of PnWicatlpi ’ eitß TIOGA COCNTIT AGITATO* t IU \fednesdAy Morning, and mailcc •;‘’L rc ry. reasonable price of ’ill!?. * fi3-ONE DOLLAR PBRv ANtyiMj-S^ - •M* in admnei. It is intended ! 1 notify every briber when the term tor which, tins paid shall t*®*, jnirori, by the figures on the printi if liibel on the * ,W ,-a of P a P er - The paper trill th tu be stopped ■* rfa farther remittance be received: : By this nr ‘jjeoent no man can be brought in. ilabt to the ■rt »l»rg« and steadil y increasing clrphrnton reach . )0 every neighborhood in the County . : : It is sent i if f ntta W t 0 R “y subscriber withip the county bdl whoso most convenient post o fifce nitty bo CedrinVdg County, ' »T’ Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, l ayer mclu- ~ ’ u'l " ' CIiVSTAL fOUSTAIS iIoTEL.' DAVID HAICf, I'sv4pfttßTDß> The undersigned begs leave: to unnonnc'-fb his old , . n J to the public generally, that b ! jriiS taken the old stand and fltted.it Np> good r °l , intends to keep it as a Temper (efee Hotel. S m\bs will bo spared to accommodate tl e.travcling f°,L 6«» d stabling and a good hostler always on &i. Prices to sail the times. DAVIT. HART. rTTloffm & B.t. vr« t TTORNEVS i COUNSELLORS AT; %AVf. will 4 attend the Court of Tioga, Pottok at '5 McKean e tLes. fiVoUsboro-, Feb. 1,1853-3 ; - DICK!NSO» CORKI If tslau house. _ IZAAK tt'ALTOS UOISJE, y-Bpd VEBMIL YEA, PROPRIXkOH. f. | GaincS, Tioga County, P-flo 'j fflltts is anew hotel located within easy acccff o I tie best fishing and bunting grounds I JlTrthorn f». No pains will be spared for the ftCCo itnodation t ! pleasure seekers and the traveling pnbli .j April 12, 1860. , ■-.? G. C. C. CA SPELL, f SJLBBER AA’V HAIR-ORES &R. SHOP in the rear of the host Office, Elvi wfhing in his lino will bo done as well and pro Jtly as it tabs done in the city saloons. Preparati m, for re soring dandruff, and beautifying the bai jfcor sale hup. Hair ami whiskers dyed any color, spall: and Wellaboro, Sept. 22, 1859. . - THE COR AI KG jroV.RK.iE. Oesrge W. Pratt, Editor and Prt jrietor. IS pablishod at Coming, Steuben Co., N, ifii., pt One Dollar and Fifty Cents per year, in adv tfeo. The journal is Republican in politics, and ihp foircnla lin reaching into every; part of SteuKen^Ninnly.— thow desirous of extendifig their buside? Hnto that' ,ml the adjoining counties will find it ah ex client ad- Tfrtiung inediuiu. Address os above. ; I . ~ WE CCS BORO noTjl, WELLS BOROUGH, PA. ! ; ’L 8, !, PARR, - - . PUi JjIIETOII. {Formerly of the United Stole* fioti *- . Hiring leased this well known and j|Honfe, liliciu the patronage of the public. Wif. attentive nd obliging waiters, together with tbej i foprietor’i. itowledge of tho business, he hopes to mat i the stay if those whs stop with bint both pi I spot and creea-blc, f Weiishoro, May 31, 1860. ' ; ; > ! E. B. BENEDICT, M, I : TITOULD inform the public that heis p?» kanently \y located in Elklnml Boro, Tioga 0 jpsl., and prepared by thirty years* experience to t| ; dis- tbo ey6s and their o , &icptific principle?, and that he can care withptf ail. ibnt kvltol disease, called St. Vitus* Dnp<& {Charta Sacti Vlti,) and will attend to any otbejr fr gifless in tbe lino of Physic and Surgery. ' • I Elkland Boro, August 8, 1860. ' 1,, :.! . WELLSBORO GYMNASIUM.—Tf ft **wsci- JJ” -elation meets every evening at BPY' Si ALL. healthful exercise and muscillar* Sfevelop dcqU Members have access to the Hall! at B hours ef the day. The dues are 50 cents per mon. £to pay dt r|» Lan- Students fitted to enter the best Term’s Tuition, $2 to §6. % f -H Hoard and rooms for those who may dc|?ro's;boord can bo procured at low rates|in ’)J(o im- BHiate vicinity of the Academy. | For circulars or other infwmrftion, addf£*s,;>* * S. G. COWDREY, P$ dtf nl. flO, !562.-tE ~4‘ BLACKSIftITHINO 1 ; | THE undersigned wishes to announce to Vis for mer Customers in Sullivan and vicini -SL that Withstanding bis embarrassments lor tht six they w -,|| g ni j at frxs shop in Mrijwburg * ?t>od new stock of Iron and material 1 ©ady to > *'J on them on rcasonablolcrms. J. A» E- j£IS. Hitch I 1 HER ¥. | : ' s. m. w-. MILLIN ES.il 1.