T l»c Bogus Census. Correspondence of The N. Y. Tribune. LAWtiESctsyK.'Ti, April 18; 1857, . The theory about purging the census lists, *o accurately shadowed in the bogus Consti tu'ional bill, has not yet been practically de veloped. itl’ho bogus Judge of Fipbale, the immaculate Dr. Wood, has been here for some days past, speculating in town-property I and ihieaieuint; to have the taxes collected, instead of being on the bench to hear com ’piaiiits and purge the lists, as proposed. The lists themselves are non-come-atibus. I have diligently tried to find their whereabouts, or get a peep at their hidden mysteries, but in vain. But a few days of the short term al lotted for contesting • these lists remains.— ■Three weeks ago they- ought to have been posted-in the most public places—as yet they are not visible to the “naked eye.” “Be particular to have the lists carefully purged,” stys a considerate friend of Kansas io the hopeful North. “See that the proceed ings be carefully watched, at every, step.”— Funny delusion I Staid citizens of the quiet Jvisi have just as clear an idea of a Border ■Ruffian bogus officer as they have of a Fejee islander. Lead d cable through a gimlet hnle. Dive through the muddy Missouri with your eyes open, in hopes of seeing the bot tom. Get into a basket and lift yourself by the handle; nil these are feasible compared in extricating fair play'out of a bogus officer. Had as the Census Acl-yvas, it was merely in tended, like a President's message, for out side circulation. !f a* rational hope could have lipco pinned to any part of it, that pan would have been the purging of the census ists. From the first, we had no hope that the hngus rounly-tourts, in whose discretion the whole matter is vested, would do anything Uke fair ; still we had been so far deluded ns to suppose they might sit. These fellows knew better. All they have to do is to ap pend a certificate to the “corrected lists ” when they send them to the Secretary of the Territory. There is do pail of the law that provide* n penalty agaiost'ibe bogus county* jscourie, nr the bogus census-lakers, for fraud or neglect of duly. They ore even without definite rule to govern their action. tThey ure left In do as they please, and they do most wretchedly. The “penal[y”)lparl of the matter dons not step in until voting under the census ns taken has to be guarded. Then, ngain, the apportionment. If the report of the Pro-Slavery men is correct, and I suppose it h, Johnson County has upward of three thousand voters, and this county eighteen hundred. Everybody knows, whd knows anything about it, that h would lake at least fifty doses of Johnson Courtly to make a Doyglass County ; and yet the former—a packed Dorder-Ruffian delegation—will have two and a half limes representation of the la l ter. It is so in all the cases of which I have learned, so far as I have learned any thing. The counties on the Missouri border which It is designed to carry at the election in June by invasion, have from three to ten timesrthe representation they ought to have, and the thickly-settled portions, one : lhird.— Many of the new settlements away to the South never heard of a census-taker. They come here and ask when the census is to be taken, frith a verdant simplicity. Some of these counties are almost unanimously Free- State, and have not been organized through an actti'i! want of mean men to take the bo gus offices. This is the more surprising be cause mean men are not scarce. These be- -nighted regions, where Border Ruffianism is nol dominani,will be Irealed afier theapproved manner of treating the County of “Arapa hoe,” which includes the imaginary “Black Hil's,” the Camanche Plains, and other non contestables. Secretary Stanton has not got fairly set tled on the throne yet. I learn that he has only had time to “enunciate” that the “Ter ritorial laws will be fully carried out.” My own impression is that if any such project is seriously carried out.” My own impression is that if any such project is seriously at tempted they will he carried out, and the Ter rilorial and bogus authority along with them. The Governor will not be here till May.— Well, he will not',know whether the census lists are correct or not. The “law” makes it none of his business. It is likely that he will decide that he cannot take cognizance o( things that have transpired before he assu mes the functions of Governor. His absence at the vital moment would thus save his cred it for regarding the fraudulent census as legal. Bui let us wail for him. Emigration does not come so abundantly. We have felt the stabs of President Buchan an in his Ruffian appointments. The weather has been unfortunate, too—cold and bleak. At this date last year the grass was several inches high. Last night the rain froze to sleet as it fell The Tioga Agitator takes exceptions to our review of “ Yioia." It thinks we were over critical in our notice of it. We