Lccouipton— I The Army Bill Col ro-iioudcnci' of the Baltimore Sun. Washxctojv, Feb. 18, 1858. The f>ire o ' the Kansas admLsipn bill is fixed. Ii is !o be passed by bolh Houses. 1 dn imi learn tbit the majority of the Senate Committee on Territories have introduced in their bill any qualification or any construe lion of ihe cause of the Lecompton constitu tion, which may prohibit the alteration o( the same. Kansas will be admitted, if at all, under that Constitution, without any qualifi cation or condition, or any compromise or understanding by which the Free-Stale parly is to have th- State Government, The maj irity report and! the two minority reports from" the Senate Committee on Ter ritories are now before Ihe public, or soon will be. J presume they will appear in the p ipers to-morrow. One of the minority re port* was sent to New-York, in full last nigh'. The Army bill cannot, hang much longer in ihe Senaie. Ii is doubted whether even Mr. Seward can save it. The plan sub stituting volunteers is now under discussion. Lieut. Gen,'Scmt favors that plan. The tegular army .project finds no support in any quarter, In up : The increase of the Army hv the addition of four or five regiments.— The repugnance of Congress to an increase of the standing Army is unconquerable.— There are.no doubt, prevailing political rea snui ibr this, independent of potent financial consideration. W Asnixuros, Feb. 21, 1858.—The, de mon of discord has apparently been let loose nn the meiropulis during the lasi two days. Resides ihe quarrels between Gen. Oarney and Col. Sumner, between Lieut. Rhind and (.'iimui inder Ruulwell, between Mr. James B. Clay ami Gen. Cullom, abuul forty others are pending among the naval officers. Two Army ollicers (Captains) had a fight in ihe bather's shop at Willard’s this morn- ■mg. A c.inu «us broken, over the head of one of combatants, and a duel will probably The riu is full of rumors about Messrs. Clay and Cuihun. it was even reported that Gen. Cullom had been wounded in a duel, lan iivy are all false. No hostile meeting lias yet occurred. There are also abundant rumors about Harney and Sumner, which me iqu.illv unfounded. Sumner has gone North and U irney South, to Richmond.—JV. Y. Tribune. Arrest or whole Car Load of Coe.n- Ti;uri;rn;its. —An evening or two since a dis pinch was received at Cambridge, Ohio, on the Central Ohio Railroad, from Columbus, announcing to tbe Mayor o( tbe town that there were two counterfeiters upon the train which would pass there in the evening, and directing him to secure their arrest. The dispatch set lonh that one of the counter letters ;had whiskers and the other had not. Accordingly, when Captain I. H. Morrow’s Irani came along, the constabulary force of the village, operating ppon Ihe explicit and comprehensive dispalclraforesaid, and back ed by an army of good citizens stationed upon the platform, boarded the cars and com menced a setrch for whiskers and smooth fa ces, and in less than three minutes every stranger on the train was under arrest. One benevolent looking gentleman, indignant at the idea of being thus interfered with, said with great dignity '“sir, 1 am a Senator ol Ohio.” “Thai game's been played oui,” an swered tbe constable, “haven’t yon got whis kers f’ The Senator saw that circumstances were against him and submitted. Ano'hrr diew a revolver and threatened to send the whole force to their long homes. Sortie raved, some swore, and in the midst of the general coiilli-ion, Ihe engine snorted and the train moved off. The ollicers were parried to the next -station, where they left tile train and their prisoners. Destructive Fibe ! —Fifteen Puces of IIuSINESS LicRNED !— Loss S-0,000 ! On Tuesday night last about midnight the row of wooden buildings on the south side of Water, street, extending from N. W. Gard ners Hat Store to Finch’s Saddlery and Har ness shop, was discovered to be on fire in (he ' upper part of the building occupied by Chn--. Ulrich as a lager beer saloon. The (lames made rapid progress, and from the first but little hope was entertained of arresting them short of the brick building on the west. The buildings were all two stories except the block in’the centre of the row, occupied by Jones and Gibbons, which was three stories, and the whole row was entirely consumed. The occupants of all the shops in the row applied themselves at once to removing their goods, a large part of (illicit were saved, though the losses of some were severe. Nearly all the losses of merchandise are covered by insur ance, and a large proportion also of the loss upon the buildings. It is impossible to esli mate the losses by the destruction and damage of goods with any accuracy, without inven tories, but we have obtained the rough guesses nf the sufferers which may approximate the true loss. Some are doubtless exaggerated. —Elmira Advertiser. Dang bus of Rahlv Rising.