FROM KANSAS. Special Correspondence of the Missouri Democrat. Ljiwbexcb, Kansas, Sept. 7,1857. . The express leaves in an hour, and I have bul a few moments to write. I wili, there fore, hastily condense what might well fill several pages. The slabbing affray at Le compion has developed some new shades in the “National” element of that place worth referring to. The facts were these : A Mr. BiileyJl who is a Conservative or National Free-Sjtate man, was walking along the street in company with a friend of his, who is clerk under Mr. Brindle, in the Land Office, and in passing a grog-shop, Mr. Bailey saw an mher friend of his standing in a crowd of noisy rowdies about the bar, and, fearing that he was getting into .bad company, as he was then partially intoxicated, Bailey entered sad invited his fiiend to leave. At this the crowd came up around him, threatening him as an Abolitionist, and, as he backed out of the door to avoid them, they continued to follow him up, and when oat a short distance in (be street, they stabbed him in several places, both from before and behind, showing that more than one were engaged in it; and as this o'hcr friend, the clerk, attempted to defend him, he, too, received a' blow from a knife, cutting his clothes upon his side a long dis tance, and slightly marking his skin. Bailey is yet alive, but his wounds are regarded as very dangerous, if not fatal. The man who gave him the principal blow was Mr. Brock en, one of the ultra Southern Calhoun Ad ministration men. No provocation was of ferred, and no justification is made. None can be presumed, only that Mr. Bailey was a Free Slate man. In Lecompton, where the atmosphere is thoroughly impregnated with all (he virtues, at least, of the Administration, under the very eyes of the whole band of officials, for a long lime no effort was made to arrest the assas sins, nod Brockett stood in the front door of an offiue near by, manifesting no concern whatever, while Mr. Bailey was carried by, weltering in Ills blood, to some welcome couch, to suffer and probably die. Some time after ward, Gcu. McLean, one of the land chiefs here, by Buchanan’s appointment, was seen taking Brocket!.ijccoss-rfietrrver towwtd Leav-‘ enwor'h. U’he(ra»Kttle<etir'was ma'fie’by the Free State mgn—and the “Nationals” all* claim to be such now—they could hot had "Brockett. The rumor camp that he had gone to Leavenworth, and they accordingly went to the office of Judge Cato for a warrant, and behold I he had ffed a Iso. Walker refused to aid either party. By this lime the plot was apparent. The parly of Calhoun, McLean, Cato, Woodson & Co., were in a conspiracy to protect the murderer. Mr. Brindle and Mr. Moore,oF the Land Office, and other “Nationals,” -became very indignant at this wanton disregard of all civil and just rules on the part of the fire-eating officials, and declared arrests should be made, and two other men in Brodkelt’i gang were arrested. Then all the combustibles, in Le compton seemed ignited, and no town in Kan sas ever saw greater excitement. The Cal houn party swore that the first man who ap peared in Court to testify against the accused should be shot down on the spot. Brindle and his friends swore just as piously that the witnesses should be protected at all hazards. The result was, both parlies commenced im mediate preparations for a big fight. The friends of each party were rallied through the night and drilled for the siege. Saturday.morning came, and all hands ex pected a bloody lime upon the organization of the Court. At the hour the roll beat, the Democratic watchword of the nation was heard in the street, and all the 'minions of grogdom and slavedom and white-housedom were there to prevent the execution of justice upon a band of assassins. Ely Moore and others of the opposite wing rushed into the crowd, and proclaimed that if they even crooked their first finger to molest a witness in that Court, it would be the death of every devil of them. Well, the Court assembled. On looking around, it was evident the red coats were in the minority. The first witness was called, and he came forward boldly— holding a revolver in his hand as he stepped upon the stand to testify. What a spectacle for this law.ridden age! He did testify, and not a dog moved his tongue. The result of the trial I have not yet learned. Brocket! is still at large. Walker is non-committal, and it is said he takes his meals in his private room. 1 Many men who have always acted with the Pro Slavery parly here so far, and were here lo wiiness ibis horrible scene, now de clare themselves no longer National Demo crats, but say they will go for order and Free Kansas first—then let side issues come after ward. A noied Pro Slavery man of Osawat amie was (here, and exclaimed, wringing his duads, “My God ! shall we stand this 1 Have our men butchered