A School Girl itTarrfed Without
Knowing It.
The Marysville, (Ky.) Express, of the
20th, has Ihe following;—
On Wednesday night Last, a mtn past the
middle age of life, in company with a girl
about 14 or 15 yeark of-age, came to I his
city on the Paris stage, and slopped at ihe
Lee House. The next day ihey were out in
the city some hours,and when they returned
ha claimed they were married, but it was
earnestly denied by The young lady, who
gave the following pccount of the elopement,
which really looks more like an abduction
than anylhing-else. - She is nn orphan, and
is possessed in her own right of several
thousand dollars,. She was living with her
guardian, in one o(,the interior counties, the
wife of whom is the sister of the man who
claims to be her husband. She has been
going to school, and has not yet finished her
education, and declares that she had no
thought of marrying any one, and certainly
never contemplated such a union with the
man «ho was with her.
The wife of her guardian, and this man,
and herself «fenl to Paris for the purpose of
shopping. .While there, it was proposed to
her to come to Marysville for the purpose of
completing her purchases, to which she cheer
fully agreed. She supposed the whole parly
were coming omit she got into the stage,
when learned that the lady was going to
return home, and that she was to accompany
this gentleman. The next morning after their
arrival bo proposed that they should go out
tn town to make their purchases. He took
lier to the ferry boat, when she asked him if
that was the way to the stores, he told her
it was, ns all the best stores were on the
other side of the river. In Aberdeen, she
says, some “Unto old man" asked them to
•“stand up and join their right hands,’’ which
she refused to do, nevertheless he pronounced
them “man and 'wife.” On their return to
ihe hotel, at ihe instance of the man who
registered their names as gentleman and lady,
they were placed in one room. Her screams,
on his attempting to lake some privileges
with tier, brought to her aid some of the
attaches of the hole!, who listened lo her
earnest denial of their marriage, and to
her pleading for protection, and placed her
in a separate room. At her instance, the
next day (Friday) sent her to,a relative’* in
another county, where she said she would
be protected, while the gentleman went on a
Uoal down the river.
Itluicii of Free Labor.
Tiiql
The character of the present immigration
lo this state, must be a source of sincere
gratification to every man who has iho in*
terest of Missouri at heart. Numbers ol
farmers from Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, are
daily passing over our ferry-boats, en route
lo the interior, and from their personal ap
pearance and the character of their equip,
menl, it is patent to every unprejudiced eye
that they are men of the right enterprise and
stuff for a rapidly growing State. Yes'er*
day morning we observed a train of six
wqgons wending their way along the Levee
and up Market street, and learned that they
belonged lo Mr. Ragland, his two sons, Mr.
Hawkins and Mr. Tuie, n(f having their
families, and in all numbering twenty per
sons. They are farmers fium Washington
Courry, Illinois, and left their homes on th**
7th inst. They proceed to Springfield, in
ihis Stale, and will locale on excellent land
in ihe vicinity of that town. Another train
of wagons, with about ihe same number o!
stalwart men and handsome young mothers ;
with lively clean children, from the same
-part of jhe country, crossed yesterday on
the upper ferry boat, and are now on iheir
way to Southwest Missouri. Are not these
encouraging signs for the future of our State ?
_ O' O O' 1 * * —.M.v i
While [liese while men yesterday mommy
wore marching over the femes inlo the
promised land of Missouri, there might have
been seen on Locust si reel the countermarch
of a gang of about seventy black slaves,
going out of this territory, which is entirely
unsuiled to them, and returning again to the
land (torn whence they came. They were
■under charge of several negro traders, and
were of ail ages, sizes, colors, and sexes.
These slaves have doubtless been accumu
lating in the yards of this city for some time
past, and were being placed on board a
Southern bound steamer, for the New Orleans
market. With the departure of the boat
they will bo gone from this Siale, and room
will be made for ns many whim men.
These facts are very suggestive, and as
surely point! to the speedy extinction of slave
labor in this State ns the needfs points to the
pole.—Si. Louis Democrat.
We learn that two minor sons of John T.
Schaick of Archbald, purchased, on Mon
day night last, \at one of the groggenes that
disgrace that village, some liquor known hy
one of the general names of Brandy, Bum,
Gin, or Whisky, but which is in reality com
posed of such deadly poisons as Strychnine,
etc., and after partaking of it, were found in
an insensible stale by their father and carried
home. The eldest of the two, aged about
20 years, slept the sleep that knows no
waking—he died on Tuesday morning with
out having uttered a word. Had the young
man been killed by a wild animal what an
excitement it would have created and how
many would have volunteered to hunt the
animal. The kind of animal that killed this
young man is caged up in many a cask
.tbioughout the length , and bieadih of our
valley, and many a one there is who ia being
drawn within its influence; some so near
that one rpprp drink may be fatal.. The last
fealher.on th? camel's load broke,his back—
the last drink was fatal to this young man.
