Tlic Medal to Mr. OroW—!scu of
Muscle in Congress
Washington, June 6.
SPtJ the Editor of the Evening Post:
The edi'orial comments in yesterday’s
Evening Post, upon the presentation of a
gold medal by the “Sons of’ the Old Key.
Stone State in Kansas to Hdn.G, A. Grow,”
are not justified by the facts. The medal,
besides the inscription which I quote, con
tains the eqgrnving of an arm and clenched
fist, around which is the following sentence ;
“The first blow struck foA Freedom in Con
gress, Feb. sth, 1858.” '(the medal came to
Mr. Grow privately. “In-like manner Pres
ton S. Brooks” did not “receive canes and
pitchers for his assault on Senator Sumner,”
as the Evening Post states. The presenta
tions to Brooks were made in the most public
manner, and were received by him in public
addresses. In several instances Mr. Grow
has been tendered canes and them.
He would have requested even that Ibis fitting
tribute of reject from a class and place
might be withheld, but he knew nothing of
the intention of his friends in Kansas until
he received the gift, and now it would be
highly improper in him to fling it back in
their faces. The circumstances attending
the two affairs are by no means of parallel
relation. In one case a Senator was stricken
down in his seal in an unguarded moment,
and was beaten until he was insensible. For
this the assailant, who was a violator of par
liamentary and criminal-law, was rewarded.
In the other case, an insult and assault were
promptly resented, and a blow was struck in
. self-defence, and under the most aggravating
circumstances, for which Mr. Grow’s friends
saw fit to send him privately a token of their
respect. This was their right. That it was
published to the world is no fault of Mr.
Grow’s, nor is he responsible for it, but
those who sent it. One word more on an
other point.
The writer in the Evening Post thinks that
“muscle and pluck in Congress” should not
“be honored with public testimonials.” If,
by this language, the editor means to exclude
“muscle and pluck” from Congrees, in the
present stale of affairs, so far as the North is
concerned, I beg leave respectfully to differ
with him. When the South ceases sending
their slave-driving bullies to the national
legislature for the purpose of brow beating
northern representatives, it will be time for
the North to consider the subject. A man of
talent and legislative experience may increase
their efficiency among ruffians by the exhi
bition of physical prowess. The North will
nothing by sending not only men of
ability, but also men of “muscle and pluck.”
Such a course will not require Tom Hyer or
Bill Poole to be sent to Cpngress, and need
not turn legislation into a brawl nor the
Capitol into a pot-house.
Perilous lucldeiit.
Yesterday afternoon, the little son, about
7 years of age, of Mr. Crary,of our village,
fell into a well, on the corner of Court and
Cherry streets. In some way the liitle fellow
Inst his balance while trying to lift the bucket,
filled with water, and went down with the
bucket to the bottom, it was some thirty
five feel to the water. The sewing society
of the Court Stree: M. E. Church had con
vened at Mr. Still well’s near by the well, and
a little son of Rev. Mr. Wood, four years
and seven months old was out with him and
sow him fall in. Ho ran into the house and
told them “the boy was in the well.” They
did not understand or notice him at first, and
he- repealed ‘*l say the boy is in the well.”
The people ran out and found the bucket
down and out of sight, and the water in com
motion. The well was narrow and the rope
very small, and there appeared no way but
for some one to go down as soon as possible.
Mr. Wood was about to descend by the j
rope, when the little fellow came to lha sur-1
surface and look hold of ihe bucket, which I
had ibeen drawn up and let down again. I
They could not see whether he had hold of;
Ihe bail or the side of the bucket. They ,
slowly drew the bucket up and the little lad '
with it. As there was no man present ex-!
cept Mr. Wood, the ladies turned the crunk,!
and he steadied the rope, and encouraged the
little fellow to hold on until he seized linn by
one arm and took him out. He had hold of
the side oT the bucket, which was turned up
about horizontally, and had spilled out all
the water'as he came up. When he got
within a foot of Mr. Wood’s reach, the lin
gers, of his right hand began to slip, and he
spoke, shall fall,” and began to cry. Mr.
Wood seized him by the left arm at the very
moment his right hand slipped from the
bucket. But for that moment's grasp, in an
instant he would have fallen down the second
time, and probably perished.
