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from. Ilio Sow fork Independent,,.
“I’reiicliiuiillie iGoipel.”
A Boston correspondent ,NeW. York
Jon^ oal of Commerce, uncleMlie date olfFebj
21, fms n Jung anide upon ihe.cqnductoCtha
New England clergy during t(ie late. Presi
dential canvass, from which we take the fol
lowing extract' ‘
"A single pastor in ono of our Atlantiociliesinot
Innj ago, catno out with a political abolition, seripon,
which 1 resulted in the withdrawal of ejyven families
of his pengrcgotion. In the' samp city, when, the
agent of Uio State Domestic Missionary Society
railed.on a gentleman for }iis,annual subscription,
he replied, "No more money shall I give to Jour
Society while I live." When askcd.
Tie t news re<l, ll Your miarionarics and officers" are
‘(jiv’mg thanisclves to preach.polilica rather than the
Gpspel.’! Quite a number pf gentJpßieriuhave ’ in
formed me >lmt they have been coinpclled,n l luclanlly
to abandon for Ihc'limc attendance upon the churcb,
owidg to tbc conversion of their 1 pastdVs info parti.
a*o Republican speech-makers. Ope gentleman,
fbeling;that his pew was useless with such;.preach
ing, sold it;' and. hearing pf one pastor in another
town and denomination who confined himself to lbs
■ Gospel in iiis palp'll di«cii>sions.eenl Lilia fitly dol
lars toward his'Sopport.’t ■.
Thai fifty dollars dotibtleds did the business,
It wnS fwetiiy pieces teftre than Judds got for
about the same 1 services, via., employing his
apostolic position-to- favor the- government,
nnd to belrrty 1 (he wcnlc and innocent. But
Judos was weak and simple as compnred-wilh
his Successors; (or he repented apd hung
himself, while thev will do neither.
Bold his pew, did he! Did fie not first gel
lip end walk out of it id a Christian passion,
when the minister said iomething that he did
not like 1 Did he not slnm'llie door with
prodigious emphasis? And the Missionary
Society.-too. wns mode to smart for it !
These Journal of Commerce Christians mean
(o spite the hen then abroad, nnd the ignorant
at hem", because ministers do not pleach to
suit the Democratic parly 1
Bu 1 we should be happy lo look over the
rnnee of look's treated by that happy recipi
ent of liliv dollars, "who confined himself lo
the Gone! in his •pulpit discussions VVe
should he tilnd lo sec what it included, and
wmi t l . reiected. We presume that this good
minister would include in his Gospel sermons
the’(>iwng accounts of the settlement of tho
town m which 1 he preached, and the manners
amt customs of tsvo hundred years ago.—
That is included in the Gospel of course!—
Then, doubtless, he preached general histori
cal sermon', and geographical sermons, with
some missionary 's name tacked to them, to
give them a semblance of Gospel. Then
there are literary setmons, nnd Washington
sermons, anil save-lhe-counlry sermons, and
tho wickeJoesa-of-ngilalion sermons; ser
mons on peace and war, on heresy and here
starchs, sermons on the distinction between
siiperltipsarians nnd suhlapsarinns, on semi-
Pelagians nnd enure Pelagians, Arians, Ar
mininns, open and concealed ; sermons on
Sabelltanism, Bushnellism,Taylorism, Tyler
tsm, nnd Princelontsm; sermons on heathen
cruelties, on the need of preaching the gospel
10 Chinese, Tartars, Mongol and the Africans
in Ethiopia. Ol course, ihere are lo be fasl
<l.i V sermons, lugubrious and despondent;
thanksgiving sermons as various as the ele
ments of thanksgiving dinners; sermons
about Europe, Asia, Africa, and the isles of
the sea ; old Jerusalem and its siege—modern
Jerusalem and its rums—New Jerusalem and
us prospects 1 There are sermons full of
Daniel's arithmetic and symbolic beasts and
birds; sermons on ihe wheel within a wheel ;
sermons to rip up all the theories about John’s
Apocalypse, except the minister’s own I
Then come the frequent and terrific sermons
about the Pope of Rome, and the Inquisition,
and the horrible wickedness about ecclesiasti
cal tyrannv in liatv. But to preach about
Kansas in our own land, whose fate God has
put into the hands of Christian voters, is a
violation of ihe Gospel ! Not to touch Kan
sas—where every crime ever committed by
tyranny has flourished under an administra
tion bent upon lorcing African slavery upon
tree soil, ngatnst the will of us actual settlers
—was a virtue in a minister which ought noi
to be lelt to us own reward. Jupiter once
came in a golden shower, and why should
nut Virtue descend upon our Gospel-preacher
in filly precious drops 1
Men in iv deceive themselves,but not others,
who pretend to preach “nothing but the Gos
pel" Measured even by their own canon,
ihfcy arn preaching in the direction of litera
ture, o( an, of taste, history and science,
sermon upon sermon, which have not half so
much connection with ihe Gospel as Slavery
or temperance. D.mcing, marrying the sis
ter of a deceased wifi), the Genesis geology,
nnfl everlastmgchronnlogv,are Gospel enough
—but the rights of mem, the sin of oppression,
tnc respon-übilily of Christian voters in a
Gnmmonwcilih, these are going aside from
the Gospc’"
Thu whole pretence of special Gospel
purism is a lying sham. It is simply a
method of not preaching it in practical appli
cations to living questions. U is the cant of
men who dodge mcir duly, or who are igno
rant of i.. [Henry Ward Beecher.
