From Sarriolmrg. - Correspondence of the Agitator. * ( Habrisbcro, Pa., March 16, 1860. Hcor Yousa, Esq. ; The excitement attend-, ant upon the Democratic and Republican Con* ventions. having died away, both branches of the Legislature, are presenting a much more active appearance. There are now three ses sions, each day, and although the third, is said to be of little consequence, there is a press of business, and a large number of bills have been passed. In the House on March 10th, a bill was read as follows: An act to empower Edward D. Trump to maintain a,sheer boom and to erect a harbor boom in Pine Creek. Quite a spirited debate upon it took place between Messrs. Wil liston, Gordon, Seltzer, Crane, and Jackson. Mr, Williston strongly opposed the measure, question to postpone the matter for a finally agreed to. A speech hy Mr. Irish in the Senate upon “an Act to regulate the charges of Railroad compa nies,” has attracted considerable attention. The bill is kn important one, and if it is not passed, it will not be because its claims have not been most ably and faithfully presented. Yesterday afternoon the General Banking Law was discussed hnd passed in the House. ' What has contributed toils success so far the member of Tioga is responsible for, as he lias taken great interest in it and it is earnestly hoped that it may not be killed in the Senate. The Speaker of the House the Hon. Wm. C. Lawrence has not been able yet to resume his seat. He still continues quite ill and fears are entertained for his recovery. In the meantime Mr. Thomson-performs the duties of Speaker in a manner quite acceptable to the members of the House. A rcsolution'to adjourn as early as tho third of April has been favorably received in both Houses, although it is probable that the busi ness will prevent an adjournment before the middle of that month. Sanford’s Opera Troupe bare been here for three or four days to the delight of the fun loving. They had a full house every night. The weather is most delightful. The skies are as blue and the sun as warm as often in B. D. B. C. H:ir or Juue. Sob Tyler Repudiates the Reading Plat- form. Robert Ttler was Chairman of the lata Dis union Democratic State Committee. It was bis name that was annexed to the call fur the Con tention at Reading. To a late ratification meeting he writes the following significant let ter. It is a protest—a repudiation of a good portion of tho proceedings of the Convention. Thus it will be seen that both Lecompton and Anti-Leeomptonitcs begin to consider them selves cheated. It is the case. But to tho let ter. The following is an extract. "In several of the resolutions adopted by the Convention I fully-concur; but I repudiate and refute to accept the resolutions as a tchole, and deny that they constitute a sound Democratic platform, or that they reflect the opinions of a majority of the Democratic party of Pennsylva nia, So far as they have reference to the Ter ritorial qnestion, I dissent from them,.because of their incompleteness and insufficiency and their failure to indicate a distinct principle.— The only platform oh this subject any sound Democrat can recognize, is that presented by James Buchanan, the wise, fearless and incor ruptible statesman, in his SiUhonn letter, and various official declarations touching this ques tion, and the wise fearless and incorruptible Judges of the Supreme 'Court when interpre ting the Constitution of the United States, in their enlightened judgment, in tho Drod Scott ease. This is the doctrine to which, in my humble position, 1 will always inflexibly ad here. This is the doctrines which I believe a large majority of the delegation chosen to repre sent this State in the National Convention, head ed by such sterling Democrats as Baker, Bigler, Dawson, and Plumer, will maintain with the most urrfaltering determination. A New Tore Girl os a Spree. —The Cin cinnati Enquirer tells the following: “A woman of the proportion of an Amazon, and whose masculine appearance led to the supposition that she was a man in woman’s clothes, amused a largo crowd On Fifth street, yesterday afternoon, by a variety of unfeminine antics. She was dressed in fiist-class crinoline, and wore upon her bead a green velvet riding hat, with.gay feathers. A couple of policemen followed'her (wo or three squares, and finally took her into custody in a confectionery store, corner of Fifth and Race, under the supposit ion that she was more entitled to the pants than the hoops. Ilowever, on arriving at the Station-House, it was ascertained that she re ally was a woman, and was, as she represented herself, a New-York gal on a spree. She had been in our city but a short time, and was giv ing our citizens a specimen of how things are done-in the Eastern metropolis. She realized the fact that her exhibition would not do out hare when sho found herself behind the bars of a call, upon, the charge of drunkenness.