The bucket being nearly horizontal, and
quite slippery, bow he held himself so long
with a grasp of only about one half the
length of his little fingers on the edge of the
bucket, is truly wonderful. There were
some thirty ladiep present at the sewing so
ciety, and about a dozen little children, ana
until Mr. Wood lifted the little hero out, it
was uncertain who he was. His mother
stood by the well, trembling with anxiety, as
he was lifted from his perilous situation, and
did not know until she heard his voice, say
ing “1 shall fall,” that it was her only little
son. Her heart gushed out with sobs and
tears of joy and thankfulness. It was such
a time of gladness and thankfulness as will
not soon be forgotten by those present. —
Strange to relate, the little boy was but
slightly and probably suffers no se
rious harm from his fall. —Binghamton Re
publican.
Susquehanna Shanghais. —We learn
that Elmer D. Dimmick, of Uoiondale, Her
rick Ip., Susquehanna Couniy, while on
some of his mountain land, saw a bird of
unusual dimensious alight in the top of a
large beech tree, and supposing it an Eagle
and having his rifle wilh him, one manufac
lured by himself, he soon brought him down,
' when to his astonishment it proved to be a
Pelican, and had in pouch len or a dozen
fish of the kind known as lake shiners, some
of which were six inches long. In Ihe
descent four of the fish fell out and
signs of life. He measured when his wings
were extended from tip to lip, 6 leet 3 inches,
and stood over five feet high. —Carbondale
Adtanct.
THE AGITATOR.
HI. H. Cobb, Editors Proprietor.
WELLSBOROUGH, FA.
Thursday Corning, July 8," 1858.
*,• All Business,and othcrCommunicalionsmusl
be addressed Lo the Editor to insure attention.
We cannot publish anonymous communications.
Republican Convciillou—Aug. 37.
Delcsate Elections
No news irora the Atlantic Telegraph Fleet has
yet reached us. The attempt has doubtless failed.
Apologetic. — Circumstances beyond our control
prevent us from bestowing usual labor upon this de
partment of the paper this week. We are conscious
that nothing is said as it should have been.
The wonderful rapidity of vegetable growth du
ring the past ten days is everywhere the subject of
remark. Corn has grown rather more than an inch
per day, and we have seen some in tassel. Crops
of all kinds look extremely well.
Our citizens will be glad to learn that Osgood has
filled up the Store formerly occupied E|y Bean &
Ensworth, with a fine stock of Goods which he in
tends to sell at reasonable prices. It will payW
call there Just lo see how greatly the corner is im
proved by open shutters and the display of nice
things inside. Mr. Sam. R. Smith will be found in
attendance there, also. But see their advertisement
for farther particulars.
Almost a Fjre. —Our citizens were aroused by
the cry of fire between the hours of ten and
last Saturday night, and a very respectable number
of volunteer firemen gathered in considerable haste.
The flames wefe first discovered issuing from a buil
ding in the rear of Roy’s Block, erected for an ice
house, but not in use as such at the time. The
building, being constructed in the usual manner and
packed with shavings from the sills to the ridge be
tween the outer and inner walls, burned rapidly and
greatly endangered the dwelling occupied by Mr.
C. B. Kelly. Thanks to the well timed efforts of
those on the ground the flames were confined to the
ice-house and the destruction of much valuable prop
erty prevented. Mr. Roy desires us to express his
grateful acknowledgments for services rendered on
that occasion.
The fire was doubtless accidental and is supposed
to have caught from a stray fire cracker.
Of all changes, those silent and gradual changes
of opinion in individuals are least obvious to the in.
dividual himself. Men have been known to experi
ence a thorough change of sentiment without being
aware of it, and parties have befen known to change
position—advocal.ng principles but now held in ab.
horrcncc—apparently without being aware of any
inconsistency with former beliefs.
Our opposition to fusion arises from a knowledge
of tlie above staled fact. The proposition to fuse ;
with a parly hostile to Republicans on the main
question at issue implies a disposition to compro
mise ; for how can there be union without conccss.
ion ? If our proposed allies intend to abandon the
Cincinnati Plaifonn, the Republicans have but to
keep right ahead, disdaining side issues, concession
and compromise of vital principles, ostensibly to ev
idence a disposition of fairness which is not fair
ness, but a morbid desire to triumph temporarily.
By favor of the Norristown Republican we have
the proceedings of two Union Conventions, lately
held in Chester and Montgomery counties, respect
ively. After a careful examination we are unable
to recognize the features of the Philadelphia Plat
form in the proceedings of cither. We see no al.
Insion to the prostitution of the Federal Judiciary
lo the service of the Oligarchy, no allusion to the
conversion of Executive patronage into an engine
for p'arly purposes, no allusion to any important
questions at issuo between the dominant parlies.