did not intend to do it injustice. We expected, from the reputation of Mrs. Southworlh to find a book that was worth reading, but were dis appointed. We are unable to see anything in the book that should make it n desirable one 1 to put into the hands of young girls, the class for whom such wryks are gennrally de signed. As to their being real characters who are as wicked as Mrs. S’s ideal ones, we admit the possibility , but doubt the probabil. ity of such being the case.. But if there are any it is unnecessary to create more. As regards the remarks of the Agitator, about there being such good catholics, we have only to say that we have heard and read of such things, and doubt not that they exist, but have never m-t with any in our experi enco. At all events we must protest against such books whose tendency must be to fasci nate the minds of the young-in favor of those dens of pollution, termed Convents. And, as we said before, we crinnoi suppress a re"rel that if. Mrs. S; is so much in favor of Con vent life, she were not engaged there rather than in writing such books. —Jersey Shore Vedette. of Mb. Pbtkiki^. — W». learn llial Col. Petrikin, member ol'lhe Legislature from the Lycoming district, is lying very dangerously ill at Harrisburg. His disease is the Washington National Hotel malady. Pantaloons icosling SOO a pajr are among Ute Spring fashions announced in New York. g? THE AGITATOR. ‘ K J M. H. Cobb,*.... WELLSBOROUGH, FA. Thursday morning, may Id. 1857, %• All Business,and otherComraunicaiionslnust be addressed to the Editor to Insure attention. Republican Nominations* For Governor, , DAVID WILMOT, Of Bradford Courtly. For Canal Commissioner , WILLIAM MILL WARD, Of Philadelphia . For Supreme Judges r J AMES VEECH, • Of Fayette County , JOSEPH J. LEWIS, Of Chester County. The bill for the sale of the Main Line to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has passed the House. The price is fixed at 97,500,000. The House passed a resolution to adjourn on the 12th. We have no later news. The Republican County Stand ing Committee, for purposes hereinafter to be mentioned, haye appointed the.following Com. millees of Vigilance, for the respective election dis* Iricls, viz; Bloss—Vfvh, GutleK J. James, Martin Stratton. Brookfidd —I. Plank, Wm. Simmon*, L. D, Seeley Chatham —Ransler Tolcs, T. W. Stark, Moses Lee. Charleston —A- Ritter, Lyman Poller, W B Vanhorn. Covington— Hiram Zimers, H. Kilborn, H. Juquish. do Boro'—S S Packard, L B Smith. Ira Falchin. Clymer— H K Hill, A A Amsbry, Clark Beach. Deerjield —E S Seeley, E Bowen, Newton Buckley. Delmar —C. Royce, J I Jackson, Chaunccy Austin. Elk —John Maynard, Lorain Wetmore. Elkland —M W Stall, G H Baxter, James Beebe. Boro * —L Culver, D B Shoff, Jno A Hammond. Farmington— Jos Peters, Rhodes Hal), Renben Cloos. Gaines —H C Vermilyea, D- K Marsh, A K Furmanj Jackson —Clark Slilwell, Wpa Garrison, U L Miller. Knoxville —J Goodspeed, Augustus Alba, V. Case. Lawrence —M S Baldwin,‘J Guiles, C Blanchard. Coro*—Dr. Darling, Chas Jas. Kinsey. Liberty-*- R C Cox, Peter Brion, Michael Shefffer. Morris—. John Duffy, VV W Babb, H S Archer. Middleh'y —D G Stevens, J B Niles, D G Chase. Mansfield- A J Ross, H Allen, Jno A Holden. Osceola —Col. Bosard, Morgan Seely, James Tubbs. Rutland —Joel Rose, Jno Van ness, Chas Sherman. Richmond —l R Spencer, J C Johnson, Geo Madge. Shippen —Wm Dimock, E W Grinnell,E Seagcrs, Sullivan-? Parkhursl, H B Card, Lafayette Gray. 7ioga-E T Bentley, A E Niles, Vine De Pui. Union- R V Vanhosen, Tlios Larabee, N Palmer. Wcßsboro-Wmßobcrts, L I Nichols, J F Donaldson WeslfiHd-Dr. M’Naughlon.C Goodspeed, C Phillips. TVdrd-Wm M’lnlosh, A Kniffcn, Eraslus Kieff. The Committee have thus early commenced pre liminary preparations for the campaign, because it is highly important that the Campaign should be vigorously prosecuted to Lhg end. They believe that the Republicans of Tioga thoroughly understand the issue upon which this campaign is to be made, as also the bearing which victory, or defeat will have upon thc'progrcss of Freedom; and believing this, they content themselves with simply urging upon their fellow-Rcpublicans the necessity of vigilance and actios, instant, and constant,!