Young mel
& vast deal of good speaking ought to he
dune, in the pending canvass, Jo the doubtful
and closely-contested States, by the Republican
Young Men of the country. Every county in
the Free States contains half-a-dozen or more
young lawyers, merchants, doctors, teachers,
farmers, editors, mechanics, graduates, or “gen
tlemen,” who are capable of preparing a valua
ble and telling speech upon the issues involved
in this campaign, and who would, on invitation,-
to do so, deliver it in the towns and villages of
their localities, to the great advantage of the
cause. Friends of Lincoln and Hamlin 1 the
living voice can do wonders in this contest, and
especially in such close States as New Jersey,
' Pensylvania, Indiana, and Illinois. . Don’t wait
I for some “great mass meeting,” and the presence
I of some “great orator,” ere you move. Members
ef Congress, ex-Governors, &c., whoso names
glare in staring type at the heads of huge hand
bills. are generally a very much over-estima
ted sot of men, as is proved when brought to
the test. Tiie telegraph has made great men of
them—on paper. However, they are well en
ough at mass meetings, where all is noise and
confusion, and people come to shout and stare
rather than to hear and think. But t in the
small neighborhood and village gatherings,
where the real work of the canvas? to bo
dune, quite different materials should be put in
requisition. And this is the field 1° he cultiva
ted by the home Young Men of the locality.
Republicans of the rural districts ! call out your
aspiring Young Men 1 Tell them to prepare
the best speech they are capohle of doing. Get
up a good meeting for them. Then see that
tho opponents of our cause, as well ns its
f r ; e nd«, are present when “the maiden effort”
is made; and, if “the orator of tho occasion”
has the root of the matter in him, your meeting
will do more good than if addressed iby some
“Honorable" nonenity or some “Genital” no
body, who lives five hundred miles ajway.
The vnode here suggested is the only way in
v hioh thousands of interior towns can hear a
Republican speech during the canvass. Call
out your Young Men, and set them to work in
nagleoted fields, and it will Swell our vote by
tnns of thousands, and may secure to Lincoln
one or two doubtful States. Try it!—-V. V.
Ti~ihvne, '
WHAT EORNEhrS PBESS WILt. DO.
In answer to the charge that Forney is not a
tincere friend of Douglas, the Press, his journal,"
nf the fifith-instant, publishes the folowing state
ment :
“I. The editor of tho Press will vote for the
pure Douglas electoral ticket to bo nominated
at Harrisburg to-dny, and in so doing will carry
out the publicly-expressed policy of Stephen A.
Douglas himself. .
“11. The Press has never for an instant
changed its course on the slavery question, and
its editor was chosen Cierk of the House of
Representatives of the United States not only
without a pledge to any member of Congress,
or to any other person, and without asking for
a vote, but in the face of his repeated declara
tions in favor of the principle of non-interven
tion and popular sovereignty as boldly main
tained by Judge Douglas.
“111. Thg Press never raised tho Douglas
flag, and is net the organ of any man for the
Presidency, fait has always occupied an inde
pendent position, preferring Judge Douglas
because he was the representative of the prin
ciples of the old-fashioned democracy.
“IV. The Press is not laboring to elect Mr.
Lincoln President, but differs from him- and his
friends on tho territorial question, /believing
that if Congress cannot protect slavery in the
territories, neither can it prohibit slavery in tho
territories.
“V. But when the disuniomsta in their speeches
end declarations have declared, and still de
clare, their preferepces for Lincoln over Doughs,
■what northern mah would not prefer Lincoln to
Breckinridge, the latter being the candidate of
the active and open enemies of the Union of
ibeso Estates ?