An Burma Rouiied. —The Cincinnati!
Enquirer sums ihai as one of the atlachees
of that office was wending his way home, he
was set upon by three ruffians. One slopped
Inm, and ann'hcr threw a bag over his heod.
The Elnoi at once drew a single barrelled
pistol and fired it, but missed his man, Me
ih-n drew o dagger, and slabbed one of the
villains in ihe left breast. At this moment
a ihird villain slruck him on the head «iih a
brandy bottle knocking him senseless. Me
was robbed of 878 and a minialure set in
diamonds. While we have the inmost sym
pathy for our broiher, and hope his assailants
may be brought to justice, we really would
like to know bow he came by so much money.
—Elmira Republic.
Tub “Pepper Dodge" is the latest method
of street rubbery in New York. The process
is this ; A scamp brushes past the pedestrian
in the dark, and flings a quantity of Cayenne
in His eyes and then lakes to his heels. A
confederate comes up to the assaulted, to sym
pathise wjih him, and to see “wba! is the
muter,” the fellow meanwhile relieving the
unionunaie of his valuables, and applying an
cstra allowance of pepper. The thing is
.‘one in the twinkling of an eye, and the po
•ice say it is by far the most atrocious inven
tion which metropolitan villiany has yet bit
upon. What are we coming to. 7
THE AiJLf Aim. 1
M. H. Cobb
WEIfemOTOH,
j riißntlßiMomlßg,Mar.iMBlW.
*,* All qlhe>Ckipt*dmcalklrt|mii>V
bn nddresscdfotheKditofto insahe attention.'
Donatios.— The friends of Key., Mr,, H*P NSON t
are respectfully invited to attend n Ddnattm 'visit at
the. ParoopagCt Thursday..after won .andcjcmog*
36th March. Per order.
' 'V/e ora under obligations to Hon. 6. A.' Gaow
-for-valuablepublio-doeumentst
We ,fAfl fiiiyctf.&aaintbelt iafla Jiewjhiily paper
published in Chicago, entitled, the Ledger,
finely.puntfd peper
tfmeausc of Freedom. ‘ * f .T.,
Gabo. —Two fine, large Elk passed through Ibis
Village last Friday evening; They'were cotight aft
ter a fonr near SloweUV Mills,on Tine
Creek. We understand that they are on eibibitiAi
at Wedge’s, irf Middlebury.
. J. P. Walsh, of Mansfield, in tills, oopnly, at
tempted sniyidc by eating »large quantjfy of ppium
on Wednesday evening, I lift.instant. He .was die.
covered and npt permitted (p succeed. This is said
to be'thc second attempt. We have heard no spe
cial cause assigned for this behavior. • i
■Wc bave received from J. S. Mann, Esq.,* state
ment oT the'Valuation of property-in this Common
wealth, iw josl determined by the Revenue Cominis,
sioners. In Tioga county, the araonnt of property
Subject to three, mill lax is $1,801,94 8. TVI per
cent tax, $lOO. To 2 per cent tax, $3OO. Tax on
Watches, $38,50. Total valuation, $1,602^248.
CT Individual opinion mast suCcumb to iho irre
pcaliblc decision of the suprome tribunal of the
land. It is a finality. There is no more to bo said.
We submit und obey.— N. Y* Mirror,.
Submit and obey, then. Give every man the prir.
Urge of Freedom, and if he eboose to be a slave, let
him be a slave. We have concluded to resist tyran*
ny to tHe bitter end,-though we hang for it.
Tell it in Gath I—A clergyman of this borough
procured, on Saturday of last week, $1,500 in sub*
ecripltons to the New Academy, Building Fund!
Wo are not prepared to say that this con not be’beat,
simply because, so far as we can ascertain, this .is
the first attempt at getting .subscriptions. Thtf-is
the proper way to build the Academy. Too much
talking, appealing and urging has paralyzed the ten*
der energies of the Trustees and cheated the project
of its vitality— action. Suppose the Trustees spend
one day each in soliciting subscriptions—just for
experiment's sake ? We have great doubts whether
the people will subscribe without solicitation.
Slavery National.
The decision of the Supreme Court In the Dred
Scott case, startles the honest and intelligent uf all
parties. It is a declaration that the laws of Miss
ouri creating and sustaining Slavery within the lim
its of that State, are paramount everywhere; and
therefore, that under the almost worshipped const!,
lulion of the Republic, a Free Siale can never exist.
