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FE.QM' THB.PJeOPTjIS.
- For the Aglttfor.
‘Telia Grand?” and the Presidency.”
Editor or tub Agitxtos ; Dear Sir; In jour
issue of the Sth.inst., I find an article directed
against lion. Jno. SI. Bead, (\Vho has been
mimed in certain quarters as a proper-person
to bear the Republican standard in 1850) and
signed ‘‘Felix Grundy.” X do not propose to
electioneer "fob ■J. 51.‘ Read or any otbe'r man,
hot-only to notice a few allegations and incon
sisfenoics which seem to damage the integrity
of the article alluded to.
. I would ask “Felix Grundy” if a rather- im
portant proportion of the masses and‘leaders of
the Republican party td-day is not made up of
hdemodrate of the Jackson school, once devo
tedly attached to that party ? If “yea”—then
this ohjeolion-.urgcd against Judge Road is val
id against thousands of. others, now-“devotedly
attached” to the Republican party.
“Felix Grundy”, alleges, • Ist. That Judge
Read..was,a.most “unscrupulous” democrat;
2d,. That he. was an “aristocrat3d. That-.he
w; as, always extreiqely anxious to obtain office i
and finally, that his election to, tho Supreme
Bcucli must not be.attributed so much to any
merit of his. own, as to the patent unpopularity
cf. Judge Porter with his own party. In proof
of these allegations we have nothing but the
dictum of “Felix Grundy.’/ Now if Jlr. Grun
dy were not a party' to this suit,- bis evidence
might he worth more j, but, the fact is, when
said “Felix” was operating politically in the
sunfthern part of the State, his labors were to
the use", and benefit of the old'Whig, party;
whereas Judge Read was actiog’with the Dem
ocratic party. Hence the ifhoonoealed rancor
of his language touching Hon. Jno. 51. Read. .
‘.•Felix.Grundy” should learn to change his
spectacles .occasionally. Those which served
him in the palmy days of whiggery, will not
justly serve him while scanning men and par
ties political in these days of reformatory change.
And it is well to remember that whoever the
nominee of the party may he, "be will be requi
red to stand on ajplatfonu with a sound Protec
tion Plank in it. And if, as “Felix Grundy”
admits. Judge Road is a man of integrity,
should he he fixed upon, ho will deal honestly
and fairly with the principles enunciated in the;
platform. So would either Cameron or IVilmot.
slrs. Grcndv.
For the Agitator.
Lidehtv, Doe. Id, 1350.
Editor of Agitator; I find in your paper of
the Ist of December, an article headed “Beg
ging Impostors” under date of November 17th,
ISSO, and signed “A citizen of Liberty,” which
1 suppose is. intended to implicate mo and my
family, from the fact that I do not know of an
other family of my name in the Township of
Liberty. Ido not know who the writer of that
article is; hut whoever he may bo I take the
liberty in,this public manner of proving him a
base slanderer and a liar. If he would attend
to his own business instead of circulating false
hood about me and my family, I think he would
better serve the interests of that dear public
for which he pretends to have such an interest.
I have been a citizen of the State of Pennsyl
vania for thirteen years, ami of Tioga Co. four
years. ’ I moved-from Lycoming County to this
County, and I am -hot ashamed to go to anv
place where I have resided. Ido not pretend
to be wealthy, nor did I ever pretend to be cra
zy, as alleged in that publication, nor was 1
ever vnjpigcu m ucggmg m me manner, stated
in that false and slanderous article.
I am a laboring man and earn my bread by
the sweat of ray brow. I have' peddled gome
for a living] and -I don’t deny that 1 have trn
ded horses several times in my life. I belidv*'
I have,led as moral a life in the community
whore I live as;most men—particularly as the
writer of the above mentioned article. I hare
an aged mother living with mo, itnd wbo.some
times accompanies ine Upon a peddling erehr
sion, but I never knew her to beg for a living.
She has always so far ns I know paid for every
article that she-had Obtained, or offered to pay
for the same. I did mot know-that it-was dis
honest ot dishonorable to peddle- ' I now say
that if I can obtain the name of the writer of
that slanderous article, and find him' to bra*
man of any respectability,-I will prosecute him'
for his slanderous libel, unless he retracts it in
the manner in which be has published it.
i ■■ Yours, Geo. Potter. '
To the Indies and gentlemen who attended
the Musical Festival at Mansfield, Tioga County,
as conducted by Prof. C. S-Hagar; :
You have my warmest' thanks for .tbs kind
reception and hospitable entertainment -you'
gave me in your vicinity..! the FosSval
was certainly, very creditable 1 to both - teacher 1
and pupil. The Festival system is likely to
produce a-great change’in the musical depart
ment, andounjophtedly for the better. Hence
let all the good, wise and virtuous encourage it.
