IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS.
War reopened in Bourbon Couvly —port
Scott taken by Montgomery—Ex-Marshal
Lyttle Killed —Missourians Preparina
to Invade Kansas—Qld "Brown" In
vades Missouri—Forcible Liberation of
Slaves.
Correspondence of the K. Y. Tribune.
Moneka, Kansas, Dec. 22, 1853.
Immediately after Ibe taking of Fort Scott
and the rescue of Rice by Montgomery and
the Free-State forces, Marshal Campbell and
Sheriff Bull left the Fort for Lecompton, for
the purpose of securing the aid of Federal
troops. What result they have had is not
yet learned, ns the high waters have pre
vented their early return. Other messengers
were seni to the Cherokee Nation to procure
the assistance of the Indians. A leading
citizen of Missouri was in the Fort on the
fijllqwing day, probably having been sent for
(hr counsel. • He slated that a company of
80 men was already formed in Greenville,
Dade County, for the purpose of again inva
ding the Territory to kill Montgomery. H>-
was accompanied on his return home by
some of the Fort Scott men. Meetings have
since been nfeld all along the border, which
denounced ihe rescue of Rice, and promising
aid and sympathy to the Pro-Slavery men
and officials in the Territory. This move
ment was at first confined to the more south
ern of the border counties of- Missouri; but
I have just learned that great efforts are being
made at Lexington, Independence, Kmsas
Cny, and Westport, to raise forces for the
same purpose. Some 800 men were to be
raised in ihe south alone. -
Many of the more timid of the Free-Stale
nv*n kre leaving the Territory, Oiher go 10
the centra! and northern parts, where no
difficulties are apprehended, to rrm»in until
pnace is established. All have begun to he
hVve that a long war is being opened. The
Pro-Slavery men in the Territory also look
the same panic, many of them leaving for
fear of being punished by the Free-State men
for the crimes of other Pro-Slavery men, and
others to prevent being mistaken and killed
for Free-Smie men by the Missourians, when
’hey should make their invasion, Tor the
l-ifter threaten to kill every man and burn
every house in the Valley of the Little
Osage. They boast that Hamilton and his
ifiing, the perpetrators of the Marais du
Oygncs murder, are yet on the border await
ing an opportunity for repeating his tmssn
cres.t The Pro-Slavery officials of For’
Sco’t even declared, before the release of
Rice, that Hamilton would be called m unless
the people would submit lo the persecutions
which had been recommended.
To give confidence to the people of the
Territory, and to prevent further flight, and
lo leach Missourians the necessity of remain
ing at home, Brown determined nn an inva
sion of Missouri. Night before last he car
ried out his purpose by entering the State
with two companies,one on the north side of
the Little CL age and the other on the south
side. ' They visi’ed all the slaveholders they
could reach fri one night, especially those
who had interested themselves in Kansas
affairs, took them prisoners, and set their
slaves at liberty. A large number of horses
were also taken. Arms, ammunition, pro
visions, &c., lo a considerable extent, were
taken. The slaveholders were deprived of
everything of value that could be carried
away, except such as were of immediate ne
cessity to their families. Their wagons were
filled with their slaves and goods, their horses
and oxen hitched to them, and driven away.
When ihe Free-State men had surrounded
n house, the inmates were ordered to surren
der, and then asked whether they would do
so or fight. But two chose the latter. One
of them afterward reconsidered the matter,
and, on seeing the number o( the Free-State
men, surrendered. Another resisted, and
was killed. Most of the slaveholders were
released when the parlies left. Some of
them were conveyed as prisoners across the
Stale line to Barnesville. They were then
liberated and told that they might raise a
force and follow as soon as they liked. The
slaves taken amounted (o some tea or fifteen
in number.
Where non-slaveholders were found at the
houses of Pro-Slavery men, they were told
to point out the property belonging to them.
This was left untouched. Sdme property of
this kind was in one case through mis
take. but was afterward taken back and re-
turned to the owner.
The beta which I have staled I have .ob
tained from the most trustworthy sources,
and are such as are agreed to by both par
ties—the invaders and the slaveholders—and
may be relied upon as true in every particular.
