A <sVrl burqedf.io dcntb bf.Flnid
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Two weeks »go, yesterday, a girl by the
name of Marfa Buras, was 'burned to death
by the bkptosiob of a fluid lamp. The acci
dent occurred at Browns' steam mill, three
miles this side While Haven. When the'
lamp exploded the fluid flew all over her and
in an'idstant she was wrapped in flames.—'
She ran out doors and those near By'rolled
hdr in'the snow ; but before (he Are; was ex
tinguished, she was roasted from her neck
down.'- '.Her funeral took‘place on Friday
following. At the lime of lhe funeral, some
Irishmen, were employed "pn'the dam at
While Haven, in cutting ice for filling nn'
ice house. They left their work to attend
the funeral, and three Germans were' etri
ployed in their place during their absence.—
On their return Friday evening they went
down to (he ice and abused the Germans for
taking their places, but nothing serious oc
curred at the time; all went home. Next
night (Saturday) as iheso three Germans
wete going quietly home, this same Irish
party rUshed out upon them with three axes,
dealing blows indiscriminately upon the three
with the blades, of the axes. One of the
Germans, Henry Guisse, received n cut on
the top of the held. The sharp part of the
•xe cut through the skull and into the bruin.
The blow would have cleft his skull open had
not the handle of the axe struck the bock
part of the # hcnd. The other two Germans,
Lewis Kespolo and John Meyer were badly
but not dangerously cut.
On Monday Marlin Padden, Cormick Me-
Donnough, Edward McEnelly nod Philip Mc
,Andrus, were arrested and taken before G.
L. Staples, Esq., who admitted them to bail
in one thousand dollars each. The excite
ment was so great that the Odd Fellows Hall
where the trial was held, would not hold nil
the attendants. Guisse died nn Tuesday
morning, when Padden ond McEnelly were
brought to jail nt Wilkes-Barre. The other
two, McDonnough and McAndrus were
brought over on Thursday, and the four are
now in jail, in chains, to await their trial.—
John McAndrus was also named in the war
rant but could not be found. Two others
upon whom suspicion had fallen, left the
place when the four were token. Guisse had
a clear mind up to noon of the day before
he died, and he testified that Padden pave
him the fatal stroke. One of the other Ger
mans says he was so busy warding off the
blows from hisownhead that he could scarce
ly observe what was going on around ; but
when he saw Pndden at the triijl he said
•‘that is the man who struck Guisse.” For
the foregoing particulars of one of the. cold
est blooded murders on record, we are in
debted to a friend who was present at the
trial. They can be relied on as correct. —
Guis-'o is said by those who knew him, to
have been nn inoffensive man who would not
injure any one in word or deed. We for
bear all comment nniil a fair trial is had. —
Wilkes-Barre Times,
Can the Country Pros do it?
The Publishers of ihe Tioga County Agi
tutor , have pul forth their determ nation to
fty the pay-down, or cash' system after the
15th of February next. We hope they will
succeed, for their own account, and to en
courage others by their success the |
example. The city press, it is true, adopt i
tho cash system and no one complains of it
for so doing, but the Country Press is differ*
ently circumstanced, ns easily
require the same advance terms. The Pat
rons of the city Press, are personally unac
quninled with the publishers and editors, and
are likewise not expected to crave credit or
leniency on the ground of respectability,
wealth, or personal friendship. In a busi
tTess view nearly oil are strangers, aod be
ing in the habit of doing their business thro 1
clerks, who have no discretionary pniver to
give credits, and by letter, whereby it is con
venient to remit the money with the order,
the pay down system becomes a settled poli
cy, and is observed by tho patrons without a
murmur. Tho case is different with the
Country press. The publishers and editors
are personally acquainted with most of their
patrons, and transact most of their business
with them in person. This being the case,
they learn the patrons responsibility, and
should they refuse to give credit, in the usual
way, to those who pride themselves in being
quite responsible for a printer's bill, they
would be offended, withdraw their patronage,
and persuade others to do likewise. Again,
nine-tenths of the patrons of the Country
press, do, and expect to do, their business in
person, and not by letter, nor through clerks
and book-keepers. And accordingly it is
next to impossible for them to call at the
office at the day their subscription expires to
renew it; and being unable to know the cost
of their advertisements or Hand Bills, they
will not remit.the money, but accompany the
order with a promise to call and settle at
another time.
Thus we observe the different circumstan
ces and manner of doing business, in Ihe
city, Irom that in Country; and tho advan
tage the press in the one, has over that in
the other, especially in the enforcement of
cash terms; still we ate not witling to con
fess that (he pay down system cannot be
Adopted in both. Doubtless it would require
fiacrifices and a concert of action an the part
if Country publishers for a time to cstnbli-h
he system, but in n few years, they would
alt be gainers thereby. —Honesdale Herald.
