FHOM KANSAS. Little Osage,K. T., Jan. 27, 1858, "Gk.v, , Dear Sir : I have been a resilient of Fort Scott for some time. 1 am a Free-Siale man in principle; and for that principle (f know o( no other cause,) I \vas surrounded by a mob with guns and re volvers leveled at me, and compelled to give them about $l6O in money, an order for five horses, and the key to my grocery and ba kery, which they took possesion of, and all of my other properly and clothing to the amount of five hundred dollars ; and it was wi'li great difficulty that I escaped with my life. They now have the Postmaster prison er without a writ and have fined him- $lOO lor a remark he made about their proceed ings. They have one man a prisoner also. All Fre'e-Siate men have been compelled to leave the Fort to save their lives. No Free- Suite man is safe where he has to be in their company. "We learn also that they are threatening to invade the Little Osage Valley, to capture more men for rebellion, and, no doubt, they will take plenty of properly to pay them for their trouble. . "I am the man who bailed out the Rev. J. K. Stewart, and suppose this is one reason for my mistreatment “D. B. Johnson.” From the messenger I learn that the other person, alluded to as being a prisoner beside the Postmaster, is a Mr. Dimond, who keeps the tavern or hotel. Mr. Johnson, who penned Ihe above statement, had escaped from the Foil and fled to the Little Osage to the Free-Stnte men for protection. He ar rived the evening before the messenger started up. From the messenger I learn further particulars not included in thp above. The horses belonging--to the Free-Siale men who were token in as prisoners of war during the tlifficul ies a month ago, were sold a week ago. They brought a trifle less than the ex orbitant bills far stable expenses which had been swelled up against them. The whole proceeding is perfectly irregular, and all the actors in the outrage are simply horse-thieves. The only wonder is that they look the trouble lo go through even such a formula. I pre sume it was with the hope of getting a le£al title to the animals. I learn, also, that in the Valley of the O-sage the settlers are kept in constant ap prehension of an attack from the Fort Scott freebooters— so much so that they have to lie around and watch for them, and are una ble to get on with their-improvements. They make great complaints of these hardships, and insist that the demolition of the den itself is the only thing that will bring peace to that section. In relation to the difficulties that occurred in that quarter some lime ago, I observed a statement in the Washington journals, pur porting to be from Judge Williams, Federal Judge of the Southern District. I was sur prised to see the statements in it. From my own observation at the time, on the ground, I know that many of its substantial statements were wholly incorrect, and I am inclined to believe that the Judge received nil the information ha thus gave to the public from the Border Ruffians themselves, who imposed on him, and thus used his position and reputation to cloak their crimes and out rages. lam led to believe so by the fact that, while in that section, he is almost ex clusively with and under the influence of the prominent Border Ruffians. When I name a few of these, their character will need no explanation; Clarke, the murderer of Bar ber, Clarke holds, in reality, one of the im portant Land-Office appointments. Brock, who was first lieutenant of H. C. Pate at the battle of Black Jack, In 1856, when the Westport Rifles had a fight with Capt. Brown. Mr, Brock was the person who attempted to assassinate Mr. Bailey at Lecompton last Summer, Fleeing from justice, he has ob tained an important clerkship in the Land Office, IJlake Lillie, the old Missouri Bor der Ruffian, who invaded Kansas, was a member of the first Council while a Missou rian. He is Auditor under Calhoun's Con stitution. His son, a rabid Border Ruffian, is Deputy United States Marshal for that dis trict. Then there is the notorious Hamilton, one of Buford's banditti, some of the rank and file of which are there. These are the prominent, controlling spirits- about Fort Scott, and it was doubtless from them that Judge Williams got the statements he gives to the public over his signature. The weather here is again cold. It is snowing lightly 10-day. The Committee to investigate election frauds are here. Some of the Lecompton men have been brought dawn. One of them, when placed on the stand, treated the Committee with a good deal of -insolence and profanity. It is claimed by some of the Pro-Slavery candidates under the Lecompton Constitution, even from this district, that they are elected. As they were beaten three to one, it will require pretty active (ricks of legerdemain on their part to make out a plausible case. The Convention hill has not yet passed. Special charters are the roge. A Good-Idka.