rVooman’s Catechism concerningr the lire'
prcssiblo Conflict.
Question.—Who first promulgated the doc
trine of the irrepressible conflict?
Answer. —Thomas Jefferson. -
Q. —When and how did lie promulgate it?
A.—ln a letter to a friend in 1821.
Q. —What did he say ?
A.—“ Nothing is more certainly written in
the book of fate than that these people (negro
■slaves) are to be free; nor is it less'certain that
{fio’twu forma of Society cannot be perpetuated
under the sapie Government.”
Q. —Who nest promulgated it?
A.—Henry Clay.
• Q.--When and how did he promulgate it?
A.—ln a speech delivered before the Ameri
can Colonization Society, in 1827.
Q. —What did ho say?
‘ ' A.—“ Until universal darkness and despair
‘ shall prevail, it will be impossible to repress
the sympathies and the efforts of freemen in
behalf of the unhappy portion of our race who
arc doomed to bondage.”
Q. —Wlio endorsed Mr. Clay’s remarks?
A.' —Daniel Webster.
Q. —Who says so ? )
! A. —Edward Everett.
next promulgated it?
A.-j—Tho- lliclimond Enquirer, a Democratic
newspaper.
Q. —When did it promulgate it ?
A.—ln the Presidential campaign of 1856. .
Q. —What did it say ?
I A.—“ Two opposite conflicting forms of soci
ety cannot, among civilized men co-exist and
endure. Tho one must give way and cease to
exist—tho other become universal.
■St -K- 4r ' -Jt- ’ -Jr -Jr ■it
“If free society bo unnatural, immoral and
'unchristian, it must fall and give way to slave
[society—a social system old as the world, as
universal as man."
(J. —Who next restated the fact?
■ A. —William If. Seward.
IJ. —When, where and how ?
1 A. —In a speech delivered in Rochester in
; iws - . - ■
—What did he say? ;■
A.—While referring to 1 ' the collision which
had occurred between the two systems of labor
in (bed,’uited States, he said ; “It (the collision)
is na [irrepressible conflict between opposing
and cndiuing forces; and it moans that the
United States must and will sooner or later,
become cither entirely a slaveholding nation,
or entirely a free nation."
Q —-Did be intimate the process by which
they will ultimately becomoiso?
A. —11c did. He said ; "“.While I confidently
believe and hope that myjcountry will yet be
come a 'and of universal freedom, I do not ex
pect that it will be made so otherwise than
through the action of the several States co-op
crating with the Federal Government, and all
acting in strict conformity with their respective
constitutions.”
<J. — l.s there any reason in this?
A.—Not unless Thomas Jefferson, Henry
(flay, Haniel Webster, and the editor of the
Richmond iJu'jinrcr were traitors. — Mihcaukie
txnlind.
SHho Southern Press on Old Brown.
Wo are "ratified to observe as we anticipated
would be the ease, that; without- a solitary ex
ception so far, the Northern press condemn the
affair in as becoming and indignant a tone as
wo of the South. And this proves to us that
-tlie-a* abolition incendiaries and invaders of our
domestic peace will receive no sympathy or
counit'iumee in the North, except from the
handful of damson Abolitionists who have al
ways infested that region of the Union.— Rich.
Whitj.
This is the theme, of all others, upon every
tongue, and various are the conjectures to
which it has given rise.—We must confess that
we sec nothing in it particularly to alarm the
citizens of Virginia, or to awaken uprohensions
of wide-spread disaffection towards her peculi
ar institution.
The fiiot that a handful of crazy abollflon
i.-ts, gathered (Vum distant portions of the conn- •
try, chose to m ike a Quixotic attempt to liber
ate tbo slaves where scarcely any slaves were,
need excite no serious approhensioul The 1 fact
that they met with no sympathy'; that] not
evgjn the resident negroes themselves evinced
any desire to cooperate with them ; thc'proinpt
suppression of the invasion—-for ' insurrection
it jyas not—ind tlio fato of the ill-stared expe-
will not servo to quicken the zeal of the
more prudent of those psuodo philanthropists.
It may convey an instructive lesson and war
ning to all abolitionists without our territory
to stay their aggressions in future.— Lynch-
Imr.j, Virginia.
The whole . scheme is that of a half crazed
man, who can Scarcely be held responsible for
his acts. But no language is too strong to
condemn those men who, with deliberation,
and in the i possession of their sober senses,
gave themselves up to this foolish, riotous, and
bloody work. All lovers of good order and
decency and peace will unite in uttering their
abhorrence of this mad and criminal attempt.
