■ i*m yr~T* > V T •
Tkc(i>krr«(«r»<-Wfillfil*b<|D«lic? I
W* ,***» been Wdcsis(ted, ; Vtlih, '.sjkppjica.
“'who WoujtJLdohjji 'the world dot h.move” be-
Ibre fortbe editor, ota daily paper
10 aksertdbat hedCubts whetheT any
rtaldabgar ito this city,' froritthe.jrpffiaoa that
infest it is Certainly a’ Bofelly. STrice pur l»sf
we have npt-had any more convictions, It is
true, but there have been several cased- -of
highway robbery; accompanied with violence;
and ire regret to say tbar, in one iosteinde,
the miscreant although bis associate
was secured by an act ivepoliceroan. In this
Instance, the suffcrerwaMlandingat hiaown
dokJr. in the Third avenue, when the two rob
bers sprung upop him. one reining. hlinby
ihe throat while the olher.stoie his watch pod
money, ' .
A gentleman who was walking homo JW,
accosted by a rough-looking,customer, who
aaiij, “ look here, misleir, you’ve got to fight
me. He was immediately Joined byanplber
tough. Xhegcniffimanitbuf chaHenged gave
his first customer a regular, righthander be
tween the eyes,, and then called for the police.
Two more roughs then camp up, and were
about to make the odds, when a second
pedestrian happened along, and be tackled
one of ihe garroters, but was floored by them
into the mudand.soow. The garrotors ran
in different directions, but were spotted to a
porter-house and arrested by the police who
had been around.
A young lady was also robbed in broad
day light by a rough looking fellow, who
clasped her lovingly in his arms, saying, “be
careful, miss, or you'll fall,” at the same lime
slipping his hand into her pocket and stealing
her portmonnaie.
We do hope that quiet, orderly people, will
not only fee) convinced of the necessity of
being able to stand on the defensive, but that
ihoyjwill go further, and be prepared to car
ry on the war a fa entrance —shoot| down
these marauders as they would a mad dog.
II the Slate Prison has no terrors, let the ras
cals feel the effects of a bowie knife, or an
ounce of lead from Colt’s latest improvement.
— Porter’* Spirit of the Time*.
Contested Election la Pbil’a.
In the matter of the contested election for
District Attorney, in Philadelphia, the contes
tant, William B. Mark, closed bis case on
Friday, before more tbsla one-half of the al
legations of frsund made in his petition had
been investigated. Witness were called to
sustain charges of fraudulent voting contain
ed in twenty specifications, leaving twenty
six, to sustain which, witnesses might have
been called, but inasmuch as the testimony in
the case was sufficient in the estimation of the
counsel for Mr. Mann to establish his elec
tion, they declared it unnecessary to proceed
further.
The evidence given during the hearing of
the case is the most astoundingUhat has ever
been developed in a contested election case.
It clearly establishes that there was a wide
spread conspiracy to carry the Octobereiec
tion by means of fraud,'perjury and the most
unblushing villainy. The testimony estab
lishes a large number of cases of false per
sonation of the living and the dead ; of the
reception of votes by election officers without
inquiry as to the rights of those who tendered
them, and despite of challenges; that unnat
uralized persons voted;.and that minors ex
ercised the right of adult citizens.
To these ilevelopment has been added the
certainly that afljarge number of fraudulent
naturalization certificates weie issued previ
ous to the October election, and distributed to
whatever aliens could be induced to use them.
These persons bbtained their “ papers” in
various ways. Some bought them already
filled up, with certificates that the necessary
oaths had been taken. In other cases the
foreigners found the “ papers” at their homes,
in their coat pockets, and some in envelope*
obligingly directed to them. Some of the
officers of “ the row” are implicated in the
issuing of these fraudulent papers, and one of
the Clerks has been bound over in $lOOO to
answer the charge at Court, —Norrutown
Herald,
A Swift Growth. —lt is but a short time
since the friends of freedom hod scarcely a
representative in the U. S. Senate. That au
gust body frowned upon men who were fool
ish enough to “ come between the wind and
their nobility” with principles founded on the
" self-evident lie” embraced in the Declaration
ofuur National Independence. There were but
two orjhree men in the Senate who had been
sent there to stay the block tide of slavery
ism that made every other interest subservi
ent and secondary to the growth and spread
of negroes. The Senate was completely a
slavery body. The change taking place
there, however, is rapid and enconroging.—
The light of Freedom, like the sun of A us
lerliiz, is breaking in upon that body, promis
ing to deck it with a halo of greatness that
shall be meet for the first body of the first na
tion in the world to wear. The next admin
istration will open with 20 Republican Sena
tors, embracing the very first minds in the
country,
Tkbrific Descent. —An accident oc
curred on Tuesday morning, on the 17 mile
grade on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
which fortunately resulted in no loss of time,
and but about 81200 destruction of ma
chinery, It will render its participants
marked men while they live, on the list of
“ lucky ones." A heavy freight train and •
disabled locomotive, one of the most valuable
on the road, were descending the grade under
the control of a large " camel" engine, when
one of the driving wheels of the-, camel was
broken, and it flew the track, passing nearly
fiOO feel down the almost precipitous side of
the mountain, and in its course absolutely
cullin' down a pine tree about 18 inches in
diattleter. The tender was dashed to atoms,
but strange to relate, the locomdtive, with its
three occupants, escaped almost entirely un
injured. The track was broken at the point
of thejaccideftt, but the disabled engine and
ail but the hindmost car iti the train jumped
the broken rail, and remained on the track.
