PROM THE PEOPLE. ’ For tli Agitator. The Cost of Emancipation Mb. Young ; In making a few estimates late ly I have come ta the conclusion that it is fur the inUresi of some of the States to emancipate their slaves, though perhaps not for the interest of some of the (larger slaveholders. J>t ue Bce. Kentucky for instance. She has nn area of 24.115,200 square acres, of which 36,949,748 acres were in 1850 reduced to farms and plantations. Kentucky la a fertile State, equal at least to Ohio and having equal advan tages of internal navigation and trade and etpOally good markets, and all; these things con sidered, the price per acre for her farm lands ought to he equal at .least to the price of Ohio farm lands. Lot us see how the price of farms iu Kentucky and Ohio compare. By the cen sus of 1850, the average price In Kentucky is put at 80 16 cents, while in Ohio it is put at $l9 96. Why this difference? Boos any one doubt that this is mainly caused by the differ ence iu the .domestic institutions of the two States? —by the fact that while Kentucky is a ►hive State, Ohio is a free State? And does nny one doubt that wera-the Slaves of Kentucky all emancipated, the lands of Kentucky would in a few years rise up to the price in Ohio, Let ns sec what would be the gain; It would be the difference in the price iu the two States.— Ouit is, land would rise in Kentucky from SO 1G yer acre to $l9 96, equal to a rise of $lO SO per acre. This would be a gain in the aggregate v.v’.no of all,the fiirmp (saying nothing of lands not reduced to farms,) of $183,057,278. And there can he no doubt that the moment Ken tucky was pronounced a free State there would be thi-k rise in the value of her farms. P#nt she would lose the value of her slaves. True; but let us strike a balance between the prfte of her slaves and the rise in her lands. Kentucky had in 1860, 210,981 slaves. These at an average price of six hundred dollars each would amount to $1*26,538,600, or $56,468,676 than the rise of laud caused by emancipa tion. ThU look? fair in theory hut it would not be true in fact. I wish for the sake of humanity u would b°. When Kentucky pastes cmanci p itiun laws, *!ie will provide fur gradual eman cipation,* mi as to enable the slaveholders to sell off their M.r.cs South and so as to get rid of the black populating,. There can be no doubt that at le.i-t half the value of slaves will be realized by sales tbr the more southern markets. So that in reality, in a pecuniary point of view, Kentucky would gain by emancipation nearly .•me hundred and twenty millions of dollars.— Will any one dispute these figures? With vmr pcrmh.-u'n 1 will pursue the subject in a future numb* r. J. Dmerv. From Covington. ; CoVi.VGTO.vj Jxs. 30, 1860. Mr. Vui’N'i ; Last fall, while reading the re port <>f the Teachers’ Institute, I could nut belli hut think how humiliating it must be to have Covington reported as having no interest in ed uction. Tnarchas been sufficient interest to look after the comfort of the scholars, b}’ pro curing better rooms. Our old dilapidated rat roosts in which ourlioro schools have been held, are abandoned.: Covington is coming up. It has got a LUorary Association and a Debating Club. The first, I will speak of, as it is of the most importance. The principal attraction of the Association is the Wreath* a paper which is issued under the auspices of the Association. V.ich male member is obliged to contribute an original article,'each week, or bo fined. The lan number contained something like fifteen origin xl contributions. All of them were cred it iblc to the authors, and speaks well fur the disinterested educators of this Boro. The Wrath will nut, it is presumed injure the cir culation of the Agitator or Democrat in this section of the county. W. 11. Da\ is of Elmira, gave one of bis pleas ing drawing-room entertainments on Saturday evening, las: week, and if we are to judge the young el'Miuti-mi-it by the applause elicited on the occasion, lie was successful in entertaining his audience. . Mr. D.ivia is young in years, but old in experience. Tragedy is his forte* I should judge the gentleman was capable of car rying the “heavy parts.” Success to him. A; Teachers 1 Institute. For mutual improvement, the teachers of Charleston, Dulmar, and Wellsboro, have reor ganized a Teachers’ Institute from one formerly instituted by the teachers of Delmar. The members assemble semi-monthly for the purpose of comparing methods of instruction in such branches as are taught in our common schools, i lie nest session will be held at the Red School Home in this Boro, on Saturday, Febru ary 11th, 186*1, commencing at 10 o’clock A. M. and containing until 4 o’clock P. M. At the last session the Executive Committee reported the following order of business; * Ist. Arithmetic, Interest by Alfred Stone. 2d. Reading, by Asaph Bacon. 