Shocking Case in Boston.
Quite a sensation was produced -last eve
ning by a shooting case which took place
on North sireel. The facts of the case are
as follows :
About T o’clock a young woman, named
Mary A. Dooley, daughler of John Donley,
who lives in the tear of No. 218 Hanover
sireel, went into Station No. 1 and slated
that she wished to give herself up to justice,
as she had just shot a man in North street,
named Patrick Canny, who keeps a grocery
and liquor store, corner of Cross and North
streets. Her story, as related to Captain
Savage, was that she had been deeply and
fearfully wronged by Canny, and in a fit of
desperation had committed the act of shoaling
him, j-,
At the lime he was shot, Canny was re
turning to his store from supper at the Jeffer
son House, IJforlh sireel, where he boards.
When near the store. Miss Donley stepped
from the doorway of a leather store and fired
n double-barrelled pistol, the charging having
two balls. One of the balls took effect in
the back, entering near the left shoulder near
the shoulder-blade, and the other penetrating
fleshy part of the back. On being
shot, Canny nearly fell from the side-walk
ioto the street, but rallied and was assisted
to his store, and from thence was taken to
the Station House. The woman who is al
leged to have been surrounded by friends,
who are said to have put the destructive
weapons into her hands and the terrible pur
pose into her -heart, hurried from the spot,
and soon after presented herself at the Police
Station, as already slated.
Drs. Tobias and Welch examined Canny’s
wounds and by probing soon extracted one
of the balls. The other they were unable to
dislodge. By their advice he was sent to the
Jefferson House. Soon after arriving he
was very faint, but exhibited pluck. The
landlord, Mr. M. J. Fislly, ordered a crrriage
and conveyed him to the Hospital, where he
was put under treatment. The physicians
think they will be able to extract the ball,
and their opinion is that he will recover.
-It appear l(tnl Canny has been paying his
addresses to this young woman for the five
years past, and that during (his protracted
period the attentions weie of-a nature that
generally leads to marriage. He was con
stant in his visits and profuse in his promises
of affection. Three weeks ago last Saturday
evening, he announced to her that it would
be impossible for them to be married, giving
as a reason that he was already a husband,
and (hat he had been married by compulsion
to a woman in the State of Maine. He as
sured her in all seriousness that such was
the case, and that their union was impossible.
It pierced like a Jdagger, and from that mo
ment to the lime she shot him, she has been
in mental torture.
She alleges that he effected her ruin by
seduction. She is now four months in preg
nancy. The father of the young woman has
already instituted civil proceedings against/
Canny, who is under $4OO bail, to appeal
for trial. It is bis intention to procure what
ever redress the law will allow. Last-eve
ning she-left the house—so she told her
mother—to get some thread at,a store near
by. Instead of this she went to North street,
and.-there deliberately shot her seducer; it
is from no lack of deierminatipn that the
shot Was not fatal on the spot.— /Boston Bee,
Sept. 9. /
Hotel TUief In a Perilous Posi
tion. /
About twelve o’clock Saturday night (says
the Cincinnati Gazelle/hi Monday ) Mr. T,
Caldwell, a gentleman/from New York, stop
ping at the Burnet/ House, retireo to his
room, and, after disrobing himself for the
night, took his usual precaution to Iqok under
the bed for thieyes. His surprise may be
imagined upon/discovering a man lying snug
against the wall ! Without raising an im
mediate alatjm, or calling the fellow from his
hiding place, he quieilyslipped on hia pant
aloons, and started down stairs, locking the
door behind him. Procuring the services
of Watchman Harvey, on duty in the house,
he returned to the room, hut-after a search
no one could be found. As the door was
locked it was pretty evident he had not es
caped by that exit. The inside blinds were
opened, but nothing could be discovered ol
the thief, until one of the persons acciden
tally caught a glimpse of his elbow. It was
then ascertained that be was standing with
one foot upon the projecting portion of the
stone sill, and the other upon a gas pipe run
ning along the building, which was not over
no inch and a half in diameter, and main
taining his hosition by pressing his fingers
against the Smooth stones of the side of the
window! To have held on for a minute even,
must have required considerable strength.—
The window was on the third floor, opening
into the yard, and at least forty feet from the
ground; so that his position was indeed a
perilous one, - The fellow was taken to the
Hammond street- station house, where be
gave his name as Charles Collins, but ha
passes also under the alias name of Charles
li. Morgan, his baggage, which was found
at the Brodway Hotel, being marked with
the latter name. - A knife for culling pock
ets, and an instrument for filling keys, were
found upon this person.