Kothing’more.at present, only, may the Lord
of .Heaven and Karth bless'aad prosper you in
in all things, that have a tendency to civilize,
enlighten and christianize mankind.
A cry Truly,- -John !?. Moore.
The accusation against Dr. J. C. Ayer, of
Lowell, for stabbing R. S. Fay, Jr., the Treas
urer of the Middlesex IVtilfc, has been with
drawn because the. prosecutor found that no
complaint against him could be sustained. The
fact is that Dr. Ayer merely. defended himself
as best he might, with a penknife fee ’happened
to have in hjubatid, against a cowardly assault
made on him from behind, with the prcmidiCa
ted intention to dishonor and punish him for
tha exposure he has made and is .makingofthc
■wrongs practiced byithe officers upon our man*
ufacturiog corporations. This community not
only upholds tie Doctor’s successful defence of
bis person, but it heartily approves his course
in publicly .denouncing the Tite*Bamaclo.Fam
ily managementr—Uie abuses- of oar public
property for private ends. Dr. Ayer's medl
cmes, however valuable. are not all for which
the masses oLour people hold him in regard*—-
■Boston Herald.
' *
Softs 0 a nor. i a Leo i slat u u k—A Proposi
tion for Secession.—Columbia, S. C.. Kov. 30.
Tlie following resolutions were offered in the
House to-day:
“/fasoZ<Sd,,Tbat the State of South Carolina
is ready to enter, together with the other Slave
holding States or such as, desire present action,
into the formation of a Southern .Confederacy,
“Jlesolctd, That the Governor be requested
to forward this resolution to the various South
ern Kwoutives." 1
Another resolution was offered, asking official
information ns Jo the condition of the Stjte
arsenals, arms, ammunition, nqmder of men
enrolled in the State militia, the State of their
arms,'do,
THE AGITATOR.
HUGH TOTING, Editor & Proprietor.
C WEiXSJBOROUGH, PA. ;
Tiinrsday Morning, jDcc.23,’59.
" ■STSr.TETTKVtfII.V'jfc C0.,"119 Nassau ?tI, New TbrTcJancJ 10
State Ft., Holton, arc tbo Agent*.for the jtgrtator, and tho
nwit influential Had lafgoat circulating Kewtfgttpers to the
United States riiid the Catuia.Ts.' They are authorized to con*
tract for ua at our lowest rates. {_
To The Public: In view of the coming Presi
dential Campaign, arid in view of the fact that
the County Committee are making np effort to
secure for the Agitator a circulation commen
siirate'with its importance in such a struggle,
the increase of price from One Dollar to One
Dollar and a half, 'will be deferred until further
notice. j ‘
Beyond reasonable question, every man, wo
man and child is fated to swallow a certain
quantity of. dirt in tie coarse of his, her, and
its.natural life.. .. Probably there is no law of
nature prescribing the precise quantity to the
individual; but the old saw bds had it, “one
pecfc,” time but of mind. This quantity is
thought to be .eminently conducive to health;
in fact, necessary to a comfortable life and a
natural death. IV'e do not propose to argue
this proposition either one way, or the other.
But we enter a respectful protest against an
effort, manifest in certain quarters, by certain
individuals, to monopolize the trade of dirt-
-t '
eating, to tlie serious detriment of the nation,
taken collectively. Of course the supply is not
unlimited—bhing, quite likely, as is the case
withothcr staples, regulated by the demand.
If this he so—that one peck of pure unadul
terated dirt is the inalienable right of every in
dividual—then he that appropriates two pecks
to his individual use, robs his weaker or more
improvident neighbor.
Of course this exaggeration of the dirt-eating
mania, now so prevalent in the commercial
marts of the North, is entitled to respectful
consideration, even as every other groat epi
demic is so deserving of notice; but more espe
cially since it seems to pass by the dwellers in
the purlieus and dark places, and to seize upon
the ‘'solid men”—as that eminently conserva
tive and interesting relic of the medieval ages,
the Acte York Times, denominates the victims.
