Ttic Ku-Elctllon of Douglas’* Still
iuDoubt. '
The following paragraphs in the Chicago
Herald;' November 6; ah administration or
jt;i (i will lead those who Jtropose uniting their
fortunes with the new Douglas party, to see
the propriety-of not hallooing- until they are.
quite nut of the woods, which event it ap
pears may possibly not occur nil 1860.
“On the eve of going to press, we have re- ]
ceiv-ed private dispatches from Cairo Jones
hnrough, Shawneetown and other points in
Egypt, assuring us ol the election of two and
probably three national democrats to the low
er House, and assuring us, also, that three, of
the democratic senators holding over will, be
yond doubt, oppose the re-election of Douglas.
Added to this good news, we have the assur
ance that several of the senators and repre
sentatives just elected, and supposed to be fa
vorable to Douglas, will not support him, but
will maintain the integrity of the democratic
party of the country, by voting for Judge.
Dfrese, or some other good and reliable dem
ocrat. (
“This intelligence comes to us in such
shape and from sources so reliable, that we
cannot doubt it—cannot doubt that Mr. Doug
las will be defeated in his efforts to secure his
re-election to live United Slates Senate.
“The true friends of the democratic parly
in the legislature, rather than throw afire
brand in the national council of the parly,
will so vote ns to prevent the election of either
Dougins nr Lincoln, and leave the matter open
until 1860, when the democracy of the state
will be better aid 6 to settle the controversy
consistently with the welfare of the democrat-
ic parly.
“U'e congratulate the Spartan band of na
tional democrats in Illinois, and the demo
cracy of the country generally, upon this in
telligence, and assure thorn they mav rely
upon its truthfulness. Douglas is defeated,
and the democratic parly will be safe from
bis disorganizing efforts after the next session
of Congress, which will finally close his
senatorial career.”
The Last Sball l»e First.
Four creditors started from Boston in the
same train of cars, for the purpose of atlnch
in<» the property of a certain debtor in Far
mington, in the State of Maine. He owed
each one separately, and they were each sus
picious of the object of the other, but dared
not say a word about it. So they rode, ac
quaintances all, talking upon everything ex
cept what they had most at heart. When
they arrived at the depot at Farmington, which
was three miles from where the debtor did
business, they found nothing to “put ‘em over
the road” but a solitary cab towards which
they all rushed. Three got in and refused
admhtance to the fourth, and the cab started.
The fourth ran after and got upon the out
side with the driver. He asked the driver if
lie wanted to sell his horse. He replied that
he did not want to—that he was not worth
850, hut he would not sell him for that. He
asked him if he would lake a hundred for
him. Yes, said he. The “fourth man”
l lie horse’s back-and rode off “lick a-ty
switch,” while the “insiders,” were looking
out of the window feeling like singed cats.
He rode to a lawyer’s and got a writ made
and served, and his debt secure, and got
back to the hotel just as the “insiders” came
up puffing and blowing. The Cabman soon
bought back his horse for fifty dollars.
The “sold” men offered to pay that sum
if (ho fortunate one who found properly suf
ficicnl lo pay his own debt, would not tell ol
it in Boston.
But ns both panies have told a friend of
ours, thinkjng the story “too good lo be lost,”
"e feel at liberty “to let the cat out of the
hag mors particularly so, as it illustrates
a passage that we never heard fully explained
hut once, and then by a schoolmaster, who
said: j
“Scholars, this verse is plain ; when you
tic up the cattle, old Buck goes in first, and
old Broad next. Broad went last, but will
comeou; first, and Buck went'in first, hut
shall come out lasi.”
A SmJlrt Woman. —Stewart's dry goods
palace, ih "New York, was the scene of an
adroit affair lately. The Post says an ele
gantly dressed woman entered and asked to
see shawls. After assorting and com
paring, she at length made a selection, the
price being five hundred dollars. Gracefully
producing her portmonnaie, she tendered the
clerk a two thousand dollar bill in payment.
He look t immediately to tho cashier, who
examinee it carefully, and then lo make him
seif perfectly sure, sent a clerk out with it lo
see,an expert and obtain his opinion. Mean
while the lady became very indignant, and
resented.i he affront which she said had been
put upon her. She was not a character to
receive or pass off bad currency, and would
never cone again to Stewart’s to do any
shopping. Presently the messenger returned
with ihe intelligence that the bill was good.
She caugit it from him, declaring she would
pot take the shawl. After a little while,
hbwever, she seemed lo relent, and saying
that she had been to a large number of esiab*
lishmems and that the shawl was the only
one that suited her, she remarked that she
would take it, adding her determination not
expose herself again lo a similar affront.
