<’ ? ' ? Term3 of Publication. , ;A COUNTY AGITATOR is published '•if 1 Morning, and mailed to subscribers price of DOLLAR PER ANNUM, A® . It is intended to notify every t bo term for which he has paid shall pVscnben bj . (lie £ t a mp—“Time-Out,” on the mar paper. The paper will then be stopped ■a tf '“Liter remittance bo received. By this ar jjtii »‘f mau can be brought in debt to the ’“''LrirtTou is the Official Paper of the County, Ist" ‘ ~n j steadily increasing circulation reach r!i 3 * ar » ‘ v neighborhood in the County. It is sent Post'Office within the county ■’'"bat whose most convenient post office may be * !J,i) !fcards. no/oxcceding 5 lines, paper inclu- - ■■■■ - Business directory^ ~. . 0 1V KEY <& s. E.YVIESOiY, TTARNEYS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW, will 1 1 I ihe Court of Tioga, Pottor and McKean ;1. *;[lVellsboro’, Feb. 1, 1853.] j B. BROOKS, ~mp\FYAND COUNSELLOR AT LAW 1510'“'“ ~L Kr, A NDi XIOUA CO. PA. of Counselors there is safety.”— Bible, i’;' a. W'- j)K. AV. W. WEBB. rrtrF over Cone’s LawdOffice. first door below o*,. Hotel. Nights he will be found at his , Brd door above tholbridga. on Main Street, SuLci l>iekinson.'s. ' c. *. DAKTT, DENTIST. /~\FFICE at his residence near the jEcg|||S\_/ Academy. All work pertaining to }inc done promptly knd' [April 22, 1858.] DICSI.SSOK HOUSE conx i x n , N- v. :i t - >V Proprietor. taken t<> and from the Depot free of charge. peWs VL v ania house r ‘ u ellshoko’. pa. L. D. TAVLOR, PROPRIETOR. ini!' popular Jioum? is centrally located, and :■> the p.itroimgo of the travelling public. 'TnERICAN HOTEL. (’(IRXIXG, N. Y., 2 FREEMAN, - • - ■ Proprietor. • •»,.{- 25 cts. Board, 75 cis. per day '■ -S;. M itl-Ii :!!. ISSB. (ly.) - J. C. WHITTAKER, Phy*u{an and Surgeon, .i,KI. A N -TI 0 c A c 0., PE XX A. patient- in all parts of the County, orre tr'in-m I n truauncm at his house. [.Tunc 14,] 11. O. COLE, JM/?7;FA' Ay 1> UAiRDRKSSEJt. ijlnl l ;j the rear of the Post Office. Everything in S . lu.ewiin-c done as well and promptly as it ...Tnne m the city saloons. Preparations for re . cinri'lrufl'. and beautifying the hair, for sale H «ir and whiskers dyed any color. Call and 'iWlM.n'-. Sept. 22, 1359. GAIXESj hotel. r rr.UMIL YEA, PROPRIETOR. Gaines, County, Pa, r' k.\\ known hotel is located within easy access -;, e m 3 di I’.iir and hunting grounds in Xorth'rn y.p.t.Ls will be spared for the accommodation • J; .ur: -uker- and the traveling public. ‘••1 il. I'.V.t. THE COB.MNG JOURNAL. Seorge W. Pratt. Editor and Proprietor. ' : h-4 it > orning. Steuben Co., N. Y., at One ir nut 1 Jty Cents per year, in advance. The lu'i* d iican io politics, and has a circula .•.i.bittr into c\cry part of Steuben County.— ‘ ti s <.f extending their business into that ..•■eii'tj .mui" counties will find it an excellent ad - .l.’ n ct.nm. Address us above. GUESS TIARIIVG. I[l' C .M A. J'UIN’BOX. respectfully announces to \[ the c.ti/cas of elk-boro and vicinity, that she a .’ca p-yins o\er Niles & Elliott’s Store, where '■ ;ro, u'd to execute all orders in the line of ,M iKIXir. Having had experience in the : -he hoi- confident that she can give satisfac .‘l vl-1 n-..iy favor her with their patronage. ‘.V I'v' l . JOIIS li. SIIAKESPEAR, TAILOR. S-VlNi’r r.pnjcl his shop in the room over U:«i i i-.rt? Tin Shop, respectfully informs the .ro’ smd vicinity, that he is prepared j'ej C r- \ n hi- hue of business with prompt- (7 done on short notice. k ro, 21, 185 S.—Gm , WATCHES! WATCHES! pE iMcr.’.or has got a fine aasnrtment of heavy 1 LVJLISH LEV Kit HCXTER-CASE Gold ami SiKvef Watches, tc will ‘•ell cheaper than “ dirt” on * Time/ i. c. * -il‘Tunc Pieces’on a short (approved) credit. - k:n-l- of REPAIRrxa done promptly. If a •' *k L- not done to the satisfaction of the party '-''.j: u. no charge will bo made, h- -ur- appreciated and a tontiuance'of patron ‘■•jL. i*. .I. ' ANDIE FOLEY. 2l, ISIS. . homk industry. pH cUn.