X.
.»ke V«lm oltheOooth.
.. (|M« the Bite*** Jamt!
A fowßouthren journals, affecsiog an ex
clusive refinement 6t.pt regardfor lUe pro
prietiea of pMciaUntercourse, unite with (he
AbaliimnpapenincondemniDgihechasitM!.
mem inflicted upon Sumner by. the Hon. P.
S. Brooks. We have 06 patience with these
idealy-mouthed Pharisees ofthopress.' ■ Whj|;
not speak out, and declares!: once that;you’
are shocked, by the Mbruiality.'of •.slave-'
holding ruffian ?” lusmuch
adopt the' violent vocabulary of-the Tribune
than to insinuate disappfobatipaiftthe.meek
accents of a conscience-smillensflinv
In the maid the press of the.Spdib applaud
the conduct of Mr. Brooks, Without condition
at limitation. Our least,:!*
entire and unreserved. We consider the act
good in conception better in execution, and
best of all in consequence. These vulgar
Abolitionists in the Senate are gelling above
themselves. They have been humored until
they forget their position. , They have grown
saucy,and date to be impudent to gentlemen.
Now, they are a low, mean, scurvy set, with
soma little book-learning, but as utterly de
void of spirit and honor as a pack of curs.
Intrenched behind "privilege,” they fancy
they can slander the South and its represen
ta’ives with impunity.
The truth is, they have been suffered lo
run 100 long without collars. They must be.
lashed tuto submission.. Sumner in particu
lar, ought to have nine and thirty early every
morning. He is a great strapping fellow,
and could stand the cowhide beautifully.
Brooks frightened him, and at the first blow
of the cane, he bellowed like a bull calf.
There is the blackguard Wilson, an igno
rant Natick cobbler, swaggering in excess of
muscle, and absolutely dying for a beating.
Will not somebody take him iu hand 1 Hale
is another huge, red face, sweating scoundrel,
nhom some gentleman should kick and cuff
until he abates something of his impudent
talk.
These men were perpetually abusing, the
people and Representatives of the South for
tyrants, rubbers, ruffians, adulterers, and
whut not. Shall we stand it 1 Can gentle
men sit still in (he Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, under an incessant stream of de
ounciaiion from wretches who avail them
selves of the privilege of place to Indulge
(heir devilish passions with impunity 1 In
the absence of an adequate law, Southern
gentlemen must protect their own honor and
feelings. It is an idle mockery to challenge
one of these scullions. It is equally useless
to attempt to disgrace them. They are in
sensible to shame, and can be brought to rea
son only by an application of cowhide or
gutta percha. Let (hern once understand that
for every vile word spoken against the South,
they will suffer so many stripes, and they
will soon learn to behave themselves’like de
cent dogs—they can never be gentlemen.
Mr. Brooks has initialed this salutary dis
cipline, and he deserves applause for the bold,
judicious manner in whiph he chastised the
scamp Sumner. It was a proper act, done
at the proper time, and in the proper place.
Of all the places on the earth, the Senate
Chamber, the theatre of his vituperous ex
ploits, was the very spot where Sumner should
have been mode to suffer for bis violation of
the decencies of decorous debate, and for his
brutal denunciation of a venerable statesman.
It was literally and entirely proper that he
should be stricken down and beaten just be
side the desk against which he leaned os he
fulminated his filthy' utterance through the
Capitol.
It is idle to talk of the sanctity of the Sen
ate Chamber, since it is polluted by Iho pres
ence of such fellows as Wilson and Sumner
nnd Wade. They have desecrated it, and
cannot now fly to it as a sanctuary from the
lash of vengeance.
We trust other gentlemen will follow the
example of Mr, Brooks, that so a curb may
be imposed upon the truculence and audacity
of abolition speakers. If need be, let us have
a caning or cowhiding every day. If the
worst come to the worst, so much the sooner
so much (he better.
[From the Richmond Whig, Uaj 3s.]
A Profitable War! —Mr. Sumner, in
his great speech, expatiated on the poverty of
the South and the immense wealth of New
England, and especially of Massachusetts.
The productive industry of this State alone
(he said) was three times greater than the
whole cotton growing labor of the South.
As he threatens us with the most-horrible
war that has ever been dreamed of, this is an
(tern worth noting. When the war begins we
shall know to what quarter to direct our foot
steps for rich booty. We thank the gentle
man for the information—for, in connection
with the miserable poverty of the South, it
suggests a source of consolation in the midst
of the appalling calamities with which he
threatens us. * # * * *
In fact, we know no people who are fitter
subjects for spoliation and plunder than those
of Massachusetts. God Almighty never gave
them anything but a miserable barren- soil,
fit only for goats to browse on; and the vast
wealth they boast has been scraped together
by starving themselves, and plundering, or
driving sharp bargains with other people.