before our eyes in cold blood, without redress V* O. C. Brown, of the same place, was standing by, and replied, “Never! But you must see by this event just what infamous and inhuman outrages we have been struggling for the last two years.” The Pro-Slavery, man saw-the point and acknowledged himself ready to co-oper ata with us in future. I believe this to be the fact to day. These secedecs, together with oiher Free-Stale men, have sworn that as sure as (he royalists commit another murder or attempt 10, upon a man of any parly, j ua i so sure they will follow the bandits till the last life is forfeited in Kansas. Correspondence of The Chicago Press. ' La-Wrekce, Sept. 5, 1857^ Thk Border Counties in Motion. —A gentleman who has just relumed from a lour through the border counties of Missouri, states that nothing is talked of there save the proposed invasion of Kansas the coming October. The Blue Lodges are being re organized, and everything gives evidence that extensive preparations are being made to control the election in Kansas. On the other hand, the military organization, formed by the Free-State men for the protection of the ballot-box, is rapidly being completed. Affairs in the Territory ate evidently lending toward a terrible crisis, and the October election may witness its denouement. Y azoo, Backer is "running well" (f rorn Wilmot) way m Jersey. Berks, Egypt, Nubia, and "down Souf.” THE AGITATOR. SI. H. Cobb, i WELLSBORODGH. PA. Thursday Morning, Sept. 84,1557. All Business, nod otherCoinmanicationsmußt be addressed to tbe Editor to insore attention. Republican Nominations. For Governor t DAVID WHiDIOT, of Bradford Co., For Canal Commissioner, WILLIAM MILL WARD, of Philadel’a, For Supreme Judge*, JAMES 7EECE, of Payette County. JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester County. ounty Ticket. For Assembly t L. P. WILLI STOX, of Wellsboro. ISAAC BENSOX. of Couriers port. For Prolhonoiary , JOHN F. DONALDSON, of Wellsboro. For Register, Sfe., WM. D. BAILEY, of WeUsboro. For Treasurer , 0. F. TAYLOR, of Covington. For Commissioner , JOHN JAMES, of Bios*. • For Auditor t WM. JL DOUGLASS, of Clymep. Dr. Morrdn delivered an eloquent Temperance Address in the Court House, Monday evening-. We have not space to speak of it at length. Dr. Dons lectured upon Spiritualism in the Court House, Tuesday evening. As onr paper goes to press Tuesday night, notice is deferred until next week. The Discussion commences Thursday eve ning. We place the name of 1. Benson, list)., of Potter county, aX the head of our paper this week, as a candidate for Assembly with L. P. Williston. Mr. Benson proved a faithful and efficient member last winter, and we take pleasure in commending him to to the favorable consideration of Ti oga Republicans Juvenile Concert. —Under llic ex cellcnt direc tion of Mr. W. F. Conns, of Elmira, our people. were treated to oaeT of llie pndflie.st Juvenile Con certs On* WedßSSday evening Bf last week, that we 4Syer bad the pleasure of attending. Mr. C., has a fine talent for bis vocation, and we can cheerfully commend him to such as may desire to give their children the rudiments of a musical Wc learn that Mr. Curtis will give auolhe/Con cert in this Village on Wednesday evening of next week. Let it be well patronized. The choir nani bets about fifty voices. Forward t Three short weeks lie between this and the 13th of October. It is little enough time for the per formance of the labor which the cause uf Freedom demanos of its workers. A hundred little acts of preparation have nut been done which should have been done weeks ago. A thousand things have not been said which should have been said months ago. Hundreds of men are just now awaking to the im portance of a contest which cither the triumph or defeat of Freedom must decide forever. Friends, what must be done to atone fur these sad shortcomings in the immediate past 7—these unac countable neglects 7 Will any coansel unavailing regrets and promises of amendment in the future? will any exhort to a better and manlier discharge of duty in the Hereafter 7 We know not what any may counsel, or what others may do; but we do know that passive regrets can avail nothing in this emergency—that promises of amendment next year cannot atone for the slips of duly ot which we have all been guilty this year. Friends, to make amends for this neglect toe must go to teork. Now that we stand face to free with our neglect, it is easy to make partial reparation. The man who voluntarily absents himself from the post of ‘duty this fall acts the part of a self-worship, er, and ere many years wilt act the part of a cow ard. Those who lean upon past successes and sit down idly, waiting for the ravens to save this great nation from moral starvation, should know that God apportions ills favors jealously and justly i to the