The agitator. (Wellsborough, Tioga County, Pa.) 1854-1865, September 25, 1856, Image 2

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ItepM.el.Hew*.
A -grain Chicago
on .(be -biwhalrjirfvgrniii
were-Joel,■, &}ibl losslfcWKl.fKKhfv v.HoncQ.
P. aucoeeed Mrv
CrampUm as.-Brjlish Minister-at Washington
.. .sA riot occurred in 'Baltimore,.on the
ll.'h, between;e-Fillmoro fishing club and *
squad of Democrats. ;Pistols were-tfieely
used;, two men shotdead Bud>'tvienfy.sWjiun
ded,?'Jtne qf thorn fatally.".-, j .Arioinodirnnb
occurred 111 Liihallhe Capitol,of Pern,'on the
Afaqyj inwrgenls Were hilled and
the balance compelled to retreat' from - the
ciiy-, tt . .Walter’• fortune* are. covering in
Nicaragua. ' He will be drotle ,out by -the
Costa Ri<-an».. -, .A Fremont mbeUojfioßilcks
county, Pa., on the 13th, ;was Ottimdedqby
nboul 10,000 persons; artother atPdtaburg,
on the 15. b, by 100,000!
From California.
The news from California is important.—
The Vigilance Committee of Son Francisco
had disbanded, and law and order again
reigned supreme in that city. The Commit
t«e, after releasing Judge Terry uncondition
ally, and with only the recommehdation that
he resign hjs office as Judge of the Supreme
Court of the Sidle, consumaled iheir labors
and formally disbanded on the 18lh of August,
celebrating the event by a grand parade} in
which between six and seven thousand per
sons look pact. , It was thought that Judge
Terry would not resign. A few days after
the discharge of Terry, the remaining pris
oners were released, and the Committee ois
mnmled their fortifications. The Fremont
party were making rapid strides in all-part*
of the Slate forming clubs ond making all
necessary preparations for ihe campaign, and
had already announced iheir convictions ihnl
ihe Sinle nos sure for Ihe Paihfmder, Busi
ness generally was on ihe increase. The
mines were said to be yielding belter than
ever before, and accounts from all parts of
ihe State represented a larger amount of
grain, fruits and vegetables than any prece
ding yea;.
From Enropc.
The news from Europe is without special
impofinn' p. The tory parly in England were
nhoui in make another grand attempt to over
throw the Palmerston administration,but there
is nolhmgin the present aspect ofaffiiirs which 1
seems to justify the expectation that the efTor l
wHI be successful. From France there is noth
ing of importance. The tribunals at Dijon
were occupied wilh the prosecution of the
members of another secret society, which had
exploded. From Madrid we learn that the Ga
zelle was about to publish decrees for the dis
solution of the Cortez, the regulation of the
press, the establishment of a Council of Stale,
and the promulgation of the constitution of
1845. Sixteen of the civil governors of the'
provinces had been dismissed, and some of the
functionaries exiled under former govern
ments, had been given permission to return to
Spam. Thenewsofthedefinitiveormngemem
of the difficulty with Mexltco is confirmed.-
Smart shocks of earthquake had been experi
enced nl Algeria, Several villages were des
troyed, but fortunately witihoul loss of life.—
The Free Trade Congress Committee at Brus
sels had received numerous influential political
adhesions. Kars tVns completely evacuated
on IbeAlb of Augusi, but the Russians had not
en'irely left the Isle of Serpen's. Most of iheir
troops had been withdrawn from the Crimea.
The coronation at Moscow continued to foim
the principal topic of interest in the European
capitals; the foreign papers are likely to be
full of it for weeks to come.
Wo clip the following from (tie St. Louis
Intelligencer; a paper which has heretofore
justified much of the Ruffianism of the Bor-
THE AFFAIR AT LEA YEN WORTH
If the pro-slavery parly in Kansas are de
termined to disgrace and ruin iheir cause, and
to draw down upon themselves the reproba
tion oi good men at ihe Suulh ns well ns at
the North, ihey have only to continue in the
perpetration of such abominable and hideous
outrages as occurred at Leavenworth lasi
Monday week, to accomplish their aim cam
pleiel \. That shocking exhibition of cruelly
and tyranny has been responded to by one
universal sentiment of execration, against
which event Ihe Missouri Republican, the
vindicate- of all the acis of Aichison,
Strintifellow, and their comrades, cowers.—
The Republican has justified everything hilh
eito done and said by the pro-slavery men in
Kansas, but it has not had the hatdibood, as
yet, to defend the Leavenworth outrage. —
Pernaps n will employ a correspondent (one
of those who look part in the disgraceful
affair,) to defend the guilty parlies.
“ His Votes axd Acts are with Us.”-
The Southern Know Nothings, in order to
win voles for Fillmore assert that Buchanan
is a sort of Free Sniler l The Chuleston
Mercury replies to this charge conclusively,
thuc
“ But, in order that the absurdity of the
iargeof Mr. Buchanan’s being a ‘ Free Soil
; r may if possible, become apparent, we
need ac:y 10 cite the fact that two years ago
ne signer 1,0 Oslend manifesto, a document
whose sue object was to acquire Cubs, out of
which two or three slave states could have
been formed. Here, then, 13 his record.—
The champion of the admission of Arkansas
—the champion of the annexation of Texas
—the champion of the acquisition of Cuba
—where is the taint or suspicion of Free
Soilism in all this 7 Whatever are Mr.
