From Frederick Douglass' Paper.
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An American Slaveholder Is the
Meanest Hnmafl Being In Exist-
' ence.
, The highwayman who robbed (he .man in
Ungland, was a specimen of all thai is noble
and generous, compared with an American
slaveholder. Let us fairly review the facts,
and see the difference. A Her the highway*
nv.m had taken the bag containing the man's
rnnnSy, the latter appealed to the' generosity
of the former for enough of the money to
enable him to reach home. The robber, sad ■
dnnly moved by this appeal, to a generous
impulse, held out the' bag, leaving it discre
tionary with the man, how much to take.—
Tl e man running his hand, in the estimation
of the robber, too deep in the bag, (he latter
hastily withdrew ir, and reproached the man,
by asking him sternly, where is your con
science 1 Here ihe depredations of the rob
ber, upon (his man, ceased / all he did was
to rob him of his gold. His nature was not
depraved enough, to rob (he man any fur
ther. He did not, in addition, rob the man of
himself, of his wife, and his children, and
not only of them, but of all I heir posterity
forever. With a degree of nobleness which
elevates the highwayman, as compared with
an American slaveholder, into a Prince, he
allowed his victim, after stealing all his mon
ey, to retain his own person, his own wife,
end his own children, and all their future
earnings for their own benefit. With the
volume open before me, containing the life
and limes of this highwayman, 1 ha ,- e such
n veneration for his character, as compared
»i h a slaveholder, that if a subscription pa
per t-hiuld now be handed me, for the pur
pose of raising funds to erect to his memory
n monument for his generosity, I should sub
scribe to it, even if I were obliged to sell my
pew in the church where my clergyman has
not the moral courage to preach against that
sum total of all sin—slaveholding.
A-i 1 said before, let me now fairly stale the
cnse of the slaveholder—what would he do
under the same circumstances. He would
have pul his hands into the pocket of the vic
tim, and withdrawn the last cent. He would
then have reduced him to a peck of corn a
weak, upon which he would have lashed him,
day by day, till he had extorted (he greatest
amrfbni of labor and sweat from his skin and
bones that human nature could endure.—
[Before me is now a letter from perfectly re
liable correspondents in Cuba, stating that
they have been upon sugar plantations where
the slaves, for nine months, are worked twen
ty hours oout of Iwenty-four, with overseers
armed with pistols, drawn daggers, and load
ed whips. The gang only lasts on avefage
seven years, and is constantly replenished
with new victims,! He would enact laws
depriving him o( everything, past, present,
and future, not only as regards his earnings
but nf his right to himself, to his wife, and
bis children, and all, all, all their posterity
forever. No degradation the human mind
can imagine, is equal to that, which this
monster of a slaveholder, in human shape,
and often called clergyman, or minister of
Chris', would inflict upon his imploring, and
helpless victims. He would place upon the
auction-block, the wife, in the presence of the
husband, and the babe in presence of the
woeping mother, or the father in presence of
his own family, and they not even allowed
to weep and wring their hands in the agony
of the scene, without danger of being level
led to the earth with the loaded whip of the
more than brutal slaveholder. This is not
all ; after all this injury, os though the devil
had not finished his work, there are the vic
tims. taunted with being the laziest creatures
on the face of the earth, and this while the
slaveholder is too lazy to weigh the cotton
which the slave has picked in the heat of the
sun during the whole day; this is the mean
est pari of the character of the slaveholder,
unless I add, what has so often been repeal
ed, that “ they can't take care of them
scire: '
A NEW YORK MERCHANT,
Ir is nol often that so much truth is told
in so few words as when Senator Wilson
last Monday replied to the miserable flings
of Douglas about amalgamation with negroes
that “This slang about nmalgamationisls
“ generally prtrceeds from men who have the
“ odor of amalgamation strong upon them. ”
Whoever needs any confirmation of its truth
has only to trace out (he origin of the half
dozen or more mulalloes nearest him. Of
the whole class now in this country, there is
no man who doubts that at least nineteen of
every twenty of the white fathers are fellow
partisans of Douglas, or at least vehemently
hostile to “ negro equality” and Abolition.—
Every Southern city is checkered with these
half-breeds, while the birth of one in an Anti-
Slavery community is as rare as that of an
Albind. Mulaltoes are generally the offspring
of lechery on the father's side, and debase
ment and dependence on the mother's. In
Massachusetts and other Slates, where no
legal impediment is offered to the intermar
riage of Whites with Blacks, there is nol
one case of amalgamation where there are
twenty in Washington, Charleston or New-
Orleans, as the complexion of the colored
population abundantly attests. W e here enter
upon no discussion of the possibility and ab
stract propriety of virtuous marriages be
tween Blacks and Whites; we but state a
notorious truth, which should silence our
demagogues of the Douglas stamp as to am
algamation.