The larger portion that they have, came from
Virginia and the South. Sumner himself ad-
mits that he is a descendant of those who for-
merly kidnapped Afficans.and carriedon a
profitable trade in human flesh and blood from
the coast of Africa ; and the money, which
now inflame* his insolence and rapacity, was
derived from piracy. 'We will make him add
the rest of his gang disgorge their ill-got
gains. Let the war begin a* toon as he and
U* confederates choose. It is just the sort
‘of wrar that we like to' have'a hand in^—the
poor, who have nothing' to lose, against the
rich, who haveendugh to supply aU our wants,
aWd'ifefray the expenses of a glorious contest.
His wafrlike speech has turned our thoughts
very tmlch lo this War—and wd confess that
the more we think of it the better we like it.
We ere heirlily sidk and disgusted with the
canting and mercenary hypocrites ofYankec
dom. This war wi|) edable us to get rid of
tbemi or turn the tables dpen them, and ren
der theta a sOurco'ef profit instead of expense.
It will enabid us fo buildup'ourcoun'ry by
tW recapture of the rnillions’ nf whidh We
have bbeo juddered, ft Will enable us to get
vid of Yankee Presidents, and to preserve
Anglo-Saxon freedom, by reviving the Old
Connexion with the mMer (W|io
would not rather he rated:‘over by-a ladg,
like Queen
gentleman that Tsak&Uabs!a>n produce?)
It will:'enaWe Us, -with' the United States
Stwtfcf'ba-oneiride,riocioseßlliancewilh
England, a nd,Canada on the .otter, r,erj
speedily. to bring thektf 'hKarp
eratolheifc them to Ite
to ihelhinatr arnt/nd' them.
’Eut ha more words—lS'the war begin.
Wefpent 'we are impatient for tlm onset/; [
THE AGITATOR.
M. H. OQBB,-: i! EDITOR.
; All Basin«s*,aiid other Comnmmcaliotu mast
be addreraed'tb the Rditorlolnstire' attention.
, WEILSBOROBOH, PA.
Theriday Morniop/Jone 18, 1950.
- BcpabliCun 9omltialloiii.
For President In 1856 1
Hon. SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio.
For Vice-President;
Hon; DAVID WIMOT, of Peun’a,
Attention, Republicans!
A Meeting for tiro ejection of Delegate* to atteud
the REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION lo
be held at Philadelphia on (he 161 h day of Jane
next, will be held in the Court Home, WelUboro',
Monday evening, Juno 2d; at which lime and plase
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.
Repnblicull club No. I.— Middlebury.
No stated place of meeting. President—D. 6. Sts
vens; Vice President—Calvin Hammond; Treatu
urer—J. B. Patter; Secretary—J. B. Niles.
Republican Club No. 3.— Roundtop.
Meets Saturday evening of each week. President
—Holman Morgan; Recording Secretary—D. D.
Kelsey; Cor. Secretary—ChstlesCoolidge'; JVeas
urer—George Road.
Repabllcn u Club No, 3.—Stony Fork.
Prtt’l —W, J. Haadley; Vice—George Hildreth;
See’y—E. H. Hastings. ‘ Meet weekly at stated
places.
Republican Clnb No. 4.— Shipped.
Pres'l—Chso. Herrington; See' y—W m. W, Me.
Dongall. Meets every Friday, evening.
The absence of the Editor Wilt be a sufficient ex
cuse for any onosual excellence‘in this issue.
The name of Mr. S. fi. Puce; wits accidentally
omitted in the list of delegates published last week.
A meeting of the Agricultural Society will be
held in (he Court House Monday June 93d, at 1 o'-
clock P. M- A foil attendance Is desired.
The Conneeticot Legislature has acquitted itself
nobly in electing Hon. James Dixon U. S. Senator
for the ensuing six years, in the place of Doughface
Toucey.
A Democratic meeting was held in the Court House
Tuesday evening, June 10. We will endeavor to
give the particulars next week. The Republican
meeting adjourned to meet that evening Was post
poned.
“By Authority.”-—No. 6.
It has been alleged that the views which we have
cited as entertained by Mr. Jefferson concernioy
Slavery were recorded in a period of comparative
calm; before any dangerous agitation of the ques
tion had taken place. Admitting this, it would
seem that those, view* should have still greater
weight, since it is certain that Slavery, relatively
considered, had not at that time put on its almost
repnlsivehess; and could not, therefore, have wora
so dangerous an aspect as it wear* lo.day. It may
bo solely assumed that were he alive to behold its
aggressive attitude in this age, he coaid not but de
nounce it in yet stronger terms; for he was no dis.
ciple of s fearful conservatism. Happily, we have
his testimony down to as late a day as 1834, which,
it will be wen, is as decidedly anti-slavery as ever.
