,Forney on the Bugiisb Bill.
Speaking of iu passage the same paper
The Press in nn Editorial on Saturday,
headed:
“A fatal Friday night.’’
uses ihe following language;.we commend
it 10 ~bp'ck-borieless demooraU (demagogues)
in ofrr own vicmitv.
‘■lf we had ever been animated by a parti
san feeling, we should now be rejoiced at the
action of the Congress of the United S’ates
in the passage ,of the great fraud, consuma
ted at the city which bears the honored name
of Washington, on the 30lh day of April,
1853 ;.on Friday, the most ominous day of
all,the week, (according to a superstition,
atili obeyed even in the most intelligent cir
cles-) This wicked deed of profligate poli
ticians will stir the moral sense of the'coun
try to i>s profouhdest depths. It will awaken
wide-spread indignation. It will call out emo
tions which have been stilled because such
deed was believed to be impossible; and it
will hurl into utter obscurity and shame those
servants of the people who have sought this
npporiuniiy to assist in a betrayal, as wanton
ns it was causeless and unnecessary. To
seelhese men gibbetlcd and transfixed before
ihe eyes of the world may be a melancholy
satisfaction; and to this extent the black
business of the blackest Friday that ever Ibis
country has seen, may be full of compensa
tion.
Bui we have no rejoicing over a common
shame. U'e have no words of congratula
tion at an event which inflicts disgrace upon
our common country. The more we deliber
ate upon the record of the last fourteen
months, the more do we feel that a blow has
been struck at the very heart of our institu
tions, from which we may never recover.
We saw in this Kansas business, when it
assumed its new shape, last autumn, the
seeds of a fatal demoralization. Previous to
that period it bore the aspect of eminent fair
ness. Mr. Buchanan appeared to us, in all
his early movements in regard to it, to be in
spired by a Washingtonian patriotism. It
hud been a difficult problem to others ; to him
it was clear as a sunbeam. He felt so him
self up to the moment when he supposed he
could change his couTse, and be sustained by
the country. That was the weight which
pulled him down. The whole nation stood
appalled at the transformation. His very
office-holders hesitated, and there was rot a
Northern Senator or Representative within
our circle of acquaintance, who did not at
first, doubt or denounce the unexpected and
extraordinary example. The only interest
that applauded his course was that extreme
pro-slavery cabal, (known to desire a dissolu
lion of the Union,) which had induced him
to leave those true and gallant spirits which
had so long upheld his standard, and to sur
render the holy principle, without which he
would be reposing in honorable quiet at
Wheatland.
From that moment to the present, what
have we witnessed? Nothing but a succes
sion of personal and plilical degradations.—
The principle of the “will of the majority”
had became overwhelming. The principle
of fidelity to a sworn pledge, and to a conse
crated creed, had sunk into all hearts. The
President, the Cabinet—all men had met up
on this patriotic platform. It was built upon
honor ; and riveted and clenched by a thou
sand solemn assurances. To destroy it re
quired herculean exertions, and a series o(
operations, before which all the efforts of past
Administrations have paled their ineffectual
(ires. It stood out, full armed before the na
tion. instinct with energy, and resistless from
the associations that surround it. But the
word had gone forth, and though it could
not be annihilated, it was at least betrayed.
And to accomplish this betrayal, the charac
ter of the Democratic parly, and of the coun
try has been shamefully dishonored.
RICH LETTER FROM AN INDIANA CON.
GRESSMAN.
In which he tells how the “Kansus trebles'*
- is settled and he “reenstated *’ in full
ffelerskip ” with the 44 democrat party ” —
//<?w /if /iff firA: about it y but feels
much “belter to-day”—Turn him 44 lease
in the district” and he'll bring them “up
to the poles certin ''
Here is the letter, with (ho spelling and
punctuation just as in the original. A ‘ 4 good
English'* letter, “ceriin.” Ed, Cin. Gaz.
Washington, April 22 58
Dear friend :—your Kind favor of the 14.
Inst, is to hand. I was glad to hear from
you the indication is the Kansas trebles will be
settle to day by the democrat party. Which
will be n time of rejoysing the administra:ion
has all Redy reensiated me in full felcrsbip—
if my friend John L. Robinson will consent
I will be Permitted to act with the democrat
Parly agine the Settlement will be on the
Great Principles of noninterventions so you
will see we poor devels have held our ground
well. I See from your letter I will have
plenty of compeditors in the convention well
it is a free country they have a right to be
candudates And the people have a rite to
Select the one that will sui< them best and if
they want a man that will labor for the masses
they will chuse myself so I leave them per
fectly free to chuse for them self
any favor you can render me will be taken
Kindlys, and 1 feel cerlin 1 can carry the
District—turn me loase in the district I will
bring them up to the poles cerlin. 1 will help
the whole licet some hundreds in the'dis
irict.
