TUc Late Dreadful Tragedy In
Georgia.
The Baltimore Patriot saysWe have
received through '« gentleman of fhis city
the following account of . one of the most
horrible butcheries we have heard of since
the days of Adam Horn. The information
is from one whose veracity cannot be ques
tioned. The account comes in a private let
ter and is said to have occurred on the 17th
ult.
It appears that a man named Adams was
married a short time since to a Miss Jenkins,
who had previously been engaged to another
man named Harley. Harley, on the morning
of the wadding day, had threatened Miss
Jenkins with revenge if she persisted in
maVrying his rival, but she laughed to scorn
Ins threats, and was, as appointed, bound in
wedlock to Adams. On the 16th of Septem
ber Harley came to Adam’s house while the
latter was absent with his wife, and finding
it only occupied by an old negro woman,
knocked her down with an axe, fracturing
her scull, and then proceeded to demolish all
the furniture and disfigure the premises,
knocking down partitions and breaking the
plaster off the wall. Adams and his wife
returned lute at night, and their feelings on
perceiving the work that had been wrought
may be belter imagined than described..
Medical assistance was obtained for the old
woman, and her few broken, wandering
words, ending, as it is said, almost in a shriek
of the name of Harley, indicated to Adams
the probable perpetrator of tha outrage.
Accordingly the next morning he armed
himself with a rifle and a knife, and Vent in
search of Harley. He had not far to gjo, for
about one hundred yards from the house, on
the road which passed through a wood,
he met Harley, apparently proceeding to
complete his destruction.. A farmer’s boy,
who happened to be a short distance behind,
was the sole witness of the dreadful scene
that ensued, and which froze his blood with
horror. A short but violent conversation
commenced between the two, when Adams
discharged his rifle,only wounding Harley in
the arm. Harley, a large, athletic man, then
closed with hyn, and, a desperate conflict en
sued. Adams at last received a fatal blow
from his antagonist’s knife, and Harley,
though cut almost to pieces, raised the dpd
body, if possible more bloody than his own,
with the knife still sticking upright in its
breast, and carried it into the presence of
Mrs. Adams. The hoy followed mechani
cally, to see the denouement, ton frightened
to summon assislance, too weak to give it
himself. Mrs. Adams received the murderer
with a dreadful shriek, and fell fainting upon
the corpse. Harley, weak and exhausted,
had still strength enough to draw the bloody
knife, and cutting her features until not a
lineament was recognizable, plunged it into
his own heart and fell back, his hand still
grasping the long hair of his victim. The
affrighted witness at last sufficiently recovered
himself to run for aid ; when it came, both
men were dead, and Mrs. Adams insensible,
having almost bled to death. A great ex
citement prevailed. She was carefully re
moved and attended, but cannot recover.
Adams had been decently interred ; but w hen
I left, proposals had been made for nailing
Harley’s body to a tree. Adams was uni
versally respected, being the editor of the
Ware County Sentinel, the only paper in that
sec ion. i
Terrible Suffering. —The Bark Bre
men arrived at New York, on Monday last,
| with J. Tice, second engineer, Alexander
Grant, fireman, and G. W. Dawson, passen
gers of the Central America, having been
rescued by the British brig Mary, from Car
denas for Queenstown, and transferred to the
Bremen. Mr. Tice states that after the Cen
tral America went down, he drifted on a
plank for,seventy-two hours. On the fourth!
morning he drifted by a boat and succeeded
in getting into her, and on the fifth day he
picked up Mr. Grant, who had been then five
days on a portion of the hurricane deck of
the steamer. Mr. Grant having swam to
the boat, the two then pulled for the hurri
cane deck, and look from it Mr. Dawson, the
passenger. There had been twelve men on
it—George Buddinglon, the third engineer;
John Bank, coal passer; Patrick Curd, coal
prisser; Evers, a fireman, and six passengers,
names unknown, all of whom, one by one,
died, and fell off into the sea. Tice, Grant
and Dawson, were eight days without water
or provisions, the sea most of the time making
a complete breach over them. The second
day after the steamer went down, they saw
a number of the passengers on pieces of the
wreck, but could not assist them. The res
cued are in a sad condition, being badly
bruised and covered with boils.
A Mountain op Sait—-Remarkable
DrscovEßV. —It seems that the resources of
mt noble State will never cease developing.
