...FROM KANSAS. The 'Shot. ; : Fr jm Th» St. Louis lemnait, Jan. 28. Worn several gentlemen who reached Ihe Piiiriiers’ House, last niglit', direct from Kan sas, having left Leavenworth,. Ciijr ’on the ?oth, we have later news from the Territory. Oar informants traveled from Westport 10 Boonville, in company with a messenger hearing dispatches, from Gen. Calhoun to the Cabinet at Washington., The dispatches were telegraphed from Boonville, The tenor of these, as derived from the messenger, is that Gen. Calhoun’has‘thrown out the. votes returned to Gov. Denver, alleging as a reason for so doing, that such returns were not made in accordance with the Leoomplon schedule, und should have been delivered to'hini, and therefore are illegal and void. This high handed measure gives the Pro-Slavery party ■a majority of one in the Council, and a ma jority fif two in the Lower House, besides, elects the Pro-Slavery State ticket through out. The Free-State men in all the Territory are much excited about the matter, and say if Calhoun persists in rejecting such returns, and if Congress admits Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution, they will resist to the-bitter end. We learn also from the gen tlemen mentioned above that the notorious Jack Henderson is still in custody at Law rence, more scared than hurt. We also learn from Mr. H. C. Heming way, who left Lawrence on the 20th, that everything was quiet in that section. One man, the father of Shouler, who shot the Shawnee Indian, had been arrested. The election of the. Free-State ticket had been conceded—Legislature and all. Mr. Stover, one of the Pro-Slavery mem bers elect of the Legislature, had been shot in the stage while on his way from Wyan doll to Leavenworth. The affair is thus re lated : Stover was in the stage, when a horseman rode upwnd called bis name ; on his answering, the person fired at him, the shot taking effect in his face, and, as is sup posed, mortally wounding him. The affair created much excitement, while the party firing made liisescape. Tub Legislature. CorrosponJence of the Missouri Democrat. Lawrence, Jan. 15,1859 An net abolishing Slavery in the Terri tory of Kansas passed the House yesterday , almost unanimously. and will pass the Coun cil with very little opposition. AH slaves in the Territory on the first day of March, are liberated by this act. It will force the Su preme Court to decide upon the Dred Scott position of Slavery, as it will undoubtedly be carried into court- If the Constitution of the United States establishes Slavery in all the Territories, and the people In those Territo ries abolish Slavery by an act of the Legis lature, there will be a serious conflict; and it remains to be seen which will be sustained. Squatter Sovereignty, which Douglas and the Administration have glorified for the last three years, or lbs Supreme Court of the United States. Gov. Denver wished the Legislature to pass an act memorializing Congress for an Enabling act, assuring the honorable body that by this coupde etat all the difficulties would be settled immediately. The matter was discussed and ‘a vote taken, and only one man voted for the They all decided to pass an Enabling act here, and let Congress memorialize us, as they seem to be inclined to do at this stage of the game. Kansas is almost ready to form an independent Government, and if ityf United States wish to be admitted, (et them pray. The Prospects of the Eiecompton Scheme In Coneress. Correspondence of The Philadelphia Press. W iisniNGTON, Jan. 21, 1858, Lately there has been a palpable faffing off from the ranks of the Lecomptonites. Even the Administration, I learn, hesitate to give any sanction to the present posture of affairs in Kansas, so Tar as it has been produced by the "luring frauds for a third time repealed at Oxford and McGhee. Secretary Toucey begins to evince a whole some regard for public opinion in the North, and in the stand which he is now understood to lake, of at least some show of accord of legislative action here with the will of the majority! in the Territory, he is not, I am led to believe, unsupported by General Cass and the President himself. When I stale this, I only express what this morning is the general impression in town on Kansas affairs. It cannot be disguised that Southern politicians are tired of bolstering up the contrivance of Calhoun 1 and his asso ciates, and that—for they looked North for help to elevate them upon the ladder of pre ferment—they are not altogether satisfied with the damaging effect to their hopes of the impolitic conduct of a few rash, thoughtless; end careless men in Kansas. In this view, when defection is, if not winked at, not assaulted with the usual Southern fire, it is not to be wondered at if Northern Democrats, who hive permitted themselves unwarily to go too far, should at once hurry to gel upon safe ground, where they can give signs of