m - a >V »£ tqa SABi,t life. ' ; :-Th*cU«iofig29 I Ja XaleCullege, two ye#r* la advance of mine, yraa -thu finest body of •yonagmen that I ever j&w in fcullege. , Prom nsnt.fn it wpre Elijah H. Mills’ (son uf Daniel Weheterte immediate ptedeoesaorin the. United SMh Senate,) promising bat dying very yoSng, Henry it Boardmftn, D. D-, Joseph Ei dridge.D. D., Edwin R. Gilbert, D. D., James /)?. MflLane, D.D., Daniel Elman, Francis Gil- lette, (late SenatorinOongreas,) T.- Adam ]ji r . Lincoln would abandon the principles of' 11 There vu ooeof the class whosename can* i President of the Upitcd States, they will- be pot hefonnd-on-the list.of graduates, oron any wnchdisappoi ntcdby-the perusal of his shor| annualc«t»h)gae:sfterlB27. Hewasand still Inception epeechestaade -at- different points oh is.a handsopaa little fellow, small n,; s journey from Springfield to the National *<* great State of “ the chivalrous sunny.South/' jvrho furtively give themaid and comfort by thf bright,eyed, darfccomplexioned, and nrdentas Icry of - “no -civil War” and “no coercion,| a Southern sun could make him, In the early t w ;n be painfully disappointed at Mr. Lincoln’! part of 1828, there was a mysterious trouble in efinit ; on of these tJrmb, and Will hav'e to cael «\Sd h- »-*»H °' h " wbi *i knives, four bladed knives, etc., ete., and lastly |may answer their purpose ns well. The ren» sundry sums of money, '“ lying around loose” Inants of the Democracy in Northern Pennsyl in students’ rooms, disappeared unaccountably, jvatiia would-be glad to see tho consummation The loser* looked gloomily at each other, in* j of one of two thin g B> viz „ ihe digsl) i u tion of •uspteiously at others. Something must be i, . ~ , . ; ■ J done. They finally constituted themselves a pe Union or the baking down and the consrf “detective force,", set,their trap—baited with Iquent demoralization of the Republican party, thirty-five dollars of good bank notes, and soon This we consider a f iir inference of their pos| c»n£ht,th» thief. He confessed. On opening |tion, so long ns their newspapers and politf l U “ i ; k .“ his presence, they found it nearly oiang keop hftrt)i „ Bucbdap-frap phraset full of missing valuables—-jewelry, pocket cut- r , ■ °lf „ i. - ... t lery and hprofogery enough to stock a Chatham | a9 P eacenbl ° secession," “nocoereion” “tw| street ator®. He begged pitifully not to boScx* confederacies” and/ 1 compromise for the sat i posed; they looked piteously at his handsome of peace. 0 ( . I : youngfßee. 'nnd rolentedat the thought/of bles- Besides the m route speeches of President: tinghu opemng life. He had been a univer- 1 u J which we Bha ll present aal favorite, the pet of his class; so they agreed- 1 > v: , ■ * . not to inform either the city magistrates or the refer. The Tribune? calls the attention of-th Faculty of the Dnivetsity, but ordered hire to oountry to certain leading articles in the Spring cleat out 1 ' at once and fdrever. He went in* field Journal, and sterns to regard; them as th itantly to good President Day, obtained a per- oxpreSBion of t ho Prisident’s Sown views' The tificate of honoraUe admission,-and vanished. declare that compromise ,is not to be though The mue-thief is now. a Senator m Congress, i , , 1. . . advocating, justifying and threatening the of * The y declare f> a t must b bery of forts, and the military cutlery and* mode,, but must be made by ihe South. Tba hardware- generally of the Federal tifo Southern States must concede that ours i ment. without any more color or shadow of pre- * Government proper and mot a compact be isrt than he had for his like operatious on his that k State cannot dissolve it just thirty-yeara ago, A third I . * ,f rT . ... ofa.century has not made, and never pan make,-, (connection with thh Lmon at will; that th ■ny change in such an originally bora rascal. Government has a right to enforce its laws an j Had.' those , early filchings been a mere that it in ihe duty of the Government to reiah thoughtless, boyish, escapade, a momentary | f rom Southern trailers its stolen forts, arsenali ! yielding to temptation while in great whnt,. W e want the South toconeede that Ofte they would notdeserve;mentu»n now;-but they | J ' were systematized theft long continued* apeu- | Abraham Lincoln hps taken an oath to suppot .mulated 4ni hoabded pilfering, from trustful j th,e Constitution of jthe United Stales, it is hi bosom friends. J I j d|ty to observe it. |We want them to ooncci Hod tb« fellow not at length reproduced his private morality in public, life, I would havp al lowed the secret of big eorly crimes to remain in the hearts of the few who then knew land remember It. “ D. Francis Bacon. - 'Weandarstand that Judah P. Benjamin,'late Senator from Louisiana, and now an unscrupu lous secessionist," was a member of the class in 1826 until this