A Hohhid Death. —James P. Williams,
of New Brunswick, in this Slate, was found
dead in the cars on the train which left
Philadelphia for Pittshu rgh, on Wednsday
night. When about two hours from Phila
delphia, his head was observed hanging out
of the window, and blood running fom it.
is supposed that it came in contact with a
water tank, or cars standing on the other
track. The wife and child of the deceased
were sleeping on the same seal with him at
the time of the accident.— [Newark Advtr
liter.
A few nights ago, some burglars raised
the window of the sleeping room of a butcher,
named Freitag, in Lowrencevillo, Allegheny
(Do, Pa., and put a cloth saturated with chlo
roform, attached to a long pole, to the nos
trils of himself and wife. When the chlo
roform took effect, they entered the room,
took 9000 from a bureau and then decamped.
THE AGITATOR.
M. H. COBB;:: : :iii E
* a * All
be addressed (o (be Editor to insure attention.
WELLSBOROUGH, FA,
Tbarsday‘Morning; May B,' 1836.
Republican nominations.
’"‘i.
For President la 1856: ... .
Son. SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio,
For Vice-President:
Hon. DAVID WILISOT, of Penn’a.
The following named gentlemen are authorized
to collect dues and receive subscriptions For the Ag
itator. Their receipts will be regarded as pay.
meats.
Wm. Gabretson
J. 6. PoTTKR
G. W. Stanton
Da. J. C. Whittaker. . ■
John Sebrino
O’. F. Taylor
Victor Cask
W. W. McDoogall. ...
Isaac Flank
Jso. James
C. F. Culver
O, H. Blanchard
E, A. Fish
Samuel Phillips
Wm. M. Johnson
A. Barker
O. M. Stebbins
Isaac Spencer
To The People of Uic United
Slates.
The People of the United Slates, without
regard to post political differences or divisions, who are op
posed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, to the policy
of the present Administration, to tho extension of Slavery
into the Territories, in favor of the admission of Kansas as
a free State, and of restoring the action of the Federal Gov
ernment to tho principles 01 Washington and Jefferson, ore
Invited hy tho National Committee, appointed hj the Pitts
burgh Convention of tho22d of February, 185 ft. to send from
parli State three Delegates from every Congressional District,
and six Delegates at large, to meet in PHILADELPHIA. on
thf. rrt ynUcuth day of June f»cr/, for tho purpose of recom
mending candidates to be supported for tho offices of Presi
dent and Vice 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,
Wm. M. Chase, R. 1,,
J. Z. Goodrich, Mass.,
Gcartat Nrc, Virginia,
A. R. Hallo well. Me.,
E. S. Leland, Illinois,
Cuas. Dickey, Mich.,
Washington, March 2!
!9,1856.
Attention, Republicans!
A Meeting for the election of Delegates to attcud
the REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION to
be held at Philadelphia on the IGth day of June
next, will be held in the Court Honse, Wellsboro*,
Monday evening, June 2d; at which lime and place
one Delegate to the National Republican Conven
lion and two delegates at large, are also to be elect
cd, A general attendance is requested. Per order.
The Jury List shall be published neil week
CTSeveral correspondents will receive attention
next week. Be patient.
Miss E. P. Richards has removed her Millinery
jcstublisnmenl to the house of her father, where
she will be happy to see her patrons.
An influx of legal advertisements unavoidably de
prive* our readers of the pleasant gossip of our wor
thy “local,” He will bo “arouud" next week, as
usual.
“By Authority.”
It is pleasant, doubtless, to speak as “one having
authority." -For however little it may flatter the
susceptibilities of human nature, it is true tint
truth galherp weight in passing some tips while it
falls dead from others. "Truth is mighty and will
prevail!" sailh the adage, but "truth is mightier,
when spoken by “one having authority," sailh ob
servation. We do not say this in the spirit of fault
finding, but with a kind of satisfaction, that the
truth finds an audience in human hearts under any
circumstances. Authority, however, is a great
stumbling block in the path of human progress
sometimes and U is well enough to begin to love
truth for its inherent goodness, rather than for any
virtue that may be resident in the character of its
ministers.
So, regarding the outrage of Slavery—what hun
dreds of obscure men have thought and-spoken;
and what we are about to quote as it fell from those
who spake as having authority—the truth may sink
deeper into the understandings of many, inasmuch
as it fails from great men's lips. Yet it will be no
greater truth than it would bo, spoken by yourself,
dear reader, or by us. Still, it is well enough to
examine the statements of greatand good men with
that consideration which their wisdom and experi
ence commands.
