The Philadelphia Neva is agitated by, one
of Ihnse uervuus paroxysms commpn to old
-women and old fogies of the, raa-icu-ine gen
der. It .is disturbed through fear (hat the
Legislature of this Slate wilt so tno'dify the
daw as to alio* “atheists” and other “infidels”
to testily in the Courts. ...
Some centuries ago it was the fashion to
exclude “unbelievers” from the' right io give
testimony either in civil or criminal proceed
ings. If a man did not accept the teachings
of the Church, he could not swear to his ac
count for the purpose of collecting it ; and if
his wife or daughter was ravished before his
eyes he could not be a witness against the
transgressor. The News thinks this an ad
mirable rule, and imagines society would be
resolved into chaos if it should be repealed.
Alas ! for conservatism. A strong disposition
is springing up in all civilized nations to an
nul all regulations which debar classes of
people from the privilege or obligaiion of dis
closing what they know concerning mailers
pending before-the tribunals of justice. In
some Sitlles the change has been carried so
far that parlies to civil suits are allowed to
become'witnesses in their own behalf; their
testimony is given to the Court and jury as
that of interested individuals, and consequent
ly to be received with such abatements as
should seem to be proper Upon the same
basis, we hold it to be sound policy to lake
the testimony of all persons who know or are
supposed to know, anything of a case under
investigation. Let the atheist and Christian
both be heard, and let their testimony be ta
ken for much or little according to the char
acter ihey sustain.
Oaths, as an expedient for gening at the
Irulli, ore falling into disrepute. E>ery man,
«ho is fnmiliar wilh'lhe details of the Courts,
knows that oaths in themselves amount to lit
tle in ensuring veracious testimony. The
penally for perjury is what is efficacious.—
Untruthful men will lie, whether sworn or
not; and as readily in the one condition as
in the other, if they have a reasonable pros
pect of escaping punishment.
It has for a long lime seemed to us that the
best plim for arriving at the truth in judicial
proceedings was to abolish all disabilities to
becoming witnesses and oaths or abjurations;
to let all persons be heard, and to indict the
same punishment for telling a lie in the ca
pacity of a witness which is now inflicted for
the ficlitioue crime of perjury. Falsehood
-would then become the odious thing perjury
now it; and men would avoid a lie as care
fully as they do perjury now.
The change operate, we think, bene
finally on the columns of the JVei ri. We
aee a good many things therein which wean
confident its editors would not like to swear
to ; and if lying should become as odious as
perjury we su'pecl there would be an im
provement in that particular. —Honesdale
Democrat.
Fugitt AcauiTTED —.On last Sunday
morning the jury that had been impannelled
on the case of this man, brought in a verdict
acquitting him. We know nut upon what
ground such a verdict was tendered. Every
bods is familiar with lire horrid deed he per
petrated, and the horrid manner in which he
performed it, and yet for murdering a Free
State mao in cold blood, tearing Aram hit haail
the scalp, and exhibiting it dripping with
blood in the public streets, this cold hearted
wretch is tried, and after the mockery of a
trial sent forth to the world without o legal
reproach. It 5a hut a few days* since one of
the meanest Democratic organs (the Cincin
nati Enquirer) was hoping that Fugitt would
be hung—justly as every man fell that this
wretch merited to swing, yet so completely
have the Borderers everything in their hand*
under the bogus laws, that murderers, incen
diaries, nil may escape justice if their victims
were but Free S'nte men. And yet it is this
lawless, disorganised, chaotic, arnarchia! enn-
dition thnl Gov. Walker wishes to prolong ad
infinitum almost, by ihe indirect, circuitous
and prolix mode of adjustment he proposes
lo have adopted. —Quindaro Chindowan .
Our readers will doubtless recoiled one
Captain Smith, tried some time since for his
concern in the slave trade. He was charged
with a capital offence, and the case was per
perfeclly clear against him ; but to avoid the
chance of his gening off by some quibble or
pre'ense set up'bv him, of not being a citizen
of the United Stales, the prosecution con
sented to accept a plea of guilty for a minor
offense. Under this plea he was sentenced
to a term pf imprisonment and a fine of
81,000. Daring his imprisonment he freely
boasted to tho«e who visited him of his con
nection with the slave-trade, and his special
relish for the business. His term of impris
onment having expired, the President has re
mitted his fine and let him free. He thinks
it a pity we suppose, now that the slave-trade
is so brisk, that Captain Sjmitli should not
have an opportunity to re'-engage in his fa
vorite employment. One good voyage at the
present prices would remunerate him for all
the losses of his trial and imprisonment.—JV.
I r . Tribune.