-i’Kiucil having established aMAR- I ITE M \Nn : A»TORY at the village of Tioga, :r “ f i ; K<-j iircd to furnish Homiments, Tomb-Stones, &c., & ITALIAN MARBLE tr - : tesj(C..i;uliv solicit the patronage of this and ad- -unties. a ".rid -took on hand he is now ready to ex *,f,i"r«krs tilth neatness, accuracy and dispatch. - ; :k if desired. JOHN DLAMPIED. Tioga Co,. Pd.. PcpL 2S. 1859. W.n, lERBELL, COKNINii. N. Y. wholesale and Retail Dealer, in A<id Jr. Lead, Zinc, and Colored “ '' ;! t 1 . It, ashes Cttntjtheae and Itnrn,aq J. At.!, and fritter. Pare lAqaore far 'jo I’tlnu liter. Artists Pnintsnnd Brashes , ’it .1/ tides, rtavoritinj Extracts. Ac., A! <O, * e-fitral ns'-ouiuent of School Hooks— Ijiau'r. Staple ami Taney "■ , Stationary. : and Country Merchants dealing *■; • :i '- ’i' r > ao articles can be tupplicd at a small fi . • '-' a York prices. [Sept. 22, 1857.] IH.STOVE AND TIN SHOP! |AWI’OSITi; HOY'S DRUG S J’ORfi. _©ff (j£A ' -[' ,H wn hi iif Stoves, Tin, and Japanned . ' q J- f-ir onc-halj' ike vsual prices. '"1 * Ideated Uveu Cook Stove and Trim ,cu& 5 ' 00 - Tin and Hardwaic ' l ‘ K f’r Heady Pay. • % Jo .' enc who wants anything in this line ||' “ st ® ou t price? before purchasing elsewhere, gf- ‘ *. u .' a * :,c jdare— two doors south of Farr's 110- I r «g Store. CALL AND SEE \ I i>. I)EMING, W - '■•‘•L* R,,, ""'nrp to the people of Tlogft County J ,r, *r* ir,,, l t«> fill all order? for Apple. Pear r,' Vm‘i ’’ Aprimt, Evergreen and Deciduous " k ' , Al'J Ujir.im-, Ihvpbcrrieß, Gooseberries, ~ 40, ‘‘tn*a,.> rri i. s of all ucw and approved rari- I'^-ES— of Hybrid, Perpeto.il and Eom f""-C r ll ni ‘ r II '” •>. Moss, Bourbon, Noisette, Tea, Chml,in e v OiiER Y-Jincluding all the finest note v-- v , A rlctics of Althea, Calycji .thus, lXlU^^‘ r U ' Viburnums, Wigllias 4c. ■ EKS-~ I, ““ rik *S Dolillsw. Phloxes, Tulip*, |r! Hj.tcinths, Narcitsis; Jonquils, Lil* Kf . ; ||- ■ lC^ , -t*ouVi/i 1 , ,1 *' l^| ra,i^crrjr * 4 doz * l ’ lants ’ s s * b’ O* -,< r , (,rar,!, U. Budding or Pruning will bo p’ j .• A<lr'r..f.«« |r- \ i I) pEMI.NCi, Pa. sT" 3 THE AGITATOR Bebotear to tf)t mxttmim of tfce area of iFm&om atiß t&e Spmar of ©eaXt&g Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIQHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHDMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. VQL. VI. From the True Fla-. STARLIGHT. JJV MARK HUNTER. I remember making a wondrous vow When I was yourger than I am now, And perhaps not over-wise, , And I prayed if ever my truth should fail, That the shining stars of Heaven might pale. And tho moon desert tho skies. And an answering vow was given to me From lips whose crimson was fair to see, As wild and ns strong a vow; Ah! Lily, you were “my angel” then, And I was to you “above all men j” How is it with us two now ? What a moonless sky,, what starless nights ould darken o’er poor beclouded wights. Should the moon and stars obey, Whenever young lovers, one or both. Forget a promise or break an oath. Or far from their duty stray! And what sad changes a few years bring! The peerless angel of whom I sipg Is an angel to me no more, But a red-checked, healthy, ample dame, In another home, with another name, And the dreams of her youth are o’er. And I—did I bear a bleeding heart, Pierced and wounded by Love’s keen dart As lovers in hooks all do ? Alas ! for the earnestness of youth ! Alas! for man’s constancy and truth ! Afy dream was forgotten too. And the moon shines on, as it used to shine When I made those broken vows of mine. And the starry sky above Changes not; but to me time brought Strength of purpose and earnest thought. And a more enduring love; A love-that brightened my home and heart, That seemed of my very life a part; And when I was doomed to see My heart’s rose wither from day to day, I knew that not even death could stay The flow of her love for me.. And now I think, when the silvery light Of stars -bines out on the calm midnight, Not of the row I gave, Not of the dreams of early years, But I think how holy the light appears As it falls upon her grave. Wellsboro Pa. Good Advice. The New York Chronicle , with great good sense, commends reading and thinking rather than writing—the rushing into print before one’s time: “A correspondent of the Boston Recorder has a very earnest column headed, “Write, Write, Write;” in which everybody is urged to use the pen and add a contribution to the already incon ceivable mass of verbiage which floods the world. With all respect to our cotemporary, we think this very poor advice. On the contrary, we should say, that in general, no one should write who can help it. If a necessity is laid upon you; if you are full oi* burning thoughts which must get utterance; if you are called and in spired, and your tongue i* touched, and is “as the pen of a ready writer”—go on, by all means and prosper —be a teacher of men. But not otherwise. Be advised—“the whole creation gvoaneth and travaileth” under the rubbish which is written; do not take the risk of add ing to it. It is a solemn fact that not one in fifty of the books which press our tables, ought ever to have been printed ; not one in one hun dred of the communications which cram our waste basket are worth the paper on which they are written. There is an amusing anec dote of a man who, without natural or educa tional qualifications, would have been a preach er, and applied to Rowland Ilill for advice.