Awful. —The editor of The Jackson
Mississippian thus welcomes Senator Doug,
las to the South :
“Covered with the odium of sueh detest'-
able heresies —stained with the dishonor of a
treachery without a parallel in the political
history of the country —fresh from the warm
ejnbraces of Seward and Greeley and Bid
dings—this man has dared to present him
self in the South, to look her honest sons and
daughters in the face, and to ask their hospi
tality. We would not arouse the violent pas
sions of men. We would slay the avenging
rod of justice rather than the chivalry of the
South be tarnished by a single rash or un
seemly act; but yet, if smarting under the
keen sense of cruel wrong—if goaded by the
conviction of outrageous injustice, she were
to welcome her betrayer “with bloody hands
to the hospitable grave”—the gibbet or the
faggnt - *there would be a strong array of ir
resistible facts in the case to extenuate the
sot.”
Hosors to a Colored Man. —Fauhert,
a young man of color, from Hayti, obtained
(he highest prize—-the prize of honor—at the
concourse pf all the colleges in France, held
at Paris. On the reception of this news,
(he Emperor immediately sent him one hund
red and fifty handsomely bound volume*, a
company of National Guards was despatched
(o wait upon him with a band of music, and
he was invited to dine, and did dine, with
the Minister of Public Instruction, occupying
• place between his lady and Prince Napo-
Jeon, Besides ibis young man, two other
youog Hayiieoe also look prizes.
THE AGITATOR.
M. H. Cobb, Edlloi* & Proprietor.
WELLSBORODGH, PA.
isso.
All Business^nd otherCommunicationtmusl
be addressed to the Editor to insureaUention.
S. M. Pettenoill & Co., lip Nasmiu St., New York, and 10
Statu SL, Boston, are the Agents for the Agitator, and the
mot Influential and largest circulating Newspaper* In tta
L'nited State* and the Canadas. They ore authorised to con
tract for ua at our lowest rales.
We cannot publish anonymous communications.
The mercury fell to 16 degrees below zero on
Sunday night, and stood 8 below, Monday noon*
We do not publish a Marriage notice mailed us
at Osceola, because it was unaccompanied by a re
sponsible name. The initials, I T. D. S.* afford us
no light
Attention is directed to the card of Mr. B. B. Hot
iday in another place. We believe his administra
tion of the affairs of the Wellsboro Hotel have thus
far been such as to measurably improve it in public
estimation.
A Revival is progressing at the Methodist Church
in this village. The meetings are attracting con
siderable attention nightly and much interest is
manifested. The meetings continue through the
week, we understand.
2Vof lce.**Sub6cribers io the February Club of
the Tribune are hereby notified that their subscrip
tions expire on the 7th of February. Those wish
inglo renew, as well as those intending to join the
uew Club for 1829, will please pay the dollar to us
on or before the Ist day of February; otherwise
they will lose one or two numbers. We would like
lo close the Club by the first of next month. Jog
your neighbor, friend. Let each man bring a nsw
subscriber with him.
Sunday night will be remembered for its bitter
cold. The day was moderate and marked by a
slight fall of snow. A change was perceptible to
ward noon, yet not so marked as to warn oi the in.
tense frost which set in after nightfall. It was a
night to remind one of the huts where fire and a
sufficiency of clothing arc luxuries not freely enjoy
ed: sent to us, perchance, as a while-winged mes
senger lo remind us that there are dwellers beyond
the narrow circle of Self. We need such reminders
—such bitter warnings, to awaken us to Responsi
bility and to Duty. Let each man and woman be
a society in him and herself Want may dweff
next door to each and all. 11 The poor ye have al
way with you.* 1
To Correspondents. — w Look on the Bright Side”
is a very sensible and well-written article, and is on
file for an early insertion.
We promised the insertion of an educational ar
ticle some lime since, but on closer examination it
proves so faulty in composition that we are con
strained to reject it. Our friend must not be dis
couraged, however. He has thoughts enough, but
lacks system. Wc have received several conlribu
lions from others, some of (hem so badly spelled as
to cause their rejection. Poetical contributors will
please be patient toward us, as our drawer is run
ning over. Another instalment of u Leaves by the
Wayside” will appear next week. The author of
those sketches can become one ul the pleasantest
of prose writers if site chooses.
The “ Mite Society.” —A Society thus designa
ted has been organized by the’ ladies of the Episco
pal Church of this village. We hare been request,
ed to state its nature and objects, briefly, with which
request we cheerfully comply.
