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Another StarlUng Tragedy.
ELDER KILLED.
Wq have, received to-day- another’ painful;
'narrative of Mormon, iniquity, seduction end
-villainy, followed up in this instance, however,
hVH .will be seen, by a summary - vengeance
i from ihe injured husband.’ The account which
.we publish below is taken from The Van
vfeuren (Ark.) Intelligencer, and gives in brief
J-ihe facts of the case pretty much -as they
have occurred.' From The Fort Smith Her
ald and The New Orleans Bulletin we also
have confirmation, whole story, up to
ihe-last act in-the drama,-the tragic-death-of
Klder Pratt, the Mormon Apostle. Thus it
will be seen whWtltler ruin and devastation
h s been wrought in a virtuous family by the
designing arts of a sainily scoundrel and the
lures of a false and licentious faith. Here'is
what The Van Boren Intelligencer records
of the lermibstioh of this affair :
‘•TRAGICAL.
•‘lt isrwilh regret that we have to'chronicle
the homicide, committed in our -vicinity on
Wednesday lasi, by- Mr. Hector H. McLean,,
late of' San -Francisco, California, upon the
pet son of a Mormon preacher. More than
•all do we deplore the melancholy* aflair that
-led to. its commission. The deceased, whose
name'was Parley Parker Pratt, was a man
of note among the Mormons, and judging,
from his diarjj and his letter to Mrs. McLean,
he was a man of more Ibao ordinary intelli
gence and,ability. He had been a preacher
■and missionary of the Mormons at San Fran
cisco, California, where he made the acquaint
ance Mrs McLean, whom he induced to em
brace ihe Mormon faith.
“Shn wns ntjhal time living with her hug
band, Hecfor Hi McLean; they were happy
«nd prosperous until she made the acquaint
ance of Pratt and embraced the Mormon
frith. She is the mother of three children
by McLean, two boys and a girl, and seems
to be an intelligent and Interesting lady ; con
verses fluently, anctf with more grace and
ease than most ladies. About two years ago.
and soon after she became a convert to Mor
monism, she made an attempt to abduct two
of her children to Utah, but was detected and
prevented -by her brother, who was then in
California and residing with his brother-in
law, Mr. McLean. She soon after, however,
foun.d means to elope with said Pratt to Salt
Lake, where, it is said, she became his ninth
wjfp.
“After the elopement of Mrs; McLean, her
proems who reside near New-Orleans, wrote
to Mr. McLean/in California, to send the
children to them. Hedidso. Several momhs
nftpr this, Mr. McLean received news that
his wife had been to her father in New Or
leans, and eloped with the two youngest
children. He immediately left San Francisco
for New-Orleans, and on arriving at the
house of his father-in-law, he learned from
them that Mrs. McLean had been there, and
after an ineffectual effort Vo convert her father
and mother to Mormonism, she pretended to
abandon it herself, and so far obtained the
confidence of her parents, as to induce them
lo entrust her in the City of New-Orleans
with the children ; but they soon found she
had betrayed their confidence and eloped with
the children,
“They.then wrote lo McLean in San Fran
cisco, who, upon the receipt of their fetter,
went to New-Orleans, and, learning from
them the above facts in relation to the affair,
immediately s'arled in pursuit of his children.
Up went lo New-York and then to St. Louis.
While in St. Louis he learned that the woman
and children were in Houston, Texas. On
his arrival in Houston, he found that his wife
hnd left some time before his arrival, to join
a large parly of Mormons en rou’e for Utah.
He then returned to New-Orleans and from
there to Fort Gibson, in the Cherokee Nation.
w'uh the expectation of intercepting his. wife
hnd children at that point.
“On arriving at Port Gibson, nnd while
ihrre. he found letters in the Post-Office to his
wife from Pratt, some of which were mailed
at St. Louis, and others at Flint Post-Office,
Cherokee Nation. We are unable to give
the contents of these letters with particularity,
hut they -contained the fact that McLean was
on the lookout for her and the children, and
that they were betrayed by the apostates and
gentiles, and advising her to be cautious in
her movements-; and not to' let -herself be
known only to a few of the saints and elders.
McLean then, upon affidavit made by himself,,
obtained a writ from the United Slates Com
missioner at this place for their arrest, and
succeeded in gening them arrested by«the
United States Marshal. They were brought
fo this place for after an examina
tion before the Commissioner, were dis
charged, - u • ’
“Pratt, ns soon as released, mounted his
horse nnd left the city. McLean soon after
obtained a horse and started in pursuit, and
overtook Pratt about eight miles from the
city and shot him. Pratt died in about two
hours after receiving the wound. This is a
plain narrative of the facts, as we heard them
from the most reliable ’resources, which we
give to our readers without comment, as we
feel that we are unable to do so with justice
m ail But deeply do we sympathize
with MeLeanlin (he unfortunate condition in
which Mormon villainy and fanaticism has
placed him.”