sluggard he gives the thorns and thistles of defeat; to the patient worker the sweet fruits of success and the gentle dews of an approving conscience. No miracles will be worked to supercede the necessity -of human labor. No aid will he vouchsafed to sluggards. It is work, or die, throughout the Di vine economy. He Wins Who Works,. We cannot fathom the apathy of some men in this world. Wc have sought to lifl the veil with which they have enveloped their lives, but vainly sought. In the moment of difficulty and clanger they stand like cold, passionless marble; but when the difficulty has vanished before Endeavor, the dan ger passed and Success perches upon the standard of Right, we have marked the eager haste with which they mingle with the victors and toss theif caps and juin In the psan of Freedom. Thus have we marked such marble resolve itself into living, pliant flesh and blood. The philosophy of these strange transmutations must suggest itself to your minds, good friends, or ft muslremai nforever a mys tery. For one, wc cannot consent lo unravel any thing so palpable. , - There is another class of men whose characters we have studied assiduously during our brief politi cal experience. These see the right of public pol icy and hasten to labor for its defence and triumph. They work nobly and are ever on the alert for the insidious approach of the enemy during the bustle of the campaign. If . present success perch upon their standard, they send up one wild borrob for Freedom and sit calmly down, wailing for the sky to fall. '.They are content with that single achieve ment, satisfied with that, local success. To all your exhortations to renewed and constant endeavor; to all your appeals for labor in (he yet Iml porlially won field; .toyour injunction “ SUejj on your arms” —they calmly return old, stereotyped cry; “ TAere i* no are three to, their one!” --And so they sink back into the arms of sleep ftqd hareßuch swcei dreams of peaec; and if they do not awake bound hand and foot some threatening morning, they will owe an eternal debt of gratitude to their more vigilant brothers. There is yet another clsss whose peculiarities we have written down where time cannot dim the rec. ord. These love the Right as they love their wive? and children. When, danger threatens the canaa they love and labor in, their hearts are anxioos and pained beyond expression. They nevet sleep doting the strife of a campaign. Yon will hear them speak as if their soula were coined into earnest, burning words. They wonld regenerate the race with one mighty blow. They would stake every interest—wealth, place, comfort, everything—upon the issue of « single battle. They estimate Use en. lire world by the little world aronndthem. If their neighbors and (Heads arc nerved up to strike, they think the entire country it also standing with up . THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. raised hands and that all will strike together. The blow descends. They wait with strained nerves and wildly beating hearts for the voice from the North, South, East and West. It comes, slowly, but bearing tidings of temporary disaster. They sink down with relaxed nerves. They sit down with hearts unbound, bleeding and pan)ing with a deathly pain. They have slaked all upon a single throw and have lost. Hope goes out with one wild cry and they cannot summon strength to continue the battle. They faint in view of the mountains of labor yet lying between them and final victory. And these' forget that the battle of Freedom is a great LIFB-BAITLE? Editor. There is another class ot men with not less marked peculiarities of temperament. These love Freedom, Justice and Humanity as they lave God and Truth. They never sleep. They have studied tbo mutations of mind and heart intelligently and well. Their feel tread the solid rock of Faith, Hope and eternal Perseverance. They have enlisted for life. Threatening skies neither harass nor depress. If present Success accrue to their efforts, ibey deem it a blessed ray of that sunlight which shall one day clothe with matchless beauty a regenerated world. They seek no summer seas, no temporary Arcadia. They garb for the winter of Disaster, and nobly re. solve to face out the storm though death lie in the path. Defeat has no terrors fur them. Through its gloom they behold the bow of Elcrnai Justice span, ning the pure and serene, sky of unfailing promise. There isjio defeat for these men except in a yield, ing of principle to expediency. This is the stern stuff of which martyrs ate made. Such are the men at whose labors empires quake and the sturdi est of tyrants tremble. We have a lew thousands of this stamp in the glorious “ Wilmot District." Thank God tor that 1 | Friends, young men, {o w!iii:li of these classes do you belong 7 Search yoor heartsstcrnly-os if seek, ing a hidden