Reader, the next drink may be fatal to you.
—Carbondale Advance.
A spurious five dollar note purporting to
be on the Darlington Bank, N. J., has been
pul in circulation. The vignette is a large
western steamer, other steamers around it,
portrait of .Washington nn right end. Clay on
left large figure 5 in each upper corner, title
of Drink in a straight line, signature misera
bly Hone; on lower i<J« n are the words,
“Mockholdefs individually The worc j
f lifj note im
mediately m>kr ihc vigotn**. Tb« note is
altered from w* * n( j ls
totally unlike 'ta genuine.
£
THE AGITATOR.
M. 11. Cubb, Gdltorft Pi'opi'lcto
WELLSBOROU6H, PA.
ll, ISSS.
• • AllßusinesB,andotlierCoinmunlcalion»musl
be addressed to the Editor lo insure attention.
S. M. PcrttNOiLL A Co., 110 Nassau St., Now York, and 10
grate Sr.. Boston. arc the Agent* for the Agitator* ami the
nio-l influential ami largest circulating Newspapers in the
United State* ami the Canada*. They are authorized to con
tract for us at our lowest rates.
We eftiMl publish anonymout communications.
Tlicv sajnhat “the arrival of Winter Goods'at
O-dodn's is astonishing!.' We can dono-betler than
to direct attention to his new advertisement and urge
the trading public to give him h calf.
Giving to the Increase of adi'erlising it la proba.
ble that the Jury aud Trial LUU may be omitted.in
nest week's paper. Preserve this number for refer-
cnce.
Bro. Rogers, of llie M'Kean Citizen* is a candi
date for Clerk of Assembly. We should bo exceed'
by his election to that post. It wo*d
be a job, tor the winter.
We see by"lha Tribune that the Ocean Telegraph
is " awake.** Its first words were; **Danicllson
the circuit I'* This is a polite way of saying that
one Daniels is on a “bender 1” O, despi-cafilc/
Take Notice. Subscriber* in the December
Club of The Tribune, wishing to renew their sub
scriptions, will greatly oblige us by leaving their
names with us at their earliest convenience. The
money need not be paid in until the Ist of Decem
ber. $1 per year.
Those wishing to subscribe to the iV. Y. Evening
Post can join the Club now forming at this office.
If yon haven't seen that magnificent double Har.
ness—that which took the premium at the Fair—
you can do so by calling at JSnswobtji’s, one door
above Roy’s Drug Store. We Uke pleasure in rcc
oramending this establishment (o the favorable con*
sideralion of farmers and others, being convinced
that our friend Joseph intends to let no piece of
work leave his shop which shall not reflect credit
upon his handicraft. You will find him at bis post
early and late.
Hotel Change. —Mr. R. Tatlor, for the past
year proprietor of Kimball’s Hotel, in this village,
has retired from the charge of that establishment,
Mr. L. D. Tarton, late of tho Dyer House, Coving*
ton, succeeds him, and will, wc doubt not, address
himself to the work of entertaining the traveling
public in a satisfactory manner. His predecessor
won praise for his excellent tabic, but we were not
able to agree with him touching (ho ** wet goods.”
Dr. Barr, Homceopaihic Physician, left this vil.
lage yesterday for Philadelphia, his proposed field
of labor henceforth. Wc regret that both his health
and worldly interests seemed to demand a change of
location. During the three years that he has been
in our midst lie lias won many earnest friends and
the general good.will of the communily. Their
best wishes fur his success in the field he has cho.
sen go with him.
Who Lead* ?
Whatever may have been the apparent relations
subsisting between Arnold Douglas and the Buck,
anan Democratic parly heretofore, wc think it must
now be conceded that that consummate' |ioli(ician
lias won tiis way to the Captaincy of the Dcraoc.
cralic parly. In estimating the value of his tri
umph in the Jute election in Illinois, we shall not
slop to inquire if Mr. Buchanan really desired his
detent, or otherwise, but proceed upon the supposi
tion that he did ; conceding this the triumph of Mr.
Stephen A. Douglas over the combined opposition
appears to us in the light of the greatest triumph
yet achieved by that gentleman.
In answer to the question: “ Who leads?”—wc
reply—The Victor, inevitably. As Ihe acknowl
edged head of the w Democratic party,” as it preten
tiously styles itself, Mr. Buchanan is dethroned, dis.
possessed HU glory has departed, and with it his
power. Had his Administration won a respectable
prestige , the triumph, first of Forney In the utter
defeat of Glancy Jones, and lastly and most utter of
all, the triumph of Douglas, would reduce its honors
to a very miserable poverty indeed. James Buchan,
an is degraded to the rank of 4th corporal in his
party by the accession of Douglas to the leadership, j
The developments of the next two. years will b£ar
witness ol the truth of what we assert now, ere the
smoke lias filled from the field of battle.
