• The freedom.oT elections is liable lo ba irn
paired by the intrusion of unlawful voles, or
the exclusion of.iawful ones, by. improper in
fluences, by violence, orby -fraud. But the
people of the United Slates are themselves
Ibe alLsufficient guardians of their own
rights, and to suppose that they will not rem
edy, in .due season, any such iocidenls of
civil freedom ia to suppose them Ip have
ceasedlo bo capable of self-government.
The; President of the United States has
not- power to .interpose in elections, to see to
their freedom, id canvass their votes, or to
pats upon their,legality in the Territories any
mitre ilioo in the Stales. If be had speb
power the Government might be republican
in lawn, but it. would ben monarchy in fact;
and if be had undertaken to exercise it in the
case of Kansas, he would have: been justly
subject to (he charge of usurpation,, and of
violation of the dearest rights of. the people
of the United Slates. v .
-Unwise laws, equally with irregularities at
elections, are, in periods of great excitement,
the occasional incidents of even ihe freest and
best political institutions. Out all experience
demonstrates that in a country like ours,
where the right of self-constitution exists in
the completes! form, the attempt to remedy
unwise legislation by resort to revolution, is
totally out of place; inasmuch as existing
legal institutions afford more prompt and effi
cacious means for the redress of wrong.
1 confidently trust that now, when the
peaceful condition of Kansas affords opportu
nity for calm reflection and wise legislation,
either the Legislative Assembly of the Terri
tory, or Congress, will see - that no act shall
remain on its statute-book violative of the
provisions of the Constitution, or subversive
of tho great objects for which that was or
dained and established, and will lake allother
necessary steps to assure to its inhabitants
the enjoyment, without obstruction or abridg
ment of all the constitutional rights, privile
ges ant) immunities of citizens of the United
S'nles, ns contemplated by the Organic Law
of the Territory.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Washington , December, 2, 1866.
?rora the Squatter Sovereign, published at Atchison, K. T.
Au». 22, 18S«.
The Signs of the Time*.
It is with feelings which we had feared we
should never more enjoy, that we receive'the
pews from Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Jer
sey, New York, Illinois and Ohio, which be
tokens that there is yet in the North patriots
enough led, to master the demon fanaticism,
which seemed about to destroy that glorious
temple, cemented by the Wood 6f our revo
lutionary sires. It is now certain that Mr.
Bccuasas is elected President, and that
Congress which goes into power with him,
will be as sound and notional on the great
question which has been shaking our very
foundation stones, as any which has assem
bled in Washington for years past. If the
South will only rouse herself for one more
effort, before another year shall have closed,
Kansas will be admitted as a slave Stale into
the Union, and the slavery question settled
forever. Now is the lime for action ; while
the freedom ahriekers have been! defeated at
every point. Beaten at the ballot box, beaten
in the “ tented-field,” driven in disgrace from
our Territory, or else confined in prison wail
ing their deserts for the crimes committed by
them. Now when we shall have a President
and Congress who are elected upon the ques
tion of our right to admission with a slave
State Constitution, should we frame one, can
the South refuse to come up to meet the ene
my once more ?
Next winter or by spring at farthest, tho
vote will bo taken for the election of members
to a convention for forming a Stale Constitu
tion. Wo hove now in the Territory between
60 and 70,000 people, and before the nexf.
Congress assembles we shall 1 probably have
double that number. AH we have to fear
then, is, that the South will not feel the un
importance there is for a great effort. Every
Slate must arouse and do their utmost. So
far we have been successful; but should we
lose this election, all our efforts, all our sacri
fices, all the privations we have endured, all
the opprobiuSts heaped on us by our ene
mies, will have been endured for nothing—
•eld the South not only have lost the finest
country for slave labor on the earth, but she
would be the laughing stock for the world.
One more effort then; strong, united,,deter
mined, and the question will be settled to our
satisfaction for ever, and pur wives and chil
dren can sleep in peace; nol dreaming of a
dismembered Union, civil war and its attend
ant horrors. We think that once more “ the
country is safe.”
New Codntebpbit.—A new counterfeit
on the Bank of Geauga, Ohio, is in circula
tion. The fraudulent note purports to be a
two, and is thus described: It is probably
from a genuine pluia of some bank and is
well calculated lo deceive. Vignette, a man
aad woman separated by an oval design in
lathe work, on which is a heavy figure two.
The right hand of the man rests on a plow,
and the left hand with a very long forefinger,
is intending to grasp a rake. The woiqbd
holds a-distaff in her right hand and amilk
pail to her (eft. On each aide of the vig
nette is a figure two, scroll work with a Cu
pid in tho body of the 3. The end. pieces
are alike and consist of a figure two, die work
and a fancy female head. The tail piece
is a full rigged shift.
