FROM KANSAS. iUove’.iieiit of Troops. Ctrresfmd';nee of The Chicago Tribune. b'-.kcb, K. T., Dec. 28,1857.—Again ihi: Vtbellious City of Lawrence is greeted by a guard of honor (?) in the shape of sev eral companies of United Stales troops, ar iilleiy mid infantry. Our Democratic friends at N\ ashington and Lecompton ore certainly very considerate, and we are now to have troops to protect our polls. Great God I to protect the polls at Lawrence 1 Do our Mis souri neighbors intend to pay us a visit and tranl Umrod States soldiers to enabie them to do it in safely ] At early sunrise this morn ing, Ihe artillery commenced crossing, and tli-y were followed by the infantry. Light cannon have crossed the Kaw and seven companies of the line, in all ten companies. U'e understand that there are fifteen compa nies ordered oufin all. Three companies amt two pieces of artillery to Topeka, two to Lecompton, and five to remain in Law rencp. The remaining five companies are order/J to Fort Scott to crush out and arrest ili» Free-State men, and enable Biles Co.. Mo., to come over and vole on the 4th, un (tis'iiihed and without molestation. Some are «“i.t m Doniphan, where the Frcp-Suitc men ai. determined to repel any invasion. Thai pt it;, u of the army remaining at Fort I/ovi iitvurlh nil! keep the city in order. What a mockery to talk of the soldiers pro tecting the ballot-boxes, when all the points uimie danger is to be, apprehended are left migmnded. tVhy is it .that three companies and four guns are sent Jlo Topeka? h does not seem possible that t'he troops can be re rprrrd for any cither purpose at Topeka than I t attempt the dispersion of the Free-Stale I.cgislaiuic, Which is to assemble there on .Mond ty next. The proof is every day ac cumulating of the determination of the Ad ministradon to fasten the Lecompton swindle upon ns. One thing the North may rest as sured of, and that.is, that forcible resistance »dl he .still while all that is dear to ficemcn is torerd irmn us? Will we be supported if we Ibitc this contest to a bloody issue? These are questions that must be answered, ■ and that quickly. The Legislature, Tho Territorial Legislature assembles nl Lvrmnji(-*n on Monday next, but will proha bly adjourn immediately to Lawrence. The Frrr-Siale Legislature is to meet at Topeka on the same day. The election will piuhably prevent a quorum being pieseni till Wednesday, when they will, commence iheir session and enact a code of laws, if allowed in proceed I>V Gov. Denver. Tin* FreO'Siale men of Delaware Ciiy are determined, lioops or no troop?, to prevent Missourians from voting on Monday next,' and thay will do it, though they fight the Federal army. The Freo-Stote companies are drilling every ni"hf, ns is the one Pio. Slavery company likewise. There is fi**ht in the Leavenworth men, and should the troops interfere on Monday next, there will be a bloodv time. Senator Oouglas. The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Courier dp JZnquirer speculating in a re. cent loiter upon the fate of Douglas m his side movement against the administration, says: “Mis immediate object-is to be re-elected to ihe Senate, The Legislature which will return or reject him will be elected next No vernier. The tendency of the public mind in Illinois is towards disgust and contempt for that kind of Democracy which breaks compacts, breeds civil wars, and crushes out liberty by mobs and the bayonets of standing. minTes. li is turning against the Democracy of Mr. Buchanan's Administration. Mr. Douglas perceives ibis , and wishes to show them that his patent invention, “popu lar sovercignis,*' is a vital principle and a paltry pretence, galvanized into life in order to keep the party on its legs through the elec tion of 1356. Bui can he do it? It is im possible. The Administration all the time stands behind and over him, assuring the hon est and simple electors of Illinois that their Senator is in error, (hat “squatter sovereign ly ” was a juggler’s cheat, and that it has been played out. We have seen the result of just such a contest between the central power and a rebellious vassal in a hundred instan ces. The insurrection may, in the end pre vail so far as to ruin the parly against which it is excited, but the chief rebel, is always crushed. Can Senator Dougins lead off more Democrats in lllinuis than Mr. Van Boren and Gen, Div did in New York in 1943? Certainly no? ,* and suppose he took offthrec fourths, how would that help him 1 h would simply open a lane through which the Re publicans would march to an easier victory. Whatever, then, be the issue of the conten tion now raging between Mr. Dougins and the Northern and Southern leaders, it js scarcely possible that he should escape death by compression. He will be ground to pow-, <ser between the upper and the nether mill sionos, { “But on GcObb buried himself beneafh the ruins of Dagou’s Temple, slaving three thou sand of the Philistines, so will the despair of this magnificent demagogue bring destruction upon the bends of his present enemies that were his late confederate?,” i Tnrs Virtuous Bard Money Adminis tration Descending to Rags !