Something new, great or wonderful is con
stantly turning up. The latest discovery is
a specimen of salt rock handed us yesterday
by Mr. Nettleton, clerk of the steamer Gar
vin. It was taken from a hill or mountain
of tlje same material, just discovered a short
distance from the Mississippi river on the
Missouri side, and about seventy two miles
from St. Louis. It is situated on Saline
Creek, in Perry county, and almost on a line
dividing that county from St. Genevieve
county, Saline Creek empties into the Mis
sissippi river about three and a naff miles
below St. Mary’s lauding. The specimen
before us resembles a piece of quartz rock,
and is a little mixed with a substance resem
bling iron ore. [t b'as a pure, sweet taste,
and when ground to powder is as white as
any of the table salt now in general use. If
we are not misinformed, this hill of salt will
prove an immense speculation to its owners,
ood will cheapen the price of that arliciO
very, materially in ibis city.— -St. Louis
Democrat, 22d vlt, ~
Tbbmendous Republican Gain in Penh
siavania.—At the Presidemial election Bu
chanan received 230,500, and Fremont,
147,447, being a majority of 63,000 for
Buchanan. Now, Packer carries lbs Stale
■by only about 30,000. Verily in view of
such a tremendous and unprecedented gale
the Republicans ought to fire a grand salute
in every town in the country. Nine cheers
for Wjlmot and his gain of Sixty Thousand.
—Elmira * ‘-'ccr.
THE AGITATOR.
Ah. H• Col)l)y•• v %■ »**....• •
WELLSBOROttGH, FA.
Thursday Ittornlngr, Oct. 22, 1557.
*3* All other Comraunicationsmust
be addressed to Che Editor to insure attention.
We cannot publish anonymous communications.
Mr. U. Wood desires os to say the farmers here
about, that he will pay the best cask market prices
for a few tubs of good butler, delivered in Wellsbo.
ro. He wishes to purchase it now.
We have received a number of the Semi-Weekly
Republic , published at Washington, D, C., by Geo*
M. Weston and Daniel R. Goodloe. It is a sound
Republican paper, ably and vigoroo&ly conducted,
and deserving a generous patronage by the North*
Single copy of the Weekly, 93; 10 copies, 915;
Semi-weekly, 5 copies 910.
Snow fell to the depth ot about one inch in this
region Monday night. Tuesday was a December
day—throughout. Snow-squalls gamboled upon the
surrounding hills like young lambs; and occasion,
ally they swept through our streets not very like
young lambs. The wind piped a December tone
through the keyhole and around the corner all night
long.
Latest returns render the re-election of Chase
Governor of Ohio by about 1000 majority, pretty
certain. Also, the election of Ratisay, Republican,
Governor of Minnesota. Also, the triumph of the
Free State parly in Kansas. But we shall not crow
until we get oat of the woods —next week, say.
lowa is still in the woods. Wc have a great in
cllnation to hurra for Ohio, Minnesota and Kansas*
Mr. Roy Ims for sale at his Drug Store, a new
lamp for burning oil, lard, (allow or refuse grease*
The a very brilliant light—-more brill*
iant Ilian the ordinary fluid lamp, and gives off very
little smoke. The lamp will be chiefly valuable to
farmers, as it will afford them a brilliant light at a
merely nominal cost. It will make market lor the
odds and ends of the kitchen and everything that is
greasy enough to burn. Go and see it.
U r no will Beit This ?—Mr. D. G. Edwards, of
Charleston township informs us that he sowed three
pecks of Buckwheatupon 2$ acres of sward ground,
the 4th day of lust July, and that he has just har
vested from that held ninety-four bushels of as fine
buckwheat as ever was measured. The soil was
the ordinary red shale, plowed deep with a double
team and heavily manured. 30 bushels is consider
ed a bunkum yield per acre of buckwheat; but in
this case Mr. Edwards gels a little more than 41
bushels per acre, or 125 fold the sowing. The se
cret of this unprecedented yield, we opine, lies in
deep plowing and liberal manuring. The suggos.
tion in the result is, “Till less land and till libel
ler. 11 If some of our farmer friends should take
the hint and try the effect of tilling a little less land
and piling on the manure, will they let their fellow
Urmors know it ?
Will They Falter?
