The Chicago Times on tbe Adnilu-
fstratiou.
' Wit AT TUB EDITOR SAW AT WASHINGTON.
Trmtr'thr! Chicago Times, (Donglaa OrgaiiyHarch 17.
S.ime ten d,tiys ago we Avert! down to Wash
ington—lo see'old friends' to talk over poli
lies, and witness, as far as. ao outsider could
rio so, the extraordinary position of affairs
there at present. We staid in tbe great city
live days, arid iri that brief period we saw
enough jo satisfy us that personal and politi
cal depravity never had" such a harvest as
-thev are now reaping in the federal city.
Offices are bought just as openly as a
butcher buvs the beef intended for his custo
mers. Office brokers have the tun of the
senate ante-chamber, of the several depart
ments and trio executive mansion; and the
actual aum of money to be paid for an office
is as publicly named by these brokers and
their clients, as tbe prices of dry .goods are
named between a dealer in those articles and
bts "customers. Corruption stalks through
city not in disguise, but with unblushing
■frontand exalted mien; the lime for vice to
Beek dark lanes and private places for its op
erations is gone by, and now men are bought
and sold, votes purchased, and all the detesl
able traffic in the hopes, weaknesses and sor
rows of human nature are carried on without
shame. The cause of this great change is
to all. Fraud rules the cabinet and the
senate. Fraud—deep, malicious, infamous
fraud upon the people of the union, upon
Kansas, and especially upon ihe democratic
parly —is set up ns an object of worship.
The Lecomplon fraud has become another
molten calf, and ihose who have set it up for
worship have “corrupted themselves.” This
is (he god which is worshipped at Washing.
lon. To secure an homage lo ii, all men
who hold office are obliged lo swear that it is
the true god; all men who hold office are
taxed heavily of their monthly earnings 10
raise a fund to be sent forth into the West to
corrupt other men ; all men holding office
who do not bow down and worship ii are
hurled~from their places, and olher persons
are chosen who, having neilher personal hon
esty nor polilical principle, are willing lo do
aiiy act which will obtain a reward in money.
In half, a dozen rooms in the Capitol as
many “investigating committees” hold their
daily ‘ sessions. These comminees, are en
deavoring lb bring to light the crimes of the
days gone by, and yet speculauon and fraud
march through the halls of ihe Capitol, are
lo be found in many of the department, and
boast of their daily operations. Inve-iign
'lion is blind to ihe enoim’nies of the present
—it is 100 busy hunting old robberies to be
stow either time or atlemionjio the crimes be
fore its face.
Ouf i( has (hat even in (he lowest
depths of hell there is a lower still—so in
Washington, rascality has its favorite haunts.
Da you wish (o see the man who in cold blnod
shot down his neighbor, his countryman,
without any other provocation than to gratify
pariy hatred and the brutal propensities en
gendered by habits of drunkenness? Do
you wish to see a gang of men of every age
from twenty-five to fifty, old in the mean
er habits of border life, and alt mean tn the
most shameless deeds of depravity ? Do you
wish to see men who boast of cold blooded
murders, of thieving forays, of fraudulent
elections, of forged official papers, of bloated
faces and frames worn down by all excesses
cjramon among men lost to self-respect and
common decency—if you wish to see these
men, go to Washington and hunt up the dele
gates to the Lecompton constitutional conven
tion and their followers, Imagine to yourself
the desperadoes, bullies and ou'.casts, even of
Kansas, and your fancied picture will fall
short of the real living tableaux presented by
the ‘/citizens of Kansas in Washington,’* who,
it is said, visited the president a few days ago,
and assured him of the strong feeling of ad
-miration they entertained for him.
One-hall of ihese cm throats and ballot
box staffers are awaiting their commissions as
officers of the general government. Land
offices, Indian agencies, mail agencies, &c.,
are to be beslowed upon these outcasts as
soon as the democratic pany at ihe north
shall be defeated in every stale in which
Lecompton fraud shall be endorsed.
Lecompton, in all its hideous deformity,
overshadows all things at Washington. A
defaulter was recently summoned there, and
the alternative was offered him, five years in
the penitentiary, under the sub-treasurj) law,
for taking public money, or an office and a
declaration in behalf of Lecompton. He
chose ihe office; but what a commentary up.
on Lecomptonism, when to support th-u mea
sure is considered an offset in degradation to
an imprisonment of five years in the peniten
tiary ! "
The same determined feeling to make all
men and all things—public interest and pub
lic right included—to submit to Lecompton
ism, pervades all places. The greatest men
at Washington are some thirty members ol
Congress, whose sole aim is the dissolution
of the Union; they are frantic with delight.
