A BemarHnble Meteor. The Utica Herald has an account-of a very singular phenomenon, which 'was wit nessed on Saturday last, and which - caused the death of two persons: !‘During. the afternoon L a .tunnel-shaped moving body of a nebulous- character, ap peared Cat a point over Utica, moving rapidly along with a humming sound. It struck the ground near the dwelling of a Mr. Root, in Deerfield, tearing down a fence or two, and passing on, gradually settling lower and low. er. At last, having reached a point some five miles'in a north-easterly direction from thai city, near the dwelling of Mr. Nathan Bub long, in Schuyler, it made a descent upon his barn, ripped it up, and scattered it to the winds. Then passing on, tearing up trees, fences outhouses in its terrible course, it final ly stuck the dwelling of Mr. Julio Warren, which was lifted from its stone foundation, curried a distance of some fifteen feet through the air, and dashed in splinters upon the ground, leaving a clean plat of grass between the place where it bad stood aod the pile of rubbish. “In ihe house were a family of six—par ents children. Mr. Warren, seeing the terri ble object rushing down upon him,tearingup trees and fences in its onward course, and buzzing like a thousand hornets' nests com bined, called upon his wife and children in stantly to accompany him to the cellar, and, suiting the action to the word, seized two of the children and leaped down the stairway. The wife essayed to follow, but her foolsleps wore lardy ; she was a moment—an instant 100 late; the engine of destruction lore the building up, carrying herself and child—to gether with a little son who was behind her, with i>. The husband had but time to see her ascend with the building that lore away from übove him, and then he stood exposed lo the day, in his open cellar. He went to view the ruin of his home; it was complete. Here lay the dead and nude body of his wife, Ihe destroying power having stripped the clothing from her person ; there lay his sen covered with blood and senseless; and, just beyond, his dwelling lay one such mass of de struction as prubably never was beheld before. Broken and splintered bedsteads, cradles, tables, pots, kellies, chairs, boxes, trunks, crockery, tin ware, hats, clothes, stoves, bottles, bri* ks, plaster, clocks, beams, stones, shingles, and endless el ceiras, lay crushed and crumbled in one heap before him. ‘ Next, in the due southeasterly line.of its course, it uprooted several large trees, scat tered the fences, crossed the road and demol ished a large barn, belonging to Mr. John M. Boblong. This building was of recent and very substantial build, and S 5 by 50 feel upon its base, \el the destructive element tore it to pieces, scattering large timbers about the fields at a distance of from five lo fifteen rods, distributing the roof in various directions, and actually taking up an iron cylinder threshing machine, weighing perhaps four hundred pounds, and deposited it at least eighty feel from the barn. A cow belonging to Mr. 8., standing near the barn was.kdled_ —without any apparent outward wound. About 80 rods far her on, in a direct line, a smaller barn, belonging lo the same gentle man, was demolished; and whatls very sin gular in this instance, hut very little of the material of which it was construcled is to be lound anywhere. A few shivered boards and timbers alone attest to its previous existence. The dwelling of Mr. Bublong had a na/row escape. A shingle or two torn from one corner-of Ihe roof indicate how narrowly it escaped destruction. , “Beyond the premises of Mr. 8., for a mile,, prostrate trees and fences evidence the track of the destructive messenger. It, however, seemed lo have released its bold upon the earth soon after leaving the farm of Mr. 8., for it was distinctly seen to rise from its sur face And dissolve its -conical shape into a general cloudy form. The phenomenon was followed by violent rain and wind. Two men at work in a field, saw the strange appa rition approach, and took lo their heels, barely escaping its track as it passed on. It seemed to raise from the eatth in four or fire minutes from the lime it was first seen, and the evidences before us of destruction lie in n district not over four or five miles in extent, in a due southeasterly direction from where its first touch was fell, and in a track about fifteen rods in width. Whatever of material substance presented itself in this track was swept away, and the ruin presented, is cer tainly fearful lo behold.” A Son of a. Slave Defending Slavery. Dr. Ross, ihe great slavery defender in ihe lasi New School General Assembly, is biog raphized by ihe Rev. Asa Turner, of lowa, who writes a v communication to the Chicagb Congregational Herald , in these words : “1 will stale an incident in the life