' Unparalleled Outrage ].
FREEDOM OF SPEECH ATAN END I!
ASSAULT (W BMATOE StTMSKR.
Prom TW it. T. Tribhnif’
Waibiiwkw, Tbarsday, May 32,1856.
Mr. Sumner was writing unsuspectingly
and busily at his desk when attacked by
Brooks. The Senate had adjourned early on
the announcement of the death of Mr. Miller.
Messrs. Brooks and Keitt approached him,
each with a cane. Several persons had been
about Mr. Sumner's -desk after the’ adjourn*
men), hut St the lime chosen for the attack be
was a lone.. Mr. Wilson had just led him, on
his way out passing Brooks, who was silling
in a back seat. Brooks walked up in front of
Mr. Sumner and told him that he had read
his speech twice, and that it was a libel ori
Somh Carolina, and a relative of his, Judge
Butler. Without waiting for any reply or ask.
ing for any explanation, bjp immediately struck
Mr. Sumner a violent blow over the head
with his cane, while Mr. Sumoor sat in his
sent unable to extricate himself, cutting by the
blow a gash, four inches in length on his head.
The cane was of gutts percha, an inch in di-
Bine'nr. Brooks followed this blow immedi
ately with other blows, striking from twelve
to twenty in all.
Mr. Sumner had no distinct consciousness
alter the first blow. He involuntarily strove
to rise from his seat, but being lastened by
his position, tore up his desk from its fasten
ing in the attempt to extricate himself. He
staggered under the blows and fell senseless
to the floor, being wholly stunned and blind
from the first.
It is slated by a reporter who was present
that Keiit stood by and brandished his cane
in keep off others. Mr. Morgan and Mr. Mur
ray of the New York delegation were in the
front ante-mom, and, hearing the noise, came
m. Mr. Murray seized hold of Brooks, who
bad now broken his cane into several pieces,
and Mr. Morgan went to the relief of Mr.
Sumner, whom he found prostrate and near
'v unconscious. The persons present in the
Senate were Mr. Sutton, one of the reporters,
the Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. Simon
tnn, Senators Crittenden, Iverson, Bright,
Toombs Douglas, Pearce, and a few others.
No one of the Senators seemed to offer to in
terfere but Mr. Crittenden, who pronounced
it an inexcusable outrage.
Mr. Wilson rushed into the Senate Cham
ber on hearing of the attack, but found Mr.
Sumner had been removed to the Vice-Presi
dent's room", and that a surgeon was in at
lendence, He then helped to pul his col
league into a carriage and went with him to
his lodgings. Mr. Sumner is badly injured,
having .two very sevdre cuts on the head. —
His condition is considered critical, and his
nlivsifcian allows no one to see him. His
clothes were literally covered with blood when
he was removed. Considerable blood was
also spattered on the adjoining desks.
?rom tho New York Day Book, (Administration.)
Slavery Exlenslou—The True
Issue.
The Boston Post says it is a libel on the
democracy to say that they are in favor of
dlavery extension Well, then, of course
they ate opposed to its extension ; so is Gree
ley, and Seward, and Hale, and Chase, the
men and the party which the Post opposes or
assumes to oppose. There is no escape from
this conclusion. “ Slavery extension” is the
sole question before the country, for Know-
Nothingism is merely a galvanized corpse,
without life or motion beyond that imparled
in it by (he artificial stimuli of political nec
romancy ,
We repeal, " slavery,” negro slavery, and
negro slavery extension is the sole question
before ihe country, and to be determined in
the approaching Presidential election, and as
Mr. Senator Seward, above all other public
men of Ihe day, embodies the opposition to
this slavery extension, the democracy, if op
posed to it in common with Mr. Seward,
should at once make him President; and the
Boston Post, if opposed to the extension of
slavery, should join heart and hand in pla
cing the man above all others truly embody
ing that opposition, in the Presidential chair,
for the good and substantial reason that the
opposition would be most effective when thus
represented. But the Democracy are not
opposed to slavery extension, or that which
ignorance and delusion term slavery exten
sion, and the time is at hand when those who
assume to speak for U mudt understand what
they are doing in this matter, or they had
better hold their tongues, aye, had belter cut
out their tongues a thousand time over rath
er than thus help to mystify and bewilder,
nnd indeed debauch the common sense of the
people.
Now, what is the position of the northern
democracy 7 Are they so ignorant, so stul
tified by lies, by preversions of terras, by the
inventions, the nick-names of imposture, by
the words “ slave” and “ slavery extension,’’
as to fear this issue? Are they such base
and cowardly creatures as to permit the curs
of abolition, the besotted tools of British ar
istocrats, the crazy old women and bewilder
ed “ while niggers” of Massachusetts' to de
lude or frighten them from their duty—-to
permit Garrison, Abbey Kelley & Co. to
drive them into hostility to the South —to car
ry out the “ schemes” of European mon
archists—to war upon southern society —to
pen up their negroes—in short to oppose the
“ extension of slavery 7” No, indeed a thou
sand, a million times no ; (here is not one
single democrat in the whole broad North
opposed to the expansion of southern society,
or so-called extension of “ slavery,” and they
only wait to have (he (ruth spoken out, and
things called by their right names, to sweep
the abolition imposture from the republic,
end fo bury its besotted tools in (he profound
qat depths— the lowest possible deep of the
popblar contempt.
• Auttin Steward, a colored man living in
Canandaigua, who has been for twenty-two
years a slave; is about to publish a Work of
two hundred pages, entitled “Twenly-lwo
■years a Slave, and Forty years a Freeman.”