I will be home by the 10 of June and will
have a chance to see my friends be fore the
convention comes off and will write my
friends on ihe subject from the custom and
circumstances I think I ought lo have a
chance of ihe next rase—you will do me a
kindness by seeing as many of ihe friends as
conveant and Enlist them in my favor I have
been quite unwell the last week I feel much
better to-day—l hope this will find you and
family well your friend
JAS. B. FOLEY.
Theodore Parker says that when there is
a real revival of religion, forts will be turned
into public garoens, ships of war into penny
posters across the sea, jails into hospital*,
black slavery and while slavery done away
with, there will be no more murder, no more
prostitution, no more crime or drunkenness—
not an Irishman will be drank, nor even a
member of Congress,”
THE AGITATOR.
in* if. Cobb 9 -Editor Sc Publisher.
WELLSBOROtTGH, FA,
May 13, 1858,
*«* All Business,and otliexComroumcatlonejousl
be addressed to tbe Editor to insure attention.
We cannot publish anonymous communications .
Sollce
THE members of the Republican Co. Committee
are requested to meet at Weilsbqro, on Tues
day evening, June 8, next ensuing, for the transac.
Mon of important business. VINE DE PUI.
May 13, 1858 Chairman,
Mrs. Griirson advertises a new stock of Millin
ery Goods fresh from tbe city.
DoNHAU,of the Lockhaven WaieAman, has ‘gone
and done it,’ Qe departed the state of single bless,
edoess about ten days since and has not since been
heard of. Any information gratefully received.
Philadelphia did a grand thing on Tuesday week.
Her treemen defeated Vaux, the Administration can.
didatc for Mayor, by a majority of 4,300! The
English Joggle went through Congress just four
days previously.
During the shower of Sunday afternoon, two nn.
usually brilliant rainbows appeared at an elevation
of about 30 degrees abova tbe horizon, both perfect
and equally vivid. They retained their brilliancy
about one quarter of an hour.
Hotel Change. —We learn that the present gen
tlemanly proprietors of the “ United States Hotel”
in tltis village, have disposed of their interest to
- JMr. E, R. Farr, by whom it will be conducted here.
aftcrr--Mr. Farr will spare no pains in sustaining
the present good name of this House.
We take great pleasure in informing our anti-fu
sion friends that the Republican Press throughout
the State is beginning to make a decided stand
against Fusion. We have received several fetters
written by staunch Republicans in this county, all
testifying against Fusion.
Our Schoharie friend thinks our Dutch letter is
not only “ execrable” Dutch, but that it must have
been written when we were “dite ash a brick” on
lager and young veal. Now Joseph should know
that that Dutch letter was intended to be in harmo
ny with Schoharie German Classics. It teas rather
scaly Dutch, Herr Joseph, aber gule genug fur alte
Schoharie. Wo Ist dcr Lesenmann 7 Keep salub
rious, old fellow.
Sudden Death.— Miss Jerusha L. Fralice, a
highly respected and amiable young lady residing
in Richmond township, died suddenly in the morn,
ing of the 26th nit. Miss Fralick was engaged in
some household duty when she fell and expired in.
slantly. A post-mortem examination revealed the
existence of an ulcer upon the heart which, bursting,
resulted fatally in the manner above described. Her
sudden departure cast a gloom over the commnnily
of which she'was a greatly esteemed member.
A friend sends us an obituary notice of this lady,
which notice extends over nearly five closely written
pages. We arc desirous to oblige to the utmost in
these matters; but one page of letter.sheel is as
lengthy as any obituary ought to be. Sucfi notices
arc not of general interest, and in a small paper oft.
en crowd out matter more generally interesting.
Our friend will excuse the non-appearance ol the
notice sent, lor these reasons.
Premeditated Huscality.
* 8 generally supposed that first impressions of
men and measure? arc worst, and that most things
improve on further acquaintance. Whatever may
be the general rule, the English BUI is not one of
the measures that improve on further acquaintance.
Since last week we have studied the instrument in
detail, and the more familiar with its premeditated
rascality we become the more hateful does it seem.
Truly—
“ Vice is a monster of such hideous mien
As to be hated needs bufto be seen.”