The disruption of the democratic party north
will promote the designs of such men as
these. The Lecompton measure is such a
gross violation of all the pledges made in the
north during the presidential canvass, that
the dtsunionists judge rightly in supposing
that no man at the north who sustains it can
hope lobe sustained. And on the other hand,
they agree that if the Lecompton men can
muster streng'h enough to defeat the democ
racy, that then republicanism will possess Ihe
whole north. Such a result they hope to
achieve by the passage of the Lecompton
measure.
Noble Act by a Boy.—The Harrisburg
Gerald ?ays: A boy recently discovered a
large tree lying across the track of »he Penn
sylvania Railroad* between Lockpori and
New Florence, and knowing that a passen
ger train would soon arive, hoisted his hand
kerchief upon a stick, and waited the approach
of the train. The engineer stooped, and
when the..passengers saw the great danger
from which they had escaped, they were
"Wfed with gratitude, and raised a purse for
"him, which be refused to take, saying that
he “only wanted to save them from gelling
faun.”
Dr. Pollock-, brother of the Ex-Governor
was thrown out of his buggy, at Williams
port, on’the llih inst., and bad his collar
bone bioken.
THE AGITATOR.
51. B. Cobb, Editor & Publisher.
WELLSBOROUGH, PA.
Thursday Morning, ApVin,~Wlss,
%* All Business,and olficrComraunicalionsmual
be addressed to the. Editor to insure attention. *
\Ve*cannot publish anonymous communications.
The sale of the Plank Road is adjourned to the
24th of April inst.
Dr. Eaton, dentist, of Elmira, will bo in Wells,
horo on tbe 13th and 14th insts.
Mr. D. H. Smith has vacated the Weli&boro Hotel
and the establishment will hereafter be under con
duct of Mr. Sayre, late of Horeelieads, N. Y.
Lccomplun passed the Senate by a vote of 33 to
25 on Tuesday of last week. The House votes on
it today. Result doubtful.
Dr. R. C. Gillette, Dentist, has removed to Deer
field. He may be found at the residence of Mr. Jos.
Howland, two miles from Knoxville, until further
notice.
We call attention to the advertisement of R. E.
Robinson, (Regulator) Corning, in another place.
11 The Regulator” is certain of a fair share of Tio
ga patronage.
Dr. Gleason, proprietor of the Elmira Water-
Cure,-lectures this evening, at the Court House, on
the Fains and Pleasures of Physical Life, Go, ev
erybody. Seats free.
Legislature.—A bill relative to floating logs in
the Coicanesque creek, has passed the Senate. An
Act relating to the name of NeUon township has
found a place on the House Private Calendar.
The several denominations in this village have
established a Union Prayer Meeting at the Court
House, which will be continued nightly until further
notice. Considerable interest is being awakened.
Mr. J- C. Bennett, proprietor of tbe Stony Fork
Steam Mill, is manufacturing a very excellent qual.
ily of Buckwheat Flour, specimens of which may
be seen at the Post Office. Buckwheat cakes and
Maple syrup! Jiminy ! ask Richards !
Mr. H. H. Wood, of this borough, is about to vis
it different parts of the cuunty to dispose ol rights
for the manufacture and sale of a vegelaMeoil burn,
ing Fluid. This preparation costs about the same
as Fluid, yields as brilliant a light and may be )g.
piled in the lamp without the least danger of an ex.
plosion. Wo have seen it tested.
An old Citizen Gone. —Hon. Jonah Brewster,
one of our oldest and most highly respected citizens,
died at his residence, about a mile from this village,
Sunday night. Mr. Brewster had lived nearly half
a score beyond man's allotted time, and, we believe,
enjoyed very good health up to a few weeks since
when he was prostrated by an attack of rheumatism
which resulted filially.
Judge Brewster was several times a member of
the Legislature of this Stale. lie was likewise a
Slate Senator from the Susquehanna district, and
more recently, an Associate Judge of this county.
The funeral takers place 10-duy.
The first No. iif the Wellsboro Weekly Democrai i
R. Jenkins, Publisher, C, G. Williams, Editor, ap
peared last week. It is neatly printed and promis
es to cordially support the Administration of James
Buchanan and its infamous Kansas policy. We
therefore must apologize for announcing, it some
two weeks since, as a Doughs paper. Our inform
ation came from one supposed to be “in the ring.'*
The editor evidently thinks no belter of Douglas
than we do, and deserves great credit for assuming
an unequivocal position. We wish the firm all pc
cuniary success, but confusion to your politics!
Don’t believe the soil and climate of Tioga will
grow such politics. Too far North, friends.
The Dogs. There arc two hundred too many in
this blessed town. Up street—dogs. Down street
—dogs. On the back streets—dogs In the cross
streets—dogs. On every duor-slep—dogs. Dogs on
every store sloop—nobody owns them. Red dogs,
while, black, spotted and brindle dogs. Newfound,
land dogs, terrier, spaniel, pointer, lap and bull dogs.