Yet common sense and common justice were never
so outraged as in the Dred Scott Decision. That
Decision's subversive of the rights of the States
under tha Constitution, an insult alike to Divine and
human Uw. We had hoped to see some outspoken
word of condemnation touching this dangerous
usurpation on the part of the Judiciary.. The lib
erties of England barely survived the corruptions
. of the Judiciary under James; then, as now, the
rights of individuals were first brought under the
■ ax, then then the rights of communities and then of
\ entire classes. Our country is treading the same
| dangerous path and the people are apparently lean
| ing upon a trust in the inherent strength of our free
| institutions, forgetting that, apart from the integrity
i of the masses, those institutions have no virtue
. whatever.
The platform of the Chester county Convention
is studiedly ambiguous so far as living .questions
are regarded. The votary at the shrine of Popular
Sovereignly can stand upon that Platform without
conceding aught. On the other hand, the advocates
of the, right of Congress to legislate for the Terri*
lories can, consistently, have no place there. We
understand flow it is possible for men to do many
unpleasant tilings with a mental reservation ; but
what mental reservation can justify a Republican in
denying the right of Congress to refuse admission
to ahy Stale with institutions at war with the prin
ciples of common justice?
Our friends in the lower counties are making for
themselves a bed which may prove thorny and un.
pleasant ere 1860. If compromise and concession
be inaugurated now, what less may reasonably be
made the order of the day in 1860 7 All understand
that the campaign that is to be, two years hence, is
ic view and rules the preliminaries of the incoming
campaign. Then is it not best to proceed circum
spectly, even at this early day, lest we awake two
years hence to find ourselves hopelessly entangled
in a mesalliance ?
The Foil nil. —The Fourth was about as
generally observed as usual, in ibis couniy—Mid.
dlebury. Liberty and 'Roseville were Hie principal
points where the Day was celebrated in the old.lash\
ioned way. We had the pleasure of attending the
Celebration at Liberty, and a very pleasant visit it
proved in more respects than one. In the first place
we had the luxury ot a day wilh no lath, plaster
and shingles between us and the blue sky. Second
ly, we feasted our eyes upon one of the finest farm
ing regions in the country. Liberty is the finest
hill country we have yet seen, in fact, and we did
noLsee the best part ol the township after all. Fi
nally, we had the satisfaction of witnessing the ob.
serving of Independence Day among a people who
lake a great deal of pride in celebrating it with ful|
honors, civil and military. Earnestness Is a good
trait In any people.
Under the direction of Col. Harding and Gen.
Sebring, the procession formed in front of the house
of Jas. Merrell and proceeded to the .grove. After
on appropriate and impressive prayer by Rev. J. W.
Owen,(in which the bond as well as the free were
remembered) J. G. Albcck, Esq., announced the
reader of the Declaration, Maj. Cox. He was fol
lowed by Dr. L. W. Johnson in a patriotic oration
which was listened to wilh commendable attention.
He was followed by Mr. J. B, Niles, of Middlebury,
THE TIOHA COUNTY AGITATOR;
who delivered one of the most spirited addresses we
ever listened to on the like occasion. Mr. N*. spoke
about forty minutes and bad the undivided attention
of the .numerous audience. Maj. Cox followed, with
a volley of volunteer toasts, witty and patriotic, and
which *were witffone gun and three cheers,
as were the speeches and the Declaration.
The assemblage then'proceeded to the house of
Mr. Merrell and partook of a sumptuous dinner pre
pared for the occasion and served with a truly dem.
ocratic hospitality.
The proceedings were characterized by tbo at.
most decoram and good feeling, nor did w 6 observe,
a single instance of noisy drunkenness. We have
jotted down ibis Celebration with the very few it
has been our privilege to attend without after regret.
Wc have heard nothing from the gathering at
Roseville. That at Middlcbury was very large and
enthusiastic, as we learn from an eye-witness. A
prominent feature is said to have been the'opening
speech, which consumed only one hour and twenty
minutes in its delivery.
The day passed off rather quietly in Wellsboro.
Wc hear ot a few boys training in the company of
Capl. F. Whiskey. Young men, if you wish to
live to see manhood in years, you must get a dis*
charge from that company. Slop now.
Ang. 21.
Unjustifiable Homicide. —We last week gave
currency to a rumor to the effect that Dr. Win. B.
Rich, of Deerfield died of varioloid on Thursday
two weeks. Qur friend “ Longfellow” sends us a
flat contradiction of tho rumor which is so spicy
that we cannot withhold it from our readers. We
were sorry to hear that the Doctor had departed ;
wo are rejoiced to learn of his return to the land of
the living. He is one of the last persons whom we
should kill, even were that oar vocation. We be*
the Doctor's pardon. May he live a thousand years*
But to our correspondent:
Knoxville, July 3,1858,
Friend Cobb: X see by Ihe Agitator of the Ist
Inst., that Dr. Wm. B. Rich died at his residence in
Deerfield on Thursday last, of varioloid.