7 he clerk was profuse in apologies as he did
up the arjicle, and the two thousand dollar
bill was tjtken by the cashier and fifteen hun
dred dollars promptly paid back to her, when,
bidding good night, she look her
Tjhe bill this lime proved to be a
jl. She had paid the clerk a differ
'om the one first exhibited.
without
leave.
counlerfei
cm one ft
A Scene wobth Looking On, — A re
markable exhibition tecenlly took place at
Ilopkinsv lie (Tenn.) Fair. Ten brothers,
named B ( rown, all mounted on fine gray
horses, rqde into the amphitheater and dis
played their horsemanship, all- being good
riders. The eldest was aged forty, and the
youngest twenty. They had not all been to
gother foj fifteen years. Their,mother was
present, dot! they reined up in front of the
glorious patron and raluted her, while she
abed tea,r* of joy and pride.
THE AGITATOR.
18. H. Col>b, Editor St Proprietor.
WELLSBOROttGH, PA. '
Timrsday IB turning, Sot. 25. 1858.
•.•Allßuainesß.and other Communication smus t
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State St., Boston, are the Agents for the and the
most influential and largest circulating Newspapers in tbe
United States aod tho Canadas. They arc authorized to con
tract for us otour lowest ratos.
We cannot publish anonymous communications.
Snow fell to the depth of four inches daring Mon*
The sleigh bells discoursed pleasant mu
sic «n Tuesday.
The ladies will please take notice that Mrs, M. JT.
Grierson has received her Winter styles of Millin
ery Goods and will be happy to exhibit them to all
who may call upon her. First come, first served.
If you want a pair of boots that you will have to
lend out to your neighbors in order to wear them
out, order them at the establishment of Wilcox &,
Sears. They are No. 1 on lasting boots.
J. R, Bowen isagain r in receipt ol several car
loads of New Goods—purchased for the especial
benefit of the people hereabout. They will be on
exhibition for a few' toys only —as the constant de
mand bids fair to strip his shelves.
Mr. UiBEaoLLK has taken possession of his fine
new Tannery and is now prepared to serve the pub*
lie in an extended capacity. Farmers and others
will find a market tor hides and sheep pelts at the
best prices, at his establishment. Mr. R., is one of
our most honest and enterprising business men.
Mr. B. T. Vanhorn is preparing to engage in the
manufacture of Chairs and Cabinet Ware on an ex
tended scale. He has recently purchased a steam
Engine and machinery suited to the business and
will put up new buildings with all possible despatch*
Mr. V. deserves much credit for projectingithis en
terprise and should receive the encouragement of
all persons interested in the industrial progress of
Wcllsboro. Every Steam Engine brought here and
set at work adds ten per cent, to the worth of prop
erty in ail the region on which the village depends
for supplies.
CALATHOMriANA.-r-Young America was very jubi
lant Tuesday night week. The occasion was a wed
ding party at the house of one of our oldest and
most respected citizens. Young America seized the
opportunity to surplus wild oats. It assem
bled with horns, tin-pans and various inharmonious
instruments and improvised a serenade, the which
though vastly pleasant to Young America, was no*
only disrespectful, but annoying to older people in
the immediate neighborhood.
Briefly, we do not consider such demonstrations
quite in keeping with correct principle. It betokens
the want of a proper regard for the feelings of oth
ers, as well as a disposition to carry fun into rowdy,
ism. It is a practice mure appropriate to a border
life than to enlightened community. We have been
aware of no like proceeding within the borough lim
its during the four years just past, and trust that
it may never be necessary to allude to another and
similar breach of good order*
Dunham, of the Lockhaven Watchman , calls our
attention to a grave article in his last paper on the
morale , past, present and prospective, of Thanksgiv-
know not He thinks that the mind that cannot be
thankful for bountiful harvests and immunity from
pestilence, must be hardened indeed. Well, there is
no quarrel between us touching that; but we hold to
different modes of manifesting our gratitude. He
thinks a format return of thanks essential; we don’t'
He thinks it necessary to slaughter the turkeys be.
cause there is an abundant crop of corn,oats, wheat
and potatoes; we don’t. He thinks the tatted calf
should be killed; we think the fatted calf should be
permuted to live and enjoy the abundant harvest.
He thinks that people should manifest their appreci.
ation of God’s bounty by devouring as great a part
of His gifts as may be possible ; we don’t believe in
sacrificing lo Apicius in order to show our gratitude
to Jehovah. This is the sum of our mutual disa.
greemenls.