Look out for counterfeit two dollar noted
on the Bank'or Nonh-America, Seymour,
Connecticut. Also, on the bank of North
America, Providence, Rhode Island, of the
same issue. They have a spread eagle,for
vignettes with (ha portrait of Clay pa ihe
lower right hand corner, god a figure of Jus.
lice on (be left.
The Lancaster Bank has closed its doors
and suspended payment. Holders of the
notes will.do well,to hold on.and not dispose
of them at a sacrifice, as the asset%are tho't
ample for the disbursement of outstanding
notes.
Gov, Pohlocx, on ihe ‘6th ult., signfed the
following acts of the LegislatureAn Act
relating to Banks, Saying, 'Trust and Insu
rance Companies; an A<n allowing bills df
eioeptipn end writs of errtir in critpinal ca'.
sea; a supplement to the act regulating pfp
ceedings in Courts of Justice and for other
purposes, approved 6th May, 1844.
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THE ACgHjAlOt.
*•* All Bosinesa,aud other Communications most
be addressed to the Kditor to i mure attention. - -
wb&sbqb(Wgh, pa. ;' ■ ■
Thursday moraine, Dec. 11.18 SC.
Rev. A. A. : MA«»L*, tia»ihg been elected Libra,
rian oC The Welleboro’ Library, reqaeiU the «tock.
holders to return the books wliieb thuy now .hold.
Office 2d door from (he Post Office. ( : j ■
MrrM.'H. Abbey, of Westfield, has our sincere
thanks Tor the interest he manifests in the welfare
of Thi Agitator. A few such friends would soon
render a power press necessary to ■ supply our' edi
tion.; The.matter, yf ythioh by write? deserves in
vestigation. Tiro papers will bp .sent as proposed.
Mr. R. M. Paarr has jusi rcceived a new aud-en-
Urged stock of Groceries and Confectionery, which
be offers to the trading public on reasonable terms.
His Oyster Saloon.is open at all reasonable hoars.
See his advertisement
Winter is down upon this elevated region with n
white Bear snap. Hot much snow yet, but plenty
of ice and frost Young America glories in Hoi.
land skates manufactured in the land of nutmegs.
Young America is harmlessly engaged—let him
slide.
“Political Preaching.”
We quota this capliou because there u very
good reason for believing that it baa been, like Tom
Benton's Boston speech,copyrighted; and because
it is a frequent text dribbling from Die pens of Bor
der-Ruffian editors in (be central, southern and east
ern parts of this Slate. 1
The clergy must be s very obstinate class. Why,
gentlemen of the cloth, how is it ? We con testify
to the fact that yon have been commanded to cease
troubling (lie political waters by these tripodial cen
sors hundreds of times during the last two years!
Yet you disobey daily. Indeed, ye mast bo a per
verse people. It is beginning to be whispered that
you don't know upon which side yonr bread is but
tered ; that yob are walking nncOnccrnedly into the
very jaws of starvation; and that you are meddling
wilh concerns which,'tike pitch, will defile yon!
A groat many people are now afflicted wilh the
ague of astonishment in view of this clerical obsli.
nacy. Some must waste away into melancholy
shadows unless (he clergy come down. Many of
these afflicted editors have spent years of time and
acres of twaddle in crying down this obstinate
class. Not for political offences, but because they
were clergymen. Now it is all changed. The call
ing is justnow discovered by these aguish editors
to bo one of exceeding holiness and involving great
responsibilities.
We once had the pleasure of listening to a dis
course from the pulpit devoted to the sinfulness of
gsmbling. Its denunciations clove the moral atmos
phere like bolts of lightning and fell upon guilty
hearts to rive and sear (Item like unquenchable fire.
Many a face overlapping faultless linen and unim
peachable broadcloth, glowed with shame and writh
ed in anger, and here and there one mote Indignant
than others, arose and flung out of the church. Still
the man with a white neckcloth kept on unabashed,
and we detected a fearless gleam in his eye ss one
of his best paying members went out. He looked
intensely satisfied.
These indignant individuals declared that they
would never patronize that rascally minister again ;
that they hired him to preach the Gospel, not tem
perance and morality. They nurted their wrath.
These indignant men were gamblers. They had
debauched half the young men in the town; and
they had bled more than one mother's heart in .!•••*•■
Is it any wonder i i.ei they Would not sit under tho
preaching of a man who conceived it to be his duty
to preach against every kind of ein?
Again, we listened to a sermon against ramsell
ing. Three rumsetlers arose nod flung out of the
house in great wrath. One man who had a tavern
stand for rent, followed suit. Two sycophants fol
lowed him. Glancing around, we saw that some
two hundred respectable people kept their seals, in
blissful ignorance of any wrongdoing of tho preach
er.