Wo do not belivo that any considerable.nurabor
of men can have been engaged in it, or even
privy to it. —Marysville Eagle.
' Sax Francisco Described.— A correspondent
of the S.m Andreas Independent gives the fol
lowing description of San Francisco:
■ “We went up on the hill and took a look at
the “whole” thing; oh, Je-ru-sa-lem, what a
city ! The houses were lying around loose in
every direction—lhere a big one, sis stories
high in the midst of half a dozen half story
shanties ; there seven or eight were “piled,”
one on the other, all leaning against the sand
hills like a drunken man to a lamp post. There
were long Bights of stairs to some of them, and
when we went upJwe were in the basement.
Some were warpod/and cracked : some wore tot
tering over, and had props under them, and it
all looked as if there had been a big flood in tho
mines, and floated? off a lot of little mining
towns—houses, streets and all—ami brought
them here, where they had got all Jumbled
together into a dead eddy ; and when tho water
fell, they were left sprawling about in the sand
hills and tales, like eakos of ice on a meadow
at the breaking up of a hard winter in sugar
making time,”
Atohlnson, Stringfellow, and Buford are un
wliippcd of justice. The miscreant who squir
ted tobacco juico into the eyes of Old Brown's
murdered and dying son was rewarded for the
act with the office of United States Marshall.
Old Brown is sure to get the gallows for his
reward. Only ruffians in behalf of Slavery are
honored. Such is Locofoco justice.
There is not a paper in the Union sustaining
the Administration of Buohanan except those
which are the direct recipients of its patronage.
THE AGITATO
HUGH YOUNG, editor & Proprii
WELLBBOROUGH, FA.
Thursday morning, Jan. 5,1
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State St., Boston, aro the Agents for the Jgitator, and the
tnotft influential-und largest circulating Newspapers!in the-
United States ami tho Canadas. They arc authorized to con
traqtfor us.at our lowest rates. 1 |
Notice. . L *
To The Public ; In view of the coming Presi
dential Campaign, and in view of the fact that
the County Committee arc making an effort-to
secure for the Agitator a circulation commen
surate with its importance in such a struggle,
thejnerease of price from One Dollar ti> One
Dollar and a half, will be deferred until further
notice. |
Republican National Conventi
A National Republican Convention will
at Chicago, <ln Wednesday, tho 13th <;
Juno nest, at 12 o’clock (noon), for the
nation of candidates to be supported for
dent and Yico President at tho next elect
The Republican electors of the several States,
the members of the People’s party of Pennsyl
vania, and of the Opposition party of Now Jer
sey, and all others who are willing to co-oper
ate with them in support of the candidates who
shall there be nominated, and who are opposed
to the policy of the present Administration ; to
Federal corruption and usurpation; to the ex
tension of Slavery into the Territories; io the
new and dangerous political doctrine that the
Constitution, of its own force, carries Slavery
into all the Territories of the United States : ,to
the rc-opening of the African slave-trade; to
any inequality of rights among citizens); and
tvho are in favor of the immediate admission of
Kansas into the Union under tho Constitution
recently adopted by its people; of restoring
the Federal Administration to a system of rigid
economy, and to the principles of Washington
and Jefferson ; of maintaining inviolaie the
rights of the States, and defending the soil of
every State and Territory from lawless invasion ;
and of preserving tho integrity of this tlnionJ
and the supremacy ofihe Constitution add laws
passed"in pursuance thereof, against the con
spiracy of the leaders of a sectional "party to
resist the majority principle as established in
this Government at the expense of its existence,
are invited to send from each State two dele
gates froni every Congressional District and
four delegates at large to the Convention.
, EDWIN D. MORGAN, New York.
JOSEPH BARTLETT, Maine.
GEORGE G. FOGG, New Hampshire.
| LAWRENCE BRAINERD, Vermont.
JOHN T. GOODRICH, Massachusetts. 1
WAI. T. CII ACE, Rhode Island.
GIDEON WELLS, Connecticut.
JAMES T. SHERMAN, New Jersey.
THOMAS WILLIAMS, Pennsylvania.
. GEORGE HARRIS, Maryland.
ALFRED CALDWELL, Virginia.
THOMAS SPOONER, Ohio.
CASSIUS M. CLAY, Kentucky.
JAMES RITCHIE, Indiana.
NORMAN B. JUDD, Illinois.
ZACHARIAII CHANDLER, Michigan.