In 1798, Geokgk Washington, in a letter to Gen,
Lafayette, said of the “institution" :
“I agree with you cordially in your views in re
gard to Negro slavery. I have long considered it a
most serious evil, both socially and politically, and
I should rejoice in any feasible scheme to rid our
States of such a burden."
Let us pause a moment here and ascertain if the
Father of our country did nol medilole treason to
the Republic. What think you would be the (ate
oi him who should dare to express himself even in
the very language of Washington on slave soil ?
You know what his fate would be; you know that
wore bo to so express himself to day, he would he
warned off: and should ho disregard the warning,
would be introduced into the august presence of
Judge Lynch. Hut what would be the fate of
Washington were he alive to-day and should express
himself on Kansas soil as he did to Lafayette? If
the law of the Border Ruffians should be enforced,
you know what his fate would bo; you know that
ho would be cast into prison, that the majesty of
Border Ruffian Law might be preserved inviolate.
Such ia the progress of the Southern Republican
idea ! Will any one decide Whether Washington
was right in *9B, or that Border Ruffianism is right
in *56 T If Washington was right. Pierce, Dongbs
& Co., are traitors; if the latter are right, then
Washington meditated treason to (ho Slate, Choose
yc between them. In (lie same letter the illustrious
man said;
“The Congress of 1787 adopted an ordinance
which prohibits the existence of involuntary servi
tude in oar northwestern territory forever, /con
sider it a tsisr measure. It met with the approval
and assent of nearly every member from tl.o Slates
more immediately interested in slave labor. The
prevailing opinion in Virginia is against (lie spread
of slavery into our veto territory, and I trust Uml
wo (hall have a confederacy of Free Slates."
. So Washington considered the measure that gave
our entire northwestern territory to Freedom forev
er, wise and beneficent. Be it remembered that tire
Missouri Compromise line was virtually an eaten
sion of that measure so as to embrace all that part
of tbo Louisiana purchase north of 36 degrees, 30
minutes. And then compare the declarations of
inch men aa Pierce, Douglas and Atchinaoo—all
apostles of sham democracy, relative to the wisdom
THE TIOgA,, CO.UH-TY AGITATO
or s>e
of Washington. do yoa etnjorse the declara
lion}of W«»bingto(! ,*nd not coagymn the deidara.
tioiiol these Either yVash
woirright, or JlSyjra JMong. -.Mirk, Washington
declared that the prevailing opinion in Virginia in
’9Btw»b hb»tlfe“tottnr«presd"<jrBl*very lnto new
;tob.
-territory.v ~Wb«M9 Uieprcvaijini
ginlif “regards Thaf qititioh'f -Wtf dll
knovrtbat the sentiment there-u-slfongly foe slave--
ry extension. Nay,, Uiij wljole alien; deqiocrapy in
the free North is in favor of extending tha area of
Slavery.' ’‘But does'nofthe deciafatioKfirWhsliihg
loncondtmri'lhemT pbes iLnOUhame llfeb}?.' Is
it not to be lamented that Freedom
has grown weekcr lnvlead of stronger, In llils land,
since the days of Washington t
James. Madison opposed the insertion of the
word, “slave” in the Federal Constitution, because,
as ho said, “ho regretted that Slavery ever existed
in our country.” He said further of slavery:
“It is a great evil; and under the Providence of
God, 1 look forward to some scheme of emancipa
tion which shall free us from it. Do nut, therefore,
let us appear sa if tve regarded it as perpetual, by
using in our Constitution an odious word, opposed lo
every sentiment of Liberty,"
Such is the testimony of James Madison against
Slavery. He was the leader of the Democracy of
his time. His testimony is clear, direct, unmistak
able. He did not wish posterity to know lhat hu
man slavery ever blackened the record of our coun
try. What must bo his emotions then, as he looks
upon the giant growth of this groat evil, and the
base plans of professed, democrats for its extension I
Fellow-workers, whom shall we believe—JJadieon,
or Arnold Douglas 7 As for us we have made our
choice; makoyours.
Said Daniel Webster in 1818, of the advocates
of Slavery extension: “1 am afraid that Die gen
eration of doughfaces will bo as perpetual os the
“ generation of men. • • • I think such persons
“ are doughfaces and doughheads and dough souls,
“ and that they are all dough.” We will not slop
here to relate bow this great man became the prince
of doughfaces two years alter, for the truth con
cerning Slavery advocates did not fall with him, nor
did it lose a whit of its significance when he fell
under its condemnation. Freedom lost a champion
when Webster fell, but Truth remainod Truth still.
Henry Clay has left his name upon the record
as apposed lo the extension of slavery. His last
words as a public man were—
“l repeat it sir, I never can and never will, and
no earthly power can make me vote directly or jndi.
rectly, to spread slavery over territory where it does
not exist. Never, while reason holds her seat-io my
brain—never, while my heart sends the vital fluid
through my veins— never, never, NEVER!"
