CXM KANSAS.
The Election.
Hpef&UlMKtiilcklo (be Philadelphia Btriletth,
■ vv AsniKOroi?, Friday, Jan. 15/1858.
, conflicting reports are. in circula
tion from telegraphs said to be -in town, re
specting Kansas— both parties claiming com
plete success in the Territory,
’ have just seen a gentleman direct from
the Territory, and his ;eporl is reliable to the
best of his information. He says: , “The
vote on the 4th gave a majority against the
Huisiiuthm with Slavery. The vote was
tiboa; J. 0,00- All the returns r were in.”
, The Republicans have carried the Legis
lature by JJ.000..
The Democrats have -carried the Stale
ticket by 1,000 to 2,000.
The Legislature has removed its session to
Lawrence.
The Territory generally was quiet, al
though some excitement was occasioned by
(ien. Lane, who had made- numerous arrests
on the ground of fraudulent voting.
Secretary Stanton is on his was to Wash
ington," and will be herein a few days. The
cause of his visit is unknown, but as he is
unaccompanied- by his family his slay will
probably be brief.
Encounter with a Panther.
On the 23d ult., Mr. Samuel B. Hart, of
Appleton, went out with a neighbor, to look
for a stray colt, taking with him, his trusty
tide for the purpose of killing any wild game
ho might chance" to see. After traveling
some two miles or more, he came upon the
fresh tracks of some wild animal, and as the
tracks were large and singular, be gave up
looking for the pony, and with, his excellent
dog, tramped off in search of an adventure.
In a short time the dog treed the game, but
before Mr. Han could reach the spot were off
again. "Pretty soon, however, they slopped,
and w hen Mr. Hart came up, the dog had a
huge panther, one'of the largest ever heard
of in the West, at bay, and neither of them
seemed disposed at once to commence the life
struggle they knew was at hand. This was
an unlocked for encounter.
There was no time for deliberation. Re
treat might be certain death, and to fire and
not kill the huge monster would be attended
with even greater hazard. The dog had
shown fight, but the .sudden appearance of
Mr. Hart seemed to throw the panther in a
quandary whether to attack him or the dog.'
.lust as the panther was apparently about to
spring for the dog, Hart drew his gun to his
shoulder and bred,only wounding the animal
by breaking one ofils fore shoulders ! Had
loaded that gun in quicker lime than he ever
loaded one before, and before the infuriated
beast could make a spring for him, he again
fired shooting him through the head and
killing him instantly.
The panther was brought to town artd ex
hibited to large crowds, exciting universal
surprise at bis size and evident age, the more
especially as but one of the species had been
seen in this section of Wisconsin within a
•period of eleven years. From the end of his
nose to the tip of his tail, this, panther mea
sured seven feet and two inches. Each of
his paws were considerably thicker than a
stout man’s arms, and appeared to be capa
ble of striking a sledge hammer blow. Two
of his tusks, one of the upper and one of the
lower jaw were broken off, and had appa
rently been gone for several years. The
other two tusks were very large, but much
worn. All unite in setting him down ns one
of the oldest settlers in the northern wilder
ness, and wo think it probable that he strayed
from some of the extreme northern counties
in this locality. —Appleton (TFis.) Crescent.
The South and the Mormons.—The ul
tra Soulhern men are makinglcommon cause
with (he M rmons. The “twin relics of bar
barism, Polygamy and Slavery,’’ naturally
aid a*d assist each other. The Richmond
South says : .
“My sympathies as a Stales Rights man
are with the Mormons. I do' not approve of
their domesiic.-instiiuiions. No matter; it is
their business, not mine; nor am I or any
other person answerable for their sins, or li
able to suffer for their mistakes. As a South
ern man, my sympathies are with the Mor
mons. The same measure that is dealt out
to them for their polygamy, would be dealt
obi to us for our slaveholdiog, by the same
people, if they had the power, and God only
knows (if things go on as they are tending,)
how long that power-will he wanting; and I
say shame! on the Soulhern man or South
ern press who does not sympathise with the
Mormon, attending to his own business and
defending his rights, his firesides, and his
altars, against the Yankee intermeddling op
pressor who delights to interferein bis neigh
bor’s affairs, and would storm heaven or up
root hell rather than not have a fuss.”
Chicago in 1 657.—The City of Chicago
is only 26 years old. The town was laid out
in 1830, and the first sales of lots were
made in 1831. Its growth’is extraordinary.