P. S.—And cur dogs. Dogs with long tails, short
tails, bushy tails and no tails. Dogs everywhere
except strait up. Suppose they should all bark at
once some night I Who wouldn’t think that 110 in
the shade had broke loose. They how) under oar
sanctum window o’ nights.'’ They tree some be
nighted cow in our neighbor’s woodpile every night:
and then they worry her until she bellows in mortal
fear. Then they move oft to serenade some other
unfortunate individual. From Mr. A. down to Mr.
X., all assure us that there are too many dogs. We
know that; but what the dogs shall wc do about it?
The Future of Republicanism.
If the Republican parly fail to establish itself in
a prouder position in the history of the countrytban
any considerable party has won and kept since the
days of Washington, the fault will Ho with itself.
Its enemies have left it but one course to pursue—
that is to say, they have arrayed themselves on the
side of the oppressor; they have declared that lib
erty and slavery are joint heirs of the inheritance
bequeathed to posterity mure than eighty years ago ;
they have put away the traditions of the Fathers of
{he Republic concerning the Rights of Man, and
hhve blotted the record with infamous interpolations •
they have pul the interest of a class above and be
fore the good of the working-men of this land ; they
dragged the Constitution down to the office of a
Slavery-supporting instrument; they have subsid
ized the Federal Judiciary und wrung frotn it the
declaration that the accidents of life work a forfeit
ure of the rights and immunities of citizenship, and
that Slavery exists everywhere it is not interdicted
by positive law. All this has the parly in power
done, and more; bat these acts serve to show the
breadth and depth of the gulf which the miscalled
democratic parly has placed between the Govern
meat and the people.
But the Republican parly of Pennsylvania has not
yet organized and disciplined its forces properly to
undertake the overthrow of an enemy entrenched
behind the immense patronage ot a thoroughly de*
moralized Administration. Its leaders have all
along sought to win by stratagem what must be
gained, it ever gained, by skilltul and deliberate at
tack—by a regular siege. Surprise-parlies, combi
nations of antagonistic elements christened. “ fu
sions,*' and ill digested elcventli-hour plans—these
cannot pioneer the way to permanent victory in the
Allure I Such is not the policy of men who strike
for the liberties of a continent! Such dallying in
decision would shipwreck the fortunes of the best
disciplined force in the world.
Let ua learn wisdom from the past successes of
oar enemies; even Peter the Great learned the art
of war from bis deadly foe. Charles of Sweden.—
The parly in power has heretofore triumphed more
in virtue of the boldness and pertinacity of its de
mands, the squareness of iU positions and the au
dacity of ils advocacy of its measures, than of any
'inherent strength in the hearts of the people.. As
Republican*, *Vc may profit by the example whilq
THE TIOGA GOUNTY AGITATOR.
we substitute unequivocally of position tor tfie bra.
zen boldness of the enemy, boldness and thorough
ness'ia the advocacy of our measures fur hls audac
lly and insolence, and an uncompromising hostility
to Ihe'Oligarchy in place ol bisshafucless sußservi
ency,—We -must do-these lhmgs, or- perish, as -an
organized parly in Pennsylvania, and deservedly,,
too. Ab a party, weJiave never deserved anything
but defeat. We have met the insolent M yea, yea,
nay, nay,” of thedoagbfuced democracy and cotton
Nalivism with a vacillating »* maybe, perchance,”
on every occasion. We slaughtered Passmore Will,
iemson upon the altar of defunct- Whiggery and
slde.door Nativism ; and in sacrificing him, we gave
the cause we all professlo love a cruel, underhanded
slab. The cause has never recovered from that
cruel wounding in the house of its friends. It will
requite years of stem penance to wipe that slain
from our hands. Personally, we protested against
that 111-advised sacrifice, and fought it, tooth and
nail, to the very lost. But what Is one voice ugainrl
ten thousand ? But though it brought against us
the charge of “ unreasoning obstinacy,” that pro
lest was right, and never repented of.
But some men will not turn experience to any ad
vantage whatsoever. They have a mania for Cum.
promise, they adore incongruous Fusion; and so
wedded are they to their idol that they may. very
likely, propose lo cheat Death of his prey by an
eleventh-hour compromise. They have no deep and
abiding faith In the masses, no confidence in the
conlroling influence of a position fairly and squarely
taken, no confidence in anything but Compromise.
If the future of Republicanism is to be molded by
such men, God help this Commonwealth! But we
cannot yet believe that such is to be the case. It is
never 100 late to grow wise, to profit by past disas
ters. Temporary success has dazzled and lured to
almost ruin. The Northern Tier stands firmly up.
on the true ground of opposition to the great crime
of Slavery; so of the Western Tier; but the heart
of the Stale, the Southern and Eastern counties—
where arc they? With the Oppressor, mainly.
