A Slight Mistake.
\ young man went to see the daughter of
s Presbyterian elder lately, whose house was
near a mill-dam. It being in the spring of
the year, the waters made considerable of a
roar ns they tumbled over the dam. The
modest voting gentleman tapped lightly at the
dour at first, and received no answer. He
lopped again—sill no answer. Again and
again he repeated his knocks, but still he was
unheard. Mustering up courage, he pro
oceded In inflict sundry thumps upon the door
so severely lhai the staid old gentleman rushed
breathlessly to open the door.
The youngster had become somewhat sav
nn>- from being coir,polled to wait so long, and
S.iin
“I you could net hear me for the
uim manns; v
‘‘The aamn roaring! What do you mean,
sir’ limv clare you speak to me in such a
manner V said the old gentleman angered
ai nearing mo young man swear in bis pres
cnn..
"I mean to sny, sir, that I suppose you
could not hear me ou account of the dam
roann;
"Damn roaring, again,! You youngscoun
clrel, have you the impudence to insult me
wun n rendition of those words? Begone,
'file voting man was rather bewildered, but
son--
“Mv dear sir, I intended lossy that 1 pre
sumed vou could not hear me on account of
Die dam roaring "
‘■insult on insult 1 ” shouted the infuriated
man, and nc ran at the poor fellow with the
evident iniennun ol ejecting him, but was re
strained bv me voice of hta daughter, ex
ciaimuu'—
“I‘tipa, i suppose the young man intended
10 sav thut ne could not be heard on account
u( the roaring of the milldam
‘Oh 1 Deg your pardon sir! I beg your
pardon Walk m, walk in, really—ah !
web, 1 declare The dam roaring ! Capi
tal Lome in, come in ! That is rich ! Too
rich ■ Itcali i too rich !”
a is needless lo add that the youngster
went in. and in ihe excellent society of the
\nung lady soon forgot all about the “dam
room.
Manufacture of Fire Arms. —The ma
ciunerv now employed by Ihe United Slates
umernineni lor the manufacture of fire arms
h o; toe most perfect description, and it exe
cutes its work - with wonderful celerity and
precision Probably in no dcparlmeni ol the
mechanic arts has the inventive power of the
tinman mind ueen evened with more remark
able resuio. One complete musket can be
turned out every eighty minutes of the work
ing Oj\, from ihe raw material. To produce
me musket entire, (wo hundred and ninetv
lour machines and nearly five hundred dis
tinct rnecnanicii processes are involved.—
Tne narre is made from iron costing two
hundred dollars per ton, mostly procured from
Norway, I bough a very excellent quality is
received from Salisbury, Connecticut. The
iron is cut un from bars into pieces of ten
pium- weigh: and fourteen inches in leng'h.
After uemg orawn om lo forly inches, under
a high hea 1 .. the bar is curved and welded on
sice. rods,. The barrel is then bored out, and
reduced in weigh: from ten pounds to four
ana a hoi.", after which it is polished with
emery, on revolving wheels, and the quality
of me workmanship is not exceeded by any
in me worL
The Highest Mountain in the World.
—The principal topic of conversation at Cal
cium is the discovery of the highest moun
tain ir Ihe world. At ihe meeting of ihe
Anuiic Society of Bengal, on ihe 6th August,
Major ThuilUer announced that Col. Waugh,
Surveyor General of India, had completed
his computations of the positions and eleva
tions of the peaks of the Himalayas. The
result was lo depose Ihe mountain Kanchin
jmga from its throne as the highest point on
the earth’s surface. That distinction belongs
for to a peak 100 miles from Kan
chinjmga, and between that mountain and
Kanmandoc. This peak ij ascertained lo be
29,002 feel above the sea level; Kanchin
jmga is 28,156 feel ; and Dewalagirl, the
mountain which “ school geographies’’ per
sist in calling “ ihe highest mountain in the
known world,” is only 26,826 feel. The
mountain has no name in'elligible to civilized
men, and Col. Waugh has'therefore ventured
to denominate it “ Mount Everest,’' after a
former surveyor general.
Fastidious. —An elderly young lady, with
a taste so fastidious that she refused lo have
the Christian Observer token in the house,
for, sho said, it was often lying in the room
when she wished to dress, and she would not
dress with an observer in the room, if il was
a Christian! —called at one of our fashion
able stores and inquired for silk hose. The
attentive clerk displayed the articles, and the
lady examined (hem closely, passed her hand
down them, and holding them up, as if lo see
their lenglh, asked—
“How high do they come?”