enemy, and ariswer to yourself For the dear sake nf the cause we all proicss to love and venerate, do not delay yourjanswcr. This is a lifc baltle. Were every vestige of tyranny swept from Hie earth to-day, the necessity for action would still remain. Earth, will never witness the millennial peace of which poets sing While man is born of wo. man. Freedom gained will need stoat arms and brave, true hearts to keep watch and ward. The sky will not be as now, overcast; but the sable edge o) the muttering thunder-cloud will sometimes lilt above ihe horizon. . Friends, from tills until the 13lh day of October there must be no slumbering on the post of duly. Up, and at work ! The entire force of Slavery is concentrated to crush David WilMot. In view of this, what hand shall be idle, what Republican shall prove recreant to kia duly 7 Repentance will burn its brand to the marrow of the man who neglects | bis duty in this emergency. Lei us to work—every one of us! MozatTro-DutocßATic Convention. —This Con vention, which might appropriately be called “ A Convention for the Suppression of Common Schools,” met at the Court House on the evening of the 1 Slit instant. On calling the list of districts it appeared that only about onc.half were formally represented. The Convention then proceeded to select from the audience such individuals from the unrepresented towns as chanced to bo present, leaving, finally, some halfia-dozen districts unrepresented. We would luggcsl to our Democratic friends that prim ary elections be dispensed with generally, next year and that the Democratic leaders in and about Wells boro be entrusted with the formation oljt ticket fur the suffrages of fße rank and file. The Convention put in nomination the following gentlemen : For Assembly, Austin Lathrop , of Lawrence. Mr. Lallirop has served one term as County Com missioner, and gained some notoriety in the matter of Roads and Bridges, He aspired to the Sheriffal ty in 1855 and succeeded in running well behind his ticket. Was V. P. ot a Know-Nothing Council in 1854, and performed the duties of that office credit ably. We commend him to the supporters of Mr. Hazelburst and Amalgamation. For Prolhonotary, A.\ S. Brewster, of Delmar Mr. Brewster js a good J citizen and is competent Politically, he keeps bud company and deserves the fate of poor Tray. He swallows Judge Taney and Jeffrey Lecomptc, and wc do not wish him success. For Register, John Lang, of Bloss. Mr. Lang is nowa full-blooded Mulatto-Democrat. Was Pres, ident of a K. N. Council in 1854, and acquitted him self remarkably well, it is said. Would like to be .Register, doubtless, but lias principles will have to be taken South to winter, j His prospects of success are slim enongh. 1 For Treasurer, Thomas Reynolds, 'QJ. Sullivan. Mr. Reynolds is a dycd.in.lhc-wool democrat of the Flank Pierce stripe. His prospects are as grim as as the certainty of defeat can make them. For Commissioner, A. H. Bacon, of Deerfield- Mr. Bacon is a difficult 'subject to approach, being politically like the Irishman’s flea. He has turned some most remarkable political summersets and re joices in a whole neck, still. He attended the Phil adelphia Know-Nothing Convention of 1854, as a delegate, and assisted in the nomination of James Pollock. He was a Republican in 1855, and contin ued as firm in the faith as circumstances permitted until the 13th of Angult, 1556, at which time he threw a double-and-twisted summerset and alighted fairly and squarely upon Platform, where he stands at present. The cause of this sud. den change of position ,we leave to be guessed at- He is believed to have aspired to the honor of rep resenting Tioga at Harrisburg. Be that ns it may, he has now subsided into the candidacy for Coramis. sioner. We commend him to the friends of Hazel, hurst and Amalgamaticjn. For Auditor, Dr. Rich, of Deerfield. The Doc tor had better stick to I fils pill-bags and leach his patients how to cast up[thcir accounts, in the place of vainly aspiring to' the honor of casting up the accounts of the coantyl Like his associates on the ticket, he is a good citizen in a very bad position. Mr. Henry Sherwood followed in a speech to prove that Republicanism is Whiggery. He proved it-by charging certain jandidales on the Republican ticket with having ' been connected with the Whig party, when that party was alive. Adopting Mr. Sherwood’s logic, we now insist that Democracy is Know-Nolhingism. To chock the nail, we show that a goodly proportion of tho above ticket were connected wltlrtbe Allow-Nothings when that par ty was alive. If Mr. Sherwood’s argument be val id so is ours. It would suit him to keep old parly distinctions alive. Tfie masses look higher. We forgot-; Mr. Starwood said Hut the Demo cratic parly bad done, everything.for the country that ever has added to its glory and