Those counties are to be led up to the only tenable
ground of opposition lo present misrule. How, and
by whom ? Not by semi-annual compromises with
the advocates of wrong. Not by the ever-shifting
policy of timid and vacillating men. Not by irres
olution; but by a stedfda l perseverance in the un
qualified right. By that slraitforwardness of ac
tion and that fixedness of purpose which proves, bet
ter than anything else, that men are in earnest and
will be heard. By the force of example, thus show,
inglhut principle, and not policy, is the impelling
power.
The attempt to organize a party upon anli-Le
compton grounds, simply, will result in disaster (o
the future of the parly in this Slate. There are a
thousand side issues of the Lecompton stamp in
store lor the Republican parly. For every new ap
plication for a Territorial organization there will be
a re-cnae(ment of the Kansas tragedy. For every
application for admission into (he Union there will
he a reproduction of the Lecompton farce. Thus,
Kansas and Lccomplon appear in their true relations
to the great question of Freedom, as skirmishes on
the edge of the great battle-field ; and there is but
one course to be pursued by. the Republican party
to meet the certain emergencies ol the future? and
that course lies straitforward from a standard upon
which is inscribed the only sentiment worthy of be
ing the motto ol the parly of Freedom and prog,
ress—
“No more Slave States!’*
The Three Black Crows. —Once upon a time,
so the story goes, two honest fellows met in London
town, and after discussing the weather, &c., one
proceeded to astonish the other relative to a gentle
man, who—
This week, in short, as all Ihe alley knows,
Taking a vomit, threw up three black crows !
Whereat the listener was exceedingly astonishedi
as who would not have been.? and straitwny ascer
tained the name of the relator’s informant; and
having sought him out, inquired if the wonderful
story were really true. To winch No. 2 replied that
it doubtless was, essentially; adding—
“’T was Mr. Snch-un one who told it me, \
But, by the by, ’lwaa tieo black crows t not three !
Oar hero thence went post to “ Mr. Such-an one/’
and opkcd that cosmopolitan worthy if it were real
ly true U a gentleman
w who lives not far from ’Change;
hud lately thrown up certain and sundry black crows
—two in number. Such-an-onc replied that the fact
was indisputable; adding:
u It was not two black crows, but only one ;
The truth of that you may depend upon.
Having been referred to the gentleman to whom
this strange thing happened, by Such-on-one, our
hero hurried away to the residence of the victim : ,
“ Did you, sir, throw up one black crow ?” ‘Not I!’
to which our hero added, philosophically:
“ Bless me I how people propagate a lie J
“ But,” asked our hero, “ didn’t you say some,
thing about crows 7
“ Black crows have been thrown up, three , /wo, one!
And here I find it comes at last to none!
“Crow —crow 1” mused the gentleman, “why,
now that I recall the circumstance, you must know
that 1 was ‘horrid sick,’ and,taking a vomit—
* I did throw op, and Told my neighbor so,
Something that was as. blacky sir, as a ctowV'
Now the moral of the above may be briefly stated
in this wise: Rumor has it that there are thirty
cases of small-pox in this borough: whereas, we
have diligently inquired into the matter, and so far
from finding 30 cases, we cannot discover that there
has been, is, or is likely to be, even one case in this
village. People need not slay away because Rumor
says that somebody in Wellsboro has thrown up 30
black crows . Rumor lies—under a mistake. There
is no small-pox here.
Universitv at Lewisburg. —By favor of Mr. J.
Dean Cooper, we have received the Catalogue of
line Institution for 1857—3. Its affairs seem to be
in a flourishing condition notwithstanding the pres,
sure of the limes. The estimated worth of the cor
poration is 8130.000. Endow-ment fond, 860,000.
Students are admitted to the College at the age of
fifteen. The Library contains 3000 volumes and
the Cabinet numbers 2500 choice specimens. The
last Wednesday in July is Commencement Day.
Wo lake pleasure in commending this Institution
to the patronage of our citizens as being one of the
very best of its class, either in this, or any other
Stale. The Catalogue may be seen at this office.
We shall publish next week an able and appropri
ate article from the Erie Constitution , touching tije
duty of Republicans in the matter of organizstion-
To the Constitution belongs the credit of entering
the first protest against another ruinous fusion, as
indicated by the proceedings of the late “Informal
Convention” at Harrisburg.
It would be pleasant to bear from our friends of
the Potter Journal, M'Kean Citizen, Argus, Repor
ter, Montrose Republican and HonesJale Democrat ,
We want the Vedette and the Letoisburg Chronicle,
the Snyder 7V ihune and the Washington Reporter
to speak out. We would fie glad to hear from the
Record of- (ht-Times and the Pills to n Gazette.