Jefferson placed his hope of emancipation in the
generation then coming upon the stage of public
life; bat as early as 1894, he saw that his confi
dence had been misplaced. In a letter to Edward
Coles under that date, ho say* of the young men
relative to emancipation;
"But my intercourse with them since my return
has not been sufficient to ascertain that they had
made, toward this point, the progress I had hoped.
Your, solitary, but welcome voice is the first which
has brought (he sound to my ear; and I have con
sidered the general silence which prevails an this
subject es indicating an apathy unfavorable to the
hope. Vet, He hour of emancipation it adoaneing
in the march of time, IT WILL COME; and,
whether brought on by the generous energies of our
own minds, or by the bloody processor SU Domin
go, eiciled and conducted by the power of oar
present enemy, if once stationed permanently in'
our country, and offering asylum and arms to the
oppressed, is a leaf of oar' history not yet turned
over. (,
Thu enterprise is fat the young—for those who
can follow it up and bear it through to its consum
mation. It shall have ell my prayers, and these ate
the only weapons of an old man.”
We almost wonder that the patriotic Wise doe*
not exhume the ashes of the Sage of MonliceUo and
give them to the four wind*. Saab sentiments os
that statesman entertained and promulgated regard,
mg ilavery, would, if uttered on Virgiaie aoil to
day, subject the patty to a summary conviction in
Judge Lynch's Court, or, whit is equivalent, to s
charge of high treason In a higher tribunal. Free
dom of opinion bad not ben destroyed even in the
slave Stales, in JeffenonVi day; but within the last
thirty years it has become a matter of sSriuus eon.
■(deration whether a man may even claim (bo right
of private judgment, saiely. Theta are men in the
comparatively free North who counsel violence to
the advocates of free speech, and who would, if -not
too cowardly, bead a mob io the destruction of ev.
,ery free press in the land. Error and villainy, al
way* (ear the light Thieve* always skulk, mur
derers' seek the friendly caver of darkness, knaves
bate integrity, Hare fear truth, end a corrupt parly
cannot eadure e free press.' And this is the plight
of Freedom in (he Model Republic, fbar-acore yean
slier (he tree was planted. But to proceed with the
Jeffersonian testimony in connection with the above
extract: 1
“My opinion. ha* aver been, that until more can
be done for them, we should endeavbtv with'those
whom forlone Jias.thrown on oar hfilds, to feet) sad
clot be.them well, protect them.from ill ussge, re.
qnire saeK reasonable labor only as is performed by
thee man, and be led by no npofOsneestoaodicate
them and oor duties to them. The larp do not per
mit us to tufh them loose if lhaJL Werafor their gtwd;
Slid to commote them'’ for btbeV property is to Com
mit them to those'whose Usage of them we cannot
Control. 1 I hope then; my ddu sir, yon will recoo
cile yooreylfm-yopr counlry- and; its onforlaoalo
condition, and lhal’you will not*'lisaen its stack of
■oon.d disposition by withdrawing year proportion
from the man t hot that you wilieome forward in.
ttie public «oimetis. bectme tkt missionary tfthe
totlriiu truly Cirulian, insinuate and incoleXle it
softly, but steadily, through the medium, of Writing,
and contestation, associate
and, wbcn the phalanx it formed, bring on and pres*
the proposition peraeveringty nntil its accomplish
TIO 0;U ; AgrlT A T 0 Ifensr *w -
:r.\
meorto
rrit on at. Aodyoawin be idppoiW bj ibejndl;
gloat.
vaar taeceis miy-'pe *f**W ■
yenllyend rin&rfo prlfr «tl tttarejouoftay
—
We call the attentlmi'df to (htaio ibn
timefata aVbwedby Jefferson so late a 5.1894, bat t«<r
year*, before bla death—-the • sentimenta.of a man in
apcaking-of whom Mr. Benton bays—“l have'seen
“ many ■ politician*—few statesmen; and of these
*• few. Mr. Jeflferaon-wa* fre-tmiatfUlf tie itti."
We slik if this illustrious-patriot'* advice to Mr.
Cola i i shewn above, ia not identical with the doc.
trine of tbe great Repabliean party to-day, and dia
metrically oppoaed to the doclrinea of the totalled
Democratic parly 7 ■ He tangbt the neeeaaily of ag
itation, be enjoined it upon (be. young men of Vir
ginia as a doty. Bat the democracy of this day de
nounce* agitation and lynches I ho,agitators! It is
a plain case, and which shall we serve—God 7 or
Mammon 7
It may be well for the skeptical to compere the
practice of modern democrats, with the principles
laid down by .Thomas Jefferson. We challenge the
productionofone iota of evidence that be ever even
apologized for livery. And we undertake to prove
that he never spoke of it but as a great evil or a
calamity; never refers to it apologetically, bat al
ways regretfully and often in terms of stern denun
ciation. But when We search the record for the tes
timony of modern democratic leaders, what do w.e
find? Prolhse apologies for Slavery; ay,more—
justification; and still worse—open and unreserved
espousal of tbe bloody cause of-Oppression, and its
extension and perpetuation insisted upon at the
mnrzls of the revolver and tbe point of the bowie
knife? Now let any orthodox democrat reconcile
the antagonisms of the Republicanism taught by
Jefibrson, and the unmitigated despotism practiced
by the slave-yoked democracy of to-day, or never
disgrace the memory ol one of iho noblest and pu
rest of-patriols by claiming to have descended polit
ically froin bis loins.