A similarly fortunate accident, we trow,
l)sver occurred on a railroad.
We have reason to rpjoice in the hope of
«large sugar crop; the severity of last win
ter having Milled out,in a . great measure a
f&l of a bore worm, which has of late been
vetjndestruoliye io the crops; beside a larger
quantity of the cue has hose planted.
THE A(|l|A
Q» »*»»»
row 55 !
Thursday lonis|jl
’•iSAnßMineM’,amTothVrCofflmnnTc»3oii«inDßt
be addressed to the Editor (oin»areS}tSntiwt4? "j
Sunday and Monday were tedious..days, Tha
mereory fell to. 6 belyw aero Mpoday night, , .
..The.polnts.to»bicb-s , Frank.’l refers in
eommnnicaUon, were, as claimed by •* Farmer," ty
pographical errors.
■ We understand that the moderatn weatherof Feb.
rnary did nbt swell the bads So (bat tbolate'coidsDop
couldinjurefroiti.inthisvieinily.: .-i )• ■ .o ;
, A l l?Pft’W , *!|?. pWi^WinW^rt.oa
wjHw.fe mm
In (be Banker Conregtioa/bj Uw ; |iM
ktoi% PmW, 44r-BUQk, iO~WitiM6rTBoilter,
ing—}o.
One of thr pleasantest tar prise* 'Wo' hate Wteiy
experienced, csroe to d* iutbdahape 'Of
tonic RtpMUau, published tt FsUi Village, Litch
field county, Conn. It he* changed Editors; end
fram e bigoted pro-slarery sheet; haa progressed to
the estate and dignity of a sterling Republican jour
net It has the Ting of the tine metal, and it*pa
ges are once more lair and comely to look open.
To its enterprising conductor w* send greeting,
end a thousand good wishes for success; and ms/
the Republican be instrumental in restoring the glo
rious old Mountain County to her once proud posi
tion as standard-bearer of the genuine democracy-i
Atbest or Horn Tnrtvzs.—Our usually quiet
village Was thrown into a fever of excitement on
Wednesday of last week, by the news that two
horse thieree (colored) had passed through the place
with a span of valuable hones, boggy, &C., tn route
for—Potter county. The owner of the horses, from
Painted Post, N.' K, arrived here about an hour be:
hind the thieves, and Messrs. T. P. Wingate, Wm.
T, Mathers and C. L. Wilcox, citizens of this vill.
age, immediately joined him in puraolb They ov
ertook the rogaea a little alter dark, neartbe gang
Milton Pine Creek. Deputy Sheriff Mathers rode
np to the hones’ heads and gave the word before the
fellows suspected danger. They fought desperately
with fists and feet, bnt were at last got oofier by
forcible appeals to tbeir love of life by a show of re
volvers, and by physical force. The rogues were
active fellows and gave eome bruises which were
returned with compound Interest by the arresting
party.
News of the capture having-reached town Thun,
day morning, our fellow-citizens took possession of
the grocery steps, hayscales and street-corners, and
held them in a state of close siege lor two solemn
boon. Theories, strange, original, diversa, extrav
agant and marvelous, concerning the manner of the
arrest and the straggle incidental thereto, circulated
freely, until it became painfully doubtful whether
the negroes had arrested the white men, or the lat
ter the negroes. Then the humans and horses got
so dreadfully mixed ap that we held onr breath in
Jfflortal fear lest somebody’s horse bad kicked some-,
body into a cocked hat, or that somebodr'a bit bad
got kicked by a cocked horse—didn’t know Which.
Having ventured into tho surging crowd withthin
slippers, we soon became satisfied that somebody’s
cowhide boots were worsting somebody’s corns in a
bootless strife, and so we rushed into a grocery.
At last the report came that the prisoners and the
escort were in sight The crowd rushed to one
point, instinctively perceiving that the approaching
party could be seetr bat from one place in a street
75 feel in width. The prisoner*-*•—
Tbsy appMmr to dur somewhat-practical eyes,
like two medium-sized negroes in a bad fix. Tliey
bad neither horns nor hoofs, so as to render them
special objects of marvel,yet we folks all appeared
to be waiting for somebody to stir up the big lion in
a menagerie.