Excavations ibr the railroad al Arica,
Peru, have brought to light many interesting
relic*. At one point the cut is seventy feel
deep, and as the soil is loose sand, os the
work proceeds, every thing from the top j
comes sliding down—dead Indians, pots, ket
tles, arrow heads, &c. Among other inter-]
estiog mortuary relics, an Indian was started
out of his resting place, rolled up in a throvd
af gold. The workman cut up this magnif
icent winding sheet and divided it among
themselves. A piece of it hna been sent to
Mr. Bwbank, commissioner of patents at
Washington,' The weight of the entire
. sbroud otusi have been eight or nine pounds,
and had it bean preserved, would have been
* lh( finest specimen of sheet gold that we
have heard of since the limes of the Spanish
conquest. . ’
Tbs police department of New York city
costs (839,650 por annum.
THE AGITATOR.
M. H. COBB. t£;: jEDITQH.
«,» All Business,ahdotlicrComraunicationsinaAt
j>e.axldre**ed toXbeJ^ifoMpjasareAltcatiaa.- I .
WELLBBOEOHGH, PA.
Irhariday lllptniux, Jan. 31, 1836.
| .'BepMUoaß ! lamlnatiem. '
For Prealdent in iBs6 i
Don, SALMON P. OHABE, of Ohio.
For Vice-President : '
Hon. DAVID WHJHOT.of Penn’a.
Sicfencfj; in tho Edilor’j fimily moat excuse the
lack of »ariel/ in the editorial columns. We have
Imd neither lime nor heart to examine the details of
Legislative and Congressional reports tn order to
cull a (landfill of items of general interest. It is
the first lime we have failed in trying to do our
part and wo only hopo it may be the last.
Wo are pleased to acknowledge the receipt ol a
quarter sack of Buckwheat flour, presented by the
enterprising proprietors of the Br<k>kltn Steam
Mills, located at Tioga Village, We have tested
ibis flour and are prepared to prononnco it the wliU
tost and best Buckwheat wc ever saw. While we
appreciate ihc liberality of the donors, we speak no
more highly of the quality of the donation than the
truth warrant*; in proof of which, let any man
doubting procure a sack without delay; for the
proof of the pancake, as of the pudding, is M in the
eating.”
Odo-Fellows' Presentation and Supper.—Tlio
presentation ol a Bible cover to tbs Odd Fellows
of tVelluboro’, by llio Ladies, Thursday evening, Still
inst., proved an interesting and creditable affair.
The Court House was crowded. H. W. Williams
Esq., on (he pari of (be Ladies, made a neui end
appropriate presentation speech, which was respond
ed to by I. D. Richards., briefly but appropriately.
After the ceremonies were over, the audience ad
journed to Mas. Kimball's, where they proceeded
to discuss the merits of the Major’s hospitable fare,
which was, wo are informed, bounteous in quantity
as it was excellent in quality. Everytgidy was iu
high spirits and nobody got high, which is worth re
fitting besides being very creditable. Wc take (his
opportunity to thank those gentlemen who gener
ously placed us on tho free list as an invited
guc.i, and express oar regrets that we were una
void ably detained from being present.
The Charleston Band was in attendance and the
performers acquitted themselves admirably. This
Band deserves the most liberal encouragement from
our citizens and wo can confidently recommend them
to those who may need tlieir services everywhere.
The President has made and promulgated a start
ling discovery in his recent Message to Congress.
It is, that when the people of Kansas shall bo num
erous enough ond-slmll desire itfthey may frame a
plan of government and be admitted into the Union
as a sovereign State !
Tiiis announcement, in form, furnishes new and
important evidence in relation to those wonderful co
incidences which from lime (o limo startle the
world. Referring to a certain document made and
promulgated in 1787, wo find an announcement of
strikingly similar import One Thomas Jefferson
is thought to have been concerned in drawing up
that ancient document, and consequently is in some
degree entitled to the honor ns the original discover-
I or. The honor of the rediscovery belongs to his
Excellency, Franklin Pierce—a little man who once
gave a dirty boy whom he found crying on a fur
lorn highway, a penny which he generously bide
him invest in a slick of candy. For this di.<inlvr
i esled act the said Franklin Fierce was very justly
to the responsible post of President of the
United Stales. Thus, it will be observed that the
most momentous events lake their rise from ap
parently trifling causes. Thus, had not Mr. Pierce
disbursed Dial penny to u dirty, squalling buy, he
had never, in all human probability, been President;
and had lie never been President, the striking coin
cidence above noted—Die rediscovery of a fact pro
mulgated by the men of *B7, had not been! As one
of the sovereigns ot this great Republic wo tremble
at the narrow escape of Die Union from being Pier,
ced.
And then, what a wondrous grouping of antago
nisms do we behold in the matter 1 Jefferson was
a Southern man with Northern principles. Pierce
is a Ncw-llampsbirc man with South Carolina prin
ciples, Jefferson was tho soul of honor and a pat
tern of self dependence. Pierce is innocent of hon.
or and honesty and as independent as any other hu.
man automaton. Yet they are parties in the same
marvellous coincidence.