The •• Mile Society," as we are informed, con.
templates a twofold object: The creation of a fund
for Church purposes, to which end each individual
attending the meetings contributes a dime, weekly:
and the promotion of a more rational sociality in the
parish. The Society meets by appointment at the
house of some one of the parishioners, all attending
who choose to do so. The invitations are general.
We commend the enterprise to all who would like
to devote one evening per week to quiet and rational
social enjoyment.
Coi.. Emery’s Lecture.— This gentleman lector,
ed in the Court House, as advertised, last Thursday
evening. The attendance was very good indeed’
and the lecture more instructive and entertaining
than strictly scientific lectures usually are. It bore
unmistakable marks of thought and research and
the leclurer’a, theories possessed the rare merit of
reasonableness. The subject, “ The Earth and its
Changes,” was too vast for a single lecture; in fad,
rightly viewed, the lecture was introductory to a
series rather than an attempt to touch the subject in
detail. Nevertheless it was flatteringly received.
We hope Coi. E. will write up the scries and give a
course of lectures before our citizens. Had wc time
it would give us pleasure to review his effort of lust
week.
The next lecture of the course will be read by
Mr. C. G. Williams, Ibis night week. All are in
vited to attend.
Swallowing a Camel, '
This is a pretentious age. Were Governments
as wisely administered as they claim : were parlies
and sects as liberal; were men as good and were
society as pure as not a few pretend, it would indeed
be. a remarkable age. Strip it of the gilding of
Pretence, remove the lacker, and there remains
something to laugh and weep over alternately. It
is a very good world, though, a very good world, all
things considered, it is getting more sensible every
year, and may yet become a very desirable place to
live in.
The Romish Hierarchy has been doing a great
piece of foolishness; but Power is seldom wise in
action, since it never seeks to perpetuate itself ex
cept by grasping more than it can conveniently bold.
We have never published anything concerning the
•‘Mortara Abduction.** as it ta called, nor even re
ferred to it that we now recollect. The frantic de
nnneiations of Rome by such papers as the Phila
delphia Daily News and its ilk, did so sicken us of
the chase that we retreated into temporary silence.
Bat the chase has taken on a new phase. Govern,
ment is called open la interfere and demand the res
toration of the young Mortara to his parents. The
material facts of the case may be briefly stated, as
follows:
Tiiere lives, or lived, at Bologna, Italy, a Jew,
Mortara by name, to whom, about six years ago
a child was born. Now Mortara had a female seiv
ranl, a Roman Catholic, and, as is nut unfrequewiiy
the case, abounding more in zeal than in discretion.
This servant look it upon herself to baptize Master
Edgar Mortara into the Mother Church, clandes
tinely, of course, but in the judgment ol Rome, ef
fectually. So Master Edgar Mortara became a
good Catholic ere be arrived al years of discretion.
The Pope and other high functionaries were ad
vertised of the alarming fact that a member of the
true Church was living in daily intercourse with a
dog of a Jew.** These functionaries Utd their
heads together and decided (hat the soul of Edgar
THE TIOGA COG
Mortara wit In great and Inclining peril, and In
peril would continue unlit the child should be taken
into iho visible boiom of the Church. The Pope
nodded, Iho wheels of the InquitllUn began to turn,
and the cider Morlara awoke ono day, childless.
Those whoso hearts have been attuned to the mu
sic of little voices and the soft palter of little feet,
understand how terrible to the father was that blow.
They will understand how much mere terrible than
death it must be to that father to think of his child
as being dead to him yet living to Rome; for, Jew
though ho be, despised and pointed at though the
nation to which he belongs may bo, he Is a man—
a vathkr, with a love for his child passing words to
express. He petitions the Pontiftcial throne, he sup.
plicate*, he asks for hit child. But Rome denies to
her pontiffs and priests the blessed boon of parental
love. The father can hope for nothing from such
emotional dwarfs. Tho Pope is absolute and tbere
is no redress for tho Jew.
The story traverses Europe, crosses the sea, and
the heart of Protestantism heave* an indignant and
passionate throb. “ A child ia torn from a father's
loving arms, from his tender care and keeping !**—
rings the Press. “ Rome outrages Religion I**—says
the Pulpit. Power outrages Humanity and intuits
the Fmlher of us all —say we; it is no new thing.