Miraculous Kscate.— On Saturday even
ing lasi, one of Ihe. freight trains on tlje
Central, while crossing the iron bridge oppo
site Cambria City, came upon an Irishman,
who was about the centre of the bridge, un
expectedly and unobserved; The Irishman
instantly realized his perilous position, and
knowing that he must either “clear the track”
or suffer the fearful consequences of being
run over, preferred the former, regardless of
the danger that he incurred in doing so. He
left himself drop between the crevices'of the
bridge, and grasping the pier with all the
tenacity of a person to whom death seems
inevitable, retained his hold until the cars
passed over him, and also until some laborers,
who fortunately' discovered his critical con
dition, rescued him from tho'jaws of death.-
—Johnstown Echo.
'A. woman, in one of the towns, of New
Hampshire, who had been ill used .by berhus
baud-, on finding him asleep: ona.day, quietly
sewed hira up in the bed clothes, and-' then
gave him a tremendous thrashing.
THE AGJTAfO|I
HI. If. Cobb,,
WKLLSBOROUSH, PA.
Thorida^Jlor n i u £ T -JCaae~4t -WMi
All
be addressed to the Editor to insure attention. ’
Republican Nominations.
For Governor^..
- DAVID WILMOT,
Of Bradford County,'
For Ganal-Commitsionrr, -
WILLIAM MILLWAED,
Of Philadelphia .
For Supreme Judges,
JAMES VEEGH,
f ' Of Fayette County,
JOSEPH J. LEWIS,
' ~Of Chester County.
Our citizens should not fail to attend the Lectures
of Prof. Edgcrton at the Methodist Church, upon
“The’Progrcss of Creation, 1 * GeologciaUy and As
tronomically illustrated. Prof, E-, has some fine
maps of the Earles crust, giving a very fair view
ol the Coal formation as well as the primitive rocks.
He is at home with the subject.
There is not a very full attendance upon Court.
The lateness of Spring and the absence of very ma
ny litigants-»-down-the Elver,”-combine to -render
the attendance slim. Wc are glad to slate that our
subscription list bears substantial witness of the
liberality of a goodly number of those in attendance.
Our friends will please accept thanks for their pat
ronage.
The weather continues very beautiful. Tuesday
was one of the most magnificent days our cyjs ev
er beheld. Spring work is progressing rapidly and
the forest is in lull leaf Orchards are while with
snowy blooms, the air is loaded with fragrance. It
Is a glorious Spring after all, and mortals may as
well make the most of it as it melts into June, The
summer will fly swiftly, and autumn, with its golden
fruits arid wintry rime will succeed the joyous sum
mer-time. Take care of the prd&nt.
We observe that the Apportionment Bill, which
will be found m another part of this paper, is not
well received by our Republican and American co
temporaries. That the Republicans been pret.
ty extensively Gerrymandered in the Apportionment
is evident. Gut it is fully as good as we expected
from the old logy Legislature which has expended
so much time and .money in doing, nothing. We
almost expected that the Governor might velo.it;
but as he did not, we agree -with the Harrisburg
Telegraph that it is policy lo go to wort and redeem
the dark places. Since the mountain won't come to
to Mahomet, let Mahomet go lo the mountain.
A Dilemma.
The Southern Democracy, through the Press, de.
niand that Kansas be given up to Slavery. They
openly repudiate, as their Northern brethren do in
secret, the Douglasian doctrine of Popular Sover
cignty. and insist that the probably pro-slavery Con
stitution of Kansas shall not be submitted to the
people for their acceptance or rejection.
On the oilier hand, the masses of the democratic
party North actually look to Mr. Buchanan as one
pledged to make Kansas a free Slate. They do not
understand Popular Sovereignty, any more than the
leaders who know nothing about it and yet pretend
to UnOVV all about it. The Northern masses arc an.
ti-slavery at heart. They voted for Mr. Buch.
an»m, generally understood him to be in favor of
free Kansas, —we refer now to the masses, not to the
leaders; for these latter have no sympathies iu com.
mon with ‘freedom, and moreover, knew that Mr.
Buchanan cared as little for freedom In Kansas as
did the most unscrupulous of the place-hunters who
advocated his claims. Now what has Mr. Buchan
an done to confirm the belief of the masses who vo
ted for him?