—On Tuesday Town Meet ings were held in Montgomery county. The number of “flondwood** voters having alarm ingly increased in Canajoharie, and ihe'caDv didaies being opposed to *bonky funds,* upon “principle,” a company of thirty persons was organized, properly uniformed, equipped with a long knotty rail, and headed with martial music. As soon as a “greaser” was found, who had sold his vole, he was given a taste /if the “Rail Rode'* through all the streets, to (he tune of the “Rogue’s March.” Our informant saw one customer “pul through” who as soon as he was “switched off,” miz zled like “a locomotive with a tender behind.” —Schoharie Republican. United States Senator Elected.— Ex Gov, Grimes ha* teen recently elected United States Senator from lowa, place of Oeo. W. Jones, whose term -empires with the present Congress. Gov. Grimes is a sound Republican, snd will do no discredit lo his Slite on the floor of (he Senate, The Dem ocratic Senator* from ibe Northwest w* steadly decreasing in number. Mr. Everett has repeated his oration on Washington sixty-six times, and contributed by it $38,000 to the fund for the purchase of Mount Vernon. THE AGITATOR. NT. H. Cobb, -Editor & Publisher. WELLSBOROUCrH, PA, Thursday Morning, Feb. 18, 1858. All Business,and oilierCommumcatiodsmoßt beaddressedto Uie Editorlo insure attention. We cannot publish anonymous communications. We shall ask to be excused from publishing the proceedings oi Court for second week. Cause ap. parent to everybody. The sun has been invisible for tbe greater part of five days. The weather is a conglomerate of sun shine and enowsquaJls—the Jailer cropping out un commonly thick. Casualty, —A little child of Mr. A. Knowlton, of Guinea township, was so shockingly burned on Friday last that U lived but a few hours. The child was about 3£ years old, a girl. Her clothes arc sup posed to have caught from the stove. We have received a sack of superfine Flour from Messrs. A. & C. J. Humphrey, Proprietors of the DePui Mills, Tioga Village. This Flour appears to be excellent for choice cookery as well as for bread and biscuit. Wo cheerfully commend them lo the patronage of the public. We ore requested lo sUte that the Annual Dislri. hulion of the Cosmopolitan Art Association has been put off until the 251 h of March. The shares ar® already taken up lo about 40,000. The Distribution is advertised positively Id lake place on the day giv en above. The snow storm noticed last week, resulted in a batch of good sleighing which continues up to date. We have had fair, yet not severe winter weather for six days and people do not grumble. Friday night the mercury sunk six degrees below zero—the coldest night of the season by two degrees at least. We learn that Potter county is buried in snowdrifts. No matter for that; her hearts are loyal and warm toward Freedom. VVc have received a neat pamphlet circular from the “ People's College,” located at Havana, N. Y. It is embellished with a fine engraving of the pro posed College building, designed by Mr. S. B. Elli. ott, of Mansfield in this county. The design docs exceeding credit to the genius of Mr. Elliott and en titles him to a place among the best architects in the country. We learn that Mr. E. will superintend the erection of the edifice. May he prove eminently successful in his new vocation. ~ CAVTION.—The queries of our correspondent in last week's paper led to on examination of the wares dealt in by C. E. Todd & Co. Mr. A. Foley, Jeweler, ol this place, informs us that their wares are comparatively worthless because spurious. His assay relates to such of their gifts as have been sub mitted to his inspection. It therefore becomes our duly to caution all personsagainst patronizing C. E. Todd Sc Co., unless they desire to encourage those gentlemen. We have taken their advertisement from our columns, preferring to violate our contract rather than to knowingly encourage such advenlu rers. Again we say, beware. Do not trust your money with such dealers even though they give you the full value of your mon;y. Their fairness with us was doubtless intended as a blind. “Still Harping on My Daughter Certain of our bhamocralic contemporaries here In the northern Tier, arc getting into desperate hu mor over the recent events in Congress and else, where —Congressional events, principally. The in. vincible prince of iS’waggcrcrs, second of Bully Brooks, &c., elc., has been treated to a knock-down argument nt the Jist of that “.infamous Black Re. publican,” Mr. Grow 1 “ Disgraceful proceeding I” shriek Che sliamocraCic organs. Mr. Grow is a ru& ian, a shoulder-hitter and a short-boy, in the eyes of our very proper and. circumspect contemporaries. In the affecting language of our Wayne county ad mirtr, "The nation is disgraced 1” Gentlemen, it always did and always will make a difference whose ox is gored % When Brooks as saulled Sumner, without the