Upon another occasion wc listened to » discourse
from the lips of a South Carolinian minister. He
was a roan of more than ordinary ability, and hia
text bad to do with a certain king who would in
sist upon men making brick without either straw or
pay. He depicted the wrongs of that people elo
quently. He said nothing about the "institution”
in a home sense, bnt. ho waa waited on by a com
mittee the next morning and informed that, as they
paid him for preaching the Gospel pnd not Abolition
—be most pack I And this happened in a Free
Stale!
Again we beard a sermon denouncing the vice of
lying, especially as practiced by jockeys and others
who pride themselves on during “close bargains.”
One horse jochoy and two cattle speculators were
heard next day to denounce the preacher is a ‘ d—d
upstart !“ No deputation of deacons waited on the
offender, however.
To preach the Gospel!
. And what is it to do that 7
'‘Behold, I bring you glad tidings of gnat joy
WHICH SHALL SI TO ALL VIOPLK 1 .”
We may assume (hat these “glad
the Gospel as given by tbs Master. Nowhere does
he neglect to denounce evildoers. The scoffing Sad.
ducee and the Self-righteous Pharisee were dealt
with unsparingly by this Master Preacher. Wrong
and Oppression were not ignored in his discourses.
Be met denunciation and Calumny with a Godliki
calmness, turning neither to life right nor lira left.
No wrong under the sun escaped his condemnation.
The Gospel makes no distinction between Individ,
nal and national sins. Can wo read Ilia apostrophe
to Jerusalem, sprinkled as the was with the blood of
(lie prophets, and say that be was blind, to the sins
of nations 7 Do we hear the denunciation of Bab
ylon, Ninevab, : Sodom and Gomorrah, ftom prophet
lips, and still prescribe rales for'those, .who preach
to-day 7 Does the desolation of Idumea teseh no
lesson? Does Judah, rent and scattered; Egypt,
once so glorious, now forgotten among the nations—
do nook of these teach tbe.greal ieuonof ; dnly 7
Example is a great preacher.:; He thatshansovil
denooncca lt, hytXio dime token. _ Ha .that (offers
wrong to exist without protest, in some sort approves
iL It is.so. beneficently ordered .in the great.Elan
that nonh may shut, thoir eyea and lipaand foldlheir
hands and remain iq guiltless oblitioiutteu of.lbp
wrong by man inflicted upon man .... r
< A paper before us has a few' word* to say jn re,
gard to a “political sermon” preached on ThaplgL
giving Day, just over the moerptqin., The editor ev
idently knows what it Is tqpimp for bis bread and
batter.,. Bo baia fine conception of what consti
tutes a Christian character.' Juki betr biip:
“There are men among ns who itiß adhere to tho
ancient delusion, that' churches aid deslgned and
sh'odld fid dshd' exclusively iortheworkhip oftbe
Crkalor.-and Whd under this antiquated, notion.Coq
tribms largely pf their ftinrff for. the,, erection of
phnrch buildings apd for the maintenance pf thr
clergy. " '■ l3
rISE
f •s
ty b»pptned lhiV;Ulergyteat|jof Williamsport,
dsrifto denuanqlukgiio politi(£| sin* in
Day. Tbefplelhoricpniised
gqnQmen indirtcfly reined tqJtMbe
graph, got ap and went oat of cborch. They wen
"men"who, actording’tb out
ly Ip bqildfhppehessod »nd
theh lLiris tfisl the snin of Christian duly'la fulfill,
od—that they have thus' purchased an indulgence
fat a lifetime. We fiaye read of this kind of.pfiria,
tuns somewhere, and it strikes us that they once
formed a sect under the name of "Pharisee*." We
fememljer bow they) can trihotijd largely, W. .bnlid a
gorgeous temple, andjiow they drove out the Great
Preacher'&eeause'he did hot preach to suit them,'
And how they often went a way'wroth and saying,
“He hath a devil!’-’ and all this they did because
the Preacher dared to denounce sanctified evil 'do a
temple built to worship God in! These men used
logo out on (be atreet corners and prayi saying-*
"Lord, we! thank thee (hat we are not as other men,
“ eren as yonder publican!" Happy follows, were
those Pharisees, baskingin the parhelia of self-right
eoosnes*; and. when the Preacher .let- the beams of
the true Son down npop the ftoien cloud, their light
vanished, the cloud dissolved, No wonder they
drove him out and crucified idm.
These are warnings fo preachers. They, being
interpreted, mean, "preach ail around'the truth, but
don’t preach it.” Don’t disturb men's consciences,
Don't preach shout any little .vice jtlul some plelho
ffc pursed parishioner has a weakness for. This is
the meaning of the warnings. Were wo a preacher
such Christians should butter our bread willingly or
not at alt.
Wo last week received a visit Item Rev. A. H.
Sbortleff, agent of the Kansas Aid Society. { He has
just returned from a two months’ tqur in dial Terri,
tory and his relation of facts corroborates those re
ceived through public and private leltcr.writers.