Lawful Rbvesgf.. —Many years since a
gentleman in Newington, a parish of Wethers
field, Conn., who was a very, religious and
conscientious man married one of the most
ill-natured and troublesome women who could
he found in the vicinity. This occasioned a
universal surprise wherever he was known,
-and one of his neighbors ventured to ask him
the reasons which had governed his choice.
He replied, that having had but little trouble
in the world, he was fearful of becoming too
much attached to things of lime arid sense,
and thought that by experiencing some afflic-'
lions, he should become more weaned from
the world, and that he married such a woman
as he thought would accomplish this object.
The best part of the story is, that the wile,
hearing the reasons why he married her was
much odcodcdi Bnd out of* revenue b&csnio
one of the most pleasant and duiifel wives in
lown, declaring lhat she was not going io be
made a pack horse to carry her husband to
heaven.
Fhd Meadville Jounial expresses the belief
lhai the Republican majority in Crawford
county this year will equal, and probably
exceed, that of last year. We feel autho
rized to rd to
Erie enumy. Wilmot’a majority wifi be
iwwuy-five hundred, and perhaps three thou
sand.— Erie Gazette .
THE A HIT A TOE.
M. H. Cobb,.\M r*. . Editor.
WELLSBOROUGH, PA.
Tlmrsdaf morning?, Jaly “9^1857.
• # * AH Basiness,and otherComrounicalionsinußi'
be addressed to the Editor to insure attention.
Republican Itom I nations.
For Governor;
DAVID, WILMOT,.
Of Bradford County.
For Canal Commissioner , **
WILLIAM MILLWARD,
I Of Philadelphia .
For Supreme Judges ,
JAMES VEECH,
Of Fayette County ,
JOSEPH J. LEWIS,
Of Chester County.
The burning of the British steamer Montreal on
the St. Lawrence last week, caused the death of
nearly 300 persons.
Owing to an unusual press of new advertisements
this week, we are forced to defer much that would
have appeared in this department, until' next week.
The corn crop does not promise much to the gar
(ter, in tills region, and we trust our farmer friends
will remember that buckwheat is, in some sort, a
tolerable substitute. Corn is at least three weeks
late in its growth, and it is only possible that it will
ripen. Unless some measures are taken to prevent
it, the coming winter will witness much suffering.
Sce advertisement of R. M. Welles & Brooks, Ti
oga Point Agricultural Works,.Albens, Bradford co.
Pa.
Also, the advertisement of Messrs. Sears & Wil
cox. They have filled up the Store lately occupied
by Mrs. Stevens, one dooj below R<S. Builey’s,store
and are prepared to-furnish Groceries and Provis
ions at reasonable prices.
Tbe New-York Court of Appeals has declared
the constitutionality of tbe Metropolitan Police Act,
and Fernando Wood has caved in. We suppose our
democratic cotemporaries will now tell (beir readers
that Mayor Wood is a bad man lor resisting tbe
laws of the Slate. They profess such faith in the
infallibility of Judicial decrees that they can no lon.
gcr doubt the wicked and treasonable nature of Fer.
nundo’s rebellion. Gentlemen, we shall publish
your recantations with great pleasure. Remember,
And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return.”
These are glorious days—June days. Half-trans
parent purple mists lie all day upon the bills. The
skies arc dimly seen through a veil of tropical haze.
The indescribable shimmer of tbe unequally heated
sir lends a dreamy aspect to the landscape. The
summer of Nature is indeed surpassingly lovely
What saith the poet 7
“ When she walheth abroad in the bloom of her
beauty;
The purple mists that sleep on the bills arc her
shadow;
Flower-sandaled her feet and her forehead enclus
tered with gea\s empyrean.”
The M glorious Fourth,” with its glory and its
shameful excesses ha« passed away. Its advent was
preceded by (he usual explosion of anvils, the ring,
ing of bells and the blowing of horns. Friday night
was made wonderfully hideous in this village. Ju
venile America w tm
horns, dinner-bells, and hoarse lungs. Cats slunk
dn*y iTom me scene of their accustomed caterwau
lings, and dogs crept into back yards, bowling a dis
mal refrain. - Nobody slept.
The morning came in its loveliest guise. We al
most regretted its exceeding loveliness in view of
its almost certain desecration. No preparation for
a Celebration was made in this village, and a great
many people solaced themselves with Uie thought
they would gain in quiet what they might lose in
glory. Cut they reckoned unwisely. A portion of
the day rivaled Bedl.im. We attended a quiet little
gathering in a not distant neighborhood, where all
was peaceful and decorous. Returning at 4 o’clock,
oar village streets presented an unhappy contrast.
We saw the brand of whiskey on many foreheads.
We saw one boy of 8 years, possibly, unmistakably
drunk. Wc heard of others not too large to be tied
to the maternal apron-strings, not a whit better off.
