5”. v < scarcely tin Anfericira suffered The WouodTbcei*«J by Mary-SteeHurbcdi out.nqUa be mortal ( arid shortly titer her recovery <,■ which bafpoacd abdul leniweekk' sutraequeniio the auack.ghC became the wife, of Rimy Kidman j and Tor many ’years a/yi lerwards, two old paanier9, surinot|aled by a: black cap, could be seen upon the. mantle piece of their front.. rqom“being the saitie carried upon (hat ever memorable evening by the Reukl Pedub. BXysteri«ns Harder 111 Mew Terk. One of the most atrocious 'murders on rec-' ord came lb light bn Saturday! in New York < >ty. Dr. Harvey Burdell, an eminent Dent* ■stand .Surgeon, residing in Bond, street, was loui.d, about eight o’clock in tlpe morning ly ing da id on the floor of his office, in the sec ond story of his house. He was last seen •live late on Friday afternoon. When Ihe death was first ascertained, it was announced' m ihe afternoon papers that he Jtad died sud denly from the bursting of a blood vessel.— Bui a Coroner's inquest has revealed a shock ing state of affairs. It seems from the evi dence, that Dr. Burdell was very wealthy, being worth about 9100,000. He was a bank director, and an active man among the medichl fraternity. He owned the bouse he lived in, nhich was a large and handsome four-storied brick building, with marble steps, doorway, window frames, etc The interior was superbly furnished. He was a bachelor. The basement was occupied as a kitchen and dining room. The first floor bad two recep tion'rooms, and the second floor hod. the doc tor's office and bed room. The house was kept ostensibly as a boarding honse by a Mrs. Cunningham, r with whom boarded the Doctor, her two daughters, and two single gentlemen. The Doctor only slept and breakfasted there, taking his meals at the Metropolitan Hotel. It being proved in the evidence that the Doctor and Mrs. Cunning ham maintained a suspcious, connection, and 'hat they bad quarrelled and talked about parting. Mrs. C. produced before Ihe jury a certificate of marriage with' Or, Bordell, which was attested to by the officiating cler gyman. When the body of the Doctor was found it was perfectly saturated with blood, as was also the carpet of the room, the doors, walls, chairs, etc., being covered with blood, showing evidently that a desperate struggle hod occurred. The body contained fifteen deep wounds, made with a knife eight inches long in the blade; one of tfiese wounds sev ered the carolid artery, and (bust have com pleted the murder. The others were stabs in various parts of Ihe body and cuts upon the hands, face, ect,, as though the murder ers had cut him as he warded off the blows or seized the door knob. Around his throat was the mark of a cord, which must bare been drawn lightly, and the lungs were found to be full of air; so that it is clear that the attempt was first made to strangle him with a rope thrown over his head from behind, after the manner of the street garotte. From the appearance of the room, he seems to have been sitting in his chair, when some one came from behind, evidently from the closet door. The design probably, was originally to stran gle him, and then carry out the body, and leave it somewhere in the street, as though done by the garotte banditti. From the room, the marks of blood were traced up along the entry and stairs into the fourth sto ry, into a store room where lay a man’s bloody shirt and night shirt, and a bloody sheet. From there the blood was traced into the front room of the same story, where, up on Ihe floor, Ihe stains had been carefully covered with spermaceti. A grate in that room had contained a fire during the night, which had evidently been extinguished sud denly by pburing water upon it, as the coal was only partially consumed, and the mantle ect., were covered'with ashes. In this story the murders must have cleansed themselves. It appeared in evidence that the Doctor was jealous of ooe of Ihe male boarders, a Mr. John Gckle, whom be seems to have delected in secret with Mrs. Cunningham. On Fri day night Mrs. Cunningham went with this man down into the basement, and told the servant girl to go to bod. She went. The next morning Mr. Eckel did not appear at breakfast, though he usually did so. The knife found in the room where the murder was committed, is said to have belonged to him. Mrs. Cunningham confessedin her ev idence, the sending the servant to bed, and also admitted that Eckel was with her. The minister who married her could not identify Burdell as the man to whom she was married and said that he supposed at the lime that the person wore false whiskers. Burdell’s name was wrongly spoil in the certificate. It has been ascertained that on the morn ing when the murder was discovered, Mr. Eckel led the house si an early and unusual hour and proceeded to his place of business,— Mrs. Cuningham followed in a carriage, and he stood talking with her half an hour or more at the carriage door, opposite his factory.