‘Correspondence of the Agitator.
Democratic Slate Convention.
JIMMY O’ROURKE’S OPINIONS.
WHAT HE HEARD AND WHAT HE THTNKS.
Harrisburg, March 17,1859.
Mr. Editor: Yesterday .morning my boss,
who is a thrue blue Buchanan man, (blue
enough this' morning) says to me, says he, Jim
my, says he, if you want to attend the Grate
Itimmycrat Convintion, says he, and help do
up the cheering, says he, you can go and wel
come, says he. Will my pay go on jist the
same ? says I. Oh! jist the same, says he. So
I-wint up-and tnk a convanient sate where I
could hear- iverything that was goin’ on, and
thru the.thought shtruck me that I would pen
my observations down for your benefit for your
paper: for barrin’ you’re a Black Republican,
and'-barrm’ your anti-whiskey notions, and bar
rih’ -some other things, you make a good paper
to read. lam a friend of Governor Packer, and
1 was talking wid him the other day, and says
he to me. says he, Jimmy, says he, what do you
think about my chances in the Convention says
he, will they endorse me, says he, or not?
Well I tonld.him, says I Gov’ner, I'm a friend
of yoursj says I, as long as I hould my presen t
place, and I’ll do the best I can for ye, says I,
hut you had better say your prayers'says I, fur
it>al) up wid you, for Jim Gillis offered me a
pinch of snuff and tonld me so last night Ss-
Well whin the Gov’ner heard this, says lie
(qnotin Shakespeare) War it is, says he; war
to the knife says I, to let him know that I un
derstood it; knife to the hilt, says he, laughing;
and hilt to the hitter end, says I tipping him a
wink’ wid my left eye. But as Mr. Bonner
beautifully remarks in the Mount Virdant Pa
pers,’“l have been digressing.”
When I went into the Convintion Mr. Snow
den was jist beginnin aspache. (You niversaw
sich a set- of surprised orators in your born
days as there was here. Every man that spoke
was surprised that he should be called out to
spake.) Well sir after expressing bis surprise
and the honor of the thing, he said that our
gallant bark (he alluded to our Diramycrat
party) might be sunk and shwamped by the
waves of Black Republicanism and fanaticism
(he was giving the Know Nothings a lick) yit
niverthcless it (the bark) would come up to the
surface wanst more. This was all he said but
it was a line thing. I couldn’t help thinking to
myself says I, wont it be a fine job for the boys
to paint her up, and tar herover, in some Navy
Yard at the expinse of the Goverment Thrcash
ury.
Sir. Hugos from Somerset was the nixt man
celled out. lie tould Mr. Snowden in plain
terms that he wasn’t as ould as he would be
twenty years from now. lie was for consilly
ation, and if that couldn’t be had, it would be
all day wid the party. Mr. Hopkins didn’t
like the spache at all, for raisons of his own
which I will Boin-Tniation, and so he adjourned
the eonvintion. t
Our correspondent pitches into Processor
Gardner the Yankee Soap han :
It bates all the impidence of the Yankees.—
Wan of thim was here tryin’ fur to sell his soap,
and wan ov the members from your county
—bad luck to him—tould him that the Convin
tion was a good place to advertise his soap, as
he (your member) said they (the members of
the Convintion) needed a supply more nor any
body of men he ever saw. So the Professor
whispered it to Dennis O’Flynn, and says he,
call for Prof. Gardner says he. So Dennis
thinking it was some big shtatesman from M’-
Kcan County, calls out “Gardner," and every
body did the same, including Gardner himself;
and so he jumped up and for about half an
hour he tould them the rartues of his soap.—
He didn’t say a word about politics except that
he was in favor of everybody buying their soap
where they could get it the best and chape at
that, especially in tlie Territories where every
body ought to do hs they plaised. For myself
I think it was shameful to have them demane
themselves so much ns to listen to him. Al
though his spache 1 was mortifying in the cx
trame we did the best we could for ’im in the
way of cheers. We thin proceeded to nomi
nate officers, and we adjourned for tay. ,
In the evening Dennis and meself went up
again. The fun now began in 'airnest. Whin
the resolutions was read everybody held their
breath to hear what was said about my frind
Packer, but the dlvil a word did they say for
him at all, at all, which was mighty quare.—
But he had frinds, and one of them (Mr. Lnm
berton) offered a resolution for him, and made
a real purty and affectin’ spache. But it was
no go. Mr. Monaghan gave him and Judge
Knox and the Black Republicans such a dhnuh
iin’ as you niver heard since the days of Cur
ran and O’Connell. The consequence was that
my frind Packer and his State policy was kicked
out of the Convention ns nate as if it had been
done at the fair of Donnybrook. Ov poorse
you have heard by the paypers who was nomi
nated and who wasn’t. Well, if you have heard
of them wanst you will niver hear of thim
again. Mr. Collins a friend of me and the Gov
ernor, inthroduoed a resolution embodying the
same sintiment, hut the Convention wouldn’t
pass it at all.