We wondered if the borough authorities had aught
to do with keeping order, and concluded u nay,”—
since order was not kept. Rowdies prowled, and
swaggered and hooted along the streets, insulting
females and inciting quarrels.
We submit that the anniversary of our nation’s
Independence, if observed at all, should be observed
as the Sabbath-Day of the nation. It is an appro
priate day for thanksgiving and thank-offerings.
It is not a day lor getting drunk and for intemper
ate indulgence of the appetites and passions; and
since excess has come to be inseparable fronf popu
lar celebrations of the day, we say lo parents, 14 do
not permit your children to attend such celebrations,
nor send them into villages where the reckless and
abandoned congregate, and by example corrupt (he
morals of the young and leach them their first pa
ces in a caicer of dissipation.”
It is our candid opinion that greater moral dam.
age ensued in the nation last Saturday than during
the most exciting political campaign which has ever
been prosecuted within our borders.
Where Do They Stand?
Not long since, wc took up a professedly Demo
cratic paper, in the cdito'rial department of which
we discovered an article upon thcaubject of Slave
ry. A laudable curiosity to know what could be
said of the matter in a Democratic organ in tile
North, and which could not bo construed into an at.
tempt to agitate, induced us to read it carefully and
critically. As we concluded not to bo surprised at
anything it might contain,ho we distilled from the
ernde mass the following democratic opinion. con.
cerning the right and llie wrong of Slavery, with
out experiencing the slightest twinge of disappoint
ment.
We learned that u Northern democrats do not de
“ sire the extension of Slavery, yet will do nothing
“to prevent its extension. That Southern demo
“ crats would not seek to extend Slavery but for
“ the fact that the existence of the democratic parly
“ depends upon it. Thai democrats do not feel for
“ the wrongs of the slave because democrats have
*• nothing to do with the slave or his condition
* That it is of no consequence either to l|ie slave or
** to the Democratic parly, whether Slavery exists
“ in Kansas, or anywhere else; but that the Free
“ States are more happy and prosperous and more
“ rapid in their growth than the Slave Slates. That
“ the negro is happier in a slats of servitude than
“ be Can be as a .freeman; but that the South would
** *l° we " lo hit upon some scheme of emancipation
“ llle bonofe-rf- tho white race, as. to the negro,
“it can not mako much difference whether be is a
“■-■aw, or * chattel."
Vo*, Use- foregoing h unmitigated bosh. Stealing
is either right.or it it wrong, and to is it as regards
Slavery. Manhood, in its fulness, is the acme of
THE TIOGA COUNTY Ag.GrlTAToit;gr
hum*n gJealncfsf and in jdtt aomuch as men Hill
alidHof that perfect development of their faculties*
in that degree ia tfie .race wronged and degraded.
But A few centuries ago* our progenitors came at 1
the beck and went at the bidding of their warlike *
end haughty Nor man.masters. -They-worc- collars
of brass and collars of Iron* and. were transferred
from master to master with tlre-solL Worse than
this, the more powerful Saxon proprietors enslaved
their own race, and collared them as so many dog?,
Gurlh, the swineherd, and Wamba, the son of Wit
less* were not introduced* as* supernumerary act'
ora in a romance, but as representatives of a
then existing and suffering in the menial capacity
of a conquered race. The Saxon was (hen, in ia*
(ellectual devclopemenl and in general culture, unde
niably the inferior of his master. He was set apart
to do the drudgery even as the negro ia held in this
Republic. Like the negro he was beaten with ma
ny stripes. Like the. negro he had uo security, for
the uninterrupted flow of domestic bliss.. Bid he
marry a free woman, she was'degraded to his own
level, and his children inherited his chains. He was
enriaved because he was one of a conquered race.
Ho was looked down apon by his lordly master as a
chattel, incapable of cultivation and refinement, and
void of the finer feelings which commend men to
each other as brethren by a mysterious affinity. In
this condition our ancestors remained for many years
-semi-barbarous, stolid, almost indifferent, elates.
The Norman-doubtless thought (us do democrats to.
day) that the Saxon was belter off in servitude than
be could be as a freeman; and thut liberty, to such
a degraded face would prove a curse rather than a
blessing. This U the tyrant’s argument. It has
been and must ever be the specious pretence of Ty.
ranny in the .subjugation of the weak. And the
enslavers of the negro arc not a jot less tyrannical
and pretentious than were those haughty masters
who inherited and whipped our ancestors.