3d, Intermission from 12 o’clock till one. 4th. Grammar, by R. B. Webb. sth. Discussion of the following resolution : Resolved , That the older pupils in our Win ter Schools should receive more attention than the younger ones. Oth. Essays by Miss M. Blair, and Van valkenberg. The public are respectful!} invi ted to attend. Per order of Committee, J. Walbuidge, Prcs’t. - From Middlebury. Middlebury, January 28, 1800. Mr. Yoi’.ng ; The Sham-Democracy gave bo lice that there would be a meeting at Kceney ville to-night for the nomination of officers to be supported at the ensuing town election.— JLjping to learn something about that bewil dered p'arly from th<K|peeches of the leaders, I attended. Th:*y waited till 8 o’clock, and at' this hoar there were fourteen persons present, ten Democrats and four Republicans. j£rastn& Niles was called to preside and Clark’Brown was Secretary. No speeches were made and the meeting proceeded to nominate officers.— Daniel Holliday was nominated for Justice by two votes, the other eight not voting for any body. This indicates Ibe enthusiasm of the meeting. A Looser Ox. » A bam owned by Alonzo Long, in Troy t* • u-Vip, was set on fire on Sunday night last, ar. l ‘•"•.urely destroyed. It will be remembered that Mf- L. recently Buffered quite a heavy loss, from tlie burning of a barn and its contents, in Trpjf W<,ill'll, 1 ; Believing that both fires were the worts "i the same person, or band of per -1"W of Troy Ijarough has offered a ot oi'/l, for the »p|irchcn*i'in <>f the .O' .«•! ji ’ - THE AGITATOR. 'HirGir'rcSHiS^ Thursday Morning, Fob. 9, iB6O. £. >l. Pettemull & Co., 119 Nassau Pt., N'UW York, and IQ Stiito St.. Boston, are the Agent* for iho Jgilaior, aod the most inlhvntisiiAnd largest eirculatlhjr Ko\vtfpupor» Id United States and the Canadas. They Are authorized to con tract for Ua at oar cat rates. The Book about which the Disunionists in Congress are making such a fuss, is on baud and for sale at the Agitator office. To'any person who will send us Five Sub scribers to the Agitator we will send a copy of the Fifty Cent Edition of the above work, free of postage. 6S/“ CoUrt week will,afford an excellent Of portunity to those whose subscriptions to the Agitator have expired'or are about to expire, to to renew the same. Our agents in the different townships trill receive subscriptions and give receipts in pur name. If each subscriber would ask one of his neighbors to subscribe, wo would bo relieved from present pecuniary embarrass ment and be able to make the paper still bettor than it is. IVill you try f £®“From the Auditor General’s Report just received we find that the following suras of money have been paid into the State Treasury, from Tioga County for the fiscal year ending A T ov. 30,1859: Tax on Bank Stock, 5109.83. Tioga Improvement Company, 480.00. Tax on Real and Personal Estate, 2,202,17, Tavern Licenses, 330,83. Retailers Licenses, Circus Licenses, Restaurant Licenses, Tax on Writs &c., Knrollment of Laws, Accrued Interest, 1 $4,759,83, Amount received from State Treasury : Tor Common Schools, $1,498,40. The following items will be found interesting: Valuation of property in Tioga County in ■1859. $1,802,248,00. Assessed Tax, . 4,548,37. There wore in 1859, 6,994 taxable inhabitants in the County. As a general' thing the proceedings of the State Legislature are of little importance to the people. Private or special acta—such as for instance the incorporation of the Bungtown Water Works or the amendment to the Blah villo Gas Company’s Charter—do not interest anybody but the inhabitants of the above named towns. Yet under existing laws such acts are necessary and there must be a legislature to pass them. In Michigan and Ohio and some other States there are general laws making such legislation unnecessary, by giving to the Courts the power to grant charters, and we are glad to see that even in our own State wo are not so badly cursed with this kind of legislation as we were some years ago. We are glad to know that our immediate rep- j rescntaiive in the Assembly, Mr. Williston, is ! opposed to this kind of legislation and has been all alon£. Wo notice with pleasure that as 1 Chairman of the Committee on 'Banks he has reported a General Free Banking Liw, which if passed, will place banking upon a safe basis, and secure the holders of bills against loss by the knavery, peculations and frauds of dishon est bankers. We have not a copy of the Act, but learn that it provides that all issues are to be secured by deposits of State Stocks with the Auditor General to the full amount of such is sues, and that it resembles in its details the Free Banking Laws ef New York. Mr. Wn.