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THE TIOGA Cf
ytrj Wednesday
»(the vory,r»«Bo»i
'//S-ONE, D(
[ntarlablsAnadva,
tnb«criber whepfti
k«ro expired, by thi
mir /mofc&oh pap«i . .
til » farther'remit! be received. By this-ari
““ogement no nan ea»|'be brought'dn debt to the
printer. -<g ’ , . It;/ - 1 ■ , ; [
t b e Agitator le tbdj.OJSScinl Paper of the County,
with a large and steadiKincreasing circulation xcacbt
; n e into every neighborfeihdan the County.' It is serjJ;
free of Wtoje to any pKit l Office within the -equity
imits, but whose post office may hi
in an adjoining > I, i I
BasinessCarda, not J|B«eding 5 lines,.paper ijclu}
ded, S 5 per year. - -jp; j
1 " BUSINESSIpmECTOM.
JTg V»WREk& s. f. WIISOJI,
: ttoANETS A CfIiSSELLOES AT LAW, wil
A nttond the Courljdgtrioga, Pottor and McKoai
clStiea. AWellaboro-j;p>. 1,1853.]. | - .
Crr S.®Al#-jr, DENTIST. H'tj
his residence, near thf
All work pertaining to
line |fe%Ußiness done promptly
sarrante* , Pj [April 22, |
—"HOKSE
■ OORNiaffen, N. T. j } I
Mu. A. Field, .. Proprietor'
Guest! Ukon to and igqßijtbe Depot free of change, j
JT. C. W«|Tt,ARER t ! |
Hydropathic /fertjeiai* and Surgeon. '• j
elk yi nd; t§9a co., penna. j
Will visit patient* In' Ilijjjiart* of the County,:orre|
teire them for hottse. [Jim* 14,] j
warranted.
STllSisißi, ■ |
Attorney andlmonsellor at iAwi
Wellaborb,' TiogßMld., Pa. ' Will devoid
„u,« exclusively to thei;p»cyoe of law. Collection,
made in eny of .the Hojraern counties of Penney!}
Tima. dot2 lM_J
PEXKSTLtIpA HOUSE. j
Corner of Mai* Street Aotunov W'Utboro, Pa\
j. w. big Proprietor.
This popular Hotel, feeing been re-fitted and re]
famished throughout,-* °pen to the pnhhoas a
first-class house. I j
wifiTOH HOUSER 1
E. C. -PROPRIETOR. S
Gaines, IfraK County, Pa. t
THIS is a new boter.lmfated within easy access oj
the best fishing anSMnting grounds in Northern
Pa. No pains will be teamed for the accommodation
of pleasure.aeekera an4She traveling pnblic. ; i
- April 12.11860. , j r
: u.i'jt!oiE, i 1
BARBER j
SHOP in the rear Office. Everything id
bis line'will be douSp ,4* well and promptly as if
an be done in the cityji|i|«nns. Preparations for re
noring dandruff, audifenatffying the hair, for said
. heap. Hair and whidfcwS dyed any color. Call an<|
aee. Sept.jjS!,|lBS9. , j j
Qeoryo W. Pratt?|ji4itor and proprietor.!
IS published At Cornl.EgjJl Steuben Co., N.Y., at One
Dollar and Fifty CdK&per year, in advanced Thp
Journal is RcpubUealijSp politics, and has a cifculai
tion reaching into ev||*|part.ofiSteuben County.-f
Those deairpus of their business into that
dud the adjoining coud|u]| will find it an excellent ad}
rertising mpdium. i as above. f
’ FfRS! FURS! - !
FURS.— The eubsc|i|esjhaB just received a Urge
assortment of Ftsabr ladies wear, consisting of
PITCH CAPES & tU%ORtyES, |
FRENCH SA B^jsi CAPES & VICTORINES,
RIVER MINK J
ROCK MART'mWAPES & VICTORIES,
These comprise a sniaUplUantity of the assortment]
They have Aeon bought Mi<>w prices and will be sold
at extremely low pric«|f«(pash, at the New Hat Stord
ia Cornidg, N. Y. S- P. QUICK. ,
TO .MlSpI Cl A!f S. [
A CHOICE LOT offpß ;best imported Julian oof{
i
Bus Viol strings, G[fiiMp strings, Tuning Ferk:*
Bridges Ac,, just reoeWfed>nd fur sale at |
s T J J gfrors drug STORE, j
wellsblp hotel, }
WELLSfioioDGH, PA. , f
K. S. JARS,' - - - ' PROPRIETOR;
IFvrmerty o/ ; Stntai Hold.) . i
Having leased this ws|fl(nown and popular Honsej'
solicits the patronageljilStße public. With attentive
and obliging waiters, i&l|B ber with the Proprietor s
knowledge of the he hopes to make the stay
of those who stop wHth' hi™; botll pleasant anj
agreeable. ~l}ls I !
