Terms of Publication, the TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is publiehed 1 Thursday Morning, and mailed to subscribers very reasonable price of ■rsj~ ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM, ■mallv in advance. It is intended to notify every i riber «hen the term for which he has paid shall 10 expired, bv the stamp—“ Time Odt,” on the mar. lire f ,ho last paper. The paper will then be stopped P“, a farther remittance bo received. By this ar “;eracot no man can be brought in debt" to the i cl TATonis the Official’Paper of the Conaty; ilh a largo and steadily increasing circulation reach- W into every neighborhood in the County. It U sent Tio/nofloye to any Post Office within the county {■oils but whose most convenient post office may b< in *n adjoining County. Business Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper inclu ded, So per y«r. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Vis. bOIVKET & S. F. WILSON, A‘ nORNEYS i COUNSELLORS AT LAW, will attend the Court of Tioga, Potter and McKean lice. [Wcllsboro-, Feb. 1,1853.] 5. B. BROOKS, iTIORNEYAND counsellor at law ■' KLKLAND, TIOQA CO. PA. oin the multitude of Counselors there is safety.”— Bible. s* P t. ag. v issf, iy. PR. W. W. WEBB. OFFICE over ConeVLaw Office, first door below Farr’s Hotel. Nights h© wilt be found at his pj.idencc. first door .above tbo bridge on Main Street, toVanls Samuel Dickinson’s. c. N. DARTT, DENTIST* /"YFFICE at hr? residence near the Academy. All work pertaining to line of business done promptly and wirrauted. [April 22, 1858.] DICKINSON HOUSE CORNING, N. T. j). C. Xoe, Proprietor. Uupst? taken to and from the Depot free of charge. PEYrSILVA WIA HOUSE WELLBBORO’, PA. L. D. TAYLOR. PROPRIETOR. I This Jt -crvo Hi - popular house is centrally located, and fj-nra-n i- ii" lf tu the paliouage of the travelling public. V,. ISSS. lr. AJIERI C] A N~ HOTEL. corning, n. y.. B FREEMAN, - - - - Proprietor. Meal« 25 ct=. Lodgings, 25 cts. Board, T 5 cts. per day. ‘ Corning. March r.l, 1859. (ly.) J. C. WHITTAKER, Ifydmpulhic Physician and Surgeon. ELKLAXI). TIOGA CO.. PEXXA. Willvbit patients in all parts of-the County, or re cede them for treatment at his house. [June 14,] H. O. COLE, HARDER AND HAIRDRESSER. SHOP in the rear of the Post Office. Everything in !u- Hue will be done as well and promptly as it ..m be dune in the city saloons. Preparations for re moving dandruff, and beautifying tho hair, for sale cneap° Hair and whiskers dyed any color. Cull and Well-boro, Sept. 22, 1859. 0.1 ÜBS HOTEL. H. C. VKRHILYEA, PROPRIETOR Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. THIS well known hotel is located within easy access of the best fi.-hing and hunting grounds in North’rn Pa. Xo pains will be spared for the accommodation „f pleasure seekers and the traveling public. April 1 I, ISSO. THE CORNING jOVIUIAL. George W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor. 15 published at Corning, Steuben Co., N. Y.. nt One Dollar and I'ifty Cents per year, in advance. Tho Journal l> Republican in politics, and has a circula i <<n reaching into every part of Steuben County.— lU;c d-'druus of-extending their business into that •••d the adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad- medium. Address as above. ! DRESS MAKIPiG^ MISS M. A. JniINSOX, respectfully announces to the citizens of ‘Wellsboro and vicinity, that she U-taken rooms , over Niles & Elliott's Store, where is prepared to execute all orders in the line of I/RKSS .MAKING, Having had experience in the tininess she feels confident that she can give satisfac tion to'all who mav favor her with their patronage. ?ept.29. ISSO. JOHN B, SHAKESPEAB, TAILOR. HAVING opened bis shop in the room over Wm. Roberts Tin Shop, respectfully informs the mens of Wellsboro* and vicinity, that he is prepared 'utecuie orders iu his line of business with prompt a*s« ami despatch Cutting done on rhorl nolice. >, Oct. 21, JSsB.—6in V*el!aboro, WATCHES! WATCHES! THE Subscriber has got a fine assortment of heavy ENGLISH LEVER HUNTER-CASE Gold and Silver. Watches, riiich he will sell cheaper than “ dirt" on ‘ Time/ i. e. l« w-iii sell 'Time Pieces*on a short (approved) credit. All kind- of REPAIRING done promptly. If a ;cl of work is not done to the-satisfaction of the party enuring it, no charge will be rande. Past fuM>r« appreciated and a coUtiimncc of patron ize kindly solicited. ANDIE FOLEY. iUdlsboro, June 24, IS4B. HOME INDUSTRY. THK SUBSCRIBER having established a MAR BLE MANUFACTORY at the village of Tioga, •here he is prepared to furnLh Monuments) Tomb-Stones, &c., ; tbo best VERMONT & ITALIAN MARBLE • •euld respectfully solicit the patronage of this and ad -3 '■ icing countic'. j Having n good Hock on hand he is now ready to ex t •‘Me all orders with neatness, accuracy ahd dispatch. ] All work delivered if desired, j JOHN BLAMPIET). | Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa., Sept. 28, 1859. W Jl. TERBELL, COKNING. N. Y. ] Wholesale and Retail Dealer, in * B/l f'ilS. And Medicines, L>ad, Zinc, and Colored Varnish, Brashes Carphone and Burning |■ ' I B<je Slnjf, Sash and Glass, Pure Liquors for Pa, at Medicines, Artists Paints and Brashes, ’"■ssa.