-'* ■ w York and el mix a, BS attention to her assortment of * j e w Spring? (*oo£s, IO S every description at 1 :'it-' ’ ■ J ach ana American. DnllLf siy, ‘' U 6 ff ill sell at wholesale and retari ( ‘GASH 1 " i-. „ l ‘ Special IndnrcmcTin. r II'I‘IN'EUS. ao*i Bait eras fuv small Advance i ' H ’BW YORK COSI. ' ■'{■fi"" ItoomaiJ IHeoAer Street, New '4otis:\ ; 1 , 0 “ d 137 W^r S*"* »«** dV. ; i ‘“W.-Jji. , f ; TIIH AGITATOR VOL. VIII. G THE WINTERS. We, did not fear them, once,—the doll grey morning No cheerless burden on our spirit laid; Tho long night watches did not bring us warning That wo were tenants of a houbc decayed. Tb«j early 'snow like dreams Urns descended; . 4lhe frost did fairy work on pane and bough; Beatify, hbdupower, and w#ndef have not ended— How is it that we fear the winters now? The! house fires fall os bright on hearth and chamber Tho Northerti t-hmes as coldly clear; Thel wood? still keep their bnlly for December; Tbe world has welcome yet for thto New Year. And fair away in ola remembered pWtf6?> The snow drop rises bud the robin singe, The sun and moonjouk Oat.wiib smiling faces— Why here oar days forgot such goodly things? -Is ii that bow the North wind finds Us shaken v By tempest fiercer than its bitter blast? And fur beliefs and friendship have fdrsukUn Like summer's beauty as that fempot passed ? And life grows leafi- J Ss in it? pleasant valleys, The light of promise waning from its day, The,mists meet even in its inward palace— Not, like, the outer mists, to melt away ? It was pot thus, when dreams of love and laurels Gave'sunshine to the winters of our youth, Before its hopes bad fallen in fortune’s quarrelo. Or Time had’bowed them with his heavy truth t Era yet the-twilight found as strange and lonely, . With shadows coming when the fire bnrns low, To tell of distant graves and losses only— The post that cannot change and will not go. Alas ! dear friends, the Winter is within us; Hard is the ice that gathers round the heart. If petty cares and vain regrets can win us. From life'; true heritage, and teller part Seasons and skies rejoice, yea, worship rather: — Bnt'natinns toil and, tremble, even as we Hoping for harvests will never gather, And dreading Winters they may never see. MY CAPTUHE AND ESCAPE. In the ranks of my regiment, I arrived at Washington City, in June, 1861, and was soon after sent out to the sacred soil of Virginia.— Our regiment was sent to the advance of the Federal lines, and portions were sent put on picket duty. When it came my turn to advance' ’ near the enemy’s lines, I felt some apprehen sions for my safety, and, though I was s sol dier, I must frankly confess I feared the rifles of the Confederate sharp-shooters. Near whore mir pickets were stationed was a little old-fash ioned log house that looked comfortable and cheering, and often' made me feel sad, when seated in' some little nook or corner, of the hushes watching the enemy. How that old log house made my heart palpitate, and drew from me deep and henvy,sighs. Not that 1 had lost one particle of my patriotism or felt any tho less brave or willing to tight for my country, hut it would bring to my mind plenties nf hnnie, and of the many pleasant scenes 1 had passed with my sisters and I r. tliers around the family hoard. 1 noticed that the house was oceupied, and fair forms flitted in and out, and one in particular that drew my attention. I became deeply interested in the inmates ul that house ; and, ns I thought the matter over, it seemed ns if I could not reslrain my curiosity, hut I must visit it. Standing, as it did, between two hos tile armies, vvhat could induce its inmates tu remain, with destruction visible all around them. ! •It was a beautiful afternoon in the latter pan -of June, that I was again on picket duty in the vicinity of the lug house. I was determined that day to satisfy my curiosity, and visit the house. Leaving my companion, I slide across a field or two, watching, with a vrgi ant eye, every hush and fence, to