greatness. This Is a notable assumption, and we publish it to the na. tion at large. Democratic journals please- copy. Mr. J. W. Ryon also addressed the Convention. He labored long and ardently to prove that the De- party.has always opposed the extension of Slavery. Sootbem democratic papers please copy. /"" Mr. Sherwood then introduced a resolution' de. nouncing the law creatfhg-Gqnrity Superintendents of Common Schools, as antidemocratic. He said that the resolution should bo engrafted upon the dc. mocratic platform, and it was so engrafted by adop- tiotr in the Convention. Southern democrats have gone a step further. They denounce the entire Common School System as anti-democratic. Miy S. may do the same next year. We could not be more surprised were be to do so; since, in private, he has ever sustained the present law. It was pass, ed by a democratic Legislature and approved by Wat. Bigler. But we rest here until next week. The Republicans of Mama have just won a noble a glorious vicrory. The vote Is nearly SO,OOO less in the aggregate than at the last Slate election, yet the majority for the Republican Governor is nearly as great as then. This is a grand result. ’ Honor to the Republicans of Maine! ' The Vermont Rcpubl icans have elected their en tire State ticket by a majority of 30,000. Honor to the Green Mountain boys !. Now what will the Republicans of Pennsylvania do 7 Let us come home with that question—what will the Republicans of Tioga do 3 .Will they go to work and orgonize the school ■ districts without further delay 7 Will they evidence to the people of the North that they are as much in. earnest today as they were last November 7 Will they, as they did then, bring oat their teams and aid voters to the polls? Will those young.man who went about do ing good in the school districts last year, go out and speak a word for our truehearted Wilmot 7 We do believe that lire young men of Tioga will do their whole duty. It has been whispered that some of them arc leaning upon past success. We shall not believe that until the vote in their respect, he election districts is weighed and fohnd under the standard of last year. The ballot-box will show where work has been done and where tt has not been done. Every Republican will do well to re member that the eyes of the whole North are torned to this District, Tioga honestly won the hearty hale of the Slaveocracy last fall. Let us try to win tlicir eternal ilUwilt in oar majority for Wilmot. Should they endeavor to love us, beware i—lt is a pleasure to be hated by tyrants I By refetence to our advertising columns, it will be seen that the Philadelphia Business Men are again asking attention to that city and market.- We have heretofore alluded to the direct railroad communication with ihfj. city, and given some ideas of ihe probable advantages incident to such a connection.-' No one doubts but there ate advantages in having a multiplicity of markets for commer cial transactions, and tho location of this city, in that respect, is peculiarly fortunate. Heretofore we have . been the nearest ac cessible point on Lake Erie to New Fork imd Boston. Now, we bear that relation to Philadelphia, and have access to a third mar ket. Our business interesls are already feeling the beneficial effects of this connec tion. Large quantities of railroad iflfc from the Pensylvama manufactures, and merchandize from Philadelphia, have been received .here for shipment west by lake. In return, our lumber dealers and commission men have been sending their products to the “Quaker City.” Thus we see the beginning of a trade that must be mutually advantageous. As a market for merchandize, Phifadefphians cfaim superior advantageson account of their ex tensive manufactures and moderate expenses incident to carrying on business. Among their manufactures may be enu merated articles of- iron, steel and metal jewelry, gas fixtures, acids and chemicals, a variety of cotton goods, Germantown and other woolens, carpels, umbrellas and para sols, leather, bools and shoes, perfumery, &c &c. Many of these articles have heretofore found their way here, having been purchased in o'her markets, passing through several hands, each making a profit. Gen. Packer, sitys the Gettysburg Star, has been in public office almost a life-time. Twenty years ago, he was editor of a paper in Lycoming county. Since that time he has had nn regular business. He has done nothing but hold office and live off the for tune he acquired by his offices. He. has been collector of 101 l at VVilliamsporl—a Canal Commissioner—a contractor—a quiet paTtner in sundry jobs of work on the canals—Audi tor General undjer Porter—a member of the House of Representatives, and member of the Senate. When a candidate for the latter office, such was his standing at home that he ran almost 1500 votes behind ' his