The annual statements of the extent of its
commerce and trade are every year more
surprising, and the increase of its population
appears to keep equal pace wjjh the growth
of trade. In 1840 if had 4,470 inhabitants ;
in 1850 it had increased to 26,269 ; in 1855
the figures were 83,500 ; in 1856,110,000 ;
in 1857, 130,006, or an increase in 17 years
of 125,530. According to the figures pub
lished in the Press., tbe total receipts of flour
and grain in 1857 were 21,856,206 bushels.
The total shipments were 18,032,668 bushels.
•The lumber trade is conducted chiefly with
Michigan and Indiana, The receipts were
nearly eleven millions of feel. The Cana
dian trade is rapidly growing into impor
tance. The lake tunnage owned in the city
fit 70.681, of which 7,954 is in steam vessels.
The Potato JWtanCld Disease.—A
friend sends us ihe following “extract fiom b
German paper," which says that “potatoes
were first introduced in Europe in 1583; 59
years after the rot commenced; 80 years
after its introduction no good seed was to be
had. In 1696 new seed was imported from
Peru ; 45 years after this the rot again com
menced, and in 1779 no good seed was to be
had. In 1797 new seed was again imported,
and it did not get into general use till 1808
or 1803." If this is a fact, we should have
it fully proved, and that would prove the ne
cessity of frequently renewing the seed from
the original locality.— N, y. Tribune,
THE AHliAfOt.
n. 11. C«bb, EAltor Publisher.
WELLSBOROUGH, PA. ’
Tlrnrsdaj' Morning’, lan. 21, ISSS.
All Business,and otherCoajnaanicationsmust
be addressed to the Editor to insure attention,.
TVe cannot publish anonymous communications.
CAUCUS. —Those citizens of Wellsboro in favor
of restraining (he sale of intoxicating liquprs
in-this borough in violation oflaw;ond ihosc in
favor of selecting officers who will jealously guard
the' laws from infraction, arc earnestly requested to
meet at the Court House on instant,
at 6J o’clock, P. M., lor the purpose of making a
ticket for borough officers to be voted for at the ap.
proaching-election. . " -MANY.
Messrs. Benson and Willislon will accept thanks
for documents.
There is no Harrisburg news worth transcribing.
The Washington news is equally barren.
The . weather holds delightfully mild. Ground
bare and but slightly frozen.
William Comstock murdered his father and moth
er at PoolviJlcjN. Yf on the. Hth lost. He cut out
their hearts, roasted and ate them. He was labor
ing under an attack of delirium tremens.
The communication of w Tyoga" came too late
for insertion this week. Again we inform corres.
pendents that their favors must be handed in by
Monday noon, toensore an early insertion.
A southern exchange of the Louisville Journal
says that the Administration has resolved to lay the
axe at the root of the credit system. Upon this,
Prentice drily remarks that it has begun by laying
the oxe at the root of its own credit.
Mrs. W, R. Cutler, of Rochester, N. Y„ will
give a Concert in Corning, Tuesday evening, Jan.
26. Mrs, Culler has a fine reputation as a vocalist,
and goes to Corning upon the formal invitation of
(he lovers of good music in that place. Tiogans
convenient to the Railroad will please take notice.
The Owego Times cautions printers to look out
for one Dr. Wm. T, Kerr, who pretends to cure
Stammering, and who is himself afflicted with an
impediment in paying the printer. Wc received an
order from that same Kerr for sundry little jobs;
but as no money accompanied the order we paid no
attention to the letter. He wished us to announce
his certain arrival in Wellsboro on a certain Wednes
day, which wc did not do, us the letter readied us
(he day following that Wednesday and'no such «r
-rival oc-Arerred. It is a good plan to notice money
orders, and none other.
Gov. Pollock has appointed os his Aids, with (he
rank of Lieut Col., Messrs. A. Ritter, of,Char!cs
lon, J. B. Niles, of Middlcbury and >R. W. Stub.-
rock, of WclUboro. We feel to congratulate our
friends upon their promotion, and take this occasion
to remind them that u Discretion is the belter part
of Valor.” They have cause lo congratulate (hem.
selves upon having escaped the perilous duly of
guarding the person of our beloved Executive, since
their commissions expired in so much at the inau
guration of Mr. Packer, on Tuesday. Wc suspect
that they are not thereby released from the duly of
wetting their papers, however, ‘ Toe the mark.