—The most passionate ar.d the most elaborate point ar gued loCongress by the President, in his mes sage, was the mischievousness of paper mon ey—-the unconstitutionally of hank notes— end the virtues of a currency of gold and silver. Leaning against the Sub-Treasury, (he President complacently declared that ihe Government would “continue to discharge its liabilities lo the people, in coin," At that , very moment, a scheme was matured to issue Treasury notes for al least twenty millions of dollars! The Administration which attributes all the financial ills of the country to “paper issues” is to turn banker on a system, which, if prac ticed in the State of New York, would land the adventurous financier, in the penitentiary. The notes of o.’tr banks are secured by State stocks and bonds and mortgages. These Treasury notes are to be issued upon the faith of the government. The former are’ redeem able and convertible, safe and co.ifided in.— The latter, in the strictest sense of the word, are shmpi.istcts.~4i6. Eve. Journal. THE AGITATOR. Hl* 11. Cobb, Editor & Publisher. WELLSBOROUGH, PA. Tlinrsday Mornlngr, Jan. 14, 1859. %• AJJ Easiness,and otherCommunicalionfmuel be addressed to the Editor to insure attention. Wc cannot publish anonymous communications. ' We publish an exceedingly pleasant poem bv our esteemed contributor, Virginia, on the let page. Removed —Cole’s Barber Shop. Yon will find it two doors above Roy’s Drug State—wtU (briber notice. We were unable to procure copies of Juror und .Trial Lists in lime for publication Ibis week. They will appear next week. Those desiring to join the February Club for the Tribinc will greatly oblige ns by handing in ihcir dollars within the space of ono week from date. Subscriptions §l. Our thanks arc due Messrs. VVjlliston and Bk.v. son for St.iJe documents. Also to Gov. Pollock for an early copy of bis Annual Message. j At Ih/s present writing (Tuesday) Che ground is bare, the skies arc April-hucd, the air just the slightest Hiill. This is a wonderful winter indeed. Should it hold out warm there is a: fine prospect of the removal of the,great isothermal line, discovered by Gov. Walker, some 4 deg. northward so as to in clude Tioga County. In that event our democratic friends, in obedience io Nature’s great ** Isothermal Law/’ can import n few chattels and practically demonstrate the incomparable excellences of popu lar sovereignly. A communication from a correspondent at Osce ola will appear next week, together with several others. Wc must enjoin upon correspondents a lib eral exercise of patience. "You arc all,.welcome. Remember, however, that to accommodate all, each must be brief. Hereafter, we shall be obliged to reject communications upon ordinary subjects which exceed a column, else all cannot be heard. Three paffc* of open-written foolscap will generally oon. lain the thoughts of most writers at a single silling. Try lu accommodate each other. Criminals may be of two kinds; The one com mils the overt act; the other connives at his escape from the legal consequences of that overt act. It is not easy to decide which is the greater moral cul prit. The la\v makes no distinction in felonies we believe, but in misdemeanors, the case seems to be dil7brc/it« From certain manifestations of this char. iu*icr jn ibis borough Jming the past week, wc arc led to conclude that such complicity with crime is not only not illegal, but highly praiseworthy. Now we arc not certain that good citizens can possibly be mixed up in such proceedings; nor arc wc at all certain that such complicity with crime- is moral and praiseworthy. We shall sec. The Legislature organized on the slli insl. Wm # 1L Welsh, ol York, was elected President of the Senate, and A. B. Lo.vcakkr, of Montgomery, Spea kcr of the House. Both arc Democrats. The House stands—Democrats, GB, Republicans, 30, Independent, 2. i The Senate stands—-Democrats, 21, Republicans 12. The Democracy have it their own way this winter. Gov. Packer's Cabinet is made up as follows; Wm. M. Ilicstcr, Secretary of Stale- Dep, H. L. DkiTunbach, Hon. John C. Knox, Attorney Gen eral. It is understood that the Judge will accept. Will anybody longer doubt that Judge Knox is an orthodox Mulatto, after this? Wc publish an abstract of Gov. Pollock’s Annual Message in another place. It is undoubtedly the ablest Stale paper that has emanated from the Ex. cculivc Chamber during the last nine years. It ex hibits the gratifying fact that, financially, the Com monwealth has improved under his Administration ; that the public indebtedness has been