Reptabllcanliai In Kentucky ’i'h'B Newport Newt of Thursday has a lons report of a Republican Mass Meeting held a few days since at the county seal of Madison County, Kentucky. The call for the meeting slated that its object would be to nominate delegatee to the National Republi can Convention, called at Philadelphia, on the 17th of June, and to form a County Repub lican Association. Tbo meeting was held at the Court House, and was quite large. The Republicans organised by calling William Stepp, esq., to the chair. C. M. Clay then read a document styled the “Constitution of the Madison County (Kentucky) Republican Association,” which was, oo motion, adopted. Its second and important article is as follows: Aar. 2, Sac. 1. This Society affiliates it self with the National Repubticad Associa tion, at Washington, upon the same voluntary principle, by which its membership is consti tuted, and it will adopt the platform of the Pittsburgh Convention of “Republicans” of IheSjd February, 1356, until changed by popular party usages. Sec. 2. This Society disclaims .any right to interfere, except by moral influence, with Slavery in the local sovereignties of South Carolina, or Mississippi,- or Missouri, or any other Stale, North or South ; but avows the right and intention of using all political and moral means for the overthrow of Slavery in Kentucky and the Union—-which the Consti tution of Kentucky and the United which we owe allegiance—allow us. Sec. 3. They hold that without law there it no liberty, and therefore they will resist all violence and indiscretion, either for the over throw or defense of Slavery. The following officers of the Association were then elected ; '' President —William Stepp. Vice-Presi dents—Jonathan Heatliman, John B. Bogle, John Burnham, T. J. Renfro. Recording Secretary Wrn. H. Bronston. Correspond ing Secretary— the Rev. John G. Pee, Berea, ■P. 0., Madison County, Ky. Treasurer— Jno. H. Rawling.' Resolutions were passed, among which was the following : Jttsohed, That since the olifrerahy bM overthrown the Ule o*'iri Compromise by the most Itaennt breach of faith and total (il.n-iranl of the srlshes and Tntereob or the laboring freemen of these States, that, therefore, «o are in furor of the «olal prohibition of Slavery in any Territories of the United States now existing or hereafter to bo acquired. Cassius M. Clay, afier the business had thus far progressed, made along speech which was listened to with the closest attention. The Rev, J. G. Pee was called on Fora speech, end declined. Then the Rev. Mr. Johns of the Methodist Episcopal Church made a pro slavery speech. According to the report cf the News, when it appeared that he was op posed to the Republicans, he was not allowed la proceed unlit Clay interposed. The News reporter savs : “He made a very elaborate defense of the American parly against the assaults of Mr. Clay, and among other denunciations of Re publicanism, boasted of the mob by which Mr. Brady was driven from Lexington. The highest excitement prevailed amid “That’s right‘pilch into him by John’s friends, and the suppressed muimurs of his opponents, “When he closed, Mr. Clay arose and pressed the reverened gentleman so closely upon the avowal of mob law that he disa vowed any indorsement of that act, bnl said he merely mentioned the facts. The Rev. Mr. Pee then took his brother Johns in hand and seated him. While this was in progress, another preacher handed Johns a copy of the New Yoik Herald, in which Clay was denounced for being coupled through his assignee to sell his life estate in trust slaves, and Johns read it. Great excite ment followed. All parlies sprang to their feet. The report of Clay’s remarks, given by the News, and (he conclusion of business by the meeting, we quote: “Mr. Clay calmly rose. He regretted that gentlemen had felt compelled to show so little magnanimity as to allude to his personal mis fortunes. He considered it a poor cause which descended from reason and facts to per sonal insinuation. This people knew him. Such arguments might be used in Charleston or New. Orleans, but not here! Not by pe. cuniary interests, certainly, was he influenced. His father, next to R. Wicklifffc, had been the largest slaveholder in Kentucky ; his interests were on that side. Not by political election oerlainly. He hod beaten all his political opponents, both in that and the Fayette dis trict. The road to fame and office was open to him. When he returned from the Mexi can war, he was asked to give up his oppo sition to Slavery, and he was told no post in the notion was 100 high for him. New, af ter he had sactificed ail in this cause—lime, and money, and family, and friends, and fame, almost life itself—here, ia his own borne, these ungenerous taunts were brought against him. He had liberated all the slaves he held in his own right. Had he carried those trust slaves to Ohio and liberated them, he would have violated the right of his heirs and been denounced