Mr. S. reports the Territory in a stale of compar
ative quiet. Border Ruffian outrages having subsi
ded into legal tyranny in the Court of Judge Le.
compte. That worthy is now engaged in senten
cing Free Stale men to the chain-gang for defend
ing (heir lives and property from outrage and depre
datlon at the bands of ruffians. He is reported as
doing (his with all the nonchalance of a Jeffries,
as if It were the most laudable business in the
world. He likewise admits murderers to bail, if
(hey chance to be Ruffians. How long will this
people submit to this legalised tyranny 1
Mr. Bhurtleff addressed b large audience in the
Court House daring his visit. He succeeded in
raising upward of 9100 in this place, which goes
to furnish food and raiment to our suffering friends
in Kansas. Thonks to the librrtlily ot the givers.
Mr. S. has much confidence in Gov. Geary, It is
hoped (lilt that confidence is not misplaced. The
hope that it is not rests not upon anything he lias
yet done so much as upon the tone of the Ruffian
journals, an article i>am the principal of which will
be found in another column.
Mr. S. wishes to raise a company of sturdy men
to go with him to Kansas from this place, next
March. Those who wish to settle in that beautiful
country are now called npon to came forward and
pul down their names. The names may be left at
this office. ,
Tbo Message.—We publish the important
part of Frank Fiorco's last composition, in another
place. As U) quantity and quality, we are reminded
of the retort of a Connecticut schoolmaster who
“boarded around,” when on old lady said of her
fare—“lt is good, what there is of it!" “There’s
enough unless it's better!” retorted the pedagogue*
Does anybody remember the rhymes—
“ O, were you ne’er a schoolboy
And did yon never train.
And feel that swelling of the heart
Yon ne’er will tad
Tt— fc.t...rtaoie rrank mnst'have had those stirring
lines running in his head when he wrote his Mess
age. It will play the deuce with the race of petti
foggers the land over. They will say, each to him
self—“ Well, well; if the writer of that composition
got to be President, so may I.” And so we gShall
see every fifth-rate lawyer in the country trying to
poll the Presidential chair down to him.
The Message is simply and only a boyish plea in
justification oi his wicked deeds. It sounds hollow,
like a voice from the tomb. It is a new thing to
hear a dead man plead his own cause, and still it
is certain that Frank Pierce is defunct. It is ?vi
dent that the document was written under a species
of spiritual influence—of Custom House brand.
Pettifogging of the baldlaco order; perversions
of historical facts; assumptions without the half
way genuineness of bastardy to rest upon; false
conclusions without the merit of plausibility ; these
are the distinctive features of the Message. It Is a
politics! harangue, wordy, but not eloquent, and be
fitting the man who rewards murderers, swindlers,
cowards, pimps and scoundrels generally, with place.
The reader will observe that the North is all to
blame in the Kansas troubles—so Mr. Pierce says.
. Congress convened an the Ist instant. After the
usual preliminaries Mr. Phelps, of Missouri, pre.
sented the credentials of J. W. Whitfield, delegate
from Kansas,and moved that he he sworn in. Here«
upon Mr. Gsow arose and objected, an tha ground
that Whitfield was elected under the law of a bogus
legislature, so decided by the last Congress, On a
vote Mr. Whitfield was rejected by 104 to 97.' Mr*
Glow then made an efibit to table the motion bat
was unsuccessful.
The Republicans stood up to their duty nobly.
Especial praise is due to our member, Mr. Grow, for
hit services on this occasion, ’ The freemen of (bis
District may well be proud of their choice; for not
withstanding the epithets bestowed upon him by the
more abandoned of his dppofifents, he is attracting
the respect and esteem of every friend of Freedom.
There is no later Congressional news of general
interest
“ IMIU •Dorril.”—This latestwork of. Dickens
has been issued from the prolific press of T. B. Pe
terson,lo2 Chestnut st., Philadelphia, in .onh well
printed octant volume. “Lillie. Dorrit n opens, up
fresh. glimpse* of life,and. inculcate* the sweeties,
seta ot Charity toward the, victims of adverse cir
cumstances. Better than all, it shows how ic(upeas
nrabiy brighter glows the virluoussoul after having
drsined lho bitter oup qf Misfortune. This work
lacks in some of Dickon’s finer points; but as on ex
pose of the system,at the faultsof tyhjcfa it aims, it
isadmitable. : Bont,by mail for!2s cents. .
'' We have justglintdd at lberfiagnihcent Jannary
No; trfGodeyVLady’s 6ook knd : ihust admit tfaat
in tho way of a Lady’s Magakioe it atandwiwb
ahetvea higher than ils dbtreSt -cdmpetilor. - » Some
body has carried it off and we blame Utsm.