Dr. Rich is alive, and breathes as naturally as
most fleshy men can this hot weather. He has been
sick, with varioloid, but not dangerously, and is now
able to be up were public sentiment not against him.
You say that w small.pox is moderately raging in
this vicinity.” (?) We have hud barely one case of
varioloid in this part of the Valley.
Small-pox, Mr. Editor, doesn’t begin to rage here
ns it docs a little way ont of town. Some have
been exposed, and one man is sick with pains in the
back and head. * * * He has been removed to
a place of safely. One who has seen much of the
smalUpox thinks this patient is only threatened with
fever, lie was belter last night.
This is all the smallpox we have had in this vi.
cinity ; but a good many have hud tho scare-pox—
which, however, isn’t as u raging” here as it is a
few mites away.
Small pox yarns, like snowballs, gather magni.
tuds as they roll. Then they herflnmmux and that’s
the end of them.
Probably, if you hadn’t cut your eye4eelh on
“strychnine and buflcr,” you would have had hall
the town in their graves.
Please give these facts as much prominence as
you did the Doctor’s demise. By the wav, suppose
you give us your authority for that report’ 7
Yours, without the small-pox,
C. L. H.
[The stage driver on the Tioga route brought the
news to this place. 1 Ed-]
©ommunCcatiom
For the Agitator.
Township Associations are of great im
portance to the teacher. Some of the rea
sons why they are not susiaioed are obvious :
Ist. Jealousy among teachers ; each think*
ing him or herself heller than the qtherf
each anxious to hold the best place—to bo
noticed most. In a political party, thajl man
is branded as a traitor who forsakes the ranks
because he or his friend did not chance to be
the successful candidate. Suppose every,
thing is not managed to suit our minds.—
Suppose some teacher desires to control the
Institute more than we wish. Will it show
a good spirit in us to forsake the cause?—
This would be to descend to the miserable
“wonl-speak-to-you” policy of whimsical old
women.
2d. Want of inieresl. Where there is a
will there is a way. Teachers say they have
so far to go, they cannot attend the Institute.
The people no doubt are in fault for this, in
part, at least. I know some parents who
will let their sons have a horse and carriage
and spending money to go to a spree two or
three times a month, and frequently as often
as once a week, but will not extend the least
accommodation to a teacher who is anxious to
improve in her profession. But doubtless
most of the blame rests upon the teacher.—
There are some who do not intend to leach
any after this term. They are careful, not
about the things of the school, but rather
how they may manage those “entangling
alliances” which are to have their consum
mation soon after school closes. Others
there are who are selfish. They teach for
money, and that only. It is their first and
last object. Such will always frame some
excuse for not attending to their own im
provement. They wish to teach term after
term in the same old beaten track ; progress
with them, is out of the question. Some
times this class knows so little they think
they know everything. They say they have
no difficulty in their school; that they have
been able to explain anything required of
them. The Superintendent enquires if they
have any questions they would like to ask in
regard to their school or the branches taught.
Not one; everything is perfect; when per
haps the same teacher will mispronounce
half the words in the next spelling lesson.—
This remark was verified a few days since.
A teacher who could see no profit in attend
ing Institutes, pronounced the word, bomba
sin, giving ‘s’ the soft sound, and accenting
the second syllable. Generally, the teacher
who knows the least Teels the least need of
improvement. I shall rejoice if the day ever
comes when these drones are out of the,hive.
N. li. Reynolds,
Co. Sup't.
A New Cent Piece. —We have seen a
specimen of a new coin of one cent denomi
nation, just from the mint at Philadelphia.—
Something of this kind is much needed to
take the place of that abominable abortion,
the one cent coin of 1857. The new cent
piece, like the other, is of nickel, and of the
same size jit has the bead of,an Indian girl
upon one side and the words United Stales
of America, 1 with Ihe date. Upon the re
verse is a wreath surmounted with a shield
with a bunch of arrows entwined at the bot
tom. and .'the words One Cent in the middle
of it. The workmanship as well as the de
sign is beautifully executed.— Boston Post,
Common Schools.
A Brave Woman.
" Mrs, f Caroline C. Stranburg, wife of P. P.