as a violator of law and a “ negro ihief," Now, since his misfor tunes had,caused them to be sold by assign ees, he was calumniated for the efficacy of laws which he had so much struggled to overthrow, and which bis accusers had, against his will, kept upon the statute book. “ Here Ibo sympathy and indignation of the crowd seemed so great that even Mr. Johns shrunk under it. He arose and said he did not intend to cast any imputation upon Mr. Clay’s motives. Mr. Clay quickly re torted: “Yes I understand the genlleman. — A priest is never wanted in indirection ! The * gentleman induges in a malignant personal * attach, and then shrinks from the odium of ‘it by disdaining personalities. The man’s a * f 0 w h° sees anything else but personality ** n l |' al article. Against the reader of it— ‘ against the man who handed it to him— -1 against the party who indulge in such war * fare; —I hurl back defiance and indignant * contempt I" The effect was electric—their batteries were silenced. Mr. Clay turned quickly to the President, and said t 1 move the election qf delegate*. Wi£D pigeons taken in nets, in Ohio, Michigan, &c., are daily brought to New York) IP great abundance, and aell at mod erate price*. The eradle prepared Cot (he child of the Emperor of Prance alone cost 25,000 (ran cor, (95,000.) THE AGITATOR. M. H.COBS.ir:;: KDITOB. * ( * All Baiinet*,»nd other Communications must be addressedto tfae fiditor to insure attention. WBLLBBOROUGH, FA. Thartdar naraiai, April 94,1*98. . Sepibltean KostiiiMioai. " Fer President In 1854: Hon.. SALMON?. CHASE, of Ofclo. ForVicc-Prealdent; Hon. DAVID WILMOT.of Penn’a. The following panted gentlemen in authorized to collect'dues and receive inhacHptions Tor the Ag itator. Their receipts will be regarded os pay. menta. Wh. Guiraoii Tioga. J. B. Potter Middlobury Center. 6. W. Stanton Lawrenccvllle. Da. J. C. Whittakir Elkland. John Sisuda Liberty. O, P. Tavlor .. Covington. Viotor Casr .... Knoxville. W. W. MoDouoall .Shippen. Isaac Plank Brookfield. ' Jno, Jams Blattburg. C. F. Culver Osceola. O. H. Blanchard .Nelson. ' E, A. Fibh. Mainsburg. Samurl PniLuya Westfield. Wm. M. Johnson Daggett'a Mills. A. Barkis Ogdenaburg. O. M. Stkbbins .Crooked Creek. Isaac SfXNcxn Maple Ridge. Republican State Convention, Id fulfillment ot the duties imposed upon (tie on. dornfgncd, as member of the National' Executive Committee for Pennsylvania, (appointed by tbe Republican Convention held at Pittsburg ou the 22d ult.,) and in compliance with the wishes of numerous friends throughout the State, uotiou is hereby given that a UKIWULICAN STATE CONVENTION will be held In the City of Philadelphia, on MONDAY, tho 16th day of JUNE next, at 10 o’clock, Ai M* for the purpose of forming an Electoral ticket and the nomination of a State Ticket, to bo supported at tbe ensuing Presidential and State Elections, and general 1 / fur the transaction of all such bush ness as shall come before said Convention. The undersigned wonld recommend that the Convention be composed of Delegates, twice in number to that of the Sen ate and House of Representatives; and that the friends of Freedom in the several counties In the Commonwealth meet at the county seat, or other convenient place in their respect ive counties, on SATURDAY, the 81st day of HAY next, (un less some other day will better accommodate,) and elect del* cgates to represent them in said State Convention; and also, at the same time and place, three delegates from the several Congressional Didtr(cts, to represent this State in the Nation al Nominating Convention to bo hold on the 17th of June next, at Pblladelbbio. D. WILMOT Towabda, Mar. 16, *66. Member of Nat. Ex. Com. for Pa. The trial of the Wakemanitet Tor the murder of Justus Matthews at New. Haven, some months ago, has resulted in the confinement of the prophetess, Mrs. Hersey and Sly in the Lunatic asylum. u Where do Fillmore & DoucUon stand ?"—Phil adelphia Daily Ne%oi. Where the unfortunate son of Erin stood just be fore be accidentally slipped and was caught by a “bit or a atring.' 1 The Sober, Second Thought. Wo clip the following from the AforUrese Vtmo craty published by £. B. Chase, to whose admirers wo commend it: 37 Judge Wilmot feeling that his official con* duct and integrity has been assailed by publication! in our paper, we desire to say, in justice to him, to the public and to ourself, that we did not in tend to impugn the integrity of Jodgu Wilmot as a man, nor to charge upon him corruption, partiality or political bias in the discharge of his responsible public duties. We have seen nothing, nor do we know of anything in (he conduct of Judge Wilmot to warrant such a charge. TllD pvUlvoltUUe wnTpUiw.J inconsiderately written, and we regret anything therein contained reflecting upon the official integ. rhy and conduct of Judge Wilmot. It is not Tor as to decide in how far a pending tail for libel operated to awake Mr. Chafe's eon. science. Nor do ws feel st all like