••VI. That a fusion electoral ticket in this
state is opposed by this journal, because it is a
corrupt and fraudulent scheme to elect Breckin
ridge, who according to the Herald and Consti
tution , is sure to receive more electoral votes
than Douglas, and, therefore, if this claim is
realised, all who rote for the fusion -electoral
_ ticket vote for Breckinridge, the disunion can
didate for President/'
Tn* W ashjlwGtox Constitution, the Presi
dent's central organ, says, “Every candid man
who now surveys the political field, and calcu
lates the chances of the rival candidates now
before the people for the highest offices in their
gift, must come to the conclusion that the strug
gle is between Breckinridge and Lanejon the
one aide, the nominees of the true democracy
of theijoxmtry, and Lincoln and llamlin cm the
other side. Little more than three weeks have
elapsed since the nomination of Breckinridge
and Lane, and yet, the most unmistakable evi
dence has been furnished that they will sweep
the fifteen Southern, States, Oregon and Califor
nia by overwhelming majorities, and that the
conservative masses in the other States, ac
knowledge their ability, purity of character,
devotion to the Constitution and the Union, and
the great'principles of the democratic faith, aro
rallying round their standard with enthusiasm
and earnestness. It is seen that the struggle is
between the candidates of the national democ
racy and their blqlck-republican rivals, and that
every vote given to any other candidates than
Breckinridge and Lane is a vote cast for Lin
coln and Hamlin/ 1
Herscbel V. Jobnson, tile Douglaa candi
date for Vice President, is reported to bo
"sound” on ‘‘Squatter Sovereignty,” as fol
low* :
“Slave propefty stands on the same footing
as all other.descriptions of property, and nei
ther the General Government, nob any terri
torial government, can destroy or impair the
right to slave property in the territories any
more than the Tight to any other description of
property ; property of all kinds, slaves as well
as any other species of property in the territo
ries, stands upon the same equal and' broad
Constitutional basis, and subject to like princi
ples of recognition and protection in the Legis
lative, judicial, and executive departments of
the Government.”
Pbsnt.—Mr. Douglas, in his letter of accep
tance, says, “Upon looking into the proceedings
of the Convention;! find that the nomination
was made with great unanimity it# the presence
and with the concurrence of more than two
thirds of our delegates, in accordance with the
long established usages of the party.” "What
thi unanimity of aConventiop was, that failing
to barmonifta in Charleston, but losing several
delegates by withdrawal, adjourned again to
Baltimore only to renew tbs strife and lose
»>«« ws eawwt understand.
THE AGITATOR.
HUGH YOUNG, EDITOR i PROPRIETOR.
WELLSBORODGH, PA.,
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. .2, 1860.
KEPUULICAN NATIONAL NOMINATIONS.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
OF ILLINOIS.
FOB VICE-PRESIDENT,
HANNIBAL HAMLIN,
OF MAINE.
j REPUBLICAN STATE NOMINATION.
FOB COVZaNOB, ' 1
ANDREW G-. CURTIN,
OF CENTRE COUNTV.
TO CANDIDATES.
As there seems to bo sonic anxiety in the minds
of certain candidates fur office now before tho
people in regard to our course, and as wo have
been represented as favoring certain candi
dates to tho disparagement of others, we deem
it necessary to say a few words here inN.expla
nation.
The Agitator is the organ of the. entire Re
publican Party of Tioga County. Prom tho
first number to it has labored to
hold up to view the principles of the party
only, caring nothing for men, except when they
were known and recognized to bo prominent
exponents of these principles. We are the ad
vocate of no man’s claims; we adhere to no
faction nor clique ; wo are the follower of no
man’s political fortunes, nor is our paper any
man’s organ. "We are independent; just ns
much so as any partizan editor can possibly be.
Until the Mansfield Convention meets, and
the Republican electors shall have expressed
through their delegates their choice for the va
rious offices in gift, the Agitator will re
main entirely neutral as to the candidates now
in the field. Nevertheless, in the capacity of
a private citizen we have our preferences for |
certain men which we do not fail to express on :
all proper occasion?.
Having thus defined our own position, we ,
have a few words of advico to offer to candi
dates, which, we trust will not be entirely lost
upon them.
Do not depend too implicitly upon your
friends; for if you are a politician your real
friends fire frery few ; and many of those who
seem to take more than ordinary interest in
your success, are just as enthusiastic for your
opponent who comes along the next day. All
political office seekers arc “in the hands of.
their friends/’ but you had much better be in
your own hands than in theirs.
Do not coax yourself to* believe that if you
«re defeated in'the'Convention, all whom you
believed to be your friends are going to be as
mad about it, and as much disappointed as you
arc. You will find your friends Will bear your
defeat calmly, as you ought to. Remember
that hut one only can be nominated fojr each
office, and-that * some must needs bo disap
pointed.