Slavery is a great, moral wrong—a crime. .Eve
ry living man and woman has something to do with
iL It Uof consequence to true men whether tills
terrible crime shall have a free pjiss into new terri
tories and thus grasp the means of perpetuity. No
race, class, or individual can be degraded or disgrac.
ed without cause, and the effect be not felt beyond
that race, class, or individual. It is wisely ordered
that wrong shall read upon the wronger, and* not
only upon the actual oppressor, but upon the remo
lest peoples. The world of Man receives its every
permanent benefit through the perfecting develop,
menl of its members. Stay the development of the.
individual and In so much the progress of the world
is stayed. And thus it follows that so long os the
negro is borne down to the animal plane, the race
will luck just so much manhood and moral excel
lence.
It is true that this mysterious mutual dependence
of individual upon individual, of class upon class,
and of race upon race, cannot be made plain to ev
ery mind. To our democratic friends, who deny
the unity of the races, it cannot bo demonstrated.
We believe lhal all intelligent being is connected by
a common chord of sympathy, and that its vibra
tions are felt by every sentient creature, whether
.the disturbing cause be joy or sorrow.
The so-called democratic party will not oppose the
extension of Slavery for a very good reason—such
opposition would be deliberate soicide. In the
North that parly has no organized existence. In
(be South, no other parly has any organized exist,
cnce. There is no' difference of opinion there on
Uiis vexed question, but all >re agreed lhal slavery
extension is the true policy of the Democracy. In
.▼tpw i *ionolfniUi Soqlh,
we cannot SCO why there should ho sny-douW In
the minds of the Northern people as to the policy to
be pursued. Humanity has but one voice in the
matter, and Justice says “ Whatever is right is ex
pedient.”
The recent trial and acquittal of one Fngit, char
ged with murdering and scalping a Free-Stale man
named Hopps, affords us a clue to the policy of the
Administration toward Kansas. This Fugit, accor
ding to the evidence elicited oa his trial, sometime
during the summer of 1856, laid a wager with u
fellow-ruffian in Leavenworth that he would fetch
him s scalp before night. He was seen by several
persons, in the vicinity where the brutal deed was
done, and by one young man, within a few yards of
the carriage of the victim. The evidence is dam
ning, almost positive, yet the jury find him guiltless
and he is discharged by Lecomptc.
We believe that not one of the border-ruffian
butchers has yet been brought to punishment. Ev
cry one has escaped the clutches of the law. Nor
is it at all strange; fur under iho operation of the
bogus laws, a man must he tried by his peers in ini
quity—no Frec-State man being eligible lo a seat
in the jury-box. Every jury is packed; and while
bordt r.rnffian murderers arc admitted to bail, or de
clared innocent in the face of direct evidence to the
contrary, Free-State men arc arraigned on the mer
est pretences, thrust into filthy jails|anikrcfuscd bait,
when the event proves that no foundation whatever
for the charge existed.
The Administration has endorsed the laws under
which llicse legal outrages are not only permitted
but encouraged. It refused lo sustain Gov, Geary.
It refused to remove the infamous Lccompto. It
sustains him under all circumstances and in every
perversion of Justice- Mr. Buchanan is like the
monarch, who, in his dotage, surrounded himself
with little children lhal he might forget that he was
growing old. So Me. Buchanan has selected South
cm eyes through which to examine affairs in Kan
sas. He sees nothing as it i--, but as the South wish'
cs him to see it; and thus he is kept quiet, like a
troublesome cltild diverted by a picture.
Will the ridiculously small vote at tlte June elec
tion in that territory—less than 4000 in a popula
tion of abont 75.000—open the President’s eyes ?
We hope so. It will be remembered that the Free-
State men refused to vole under, or in any way lo
recognize the bogus laws of Iho Territory. Mr.
Buchanan can now judge somewhat intelligently of
the strength of his party in Kansas. ,
Mr. J. H. C. Whtti.no, N. E. Corner Clicslnnt and
Fifth Sts. Philadelphia, will publish in a few days,
A complete History of Gov. Geary’s Administration
in Kansas, with a full History of that Territory from
its discovery up to June 1857, with portraits of the
prominent actors therein, its invasions, battles, mar.
ders and election frauds. The work is proceeding
tinder the eye of Gov. Geary and will doubtless be
the best work for reference in regard lo that Terri
lory, -Theprice is not marked in the circular.
“ Little Dorrit" by Dickens, is just published
complete by T. B. Peterson, 103 Cliestnut-st., Phila.
ddphia. We have road tills last work of Dickens
with genuine pleasure. Among its best characters
are Little Dorrit,’’ the Angel of the Marshalsea ;
Arthur Clenuam, whose'ma'hbood was scarcely less
beautiful than his unsullied childhood; John Cliivery
Junior, 'wlio'kuew how lo bo magnanimous better
than most people of greater pretensions; Daniel
Boyce; who had a happy faculty of contenting him
self while laboring and waiting ; and the honest
iicarted Pancks who attended to the interests of. his
friends lo the neglect of Ills own.- It is one oftW?
