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w ; Anifttooip lUort Irani thfiWAt ,
,:o f-.-sj.-'t u. '*l3';.- Is l; ' 1 "’ i ',
r ■» 'fM» the
B£V.s»bP Ghdtnlberaio'his bogua Democratic
sPW'ivffO ° n iho *uhjeet;of.'ilsVep«ilsof<ifie
aDdibdowiwill -bo fobnd snoUitf
wtiich beiwalk*jDlo hisl
Jn a : m>inner rhaiis.trbiy, lain using aswelfes
Uead-iU f .o v.-i,. mit .ii
i t Philadelphia,'Feb, 21,1850;“
• - Hon,- riAßtiti fifc*Afe!£rty bear^l'r^
1 hnvbreart yribr SpMcK Sfen-
|h«J?ih!tftsiV,pa(Si‘‘^pfafoob' o rpp*
1 toiaihirig tiqa6b’£j»W.' J l_aW reap |he speeqh|
: 6f iHe Hon. -furf(|b Wilkins.andothar disti.p
-vjpiWhnd‘sentle'riiftn ofifib Senate. 'As' Up.ro-
CM tied, line by line v through ihe speeches, I
ebrnfcstly ArtugHllofindimprie or.llje pi her;
oriill together, & single argument in, layer
either'of 'the manufacture, sale or pse of In
i loxichling liquors as a beverage, , but 'from
necessity or choice you hive not said the first
word in favor of the business iq one form or
.another, .
Turn, you have denounced, some of the
minister I of religion—stigmatised many of
the temperance, men as fanatics, and all of
Anti', ns a sort of salvo I presume, denounced
’ drunkenness in the most measured terms
But where, let me ask, is your consistency in
raijing at drunkards, and yet defending ~lh e
accursed traffic by which- drunkards are
made! If you condemn tfio effect, does not
consistency require ypu to condemn the
cause? What is all this fyql .battling on,l he
side of drunkenness, fpr it is lolly to say that
Is rim ihe side you afp on ; for surely a.mgn
of your high intelligence will not prelend to
deny ihal juai so long as intoxienjing liquors
arc lo be had ns a beverage.diunkenness and
its lenrful cnlnlnjiiies of evil will prevail.—
Fads nn this subject are a great deal belter
than fine spun theories or sham logic.
Prove if you ran, lhat liquor drinking is a
benefit ituhe individual, the family, the com-'
miinity, the church of the State. Let the
- members of ihe Senate and the House, who
are in luvor of the liquor business. hold a
meeting, make Ihe veneraole Judge Wilkins
chairman, then compare no.tes, and see from
the appalling facts connected with the liquor
business during ihe pasl,one hundred years,
if the pruiecUon and perpetuation, pf this
traffic is worthy ol the earnest efforts of grave
Senators and wlise-Legislators! Point out in
how miny instances the use of intoxicating
liquors has reformed ihe abandoned ; how
many worthless husbands have been restored
to their broken-hearted wives opd worse than
fatherless children, by their use I How many
widowed mothers in .Pennsylvania have had
cause, morning and evening, to thank God
for 1 be.practical influence of the bar-room
upon their prodigal sons ! Set forth the be.
neficenl effects of tippling houses and dram
drinking, upon which you and may of our
Democratic friends are throwing your legis
lative smiles! Tell us how much our prisons
have been depopulated and how many felons
have been saved from the baiter by our de
lectable dram-shops!
Come, my brother Democrats of the Senate
and the House, give us some cheering statis
tics in regard lo the delicious fruits pf the
rum traffic. Has the «ale of intoxicating
liquors reduced taxation one mill,or decreased
Ihe number of paupers, except by consigning
tw a»n <JioK{vnrtrarl ' U tlltj 0101116(1
carcasses of the miserable victims of rum!
My Dear Sir, 1 deeply lament that you and
the great body of the Democratic members
in Ihe Senate and House should have espoused
the cause of the Liquor League, a combina
tion as infamous as the object they seek to
accomplish is wicked. What an opportuni
ty you had to prove that Democracy is Ihe
sum'of equal rights, the cause of ths widow
and the orphan, the cause of virtue and good
morals, and is not affiliated, as its enemies
have often represented, with riot, rowdyism
and rum ! Attempt to palliate liquor selling
and drnm-drinkiug ! It is the source of all
vallainies : "the winding sheet of souls ;” the
frightful vortex where young men and old
men—where husbands, fathers and sons ore
eren’unlly swollowed up. 'Look at your as
sociate in the Senate, N. B. Browne, Esq.,
what’a noble example has he furnished of in
telligence, independence, patriotism and mor
al courage f He stands orf a pinnacle, so
high above the whiskey advocating Demo
crats, that they would have lo look sharp
through Sir Isaac Newton’s great telescope
to see his" fair proportions and manly stature.