shadow of provocation,* inhuman and cowardly as was the outrage and per pelraled in the Senate Chamber, these very proper and circumspect editors shrieked—" Good enough for the rascally Black Republican ! Served him right!” Mr. Kelli violently assaults Mr.Grow-jn the Hall of Representatives: Mr. Grow, in self-dc. fence, knocks Kcitl down : Upon this, the organs of South Carolina and Kansas Ruffianism fall to ra. ving about the awful disgrace of the thing! “Ye Hypocrites !” Reverse the case: For words spoken in debate Mr. Keilt stalks up to Mr. Grow without warn ing knocks him down. What would these very proper editors have said to that? They would have disgusted their readers with eulogistic comments upon the heroism of bully Keilt, spiced with male; dictions upon the head of tho “infamous Black He publican. Grow !” It was right for Brooks to fall upon Charles Sumner unawares and beat him nigh to death, without the slightest personal provocation, it Is right for Kent to seek a quarrel with Mr. Grow and even to throttle him; but it is awfully disgrace . ful for Mr. Grow to resent the insult—to knock the puppy down I Republicans will tuko notice that they arc to put up with all manner of outrage here after from the sKort-boy democracy, even to the waiver of the right of self-defence; since the Gener al Government licenses its sucklings to commit all manner of outrage upon the persons and property of such as presume to differ wilti them politically and further presume to assert any rights whatever. We arc quite ready to admit that the Hulls of legislation are not proper urenas for pugilistic per. formanccs ; but wc likewise hold that all times and places are proper for sclfdetence. The blame rests not upon the man who defends himself from assault but upon him who-assails- Mr. Kcitl sought a quar-* rcl with Mr. Grow; the latter very properly knocked Keilt down. Had he fallen upon the prostrate Keilt with knife or cane, be could not have been justified. No man of honor would have offered a word in jus tification of such after proceeding. It wilt not do to blame the combatants in a lamp, as one of our contemporaries does, in order to hide from the public eye the ruffianism of an ildminis. (ration man. It is a cowardly meeting of the truth in the case. Nobody blames you for feeling asham ed of your parly, genlletnen ; but if you desire to relorm your public men you have got to work at the wrong end. If you desire (o coax your Congress men into some sort of decency, don't begin by cov ering up their villainies. If you desire to drive vice out of community or-purly, don't set about covering it up, but slyip it stark naked. That is the way to battle vi£g£. BdFwis it not the only artful dodging to which the so-called democracy are given of late. They we still bent on covering op Uio iniquities of their *»djaiijj& in Kanaala. They think it very danger oaa to permit the Kansas question to be discussed in legislative balls, lest the true slate of affairs in that Territory may creep out in the proceedings. Even in that “tuppenny” concern, the Legislature THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. of this State, the white slaves of Uie Administration arc ordered to employ the gag to keep down inveali ,galinn. >The official menials engaged in lbit des picable business fniay as well forego their labors; there is very little danger to their constituents from a thorough investigation and discussion of any sab. ject, since a fair proportion of those.constituents ars guiltless of a knowledge of the mystery of letters. The truth i«i t that the democratic members of the Pennsylvania Legislature, are nearly unanimously; in favor ol Lecompton, yet dare not permit a resoi Julian instructing our Congressmen to oppose the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Const}, tnlion to pass to a second reading, so as to bring the matter before the house. Such a resolution was of. fered by Mr. Wiluston, from this county, but a few days ago and was rejected by a full party vote. To show in what thorough contempt the people of Kan sas are held by the honorable body at Harrisburg, one Stephens, of Wayne, remarkable heretofore on ly for his unmitigated stupidity, offered a slercolyp. ed resolution proposing that the honorable body do adjourn to meet in Kansas, there to deliberate. The resolution was decided not in order) but its present, ation shows in what estimation the interests of free* dom are held among Pennsylvania democrats. The plain intention of the majority in our Legis. tature is to postpone action upon Lecompton until Congress shall dispose of the question. If Congress sustain the Administration, then Pennsylvania,thro* a majority of her legislators, will give in her adhe rence. The democracy make no stand on prlnci pic. Self-preservation is the highest instinct of the leaders of that party. Even the leading Douglas men denounce Lecompton