prevent surprise. As I approached the house, I heard the plaintive song, but sung so sweetly that I wept, though I felt ashamed of myself, as a soldier, for my weakness. I drew close up beside the house, and in a crouching position, f silently listened.' The song ceased, a heavy, hasty step sounded on the floor. “ Father, what is the matter?” I heard n voice exclaim, lh‘at was mingled with an agita ted and mournful quiver. “My dear,, dear daughter, you and your mother must depart at once. You most goto Washington, and from thence \ou may find your way to Massachusetts, where your uncle lives. Tell him that his brother implores hint to protect you umil I can reach you. Our Country is torn and distracted, and utter ruin seems tu.hang over it. Oh, God ! when will all this trouble enu V ■ i‘ And you, George,” I believe this Was ihe voice of the wife, “ where are you going?” I had now approached a crevice through which I could sec the interior of the house, and when the question was ask.d I could see the man start, and look at his wife in mute astonishment. His face turned white, then scarlet, and then a dark blue ; his eyeball* neemed to start from their sockets, and the veins in his neck swelled to an enormous size ; ,hc trembled and reeled, and down, be sat in a chair. “YVhere am I going?” he gasped. “God onlv knows!” “ Why, what on earth do you mean ?” fairly screamed his wife. “ I mean, this,” said he, more calm ; " I am going into the rebel army, not from my own free will, but from compulsion, to save my pro perty from confiscation, and save a home for you and Jenny.” “Oh, father, do not join the rebel army, but fight for the old Stars and Stripes, and for the country you have, so long loved,” and Jenny caught her father about the neck and kissed him. • » I could get out a single glance at her fa'ce, but h-’W lovely she looked, pleading for her country and her father's honor. The mother was standing by him. and the great lehrs flow ing down.her cheeks and dropping on his shoul ders. “ Come, dear father, lot us go North ; Uncle David is a good man, and wo can live in safely there.” ~ j The father sat listening to the pleadings of his daughter, and these were joined by the wife with such-stirring pathos, that he yielded, arid consented to leave immediately fur Wash ington, and join the Federal army, - “ You have decided me? t will go," he ci sdaiuied, rind the terror that agitated hio.afew Moments before, bad entirely fled. “Bless you. father I” escUim|d Jenny, as she drew back nn old board that was against the waif, over the iaaiitk-piooc, and from. its 3cbotcD to tfyt |g*tcnsetm of tfct area of if maom ana the Sprrab of mnXttw Hrfoim. WHILE- THEBE SHALL BE A WRONG DNRIGHTBD, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUMAN!!? TO MAN" SHALL CEASE,, AQITATIOjN MUST CONTINUE WELLSBOEO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 16, 1862. 1 . 4 : : —. . .. i :L, 1 secret hiding-place, drew out A small Beautiful Star Spangled Banner. “ There, my father, under the folds of that flag you must fight, if yon will go to-war. but not beneath the Palmetto, the Pelican, and the Serpent,” arid she threw’.it around his sbnul ders, while Ms stalwart frame braced dp. and I ... . , . . Wye brightened! ns be pd-essed the Stars and ft The following brief;story not only adnses Stripes to his bosom. I llmv R<, curMlhe confidence nf the young, so How I loved that girl as she stood there in i? R l " P u * “ n,hp lf hof dut ? i "' d «««■« all the majesty of her pride, gazing on W | b “Ulso ts a lesson to the young, showing the father. I could have, fought a regiment of ofr following tlie kind advtce of rebel's at that moment, or as many more as tenc her and friend, _ _ _ might have been brought' against me.' Had I Many years ago, a certnm minister in the been ready to marry at that moinent, I would V"" ed St ?'