Adjoining Oountiei. TtITT AC*T HT A TTiT?
Bradford. A Great Curiosity. —Charles f -AX -C* AvJi 1 A 1
B. Gilbert Esq., has in his possession, at Great
Bend, this county, the greatest curiosity on
record ; it was found frt the wood* rrear that
place. It is a pair of dear's horns, drmly im
ivedded at the centre, in the body of a dogwood
a ipling. The wood is abodt SJ inches in diam
eter where the horns are connected, and it is
also somewhat enlarged at the point of inter
section. The horns were about twenty feet
from the ground: —Montrose Democrat.
Very evidently the horns have been hung
upon the sapling when the deer was killed, and
aslhe dogwood is of very slow growth, and the
tree was dead when discovered, many years
have elapsed since the “red man of the forest”
thus disposed of the trophy of. his prowess, in
after years to become an -object of interest to
the “pale-face,” ane a memento that the abor
igines have all passed away.— Reporter.
Scddk.v Death. — George Avery, of Rome
in attendance upon Court as a traverse juror,
died on Thursday last, very suddenly. He bad
oaten hU breakfast ns usual, when he w’as taken
suddenly ill, and notwithstanding the best med
ical attendance and every attention by the fam
ily in which he was boarding, expired about 12
o’clock, M., having been senseless during the
whole time. Apoplexy was the cause of his
d*eath
\vrFvi..-*-Mr. Timtflhy Hay. was liter*
mly eaten up by a horse, belonging to Col. Jas.
Deegan, in thi* place, cne day lust week. The
horse was a vicious one, ami young Hay having
occasion to go before him in the stable, was
teued, and before assistance could reach him
was almsst totally devoured! His remains
were interred a short distance from town. —SuU
Ham Democrat.
[The deceived was very nearly related to Mr.
{'hirer, and an intimate friend and associate of
K*q. Oats—all of whom are in the deepest af
fliction for his sudden death.— Reporter,] *
Lycoming. —The Videtic gives the par
ticulars of the escape from 'Washington and
passage through that place on the Underground
Rail Hoad, at a valuable piece of property —a
>un of Senator Thompson of Kentucky. .The
vtvaMon of tu‘-h exhibition of Ulial ingratitude
•on the part of the son, was his honorable pa
rent’* wrath »*n being informed that his prop
erty had iiuered the sentiment that '‘John
Brown was in Heaven/' for which crime he
was taken into a room and made to undergo a
severe flagellation—the marks uf width, togeth
er with a deep soar on his breast made by a
burning iron in the,hands of his father’s wife,
he bore upon his person. A reward of $4OO
was offered for him by his father, which it is
presumed he will never be called upon to pay,
as his son, is doubtless, ero this, safe in her
nnjestv’s dominions. The fugitive .was des
cribed as being nearly six feet in height, of
light complexion, and remarkably intelligent;
which is not at all strange, as his father is a
man of considerable ability.
Tar. Lumber Business.—Some idea of
the magnitude of the lumber business on'the
“West Branch may bo formed when we state
that the amount of lumber which passed over
the "West Branch Canal, during the year 18-39,
was one hundred and thirteen million (i13,-
000,000) feet. This was all manufactured on
the West Branch, and passed over the canal.'—
To this should bo added a largo amount run
down the river in rafts, beside a considerable
amount shipped from Williamsport by Railroad.
The amouiit of coni that passed over the same
Canal, during the panm time, wai» 100,300 tons.
This comprises, however, all the coal that passed
over tlu* Canal, a largo amount of which came
off the North Branch.— Tb dcitc.
The Muncy Luminary says a party of
hunters a few days since shot two wild cats in
Sullivan county. One weighed 15 and tho eth
er 3S pounds. 1
Clinton. — Killed. —Wo learn by a citizen
of our town who was at Lock Haven, that Win.
Housler, who \s veil known here, met with a
eudden death in that plaee one day last week,
lie had just relumed, it seems from Philadel
phia to Lock Haven, in company with two
other men. The three wont out at a late hour
of night. When they returned to their hotel,
lloufiler’s “ft\cnda” allege that he accidentally
fell down the basement steps, and was so seri
ously injured about the head that ho died the
next day. One of the men left the nest morn
ing ; the other remained till after the death of
his “friend.” Housler, it had.with him
two or three hundred dollars that day, but the
morning after the accident only a few dollars
were found on his person. This circumstance,
taken in connection with some others, has giv
en rise to the suspicion that ho was foully dealt
with.— Raftsman's Journal.