Dennis and we left whin Sam Black got up
for to spake, and wint home. We stopped to
take a drink with our mutual friend John B.
Beck (as daccnt a man as ever carried a quart
in him at a time) and says he, Jimmy says he,
let us have a toast, says ha. Well says I, here’s
to the harmony of the Dimyorat party—may it
never be worse -nor it is. Wid that, Dennis
shpoke up and says ho in the language of Tom
my Moore;
Onco more our glorious banner, gays he, up
on the breeze we throw, says he, beneath its
fold wid song and shout, we’ll charge upon the
foe says he. Beck laughed and we wint home
to dhrame of brighter days for the Dimmycrat
party.
I may write you another letter during the
campaign but jist now I must close.
Yours obadiently
Jas. O’Rourke.
P. S. I just tuk a drink wid an ould frind
from Potter County. You know who I mane.
J. O’R.
A Startling Truth /—Hundreds die annually
from neglected coughs, and colds, when by the
use of a single bottle of Dr. AV.istar's Balsam
of Wild Cherry, their lives could be preserved
to a green old age. I
fi®-Buy none unless it has the written sig
nature of Bulls” on the wrapper.
Iron Cm- College. —The rapid growth and
extended popularity of this School, is the result
of the confidence it has inspired by its fair deal
ing nnd'thorough teaching Presbyterian Ban
ner and Adcocate, of Pittsburgh.
Three hundred and fifty-seven students are
in attendance at this time.
THE AGITATOR.
HUGH YOUNG, Editor & Proprietor.
WELLSBOROUGH, PA.
Tliursday morning, march 24, ’59.
“TO BE CONTINUED.’?
Several weeks ago we gave our views at
length on the subject of publishing Bonner’s
and Buntline’s first chapters for pay. Since
then we have carefully watched our exchanges
and find that a few hare adopted our rule, while
the great majority are' unable to resist the in
ducement of a few dollars. One paper came to
us with two stories, (one continued in the
Ledger and the other in the Mercury) which
occupied- all its reading space. If the pub
lisher has the conscience to ask any of his
readers for advance subscription, it is “mighty
tough.”
The Scranton Republican, Potter Journal,
Lebanon Courier', and some others not on our
exchange list, have declared against this trick
ery. We suggest that this question be brought
up for discussion at the next Editorial Conven
tion. Let jhe Editors of our State declare by
resolution thaMhey will publish no more Sto
ries of any man’s selection for pay, without the
word “Advertisehest” over them, and Mr.
Bonner will have to succumb or try another
dodge. Consolatory “Lines to a Widowed
Butterfly” may bring tears of sorrow to some
sentimental young miss’s cheeks; and “The
Pea Nut Woman’s Revenge" may stir the soul
of Young America to deeds of valor and virtue ;
but while the publication of such trash as this
may add a few dollars to a publisher’s pocket
and a few hundreds more to Bonner’s, does it
not lower the standard of the Country Pjess,
and lay the publishers open to the charge of
dishonesty ? Let country newspapers speak
out. Many of them have published initial
chapters without any reflection. Let the mat
ter he discussed, and we doubt not that the re
sult wilt be an entire exclusion of them here
after unless as advertisements, known and read
as such. f
We confess that it has frequently been a
matter of surprise to us that such resorts, con
temptible as they unquestionably are, should
bo so successful in securing such large subscrip
tion lists to their authors as they do. The maf
velousnoss or rather the gullibility of human
nature is taken advantage of, and that abnormal
and morbid desire after the intense and the
thrilling created and developed by this very
means, is used by enterprising advertisers to
pour dollars into their pockets at the expense
of hundreds of thousands of their victims.
So long as country editors admit into their col
umns snch advertisements, they must not com
plain that their own subscriptions do not in
crease. Men and women will he apt to reason
in this way: “We pay a dollar a year for our
“ county paper. It only publishes one chapter
“of the ‘Double Jawed Vampire.’ Hadn’t we
“ better send another dollar for the Ledger and
“ get the rest of it, and quit taking the county
“ paper?” Yes ; we think you might as well.
But we submit that every man in the county
who has the interests of the county at heart—
every man who feels any interest in the welfare
of bis neighbors—every man who desires to
prosper in bis business—every man who pays
taxes —in short every man who can read ought
to take Ms county paper first, if such paper is
conducted with a view to bis interests; and
then if he has any |lesire to add to his reading
matter, ho should take a city newspaper or a
good magazine. We need not go into the realms
of Romance to read of the sayings and doings
of pirates and robbers and other desperadoes.