The ship Sea Lion Captain Colbcrn, from
Antwerp at Boston, saw a large pyramid of
ice on the 22d ultimo, in latitude forty-three
degrees forly-lwo minutes, longitude forty
degrees Iweniy minutes. It was about two
hundred feet high above the water, from four
hundred to five hundred feel long, and about
two hundred feet wide. Captain Colburn
also reports having seen several islands of
ice near the same place.
The sham Democracy of Susquehanna
have found a young man by the name of
Vail who is so desirous of a little notoriety
that he has consented to run for Congress
against Grow. That young chap will have
a vail pul upon his Congressional aspirations
about the second Tuesday of October, whiph
will obscure him forever, hereafter.—Brad
ford Reporter, ■
All wanting to emigrate to a mild climate,
good soil and fine market, see advertisement
of'ilammouton Lands.
THE AGITATOR.
m[«. 0* Cobb, Editor A: Proprietor.
WELLSBOROUGHj PA.
Thursday morning;, Sept. 23,1858.
%* A! I Business,and otherCommunicalionsmuet
beaddresscdto llie Editor to insoreaUention.
We cannot publish anonymous communications.
Republican Nominations.
For Congress,
GALUSHA A. GROW, of Susquehana.
For Assembly,
L. F. WILLISTON, of WeUsboro’.
LEWIS MANN, of Coudersport.
For Sheriff.
SIMEON 1. POWER , of Laurence.
For Commissioner,
L. D. SEELEY, of Brookfield.
For Auditor,
JAMES I. JACKSON, of Delmar.
TUB Pewa in the Episcopal Church will bo rented, Monday
morning Sttptember'2Tth, at It- o’clock, for one year.
O’ Have we a Republican County Committee
among us?
o*Are you assessed ? Is your neighbor ?
. Purling amb opened bis Select School in the
Eagle Printing-office building on Wednesday of lost
week, 42 poplla in attendance. We wish him sue*
CCS?.
If you haven’t seen the iVew Goods al Bullards',
go right a way, before they are carried off by cus.
lomers. Their advertisement came too late lor this
week. They are receiving a fine stock of Fall am!
Winter Goods.
The Foundry. —The Wellsboro Foundry bps, at
last, become a permanent institution, thanks/to the
unwearied energy and enterprise of its proprietor,
Mr. Robert Young, We suspect that the secret of
bis success lies about equally in these two facts, viz:
Ist—He is a first rate mechanic and thoroughly un
derstands his business ; and 2d—lie ia always found
at his post, with his sleeves rolled up and bis good
humored face grimy with the dust and sweat of
honorable toil. Ho iniormed us during a brief visit
to his establishment last Saturday, that he had to
strain every nerve to keep np / wilh his orders. That
is a good sign. May it tong continue visible in his
sky. - - /;
We mw some stovcs,/alao, manufactured by Mr.
Young, (he finish of which would do credit to any
establishment.
The Fair. —Amid the bustle and aliife of poli
tics, it is hoped that the workingmen of the county
will not forget the annual Fair of the Agricultural
Society wluct/cominences next Wednesday and con.
tinues three/days. The Association, we are glad to
say, has thus far proved a success. Its future de
pends upon the patronage ol the farmer and the ar
tisan, for whose benefit it is especially designed.
Could'an exact estimate of agricultural progress be
made, we doubt not that the gain to that--branch of
Jub£r during the existence of the Society,would be
found to fall nothing short of 25 per cent, while the
/probability is that it would exceed that per cent.
But the welfare of the Society depends upon the
patronage of the workingmen of the county* It is
hoped that they will prove as ready to sustain the
enterprise this season as they were last, and yet
more abundantly.
Mr. Codd: The slanders circulated by the other
parly against Mr. Power, while they fail to injure
him in the esteem of sensible men, still, it seems to
me, ought to be dealt with as the law permits. I
muy be wrong, Artis.
Mr. “ Artis 1 ’ : If Mr. Simeon I. Power should
slop to chastise every young dog that may bite at
ins heels during this campaign, we apprehend that
he would find lime to do very Utile else. No, sir;
such attacks should be met, in our judgment, as the
law does not direct, if met at ail. But there is such
a thing as giving character to one having none of
his own. One way of doing this is to make him
defendant in a suit at law ; another way is to kick
him into undeserved prominence. Mr. Power, we
presume to say, intends to move strait ahead about
bis business. The people will refute the slanders of
his enemies on the 12lh day of October—-mark the
prediction.