* MMON has made ineffectual ateinpts to secure the passage of such a law before, but now with a Republican majority to back him he can scarcely fail this time. The following Resolutions relative to the or ganization of the Lower House of Congress came up for discussion on Tuesday 17th Janu ury and was passed by a strict party vote, 01 yeas to SI nays, the Democrats applauding and endorsing the disorganizes: For the Agitator. Resolved, By the Senate, &c.\£hat the firm and dignified course pursued by tnh Represen tatives in Congress from Penjisy/vaniii, who have opposed the present faithlesjriand corrupt National Administration in the protracted con test in reference to the election of a Speaker— their patriotic and steadfast determination to perform their duty as manifested in their con tinued efforts to secure an organisation of the House ‘of Representatives without delay, and in such a manner ns to expose the mal-practicca of the administration, protect the individual interests of the country, and guard the free dom of the Territories, and the rights and Un ion of the States; and the wise forbearance with which they have refrained from engaging in exciting and angry discussions, while the pledges of the Governmentremain unredeemed, and her honest creditors are suffering, merits the most cordial approbation of this General Assembly, and the people of this Common wealth. '• Jicsolvcd, That Pennsylvania remains, as ever, faithful and true to the Constitution and the Union, and determined that they shall lie maintained—that the treasonable threats of dis union uttered by the adherents of the present National Administration on the floor of Con gress, will not deter her people from the ex pression of their political views, and the prop er protection of her interests, hnt will be treat ed with the utmost contempt and eeorn, while any attempt to carry such throats into execu tion, wilt be met by her determined resistance. 'Upon these Resolutions Mr. Williston is re ported tohaye made an able and lengthy speech, but as we have'not seen it we can give no por tion of it to oar readers. On the 18th a series of Tariff Resolutions were offered by Mr. Strong. A correspondent of the Argus says that the Democracy boasted that they would all vote for the resolutions, biit were not content to dp so as they stood, and therefore attempted to insert a clause endorsing dimes P.telianan and ids frrifT policy. Tl.i* Helper’s Impending' Crisis. The Legislature. THE TIOGA COUKTY AGITATOR. being voteddown, a clause teas inserted, with-1 out opposition, repudiating him as being insin cere in hia .profesaion upon that subject. The ' resolutions then-passed, yeas 63, nays 23, but one democrat voting fur them. What a record , they have made IT j On the 20th, an act was passed declaring Babb’s Creek a public high way. j Congress. | The New York papers of Monday describe the'fcene in the House oto Friday last on the occasion of a ballot for Speaker—tho Thirty Ninth—-as one of the most intense excitement and confusion. Tho ballot occupied three j hours, and the galleries were crowded with' anxious spectators. Smith of North Carolina, j a South-American-Democratic-Pro-Slavery-Old-! Line-IVhig-Know-Nothing was voted for by the ' Democrats North and South while tho Repub licans stuck to John Sherman ns usual. The result was as follows ; Whole number of votes Necessary to a choice Smith Had Shcrmam had Scattering It will be seen by this that the Spcakersbijr question is now narrowing itself down to "a cri sis end the probability is that a Speaker was elected on Monday though wc have heard noth ing of this up to the hour of going to press.— After the vote was taken on Friday, Mr. Sher man called a caucus of Republicans to meet him on Saturday and at this meeting he -an nounced his indisposition to permit a further use of his name ; and begged his supporters to select another moro likely to concentrate a suc ccssful vote. The caucus at once entered upon the discussion of other names; that of Mr. Pennington, of Xcw-Jcrsey, being the one, which hy the general voice, uttered tbs only hope of a triumph. It was understood tha» three leading Anli-Lecompton Democrats, Messrs. Reynolds, Riggs, and Adrian, were ready to vote for Mr. Pennington ; and supposing the Republican M)tc to go for him cn massc t he would thus obtain a tic vote in a full house. In that event ho was to bo constrained to vote for himself and so close the contest. The for 274,73. 47,30, 05,50, 903,59. 200,00, 17,68, tunate result of this arrangement is so confi dently anticipated, that an organization of the House this week is set down as perfectly as- sured. Cassius TO. Clay on the Dissolution of the Let us look a little at that thing of dissolu tion. A body would suppose with Canadtvfar removed, that when it has became dangerous forme to speak where there are millions off white men to a few hundred thousand slaves, that slave property had become unsafe. Dis solve the Union, and move the line to the north of the Ohio, and would you have additional se curity ? Does any man suppose.