chiefly because Lecomp. ton threatens to demolish the parly utterly. Forney cares not a snap of the finger about the result of the battle of Freedom, except in so far as it may affect the integrity of his party organization. All is re. solved into one all absorbing inquiry: 44 How shall we plan for the preservation of our power as a parly T** Take up a Douglas journal, and you will find the Administration denounced because its poliev tends to endanger the permanence of the party. Yon will find no mention of danger to principles from the measures of the Administration. Not a word about principles have we yet found in a Douglas paper but we note how very often they tell their readers that the “great democratic party’* cannot exist a day , at the North, if Congress endorse Lecompton. Whether these prophecies be true or false, one thing is certain : While that party preserves its organi zation in the North Slavery will rule this nation. We have the President’s own words in evidence that (hat party has ever stood by the South. Applied to that parly at any lime since 1846 and the President says truly. The so-called democratic parly Is the adopted daughter of the “institution** and the ser vants, the white slaves of the Oligarchy are forever and eternally “ harping upon my daughter.” CONGRESS. —Somebody lias had the impadence lo charge certain members of Congress with having received mnney, as compensation, in some sort, for voting as somebody wished them lo vole. Now, who believes that an M. C. can be bought and sold in the Capitol of llienat'on like merchandize ! The very thought is positively awful! It js charged that a big Bubble Manufacturing concern in Mass, achusctls paid Congress $BO,OOO to shape the tariff in some way lo suit its interests. This matter is now being investigated by a Committee. Some ricli developments are « turning up,” meanwhile, under which Uie ** unterrified democracy” are squirming beautifully. For instance, one man testifies that the British Government paid oor Congressmen and oth er high ofiicials upward of $700,000 lo destroy the tariff of 1842—the Protective tariff,so called. This witness especially implicates Buchanan and Cass in the transaction. The Committee object lo carrying the investigation so far into Ihe past No doubt it might result unpleasantly to some distinguished de. mo-crat.ic statesmen, but the pcopln should demand a thorough investigation of the whole matter and leave the guilty to take the consequences. One Wolcott, cited to appear before the Commit, tec, refused to answer certain questions and was brought to the bar of the House lo answer for con tempt. He asked until next day to purge himself of the alleged contempt, which delay was granted after a brief debate. Immediately thereafter, Mr. Hoard of New York, went into the Clerk’s desk and read certain extracts from the Virginia papers sta ting that the President had been heard In say that Lecompton must go through; that it needed only a few more votes to ensure its passage, and that those voles were in his control. Mr. Hoard moved an in vestigation lo ascertain whether the Executive pal. ronage had been used to influence the votes of mem bers. Upon this Warren, o( Arkansas, arose and protested that his side of the house could not be in fluenced by bribes of money or patronage—indeed they couldn’t! After a querulous debate the dem ocracy refused to institute an inquiry into the man ner and purposes of the dispensation of patronage by Mr, Buchanan. Of course it would not do lo in. quire into a matter which involves so vitally the per petuity of the power of the democratic party. Mr. Hoard should have known better than lo propose so ridiculous an investigation. Pierce bought Nebras ka through Congress by a judicious bestowal of pat ronage and Buchanan will force Lecompton through by the same power. It is said that the first struggic'.on Lecompton in the House has resulted in a victory for the antis. The first vote was upon referring the Message to the Committee on Territories, which was negatived bv one majority. The final vole upon the motion to re. fer the Message to a special Committee carried by a majority of/ear. This victory was reversed in the construction of the Committee by Mr. Speaker Orr, he giving the Lecomplonites a majority in the same. Douglas has been three times defeated in the senate in attempts lo gel the bill for the admiss. ion of Minnesota taken up. Thut ends our chap ter on Congress for this week. Eighteen Months without Food.