A succession of disasters tests the fortitude of
men and weeds parlies of their “sunshine patriots
and summer soldiers. 1 * There are those of every
parly whose souls rise superior to temporary defeat,
and whose arms are ever bared for the right, wheth
er success seem remote or immediate. These form
the core of every permanent organization. Out of
such stuff are formed y tlie heroes and martyrs of the
ages.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania have suffered
two great defeats in as many years. As the world
estimates such disasters, those disasters were signal-
As wc estimate such reverses, they are not only not
sigrtal . but salutary and hope-inspiring. The man
who is often beaten down by adverse waves in his
life struggle, if his leet be planted upon the Rock of
Perseverance, will achieve a ten-fold more glorious
triumph than he could have achieved had he encoun.
tered no uupropitious gales. Ills triumph must be
signal and grand because his labors were mighty.
As it is witli men, so must it be willf parlies—the
difference being in degree only. No good ever ac
crued to man except through proportionate labor; no,
nor ever will.
Will you turn to the history of the struggle in
which this nation had its birth. Begin with Lex- |
ington —almost a victory—follow Pitcairn in his dis
astrous retreat toward Boston. Open at Bunker
Hill—the Mecca of glorious New England—where
the first pitched battle of the Revolution was fought,
nobly and desperately fought, and lost, as men esti.
mate sucli things. Lost, though the enemy’s dead
were quadruple ours. Bunker Hill was reckoned a
defeat of our arms then ; but who points to it as a
defeat now ? Have we not all grown up in the be
lief that Bunker Hill was a great victory , and won
by our arms ? Do wo hear orators refer to that bat-,
lie as other than a triumph of our arms? Never!
Yet oar men were driven precipitately from that
bloody field, defraud, but not dismayed.
Not Dismayed ! Ah, in those two words lies the
promise of which this Republic is the offspring.
The distress of our army on Long Island was not
much less than defeat, yet not defeat. Still our pa.
triols were undismayed. Amid the winter gloom of
Valiev Forge, sorely beset by Cold and VVant, shoe
less and hlankelldss, still that perishing army was
not dismayed. They were defeated in ail but soul.
They had been driven from every important field—
defeated, but not dismayed —ah, there lay the secret
of their final triumph ! Their children can profit by
that secret disclosed to the world in tho midst of
great tribulations, written in blood. Will they
profit by that example t We shall see.
The Republican array met the enemy on Banker
HUI, last November. Like the Republican army
that entrenched itself upon that height 80 years be
fore, it was all undisciplined, badly equipped and
all unused to the labor required at its hands. It
fought nobly, however, and throughout New Eng
land. New York. Ohio, Michigan, lowa and Wis.
consin, the enemy’s legions went down like grass
before the scythe. But before the unbroken front of
the enemy’s reserve that army could not stand. It
was defeated, yet receded not an inch from its posi
tion. It acknowledged itself defeated, temporarily,
as did its prototype almost a century before. But
we predict that the Bunker Hill of 1856 will be cel
ebrated as a glorious paasage-at-arms between Free
dom and Slavery, in which Freedom won; and this,
too, within the day of the living.
The Republic an army may now be considered in
•he Valley Forge of its winter quarters—in the midst
of ih! greatest tribulation. Those who enlisted un
der its banner for purposes of Self-aggrandizement,
will now go pver the snog quarters of the enemy.
The winter rigor* of Valley Forge will weed our
ranks of every soul that did not make the battle on
principle. Thank God for that I Such soldiers do
welt enough in fair weather and on fall rations.
Ay. they are remarkably valorous when the sun
rides in a cloudless sky ( but let a cloud, though it
be no bigger than a man’s hand, lift above the hor
izon, and they sneak off. Like Hr! Robert Acres,
they dearly lavs to lake Die enemy at a long shot—
the longer the belter.
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOB.
To the Undismayed, then, we make our appeal
To those of whom we wrote in this place some few
weeks ago:
Editor.
“There are men who love Freedom, Justice and
Humanity as they love God and Truth. They ncv
er sleep. They-have studied ihc mutations of mind;
and heart intelligently and well Theit feel tread
the solid rock of Faith, Hope and' Perseverance.
They have enlisted for life. Threatening skies nei
ther harass nor depress. If present Success accrue
to their labor, they deem it a ray of H&t blessed sun.
light that shall one day clothe with matchless bean,
ty a regenerated world. They seek no summer seas
—no temporary Arcadia. They garb for the win
ter of Disaster and nobly resolve to face out the
storm though death lie in the path. Defeat has no
terrors for them; through its gloom they behold the
bow of Eternal Justice spanning (he pure and se
rene sky of nnfailing promise.* '■ * Such are the
men at whose labors empires quake, and the sturdi
est of tyrants tremble.**
It is for these men to shape the destiny of the
nation Freedom-wise. They can never be intimida
ted by temporary defeat, by the scoffs and jeers of
a tyrannical majority, nor the frowns of.high offi
cials. They will keep on working and voting until
the power of Wrong is got under. Upand at them ’•
2091 M4JORIT fFOR WIL P T!
if
TIOGA IS Alii. CORRECT!