— He was seen to give her a rol lof bills, This transpired before breakfast. The Deputy Coroner, in the course of bis investigation, found Mr. and Mrs. Stevens re siding at No. 87 Mercer street, who were in timate IHeads of Dr. Burdell. Mrs. Stev ens had been in the habit of visiting Dr. Bur dell for the purpose of having her teeth fixed, snd for medical relief for two years or more. Dr, B. had ‘frequently spoken to her of his affairs, and remarked that Mrs. Cunningham desired to force him into a marriage. She also referred to Eckel, calling him Van Dolan, as having been frequently spoken of by the Doctor. / Dr. Burdell had frequently expressed himself as being afraid to remain So the bouse at night. . The Doctor bad told Mr. Stevens that he feared for his (Burdell’s) life, and had also spoken Of Mr. Kcfcelfcplias Van Dolan. George V. Snodgrass, one of the twn male boarder* in the bouse, testified that the bloody «kir< found in the store room, belonged to a friend of fare ia the country, whose name it bore—that he bad borrowed it while visiting et his friend’s residence. It bad been thrown in the store room to be washed. He swore that he went down dun that night ebont eleven o'clock. The Boston Liberator commences it* Iwemy-etjjblh volume with new tj'po. Mr. Garrison says tbit the natnberof ifssubscri. . bor* is no greater than it was twenty years ago; its nceitti dating the lustyoarhavoditain 'ished, and s number of subscribers reduced. THE Am Mo Bl« Thandsylloralyi, gab. MrlMfi b.v;^, l fflSiaßSsasstes” ,! The rumored death ojTPassmore Williamson ii Philadelphia' Wereceived a calT (mmCoC Yousi), tho Kansas War correspondent of the TriSjuit, bn He bean the marks of hard service So the Free Buts army; but it good for another campaigns H<r convinced os that the worst outrages; idid not fisd their way-inlo-ihe newspaper* .. ' Tbs Senate has jefiued to confirm Judge 'Harris see's nomination to the Kansas.Bench,' vice'us eompteremoved. In doing lhut,lh«|An»te,signi. iy their disapproval bribe* Fruldent’r action in'ihe removal oTXeebibple. The' interning Administra tion most shoulder'the' responsibility of Lecdmpto'S. acts, whether it be agreeable of not' . 1 " . Wm. C.,Wasß. formerly editor of Ihe Baa. ner, published in this place spate years since, has been elected Chief Clerk of (he Wisconsin Legisla ture. The berth ia a paying one. with a fair mar gin for profit; and we feel fo congratulate him as a fellow-craftsman, that 1 he has secured a pises Ihe profits of -which equal the honors. We learn from th« (Harrisburg Tilt graph, I hat Gov. PoLtocx will not be t candidate lor re-election In the March Convention. We presume the Gov ernor bos ascertained that Honor and Ease together never dwell. His Administration will compare favorably with any that have gone before it, and cotppsred wtib Bigler’s, is infinitely superior. The Governor’s sins ore mpatly-of “ omission,” and not serious at that The mow look French leave on Thursday end Thandiy night of lut week. A steady sonth-wind nemed to lick up the snow, so to speak, and the heavy banks that lay along the fences at dark on that day, had almost totally disappeared when Fri day dawned. Yet, npt a drop of rain bad fallen. Thursday was a June day—overhead,, only the birds did not sing and the grateful incense of flow’rs was not distilled fro m the breath of the winds. It was a glorious day—altogether worthy of the ato re eyed Spring. It was difficult to believe that that day was cradled in February's sribs. And yet, as the sweetest cop of human, joy is sometimes filled at the foont of some overshadowing sorrow, so was that Jane day horn of the cold and unlovely winter. And we all felt, even as we looked op into its soft skies, that the shadow of coming winter days' era. tittered the recolleotiuns which that vernal hunr awakened. mortals never fully enjoy the Present. Men are taught to forget the Now in preparing tor the To Be. The teaching Is ruinous. Teach, rath er, that to live in and rightly enjoy the Present is to provide for that future which should neither be fear ed nor dreaded. The Philadelphia Daily News has at last succeed ed in holing the Republican party in the deep re cesses of a sinister design. It has been on the track for nearly a year—baying like a bloodhound—and at last has holed the game. Such is its proclama tion, at least, and it considerately advertises its tri umph, in order, doubtless, that its colleagues may withdraw from the chase. { The Chairman of the Republican State Commit tee having issued a call for a Slate Convention to assemble at Harrisburg on the 35th of March, pros into, the News remarks as follows “This