•JOHN Ifc^TWEEDY, "Wisconsin.
ALEXANDER RAMSEY, Minesota.
ANDREW J. STEVENS, lowa.
ASA S. JONES, Missouri.
MARTIN F. CONWAY, Kansas.
LEWIS CLEPHANE, Dist. of Columbia.
Above is the call of the National Republican
Convention; It met in Now York on HJednos
day last and fixed upon Chicago as the jplace
for holding the convention to nominate aj Presi
dent, and the' lilth of June as the time. A
number of places were suggested to tbo com
mittee, among them, Wheeling, Buffalo, St.
Louis, Indianapolis., A strong inclination was
manifested to make choice of Wheeling, but
the fear that it might be misconstrued by our
sensitive Virginia friends into a kind of. bra
vado prevented the selection. St. Louis was
considered as to far removed from a [central
location. Tho terras of the call are broadenough
to satisfy all, save tho most captious, and those
intent on not being satisfied in any event.
1 President's Message. —The president’s mes
sage has been published. It ■was transmitted
to the Senate on the 27th ult., without jwaiting
for the organization of the House. It fully and
unequivocally commits the Democratic party
to foster and protect an institution which every
intelligent and honest person must admit to bo
a'curse to the soil on which it exists; one that
|
is pregnant with evil and oitly evil, an
grace to any civilized nation. We are)
that those calling themselves Democrat!
give the message a 1 careful and consider
usal, and then act conscientiously for
of their country, and the interests of
spring. We will take another opporl
comment upon the precious document,
The Southern Students in the medical Colle
ges of Philadelphia, held a meeting in jtho fore
part of last week, and resolved to secede in a
body and go to Richmond, Ya., College, and on
Wednesday last about two hundred loft for
Richmond, where they were received in Thurs
day by a military escort. The cause for this
step may be found in the fact, that week before
last a number of these Southern fire-paters at
tended a lecture delivered by Mr. purtis, in
National Hall, and behaving in a disorderly
and riotous manner,- were arrested by the Phila
delphia police. Philadelphia will not suffer
much by their absence.
Senator Sewaiid arrived at Now-York on
Wednesday evening, by the steamship Amr/o,
and was received at the steamer by several po
litical friends, by whom he was accompanied
to the Aster Ilonse, whore rooms hall been en
gaged for him. The Young Men’s Republican
Committee, with two brass pieces fired a salute
of ono hundred gun's in the Park in hpnor of
the arrival. The distinguished Senator is re
ported to be in excellent health.
Seventeen administration Democn
gross havo uttered disunion speech
the last three weeks, but not a single
People’s man, or Anti-Lecomptonite,
n disunion Speech. Is it not a
that the Union savers of the Nortj
uttered a word of rebuke to these Di
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
From Wa ihington. '
Editorial Correspondence of the Agitator.
"Washing' on, Dec. 27 th, 1859." -
jat event of 1 (st week was the speech
ikman in which he rebuked the Bu
c democracy North and South for their
Disunion sentiments, ani defied their-power to-'
control liis voice or action in any manner, so
the great event of this week was the speech of
Mr. Grow on Thursday livening last. In order
to a better understanding'of the position of the
Republicans in the House I will reiterate the
statement made in first letter, namely:
That Mr. Thaddeus, Stevens at- the beginning of
the session said to tho House that but two mo
tions were in order until the House should be
organized; one, a yibticn to elect,a Speaker;
the "other a motion to adjourn. Acting Upon
this clearly defined parliamentary law the Re
publicans—with a few exceptions—preserved a
studied silence. For nearly three weeks they
sat and heard the grossest perversions of their
doctrines, the vilest slanders upon their ablest
and best men, and tho most loud-mouthed dis
union threatenings unmjpved. They thought—
and I think wisely—that tho pent up volcano
of Southern wrath and Northern doughfaceism
would soon exhaust itself and then an organi
zation would be quietly effected. Helper’s Book
and John Brown’s rail, had been shown up
from every stand point > without gaining to the
I despairing democracy a single vote ; ’ Buchan
an’s Constitution had [hurled its puny thun
derbolts alternately at Atiti-Lccompton Demo
crats and South Americans, without causing
the least wavering in Iheso factions. • It was
evident to the country that tho game of the
Sharaocrats was played out and that after all
they had lost. At this crisis,’ Winslow of
North Carolina, a littlej dried up, wrinkled and
bc-wigged specimen of chivalry, but withal
their best tactician, moved the adoption of the
following resolution:
liesnlecd, That from
shall be no vote ns to
House until the secon
18150.