Buchanan's prejudices against slavery, kit
rotes and ads are with vs.
Test Vote for the Presidency. — A test
vote was taken at the Musical Concert at the
Crystal Palace, on the afternoon and evening
of the llih inst. Three ticket-boxes were
occupied by ticket-sellers, under the respect
-Ivc names of the different candidates'. The
following figures show the resultFfrunoju,
1.023; Fillmore, 1.417; Buchanan, 050$»
Fremont and Freedom, the Union and the
Constitution over Fillmore, 500;'over Buch
anan and Slavery extension,.973., The Con
cert was got up by professed Fillmore men,,
who labored b ird to sell tickets with his name
on, Know-Nothing dubs musloced in force
and bought tickets, but the popular will went
ahead.— Herald.
THE A
in. it. cobi
* t * XU Bn«lne»«,and other'
. . man, we ahouM find the Collowinf choice extract*:
jc ininfcallaiUipo.. .| L MtWM BIUT «^tTd' , tT*i^i>^3-Tor r
''' r wiiS»^aps^
Thttndfir Bfomlng, Sept. 85, 1856. firiil act of aggreigipn upon aluvc properly. I would
'* —. ... — Sin-
Stale Tickd.
Canal Commissioner^
THOMAS E. COCHRAf, of York.
Auditor General, >
WJN PHELPS, of Armstrong. r
Sutoti/dr' General, J ' ’ -
BARTHQIMMEW LAPOKtE, of Bradford
Couaty Ticket.
rOR CONGRESS.
GALUSHA A. GROW, 6f Susquthtmid County.
For P. WiLLlsTO.f.or Wdllaboro.
_ . ■iA A.Huiiraßß»,Tiojfb.
For Associate JWfM-1j 0 EIUP^
For, Dist.Allo rosy—B. B. Sthaijo, uf Qlyiper.
For Commissioner —D, G, Ststijo, Middleburv.
For AuditiMS. F. Vktti,ofilbKfy. ’V -
For Sureryor—Hsn»t 8, Aicmtt, i
For Coroner—Jon. Rusk, pf, Rutland.
Please read the proposal for publishing a new
Map of Tioga Connty in another part of this paper.
I. D. Richards, Eat], is the agent for this Cotinly
and will exhibit C 'Samite-' feepril the Ptnt'Offibe.
Go and gnd examine it
. The great pro-slavery. democratic Mass .Meeting
at Pittsburg on the IGlh Inst., proved, as we learn
from the Pittsburg Gaxtlle, a total failure—less than
1500 persons forming (lie procession. Tins shows
Ihat'Wpslcrn Pennsylvania is all right for a clean
sweep in November.
That sack of flour, mentioned last week, proves,
on (risl to be without equal. It makes the whitest,
lightest, sweetest bread, biscuit, cake and pie-crust
that we hare yet seen in this region. It comes from
the Phelps' Mills, Jersey Shore, and deserves to be
introduced Into the families of all who wish bread
of the best quality. Mr. E, B. Campbell is the agent.
We have on hand for publics lion, more llum two
dozen manuscript articles, ranging from mediocre
rhyme up through very good verse, tolerable prose,
spicy .political essays, to a scientific dissertation.
Frienfls and contributors, we cannot accommodate
you nil Uiona.wcelp You must be patient. Bo eon.
lent to suffer the pangs of hype <J«%rcd fijr a few
weeks, anfl thank your stars that tlic campaigo can
not, like the "everlasting hills,' endure forever.
We have lor chronicle a new and 'valuable-acceii
ion to the Republican "danse within the past week 1
end.one which will carry terror and dismayanto the
rankaof onr opponents. Gov, Reeder has written 1
a teller to tlifc editor* of-the New-York -Evening
Pustulating diol-hoif,about to take-the fieldrfor
Fremont and Dayton In Eastern Pennsylvania,And
giv«» Ins reasons fur so doing. It is one of the ab
lest political documents of-tiie campaign" ami we
shall lay that, together with James Buchanan’s (cs.-
tiraony in favor of Col. Fremont, before our readers'
next week.
There will bo a grand Mass Meeting of Formes 1
era at Harrison Valley, Followtnty,on Ihe first
day of Octet*" 11 - vnimot, Grover,Gilbert and Erwin,
will adcresa the Meeting. Rally !
Our citizens are just at this moment leaving
town for the Fremont Mass Meeting at Mainsborg,
which comes off 10-day. (Wednesday.)
The bunker Mass Meeting at Coudersport on the
IGlhwasavcry creditable affair—6s wagons form,
ing the procession. The Fremont rally on tbo fol
lowing day sent in a procession of 103 wagons con
taining upward of 1000 Fremnnlcrs. Sogehcnwir.