“Out of the mouths of the weak and simple God
confoundelh Iho mighty and the wise V' Wonderful
prophecy and marvelously fulfilled ! Wo make no
doubt that wise and pitrintic Jefferson would be ut
terly coyfbundcd, awed and stupefied, were he to
arise and read the two recent Messages of our ex*
Ira-mundane Pierce. Better induce him to retire on
hulf.puy and perquisites than to permil him to con
vert his intellectual fertility into a barren waste.
To cap the climax, Air. Pierce recommends (hat
a law for the admission of Kansas as a Stile into
the Union, be passed Immediately. That would be
nice- Tho Border Ruffians could get a provision in
serted barring its admission as other than a slave
Slate. That would be nice.
Should Mr. Pierce announce to the Senate and
House of Representatives the astounding iutellu
genco that a vast continent lies to tho wolwnrd nf
Africa, let no one be astounded. It would only' bo
equivalent to a re-discovery of America.
3 _ ~ ~ __
New Arrangement.
After the ISlti of February, 1856, llio Agitator
will be published on (tie puy.down system. The
system will be rigidly adhered to.
A number of considerations have contributed Ip
the adoption of (his system al Hie present lime. It
is incumbent upun every individual lu p.iy his lion
csl debts. Thu well-being of society imperatively
demands tills } and. with proper economy, every man
ordinarily can do tills, provided slways, that bo ro.
ccives for bis labor, value received.
City papers huvo'adopled the pay.down system
almost universally,,and with llio happiest results.
It always proves two things: bow many of the pa.
irons of a paper ore earnestly in favor of bolding
the laborer as “worthy of his hire," and how many
wish to aid in the support of llicir county paper. It
will, in tills case, show how many friends the Aoit.
atob lias among its 1000 patrons. We have ho anx.
ielies concerning tlirf result. Many men have ex.
pressid themselves warmly in favor of the project
in fuel, wu have (bund but one man with the lace to
oppose it.
What farmer will sett his produce end wait for
bis pay unlit the produce is consumed 7 Whit tai.
lor will make garments to order with the under,
standing that bo, shall be paid for (hem when the
gsriiicnls'shnll be worn out? Yet bow many find
fault if required to pay for llicir county paper in ad
vance 7 £i it cheaper to pay nl the end of the year 7
On tlio contrary, it i< not so cheap; for, if payment
is delayed three months, oven, the xabscriber is re.
qmnid to pay SO Cent* additional. Is the nsc of one
dollar for three months worth 50 cents 7 Ail know
snV* I *!' I’ hen why do some men prefer to
pay II.M ibr their paper, Whsn three or six months
/~V A j COljyiY 4GITAT(XB;c
" JT
previously they migfetJiave fikditfor onedalUrf
Tfe? pay-down *y»tcm Is just W;bolh patrou'Jlpd
urinjid. There js STproSt in n large subscription
li.t, Marly que-hiirdf which consists of non.paying
subsenbers. Oh v fho conlrary,ilis-«daiii»geio »ll
parties and especially to the publisher. .At one dol
lar per year, tho profits on joue riipr of this paper
amount to about one shilling. ... Therefore, on every,
non-paying subscribef, we lp*oB7 cenlikjThd ques
tion is now, whether it is belter to ■ lH<f‘paper
and low 87 cents;'dr lofreuin the paper fud apvo a
like sum 7 Upon -due consideration ,wo hjive con
cluded to savo the 87 cents.' "
Within the'last six months,-the publishers have
paid a debt of more than JMUO, which .w,s not in
contemplation when tho paper was'esloblliised.- To
do this, has required great’effort . Hod our subscri
here paid promptly Tor their paper, this sum'would
'have been paid without much effort - Though es
tablished on a firmj basis, the paper jabors under em.
harassment) which the pay-down system will proba
bly remove. I
Wo do not expect to retain all our old subscribers,
but anticipate no great (filling off. It is believed
that the paper has many warm friends in this coun
ty, who will be active in (replacing all those who
may fall off. In the beginning it will be difficult to
remember that no paper will be sent after the time
for winch it has been paid has expired. When a
subscriber fails to receive his paper, he may infer
that his subscription Jins expired. If he wishes to
continue it, let him remit the money to our address.
Those who nro in arrears will much oblige us *y
sending us the amount at the earliest npjioriunily.
It is desirable (hat all subscriptions to (his paper
should expire on the Ist of January of each year.
Thus every man will have a set time to pay lor bis
'paper. The approaching Court weeks will afford
un excellent opportunity to setile up old dues and
subscribe fnr another year. Wo urge Ujion our
friends (he necessity of assisting us by tlieir active
co-operation. Our list should not be suffered to full
off. An exciting Presidential Campaign is at hand,
and through the agency of the press alone, can the
cause of Freedom be pleaded before (lie people. As
to the stand which the Agitator has taken in the
battle for Liberty and Goad Order, its present and
past bear witness. Its future course may be calcu
lated by ils past. It has steadily opposed rum and
slavery always; it will i-ver be found the champion
nf the oppressed and the fearless advocate of every,
thing New, that promises to benefit MAN.
The following named gentlemen are authorized
to collect dues and receive subscriptions for the Ag
itator. Tlieir receipts will be.regarded os pay
ments.