reduced $l,- £J6, 657,52, during his term, without resorting to temporary loans. $B2O, 097 of this reduction has been accomplished within the fiscal year just closed. Considering the general financial cmbarassmenl of the past year, this reduction of the Stale indebted ness is highly creditable to the retiring Governor. Wc have been constrained to dissent irom the Governor's views of political policy during the ma jor part of his term, and for good and sufficient rea sons. His Administration had many good qualities, but they were negative in kind. He has been 100 undemonstrative fur lhc furtherance of the cause of Freedom, lie lacks those energetic trails of mind which constitute a leader. But his integrity and purity of motive can not be questioned. May Penn sylvania never have a worse Executive, Another legal iffurdor. On Friday last, was to be executed and doubtless was executed, at Freehold, Monmouth co., N. J-> James P. Donnelly, convicted of killing Albert S, MtfSKs, sometime list summer. As wc have never published any relation of the affair, it may not be out of place to give a brief history of the case, now that the crowning catastrophe of legal murder lias dropped its red curtain on the last scene of the sad drama. Donnelly was a young man of good connections, liberal education and fair talents. Sometime in July last he engaged with the proprietor of the Sea View House,Navcsink Highlands, N, J., as bookkeeper and Clerk, lor the season. Moses was employed in the same Elonst in the capacity of barkeeper. Both were considered respectable young men, and there is no evidence that they were on other than friendly term.*, one with the other. The reporter of the N. Y. Tribune, in a recent despatch to that paper, and while on a visit to the prisoner, slates that they sal up the most part of the last night in July-playing cards, probobly for money. He also supposes, as was supposed on the trial, that Donnelly and Moses had gambled together before and that Donnelly had lost large sums to Moses, his further conjectured (without any very competent evidence, as we con ceive) that on the night in question Donnelly lost a large sum of gold, supposed to have been abstract ed from certain moneys placed in his custody by visitors, for safe keeping. Next morning, the pro. priclor of the house met Donnelly running from the ! k°use in a state of great excitement, and being m terrogated as to the cause of his perturbation, lie re plied, “lie is dead Ihe is dead!** Being asked who was dead he replicdthot he did not know. The proprietor passed on, up the stairs and discovered Moses lying on his bed with his throat cut. Don nelly soon entered, and going up to the bed asked 1 w/jat be could do- Atoscs repulsed him with an oath, declaring with his latest breath tljat Donnelly had killed him, aolwUhstapdjpg Donnelly and ollj, ers implored him to consider well the weight that would be attached to hi# dying declarations. IJp died, J?onnelfy gave him telf up to the authorities was tried by an impartial jury, if such a thing be possibb in New Jersey, was convicted and sentenced to die for the wilful murder of Albert S. Mo«w. , What was the evidence upon which Ufig verdict* THE TI OGr A COUNTY AGr I TAT OK. was rendered ? The theory of the prosecution rests —lst—Upon the victim's dying declaration-; 2d The gambling,money missed from the safe and SI $0 in torn bank notes found in theprivy, his pertarba tion and a blood-stain on the sill of his bedroom door. 'These are stated bsthe principal points upon which Ibe theory of (be prosecution rested, and up on this evidence verdict was rendered. The theory of the prosecution was briefly as follows •- That Donnelly was driven to desperation by his losses that he took money from the safe the night prece ding the murder, hoping to retrieve bis fortunes- That, instead of regaining ivhal he bad lost on pre vious occasions he left the game, a heavy loser- That he had iris balance sheet to make ont the next day, when the deficit would ruin his reputation. That he then determined to get possession of the money which Moses had won from him and which ■ tile latter kept concealed in his mattrass. That Don nelly went cautiously into the room where his vic tim lay sleeping, and succeeded in abstracting $l6O in notes from the mattrass on which Moses lay. Thai the sleeper awoke and a scuffle ensued, in the ; course of which Moses received a fatal stab in the ; throat. Such is the very plausible hypothesis of the ’ Disliicl Attorney,and we cannpl say tliat it is not : a probable one also, J J On the other hand, the defence denies tiiat Don- ! nelly ever took money from the safe of his employ- j er fur private purposes, and oppose to llie theory of j the prosecution the fact that no blood-stains were found on Donnelly's person, or on his clothes, the latter being white, and therefore that