Burning of the Austria!
530 LIVES LOST!
ONLY 67 PERSONS SAVED.
• Twelve of'the rescued passengers,- after
being picked up by a French vessel, were
transferred to the Bark Loiusand arrived at
on the 29t.h, from which place they
myke known by telegraph the following sad
ne\s:
The Austria sailed from Hamburg on the
2 1, and from Southampton on the 4ih, with
annul 500 passengers. Including officers
mid crew there were about 600 persons bn
board’. She had bad weather until the 12th
when it became more favorable, and all were
wt)»eoling to reach New York by the X8 1 h.
A"2 p. m., of the 13lh, a fire broke out in
the forward steerage, occasioned by the up
setting of some burning tar used in fumiga
ting the .ship. A panic arose instantly, and
scarcely any attempt was made to extinguish
the flames. She was running head to wind,
and the fire ran aft rapidly, bursting out
amidships soon after, when the magazine ex
ploded, whereby it is supposed the engineers
were suffocated. The helmsman for a few
minutes pul the ship aback, but was probably
soon driven-from the wheel by heal and
smoke, when the ship became unmanageable.
Two boats were let down and immediately
su limped. The mass of the passengers
crowded on ihe poop, and the vessel heading
up to the wind the flames and smoke envel.
oped them on every side. Here the scene
was terrible; all hope vanished, husbands
mid wives, parents abd children, leaped into
Ihe sen locked in each other’s arms, many
of. ihe women with their clothes on fire, to
escape a more frightful death. Two men
sueiyeded in reaching a swamped boat, but
were soon left far behind the steamer. In
half an hour the only persons remaining
alive on Ibe Austria were someihirly or forty
wbu had crowded out upon the bowsprit.—
Fortunately the French Bark Maurice, Capl.
F.Titesi Renaud, discovered the burning ship
and hastened to Ihe succor of the survivors.
B fore dark, she succeeded in rescuing forty
persons, mainly from the bowsprit, a few be
ing [ticked up in the water. At eight o’clock
a lami came up with 23 more, making alto
gether 67 persons taken on board the Man-,
nee, of whom 57 are passengers. They
are all positively known to have been saved,
and some of them were very badly burned.
The next morning Ihe Maurice saw a Nor
wegian h-irk cruising about the burning ship ;
but n is hardly probable that any more were
found alive. The Maurice sailed for Faynl
on the/l4 h, and the same day fell in with
the bark Lotus, Capl. Trefy bound for Hall
fax. Twelve of those saved from the Aus
tria were put on board the Lotus, "arriving at
, Htlifnx on Sunday afternoon. It is from
them that we get our accounts. On arriving
ri Halifax, 10 of the 12 were received by
the Captain of the propellor Prince Albert,
who offered them a passage to New York.—
Only six women were saved.
IS uclia nanism.
The Buchanan parly endorses the “Dred
Si'.oil decision,” which makes slavery a na
tional and constitutional institution, and which
declares there is no power in the people to
prevent its spread. Dnder this decision, the
people of Pennsylvania have not the power
to keep slavery out of this Stole.
Th» Buchanan party is in favor of “pro
gressive fne trade," as declared in their last
national "convention, held at Cincinnati!.—
Wnh free trade, our industry is paralyzed,
our laboring people thrown out of employ
ment, our specie sent to Europe, and our no
lion beggared. The stagnation which is how
oppressing the country, and which reaches
all classes-of men, is the legitimate fruit of
the free irudfiT: policy of the Buchanan parly.
The Buchanan parly has squandered the
people’s "money with a recklessness that has
never been equaled in this country. A hun
dred millions of dollars a year are now the
expenditures under Mr. Buchanan.
Mr. Buchanan is not content with confin
ing himself to the legitimate duties of his
office, which are entirely of an' executive
character; but he descends into the legisla
tive arena, and forces such laws through
Congress ns he desires to have passed, by
the force of Executive patronage.
The Buchanan administration denies the
rights of the people to make their own laws.
He has subverted the doctrines of Jefferson,
Jackson, and other eminent Democrats, and
now holds the people in the same regard that
the Despot of Russia holds his serfs. Presi
dential whims and edicts are enforced with
all the power that usurpation can give. Un
der no previous President has the right of the
people to self government ever been ques
tioned.
Mr. Buchanan comes down from his Pres
idential Chair to influence and control the
election of Congressmen by the people. In
many instances, the using of his great pat
lonage for this object is susceptible of proof,
and to Lancaster county, he actually came
in person to aid in the defeat of Mr. Stevens,
whom he hates and fears.