The work will be embellished with a por
trait of the author, and is tb be furnished to
subscribers at one dollar a copy.
Tits board of Supervisors of ,Yates county
have passed a law imposing a fine of $lO
upon any person who shall at any time of
the year shoot or kill robins or larks in that
county.
THE AGJTA'EOE.
M. H. COBB, j : :i ; EDITOR.
< ( < All BuiineßB,and'other'Cotntaanicition«muBl
be addresaejl to tbeEditoiJo insure attention.
WELLSBOROBGH, PA.
Thursday Morning, May aft, 1856.
KopubUcun Numlnutious.
For President la 1856:
Bon. BAUOON F. CHASE, of Ohio.
For Vice-President:
Hon. DAVID WILHOT, of Penn’a.
Attention, Republicans!
A Meeting for the election of Delegates to atleud
the REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION to
be held at Philadelphia on the 16th day of June
next, will be held in the Court Honse, WelUboro',
Monday evening, June 3d; at which lime and place
one Delegate to the National Republican Conven
lion and two delegates at large, are also to be elect
ed, A general attendance is requested. Per order.
Republican Club No. I.— Middlebury.
No stated place of meeting. President— D. G. Ste
vens ; Vice Preiident —Calvin Hammond; Treasu
urer—J. B. Potter; Secretory —J, B. Niles.
Republican Club No. 3.— Roondtop.'
Meets Saturday evening of each week. President
—Holman Morgan; Recording Secretary — D. DJ
Kelsey; Cor. Secretary—Charms Coolidge; Treas
urer—-George Raad.
H. H. Potter. Middlebury, is now receiving a
splendid assortment ul Spring and Summer Goods,
which the trading public will do well to call and ex
amine.
A painful rumor is current in New. York and
WaahingtCn to the effect that Lawrence has been
burned by the Bdrdcr Ruffians. While we would
refrain from crediting every rnrtior, there ia every
reason to (ear that some new ontrage lies at the
foundation of the tale. If it be true, the news
must thrill every freeman’s heart like the alarum
of impending war. Words are weak to express
the emotions which awake at the thought of the in
dignities which are daily offered to Freedom. We
need a Hinkt now, to arouse the slumbering ener
gies of sn insulted people.. We claim no prophetic
Are; but this we dare and do predict, that the
friends of free Kansas uvst fight! Gentlemen
may talk of treason, but all Governments should
draw their Just powers from the consent of Hie gov.
eraed; and when a Government attempts to sub
vert the rights of the people, it is the duly of the
people to abolish it. The man wile counsels sub
mission in this crisis is a coward, The old war-cry
—“Liberty, or Death !" is the only language ap
propriate to fall from the lips of freemen in this cri
sis. How many men will dare shoulder their riSes
and shout that, in this county 7 How many 7 and
how many traitors dare censure them for it 7
“By Authority.”—No. 4.
On almost every page ol Mr. Jefferson’s writings
we And tltat master mind bearing willing witness
against Slavery. You will look vainly in the mis
cellaneous works of our worst northern “fanatics”
for such oft-recurring and unmistakable testimony
against the system as the private and public cor
respondence of this great spnslle of Democracy fur
nishes. We return to Ms Notes on Virginia, pages
16D—171:
3. 8. P,
"With the morals of a people their industry is al
so destroyed; for in a warm climate r na man will
labor for himself who can make another labor for
him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of
slaves, a very sraoli proportion indeed, are ever seen
to Uhnr. And can the lilreilics *iC a nation U) UlO't
secure when we have removed their only firm basis
—a conviction in the minds of the people that these
liberties are the gift of God 7 that they are not to
be violated but with bis wrath? Indeed, I tremble
for my country token I reflect that God is just! that
his justice ednnot sleep fore cert that, considering
numbers, nature and natural means only, & revola*
, lion of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situs
lion is among possible events; that it may become
probable by supernatural interference I The Al-
MIGHTY HAS NO ATTRIBUTE WHICU CAN TAKE SIDES
WITH US IN SUCH A CONTEST I”
Such is Hie language of a man whose integrity
and patriotism cannot be impeached; whose bead
and whose heart were each impervious to corrupt
influences, and who labored, not for tho aggrandize
ment of self, or of the South; but for the glory of
America, to the end,- and ever trusting that its peo
ple might successfully work out the problem of self
government. And now we ask every candid man
to write this declaration of Thomas Jefferson side
by side with the declarations and public acta of
those modern democrats—Franklin Pierce, Arnold
Douglas, David Alchinson, Lewis Cass and James
Buchanan; and then say which is orthodox and
which heterodox; which is pure democracy and
which a sham ; which is best declarative of the Re
publican Idea and which of the civil polity of a
Nero, a Caligula.and a Draco; which conducive to
the perpetuity of Freedom and her institutions and
which destructive of not only them, but of the best
and dearest interests of Humanity. Far those acts
are as absolutely unlike as light and darkness, as
virtue and vice, as love and bate, as God and mam
mon ! And there is no man possessed of common
sense and possible honesty, either in this or in any
other section, who will attempt to reconcile the acts
of tho champions of the Nebraska infamy with the
teachings of either Waahiogton, Jefferson, Madison
and the younger Adams,or of sny other distinguish
ed patriot of early times. If such a man there
be, we hereby proffer him ample space in these col
umns in which to work the miracle, only reserving
the privilege of appending such comments as may
be deemed appropriate.