A correspondent desires ua to give Murmonism in
general and Brigham Young in particular, a tlior
ough ♦* blowing up.” We must beg to be excused
from doing anything bf the kind, A man has just
as good right (o profess Mormonism as any other
form of religion. Brigham Young is doing just as
any sensible man would do under like circumsUn. 1
cep, that is, he is determined that Utah shall be or.
ganized as a first-fruit oi the great democratic doc.
trice of Popular Sovereignly. By virtue of that
doctrine Utah lias the right lo demand rulers of her
own choice—being a peculiar people. Democracy
sends pro-slavcry Governors to look after the inter*
csls of one “ domestic institution” in Kansas, and
why should it refuse to send a Mormon Governor to
look after the interests of that other “ domestic in*
slitulion” in Utah 7 Brigham is right.
Wlio Is to Blame?
There are a great many foolish and wicked cus
toms, a great deal of~unrighteous public opinion
and mountains of false pride in this world of Man.
There are likewise many sad misfortunes, griefs
and losses; a great many wrongs and grievous op.
presstons; and for the sad prevalence of all these,
somebody is responsible. 44 Who’s to blame?”
' You know it is said of Woman, that when she
falls she falls lower, sinks into a stale of more otter
degradation, is more hopelessly abandoned than
man can be. This is true. A woman utterly lost
to a sense ot shame in wrong doing is the most pit
iable ofall spectacles. We hive beard men endeav
or to account tor this by attributing it to the exalt,
cd position virtuous and high-miuded Woman occu
pies in man’s esteem, thus contending that she ac
tually sinks no lower than man, but seems to de
scend lower in the pit of shame because of her great
er exaltation. The best refutation of this argu
ment wifi be found in carefully noting the abandon
ed of both sexes. It will then appear that the de
gradation of a fallen woman is infinitely greater
than that of a fallen man; that she defends lower
in the abyss of shame, and that her reclamation re
quires fourfold .the labor of his. Since this fact is
indisputable, a reason for it exists somewhere in the
realm of causes. Who’s to blame 7
First, then, generally, society is blemable; nest
and particularly, Man isblamable; last, especially,
and above all, Woman is herself blamable. Briefly,
woman sinks lower because (he ban of society falls
more heavily upon her. She is taught that there is
no return to her first estate after the first false step
is taken. Thenceforth the fountains of sympathy
are sealed for her forever. The gates of social
equality arc forever dosed against her. The eye of
her brother man is fixed upon her cither in Fhari
saic and self-righteous condemnation; or in lascivi
ous boldness; he whispers her shame in the streets,
and makes a jest of hefr misfortunes in-lhe bar-room.
And he who connived at her disgrace is loudest and
boldest in jest and denunciation. Pity her.
The eye of her sister woman is either coldly aver,
ted,or fixed upon her in pitiless scorn and proud
contempt. Her thoughts recur to the fallen one in
loathing;* her lips "move to condemnation; the
avoids that lost one as'though her presence were
contamination ; she never speaks a word in pallia
tion of the offence.' The victim beholds the doors
that were Bung wide to receive her but yesterday,
closed against her 10-day, closed forever. The lips
that yesterday touched hers In a sisterly love greet
ing, are to-day pursed up with -cruel pride and busy
in defaming her in that circle from which she is for
ever exiled* Woman has locked her heart of hearts
against her, and hid the key away to the casket of
Pride, She awakes, an exile,from the realm of wo
manly with no band to uplift, no counsel
to guide and reclaim, no eye to piiv.
What ia there left for her worth striving fbr 7
She may perform an angel’s labors, bat that would
not blot out her crime from the memory of man ;
TffE TIOG A> GOUNTY AGITATOB.
thal would not chirm open the gate of -social Qual
ity ;*be cannot perform a labor whose wages jhall
be Woman’s forglreness and sisterhood. Social)/,
her btrk is adrift upon a ice>bouQssea wrapt m the
glooms' of an Arctic night. Hopeless, desperate—
na hand beckoningberTetanr to tho~vraik» ufwittnc
—where.ahaJl this exile go? Where does she go?
And who’s to blame for it ? '
Who is^rcspoosible7 &>cietj4 Man! but more
than all. Woman, is responsible I She icill not for.
give; it is idle to pat the work of that victim’s re
clamation npoo man’.' Ha 'wilt'Dbf respect whom
woman condemns. He willgo on, ruining* and (a
ruin, Just so long as‘ woman frowns upon His victims.
Charity must begin el home,- Where is*lbe mortal
without frailties? Point to that trrao.- o£ woman
who may not fall I—who can keep forever without
the sphere of Temptation, or, keeping within It, can
defy contamination. There Is no such man or wo
man—we care not where they dwell—in palace or
in hovel. And if the secrets of high life were once
laid bare to public gaze, we might discover that
virtue is not led to crucifixion in shilling calico,
alone. All the world over, the most uncharitable
some day will need the friendly cover of Charity's
mantle. . None are sinless and none so securely fix
ed that they may not stumble in some unguarded
hour.