When Mr. Bigler said of Uic first defeat of the
Lccomplon scheme in the House,that he had desired
to wilncss.tho edifying spectacle of the triumphal
entry into the Union of a Slave and a Free Stale,
(Kansas and Minnesota) we understood through him
that Mr. Buchanan would rest content with main*
taining the equality of Slavery with Freedom in the
Republic. The English fraud effectually dissipates
that understanding of the matter and leaches in so
many words, that nothing less than (be dominaney
of the Black Power will satisfy the moral obliquity
of the gray.halrcd dotard who disgraces the Exec
utive Chair. To secure this dominaney, we find in
tiie English fraud a premium offered for the produc*
lion of Slave States, palpable, shameless I
This kid for Slavery is in direct terms and beyond
contrad £t(on, therefore. Congress says to the peo
pie of Kansas: Accept the Lccomplon Constitu
tion and you shall have lands to the value of three
millions of dollars; come in as a Slave Slate and
your present population of 40,000 shall be counted
sufficient; but, if you foolishly reject this Constitu
tion ; if you decide to come in as a Free State, then
you shall have no lands, and your present population
shall be counted 100 small to entitle you to admiss
ion into the Union. Take your choice: conio in
as a Slave Slate nou>, or remain a Territory until
such time as pro-slavery census takers shall compute
your population at 93,000.
So Congress has virtually enacted that a Slave
Slate may be admitted with a population less by
50,000 than shall entitle a Free State to member*
ship in the Union ! Freemen, how do you like this
kind of Democracy? What will you do with the
puppies, large and small, that yelp praises at the
heels of this corrupt Administration? Wc have
your answer in the record of the ballot-box in 1854.*
You will sweep them away as so many crawling
worms and remember them for their infamies only.
God strengthen the hands of true men to accom.
plish this great thing—this one just act of righteous
retribution !
Nor is ibis the only ugly feature of the English
fraud. If Lccompton be- rejected the people arc
permitted lo cull a Convention for the formation of
another Constitution so soon as (he population reach*
es the Free Stale minimum ; that is, 93,000. But
mark under what auspices ! The census takers to
be appointed by pro.slavery officials ; the formation
of lbe election districts given into the hands of pro
slavery officials; the election boards in the several
precincts to be created by pro.slavery officials! A
glorious prospect for fail dealing, indeed ! Do you
remember the frauds of 1855—by which a Missou*
ri Legislature was foisted upon the people of that
Territory? The monstrous frauds of Kickapoo
and Delaware Crossing six months ago? The bu*
rial of candlebox ballot.boxcs in treacherous wood*
piles ? Glorious Democracy 1 Glorious Adminis*
(ration I Glorious Federal Constitution in the name
of which all those infamies are perpetrated and sus
tained I And the country is to be convulsed with
indignation yet again at rascality in high places, if
the Free men of Kansas elect to form their own or*
gaoic law and ask admission into this glorious Un
ion as a free State ■
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
But this latest democratic juggle throws, still
greater disabilities in the way of a fair election of
delegates to a new Constitutions) Convention, should
Leeompton be rejected. It provides that the elec
tion of delegatesshall be had under the laws of that
in&nrooß Legislature whose enactments were de
nounced, .by Senators a* M barbarous and
inhuman—a disgrace to the record of civilization ! f
The existingrLegiaUiure of Kansas made Aha re-'
peal of that fraudulent and bloody code its earliest
business. But the English juggle revives so much
of that dead code as relates to the qualification of
electors and the conduct of electrons, and thus over
rides the enactments of a Legislature whose legiti
macy has never been questioned, with the revival of
the laws of a body whose legitimacy is denied by
five-sizths of (he inhabitants of (hat Territory!
Uodet those very laws the stupendous frauds plan
ned and carried out within the two years last, past
were accomplished; and now we pul it to every fair
and sensible man if the revival of those laws does
not look like a premeditation of rascality and fraud,
which, if need be, the Government troops are to be
called in once more to sustain ? Does it not look
like it?.
But will the election in which the Land bribe of
the English Juggle is to be accepted or spurned, be
fairly conducted 7 We cherish no hope of such
fairness. That juggle gives the election details in
to the hands of the ruffians. It gives three of the
Jive officers to the ruffians, and what do they need
more? Having a majority they can rule in their
own favor. Will they do that, and perjure them
selves? Perjury! What minion of James Buch
anan ever kept his official oath and was not behead
ed 7—or trampled upon it and was not promoted ?
Do hired assassins stumble at perjury, or any crime
known to the statutes of God, or man 7 What is
perjury to villains who awake unsuspecting men at
midnight and shoot them down in the presence of
their families! Perjury ! Why, that crime placed
James Buchanan where he is to day. It keeps him
where he is to-day. It bribed eight Northern dem
ocrats (God forgive us for so abusing that word) to
vote for (his English juggle. It can rule, (his Tie
public, os it rules to-day, until toe, freemen of the
North, strike together and smite it out of existence.