Wc regard Douglas as ihc mast dangerous foe to
Liberty now arrayed in open hostility against the
Republican parly. Wc last week endeavored to
show that he stands just where he stood in 1854
where he stood in 1856, and this we proved conclu
sivtly, we doubt not. Indeed, his friends claim for '
him all that wc attempted to prove. The Repubii- !
can party must, then, continue to regard him as its ;
ablest and bitterest opponent; ablest, because lie is ;
a man of almost superhuman energy of purpose;!
unwavering in ins advocacy of any and all nicas-j
urea which nan strengthen him with the SUveocracy i
and thereby increase his chances for the Presidency
in 1860. Ilk is a giant of a man. When wc mark
the resistless determination with which he pursues
his great object; when wc see him enter the lists
to contend for what he knows to be false as s theory
and wicked us a policy, single-handed against a
host of intellectual equals; when we see all this
wc arc moved to that species of admiration with
which, when a child, we contemplated the bearing
of Satan in his last great battle with the angelic
hosts as portrayed by glorious John Milton.
But Mr. Douglas is not a great men. His chief
mental characteristic is tlrengih rather than great
nest —indomitable will, rather than genius. He be.
longs to the Louis Napoleon, the Czar Nicholas or*
der of men; a class of men more indebted to steady
nerve for success, than to a"y extraordinary intel
lectual endowments. They make good leaders, be
cause of their marked individuality, and such char
acters possess attractions which sway the multitude*
As between Douglas and Buchanan, the stake of
the contest was leadership, j As belbrc stated, Dou
glas has swept the board. There arc some who
cling to the hope that the South will not accept him.
The South lias no further option in the matter. By
a favorable combination of circumstances he op
pears at the head of the Democratic column by pop*
ular consent. To reject him is to reject their laet
and only hope of succession in 1860. Subservient
as is the Democracy of (he North to the Cotton Ar
islocracy, it holds the power of Presidcnt-making
in Convention, despite the ** two-thirds rule.** It is
only as arrayed in line with its doughface allies that
the South can be dangerous to the interests of Free
dom. It was not bo ere the unity of the Democrat. .
ic parly North was impaired. Success, with the
South, hinges upon its choice of that man who can
most effectually rally the pro-slavery clement in the
North. Douglas has unquestionably proved himself
to be that man; the South must take him inlo the
Charleston Convention, be the pill iwect or bitter.
Without doubt, then, Douglas will receive the
nomination in tbe Charleston Convention. The
rs? H E jri a%Aj G-ffUJS-TY AG IT A TQB..
[ of ltie Um£ .fodicalelso liuLh. ■ But a homi* I f
- '-J nation in that CpOVetUion will ty no mean* prove
equivalent to an election. Col.'Forney will! again
■.■■■—.j engineer the Pennsylvania. will
Immediately set about moulding a public opinion
i IS vorublu to Douglas for the Presidency. The noml.
UonTt nation of the latter is a thing decided; and nothing
ion. remains to be done now except to render hi* noml
-=•nation acceptable to the conservative masses at the
North. To that end will the labors of Col. Fornuy
*w ii be devoted for the two years next to come. We
c t 0 make no pretensions Co prophecy in predicting this
—. — programme already mado out by tho Mulatlo-dcm
{*loW> ocracy ; the evidence is before the mind of every
reflecting person, Events Jiave so-conspiredto ren
*1 dcr this programme both desirable acd expedient,
idui that it will be carried .out la tho letter, as certainly
as tbc sun will -rise and set from this day to that.
‘The triumph of Douglas heals the breach suppus.
prol cd lo cilstin Hie ranks of that party,-by reducing
led. Mr. James Buchanan ip the low estate of a minor,
refe ily leader. That functionary has virtually exchang
ed places with Mr. Douglas; therefore, Mr. Buchan*
and 00 ' s as cffectU3,l y got'rid of as if he were dead in
?cet body, us he undeniably is in trespasses and in sins.
Vo * To use a slang term, Old Buck's “jig is up.”. The
union of the Oligarchs upon Douglas is consumma
ted ; and Mr. James Buchanan may behold his foie
a pl foreshadowed in the summary disposal of Franklin
or Pierce by the Cotton Magnates in 1856.
la * It must be admitted that Douglas is (he most for.
midablc man that can be put forward by the Slave.