The “solid men," be it understood, are the
men who incline to value everything according
to its worth’ in dollars and cents ; that is to
say:—men who would not object to the morality
of the Slave Trade if, under the circumstances
of its outlawry, it could be made to pay, and
who likewise value the Union for what it pays,
commercially; who dislike agitation of the
Slavery question because it depresses the Stock
Market, andfrightenaSoutherrr merchants from
purchasing in Northern markets.
These “solid men” are now very busy meet
ing anil resolving that whereas, Anti-Slavery
John Brown was a wicked wretch for living out
his principles at the cost of life ; woman-whip
ping and man-selling Virginia is entitled to the
icopt-ve uua catcctu, unQ SJDipaiDJ Ot all Willy
Christian people. Now, these “solid men,”
arc a somewhat peculiar class pf individuals.
They sleep soundly through a northern hurri
cane that desolates the -villages and homes of a
community devoted to free homes for free men;
but the lightest unroofing of the dwelling of a
p'antalion lord awakens them like the crash of
a thousand Paixhan guns. It is well enough
for these “solid men” to denounce the illegal
raid of John -Brown; but whore were they
when David R.; Atchison, Vice-President of the
Republic; planned the murderous foray upon
the people of Kansas in 1855? IVe read the'
city'papers very regularly during that and the
succeeding year, but satv no reports of meet
ings composed of the- “solid men” of the great
commercial cities. oNor did wo hear of indig
nation meetings by the "solid men," during
the murderous forays upon Kansas by citizens
•of Georgia, Virginia and Missouri, in 185(5.
Where were they then ? We can answer that
question as to some of these vaunted “solid'
;men ;” they wore actively cooperating with the
power that planned and carried fire and sword
, through Kansas- There is where some of these'
“solid men”-,were then.. Others only-said by
their silence: “Ic is eminently just and proper,
but we do not do .‘dirty work.’”
For the Agitattr.
Are these “solid men v aware that they are ]
making themselves ridiculous in volunteering
to prove a negative. -Who affirms that the en
tire Aorth sustains John Brown’s mad act?
The fire-eaters of the South affirm it. Then
lot the fire-eaters of the South sustain the silly
allegation or suffer judgment and condemna
tion by a failure to make out their case. If A.
accuses B. of larceny, does B. set about assur
ing A. that he is no thief as charged? AVe
think ho generally does nothing of the kind.
The presumption is that B, is innocent, and the
task of proving him otherwise is properly made
to devolve upon his accuser. The South ar
raigns the iS’orth upon the charge of complicity
with the schemes of John Brown; but has it
backed its allegations by evidence? AVe-sub
mit that it has .not done this last, very essen
tial thing. AVhen they do so, it will be time
enough to set up a vigorous defence.
Of course, the “solid men” have a right to
get down on their bellies and devour the dirt at
the feet of their plantation masters. The crack,
of- tho whip is heard all the way from AVash
ington to Boston ; it has a revengeful, an an
gry twang; but none, other- than the abject
slaves of tho absolutely immoral laws of Trade,
will cringe. Let the whip snap, and let the
bloodhounds bay; none but the sordid and ab
surdly sensitive will so abase themselves as to
bestow any other notice upon the terror-mong,
ors than that most' significant of
femptnous silence'.
Co-Vgbess. —Our latest news relates to the
proceedings of Saturday. The usual flummery
was ipdulged in by tho chivalry. A vote for
Speaker resulted in 111 votes for Sherman,
(Rep.) S 4 for Bocock, (Dem.) and 30 for all
others.
Notice.
Dirt-Bating-.
THE.
TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOE.
Qajtdid Reader, of what .party soever you
may be, gi'vS us'your attentionfor a moment :
During the debates in the national Senate,
for several weeks, several Senators have" taken
occasion to threaten a dissolution of the Dnion
if certain-contingencies arise-- Do you desire
to know-who jt i» that so, boldly proclaims a
premeditated treason in the national Senate
Chamber? and have you heard any democrat,
have you known any democratic paper to de
nounce these traitors ? Probably not; and we
can tell you wjiy; These traitors are, without a
single exception, Administration democrats. Is
it not a significant fact ?'