movement on the part of the Republican State Committee indicates clearly that (be leaders of that party have determined upon a ditlinclire party organization, with candidates of Us own, nom inated by it, and to be supported by Rtpublitant. Though this is in direct conflict with Ihe professions made by those leaders when tbe Republican move ment was slatted lost Spring, it is, nevertheless, what we then expected, and what was then design ed." It is to be hoped that oar amiable contemporary is correct in its conclusions. We only regret that the design which he discovered a year ago, had not been worked ont in the last campaign. We rcmerr. her how tenaciously the iVews insisted upon the la. sion Convention last year, and how it betrayed the movement into the hands of the Black Democracy on the 14th of October. Just that experience was required to teach the Republican party the necessity of self-reliance.’ Onr brethren in the southern part of tho State lack faith in the integrity ol tin mass es. They make their estimate of the integrity of men from their experience in dealing with tho po litical hucksters that prowl around Philadelphia with the price of treason branded on their foreheads. This is a false view of things when applied to the honest and intelligent men who dwellafar from the contaminating influences of large cities. Every compromise and every attempted compro mise with wrong, resnlts in disaster to the right. We regard it as beneficent that such is the case. Pure motives cannot link themselves with impure, yet retain their spot!essoess.; and though Use fusion of last year did not involve any real sacrifice of principle on the part of the Republican parly, yet was there a foes of dignity, as there must ever be when present success is suffered to incite effort in. stead of lbs hope of a permanent victory. It was this view of the matter that caused the North conn, ty freemen to Shske lhcir beads when flision was proposed a year ago ; and it ts now very evident that the Republican voters of tills District, at least, will never consent to support other than 4 ' purely Republican ticket, even If to accomplish this they should be constrained to organise and make the campaign without reference to any other portion of the State. We ainaerely hope and believe that the Nan bu ftthomed the design of the Republican Waders, A dietinet organisation 1« as necessary to the life and effectiveness of a party as it is to the. human individual. A man would not be a man with the head of a horse; no more is the Republican party itself, with a Pfailadslpbia-Konw-Nothing tail-piece. What we want and" must,have is, an organisation, Republican Inside, safsids tftd all peer. And such an organisation there shall be, even though it not esteod. beyond the boundaries ol Tiogacounty. . Thejfn* speaks falsely when it «ayg~. . “ Toe chief, and indeed the only end of the Re publican party waa avowedto be to secure the free, dom of Kansas. That secured, and the mission of t{ie r Republican party was to'bo at an end. ' Ail'in tention to organize andperpetuate a sectional party with a view, to to p continued agitation of the Slav, ery question, was disclaimed and disavowed.'.’ Now. lhe object tipi aim of the RepabUcan'parCy is distinctly avowed in its'platform of principles to be to seenta what remains ot Ihlo national domain to freedom. It aims riol.only to seienre Rabsai to freedom, but its motto, fajfs : it bis been from the very first-i* No ibore Wave tftaiai!*’ "fnjt’dolong U the Slaveocracy esisto, will there to V to tbabrb the public domaifa; and ihatrintWiartor gtvenbirthldtheßei»blih«hpatly,lhe party innst have an eristgnee asOWuflof, and Sdaotivlty-pro portionsthe intensity Ot ‘the struggle.’/ It was never pretend loorganite the party fit a aiaglb ■■rrx % fidlitr. Holed at Last. i id thei&dUbsnk itgit vqw net |ez- I perbsißlldyer desired Sm>t the new i|rty I low es ch Sged li, a sftsammaUo yraa ijn thfirttgioiL- We-efittod in (lhs£fool. adlalciy following the campaign of 1854 feailed'Ameriean party WooftTevcritnilly' feSSfSfiSS* |ignk and s wall I Nets Idbr I umna immi lEatibeMa stilnents to ta-tfaeironpraT iffimlrn.'' THe"lMt<ampatfftoff ords abundant evidence. pf.tbe! of;tbpt expr»s»ed_ ppi niqn. It also proves eotyluMTely enough that henceforth there can be only ltwo con. ihp £up£ftii| Oppressor and the. party, gt the. Oppressed. The Iffiwni wlilgai Htilite'ilcm. ocraßtbrooU«i:i>hdded equal parti" The litter 'wilrtrtyudotKdsiii Rfo’ love Freedom and are determined to have it (bough IhbJ price M Hevoluti&npevao.' ''Ourlfteftie* sremorewcredlhati cdmjfscttj itiotre precious llitri a world’s 1 |»ta(ne tee, dearer ■ thin' Wei ; That la not liberty Which men putelitse bydlsgriieful cohoeag. ion'. That is not pesce aahieh aita atafk and 'gory in the Senyto