' Cracking (he Whip. ‘■John Jolliffe, e lawyer ofrfncinnaii, tbei colored pefVbhs 'recently claimed’ atii) surrendered in that city as fugitive slaved' including the mother who, in her frenzy of despair at finding himself pursued and Soon' te jbe Captured,''tried to Will her own children, and actually, took the life of one. A* the Blacks had ho money, ahd Mr. Jolliffe defen ded theni through an arduous legal struggle without hope of reward; cerlaincitizensoiT' Cincinnati contributed « moderate' sum' and' presented'it'to him Asa leal imoblalof regard fur bis humane efforts, with appropriate ISt>er. Among the names of the Committee signing this letter waS ibatof Samuel Straight, n member of ihe house of Straight, Dem ining & Co., wholesale grocers. Heieupon some dear liiver of the Union (and of good customers) marked the letter in The Cincin ftitli Gazette, and sent it to sundry Southern (inns dealing witff'C’incinnati, whence it elio ited the following response: Nashville, March 6, 1856.* To Messrs. Straight, Demming lj Co., Cincinnati,' Gentlemen : We notice in The Cincin nati Gazette of the Ist inst. a letter addres sed to Mr. John Jolliffe, tendering him sym pathy, nnd remunerating him pecuniarily for his defense of fugitive slaves and advocacy of negro-thieving, 1 to which tve observe the name of S. Straight attached. From our former pleasant business correspondence with you, we feel at liberty to ask you if this Mr. S. Straight is a member of your firm, pnd if his name was placed to that latter by his own free will and accord, and if that lot. ter expresses his views upon the subjects therein discussed. A prompt reply is res pectfully solicited. Yours respectfully, IT MIT. MACRAE * Co. 8. N, HOLT.INOSTVfrT.nI. 11. LA NIMH t Co., D. W. MACRAE i MKRR3T 8. PITCHER. LANIER & PHILLIPS. KOliß A SMITH. —To this inquiry. Mr. Straight very cour teously replied, admitting Ibat he was a sign er of ihe letter in question, but explaining that its phraseology was nnl chosen by him, and did not precisely express his views, and frosting that “ the free expression of views consciennnustv cherished” would not be deemed offensive by his Southern customers. But this “soft answer ” did not turn away the wrath o I the Nashvillians, They re turned to the charge in a letter of which the following extract is a fair specimen ;. Nashville, March'24 h, 1856. * * 4- S. Straight, Esq., Cincinnati You say you are unable to divine the objects of our favor of the 6ih inst. One of our objects was to afford you a fair opportunity to disclaim, excuse, or justify your parlic i-pancy tn the presentation letter to Mr. Jolliffe. Some of us have been in pleasant .business correspondence with you for several .years, in which posuion wo could not con scientiously remain, provided you answered our questions in the affirmative ; and as you have done so. we here take occasion, to say that though we grant you Ihe fullest privilege ,m regard to freedom of thought and expres sion of cherished views, we, ns Southern merchants, possessing the same free privileges os yourself, cannot longer contribute to sus tain by, our patronages merchant, however correct as such he may be, who cnterlains views so hosiile to institutions which we cher ish, and have been reared up from childhood to look- upon as one of the most sacred rights guarnleed by our federal constitution. Mt. Straight at length came to undertland that he was allowed no choice but to surren der bis own convictions or his correspond ent’ custom ; so his second response was in a higher key. Here is a sample of ii : “ A few ideas in regard to starving men to embrace one's views, or to resirain from opposing them, and [ have done. " lou offer an insult, to erery Cincinnati! merchant to whom you render your patron- ' age on any such conditions as the tone of | your letter indicates, and you may find, to your surprise, that the large majority of them arc holding themselves out of the market.— Suppose we should propose any such condi tions to a Southern merchant or planter, on which to purchase his sugar, rice, colion, frails, &c., what think you would be the re sult 1 'Believing in Free Labor, and professing to encourage it so far ns practicable, we meekly receive and sell the products of slave labor, proposing no degrading conditions to others, and we will submit to none our selves. ’• —We wish our Southern brethren to un derstand distinctly that we shall continue to send them The Thibunb-so long as they shall .-severally appear by our books to have paid for it in advance, regardless of the mon strous heresies and delusions under which too many of them labor. Whenever the pay shall have run out, the paper will be stopped; but we beg leave to assure them that this rigorous act is hut impelled by our hostility to their mistaken views, but purely by our deliberate preference of solid cash to any manVi dubious promises. Mr. Straight, we presume, will cheertolly cherish their, physical powers with bacon and lard on the same liberal and business-like terms that we insist on in ministering to their spiritual and intellectual nedds.