— On Satur day morning says the Bangor Union, a cu rious-incident occurred in a small domicil on Newbury street. A young man struck by the splendor of the full moon arose from his bed at half past one o'clock, supposing it was morning, and proceeded to a store in West Mnreet Square in which he was a clerk, built a fire, swept out and waited for custom.— Seeing that there was no stir in the streets, he stepped out and got a view of the town clock, which revealed his error, whereupon ho shut up store and relraeed his steps home. Meantime the young ladies of the family, hearing him go out and supposing it was morning got up also, but finding their error fastened the door and retired again, getting snug into the arms of Morpheus before the early bird arrived. Not being able la get in at the door and not wishing to discover his premature adventure to the family, be got a ladder and by it obtained access to hrscham ber, the noise of which however aroused the young ladies, who jrushed. down stairs to their parents, with the cry. (hat 8 burglar was breaking into the house. IJe met the whole family in dishabille, armed with pokers &c. but made himself known before serious con sequences eusued. THE AGITATOR. in. H. Cobby Editor & Publisher. WELLSBOROUGH, PA. Thursday morning, Feb. 35, ISSS. All Business,and oilier QommunicatloD*ixiusl be addressed to I he Editor to insure attention. We cannot publish anonymous communications. Messrs. Wilcox & Sears have removed their Provision and Shoe Store to tlicsland lately occupied by John Dumaux. L. V, Wjllisto.n, Esq., was in town last week on a visit to ills family. He returned to his post at Harrisburg on Saturday. We arc enjoying a spell of wholesome, winter weather. The sleighing is excellent. On Monday night the mercury sunk fo 6 deg. below zero at ten o’clock. At half past six Tuesday morning, it stood 8 above. Tuesday was a bright day. We do not suppose that every individual sending us anonymous letters necessarily acts in had faith ; but such letters convey no authority and therefore have come to be considered evidences of bad faith, Wc therefore a>k those who ace fit to entrust infor mation touching any public mailer to us, to write a responsible name at the bottom of their letters. (P”Some people think that they purchase the edit, or of this paper fur one dollar and fifty cents, in stead of the piper. We think they will soon learn differently, if they have not already done so‘ — Lock haven Watchman , Hil 'em again, Dunham. You are hilling a class that exists wherever civilization extends. A friend, writing us from Knox county. 111., asks a flow goes tiie battle in Pennsylvania? 1 see that the powers of darkness sliil prevail, hut live in hope, for truth is mighty. I have not felt so much like getting up on my chair and hurrahing, for an age, as I did when I read the despatch containing the account of (iron’s prompt return of the blows of tlie Ruffian Kcilt. Wc expect at our coming election to elect a legislature that will send a man lolbeU. S. Senate in tlie place of ” Little Dug,” who will he actuated by some higher motives than place or preferment.” N. T. C. N. T. C. is credited ’’good and lawful money,” which entities hi [ p to 7/ie Agitator one year from .March 6, ensuing. VVe trust ids hopes for the regeneration of Illinois are well founded. Illoral taw vs. Law» of Trade. It will be seen from the communication of our friend, “1.,” in another place, that he is by no means satisfied with our answers to his interrogate* ries ol two weeks ago. Nor are we disappointed at this; we did not intend to deal with the moral ques j tion as regards business transactions, in replying to those interrogatories, nor did those interrogatories, on their face, strictly construed under the rules of colloquial debate, demand any such treatment at our hands. We plead guilty to an avoidance of the moral question—the question mentally put by “ We did so, because, us he well knew, wc do not at any lime undertake to defend the laws of trade on moral grounds, and because wc consider those laws so loose in construction that they cannot be other wise than immoral in their ordinary operation. But, preliminarily, be it understood by our friend and all others, that Fourier set out with a protest against these very laws oflradc, concerning the mo rality of which there is no controversy between our I correspondent and ourself. We join him in Ins i hearty protest aga'mil those laws, and will endeavor j to follow, as fas as wc may be able in one article, this protest to iu legitimate results. But first let us perfect some of T’s.,* definitions: For instance, the intrinsic value ofanj thing is simply its tuAere/il, essential value. Thus, there is not by any means the value of Ho cents, of stJccr, in an American quarter dollar coin; therefore, it is not, intrinsically , j worth twcnly.fivc cents. But by the laws of the ! currency it is made to assume the Jiclilious value of ’ that sum. Again, $lOO is intrinsically worth per-j haps S3G. Yet, would our