The above are very near tho facts as we were
told previous to Mr. Ilouslo.r’e death. We af
terwards understood that ell the money that
was known to be in his possession was found on
his person tho morning after the accident,
which amounted to $l6. Of the truth of this
we cannot vouch, and tho Coroner’s Inquest
have never informed the public how hie came to
his death. That ho received a blow from a
slung-shot, breaking in. his skull, from some
one we firmly believe, as there was nothing
where he fell that would produce such a wound
as he received.— Watchman.
An aristocratic young lady visited a fashiun
icnable store, in Wheeling, and after examining
the contents of the establishment to her entire
eatisfaotion, invested one entire dime in cotton
thread, and requested it to be sent to her house,
about a mile distant, which was acceded to
thus: It was sent in an express wagon, which
was duly backed up to the door, the tail board
lowered, and all the motions incident to express
business gone through with, including the col
lection of fifteen cents, the usual express charge,
Of course the young lady was utterly aston
ished and highly indignant.
Save rora Doctor's Bills.— WHun Dr. Wis
tar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry will cure coughs,
colds, bleeding at the lungs, then arrest the fell
destroyer Consumption, it does more than most
Physicians can do. A single trial will satisfy
the incredulous.
EQ_ There's a vile counterfeit of this Bal
sam, therefore be sure and buy only that pre
pared hy S. W. Fowle & Co., Boston, which
has tho written signature of /. Built on the out
side wrapper.
The Chinese who die in San Francisco, and
who sro able to pay freight upon their bodies,
are shipped to their native country for'burial.
The same vessels swarm with rats. When they
reach port in China, the human bodies are ta
ken out, and the tats, by this time grown fat,
answer fm food for the firing Chinese who pm
lgraf-4 (* fh* simo vessels'to Sinn Francisco,
This « » siogj-l-.v- e/iimpl* of even-handed
jo*-).*
HUGH YOUNG, Editor & Proprietor.
WELLSBOROITCH, PA.
Morning, Feb. 53,1860.
S. M. PKTTEsaat & Co., 119 Nassau St., New York, and 10
Statp St.. Boston, are the Agents for the Agitator, and the
most Influential and largest circulating Newspapers Id the
United States and the Canadas. They are anthemed to con
tract for ns at our lowest rates.
SSP* Lawyer Sennott is to appear before the
Legislative Committe, at Richmond, in behalf
of Stevens, with a view of obtaining a pardon.
Mr. Sennott goes upon the invitation of Gov.
Letcher, with the promise that the subject shall
receive his careful attention. The Judge and
the Prosecuting Attorney who tried the case
will unite in the application for mercy.
President has approved of the Post-
Office bill, and it is therefore a law, as amended
previous to its passage. It appropriates $4,-
290,000 for supplying the.deficiency in the rev
enues, and defraying the expenses of the De
partment, for the year ending June last: $4,-
000,000 toward the support of the Department
for the fiscal year ending with June next, and
a further sum of $2,400,000 in payment of the
salaries of officers and clerks, transportation of
the mails, wrapping-paper, bags, stamps, etc.
Public Liquor Taster.
The inquiring and philosophic reader will
naturally enough be curious to know whnt the
caption of this article means, if it means any
thing. Shrewd, sagacious and wire-working
biblers will see in its suggestive terms; large
pockets-full of fees and a variety of drinks.
And well they may.
Senator London of Bradford County, a gen
tleman of talent and character, was placed as j
Chairman of the Committee on Vice and Im- •.
morality in our State Senate, doubtless on ac
count of his former position as a Christian
clergyman. From this Committee he has re
ported a bill entitled /'an act to prevent the
adulteration of vinous, fermented or spirituous
liquors.” In its provisions it prohibits under
a penalty of not more than §5OO, and not less
than $lOO, and imprisonment from thirty to
ninety days, not only the adulteration but also
the importation and sale, or the attempted sale,
of adulterated liquors. Wo would not object
to the law if these provisions could be made (
practicable as experience in other States has
shown. The proposed act as a means to carry
out the above, provides that in the city of Phil
adelphia two chemists competent to analyze the
liquors shall bo appointed, and one in every
other county in the State, whose duty it will bo
to detect and punish all offences of this kind.by
proper process in oar Quarter Session Courts.