The clerk not thinking that she meant to
inquire the price, blushed, and stammered
OUI
“Well, really, Miss-Madam-I don’t know,
but I think they come about the knee!"
The young lady fainted, and we left the
store i
Tlic Electoral Vote.
Tor Tfimojr
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island..
Connecticut ...
Totoi. For Bccßia.ct, Toten
8 New Jersey 7
5 PEN.VSVI.yA.VIA 2?
13 Indiana 13
4 Delaware. ..... ■ . 3
Vbrmoni ..
New York.
Ouio
15
10
8
10
6 VIRGINIA
5 North Carolina
35 Sooth Carolina ....
... 33 Geo roil
5 Alabama....
.. 5 Mississirn..
.. 4 Florida....
Trias..
Total so ftr 113 A rkansas ...
Kentucky ..
for Fiumobb, Votca. Tennessee. ..
JUetlani> & Missouri
ftUCIUOAR. .
Wisconsin .
, 7
. 3
.. 4
. 13
. 13
. 9
Lovuuka ....
Jlunoh. ....
. 164
California Will la doubt.
Total £0 far
Erie coumy gays a Republican majority
over Buchanan ol lbs late election, of 2,632,
We will endeavor to make amends for all short,
comings and delays in Ibe publication of the paper
hereafter. We did hot arrive home until Tuesday
noon, and thus publication was delayed one day.
Several communications will receive attention next
week.
A club for the weekly Tribune is now forming at
this office. We wish to make up tbe club and oend
on the money so that subscriptions may commence
with the session of Congress, Every man will wish
to keep watch of Hie doings of tbe coming session.
We would like to send on fur the old club at the
same lime. Do not delay. For the sum of 91 all
may possess themselves of. the best general newspa
per in the world.
We desire to direct public attention to the adver
tisement of the “Wellsboro’ Academy,” on third
page. Mr. BuaUNoauK bos proved himself emin.
enlly qualified for the responsible position be occu
pies, and it is hoped that bis worth may be appreci
oled in an increased attendance during the coming
winter Term. The school has borne a higli reputa
tion for several years past and under its present ef
ficient corps of Teachers is destined not only lo sus
tain itselt in public esteem, but to win new honors.
Pupils from a distance can bo furnished with good
accommodations at reasonable prices.
We don’t suppose il will do any good lo recom
mend the “Dickinson House” lo such of our friends
as .may visit Corning. Who that ever met llie in
domitable Major on the steps once, didn't loavo his
hospitable presence reluctantly 1 And who from
Tioga that goes Coming-ward, doesn’t stop there?
We arrived there Tuesday morning, wearied out
will) a railroad jaunt, sleepy, cold and hungry.
Seeing which, the Major rescued ua from the em
brace of the drowsy god, warmed us, fed us bounti
fully on corn bread and appropriate fixings, and
scat us off on his railroad rejoicing. The ‘Dickin
son’ for comfort and a warm welcome!
Theie are a few who look forward lo the admiss
ion of Kansas as a tree State under, the rule of Mr.
Buchanan. Such have a very tenacious faith in im
probabilities. The Slave Power has all along made
its points boldly and unblushingly. It has uniform
ly declared during this canvass, that its wrath may
not be appeased with a less sacrifice than Kansas,
Cuba and two Slave Slates ont of Texas. These
acquisitions lo its already extended domain will
give il power to prevent the admission of any more
free Slates—which is declared lo be its ultimatum.
We hope for better things, but il is wise lo prepare
for Ihe worst. Il behooves all good Republicans to
look the future in the face. Let us all do our duty
and trust Providence to direct. The sleepless eye,
Die cool judgment, the up-gazing soul, the stout
heart and the ready hand—these are the reliable
defences ol Freedom in this struggle.
Border-Ruffianism.
A plain statement of the foots relating to the ruf
fianly attack upon me lately while sealed in the
Corning and Blossburg cars, by one Lyman, is ex
pected, and justly, by this public. I therefore sub
mil the following brief statement, for the correct
ness of which I shall give impartial and unimpeach
able references,
1 had taken a scat in the car next the stove and
sal quietly and abstractedly, lulled into a half sleep
by the motion of the car, unsuspecting, and there
fore unprepared violence of any kind. While
silting thus, and when approaching Lawrcnceville
as I learn, I was partially aroused by bearing my
name pronounced in a low voice by some one at
back. I understood tie an inquiry, though I
diif not catch the full sentence. Before 1 could al
ter my position, or even reply lo the supposed qoes
lion of the concealed interlocutor, a hand was
thrust aver my shoulder into my face, just brushing
my cheek bone and which, from the position of my
left hand I was lucky enough to ward off without
further damage. Springing lo my feel and turning
so as to face my unseen and unknown assailant, I
saw a man running down the aisle, stooping half
double and with his hands extended over his head.