We return to the evidence—same book and pages
as above, and same connection:
“I think a change already perceptible, since the
origin of (lie present revelation. (The spirit of the
master is abating, that of the slave rising from the
dust, liis condition mollifying, the way 1 hope pre.
paring, under the auspices of heaven, for a total
emancipation, end (hat this is disposed, in the order
of events, to be with the consent of UlO masters,
rather than by (heir extirpation.”
In how far Jefferson’s hopes have been realised
let the enthralment of the Frees and the destruction
of liberty of Speech, everywhere within Slave do
main, testify. Call the Kansas outrages to the wit
ness stand; let a Dow, a Brown, a Barber—murder
ed for opinion’s sake, testify; let a subsidized Ad
ministration,aiding and abetting those mordera and
indirectly instigating other butcheries, testify. All
these enormities perpetrated for the extension and
perpetuity of that very system which all the patriots
of the Revolution lamented and denounced! It is
almost enough to stagger the most lumfnous faith
in God's providences to man. In contemplating
the awful strides of Slavery since the morning of
the Republic, we only wonder that thousands of oar
best and bravest men have not relapsed Into the
athdismof Unbelief, in' the place of the few who
only have lost all fkilb in tho integrity of Church
organisations. The faith of such men is like a re
splendent son' always at high' noon. A son in
whose undying light (he faith of wrangling! sects
suffers a hopeless eclipse, and the painted hypocrite
stands abashed and confounded, or creep*. away be
hind some friendly alter to howl—“lnfidel! infidel
THE TIP OAr C O-XJ NJ Y AGITATOR..,.
AllJtonorto that sn, who dehounc&lh«
wrooj, but iU upfoWfifi whethtf ill bo Stow
Chwfth, (action <*Seclvy. inch
hnndnjtu whpdo notify it for (jP 1 of
the Bcoarge. _
- In-Jatferwn-**- Correspondence, page 228»*i1l . I«-
found i letter to Gen., Chaatellpx, ofwhich the »
towin'; uVa - <•
.“Ilia possible that in my own country these stric
tures (his Notes on Virginis.) might p»odhi» an
ritation which would- indispose .the.PSPP" lowsrps
the two great objects I have in view—-that is, llw
emancipation of Uielr slaves, and'‘lK4-settlement of
their Conslilnl|oit upon a firmey and mote -perma
nent basis.” 1 '
And again, to Dr.-Price, who had published a
pamphlet on Slavery if ,
“Northward of‘the Chesapeake, yon may find
here and there, ao opponent to your doclnne as you
may find hero and therein robber and a mhrderer,
but in no great number.”
We regret to that there are many more dough
dices north of the Chesapeake to-day than robbers
and murderers! though wo hold that every man in
favor of chattel slavery may bo considered accessory
to both crimes. The slave is robbed of his rights
and of the full fruits of his labor; he is at the mer
cy of men who are merciless, and into whose name
less cruelties Southern courts seldom inquire. And
trial by jury, permitted in some of the elave Slates,
in so much os the slave is concerned, is the merest
sham. The justice of trial by jury is that a man
shall be tried by his peers. Is the slave so tried 7
Certainly not. He ie tried by his oppressors—men
swayed by the strongest constitutional prejudices
against the colored race. Mon who regard tho ne
gro as cruel men regard their dogs and horses.
Is it reasonable to expect justice or, mercy from
such men 7 We think not.
Again, to Dr. Price, he comments upon the in
consistency displayed by a nation itselT Just released
from the bonds of colonial dependence, as follows:
“What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible
machine is man! who can endure toil, famine, im
prisonment, strijies, and death itself, in vindication
of his own liberty and the next moment be deaf to
all those motives whose power supported him thro’
bis trial, and inflict on his fellow-men a bondage,
one hoar of which it fraught with more misery than
ages of that which he rose up in rebellion to oppose.”
A mare bitter, masterly, stinging sarcasm never
fell from mortal lips, than that ih the above extract.
Never did so few words so denounce such a glaring
inconsistency, never; and had its author lived in
this day, and presumed to utter such language even
in the Senate chamber, we have, in the recent bru
tal assault upon Senator Sumner, a vivid prophecy
of his certain reward. We have still more evidence
from the same high source, to present which to the
public, no pains will be spared. We dnly regret the
imiled circulation wc are enabled to give it
If the brutal and consequently cowardljj assault
oF Mr. Brooks on Senator Sumner, an account of
which will be found iti another colbran, does not
aroush the North into determined action and eter
nal opposition to the SUveorchy, then it will be ob
livious to the blast of Gabriel’s trnmp. If men can
fold their arras quietly and suffer that slinging in.
suit to the free North, offered to her through the
person of one of her noblest champions, without
a return of that righteous indignation which moved
the men of the Revolution, then the cause of Free
dom is perished miserably,
A Senator, engaged in the discharge of his offi
cial duties in the Senate chamber, is set upon by
two ruffians and beaten with clubs, while in a posi
tion where neither escape nor defence was passible!
and for what 1 what was his offence 7 Listen, men
of the North : This Senator, Charles Sommer, of
Massachusetts, had, in the proper exercise of his
privllogp. prpfltim«H fr* ••••«> oT
in the Senate Chamber of this Model Republic! ne
had dared, when denouncing Opppression, to call ly
rants “tyrants!” fraud “yaAunl” and falsehood
“SALsEHoon!” And for this, ami /of no other eorlAi
!y reason, this unresisting man was set upon una
wares by two scions of South Carolina chivalry and
beaten nigh to death. Standing near, and refusing
to interfere, were such brave then as Toombs and
Arnold Douglas—two as gaudily painted hypocrites
as ever sat or brawled in the legislative halls of
modern Golgotha,
And is this to be the fate of the champions of
Freedom in high places? Is he that dares to den
ounce wrong and to call things by their right names,
to be beaten with stripes 7 Freemen—if you would
not see the term, from an honorable designation be.
come a misnomer, you must resent this indignity,
you must wipe out this insult, peacahlj if you can.