What is the punishment of the man who deliber.
ately plans and accomplishes the ruin of a trusting
woman? Who shuts the gale of social equality
upon him ? Who shuns him in the street and tra
duces him in the circles where he moved and moves
like the breath of a moral plague? Who drives
him beyond the pale of sympathy by constant slight
and avoidance 7 What giddy girl refuses his lep
rous hand in the dance ? He walks (he streets with
a free step, is not supposed to have lost caste in the
circles that he frequented, which are oftencr ‘select'
than otherwise. Indeed, we have seen such moral
lepers caressed by men and women of undoubted
respectability—by the very men and women who
drove his victim into the merciless keeping of the
streets of a great city !
With these facts staring as in (he face, not to pro
test against such monstrous injustice is to become a
party to that injustice; is to prove derelict in the
discharge of duty. We have never ceased protest
ing against this will we cease while oc
casion exists. It will be said that' nothing (ess se
vere will protect woman in her best estate. We de
ny that this inhuman abandonment of an erring
woman has any reference to woman's protection ;
or even that the sex inflict this cruel punishment dp*
on one of their number, with any {such object in
view. If they abandon a sister (pr one misstep,
they do it selfishly, id vindicate themselves in the
world's esteem, from the suspicion of sympathy with
the crime. Let them remember that one may ab
hor a crime and denounce the perpetrator, and yet
not outcast the victim . That one may sympathize
with the wronged without endorsing the wrong.
(Jujust punishments never yet deterred the Vicious
from doing wrong aud never protected society from
the depredations of the bad. Let woman be just to
herself if she .would protect herself - Let her be
merciful to the unfortunate that mercy may descend
as a legacy to her sons and daughters. Believe us*
true virtue does not exist because of qny earthly
condemnation of a departure from its paths; but by
its inherent power over (he desires of such as prac
tice its precepts for Uie love of them. Heqiember’
that these unhappinesses arc seldom premeditated
by those who suffer the awful penalty. They take
shape of calamities, and should provoke judicious
pity rather than vengeance.
We have no apology to make Tor plain speaking.
Great wrongs demand plain speaking , and we call
(he attention of those to whom it is directed to these
views of one of the greatest wrongs of the lime.
With all proper deference to the matured judg.
mqnl of our neighbor of the Vedette, we must still
insist that our own knowledge of the stale of the
morals of Wellsboro, as well as that of our local
correspondents, is much better than any he may
hove possessed himself of. We agree with him that
Wellsboro will bear comparison with villages of its
size generally, as to morality 1 . Indeed, we will go
further than he does, and say that our village is
morally a trifle above the average of country towns i
but we can assure him at the same time that this
village, one year ago, was one of the quietest and
most orderly of towns, without reference to size.
We say that it is so no longer ; and still further, that
its decline in moral health commenced with the pub
lic sale of liquors in violation of lain ; that its- down,
ward progress from that time until the present lias
been painfully perceptible, and that we have, de
nounced these transgressions of law and good order
in tolerably plain language, and shall continue, so to
denounce them while they exist, without regard to
consequences. Nor shall we endeavor to disguise
the facts through fear that people at a distance will
know that WelUbero is no better than it should be,
especially since we know that the best way to put
down wrong is to unmask it, and more especially
since the reputation of Wellsboro must suffer from
the conduct of those who break the law, and not
from the conduct of those who aid to put down law.
defying men.
Finally, our friend is assured that his duty as a,
conservator of public morals lies nearer home; that
is, if certain and sundry specimens of Jersey Shore
society, sometime, but not present dwellers in our
midst, are fair specimens of the law and order in
habitants of that village. We only hope that such
individuals as may present themselves before the
Vedette man as bailing from Wellsboro. may not
be such as “ left (heir country for their country's
good.” And thus we leave the subject for the pres
ent.
Since the Venango Spectator has published Big*
ler’s Speech in reply to Douglas, why will it not be
fair enough"to give Its readers the benefit of Doug*
las’s Speech ? Is this the democratic mode of get*
Uog inlormaUon before the sovereign people? Alar!
friend .Cochran, what has become of your wonted
fairness? How do you reconcile such withholding
of facts from the people 7 ,
In reply to this we shall bk asked how it is lhat
we, from a bitter political enemy, have become hi*
advocate. Wo have not *a become. Politically,
Douglas is just as obnoxious as ever, He is just as
inimical to Ihe cardinal principlcsof Republicanism
as be ever was. He is still the advocate of that ri
diculous humbug which out Barnums
wit, 14 Popular Sovereignly.” Intellectually be may
be a giant, but he Is a moral pigmy. HU Speech*,
to which Bigler’s, considered as a reply, is an abor
tion, is the beat exposition of the doctrine of Popu.