recognition of the wishes of their constituents. It is staled, I know, that the Houses of Congress have been canvassed, and that, the Senate certainly, and the House of Repre sentatives probably will jsustain the Lecnmp ton Constitution ; but the statement must be unfounded, for it is a matter of which those who are brought into contact with “members cannot be ignorant that they are cautious of what they say in the way of committing thomselves'on this question. Those who fivor the animating principle of the Nebraska bill, however, are open in the expression of that position ; but the re. tnaiaing members, with the exception, of course, of uhra Pro-Slavery men, do not say they favor Lecompton or anything else, but that “nobody can tell how I shall vole.” If nobody can tell, and the fact Is~apparent that they consult their constituents, who resolution them to advocate the views of Walker and Douglas, the guess is not a wild one to con clude that the chances are rather against Le- COOjptoHr A Urge fira occurred ai Hanford, Conn., on Friday last. Loss 3100,000. THE A(S%A||Ol. M. H. Cobb, Bdltor A Pittllrtifer. WELLSBOROUGH, FA. Thursday Moriiing, Feb. 4, 1.858. *,* All be addressed to the Editor to insureattention. We cannot publish anonymous communieatipns . -We-will- publish Gonrt proeeedings-nesfc week. TJ*e' weather holds' mild, .About one inchof snow. are under renewed obligations to ojor friends for handsome additions to onr. subscription list du ringHhc past week. BcroQLaav.—The store of Afr.CUrk Kimball in Osceola,'was entered by burglars po the night'of the SStti uit,, and goods of the value,o£ $l5O abstracted therefrom. No trace ofthe rascals. . . Apologetic.— -Owing to the non-arrival of our paper until a late hour, wfe are obliged to serve 100 of our patrons with half sheets. This will not o<u cur again. . - * Frightful Casualty. —We arc pained to learn Chat Mr. Elijah Smith, a highly respected citizen of Elkland in this county, lost (its life by a most fright* fat accident on the 291 h alt. Mr. Smith was em. ployed in the Davenport Flouring Mi!!, and while attending to some duty near the bolts, was caught by the sleeve in the spur gearing. Making an eff. orl to extricate himself, he was caught by tho other arm, wound up by his clothes, and while in this po sition one arm was literally ground to atoms, one leg torn from his body and thfe body Jiofribly. man gled and thrown naked upon the floor He lived 1 hours a tier being taken up. He leaves a wile and two sons and a large circle of friends to mourn his loss. Mr Smith was a member of the I. O. O. F n and was buried with the customary honors. Rev. N. JL. Reynolds delivered an appropriate discourse. Tlte Institution at Home* . One of the arguments put forward to bolster up Slavery by our doughfaccd gentry is, that Northern men become converts to the Slaveholder's Gospel in variably, when brought to see the beneficent work, ing of the institution at home . Some honorable gentleman from Indiana remarked in a speech in Congress the other day, that “Abolitionists going u South become fire-eaters, while Fire-eaters coming “North become abolitionists. 1 * The Indiana.gen tleman forgot to apologize for this paradoxical asser tion, nor did he instance any case, or cases of such moral degeneracy on either side of Mason and Dix on's line. We are therefore led to conclude that the assertion was thrown in to relieve the somber-com mon-placc which characterizes his dullest of all dull | speeches. The vulgar belief that Slavery loses much of its hideousneas when viewed on its own domain, has no foundation in fact whatever. There is but one 'standpoint from wliich this system can be rightly viewed, and that is in its moral bearings upon the races it afflicts. It must be looked at in the light of its true nature—as an organized despotism, un. dcr which the most sacred human rights are ignor. ed, and (he manhood of two faces trampled out.— That it is a political evil as well, must be admitted, bat secondarily—just us every oilier moral evil be comes secondarily political. It is as a moral wrong filial (he Church should grapple with it: and until does so hold the system-ita aiders, abettors and apol. ogisls, political combinations to overthrow Slavery \ as a political power in the nation, must fail. So 1 long as the Church is dumb upon this, or any other | great wrong, tbe moat political organizations can do | is to harass the hydra with the weapons of popular feeling. - A friend, born and reared in the shadow of the institution, taught in childhood to depend upon the kind offices of bondmen and bondwomen for the gratification of every childish desire, has recently written us touching Slavery in its mildest form.