kicking him at the confessional. It ia a full and frank retraction of • giosa libel on the integrity of Judge W tutor, end there we leave it. Tbe Brand of Cain. The heteful deformity of public or private sin* i» not fully exposed until some miracle of hardihood takes the field aa their apologist or defender. Were we required In suggest a remedy for Intemperance or Slavery, we would fill the pulpit and lecture desk with eloquent men, whose duly it should be' to de fend those twin monsters, and to endorse them as signal blessings conferred upon society. The brand of Cain burns with a livid glow when man, by spe cious arguments, endeavors to prove it the seal of Divine approbation. Mr. S. A. Smith, of Tennessee, recently made a spcooh in Congress, in which he held that Slavery is a blessing conferred upon society by a beneficent Creator- As such, he argued that it should be jeal ously guarded. He did not think that the institu tion would gain much from'tlio admission of Kan sas os a slave Stale, aa experience proved that con solidation rather than expansion, is the true policy of Slavery. This ground is seldom occupied hy the advocates of National Democracy, the present syn onym of Slavery, hut the contrary, rather j for Mr. Smith's theory does not bear -reduction to practice. It it plain that Heaven’s blessings are mirrored in the sun and rain. They proceed from an impar tial, from a loving hand. A hand which is never stretched forth in anger, but ever to heal and to bless. His sun shines ani His tain falls on the un just at on the just. His earth yields her bounty to the debased and to the exalted, to the worshipper of Doodh and to the follower of tho-Everhving—equal ly. The scope of a blessing is not less boundless than tire love of its author. It knows nothing of geographical lines, nothing of accident, nothing of man-made conditions. Blessings ovorloap all these petty distinctions. They spring from so Almighty hand ready to embrace all lands and peoples. When Freedom's martyrs declared liberty- to be the inalienable right of su, they declared either a truth or a lie. If a truth, then this Republic is a glaring, a world proclaimed lie. If a lie, let some hardy National Democrat stand op boldly and de nounce it aa a lit, If it be a truth, then no demo, oral oan advocate or apologise for Slavery. If uni versa! liberty be a blessing, than partial alavery is a curse. If partial slavery be,as'Mr.Smilh declares, a blessing, then universal bondage must be that blessing’s sure ultimate. There is no half-way rest, log place in Heaven’s, purpose. Slavery la either an evil or a good; and if a good, then we who glory in the performance of the duties m freemen are glo. rying in the evidence of our certain shame. Noth, ing can be plainerj it la a truth which oven the sophistry ot an army of Douglases cannot obscure. If Mr. SinUbbelieved his own fiords when be de. chtred Slavery to be s blessing, why did he srgns the necessity of centralisation 7 God's blessings do not perish in extension ; they gather atrenglh, so to speak, as they approach remotest bounds snd throe; their everlasting arms around the struggling nations. Why not betp Slavery to expand 7 Why not plant It on every fijotof soil 7 Why net labor, in convince free men that their privileges are shadow*, their ballot-box** engines levelled against Heaven. their me echoed* and churches dens of sbemnwflsmelew abominations in the sight ef tbe Infinite 1 ‘‘ Booanss yon dare n# so teach, here at the North. Such doetrinee us promulgated in the South—even .. THE TIOGA-COUNTY AGITATOR. . - - J > *>’ L: lc .. i Virginia. ' tbe lienefieenl luflueties of Slavery, *och doctrine* can be pppched fearlessly (here, mod they tjaljup Mash ofphamo. Bondage aodirea achoojajiie, mortal wonldlik* to say a* ranch of bondage and oar Tarloae church orgatiliaiioo*, bat's decent regard fcrtiolh doe* not permit. . The oppreeaor, with-lha lid of. onefariatiui. tninlrteik, plant* tumaeli optin' the -BlbWi—-a* if« perversion of the Word, os-avan.tba W otd lUelfi ooqld inatain and sanctify opprc**ion t Let there be an univeraai chnrch North, protesting *gain*t SlM*rr, a* there!) an universal ehnrch 'Sooth, op holding (hat wrong; and then let the on* awear enmity to the other, ab long aa that other clean* to It* wrong. Down wilhthi* apparent oonoord be tween good profession and evil ppensaion! Or bate Christ end Belial sltuckhands together! No! par iah the blasphemous Iniinnalion! Wo hate lately peard men S*y — ‘’All cannot ap preciate the! bleating of Freedom; therefore let inch remain alatea." Will yon atlck to that text, gentle, men 1 Yon hold that the Gospel should be preached to erery creature. But is every creature capable of appreciating the eubUme truths cf the Gospel! You know that whole nation* are ao debased that they will not be able to appreciate the aimpleal go*, pel truth for two generations to come. Therefore, leave liram in tile mire of degradation! That is another