We do not believe in mobs, nor lynch law, nor in
assassination, nor in half-a-dozen men armed to the
teeth assaulting a single unarmed man, nor in Dou
glas, Toombs, Rust, Brooks, Pierce, Anarcharsis
Ciootz, (may his shade forgive us for putting him in
bed company I) Moloch, nor in any of the lesser po
tentates of the tropical regions of the unmapped Fu
ture—in none of these enumerated abominations do
we believe; but we have a deep-set, abiding faith in
Sharp’s rifles, dry powder and Eternal Justice—in j
the former as remedial agents in this crisis, and in
the latter as the helper of those who help themselves
and the vindicator of Human Rights, and above all,
as the only guaranty of the inevitable triumph of
Infinite Good over Finite Evil.
We are exceedingly pleased to notice the appoint
ment of F. B. Pennisun, of the Hmttdalt
Democrat, as Associate Judge in Wayne County.
We learn that the most prominent members of the
Wayne Bar signed his recommendation. We are
not a little surprised to find our ancient friend of
the Herald thus inferentuily gone over to the ene
my, and that enemy Know-Nofhingism. He can
•now inveigh against the union of Church with Slats
and write hb neighbor down—“ The Honorable, the
editor of the Bogus.” He can also warn the Catho
lic* that they may look wild for a general massacre
at September Court, ns it is probable that “banging
for sthaling" will bo the order of the day while the
Saint shall continue a judge ip Wayne.
Il will be seen from advertisement in another col
mran, that Messrs. Risers St, Derious will make an
exhibition of their Circna Troupe in this village on
.Monday. The little folks are hugely pleated at the
proapect, and we suspect that some older hearts beat
» little faster therefor, as well.' We consider the
Circus, per it, demoralising only as it ministers to
a somewhat 'depraved taste fqr feats 6f animal pow
6r; but the surroundings are' not always proper.
We have nothing id say alionl the patronage that
should, or should not be bestowed. Parents are the
proper judges for 'themselves and' their children.
Whatever we might volunteer in the way of advice
would not afiect the determination of a single man,
woman, or child. Onr recollections '■ of the circus
are not many, but vivid, owed to a tramp down the
granite sides of the floosie mountains and thence
some weary miles np the hot and dusty Divnr turn
pike to the place of exhibition. Those recollections
may be anointed up briefly, as-follow* j Bigtent,
squads of rowdies, brawling hoys, over, dremed girls
drunken men, swaggering bullies—outside. Dirty
boya wltb dirty.pails of water into wbiqh.sqme-bits
of dirty lemon peel-had accidentally got, christened
lemonade, bat which tasted more like dishwater
with a little vinegar thrown in—three cents ■ glass.
Wo took nine cents' worth,'and can taste it yet.
Calico horses, spoUejTclown, woman in very short
girls giggling a&-
sipjilng lemonade afcreaaid, white frocks with tobac
coppice vmiegatkms, crumpled bonnets, sqadlidg
baofes slid delighteil-martimaa—inside. We forgot
to mention that we got taken in a friend, who,
with true Yankee economy took occasion In get 04*
¥S k
which bank woonpop some ten yean before. We
climbed tfiembbntaiirthdf night, footsore,and awi;
,set;ifnolabeUer ; |»y,
Elopefnbttf,—Scaticiron,—Adultery.
'Quite 4Vexj:iiettierit prevailed in (he uppfeiri
ward of our city on Thursday' morning, in
consequence bTa maVf iedfriari named Wilf."
iam -Silsbee, elOpingWilh a young lady-aged
fourteen, (he daughter of a respectable me
chanic of the first ward. The circumstances
ara*»f an aggravated character. On Wed
nesday afternoon, this Gay Lothario—Sils
bee, hired a horse and carriage 1 from Mr.
Durfee, packed up his trunk and took it with
him, staling to his wife he would return in a
day or two; drove around a few of our
streets—and by agreement took in the young
female passenger, who was in -waiting for
him—and away they went, on- route for Illi
nois. Towards dark ihoy arrived in Scran
ton, and sojourned with ‘mine host’ Kressler,
and registered their names as Wmi Brown
and Lady,—after supper called for a room
and retired for the night. In the meantime
the father of the girl, and the father of Sils.
bee’s wife learned of the sudden departure of
the twain, and fearing that all was not right,
started about eight o’clock in pursuit of the
fugitives, and arriving in Scranton discov.
ered their whereabouts; they then procured
a warrant from Josiice Pier, for the arrest of
Silsbee, and proceeded lo the room, where by
a little stratagem, they got Silsbee to arise
from his bed to'open the door,—and to their
consternation and shame, in rushed the un*
welcome guests I and nothing but the just
and righteous veneration for the majesty of
the law to punish the faithless husband and
foul seducer, prevented them from inflicting
snmmary vengeance on the villain. The
guilty pair were brought back to this city—
(he girl to the bosom of her afflicted parents,
and Silsbee, before Alderman Pughe, who
decided that he had no jurisdiction, as the
offense charged was committed beyond the
limits of the city. The prisoner was then
taken before L. S. Waters, Esq,, at Blak
eley, and after a fair and impartial hearing,
was committed to the county jail in default
of bail. Constable Wilson accompanied the
‘‘nice young man” and lodged him in (he jail
at Wilkesbarre to await his trial at the next
Court of Quarter Sessions, there.to ruminate
over his folly and vices, and the untold, but
heartfelt pangs of a lovely and affectionate
wife, and the disgrace that he has heaped up
on his family.