But Dunham waxes philosophical, and prophesies
darkly of a coming lime, when mortals, having ac
coraplished a cycle of lime, shall find themselves at
the starting-point of the human race, deriving their
subsistence, not from ovations of fowl, turkey, seat,
beef, etcetera, but from—what think you,—from the
essence of those savory viands ? No, but from
Electricity ! There’s a piping-hot dish for your
g-g.g.grandboy’s g g-g-grandboy, Mrs. Grundy >—
The cry ol •’ hurryuplhemcakes!” will not disturb
' l '*e frequenters of the restaurants of that period.
Business men will order a “ lightning frioasec,”
‘•lightning ala mode,” “lightning steak—rare,’’
with a bottle of lightning to wash it down. The
world will then become a vast, Leyden jar and men
and women torpedoes ! But Ute prospect overcomes
us ; so wc conclude with an4ipology for Dunham,
by staling that ho went down to the Stale of Maine'
six weeks ago, and ttience eloped with a Yankee lass
into the Slate of Matrimony. If that won’t account
for his clcctrica| theory of subsistence, in our jiidg.
ment, nothing will.
Wimblcton Wimble, E*q.
We approach the (.object with some misgivings.
If the often asseverations of Wimbleton Wimble
Esq., are to be relied on, (and who doubts the word
of that gentleman ?) the world has treated him very
shabbily—very shabbily indeed; then how can we
hope to escape the charge of unjust dealing toward
that gentleman 7 We cannot hope so to escape, nor
do we for a moment, cherish so wild a dream of tri.
umph. No; to eipect to pul the world to the blush
by a fairer dispensation of Justice than it seems ca.
pabie 01, would be folly; therefore do we approach ,
the self imposed task with trepidation.
What neighborhood had the honor of Wimble’s
nativity does not concern the reader; nor does it
concern him. or her, which of the seven prismatic
hues has the honor of resembling his eyes; neither
does it become the reader to wonder if Wimble’s
hair be graven," brown, or auburn; if he be short
and thick, or tall and slim ; or, if his nose be of the
Grecian, Roman,-png, or lurned-up style. It is aII
| sufficient to know that Wimbleton lacks none of
these essentials, in kind. Further, and to render in
j ftoiry superfluous, we will premise that the genus
Wimble has a 'multitude of representatives, not col
oniaed, but to lie found in'every community where
there'is gain to be got, or place to be won by any
game not included in Penitentiary offences.
We desire to* do justice to the character of Wim
blelon Wimble, Esq., and so we say that Wimble,
ton is a man of notable parls. Thereunto deter
mines the current of public injustice; for the world
(we hare heard Wimbleton say so) studiously ig
nores the genius and deserts of Wimble when it
makes op its jewels; and thus is that individual left
to shine unseen, like the suns which, according to
{{erschel, possibly exist in the deeps of space, bat
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR..
beyond iha range of bile most powerful instrument*.
It is lime that Ihentbulu-Wi mbM waa resolved into
its ereruenlal star*. Be ours the task.
Now, probablir some qvil-disposed persons may af.
root to discover the key-to the character of our Sub
ject in the suggestive . This,
must not bo ; since nothing can be more unpleasant
to the biographer than to find his, studied elabora
tions rendered 'superfluous by the lively imagination
ol the reader. In so much as the name is suggest
ive of twisting and turning, let it indicate the char
acter of. Wimblelon Wimble, Esq.; but in so far .as
it is supposed to represent “ a bore,” it has no ap
plication to that, gentleman.
Wo incline to agree with Wimblelon that he has
beer, used very meanly by people and by politicians.
He has adopted the injunction of Paul (discarding
the reason) as a rule oC action j still, the world re
fuses to render tribute to Cesar. For instance,
when Wimblelon met Demos Doughface, he de
lighted Demos with a flaming eulogy of the public
acts of Mr. Buchanan. Passing on, he fell in with
Republicus Freeman, and delighted that gentleman
with a savage denunciation of Mr. Buchanan. We
contend that eacii of these individuals should have
counted the flexible Wimble “ sound on the goose;”
but happening to meet soon after, these worthies fell
to disputing about the position of Wimblelon on the
potilical questions of the day; and the upshot of the
affair was that (he affable Wimble was voted an un
mitigated sneak, by acclamation. This is but one
instance of foul injustice by the people done'unlo
the patient and long-suffering Wimble.