The prisanenwere taken to Bath jail, from which
they were fugitives, P.S. How is it that all the
horse thieves hail from u York State I”
And steer straight for Patter county?}
(JSotte ooeel
Tending and Bibbing.
Communities have their periodical awakenings,
religions, political, social and moral. Some great
'eshumty, or a rapid succession ol lesser calamities
arousethemjrom their stupor and bring their fac
ulties into full and vigorous play. There awaken
ings seem strange and unaccountable, superficially
viewed; but the philosopher secs in them the oper
ation of a sanitary divine law. He finds corres
pondences in the operation of the laws of the ms.
terial universe.
For instance: A season of storm always sue.
ceeds a season of calm. Drouth is usually fallowed
by excessive and continued rain. A frost, out of
season, is indicative of a thaw in the upper regions,
and is almost invariably followed by rain. We
might trac£these instances into their more intimate
relations, were it necessary to the illustration of oar
purpose; bat enough has been said to illustrate the
old saying—“ Extremes meet”
We prophesy that an awakening in the ranks of
Temperance is at hand. The signs in the earth jus
lily this prediction. We see, not only that this com.
inanity is lapsed into apathetic indifference, but we
see beyond that the awakening causes already oper
ating to drive sleep from the eyes of the faithful.
Some tell us that the temperance sentiment is at
a deplorably luw ebb in Tioga, county; (bat the re
formed of bygone awakenings are returning into the
old path of Excess r snd misery,and moral degrada
tion. We see this latter and most sorrowihl thing
right here in oar very midst. We behold there who
bat two years ago were the most strenuous advocates
of Abstinence, now deviating at intervals from the
path of Sobriety; and the baleful shadow, which
but a few years since was lifted from the thresholds
and hearths of some families in this community, is
creeping back agsin to vail the sunlight of their do.
mestic peace. We hive sorrowed over this, notwilh.
standing our belief that it was necessary that these
offences should come ere the friends of Temperance
would arouse themselves. There is a limit to the
tenuity of the human mind io'the prosecution of its
purposes. Under uninterrupted excitement it either
experiences a beneficent relapse into a condition of
repose, or continues until the mind becomes wrecked
and destroyed. This apparent apathy is the healthy
slumber of the tired sympathies—natural,and there,
fore necessary. If prophesies of renewed activity
as the dark hour preceding daylight prophesies the
approach of .the down.
There have occurred some startlipg incidents in
this county, and since the early days of winter.
Ram has left some monuments of licenacd murder
along the highways of society. Two men, beads of
families, have perished by a species of violence not
recognised in human law. One, was seen to stag
ger from a licensed house, in the afternoon of one
of the intensely cold days of the rigorous winter hot
just ended, snd to wend his way home over the crisp
snow-path with uncertain step.-’ Had hi* friends in
quired for him at the bouse hid just left, the pfupri-
Clot would have responded—" He baa gone home,"
tatoeT
ioiib n&d,
trejfcWead! — U» death! Mimpieat wfSheld
an&fler Ter
dierlf— 1 » died Mi erases ankmwrn to IbiaMry,’’
other wastmrto leavenihwn
licensed doggery latejothe_afteioowt.Bf-.».r.)tbrnk
ry day, and was thereafter missing from the neigh-
Sift ft>dj?fiif KJni, Jjie
doggery man being under arrealmeanwhile, and
eonlltioed for a week, when the body was diicorered
under the ice in Tioga, tlrer.’. :>lt: seemed that >no
matks,pC,iMtg»J fool .play,wete.di»coiered,aDd.the
rerdiet, (by tofth U> the world,
[ iai— 1 * died.ir^ffl]the aisiUtibh of God:.. )i i .
’ gs
: 1%
[arch ft. 1897.
Now, every occurring evcnUtr Ihiaepr.lh, jiltaqe
able to a
that we follow these’’ victims-fi-om the tree and from
the r)re/ t back to,the )aycrn,and lhe,.grocery.
people tk«l no r l6yiigln 'lhe irtvci’tijpiUdrt 'The
inference,moathe pnirersal audlijiß; : Ther?i» no
ftmody prpii.
do). i.tVe .wua, hirpproyided thajibe, man
who ileaU.a policy anmftprn bU brother mat),
he incarcerateji In a (Jungepn Xora.lerm j of ypara,
and.gradoabpd amoatlaw,But. ; if ft. permit men to
filch tKe, bread of a (atrip; families from (be hand*
of erring buabap'da and.fatten, giving their) a pan
pprt lodeath in exchange.. Wo, even graciously li
ccnaemep to destroy ihe .peace of families, to' wid
pw wives, and to orphan children J and when life is
sacrificed we charge (he act back upon Providence.
j • 1
Now “i« there no balm in Gilead 7" “ Oh,’ but
“ yon hare the law—enforce that!"
Well, there iVa law, certainly. There is a law.