— The name she gave the officer was Delia John son." SaocKisq 'Affair at Napiersville, 111 A Whole Family Poisoned. —The citizens of Na pierville, Dupage county, have been having a mad dog excitement lately. One day this week, a gentleman whose name we have not learned, went to a drug store to get some poison for the purpose of exterminating a part of the canine community, and while there purchased some chewing gum for hie children. lie put both packages in hie pocket and returned home. By mistake be gave the wrong package to his children and baited the dogs with the gum, in consequence of which the former very soon died. Not long after, his wife also expired from (he-effeots of a small portion of the supposed gum, and the man was himself taken danger ously ill—be having taken a taste of the poison under the same mistake. Oar informant states that the child of another man has been pois oned in the same town by eating a soda crack er prepared for a dog. Tni will or Jouv G. Bokxr, the father-in law of John Dean, the coachman, who eloped with “his own Mary Ann,” about three years ago, was offered for probate, in the Surrogate’s Court, 4n Monday, The testator leaves ail his property, consisting of a considerable amount foal and personal estate, to his wife, to be divided, after her death, into four parts, which be distributed among foarnf his children. One clause coU “Maty Ann” off, however, from fhe share she vy to have bad when the teeta tnent wse framed—the even mention ing hi* desire to have jfaer name entirely oblit «at*dfrooj his will. The cite*.ion it returnable of r.e*t mosth, ) THE AGITATOR. HUGH TOTJNQ, Editor & Proprietor. WELLSBOROUGH, PA. Thursday Mornißg, Hell, 33,1860. S. >l. Pittrxoui & Co, 119 N’awao St., New York, and 10 State St.. Boston, are the Agent* for the and the mwt influential and largest circulating Newspaper* In the United States and the Canada*. They are authorized to con* tract for us at oor lowest rates. Republican Slate Nomination. FOR GOVERNOR. ANDREW G- CURTIN. OP CENTRE COITNTT, SS* At the election in New Hampshire on Tuesday, for State Officers and Members of the Legislature, the Republicans gained ry by increased majorities. The Legislature is two-thirds Republican. KayTrtE execution of Stevens and Hazlett the last of the Harper’s Ferry Invasionists, took place at Charlestown last I|riday, witnessed by a large concourse of people. They evinced much firmness, and appeared resigned to their fate. The Two Sams. Although William Shakespeare in some of his writings turns up bis literary and very philo sophic nose at the idea that there is not much in a name, and that a cabbage or some othor veg etable would taste just as sweet if called some thing else, we have long and humbly differed with him. We say that there is something in a name. Wo have showed in these columns heretofore, that our opinion is backed by all the eminent anonymous literary writers in Ameri ca. Wc have shown more than once that Mary Morton, Miranda Melville, Harry Howard, Fanny Fern, Lilly Lee, and other manufacturers of the sentimental and tragic fabrics which adorn the columns of the Ledger and othor sensa tion papers wore on our side of this question, and had selected these alliterative names for themselves), with due reference to the refined tastes and, tender nerves of their readers.— Would not: a thrilling story of disappointed hopes, and! finally triumphant love written by Jerusha Scroggs be shockingly absurd, as well as highly ridiculous? Certainly. Of course. We say there is a groat deal in a name. Last year we had whittled this pet notion of ours about names down to a still finer point.