When you electioneer a man, arid ho says
nothing against you, do not therefore believe
that he is going to vote for you. By counting
such men as these, the enthusiastic candidate
usually gets his figures too high, and his disap
pointment, when it comes, is in a correspond
ing ratio.
Do not try to make capital for yourself by
sneering at the qualifications and ability of
your opponent. We have known politicians to
“run themselves in the ground” in this way.
Treat your opponents fairly and honorably. It
is much better to be defeated thus, than to
succeed otherwise.
We rest for’to-day. Let the People seo to it
that in the scramble for the offices, the eternal
truths of Republicanism arc not forgotten.
C. L. "WARD.
The gentleman whose name heads this article
resides at Towanda in this Congressional Dis
trict, is a land proprietor and lawyer by pro
fession, and follows the devious ways of Loco
foco politics for recreation. Mr. Ward has
be (pi writing a long, letter in the Bradford Her
ald ii one HalJeman, a member of the Na
tional Democratic Committee, in which he gives
a history of the Charleston and Baltimore Con
ventions, and his opinions motives of
the different factions which led°fhe-way to the
irrepressible conflict at both places. He also
felt it to be his duty to write a few linos to his
constituents in this district, calling their atten
tion to, and adding seme things which he forgot
in his longer letter to Ilaldeman.
Stripping the wholty manifesto of its egotism
(not to say arrogance'} its discursiveness and
verbosity, its doubtful rhetoric and its special
ploodk. n gf means simply this:
*‘l represented with .Mr. H. A. Guernsey'the
democratic elector 3 of the 14th District of Penn
sylvania, at the Conventions of Charleston and
Baltimore. I remained wiiu Douglas half
of the party when it split, becaus" I deemed it
‘my duty to do so; but Mr. Guernsey Wc'ofc with
the seceding faction for Breckinridge. There
fore Mr. Guernsey is a traitor to Democracy
and is politically dead and buried, while I am
left ‘the only surviving Relegate from the 14th
District*—alive and kicking.” That is the
gist of it. ,
We have room only for one or two extracts.
Speaking of the State Convention Mr, Ward
says:
A prominent feature of the spirit which prevailed
(at Rending) was the disposition to bury the Lecomp
ton question forever In the lowest depths of forgetful
ness. It was upon this question—this rock of the
devil's own uplifting in the sea of (democratic) poli
tics—that the party bad stranded itself, both iu Penn
sylvania and many other States throughout the Union.
Wo always thought that the devil was an
active worker in that, party, bat never saw it
publicly ■ acknowledged before. Besides the
fine rhetorical figure above quoted in which
the devil ii introduced, we find another passage
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
in the letter 'wherein reference is mode to an
other personage not usually supposed to be in
terested in politics, viz : The Angel Gabriel.
“If the Angel Gabriel himself, (says the plucky
Mr. Ward) had, instead of Yancey, headed the
Alabama delegation, and came -breathing re
newed threats of secession, I would have
spurned them by my rote and sustained their
competitors." Wo don’t douht'it, though we
are glad that the exigency which Mr. Ward
supposes, did not occur, as we should have re
gretted the effect of any misunderstanding or
hard feelings between Sir. Ward and.the Angel
Gabriel. Mr. Ward concludes his letter to his
constituents in this stylo:
As matters now stand, I cannot, and will not, vote
for kny electoral ticket, except one pledged, singly
and exclusively, to Douglas and Johnson, the regular
nominees of the party; and if there shall be no such
ticket in the field, I will not vote at ail—rather than
sanction even indirectly, doctrines nnd ulterior pur
poses, at which my very soul revolts. ,
What the “ulterior purposes” are to which
Mr. Ward refers at which his soul revolts, we
cannot even guess. He certainly cannot expect
to gull democrats with the same clap-trap about
disunion which he tried so successfully (?) upon
Republicans in 1856 1 We trust .he will not
vote at all. Wc can get along very well with
out it. But if Mr. Ward should vote, we trust
that it will be for a straight-out no-surrender
square-toed Douglas and Fitz-Johnsou electoral
ticket.
THE, DOUGLAS CONVENTION.