Wu. Garretso.v Tioga.
J. B. Potter Middlcbory Center.
G. W. Stanton Luwrenceville.
Dr. J. C. Whittaker Klkhind.
John Sebrino Liberty.
O. F. Taylor Covington.
Victor Case Kiioxrijlc..
W. W.McDouoall Sbipinn. '
Isaac Plank Broukticld.
Jno. Jamesf Blussburg.
C. F. Culver Osceola.
O. H. Blanchard Nelson.
E, A, Fish Mainsburg.
Samuel Phillips Wcslfidd.
Wu. M. Johnson Daggett's Mills.
A. Barker Ogdensbtirg,
O. M. Stebbins jCrookcd Creek.
Isaac Spencer Maple Ridge.
An old friend informs us that a neighbor
P
of his, residing upon a cold, bleak finrlitiii of
the suburbs, tvis been visited by a dreadful
calamity, one must afflicting 10 the parlies
berelt, and which made us shudder when he,
.in a leeling manner, broached in us lire sad
intelligence. Thu whole offspring of chil
dren-!—eleven in number frozen, liteially
frozen to death!
It is too well known that Wednesday
night, the 9th insl., wns one of the very
coldest thut has transpired for ninny a year
in this latitude; and that suffering was in
tense. The miserable wreck of a shanty in
which this large family were harbored was
scarce fit to (uotect the hardiest of the brute
creation. u name nor a spark of fire
was beneath theNoof to cheer their counte
nances nor to warm their little toes; hot;
there they were compelled to remain during
the entire cold and bitter night—no friend
knowing or dreaming of the intense suffering
to which they were being subjected ; yet n
is not to be doubled that had they been only
able to make known to the community the
precise nature of their distress, the hand of
charily would have been extended at least as
far as to render them bettor housed. But
this was unfortunately not so; and in the
morning, when n guardian of,the family
looked into the miserable residence, bis feel
ings were deeply touched at seeing the entire
eleven frozen s'iff in death; and he at once
censured himself for not having exercised a
heller protective care over the lamilv. The
bereaved mother of the eleven little ones
was yet alive, and wo are informed is doing
as well as could be expected under the pecu
liar circumstance''. The father is a perfect
brute, a perfec hog, and has not been seen
by the mother for several momhs.-BuZfirftorc
Republican.
COBB, STURROCK i CO.,
publishers of the Agitator,
A Family ol Eleven Frozen to
Dculb.
City vs Country Popcrs.
It is quite common for farmers and others
to remark, upon being requested to subscribe
to a good county paper, that they nre 100
poor to take two, and that they already lake
one city paper, “because it conies cheaper I - ’
Now wo have no fault to find with our friends
for patronizing n good city paper, provided
they have first done their duty by subscrib
ing to and paying for u county paper. It
will be acknowledged by all sensible people
that there are a thousand matters of interest
constantly transpiring in our midst which
would never bo placed in a conspicuous re
lation to the public, were it not for the local
press. The affairs of the citizen, the village
the township, and the county, are looked
upon with a kind of fraternal feeling by ihe
conductors of the fcounlry press, and the in
terest and pto'perify of the former nre care
fully watched by the latter. Improvements
of all kinds nro noted and made public, busi
ness is enlivened, and property increased in
value through the instrumentality of the lo
cal newspaper. Yet these trifles, which nro
of so much imparlance to us dwellers in the
country, cannot, from the nature of things,
receive the slightest attention at the hands ol
city publishers. We see, therefore, thin al
though deficient perhaps in sorpe particulars,
country newspapers ore invaluable to those
residing within the sphere of their influence,
and that thmr places cannot bo supplied by
the more ambitious, but often jess nsoful pnb
heutions emanating from the cities. 'tVre
uro some persons, who can’t geo through n
tWo-shilling piece, upon whom arguments of
this kind will have, no e fleet; but ihnsn who
take an interest ip the events occurring in
their midst will readily comprehend what
their true interest is in this matter.—Cornu
avtrilU Courier,
[ ' Tbeflipto Chile.
Packet-shift fit. De»ii*\fiimrtderiag at Sea—Thirty
'liiei mt—Escapp of r Eleven persons—Narrative
tfa Sarmoar. f,,; \ , - ; j- -
The ship NuplcSj Copf. Lovel', froth-Leg-*
haying; on boa'rd the’ firsi.maiu, M»i TufiB,.
the. third male, 'Mr.'Gafdneri' and nine sea.
menof the packeiAahipSi.Denisifrom this
porl, boutid to Havre,, who vverq. taken from
a long-boafat sea on the 7th ijnst., iq latitude
38 degrees and'W minutes, Inngiitfde 72 de
gieea, lheiy vessel haying foundered.. Mr.
Tufts, (he chief mine,.makes the following
report; ' " ‘ .