— We half believed that initials had a great deal to do in shaping our destinies, particularly about tho time when "J. B.” wrote his famous letter about tho naval contracts. On reflection we found that the letter B was unfortunate enough to be the initial of a number of Pennsylvania's most prominent doughfaces. Buchanan, Beef Bill Bigler, Broadhead and Black; a precious galaxy. But we abandoned this initial idea when we discovered that “J. B.” would stand for John Brown as well as for James Buchanan. We do not believe any more there is anything in initials. Some years ago the great political question of the day was, “Have you seen Sam?” Thou sands and thousands of inquiring individuals became accquainted with this übiquitous per sonage, and beheld him face to face. Yet to our knowledge, no man ever knew his other name. There was ngrdatdealin the simple nameof Sam. It was as potential in one history, and carried with ic as much power, as did the name of Na poleon in France ; Sam’s groat and good work was accomplished—the dismemberment and deslruction’of the LoooFoco party-“he folded his tents like the Arab, and silently glided away.” We propose to say a few words of two other Sams, the coincidence of whose nanfes and ac tions led to the reflections above written. Wc shall speak of them briefly and to the point. When Mr. Buchanan accepted the nomina tion of the Cincinnati Convention in ISs■>, he voluntarily said that he believed "ike people of a territory , like those of a'State shojild form and regulate their own domestic institutions in their own way.” It was upon this idea that be uni ted all the elements of Democracy in his sup port ; and it was the abandonment of this idea which led Douglas, Forney, and their host of followers, to array themselves against the Ad ministration and its pet measure, the Leeomp tm fraud, in 1858. The Republican party held from the first that Squatter Sovereignty was a humbug and a cheat upon the people, and the present position of Douglas, together lyith the practical working of this idea in the terri tories shows the wisdom of our position. A few weeks ago the Legislature of Kansas un dertook to “regulate” the institution of slavery in that tearitory by abolishing it forever from the soil. Yet Saji. Medary the Governor ap pointed by Buchanan to carry out his idea as expressed in his letter of acceptance of 1856, and under ths instructions, doubtless of “J. B.” vetoed the Bill, which afterwards became a law in spite of the veto. Sam. Black, Buchanan’s Governor of Nebraska, followed Sam. Medary in his course, by vetoing a law passed by the Legislature of Nebraska to abolish slavery in that territory. In his veto message, Sam Black gives precisely the earns reasons" as did Sam- Medary; the acme of which was, that, accor ding to the Dred Scott decision, slavery existed in all of the territories of the United States un der the Constitution, and could not be abolished until the people formed a State Government; thus giving the lie direct to Mr. Buchanan’s . declaration pat in italics at the begining of this paragraph. Yet these two Sams worked hard for Buchanan’s election, and doubtless both affirmed from the stump the doctrines which they now ignore. Thus it is seen that the slave power requires men to affirm the plainest propo sition to-day, and oppose it to-morrow. It re quires men to stultify themselves every day, and these*two Sams, are, unfortunately for the country, only representative specimens of a class of Democratic politicians of like easy and clastic conscience scattered over the nation, but ' r 'ii. fi>- fitting (Ik; nation's office*. THE TIOGA COMTY AGITATOR. From Washington. Editorial Correspondence of the Agitntpr. W assinoton, March 15th, 1860. The Homestead Bill. The passage by the House of the Homestead Bill on Monday last, was a triumph over the Sham Democracy long to be remembered. There was a good deal of fillibustering on the Pro- Slavery side to prevent its being brought be fore the House at all, but Mr. Lovejoy of Illi nois, from the Committee on Public Lands had the engineering of it, backed by Grow and other champions of the measure, and the effort to stave it off was ineffectual. The question on the final passage of tho Bill was decided by a vote of 115 yeas, to 65 nays. An analysis of this vote shows that only one man from the Slave States (Craig of Missouri) voted it, and only one man from the Free States (Bill Montgomery, one of the delegates at large Bom Pennsylvania to the Charleston Convention) voted against it. No Northern man of whatev er party, but himself had the face to vote against it, and if he can go home to Pennsyl vania and explain this vote to the satisfaction of his constituents, then they are worthily rep resented. No other Democrat from the North dared to vote against the Bill, and it'is a source of satisfaction to know that every Republican in the House voted for it without exception. What will he