BRING OUT THE BABY-TVAKER !!
1980 MAJORITY FOR
THE COUNTY TICKET!!!
THE MULATTO PARTY BLEACHED 1
The bogus Democracy \of Tioga sent
away South to winter!
Three Cheers lor the Wilmot I>ls-
Republicans ! Wc congratulate you upon jour
FIFTH signal victory over the Slavc-democracy of
Tioga. In the language of a democratic cotempo
rary, Tioga has “covered herself all over with glo
ry I” We only regret thutshc has spread it thinner
than she did last fall, and trust that she wilt lay on
the glory to its full thickness next year. Wc have
jany quantity of the material on hand. We con
gratulate you that you are privileged to do your
hurrahing at -home, in the place of emigrating to
Old Berks, as our democratic friends of the Wilmot
district are constrained to do. Tioga “ strikes down
the ALLIES!"
But Tioga has not done as nobly for Freedom as
she might have done—as she should have done—as
«hp can do. The voters were not out—at least 1000
stanch Republicans staid at home. The vote of both
parties, in the aggregate, this year, is nearly 100
less than the vote for Fremont la**t Hill! The ag
gregate vote lost year was 5948. This year the ag
gregate vole is 4477—less by 1471 vote*, than were
cast for Fremont and Buchanan. Bui it is pleasant
to know that in the fulling off of the Republican
rote from last year, our opponents have gained noth
ittg. The opposition vole is less by 200 than that
of last year. Thus, both parties lose in about the
same proportion, numbers considered.
As last year, we have again carried every district
in the County except Liberty, and the Hunker ma
jority there is 13 less than Buchanan's. This can
not be claimed as a Republican gain, however, since
both parties fell under their last year’s vole —the
Hunkers losing 46 voles and the“Rcpublicans 32.
The aggregate vole of Chatham is 7 less than
Fremont’s ; while 100 Republicans staid at home,
only IT democrats were absent from the polls in
that township! Union deserves the banner-having
held up lo last fall better than any other district,
all things considered, if wc except unanimous Elk.
Bloss, Brookfield, Covington and borough, Clyraei,
Deerfield, Liberty, Knoxville, Rutland, Charleston
and Delmar, hold pretty well up to their vote at the
State election last year, generally, and some do bel
ter. Middlcbury. Sullivan, Tioga and Westfield
very nearly reach their vote last October. ’
The uniformity of the majority for the county
Ucket wilh that for the State ticket, is a highly grat
ifying fact and full of promise. This uniformity is
the true criterion of parly strength. It likewise
shows that the masses have determined to make the
fight on principle now and forever. All honor to
the Republicans of Tioga !
Friends, Pennsylvania has endorsed the Dred
Scott Case Decision in the triumphant election of
Wm. F. Packer. It has stricken down one of the
purest and best of men in the defeat of David Wil
mol. But it is not so mucluhe defeat of the man,
as the blow aimed at the principle which he repre
sents, which freemen deplore. David tVilmot en.
tered the campaign with probable defeat staring
him in the face. lie put Self behind him and free,
ly made the sacrifice seemingly demanded by the
exigencies of the times. He sought not, but was
sought. Freedom demanded a chief in Pennsylva
nia and finds a noble one in Wilmot. He has car.
ried himself nobly through the campaign; and the
nation has not a man who could belter afford to suf
fer defeat. Had he been more selfish, so far as him
self is concerned, the catastrophe might have been
avoided. He might have kept aloof from the con
test ; he might have crept away in the hour of need
as hundreds did; but no man acquainted with David
Wilmot would recognize him in such a character-
In consenting to lead the army of Freedom he for.
got Self and remembered bis duly, he did that which
has endeared him to the heart of every true friend
of Freedom,' He has met defeat, pot at the hands
of Mr. Packer, bit at the hands of the most despot,
ic Oligarchy the world ever saw. It was pitting
one man against the combined powers of Slavery,
and victor; declares for the latter.
