted
by tjte formidable journey, the brave old
heart took -passage for California, on the
stpamar,entirely unattended, and arrived safe
ly at her destination.
THE AGITATOR.
M. H. COBB, i;:: EDITOR.
*,• All Ba«incsS,and other Communicationsmutt
be addressed to the Editor to insure attention.
WEILSBOROUGH, FA.
Thursday' Morning, Jan. If, 1856.
Xtepnbll&tn Nominations.
For President In 185,6 s
Hon. SALKOIU F. OHASE, offthlo.
For Vice-President; •
Bon. DAVID WILHOT, of Penn’a.
Gov. Braun fats received (he nomination for
U. S. Senator, and is probably elected.
Bis S.hhW —Daring Saturday night and Sunday
snow fell in (his region some SO incites in depth.
tVe have at present neatly 30 inches of snow, with
prospects of a fine addition.
The Editor of the M'Kcan Citizen brags lustily
of dining off a fat goose New-Yeut dsy. The joke
of the thing is, that he imagines it was a present to
him ! Poor fellow! He should bo sent to the Asy
lum. A plain case of disordered fancy.
Mr. 1. M. Rockuan commences u Writing-school
on Monday evening next, at Die District School
House in this village. Ha is one of the finest Pen
men in the country and should draw s liberal pat
ronage. Ho it a proficient in the art and cannot
fail of giving goed satisfaction to -ail who may put
themselves under his tnilion.
Htoienic Regulations toe Januasv.— As It is
not en regie to wear much clothing, especially at
balls and parlies, a large quantity of fat meats—
pork, is fattest and therefore best—should be eaten
every day. Tho human system is warmed by com
bustion, like any other tenement. Pork grease is
very j susceptible of combustion. If yon doubt it,
just '’•spill the fat in the fire ” As pork is ‘rayther’
high hereabout, try lamp oil as a substitute.
A ward about the pay-down system: we confi.
dentiy expect our friends in the various sections of
the county to exert themselves to keep up the circu
lation of tho paper in their districts. Remember,
we are on the ere of tho most important Presiden
tial campaign ever witnessed in this country. The
press is the great means of diffusing information
among the masses. 'With a little well-timed exer
tion our circulation can not only be kept up to its
present figure, but increased.
To CoRREsraNDENTs.—Joe. Your communication
was received and laid away for publication ; bqt a
press of business caused as to forget it until lire
influx of Messages crowded everything out. i It
shall appear soon—probably next week. The “illus
trated” article, last received, we would rather not
publish, as it requires no little care and occupies
much space. Joe is always a welcome contributor.
Colleoe. —Yours is received and shall certainly
appear soon. Why don’t you write ?
“Order Reigns in Warsaw!”
“How d’ye do, neighbor Jones?"
“Quite well, I thank you,”
Yet Mr. Jones was in the last stage of Consump
tion. In twelve hours after the above salutation he
was being measured lor his coffin. I
The world is full of stereotyped phrases. Mr. J..
had been accustomed to saying—“Quite well, I
thank you,” for thirty years. It meant—nothing.
“Order reigns in Warsaw !”
Thai worn nirin to manic listening Europe. Toe
streets of the fated city were crammed with dead.
The noblest blood of Poland ran like water. Mur
der and Terror stood sentinels in every highway
and byway. On the ruins of all that was mugnifi.
cent and noble Order sal with bloody baton.
“It is a matter of congratulation that the Repub
lic is tranquilly advancing in a career of prosperity
and pqace.”
Such is the opening announcement of President
Pierce’s lata Message to Congress. It has one idea
and that was stolen from Mr. Janes. It is the War
saw despatch amplified, bat not much improved. It
it (hat despatch shorn of its Spartan brevity, but re
tains its mighty falsehood. Tho President's an
nouncement ia stereotyped—no Message can well be
gin and end without it.
But what a mockery of an announcement to bo
made and promulgated in an Executive document
in the troubled morning of eighteen hundred fifty
six ! As well might llio Pope have made proclam
ation during the horrora of St, Bartholomew’s, that
the Gospel of peace, love and good will to Man, was
being practically curried out in France. The most
inveterate of hunkers would spit upon such a procla
mation and anathematize its impious maker.