And during the contest for Speaker, on the
floor of, the House,-several members have coun
seled disunion, :in the most explicit language ;
does any democrat, does any democratic paper
within your knowledge, denounce these boldly
seditious persons as traitors in intention, if not
in fact? Probably not. We can tell you why
—it is because these disunionists are support
ers of the present infamous Administration ;
and it is worthy of remark in these times, that
not one prominent Republican in the land has
ever proposed a dissolution of the Vnion hg the
Northern people. And these are facts worthy
of attention in these days of recrimination.
Do you suppose the “Dnion Meetings," now
being held in the great commercial cities, will
fare —that is the word—to denounce the dis
unionists in Washington and throughout the
South, when they repudiate Dr. Cheevcr and
Wendell Phillips ? You need look for no such
exhibition of moral courage; those are meet
ings of merchants who have goods to sell; and
of politicians who have axes to grind. Think
of these things.
As treason - cun only bei committed by one
owing allegiance to the government conspired
against; and as John brown, not being a citi
zen of Virginia, owed no allegiance thereunto,
—how could Virginia arraign, try, convict and
hang John Brown for treason ? Perhaps some
lawyer will be good enough to solve this knotty
problem.
Now we do not mention this to intimate that
the Old Man was not guilty of a capital crime,
judged by tho laws of Virginia; we concede
that; but wo seldom lift a democratic paper
that we do not therein find him denounced as
guilty of treason against the State of Virginia.
A brief study of the Constitution of that State
joined with the occasional exercise of ordinary
common sense, will work a great saving of that
kind of gas.
From Washington. '
Editorial Correspondence of the Agitator.
Washington, Bee. 15. 1859.
John Hickman’s speech on Monday last was
the great event of this week. The Constitution
—which paper is tho immediate organ of Bu
chanan —did on Saturday, on the authority of
the President, read the AntlLeconipton men of
whom Hickman is the Acknowledged leader,
—cr.-ij -r i■l>. party, 'mat
paper not only called these men (Hastin and
Hickman) Black Republican Abolitionists, but
even charged that they had been bought over
by the Opposition. So as soon as Messrs.
Stewart of Maryland and Noell of Missouri
had saved tho Union sufficiently to have it last
all day, Mr. Hickman rose to a question of
privilege. Ho said that If the charge that he
had been purchased was made by the President,
he, Buchanan, knew it to be false, as be, Hick
man, occupied iris present position because the
President could not purchase him. He then
charged Buchanan with being false to the
pledges he bad made in IS-iG to the people of
Pennsylvania, pledges but for which henever
could have been elected. lie replied to the
charge of treason which Buchanan’s organ had
1 also preferred against him and showed that for
a selfish purpose, Mr. Buchanan had insisted
| upon his rc-nnminatiun so as to make the can
vass better for him, in 185 b. He admitted tho
“irrepressible conflict” between free and slave
labor, and said ifroight as well be admitted
now as at any. time. He showed that the com
plaint of aggression ought to come, if at all,
from the North instead of the South, If the
Existing state of things would lead to a disso
lution of the Union, which the South was contin
, ually, threatening and which ho would greatly
deplore, he had no doubt that the North would
take care of herself. .If by a dissolution of
the Union was meant a dividing line of sen
timent and virtual non-intercourse, then the
Union was already dissolved ; for it was known
' that Northern men cannot now travel at tho
South, and any Southern Postmaster might
open and burn any. letter as an incendiary
document which might hear his (Hickman’s)
frank ; hut if a dissolution of the Union meant
a division of territory by Mason and Dixon’s
or any other line, then 'the North would never
permit a dissolution! Gartrell of Georgia, a
disunion fire-eater, then inquired bow the North
would prevent it; to which Hickman replied
that there was as much true courage at the
North as at the South, and that eighteen mil
lions of lien reared to habits of Industry, would
always bo able to cope successfully, if need be,
with eight millions without these auxiliaries.
During the enunciation of these gentiments the
utmost attention prevailed in the large audience
in the galleries, which contained at that time
not less than two thousand. The members
gathered around so as not to lose a word the
speaker might say. The speech of Haskin in
the morning was bold and decided enough in
its vindication of himself; but this speech of
Hickman’s foil like a bombshell in the Southern
side of tho House. When ho concluded, his
speech was greeted with continued applause
an<l sopie hj.ises ip the .galleries, from that
moment the South and the President knew vary
well that they had tried tp cow down and bully
tho wrong map, and I tbipfe they will let him
alone hereiifior. Near ms ip tho Reporters’
gallery I noticed Mr. Browne [fiat Osawatomie)
the Editor of Buchanan’s organ, who must
have relished the dose exceedingly.