— N. Y. Tribune. Robberv *sd Assoit.—At Reumstown, Perm-, a time since, a robber celled at the house of a farmer, and demanded $5O, threatening to burn the farmer’s barn if (be money were not forthcoming immediately, The farmer’s son attempted to shoot the ruf fao, but was prevented from so doing by his parent. In a few minutes, however, thg barn was in a blaze, but the farmer and his son were 100 frightened to go out, for feir the man would murder them, and therefore three valuable horses, 200 sheep, and 30 head of fab cal tie were destroyed. On investigation fho, body of a man was discovered In the ru dirk.knife in his belt. .It is suppos ed l hat there were three or four men, and while ope went.for the money the others set the barn on fire, and while in the act of setting the btt|n one of them received a violent kick from ,« crqsa,old horse, and therefore ho could not get.aWay, and.was burned to death. On Thursday evening Idst, at Pittsburg, an old women named Hughes, while drunk, let' her Infant child fad from hot knee upon a hoi stove. The feet Were the only part of the body touching the stove, but they fertioed ■on St ami I they were : burnt nearly to a cindot. she child was igketj off by the neighbors. WELLSBOKOtHSH, BA. Thursday* Mornlalyj' ■ May I, 1856. The'following ntmed gentlemen are authorized to collect dnes and receive subscriptions for the Ag itator. Tbclr receipts will be regarded as pay ments. Wm. Garretbon Tioga. > J. B. Potter Middlebnry Center. G. W. Stanton Lawrenceville. Dr. J. C. Whittaker ’.. .Elkland. John Sebrino Liberty. 0. F. Taylor .Covington. - Victor Case Knoxville. W, W. McDoooall Shippon. Isaac Plank Brookfield. Jno. James Blossburg. C. F. Culver Osceoio. O. H. Blanchard Nelson, E, A. Mainabarg. Samuel Phillies Westfield. Wu. M. Johnson Daggoll’s Mills. A. Barker Ogdensbnrg. O. M. Stebbinb Crooked Creek. Isaac Spencer Maple Ridge. !9, 1858, Attention, Republicans! A Meeting for the election of Delegates to attend the REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION to be held at Philadelphia on the 16lh day of June next, will be held in the Court Honse, Wellsboro’, Monday evening, June 2d; at wliich time and place one Delegate to the National Republican Conven tion and two delegates at large, are also to be elect ed. A general attendance is requested. Per order. Hon. S. A. Douglas has our thanks for sundry documents. itoih. This somewhat dubious article is fast becomings political staple under the patronage of conservative politicians. There arc some Dial denounce boldly, others that ‘-damn with faint praise.” In relation to the anli-slavery movement, the former arc least to be dredded and least to be despised, while the lat ter are|Uie more dangerous inasmuch as while they feign to kiss, they treacherously stab. The cause of Freedom gains nothing in the timid endorsement ot half-and-half people. They are the “sunshine patriots and summer soldiers” spoken of by that sturdy Democrat, Thomas Paine. If they (fail to damn every cause In which they enlist, it is not their fault. They declare their attachment to a great principle so guardedly and cripple their decla ration with so many qualifications, that one is left in the dark as to their real position. If (hey sleep . sweetly, R must be owing to tho lymphatic texture 1 of the moral organization. The self-styled American papers ore proficient in bosh. They ore as decidedly opposed to Slavery as anybody ; that is, as much opposed to the curse as Messrs. Fillmore &. Donclson are; that is, as much opposed as those exemplary putriols can be while one is the godfather of the Fugitive Slave Law, and (he other the owner of 100 men and women. A pretty pair of anti-slavery men, truly. Such may well hunt in couples, they are cemented by affinity. ! There is a paper before as, devoted to the inter esls of this lovely pair., It supports the Union, State ticket—less the name of Mr. Laporte of Brad ford, who is dropped, says the editor, because be is a “woolly head. 0 u Wo admit that Slavery is an ; evil, a very great evil,*’ continues tho editor, ’but 1 — ah, that “bin” ! Mr. Editor, that wan a daring ad mission ! You admit that Slavery is a very great evil I la it possible! In the evening of the 19lh century, it is discovered that Slavery is a great evil under the sun! Bat our political Columbus should know that that discovery is of near a century's standing. The signers of the Declaration so declar ed it, without a solitary “but.” The war of the Revolution was prosecuted in the spirit of that De claration. Washington and Jefferson so declared it. Every patriot in the early days of the Republic so denounced It Reason and Common Sense so do. nouocc it. Wo