But Mr, Pierce congialulateathe American people
on the tranquil advancement of the Repoblic in a
career of peace and prosperity, while Outrage reigns
upon our Western hordefs! The vexed shade of the
patriot, Henxt might well cry out as of aid—“but
there ia no peace
The truth is, since the Revolution that gave this
nation an independent existence, there has never
been an hour of greater disorder than the present.
When men go armed to tho polls for protection
against violence and outrage threatened by ruffian
invaders: when freemen are set npon, beaten wilii
clubs and threatened with death should they dare to
give their suffrages in obedience to the voice of con
science; when peaeable men are set upon in the
dead or night by a band of desperadoes, and tom
from their homes and families and lynched for a
mere difference in opinion; when men who dare to
condemn those outrages sre shot down like dogs,
and none say ‘shame,’ except at the hazard of life
and property; when the Governor of a territory is
degraded from his post for endeavoring to shield the
actual citizens from the aggressions of border ruffi
ans ; and when the Executive ol Iha most powerful
and enlightened nation on the globe, not only suffers
these things to proceed without rebuke, bat secretly
connives at their prosecution, or, as in his Message,
refuses to recognize tho exiatenco'of outrages which
should hang the perpetratorswa aay that when
all these things are present with the American peo
ple, to set up the mcwling ery of “Peace!" is endu
rable only from boarding-school misses who know
nothing of Kansas except so much as may bo learn
en from the map.
The race of Presidenti is degenerating. From
Van Burcn down to the present lame apology for a
President, the succession forma a series of abrupt
deteenla. Hsrrison reigned one month and died.
Taylor died before the temper of Ilia Administration
area fairly tried. Tyley was a traitor, add 'though
no distinguishing crime sullied his reign, yet all in
stinctively loatho a traitor. Polk was an honest, bat
s wilful, mistaken man. Fillmore proved himself
competent, bnt unprincipled; and his mantle fell np
on the shoulders of a man in whom all tho littleness
of tsn gene rations of little men seems to culminate.
And Heaven help America if there be a smaller man
entangled in Che snb of her destiny.
The candy story that waa circulated during the
last Presidential campaign,'and of Which Mr. Pierce
waa the hero, most have been founded in fact. Jo
common with hundreds, we disbelieved it then, bat
THE TIOGA COHyTYAfITATOB.-
■ A . •-** ' ” * —"■ ■ -1 ± '*—
to belongtr lncra4n|oos tba face
of evidence. It ini not a great deed, truly s but it
qfJha man--au?h a deed U our
innocent boy.FresUentS,might
little'damage peenniarit/or inldleetnilly. JpV..
Aside from the portions of (he Message published
list week, it U a jwlpable and bp&rbld Tdf Uie
Southern vole—each a> a special, pleadyrmight get
up.' The'North it made responsible Tor tslithti trob
blo relating to Slavery. The Sooth is kubAon the
back and‘toothed .with Presidential sugarplums
“Heel me again;’! rays the dernagdgbei r in effect,
“and yoJ shill hare the largest'liberty la'the eh.
sUvcmcnt of year fellow-men.’* .Wo apprvhend.that
the Slave Propaganda will not be in a hurry to do
to ailfy « thing at the of Mr* Pierce,
Tlie treason of Hon. U. M. Puller is being quite
severely censured by the Republican press, Still,
there are a few papera hitherto (opposed to he anil
slavery extension in politics, which have suddenly
discovered that Mr. FulleThas acted-in obedience to
Iho will of bis constituents. We take it for granted
that those papers were made (or Mr, F-, anil hot Mr.