He took occasion in his Inaugural to discredit
events in ibe history of Kansas as well aulhentica.
led as any recorded either In sacred or profane his.
lory He belittled the great question which now
attracts the attention of the best of men everywhere-
And more than all, and most' glaring, he lugged in
an extra-judicial opinion concerning the constitution,
alily of any national restriction of slavery. He
promised that the vexed question should be settled
in a lew. days by the highest tribunal in the land—
thus foreshadowing the infamous Opinion of Lord
Chief Justice Taney, and recognizing in the So.
prcrac Court a higher tribunal than the People.
His. next official step was a refusal.to sustain the
Administration of Gov. Geary, in Kansas. This
| was, in effect, equivalent to a removal of Geary from
that post. At whose instance? At the instance of
Northern u fanatics” ? Never. The most unfair of
our opponents docs no! allege that At whose in
stance, then, did Mr. Buchanan refuse (o 'sustain
Gov. Geary, thus forcing him to resign? Wc can
answer that question : It was at the instance of
the Atchinsons and Stnngfellows of Kansas and of
the McMullins, the Davises and the Brookses of the
South; The evidence is in the reproach heaped by
that class of politicians. North and South, upon the
acts of Gov. Geary. For what cause 7 ' Because
he discovered that the democracy of Kansas bad de
generated into a horde of whisky.drinkingatid mur
der-doing ruffians, and said it aloud. He found that
. under Lccompte, mnrder,*when perpetrated by a
Kansas democrat, was a bailable offence, while a
Frce-Slaleman, arrested for taking his own horses
from a democratic horse-thief, could not be liberated
upon any security whatever— not even for the pur
pose of vieiiing the bedside of his dying wife for. one
short hour! And such are the Courts, such the
judges, sustained by James Buchanan and the under -
leaders of the democratic parly, when the former re
moved and the latter applauded the removal of Gov.
Geary.
Where are those conscientious democrats who
denounced the removal of Geary as an outrage 7
And those who denounced the Taney Opinion as be
ing glaringly anii-democrulic 7 We distrust such
short-lived indignation. If the Taney Opinion was
wrong one month ago it is infamous now and forev
er. A decision in contempt of principles to-day so
blots the statutes of this nation everlastingly. Do
those democrats stand like quarry-slaves under the
scourge, waiting for the coming ‘blow, hoping against
hope that the next stroke shall be lighter, or the lasi 7
They donfide'in dust and ashes. Men who applaud
such monsters as Lccompte never dreamed of mer
cy. Better appeal to the hyena that it may not dis
turb the repose of (he dead. The end Is plainly re.
vealed. There is an effort on the part of the lead
ers of/ the Qligarchy to so indurate the consciences
of the masses that they may be leddown the decliv.
ity of political bVime, step by step, unconscious
any downward progress. It rests with the masses
whether they Will submit to be led downward.or
obedient to the dictates of conscience, arise to the
lolly dignity of an IndependentfreenAnhood.'
'The distinctive existence of'thfi prostavery patty
as*a natif ial organization, in od . important degree
depends-upon tfib;tCabsa«*policy of the Administra
TTJE £I OJ&JL* 4GITATO:Bvr
tioo. There U U? mafa. a dieplay of; fair
ness In regard los|e\cominf efti&ion of demotes
to Um Kansas CorisWulioiial Cdovenlion. phi il
is Well to remember thijl there arejnot a few things
ittfhe-past history- of Kansas fegfehtioa that’'■can.
notbe covered. of.falrnesa
"in present affairs. There are the laws of an usurp-,
by the citizens of Kansas, but by force and arms at
the hands of non residents. la that a legally con
atitnled Legislature? .Ko-inanof seiviepretends:it■
. The. Oligarchs deny that such is.Xbft-iacU.r- We pro
duce in evidencethe report of] the Congressippal In
rcfligaling Committee. They deny' the authority-
And yet, tint the present Kansas. Legislature is a
barefaced fraud, and its every decree therefore null,
we have more, and (in law) better evidence than we
have that such a man as George Washington, ever
existed.
.^Editor
With the President the question.now is, “which?
w the Right, or the Left?" If.he gives bis influ
ence to a submission of the Kansas Constitution that
is to be to a popular vole, the' Southern wing* of the
party will secede. If be favor the Ruffians and per
mit the law of the bogus Legislature to force a pre
slavery Constitution upon the people of that Terri
tory nolens volens , then the honest rank and file of
the Northern wing will stampede. Mr. Buchanan
and his advisers can get out dilemma the
best way they can. We don’t believe the people can
be hoodwinked into the snpport of an Administra
tion winch plays fast and loose—not that the Re
public may be rendered glorlons, but that the lead
ers of the Oligarchy may continue to grow fill up
on Uie people’s substance.