occurrence. j thait the Seceding Slates bare violated tbe Cori ■ntiition—that they are in rebellion against tnt Federal Government, and that it is the duty qf this Government to\ put down rebellion. ,We want them to concede that the taking .of Fedpt al forte and firing upon tbe ,'Star'of tbe Wee|, are insalts that should be aWnpd for. We ask them to coccede thajt Northern creditors baVep DISUNION. ‘ I right to sue for and collect r their'demands ijji The Crittenden -proposal is not one of pom- ; Southern Courts, f c ask them to concede lht|f promise, but of surrender. It dictates tel the Slavery is the ereatdre of local law. In all this North.such terms as only victors can hope to we do not ask the i South to concede a singie impose, upon the vanquished.,. Had Douglas or| ihi that is not demanded ij the ConWtatkL Breckinridge been elected instead of L.ncoln f ■ cancel tho North could not. have been insulted by pro-1 - , f i , , „ i posals more intolerable ; for they not only in- all thlg - the - v ou S ht ? ot to el P eot tbat tbo ort f corporate slavery with the Constitution, but! has any concession |o make.|’ | | charge upon the North the cost of every negrof After recapitulating the outrages committep from tho South.,Yet these-are the cpnditk.ua by the rel)e l.‘ and their flagrant insults to! tHe of-peoc* offered br a moderate Democrat—al . a lL e r • 7 ! j Kentucky, Senator, honestly devoted to the pro- da 5- ,lb» Springfield Journal, el tarvation of the. Dnfoa as a paramount consul-I °* ainlB: “Awajwith compromise at an hour oration 1 The hot bloods of the Cotton States ( l Hke thial Let us first establish’'the fact that know that their ultimate acceptance is hopeless, we have a Government—a (government able no and would scarcely suspend the secession move- pro teot itself and banish treason. We wbuM Pe e Sa*br«^ U U lhe neWB telegrflph6li 40 th l not tnlk ftbout omise while the flag of trie iTuSrtaS-true that the Union has «er-l tT&iloTt floats over ) n Amefioan fyrt - and t f oissd over the Southern, States-no such oppreg.| of our country |trails in the dust. Untjl tioa as the British Crown attempted upon the that flag is unfurled over Moultrie, and eveily Colonies. But every .community must bejudge other stolen fort, tireonal, bustom house, arid ofiUowp th a imagina r y w r °n g9 | narv va rd— urlt ii ,i e lavrg if u.is Government ofwthflS«Bthfiondered very real by the! , , I iV ■ . ,* . j Uml attempt at ooerlon. We deplore the in- are obe * ed > ond ita ' aulbori, J "cqgnized, let tfs fatuation which oomffels the Cotton States to a| ' lever ‘“lb abo “‘ compromise. Let the stolfe •onnw so unjustifiable and dangerous—a court-e i forts, arsenals, and [nary yards be restored |c exposing them to tha great peril of servile in-, the rightful owner—tear down your rattlesnhttt aurreotion, ftomwbiph they were safe while in|| an(i peiican flag _ ar jd run op the ever-gloriol t em ;ato J Mis '' arl - : stars and stripesi-disperse your traitorof with tbe whole civilized world upon tho ocean,! - ~ - r ,f which they desire-to traverse with slave-'shipJ mobs, and let every man return to his dull We sympathise with pur brethren of tbe North! Then come to us with your list of grievanci Cn their trial of principle and temper to which and whatever manhood, honor, or patriot they are subjected. ‘But while we warn thef ean -fejj; shall he fully accprded.” South that they are nuking -on their own-des-f Mr Lh)Coln , B Administration we adjure life North tp do nothing inf violation of the true republican principle,: tlmtl every community is Ms own master, and jnoth-1 ipg that may stain with blood the banner;, than will be the more glbfoas When, with, half it# stars, its. stripes bavif lost all their, sinister sigf aiSoance.— London , | Tni SruitGTß of|the Ebee States.—A n| Y. paper says:—“S|me of our cotemporariesj . who uso figures rather loosely, speak of tM free States as having|lB,ooo,ooo of people, npidj ■the slave "States as paving 13,000,000. The! latter hare Only 12,323 f 508, while the former,] •xolusivs of! Kansas and alt the territories, havej ;18,502,623. Bat Kansas is now' a State, andi the census.gives heti 144,645 inhabitants, .inf which areMncladed of Colorado, sure! lobe a free State, 'Nebraska, Dacotih, andf Washington also belong to us, and thesis bring; lbs total up to 18,881; 124. Utah, - with 50,f100| people, ia all north of the Missouri compromise! Una, anil half of its total is due to Nevada, 4 ftee colony. This lattfcr Item makes nor aggroj gale aver nineteen diiflions. According to out* usual ratio of growth, it he aggregate must not# be nearly.or quite twenty millions. There is, no exaggeration about these calculations, have not included a single foot of territorial area j which is not'either now in a free State or sureli to be so. It is, therefore, underrating us tqj •peak of this"free States as having eighteen.