— Mr, 11., perceiving his endeavored to dissuade him. “What!” exclaimed the appli cant, in a heat, “would you me hide my talent in a napkin?” “I certainly think that is the best place for it,” replied this eccentric, but good and sharp-sighted man. Doing, rath er than talking, is the great need of the world. Men of action rather than men of speech, are the helpers of the time. The man who makes “two blades of grass grow where there was hut one before;” he who adds something to the spope of productive history; or he who attends to his own- business, “working diligently with his hands,” and doing well the duty which “lies nearest him,” arc the men who are the benefac tors of the race. There are leaders, great men, teachers; but there are few. Most of us are of the rank and [file. Be a good soldier then —if there is a higher place for you, diligence leads to it, and no moral power can keep you out of it.” A young Indian failed in his attentions to a young squaw. She made complaint to an old chief, who appointed a hearing, or trial. The lady laid the case before tho -judge, and ex plained the nature of the promise made to her. It consisted of sundry visits to her wigwam, “many little indefinite attentions,” and pres ents, a bunch of feathers, and several yards of red flannel. This was the charge. The faith less swain denied “the undeflnable attentions” in toto. He had visited her father’s wigwam, for tho purpose of passing away time, when it was not convenient to hunt, and had given the feathers and flannel from friendly motives, and nothing further. During the defence the squaw fainted. The plea was considered invalid, and the offender sentenced to give the lady “a yel low feather, a brooch that was then dangling from his.nose, and a dozen coon skins.” Tlie sentence was no sooner concluded than' the squaw sprang upon her feet, and clapping , her hands, exclaimed with joy, “Now me ready to be tour led again." Another Kind of Cat.— A gentleman doing business on Slain street, was presented with a beautiful kitten. Yesterday, a couple of young ladies, one of them named Julia, happened into the store, and of course kitty, as kittens and babies always do came in for an immense quan tity of endearments and caresses. ‘‘Oh ' my: what a sweet, darling, little kitty? What is it’s name?” “It has not been christened yet?” “Oh,.the dear thing! Do call it Julia won’t y°“?” ' , „ “I should bo very happy to do so, said our gallant clerk— bid it isn't that style of a cat” Kitty was deposited on the floor in a twink ling, and a couple of joung ladies were seen looking round for a good place to faint, j- VTELLSBOEOj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORMNG. FIIBRUABY 2, 1860., "We briefly mentioned in a former number the jremature death of Alfred Copestick, a prom ising young artist of our city, who was tilled on the 28th of August last, by the accidental explosion of his fowling-pieee, while on a visit to his father’s house at Wellsboro, Tioga Coun ty ; but we were unable at the time to obtain any particulars. Through the kindness of a mutual friend, —Mr. Orr, the well-known en gravei—we are now enabled to give a brief sketch of his life, the first occasion that such a mournful service has been demanded of us since we have assumed the “World of Art.” Little ■is knqwri of this promising young artist, even by his most intimate friends; singularly exclu sive in his habits, remarkably taciturn 'and re tiring in disposition, be devoted himself exclu sively to his profession, and had already made considerable progress, although ho was but twenty-two years of age at the time of his de cease. Self-taught in art, he had admirably won the meed of public praise by his woodland sketches, and paintings of the 'marine genre, which are the more remarkable as he had no other opportunity of Studying the various pha ses of the sea than by occasional trips to Coney Island, or places on the neighboring shores.