—is any man mud enough to suppose, that if these people, once hound together by a common brotherhood t of suffering, by association in churches, by a common Christianity, by the ties of education, cannot remain in peace in the Union, that they would remain in peace out of it? Does Mr. Breckinridge or Governor Magoffin suppose such a case as that ? You have your answer when you sec Guv. Wise, who, in the last Presidential race, talked • of seizing upon the arsenal and marching to j Washington, to take possession df the archives, j and preventing the inauguration of a Kepubli-. can President; saying now, if there is any: lighting to he dune it is to he done in the Union, j and nut out of it; when you see your Demo-; cratic orators talking round, and becoming the : defenders of the Union. Don’t you all begin i to sec lbe folly of this thing? Don’t you 11 : ! see, what all men of common sense must sec, ' outside of the- Union there lies less security for i slave property ? Certainly you do \ Nobody ‘ I supposes that there would ho anything other ! than the way Mr. Caldwell said to-day. Do you | suppose that you would have peace ? No, sir, , it would be war to the knife—and the knife to . the hilt. Tho-t is what would be the result. — I Where is your security fur Tour slave property j then? Would you, eight millions of white men, cuter upon a contest with twenty millions, 1 and hold your slaves'at homo V It is not to bo heard of. More safety I No! The fact D, you ! would hare to .sacrifice your negroes , Prance and Hungary did at the beginning of' I the war, Then *what would you gain, so fur I as you are What are non-slave | holders to gain ? Why, gentlemen, you ask all of us non-slaveholders of the Union, who have borne all the oppression, to sacrifice nil the lib erty we have: to return to those rules and reg ulations of despotism, against which wc rose up in arms in ITTd. What do you propose to give us in lieu of this groat Union as a protection? Why, the Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enqui rer say, “We will send to Louis Napoleon, and wo will ask him to send ua some troops to de- 1 fend ua 1” Oh, shame I shame! Are you go-1 ing to bring us to this? Is this the reward that, you offer us—that you will call on Louis Na- ‘ poleon, the despot of France, and his troops, ; and he will defend us against these Northern ! traitors and fanatics? Are you ready for that, ! ‘Democrats? We have been led long by Demo- | cratic leaders. Is this the feast to which you have invited- us—that, after you can no longer be preserved, they will get Louis Napoleon .(they can’t trust Victoria, she has too many j notions of freedom about her) to preserve us? What doe? it mean ? It means going obsolutclv back into French despotism. Are you ready for that ? } We preach no -now doctrine—wo invoke no new (I’od—dmt, standing by the old doctrine of 'TO. upon which our fathers fought and died, wo say, with Crittenden, that “that which is good to stand upon is good ground to fall upon.” Wo invoke the people of the North and South to stand hy the Constitution of the United States, and vindicate it beyond the possibility of a doubt. Who are the men that have avowed the intention to dissolve the Union! Look at all our records. Not a single county meeting, nor district convention, nor State assembly, nor national convention of the Republican party, has ever declared that, in any emergency, will they dissolve the Union, No, sirs, we say all the tirpo that we submit to Pemoisratic rule while you slavphulders rule us, apd wo submit because we know of no- other policy, no other alternative, except it bo force, and when that is used all law is silent, pnd the Government becomes a despotism', whenever you resort to G-.;* !. v.i, i. .ve «,ii :.r.uv!i\ i* i. .> 228. 115. 112. 10G, -10. Union. which is continually at war because it does not stand by any constitution or law. All our pledges and our antecedents prove that we' are bound to be loyal to tbe Union of these'States; and, therefore, I say we can safely claim your suffrages, not taking us by our avowals, but taking us by our acts. If wo have submitted for eighty, years, we are willing to submit for eighty years more, unless we can persuade you to take hold of these glorious privileges which we feel to be right. Adjoining 1 . Coantics. LyCOmlng —Mr, James Jones, of the Jer sey Shore Vedette, has associated his brother, Thomas Jones, with him as the assistant editor. A man in Muncy, on whose premises quite a store of stolen articles of various kinds were found, escaped from the constable while under arrest, bounded into the fields towards Northumberland county, and escaped. His name is Robert Staid, and ho .had been thieving for months. :A house near Montgomery’s station in Clinton township, this county, belonging to John Kinsey, Esq., and