Donnelly could have had no scuffle with the murdered man, bleeding as the latter was, from a severed artery- In expla nation of the blood on the door.sifl of Donnelly's bedroom, (hey cite (he fiict that ho went from the bedside of the dying man to bis own bedroom m the presence of many witnesses, and presume that the track was made at that lime. To balance the dy. ing declaration of Moses, wc have the declaration of Donnelly made thirty-six hour- before ills execution in the following strong language : . - ** Sir, ns I stand on the brink of eternity, with Heaven on the one hand and Hell on the other, and as I believe ibat the latter will receive me iff die with a lie upon my lips, I do most solemnly declare that I am innocent of that man's blood.” And this man has re declared his innocence with the fatal noose about his neck- Sueii is his dying declaration—worth precisely the same, and just as weighty as (hat of the murdered man’s. Here is, the strange spectacle ol the banging of a good Christian man, if his dying profession may be be. iieved, upon ibe dying declarations of a man who 1 displayed a most intensely revengeful spirit in Iris last moments, A strange spectacle indeed ! Consider: Albert S. Moses is aroused from a profound sleep and discovers a mm in the act of robbing him of a roll of notes. A ecufllc ensues, be is slabbed, Ibe robber flics; be follows a little way, then totters back to bis bed. Donnelly enters the room and the murdered man repulses him with an oath of vcoqeanoe. Donnelly firmly denies per petrating the deed, and insists that Moses shall give his testimony under oath. lie swears positively that Donnelly struck the fatal blow. Now this look place in a public house—a house frequented hyqall sorts ot people, men with character and without. Waking out ol a deep sleep, under the excitement of the moment, his conscience quickened by a sense of wrong doing the night preceding, would it he impossible that he should mistake any other man for the man whom he had ruiued so lately ? To us this seems very possible; but however that may be, the evidence upon which this man was convicted and sentenced to an ignominious death was strictly circumstantial, and vague, withal. It should not have consigned him to the gallows even under our version ol the code framed by the Draco of barba rous Israel. But he has suffered the penally of the highest transgression. If the majesty of the I err talionis has been vindicated, the higher law of Com. mon Sense and Humanity was grievously insulted end trampled upon in that vindication. It was un. just, because objectless. It was useless shedding of hloqd and therefore cruel. It was decreed upon in-, sufficient evidence and therefore rash and reckless. Turn this legal killing which way you will, it is a cool, calm determination to take 1./e, and therefore it is murder— cooUblooded murder ! When a man forgets that human life is beyond his bestowal a rid therefore sacred, docs it follow that legislators. lijr view of that man’s transgression, should essay lof teach mankind sacredly io respect human life by de liberately imbruing their bands in the blood of that transgressor ? Docs it fallow ? We again urge the importance of selecting our borough officers from the ranks ot our most active as well as best citizens. Let us have men who trill do their whole duly without fear, favor or bias to wzrd any or aught but justice. Wo have no pa tience with this timid and hesitant policy which fears to strike between the eyes ol Wrong. There is no way to pul down illegal practices except by rendering the line of demarcation between Virtue and Vice sternly plain. If you see a wrong, beat it down I —beat it down with the deadliest weapon you can possess yourself of. Do men fear that Vice will triumph ? Let it triumph openly, then, and not in the shameful dereliction of public officers, Wc do not fear defeat in a good cause. Wc crashed the life out of that fear years ago. Do you desire to put down wrong ? Then grip the monster fay the throat and never let go. If the monster drag you down to political death, so be it; it is belter lo'dic a thousand political deaths than one moral death un der the fierce stabs of conscience. For one we nci. tber ask nor give quarter in the strife with Wrong. And now that the law arms our citizens, if they re fuse to protect themselves, then let them suffer. Friends of good order, if you do not draw the lines between right and wrong in the coming borough election, and draw them distinctly, too, say not one other word about yoor Christianity in lutnre. For. if Religion means anything , it means love to your neighbor! and you may know who is your neighbor when you may justly claim to be a Chrislian. Dr. A. M. Loop, F. hi. at NeLon in lliis county has sent us an excellently well preserved number ot* 7he Lister County Gazette, published at Kingston, N, Y., and bearing date, Saturday, January 4, 1600. The number contains the announcement of the death of Gen. Washington, speeches in Congress in honor of the illustrious dead, the Message of the President and the funeral ceremonies on that occa sion. The paper is draped in mourning. The great progress of journalism since 1800 may be well comprehended with this paper and any one of the grrat Dailies of 1858 lyingside by side. The Gazette is not quite one-balf the size ot the Agita tor, but well printed. We take the following adver tisement from its columns, as a chapter in the histo ry of an age departed—from the North, at least: FOR SALE.