© the end. Republicans ! By your votes last November, you raised Tioga to her proud position as the Banner County of Republicanism—as standard-bearer in the conflict of Right. We need not say that to re cede from that high position would show to our brethren elsewhere that wc had failed in vigilance and activity; or that it would be hailed by our op. ponents as an impeachment of the integrity of the musses; for this would be the inevitable consequence of shell a recession. But, knowing the intelligence of this community, and that the masses have pledg ed their uncompromising hostility to Wrong and Oppression upon tbs altar of Conscience, we do not fear that Tioga will retreat an inch; bat confidently and with reason expect , that she will handsomely in crease Acr already overwhelming majority for Fret dom. i The Stale Convention has given us one of the nu blest and' best of Freedom's champions for a stand-' ard bearer— Wilmot —whose name is familiarly and often spoken in every Irecman’s household ; who is dear to every Republican heart because of his long and unwavering adherence to the principles in the support of which we rally, and to whom, more than lb any other public man, do the Iriends of Freedom look for the redemption of Pennsylvania. The Con vention did its duty—let os do ours. The Committee urgently recommend the Cora mitlecs of Vigilance to enter at once into the work of organization. It would be well to revive the Clubs which rendered such efficient service last year. It is Important (hat an early meeting of pach Club be had, for the purpose of raising a small fund for the purchase of documents distribu tion ; and further, to sub-district each election dis trict and appoint canvassers to procure correct and politically classified lists of all voters, and auch os may become voters, in eacli district, returned to the Club for future use and reference.^"3V«4 l is a tery important maUer t and the Committee trust it may not be neglected. M. H. Cobb, Chairman. J. B. Potter, John Dickinson, C. H. Seymour, Robert Cassbier, Ambrose Barker, J. Tubbs. 44 Writing; for the Papers,” We really hope that what may be written under this head may not be misunderstood. We cannot say less with justice to ourself and profit hMliosc (and their name is ** Legion,”) suffering with peri odical attacks of Cacalhes Scribendi —which, being Interpreted; meanclh—an itch for writing. This disease afflicts young people very generally* and without particular reference to climate, season or atmospheric conditions. Naturally disposed to accommodate everybody and to encourage begin ners, it has been our misfortune to do about as much harm as good, by aggravating the disease in not a few cases, until it became necessary to administer rpmcdicf, in-such cases prescribed, in the fullest al lopalhic doses. This|s very unpleasant to the phy sician as well as to the patient. Those who think it a not unpleasant duty to daily examine and dis pose of the instalments of communications which come into our hands, are cgrcgiously mistaken. It is a most disagreeable duly to decide upon the rocr. its of the literary productions of others—and we would as readily undertake, voluntarily, to decide upon the prettiest babies' among twenty, and in the presence of their assembled mothers. Not that we tear censure, particularly, but that, as nearly all ba bies are more or less pretty and lovable, so, nearly every communication that conies to hand has seme merits. Now arid then one, reminds us of a crying baby with a dirty fiiop and a dirty frock ; and such we do not take very extra pains to preserve. It is not an easy matter lb write for the papers, as nearly everybody seems to think—that is, to write anything worth printing. To write well and prof itnbly for the public, requires a well ‘disciplined in. tellcct and continuity of thought- One may write well and profilably-dl thus disciplined, yet be nei ther brilliant nor profound. The most immediately useful writers seldom aronolcd for cither of these -THE TIOG A~ COUNTY AGITATO®. ' —c: —• 7; ; latter mental qqtfftics. A strong common I sense, joined to a correct 'habit of tfiqoglit, rcnddrs one wbal by the critics is germed, M agood writers” and « good writers” greatly outnumber cither the 'brill* font. tit the profound. . " ‘ .. There arc some articles which, though welhcoft* slrqctcd and not abjecliuaable fn many other points, still arc not salted to the colnihns of the newspaper. The compositions of school, boy a andachool-girlsbe long to this class; so do verses written on the occa* sion of the death of a friend dfWlghbor, and verses addressed by b>ghmg- lorera io tire angelic beings wly> charm away Ifocir sense and leave the victims to tlie mercy of sickly sentiment. ■ These last are lire most annoying of all. They write the worst of rhymes, and “ would esteem it a great favor if you “ would insert in your valuable paper.” 