>cr democracy for the Presidency. The question- now
1,, arises— w How can the Republican party achieve
; r the defeat of the South under such leadership? I’— 1 ’ —
e We know of but one answer lo this question. The
Republicans roust reaffirm the sovereign power of
Congress over the -Territories of the United Slates
. } to prohibit Slavery and all other criminal institutions
therein. In other words, the parly must rc.adopl
the Philadelphia Platform and again unfurl the ban.
ner it flung lo tho breeze in 185 G. So many of the
Americans as cannot accept that platform should be
permitted Co stand oside. Freedom wants no con
ditional enlistments; it is for the war and nothing
less than the war, that she requires service. There
must be no weak compromises in that campaign.
If we win, let us be able lo claim tbe victory us a
triumph of Freedom ; we lose, let us have it to say
that our temporary overthrow was not brnugh
ahoul by an entangling alliance. Let this be on
der.Mood now—while men are calm and reasonable
Brothers ! The battle of 1860 is already begun
We arc not to resign ourselves lo sleep during the
months that intervene. No—there is work lo be
done, difficulties to be removed, obstacles to be sur.
mounted. This may be the final battle, the turning
point of the struggle of Right with Wrong} It may
be the final bailie—we do not say it is so ; that can
not be affirmed; but whether it be the last; or only
one of many, to be, hardly.fought battles, can make
no whit of difference will) the true soldier of Free,
dam. Our duty as earnest friends of our kind, is to
work on, work ever, with judgment and deterraina.
tion ; and accept victory as the incidental object for
which our lives are to be freely spent. Such, lo us«
seems to be the duty of all good Republicans, now
and hereafter.
So, then, Repupblieans, do we enter the held with
you for the seventh lime in Old Tioga, asking only
to stand shoulder lo shoulder with the foremost and
to stand there, whether victory or defeat ensue
Let us begin note, not hy-and-by. Let us begin fa.
bor with our friends and neighbors and above all, lo
see that every family has one or more staunch Re
publican newspapers lo read during the long eve
nings of the approaching winter.
“DID4NYTBM DRiPT
Since our last issue we have heard from the fol
lowing States, all of which give majorities fer the
Republican ticket, approximately as given here:
New-York, State ticket, 20,000. about five-sixths
of the Congressmen and two.thirds of the Legisla*
turc. The proudest Republican victory ever won in
the Empire Slate—the Tribune to the contrary, not
wilhatauding.
Massachusetts, Banks, 30,000, all the Congress*
men and a large majority of the Legislature.
New-Jcrscy—a clear anli-Lecomplon majority in
the Legislature, thus securing the U. S. Senator.
The Congressmen arc all anti-Buchanan.
Illinois—majority for Stale ticket 5,000. Doug
las has the Legislature by 8 on joint-ballot—very
bad indeed ! Lincoln, however, has 5,000 majority
on (he popular vote.
M.chigan—largely Republican.
P. S. Old Schoharie gives Gen. Jackson 1,500
majority.' Hall has embalmed himself In two
American flags and dies hurrahing for the hero of
New Orleans. Oil, Herr Joseph !
Gov. Packer has appointed Thursday, IBth insl.,
(to-day week) to be observed as a day of Thunks,
giving and Prayer, The custom originated in New-
Eng Kind, and in its infancy was really what its
name indicates. The dwellers in the land at that
early period were men of stern simplicity and bus.
lerc piety. If, whcrvlhe summer wqh gone and the
harvest ended, tin Good Providence had preserved
their homes and hearths from the torch and the
brand of their savage neighbors ond blessed them
with a plentiful harvest, they set apart a day for
Thanksgiving and Prayer,* and it was rigidly ob
83rved as such. But if sorely persecuted bv the
savage red man; if the harvest failed and' Famine
glared at them from the gloom of approaching win
ter, those rigid pietists set apart a day to be observ.
cd as a day of fasCingund prayer; and Us observ
ance was made a religious duly. Such is the brief
history of Feasts and Fusts as they have comedown
to the present time.
Bui, in the flight of time. Thanksgiving, from
a day of worship, became a day of gluttonous feast
iog and riot, almost universally. Incur experience,
even in beloved Ncw-England, Thanksgiving has
been but another name for Chicken Pic, Baked Pud.
ding, Doughnuts, Squirrel Hunts and Dancing. We
remember something about sundry sermons in the
Meeting-House, to be sure j but wo also remember
the chicktn-picand-baked padding air which assur
edly pervaded the sanctuary on such occasions. In
deed, the services, in our profane eyes, always seem
ed cold, stiff and rigidly formal—a sort of penalty
prefixed to the afternoon indulgence; but we may
have been deceived.