occupied by John Mur phy, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday after noon last, and two children of the latter per ished in the dames. It appears that in the absence of Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murphy left her three children alone in the house while she werit to her mother's, a short distance off, and it is supposed the eldest, a boy of four years, set fire to the window ciiTtainwilh a match, and then made his escape from theTiouse—the two youn ger ones perished. —Muncy Luminary. lron Ore in considerable quantify, and of good quality, wo learn, has been discovered on laud belonging to Simon Dewalt, three or four miles north-west of this Borough. The discovery of the several fire beds in this neigh borhood in the past year or two, might lead us to hope that ere long we should have something in the shape of Iron works erected in our midst, if we had proper revenue laws, hut as it is there is no prospect of such an event, however desi rable it may be. On the contrary, we notice that in several sections of the State where there are Iron works, that instead of their being in a flourishing condition as they should he, they are in the hands of the Sheriffs and advertised fur sale.—• Luminary. Pretty Sharp Practical Joking,—Two prominent gentlcmen'of Williamsport, whom; wo shall call A. B. and C. D., have recently been carrying ou some practical joking worth relating in print. Sojourning in the family of A. B. is a young lady relative, whom C. D. es corted home one evening, some weeks ago.— The family being absent, on their entrance, and having just replenished their larder with a stock of pumpkin pies, C. D. was invited by the lady to'assisfc in demolishing ono of them, and the invitation was accepted by him. The next day A. 8., finding out the doings of the previous evening, and being “a fellow of in finite jest,” who would travel all night in the rain to perpetrate a good joke, immediately set about to devise fun.' Proceeding to the office of a Justice of the Peace, he had a summons for trover and conversion issued against C. D., and a subpeena as a witness for the young lady.— Both documents were placed in the hands of a Constable and regularly served upon the par ties. The lady was considerably alarmed; but C. I)., to reach whom the officer had to travel a mile or two, was thunder-struck. What could it mean ! He was not aware of owing A. I>. anything, or of having trespassed upon bis rights or property I However, after all sorts of surmises as to the.meaning of the suit, he started off to bunt A. B. t ascertain the cause of grievance, and endeavor to have it arranged without further resort to the law. After trav eling the greater part of the distance, the joking propensities of the prosecutor struck him ; light dawned upon his eyes: and throwing up hia i hands, he ekclaimed to hia official companion, j “Pumpkin pie?, by jingo 1” Of course the story of the “sell’’ spread all over the town, : and A. B. chuckling over it, thought that a tit -1 t:ng end of the whole matter. Not so however, j with C. D. He had been too badly sold to qui etly yield, without an effort at retaliation. So, . dusting off Jus legal knowledge, ho made his appearance at the Justice's office, on the day named iu the summons, remained there until after the hour fixed for the hearing, and then demanded that a judgment of fifty cents be en tered in his favor, against the plaintiff—the law', it seems, allowing him that for his trouble, in default of the appearance of the prosecutor. Judgment was accordingly' entered in his be half for that amount. At the proper time he directed an execution to issue, and placing it in the hands of a constable, directed the officer to . forthwith levy upon and advertise for sale six pumpkin pies, as the property of A. B.—he guaranteeing the officer that the property %ould bo forthcoming when required. Late last week the town was accordingly posted all over with Constable’s-sale bills, advertising the six pies, which, by virtue of a certain writ were “seized, taken in execution and to bo wold as the prop erly of A. B.”—“the sale to be continued from day to day until all wore disposed of.” Imag ine, if you please, the utter confounding of A. B. when he heard of the bills, and saw how ho had been “sold’’ at his own “selling.”—-Ay comiuff Gazette. Bradford —We find the following Jen d'esjn it in the Evening Pud. The author seems to have,; a realizing sense of the danger to which his countrymen are exposed when they venture to sec for themselves the beauties of the “peculiar institution.” The experience of Oranuale and others will add force to the warning: KIDDY o’rLATIirUTY’S OPINION OF THE SOUTH. Anuh, Paddy, my jewel, don’t so tu the S«mtlu >’nr an Irishman there dare nut ojien hii mouth If a Word about nauore ho“d hapi'- 1 !) to s»y, They would lynch him .it once, without any iKhiy. If ho larked for a coat, they'd nnt tat him go far. Without giving him one m.td« of feathers and tar; And they'll givjj him '•till more without thinking it nfong, Such us thicty-ninc lashed to lurlji him along. You may talk of this country, the land of the free. Hut Midi freedom a-* that don’t exactly buit me; And sooner much longer tin-* way to remain, 1 would rather go back to ouM lielarid again. Towaudn. !