its fate in tho Senate remains to bo seen. The readers of the Agitator are already ac quainted with tho Provisions of this Bill, so (hat a brief reference to it is all that is neces sary here. It provides that the adtual settler upon the Public Domain shall be protected against the rapacity of the land speculator, and that any citizen of the United States upon five years’ residence on. a quarter section of land will be entitled to a deed of tho same from the Government, upon the payment of 310 to cover expenses of deed, survey, &o. These are the main features. Tribune Correspondents. I promised ia my last when describing the Herald's Correspondents to say a few words about the Tribune's. In what I shall say of them, I will, not speak positively, being only acquaint ed personally with-one of them, but shall mere ly give my impressions, which I think, are cor rect. When the Tribuns's Special Correspon dent, known in its columns as “J. S. P.” (James S. Pike) is not here, then Mr. J. E. Harvey is the special telegrapher, and sends every night over the wires the column of items ao eagerly sought fur In the paper of the following day. Mr. Pike ia over forty years old, ia of a nervous an intellectual look in hia face,’ though his forehead i-< not of the massive order like Greeley’s or Dana’s. He has much more political sagacity than either of the last named, though, of course, in all the character istics and qualities which make a great jour nalist, he is altogether the inferior either.— It was a subject of some considerable remark that Mr. Greeley wrote a few weeks ago from the West, that he believed from what he saw; ■ and heard there that Douglas would certainly be the nominee at the Charlestown Convention. On the other hand, Pike wrote last week to the Tribune from this city, that ho believed from what he had seen and heard here, that Douglas had not the ghost of a Tribune will therefore be right in any event, of wild«pnlitical speculation injures the charac ter of the Tribune as a political prognosticator; for though “coming events cast their shadows before,” these shadows do not lie in opposite directions. Mr. Pika is a forcible writer and always commands the sympathy and respect of his readers. Mr. Harvey, mentioned above, is put down in the Congressional directory as the regular cor respondent of the LTorth American, of Phila delphia, but is well known to bo tha special dispatch writer of the Tribune. lie unites in his personal appearance, the elongated * counte nance and austere look of a Connecticut dea con, and the bang-up and dandefied style of a proadway swell. Ho is tall and angular, looks to bo over forty years of ago, wears an eye glass and kid gluves nearly all tho time, carries a handsome cane, and is altogether a genteel looking man. As there arc over one thousand copiet of tho Tribune taken in Tioga County I need say nothing of the character of his dis patches, every reader being familiar with thorn, and having the right to form his own opinion as to their merits. The same remark may be* made in regard to the letters of Mr. J. L. Crosby the Tribune's regular letter writer, and those of Mr. 11. B. Stanton who is undei* stood to be the occasional correspondent. Mr; Crosby is not more than twenty eight or thirty’ years old, but his letters are as good as any written from here except those of “Occasional” of the Philadelphia Press, Who is “Occasion al?” Ido not know yet, and may not be able to find out. Several gentlemen have been pointed out to me as the man, by different indi viduals. When I satisfy myself of his identity I will try and describe him. m The Charleston Nominee. Up to when Soward delivered his great speech in the Senate, and the Little Giant broke out with his undignified, demagogical, and stereotyped stump speech reply, the chan ces of the nomination of the latter were equal I think, with those of any other Northern man. But since that time his lustre has been fading. The fact that ho replied with undignified blus ter to Mr. Seward’s calm, statesmanlike and philosophic argument in behalf of Freedom is not the great fact against him. But be was known to bare been “cheek by fowl’’ with Seward two yeare ago fighting a corrupt Administration with the same argumentative weapons used by Mr. Seward on that great occasion. The South have no confidence in him, and the speech of Kellogg of Illinois, charging that Greeley and Douglas had entered into an arrangement in 1858 by which the latter was to bo returned as senator