practical application of your doctrine, gen (lemon. Then, when urged to contribute to foreign Missions, pluck up courage and say to the solicitor —“Sir, the benighted heathen cannot appreciate the light, and besides, they ate,contented and happy in their degradation [ therefore let them alone." Bat you dare not employ that argument in such a case. No, you would not think of such a thing. It is fashionable to remember Burmah and to forget the Anglo-African. It is popular to donate to such object*; it is unpopular to express abhorrence of a system which eo debase* men that they cannot ap preciate that God given right —FrkAiom. If the angels are permitted to weep, they mhst weep over snch misdirection, such a turning aside of Sympa thy’s blessed waters. The brand of Cain is on the forehead of this Re public, and yet some profess to recognize in it the seal of Divine approbation! Charity impels the admission that human faculties may be so perverted that they cannot distinguish between darkness and light. These men, with a Calhoun at their head, are not <ll demagogues, no, not all. Calhoun was certainly honest in bis ullraism. He taught that master and slave were not only natural, hut neces sary relations in every stage of society. He took that stand and stood by it to the last gasp. Nor was he strengthened and sustained by any considerable portion of tire South ; and thus the imputation of riding a hobby for the sake of place, may not be cast upon him. He was considered an ullraist by pro-slavery men ; a factiooial, subsisting on the re mains of the nullification spirit in his native Stale. But tire South has outstripped even tho wildest va garies of ita greatest modern statesman. Its posi tion before the country ia now still more ultra than that occupied by the faction referred to. Yet the North doee not lack for demagogues who readily en. done even the most ultra.pro-slavery measures off ered by aucb men as AtchintCn, Stringfellow & Co. The North hat no lack of traitors who pretend to recognise the seal of divine approbation in tm Bsind or Cara, A Ntw Wbinkix,—ln these perilous times it is not wiso to be surprised at anything. Therefore, when Jo opened the Miltonian of the Uth instant, and found the Fillmore ticket flying at its masthead, and the Uuion State ticket, minus Mr. Laporte's >—l , •, - ,-K rn „. ao little were we surprised. Nor did our astonish, ment measurably increase when, in the leading ar ticle below, we Grand the editor's reasons for split ting (he Union lickot. Mr. Laporte hails from die “hoUbed of abolitionism,’’ gasps the editor, ‘‘is re. pudiated by the leading American' papers (how un fortunate !) throughout the State, and is endorsed by rune bat a few radical abolitionist Journal*.” The editor then proceeds to say that, as a matter of course, be wiU be ignored by the great American party, when, (shooting “No Popery 1") they cost their vote next October. The Miltonian is published at (he home of Gar. Pollock; and disliking a« we do the custom of ma. king public men responsible for the tone and temper of their home organa, it is reluctantly that we ex press our convictions that Gov. Pollock wee not ig norant of the coarse which his homo paper has elected to pursue in (he Slate campaign. We have too much reaaon to (ear that that course war adopt ed by, or with the consent of the Governor himself; and we shall be alow to believe the contrary until a square denial appears in the right quarter. The course of the Miltonian in this matter seems premature and ruinously unwise, Iu treatment of Mr. La ports, were it not contemptible would be insulting. In view of all the circumstances it mast bo looked upon as a premeditated insult, by that gentleman end bis friends. We have all along pre dicted that the Know Nothing movement boded no good to the contemplated Union of-freemen, and we shall only be 100 happy if at last convinced of the falsity of those predictions. It is of no possible consequence that Mr, Laporlo •is repudiated “by a majority of the leading Ameri. can papers in the Slate,” as, since the defection of the Pilltburg Commercial Journal, there hoe been no leading paper in this Stats attached to the Am erican cause. Tho Daily News has tried to crawl up to the position of a leader, bat has never yet been able to surmount tho cotton mountains which over shadow every living Philadelphia paper. Wo repeat, that Ibis fearful repudiation of Mr. Laporte by the American press, is no more to be feared in its influ ence npon (he result next October, than is the angry palter of tbs April sleet upon our window. If Gov. Pollock, either by himself, or through his home organ, chooses to cast a bone of contention in the way of the contemplated Union, he will cer tainly have cause to regret the experiment. His soundness on the great question is beginning to be doubted by many of bis most ardent admirers; and it is because we hear his probable position in rela tion to that issue, made the subject of serious doubt and misgiving among men whose opinions are of worth and weight, that wo have axid our nj so plainly and unreservedly. Run.