—4 If to the aggregate of the latter we hdd New! . Mexico, which is not and will not be a slave] State except in name, they have but 12,526,-I 532. The course of] events for the last si# months has by no means fended to attract emi gration to the south, and in the last ten year! Its Whole increase was only 2,820,539,!’ - . "Tha prudent poor of Charleston are juijt ■aw in a bad plight. The Saving* Bank Of that oitj has oTor two million* of theirmonei; and they can’t gat a cant of it! The Director* aar it ia inreswa in mortgage* bn city and in city State Stock*—which'can only bp turned into Caih at sacrifice* I Thai the** ehiralrio wbei* atart oot by plundering Aatsrt>wat»wa.tn»«m ' -so '•c r:l K L_i_ s j THIS AGITATOS. f HOQK'YQPNQ>„ EDITOB 4 PROPRIETOR. f-.. VUEHLSBOROUCUt F.A-, MORNING,j FEB. 20, 1861 LXJfCOIiM’ jOH CO^EECION. -If anybody has fair a moment believed thal L gays, will fearlessly and faithfully perform Its whole duty; will execute blithe laws, defend all the fortresses, and recover all the property belonging to the United States now in poises-, s'un of rebels. This is not coercion, it is de fense,-it is preservation. ; ' j i In his reception speech at Indianapoll which was no doubt carefully prepared, befq he left .home, Mr. Lincoln admits that tj marching of an atjmy into; South Cnrolinsj force her to submit would be coercion. in if the United States should merely bold of retake its own forts and other at collect the duties on foreign importations,'* even withhold the mails from places where tl* were habitually violated, would any or all Urns tbings be invasion pr coercion 2” . Mr*. Lineal, is clearly right. It ignot Coercion tu-upbdli the Union, maintain the Constitution and in force the laws. The President is bound by |i oath to do these things. lid has no alternative lie .cannot honorably standi idly by, ns Mr. Bu ehanan ha* done, while! the Government |h plundered and its flag insutted. But he tuned oat invade States or attempt to coerce these ime the Union. If they prefer; to remain uutsnk they can do sol But let us| clearly understand what is meant by being out of the Union, jr Here, again, tho Springfield Journal stales the case with force and Clearness: “If those States which pretend to have gone out of me Union do.not want to be: represented in ‘Con gress, no one will compel them .to send rem-e -sentatives there. If they ido not want Post- Offices, they need mot harei them. If they pc ■ire to dispense with Judges, Marshals, andfall other Federal officers, no; force will’ be idler posed to thwart their wishes. Those offices are crentod and filled almost lolely fpr the accom modation andßenlfit of the people among wh|m Jhey me pined. v If thoee people do net desert -3EHE,4TI(MrsA irrCr^UlP-ST AGITATO® V. i fc j-i ~ j f 1 1 ■'-== . f— T & 14. .act M or^ n a4uray»m it is **o*cd, »>«;» ! that Lincoln nofjhe Kepubßtfen ; «fcjj 4“#? the ffinitip; B | a certain |U of ie.BB4e_*galnatjeceding States by the. Efli3cral,L ni>w 4ield-or4lwit-niay be hereof tot- acquired.- ao-iur fimm being.presageaoLdcath, -areaacer- Government, nor will national troops over march the Northern Republicans desire ,n temporary tained to be t e notes o w **:«** e„p. it* SSXSSB^S^TS. F ' l,r *' Pave * uh ' n ,htir ~ b , report s pin lo Its Coorewloo to- portrf to poopl. g.nmll j,.»d th.j wit|lo«Ti> n> In regard to the of the new adminis- *j J , . contemplate nature with tranquility and compo tratiun towards the South, nothing could be A Washington correspondent to the N. Y. sure. A toore beneficial effect than this, will, 'Mniy ishep I-- -tontinfbrmisoh "tp-, gt the same time, le produce^;'for thosf very tnereplainiy ip views ot, ,ue Be: publican party all over the nation than Mr, tincolnVi*peech-at Cincinnati.- At-the ritk of makingthisartiole top long, we will incorpo rate that speech here, -with the' eingleremn-rk that his general policy ia now before the coun try, and that we believe his policy will be ap proved by every Republican who voted for, him, and by the great mass of Union loving citizens of'all parties: “I have spoken but once before this in Cin cinnati. That was a year-previous to the late Presidential election. On that occasion, in'a playful- manner, but with, sincere words, I ad-, dressed much of what 1 said to tbs Kentuck fans,' I gave my opinion that we, as -Hspubli cans, would ultimately beat them as Democrats. ' .h»' ; uli' • but'that tliey could postpone that result longer by nominating Senator Douglas for the Presi dency than they could in any,other:way. They, did not, in any true sense of the’word, nomi nate Mr.Dcuglas, and the result has come cer tainly as sion as ever I expected. I also told them bow I expected they would be treated af ter they should have been beaten; and I now wish.to call-their attention to what I then said upon that subject. ' I then said, ‘ When we do os we say, joeat you, you perhaps want to know what .we will do. with you. I will tell you as far as I am authorized to speak for the Opposi tion, what ire mean to do with you. We mean to treat, you, as near as we possibly can, as. Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, treated you. We mean to leave yon alone,-and in no way to interfere with your institutions; to abide ty all and every compromise of the Con stitution, and, in a word, coming back to the original proposition, to treat you so far ns.de *« rojer generate men, if we have degenerated, may, no. cording to the example of those noble fathers, Washington, Jefferson, and Madison.’ 1 “‘We niean to remember that you areas good us'irei; that there is no difference between us, other than the difference ; of circumstances. We mean to recognize aqd bear in mind always that you haye as good hearts in your bosoms as other peoplje, or as we claim to bare, and treat you accordingly.’ “Fellow-citizens,of Kentucky!.Friends and, brethren 1 may I call you is my new position, I see no occasion and feel no inclination to re tract a word of this. If it ! shall not be made good, be asjsured the fault ‘shall not be mine.’’ Summary of the. News of the Week.. [Specially prepared fur The Agitator.] Washington, Fob. 13, 1861. BRECKINRIDGE DECLARES LINCOLN ELECTED. Owing to the rumors about an attack on the Capitol in drderto prevent the counting of the votes, unusual precautions were taken to keep suspicious characters out of the galleries ancf to preserve order. At an early hour the gal leries were filled with ladies and at one o'clock the Senate came into the-House, and the tellers commenced counting the votes. The spectacle was quite imposing. In the Diplomatic Gal lery I noticed Lord Lyons and other foreign ministers, find on the floor were several of the Peace Comnmioners, —among them Hon. David Wilmot. • The counting occupied about one hour, when Breckinridge, in a clear and firm voice, announced that Abraham Lincoln bad been duly el ctcd President, and Ilannilal Ham lin Vice President, for four years from the fourth of March next. The anouncement was receiv ed with a decorous silence on the! part of the galleries, add the Senators went hack to their Chamber. ' To-dayl th duty for tbl eating with made to att forces were ,ning. Buti to excite the ly be asserti years ut lOill iinl eleclora as good ordi Gov. Hie] day by the £ a conspirac; Federal Cad private and] articles, and The Jou: ist in Maryland but in other Southern States.— That at the lime of his publication, in the begin ning of January, he [ was satisfied thete were existing organizations; |having in! view an ille gal interference with the Federal authorities and the seizure of public .property, but fur some time past, whatever nrlqy have been the designs ut id id of nay eecrei was satisfied ijandoned. -piously of ll -or intents ■ that for the appearancei hostile inter erty therein littee appointed by the Peace Con* expected to . report to-day. .The will be (>ut little else, than the rittenden-Breckinridge-Dennocratic- modified. They i accepted [by. the Republicans in [though there is no .doubt of their he Conference. David Wilipot and idith are the only men. opposed to in the Pennsylvania delegation, the iving gone under the pro-slovery ts in hopes that at least a majority of the seven Republicans nppointed by Gov. The Cnmrt ferenoe are, prnpnsUions obnoxious Ci Platform-Rei will not.be Congress, nil passage in t W, M. More compromise Other five ha swell. Iwa .Curtin, would Vie able to retain their manbood j long enough while here to save Pennsylvania i from the disgrace which awaitß her and. the rest | 'of the North by the , parage of a, humiliating . compromise; But so it goes. | Friday, Frb. 15.—The committee of the Peace ;Con»entipo jto whim; wps entrasted the taek of devising aaadjuitment -bT tha troubles of the i nation were bu»y at* their work yesterday.— FBOM WASHINGTON. ie officers of the artillery were on e purpose of immediately communi- Congress , should an attempt be tack the Capitol, and ;the military' ready to advance ath minute’s war there was nothing whatever visible o least apprehension, and it can safe ed that never, during the last twenty ist, has the counting of the Presideh jl votes been attended by better, if ler, as'on. the present occasion. | sks of Maryland was examined to- Special Couimitto r . His belief that tjy existed in connection with the I fiitol was, he said, superinduced by ! [anonymous lette,rs and newspaper J that such combinations did not ex- .