of Dr. Ross, the great slavery defender in the last New School General Assembly. -It was re lated to me by the late Dr. Nelson : ‘•The Doctor's molher was his father’s slave. But instead of selling, his children, as many slaveholders do, he liberated the mother and her children, and gave them his property. There were two brothers. The eldest as he came up to manhood asked him what gave him a position in the society of gentlemen. He pulled out a purse of gold, and holding it up said, “this gives me admit tance.” “No,” replied the questioner, “gold cannot give you a right to the society of gen tlemen. Your blood is not pure.” This was a deadly blow. He could no longer live un der the reproach of a mortified pride. He went out, look a'pistol and shot himself.— Frederick,';the younger son, made his way in to Tennesee, there became hopefully pious, and is now the great Dr. Boss.” A Vermont Editor gives the following advice to ladies: “When you have got a man to .the sticking point—that is when he proposes—don’t turn away your bead, or efleet • blush, or rater him to pa, or ask Tor more time i all those tricks are understood now; just look him right in the face, give him a “buss,” and tell him to go and order • cradle.” Bfr. Ctoit3eJiike-tnanjuJ.flur.hMi author!- ties, includes the Sponge* among animals. Of the correctness of-this classification, if it includes, certain-hi pedal specimens, there can be but little question. THE AGITATOR. M. H. Cobb, ■■■■.. Editar. WELLSBOROUGH, FA. Tlinndar Morning, July 3, 1857. *,* AH Business,and oilier CommunicalionsmUsl be addressed to the Editor to insure attention. Republican Nominations. For Governor, DAVTD WILMOT, Of Bradford County. For Canal Commissioner^ WILLIAM MILLW AED, Of Philadelphia . For Supreme Judges , JAMESVEECH, Of Fayette County, JOSEPH J. LEWIS, Of Cbeiter County. THE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing between the subscribers in the publishing busi. ness, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, David Sluncck retiring from the firm. M. H. COBB. Juno 13,1857. DAVID STDREOCK. The books and accounts are in the bends of M. H. Cobb, by.whom the paper will be published until further notice. In withdrawing onr Interest in the farther publi cation of the Agitator, it might be reasonably ex pected that while we affirm the good feeling and harmony which has ever existed between Mr. Cobb and ourselves, that we should indulge in mourning in separating from the paper and its patrons; a rea sonable conclusion, if it were not that the only sor row is felt in the separation being deferred sq[long. When we entered the business it was hot with the expectation of becoming suddenly rich,and we must in truth affirm, that oar most sanguine hopes in that direction have been more than realized. Although we have the conciousness that onr Joss has been ibr Freedom's gain, it is not pleasant to consider lha,t while wc are endeavoring lo add interest to a “great principle, 1 * rapacious, creditors are adding weightier Interest to Principals which more tangibly affect us. To those who have bfeen our patrons we would re turn thanks for many favors; and to those especially who have long been endeared lo us by ties of affec tion, varying in intensify, from a dollar upwards, the factof their existence will ever be a pleasure lo us, aod we would assure them that they will here after inherit a warm place—in our memory. To our associate for the past two and a half years wo woulden>dval of Mr. Hoamer was bat one in a series oflggremlons upon Christianity; contempt*, ted by the slave powers and the action of the. Ala* THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. ba m* Conference |aanolber % Now Slavery. Is not so much an element ol ecclesiastical as of political power. The Church has no glory to come from conquests in that quarter; hot the political power of the South depends essentially upon the propagation ( of Slavery. Remembering tills, it is not difficult to comprehend that Southern politicians view it as a very important matter to gain the Church over to their interest. The great powers of Judah, Greece and Rome unquestionably are in a great degree at tributable to the union of tlie civil and ecclesiastic al powers. Judah was a theocracy up to the anoint ing of Saul. Grecian politicians the ora cles, and thus claimed to be directed by the gods. The same with Roman politicians. It was necessa ry to study the superstitions thatHhose of the people superstitions might be turned to polujcahaccoant. The South is doing the very same politicians are endeavoring to press thteccleslastie al powers into their aervicc—?not that Right may prevail, but that Slavery may prescrve poKlical as cendency. The Church Sooth seems determined to enter into the alliance. Already, what she deemed barbarous