'And then, with a charming diffidence in estimating the value o) their productions, (doubtless based on its sighs) add, “send half-u dozen copies to” so and so. Wo have a few words of advice for these rhyming swains, and they may as well bespoken now as ever: You are silly fellows to do your courting by proxy ; yon rob yourselves and your flames without enriching anybody else. Above all, don't employ the printer as your proxy, .as he is, generally somewhat soscep* tible to the gentler influences. Put your verses in the fire and make up to your Doxy Anns without trepidation. We moat respectfully decline to act as mediator for these gentlemen .Editor. “Sighing like a furnace.” and trust that all annoyances from that quarter may cease. Some think- it a high honor to gel their thoughts in print. That by no means follows. There Is no honor accruing from the mere ptiblication of the beat thoughts of the best men that ever lived. The honor depends entirely upon the thoughts themselves- Thoughts that look well in themselves, will look well in print, end rice versa. Candidates for fame and literary honors should earnestly consider this ere they rashly venture into print. Fume doesn’t grow on tiic bashes, nor do literary honors accrue to eve. ry aspirant. Besides, the desire for fame is neither manly nor ennobling. It is a low ambition which aims only to get notoriety. The truly useful writer looks beyond Self to tile highest good of the race. With such, fume is as the growth of vegetation af. ter a refreshing shower, —consequent. Fame comes after litem—they do not run after fame. Individuals are sold to have 41 -calfaV* li> pleach, to. practice law and physic, to teach, to paint and tp work In marble; bat nobody has a “ call 1 ’ to plow, shoe horses, or to wash and iron. These. “ calls 1 * do not always seem made with any reference la the fitness or capacity of the called for the calling. Es pecially is this true as regards those who write for the papers. Niuety-jTme in every hundred of these aspirants may become useful men and women, while they cannot become useful or ornamental in the walks of literature. They are not fitted for literary pursuits. When men and women learn that one walk in virtuous life is just as honorable as another ; that honors do not accrue to place, but to the proper discharge of the duties pertaining to that place, and that no man or woman in a free community, ever did or ever can exist happily out of his, or her proper sphere of action, then, and not till then, may we behold them, not as now—reaching after impos sibilities—but nobly and cheerfully discharging the duties of the stations for which nature evidently de signed them. * Finally, we have designed to say nothing to dls. suade or discourage any young man or woman from writing. On the contrary, we advise thoso to prac lice composilian who have literary tastes and autori. al aspirations ; but not for publication necessarily. Write to improve your mind and composition, and should your articles chance to get into tlicatovo and thence to the world from Ilia chimney-top—why, in most esses, they ivill add more to. your reputation than they could have done in type. At least, sub mit your brain-children to the cleansing soap-and water of criticism at the hands of a friend compe tent to judge of the merits and demerits of your lit erary productions. This would save editors a vast deal of trouble and yourselves many a fit of heart ache fronrlhe rejection of your contributions. We have written this partly from a sense of duty towards the very many who send us articles which are not suited to our columns, which, aside from the subject matter, abound in had syntax, bad spelling, bad penmanship and bad everything; which pretend to be poetical effusions, and resemble poetry as a horse resembles jin alligator. We warn beginners against the deceitful jingle of words, as M all is not gold that glitters,’' and many a piece of metal may ring when struck, nor yet set up for a bell. The Tunkhannock Democrat, Honcsdala Herald, Venango Spectator and various oilier of our pro-slav ery exchanges, have all along intimated as decidedly as they ever intimate their preferences for Freedom, their desire that Kansas should come into the Un ion a Free State. - None of them have said this di. rectly ; but they say that the democratic party is as much in favor of Free Kansas as is the Republican. We have not believed this heretofore, and recently recurring events forbid any confidence in their pro fessions. The election of a Free State Mayor in Leavenworth City, while exciting the hopes of the friends of Freedom, does not receive even a cold welcome from the democratic press. We ask our friends at the heads of the abavementioned papers to explain why they cannot unite With qs in rejoic ing over Freedom’s latest victory in Kansas ? Why are your lips mute and your cnnnlenanccs sorrowful while the hearts of the open friends of Free Kansas are so glad 7 If as you protest, the democratic par ty were “as much opposed to slavery as the freedom “ shrickers, 1 ' why don’t the democratic Press inform its public of the progress Freedom-ward of St Lou is and Leavenworth 7 Will our friends in Wayne, Wyoming and Venango answer 7 The Amende.