Power has done that from the beginning, is doing It
to-day, and will continue to do so to (he end of time*
Nor is it a matter of wonder to any of us. What is
Mortara the Jew—what is Edgar Mortars, that a
common wrong done to either should breed (his
whirlwind of honest indignation to the utmost bound
of Pretestantdom ?
You are making’ the application, friendly reader
—making it before we can transfer our thought to
paper. You will say that men need not to cross
the sea and sit down in the shadow of the Vatican
to ferret out such crimes; and you will say truly.
You will point to the slave shambles, to (he auction
block; you will think of not one, but a thousand
children, sold from the, arms of frantic mothers; of
mothers sold away from their pleading children and
not seldom from the nursing babe; of families sep.
arated for time; of young girls, scarcely less fair
than your own daughters, flung helplessly into the
arms of brutes ; you will think of these bitter out
rages,-perpetrated in our common country; and then
—if you do not go out into the world with wet
cheeks and quivering Ups, God help you !—for you
will need more than mortal help ere the world will
profit by your living in it.
A few will sneer at this; there are some who mis.
take coarseness for wit, soullessness for manhood,
brute indifference for philosophy. The jeers ofsueh
are scarcely less sweet (o us than the praiae of (he
good. There is manhood in the tears which gush
at the spectacle or recital of wrong. Rear another
Washington and put him in command of a hundred
thousand of such souls, and he would flog Slavery
and Intemperance out of the land. Those twin
monsters could make no permanent stand against
such an army.
The world has rejected the gnat and swallowed
the camel, habitually, for eighteen hundred years.
It has grown gray with grief because of the mote
in its brother’s eye. Its sympathies arc sometimes
poured into the Atlantic and into the Pacific, and it
will not see that millions perish with thirst and fam*
ine at its very doors. It might be worse, it can be
better. It need not persist in swallowing the camel
and fretting about the mote.
The Daily iVnos— and we mention it not in ex.
pectation of provoking it to argument—that not be
ing its forte— may be said to hare about one grain
of sympathy for Mortara to one pound of bigotry
and prejudice against Popery. Between Uie Amer.
icanism of the Daily News and the religion of the
Grand Inquisitor at Rome we discover no marked
difference. Both are intolerant and cruel. To os
both are batefu 1 ; there is room enough for all the
multitude of sects, room for as many more, would
they only cease grappling at each other’s throats
and agree to disagree upon non-essentials. We
have no childish fear of either the Pope, or Arch,
bishop Hughes. Multiply your Common Schools
and Popery must perish. The diffusion of knowl
ege strikes at its very heart.
But why is Government to be supplicated in be
half of Mortara? The latter is not a'citizen of
(lie Republic. By what right would it presume Co
demand the release of the child ? The idea is pre.
poslerous. To add still more to the difficulty the
child is not white I Under the Drcd Scott Decision
Mortara has no rights which while men are bound
to respect. The Pope is a white man; therefore is
he justified in disregarding the rights of Mortara.
We await the rejoinder of the News,
Edward Everett writes for the New York
Ledger. Edward Everett is a remarkable man, as
also Bonner, and between the two it would be re*
markable if the Ledger were not a remarkable pa*
per. Edward Everett is in favor of paying Mr. J
A. Washington $200,000 for forty acres of land, be
the same more or less. That $3OOO would be about
double Its actual worth, everybody knows, or ooght
to know. Perhaps the soil might grow white bean
stalks, with often coaxing; it is somewhat question
able if the pods would fill. But Mr. Everett says
that the price is reasonable, therefore it ts reasons,
hie; and if reasonable, then it should be paid; and
with that surprising tact for which, apart from rhet
oric, Mr. Everett is so distinguished, he suggests
that the Ledger worshippers should make up the lit
tle balance of $150,000, remaining unpaid, and thus
earn immortality for themselves and their posterity.