Wellsbotp, May 31,
PICT KIiTII ML I
TOILET Pictures,
Engravings, ork, &c., Ac.,
(he noaest manner, and ornamented Giltjl
Rose Wood, Black Walmg’Oak, Mahogany, <fec. Per|
iodj leaving any article 1 fjr framingf can receive thent
next day framed in anj|ti|yle they wish and hung fo|
them. v|| ,raiJsßooKSToßE J
£. b. betMdict, m. d.,
TTTODLD inform the EU,hlic that he is
YV located in Elklnld! Boro, Tioga Co. Pa., and
is prepared by thirty yeapa' experience to treat all disr
eases of the eyes and jffijir appendages on scientific
principles, and that hi ,%ln cure without foil, that
dreadful disease, calle.T|fet. Vitus’ Dance, (GAoreif
S*adi Kill,) and will altfld to any other business in
the line of Physic andfpjfreefy. ;
Elkland Boro, IB6O. |
' Mcll«ROl[|<fc BAIEEV, j
WOULD inform the $e die, that having purchased
the Mill as the “CLLv EB
MILL," and taring paired and supplied it wit#
new holts and raachinengtiro now prepared to do |
CUSTjfpil WORK j
to the entire satisfaction ilf its patrons. _ With the aid
of sur experienced mißsK,' Hr* L. D. Mitcbel. and the
unbaring'efforts of proprietors, they intend of
keep up an eilobliahmftotijit cond to none in tile county,
-Cash paid for wheat snnLl® 'n, and the highest market
price given, l i EDW. McINKOY, ;
March 15, 1860. tf. ||i JNO. W. BAILEY. ;
tioca .
George f. iiumbh!
Jewel; Store at '|||i a;
Tioga; Village;!poga County, Pa. j
Where he is prepared kinds of Watch, Clock
tad Jewelry repairing, uanner. 4|3_
work warranted to gledfettllro satisfaction. {
We do not pretend work-better than any other
nun, but wje can do work as can be dope ih
toe cities or elsewhere, I.SMso Watches |
4&)RGE E, HUMPHRRF><
SEW HAT ipp CAP STORE. ■
THE Subscriber bafjim opened in this place a ne*
Hat ai\d Cap Stor««here he intend* to manufac
ture and keep on hand ||*ge and general assortment
raihlonable Siul %id Cauimere Hats, I
of my own jhanufacturo, It lich will be sold at hard
times sricek ■[ 1- » |
- |
made to order on short jnotice. !
The Hals sold at thrs, Store are fitted with a French
Conformature, which mokes them soft and easy to the
head without the trouble' of breaking your head th
break the hht.' Store inlthe Hew Block opposite the
Dickinson jioaab. si i B. P. QUICK. ■
Corning,'Aug. 15,1§59. [
10,000 bbla.j {Pork For Sale, I
T WILL sell extra-b|sAVY MESS PORK at« 19,76
A per bbl. or retail by. the pound at 10 ots., and waij
«Med tbs best in tewni. M. M. CONVERSE. 1
J*t»e|l, fgR, j|;i, i
OVLATOB.
KEY has opened a' ns#
artiouD to Eytmufon of tfce am «{ iFmiiom ano titc Sptran «t EKallSs Bttorw.
WHILE THESE SHALL IbE A WRONG UNJRIGHIED, AND UNTIL "MAN’S; INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE,
VOL. VH.
LA3)Y B'S'BON’B AjjsWßSt TOLoVd
: BTBOB’B | :
[ln the whole jangeof English literature, there la not! In
our opinion, aprod notion, 'either In proeetor Verse, that chin
bines within iUolf more expression; of feeling, more real,4ut
ipotfen,. earnest sentiment, than reply to per
faithlesshusband., Byron's "Farewell” was an iron|cal
bidding adieu to aheart he had wantonly crashed. __ But |La
dy B. has, In defendingherself from bis irany, “turnedJthe
tables” oivhim mo6t completely.' Her reply Is scathing, |nd
must have cut Byrontothe quick. l ! Recall special attention
to the protid and noble defiance expressed In the last velse.
The poem has doubtless been read by many of our rcadin
hut it will repay another perusal.] { |1 |
Tea 1 farewell-—farewell forever j 1 I
Thou thyself hast fixed our ddom, |
Bade hope’s fairest blossoms wither, |
IJVcr. again for me to bloom. 1
Unforgiving thou hast calljsd mep- |.