The motion of the cars was suck Uial my unprac,
lised feet could not follow fast enough to overtake
him ; but he, passing his active life on the cars, did,
truth compels me lo admit, run well and made ex
cellent time. I reached the second seal from the
stove, however, and halted, thoroughly surprised and
not knowing what to make of so sudden and strange
an attack, partially turned to resume my scat, when
he turned and bulled into me headforemost. He
struck me quartering about waist high and clasped
me around the hips. I took his head under rtiy
right arm and seized him by the hair, when a ludi
crous struggle ensued during which he got acquaint
ed with the stove summarily, and received an under
stroke in the face. At this time we were seized
by the bystanders and ordered to let go. I staled
to Mr. Shalluck, 1 think, that the attack was not
mine, and asked Inm lo release my arm. My as.
sailant kindly agreed lo be quiet, providing they
would “lake ‘this man,"’ as he called me, “and
•‘ lake cure of him.” This was promised and then,
for the first time, I saw my assailant’s face. It had
not been turned toward me fully until that moment,
as he did not straighten up when he turned to butt
me. Ho was bleeding freely from two contusions
on the right lower jaw. It was a face which I ncv.
er lo my recollection saw until that moment —il was
the face of an utter stranger,
1 then demanded an explanation and slated both
to him and the bystanders that the man was an ut
ter stranger to me and the cause far so dastardly an
attack entirely unknown lo me. He refused either
to give his name or to explain. I again demanded
his name and an explanation. lie again refused-
A gentleman then informed me that il was Judge
Lyman. I then denounced the attack as cowardly
in the extreme and the perpetrator as a coward.
He threatened to whip me; I replied that he was at
liberty lo commence that delightful exercise at any
lime with the understanding that while I fell per.
fectly satisfied with the result of the attack, and
should not attack Mm, I should certainly defend
myself as I might bo able whenever be attacked
| me. Soon after he went ont.
Hair an hour after, I should think, he returned
and accosted me very meekly wiili—“Mr. Cobb, you
called me a coward before these gentlemen and if
you will step into the baggage-car I wilt prove that
lam not.’ 1 Having denounced him as a coward,
1 could not accept any further propositions from
him, aa an honorable and trulhftil man, and of
course refused to go. Had not my hands been
thus tied, it would Bit have evinced a greatdeal Of
bravery on his part thru 16 propose a meeting with
out according to his antagonist the choice of a
friend.
Those who wishr to test the accuracy of this
statement are referred to Messrs. J. & A. Srorrs,
New York; and to H, If. Hsix, Esq.,Bchroon Hake,
Es*elteo.,N. Y, gentlemen Who Ml n*ar daring
the whole time, and wjio, being elranger* awl ■of
the highest respectability, may b*'considered Ita
portiil. I teheyu B. C. WicxHiWj Esq, of Tioga,
was in the esr el the time, though heated near the
farther end. I know not bow much he witnessed,
bnt bis integrity will not be questioned. Others
with' Whose faces I am pot familiar, were op board.
Rtmarkt. This affair on the part of Judge Ly.
man, looks ruffianly and cowardly to the last de
gree. He commenced by sending me an insulting
and anonymous communication, which, among ban-,
orsble men, is held to be one of the greatest of in
sults as well as dastardly. I accepted it as such
and replied in these columns in severe but just lan
guage. I charged him with sending that cummuni
cation, face to face, and he made no denial. He ad
mits it. Instead of calling me to account ibr my
language toward him like an brave and honorable
cautiously, up behind ms and with
out a word of warning os to bis intent, struck at
me from behind like an assassin I Brave men nev
er slab in the dark, and they seldom fail in the exe
cution of their purposes. This coward did fail, and
that disastrously. He failed even to leave the faint
est impress upon my face or body, but he taught mo
(a hate a coward with an intensity I never felt be
fore. I do not say that he has murder in his heart,
but murderers are mode of that stuff. He has ut
tered threats such as would justify extreme defen
sive measures ao my part, and I am forced to hold
him as a larking foe. What I have said I hate laid
—and will defend to the lost extremity.