and inhuman a few years ago, she rein states as a Christian practice. Hereafter, when we hear clergymen bewail that the race is degenerating into unprecedented wickedness, we shall listen with charily. Infidelity, even, would disdain to adopt such a barbarity into its creed, even by implication. Southern divines take the bold ground that Slaved ry is a divine institution—ordained of God. We admit the existence of mmy gods. Since man has reversed the order of creation, he fashions a god oot of clay and breathes into it the breath of his own life. The god of the Southern church is fashioned in this manner. The breath of IhsUTc is Slavery; be therefore breathes nothing but Slavery. He dc nuances the living God as an arph-rebel and his fol lowers as infidels. Is it not SOX' The Church North must erelong see that there can be no compromise with wrong wilbout danger to Ha vital interests. The Church must cither purge itself of Slavery, or Slavery will purge the Church of religion. They cannot dwell together. Chris tianity is the mortal foe of wrong. Slavery may overthrow every church organization in the land ; but the simple teachings of the Nazarcne they can not overthrow. Those teachings will span the heavens of Man’s future like a beautiful bow of promise, when the errors that afflict the churches arc wrecked and rotted. But God works by means. Man is an instrument, by means of which the de signs of the Planner are wrought out. Churches may retard the progress of truth ; but they cannot thwart the designs of Creative Wisdom. Sooner or later, as man is true or false to the divine spark within him, truth must triumph over every foe. The question now is, whether the Church will wait for Slavery to spew it out, or whether it will purge itself of this monster crime of the age'. It cannot crush wrong by admitting i; to fellowship. It cannot outlaw Slavery - by giving it ecclesiastical countenance. While it breaks the bread and drinks the wine of the sacrament with slaveholders and slavery-upholders, we can see no reason why it is not a partaker of the wrong. Can there be concord between Christ and Belial? Dn. Morron’s Lectures.— Dr. Moreon, of Clin ton, Oneida Co., N. Y-, closed on Tuesday evening a course pf seven lectures against Modern Spiritu alism, before oar citizens. The Lectures were ex tremely well attended, and listened to with pleasure and profit by believers and disbelievers. Dr. Morron assumes that the phenomena known aa Spirit Manifestations, and accepted by Spiritual ists as proofs of the communion ofiieparlca spirits with spirits in the flesh, are unmitigated humbegß: That is, tables are not moved, instruments are not played upon, raps are not made, apart from the physical powers of the embodied spirits present. If men see tables or other objects move, under circum stances which forbid the agency of mandanc power, they are deluded. He assumes that such tilings do not occur ; that of the three millions of persons in this country who believe in the Spiritual origin of these Manifestations, three-fourths, probably, hon estly believe that their eyes and curs serve them truly. The Doctor, however, rules out the evidence of the senses in regard to occurrences which cannot bo accounted for within the ordinary operations of natural law. Hume, Voltaire, Paine and others, though of a different religions school, use essentially the same assumption to disprove the miracles of the Bible. The Doctor devoted his opening lecture to the ex position of the 28th chapter of Ist Samuel, in which the raising of Samuel by the women of En-dor is narrated. He assumed the iofallibillity of the Bible, and addressed himself to the task of proving that Saol was deluded—that Saul did not bear Sam uel soy: “ Why hast thou disquieted me to bring me np 7” &c. This exposition of the plain and un mistakable narration ol the Scripture did not to us seem warranted by the text. He subsequently ex plained npon being interrogated, that lie simply in tended to give his own opinion of the nature of the occurrence, drawn from 'ibis understanding of the context, and that it was submitted for what it might be worth. He did not think God worked a miracle in that instance. Nor do we. But we feel bound to believe that Samuel was produced to appear by the woman of bin-dor, or to reject tho entire narra tion, as we do not believe that the record of events in revelation can be justly subject to the canons of human interpretation; bot only those passages whose language is plainly figurative. The Doctor extended a cordial invitation to any who might wish to enter the field a* a disputant; or as an interrogator. In his subsequent lectures, up to Sunday evening, he considered, first, the character of the Manifesta tions, and secondly, Man's relation to the physical universe and his .connection