It shbWs Bbl wo forget Ilia titloof the
«ngnvlttj4lkf|hl bobk,' and miny othenbiugi men
lionsble, 'WoWillfutnlah it and <he -Agitator I one
year for $3. Commence Dow.soar to get the full
year. ' . . </mi.-if. ■
, ..$» Juiuaiy'mimbef'of’l^
ua,very Mcellent'nil|iWi'.'We ate plcafed
tonopea a finoengraylng, much above the ordinary
merit, white its Ftsiubo £lile’’ 'jpurtspitihe ladid*
tok T; : We
will fiitnish [t and |6’i Agitator for s2#,' &Werlbe
ttoW. ' ‘ '
* Ci&UlntX AGITATO#*
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iBE fIBSIfAI IK THE HOUSE,
Medal jcispatcb B. T. Tribune. ; f
f ■'£ Dec. 1, 1856. '<
'TtrtTnew corapeneafioa law brought e-full
.BtieodaoceJn the House. One hundred and
ninety-three answered to the call, and the ag
gregalß {jtttoeh&|%Af9|'
the newly-elected members were sworn in,
Whitfield,'confident in his strength, offered
hit dredentiafaj' through Mr. Phelps of Mis
souriv- Mr. Grow at onco raisedan.objection,,
which,he abandoned, last.session;. the
appciris’orHisfViends,' ogainst'w ddmibistrai-'
tion of the oath upon tliapapers. presented. ,
Mr. Phelps contended that (the proceeding
was usual, and not calculated to affect the
material, issue, which would come up on the
report from the Committee,', bp Election.—
Campbell opd others Jnierppsed for p tempo:
rary suspension, to allow the appointment of
a committee to wait on the President, which
was granted.
Afterward Mr. Grow reviewed the Whole
case,' showing the action of the House’ upon
the. reporl.of the, Invesiigaiihg Cbminittee at
the last session; the eaten! of the frauds com
mitted, and the character of the invasion:from
Missouri, concluding.by demonstrating that
even if the lows of tlie Bogus Legislature were
valid, Whitfield still only represented a con
stituency, embodying oppression, and was not
entitled to a seat. Hi? speech was well put
in its positions, and attracted deep interest in
the hall and galleries.
Mr. Phelps) reply was characterized by
the same special pleading which has hereto
fore marked this discussion, without introduc
ing any new or imposing arguments. At its
close the house, unexpectedly ts itself, came
to a vote, and.seven majority were recorded
against Whitfield's admission. This result
produced an electric effect on nil sides, none
being prepared for such a demonstration.
Mr. Washburn, of Maine, was brought in
from a sick bed just as the vote was anou ne
ed. ,
Messrs. Fuller, Broom, Whitney, Valk
and Moore,, voted for Whitfield, and Scott,
Harrison announced the same purpose on
coming in too late. Bayard, Clarke, Haven,
and Bull, went with the Republicans.
Promptly, upon the result being promul
gated, Mr. Grow moved to reconsider and
lay that motion on the table, to clinch the
nail effectually, but the Democracy, though
stunned by the concen'ration and force of the
Republican side, rallied, and then commenc
ed a series of parlimenlary 'performances.—
Motions to adjourn, motions to call the ffouse
and other expedients'were employed, one
another, to weary out the majority, and
give time for new accessions to their strength.
They began the day counting without their
host, and would conclude it in the hope'of
gaining reertforcements to-morrow.
The Republicans stood their ground nobly,
and conscious .of having gained a great tri
umph thus far, an adjournment was carried,
to reuew the struggle recruited to-morrow.
Beloit, Wis. Nov. 24,1858.
Rev. J. F, Calkins, Dear Sir : Believ
ing that a few words about Wisconsin Schools
would be favorably received by you, I pro
pose to give a simple statement of their con
dition, ns lar us I am familiar wiih them. At
present every effort Eduqa-i
•i 1 aaxfance dd u’da ii oflaTin lereBl s. A vig
orous qnd determined resolution has been
agreed upon to introduce a uniformity of
school books into every school in the State,
as soon as possible. For this object lam de
voting every working moment. The Eclectic
series, (decided to be of superior mem) are
fast becoming the only text-books used in
the schools of Southern Wisconsin and we
hope before another year shall draw to a
close, lo see them introduced throughout the
entire Stale. I find the schools, as an aggre
gate in a more healthy and prosperous condi
tion than in either Pennsylvania, or New
York 1 think lam justified in making the
assertion; and when I say it, I speak 'with
all due deference id the Stale lo which
your efforts are directed,and also of New'
York, my own native Stale.' Our teachers
are mostly from ihe East, although Wiscon
sin is doing nobly in the cause of education,
she will soon produce, teachers pecqliarM her
system qf instruction! Union Graded Schools
conducted under an admirable system can be
seen in almost every village where (here is a
population sufficient lo warrant' one. The
School buildings are generally superiorin'ap
pearance anti roominess, to those of New
York, and more pleasantly and tastefully ar
ranged. fn selecting ihe grounds for’a school
house, every endeavor is made to select that
spot, yielding the greatest attractions. Sipne
is principally ,osed in.l heir construction. The
Cily of Beloit has two" large Union Graded
Schoojs; one Female Seminary, and a Col
lege either of which would be an ornament
and dp. honor to any State of our Union.—
The City of Janesville is not behind in her
devotion to the cause of popular education.