-v. Fancy Articles, Flavoring Extracts, Ac., ALSO, —A pcncral a?.rrtincttl of, School Books— Blank Books, Staple fcnd Fancy j,. Stationary. •-Jsiciaue. Druggists and Country Merchants dealing aity rf tin- ah-ne articles can be supplied at a small on Xew York prices. [Sept- 22, 1857-3 Sew stove MB tin sdofT OPPOSITE ROY’S DRUG STORE._©sr ’•“’re you ran buy Stoves, Tin, and Japanned Hun* for one-half the usual prices , ,ar ge No. 8. Elevated Oven Cook Stove and Trim kind- of Tin and Hardware for Hcadj; Pay. ’ _ ,■ vi a n f ia * v 01,0 wants anything in this line -eo our prices before purchasing elsewhere. fc - c ’«lu.‘ct the place—two doors south of Furr’s Ho ■.° r •Ppo'iLe ilov’s Drug Store. CALL AND SEE ISj9. *l. , H. E>. DEMING, r '*P*<*tfuliy announce to the people of Tioga Countj ow P r,, pirwl to fill all orders for Apple* Pear , ri * Nectarine. Apricot, Evergreen and Deciduous trrvfs. A 1 o Currants Kaapbcrries, Gooseberries, ern<s and Strawberries of all new and approved varl- of Hybrid, Perpetual and Sam i-ir,. f ni mer koses. Moss, Bourbon, N'oisette, Tea, and Climbing Eosea. :”RUBRPR V Including*!! the finest new va , , Jjll * rieties of Althea, Cnl>canthu§, p. ll&r ' < ’ *rirae», Syringiaa. Viburnums, Wigilias Ac.’ L\j\VER S—^ aeon ' ee » Dahlias, Phloxes. Talipt, I *' tc Hyacinths, Narcissi*; Jonquils, Lil -1 '“Reties. 4 doi. plant,, $5. I \ -T riJvs,7 fc j: P . r * nif, icK, Budding or Pruning will be I •* u ~ Address 1 I jr p.DLH T >'!i , re n sb A »"* r t THE AGITATOR to t tie Sr tension area of JFrccbom anUr tfie Sptcabof f&ealt&g Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL" “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. m. yi. 1 NEVER SAW HER WEEP. BY MYRA MOORE. I saw the pale rose day by day, Grow paler on her cheek; While in her eye the fading ray t Told more than words could speak • I’ve seen her white hand press her heart, As though she still would keep, The sighs therein which fain would start; Bat never saw her weep. I saw her meet with gentle smiles, One she had loved full well; Tet paler grew her cheek the while, And why ? ah ! none can tell. I saw her meet bis dark-haired bride, On whom he bent his eye ; Yet well I knew she strove to hide, And crush a rising sigh, I saw her nexfr-when Spring had spread Bright verdureVer the earth; Pale flowers were wreathed around her bead Those which Spring first give birth ; Her brow was calm ns Summer sky, , Above the moonlit deep; And closed forever was the eye, ; 1 ne’er had seen to weep. Deserving but Obscure Public Men. “Occasional,” in Forney’s Press , draws out from obscurity two of that large class of men of labor and talent who in subordinate places make reputations for eminent men, and. keep the machinery of Government in easy motion. Says he: ‘•lmagine such a person as Jehu G. Jones at the head of the Committee of Ways and Means. Utterly unskilled in the science of government, unblessed in intellect, an inferior lawyer, a very awkward parliamentarian, he could no more master the labor or comprehend the details of that position than a blacksmith could under stand the machinery of a watch. Even the most accomplished statesman is compelled, when placed in tho chairmanship of this Com mittee, to' rely upon the efforts of others. The brains of the Committee of Ways and Moans are supplied by Mr. Cochran, a clerk, (a modest, quiet, unassuming man, who has served in that capacity for a number of years), who devotes himself at all times to the preparation of the bills and to the collection of data and informa tion from tho various departments of tho Gov ernment. Those who know him speak of him as an extraordinary intellectual machine. Ilis knowledge of figures is so accurate, his integ rity so unquestionable, that his calculations,’ are accepted and adopted at once, lie may be said, indeed, to be counselor, adviser and di rector in reference to tho most important ap propriationsj. No scheme, however craftily, con cealed, canvass unchallenged by this sentinel at the doorjof the national treasury. I under stand that he has already prepared all tho bills for the action of Congress, and when the Speak er is elected and the Committee of Ways and Means appointed, they will