But how are you to enforce that law when Grand
Jories write u ignoramus" Upon the presentments
of liquor caaes, in the face and eyea of positive evi.
deuce 7 You cannot enforce llie law unless the ap
pliances be virtuous. As it is, it is next to an im
possibility to procure evidence against illegal vend
ors, even when it is known that illegal vending is
carried on, and who carries it on. The fact of the
illegal sale may bo notorious in the streets, yet ina
Court room nobody knows anything about it 1 It is
strange —it is pairing strange!
Now, is there a balm in Gilead? Yet—a thou
sand times, via! There it a remedy, and that, too,
within reach. In the first place, under the presen
law let us prevent the illegal tale of liquors. How
can it be done 7 It cannot be done - under present
law. But amend the law, so that the premises a
suspected persons may he searched under a proper
tearranl; and if a greater quantity than one gallon
of liquor be found, let that becoffei dered prima facie
evidence of sale, of intention to tell. In this way
the illegal sale of liquor may be reached in hund
rods of eases where the attempt would be idle, now.
Andl there is’a remedy for the sale of liquor in
emy shape. Let the stuff sold as whiskey, brandy,
gin, et cetera, be subjected to a thorough chemical
analysts : end that every licensed render 'can be in.
dieted and broken of their commissions. We do
not believe that one pint of pure liquor has been re
tailed hr this county for two years. The nauseous
compounds soldujder the dignified names abore
named, probably seldom contain a drop of the liq
uors alter which they ate named. Yet men gulp
them down and dte-*" front a Presidential visits,
lion !”
A criminal once objected to the rope which the
Sheriff wu about (o put around hia nee Sr, that it
wasn't fit to hang a dog willr. The Sheriff thought
it eonldn't make nwch different* what the rope was
to a man jut about to be launched into eternity.—'
“ But,” periisled tlie wretch, •• if lam to die, let it
“be by a new.-flxx rape', and not by tbi*dingy,old
“Manilla." /
And so, if men are determined to drink them
selrea to death.Uia -tba
fnatThe victims die on decent liquor. Strychnia is
dog-poison; and the other ingredients are deadly.
In the list Of sad events, charged to “ cause* On
known'to the jury,” we have omitted to spealrof
the families made sorrowful by the afflictive dispen
sations. We have made no mention of the children
orphaned. We havo said nothing of-tbe many and
ungenerous taunts which those children mnst inev
itably bear, and which, if they are possessed of sen
sitive natures, mnst drive some to crime and shame,
and some. to lire lives unprofitable and reckless.
Yet the child of the sot is cursed from the erode,
and often burled to perdition, while the drunkard:
maker is admitted to Society’s inner court, fawned
upon, and dies honored and regretted by those who
have gone blind in Custom worship, or else lack the
moral courage to frown upon vice though gilded,
and to exalt virtue though clothed in rags.
The Lebanon Courier ii certainly a sterling sod
able Free Soil journal, and performed nimble aer.
rice to the cause we both lore, revere and labor in,
daring the last campaign. But its editor mistakes
in supposing that we can say “amen" to his con*
elusions in his reply to onr strictures upon lbs Fu.
sion scheme two weeks ago. We again invite his
attention to the lesson of past experience. Was not
the Union Convention of 1856 called in apparent
goad faith, and did not its proceedings present a
spectacle of unanimity and harmony somewhat re
markable 7 There can bo but one reply—** Yes.”
We need not recount the labors of the Republican
press and party in advocating the Union State ticket
—nor how many, ourself among the number, advo
cated that ticket while reason and common sense
sternly protested against the propriety of so doing.
Nor is it necessary to cite here the crowning Disas
ter of that campaign in October. For one, we shed
no tears over that defeat, nor suffered it to disheart
en us in the least. The Republicans played poor
Tray and met poor Tray's fate. Wo deserved the
thrashing, richly.
The Courier wilt see that we gained nothing by
Fusion last year but a bitter lesson of experience;
and it will see also, that that experience is worth
nothing if suffered to pass unheeded. Our Lebanon
friend doea not point to any promise of gain by an
other Fusion. He begs tbo question, and assumes
what no proof is offered to sustain, that success lies
in that direction, and only in that direction. We
propose that Disaster lies in that direction, and point
to the result of the list Fusion ia proof ol tbo cor
redness of our position. ,
While we appreciate the high compliment paid
the Wilmot District by the Courier, wo disclaim
any presumption on our part that this District is
the whole Stale. Nobody in this region assumes
any such thing. But we do claim that this District
has the right to choose the position it will occupy
in tbo approaching struggle. In oor candid judg
ment the Republicans ol Ibis District will not only
protest against, but left any Fusion nominations
that may bemads. They asked for a straghl-oul
ticket last year. It was denied. They ask for such
a ticket now, and we sincerely believe that the wet.
tkro.of Freedom demands that, they insist without
compromise; and if their prayers be
then, we firmly believe that (lie Wilmot District will
suffer Southern and Eastern Pennsylvania to pro
ceed without its cooperation.