author’s hest.eSbrts, and. we advise those who would
read and grow belter, to send the publisher 50 cents,
. Godey's Lady's JJoot, for July, is, as usual, one.of
MrrGodey’s heal.' The ladies will find about a
dollar’s worth of patterns in this number-
ind;e 3>*uglaa’ Speech. : j
" ,We ftave already.alated that Judge Doug-'
Iqif lo the miiids or;
tha Jurors, atfhhdiiij* upon the U. S. Courts,
now in session in this city, on the subject of
the D red 'Scott dec talon', Kan sa hr
Weonre great!yindebted lo the -Register for.
the doles of this! speech (over the left,) by
which we are enabled to present a sketch oa
ihe morning after jts delivery, or. even" before,
should Ibe weather be such as to put a slop
lo the interesting performance. We repeat
that .we are under vast ■ obligations ,to the
Register for these notes, and we hope that
we can requlle'the favor by a more salutary
treat than “undiluted aqua fortis,” which
that sheet assures us is Ihe common drink of
the Germans, after they have used for a con
siderable lime lager bier, their “national
drink.”
Judge Douglas was aware of the delicate
matters connected with the Dred Scott de
cision. A majority 'of the Juflgesofllie
Supreme Court were from the South'. " It had
long been iho object of the Democracy to
give the South the control of the Supreme
Court. The Democracy could not expect to
be sustained by the slave Slates unless this
was done. The Dred Scott decision, which
asserts that negroes can not be made citi
zens—that they have no rights as men—that
they are only fit for slaves—lfiat there ia no
power in Congress, given by the Constitution,
to prevent the carrying of this species of
property into the Territories—"that the owners
of slaves can take them into the free Stales,
and take them out, at their pleasure—the.
Dred Scott decision, which asserts all these
things, although opposed to all Ihe action of
the Government from its origin down to the
few last years of that distinguished patriot
and Democrat, Franklin Pierce—is a .de
cision of the Supreme Court, and roust be
final, and be ibe law of the land until revers
ed. He was aware that George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other
names connected with ihe formation of the
Constitution, and bound, as Presidents, lo
parry out its provisions, did, in every case
referred 10, act in opposition to the present
decisions of.the Supreme Court; but it could
not be supposed that the makers of the Con
utitution understood as well its several mean
ings as the present Judges who have Ihe ex
perience of the past to show constitutional
errors, and who have also ihe lights thrown
upon the Constitution by the various platforms
adopted by our Democratic national conven
tions. [Cheers.] He thought he had thus
completely justified the action of the Court,
and he had only further to say upon this
point, that the Democratic party were Ihe
party of progress, and if old constructions of
the Constitution did not answer the purposes
of the party, we were bound to have others.
[-Nine cheers.]
Ho would, in a concise manner, give liis
views of the stale and future condition of
Kansas, with entire frankness. That was a
point in his character which, in this., case as
in all others, could not be dispensed with. In
1849, in a speech in this place, he had de
clared that the- Missouri compromise was of
0 sacredness akin to the Constitution, and
ihe hand that should be raised against n
should be withered for the sacrilege. He
honestly thought so at the time he uttered
these words. But afterwards he became in
terested in the domestic institution, and means
were desirable lo extend it over the southern
part of the great Nebraska Territory. Under
such advice as that of the statesman and
moralist, Senator Atchison, of Missouri, he
consented to raise his arm against the sacred
instrument, the Missouri compromise, suc
ceeded in effecting its repeal, and thus threw
open Kansas lo the spread of the slave insli
lulion. Having thus opened it, the Demo
cratic party were bound to assist ihe flooding
of lhal Territory with emigrants from the
South; and also the administration favored
the movement; , permitted ihe South to send
Col. Titus with troops to keep out settlers
from the free. Stales; permitted Missouri,
with iho use of the arms of Government, to
close Ihe Missouri river against the advance
of Ihe pestiferous abolitionists ; and by en
couraging free and voluntary emigration from
Missouri, for the object of voting at elections,
succeeded in giving to Kansas a legislature,
| whose labors were directed by the enactment
of laws lo secure Kansas as a field on which
lo extend ihe palriarchal institution. ' This
system of measures directly remitted from
the project of opening Kansas to slavery.
We thus had Ihe power there, and it was then
and under this sta'e of things that wo appear
ed before the public with tnot truly Demo
cratic doctrine, lhal the people of the Terri
tory should frame their own institutions—or,
as we had it, “popular sovereignly.” But
even's have shown that the Southern institu
tion can not be made permanent in Kansas.
The indomitable abolitionists and Yankees
arc crowding into every part of Kansas ;
and I believe that, if Ihe convention which
is to form the Constitution,and which will he
a slave Constitution, is submitted to 'the
people there, it will bo rejected. I know lhal
our Southern friends are opposed to submit
ting the proposed Constitution to the people;
but it can not well be prevented.