He has reared for himself an enduring mon
ument, upon which will be inscribed; The
friend of the People, the true Patriot, the en
lightened Statesman, the honest Senator.—
You might have done the same; nay, you
can yet hold a place of equal honor, influence
and respectability, if you will break loose the
iron fetters of the Liquor League, .Do it,
roy dear sir, at snv cost; do it if you have
to pluck out a right eye, or cut off a right
hand; do it for the honor of democracy;
above all, do it for the sake of bleeding vir*
tue and suffering human-ly, and the thousands
who are templed and destroyed by the worm
of the a'.ill. Yours truly,
JOHN CHAMBERS,
Holloway') Ointment and Pilh have ef
fected another Wonderful Care of Sore Lege-—An
thonj Harrison Sard, of Martinftbarg, Virginia,
w«> a sufferer for twenty eight years from sore legs,
so bad at timer, that human nature could scarcely
bear U, as they were covered witli wounds and
Eroud flesh. His friends had given up all hopes of
is ever regaining the use of his limbs, as lie was in
so pitiable a slate, Ihe more especially as the doctors
told him it was constitutional. Having beard from
several people the good effects Holloway’s Pills had
produced in cades of this nature, he made up his
mind in give them a trial; alter using them for a
few weeks, he felt much better, and by continuing
them for two months and a half, he was perfectly
cured, after being 38 yean a cripple, and considered
beyond human aid.
Tboublb m thb Camp.— Advice# from
Washington represent Douglas a# presislenl
ly refusing-to yield the track to Mr.' Pierce,
as was the bargain if Pierce would go in for
the repeal of the Missouri restriolion on
Slavery," \ The President,- it is said, is very
indignant at this, treatment, and all ihtercour
•e between these-.distinguished conspirators
bu ceaaad. > The > fight for the Cincinnati
Domination Is now. restricted to Pierce, Bu
chanan and Douglas~e-the changes about
•quel, .the South rather inclined la Douglas.
—Ohio Stat& Journal.
Es-Mavojr Albright, of Lancaster, Pa.,'died
on Thufbdijr, adeF a brief illqSSs, - s
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be addressed to tbeEdltdr fo insure attention. .{
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’ BepnbllconNoinlnationi. " 4
.*;ioT;.! iH' ,o ;i < i ~rr*i 'i.-li iSU <l' J'l ;
Hon.;BAiaWP. OHfI.SE. of Ohio, ,
ihir w&rCTidtat s^ ( '- J <^-■ ’■
... Hon. DATID-4iniJaO , ~
The 1 ibihorixed
to railed dnes and receive subscriptions forth? AgJ
tValorf Their receipts' ♦?!!! Ve
meats. * O'it ■ ’.'io-'i I: .; * • *j - : ,:tW' •: 1
■' W»,Gariktson*..'./; :i'i /..Tioga. ■ ■
. Jbß. PoTTKs.y.,.. <........ ..MiddlebdryCenlerl
G. W.Sianton. .......... ..Lawtencevillo..
, Dr, J.,jC. Whittakrr.,.- . . .Blk)and..
'''JfoHfi Sraaisa...Llbcfty.'
Oi’P. Tiiru)»..V;... i'...'.; i .CoVuigton.
-Victor-Cabs f..... .Knoxville..
W, W. McDouoALp.........Bl)i|)|>«n.
IpAAc PUnk ..1,.., ttrookfield,.
Jno. JaHis. Blossburg. ”
6. F. Cdlvsß.. I. .Oscttolst 1 ‘ * •
■O. H. Blanchard. .Ncl*oJii- ■ ' ’
E. A. Fish, .Muinsbofg.; .
Saajuil,Phillips Westfiyld.,,.
Wm. M/Johnson Daggell's'Mills.
A. BXrkJr.. , Ogdehsburg.
Oi M. Stebbins .Crooked Crock, j
Isaac Sprkcrr .Mtple Bidge. " ,
Republican Declaration of Pr.in
cl|»lcs, ti'cloptcd by the Pittsburg
' Cuiiveniiou.
' 1. Wc deihaii'd and shall attempt to secure llio
repeal of altlaws which allow the introduction of
slavery into territories onCe consecrated Ip. freedom
and will resist by every constitutional .means, the
existence of Slavery in any ol the territories oi the
Uniten States;
2. We will support by evoryloWlai means oar
bsetbren in .Kansas in their manly and conslilutinn
.al’reeistAnca lo the usurped authority of their law
less invader's, and will giro t{ic full weight of our
political power in favor of the immediate admission
of Kansas Or the -Union as a free, sovereign, inde
pendent Slate.
3. Believing that the present national. Adminis
tration hue shpwn itself to be weak and faithless,
and that its continuance in' power is identified with
the progress of the stave power lo national miprcm
•acy, with the exclusion of Freedom from Ihe terri
tory, and. with increasing civil discord, it is .a lead,
ing purpose of our organization to oppose add over
brow It.
Hon.'G. A. Grow has our thanks for valuable doc
uments. Wo will endeavor to lay'his abb. speech
on consideration of the President's annual Message
before' our readers next week.,, ‘
The Kansas.Free-Stalo Legislature lately conven
ed and Gov. Robinson has been inaugurated. His
Message is a very temperate paper and discusses
the question at issue ably and frankly In his inan.f
gural lie recommends Hint no resistance bo made to'
the Federal authority should the throat to arrest
the members and newly installed Slate officers be
carried out.