immediately be presented to the House. And yet who ever heard of Mr, Cochran, except thosewho care to inquire into the secrets of the business in this great political center? “Another of these unknown public servants is Mr. John M. Barclay of Indiana, journal jderk of the House of Representatives. Mr. Barclay is as thoroughly versed in the parlia mentary secrets and details as Cochran is in the expenditures and revenues of the Govern ment. As you enter the House, when it is fully organized, you will see standing on the right of the Speaker, a young gentleman, named Thnd deus Maurice, who may be called the prompter of the presiding officer. He began hie service as a page, and I think it was Mr. Cobb who first took advantage of his skill and talent, and from that day he has been consulted by all the Speakers. When a new Congress assembles it is curious to observe how rapidly he becomes acquainted with the-names and appearance of the members; and those who applaud the Speaker for his readiness and proficiency do not knowdhat the quiet, unpretending young man byhia side frequently puts the words into the Speaker's mouth.” Woman’s Veneration. •If woJnan has one weakness more marked than man, it is towards veneration. They are bom worshippers—makers of silver shrines in some divinity or other, which of course they always think fell straight down from heaven.— The first step towards their falling in love with an ordinary mortal is generally to dress Jiim’ out with all manlier of real or fancied superi ority ; and having made him up, they worship him. Now, a truly great man, a man really grand and noble in art and intellect, has this advantage with women, that he is an idol ready made to hand; and so that very pains-taking arid ingenious sex have less labor in getting him up, and can he ready to worship him on shorter notice. In particular is this the case wjiere a sacred profession and a moral supremacy are added to the intellectual. Just think of the career of celebrated preachers and divines in all ages. Have they not stood like the imago that ‘-Nebuchadnezzar the King set up,” and all womankind, coquettes and fiirts not except ed, been ready to fall down and worship, even before the sound of cornet, flute, harp, saokbut and so forth ! Is not the faithful Paula, with her beautiful face, prostrate in.reverence before poor, old, lean, haggard, dying St. Jerome, in the most splendid painting in the world, an em blem and a sign of woman’s eternal power of self-sacrifice to what she deems noblest ip man ? Does not old Richard Baxter tell us, with de lightful single-heartedness, how his wife fell in love with him first, spite of his long- pale face ; and how she confessed, dear soul, after many years of married life, that she had found him less sour and bitter than she had expected ? The fact is, women are burthened with fealty, faith, reverence, more than tbey'know what to do with; they stand like a hedge of sweet peas, throwing out fluttering tendrils everywhere for something high and strong to climb up by, and when they find it, be it ever so rough in the bark, they catch upon it. And instances are not wanting of those who have tamed away from the flattery of admirers to prostrate them selves at the feet of a genuine hero who never would woo them except by heroic deeds and the rhetoric of a ncble life.— Jfrutier's WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1860. The removal of the ruins in old St. Paul's, in London, formed an instructive chapter in architecture. We learn from the “Life of Wren" that the walls, eighty feet perpendicu lar, and five feet thick, and the tower, at least two hundred feet high, though cracked, and swayed, and tottering, stuck obstinately togeth er, and their removal, stone by stone, was found tedious and dangerous. At first, men with picks and levers loosened the stones above, and then canted them over, and laborers moved them away below, and piled them into heaps. Thp want of room (for between tho walls of church and those of the houses, there lay a street only some thirty yards wide,) made this way slow and unsafe. Several man lost their lives, and tho piles of stone grew steep and large. Thus, however, Sir Christo pher Wren proceeded, gaining every day more room, till he came to the middle tower that bore the steeple. The remains of the tower being nearly two hundred feet high, the la borers were atraid tp work above: thereupon he concluded to facilitate this work by the use of gunpowder. He dug a hole down by the north-west pillar of the tower, the four pillars of which were.each about fourteen feet diame ter. ■ When he had dug to the foundation, he then, with crows and tools brought on purpose wrought a hole