We have said too much in favor of popular
sovereignly to lake from the people the power
that is claimed for them—unless we adopt a
nCW doctrine that only those who voted in the
election of delegates should be permitted to
vote for or against the Constitution. What,
ever course our Democratic friends in Wash
ington should see proper to take upon this
subject, should be energetically sustained as
the iruo Denoocrrlic doctrine. Democracy
is, I repeat, progressive. You know how
strongly I expressed njyself in regard lo the.
sacredaess .of (ha compromise, and yet in
sixteen months 1 was the death of it, and still
my whole course was entirely Democratic. 1
sustained the popular sovereignty doctrine in
Kansas, because i believed wo had force
enough there to make it a slave Slate; and
1 would now readily take side with bur
southern friends was I not fearful that U
might .usa. up what is left to us of Ihe genuine
Democracy in the North. [Ten cheer?.]
Gentlemen, this Mormon or Ulab-matier, is
a difficult one. - Wfifle Mormonism existed in
our Slate, it was a great adjunct of' the pent
ocrafcy. I was riover swjndfed out of the
Mormon, vote but-obce, and lfmt elected my
opponent lo Congress. In'-that thing he
.mic
fairly ovcd ; me.’ But as’ he now
wjph fewill not complain.,
j&fteregftds by means W visions and : revels-'
lions,jsluchlfie MormorLcbielshad one after,
another, and which we knew so well how to'
j>r®sdre,'Tlrd'lltdfmony Wfe - >he salvation 'of
the Dempcreey tp.lllitMtis. .- But they have
h<Jw gdne lo'a distVhl theafre.and by a large
irrerease of their numbers, and a determina--
lion evinced by them, that they will hot obey,
our laws—spurning the Constitution' with
contempt—introducing a system in domestic
life not 1 in harmony with our cohstitmions —
.have and are likely to bring us into {conflict
wiflTi church and temporal organization that,
may lead to great difficulties. ! fully recog
nize their former valuable services in the
cause of Democracy, even would gladly see
them come back lo its fold; but if they per
sist in the course they "have taken, something
must be done lo sustain the . character and
dignity of our government. 1 Team that a
full set of officers are to be made|' for the
Territory, and that a body of troops to sus
lainthem are to be stationed within [striking
distance, say on Ibe beautiful prairies of Bear
river,—and I earnestly hope that these
measures will be sufficient to induce Gov.
Young to so far accommodate himself and
his people to the new slate of things; that the
sympathies of the Democracy and the Mor
mons may still run together. But if!this will
not answer, then I am for using Ihe whole
power of Government in pulling the lajvs
and Constitution in full force in Utah. This
must be done lo save the Democracy at
home. lam inclined lo believe that Mormon
ism in Utah is not.so bad as represented. The
idea of Gov. Young..taking an airing in a
carriage with his twenty-six wives, with their
three children each, seems lo me to be beyond
the bounds of credulity. In concluding my
remarks you will perceive that thej popular
sovereignly doctrine is not intended for Utah,
it is only lo be used in particular times and
under particular circumstances. [liong con
tinued cheering.] j
Pellow-citizens : My homo is Illinois. All
my hopes centre on Illinois. )am {proud of
the call you have made on me to address you
on ihe great national topics of the! late de
cision of the Supreme Cuurt, popular sover
eignty in Kansas, the condition ol .affairs in
Utah and~the duties of Government in con
nection therewith. I have been frank, with
you. i thank you for your kind attention. I
would address <you more at length, but for
the necessity, of proceeding immediately lo
Chicago. 1 would retire with you to the
hospitable establishment of the late General
of the Stale Arms Department, and spend a
social hour, but my path arid my astes are
now in a different direction. [Continued
and prolonged cheers.] 1
We have thus given a sketch. We do it
in compliment to the Register, and will
spare its thank?. Wo like fo reciprocate
favors with that jewel, its edilor.-|— Illinois
State Journal.
Letter From K
Ql’isdaeo. K. T.. J'
FninND Cobb : In ray last jepislle, 1
promised you I would write again soon, and
now proceed to redeem ihatpromiseJ although
nothing of much importance has transpired
since then. | 1
Every day from morning till nighjt is heard
the sound of ihe woodman’s axe, the pick and
shovel, and the hammer driving nails on the
new erected buildings. Already the place
presents quilea business-like appearance, and
in Ihe course of a.few years will be a large
and thriving place. Gov. Robinson is build
ing a residence here, and in sbortj this is to
be his.head-quarters. Less than six months
ago where-.this place is nowsituatcq
of industry had done nothing. Tj’here was
no track anywhere around here except on
Indian trail. Now, how changed. The ru
diments of a city are here, and there are
stores, hotels, mills, and new buildings are
being erected every day, many of-which are
being built of stone. The company are
erecting a new sawmill which is the largest
in the Territory. An Academy. |is under
course of erection,'and will be completed in
lime to commence with the winter term. -
Than this country there is no better land
on the face of the earth, , The soil is a dark
sandy loam, averaging from 2 to 5 leel in
depth. It is nearly all rolling prairie, and
no belter can be found anywhere. The crops
all look well; corn is up nearly a foot high.