In conclusion, I would state that I do not com
plain of the assault, but of the manner and of the
place in which it was made. He has won the con
tempt of all honorable men, and worse than ail, fids
lost that self-respect which is necessary to give to
manhood its outward and visible sign.
■ M. H. COBB.
The Republicans of Wayne have won a noble
victory. Against every combination that Forney
amt his associates could form, in spile of attempted
frauds, they have succeeded in carrying their coun
ty for Freedom by e decided majority. Now, the
whole Northern tier stands redeemed. It presents
t solid phalanx, against which the rage of pruslave
ry democracy and KnoW-Nothingism may ftelitsolf
to death. Everywhere in our little jaunt we found
the Republicans thoroughly awake to the import
ance of keeping up their organization, the watch
fires burning brightly, and more Ilian all, and bet.
ter than all, their very souls are a-flame with an un
dying love for the principles we all cherish and re
vere.
Friends, the campaign is not yet ended ; it is but
just begun. The fulness of the limos isnotyct
but the lime is at hand when the piean of the might
iest victory ever won by human effort shall go up
from the heart of this land. However dark it may
seem now, the problem of self-government is here to
be worked out—-here, in troubled A merica. Do not
doubt that Troth and Right must triumph. We are
all to aid in this great work. No hand must be idle,
and no heart faint.
Freemen, by your votes and your influence you
have raised Tioga to the proud position of standard
bearer in the army of Freedom. It is now the ban
ncrcounty and only by yonr hands can it retain its
proud position. We have every confidence in your
judgment to plan end yonr ability to execute.
Anecdote of Beecher’s Eloquence.—
An amusing incident strongly illustrating ihe
po«er of H. Ward Beecher’s oratory oc
curred in the course of bis speech at Albiu
on Tuesday last. The speaker was showing
that no other issue was involved in the pres
ent Presidential contest than that relating to
Slavery, and that no one had a right (o inter
fere with third candidates or side issues. He
said that Freedom and Slavery like two an
cient knights were volunteers in the *«»••
Presidential iouro«mcnt t ' and Were entering
me lists for mortal combat. Slavery stalks
forth with hateful garb and diabolical visnge,
threatening “to crush every foe and win the
field.” But freedom, with white waving
plumes and clothed in beauty, rides fearlessly
into the lists, and signifies her readiness far
the fearful struggle. The two champions
face each other with mutual hate, their up
lifted lances glancing to the sun, and each
wailing for Ihe shrill blast of the signal trump'
of the 4th of November. The people, as if
in one grand amphitheatre, look anxiously
on each with a deep interest in the result of
the mortal struggle. And the almost univer
sal cry is : Give them a fair fight—a single
handed contest—no interference—no back
handed thrusts from third parties—and let us
see who will roll with broken lance in the
dust. “But,” continued Mr. Beecher, bend
ing and peering forward, as if he had just
discovered a new pnd strange sight in the
distance, "who is that crawling into the lists?”
At this interesting crisis in the speech an old
gentleman standing a little back of Beecher
on the stand was seen to bend his neck for
ward and look, with as much seeming anxiety
ns Beecher himself, for the man "stealing
into the ring.” “Who can it bo?” repented
the Speaker ; and then assuming a counte
nance of overwhelming astonishment, and
with uplifted hands, he exclaimed: “As 1
live it is Millard Fillmore!" whereupon the
old gentleman rushed forward to Beecher’s
side, yelling out: Is’t Fillmore ?—whore ?
where? 1 don’t see him!” Beecher be
stowed a most distressingly ludicrous' look
upon the old gentlemen,—looked still more
comically at the audience, arid, —but the tu
mult that followed we will not attempt to de
scribe,—Medina Tribune.
Hoar of Concord, Mass, is
dead. His name is chiefly connected with
Ihe mission sent by the Legislature of Massa
chusetts lo_the State of South Carolina! > n
reference to the illegal imprisonment by the
authorities of that State, ot the free colored
citizens of Massachusetts, taken from on board
vessels arriving at their ports. Hia mission
it will be repollected was brought to a speedy
close by threats of personal violence from a
mob in Charleston. But for. the presence of
his daughter who, fearing such a result, very
resolutely accompanied him, he doubtless
would have been killed. It is safer for a man
to travel in any land of canibals or naked
savages under Heaven, than for a freeman
who believes in the Golden rule of the Dec
laration of Independence to travel in one half
of the States of this beautiful Republic! Bles
sed be the “Union.”