bold that no honest man can endorse that which be recognises in tbe light of a great evil. Neither can he ignore principle in obedience to a short-sighted policy. No! The honest, earnest man recognises a wrong bat to combat it. He does not stumble over qualifying "bats," In bis coarse. "But” is a compromiser. It strangles a host of good intentions. It damages more reforms than til. tra opposition. It qualified every declaration of the scholarly Erasmus; and had it formed any part of the vocabularies of a Luther, or a Zwingie, the Re formation had nottbeen. The Constitution is sacred only insomuch as it subserves the ends, Liberty and Equality. When it proves subversory of those greet principles, it is a league with the PoWere df Darkness, It is not a thing to be worshipped; andwhen its aims are frus trated, and it becomes a refage of Oppression, it-csils for immediate and unsparing denunciation on the knaves who trample on its spirit. Tiie editor referred to is frightened at the bogbetr —Disunion. He is troubled at the prevalence of .disunion discussions all over the country. He may as well bring out the. rack and heat the pincers—for just so surely as the American parly, so called, gets half the power of Romo in her darkest days, will it prove thrice as intolerant. Were we to choose be tween Mt|lard Fillmore and f John as Presidential candidates, we could not draw.- the lino of choice. Both believe in the orthodoxy of the greatest gopd to the least, number; both believe the Bible and Free Schools destructive to the Yell-being of a por tion of the mosses. Where is the difference 7 ’ Hero we have the admission that Slavery |s an evil, a very great evil, from a rrianwho heartily en dorses and supportsFiUmore &i Donelson. One, the sponbqr of the Fugitive Law, and theothqr the oivfl- THE AGImW. M. H. COBB, fe : : OED * t * All Conirounication|inu«l be addressed lo the Editor lb iosdre attention. te. Republican Nominations* Tor. President In 1856 1 Ht?n, SALOONP. CHASE, of Ohio. For Vice-President s Hon. DAVID WIU9OT, of Penn’a. To The People of the United States. The People of the Uoiled Stoles, without regard to past political differences or divisions, who are op po-tod to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, to the policy of the present Administration, to the' extension of Slavery Into the Territories, in favor of tho admission of Kansas ns n free State, and of restoring the notion of tho Federal Gov ernment to the principles of Washington and Jefferson, are invited by the National Committee, appointed hy the Pitts burgh Convention of tho 22d of February, 1860, to send from eorb State throe Delegates from every Congrewdonal District, and six Delegates at large, to meet in PHILADELPHIA, on (Jte utrf utAOilh day of June Tier/, for tlie purpose of recom mending candidates to be supported fur the offices of Presi dent and Tice President of the United States E. D. Morgan, N. Y., Francis P. Blair, Md., John M. Niles, Conn, David Wilmot, Penn. A. P. Stone, Ohio, Wh. M. Chase, R. 1., J. Z. Goodrich, Mass., George Nve, Virginia, A. R. Hallowell, Me, E. S. I. ELAND, Illinois, Ciias. Dickey, Mich., Geo. G. Fogg, N. 11. A. J. Stevens, lowa, Cornelius Cole, Cal., Jj. Bsainerd. Vl., Wn. Grose, Indiana, W. Spooner, Wis, CMlt Pauuson. N. J. E. D. W'ieliaus, Del, John G. Fee, Kpn., Jas. Redpatu, Mo., L. Clephane, D. C.\ National Coin. Washington, March 2J THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. t— —rr~ r • • —jrri — rn — «r of/jOO slaves, aoct a boater (disgraedftil fact: This man riSgsl, not say archer Word about the (ml of Slavery j, iI all lip-*eryjcs. He cannot rarvclicth God cannot deteire There ii treaaon aomewhere—aiffier m to heart or on the,lip. ~—i—-, „ Tbia editpj |?Unna thjt lie:ii| for fniapil “W 4a. this j»flncfpfe#fll not diitilled bosh. ' If /, manlfftr fevor offleo' soil in principle, be never wlilidkduwledge tbit hriy lerrl tory la justly subject to Slavery,- ifone foot of Ibis earth is subject to lbs corse; then is every fool. Thqre ia neither sound nor sense in each Half-way philanthropy. There is no heart in it. . . Such politicians go for union lor union’s cake. We go for Freedom; if the Union can exist amid universal Freedom,let it; if not,let it perish, for there can be no true Union built upon other founda tion, Freedom is harmony, bat Slavery is discord. Harmony and Discord cannot be yokefellows. AH the union that is worth preserving is actual and im perishable, and therefore self-preservative. The organic compact is the merest shadow—nothing but a name to which a few. timid men affect to ding because the substance; has departed, Fillnporc, Bu chanan, Pierce and Douglas—these men admire, nay, worship the Union. Look ul them; is there an honest face in the group 7 From the heartlessly placid face of Fillmore down to the'vanily.puckered ;ips of Picr'ce and the low cunning ihat' disfigures