Republicans! How long must we sit idle? Le*
us to work! To work !
Oar readers will find a very candid argument for
Death Punh-hment on the first page of this paper.
Yet, our correspondent mistakes our position if he
means to class us with non-resistants. Wo hold to
the right of self-defence to its utmost and therefore
recognize such a thing as u justifiable homicide;”—
as, for example, the defence of self and the defence
of society, when it cannot be otherwise defended.
The Scripture cited'by our friend proves too much
if it prove aught. That law, if it bealaw, includes
leasts as well as reasoning man in its penalties- So,
if one portion of the law be obligatory, then every
other portion is equally obligatory ; but do the advo
cates of the death penally on Bible grounds insist
that the vicious horse which kicks out the brains of
its master, shill Suffer the penalty ? We have yet
to tnec I such an advocate, and. possibly, because our
neighbor, who stickles for the binding force of that
text touching man, has no mind to lose $3OO for the
reason that his horse may have kicked or trampled
to-dealh his innocent groom. Tiial is the morality
of dollars and cents.
Our correspondent concludes, and we ogrcc with
him in so much, that the text in Genesis cannot be
prophetic, as some argue, since the lives of those
who lake life are not always destroyed therefor.
But we do not, as he does, therefore conclude that
the text in hand embodies a law. To us it is nei
there law nor a prophecy, but a teaching, simply,
given to illustrate the tendency of violence to vio
lence ; and viewed in this light it makes directly
and irresistibly against the lex talionis. “A soft
answer turnctli away wrath, but grievous words stir
up anger.” We regard this as a teaching, likewise.
Yet, a soft answer docs not always avert wrath, nor
do hard words always arouse anger. The teaching
embodies a great truth, however. It is true in its
general applicability to human nature and the same
may be said of the text cited by our correspondent.
We cilc him to Matt. xxvi. 52. Here Peter had
drawn his sword in defence of his Lord and Master.
Jesus bade him pat up his sword, adding: 14 All
they that take the sword shall perish with the
sword. 1 * We do not presume that this was intend*
ed for either a law or a prophecy , but as a teachings
rather, touching the tendency of violence to vio
lence. War is certainly not held a crime punisha
ble with death by the sword ; on the contrary, most
Christian nations indulge in the dangerous pastime,
and men pray for “ the success of oar arms.** It
is true also that neither Alexander nor Napoleon
perished by the sword. One died of surfeit; the
other of internal cancer. The last quoted text is
simply a teaching, and we sec no reason why the
text cited by our correspondent may not likewise a
teaching, without violence to aught higher than hu
man interpretation.
The Wayne Co. Herald is informed that we made
no allusion to his course in the Judicial contest in
that district in 1854-5. Nor were wc, as he slates,
a resident of that county during that cutest. Wo
made allusion to the appointment of Judge Barrett
by Gov. Bigler in 1553. His course on that occa.
sion can be learned from hies of that paper. We
think it was nut consistent with his course in the
mailer of Judge Wilmot's District. Our friend is
further informed that the Reporter is abundantly
able to u hoc its own row** without aid from outsi
ders, and that we cannot discover the 14 scrape,** in.
to which (he Herald claims to have plunged oar
Bradford neighbor.
Il seems tint we were mistaken about Beardslee'a
appointment as Postmaster at Honeadale. Well t we
take it all back, and regretfully, too. The Demo
crat so stated il and we really wanted it to prove
true. Our friend would make an excellent Post,
master, because he is such a miracle of good humor.
But when he makes us say that there were but three
democratic editors present at the late Editorial Con
vention, he outdoes us in what he is pleased to call
“misrepresentation." We slated as a fact, not,as
he haa it, 11 sneeringly,” that but three Administra
tion editors wore present. Now, since a Lccompton
editor has just about as much claim to the name
and character of a democrat as'a ring-tailed baboon
has to the name and character of man, our friend
will, after this explanation, acquit us of an implied
allusion to democratic editors. There were a goodly
number of anti-Leeompton democrats present. The
kernel of the nut is “ obwious." Eh 7
We call attention to the communication of “A
Teacher,” in another place, touching u plan for de.
fraying the expenses of those Female Teachers who
may attend the approaching Institute lu be held in
this borough. We thank him for suggesting so ex
cellent a plan to favor the hardest worked and poor,
esl paid class of educators in the world. It is very
desirable that the women in attendance be nut driv.
en to take refuge at the hotels, which, however ex.