We honor Mr. Landon for the impulses which
gave birth to this bill, but we think a little re
flection will convince him that it can never
bo made to work. In nine-tenths of our coun
ties no man is qualified to make a chemical
analysis of liquors upon which to find a bill of
indictment. Such a law was once passed in
Indiana and the result was the oldest goezlorj
in the town or county was chosen .“chemist,” {
or public liquor taster. If a man gets so be-1
sotted that he will call for, imbibe and pay fur
j a drink of tangle-foot whiskey, he will never be
likely to call upon a chemist to inquire whether
the “smeller” contained strychnine or any other
deadly poison. Nor do those who sell the cursed
stuff care one iota what the quality is, so they
can only buy it cheap, sell it at the usual rates
and get their pay for it.
Another act of a similar character, but far
more practicable in its provisions has already
been introduced by Senator Miller, which makes
the selling of adulterated liquors a civil offence ;
and renders collection of a debt for spuri
ous liquors impossible. We hope to see this
act passed, as wo believe if the law affects a
’ a liquor dealer’s pocket, it touches him in a far
more tender spot than his conscience. A few
1 cases under such a law would soon effect the
desired cud, and bad whiskey and drunkenness
would soon become scarce.
Useless Legislation.
We have long been of tho opinion that there
ought to be general laws in our State which
might supercede the necessity of private leg
islation entirely. Of late years some reform
has been made in this direction, as for example,
the law which gives tho Courts the power of
•granting divorces; and power has also been
given to the Courts to create corporate bodies.
But the reform is not complete. There are at
least one hundred bills introduced into the Leg
islature every session which ought never to be
there. .Thus we find in the proceedings of
February 10th the following item :
The Committee on Corporations report as commit
ted the bill to incorporate tho Fogleaville Academy in
Lehigh County.
Now why should the good people of Foglcs
villo be commpelled to go to the Legislature to
get an act of incorporation for their school.—
Of course they had to employ an agent, and
the agent had to go to Harrisburg, and become
a member of the “third house” as the lobby is
called, and had to button-hole tho Honorable
Mr. Smith and the Honorablo Mr. Jones for
their influence to get the bill hurried througl .
Not oniy this, but the agent in such a scheme
is compelled to watch the bill through all its
devious ways from the House to the Committee
Room and thenoe back to the House f till finally
after great tribulation and anxiety ou the part
of himself and a few others who are interested
in the matter, the Governor’s signature is ob
tained aud tho Bill becomes a law of the State.
Is this all ? No; not all. The sequel may im
terest you, our tax paying reader. AH this is
legislative rigmarole which any Court could
have dona up in thirty, minutes under general
laws such as exist in Ohio or Michigan, Every
day of the Pennsylvania Legislature costs the
State at least One Thousand Dollars; and the
Foglcgvillo Academy Bill, if it received the at
tention which any bill deserves must have cost
tho State at least Five Hundred Dollars fur pay
to the members. We know nothing and care
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
nothing about the Pogiesvillc Academy. No
doubt it is a good ono or ought to be, but we
mention it merely of an instance of the class of
legislation which occunies the Legislature and
coats the State so much money. 1
Our Harrisburg correspondent under date of
February 2d, mentions the fact that Mr. Burly
of Blair had introduced a resolution that the/
Legislature adjourn on the first of March. Mr.
Burly is a sensible young man, and has our
sympathy in his endeavors to do something for
his country in the way of,usefulness. We think
that if our friends succeed in passing the law
introduced .by Mr. Willtstom in regard to Free
Banking, nothing more remains to bo done but
to pass the Appropriation Bill, and then Mr.
Burly’s resolution, apJ go home.
Some of our readers may think that we speak
with too much earnestness about this matter,
and that in due time it will regulate itself.—
We say that it is a theme for earnestness, and
that wo will never have the reforms hinted at,
until the presses of all parties throughout our
Stato raise their voices in condemnation of the
present ‘'circumlocution office” system. The
excellent suggestion made by Oov. Packer in
his annual Message in this regard has thus far
been allowed to go unheeded, but we shall take
occasion to refer to it in a future article.
From Washington.
Editorial Correspondence of the Agitator.