ticket in that Senatorial District. Mr. Packer is a man in the vigor of life, rather good looking, and plausible'in his manners. He makes a fair speech and is a good wire-puller. For many years' he has aimed to be made Governor. There is one mystery about him, No one can lell where and how he made his money. His offices have never been lucrative, and'his salaries could not have yielded such profits. There is little doubt that pari of the Seventeen Millions of Direct Tuxes the people have been paying within the last twelve years,'has gone into his pocket by some underground avenue burrowed by the “Canal Rats!’ with whom he has associated. A man/with his antecedent, with his associates, urid his bear ing, is an unsafe person to catrust with the important duties of the Executive chair. The Tiiiumpii in Maine.— The electron which has ju-t taken place in Maine pos sesses peculiar interest, because the parly lines Were drawn with unbsual strictness, -and other quest ions than, that of Slavery ex tension kept out of the contest. The'Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court, and : Mr. Buchanan’s officious .'endorsement of if, have' practically been passed upon by the people of Maine. The vole of this year was not so' large as that of last year by nearly twenty six thousand, and yet Mr. Morrill’s majority is not much less than that of Mr. Hamlin. The result will exert a powerful influence' beyond the borders of Maine. It will add thousands to the majority of Mr. Batiks in- Massachusetts ; the Republicans of New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania kill derive slrdngth from this success, and all over the country the frieti'ds of free 1 labor will be en couraged to set about organizing victory for the Presidential contest of 1860.— N. T.‘ Evening Post. Meeting op People.— The meeting at the Coqil House on Saturday last to bear Hon. David Wilmot, was ,the largest political meeting we, have ever seen-in, this place, ex cept countyjnass meetings, of meetings called during Court week, when ia.rge numbers, of people were in attendance on other business. There had been no effort.made to rally the ■people ; they came of their own accord to bear the champion of Jeffersonian Democra cy.—Urtionfoirit Standard. ecrmimmicationsf. i Jot the Agitator. Examination of i Teachers. The time is fast approaching for the exam ination of teachers for the wimer schools. I have instructions from the Department, slat ing that a new edition of the permanent cer tificate has been issued, and that “Superin tendents will deliver them without a re-exam ination to all such holdersjof the old style, as they are satisfied, from what they know of their qualifications, are entitled (o'them.” f have no doubt there are some holding per manent certificates in Ibe county "who are not entitled to them. To withdraw these is the object of this now arrangement. 1 do not feel however, like taking Ibe responsibility of selecting one here and another there, for re examination, while all the others are passed by. 1 think (hose who a ref justly entitled to the permanent certificate,; will welcome a re. examination, and the others most certainly need one. ■ I deem it then both expedient for myself and beneficial for the teachers that all should,come forward for examination. Let there be no preferences. Give up the laurels won in the past, and start altogether in a new race, Ibr new ones. This is the more impor tant from the fact, that the .examinations this Fall are to be more extentjed and thorough, than heretofore. No certificate will be grant ed short of an entire day’s jirill; antral least, half of this shall be in wrrjing. Private ex animations are positively prohibited by the Department, unless in extraordinary cases. Public examinations will continue for nearly six weeks* Teachers who cannot attend once in this time, should give up the idea of teach ing for the present.' It will not do for them to make up their minds to teach after tbo ex aminations are over. If they chance to be absent, or ill, when [ am in their district, they should look over the advertisement and see where is the next most convenient place to u m,ill nil «yjl not i> e Considered a suffi ■pienf excuse,"that the time was not under stood, for it is expected that teachers of this Copnty a county jpaper, or have en terprise prffmgh about them to find one.— Teachers lroliv othf'i counties, who intend to teach here, should inform {themselves of the time of our examina'ions And be at the post. A word to teachers concerning their prepara- <■ 1 r lions: ; I Orthography.