Bat that which most stirs us to indignation against '
the world on Wimble’s account is, that it Ims l|a- !
gucd itself against our subject. No sooner does tyis \
genius pat forth a promising bud than all the world I
combines and sends a white frost to nip that tender' j
bud, or the Icaal wind ol Envy to blast it. The en* '
vious world cannot look upon the prosperity 0 f pur |
subject with calmness. If he, following the bent of
Ins genius, essay to rise above 'the common level,
his great enemy, the world, straitway seizes up the
rock of its displeasure and drops it with a fiendish
satisfaction plump upon (he devoted head of Wim. j
ble. Had he treated the world shabbily, the world j
might plead such treatment in justification; but be |
has done the very reverse of (hat: It was an act j
of unparalleled condescension by which he consent- |
ed to enter the world in the usual way; a yet great. |
er act of condescension was it to consent to dwell;
on the depressed level of this rudimental existence j
—depriving his luminous genius of that deferential J
recognition to which it is entitled.. Of right, his j
advent should hare paralleled Minerva’s, and hie I
field ol labor should have been not less exalted than
that of the radiant goddess. Had we chosen for
him, his birth had not been less glorious, his labors
terrestrial not less exalted. But he chose to sacri.
lice and be sacrificed, and the ingrate world seems
determined to exact the fullest measure of sacrifice.
As a rule, a rogue does not hasten to define his
position upon public questions. Wimble seeks oft.
en occasion to define his position; ergo, Wimble is
not a rogue. We have heard him confess himself
very often thus. When the question, as to what
color the Pumpville Pump should be painted
whether while or black-—was mooted. Wimble beg.
j ged leave to define his position. 44 Strictly speak,
i 4 ‘ tog,” said the philosophical Wimble, 44 the terms
“ of the question destroy each other, since neither
“ white nor black is properly a color, lam aware
“ that my position on this question has been mis
-44 apprehended and misrepresented ; it is, therefore,
44 with great pleasure that I proceed to define; my
“of Hie public a new idea; in proof of this tonic.
“ wl> * l startling declaration, I cite your attention to
“ 1,16 We, l ° r Jacob and numerona other wells sp o .
“ ken of in Scripture history. In conclusion, let me
* anew express my gratitude for your kindness in
“ nsl ' ln ll my humble opinion touching the matter
“ under consideration." With this, VVimbleton sat
down amid prolonged silence.
We confess that the exact position of Wimble ton
on the Paint Question did not reveal itself to ourob.
lusily in the luminosity of his remarks; therefore]
when tlie people wagged their heads and asked—
“ Where’s Wimble on the Paint Question ?” we had
to admit that the world’s malice in its judgment of
that gentleman, was sometimes spiced with reason
lint then, what right had. the world to proceed
without the opinion of the sagacious Wimble from
that lime forth ? What had he done that ho should
be studiously ignored ? He had avoided offending
either the champions of M while paint," or " black
paint,” by leaving the question untouched. Then i
why should both parties conspire to strike down
Wimblclon Wimble ? why should the world set i't- ’
self »t work to crush Wimble? why should it never I
raise its ponderous hand but to let it fill upon the de.'
voted head of Wimble 7 why does it never aim at
Jones, or Smith but to hit the luminous and modest ‘
Wimble? We cry out against this monstrous in
justice; we protest against this perverted affection
for “ a shining mark.” Is a man to be “ struck
down,” “ crushed out," and persecuted incontinent,
ly, because lie lias more brains than his fellow-raen,
and shines, nolens volensl Is modesty a crime,
that its possessor is hooted to tho death ? Is genius
to be pointed at because it exhausts itself in tutile
scheming to gel its candle from beneath an envious
bushel ? We renew our protest against this attempt
to snuff out the candle of Wimble,
Very likely tins may come to the sight of some
one of the genus Wimble; and he may not thank
us for undertaking his defence. Very well; he will
not stahd first on the list of those who have forgot,
ten in what sum they stand indebted to the humble
individuals who give their days and nights to tile
task of amusing and instructing those who patron,
ize country newspapers.
peculiar Iriend of the Tioga Agitator ore
fcrs the Thanksgiving Feasts and® carlmonij of
New England to those of Pennsylvania, because
they Wind up with a universal kissing of the girls ”
Wo are a l.tllo curious to know what kissing the
jjiris has to do with Thanksgiving and Prayer We
mile supposed our stoic friend of the Agitator wo’d
recommend m his soberer years, the returning oi
of thanks to Providence for the blessings of the oast
season, by kissing the girls ! He being one of lhe
progressive spirits of ill day, it may be that we are
not up to At* limes.— Wayne Co. Herald.