Freedom" has ’achieved anathbr great victory in
Dangrcsa, in llie'matter-of investigating the alleged
frauds in the election of Whitfield—the Border-ruff
ian delegate from Kansas. There was an exciting
strife in the House for some days preceding the final
vote, if Mr. Whitfield's friends had been honest
they would have courted a fair and free ipvesliga
lion ol the charges. As it is, we da not discover
any evidence of * 0"- h,nsB ® on the part of
the champions of Slavery. Guilt U-ever hiding it.
head. It never can be coa zed into Ihe light, it must
be dragged lo the bar and dealt with aa any oilier
criminal.
In the face of the most determined opposition
a resolution directing the appointment of a com
mittee to proceed lo the Territory and investigate
the case.'was adopted by a vote Sf 101 10'93. The
Republicans may well be jubilant over this second
triumph. Let us take courage.
Do Well.
We have no oxcuseslo offer for this little bit of
sermonizing, other Ilian that wc are sick of politics
and its concomitants this week, and feel disposed to
indulge a natural inclination to say what"we please.
“ TVAo, knowing hit duty, doclh it, hi norm will.”
’’What is Duty t” It is not a thirty of mathe
matical proportion. If it be a problem' tp half the
world, its solution properly lies within the jurisdic
tion of each individual conscience,"Und not in that!
of its,neighbor. He lhat gives his conscience into
the keeping of his neighbor, is either a coward or a
fanatic. He doclh neither well nor wisely.
It iswastly easy for one man, arrogating to him
self superior knowledge, tri bound his neighbor’s
domain of Duly—to say—"do this. 11 and “do that,
for it ic required of you.” It is easy for a man of
Inordinale vanity lo imagine himself appointed a
moral surveyor, whose vocation is to stake out paths
and say lo his fellow men—“walk hero! it is a di
vine injunction." Now, when tills seif-constituted
teacher chooses this vocation believing it to be his
duty, he is worthy of ail honor ns an honest, ear
nest man, however he bo mistaken.
There nre duties Incumbent on all responsible be
ings. There is one duly common to ell; this is
Ciukltt. Meek eyed child of Heaven, in whose
heart well the pure waters or fraternal love, give
her the freedom of your heart, brother, whether you
be high, or low, when measured by conventional
rales. Make room for her and yon shall ever have
"an angel in thy house.’.
Charily does not consist in donations to charitable
institutions and stopping there. It does not consist
in building school-houses and churches snd stopping
there. It doep not consist in sending missionaries to
India and Africa and. at the same time ignoring the
existence of the millions in oar midst perishing with
moral and physical starvation. There 'js no dearth
of Mrs, Jcllybys in this land. Some for
get homo wants, and Kills things in the false ’en
deavor to purchase heaven by open-mouthed charily.
But that soul which pauses amid the bustle of life
to speak a kind word to the unfortunate, or to give
a cap of water to a' fainting brother, daetb mofe
than these, doeth' its duty and norm well.
So, when oneeXhorts you to s better life, and you
are conscious of doing your otniosl to serve Heaven
in loving Us children, it is Well to ask’him—“what
is it to lead a goOd lifo l" Should he place it in
the observance Of forma and ceremonies invented by
men, and which attract the observer from the belter
contemplation of the Ihnks. Lin, exhort him to a
snblimsf trust in the wise' decrees of the Infinite
and to a'higher conception of the common duty'of
Man toward Man. : ' J ' '
’ Look abroad upon the Christian worlffandmark
how few professing. Christiana 'take up the horded
laid by the Master upon the shoulders of tbs young
man who had “kept all the commandments from Ills
youth up," yet “went away sorrowful, becnore ha
Wd great possessions.” ' Ydnwill see thkfnbt lba
young men onlyi bal the pltTand’ baVe
(brgotten thaf cbtomaridmenl? "'they wift eallhlm
TITE TTOG'i COtTITTY AGITATOE,
“f*"
g'- Cbristlim ground ■
|we hold Ih&mo idad can nhole ddlV tod
"ifihesßmetlme smaße TCnp not
only do we hold ja ij t ,jMU-re»w_it«)cßn irnniul«hU-
and eternal tralh. Believing at we' do, that the,
r ehildrdi la rttvonlii th
ranimpn. on.tbis.'l>o«ntifttl£»tt.h»3tgletuld_ngt «a».
gross t thoosand. broad acres of its fertile bills and
valleys, holding Wib'brtr own f bse add bibobf, or'ld
tho-benefit-cfmelrta aboaM-eoibeafWua, and Jar*'
iio pppaclpa-gospel (Vfhieb oM^wodjs
norve
.halfa cento ty, paltingjff. contßienca.wilii.Uie-amp’-
practice' of those well kept in the
ory in its morning”.. Falsef ftlsol-r-a treacherous
quicksand wbich has-eogalphed tho usefulness of
many a mistaken min! At the longiest, Hfew too
■brief! for the grad everf »00l of'os ought to perforin
bereiSO tliat.wlwo we lie. down at laat;w*e!gq nut—
<<tik* (be quarry slavet taurgedUiMtditngton !"