Mr. Buchanan has committed himself en
tirely to the South, and he sets the seal of
his displeasure upon every Northern man
who will not become as subservient in this
respect as himself.
We might go on and fill columns with the
weaknesses and sins of the Buchanan ad
ministration, but those weaknesses and sins
are fresh in the minds of the people. Voters
of Lebanon, at the election on Tuesday next,
you will be called upon to endorse or con
demn these things. Which will you do?—
There can be no neutral ground. He who
fails to vole, is to all intents and purposes,
aiding Buchananism. ' Freemen of Lebanon,
let not such a political sin rest upon you !
Lebanon Courier.
Gov, A. G. Brown, U. S. Senator from
Mississippi, stated in a recent speech in that
State, that he called on President Buchanan
before lie left Washington, and that “Mr.
Buchanan assured him in the most positive
and unequivocal terms that he would appoint
no man to office who held the opinion that
Kansas,ought to be admitted before she has
a population that would entitle her to a Rep
resents in Congress, (according to the
terms of the English bill,) and that he would
decapitate every office-holder who expressed
such a belief.’* —Montrose "Republican ,
THE AGITATOR.
HI. 11. Cobb, Editor* Proprietor.
WELLSBOROUGHj PA.
Thursday Morning, Oct. 7, ISSS.
• » All Business,and olherCommunicationunust
be addressed to the Editor to insure attention.
We cannot publish anonymous communications.
Republican Nominations.
For Congress^
GALUSHA A. GROW, of Susqvehana.
For Assembly^
L. P. WILLIST ON, of Wellsboro’,
LEWIS NANN, of Coudersport.
For Sheriff,
SIMEON I. POWDER, of Lawrence.
For Commissioner
h, D. SEELEY, of Brookfield ,
For Auditor,
JAMES I. JACKSON, of Delator.
ID* See New Advertisements.
t.We are obliged to defer several local notices un
til next week.
Hon. G. A. Grow addressed a large and enthusi.
astic gathering of Republicans at Mansfield, Mon
day afternoon, and another at Covington, same day
eyqptng.
Itriclids, suppose ten Republican voters should
stay away from the polls in each election district?
Tlierc are 33 districts : Let ten in each district
stay at home and you reduce the .Republican vote
320 in the county! Will you stay at home? or
you ? or you ? Think of it!
Republicans I Cftvc no ear to idle rumors touch
ing what John W. Bailey &. Co. t will do in this, or
that township. See to it that your own district
docs its best for Freedom and the ticket, and we
will guarantee 1,500 majority for th* ticket at the
head of this column. Up, und at them !
(D* The Individual who is circulating the report
Mr. John W. Bailey is a Republican, although he
is a church member, is nevertheless a downright fal
sifier. He knoics belter. He knows that Mr. Bai.
ley supported Gov. Backer and worked for him at
the polls. He knows him to be a supporter of the
Administration.
STRIKE DOWN THE ALLIES!
l>ook out for llaudbllis!
We have rumors that the Buchancers have pro.
cured Ihe affidavits of irresponsible persons directed
against the character of Mr. Power. It is said that
one of these affidavits is by Mr. Benjamin Barsc.
Fortunately, Mr. Benjamin Barsc cannot do any
damage where he is known, and where he is un.
known his affidavit will pass unnoticed. Charges
made against candidates on the eve of election are
never worthy of notice.
Mr. A.. 3. Munroc is trying to carry water on both
shoulders, and will get thoroughly drenched next
Tuesday. Mr. Munroc will try to run toith Willis,
ton In the western towns, and against WiJiislon on
the river. Mr. Munroe endeavored to get an audi
cncc with Mr. Mann, at Coudersport, in order to get
that gentleman to consent to a bargain, by which
bargain he, Munroc, was to be taken for WilKslon,
at par. Mr. Mann did not desire to trade colleagues
and Mr. Munroc incontinently mizzled.
The Republican ticket will be found at the head
of tliis p.apcr, and we desire our friends in the vari
ous townships to be on their guard against all tick*
cts nut corresponding with that. The Republicans
of *• Little Puller” have always stood by the princi
ples of the party, through rain and shine, and if the
Republicans of Tioga suffer this scheme of A. J.
Munroc’s I 9 damage Mr. Mann, they will deserve
defeat In 1860. Wo look to all true Republicans to
see.to It that Mr. .Mann runs fully up to his ticket
in their respective districts. Bevigilantl beaclivc.’