Stranburg of this city, was a passenger on
the. Pennsylvania, which was burnt to the
water’s edge, in the Mississippi, sixty miles
below Memphis, on Sunday morning, the
,12th inst. Mrs. Sttaobufg. left her-berth'
just before the explosion look place, and when
she heard the report, which shook
piece of timber in the boat, she caught hold
of her little child, which wasoaly two months
old, and rushed into the.ladies’ cabin at the
very moment that a large piece of machinery
came crashing through tho floor. She ran
to the captain’s room.and told him that the
boat was on! fire, but he said she was mista
ken, and advised her to be calm. She said
she was noli mistaken, and her manner was
so earnest I that the captain, thinking she
wight be correct, went down to the boiler
deck. He returned in a short lime and re
marked to jMrs. Stranburg i “There is no
danger now—the firs has been subdued.’’
Mrs. Stranburg, however, would not be con
vinced ; she insisted that the boat.was in
flames, and told the captain to make prepara
tions for saving the passengers. As she fin
ished speaking, the flames broke through tbe
cabin floor* and 1 in less than a minute the
cabin was filled with smoke. She saw that
tbe time forlaclion had arrived, and she'knew
that her life and that of her child depended
upon her own exertions; so she went down
the private staircase, and was fortunate
enough to 'reach the boiler-deck in safely.
Knowing that she would perish by fire if she
staid on the bout, she determined to leave it
and run the risk of meeting her death by
another method. She accordingly seized a
board about seven feet long and eight or ten
inches wide, and, grasping her child with one
arm and the board with the other, plunged
into the river. The curreht, owing to the
high stage of water, was very rapid, and
Mrs. Stranburg had as much as she could do
to keep herself and child above the surface ;
but she proved equal to tho dangerous situa
tion in which she was placed, and her peril
our journey down tho river would not have
been attended with half the danger that it
was,if herjunselfish heart had not prompted
her to save a man who was unable to save
himself. A short lime after leaving the boat,
she saw a |man struggling irTlhe water, and
she knew from his movements that he was
too much -exhausted to save himself from
going to tbe bottom ; so she generously and
nobly jeopardized her life to save him ; she
grasped him by the aim, at the risk of being
pulled from her frail support, and assisted
him in gelling upon a little piece of plank
that was hprdly sufficient to keep herself and
child above the surface of the Father of
Waters. After floating for an hour and a
half, Ihe three were rescued by some men,
who, having heard the explosion, launched a
small boa 1 and started up stream to render
assistance to the unfortunate sufferers.—
■When the man who was rescued by Mrs.
Slranbcrgjplaced his feel in the boat, he tried
to exprcss|lhe gratitude which he felt for his
preserver ; but his heart was so foil of thank
fulness that his longue refused to give full
utterance I to his grateful feelings. Mrs.
Stranburg left this city about three months
ago, aod went to Clinton, Miss, her birthplace,
where her relations reside. She took passage
on the Pennsylvania to Vicksburg, and ar
rived at her own house in this city on
Monday evening. —Bloomington ( III .) Pan
tograph. |
Scone a!t a Strawberry Festival —
A IV. I'. Policeman and a South
erner;
The Congregational Society (colored) wor
shipping in the church in Sixth Street, held
a strawberry' festival. After speaking from
several persons, Mr. Pearson, a planter from
South Carolina, addressed the meeting. He
reflected upon the other speakers, saying that
he was ready to aid liberally in enterprises
to benefitj the African race, but desired to
preserve the distinctions which God had in
dicated. |He owned more colored persons
than were there in the house, who were
greatly attached to him. He would give as
much as any present for their benefit.
Rev. Mr. Tilghman requested Captain
Hart, who was present officially, to answer.
The Captain said that there were two sides
to the controversy, and he would show the
other. Me proceeded to describe scenes he
had himself witnessed at Charleston—a girl
on the auction block, her ankles marked by
manaclesj and with fair complexion ; men
with braided bodies ; a host of other cruel
ties, etc. Ho remembered that when rich
men cast large sums into the treasury, and
the widow threw in two mites, the Lord said
she had done more than all.
Mr. Pearson replied, in much exctlemen',
that they! of the South did not live up par
ticularly to the Scriptures. The Captain said
what he iid because he would not give any
thing. Hi would give satisfaction if Captain
Han wotlld visit him at the St. Nicholas
Hotel. He was very much excited.
The Captain said he understood what that
meant. He did not fight, nor would he be
found wi(h a wound in the back. He had
learned the Scriptures by his mother’s side,
and otie precept was, that when we did give
alms, noljto sound a trumpet before us.
The S.outhern gentleman did not reply.
The audience then broke up, much amused
at the turn affairs had taken. Nothing more
was heard of the southern gentleman.
j Boy Lost!