the brow of Douglas, there is the same hypocritical amoolhness, on a sliding scale. None of those men can be trusted. Trust them and you will complain of having been bitten. Elect either of those men and we dsre predict Ihnt this Union will dissolve in name as it has already, in spirit, ere another nation al campaign shall be planned j and we are not pre pared to say whether the election of Mr. Pierce would more benefit the cause of Freedom or Slavery. It is not enough that men profess to be in favor of Freedom. We have heard not a few hypocrites wag their tongues in this county, oven. Not a few of them still wait to devour the loaves and fishes. They will not be sparing of smooth words and devotion to—their own interests. Be vigilant, be active. Rifles and Bibles.— Our Wayne county friend waxes wroth against Ward Beecher and Theodore Porker, for recommending Sharp’s rifles as appro, priate agents to Ihe Christianization of the Border Ruffians. In order to show its readers how much better Christians live in the benighted regions of Slavery; he instances the presentation of blbles to a company of Alabamians just on the evc-of starting for Kansas. He does not tell his readers that those men car ried also, each a revolver and a bowie knifo, yet-he knowa very well that no Southerner is ever without them. He keeps back all that does not subserve his purpose, hoodwinking such oi his renders as ore not able lo poy Ibr any other poper. Not did ho inform his readers of the nature and object of the mission of those Alabamians. He should have done that. He should have told them how that they were a company of Evangelists, sol. ting out hi hie in hand to enter upon the holy work of planting Slavery upon God’s free soil, with the ciders of professed Christian churches In bid them God speed, flow those pious elders might have said—“Go ye out in the name of Him who said that he came lo set the bondman free, and help to erect a Stale whose borders shall resound will* the sound of the lash and the cry of the bond man and bond woman ; whose laws shall claim to he based upon the word 6f Him who commanded that the Gospel should be preached to every creature, and yet shall hold him or her a Colon, TT ho shall tcauh a bond man or woman to read the Scriptures!” Why did our friend forget lo inform his readers of these facts 7 Simply, because he did not wish to keep his readers informed ss to facts. He dare not even publish'the facts of the Kahsas outrages. He prefers lo feed bis readers on studied misrepresenta tions. We are heartily sorry for it, while wo assure our friend that truth will ultimately triumph over every obstacle and Right be Might, as certainly ns that some men shall lie down at the last ashamed of the part they acted in the greatdrama of life. Con science will not always be put off with a bribe. And when wo behold some men yielding a sudden reverence for the Bible, we seem lo hear the denim elation of the Master; “Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, this people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips; but their hearl is for from mo.”— Mat. xv 7—B. A Natural Descent.— The Rev. J, C. Lovojoy of Massachusetts, the distinguished clerical oppo nent of the Liquor Law, has formally joined the ad ministration party, in a public letter giving, his rea sons.—Trihunt. 1 Tlio Rev. gentleman might have spaced the inflic, lion o( his reasons for such a step, upon the public. As friend G., would say—“lt was in obedience to the law of gravitation.” The Lovajoys, Matthew Hale Smiths and Brownsans, owe no apologies to the public for turning summersets whenever they ciiooso. It is tlie privilege of such men to obey their instincts. They fail in love with and marry every abomination, for “ ’T is their nature to." W e call tlio attention of our hunker exchangee, whose editors boil with righteous indignation against “political parsons,” to this fresh evidence that the preaching is not all to be on one side here after. And now let us see if they are honest in their denunciation of political preaching. Let us see if the Rev. Lovejoy’s example shall aot be ap'-i plauded by these doughty protestants against mixing religion and politics. To be consistent, Ujey must visit upon the gravitating Lovcjoy’si hpad/coodign punishment. Gentlemen, we wish yoo'milch joy of your convert. Glory in yonr Levejny, y o ur Smith and your Brownson. Be ours the pleasant duty to labor in the same field with a Parker, a Beecher end a Diilton. CT Mr. Fillmore received the news of his nomi nation withont emotion-Foreign Correspondent of a Ne to York paper. 