Are You at Work ?
REPUBLICANS ! Our opponents are never idle.
Day and night, Sundays and all, they arc sconring
the county for the success of their ticket. The Re
publican who presumes to lean upon past success in
this emergency, will be guilty of flagrant neglect of
duly. Let every man GO TO-.THE POLLS
EARLY and stand on guactf all day ! The big
end of the fight comes next ! Arc you
prepared for it?
Have you cut, folded and lied op your tickets in
setts? If not, let it be done without delay. Seven
ballots make a fait sett.
See to it that your tickets are not destroyed.
The Euchanccrs are unscrupulous. They will do
their utmost to prevent a fair expression of the will
of the people at the ballot-box. Remember how
that parly prostituted the ballot-box in Kansas, and
what they did in Kansas they will do here, if you
do nut stand on guard.
Roll up your sleeves and take hold! The ticket
must have not less than 1,500 majority ; it will do
better than that if you work like men in earnest!
Up with the flag of the BANNER COUNTY !
The Banner County ? Ay, Tioga has nobly won
the Banner? Shall she keep it? You muslanswcr
that question next Tuesday! The Banner came
through your labor—nothing but your labor can re
tain it! Every man is responsible ! Awake to the
importance of your duly! FORWARD! DOWN
WITH THE ALLIES! DOWN WITH THE
MINIONS OF JAMES BUCHANAN!
To Your Guns!—Stand Fast!
A watchful eye—a stout heart—a firm purpose—
an arm ever ready to strike down the ministers of
Wrong, and an ever-present consciousness of the
justice of the cause in which he battles, —such is
the armor which renders man invincible in the day'
of battle. Republicans! Are you in harness ?
Friends! We are met /or the sixth time for con
ference and encouragement upon the eve of a great
battle; great, because freemen cannot now approach
the ballot-box without meeting the Slave Power in
the persons of the friends of James Buchanan.
That Power is ever on the alert, ever busy plotting
how it may best remove the remaining landmarks
of Freedom. It rules your President, your Cabinet
and your Federal Judiciary. It must be met and
overthrown, or the liberties of the Republic must in.
evitably perish 1 How can we meet and overthrow
that most cruel of despots 7 . ,
There is no wrong without a remedy if men are
true to the highest impulses of their natures. This
Oligarchy which sustains James Buchanan and en
ables him to bribe your legislators into the enact
ment of Lccompton infamies—this great, central,
controling influence can be met and driven back —
must be met and overthrown; and the incorruptible
masses have this great work to do. Their stout
hearts, ready arms and invincible determination
most do the work if it be done at all; and if it be
not done, tben then they who come will know
that a preceding generation slept when they should
have watched, trusted when they should have dis-
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
trusted, and thus invited the ruin which they should
have avoided. Freemen*—if we desire to be re
membered with honor and gratitude, we must make
this fight shoulder to shoulder , even as we have ev
ery fight within the four years just past.
The question is not “Shall we fight for this man
as a man, but *• Shall we fight for this man as the
tried and true friend of the cause we all revere; as
standing upon a platform embodying the creed of
Freedom , and us bearing aloft the standard on which
is inscribed our watchword —*■ Not another Inch
of Slave Territory I 1” This is the question, and
it must be answered at the ballot-box next Tuesday,
It ranst be answered—answered, not only in view of
our responsibility as' freemen, as patriots, but even
in view of .our duty as Christian men, acknowledge
Ing our devotion to Right, to Justice, to that Human
ity whose attributes attest its likeness to the Divine.
Republicans,—this local fight is to be a sharp
skirmish on the borders of the general battle field of
1860. Disguise this as the minions of James Bu
chanan may, the fact still remains a perpetual war.
ning to us all. We can none of us forget this fact,
none can deny it any more than they can look up
to tiie sun of a cloudless noon and intelligently say,
“It is Midnight!” Nol it is a truth that will be
realized in all its fulness two years hence* Then,
every blow that has been struck for Freedom during
the existence of the Republican party will be made
manifest. Then, every traitor to the cause of Free
dom will be confronted with the consequences of his
weakness, or hts shameless cupidity ; and then, too,
every true Republican will point to his political rec
ord with commendable pride. But the man who
lulls, or turns aside next Tuesday ; who casts his
vole then for Porter, Frost, Bailey, Munroc and
Reynolds—that man will stand self-condemned in
in the day when all men shall reckon with them
selves for every act of unlrammeled choice.