Tbe.gepiusof enthusiasm that manifests itself
in the diffusion of useful knowledge also per
vades every department of Wisconsin enter
prise, These are simply tpy opinions written
with a running pen, and you must take therp
for what they are wqrih,
Very lespecifully yours,
■ ...;; ' IB,A s; SMITH. t(
. [We are permitted lo publish llie foyegoing
by the person to whopt. it is addressed. Ed.j
, ItS"Own agree With the
'poga Agitator iftai the Republican party
must island upon its own merits in' the cam
paign of 1860, , A.clean ticket must' be par
hopp f ,npd no nmrb,. treating with p fbctloja
that pormits lfie S and
(o jigsd into the jays < bi‘.(fefe|t.
The,,.grea|.
which Me send
enough. and sl,f .(bj if aj; pit rfyl and
.is <*6,006, a, majoriiy.cf iho .ppopje tctlZ rally
.round. Lei us jifivetnb fusionwiih/our ene
mies, 'blit a itrdighl' ticlceK—Slair Co.
LpltersTrbnrthh SoulhfbCol. ' FueSonT,
witnin the past - foar'monltis/have been re
peatedly intercepted sod-broken-open. ■ One
PoatyQaWtferr in Virginia even Went si) farasto
reftise' td' rrfailsr 'lelfer addressed b fyw Virgin
ia'lady to MrsV PBEMowr-, Whbisa relative
~tW P<Sitma»terdeciarlng'tharnb feliefWith
Ihat addrcst UpbnTt’cbtifd be mailed at his
office, And he kept his word.-
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;Anothcr Got. Wise.
£ Rn&Konn, Vf., Oct. 22,1856.
3 Deai* Sijjt j—l asaOfb you that it would
'give mb roorA pfeasurtNhan it could afford
my friends in New York,jo gojo city
and address the Democracy upon tneissues
'oTlhtJ.pOtjdiqg; and'l perilous can
vass. But my official duties compel me to
decline speaking anywhere which will require
a day’s absence. ; F urn now Jabor-
Jog..under .a aeyere.cold and cough, which,
for the present, would prevent me fromspettk
■itjg and 1 don’t know when my lungs
.wilL.be in a stats . to alloyv .jnejo address a
large mass, such as usually collects,in your
mammoth metroplis of trade. r '
'1 have fought the good fight in the Geld
which 1 fell to my pari of the action, and I trust
in God.that, by the example of the Virginia
Democracy ever, faithful, never defeated, ihe
parlies of the country will be purified, and
the country itself will be saved. Pennsylva
nia and Indiana' have come into
lipb. .Will hoi NeW'Vork resume the sceptre
of empire,' and use il to save and hot destroy 1
Will she 11 muzzle the ox that (readeth out
corn 1 Will she to like the' fool in the mob
of Hogarth, who, in his frenzy, forgot that he
was sawing, between himself and the post?
Will she not see that ifthe ‘sign’falls she
must fall with it—that if the tjnion of these
Stales falls, the fall of New York will bo the
gieatest of all the States? 1 1 tell you that
Virginia has armories for otiefbundred thous
hnd men in twenty-fourjhonrs by the watch;
and I tell you that she has men enough' to
take'up arms rather than to subjected to
Black Republicanism. I tell you (hat if mere
forms are depended upon to subdue her, and
lo destroy her civil and religions liberty, her
Slate equality and-sovereignly, and her fed
eral guarantees in ihe Union, that she will cut
her bright way through them I I tell you that
the first flash of resistance will make an ir
resistable revolution, and the first law of rev
olution is to break (he bonds which bind to
oppression, I tell you whatever be the result
of this election, we must have peace in earn
est or wHt in earnest.
Yours truly, Henrt A. Wise.
fior. Oearyr a Second Jackson.
We have just learned that our Governor is
endeavoring to ape the immortal “ Old Hero,”
by ordering the arrest of a man whom Judge
Lecompte had released on bail, the Governor
thinking that the Judge had not acted rightly
in (he case. We presume Ihe next move will
to arrest and imprison the Judge, should he
release the prisoner under the write of habeas
corpus , still more lo personate, or rather to
ape the Old Hero.