1( is a further declaration that the Missouri Com
promise, so far as it undertook to prohibit Slavery in
any Territory not belonging to the Union at its birth,
or to endow negroes, living in territory acquired
since the adoption of the Constitution, with citizen*
ship, was unconstitutional and void.
These aro the only points in the decision bearing
essentially upon the future political issues of this
Government, as we understand them. These points
in the decision establish Lite nationality of Slavery.
They likewise determine the meaning and intent of
the Constitution as regards the question of Slavery.
Whatever doubt may heretofore have cu ai*
tach itself to tho moaning of certain clauses of the
Constitution, it is now cleared up. The highest au
thority in the land has fued the bounds of Slavery,
and there is no remedy under Uie Constitution —no
appeal. If the people are wronged and Humanity
outraged; if the spirit of our institutions has been
trampled undir fool and Liberty insulted, there is
no remedy under the Constitution. There is a rem.
edy, but it must not be hastily resorted to. There
is a remedy, But it is the last resort of an oppressed
people. That, is Revolution. »
Whoever lias deluded himself with the belief that
Congress or the Constitution was created superior
to Shivery, may now be undeceived. He may not
pause to consider the justice of the decision which
so confounds the wise and the simple; it is so de
cided, and whether justly or unjustly, it is now the
law of Hie land. To dispute itf validity is construe
live treason; to resist its application is treason, un
less the resistance bo successfully made, in which
case it would be a Revolution.
A gentleman remarked in our hearing Iho’othcr
day, the decision of Chief Justice Taney being the
subject of conversation, " That decision is no more
“ nor less than a bloodiest Revolution." It must be
so recognized and treated by the honest and patriot
ic everywhere. The contrary has been held by the
purest patriots and (lie greatest statesmen for more
then Ihre'c-fouptlia of a century. The power of
Congress to restrict Slavery bad been the doctrine
of nil parlies, and of the Democratic party especial
ly, up to 1800. But now that the patriots and great
men of that parly have passed away, and with them
Us integrity and ftspcctablilily, wo are told that the
men whose genius fashioned our liberties, and whose
wisdom is yet on the lips of admiring nations, in.
auguralcd a mistaken 'policy in the outset, and died
undeceived. It is left for the pot-house politicians
and trimmers of this degenerate day, to undeceive
a nation rocked in the arms of a Washington, an
Adams and a Franklin, a Jefferson and a Madison,
and whose steps were guided up to a lusty manhood
by such spirits as Jackson, Marshall, Wirt, Clay
and Webster Heaven help this unhappy nation !
It is best that Ihe people thoroughly understand
the nature of Ihe Drcd Scott case Decision. It is
not that DreJ Scott, with his children, must now sit
down at Ihe Oppressor's feel lorcvcr. It is not that
a presumed free citizen of the United States has
been stripped of his dignity as a man and degraded
to the condition of a Chattel; for, terrible as this
may seem to the philanthropic, and it Is terrible in
deed, it is the condition of four millions of tinman
beings in this enlightened Republic. It is a matter
of graver import to the American people than the
return of Drcd Scott into Slavery. If the laws of
Slavery be declared operative in what has been con
sidered Jree territory heretofore, then Is Slavery na
tional. Chief Justice Taney has so decided t' a ma
jority of his associates concur. Il is now the law
at the land, and upon this law the premeditated tyr
anny of the new Administration will be .shouldered.
If, hereafter, a free negio be kidnapped from the
-State of Pennsylvania,’carried into Virginia and en.
■laved, what remedy has he 'Under the law 7 The
iiiual process may issue, but to wiiat,- effect 1 The
Decision of Judge Taney declares that under the
Constitution negroes are not recognized as.citizens
ol the Republic, and therefore Hie Doited States’
Courts have no jurisdiction in their cases. This
leaves,Uie negro without remedy, and by a liberal
construction of this Decision, any ftce negro may
a-
[doge ftpm
bcSsiriod into a
caM.bui Id deau
aChat this alajJ
BMpanan iitm
iwwrlo be (aknr
Qjßg-bnt step c
jflbo Bundatioi
fcr IbfrTeclaißt
m may in time put hate been brought into the tree |
States by Iheir matters, and thus obtained freedom,
Iw'&l |
will be to enable slaveholders to tiarcl through the
flee States'withtlielrllareslhattendineb, and this
without loss of propertTsin roon;, ;-,shs idecitiop-of
, tlje.infanww Kims, isJlte,Wbse)« ifeta-Cwt,wM
a grand, and.duubllcsa a .alep in thpl.
di/eciiatr—(Jb) entering wedge to/tlio Tcuey Deeisj
ion; and. .when death, shall be so nierciful to lliis
afflicted people as to withdraw . lilr'Taney from a.