with the Divine Mind. Ho ridiculed the triviality of the events, the means used in inducing spirit visitations, the various modes of communication employed by spirits. To this it was returned, that jGlod fed Elijah by means of that universally acknowledged unclean bird, tho raven; that Christ mixed clay and spittle and .put it upon the eyes of the blind man. To this the Doctor re. joined that God works by means, which is very true; but, we apprehend, not at all pertinent to the mailer in hand; for if Dr. Morron.objects to alleged Spir itual phenomena, that they are" produced by trivial means, that the mediums are sometimes unclean, then who shall abuse the honest skeptic who objects to the feeding of Elijah, that God would'not descend to employ an unclean bird to feed His prophet when legions of angels wait forever at his right hand to minister onto whomsoever He will have ministered unto. Or, if the Doctor objects that the means cm. ployed by the spirits of dead men, are trivial and unbecoming the dignity of such, why denounce the skeptic who to the miraculous restoration of the blind man to eight, that the mesas used were trivial and unbecoming the majesty and power of a God! He laid.greal stress opon the fact that tbs most wonderful manifestations of Spiritualism occur la the dark, and not in sight of-the people adder the blaze of noonday. To this it was returned that the angel of the Lord came to open the prison uoorrof Peter and John indbe night; that Jeans putalllhe people, laving k select few. from the room ere hftaU tempted to raise the daughter of Jkiros from the j dead; tint he took ihe man wilh an impediment in ■ hit speech aside from the throng ere he healed him. To this the Doctor tejoioed that oilier tod greater wonders were wrought in broad day, as fur example, the awlul convulsion of nature at the Crucifixion. The Doctor's attention was then called to the Ucl that this last great miracle was wrought onder the cover of thick darkness, as the record bears witness. - The lecture upon Man—bia relation to the phys. ical universe, and with the Parent spirit, was roost admirable. And while some of his conclusions did not follow sequently down the line of deduction, a 8 viewed from our stand point, and white bis iofereo. ccs in part did not seem legitimate, we roust award to It as a whole, much more than ordinary wit, lear ning, humor and ability. In lad, we regretted its to ns exceeding brevity, though it consumed (wo hours in delivery, nearly. We must admit that our ies deceived us that once, and if the admission star's theory as to the unreliability of in*t help it fkvoratl sensuous evidence; His lecture on Sunday eve] ness of God to Man, and the Harmoi wilhßevclaliou * was one of iho finest efforts Mind to whichwecycr listened. Systematic in Its induction, grand ands&rtluighi its estimate of the, boundlessness of the Almighty]'TlaOt_Tigorous in thought, glowing in rhetoric, reasonable in apposite in quotation and happy in allusion, we do not cull to.mind any discourse upon Science and its "Progress, more beautiful, as a whole, than this. (This is taking it for granted that our ears did not deceive us.) His lectures on Monday and Tuesday evenings were devoted to Andrew Jackson Davis and bis pub* halted works. As we have not heard them at the time of this writing, in full, we cannot speak an derslandiogly of them. We have neither lime nor space to speak of the preceding ones as they de serve. He certainly failed to convince Spiritnalisls that dicta are belter evidence to intelligent minds than the senses. His philosophy, carried into the. ology, would pluck the foundation from under the Christian teliglon, and dissolve the miracles into thin air. If we are asked to,disbelieve the evidence of our own senses, it Is just as easy to believe that the witnesses of the miracles of antiquity were also deceived as to the testimony of their senses. We prefer to credit our own senses and those of the Evangelists as well. Dr. Morron is a gentlemen of superior scientific attainments, an impressive sjicaker. possessing an inexhaustible fund of anecdote. Is highly courteous and honorable in dealing with opponents, and alto* getlicr, a very agreeable personage. Cut we pro* diet that his arguments against Spiritualism will, ere many years, be laid away upon the same shelf with the famous M Knee-Joint Report” of the Buff alo Doctors, and that men and women will continue to believe their eyes and ears, and lhaok the good God that He bus so beneficently constructed their senses that delusion is the exception, and not the rule. more Particulars of tlio Frcsliet. The water in the Chemung has fallen several feet during the last twenty-four hours, but is still at a respectable height. We hear that a number of cattle and several horses have been drowned in toe