—Wo have received from the pub- Ushers, a .number of Ihe Jnokaan County Banner, published at Black River Falls, Wisconsin—about which place our correspondent C. V. E., said some rather unpleasant things in one of his • Letters from the West’ last vrintec. The Banner copies the of fertstve portion of the letter as it appeared in The Agitator , and proceeds to comment somewhat spici. ly upon its charges. The editor denies the charges of rowdyism, drunkenness and other specified evils preferred againstlhe village of Clack River Falls by our correspondent, and says : “We will place the Black River 1 boys’ alone with any lumbering community you can find, and nowhere will you find a'more honest, indntrious, poacable set of men. They are generous to a fault, quick to resent an injury, but civil to strangers, and no man who ever came among them and attended to his business can complain of jil-usage. In this com* munily wo respect a sober, industrious man, and treat him with marked cdurlcsey. If thd writer of the extract we have quoted is afraid of red shirts, he had belter slay away from here; but if ho bo a man of sense and minds his own business, be would ’take’ well here. -None other need apply. We are proud of our village, there are many refined people here. • » To say that this is the worst place, morally, in Wisconsin, is .an unmitigated slander, and we advise C. V, E. to tarry at least one night and examine ns through other eyes than those of his stomach, before he sweeps us to the further end ol -His Infernal Majesty’s dominions. However, we still live, and our town is growing. “ We beg to inform the writer that Trcmpelcau Valley is a fine farming section about 40 miles long -bys oc ]0 mileswidd. Ills abundantly watered and skirted by large tracts of limber. It Is a beau tiful country, and is destined to supply the staff of life to a good proportion.©! a large and growing pop* ‘ahtion in this section of the State. The writer saw but a-very small portion of the -Valley- in going to .Chippewa,” • ~ , 7 We would suggest to. our Jackson County friends that our correspondent was suffering severely in the gastric region on tho occasion of his visit to Black River Falls. The hungry traveler is not apt to be very glowing in description or generous in his judg ments of men and things. We have endeavored to make the amende, by publishing the material parts of the Banner's defence, and thus our port iaaccom plished. In the mailer of eatables—such as pies, cakes, fruits, nuts, &c.,—our friends will da weli to call at llovt’b Restaurant. Joseph takes rather more than ordinary pains to provide many' of those little luxuries which are nut always procurable at country graccrys. HaKt & Short have established a Provision Do pot at the stand lately vacated by W. A. Roc. See their advertisement. Err atum.— ln the proceedings of School Directors as reported iest Week, an omission was made. As corrected it reads as follows: . A vote was taken, whereupon N.L, REYNOLDS having received a majority of all the voles cast, was declared to be duly elected County Superintendent of Common Schools for the ensuing three years. On motion of Mr. Marple the choice was made unanimous. . Mr. In. Potter moved that we fix the compensation of" the-Superintenden tal-SlOOO per annum. The yeas and nays being called for, a vote was taken when the motion wus lost. [We- clip lire following “pop” on friend Havl, from tho Schoharie Republican of which he is Junior Editor. The Senior will please forward the cent to this office, as we famished the desired in formation last week. Ed. Ag.j One Cent Reward. LOST, STRAYED QR SIXiLEN. On Monday of last week, the Junior Editor of this paper, having wrapped his last ing shirt collar around a good sized brick, and deposited both in the crown of his hat, bade farewell ,lo a few sorrowing friends, whose small bills yet remain unpaid, and throwing himself recklessly into one of Capt ain Root’s stages, left for Pennsylvania, or some other unknown part of the Untied Slates. He is supposed lo have worked his passage to New York on a Swifisure Tow Boat by “lending bar,” an occupation for which both from inclination and experience, he is pecu liarly lined. He was last seen in company with an orange woman, and a cake of ginger bread, on the Jersey Ferry Boat, and from his wild and unsettled it is sur mised that he may have been trod on by ihe elephant during his slay in the city. He is about 5 feet 10 inches in height, though good looking by country people, well dressed for an Editor, unassuming in his de portment when alone, talks on political sub jects with ease and flatulency, and is gene rally prepossessing on a short acquaintance. The above reward, and no questions asked, will be paid for information of his present roundabout. N. B. Newspapers favorable to the cause of Humanity are requested to insert the above conspicuously, and send their bills to the T raaaurof o f iho £?. Y. Society for ibe Re form of Juvenile Delinquents. Horrible Accident—A Man Sawed - in Two.