— The letter was not intended for publication, but the writer's sentiments are so just and so pertinent in Ibis connection, that we cannot withhold them from our readers. Of course names, dates and places will not be given, for good and sufficient reasons: H You would be surprised at the liberality,or care “ lessness of feeling manifested with regard to the u discussion of the Institution in Ibis community. 41 It may be that the masses ignore the vast Influence 44 of the Press, but it is certain that- ■, who was 44 for several years, Editor and Proprietor of .the • , Hera Id % discussed and advocated freely ( ( the snbjecl of emancipation; and this, with the i 4 loss of but few subscribers and of no real friends. 44 C. M- Clay, in my humble opinion, did the good 44 work of breaking the ice—since which time said 44 ice has been gradually dissolving and passing u away, as all other evils will in God's good time. “ Interest is doing its work, silently, but surely. 4 * Men arc beginning to find Slavery a bar even to 44 the wealth they so much covet; thus they are in. 44 duced to lake the subject in hand as they would a 44 counterfeit dollar: It is turned and re-turned, 44 and when well convinced of its worthlessness, and 44 that mayhap it may injure themselves to retain it “ and attempt to palm it off as genuine, they all at 44 once discover that they, too, may share in the vir w tuous indignation against the counterfeiter, and 44 presto i the thing is done: ‘ Seeing as how staves 44 4 arc very unprofitable either old or young, or in 44 4 in times of short crop (silver rubbed off, rust 44 4 coming on) we will be ‘dood Fader* and sell, or 44 4 emancipate; and if that naughty aholitioner had 44 4 let us alone we would have done it long ago. 1 44 You will think me Uarsb. Perhaps so, but if 44 makes me indignant to see religion made the cloak 44 whereby sin is covered up; and to see men and “ women go from selling and separating husband “ and wife, mother and babe, op to the communion 44 table ; to see such qs in one breath, discuss the 44 necessity of baptism, churnh-going and preacher “ worship, and then on the price that such, or such * a tery light colored little girl will command; and “ on the folly of a black mother-making a fuss for , 44 being separated from husband and child,—* 4 as if , 44 4 while mothers and children did not have to be “ 1 separated also I* 44 1 assure you that such things cause my pulse 44 to throb and race with the speed of a locomotive. 4 * And yet I was born and reared in a Slave State; 44 have been wailed on by them from childhood up, 44 and on my visit to Kentucky some fbur'years ago* 44 had, as one of my objects, the choosing and pnr -41 chising of two-good house servants; but a cootin -44 ued residence in the Flower-Garden of the South' 44 West, and a close observation of Slavery in “ all its bearings, have convinced me that Slavery ** as it now exists, is a barrier to good, whether phy. “ steal, moral or spiritual : and this fact has been 44 forced upon me in a community where,-physically u speaking, the slaves are in a roost prosperous oon dition« where they are moderately worked, well 44 fed, and on their frequent holidays, are dressed “ nearly as well and qaite as tastily as their masters 44 and mistresses. Ah, I could 4 a tale unfold,* did “ Itjol fear that yon are already wearied with this “ epistle.** . Our correspondent is assured that we should not r THE TIPGA CPUI-IY AGITATOR. ’ ‘ Ltr < s ’ L yttm of many chapters of “ talc»” from ojaq so weMble to unfoW them. Coming from the hkarl of tjE& slave coimlryVwe submit that the m*llera treated of by our correspondent above, eaVnesrcon eider all on of such as seem determined to ihc rights ot their brothcnr in Eansor The-stereolyped-cry of conservatism ihoold ed forevetind the better motto— u Not another inch of Slave aoil l”- should, bewailed to the Republican? mast-head, and kept there anlil victory perches op en the standard of Freedom. It is now too late to devise other defence's against the “encroachments'oT the Oligarchy—there is but one defense against the machinations ol wrongdoervand that is eternal and uncompromisingly hostile-action.— If s porty throw its prolecliop oroand wrongj of argr kindj if an in dividual appear as the advocate of, or an' apologia! for wrong, or^Wrobgdders—let that ‘party;ibr tint individual be taught that crimes against humanity will not be tolerated. Disiellowship the coldly per. •istent wrongdoer. ' As he is a moral alien, so let the Church outlaw him. Let him he driven out of respectable society. Let him be scourged by the lath-of pobHc opinion. Leljiim fellow his affinities until he coroo on his bended knees aod-askto.be purged of his uncleanness. Thus noy Slavery and every, other moral crime be crushed out?; and they who deem toleration better, wilt one day bitterly rue the dark hour when they foreswore their honest con victions of duty. WHISKEY TRIUMPHANT.