river, during the flood. The Gazette states that no less than ten mill-dams have been swept away on Catha rine Creek, between the Summit and Havana,' and scarcely a bridge remains on nhe high way between these points. The road is im passable. On the Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad, between the Summit and Havana, serious portion of the track has been swept away. It is expected, however, that the road will be in running order by Monday at the farthest. We hear that the passengers who left here Friday morning succeeded in passing the break, and found a train on the other side to convey them to Canandaigua. The Chemung Canal has suffered even more seriously than was reported yesterday. It is literally obliterated for a portion of the distance between the Summit and Havana, and will require a large farce at least two months to pul it in navigable order. The in terruption of navigation will be seriously felt by our lumber shippers, forwarders and business men generally. The total destruction of property in the CoT, the Gazette estimates at about $250,000 —and it is likely to be much greater when fully ascertained. We are glad to learn that the river bridges on the Erie Rond, at and near Corning, have not been carried away, as reported yesterday. The bridge carried away at Corning, was that across “Monkey Run,” in the village, which has been made passable fot trains most probably, ere ibis. We learn that the track between Corning and Hornelsville, is com pletely blocked by sand and floodwood, which it will require two or three days to clear away. Passengers from the VVest take the B. C. & N. Y. Road at Corning for Rochester, and are therefore subject to very little delay. The Steamboat Express, for New York, which was made up at Corning, passed through here on time yesterday after noon. Corning was completely inundated on Wednesday and Thursday. The principal bridges and walks were torn away, and.lhe destruction of property is immense. The working classes have suffered severely, a large number of their houses having been washed away. Communication between the ■upper and lower parts of the village has been entirely cut off. The cellars of the business portion of the village are filled with water, and masses of timber fill ifaestreels. One of our leading business men, who has been all along the line of the Chemung Canal, between this place and Havana, informed us last evening that he had an interview with the Resident Engineer yesuerdayjand was in formed by him that be would hnye the Canal in good "repair in about a month. He. has already commenced operations between the Summit and Radsville, and hopes to be able to put .four or five hundred men at work along the entire line of the Canal by (he be ginning of nest week. The break at Badsville is about one hundred and filly rods in length, and is the roost serious one on the Canal.— Elnara Advertiser. Some people talk a great deal about minis ters, and the cost of keeping them ; paying their rent, table expenses, and other items of salary. Did such croakers ever think that it cost thirty.fi.vo. millions of dollars to pay the salaries of American lawyers; that twelve millions of dollars are paid, annually to keep our ten millions annu ally to keep the dogs in the-midet of us alivo; while only six millioiis-.itr dollars-are spent annually to bqep nine . thousand ministers in the United Slates. , FROM KANSAS. Ba|ii Election Day: Correspondence of the N. T. Tribtioo. Lkcomptos, K. T., June 15,1857. - There is a busy stir in this whisky-drink* ing capital on this eventful election day.: .Clusters of unsteady looking men have con* gregated around each grocery, and many a yellow-beaded whisky-barrel is slowly bleed ing to death to further the great work. There is not an army here nl the polls, bnl still it is a safe thing to say that at least two hundred men arc here who could not be constructed into voters, by anything short of a bogus Judge. There is a “Onion Democratic ticket,” bat that is under a cloud. The ultra fire-eating ticket, with Surveyor-General Calhoun at its bead, is going to clear the field with a ven geance. “National Democracy" and “Union Democracy" have locked horns, and “Union .Democracy" issocompletely annihilated that ila'ghostjvill scarcely be able to walk the earth. Gov. Walker think he is trying a preservation of ons between the Law-and-Order “NalSfiaf "nd his Excellency are not of Bui he has obeyed opera- in The good- Nature Democrat: ihe most amiable's their mandate so far. Hissl lions have either subsided or enjoy temporary, repose. Gen. Calhoun, I was told, volun leered to “raise a.force of men, and collect the taxes in Lawrence, if His Excellency would legalize the proceeding but His Ex cellency declined such volunteer assistance, and is reported to have wished