The weather wise are predicting a mild
Winter. They say that when the sun “passed
the equinox” on the 20th of September, the
wind set (he whole day,(Vom the Southeast
giving us a warm storm, and that during sev
eral days the wind stood intbai quarter. This
prognosticates a continuanna or the same
character of weather for the next six months.
FBOH; KAXBAS. i
Mote Bbrder-Fbiffuin Outrage*—Suffer
ings iff the Free-State Settler* — Gov.
Geary a Liar , 1
Corrotpondeira ofjthe If. T> Tribune*
Lawrbrcg, K. T„ Mov. 5,1850.
Beingahead of your regular correspondent.
in receipt of the following intelligence, and
being also desirous that you should be kept
Well posted all. matters relative to Kansas
and the straggles of the Free-State men, I,
without further preface, send it you.
A Mr. Redfield, who came in with the party
under Colonel Eldridge, and who, with some
twenty others, have taken claims on the Pota
waiamie River, arrived here to-day, with n
report that their settlement was nightly dis
turbed and annoyed by incursions of AJissou
rians and Georgians who ore lingering 'about
the neighborhood of Bull Creek, endeavoring,
by a series of insults and outrages, not
amounting to on actual attach, la discourage
the Free-State men and make them abandon
their claims. Mr. Redfield look back a quan
tity of arms and ammunition for distribution
among his men, so that it is quite prpbable
that the diabolism of these scoundrel A may
yet cost them dear.
On Saturday last a company of these Geor
gians, slaying with a Pro-Slavery man by the
name of Jones, living an the Santa Pe Road,
assailed, wantonly and without any provoca
tion, a Mr. Sutton (Free State,) who. was
working peaceably on his claim—shot at him,
and drove him into his house, where they left
him with threats of murder.
Afterward, on the same day, this same
party of Georgians met a man (whose name
has escaped my memory) going to Westport
for a load of provisions, whom, on learning
that he was opposed to the admission of Kan
sas as a Slave State, one ol them immedi
ately that —the ball entering his hack, near
the region of the spinal column, and coming
out just below his heart. He is not yet dead,
but lingering in excruciating agony.
- The Committee have opened rooms in Law
rence for the distribution of the clothing and
provisions sent on here from the lit si. It falls
to my lot to assist in the disbursement, and 1
can assure you that I never had my heart so
sickening with sorrow as at the evidences of
suffering and wretchedness and inconceivable
deprivations which have been thrust upon our
people. From sunrise until sunset the rooms
literally swarm with applicants for relief—
men, women and children, haggard and pale,
and almost denuded with barrowing tales of
insult and outrage, and murder, and destruc
tion of their little all, by the onsets of these
worse than devils. Some have lived on baked
squash, others alone on pumpkins, some on
green corn ground in coffee-mills, end some
have been so harassed and hunted that they
can hardly (ell bow they have lived. Most
of these applicants are exceedingly intelligent,
and some whose tatters rustle in the wind, are
so highly educated that they would do no dis
credit to the most polished and gifted circles.
For God’s sake, Messrs. Editors, do all you
can to induce the North to send us more food
and clothing.
The infamous Clark, murderer of Barber,
passed through our town to-day, escorted by
about twenty dragoons, the despicable wretch
being too much ofraid to come among us
alone. So true it is that “ the wicked dee
when no man putsueth.”
F1T!660 OlhsrA-of <ka prido’ttoM Qt tiCCOfDp*
ton were acquitted yesterday, eight of whom
were, however, re-arrested on the charge of
having assisted in the destruction of Ti'us’s
house. The seven who reached Lawrence
came in to-day for change of clothing—noble
fellows, all of them—yet, in consequence of
being so huddled together in such a filthy hole
as their prison at Lecompton, they were phys
ically, about the most loathsome and abhor
rent set of men I have ever seen—a fact
which needs no comment.
About a week since, when Gov. Geary was
in the region of Osawatamie, be gave Martin
While, the assassinator of Frederick' Brown,
halfa dozen dragoons, that he (White) might
assist him in his arrests of Free-State men,
who are guilty of. nu earthly crime save that
of retaking from the Pro Slavery ists the prop,
eriy of which they have been robbed. This
is pacification with a vengeance!