Bal>iather— ' ‘ | A
- ■ ‘“Ltktfbii'e who wraps the drapery of hiacouch'
■ Abimtdiijni andiieadoumto pleatani.dreamt.'' '
And-hßTlhatJill enabled to do this uiayrimiloat
(he feeblestqimofihumro wrath, for fas bu dene
his bs* honk will, ■ ... ,
. Do well. : Work ip the ;Npw. . Let as do our do
,ty to-day, taking no thought of to-morrow. To
morrow will surely come,and with-it,Doty. Labor
in lire field of Lire is duty and happiness. Can
there be ’a life worth liying.wUhoul.its labor ? W 0
Ibipk not—hope not. .An existence.without labor
prould be apringleas and joyless.,, Jl is impossible to
do more than is required pT qa- There pa, sorrow
and suffering on every hand. Here is e.rudply, buf
feted soul to be diet red in its life-battle; there, is a
crushed and bleeding heart to be hound up and
healed. On this hand the clash of chains, the sound
of the lasli and Hie na’rah graling'of prison locks
wpund the car; on that, the broken wail of forsa
ken wives and worse then orphdns goes up and
scorches the’heart like's pitiless flame. Return,
then, from this idle expedition in the prosecution of
which you forget the life-lesson of the Good Samar
flan.' While you need hot forget bcnighldd Africa,
remember that four millions of her children groan
on this soil to whom Christianity is a terrible Evan
gel, end its ministers chains hnd scourges, teaching
the awful-doom of endless servitude! How dare
■you prate of.benighted ' Africa !-—you who ore so
■steeped in heathenish darkness that you cannot see
Iho misery of tile down.trodden millions at yohr
doors! Yet you set up for teachers and Evangel
ista ! How dare you denounce Mormon polygamy
whilo you wink at the wholesale prostitution of Wo-,
man in the South, and by your brethren! Is that
which you denounce os a crime at Salt Lake, a vir
tue when practiced in Virginia? What works the
miraculous change ? Is it climate, or soil, or is it
— lateral ! It is notprinciple, for. principles never
change —-never change I
It is almost April. Locking out upon (lie face of
Nature one might well believe it mid.winlcr. The
enow still lies in unrelieved whiteness as fur as the
eye can reach, and scarcely wasted. The clouds
hang in mtddieaven as desolately'o9 they hung in
December, and tho pale, blue sky {rowns through
the rifts as unkindly as in> January. Everybody'!*
tired of winter, weary of this 'prolonged* December
glare.
Nature seems. Out of tune; seems so, bat is not.
Her harp of len thousand limes ten thowandttrings
is never tuneless. •We mortals sometimes become
so absorbed in Self'—its cores, loves, hates, jealous
ies and sorrows—that (be Oratorio of Creation per
fnfm»'l W* * '« ’— l -—— *-'
a voice whoso compass is as vast as eternity itself
and as measureless. Nature chants,tlio great Hymn
of thanksgiving and praise. Tra|y said tho prince
of poets —
Books in the running brooks,
Sermups in stones and Good in everything.
. And lliorc js good in the rudo dalliance of ,winter
in the hower or Spring, though it be not,apparent to
our darkened perceptions. Man may bo wedry or
snow and wintry skies, but Nature is not. The
tender buds of the maple and the birch are swelling
while their rants are deep under snow; and this
proves that Nature’s heart beats warmly under her
wintry vestments. And it also tenches that under
a cold and apparently indifferent exterior, there may
beat a heart living with warm emotidns—gratitude,
love of hpme,.kindred, friends and Man.
So lei us wail patiently. There are those who
linger on beds of pain, some sad end sdme hopeful,
knowing that they shall ascend With the grateful in
oonse df the first flowers 6f Spring—knowing this,
yet forbearing'to chide (he long delay of the vernal
morning, because loving the Visible and the Known.
The fields’ will be greener and the flowers brighter
and more beantiflil when the gonial sun and rain
shall awaken (hem from (heir lung sleep, and the
soil will give up its treasures more freely and boun
teously.
The platform adopted by the Democracy of this
State in the Convention lately held in Harrisburg,
has the somewhat 'of late), singular merit of ex
ceeding slrailforwardness. Wo publish the resolu
tions which define the party’s position as regards
the Slavery question, and the esteem in which the
present Administration Is held:
Resolved, That in the repeal of the act known as
the Missouri Compromise act, and the passage of
the act organizing the Territories of Kansas and
Nebraska, free fi-om unconstitutional restrictions,
the last Congress pOrlormed a work of PATRIOT
IC SACRIFICE in meeting 1 the demands of section
al excitement by unshaken adherence to’lhe funda
mental law. • j
Resolved, That we fully endorse Hie sdmlniatra
lion of President Pierce ns NATIONAL, FAITH
FUL and EFFICIENT—fuIIy equal lu all tho im-’-
porlanl emergencies which the country has had to
encounter, nnd that he has worthily maintained her
interests and honor at home and abroad.
Tho Tioga Democracy will swallow that pill with’
difficulty, if they swallow it at all.
CT Chase's Pen Pictures of Gkbw, is the title of
a new-book which, it is expecled, will shortly ema.
nate'from the office of the Monlroie “Mail Routes."
—Bradford Argue,.
We would suggest to the very erudite Chase, tiro
propriety of adding to the proposed work an appen.
dix, wherein shall appear at least (hirty.ninc AUons
for turning bis coal three times in fwo yesrs,
> Also, whether the patronage of Mr, Pierce has
anything to do with his sudden and late manifosta.
lion of respect for the Administration..