The Thanksgiving Feast in Pennsylvania differs
materially from that of New-England. Turkey and
Oysters occupy prominent places on the board here,
while there, particularly in the rural district**, chick
cn-pic, flanked with islands of baked Indian Pud
ding and pumpkin-pie, and sleepling promontories
of doughnuts, occupy the places of honor on. the
festal board. The evening exercises differ some
what, likewise. Here, the young folks generally
improvise a spree; there, they marry, play •* But
ton'—button t who's gut the button?’ 1 “The Nee.
die’s Eye/ 1 &c„—winding op with a universal kiss
ing of the girls—oil of which is rather interesting
and enjoyable, especially the closing exercises.
Such arc oor sunny memories of Thanksgiving
in New-England* We conclude with our annual
exhortation: M Down with the Turkey!"
fTo F»mx Growmb.—As will be seen byi
yertisemcnl in another place, Messrs. B. C. Wick
hilin, of Tioga, »nd'li,T. Bloodgood, formerly pon
nteted- with the Bloodgood Nursery, Long Island,
liatc'eslnblislied a Nursery at the former place-
Mr. Wicklram fs welt knowrrthronehobt rhpeoanty
as a reliable ipjm, while we have the fullest.sasuc-.
ance lhal anyrecommendationhis dskbcistd 'might
give can ho fully (rusted. Those who purchase in
their lino know that it is a desideratum to know
that they can rely upon their orders being honestly
filled. We risk nothing in commending Messrs.
Wickham &. Bloodgood on, that score. • We com
mend them to public favor alt the more cheerfully
lothel-lhey ore establishing in our midst just what
the horticultural interests of the county have long
demanded. Let them be well sustained.
- Messrs. Phillips, Sampson & Co., Boston, have
in press and will publish on Saturday, 13lh inst.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, by the poet.
Holmes, got op in their usual good style, witli'char.
actcristic illustrations by Hoppin. 350 pages, price
In cloth, $l. We predict for this work a great sale.
They willnlso publish,same day, Poor und Proud
or, the Fortunes nf Italy Redbnrn; KarlKiegler ,
and Waiter Sryfon—three excellent books for young
people, fully illustrated. The season of Holiday
Gills is coming on and these publications may be
ordered of Smith & Richards, at the Bcok Store.
The Way the South Can Get Rid
of Senator Seward.
In bis speech at Rochester the other day
Senator Seward observed :
“In ibe field of federal politics, slavery,
deriving unlooked-for advnntnges from com
mercial changes and energies, and unforseen
from the facilities of cornbinaiion between
members of the slaveholding class and be
tween that class and other properly classes,
early rallied, and has at length made a stand,
not merely to retain its original defensive
position, but to extend its sway throughout
the whole Union. It is certain that the slave
holding class of. American citizens indulge
this high ambition, and that they derive en
couragement for it from the rapid and effect
ive political successes which they have
already obtained.
“The plan of operation is this: By con
tinued appliances of patronage, and threats
of disunion, they will keep a majority fa
vorable to these designs in the Senaie, where
each Stale has an equal representation.—
Through that majority they will defeat, as
they best can, the admission of free States,
and secure the admission of slave Slates.—
Under the protection of the Judiciary they
will, on the principle of the Dred Scott case,
carry slavery into all the Territories of the
United Slates now existing or hereafter 10 be
organized. By the action of ihe President
and the Senate, using the irealy-making
power, they will annex foreign slaveholding!
Slates. . In a favorable conjuncture they will
induce Congress to repeal the Act of 1808,
which prohibits the foreign slave trade, and
so they will import from Africa, at ihe cost
of only twenty dollars a head,slaves enough
to fill up Ihe interior of the continent. Thus
relatively increasing the number of slave
slates, they will allow no amendment to the
Constitution, prejudicial to their interest; and
so, having permanenlly established their
power, they expect the Federal Judiciary to
nullify all State laws which shall interfere
with internal and foreign commerce in slaves.
When the free States shall be sufficiently de
moralized to tolerate these designs, they;
reasonably conclude that slavery will be ac-1
cepted by those States themselves. I shall
not stop to show how speedy dr how com
plete would- be the ruin which the accom
plishment of ihese slaveholding schemes
would bring upon the country. For,one 1
should not remain in the country to test the
sad experiment. Having spent my manhood,
though nnl my whole life, m a free Stale, no
aristocracy ol any kind, much less an aris
tocracy of slavehoiders, shall ever make the
laws o( the land in which 1 shall be conlent
to live. Having seen the society around me
universally engaged in agriculture, manu
factures and trade, which «ere innocent and
beneficent, I shall never be a denizen of a
(Stale where men and women are reared as
battle ami bought and sold as merchandise.