Tbo prostitution of the ba|lot.box, of which the
Courier speaks, is an evil of unusual-gravity. But
how is fusion to remedy it 1 Whst has the Ameri
can party dons to remedy this evil ? Absolutely,
nothing; and from the [bigoted proseriptivcness'of
a
iffpolifeiiII never do aught remedial. Thflpar-^
ty mmtgie, or Fi >m cannot lire. It is et&eanu|
imgaraw. iter abuse thaa'Tt deprecapl?
Itejrouldfihrow .'the ballot-box politico-leaf it-js
igddisJlbiKUes, mafe the easting of
jfcTW'tbe dictOMoTawhtral political InqpismonT
Sackis tbe-paity-Jsbicbtbe Cwniss ineitea RepaU-
iieaiu to take to their army. /Tiosa cannot snbrait
jtq
aquarely and.fairly. .
Thera ie no derotion to principle in the breasts of
Ihb pHbclpal'Ara'ericsn leadeTki'ancl'thdy 'cannot be
Inuted. 'Tfaey may pretend tostilily>to-ala»ery-e«»
■ tension jjb'ul yuoh prelonaiona, are .supply ibeuttj-in
rieirof-thd (hot* (liat'lhey’ranieid Mound ttie-aulhor
of lbe.Fujili»e£laye Law.and.a num.wha hauled
Ijia We, repudiate eiiqh paipled
P?‘jiei»i;‘ n pTr.»M loTp'iir. '.“Vj
, And wtyibn’l /the editor, of the Courier
haaji valit dwjl) of confidence Jin jjje Afnctican par*
ly( that he'Vncerely' 'toueres in of Fu
iloi/, I 'li nhAooblSadi aa aiap ijiail becheriaheai eip.
Mre dirotion to' theieinae ''ojf fcreirfom. Bal aa tb
the lA'eahi'tb heuUd in' the idVanci'ikenrdf Free
prinelpfee, we feel tliifcr^ 1 ’" '
- Attention is directed to the reportof the Terrilo
risl Committee upon the Toomb’s Bill, oh the out
side of tbik paper. Onr readers. Willi recollect bow
Ibehonkerota (on- were blatrht abouti this bill all
through the fall campaign. They alleged:tbit this
bill proposed, a sovereign balm for .the-wounds of
Kansas, but that.the Blapk BepuWicanr rejected it.
The tacts are, that the Toomb’s bill never came op
for lhe action of the House daring the last session
of Congress st.all; and now passes oat of the Com.
mUlce’s hands for the first lime, and comes up for
the ctmsideraalion of the House. The repoit is
able and interealing.
&ommimic*tiono.
Indian .Corn.
I consider ihe following the best method
for the cultivation of Indian Corn, it is
adapted )o the climate-and soil,.of New York
State and Northern Pennsylvania.
Choose any hind adapted to the climate. I
plant the twelve Towed yellow. * Select seed
from the first ears that ripen; before the corn
is cul. Soak the seed twenty-four hours in
solution of saltpetre in water, or pour on a
pint of boiling tar to a. peck of seed, stirring
briskly unlit every kernel is covered.
Plant on Well pulverized, dry, rich
soil, prepared as follows: If old
ground, manure heavily, in the Fall, and plow
in very deep. Plow again in the Spring,
(same depth,) two or three days before plant
ing.-. Pulverize finely with a harrow of two
horse cultivator, and plant without ridging or
furrowing, -ifsod-ground, manure well, un
less the land is rich, and plow in with the sod.
This should he done in the Spring,one or (wo
weeks before planting. Pulverize thoroughly
with the harrow, the day before planting, and
plant as above directed. Plant some time
during the first three weeks in-May, accord
ing to tite weather,, in rows three and a half
to four feet each way, covering ihe seed two
inches deep. -When (he corn first comes
through the ground, put 1 a single handful on
each hill.of the following mixture: Hen ma
nure, two parts; Upleochod ashes, one part,
well mixed and pulverized- As soon as the
rows can be followed, go through both ways
with ajjqrwe and ftUltiyflUw-. - --
About the usual time for first hoeing, go
through again with cultivator and follow wiih
band hoes, culling up the grass end weeds
and loosening ihe soil around the hill. Use
the cultivator.again in a week or ten days.—
Finally, cultivate end hoe about the usual
lime of second hoeing, cutting up remain
ing weeds and grass, and hilling a very little.
Thinout to four stalks in a hill. Cut up, (at
Ihe bottom,) as soon as the kernels ore seared;
set up in small slooks, and let it cure in the
field. Farm eh.