In The N. Y. Timet of October 28, I see
a telegraphic account of Gov. Geary’s official
dispatches relative lo his arrest of Col. El
dridge’s parly. As one of that company,
appointed by Col.. Eldridge to assist h(m in
conducting the train, and being, therefore,
personally conversant with the facts as they
transpired, 1 have no hesitancy in saying that
if this dispatch be a correct version of Gov.
Geary’s official statement, then Gov. Geary
is an official liar. It is true that we had “ no
oxen” along with us, but I cannot well see
how this is to militate against us as peaceful
settlers, because qur horses were much more
servicable as beasts of draught, and assuredly
so for the farming purposes to which they are
now applied. As for the assertion that “ there
were no mechanic’s tools,” it is simply ti lie,
and Gov. Geary knows, or ought to know it;
the soldiers who made the search having bro
ken open one box of these specific tools.—
There were beside, some boxes which were
not disturbed. About the “ saddles sufficient
for a quarter battallion of cavalry,” I will
simply say that there were twenty-two, all
counted, and that these were brought along
by' Col.' Eldridge as property for private
speculation.. \
Neither were-we “ permitted to pursue obr
journey.” We were arrested as “ prisoners
charged with an invasion of the Territory,"
and conducted by United States troops to
Gov. Geary, into whose keeping Maj. Sibley
was ordered by Col. Cook to deliver us.—
These Were his “ written instructions," read
by him toColonel Eldridge,Genera) Pomeroy,
myself and one or two others. Neither,
when we reached Topeka,.were any “ apol
ogies’’ made for our " disiegard of Geary's
proclamation.” We threw ourselves upon
our constitutional rights, which we consid
ered above a thousand proclamations, insist
ing on this so much as to elicit from Gov.
Geary a promise from the unconditional sur
render of our arms, which promise it will be
wise in him to fulfill. Nor was there any
“disbandment with alacrity” hecduse’Gbv.
Geary .“ insisted on this." Haying reached
that portion of the Territory in which we de
signed ie eelile, I shoqlij like >9 know what
fcecessit jjber* was Ibt tfw continuance of any
farther qfganiiition ? ft '
• (Neithfcy dobs the 11 report of the emigrants
complaining of rough treatment from the
troops,” yi any way allude to Maj. Sibley,
hut to tbabigh banded outrages committed
on .the afternoon of our arrest... Maj. Sibley
is a polished and courteous’ gentleman, but
this does not alter one wh|t_the damning fact
that freemen, a free Territory,
were arrested on the high road by Adminis
trative power. /
i On the strength of the above-mentioned
document, 1 charge Gov. Geary with wilful
misrepresentation and falsification of facts,
in his futile endeavor to propitiate both par
ties, and reconcile the old eternal antago
nisms of serving God nod the Devil.
Richard Rbaup.
One of the aspects of the election of Bu
chanan which strikes us most unfavorably
is the evident and not ill-founded impression
which it gives to the ruling Southern politi
cians that they have bullied the North out of
her choice by threatening to dissolve the
Union. Thus The Charletlon Standard (S.
C.,) announcing the result, exults that
“The contest has been most momentous.
The fortunes of the Union were at stake upon
the issue, and we verily believe that much of
the reaction in Northern sentiment has re
sulted from the Arm and decided position that
was taken by the Southern Press. There
were enough of men at the North in favor of
restricting Slavery to have elected Mr. Fre
mont, but there were not enough who were
willing to risk the Union in order to effect
that object ;”and the South, therefore, even
beyond the influence of its own vole, is enti
tled to the credit of having saved the country
from the grasp of a most unprincipled adven
turer.”
In the same spirit, The Richmond Enqui
rer exults that “All danger of dissolution is
over. Slavery will hereafter be, ns it always
has been, the strongest bond and cement of
our, Union and proceeds to show that Sl
avery is growing popular everywhere ; for
“In 1800, more than si* per cent of the
population of New Jersey wers slaves, but
public opinion was opposed to slaveholding,
and she lound no difficulty in abolishing it.
Now Delaware does not own half so many
slaves in proportion to population as New-
Jersey did then, yet Delaware clings to
Slavery.
“We write this article thus early after the
election (which of itself, is another striking
evidence of the growing popularity of negro
slavery,) to show that negro slavery and the
Union must stand or fall together, and that
in talking of disunion, in event of Fremont’s
electjon we were but pointing out its inevita
ble consequence and administering salutary
warning. Thus we were advocating the cause
of Union, while those who talked of submis
sion were disunionists of the worst char
acter."