— Some time ago we published an account of a woman in Warren co., N. Y., who had lived a year without (bod. Mr. A. J. Fisk, of Bello Ewart, Canada West, called at this office last week and gave us certain facts touch ing litis singular case. Mr. Fisk slated that be visited this lady on the 17th ult, and remained in the immediate neighbor, hood several days. She is about 38 years of age, and daring the greater part of three years has laid in a kind of trance, and for the last eighteen months has not taken a morsel of food or sustenance of any kind whatever. She lies upon her back with her head so drawn back that the forehead tests on the pillow, and is thrown into convulsions upon the in. traduction of food, spices or tobacco into the room. He staled further that she has laid one. hour'and three minntes without breathing, and that she lay 30 minutes without breathing while he was himself' in the room. She is reduced to a stale u( extreme emaciation, the abdomen having wasted away s 0 that the vertebra of the spino may be distinctly felt through it. One hand is tightly pressed to the sto. roach and the other is moved violently when the frame is convulsed. Physicians do not understand the case, which is certainly the most wonderful on record. - The name of this woman is Haves. Her husband is a farmer residing in Day, Warren county, N. Y. ’The Douglas Democracy of Williamsport last week assembled and passed a scries of anli-Lecomp. tun resolutions. The meeting broke up with three cheers far Douglas. The meeting was officered and addressed by Messrs. Henry White. C. B. Bowman, Jno, V. Woodward, C. H. Dcebler, Hepburn M*Cture C. D. Emery,C. 0. Eldrcd, George White, E, P. Heberton, Furman Field, H. H. Smith, C. Lloyd and H. C. Parsons. We hav£ arranged with-the publishers of Ihe At* laniic Monthly to furnish that sterling Magazine to any of our subscribers at $2 per year. This Mag ezine enjoys the reputation 1 of affording the cream of current literature. ; The finest writers in this country and in England contribute to its pages and combine to render it in the words of the leading re viewers “The Leading Magazine of America.** Those liking solid literature will like the Atlantic; and those preferring flash literature will not like it. Godey's Lady's Book for March, opens with a su perb engraving entitled “The Mother's Blessing/* assuredly one of the best in design and execution ever published in a Magazine. The literature is varied and entertaining. Peterson has given bis patrons the best specimen of a $2 Magazine ever published, in his March No. The illustrations are excellent and the pattern de parlmcnt is pronounced “very good” by the ladies. A Rich Joke among Rlclx men. Paying 8500 for the Proffered Services of a Coachman. The day before New Year, two gentlemen well Known among the citizens of Brooklyn as “men of means/* named Theodore Poi hemus and William Hunter, met at a saloon in Fulton si., near Hicks, when Poihemus asked Hunter if he was going to make calls on New Year. Hunter replied that be had intended to make calls, but had no coach man, and in a boasting manner said that he would give 8500 for a good looking coach man, at the same time saying to Poihemus, “Why don’t you take the job, you are good looking and would make a splendid coach man.*’ Poihemus acknowledged thecompli men!, and said he would serve Tor that sum. Hunter then Idld him to be on hand at two o'clock the next day ready for service, but demanded (hat if he failed to perform his agreement he should forfeit a basket of wine. The conditions were agreed to and they parted. The next day Mr. Hunter, who resides in Pierponi street, was at his house about the lime agreed upon, with him were most of the party who were witnesses to the bet of the day before, anxious lo see the deaoument. A few moments before two. Hunter temind ed the guests of the bet, and remarked that it would be fun if Polhenrjus did not keep his engagement. A moment afterwards Poihe mus was announced, and appeared, whip in hand, ready for service.: He asked Hunter where his coach was, when the reply was made that he had none. Poihemus offered his own, stating that he was ready to drive according lo agreement. Hunter then ex cused himself, slating that he would not go out except in his own coach. Poihemus offered to get the best team (hat could be had in the city, but Hunter still insisted that he would not go out. Upon that, Poihemus replied that he sup. pnsed his services would not be required.— Hunter replied, “I will take a glass of wine.” “I eame here as a coachman, and shall de mand payment for my services, according lo contract. K I had failpd in performing my pun of the agreement, you would have ex acted the penally nnd I now demand the $500.” Hunter laughed, the wine was drank, and the company parted. No suit has been brought for the 6500, but it will be paid by Hun’er. Both parties are well known as being wealthy. The juke was a dear one lo the party making the wa ger, but as he is able to stand it, it will do no harm arid may tend to make him more cautious in future how he employs coachmen. The proceeds of ihe sport will be applied lo charitable purposes.