— An admirable painting of a wreck stranded upon the shore, was exhibited at the Academy of Design last year, and is now in the possession of his father. The original study of this fine picture may now be seen in the artist’s deserted studio, adjoining Mr. N. Orr’s engraving office, o. 52 John street; where may also he seen some woodland studies of correct drawing and fine tinting, testifying that a few more years of such studious application would have ranked Copestick among the best artists of our land. Several commissiops executed by him for the Cosmopolitan Art Journal, by order of C. L. Derby, Esq., gave to the numerous patrons the most complete satisfaction. Ills father, Charles Copestick, an Englishman and a machinist, came to the United States in 1822, and settled in Philadelphia. His mother was Scotch, and came to this country when a child. Alfred, their first son was born near Philadelphia, and, when a child, moved to Ti oga County, and remained there until he was eleven years of age. He subsequently gradu ated at the High School at Philadelphia. His only chance for improvement in the profession he loved washy frequent visits to the Art Union. Ho was apprenticed to a Lithographer, but dis liking the art (when be felt that he possessed the power to excel as a colorist,) he came to New York, without friends or money, to seek his fortune. It was at this period of his career that he at tracted the attention of. Mr. N. Orr, to whom he candidly expressed his-aversion to his pres ent pursuit, and his anxiety to study painting. Mr. Orr, taking a sensible and benevolent view of the affair, boldly advising him to follow the bent of his genius, kindly, assisted him in fcho arrangement uf a studio adjoining his own, and endeavored to aid him in every manner; but Mr. Copestick proved himself one of those glo riously independent characters who love best to help themselves, and taxed the claims of friendship very rarely. Making use of the ad mirable corps de reserve with which nature' had endowed him, be literally lived, dwelt and stud ied within himself, and was one of those exclu sive beings whose motto is “deeds, not words.” His family, as is sometimes the * case, were-at first much averse to the vagabondism of the craft, but his recent success did much to alter their opinion of his profession. They had now began to regard the persecuted genius with affection, if not with pride. It was on his first visit to the paternal mansion after the family estrangement that the fatal accident occurred which caused his death.- Seeing a flock of wild pigeons flying over the house, he said to his father that he “would go out and have a shot at them,” but his artistic taste surmounted his sportsman’s discretion ; for watching their graceful gyrations, he carefully rested his fowl ing-piece upon a log, and it slipping beneath his weight, cocked and sent the contents imme diately into his side. His untimely death is a loss t«Tour artistic circle, and fills with poignant grief a family circle who too tardily understand the heart iof the poet-artist. .The following lines have a mournful interest, being found in his pocket-book, written with a pencil at the time of the fatal accident. The scene they de scribe was a favorite resort of his in the vicin ity of New York, arid often contributed hints for sketches. The “picture-painting*’ at once betrays the eye. Where columbines in wild confusion cling, Fringing a rock above a wimpling spring, Where many trees n grateful shadow throw, And dance reflected in the pool below— A lovfely spot whore oft I love to stray, And lingering muso a lonely hour away ; Lose for awhile the city’s weary hum, And think of time long past and time to come. Jloforo me, Hudson’s waters dnnee Along, Singing their sweet and blithesome summer song, Or fanned by breezes, wake the mimic roar Of ocean breakers dying on the shore. Above me, bolder scenes attract the eye, Wcehawken's cliffs are towering to the sky, Crowned with their diadem of living green, They frown in awful beauty o’er the scene. A scene like this my fancy once could weave, And twine it with all bliss that earth could give j But now—though every breeze tlyit murmurs by Seems pausing near to breathe a eofle.ned sigh— Though every wood bird shouts its blithsomo lay Jtfy heart it end, and fancy turns utcay ; Kach languid breeze that whispers in my oar Reminds mo of sumo voice I've loved to hear. The scene, as if toned in consonance with his mind, is imbued with a plaintive