The. Republican National Executive Com-
to the People of the
AlitUod Statef, -
. £, '’ :,L ' WAsnxsrotds, 'Friday, March - SB. ; '
-ii •« : i * ■* • t ft * i • n - ,
.During ifi« season of ibis body, which has.
tine die, tqaqy suggestions
mehlbyrs of Congress and oh
e r ,?> relative to a Congressional gijll For a Nt
itdtyif Convention, and. for’changing ihq time,
o (jlie'Ph! la d ul ph i a Convention, ' JSpnqo ijlso’;
ndwseij .thp Incorporation of ~the, American
end, issues, wjjich the. Executive Com
millet: deemed extraneous., ,
JAl'er peTiWat.tbn, it has beep agreed by the
Cynyrti'iee fo invite ihp people.of the United
Svitej, (without regard io past d ((Fences of-di
\ isinh»V) " ho, are opposed lb the repeal of ihe■
Missouri Compromise and.,the policy .of the
Administration,, who favor the exclu
sion of, Slavery from 11}?;, territories and 'he
admission of Kansas as a, Free Slate, and
"bo desire to have the action of the Federal
Government restored to (he principles ,of
" A3IHNOTON and Jefferson, to send (each
Niaip) three delegates from their respective
Congressional Districts, and six delegates at
large, lo meet in Convention at Philadelphia,
ot}Alin : l7ih of June, for the purpose of rec
ommending candidates to be supported for
’tic offices of President and Vice-President of
the United Slates.
.The address adopted by the Committee is
ascribed to Francis P. Blais. It is written
with Ins characteristic ability, and is destined
to produce n strong impression upon the pop
ular oiinil, After relerring Id the nomina
tion o( Fillmote, which, not being likely lo
obtain the electoral vote of a single Stale, is
considered as an attempt to divide the strength
of Ann. Administration men, the address ad
vocates the surrender of parly prejudices, to
vindicate the principle of restraining the ex
tension, of the slave-holding monopoly, and
of maintaining the rights of those, in all sec
tions, who labor wilh iheir hand, from its op
pressions, without interfering with the rights
of States to dispose of ihe subject in their
quo hoots as. they choose.
7'lie influence, of Slavery upon the interests
of .lahniing classes is discussed. The inter
cuts have been betrayed by representatives
Iroin I lie North arid Soulh in the interests of
slaveholders who have-voted to surrender the
public hi mis lo Slavery.-
Ib-nce ihcre arc two principles lo he asser
ted-—(he vindication of free labor in the Ter
ritories, nod ihe chastisement of misguided
representatives who have .disobeyed the pop
ular will.
The report enlarges upon tho consequen
ces of the inumph of Atchison’s usurpation
in Kansas, wilh laws and a Constitution in
troducing Slavery and disfrancising free la
boreys bv test oaths and other, disabilities,
upon ilie principles of the President’s procla
mation.« Then follows an exposition of the
etfocis o( slavery upon ihe free while people
of the South, as shown by Ihe testimony of-
Senator Clav. of Alabama, and Gov. Ham-i
niond. of South Carolina. In Ihe latter'
Slate il is shown that one-lhird of the free
Population control the State Government. j
The degraded condition of the poor whites
in slaveholding communilies is cued furiher,,
to explain the, Richmond Enquirer’s argu. j
mcnlt in favor of ihe inalienable right to en-
O j
slave white as well as black men. I
The subserviency of the exisiing Demo-,
crane parlies to the designs of Slavery ex- :
icnsionists is dwell upon. That Party eon
aisis of office-holders, wilh the President as
a lender, and ihe few slaveholders of ihe
Soulh who hone to succeed by a possible
plurality in some Northern States, occasion
ed bv the division of the opponents of Slave
ry extensic.
• The desian of the black oligarchy is lo
establish a cordon of black Republics from
Missouri to the Pacific. The degrading con
sequences of policv is exemplified in Mexico,
where Slavery exists under the name of
THE AGl'lS.'Bp^.
mThTcobb,
*,* All Basiness,4gd btbpr
be addressed to the Editor to insdfeaUenlion.
; “ ‘WEILSBOROTrGHrTA: ~
Thursday ApHllTylbiSfl.
poonnpn
A striking illustration of the working of
the BO called popular sovereignly, as laid
down bv the Administration, may be seen in
Utah, where multitudes of whie women are
held in servitude as wives, with no restriction
bv Congress. Douglas's principle allows ihe
people of a Territory to establish the full
blown Turkish system.
What is there in ihe unlimited permission
to form one regulate their own insliiulions,
subject only lo ihe United Slates Constitution,
as Douglas proclaims it, which would prevent
Brigham Young from holding sixty men as
well as sixty women in servitude l The ad
dress concludes as follows ■
- -R«pnbliean Nominatious.