This seems a good plan, an excellent plan.' The
patrons of the Ledger have begun to fling away
their money and why not keep on 1 True, Mr. Bon
ner is an enterprising, upright man and his Ledger
is by ho means the worst of iU class; but Mr. John
A. Washington)!* reputed a high feeder and hard
drinker. It is plain, then, that Mr. John A. Wash
ington must have money, or, at some time in the fa.
ture be reduced to the straits of hoecake and villain*
ouscold water, i It is a question of Bread k as our
friend A. P.C. would say, with ** something to wash
it down” contingent. Taking all this into earnest
consideration we begin to see the propriety of pay
ing Mr. John A. Washington two hundred times the
worth of M L Vernon,
The first, second and third of the series of Mt
Vernon Papers, by Mr. jEvereU, have appeared. It
will not surprise unr readers to learn that New
York has been in a state of illumination since the
first paper appeared. More wonderful still, the Au
rora has slunk back into the dim recesses of its hy
perborean caves, unable to compete with the cold
and steelly glitter of Mr. Everett's Mt. Vernon rhet
oric. The moons of Jupiter are effectually snuffed
out. Arcturus has laded to a sickly, pea-green spot
on the brow of dying Day. The lost Pleiad will
never be visible though she return, and Orion's star-,
ry girdle is not a whit better than the lackered band
which clasps the waist of the humblest little maid
you will meet in the streets of our village. Selah-
Soberly, after reading the first Mt. Vernon Paper*
it looks very much as if Mr. Bonner bad trumped
his partner's trick. A duller, more uninteresting
and common-place newspaper article could not be
imagined. Of course it is a miracle of grammar,
rhetoric, polish, ice. It reeds very well; but when
it Is read, one finds oneself in the predicament of
the man who eats spow to quench thirst. That's all.
NTY AGITATOR.
Oovornor Packer’s message.
The Governor of Pennsylvania begins hit
meassge with the gratifying announcement
thru, notwithstanding tho troubles of the year,
the finances are in an excellent condition,
the Treasuier’s receipt*, up to Nov. 30, being
*4,130,778 35, while the expenditures were
*3,770,857 00, leaving the excess of *303,-
031 30. Of the public debt there was paid
$431,404 00. On public imprnvements
*34 1,030 09 was expended, nnd *95,070 00
received, leaving an excess of expenditure of
*345,000 53. Afier crediting these extraor
dinary expenditures and deducting extraordi
nary receipts from the Pennsylvania Kailroad
Company and. (he Girard Bunk, the true bal
ance for the fiscal year Is *903,383 30.
The public debt ii *39,268,111 10, to
meet which the State owns wall-secured bond*
received from the sale of the public works
amounting to *11,181,000. The Governor
thinks that, with the existing sources of rev
enue, and the observance of strict economy,
this sum may be reduced, during the current
year, at least one million of dollars, pru
dently adding that
“The present would appear to be the most
appropriate lime, when our nation it at peace,
and when health and reasonable prosperity
prevail within our own borders, to greatly
reduce the public debt. We have but to
carefully husband our legitimate resources,
avoiding extravagant and unnecessary appro
priations, and practicing a proper economy
in all the departments of Government, to
render the entire.ex'inguishment of our debt
a fixed fact within a very brief period. To
carefully guard the public treasury at this
interesting epoch in our financial history is
so manifestly the duty of the public authori
ties, that I cannot for one moment believe
that any other policy will be proposed. If
there be any who, relying on the improved
condition of the finances of the Stale, would
encourage the adoption of new schemes for
depleting the Treasury, or would cut oflf the
sources of our present revenue, and thus re
duce it, lei all such efforts, coming from what
ever quarter they may, be sternly resisted.
Lei Pennsylvania before she is gen
erous.”
Gov. Packer reciies at some length the
circumstances connected with the sale of the
Stale Canals to the Sunbury and Brie Rail
road Company, and congratulates the people
upon the encouraging prospect of the early
completion of (hat road. “A large amount
of work has been done on the line of the
road during the past season, and at this time
very considerable portious of the road are
graded and rapidly approaching completion.
It is the opinion of the President of the Com
pany that within two years the work will be
entirely finished, so that the-cars will be run
ning directly from the City of Philadelphia
to the harbor of Erie.” He considers “that
the public welfare will, in every respect, be
vastly promoted by the transfer of the man
agement of the public works from the Stale
to individual owners. The short experience
that we have had already proves conclusively
that the Commonwealth is greatly the gainer,
in a financial point of view, and it has been
equally demonstrated that the people at large
have been as well, if not better, accommoda.
ted by the change.” He recommends the
abolition of the Board o( Canal Commission
ers. He remarks that by the disposal of the
public lands and public works, Governmental
action has become greatly simplified, and
may be more so, if the Legislature refuses
its aid to the Ipbby—adding that "it is ns
remarkable as it is propitious, that an era
which has thus relieved the Stale authorities
of burdens tfyat consisleo either of mere ma
terial interests of the care of local adminis
tration—committing the one to (fie local sov
ereignty of the people, and the other to pri
vale or associated enterprise—should also
present for consideration and promotion in
tellectual and moral claims of peculiar im
ponanc.”