two feet sqm-tre, hard into the centre of the pillar. .There he placed a little tin box, containing eighteen pounds of powder, andmo more. A cane was fixed to the box with a quick match, as gunners call it, within the case, which reached from the box to the ground above ; and along the ground was laid the train of powder with a match. After, the mine was carefully closed up again with stone and mortar to the top of the ground, .lie then observed the effect of the blow. This little quantity of powder not only lifted up the whole angle of the tower, with two great arches which rested upon it, but also two adjoining arches of the aisles and all above them. Aud this it seemed to do somewhat leisurely, crack ing the walls to the top, lifting visibly tho whole weight above nine indies, which sud denly jumping down, made a ho.in (if ruins in tho place without scattering. It i..ilf a minute before the heap opened in two -.r th»*ee places, and emitted smoke. By this descrip tion may be observed the incredible force of powder, eighteen pounds of which lifted up three thousand tons, and saved the work of a thousand labors. The full of so great a weight from a height of two hundred feet, gave a concussion to the ground tllat the inhabitants took for an earthquake. Luring Wren's ab sence, his superintendents made a larger hole, put in a greater charge of gunpowder, and neg lecting to fortify the mouth of tho mine, ap plied the match. The explosion accomplished the object; hut one stone was displaced with such violence, that it flew to the opposite side of the churchyard, smashed in a window where some women were sitting, and alarmed the whple neighborhood so much, chat they united im petitioning that no more powder should be used. Tae Match Wants to See Thee.—A young man, a nephew, had been to sea, and on his return, he was narrating to his uncle an adven ture which he had met on board a ship. # “I was one night leaning over the taffrail, looking down into the mighty ocean,” said, the nephew, whom we will call William, -'when my gold watch fell from my fob and immedi ately sunk out of sight. The vessel was going ten knots an hour; but nothing daunted, I sprung over the rail, down, down, and, after a long search, found it, came up close under the stern, and climbed back to the deck, without any one knowing I had been absent.” “William,” said his uncle, slightly elevating his broad brim and opening his eyes to theij widest capacity, “how fast did theo say the vessel was going?” “Ten knots, uncle.” “And tbeo dove down into the sea, and came up with the watch, and climbed up by tho rud der chains?” “Yes, uncle.” “And thee expects me to believe thy story?” “Of course I You wouldn't dream of calling me a liar, would you, uncle?” “William, thee knows I never calls anybody names ; but, William, if the Mayor of the city were to come to me and say, ‘Joriah, I want thee to find the biggest liar in all Philadelphia,' I would come straight to thee, and put my hand on thy shoulder, and say to thee, 4 William, the Mayor icanis to see theeV ” Rather Greedy. — A scene occurred at our depot* writes a Missouri friend, the other day which, for cool impudence, I have seldom seen paralleled. I was standing there on the arri val of the St. Louis packet, when a gentleman came up and addressed a* man standing closo by me, and evidently a stranger to him, with the common Western question. “Do you use tobacco ?” “Yes, sir,” he graciously replied, and pro ducing a plug of the hugest dimensions, he handed it to the applicant,* who, taking out his knife* cut off about one-fifth of it, with the obr serration. “There's tobacco enough for any man, ain't there ?” _ , “Well*! should think there was,” was the indignant reply. “Very well, you take it then,” he coolly ob served, and handing him the small piece, he put the plug in his pocket, and walked away. “Why did Joseph's brethren cast him into the pit ?” asked a Sabbath school teacher of his class. “Because,” replied one slily, “they thought it a good opening for the young man.*' Commentators are requested not to avail them selves of this explanation, as a copyright bAs been secured. * Industry. —Every young man should remem ber that the world honors industry. The vul gar and useless idler, whose energies of mind and body are rusting for want of occupation, may look with scorn upon the laborer engaged at his toil; but his scorn is praise—his cou h:r.*-r Force of Gunpowder. Freemasonry and Gridirons.