mournfol ness ; could it have been a vague premonition of his impending fate ? —Veto Tori Leader. In Illustration of a certain clergyman’s lib eral style of invitation to the communion, the anecdote is quoted of an English judge, who, on being refused the cup, because he was not a member of a particular church, quietly remar ked : ‘‘l beg your pardon, I thought this was the Lord’s table. I have nothing more to say, if it is a private supper of your own.” “What aro you fencing that pasture for? Forty acres of it would starve a cow.” “Cer tainly, and so I am fencing it in, to keep my cows out.” Alfred Copestick. The Family Portraits. A good story is going the rounds of the Paris ateliers. A painter received a call one morn ing from a gentleman who bad the true. Man chester retired cut about him, and paraded as a voucher much of the gold outwardly upon his person, with a whacking diamond and a big brother of an emerald. The opening of the conversation with the celebrated portrait painter was awkward. There was evidently some em barrassment in the case, and the artist, like a physician, is often called in delicate cases— whims which may be readily imagined by the malicious—and this is most frequently the case when the visiter is of the gray-headed class; therefore he used some tact. At length the conversation got thus far— “ Could Mr. , eminent artist as he was, condescend to retouch some paintings?” “That would depend if it were artist’s work or mere restorer's occupation.” “Oh, certainly, most artistic,” was the reply of the gray-headed man, retired from trade.— “It was to retouch a gallery of family portraits, for which he had a great partiality.” It was agreed that the work should be un dertaken ; and so the next day our gray man arrived with four cabs filled with several gallery portraits; every mark of ago on the frames and ou the canvass—veritable family portraits. But the surprise of the artist was rather exci ted to recognize them as a lot that had been knocked down, three years before, at a West End sale; and more, to hear the old gentleman claim them as relics of his family. But he was not long in summing up the truth. “When shall I sit, sir t” said he to the ar- “Sit!” with a very largo note of exclama tion. “Yes, sir. Time has somewhat destroyed the expression of some of the countenances— perhaps of all; and what I require of you is to use your skillful brush to give them that family cast of face which they have lost, taking my own face expression for your model.” ■j The artist got behind a large canvass, freshly stretched, to hide a hearty smile that could not be repressed; and when ho reappeirod again, it was with solemn mien, and- to proceed at once t > the work. So effectually was it per formed, that men in armor, ladies in' ruffles, powdered wig**, admirals, generals, statesmen, and young beauties, bad all the requisite ex pression of the modern man of wealth, who was so pleased with this speedy process of ob taining a family with striking likenesses, that he left the heaviest golden recompense. The Truth of History. In a notice of the death of Gen. Jol|n B. Blanche, an estimable citizen of New Orleans, who fought in Jackson’s memorable battle, the Delta says: “An incident with which the name of Gen. Plauchc is connected has been made the text of one of the most invincible errors that ha's ever crept into history. It is a striking illustration of the difficulty of arresting a false statement which happens to interest the fancy of mankind. Nothing was ever more transparently absurd than the idea which is embodied in nearly all the histories, poems, and pictures relating to the battle of New Orleans; that the mound be hind which Jackson’s army was entrenched was coniposed of cotton bales. The only basis of this story was the attempt of some young sol diers, in the rivalry which sprang up after they had occupied the line of Rodrigues canal, to increase the height and breadth of the parapet in front of them by throwing in a few bales.— Others were used to form embrasures for the guns. These bales had been thrown out of a flatboat, which had come to Jackson’s camp with flour, pork and other supplies, and were lying on the levee. There were a portion of a lot which had been consigned to Major Plaifche and had been sold by him to Vincent Nolle.