—The onc-halfofa SAW MILL, with a convenient place for building, lying in the town of Rochester. By the 5? ill is on inexhaust ible quantity of Fine Wn°d* And also fta A stout, healthy, active NEGRO WENCH- P erson inclined to purchase may knots —ScS the particulars by applying to John Salmon maker, jr., at Rochester. I [Nov. 33, 1799.] Dr. L-, will please accept thanks for Ibis interest ing rclie. ITT The Trihrmo says the total amount of taxes for New York city for 1858, will reach 8100 for ev ery voter, according to the number of voles for tile Mayor. Thera is something “ rotten in Denmark” to require such enormous taxation, —Honesdali Her ald. Yes, sir,Wr. Herald; there has been a great deal too much rotten (Vood used in the government of New York city for the last four years. You sboold have thought of lhat before yon set up that sorron'ful wail over Fernandy’s defeat. v A mulatto exchange, in speaking of the refusal of the Free Stale men to vole upon the Lccompton con stitution, asks —“ What is the good of popular sov ereignty to those who refuse to vole ?” We reply by asking—“ What is the good of that kind ol pop ular sovereignly which returns 1600 votes polled in a precinct where there are not 100 inhabitants of all ages and conditions ? ABSTRACT OP GOV. POWOCB’S MESSAGE. The finances of the Commonwealth are in a very satisfactory condition. During the past year every demand upon the Treasury has been promply paid, from lire revenues derived from the ordinary sources. The operations of this Department will be pre sented to you, in detail, in the report of the Slate Treasurer. For the fiscal year ending November 30lb, 1857, ihe receipts at the Treasury, including balance in the Treasury on the first day of December, 1830, of 1,24-1,795 52 were So,- 935,353 20. The aggregate expenditures for Ihe same period, were 5,407,270 79. Balance in the Treasury December 1, 1657, 8528,106 47. Excluding l he balance in Ihe Treasury on the first day of December, 1856, the receipts from all sources were 84,090,- 587 84. The ordinary expenditures for the same period were 83,992,370 29 ; exhibiling an excess of receipts over expenditures of 8693*217 53. The extraordinary payments for the year, were 81,414,900 50, as follows, to wii : To the completion of ihe Portage Railroad, 849,001 92 ; to the North Branch extension 8138,798 83 ; to relay ihe South Track of the Columbia Railroad, 891,405- 46 ; to enlarge the Delaware Division, 846,- 263 00 ; for motive power in 1850, 861,- 604 24 ; fur repair in 1855 and 1860, 8491- 504 73 ; for ihe redemption of loans, 8820,- 097 03 ; damages on the Public Works, 846,352 65 ; old claims on the Main Line adjusted under the severs! Acts of Assembly, 840,543 57, and for the new State Arsenal and Farmers High School, 845,000 00. The Commissioners of (lie Sinking Fund, report the sum of 8414,920 29 as now in Ihe Treasury to the credit of that-fund.— This amount will he applied to the redemp tion of Relief Notes jet in circulation, and to tho payment of the funded debt of the Common Health. The Commissioners of this fund, on the 7th day of September lasi, reported io me iha! the sum §1,043,857 64 of ihe debt of the Commonwealth, was held by them. As tequired by law, I directed the cerlifi cates and evidences of this indebtedness io be cancelled ; and on the 19th of September, 1557, issued my proclamation declaring the payment, extinguishment and final discharge, of §1,043,657 64 of ihe public debl. , In addition to the amount reported to he in (ho Treasury to the credit of the sinking fund, and applicable to the payment of the public debl, the Commissioners of the fund now hold the sum of §7,500,000 00 bonds of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, pledged by law lo the payment of the funded debl of the Commonwealth. The funded and unfunded debl of the State, including temporary loans, on the first day of December, 1556, as per Reporis of Auditor General and State Treasmer, was as fol lows, viz: Funded Debt, §39,866,975 aO Unfunded Debt, 834,959 75 Total, §40,701,835 25 The funded and unfunded debt, at the close of the last fiscal year, December X, 1857, was as follows, viz: "" ■' Funded Debl, §39,706,592 52 Unfunded Debl, ..... 