- Goity sets a tip-top table Tor the ladies in his No
Member number. The plates are excellent and the
literary matter varied and entertaining,
Messrs. Fowler § ff ells, 308 Broadway, New
York, have just issued two Almanacs for 1858—
The Water-Cure Almanac and the Phrenological
Almanac. Either of these Annuals will prove worth
a hundred fold its cost (filets.) to every family into
which it may find its way. They are replete with
valuable suggestions.
Petersen's Magazine is rapidly improving in its
embellishments. Its plates are now first class; its
trlct!
literary matter has ever been good i and the Whole
is rery cheap at
Will Mr. T. B. Peteraon, 102 Cheslnul-st., Phila
delphia, inform ua whatjias become of Mrs. Hentz’.
new work, announced in the Agitator a month ago,
as being in course of publication T It has not reach
ed ua.
We publish herewith, so much of the Re
lief Bill lately passed by the Legislature of
this State, as will serve to post up our read
ers in the essentials of the same :
AS AOT
Providing for ,he resumption of specie payments by the Banks
and for tho Kuliut of Debtors.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That the provisions
of every act of Assembly, or of incorpora
tion or re-incorporation, heretofore passed de
claring or authori2ing the forfeiture of the
charter of any bank, saving, trust and insu
rance company, or corporation having bank
ing privileges, or inflicting any penalties or
authorizing any compulsory assignment for
or hf reason of the non-payment of any of
its liabilities, or the issuing or paying out the
notes of other banks incorporated under the
laws of this Commonwealth; though not spe
cie paying, or its loaning or.discounling with
out the requisite amount of specie or specie
funds, since the first day of September, A.
D., 1857, be and the same are hereby sus
pended until the second Monday of April,
Anno tlomini. one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-eight ; and all forfeitures and pen
alties, or liability thereto, heretofore incurred,
or that may be hereafter incurred before the
said second Monday of April, under such
acts of Assembly or of incorporation, or re
incorporation, for or by reason of the causes
aforesaid, or any of them, are hereby remit
ted ; and so much thereof as prohibits any
bank from making loans and discounts, issu
ing its own notes or the notes of other banks
incorporated under the lawjj of I his Common
wealth, though not specie paving or declaring
dividends during the suspension of specie
payments ; or from loaning or discounting
without the requisite amount of specie or Spe
cie funds, as aforesaid, be ahd the same is
hereby suspended until the day and year
aforesaid, and nny such bank during such
suspension of specie payments may declare
dividends to an amount not exceeding six per
cent per annum on its capital ; and this act
shall ex'end also ;to all banks, saving, trust
and insurance companies, and corporations
with banking privileges, chartered or re-char
tered under any law for periods hereafter to
commence, and to the payment of stock to
all banks incorporated by the Legislature at
its last session.
Sue. G. That upon all judgments hereto
fore entered, in suits commenced by writ or
otherwise, or which may be entered during
the period hereinbefore mentioned, in actions
instituted by writ or otherwise in any Court
in this Commonwealth, or before any alder-,
man or justice of the peace, on judgments
obtained before said officers, if the defendant
shall be possessed of any estate in fee simple
*ithin the respective county, worth in the
opinion of the court, alderman, or justice of
the peace, the amount of the said judgment,
over and above all incumbrances, the
amount exempted from levy and sale on exe-.
cution, he shall be entitled to a slay of exe
notion thereon,- on judgments now obtained
or to be obtained, on suits now brought, for
the term of one year from the dale of the pas
sage of this act, and on all others, for one
year, to be computed from the first day of
the term to which the action was commenced ;
aud every .defend.ini in such judgment may
have the same stay of execution thereon, if
within thirty days from the passage of this
act, or within thirty days from the rendition
of any future judgment, be shall give securi
ty to be approved of by the court or by a
judge thereof, or by such alderman or justice
of the peace, before whom such judgment was
obtained, for the sum recovered, together with
the interest and costs; Provided , That this
section shall not apply to the wages of labor,
nor to debts upon which stay of execution is
expressly waived by the debtors, nor to judg
ment upon which a slay of execution has al
ready been taken under existing laws : And
Provided , That the provisions of this section
shall extend to judgments entered or to be
entered, as well upon bond and warrantor
attorney as upon mortgages to secure the
same, and to any subsequent grantee or own
ers of the premises so bound, as well as to
the original obligor or mortgagor : Provided
further, That said stay of execution shall not
apply to judgments or mortgages, or on bonds
secured by mortgage, unless the interest
thereon shall be paid within sixty days after
the accruing of the same, in such funds as
the banks are authorized by this act to use.