—2V. Y. Com. Adv. Sad Accident. —As two boys, sons of Zera Brndtey, of Kanpna, were skating on Ihe mill pond above (he Kunona Mills on Sunday last, the elder boy, about 14 years old, ventured where the tco was too thin and broke through. His brother George, aged 12 years, came to his rescue, when the ice gave way and he, 100, plunged in. Together they struggled manfully to extricate them selves ; as they would attempt to climb upon the ice, it would break off and they would sink, and together rise for a new effort, to be defeated by a new break, until, chilled by the cold water,' George’s Strength failed and he passed under the ice, .to rise no more. Zera succeeded at last in getting upon the ice and reached home, but sd overcome by the cold that his strength failed, and it was several hours before he could speak lo tell of his brother’s fate. His. father, fearing what might have happened, hastened lo the river and found where his sons had broken in. Af ter cutting away the ice, the body ol George was raised in about ten feet of water, after having lain in the water ovet four hours.— This should prove a lasting warning to the young who enjoy the sport of skating, not to venture 100 far from safe ground, and we would suggest that it would be well always to avoid it on the Sabbath, while in view of Him who said, “Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.”— Steuben Farmer's Ad vocate. Tne Fight in Congress. —The Schoharie Republican, (Dem.) has the following severe remarks touching the fight between Keitt and Grow: “We have never heard of a more impu dent, overbearing and insulting proceeding than that of Keill’s, and should have rejoiced had “Galusha” given him a thorough flag gellalinn. When will hot-headed Southern men learn to cease carrying out the designs of Nature, by making John Donkeys of them selves in the halls of Congress t A few more such disgraceful exhibitions would be suffi cient- capital for .the “Republican” parly to embark upon the Presidential campaign of 1860. .And then, too, such things give us such an enviable, world-wide reputation—and is a beautiful commentary upon the beauties of a Republican form of Government,and reflects .so brilliantly upon lha spotless purity of the law-making powers I Send such fellows, like Keilt, to State Pris on, but keep them out of Congress.” ■' ■ ; _____ _I I Thrilling Congressional itcniiuis cence. j! I The Albany Evening Journal, jo an inter esting sketch of scenes and incidenis;that oc curred in the old Representative!#Hall, dur ing its thirty years occupancy by Gdngress, thus describes one of the warmest and most memorable occasions ever witnesses in that old Hall: . ' jj On-the 18th of January, 1837; t|e House adopted the usual rule to lay A,hl&£>lavery petitions o it the table; this being denomina ted the “Hawa’s Gag,” and the ‘HAiherlon Gag." On Monday, the 6th of| ifiebruery, 1527, Mr. Adams having occupied lan hodf or more in exhausting his pile of Anti Sla very memorials, paused, and looking signifi cantly at Mr. Speaker Polk, saidi “JT hold in my hand a paper purporting to Be ft petition from certain Slaves. If I should present it to the House, would it go on the Staple under the order of the 18th of January!?” The Speaker seemed bewildered, and hadjjust time to stammer out something about tfflj gravity of the question, when the entire Prd|-Sla*ery side of the chamber exploded withjjjhe most intense wrath. “Let him be expelled!” screamed a score of voices. be expelled!” shouied Dixon H. Lewis, whose huge body, weighing five hundred aeprdupois, came waddling and wheezing towards ihe Clerk’s Desk.” The whole corp|| of Oli garchs were on their feet, screaming,'swear- Ing,-gesticulating like demons. ; Folk plied his gavel and called to order in vain, while the spectators in the overhanging* l , galleries caught Ihe spirit of the scene and!were going wild with excitement. Quick as thought res. olutions were prepared lor the expulsion of Mr. Adams, based on the assumption that he had presented a petition from Slaves for the Abolition of Slavery. Ere they jwfere fairly before the House, they were oflerreqjin a mod ified form by Mr. Waddy Thompson, now de manding the severest censure rather than ex pulsion. Thereupon the debale| jjegan. It raged violently . three days. ■ Dromgoole, Wise and Underwood [leading off •or the Slavocracy, while Cushing, Philips, Granger and others, defended Adams. During the height of the tempest, the to tunda, the galleries, the pf the Capi tol being filled with an excited |brong, the colleagues and friends of MrL Adams fell great anxiety not only for his ijale in the House, but for his personal safety.!