Didst thou ever say forgive? |
Bor the wretch, whose wilei beguiled thee,
Thou alone didst seem td Uve.i
Short the space which time has c
'. To complete thy love’s flecay jj
By unhallowed passion driven, I
goon thy heart was taugbt to e
Lived for me that feeling tender!
Which thy.rcrse so well can Bh
From my arms why didst thou a
My endearments why forego ?
( Oh! too late thy breast was bared!
Oh! too soon to me 'twafc shown !
That thy lore I once bat shared;
And already it is flown.,
■Wrapt in dreams of joy abiding,
On thy breast my bead hath lain,
la my love and truth confiding,'
Bliss ! ne'er can know again. |
That dark hour <kid first discover
In thy soul the hideous stain-^'
Would these eyes had closed forever,
Never to weep thy crimes again.
But the impious wish, 0 heaven |
From the record blotted be;
Yes, I yet irtmld, live, oh, £yron.
For the babe Fve heme for thee!
In whose lovely (features oet me
All my weakness here confess;
While the struggling tearsipermit me),
All the father’* I can trtfee— ,
fie whose Imageioeverleaves me,
He whose image still I prise,
Who this bitterest feeling gives pie,
Still to love where I despise.
With regret andjsorrow rafcher,
When our child's first accents-' flow,
I will teach her to say Father,
But bis guilt 4** ne'er shall know.
Whilst to-morro* and to-morrow
Wakes me from a widowed bed;
On another's ardts, no sorrow
Wilt (Aou feel, ! no tear wilt shed.
I the world's approval sought not,
When I tore iriyseif from thed;
Of its praise or blame I thought not—
What is praise or blame [to me?
He «o prized—sh loved—adored.
From my image droVe,
On my head contempt bus] poured.
And preferred |a wanton |8 love.
Thou art proud ;] but mnrkjmeTßyron,
I’ve a heart ptpud as tbipe owta;
Soft to love, but (hard as iron, i
When contempt is o’tr H throjvn.
But, farewell I—l’ll not upbraid ibee,
Never, never tbee ill;
Wretched though thy crimes have made me.
If thou cansl,4be happy still I
A T&DB STOSY.
From the testimony, as published in a South
ern paper, and from the bound volume contain
ing the Reports of the decisions of the Supreme
Court of the State jvhere it occurred, vregatljer
the following: _ 4
A few years since, a young man received! a
letter informing him that an aunt, reeidingan
oneof the Southern States, had died; that, Be
fore she departed this life, she had made a wall
bequeathing to him her entire estate, wfiichjin
lands and slaves, was valued at nearly a mil
lion of dollars, |
• As may be supposed, although in the midst
Iqd-
of a very sickly season, he lost no time in fii
ing his way to bis suddenly! acquired eldora
On his way thither, however, he jnhaled the
fectiuus breath of the yellow fever. The ej
ning of the day be arrived at the' late residen
of bis Aunt and'within an hour after he alig
ed from the vehicle which pore him thilher.j
was stretched upon a bed of sickness. ]
many days bis chance for life was considei
very poor indeed : but, under the blessing
Providence, the skillful treatment of an ei
nent physician, and the sleepless vigilence ol
kind, attentive nurse, added to a robust com
tution, he was brought safety through the pei
of that long siege. For the greater portion
the time he was and did not km
where be was.
As soon as reason assumed her sway, he <J
covered that his constant attendant was a bei
tiful girl, about seventeen years of age—w
as alabaster —to those watchfulness and care
be owed much of &is then prospect of return
ing health.' lie remarked to her, that, havtpg
been taken down by disease so Soon after arm
ing, be had not haid the good fortune to mrtke
the acquaintance (of the lady inmates of the
bouse. Judge of bis amazement when she in
formed him that that she was hit-slave! ■ j
After he wa& sufficiently restored to attend
,to business, he senit for his Aupt’s Attorney,
who read him the will. In that instrument
was mentioned the nanif of bis nurse—|he
pretty young white girl—and he was requested
to take good care of her ; lor she had' been t|n
dealy raised by the Aunt. ’ |
He at once determined to liberate her |ut
~the Attorney told him that only for the lawsfof
the State forbidding the manumission of slaves,
his Aunt would have given her the liberty lor
which her nature eraved—and to which he Had
"Tuidoubt she was fully entitled, if her pedigree
c luld be traced out. I
Upon learning these facts, the generous
-hearted youth determined to take her, as »qun
as he would be abie to travel, to a Free Stfta
and give her Liberty. As soon ns he was strojpg
enough to endure the fatigues of a journey, She
took her to Ohio and set her free. He tl|en
placed her in a first-class Female Seminaly,
where she remained, assiduously applying Ispr
■elf, for four years. When she graduated wjth
the first honors of her class, he was among |he
audience. She wee known to her school-male*
only as a rich Southern orphan; for he l|ad
filled her purse, and passed as her Guardian^
The next day after the graduating exercises,
be sought and obtained an'interview -with, and
declared hi» love for her. The affection rraslall
returned. They were married, immediately! in
Ohio. ; }
WELL;
ORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 16, 1861.