Books and Papers.
“{lndia ;or the Pearl of Pearl River.”. Mrs. E. D.
>E. N. Southwouth. Author of “Tbe Missing
, , Bridq,” “The Deserted Wife,*’ &c. Published
by T. B, Peterson 102’Chestnut sL, Philadelphia;
Pride, *1,25. ’ ' ‘
JVonJ'an impeffcclrtadingof this fcorkiwe art
impressed with iUaoperidrity over arty-of lh« -pre
vioua extrtordinary ficliona tylhe popular-author*
eat:' ItH'teldom thatman orffdroan evlhcet auch
ah intimate knowledge of the •ileijlomoliona of the
human heart ’it does Mrs. Sooihworth. We We
to WVp&fofctlbh whbaq author so truly and seil'ch.
irtgly dWihcs ihe aqcrtt wbrkiflgtof the heart jrt
fssnmkhlof itsjMfenestjoy, or cowering,jin Jthd,
adoiPm ila .damtion ; and 1 .who clothes thoseb
"8|0», wd to tbdwams besidp, ntmcleea emotwnc
w|i’it|j|hl»ea, shape : ofappropriate;
'PEc hero of thia wort, Mark Sutherland, lathe
■**■l mpl aijJ eneuMeliwe luMM^^^w^A,ns^ra^l>lniSswrs^M
UlilinnlDQKy(DKnu iU >()<.
uiMt
turning tojiisSouthern Jiome, Ho went to scoff
bitt Wlirrliedf lo flhd'hlitjacflf like §OS, ''among the
1 prophets. I*^-Therr 1 *^-Therr commenced afeaTtnistrnggigbgr-
Inmen and -Inh! ena.hantkund/
nra-unhompromisihg Con&ibfiee on the*other, 'tkih-'
■soieoes. triumphed, -Haretumed-Soothwlthlhe
c<»(. ; He jnet the qpposiljoh
with the moral grandeur of ■ Luther, Hesaprifiped
(lie gptrf.opjnipna.of.frienfls but more
all,itnd crpwn(t)g act of heroiap), he
jinipolated vfsm f thenltajr;of]l)ttijy.. He
look back liji> plighted trail) from '‘lndia,” who had
been the,divinity,pf hia affejyione. Ho emancipated
his slpvea and gave each anoulfil to Liberia, Then
settling the handsome sqm of $30,000 upon his
mother, who bad disinherited him troth her affec-
tions, lie went out into (lie great world, penniless,
consecrating' his'lifc to Humanity. hbl
follow him up iho hit) of Sabciss—such it soul is it
self a' monument to Succesa- ll lJut ,we recommend
'the Hook to 'every ahti.stivhry 1 man’, its main inci
dents being founded in fact, as’Showing how much
moral courage and nobility _of seal it reqßirea lo
unyoke onoV bumbo chattels In thp shadow of the
peculiarinstitution. l ' 1 •
: And “Rosalie," the great, I rUe-heartcd 1 woman—
the tree heroine or the tale 7 A column of praise
could not add to the'greilncss of such' a character.
Cassius 9X« Clay.
A Southern correspondent of the North
ern Christian Advocate, gives the following
as 'Cassius' M. Ckiy’s mode of managing the
Kentucky audiences by ‘‘moral suasion,”
“He sends an appointment to n.given place
to lecture at a certain time; perhaps some of
jhe.naliives will.send .word that he will not bn
permitted to .lecture there; :he sends back
word that, he will lecture.the're according to
previous notice. The time comes, a great
crowd is collected to hear the mob ; presently
the lecturer comes.. He,.passes directly
ihrougli/foe crowd, mounts the forum, waves
his ,htmd for attention.,all eyes are turned
towards (he speaker. He commences with a
, firm, clear, and decided lone of voice the
following remarks:
“Gentlemen,” says he, “I have a few pre
limlnaiitps to settle previous to entering
upon the main subject for discussion. I .want
to make three short.appeals to..three classes
of persons,” -(when 116" holds up n small
6tb|e.) “There gen.ilemno,” says he, “is
Ihp great,charter record,of human rights on
which all law pnd equality is based, deserv
ing the name of law, this ip my appeal to the
religious part of society,”—and lays it down
nn the'stand before him. Then be holds up
the Constitution of the United “Here
gentlemen,” says he, “is the bon.d of our
Union, jhe noble Constitution of our glorious
Republic, which says ’.hat all men are horn
free and equal, with certain inalienable rights,
&c„ &c.” This is qn appeal to gentlemen, to
patriots and In all Aroef'C^os,,aod he places
it with his Bible before him. Then .he puts
hi* hurwt Injit his nnrkfil AV't ~
enormous ,six shooter, holding it before the
audience, he exclaims; “and here gentlemen,
is a sif shooter, every barrel of which is heav.
tly loaded with powder,and cold lead. This
is my ojfpeal ip mobnerats, and I will blow
i's contents through the heart of the first man
who offers to lay his hands on-me to silence
me,in my qative State, or gag free speech in
my presence.” This he lays down upon the
stand, with his two former appeals, ready for
action, then .he, commences.,a perfect storm
against the peculiar institutions, enough, to
wring the sw.ent of old, Kentucky from every
pore. By this time all are awed into into
submissive silence.