F. for the papers ;• and presume that those, papera
would hare applauded his course.thougb it had been
directly Oppoecd to liis present position.- Tl'is.tobc
regretted that the press does not always prefer to ad
vocate measures rather than, men*
We bad counted the Pittston Gazette as a Repub
lican paper hitherto, and most certainly ilhas main,
tained that reputation for a year past. Published in
Fuller’s district, we looked for some Word of out
spoken disapprobation in its columns when his trea
son became known. We have looked and waited in
vain; on the contrary, id the number before u»,wo
find extracts from each papers as the Philadelphia
Daily News, applauding the bad foilli of Mr- Fallen
These extracts are published without, note or com
ment, and thus receive liio endorsement of the edit
or. The Wilkcsbarre Times applauds Fuller .like
wise, As Iho Times still advocates Henry Clay for
the Presidency, there is nothing strange, is-'it*
course. It would doubtless be satisfied to sqc Slav
ery extend its hateful rule over the length and breadth
of tliit land, could it redound to the oredlldPlhi de
funct Whig parly. Let it go. But i> it not n burn
ing shame that of the aeven newspapera published
in Luzerne County not one haa the independence to
•peak a word for Freedom, or for the insulted con
stituents of Henry M. Fuller. It is a pity that the
people of Luzerne county have no organ and no
champion. .
Wo have received a letter from a gentlemen of
character and atanding, who reaided in Luzerne and
rated for Mr. Fuller. He atalea that Fuller waa ad
vocated and elected on the AMi-Nebraska -issue.
That Ida frienda nude the campaign nphnlhatlasae.
That Fuller put himaelf before the people aa'lb'o an
ti-Ncbraaka candidate in opposition to Hendrick B.
Wright, an avowed Nebraska man. We can vouch
for the correctness of this Ltatement, knowing oar
correspondent to be a man of unimpeachable integ
rity and well informed relative to the Ikcls?- We
may publish portions of this letter next week.
But the Wilkeabarre Times assumes that. Fuller
has properly represented the sentiment in his Di«-
rict. The Times knows betterlhan that. w« hope.
And we can't help but think that, had Mr. Wright
been re-elected, these very papers would have been
loud in denunciation of the very act now laid to tho
charge of Mr. Fuller. Strangely eno ugh, the press
of Luzerne now pulls together. Silver-Grey and
Hunker stand shoulder to shoulder and glorify a
traitor. Much good may it do you, gentlemen, and
Heaven grant that you may never again serve Free
dom until you shall' be truly weaned from worship
ping a god whose name is Co-iron.
wi_*— v W.ll,t] u ,| i,
a poser I The Americans are Iryirtg to prove that
His bugbearship, the Pope, is bonnd to knock tho
Union into pi, through the agency of that bugbear
number 3, ,+Jolm Hughes. Oh, we are fallen upon
evil times The Union is in a dilemma with seven
heads and ten horns, or ten heads and seven horns—
don’t know which. If the South don’t dissolve the
delicate fabric Bishop Hughes will. If. Bishop
Hughes don't the South will! So the Union lna.itbe
dissolved,you see; and the wise will put On their
summer duds snd prepare to melt. Don't put it off
an hour. Between Uie Pope and the South (he Un-
ion is a goner. t
Awake'. O, true Americans! Don't you sea that
the Pope is after the Union with a sharp slick '.
He is preparing to overrun America with an aveng
ing army of priests and bishops. Then lookout for
tho women and children! The Pope is a cannibal
and eats women and children as the Mormons cat
hoppergrassca 1 Again wo say look out'.. Tho self
devotion of. 25 McMullins can't save us Irom the
Pope. Think how many martyr* hi fit* toasted,
and forget how saitiebody toasted -One listetiCf—Ser
vetus ! Remember how tho Covenanters lud to en
dure (he rack ! how Jeffries conducted the "Bloody
Assizes,” but keep dark about the banishment of
Roger Williams and the persecution of the Quakers
by onr Puritan Fathers!
If, sfler all that wo have said of Mr. McMuliin,
he will hear a voice from the North end listen, we
will call upon him in behalf of the Union. Stretch
forth thy hand, 0 McMuliin! Lift up thy voice, cry
aloud 'and spare not.” The Pope and’tJohn ore
coming and the bluidy Know-Nothings can't slop
'em ! Arise, O Sun of the chivalric, woman-whip
ping, man-degrading, soul.trafficking Sooth, arise
and disperse this twilight of uncertainty-!- If our
innocent women and children are to be roasted be
fore our eyes, let it be under the protest of the most
chivalric of Virginia’s illustrious living. 'Como!
wake up. Mister McMuliin !