The system of public education is regarded
as “the first object of solicitude.** During
the tear ending fast June, 628,201 pupils
were instructed in the public schools at a cost
of $2,427,632 41. The Governor recom
mends'the organization of a Department of
Public Instruction, which shall have in charge
the collection, arrangement and practical de
ductions from population and industrial sta
tistics ; from natural defects, such as deaf
ness and dumbness, blindness and lunacy ;
from crime in its various forms and develop
ments, together with such control over all
the literary and scientific institutions in the
State as shall bring their- full condition into
view. But there must also be Teachers’
Schools—the want of which is grievous. Of
12,628 teachers outside of Philadelphia, only
5,087 are reported as “qualified while
5*387 are teiurncd as “medium,” and 2,323
as “unfit.” The Governor thinks the mode
proposed hy the act of May, 1857, which
places the teacher on the same footing as
regards the Slate with the other professions,
the best one. In consequence of the finan
cial difficulties of the year, this plan has not
had a fair trial. The passage of a law guar
anteeing a moderate payment to each school
established under the act is recommended.
After a few excellent remarks upon the
utility of Agricultural colleges, and the care
which is their due from the Slate, the Gov.
ernor comes to the Slate Banks. He recom
mends a careful inquiry into the present con
dition of the Tioga and Crawford County
Banks and the Bank of Shamokin, in order
to see whether the continuance of their char
ters may or may not be injurious to the Com
monwealth—in which case there can be no
doubt of the power and duty of the Legisla
ture to repeal the acts of incorporation.
The positions of the Governor’s Inaugural
Address against a farther increase of Banka
under the present system, and against the
issue of small notes, are reiterated, and he
again urges such a change in the laws as (o
insure the redemption of bills by the pledge
of United States or State slocks, upon a plan
similar to that in use in this State.
After referring to the reports of the several
Departments, anjd commending the charitable
and rsformalory Institutions of the Stale to
the care of the Legislature, the Governor
adverts to the question of the tariff. He
favors an increase of protective duties, and
thinks, with the President, that these should
be specific instead of ad valorem.
In closing his Message, Gov. Packer ar
ray* himself by (be side off Judge Douglas
upon the Kansas question. ! He condemns
the theory that it is the duty ofj Congress to
protect Slavery in the Territories, and (denies
that any construction favormgjsuch theory
can fairly be given to the Dred Scott deci
sion. He also condemns the theory that this
country roust eventually become all Free or
all Slave, and plants himself broadly upon
the doctrine of Popular Sovereignly, which
he calls the “life blood of our free institutions
and the palladium of our safety;” Applying
this to the question of Stats Rights, ho depre
cates the overshadowing influence of the Fed
eral Government, and recommjends watch
fulness. —New York TrihUne. j ,]'
The Four Indian State*.
The progress of civilization in several of
the Indian tribes occupying Territories west
of (he States will soon bring up a new ques
tion for the decision of Congress. ; What
shall be done with the Indian;governments
or Stales that are now fu|ly organized?—
Are they Anally to bs admitted into 1 the
Union ? Is a new at some future
time, to be made of (he ttibesj civilized and
Christianized to make room foy the Caucas
ian wave rolling west? Or are foreign gov
ernments to grow up in the 1 very heart of the
territory of the United States 7 r
The Cherokees organized a regular gov
ernment as early as 1839, copying the pe
culiar features of the Constitution ]of the
United Stales. The forma of legislation and
the arrangement of the courts of justice so
□early resemble those of the Slates, that, but
for the lawny skins around him, the traveler
into the Cherokees’ territory wjquld scarcely
And any indication of having . parsed its
boundaries. 1 [, ■
This tribe has improved in nil tha arts of
civilization to such a degree that many of its
principal men would grace the refined socie
ty of any nation. In respect for the law, re
gard for popular education and public moral
ity, and the adoption of, all the elegancies
and advantages of civilization, the Cherokees
have taken a position which fqtbids any for
cible interference with their rights to the ter
ritory they occupy, to suit the conveniences
or obviate the anomaly which the existence
of their stale now presents, i
The Choctaws formed I their government,
taking the institutions of the United States
for their model, in 1834. Imitating their
more progressive white neighbors, last year
they revised their constilutior, and | adopted
even the most minute forms of government,
and the names of officers, w lich prevail in
each of the States of our Con ederacy.