Not up to our times, indeed !—and when there is
any kissing of the girls to be done ! Modest lo the
asl. O Beardslec • This affectation of ignorance is
too thin too thin. How often have we heard him
declare that, after advance-paying subscribers, there
were no greater blessings bestowed by Providence
than THE GIRLS ? Our view of returning thanks for
the good things of the season is. lo manifest our w .
predation of those g«d things; and how, in the
name of common politeness, is one to show one’s ap.
precision of the girls except by the salute frater
nal ?
It .s not a little amusing to read the grave reason,
mg of our Leeomplon cotemporaries touching the
scope and bearing of that clause of the Constitulioo
of this State which makes the Judiciary elective.
An Easton paper starts the ball with a half-column
of uncombed and unwashed sophistry, in whicli it
essays lo show that Gaylord Church, appointed to
the Supreme Bench by Gov. Packer, in the.place of
Judge Porter, resigned, can hold over until Decern
her, 1559-bthus keeping John M. Read from the
seat to ho vfo-oWcted by the people lastf Oc.
tober. yife had bSfh under (ho impression that tho
Constitution contemplated- giving the fullest" and
frceeaLWPlfiSsion jtndJorcß to lhe.wtll o£_lhfi people,
in all things for which it provides. If this, impress
ion be Correpl, K foilows.tliat neither Gaylord Church
nor any other (unctionary can do anything to defeat
the legally expressed will of the people, under the
Constitution. Otherwise; tho Constitution contra
venes itself and is a nullity., .Allthis.fuss-and.fcalii
er. argument to prove that Gaylord Chutph, Qr any
other chorch can oust John M. Read, U sheer,petti,
fogging; and had not our Wayne friend made it the
occasion of a'marvelous display of magnanimity,
wp had never thought of alluding to it.
Peterson’s magazine.
This popular Lady’s Magazine _ will be
greatly improved fot 1859. It will contain
nearly 1000 pages ; from 25 to 30 steel
plates ; and about 800 wood engravings..
Mbs. Ann S. Stephens, author of “Fashion
and Famine,” and Charles J. Peterson,
author of “Kale Aylesford,” are its Editors,
and write exclusively for it. Each will-give
a new Novelet next year; and they will be
assisted by all the best female writers; “Pe
terson’s Magazine’’ is indispensible to every
lady. Ils_Fasbtons are always the. latest and
prelitest ; -.its steel Engravings magnificent ;
its Patterns for the Work-Table, its House
hold Receipts, &c., almost countless. The
price is but Two Dollars a year, or a dot
i lar less than Magazines of its .class. It is
| the Magazine for the times. To Clubs it is
1 cheaper si ill; viz: three copies for $5, or.
eight for SlO ; with a splendid premium to
I the person gelling up the Club. Specimens
sent gratis. Address
CHARLES J. PETERSON,
306 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Severe Drought—Rain Prayed For.—
The Norfolk Va;, Day-Book says that the
drought in that section of Iha State is so
great that the citizens of Suffolk are forced
to send three miles to the canal for water to
drink ; ao event that was never before known
by the oldest inhabitant of that town. While
this is the case in Suffolk, Norfolk is debar
red such an opportunity for obtaining supplies
of water. Nearly all ihe cisterns have been
exhausted, and rich and poor are now begin
ning to suffer for want of this great lifegiving
element. An alarm of fire is now looked up
on by the thoughtful as a terrible thing, for
if a conflagration should break out iwo or
three hundred yards from, the river, it must
result in immense destruction. It has been
suggested that the Clergy of the various'de
nominations should offer up the prayers of
the people to Almighty God for relief in fresh
and abundant showers of watertoslack their
thirst.
The “Omnipotent's” Curse. —We learn
from the tone of the ‘‘Omnipotent”—the
Washington Union —that the Administration
intends dealing summarily with all who do
not swallow ihe Buchanan creed —Dred
Scott, Lecompton, the Slave Trade, and all.
The Oracle of that party says:—
want, a hold,, comnact. universal'
the Supreme Court, and we pronounce THE
CURSE OF HERESY” upon every man who
invests his interests in the cause of Northern
or Southern opposition to that decision. The
best recipe to reduce and degrade a party is
lo grant indulgences to the timorous, and to
authorize heretics to minister at the altar of
the faithful.”
This may do for the Pope of Rome, but in
a country where freedom of opinion is an
acknowledged right, it will be spurned and
spit upon.— Bloomsbvrg Republican,
Singular Railroad Accident.—The
Louisville Courier, of Nov. 6, says:
( “On the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad,
j about eighteen miles from Mitchell, a singu
; lar accident happened last night. The mid
die car got off the track, and crossed a bridge,
1-breaking every lie on the road, and in that
condition went a quarter of a mile. No one
was hurl, but all were very much frightened.