— The speculative efforts of the latter financier no doubt contributed to give form and currency to this story. He set up a preposterous claim for his cotton after the war, and to maintain it set on foot the story.of the great service it had rendered. We arc pleased to see that in a re cently published and highly spirited poetical description of the battle of the Bth of January, by Thomas Dunn English, this-vulgar fiction is very effectually disposed of: ‘*Xo cotton hales before us. Some fool that falsehood toM; Before tfs was an earthwork, Built from the swampy mould/’ Major Plauche, by the orders of Gen. Jack* son, as soon as it was discovered that a few bales of cot-ton had been used in making the parapet, and that they greatly endangered the strength of the works, and exposing the amuni tion to explosion by the flying particles of burn ing lint, had the bales taken out and thrown into the river. A Su.uir Kei’LV. —Mrs. Mason, (wife of Sen ator Mason of Virginia) has written a letter to- Mrs. Maria Child, of Boston, in which, among other things she asks the latter if aho went out “to soften the pangs of maternity in those around her.” Sirs. Child replies for all the women of Massachusetts that she has “never known of an instance where the pangs of ma ternity did not meet with the required assist ance.” And farther, that, after helping the mothers, “we at the North do not sell the ba bies.” “Neow, what d’you wish, Sally !” demanded Jonathan, with a tender grin of expectation. “I wish I was handsum,” replied the fair dam sel, “handsum os Queen Victory.” lorn 1 what a wish 1” replied Jonathan, “when you’re handsum’nuff noow. But I’ll tell yer what, I wish you were locked up in my arms, and the iey teas lost I” “Well, Farmer, you told us your place was a good place for hunting ; now wo have tramped it for three hours and found no game.”—“Just so. I calculate, as a general thing, the less game there is, the more hunting you have.” The lash that man docs not object to having laid on his shoulder —the eye-lash of a pretty girl. For the Agitator. WHAT DOIjS ir"KFA±t^ I know a pretty maiden About sweet seventeen, The fairest and~the dearest Thatl have ever seen.; With locks so soft and flowing And eyes of tender'bine, A form, of grace, a snowy hand, A heart that's kind and true. And 1 bare often questioned This foolish heart of mine, To know, if for this maiden I feel that love “divine/* * That all the poets sing of, And all romancers say Comes once to every bosom, To cboor life’s toilsome war. -x '' ; • On long, calm summer evening,’*' I know I love full well, To walk thro’ shady by-ways With this fair Annabel. And sometimes time and distance Are for awhile forgot; Pray toll is this a symptom? It may be, or may not. Her hand is small and snowy, I think I told you so, And wbon wo come to obstacles I help her then you know. And if I hold hefbandawhile, The reason is quite plain, Who knows how soon we two may meet Ah obstacle ayain, 1 I know I like to please ;her, And \vh<?u'shc has a grief, (Those eyes are all too bright for tears,) 1 long to give relief. And if I speak in whispers, Or press her blushing check, Why ««y friend at such a time, Consoling words might speak. I know that if I Happen *" To meet her unawares,/ My heart is quickly bounding. My cheek new color bears. The very mention of her name f My self-control will prove; Perhaps I’m very nemJns, Or I Mfiy hi. '‘in love;” Ah well 1 I wait and .wonder At all 1 know and feel. What all this means, I’m hoping That timo will soon reveal. But once this question settled. Another one I see- 1 Will have to be decided, Docs Annabel love me? Hanging* in the Rural Districts. The author of “Rural Life in Louisiana” thus describes a hanging in the rural districts of that State: “Why,” exclaimed we, as we approached the jail, “we thought that the law required that the execution should take place within an enclo- sure?” “So it does,” said the Sheriff, “and don’t you call that an enclosure—say ?” pointing with his long cane to a worm, fence surrounding the building; “1 put that thereithis morning—the law don’t require me to 1 build a stone wall nor a brick fence jest to hang a feller ; nor does it" require, that l’n> aware of, that I should chink the cracks betwixt the rails, nuther, to keep anybody from seeing.” ; “Where have you erected the gallows?” we asked. “Oh, ’taint erected yet, but soon willl be— here Bill,” he continued,'“take this rope,— (drawing from his poefet aj piece.of plow-line about eighteen inches^in length,) and go and tic one end of it ’round Tolley’s neck and