We can find enough of these, Heaven knows,
within the limits of the actual of every day
life. True, they do not appear in the police
reports dressed in the gorgeous apparel of
wealth and luxury, but in rags and equation
and filth ; nor are they found in baronial halls,
but in the purlieus of our large cities. There
wo can find them if we choose.
The roving character of the American people
is known to all men, and is the subject of re
mark by all nations where American character
is known. If you would counteract this ten
dency of national character, —if you would
foster a love of home, you must make home at
tractive to your children. You can only make
home attractive to them, by meeting the wants,
temperately of course, of the mind and soul,
as well as the body. The True, the Good, and
the Beautiful are everywhere. They have but
to bo sought earnestly to be found. Particu
larly do these triple sisters linger around the
hearthstone, endearing by their presence the
joys of home. But if wo would cultivate truth
and goodness in ourselves and in our children,
it cannot be by the encouragement of the False
and the Evil, Correct views of life as it is,
cannot injure us. Then why not buy for our
selves and our children correct literature?
Let our readers weigh these thoughts long and
well. Let them remember that the minds of
the young are like blank pages which receive
impressions for all time, and that these im
pressions may direct them into paths of useful
ness as men and women, or make them mere
excrescences upon society.
The late Democratic Convention.
We give below the Resolutions of the Mulatto
Democratic Convention held at Harrisburg on
the 10th inst. About one'hundred and twejnty
delegates were present, and the Telegraph says
that a majority of these were office-holders un
der Buchanan. Our Senatorial District was
represented in the Conventien by Judge Lyman
of Coudersport, and our Representative Dis
trict by Judge Ives of Coudersport, and Julius
Sherwood Esq. of this Borough. The harmoni
ous Democracy had quite a stormy time of it,
and a [resolution to endorse the administration
of Governor Packer was voted down by 84 to
37. Messrs. Sherwood andLy man voted against,
and Ives in favor of the resolution. The Con
vention nominated.
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOK.
For Auditor General,/R. L. Wright,
For Surveyor General, John Rowe.
As we shall have occasion to refer to these
resolutions during the campaign, we ask our
readers to read them attentively. Buchanan
and his friends may regard thepassnge of these
resolutions through the Convention—especial y
the one endorsing the Cuba stealing scheme as
a triumph; but we shall be greatly surprised if
it does not result in the utter discomfiture and
dcfeat.of the Mulatto Democracy in this State,
both next Fall and in the Presidential election
of 1860.
At the close of the Convention, Mr. Collins
offered the following resolution which was not
read the second time;
“Reached, That it is the opinion of this Con
vention that the 'Republicans will elect their
ticket next Fall by 50,000 majority.£
RESOLUTIONS,
Reached, That the Democracy of Pennsylva
nia have unabated and full confidence in the
patriotism, integrity and capacity of James
Buchanan, the President of the United States,
and desire to sustain his administration from a
conviction of his intimate connection of its
principles with the best interests of our com
mon country. 1
Reached, That the complete success achieved
by James Buchanan in amicably settling with
Great Britian, in accordance with the American
doctrine, the long mooted question of “the
freedom of the seas,” from the surveillance
and annoyance of a maritime police ; in quiet
ing the civil broils of Kansas; in promptly
and effectually suppressing an armed disaffec
tion and rebellion In Utah ; in speedily termi
nating the Indian wars which threatened to
desolate the Western frontier ; and his resolute
efforts to secure for American trade iind travel
safe and proper transit routes between the At
lantic and Pacific oceans; to maintain the in
fluence and honor of the nation and to protect
the lives, business and property of citizens of
the United States in the anarchical -or ill-gov
erned States of Mexico, Central America and
South America, entitle him to the esteem, grat
itude and confidence of the peope of Pennsyl
vania, as well as of the whole Union.
Resolced, That the Democracy'of Pennsyl
vania have always advocated and still advocate
an adequate encouragement and discriminating
protection of iron and coal and of the industri
al interests of this State, within the scope of a
tariff for necessary revenue ; and believing that
the revenue accruing from the existing tariff
will be insufficient for the unavoidable expendi
tures of the Federal Government, and that an
obstinate adherence to it will result in the accu
mulation, in time of peace, of a heavy national
debt, always dangerous to the peace, liberty
and prosperity of a free people ; they now, by
their representatives in this Convention, ear
nestly invite the people of this State, by a frank
and cordial support of the policy of the first
President whom Pennsylvania has given to the
Union, to aid and strengthen him in his future
endeavors to procure a revision of the tariff act
of 1857 by the next Congress, on the principles
set forth in his last annual message.