On Friday morning, the 18lh day of June,
1858, Ihe son of Archibald Donald, named
Robert M. Donald, left his father’s residence,
and was last heard of'at Wellsburg, in Che
mung Coi, since that lime he has not been
heard from. He is 11 years old ; rather tall
for his age; large eyes, black hair. When
he went iaway, was dressed with a brown
leghorn Hat, blacTt roundabout coal, blue (cot
ton) pantaloons, calf skin shoes, without
stockings. He carried With him two blue
gingham:aprons. His manners are rather
modest and reserved Any information what
ever in regard lo the boy,-will be thankfully
and gratefully received by His afflicted pa
rents, Address Archibald Donald,
Elmira, Chemung Co., N, Y,
Whoever will bring the boy to his parents,
shall receive a liberal reward, besides rea
sonable expenses. Dated Elmira, June 28,
1858. Other papers please copy.
■ Speech ot Bev. X. Z>j Cnyler.
We qlip (hefol lowing, from the speech of
Rev. T. L. Coyler, at the Annual Collation
given in connection with the Congregational
Union, during, the Anniversary week in New
York: i
Rev. Mr. Qiiyler said : I am requested to
night to represent the Reformed Dutch Church
as a progressive Dutchman, ( And a Dutch
man need not be ashamed to] look a son of
New. England in the face, or take him.by the
right hand, for (thanks be to.GSod!) there is
not in your Congregational connection nor in
my own denomination, a single slaveholder,
or a single slave ! (Applause*) ; Three years
ago they tried to bribe us by the offer of a
Southern Classis, but we said calmly and
firmly, “No, no; we will have no slaves
within our borders; no fetters!op our hands.”
You Yankees ought to receive us, too, in
your fellowship, for your fathers were Dutch
men before they were Yankees, j (Laughter.)
Let me remind you that the first historical
picture you suspended in the corridors of the
new British House of Parliament, and the
most superb historical picture! in the lotunda
of our national Capitol, both represent the
same scene—the embarkation of your glori
ous freedom loving Pilgrim Fathers from the
shores of my dear mother country,of Holland,
in the Mayflower. (Applausa.)j -I went over
to see the spot last summei|;!a Dutchman
likes to revisit Holland, ocbasipnally, to get
a smell of the tulips—-and another smell of
the canals 1 (Laughter.) ; j
While 1 was on the other side I met the
eccentric and brilliant Thomas Carlyle, and
he said to me, “From your iname you must
be a Dootchman ?’’ Then he -broke out in
to a glowing account of Dutch bravery.—
“The world,” said he, “has |been running
afier the exploits of a| red rag; of a French
man; but the defense of thej Dutch Protest
ants against the Spanish tyrahtls is the grand
est event in modern • Ah! when
Philip sent the Duke of Alva qnJ his Popish
cut-throats to do the business! for Hollaed,
those Dutchman squelched him as ye would
squelch a rotten egg /” (Applause.) Ley
den, which stood the long sejig'e until starva
tion stared its heroic inhabitants in the face —
which was delivered at last by a mighty w ind
which diove the Dutch fleet (o the walls of
the beleagured city,moved fatal to the Span
ish despot. He gofnis first shock when he
laid his wicked hand on the highly charged
Leyden jar of Dutch Protestantism !
We Dutchmen love you Yankees very
heartily. But we have one advantage over
you. We are more calm—j-riore quiescent
and contented. You worry lob much. You
are all the while agitating. You agitate the
flesh off your bones and get as lean as dys
peptics. For instance, complate the physical
man of a famous Yankee agtlalor now on
this platform (Dr- Thompson) {with the, mag
nificent dimensions of my celebrated Dutch
brother over on Brooklyn Heights. (Great
laughter.) You remember, perhaps, the story
of the Yankee and the Dutchman who were
blown up together on an incendiary Missis,
sippi steamer. The poor Yanjkee was blown
clear away into the river jj being the only
live Yankee I ever knew to go' under I The
Dutchman came down safe! n|nd sound, and
when he was called before the coroner’s jury,
ho testified, “As for tat Ya nkee, tut Mtsher
Jones, all I knows of him ish lal when the
biler bust, and 1 vas going up j I met tat Yan
kee a cornin’ down!” (Laughter.) Now
the naan who can- ascend calmly and majes
lically from an exploding boiler has reached
the sublime of equanimity. | \
Brelhren ! we have all been working to
gelher lately. In this blessed Pentecost, the
Dutch Reformed Church nijdlthe Congrega
tionalisrs have prayed and trilled side bj side.
We have found, too, that Sayhrook Platforms
and Dordrecht canons excellent weap
onry for the assault of Saijßn’s-kiingdom.