Eightceu-Huudrcd-Slxly.
Is Freedom an abstraction? Are the principles
enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and
upon which the Republic is founded—are those prin.
ctples abstractions ? Is Right an abstraction? is
Wrong ? What is an Abstraction 7
An abstraction is something existing without ref
erence to any particular person or thing. As ‘most
commonly accepted it is an idea, or principle not
susceptible of being made practical either in appli
cation, or operation. If, then, Freedom be an ab
straction, as the Mulatto-democracy claim, it follows
that Washington, Jeffercoo, Franklin and their com
peers were idle visionaries, and the men who signed
the Declaration subscribed to a lie!
But experience proves that a true Freedom is pos
sible to be attained by an intelligent people, and this
gives the lie to those who pronounce it an abstrac
tion. Yet no people has ever attained to a stale of
true Freedom; neither has Science yet overcome all
obstacles to its final triumph. True progress is a
work of slow and painful degrees.
Then, as a true Freedom has not yet been reach
ed, we are thereby reminded that there is much la
bor to be performed before that slate of independ
ence can be wan. A glance at the past reminds as
that we can not hope to attain to a true Freedom
except through unremitting effort; and the voice of
a revered apostle-oflruc Democracy—a voice which
death and tho grave could not silence—rings its
words of warning in our ears continually ; « Eter
nal Vigilance is the Price o? Liberty I 1 *
We know that oar enemies say that this cam
paign has nothing to do with the great question of
the day—that it is a battle, not for tho vindication
of principles, but for the preferment of men. It is
a strife for men with them, we grant; that party has
no principles to contend Tor—has had no principles
for the fast ten years, and does not, that we know of,
claim to have any principles; but Republicans do.
make this, and every other fight at the ballot-box,
on principle. Especially at thisttme.is it necessary
to ignore the claims of men as men . If they have
proved true to the principles which the Republican
parly arose to defend and to disseminate; if they
stand fair among their neighbors as capable and hon
est men, and ore fairly put forward for place by the
chosen proxies of the party—that is sufficient, that
is all that any true friend of Freedom win ask.
Friends, ve are now to meet for parade and drill
preparatory to the great fight of 1860. These local
campaigns are, in* politics what skirmishes are in
war—disciplinary, and not seldom the events which
shape (he results of.lhe pitched battle* You cannot
drop a vote in the ballot-box, no matter what may
be but that that bit of paper shall tell
for or against the great central Power, of which Mr*
James Buchanan is the ostensible head. We s*k
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGIITATOIt.
yoar attention to those counties where the Buchan,
an Democracy has sufficient vitality to put a “ reg’.
ular ticket** in the field; what do yon .see ? You
see them rallying around a standard on which is in*
scribed the pledge of fidelity to the democratic party.
And you hear them endorsing the Administration,
its iKsnsas policy and the Died Scott Decision; and
you hear (he leaders crying out to the rank and* file
to come up to the support of the ** regular demo*,
cratic ticket 1 * and thus prove their allegiance to the |
Administration. This is what you may see and
hear in (hose counties. The evidence stares at us
from every so-called democratic exchange that comes
to our table. Now what does this mean ?
It means jest this: It means that the leaders of
the Mulatto-democracy understand that every vote
to be cast for county officers this fait will tell direct
ly for, or against the power that rules and ruins at
Washington. It means that they do not intend to
permit dissensions to impair the integrity of their
organization and thus cripple their strength for the
great fight of 1860. It means that that party ie
member the tactics which gave them all the strength
they ever had as a parly, to wit,yroseriptton of to.
ery man who did not bow the knee to the Democratic
Dagqn - Did they preach up to the rank and file
that u politics should not influence men in voting
fur county officers.” when they had a majority in
Tioga county ? You know better than that. You
know that they built the wall of Party high; that
they drew the reins of Party tight. You have not
forgotten how that parly ruled your Boards of Sa
pervisors ond School Directors; nor how they elect,
cd your Constables and Justices of the Peace! no
man has forgotten these things—all remember that
that party, when in power, carried their partisan
rancor into the township elections , even, for such was
their policy everywhere, then, and is to-day where
they have the power.
And this is necessary to the preservation of the
integrity of party organization. See how Mr. Bu
ebanan keeps the Sham-democratic party together
by the system of rewards and punishments inaugu
rated by Andrew Jackson ! Do you see how even
the backwoods Postmasters must be all right on the
goose, or trot? We grant that there may be some
exceptions here in Tioga; but those exceptions ex
ist only in the neighborhoods where no competent
proslavery man can be found. The rule is as slated.