Jtesolred, That while an economical adminis
tration of thojgovernment of the Union is de
manded by thte whole spirit of our institutions,
and the best judgment of the people, it is, at
the same time, incumbent upon us to sustain
the proper dignity, of the country at home and
abroad, and not to neglect the prompt supply
of all necessary moans of defence against for
eign aggression, and for tho assertion and pro
tection of tho rights of all American citizens
everywhere, and especially on this continent.
Resolved, That the acquisition of the Island
of Cuba by honorable and peaceable means,
would be of vast importance to the prosperity
and security of our whole country ; and also
advance in an eminent degree the cause of hu
manity, by its tendency to check the progress
of the slave trade ; and that the proposition of
the President to obtain the possession of that
Island by a fair purchase from the government
of Spain, was a manly and upright step to
wards the attainment of so desirable an object
—an object which has received tho sanction
and approval of Jefferson, Madison, John Q.
Adams and Clay, as well as of eminent livin''
statesmen.
Resolved, That across the Central American
Isthmus lies the groat highway to our Pacific
States, anil that wc have witnessed, with plea
sure and pride, the earnest efforts of the Pre
sident to keep them open and make them safe;
in which view ho should be seconded by Con
gress with the necessary powers to enable him
to insist upon the fulfilment, by the States pos
sessing those territories, of the treaty guaran
ties which they have given to our citizens.
Resolved , That this Convention highly ap
prove the course of the lion. William Bigler,
Senator in Congress from this State, and de
sire to record their sense of the ability, con
sistency, patriotism and sound national Demo
cracy which have distinguished his public acts
as one of the representatives of Pennsylvania.
Resolved, That the doctrine of popular sov
ereignty, which recognizes the right of the
people of the Territories having a sufficient
population to organize their State governments
under a constitution with or without slavery as
they may severally determine, subject only to
the constitution of the United States, and with
out any control oT any department 6f the Fed
eral Government over that subject, meets with
our renewed and -continued approbation and
supjport.
Resolved, That the prosperity of our State
can be better and more securely promoted by
encouraging tho competition of individual capi
tal, skill and industry, than by any grant of
corporate privileges and powers to gigantic mo
nopolies.
Resolved, That we are in favor of an honest
and economical administration of the affairs of
this Commonwealth, and until the people are
relieved from the burden of the enormous debt
now hanging over them, we arc opposed to any
unocessary expenditures of the public money
or any reduction of the present sources of rev
enue.
Resolved, That in view of the difficulties at
tendant upon the regulation of a banking sys
tem, and of the losses incidental to a deposit of
the public moneys in such institutions, the
early adoption of an independent Treasury for
the safe-keeping of the moneys of the Common
wealth, on the principle of the sub-treasury of
the United States, is recommended to the Leg
islature.of the State.
Hesolction offered dy Mr. Lamberton.
Resolved, That we approve the state policy of
Gov. Wm. F. Packer; his exercise of the veto
power has been fearless and democratic; and
his administration of the affairs of onr com
monwealth, and execution of the laws, com
mend our commendation.
“Land for tho Landless, vs. Niggers for the
Niggorfess.”
[Although Congress has adjourned and the
Cuba-stealing schemes of the Shamocracy have
been prostrated-for a time, yet- the following
letter to the New York Tribune will give our
readers a better idea of the spirit of the debate
in the Senate on this question, than any thing
we have seen. We ask our readers to give it
a careful perusal. — E o. Agitator.]
"Washington, Feb. 27, 1559,
At the close of a weary day with John Doe
and Richard Roe, I learned, about 9 o’clock,
that the Senate was still in session on the Cuba
bill. I entered the gallery just in time to hear
the close of Mr. Kennedy’s speech, when Mr.
Wade, of Ohio, got the floor and moved an ad
journment, so that he could speak to-morrow.
But the Democrats having determined in caucus
that they would take the final vote on the bill at
that sitting, though it extended into Saturday
night, refused to adjourn.
Mr. Doolittle now moved to lay aside Cuba,
and take up the Homestead bill. The few Cu
bans who favored this latter, implored Doolittle
not to injure the Homestead, by antagonizing
it with “this great measure of foreign policy.”
He warned them thatthe country would regard
this as a test vote. They winced, and the skirm
ish went on.