The Chickasaws, lately sep iratedjrom the
Choctaws, have also followed (he example Of
the two tribes mentioned; and thus the third,
government, with inslitutionsj identical with
our own, exists on the borders of the south
western States, occupying territory I ceded to
them by the General Government, j
The Creeks are taking steps- to cjreale the
fourth independent organization of a State
form of government, and will soon present
an example of the influence of civilization in
subvening the customs and traditions oflhe
race indigenous to the continent. I
These Indian States are a strange anomaly.
They are no; a part of the Union, nor are
they known in lavjr to exist. The white roan
cannot pass through their territory iwithoul a
permit, nor can he take with him; when he
is allowed to enter the Indian domajn, certain
articles of merchandise, even though the
packages are unbroken! and are simply de
signed for the New-Mexican market. ’ This
singular slate of things cannot exist for many
years, without forcing itself upon ithe atten
tion of Congress. !
The tide of population is I steadily rolling
West. In less than ten years it will beat
against the barriers now thrown up against
its invasion of the retreat of those-civilized
aboriginees. Even now the emigration must
cross these Territories., These Indian Slates
cannot exist when the Caucasian race press
es upon them as, independent governments.
The people, civilized and attached; to the soil
they have improved, cannotl be removed to
remoter wilds, nor, without' serious discon
tents, is it likely the United States can sub
ject them to the condition of other territorial
organizations, by an abrogation of the con
stitutions they have established ! (or them
selves. What, then, is to hie done.with these
Indian Sta'es? It cannot fail to give greater
interest to this-question that; each of these In
dian Stales has adopted theisocialiinstitulions
of the Sou'h. The Indiansjare slaveholders.
—iVeto Orleans Picayune .l j
/ , I I
Shocking Casuality.— j-On Sunday eve- '
ning, about half past seven; o’clock a shanty I
occupied by the family df Patiick Boyle,(I
(and situated near the brick Eilgine House,
oP the 8. N. Y. & Erie R. R. at the eas
tern end of the village,) was discovered to
he on fire and speedily burned to|the ground.
Mr. Boyle was at work near Millport. His
wife and two children, one an infant and the
-other about six yearsiof age were burned to
death. Mrs. Boyle was found in the door
way half consumed by the flames when the
house was first reached. TheJ remains of
the children were discovered in the ashes.—
It is not known how the fire originated. It
was at first reported that a man was seen
running from the sha,nly on the giving of the
alarm of fire by the neighjrors, but no facts
to justify the suspicion of foul play were eli
cited at the inquest. The presumption is
that Mw. B, had retired, and on being awa
kened by lbe cry of fire sought the door
where she fell suffocated by the smoke and
flame. It was a shocking affair and incul
cates the necessity' of extreme caution, to
avoid the possibility of such a horrible death.
—Coming Journal.
Their name is Legion’’ mayibe applied .lo
those who die annually pf Consumption,—
Science has of late years sensibly diminished
the number, and it is gratifying! to know that
Dr. VVistar’s Balsam of Wild; Cherry has
created a potent influence in attaining this
end. | j , .
03~ Buy none unless it has 4 the written
signature of Built" b„ the!wrapper.
Look out for a we|l gotten jup dollar of
the bogus kind ; ih© result of ©n ingenious
crew of counterfeiters. Nothing but strong
acid will show ifae deceit. ! ,!■
Having written one article
of mathematical zero, I concluded thar*
not altogether uncalled for to comij **
theme, and daguereotype the nature
acteriseics of (h« intellectual, moral ay
cial zeroes, as we find them in soci? *!
stated in the preceding article that J' ‘
common language means no thing c?
treating of intellectual, social, or eve ' n
zero I shall not attempt to show that!
characters are not absolutely no
things, nor shall I endeavor to p tOT , *
they are few in number, nor ahall I.
them as I do surd quantities in maihjm?
—throw a radical sign over them
them alone, for it is very evident ihu *
inferences are not positively correct, be?
direct contradistinction to nature, but fiC
I can point out a similarity of the
der contemplation to things lest that &
assignable quantity or to things rfinlJ
ly small importance.