Let us look at this thing calmly : One vole is
just as good as another—just as important and pow
erful for good, or evil, as any other. Every vole for
the Republican ticket is a protest against the exten
sion of Slavery and the wicked policy of James Bu.
chanan ; because the Republican nominees stand on
the platform of 1856. They thus become the cham
pions of “ Free Soil for Free Men.” Every protest
against Slavery next Tuesday will make itself felt
in 1860, since* the effective strength of a parly de
pends upon the integrity of its individual members.
Now, on the other hand, every vote cast for the
ticket put forward by the Buchanan parly will be
an endorsement of the Administration; because it
will be aiding and comforting that party ; it will be
a vole for the success of the pro-slavery nominee in
1860. This is the argument of Ijic Buchanan press
wherever that party has slrengUiL, It is a legitim
ate argument; for no ballot cun 1 diop into a ballot
box in these times that shall not left directly for the
Slave power, or against it.
Republicans 1 There is no safety for the liberties
of this Republic except in the integrity and intelli
gence of the masses. Parly leaders may labor to ac.
complish their selfish purposes; they may change
with every wind that blows; they may speak us
fair while they design to betray ; but if we hold fast
by the anchor of Principle, doing right for the love
of Right; if wc vote always with a present con
sciousness of out accountability to Heaven—the
designs of wicked men will be frustrated and the
threatened ruin will be stayed. As one who is wil
ling to sacrifice and \e sacrificed for the cause of
Human Freedom, wc appeal to our fellow-workers
to STAND BY THE FRAG in this preparatory
struggle. Wc make this appeal as one having a
right to make it; as one who has stood in the ranks
and fought, shoulder to shoulder, with you in five
memorable campaigns. Let us go to the polls next
Tuesday in full harness, and with a determination
to poll every vote against James Buchanan llml can
be fairly polled. Arc you prepared to “STRIKE
DOWN THE ALLIES” of the Administration*
under what guise soever they may allow themselves
Are you ready for the contest?
look at tike Platforms!
The Buchamn party met in Slate Convention at
Harrisburg, op the 4th day of last March. That
Convention nominated Win. A. Porter for Judge uf
the Supreme Court, and Wesley Frost for Canal
Commissioner. It also adopted a platform, the 2d
and 9th resolutions of which we publish here:
Resolved, That by the uniform applica
tion of (his democratic principle ( the prin
ciple involved in the Nebraska act) to the
organization of Territories and the arhnis
sion of new Slates , with or without domes
tic Slaver y, as they may elect , the
equal rights of all the States will be pre-
the original compacts of the Consti
tution maintained inviolateand the harmony
and perpetuity of the union of the American
States insured.
Resolved, therefore) that we unhesitating
ly do APPROVE of the MEXSURES
of Mr. Buchanan in his KANSAS POL
ICY, and are ready and willing to sustain
him in all the measures of his Administra
tion thus far disclosed ; and we entertain
the bellif that he will not abandon the dem
ocratic-creed.
The Buchanan party in this county have put for
ward as candidates for county officers, John W. Bai
ley, A. J. Munrocand Calvin Reynolds. These can.
didales, as a thing of course, take their places with
Judge Port2r and Wesley Frost on the platform, of
which wc give two planks above. The men who
advocate the election of Porter and Frost, arc not
less active for Bailey, Monroe and Reynolds. Lev
this fact be borne in mind. A vole for the “Inde
pendent 11 Buchanan ticket is a vole to endorse Mr.
Buchanan and the Lecompton infamy.
The Republican Con ventiun of this county, nom
inated Grow, Willislon, Mann, Power, Seeley and
Jackson. It adopted a strait-out Republican plat
form, from which we lake the Ist and 3d resolutions
as follows:
Resolved , That we nre unalterably oppos
ed 10 the extension of Slavery into any ter
rilory now in possession of the United States,
or that Ihe Government may hereafter be
come possessed of; that we reaffirm the right
of Congress, under ihe Constitution, to pro
hibit by positive enactment, the extension of
that great national evil over another fool of
the common domain.
3. Thai the attempt of the Administra
tion to force a pro-slavery Constitution upon
the people of Kansas, while it deserves the
reprobation of all honest men, must be con
sioered as only one of the legitimate results
of the policy inaugurated in the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise and reaffirmed in the
Cincinnati Platfortn.