friend loan us $lOO for one year, without a note from us declaring our in* I debtedness to him in the gum of $106? Such a \ transaction would not offend against any law of the [ land. $lOO is worth $lO6 because it will bring so much. Again, our friend thinks that because pub- i litiicrs bold payment for work done, or to be done* a guaranty of good faith, the printer of Walker's proclamations must have believed Walker to have | been President de facto of Nicaragua. This looks very like a non sequilur. So long as a man deals honestly w’ilh us wcarc bound to say so; but it docs ■ not therefore follow that wc believe him to be Jnlius Caesar, or the model man of a hemisphere. Our 1 friend .inquires how we know that a ' patron, whom wc have never seen, exists? We reply, he performs his pnynists made to us, and wc therefore presume him to cxi-t and to possess ordinary honesty. We do not pronounce him a paragon of virtue and pro priety, any more than wc do hundreds of our pat rons who deal honestly with us, but of whose gen eral ' characters wc know nothing. Wc do not re gard habitual suspicion of motives a virtue. To the subject: The laws of Trade are ncccssa. rily immoral; because they spring from the lust of riches, place and power. There arc many strictly business transactions which savor strongly of larce ny. The rule is, that no man can gel r*c//, as the world understands'the term, and sin not, flagrantly* against the Moral Law. Rich men become such by means of fictitious values placed upon commodities. You will be troubled to produce a man who has ac. cumulated wealth except through a most liberal con. slruction of the laws of trade; and we gravely question if ten men can be found in any communi ty, which would be deemed respectable by popular consent, who do not daily contravene the moral law in the prosecution of their business. As society is organized, such contravention is inevitable without such sacrifice on the part of him who should repu diale the laws of trade, as would incarcerate him in a lunatic Asylum. A system of Equitable Exchan ges, based upon the intrinsic values of things as ‘I. 1 hints at, would subject its advocates to the scorn and contempt of any Christian community. Our friend is not ready to dare martyrdom in that field. More than one man has suffered the penalty of be ing wiser than his time, and suffered nobly ; but wc do nut feel competent to the advocacy of the moral law*, against the laws of trade. We sec the evils adverted In and many more, resulting from the laws of trade. For example : The man who appeals to the cupidity of his fcl low-mcn through the Credit system, violates the mo ral law. The purchaser plays to win time, and the seller to win on illegal use lor his money, disguised under the name, profit. Kscry man who buys un, dcr this system, in a strictly moral point of view, is parly in a game of chance—a gambler The man who buys of a Flour speculator, aids and encoura. ges him in his nefarious business. Nor docs our friend fairly slate the moral question in this case. We cite him to the high moral stand taken by the men and women of '76 upon the Tea question. They knew how to argue moral questions with.a regal wrong-doer. They not only protested against British Speculation in Tea, but they would neither buy not use the article. That was a grand moral lesson. Wc arc all forgetting that Icssou—taiing THE TIOGA COU .and except a Utile band of Garrisonian .Abolitionists —better known (o fame as infidel* I Infide&! to whal ? To these- immoral laws of trade! To .the indulgence sold by a false society to those who, for convenience snTd'profit, countenance speculative fas cality by adding to its profits. We plead * goilty to such wrong countenance. The man who, by advertisement or otherwise, ap. pealsj to the cnpidily of the public, commiU.no p£l fence;against (he laws of trade, because those laws are based upon man’s cupidity. All men put their wares above those of their neighbors, or promise belter bargains, or offer wares at a slight advance upon cost; why ? To work upon human cupidity; to make money. Shall we denounce these individa - als as * humbugs’? No; not the men, but the laws i of trade. For, to denounce all guilty of like moral offences would resell every member of community. > The truth seems to be pretty nearly here: Soci ety has decreed that wealth shall, in some sort, con stitute a patent of respectability to its possessor. Doors open to admit him into the 44 first circles,” every path to preferment is cleared at his approach. i Now, where should condemnation fall with greatest \ effect—upon the man and his money, or upon the roUcn-hearlcd social system which says to the am bilion of every man as old'Shnon Smirk said (o his hopeful son; “Don’t forget this dying advice of your father, my son : if you want to bej respected by the great ones, gel money ; if you want to cover up some small sins, get money ; and, my s-o-n (here the old gentleman