The debate on the relative merits of the two
measures, intermingled with questions of order,
now became general. Trumbull struck the ad
mirable point, that it was wiser to take up and
pass fa bill that disposed of a portion of the
surplus land we now had, than to waste time
on one which proposed to buy more. Seward
pronounced the Cuban foray a mere partizan
scheme, whoso friends knew it could not by anjr
possibility pass the Lower House, while the
Homestead could become a law, by the action
of the Senate, in ten minutes. . He briefly con
trasted the two policies—one to_enlarge the do
main of the Slave power, and restore and main
tain the supremacy of compulsory labor in the
tropics—the other, to give land to the landless, i
and furnish homes to the free laborers of our
own country. He was emphatic, hut entirely
parliamentary and respectful in tone and lan
guage. ,
After a little brush on points of order,
Toombs got the floor. To understand the scene
that followed, you must know that Seward and
Wilson sit on the rear row of chairs, and
Toombs, AVado and Benjamin immediately in j
front of them in the next row—Wade having
Toombs on his right and Benjamin on his loft—
and all five being in close proximity to each
other. A little further off to the left of Benja
min sits Fessenden. Toombs directed his speech
entirely to Seward. Always impassioned and
furious, he was now extraordinarily vehement
in tone, violent in gesticulation, and abusive in
language. He called Seward a demagogue—a
small demagogue—said he despised alt dema
gogues, detested small demagogues in particu
lar, but more especially pitied and despised
those who could be driven by small dema
gogues, bringing his fist in the vicinity of
Wade’s desk as he uttered the last clause. lie
accused the Republicans in a body of cowardice,
personal and political—of skulking the issue of
Cuba, and shivering in their shoes at its mere
name.
He rung the changes on Seward’s terms, "land
for tho landless,” and sneered at the “lack
landers,” as ho called them, of whom tho Re
publicans were afraid, &c. lie smote his own
desk violently, occasionally reached over and
struck Seward's, kept his back toward the chair
that he might turn his face toward Seward,
ever and anon thrusting his hand almost in
his face, and pushing inadvertantly against
Wade’s chair; all this time his face glowing
with passion, and his air and mien and tone
suggesting the ferocity of Danton, combined
with the malignity of Murat. Daring his
short speech a portion of tho galleries kept up
a running accompaniment of feeble gusts of
laughter.
Nearly all eyes had been fixed on Toombs
and Seward—the latter calm and pale, and
looking steadily at his assailant. But the few
who knew Wade well, had not failed to notice
his hands firmly clinched on the arms of his
chair, his compressed lips, and the indescriba
ble air of defiance that sat upon his counte
nance. Ere Toombs was fairly in his seat,
Seward, Fessenden and Wade sprung to their
feet. It was impossible for the Chair to as
sign the floor to anybody but “the Senator from
Ohio,” for the tone in which he pronounced the
formula, “Mr. President!” and the eye he fixed
on Breckenridgc, said, as plain as words could
utter it, “I must and will have it.”
Wade, who don't fear the devil, turned square
upon Toombs, who knows that Wade don’t fear
the devil, and, bringing his fist down within
an inch of Toombs’ nose and heavily upon his
desk, his eyes riviting him, and the hot words
hissing through his teeth, “Skulk, ah! shiver,
do we ?”
The Georgian pushed his chair—it stands on
casters—a few inches further off, so as to give
his Ohio neighbor more room!
Wade went on, leaping almost from the floor
at every sentence, showing plainly that though
he was able to reply effectually to the taunts
and abuse that fell from Toombs’ lips, he would
rather drive them forcibly down his throat—all
of which Toombs knew, because, once on a time,
they being neighbors in the Senate then as
now, Toombs was abusing all Republicans in
the most vituperative style when Wade, his
hands on the arms of his chair ready to leap
to bis feet, demanded to know, “Does the Sen
ator include me in what he is saying?” Upon
which the Georgian responded, “I except the
Senator from Ohio!’’ Since that occurrence,
everybody thinks Toombs desires to give Wade
a wide berth.
But, to the speech. The first sentence went
straight to the core of the subject, and all the
rest followed it. “You sneer at the Homestead
bill, because it gives land to the landless, do
you ? Stealing niggers for the niggerless ! We
go to the country upon it—Land for the Land
less versus Niggers for the Niggerless 1“
That was enough. The galleries had seem
ingly held their breath. Now, some feet came
down with one determined stamp upon the
floor—a few hands smote together—but the
mass in the gallery and in Senate, shouted
with a mingled roar of laughter and cheers
the President throwing down the gavel in
despair. I
Having, in this phrase, compressed the whole
argument into the smallest possible compass,
Wade went on ro.osting the Democracy about
their “nigger bill,” and satisfying Toombs that
he (Wade.) was not much frightened, however
it might be with him (Toombs,) and then he
handed over the fight to Fessenden.
Mr. Fessenden was mare deliberate. Indeed,
he was persistently calm and provokingly cool.
Ha told Toombs that Republicans did not skulk
nor shiver on the Cuba question, but only meant
by this course to take their, own, time and teach
gentlemen that the Senate was to be govern ai
by its b"® 11 rules, and-not by the decrees of a
party caucus, and that they should permit tbo
vote to be taken bn the bill when they had said
all they wished to on the subject, and not one
moment sooner.