With this artiele closes the testimony of Mr. Jeff,
enon against slavery and its eager ally, tbe Pierce,
Douglas and Buchanan democracy, for the present
Not that a moiety of bis (alimony has been pre.
seated in these articles, bat that enough has been
presented for the satisfaction of any candid mind.
Next week we will introduce new witnesses, os un.
impeachable as (he Sage of Monliceilo.
The long agony id over. The Cincinnati Con
vention haa doted ill labors and preaenta Jamea Bu
chanan, alias "Old Bock,” alias "Pennsylvania's
favorite 000,% for the suffrages of the pro-alavery
party, North and Sooth. The Convention did the
very beat thing It eoold have done, and no good Re
publican .ought to find fault with the result.
la nominating Mr. Buchanan, the Pro-slavery
parly made a griovons acknowlengmenlof its weak
ness. It dared not present either Fierce or Douglas
for the suffrages of the masses, yet it dared offer
a mao less prominently connected with the recent
outrages, but who is pledged to carry tut the princi
ples and the policy which hate rendered Franklin
Fierce an object of universal execration! By the
platform, Mr. Buchanan Is made to endorse the re
cent outrages in Kansas at fully and unreservedly
as if he had been from first to last, their prime in
stigator and defender.
The Convention wavered between Buchanan and
Douglas. On the score of availability there was
little to choose—that little going to the credit of the
former. ’ The issue is fairly made and we are glad
of it. It is time that Republicanism should meet
the strongest men that the Slave Power can put for.
ward, in fair fight. Mr. Buchanan owes bis namio.
atian to the magnanimity of Arnold Douglas, who
telegraphed to his delegates to vote far Buchanan,
as he would not stand in the way of the triumph of
a great principle. That pginciple, it is hardly nec
essary to say, is that out of which the Kansas mur
ders have legitimately flowed— slavery extension.
Douglas’s endorsement ought te satisfy the most ul
tra pro-slavery man that Mr. Buchanan is pledged
to do the bidding of the South, Border Ruffians and
all. Again, we congratulate our Republican friends
that the issue is fairly made— FREMONT AND
FREEDOM, or, BUCHANAN AND BORDER
RUFFIANISM! Men of Tioga, are you ready for
the contest.
The •trifo U not one of men, but of principlu.
Not between John C. Fkimont and Jana Bdcbah
an, but between Freedom and Slavery, Who vole*
for Buchanan, endorsee Fierce, Douglas, Atcbinaou,
Stringfellow, Sheriff Jonea and Brooke. A tolera
bly blind man can aeo that without apectaclca.
Freemen, let ua remember that Mr. Buchanan re
ceived bis nomination at the faanda of Arnold Don.
gl«», and bccauae Douglas woa aatiaSed that he
would uphold the policy of Franklin Fierce. Bear
ing this in mind, no man of principle opposed tp
the Administration, can cast hia vote for James Bo
c(iana|j.
Pursuant to a stirring call, the citiiens of Wayne
County assembled in Honesdala on the evening of
the 31st uIL, for Die purpose of protesting against
the Sumner and Kansas outrages. W, H. Dim.
mick, Esq, a prominent honker democrat, acted aa
Chairman of the meeting, and the names of nearly
every prominent old. line democrat in tl|at County
ate subscribed to the Call. Resolutions strongly
condemnatory of the outrages referred to and of
the wicked policy of the Administration. We hail
this demonstration as a most encouraging sign of
the times. We are sorry to say tliat Uio Tioga old
line democracy are yet, and likely to be guiltless of
any anch generous impulses. If it be in order, we
move to deprive them of the right ol free speech,
justifying the act on the ground of their justification
of negro slavery, to wili They are not capable of ap.
predating freedom; therefore enslave them. Gen.
tlemen, it is a very poor rhle that don’t work both
ways.