—Our exchanges from the eastern, central and aouthern counties of the Stale come to ua wilh long Half of tbo name* of aapirant* for the honor of “pulling the cup to their neighbor'* lip*,” the coin, ing year. Am yet, our county prespat* a clean tee ord—not one notice of application fo; the.dear priv. ilego of besotting eomnjppity paving appeared. We almoal dare to gidfjf ift.ljhiji, but defer it forth* present, or ups v?e ape fti|;lj “ont of thp woods." Tnprp ajp wkjgi would lie down contentedly and cheerfntly, eonld they see thia world ahake off the fellers of Rum, Slavery and SupeiraiitiMl, and (land erect iu thp xigo;»u* fteedom of ssublitn* Slanhood. Bat alas! bow ft* rtisji look opon (he OjaUhleaa besnty of such *, sunset! Were VJ not ftz.a dcalhlesa faith in the final Irlpptph of infinite GopA oyer Finite Rail, they pould peilher live nor labdy. The car of Reform rolls slowly hilt surely ftiwayd, and every atlemptlo block tu wheels *UI surely fiij. Inadequate u the recently enacted liquorlaw may seem to the eradieajfiiiaot tbe evil of Intemperance, amt In adequate ls, we do not despair." litibis, aa in everypeeming retrogression, it evjdencpbf Almighty detign. Viewing it tbe proper atand.point,'we apprehend that temperance -men-will-not -long regi«t4ho law-—Thatmoyemant. was yielding itself ip to the arms of Torpor. Now ( since the' enemy has stolen a march upon them,'.the fiienda are wakingup. . And forilhia reason, we cannot join in the unavailing regrets of the Tem perance editor’ of the Bahjfietd Express, He Is now experiencing,- a* wo ere; the revivifyiog4afia enpe of lh* new law; aud it may ; be that both, in 'concert with onr temperance brethren, are belter prepared to do oar whole daty in the field of labor apraad oat before as. At tbe risk pfi being misapprehended by oar friends, we wish to sabmit an opinion relative to tha efficiency of temperance organisation ay it exists. \Ve hold it as a rule, that the employment of secret societies for the advancement of political, or reform atory interests, inevitably retard, if they do not ulti mately defeat those interests. We hold (hat secret Orders, established for the host of objects, have no power to leaven the mass. If the mission of Char ity can he better fhlfUied through score t societies, why not the same of the whole Gospel 1 What manner ol argument can we employ against the disciples of Loyola ? We would like to see' a calm and disoasaionale discussion of this matter, and cheerfully offer apace in the Agitator for that purpose, Republican, Declaration clplea, adopted by 'tbe Pittsburg Convention. 1. We demand and shall attempt to secure the repeal of all laws which allow the introduction of slavery into territories once consecrated to Freedom and will resist by every constitutional means, the existence of Slavery in any ol the territories of the United States. 2. We will support by every lawful means oat brethren in Kansas in their manly and constitution al resistance (a the usurped authority of their law. less invaders, and will give tho full weight of our political power in favor of the immediate admission of Kansas to the Union as a free, sovereign, inde pendent State. 3. Believing that the present national Adrainie (ration has shown itself to be weak and faithless, and that its continuance in power is identified with the progress of the slave power to national auprem. acy, with the exclusion of Freedom from the terri tory, and with increasing civil discord, it is a load ing purpose of onr organization to oppose and over, hrow it Ooy. Chase. Among the names mentioned as accepta ble to the Republican parly, to be put in nomination for the Presidency, is that of Salmon P. ChaSb, the present Governor of Ohio. The Portage County, Ohio, Democrat places his name at the head of its columns, and remarks: “ In the nomination of Mr. Chase we ah nil have a candidate, wiibout compromise and without concealment—a man whose admin istration would illustrate the public virtues, the incorruptible' honesty, and the patriotic, self-sacrificing devotion to the public weal of the early Administration,” Mr. Chase, it is also said, would be entire* ly acceptable to the Anti-Nebraska voters of Ohio, and would carry the State most tri umphantly. 11 Mr. Chase is a man of mark, is in the prime of his days, is possessed of powers of a high U 1 licit rrhidl IIOVC D6CTI wt.ll «hl||ub ted, has statesmanlike' capacities as well as views, and would be a candidate of which any party might be proud, and who, if elec ted, would not disappoint his friends. Among superficial persons, of dough-face proclivities, Mr. Chase is considered an agitator and a fanatic. In their minds he is'identified with the Garrisons, the Fosters and the Abby Kelleys of the country. By such wiseacres he is misunderstood altogether. Elect Mr. Chase President and he will prove eminently just, politic and conservative. The Union and the peace of the Union, would be a thou sand limes safer in his hoods, than in those of such arch-agitator as Pierce and Dougins, The South would find him firm, but just.