173,145 70 i Total debt Dec. 1,1857. • §39,881,738 22 Total debt Dec. 1, 1856. - §40,701,835 25 “ “ 1,1657.- 39,881,739 22 Decrease during late fiscal year, 5820,09~ 55 These statements exhibit the gratifying fact, that during the past fiscal year, the public debt has been reduced eight hundred and twenty thousand, ninety-seven dollars and fifty five cenis. During the same period large appropriations and payments were, made on account ol our public improvements, for old and unsettled claims adjusted under the act of last session, and for other extraor dinary purposes. iVoiwithstanding, then, (ho present embar rassmem and gloomy condition of the coun try, after a careful consideration of the pres, em and prospective condition of the finances and resources of the Commonwealth, I can not hesitate to reaffirm.my belief, “that the time is not far distant when Pennsylvania will stand redeemed from the oppression of her public debt, and her people be relieved from a taxation imposed to meet its accruing interest and maintain the faith and credit of the Commonwealth,” and that ‘-by practi sing si net economy in all departments of the Government—avoiding extravagant expendi ture—refusing to undertake any new schemes of internal improvement, and holding to a rigid accountability the receiving and dis horsing agents of the Slate, the realization of those views may be anticipated with con fidence.” In my first annual message to the Legisla ture the fact was slated, that during the three years intervening between December 1, 1851, and December 1,1854, the public debt had been increased one million, five hundred and eighty-four thousand, three hundred and fifty-nine dollars and thirty four cents ; and that the total debt at the close of the fiscal year, December 1,1854, was $41,698,505- 74. At the close of the late fiscal year, December 1, 1857, three years later, the funded and unlunded debt, as before shown, was $39,881,838 22; decrease in three years $1,816,857 53. Thus in three years (he public deb! has been decreased, by actual payment and with out resorting to the expedient of temporary loans, one milliop, eight hundred and sixteen thousand, eight hundred and fifty sevjen dol lars and fifty-two cents. If to this be' added the siiti of now in the sinking fund, OTd-apjillcabre to the payment of the funded debl, the reduction will be; §2,231,- 777 81. 1 v : ! These fads are not only gratifying, but encouraging. It has already been slated (hat (here is in the Sinking Fund sum of seven millions five hundred thousand dollars —bonds of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, bearing interest at the rale of jfive per centum,per annum, payable semi annually, and pledged to the payment of the} funded debt. If this sum be added to the reduction before slaled, we have presented bo fas a vir tual, if nol an actual decrease, of the Slate debl of 89,731,777 81 : showing the total funded and unfunded debl of the Stale on ihe £rst day of December, 1857, to have been 831,966,818 41. ’ | The receipts from the Delaware [Division are less than those of the previous year. The net revenue, at the Treasury, was 8174,001- 87, a decrease of 890,092 53, as compared with the receipts of the preceeding In addition to the ordinary expenditures, the sum of 846,263 was paid for llie,;enlarge ment and improvement of this division. The sale of the Main Line has] directed public attention'to the importance and neces sity of disposing of the remaining [divisions of the public improvemnnts. Thpjreasons and policy that required and justified the sale of the one, apply with equal forie to the sale of the oilier. The propriety of separa ting the Slate from (he care and jcomrol of the public works, is not only evident to all who have given the subject a candild and im partial consideration, but (he necessity is clearly established, by the hiblorjy of their construction and management. 'They have i faded to be a source of revenue rojthe Com mcuuveallh, and if retained by IhejSiate, will require an "expenditure in their repair and management, largely exceeding revenue', that under the most favorable circumstances, can fats derived from them. !n an|y phase uf the question, this separation is desirable, but in connection with the payment p(j the public debl, and the reduction of Stale [taxation, it becomes an object of more than.ordinary in terest. A sale, at tho earliest practicable period, of the whole of our ptihlicj works, for a fair consideration, upon terms, jjist and lib era! to rhe purchasers, and at the same time amply protective of the rights and interests of Ihe people, should be suthori-zed by the Legislature. Such sale, with lhe;applStation of the proceeds to Ihe payment,of the public debl, would secure its still more -Vapid extin guishment. Tho subject is recommended to your unbiased consideration. , i JAMESPqLLOCK. 