The tram was going at the rate of half a
mile per minute when the accident occurred,
which accounts for the out-of-the-tfack car
being dragged a quarter of a mile before ihe
locomotive could be stopped. Ir was cer
lainly very singular that this middle car
should thus go along ofT of the track with
out displacing ihe car behind- and the car
before. Such an accident may never again
happen without throwing the whole traiiToff
the track, and wounding or killing somebody.
Retribution.—The Lawrence Republi.
can asserts that Marlin W hite, who shot Fred
Brown at the sack of Osswatamie in 1856,
was recently found dead in his house, The
murderer has met his fate. The same paper
stales that the thrice accursed G. W. Clark,
who killed Barbour of Lawrence, was him
self kJUed recently near Lecomplon. For
years the bloody avenger has been on the
track of the murderer. This vi!l,ain Clark
held an office under Buchanan, but never
moved from Fort Scott without a guard of
armed men. He knew his life was forfeited.
Ho was in disguise when killed, but no dial
goise could save him from his fearful doom.
—Leavenworth Times, Nov. Ist.
The Slaveholders Convention held last
week on the Eastern shore of Maryland,
among other resolutions passed one recom
mending that the free blacks be compelled to
choose between re-enslaved and leaving the
Stale. The very brutality of tyranny !
These poor creatures, first stolen from Africa,
oppressed in a Christian land for generations,
some enfranchised voluntarily, not a few
having purchased the poor boon of such
freedom as they best enjoy, and now to be
compelled by the tyrant oppressors to be
come wanderers in the earth or lo be again
enslaved. What infernal villainy.—Lan
caster Express.
i Good Joke.—Bennett, the colored barber,
in this village, got off a good joke on election
day. He approached the polls and offered
his vote ; whereupon he was challenged, and
the question asked by a Democrat, “Bennet
are you worth 350 dollars!” said Bennet in
surprise—'“why 1 am worth 750 dollars’ in
Louisiana.” Bennett voted without further
interruption.— Hornellsville American.
TEACHER’S COLUMN
_ _ . _ n r,IA Ci n i-i Ci .r. at, ■*———_ . <***
. ’ ~ v ‘.: Pot ihe Agitator.
Kindness iin thoSchool-Hoom.
/i’he old .saying is.jhat a smjle begets a
smile; a kind and benevolent look is sure to
find'a counterpart, ihtTit isveritabla truth.
Kindnesses are golden -spples strewn along
life’s pathway, and'he"who scatters them is a
benefactor indeed. One iitlls word kindly
.and encouragingly: spoken has moved many
a foot-sore traveler upon life’s journey to vic
tory. The most favored of mankind would
find life gtbomy and burthensome were it not
for warm hearts casting their influence around
like genial sunshine, wakening steeping na
ture to life and loveliness. appreciates
si kind and loving nature more than Ihe
child ? Its whole being ia love|‘ Ii lives to
love, and is unhappy wheri ! lhare : ia no ihing,
or being around which' its 9 flections may
cling. But it has a susceptible haturd ; sus
ceptible to debasement and brutalization ; all
its better nature may be driven lout and sup
planted by unfeeling indifference!and calcula
ting viciousness. A morose arid ill-natured
disposition never came from the[hands of the
Creator, but is a perversion- andf a most mis
erable one. The childish heart! has feelings,
which to touch aright, are sure jto bring obe
dience and implicit confidence; or, on the
other hand, hatred, rebellion arid disrespect.
Despotic tyranny in the school room will
bring insubordination within that lmle govern
ment as quickly as in an empire.
In good old days of yore, the long beech
en-rod or thick and dreaded felrule held the
most prominent place in the school-room, and
if perchance a -truant eye iojscanniog the
group before it should discover something
awakening merriment, and a suppressed gig
gle should tell ofsmolhered mirth, the unfor
tunate urchin must be brougra out in grand
array before the school and Jpay in smarts
and pains foi ihe manifestaiionj.of a generous
impulse. In those days the pedagogue, with
long and solemn face, and dolorous tones and
measured tread, no doubt fearfully impressed
Ihe youthful flock before him vyith the awful
ness of his position. To this class of teach
ers there are many noble exceptions, but such
were I he general characteristics of the schools.