—4 worthy police captain, says the New-York Post, enter- a fancy to become a Freemason, and was accordingly proposed and elected. A friend ac companied him to the place of meeting, which was in a building the lower part of which was used as a place of entertainment. The neophitc was left in an apartment next to the servant's room, while bis friend \fent up stairs to assist in the opening ceremonies. A Celtic maiden, who caught a glimpse of the stranger, Yesolved to take part in his initia tion, and procuring a gridiron, placed it over the range. If; Was not long before the captain, looking inquisitively through the door, saw the utensil reddening in the heat. The recollection dashed through his mind of Masonic candid ates and some peculiar ordeals which they were made to encounter. “What is that, Bridget?*' he eagerly inquired. “And sure,” replied the Hibernian virgin, “it’s only the gridiron that I was toljl to place over the coals." “Who told you?” asked the eager police man. “And was it not the gentleman who came with you?” “What could ho want of it ?” demanded the captain. “And sure, sir, I can't tell,” reylied Bridget; “they are often using it; it belongs to the peo ple above stairs. I always heat it when they want to make a Mason.” J This was too much for the exciteu captain, and taking to his heels he soon put a safe dis tance between hiin-«‘lf and the lodge. Leap Year.—Tin* \ <• if in which young ladles are permitted to “p*ip tho question” will not commence until the 29 Ji nf February.—Any [year divisible by 4 without a remainder, is leap year, which conies every fourth year. The solar -year is 305 days, 4 hours 48 min utes and 47 7-10 seconds. For convenience we drop these hours minutes and seconds in our ordinary reckoning, and call the civil year 365 days. Hence we lose nearly a day in this reck oning every fourth year—we actually loose in 4 years, four times five hours, 48 minutes, and 48 seconds, which is not quite a day. But, for round numbers again, we call it a day, and therefore add a day to every fourth year—na ming it the 29th of February. Of course by thus adding a whole day, we add a little too much—nearly 12 minutes a year. That in 100 years would amount to, say 1120 minutes, and of course if this discrepancy also were not provided for, in the course of centu ries it would vitate the calender. Therefore, once every hundred years a leap year is skipped for three consecutive centuries, on tho fourth century it is retained because the balance is a little the other way again. Thus for three centuries we have an excess of 3380 minutes, leaving a discrepancy of GOO minutes. This, then, partially corrected by continuing the leap year as usual on tho fourth century, put ting us within about 480 minutes or eight hours of being right at the end of every fourth centu ry—near enough right for all practical purpo sesq Curious Story of Waterloo. —Everybody was; in expectation of a battle. It was known in England that Napoleon had crossed into the Netherlands, and that Wellington was ready to meet him. News was slow coming, and peo ple's hearts were sick with the expectation of the next mail. It chanced that between the services of that eventful Sunday, a clergyman in Kent was walking in his garden. His gar dener was an old soldier who had fought in Spain. Ho - " said; “There is a fight going on sir, somewhere, for I remember when a can nonade wasjtaking place, wherever it might bo, I could tell by a crumbling of fresh mould.” Ho took a spado and dug down a single foot, £nd along the smooth surface left by the steel, an imperceptible trembling shook down little pellets of the soil.* “That’s it, sir,” said the gardener; “they're at it* sure enough.” Be fore tho nest Sunday came round, the news had spread from end to end of all the “sea-girt isle;” joy-cannon had sounded from all the castles in the land; and it was well known that the greatest victory of modern times had crowned the British arms. —Border Ado . A stolid Dutchman was standing at a certain precinct on election day, recently, inquiring for “de rcglar demogratic dicket,” when a shrewd fellow instantly stopped up and supplied him with the genuine thing. “Veil, now,” said Hans, “vat vill I do mit , im ?” “Put it in that box,” pointing to the ballot box, said one and another, * The cunning “cuss” who had .accommodated him with the “dicket,” whispered in his ear, “Don’t you let them fool you ; don't put it in the box; keep it; put it in your pocket, it’s your own ; and don’t let them cheat you out of your rote; and so he did, ramming his ticket away down to the bottom of a deep pocket in bis coat and walking off as mad as could be at the rogues who wanted to cheat him out of his vote by putting it in tho ballot-box. “Make way for a hindependent woter,” said a man at a recent election in New Orleans. “Why, my good man,” said the Clerk, “It is not an hour since you deposited your vote at this very poll.” “I kn ;w it,” says