— It becomes our duty to chronicle the temporary defeat of Uw-tuyl order in our charter election of Friday last. Had we known what a combination of elements was to be effected against law-and order, we could have an nounced this defeat a week ago; but we did not* We had counted the law breaking, the gaming, the rowdies, the sottish, the reckless and a few of the more thoughtless—all these we bad given to the op position ; but we confess that we did not then think that a deacon of the Church would consent to lead such an opposition as that; we did not then believe that prominent members of the Presbyterian church would lend themselves and their voles _to a lawless taction, and that merely to gratify a personal spite. Yet through such a fusion of elements temporary defeat has ensued to our cause; and wc propose to substantiate this charge by incontrovertible evi dence—by the facts themselves.. Then wo shall drop the subject. ll is well known that during the last year the il legal sale of liquors in this borough has been pm<> ticed boldly and defiantly. It is well known that this illegal traffic has been driven under the nose of the Burgess, and that he lacked the stamina to in stitute proceedings against the lawbreakers, or to direct the proper officer to return those men as by law it is made his duty. And in view ot these facts coupled with the increasing disorder from'tbis open defiance of law, the friends of good order publicly invited all persons in favor of enforcing the present liquor law by the proper officers, to meet in the Court Houston a slated evening, then and there (o put sue!) men in nomination. It was not proposed to form this ticket of total abslinenls necessarily, but of men favorable to the enforement of the law. At this caucus many oi the 'most respectable citi zens of the borough and members of charches, were present and took active pari. A ticket was nomin ated, with men ibr peace officers of unquestioned de termination. No sooner was this ticket known than traffickers, bartenders and their natural adherents, arrayed themselves in bitter opposition against it— even going so far as to bully und browbeat the can. didates, swearing to move * heaven and earth* lode, feat them; for, be it remembered , no rumsellcr or, bartender appeared und took partia that caucus. Well, this opposition at last took on an organized form, called a caucus which the traffickers and bar tenders, and their patrons, everywhere announced as u our caucus**; and be it remembered . tbat every trafficker, bartender and their natural allies, in the village, together with many professing Christians attended this caucus. At the head of their ticket they placed the then Burgess, and for constable, a young man who has ail along joined in the hue-and cry against the prosecution of illegal traffickers, as we are credibly informed ; the balance ot the ticket —the unessential balance—agreed mainly with the like portion of the law-and order ticket. Such were (he auspices under which the two tickets came be fore the people. Now mark what occurred on the day of election: All day long the attaches of the taverns and sa loons fought for that ticket nobly and well ; and in loving converse with these, wc noled certain profess ing Christians, many times during the day. And at night, when the vote was declared, the constable elect was borne through the street upon the should ers of his true constituents amid vociferous shouts w whiskey *. whiskey 1” And until the M wee emai hours ayont the twal,** the traffickers celebrated the. victory of whiskey over law and order. We do not complain of this; gentlemen traffickers, it teas your victory. You worked your card with a skill that a Forney might be proud and you have whipped ns soundly. But not of your own strength. For though a thousand professing Christians should join your ranks the bideousness of your cause could not be covered up. Wrong can never be right, either through toleration or legislation. We should have mentioned tbatthfe law and order candidate for constable withdrew his name out of sympathy for the incumbent, Mr. Thompson, who ran as an independent candidate. Mr. Thompson solemnly pledged himself to do his whole duly U elected and was supported by the friends of hlr. R, principally oat of sympathy for the man, and his family. He was defeated by 17 votes. We have a word for the triumphant party: gen. tlemen, be wary in the exercise of your power; for there ia a power behind yon that jealously guards the interests of communities. And rest assured that neither bar room threats nor a withdrawal of patronage can deter us from scourging wrong, from freely denouncing the delinquencies of officials, nor from a fearless and candid expression ol opinion upon any and all matters touching the interests of this community. We stand ready to back our opin ions and charges with such good and sufficient evi. dence as will not be questioned by respectable men. Docs any one inquire if we believe those profess, ing Christians who voted the triumphant ticket lobe in favor of the unrestrained sale of liquors? We answer, no j yet willing to affiliate as they did, for Hie sweet privilege of spiling our humble self for a frank denunciation of the illiberalily manifested by certain of the citizens of this borough during a dis cussion held a few months ago. Try it again. ' O* Our friend of (he Tioga Agitator t s informed that it is not our province, as conductor of a paper, to advocate the cause of any man or set of .men who differ from us. Wc do not think "fairness" de mands anything of the kind; nor do we think any one is cool enough to expect it, but if there is be is bound to bo disappointed. That's all.