Jar Sovereignty extant Thai’s all.
The Tribune Almanac for 1858 has reached* ns.
Oar patrons are so well acquainted with the charac
ter of this valuable Annual as a register of current
political events, lhat comment on our part is unnec
essary. Those residing at a distance from, book*
stores may pbtain it by enclosing 13 cents in .post
age stamps, directed to Horace Greeley & Co., Trib
une Office, New York. 13 persona may procure 13
copies, post-paid, by sending $1,13 as dirccted above.
Those residing near Wellsboro will be able to get
copies at Young’s Bookstore in a few days.
Posliion olthe mormon Army. ,
the Star JSrtra, Dec, 8,
fMr. Bell, with- whom we have had a’-con
versation, informs us that he left Sail Ejake
City on the Bih November, and afterTwo'
days’travefingr9horl-»t«geSjene«Hipedfor
a day or two. .Whije encamped.an express
arrived from the- city,-who informed them
lhal Col. Johnston had arrived al Ham’s Fork
and taken the command; that communica
tions, short and expressive, had passed be
tween the ColonelahdGov. Young.the- result
of which itvas thf,t Col. Johnston ordered his
command to be ready next morning for an
advance on Salt Lake City, where he-intend
ed to winter. Ham’s Fork is about one hun
dred miles from the city. The Mormons
were stationed at Echo Canon, about fifty
miles from the city, through which the troops
must pass. A collision, therefore, was in
. evitable, as the Mormous were in great num
bers, and were being rapidly reinforced. . A
march of two or three days would bring the
troops in front of their opponent.
The rumor we alluded to in our last, re
specting the burning of a number of wagons,
has been confirmed by Mr. Bell. The wagons
were the property of the Government con
tractors, and seventy-six of them wire burned.
A body ofarmed mounted men came at night
to the camp, told the wagon-master what they
intended to do, gave him lime to awake his
men and remove (heir baggage and bedding,
told him to select a wagon to take his party
back to the Sales, which he and they
then set fire to the whole train, burning up
seventy-sixiwagons. The cattle were driven
into Salt Lake City.
With regard to the Indians east of Salt
Lake, it is more than probable that Col. John
ston has propitiated them, and they tvill be
found, if not on the side of the Government,
at least neutral.
In case of resistance to the troops, there
is every reason for codfidqnce that Col. John
sion will force the passage of the canon, and
make good bis advance to the city.
The force of the Mormons has been greatly
overestimated; almost every available man
has been enrolled. In passing through the
settlements, Mr. Bell found lhal the men gen
erally had been called out to the mountains ;
and yet the whole force fell far sboil of
10,000 men.
The Winter has'set in with severity. In
the city the’ snow was two inches deep, and
in the mountains, where the Mormons were
encamped, it must have been from six to
twelve inches deep.
The Mormon army was in a very poor
condition, badly clothed, poorly armed, and
with very little provisions.
I The families are represented ns being in a
suffering condition—wanting in provisions
tfnd wood—the Winter already commenced,
find the men all called off to the camps.
Mr. Bell's , company had passports from
Gov. Young, but were only asked for them
once, ll seemed as if intelligence had been
sent ahead of them, and all knew of their
journey to California but atone station.
Nevertheless, it Avas necessary, at each
.settlement, to call on the Bishop, hire an in-
Uerpreier, and send them ahead of the com
pany to treat: with the Indians for their safe
passage. By • representing themselves as
Mormons, using every precaution, and more'
particularly by the expenditureof over sii,ooo
among Bishops, interpreters and Indians, the
company succeeded in making their way in
safety.
We have confirmation of the report that
was circulated at the sime, regarding the
company tnat. was massacred sqme lime
since, that they suffered at the hands of the
Indians in revenge for criminal indiscretions
on the part of certain of- their members.
Small bags containing poison were found in
sptings, the waters of which caused sickness
and death among the Indians. They mus
tered their forces, followed and massacred
the whole parly.
The Mormons who recently left San. Be
rnardino for Salt Lake were met by Mr. Bell’s
company beyond the Mojave. The train
was moving along. There was no encamp-,
meat on the Mojave, ns bad been reported
here the past two or three days.
Messrs. Kincaid & Co., and Gilbert &
Grelish.sold oul'lheit entire stock of goods
(o the Mormons at the prices offered by the
authorities. . They were told . the. people
wanted them, and they, had belter joke what
they could gel, or abide the result.