gasped) remember to —gel—mo- ncy—get H aomehtw!" This is the doctrine of so ciety as at present constituted, and upon its should ers the blame for the evils assailed by our friend, primarily and properly rests. Will he —will any other man in this community, turn coldly from a wealthy citizen, ignore him socially, because the lact that his wealth was gained by constant contra* vention of the moral law, is notorious ? Send the prince of speculators—George Law—into any com munity as a resident, —how many would inquire as to the manner of the accumulation of his princely fortune? Not one of the “privileged,” we presume to say ; nor do we just now perceive any man who could be depended upon to cast the first stone at Mr. George Law, after a strict investigation. All men hasten to advantage themselves by the factitious val. nation of property. All invc>t their funds in that which promises the most profitable return, a* a rote. No branch of business is wholly exempt. The in. ! trinsic value of a bushel of potatoes—by which we mean the nutritive value—is about one-lourili that of a bushel of beans. Yet potatoes very often sell at $1 while beans hold at $1,50 and $3. Circum. stances combine to place a fictitious, or factitious value upon potatoes ; and (he happy owner of a nice crop rushes them into market and makes a “ fine spec I” Did (hose potatoes cost him more than in ordinary years? Usually, no. He was “lucky.” But space will permit of nothing like a Just no tice of the evils alluded to by our correspondent. We shall not defend “ Gift Enterprises,” or Land speculations, or.speculations in any commodity of trade whatever, or horse-jockeying, or monopoliesof any kind. Nor did our correspondent expect any such defence from üb, probably. Every wrong he complains of can be Justified under the laws oflraf fie; but the moral law condemns them. CONGRESS. —This honorable body of public servants has deported itself quite properly for the past week—as properly os a-speliing school in the rural districts. The Union, which trembled like a man with the ague only ten days ago, is now calm and contented as a sucking babe. Our paler famil ias. Uncle .Samuel, lias periodical attacks of hypo chondria and Ids little eccentricities must be humor, eii. If he indulge in extravagant conceits about his dignity and destiny, why, humor him there, 100. Messrs. Seward and Cameron have found one fea ture of die institution which they like well enough lo vole ibr. They perceive that a standing army is tile first resort of men who meditate treason ] against tlie liberties of a people and they vole for the considerable augmentation of the army, Louis | Napoleon secured the army ere lie proclaimed the | Empire. Whal particular ohjecls these Republican 1 Senators itad in view we do not pretend to guess. It would not much surprise us to learn that cither, or both Itad voted for Lccompton. . Stranger things have come to pass—Forney and Douglas opposing Lecompion, ibr example. ' ft will surprise some people lo learn that Uncle ; Samuel is desirous of extending his fatherly arms i around Mexico and Central America, not to absorb i tiiose countries, by any means, but to establish a i protectorate over litem, and thus secure to them tile blessedness of a Republican form of Government! Senator Houston offered a preamble and resolution lo lids effect, in the Senate, We respectfully advise Congress to lake into consideration the condition oi some (our or five millions of people within its juris, diction who have not yet enjoyed the blessedness of Freedom. The United States established a sort of protectorate over Texas, at that time but a revolted province of Mexico. U discovered, however, that absorption was the true policy and so Texas was swallowed up, debt, boundary lino and all. That is the kind ol protectorate Mr. Houston projioscs to establish over Mexico and Central America. Mr. Toombs advocated the protectorate. He con sidcrcd the lime for action not fir distant and thoH it best for tliis Government to lake instant action. Mr. Hale came to the rescue with an ampndment selling forth that, as a stale of colonial dependence U unfavorable to the practice of Popular Sovereign ty, therefore the Committee on Foreign Relations be instructed to inquire as to Canada and other British possessions in America. This humorous turn of the matter disconcerted the and so the reso lution of Mr. Houston was tabled. The special Committee to wlmh the Lccomplon Message was referred, refuse to institute a rigid in vcsligalion of Kansas uffdrs. The Administration seems determined to put Lecompton through. We prophesy its success. We should have stated last week that Mr. Keill publicly apologized to the House for his bad con duct toward Mr. Grow, and stated that the blame of the affray properly rested with him. lie also stated that he was not conscious of having been knocked down. He is entitled lo the benefit of the doubt. A Westers View. —“Wo do noi approve of thsse disgraceful personal assaults, which are becoming so frequepl in deliberative as semblies, and think that gentlemen would find other modes and other places fur re dressing their grievances. When assaulted, self-defence is an impromptu of nature, and all the fault we find with Mr. Grow is that.he was not more emphatic in his punishment. When Charles O’Malley had gotten into a muss, and was relating if to his veteran monitor, Considine, the latter lectured him very severely fur throwing a wine glass at his antagonist, saying that it was foolish and unwise, but thoughtfully added ‘a cut glass de canter, seized by the neck, well aimed, and forcibly thrown, I have known to do good at a short distance.’ In like manner we may suggest to Mr; Grow; that a-few bruisers about the head have been' known to (bllotv up a knock down very advantageously.—‘St. Lrv’t Dcvocrnt, N-TY AGITATOR. ®ur eonrejioniJriur. Quixdaro, K. T., Feb. 3, 1858. City organization—Election of oJftcers—A nears progress—Frauds on the 4th of January—Jack Henderson arrested and' tried—Mormon Expedition—Opening of Navigation, <%-c. dye. Friend Core : The great topic in this place for the past few days has been the or ganization of a municipal government. The election for officers came off yesterday, and Alfred Gray, dno of our distinguished and enterprising citizens, was chosen Mayor by a handsome majority. One hundred and eighty-three voles were polled, and several of the officers were elected almost unanimously. One would imagine this to be a large place, and surely, if they come here they would not be disappointed, for the original town site covers about 700 acres, and now the city extends 2J miles up and down the Missouri river, and two miles back towards the Kaw. This lakes in a great deal of land owned by heartless spectators. But very few persons dream that we are living in a vast wilder ness—not one third of the site yet being cleared; nnd that we are visited nightly by wolves and wild cats which prowl around our doors and disturb many people by their howls. It is just one year since Quindaro was “staked out,” and at this day there are no less than 800 inhabitants here, and over one hundred buildings, a great many of which are built of stone and are from three to five stories high. The business men say that there will be no less than two hundred buildings erected here this year. They are making arrangements to bridge the Kaw river, and as soon as this is done the whole trade from Southern Kansas will all come to this place instead of going to Kansas City, Mo. I heard a short time ago, from a gen tleman who lives on the Neosho river, that the people in that valley had paid over §50,000 the past year to Kansas City. In this place now, thejre are two excellent ho tels, seven stores, three groceries, and several .shops which 1 have not lime to mention. The amount of money expended in buildings the past year is about §125,000. Since I last wrote you 1 have learned but very little in regard lo the Election on Ihe 4th of January. The lalesi rumor is, that Calhoun has declared il in favor of ihe Pro- Slavery party and the latter have their cer tificates. This county went Free-State by a majority of 154 ; but owing to some hocus pocus at Delaware Crossing on the Kaw river, il has gone 500 majority Pro-Slavery. The original vole was 43, hut some one is charged with placing a figure sal the left hand, making it read 543. J. D. Henderson, late editor of the Leavenworth Journal , carried the returns lo Leavenworth, and has been charged with committing the fraud. He has had a trial in Lawrence and Leavenworth, hut of course knows nothing aboul it. The Lecompion Constitution was voted down by an overwhe'mlng majority. 1 wrote you that Calhoun bad fled lo Illi nois, but 1 learned a few days after that lie was on his way to Lecompion. escorted by two companies of U. S. Dragoons. The Mormon expedition is now attracting the atteniion of a large numtier of citizens of Kansas. Wm, A. R.ussell of Leavenworth has Ihe contract for laking Government stores across ihe plains, and is now gelling three thousand ox yokes made. Nearly all the teamsters who’went across last year are now there, and probably will be called on lo fight Brigham Young and Mormondom, There will be a great deal of excitement in Utah the coming summer, and no doubt 1 will be some tail fighting, for the Mormons nre making preparations lo resist the U. S. Guv eminent. Hundreds in Missouri have offered their services nnd should there not he troops enough “Uncle Sam” will have no difficulty in gening volunteers. The trains will leave Furl Leavenworth about the middle of Mav, or first of June. Il is expected that the Troops will leave here early, and reach Sail Lake City sometime in June or July. The Missouri river is not yet closed by ice, and the “Union Line” ol first class boats which will run daily between Si. Louis and St. Joseph, have advertised to commence their regular trips the 15 h of this month. The business men in S'. Louis are making pteparaltans for the largest immigration that ever came lo Kansas, and from whal I can learn there will be at least 200,000 persons here this year. Real estate is advancing very fast, and by the first of April will be held al a high figure. Yours Truly, ' F. A. Root. “Samivel! bf.vare of Vidders.’