Now what does that fact show ? It shows that Mr.
-Buchanan is determined to preserve the organization
of his party at all hazards . Republicans, we must
* fight the Devil with fire V'
Wilmot gave us a grand watchword in 1654*
Said he—“ If you would overthrow the Slave Power
“you must STRIKE DOWN THE ALLIES!*’
There is a golden truth for you. Who are the allies
of Slavery ? Foremost, the mulatlo.democracy, and
next, they who suffer themselves to be made use of
by that parly under any pretext whatever. The
man who loves himself more than he loves the cause
of human Freedom, or who would peril that cause
to gratify private pique or personal ambition—that
man is an ALLY of the Slave Power, whether he
aims to be such or not, and should be counted an
enemy and dealt with as an enemy by all true Re
publicans. Strike down the ALLIES!
We call the attention of those who have been
told that a great “disaffection” exists in the Repub
lican ranks, to the fact that all who failed of a nom
ination in the Convention arc earnestly supporting
the ticket. The cry of “ unfairness,” “fraud,” is
raised and kept up by the claqueurs of the Buchan,
an parly, and has no countenance from Mr. Elliott
or any other good Republican. In justice to Mr-
Elliott we will say that, while he charges unfair
treatment of himself upon several individuals, ho
does not blame the Convention oa a Contention.
Nor docs he, for a moment, harbor the thought of
visiting the sins of individuals upon the party to
which he and they yield allegiance. He intends to
keep his private quarrels out of this battle, recogni
zing something of greater importance as being at
stake just now. This is that gentleman’s position
as we learn from his own lips.
But whit do the Sliam.demooracy care Tor Mr.
•Eliiolt and hie wrongs 7 Not a snap of the finger !
Why, previous to the Convention, it is a notorious
fact that these identical “democrats,” friends of
Mr. John W. Bailey, (and if common report may be
credited, Mr. Bailey also) scoured the county and
peddled the most outrageous slanders affecting Mr.
Elliott’s character and standing as a citizen of the
community in which he resides; and men asked us
—“ Are these things true ?■” We replied—“ They
are slanders, pure'and simple ; but falsehood is the
“stock in trade of the party that supports Mr. John
“ W. Bailey ; were an angel to oppose Jas. Buchan,
“an, that party would do their worst to bespatter him
11 with the filth in which they grovel 1”
Now had Mr. Elliott been nominated, those dem
ocrats who are now loud-mouthed to bewail his
wrongs, would have stabbed him to their utmost
with lies more than akin to those circulated against
Mr. Power. For, while they are aware that their
candidate dwells in a glass house, they also know
that the columns of this paper are not open to ken.
nel sneaks and nameless libelers of private charac
ter. They presumed upon this knowledge, and we
thank them; it is the highest compliment from a
low source that was ever paid us.
We are forced to give it up at length 1 Beyond
question Mr. John W. Bailey is being advocated on
as many-grounds as was old Mr. Jas. Buchanan in
the memorable campaign of 1856. Wherever it
will do, lie is represented as being a “ no-partv'.
man, a free-soil man,&.c. Those making these rep
resentations know belter; they know that every
vote cast for Bailey, Munroe and Reynolds will be
an endorsement of James Buchanan and his infa
mous Administration. Who are urging ihe election
of those men 7 Every leading Buchanan man in
the county.- Do they expect to clod either of them 7
No. They expect to divide the Republican parly
and through this division to disable us Tor elective
work in iB6O, Tiiis is the object and end oi their
zeal for the “ Independent” Buchanan ticket. But
why did not the Buchanan leaders bring out their
ticket “ regularly" and give their candidates a plat
form to stand upon ? Because they dared not do it;
they knew that the people of the Banner County
would trample such a platform with its candidates
so deep down in the mire of defeat that the labors
of a regiment of Buchanans could not unearth them-
The stripe of a candidate may be known by the
stripe of his most vigorous advocates. Now what is
the political complexion of the noisiest advocates of
the “Independent” Buchanan ticket?
VlCTORY !—Vermont comes up to the aid
of Freedom with renewed strength. The Repcbli.
cans elect the State ticket by more than 12,000 maj.
the entire Congressional delegation, all the State
Senators and about seven-eights of the Representa
tives ! So much for organization,
Maine follows suit with about 11,000 majority for
the Republican Stale ticket, the entire Republican
Congressional delegation and nearly the entire Leg.