The weather is very warm—the thermometer
standing at 93 degrees in the shade. On
Sunday, dune 7, ihe mercury wenljup to 98.
The country here is new, hut it will not be
long ere she can boast of having everything
that is needed. The tide of emigration is
somewhat abating, but it «ill commence
again in the fall. Laborers here command
the following prices! Stone masons &3 00 per
day. Carpenters 82 50 to S 3 00. [Common
laboring men 82 50 to 81 75. Board can bo
obtained here for 83 50 to 86 00 per week.
This is a poor place for idle men. jA person
with capital can come here and amass an in
dependent fortune in a few years. |
It is estimated that 75,000 persons have
arrived in Kansas this season ; | nineteen
twentieths of whom are Free 'State men.
Kansas is destined to become a Free Slate,
and will be one of the most prosperous in the
Union.
Gov. Walker \vas present at the Conven
tion in Topeka, and made a very favorable
speech for the Free Slate parly. The next
day ho went to Big Springs and sang-a differ
ent song; said.the Territorial Ln w S must be
ob§y4d,j&c. The Free State men declare
openly that they will resist evriry attempt lo
enforce those Bogus laws. ‘,Tboy : have been
trampled upon by the Pro-Slav'ery> party, and
are bound to sfand up in iheit'ranks. Brutal
murders are being committed every|DOW and
then by the Pro-Sla v ery parly.. If.the Bogus
Laws are enforced, another civil |war will
ensue. I have not time lo write any more
at present. We have a poal office here now,
and the Agitator comes regular, j
Therqr is a woman flying in Pulaski county
Va., wh'o has regularly' presented! her hus
hhjni with an hey during the month of March
iof each year for sixteen years.
A.laie;PhUadejphia paper »ays the recent
judicial nomination* at Harriamifg have ere.
irted considerabledissalisfaction io ibeDemo
cWfcvanks in that city, and that evidences
of a wide, split in the party are becoming
more manifest every day. VVe believe that
if the Republicans stand firmly together, and
pm forth all the effort in their power, they
will not only elect Wnaior, but the entire
Stale Ticket—including of course, their can.
didates for .the .Supreme Bench. Messrs,
t,Ewgs and Veech are in every respect equal
to the Democratic nominees, and deserve the
earnest and active support of the Republican
parly.—Blair Whig.
The record of Mr. Packer on 'the question
of Temperance is exciting considerable alien,
lion. ' We do not'attach much importance to
it, one. way or, the other, • Mr. Packet iaa
man who.courts' the, popular breeze] pnd.if
I: serves bis political aspirations to’ be an ad.
vocate of prohibitory laws, he will he a pro.
bibiilonisi, as’he was when he was a Candi
date for legislative honors in a temperance
district; but when it serves his purposes to
favor tree whiskey and lager, he will do that
also. We shall, however, as'ar matter of in.
formation, publish his record on the subject,
ana of these days. —Lebanon Courier.
On the 4th Inst- in Chatham Tioga Co. Pa. by the Her. 5
Butler, Mr.SAMUEL KELLEY of Bradford Steuben Co.N.‘
Y. to Miss SARAH COLE of the former plaCc.
By Jamo4 Kelley Esq., at his resklencela Charleston on the
4th Mr. JOHN BANGLE and Miss MARY BUNN, all
of Dclmar.
July 4th, it the Crrstal Fountain Hotel, Wellsboro, by
Rev. IF. A. Bronson, Ur. JOHN CARRIL Jr. and Wise SARAH
KILBOURN, both of Pike Talley Potter Co. Pa.
NEW STYLE OF CHEMISES fcr sale by Mrs
Rafferty. Also, Patterns for Infant Wardrobe
PROPOSALS for carrying the Mail from Wells
boro via Cherry Flats, Covington, Sullivan and
Sylvar/ia to Troy. (30 miles) daily, (Sundays except,
ed) each way, will be received at Wellsboro F. 6.,
for ten days from date.
Wellsboro, July 6,1857.
THE Republicans of Wellsboro sod vicinity are
requested to meet in tbe Coart Hooea at 8 o’*
clock on Friday evening, 10th inst., to transact im
portant business. W«. Robcits,
L. L Nichols,
J. F. Doxalmo.v.
Committee of Vigilance.