Chsmbersnd orle* continually—“ Be •‘Snu,!” Thalia nottlnion.the very,existence of which depends tuponiii apretMng compliance with the insatiable lust of Slavery, That is not brother hood whicji demands concession, hot never concedes. That is not democracy which denies to one the rights and immunities which it grants to another. The objbet of the Republican parly is to overturn the Black Democracy and to render the Union sub servient to Freedom—redeeming it from ilg degra ding subservience to the Slave interest., To accom plish this it must go straitfprwardly to work, spurn ing entangling alliances and disdaining compromi ses, It oijost build its own monuments and achieve its own greatness. Containing within itself Iho cl. ements of I success, it can afford to risk a thousand petty detests, keeping the great lend in view. And thus the North should unqualifiedly declare itself for a dielinetitr organization. A party that cannot stand alone does not deserve an existence. With a popular vt to of nearly a million and a hslf, our par ty can ad< pt the stridb of lusty manhood- Let it prepare to fight the great battle of Freedom unaided. ' Republicans! Shall «e ever gain strength from inaction? 'Never. Shalt we gain-time by delay? That is impossible.. Do out leaders wait for a mir. acle to he Worked ? They wait vainly—**God helps “ those th it help themselves!" i We km w that we but speak the silent wish of every staunch Republican in old Tioga-when we protest Dgalfut any further alliance with IheAmer. can ■■ i To the 'number of those who kindly favor ns with 1 their written tho'la, and the limited nature of our facilities fur publish ing those thoughts, we are constrained to enjoin brevity inj the preparation of aff articles which may be sent os lor publication hereafter. Four pages of not 100 cijwcly written foolscap paper will make a column of printed matter. This is sufficient room for one person to occupy in treating ordinary sub jects. In controversial matters we sbajl hereafter insist upon the observance of Ibis rule. - Argument will not bear diffusion—as a general role, what con. troversialjsts occupy a column in stating, may be profitably stated in half that space. We-refer to this fact in a general manner. !der out thanks to each and all who have ored ua with contributions. In their pub ye observe certain necessary, rates, giving icedeaco in the order of their reception, tun convenient and often impossible to pub. eceipls of a week in one paper. Articles We ten kindly (aj IlCation them pre It is scldj lish the rj for publication should be sent in st least s tre they are nriwcted in feiamtne them all, and sometimes to re- i mended weekbefi in part in order to make them readable write thei ipositor. This is all added labor to that to the eady coniames nearly 20 hoars in 24. It remedied, were contribatora to write in a I, unn'rnamented hand, add to aubject their o a strict revision before sending them off which all might be clear, bol We liabo received a circular from Rev. Mr. Shart leff, combining certain information valuable to such as contemplate emigrating to Kansu, from which we condehse the following facts : v Companies will leave Buifalo for Kansu on the 15tl| of March, Ist and 15th of April, and slb of May, coming. These companies will be conducted by men iell acquainted with the route, and who will assist emigrants to locate advantageously. First class fare will be afforded to all, at 995 Irom Buffalo to Leavenworth for each adult, with IOOIbs of baggage. Extra baggage, 99 per hundred lbs. The hr&emption law does not require a man to take his family on his claim. It will lake about a week to perform the trip. Money can be procured by settlers with which to parchasd claims, by giving mortgages On them. Take (nothing but beds and bedding, clothing and mechanics' tools, in the way of baggage. March or April is the best time, to go. A man with a lnmily should not start with leas limn $3OO. A single man with no, less'than 940. The Kansas Resolutions, lately reported in the Legislalore by Mr, Eyster, elicited sn animated dis cussion. A correspondent W the Pitteburg Gazette who wa i present at the time writes as follows con cerning it, and, as will be seen, pays the member from th s county a high compliment : “Dai, of Eric, moved to postpone indefinitely, allhoug i it was directly contradictory to his position aj»n th: question. This brought np the 1 whole sub ject ma ter. There was a Republican ready to lake the floa' the moment tne motion was made. This was W illiston, of Tioga —he Comes from the in fected c istrict. It was his first appearance as a speaker, and right well did he acquit himself. He walked into the democracy without stint or restraint and spring by this simple effpri, iota the. front rank of debs era in the