“Molly Maguire.” —Just now, the above
caption is seen in almost every newspaper.
“Molly Maguire” is becoming as interesting
as “Know-Nothing” was three years ago.
But who or what is “Molly Maguire?” de
mands the readcs. Well, “Molly Maguire”
is the name oT a new political organization,
whose secret influence and power is begin
ning to be felt almost everywhere in the
Democratic ranks. In tha cities, where the
organization! is strongest, its influence can be
readily observed, ll is composed of foreign
Roman Caiholics, and was established lo
conirol (he Democratic parly. Even Demo
crats, who are naziue-born Caiholics, or who
belong to the Protestant faith, ore not admit
ted as members—all they can know about it
is, that they,are controlled by some strong
and secret power. As the Philadelphia
Daily News justly remarks, this accounts
for the fact that, in that city, two-thirds of
the late :Democratic Conventions were filled
by foreign Roman Catholic Delegates.
Inside, they know themselves as Bine
Ribbon Men, and it is said that there, is not
a locality in the Union, where foreign Ro
man Catholics reside, (and where do they
not ?) that has not a “Molly Maguire” Asso
ciation. Of course, then, there is one here
in Greensburg. We will keep an eye on
the “Institution,” and report hereafter. Ed
ward, what’s your opinion of sweet “Molly
Maguire V’—American {Pa.) Herald.
Col. Benton is rapidly improving, and
hopes in a few days to be able to leave his
room. He is reduced to a mere skeleton.
&tu;
Quindaro, K. T.J Oct. 3, 1857.
. FbWnd Cobb : 1 have been at the point
of writing you several 1 times since I last
wrote Troth Pafkville, Mp.V but have Just
seated myself at it. I have any quantity of
news to tell you, but none that will be in any
wavs cheering. ||
■ Next Monday the Bogus Territorial Elec
tion comes oflj and if it goes Free State, will
be one of the greatest days, ever dawned
upon Kanzas, According |o the recent Proc
tarnation of Gov. Walker, no one is allowed,
to vote at this Election who has not been a
resident of the Territory, six months. This
is a hard one on the Free men, and no
doubt will defeat them, for the Adissourians
are making preparalionsjto invade Kanzas
again, and in fact invasions have already
commenced in Linn andlilohnson counties.
A Free State man a sholrt time since saw
sixty of these miserable usurpers encamped
on his claim in Linn county He questioned
them and wished to knovv what they were
there for, &c. The leader of the gang told
him that they were bound to hold the land
till after Election.
A rumor has been going the rounds a
couple of weeks past thgt the, “Delaware
Reserve” which lies between this placa'and
Lawrence, was open forj settlement and the
news spread like all over the Terri
tory. The citizens of Leavenworth, Dela
ware, Quindaro, and Wyandot!, a'd dropped
their business and proceeded at once to find
a claim on these beautiful! lands. The news
soon spread through. Missouri, and it is esti
mated that no less tbanjone thousand have
crossed between Purkyille and Weston, to
take a claim and call himself an actual resi
dent and be allowed to vote. The report has
proved to be a false onei and many are re
turning home with longjfaces, having found
themselves “sold.” It will be needless for
me to say that I am included in this number.
The Missourians have scattered off in all di
rections—some gone to Kickapoo, some to
Leavenworth, and some) to Delaware and
Wyandolt. It is their intention to vote on
Monday and carry Leavenworth county by
fraud and violence. [
Marcus J. Parrott, the candidate for Dele
gate to Congress spoke (here last evening to
a large and enthusiastic meeting. He was
followed by several other Free Statespeakers
who entertained the audience to a late hour.
Mr. Parrott has some jbopes that the Free
Slate men will triurophjjin this Election, not
withstanding the villainous and Iraudulent
Apportionment which is forced upon us by a
set of lawless vagabonds.
A Pro-Slavery meeting was held here a
few evenings since, addressed by A. C.
Davis, Judge flalderman, Judge Perkins, H.
B. Denman, and a Mr.|ililamb'.e. llalderman
made a strong Pro-Sluyery speech, and when
he got through was questioned by the Free
Slate men, and it was (found that he made
the welcoming speech to the Georgia volun
teers who came to Kanzas to kill' Free State
men, and that he helped destroy the press of
Col. M. W. Delahay;in Leavenworth. After
four of these etndidales had' spoken, Mr.