We have also mourned together lately.—
When we lost our veteran John Knox, you
walked with us in silence and tears as we
bore him to that tomb where he sleeps so
well, that not even Ihe tramp jof (he combat
ants yesterday, above him, could disturb his
peaceful slumber. We all mourn, 100, this
evening for one who was will) you one year
ago at your collation—who blew his clarion
voice so nobly for freedom that it never gave
one uncertain sound. He has gone; but
methinks >ve can hear him still calling to us
from the celeslial heights, like the “Excelsi
or” of Longfellow’s young Alpine hero—
“ And from the skies scrcno arid far
His voice falls like a falling star.”
As it comes sounding down from the sunny
heights, listen to it ! ]“Standi up for Jesus !
Stand up for Jesus !'■’ wle will ! Beloved
and glorified brother !; VVej Will slantfup and'
unfurl the blood-stained bann'er of the Cross
from the loftiest watch-tower] and will keep
it floating until it shall floatjaround us as our
winding sheet. 1 ' •
A Picture to be Seen |to be Appreci
ated. —Holding office in Ujtah is no joke, if
ihis passage from the correspondence of the
Tribune is as true as it is graphic :
I have seen the Governor of the Territory
walking gravely op the road toward his tents,
carrying a piece of Stove funnel under each
arm; I have'seen the Chiif jjusiice cutting
the lurf for a chimney, and! punching the ox
en which were drawing logs (o build his cab
in ; the Secretary of Stale 'splitting wood,
and the D. S. Attorney and Marshal plaster
ing the walls of their hut .with mud. Yes
terday I saw one United States Commission,
er, stripped to the buff and: riding on horse
back, piloting a wagon through a ford across
the South Platte, which he lhad discovered by
wading, while the other Commissioner having
accomplished the passage,isal upon a corn
sack on the opposite bank,lntending a renl in
hts pantaloons. These pictures may con
vince you that the civil officers, at least, in
connection with the Utah expedition, are not
sinecures. ; i
It is said that one "of the persons-engaged
in taking an acceunt of Ihe stock in the
Crystal Palace, N. ¥., supposed the group of
the twelve Apostlea io beuW Presidents of
the United Stales. The first, Apostle James,
was put down in the inventory as James Mon
roe, a little the worse for wear; Thomas, the
immortal Jefferson, Andrew, old Hickory;
the beloved disciple John was Tyler; but
when the official came to the names of Bar
tholomew and Simon, he gave up the job.
JlcW Bird and Game lav,
- It is not generally known, we believe, |U I
a new law for the belter preservation |
and insectivorous birds was enacted at t u |
last session of the legislature of this State i
It is one of importance to every farmer atj 1
every lover of nature, and we hope thegoojl
sense of our citizens will make it general!. I
observed. The penalties are quite airing,.’ I
—enough so to make the law a (error to ev.t "
doers in that respect. . VVe find the followinj '
copy of the law in an exchange paper: '
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, &0., That f roa
and after (he passage of this act, it shall nq
be lawful for any person within this con.
monweahh'lo shoot, kill, or in any way t rs .
or destroy 'any blue bird, swallow, m a ri| t
or other insectiverous at any season o(
the year under the penally of two dollars.
Sec. 2 That from and after the pasjMj 1
of this act, ho person shall shoot, kill,o t I
otherwise destroy any pheasant |
first day of Janoary and the first day of Sep. p
lember, or any woodcock between the nisi fj
day of January and the first day of October ~
in the present year, and in each and ever;
year thereafter, under the penally of fir,
'dollars for each and every offence.
Sec. 3. That no person shall buy, o;
cause to be bought, or carry out of this Slat*,
for the purpose of supplying any privateoj
public house or market, any pheasant, pit.
tridge, woodcock or rabbit, unless the same
shall have been shot or taken in the propet
season, as provided for in this act, under a
penalty.of five dollars for each and every
offence. ‘
Sec. 4. That no person shall, at an;
time, wilfully destroy the eggs or nest of an;
birds mentioned in the different sections of
this act within this commonwealth, under i
penally of two dollars for each and every
offence.
Sec. 5. , That the possession by any per.
son in this commonwealth, of any of the
game and birds mentioned in the different
sections of this act, shot, killed or others!*
destroyed out of season, as aforesaid, skill
be prima facia evidence to convict under
this act.