FmtftVD CobU.' Permit me to any a word
thro’ your columns, It appears that some one
writing over the signature of" Farmer” wishv
ed to publish o series of articles upon the sub
ject of farming, and made ait attack upon an
article of mine as a means of introducing his
own. Now he has a perfect right to publish
anything he plea&s, but I think he began his
■Hack upon roe withocn any protocafion, and
why should he lake that course as a means
of bringing his productions to notice 1 One
word, and I have’done wiih him.
I reviewed his* first article and think I
found several points that clashed, and said so
at ihe lime. The points that I took him op
upon, he declared afterwards to be Typogra
phical errors I It is a little singular to me
that Ihe mistakes of Ihe “ devil” were all so
much to his disadvantage, and the very points
that I took issue with him upon ! He howls
about a “ pop gun warfare.” Whocommenc*
ed it 7 Who shot the first wad 7 Who began
hostilities 7 He don’t like to mortify me by
holding my piece up to public gaze! Gener
ous soul, may I live to see the day when I
can do him as good a turn I Success to him,
and hope to see him come on early with that,
that will be of “ particular importance'’ to
farmers. I have no desire-fo-quarrel, but
would recommend him to get a newspaper
notoriety without throwing stones at his neigh
bors. But I suppose another shower of his
biting satire will be down upon my devoted
head, but if Providence has so ordered it I
must bow to its decree. Fhank,
Neobo Suffrage.— The Senate, on Tues
day evening last, at the instance of Mr
Cuyleb, considered the proposed amendmen.
of the Constitution in regard to the qualifical
tions fur suffrage. He upporled the proposed
amendment in an able speech.. The Albany
Journal referring t'o this matter, justly re
marks that the properly qualification of 8350
required of colored men is an anomaly in
our system, and a relic of prejudices and
fe.urs, whose day has nearly gone by. The
New England States have long since aband
oned it, and nowhere is the right of suffrage
more intelligently and wisely exercised than
there.
There is no danger, at any rale, of too
precipitate action on the subject, as the pro
posed amendmen, if successful in (his Legis
lature, must tilso be passed upon by that of
1858, and subsequently be. submitted to a
popular vote a year or, two hence. Whether
it is to j be .abrogated or not, it can do no harm
to let the people pronounce upon it. —Elmira
Advertiser,
i |k|m! Kansas.
I jßpacUUHspalaj to The Tribnns.
jj Kp 1 ., Feb. 19,1857. ;
“ An affray Took place here last night in
-which Sheriff Sherrod waa-killed- andthree'
wounded.*, f
■“A ttreeling of GoaS'y’a friends was held at
the Capitol to sustain his course and express
disapprobation of thp tecpnt pplrage to him.
Sherrod and his friends came, armed, to break
Ti up ’’When t& Veaolutlona were reqd.Sher
jrbd;dec)areB!oißf any one voting .for'them
was a liar and a The excrement
greW inferiseT* Sherrod drew bis pistol and
iiredi 'wdundihg a-qian natjred 1 . Shepherd.—
Miscellaneous shohtifag then'begtra and was
[continued for sbme time. Mr. Sh?irrt>d was
; shit 'through the head by’ a young man,
Tidmiid Jdnei. who hame froth Pennsylvania
with the Governor, Shepherd has two bullets
in hid thigh -and a wound on ’his heid—two
others are slightly wounded. The, Sherrod
men seeing they- wdq|d be overpowered offered
wo violence after Sherrod fell.
Young Jones was arrested by a bogus Sher
iff, and after the paeeiing Was thas broken up,
GtW. Gfetj?y called Cut The Hoops to prevent
his being lynched. The Governor also. or
ganized a' company to defend himself,* but'
disbanded it at dusk last night. More vio.
deface is apprehended, as great excitement
still prevails.
- The Legislature has passed a Territorial
Election on tha cepspa Which pro
vided for the Constitutional Convention.—
Only those who may be in the Territory in
April, and whose names shall be registered,
are to vote at the next October election.
The Governor has sent in no more vetoes.
For the Agitator,
St. Louis, Friday, Feb, 27,1857. —A let
ter to The Democrat, dated Lecompton, the
17lh Inst., says that General Richardson,
Major-General of the Kansas Militia, and
member of ihe Territorial Legislature, died
at Lecompton on (he 14ih.
The U. S. Deputy Marshal had arrested
Capl. Walker. He was examined before
Judge Cato and held to bail in the sum of
$13,000.
A bill has passed the Legislature giving
the County Judges jurisdiction in criminal
cases, and allowing persons to be held before
these Petty Courts without a jury and without
being Indicted.
Hon. David WiDmot.— This distinguished
gentleman is at present sojourning in our
borough, and in ihe enjoyment of good health.