7%ere is another evidence that the human “heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.” We are surprised that Mr. Fillmore is so impertor able. He, the unanimous choice of the great un washed and unhung American parly, and the spon sor of (ho Fugitive Slave Law, receive such an as lounding announcement without’ emotion! He should have gone down un his knees and offered thanks, that though they mlghtTnisull him in con vention, there could V,' no possible chance of his being disgraced by an'fcleclion, ’ ' Some of the honker piper* are bewailing’ (be possibility of a duel between Gen. Lane and Senator Douglas. Calm yonr .fears,, gentlemen, Arnold Douglas, is a skulking coward, os his violation of tbo sacred laws of hospitality ip the pri yatp conversation of an invited gucst, aliunda l nlly proves. Sucfh a man may be kicked and cowhided, hut he never will set himself op to be shot at. He Us no pluck, and.jwhal is worse, no sense of honor. And had he either or both of these, It is by no 4n T one Would neek to compass ft'« death, feet cheer up, gentlemen,’yoar idol will never be (brown down by an irrevetenl Corles. “Cuatsmc; or lean’s Trial, and Triumph*!' By? Lanai. J. Co»ti* (*1 25. Dewitt & Davenport, puljliahervNew York. '• v Tfcis wpitk is worthy-df the age. It ia the story of a truo life of a; true yoman, and written by a true Woman. It'fs a work of broad views and bn unmistakable moral. Christine ia introduced as an uncultivated country girl exiled in her father’s ,Sp(ise. ' Shell a'.talpe ofufldeveloped and moral wealth. She is educated by ■ fashion deferring aunt and as the myiteriea pf scfehce re veal themselves i 10,, her r hungering mind, her soul Strikes out into.wjiat the.. Jptler.worshipping world has tabooed ay .“by and fprbiddep, paths," ' In brief, /she became an apostle to the lately educated and'to Ilia fallen of her sox. The style is more Jhan charming; it is solid yet flexible, accommodating itself lo the purely descriptive and to the portraying of the silent emotions that sometimes chain the hu man hearl to thqrack. It is such a book as the au thor of Jane Eyro might have, written. For sale by G, W. Tayior, Weilsboro’. We are in receipt of the April numbers at tfio Phtmlogioalj ahd Water-dure Journals, published by Messrs. Fowler & Wells, 308 Broadway, New- York. These truly valuable periodicals are as in teresting ai)d useful as ever, and deserve the highest meed of merit—success. Mrs.T. D. Richards is an authorized agent Ibr these and all other publica tions of F. &. W. ITlangfield Classical Seminary. The building Committee have resumed the work, upon the buildings of this institution, and will prosecute.ihe same with energy, un til they are completed, which it is expected will be in lime for a fall term, A great amount of labor is yet required lo complete the building; and then to furnish it in all its various-dcparlmeots, will require n very large amount of money. Wo believe there lias never been on object more deserving the earn est solicitude, and ready support with both influence and money, than this enterprise.— i It is ihe intention of the trustees to have (bis equal lo Ihe best institutions in the Stale, and we cannot realize, or hardly anticipate,, the great benefit which will accrue to this cohmy by having an institution of this characiejr in our midst. Same no doubt have felt that it would be local io character and influence, and therefore have pot identified Ihemselves to lending material aid in its commencement, but this feeling should hi once be abandon ed ; the whole country is interested and deep ly 100, and should unite at once divesting themselves of every sectional feeling, and say in good earnest, this is our inslilulion, and it must and shall be nobly sustained. It will .require d great deal of labor, nnd money, to place thus institution ol once in ihe list of first class Schools, but nothing less than this will answer our purpose. Not only the citizens, of this county, but friends of the institution from all directions are anxiously wailing, wishing lo send their children to this institution lo be taught. The romantic scenery of the Tioga Valley, the pure water, the balmy and strengthening atmosphere, the unsurpassed facilities for gaining access to the school, all combine lo make this a very desirable place for the education of youth from all parts of, the country. The work was advanced nobly the past summer, Inking into consideration.the very inclement season, and also the great-scarcity, and high price of both labor and provisions. A great share of the means at present available, has been con sumed, up to this lime, and it is very import ant that the friends of this cause lend n help, ing hand lo forward this work. Shares of slock are only 850 ; so Ihat a very small sum will enable those not able lo do more to identify themselves with the association, which will not only be a profitable investment, finan cially considered, but will be doing something lo maintain the most noble and praiseworthy . object ever entered upon by the citizens of Tioga. Who can be denied the privilege of aiding in establishing this school ? There are many who would feel it a burthen lo give large