R.
:tor.
As the gr(
of John llu
60.
hannn Di
lon.
1 meci
day of
nomi-
Prcsi
on.‘
As soon as this was |cad by the Clerk there
was quite a scramble for the floor. Washburne
of Maine, Craig of Missouri, Grow and others
attempted to speak. Winslow finally gave way
unconditionally to Gi l ow who addressed the
llouso as follows : -
Mr. Gkow’s SrEpcir. •
Mr. GROW. When 111 have the floor to speak,
I want it subject to my own control, and riot
that of somebody else :
Mr. Clerk, under the law of Congress! which
has been read here a number of times, passed
the Ist of Juno, 1789 i there are but two mo
-11. [ ,
tiuns in order-; one is |a motjon to proceed to
vote for Speaker, and the other is a motion to
adjourn. So under the parliamentary law,
those, are the only morions that are in order.
The only votes that caln be taken by the House,
in accordance- with tile law of Congress and
with the parliamentary law, is on one er the
other of those motions; and the practice of the
House conforms to that. It was so decided by
Mr. Cobb, when Speaker of this House in the
Thirty-First Congress on the occasion of the
death of The House had not elected
a Doorkeeper, and tha t stood as the first busi
ness in order. Wher) the House mot on jhe
, fifteenth day of April, 1850, the death of the
Clerk of the House was announced. Mr. Thom
as L. Harris moved that the House proceed to
the election of a Clerk, to supply the vacancy
occasioned bj’ the dealth of Thomas J. Camp
bell. Pending the consideration of which, Mr.
Albert C|. Brown submitted a resolution to re
scind the order heretofore made, on the election
of a Doorkeeper.
The decision of S(
from the Jotfrnal of|
Thirty-First Congresf
“The Speaker doci
was out of order, on i
could take no actioi
business than the eloj
election was made.”
And then he referr
that no other businc
Speaker had been awl
administered to him
the oath lias been
members of the Houl
proceedings in full on
in the twenty-first vol
first session Thirty
page 740.:
(Hero Mr. Grow
ferrod Agitl
But, sir, aside fron
have been hero now
id a dis-
janxious
;s should
rate per
nho good
upon the first day of the session, before any se
rious effort was mad 3 to organize this House,
the discussion of lie slavery question was
thrust upon it—even before a vote was taken
for Speaker, save an informal one. True, we
had one vote, but it was like an informal ballot,
merely to ascertain ,the individual preferences
of members for candidates. Before any seri
ous effort, therefore,! was made to organize the
House, this discussion of the whole slavery
question was forced upon us by the gentlemen
who cry—“Xu agination of slavery!” They
have continued the discussion from that day to
tliis, while gentlemen upon this side of the
House have sat with closed 'lips, under the
grossest perversion; of their doctrines 'ever at
tempted by men who claim to be fair-minded.
We qsk that thelllouse should first proceed
with its proper business. There are now about
five million dollars! duoi to honest creditors of
the Government, to me 1 who have pprformed
service under written jontracts, and to whom
tiie faith of the Government was pledged. And
now, when they li ivo performed that service,
and waited almost or quite six months for their
pay, you propose [to go to your homes, or on
pleasure trips, anc leave these men to be bank
rupt because the Government will not keep its
faith with them! We ask that the plighted
faith of the Government shall be observed to
all men, but, abovjj all, to its just creditors who
have performed service under written contracts
with it. And yet| gentlemen, we have sat here
for .almost three weeks and listened (with the
exception of three or four 1 speeches) to the ed
itorials of the New York Herald, for the last
month or two, roi: ashed and given to ns in the
form of speeches. [Applause.] The Herald
has furnished brains for this whole discussion,
which has lacked, I am sorry to say, the terse
ness of stylo that usually characterizes the col
umns of that paper. The editorials of the
Herald are usually spicy, and we read them
I with a good deal of interest, but the manner
I in -which they ha|e been used in this discussion
their off-
unity to
■atg in Com
ias. ‘during
American,
, has made
fie singular
;li have not;
isunionlsts I
and after Ito-day there
tho organization of tho
1 Monday in January,
[leaker Cobb was—l read
ij the first session of the
a, page 780:
itlod that said resolution
the ground that the House
n upon or transact other
lotion of Clerk until such
icd to the law of Congress
!is can be done uijuil the
•am in, by the oath: being
i by a member, and then
administered to the other
:;e by the Speaker. The
fi this point are to bo found
l ume Congressional Globe,
[first Congress, part first,
read the proceedings re
\TOR.) .
the question of order, WC
almost three pveeks, and
lias stripped them of their usual terseness of
style. .