I pdsitiohWhicK 'he'ddcUfnea by the 'merest dbdi'dfcnl,
Judge 'Kin's. ir wlll become in aaioiiate of
his sucefessdh t Bthlillef pVifces’hive porcliaied great
’er ntfen thaw our KabbJ bot Tyranhy 'ndveppluchar
edVgPeitdr knave Witf traitof.' .’ ■ ! ‘ n i ,: ' ! '<-'
; d’Thert is one oilier Important point irtllie Decis
ion; il'-U that' the expression “Territory Siid bllier
‘•■property of tha.Unlbtfd States,‘to the CohstUotion,
applies only to such territory as the Union l possessed
at the adoptlonoflhe Constitution. ■ It Would seem
then, llmtCongrcss has transoetided Its constitution
al powers habitually, since l lBo3. It oould have bad
n.o authority to dispose of 'the territory acquired by
tbo Louisiana, Florida and Mexican purchases, to
erect territorial governments and to sell real prop
erty-over which it ltad.no constitutional control.
|3ul it has been held, further, that Congress-hod
no power to prohibit Slavery in any territory inclu
ded in the Louisiana-Purctinse, because Slavery pre
vailed there at the time of purchase- it Wat pre
sumed rule would Wprk both ways, and
that Congress would have power to prolubit Slavery
from entering territory in which the institution had
no existence at UiB lime of purchase. Tims, the
pro-slavery orators, in admitting the possibility that
Kansas might be enslaved, were wont to except the
Mexican Purchase as secured to Freedom by virtue
of the Emancipation Acl under Mexico. Bui this
Decision ' effectually removes that, disability, by de
nying to Congress any jurisdiction oyer the lerrilo.
rial domain,'under the Constitution.' It might'be
replied, that, strictly considered, Congress has no
power to fuichaie, or many way to odd to the com
mon domain. ' Vet, the’territory acquired by the
War with Mexico, was the spoil of Conquest, and in
the very teeth of the spirit of the Constitution.
It is now decided by the highest authority in the
land, that slaves are personal property in lew, even
as horses and oxen. -Yet thrce.fiflhs of the whole
. number of slaves are represented in Congress as so
many freemen. . Why should our horses, oxen*,
doughfaces end other animals ho crowded out in tho
apportionment 1
The issue is now clearly defined. Slavery cannot
bt restricted under the Conciliation, But there is a
remedy when the people are prepared to apply It
They will he prepared to apply that remedy when
they are driven to stand face to face with it This
remedy may be delayed for a season, and must bc ;
but if there be one spark of its ancient firo in the
Anglo Saxon blood, the camel's back will break.
Our respect and odmiration for that species of na.
tore called has been measurably increas
ed from observing upon what small capital some
men can make merry and kick dull care to the—
dogs. Some go laughing through -the world, stran
gers to (he pangs and pains of indigestion, and yet
the world can see not much (o laugh at. Others go
through life with the shadows of unlovely midnight
Upon their countenances, yet the world wonders that
these never laugh. The world at large is an enen/iy
tn dyspepsia in all its manifold lornis. Its disposi
tion, to make merry on small capita! is therefore
pardonable, if not in general a virtue.
But men do not always laugh bticaiua.lli*“.v-»—-
r oimsspeare writes of a bind of villain,
much given to “smiling." We have scon men at
tempt to laugh down arguments Uiey could not re
fute. Others oileu attempt to pul a great truth out
of countenance by laughing at Us advocates. We
have not knnwn any great truth to hide its face
from the world because somebody laughed at it.
The Daily Newt, of Philadelphia, is presided
over by one of these laughing philosophers. He is
“ nigh about tickled to death" because some citizens
of Lcwistown, without distinction of sex, have pe
titioned our Legislature now sitting at Harrisburg,
relative to the unjust disfranchisement of Woman.
It may be well enough to give tho substance of that
petition:
“ In accordance with the admitted principles of
our Government, that • ‘ governments are just only
■when they obtain the consent of the governed,'
and that ‘ taxation and representation are insepsra
■ ble,'„we, adult men and women of Lcwistown, Pa.,
pray your honorable body to take such measures lor
the practical application of the abavenxmed princi
ples, as shaft secure to women the elective franchise,
they being now held strictly amenable to laws to
which they are not permitted to give their consent,
and taxed without a vote.”
Well, isn’t every word ol that true ? Everybody
knows it is. We have yet to meet the man who in
telligently denies the right of woman to tho elective
franchise, Use, is the old gcay-bcard who objects,
not Reason. We trust women to train our Presi
dents and our Senators; why debar them the exer
cise of (he rights of citizenship? There is no good
reason why. Admit Woman to her every right:
leave her free to exercise the privileges growing out
of those rights, or not, ns she elects. Wo have no
affected (bar that voting and holding office will dc
stray any of that eoftneaa so much lauded in female
character. Those who affect the most admiration
for effeminacy in woman, do not always exhibit the
greatest circumspection in their social intercourse
with the sex; and their opposition to what is sneer
ingly termed “ Woman's Rights,” is of no damag
ing force to anybody.