Gamble look the stand, but the Free State
boys thought it was high lime to hear from
the other side, and caffed several times for
Gov. Robinson. Mrjj Gamble said it was
always courteous to| hstgn. to the people on
the stand, but if they jdrtl not want to hear
him they could reiirp.. At this all of the
Free Stale men walked off to a coaspiuous
place and organized |beir meeting, when a
committee was appointed to wail upon-Gov.
Robinson and have him address the meeting,
- w* 7
which he accordingly] did in an able and
eloquent manner fort upwards of half ah
hour, lie was followed by A. J. Rowell and
J. M. Walden who 'both matte brief but
effective speeches. While ibis meeting was
going on, the wrath of A. C. Davis had got
up to a high pitch. “ He sent J. M. Walden a
challenge to meet bind at any place and there
discuss the political rssoes now before Kan
zas. Mr. Walden at bnce accepted the chal
lenge and named the lime and place for
debate, but the great Democratic speaker has
failed to be “around,” This Pro-Slavery
meeting has done more to advance the Free
State cause in this place than all the meetings
held here this season. Many who were de
termined to vote the Democratic ticket at
this Election, now.declare that they will go
the entire Free Stale [ticket.
It is designed by t]he Free State
if they do not triumph in this Election to put
the Topeka Government in motion at an
early day and sustain it at all hazards. 1
shall probably go down to Wyandott
Election, and if I sed anything worth noting,
you may expect to Hear from me again.
Fours for Freedom,
Qltsdaro[ K. T., Oct. 7, 1857.
Fuiexd Conn : Ijhavo just learned some
important facts in i regard to the Election
which passed off onf Monday and Tuesday,
fhe Free State men have a majority in this
precinct of 66. At [Leavenworth a majority
0f >240. ' Delaware Has gone Pro-Slavery by
about 40, and Kickppoo, a place which has
only about 75 ' legal voters, polled between
500 and 1000 for fthe Pro-Slavery parly.
Gov. Walker stationed Troops at that place
to have a fair Election, but all of the Troops
voted, and Walker I himself made a speech,
advising them to do (it. No one can find out
the exact vote at Kickapoo, for the judges
are waiting to see how this county stands,
and then have enough to overbalance the
Free Stale triumph.!
Everything passed off harmoniously at
Wyandolt, Ibr the iFcee State men was on
hand in large crowds, and but very few
ruffians showed ; their faces. A few “Na
tional Democrats" were engaged nearly all
the time in circulating spurious Free State
tickets, trying to ; deceive the Wyandott In
dians. Nearly all the Indians went the
straight Free Slatejlicket. ,
Douglass county! has done a noble work
in this Election; lAt Lawrence" 900 votes
were polled and orily 10 appear to be Pro-
Slavery. The Ereje State men have a ma
jority of over 1001 in Lecomplon. Johnson
county has gone Piro-Slavery by about 240.
This is a border, county and many Missou
rians who live in-Westport are holding claims
on the Shawnee Reserve,, who come over in
this county and voie.
Gov. Walker passed down the m s ,. i
afternoon on the steamer “P. H. w
He Is now in Wyandott and richly
a coat of tar and feathers. When hemji
speeches, felling the U. S. Soldiers to Tot J
is time that. measures were taken to -
something done. The Free State men
a handsome majority in this county, and;
all upset by Walker himself. The
Slavery,judges will manage some
have a majority in the Legislatuie. ' v
The Free State men have found out tSj
it does no good to rely upon the promise.
Gov. Walker. He assured them that h,
should have a fair Election, but he has b,
at the bottom of all the fraud that has bs
perpetrated.
I am in great haste or I would write «■>
' Yours truly, F. A. ft.
From the Hempfaie Appeal, pet. 9.
A Wood Choppers’ Fight in Tet
nesee.
A most sanguinary and fatalrenconietj
curred about 18 miles north of Meroplu,.
Shelby County, in the Mississippi River it
tom, on Monday last, between two *O3
choppers (one of whom was named Cat
bers) on one side, and-two men, named Ms
wether and Slaughter, on tbs other, via
resulted in the instant death of .
the mortal wounding of Meriwether a£;yr
of the weod-cl«opper».
It seems thal some time ago (Be two vj j
choppers had a trading flat-boat on the ]
of being wrecked, when Slaughter wen; .
their rescue and assisted them very mater,
ly in saving their effects. During his ef.- .