Our time thus far has been consumed in ad
vertising Helper’s book. If gentlemen are sat
isfied with advertising and scattering broadcast
through the land this pamphlet, which they,
say is so destructive to their peace and' tran
quillity—if they arc satisfied to give to it a birr
culation of thousands whore it would not before
have had one, then they have performed a work
that the publishing committee of New York
should thank them for,; for they tried more
than a year to got up a circulation for it and
could not do it; but while they failed, you
have succeeded, and by your advertisement"
.here, spread \t broadcast over the land; and if
•it be as incendiary as you say, and its' circula
tion is dangerous to your peace and the repose
of this Union, you are responsible for it. We
have given it no advertisement that sent it
forth to bo read by the people.
Several .Members on the Democratic side.—
But you indorsed it.
Mr. GROW, Gentlemen, when the proper
time conies for the discussion of our principles
and positions, wo shall be ready, as we have
over been heretofore, to discuss and defend
them ; hut' we have a right to ask, when our
sentiments are in the Congressional Globe, de
posited with the archives of the country, and
the sentiments of all oiir associates, put there
from year to year for tho last five years, that
you shall not attempt to represent our princi
ples and positions by reading in this Hall the
perversions and libels of the Democratic press
of the country as to our principles and posi
tions. We ask that we shall bo judged by our
own sentiments, expressed by ourselves over
and over again or. this floor, and by our plat
forms of principles adopted in our conventions,
and not by the perversions and misrepresenta
tions of our opponents.
I ask what fairness would there he in us if
we turned round and undertook to read to you
from tho Republican press of the North what
your sentiments and your doctrines arc, when
your own sentiments* are in the Congressional
Globe, spoken by yourselves, and the party lias
spoken for you in its resolutions formed by your
consent? \ '
Mr. Clerk, when a man charge i with being
an accomplice in murder, treason, arson, or
any'other heinous crimes, I have no answer to
make to it. I would treat it with that silent
contempt it deserves. My own political senti
ments I am ready to proclaim at all befitting
times and in all plates! and on all occasions ;
but my friends in this case have seen and, I
think wisely, to ask that this House should
make a serious effort to organize, by devoting
their whole time to that business ; that is to
vote for Speaker, or on propositions for electing
one. Let that bo our business until accom
plished, and leave these questions of political
doctrines to be discussed after the House has
been organized, and the creditors of this Gov
ernment, that to-day stand on the threshold of
bankruptcy, are paid, instead of occupying the
whole time in discussing , what a pamphlet of
one hundred and twelve pages contains, and
whether it "is destructive of the peace of the
Union. Is the peace of this Union to be dis
turbed, and its bonds severed by a printed pam
phlet of one hundred and twelve pages ? Mr.
Clerk, this Union is as I supposed
it was if any pamphlet of ~Dne-_hundrod and
twelve pages of printed matter, I care not
what it is, can disturb its tranquillity and en
danger its stability. .
Now, I ask, and the friends with whom I co
operate ask, that the business for which we
came here shall be discharged in accordance
with the law of Congress and tl(e parliamentary
law ;i tinder the obligations we owe, not only
to whole country, but to that meritorious
class of men whom the faith of your Govern
ment is pledged to protect and save from’ bank
ruptcy, after having performed their part of
your contract. I, sir, have po authority for
making the declaration, but I have heard it in
timated, and I should not blame the men if they
did it—that when, the first day of January
comes, and the Government is not ready to
comply with the contracts made with them for
the transportation of the mails, and if it is not
ready to pay the four or five million dollars you
owe them, they will abandon your mail service.
If you choose, then, to let the mail service of
the country stop, rather than go on under the
law of Congress and organize the House, by re
ceiving and acting on propositions for that pur
pose, and nothing else ; then take the responsi
bility. We share none of it. We have taken
no part in this discussion which delays the or
ganization. We consent to no adjournment
over the holidays for the convenience or amuse
ment of members, while this class of meritori
ous creditors of the Government are left unpro
vided.for.
Mr. WIIITELEY. I should like to know
upon whose motion the Post. Office bill was de
feated last session ?
Mr. GROW. AVhen that question comes up
properly for discussion, I shall be ready to an
swer the gentleman fully; and have only to
say now, that, so far as I am - concerned, ns a
Representative; so long as I hold a place on
this floor I would no sooner consent that a co
ordinate department of the Government shall
invade the prerogatives of this House, than I
would permit a private citizen to violate any of
the guarantees I and compacts of the Union.