bring him here/’ The deputy departed and soon returned lead ing the culprit, secured as commanded. He was a short, chunky, “don’t-care-ative” looking who sauntered carelessly along, with bis hands in his pockets. He was placed by the side of a long cotton wood sapling which was lying on the ground. It had recently been stripped of its bark, ex cept the fork at one end. I The Sheriff drew off his blanket coat, threw it across the fence, looked full in the culprit’s face, and addressed him : ' “Mister Tolley, you’re a durned mean look in’ sneak, now ain’t yer? Darn yer, I’ll teach yer how to set fire to a shanty, and be guilty of arson—pull of your hat and hold upyonrhead.” The deputy having fastened the other end of the rope to the sapling, Mr. F. seized a prong of the fork in either hand, and poised it above his head as high" as'hc could reach, but not quite clearing Tolley’s toes from the ground, while the deputy stood by, watch in Land, counting the minutes as they passed. The Sheriff, still with his arms aloft, becoming very red in his face, called out: ; “I say, Bill, how long has he been a hang in?”' “Jest three minlts an* a half,” answered Bill. “Then he's only got one minute and a half more to hang, and ho don’t begin to stop kick ing yet,” ' “Aleck,” observed we ; “if I may bo permit ted to venture an assertion, ’twould be the su preme law of the land makes it obligatory upon you to keep him in suspep.se, until the vital principle is entirely extinct.” ( “Counsellor, shot up; I know what I’m about. You may know all about the theory of the law, bnt ydu don’t know nothin’ ’bout the practice, and it stands to reason that you should know nothin’ bout the duties of Sheriff; but I’ll tell you, I’ve beared over since I was born, that arter a gentleman had hund a given length o’ time, and wan’t kiltj —and I think five min utes is the time—he’s entitled to life, and 1 think be oughter he, too. Kuowin this to be the law, (or how could so many people be mis taken if ’taint,) I am a goin to let him down.” So saying lie threw the sapling as far from him as he was able, jerking' the culprit very hard to the ground, thereby prejudicing his comfort much more than his pendant position did. Loosening the haltar from his neck, and smashing his hat down over his eyes, the Sher iff seized him by the collar, planted a toe of a number eleven pegged boot.cxtremoly low down in the dorsal region, and axolaimed r “Look-a-here, Mister Tolley, you’ve jest es caped death by a fiction, o’ law—now go ; but hang me, if ever I ketch you in this parish agin, I’ll kick you till you’re a jelly-fish, d’ye hear? then scoot. Come, boys, let’s go and get up a small game of draw,”— Trns'Dria. Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged slp~er square of 10 linos, one or three insertions, and* -25 cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements-of l&s than 1 lines considered as a square. Thesttbjeinad rate* will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad vertisements r Square, . 2 do. 3 do. i column, - i do. Column, - - 25,00- 5»,00 Advertisements not having thenumberof insertion* desired marked upon them, wia be published until or dered out and charged accordingly, PosterSjHondbills, Bill-Heads,Letter-Huida and.ll kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments ex ecuted neatly and promptly. Justices', Constables', and other BLANKS constantly on band. NO. 27. POLITICAL tember 9, 1786, “I never mean, unless some camstances should compel me to it, to pos another slave by purchase, it being, among my first wishes to see some plan by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law.” In a letter to Robert Morris, dated April 12, 178 G, he says: “I hope it ■will not he conceived from these observations that it is my wish to Bold the un- Imppy people who are the subject of this in slavery. I can only say that, there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it: but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority ; and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting.” He says, in a letter to the Marquis De La Fayette, April 5, 1753 : ‘‘The scheme, my dear marquis, which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the eflian cipation of the black people in this country from the state of bondage in which they aro held, is a striking evidence of the benevolence of your heart. 