Lease of the Public Works.
Id the House, on Monday, M.r. Ball report
ed froin the Committee of Ways nnd Means
a bill to authorize the Canal Commissioners
ip .lease to the Union-; Canal Company of
Pennsylvania, the main line, ftorn Columbia
to Pittsburgh., Tbe ‘Canal Commissionem
are to muktj a detailed statement.of.all prop
erty belonging fo the State upon or connect
ed with the said works, to be leased with-the
works. The lease to be for thirty years, the
Stole reserving the right to annul it at-any
time after ten years, upon giving one year’s
notice, at any time after a sale, upon tea
enable notice.
The lease to stipulate that ns much accom
modation shall be afforded hereafler, as has
been afforded heretofore, >n the use of- the
works, that i(ie Canals may be improved as
many, be deemed best; and that the Works
shall be delivered on the determination of the
lease in hs good order os they were received,
reasonable wear and damage excepted. -The
revenue received to be first applied to pay
the. ordinary expenses of managing the
Works—then’ each sum as may be required
(not lexceeding $150,000 per annum,) shall
be expended in tbe permanent improvement
of the Works; and after the deductions are
made, one-half the balance remaining shall
be paid iplo'the State Treasury on the first
of January in each year ; a larger surp to h?
expended in repairs when extraordinary "dam
ages are done, A siammem of liie, receipts
and expenditures op,the Works shall be furb
ished quarterly to the Canal Commissioners.
The Company jb have' power,,to’own and
employ Igcumo/tves, cars, boats and horses,
&u., and to convey 'passengers and freight
on said Works, as alsp.qn their 1 own' VVorks,
and on , those of the Schuylkill Navigation
Company ; . and j to receive compensation
therefor. The, company to have the exclu
sive right to furnisK'nll motive power, on the
railro/id, provided that all persons wildcard,
horses, boats and freight- may pass over said
Works, paying tolls, therefor; and the use of
said Works shall be governed by such geiier
al rujes.as the' company'may establish, but
no .person’shall, wilhottl IfiqTr consent, be perl
milted to use f)°r B P? or 'other power
on tho .Railroad, or, aiparri on the Cnjaal.—
The,further;: details of the lease. to, pe seitjed
by (he Canal Commissioners, under the ad
vice of ‘the ' Attorney General
Gaiettt,'" ' 'r ' I ■■ ■•• it
be:
r HS»
of fori
and;
Idvertisei
farming ft
jot in another column
lads for sale. ’
*** Nature has at last become thorougly
’ashamed of her dirty'face as >hown i*d ourf
jjgeefd,>bd iq'd and for the
jwsLfaw days haa.endeavored JoconceaL it
by a now mantle of, sp^ty.., jXhe sltj,ppme
disposes of her winter jgooda
'year,' has . been" “gping," ~g oin far a
: binigjimei; When will it be “gone.’ l - 1 ’
Religion rsm’pTogresi'a t
ihd Rdd'nd Tdp ddbobl foolish, tn . Charleston,
and,we learn that others ere to .becommen
iced 1 as'soijn as 1 possible t in various ipwns .of
the.county. Much good. has. already been
,done, qndfltay .it still continue.* . The meet
ings in this village have not yetbeqn discon
tinued.
~ , f* # The funeral of Mr. J. S, Bbvden on
the 20th inst., was the largest ever witnessed,
in Wellaboro’. . He was preceded to the.grave
by a-large procession of the I. O. of G. F.,
‘of 'whjch Fraternity he was a most Worthy
Member, arid buried w[tb the beautiful and
appropriate ceremonies of that order. A
sermon waslhenpreqchedin the Presbyterian
.Church,by then Rev. N.. A. .Depew,'of Hor
nellsville, N. Y. "•■■it i * '
*** Peterson's Magazine is .the cheapest
periodica) published.' The.patterns for mak
ing women’s and cbildren’sclothing are worth
for a 1 single month,' the price of the Maga
zine for a'year. Aside from this, its columns
are enriched by the productions' of native
authors of. celebrity ; and its. stories are en
tirely original, , , .
***We are sorry to hea'f that friend
PotnEKOY of the Athens Gazette, has become
insane. Looking over his paper we discover
an affecting appeal to patrons that “he.wants
something to,pat.”, Strrtnge that he should
have become so infatuated, . We had thought
that editors were resigned to their' fate, but
here we-see one so far out' of his element as
to think of eating something. Will the
Athenians look out for him, he may do some
ihing.desperate.
*** Messrs. Seebich & TEAGAHDEithave
had on exhibition lor a few days a patent
“blacksmith’s striker,” which recommends
itself to every blacksmith who wishes to be
.up with the limes. This machine is simple;
not liable to gel out of order, and at the samb
time efficient. The cost is small, and one
man is enablbd to do the work of two. It
has one advantage over the common striker
which every master mechanic can appreciate,
it costs.nothing fur board, the saving on this
item alone for a few weeks would pay the
cost of a machine. Call and see it at Rob
inson’s Hotel.