—The London (C. W.) Free Press says that on Wednesday of last w"eek, a most shocking accident occurred in a circular saw mill at Wbllsingham. Charles Harris, a young man lately married, had just been employed that morning to work in the mill and was set to carry away the boards as they dropped from the saw. He was cautioned against the danger of letting a board touch the saw while in motion, but the unfortunate man had taken away but a few boards when Ihe end of one he had just taken up swayed against the saw, and being repelled with vio lence, caused the other end to force him against the saw, then in full motion, and, as quick as thought, he was cut in twain, The saw struck first the point of the left shoulder, passing directly through the heart, and out under the ribs on Ihe right side of the body. A crazy woman got on a train of cars at "Columbus, Ohio, last Friday morning, and ran through them, brandishing a club and creating considerable alarm. The conductor nabbed her, when she turned upon him and bent him terribly with the club. Others came to the rescue, but she was more than a match for a dozen for some‘minutes. She was finally secured. An Odtrageods Fradd on an Old Woman. —The Medina (Orleans County, N. Y.) Tribune says that a desperate and Vil lainous fraud was practiced upon an bid woman living on the Ridge Road in that town a few days since. A wealthy farmer—her relative, and living near her —purchased of her an acre of land, for which he pretended to draw a deed. Without suspicion of ras cality, the old lady signed the deed, acknowl, edged its execution, and delivered the same to the purchaser. A few days afterward one of ihe neighbors had occasion to search the records at the County Clerk’s office, where the discovery was made that the old lady, instead of deeding one acre, had given a war rantee deed -of her whole farm’of one hun dred and fifty acres, worth $6O per acre.— She was in feeble health at the lime when the deed was given, and it was thought she would live but a few weeks. Had she died before the discovery of the fraud, her heirs would have been robbed of a property valued at $9,000. The perpetrators of this diabolical villainy (there were several engeged in it) are wealthy and prominent citizens ol this town. For the present wo suppress theit names. Hollvdaysburg, May 8 Conviction op Mr Kim of Murder.— The murderer of Dr. Nchcross, McKim, whose trial has occupied Ihe court during the last fdur days, was convicted last night of murder in the first degree. The evidence was en tirely circumstantial, but of such a nature as to leave no doubt of his guilt. The jury were out only about two hours. Since Jackson’s death the Democracy of Pennsylvania have become thd bank party. Singular met amorphous. The manifesto of Free H An Address to the People of ti L States and Kansas, bp the I Contention. The Committee appointed by I the Free State Convention, BefjJ at Topeka, Kansas, 00 the 10th- day of March ’ 1857; to whom was committed the charge of preparin° an Address to the American people, accom plished their work,.aDd.we present to our readers the folio wingsynopsis of the address : • - The Pro-Slavery Convention, which as* sembled at Lecompton, January 12, 1857, have issued an “Address,” which has been spread broadcast over, the Slates. In this : pamphlet an. attempt is made to palliate the crimes and excuse the outrages of whjcb the Pro-Slavery party—sailing odder the colors of “democracy”—have been guilty iq, the Territory. Nay, more. It is , sought to. throw the entire blame’and responsibility of the afflictions which have been vjsited upon ' the settlers and residents of Kansas on the Free-State men, and those active rind earnest patriots who have labored with bri energy that knows no defeat, and a will that knows no faltering, in behalf of Freedom aad Free" Labor.- j The burden of the address is, that the Free-State parry initialed and inaugurated revolutionary and incendiary proceedings, that they rallied against the enforcement of legal enactments, laughed to scorn the au thorities, and beat back the officers of justice, thereby necessitating the “law and order men” to take up arms (or the preservation oC peace and for the punishment of traitors.— They brand Lane, Robinson and Reeder,and a host of other goodtnen and true, as hired emissaries animated by a fillibusjering spirit, hostile to the Constitution, the Union of the States, and enemies to the weli-bding of the Territory, They represent themselves to have been innocent, law-abiding and in offensive, earnestly in favor-of [.peace and repose in Kansas, and end their address with a great rhetorical flourish, and bombastic as surances of patriotic devotion.lo their country, their parly and their 6od ? j To unmask the hypocrisy, to [expose the falsehoods and reveal the contradictions and inconsistencies of this address, would be su perfluous, for the throes' and the aiuguish, the indignities and the oppressions, [which the .Free-State men have suffered, are written in characters of blood, and burned into the memory of every honest citizen of our coun try. Subterfuge and deceit, brazen falsehood and base perjury, can avail nothing ; for the great truths, in the gigantic wronlgs of Kan sas history, have been seen