Jslature. That is the way England Republic
ans prepare for the fight of iB6O I they •* STRIKE
DOWN THE ALLIES 1” Their motto is; Who
is not for us is against us I Republicans of Tiogo,
we meet in these local campaigns for drill and dis,
cipline, preliminary lo the great battle of 1860'
Not So.—The Mulallo-demecracy, in their zeal
fo make votes for Mr. A. J. Monroe, their candidate
for the Legislature, are circulating a report that Ti
oga Is entitled to two Representatives. Tins is not
true. The Republican Convention of this county
'made no such claim *, on the contrary, it clearly de
signated by its action (hat Putter was entitled to se
lect Mr. Willislon’s colleague, and the Conference
accepted the gentleman recommended by the Repub
lican Convention of Potter county. The Mulattocs
can run half-a-dozeu candidates for Assembly in Ti
oga, if they choose, wc don’t object to that; but all
Republicans who may be solicited to support Mr.
A. J. Monroe on that ground will understand that
the Republicans of this county repudiate the claim
so clandestinely set up by the Mulaltoes. Lewis
Mann deserves and will receive the hearty support
of the Republicans here.
We arc not ready to ‘believe the report that Mr*
Monroe is trying to get voles by setting up tins
claim. He knows that it is false and without foun
dation, and therefore, as an honorable man, be
could not soil his hands with such diit? business.
Oar advices from every section of the county are
cheering. There is a fixed determination to sup
port the entire ticket among the Republican masses,
even in those districts where the greatest disaffec
tion was reported. This is as it should be ; for
while the threatened local disaffuctions could not
materially affect'lhe result this fall, it is necessary
to avoid doing aught to cripple the strength of \hc
party. Wc should be glad to sec the vole for the
hunker ticket restricted to the ranks of that parly,
bat it is probable that the Republican ticket will be
scratched by some. Very well, gentlemen, if you
must, why then you must; but think twice before
you do aught to aid and comfort the minions of Mr.
Buchanan.
Wo publish the opposition ticket in another place.
All good men enough, but two of them in very bad
company. They are put forward as capital invested
for tii 2 benefit'of Mr. Bailey. Possibly Mr. Rey
nolds may not be aware of this fact, but such is the
fact, and be will be made aware of it on the 13th
day of October. Wc but strip the ticket of the veil
of pretence in publishing if as the Buchanan ticket.
We shall call things by their right names; nor will
we touch a penny of the money of any man claim,
ing to be a Republican, as compensation lor misrep
resenting his political position. We trust (his is
a sufficient reason for publishing that ticket gratis
“t lutepcndeMl” Bnchaiiitu Xlcbct.
Sheriff— John W. Bailey, of Charleston.
Assembly —A. 1. Munroe, of Knoxville.
Commissioner —Calvin Reynolds, of Sullivan.
The Atlantic Monthly. —Willi the October No,
this'Magazine achieves not only its first year of ex
istence, but the greatest success ever achieved by
any periodical in a single year. The Atlantic is
among Magazines what the Tribune isamong news
papers—the ablest and roost independent of its class.
The publishers have more than fulfilled their prom,
ises made a year ago—have richly deserved the en.
comiums that have been lavished upon their efforts.
We can furnish the Atlantic lo persons not con.
venient to the News Office, at S 3 per year. Those
living in this village and vicinity can get it regular
ly of Smith He Richards. The regular price is §3.
The Presbytery op Pennsylvania met
in this village on the 7ih insf.
There were present the Revs. James
Blakeslee, of Ulysses; S. J. McCullough, of
Tioga ; J. F. Calkins, of Wel|sh»to; A. H.
Domes, of Lawrenceville : and Elders Black
well, Presho, and Bird.- Rev. C. M. Blake
wns present as corresponding member.
The opening sermon was delivered by Rev.
S. J. McCullough, formerly Moderator.
The entire session was occupied with the
caso of Rev. D. B. Brown, who has been
suspended from the ministry, since May,
1853. After a patient hearing of the case
till 10 o’clock on Wednesday night, Mr.
Brown was “deposed from the ministry, and
excommunicated from the church,” by the
following vote : ayes, McCullough, Calkins,
Barnes, Blackwell, and Bird; non liquet,
(it is' not clear) Bhikeslee and Presho.
The Lord’s Supper was celebrated on
Wednesday, P. M., Bfh insiant. Sermon by
Rev. J. G. Carnachon.
A very hearty vole of thanks was given,
at the our citizens, for I heir kind
ness and hospitality extended to the members
el ihe Presbylery during its session.