* —The Schenectady Reflector is responsible for the following: Quite a mistake lately occurred in a love affair at Duanesburg. A couple of young ones agreed to elope together, and by some mistake in life preliminary arrange ments, the gentleman put his ladder up lo the window of the room next tolheone in which his sweetheart slept, and which proved lo be that in which her anxious mamma, a hand some widow, reposed. , She turned the mis take to her’own advantage; got into his arms; returned his -affectionate embraces; was borne by him to ihe carriage, and by preserving becoming silence until daylight, kept him blind of his error, and by the po tent power of her blandishments, actually charmed him into matrimony with herself. We give these facts on the authority of a re sponsible correspondent. Stolen Horses Recovered.— On the 2d insl., Officer Robinson of Hornellsville in company with Sheriff Cummings of La Grange county, Indiana, succeeded in recov ering a span of valuable horses, stolen in said County lust month. The horses were found in the possession of John Woodard and Charles P. Drake in the town of Jasper. One of the principal robbers, Payne by name, Is now in jail in La Grange county for stealing these horses. He told the Sheriff where the horses could be found. Messrs! Woodard &'Drake kept a Hotel in La Grange county two or three years ago. From La Grange they moved to Ohio, and last Ohio her they returned to Jasper where they had previously resided, Drake fainted away when the officers'made known their business. —Corning Democrat. ~ * ©omhuuiications. Letter from Wiscousiu. .Friend Core; Although a stranger lo you I take the liberty of thus addressing you, thinking that soke might be pleased to bear from me through the mediunjof your paper. I do not profess to be an able writer, but this being my first I hope -that 1 may claim a share of your indulgence. . I have been a .resident of your county six years and have become acquainted with many there nnd have scraped acquaintance with a few in your place. I have, fthile a resident of Tioga Co. known of manjLgoing lo the west end have often wished (hit I might be one.ofihe num ber as I have sde n them take their’departure to try the realities of a western life. 1 have often read sketches penned by those residing in traveling through the western country, some extolling it and others decrying it and have as often thought which might be the true representation of it. Of this I have on ly to say, while the one is entirely overcome by the beautiful scenery and the richness of the soil, sits down and writes his vfew-s which in an excited moment tend to exaggeration ; the other on getting here expects to- find every convenience within his reach—the very staff of life growing spontaneously withinothing lo do but pluck the golden grain—gelling rich in a moments’ lime ; is thus disappointed and can find no words his dislike of the west. I trus', therefore, that whatj I may say in regard to the west will come from an un biased mind. As a matter of fact, the west has her inconveniences on the-one hand, which are fast being overcome;! while on the other, there are privileges here that the east can never have. The west is yet in its in fancy ; not many years ago thfe red faces wandered-here and there and were the sole occupants save the wild beasisj But they are gone; they have given way ! to the sure and rapid progress of the while man, and now, where once the wigwam stood and the war whoop was sounded may be seen villages and cities, and the merry songjOf the plough boy is heard as he bids, his team speed on ward. It would not be surprising to many to tell them of the progress of this country, stilLthcre are a few who know jhat there is such a place a? the west and that many are going there, but are-noLaware pljlhe advanc menl of arts and sciencesbeing i made there. To such 1 would'only say, that ijf they do-nol believe the west, or this ponionjof it whpre I reside to be what I represent it lo be, then just come and see for jourselved. The west can boast of having- as true, noble, and gen erous hearted people as can any;other coun try ; lo be sute there are exceptions in ail cases, but there are men here ;»ho are wil ling to help those who are willing to help themselves, and nowhere qan you find men who have the bump of go-aheadiciveness more fully developed than here. Before I finish my correspondence I shall allude to one who is every way worthy of ihe name of a never tiring, public spirited man ; one; who, though defeated in making this town what it might have been, has