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
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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.
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