Professor Tuhneb’s lecture on Optica, Electricity
Magnetism and Galvanism, at the Methodist Church
°n Tuesday evening, proved instructive and amus
ing. The Professor is on Albino, and might be ta
ken for an octogenarian, whereas, he gave his ago
as being3s. His promised exposure of Spiritualism
could only excite the smiles of those whnhavt in
vestige ted that subject, and such, we apprehend, are
alone qualified to judge intelligently either of the
phenomena, or of lire Professors expose. However,
the Prof, has the undisputed right to draw as large
a crowd as ho can. ilia cx[*crimci,U are interest
ing, Bo is now giving a scries of scientific lectures
in this county, and those who wish to pass an eve
ning, pleaqanUy and profitably will do well to patron
ize kirn. ,
Flak i.v nig Woods. —Owing to the continued
drouth destructive fires are raging in the'forests in
almost every direction from this place. We learn
that a large barn owned by Mr. N. Short of dial,
ham, and filled with hay and grain, took fire from
■lie burning woods on Friday last end was entirely
consumed. Mr. Wm F. Robinson iof this village
had u barn filled withr grain and hay deslrttyed on
tko same day, under like circumstances. This wot
at Stony Fork.
The homo of Mo ; Jams* Smith, in Charleston,
was burned, with most of its contents an Thursday
last- Fire took from flic store in the absence of the
grown up people, some little children being in charge
of the house at the time. Careless os well as un
fortunate.
The pro slavery Buclmnecrs held a Mass Meeting
at Mainshurg on Saturday. Ttie location was favor
able for bringing out the Buchanan strength,as it
tics convenient lo Tiro of Bradford.
It andoablcdly did rally about os’many Buchancers
as can bo concentrated at'any one point in Tioga.
The highest estimate we have heard yet, does not
exceed 500, while some half doien other estimates
plaee the number at from 900 ro 400. 500 will on
doobtcdly cover all with a very liberal margin in
deed. The Fremonters claim one (nip of the whole
nnrabespresent. The facts will doubtless.come out
io the PcksMyleasxam as troUifaliy as did those-teU
altro to the Covington Meetiog,knd which wrrpnb.
lirlieialitwlweeka sinoe. < All, coming
from men wljo euyajyje lying .ttdeomeoU most bo
taken with several gr»io*,o£ allowances -Ttie pro,
ceysioa that letl was eyrtoinly-an iotpbs.
Ing Aa
tica at the bcsl.wlfh it,or ,two road,
bettyeep Jlicpt, waa all,U)atpj>pe,aip4.gt^pd l p| start.,
ling to those who lookedon. The B.icban’ccia have
prelly good spunk at least. We like (o see a liope
less minority do their best under trying eirr.innsi.-in.
[A 1
irommuciliont most
wnm be forcc.d upon oa without aoch
ss&ssiss£um,
lite'<jf ! lh«skbdlbcw:'BUti*‘!Cfti)iot be
elected.”—Mr. Stanton ef Tennettee,
(Globe, r*H. 31, part l,page3so; ..
Ige .myself, that if any bill pltuuld be
Congress abolishing, slavoty in the
imbia, or incorporating the Wilmot
, form, T will lntroduce a resolution
into (his House, declaringin terms, that this Union
aught to bn dissolved.”—Mr. Colcock, S, c., Uou.
grcssinnal, Globe, «al. 21, part I. p. 5)9.
“I da not, then, hesitate to avow before this House
and (he country, and in the presence of the living
God, (hat if, by your legislation, you seek to drive
ns from the Territories of California and New Mex
ico, purchased by the common blood and tressureof
the whole people, and to,abolish Slavery in (his dis
trict, thereby attempting to fix a national degrada
tion dpon half tlie States of this. Union, l"ani fbr
disunion. And if my physical conrsge‘;be eqiial to
thc mainlertanee of my convictions of rigid and.du
ty, I will devote pllj( am and all I have onearlh to
itii consummation.”—Mr. Toombs of Georgia, Con
gressional Globb, Vol. 21, port !, p. 28. j
' Mr. Slepliens'if Georgii,following Toombs on the
same day;'saidr 11 ’’ !
“1 tell that gentleman, [Mf'Bakdril and 1 tell this
Hoosei'wheUicr be believes il'or hol,W-whell«ir the
people of the .North.believe (t or, not* UwLlhe day, in
which aggression is ejnepromaked, ; upqo any section
of the country—much and deeply aa I regret it—
this Union is dissolved. 1 • ■ 1 tell this House
that every word uttered by my colleague meets my
hearty response. (Applause.)" —Congreai'l, Globe,
Toll'gafl.l.f'SS-,,,, , , , <yj „ .
..These n (jpm l|»p,,opp9Hcnlsof
t|ie Republican, party.. «n 0 from, leaders.