Y'esterday?! listened in the Senate to old Ben.
Wade’s reply to Iverson’s, Clay’s and Johnson’s
speeches on the resolution to appoint a com,
mitte.e to invcstigata affairs. It
was a complete refutation of the charges that
the great Freedom Party of the North' was ln~
any way responsible for-the acts of that "delu
ded but brave old man* John Brown; He said
that it took over eighty years to rear the Ameri
can Union, and thattho Democratic! party North
and South must not expect to dissolve it in a
day.. John P. Hale said that if : the 1 threats of
dissolution made by the other side could frighten
the weakest old woman in New Hampshire, he
would resign and go home. At Hale’s right
sits Sumner, and in front of the latter sits his
colleague Wilson. The latter in reply to Clay
of Alabama, said that the Union meetings in
the North did not weigh a feather in the Public
opinion of the North; that the object.of these
meetings in. Boston, New York Philadel
phia, was' not to save the Union, but to save
the Democratic parly. I noticed that Sumner
smiled when Bigler got up to controvert these
statements.
Speaking of the Union Savers reminds me of
an article in the Baltimore Patriot of yesterday
morning. The Shamocracy must feel humili
ated at the views of sensible Southern men in
regard to their movements. Here is the Patri
ot’s sentiments;
“We perceive that the Loco-Foco dough-faces
in Boston, New-York and Philadelphia, propose
holding meetings for the purpose of appeasing
the wrath of Loco-Foco disunionists in the
South, at the recent exhibitions of foolish sen
timentalism for John Brown by a handful,
here and there, of Abolition disunionists in
those cities. If there be any character, in the
world that we have any contempt for, it is the
dirt-eating dough-face of the Free States. He
has no real regard whatever for the South
and its institution, and yet, under the pretense
of sympathy for them, ho will proclaim himself
our friend, keeping his eye steadily all the
while upon tho pecuniary benefit to be derived
therefrom. He icill do anything that Southern
fire-eaters will require of him, even to licking
the very dust of their shoes; and though these
partisans are perfectly aware of his hypocrisy,
yet, strange to say, they affect to be gratified at
the exhibition. Why is this ? Because they
hope thus to get his vote. This is the sum and
substance of the whole operation, and what is
more, its real object. The Loco-Focos of the
South demand the sacrifice, and the Loco-Focos
of tho North are ready to make it.
“We want nothing to do with dough-face sen
timent. Tho American party of Maryland
know what they themselves think about Slavery,
and they are willing that the people of other
States shall have their opinions about it too.
They do not hold that a difference of opinion,
J on.this or any other subject, is sufficient to keep
the opponents of Loco-Foooism apart in the
great struggle next Fall. Indeed, they believe
tho expulsion of the Loco-Foco party from
power will be sure to result in excluding the
question of Slavery from politics entirely.”
In regard to the Speakership I can say but
little. A vote was bad yesterday which re
sulted as follows: Sherman 108; Bocock 80 ;
Gilmer 22; Scattering 11; necessary to a choice
114. Two Democrats paired with two Republi
cans whicb.aoconnts for the felling off of two
on each side. There may be an election to-day
or at any time, and it may be deferred' till after
Christmas. It is (inly a question of time, ns
the Slates of yesterday conceded that Sherman
would be elected. What object the Shamocrats
have for deferring and staving off a vote is
more than I know, as the Administration is in
great need of money. About 2000 copies of
tho “Impending Crisls of the South” have been
sold in this city during the past ten days; a
dozen copies were never sold here before. This
is owing lo the Debates in the House in regard
to that publication. A duel was talkei| of here
yesterday between a cotrple of fire-caftrs, but
it lias blown over. There was some snow last
night but the sun is out warm this morning.
U. V.
The Charleston Executions.
Shields Green and John Copeland, the two
colored men who were convicted with John
Brown, were hung yesterday at Charlestown.
The execution was witnessed By at least sixteen
hundred people. The prisoners mounted the
scaffold with a firm step at II: 00., accompanied
by the Bev. Messrs. "Waugh, North, and Leach.