— Gel Sander S-New Spdl. ling Book, or-some other!modern Orthography, and make yourself familjao' with,it. Give alt the sounds of the letters, and their-names. Pronbtjnce the word man with each vowel sound, between the letters m, and n,. Learn how find the pronun ciation .of words from .Webster’s D.ctionary, &c., (fee. I | ‘ Reading. —Get Sander’s Reader, and study the Rules thoroughly, and have staled tiroes each day for putting them in practice. Penmanship. —Get Hammond’s & Potter’s or some other modern svstem of penmanship, and learn the principles! Take lessons, if possible. This important branch of educa tion is much neglected.! ! Geography. — the principles of Geography. Find the sun’s apparent path through the Heavens,; hs viewed from the tropic of Cancer, the Arctic Circle, and North Pole. How would it affect the seasons, if the Earth’s axis, was perpendicular to_]jie plane of its orbit ? How, ifj horizontal {o"the_ same ? &c., &c, - . ! Grammar.— Be prepared to give any defL nilion in the grammarj | Look'out for verbs and pronouns. Have a daily exercise in parsing and analyzing; ; Arithmetic. —Be ready lo demonstrate I every rule, not only toyourself, but lo others. No knowledge in higher branches will com pensate for want of thoroughness in this. Certificates will positively be refused those, who get more than !lh|ree 4’s. A teacher who is poor In more lhah three of the above | fundamental studies will; be a damage lo any school. Look for ah [advertisement, next week, with regard to the lime, and places for the examination of Teachers. Render, please show this lo any of your neighbors, whom you think it will interesj. N. L. REYNOLDS, Co. Supt. At a meeting of the Repntilican'Cohferees for the counties of Tiogs and Potter, for. the purpose of nominating two Representatives for the ensuing year, met at the Commissioner's office at Wcllsboro 1 Sept. 16th 1837. ' i S. F. Wilson and R- T. Wood appeared as confer, ees for Tioga, and A. F. Jones and G. B. Overton far Poller Co. Upon motion, S,F, Wilson Esq.,.was chosen President, and G. 1 B. Overton Sec’y. L, P.-Willistoti of Tioga, and Isaac Benson of Poller, were unanimously nominated said Represen tatives. - I Resoloed that the proceedings of Ibis Convention be published in the Tioga Agitator and the Poller Journal. Signed, S.>’. WILSON, PresV G. B. OVERTON, Sec’/. Wiluiol’s [Canvass. The Fires Blaze Biugutlv. —Judge Wilmot is doing yeoman's service in his canvass of the Slate. (During the past week be has spoken at different points, in ttia Northwestern part of the State—Clarion, Franklin, Meadville, Erie, Beaver and Water ford. Everywhere} be has been warmly received. The people have turned out ia great numbers lo hear-him, and bis, masterly addresses have exoiiedjihe admiration of bis hearers, and awakened the liveliest emhusi asm. “The work goes bravely on !” The papers,, and letters,inform ns that the enthu siasm in the West anjl North is equalled, if if does not exceed, that of last/Fall; and majority in j that region jwill.be un precedented. They, know the rpan, and they love the sentiment of [freedom which he so ably .and fearlessly advocates, aqd they will giye - him a warm arid ardent support. If the Eastern, counties could but be held back from “following strange Gods,” and would perform but half tjjeir duty’, his eleclion w onld bo secured beyond'a doubl. Gen. Packer has Been following in the wake of .Wilmot in the West. He has been making a son of head.-quarlers at.Pilts burg, and . wherever he could, has slipped out a day or two after Wilmot has spoken at some point, drummed up the faithful, abused Wilmot and [ranted about Democ racy, and exhorted [them to sliak' to the ticket f He lakes good care, however, never to meet Wilmot, but coward-like" skulks in his wake. How brave and magnanimous ! His party arri,ashamed of him, and in many places so express themselves,— Harrisburg Telegraph., | i Facts to be Remembered | That the Missouri Compromise, M served our peace and harmony for thirty-r m years, was repealed by the democratic to enable the negro driver to occupy ifl| curse the soil of the great west, by Ne s . !■ Slavery, to the exclusion of free white bH bor. That at the first ..election in Kansas |t * people were drivdft away from the poll IS an aimed force of Missouri ruffians tiumhJ fng thousands, who look possession of ,■ precincts and elected a Missouri Border R t * fian Legislature. That the said Legislature thus forced uw, the people of Kansas .against their will lW acted a code of laws more odious than u, decree of the Austrian Emperor or Czar oi Russia. That the Democratic party and the Derm, cratic Administration, at Washington 31- now al.work.enforcing these barbariousajj unconstitutional laws. That the people in Kansas are in favor o’ making Kansas a Free Slate, and ibar rj» Democratic Administration are now sendmi federal-troops there to prevent this, by SBi ° taining and enforcing laws creating and joj! taining slavery. That the Democratic Supreme Court hu ' already decided against State Sovereign by denying the tight of a Free State toV