the voter; “this cre’s the Whig.” “But if you strive to vote twice, I shall have you arrested.” “You will, will you?” shouted the son of the sover eign people; “then I say if I’m denied the right of voting for tho Whigs, after going the whole ticket for the Democrats, there ain't no universal that's all. It's a darned one-sided business, take it all around.” Mrs, Smithers has a great idea of her hus band's military powers. “For two years,” says she, “he was a lieutenant in the horse marines, after which he was promoted to the captinacy of a regular company of sapheads and minors. “The kind lady who sent us a mince pie,” says a Western editor, “with the request to ‘please insert,' is assured that such articles are never crowed oat by a press of ether mat t?r.” POLITICAL. Fomoy’s Speech. Colonel Forney, upon his appearance, was greeted with enthusiastic cheering from those in the street and in the bouse. He spoke as follows: Citizens of Washington : I have but few words to say to you upon the events of this day, I desire to address them to those inside as well as those outside of the. hospitable home of my friend Coyle, in reference to what has trans pired in the House of Representatives this af-* ternoon. For this sentiment, demonstrated in my'own person, I am most sincerely thankful to you, and I regard it as a testimony of ap proval of the result, of the day's proceedings. I say, gentlemen, there is something peculiar in this demonstration ; and, first, let me say, peculiar to myself. Gpntlemen, four years ago this very evening the House of Representatives of the United States, after a long and most harassing session, was at last organized by the election of Nathaniel;?. Banks, of Massachu setts, as Speaker. • In the discharge of th»* du ties of Clerk of that body, the same a- per formed by Mr. Allen, who retires to-day. i had; the honor to receive, at the hands of the n*pre* sentatives of the people, a significantly unani mous endorsement. And now, by the expres sion of the representatives of the people, 1 am again returned to the same position from I then voluntarily retired, clothed with the con fidence of the whole people of the United States. In these four years, gentlemen, many changes have taken place. I retired from the Clerk’s chair in the y r ear 1856, with my heart ardently beating to see the man whom I then conceived to be the favorite son of Pennsylvania elected to the Presidential chair. I had no higher hope in life beyond thak no aim or object. Then all wa* concentrated in the one absorbing feeling to see that man's aspirations carried out to a successful issue. I assisted in -his triumph. I came back to the State where I was born, and there, with whatever selfish ness was in me, if any, I gave it all to that man and to his cause ; and the re&ult was that he elected President of the United States —to the high office*of presiding, for a time, over the destinies of this great country. We, in our part of the country, believe, gentlemen, that the District of Columbia is common ground —that it is mine as it is your homo. [Loud cheers, and cries of “That’s so.”] I believe, _ as I know, that I have a right to speak here, as I have a right to speak in Philadelphia, at least that there can here be no ostracism and no proscription of sentiment; and that freedom of speech is here wisely and widely tolerated. When that is prescribed, when free men, from whatever State of the Union they may come, are denied the freedom of speech in the splen did metropolis bearing the name of Washing ton, then your Union is virtually dissolved.— [Cheers.] And therefore it is that in-this place, and in this presence, I desire to say, that in electing James Buchanan we thought we acted in accordance with the spirit of the Democratic party, which is to the effect that the people of the Territories shall control all their domestic institutions, slavery inclusive. [Loud cheers.] There had been no going back of the bond, but after big (Mri Buchanm’s) election, when his elevation to the chair of office was secured, he disregarded his pledges, an 1 we dis'eovero 1 that a new reading had been suggested, a new gos pel presented to our faith, and thus we who at first acted with him, never believing! that we who had adhered to his faith should be excluded from the Democratic party, ifrere sought to be excluded. Consequently the result has been as you foresaw. That result is, that the-Gene ral Government of tho country has turned all its power against the men standing in my rela tion to it* and James Buchanan, elevated to be President of the United States, has become a despot. [Cries of “That he has’*—“Give it to him.”] A despot more intolerant than any over before