Mr. North of tho Presbyterian Church made a
prayer, sind the prlsunprs bid farewell to each
of the-ministers. Green was heard to offer up
a fervent prayer. At 11 minutes after 11 o’clock
the rope was cut, and they both fell at the same
instant. Green’s nock was broken, and he died
without a struggle, wbi)e Copeland writhed in
violent contortions for several minutes. Cook
and Coppic were then brought out of the jail,
and, being ridden to the scaffold, were launched
into eternity a few minutes before 1 o’clock p.
m. They evinced the most unflinching firm
ness, and said nothing except to bid farewell
to the ministers and Sheriff.
—An attempt to escape was made on Thurs
day night by Cook and Coppic, in which they
succeeded so far as to relieve themselves of
their shackles and break through the brick
wall of the jail. They were discovered, how
ever, by a sentinel, who fired upon them, when
they retreated again into the jail and delivered
themselves up,— X. T. Tribune, Dec, \lth. 1
« .
Lizzie Wyatt, of Pittsburg, Pa. who has re
cently become a subject of some notoriety, a
day or two since attempted to cowhide O’Neil
of the Chronicle, for saying that her perform
ance of “Eve,” in a dramatic spectacle, was
strikingly true to nature. O'Neil, after warning
her that he should treat any woman whfi un
sexed herself to attack him, precisely as if she
was a man, slapped her face pretty severely,
when she concluded to retire.
From the Virginia penitentiary has just been
pardoned quite a young and an exceedingly
beautiful girl, who had been convicted on the
charge of knowingly receiving stolen goods.
Her.own explanation was that a young.man to
whoni she was attached had given them to her
and that she received them as love gifts, and in
all iqnocenpe of wrong.
The New York Observer thinks that the tes,
timony of Bayard Taylor, in his recent lecture
on Humboldt, conclusively establishes the infi
delity of the distinguished German.
] i The SoutuerS PANXcAThe Cincinnati Com- j
I niercial states that anonymous letters itfinourn
ing envelopes am being sent through tbe\ ew
port(Ky.) post'office to Bepablican residents
of that town, wanmgthenrto take their leave
of the soil of Kentucky. Mr. J. B. Wbitte-
Thdre. a gentleman who resides in Newport and
docs business in Cincinnati, recently received
notice* to leave on or before the Ist day of De
cember, 1859.
- Four individuals who were regarded as ‘rather
noxious to the community, 7 have recently been
ordered to leave Orangeburg, S. C. The first
was a school teacher, a young man calling him
self D. Heagle, from New York. The next
were two young men, house painters, one by
the name of Mahon, who also hailed from the
State of New Yoak, and the other who signed
his name as Clarkson, from North Carolina.—
The fourth was a book agent named Day. Each
was compelled to take the first train which left
town after their warning.
In Charlottesville, Va., a man from the North,
named Rood, has been arrested on suspicion,
and papers found on him sufficiently important
to warrant his imprisonment. In Danville a
clerk at the Post Office saw a man throw a let
ter, which he had just gotten, into the stove,
and taking it out, found it to be a proposition
for running off slaves. The man was arrested.
Another suspicious man is in jail at Union,
Monroe County, Va. He has but one arm, says
he is from Baltimore, and that his name is
Nicholas Mitchell.
An Immense Iceberg. —Capt. Kirby, of ship
Uncowah, at San Francisco from New York
reports that he passed an immense floating isl
and of ice about fifty miles south of Cape Horn,
on the 9th of August. It was eight to ten miles
long, and very high—a solid mass of ice, against
which the sea broke, as übon the iron-bound
shores of a continent. At four miles distances
tho water about the ship was agitated with edd
ies and ripples caused by the opposing presence
of so largo a body to the usual ocean currents.
Tho sides along which the ship passed appeared
to bo precipitous for more than a hundred feet
up from tho water when they broke up towards
the peaks ia the interior of the island; and
down tho steeps, the spy-glass showed the exis
tence of great gullies and water courses. When
the sun shone full upon the island it reflected
the light with great brilliancy. It was a ma
jestic spectacle.
Sicki.es in the House. —A correspondent of
the I’hila. Press, speaking of the opening of
Congress, says:
“Sickles was not present when his name was
called, but entered before tho roll was gotten
through. lie walked placidly round the centre
row of seats and dropped into a seat on the
third bench. Ha looks well, and has grown
his beard so as to make a tolerably effective
disguise. He was the only solitary roan in
that large assemblage. He was not spoken to-G
The celebrated lion tamer, Herr Drieshaeh,
has given a cirtificate to 11. C. Russ, editor of
the Brownsville (Ky.) Journal stating that he
ia the only man in this country, excepting those
engaged in taming wild animals, who has had
the nerve to follow him into the cage of a lion,
and take a seat on his back. The certificate to
this effect was written while M. Ross was in
the interesting situation referred to. M?. Russ
fhxnts ho wiU not repeat the experiment.