Mr. Bell.was enrolled in the army of de
fense, but, on being informed of.it, declined,
of course, the intended honor. He, therefore,
left the Territory. The company arrived in
good health.
The Editor of the Wayne Co. Herald , in alluding
to the legal murder of Donnelly, lias the following
just remarks;
“Oh, what a sad administraliun of criminal
justice. Whal a ' certain penally for uncer
tain guilt, flow fearfully painful and respon
sible is the penalty of death, when the guilt
of the condemned is onljt based upon the tes
timony of erring man—a penalty irrevocable
and in defiance of Iho laws of God and hu
manity. Huw much more civil and humane,
it is, to imprison ihe alleged murderer for
life—where he can never prey upon fellow
mortals and where he can be restored to so
ciety and Iriends in the event of his innocence
coming lo light. The terrible offence of pos
bly hanging aa innocent person, should be
placed beyond ihe commilial of any officer of
Ihe law,. The old saying is true, “lhat ninety
and nine guilty ones had heller escape than
to punish one who is innocent.”
The old fable,of the viper, who, being
warmed to life, turned and bit his benefactor,
has had its counterpart ip Connecticut. Mr.
Matthew Griswold of Old Lyme, saw a man
in the sound, on Ihe bottom* of a boat, m a
perilous condition, a few days since, and res
cued him from drowning; look him to his
house, warmed, fed and cared for him—look
him to the cars and gave him three dollars to
reach Norwalk, where he said he lived. The
next Saturday night the ungrateful scamp en
tered.ihe house of his benefactor* stole about
$1,300 worth of properly, burwas caught at
the Essex ferry with the property upon him,
and has been bound over for trial. The New
Haven Register moves that the fellow be pm
back into the Sound, where he was picked up,
and “anchored.” r r
; ©ti* j&om*»onoetwe.
I: Qoindaro, K. T., Jan. ’l, 1858.
' Friend Cobb : Weeks have passed since
I last wrote you, and now to redeem some of
my- old -pledges, of course I must write you
a few, lines. . Thousands pf rumors have
been put in circulation"of late, bul l have not
deemed it necessary to write until I could
ascertain the facts; ondnow the! news is so
old that I doubt not you have received it long
ere this. ' " r '
, [ was absent the past week at Lawrence,
and there attended the first Mass Free State
Convention 1 ever attended in Kansas; Hun
dreds were present’from all parts of the
Territory, and I listened to many able and
eloquent speeches. On my arrival there on
Tuesday night, 1 found the Free Slate boys
were all rejoicing over their return from Le
cempton, bringing all the muskets and sabres
in the possession of Gen. Denyer and the
authorities there —250 of the foiiroer and 75
of the latter. These arms werei stolen from
Col. -Eldridge’s emigrant party jwh’tle enter
ing the Territory in X 856. -i-
On Thursday evening the members of the
“Free State Fire -Engine Co. No. 1,” held
their first annual Ball in Babcock &’Lykins’
Hall, and on Thursday evening jnext there is
to be a Grand’ Legislative Ball at the same
place, in honor of the of the fiist
legally elected Territorial Legislature jn
Kansas. Lawrence is growing very fast,
but there is some about the title of
the town site, which is claimed by a Wyan
doit Indian, The large and| magnificent
Free Slate Hotel is nearly completed, and is’ :
a great ornament to the place. |
I. left there on Saturday morning and rode
as far as the Delaware Baptist Mission, twelve
miles distant from this place, then came on
foot. When I got about three miles into the
timber, I look the wrong road [and traveled
about six miles which brought me to the
water’s edge of the Kaw. I there met a Ken
tuckian and found I was on tbet old Military
road leading from Fort Leavenworth to Fort
Scott in the Southern part of the Territory.
We soon got into convrrsation in reference
to Kansas affairs. He said he was a'Pro-
Slavery man by G—d, and [ that Kansas
would have been a Slave State[long ere this,
had not tl}e d— 7—d Northerners poured in so
fast for the past few years. He had always
lived in. Kentucky till the, last three years
which he had spent in Kansas, and was so
fortunate or unfortunate as to gel a Delaware
squaw for,a wife. f
I left him about 4 o'clock; and traveled
hard all the afternoon, and at dark dark came
out on the Lawrence road, a mile and a
half from where I started, land in conse
quence, had to slay at the house of the chief
of the Delaware tribe all night. The man
ners and customs of the Indians are far dif
ferent from any people 1 ever saw. They
seldom work any, but alwajys have'good
horses to ride, being-too lazy lo walk. The
Delawares are supposed be It he richest Na
tion in the world. , |
The Missouri is not yet closed by ice, but
navigation is suspended. VVe are having
beautiful weather; have-only! had about Ib&r
inches of snow this season, which fell several
weeks ago, and melted in a few hours after
ward. j
The Free Slate men will! vote for State
officers under the Lecompt'pn ■ Constitution
next Monday, and as soon as I find out the
result you will hear from me again. Till
then, believe me, jYours &c,
i'F. A. Root,
hctier from Michigan.