and known and pondered, of all men, and will sta id, like the Egyptian -pyramids, to the surprise and won der ol coming generations. The Free-State men have violated no law, for that which is not just is notjajw, and that which is devoid of justice should not he obeyed. The code attempted tc bo forced upon them was not enacted for proper legis lation, for the regulation and protection of society, or lor thd development of the re sources of Ihe country, but to enslave the body and soul of qvery citizen, and to rivet the institution of Slavery upon h jsoil conse crated to Freedom, No'honest man could endorse or subscribe to such a_.ee de, and the Free-State men did not. Yet they raised no arm, neither committed any violence against their oppressors. But when they weredriven from their homes and their fami ies treated with unheard of cruelty by this self-styled “Law and Order” party, then it vas that all the higher voices of their nature appealed to them lo rise and protect their rights and lib erties, or sink lo the level of serfs. The blood and the ’ manhood and the muscle of Northern]Freemen could brook no more, for forbearance had ceased lo bo a virtue, and the time was come when they must vindicate their courage and establish their right' to the title of men. But when the invaders were driven back and the dissentions in a manner quieted, they once again returned lo the more congenial pursuits of peace, and devoted j themselves with activity and energy to the industrial oc cupations which (hey loved. . The wrongs and outrages committed hy the Border Ruffians upon Ihe peace able Free-State men of Kansas ever since the passage of the Kansas Nebraska hill, are given in detail, but ihey are so familiar to our readers, that we need not repeat them. The address then continues ;, j On the 10th of March a Free-State Con vention assembled at Topeka and| adopted a playferm. In that platformwill he seen that ihe Free-State men refuse to vole for delegates to a Constitutional (bqnyention, under a registry, act which passed the last bogus Legislature. Late developments have proved the wisdom of this policy,[for, by the lists of qualified electors returned by the sheriffs of the different counties, thousands of Free-State voters have been ignored, while the names of numerous unknown jand mylhi. cal individuals are entered as “qualified elec tors.” All the machinery of ihe election is to be controlled by Pro-Slavery parliaans, and it would be suicidal for the j Free-State parly to go into an election in the face of such odds, and with their past experience. Although the present Federal Administra tion owes it success to the impression that prevailed at the North that the chief Execu tive would use his influence and authority toward securing the freedom ofj'Karfeas, if such should be the will of the people, we can see as yet no indication of any such policy on the part of Mr. Buchanan; and with moderation, yet firmness, we emphatically protest against the Pederal'fippoinlmenls that have been made in the Territory, selected as they have been from the most guilty and ob noxious of our Pro-Slavery opponent. ' Both President Buchanan, in lusjlnaugural, and Governor Walker, in his letter of accept ance, have pleadged themselves to jobtain “an open, honest, and independent expression of opinion from the bona fide residents of Kan sas.’’ We look to see this pledge redeemed, and, feel satisfied that, if it is, the next Dele gate to Congress and the next Legislature of Kansas will be preeminently Free State, and that, with a free Constitution, Kansas will come into the Union. Al I he Municipal election in Leavenworth City, held Monday, Aprii 13, a jFree.Smte Mayor was elected by a majority of 134 over all opponents. This is the fikt time in the history of the City that a fail- vote has I been;obtained; and the result may be re. • garded as significant or thepervading o pi n ! ionin Kansas on the question of Freedom or Slavery. Having thus delineated Ibe course of events that have transpired in Kansas— having shown how the Free-State party, though em. bracing more than two-thirds of the actual settlers, have been deprived, through fraud and violence, of any representation in legit, ■lavive assemblies, and of any voice in theen. acting of laws or the selection of Teritorial officials, and being threatened with theen. forcement Sni adoption pf a Slave Conslim. lion, by Congress, for Kansas—we appeal, with the deepest and earnestness, to the Northern people, without distinction of parly or creed, to aid in averting such a Na tional calamity. We ask but that Congress may adopt the Topejta Constitution, which has already pased the Hpu.se, or that both it and the one that, will be adopted by the Pro. Slavery Convention in September, be returned to the people of the Territory, With an ena. blingact providing fora fair and,;honest vote of the bona fide residents. We pisk no more 'than this—we