11-tßiusnunG, January 6, 1858. A Wife’s Poactical Joke,— |Last Satur day evening a gentleman, residing at Jamaica Plains was silting with his wile and some friends at their parlor fire, when ibe door bell was violently rung. The lady! arose, but then suggested) to her husband ,'thjat as the girl was out, he hdd belter go to ihe front door. Accordingly, ne opened it, antf found no one there; but I here was a nicety dope up basket covered with white linen, at Hisj feel, and he thought he heard the rustle of ajfemale dress departing. After looking vainly }up and down the street and around the porta he look the basket into the parlor. On the covering be ing removed, a beautiful lillle child appeared, some five months old. The lady screamed. One of the lady visitors look dp|lhe baby and found a note pinned lo ilsdressj which charged the gentleman of the house with being the father? and implored him to support it. A rich scene ensued between the injured wife and the indignant husband] the latter ut terly denying any knowledgejof ihe liitleone and asserting his innocence. iTjhe friends in terfered, and at last the wife wias induced lo forgive the husband, although he stood to it like a Trojan that he had alwayls been a faith ful husband. Finally the ladyjvery roguish ly told her husband that it wajs strange that he did not know bis own offspring, which had just been taken from its cradle upsiaiis by the nurse, for ihe purpose of placing the joke ; and the surprised husband finjally joined in the laugh which was raised by} bis e.vposUre. —Boston Traveler. a j I Reading Aloud. —There is no treat so great as to hear good reading qf any kind.— Not one gentleman or lady in hhundred can read so as to please the ear,] and send the words with gentle force to thjejhearl and un derstanding. Indistinct u terance, whines, drones, nasal twangs, general notes, hesita tions, and other vices of elocution are almost universal. Why it is, no ohej can say, un less that it be that either the pulpit, or the Sunday school, gives the style in these days. Many a Indy can sing Italian songs with con siderable execution, but cannot read English passably. Yet reading isiby far the most valuable accomplishment ofj (be two. In most drawing rooms, if a tiling is to be read, it is discovered that nobodylcdn read : One has weak dungs, nnollier gels hoarse, chokes, another has an abominable sing song, evidently a tradition of the -way in which he said] Watt’s hymns when hejwas too young to understand them ; anothe'r (rambling like a broad-wheeled wagon; and |ano'hcr has a way of reading, which seems to proclaim that what is read is of no sort of consequence, and had belter not bo listened]to. Tub National Era, —-We heartily cn. dorse the following From the Ohio Stale Jour nal, and hope that Ihe remipder it contains will stir op the friends of the Era, to make an effort in its behalf. I | Ihe National Era, it is,' tyell known, has been for eleven years rhei champion of the freedom of the press in the District of Colum, bis. Though legally to the official advertisements of the Departments, these hits of patronage are reserved for suoh pro-sla very luminaries as the Star ajnd other organs of the Administration, while anti-slavery, presses are required to subsist solely from the patronage of the people,! The list of the' Era has heretofore been adequate' to its sup port, but the wide-spread [monetary troubles compel the editor. Dr, Bailey, to invoke the friends of the Era to put forth extra efforts to sustain it. The Era is a good newspaper, and deserves tha support of all who desire a reliable anti-slavery journal from the seat of Government. j ©ommumcattons. That Proposition. Mr, Agitator : A proposition from ifo Mansfield Classical Seminary, contained in youi issua of the 17th uli., must, under all circumstances, claim the attention of all taxable inhabitants of the county. Much might be said pro et con Normal Schools; but aajroo only admit suggestions relative to the-feasibility of carrying oat the proposi lion; The following—from this wild-wood out of the way corner of the county, ate offered, as the first off-hand impressions elicit ed by the said proposition. I confess to you, that its first perusal made me (in Sam Slick “start like a stuck pig!” It requites that a tax, to the amount of ten thousand five hundred dollars (§10,500,) be collected from the already lax-oppressed people of this county by the Ist of June next, and virtually ■donated to the said company. It must be so considered by a majority of those, whose money the company now want; for no good financier would recommend his friends (under such circumstances as now rule) to provide a sinking-fund, by lax, to pay a debt which did not exist. Now I bear that the predeces sor of said company had its buildings de stroyed by fire ; and the company as