Sec. 6. That any petson offendingaeainst
any of the provisions of this act, and being
thereof convicted before any alderman or
justice of the peace aforesaid, or by the oath
or affirmation of one or more witnesses,
shall, for every such offence, forfeit the Sis
or fines attached to the same, one half to fits
use of the county in which the complaints
made, and the other half to the informer;
and if the offender shall refuse to pay ib«
said forfeiture, he shall be committed loii*
jail of the proper- county, for every suck
offence, for the space of two days, without
bail or mainprize ; provided, however, ibsr
such conviction be made within sixty days
after the committing of the offence. >
Sec. 7. That any act or acts conflicting
with this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed. ,
• The Philadelphia Public Ledger, speak
ing of Petersons’ new Counterfeit Detector,
says:—A reliable coun'erfeit detector, pre
pared expressly for Philadelphia, has long
been needed, but especially ■ within lie last
year. Petersons’entirely suppliesthawaal,
for it is accurate, honest and.thorough,being
supervised by Drexel & Co., of this city.
The June number, just issued, contains i
perfect list of all the counlerleits, broken
banks and rales of discount on bank now.
The objection brought against many of lit
coumerfeil detectors published elsewhere,it
that they are merely vehicles for levying
black-mail, cannot be urged against this, for
the character of the publishers, T. B. Pew
son .& Bros., and of the editors, Drexel i
Co;, are above suspicion. We would ad™
all persons to subscribe to'this Detector i!
once. The price is only one dollar a yat
monthly, or two dollars a year for it, sem
monthly.
Moses Harroll, editor of the Mound Ciij;
Emporium, has been re-elecled Mayor a.
that city. The election look place duntjl
the recent floods in the West. The elecw
bouse being submerged, a boat was anchors
over the place where the election “ought#
be” and the voting proceeded. One lelta*
voted against Wose whereupon he was®-
mediately banished to Cairo. Shortly > I;S
the election the floods subsided, and Mo*
and the rest of the inhabitants have bees
slicking in the mud ever since. Great lo» s
that Mound City! and Great Mayor, Id# 1
Mose! The Mayor and principal busies*
men of that city are making arranged™ 11
to export large quantities of musketoes s
other parts of the world during the press**
summer.
Dr. George I. M’Leod, of Philadelphia,**
chosen Orator, and Rev. Malachi F. Tsy lj |i
of Whitehall, N. Y., Poet at the next cel
ebration of the Alumni of the University* l
Lewisburg.
-M-A-R-R-I-E-D-
On the Ist inst., by Her. J. F. Calkins, in D*'' [llir '.ri
JOHN ALEXANDER of Wellsboro and Miss SOPHU Al *
TIN of the former place. 1
On the same day and by the same. Mr. ALBEKt
AVERY and Mis» EMILY E. PRATT, both of Richmond.
-D-I rE-D
In Char!e«ton, on the night of the 3*2 inst., Jfr** t
CARET, wife of John Ilart, aged 74 years.
In IVdlaboro, Pa., June 21, ELIZABETH. " lfe of
Sick el vy of Bioomsburg. in the 57th year of her
[Mrs. Mckelvey died very suddenly at the residence
son-in-law, the Rev. A. A. Marph*. She had been
mouths in delicate health, and with the hope of *t fe
ing a feeble body, went to the hills of the , uor J t
tion of this State. At first it seemed that she ha* l
In vain; but though to human sight she was dailj '
disease ,was making slow but sure advance*. .billrf
Mysterious are the ways of Providence, but w^ 0 '
they are not wise and good? As in Mrs. Mtkcl'vv *
daj s and weeks passed painfully by, relatives an-i #
most continually feared the approach of death.
waa raised up and fond Lopes were excited that eve
she would be spared to her family. But the
pectation was quickly followed by the gloom el .
.menf. When away from home, bat yet not «' v ay
that loved her, her souf passed from the earth j,
nre was aa sudden and as noiseless as the gome
We doubt not that the Lord was with her and *
pillow, os aho died an infant's death. ~ S*
Mrs. Mckclvy had spent 40 years of weddea
husband who survives her; and she had lived -
1 remaining children married. This husband V. fe
memory and praises her. These children Ten 2 CM*'
parted mother and call her blessed. Exemplary .ii J
inn—faithful as a Wife—devoted and «.*
Mother—kind and conciliatory as a Neighbor. - ysP
name worthy of remembrance and love. >£ r , ifaeP*
previous to death, she was an honored nicro«*
byterian Church. h 0 f
As travelers light their fires at the
should wo at the coming of death, have our i *oa‘
and burning. In such an hour as wo thins « '
man cometh. He cometh In death. But w “ t ’ ft h t<>J2
The Lord knoweth. and let Him do what
good. u Let me fall into the hands of tho bo j c*--
are His memos. but let mo not fall into £«<-' C*-
Jt'fnbUcait.