House. He spoke until the hoar of adjournment.” We regard Ibis u high praise,coming from a dis. interest h! person, and deserved. The fame of the “ Damn r County” will loee nothing in the keeping of Mr. (Wlllistbn. W '• We have received en apostrophe to'Mlu Aramin (a Angelica, aod here eubjoin the same s Think you truly man was madh With worasn lor his saviour 1 But cast your eye to Eden’s glade {And mark her sad behavior! Coniqgial lore taught man good and evil. And gave him overto the serpent-devil, i Mjiriwaaahora ofhis nrial-wliigs ' By womkn’s things. Tic longue wassmoolhlolcll the lie "iat map shmtW not. forever die, • • Bscflauia. thelorV poetry wpqld seem to lie the off. of a muse whose 1 * cirlat Wings,” (if It poa. (he article,) hare been severely clipped. We Im over to the fair lady-whom lie ipoatrophi. w mi spring Kim hand h ttt. ■ i. G. W; Gleason.—We gee that the [ord Reporter, and qther papers x con thfc Doctor Gleason, -recently. shot by fe, in the Stale o/Tonqe**ee‘, with Doc- Surgeon tcturer wbdiyi«to4 Squlbprn NeV. Ypirk or(hertvße«o»ylyaqt> some two years ‘We aiWibjppy* ab(e.,to t <0:gf08» a bltfndftTi antflq.sialothat GteaWl ifcpow. ; fjgli?eting icqqpqof bs at Moravia, Cayuga Co, v GaietU. , _ _ . , Y AGITATO tticfttiotift om |£epnMMnn SKeetlag. I f 1 t&uruiwni to^oiicdtt meeting ofßepiabli-1 c&rom difwrtflt pafts of the County pan chosea. President.JDJjLjStßYgKa. and. D. K.*_ Marsh, Vice Presidents. Messrs. E. Slos s6k m&ai Secre- — ■ —JBewli(«i}~-ThM-4he-Tnteetiog-^fooeM~4o- ohoosa flfte. jtepfpsenfp liyp,} and.poe Sqnato* rial delegate,' to, .represent. .ibt«> tjoiyttit aptj SenptofiailaPwll?fil ?n P ,tho.; i‘pflnBfate Oonyeoiiopijl tt» : he he|d hi Hprnsburg to the 25dv'of:March.n.,T,liP Is«w.'P bo.auhjwt tp the concurrence of the several counties (com podingfthifi Senatorial dtsjriq}, ; Several nominations ..yreremade and de clined .bs tta qunriiDorai. or wit hdrawn by i lie nominate; Ona final vote, C. H. Esq., of Tiogn, was chosen Representative delegate, and J, F. Donalson, Esq., Senato rial delegate. ( L. P. Willistos, Esq., was then called upon, and addiessed the meeting in a few pertinent remarks, which were, received with much enthusiasm. >• M. H. Conn, submitted the following reso. lotions: . ,1 Rcso hed. That we highly appreciate the services of our Representative in Congress in behn'irof Freedom, and especially in his re cent report of a bill in that body, for the re peal of the infamoqs laws of the bogus legis lature of Kansas, and for the immediate ad mission of that Territory into the Union as a Sovereign §tate., . 2. That as will record the election of Simon Cambboji upon the page of our parly history, as one of the most brilliant triumphs o( patriotism and principle over the insolent,and overbearing slaveooracy. And that we -hereby, lender our thanks lo those ■ rue Representatives and Senators who lately nt Harrisburg, by their firmness and unani mity defeated the shamocrai, Forney ; and that such men shall ever find a sure support in the Republican banner County, Tioga. -3.,,That we recognize-in.“ Fusion” but an nlhyrparao for “Disaster,” in so much.as it relates ip the future action, in Geld or coqncij, of the. Republican parly; that, loving the great principles upon which that parly is .foun ded, better than present success, (if that suc cess roust be purchased by any sacrifice of our convictions of right and duly,) we do en ler our solemn protest against any fusion with the falsely-called American party,.qs ruinous to the last degree; and therefore that we will contest for the privilege of entering the neat Slate Campaign to work for the success of our principles ihrougbt means of a purely Republican ticket, and that’ DAVID WIL-- MOT, by virtue of the distinguished service he hap rendered the coupe,.apd of his abilities ns o statesman, is our first and urgent choice as our standard-bearer in that campaign. On motion, the above resolutions were unanimously adopted. Ordered that Ihe pro ceedings be published, in the Agitator and E. Slossos. J VV. W. Witnn, $ Sec l'** For the Agitator, our Village. “ Ido declare, your noise is enough to make one crazy. I’ll send every soul of you to bed, if you do’nt shut up immediately,” said Mrs. Moore, to a lot of noisy children, whp were playing a hip-hurrah about the room. “ I wish you would send us to sliding down hill,” said Mrs. Moore's hopeful sou Dick, “ and then you would'm hear, our noise.” Do, Ma," chimed in little Jimmy. • Well, along with you ; anything to gel rid of your insufferable noise.” And Dick and Jim bounded out of doors, with a shout and a hurrah, and were soon on their way to the Academy Hill, with their sleds, to join their, merry companions, “ I thought, Ma,” said Annette, a bright eyed and arch little girl of thirteen, who. sal by