can ash no less, j None are more devoted to our Union and our Constitution than the Free-State citizens of Kansas. For the institutions of our coun, try none can have a deeper or more loyal ai. tachmenl. But we believe the purity of out institutions can only be preserved by the ad. mission of Kansas as a Free State. And siicb, we arc convinced', are the convictions of a large majority of oar population Though the past is voiceful with the wrongs and oppressions to which we have been forced to submit—though the marks of a tyrannous hand with which we have been,scourged hare not yet been efiecsd—we can forget it all -and forgive, if simple justice is granted us io the future. We wish- but that the Slavery or Freedom of Kansas may be settled, once for all, bvan honest and legal vote of the actual residents n accordance with the principles of the or ganic act. [ansa*. lie United ? ree State From our new-made homes in the distant Wesr, far from the comforts and convenien ces of settled society, yet struggling amid th» hardships and difficulties coincident with a border life, and suffering from the trials and sorrows to which we have been particularly subjected, we again appeal to Northern free men' to stand by us in the dark emergency that threatens our future progress and pros perity. Let Northern Representatives be in structed to support righteous prayers and claims, and lel the people, in their sovereign capacity, rising in dignity and might, cheer us with their active-sympathy and earnest co operation. ■ Thus will tjie schemes and plots of political demagogues be foiled,and the freedom of our new Staler be attained. To the cause and for the principles which have become endeared and sanctified through our sufferings, we ac knowledge an unwavering devotion. Strong in the confidence of truth, relian’ in the sin cerity of our purpose, we cheerfully unfold our standard, on which is inscribed out watchword and our motto:- “Free Kansas for Free Labor’*—ro realize which we pledg anew “our lives, oar fortunes and our sacred honor,” JAMES DAVIS, Chairman. Lyman Allen. N. Y. J. B. McAffee, Md., A. Pulley, N. Y. Rjbv. J. Gillpatrick, Me., W, H. Rnss. Ohio, J. T. Goodnoe, R. 1., Rev. H. Jones, Penn., J. A. Wakefield, S.C., H. Miles Moore, Miss., A. Lazelere, Miss., M. J. Parrott, Ohio, Wm. Mitchell, Conn., C. F. Carrier, Ind., J. H. Kazo, Virginia, S. N- Latin, lowa, J. P. Mitchell, Texas, O. B, Holman, Wis., Rev. W. R. Griffith, Pa li. Robinson, Mass- J. W. Morris, 1., Prof. W. Oakley, Del., B. F. Harding, Albert A. Griffin, Ga-- L. J. Worden, New York, M. Fennimorc, Ind., J. E* Stewart, James Blood, Was., S, B. Prentiss, Georgia, Rev. C, E. Blood, HI., The U. G. R. R.—The branch of the Un< der Ground Railroad running from this place lo Niagara Falls, has been doing a pretty fair business this season, no less than ten persons —whose color, according lo Judge Taney’s decision, would prevent them from ever be coming citizens of the United Stalss-~ha»ing been sent from here over it lo good Queea Vic’s dominions. On Monday last, two young men and one female, all “freedom shriekers,” from North Carolina, were fur nished by J. VV. Jones, of this village, with tickets over the U. G. R. R. lo Niagara Falls, and'are doubtless now in Canada, free from all pursuers.— rJElmira Advertiser. We are sorry lo learn j>r ihe sudden death of Mr. Coleman J. Bull, late Editor of the Columbia Spy. He died at the Washington Hotel, Columbia, on Thursday morning of last week. He was a gentlemm of mote than ordinary talent.— ,C6lurnbia Spy. At Slide Island, April 13th, THADEUS M. MUNN, adopted son of A. T. and Emetine Olns tead . , lVliddleburv, April 28th, LEWIS EUGENE, only son of Jefferson and Susan Niles, aged one year and nine months. THE STATE CONVENTION of Universalists of Pa. will hold'ils next annual session at Syl. vania boro (Columbia Flats) on Wednesday and the following Thursday, Jane 3d'and 4tlu A cordial invitation is extended to all. FORE-FLOUR-SALT. NEW PROVISION STORE. DHART respectfully informs Tiis friend* • and the public generally, that he has porchas ed the Store lately occupied by -Jones & .Roc, and has associated with him 'Mr* B, Short, under lb® name of 0 ART & SHORT, who are now receiving a fresh. No, 1 stock of PORK, FJLOUR, FRUIT, GROCERIES) and every article in the Grocery and Provision hnc. They Intend to introduce and keep constantly 00 hand, that fine brand of Flour known as EXTRA GENESEE,, and which, unlike the Flour which has been peddled out-to this public for several years past, ' Will make good, white prcad> and is worth every cent it costs. We intend to boy all kinds of Produce and pay the CASH. Thers* fqro wc shall sell our Groceries and Provi** o0 * CASH- We have also a light stock of DRY GOODS ; which will be sold cheap. Call and examine e yourselves. HART &> SHORT. WclUboro, May 1 1, ISjTtf. -D-I-E-D
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