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“Union man as Mr. Wise has always been,
his patriotism was put to the hardest test
when he found it necessary to threaten a dis
solution of the Union, in order to prserve it.
Here again he took the lead, and was more
exposed to misconstruction, abuse and oblo
quy than any other man.
“But he did not stand alone; ibe whole
Democracy of the North and South stood by
him amt fought shoulder io shoulder with him.
We notice him especially because he has been
most vilified and abused."
Thus the Slava Power everywhere under
stands that it has won a great victory from a
reluctant majority by cracking its whip over
the head of the commercial and officeholding
classes at the North. And it will necessarily
infer that in case of a future resistance to the
revival of the Slave-Trade, the annexation
of Nicaragua, the .'seizure of Cuba, or any
kindred project, it has only to crack a little
louder and the North will succumb. Perhaps
this is so; and yet the last feather will break
the camel’s back now as ever. It may be
difficult to say now soon that point will be
reached, yet it is not safe to keep piling on
forever.— N. Y. Tribune.
United Stales Senator.
The Philadelphia Argus, of recent dale,
nominates the Hon. Ellis B. Schnable, as the
Democratic candidate for U. S. Senator, and
says, •* Such a selection would meet a hearty
and enthusiastic response from every section
of the Slate, for no man stands higher with
the masses of the people than docs this young
and singularly gifted Democratic Cham
pion.” Does the Argus ground his popular
ity “ with the masses" on the effect of bis
elocutionary powers in Bradford and Susque
hanna Counties, during the late campaign?
That he is " singularly gifted" we will not
pretend to dispute—for he is most amply pro
vided with that very necessary qualification
for Democratic champions, in common par
lance designated as wholesale lying, and is
particularly qualified to stand in the same de
basing and unmanly position now so ably
occupied by Bigler. Did we wish our State
to be lelotally mil-represented in the United
States Senate, we could not ask a better col
league for Beef Bigler.
Our potty have designated as their choice,
the Hon, David'! Wilmol or Hon. Simon Cam
eron. While'both are equally endowed with
ability for that high and responsible post, we
deem Mr. Cameron the most available man
for the present honor, [f we deemed the
election of Wilmol at all possible, he would
be our choice, most decidedly; but we con
sider the success of our parly necessary to
the welfare of our State, and we cheerfully
set aside all private preferences in order to
further that success. We believe however,
that in the event of the formal nomination of
Schnable, either of the above-named gentle
men would defeat him, notwithstanding bis
party hava d majority on joint ballot.— '-Cou.
dersport Journal,
Norfolk, Nov. s.—There was a violent
tornado here yesterday, doing much damage,
unroofing many housee. The new car house
of the broad railroad was blown down, seri
ously injuring Bor 10 persons. It is feared
others are under the ruins.
Mexico is again io so unsettled condition.
The Government overturned and a new revo.
lutiop having sway, Government in that un
happy Republic has op stability, and her
people live pp excitement,
All Hall, New Eaglaadl
II it an inexpressible gratification that the
New England Slates have given the Republi
can candidates each a noble vote. Fremont
and Dayton not only carry every- New-Eng
land Stale, but carry them by large majori
ties. All New England is steadfast and en
thusiastic for freeedbm,
The New England Slates are the model
Commonwealths of the world. The history
ol all ihe ages presents no such commuoitlea
of intelligent, virtuous and Democratic free
men as Massachusetts' and Vermont, and their
neighbor States. All sensible men agree that
these Stain number more intelligent and hoa
esl voters in proportion to the population—
more domestic and personal peace, knowledge
and goodness, than any other pact of tba
world.
Glorious New Englaad t the home of Dem
ocratic institutions, of free men, of free
thought, and unequalled personal and politi
cal freedom ! the land of Lexington, Bunker
Hill and Bennington—of free schools andi uni
versal education—of scholars and workers—
of writers, inventors, and philanthropists —af
Putnam,Sherman, Samuel Adams,and Stark
—is the chosen scene of universal Republi
can triumph. The East wing of the Repub
lican hosts, well strengthened by its number
less schools, colleges, churches and homes,
and invincibly armed with books, papers, and
free speech, has driven alt bjelbre it, and re
mains in triumphant possession of its post on
the held of battle, with all its free banners
streaming io'the November air, and its bright
eyed and strong-armed legions ready for fur
ther advance!