A Buffalo Hunt. —A parly of about
150, mostly Western men, members or Con
gress, Judges, and others, contemplate join
ing in a grand Buffalo hunt, during the com
ing summer. It is arranged that they shall
start from their rendezvous at Si. Cloud,
Minnesota,,a small town at (be .head .waters
of the Mississippi, and armed and .equipped
cootplelely for thoexpedition, with baggage
wagons and all the apparelling of
afittle army, they will proceed about 150
miles through the, region called Bois des
Sioux, in quest of their dangerous game,—
Pierre Bontineau andMenoc;the guides of the
Pacific Railroad-Exploring Expedition undei
Gov..- Stevens,will, aocompanytheparty.—
The salt region of Minnesota, in; the vicinity
of", Devil's Lake,” will be visited before they
return, »nd probably much valuable informa
tion of-Ibik wild > tountry will be obtained-
Ex-Gov. Mbdillof Ohib and Judgeßice ol
iMibolesoUiaie tof the patty.,, Tbe,;2Pthol
JaneWs ljw day fixed for their departure, and
a mdnlhisto be devoted to the sport.
Btt'pabijGcM .Bugling,at IheConirt
THHo RipubliMf . Mwting held on (he. stif
insl£jv}tifeh wasjn adjournment from those
of (astweek wa« Organized by. the appoint.
SEBtY-Ewq: ,~ oPDoorfipld •
M-Chairaon, .and J, .N. Baphb,
feeOrt&fy.'*' The' 1 ChaiT W 'B/B, J
■Stbano -Esq., ofWesifieldto slato.theob
jjectjOf jnoetlng., proceeded to
show the difference betweenthe ‘ present so
oailled '*'* Democratic the realone,
and' showing'the; precis; of,'the Republican
movement; the necessity of resistance to the
Slave power over its tyranical encroachments
and usurpations; after the address of Mr.
Sthano, the following resolution Was offered
by Lobkn Sears.
Thomas Jcmuok."
Resolved, That the people of Tioga County
raise twenty thousanddnllors to be expended
in aid 'cif the cause of Freedom in Kansas,
this Resolution was supported by the moVer
with some highly practical remarks showing
the heCesity of more action and less talking,
’with not a few thrusts at the Speech making
Lawyers; after the passage of this resolution,
on motion of J, Emery E*q., it was resolved
that the Chair 1 appoint a* Central Committee
of five to receive hhd expend all Vnoney
collected in Tioga County in aid of Kansas
and that the Chair with this Committee ap
point Committed' in‘each Election District to
solicit and collect money Tor this object.—
The Chair oppointed the following persons ns
the Central Committee, J. F. Donaldson,
6. B. Stbano, L. Bache, A. E, Niles,
L. f. Nichols.
• The “ Charleston Brass Band" discoursed
some excellent and soul stirring music, which
increased the enthusiastic feeling of our riii
-1 sens already raised to its highest point. The
■ meeting jhen adjourned to Tuesday evening
j After the adjournment the following names
were handed in to the Central Committee ns
persons who were willing and desirous of go
ing to Kansas as citizens and to fight to death
if necessary, for the right of Free Soil and
Free Speech:
Erwin Atherton. G. W. Sears.
Rian Hard. Lewis Wetmobe.
Georob Cooleihse, S. Duryea.
H. N.'Wjihaub. S. P. Skip.
P. D. Ritter. Lester Sutler,
L. S. Bacon. ,E. S. Watp.bitan,
Henry Barlow. G. D. Rhodes.
J. B. Sofield.
Pram our knowledge of these young men
we have no doubt that they would do their
dutv in every emergency when moral and
physical Courage were necessary.
J. N. BACHE, Sec'y.
The Hon. Henry Wilson was received at 8
o'clock this morning at the Depot, and escor
ted to the Lincoln House by a large number
of people, and after being Mr.
Knowlton from the balcony, spoke m sub
stance as follows. He said:
Ik has been my fortune to pass through
trying’ scenes since last I met you, and I have
lately >i>me from the place where n dastard
ly assault has been made upon our beloved
Commonwealth in 'the person of one of her
Senators, the Hon. Charles Sumner, who was
smitten down by the Slave Power of pur coun
try for words spoken in debate in the Senate
Chamber. Mr, Brooks was but the agent j
the power was Slavery [A Voice—" Shoot
Brooks”]. Gentlemen, Mr. Sumner, though
beaten down, is not conquered [Applause],
and said when we conveyed him to his bed of
suffering, " Wilson, I shall give it to them
again if God spares my life” [Cries of
“Good,” and applause]. Gentlemen, I have
also been called to an account for word spo
ken in debate, deliberately, calmly, and ad
visedly spoken, and you know my answer
[“ Good,” “good”]. I shall attack no man
for words spoken in debate or elsewhere, but
if attacked, by the blessing of God, whenev
er, however, and by whomsoever attacked, I
shall defend my person and mv life [Cries of
“ Good,” and applause]. Gentlemen, I thank
you for your expressions of sympathy, and
shall, with yoftr approbation, return to my
post in the Senate, ready to defend the cause
of free Kansas and free speech.