“Old Hepsv.” By Mrs. c. W. Denison, pp, 400.
A. B. Burdick. New York. Price 81,25.
" In many respects this is the most remarkable
book which has been offered to the anti-slavery pub-
lie since the publication of *♦ Uncle Tom.** We con
- feao-to a little surprise at one or two peculiarities of
the institution which'the author brings up to the
! Bght of day. She has left the beaten track ,in the
1 conception and"working but of the plot, and in~so
'-domg-haa-cot the leaves*© ft hitherto nnretd volume
-of the history of- American Slavery. We have pe
tused that new revelation to the end, with unabated
interest; not merely because the incidents are start.
| ling and the developments strange, but principally
.because the author assures the public that those
v incidents are no less true than strange. The- cbazL
i aotera are well sustained throughout. Many of
! them are original. We say to such of our. readers
j as desire, lo.oblain a knowledge of the unwriltln
history of Slavery, boy ".Old Hepay” and you will
never regret the outlay. 81.25, enclosed to A. B.
i Burdick, 8 Spruce-si., New York, will secure a copy
prepaid .
From Washington.
Correspondence of tho N. Y. Tribune.
At the Democratic caucus last night, Mr.
English of Indiana offered a proposition lo
settle the Lecomplon difficulty and reunite
the Democraiic parly, by appointing a Com
mittee .consisting of and ten
Ami-Lecotnpion men, lo confer and devise
some plan of arrangement.
Mr- Stephens assented and made a concil
iatory speech. The proposition for a Com
mittee was voted, and the caucus immediately
adjourned in high spirits. The Democratic
leaders are confident of a defection in the
Ami-Lecornpton ranks.
The Union to.day has several articles dis
suading the Republicans from adopting Mr.
Crittenden’s amendment, which every hour
shows lo be ihe measure most formidable \o
and most dreaded by the Administration.
The hesitation among Republicans as lo
the bill, supposing Mr. .Crittenden's amend
ment to be engrailed, is disappearing, and
every probability will be of a solid vote if
this contingency occurs. The only hope
which leading Lecompfonites now have is of
a possible distraction in the Opposition, It
is so confessed in private councils.
The Kansas debaie on the Deficiency bill
will proceed till Friday. If the Ami-Le
coinpu’on forces are assured on Thursday of
strength, they will allow the Senate bill to be
taken from the Speaker’s table, out of its
regular order, on Mr. Stephen’s motion. If
there be ground for serious embarrassment
then they will not agree.
'Mr. Harris is still feeble and prostrate.
The purpose of removing him lo Mr. Doug
las’s residence is relinquished. He is tempo
rarily paired with Mr. Bishop of Connecticut,
but will appear in the Bouse at any hazard
nn a test vole, unless Mr. Cameron’s generous
example should be imitated.
St. Louis Slave Whipping Affair.
More Barbarity, —The Si. Louis Evening
News of iho 16ih inst., says.—All the citi
zens of St. Louis, and most of the citizens
•>f the Un led Stares, are familiar with Ihe
with the case of the Peters, for cruelties
practised on their slave girl Lucreiia. At the
lasi term of the Criminal Court they were
both convic'ed of these cruelties, and sen
tenced lo a sear’s imprisonment each in the
county jail, and to pay a fine of $lOOO each.
An appeal was taken lo the Supreme Court,
and a 1 slay uf execution granted during the
pendency of said appeal. So far from this
verdict and an outraged public opinion having
any Influence to restrain these cruel people
from faiiher barbarities, they appear to have
been worse, smce lhan before.
It is reported on pretty good authority, that
one of the parlies boasted ihat'the cruel treat
ment was practised the same as ever, but
that the girl was taken into the cellar in the
night limp, and such precaution taken as
would deft detection. ShnHy after (he ver
diet, the girl was found on the liver bank in
a state of nudity, covered with fresh tirijxs
and blood, and said that she had been so bar
barously maltreated by her owners, thm sh«*
could not endure it any longer, and had,
iherefore, run away. .The girl’s manner
showed that she had evidently contemplated
suicide, and was about to drown herscll when
discovered. The person discovering her
considered it his duty to return her la her
tormentors.
A third chapter in this diary of hruiniiy
came to light \esterday evening. About six
o’clock, as Officer Gunnell was passin«j th»*
residence of (he Peters’ on Sixth street, near
Franklin avenue, he heard loud screams, and
as of some person undergoing terrible suffer
ing, and in a moment thereafter, the negro
girl, Liicreth, leaped over the fence, and was
caught in the officer’s arms. Her head was
covered with blood, proceeding from two
gashes, penetrating to ihe bone. The officer
look her to the Calaboose, where her wounds
were dressed by the Health Officer. Her
story was, that she had been beaten by Mr.
and Mrs. Peters, and that the falter struck
her on the head with a loose table leg.