Let us hope that Mr. Florence will inform the
anxious country lieu patriotic Father Morphy fell,
toliy he fell, why ho did’nt stand up, whether he fell,
with his feel to the foe, or with his head .to the east,
whether he was much hurt, or only slightly killed,
and who attended him daring hia sickness. These
things are of vital importance.
No Speaker of the House yet. -
TUo Pres*.
Wo have neglected to notice aevtral Journala
whose excellence deservea attention. The New-
York Mirror, edited by Colonel FullerJs one of
the spiciest, if not the apiclest sheet that comes into
our sanctum. We disagree with iti doclripes in re.
gard to Slavery and Prohibition, bat at the editor
only exercise* the privilege which shove alholhors
we delight to exercise, viz: to speak one’s, senti
ments freely and boldly, we have no fault i 0 find
with the Mirror on that score. It is one bribe few
independent papers printed; always' tolerant, and
with the exceptions named, reformatory in Us advo
cacy of principles. Col. Fuller ii a perpetual fount
ain of soda water flavored with pineapple and lemon,
equal parts. We always feel refreshed after reading:
the Mirror, not the least of wboseoUnctlons is the
weekly correspondence between Mrs. -fej Oakes
Smith and Mary Forrest. To any who wish a good
city paper, either daily or weekly, We commend the
Mirror—Daily, $6) Weakly, fit.
The Pennsylvania Telegraph has been greatly-en
larged and -improved-, by Ha present proprietors,
Messrs. MeCluroJk Silteli. It is' or
large, as-lhe TkiWmt,-*od.ienft=^ih«.-bandabqiest
thtMU In thU, or any oflier- Slate. - liia( it » des
tined to ba an able and influential paper the first No.
gives abundant promiae. And hero let ns say that
thosewhqjcompliinfhll Pennsylvania has Do able
paper atife Capital,'if yon want inch a paper at
tend to it.your patronage, The TeUgrephatUifr It*
present conduct, with a liberal patronage, willbet.
tainiy atop the monlht of grumUerr. Ita Legists,
live ropoiisare full arid reliable."
. Lift IWailroted continue*-lo ' multiply its attract
ions. . The last number has an iptereating sketch of
the Esquimaux, their character and habits. The
typographical excellence of .litis paper is approached
by no other in America, and il* proprietor?, Messrs
Fowlers do Wells, are making it the most desirable
family paper, in the land.
q q q T *3
i New Arrangement.
Alter the 15th of February, 1(156, the Aoitatos
will be pubiiatied on the pay-down system. The
system will be rigidly adhered to.
A number of considerations have contributed to
the adoption of this system at the present lime. It
is incumbent upon every individual to pay his hon
est debts. The well-being of society imperatively
demands this; and, with proper economy, every man
ordinarily can da this, provided always, that ho re
ceives for liis labor, value received.
City papera have adopted the pay-down system
almost universally, and will) the happiest results.
It always proves two things; how many of the pa
trons ot a paper are earnestly in favor of holding
the laborer as “worthy of his hire," and bow many
wish to aid in the support of their county paper. It
will, in tills case, show how many friends the Agit
ator has among its 1000 patrons. We have no anx
ieties concerning iho result. Many men have ex
pressed themselves warmly in,favor of the project—
in fuel, wo have found but oaotnan with Iho face to
oppose it.
' What farmer will sell his produce and wail for
his pay until the produce is consumed 7 What tai
lor will make garments to order with the under
standing that he shall be paid for them when the
garments shall be worn out 7 Yet how many find
fault if required to pay for their county paper in ad
vance 7 1* it cheaper to pay at the end of the year 7
On the contrary, it is not an cheap; for, if payment
is delayed three months, even, the subscriber' is re
quired to pay 50 cents additional, la Iho use of one
dollar for three months worth 50 cents 7 Alt know
belter than that. Then why do some men prefer to
pay 61,50 for tbeir paper, when three or six months
previously they might have had it for one dollar?
The pay-duwn system is just to both patron and
orinter. There is uo profit in a large subscription
list, nearly one-half of which consists of non-paying
subscribers. On tfan contrary, it is a damage to all
parlies and especially tu the 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 iho paper and savo a
like sum 7 Upon duo consideration wo have con
cluded to save the 87 cents.