Every Republican can well be proud that
he belongs to a party which embraces all the
New England States. ‘ They never were
unanimous before, but now their proverbial
and unequalled intelligence, virtue, and prac
tical Democracy, rallied them all under the
banner of free labor and free soil. The de
scendants of the Puritans, of the Pilgrim
Fathers, and the Minute Men of *76, have ti
ken their immovable smnd on the side of free
dom.—Philadelphia Timet.
Southern View of Thanksgiving is
Tub Northern States. —The Baltimore
Sun, alluding to the fact that Thursday, No
vember 20th has been fixed upon by the
Governors of most of the Northern States for
the annual Thanksgiving, asks Where are
the Governors of the States South of Mary
land 7” The inquiry has provoked the fol
lowing rather snappish reply from the Caro
lina Timet:
“We are impressed (hat the Governor* of
the Slates South of Maryland are all ai home
and competent to decide for themselves when
it will be proper to fix upon a day to offer ut>
thanks to (fie Almighty far past blessings.-
The movement on the part of Northern Ex
ecutives is no criterion for Southern men.—
We are subject to no taw common and divine
and need '
“No bleeding bird nor bleeding beast.
Nor hysop branch, nor sprinkling pnesr.
Nor running bruok, nor lluod, nor set,
To wash a dismal slain away."
Il is meet and proper that (he miserable,
sin-stricken, pollu'ed and ungodly population
of the North should beg pardon Tor their black
sins recorded, committed against God, their
country and fellow men. As a generation
of vipers they ought to be warned to flee the
wra'h to come; yet we believe that the waters
of Jordan, Abana and Pharper would fail to
wash them and heal their leprosy, even though
they were to dip seventy limes seven. They
have much to be forgiven, and would advise
them to pray often—pray long and pray loud.
Baltimore, especially, ought to be coveted
with sack-cloth and ashes.”
Violent Hurricane in Illinois.—Sin
gular Efeets of the Storm.— Friday after
noon last, a wind storm fell with pitiless fury
upon the neighborhood residing about four
miles east of the city, on the old railroad
track. The cloud from which the wind came
was funnel-shaped, and black as midnight,
and went whirling and revolving through the
air after the fashion of an old time whirlwind,
spreading devastation and ruin along its path.
The storm fell with great fury upon the premi
ses of Simon Laughlin. It tore the roof from
his dwelling, and scattered the shingles along
its path for miles, burst out one of the side*
of the housed blew down his carriage house,
and the last that was seen of his carriage, it
was travelling as a land vehicle never travel
led before. It ia yet missing.
The fencing, for miles along the path of
the storm, was entirely swept away. Tha
large pond of water on the railroad track near
Kemp's farm, covering an area of about two
acres, was entirely scooped out; scarcely a
drop was led. It was remarked by those
who were watching the cloud, that instantly
after passing the pond it? color changed from
inky black to pure white. —Quincy Whig
Oct. 29.
Four Black Bears were killed in Pleasant
Valley township, week before last, by Messrs.
S. Palmer and Lewis Lyman, of Roulette
township. They were an old she bear and
three cubs. They had killed two sbefcp for
Mr. Lyman, and were devouring the same
when killed.
Appropos of hunting, we will state that a
young man named Rees, last week killed a
buck near this place which weiglted 239 lbs,
undressed, and bore a bead-dress of eleven
prongs. This is the largest deer we have
ever seen, and through the never-failing man
agement of 11 mine host” of the Coudersport
Hotel, we bad the pleasure of eating until our
digestive organs gave us warning that more
would be 100 much. Dan always has a table
spread with abundance and variety.—Cou
rier sport Journal,
The Underground Railroad appears to be
doing a large business. A report of the Al
bany Vigilance Committee—colored—states
that between the 12tb of Sept., 1853, and the
15th of July 1856, a period of ten months,
287 fugitive slaves passed through that city
on their way to Canada.
At the commencement of the present year
there were in the United States ab0u122,000
miles of railroad, employing about 6,000 lo
comotives. It is estimated that these taco mo-,
lives consume between four aqdftve ipiKtah
cords of wood'annually, the prodqcl of 4t
least 100,000 acros of woodlapd-
THE AGITATOR.
M. H. Cobb, --•• ••• Editor.
*,* All Business,atidolher Communicalionsmusl
be addressed to the Editor to insure attention.
WELLBBOEOUGH, PA.
Tintraday Morning, Nor. 30,1856.
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.