O’We are permitted to extract the following
from a private letter written by Mr. F. A- Root,
Inlca resident of this village, but now residing in
Kansas. The writer iswell and favorably known to
our citizens, and wc therefore cheerfully give place
to this fresh evidence of the barbarities practiced by
the Democracy of Kansas upon men whose greatest
offence was that of preferring Freedom*before. Slav
ery. The letter is dated—-“ Lawrence, K.T., May
12,1857.’* He writes: ■
“ When in Wcllsboro, I thought the Kansas sto-,
pies were exaggerations, to a great extent; but I
find hundreds and thousands of wrongs have been
committed here by the pro-slavery party which have
never reached the East. A great many have heen
found in the woods suspended by the neck, suppqs
ed lu be Free-State men. In the little lime 1 have
been here 1 have learned more about Kansas lhanil
ever knew before.” >
Mr. Root goes on to say that he regards the free
dom of Kansas as ceitain. That the Frcc-Slate
men will resist every attempt to enforce the Territo
rial laws and the collection of taxes under those
laws. We sincerely trnsl that our friends may
stand fast in that good resolution. The men of the
Revolution precipitated the country in a long and
bloody war for a less oppressive cause. Give tins
wicked Administration war to the knife and knife
to the hilt, rather than submit to the establishment
of a dangerous precedent. It is belter to strangle
the cub than to contend will) the full-grown wolf.
The editor of the Lockhavcn Watchman was vis
ited last week by a gentleman who legally invited
him to take a trip to Philadelphia at the suggestion
of Messrs. Sanderson & Flanagan, of the Dally
Neics, The fVateliman chanced to publish some
information relating to an alleged sale of the Am.
erican parly by the publishers* of the News, by
which sale the SlatC/was given to Buchanan. .We
can’t help thinking that the libel will-be hard to es
tablish. But should the News gentlemen recover,
the Republican papers in Norlh Pcnnsj-lvania have
a right smart prospect of litigation ahead; for most
of them published the alleged libelous article, if we
are not much mistaken. Friend Dunham is select,
ed as a lest-victim, to or not to bleed, as the
Court may determine. Should our afflicted cotem
porary bleed, (hen those in a like pickle must toe the
mark and fork over. He once sailed under the fol
lowing' audaciously inscribed flag : “ Devoted to
Lileratnre, Fun and Making Money." Perhaps he
may be able to trace the visitation of which he hu
morously makes mention back to tins instance of
editorial audacity. In any case, we wish him safe*
Uy out of the clutches of the Philadelphia lawyers.
The Philosophy of Education. —Such as may
have been present at the Lecture upon this theme
by Prof. J. L. Edoerton, will not think it too high
praise if wc pronounce it the best discourse on the
Practical that we ever listened to. Fruitful as wc
knew the theme to be, we were not prepared for the
skillful elaboration with which it war wrought out
in the thought of the lecturer.
The lecturer commenced by making a very prop*
cr distinction between Knowledge and Education.
Ashe happily expressed it—“ The difference Isas
w palpable as that of building a storehouse, or filling
iW a storehouse. To educate is to build a storehouse;
”to get knowledge is to fill the storehouse.* 1 Eda
cation hr the process of expanding the mindV ca.
pacities—the process by which Mind is endowed
with ihd* power of comprehending Ihc principles of
tliings t '»nd being endowed with which, it straitway
becomes its own teacher. The duty of the teacher,
he said, is. not to fted the pupil’s mind, but to disci,
pline the mind so that it may feed itself; not to :e.
liete it from the necessity of reasoning, but by ar*
ousiog a spirit of inquiry to compel it to reason. I
Ho animadverted strongly upon tire pernicious {
practice of forcing the .minds of children through
books to the utter neglect of the subjects therein j
treated. We would suggest that parents are more j
to be blamed for this than teachers. li-is generally I
considered an <ndication of smartness to keep up !
with one’s classes. The lecturer did not so consid.
er it. Our experience teaches us that his position
is the cot reel one.. There is nothing more easy than j
to keep up with one’s classes. It is a mechanical
effort and nothing more. To reason one’s way up ’
through (he realities of the science of Mathematics 1
is no work of a three years’ collegiate course, but of
a lifetime. la language of the lecturer— tt Men
must grow to everything.” We cannot educate
ourselves outside the realm of reason and invesliga
tion any more than wc can learn lo swim without
going into the water.
The lecture upon Religions Education on Sunday
evening was likewise excellent, necessarily involv.
ing the principles wrought upon in Scientific Edu
cation, though applied to a different class of facul
tics.