[Applause in the galleries.]
During the delivery of these remarks which
did not occupy more than fifteen minutes, per
fect silence prevailed in the House and galleries
whore din and discord had been the order of
the hour proceeding. Grow in
terrupted by applause, and members of all
parties gathered around him to hear him more
distinctly v As lie poured out [the withering
truth upon the Democracy that 'by their facli
tiousness they wero bringing ruin upon the
credit of the country and upon the Govern
ment, Cobb of Alabama a tall, lantern-jawed,
low-browed, nervous-looking man twisted and
squirmed in his seat like a dying cel. Extra-
Billy Smith of Virginia fairly grinned with
passion ; and when Grow said that the Herald
had furnished the brains for the discussion (ex
cepting three or four speeches) the chivalry
and the doughfaces who had been blowing for
buncombe for nearly three weeks, rose simulta
neously to their foot. During the applause
which followed, there went up a yell from the
members, of “Mr. Clerk, Mr. Clerk” which
was perfectly deafening. It was a cry of des
pair, and the House resembled a mob more
than at any other time since it assembled. But
Extra-Billy Smith had the most wind, and he
succeeded in gaining the floor, when they at
once adjourned. During the evening Crow’s
speech was the subject of discussion every-
inhere, where two or more inen were assembled
together. The New York Herald -correspond
ent even-telegraphed to that paper that several
of the chivalry were going to hold Grow per
sonally responsible for the assertions it con
tained, but up to this hour I have heard noth
ing.of any challenges, and I don’t expect to
hear of any. Every man who reads Grow’s
speech will understand who are responsible for
the present aspectof things at Washington.
Extra Billy Bmitii’sJ Refly.
Well, ever since Thursday night Extry-Billy
Smith of Virginia has had the floor and has
been trying to reply/ For three mortal days
he has been stirl-ing the political cauldron and
has fished out old speeches of Giddinga, Grow,
Seward and others and found in them the
daintiest tit-bits for his pro-slavery palate, but
they have, so far, failed to enlist the attention
of even- the prd-slavery side of tile House. —
While ho is speaking, members qf all parties
promenade through the hall, talk, laugh, crack
jokes, yawn, lie, down on lounges, read news
papers, write letters, and otherwise pass the
time. It is understood on all sides that he is
speaking for buncombe, which means that ho
intends publishing bis speech for his oonstitu-.
ents to rcafl, and so very few pay , any attention
t(f him. Yesterday (which hvvas observed here
as Christmas) about half the Southern mem
bers wore “glorious,” and about three o’clock,
a scone took place which' beggars description.
Mr. Moore of Kentucky wanted to make a’mo
tion. He had listened, he said, with great
pleasure to tho gentleman’s (Smith’s) speech.
(Great laughing and cheers) but as it was
now Christmas day and everybody needed rest
laughter) he would move to adjourn for a week
—not less 1 than that (laughter.) Mr. Moore
sunk into bis chair seemingly exhausted, al
though when on bis-legs his utterance, from
some unexplained cause was not the most per
fect. “ Mr. Hill of Georgia got tho floor by Mr.
Smith’s courtesy to make a motion. He had
listened to Mr.' Smith’s speech and had no
doubt when he finished it, it would bo a good
one. lie had beard one man say that he in
tended to read it after it would bo published.
(Cries of “Name hiqi,” “Name him!”) Ho
would name him. It was Mr. Cojbb of Ala-
bama (Great laughter.) Here Cobb got up to
explain and in attempting to do so he said he
did not recollect saying he would read it, when
some member got him by the coat tail and
pulled him down. Several motions were made
to adjourn and the Clerk decided one of them
carried amid the wildest confusion. No vote
was had for Speaker yesterday. Had there
been one, Mr. Sherman would have come within
three of an election.
Toie Organization
There is no tolling-when the House will or
ganize, if ever. Another effort will he nnide to
unite the Dlsunionists.with tflo South Ameri
cans but it cannot ,be effected. If they did,
they could not organize without the aid of the
Anti-Locompton men whose votes they cannot
got. I think if they do not organize before
New Year’s Day, they will not organize for a
month or more.' The Post Master General is
very anxious, as the pressure upon him from
mail contractors is very jgreat. Duchanan is
also anxious, for an organization, but ho pre
fers the success Disunionists to the pros
perity of the country ; and so his organ docs
all it can to prevent the success of Sherman.