The Republican candidates stand upon that plat
form, and ask the support 6f every man who sub
scribes to the principles therein enunciated. The
issue is plain : They who desire to endorse James
Buchanan have only to vote for Bailey, Munroe and
Reynolds; and all who wish to deal a sturdy blow
upon the head of the great Democratic Dagon, can
doao by voting for Grow, Williston’ and Mann, and
• Power, Seeley and Jackson. The issue is plain.
Reader! did you ever think for a moment what
"manner of men they are. who are so exercised abaut
the moral characters of Mr. Power ? We wont you
to look at them a moment. When the Border Ruf
fians were butchering Free State men in their beds
or on their hearths, in'Kansas; when those demons
(all orthodox democrats, too) were dragging defence
less women from their homes and subjecting them
to outrage more cruel than death ; when the good
demociatic President was encouraging murder, rape i
and arson by promoting the murderers of Barber
and Philips to places of trust and profit; when all
these damnably fiendish proceedings were going on
at the instigation of the Democratic Parly, what ;
did these virtuous and painfully moral men do?
Did they scour the county with lugubrious face's
indignantly denouncing the frightful immorality of
the Administration ? Did they groan through the
press and belabor Mr. Murderer-General Franklin
Pierce? Not so. These moral giants applauded
the Butchers of Kansas with a devilish zeal; they
went out of their way to show how perfect was the
sympathy between them and those butchers of Free
Stale men and ravishers of Free Slate wives I We
heard some of these very men savagely exult over
the butcheries of unarmed men by their compatriots !
in Kansas. And now—note, they are filled with pi- j
ous horror at the immorality of Simeon I. Power—
for whose good repute as a roan and a citizen 140
of ins fellow.citizens and neighbors vouch, and
against whom no man had wagged the tongue of
slander before I Truly, while wc arc not given to
hasty estimates of the immoralities of private men,
wc haznd nothing in saying that, were the private
lives of some of those men now so very busily cir
culating lies about Mr. Power, opened up to public
inspection, they would cut a sorry figure hereafter.
Be this as it may, not all of them can get the un
qualified endorsement of their neighbors, we very
much suspect.
These fellows have a holy horror of Sabbath-break
ing. | Strangers might suppose that these moral gi
ants were models of piety. We presume to say
that they are so. Some of them do not recognize
anv Sunday during political campaigns, it is true;
but then, it is almost certain that they own a pew
in Church and pay for it, and that constitutes an
important part of religion as it is believed and prac.
liced nowadays, yon know. On the whole, we arc
desperately minded to admit that these fellows are
opposed to Sabbath-breaking, and that they were
scouring the county last Sunday, not to induce men
to believe a lie % but to guard the sacred day from
profanation by the ignorant Christians in the ranks
of their pious parly ! Yes; we must admit it.
Don Quixotic's worthy Squire was much given to
exaggeration. While at a safe distance from (laa
ger, none could swagger and bully like Sancho ; but
when the hour of trial came, none gave away at the
knees so soon. Sancho was great in bluster and
bluff, and critics have bren puzzled to decide which
was the greater ass, Sancho, or the he bestrode.
Be that as it may, the Buchanan wlre-workers in
this county act the part of Sancho Panza to perfee
lion—the occasional freaks of honesty omitted.
Two weeks ago these men were full of bluff and
blunter. They would do i/«a, they would do that.
They could carry this township by storm and that
hv a tremendous majority. But they are downcast
and crabbed since the Fair. The course of politics
doesn't run smooth. The Republican masses arc
determined to stand by the flag. Mr. Bailey has
good reason to believe that Charleston' will repudi.
ale him by 100 majority. So their knees began to
quake visibly last Thursday, and their faces to elon
gate. On the more religious portion of the
knec-quakcrs were in great tribulation—so great
that those residing in town fled into the country
with fear and trembling. ‘ They had lied like San
cho, bragged and bullied like Mr. Bob Acres, but U
didn't seem to go down with the masses. Poor Pel
lows ! We advise yon to go over to the old-fashion
ed Uravcrsalists wilhout delay. Orthodoxy holds
out a flaming hand to such politicians.
Hankcrism is stricken with death and will die
hard. It will need watching next Tuesday, for the
last kick of the beast is the dangerous Let
every true Republican be on the alert! Up, and at
them !