ll
After making the tpnr of the Eastern cities
they'returned to his southern home Where she,
as an elegant, and handsome wo
man, the wife of the-richest man inthecounty
took a high place, at once, in the social circle.
They' lived happily,; respected. and beloved by
all who; knew them,'high and. low, rich and
poor. They had two daughters, lively as their
mother, genercms as their father. ’ ’■
Aflei; some time, sickness again visited him".
The fatal summons bad come. Before depart
ing from hie beloved ones, he made a will pro
viding amply for his wife, and appointing'her
the Guardian of their children, and the custo
dian bfj his large estate. ■ ’
Shortly after his death a caveat' was hied
against admitting the yrill to probate. A reck
less, gambling, spendthrift of a cousin from
South .Carolina having beard that this man
was on [hi» death bed, came to see him, and as
soon as'his breath,had left bis body and before
be was'buried, went tcj an attorney, who at his
suggestions, prepared the caveat. The allega
tions wjere that she who passed for the wife of
the deceased was but his concubine; that she
was a slave; that the laws of the State forbade
a master marrying his slave ; that the laws of
the State forbade the manumission of a slave ;
that taking her to Obiq for that purpose was
but ant evasion of thoise laws ; that, marrying
her there, and bringing her back was a fraud
upon the pure laws of a Southern State ; that,
being a slave, her children were also slaves ;
that be, being 'the i nearest legitimate blood
relative, was the true ; heir to the estate, and
that the will was no jwill, being illegal, and that
his relatives having idled intestate —in the eyes ;
of the! law—he, as the heir claimed the sole
right tn administer.
The!case was tried in the Register's Court;
but no| jury of her neighbors could be found
base enough to rob her and her little ones. It
was then carried tb the Common, Pleas—to
test the validity of the will—to try the question
of fraud—but with the same result. Twice did
the noble instincts of humanity override legal
technicalities; twice did, she win.
It was then carried to the Supreme Court of
the State. There, however, a man was found
whose heart was sealed to every appeal of sym
pathy ; the law, raw, harsh and cruel as it was;
the whose law and nothing else would or could ,
he administer. He decided in favor of the cob
lateral heir, and by His cruel ruling, remanded
that fair daughter of:Eve, and her two inno-,
cent girls to perpetual bondage — the property
of the man who had ihv hunted them down, i
in whole possession they were placed, at whose j
mercyitbey were, and no man living dared step
hi* foot into their former home to inquire for
their health or protect them from any indignity
his wicked heart might devise.
iven,
stray.
iow,
andar 7
The following extract from the local column to be governed only by their viscious habits of
of a N j»' York paper has more true poetry in it pleasure and hate to annihilate the moral stand
than many a piece of sonnding rhyme of loftier ing of individuals. But thank God, there is an
pretentions and greater length; i element of retribution in the breasts of every
“ It’s Me.”—Passing a neat little man’s character that repels with scorn
box of a house, last evening, we happened to such slanderous reports, with the nod of the
see a man waiting at the door for admittance, head, and leaves the aggressor in the yawning
At the 1 instant,' a green blind above just opened abyss of insignificance, to be raised only when
a little way, and-iy the gaslight we caught a the “Trump of the Archangel shall be sound
glimpse of a pair of brilliant eyes, and a flut- ed, and they are summoned to their last ac
ter of something white, and a bird toned voiee coont.”
softly fcaid, “ Who's there 1” “ It’s roe,” was
the brief responce. The eyes and the flutter
disappeared from the window like stars in a
cloud, Sand we almost .fondled as we passed on,
we could bear the pattering of two little feet
upon the stairs, winged with welcome.
It wlas a trifle; it all happened in an instant,
bnt it haunted us for an hour. “ It’s roe I”
Amid I the jar of the great city, those words
fell upon the quick ear aloft, and met a glad
response.
“ Irs me !” And 1 who was “me ?” The
pride of a heart’s life, no doubt; the tree a vine
Was clinging, to; the “Defended of the Faith
ful,” in the best sense of the Word.