amounts, while others who have been more liberally blessed with this world’s goods, will feel it a privilege to invest hundreds and perhaps ihousands of dollars in this direction, and we are confident they will never regret it. To be engaged in a work calculated to advance the interest and welfare of the pres ent and future generation of young Ladies and Genilerpen, is certainly ennobling to every faculty of our nature, and should make us willing to make any sacrifice necessary lo effect our noble object. —Mansfield Express. Doubtful Homage. The anniversary of the binh-day of Hen ry Clay, was celebrated at the Slashes of Hanover, Virginia, (Mr. Clay’s birth-place,) by Caleb Cushing,Stephen A. Doqglas, Sen ators Mason and Bigler, John M. Bolts, and others. According to the reported speeches, the four first-named of the above, exhausted their powers of eulogy over the memory of the “ Great Commoner.” If Henry Clay could have arisen in tho midst of those eulo gists, who can no doubt that a withering re buke would have flashed from his longue, malting dumb the mouths of men who, while he was living, spared him no obloquy ihal envy and malice could utter—who pursued his fair name and fame, like blood-hounds, to the death, and when death had laid him low (and Webster had followed'him to the tomb) dared, with.impious nod traitors handk, to rend in twain, one ol the noblest works of his life—the Missouri Compromise. Alas ! that the purest patriotism and the truest greatness can only triumph when their illus trator has passed the portals of the grave.—- Stephen A. Douglas doing homage to the memory of Henry Clay, was a scene for the moralist—a spectacle of memorable repent ance or piora memorable hypocrisy the sincerity of whose actors is, known only to the great Searcher of Hearts. Let us, diffi cult as it may.be, havalhe charity to believe they were sincere.—iV. Y. Mirror. A Southern College. —ln a South Car olinn paper, called the-“ Southern Enter prise, ’’ appears a letter from Hon. J. B. O’Neall, in which, speaking of South Caro lina Colleges and the young men who are educated there, he saysi' " 1 graduated in the college lorly-lhcefe years ago last Decem ber. I Have been a trustee for thirty-seven years, t know that I have Vvatoh.ed over its interests with all the' care of a deep and abi ding love j and yet I know t from all the stu dents graduating from 1606 to 1855, forty nine years, one-fourth of the whole number have died drunkards—a shame to themselves ant) a bfUften t? their families. [3 eontinun(ta<Confl, rMxbbtEHufij' Centre, April 28, ’56. ..a Fbiehd Cthra, I herewith send you a copy patted at a meeting of jhe friends of Free Kansas at the Hammond school" house, iii Middlehury, on Saturday averting* 26tb,irtst.‘ ; \;; r -' r ' The meeting was organized by appointing A. C. Coze, Esq., Chairman, and J. B. Pot tbb, Secretary.' The Rev. H.. - Teas addressed the.meeL ipg aj considerable length, and ab(y disepssed ihef mdral aspects of the slavery qwktion. .The.speaker fully concluded. wiliiJHenry Ward Beecher in that ,“be had great confi dence jn Sharpe’s rifles as mqraZ agents’ ’ The following resolutions were unanimous ly adopted—all the ladies voting (?) ia the affirmative. Jr Resolved, 1. (That ns democrats of the Jeffersonian school, who believe with the “great Apostle” that freedom’is national and slavery sectional—that all freeiemtoty shoqld forever remain [tee—fail to discover the re lationship existing between ihe immortal “founder of the faith,” and his professing proselyles. Resolved, 2. That as the modern defini tion of Democracy is “Border Ruffianism” or slavery extension, Ihat we most respect fully decline acting with a party based upon such “God-disbonoring, man-destroying prin ciples I” Resolved, 3. That in the platform of the Republican organization we recognize the great principle laid down by the founders of ibis government —“resistance to tyrants, is obedience to God”—that we can conceive of no greater “lyrranny” than that which is making a desperate effort to grasp that fair country once consecrated to freedom, and pol lute its virgin soil with American slavery. Resolved, 4. That if the approaching cam paign is to decide (he fate of Kansas, that it behooves the friends of freedom to Tay off their coals and go to work Now, agitating, or ganizing and preparing forthe'great struggle. Resolved, 5. That we, citizens of Middle burv, do organize under the name of Re publican Club, No. 1., and that the president appoint a committee of three persons to draft a constitution and bv laws to be reported and acted tlp^i'at our next meeting. On motion, Resolved, That the proceed ings of this meeting be published in the Agitator. On motion, Resolved, That we adjourn to meet at the Briggs school house, two weeks from this evening. Before October, Kansas will have the number of inhabitants required ir> Air. Doug las’s bill. Why