—Venango SpectqlQr. Exactly so. Bqt wo had all along thought our Venango neighbor sound on the Popular Sovereign ty “goose.” We disabuse oar mind of that unjust suspicion, half gladly, half sorrowfully. Sorrow fully, because, the position of Douglas is more nearly just than that of Mr. Buchanan.' Gladly, because it is a pretty fair repudiation of the . Popular Sover eignly humbug. Besides, if comes'out bltmlly and unreservedly, which is whet wc delight in above nil thing*. It is oni Attune to disagree politically with friend CpcßiiN, bat he never whiffles sboat. We always know where to find him. Good, so far. The Robertson Trial. Announcement has been made by tele* graph,;ihajf John B. Rojtertson, ,a tyghly; re spectable citizen of Rochester, indicted by a Monroe Grand Jury Ibr conspiring to. murder His wife, has been acquitted. This-caso' from’ •the.commencement has excited, a, good, deal of interest, not only, in the locality where the parties reside, but . throughout the country ; heightened. hy_ibe._.high .slaading-pr. the ac cused with his-fellow, citizens... The princi pal witness against' Robertson was Dr. Joseph A. .Beigler, son of the nolorious aborlioDist now in State Prison at Auburn, to whom, as he alleges, Robertson applied for medicines that would act as a slow poison,-and while giving their effect the appearance of disease would ultimately kill her, while be, Beigler, was attending Mrs. R. as her physician, she being, unwell at that.time. The antecedents and connections of Beigler probably threw suspicion over hi.- testimony ; and further more, he - was but feebly corroborated by witnesses who were placed in convenient po sitions to listen to conversations between him and Robertson, relative to the contemplated murder. The motive by which Robertson is charged to have been actuated was, that he was tired of his wife, and wished to get rid of her, that ha might marry another woman. Beigler feigned to acquiesce io the designs of Robertson, furnishing him with medicine from lime to time, that was to procure the desired result, so- he told Robertson-—but which was in reality perfectly harmless.— After this had proceeded for some time, Beigler communicated the plot to another physician of Rochester, who laid the matter before the District Attorney for Monroe County, and Robertson was arrested and subsequently indicted for the offence. On the part of the defence it was charged that the accused was the victim of a con spiracy originated by Beigler to evade the payment of a debt. Beigler was indebted to Robertson to the amount of $4,000 for which Robertson held a mortgage. This money he was endeavoring to collect, and Beigler being unable to pay it and not wishing to have his properly sold, trumped up the charge, hoping thereby, if Robertson was convicted, to evade the payment of it. RobertsanV.wUe was produced as a witness on the pars of hen husband. She testified that her relations with her. husband bad been in every lespeot-of.the-most pleasant, affec tionate, hind-and happy nature —without a jar or discard of any. kind. In this part of her evidence she wasfujly corroborated by other members of .the/famtly, and by (hose who were frequent visitors at her house, in cluding her brothers, sister-in-law and other intimate and confidential friends, who were neighbors, and in the every day habit of friendly intercourse. His honorable and unblemished reputation from boyhood op, was attested by numerous witnesses. Not a single circumstance was elicited during the progress' of the trial, to detract from the high character be-sustaioed in the city where be resides, with all classes of his fellow citizens, up to the time (he charge for which he was tried was made against biro. This doubtless had weight with the jury. He may be guilty ; but we think all who have read the evidence most concur in the justice of the verdict of the jury. A lifetime of honorable deeds should not be de stroyed by suspicious testimony, however positive. —Elmira Advertiser. Our friend of the Honesdale Democrat, administers the following castigation to the Easton Argus', “To one locofoco paper in the lower end of this congressional district belongs the merit of hearty frankness. We take pains to record the fact not simply as a matter of formal justice, but