the stand reading a book ; “ I thodght, Ma, you said, when Dick came home the other night, scutched up' in' his fight- with Tom Dart, that ha should’nt go out sliding again this winter.” “So 1 did; but I can v t 'stand so much noise. I almost wish, sometimes, Tom Dart had scratched his longue out, he is so noisy and impudent. There is no use in trying to live wilh r ,him ;'and'if his father do’nt lick him, 1 will,, I will—that’s all,” said Mrs, Moore, impatiently, 1 “But, heaini impudent (o Pa,” said An nette.' “ Because he dare not be,” rejoined Mrs, Moore. “ And yet Pa never whips "him nor Scolds at him,” rejoined .Annette, , “ Because your Pa never sees any of bis tantrums. I wish he had to aland half what I endure from the little brute; I guess he’d wallop him.” “ But yotj know Pa said the other evening that jtlipk never hod any disposition to bdhave ill to Hun,” . ’ / : 4 Mrs. Moore turned stqrnlv round to her daughter,, yet .she restrained what she was going to say ; for, though she fell there was astern reproof,inwlml Annette had said, she did<not know; .whether it was.rpepm or not. ,‘‘Shall I-read to you, Mq, 1 ’ said Annette, .soothingly.; fop she saw that her mother was offended, and teared ghe might be compelled to listen to one, of those invectives sbe. had more thua.or|ce'haard froni the heated pas. sions of her patent. , , ; Without wpiting.for a reply, Aqn.etie.cpm. menced reading from the! book she, held in her hand, while her mother sat by the stand, hem miog a shirt for her disobedient sot), ~ it was PR e ,9,r Afihnr’s pcettieai gtorjeq,, t he. very one ter'the occasion,, though pot' so selected.— ,§pbak Gently, was ihp, lesson inculcated; .{MW 'feP.MghiStf®. Mcwje had so Iqjig Indulged !° ?!$ R* to bo almost insensible to gende|!ipeljqgk,one .mig^l hayjr .observed,,q n vj, and' theb, ; a more lender emotion malting' its sign ! upOn her unconsciously to herself, might Have been seen making its .way from under bar.eyeWs, ~rr>" ■yr~ i Ann lie h|| justi finked story, when %er fat mu cane in evening occupa tion an |«al|3 himselfpy the stove, i “Tt pboyßare in ud, I suppose?” said %e, enquiring; “ amP¥«m very glad they are not out this evening, for 1 heard a terrible uproar on the hill as IcamaTn; There Is but, thank God, Dick is not in it this time. ; “Josf theh a loud noise war fiea rd on the sidewalk, tbfrftoift door- waif Wblenlly burst JSPftO. X heavy. hlotiMta cf.AilwJgefln,,,sUjJck qq t|ieear, pad some one fell heavily on t|ie ■bhll/flma.! ■■ ’Ail inis was the work of hut an inUMi*.. .EutMxJtfpare rj»hs.djo t.behaU ip |irpp (p see.his and to see half a do rushing up'tbe 1 side Walk, to avoid was brought into the room ipsetwible, haying received.a heavy blow on the bVqk' of his head, from which he bled pro fusely; and soon James came in, with a scratched face anifblbpdy noso; having been kiipcked down and otherwise illy handled, in iendeavOrihg lb defend his more petulant bro ther. '"We need not detail all the efforts used to restore the wounded boy to conscidnsness, nor paint the anguish of (he mother, as for weeks she watched over the sufferings of her son,: through the painful progress of a brain fever; nor the tears that she shed, as she thought of ibe impatience that prompted her to permit her children to go out into the street, contrary to their father's express orders, and against bier declaration that they should not go out again during the winter. ' Mr. Moore did not enquire the origin of the quarrel, nor seek to find out who dealt the blow. There was no allusion to the af fair in the family ; and once or twice, when Jimmy be*gnti to tell about it, he was steVnly told by his father, (hot he did not wish to hear a word about' it. - 'LL It was many weeks after the occurrence of the events related above, and after Dick had entirely recovered from his wound and his fever, that the lamily were seated one evening around the table, and by the stove. Mrs. Moore was engaged in mending the children’s clothes. Annette had just helped the little ones to bed, and had taken up a family news* paper, while her father was looking over her shoulder, to see what thd paper contained.