“ It’s me ! Many there are who would give
half their hearts, and more than half the hope
in them, for one such recognition in this “wide,
wide world.” On 'Change, in the Directory,
at the Post Office, he was known as A. B. C.,
Esq.j but on that threshold, and within those
walls, “ it's me," and nothing more; and what
more ik there one would love to be 2
Few of all the beartathatbeat so wildly, sadly,
slowly, can recognize s true soul amid the din
and darkness of the world, in that simple but
eloquent;" it's me.” As if he had said,
Growing Odd. —lt Seems but a jammer since
we looked forward with eager hopes to the
coming years. And now we are looking sadly
back. Not that the dream has passed, but that
it has been of no more, worth to those around
us. As the glowing hopes and ambition of
early life pass away; as friend after friend de
parts and the strnngeir tics Vhich hold us here
are broken, our life jsejemsSbut a bubble, glan
cing for a moment in the light, and then bro
ken, and not a ripple left on -the stream.
Forty years once , seemed a long and weary
pilgrimage to tread. ■ It but a step.
And yet along the |way ate broken shrines
where a thousand hopes* wasted into
ashes sacred'under their drifting
dust; green mounds,'whose grass is fresh with
the watering of tear*; shadows, even, which
we.wonld not forget; We will gamer the sun
shine of those years;, and with chastened step
and hopes push on toward the evening whose
signal lights will soon be seen swinging where
the waters are still, and the storm* never beat.
— T. W. Broun.
An Englishman dining in a Chinese village,
was greatly enjoying a> savory dish, and would
have expressed his pleasure to'the waiter, who,
however, understood nothing of English, nor
could our friend utter a word of Chinese. The
smacking of lips indicated satisfaction; and
then came the question, ingeniously put. —
Pointing at the portion of meat in the dish,
and which he supposed to be duck, the English
man, with an inquiring look; said, “ Quack,
qaack, quack ?” The iwaiter, gravely shaking
bis head, a* much; as to say. ‘1 No," replied,
“ Bow, wow, wow!!’ ;
IT’S MB,
.Khw I am nothing to all the world,
For I’m all tbejwwrld to thee.
'Fortbe Agitator,
BLAKDEB. !
. In all; ages of the world’s history, we see,
hear, and read of. that peculiar blase of individ
uals, whose daily employment(andit would
almost seem their only employment) it was to
wilfully pervert the truth mud plot the downfall
of some of. their subjects, by representing them
to, be [unfortunate creatures that deserve the
wrath: and curse of a people. In, years past
and gone, this “doctrine of .slander” was em
braced, in part, by the most reckless and dar
ing serfs that inhabited this- globe. They pos
sessed. instinct snfficient to animate them in
undertaking one of the most malicious plans of
ridding the country-by false representations of
their leaders, whom they jealously feared,
and dare not make their accusations face'to
face. It was the accustomed habit to meet in
their respective spheres and manufacture all
sorts of reports, that would have the tendency
of detracting from the characters and standing
of their superiors. And in this they became
desperately reckless—bordering upon madness,
and would have resorted to “ milder imple
ments,’’ had they supposed tbelaw would have
thrown around them the same protective arm.
But they were sadly disappointed* and sought
their revenge by lengthening the'powers’ of the
tongue and expanding the exaggerating powers
of mind; and 'by so doing they erected a bul
wark of “edged tools " against which thou
sands of " unfortunates" bad dashed their no
ble powers of endurance and sought refuge
beneath, the musbive structure. But as
time roils on with its improvements and marked
changes of advancement, we see looming, far
above the rest, that “cursed plan of slander”
that leaves immeasurably below, all greater,
noble ideas, and assumes, triumphantly, the
throne, as ruler of society. This class of peo
ple deem it incumbent upon them, to mould the
character and standing of those who are far
their superiors, in every attribute of mind,,
person, and deportment. And they possess the
inherent faculty of adding two ingredients, to
one, and circulating its elements in such a
truthful manner that their co-laborere may, by
testing its properties, find that there is a defi
ciency, and thereby be enabled, with their
manufacturing capacities, to add a little more
of the fiery element, and so, by thorough ex
amination by each of these “ ever readye" of
the reports, they are desirous of circulating the
fraudulent mass, so that in its tendency it will
prove to be hurtful. When this Is fully ac
complished, and they see its disastrous effects,
they can quietly take their ease, reposing upon
the Cursed belief that their work is done for the
present, ond that they will watch eagerly the
opportunity of again resuming • their task.—
Why is it that persons put an enemy in their
mouths to steal away their brains? and that
they should transform themselves into beasts,
I value the slanderer but little above the
thief and midnight assassin, that moves steal
thily about seeking whom they may plunder
aud destroy, satisfying their blood-thirsty ap
petites, only when they see their victims fall a
[ prey to their murderous assaults. The one is
: actuated by worldly gains and rubs the man of
bis money, the other by selfish motives, and
robs him of bis just praise. A truly pitable
object is one who indulges in constant gossip
and slander, and they bespeak a mind that is
scarcely able to soar above the depths pf folly
and delusion, and whose popularity does not
extend beyond the paltry limits of the own
cirola. Such people are only looked upon with
derision by the high minded, and are passed by
with scorn by those whom they, malign ; look
upon the individuals, whose sole vocation is to
bitterly and malignantly oppose those who are
leaving them in the filth and mire of forgetful
ness, and their envy and hatred is traceable to
their inferiority; and in realizing their own
insignificance, they wish to drag others down,
and, if possible, reduce them to the same detes
table standing.