such— virtually ruined. I see nothing in the “propo silion” calculated to indemnify the county fur loss, in case of a repetition of this or other disaster, and please remark that the proposed tutelage has a paralel continuance with said company. Hence we must con clude, that in case of the company’s dissolu tion, the tuition of Normal Scholars will not only cease ; but that the people’s money will be also gone. But if the inhabitants of the several towns in the county—in view of the fact that two new bridges must be built across the Cowanesque river during the year; as also-the other facts that their farming—me chanical and lumbering products are a. drug in market at any living price : I say if the people thipk they can pay all their necessary taxes under the collectors cry of “state,” "military,” ‘poor,’ “road,’’ ‘school,’ “trade” “building,” “store-license,” and every other pretext to squeeze money from this lax-op pressed and slightly benefited people, and they have still a surplus of cash on hand la advance the “Mansfield Classical Seminary” ' a noble sum for the promised tuition of one scholar from their respective town “perpetu ally (how often?) then we say payout! gentlemen ;"of your fullness pay out on that proposition ; and we, who rough it kt the bush out here, will contribute of our leanness losalisfy modes! requisition of said Institute. CnvniiJS. Dec. ‘25, 185 T. ' , • P. S. Since writing the above, and before sending it to the office; your last paper came to hand containing an article upon said proposition, from the pen of “a tax-payer of Tioga County” highly commendatory of the same. Now, when we see one swallow a “critter’’ with such horns, we may question the motive. It is also hard to repel the rising question of the mind, fs not said tax payer also a stockholder in said-company ? Jan. 4, 1853. Cn.trn.«t. Common Schools. Since my last communication, I have visit, ed the schools of Farmington and Brookfield. The best in Farmington, is without doubt, taught by Mortimer C. Poller. It is difficult to tell which is the best in Brookfield. Ono has good government and poor education, another has good education and poor govern ment, another has too small a school fori fair trial of skill, another has 100 much o! lhe_ rowdy, but in other respects, leaches om of the'best schools in in*n. 1 have visited no other district where there is so little differ-, ence in the schools. 1 take from my note hook, some of (he faults of teachers, in the various district. Ist. Want of ventilation. When 1 open the door of some of our warm and tight school houses, I am reminded of.an emigrant car, f am regaled with foul air and disagree able odors. Teachers ought (o teach in kg booses til! they learn the worth of pure air. Storing the mind with the seeds of knowl edge, they are filling the body withnhe seeds of consumption. The room may be cold yet filled with poisonous air. Keeping the school room at proper temperature is highly necessary, but this by no means, ventilates it. Open houses, and hot fires is my motto- The windows should be let down from the lop, and if necessary, the door kept partly open. Great care should be taken however, not to let a current of air strike directly upon any pupil.- In some houses, there is a window near the desk, this window 1 wou\i keep for a ventilator, in both cold and warn weather. The good sense Pf the teacher, however, must arrange this. 2J. Writing books all over the house, torn, Wotted and scribbled. Pupils in this y.ounty are-doing but little to learn to write. Teachers, this ought not to be, —the fault is yours. First learn the principles of penman ship yourselves. Have some system aid order about your writing exercises. a particular place for your books, and let w pupil interfere with them till the regular hour of writing arrives. When I call at yout schools I do not wish you to spend the tin* to run about the school house, for this girl's, or that boy's writing book, and finally gi« it up as lost. When the pupils are done ling, pul pen, ink and paper in their prop et places, and there let them remain, till th* next exercise. Write the names of eachc 1 the back of his book, and then yon can them apart. I shall continue to enumera a some of the faults of teachers from time I 3 time, and after a little, specify the school*, where these are most prominent. N. L. Revnoeds, ■ Co. Supl■ At a debating society in Schenec'aday 01 her day, the subject Vast—“ Which is most beautiful production, a girl or a sirs*' berry?” After continuing the two nights the meeting finally adjourned out coming to a conclusion—the old ones g 4" ing for the strawberries, and the young oail for the girls. The povernmeru of Sweden has I®' 5,000,000 franca to the Directors of the B« D> to sustain their credit. Tor lie Agitator For the Agitator.
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