The next semi-annual meeting will be held
ai Tioga village in April, 1859.—Couders
port Democrat.
M. V. Slate Canvass.
The following nominaiions have been made
by the various parlies in the Slate of New
York for Slate officers:
Republican Nominations.— Governor.
Edwin D. Morgan, New York ; Lieut. Gov.,
Robert Campbell, Steuben ; Canal Commis
sioner, Hiram Gardner, Niagara; - Prison
Inspector, Josioh K. Everest, Clinion.
American Nominations.— Gov., Loren
zo Burrows, Orleans; Lieut, Gov., N. S.
Benton, Albanv ; Canal Com., J. R. Thomp
son, Monroe ; Prison Inspector, Wm, A. Rus
sel, Washington. ,
Democratic Nominations. —Governor,
Amass J. Parker, Albany ; Lieut. Gov., J.
J. Taylor, Tioga ; Canal Com., Sherburne
B. Piper, Niagara ; Prison Inspector, Edward
L. Donnelly, N. Y.
Independent Nomination. —Governor,
Gerrit Smith, Peterboro.
meeting of Conferees.
At a meeting convened at Wellsboro, Sept.
15, 1858, of the Republican Conferees of the
Assembly Dislricl composed of the Counties
of Tioga and Potter, Wm. Adams and J. B.
Potter dnly appeared for Tioga, and Hon. S.
Ross and G. B. Overton for Potter county.
L. P, Williston being duly presented
upon the pan of Tioga, and Lewis Mann
upon the part of Potter county, upon.motion
were unanimously nominated as candidates
fur Assembly for the District composed of
Tioga and Potter counties.
Sobieski Ross, President.
J. B. Potter, Secretary.
Edward , Tucker, the engineer or the
New Haven Railroad train which ran off the
drawbridge at Norwalk five years ago, and
resulted so disastrously in the destruction of
human life, committed suicide in New York
on Thursday evening, by severing with a
razor the main arteries of his left arm. He
has not run any engines since the Norwalk
disaster, and this calamity is said to have
preyed on his mind so forcibly as to have
rendered him at times nearly insane. He
was 40 years of age, and has left a wife and
two children residing in the vicinity of Trov.
——— c -
Tearful Death op an Insane Man.—
On the passage up (ho river oq the steam'-
boat Hero, Tuesday night, a mosij fearful tra
gedy was enacted. Soon after thd boat had
left her dock, it was discovered that a Ger
man, among the passengers, was ■ insane.—
His conduct became so wild that ;|l -was found
necessary to restrain him, and he; was tied
down to some balls on which to steep.
About one o’clock in the morning, when
all but the watch had retired, he jtjianaged to
disetlgage himself, and commenced prowling
about the boat. The gangway doors being
locked, he was prevented from getting out
side, or even up stairs. Becnmjng enraged
in consequence, he commenced slashing the
glass in the windows of the ladies cabin and
the captain’s office with his hands. In so do
ing they were most severely lacerated, he
thrust his hands through the thick glass.
As he continued his work ofidesttuclion,
(ha frenzy seemed to grow upqri
finding himself baffled, he made a springjand
plunged head first through one joif the win
dows on the side of the main ejaijin, taking
sash and all with him. With st|c;h force did
he go, that he came in collision with the
upper guardworks of the boalli A watch
man being attracted by the noisd, opened the
gangway door, but not in lime jib save the
man’s life, for picking himself ogj’afler strik
ing his head against the guards;, he sprang
overboard with a wild and lerriiipi scream.—
The boat was under great headway at the
lime, and it was deemed unnecessary to at
tempt to save the man’s life, as must have
inevitably drowned before a smailljboat could
have got to his assistance; arid indeed, he
had cm himself so repeatedly Ihal, judging
from the amount of blood on the deck, he
most have bled very profusely.;— Albany
Statesman. j
Significant, Very—Forney “Dares”
the Administration, —As our are
aware Col. Forney has been making a pow
erful demonstration against the National
Administration at Tarrytown. | This was
made the pretext for a biller r.liack by the
i Union. In reply Forney publishes the fol
lowing card: ]
“A Card. —When I spoke to-jibe electors
at Tarrytown, N. ¥., I did so ipon the de
liberate expectation that from ttye impenitent
calumniator and convict of the Is .ly. Herald,
down In the pensioners of yhe Washington
Union , I would be abundantly ; reduced and
misrepiesented. An Administration which I
assisted, not inconsiderably, lo elevate to Ihe
power which it has basely abused ; has not
hesitated to make an honest difference of
opinion the pretext for a proscription extend
ing lo my business and lo my rppsl .intimate
relations; and I am not surprised at the
spirit which my remarks at Tarrytown have
created in that quarter. This ikko slate that
I shall calmly await the accumulation of all
my accusations of the Administration and its
agents, when, in my own wayiiand in my
own good lime, I will prove all {that I have
written and spoken as to the gfess betrayal
of a great principle and a solem ijpledge, and
still further establish Ihe justice strength
of the position of the Press andlof myself.