cellent, lack that quiet and retirement so agreeable
to the temporary sojourner. We apprehend that a
subscription large enough to cover such expense, by
our cilixens, is the belter, as il is the more certain
way. (laving made up the subscription, let the
Committee of Arrangements engage board io private
families for so many as shall finally be found pres
ent at the Institute. It is not beat to put the entire
buaden upon a few families. It is a matter which
interests all. Let us oot ask women to teach for
the paltry sum of $8 per month and then leave her
to expend half a month** wages -in attending half
yearly Institutes. "Those who do the most work
and receive the least pay are~ first of all entitled to
the benefits of our generosity. Let the Committee
circulate the paper immediately. Prompt action
is better than farther parley
. . Rsuet roa Bariebs.— We see by the last Ad
vertiser that the village authorities of Elmira have
determined to. close the barbers* shops of that town
on Sundays. This is a move in the right direction
and worthy the imitation of the authorities of every
village in the land. The barber needs one day of
unbroken rest in seven, just as every other person
needs it. We urge the observance of one day io
seven as an absolute necessity to the well-being of
men and women; and we can see no good reason
for robbing the barber ol that necessary rest and
recreation. Why should he be permitted or requir
cd to labor on Sunday 7 Will it not aid to lessen
the observance of the one day even now so grudg
ingly observed ? It is just as convenient for the
majority of men to get shorn on Saturdays. At all
events, we ask tiie Burgess and Council to consider
the mailer well, and then, if they can consistently
do so, take measures to give friend Cole a respite
from Sunday work, under favor of positive law.
Our old friend and correspondent, Simpkin Sodger,
sends us a ll missil” which we hasten to lay before
our readers. His long silence in regard to great
public questions is fully explained. Simpkin is riz!
We welcome him to the tripod. Sodger all hail!
Listen:
Offis of the Phamily Glorifier, 1
Mudburrer, may ateenSS. \
brother Cobb deer Sur—lt okkors to me that you
must be orfully konnurned about me, as i haint rit
ye in a dorg’s edge. The phact is, sur, i have ariz
in the akale of bein scnce i woz yore umbel korris
poodent a year ago. Ime do longer a pry vet inde
vijooal, ossoshiutin with the kommun urd of igner.
uni peeple sur. but ttie hi minded, onncrable and lal.
lerented eddytor of the Mudburrer Phamily Glori-
Jitr , a weakly guroal devoted to the forlins of the
immortle Sliggins and the ph&mily. It is a pham.
ily paper in cvry sence of the turm. The Bogses
phamily is the immortual inemy of the Stiggins
phamily, and agin the Bogses I am orful sewcrc!
they dreads the weekly npparishon of the Glorifier
as a mad dorg water.
When i urriv at Inis plose i inlendercd to leed off 1
with an artikel showin that all slreems naterally run
down hill o,nd that smoak inwariably riz when it
woz liter than the air of the atmosfear. I allwus
; thort they did ; but the immortle Stiggins sez to rne
sez he, Simpkin, none nv that ere inphidul filosofy
must go into the phamily glorifier! not a d—d iota
on it, sez he. Slreems run north sumlimes, sez he,
and north is up, ennyhow. This argymunt stagerd
me the wust kind, and after worryin with it all nile
i gin up beet and curn out an slreems and amoak
akkordin to Sliggins. Sum sed the Glorifier coodn’t
I stan it long at that rale, but Stiggins sed he’d taik
care uv the suckdalion. So he rid out into the
kednlry and suckelatcd the Glorifier like aul natcr.
Sum ignoramuses told Stiggins they woodn’t spend
thuir munny so phoolishly not nohow; and then the
sole of the bencvclunt Sliggins riz rite up, and sez
ho to them, sez he, taik it, for God sake! without
munny or prise! taik it on my expense, sez he, taik
it for the sake of the phamily, sez he. Of coarse,
Stiggins woz karrid away by his feelinks or he
woodn’l a sed so to em. He haint no ambishun ex
sept to be town crier and he cood hev that without
hirin Pokes to taik the Glorifier. Its a treemenjuous
suckcess ! the paper is, not Sliggins. Sez he to
me one day, sez be, Simpkin, what the paper lax in
i suckcess you most make up in How’m threw the
j phamily horn. Egsacly so, sez 1. So i begun ter
j blow like all naterand have blowcd the suckleashtm
of the Glorifier up to Lite unearthly pilch of 200,
booth ways I that is, the paper goze out wundayand
| cums back the next. This surkular suckelashun is
j a grate thing. You see it gives a eddytur two prof
its, that is, old papers are wulh 25 sents a 100. I
am gitlin well off and tharlour cant be egspected to
ossoshiatc with kommun filers enny more. You
may beer from me okaahunly sumlimcs and inebbe
slmmy-okashunelly, akordin as i phecl. Plcese
print this with a border round it. Wishin suckcess
to the Glorifier, i remane—mine, alwus,
Simpkin Sodger , E. F. G.
p. s. The distinguished Squiadles had the cronic
knowiblced yialerday. Gump is cut his plunger.
again, mine, S. S. efg.