Among the most valuable of modern im
provements is that of the Telegraph ; for years
ago our despatches were trudged along by slow
pace ; now they fly with lightning speed across
the continent. Aud so it is with, gossip and
slander ; scarcely an audible tone of comment
can he uttered, ere we bear it vibrating miles
away. The operators are constantly at work.
The offices are overrun with despatches, and
generally speaking, the despatches find their
origin in tbs bar room, grog shops and social
gathering. What a great misfortune it is for
those who engage in this traffic. They neither
possess the discriminating powers of mind, and
cannot see the difference between the real and
imaginary reports; if they could, then more
than half the mischief would be done away
with, and we left to contend with stubborn facts.
A MORTAL.
■Writers and Speakers. —The difference be
tween the style of one who always'writes but
never speaks, and one who. always speaks but
never writes, is very great. The first is more
smooth and polished, the second more concise
and forcible. The one lacks power, the other
beauty. Speaking generally, the two qualities
of grace and strength can only be acquired by
practice both in writing and speaking. The
two must mutually correct each other; and any
system of education which neglects or ignores
either of them is faulty. —Harvard Magazine.
Jonah not a Tobacco-Cbewer. —A preacher,
whose text led him to speak of the prophet Jo
nah, remarked incidentally; “lam of opinion
Jonah was an' old man, neither smoking nor
chewing, from the fact thnt the fish retained
him so long in his stomach. If tbe fish bad
swallowed the bouse we are worshiping in, he
would, no doubt, have puked himself to
death.’'
ANOTHER ©OBTAIN LECTURE. [
BT BBS. «. W, WTXIITS. . , f
. Yes, Mr. Crocus, I think it is foil timeypu
were.boiqe! I’d like to know where you’ve
been all this time? Only to an Anti-Secessi|uri
meeting ?• What business is it of yours whether
the South secedes or not? A pretty idea, that
the pdor women folks have to ail at home, cry
ing their eyes out, while yoii are' hallooing
yourself hoarse about'panic and politics, and I
don’t know what else ! The Personal Liberty
Bill is in danger? Well, let it ho irt danger.
Caleb Crocus’ private opinion won’t make much
difference on thesubject, I presume. The Per
sonal Liberty Bill don’t buy tea and sugar at
your grocery, I take it ? ' People have too much
personal liberty as it is—if it was a law keep
ing decent men at home with their wives at
night, I should think differently. The Union is
tottering tq its foundations? Is it? Well, if it
can’t keep itself up without your running to the
tavern to pot your shoulder under, I say, let It
go 1 The base fire-eaters of South Carolina are
undermining our Constitution ? Indeed I I
should suppose you were undermining yours
by the looks of your nose! Pity the Somjh
Carolinians don’t know Caleb Crocus’ opinion
of them. They'd appoints day of fasting arid
humiliation, probably 1 Don’t tell me that ll
don’t understand the weighty interests involved!
I understand quite enough 1 Strange if I didnft
when you spend your whole time wrangling
with drunken loafers and barrelling at the
silly speeches of some fool who is a degree
more fanatical than even you ! I havn’t any
patriotism? My husband has enough for both,
it seems ! I hear of nothing but national con
cessions, and compromises, and seceding, until
I’m sick of them. Did you hear that clock strike,
Mr. Crocus ? Did you know that it was eleven
o’clock, and that you ought to have been home
four hours ago2j No use turning the conversa
tion to old Abe! If Old Abe can’t take care
of this country without your help; he most be a
poor stick. And talking about sticks, there
isn’t a blessed kindling split fur to-morrow!
Who did you suppose was going to split thfem ?
Old Abe, I suppose? Or perhaps you were
going to send up a committee from the tavern ?