- Meantime resolutions were going through various modi fications, all tending lo soften theilj terms and mitigate their conclusions. All tins time the Old Roman sal unmoved in his! place,-the calmest man in the chamber, with; the incen diary petition safely locked. up| |h his desk. At length it began lo leak out that Ihe paper was not exactly such a documehj as the slave holders in their hot haste had imagined it to be. Whereupon, Dromgoole, jejf Virginia, still further modified thp resolutions, by set ting forth that the member fron|{Massachu setts “had given color to the idea!that slaves bad a right to petition,” etc,, aj phrase on which Adams afterwards roasteqj him stive. Finally the pro-slavery side of life Bouse be gan lo suspect that they were] pursuing the negro in the wrong direction |(iat if there was a colored individual in the case at all, he was more likely to be found in the paling than in the petition, and so they slopped lo lake breath. Then Mr. Adams rose! lo address the House. With great deliberation, his voice pitched upon a shrill key| that penetra ted to the corner of the galleries; and with a frail bit of paper rustling in his] aged hand, he called the Speaker’s attentidnjlo the ques tion he had put him three ago, which still remained unanswered, viz.|: j Whether a paper purporting to be a petition from slaves, would, if he were to present it, go on the ta ble, under the order of the lSthpf January? Looking around him with a mingled expres sion of sarcastic cunning and jlofty scorn, which Lord Chatham would have envied, he cried in a voice not of thunder,; but in a sharp, hissing lone, such as lightning might~Be~sup posed to employ, if it spoke at cjll, “ And am Ito be expelled from this loquacious, bab bling House for simply asking -a-question ?” For the first lime the thought flashed on friend and foe, that Mr. Adams had neither presented the paper nor proposed lo present it. Everybody felt queer, while some grave men looked like lank sheep suddenly denuded of their fleeces, it had now got wind that the paper was a forgery, the work of some stupid slaveholder in Washington, and pur porting to be signed by Scipioj Sambo and other bogus negroes, asking the! House lo ex pel Mr. Adams from their body. And now “the old man eloquent” took his turn in the debate. How he demolished one opponent afiei another, scourging, flaying, scalping, impaling lo his heatjl’content—how rank upon rank of Ihe chivalry went down in heaps before his trenchant tjlade—how he spitted poor Dromgoole, and [roasted him be fore a fire of sarcasm, when told him that “giving color to an idea” was not a Northern but a Southern practice, one; of the peculiar domestic institutions of Virginia with which he had no desire to interfere-f-bow the House screamed with laughter/as D.roimgoqle essay ed a grim smile in acknowledgement! of this delicate allusion lo Ihe bleaching chemistry employed by the South to eradicate the dark lints in their variegated population—how he wound up his triumphant philiipic by warning his young adversaries “never again to run on an errand till they knew whijher they, were going”—and how the House [firmly refused to lay the resolutions on the table, but brought their authors lo a direct vote, and finally trampled them down by a decided majority ; Are not all these things wriltqn in theChron idea of the Old Hall of thej House of Repre sentatives. j i j The Executive Mansion'—Pennsylvania has at last agreed to provideja house for her Chief Magistrate to reside ini Gov. Pollock immediately signed the bill providing for Ihe purchase, thus gracefully making one of his last official acts a provision {for the comfort of his successors in office. ■ Gov. Packer en ters upon office wiih a salary of $4,000 per annum—j-five hundred more than Gov. Pol lock received, and a handsome house provid ed for him by the State, j He will thus be enabled ’lo keep up a little j more stale, and practice a little more hospitality than his predecessors have been able to afford.—Har risburg Telegraph. i j From the Northern Independent, Beauties of the Institution. $3OO Reward —Ran away from the sub scriber, from ihe neighborhood of Town Point, on Saturday night, 241 h inst., my ne. gro man Aaron Cornish, about 35 years old.’' Sie is about 5 feet 10 inches high, black, good looking, rather pleasant countenance, and carries himself with a confident manner. He went off with bis wife Daffbey, a negro wo. man, belonging to Reuben E. Phillips, I will give the above reward if taken out of the county, and $2OO dollars if taken in the county ; in either case to be lodged in Cam. bridge (Md.) jail. Levi D. T*a verse. Oct. 28,1857. The above advertisement I clipped from the Cambridge Democrat. Levi D. Traverse is a worthy local preacher in tho M, E. Church in Dorchester Co., Md. Hear how this Rev, man stealer and practical Atheist talks;— “My negro man, Aaron Cornish.” He ac knowledges that Aaron Cornish is a man, end has a wife named Dsffoey. Yet he desires to catch this man, confine him in jail, separ ate him from bia wife and sell him like a beast. Yes, this Levi D. Traverse, who pro fesses to be moved by the Holy Spirit to preach the gospel of love, coolly determines to rob his brother man of the image of his- Maker, and