There is the trnmpet tone of deathless resolution
in those living words. Yet Henry Clay is claimed
by pro.slavery demogogues aa the patron of their
unholy designs. Perish the baseless claim I With
all his reverence for half-way measures, Clay was
heart and sonl opposed to Slavery.
Thomas H. Benton— whoso democracy ia like
Ccesar’s wife, above suspicion—says of the Missou-
...Tinga.
. ..Middlebnry Center.
. ..Lawrenceville.
... Llkland.
...Liberty.
. ..Covington.
. .Knoxville.
. ..Shippen.
. .Brookfield.
. .Blossburg.
. .Osceola.
. .Nelson.
. .Mainaburg.
. .Westfield.
• •Daggett’* Mills.
. .Ogdensburg.
.Crooked Creek.
. .Maple Ridge.
Geo. G. Fogg, N. H.
A. J. Stevens, lowa,
Cornelius Cole, Col.,
L. Brainerd, Vl,
Wh. Grose, Indiana,
W. Spooner, Wis .
CM E Paulison. N. J.
E. D. Vfrituius, Del,,
John G. Fee, Ken.,
Jas. Rbdpath, Mo.,
L. Clephane, D. C.,
National Coro.
ri Compromise:
“II was the highest, the most solemn, the most
momentous, the most emphatic assertion of Con
gressional power over slavery in a territory which
has ever been made or could be conceived. It not
only prohibited it where it could be legally carried,
but forever prohibited it where it had long existed.”
Such is the testimony of Benton, who is the only
living representative of the Jeffersonian typeof denr
ocracy, so claimed. These extracts show clearly
cither that those distinguished men, headed by a
Washington, could not ho admitted into the demo
cratic party as it exists to-day. or that the Lest of
orthodoxy as set up by that party is all bosh—which
said test is not.
Our "talk" lias already exceeded the limits we
had set; the subject is by no means exhausted, and
we wiU resume the Inker of impeaching the modern
democratic parly an the testimony of its ancient
apostles, next week. The materials have been ac
cumulating for months and shall be pul to service
in this campaign.
ITT Wo would rather submit to a respectable css.
ligation than to say what we are about to say. It
is bad enough to be poor without being forced to ac
knowledge the inconvenient (act in the columns of
a newspaper. We dislike to see a parade of indi
viduel griefs and misfortunes in print—il is an ugly
mental picture, but hideous when sketched in print
ers ink. Nevertheless, it must be dune.
Since adopting the pay-down system the paper
has steadily prospered, and has now the largest sub.
scription list to the county, as well as tho best.
Gut there are several hundred dollars, duo the paper
for past favors, and these dollars good non-paying
friends, belong to the publishers, who want them to
be just with. They are wanted lo purchase paper
and pay debts. They are now in otter people’s
pockets; whereas, they should be in the publishers'
pockets. They have no money to lend just now,
and however much they dislike lo slap‘tieir friends
on the shoulders and say, "pay up,” il it necessary.
Wo say “friends," because none but friends would
make so free with ones purse without so much as a
“thank yc,” in return. Wo would rejoice were il
in our power lo lend every man in the county ten,
twelve, or twenty shillings, to be paid when sgreei.
ble ; bat we are better able to borrow ilan lo lend.
Therefore, wo indite this gentle dun, more in sor
row than in anger, hoping for the best which for
the present meancth—CASH.
Friends, you can send the amount you owe us by
your neighbors, or bring it yourself at Jme Court
You will sleep more sweetly afterward, sich of you
as have tender consciences, at least. Those who
have struggled through the hard winter to support
their families by day’s work—wo mean the indut
trims poor—need not so much mind this dun, for
the poor shall not be oppressed by each other. Dul
such as can pay without stinting their brod r are re
spectfully, yet earnestly asked to pay up.
Our Republican friends must have noticed the
proceedings of Middkbury Republican Oub, No. 1,
which appeared in last week’s paper. Some may
be surprised to see such early action, and in Middle
bury. There is no cause of surprise in, or about it.
Middlebury has a few No. 1 young men, and they
not only bnl work. Were there two or three
like young men in every township no election dis
trict in the county would be long williout an effi
cient Republican organisation. Such oigonizotion
must be had before many weeks if Tioga is expect
ed to give her 1000 majority for freedom in Novem
her; and sho may as well speak for freedom and
Right with a thousand longues as with five bnn
dred. Friends of free men and free Kansas, we
must all go to work ! There must bo no drones in
the Republican hive. We fight nut the battles of
men, but of principle. There is every noble incoa.
live to action. We labor for the dear sake of Hu
manity, for the salvation of the Republic, for the re
demption of man from the most cruel of fates. Is
an boor of guilty peace to be purchased at the
risk of the liberties of posterity 7 You dare not
purchase peace at such a price. Wedo not magnify
tjie crisis. The danger that threatened in '76 was
promise, compared with that which overshadows na
to-day. Sleep, and you will awake with gyvea up,
on your wrists. Labor, and you shall behold all na
lions gathered into the fold of Freedom. Is it not
— o ——; s —: v f—
a glorious object ? .fppesjil not nerve you up to the
jimilof ? Think of Man basking
amnhine offjjpjiyersal Freedom ! Yoq mby
it witljfflese natural eyes; but yaulshkll
bdhblsUt with Jijftt. ItmLeternity shall notufim-.