•** Since it was talked that nrtn‘ Tr ‘’ ca '*"’ , 'ld
appropriate a considerable -sunr for warlrkfe
preparations, we observe that almost every
city is putting in claims for a portion of the
funds to erect fortifications, &c. Not to be
behind-hpnd, we give notice that we shall
put in a claim for Wellsboro.’ Why may
not the British come sailing up the plank
road and before we are aware of it, give us
‘particular fits.’ To avoid this, we propose
to have the Agitator Office, aod other public
buildings strongly fortified, and .the town
pump put in working order, so ns to be able
to give them a warm ’reception. An evil
spirit al obf elbow tells us to “be not afraid”
for in as much as the British will follow the
old watch-word, “booty and beauty,” we may
remain as undisturbed as if behind.the guns
of Gibrnller, We despise all. such counsels
however and go in for the fortifications.
*** We apprehend that the recent decline
in the price of bread-stuffs, has .given the
horrors to a great many honest farmers, who
'‘couldn’t afford” to take-less than two dol
lars a bushel for their grain. We notice in
looking over the papers, that a farmer near
Galt, C. W. who had eight hundred bushels
of wheat, for which he had been offered the
high prices of last season, but chose to keep
it, bung himself last week. Another farmer
near London, had three years erbp on hand,
which he had refused to sell ht the extreme
rates of fast Fall. He is now insane, his rea
son giving way at the prospect of having |o
sell at greatly reduced prices. Wo hope there
are but few in out cdiVimtihiiy who .have en
deavored to enrichen themselves,"by preying l
upon the life of (lie poor, if therearp such,
do you pity iheic.Toss 1
*** Nrbochbdnezzar ExhumßU.— lt’has
long been supposed that the rebellious mon
arch of Babylon, “wenl’to gross, 1 ! but it has
been staled f that Col. Bawjinson, w|jo. js at
present engaged in prosecuting, the discover
ies commenced by Layard and Bfoila, and in
exhuming-from ihe mounds of the long lost
rival cilies of Nin?vsh and Babylon, the in
sfruciive remains of this once gigantic power,"
has lately discovered, in a, state of perfect
preservation, what is belie'etj to be the mum
my of Nebuchednezzar. . The face is cov
ered-by one of those gold masks- usually
found in-Assyrian tombs, is described as'be
ing very handsome—the'forehead highland
commanding, the features marked and regu
lar. This interesting relic of remote ahtiqui-’
ty is for the present preserved in. the Museum
of ihe East ,India Company. - Wfyo v doubta
ill t ■ ; •- . - .1
PHOvQKi^o ; l6ye lo a pretty, gifj
»tp,qnly, laughs, and gays l La ll Mr, Stniihj
wiat A,funny man you are, ]: don’t believe
in-kissing. l
IJi
miming •! a Peny.^i^
One
has hdppeneq.uppit’lhpi; Delawaretsince ti,
burning of the WilliaW'Penn.taoteo 25 vJZ
ago occiirred Y ilii 0 J
and ■.
The CamijfeD r "New j Prsp , „
belonging'to thnt.PbiWdftlphiaand Camden
Fer«y Company ( 0 the “
ber of nearly lOtyinoatly residenia of k 1
Jersey, state for 1 Camden, - ew
The boat wai
reaching that po/ni^,Captain Crpjon discover
ed that the ice was so; jammed between |U
banks, that, to gouhrough would be almost
an impossibility. &11 ,
The boat theiHurned northward, e 0 a 9 (0
cross the bar sotne 'distance above' Smith’s
Island. When ( nearly;ophite Arch street
wharf, the boat eras dtscp*;ered to be on fire
near the smoke stack. All effort was mt( j e
to check the dames, bin- without avail. \
scene of, ensued, the pa' sset ,.
gets all pressing forward toescape the flamer
and to be the first tdjump ashore, as soon as
the boat should touch the wharf, the captain
having directed ,ljie pilot to aleer direct for
the Arch street,wharf When within about
thirty feet of the wharf the wheel house fell,
rendering her steering apparatus useless. A.'
strong ebb tide was running, and setting up
the river, which.caused the Boat to Sheer of
from the wharf, arid float towards the Island
again. Before .this,, time, however/most of
the passengers had jumped overboard, som«
of whom managed to get uphn eakes of ; n
-and ~ others-were- token- tfronr the - water fa
persons in small boats.-rt'Mabf of the passen.
1 gers, among whom. were some femnlea, re.
moinerf dmthe 1 bdnt Mitil lhe burning of their
clothes drove ihnmToleap into the water,
i
-n-i-R-B-l-E-D
Ou ll)e 9th ihstont, by Ambrose Barker Em
Mr. NELSON WILBORand Miss PRUDAJAhF
daughter of John Leonard, all of Union. '
DIEp.
At hia home in Delmar, on Monday the 16thin«t
Mr.,JAMES. S. BRYDEN, aged 36 yean.
Tyoga Lodge,. No. 330, 1, 0. of 0. F., o/" Penns.
Whereas, it has pleased the Great Dispenser of
human events, to re more Mr. James S. Bunk
from among us by death, while yet in the n;v
of manhood and surrounded by all that makes lib
desirable and happy, therefore,
Retained. That 1 in this sudden and unexpected
stroke, we recognize the hand of Him who doeth
all things well.