Fo» lr ipresi'i#«**it'ilri 18&6.’ '
Wri. SALMON PTOHASE, of OHo,
Poti* Vl^»t*resldent:
Hon. pAym WnJttOT, of Penn’a,
; The foirpftitffcjnatried authorized
to collect dues and receive subscriptions for the Ag
itatqr. Their receipts will be regarded as pay
ments, ,,_ r ■ ..
Wu. Garretbon !. .....'.Tioga.
Ji lij Potter'. ...; Middlebury Center.
G. W. Stanton. , .Is, wrenceville.
Dr. J. C. Wuittaerr Elkbmd.
John SeapiNo Liberty.
O.F. Tatlor .Covington.
Victor Case Knoxville.'
W. W. MoDovoall Shippen.
Isaac Plane Brookfield.,
Jno. James Blossburg.
C. F. Culver Osceola. f
O. H. Blanchard .Nelson,
E, A. Fish- Mainsbnrg.
Samuel Phillips Westfield,
Wu. >l. Johnson Daggett's Mills.
A. Barker -. Ogdensburg,
O. M. StEboins Crooked Creek.
Isaac Spencer Maple Ridge.
Republican State Convention,
In fulfillment ot (he duties imposed upon the on*
dcraignod, as member of the National Executive Committee
for Pfiinirlrmiln, (appointed by the Republican Convention
held lU PittKburg on the 2*Jd ult„) nnd in compliance with the
wlrthei* of nnnuTous friciuU throughout the State, notice is
hereby piren that a REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
a ill be held {□ the City of Philadelphia, on MONDAY, the
16th day of JUNE next, at 10 o'ch»ctr. A. M., for the purpose
of forming an Electoral ticket ami the nomination of a State
Ticket, to he tmp{>ortL-d at the ensuing Presidential and State
Election*, and geneml’y for the transaction of all euch busi
ness as eliall come before said Convention.
The midcrsigned would recommend that the Convention be
composed of Del<*patei, twice In nnmher to that of the Sen
ate and House of Rcprcnmtative< ; and tluititho.friends of
Freedom in the pou-rnl counties In the Commonwealth meet
at the county seat, or other convenient place in their respect
ive counties, on SATURDAY, the Hist day of MAY next, (un
less some other day will better accommodate,) and elect del
egates to represent them fn said State Convention; and also,
at the same time and place, three delegatus from the several
Congressional Pidliirt*, to represent this State in the Nation--
at Nominating Conumtion to ho held oa the 17th of Jtme
next, at PhiMdclbh/n. I). WIL3IOT
Tovavda, Mar. 15, ’6ft. Member of Nat. Ex. Com, for Pa.
lion. G. A. Grow wjil please accept acknowledge
ments for valuable^documcnla.
C. L. K. t M. D., Mechanicsburg, Pa. We can
not insert your Quid on the terms proposed. $1 per
month is our least charge for such advertisements,
or $lO a'year, quarterly in advance.
Great Triumphs. —Connecticut has redeemed
herself und repudiated Pierce and Touccy. The
Republican and American fusion carried the Slate
handsomely, ensuring the election of State officers
of tho right kind by a clear majority in both houses
on joint ballot. Old Litchfield west fusion with a
will—rather the most encouraging result iu the
Stale.
Rhode Island follows suit and stands out squarely
opposed to the Administration. The New England
Slates now present a solid anti-slavery front. This
result inevitably ensues to the Free School system.
Once educate the Pennsylvania Dutch in the south
ern and eastern counties of this State, and you will
work irretrievable ruin to tho Sham-democratic par
ly. Free Schools make Free Men.
The Beauty of Hunker HoliucM.
When a great man passes away, it is customary
to eulogise and laud his virtues, many ot the latter
qualities having been covered up and remained un
recognized during the discharge of the manifold du
ties of a long public life. Thus, Webster and Clay,
after nearly half a hundred years of public service,
which the former rounded up with an act ofsuh.
servience 10, and the latter by a
mise with a terrible Wrong, were generally lauded
ss paragons of greatness and goodness. Notwith
standing the assertion of the poet—
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred within their bones,
the evil that men do is often forgotten, or covered up
in the overdrawn eulogies of admirers and toadies.
The memoirs of prominent men are usually a
post-obit matter; in life, every man is supposed to
stand historied on the page of current events. But
the inconsistencies uf some public lives call for an
i unusual effort on the part of admirers, to rescue the
object of their adoration from public execration.
I We have a case in hand.
Our readers are generally aware that of the three
hunker aspirants lor the next Presidency, James
Bnchsnan will strive to be foremost. That he will
succeed in the Cincinnati Convention is not very
probable. But bis claims to public confidence, and
especially to Southern confidence, arc being strong,
ly advocated by the Pennsylvania pro-slaveiy press,
the Ptnntylvanian leading off with tbs key-note-
The hunker papers arc the most excellent exempli
fications of IracUblUlr existing. Docs the leader
jump a six feet wall within as many feet of an open
gate, over go liio rurals, with lamb-like obedience.