noi let the inhabitants them chooso delegates to a Convention, for the formation of a Constitution, preparatory to admission as a Stale 1 , Why not have a con vention elected under the authority of law, j and with proper regulations, as to the right | of suffrage Ir—Jour. of Com. Because it keeps the inhabitants until “October” defenceless and subjugated, ex posed to invasion from without and outrages within. Because even in October it will not be obligatory on the “Territorial Legislature ” to order an election unless they choose. ■ Be cause the election, whenever ordered, will be conducted under the supervision of a preten ded “Legislature” composed of Missourians. Because, under the law already passed by that “Legislature” any one who will pay a dollar and swear to uphold the Fugative Slave Law, can vote in Kansas, whether he is a resident or not —Because under that law, the Misourians can smuggle into the ballot-boxes as many spurious voles ns they .are willing to pay SI a piece for. Because ihe Conven tion so elected would not be a Convention of the People of Kansas, but of the Borderers of Missouri. Because the Constitution! framed by it would be those Borderers' work, and would be made to suit their purposes, not those of the inhabitants. These are the rea sons why Ihe Postponement Bill should not be adopted. —Albany Journal. Tub Ruins of Sebastopol. —A corres pondent of the London Times thus notices •he present condition of thislill-faled city : The stranger who halls to survey it from the neighboring heights, deceived by the whitewashed and plastered Vvallsof the houses, might think that Sebastopol was still a city ; but when he walks through its grass grown, deserted streets, formed by endless rows of walls alone, of roofless shells of bouses, in which not one morsel of limber can be seen, from threshold to eaves, when he beholds great yawning craters, half filled with mounds of cut stone, heaped together in irregular masses, when he gazes on the tumult of dis - - entegrated masonry, once formidable forts, now shaken as it were into dust and powder ; when he stumbles over the fragments of im perial edifices, Mo peer dowft 1 into the great gulfs choked with rubbish which now mark the side of the grand docks of the Queen of ihe ftuxine, and beholds the rotting masts and hulls of the sunken navy which'was nurtured there ; when he observes that what Ihe wrath of the enemy has spared is'fast crumbling away beneath Ihe fires of Us friends ; and that the churches where they worshipped* the theatres, the public monuments, are especial ly selected for, the practice of Ihe Russian gunners, as though they were emulous of running a face in destruction with the Allied armies—he will no doubt come to the conclu sion that the history of the world affords no such autneotic instance of the annihilation of a great city. Holloway’s Pills an unfailing Remedy for all disorders of the Chest and Lungs.—Oliver Thompson, of Little Falls, New York, was certainly in a most deplorable slate of health len weeks ago.; his lungs, so the doctors told him, were completely gone, his chest, and in fact his body generally, hadscarcely an at torn of flesh on it, so thin had 'he become, fn addition to this, he had a cough which completely shook him to' pieces (these are'his own words); he has jubt called on Professor Holloway lo inform him, that all these com plaints have'been removed by Holloway’s Pills, aflelr. he had .used them for’seyen weeks and iwo'dhyb, arid he now feels tetter than ever he did in his life. The Pills will readily remove all diseases of (he floujacb and bowel?, A Republican leader a DkaijbT Slaves.— CaMios M. Clay is a model of freedom," and the greatly admired o nu. Evening Journal and the Republicans«. ally. One would auppope that Caa,i ui no more Slave .than be would aC " while roan,.hut quite the reverse is il.. r 4 The Lexington Observer of the £ S' contains the advertiscmnt of a nublic ’ bo held at the residence of Cassius n'° in Madison county* Kentucky, land, cattle, -furniture “also twenty i W slaves, men, woman and children, which* n be sold during said Clay's life !—[£ Be ~' Statesman. Those slaves were bequeathed fo r ||f e , Cassius M. Clay, remainder in fee l 0 children. By the will which conveyed them Cassius was miide the guardian of the chif dren in respect to its devises. In Kentucky" ns in most of the Slave States, if not s \\ them, bequests of slaves have been placed (, Y statute upon Ihe fooling of devises of real es. late. Though chattels, their grant for life does not pass a fee. As the guardian of the children, who bad Ihe remainder interest m them, hje was legally obliged to keep and care for,those slaves. He had no power to manumit them, as he did manumit all that he owned himself. The sale which has made occasion for ihe above fling at a generous, brave, and conscientious man, was the act of the law, and not of Clay, involved deeo. ly in debt by an unfortunate speculation, his technical properly in the slaves has been sold under execution to satisfy creditors.