from Illinois, and therefore act with the Republicans, goes far to convince the South that be is a political mountebank'unworthy of their confidence. Bui the speech of Mr. Curry of Alabama in the House yesterday, lays Mr. j Douglas out “as cold as a wodgo," so far as his chances at Charleston are concerned. Mr. Curry is by.all odds the ablest man on the Southern side, and I have no doubt that he speeke for ■that section of the country ns ah entirety. He said that between the Democracy of Alabama and Mr. Douglas there was a deep gulf fixed, and no Charleston Convention, or any other Convention of wire pullers and political ma chinists could bnild abridge over that gulf. His denunciation of the squatter sovereignty hum bug, and of that portion of the Northern De mocracy who mystified and deluded each other with its cant phrases, was particularly hitter and scathing. I noticed that Douglas sat within a few feet of Curry when the latter was dissect ing tho magazine article. I am well assured that this speech, as well as that of Kellogg was intended to influence the South at Charleston to spurn Douglas ; rthd to-day hardly a dozen men in this city of politicians believe that Douglas can he nominated. I believe he is “a dead cock in the pit,” and Pike expressed the general sentiment here when ho said in the Tribune that he had not the ghost of a chance. Joe Lane of is said, will be taken as a compromise candidate, he being obnoxious to neither faction of the Democracy. The inevi table William Beef Bigler is said to he figuring industrfously for the Tice Presidency, nnd he may get it, too. Hunter of Virginia, Guthrie of Kentucky,"Dickenson of New York, Stephens of Georgia, and Breckenridge have about equal chances; while such men as Seymour of Con necticut, Cushing of Massachusetts, and Bayard of Dcleware have no chances whatever. But a few weeks more will tell the whole story. Miscellaneous Items, The House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, of which Schuyler Colfax of Indi ana is chairman, have decided by a large mu j een good V* “Yes, sir.” “Amfyou have been in the Penitentiary sis years?” “I have.” “Well, you have been there quite long enough— lpardon you out ! n Democratic stock is rising. —Lancaster Intell igencer, Yes, —Stevens was hanged the other day, and two or three more are sentenced to the same bad elevation in April. Democratic stock is rising, sure enough. The Pennsylvania Telegraph thinks it would now be in order for the friends of Mr. Ilickman to present him with a sii-shooter as a set-off for the cane presented by the South Carolini ans to the bully Edmundson. Virginia, as usual, is getting a huge share of the public patronage. Old Brown was a ter rible old fellow, but his raid upon Virginia was a trifle in comparison with Virgiania’s raid up on the Treasury. Reported—that a man -in Illinois is writing the life of Douglas. His life, we suppose, may as well be written now as ever. It is lived out,' so far as any matters of political moment are concerned. Prentice says that the Slavery issue in Ken tucky is about 25,000 nigger babies a year.—- This estimate does not include the shaded va rieties, we presume. Mr. Douglas’s Chicago Organ says that the country owes it to Mr. D. to elect him to the Presidency. Then we guess the country will repudiate. _ A sacriligious wretch entered the Presbyte rian Church in Alton, Illinois, recently, and stole the entire communion plate, which was very valuable. Canada is fast becoming a great nation. She owes $60,000,000. ■ 1 Felix. For tho Agitator. died In Charleston, on Friday mornitnr tv Mrs. ZESA AUSTIJi, wifenf 3o years. J 0 Aasl m, s^ In Charleston, on Mondar the 18,1, i RUTH FENTON, aged 69 years * U «-. Mrs. Mclnroy & Bailey, '—^ WOULD inform the pnblic, that bavin- w v OieiliU property, known l as niiivt,, and having repaired and supplied ti ER new bolts and machinery, are now prepared ' ,lli CUSTOM WORK. ' to the entire satisfaction of its patrons. Wliv, of our experienced miller, Mr. L. D. Mitch., “• unsparing efforts of the proprietors, they im. keep up an establishment second to none in t|° J 10 Cash paid for wheat and corn, and the hiefc.