‘t confederations or associations, be a that such purposes have been a- The Special Committee are unanl ne opiniiin, whatever combinations lay have existed at an earlier period. East sis weeks there has been, no r vestige o|f any organization with Jton Washington or the public prop- PEACS .qitKGBESS. Jlenti import. ;•<. specting a very material point in the ihaugpral ad dress of the Presidentelect. This document,; :it is stated, in already perfected, and, while it does not violate the principles - of the Chicago platform, opensthedoor forahamicable adjust ment of pending difficulties by air appeal to the : people, through a constitutional convention. In Congress yesterday, the Senate adopted a resolution appointing a committee to make ar rangements for the inauguration of Mr. Lin coln. ' Bills organizing the Territory of Neva-' da. and to provide u government for -Dacotah Territory wCrd reported. A-large number of memorials relative to the crisis were -presented. ‘ The Tariff bill was taken-up, and Mr.- Hunter spoke against it; and Mr; Simmons in its favor. •Airier an ezecurij^'session/during which Mr. Pettit was defeated'os Judge for Kansas,'the Senate adjohrhedJ 1! 1 ' Saturday, 16<A.—The Committee ofthe'Peitee .urffdjr, iota.— Congress at. Washington, yesterday agreed ilpbii aplbn of adjustment. substantially’the same us that presented by Mr.Crittfcndeh in the Sen ate. 1 The vote stood 12 to 9. ' " • ’ In Congress yesterday the-Seriate-took'up the Tariff bill. With regard to the warehousing systeinMr.Sbward mured to amend‘the.bill by altering the time-for’ the paymen t -of duties from ninety days," as 1 jjrovidcd in' lhe 'bill, - to three years. ' A discussion ensued; but with oot'taking the question the Senate adjourned.' The proceedings of‘the-House were unimpor tant. j _ >. - Jfpnday, 18/A.—The plan of adjustment a dopted by the Peace Congress at Washington was, on Saturday, the subject of a lengthy de bate in that body/ Mr.’ Baldwin, of Connecti cut, moved to substitute his proposition fbr n National Convention in lieu of the committee’s plan. Mr. Guthrie opposed the motion, and urged the 1 Con vention to take immediate action. There was considerable difference of-op'nioh re specting the meaning of the plan of adjustment as regards the Territorial question—whether it 'olis’ applied to existing’territory only,’ or also to that Ur be hereafter acquired. Mr. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, said he should more an amendment sons to exoludefutore acquisitions of territory from the opperations of the com promise. >- The discussion lasted until three o’clock, when the Contention adjourned till, this morning. IDPCATIOSAIr-T, [Compiled fur The AgUator.] It has been remarked in the preceding com munications, that the whole history of the world justifies the statement that ignorant and uncul tivated mind is prone to sensuality and cruelty, Spain and, Hungary have been referred tojin illustration. We are , prepared- to state now what is still more lamentable. -Where such l superstitious notions as we have been consider ing nrs held, even by persons who are some what educated, they almost invariably lead to : the perpetration of deeds of cruelty and injus tice. Many of the barbarities committed jin pagan countries, both in their religious worship and civil polity, aod most of the .cfoejties on the victims of the Romish Inquisition, have flowed,from this source. In the Duchy of Lor raine, sine hundred females were delivered oyer ttj theflAmes for being tcitches, by one inquisitor atone, tinder this accusation, it is reckoned (hat upward of thirty thousand women have per ished by the band, of the Inquisition. . Nor are the annals of Great Britain and the United States ;deficient in examples of this kind.— About the commencement of : tha last century, the belief in witchcraft, which was almost, uni versal. throughout Christendom, was held in both of these countries. The laws of England, which.admitted its existence and.punisbed.it with death, were adopted by the Puritans of New England, and in loss than twenty years from the founding of the colony, one individual vras tried and executed for the supposed crime. Half a century later, the delusion- broke out in Salem. A minister, whose daughter and piece | vrere subject to convulsions accompanied, by extraordinary'symptoms, supposing they were bewitched, cast his suspicions on. an Indian woman who lived in the houses and, who was whipped until she Confessed herself a witch ;- and the tiuth of the-,confession, although ob tained in this way, was not doubted. During the same year, -more than fifty persons, were terrified into the confession of witchcraft, twen ty .of whom were put to death. Neither agb, sex, nor station afforded any safeguard against j a charge for this supposed crime. Women and children nut only, were its victims, but magis trates were condemned, and a clergyman of the highest respectability was among the executed. So late aa l<22a woman was burned fur witch craft in Scotland, which was among the last executions in that country. Bnt education'os has beeft remarked, will dissipate all these evils. It is possible for superstitious notions to coexist vritlna knowl edge of a 1 number of dead languages, Roman and Grecian antiquities, the subtleties of meta physics, pagan mythology, politics and poetry; yet the tostimnpyof the wisest men of every age, is contradictory of it.. But a more effec tual antidote .