Wliat Congress Decided on Pass-
ing ttae Engllsbl Bill.
What Congress has decided is thus forci
bly slated in iho Philadelphia Press, of Mon
day lasi, and we ask our rendets to ponder
well upon it. Congress has decided :
I. That although the people of Kansas
have repeatedly rejected the Lecompion Con
stitution, with all its protection lo slavery,
they must lake that Constitution now, or wail
till they have a population of 93,000 or
120,000. |
11. Thai the people can have no vole upon
the Lecompfon Constitution under the English
bill, ns lately, most positively, and distinctly
shown by Senators Douglas and Green, in
the Senate, and by Mr. Stephens io the
House.
111, But, in order lo btibe them to lake it,
some four millions of acres of land are
offered to them, which if they accept, they
go into the Union with Lccompton, and
which if they reject, (hey remain out an in
definite period of time*
IV. If they take Lecompion with the land
bribe, which is a slave Constitution, simply
ami wholly, they enter the Union with 30,-
000 of a population; if they refuse it, they
wilt remain in a territorial condition under
pro-slavery management for years to cqme.
V. That the commission appointed to hold
the election in Kansas, when ihe land ordi
nance (not lhe Consiitution) is submitted,
has been constituted by the English bill lo
consist of a majority of pro-slavery men,
who will of course count only to suit them
selves; the House bill made the commission
stand (wo and two.
VI. That the clause so highly favored by
Ihe Lecomptoniles, (hat the people ofKansas
should alter the Constitution at any time
ouiside of its forms, has been carefully ex
cluded by the English legerdemain.
VII. That all the Southern men say there
is no submission of the Constitution to the
people of Kansas, while their partisans from
the Nonh say there is.
From Washington,
Special Dispatch to The N. T. Tribune.
Washington, May 9, 1858,
The intimations in the Democratic news,
papers that Judge Douglas is seeking recon
ciliation with the Administration were pro
nounced false by Judge Douglas himself
to-day. He affirms that he maintains his
position upon Kansas to the fullest extent, but
at the same time he stands with bis party in
Illinois on a platform not ostensibly opposed
to the Administration, though openly hostile
to the Republican party.
Rom the Gertnantown Telegraph. -
Xhe Administration Bribe—A Sew
Trick-
Tho last swindle—that reported, through
the execrable treachery of 'Mr. t/NGtisn,
front'the -committee of conference —is still
more despicable than any of its predecessors.
It is no more nor less than: a bribe to the
people of Kansas to accept! of admission
under the Lecompton Constitution, with slave
ry and all ; or on refusal, a threat that they
shall not come into the Unipn lor several
years, during all which lime they will be
subjected to the tender mercies of the pro
slavery Government officials,land with slave
ry, also, in full operation!—This bribe con
sists of an interest in some twenty million
acres of the public lands,' f£ the value of
three millions of dollars! f To wit: Two
sections of land in each township fer school
purposes ; seventy-two sections of land for a
universi y ; ten sections of land for public
buildings; twelve salt springs in the State,’
with sii sections of land adjoining each ; ond
live per centum upon all public land sales in
the State after its admission. Here is the
bribe in part. The other | part is to admit
Kansas at once with twof Senators and one
Representative, and to give her all the privi
leges of a full state of the Union, notwith
standing her population is less than one-half
of that required by the last| apportionment
law. h
But if the people of Kansas shall refuse
the contemptible bribe and cpntinue refrac
tory, then they are to be punished, by pro
hibiting admission until the population shall
reach the ratio of Representation, which is
now 93,000, but will probably bo in 1860,
120.000. Thus keeping Kansas in her Ter
ritorial capacity for four or five years, sub
jected to the studied crueltiesjw'hich Mr. Bu
chanan has so well been instructed by his
Southern teachers and masters, to'visit upon
this shamefully outraged people. Even then
—that is, when the necessary population shall
be obtained—the whole machjnery of taking
the census—forming the election districts—
holding the election for delegates—meeting
of the convention—framing <if a constitution
—and all the contrivances which the minions
of slavery to whose hands everything will be
confided, can invent, will be| managed and
applied to suit the dark schemes of the con
spirators against the most sajered principles
of American liberty I Still j more! There
is not one word in this criminal concoction
against Kansas and freedom providing for
the admission of the constitution so.formed to
a vole of the people ! ' ;
Improbable Rumor.