AU this time Seward sat quietly in bis chair
Those accustomed to read his thoughts on his
face, knew he was biding his 'opportunity to
reply. Finally, he took the floor. He never
spoke of the Senator from Georgia. He turn
ed his back somewhat towards him, with a min
gled air of dignity and" Contempt. He drew his
chair aside, pushed Wilson's out of the way,
stepped back a pace or so, shook off trammels,
forgot Blair’s rhetoric, Campbell’s rhetoric and
Seward’s rhetoric, calmly defined the different
kinds of courage, said he hoped he had enough
to serve him as a Senator and a man, and then
rose with his theme, contrasting in glowing
words the henefioent object of the Homestead
bill, with the pernicious scheme of acquiring
Cuba, and alluding to the President’s efforts to
clutch the purse and the sword, denounced him
in severe but strictly parliamentary language,
for attempting thus to divest the public mind
from the issues which his Kansas and financi
al policies had precipitated upon the country,
and he concluded by corapairing, in a few elo
quent sentences, the principle which would
give lands and homes to freedom and free la
borers, with that which would extend and
strengthen the curse and crime of human bon
dage among men.
As he pronounced the closing words, he
proudly turned his back upon the Cfiair, drew
out his cigar case and waited into the adjoin
ing cloak room.
After another short skirmish on points of
order, Toombs replied to Seward. He tried to
abuse him. But it was not the vituperation of
a Senator. It was the ravings of a drayman
on the dock, the cursings of a common drab in
a dirty alley.
In the midst of this gust of passion, the fire
eater might be seen shaking his clinched fists
and curly locks at the New York Senator, who
was leaning against the doorway of the cloak
room quietly smoking his cigar and calmly
eyeing Toombs. It was a tableau indeed".
J6Qy* We havereceived the March number .of
the Atlantic Monthly. It is a good number. —
With regard to the success of this periodical
we find tho following article in the Boston Ga
zette which will be read with interest by the
lovers of this Magazine :
We have had frequent occasion recently to
speak of the success of the Atlantic Monthly.
We have been prompted to do this from an hon
est pride at the accomplishment, not only of
our own, but, we believe, of a national desire,
to see our periodical literature vindicated from
the charge our English brethren have so often
brought against it, that it cannot ascend above
the level of love-sick stories and sentimental
poetry, because our reading public can appre
ciate nothing .better. Many an attempt has
been made to establish something similar to the
high-toned periodicals of England, and as often
as each attempt has failed, the voice of exulta
tion from the English press has been loud, and.
the cry raised that we can’t do it. Well do we
remember this when Putnam’s . Monthly was
compelled to give way, in which we thought we
had found a refutation of the established En
glish opinion in regard to us. • But we can now
safely boast of a triumph, as the Atlantic Mon
thly has attained a circulation of 40,000, nearly
double that ever reached by Putnam’s and is
placed upon a sure basis, its publishers being
among the most enterprising in our country,
and have been actuated to a considerable de
gree, in tho establishment of the Atlantic, by
this same mortifying fact we refer to, that our
American literature had no true' exponent. —
The many expressions of favor and well-wishes
received the past year from their subscribers,
prove that they too have given their support to
the Atlantic from a determination that our
country, in spite of British misgivings, shall
have a periodical of its own, not only equal,
but even superior to any of those published in
England. And now the English press have
honestly admitted that wo have such a periodi
cal, for the London Critic and Athenamm have
been lavish of their praise the post few months.
The “Autocrat” has boon republished monthly
in London, as it appeared in the Atlantic, call
ing forth golden opinions and the confession
that their own periodicals have contained no
thing so brilliant since the “Nodes Ambro
siante.” I
At the present time two different houses in
London monthly ve-publish the “Ministers Woo
ing,” by Mrs. U. B. Stowe, and its circulation
there almost exceeds the same here. We have
heard it stated that the editors have received
and approved, up to the present ////insufficient
material, from American authors to furnish
several numbers fully equal to any that have
yet appeared. The- April number is looked for
as one of the very best yet issued. We repeat
again, that in chronicling the success of tbe At
lantic, we are expressing a national feeling of
something more than pleasure, that wo have at
last accomplished our desires, and that our lit
erature has such an ornament as the Atlantic
Monthly.
“Something- in it.”
It is held that confession is good for the soul.
In his late speech on the ilevenue, in the Uni
ted States Senate, Toombs of Georgia aired his
conscience in this wise:
“Your appropriations for navy-yards have
gone to the building of houses for officers and
making of flower pots and all that kind of thin®',
at a cost of $2,000,000; and it will be no less,
as long ns you will pay it, but will go up to
4,000,000, if you do not stop it. Thera are
$2,000,000 that you have no need for at all.