I fear that there yet may be teachers,with
whom to laugh is a sin, and to be rollicking
jolly an unpardonable crime, with whom
anything but frowns ate censurable. But
some may say, the government of ihe school
should be firm and unbending.l The govern
ment of love' is firm and unbending. Who
ever knew a scholar who lov'ed his teacher,
to purposely offend or cause trouble? It
never has been ! And where threats and
frowns and beatings have failed, kindness has
reclaimed. To treat a scholar like a brute
iSTut to make him a brute, ; Woful indeed
must be the school governed‘hnly by fear of
the teacher. What confidence is there in a
school like that? None!, Where pardon
and forgiveness are unknown,khere deception
and falsehood are cultivated.. No teacher
should treat his in such a manner
that they are afraid to tell ftim the truth at
all times. First and foremost , cultivate the
heart, awaken its warmest sympathies, pour
intoJt.Abc.ojl .nL kitjtjtlfifb ■WWJy.Pul'eel for
A Man Blown up on a Eeo op Powder.
A man whose name was not obtained with
certainty, being so much injuVed as to be un
able to give it himself, yesterday ‘blew op a
keg of powder upon which pe was sittina,
the force of the explosion sending him some
twenty feet into the air, and into the river.
It appears that he sells powder in one of. the
skiffs used for that purpose, oji the river, and
had landed his boat at the fool of Main street,
Second District, for what purpose was not
stated. Having occasion to place one of the
kegs out upon the bank, he tpok a sea! upon
i'. Some children had kindled a fire near
by and were roasting oysters] and bavin* a
jolly time generally. The poWder nan think
mg to frighten the children amuse him
self. commenced throwing jaome powder,
which he had in his pockei injlo the fire, and
laughed heartily at the expression of the j u .
veniles, who could not account for the mys
terious fizzling and cracking} in among ihe
oysters. °
fn a short time, and beforejhe was aware
he had made a train of powder from the fire
to his keg, which suddenly jeommunicated
with (he latter, and sent the man Whirlino j n .
to Ihe river, where the water'prevenletThim
from breaking any bones, and also relieved
the burns. He was picked up and taken to
Ihe Station House, and from |.thence to the
Uianty Hospital. Two of the children had
their faces burnt, and it is only to be wonder
ed that they were not killed.— N. O. Delta
Nov. 10. ! 1
DiTi lIE n^ UR:xING op THB -^vsteia.—Mr.
Phillip Berry, of the Theological Seminary,
at New Brunswick, N. J., was one of
the passengers on the Austria, gives a new
theory of the manner in which .the fire on
i™ ' ,esse l originated. -'He says that vessel
bad been making but 211 miles per day, but
on the day previous lo the burning there was
a report that the Captain hat} -bet he would
be in Now Fork at > qenain lime, which
would require 290 miles a daiy to be made,
boon afterwards the smoke stacks showed by
the.r heat and the columns idf ascending
smoke and flames that great exertions were
be,ng made to keep hot fires. He thinks,
therefore, that the vessel may have caught
from the furnaces, particularly] ns the state
ment concerning the burning iir is supported
by very limited and indistinct testimony.
Not long ago, a blooming pair from Bridge
water presented themselves before one of oSr
Montrose clergyman, and expressed a wish lo
be jotned tn the holy bonds of matrimony._
Accordtng y the clergyman proceeded to lie
the indissoluble knot, in the tjjosl annroved
£' "*,?•” '«*■“ 4 .Sit
law. After ihe ceremony was concluded
the gallant bridegroom informed the clergy!
man that he intended kith*
ll" lh h bargain, for the mutton (a fore
Starving a Snake out «i I,
■ Stomach. ** I
: , the following singular story i, l0 )j of |
man named Beach, who bad swallo*^' E
snake in Michigan i For the past s Hew * |
years, the sufferer has been saibSed f,
there was a living animal in his Moused I
If he drank liquor, the animal wonld ueon,; ;
become drunk. This, he judged fro® . I
fact that'it remained perfectly quiet until Z : l
effects of the spirits, wore off. A( lid ‘
when he partook of food offensive t4llhe
imal, it would become agitated and roil aVm 1
with a motion which could be felt by placS ■
the hand upon the stomach. *
Having fried many physicians wiiboaii*.
ing relieved, Beach was induced to apply
a German doctor, who recommended the
process of starving the intruder oat. Tjj,
advice was adopted, and the patient suet®,
ded in inducing the animal to come up
his throat, but fear of strangulation, he w,j,
lowed,vinegar and drove it back. For :’>j
months, means were tried to relieve the nu a ‘,
throat of Us unwelcome guest, aod finally,®
Friday of last week, he passed an emi®
snake measuring just three feet in length —.
It was somewhat decomposed, and had eri.
dently lost four or Avd inches of its tail.