One day last week a Indy of this city, we|l
known lo many of our readers, was passing
hence to Providence on the railroad. She
was occupying a seal by herself, when a
well-dressed, intelligent and apparently gen
tlemanly man, belonging to a party seated
all around her, asked if he might take the
place by her side, lo which she politely as
sented. The party soon fell into conversa
tion, and the outrage upon Mr, Sumner being
alluded, to, the well-dressed man aforesaid
declared that he had no sympathy with the
Massachusetts Senator,, who only got what
he deserved,. He was only sorry that Brooks,
by the manner of his assault, had given oc
casion for an excitement I The woman bore
the rascal’s talk tor a lime, but ol length,
when she could stand it no longer, she said :
*’ Sir, it seems that you ore an advocate of
armed and ruffianly violence against unsus
pecting and defenseless men for the utterance
of their opinions upon a great public question,
and us I have no assurance (bat you will not
put your theory, in practice upop myself if I
venture V* express ray sentiments as, unre
servedly as you have uttered your own, I do
not feel it sale lo sit so pear, you. I. will
thank you, iherefore.io move, so lhailcan
pass you end. find another seal.’’ These
Wjttrds yrere,uttered with, pe jfpctcal mness apd
womanly, digQity, and they. made the advp
catqqf ruffianism blush, td hia ■very hajr as
ihejady withdrew,.from bis presence to seek
a purer dtiijhspbereiThe'rebuke, so, timely
and tyellaimed, v/psfelt, and .those' who wit
nessed the scene will not, soon; forget it.
BtWz among the Bovs.—The progress
of Sigrtor Blitz throilgh ihe Couhtry might'be
traced .by observing the tricks of the little
codgers in the various, townsj where-he may
have sojourned: The JHollldayBburg, £<and
ord says :-r-"One,boy, the other dayfc bor-,
rowed a siickof candyffom a.comrade, to
showhowhecouldswallowit and pull it.out
of his ear.. Me swsllowed iti aod ttien twist,
ed hitnself ahout io various .ways jip extract
it,butnt length:informed- bnt companion that
he bad forgotten (bat part of the Irick.’ r ,;
Senator Wilson at Worcester.
Correspondence of The N, T. Trflmne,
1 Woxctsm, Man., Juno 4,1856.
A True Hearted Woman.
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fUary saiwon ijf our .Omtt, John Michael
|fe«s> efcf tried, and oopyjoled of the mur
der of Veifangruber, cbejury retur
miny
andcotj ppplioationvhy bis counsel for a new
Trirfj theTJou/frfppynWd Thhrtday last, the
;&ral-.day ofMayterm,lbr them-, to show,
causa why B r newtrial shouW bp granted.
The very able counsel (hr the defence'Mes
sers 1 Mercur brtd'Dietrick, arguCd the case
wilhgrenlfo’rce and eloquence, relying pbief
ly on the exception filed last term, that the
Cotirtliad'nQ Jurisdiction (o try the cause, as
the Act of Assembly fixed the dearth Thurs
day of February for Court to be held, but
had not limited the term to any particular
length, nor' specified any time for adjourn
ment, and the Grand Jury did not find an
indictment till Wednesday. The counsel
failed to convince ,l Hia Honor" on this point,
and as sufficient reasons were'not presented,
another trial was 1 denied him.
The Sheriff, by order from the Judge, bro’i
Kamm into Court, to receive bis sentence.
He appeared considerably agitated, however
remained calm and composed during the lime
occupied by his counsel in their application
for a new trial. When (he lawyers ceased
speaking, a death-like silence prevaded the
Court room. Although the room was crowd.
almost to suffocation, yet So deep was the
silence that a pin could- have .been beard to
drop anywhere in the room. ■ It was an anx
ious: moment. Judge Wilmol, with a-firm
voice, stated to the counsel that they bad failed
to convince him that any error hadoccured
in the trial, or that any circumstances had
ocurred since the trial, to substantiate their
exceptions, and he believed Mr. Kamm had
hod a fair and impartial hearing, and it now
become his painful duty to pronounce the
sentence of death upon him.
When he (Kamm) was asked—through on
interpreter—if he had anything to say why
the sentence of death should not be pro
nounced upon him? he rbse weeping from
the chair and asserted his innocence. He
said he killed Veitangruber, but it was done
in self defence, and he called on God to wit
ness what he said. While be was speaking
he was much afiected—tears rolling down
his cheek—his bosom heaved, deep agonzed
sobs escaped his lips. It was an awful spec
tacle to behold. —An old gray-haired man,
who could have but a few years more, at
faitheat, to live—standing before the scruti
nizing gaze of the. multitude, convicted of
the bighestcrime known to our law. Notwith
standing the evidence was so conclusive
against him, and public opinion so strongly
prejudiced, yet the human heart is not capa
ble of resisting, and remain unmoved by sym
pathy for a fellow-being in his unfortunate
position. When the strong man weeps, and
the broad chest heaves with emotion, the
most stony heart must yield, and drop a tear
of sympathy for suffering humanity.