still that go-ahead principle about him that he has sought! out a splendid location on the west side ofjthe Mississippi and is bound to build it up, qf |»hich l.shall give full details at some future time. Here we have tjhe farmer, the mechanic, the mer chant, the physician for both and body, and each moves harmoniously in his sphere. There are men here for the different branch es of business, and plenty of work for men of different trades, VVe are: blessed with a most worrhy minister of the gospel, the Rev. Mr. Card of La Cross, who labors incessant ly for the salvation of ihe uhgodly, the re claiming of the backslider, and’lhe continu ance of those who love Christ -to love him still. I believe that he has'lhe assurance every day of the good of his labors by the conversion of many. We hive schools in nearly every village and district, thus depriv ing none of educating their children. We are having a good school in, ’this place the present winter, the whole number of scholars being about ninety. Wisconsin can, I be lieve, boast of having as good a system for schools as any of her sister slates. As for the advantages i.i Wisconsin,'there need be but Utile said, as every one that knows any th ng about it knows they are many. Wheal and corn are raised in abundance, as well as oats, potatoes &c. Gaiden i sauce can be grown here with but little trouble. As yet there is but little fruit grown In this section, but farmers are seeing the need of. it and are preparing to meet that deficiency by selling out orchards; thus in a few! years there will be plenty and lo spare. As Jfar cattle is concerned, I see no|reason why they cannot be raised with little! expense, as the range for them is large, and tjie privilege for cutting hay for their winter use, great. Wood is plenty, and for aught I know the prospect for having wood at a fulurejday is as good as at the east where they are culling it down, and burning it by Ihe acre and tens of acres. Lumber commands a high price, sljill there is plenty of it, and you would judge of the free use of it in the erecting of buildings that the cost was but little. ; Lumbermen pay their workmen high prices, consequently they must demand a high price fotf their lumber. There are many men employed here in that business, there being no less than ten steam saw mills within a few milesjof this town. — Could some of those hard working men whom Fused to know at the east! who can barely get a living from hand to mouth, from the iacl lhal lhey are obliged (id work for small wages, and most of themare compelled to trade it out at the store ana compelled to pay more for goods than we nijo hero at'the west, I do not say this, meaning )hat it applies to all, but there are those by -whom these few lines will be read who will sustain me in say ing what I have said. Could they, or at least would they come here, they might find a rem edy for living as they noW live. To be sure, butler, eggs, and sometimleq pork, demand a high price (though I belidve pork can be bought in the lime of year for buying it from 86 to 89 per hundred) still that is not saying that a man cannot keep if |cow to make his own butter, hens ' to lay his eggs, and a pig to make his pork, which |a';frugal man who can will always bb sure to! have, and once got, the expense of kdeping-theha is but slight. Mechanics of nearly alt kinds can . find ready employ here, andj ats I have said be fore, at a fair remuneration. I think 1 am justified in saying that a (e*rmechanics, w . pecially stone masons, could do no better than by coming here in the spring. The school roaster or mistress who is capable of leacfaino a good school, can find plenty here to do and fair wages given. The district school in thij place is paying forty dollars per month. ’ As for farmers, there is a good chance; there being plenty of land to be had and that which is “A, No. 1.” There is, as a gene, ral thing, a ready market for all kinds of pro. duce a farmer may have to sell, which in»a. riably brings the cash, or that which is as good to him as the cash. One word more and I will weary your p», tience no longer ; and that is to those who in. tend to earn their bread,by the sweat of their brow : you will ever be welcome to the hos. piialiiy of those that have preceded you i n the west, should you ever desire to come to. this country. In my next I shall try and gi»a you a description of this place, La Crosse, and (be new city on the opposite side of the Mississippi in Minnesota territory. We hare had very mild weather this winter so far with but little snow. L. G. Wright. Onalaska, La Cross Co. Wis. Feb. 8. ’53, 'Mr, Cobb;, 1 have considered your replies to my interrogatories in your Ibst issue, and 1 must acknowledge that notwithstanding the best intentions 1' have been unable to change my yiew of the subject. Without intending to impute to you a da sign to dodge the question I am yet compelled’ to say that your replies appear to be mainly irrelevant; or