When that evil day shall come, and all fur
ther effort at resistance shall be impossible,
then, if there shall be no better hope for re
demption than 1 now foresee, I shall say with
Franklin, while looking abroad over the
whole earth for a new and, congenial home:
‘Where liberty dwells there is my country.’ ”
State Treasurer. —From present indi
cations there will be any number of candi
dates ( for the office of State Treasurer,—
With so many clever and competent gentle
men in Ihe field, ambitious lo ‘do the Stale
some service,’ the Legislature will have no
difficulty in selecting a good officer. The
following gentleman are named as candi
dates ;
A mos S. Henderson, Lancaster co.,
Thomas E. Cochran, York “
Henry Souther, Elk “
Eli Slifer, Union “
John N. Purviance, Butler “
Thomas S. STrulhers, Warren “
B. Laporte. Bradford “
David Taggart. Northumberland,
Andrew J. Jones, Harrisburg,
Theodore Adams, d 0)
Thomas H. Wilson do,
Democratic Progression. —The Albany
Journal gives the following terse and truth
ful history of the advance of ‘’Democratic’’
doctrine:
“The Democratic parly has had four dif
ferent doctrines on slavery; Ist, the Jeffer
sonian, which secured territorial- freedom ev
erywhere; 2d, (he Missouri Compromise,
which gave freedom' a pan and slavery a
part; 3d, Popular Sovereignty, allowing lo
settlers to admit or exclude slavery, as they
please; 4th, the Dred Scott decision, which
establishes slavery everywhere. These four
changes in forty years show “improvement
or the worse,” steady and rapid !”
A new and dangerous counterfeit ten on
the Bank of Commerce, of New York city,
has appeared.' The title atid name of town
and State are pasted on. There is n repre
sentation of Vulcnn on ’ihe right. There is
red word on the back of the bill. It is qn
like the genuine, but is likely to deceive those
who do not know Ibo genuine one.
From the Hong Kong Daily Preu, Aug. 16.
Lon of I tie American Slilp "Ante*
lope.” j -
The Ship Antelope, Clarke, pljNeiv York,
Tell (he outer'anchorage of Bangkok bn 'the
27tb ult;, with a cargo of general merchan
dise.” "The voyage prospered wilhout.any oc
currence worthy of note until the s;th inst.,
on which day good observations;were taken,
which made the ship about 70 distant
Discovery Shoals. A course was aejortfing
ly steered N. by E., which course/.gife'the
shoals a wide berth of 40 miles. | Duringjha
night of the sitf the wind w'as very light, and
on the morning of ihe 6th, betweertjfii arid
7 o’clock, the ship struck the shoal, i There
was no appeararice of nor rocks
above water; the sea at the time was quite
smooth. Discolored water had beenj seen a
minute before the ship struck, but there was.
no time to alter the course, jit should be
meniioned that observations triride when the
ship was on the shoal gave her position cor
rectly, which, proving the chronometer to be
right, lekves no doubt that Ihe! current had
set the ship 40 miles out of her course be
tween noon of the s'h and 6 a.'m. of theCth,
or in 18 hours. Immediately upon |he ship
striking, an anchor was run oul, but/no bot
tom could be found at a very short distance
from the ship. It was let go notwithstanding,
but ihe warp attached to it, on being hove
laui, pointed at (nr 100 sharp an angle- io ren
der it of any efficacy in beavirig off. .The
tide was decidedly falling soon after the ship
struck, and the cargo was jettisoned, in the
hope that (be ship might have struck at bait
flood, and would float ofl next iide; put this
proved a vain hope, for the tide continued
falling until 5 p. m., making it jclenr (hat the
ebb and flood each ran 12 hours, and that
the ship must have grounded! at the lop of
the flood. The fall of tide proved consider
able, leaving only three feet of water under
the ship. The entire shoal then became vis
ible. Its shape is eliplical, about eight miles
in diameter one way, by six the other!. The
formation is not coral, but dark colored rock
—mostly sharp pointed. The ship’s position
was most critical. Being to j windward of
the shoal the little sea ibere was beat so heav
ily upon her that it was a mailer of difficulty
to launch the boats, and, indeed, one jof them
got stove. With wind and sen thusjbealing
on her, and nothing to heave off by, ajl hopes
of saving the ship were abandoned) and it
being clear- if any breeze should spring up
there would be no possibility! of -geijiing the
boats clear, it was decided id quit at once,
notwithstanding that night waq setting in and
that there was no moon. Accotdipgly at
6jj. m , the crew look to the boats.! After
mature deliberation it was prudent
to lake no arms, under thej idea,that they
might cause trouble and could; do no'good—
a sad mistake, as the sequel will showj. The
master, one European, three .Chinese'.passen
gers, ten white and three cdloied seamen,
were told ofT for one boat, njaking eighteen
all told ; while ihe male, onq iseamqn, and
eight Chinese passengers were told j off for
the other boat, making ten in-all. The cap
tain’s boat was crowded and yery dej’p ; the
male’s much more so, and, although Jt small
boat a much belter risk. The intenqpn was
to keep company and make for theinearest
land, which was a place called on charts
Leong-soey, on the coast off Flainaij. Du
ring the first night the boats parted company
and nothing has since beer! heard! of the
mate’s boat. The captain’s jboat the
high land of Human on ihe 9th, without en
countering any bad wealher, find on tpe 10th
fell in with two fishing boats, with] whom
communications of a friendjy nslorje were
opened. Water was the grelat requirement,
and the fishermen agreed to low the Ante
lope’s boat for 820- to a place where water
might be got. Accordingly ft line was made
fast, but, instead of towing, t(te fish-boat be
gan backing and filling, and describinjga cir
cle. This proceeding was ‘remotfstrated
against, and resulted in a squabble, tfie fish
erman demanding morn money. A’jsecond
boat full of men was now seen bearing down,
nnd it was clear their inlenltdns were postiie.