Let us put Self behind us and labor for Mon. Self
unrentorwriar tßmnrrnn^d^lFesßerlnjf
-■ Lctihe fr«od* •etaboolorffaniringfßepublican
dqba ip tud pll.jyjU bp well
sillagerbu-leii with..
,u*a leltfrfcwathe P. M, . Chicago,, bea/ing- tbs
intelligence ibnt (be GreatN’. 1 \V. Ageiicy, 'for Which
webadUfo p)Ufo£j,nne .te_adycflise. some month*.
since, is a hutpbug, ami tha( tbu alleged agcaU in
that city non incentu* under the narite of
Leland, Barnes’Co.* The enterprising swindler
has been cremated and mdy possibly be compelled (o
disgorge his i)l-£blt6rt gains. Those who have pur*
chased stock hereabouts, will do well to give their
certificates to Mr. H. C. Dehinq, Deimar, who will
forward them to the Chicago Police Department.
Wo deeply regret that ive have unwittingly aided
the scamp by advertising his wares. 'Had we mis
trusted his honesty in the least, it had not been. The
letter should h&va beeo published' last week, but a
press of duties caused us to forget it.
In answer to the inquiry of tho Ilollidaysburg
IVAig— u ls the Stale Adminislraliou opposed to (he
Union ticket the Harrisburg Telegraph respond*
lhat the Governor has been ia favor of the Uuion
movement from the beginning. It likewise bolds
him guiltless of any endorsement .of the course of
his home organ. This may all be Uue; yet,the
people will not so easily reconcile tic antagonistic
relations of the metropolitan and the home organs.
We do not believe that Gov. Pollock 1 * home organ
would choose lo mark out a course hostile to his
expressed wishes. It does not look at dll a reason*
able thing for a professedly party paper lo do. An
independent paper might choose lo act independently
since it might do so without involving any public
man in the resoonsibility of the act The Miltoni
an U certainly prejudicing lire interests ol the Gov*
ernur in mutilating the Union ticket. It is a mis*
representation of his sentiments, if bis metropolitan
organ is to be believed.
The Spiritual Telegraph. —This paper comes
to us this week greatly improved and enlarged.
Typographically, it has but one peer in the States;
and for ability, candor, and the invariable fairness
with which it treats all subjects in its columns, it is
perhaps unequalled. It stands at the head of its
class, and we cordially recommend it to the liberally
minded, who alone have courage lo “prove all things
and hold fast that which is good.” Partridge and
Britlan, 342 Broadway, New-York, arc the publish
ers. All the various Spiritual publications may also
be procured at them.
Prctidcnlial.
We are in receipt of sundry letters, inquir
ing what claims Ibis or that personage may
or can have to the Republican nomination
for the Presidency, These inquiries seem
pervaded by a common presumption that the
Republicans have but to indicate their first
choice in the nomination, and it will be suc
cessful, of course. -
We regard this whole matter from a diffe
rent siand-point. The contest which opens
before us appears to us at once arduous in its
character, momentous in its consequences,and
dubious in its result. We hope for success in
St ; hut ihnl fuirrnvt rnn only be secured by
wisdom, by conciliation in the choice of a
standard-bearer, anti by the most entire and
hearty surrender of personal preferences to
the good of tho cause. The only man who,
in our view, can have any claims lo the sup
purl of the Republicans is he who, being de
voted to the good work of making Kansas a
Free State, shall seem likely to concentrate
more strength and obtain more electoral votes
than any other. Show us that any man
who is heartily with us in the Kansas strug
gle can obtain the electoral vote of Pennsyl
vania and New-Jersey, Indiana and Illinois,
Delaware and California, or ihrce-foyrlhs of
them, and we will favorably consider his
claims to the nomination ; but to talk of
nominating a man only because we should
prefer him as President, wiihout considering
what vole he can probably oblain, or how he
is lo be elected, is sheer lunacy.