that they fail to meet the ques. lion at issue. You argue as if a decision was to be made under life laws of trade, the cus toms of the country or the statutes of the. Stale, whereas, although I did not so stale it, yet you could not well fail to see that it is a simple question of morals; consequently [ cannot allow you to say “we shall nut decide whether these gift associations give value in goods for money received, or whether they can afford, to make any gift whatever, or whether they do-as they propose or no,’’ and “content yourself with the assurance that their propositions accord with legitimate busi ness transactions.” The man who having it in his power to da so, forestalls Ihe market and compels a starv ing people to purchase flour at an exhorbitant price, does it in accordance with the ‘‘laws of trade, it is a “legitimate business transac- still you condemn it; yet here is but one criminal, while in the matter under con sideration, thousands are made particeps crlminis if there be wrong in it at all. You assert that “a thing is worth what it will sell for,” by the laws of trade; a sold watch which retails for 850 may be intrinsi cally worth 825, or less, and yet be a good watch for the price at 850. The law of trade referred to I suppose to be that defined by Shakspeare, thus r “Gel money lago, honest ly if you can, but get money.’ 1 “Intrinsically ; really, truly”— Webster, Can the watch Thai is really, truly worthless than 825, be a good one for the price at S 50!" But Todd & Co. convinced you of their gen uineness by paying you in advance, and you say, “printers consider this a sufficient evis dence of Ihe genuineness of their patrons, a humbugs invariably cheat the printer.” My dear sir, if you make this declaration serious ly and truly, then you and the rest of your fraternity have my most sincere sympathy, for you are the worst cheated of mortals.— But you could not have meant it, as event child knows that the press is the great lever by which is foisted upon community every arrant humbug, in this httmbuging age ; from the great political humbug- at the “White house,” down through all the long, long line to the last and lowest vender of “all healing balsams” or wooden nutmegs ; and they pay the printer. You say also “it is a rule with publisher*, to hold the payment of such matters a guar antee of good faith”'; if this has any appli cability to the question it must mean that those who pay are truly what they profess to be; bv this rule the printer who struck off Geo. Walker’s proclamations fully believed that the great Filliboster was truly and really the Ptesidem of Nicaragua ; provided he paid for the printing. { cannot agrte with you that “hi gambling there is no value received, all is risk,” let us s-’e: A plate of oysters properly consists of one dozen and “fixins,” sold cooked, at two shillings; Mr. B. sells oysters, and wishes to ■ increase his gains by increasing his custom ers ; he must attract them by some other lbs ll the ordinary “value received” inducement No man counts his oysters when eating them, and Mr. B now gives nine for a plate, or he - put chases an inferior article at a lower price and be now makes a moderate profit and s:s cents over on each plate; he advertises tbs’ he will sell oys'ers at two shillings and give to each customer a sum varying from sir cents to sixty dollars, the precise amount to be determined by lot, a cast-of the dice ot pitch of a penny, (no mailer which:) the cur- f tomer would by the “laws of trade” gel “val- I ue received” in oysters for his money, yet ! what law but that of the gaming table would govern the “gift 1” : Your supposition in relation to Mr. Youag f; and his sugar gift is irrelevant as you stnt* it, inasmuch as the pound of sugar is a fa* l quantity; lut “I thank thee Jew" for su la't ly staling vlyat would be an honest business transaction,'and thus enabling us to comps l * it with its bastard brother of the gambliuj “gift scheme” as above. In your example of the man- and his bat* "" you again avoid the question at issue;® 1 I man disputes the moral right of any man 15 --‘ilj give away the profits of an honest busine**' provided lie avoids doing harm by the distrt button, but we are to remember even here, . y that wrong giving is no more Justifiable wrong getting; and the roan has no Figb ;tf such distribution so to appeal lo the inotdiu 5 ' cupidity of his fellow men os to induce ih*® often lo purchase what they do not want, a ® always at a high price, by trusting them w' l an accidental chance of grasping unearc* gain. Finally, that these “gilV schemes’’ do *P peal 10 the same feelings and passions a s “°y gaming, is evidenced not oply by the f aCl j-i they are a “catch penny” inducement ■ M out upon the world ytheo the just m°'> v ® value received has failed to secure c“ al ■ but also by their effect upon the , those who swallow the bait. W® !Pf f|
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