Within the last six months, tho publishers have
paid a debt of more limn $lOO, which was not in
contemplation when the paper was eslablliiscd. To
do this, has required great effort. Had onr subscri
bers paid promptly for their paper, this sum would
Vave been paid without much cffqru Though es
tablished on a firm basis, the paper labors under on
harassment! which the pay-down system will proba
bly remove. ,
We do not expect to retain all onr old subscribers,
but anticipate no great falling off. It is believed
that the paper has many warm friends in this coun
ty, who will be settee in replacing all those who
may fall off. In the beginning it will be difficult to
remembor that no paper will be sent after the lime
for winch it has been paid lias expired. When a
subscriber fails to receive bis paper, he may infer
that bis subscription has expired. If he wishes to
continue it, let him remit (be money to our address.
Those who are in arrears will ninch oblige us by
sending us the amount at the earliest opportunity.
It is desirable that all subscriptions la this paper
-should expire on the Ist of January of each year.
Thus every man will have a set lime to pay lor his
e-por Tim •pprnaohing Court weeks will afford
an excellent opportunity to settle up ntd dues and
subscribe for another year. Wo urge upon our
friends the necessity of-assisting us by their active
co-operation. Our list should not be suffered to fall
off. An exciting Presidential Campaign is at hand,
and through the agency of the press alone, can the
cause of Freedom be pleaded before the people. As
to the stand which the Aoitatoii has taken in the
battje for Liberty and Good Order, ils present and
past bear witness. Ils future course may be calcu
lated by ils past. It lias steadily opposed rum and
slavery always ; it will ever bo found the champion
of tho oppressed and tho fearless advocate of every,
thing New, that promieee to benefit MAN.
COBB, STURROCK 4. CO.,
i Publiehere of the Agitator.
The following named gentlemen arc authorized
to collect dues and receive subscriptions for tho Ag
itator. Their receipts will be regarded oi pay.
ments.
Wu. Garretson Tioga.
J. B. PoTTie Middlobury Center.
G. W. Stanton Lawrenccvillc.
Da. J. C. Whittaker Klklund.
John Sebrikq Liberty.
O, F, Taylor Covington.
Victor Case Knoxville.
W. W. MoDouoall Sbippen.
Isaac Flank Brookfield.
Jno. Jauxs •. .Blossburg.
C; F. Culver Osceola.
O. H. Blanchard Nelson.
E, A. Fish Mainsborg.
Samuel Phillips Westfield.
Wu. M. Johnson .......... Daggett's Mills.
A. Barker . .Ogdcnsburg.
A singular accident took place at the resi
dence of one of our citizens a day or two
since. Two of the servant girls on retiring
at night, turned off the gas in their room.—
-A moment after shutting off the light, one
of the girls found a shoe on or in the bed,
and threw it across the chamber. In ils
flight it hit the key of the gnsbumer and
turned it completely round, letting on,a full
head of the poisonous vapor. Not discover
ing the flow.of gas, they both fell asleep.—
At four o’clock the next morning another
servant, who slept in a remote part of the
house, arose to call them, and attempted to
light a lamp to go to their room wyh, but
after using up the few matches she had
without procuring light, she abandoned the
attempt and went to their room in tho dark.
On opening the door the effect of the vapor
was overpowering; mid had she carried a
light a terrible explosion and conflagation
might have ensued. The two girls were
found, almost in the agonies of death, nnd
we learn that the mediqal adviser of (he
family was in'nttendonce until noon that day,
constantly to work in his efforts to resus.
citate them. A singular and peculiar cause,
and a Happy escape from terrible conse
quences.— Buffalo Republican.
'- ■ -'Oil
A frightful accident occurred on the Hud
son River Railroad on Wednesday after,
noon, near Poughkeepsie. From some causa
the Express train from Albany to N. Y.. was
stopped by a signal of danger, and while
standing still, was run into by.(he way train
from Poughkeepsie, which had started out
onlyjfee miuutes after .the Express. A ter
rible crash was the consequence. The two
rear cars were dashed in pieces, but ns the
alarm had-been given, most of those on board
escaped,-yet three persona were killed, and
twenty-two frightfully, scalded or otherwise
badly injured. f
eommtmfcatcona.
: Ourlfe# York Correspondence.