You’ll please go about it as soon as conveni
ent! I’m not goipg to set up all night for
you! You want your supper? Well I’ve
wanted yo’u any time these four hours. lYou
needn’t go prying'into that cellar—you can’t
find anything there. Where’s the cold beef?
The cold beef has seceded, Mr. Crocus b There’s!
no use iu banging that ,door; either. Keep
your fingers out of that cake-safe, unless you
want ’em caught in that rat-trap. See ivhat j
comes of staying out until eleven o’clock at
night. The nest time you go to help savb the
Union I’m going with you ! It’s very strange
if a man’s wife can’t 1)8 a little patriotic too ! (
I might improve my mind vastly by the study
of politics. Oh! I haven’t any patience with,
the men. Crocus you shan’t stir out of the
house to-morrow night. How will I help it?
I’ll hide your hat. You guess you can go with-.
out your hat ? - Then I’ll hide your tmwsers.
I’m sure I shall dream of secession and Per
sonal Liberty Bills to night. It’s enough to
wear a woman out. Oh, dear! I wish there
was no such thing ns politics !
Too Many Irons, in the Fire. —The Detroit
Free Press tells, in the following, how a coun
tryman, visitingl the city, attempted to carry
two pigs under one arm, a coop foil of chickens
under the other, and a quart of eggs in his coat
tail pocket; j
The beginning of his troubles was to drop
one of the diminutive porkers, which shot
around the corner like greased lightning.. He
laid the coop on the other to hold it down, and,
started in pursuit, returning victorious to find
his other pig released by the benevolent action
of an old sow, who upset the coop and fregd the
prisoner. Imprisoning the other in like, [man
ner, he started in pursuit again, and in
course of twenty minutes loomed up with piggy
Ko. 2 under his arm. By this time Xo.T hail
wiggled out, and was gone again ; whereat he
was so much enraged that he sat dnwn on the
eggs unawares and smashed them. Discover n_ r
the t uant in a neighboring street, he da>hod
after him tumbling over a gutter plate, and
breaking his shins, and regaining his equi
librium just in time to see both his por
cine tormentors disappear under a barn with
a flirt of their short tails. Wending his
way sorrnn folly back to the coop, he arrived!
in time to see the last of his bidflics disappear
over a'pioket fence in the distantce; released
by the mischief of malicious boy, who sat on a,
curb-stone and asked him what he was looking
for. When last seen he was using his best en
deavors to trade the coop for a bottle of lemon
pop—making the best of adverse circumstan
ces. t
Bishop Ames and Newspapers. —Thei Pa
cific Advocate says: “In his address to the
Conference, jp«t before reading out the ap
pointments, Bishop Ames alluded to the:vari
ous methods by which an itinerant preacher
might render himself useful, and among others
he spoke of circulating newspapers as en im
’portant means of doing good. In his first cir
icuit, some thirty years ago, he had been [very
active in this direction, and he--said he uspd to
say to his members, as a reason thiit they should
take newspapers, that he had had experience
as a school teacher and that it was his deliber
ate opinion that two dollars spent for a|good
newspaper was of more value as art educaljor in
the family than ten dollars paid to a sohoolmas- :
ter for tuition. “ And,” remarked the Bishop,
“ thirty years observation has but confirmed
that opinion.” i
“ It is a deplorable condition,” says Bishop
Sherlock, “ to be doing what we are
always condemning.” The reproaches of qthers,
are painful enough; but when the lash is laid
on by your: own hand, the anguish is |ntol-;
erable. ‘
A speaker at a stump meeting nut west de-i
clarod.that be knew no cast, no west, no north, (
no south. " Then,” said a tipsy hy-«tander,j
“ you ought to go to school and • iarn’ your;
geography.” ' |
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TBS: EBENCH EHEgS ON DISUNION.
: j (jFr'ouj La Pi-csse, ofParis, Dec. 4th.] :
i Framia cannot be otherwise than proud to'
find herl protection claimed or her alliaoe sought
by all' Jppreased nationalities, and it is her in
terest and her glory not to fall in any of the ob
ligations thatherhigh position imposes upon
.fieri But in, the present case (that of the prof
fered alliance of the Southern States) thequea
! tiod of independenceis complicated by a ques
tion! of Shivery, and the one flings on unhappy
shadow over the other. .
. Francwho abolished Slavery herself, can
not [even seem to prutect'it in other 1 countries.
Such an idea even would do her a serious injury.