Mr. Cobb : While rambling about the oth
er day I chanced 10 pick up a couple of papers.
To my surprise, I found the Agitator en
closed in that mulatto-colored, slaveocratic,
Lecomplon-eyed Journal—the Pennsylvani
an. I was somewhat surprised at the close
communion existing betweenftwo such antag
onistic papers. In looking qve? both papers,.
I find the Pennsylvanian loaded to the muz
zle with the Lecomplon Constitution, primed
with the doctrine of the Union, clanking wiih
the teachings of the new-fangled sovereignty
of the' mulatto tinge. White ihe Agitator
breathes forth the teachings of Jefferson—
restriction to the “peculiar institution.”
I notice in the’ Pennsylvanian an article
somewhat Topeka-eyed.in its argument. It
quotes from the Union to prove the consis
tency of Mr. Platform, his identity with his
(Buchanan’s) position in 1836 when applica
tion was made by Arkansas and Michigan
for admission into the Unioii as States with
out enabling acts. He said ': '
“The first objection he should consider was
the one suggested, rather than insisted on, by
the Senator from Delaware, [Mr. Clayton,]
and that was, that no act had been passed by
Congress for the purpose of enabling the peo
ple of Michigan to form a'State Constitution,
in obedience to whal had bein supposed to be
the custom in regard toother Slates that have
been admitted into the Union. Now, was
there, he would ask, any rqason for passing
such an act ? Was it required by principle,
or was it required by former practice I He
utterly denied that it was required either by
one or the other before a new Slate may be
admitted into the Union ; and whether it was
given previously or subsequently lo the ap
plication of a Stale for admission into the
Union was of no earthly importance.”
If Tam not mistaken, this, is exactly Ihe
position of the Republicans! in 's6—to estab
lish their “precedents" for jthe admission of
Kansas into the Union with the Topeka Con
stitution. .But no! the shamocracy were all
for “enabling” in those days. They repealed
the Missouri Compromise' to "enable” the
South to domesticate her institutions in the
Territories. ' h was all qd' “enable.” The
shamocracy allowed Ihe fliorder Ruffians to
vote, lo “enable” the South lo establish the
primary principles of “domestication.” Such
a thing as precedents werejeniirely foreign lo
the admission of Kansas |with the Topeka
Constitution, But lo ! t^tejshamocracy with
in the past few weeks have applied their po
litical spy glass lo their “Platform.” They
discover so many precedents by which the
unable have got into the Union, lhat the Le
comptoh Constitution should become one of
the stepping stones for future territories, es
pecially if they have not'been “enabled,”—
When ihe touch-atone 6f|slaveocracy is ap
plied to ihe Lecomplon Constitution, it be
comes the vital principle oi’ sovereignty ;
leaving Douglas stripped of hitfoster child,
I should, pot be surprised if ihe next
I fall in with another Ptnntyltanian that”
the same fix as your amiable
friend of Wayne Co. The mulatto jooroals
of this State to some extent are like you,
friend of the Luzerne Union they are keen,
ing “dark,” occasionally rejoicing at the pros’ ,)
pects of subduing the Black Republicans.— ■
The tax growlers are very busy at present.
By the way, of “growlers,” one of the grow),
ers in Detroit, an alderman, called his brother
democrats, bull dog ». Taking this hypothe.
sis we can expect growling. They seem to
BS growlin'g'at one another all over the Union.
Forney is growling. Mr. Platform ought to
send him out of the reach of growlers. He
deserves a foreign mission for bis Union-sav
ing propensities.
The weather has been Octoberish all win
ter, up to the present lima. Hard limes«
the watchword, with wheat at 70 cts, butter
II cts, pork 4,50 and 4,75, and no end to
potatoes at 16 cts, and whiskey the same.