But seriously, this is really the climax to
everything perpetrated by the knave Reeder
or the fool Shannon. In a time of profound
peace—for which Gov. Geary has ordered a
day of general thanksgiving—a Governor to
trample under foot the edicts of the highest
judicial officer in the land, and call upon the
military to execute what he conceives to be
justice, is certainly the most supremely stupid
piece of high-handed outrage —we won't dig
nify it by the name of tyranny—that has yet
beep enacted in Kansas.
The man must surely be insane An abler
lawyer, or more honest man than Judge Le
comple does nql j.iyp j().tiiisTftfrilory...and
aoveruOTG"wiU" find, we opine, that he does
not lack the nerve to discharge his duty
against any, wheather they be in low places,
or highly dignified.
We are very much surprised lo see that
the Leavenworth Journal thinks the President
will justify the Governor in this outrage.—
President Pierce is 100 good a lawyer for|ihat.
This is a beautiful commentary upon the
Governor’s first text —" That (he laws must
be obeyed.” Ifhe can set the decisions of
the Court at defiance, surely every one else
may do the same. President Pierce must
surely have appointed all our Governors on
Friday, lo have been so very, unlucky.—
Squatter Sovereign, Nov. 32.
Literary Intelligence.—“ The Recol
lections of a Lifetime,” by S. G. Goodrich,
describing (he authentic history of the veri
table Peter Parley, is announced for Speedy
publication by Miller, Orton|& Mulligan.—
The.wort, comprises the personal- leminis
cencies of the author for upward of half a
century, together .'with an account of numer
ous public events which have happened da
ting his life time, end of which he has been
a witness or a participator. ■ Mr, Goodrich
has,had a remarkable and interesting-career.
As an author or editor, he haa-publisbed no
less than one hundred and seventy, volumes,
tho-sales of which amount to the. enormous
number of seven millions of copies. He was
O:private soidler in.the war of 1912, with
England. He. was a close observer of the
proceedings of (he Hartford Convention, and
was personally acquainted .with moat of its
members. He has crossed Atlantic six
teen limes, and was a witness of the French
Revolution, of, 1848, and of thecoup d’etat
of Louis Napoleon. With the variety,of an
ecdote, incident, and description introduced
in this work, by such a master of pleasant
nanative style as Peter Parley, it cannot;fail
to .present great.and various attractions.—iV,
■Y. Tribune, Oct. 25th,
AS
Itx'tb Without Tasks.— The Stale
■of Texes is id'an a most enviable condition
in regard to her finances. She is the. envy
of the country. Her Comptroller, in' a re
cent report presents the following flattering'
picture of her condition: “ The State is
•blit bf' debt, with a .surplus of over a million
of ddllars ‘in the treasury—permanent 6
perisebf school fond 'of leirmil lions bfdol lets j
|att nnapprdpriale public domain estimated at
onohubded -millions oF’acres, which, if judi
oiOusly usedj Wdtild subserve all the purposes
■of iniernal iraftrovbnjents- required by ’the
Slate, and a tax lighter, lhan is-'imposed onj
•anyfetfcer people, and : Which iif adequate to
nll the Wants of lhe Government." ’ The agJ
grecaie aniount of taxable' prepertyis 1 Very
nearly being an increase ol
822,500-000 over l the previous year. - ■
v HEAyy BnHQXABx Yenk.-^
burglary to the amount of $40,d00 was com
jilted on Messrs. Schuller it Hurd, 34 Broat
8, /® el N - Y- bn, Saturday night. Tbb'bur
gUfa yreie discovered IWpaeTvdnt girls
who Were aroused 6y'tye i] ifevds ‘end who
advised theipdlite'.' The officers facov&ed
the goods and' arre&ted fiVe. burglars, whp
locked up waiting examination.