Wasiusgtos, Feb. IClb, JBGO.
Tux Committees.
The Speaker elect has shown unusual sagac
ity in the appointment of the Standing Com
mittees of the House. Mr. Sherman, the Chair
man of the Committee of Ways and Means, a*
well as Mr. Henry Winter Davis, and tho three
Republicans which with them compose a ma
jority of the Committee, are strongly favorable
to Pennsylvania interests, and in favor of their
permanent protection. Gilmer, of North Caro
lina —the man who owns eighty-six slaves, but
who could not receive a single Democratic vote
because ho was not sound on tho “nigger ques-
'—is chairman of Elections. Mr. Corwin,
on account of his former position in the Cabi
net of Fillmore and his experience a 9 a states
man, as well as his thorough acquaintance with
international law, is chairman of Foreign Re
lations. Mr. Hickman is chairman of the Ju
diciary, for which he is well qualified. In fact,
the heads of the committees, with one or two
exceptions arc, I think, well chosen, and the
Thirty-Sixth Congress will be a working one.
On Monday, Mr. Grow gave notice of au Act
for Tub Admission or Kansas.
tion”
1 had the pleasure yesterday of meeting Hon.
Martin F. Conway, the Representative elect un
der tjje new State government of Kansas, who
has just arrived here and is now waiting for
her admission to the Union in order to take
his seat in the House. As ho is an old acquaint
ance, I learned from him'much of the proposed
policy of the administration in regard to this
question; and what I learned confirms the ru
mors noticed in my letter of last week, that an
attempt will be made to prevent the admission
of Kansas hy urging that the provisions of the
infamous EnglUh-Lccompton Bill were not ful
ly complied with by the people. If this scheme
falls, then an atcompfc will be made to so extend
Jier boundaries that a new Constitutional Con
vention will have to be called, a census taken,
and a new election of officers will be ordered.
But these schemes will fail. The house will
insist by far more than a party vote that Kan
sas bo admitted noio t and in view of the ap
proaching Presidential election, enough of the
Democratic Senators of the North will join with
the Republicans in carrying the Bill through
the Senate in order to ’‘settle the question, 11 to
use a Shamocratio phrase, and by this moans
get it out of the campaign. But I doubt wheth
er Bigler, Bright, Fitch and Rico will rote right
once, evqn for a selfish object. Time will show.
The Investigating Committee
of the Senate, appointed at the instance of Sen
ator King of Now York, fop the purpose of in
quiring into the charges made against Gen.
Bowman, Mr. Buchanan’s pet editor of the
Constitution , is unearthing some most extraor
dinary facts. It appears that nearly SLOG,OOO
of the people's money has been expended in
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Ohio,
in aiding to elect candidates, and support news*
papers favorable to the Administration. .It is
reported that quite a large sum went to the
Pennsylvanian and Argus in Philadelphia.—
The«e pvpors and their echoes can therefore
well afford to kick down, smash up, annihilate
ami “save” the Union whenever required, as, it
seems, they do not depend upon their subscrip
tion lists fur their support. But the Union
saving dadgo Is nearly played out.
The Pacific Railroad.
This great project will occupy a large share
of the public attention during this session of
Congress. Its necessity as a means of linking
together in indissoluble bonds two distant por
tions of this great country was first enunciated
in the Philadelphia platform of 1850; and so
popular was it with the people of both the near
and far west that even the Shamocraoy at last
have boon brought to advocate its construction.
No doubt but that a special committee will bo
appointed by both House and Senate to consid
er the various routes proposed. Already Mr.
Judah, a Commissioner from Oregon, 'Washing
ton and California is here, and in connection
with Mr. McKibben, Mr. Burch, and Mr, Gwin.
is urging the central route, by way of Piko’s
Peak, Nevada, and some of the upper passes.
These men claim that they can show “that there
is a continuation of rich settlements and fertile
territory along the most part of this route. I
doubt not that a majority in the House will fa
vor this route, though the Senate will vote for
the Southern pass.
The Death or Broderick.
This sad event was formally announced to
Congress on Monday last—in the House by Mr.
Burch.vAmh"in the Senate by Mr. Haun, Mr.