“ How to Behave: A Pocket Manual of Republic,
an Etiquette and Guide to correct Personal Hab-
I its. Price, post paid, paper, 30c., muslin, 50 cts.
1 New-York : Fowler it Wells. 308 Broadway.
As distinguished from works upon the subject of
Manners that‘we have before- met with, this book
deals fearlessly and ably with the principlet which
underlie true Politeness. The anlhor 'does not on
dertahe to make Manners for men find-woipcn, bnl
men and women with Manners inbred. He shows
that to be tv gentleman* or a - lady, is-to be H Chris
tian. He bases the formalities nl' sooial life upon a
Common Sense foundation—rejecting .the falsities
engrafted upon the social code by Snob, Nippy Sc.
Cot, rejecting everything which tends to build, op an
aristocracy of Manners upon a rigid , observance of
dumb- form*, and accepting every good suggestion
r rum other, authors. This Manual is one of a scries
of the saß»sßtyle and by the same ablhor.'
He of the series, respectively .
Xi’-WrUe," “ How to Talk,** and;
w ;How tjf These llirce boohs may be had
postpaid, for $l;50. was such a mass of'ate
1 solulely necessary Information offered to the public.
I for sU small a sum of money.
I Editoi^o^thS Agitator! •» * - - .
Permit me through the columns of your paper to
speak of the skiHfuT riianncr in which a critical op
eration was performed iit Uiis village* by R. H. Gil
bsrt, M. D.. of Corning, N. Y.
' The youngest daughter of JudgVDvER, had, from
infancy* been afflicted with a slow and painful dis
ease in one of her limbs, and which baffled the skill
of several eminent physicians and surgeons,. It re
suited In a loss ol the use of the limb, rendering
an operation necessary, in the opinion of her friends
and .medical advisers. Dr. Gilbert was gammoned
-tp amputate the limb, at which time the usual cour
tesy was extended to the medical faculty of this
place, who .were present to witness the skillful mao
ncr in which Dr.G.* performed the-operation which
resulted most favorably,
-All who know Dr. Gilbert award biro llie praise
truly duo his scientific acquirements.
Covington, Pa. jj, [ '
*** ' The above communication should have appear
cd last week, but an accident prevented. [Ed.
Apportionment Bill.
The bill Q&t&greed upon by the Committee
of Conference, and passed by the Senate, and
House, arranges the district representation in
the following manner:
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
The City of Philadelphia.... 4
Chester and Delaware, v...... 1
Montgomery,. 1
Bucks, 1
Lehigh and Northampton,....., I
Berk*, • • • * I
Schuylkill, ~...• 1
Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne 1
Bradford, Susquehanna, Sullivan and Wyoming,. 1
Luzerne....... .......... 1
Tioga, Potter, McKean and Warren,....,.* 1
Clinton, Lycoming, Centre and Union,. 1
Snyder, Northuxnb’d, Montour and Columbia,. •. I
Cumberland, Perry, Juniata and Mifflin. 1
Dauphin and Lebanon,. 1
Lancaster,. 2
York,. 1
Adams, Franklin and Fulton, 1
Somerset, Bedford and Huntingdon I
Blair, Cambria and Clearfield,, 1
Indiana and Armstrong, I
Westmoreland and Fuyclle, 1
Washington and Greene, 1
Allegheny, 2
Beaver and Butler, 1
Lawrence, Mercer and Venango,.. 1
Erie and Crawford, 1
Clarion, Jefferson, Forest and Elk, 1
Whole number of Senators,
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
Philadelphia City, 17
Delaware County, 1
Chester, 3
Montgomery 3
Bucks, 2
Northampton, 2
Lehigh and Carbon, 2
Monroe and Pike,. J
Wayne, 1
Luzerne,. 3
Susquehanna, 1
Bradford 2
Wyoming, Sullivan, Columbia and Montour,... 2
Lycoming and Clinton, 1. 2
Centre ~.7
Mifflin, 1
Union, Snyder and Juniata, 2
Northumberland,. ; 1
Schuylkill, 3
Dauphin,.. , o
Lebanon, )
Berks, 3
Lancaster,.., r, - 4
York, ; 2
Cumberland and Perry,. 2
Adams, j
Franklin and Fullon 2
Bedford and Somerset, 2
Huntingdon,....' \
Blair, .... j
Cambria, ‘; 1
Indiana,....; j
Armstrong and Westmoreland, 3
Fayette, y
Greene, ]
Washington, o
Allegheny,.— ... i 5
Beaver and Lawrence, 2
Butler 2
Mercer and Venango, ’2
Clarion and Forest. 1
Jefferson, Clearfield, Elk and McKean, 2
Crawford and Warren, "2
Eric,... . 2
Potter and Tioga, .* 2
Whole number of'Representative? 100
Special Dispatch to The N. T. Tribune.