When he ceased speaking and become
composed, Judge Wilmont proceeded to pro
pronounce the dreadful sentence upon him.
He stood firm and comparatively unmoved,
and heard his awful fate.
When the Judge had concluded, the Sher
iff" was orderd to take him back to prison.—
When he entered his dreary cell, he burst
into a passionate 'flood of tears, choked by'
groans and sobs. The door was closed, and
the heavy bolls replaced, and the unfortunate
man was left to brood over his wretched situ
ation in solitude. Truly “the way of the
transgressor is hard.” —Sullivan Democrat.
Singular Case.—A. correspondent of
The Macniaa (Me.) Union details a• very cu
rious case:
“Cnpt. Tufts of this town, having a keg
in his store containing about two lbs,, of
gunpowder, and wishing to use the keg pour
ed the contents into a paper, which ho car
ried to the houise and gave his wife for sale
keeping. Mrs. Tufts, being busily engaged
in her domestic affairs, put the powder in the
oven of a stove in an unoccupied room, with
the intention of taking it out when at leisure,
but forgot lo do so. Not long after this,
while Capt. Tuft was sawing in a lath mill,
one of his hoods, coming in contact with the
saw, was nearly cut off. He was carried
home completely exhausted from the loss of
blood. His physicians and friends had nearly
despaired of his life, as every effort to slop
the blood had proved unavailing. Meantime
a fire was ordered to warm the room for the
reception of Oapl. Tufts. Immediately after
kindling the fire, his friends proceeded to car
ry him into the room, end had jasc reached
the door when the powder exploded, break
ing the clock, stove, window-glass, etc., in
to atoms, and starling'from its place one end '
ol the house. But the curious pnrl of the
story is that Capt. Tufts received a shock
which immediately slopped the blood, there
by saving his life ; for it was the opinion of
his physician thet, had he bled another
ounce, it must have proved fatal.
Tub Assault on Chables Suxheb,—
No event within our recollection has created
a feeling ol mingled disgust and rage so in
tense, so like', frenzy, as the assult upon the
distinguished senator IVom Massachusetts by
the mad Brooks of South Carolina.’ The
provocation was so slight merely a few
sharp, fair, polished oratorical sentences,—
The scene of the assault so august. The cir
cumstances so atrocious in every particular.
Two men, armed and prepared, upon one
man, unarmed, unprepared, entangled. The
character of (he senator assailed —incompar-
ably the finest orator alive, an honor to the
country heservesjeh ornament- to the Age in
which hp lives; The -insignifieance-of- the
vulgar-hearted brutes who perpetrated the foul,
deed; The magnificent person thus violated.
All these, and other considerations,-have
combined to inflame the peoplp of‘the’ North
in s degree unexampled. Truly-said doe of
our city' of Southern'sympathies;
•• Where there-Was one freesbiler in the North
yesterday, there jare a hundred l to-day."—
Life Illustrated. ■ ! ' '
The last cape ,ofAmoral, suasion" ip as, fq|- r
lows:—Thai keeper ..of a drinking, saloon-at
offereifca (roublesome’custpmer
a .dollaifjß,jveekiif; ho would, keep away ftiotn
hja sajpou for ; a:yjE^r:; ; the, chap; qccepjqd-tiie
offer, and goes weekly and receives the dol
lar,at the door. ; f ,
i UTM mm KANSAS.
RF.TIRR FRO.V A CLERRyy'iv
• - , Ihidij, nj*]gu'
t I wfotoybtflaal week about our trouble
I have nowrto say that Lawrence i.takw
tjhe hotel destroyed, Gov. Robinson’s and
6. W.jßrown’a houses burnt ; the presses of
*ns*
m othb r.ve, ,AU done by Missourians,
Alabpmiaps, Georgians, dso., enrotirf »
militia of the Territory, add armed with
United Stages arms and acting under a United
States Deputy Marshal, Lawrence made no
resistance, and never has to United States au
thority. Col. Sumner has been there and
advised Laurence not to compel him to taka
part against them by making any attack up.
on these ruffians. Shannon did not Jiiebim -
dismissed him for "having disobeyed mdeii.’’