— No Southern right would be assailed, no compact of the constitution would be annulled. The government would be brought back to its original objects, which were kept in view by the early Presidents, by Washington and Jefferson. The “ security of the blessings of liberty,” would be the object instead of the extension and aggrandizement of Slavery, as is now unhappily the case. Under his firm and just rule, the ambitious and danger ous designs of Southern politicians for strengthening and spreading Slavery, would be frustrated and relinquished, and thus the agitation which now endangers the peace of the country would be put to rest—not iu the way in which the [iro-slavery Democratic parly and truckling Dough-Paces desire to quiet it, by crushinng out the spirit of liberty, and by rendering the slave oligarchy tri umphant ; but by rendering the spirit of free dom victorious. Agitation must be quelled in one of these ways, and for our pail we like the last mentioned way best, Mr, Chase would be a very ■ acceptable candidate to us, and we believe to the great majority of our readers. We should rejoice to enter the conflict with such a leader, and whatever the result, we should feel we had no cause to regret that our candidate was not one with whom it was equally honorable to succed or to fail. Among the many good, and noble, and honorable men, belonging to the Republican party whose names have been mentioned in connection with the Presidency, we represent, however, ihe claims of no par ticular man. We leave the selection to the Republican Convention, trusting that a body representing such manly aqd honorable prin ciples, and comprehending among its mem bers so many able and distinguished" men, will present tjie name of n citizen for whom any lover of liberty may feel it ah honor to vote —Pititburg Gazette. Fowl Afpetit t.i—The Mfm JhUon Rouge Sugtir Planter publishes the follow, ing from Red River as authentic : “About a fortnight since, a bird about the size of a large turkey and the color of a guinea-fowl was killed ■in this neighborhood by Mr Frsncis Gazel, who extracted (Vom the gizzard and oruw of the’ same upward of nine hundred diamonds, twenty,sc venof the smallest of which he disposed of in New-Orlean* ■ for $300; THe remainderi now in his possession, are estimated at 815,000. This was evident lly a foreign:fowl,' ahd is supposed to have been blown frqm. its native' shore by. a storm, and was wending its way across our -conti nent to tfae Gulf of Mexico whim dispatched.” ”KT'^ Rcatructlve Tornado at Pbltadel . phta - 14« Homes Unroofed '"j OreatXok* of Property. t- ;ihm.ADßL)raiA, Sunday 13. About 10 o’clock last evening our City -waa visiled-by « moat violent galeof-wigd unroofing.pn .immense, numberrof buildings -demolishing fences, &o. ; 'ln the Northeast section of ibe city, comprising the former district of Kensington, the damage was most serious. The large Presbyterian charch to Prank- - ford-road above Franklin-street, hits\heen partially destroyed. The entire roof was shipped off, and carried to a great distance. The main damage to Ibe interior was, how ever, caused by the falling of the gable wall,. the bricks from which falling inside, crushed the pulpit and tbe floor of tbe audience-room down into the session room occupy iog the basement. The damage to the building can not bo less than 84,000, The congregation held religious cervices yesterday in the Ken sington Hall. The principle portion of the roof and rollers fell into the yard on the south side. One large piece of roof struck the roof and front of an old brick house on tha opposite of the street, cutting a narrow gash in the roof, caused by striking it edge ways. The brick wall between two of the from windows was demolished. - Another large-fragment of tbe roof was carried about one hundred feet from the church, and com pletely demolished a frame building, two stories high, attached to tbe dwelling of James May, and fronting on Shackamaxon street. In the lower story there were three grown persons and six children who escaped by the ceiling resting upon a table and some chairs. The children wore afterwards taken out from beneath them. The brick church at Queen and Marl borough streets has its roof torn off. Dam age about 83,000. Tbe Webster public School house was also unroofed. Damage $2,000. J The Kensington depot of the Trenton Railroad, had about one-fourth of the roof torn off. The most complete scene of destruction is (hat presented at (be Franklin Iron Works of Messrs. Sutton & Co., on the wharf.