(o superstitious notions is found in the study of the material universe.. There we.learn to contemplate the various appear ances the world presents -as; uniform .re sults of invariable laws, that govern it. Much light, and consequently inestimable blessings, h ive been bestowed upon the race by the dis coveries in. the different departments of nature and art during the last two centuries. ’The study, of astronomy, natural history; philoso phy,—the [atmosphere, the, waters, the.earth, and animated beings, has a happy tendency to eradicate from the mind capricious and false notions,: and at the same time to present to view objects of delightful contemplation. Let a pemm.be once thoroughly convinced that na pjre is uniform in her Operations, and governed by regularj laws impressed by an all-wise and benevolent Being, and he will soon be inspired' vritb confidence, and will not easily be alarmed at any, occasional .phenomena which at first sight might appear os exceptions to tbe'general rule. Let persons bo taught that eclipses are occasioned] merely by the shadow of one opaque body falling upon .another; that comets ora regular planets belonging to bur solarsystem, which perform their revolutiqnsand appear and disappear in. stated periods of time;' that the northern lights are frequent in rcgiihis of the North, and probably have .a relation to the magnetic and electric finida while they supply IT' ■y .... Objects f-Hiph Fere formerly beheld With alarm, will now be converted into sources of enjoy ment.’ ’andbe’cohtemplatedVTth'emotions oT delight.;-' ' . ... To remove the groundless apprehensions ■which arise from the fear jif.i.nvisible and in corporeal beings, let persons be instructed in the various optical illusions to» which we. ore. subject, arising from the intervention of fogs, and the indistinctness 1 of vision in the night time, which makes us frequently mistake a' bush that is pear us for a large tree at a distance, and let them be taugbtjthat under the influence, of these! illusions,, a timid imagination will transform the indistinct image of a cow or a horse, into a terrific phantom of a monstrous size. Liet them also lie taught, by a selection' of well-authenticated facts, the powerful influ ence of the imagination in creating idea!'forms,- especially when under , the dominion- of fear ; the effects produced lly the ■workings of con science .whep harassed by guflt; let them,bp taught t|ie effects produced' by. lively dreams, by strong doses of cjpium, by drunkenness/ hysteric} passions, madness, anti other disorders that affect the mind.' Let the experiments of. optics, ajnd the striking phenomena produced hy electricity,,galvanism, magnetism, and the different gasses, be exhibited to their view, to-, getber with details of the. results which have been produced by various mechanical contri vances. i In fine, let their attention be directed to the. foolish, whimsical, and extravagant na tions attributed to apparitions, and to their in consistency with the wise and benevolent ar rangement of the Governor of the'universe.. Beyond a question,’could such instructions ns have‘been suggested, be universally given, the effect would be the banishment of supersti tions of {the nature . contemplated from among mankind j fur they hate uniformly produced.this effect onievery mind which has been thus Alight ened. Where is the man to be found - whose mind is enlightened by the doctrines and dis ■odern — 5 whe <st " coveries|o£ modern science, nn>. 10 yet re-, mains the slave, of superstitious notions'and vain- fears ? • Of all the philosophers of Ameri ca and Europe, is tbeifa one who is alarmed at an eclipse, al a comet, jatan iffgit faiuua, nr.at the notes of a .death-watch 1 or who, postpones bis experiments on account of What is calledqn unlucky day?. Whoever beard of a specter appearing to such a pdtson, dragging him from, bed at the dead hour jof midnight, to wander through the forest, trembling with fear ? It may be safely concluded that the diffusion of useful knowledge among mankind, would infallibly dissipate those groundless fears which have banished much happiness from the human, family, and particularity among the tower or ders of society. j EE. C. Johns. Colonel Forney gave an elegant entertain ment to members of Congress and friends, at Washington, last weekj. Col, Forney is a mar vel of industry. Always at his post and dis charging every official [duty with a promptiude and fidelity that have! become; proverbial, he nevertheless finds time, before and nfter the sessions of the House every day, to write a col: umn or more of editorial for The Press , a col umn of correspondence from 11 Occasion'd,” and from one to two columns of “ Special Dispatch e No correspondence from an 1 no “ Specials” are quoted dr more accurate than those published ir| the Philadelphia Press; and yet to see the Colonel in the Clerk’s room at the Capitol, talking With senators, Represent-' at! res, editors and gentlemen of distinction from all sections of the country, one would think, he had naught else to occupy himself with than chat, and that being Clerk of the House of Reresehtatives of the United States is really “ a good thing tjo do.”