likewise to show how complimentary we are disposed to be to our opponents whenever they give us opporluni to manifest, which is only at long intervals, our super-abounding benignity. Our cotem porary decides to give Buchanan a. lift in preference to Douglas, and.without the slight est circumlocution or evasion gives the reason (hat actuates it. The reason is so frank and explicit that almost any man would guess half a dozen times without hitting it. What is it 1 It is not, that Buchanan is true to himself, or to the pledges of the conven tion that nominated him. It is not, that the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty is found to ba wrong. It is not, that the Lecomplon Constitution was legally called and its work judicious and proper. It is not, that the people of-Kansas are incompetent •to tell what sort of a Constitution they ought to have, or have no right to tell if they are competent. None of these reasons have any resemblance to the one given. What is it, then? It is this, that Buchanan is - flatly against the New York Tribune, while Doug las takes a course that journal is measurably pleased with ! The reason is not one of sense, and of judgment, and of principle, but of prejudice, ignorance and passion. It is par alleled only by the conduct of the French Jacobins, who would not wear whole and dean garments because the priests and no bles wore such, and hence made it a test of political orthodoxy that men should-go about covered with rags and filth, They would not agree with respectable folks in the matter of decent apparel, and the man who did was unsound and exposed to terrible suspicion. Our colemporary will not inquire into the right or wrong of the matter. It does not care which is right, or which is wrong. It does not matter which. But it hates the Tribune so intensely that it would rather be grievously in the wrong than be with if If the THhtme shoold hove special occasion to' insist upon the impropriety of robbing hen roosts, no doubt our colemporary would take to stealing poultry, and would maintain against all comers that no man could he a re liable locofoco who let his neighbor’s fowls alone. With people so hopelessly demented in he»4 and heart, and given over to the bufietings of Satan, it is useless to argue or persuade.” ' A Fellow out west gists off the following definition of-a widow; “One who ,knows what's what, and is desirous of further Tnfor motion on the same suKjedt.” “'' r ' ■ TUe Tioga County Bank. [COBBBSFOHDESCE.] ! J Welisboro, Pa., Jan, 89, 1858. T. L. Baldwin, Esq!, Dear Sir ; I have lately beenshown several paragraphs in the “Erie CityDes patch'' in which the public-is cautioned against receiving notes of the “Tioga Co, Bank," alleging that it is based upon false securities and liable to go down at any mo ment.--- It is further stated" that 115* paid in capital consists of the notes ofrlhe 1 “Bank op Crawford C 0.,” which last* is atigma tized-as “aswindling concern;' * -operated by swindlers of the blackest dye. I i Feeling assured that these charges, so fat as they relate to the, “Tioga Co. Baak” at least, are without foundation in fact ;j and be lieving that the credit or the Bank and of its officers, demands that these- charges be met without dqlay by a full and - frank- denial, I have thought proper to address you| as its Executive officer, and one well- acquainted with its resources, and ask of you a state ment in refutation of those injurious charges, for publication. Very truly yours,i M. H. Cobb. Tioga Co. Bank, Jan. 30j 58. M. H. Cobb, Editor of Agitator | Dear Sir: I have just received yours of the 29th tost., and its contents noted ; and in answer must say that I cannot; conceive the object of the editor of the Erie City Des patch io making such wholesale islanders, charges and denunciations against this insti tution, unless it is for the purpose of levying black mail or bush money. This institution was organized on the 31st of October last uoder the act of Assembly approved the 14<h day of April 1857, and in strict conformity to its provisions and the provisions} of the General Law of this State regulating Banka &c.; the Capital Stock subscribed being less than that authoiized by its charter!, to wit, $lOO,OOO. Enough of the stock qo subscri bed was fully paid up to organize j strictly according to law, and that mostly lin gold and silver, the balance in notes of various Banks of this Commonwealth, such as York, Harrisburg, Middletown, Mouch Chunk, Anthracite, &c. I think llherc was not $5OO on any one Bank. The officers were elected and the Bank went into opera tion on (he 14th of November and has-been conducted with care and prudence since. Not one dollar nor five dollars of the Craw ford Co. Bank money haa ever been held by this Bank, and 1 am very certain that at the lime the-Bank was organized the Crawford Co. Bank was not, and I do not know that it is as yet. I