1 shall he happy to join you in so laudable a work ; but will defer going into a detail of the business till I have the pleasure of seeing you.” In another letter to La Fayette, he says: “The benevolence of your heart, my dear Marquis, is so conspicuous on all occasions, that I never wonder at any fresh.proofs of it; but your late purchase of an estate in the Col ony of Cayenne, with the view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country." In a letter to Sir John Sinclair, he further said: “There are in Pennsylvania laws for the gradual abolition of slavery, which neither Vir ginia nor Maryland have, at present, but which nothing is more certain than they must have, and at a period not remote." In a letter to Charles Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, on the 17th of March, 1702, ha says: Fred. “I must say that I lament the decision of your Legislature upon theqnestion of importing slaves after March, 1793. I was in hopes that motives of .policy, as well as other good reasons, supported by the direful effects of slavery, which at this moment are presented, would have operated to produce a total prohibition of the importation of slaves, whenever the ques tion came to bo agitated in any State that might be interested in the measure." From his last will and testament we make the following extract: “Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the slaves which I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their in termixture by marriage with the dower negroes, as to excite the most painful sensation, if not disagreeable consequences,' from “the bitter, while both descriptions are in the occupancy of the same proprietor, it not being in my under the tenure by which the dower negroes are hold, to manumit them." The Repchucax Doctrixe. —The New York Courier and Enquirer, iu an able article com menting on the clamor in Congress against the Helper book, which after all is said, was writ ten by a' Southern man, gives its views as to the position of the Republican party as fol lows : 11 “The local institutions of a State like tho Domestic affairs of a family, are s icrcd to those directly concerned in them ; anc interference from without, is, in all such cases, resisted us intrusive and impertinent. ’And this is the doctrine of the Republican party in relation to Slavery. It is held to be a purely local insti tution in those States where it constitutionally exists; and those who are not inhabitants i.f these State, have no more right to interfere with it, than the people of the Och avenue have a right to interfere with the domestic and family arrangements of their neighbors residing in tho avenue adjoiuing them. The Northern Staton do not like Slavery, and have long since grad ually abolished it; and now great object is, to prevent itsjbeing planted on the free swil of the Territory of-the Union out of which new States arc hereafter to bo established. To ac complish this great and most desirable purpose —a purpose which originated with WASHING TON, Jeffersox, .and Madlsux, and which Vir ginia inaugurated by making it a condUbm'iu her cession of the Great Northwest in 1757, that Slavery or involuntary servitude , except for crime , should he FOREVER prohibited in all that region of country lying North and West of the Ohio River and extending to the 49 th par* allel of North latitude —to accomplish this pur pose we say the Republican party.has unaltera bly resolved to use all honest, honorable and constitutional means.” Excited Catholic Organ. —The Xew York Tablet, an organ of the Catholic Church and supporter of the Democratic party, is greatly excited over the recent outrages perpetrated upon Irish Catholics of the South. In speaking upon this subject, tho Tablet says: , “If the safety of the Union is only to he ac complished by the proscription of the freedom of speech, the! freedom of tho Press, the freer dom of circulation for every free citizen, by tho destruction of ihe habeas corpus, by tho sub stitution of mob and lynch law for that of tipi Courts of Justice, by the contemning of con stitutional guarantees, then wo say again the Union is not worth saving, and wp, f.,r one. Would uct obi 1 a hand to save it.’’ 3. MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 12 MONTHS $3,00 $4,50 $O,OO 5.00 8,50 8,00 2,00- 8,30 10,00 8.00 0,50 12,50 15,00 20,00 30,00 THE VOICE- Of WASBISGTO.S' ;r to John F. Mercer, dated Sep '"'•'omLWaa&ington.saja : ieoiar dr-
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