Cincinnati, FHday, May 29, 1857.
Excitement in Ohio.—Fight between
State and Federal Officers* —Deputy United
States Marshal Churchill and eleven assist*
ant left this city lasi Tuesday, to arrest four
persons in Mechanicsburg, Champaign Coun
iy, this Slaje, charged with harboring fugi
live slaves .nine months ago. " The arrests
were made on Wednesday, when a writ of
habeas corpus was taken out, but before it
could be served, the United Slates officers,
wifh their prisoners, were beyond the bounds
of the county. Another writ was taken |out
in Green Countynnd served by the SheHff,
assisted by a large crowd of citizens. ■ The
United States officers resisted, and
shots were exchanged, but finally the Uillted
Slates officers were overpowered, taken pris
oners, and brought lo Springfield for trial for'
resisting the Sheriff in the discharge of his
duty. The greatest excitement prevailed.—
The' United States Marshal telegraphed the
Secretary of the Interior for instructions,
hut the nature of the instructions received in
reply has noi yet transpired; Judge Levitt
U. S. District Judge, issued a writ of habeas
corpus 19 day, and the Marshal has gone to-
Springfield lo serve it. In case resistance is
offered, it is reported that (he United Stales
troops will Jie called out.
Runaway Negroes. —On Saturday night
last a regular stampede look place among
the negroes in ibis neighborhood. .We learn
that two negroes belonging lo ,Mr. Wm.
Heysnr, near town, one of Mr. Joseph
Rench’St and one of Mr. John Booth's, iq
town, and it is supposed a number of others
of whom we have not yet heard, started fur
the land where negroes have the-privilege'of
keeying Ihemsefves. They took‘with them a
horse belonging to Dr. E. Weis, and one of
Mr. H. K. Tice’s, logelber with a carriage of
Mr. F. J. Posey, and Mr. Jos. P. Mong’s
buggy. They were pursued,.■however','.and
arres’ed at Chpmbersburg, Pa., on Monday.
—Hagerstown Chronicle.
A fire: occurred'4t Addison N. Y.’on Wed
nesday.last, which consumed 39 dwellings
and places of-business. Estimated joss, 830-
000. Puriially covered by insurance.
"•■I,
f l^orcc^dn&nicr.
t fetter Fro* Kansas;
L JfiDiiWAHo, K, Th. May, 24,1857.
Fbiend Cobb : I hasten to write you
again." Tnrnved here from Lawrence on Fri
dtty afternoon, 15tb inst. Quifidaro is situated
on the Missouri River, about Six milts above
the mouth of the Kansas, and a b0m,30 miles
below Leavenworth. The town .was jsnrveyed
in December last, and the first..building.put
up in January. Now il contains' a|hput 5,00
inhabitants, and is fast increasing.; It has a
superior rock landing for a mile and a qnar.-
ter. About forty or fifty hands are at work
grading the Levee. The place hai two ex
cellent hotels, two dry gopds stores,)wo com
mission houses, an apothecary '.shi>p, a saw
mill, stone yard, carpenter shops, several
land agencies, a surveyor’s office, &c. There
are also sixteen business houses in {course of
erection, most of which are being built of
stone. Two stone churches ate njow under
progress, and will be finished this season.
Back of the town for twelve miles is a dense
forest o.f huge walnut, hickory, ash and oak.
The Chindoman, a Free Slate paper at this
place was commenced on the 14th inst. The
Sqvatter Sovereign, published at Atchison,
the organ of the notorious!. B. Stringfellow,
has been purchased by the Free-Stale men,
and will be continued at the former place.
There was considerable excitement in town
this evening. The steamer “New Lucy”
came op, and had on board Gov. Moniker and
Senator Wilson. Mr. Waiker was introduced
by Gov. Robinson, and made a| brief but
stirring speech. . On board ihe Boat was a
Brass Band, which played several tunes while
lying at ihe wharf. There is a great emi
gration 10 Kansas this spring. Every Boat
chat arrives is filled with passengers. - A ma
jority of the people are locating in the Neoshu
Valley. There are plenty of claims in that
Valley, at present, but will will nol be after
a while.l The people are swarming in there
like tecJ. Emporia will he the great trading
point in (that valley. There are pew towns
starting up ail the while, some of which will
not omomil to much. New Free Slate papers
are beingstarlcd -everywhere in theiTerrilory,
some of which will “fail,” 1 think, alter the
first number. lam very anx'oud to see the
Agitator; have not seen a copy: since 1 have
been in the Territory. I will write! ytju again
soon; Respectfully yours,
Afraid of School Books.