The Charleston Mercury very frankly-says
‘‘the Democratic party must be a Southern par
ty or no party. It cannot serve slaveholders and
also freesoilers with their arrogant and ruinous
pretensions,” and the Atalanta (Geo.) lalelli
yencer says ‘‘Democracy is the South.” That
.is what the Republicans hare been telling the
people all along. .
Stephens llf.sentenced to be Hanged. —ln
the New York city Supreme Court, General
Term, on Tuesday afternoon, James' Stephens,
who was convicted of poisoning his wife, was
resentenced to be hanged, the Court naming
Feb. 3d as the time of execution.
Miss Ann Benton, of Wapello, lowa, drown
ed herself recently through fear that she was
not loved at home as much, and was not as
useful as her sister.
married
In Chatham, on the tlth inst., by the Iter. S. But
ler, Mr. VINE H. PALMER and Miss CHARLOTTE
COLE, both of Middlcbury.
In HorncHsviUe. on the 3d inaU.by Rev. D. Nutton,
Mr. WM. W. BURLEY and Mias MARGARET UEN
DERSHOTT.
In Nelson, Nov, 29., by M. H. Brooks E-q., Mr.
GEORGE THOMAS and LUCINDA STEPHENS,
both of Kelson.
By the same, Dec. 4th, Mr. AARON AMES of
Nelson and HANNAH HOLLIDAY of Middlebury.
DIED
In^ Chicago. HU, on the 26th of October, OSCAR B.
11A 'I UA W A "i, son of Mr. James A. Hathaway of
Tioga.
TO IttlJ SICIA W S .
A CHOICE LOT of the beat imported Italian and
erman
VIOLIN STRINGS. .
Bass Viol string?. .Guitar strings, Tuning Forks,
Bridges Ac.. Just received and for sale at
BOY'S HHUG STORE.
Lost: ss kewardu
LOST, on Tuesday, Kith inst.. on the road between
Osceola and Wellshcro, (via KnoxvilTe) a
BRUIV.V MINK FUR VI CTO BINE.
The above reward will be paid for the same upon its
return to the Agitator Office,
Wellshcro Dec. 22, ISA'.
Aiulitor’s Notice.
NOTICE is hervby given that the undersigned has
been appointed an Auditor to distribute the luon.
c.vs arising from the sale of the real estate of JASON
CLARK : and that ho will attend to the duties of his
appointment at the office of A. P. Cone Esq., in Wclls
boro, on Saturday, January U, I 860; at which lime
and place all persons interested in said funds are noti
fied to present their claims or be forever debarred from
coming in upon the same, THOS. ALLEN
Wcllsboro, Dec. 22, 1359. Auditor.
HOLIDAYS! HOLIDAYS!
GIFTS ! ’GIFTS ! GIFTS !
SMITH & RICHARDS are now receiving the larg
est assortment of Holiday Gifts ever brought* into
cons »stjng of ANNUAL ALBUMS, PORT
f>OBTS* nicely bound, PRAYER BOOKS,
BIBLES, and a largo assortment of other miacella
neona wprke. Together with
TOYS OF ALL KINDS FOK TUB LIT-
TLE FOLKS!
all of which must be GIVEN A WAV on Christmas
and New Tears. The public arc invited to call and
examine them before purchasing elsewhere, as we are
bound they shall be given, away.
In connection with .the above we are also receiving
the Ingest assortment of STATIONERY and BOOKS
of all kinds—->CIIOOL COOKS in particular—ever
bpongnt into IVellsbnro, which wo will sell for cash a
UUlo above wholesale prices in New York.
Well shore, Dec. 22, 1830.
G< ROCERIE^.—The place to buy Groceries of .all
I kinds cheap, at ROC -I FMITiirS.