Tlie men for,(ep years (Kfsp ipprpwd
ed. with puch, cyldcripe, t Whal.jltep? ,£ocp it fyl
low that the masses are dispmqnitts 7. Certainly
pot. It proves this, however: Tbpt the .Buchanan
leaders South, arc generally disuniunists, and that
their compeers in (tic North, by direct implication,
since they are willing co-operatives, are likewise
disnnionists. They lovers of (he Union ! Why, did
not these very men solemnly declare in 1853, (bat
the agitation of the subject of Slavery was fraught
with imminent danger to the peace and perpetuity
of the Union, and must therefore be slapped 7 We
all know that they did (his thing. Were they in
earnest 7 did (hey believe that egitation endangered
the Union? If‘yes,’ why was the first important
step under the new Administration the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise, by which wet the whole
question was dragged up from the Tar past and east
into the arena of debate 7 This was accomplished
by the very men who now advocate the claims of
James Buchanan. Is there not a wondrous signifi
cance in this Me. tact I -
As, to (lie ectabilitrespy.of the Republican party:
Begin here, in-Tioga,- Where are-lhemort influent.
bf. llmold Democratic parly 7 : Wa> mention no
names, but,point you eaqh tbfiis own neighborhood.
find one opting with the, pfoslavery
democracy:? Thqreyuu wjjl.fmd Uie heads of little
cliques pod fuctiobs, buUhpsc ivhq worked, shoulder
to shuuldur withyou in the ranks, aud, who .really
led flip o(d democracy, they ate with uf , W(icn.the
.proefavery (Jcmoerapjr left. (hpfe;men they. Jell them
and their U, Frcpdaip*. ( , „ ’
1 Is tjie ftcputilioana sectional parly? tVe’danr
tliaL Every State Siulh, waultl
aenled'lß_iU Convention bail far the f»qr
iflSl it Would have been at'The. risk of exile or yip
lent death Id him or’ them representing'. Virginia
was represented in that 'Convention; but Mr. tin
derwood, ohe of the delegates', was forbidden to it.
turn to Ilia family under threats of personal.violence.
His colleague returned to find himself' threatened by
Buchanan indignation meetings with tar, feathers |
and exile. One Dr. Smith of Wheeling, was mob
bed for daring to address a Republican Meeting, but I
u few weeks since j and thus it ceases to be strange
that Fremont will carry none but the Free States, j
The Cincinnati Commercial makes mention of a j
gentleman from Mississippi, stepping for a few days
in that city, and who soya that the men of the South
who favor Fremont arc numerous; but that they
dare not make an organized effort, so devilishly in- j
tolerant is the dominant sentiment. A slaveholder
writes a long idler lo the New York Daily Times,
says he regards Slavery as anything but a blessing,
has po idea that the Republican party wishes to in
terfere with his property, and that a Fremont parly
could bo organised in every Slave Slate if mobs
were out of the way. He soya further, ‘‘lhero will
u ben Republican party in every Southern Slate.”
This man writes from Georgia. The cry of ‘sec
tionalism’ copies from tlie same men that laud and i
lie about lbs Toombs bill.. That bill provided that
all actual settlers who had been driven out of the
Teyrilmy might return within a given time and vote.
plausible i but it so happened that (ho
great highways ipto tjial Territory were at thal.very
moment blockaded by Border Ruffians who. had
planted cannon at several points on the Missouri,
threatening t„ sink any boat that should pass up
with Free Slate merlon board ; and (hat Gen’. Rich
arasoa hid stationed a "Bor dex Ruffian army across
the mule through towa inlo itial territory ; and so
it Was magnanimous In far.Toombs' l£ prrmß’%e
exiled settlers to' return, whdh He and 'every oilier
ruffian kncw’lliat no Free State man could enter thd
Territory except at the risk of his life! ‘ Very'mag.'
nanimous, truly !—fit magnanimity for knaves and
cowards lo exhibit—fit to'be lauded by' men who
know as little of honor as they do of humanity I
Faugh! such hypocrisy is sickening!
Wc have received the 6r»t number of Perter't
Spirit of the Timet, published weekly at 93 per an.
It is 0 quarto of 16. pages, devoted to literature and
Sporting intelligence, and with Wm, T. Porter at
its head must become the standard sporting paper of
the New World. Mr. Porter has bad charge of the
old Spirit of the Times upward of 26 years, tarry,
ing it into the front rank of literary journals, , J| e
haa no equal as a caterer in hia pcooliar department
of journalism. The first page is graced with apor.
trait of the editor, a genial, (Wloving, am) intellect,
ual,personage indcetf. ond' remprksbly" yoqog a
man who must a cenlnry.
w»m a good sporting paper'send.frr Porter’s Spirit
Tub. Psora Foamr«at—Tbe frealesktriampiaoC
the Republican parly yet recorded it; the release.of
the Ststaprisooers alitecpmploo,!o« i bail,', Tha aa-.<
thqriljca wftte jqtu-.thUisnl qf. simple jnsliqe,
by the pressure of public opinion. Thq doteripinpd
altitude of tits pdjfoln florth;, the reecot . brilliant
Republican victories in lqwa, Vermont and Mjj ne
aqd above and moip dun »U,tbe disastrous. fuilurc
of the alterapl to sootho iniqltodjreemen with nur
sery tales, have forced this wicked and perverse An-'
0
[pV to the lil
inj for them
ids Wed adjß
orer tnol
reek, (till
its of tbfi.