Threo classes are now disfranchised under our
organic law, viz; criminals, negroes and women.
The sex may thank their noble brothers for the dis
tinguished position assigned to IhiAi. Criminals
are supposed to have furfeitCih'lhcir civil tights to
some extent. Negroes arc not thought to be com
potent to vote, owing to the color of the skin and
the kink in the hair. Woman—well, she can’t
raise whiskers and moustaches, drink whiskey, chew
tobacco and smoko cigars, swear and trade horses,
besides maify oilier little masculine accomplishments
which she lacks. It is proper to lie her to a sot or
a gambler for life, or to a brute; but don’t permit
the doar creatures to vote, because that might des
troy the delicate aoftnen of character which makes
them so loveable I
Of course the wirt men at Harrisburg will iol
notice the petition alluded to; it' is beneath Che dig
nity of Buell A distinguished body. The Lords and
Commons of England, It is true, have condescend
ed to inVestigate'the claims of Woman to civil equal
ity with man ; but snob condescension is not expect
ed from the Legislature of the sovereign State of
Pennsylvania.
“ How to WaiTE,"—We are much obliged to the
enterprising publishers, Messrs. Fowler & Wells,
Tor a copy of a work entitled. as, above. It contains
excellent bints, suggestions and directions how to
properly biuinetq. correspondence, how to
write Idlers of Friendship, how to writ# for tbs
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it extreme
n-of buc’
About 'Thieves.
JaikHtarfit,i&iik Jkcli (itjSiVorj, arul luk
. Dog.~A Novel Pah—The Firtt Gar•
folte irTthii Country. , 1
~ Jusf, k u aitracted
«*jpjU. .jfitrpdupeqiUn, this .poetry,
jvilj,hp,t!be out q( plaqfe. ..‘oVp is a science
m. ihis|pa,fxbue ,i(j;piein,' vyhicfi makes if abso
, lulely ijpuossjbje for the strongest of men to
content) widi a thief. Themote you struggle
ll.eworso you makama|[en?,.an(Jl|ie ,ijghler
ihegrpsp .thief tjecorSie'sl Mahv;at
tempts have been made .Jcyiescrlhe.the modus
operaqai or ihc garrotte ihlet', but they are
al) incorrect, whichds well*.for IF faithfully
givqn if >he number of
this class of thieves among us.'
Jack Harris, the Sailor, was the
first paap wbp’introduced the .system of gar
rotte rqbbecy .among us. Formerly the thief
attacked bis victim with a slung shot fr.om
behind, and if death did not ensue, he was
.sjur.e to Carry the marks of that nigKlJs yio
lervce tq i,he l( grnve. The ga f rottp dispenses
yvitji that cowardly instrument of death and
vengeance—the siung-shbt., In England the
.gajrolfe system of robbery prevailed a Jong
lime bofpr.e it took toot amongst us, and when
jl did, make its appearance it changed its
name, and became known as., “muggiag.”
A thief, in London is a “mugger”
thief irr this, city.
Sailor Jack practised “mugging” a long
lime before it became general or,'to be ap
proved of by the thieving fralerni'y, but it
seems apw to be only system of robbery
which.'is really appreciated. Jack is notv in
Philadelphia, but when in New York he was
generally to be found in' the Fourth Ward.
He was known as one of the most desperate
thieves of the country, although of laie years
he has abandoned “mugging” having found
something else to pay him better. He is
looked up to as a second Jack Sheppard.—
We believe he has served two terms in Slate
prisons through the treachery of his asso
ciates. Jack’s complexion is fair, about five
feet six inches in. height, and weighs about
one hundred and forty-five pounds. He is
quick in all his actions. He has no'pals now
excepting a dog, and swears he shan’t have
any, as he has been betrayed so often by
them. Flis pew pal is a noble Newfoundland
dog, which ho has trained to be almost as
smart as himself, and .ettn^render fur more
assistance than any three men, while at the
same lime though it may growl it can’t
“squeal” and secrets are perfectly safe with it.
When Jack and his dog got out on a for
aging expedition, the dog never walks by his
side ; it is. before him or after him, and a
snap of his finger is enough to call its atten
tion. They visit (he banks, steamboat land
ings, and railroad depots together, and the
moment Jack sets his eye on a man whom he
tiiinKs lms a~gboa feeling “dummy,” a knap
of the finger is heard, the dog turns round, a
nod is then given, and the dog fastens on the
victim’s legs, and makes a terrible lime, as if
he would shake the man to pieces. Jack
hastens to (he man’s relief, but ns the man
•very naturally feels (ike kicking the dog,
Jack seizes him by the breast to keep him
off, and while picking his pocket, he shouting
in great excitement, “Don’t kick my dog,
sir,—don’t kick my dog,” Of course the
thief enn scarcely be discovered. All eyes
are directed to the dog, which snarls and
.growls and makes a terrible fuss, as if in
earnest. The last thing the man thinks
about is his pocket safely
and the fear of hydrhphobia lakes the place
of everything else. The moment the theft
is affected, Jack lifts his foot to kick the dog,
but before it has descended, the dog has let
go of tho leg, and is flying home at full speed,
Jack after him, and both disappear round a
corner, and that is the last seen of man and
dog, or the victim’s money. Of course no
personal injury is inflicted. The leelh hov
ing been filed so (hat they never penetrate
the flesh.