— N. Y. 2fews. There is not, in all 'the seceding States, the ability to a cannon, gun, pistol, sword, bayonet, or a tjon of gunpowder, or an India-rubber coat, soldier’s blanket, or tent, or a gun-carriage, transportation wagon, or caval ry saddle. And yet the Stales" are blindly gbr ing into a "contest of which they cannot see the end, and which may last for years. it is certain that they will not be permitted to.be supplied with munitions of war-from the North; and as the Federal Government holds the navy, and can blockade their ports, it will be ont'of their power tjo obtain articles.contra band of war from-foreign nations. Their seizure of the! Federal 1 forts and arse nals, and the recent purchases, have given' them only a temporary supply, which will be sdpn exhausted. What will they dp then? Their laboring popuiatioh is unskilled inthe mechan ic arts, and cannot easily turn its hand to the production of arms, mjlitary stores, and muni tions of war.— AT. Y. World. The great military authority of the Southern Confederacy is Geh. Jefferson Davisits great ecclesiastical authority is the Bev. Dr, Thorn well of Charleston, S. C., Gen. Davis says thiit the coming war, if there is a war] will be'fougbt on Northern soil, wbtbh will be invaded by Southern hosts. Drl.fchprnwell on the other blind says that the south will be “the invaded party,- and that her 'institutions' are likely to gain strength from the|odnflict.’V The Generiil does not seem to sharfe the confidence of the divine in Southern institutions, or in the ad vantage they are likely to gain from war with United Slates. . Mr. Lincoln yesterday remained In Buffalo where he attended divine service at I 'the ■ Uni tarian church, in company with 1 ex-Preaident Pi Imore.- Tinlay he Will leave Buffalo at six o’clock A. M.,‘ and ajrive ; at Albany about thrde P. M., where due honors will be. paid to hini by the State authorities. To-morrow he will-leave Albany'al tin o’clock by the Hud son River Railroftd and arrive'in this city at three'. We learn that while Mr. Lincoln ia in this city he will stop-at the Astor House.— N. Y. Herald, of Monday. ■' A resolution-having; passed both Houses of ihe legislature to raiia the National flag on the dokne of the capital at Harrisburg, it has been arranged to raise the flagon the22nd inst., With'appropriate ceremonies. A large military parade is anticipated-on the occasion. The New York Legislature has passed the bill appropriating-$50,000 for the relief of the suffering people in Kansae, ,• , . ■,ac~i£3.'l£irl io i'll -"V/'j teISCELLAIriEOUS ITEMaT^ I .„.A g«»t/poet soyii thatj'vtha monnUin,' stand fixed We know, however, it is no«roeomfflbn thing for them to Wops' , .wThe semi-annual: interests on thn - St»W Debt, amounting »o $873,000,.was paid off n Philadelphia,- on the laS instant, in specie os it, equivalents. , ; , ".,vA dispatch-fromAtchison, Kansas,- brl*.,, news of the fearful destitution of the peoplTS' that States It is, reported that 50,000 are lacoto/ace With actual wants * ...Whenthe Senators from Mississippi, bama and Florida* jetired fromjhe Senate ft, other d SSrT SewarT~took a pjhclTbf ijjjf and called hjvtbe btU fo< thefddmiation bf : K*j. eae. .‘..Lieut.vSlemraer, in’comfaaand'atFoftPiciJ ens, and his lady are natives of Nbrrisibw# this State, t A salute-of thirty-four guns »aj fired in their honoj at that place on Thandir week. ' “ .—MivMallory, of Florida,. inf. •from the Senate, was kind enough to “We do not seek to conquer you.” Let (hV Nurtheta States it* comforted., Wo. 'are; net to be invaded by Florida, Jt is said that not a'daypasaes that Sfflv tor Bigler is not called upon by some of his con. stituents,,wbd desire letfela Tram him which will serve as a * passports” duringitbeir proposed journeys tbWugb’ the Southern States. ...the per pupil of public school et j ac ,., tion in different cities is as' follows St. biais $l6 34; Cincinnati; $l5‘9S; Boston, slssi- New York. $l5 33; Buffalo, $l3 93; Chicago’ $l2 93 ; Baltimore,.slo 82; Philadelphia, ss’ ...