The friends of Mr. Wilmot will make great
efforts to get his consent lo become the oppo
sition candidate for Governor ; and we hope
that he may be prevailed upon to accept (hat
nomination. He would not only poll the
heaviest vote of thd' opposition party to Ihe
Slave driving'Democracy, but would make a
Governor around whom every lover of free
dom could rally. Let us have Mr. Wilhot
as the standard bearer of the flag of freedom
in the next campaign ; and bis name, asso
ciated wiih other good and true men for Canal
Commissioner and Judge of the Supreme
Court will lead the parly to triumph. —Haft
The following extract of a letter from San
Francisco affords one of the most interesting
case* of feminine endurance, ability and cour
age on record
“ The ship Neplune't Car’ arrived Nov.
I&. Fifty days ago, Capt. Patten was attack
ed withrlhe brain- fever, and for the Fast twen
ty-five days be has been blind'. Previous to
his illness, he had 1 put the first male off duly,
on account of his iocompelency. Afterward,
the second male took charge of the ship, but
as he did not understand navigation,
Captain’s wife worked up the reckoning every
day, and brought the ship safely imo port. ’
The first male wrote Mrs. Fatten a letter,
reminding her of the dangers of the coast and
the great responsibility she had rrtSßmerf, and
offered to take charge of the ship, but she
stood by the judgement of her husband, and
declined the offer. During all this time she
acted as nurse to the Captain; studied medi
cine, to learn how to treat his case; shaved
his bead, and by her constant care and watch
fulness kept him alive. She said that for fifty
nights she had not undressed herself. Few
women could have done so much, and done it
so well. She was at once navigator, nurse,
physician and protector of the properly en
trusted to her husband. The matter has ex
cited a good deal of interest here, and, inde
pendent of other considerations, all are anx
ious, for her sake, that the Captain should
recover.
Sot The Agitator.
The Honesdale Democrat has the follow,
ing sensible remarks upon the fusion project:
“ The Republican parly must stand on its
own distinctive basis, and follow its own pe
culiar. objects, and this persistently and un
compromisingly, if it would in the end achieve
a substantial and enduring triumph. Coali
tions only "weaken it, by imparting strength
and importance to the factions with whom
stipulations are entered into. Let those fac
tions stand alone, if they will, and' their ab
solute insignificance will be exposed, and
their array bo consequently broken and scat,
tered. Let them go over to ihe democrats, if
they prefer. There would be no crime against
nature in such an amalgamation ; but rather
a fraternal commingling of congenial and
accordant elements, diverse only in outward
appearance and in prudential expressions of
opinion.
What if defeat should result from refusing
to negotiate an alliance I Better so, iban suc
cess with an alliance; for, under an alii
ance success is not a vindication of great
principles, only a dividing of spoils among
incongruous associates.
It is possible that the path of the Republi
cans to ultimate victory, lies through defeat
at the next election. If so, we accept thh con
ditions. Last year a coalition was formed,
and defeat followed on the heels of it, with
no tokens of promise in the aky for Ihe fu
ture, but rather distinct intimations flashing
up to avoid the like evil in time to come. Bui,
we do not believe that adherence to a dis
tinctive Republican organization forbodes de
feat. We believe it to be the only policythat
promises or deserves success,”
A Wife Worth Saving,
s«' ‘ 5 t tf' >»
Gp*f asKS?lt<3fNAi, T „ „
CbAROJ* ASAIMB Ml. m GhbK Lg y, .ty.
havegiven TOplacehithertoto the statement,
that hAVepirtotaled freelyin tbe'fiubfic press
;chprripg Mr. Greeley, the Editor of fk e
41,000 f OT
services in aiding the passage of the De»
Moines Navigation and Railroad bill, while
Residing atWashifagton as the correspondent
of ThttTtibvne, They have! now been enj.
bodied in the report of IbeJovesiigatiog Co n .
mittee, lalthbugh clearly outside of its legjii.
mate sphere of duty, which was to inquiie in
-16 the conduct of Members of Congress alone.
The evidence on that subject is given by Mr.
John Stryker, who that he sent Mr
Greeley a draft for 51,000, payable to his
order and that it was intended to be used to
aid the passage on the bill. The draft was
upon Mr. Alvah Hunt,* the Treasurer of tbs
Company, and was paid on presentation.—
And here the matter is left by the Commit,
tee. , ■
In another column we publish a letter from
Mr. Greeley in which he says the-draft w a ,
handed to him by a friend at Washington,
who asked him to take it to New-York to
meet another which would be drawnupon hint
in a few weeks. He (jock it, kept it until he
heard of the second draft, and then called up.
on Mr. Hunt, and with tho proceeds paid the
demand thus made upon him. says he
never knew anything of the Des Moines Navi
gation Co., or —never said a word or
did -anything for it—never -heard that he
was expected to do so, and never received for
his own use one dollar of the proceeds of the
draft referred to. 1
We have no hesitation in saying that,we
give full and entire credit to Mr. Greeley's
statement of the facts, and believe him to be
wholly free from any share in the transaction
ascribed to him. It is altogether likely that
the money was paid in aid of the bill— and
.that Mr. Greeley was made the innocent agent
of paying sombody who was cunning enoujh
to keep himself out of sight, and base enough
to throw the odium of his own venality upon
another. Mr. Stlyker says he does not knovr
to whom the money went. This may be so.