You have 8000 sailors to man your navy. You
have not increased them of late years, and you
have 8000 men in your navy-yards to help them,
—civilians. You have carried their number up.
from 3000 to 8000. You have eight navy-yards,
England has over 550 ships and she has two
navy-yards. You have eight conveniently lo
cated all about the country, and it is a cause
of reproach to good Democrats, for the ennmy
say we keep people there lo cheat them in elec~
twns, and as God is my judge, I am afraid
there is something in it.
Pemnu.uslii|>. I
T XT E. SECOR, would respectfully announce to
• T *, tbe . ladles rind gentlemen of this place and vi
rSWS ” ,n Ejve a free lesson in Penmanship at
rb, ®‘ !tnat , fach . ool hou8 ! (f° r the purpose ofibrminga
class) on Thursday evening next at TP. M. Terms—
Course of 12 lessons, $1,50.
iVeUsboro, March 24. 1859.
Notice.
All. persons indebted to the firm of Guernsey 4
Hastings, Slony Fork, or to the Subscriber at
reone.l- l°’i n by d ° d S r ? ent ’ Note, or Book account, am
I' ‘ ~ . H. A. QGERNSEY. ,
Wcllsboro, March 30,1853.
Wliac »lie
‘‘Costab's” Exterminators am inTclcM
for clearing Bouses of all soru of rcrmi '
confidence we recommend them rs
Kegister.
“Costab's" remedies for all domestic
Bats, Eoaches, Bed-Bugs, Ants, Fleas 4
nable; we can speak from actual knowled' ‘"W
merits. Druggists and Dealers shonldC,?4
ders early, if they would secure a trade L .? '•’a.
Y. Journal.
“I shall write something ahont your E lt „.
as I can do so with propriety. They are
idly here and destroying all rennin _fPsl;®!*
Fayette, Mo. .
“Death to all Vermin.”
As Spring approaches,
Ants and Roaches,
From their holes cotoe out,
And Mice and Rats,
In spite of CaU,
Gaily skip about.
Bed-Bug’s bite
You in the night,
As on the bed you slumber
While Insects crawl
Through chamber and ball,
In squads without number.
IT IS TRUDY WONDERFUL WITHTm,-
tainly, Rata, Roaches, Mice, Moles, QrocJ?
Bed-Bugs, Ants, Moths, Mosquitoes, Fleaj j
Animals, in short ercry species of Vermin’ *
destroyed and exterminated by
“COSTAR’S” Rat, Soach, &c., Extermimu.
“COSTAR'S” Bed-bug Extermioator, '
“COSTAR’S” Electric Powder, for Injects.
Supplied direct, by mail, to any address imicr-
States as follows:
On receipt of $l, a box of the Rat, Roach,
On receipt of $2, a box each of tha Rat,B(a£?
Exterminator, and Electric Powder, (sent
paid, sufficient to destroy the vermin on lafjf
ises.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere.
“Costar’s” Principal Depot, 420 Broadway, Jr
P. S.—Circulars, terms, &c., sent by ma^’‘
cation.
Wholesale Agents for Pennsylvania-
COSTAR'S BRAXQU DEPOT. '
Northeast corner Fifth and Arch Str«u,
Philadelphia. -
And Wholesale Dealers generally.
March 24; 1859.
FARREI, HERRIIVG&Ct.
PATENT CHAMPION SAFE.
LATE FIRE AT DUBUQUE, lOWA.
Dubuqce, Jan.
Gents: lam requested by Mr. T. A. C.
this-place, to say to you that on the
4th inst, about 3 o'clock, his store took fire,
entire stock of goods was destroyed. Theheatinaa
so suddenly intense that none of the goods coolly
sibly be saved; but fortunately his books
which were in one of your Champion Safes
preserved perfectly. And well they may be cai
Champion, for during the whole tin
was one incessant pouring of flame directly open a
. Safe which contained them. And still upon opens
it, ihe inside was found to be scarcely warm,
the outside was most severely scorched. Younta?
X. A. McCLUSi'’
.Herring's Patent Champion Fire and EuMar-Pn*
JSafes, with HALL'S PATENT POWDER poiyf
LOCKS, afford the greatest security of any Safemi
world. Also Sideboard and Parlor Safe*, of
workmanship and finish, for plate 4c.