John W. Forney shouts—
We hold that Congress is bound hy Ihe
Constitution to make all needful rules and
regulations tor the Government of Territo
ries of the United Stales, during their pupil,
sgp and preparation lo becoming members of
this confederacy, to prevent the growth with
in them o( system incongruous with the pure
and free, the just and safe principles inaugu
rated by the Revolution , —Evening Post.
“great is Buchanan, sound his praise !”
And at once the “rursls” reply in little echoes—
“urkat is DocnASAlf of the Ibrntrylrantan /"
Washington, Friday, April 11, 1856
Our Diana is a Nimrod, mighty in Ihe chase—
after office; and his biographer proves this and more
beside, in his attempt to make a Buchanan sugar
leal that shall melt gratefully on the Southern pal
ate.
There is a concerted purpose lo misrepresent
Ihe action of the Senate yesterday on the
Kansas Memonn.. The Union misstates it
#s a vote to reject the applmn'ion of Kansas
for admission under her Free-State Constitu
tion, and L presume this misrepresentation
has been telegraphed to Missouri to encour
age the Border Ruffians and dishearten our
friends in Kansas. The Star, on the other
hand, asserts that Memorial was rejected as
a forgery. This is equally false. The real
decision was that the Memorial, as presented,
waa not in due form nor properly authenti
cated. Different Senators voted for diverse
and mixed motives, but the Senate decided no
more' than 1 have indicated. (Jen. Lane will
memorialize the Senate forthwith, getting
forth the fsc's in the case, and ofiering to
verify them, if required, under the direction
of Ihfe Senate. If evidence is really wanted
by any of the genuineness of the Memorial,
they shall have it to their hearts’ content. —
This flurry will fix attention on the document,
causing it lo be generally read.
- private bills engrossed both Houses to-day,
according to Ihe rules. The Senate passed
tinaoy, the House hut one. Adjourned lo Mon
day. The House is deplorably thin, and 100
•>hHny .of »he Members who are in the city
generally out of their seats, unless an
important division is apprehended. Some
remedy for tUia must be devised. u. o.
Upon tho Baltimore Platform of 1852, Mr. For.
ney plants Mr. Buchanan. This is intended to qui
et Die jealousy of the South, lo whom Hint platform
is a second Constitution. Ho cites the Blh, 9th and
10th sections in evidence of the democratic gravity
of the principles therein embodied. The sentiments
of Jefferson expressed in the Declaration of Inde
pendence, which make this the common asylum for
the oppressed of all nations, are declared lo have
been cardinal principles of the' Democratic parly
from the beginning. Let ns see about that.
The Declaration of Independence certainly does
declare that all men have an inalienable right to life.
liberty and tho pursuit of happiness. But does the
Democratic party acknowledge the truth of that
proposition? Let its policy answer. This is no
time for lip-service, for wordy protestations. “By
their fruits shall yc know them," applies to parties
as well as lo sects. And what has been (he policy
of the self-landed democratic parly for twenty years,
as regards America’s' great crime'? Has it ever
once acknowledged and acted U|>on the truth pro
claimed by its great apostle ? Never. From the
first aggressive stride of the Slave oligarchy up lo
this present, its action has been—“ Everything (or
party strength: Nothing for Freedom!" And it
has done noUiing far Freedom except negatively.
The recoil of the publicmind from the glaring in
consistencies exhibited between the professions of
that party and the Umo of Us settled policy, bat-re
galled in good to Freedom. Bat in that the party
is sell-foiled. If Omniscience elects to bring good
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOE.
e^il.^Omnia^en^betoep^ee,;
inddji to (be demonnUe partjr. jSjie icquisltipn
of Twa* was the kff ofuhat and its aoqoi
sitio»,yvaa a triumph of E|lavery, Wto Wilmol Pro
visoes and^pterent :tbe
extension of Slavery. The Democratic ; party re
jected tfaat-measnre. It
£?B j
Kinrta.Nchrtlia Stllt kid itWMtfipS&riV
UUd mlrtge»*/ilmmi tetd#m:*fa%lcAruf
fending eetilere of. K an so*; it redress j
their grievances ; it fhe ohallla
ges ah'd SUifcTJnd the TnirtaWetogofpeaeable'roen.
And bqw, withf lhe.tfc(Ddj «f a and i o<i >
Brown dripping from its Iralleidalliand, wllh a lie,
a snerilegloor-lie-npon-iledovilish )ip»,Tt-[deads its
devotion to the’ great: principVUid idoffn, in thj>.