[snow a KaltHjsadroeal
in step*. We rejol*
irty. Their detention fti®
k They were reioteeiejilya
_ fronted end eoiny forpeeeeß
at the feet of Gen.' Lane. . It la not probaUetSai
ilf 'BiWWHiin'eiei bB lmmght'te'tmliiee tfwre ie-
book tele
t-preaenii
ea of Mr,
lien.
Lch-
•etfm be*e,af-.
We mi
to««rd Jiinra
alavenr eatenajoqisaqc, Others rosy dig op nofaery
lames
la let frtneTTshoosejbot weeoaeettte klO l»W
tho Wi
iPitt .Ufa pri£nenti|«sdelM«t
vc hare no hail. We love lo taboxbl the ever liv
ing','eretUftd present "Iti-is the! -amt gauiel 'field.
The past is eotd' sad iaotallogctber lovWy, and-the,
future ii yet a sealed-tookv tat shall: be wballhe
mensnd womenof 1U» present! as inatrameuUliliee
elect to make it Let o> so Übortbat when the
victory is won men. shall know .by wbpt same to
call it. Tbeq wo beg pur friend lo consider os as
agreeing .to disagree, .knowing him Ip be justae bon-
eorpeat in ilia opinion as wo arc .in .non.
Inmedio,tl ect
We werenola little "bonified'’ jut now on re
ceiving the following “missile'.' from oQrold friend
"Simpkfai Sodgsnfl Wioetoptbe preaitotlay it be
fore ourregden t ,I s
?V Btmkumville, »amlime,iii the frU> eleeafifi. ’
Miatcc AfgeUlur the times nine*
nep'l «'“• . Wlf* P«>'J.4ho
sum ignorant (bags lay it to Kooert pat.) yu aar
these is try in times. PotytlkV Tans matin high pile
heir.and the bunlrtTJ'lalfytn haiid to >leeta cliap
with.a milunlary name fßcKj.hoO.canoon.Bika set.)
president of South Caroline i-jint ilia Cant, do it bear
iq bookamv.ille, bekoa we’re shir of milantary ebape
•mSftlie Buch'afUtjkaf.' •'■ ■ ■■...
■TotHc jfflllVm bankers *td ('normal big gelh
erin liest tothet day, and . pouted , hull: riaK'jnU, of
'rath onto the bads of the black republicans! The
a lumber buggy, Buggma rin Tim Gnbbing’s niff boa*
andKoqeteMl Phereebna BUggerwiiidy on v wheel
tarrerkiwbichdid .the la (Sikes: «*■ that
hm.l*(aodfigruqer-dgjmSßJienPherobqagpf
film of-jlriluehhß ah'naltiV.
Wiggles rolled Opt hlrey** and da ho ld patnek ben.
rjrjAVjgglerr ae» be dool,U teet aJP naturl ffx.pat
nekr aeg he, it donl do nothin else—never seed, bis
ekql but once, and' that woalhe aUcshun ihsp wot
told roe that east iron rStdr'fct ginral ttainin.
Wal, Pherualioa rekirered hjroaelf.ind apt be—
lhare aintenny other parly cept the grate dimmy.
critic party, and the spiles is its profits! sea he,
tl e dimpiycntie parly has did all that’s eyer ben
did in this ere kedo try; its made all the laws, and
it cum.to this kednlry ih the May Bower; Ha raised
the price of niggers raor'n 500 dollars, killed the
bank, ccpt a few little pnea.fpr its own akomodashuo
and il—a—aint to be iheexM at! sea he, if yon doht
rote fnr Bookanon tho dimmokiasy will disaoluihun
the hull nnyou and steel tbe chink oat' of Cnklo
Sams puss. This are Fremont, pea be, ah)l nobody
nor nothin; ha at dorgs apt), hasps; be porta fit*
hair in tho middfe; bia, bluer was a' frogealer; he
neVet ' had enny father: bk'was borpin aaVanny;
he-wos Corn id charlstuta; be m bornlnkanriady,
and ennyboddy that sci lie warnt is a lyret bad
roan calliolik; ,hes s.Piskopal,; ha ain Mol; heron
Sway'Wlifii h sh‘inT4did‘ killrforhey, which is
jon w forny’a sister—bibs thutagoin l to bee Presl.
he v Fteraonl dipt knpyv .-much mor’n i.
ferpiihua baggywindy; ho don.t no bccua and tluir
aint enny such feller In thq kwintry!! ‘ ,
When'we'kum to onr aeAsn i heerd old Wigglbs
adjrto patriek henry,'sex ha, ilo be. « if if 1 etet
vote for a chap wot is a infidel add, never was born.
And Sikes sea 19 mc.-seg Ije, simphin, this looks
pcaktly like Vreakuliun."
' Ortdhtvledly youle heurfrem nte agin.
- See., "■ ! Simpkin Sodgcr.
'\VonYfe iri(fbbted lolirt''go}illdtimn wiio rem'hwl
,ll|) irc yeaierJay cveplng, dirdet (yfiin,
sys, for Ine following iaieVeaiing communicu
tipa regpeciing.Kspaasiaflitirs;
Sr. L0ut8,.5epi..15,1856.