Jack has also trained his dog so that it has
now become a famous hotel thief. Jack and
his dog enter a hotel together, and if he sees
a parcel which he thinks worth carrying off,
he has only to give the cue to the dog, which
picks it up in his teeth, and if any one at
tempts to slop it, one of those terrible growls
of his makes every one open a passage lor
him. Once in the street, he dashes off at
full speed, for home, where his mistress is
ever ready to receive him. Jack in the mean
time walks leisurely home.’
- This remarkable dog weighs about eighty
pounds, and will soon be unfit for service
ihrough nge. Jack’has accumulated money
enough to keep him independent for life, but
bis thriving propensity won’t allow him to
give it up.
The contributor who sends us these (bets
requests us, if we want further information
aboun the man, ; to inquire of Poggie Joe,
who is well posted up in his doing. Guess,
we won’t call just now.— N. Y. Police Ga
zelle.
An act lias been before the Legislature,
this winter, divorcing “David Becbtell and
Catharine his wife,” These are the parties
who about a year ago got married inChesier
county "in fun,” bul;have found, it. rather se.
rious sport. -They have never lived together
as.mqn.and wife, but fpr all that, the law re
garded them ns such. They were both res
pectable, and Mr, Bephlell .has considerable
properly in Ohio, which he wants to sell, hut
must have the assent of his fun-got wife. If
they get out of this trouble, jl is not likely
they will be so. ready in future to trifle with
so.spripus a thing aspulling their .neeks in
the noose.—rjQlair Whig.
The Senate of the United States, is now
cpnpposod as follows—tha number o( Repub
licans bping doubled (Republicans, 2Q; Dem
ocrats, ~37 j Americans, 5.;
Rj, For <*« Agitator.
WTmfls for whai purpose was mao
-created f~'Thmfollowing thoughts- were sug*
gesied.ihis af|ercwQmp|.church, where were
wsserftbleil Inrfariifcr k'rid mkrtffiani, the law
yer-# nd the clieotr-lho mechanic and the
scribbler forljie publicpress.lhe learpedand
the unlearned, the rich and the poor,' all ap
j paremlr havhif lffid aside'thrburdetisofno
jlilpflo’bcstow an hour of reflection
upon the dirlt and untrodden path of tne fu
i hire p und* whife-the-nodicncr were'anxiously
;«waiting the arrival of the worthy pastor
theso. thoughts flowed rapidly through’my
mipd- ■ ’ "■■ v
.'"■Allpersona looking upon the-things that
-surround them through different, oyea' add
.judging of acts and eoenteby differently con
stituted minds, itis not strange than he great
majority of the. human t»oe look upon life
with-such-a diversity of tastes end opinions,
indeed, it would be impossible fur all to form
.the.same ideas of life, Doei ibe man of iet
-lers farm the same aspirations- as the igno
rani and unlearned?'-Doe* the-master and
slave look upon life from the same point )
Do the tich aad the poor (brm the same no
tions of what constitutes-true happiness?—
-Certainly- not ! Ask the village belle her
opinion of life and she would lelhyou-to give
her plenty of pleasure excursions, allow har
to dreks in the height of fashion, read novels,
attend plays, have plenty of beaux, smile
uuon-Wit of them, but at heart-detest the
- whole, let.her ma do the woshing and baking,
whilst she works upon some fanciful piece of
'embtoidery,-and this life- lo her. would be a
close approximation to aheir'.hly,paradise.
Ask the student, and he would tell you, a
mind elevated above (he baser feelings of
man’s, nature, be Would prefer developing his
mind to all things leUe, he cares not for his
.empty purse or rusty clothes, be cares not
what liter fashionable' fop may -say of him ;
all he wishes, all he desires is to develop his
‘moral and mental faculties so that he may
labor, and that the world may become better
.for hishaving lived in it. In short, he greatly
prefers cultivating the timer to the outer man,
he lives for something beyond .the present
moment, he has a mark set away off in the
future and he strains every nerve to. reach it.
Such is bis. view of iife and it is not a very
lautljable one.