Mr. Manning’s Letter, —We call attention to
the letter of this gentleman as published in another
place. Mr. Manning is well known throughout the
county and his testimony touching the character
and standing of Mr. Power will put an effectual qui
clus to the anonymous slanders circulated by the
friends ol James Buchanan. It will also render
harmless any statements which may be procured
of irresponsible persons in evidence of the truth of
the charges tnadeagaintl Air. Power.
It was amusing to witness the fluttering of the'
Buchaneers when that letter appeared in print on
Saturday. Some of the most pious, and who arc in
expressibly shocked at the.immorality charged upon
Mr. Power, flew into an awful rage and denounced
Air. Manning as “a d d liar P* We account for
this momentary reticence from the known standard
of piety which obtains among these men, on the sup
position that, “ Out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh,’ 1 Mr. Manning, we are able
to say, is a Christian in practice as well as in pro
fession ; and probably we risk nothing in saying
that his testimony would be taken, wherever he is
known,before that of any number of interested pol
iticians, or that of their pimps.
What Next?— We have positive information"of
the fact that our political Joseph, Mr. John W. Bai
ley, is running as a religious man in Farmington.
Mr. Bailey is a mo>t remarkable man. He is a tec
lolalcr in one township and five miles distant you
will find him treating every man who will drink.
He is a Republican in Sullivan, a Douglas man in
Liberty and a Buchanan man where he is known.
He is an exemplary religionist in Farmington and
“ hail fellow, well met! 11 where piety is below par.
None other than a most extraordinary man could
sustain so many characters at one time. He has
mistaken his vocation. Instead of aspiring to the
Sheriffalty he should be on the stage, in training fer
low comedy. He will doubtless take to that profit
able vocation after next Tuesday. That is the best
thing he can do to recover the money he has spent
so freely in canvassing the county.
Since he has such a remarkable faculty of accom
modating himself to circumstances, we regret that
there is not a small Mormon settlement in the coun
ly, in order that his character as a religionist might
be completed. It is a great mistake to suppose that
Mr. John W. Bailey cannot be anything for three
votes.
“ Independent” Bucbanan Ticket.
Sheriff— John W. Bailey, of Charleston,
Assembly—A. J. Munroe, of Knoxville.
Commissioner— Calvin Reynolds, of Sullivan.
A Fat Giel.— Among the attractions of a
camp meeting at Redding, Conn., was a fat
girl, yet in her teens, weighing six hundred
pounds, and dressed in bloomers, with low
neck dress and bare> arms. A good many
people saw a great deal of her, and report
her fair to behold.
LETTEEi
FROM i|
Rev. Wm. Manning.
Penfxexj), N. Y., Sept.:24, ’5B.
Mr. Samuel Chapman ; : I
Dear Sir : I have jugt read an
article in the Democratic Organ
of your county which djoes great
injustice to Mr. S. I. flower the
Republican Candidate! for Sheriff
of the County. ; jj
It was my privilege:! to enjoy
the acquaintance of Mr.’ Power
and his family the two
years of my pastoral cphnection
with the Methodist Church in
Lawrenceville. jj
Himself and wife wefe regular
members of my congregation,
and his children were: interesting
members of our Sundajy School;
and, so far as I know,j Neither pa
rents nor children hayje changed
for the worse since that time.
Those who have known me will
perhaps remember, tlla|t, while in
your county, it was fcpjy habit to
press somewhat closelythe claims
of benevolent enterprises upon
those with whom I tfjacame ac
quainted. I have personal and
positive knowledge tnat Simeon I.
Power was a regularlfnA liberal
contributor to the support of the
Gospel, and the various benevolent
enterprises connected therewith.
I have ever found [him a kind,
liberal, noble man ; j jand were I
now a resident of yp ur county,
should most heartilyigive him my
vote. Wm. Manning.
Pastor M. E. Church.
The FalrJf
We have only (he briefest!-time and space
in which to speak of this important annual
gathering of the people. Tfie first two days
were extremely lovely and tjve receipts were,
we understand, greater than .[for the corres
ponding time last year. ; j
The display of stock was not so good as
last year. We saw some .fine working oxen
and one or two cows wor by of particular
notice" 1 . The display of Reeses .did not fall
mucK7if any, behind the last,year’s display.
The display in the Fair jnroper, was never
so good before. The Fruit) jdeparimenl was
exceedingly well filled auaj with a superior
quality as well as quantity; j { We noticed fine
lots of fall and Winter Apples, exhibited by
Jacob Duryca, E. T. Bentlpy, Messrs. Chap
man and Satlerly. We qqiiced, also, a fine
sample of Pears exhibited; Mr. I. F. Field.