Declaration of Independence! Free men of Tioga
County do you hear this andftfgel that human na
ture sometime,so sinks in .the scale of being as to
blond with the spbeto of the brute 7 ; Do you bear
this specious plea for James flucbanan by bis slave,
Forney ? f
Now listen. Accepting Mr. Forney as authority,
Mr. Buchanan is sound on both sides of the Slavery
question. , Hois a Jeffersonian democrat. Jefferson
was an antilslavery man to the core. - tic was in fa
vor of. extending the Missouri Line to the Pacific
even to “any, ienitory vie may acquire
from in 1846; he said then that “the se
curity of the Union demands it;” he note endorses
the repeat of the Missouri restriction, on tho ground
that "the tectE-'ily of the Union demanded He re
peal." Consistent Buchanan ! The vision of a
seer may not bq thine, blit who would dispute the
palm of demos6gUtftsm wfth'thee, could|not be wise.
I “Northern democrats ate not expected to approve
Slavery in llie abstract,” says Mr. Buchanan in his
Berks county Metier. Northern democrats should
thank Mr. Buchanan for nntrammcling their con
sciences. Uhl-approve slavery in the' abstract I
Why not 7 ft it an evil 7 if it be an evil in the
abstract, then it' is evil in the concrete. If we ap
prove it in thedoncrcte, we endorse it in the abstract.
Slavery is the abstract; American 'slavery is one of
its concrete forma. Is American Slavery any better
than Slaveryl Perhaps some one ofMr. Buchan
an's admireikh—onr neighbor, (or instance, will ex
plain what Mb Buchanan means to say.
In the campaign of 1653, Mr. B.jsaid in one of
his slump efforts—“ From my soul 1 abhor the mix
ing up religion with politics!” Why should he
have complained of the mixing of religion with,the
politics of campaign, when it is well known
that neither great party made the campaign on prin
ciple, much less on the least bit of a religious plat
form., We bold that the mere the religious (not the
sectarian) eminent assimilates end unite* with Ibq,
political, the better it will be for the country ohdjlie
worse for demagogues. No honest msn will object
to the purification of politics. Sectarianism, witioh
bears about the same relation to religion that a lump
of Blossburg coal does to a diamond of the first wa
ter, is often mistaken for religion—as often as love
of parly is mistaken for devotion 16 democratic prin
ciples, Both are sad mistakes—both damage the
integrity of a people.
tionwho take ujiVlho pen except to inculdatd
woe knew well how to sWeep
a and few will.pef
ruae'tho Work befo re Us « Od experience no quiclient
gener«|sjmpqlje# which flow from\jje_
heart to redeem and sanctify, There is no attempt
-Urmyetify-tbe-readefi-bat-thoepeHef a hind,-wom>-
$ I h W r A Bl^l s ,?J«s; u *“.«P d «?? Ml* jWIPjKr
*><» of her pea.- Tte-wrfrVia mk& up ofskelohes
iUnptiatlng the anhjKr.t nf (Ip. tH| B ■;
We ore yet done with Forney’s Memoir of
Buchanan. There are laughable blunders enough
in it to destroy even a Forney’s reputation for man
agement. We will endeavor to review the interest
ing biography as fast as il appears.
If a man be known by the company ho keeps,
it is equally true that a community may be inlcHi
gently estimated by the quality and quantity of the
intelJectyal food it consumes. We have taken some
pains to investigate these apparently trifling matters
; in several neighborhoods, and have found the degree
of general intelligence to correspond very exactly
will) the above rule. .This will appear rational and
consistent to any and every one who may be at the
trouble to investigate. The mind and the body are
interlinked; and it is found that the quality of food
supplied to each not only mutually affects the pair,
bat produces marked effects upon the growth and de
vclopment of each. Thus, pork grease and all other
gross substances, taken into the system, inevitably
result in a gross development of the body, governed
,in degree by temperament, habit and occupation.
Your train-oil eating tribes are always gross and
stupid. Your pork-ealcrs are afflicted after the
manner of Job, subject tosick-headache and various
ills that flesh is net, legally, heir to. It is not ar
gued here that man can avoid ultimate decay by di
et ; but he may avoid mucli physical inconvenience
and aid the soul in a healthy development
Wc present herewith, a list of the reading rasUer
taken from the WclUboro* Post-Office, daily, weekly
and monthly, and take this opportunity toihank (he
obliging Postmaster for his assistance in arranging
the same:
iVame,
N. Y. Tribune.
41 Eve. Post
Phil, Sol. Post
Daily. S. J IV. W. Jlf.
.-•10 B 75 ..
3 59 ..
“ Ledger
Pennsylvanian
Rural New Yorker.
Christian' Chronicle
Wesleyan
Lile Illustrated....
Mansfield Express..
N. Y. Times
. 3 13 ....
- 24 ....
- 18 ....
. - 26 ....
u Herald 1.
Penn. Telegraph
Phil. Inquirer.
Spiritual Telegraph
Other weekly papers
Child’s Paper 1 and Am. Messenger,
Parish Visitor,
Harper's Magazine,
School Journal,
Cultivator,
Phren it, Water-Cure Journals,
Other Monthlies,
Blackwood and the Quarterlies,
Total
Pfirrfon'e Sfagatmt, for say contain.., |ts usual
quantity of entertaining literature ahdf embroidery
iStlerniTof the ladies. 'TKeTleei 'ShgraVthjflk'nol
good-lit is mjierabfc. , nditjief pihfribtlUs V> en-,
Odurage and exalt Art, nor Id aid tie the' reputation
of the artist.'