Captain Clatke, therefore, made off under
sails and oars, and sticceeded'in gelling away
from thg rascals. That night an biir was
broken, which was convertediinto bludgeons ;
the sailors made some slung shot, and a| hatch
et was found at the bottom of the boat. ['
was then wisely determined to repel force by
force, conciliation with a cowardly foe being
construed into pusillanimity.' They icuntin
ued on their voyage northward, skirling the
coast in desperate straits for Water, when, the
following morning, Ihe 11th ihsl., upoij round
ing an island, they saw - thijee- fishing boats!
bearing down upon them, evidently tjiih nn-|
friendly intentions. Captain Clarke kept ‘
away, hoping to elude Ihetnl, but thej breeze j
freshening,- they could outsaihhim ; he, how- j
ever, got them all astern arid some distance |
apart. On the first coming up she commenced
throwing large stones, two men standing in
the bow with spears. Having no means of
resisting, Captain Clarke made signs ‘of sub
mission, and threw a line as'a sigrinl in be
allowed to come alongside,]but ihe phinese
were too wary, and the Antelope's boat fell
into (heir wake. Captain Clarke theti cut the
line and made an attempt to escape Byjpulling.
Fie got a little distance ahead, when (be Chi
na boat ran into his stern,carrying away the
rudder and slaving in the quarter. The two
Chinese still kept guard with spears at the
bow, precluding alp-possibility of b|)arding\
and under these circumstances, everything!
was surrendered to them, and passed out of.
ihe,boat over the stern. The sight of Ihe
plunder was 100 much for the Chinaman.-
They relaxed their vigilance, allowing the
Antelope’s boat to fajl’along side.; There
had been no plan'of attack- concocted, be
cause no opportunity of resistance wks'hnped
For, but no sooner did this chance present it
self, than Iwo slurdy Jacks sprang upon the
China boat’s deck. Captain Clarke fallowed,
but, not having the use of his legs ifter be
mg cramped up so long in the boat, he got
tripped up and fell overboard. Long before
be could get on board again, his crew had
overpowered the Chinese, killing all save one
who jumped into the! water, badly wounded,
but as ihe other two boats fqade offiimmedi
alely when the altered stale of affairs became
apparent, he must have bekp drownetd. The
Chinese numbered twelve, j The surprise was
complete; not one of the Aitjtelope’s men was
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wounded, and .all ihe property was recovered
Thie prize had water and rice in abundant,’
A course was steered for this port, where th«
arrived in two days, i. e., on the 13th hj
Unless the male should have fallen inloihi
hands'of the Phillistines such as we hived*
scribed, Captain Clarke considers he mast
safe; but as he had no chronometer, he
wohld necessarily make the coast a long» a *
north of the point he was directed lostt#
■for, by reason of the current setting in
direction with considerable vefocuy.
'Aulefope waschartered by the opium farmer.
We hear that her cargo was valuable, no!
"ward'oT Brorritroo; ■-
Acc. 23.—The, master reports that the
male and a seaman, who were in another
boat, had been murdered by pirates.
Mb. Cobb: Will you please give notice
in your paper, that the Tioga County Imii.
lute, will hold its- semi-annual sersion, jj
Mansfield, commencing on Monday evening,
Nov. 22nd, and closing on the following Fn
day evening. Prof. Kenyon has wriiten mp,
that he will be'wiih us, a,nd will deliver one
or more lectures, before the Inslilule.
" We (He subscriber? agree lo close oar
places of business on Thanksgiving cfsjr,
Thursday Nov. 18th, from 10 o'clock 4. .If.
to 3 o’clock P. M.
C. & J. L. Robinson, H. W. Whluju,
Williams & Jenkins, P. C. lloig,
Thomas Harden,
A. N. Donaldson,
B. B. Smith & Son,
Smith & Richards, ;
Niles & -Elliott,
M. & O. Bullaiid,
Henry .Sherwood,
Cuas. G. Osgood,
M. M. Convebs,
How JLcconiptou Newspaper! are
Sustained.