EVANS & WATSOVs
SALAMANDER SAFE*
304 Chestnut Street,
another triumph
Philadelphia, Sect 23 m*
To the President of the Pennsylvania Ag’ri /
Society ;—The subscribers, your committee to
the contents of a Salamander Safe of Evans £ tp® l6 *
after being exposed to a strong fire on the Pair
for eight hours, respectfully represent— 08a( h
That after seven cords of oak wood and ft.
pine had been consumed around the Safe, ft was
ed in the presence of the committee, and’the con?* 11 '
taken out, a little warmed, hut not even scorched **
Several Silver Medals heretofore received b
manufacturers, and a large quantity of doemn
were in the Safe, and came out encirely uninjorS* 11 **
The experiment satisfied ns of the capacity oft r
of this kind to protect contents from anr fi«T » A
they may be exposed. 3 10
The Committee award a Diploma and Sil™, >r j
« E o. W.
JonsW. Geart,
J. p. RUTnEUFOHn,
f Aleded S.Gillett.
STILL ANOTHER,
IfiLMi.vcTO.v, Del., Sept, 17, ISs3.—3fes«r« r
and IVataon, Philadelphia. rifi3
Gentlemen .* The Salamander Eire-Proof Saf
your manufacture, purchased by us from yourAr
Ferris & Garrett, of our city, some nine moatha
was severely tried by burglars last Saturday niS’
and although they had a sledge hammer, cold chi 0 !
drill, and gunpowder, they did not succeedin
the Safe. The lock being one.of Hall’s Patent p?*
dor-proof,” they could not get the powder icto it h'
drilled a hole in the lower panel tad forced ia 4 la
charge, which was ignited, and although the dodr
side and out, showed the explosion'not to have be« °
small one, it was not forced open.' IVe suj»p o «r e ft 4
were the greater part of the night at work on if. )f
arc much gratified at the result of the attempt to
it, and if tho above facts are of any sen ice, vcm. r
at liberty to use them. Yours, truly, ’ * n
BAYSARD £ JONES.
GREAT FIRE!—ANOTHER TRIUMPH.
Ksoxvillk, Te.vessee, Jlarch 13th', 135y.~Me ? <n
Evans & Watson, Philadelphia:
Gentlemen : It affords me great pleasure to sir to
you that the Salamander Safe, which I purchase*! 0 {
yo« in February, 1355, proved to be what youtocom.
mended it—a sure protection from fire. My
house together with several others, was burned to the
ground in March last. The Safe fell through into the
cellar, and was exposed to intense heat for sir or
eight hours, and when it was taken from the ruin? acl
opened, all its contents were found to bo in a perfect
state, tbo books and papers not being injured in the
least. I can cheerfully recommend your Safes to the
community, believing ns I do, that they are a* near
fire-proof as it is possible for any Safe to be made,
THOMAS J- POWELL
largo assortment of the above SAFES al
ways on hand, at 301 Chestnut street. (late 21 South
Fourth at. Philadelphia. Dec. 22, 1559.
Notice.
THERE will be an examination of Teachers for the
Northern part of the County, at Elkland Boro
on Saturday Dec. 21. N. L! REYNOLDS,
fo. Supt.
Notice.
THIS is to notify all person? having unsettled ic
counts at Hoy's Drug Store, that said
will require their immediate attention. Call and set
tle soon or the accounts will l»e handed over hr col
lection. J. A. HOY.
Dec. 15. IShth
GREEN BOOK,
Just Published, 150 pages, Price 25ctr.
ON SINGLE AND MARRIED LIFE; or TEE IX.
STHTTES OF MARRIAGE-; its Intent, Obligations,
and Physical and Legal Disqualifications; tbs ruilw
<•1 treatment of all private diseases in both sere?. Ac,,
To which b added a poetical essay, entitled ‘•dWfyar
dine, or the art of haring and rearing beautiful and
healthy children, by the late Robert J. (.’ulrerirell,
Eau., M. D.
Sent free of postage by the publishers. Chas. KHns
Co., Box 45St>, New York, or Dexter A Cu., Whole
sale Agents, 113 Nassau Street, New York. Agenu
wanted everywhere.
Al>o, Gratis, an extract and “ample of tho above,
entitled: Dr. CULVERWELL’S LECTURE oruhe
rational treatment of Spermatorrhea and private dis
eases generally, detailing the means by which invalids
may effectually cure themselves without the use of
dangerous medicines, and at but little expense to thetn
selvcs. Sent free by mail in a secure envelope, on the
rcccipt of one stamp, to prepay postage, bv addressing
CHAS. KLINE A CO., Box 4550.
Dec. 15. (Feb. 9. 1 559.) New York City.
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