1 hold that every man is, emphatic,
the architect of bis own fortune; he
prietor of certain faculties and po wen
he is bound to use and develop,
must content himself to grove) in
—a creature of impulse—a zeto in
a dupe to the caprices of bad men.
Creator evidently designed that
make a proper use of those God-tike
ties with which be is endowed. It
ly be supposed that man should suffer
inestimable gibs of his Maker to
rust within him, and that, without
(he consequences. Show me a man whoa
itively believes that ignorance is prefer
to intelligence and I will show yon a
jackanapes, and if he believes that a thoroo
dissemination of knowledge is a sure
sor of villainy and crime, I will pledgem
self to show you an inteliecluaLzero uj
true sense of the word.
I have very lilile lo «ay m regard toi
characleristic3_of moral zeroes. The/ y
certainly a peculiar class of individuals -
Rural life ii not adapted to their
Rural soil is not congenial to ihetr natora
They are to be found springing upmontii
lages and cities like mushrooms on a doo{
bill. Law and order are forgotten by thee
and violence, drunkenness and not stem
onymous with peace and concord. Theyl?
in fact the moral blisters of the body polu
—the moral dupes o( base passions
appetites;
ypung says, “pigmies are pigmia rf
though perched on Alps.” If s manias,
ish and niggardly it mailers not whai htr
worth, or what his possessions are, ben
pigmy still, if he lacks intelligence. (befei
it is generally conceded that the raise
the community the more inhospitable c
dissocial the people; if that is the case
inference is the social zeroes sre found anq
the upper ten. lam unable to say «bei
the premises advanced above are conaai
not, but one thing I do know; Anatom:
is certainly the shield of selfishness n:>
norance, for wherever we find caste ec
sure to find these inseparable compact
When we meet a man the question aa
whether he has wealth or influence, or no
position within his own chosen citin'
friends, but the question naturally soys
itself to our minds, has he brains l It bn
mere social zero 1 Shall we drop titan
and vote his dress into majesty ! h lii
infinitely small importance, or is he not'
Tor 111 It*
Tile Tioga Ac Wcllsboro Mud Bad
Tbe above is a public institution apJ
which ihe Grand Jury, al ihe Dkbi
Term, found a true bill as a public nm®
and if their actions'could be subroiutd:
vote of the people they would be sustatcst
an overwhelming majority. And B itj
who are so strongly opposed to ok*
“din” road I would say, if you would 3 s
your opposition effectual, you must
well as lalk. Finding fault wilhj l *'
resentative will never abate this njtsef
affair of a road. How can he actuo/w, 3
move first ? Then, if you would bit J
toll upon this road lessened, or
wholly removed, why not circulate?*?
liiions thoroughly in every neighborly
order to secure a full and fair ejpi» a '
the minds of the people? Why not
this question in the shape of petitions
from all sections upon which this b ur *
system of extortion fall's, thus pl ac '“=^ fi
thing in the hands of your Rop^ s *;
upon which be can act ? if
not done in this matter who is mb l1 *
Let us do something, and the sooner It®
ter ! Who- will more jirst ?
r, rfc'f*
Idlevary A*»ociati° n ‘
jAX.ftb.fj
Called to order by Dr. E. Ds!l
read by J. Emery, Subject: “Til- .
its Changes.** Election of Officer*
term commencing January 13th, *V,
with the following result, via: *;
Prea'i ; J. Walbridge, f ire
Niles, Secretary C. G. William 1 !
Question as selected for debate ntJi
day evening, (13th) was, on motion *' rf
ter various a mend men's, substitutes. •<
lions, speeches, appeals, rec0B!1
&c., thrown overboard. The one c- 1 - .
stead reads, Resolved, that Slavery
ous to the individual, yet it will l >ee,i ' 1 >
overruled for the benefit of the
J. Emery chief disputant on affirm* -
J. B. Niles negative. . f
The next lecture before the
read on the 20th inst., by C. G. ,
Adjourned. A. L. “• *■
TTo Teachers.
There will be an examination . ,
at Wellsboro, Jan. 22d,
o’clock A. M. All teachers ' BSC p°,p*
certificates are invited to attend.
animations positively will not be
Somebody says snoring l*
escape of those raaligant I® 6 ' lo ®
sleeper has not time to vent wae
Zero.,
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