The girl’s testimony of course could not
b« taken in a Court of Justice, and it is not
likely that any other can be obtained. All
the circumstances, however, go to prove its
truth. These brutalities have proceeded quite
lona enough, and we would ask, in the name
of humanity, whether the people of St, Louis
are so powerless that such things must be
permitted to lake place with impugmiy ? Is
there no redress or protection for a helpless
slave against (he inhumanity of an owner?
Fatal Hoax. —A Sheffield, England, pa
per, says that a gentleman in that town has
received a letter from a friend in Northamp
ton, containing the following :—"A singular
circumstance happened at our union last
week. For some misconduct the master had
put a boy for punishment into the dead bouse.
At ’hat time there was a corpse in the “dead
ward,” in a coffin. The boy look the corpse
out of thecoffin, dressed it in his own clothes,
propped it up against the wall, and then him
self got into the coffin lay down, and cov.
ered himself over. In the course of a short
lime the master came, looked in at the door,
and saw, as he thought, a sulky lad standing
against the wall. ‘Now’ said the master ‘do
you want any supper?’ There was no an
swer. The question was repealed with the
snipe result. The hoy looked out frorp the
coffin and said ‘if he won’t have any [ will.’
The master fled under terror, and received
such a shock that it is said he has since died
from the efiecls.”
A bill preventing the intermarriage of first
cousins has been passed by the Legislature of
Kentucky.
©ommimCcaticmjJ,
t ’• ' Por The Agitator.
Is American Slavery Wahslealing?
Thtslfrst slaves were stolen ifrom Africa,
"and'the thief hadmo right tp hcdd-Them, and
as he bad no right to hold., he had no right to
sell; consequently the buyer!could acquire
no right by purchase. All slaveholders claim
uqder the one rule that the child follows the
condition of the mother. Now, if it could
be shown that the mother was a slave, then
under this rule ihe child if born in a slave
State would be a slave; but unless the moth
er is a slave the child is born; free in virtue
of the Declaration of Independence—that
“all men are born free and equ|al and areen
do wed by their Creator with inalienable rights
—life, liberty and the pursuit |df happiness.”
The bibiecondemns manstealiog. Paul says,
“the law was made for the lawless.” The
bibie also requires all Christians to “do unto
others as ye would that others should do un
to you,” and as no Christian could be willing
lo become a slave no man canibe a chrisiian
and hold slaves. Slavery shotild be regard
ed as mansiealing—as much worse than horse
stealing as a man is more than a horse.
Knoxville , March 23. A.* Chapman.
Desponding. —The New Tpik Herald is
afraid that Buchanan has puli his foot in it,
after all. The Herald is discouraged. Three
months and more of the session is past, and
the utmost efforts of the administration have
not moved the Lecomplon bjll forward an
inch. The Democratic party] is in a woeful
plight. The Herald draws thjk picture:
“Apart from the President 'arid his cabinet,
all the signs of unity and in the party
have ceased to exist. Its exponents in con
gress are as discordant as ,t|i|e tongues of
Babel. Neither in tltc~fiousa ppr in the sen
ate is there anything of Sxedi discipline or
order in the ranks. Sectionalldisorganizes,
plotting conspirators and dbsperate dema
gogues have entered uponj iheir work.—
Defections, corruptions, and fac
tious trickeries have utterly demoralized the
camp. - |
The end will probably be, f jst, the ruin of
the administration, and nextl, llhe total rout,
the final dissolution and di Version of the
party, never to rise again.! [These are the
signs of the limes, from lhe ,■ proceedings in
congress upon Kansas, the| |armv bill, the
Mormons, the filibusters andjother subjects.
They are significant of an impending politi
cal revolution and reconsl ruction of parties,
of the most tremendous and retarding pro
portions; for party corruption land demorali
zation are but the beginning of political an
archy. The events of a day may determine
the deslinies'of the counlry| for generations
to come. VV’e await the events of .the dav.
Nor Very pARTicuLAR.|--4Dooking over
the proceedings of ihe Democifilic Convention
held at Harrisburg last week, we find the
following: ' J j
“Mr. Cassidy of Philadelphia, addressed
the Convention. He gave his adhesion lo
the report of ihe CnminUrteel J The Philadel
phia dfclega'ion, he said, would stand bv Mr.
Buchanan and his pn\u:y,\ iMr. Buchanan
had no stronger friends thanj ihe Philadelphia
delegation. He said, by authority y that Wil
liam A. Porter would any -platform
ihe Convention might adopijlij
This announcement, of course,secured Mr.