St. Louis, May 4, 1858.
The Leavenworth Ledger\seLys that a dis
patch from Utah reached the Fort on Monday
last, asking for a reinforcement, and giving
an account of a skirmish between a guerrilla
parly of Mormons and a 'body' of troops
under Capt. Anderson, itnyhfch three fourths
of the combatants werejkijlejd on both sides.
A company of light andneayy artillery and
a company of dragoons we're immediately
dispatched from the Fort. I The statement is
discredited here. i I
The Leavenworth Herald of the Ist says
ihat news reached the Fort by express that a
band of outlaws and a small detachment of
troops, under Capt. Anderion, had an en
gagement in the Little Osage country ; that
one soldier was killed, and that Capt. An
derson was wounded in the leg and had h>s
horse killed under him. A battery of four
guns and a company of dragoons were dis
patched to the scene of difficulty. The state
ment from the Leavenworth jLedger, already
telegraphed, grew out of th!e above, proba
bly by the substitution of pamp Scott for
Fort Scott. ;
The Free-State to nominate
State officers met at Topekat Kansas, on the
28th inst. H. J. Adams was nominated for
Governor, Col. Holliday for Lieutenant-Gov.
ernor, and M. E. Conway for Congress.
Sad Effects of Lightning. —On the
night of the 27th ult., during a severe thun
der-storm the house occupied by Abraham
Minich, one mile north of Prairie City, lowa,
was struck by lightning,;\y'hiie the family
were sealed around the | Ore. Immanuel
Minich was instantly killed, the fluid striking
him on the head, mangling jl in a shocking
manner. Abraham was alsd knocked down,
his right ear was severed frcjm his head, and
he was burnt and bruised soithat there is no
hope of his recovery. One of a span of
horses, hitched to a wagon at a distance of
twenty paces from the house, was also in
stantly killed. Abraham’s jwife and a little
girl about ten years of age >vere also stunned,
and when the woman becatiie conscious she
discovered the clothes of her husband and
brother-in-law to be on fire. 1 '; She crawled to
them and extinguished the; flames, and re
mained with them until morning, before any
of the neighbors knew of the occurrence.
Financial Legislation.! —The Pennsyl
vania Legislature have passed two good acts
.at the last session. Oneisa'bill for suppres
sion nnd punishment of frauds on the 1 part of
bankers, trustees and others; connected with
the execution of trusts and the management
of other folks’ property. |lt is similar in its
general scope and character to the English
“Fraudulent Trustees’ Aut,” and it is to be
hoped it will be found equjally beneficial in
its operation. | j
The second is an Act loblting towards the
repeal of ihe Usury Laws. !j h abolishes the
law which forfeited principal and usance in
case usury were taken, and allows parties to
make their Own bargains ; j ilia law, however,
only enforcing the payment of the principal
and six per cent, in case usury is plead in
defence. ; ! i
Great Pedestrian Feat. —Jackson, the
“American Deer,” did some “tall” walking
between Tuesday evening and Sunday morn
ing last. He not only performed successful
ly the lask of walking one hundred consecu
tive hours without rest or sleep, (at any rate,
he wasn t caught ;but he concluded
his delicate performance by walking off, on
Saturday night or Sunday morning, without
paying his hotel or printing bills—not down
on the posters, but a feat; which we and
“mine host” of the Forest House are pre
pared lo appreciate fully.:! We guess h* is
walking yet.—Scranton Republican.
©omimmicattona,
Vbe Institute. P
Teacher’s loslilules are a ?ery
means of elevating the standard Of |S
schools, of making more successful and
ficial our system of universal education- MB
system that receives the complete
ment of all lovers of education and ’ "
improvement; a system that is eminent
utilitarian in its workings. The plan ofQj
Institutes meets the unanimous approbaijcj :
of all fiisl-class educators. Its benefits q
tend to all the community, and are
fined as many suppose to the teachers.
is»a door open for benevolence to be bestovjj ?
on' our children, our neighbor’s
our children’s children, the influence of whj c j|
shall last years and years, and ultimately fcl
immeasurable, it is said that our
schools are deficient,*both in the ability ao J 1
moral standing of teachers. K ibis be , i
fact, so much more need of every perjoo, I
whether parent or teacher, lending heart and ?
hand in an active co-operation in this p) aa \
that will sift the profession, reject the worth!