Dbvb Sib:’: The border county.papers of
this State,or some of them at lens', have adop
ted and are pursuing most vigorously a course
of wholesde misrepresentation- in/regard to
Kansas afTuirs. 1 have just arrived from Law
rence, having left thereon Thursday Inst, and
with your permission I will correct a few of
the statements made by the border papers and
copied into some of your city papers. The
Kansas City Enterprise speaks of the rob
bery of a Santa Fe train by a Free-State com
pany. It is true that forty or fifty hand of cat
tle, with ten wagons, returning from the
Plains, were captured and brought into Law
rence. The commander of the Free-State
army immediately wrote a note to McKinney,
to whom the train belonged, stating the facts
in the case, and assuring him that the cattle
and wagons would be given up to him at a
certain place. There were no contents in the
wagons, as is falsely staled by The EiUer
prise. Gen. Lane also brought the attention
of Mr. McKinney to the outrages committed
by Missourians on innocent people traveling
through Missouri; 'Their property has been
stolen repeatedly, and they themselves been
obliged to turn back to the East. If the Mis
sourians are going to countenance this sys
tem of robbery, the Free-State men of Kansas
most afso adopt il'iri simply self defence.— ;
Gem Land gaVe Mf; McKinney nbliee to that
eject, pi lHes.imfe time chitsing hitf proheny
td bb'roUlrned to'him.’ 1 Th&e atd the facts
in fhfc'ca&r. 1 Will warrant you that fhfteditot
,df The Kafistu tKtf Svill never
publish theril. 'poei hot the editor'of (hat
papcrkbOwTthal'some Missourians in the bor
der counties are trying to starve the people'
of Lawrence, and that at Leavenworth a short
lime since, they took possession of a train of
wagons sent by the firm of Hutchinson & Co,,
to bring to Lawrence a cargo of provisions
which they had shipped from St. Louis via
Leavenworth t These wagons add teams they
still have the possession of, and the provisions,
together whh a largo quantity of merchandise
received by Majors Russell for the Law
rence' people, have beep distributed among the
Border Ruffians, so (hat the editor and the
world must see that reprisal ate. necessary
for .
dp Tuesday afrlved^t
Port Leavenworth ep mule" fbr'Lecbmpton,
. t 1 -VO J:, .■ w. ■-) i r l
the. Territorial seal of covernmeht. r I had'
ihe ' fmtune to be ai-live, fort on
■ His arfmftpmd ‘ festWjf hla yip wa upon.the
dimcults&' ; ahd (he comrsph(3 l pursu
ing.' jHe' declared that ‘peace should be res
tored tp' tfia 1 Territory* hValf hazards; that
every ph'ejtyhd’was not an actual settler Should
he driven out; and that lhe < rFghffl of all men
-huuldi be protected ; dffil'he has the appear
ance of being « man'b|' his wordf ’ (felt (hat
the hour>ad propiiiUus ! M' thh v OoVerßdr Id
ITATO
Itmjw
Roffii
LjriompltJnWoT
coneapoodent Uiat our charitableness
f'Sf
J C!L
irue \iilaj§on faf affair* in the
.erriii > right aM the wrong—for the
.iuffiiv raurdAig men in Leaven*
jrorlt, Jt fififcjfinilies had taken ref
uge in the fort, in order to gel these families
•wrt of tlte WHintry; tier Mayor wot wortf to
of]
many of '
ai quartet. Tk result Was that On. South
fcSfcaiffrSSja^^
"*• '•* next jJay.&jyfr-
I tins 'beffltawajr frpm the only place of pro*
Tectibn left. - \i TßcToft
told , i^| , So*t at the
A bout 11 o’clodmSPj|rev, M r. Note, broth
er.in-law of the murdered Hupp*, camfe to the
fori and. demanded an audience with she Gov
ernor, which he,obtMfted.v HqaWi)sdloli\m
that two. weeks before-he and Mr, John Wil
der started from LawrppceHio.n double car
riage to try and recover the body. of Mr.
Hopps. While in the road.bet ween Lawrence
and Leavenworth, they .were taken prisoners
by Capt. Emory and company, end their team
taken from, them. This Emory is the mail
contractor in the Territory, ha's a hang-dog
look, is a tyood-lhirsly cutthroat, and has
thirty of the same sort of devils under his
command. They carried ihdtt to Leairen
worth, and threw them info a 7 by ft dungeon,
! where there were thirteen others, without ven
tilation, .and bread and'water lb live on.—
Her? they 1 jay' for twelve days, ’ While Mir.
iNui'e was relating these facts to the'Governor,
tfie’ valorpn* Captalrf cache up the steps to
belt fils reinecta'to the Governor; when Mir.
mte (henboyd'aiSa before
the' Goverrtot, add (He Ckpfain etiqtnb'd liirtj
selfby'saying tie acted.timfei' orders. The
Governor’’said as sob'n'atThe' arrived at 'Le
complbn he should aUeniiTlb all these matters.