— Jimmy was engaged in whittling a hand-sled out of a couple of shingles, and Dick wasen gaged in making out an enigma in the Rural NewYoSker. “ Annette, suppose you read to us I hat story in the paper you have,” said the father. “ But, Pa, I’ve read it once. Now ( re. collect it »as the very night Dick was hull.” “ Well, read it again. It is a story that will bear reading more lhan once,” rejoined the parent. . "i Annette felt a kind of intuitive conviction that her father intended to inculcate a lesson, and she read the story slowly and distinctly, so that every word and sentence might be heard and felt by the listeners ; for she was an excellent reader, and though young, had learned in her reading the uncommon accom plishment of entering fully inlo Ihe feelings of the writer. As Mrs. Burton’s dream was being read, mere lhan one tear might have .been seen upon Mrs. Moore’a cheek ; and she had occasion once or twice to go to the bu reau, ostensibly foi something connected with her work, but in reality to hide the strong emotion that was becoming too visible upon her countenance. “ And now,” said Mr. Moore, as Annette finished the story — “ I know what you mean,” said Mrs. Moore, interrupting him. " and by the help of *God I will try.” “ And He, my dear Mary, will give you strength. Oh, how much of the misery of this life might be avoided, if all would speak GENTLY.” “ And how many children,” said the mo ther, while (he-tears started afresh into her eyes, “ might bo saved from the effects of petulance and ill temper in after life, if taught, when young, by parental precept and exam ple, to be always gentle." Dick had thrown away his Rural New Yorker, when Annette had commenced read ing, for, though petulant, he was a bright, in telligent boy. And now*when she had fin ished, he stood by his mother’s chair and leaned his head upon her shoulder, for he comprehended it all. “ Mother,” said he, in almost a whisper, “ when I was sick and thought I was going 'to die, I remember that one night I dreamed an angel came from Heaven, and it had your face,' and stooping down it laid its cheek on mine, and I felt the tears falling on my face, and the angel said, ‘ Oh that mothers would always speak gently ;’ and I thought, mother, he meant you, and I said to the angel, ‘ Haw can mothers always speak gently, when we children' are so ill-temperdfl and cross t’J— And the angel said, ‘Love begets love; mo thers and children should help one another.’ And then the angel disappeared.” Mrs. Moore’s .arm was pressed gently around her son ; and as she pressed her cheek to his, she whispered, “ I will ever after this help you, my son, to be gentle.” “ And I, mother, will never be ill-tempered, if I can help it.” Mr. Moore took down the Bible, end turn ing to the fourth chapter of the first epistle of John, he read it through; and then all kneeled around the family altar, and an in cense, with'a fuller ingredient of love, went 'ftp from loving hearts that night; and there was an audible response, from at least one hearty as Mr.'Moore said, in deep fervor of spirit, 11 Help us, oh God, to be gentle to all ■ with whom-we associate f ■ but wore especially in our own family, and to our own children.” JehosoPiiat. Wellsboro\ Jan. 31,1857. -In 1855, California exported 845,182,631 in.g01djn,1856,850,1393,434. Of the ex. parts, of i 856,839,766,294 weresenl to New •York,, 8.8.666,269 to England, and 81,309,- 852 ,to China. In 1856, 83,500,000. more -of gold was exported, to England, than in 1885, in consequence of the sudden increase in Eu.rope of.jOtq,valuo of capi|aLqnd the in fopprify of myestment in ; ,California. The increase of‘money io China in , 1856, being 81,000,000 tnorothqq iq ’55, was owing to; shipraent of Mexican dollars and. doub loond on English account. Besides the pre cious metals, the exports of California in 1856 amounted to 81,270.511. •-ftK is- , it!-'; ■jai ' -Lj, . »ofTho Agluior. -• .■‘W*7% IT to? ’. * Jong-article] in your | aat weeks paper, over the signature of “ Farmer,” replying apibewhat personally to me, requires P P “ B,ng nwie ®‘ 88 lienee might Imply i/iaf 1, am ashamed of the position { assumed in the article that, is so antagonistic to the./feelings; and matured ideas of i(, e writer. I know full well that the public have little taste for a newspaper controversy, hut as the writer has staled his opinion, “ freely," as he says, I beg the same privilege for myself. I have, nothing to say of the article that is the subject of the gentlemans remarks—it stands Upony our sheet, in my opinion, the exponent"of ,well known facts and ( shall not dodge from anything contained therein until Mr. Farmer proves the point in question lo be void of truth and common sense, i wish to point, briefly, to some portions of 11 Farm' er’s” logic, for I think it as much the subject of criticism as the generality of newspaper squibs. He commences by slating that “ farming is a yearly round of ignorant (oil and drudgery” and that fanners, for their opera tions, “can give no intelligent reason, only that they have always done so, and their fathers before them.” With all ihe deference in the world 1 would ask : is he trying to indulge in irony, or not ? for if he is a earnest he has certainly got a viry erroneous idea of the subject. Is he a farmer 1 if so. I would certainly recommend him to forsake the life of “ ignorant” toil nnd drudgery and seek ope more congenial to his nature. But is he right in the premises! Certainly not. Mo life is more independent—more.free from the cares and turmoils of life—more free from “ ignorant toil and drudgery”—more suited to the natural instincts of man, than the one that is (lie subject of his violent re< marks. His position here needs no Ibrther com ment, for it is, in my opinion, so void 01 sound reasoning as to need name. Prom some means or another he has re ceived a very beautiful idea ol the farmer's education. Hear him. “ Education is actually discouraged.” 