The great issue of Slavery Extension is
now to be decided. Let Kansas be admitted
as a Fiee Slate, and ibero will never be a
Slave Slate organized west or north of her ;
and Slavery can only extend its dominion
through Texas toward the South-West. Lei
Kansas be enslaved, and Utah, New. Mexico,
and the new States lo be formed in the rich
mining region of the Gila, will follow in its
train. Let the friends of Free Kansas tri
umph in the Presidential contest, and the
game of the Border Ruffians is blocked ever
more. Even Missouri will repudiate land
suppress them. But with a President elected
by their exertions and votes, with Virginia,
the Carolines, Alabama and Georgia at his
back, we should still struggle and plead for
Free Kansas, hut it would be the pleading of
i he vanquished-ylho struggle of despair.—
Men who agree with us on (he main point!
we must not lose Ibis contest if il be possible
to win it; and to this end we must, in select
ing candidates, inquire first by what sign we
can conquer.— N. Y. Tribune.
Canine Sagacitv. —The most wonderful
case of canine sagacity is related hy the
Hartford Times,
Mr. , a valuable and worthy man, had
a Newfoundland dog which used to go a
short distance and gel the Daily Couranl,
bringing it home in his mouth, evincing great
anxiety until he had procured the paper.
The paper changed owners, and at ihe same
lime became more vacillating in principles
than before.—lt advocated Sam. As soon
as this change look place the dog was noticed
to appear ashamed when the paper was
given him |o carry home; he would some
times drop it in the streets, let it lie, and put
for home. At last he refused to go for the
paper at all; he was of no use to the owner
except to gel his paper, and as the dog posit
ively refused to have anything lo ] do with it
any longer, he procured a Know-Nothing lo
kill him, paying ihe sum of twenty.five cents
for the job.
It is said that Mrs. Stowe, the nulhor of
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, will soon put to press a
work illustration the alleged degradation of
ihe poor,white.population of the South,. She
expects to make it appear, that Uncle Tom’s
miseries ore hula part of the resuitsof slave
ry, bis while brethren keeping him company
the same.— Mirror .
\i Kansas.
j* Kansjlfc April 20, 1856.
YestertJayiijhere waslaonsiderable excite
iyient ojiri MaJjiachuaetifyStreet in this city,
cauaeßDjT fhe appearance of Sheriff Jones,
jithfriued-eueiy-efforLin- his poweMo4mpress
upp.n thq jnindp of, the peopfqjhe important
?isct that'he {JAnes) Sheriff of Douglass
Cmtniy.. -Tho peop!e.pf. Lawrence professed
not to know of any such cpunly and of such
»n) officer as tie pret ended'W be, consequent.
ly-buHiiila respect-was manifested for hint.
AtyAfi/ Christian's office there bad ftn
election “on the location of a bridge, and
-while the votes • were -being counted-severai
persons were slanding about waiting patient*
ly lo hear the result of the bollo.iing. Among
Ihem was S. N. Wood, esq , w.ho had recent
ly arrived in the. Stale from Ohio, with a
large parly.of his friends. While Wood was
a silent observer of what was going on,
Jones stepped up, put his hand upon his
shoulder, and said “ You are my prisoner.”
■Wood, replied : “ I guess not.” Jones then
produced an old warrant, issued by Hugh
Cameron last December, for the arrest of
Wood- for being engaged in the rescue of
Mr.. Branspn on the night of the 261 h of
November last, and informed Wood of its
purport and said; “You most go along
with me." This Wood objecied to, saying
that he wanted to see his wife and consult
with his friends. Jones objecied to his going
alone, slating that he could go to see his wife
and he should accompany him. Wood did
not like such company, and informed him of
it, and asked lo go alone, staling that in fif
teen minutes he would return and place him
self in the same relation, lo Jones he then
was.
Jones refused unless he would promise to
return within a specified lime and deliver
himself up to his custody. Wood had ob
jections lo doing any such ibing, consequent
ly refused, and made a move toward the
door. Jones then took hold of him in a vio
lent manner, staling to Vbo'e standing around
that he was Sheriff nf Douglass County,
was acting under the Terriiorial laws, and in
the name of the Commonwealth, and deman
ded assistance. One person then crowded in
between Jones and Wood, and very good na
turedly pressed them apart. Wood walked
toward bis house, a few rods distant. Jones
ran out of Lite door and started after him.—
Coming up with Wood he clinched, and en
deavored to drag him hack lo the office, cal
ling upon (hose standing near lo help him,
and saying that he was Sheriff of Douglass
County, and was acting in that capacity.—
One man then stepped up and took hold of
Wood, and commenced talking to his prison
er in a very quiet manner, telling him to obey
the laws, to submit lo an arresl, and he should
not be hurt. Jones then commenced pulling
Wood toward the office, and his assistant
stood the other side of Wood, pushing him
along.—Some one seized Jones’s assistant by
the collar, and pulled him away. Jones,
then holding Wood with one hand, with the
other made a movement towgrd taking a re
volver out of hta bell. Wood, anticipating
the object, seized bold of the pistol and took
possession of it. Some person then stepped
in between Jones and Wood 10 prevent a fight,
and separated ihe parlies. Jones then walk
ing into the office, declared that rf he had
not lost his pistol be would have shot the
d d, &.e. Wood walked home, and Jones
turned to those standing about, and asked if
they did not “consider that resistance 10 the
law ?” if that was not “ resisting the offi
cers 1”
These questions were answered by a Buck
eye, who staled (hat he did not know that he
hud seen any officers, and he was cenain
that he had seen no one resisting them. Jones
then commenced swearing vengeance against
all Free-Stale men, and with an oath de
clared “ Wood should be arrested if ho had
to kill all of bis friends." The last seen of
Jones and his assistant, they were riding to
ward Lecomploo with their horses at the lop
of their speed.