Broderick’s successor. I did not hear the pro
ceedings ieprihe Senate, but learn that Messrs
Toombs, Seward and others paid respect to the
memory of the deceased in short and eloquent
speeches. In the House the scene was affect
ing. After the announcement, Mr. Haskin of
New Fork, usually florid, now rose pale and
dejecteddooking, to pay his last but most elo
quent tribute to his friend and schoolmate,
whose'body the vampire of slavery had stolen
from the earth, but whose last words, breathed
by the spirit of Freedom, would live forever.—
He dwelt with the eloquence of unaffected
friendship upon the simple story of his life;
told of his struggles with the world against the
accidents of birth and education ; of his aspi
rations and ambitions, his triumphs and his la
mented fall, as only the tongue of friendship
can apeak. After him came Hickman, upon
whose shoulders the mantle of Broderick seems
to have fallen. He spoke of the qualities of
the deceased as a friend, brother, citizen and
Senator. It is hard to decide whether he or
Burlingame of Massachusetts who followed him
was the most eloquent. These three speeches
were heard by crowded hall and galleries with
the most perfect silence, ns if the largo auditory
feared to lose a word. While Hickman , was
speaking, Sumner sat at his right with upturned
face seemingly entranced with his eloquence.—
Mr. Burlingame was followed by Mr. Morris of
Illinois; and Messrs. Stout of Oregon, and
Sickles of New York also paid the deceased
short tributes of respect; and the House in
honor of his memory, adjourned.
Tiie Assault on Hickman
Edmonson of Virginia. one of the chivalrous
o » #
Representatives here, committed an “assault
upon John Hickman, last Friday evening. It
seems that Edmonson asked Hickman what he
meant by saying in his recent speech in re
sponse to a screftade that Virginia had been
conquered by seventeen white men, five niggers
and a cow. Mr. Hickman made some reply,
when Edmonson lifted his cane to strike him ;
but tho former clinched with him and at this
stage of the game the parties were separated
by ' Vico President Breckcnridge, Clingman,
Keitt and others who were accidentally on the
•ground. The nigger-drivers have one argument
left—*the knock-down one—hut sometimes they
got the worst of even that one, as they would
have done in this case had nobody interfered.
From Harrisburg*.
Correspondence obthc Agitator.
Harrisburg, Pr., Felj. 16, 1860,
llcgii Yocng, Esq. : Another weeks legisla
tion has “draged on its blow length*' and the
Senate and House have adjourned to-visit the
Normal School at Millersville, Lancaster county
on Friday. The members will find themselves
refreshed by a little recreation, and feci less,-fa
tigued after holding sessions of two hours for
the next five days.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives
in consequence of serious illness has been una
ble to occupy his seat for several days. As a
presiding officer he has few equals and all par
ties sincerely regret the cause which necessi
tates his absence. He seems however to be
slowly improving and it is hoped will soon bo
able to occupy his accustomed place.
The prospects of the several candidates for
Governor is the subject of much conversation.
Covodo and Curtin have both recently been in
town and though it is thought that the latter
has undoubtedly the best chance for nomina
tion still the former it is- said is gaining much
confidence among politicians. Curtin is un
doubtedly more brilliant and possceed of more
showy talent as a stump speaker, but some
doubts are entertained as to his being as safe a
man as Covodc, Since proscription of the op
position is the rule of the Democratic party it*
becomes a question whether the spoils of office
should more properly face to our enemies- rather
than to our friends.
There is a bill pending in the Senate relative
to the removal of the sjeat of Government from
Harrisburg to Philadelphia. The prospects of
its successful passage .arc thought to bo better
than heretofore, but there will undoubtedly be
much resistance and like its precedent it will
be lost. However it may form a subject of
some debate which will .prove interesting. It
is argued that members can reach Philadelphia
with much more ease than they can this place
from many parts of the State—that members
would be less easily corrupted and legislation
less warped,—socially and intellectually too it
is considered profitable and a Philadelphia
paper thinks there could be no move so popular
among the people. Doubtless Philadelphians
think the change highly desirable, but we think
there are many better reasons why the move
ment should not seriously be entertained.
The Editorial State Convention met in the
Hall of the House of Representatives yesterday
afternoon. Its object docs not seem to be
clearly defined. There was not as expected, a
large number of the fraternity present, and the
whole thing was unanimously declared to be
an entire failure.
Two State Conventions will meet here on
Wednesday of next week and a lively time is
anticipated.