GooXt openi thc May campaign wilha mighifi.
cent line engraving enlitled“The Child’s Sorrow.”
GodSyle a pAlron of Art and 'deserves credit
for that. 1 Tile lite’rary and pattern 1 departments ore 1
well fillid. u ’ >i •
Wo would corfitnepd the Prtinrylvariin farm Jour
nal to our farmer friends aa one of tfao most valuable
agricultural works published. . Now-is a good time
to subscribe. ■ 9t per year; address J. M.Meredilh
de-Co. publishers, Philadelphia.
20 442 158
Ifcepfiblljpjiui Declaration,-of Prin
ciples, adopted by tbe Pittsburg
Convention.
I. We demand and shall.attempt to secure the
repeal of nil laws which allow the introduction 1 of
slavery into territories once consecrated to Freedom
and .will resist by every constitutional means, the
existence of Slavery in any o( the territories oh the
Unites Staled. i
S. 1 We will support by every lawful means our
brethren in Kansas in their manly and constitution
al resistance to the osarped authority of their law
less invaders, end will give the full weight of our
political power in favor of the immediate admission
of Kansas to the Union as a free, sovereign, inde
pendent Slate.
3. Believing that the present national Adminie
(ration has shown itself to be weak and faithless,
and that its continuance in power is identified with
tbe progress of the slave power to national suprem
acy, with Ihe exclusion of Freedom from tbe terri
tory, and with increasing civil discord, it is a lead
ing purpose of our organization to oppose and over
hrow it
In the aggregate we have 635 weekly, semi
weekly, daily, monthly end quarterly publications
taken from our village post-office. Within its range
we distribute about 250 copies ot the Agitator, and
the Eagle probably distributes ISO copies beside.
This swells the above aggregate to 1035 publica
tions. Estimating the number accommodated by
this post office at 1000, we have rather more than
ouo paper for each person. Averaging the cost of
the dailies at $5 each, the weeklies at 81 50, and
the monthlies, semi-weeklies and quarterlies at $3
each, these 1000 individuals pay 81094 annually for
reading matter, or at the.rate of 81 10 each.
What does this prove 1 It assists as in making
such an estimate of Hie character of this common!-
ty as two years of close observation warrants • and
we can say unreservedly, that a more generally in
telligenl and morally healthy community is seldom,
if ever to bo met with in the journey of life. No
man, however buffeted by misfortune or crushed by
calamity, cad be friendless herb. Tlic stranger may
hot ace in it the home of Ins childhood, or the spot
hallowed by the associations of riper years / but he
will surely find warm hearts and a welcome, if he
deserke them.' •
■•Courtship pud Marriage, or 7Ae Joys oud Surreal
Of American Life." By Mrs. Gasoline Lee
HentE. T. B. Peterson publisher, 102 Chestnut
street'Philadelphia. Muslin', sent post mid fur
81 35. -
Mrs. Lee llentz was one of the few writers of fic.
A Hearlleia Villain and a Hasty
--I Harriage.
It is stated in the Buffalo Commercial that
about three months since a young mao, of
genteel appearance and agreeable demeanor,
look up his residence in a boarding-house in
that town, became acquainted with n young
and respectable female, and soon succeeded
in inducing her to become his wife. The se
quel is soon told:
“ After the wedding he removed to a new
boarding place, where he commenced a sys
tem of tyranical abuse unworthy of a man.-
He continued living with her up to a few
days ago; since then he has been missing,—
He left, taking with him whatever available
property he could lay hia hands upon, and
has not since been heard of. Before leaving
he made strenuous efforts to get possession
of the marriage certificate which she had,
but did not succeed.
“ It is presumed that he has removed to
some other locality similar op-
erations.”
“ The poor girl be has thus deceived and
forsaken is now alone among slrangars com
paratively, with ruined hopes, and a future
looming up black and dark.
" The gay Lothario hails from the vicinity
of Boston, is of medium height, sandy hair,
light eyes, and of square build. He possesses
a pretty good gift bf language and an extra
ordinary amount of assurance." ,
This is the old story, and may be summed
up in the words with which we have headed
this article—“ A heartless villain and a hasty
marriage.” Will the gentler sex never to
admonished 1 Cases of bigamy are of con
stant occurrence, while thoughtless marriages
with their bitter fruits, take place from day
to day, and yet the credulity and delusion
appear to be as prevalent as ever. The idea
of marrying a stranger, one of a few weeks’
acquaintance, and without any previous
knowledge of his habits and character, is so
short sighted and absurd that it,is difficult to
believe in the existence of such a monomania.