1 IT'D Fusion with Disuuionists.
The efforts of the Democratic State Commit
tee to patch up the split in the party by run
ning an electoral ticket in this State pledged to
the support of that candidate which its vote
might elect, meets with no favor from that fac
tion favorable to the Little Giant. On Thurs
day last a State Convention was held at Harris
burg to repudiate the action of the Committee,
and to take measures to nominate a pure Doug
las electoral ticket, the proposed mongrel ticket
being indignantly rejected. A series of res
olutions was passed embodying thete views and
reading all the Breckinridge newspapers out of
the party. We give below on account of the
affair, from our Harrisburg Correspondent,
which, on account of its searching analysis of
the managers and their motives, will be read"
with more than ordinary interest:
Harrisburg, July 27, iB6O.
Editor of the Agitator : The Douglas Mass
Convention which met at the State Capitol on
the 2Gth inst., was quite respectable for num
bers and talent. It adopted a preamble and
resolutions, which you will sea in your ex
changes ; made any amount of spunky speeches,
and adjourned late in the evening. If lam
not mistaken the old fogies had it all their own
way in shaping tbo action, or rather non-ac
tion of the meeting. Of this, however, every
She who reads the proceedings can judge for
himself. Not so of the speeches—which, I
guess, were not fully reported, and will never
reach the public eye.
A cool and impartial listener would have re
marked several interesting characteristics. Ist.
An ample amount of that inspiration which
comes of a family quarrel. 2d. A misgiving
that each democrat then and there acting, was
plotting treason against their rightful masters,
| and therefore in great peril of some sort; —feel-
ing, doubtless, like a slave, just relieved of his
iron collar, who is still hampered with a night
mare conviction that ho is yet wearing it. 3d.
A consciousness that there was a farcical char
acter adhering to all that’was done ; to conceal
.arhioh, some considerable degree of supereroga
tory earnestness was manifested. 4th. A bril
liant streak of glorification for the benefit of
the Little Giant. This looked amiable. Hero
worship is respectable ; and happy are they
who find a hero to worship; Still happier,
who can improvise a hero, when the real thing
;is not extant; or, what is about the same,
transmute a crocodile, or some other amphibi
ous animal, into a God. No danger of such
being Atheists. sth. A deliberate animus to
cheat the honest voters with the persuasion
that Douglas is now standing, or running, on
the platform of Popular Sovereignty ; Whereas
the platform adopted by fits Convention is
nothing but Roger B. Tuney-Sovereignty—-Su
preme Court Sovereignty—a miserable, corrupt
dogma, manufactured to order of the Southern
Oligarchy, whom these men now pretend to
be fighting against, for the salvation of the
j Union. Oh, how bravely !
Well, this Popular Sovereignty doctrine has
its plausibilities, which may mislead many an
honest man. Let those who dre now in love
with it, ask themselves whether in its most fa
vorable practical operation it does not necessa
rily amount to Executive intervention on the one
side or the other, and whether Legislative inter
vention is not preferable ? Does any one doubt
the constitutional authority of Congress to leg
islate Slavery oht of the Territories? let him
alone in his absurd stupidity—“the ass know
eth his master's crib.’* Z.
A Change of Tcxs. —Twelve years agd the
democrats of the Illinois legislature vpted in
favor of the following resolution relative to
Tuxes: ,
“Resolved, That oar senators in Congress be
instructed and our representatives be requested
to use fheir best efforts' to insert into any not or
ordinance establishing any and all such territo
rial government a fundamental article or provi
sion, which shall pfQOide, declare and guaranty
that slavery or involuntary servitude—except
as a punishment for crime, wherefore the party
shall have been first duly convicted — shall be
prohibited therein so long as the same shall re
main a territory."
Now they are in favor of non-intervention by
Congress!
A western newspaper correspondent, hard
pressed for a standard comparison, writes to
the Nashville Union:
“The opposition are making a great many
false assertions, and doing all they can to aid
and induce democrats to go for Douglas, but. I
Verily,believe Douglas will go down as low as
Marlin Von Boren.”
PEOM THE PEOPLE
For the Agitator.
The Assembly Question.