him to an unmentionable place to which he has, likely, a free pass. , | What a miserable drunken set of loafers are congregated here. What an array of the power that is to crush the people ofj Kansas. What an insignificant, despicable set of wor thies. Some 200 of the disciples of the Border Blue Lodge are hereabouts to-day, and will, of course, vole. They “come from the country.” Well, there is no necessity for any such invasion. The people! of Kan sas are in the fields. They are quietly at work. The sound of the hammer and active tread of industry has never been arrested. The peopfe turn a deal eat to the cry “Vote,” “Vote,” and I predict that the vote to-day will be a small one, unless more! efficient means are adopted elsewhere than here. Gov. Walker’s Duplicity. When Gov. Walker spoke at| Topeka during the session of the Free-State Legisla ture, he was all suavity and sweetness toward the Free-State men. Every one should be allowed the privilege of voting; ‘impartial justice was to be administered, and all men protected in their rights and liberies. He had nothing in his speech of a denunciatory character, and his pledges and promises were of an exceedingly sensible Not a word did his Excellency have to say about the Legislature, and not a word to which any exception could be taken. I But Walker is onffof those singular indi viduals who have the enviable faculty of adapting their views, principles and senti — , A —•———— ni m———u——- - V on the very next day there was a great meeting at Big Springs; all Lecompton and Tecumseh, the only Pro-Slavery towns in the Territory, turned out, and lhe Governor supposed that a large majority of ibis audi tory were Pro-Slavery men as a Imaller of course. Hence he led off in a biller speech against the Free-State party, and even went so far as to say that although the; Missouri invasion was unjustifiable, it was'not com paiahle, in villainy, to the meeting of the Free-State Legislature under thej Topeka Constitution. | t The “General” got an opportunity at last, and pitched into the bowels of Walker’s policy with a lusty and good will. 1 He was received with great enthusiasm; and Walker learned to his sorrow that the Free-Stale men comprised nearly four-fifths of the audience. It would be pretty difficult to get up an audience in any part of the Territory where this would not be the proportion. The duplicity of Gov. Walker, expressing himself so differently at different points, meets (he censure and condemnation of evpry hon est man, let,his political views be wliat they may. If the 'Governor thought the Free- Slate Legislalure guilty of such moyal turpi tude, he should have so staled at Topeka, and not wailed until he could address what was generally expected to be a Pro-Slavery audience. We hardly think Mr. Walker baslas much shrewdness^as his friends concede :him, and his ability is pretty accurately typified in his physique. I Never take a Gun by the Muzzle.— A most lamentable accident occurred on the X6ih ultimo, at Watertown, Ohio, the wjfe of Mr. G. J. Woodruff killing herself instantly. Soon after breakfast she tdbk a broom and went into the room occupied by Elia's Wood ruff, her father in law, ter sweep. Soon after she went into said room the family were star tled by the discharge of a gun. ’as soon as possible, rushed into the room, and found her lying against (he wall, the gun ly ing on the floor with the muzzle close to hey breast. The ball entering her left breast and penetrating the right ventricle of the heart; she never spoke afier she received the wound. The gun stood between the bed and|a writing desk. She, no doubt, toolr the gun by tho muzzle, and in the act of bringing it from its position the hammer struck against the foot of the desk and produced the fatal result. The Apportionment Bin.—W’a lay be fore our readers a correct copy of the bill dis tricting the Stale into Senatorial and Repre sentative districts. The bill was signed some days ago by- the Governor, and i» jlherefore iho law of the land for the next seven years. It is not of such a character as the American Republicans bad a right to when we consider that the vole was so near equally divided last year; bat (he session was bound to close, consequently our friends yielded too much to them. We hope, therefore that our friends will arouse and .speak, at the ballot box in condemnation of the bill. Where they have apparently been gerrymandered they can make the doubtful districts certain to us •if they will but go to work.— HqrrUbmg Telegraph. . j From the Leavenworth Times. eottimnniCKtcon#. Freedom, Tben and Sov. We have bad a national existence but an boar in comparison with other nations, niti a radical change has come over those that have the control of our govermeotal affairs. A might; alteration has taken place in regard*