known in the history of this coun try, who has performed acts of tyranny which, if attempted in despotic Franco, would create a revolution. [Loud cheers, and cries of “Good.”] I say it with pain fur Pennsylvania, that never in the history of the country, never in the an nals of any President,’ has there been such a proscription of men—never such a proscription of individual opinions, j [Cheers.] When he was raised to that high position which he has dis graced—raised by the votes of the people of the North—-he pledged himself upon bended knees to sustain the policy of self-government in the Territories. But now what do we see? Why, wc sec him turning against his own peo ple* amh crouching onc|e more upon his knees— this time before the South thdt despises him for his cowardice. [Cheeks.] When I see all'this, and when I see, also, that the great Democratic party have hot risen in arms to protect against it, t have only to say for mysjelf that 1, fu* < »t:j», will not submit to it. 1 [Tremendous applms* from inside and out.] j I will not, I say. submit to it, but I will join hands with any party —- with Americans, with, Republicans, with any party of men—to rcbUke such proscription as this is. If you tell *me from this, that there fore I am opposed to the institutions of the South, I say no. [Cheers.] And I reply, that on tho contrary I feel the same devotion to the South that I have ever felt. [Continued cheers.] Now, let mo say, withdut protracting these re marks, let me say with regard to the Republi can members, that they have been most atro ciously slandered; that tho whole Republican party of the North have been slandered, in having been hold responsible for the unfortu nate outrage at Harper's Ferry. There have been expressions and opinions, and sentiments uttered by the leaders of the Republican party, against which my honest instincts and party prejudices revolt. Eat while this is so, let me say that the very moment that the news of that invasion reached the North they were struck with horror, and there was not a man who did not denounce and who did not deplore it.— [Cheers.] We have in these days somo singu lar statesmanship, particularly among those who are allied to the Administration party, and amongst those who aspire to be candidates for the Presidency. I say this business of holding a whole party responsible for tho acts of a few indriduile has g*.ne cut cf f-.£ui„a. Are Uiv Advertisement# will be charged $1 per square of 10 lines, one or three insertions, and 25 cents for erer7 subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than if lines considered as a square. Tbesnbjeined ratesviil be charged for Quarterly. Half-Yearly and Yearly ad vertisements : Square. - 2 do. 3 do. i column, - i do. Column. - Advertisements not having thennmberof insertion, desired marked upon them, will be published until or dered out and charged accordingly. • Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads and nil kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, ex ecuted neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constables’, and other BLANKS constantly on hand. NO. 30. Democratic party who support the rights of the adopted citizens of the country, to bo held re sponsible for the Totes of their representatives in Congress here who voted for on American for Speaker? Certainly not. Ilencel I protest against the assumption that any pprt of the people in my region are in favor or would sup port any set of men who approve of the doc trines of the Helper hood, or who put them selves forward ns the champions of those who would attempt to invade-the State of Virginia, and crimson her soil with of her peo ple. [Loud cheers.] But we are told that while all other men are to be forgiven for their peculiar doctrines; that while the American party are to be forgiven, the Republican party are to receive no absolution. If you allow nlo to say—but I think I will say it whether yon allow me or not —[cheers] —the Democratic party, as Mr. Buchanan would make it, is do voted solely to the perpetuation and extension of slavery [Cries of “That’s so,” and cheers ] But I, as one man who is resolved to stand by the rights of the South, who is resolved to sea the fugitive-slave law executed in the letter and the spirit, I am resolved, for one, to protest against such an act. [Loud cheers.] This country has a higher, a nobler and lofiier des tiny before it than the extension or perpetua tion of slavery. [Loud cheers.] I say it frankly, that I regret it is in existence. I speak ns I fee and when I see all the power of this Gm 'frmnent exercised for the protection and per petuation of that institution, I must protest against it. [Cheers.] I have