July 9,1857.
WILCOX & SMJUL
WHOLESALE % RETAIL DEALERS IN
’SOLE & UPPER LEATHER.
BOOTS 4* SHOES.
FINDINGS,
PORK 4- I LOUR,
PROVISIONS 4- GROCERIES,
of all kinds, as cheap as Ihe cheapest. 1
Cash paid for Hides, Calf-Skins and Sheep Pelts.
One door below Bailey’s Store. Sear’s Shoe shop
removed to same building.
July 9th, 1857. ly.
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post Of
fice at Wellsboro, Quarter ending Jaue'3o,s7.
A —Austin Benjimin.
IS—Brown Thomas-Barney J.
Miss Margaret- Booham Nathan L.
C Levi J.-Cooper Mariab.
I>—Dyer Thomas-Derould Epbrlam.
F—Foote I. A.
O—Giccnlhcr Conrad-Gilky Mrs. Sally.
H —Hoche Samael-Harl Master Thomas,
J—Jackson Mrs* Sarah.
K —Knox George.
M»rg»r»>.(ffara Mif:hadCf6cdi»)
Messenger.
N—Nickerson Hiram.
O—Olmstead J.
R —Reese Jolin D. ,
*T—Tompkins Elias B. j
\V—Wellington Q. W.-Wood XD. I
Persons calling for any of the above letters will
please say they are advertised.
I. D. RICHARDS. P.M.
LIST -OK LETTERS remaining in the PosLof
6ce at Tioga, Quarter eod;ng Ju0080,1857.
A —Adcmy-S. E.-Armstrong A. O.
R—Berry Morion—Burdick R. P—Butler Mi.«#
Nelta—Bixbce Amos-Bdller RufaS-Butler Mi<»s Har
riel M-Boslvvick Daniel-Brooks Mins Eliza D.
C—Carpenter M-Cook Rufus Willliam
-Crapser Miss Charlolle-Cohen 8.-Campbcll Joel-
Chnplcs Miss Calherine-ColegrtJve Miss D.
E—Edems John-Eydam Alex.
E —Ferry Miss Hannah-Frazer George F.-Fran*
cisco R. H.-Field Prescott,
Cr—Gregory O. S. 2.-Gravcs George-Gray Chas.
A.-Gales G. F. ‘
Ilr*-Haslett Gcorge-Hill Mrs. Rody-Herrington
Alonzo-Hill Willium-Harahan Edmond-Higgina
Mrs A. R.—Hildenburgh James H.—Harris EH
Holme* J. S.
J—Jurin E..M,
K.—Kingsley John-Ketchura R.-Konhell C. L.
Kilcy John 3-Keeny George D.
E—LefferU E. 8.-Littlefiold George W.
M —Mead B. 8.-Mann Thomas—Mosher
dat.
P— Pond L.
R— Redi nglon J.
S—Scott Janics-Spoor M. M.-Swimter Marvel-
Steele J. B. & Co—Spaldin S. P.-Stocomb Gcorgo-
Shnde Rev J. S.
T—Turner Chas H.
V-—Vandusen S. D. -Van Name Win,
W—Williams Barbara—Wheeler A.
T-- Wilcox J. Cf Woodward John'S.
* WM. T. URELL, P. M.
TIOGA. POINT,
AORIC U LTtRAL WORKS.
R. M. WRLLES $ BROOKS ,
Athens, Bradford Co., Pa.
Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
sy's unm*.. ''*»
Threshers and Separators, Threshers and
Cleaners,-Portable Circular and Cross■
Cut Sato Mills and Shingle Machines.
Closer Hallers, Emery's, Hickok's and
Krausir’s Cider Mills and Presses, Corn
Shelters, Hay, Straw and Stalk Cutters,
Horse Rakes, Dog Powers, Clow's Grain
Cradles, Corn and Cob Mills, Cultiva
tors, Horse Hoes. Dederick’s Hay-Press,
Slump Machines, Leather and Rubber
Belting.
Ketchum’s Mower Sc Reaper,
Excelsior Fanning Mills, Provision Safes
and RefrigeratorsT
Extras supplied tor repairing all Machines sold &T
us. Our Excelsior Fanning MiHs are the best in
(be States. Descriptive Catalogues, Price Lists and
Circulars sent gratis to 'applicants. Send us your
address., ~; R . in. Welles Sc Brooks*
Athens, Pi.,luTy 9,1857.—3 m.
P.S, ,We have (br said cheap fpf cash," payable
befbre the first day of September next, two Ketch
rum’s Light B;Hoese Mowers,4 test cotter bars;
Lhey are strong, durable machines, well sdspted for
'rough meadows, and calculated to please thejfrmer*
R. M- W. & B.
YourS'&c, .
F. A. Root.
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