Ttie Captain paid his respects' and 1 they both
left 1
’ AWt fc'dVdoclt p. 1 m., Sergeant Carey 6f
Capt/'SicketiV company ofdragoon* come
yldiog post haste Troth the direction of Leav
en Worth City, anid prfrenti'd yrmsetf’ before
Gen. and Goy r Geary.' 7 Immediately
tfterlhera waa 'an exceeding bustloa'nd fall
inj» into the ranks of the soldiers, and * body
of some tw6' hundred 'of them marched off
toward the City. 'Thro hours'fater they re
turned, marching some thirty horsemen be
tween their ranks, and under cover of their
rifles, ’with' three ciriions m the’ rear. These
Norsemen were marched up to headquarters,
and'the General and Governor coming but,
they were ordered to form a tine before them,
t now’ learned the state of the case. Mr.
Witrnan', Mr. Wilder and Mr. Sutherland ap
plied 16 Col. Cook at Lecomptoff for an escort
to go and find Mr. Note and Mr. Wilder’s
Son. 1 ' He sent them to Capt.' Sacked, who
gave thorn Sergeant Carey, a very pruflem
and brave officer, ai an* e'scqirt, When'with
in a few miles of Leavenworth. City, Cap).
Emory’s company (ell upon'them, ttjbk them'
prisoners, and carried them into thecity.—
Here, however, the Sergeant made his escape
and made for the fort. The result Was that
, two hundred troops'were ordered nut, and the
whole company taken prisoners, and are now
detained in the fort.
This day’s work opened the eyes of the
Govprnbr and his suite, for I heard them all
say that liter t6 It? Ift
fest'cll wilh banditti and robberi from other
States, and that the people were abused and
oppressed Vv outside political gamblers and
the' myrmidons.
The most outrageous lies are told bv (he
Pro-Slavery party, in order to deceive the
people of the' States, in regard to their true
Condition in the Territory. That, party is
how and has been at all times in Ihe.minoriiy
in the Territory, but Atchison and String
fellow unblusbingiy proclaim to ihe world
right the contrary. The Free-Stale men have
stood these outrages until endurance cases to
be a virtue, and they now are determined to
fight to the last. They will be invincible and
conquer, for they are fighting for thbir rights,
their families and their homes.
[We extract the following from a letter in
the Coudersport Journal , from a young man
with whom we have an intimate acquaintance,
and whose character for truth is above ques
tion.—Ei», Agitator.]
“My time is limited and I will not weary
the readers of the Journal with many details.
My duties as a journalist makes me acquain
ted with the particulars of many of the most
horrible outrages, and many too, which in
your community would seed) bad enough,
but which frequent and common occurrence
have made almost insignificant with us.—
From among a number of cases rif (ho Ibrm
er I select one, and I ask the people of Potter
County to remember that this 1s only an illus
tration of Buchaban Democracy—of Squat
ter Sovreignty—of Law and Order.
On Wednesday August 20th, a man named
Hupps, a brother in-law of Rev.,' IJ,' Uute,
the Unitarian minister here,started in a buggy
from, Lawrence to Leavenworth. Mr. Hupps
had but just come, into the Territory, hacj
brought-his wife who was 'in feeble health
and leA her with her friends,' His business
at Leavenworth was to bring to Lawrence
their effects.
! On ihe morning of that day a very strange
but characteristic scene was being enabled at
Lcavenwonh City. A drunken Missourian
made a bcl with a merchant there that, he
would “ shoot a £v—d d—d Abolitionist that
day or lose his bet” which was six dollars
against a pair of boots. In the alter noon he
started out on the road towards Lawrence
and when about two miles from Leavenworth
he met Mir. Hupps, “ Hello!—where did you
come from T” On beieg thus addressed Mr.
Hupps stopped his horse and said “ Prom
Lawrenee.V The response wps a baft | front
a rifle in Ihe hands of ifa Prb : Slsvery man,
Jif, Hupps fell out, q( bis btrggy, and tJje
demon in human shape advanced and
him, and led him oh the road to die, Half
an hour'aflerwardt'a government wagon un
der guard, on its way from' ihe fori passed
along, and the guard discovered,|hi.s horrible
spectacle, Mr. Hupps was. still alive. He
was carried la (hejnearest house whore he
shortly afterwardsihed.
In the mean time ihe man-demon .wept to
Leavenworth City and ezbibiled the scalp to'
(be indifferent gaxnof tho orowdy claimed hit
wager, and got, it? rtialiotilMitlWliuali tbit
ibe only commeotoiadeyOpon th«: wrap
murder waa simplyibeaewords : i <t
“It is only the scalp of an a&titidmst P*
The murderer went down the* river the
next »:*teimbpaP v ai»d Mfar is
the-people of; Leawwworth are concerned,
as far as I haire yetheord, there the thing
ended. . .
The peopla of Lawrencewhaariag of
this, resolved'lhal-tbey must investigate the
emtterwKl-aee- whether.the story was true.