*«., ISOO. Cohx;,v A horse race fur a purse of $25 took placo at Athens hist Saturday, between the, ‘•Kingsbury Horse,” of Sheshequin, and the “Gibbs Mare,” of Athens. The Sheshequin “nag,” carried oif the* laurels. As usual we suppose the occasion was animated by bad whiskey and loud betting.— 1 Varcrley Advocate. Warren, —A Sick.u.s Affair. — On Mon day evening this town was the scene of one of those criminal affairs which tend to excite men's minds to the highest pitch. As the whole af fair is' to be investigated in Court and there ap pears to be no attempt to conceal the names of tba actors in it we will give a account of wbqA took place. Air. Wm. Whitney, a man quite extensively known as a lumberman residing in Kcnzija township in this county, ha« for some t!im* i;-i Md r-‘ I * * i!.r .vm-iasi.-y of his wife. The suppdfcd paramour. was a I man in the employ of Mr. W. named Nelsos Lcce, »Mr. W. was convinced that these par ties had indulged their^criminal tastes,'hut as he emphatically expressed it, although he “knew it; he could hot prove it.” A plan was laid ; Mr. W pretended to start on a visit to Elmira N. Y., to be'gone a week or two; Mrs. Wuitxey being informed that a package con taining §l,OOO would be received at the Express office in Warren, which she must take out. In stead of going to Elmira, Mr. W. comes to War ren, where he has remained since Friday last unobserved.—Monday afternoon Mrs. W. ac companied by Luce arrived-in town, stopping at the Carver House, ’flip package of money had not arrived, (and Mt.-W does not expect it,) and the couple concluded to stop all night. By special request of Luce they secured “ad joining rooms” and retired to their apartments quite early. The denocement of it was that about 0 o’clock, Sir. W. with a party of friends, suddenly burst into'Mrs. W.’s room, where the enraged husband had octular evidence of his wife’s infidelity - The guilty paramour was very roughly handled, and his cries of murder soon brought a crowd to. the scene of disturb ance. His wounds were" dressed by a physic ian and he was lodged in jail to await an inves tigation of the charges preferred against him. A summons in divorce has also been served upon Mrs. Whitney, and if is likely that Mr. W. will have no trouble in securing a divorce as soon as the law can give it. Mrs. W is said to he quite a good looking woman, and is a second-cousin to her husband. Luce had an investigation before a Justice, on Tuesday afternoon and a commitment made out, but he was allowed to give “leg ball,” and the last seen of hinb bo was miking good time towards “York State,” Mrs. W., left for the East on the cars Wednesday morning. Sauce (jui pent. We have heard a rumor, which says that during the absence of a man near Warren from home, his wife was persuaded by some gay de ceiver to leave the domicil of her leige lord and master. The parlies packed up their duds and furniture and put off’ for the West with three children. They wore pursued by the husband, who overhauled them near the Ohio line. We have not learned the sequel to this runaway yet. —Eric Dispatch. Potter —Wc are informed that a movement is on foot to form a new County out of parts of Potter, McKean, Klk and Clinton —the por tion of this county proposed to be embraced being the townships of Wharton and Portage. — Journal. Wc learn that a young man named Al meron Lyman, son. of John Lyman, Esq., of lluulet township, was seriously injured one day last week by a saw-log rolling upon him, while unloading at a landing on the Allegheny Port age in this county. He is, however, getting better at last accounts.— Journal, We epilate the following items from the Auditor General’s Report: Tax on Beal and Personal Estate received in IS-30 from Treas. Rees, ?42-T t /\5. From Hydorn former Treasurer,- 0-7,58. - Ellis * i * •' 400,00. Retailer's Licenses, 270,75. Taxes on Wills Writs &c., 657,57. Accrued Interest, 41,57. Received from tlio State fur Common Schools, v $033,84. The valuation of property in fitter County in 18-30 was $730,718. Assessment of State tax $1,910. Taxable inhabitants in 1830, 2,103. “Some Feeble Remarks.” The following response to the attack of James (Jordon Bennett, editor of the New York Her* aid, on Mr. Pryor, of Va., is one of the fiercest that we ever read. It was delivered in the House of Representatives on the 20th inst.