Ask iho' lawyer and he would reply, a
plenty of fat. clients, that are not afraid to
shell out their X’s ; the preacher, a plenty of
paying parishioners; the merchant, any quan
tity of pq.y down customers ; the doctor, a
climate favorable to the fever and ague; the
farmer, the highest market price for corn,
buckwheat end potatoes; the mechanic, pay
for twelve hours on the ten hour system; the
politician, a plenty of exciting issues to- be
ultimatejy followed by a fat office; the orator,
to live in his country’s history ; ihe philan
thropist, to labor in the cause ol humanity
and contribute his feeble efforts to raise his
fellow man in the scale of social being and
to advance the cause of human progress.
We say there are many different views of
life, but although much they may differ, al
lhough (hero may bo a great diversity of
opinions, yet it is self-evident that man was
not created without on object, and that Provi
dence ictpilres much al bU band. Did Provi
dence alien “dealing the heavens and the
earth,” and all things that were created, give
ihem into the dominion of mao, calculating
that he would not improve ihem and apply
them to their own peculiar uses ! Certainly
all things were intended for the benefit of
man, The labors of the Infinite Being were
called info use to prepare an abode for him.
Considering these things, considering the
magnitude of the creation, all intended for
roan’s especial benefit, if is not fair to sup
pose Iha t the Ruler of the universe requires
muchnt our hands? All will admit that our
Creator has great claims upon us, but Ibis is
not all. We owe much to our common coun.
try. The future welfare of this nation must
depend upon the virtue, integrity and industry
of its citizens. This thought alone should
cause every one that bears the name of,an
American citizen, to rouse himself to action,
to cohduct himself in such a way that our
Constitutional liberties may be protected.—
The citizens of Iho Union have it to say
whether this fair land shall in the future be
(he home of a free and happy or an oppressed
and degraded people; whether freedom shall
be perpetuated and extend everywhere the
stars and stripes may go, or whether slavery
shall permanently become the ruling element
in this gallon, and become of
American liberly ; whether labor in ihe fu
ture be considered honorable and befitting all
classes, or whether all those that cannot roll
in riches, and "faro sumptuously every day,"
shall be reduced to the brute level, and that
“condition, not color,” shall regulaie that
beautiful, patriarchal, and worlhy-to-be-ex
(ended institution, human slavery ; whether
education shall be placed within the reach of
all and our couniry go on, advancing in the
line arts and literature, or whether education
shall be confined 10 a particular class, and
the consequent political advancement of a
system lhat to day makes it felony for three
and a half millions of native Americans to
read and write in fourteen of the free and en
lightened slates of this model Republic!—
Such are a few of the prerogatives in iho
hands of the American people. How few in
telligently realize the responsibilities that de
volve upon every free man of this confede
racy, and the vast consequences of their con
duct upon fu'uro generations. No people
have ever before had such vast issues in their
keeping. Can any’man after maturely con
sidering these things, sit with his arms folded,
and allow himself tp be borne unresistingly
alortg the current of time and not make an
effort for the furtherance of human progress,
that great principle, the spirit of which under
lies the whole of our much boasted free insti
tutions? Respectfully, FRANK.
Five hundred hogs died of |;cholerk” in
ihe vicinity of Indianapolis recently. (They
haye since bpen sold in the shape of hams,
lard and Bologna sausages. The Qaylon
papers say the “cholera”,is brought on by
the hogs eating mall from i|)o disliljerjes,
which contains strychnine usqd to increase
tha yield of whiskey, Pleasant facts, these,
for pork haters and whiskey drinkers!
? ii
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"" WAsdiiirom,
SP<id»l Dwtuicbtotie N.Tf. Triboav,^
: . Friday, March 13, 1357.
This .Sedate has 1 closed up business, except
%ome pprtlnalions ijiat will be sent i n [J.
morrow 1 ."
Alllhe naval promotions resulting fa m
the 1 action of the late Reform Board were
crmfiriped, with the conctir rence of the retired
officers'. ’ '
■ Much salisfaQtion.il. expressed over the de
capitation of Peter G< Washington. (Jis
auccessor, M. Clayton, is an old
friend of Secretary, Cobb,
—The Sandwich Islands ■ treaty was cadet
consideration, and, by a vote of 30 to 14, 4
ftibn to lay on the table was' defeated. On
direct lest, h might be confirmed by t
se vole ; hut the Louisiana and other Sen
ators will tails it down, if that contingency t»
probable. At least, they threaten to.
Mr, Cameron teas confirmed in hit teal.
The Indiana wilt be laid aver to. serve
parly ends. *■
Mr. Buchanan’s health suffers from con.
Siam and exacting presence. He is compelled
to retire by 8 o'clock at night to recruit for
daily demands. It is noticed that he exhibiis
signs of fatigue and age, and apprehensions
are fell for the result by disinterested friends.
Mrt. Whittlesey’s resignation, though » o |.
unlary, was constrained by apparent circum
stances.
Mr. Cobb’s advertisement for the purchase
of a million and a half of Government secu.
rilies at former premiums was rendered nec.
essary by the expiration of the notice on iha
4th of March published by Mr. Guthrie.
interesting Particulars of the Arrest of lie
Murderer of Nor cross.