have never seen any notice that it was doing business, nor have I seen any of its issues. I know every dollar thatj was paid in on the stock, and was one of the Commi ssioners receiving it, and bad U all ip riiy'poa session from the 31st Oct. l4'h Nov., at which lime-1 paid it over to the Directors. So far we have no connection as an institu tion with the Crawford Co, Bank, and as far as 1 know not one of our Stockholders have slock in the Crawford Co. Bank.j- So far, this Bank is perfectly solvent, and the circu lation has ail the lime been less! than the Charter allows, and we intend it |shall be so until other institutions of the kind in this State by resumption will warrant a larger circulation. We are paying speciei'oo all out liabilities and shall continue to do so as long as I have anything to do with the institution. The specie on hand at present is 'not as much as when organized ; it has to quite tin amount been sent forward to New’Yorkifur the pur pose of exchange, which was and is at pres ent wanted by the business men of our Co. You are at liberty to make the above state ment public in any way you thipk proper. We challenge contradiction, and {are ready for any investigation il nnv onejdoubts it. Very respectfully yours, £T. L. Baldwin, Pres' Tioga Co. Bank. Ms. Cobb; Dear Sin I havd examined the statement of Mr. Baldwin above and fore going, and being well acquainted with the elections of the organization and;management of the Bank, certify the same tojbe strictly correct. John VV. Guernsey,) Cash'r. Evidences op Inslnitv.—A. 1 slightly droll incident occurred yesterday in the progress of the Smith trial. 1 One of the witnesses was upon the stand, undergoing a series of questions relative to the prisoner’s insanity. He stated that, at his last interview with Smith, which was just previous lio the trage dy, Smith entered his place of business in a stale of great excitement, talkinglincoherent ly, and changing his subject with.jbewildering frequency. He talked in one Breath about Virginia, cabinet ware, and marriage, and wound up by soliloquising about Kansas, and damning the Adminis 1 ration.; |Mr. David Paul Brown, the counsel for ; the prisoner, then asked the witness “if Ke|didn’l think from all ibis that the prisoner was insane?” The reply was—“ Yes certainly ; I could ar rive at no other conclusion.” Mr. Brown— “ But didn’t- you consider him insane because he damned the present Administration ?” Qh !no ; he was quite rarionatj there. All sensible people, I believe, do that.” Had the occasion been one of less-solemnity than the trial of a murder case, the question-and reply would have brought down the house. Aa it was, a number of the office seekers, who were leaningagainst the walls, looked very much disconcerted at the fact that the only lucid demonstration made by a mailman should take the shape of invective against the pow ers at Washington.—lT. S. Gazette. The car that was fitted up (or the especial purpose of taking President Buchanan to Washington, and called the Bnchanan Cat, was the one in which Gov. Packer and bis daughters were conveyed to 1 Harrisburg on Satuiday previous to the Inauguration, and the one in which Mr. F. A. Allen Esq. editor and publisher of the M’Kean ! Citizen , (one of the best country papers in'the State, the subscription price of which is ten shillings) was conveyed from Harrisburg to Fort Tre verton on Wednesday last, ilt is a beautiful car, magnificently fitted up, designed espe cially for the use of great men. On,each window pane is etched the name of a S;ate, together-with its'coat of arms. “Bleeding Kansas” was hot there.— iPKean Citizen. ©omnumlcatfons. Mr Editor In looking over your Dumber of Jan. 21st inst, our eye fell upon an article written for the Agitator, in perusing the coo. municalion we were at a loss to know band held the quill that penned it. but after reading it through our passion of inquisitive ness was somewhat abated when wt* see si thaboltom the initials of a little town bound ing us upon the east we thought no citizen of our town would give his or her own village such (as (her saying is) particular fits. E;saya the lime has been when our little' town was riofed Tor its quietness "and thrift drunkeness fighting and profanity was hardly known amongst us, but now alas we have them all to their worst phases, what has wrought the change let each resident of Os ceola answer for himself Now ror Editor we will answer to the best of our ability the time teas when those that got drunk were not residents of our town and when turn was not sold in our village, but does mr or mrs. E pretend to say that all the misiry and evil spoken of originate in our town if so positive proofs and a true investigation of the matter to the controversy roust convince them of their eior for quietude we think we can stand up with any of our neighboring towns if we are a noisy people we would hear