less and retain the good; for there are many
noble and high minded persons engaged m I
leaching. The necessary expense of attend.-I
ing the institute is not large, yet there are
many who deem its burthen beyond iheir-'cd
means. And in fact, it is.
many stay away because they have noube||
means to attend ; and particularly the ladies, 1
whose wages are small, and who are gene, i
rally of that class who are least able tot -I
ford the expense. Though excellent ati \
worthy indeed, it is ashing too much of the; \
to lose their lime and bear the expense ofi i
week’s attendance at the Institute. It is oar
duly to remove every impeding cause. -
Can there not be some arrangement maa
by which the expenses of the ladies may |j'
borne? Suppose a small contribution
made by each person in town, appropriav/
to this purpose, its effects would be very beat,
ficial. Or, as ladies dislike the noise uj
bustle of hotels, suppose each family in loin
takes one or two, as they can accommodai;
gratuitously. Other villages do this, andau
we less benevolent, less interested in educa
tional improvements? I trow not!. Sum
families have already expressed their wiling. -
ness to do this ; will not others do likenise
and thereby secure welcome accommodanm:
to all the ladies, who may wish to
Will not the people of this village consider
the mailer and give a response ? :
A word to the teachers. Attend the prev
ent Institute by all means! Supt. Hickoku:
expected to be here, and will tell us tmar :
things worthy of being remembered. The‘f
Institute will bring us into communion »ui 1
each other, and the sympathy that alum-'
exists between teachers, will make easy aci i
delightful acquaintances, lasting and
cial. A free interchange of views and feel- ;
ings, and methods of teaching, will be deepir.
interesting and highly instructive, ereo u
first class teachers, and much wore sail
those just entering the profession. - Our Ins
titute has had a glorious beginning, one that
the profession may be proud of ; and skill
that beginning wane for lack of ini emta
the part of teachers ? It would be disgrace
ful pnd ignominious. Let every teacher ieii
it to be his or her imperative duly lo attend,
and to be prepared to express an opinion,oi
any andevery subject that appertains tolls i
profession. A Tkaches,
And an Inhabitant of Wellsian
Great Britain.
The operations on the Atlantic cable wes
going actively forward. The United Sira
steam frigate Niagara would be compelled u
leave her berth at Plymouth on the high lids
of May 15, nr'remain another month, asfce:
great draft of water would prevent her get
ting out, except at the highest stages of its
tide. The experiments with the new pajiot
out machinery were giving general satisfa:-
tion.
Mr. Gough, the Temperance lecturer, ap
plied to the Court ol Queen’s Bench forcno
inal information against Dr. Lees, also a wr
ier on Temperance. He had charged Gotigi
with being intoxicated and using narcotics
This was disproved by affidavits. Las
Campbell said it was not a case for the Goaf
to interfere; in, and the rule was refused.
Aserious riot had occurred between tit 3
English and Irish laborers in the iron dtstncc
near Newcastle upon Tyne. The mtltta
had been called out to restore order.
Queen Victoria had been reviewing 15-'
000 troops at the camp at Aldershot, >:'■
Genetal Pellisier was expected to visit 3
Queen at the camp.
The Dusseldorf Gazette starts a ruri
that Queen Victoria is again in an interests
situation.
Money continued over abundant, and ih
best bills were readily negotiated at two a? 1
a quarter, and in some cases two and oar
eigth per cent. Applications for discountf
the bank were extremely light.
Whirlwind. —A terrible whirlwind n* 1 ’
led Tuskeegee, Alabama, on the 20th isl
- house of Joshua Willis was totally
atroyed, and the inmates—eight in number
more or less injured, some of them severed
Several had their arms broken and their .'J
ces badly bruised ; and Mr. Herbert, win 1
was present at the time, is thought to be dan
gerously hurt in the spine. A child of Mt
Willis was dangerously wounded in the fofr
head. One negro man was found dead
distance of two hundred yards from sb* ll
the house had been. Another negro «>
blown to a great distance and severely I' 3 '’
but not dangerously. The family
sitting down to dinner when the awful
came upon them. It was all the work oll
moment, giving them no lime to
Other houses were badly damaged by l '!
wind, and several other persons
The scope of the tornado was not roots It* 1 1
from sixty to one hundred yards wide. |
New Haven, Tuesday, May 05 \
Tuckerman, the mail robber, w a *
morning brought before Judge log er3Q
the United Slates District Court for se “ lel j J
which was that ho be imprisoned andWP
hard labor in the State Prison for
of twenty-one years. During the
the Judge, the prisoner shook con*® 3 '*
and appeared to feel bis sentence as ® u
if he had been condemned to death.