The ship sailed from this port oh the Ist
inst. to- Havre, and nn the Slh look a gate
from the S. E., which hauled to N. W. and
blew n perfect hurricane, during which the
ship sprung a leak, and the decks were filled
with water. We could not get to the pumps
to work them. Cut uwny the main nnd miz
zen masts to ease the vessel, and then dis
covered her ■ fust settling down forward, nnd
at 12m, 6th inst., (eft the ship when she im
mediately foundered. The captain, second
mate, three cabin passengers and the rest of
the crew remained on board and went down
with her. The lost number thirty-five souls,
Mr. Tufts olso reports that he was twentv
nine hours at sea in an open boat, with her
s urhoard-side stove in, and ft kept five of
'hem constantly bailing to keep her-free.
They hud one barrel of bread (and no water.)
to subsist on during that lime. On theTih
inst, they were picked up by ihe ship Naples,
Captain Lovell, from Naples for New York,
who kindly received them iill on board. The
Si. Denis was commanded by Copt. Follans
bee, and was bound hence to Havre, with a
cargo of grain, flour, dsc.
Defunct Davie. —The comments of the
Boston Atlas on the recent declaration of
Atchison that ho was not a candidate for.the
U. S. Senate, are 100 good to be lost. Heie
'hey are:— /
A tear for poor Dnvie Atchison! He is
dead—he is swathed in his cerecloth—he is
buried; and the Weston Argus has rung a
ding dong for Davie. Be ii understood by
iho reader, that we speak metaphorically.
David is not dead in the flush, hut strange as
it may appear, in the spirit. He will not he
n candidaie for Senator any more. He has
announced this through a friend, being him
self speechless through grief. “Vote, my
friends,” he says, “for any other fascinating
scamp yon please; I, Divid, am out of the
market." And it was quite nme that David
retired. Politically speaking, his odor was
very high, very ancient and fish-like. Brains
It* 1 never had, or he would not have claimed
the authorship of the Nebraska Bill. An nss
he was, ab initio, -or he would never have
foregathered wjih Siringfellow, lo waste dead
ly war upon Kansas. But he is dead : requi
escat ■; peace to his ashes ; lake him up gent
ly, this Christopher Sly of politics; put a
copy of the bill on his bie(,' and it classic
vase of his favorite beverage, after the Chi
nese manner, upon his tomb, and leave him
taTiing his rest like a true border warrior.
Tub Fertiliy of Kansas.—Hon. Ster.
ling G. Cato, the Territorial Judge, in a re
cent letter to his brother, of Eufuula, Ala.
says :
“The pcoplo here nro quiet and orderly,
shitrp.and intelligent; n littln rough in man
ners, but warm hearted and cordial. This is
us line n country ns.nny on the face of the
earth, and the, profits of its productions would
fur exceed those of the cotton ‘fields of the
“South. AM kinds of grain, grass, clover and
hemp yield a rich product. I have no doubt
hut that slave labor would yield in hemp,
corn nnd grain, at least from thirty to forty
dollars per acre annually. I have seen no
poor land ; it all seems tome richer than the
best Chalinhodclm bottom, nnd most of it is
just such land as in the adjoining Missouri
couptids is now selling nttwemv to fifty dol.
lursnn acre. Corn is now selling at twenty
cents per bushel, nnd the product estimated
at one hundred, bushels an acre; and hemp
crop (six tons per hand) tit §l4O per ion, mid
you see at once how Inbor is more productive
here than at the South. It is impossible to
give nn adequate idea of the beauty nnd fer
lilily of the soil nnd country ; generally roll
ing, without a great deal of timber, but, ns 1
understand, abounding in coal for fires, nnd
stone for building nnd fencing ; good wells of
water can be obtained not where, besides fre.
quenl streams running through the prairies.”
Penalty for Churl Treatment of a
Slave. —Wo learn from The Concorilin
(Li.) Intelligencer, of the 28th till., that
Wni. Bell, a planter of Tesns Parish-, wits
tried at the late Term of the District Court
of th it Parish, for cruel treatment of one of
his slaves, nnd convicted. The Intelli
gencer says:
“The prosecution was predicated on the
description he gave uf the slave when adver
tising him ns a runaway. The authorities
ol the parish did not recognizn the branding
of a slave as the proper mode of identifying
him as the properly of the owner. After a
fair nnd impartial trial, Mr. Bell was found
guilty, nnd the extreme penalty of the law
wns inflicted nn him. Ho was fined §2OO,
nnd Ihe Jury deemed that the slave should
be sold away from him.”
The trade in human souls nnd sinews
seems remarkably brisk of late. A Virgin! t
paper informs us that n few day since “thir
ty-three negroes, brought from Halifax coun
ly, including saints and sinners, various ages,
nnd both sexes, brought §20,666 at auction.”
The auctioneer nnd his customers, buyers
and sellers, nre doubtless ardent admirers of
our Glorious Uninn, which secures them im
munity in their infernal traffic.