— James Gordon Bennett has of lato been the bosom friend and almost constant visitor of President Buchanan. Mr. Pryor (Dctn., Va.) —I call the attention of the House to an article, in the N. Y. Herald, but I wish to protest that I feel under no-obli gations to respond to anything that issues from j-tho pen and the inspiration of James Gordon , llennett. I should debase the dignity of my position and affront the feelings of the mem bers, if I should admit the propriety or neces sity of recognizing any remarks of that noto rious individual. | A man who is conspicuous by the persu-tont and flagrant violations of the rights and virtuous instincts of humanity, who has supplied himself with money and means of pernicious influence by extorting contributions from the fear of innocence, and levying subsi dies upon the gratitude of sympathetic and confederate crimes ; a wretch who wears upon his back the acurd of many a merited chastise ment and upon his heart the taint of every con ceivable abomination ; a miscreant who in con senting to the dishonor of his own family, and the profanation of the most sacred relations of life, has committed a crime for which language' has no commensurate term of scorn ; and con tempt; a vile anil filthy beast, whose name is the execration of both continents, and from whose contact truth and virtue shrink as from the touch of pestilence ; a liend who is' denied tho privilege of fellowship with men ; an exile from the courtesies and charities of the social circle, who wears out, and is condemned to wear out, the small remnant of a guilty and miserable existence in si solitude for which the rewards of a prostituted press can purchase him no relief. I repeat to the House, that Ido not mean to discuss anything which would shock them by alluding in any way to that base individual who, by a course of unalterable and unapproachable ;infamy, distinguished and stig matized himself, to the shame and opprobrium of humanity, but this 1 will not deny that he has some prbtention of apology for the attack on me. In the discharge of l my duty as a jour nalist I have had frequent occasion to lash him, until even his rhinoceros hide has wrihed be neath tho excoriating lash. Let him continue his assaults. Xlie enmity of James Gordon Bennett is the most satisfac tory and sufficient attestation of tho character ol a gentleman, while his applause is an argu ment of suspicion. Prentice’* Washington Experience.—The Revolver Question. When we wefce ’in Washington two or three ■woeHs ago, we heard from all quarters that the great mass of 1 the members of both sections were heavily freighted with all sorts of port able facilities for letting blood. We believe we wei’o rather a pet of both sections, and we hope we betray nO sacred confidence in saying that whenever Northern Or Southern members got a h«;!- i .Sod ihr»‘\v thtir arms afibetnn ately around ns (of course to steady |k.„‘ ; we almost invariably felt the bulb. ? s * es ) and the hafts of bowie knives mm. . . p,st(l U shrinking frame. Oot One morning we put our overcoat in it at Brown's Hotel and went in to hr u "When we returned, our coat was ■tenet* 1 " other somewhat resembling it lav ’°Q^aQ took up the latter, but put it back -trifh'i, on finding n big, frightful-looking . one of the poekets. With Bome° 11 such as a man might be supposed to°f opening what he suspected to he an inf machine, we took up the next, and 1 0 was a big pistol in one pocket, and SO mJv in the other that we didn’t stop to Finding the rack to be a well furnished a«? 7 we withdrew, and the day being cold • mained an hour and a half in the hotel''* fully scrutinizing the integuments of even-' 2 "'. tleman that seemed to have a particularly teel overcoat. At length we returned to the B '”' senal, and the coat first examined bv u , remained there. Concluding that even aS™ eater couldn’t have been breakfasting so u unless upon burning coals and aquafurt;, we were about calling for a servant to fit a’ fire-arms out of the pocket, (we have am „ , antipathy to touching such things ourselfi tending to wear the coat, for it was a rcr- (. T some one until wo could encounter our o ' handsomer one. At that moment, a very m’li' mannered Western memberof Congress stenMd up with an embarrassed look. once that we looked like a gentlemanvhohj.j lust something, remarked that he really believed he had got somebody else’s overcoat. Theniaf j ter was all made right at once, but we couldn't i help thinking how awkward and insecure tie member must have felt, when, ia the vervaot perhaps, of walking about among other" Cun gressiunal belligerents, he had thrust his U an( j into what ho supposed to be his pocket, and found nothing there more dangerous to hfe than a dozen pretty notes from a dozen pretty poet esses. M A R R I,E 1} In Mansfield, Jan. 23, by Rev, R. 1,. Slilw*jt, P. M. CLARK. Trvas. Minefield Scadaarv urj V- S.VIIAH A. KNIFFEN, of the dty <A NewTork. *’ In Richmond, Jan. 22, by Hi.luinn Morgan Mr. ASA SLIN(»ERLANI) and Mi?s CII.UIEYWVI. KINS, both of Chaudlerburg. Tioga Co. W\. At Elkland Boro, on the 15tU Nov., 1 S .0, ;, v rjj r Benedict, Mr. J>AVID A. SHI’FEJ.T and )![.