We do not’wrile this paragraph lo satisfy
the cravings of sensual and idle gossip ; but
to admonish the yqung men and maidens
that the only true course lo pursue, lo enjoy
domestic felicity and social happiness, is to
think and act upon the principles of strict fi
delity and virtue, of integrity and moral rec
titude ; cultivate correct principles of thought
and action, —they are the only safeguards of
the portals of the affections, and as sure as
you depart from these principles, remorse,
shame, degradation, or a felon’s doom will
be your reward.— Curbondnte Journal, .
Gen. Jackson on Mh. Buchanan. —We
find in the Washington correspondence of the
N. Y. Evening Post, an anecdote, which
proves that Gen. Jackson, who was a pretty
good judge ofhutnan nature, fully understood
and appreciated Mr. Buchanan’s character as
a political trimmer. The writer says the
truth of the following can be proved by un
questionable evidence:—
“ On the night before leaving Nashville to
occupy the While House, Mr. Po'k, in com
pany with Gen. Robert Armstrong, called at
the Hermitage to procure some advice from
the old hero as to the selection of his cabinet.
Jackson strongly urged the President elect
to give no place in it to Buchanan, as he
could not be relied upon. It so happened
that Polk had already determined to make
that very appointment, having probably of
fered the situation to the statesman of Penn
sylvania. ' This fact induced Gen. Armstrong
subsequently to tell Jackson ihul he had giv
en Polk a rather hard rub, as Buchanan had
already been selected for Secretary of Slate.
‘*l can’t help it,” said |the old man ; “ 1 felt
it my duty to warn him against Mr. Buchan
an, whether it was agreeable or not. Mr.
Polk will find Buchanan ao unreliable man.
I know him well, and Mr. Polk will yet ad
mit the correctness of my prediction,’’
It was the last visit ever made by Mr.
Polk to (he old hero when (his unavailing re
monstrance was delivered, but the new Pres
ident long before the end of his administra
tion, had reason to acknowledge its propriety
and justice; and in the diary kept by him
during that period, may still be read a most
emphatic declaration of his distrust of Mr.
Buchanan.
Bills Approved.—Governor Pollock ap
proved the general appropriation bill on
Tues4ay the -12th insl. He has also, ap
proved the supplement, to tjie act consolida
ting the city .of Philadelphia, and the act
relative to libels. Several important bills
qra. still in the hands, ol the Governor,
.unsigned. Among Iha pi are the following
The act. incorporating the Stroudsburg bank,
the claim bill, apd the bill requiring all Sa
yings institutions to pay. out none other than
tfte notes of , specie paying Pennsylvania
banks. .
About" 5 o’clock Thursday 1 afternoon,
Dupont’s Powder ‘ Mills, near Wilmington,
De|., blew up with a tremendous shock, that
was felt for many' roiled. The destruction
was terrible. Pour of the buildings Wire com
blown to pieces, and three of the
workmen employed at the'time'were instant
ly. killed.—The explosion created an intense,
excitement in' VVnmipgton add over a consid
erable tract of surrounding country^
Tax Indian war in Oregon still continues
with- unabated ferocity on both sides. Sev
eral battles' bake beeh 'fuught along the Co
lumbia' riveri m wbjch ihe' Indians havb
been generally victorious.
r^.?
& lift if*
pepactment of dunmou Schools
O— -- of Penuaytvauia.
Habbibbphq, May 10, 1856.
To School Directors :—Decision No. 11,
thp iPqtnphleti copy of the
“School Law and Decisions,” does not cor
respond with the general practice over the
State, and -ik- alsrt found' Id be-errdnedhs to
some eneut as a,mallet .of Jaw, inasmuch as
it. exempts “trades, occupations
and professions” of a less value than lico
hundred -dollarSy Loca .taxation, for School
purposes. It wqa so regulated lo correspond
with the State iax on occupations, but the J29ih
and 3.01 h sections of tho School Law adjust
the School tax to (he County os well as Slate
tax ; and as occcupatiobs under two hundred
dollars are pot exempt from taxation for
County purposes, it follows as a necessary
consequence that they are liable to taxation
for School purposes,. The various acts of
Assembly, with regard to County tax are ex
ceedingly obscure and unintelligible with Re
gard to the manner of assessing the tax on
occupations; but (he soundest rule of prac
tice to be gathered from them will be for l)i
-rectors lo assess “occupations” for School
purposes at such rate per cent., as the neces
sities of the District may require, not exceed
ing thirteen mills on the dollar, except where
the tax at the rate thus fixed would not amount
to fifty cents, in which case it should be fixed
at that specific sum, according to the provi
so to the 30th section of the School law.
Where Ihe duplicate has already been
made out, Directors can recall and amend it
according to the instructions contained in this
circular. The other lax decisions in the
Pamphlet copy of the School law conform to
the acts of Assembly and decisions of the
courts, and are to he received as authority by
Directors. Very Respectfully,
H.C.HICKOK.