Mr. Young : Will you allow me space in
your paper to say a few words to the Republi
cans of Tioga County in regard to the nomina
tions for Assembly at the approaching Conven
tion at. Mansfield ? I feel the.more at liberty
to make this request as I never asked for an
office of any kind for myself: and also because
I believe that the People who are most directly
interested should be appealed to first through
the medium of the county paper.
. Last year'the Couvention at Tioga presented
the name of L. P. Williston as its candidate
for Assembly, and the Pdtter County Conven
tion presented Lewis Mann, Esq., for re-elec
tion. The Potter County Conferees failing to
appear on the day appointed for the conference,
a question arose in the minds of many Repub
licans as to the propriety of presenting another
gentleman as a candidate for Assembly from
this county. The fact that the Tioga Conven
tion had presented but one candidate, thereby
virtually agreeing that Potter County should
have the other, was all that prevented our peo
ple from electing two instead of one member- of
Assembly. I put no faith in, nor attach any
weight to agreements made between politicians
as to the distribution of the offices; but it may
be proper to mention here that some politicians
who came here from Potter County a few days
after the - Tioga Conferees had recommended
the nomination of Isaac M. Bodine, Esq., as a
candidate instead of Lewis Mann, expressly
agreed that they would not ask for a Member
of Assembly from their county this year. At
any rate as Potter County has the Senator, and
as Tioga County has three times the population,
she cannot feel aggrieved if wo claim the right
to both members.
I am not particular as to mho oar Represen
tatives shall be, if they are only good men and
true. I have heard upon the best authority
that S. B. Elliott, Esq., of Mansfield is, among
others, a candidate for the Legislature, and (if
not against your rule) I desire to say a few
words in his behalf. He is “native and to the
manor born is a gentleman of perseverance
and ability, and understands, as well as any
other man, the ’wants of .the people he would
represent. Ilia integrity is unquestionable,
and by his enterprise and public spirit he has
ingratiated himself into the hearts of the people
in the eastern part of our county. I think it
is safe to say that no belter man could be se
lected than Mr. Elliott as one of our Represen
tatives : and I trust the people will come to
that conclusion, and so express themselves
through their delegates at the approaching
Convention. Still, if they do not select him
as one of the candidates I shall cheerfully con
cur and support any other good men who may
be presented.
A Hale Republican of ’52.
Republican Club in Charleston.
Ed. Agitator : The Republicans of Charles
ton Townohip met at East Charleston on Sat
urday evening July 21st, for the purpose of
organizing a Republican Club. On Motion of
N. Whitney, Joseph Wilcox was called to the
Chair and stated the object of the meeting.—
The following gentlemen woro then chosen an
officers of the Club :
President. —Nelson Whitney.
Vice President. —Robert Tipple,
Secretary. —lX. P. Dockstader.
Treasurer. —Thos. E. Mitchell,
On motion the officers elect were constitute]
a committee to appoint Vigilance Committee]
in the several School Districts of the Township
The following gentlemen were appointed, viz
1. Morgan Hart, 9. A. G. Eliiott,
Noah Wheeler. V. A. Ellioit.
2. Nathan Austin, 10. B. Dumaux,
A. E. Niles. Jerry Dockstader.
3. W. P. Shumway, 11. Kobt Trull,
Eph. Hart. D, A. Lockwood*.
4. Chas. Coolidge, 12. 11. D. Gatlin,
John Mathers. Roswell Guile,
13. John Francis,
A. Wilkinson.
5. J. G. Dartt,
H. 11. .Dart't.
6. Porter Wilcox, 14. Andrew Ritter,
Elias Tipple. Helena Claus.
15, D. G. Edwards,
Thos. Jones.
7. L. 11. Potter,
Dexter Catlm,
8. Carlisle Atherton, 16. S. S. Dartt,
Noah Hammond. J, Dennison,
17. J. B. Hardy, Abram Walker.
It was moved and carried that the meeting!
of the Club be held, once a week on Saturday
evening.
On motion the Club resolved to meet Augisl
4th, at the Potter School House in Gatlin llpl
low, and that L. P. Williston bg invited to ijd
dress the meeting. j
S. F. Wilson, Esq., of Wellsboro, being pres
ent was called out and proceeded to address t f be
meeting ini a very able and eloquent manrier
doing great honor to himself and the Republi
can cause. At the close of his address a unani
mous vote of thanks was extended to him by
the audience.