Tho Republican party of Pennsylvania do
not seem to be divided in their choice of Cam
eron as their candidate for the Presidency. We
have "Cameron clubs," "Cameron military
companies,” “Cameron literary societies’’ and
"Cameron newspapers." All these things scorn
to indicate tho popularity of our distinguished
Senator.
Rev. Mr. Marks of Pittsburgh intends deliv
ering n series of lectures on Egypt and the Holy
Land, in the Hall of tho House, commencing
this evening. In style he is said to resemble
Bayard Taylor and to have a most happy fac
ulty of describing tho scenes ho has witnessed
in the East. These lectures are provided by
tho Young Men’s Christian Association of this
town and will.be followed by others of equal
interest.
The Governor’s Levee comes off also this even
ing. A great many invitations have been given
to members and citizens and it promises to bo
the most brilliant affair of the kind witnessed
at tho Capital this season. 6. D. B. C.
A Virginia lyoeum has revoked an invitation
given to Bayard Taylor to lecture before them,
on tho ground that he has been connected with
the New York Tribune, and that he defended
the religions character of Humbolt. Mr. Tay
lor, in tha coarse of a pungent reply, says;
“Nowhere, in any of the lands or races most
bitterly hostile to Republicanism oud Christi
anity, have I ever been subjected to a narrower
or mure insulting censorship.”
Character of tho so-called democracy.
Senator Wilson closed his speech in the Sen
ate with this impressive paragraph:
“Mr. President, the American Democracy ]
led by slave, perpetualists and propagandists,
secessionists and disunionists, now in the light
of this age, stands before tho nation the enemy
of human progress, aud in favor of the conser
vation rind propagation of pld abuse*. No lon
ger does tho Democracy utter the accents of
popular)rights. No longerldoes the Democracy
sympathize with man at home or abroad strug
gling for the recovery of lost rights or the en
largement of existing privileges. Does the Leg
islature of Kansas pass an act for the abolition
of slavery there? Democracy resists it, and
arrests it by executive action. Does the Legis
lature of Nebraska, left perfectly free to form
their own domestic institutions in their own
way, pass a bill to wipe from that vast territory
the pollution of slavery ? Democracy resists it,
defeats it by the Executive veto, and applauds
that veto. Does the Legislature of New Mex
ico enact a bloody slave-code? Democracy
prompts it, praises it, applauds it. Does a
sovereign commonwealth, lighten, by human
legislation the burdens of a proscribed race, so
that it may rise into the sunlight of a broader
and higher manhood ? Democracy is outraged,
shocked, and it avenges itself by gibbering
taunts, jibes and jeers. Does a slave State en
act or propose to enact statutes to still more
oppress those already bending under the iron
heel of oppression, or to check the action of its
own citizens who may be prompted by senti
ments of benevolence or a sense of justice to
lessen their own bondmen? Democracy ap
proves and applauds it. Does Walker, at the
head of his lawless band of fillibusters, decree
slavery in Central America ? Democracy hails
and applauds that decree. Does any indication
point to the possible abolition of slavery-in
Cuba? Democracy protests, cannot permit it,
will pay §20,000,000 for that slaveholding isle,
but will not accept the “Gem of the Antilles”
if burdened with freedom. Does England
strike the fetters from .the limbs of 800,000
West India bondmen. Democracy deplores it,
disapproves it, and persists in misrepresenting
the effects of the great act of justice and hu
manity. Does the Emperor of Russia propose
a plan for the emancipation of millions, not of
the African race, hut of Ithe white men. Dem
ocracy shakes its head, shrugs its shoulders,
utters no note of joy, sends no word of encour
agement or greeting to the enlightened monarcli
who would enlarge tho rights and elevate the
condition of men. Docs the Republican party,
imbued with the sentiments of the Republican
fathers; propose to arrest tho expansion of sla
very ovfTr the Territories of the Republic and
savo those Territories to free labor, check the
re-opening of the slave traffic, aud put the na
tional government in harmony with a progres
sive Christian civilization, Democracy smitten
with the consciousness of its waning power,
raises the startling cry of disunion. To its
abandonment of tho sentiments, opinions and
policy of the Republican fathers, to its betrayal
of the rights and interests of free labor and
the cause of human rights at home and abroad,
is now added disloyalty to the integrity of the
Union. Let the intelligent patriotism of tho
nation rebuke thismad r exhibition of folly and
fanaticism which would shiver tills Union into
broken fragments, and; let it proclaim, in the
words of Andrew Jackson—“ The Union must
and shall bo preserved.?’