The- Am jricans of South Carolina must then
he jjurvuaded'thiit if ever they obtain from the
French Got eminent the moral support that they
demand; it will not be as proprietors, but in
spite*of their being proprietors, of staves, and
by virtue of the principle ; acknowledged f6r
thirty years, that all Governments de facto shaft
bd recognized by the Governments of Europe
and Amsrioa.' ' ■ '
jTbe rupture of the Union will entail more
risk! than benefits-; fur while the commerce of
England md the vihole of Europe will be admit
ted,'rith Dur own, jto the free ports of the new
oinfiden tipn, thejNorthcrn confederation will
immediately seek,'in an exclusive alliance-with
England, a counterpoise to the Southern agree
menii witii France., War will inevitably flow
from this antagonism. Having as allies slave
proprietors, we will be forced, by the nature of
things, ti defend their institutions and to toler
ate their plan of annexing Mexico and the Is
land of Cuba, which the North up to this time
has iikmo prevented.
( France will never lay herself open to such a
course. | She sought not to allow the Southern
States
deceive themselves in this matter.—
[ Shelcanpot even lend such consent as silence
may affiird; her duty isHo labor with all her
power to prevent a dissolution. There ought
/not to be for us, on the other side of the Atlan
tic, either Southern Americans or Northern
'' Americans, but Sia'tea venose union is impor
tant ti the equilibrium of tire world. The
j Aanerijcan marine is not less necessary to France
' tljan the Prussian, Spanish and Italian navies,
hi present a Single Power from seizing the era
p re of the seas.
France was the first ally of the United States
—we nope that she will now be their counselor
aad expose the abyss into which they ate hur
ryingj—an abyss in which__will’ be buried for
e ter a) Past most glorious and n'Future most
hopeful. For the American Union separations
ii suicide; it is the murder cf a great nation
and a great principle. France cannot lend a
hamf’to this suicide and this murder. . She has
Jdpejl to make this people—she will never help
(Mtroy them. . ' r ';
Such are, we are convinced, the senljments
bur Government. ‘ _
j Concession. —P. and W. met on Main "Street
the oilier day, just after a fresh,batch of “ Cri
sis” hews had come in, and says P.:
I “ I have been studying bard* to think what
concession we can make to the South, more
than we hare already made. We have conce
ded everything demanded and everything im
aginable. We have granted .all they have
asked of us politically, and, as to social com
promises, we have sent them preachers to tar
and feather —we hare given them pedlars to
hangj —we have given them ‘ school-marms’ to
insult and imprison—wa have—in fiict, 1 don’t
know what we could do for them that we have
not done and overdone.”
\ “ But I have thought of one more concession
t suppose we might make,” says W.
| t’ -fnd what is that?” anxiously demands P.
observe the item in this morning’s
paper, that they barreled up an abolitionist
and rolled him into the Mississippi river the
Other day ?”
■ *• Yes —well ?”
1 *• Well, if that t|iing is to be continued, it
will ci st them' considerable-for cooperage.—
Don't you think wb ought to make one more
concession, just for; the sake of fratemalpeaca,
and—-furnish them the barrels ?”—JCbiiu JVetca.
u Toil Corwin’s, Wit. —While this capital jo
ker was a mcmheiiof the General Assembly of
the Chid State, holirought in a bill for lltetabo
lition of public .punis,hmeS”st — fife" whipping
post. He made a,speech thereon, to which an
o Jer y membef replied as follows ;
'lie g_entleman'4s n<tys M old as I am, and
ot seen fo much aC.tne practical opera
i{ the system of punishment which he dc
to abolish. When I lived in Connecticut,
allow stole a horse, or cut up any other
we used to tie him -right up and give
a real good thrauhin’ ; and he always
■ d right out, and we never saw him any
, It’s the best way of getting lid of
>s that ever was tried, and without expense
■ State.”
twin rose and replied:
[r. Speaker, I have often been puzzled to
int for the vast emigration from ConnectU_
i the West; but the gentleman last up I
iplained it to my entire satisfaction." I
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, to purchase “ Wheatland,” the residence
: 0. P. F.. the purchase to be coupled with
iiqnest that he will not return to that'vioin-
We can well understand the, feeling which
les soch a disinclination nn-the part'of the
os of old Lancaster to have in their midst
i) frhom must hereafter ever he attached a
ia which may, improperly and unjustly
idmitted, extend to the locality itself.' Jn
ulent of all this his daily presence, in
of his past, will but tend to provoke un
lirtabe and - humilitating reminiscences,
hhich time, in his absence, might throw
antle of oblivion. Should Mr. Buchanan
to the wishes of his neighbors, and deter
uj on change of residence, we heg to fec
und the cotton and rice plainwof South Cai
nr Georgia ns more congenial to his tastes,
etter adapted to the development of his
nhed principles, and expansion of his
■jo proclivities.
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