Porter’s nomination. Nowjlie is a dcmomii,
ready lo stand on any platform, for popular
sovereignty or against popular sovereignty—
for Democratic principles nr j against Demo
cratic principles—lor Bm*pr nan Fed-r.ih-m
or against Buchanan Federalism—-'or slavery
or against sl.ivcrv—for Keujjhhcun Govern
merit or against Repuhlicai.iGovFri-nnent
for despotism or agamsi despoji'in —anything
or nothing provided it is jhiMleri “democ
racy” and will secure the* ?iiid William A.
Porter’s election to the Supreme Bench f
Ii remains i» be seen whether the people
of Pennsylvania will elecij a man Supreme
Judge whose principles are ept»rel\ in chaig"
of a party caucus,— Blair\ Cjo. Whig,
Prentice on KEiTT.4-r!Thp Louisville
Journal geis off ihe annexed! commen'ary on
ihe fight in Congress ; j j[‘
We see a good many comnaents in the pa
pers upon the affray in the] House.nf Repre
sentatives, in which Mr. KWiti figured, and
was figured with so strikingly. Mr. Kein
certainly had ihe floor upjrfn the occasion,
and the floor had him, aodMhe two were un
mistakably entitled to each: other. There
seems, however, to be sornejllittle dispute as
to whether Keiit fell by stubbing his toe, or
was knocked down by an! |enemy or pulled
down by a friend. j ! I
One statement, apparently hftqr rising from
ihe floor, Mr. Grow gained some eclat in
ihe affair, and Keiit lost, ferow grew', and
Keitt kited. ' j|
Keiit grasped Grow by the throat. He is
not the first individual that; jfaas had a down
fall from being too grasping. 4
Rafting, —During this week several rafts
have come down the rivdri|and some have
passed on to market, while [others remain in
the dam at this place". Very few rafts have
as yet reached this place; [from Clearfield,
owing, it is said, to the schiite in Irvin’s dam
being lorn up which will prevent them from
reaching market this flood} as it cannot be
repaired until low water' j; As yet we have
heard of no price being setjjbul the rumor is
'that the figures for good lumber have an up
ward tendency. VVe notice several of the
lumber merchants from] ‘Clearfield in and
around town, but judging from tneir features
one would suppose that whpim they had fixed
their hopes upon had vanished. VVe observe
also that instead, as formerly of stopping at
our hotels, some of them have taken up their
hoard in Hie country.— Lockhaven Watch
man. ,!
Daring Outrage at. Columbus, Ohio.
-The City Fact of Columbus, Ohio, says,
that on Friday night last some burglars of
that city entered the house of Thomas Miller,
Esq., late Postmaster, and [after administer
ing chloroform to the entire family, six in
number, they proceeded to search the house
and remove all valuables that could be found.
Eight thousand dollars’ worth of drafts were
abstracted from Mr. M’a j 'desk, his pocket
book containing money and notes, his gold
w.ttch and chain, and considerable jewelry.
’ Thb Hba sow War. —A few days ago,
became'the owner of a flve-dollur note 00
the “Bank of Crawford County,’' Wishing
to buy something, we offered, it at several of
our stores, but it was always politely refused,
with the remark, “that it was likely the note
was good, but there was something suspicions
about it.” We, at last, when told this by aa
anli-Lecompton Democratic merchant,
aisled on knowing what constituted this “sui.
picious” feature. The merchant, with an
askance smile, pointed us to the likeness
adorning the note. We looked, and
that it was the phiz of James Buchanan.
We; therefore, advise banking institutions
which are, just starling, to bewara of the
“face” they pul on their notes ; and parties,
larly, if they wish their circulation to extend
among the honest people of the Keystone
Slate, to eschew the double-face of the Presi.
dent of the United States.— Lebanon Cour.
Buried Alive —A Distressing Case,—
A , letter dated Holland, Erie county, P a .,
March 15, says:
“A very afflictive dispensation of Provi
dence has taken place within twenty miles of
this place. A Presbyterian minister named
Reed was going to attend a meeting of the
presbytery. He slopped over night tn;j
another - minister at a private house. Mt.
Reed was taken with a fit in the night and
it was supposed he had died. The other
minister being in a hurry to get to the meet
ing in season had him buried- the next day.
On his return from meeting he left word at
Oxford that their minister was dead and bu
ried. His friends went immediately to get
his remains and bring them to Oxford, when
to their great sorrow they discovered that ho
Had been buried alive. The cover of the
coffin was split, and his shroud was com
pletely torn off and he turned nearly on h is
face. He was a bachelor, and a very wort
thy man. His dreadful death is -much Is.
mented.