On motion the proceedings of this meeting
were to be published in the Agitator,
after which the Club adjourned to meet at me
Ferry School Houso on Saturday evening the
28th of July. 1
S. F. Wilson and B. B. Strang are expected
to be present to addess the meeting. |
N. Whitley. President
H. P. Dockstader, Secretary. ■
\ For the Agitator.
Manuring Land with Straw. 5
Mr. Editor : A number of years agoj an
article was published in the Wellsboro Adcer
iizer with the above caption. Having tried [the
process for many years, and finding it benefi
cial in both dry and wet seasons, I feel confi
dent in recommending it to my fellow farmers.
I would suggest to those who have stacks of
straw lying over Summer to no purpose but
the harboring of rats, snakes, &c., to spread it
out lightly as a manure upon their oats hind,
immediately after sowing and dragging. Any
one doubting the above process to be a good
one need but come and see a .crop thus treated
on my farm and he wilt soon be convinced.
Another advantage to be derived from this pro
cess is the prevention of the growth of wetds,
and particularly of a troublesome weed, known
ns devil’s gats.
I trust the day is not far distant when -Agri
cultural Meetings similar to Teachers’ Instil itca
will he held in each township as . often as once
in three months. In this way farmers ould
compare notes with each other, and the valua
ble facts thus elicited could be published in' the
county papers for the benefit of everybody.—
The prejudice against scientific farming would
then soon disappear, and people would take the'
county papers as a matter of necessity,j and
pay for them, too. D. G. Upwards.
Charleston, July 24, 1860. i
J At n meeting of the citizens at Farmington
Centre, Robert Cnsbeer was elected to the chair,
and B. W. House was chosen secretary. The
[following was voted to be published in the county
.
Resolved, That the long-continued and ener
getic-search of the father, Charles Churchill,
for his missing son, Clark Churchill, whom it
is believed was murdered and robbed in Erie
city about the 14th of August, 1859, meets our
approbation.
'Notwithstanding the darkness vailing this
mysterious case, that when leaving home on
the 25th o{ October last, with no other directory
than that his son had on the 13tl> of August
left some place (name not then known to the
father) to go to Erie for money, and disap
peared without reaching the money, although
81000 was ready for him, has by indefatigable
pursuit and inquiry, found track of a reckless
/■'banditti, and gained reliable proof, sufficient to
(convict a part of. them for robbing his son of
[considerable money, as is certified to by legal
[attorneys, bnt not sufficient to convict for mnr
■ der, as the sonTs not found or identified.
And as jthe father has expended all his money
and much contributed him by many philan
thropists while on this gloomy aniheart-strick
en mission, and is now compelled partially to
abandon the search for want of funds.
Therefore, we heartily and fully endorse the
resolutions of the citizens of Middlebury and
elsewhere soliciting assistance from citizens and
the government, to enable the father to find all
out, and legally punish all connected in guilt
with this matter.
And it is further resolved, that to the many
philanthropic citizens and strangers in the
Statcs.of Ohio and New York, as well as citi--
zens of Pennsylvania, who not only recognized
and sympathized with the bereaved father, when
far from his home and destitute of funds in this
painful inquiry, but greatly alleviated, by
money contributed, and cheerfully forwarding
him from place to place, and comforting him
by the way/ May such superlative worthy
deeds, and the authors, ever be in our memory.
And they and those who farther assist him, will
be applauded by every true American citizen.
Robert Casbeeb; Ohairman.
R. W. House, Secretary.
At a meeting held in Chatham District No.