Mr. E. T. Beni ley showed! jus a fine sample
of Sorghum Syrup, and injformed us that he
should manufacture some [two or three bar
rels of the same from his c[rop of Sorghum.
Messrs. Riberolle and Sherwood exhibited,
each, six heads of cabbage'Which beat all the
cabbages we ever saw; ‘I Mr. Riberolle’s
rather bore the palm foirjlsize. They also
exhibited some fine rotafhagas and beets.
We noticed a lot of fine potatoes in the same
department but did"not teatjn the name of the
exhibitor. j [j
The buller, cheese nrid | bread was very
templing to the eye ; the display was better
than usual. We noticed' several rolls of ex
cellent homemade carpetii 'g, ns also flinnels
and fulled cloth. j j
The Ladies’ department was unusually
well filled. The pa'clj "ork and crochet
work deserved commehda ion. There were
also several fine specimens of Oriental paint
inn, and some creditable; pencil drawing and
Grecian oil painting sketches. Weahd not
learn the names of the artists.
Mr. B. T. Vanhorn, exhibited a large num
ber of articles of furniture!, of his own man
ufacture, which deserved rjiore than a passing
notice at our hands. Among them was a
patent spring bed n Inch- jillracled -much at
tention. He also exhibited a self-rocl(ing
cradle—a capital convenience in a small
family. Every mnthei; .(n (he land would
award that cradle a prdnijiurn. - i
Mr. Bond exhibited fine samples of black
walnut graining and papering.
Mr. J, Ensworlh had,a,magnificent double
harness on exhibition,! silver mounted and
altogether the richest in workmanship and in
mountings we have evert seen on exhibition
at a County Fair. The work was done by
his own hands and reflects great credit upon
his skill as a mechanic! j
In (he agricultural implement department
the plows manufactured by Mr. Robert
Young of the Wellsbdro) Foundry, occupied
a prominent place. One of Emery’s Thresher
and -Cleaner,' owned-by ijMr. B. Austin, was
operated on the ground? and elicited much
praise. i j
With this brief commentary we are obliged
to close for this week.] The list of awards
will be published in ourjnext.
Frightful Acciden|t.— A-Little Girl
Huso.—A frightful 'accident occurred on
Wednesday last, nearitlje village of Friend
ship, Allegany county, qn the New York and
Erie Railroad. A woman named Guilford
started with a little girj about nine.years of
age, after locking up 1 the house, to visit one
of her neighbors. After proceeding a short
distance the mother remembered somethin®
which she had left behind her in the housed
and sent the little girl (jack after it, while she
walked on. Arrived; at the place of deslina
lion, she waited a longtime, but the girl did
not appear and she bturned home. On
reaching home she found the body of her
daughter hanging from! the window outside,
and dead. It appeared that the little girl,
unable to effect an entrance by the door, had
raised the window, andj while endeavoring to
crawl in it had fallen.upon her neck and heTd
her fast until life was) extinct. She was an
only child, always in delicate health, and her
parents are nearly disjraclcd at their Toss.
Corruption at Washington I
Mr. Covode, in his speech at the I
House on the last Wednesday evening,^ 1 1
led an incident which shows to what j n |
palling extent corruption is practiced by p
present Administration. While theLeconn!
ton Bill was pending, Mr. Covode I
to be silting at a window overlooking |
slreet, and overheard a conversation belve,, £'
two persons immediately below. Onsjjl'
them was a member of Congress, the ’
the proprietor of a genteel gambling salon,
a man who finds easy admittance iniocojJ
pany of what are termed gentlemen in \V a! j
inglon. He heard the gambler
other, “You don’t expect to be a candidal
for re-election; and as you are by no mesj,
wealthy, ten or twelve thousand dollar
would be very convenient. We do not E( ,
peel you to vole for this bill; all wewj|) tj
that you keep out of the way.” The bribe
was not taken.
. Now some people might be puzzled to knot
w|iere the administration, who had employ
this gambler as their agent, could get ijy
money ; for they cannot draw money outs’
the national treasury except in pursuance;;
law. That difficulty was managed in tij
wav : Contracts for wagons’, mules ad
other supplies for the army of Utah «e>
awarded to certain parlies at such enormia
prices, that a levy of a million of dolly
was assessed • upon and cKeerliilly paid h
hose contractors, for the benefit of the pay
in their herculean effort to force slavery ;j;
Kansas. 1 It is a glorious fact that willu;
their money and patronage the admins;,t.
lion did not cause a single
swerve from his integrity and his duly, J.
one could even be hired to go home and jg
his family at the critical moment.—fittoi.
ing Free Press.