■ J. W. Forney.”
As the Administration, through the Wash
ington Union, has accepted the challenge,
the disclosures must proceed, and it looks as
if they would be raiher rich. i
I I
Curious Relic of the Indilvn Wars.—
Mr. Marks Snyder, of our has verv
kindly presented us with a curious relic of
the Indian wars in Pennsylvania,(while il was
yet a colony of great Britain,, in ih,e shape
of a small bit of wrought iron, with four
prongs, resembling a crow’s fippl. I: was
found with many others while eixfcavaling for
the Northern Central Railroad 1 , on the site
once occupied by Fort Shamokjh, near Sun
bury, Northumberland countyf j When first
made Ihe prongs were exceedingly sharp;
and, by the peculiarity of their ponst ruction
no manner in what way they vyere thrown to
the ground one of these prongs would always
point upward. Il is staled thaltilhe soldiers
were in the habit of scattering (llese articles
broad-cast on the ground outside of the fort
lojirevent being surprised at night by their
Indian neighbors, who were sis
as they were numerous. Thejsharp points
of the “crows-Teet” would readily penetrate
through the light moccasins jwjorn by the
Indians, and if not inflicting a mortal wound
would at least produce a very, J inconvenient
one, rendering them powerless* to do. any
great amount of injury in return. The
specimen incur possession is very much cor
roded with rust, but has not frqrri this cause
lost any of its distinctive fealutjes. Il is cu
rious as illustrating one of the many devices
resorted to by our forefathers fori their defence
against the knife and lomabayv|t of a ruth
less savage foe. —Harrisburg Telegraph.
A Thousand Irishmen. —‘j-We hear a
rumor that the Union and Center county
Democratic conferees, heard atlflock Haven
what had been before asserted—{that the Rail,
way Company could have a thousand more
Irishmen on the line before the!election, and
could make up any loss in lliqse counties
very easily. Might it not he asjviell, now, as
nt-any other limey lo TEST whether the cas
ual hireling of a mammoth cot;p,oration can
vole down the real lax.payers cffjthe district,
or not?—What say the opponents of this gi
ganttc, boasling, overbearing companies, of
all parties? —Letcisburg Ckroiiicle.
Have we no enterprising company in Lu
zerne, which can import a few {Democratic
votes here, from some of the benighted Black
Republican Districts, where they are of do
use? Thq African Democracy iof Luzerne
will surely need all they cant get {from every
source this fall.— Pittston Gazette.
The Railroad.—The work lon the Sun
bury and Erie Railroad is progressing rapid
ly, and if no unforseen event ojccurs it will
be completed to Lock Haventhis year. We
were not aware of the energy! with which
the work is being prosecuted uptil Saturday
last, when we spent a short timd on the sec
tions above Pine Creek and received consid
erable information from our fpiend G. P.
Smith, who is engaged on the;road. The
completion of this , great work tyill be hailed
with delight by the people in this section.—
Jersey Shore YcdeUc.
Communications.
Aristocracy and Democracy,
Ever since society was formed and regu[ a .
ted as it is to-day, these two great living aa .
tagonisms have been in being. According
(o a standard authorjhe former is a ‘‘forme; i
government which vests the supreme author! '
tty with the nobles,” and the latter, that “form
of government in which the sovereign po» er
is reposed in the people.” These antipodal
principles have oft times existed under differ,
eot names, but the relation which they here
sustained to human affairs has ever been the
same. Aristocracy has ever and only sounfu
to live by the toil of others. It has everea.
iste'd in furtherance of the doctrine that “Might
makes Bight.” It scruples not to exercise
tyranny, outrage and wrong, so that it rnay
be allowed to enjoy undisturbed its crimson
robes and royal luxury.