?y - f-f. :•
n■J c ■ ,
lf -ThS • T
11 we expected little from the last dying
:dh andconfession of President ’“Pierce,
ikvetiotbeen disappointed. ItisMof
ik sophistries, unmeaning generalities and
sulous worthy a stomp
■Cb before am’election, to say uotbingof a
lie document emanating (hurt the Presi
fonder the requirements of tbo Constitu
-1 If any lone; hen the courage to read it,
im do so,' but not by our advice; Jtrsiil
ime sadly misspent. ; There was not a
ip speaker of the smallest cSlibre one
in since, who could not have given a more
prehensive argument than Ibis message
ainsi The fact is Mr. Piebob ’ finds no
made a great mistake in trying toout>
sgogue Judge Douglas in subservience
ib South’, and being.ashamed to ackoow«
e that he. was duped, tries to braaeoit
dppei
wish
weal
ridip
publi
dent
tionl
The country understands the whole
i terahd will laugh at the untoward efforts
he Presidents disembarrass himself. Be
eludes by saying that he ahali prepan
orrender tbe Executive trust to (tissue*
jor, and retire to private, life, with seats*
ots of profound gratitude tolbe good-ProV
nce"—and to this alii the people. will r*
md “ Amen!”— Phila. Sun,
Striking Sennas at a Gam« Table—
The Spirits on Gaming. —As a company
of pur fast young men were busy over the
card table, a few evenings since, a singular
noise attracted their attention. It wasof so
unusual a nature that they immediately pegao
to look about for its cause. It was repeated
in another direction. Something more than
cu tiosity was excited, and playing was a lis
ps nded. Immedaiely one of the company
dropped into what the spiritualists call a
tnnce, and proceeded to titter, as if from his
father, a homily against gambling and its as*
sejeiale vices. This was followed by an ad*
monition purporting to come from a deceased
sister of one of the company, couched in such
a jsisterly feeling, that the whole group were
irresistibly moved to tears. There was no
more card playing that night. None of (hose
present were 1 relievers in spiritual manifesta
tions, and the scene was unexpected to all.—
Whether it wps indeed spiritual, or is capable
of somq other solution, is a question. It was
told at, a religious meeting, on Sunday, and
we have no doubt that it occurred subslan
ti illy as we here repeat it. —Springfield Re
publican, Nov. 10.
| Tebbifio Gale at Louisville. —The
Louisville Courier, of Saturday, says ;
i Yesterday afternoon our city was swept by
a| high wind, that, for a few. moments, was
almost equal to a tornado. It came from tbe
south east, unrooting several houses, blowing
down a few walls, tearing away awnings, and
Sweeping every moveable thing from its path
ijn a twinkling. The mercury in tbe barom
eter bad fallea to a lower point lhat n had
peached at any time during tbe season, a sure
indication of rainy and stormy weather.—
Many buildings were unroofed, and consider
able damage dona to properly,
i The Jeffersonville ferry boats were unable
to leave tbe Indiana shore, and did not make
a trip until ta'e in the evening. The wind
was blowing directly across tbe river, and a
fleet of empty flat-boats, at the upper landing,
W ore loro from iheir fastenings and swept to
(he other side of the river, in an incredible
short space of time.
The telegraph wires were prostrated in all
directions by the high wind, sad werecetved
no despatches last night.
1 1 Pity *ns ’tis Rake.—We lately stated
that a gentleman who died in Botetourt coun
ty i Va., a few months ago, devised his entire
property, estimated at 910,000, to one of bis
sisters, and after his death that she destroyed
his will, and divided his properly equally be
tween a brother, sister and herself. This rare
dnd noble exhibition of the unselfishness of a
sister’s love is not unique. We know of one
lovely parallel, and the New York Mirror
iays a similar case occurred a short lime
iince in New Haven. A gentleman died
there leaving his estate amounting to several
hundred thousand dollars, to a married daugh
ter, and cutting off his sons with a trifling
jsum. The daughter, with, the full concur
rence of her husband, destroyed her , father’s
will, as in the above case, end divided her in
heritafice with her brothers, Teserving to her
self only one equal share. Legally, the
property was hers, but not kd morally / shb
could keep it only ’by wronging her brothers 1
Such instances of right ttlumphing over sel
fishness are indeed rate; and therefore the
more deserving of praise v Publi'c appro ba
it on 6f one’s own conscience cannot fail to
attend conduct so rtflgnehimons.— Sun. '
M-A-B- R-I-E-I»-
In Weilsbprn', Bth iiut., Mr.THOMAB B. BRV
DEN and Mias BBJUEAH E. STRAIT, by bWa.
A« Harpies 1
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lhe ,r .dvantage to locals in Kansas. : .lt> rbo,t
beautiful country od the continent. land only tl 2i
icrffand We will take alt who desire lo
Bnflklo to Learonwbr lll, -ftr tei Address *
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.Speiety,Watkins, Jl./g.-, ,
• ! ' Atd’For Kuniiu,
THpSEiwboidMireito dohlribofo to lbs relief of
. '7® can send tbeir; contri-
aaw
tahci lhUl «iyy dollar will be appropriated to lbs
Sttfliring eCUlera ihtre. All win
I be iakbowlfidged in iho Agitator," '
A« Hi SHDRTLEPP
.1 -i
i Agtflt of tht Ji. Y x ggiuatMd Sttiity,
CAME into the.enelosure of the inbecriber on or
aboatthe 20th of .Norember, a red yearling
heifer. The owner cap hare her by praying prop-
Orly andpaying charges. CHAONCY FERRY
■EaptCharleston,December 11,1856. , ,
•HESS of» yoons moo pbw &*d.' Ai'ltU the bn*
1/picture bir JhaodauJicd of iUm» itiQeb 'aoiibt;
will be relieved and bappioeta conferred if it can t*
left at the Presbyterian Parsonage', Wcllsboro’*