— -4H Eve. Jour. Melancholy Thagedy at We LLS villb. —On the 11th insl., a young man named Marlin Van Buren.'of WellavjJJe. county, was slabbed, felled wiih a club, and killed in ihe midst of a violent affray, at the Railroad Depot, between some friends of iha rival hotels in that village. The affair has created much excitement in WellsviUe. P. S, Erastus Smith, the person who struck Martin Van Buren on the head with a club on the night of his death, was held in ihe judgment of ihe Corner, ns subject 10 an action of assault and battery wiih attempt to kill, and is now lying in jail at Angelica, The Rockpon Register relates that a child in that place had to all opperances died, and was laid out in its (title winding sheet noon a board in an upper room. Some ume alter the father went into the room where ihe child was, and was astonished at its calling him hv name, and complaining that :t aid not he good. Of course the little sufferer was sun. plied with a better bed at once. A company of seventy New England etm. grants passed through Buffalo on the second for Kansas. TO BUILDERS. —The School Directors of 1 Delmar District will meet al the School house near E. P, Deane’s, on Saturday May 10th. alrais o'clock, afternoon, for the purpose of receiving pro, posais for the building of three School Homes in said district. Further particulars made snown on said day. By order of Ihe Board, May 1 '56. DAVID HEISE.Ac'v. NEW ESTABLISHMENT. NEW BOOTS. WM, RILEY would respectfully 43 infoyin the citizens of Weil*. rj boro* and vicinity lhat be has com menced the Boot & Shoe business in the building in the rear of Bailey's Store’ He ii uow ready 1o do all work in his line in the beet mir u ncr—ind will make Fine Sewed and Pegged Boot* and Shoes, iu the most approved style, as well as Coarse Work. Repairing done in a superior man* ner. He would respectfully solicit the patronage of the citizens of thin place, assuring them (hat he will en. deavorto merit (heir favors by using me best slock, by careful workmanship, and bv punctuality. Wfcllsbore* May 1, 1856. 6m. BROOKS IDE FAMILY SCHOOL. BERKSHIRE, TIOGA CO.. N. Y. April J. 1856.—The serai.Annual term of this institution will commence Tuesday, May 13, and continue *23 weeks. Vacancies for a few good boys under 15. for whom on early application is desirable. Situated in one of the most beautiful valleys oi southern New York, 18 miles north of Owcgo, S% Y. tSi'E, R.R., this Institution possesses more than ordinary claims to heallhfulncss and freedom from tho contaminating influences which are mseparaole from the neighborhood of a large town—while ihor. ough instruction and faithful core shall be guaran, teed to all who shall be committed to our trusts. \KEERKNCES G. J. Sledman, Esq., 62 Libcrty-st., New. York; M. M. Backus, esq. Mnidon Lane, New. York. Edward Tompkins, Binghamton, •* W, P. Pope, ■* James Wright 1 Ovrcgo, Hon. John Parker, “ Hon. J. J, Taylor, u “ Anson C. Ely Elmira^ S. B. Strang, " James E. Smith, Corning, Hon. James Faulkner, Dansville, * C. H. h. Ford, Lawrenceville, Pa, C. L. Ward, Towanda, “ J. W. Means, “ * 5w may 1. FREDERICK F. JUDD. A. M. PORK t PORK I —2o bbls of Mess Pork, just received and for sale by W. A. ROE. Smoked hams & shoulders, on hand at [April 24.] W, A. ROE'S. Tj^l'OUß—best brand of Family Floor, for tala J- by [Ap. 34,1856.1 W. A. nfclED PEACHES A API’LES JLS on hand at [Ap. 24, *56.] - ROE’S. IVTACKEREL Sc WHITE FISH i'JL hy the ] J and bbl., cheap at ROE’S. ■ GR a SS SEED— for sale at ROE’S, Wellsboro’, A.pril 1856- Attention all.'. 1 they say ; They say that G. W. Taylor has Upi largest and best assortment of WA LI, PAPER in town. Drop in at the Book &-Jewelry Store (or the proof. [April 17. |j REMOVAL.— DR. B. BARR respectfully announoea to the public that 1 ho has reraosed his Office to the dwelling lately occupied by Jos. P. (Morris, £sq., where he may be found at all hours [when not professionally engaged. Demands for his services promptly responded to ■ Wellsboro’, April 24, 1856, T ETTERS OF ADMIBfISTRA- I i XIOIV having been granted to the under signed ah the estate of James 8. Brydeo, late of Pelmar township, deceased, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment, and those having .claims against the same tq present them for settlement lb MARY C. BRYDBN. Delmar, April 24,1856-61 Adm'r._ IMteW MILtINEBIf KfIODS IT MRS. M. STEVENS has just received Iron th’e OityiV splendid assortment of new goods. latest styles and patterns, comprising every variety of »r -tides in her lino of business. Ladies are solicited to call and examine her stock before purchasing elie whefe. Orders punctually ai«nd«d to. Wellsboro’, April 17 1 181)6, 1 • * '
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