Terrible Accident at the Omo Sun
Fair. —Two Persons Killed and secin!
Wounded. —The enjoyment of those visnmg
the Ohio S ate Fair, now being held at San.
dusky City, was sadly marred hi an acci
dent last week. A large number of persona
had collected outside of a ring, formed br
posts, with a single board nailed across,a
which a class of horses were being sbm
through their paces. The spectators, ih
drivers, the riders and the horses were i 3
excited, when a large black horse K.
ched to as"ulfcy, became unmanageable,til
ran off. For a time the crowd s'ood up 'j
the enclosure, and kept the infuriated anna'
inside, but on his making for the ctovi
near the ladies gallery, they fled in alii,
reclions.—The frigh'ened animal a! thei
heels tore the fence away in his coorse.Ki
was now in a space where probably not Ira
than five thousand persons, men women dl.
dren, were collected. He ffed down a nr.
row alley beneath the ladles gallery, sa
there trampled under fool several persons.—
•Among these was an old man, named ltd
lick, residing near SanduMiv, a cht'd i
some manner related’ to Mr. M., and .a yea:;
lady. • The two former were dually injjf’i
and died soon after. The lady was =erioud;
hurl. Several other trifling ncciden's »
cured, but no one waS-seriously injured. ,’
Fearful Accident —A Horse
a Dead Body Three TTceis.—Early ink
gust, John Rawle, a lad of sixteen, livin’3
Volcano, Amador county, who had been u:-
ly endeavoring to obtain his father’s cor.;;;
to go to Frazer River, disappeared, raisi
with him a valuable horse belonging wit
family. It was supposed he had startedw
Frazer River, and so little anxiety was 'el
in regard to him. On the 15th of AujS
his body was found in the Babe Ditch, a lev
miles east of Jackson, attached by a “lata
to a half dead horse. From appearancest;=
boy, on the night af er leaving home, at
down to steep, with the horse lied to bau
son, to prevent his escape. The nniirn',?
coming unmnnaneabte through frigb'(tuns
the night had ran off, and dragainaws® 1
ter by_ the rope until the boy’s Me w3i!l
tinct. Afterwards the horse hid cotttins
to graze around, dragging the b >dy along•
three weclfs. Finally, the corp-c had
dragged into a ditch, where it becameen'st
gled bevond the horse r s strength t° et’fttt;
it. In his efforts to pull loose, the hots'-'
cut his neck to the bone with-the rope.
boy’s remains were horribly moidf'-'
Most of his limbs were broken and thers
rubbed bare from the bone.— Cal. P a F
The latest imitation of (he
bor, is the Irar ail of the Democracy
brought forth the candidate in oppo»"'' : '
Mr. Grow, a youngster “spiling ’ for J
notoriety, Dr. H. M. C. D. R. Vail.(
as we can recollect his initials.) Tbe i; “
man cant prevail, so his Congressb-’V”'
rations will be without avail. We aa l *
him to stick to his turn-keys and
and be content with curing the “tl! i ' !: '_
flesh is heir to,’’ and dismiss his arobi ;, - : '
prescribe for the body politic. Thel j::
not in so much danger of dissolution
needs his services to save it, wh'le iter',
of Susquehanna Depot cannot dispel’'
his pills, powders and potions. He
to stick to the saddle-bags ye! awhile* 1 "
—Bradford Reporter.
Parson Brownlow appears to have
disgusted with the debate on SlaW'F.
after the conclusion of tbs discussion
Mr. Pryne in Philadelphia, refused
the debate in Boston and
North, as he had previously promised.
Mr. P. would agree to meet hint
lime in the South. This Mr. Pry"
as he said he was no rhalch f° ra ‘',y'
mob, armed with bludgeons and b (!- '.
and the South would not dare w P s <v
free debate on the question in her
parson intimated that he was not nPP ''
in the North, and hae since gone bo
The Carbondale Advance, a
anti-Lecompton paper, speaks out
denunciation of the policy of the A al '
ministration, and.thus rebukes lb o ",
ton editors who lake exceptions w
pendent course :
“Some of our Democratic cot o i
profess to think that we are too in
We intend (o be independent—
pendent of the Democratic organ'*
is of its principles. No less l “ an
more.’’