11 ff he farmer’s boy is naturally inclined to read ing, he ia ordered to put up his book,” and itbal the son is thought most of that spends the most “ money in going loahin digs, apple cuts and chasing after the girls.” is the wri ter, a father! if so, will .he please to make his position on this point a home question.' Would he think more of the profligate son— that gives his leisure hours to gambling and rioting—that spends his evenings in nociurna: revels—that spends three-fourths of his nme “ agoing to candy parlies, sleigh rides, ana chasing after the girls—that in fact olds fair to be an outcast ia society and a disgrace to his family or the one that improves ms leisure moments to the best possible advan tage —that neglects .no opportunity of storing his mind wnh useful information —that to me his own words, “ spends his time with ms books” thus acquiring habits of economy and industry ? I submit the question to mm honestly and candidly on this point ; which son would he “ consider all right V’ tam not afraid of (he judgment of the parents oi the country upon this point although it may grate harshly on the feelings of my antag onist. Again ; he eloquently, deplores ille popular eelingon “ book farming" and “every thing ihat is written upon that subject is .ooitea upon with suspicion," he says, ishengni.' If so, who supports our thousand ana one, agricultural sheets 1 He says they would scarcely read their own thoughts in the col umns ol the Farm Journal I Is he dealing in keen irony again ? He certainly cannot be in earnest I He most assuredly has a decidedly poor opinion of the class of which he styles- him self a member. He is of ihe opinion that our “ county farmer’s” belong to the Rip Van Winkle order and are most emphatically anti-progressionists I Is he right here ! if so, why dont they still use the old Penn plough instead of the beat improved patent, the old fashioned hand fad, instead of the premium fanning mill—hoe their corn without ploughing instead of using (he cultivator churn their butter in a sack instead of pro curing the best churn—(he antediluvian Dutch ovens, instead of the King of stoves— thresh (heir grain by hand instead of using Coins best self cleaner I Will he answer some of these questions before he styles me farmers of Tioga such firm, decided, uncom promising enemies of human progress ! He asks good naiuredly “why is it that farm ers brightest pons leave home to become law yers, doctors, and ministers I” 1 ask in turn, is what he asks a fact I I utterly deny that farmer’s brightest sans leave home, to dabble in what he calls “ collateral sciences ana ask him to prove by a sound course of rea soning that Ihe pellifogger who runs a one horse law office—that the modern .Escuia- pius who kills more than be cures—that me counter jumper and pill pedlar are the per fect embodiments thing that is great —noble and elevated and that the poor—il literate and uneducated former is in every sense of the word, completely vice versa: and be winds up oh this point by exclaiming “ that as long as there is so little talent ana education among farmers, so long, will farm er’s son’s leave home to enter other profes sions.” I thank Parmer for presenting the subject in this light, for I never thus looked upon « b elore, and were I aspiring, J should cenami? bid adieu to the plough boy’s life—leave me vocation that possesses “no science” ana hire out for about sis dollars per mooiti, measure tape or get employed in some poo orable “ profession’’.and the inquiry in my mind at this moment, is; why dont 'lf' Farmer leave the 11 toilsome” and tftevf life of the tiller of the soil, and seek onem-, Intelltgeoce—one that requires a “ literary education ?” In replying to a quotation from ray arum 6 ’ ,be says. “ Qralocs have lauded them to 11,9 skies” aud blames the farmer’s for the hf pocrisy of stump speakers ! I think his wg |C . in n fault again. John A. Murrell o° ce turned to be a Methodist preacher if 11 preacbeda long time with eminent success-' he became celebrated as a revivalist and > ask, who were to blame the hypooriuc 8 ' .preacher or the honest parishioners 1 W. any one hesitate to answer in this case Arnold Douglas lias tyasely aud wanton 1 !' i!.- i ■;
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