But Mr. Alvah Hunt says he does. Mr. Gree
ley slates in his letter that Mr. Hunt told him
“he knew all about it.” Why, then, vas
not Mr. Hunt called upon to testify 7 Wbv
did the Committee stop short—just when they
had got enough to cast suspicion upon Itr,
-Greeley T Were they afraid that, if ihev
went further, they would find enough lo dear
him?
W. P.
This is one of ihe several points in the pro.
ceedings of (his Comnnittee which show (hit
the investigation has been anything but
thorough and complete. Complaint is made
in Congress of the severity and rigor of itr
action. We make no complaint on that scars
—quite the contrary. The inquiry was not
rigorous enough.. It did not go to the bottom
of the matter; and while it has thus left an.
covered much corruption which beyond si!
question, does exist and may be reached, it
may have done injustice, by partial statements
to individuals whose names are brought ;a
question.—JV. Y. Daily Times.
Death oirDuCTJusHiT Kent Kane.-
New Orleans, Feb, 23.—The steamship Ca
hawba arrived to-day from Havana, whence
she sailed on tho 20ih inst., bringing the re
mains of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, the Arctic
Explorer who -died in Havana, on the J6ih
insf,
The remains were received by the Conti
nentals, and escorted to- the City Hall, wnere
they will lie in State fill to morrow-afternoon,
at 4 o’clock, when they will be' conveyed oi
board the steamer J. Woodruff, for Louisville,
en route for Philadelphia.
The city, authorities, fhn military, civic so
cieties, and citizens generally, wilf panicipan
in doing honors to the remains.
The highest honors were paid the remain)
by the highest officials of Havana, as they
were conveyed to the CahaWba
■ W
WAT to'Wear.—The lale slushy wealhef
has shown the value of the long India rubber
boots which the ladies have taken to wearing
to guard their feet from wet and their lungi
from consumption’.- They are about as long
proportionally as a man’s boot, but they are
made with a degree of neatness which sen
off a beautiful foot and 1 ankle amazingly. A
lady provided With a pair of these bootsneed
not fear the worst weather, for her feet and
ankles will be kept &yl,'qnd she niay raise
her dress sufficiently to escape entirely soiling
it with the mud and melted snow, withoal
any unbecoming exposure Ind. JTAig.
In Delmar, on Sunday, March Ist. Ms. JaSU
Esqubb , aged 57 yean.
In Shippcn, on the 251 h of Feb., David Eujs, £«„
In the GOtli year of his age.
This announcement will be road with surprise ty
quite a large class ofeitizens in Tioga county. But
few men were better known, especially in the section
of the county where ho lived. Ho came to Pins
Creek in lSll, and has consequently resided there
forty-six years. A large family have grown up
around him, some of whonf have gone out to estab
lish homes for themselves and children. These with
his bereaved wife, to whom “ wearisome days arc
nights have been appointed” for years, on account
of the dislocation of a wrist, are left, to mourn me
loss of a good husband and father. Alone, sad and
silent for days and years will be the walk to (hit
world where he has gone. He was the centre o(
much social cheer. His house was the home of Us
stranger, and the nucleus of much cordial hospitals
ly. For thirty three years ho has been a meraKt
of the BaptistCborch. To a large circle ofmonni
ing friends, to a still larger circle of friendly if
quaintainces, and to the little Church where be so
wont to worship, will be very sensibly rf
“ He will return no more to his house, neither snail
his place know him any more.” Cos.
On the 37 th of Feb., in Charleston, Mr. At. insert
Comxinos in the 551 h year of his ago.
Mr. C, came to this part of the country eight yetn
ago as a miller, in which branch of industry he m*
few equals. His life-long devotion to this callings* 1
sertonsly affected his health.and the last few y«n
of bis life were rendered extremely painful withJtN
uthma. For many year* be had been a member
the Prcabyterian Church, and jadorned bis profs*
•ion by a well ordered life. Ho was an Afik*
American, whom all his acquaintances loved to f*'
sptota Modpsi t retired, intclugcdt, respectful to 1"
men, a gentleman and a Christian. His life it ha* 1
and abroad is believed to have furnished a safe l! '
ample for bis mourning family, to whom ha to»*
tenderly attached; for bis race, and minxi" 4 .
tp follow. It furnishes also a happy illustrate 11 *
the power of merit to overcome, in a measare «■
least, tho prejudice against color,* which exist lo
oiely. We feel assured that this brief tribute of
spect will meet the approbation of all who koew h' o,
for many will say “ it is all true, and even
more might be deservedly eaid.” “Other font"*'',
tion can no man lay than that la laid which is ■h*?
Chrisl," was the basis of all his hopes and conw' 1
tion. J OX-
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