Slavery like the snail, is a slaw moulded
creature, but always draws in its head at the
first approach of imagined danger.; What an
acknowledgment is contained in [the article
below, which we copy from ihe New Orleans
Della. Reader this is-the 19th cpntury, past
the middle, of the Christian Era. This is
the. United Slates of America,) the freest
nation on iho Globe Yet read the following
and see the system of robbery and outrage
upon 4,000,000 of men, women end children,
which is so great that they dare riot lot their
children read'ihe ordinary school books of
the country. —Chicago Ledger. ■
W ll at the Morning Papers Say. —The
Bulletin refers to the meeting of ijio commh
tee appointed by the Commercial Convention,
which is to meet at Columbia, SI C., on the
ISlb Alay. to select and prepare! a aei-iea of
school books adapted to the Southern instilu
lions of learning, in every dcpja'rltnent of
study. It says; !,
“A thorough and searching investigation
into the character of our school books is de
manded from every consideralioh of public
policy, and its necessity exists to a greater
degree in Louisiana than in jany other
Southern Stale, and simply from the fact,
that from the lenient nature of our laws, and
from usage and custom, the colored popula
tion in this Slate enjoy, a larger share of legal,
personal and social privileges, than in any
other Slave Slate. The public jschools are
not accessible to thid class of population, but
there is no scarcitylof private schools for
the education of.colpred children, and there
are abundant instances at hand, jof not dnly
well-educated quadroons of both sexes, but of
those whose ifiinds have been highly culti
vated with all the advantages of a thorough
education, in the ornamental as well as sub
stantial branches enjoyed and improved. The
importance of instituting a critical inquisition
into the character'bf the text-books used in
our schools in such a community ,as our own,
ii 100 obvious lo require any urgency in the
way of argument or example. The desired
revision of Northern class books,! and the ex
purgation of all objectionable mayor in them,
can only be accomplished in the way recom
mended, by the action of a general and com
petent committee, acting for all the Slave
States! ' j"
. The Kansas treason prisoners, after four
months’ close confinement in miserable tents
and shanties, with a detachment of troops to
guard them, and being kept for eight months
longer under heavy bonds—and,|in the case
of several of them, an arrest while on their
way to the East, and a forcible reconveyance
Ip Kansas lo the great damage and interrup
tion of their business—have all last, been
discharged on a nolle prosequi. ;
Who is fo recompense these gentlemen for
having been made, through the agency of the 1
United States Government., and Iby the con
trivance, if not the direct procurement, of the
Administration at Washington, the victims of
what this nolle prosequi admits, lb have been
a miserable Pro-Slavery political trick I In
fact, Mr. Buchanan's Administration, by con
tinuing in nffice Chief Justice 1 Lecomple,
whom-even Pierce bad the decency lo super
sede, may be considered as haying assumed
the responsibility of this wretched and dis
graceful political maneuver. Nor has the
nolle prosequi, been entered for nothing. Not
only is great credit lb be taken far the Border
Ruffians in not trying and banging, as well
as arresting and -imprisoning these parties,
but their discharge is lo be. made a pretext
for the discontiauanceofall lhaj indictments
for murder, robbery and arson, hanging over
Buchanan’s chief office-holders in Kansas.—
N. Y. Tribune . i . : !
A fund of 806,000 has been subscribed, jo
Vicksburg, Mississippi, to a planta
tion. lo be presented jo Ex-President Pierce,.
84,000 more are wanted, the aura required
for the estate in view being §lOO,OOO. i
1.. / ’ i ,'t.
'A. pAIfTItER FISTICtrFFED AND UdOTBUTO
Death.—Mr. VV. &. Siockend, a sinewy,
stout, active young Scotchman, nassociated i a
farming' with Mr. T. Linklaler, Tenalqapi
Plains,- in this -county, recently killed quite a
large panther, six feet seven inches in lenoth.
in a fair fist and- bool fight—the citcumnan
ces attending which are related as fellows:
It seems that at the farther end of a lar"e
field, about a quarter of a mile from th e
house, Mr. Stockend discovered quite a move
ment and disturbance among a lot of ho«s
that were kept in the field. He at once pro-,
needed in the direction to ascertain the cause
when to h ; s surprise, at a short distance front
the hogs, he saw that a favorite young dog
was engaged in a conflict wiib a panther.
Determined to save the dog at all hazards, he
resolved to interpose in the fight, expecting
to frighten the panther up a tree, that Stood
bard by, when he could return to the house
for his rifle, and bring it down. He accor
dingly gave the .animal a substantial kick,
when it ceased its engagement with the dog,
straightened itself erect on its hind legs, and
pitched into him; inlbe.meantime the youno
dog made a hasty retreat for some distance.