The extravagance of the present Naiioj.
al Administration is without a parallel in ihs
history of this country p and ils exlravagancj
is unequalled by the corruption which, char
aclenzes it in all the. departments of tie
government. The following extract from
one -of “Occasional’s"' recent letters, will
show the modus operandi by which ihe Le
cornpton organs of the Administration, u
this and other States, are sustained—
“A number of parties interested in non
papers are now in Washington, for the pur
pose of obtaining funds lo continue their ea
lerprizes. Chief among these are Senate
Bigler and Col. Florence. The former is trail
understood as a sort of broker in newspaper!.
It is believed that a considerable sum u paid
over lo him. out of the post office printing,
from which funds he reimburses himself far
cenain advances lo a journal in your State,
» hich has been violem in support of the Kan
sas policy of the, Administration. Whether
he has made any money bv the transaction f
cannot say, but it is certain that the funds
have been paid oyer to him to keip this and
other journals in operation, and that he bit
indemnified himself for any personal eipen
dilures on the same account. Colonel Flor
ence receives from the same sources, lor ha
newspaper, from S4OO to S5OO a month.
“A good deal of panic has been created by
the rumor that ihe fund from which then
subsidies are drawn is lo be s'opped tv m
investigating committee of Congress. Theta
seems to be goud grounds lor this rumor
when you recollect that tens of thousands o.
dollars are lavished upon newspapers at w
sort of use to anybody except lo detend Le.
cornpton, and that these tens of thousands
are notoriously a part of the money paid hr
the treasury, to Mr. Wendell, who is a part
ner in the printing of the post office blsaa
end who pays over to the parties alluded 13
iheir respective shares. —they doing nopnsf
t ng whatever.
“The amount of money expended on L*
cornpton newspapers, out of the treasury,*
slated accurately to the people, would haw
ty be believed. I would not be surprized 11
it would build magnifieient post-offices io*
Philadelphia, New York and Boston. TW
fact alone goes to show what a despeti'
cause it is which requires such expedients -
The very newspapers sustained by
bounties are .deserted by the people, and lW
are now rapidly sinking into decline.”
NOTICE TO ASSESSORS.—You
in making your assessment for the y eir S
to assess all persons between the ages of -1 1 Q“ ( .
years, in your opinion, capable of performs?®'*/
lary duty, otherwise yon tvill be dealt will* accoro,
ing to law. Per order of Military Board,
JOHN SEBRIiNG, Brig- Gth
Liberty, Nov. 11, 1858.
NEW AKKANOEMENT—' vM i
ROE lias associated w\lih him in bui*®***
Jerome Smith. The business will hereafter
ducted under the name and style ©f\V. A. « t,s
Co. W. A. ROE
JEROME SJHTft
Postscript, All those indebted to the ButKCfl
by note or Book account* are requested to mat**
mediate payment. W. A.
Wellsboro, Nov. 8,1858. -
A HOMESTEAD FOB »‘ 0!l
A FEW MORE OF THOSE DESIBABB 5
FARMS & BUILDING LOTS,
In ihe Gold Region and other portion! of
ia are to be divided amongst the subscribers
benefit of the new town of Rappahannock-
scriplions only iek dollars each; one half
real on delivery of the Deed. Every Sums
will gel a Building lot or a Farm, ranging»° -
from SIO to $30,000. These Farms and
sold so cheap to induce settlement, a sufficien
her being reserved, the increase in the va
which will compensate for the apparent low P y
now asked. One acre lots in town will beiP
industrious mechanics who will build upon 1
A company of settlers, called the
nock Pioneer Association” is now buddies
will commence their their settlement, in w® jt
Ample security will be given for lii« f» lLn
ibrmancc of contracts and promise*. . Cnfcjtf*
D" More Agents are jvasteo to obtain
hers, to whom the most liberal induce®* 0
given. Some AgenU write that they »*’ riD iioO#i
82Q0 per month. For full particular* Sow" r
Agencies, &c,, Apply Ip At
1 E. BAUDBR, P*ri Ro& C*r*U*
Nov. n; lea?.'
lJ Ol 3 !V>l i‘‘ PI 1 c u> t
■ r/TU;'
&omtmmfcatCons,
For the Agittlo,.
Osceola, Nov. slh, 1858.
N. L. Rei-wolds,
CoiSupi.
For tho Agitator,
Tfiankiilrln;.
A. J. SoFIELD,
Andie Folet.
I. D. Riciiahdj,
W. A. Roe i Co,
John A. Rov,
Wilcox &SEUJ,
J. R. Bowen,
M. H. Cobb,
Wm. Roberts.
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