laws forbidding the slave holder to brin"h slaves and hold them on free soil. = ' That, James Buchanan ihe Democrat: President of the United States, in Ms letter to Professor Silliman, has boldly declare! that slavery exists in Kansas under tie Constitution 1 That the Democratic President and Demo, cratic party is hopelessly in the hands of the Slave Oligarchy of the South, whose onlr object is to establish and extend slavery over this great country, North and South. That the issue must be met, whether ibj is to be a country for freedom and free labor, or, whether free white laborers shall become degraded, and the Isoil monopolized, cursed and impoverished by Slavery and Slavs labor. That the Democratic parly always favon Slavery and is the slave spreading party, md | That the Republican party will oppose lit 3 extension of the black institution to another 1 inch beyond its present limits. That Wm. F. Packer is the candidate of A tljis black slave democracy for Governoroi Pennsylvania, and J That David Wifflrot, the .-great champion of freedom, free labor and free white men a . the Republican candidate for the same office, 1 —Maueh Chunk Gazette. Davio Wilmot Socially.—We do out -i know when we have met with a< gen 1 leman, -it holding the position lhatl Judge Wilmot doej if at the present lime, wbo'has given tis suchi 3 pleasing evidence of his social qualifies. It -M often happens that men identified with tbs I political history of our country, so clearly f as David Wilmot is, preserve or assumes dignity that renders them difficult to ap- ' proich. There is none of this about our ] worthy candidate; he is at once pleasing::! J affable in his manners; his-very features, jg nlihough indicative of a firm and determine, spirit, give evidence of good nature and so cial qualities of heart. There is no man, -M oven the humblest of our race, who need have the least hesuancy to approach Judge Wilmot; his hand is ever ready to grasp mat T| of his fellow-man wiih Ihe utmost cordiality. David Wilmot is now, and has ever beea ’ the poor man’s friend, and it is this semiment ■' of humanity, so strikingly developed in bis character —this social quality of his nature— and his determined purpose to carry out the principles he conceived to be right, ihal his -- rendered him the special favorite of Ins dis trict. There is no man in the State who has i exercised such an influence over themindsof his constituents as David Wilmot. Auhe time when he was elected to Congress as i Simon Purti Democrat, he carried his District by some six thousand majority; the same District, in X 856 gave Fremont nine thousand majority. We think those who know David Wilmot personally, and who have watched his career from his youth, can give us no ! belter -evidence ;of iheir appreciation of hs i honesty of purpose and goodness of iieatl, j than the sweeping majorities they have give: _ him and the principles be has seen fit to ad , vocate. ’ This alone should speak volumes in ; favor of him as a candidate before the people 1 for the .Chief Magistracy of the Common \ wealth.! —ComellsDille Enterprise, Hear Whhot.— The Mulatto press is con tinually representing Mr. Wilmot as friendly to the principle of proscribing men on ac count of their birth place. In his speechi* Philadelphia, he said : • I have barely i lime lo refer to another question, the question ol Americanism. Tou have my letter upon that subject. 1 have well considered that letter, and now avoir and rei-erate every word of it. But, gentle men, I would as soon take the measure of a man's foot as an estimate of his fitness, at to proscribe him on account of ,ihe accident of his birth.’’ We invite our readers to the perusal of Dr. Ayer’s,' advertisements which appear in the columns of our paper.,. -They deserve at tention as treating of what interests us all) and from a source which, ail have (ong re spected, The Doctor is well known as one of thu leading Chemists of this country, who devotes his great acquirements to the discov ery and manufacture of remedies for popular use, Tbe uoparalelled success which has followed his labors is 100 well known in this community to need any elucidation frotnoßf pen.— Washington Co. QhserotT, Since hearing Mr. Grow speak (as now have fop the first time) we do not won der that the VVilmot Proviso District has just elected its youthful but eloquent Cham pion of Freedom to Congress for the fodbib time. 1 Such mep should be kept in Congress from year lb year (as is done South) to co®* pete fairly with the Slave Power, We rejoice to see that Mr. Grow has neatly recovered from the “National Hotel Disease” (the only thing “Southern” about biro) and hope will be enabled to execute his P ur Pff speaking'in the good cause every week W until the Election.— Lctcisburg Chrmudc- %
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