FARREL, HERRING 4 CO., have removed
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St., (Jayne's Hall,) where the largest assorted
Safes in the world can be found
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WELLSBOHO’ ACADEMY.,
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Luther H. Burlingame, A. B.; - • Prmcid
Mus-FRANCES A. MAYNARD,! . ~
Miss ELIZA, J. BEACH, /
Tb 3 Spring Term will commence on Tuesday, iba
S, and close on Friday, May 20. The Sumac Tea
will commence on Tuesday. May 31, and clo« ca fn
day, Aug. 12.
Tnltion.
Juvenile Department, -
Common English Branches,
Higher EnglUU Branches,
Language*, ...
Drawing, textra) -
By ortler of Tnuctes.
J. F. DOXALDSO-N', Pn\
Wellsboro, March Io~lSj9.
J\*ew JDrug Stort
THE UXDEKSIGXED takes pleasure in tra
cing to the citizens of Wellsboro an-i ricinuj is
be has just opened a new Drug Store in
OSGOOD’S BUILDING, main 51,
where he has a complete assortment of
Drugs & Medicines,
which he will sell cheap for cash. ,
Our Stock of Drugs is complete, embracing nsj
article ever called for.
PATENT MEDICINES,
Jayne'?, Ayro’s, HclmboliTs. McLanc’s. Bnaiiff.
other popular Medicine?, together with IVi/una
sara. Cod Liver Oil, Wolf’s Aromatic Schoapj.i*-
CHOICE U7.VES AXD LIQVOSi.
for Medicinal and Sacramental ases.
faints
of the best quality.
Flavoring Extracts, Spices, Pepper, Sakfl®
Soda, Candles, Sonp, Burning Fluid,
Camphcnc. Turpentine, Alcohol.
And an innumerable variety of articles mMS
use. - nV
JUT' Please call at the XEW DRI'G ?TO*E; %
i>. K. WIiLLUtOJ'
Wellsboro, March TO, 1559.
PHINNEV * CO..
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OUR General Catalogue, with
will be forwaniedLty Dealers on .ippU^ 03 '
cuiars containing full description of allour dook*»
onunomlations of Teachers, Ac. .j.
Spencerian System of Practical
- Embracing Twenty-Eight Books, {r
DISTINCT SERIES, to suit the wants of
lect schools and Colleges, Private Learners, C‘er»
ants, Ac.
FIRST.
Common School Series of ElgM
In which letters are introduced by analysii ot
and progressively graded to meat the want* ™ cl
pupils of every class. Each book contain* lnCl
scientific instructions applicable to each letlcf • “
that any intelligent person can efficiently
-to the learner, or acquire an elegant and ? J stc
writing without the aid of a teacher. err
DESCRIFTfON OF THE SEVERAL
Xo. I—Contains 8 diflbreniMetlers with 1 .[ P r.
bhiattons. Explanations arc written aborceac
No. 2—Contains 7 different letters, and affoO"
practice on the letters iu book I
No. 3—Cr“* * •>’
No. o— Jonlains Hie 12 longer extcsi
by principles, analysis and synthesis.
No. 4—Embraces the capitals, which st® j.j-jvs*
principles and analysis, iu connection with * of “,
nations best calculated to develop good for®*
ity of execution. caP l^^
No. s—Contain* sentences, embracing all . cif
small letters, affording substantial practice on
pies and rules given in the preceding four , da*
So. B—Contains short Business Forms of eT fsj )Jo ir
business, book-keeping. kc~, and introduction L °. I*
No. 7—Book of correct Bnalnehs Forms* ST« Tf
Bills, Receipts, Orders, Notes, Drafts, Set of
counts Current, Account Sales, Lodger ll caatn °
Introduction. Suiterscriptions, &c. , c f#
No. B—Ladies’ Book. of approved modificati .j pjr
tem, designed to impart a plain, rapid and w
lary Hand. »**«. l *
EXERCISE BOOKS.—No. I—To ** Co ®P an L c f
and S, to aid the pupil in acquiring that * r , ee exeC o«J3 J *
cts and fore-arm essential lo easy and rapid
contracted ami extended letters. . h ,
No. 2—To be ustn in connection with to s
of the series to gain command of the hand !, a h
required to execute tho advanced copies aafl , .
generally. , jjootS r
SECOND.—Spencer k Lusk’s Series of - .
some copies on opposite pages. .
THlRD.—Extended Series of 12 BooksJ*C-«j
3,4 y Beginner’s Omrao. Nos. 5,6, 7, 8, 9, P£» . prK?*“
Nos. 10,11, 12, Practice. Ladies’ Styles. .
thokbovo, 13 cents each. .. coataJD' 8 -,;*?
Compcndinm of Spencerian penmanship. befloU
padbs, and more than four hundred lines
graved copies. Retail price pur copy, &>[**>*■
Upon receipt of the retail price in stamp* “Jj.
above, will be forwarded as directed, posts** r~
March 3d, 1859.