Marriage even under the most favorable cir
cumstances, is perhaps the most important
event of life, while those who wed rashly and
without inquiry as to the character of their
companion commit, to sayilhe least a most
egregious act of folly.— lnquirer.
Ip we did not know that Qiiase, of the
Montrose Democrat was a knave, we should
feel quite certain that he was a fool. In a
late number of his delectable sheet, he seizes
hold of an article in the Reporter to prove
that we have been engaged “ for a year and
a half in building up the Know-Nothing
order. ”
In his last issus he comes out with the start
ling announcement that Wilmot has made a
coalition with the Fillmore Know-Nothings,
and accuses him of an “ attempt to sell the
Free>soilers to the Fillmore Ticket!” We
congratulate the free-soilers of Susquehanna
upon having such a vigilant sentinel of their
rights and liberties as Chase —they can feel
safe while his sleepless vigilance and proved
integrity is guarding their cause against the
covert assaults and traitorous machinations of
such doubtful friends as Wilmot.
Chase is your true friend of Freedom.—
What if his course does look somewhat db
bious and inconsistent, shall any one doubt
the sincerity of such professions as he has
model Has he not already taken the field
for Benton, for President I ■ Has he not de
clared that nominations will njot affect his sup
port of lhat distinguished salesman? —lhat
he should be with those who were for him,
and against ihose were against him 7 Has
he not made the slavery question the para
mount issue, and pledged the Democratic
party as, the true free-soil J>*rly 7 Undoubt
edly , those who are disposed to believe Chase
insincere, are doing him great injustice. He
hopes to benefit the cause of Freedom through
the Democratic party. Knowing his weight
in that organization he does not intend to
leave it, but will bring it back to a free-soil
. platform. We have no question lhat the lead
ers of. tho Democracy, Pierce, Douglas,
Tomds & Co. will respect Chase’s advice
and wishes, and incorporate a free-soil plank,
(taken from the Montroie Democrat) in the
platform to be erected at Cincinnati. When
this is done, the honesty of Chase’s course
will be fully and triumphantly vindicated.—
Bradford Reporter.
, The. French, have demolished the grand
acqueduct at’ Sebastopol,
lln SEi|cn ftp a l|ac6^teb. —In October
jail, an djd geatjeman nflipod Wood, arrived
iftjthia Cttjjr frOm New Yoik, in search of a
Iwghterif'hohK he had pgol seen for many
years. -Time-liras whenMOc. W was looked
upon as one of the “solid men" of Gotham.
BuTlua richeTldok to themselves wThgsyamT
tb^TWrxoqttpfflubliefopiniorrchanged in fash*
idnable ifarougniares as to' fils merit after they
had tied.- At length the old man was com
pletely broken—broken in; hope, broken in
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JutTiisdaughter’s love; but his daughter had
fir many jpeara been living in Naw Orleans
.in Ihe lonejiness of her early vvidowhqod, and
but one remove from poverty. And so the
old'irlan Werided hiS way hither. When he
arrived, here he found lhat-bis' daughter was
dead; and his grief knpw no, bounds. He
theh yielded to the wile's of the Infokicaliiig
cup, dhd fieenme, in a short time, an habitual
drunkard. For a while (he p'ollce permitted
him to go bis way, for it could easily be per
ceived that he Ijad seen belter days. But the
old man was at length arrested and taken be
fore, one of the pofiece Records as an inebri
ate ind’vafgradt. More out of pity than as
a punishment, (he Recorder sent him to the
wbrti house, and there he remained uniil yes
terday when he breathed his last, and was
buried in a corporation coffin. t)e atb seemed
a welcome visiter lo the old man, for he could
not bear the'thonghf of living with VargranlS.
—New Orleans Picayune, March 18.
'■ Polk ahd Jackson on Wise—ln 1853,
when Wise was an ultra Whig member of
Congress,and James K. Polk was the Speak"
er of the House, Wise met him on Pensyiva
nia avenue and said to him
“Sir, you ore a d n little petty tyrant
—I mean ibis as personal; you can pocket
the insult!"
To this abuse Colonel Polk afterwards re
plied to his constituents:
“Fellow-citizens, this Wise is nothing bet
ter than a grog-shop bully. 1 should have
disgraced- the high station I occupied, and
you, my constituents, if I had condescended
to notice him. My course towards Wise
met the approbation of the greatest man in
alt the ‘tides of time’—tha conqueror of Wel
lington’s invincibles—of Napoleon’s conqur
ors. 1 will read his certificate,”
The letter of General Jackson, which Col.