Tub Wilmol Proviso, so culled—embody
ing ihe principle of a peremptory exvlusion
by act of Congress of human Slavery from
the vast territories then about,to be wrested
from Mexico—was first proposed by David
Wjlmol to the twenty ninth Congress, at the
close of its first session, Ang.l2, 1846. It
was moved as nn amendment nr rider to the
bill putting money wherewith jn conclude a
Tieniy Peice, and Boundaries into, the hands
of President Polk, and was carried by a vo'e
of 83 to 64. It is said that only three voles
were given against this Proviso from all Ihe
Free Slates, Slavery has gained ground at
the North, since that day.
* $ '■
y Pair x6vb School Ti| Without Ghdm-
Boston, who has
lately warned'; from Europe, where ho has
•peat several' years, delivertdla lecture io
Nejjf“Tort 'last weeTfpoh" the oducaliohal
jectlhefefW
“ff there be.any moral to talq ;have
to Id, it moybe J *irmtrfeo’ , tipfi)Jn' fed words.
Pay your School iax^sithpul-grumbling ;
it- is : the cheapest premium of insurance on
your property. You are educating those who
are to make laws for yourselves and your
children.- In this Stale you are educating
those who, are to elect-,your Judges, j Build
mo e‘school houses, they will spare you the
bui ding more jails. Remember that the ex
periment of other countries shows that the
development of free and extended education
has been followed by public and private pros
perity; that financial success and. political
tranquility have blessed the
recognized its importance. Remember that
education without freedom is barren in its re
suits ; that freedom without the education of
the moral sentiments soon runs into anarchy
and despotism ; and that liberty, ever vigilant
herself, demanding ceaseless vigilance in her
votaries—liberty will nof linger long in those
lands, where her twin.sister knowledge is
neglected.”
A Jocular Candidate for Speaker,—
Mr. Pennington, of New Jersey,' replied in
the House of Reoresentalives, on Monday, to
the inquiry of Mr. Kenoetl, whether each of
the candidates believed in a future state, and
if so, whu.'her he believed it would be a fiee
or a slave Slate. Mr. Pennington said he
was somewhat versed in the Westminster
Catechism, and he had learned from that that
there is a future state, in which be believed.
He also understood that there were two stales
in that future stale—one the beatified and the
other the damned—the free and the slave,
[laughter.] -The free stale was on one side
of the line aind the dlave state on the other
side; he believed it was not exactly a compro
mise line, [renewed laughter;] but he had
always understood that the damned side was
the hottest, and therefore that must be the
southern side. [Great laughter.]
It was held by some that there is a.third
.stale—the stale of purgatory. Now, he hail
no acquaintance wiih this slate, except such
as he had learned from the course of purga
tion going on in this Housej He knew of
certain gentlemen who had been in a stale of
purgatory here, [laughter,] and (placing his
hand on his heart) he knew one gentleman
past praying for. [Shouts of laughter.]
The Wakema.mtes, —The New Haven
Register says:
“This tribe of deluded fanatics, now in
jail, spend much of their lime in the worship
peculiar to themselves, ond seem to regard
the whole affair of tneir imprisonment as a
“persecution for righleou-mess sake”—and
the old woman keeps up her pretended reve
lations from heaven. It seems she has been
for many years carrying on her nonsense.
A gentleman writes us from Fairfield that so
long ago ns 1832, when living in that town,
she pretended to be a prophetess, and went
from house to house preaching and prosely
ting. At that time she charged her husband
as being “a man of sin," and “bewitching all
the invalids in that region” and under this de
fusion she mustered a company of fanatics,
who seized and bound him, when she made
an unnatural ond highly criminal assault
upon him with a knife, inflicting dangerous
wounds. The assault migb' have been filial,
had not some of herdisciplea become alarmed,
and pul a stop lo the proceedings. It is prob
able her “mission” for mischief is about ful
filled.
To the Republicans of the Culled
Stales.
In accordance with what appears to be the
general desire of the Republican party, nnd
at the suggestion of n large portion of the
Republican press, the undersigned Chairmen
of the Slate Republican Committee of Maine,
Vermont, Massnchtisels, New York, Penn
sylvanin, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana nnd Wis
qonsin, hereby invite the Republicans of the
Union to meet in informal convention at Pitts
burgh, on the 22d Fehrunrv, 185 G, for the
purpose of perfecting the National ‘Organiza
tion, and providing lor n National Delegate
Convention of the Republican party, at some
subsequent day, to nominate candidates for
the Presidensy nnd Vice Presidency, to be
supported at the election in November, 1856.
Signed by A. P. Stone of Ohin.'j. Z.
Goodrich of Mass., David Wilmot of Pa.,
Lawrence Brainero of Vt., William A.
Write of Wis.
Publication of the Laws.—There has
been a,great deal said, from year to year, in
the papers of this Slate in favor of publish
ing the lnws,in the newspapers of the sever
al counties; but as yet, with little effect.—
Yet such a measure is so evidently deman
ded by the very nature of it, that,lt seems
strange it has not long ago been engrafted in
as a part, and an important part of our insti-'
lutions as carried out, contain a striking and
an iniquitous absurdity. We boast that our
citizens are the sovereign power, that they
really make the laws, and yet they never
see them, nnd in many cases never he.ar of
■'them till themselves or neighbors have been
nrresled for violating some act that they did
not dream had an existence. If men arc to
be punished’for violating law, it seems that
it would comport with the character of our
government to place it in the power of the
people to learn whal that law is. —Erie Ob
server.