3, on Thursday evening, July 19, ISGO, Armon
Cloos was called to the chair, and Reuben Morse
chosen Secretary, when it was Resolved, That
the disappearance of Clark Churchill at Eric,
Pa., about the 15th of August, 1859, and atten
-4ing circumstances, justly caused the Relief that
hewns-miirderoJ, robbed an sccreted"by an ex
tensive bandTffr, and the father, CharlesL’hurch
ill, is the only person’known, striving to elicit’
light as to the disposition of the son and expose
the guilty, and"is known to have expended all
of bis time-and available means that could be
spared from his mourning family, and much
'means furnished- him by entire strangers, and
has gained much information implicating many
persons with having a guilty knowledge of this
horrid crime, but is now compelled to partially
break'off the inquiry for the want op funds—
Therefore, It is worthy the .attention of all
For the Agitator.
citizens as well as strangers, and wc cheerfully
concur with the resolutions, of the good people
[ of JMiddlebury and elsewhere, now being pub
lished in our county papers, soliciting aid to
i -continue this inquiry tp-a successful investiga-
I, lion, r
Resolved? Tlnit only to hope and solicit, will
I not pay expenses, but to help will.
3 Resolved, That unless this thing is thoroughly
* ferreted out and investigated to the punishment
* of the guilty, our whole country will be over
run by the banditti, and citizens find no safety.
Resolved, That such as have rendered assis
tance in this matter have pur thanks.
Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions he
published in our county papers.
. Annoy 'C loos, Chairman .
Reuben* Morse, Secretary.
At a meeting held in Chatham District No. 5,
on the 12th of July, 1860, D. H. Lee was called
to the chair, and Theodore Scott chosen Secre
tary, when it was unanimously voted that ihe
following resolutions bo published in both
county papers ;
Resolved, That whereas, Charles Churchill
the father of Clark Churchill is the only per
son trying to* disclose the dark mysteries which
have for the last eleven months vailed the way
and manner in which the son has been disposed
of, andjias spent his means and lime, also much
means furnished by strangers, and has gained
much, valuable information as to the guilty
party, and still there is bo done to bring
it to a crisisT Therefore, Wc believe it to be
tbe duty cf citiaens and the Government, to
cotributo to the assistance of the father, and
lighten the burd(|n of his gloomy toils through
tfils^earch^which 1 is so necessary for the public
gopd. And'to-~tjheniany strangers who have
assisted him bur
D. hTTCEe, Chairman.
Theodore Scott, Secretary.
What we like to See. —An exchange tells
us what it likes to see. Although we copy the
article for the purpose of showing sonic peculi
arities of taste, nevertheless, we cannot endorse
the following; “W 9 like to see a man refuse
to take his local paper, and then borrow it from
his neighbor. ■ We like to hear a man complain
when you ask him to subscribe for his home
paper, that he takes roora than he can read now,
and cannot afford it. Wo like to hear n man
run down his home paper as not worth taking,
and every now and then go or send to the edi
tor for some favor in the editorial line. We
like to hear a man complain because the paper
contains so many advertisements, and threaten
to. stop it if they are not taken out, and then
refuse after a year to pay his subscription, or
wonder if the paper goes down, why it could
not live. We like to see a merchant or mechan
ic refuse to advertise in his local paper, and
then strive to get a share of the trade the pa
per brings to the place, by advancing its inter
ests as good newspapers always do. We like
to have men threaten to ‘stop their paper/ if
tfye editorials and character of it do not come
up to their preconceived standard of politics,
science and literature. We like to have them
dictate wbat course an editor should pursue,
simply because they are subscribers, and par
ticularly if they have not paid their subscrip
tion in advance. But above all things we like
to see men of wealth and property refuse to
sustain the local press, which is constantly en
hancing tbe value of their property by advoca
ting - the interests of the- town. It looks so eco
nomical and thrifty.** ;
• —Abolition journals denounce Mr. Lincoln
because he is not-an abolitionist. Wendell
Philips calls Lincoln the Northern Slave Hound.
, For th« Agitator.
\ The Lost Clark Churchill.
A. Slashing Obituary. — The
announces the end of the Democmcv- ' *
following sloshing style: ' 11 tie
“Democracy has gone to the devil— it. a
god father. It departed amid a shower 0 r k !® 8
stone and flashes of bide blazes, W; “ri£n
blessed Union behind, the palladium .° nr
it boasted itself the sole protector. Bn. •
year 1824, it died on Friday June 2‘>ism ll '
hangman’s day—in the 26th year of it
from an organic disease, which not all ih age >
bined skill of the political doctors coold"° m '
The immediate cause of its death was * .? Urc '
pressible conflict’’ between the Norths'* ltTe '
Southern wings. The Africans
Breckinridge and Lane as their candidate.