For some days previous to the taking of
Lawrence, these desperadoes were scooring
the country, plundering and murdering.
small company of these came upon a young
mao named' Jones, near Wakerusa, while
sitting op bis horse and talking to two other
Free State men, wanted to search Jones; he
refused, they presented their guns, he drew
a revolver, and kept them' at bay until a large
company .came near; he then gave up his
arms and rode off. He had not gone far be.
frore the captain of the company ordered his
men to shoot him.. ' One of them swore be
had shot one d—d Abolitionist end he'could
shoot another—fired, ‘shot Jones in the back,
the half passing but through bis abdomen,—
Such is the account of the two men who
were with. Jones. I have it from one who
saw and conversed with them a few hours
alter the affair happened. These two men
were both unarmed, and knew no reason «hy
they should attack or demand to search Junes
and not themselves. Jones was »iitl living at
last accounts'. On the same afternoon a man
named Stewart, from Lawrence, was em a
few miles, rind'was shot by a band of these
outlaws, his head lorn nearly all in atoms.—
No particular cause is known. When Ibuad,
Free-Stale men rallied, obtained the body
and were returning, when one or two, some
ways ahead of the company, were discovered
by a band of ruffians, who seeing them made
as if attempting to get between (hem and a
bridge which they must necessarily cross.—
But before they had gained their point they
saw the company ofFree-Slale men advanc
ing. They then wheeled—were ordered to
hall,-but did not —were fired on—one horse
was wounded, it was thought one man.—
These desperadoes have gone into the held,
taken cattle where men were at work with
them, driven them to their camp and butch
ered them ; seized men on the roads and ta
ken their horses from them. These are a
few of the facts that are transpiring. You
may Well suppose that many here are in a
state of alarm. For my part Ido not fedl
very much moved. I have been expecting
this, and even worse than has yet happened.
We have a company of Alabamians camped
near us, sora 60 or 70 in number. When
sober they say that they came here to settle,
and to make this a Slave State; are very
sanguine that they will succeed tell great
stories of what the South are going to do."
But when they are drunk] (and that is as oft
en as they can get liquor to get drunk on]
they are ready to fight, and threaten, in a
make o great noise. But they have a num
ber of families with them, and, although
1 armed,'are in no very safe situation to make
an attack on any village or settlement.
Jn great haste I close. You will have
your own reflections. I need make none. I
• would, however, say further, that it is not yet
known what Col. Sumner and the United
States troops will do under the present aspect
of affairs. The Free-Stale men are rallying
at Prairie City, some IS miles south of Law
renoe, to determine on means and meaiurcs
for I heir own protection.
THE SACK OF J.AWBENCE.
The accounts given by our informants of
the doings of the Marshal and his posse in
Lawrence do not differ from those already
published ( except as to the extent of the dot'
I ruction committed by the barbarian borne,
which they represent as far greater than was
at first stated. Every house but one in ilia
place was sacked—trunks were broken open,
wardrobes rifled, money and oilier .valuables
seized, and even ladies dresses were added to
the miscellaneous plunder. VVe notice that
Geo; W. Brown, esq., editor of The Herald
of Freedom, in. a letter to 2'he Alton C’our
ier, slates, the total destruction and appropri
ation of private property at Lawrence at not
less than $200,000. The Free-State Hotel
had been erected and furnished at an expense
of $30,000, and. would have been opened for
business in a day or two by Col.' Eldndge,
who is alao proprietor of the Kansas Hotel
at Kansas City. The Herald of Freedom
office was the bfist appointed establishment
west of St. Louis, .and its destruction involves
. a loss of ut least $6,000. But this is only a
partflf the loss of Mr. Brown. The mar
auders entered his.private office, destroyed
his. library, valued at 81,000, scattered his
private papers, ant} ended by setting,the
building on fife, though the flames were ex-
Anguished. They also destroyed a large
stock of printing paper, dec., that had been
received only a day or two before. Alto
gether bis loss amounts tosl2,ooQ or $l5-
gpO. Dr. Robinson’s house, furniture and
library! and all his private papers and rec
ords were burned. Mr. Johnson’s house was
completely riddled, trunks were broken open,
money and valuables of boarders were taken
aod|carrie<) away, some persons losing sev
eral,, thousand dollars in money and land*
warrants. The stores were entered, and eve
rything was lateen which avaricecould prompt
; them to take or malice move them to destroy.
Aa.amgsiog story is told of the Hon. David
Atchison’s participation in the spoils of the
Kansas Hotel, he haying been seen moving
off with a couple of ..boxes pf cigars under
his arm. . He no doubt Jikcs a good cigar
M «tell,aB he doysa, good glass of whisky,
and . thdught it' p,pity to have them burned
except ip * legitimate, way, (Mr. Butler paid
a, gtqwing tribute the other day in the Beo»,»
to theippbJq genercsity .of his character, sod
we ha, will reciprocate by sending ht>
eulogist; a,package of thoSa cigars!) „On the
dey;pf' , thy i Back LawrenM,.,Jpdga, Faio.
wjto,6ed ll beqp,*reoied tybppty Marshal p r < >
tin,, a .ynloablo
horse b B ! on S! n 6 1 9, Col. Eldridge. Mr. E, s