Revenge.— The Buffalo Fust relates the fol
lowing instance of-hpjtcful revenge as having!
occurred iu that city !last Tuesday: A young
man residing in town,|who has been a regular
visitant at the residence of a young lady citizen,
and whoso upon the same was un
derstood as a preludej to an eventful proposal,
was sitting by her at the family tea table
on a late evening, when during the course of a
rather jovial conversation, the mother of the
lady turned upon him with the smiling ques
tion: “When are you; and M going to get
married V* The gentleman responded, with an
appearance of great astoishment, that ho had
never entertained any such intention, and pro
ceeded to joke upon tjie idea. The young lady
immediately arose without a word, and went
into a room adjoining! from whence she shortly
returned, with a bottle of vitrol in her hand,
and without a syllable or gesture of warning
dashed the terrible fluid into the unsuspecting
face of him whom she had supposed her lover,
disfiguring hia features, instantly
destroying the sight; of one eye, and injuring
its fellow hopelessly. |, This most barbaious re
sult of a lover's disSappointment is, we think,
without a modern equivalent.
The closing ynarsjof life are often rendered
wretched by ailments which are trifling in them
selves and easily cured if taken in time. Affec
tion of the liver, stomach, and other organs
concerned in digestion, are the moat frequent.
They naturally make the sufferer nervous irri
table and complaining, and relatives and friends
are forced to bear tl|c brunt of their ill humor.
The use of Hoatetter’a Celebrated Stomach Bit
ters will prove an efficient remedy for this evil,
it will not only strengthen the whole physical
organization, but entirely cure the most obsti
nate cases of Indigestion, Diarrhoea, Dysentery,
and Liver Complaint. The first physicians in
the country are loud in the praise of thia-prep
aratiou. Another recommendation of the Bit
ters is that it is so palatable to the taste that it
may be used even as a beverage. Sold by all
druggists.. |
During'the conflagration of Canton caused by
the bombardment of the British, tho. extensive
medical warehouse of our countryman Dr. J.
Ayer of Lowell, (the depot of his Cherry Pecto
ral and Cathartic Pills, for China,) was totally
destroyed. He now makes a demand upon our
government fur indemnity from the loss of his
property, and hence will grow another nut to
crack with our elder brother Johnny. Stick to
it Doctor; and ifour Government maintains
our rights wherever your Pills are sold, we shall
only be unprotected on tracts that are very bar
ren.—Reformer, fronton, _iV. J,
MARRIED
At tho Methodist parsonage in Wellsboro, by Rev.
J. Joraiemon, Feb. 4th. Mr. JAMES L, COOK and
Mias M, A. WHITMORE, both of Charleston.
At the same piece, by (be same, Fob. 10, Mr. L. M.
BEERS and Miss E. A. ANDREWS, both of Char
leston. ' a
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In Covington Boro, Fob. 12th, 1360. by Ira Patchon.
Esq., Mr. GRIFFIN BAILEY of Rutland) pL, to
Mies ELVIRA ALESWORTH, of Maryland, Otsego
Co.y Y. - . I
cn2fr a "A Va , I l’,S?^ 15tl1 ’ '■* the R,t - L. Stone. Mr.
i D Iii?OLLs T . c o I ?L l iiivJ. ‘ Dd M, “ LORE - VA
[Accompanying the above notice was a box of cake,
for which mark of their good will in tho outset of
their new walk in life, we tfif-fc tjjoui 4 happy jour
ney till iu close.} . [
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make him a Donation Visit, at his re-id?!”!°
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day, the 29th day of February, 1860. An ovmp. l ’
per will bo provided for the occasion, and a
vitation is extended. An invitation, is exteed.9 r‘
the children on the afternoon of Thursday ft,.,,
«t M^h - By order of Commit
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make from 6001 to 1,000 dollars a year, to act C&D
for several new and popular works just publl-hed s '” 1
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Life of Josephine “
Life of Mary and Martha Washington \V
Wild scenes of a Hunter’s Life,
Odd Fellows Amulet,
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ted to write, compile, and adapt plays for Parlor
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