New Yoßk, Jan. 8, 1856.
.. Mb. Eoitob : 1 generally endeavor, io a
New York letter lo r a country paper, either to
touch upon subjects that are generally over*
looked by the mpss of newspaper writers, or,
if compelled to write on a hackneyed subject,
to say something about it that has not been
said before—at any rate not in the way that
I say it. In. the absence of such news as
your readers are not Already as well posted
up on as myself, I feel inclined to gossip a
little on one department of semi-legal swind
ling. I refer to bogus Patent Right Men, and
Inventors, who annually swindle the com
munity out of more money tlmn all the fraud
ulent banks and insurance companies in the
Union.
I can scarcely repress a smile, sometimes,
when I see the advertisements and notices in
country papers of some humbug exploded a
year or two before in New York. There is
a class of men who do nothing, from year’s
end to year’s end, but prey upon the com
munity. They operate first upon New York ;
and when that little village is “ played out,”
they wend their way westward, casting their
bread upon the waters, and seldom fulling to
make dupes and money.
The last of these humbugs is the “Amer
ican Gas Company.” Now there is no want
more general and palpable than that of a
good and cheap light. The ordinary gas is
good ; but it is dear, and can only he had in
cities. Tallow and oil are dirty ; * while
sperm is not only dirty, but too expensive for
general use. The public want belter and
cheaper light than can be bad now, and ore
willing to encourage any efforts that promise
to supply the desideratum. Taking advan
tage of thb public necessity, a sharp fellow,
here and there, with a slight knowledge of
chemistry, gets a patent for some* sort of
composition that will burn , proclaims it to be
the great illuminating agent of the world,
made of the same material as the sun, and
very little more expensive, travels through
the country, seduces the green ones into his
toils, sells them “territory,” pockets their
money, and leaves them to the light that they
hud before, with the addition of a little extra
illumination on the subject of parent cap and
gassy patent agents. I wish to pul your rea
ders on their guard against some of rhese
impostors who, having deluded many know
ing ones in New York, are now extending
their npernlions into the country generally.
Every one has heard of P.irne’s “Water
Gas,” and many were swindled by it ; but
there are few that know that the “Benzole
Gas” of the “American Gas Company” is
but the residuum of that great humbug.—
The name of Paine had become too “famous”
io be longer useful j so it was dropped, and
“Benzole" was substituted. Hearing that
the above-named company were about ex
tending their operations into the country, I
requested a friend posted up in sucli mailers
to give them a call. He accordingly called,
and told the company that i( the gas was as
it was represented to be, he would like to se
cure an interest in one or more Stales. The
company were very desirous to sell, and
were ready to accept almost any terms, pro
vided they got some money down. But my
friend, insisting on first understanding the
thing, discovered that the room in which ihu
“Benzole Gas” apparatus is pul up mu t be
kept at a temperature of 70 degrees, and
'hat in a cold room it will not burn at all—
that the substances of which it is composed
are imported, very expensive, and dilftcull to
be obtained even in the city of New York
that Mr. Downes, of Seneca Fulls, the person
most deeply interested ia its success, and who
manufactures all the machines, was about to
take it out of his own house, and replace u
by some other light, but finally consented,
“for a consideration,” not to injure the pros
pects of the “American Gas Company” by
such a step —and that Coleman, of ihu Astor
House, had thrown it aside as useless, after
having given it a thorough trial. These, and
other objectionable featuies too numerous to
mention, were tho ficts resulting trom my
friend’s investigation ; from all of which he
made up his mind that a pretty good chemist,
who is also a tolerable mechanic, may, make
this “Benzole Gas” burn occasionally ; but
that it is and must always be an expensive,
unsafe, and unreliable light. f) -
The most successful men in New York
are not natives of Wanhaitan Island. A
friend showed me, a few days ago, a list of
our richest and most eminent men, and I was
surprised to find that a larger majority of
them were born and “raised” in some ob
scure village, 1 have not the list to refer to,
and my memory is defective ; but I con call
to mind, a few men not unknown to fame,
who are spoken of as New Yorkers, but who
were neither born nor educated here—those
of them that got educated. George Law is
not a native of the Empire City ; indeed, he
was a man grown, before he came here.—
Stewart, the dry-goods man, of the marble,
place, is an Irishman. Greeley is a New j
Englander. Bennel (James Gordon) is a
Scotchman. E. K. Collins is from one of
lhe*“rural districts.” Old Astor, as everv
one knows, was a German. Lieut. Govern
or Raymond, the editor of the Times, is a
VVestern New Yorker. Bowen & McNampe,
the great silk merchants, are both New Eng
landers. Tho brothers Leland, proprietors
of the Metropolitan Hotel, the best hotel ia
the world, to my mind, are Vermont boys.