Its notion of justice is not the most refined,
while ft has a very exalted idea ol its own
self-righteousness, it matters not to ansioc.
racy if humanity is outraged—if right is de.
stroyed—if the husband is lorn Irom his
wife—if* sisters are ravished from ibe com.
pany of brothers and parents —if human
souls which are destined lo run parallel wild
Deity in the great hereafter, are disposed of
m lots to suit purchasers. Although it may
be a striking commentary upon (he depravitj
of the human race, yet it is nevertheless true,
that this great wrong has for many long ages
rgn rampant over the face of our earth, lo
the complete blotting out of those holier and
belter sentiments of our nature. Liberty
and Right have ever been sacrificed lo gnu.
fy its insatiable demand.
As before remarked, Democracy has ere:
been the opposite of Aristocracy. This great
principle is the synonym of human equality,
and to it we are indebted for what good the
earth has always been blessed. It has al
ways acted upon the principle that lhe“(a.
borer is worthy of his hire.” It has ever
been struggling with its oppressing brother
for the acknowledgment of the principle that
"all men are created equal." From the
earliest days of history until this very hour,
these opposing elements have been joined ia
mortal conflict. With them it is a life strug
gle, which cannot end save by the annihila
tion of one and the consequent triumph of the
other. And as truth is mighty and must ul
timately prevail, so wrong, of whatever
name, most in the fullness of lime be driven
from the field.
U mailers oat if these opposing elements
exist under the sanction of law or in viola
tion of law ; it matters not if thev are strug
gling upon the soil of Russia—jamong the
venerable hills of Asia Minor—in the cotton
mills of England—among the green hills of
Ireland, or on the plains of our own Plural
Unit, they have ever been, are now, and ev
er will be the same. But this peculiarity at
tends them t Wrong is ever patting on the
semblance of Right. She wishes to appear
respectable in the world’s eyes, and therefore
with sophistry natural to her, she covers up
her true character by putting on the garb of
Democracy. And could Aristocracy, to-day,
be divested of its borrowed habit and be
forced 10 stand before the world in Us true
light, her followers would forsake her, and
instead of being a terror, the world would
mock her cupidity. 1
If men are not naturally dishonest, they
are nevertheless liable to- be misled bv the
display of wealih and the influence it exeru
upon human affairs. How true the saying,
“names are not things,” for if we should
judge,wrong by its self-assumed names we
should have but a faint conception of its trus
eh« racier.
And in our own country, although too»a
the truth may cause our cheeks to be suffused
with blushes, and to own it may make at
ashamed of our much boasted land of equal
rights, we find nearly balanced these Iwoop
posing elements, engaged in. a hand to hand
conflict. Hero Right and Wrong are equi
poised, and each is struggling to come offihe
victor. In these United States, Aristocracy
lives with the same life principle that enables
it to exist among Pussia’s serfs-<-among Aus
tria's crushed our lovers of freedom—eating
the very vitals of this, people—appointing
every office of the federal government and
throwing out its hundred (pillion of dollar*
annually, under the specious name of Dem
ocracy !
And as the hypocrite loves to speak of re
ligion'—as the debauchee dwells with warmiti
upon the benefits of virtue, so the upholder
of our mighty system of American aristoc
racy, grows eloquent when speaking of liber
ty in the abstract, and then drawing hims't
np to his utmost stature, will thank GodiW
he is a Democrat! ! O, Democracy 1 »lnl
follies, aye what crimes 100, arc commiimd
in thy name I What a guise you have ever
been to help the subverter of human liberty
on in his accursed work !
These conflicting elements in this country
are known bv the name. Democrat and Re
publican. The Democrat of to-day uses the
same argument to further his parly cause,
as Francis Joseph would use to crush out
freedom upon Hungary’s fair, but bloody
plains. All the powers of this nation at tb |!
hour are prostrated to give strength to an in
stitution that degrades mao to the brute level,
and to destroy tbfe virtue and patriotism el
the other. And wrong only asks for sue
cess, —she cares not how her ends ate gained.
And in this County the advocates of lb®
•American Aristocracy party have resorted to
a process truly novel to procure the defeat ol
true Democracy ; they certainly are entitled
to credit for their originality in their present
scheme for defeating the candidates ol inn
Republican Convention. 1 can well remem
ber when a nomination by the Democrat 16
party was equivalent to an election by one
thousand majority. But the gradual abnn
donmem of, principles by the Democrat 16
party was observed by its supporters, a
quickly they forsook her and the
true Democracy united themselves with
Republicans, where, its ablest and best fr
of former limes are found to-day. And
completely did they leave her that 3000 ma
jority was entered against her two year* ago-
Something must be done. Fair
that is, bringing their own men feW
the field offered them no chance of su
I have before remarked that wrong a *
wnnlcd to bear the impress of r'gbt, an
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