the Mulattoes Douglas and Fitzpatrick ’
latter subsequently declined, and his D W.
filled by Herschel V. Johnson. f 0 Wa *
What the Census is
our cities, which have been indulging
travagantfestimates of their presen t’popul^,' 1 '
are being disapointed in the results of the
sus. The aggregate population of Cincim«:
will not exceed 180,000. Boston, it is
by the journals of that city, will not be so hr.
as expected. Baltimore has increased 61 OM
and has now a population of 280,000. pj,-i ’
delphia it is estimated from the returns abend 1 '
made, will be over 950,000, possibly 680 qoq
as estimated last January by those who ’null
lished the new directory. # The population of
New York is not yet given. Its preponderant
in Congress depends upon keeping up its DOm ,
lation. v p
—The following are of the 'series of rasola
tions adopted by the Republicans in the Con
vejfcion which nominated John F. Potter for
re-election to Congress :
Whereas, Mr. Potter, by his courage, and
thorough discharge of all Pryor engagements
has brought into disrepote the barbarous coda
“termed the duello, and has done more than anr
other man to pliice free discussion in Confess
beyond the control and sway of pi3tois°and
bludgeons, therefore.
Resolved, That wa call upon our brother
constituents to unite with us in nominating, by
acclamation, for our next .Representative the
Hon. John F. Potter. - ’
Tobacco rs “Goot.”— A writer in the Atlan
tic Monthly for August has come out in defense
of the weed. He says that all the diseases
attributed to tobacco are-found to exist among
those who do not, use it. Moderate tobacco
chewers attain a longevity equal to any other
class, as statistics kept by old physicians show.
He concludes that tobacco, in moderation,
neither affects the health nor shorties the life -
that itdoes not create an appetite for stimulants
but rather supplies their place, and that it
favors sociality and domestic habits more than
the reverse.
—A Connecticut paper has a paragraph which
gives one a curious idea of the Yankee integri
ty prevalent there. It appears that a "poor
but honest” Republicad was offeredSl-5 for his
vote, at the recent election, but the bribe was
spurned. No sooner did this strange selfdenial
come to the knowledge of the man’s friends
than they' “sent him a barrel of Sour, 100
pounds of meal, a bnsbel of rye, with perhaps
some other things, with the additional assu
rance that he or his will never know want whils
there beats a heart that honors noble deeds
among his townsmen.”
A New Cow-Milker.-— Some ingenious Yan
kec has invented a new cow-milker, which bids
fair to beat Clark's celebrated lien Persuader.
It is thus described ; Four sockets receive the
four teats of the cow, and the operator seated
beside the cow, with the pail between his
kneess, wo-rka two small air-pumps, one on each
side, which draiji the teats, by a process like
that of nature, drawing out the milk, and re
leasing the teats, alternately, by short intervale
of suction. It is not stated whether the pumps
arc to be worked by steam or by horse power.
—lion. Mr. Yancey in his closing speech
before the National Democratic Convention,
paid this high compliment to Mr. Douglas:
“I tell you there was not a frank-hearted
Douglas man in that body, who did not know
they were nominating a mere effete, corrupting
political carcass, when they nominated Stephen
A. Douglas."
—j-Lincoln and Dougldir~are-a.great pair of
splitters. Lincoln once followed the business of
splitting rails, and Douglas has always been
splitting hairs, and has now split his party.
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Piles. —The original propriebr of these mea these
cured of Piles of Jo years’ standing, by the use oi
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PAINS in the head, side. back. Joints and
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IJSIOS ACADEar, JVL* 33, ’fl®*
rpHE FALL TERM «f this' ’U r
■ mence’toi Tuesday, Aognat - L '• ~r c jp ft land
diction of A. B. WIttHMAX A. 8.. Pn»«P rf bJ
Mrs. J. A. S. WIGHTMAK, PftccptKss, ai
competent assistants*. _n«osei,
For full particular* as to regulations,*? ps*
address tho Principal at Knoxville, Tioga n
and receive a circular,
August 2, 1860.-w4
T)EBRY DAVIE’S 'PAIK
sf tlc«. for s»l« »t !m *