Deputy Superintendent.
Further— The Legislature adjourned, hav.
ing only talked about the School law. We
could have wished the appropriation to our
districts had been larger, that local taxation
might have been less. County Institutes
should have been encouraged. The No. of
Directors reduced to three, and they paid a
moderate per diem for their services, or bet
ter still (he duties devolved on a (own Super
intendent with Committee men in each sub
district. The copies of the School architect
ure, annual Reports, Blanks for teachers, &c.,
ate at length on their way from the depart
ment, and will be forwarded to the Directors
as soon as they arrive. The following list of
appointments may notify some Directors and
Teachers of the whereabouts of the Co.
Supt., who have failed to receive our cir
culars :
Liberty—Block Boose School house, Monday, May 26,2 P. M.
'• •* Tuesday, “ 27,
Ward—Mclntiro “ u Wednesday.” 26,10A.M
Rutland—Koseville u •* •* iP. M.
Jackson—Miller Town u “ Thursday. “ 29, 2 44
Sullivan—Rohbina " u Friday, u SO, 2 ”
Clymer—Stebbina •* •* J/onday, June 9, 2 •*
Westfield—Village u *• Tuesday, 44 10.2
Brookfield—Red •* ” Wednesday,* 4 11,2 “
Elkland—Village - 4 •* Thursday, “ 12,2 ’ 4
Chatltam—Treat u 4 * Friday, “ 13,9 A. M
Farmington—Mouse ** ■* w * 4 3P. M'
J. F. CALKINS,
Co. Sup’t,
The venerable Stuyvesant pear-tree, on
the corner of Third Avenue and Thirtieth
street, New York, is bodding out vigorously
this spring, and gives promise of a wonted
crop of fruit. The veteran tree, though now
entering upon the third cenlury of its exist,
fence, is hale and hearty, and bids fair to
weather the storms of another century.
The amount of capital invested in the boot
and shoe trade in Boston is about $10,000,-
000.
TM PORTENT INFORMATION sem io
-*- Married Ladies. Address Dr. J. M. SUCESE
Canton, Bradford co., Pa., enclosing two 3 cent
stamps.
M&. 0. BULLARD, having closed their bust
ness in Wellsboro', are desirous of settling
up. Those indebted to us are requested to make
immediate payment. The books are in the hands
ofM. Ballard, who is authorized to collect. Call
at Bowen’s Store. M. &. 0. BULLARD.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a certain note
drawn tyi the 13th da; of May, 1856, by the
undersigned, made payable to Gottlieb Rank, or
bearer, (or order) six months alter date, for $85,50,
will not be paid unless enforced by law, as the same
was procured by fraud and misrepresentation, and is
Without consideration. MICHAEL DEER, Jr.,
Liberty, May, 17, ’56. SOLOMON ROOP, Jr.
TV OT IC E.—i-The undersigned,
citizens of Tioga county, Pa.,hereby give no.
tlce that they intend to make application to the Leg.
islature of Pennsylvania at its next session, (which
commenees on the first Tuesday of January 1857,)
fur the creation of a corporate body with banking
or discount privileges, by the name and style of the
TIOGA COUNTY BANK, with' a capital of One
Hundred Thousand Dollars, with the privilege of
increasing said capital to Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars.
B. C. Wickham, H.S. Johnston, C. C. Somers,
Ira. Wells, T. L. Baldwin, E. T. Bentley, John W.
Gacrnaey, Lewis Daggett- O. B. Wells, Leroy Ta.
bor, Bush, J. S, Bush, F. E. Smith, H. E.
Smith, A. Humphrey, Lyman 11. Smith, Joseph At
kin, P. S. Tuttle, C. 6. Denison.
Tioga, May 19,1856-6 m.
A FARM
Within the Reach of Every Han.
SVT Aqrea of good VAHM AND COAL LAND in
4 i vV Co. BeoEingertownship, Pennsylvania,
for sale, riving a Farm of 25 acres for $2OO, payable in Instal
ments of $1 per week, or at the same rate monthly.
Farms of 50,76, 100, or more in proportion.
Bach Form / fronts upon a toad thirty feet In width.
THE.SOIL is a rich limestone loam, and Specially adapted
.to cultivation, as it is neither hilly nor stony, but gently roll
ing or'flne table land. Around and through this* pfoperty
there are already some 20,000 acres nnder cultivation, and Its
fertility has been established from the cropsproduled. Upon
this nutfect it is easy, to be fully satisfied. Thpre W a ready
cash market for produce which is macb better than trade.
< IT IS THE CHEAPEST.as land of a similar quality is sell
ing at much .higher prices adjoining, and especially such as
ebtafaln'COAL. \
i TUB OQAJL—This In particular is the Goal District,-several
veins underlaying .the whole property, and the attention of
minera, and thoee acquainted with coal lands,' ii specially
called to It. It has the advantage of being the nearest to the
great lake market, with which it will be Connected by the
Sunbury.and Brie Railroad now under contract and Incdurso
of completion from Brie to Ridgeway, Wfih'descendlng grade
the whole way. The soil over Dltnnl&oiis noal’is thevbeat,
for Instance England and other countries. The price per
acre lx trifling for the coal alone, as It wdl certainly, hi so fa
vorable a location .within' a short time pay largely. This Is
important as an Immense coal trade will soon open. Four
coal companies have already been started to work mine* in
and -* bew "•-99* fifteen openings around fit.