Joseph L. White, or “Joe White," who has
made about a million and a half, by “man
aging” the affairs of the Nicaragua Transit
Co,, in which be is a heavy stockholder, was
formerly a member of Congress from Indi
ana, and came here some years ago, as poor
as a church rat, but bound to make something
out of somebody—and he’s made it. Dan
iel Devlin, the great clothing merchant, who
has a white marble store on (he corner of
Broadway and Warren street as large as a
roofed-in village, is, I believe, a Kentuckian.
At any rate, he is not a New Yorker by
birth. Devlin commenced business in Lou
isville, or Maysville, Ky., some twenty years
ago, on .a capital of $lBO. But the place
was 100 small for him he couldn’t turn
round in it comfortably ; so he came to New
York about ten years ago, and has at length
succeeded in installing himself into his pres
ent position—that of the loading man on litis
continent, or perhaps in ihe world,
or business. I think 1 Mould be safe in , a .
ing that nine but of ten of all the leadinj
men of New York, in their respective cal.
lings, are bdl native* of the city. What i
the reason of this?'
JnooE Lynch in MAamcavstim.—Tht
North Adam* Tranxcripl saps that the i o « 0
of New Marlborough,.in Berkshire County
like the rest of ,the world, hns a menu the
“sovereign people” indignant avengers of i n .
suited virtue. It seems that a certain Mr
Warner, of whom, being a returned C»lifo r |
nian, belter things might have been expected
has lately been scandalously intimate with»
Mrs. Leonard—both parties having families
and it being noised abroad that they were iq.
gether at a house of no exalted reputation on
Saturday evening a week or two since, a
party of chaps made an attack upon ih 6
premises, seized Warner, and giving him a
‘complete coat of tar, carried him about a
quarter of a mile on a rail; then, returning,
they applied the same treatment to the woman,
and left them both without further violence.
The Great Barrington Courier says that,
“although this may be considered a high,
handed outrage, yet it meets the approval of
those best acquainted with the parties sod
circumstances.”
Pay op Jettons.—The pay of Jurors and
witnesses amending Court, is being genet
ally agitated just now. li.is very justly cop
tended that one dollar for the former and
sixty.two and a half cents for tho latter, are
barely sufficient to pay board bills, allow
nothing for the loss of time &c. The sub.
jecl is commended to the next Legislature,
with a recommendation that the pay of i u .
rors be raised to ono dollar and a half, and
the witnesses to one dollar per day, This
is a good movement which ought by all
means to be carried Out.
A Good One. —A correspondent of ths
New York Tribune says that recently, ou.
ring the balloting for the Speakership,
old Democrat from Tenn. remarked “thjt
during the previous twenty -four hours he hud
fhncied'that he could see the form of the im
mortal-Jackson hovering over the assembly,
and with all the energy and determination
that fornwrly characterized him, exclaiming
“By the Eternal, no more Banks!’"
Death of Tom Thumb's Father. — The
father of Gen. Tom Thumb, Mr. Stratton,
died Dec. 21 si at his residence near Bridge
port, Connelicut. His mind has been dis
ordered for some time. He had acquired a
large fortune by the exhibition of ihe lililg
General, which will now be divided between
the widow, the renowned dwarf, and hit
two married sisters.
Cargoes op Gold. —Two and a naif mil
- dollars in gold arrived here from Cali
forhia last week—two million in the George
Law steamship, and the remainder .n me
Star of the West.