The conlesl now seemed to be a desperate and
very unequal one, but there was no escape
from it for our friend Stockend. The pan.
ther made a furious dash at him, but retaining
his full presence of mind, be met it with a
furious kick. The fight now assumed the
character of a “rough and tumble,” and a
volley of well directed blows and kicks disa.
bled the animal somewhat. He called his
dog back, and the faithful young animal, as
if ashamed at having deserted its master m
the hour of peril, and as if to make amends
for Ungrateful conduct, entered' into the cod.
diet with unequaled fierceness. Mr. Stockend
.finally succeeded in gelling one foot firmly
planted upon the neck of his assailant, and
keeping the other in rapid motion in the di.
reclion of tho animal’s head, soon brought
the contest to a close. He has no doubt but
that Ihe long heavy boots which he had on
were the means of saving his life.
The fight lasted, first to last, about fifteen
minutes, in the course of Stockend
was somewhat severely handled. His shoul
der was badly scratched—he received a
severe wound from the teeth of the animal in
the thigh, and was badly scratched in several
places, although by no means dangerously,
or by which he will hereafter be disabled.
Can any of Our colemporaries beat the panther
fight of our friend Siockend I —Washington
Territory Pioneer.
F.A. Root.
The New Law of Evidence. —A breach
of promise case recently tried at Rochester,
in « bich, under the operation of the new law
of evidence, the parlies were called as wit
nesses, illustrates most strikingly the benefits
of a practice which has been familiar to the
English Courts for several years. Stray
facts, suspicious circumstances, or inferences,
which might, under the old practice, have
satisfied the jury that the defendant had con
tracted to marry the plaintiff, were dissipated
at once by the statement of the latter under
oath, that the defendant had never promised
to marry her ; that no express engagement
existed between them. The evidence of the
defendant corroborated this statement, and
the question was at once disposed of. .A few
months experience will satisfy lawyers and
judges that the law will prove one of the most
effectual promoters of peace justice that
legislative enactment has given us in many
years. It only remains to render its operation
more comprehensive.—iV. T. Paper.
Protestant Evangelism. —Evangelism
on the part of Protestants is gaining great
triumphs in France and Germany. In many
places, it_is~said, the churches can hardly
contain The numerous inquirers.- The French
Government has been strongly urged by the
ultramontane parly a|nong the clergy to pul
a stop to this system of proselyt/sm ; but M.
Porlaul, (since dead) the Minister for Educa
tion, opposed himself to every such effort,
and his course in this matter received the
approval of the Emperor, from regard, it is
understood, to the good opinion of England.
This tolerant spirit has also been manifested
in a very special manner by the withdrawal
of the order to close the places of worship.
Slave Whipped to Death. —A man in
Pulaski County', K y., a lew. days since,
whipped his slave to such-an extent he died.
He punished him six mornings in succession,
and on the seventh day the slave died. The
negro desired to see bis wife, who was owned
by and lived with another party. The master
refused permission; the negro disobeyed, and
visited his wife in the evening, returned early
next morning. For tilts the unfortunate man
was whipped to death. The brute who com
mitted the inhuman act made his escape, and
is being pursued by the officers.—Cincin
nati Gazette.
Retributive. —A man residing in Mora
via somewhat distinguished for severity, and
knowp as rather a hard man, in order to
gratify his penchant for blood, braided a wire
into the lash of his whip with which to cut
his horses. His little boy besought his father
again and again not to do it, but he was inex
orable. He finished his cruel instrument, but
at.the very first stroke at his horse he hit a
buckle or some bard substance, breaking off
a. small fragment, of the wire, which flew
back and struck the eye of the cruel man,
and put it out. We withhold his name.-"
AuJjurn. Advertiser.
On Tircrn Winding W A /earn
lhat a number of escaped slaves (how many
we' do hot know) arrived in this place, on
Sunday-night last, from Washington county,
Md., in a buggy and carriage, which, together
with the horses, were found in the yard of the
hotel of Mr. J. Bfand, on Monday morning-
It appears they succeeded in getting on tbs
5 o’clock tram of cars, and are now on th pip
“winding way” to the land of freedom, some
where in Queen Victoria’s dominions.—
Chambersburg (Pa ) Repository,
, Gov. Pollock-. reached home a few days
since, and looks quite well considering th fl
arduous duties he had to perform during lh. o
recent session of the Legislature, He has
examined and approved of morq bills tb aa
any of-his, predecessors, and is doubtless ta '
jpiced to breathe our pure mountain air ones
more, in the midst of his family and friends
—Miltonian,