Polk read upon the slump, was, in substance,
published in the Gallatin Union, dated August
24th, 1840, and the part relating to this affair,
is in the words :
Extraordinary Case.—lt
lected that Col.Rlchardsob, IhS United Slate*
Marshal of (ha District of California, *7,
some lime since assassinated in the struts r
San Francisco, by one-Charles Cora, an li*|
ian, and a notorious gambler. A mao named
subsequently appointed hv
President Pierce to fill, ihe responsible ofsJ,
made vacant.,by the murder of Col. g lc j, ?
son. It .now appears from the Ban Fraud,”
co Bulletin, and other California papers; that
this Cora, was ‘the partner or associate of
M'Duffee, in “the hell” of the latter; and
that Van Read, who, it is alleged, was at the
same time a partner in M’Duffee’a gambling
house, was busy iu hunting up testimony *
gel Cora clear of the laW;, while M’Doffee
was absent, .having come on to VVashi n gt oa
to get the office made vacant by Cora’s bloody
hand. Wtert a - ptctnie to* draw of the ma
chinery of political appointments. Xhe
Washington seems to accept these state,
meats as true, and puts in the plea that the
President, in making ibis appointment, was
deceived, and that on discovering the dread
ful mistake, M’DufFee was promptly dismis
sed; but this justification is not satisfactory.
The Federal Capitol Dome.— We leara
froth the Washington Star that the coat of
the dome being constructed, for the centre of
the Capitol building, will be, per estimate,
about a million of dollars, and that this fact
evidently produces flinching among some of
the members. It was designed by Mr. Wai.
tees, the accomplished architect of the ex
tdnsioji of the building, and the committee of
the House having charge of the subject pro
curdd the appropriation of fIOO.OOO to com
mence its construction, before its cost was
estimated, so highly were they delighted with
its plan. Since the estimate has been made
there is no little hesitation manifested. We
agree with the Star that the plan should bo
carried out, as any change in it will mar the
whole effect of the' expenditure from the
treasury on the other portions of the great
work.
Hollow ay’s Pills a certain Remedy for
Dropsy.—Charles Hutchinson (33\ of Bur.
lington, Vermont, was for fifteen months, a
sadi viclim to this complaint, so bad was ha
one part of the time, that the water actually
oozed through the pores of the skin, and
thrice per day change of apparel became oec.
esaary. Every time his doctor called he ex
pected to find him dead, and in fact save his
friends no hopes of his recovery ; ms sister
who had derived great benefit by 'he use ol
Holloway’s Pills, begged him, as a lavor to
her, to try them ; fortunately for him he did
not refuse, and they soon produced a chanse
for the better, in four weetts tie was asam
attending to business having thorouetilvgot
rid of the disorder, and in me most excllem
health and spirits. These Pills wont won
ders in liver and billious comniamis.
“I recollect when Wise assailed hiti/(Polk,)
as Speaker of the House of Representatives,
using probably t be expressions you have quo
ted, I spoke of Wise’s conduct as did every
citizen who had any respect for the House,
in strong' terms of disapprobation. And 1
concurred with others in the opinion, that
the Speaker (Polk,) in treating such black
guardism with contempt, preserved the dignity
of the House, and a just respect" —Andrew
Jackson.
Gov. Reeder has gone bncn 10 Kansas,
prodably lo be present atihe investigation 01
ilie eleclin frauds by the Congressional Com
mittee.
Religious. —The Hartford Times copies
from columns of the New York
Observer a malignant article against ihe
Free Stales men of Kansas, and heads it
“The Kansas Difficulty as viewed by a Relig
ious Paper.” A “religious" paper. Yes, that
sheet professes to be “religious,' 1 We are
reminded strongly of an incident related to
us once, by a clergyman (true, of course,)
who had made a visit to Virginia. While
there he spent one or two days with a cler
gyman who was "religious’’ much af.er tfie
fashion of the New York Observer. One
morning during our friendls visil, this relig
ious man became furiously angry with one
of his female slaves for accidentally breaking
a pileber. He look her into a basement
room, stripped her back naked, and with a
heavy raw hide gave a ternble flagellation,
drawing blood at every stroke. At the sec
ond blow the poor creature, wruhing with
pain, began to exclaim, “Gh! Lord! Oh I
Lord !” The holy man paused in his fury ; his
religion was shocked, and he rebuked her with
severity as follows: “You wicked thing! How
dare you take the name of the Lord in vain.”
Doubtless this “religious” Virginian was a
regular subscriber for the New York Obser-i
ver. They greatly resemble each other.—
Brie True American,
’I-A-R-R-I-E-D-
On Monday tno 6th mat. In Charleston, bv Rer 3. Gutti
scy, iir. iJ. L. BACON and Miss, ADALIN.E 0. iIA i‘ of CUrto
ton.
ATTENTION ALL! 1 THEY SAY'
They my that G. W. Taylor has ihe 'areesi
and best assortment of WALL PAPER at
town. Drop in at the Book 4c. Jewelry store lor
the proof. .April 17.
The Rhode Island Election. —The re
sult of the election in Rhode Island has vin
dicated Free Kansas. Hoppin the Republi
can and American candidate for Governor is
elected by 3,000 majority, and the Republi
cans and Americans have a majority in both
branches of the Legislature, Rhode Island
seconds the motion made by New Hampshire.