Ilolloicny's Pills , a certain remedy for indigestion
and Liver Complaint.—Maria Armstrong ',27', of
Edgartqwn, New Jersey, suffered more than most
people trom indigestion, accompanied by liver com
plaint. Several very clever medical men fold her
she was in n consumption, jmd her friends despaired
of her ever recovering as she had tried everything
they thought likely to benefit her without sucre®.
At last she tried Holloway's Pills which quici-ly as
similated with the blood, removed the ounoxiooi
matter and thoroughly cleansed and renovated the
system. The result is that she was perfectly cured
and now enjoys the best of health. The nails arc a
certain remedy for ail diseases of flic itomacnaoa
bowels.
-M-A-R-K-lE-Dr
In Tioga, on ihe 7th insl., by Rev. L. Slone. Ur.
C B. KELLY of Gaines, and Miss ISABELLA
J. BURLEY of Charleston.
At ihe same lime and place by the same, S. R.
BURLEY of Charleston, and Mias MARTHA J.
CHURCHILL, of Chatham.
DIED.
In Brooklyn, N. Y., on Christmas day, of infhra.
malion of the brain, WILLIE, only son of Henry
and Margaret Nevius, aged about four years.
Register’s I%'oficc.
■VTOTICE is hereby given, (hat ihe Adminstraton
J.l on the following named Estates hare Milled
their accounts, and that (ho some will be present? d
to tho Orphan’s Court of T oga County, on MOIL
DAY, Hie 4(h day of February, i(JS6, for allowance
and confirmation, viz:
The account of Lewis Dogget and Samuel B.
Petlcngell, Administrators of GEORGE DAGGET,
late of Middleburry, deceased.
The account of James Gray, Administrator ot
CHARLES PIERCE lata of Holland, deceased.
The account of Thos. E- Arncll and Joseph Rub
bell, Administrators of JOHN W, FROST, late oi
Rutland, deceased.
The account of Joseph Morris and William Mil*
ler, administrators of CONRAD WEAST, iaieoi
Liberty, dccca^d.
The account of Daniel Angell, administrator ol
ALVAH COMMINGS, late of Deerfield, deceased*
The account of Elmer Ingreek, odmlnistrator of
JOHN P. SMITH, late of Charleston, deceased.
W. D. BAILEY, Regultr.
Register’s Office, Wellaboro*, (
"" Jan. 7th, 1855. {
SHERIFF’S SAFES.
BY VIRTUE of sundry writs of Fi. Fa. Vend.
Ex. and Levari Facias, issued oat of the Com*
mon Pleas of Tioga Counly and to me directed, I
wilt expose to public salo on Monday, tfie 4th day of
February next, at 1 o'clock, afternoon, in lire Court
House, VVellsboro’, llie following described properly,
to wit:
A certain lot of land in Gaines township, bounded
north by S. X. Billings, east by Lpng Run Road,
south by Wcllsboro’ and Coudcrsport road, and west
by S. X. Billings—containing one acre of improved
land, with a tavern bouse, barn and some fruit trees
thereon. To be sold as the properly of Benjamin
Barso.
ALSO —A lot of land in Charleston township,
bounded north by H. Claus, east by L. J. Cooley,
south by Cooley, and west hy Charles Coohdgs—
containing about one hundred and thirty four acres,
with about 51) or GOt acres improved, a frame home
an'd frame barn thereon. To be sold as the properly
of Joseph J. Shumway.
ALSO—A lot of land in Middiebury township,
bounded north by Gingham lauds, east by Clark
Cole, south and west by .Marlin Stcvena—containing
sixly-five acres more or less, with about 30 acres im
proved, a log house, frame barn and stable and ap
ple orchard thcrcoo. To be sold os the properly of
Thomas Lcet. . ,
ALSO—A lot of land in Richmond township,
bounded north by William Clark, east by James R.
Wilson, south by James R. Wiispn, and west by
Jeremiah Love and A. J. Shaw—containing about
sixty ad-el, with about six acres improved, A leg
house and slab stable thereon. To bo sold ss Dio
property of B, Faulkner.
ALSO—A lot of land in the borough of Lawrence-
Tills, bounded as follows; beginning at the south
west comer of Smith Steven’s lot on Cherry street,
thence north deg east eight perches and two
and a half links to a post, thence smith 4) deg. es.'i
nine p< relics and 24J links to s post, thence souih