Tho weather for tho past week has been
wann and October-like. The sun shiues glori
ously, and there has boon neither rain nor snow
for nine days. 11. Y. -
M ARRIED
In Covington, on tlio 2“th ult., by Hot. .Mr. Ham
mond, Mr, JOHN It. TAY’LOK of Tenncsce and Miss
MAO DIE CALDWELL of the former place.
[With the above notice we received a quantity of
“cake'’ fur which the happy.pair will please accept the
printer's warmest thanks.]
In Wetlsboro, Jan. 1, by Rev. A. A. Marplc, Mr.
HEZEKIAH STOWKLL Jr., of Delmar and Miss
ELLEN SEARS of this place.
In Rutland, -Nov. 15, by- Rev. M. Rockwell, Mr.
PHILANDER WEBSTER and Miss MARY ROCK
WELL.
In Sullivan Nov. IClb, by the same, Mtr. T. D.
KNIFFIN of Sullivan, and Miss R. E. TAYLOK of
Ricliulond.
In Sullivan, Dec. Slth. by the same, Mr. R. F.
BOWMAN of Towanda, Pa., and Miss SARAH TINK
HAM of Sullivan.
iB6O. 1 8 6 0.
DIARIES I The assortment of Diaries for
1860 in town, at Smith A Richards. Call and
get ono before they are all gone.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTlCE.—Letters of Ad
ministration having boon granted to tbs under
signed on the estate of SILAS A. THEM AIN, late of
Delmar deo’d., all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment, and those hav
ing claims against the same to present them to
ELIZABETH H. TREMAIN, Admr’x.
D. A. FISH, Adinr. 1
Jan. 5, 1860.
UNION ACADEMY.
IS Institution is pleasantly located in the Cow
, auesquo Valley, ono mile below Knoxville IJa.
BOARD OR INSTRUCTION.
A. R. WIGHTMAN,'a. 8., - - PrinHpaJ.
Mrs. Jas. WtaiiTWAif- - - I‘rcccptras.
Miss. F. A. J. Coxovnn,' Viee-Prcecptrcss, am
Teacher of Ornamental Branches.
Miss C. N. Bottom, Teacher of Instrumental music,
The Spring Term of this Institution will commence
February 28, 1860. I
Expenses per Term—Tuition from $3 to S 5.
Ornamental Branches, extra.
Board. SI 75. • All excepting bed and lights, S 2.
Fuel (not prepared) $1 50; prepared $2 25.
Hoorn rent, Si 50. All bills to bo paid in advance
or scoured by note. !
No deductions for absence' except in case of pro
tracted illness, or in leaviugjto teach.
Those wishing to board themselves will find boro
accommodations for the purpose.
It will bo well for those who intend coming tho
Spring term to secure rooms! soon by applying to Mr.
0. M. Stebbins, who has’charge of the buildings. All
students are earnestly requested to.be present at the
opening of the term, as classes are formed then and
permanent arrangements made.
For further particulars address 0. M. Stkbiiins, or
A. H. \Vi GUTMAN-, Principal, 1 Knoxville, Pa. r "
. January 4, 1860. j 1
TO MIISIOIAIVS.
A CHOICE LOT of tho 'best imported Italian and
u erman |
• VXdLIN STRINGS.
Bass yipl strings, Gbitar strings, Tuning Forks,
Bridges &c., just received and l*>r gale at
' : HOY’S DRUG STORE.
OFT HATS by the dozen or single, in every Vari
ks ety, style and quality, at the New Hat Store in
Corning, at price* to spit the times.
Augu--t 25, 1350, _ ijlfi K, Umur.
liist of letters
‘ Remaining in the Post Office at Tioga VilL „
Affliek David ‘ Moore GIV 86 Pa -
Briggs ’William MoCaslin Mis, p, >. ,
Beach L 2 ■ O’Connel Wm A ‘
Brown E. - Orchtt S.
Boso Gilbert D. Popper J. L
Benjamin Daniel ■ Rising J u U u ' 3 B
Bosworth E, J. ■ Rose Jesse
Curtiss E. - Robertson Mrs T „
Day Wm. 2 Rieger N Uura E -
Gile Abraham V. Rand Mrs. Rachel
Gordon E. A. Robinson Clinton
Guorensoy James W. • Smith S. E.
Hagoinoiatcr Ed. Spencer Mrs. Marti,,.
Ilanor Robert • Thomas Hem,
Hakoo E. J. Tellhurry John
Kilbourne R.,M. Van Slyko C.