THB TIMBER, Stockholders also mriero—There is no ifet
?«***• *f*** eT «r of Timber or Coal. It is very valuable, and
*9,1*7 'or a grweaf part of the laid,’ On accoant of the ex
coJJoijqeof streams there sre fine opportunities far mlllf.
FOB HEALTH, the location is much recommended by Phy
•kaans.‘’ The chills and feverskre unknowns also pulmonary
complaints, being projected from the north east winds by the
AHeghanles. The water Is pure and amongst the best, the
FOURRAIL^IOADS be completed connecting
it by a direct comauntoatioh with New Vork, Philadelphia,
Pimburg, Brie, Buffalo, nod all the tlUcb on the takes.
[They are tbe Banbury- and- Brio, tbs ■
Blttabmw and Bcf6do,and the tbs
, an •!» bring made for the bmiioTui the TVnm?
Held, wMchSao-piaae. thre«OT^^ B '»»d CW
, thli npon trade, mod general (ferelomnent»« ».a * ef
niMbelmagtoSti j u *,u M-t4««al
Tbe large and deariehing term of Ht. Übtt*. u -
in of the tract, numbering aom B 8000 **• een.
Hotels, good public school! saw aud^uSftbae
Blocked andererythtagdo*rd Soai«aSbaw"^*'«
. In the town of 81. JHery. wbfci. w. lou
equally dirided amongst those who tmr SS
county seat, where an sateusl™ “SrSL.
tract on the west The whole district u M 11,0
tnmplke,'aud other roads. u l “<«eeoted by good
This Is a rare opportunity oSbredtb those wa»-. v
or hare a good inrestmentfortbe lutnre s/bS?* 04 '™
Inquiries, and considering the adruntagee otrSj* B T! n ”
abundance of coal, heallhfnlneta of climate. * B
ties, and Its locatlpn, a correct Judgment may bo formed «?!!*■
present adrantages and ultimate increase. nne doiit*
By writing to. tho.offlce directions wlli be at...
who wish torisit the land. Jl system of eicurrfoni wii i SOU?
ly be adopted. m w *ort*
There is an excellent opening for various brand*. ftf
ebanieal business, especially tanneries, wheelirridit*
handle makers, shoemakers, carpenters, and othenu 4X9
Tarmi can'be b ought by enclosing the 11m hntaWt
*2* • BhTO '* Q *** riS*- KtleoaSlertS?’
ably good* Uod warrantee deed* givers. Address JH,,
Samuel W.Cattell, Beefy, 163 Walnut 81. between p O SSK
Fifth- Streets, Philadelphia. ,owth •**
" ' REFERENCES.
Henry if;Watts, WalmftStreet, PkUwirlphla.
John C. (Treason. President of Philadelphia Oaa (W
pany, 7th St. above Chestnut, Philadelphia.
George.Wfegahd, £«4-, Inspector of Coal,City Gas office, Itb
St above Chestnut, Phihu, has been over the land and ex
amined the coal.
Qon. Qeo. R, Barret, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, has been over
the land. ‘
Hemy Bchmkt, Ksq~ United States Hint, No. 662 North fifth
St Phlla, examined the land.
Wm. P. Boone, south aid* of Walnut St below fourth
Phlla. examned tbe land.
Hon. Alexander L. Hayes, Lancaster.
Qeo. Walmsley, Esq- 8t Mary’i Elk Co- a recent settler.
Richard Gardner, 636 Poplar St Pbila, examined tbe Und.
J. L. Barrett, Esq., Proprietor of the Mount Vernon Hooset
Second St above Arch, Phlla. has examined tbe land.
E. C. Schultz, Esq., Justice of the Peace. St. Marr*s Elk Co.
Charles Luhr, Esq., President uf the Bero* of St. Mary's.
J. S.Wels, Esq., Ptiltmaater St. Mary’s.
Geo. Taylor, Esq., Deputy Postmaster, 8L Mary’s,
Ur. Wm. Lyona, St Mary’s,
Mr. John Milter, Coal Miner, St Mary’s.
Mr- John Corbe, u u *•
E. R. Stone, Esq., Wellaville, Ohio, Coal operator.
L. Wilmarth, Esq Pittsburg Pennsylmiia,
BOROUGH COUNCIL OF ST. MARY’S TO TOE PUBLIC.
This U to certify that, haring been over the tract owned by
the Rldgway Farm and Coal Company, and given u t ihoronab
examination, we And thp representations of that corapanyto
be correct. We Rnd tp© soil to be the most fertile—the Coat
and Iron Or© to lie In Infexhauwahle quantities, through the
whole district—the Farina in excellent order, and the intellf
gone© and prosperity of the people to bo of the most gratify
ing character. Wo know that there la no healthier location
in the .State, and we consider It a moat desirable place of set.
tlement.
We make this declaration, as we believe there may be many
persons who are unacquainted with these land*, mq Wo
satisfied from our knowledge of the subject, that information
upon it will Te a public benefit.
Jacob F. Shafer Elk Co. Surveyor, St Mary's, Elk Co.
Hiarles Luhr, President of the Borough of Bt. Mary’s.
John Beotch, Member of the Borough Council, Bt. Mary’s.
Charles Broods, Member of the Boro’ Council, St. Mary's.
H. J. Whlgglo, Member of the Boro' Council, gt. Mary'*.
Pant Jafaab, Member of the Boro* Council, St. Mary's.
This is to certify that the above five gentlemen are at ore.
sent the acting Members of the Town Council of St. Mary's,
Elk county, and that the above is their hand and signature.