As to its original size, our corresponds
cannot determine. Its head measured cron,
wise, just one inch and a quarter. Its leaj
were about one-eighth of an inch long..
From the formation o( the head, the cotta
pendent thinks the reptile is of the com®#
water-snake species. The roan ta now 4,
idg well, and in good spirits, in conseqmm
of being relieved of his hideous tormentor.-*
Our correspondent who is well known to [JJ,
and in whose assurances we can place them,
most confidence, is knowing to all the facts
we have staled above. —Sandusky Rtguta,
Carried Away by a Kite,—An Irish
paper says:, “A yooog nan named
residing Castlecomer, went a few eveniojt
ago, to fly, what he termed a Spanish kite,
of very large dimensions. Having adjmitj
the cord and tail, it rapidly ascended withi
brisk breeze, until it had taken the full length
of the cord, which became entangled mid
Power’s hand. The wind increasing, he ni
drawn a distance of nearly half a mile intis
greatest agony, the cord culling into the bone,
The Rev. Mr. Penrose, the curate of the par*
ish, seeing the man running along n full
speed, perceived that he was dragged by the
kite, and followed him as fast as he tsjld,"
but being unable to come up with bim,h«
shouted at the top of his voice, to "lei gs,
there was a mao killed in a thundersiombj
the lightning of a kite.” When Power head
these words, he shouted with redoubled vigor,
but could not extricate himself, until aftenbt
distance mentioned, he was stopped by s high
atone wall, the top of wh'ch being coped, art
the cord, and set at liberty the kite and in
owner, who was almost lifeless with fuija
and fright.
Daring Robbery.—On Friday night cl
last week, a rather daring robbery wucob
milted at N. Y. & E. R. R. Depot at Elmitt.
The circumstances are these.—A gemleiau,
•- ot navana, Ocbuylcr Cnalr,
had arrived at Elmira, from Havana, on the
Canandaigua R. R., and had in his Pouts
ion, about §1,700, which the robbeti, »
doubt, were aware of, and was on bis way to
New York, to purchase goods. Hewn!
into one of the Depot Water closets, and while
(here was attacked by two stout men, gagged,
and robbed of bis money. Men should lx
careful how .they let others know about ms
ey being on their person.
H. N. VV
The Tax on Money at Interest.—'Tbii
lax ought to be removed by the Legislature.
It is hostile to the interests of the producer,
and benefits the shaver. It drives monij
out. of its natural channels, and throws it ia»
the hands of speculators and those wboprej
upon the people. This law has driven mil
lions of money out of the State, which would
have been kept at home and develop our it
sources if it had been free from taxation
-Every press in the Slate ought to insist upon
the repeal of this*tax, if they desire to *3-
vance the interests of Pennsylvania,—-Hi
ner’* Journal.
A Very Young Mother.—ln the return
of indigent children supported by the town
of Taunton, recently made to the Secretary
of the Commonwealth, the overseers certify
that “Elizabeth Drayton was eleven yratt
old the twenty-fourth day of May, 1553:
and became the mother of Horace Whu*
Drayton, on the first day of February jS33
—three months and twenty-four days iefin
she was eleven years old;” and on the
of September the mother and child wereh>-
ing at the public charge, in the town ofTwn
loo, Massachusetts.
Mother and Daughter.—The editor of
the Utica Herald says he once knew a*o
- who cut out her own daughter in the
good graces of her lover, and married bi®
herself. To obtain revenge for this mean an
motherly trick, the daughter set her cap f° r
the young man’s rich father—of whom ba
was the only heir—and actually married hi®
and had children, lb the inhnile
the other parties. This occurred in OcC“’
daga county.
Simeon B. Chase, Esq., of SusquehaM*'
who is now elected to the Legislature for ib»
third time, and Col. A. K. M’Clure, of Frank'
lin, who is serving his second term are pr o,
posed for Speaker of the House, on theatroog
side. In Senate, the Opposition can at lea**
bestow a, well.deserved complimentary w*
on Col. Gregg, wbo is returned by a large!?
increased majority. —Lewisburg Chronicle•
Silver Coin is at a discount in New Yotb-
The Banks in the city refuse to receive it •*
(ess than a half per-cent. This rendets i®
large accumulation in the hands of busing
men quite inconvenience. It is seldom lb*!
paper currency commands a premium m**
the “pure metals.”
The Cohmebciai, School, which we be*
lieve to be the largest, most,flourishing w*
most 1 completely organized, is the Iron City
College of Pittsburgh, Pa.— From S™ 1 *
Merchants' Magazine, October, 1858.