Correspondence of The N. Y. Tribune.
Philadelphia, March 15, 1857.
A'telegraph dispatch was'published in hs
Tribune in reference to thearrestof Mciviro.
the alleged murderer of Dr, Norcross. n
Altoona, Penn. Since then, I have learned
sortie of the particulars of the arrest :>oa
High Constable Blackburn, and F. C. Haves,
the agent of tho Pennsylvania Railroad Co.,
which will, no doubt, prove inlpresltng io ihe
readers of your extensively circulated ,oui.
nal.
U appears that Aaron Wolf and F. A. 3.
Koons of Qloamsburg, Pa., had some business
which led ihem to cross the North Mountain,
a spar of ihe Alleghanies, and alter -ming
1 about ten miles they came to a roadside inc,
] known as lire Popd Hotel. Here they alight
ed, and when the hostler appeared io ane
charge of Iha horses, the travellers recognized
in the hostler the murderer of Norcross, ihe
| published description which they had on men
' persons sunipg in every particular ;he man
before them.
While MeKim went lo the stable loiia .ho
horse, Wolf and Koons entered ;he avorn,
and after making a conlidam of :lie landlord
barrowed.a rifle loaded with ball. Viib dus
they went into ihe yard, and as MeKim came
from the stable Wolf presented the rifle at
his breast, at the same lime saying, ‘you
are wanted,'' MeKim at once appreneoued
I Ihe cause of iha aciton, and asked Wolf ,n&
trembling manner if he was an aflicer, ;a
I which Wolf replied that he was, and intended
Ito take him in charge, MeKim made no re
sistance hut submitted quietly lo the binding
of bia arms. In this condition he was taken
lo Dloomsburg, and from (hence he will jo
conveyed io Harrisburg io await his maL
MeKim, when arrested, had one oi he
handbills on his person, giving a aescupuon
l of himself, and on his way :o Bloomsuurg
acknowledged (hat he had traveled wun Nor.
cross from Pittsburgh, but positively aemeo
having killed him. He says that he oven
Norcross as a brother, and would not have
harmed him.
After his arrival at Qloomshurg, :&e ex.
cliement among ihe citiaens oi that place was
most intense, even lo a lynching degree, aul
by the precaution and .irmaess of ihe au.
thoriues, all mamfiislanon of that kind were
I nipped in the bud.
[ MeKim is affable and polite in his manner,
and does not look muctv like a man *na
would commit murder or oe guilty oi lie
many robberies imputed to aim. But 'he
truih of these stories will be made mann'esi
i on his I rial, which will shortly take place.
Scene in tub Missouri Legislature,—
On the 241 h idt„ in the Missouri Legisla
ture, just before the vote on the Bans oiil
was taken. Mr. AI bin, of Gentry m a lief
sonal explanation, made some harsh strictures
on Mr. Singleton, of Andrew. The res', ai
the story is thus told in ihe Inquirer's legis
lative report 1 :
‘■Here Mr. Singlelon, of Andrew, rose (rom
hfe seal and went lo the side of his dess,
lowards ihe left cenlre aisle ; when ho had
arrived at the front edge thereof, he with his
right hand gripped for his inkstand j a second
clutch secured it. Drawing .back he threw
with much force toward and at Mr. Albin.—>
The botile, scattering ns contents all along
on ils roule, slruck the'desk of Mr. A. n
front of him, and bounced off, oarrying wim
it a handkerchief, just glancing over ihe face
of Mr. Durnes, of Scott, whose seat is aooul
in n line with the seat of Mr. Albin.
Upon this, and quicker than we can non
the act, Mr. Albin drew from his breast a
seven-inch Colt’s revolver, which ho pointed
with unerring certainty, and which he held
with wonderful steadiness at Mr.S. Gentle
men surrounding-either party rushed towards
them, not, however, until Mr. S. had stooped
down in the attempt, as it would appear, to
raise a spittoon. Mr. Clover of St. Louts,
who happened to be near, caught the arm ot
Mr. A. and at the same lime with his ted
hand forced the pistol upwards to the ceiling.
By this lime the Speaker had collected
Himself, and ordered the parlies under arrest.
Mn A. made some resistance by words, but
on recommendation of his friends he left ms
Hall in custody ef the Sergeant-al-Arms. dr.
S. was not for the present molested.
i Large Lumps. —T|ie r\lta Californian,
Slates that McDonald & Co„ miners °d
Sucker creek, have taken jjrq/n Jhejr claim,
one lump of wgigHing one AundfrO
one ditto 25 pounds, one ditto
Ijoijnds, and upwards of 100 pounds in small
nipces.T7.They say they have taken out mail
upwards of $lOO,OOO. Peter 3, Smith write*
that tHp company on a spree at kis
store for three da'ys^