3, Retained, That by the death o( Brother Bar.
den, our Order has lost a prominent and useful mem.
b^r,.society a high-minded and honorable man, and
hia family a bind anil'affectionate husband end tether,
■ 3. Revolved. That we deeply sympathise with the
bereaved wife and family of our deceased brother
in this sadden and afflictive dispensation.
4, Retained, That copies of these Resolniione be
communicated to the limiily of the deceived, tod
published for two weeks in the papers of thin county,
and that we wear the usual badge of mourning for
the apace of 30 days.
JOHN ALEXANDER, N. G.
S. H. LANDIS, SfCy.
TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS & ST.
PER VISORS.— A copy of the lost edjilst
cd Valuation of properly in the several township
in this County, has beeu aeut to tho Town Clerks of
said townships.
TNI’ORjOATION WANTED.--.!#
X Hie heirs of* WM. H. WARNER, lormrtij I
Tf/'-l'f ■» •l>'“ nlsee. some 30 yisr, if.
Whined stooping'. Said to Tmvo ermi,.,, j n foi,
ceunly. Any ono giving salisfiictory etndenca of
relationship will receive intelligence of interest
Call on the subscriber it Elkland boro'.Tmp eo.
P«- JOEL PARKHDRST.
* March 27. *5G~14.
Cb-PAUTNERSHIP heretofore
* enisling ns the firm of Bart* Tompkins is 10.
day dissolved by mutual oonsent. All dues and de
mamla against the firm will be seltlet) by T. B.
Tompkins. TAMERLANE BURT,
Lawrence, Jan. 12-56. T. B. TOMPKINS.
T. B. Tomplrin. having purchased T. Burt's in.
teresl in the Cowley Mills and lumbering establish,
■meet, will continue the business as heretofore.
.Mar.Bl.'afi-ta* .
The Tiagajtonnty Agitator
Is published every TItURSDAt MORNING at Wellsboro',
Tioga County, by. Coed, StcrroCk k Co. on the PAY*
DOWN System. The cash roust Invariably accompany the
order for the paper, unless our agents at (ho several post-offl*
cos choose to become rcspousiblo for the amount, or no p*
per will bo moiled. The subscription price is ONE DDL*
I* A R PER ANNUM ta singlb subscribers. Any par l
son sending us $9 will receive 1J) copies of the paper one year
to each subscriber.
Qfllco, ROY’S BLOCK, second floor, over Taylor’s Book
Store. Justice’s, Constable’s and other Blanks always oa
hand. Job and Fancy Printing executed with neatness aod
despatch.
FA UIUS 6c FARMING LANDS IN
TIOGA & POTTER COUNTIES.—Tire fol-
Towing farms and farming lots are now offered for
sale:
Farm bf 126 acres, in Clymer township. 45 sera
; improved, with house and barb.
w “ 100. acres in Pike, Poller co., about 30
acres improved, with two diverting
houses and bam.
’ “ H 50 sores in 'Morris, 6 acres Improved, &
dwelling house.
“ 11 73 acres in Delmar t ‘ls acres improved.
“ 11 75 acres in Gaines, 35 acres improved,
and house end barn.
•“ “50 acres in Dclrnar.
« “ 70 acres in Sweden, Poller County.
“ . “ 105 acres in Summit, Poller co.
These lands are til located on public roads and
are of the best quality of .farming laud,
Five per'cent, only of the purchase] noney will be
required dosrti, and the' balance m Tt n annual In.
staliuenta. ;
Persons of small means who desire|hea/lhy foot
linns, will see at a glance that this is Hie most de
sirable opportunity of securing a homestead ever be
fore offered in this, or any other Conors.
Apply' to A. P. CONE, Wellsboro’, Tioga County,
Pa.
. Marqh 27, IjßSfr-lf.
ATOTICE 18 HEREBY OITER that
IN I Intend Jo apply for a pardon; lot. John Tstr
who way spnl to the Pastern PcniletUinry from Ibis
county, in February, 1854. ’F. W. TAM.
' Wclfflbore , March 6, 1856.
Notice is hereby given »>«t
I intend to apply for a pardon for Landnr Smith
who wne sent lolhe'Baslern Penitentlarp Irom this
county, in, 1854. , MINOR SMITH.
March, 6th, 1856.
a OUSE, LOT&CABINETBHOP
jFOR SALR.—The subscriber:o({ara for sale
tl]e Ipt of, Iqhd on which he resides, to-
gether with the , oppurlyndncea, consist
trig df'ab’dwelllng house' and Cabinet |ssjSH|
Maker’s Shop. For further
enquire of : FREDERICK BERWaMT, first
door nqrth.of D. Slurtock’s Cabinet Shop,
Wellsboro! Pa* Marctj 6,1856-Sm.
A DWIUfISTHATOR>S NOTICE.—
/I WHEREAS, Letters of Adminislralinn hit.
tng been granled to thp subscribers oo the estate of
Wtfai 1 McNilt. lath of Dcimar twp. deceased, those
irtdabtdd'tb aaid'estalo are reqoeslod to make imme
diate'pay menl.aad. those having claims against the
aame.tp present them for settlement to • -
Deiuiar, March 6-56.* H. S.,HASTINGS,
' , : ' GEO.MoNITT,
■ . AdmMltrtiort,
ITMEKT.
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