-• li.Il;', KIKT ADEL of Farmington. Uv the same, Nov. 20, Mr. niA."E anj'i;*. JANE BENNETT—aII of‘ElkLn-i Boro. DIED x la ICecucyvillc, Jan. 20ih, SAHAII AAN.*., Lorenzo Lakey aged 2S year*. la Keeneyviile, Jan. 23J, EDLXKZLR jULI "WOOD, aged 6J years. In Coungton, on the 1 Orb in. Vi M. 11. DAVIS, aged Jl tear,. [The dec.used tore hi - lingering .• - ..y Christian patience and resignation. He w.,.- ~v member of the Baptist Church at (lure* many years. lie gave during iua aiiamsc ar‘i:ah' last hours sonny ot tbc stronge-t ovid-Tin;* ..f the re ality uf the ChiUtluj faith. Let tU y tak warning. ‘‘ln the ini'. '■>!’ life we are in cLu'h ” Fa., l>cc. lOUj, HAUKIETH: I/'lbE wife of Brainnrd Bowen, ol that place, ami of llarrr L. and Eliza 31. Bird, ofMrcv.n, A.RerC' Pa., aged 2S years. At Chicago, HI., on the 2Gth Oct., 155?, ‘>? r \R B Hatha" aV, son of James A. Hathaway uf Tur; aged -1 years. The following is from tbo T ‘•.Hr. 11. was a native of Tiopa. t'a- but n W s.m time m Clncnjro. lie was u voting m.m <■{’ fun —iti'l cii u: common promise. Tho*«e who wore hut -h-hth in: with him worr-drawn f.« hmi. deerdr Hit).rh-p ctv and excellence of hi' chane.ter *u>i I’i"..' v'm knt lambent said they l;n<w no f-ult. Swufl PaieJu-re u death he indulged a hope in Christ which 1-•••uu' hii;:hT; he di-charped Christian duty. With hnnr'dui'.n «s» nu :l ro-ult of impuNe, hut of settled prmnple 11- Jolt .i<rf> aud openly a'owed that ft** brst dut' of each .aie wa* t<> f ioim» a rhn-tian. It was thi« porp.-e. po.hi'ly fix'd ’t ><"foj <• that made In* deathbed a j-cene «o i .• !i m I h ■ Its impies'don upon those who were {• smium tewum** w ill h*» lasting. Though L,> •.uiT-rni nnii h. i'> *t i nmjnur t raped his lips. For hin) B elf he had n-- few. Hie hun.oa his houl was for hi» friends. W hen lie m« ih-' \ pio^.l .-aid. -lie calm. It is «t prim (pie of <hi mi imf. b. ah •IcMm was calm." Ho «et me! pas licu'arh aiixuui' t<"' hJ tho-e of hia juunK companions who w< r- out "l Cbmt trust in the >avmr. When <•»•? who h-!. •1 1 him. he replied, -Tima -hall h"* th * 1.-i I th. ,: '" 1 tvem thy luas t. ami with ad thy “oul.and wnh all in' -treidt ■.ml with ull th\ mind ; and thy neiph's'J n-Uij-uf. T- e ills heart 'ec:m d top. f->. ih t-all. htn'z-'hntr f-r «:•••»=' 52.43i.02. ho -aid. ‘'There i-> it U-t—l.t-vt mut Uh-n —will, lot him t.Tte.* tho tv.it*.of !ifo freely. tlaf !*■* ■' m Cln i-t not to be described. O. th:t r »H "»uM p.*m« j->y th.it fallno’*-..*’ Ho h.u p.i* —c*l aw.ij in th«* munro:) life. Yet he Inejj. not only in the upper ?\.tKhurv.lmtiiii! heart* of Mtopiiigrelaiivea.ot atr.i‘h--'l pupil*. .nHefrui devoted friends,: lie live-' in the ol « an miubfruam* life. He hie? in hi- vr-l*of nu«t .nil' 1 ft-l. "It-* ye alstr ready. AdKiiinintrsifoi’s police. LETTERS of A'lmini.-tratioiib..\in-loen to the undersigned upon the estate id him. ZKK SIIEHIVOOP. late of MiJ'.lchury. tie-- -j.. j persons indebted to said estate arc repeated immediate payment. «n-l tbn*e hrr.ni-: 'd a;ms wf ! scot them to tlie undersigned. 1 saua.il c. snnmv(HU) { . h^, 4>EO. D. KEKNEV ‘ UUlKobnPv, Fob. 2, Atliniiiistrator's Xotico- T ETTERS of Administration bnviri JLi to tlio upon the «-!»'» "/ iJAKDV, Into of Di.-Jm.tr. dec'.!.. :.!! ncr-ons milem to said e«tirlc aro rcMici-CeJ to make immediate *1 ami tlin'C claim? airamit ilic-ar icntthem to JOHN I’. H\Kia KTSSEL L.OVTO-N * 'dinar. Jan. 25. ISCO, * . own’s Bronchial Trocliw. COUGH LoZKXGKS. For tlio core ofb nurfs, Sore Throat ami I’uJw vm}' l rr.t : i < clear tbe voice tor public j.pcakcnran'l .-'C-i'’*’- Tor sale .it Prn' > Honshtou’» tiquitl Pci 1 '’ 11 ll Dyspepsia ami ___ c i’or sale .it H '\ v 1 s, Winslow’s So.oUiins Si* 11 H Children teething- Ptice -5 cent-.. Tor Sale at Hoy's Pns: cinci.r/? fvrvp or n’l'c.'.c. t* - Cr ,1-0. '>'* llr Cos’s -vc S: 'U Cold?, Cotizbs. Influenr*. V Xiaic, tic. Trice 23 cent?. »KV Ob' MVEKWOKT.forC Pricy ‘Jo cent>*. Ai K rt y SURY DAVIE’S PALY K'IMXR »n ties. For >ale at R‘»> Dnl = / GREAT REDUCTION ICTUSES FOB 2-5 CE>' OOD PICTUKES-EOR « OOD PICTTRES FOR 25 , v s)W OOD PICTURES FOE =^ E £Jj® p-s RO OOD PICTURES FOR 15 CENTS ( AT the Newest Styles of P ict ' AT THE LOWEST CITY FB* Mr. Wood has taken Rooms orer n ’* l 0 lop, and as he is confident of n<, ‘ *»• f3 |j good picture, would invite hia fncn oD , vies of picturi v- "> ill be taken, and a d*- nted, oa be ba> -pared uo expense 3 iijhly posted in the art. , p{,o: ; 7T-V< • Rooms open for ft few day.- ou . l g pictures will please '*rll soon. - v . V. >».r...T,*. !•••*. »'f C'-2=J. I>. E.l For -aW at I’
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