In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name, and
caused the Seal of Office to be attached thereto; and 1 folly
concur in the above recommendation.
"seal.] Chief Burgess of St. Mary’s Elk county, ft.
?t. .Vary's October 30,1856.
TO SEE TUB LAND—Start from Philadelphia or other
place on Tuesday night, at 11 o’clock, for Tyrone, from which
a stage will leave every Wednesday morning for gt, Jhrr’R,
Elk Co. All are rpemeatod to go. It Is suggested that parties
who cannot go will club together and send a committee. It U
a beautlfal and interesting trip- Alter the Ist of J one the
price of Farms will be greatly raised.
BIVJB&S dk DEBIOVS’
iSASMII
ESTABLISHMENT,
AND
tiiciii mm
Comprising an Establishment consisting of 190 Men,
Tomen, Children, Horses and Ponies, ul
•xhiblted under tbo
MAMMOTH WATER-PROOF PAVILION!
New Equipped, and Superbly fitted out, for the year
'SS6. aHI perform at
TROY, Friday May 30 ; COVINGTON. Sator.
day May 31; WELLSBORO, 1 Monday, June 2d:
TIOGA VILLAGE, Tuesday, June 3d.
Doors open at 2 and T i’. M. Performance to commence
.wlf an hour afterwards.
The Proprietors bee leave to announce to the Poblto
)f till* vUlnlty, Umt ibis extensive Equestrian Establish*
•nent Is dLunctiMicd from ail other Circuses, oy the
Varlely and Brilliancy of us ixTfomiancea, an>i its cisim
to Originality and Classic Elegance. In the Troupe, «nd
bo found Kokeicm aku Ambuican Taxivt *>t the nl(th»
*sl exctdU*nce, and U the various representations yirca.
will bo fo^nd
New Acts! New Changfc!! and Kovel Effect*!!
imong many of the Originalities ofM- Company, ml
be represented, the Thrilling DnuoaUo Spectacle, from
3yron*a Toclic Legend of
sail ss sip d
OR, THE WILD HORSE OF TARTARY,
among <b« Cjo tiinta Corf*, are IS* W-*
vwini{ Enllinat Arum. anfmgad u M
.aomoui espete*. lor thu ynx aaiy.
MAPAATR P.Aim.TJL,
Tha (upirilnrnoa, wboaa «cedtf>
fol f«»u of Honfowothip, upon btr Bra*
,«w Charrrr, »n» Um Oahgat and weedtl
of all boltoUera
MADAME WOODS,
rb» Orcwi Koyliab lUd«r a whooo tema M
w »*ll known Ihrontbout 'h* UalUd
Atatra. will appear in aararal of bar W**-
ifwl Ixoubla and Slngla A<U, awittKl by
ida. Rioiiin !U*ua.
La petite. Ajnrerre,
*Va f’lyi of tfrtnpb, open her JSasauftl
> Com tar.
KB. E, DEBIOVB,
Tb« QfMi AiVnaa S««m Aidar.
v HE. RICHARD RIVERS,
Tmi Uiu Rimi or rn
W*o»to! «b tkm» h uwtllioonm
he otbar aid* of lh« Atlantic u thn*C**
wit th« SUUt, will appear m M ClaMO
i lVjjl tod Wonderful Pnoeipd Act.
Mast G. DEBIOUB,
The Phenftdifnon. md or Wl
>^ > AoK t . m hu Chant Act* of Howmxnhip,
. without Mtldle «r bndla; hb Immanaa
Gjmwt* Frau. powerful and lamdibU
Hordla.Aef, and >wih<ol daltsaatWM«
JOCKO, the BRAZILIAN APE*
' #fl®, wrrti m ms cziaAOKocrsaT
"ft MONKEY TRICKS.
Mart. CHAHIES RIYEBS.
be found amid (ha tnaoy bright Start
r -■— ibat form tbia Cowt«Halloo, whoee r»pw
Jfl \ utioo u a Uoraamaa i» of anpanor Uill.
EDWARD WOODS*
Tb* original HKItNE, THE HUNTER!
OR, THE FOREST FIEND, /r«i '*«
Thmirt, .V. r,, atto*4t Ti*m
. and otbar Tamplaa of renal no*
A tonalr. will appear ib b'l clauwaJ Robsba
Two Horn Acta, with bit iuiimtahla aad
Uaabiog Four Horn Flight.
MR JAMES HASKISOS,
Tb« Calc braUd Acrobat: alao, Slagle aad
y 'A * Two Hone Eldar;
HERR TSEXLKR
(r The Great German Contort! o*i*t, *T Km
of Many Form,
ft MOSS. BORDEAN,
mh mrr The Emtio Oku frerformr.
, monb. qeromr
f The Saapeoa el the Uodara Age.
Mx J. Bloah «fc Mon. Larmpx
Tka OiMt Foebe Md IW(Me AtretaU.
Elding Matter, ood Dirc^f* U Cbllfc
Mi 0. Kibb, £. Looo>
Baku, HvcbicoV*
' THE TERRIFIC VAODER
'i. yTSgJV . performers.
Clown, DAN GAEDNES
Wbe will la tl« eoom<f th» p*ri«na**H
, cy**U«
Qxjrtf Bid or CuuocnA
Ass Wit.
BXQ, ASTOKIO CAPPAIHOi
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urn nub, aou b, tallmd.
ni» Cum »o» in .A»nrm»i>
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EDWARD BABEL,