Lyon J. C. Woodwatd William
Long V. M. <t H. X. Warn Isaac
Lewis Willard White Reuben S I
Leach Miss Nancy Weber Heinrich'
Lewons William
Persons calling for any of the above Utterc
! please say they are advertised. „ r 5 "hi
Jto- 5. W. T. URELL P y
S ■
MITH & RICHARDS arc now roceivine dw!T 1
. J estassortment of Holiday Gifts over hrom-1,. -
Vf ellsboro, consisting of ANNUAL ALBUMS Pool 0
FOLIOS, POETS, nicely bound, IUIAYERBOnvI'
BIBLES, and a largo assortment of other m;,..,, ’
neons works. Together with ls-
TOYS OF ALL KINDS FOE THE rn.
TLE FOLKS!
all of which must be GIVEN AWAY on Cli.;..
and Now Years. Tho public are invited to call ™ I
examine them before purchasing elsewhere, as ™
bound they sfiall bo givon away, 1 ‘" uro
In connection with the above' we are also rccoivin
the largest assortment of STATIONERY anil finni??
of all kinds—SCHOOL BOOKS in
brought into Wellsboro, which wo will sell forc.wb"
little above wholesale prices in New York. ' a
Wellaboro, Dec. 22, 185'J.
jgggg|jj| EVANS & .WATSOM’S.
SALAMANDER SAFES
: lyggflj; j 304 Chestnut Streep ’
.TRIUMPH! '
| Pini.Am'.LPiiiA, Sept. 29, ISO 9.
To lite President of the Pcnnsyhatria'AijrienUml
Society :—The subscribers, your committee to examine
tho contents of a Salamander Safe of Evans i Watson
after being exposed to a strong fire on the Fair Ground!
for eight hours, respectfully represent—
’ That after seven cords of oak woodland three of
pino had been consumed around tho Safe, it was open
ed in the’presence of the committee, and the contents
taken out, a little warmed; but not even scorched.
Several Silver Medals heretofore reached l,y the
manufacturers, arid a largo quantity of documents
were in tho Safe, and came out entirely uninjured. ‘
Tho experiment satisfied us of the capacity of Safe
of this kind to-protect contents from any fire to whir
they may bo exposed.
The Committee awdrd a Diploma and Silver Medal,
Geo. IV. WoomiAp.n,
John IV. Ge.uiv,
, J.JP. Ri"rnt:uroitn,
Ai.ritKD S. tiiur.TT.
STILL ANOTHER. *
Wii.minmtox, Del., Sdpt, 17, ISs9.—Messrs. Erai
iiul Watson, Philadelphia. i,
fieutlvmcn : T]ic Salamander -Fire-Pi oof Safe
your manufacture, purchased by Us from y»mr Ageni
Ferris it Garrett, of our city, some nine months age
was severely tried by burglars lust Saturday night
and although they had a sledge hammer, cold chisel;
drill, and gunpowder, they did not succeed in openk
the Safe. The lock being one of Hall’s Patent I’ow
der-proof,” they could not get -the powder infold bi
drilled u bole in the lower panel and forced in aiirj
charge* which waa. ignited. and although the dour,jir
side ami out, showed the explosion not tu have l/cdn
small one, it was not forced open. AVo suppose the
were the greater part of the night at work on it. \\
are much gratified at the result of the attempt toenh
it, and if {he above facts are of any service, you in
at liberty to use them. Yours, liulv,
3JAVNAKD A JONES.
GREAT FIRE J—ANOTHER TKU'MPH.
Knoxville, Tenessee, March l?>lh/lS5U.—Mersi
Evans & Watson, Philadelphia; ,
ItenOeiHen : It a fiord.-' me great pleasure to say
you that tho Salamander Safe, which I purchased
you in February, 1858, proved to be what you ryct
mended it—a sure protection from fire. My stoi
house together with several others, was burned ‘to t
ground in March last. Tho Safe fell through into t
cellar, and was exposed to intense heat for six
eight hours, and when it was taken from the ruin? n
opened, all its contents were found to bo in a perfc
state, the books and papers not being injured in t
least. I can cheerfully recommend your Safes to
community, believing as I do, that they arc as nt
fire-proof as it is possible fi>r any Safe to be made.
THOMAS J- rOWKhb.
A assortment, of the above SAFES
ways on hand, at 3(U Chestnut street, (late 21 Sou
Fourth st.' Philadelphia. Fee. 22, ISo'J
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