The Free-Stale men of Kansas say they
will not submjt In any process issuing from
any court created by the bogus Legislature.—
Yesterday Jones was very anxious to hove it
understood that he was uciing as Sheriff un
der the laws of the Legislature. It is gen
erally supposed by people here that these ar
rests were only undertaken at this lime that
the Congress Committee, who are here now,
might see how laws were trampled under foot
with impunity by the people, and report the
same lo Congress, lo influence the country
in ihe Presidential election. The people of
Lawrence snv they are perfectly willing that
this Commiltee should report to Congress
that the people will resist on their own res
ponsibility every attempt made lo enforce the
laws enacted for Kansas by a Missouri inva
sion.
This forenoon, while the citizens were in
church, Jones, with six or eight assistants,
came into town to arrest Wood and those
accused of rescuing him yesterday.
Wood happened lo be in a distant part of
the city, and Jones did not see him.
Jones ihen made an attempt lo arrest Mr.
Monroe, which the latter gentleman objected
10 and prevented by taking off his coat, doub
ling up his fists, and other demonstrations of
a determination lo ftghl it out on bis own
responsibility. Jones called upon those stand
ing around for help, which many seemed
disposed lo give but wanted the Sheriff to
lead on, which he declined doing. Ho then
turned toward Tappan, who is now under
arrest for being engaged in the Branson res
cue, seized him by the collar and said, “ I
have a summons for you and you are my
“ prisoner for rescuing Wood yesterday
11 Tappan objected and Jones abstained,” and
after pulling down the names of several of
those who happened lo be standing near, and
threatening to come again and afrest them
all, he, with his friends drove off for Le
compton.
How this matter will terminate is very
doublfbl. Some think it will be given up,
while of the opinion that Jones
will reiurn on the morrow with a large posse
and make ■ another attempt to arrest. Per
haps another siege of Lawrence will be the
result of the failure'of Jones yesterday. "If
a war is what the Administration desires, it
can be accommodated by resorting to' United
Stales troops to enforce Missouri enactments,
and by manifesting no aggressive and oppros.
sive spirit.. The people of the
not like to fight, but there is a poi Q 1 i? do
forbaarahdo peases to be a virtue. Anri -
driven la that, position, a bloody time
the result; Yours, 9,11 *
LawBSKCE, Thursday, April 22,1856
1 re.opeo roy letter to add the followin',.
By a gTOileman who has ] UBt J :
VVeaiport,. wa learn that J oneS) on hi , ™
to Lecoropfon, made a statement to Go
Shannon, wbokmnediately wrote a dispart/
and a messenger was sent to Kansas City i
telegraph, to the President that the people of
were in open rebellion, setting the
officers of the law at defiance, and a akin
for an order to callout the troopn
down,j£c. Shannon declares that Wood
Tappan, 'Monroe and others, shall be arret
ted if there is /prce .enough in the Union to"
do it, and the laws shall be enforced,
sengers- were sent from Lecompton to Mis.
souri, and to different pans of the Territory
to rally their forces to come down upon Law.
rence.
Our people are making preparations for
such an emergency, always acting upon the
principle that it is better to be fooled a dezeo
times than be caught-napping- once. The
women will enter upon the discharge of that
important duty, making cartridges, &c..
soon, ondourmen will be rendy to acton the
defensive. Yours, . t.
P. S. —The Commissioners are at' Lecomp
lon to-day, copying the records and collecting
testimony. They wHI return to this city ( 0 .
morrow, when they will remain for a week
or two, making it their headquarters. Wit.
nesses will be sent for to come here to giro
ift evidence.
Lawrence, K. T., Thursday, April 24.