tempt him to turn Atheist like himself O ! how villainous does this man’s conduct appear to me, when I stand at the foot of the cross and hear the dying groans of the God-man, while lasting death for Levi D. Traverse and Aaron Cornish.) When I view the slave through the cross as a-telc scope, he stands before me magnified from simple manhood, into a brother beloved. I call upon the 6000 local preachers in the M. E. Church, whose order he has disgraced, to repudiate this blood stained robber of human rights. I call upon the Rev. H. Colciazer, the Presiding Elder, and the local preachers in that neighborhood, to spew him out of the communion of ihe M. E. Church. When God shall raise up another Fox to write a Book,of Martyrs among the slaves of these United States of America, let it not be found that the M. B. Church fostered this viper in her bosom, after having pul his name to the advertisement above named. Bui I must slop wriiing ; ihe blood already warms my- cheeks, and my pen is charged wiih ihe electricity of a holy indigna'ion. ‘ Jso. Dixon Long. West Philadelphia, Dec. 14, 1857. Attempt dpon tbe Life op the Frbncb Emperor.—A despaich to the London Timer, dated the evening of the 14th, says ; “The Emperor was fired at this evening, at half past nine o’clock, when entering the Ualliaa Opera House, in Rue Lepellier. Some per sons in the streets were wounded. The Emperor showed himself to Ihe people at the doors of the opera house, and_ was received wit h enthusiastic cheering. He remained till the end of the opera. Oh his return, af midnight, he was hailed by the enthusiastic cheers of the immense multitude, who were wailing in the streets to greet him.” The Moniteur, of the 16th, says : “Off their majesties arriving at the opera, three explosions, coming from hollow projectiles, were heard. A considerable number of per sons, who .were stationed before the theatre,- including some soldiers of the escort, were wounded, two of them mortally. The hat of thefEmperor was pierced by a projectile, and General Request, aid-de-camp of the Emperor, was slightly wounded in the neck. Two footmen were -also wounded. One of the horses attached to the Emperor’s carriage was killed, and! the carriage was broken by the projectiles.” ' The latest advices say that sixty persons were wounded, and three killed by the shells which were thrown at the car riage. The conspirators are Italians, and many arrests have been made. - The Emperor and Empress suffered noth ing from ihe event, and on ihe following day attended solemn mass. Tbe Late Affray is Congress. —From the Southern Fire-Eater. —A glorious affiir occurred in Congress, on Saturday, in which a sneaking, rascally, Abolition, Black Repub lican scoundrel, named Grow, who hails from some wietched locality in the interior of Pennsylvania, got his deserts at the hands of the gallant and chivalrous Hon. Lawrence M. Keitt, of South Carolina. It seems that the man Grow had the audacious impudence to cross over to the Democratic side of the house, and while there take part in the pro ceedings, For this he was rebuked by Sir. Keitt, and the*man Grow replied with some Black Republican slang about this being a free land. Mr. Keitt immediately resented this insolence by making an effort to setae the scoundrel by the throat, at the same lime calling him a black Republican puppy. Grow put out his fist (from the shoulder) for the purpose of keeping Mr. Keitt from hurting him,*'»hen thi jratler struck the fist of Grow such a tremendous blow with hia eye that Keitt fell down'from the rebound. Several So uhern gentlemen interfered to prevent Keitl-from continuing to punish the insolent Black Republican, and Mr. Barks dale, of Mississippi struck Washburne, of Il linois, such a j»fbw in the fist with his head that the wig worn by Mr. B. was knocked of. It is hoped that this decided course, on the part of our gallant Southern representative* in Congress, will put an effectual stop to suck insolence as talking in Congress about thi* being a free land. Arrest Upon the Charge of Haviss a Dealings in Bogus Money,—On Saturday : evening, the 30th ult., Mr. L. A. Ensworlb, ’ of this place, was arrested upon the charge , of manufacturing and having dealings U bogus money. The case was heard by Jus tice Anthony, and adjourned until the follow ing Monday, when the accused waived fur; , (her examination and gave bail in the sum cl j $3,000 for his appearance at the June ter® . of the U. S. Court, to be held in this place- .. Mr. Ensworlh is one of the leading faustas** ( men of Williamsport,and his arrest haso®' . casioned much excitement; but *e foroe« 5 making further comment upon it than to **7' j that he expresses confidence that ha wl( :J able to establish his innocence when th*®J j? comes the court.— Lycoming Gv Hon. Charles Sumner is again in k® *** at Washington.
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