Holloway ’» Pills. —Wonderful Cure of a
diseased Liver. .Emily Burton, aged 34, of
Fulton Street, Brooklyn, Long Island, New
York, wus for a long time in very precarious
suite of health, owing 10-her liver being dis
eased ; the medical faculty prescribed for
her in vain, and every remedy she thought
likely to benefit her she made use of with
the like ill success. About two months'ago,
she commenced, using Holloway’s Pills, and
complied ni h the printed directions, which,
quickly produced a very pleasing change, in
fire weeks, ihe blooni of health was again,
upon her cheeks, being perfectly cured, id the
agreeable surprise of her friends. These
Pills are also infallible in all diseases of the
stomach and bowels.
' Mb. John G.Si** failed 10
gagement toleciure ia Albany the other 9 ,,’
.ning in consequenceof ibe anow.jto rm ao
ihe alow rale on the Camden tod
Amboy Railroad, for. which he waa «lin|n|.
censured by the Albany -Evening Journal
Thereupon the Bu‘rUngloij ; Poet wroie a nw j
.of explanation iiryrhich. with cbiracieri,ii c
humor, he aays : “I bad no moiive (o break
theengagement, japdevery motive excepl
/oco-molive, to keep it." f
■\T ALENTINESI VAlEjrxtsjT,
V All kind* snd hues at _ TAYLOR'S.
CE. FROST, Proprietor of the Seneca L>i,
• Highland Nurseries, Catharine, N. Y, w ;n,
at WelUboro' during the first week of the
sion of ihe Court, (commencing on the-4th d«, 0 [
February) where any wishing to order tree, ca n s.
accommodated. ' [Jan. 31.1656 }
iTO DELINQUENT COLLECTORS.
YOU afe hereby notified |p settle op your Dupt
'cates for 185S,aodthnse unpaid for all preiio,,
before neat February Court, or eosta «ig
be mtfete. .By order of County Commissioners.
’ WelUboro' Jan. 24,.1856.
XHOSE WISHING TO PURCHASE PM NOS
or Melodeons, should call at TAYLOR’S
)K &. JEWELRY STORE, WelUboro,' , t
which place (here Instruments can be had, tapaiar
in quality and on reasonable terms. Call and Hi
before purchasing! elsewhere. Jan 24.
Exchanged!
SOME PERSON having exchanged Coals wiis
the Subscriber at tho “Dickinson Honse," Cot.
ning, N. Y, can have theira by applying to tbeSoi
scribcr, proving property and paying charge. //
the coal is not wanted, send word where to send U*
papers found in the |rockets. A. FOLEY
WelUboro' Jon. 3i, 56.
[NOTICE.
MR. McMAHON. will preach at file Uelhodat
Church in this Boro,’ {Deo tofur.(ai,,\ M>t
Sabbath Feb. 3d, 10i o'clock A.M, The difficult!,,
in Ilia esse being- all amicably settled; and all tdt.
siastieol action in the premises being lurcvrr obltlt.
rated. All <)( which has been effected through the
ftiendly interposition of Rer. Biallop Waugh and U*
P. E. of Troy District
TO FARMERS <fe MILLERS.
THE BROOKLYN STEAM MILLS, are in m.
cesfttul operation. The GrLt mill, Clark's d».
tent, and (he Back wheal holler, Hortmi*K patent, hare
in every respect, realized the mostHanguine expect*,
lionn. Thane who feel an interest in new dixcoter.
iw», and lhoj*e who have gruin lo grind, arc respect,
fully invited to call and judge for liie/n»*elve#».
The Onnpany wjJJeeJJ patent righta fur Tiogi tod
Potter counties.
Jan. 31. (3 ni.)
J.WfiICHSELBAUM.
OPTICIAN dt OCULIST.
[From Philadelphia.]
Respectfully inform* the citizens or iveiu
boro* and vicinity, that he liqb opened a room
at CLEAVER’S HOTEL, where lie offers for tile
Spectacles, of every variety, size and qtial.
ity. Also
Microscopes, Spy and Quizzing Glassta of ertrj
size and quality ; Telescopes, Magnifying and Out.
ra Glasses with different powers, together witbil]
articles in the optical line not mentioned. He sill
remain in Welisboro’ during February Court, «j
those in want of the above articles will phase giro
him a cull. O’The very best ol Eye. Water if
ways on hand.
Jan. 24.—56tf.
Trial List for February Term, 1856,
James Ford vs. Flmeon Power et iL
James Oostley et al ▼*, L Davenport.
D. A. Parke ra. K T>. Tinner.
Lucinda Howard vs. L. K. Garfield
Cushman A Smith vs. B. Frost.
“ “ v*. Frost 4 Seely.
J. Kelley tb. Wm. Sftnmoai
Wm. Patrick tb. 11. Tannatter.
Bama Jackson tb. Harris Maltison.