It is said that $30,000 were sent oh by the
Pierce administration to be expended to se
cure the little Slate to sham Democracy, and
so great were the exertions made that near
4000 more votes were polled than at the elec
tion a year ago, yet the Nebraskailes were
defeated, and Pierce’s chance for a re-nomi
nation looks less than ever.
E. B. Chase has probably become a con
vert to our opinion that that indictment for a
libel on Judge Wilmot was not ignored nl
lost Court, since the Grand Jury at the pres
ent Term have found it a true bill.—Mont
rose Republican.
MEW iHILLIVeRT GOODS.
’ MRS. M. STEVENS has just received irom
the City a splendid assortment of new goods, latest
styles and patterns, comprising every vanet r oi tr
tides in her line of business. Ladies are «oucited
to cal] and examine her stock before parcoasing else.
where , Orders punctually attended to.
Well«boro\ April 17, 1856.
ARA i\'D. RUSH TO RUN DEL’S
NEW you will find constantly
o n hand, a choice assortment of
Broadcloths of ail colors , Black and Fancy Caw*
7i eres, Salineiis, Picceda, Acntucjfcy Jeans,
Safin, Silfr and Fancy Vcsfjng-j,
ind Trimmings of tveiy
f/cscrxplion that can
tot jail to sutl.
All the above articles will be made up with neat*
ness and despatch, and a jjood fit warranted. Grate
ful for past luvors, a continuance of the same « so
licited. Shop in Taylor’s Book and Jewelcy Store.
Wcllsboro’ April 16,1856..
DISSOLUTION. —Titc co-partnership here
tofore existing between the subscribers under
the firm of Jones &. Roe, *8 this day dissolved by
mutual consent. The business of the firm will be
settled by W. A. Roe. All those indebted are urged
to make immediate payment and those naving
claims against the firm, to present/hem tor settle,
mont. JNO. R. JONES, W. A. ROE.
Wellsboro 1 , March 1,1856.
The subscriber will continue the Dry Goods and
Grocery business at the old stand, and will be pleas
ed to sec all the old customers of the firm and u
many new ones as may favor him with a call.
April 17-56. V. A. ROE.
Religion and Politics.—lf politics are
so bad that religious men and ministers can
not mingle in them without detriment to them
selves and their holy cause, there is so much
the more reason for their reformatory work.
Most of those persons who are shocked that
ministers will occasionally 11 preach politics,”
or apply great religious principles to the ad
ministration of the government, or because
clergyman manifest an interest in moral and
religious questions upon which political par
lies are also divided. are usually persons of
very little religion or very bad politics—com
monly both. Men whose politics will not
bear the test of Christian principle are very
apt to scoff at any suggestion of comparison ;
and men whose religion is a housed-up Sab
bath idol, never to be thought of or legarded
on a week day, or applied to any of the busi
ness of life, undoubtedly will have a holy
horror of making religion a practical thing.-
Life Illustrated ,
The Olean Academy was destroyed by
fire bn the night of the 3d inst. The Trus
tees at once determined to rebuild, and the
Olean Journal says 82000 have been already
subscribed for the purpose.
Balm of a Thousand Flowers
to beautify tho complexion, remove Un, freckles and pun*
plea, blotches and sunburn on the face.
Catarrh Snuff,
for Colds. Catarrh, 4c.
Liquid Heave Cure,
for Coughs. Heaves, Ac., in Horses.
Pettit’s American Eye-Salve.
an external remedy for Sore Eyes, weakness of the eye, 4c.
Brant’s Pulmonary Balsam,
& valuable remedy for Colds, Coughs, Pain in the Side, Ac.
Houghton’s Pepsin,
for Dy.pepsin, Indlgr.tlon and General Debility.
Dr. Davies’ Dcpurative,
for Scrofula, bad Soros of every description. Used only si a
Blood Former.
For sale at the Wellsboro' Drug Store.
April 17,1856.
WOOE CARDINft & CLOTH
* " DRESSING—done on short notice at the
STEAM FOUNDRY
in the village o( Wellsboro 1 . Also, WOOL re
ceived lo Manufacture into Casaimeres , BroadeW*
and Flunnela —by the yard, for three shillings,or
on shares for one half.
All leaving Wool to manufacture shall have Uie' r
cloth on the firat of November next; aod they esa
rely on having good cloth , and such ss ordered.
From long experience In the business I feel assured
.to say to the farmersof Tioga county and all others
interested, that, having the facilities of Steam Power
lo drive my machinery, which is far more tenable
than Water power, (which depends upon thunder
showers (hr its support,) I am prepared lo car d «n
wool (into rolls) that is brought from a distance
same day. All work entrusted to mo.shall be wen
done and at the time it is promised. Grateful W
the liberal patronage heretofore received, a conuou
ance of the aame is respectfully solicited. Terms
in all eases, fay down. Wood and all kinds ot
Grain taken in payment for work.
Wellsboro’ April 17-56-m6
LEWIS C, PENDLETON