The intensity of the religious excitement
seems to increase rather than diminish
throughout the country. In Trenton, N. J.,
1,700 have been added to the Methodist
Churches In Rockaway, L. 1.. 300 fi.her.
men have been converted. In New Bedford,
Mass., the converts number 600. hr Mercer,
Pa., every adult has joined the church. In
New York, Barton’s old theatre baa been
opened for a daily prayer meeting, and is
thronged as well as the churches. In Phils
delphia the excitement is equally as perrj.
sive.
-D-lE-P
In Farmington, March 13, infant son of Recites
T. and Mary Ann Hall.
In tins village. ult., ELLEN - , daughter of Wm.B.ind
Mary Clymer. aged about 15 months.
“They ne’er grow old. the lov'd who perish yon nr.”
In Tioga, 27th ult„ NEWBERRY E. son of Joseph VT. and
Julia Guernsey, aged about 21 months.
Dr. l. Eaton—dentist, of Elmira, n.y.
will be in Wellsboro on the I3lh and Ulliof
April. All work entrusted to hia care will receive
prompt attention. [April 1, 1858]
SEEDS
FOR GARDEN &. FIELD- — A*. supply of
Fresh Seeds has just been, received al Roy's
Drugstore. Farmers and others who send orders
from any part of our county can rely on finding just
the kind of seeds they may want al thin Store. The
supply is so that merchants will be able lose
[ect from a full assortment here at any time.
Wellsboro, April 1,1858. J. A. ROY.
NEW SPRING GOODS.
AT THE
JBSO-WaiaTOIS. i
CORNING, I¥. Y.
I HAVE been spending* a few weeks in New.
York, (having had the good luck to borrow a
little money, being short myself* of that article) and
have jmrch »scd a larger slock.of
DRY GOODS
than can be found in the country. I have a splea
did assortment of \
DRESS GOODS,
Arcadian Plaids, Pile Decheranes, Ducal Plaids,
Persian Robes, Hamilton and Manchester Delaine*.
Persian Dclajncs, Venetian Plaids, Raw Silks, all
Wool Dclainfes, Black Silks, all qualities. Bayadere
Silk, a great variety.
DOMESTICS.
Boston A Sheetings I yd wide 5 cents.
Atlantic A heavy 1 do ...... 6J “
Surk iVJilis u 1 do ...... a
Allensdale Fine | do 5 “
do do I do 6| worth IX u
do Bleached
J do 6 do 11 “
Long cloth soft finish I do 9 do 12$
Pattern Grass, bleached extra fine Is, worth la 6d»
40 inch Pillow Case Colton Is worth ls9d; 8,9
10 &. II qr. Alieosdule at half price.
LINEN GOODS.
From the most celebrated manafactarers, Taoa
ten Linens, Pillow Casing:*, Linen Sheetings 2 yds
wide. Linen Napkins, Towels, dec. Real Rushed
Crash 6$ cents per yard. Linen Towels by the doi
en or single one.
Black, Plato, Figured, Bayadere, and all the lead
ing styles of Spring Silks.
Black Silk 3-4 Lutestring 4s usually 7s
Gro-de-Rhine, beautiful luster 6s do 9a
Oil Boiled super 8s do 12s
Oil Boiled, super, super 10s do 14s
DE LAINES & DOMESTICS.
All Wool De Luines different colors 2s usually 4*
Spring De Laines beautiful styles Is do 2*
Ducal Plaids Js do &
Best Madder Prints
Merrimack do
Domestic Flannels
Four Cases Real Mohair Debeige 6d do jc
Oxford and Eagle Denims 10c do h |
Uncasville Stripes, best make 10c do h I
Bed Ticking fine 6| to Is per yard. H
Kentucky Jeans, Sattinelts, Cassimeres, Broad |
Cloths, Vestings, Summer Cloths &c. 1
Heavy French and German Hosiery, Glows a- |
grades and qualities, Kid Gloves best make 4sp* f
pair. Boys and Misses Hosiery and Gloves,
BOOTS & SHOES
Kip Coots, fancy lops 12s usually 20»
Kip warranted 16s do
Men's Brogans 8s do
Boy's Brogans, good 5s do t ®
Men's Rubbers 2» and Ladies’ Is 6d per
Ladies’ Black Foxed Congress Gaiters
Ladies’ Black Fcxed Common Gaitejs 4s W
do Fine Kid (heeled) Gaiters ’
do Fine Enamelled (heeled) do
Buskins. 3s, 4s. 5s and 6s. -
Womens’ heavy Calf Lace Boots t ,
Carpetings, Hats, Capa, Oil Clolba,
Goods, Yankee Notions Sic. Ail of whieb Jj
been purchased at “panic” prices, and will M
for CASH or PRODUCE, as “Beady Fay u "
mptto, and Ve will not deviate from it.
„ . B. E. BOBINSON-
Corning April 1,1858.
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