‘ ' Yours occasionally,
Michigan.
eomimmicaUona,
Mr. Editor : As WelUboro is not the on
ly place where the “Serpent of the Still’’is
worshipped, and as your columns seem to bs
open for goose quill castigations on this sub
ject, please accept a few lines from another
quarter. The lime hat been when our litl'.s
town was noted for its quietness and thrift.
fighting and profanity were
hardly known amongst us. But now, alas!
we have them all in their worst phases —
What has wrought this change, Let each
resident of Osceola answer for himself. We
still have many good citizens who are staunch
temperance men, but they allow the rumsel
lers and drinkers-lo go on in their own way,
regardless of the ruin and misery they are
causing. Our temperance men did indeed have
spirit enough to sign a remonstrance against
a licensed tavern, but alter this particular feat
of-giantship, left the field entirely to the liquor
party, contenting themselves with drawing
long sighs, and saying (when they saw their
fellow citizens reeling through the streets,)
Well, I have nor given my sanction to such
wicked proceedings, and again relapsed into
their former apathy. What is it that temper,
ance men are afraid of? They surely have
law, justice and humanity on their side, with
plenty of cases for the enforcing of that law
that need no further proof except what they
themselves furnish. We do indeed have ones
in a while a little pettifogging for our lawyers
I wheiulhere is a collision between the venders"
and drinkers themselves. Drinkee ptosecutei
Vendor for selling liquor, and Vendor prose,
cutes Drinkee for gelling drunk. Finally
upon the second sober thought of Vendor
and the first sober thought of Drinkee tits
suit is withdrawn ; for Vendor is in danger
of losing his sixpences, and Drinkee in dan
ger of losing his dram. So all becomes quiet
again in that quarter. Our temperance men
all deplore the dreadful state of things, but
who shall have stamina enough to move first!
You say Mr. Editor, that we have peace offi
cers, whose business it is to report all disot
derly conduct; if so, would it not be a good
plan for temperance men to see that they per
form their duly, or have them replaced k;
those who will. If our laws are good for
anything, why not have them enforced? li
they are not, repeal them, and make those
that are. ‘Kate’ says in her communication
of last week, that our temperance men or of
ficials rather, dare not enter a complain!
against our liquor venders. This is a gran
charge, and we hope it is not so. We do
not give over our good deacons and pious of
ficials so easily. We not only call upon
them for good advice, but we demand of them
as our right 1 , that they perform their hitherto
neglected duties, and that they look to it at
they love the peace and quietness of titei;
own firesides, the salvation of their own chil
dren, and the good of their fellow men, tbit
this cursed traffic is pul a stop to. We do
not’hurl all our anathemas at the poor jnebti
ate, guilty as he may be; but we do say that
a curse cannot fail to follow him who delibe
rately deals out the liquid poison to his weak
and erring brother, regardless of the entreat
ies of the wife and mother. If woman is out
of her sphere when she speaks against the
wrongs which most immediately concern bet,
wo would like to ask Mr. Dramseller what
sphere she occupies when her infuriated hus
band comes home, a raving maniac, by the
poison you have dealt out to him. If we an
in the wrong please enlighten us, for at pres
ent we only speak the honest convictions of
our heart. But we are waiting for “the god
lime coming.” We hope that “one roan”it
Wellsburo will not forget his promise, as:
we bid him God speed in his good resolution!
Osceola, Jan. 6 h, 1858. E.
Ii will be well for the people of this county
to refuse the notes of the Tioga County
Bank, as roost of our merchants or broken
will not receive them.— Meadville Spirit oj
the Age.
The above named bank is one of those
chartered last winter. We have not bcfort
beard that its notes were. discredited, and
cannot see why the Meadville shavers wit
not take it. Peterson’s January
quotes it at 1| per cent, discount, while ite
Crawford County Bank is roaiked douitfd-
Meadville sharpers should make thei|lo“ J
money good before they discredit the fuc* 1
of other communities. Though we a re' not
directly interested in the welfare of the Tics 1
Bank, as a neighbor we feel under obligatit® l
to say that its notes are so far as we knoWi
as good as those of any country bank in ib f
Stale, very few of them being circulated—
and from our knowledge of those who bay 1
its affairs in their bands, we think them 1
reason to suppose that its hoTes will be cut’
rent while those of any country bank a re."
Potter Journal. .
D— f
In Liltlo Falls, Morrison Co„ Minnesota, Ocli ,
of Typhoid fever, S. M. PUTNAM, in the 24th V*
of bis age.
The subject of this brief notice, was boro in CJ
ington, Tioga county, Pa., where he rcrnnined u ,
about two years since, when, with a mind well* 1
with knowledge, or great attainment* in addition,
his superior natural powers, he left the home «
nativity, sod a large circle of friends for the pn'PT
of gaining a more extensive knowledge by
ing scqnninlcd »illt a wider range ofofyeer.
For The Agitator.