— The boiler shop, a frame structure, 160 feet long by 50 feel wide, has been leveled to the ground. During Saturday not less than a hundred men were employed beneath it. — The building cost about $5,000, exclusive of the machinery, which is supposed to be not much damaged. Not leas than 50 dwellings in this section were unroofed, but throughout the disas ter, wide spread as it had been, the cases of personal injury inflicted have been very few indeed. • Philadelphia, Sun. 9P. M, The tornado last night unroofed 150 hou ses in different sections of the city, but there was no loss of life as far as heard from;— Two large brick churches and three factories in Kensington were unroofed. The large boiler house of the Franklin iron works, 160 feet long, was totally demolished. The Trenton railroad depot at Kensington was partially unroofed. Tho Wcoiom sologroph lines are all down, and it will require two or three days to get thorn again in working order. Something Like a Prophecy.— Id look ing over some of (he earlier “Debates in Congress” a friend hair stumbled upon the following passage, which certainly seems as if the eloquent speaker had the eye of his mind fixed upon the embryo city of Salt Lake, in the Territory of Utah. It occurred in a speech delivered by Mr. Harrison Gray |Otis, in the Senate, in 1820, on the Missouri 'bill; j “Mr. Otis said he would suppose another case, not likely to happen, but yet, as he trusted, not outrageously improbable. There were, as was well known, in many parts of this country, societies of persons colled Sha kers, of good moral characters and exempla ry habits of industry, whose fundamental doctrines were founded on the duty of celiba cy. They are also a rich people, and in some of the States experience interruptions in their endeavors to augment their numbers, and inconveniences from laws which press upon their consciences, especially in military concerns. Imagine, sir, (said he) all these .sects combined, and determined to make a 'pilgrimage and become sojourners in this new country of promise. Figure to yourself four or five adults of both sexes, with their children, in separate and dismal processions, marching beyond the Mississippi until they should find a spot suited to their occasions; then halting and sending you a missionary with the intelligence of their demand to bo admitted as a State. Are you bound to ad mit them without a stipulation that they will make no laws prohibiting marriage, at the moment you know this to be the main design ol their emigration, and thus secure to a sect of those peculiar and anti-social tenets a mo nopoly of the entire State, and a power of virtually excluding from its jurisdiction the great-mass of your citizens 1 There is no end to the instances which might be multi plied wherein your interference would be in dispensable for the protection of your citizens and the prevention of contagious customs and institutions adverse to the policy and nature of our Government.” Rbpubuoamism in Viboikia. —The cal l for a- National Convention which wo publish ie-pay is singed by George Rye, a substan tial citizen of eastern Virginia. We learn, also, that- at a meeting held in Loudoun county, on the borders of Maryland, ostensi dty to ralily the nomination of Fiimore, sev eral gentlemen made bold anti-slavery spee ches, denouncing Fillmore for having signed the Fugative law, and were sustained in. their boldness by the meeting, the. sympathies of which were opposed both to Fillmore and the extension of slavery. The London and Rich mond papers are lira terrible flurry about iu There are^actually men on the soil of Virgin ia who agree wilh Washington, Jefferson aod- Madison, in condeming slavery I what will the chivalry do I - During :tfae month of January qnd Febru ary of the-preset)! year* mpro thaq four thou sand emigrants sailed from Liverpool f tQ the United Stales, five hundred for Sidpcy, Bno four hundred for Melbourne, . Lkoibl4Tivb.- W e clip-the folln»,». from the Elk Co. JUporter : 3 Good roB- Hahk.—On the 29;/, Hon. H. Souther called up Senate bill ‘ 551, to incorporate the Tioga County g.”?' His way of maklpg lhe 'thing take well’ j very visibly shown.iiMhe unique manner which ho 'Mid hissay’ upon tbia subTect and we venture to give it place in our Dane/ Mr. SOUTHER said he hadChK say on this subject, but what was generally said, and that was they needed a bank. J/ 8 represented, he said, the only district in the Stale in which there was not a single bank Mr. PIATT inlurrupled—there was no bank in.hfs district. Mr,. CRESSWELL also said there was none in his district. Well*, continued- the Senator, he represn. led the largest district in the Stale—no Sen alor could contradict that— (laughier)--a n( j they had notn single bank. His district was literally overflowed wth foreign currency, and suffering from it incalculable evils.