,in their behalf be lost his coat and hat,;, ,
the wood-choppers, so Slaughter said, j? :
him a coal and hat to replace them. Sir*
quetuly the choppers called upon Slaug-.
to pay fcjlr the coat and hat. Slaughter; y
fused ; and out of this difference the if. J
difficulty grew.
On Monday morning last, after the d.si
ty had been brewing some time, SUiie
and Meriwether went into the bottom »1>
the wood-choppers were at work, for the;-;
pose, as Meriwether averse of attempting:
amicable settlement. They, however,»>
armed—Slaughter with a shot-gun and■
volver, and Meriwether with a shot-gun a.a ,
Meriwether was also attended by a nr .
dog which ably seconded him in the aai ;
Soon after their arrival at (he place j
the wood-choppers were at work, the J
commenced by the latter, who advanced;
on their antagonists- with drawn aia-
Slaughter ccrounecced firing with his rr a
ver, but before d~single ball took effect,
of the wood-choppers clove him down, r,
ting his skull wide open. They then
learns upon Meriwether, who fiied them |
load of his shot gun into the bowels-of ce;
them—of course fatally wounding, bat
at once disabling him. His gun- havmj
one barrel, and finding himself with noi |
quate weapon to oppose the axes of :r,3 )
vanning wood-choppers, Merriwether ur
to retreat, but in doing so stumbled oven
and fell. The wood choppers then poc J
upon him and hacked and hewed him v. 4
the head and breast most fearfully. "■ i
got Slaughter’s gun-and attempted to 6s i
whole load in his face, but fortunav
missed fire. The man whose bowetj ; J
wether had shot out, jumped upon him
ha was down, and stamped repeatedly z a
his breast, the blood flowing- down fron
wound the while in torrents upon hispr-?
trate victim. In the mean lime, Merivre 1
er’s dog came to the rescue of his mastc -
savagely that the wood choppers were fn:
desist for a moment, during which divert
Meriwether managed to crawl out of si;
and, after lying out all night in thebe;:
attended by his faithful dog,' finally drag
himself home, where at 11 o’clock on
, nesday last, he was thought to be in a dy
condition.
The Earthquake in Peru. —As-
dated Pui-ra, (a city in Peru) Aug. 30, sc,
At ” o’clock on the 20th, the most se
shock of an earth-rjuake ever remcn':.''
was felt here, which has done damage u"
amount i,f 8300,000. The shock 1»
about a mintne and- forty-five seconds.:
eve»y house in the town has suffered mor.
less. The police have had one hundred t
twenty-two- houses taken down that wets*
dangerous state, and a number of churct
have been completely destroyed. The A
age done is estimated at §lOO,OOO. ‘
river of Puiri, which had been dry, sudd*
rose ; in other places the ground openedt
jets of dark colored water were ej Kl
There is no record of any similar phcKt
na having taken.place. At Paita, the e."
of the earthquake were less severely le-
Four men were killed a few da; j siaci
Marshall, Texas. A feud had for some ’■
existed between - Hon. L. D. Evans, k l *
C., and Hon. Lewis T. VVigfall, a proiri«
orator and politician in Eastern Tec
Meeting in the streets of Marshall, E ,r
shot Wgfall down, a friend of Wigfall ittc
diaioly shot Evans down, a friend of
next shot down the parly that shot Evs
and lastly, the latter was shot do» n
another friend of VVigfall. A rumorol
encounter was circulated, but was discre
ed ; the fact is now confirmed.
F. A. ROOT,
The New York Tribune of Oct.lSi* 1
Ohio has pretty certainly reelected C
Chase, in spile of the false cry that tht
Republican Treasurer had robbed the T’
sury of a Million Dollars, and the Life ■
Trust Company swallowed another M-’*
Every outside influence and local '
worked against the Republicans; and,it
'have indeed reelected Gov. Chase, at i
of universal depression and distraction, ■
have done nobly. But we shall not l> !
yet, though out own returns concur vritn
Telegraph in giving Gov. Chase an app*
majority of nearly 1,000.
A little urchin, some two or threey
old being a little distance from the house'
suddenly started by a clap of thunder,
was much frightened, and made rapid tr>
for the house. But as the shed was
est shelter, ha entered it,'and eic!*' 5
“thunder away, I’m under the shed!
A man having a wild horse, which t*
throwing his wife and breaking her
was applied to By a neighbor to purchs*
animal. He irefttsed to sell, saying he e <
cd to marrv anolher.shorlJ' , .