some thing of it on the sabath we attended church last Sunday morning a large congregation was in attendance and listened to an able dis course delivered by the Rev mr Denting. ir» going to and from church we passed by the place (as E has it) from whence all out troubles flqw but all was still and quiet as the churchyard quite unlike other places of the same name, drunkeness, it is true we have seen those that coujd scarcely keep the cen ter of gravity but where did they obtain their rum, why of our Landlord to besure says E. we say not so altogether in nine cases of drunkeness out of ten the poison Has been ob tained in other places we have seen men (or brutes) come up to our tavern from an ad joining Town (with a brick in their, hats) and call for something to lake on being refused, they say they can get.enough at £. and wheel about and return like the dog to his vomit Fighting, it is true we-have a little fist and toe exercise but the greater part of the exer cises of that kind has been both profesional and Official, because profesional and Official men were the ones engaged in it and that to in our Courts of Justice and all non residents of our tci|Wn E says that we do indeed bare once in a while a little pettifogging for ouc Lawyers when there is a collision between the venders and diinkers themselves and goes on speaking of prosecutions between vendor and drinkee and finally the suit is withdrawn before day of trial Now sir E could not hare intended his (or her) article for our Town. first because we have no Uayers in our town, and second if we had we would not suffer them to speechify after the parlies hats agreed and settled their own difficulty Now sir your correspondent says,we have drunkeness fighting and profanity all in their worst phases, we think this rather a grave charge indeed. Now we think that E has tru ly made a mistake there are towns not many miles from us where morality and Christchan ity are alltnosl strangers but wo have good society; good ministers, well filled Churches, and as good school as there is in the county, A word to mr or madame E If your rights has been trampled .jtpon your privaleges curtailed your peace destroy ed, we say to you exercise your righis as citizens the law is for you and on your side, we agree with you iu pulling down the use and sals of ardent spirits and shall rejoice and be glad when the good time comes and brings with it peace and happiness to every family apd fireside when liplwg and swearing and strife shall be done away and peace and harmony prevail. In conclusion we will say that we think you have done us as a community and yourself great injustice in branding us with such infa my we hope upon your first sober thought you will see where you have ered. Suppos ing some business man of high respectability and moral worth and would be an adornment to the town in which be resides, was seeking a location and should your article in this woRTHV sheelt he Agitator he would say at once no place for me in that wicked town ao you see that a spark with suitable combus tible will soon kindle a great fire, but words -fitly spoken are like aples of gold and pict ures of silver if we know the way happy are we if we be found therein. Citizen. Osceola, Jan. 26, 1838. The BTanheim Trasedy—Convic tion of the prisoners. Anderson and Richards, the negroes wbv were arraigned, Usl week before the Lancas ter. Criminal Court, for the murder of Mrs, Garber and Mrs. Ream, were boih found guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced »t be Hung. When called upon to say why -enlence of death should not bo passed Upon them, they each made a state ment, protesting their entire innocence.— Richards, in defence of himself, wholly crim inates Anderson, alleging that bis silence, or seeming acquiescence in the murder, was compelled through fear of ibe threats roads against biro by Anderson; whilst Anderson, avering bis innocence, ihrows the crime upon Richards. Anderson concluded his statement by siy ing—“so help me God, gentlemen, I am io* nocent of (he murder of them poor womw. They swore about my pap being bloody; but there was no blood on it i they ought» have brought it here to be shown to the jury l There was blood on my womess, but it if there from my nose, which bad been bleed' ing that afternoon. “I am innocent, gentleman, but as tence of death must be passed, I am to go and suffer; but, gentlemen of the Couth I am innocent of the murder. 1 ' The Lancaster Expree* says—“ The oners, on their way out, intimated that thf* statements were made by them in the hup that the denial of their guilt might still,' some way, benefit them; but now, that iWJ see there ia no chance of escape from 1 . penalty of the law, they will j»ake a full •? true confession, to be published _‘‘l’ or I benefit of their families, 1 ’ after their tioo.”—SStrri>Bvrg Telegraph-
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