— He hoped that his bank bill would pass unani. mously —he would take it as a great compli. ment to himself! He had now said bis say, and he didn’t know that he need say any. tiling additional. No doubt the bill would pass unanimously I Passed second reading—yeas 17 nays 9. A Terrible Leap. —We learn lhat one of the workmen fell from the Rock Island Railroad Bridge last weak a distance of fifty, two feet. A large slick of limber fell at the same time and from the same place. The ice being rotten, both the stick of timber and the man went through together, and the men on the bridge stood aghast, expecting to see their comrade no more. But m a twinkling he scrambled out on the ice, ana, with clenched fists and significant gestures, com menced swearing terribly at some one for pushing him off the bridge. Baling the coot bath he had received, he was none the worse of his fearful adventure. —Chicago Preu. PORK: PORK J—2o bbla of Mcu Port, just received and for sale by W. A. ROE. SMOKED HAMS A SHOULDERS, on hand at [April 24.] W. A. RC 857 T?LOUR —best brand of Family Flour, llr nlo r by . [Ap. 2d. 1856.] W. A. ROE. Dried peaches a apples on hand at [Ap. 24, ’56.] ROE’S. Mackerel & white Fim by the 1 J tod bbl., cheap at ROE'S. GRASS SEED —for sale at ROE'S. Wellsboro*, April 24.1856. *l3 EMOVAL- —DR. B. BARR respecublly lb announces to the public that he has removed his Office to the dwelling lately occupied by Jot. P, Morris, Esq., where he may be found at all noon when not professionally engaged. Demands for his services promptly responded to Wellaboro’, April 24,1856. Letters op administra. TIOS having been granted to the under signed tn the estate of James 8. Bryden. /ate of Delmar township, deceased, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay. meat, and those having claims against Uie same u> present them for settlement to MARY C. BRYDEN. Delmar, April 24, 1855-61 idm'r. ATTENTION ALL!! THEY SAY' They say that G. W. Taylor has the iartrcal and beat assortment of WALL PAPER m town. Drop id at the Book & Jewelry Store for the proof. ■ {April 17. MEW MILLINERY GOODS. MRS. M. STEVENS has just received from the City a splendid assortment of new goods, latest styles and pattern*, comprising every variety of ar ticles in her line of business. Ladies are solicited to call and examine her stock before purchasing else, where. Orders punctually attended to. Wellaboro’, April 17,1856. RUSH TO RUNDEL'S NEW SHOP—where jou will find constantly on hand, a choice assortment of Broadcloths of al I colors. Black and Fancy Cam. meres, Salinetfs, Tweeds, Kentucky Jtant, Satin, Silk and Fancy Vestings, ind Trimmings of every icscription that can not fail to suit. All the above articles will be motfe op with neat, ness and despatch, and a good fit warranted. Grate, ful for past luvors, a continuance of the same is io- Hcilcd. Shop in Taylor’s Book and Jewelcy Store. Wellsboro’ April 16,1856, DISSOLUTION. —The co-partnership here loforc existing between the subscribers under tho firm of Jones & Roe, »s this day dissolved ay 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 saving claims against the firm, (o present them for sciUo ment. JNO. R. JONES, W. A.'ROJS. Wellsboro’, March 1,1856. The subscriber will continue the Dry Goods ana Grocery business at the old stand, and will bo pleas ed to see all (bo old customers of tho firm, ana as many new ones as may favor him with a cad. April 17-56. W. A. ROE. Balm of a Thousand Flowers to beautify the corapfiaion, remove tan, freckles aua poa plcs. blotches and sunburn on tho fhco. Catarrh SnufT, for Colds. Dead ache, Catarrh, Ac. Liquid Ileavc Cure, for Coughs. Ileavos, Ac.. in Horses. Pettit’s American Eye-Salve. an external remedy for' Sore Bye*, weakness of the eye, 4c. Brant’s Pulmonary Balsam, a valuable remedy for Colds, Coughs, Pain In tha Bide, Ac, Houghton’s Pepsin, for Dyspepsia, Indigestion and General DobUfty. Dr. Davies’ Depiirative, for Scrofula, bad Bores of every description, (Jaod only u o Blood Parlfior. For tale at the Wellsboro' Qrug Store. April 17,1856. wool CARDING & CLOTH * * DRESSING—done on short oolice it the STEAM FOUNDRY inthe villige b( Wcllsboro’. Also, WOOL r«- eeivedtb Minofiiolnro into Gauimereo, Broadcloth! and funnel«—by the yard, for three shillings, or oh share* for one half. All leaving VVooMo manufacture shall have the' r cloth on the first of November neat; and they can rely on having good cloth and ouch as ordered. From long experienoe id the business 1 fesl sooted to say to tbe farmers of Tioga county end all otberv interested, that, having (acUities ofSteam Fewer to drive my machinery, yvhicn is far more reliable than Wate#*’ power, (which depend* n pan thunder shpwers for its support,) ! hm’ prepared to card u wool (into rolls) that is brought from adislance the taigettaj, All work entrusted, tome shall bo wei done and at the lime it is promised. Grateful to the liberal patronage heretofore received, a contmu aiioe bf the *an)eiV respectfully solicited. Term* in all cates, pay down. Word And all kinds o .Grain,takeo.lv payment (or work. , WeUsbbto’. April 17-56-mfi LEWIS C. PENDLEfON. EMBROIDERIES.— A-spUndid assortment w* received at 3. R. BOWES*
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