H. Thompson ra. Cooley * Bluer
A. K. Furman r*, Gaines Township.
E. P. Deane vs. Dvlmar do.
Marriott for Bradncr vs. C. Churchill ct al
H. Sherwood tb. Alex. Matti'oa ft it
Wm. Patrick ▼». H. Vannatter.
John Kimball vs. Wm. Patrick.
J. Dickinson t*. Harris. Well# A Co.
Paul Dari* 1 Ex'rs tb. J. Locke’* Adm'rs.
Burrell for Daggett tb. Francis Short
A. C. Bush tb. R. R, Nile*.
L. C. Pendleton tt. James I. Jackson.
J. J. Hilt tb. Klin* Miller.
Hiram Horton tb. E. B. McCarter.
Isaac Beach tb. Henry Steele.
H. W. Stewart tb. C. Forman et al,
Guernsey 4 Guernsey vs. W. M. Mallory.
Peleg Park tb. Stephen Shaft.
Royal Bush vs. JHnun Whitcomb.
J. W, Shoff tj,. Winthrop Beach.
B. Thompson t*. John Davie.
D. W. Canfield tb. John Desmond.
H. Bigelow tb. Churchill 4 Cole.
Kelly for Field re. D- Mtwsman Adni’X.
Isaac Beach vs. Qco. Hariey.
11. Leach tb. Chatham School Diet.
S| C McCartber tb. J Sutton ct al.
Robert Sampson tb. J. Vonkln et al.
Guernsey for Otis r«. Ethial Harris.
D. Kelsey rs. E. P. Dwne.
J Young tb. George ifob© ct al.
J Harris tb. G. W. King.
Fenton 4 Phelps tb. H. T. Ryon.
Ira Smith Jr. 4 Co. tb. C. 11. L. Ford.
C II Rogers vs. £ C Johnson et al.
, Union township tb- Tioga County.
F. S. Place ra. Tra Bartholomew
C 0 Dennison tb. Lemon Barnes.
Baldwin 4 Guernsey ts, Barnes 4 Jennings.
Tabor, Young 4 Co. vs. do do.
Philander Omild vs. A Updike.
Union township 4 Directors vs. Tioga county.
Union township rs. C. O. Spencer etal.
Silas Allis t a. D P Shaw.
11. T. Ryon t*. Ethiel Harris.
£ P Clark et al ra. Mathew Miller.
A C Clar£ vs. do. do.
SHERIFF’S SALES.
"T? Y VIRTUE of sundry writs of Fi. Fu. Vend
_l3 Ex. and Levari Facias, issued out of the Coal
men Pleas of Tiogu County and tome directed, 1
will expose to public sale on Monday, Uie 4th day of
February next, at 1 o’clock, afternoon, in the CooH
House, VVdlsboro*, Uie following described property,
to wit:
A certain lot ofland in Guinea township, bounced
north by S. X. Billings, cast by Long Kan Ko*d«
south by Wellsiboro 1 and Coudersport rood.aod wc?t
by S. X. Billing*—containing one. acre of if«pr°
fund, with a tavern house, barn and some fruit trcri
thereon. To be sold aa the properly, of-Benjamw
Burse.
ALSO—A lot of land in Charleston township,
bounded north by H. Claus, cast by L. J. Cooler,
south by Cooley, and weal by Charles Coohdgt
eontaining about one hundred and thirty four aertt.
with about SU or 60 acres improved, a frame lawn
and frame barn thereon. To be sold as the propedj
of Joseph J. Shumway.
ALSO—A lot of iand in Middlebur; town,hi?,
bounded north hy Bingham lands, east by Clart
Cole, south and west by Martin Stevens—coiiiaimsf
sixty-five acres more or less, with about 30 actes im
proved, a lag house, frame b.t?n and stable and af,
pie orchard thereon. To be sold os the properly, 1 ) 1
Thomas Lett.
ALSO—A lot of land in Richmond township,
bounded north by William Clark, east by James R-
Wilson, south by James Rf Wilson, and west hj
Jeremiah Love and A. J. Shaw—containing «l» o1
sixty acres, with about six acres improved, A l«?
house and alabl stable thereon. To be.sold as ths
properly of E., Faulkner.
ALSO—A loa of land in the borough of Lawrenrt
villo, bounded a follows: beginning at the
weal corner of Smith Sloven’s lot on Cherry street
thence north 85} deg east eight perches and
and-a half links to a post, thence south 4} deg. M ’
nine perches and 24} links to a post, thence roe
81 deg. west ten* perches'and ten links to a P 1 * 1 ' 1 *
Cherry street, thence north'three deg. east almjl
Cherry street two potdheaand 19} links to
. west corner of Smith Sloven’s let the place of •
ginning—containing 97 910. acres of land wll “-
fraino dwelling honso' and frame bant thereon. *
' be Bold as the properly ofC. H. L. Ford.
I AIISO-iA lot or tract of land in Lawrence lo»
1 ship, bounded on the sooth by iheCowanosauo rt« •
on the west by Und of Emily Knapp, on the nor “