-! price given. , | EDW. McINPnv 1 * 1 y»rch 15, 1860, tf. |JXO.W BAU° Y v TIOOA REGULATOR. George f. Humphrey has opened . Jcwely Store at P u i *e* Tioga Tillage, Tioga County, Where he is prepared to do all kinds of Watch n l and Jewelry repairing, in a workmanlike banner iu work warranted to give entire satisfaction. * We do not pretend to do work better than any man, but we can do as good work as can be Aa* tne cities or elsewhere. Also Watches Plated ° De U GEORGE F. HUMPHp.pv Tioga, Pa., March 15, 1860. (ly.) Cl ‘ WELLBBOUO’ ACADEStT Wellsboro’, Tioga County, Penna. MARINUS N dUEN, A. M, . . P riac! ll Miss Cynthia Farmer, p r *** Miss L. Lucinda Alles, - . . . Miss Josephine M. Todd, - . Mutic Ttaeher The Academic year will be divided into th*** t of U weeks each. ierai Spring Term commences Mondav. Aoril 1- ,u Tuesday July 3. * w> ““w Tuition. Primary Department, - . . Common Branches, - ,’ M Higher English, ..... s ' oo - Languages , - M Instrumental music (eslra)Term ofllwtehslO 00 Board and Rooms in private families furaiah-dt* reasonable prices. Students wishing to (board them! selves may also obtain Rooms in privatefamihr, The success that has attended the efforts of Prof Allen as a teacher in other institutions in which he has been engaged encourages the Trustees to amici, pate entire success in his connection with the IPelh! born Academy. Bills of Tuition are to he paid at or hefora the mid, die of each Term. By order of Tnntesa J. F DOSaLbsOV Fr-Vi TTellsboro, March, 3, 1860. School for Young Tlisvcs At Lawrenceville, Tioga County, Pa, THE Mias Seeger's of Northampton Maas., prrtott opening aSchoolin this Village for young on the 16th of April. They trill teach all ilcglui branches Decenary to complete a young lady's eduev tion. Also Latin, French and German. TERMS. j 1 Common English Branches, - , . $3,00 Higher Branches and Language*, - . *sss Drawing; Painting, and Music (extra) Board can be obtained for pupils from abroad, 15 desirable private families. 1 AW*erem-M.—Lewis Darling, M. £»,. M. P. Orton. D., Judge C. Parkhurst. j ■ Lawrenceville, March S, IS6O. | STEWARTS STEWARTS S TE WARTS STEWARTS GROCERY GROCERY GROCERY GROCERY BOOT AND SHOE BOOT AND SHOE BOOT AND SHOE BOOT AND SHOE STORE STORE STORE STORE NO 4 CONCERT BLOCK NO 4 CONCERT BLOCK NO 4 CONCERT BLOCK MARKET STREET MARKET STREET MARKET STREET 1860 1860 1860 Corning, N. Y.. March 22, 1860, (ly.) By lyuws and Ordinances OF THE BOROUGH OF HMSSBURG AT a regular meeting of the Burgers and of the Borough of Mainaburg, tbe follow-** B,y Laws and Ordinances were duly passed accor tag to law. By Laws. _ M 1. That cattle, borsos, bogs, geese and turkey*! ! _ 3 ‘* )t be allowed to ruu at large in the Borough of . irg, under penalty of twenty-five cents for eac cattle, horses and hog?, and twelve and a h reach goose or turkey, for each and every o *-- rouided, that from the first day of *^P n * u 0 •st day of December in each year, cows e streets from five o’clock in the morning an * clock in the evening: and prodded further srson shall bo allowed to drive any of t ‘ , * e uck into the pound other- than legal voters • oro, and that all such moneys collected of owe e above stock shall be paid, one half to t e P ( •iviug said stock to the pound and one hi.* uund Master. 2. That shows of no disenption shall be 3 thibit in the Borough of Mainsburg, other t gaily, licensed by the Burgeas. 4go - That each und every person shall p , . )l less than fifty cents, for driving, riding* . ■ hitching a horse or horses on the aide ws orough lor each and every offence. ~o W, 4. That no person or persons shall oe . ay ball in the streets of said Boro, under f ‘ty cents fine for each ami every offence. Ordinances. 1 That side walks shall be built on ffil y Main Street, commencing at Bruntisgo „ Heeding to the M. E. Church, to bo nr id laid with 1$ inch plank. a jiJa 2. That side walks be bnilt on the jj 5 , r ain Street, commencing at the west w cket fence, extending to the bridge £i wide. «,t«de^ L i. That side walks be .built on the &l Yoie’- lining north and south, commcncic? bar: re house and extending to A« C. 1 four feet wide. « . 1. That side walks from A. urch be four feet wide. Thnt A. B. Austin is hereby requu- ■ the distance of the aide walk ito Church. j te« l ►. That each and every person be * nre niises red to build walks in front of farof ,t all aide walks not built by toe ® J per ct, will be built by the Boro with led to the cost according to law. _ That the Borough build six cro mill and the M. E. Church. . i»t, !. That all the above laws take ' e „, r - k ' B p ßC cSwobiH.^- IS6O. Maineburg, March 21 , t’roup. dry goods DRY C.iiODS DRY GOODS DRY GOODS PROVISION PROVISION PROVISION PROVISION YANKEE NOTION YANKEE NOTION YANKEE NOTION YANKEE NOTION CORNING X T CORNING N Y CORNING N Y iredtol’' 11