‘A first-rate horse was sold at auction b Hartford on Saturday, for two dollars and fifty' cents.: apf .fruits;; sap The Cmrant. Thirty years ago thataame hor» was sold fof nine dollars, -and was considered cheap, at th . .iitiioo leakin' Men ! A communication to the CW try states that a lady who vlsitti aria few. day* ago, owned updit box of candles and some other c she. supposed >gmght be ::uteful U Fort! Sumf her hoops tides whie the £arrlsi icld of Carbon Oil from the welli ml Pennsylvania,- since thp first discor ip a year ago, amount to 22,119 bu tt principally'in Yenango and adjt ip. There has been a steady increut h.i -■ i ' - ..fTbey springs in eries.abouj rels, found ceni 60until each montt , i'li '* ' ...‘f Docsutks," tired of hearing lathing hot “ succession, coercion and blood,” has,propjs»l a sovereign (compromise which will doubtlen prove, if tried, as potent as balf the patent med idnes-of tae.day. .■< it Is entitled the “vDossiici- Compromise,” and ions follows;- Tahi oj Rar and drop the subject.' .. ...The Cattaraugus Republiian tells the fol lowing-.-4“ A member of the Ellicotville Mili tary 1 Company, was, the other day, talking ah nit going to the wars. .Ile'said if he went he would sake his child with hint. ‘How will you carryj it’? it«ked tbs tfife and mother. ‘O, •trap it on my back,' said he. ‘ Oh, don't,’ ex claimed the wife, ‘for he will be the first to be shit.'" %- ‘ Democratic’' State Committee met mrg, on Thursday, January 31st, sad cate Convention, to be held at H.irrii ;he 21st of February. Resolutioni ted declaring thai ike Confederate d, and that it must be reconstructed icratic” principles! The call for tin n ' denounces the Repohltcans, id 10 condemnation of the Seceding Stata an' Cole, residing near Central Ridge, county, N. Y., died very suddenly effect of intoxicating drink jisixed cco. He had been drinking all day, evening entered a tavern in -vrhitk alof bis associates, who, for the fat g. as they called it, mire 1 a quantity withsOaieiiqnor and gave it to bin He drank freely of it and aimed xpired. .Non lohnrie n the with tobs and inthr we; - e sere: of I lie ihii of tobacco to drink, instantly < ...Sanst ply. In tl Joe Lane ( that wool Northern t linn who I South to tl Hale rspli of the core and went i b )dy but ( ;ir Hale is proverbially good at sn* Ite Senate on Monday week, be told (hat if civil war came, the first thing 1. be dons jcould. he to suppress aH raitors. 'To Clihgtndri'of North Caro; tad Compared the secession of tit, e going oat of the ten. tribes of Israel, id that the ten tribes had left the ark nent befaindthem when they seceded, b destruction so complete that no iod knew what bad become of them. .to issue ofthe -Knoitille’TOWj, Par low says; We-are informed that : the Ninth Civil District of Knot, id. to join a company at any time, te oxvilte to bang the editor of this f* - erop'ose. next Monday as a suitablt s invite our Union friends to attend is the execution ! We propose te eoh under the gallows, an(l to relate 1 experience. Thehe.will be a maa the party faere.on that day and li ( that notorious Brpwnlnw will gsatr e interest of the occasion 1 ...tn ! a h boo Br'owi Mr. —d has propos come to Ki per. We dAyJ and w and witne nmk e a ape our polities meeting of hanging of ly add to tl ..Ixhe pi the 'Snath rogue in th President, the black c and imen bj the hat of a his face,,to tisan hadg( to' regard h spirit ran v were brpkei ti urate frier tinees all i meeting eac esent fashion of wearing cockades st is ihe revival of a custom much la is country when John Adams *** * Thefiriends of Mr. Adams adopted | >ekade ns the distinguished. ljadg*> & ' an unconcious impulse looked very ode they met, rather than s' fe see- whether or not be wore, the p*t“ a , that they might determine whether j| im as a friend or.an enemy. 9 ery high in those times; friendship* 1 > by pulilical differeoces between ii - 1 da, and men who. had been sequel- a leir lives crossed the street to 9 ;h other. 9 f' IST OP'LETTERS reaming in the Po* •*~J Office o(t Wolisboro, Po., Feb. 20, 1361. Batucs-H IV . Hughes Miss Louise, Baton J ■ 1 •’ Homer Miss-Fannie; Brainard Amaziah.2 Jacobs Darwin ' ' Bnrlingham. |E Preston 2 Jones Nathan ' ) Boyco C Kclsuj David D. Bigelow A 1 Kimble Hear/ S Brigham J> \V ~j >_ -McDaniels Niles Ir, Barmnn WmjU , MoohanOwen' Beebe Mrs Deborah Meed Mariab H Clark PV I Mabe Michael Covert Daniel;’ \ , Tfayli Jacob B Congdon Garnet Bicker Iff ~. .' Dolange Amos . Eihble Mrs Elisabeth DieCenbacher A.Co ,‘Shaw T S " Dengol Mrs Elisabeth ' ■ Stails Mrs Maria Evans Evan . Searles Miss Amelia Fowler H A Williams James I Freyer Benjamin Wheeler N J Gordon William 2 ■ Wheeler Bosanie A - Hacked Jacob l •' 1 Wehater Aillette A . HnllWmß . ■ -Wettnore Mrs tMan* Vjj I Persons calling far any of the abate l« lt,l ’‘ | j please soy they are advertised. . _ „ v.' I 'r : ' A/S. I
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