Knowing that your regular correspondent
is debarred from writing you-by this mail. !
volunteer a few lines that will be of public
interest. Jones the Sheriff of Douglas Coun
ty, was shot last night, about 10 o'clock,
and it is expected that his wound will prove
fatal. The attending circumstances were
these. On Saturday and Sunday fasi he
made two unsuccesftri attempts ■to arrest
S, N. Wood and others for someiold oiTed
ses for which he has held warrants for sever
al months, and never sought tb enforce.
Our people were unwilling to recognize him
or his authority. He had a small posse wth
him from Lecompton each lime ; but lie look
away none of our men under such circum
stances. He seemed greatly exasperated and
swore he would have them ai any cost of life
;or money. He made Lecomoton bis head,
quarters, where Shannon, Oliver, Whiifield.
Stringfellow and others were in council, ai
reding all his movements, and intending 'o
get up some foray just on the verge of ‘he
examination by the Washington Commniee.
lo prejudice them against the squaiters ofhe
Territory. Shannon sent to Leuven'vorib !or
troops to assist Jones in making nis arrests,
and about 4 o’clock in the afternoon vester-
I day ho rode into town al the head often or
twelve dragoons, fully armed. ‘Vooa ana
ihose he came more particular!? lo arrest,
were not in town, and were advised lo leave,
to prevent and avoid difficulty al Hint time.
But they soon found twelve others wnom
they arrested and marched through the streets
under guard of United States dragoons, .ike
| culprits. Many of our people were verv a
dignant at this : still ihev were all nrresieu
and taken lo the room prepared 'or '.hem,
without ihe (enst resistance, and even one
I United Stoles officer wuh such nsirucuons
| as ihey have could have accomplished he
I same, for we will never resist the authority
and arms of the United S ales, is night
cn me on, however, I heard 'here would he fur
iher disturbance; still we expee'ed nothing
more serious than abusing Jones, or some
thing of the kind. But, unfortunately fores,
some desperado wnose impulses were be-
I yond control shot Jones as he was sitting
| in a lent occupied bv the dragoons ; out no
i irace can bu found or nnv evidence to nx
tf/e guilt upon any particular person. Jur
cirizens all deprecate the act verv mucti, sna
will use every means to bring the assassin to
justice. The Lieutenant in command has
sent to Leavenworth for a larger force, but
we apprehend no further demonstration.
Jones is a live this morning, but is considered
very dangerously wounded. The ball entered
between the shoulder-blades neor his necK,
and probably injured the spine, (t is hoped
Ihe public will withhold judgment until fur
ther invesiigalions are made public.
‘ More (rouble has broken out at rine.
Al the close of the Inst week, a mob destroy
ed the office of The Corutitutionai, at mat
place, and threatened to tear up me rails ol
the-road again.
The Pigeons are said lo bo “ nesting’’
in Potter County, Penn., ihe present season.
The emigration to lowa bas set :u inis
Spring in a heavy lido.
-R-A-R-R-I-E-B
On tiio Ist instant, by Rev. J, F. Calkins, H. W.
i WILLIAMS. Esq., and Miss SARAH NICHOLS,
daughter of Hon. L- I. Nichols, all of Welleboro'.
, [The printer wos bountifully remembered. !n
return, health, peace, prosperity aud a long and
useful life, lo the pair, an.]
GARDEN SEEDS of every required kind, at
May 8 R. ROY'S.
NOTICE-=rThe School Directors of Charleston
District will meet on Thursday, the 15th insl.,
at one o'clock P. M. at Ihe Young's School house
for the purpose of employing Teachers for Uio sum
mer Schools. By order of the Board.
J. L. KINGSBURY, Sec.
Charleston, May 8. 1856.
BRIOADE NOTICE.—The aevcral t«-
ecssors uf the townships of Tioga Coiiniy
aro hereby notified that unless they make out a
complete return of all militia-men in the Mid Isl
and send llje seine to pie, on or before Iho Ist Monday
in June'neit.tlidy will be dealt with according to
law. • ROBERT C. COX.Brigade Inspector.*!
Brigade, 13th .Division, P. M.
May 8, 1855. .
NOTICE IB UPBBDY OIVHN tliettUe Wlowing ww”
persons hare filed their petitions for tarern Hcco 1
itrhtoh 'will ho presented to the Court of Quarter
ions of Tioga County the first Monday in Juno next:
James B.iluatod; BenJ. B. Hall, Btoaa; T. P. * T.T. W
nam. Oovlngtoa: Cha». P. Douglas, Clrmtr; Horace U- '
mtlvro, Oalnea ; Henry U. Potter, MWdlepuij ; JannJ
Hogs; James Goodrich, do.; James K. BaylM. WeetOoM.--
I Holiday* Mlddlebury; C4»tv», Laurie, Bloas; Joo| U- H c
rain Wherry; Lrjodci Culver, Wkland. ..
B»y h tiMi J- ?. iwnauisW' Cf? 1 -
Randolph.