seen for the In-t eight weeks, men, Northern men, and I was ashamed to see them, lending themselves to the depravity, if I may be permitted to use the term, hut certainly to the degradation, of en dorsing such principles as these. But, gentle men, to bring, as I said before, these desultory remarks to a close, let me, in 'conclusion, repeat my thanks for this demonstration. You may remember tins passage in “Mazeppa”—my friend, Mr. Jackson, of Kentucky’, will nl-o re member—when Mazeppa (I cannot repeat the exact words) is bound to awild steed, which is turned off, and which flew with him over moun tains, through valleys and forests and across rivers, pursued by wolves, shouts hack to his tyrant and persecutor, that some day he would return to repay him. [Loud cheers.] “.Some day I will return,” said Mazeppa, “to thank you, Count, for this uncourteous ride. - ’ Gen tlemen, I have had the ride for the last two or three years [loud cheers,] but I have also Mazeppa-like, come back, to settle with the re spectable and venerable gentleman at the other end of the avenue for that ride. lam returned to pay my respects. [Cheers. A voice—“ Give him h—l; he has no friends.”] I have returned to settle accounts with him. [A voice—“ Don’t spare him ; he shot us down, like dogs, with marines.”] If ho is now sitting in his easy chair at home, to-night, he must hear our loud and hearty cheers, and they will remind him that his old friend, Forney, has come back to settle the old debt with him. [Loud cheers and laughter.] Mr. Forney, once more thanking the assem blage, retired from the window, loudly cheered. The lines alluded to by Mr. Forney are ra •follows: They little thought, that day of pain, When launched* as on the lightning's flash, They bade ms to destruction dash> That one day t should come again With price five thousand horse, to thank The Count for his uncourleous ride. They played me then a bitter prank— When, with thc[,wjld horse for my guide, They bound me to bis foaming flank. At length I plaj-ed them one as frank, For time at last sets all things fevea— And if we do but watch the hour There never yet was human power Which could evade, if unforgiv'en, The patient watch and vigil long Of him who treasures np a wrong* A Dmo Man’s Repentance. —A few years ago, Rev. Mr. B , a faithful, fearless preach er in one of the hill towns of Hampshire coun ty, preached a pointed sermon against the u- o of ardent spirits, especially designed fora mem ber of his congregation, who was in the habit of hiring his help at low price? in considera tion of the frequent treats that he furnished Ids workmen. Old Xat felt himself particula- y hit by the discourse, ns the coat fitted extctl.. and therefore absented himself from church fi r some two years. A few weeks ago he w 3 seized with his last illness and expressed a great anxiety to see Rev. Mr. B , before he died. His son went post haste &)r the minister, who of course was quite ready to respond to the dying man’s summons. On entering the room, he was greeted wiilt a coo! salutation, .“Mr. B , I am about m die; and I have sent for you that you might have a chance to apologize to me fur that bon w zern-.om preached to me a few years age." ’ Sketch or the Wohex.— Ain’t it curium squire, weddin’ is never out of women’s head,? They never think of nothing ’else. A ymng gal is always thinkin’ of her bwn. As such a« she is married, she is a match makin’ f.>r h-r companions; and when she is a grain older, her darter’s weddin’ is uppermost agin. ()h, it takes a great study to know a woman. Hew cunnin’ they are ! Ask a young gal the new she’ll tell you qf all the deaths in the place tu make you think she don’ftrouhle herself nhui.t marriage. Ask an old woman she’ll tell y.ui < f ail the marriages, to make you think she is takin’ an interest in the world that she ain't. They certainly do beat all, do 'irome^ —Suen Slick. , I*os Gbesx. —Some twenty-fire or rinr’y years ago, an Irishman, William Patterson, ;r; t Erin’s green isle to find a home in America Having friends in the region of Fair Haven, Ohio, he made bis way thither. Taking dinner one day at the house of Dr. P , he was treated to the American dish, wholly new m him, of green corn in the car. Unwilling, h..tr over, to be thought green himself. da.being anx ious to display unusual sagacity, after having eagerly devoured the savory com,-his' appetite still unap-pcas-ed he passed up the despoiled cob, with the very natural request. "Plase p..t m are rare .... •> Rates of Advertising, > Mourns. 6 moxtbs. 12 moxtri • ■ 23,00 $4,60 $6,80 5.00 6,50 8,00 7.00 8,50 30,00 8.00 0,50 12,50 15,00 20,00 30.00 ‘ 35,00 Js'oo 60,00
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