The atoryibaaheea twsa coritiHaratddby the
arrival of Free Siatecrtirens from Leaven,
worth to confirm itv troth,- and-‘fidforw 1 the
week'cloaes,afearful-reckoning will be made
with the Ruffians and Tiratea of that city.—
At this present-writing n committee' of the
cttiaena of Lawrence have gone to Lecomp
ton to consult.-Gov. Woodsoq and to inform
him of the facta of the case. We shall hen
what-he wilt do.- >6eneral' JamarH. Lane
who it was supposed was in Nebraaka or
lowa is now in this eily and has entire oom>
mand. it is but jostioeto say that at the bat
tles of Franklin' and Titus Camp he was set
present, though some-ray be-wag af Franklin
imeog as a Col. Cook. Bul a fow of those
who came through with him are hero,the
greater -part of them having- remained at
Plymouth, Lexington .and Milwaukee, three
new-towtu'-wbieh-they-laid out 1 on their way
between the Nebraska line and Topeka. The
Chicago company who were sent-down'the
river, are here howOvae, andil dtar if'they
are sent, to LeavenworthJo inveangato Ibe
murder of- MT. Huppa. thef wjti forget: their
errand and aveaga'thcif ownwrong* and the
indignities heaped upon them. 11 * -
E. C.
Yours,
• eaimwtt«!iCTffgi«g,
Mb. Cobb:— Your liberality toward* la*.
Buchanan, and tlw Black Democracy !n gene
ral, looks well enough': (a the abstract; but,
n (he practical, tf reminds moof ihs Indian's
Ire*, which “Mood up so straight that it leaned
■ little arena iheothelvide;”’'
Ist, The Democratic blood” story, comes
down to us from' a very early date, it .is a
tradition running to the lime when James Bu
chanan gloried in Federalism, and 'was a
most bitter reviler of James Madison, and
(be Democratic party, and of the Democratic
policy and measures from first to last. There
is the stiongesl probability that the story is
true. If not literally true, it ought to be;
for the saying attributed, to him,'is only a
Laconism of bis federal oralkm at Lancaster
in 1815.
But, “what of it I”—you will ask. Truly
not much'; yet Being true,- or so much like
the truth as to be substantially just-, why not
Ipt h stand, as one of the way marka of a
servile political’life I .It marks ihe'sUrting
point in the race of a politician. We can
trace’ thence to the time when be tMd to his
Lancaster-constituent*, that he was rviaek
son man, but not a Democrat. 1 ’ When be
became a democrat, is not so clear. If are
consider the true meaning of (be term, “dem
ocrat,” it will nt best, always be a question
of doubt, whether he erer experienced that
important change. The older class of poli
ticians, will not remember the particular lime,
when he became ostensibly a member of rhe
so-called democratic party. Certainly it was
not. uli_afier his mission, lo Russia.
The “ten-cents-a-d»y” story is also sub
stantially true.' In Buchanan's speech in (bo
Senate, which gave rise to (hirstoiy, the un
mistakable drift of his argument was to rec
ommend a reduction of wages lo : the “specie
standard" as in Europe,—especially in those
European States where there was the least
paper currency in use, Mr. Buchanan did
not slate exactly what he considered the spe
cie standard; but he referred his audience to
those countries in Europe as examples of the
policy which he was recommending—where
manufacturers were able lo compete with (he
whole world. It was Senator Davis of Mass
achusetts who showed, by statistics, that the
specie standard of wages, in Europe, was m
the average ten cents per day.
Now, this was, you may say, only a blan
der. True—it wad only a blunder—a great
blunder, for a lawyer and statesman and di
plomat, born fifty-six years before, and hav
ing been in public life more than, twenty
years. It was considered a great blonder at
(be lime, by friends and foes; and, no doubt,
was soon repented of with a keen sensoof
mortification. But repentance can't alter the
truth of history, nor altogether dispense with
the fact as a useful index to character.
Perhaps, I did not state, in my first para
graph, ns clearly as I ought, wherefore (
charge you with too much liberality towards
our opponents. Be it therefore remembered,
that some lime ago you expressed a belief,
that the stories aforesaid,-were not founded in
(ruth. 1 consider their truth 'so very proba
ble, that I would prefer to leave their refuta
tion entirely in the bands of our opponent*..
I believe there is a hundred thousand timea
as much truth in either .of these stories, os
there wasin the chargeol "bargain and pale,”
invented by James Buchanan against Henry
Clay. The author of that invention, does not
merit any extra charity.
i know, well, that this is small stuff in
sight of the pending issues, If James Bu
chanan were right now—right in himself—
right in his platform—right in his party, I
Should care little for his blunders, committed
yeats'sgo, but as all these are wrong, I am
for keeping entire the whole record.
AN OLD DEMOCRAT.
The Telegraph recently reported that "a
large and enthusiastic Democratic mass meet*
ing was held in Susquehanna Pa;, on the 30th
nil.’*. A correspondent who war present on
the occasion says, in «tetter to us, that “the
statement is like many other falsehoods, tele,
graphed to-the New York papers about there
being large Qeroocraiio mass nieetingjr in
Pennsylvania! The ft cl it, (here -are '-hot
enough Democrat* ip (be County,,all (old, to
matje a mass meeting." Our correspondent
adds, that “he loolf particular pains to count
“the vast assembly,” and there vyere one
hundred and nixty-sijf men, site ladies and
ten boys present ; and out of that number
Jf/iy were Republicans. }n ltl° evening of
the same day the Democrats held a meeting
which wjjs estimated at about three or fotv
hundred, and with the same proportion of
Republicans present.”— N. Yt Times,