^ B of America was going one-Sun have made that girl my wife at least a dozen f „- v m, ’ ri, ' n ® flon ’ h,s b,IUBe ‘ohitwchnol room, times. But my thoughts on the subject were lle '™ lked lhro “~ ! ' 11 r,umb(!r uf lmuk Mreexi '’ of short duration, for just ns the father was and aR he ,arned B < ’ flrn( ‘ r - ~e Baw assembled about to make preparations to start from home, a r ,o . nd 11 P um P " P BP »y " { lit,le b °y B ' vbo were in stepped four rebel troops under the com- « warbles. On seeing him approach ronnd of a corporal 'ng. they began to pick up their marbles, and “ Well, sir, 1 we have called for you," said the , ran 88 ,he y ol,uld - One liitlg fol corpontl, “ and 1 don’t think we came any too iow '’ 10t ilavma * pe " lnm as 800 n 1,8 ‘ h « soon and be snatched the Star Spangled Ban- f‘ u 1 ,d " ot this so soon ; and before ner from off the shoulders „f the man, threw be had BUCc « eded . •" Wthertnjs up Ins marbles it upon the floor and stamped upon it. “That ‘ be wtntsterfhad ctosod upon Mm, and placed is the way we will set our beefs on the necks blB hand upon, his shoulder fhere they, were, of the Yankee invaders.** f God-and the poor How my blood foamed ; it didn’t boil, bnt it "W* l bri * *'??* hn " been caught in the act of raved through mv veins ns if it would hurst P l "*'"*’ “ ,a, i, ! es . rjn Sunday morning.- And them.' Suddenly Jenny sprang forward and '. ow d ‘ d 'he minister deal w.. 1. the b-yf for pushed the corporal buck with such force that ‘ b "t.'*.«*« I ™n* ; “b-erve. He might he almost fell to the floor, and snatched op the b,ve Bnld '« lhe b 'T- ' V hat S"» d “«*R flag and flaunted it in his face. • ben * Y,,u ar ° tnpkmg 'he Sabbath : dorvT “As under its folds tyranny was driven - V " U d « erve f bB P™ , .’ , I h, ‘ d f-r thus breaking from the land, so shall traitors be driven out tbe fV n ’ m,,nd of . G<,d ! But he d,d nutb,n S " f or hung; and if I were a man, I would puni.-h the k ‘ ,Mj - He * m 9}S s ’ lld : you for the insult offered to this dear flag of “ “ !IV ,® J oo . fu “ ,,d * uur ™ rbles ]^i ne « b ‘-No,'' Sind the boy, »I have not.” “ I didn’t come here to fight the women," “ 1 "; il M P - vou fil,d tUem wber «- said the corporal, doggedly. “Come, Mr. Da- °P‘ ,a he k, ‘ 6 '' led d,,wn «" d helped look for the vis, you've been drafted, and must' go to the ;‘‘ urbU,s ’ ft, ' d 118 he did 80 1,8 rwmrktfi. “I nriliv ■> liked to play at marbles very much, and I think I could beat you ; hut,” added he; “ I never played marbles on Sunday.” The little tioyV attention was arrested. lie liked his friend’s face, and began wondering vth« be was. , Then the minister said to him; “ I -am going to a place where I think you would like to be ; will yuu come with.me?*? do you live?” “ I will not fight against my will,” ex claimed the man, showing some signs of resist ance. “ Bat ymi ahiriK .Seize him, men !’’ The rebels sprang fiifwatd and cmight Da vis, hut, being a strong man. lie~h«Jed them from him. Again they set upon him success, and were proceeding to hind him. 1 could stand it mi longer. I rushed to the door screaming, . afc I dashed into the house, and just at that rt»i meat down pent one of the rebels, levelled to the floor by the- hands of Jenny.' Again the chair whirled in the air and eame down no the head of tin* “C rporal. The rebels were fright ened and fled from the Inuise, hut seeing I was alone, returned toithe combat. Davis was still bound, and could afford no assistance. The fight was unequal, and I was overpowered and taken prisoner. Davis and myself were marched oft to the enemy’s camp, while Jenny and bet mother were left alone in the house. fur two dus I was ti prisoner in the enemy's camp, nppr Fairfax Court House. What Inul become uf Davis I knew not, and what would become of me I cared nor, now that I had lost the brave girl that 1 had learned to Ime. The day had passed gloomily away and night had come again. I was seated in ■ a sort of brush tent, with a guard pacing up and down in front of it, paying more intention to inn than I th nght was absolutely necessary. While lost in happy thought of home and Jenny, I heard a rustling noise n a - me, and a delicate hand was laid on my arm. “ Follow me quickly, and I will save yon,” she whispered in my ear, and placed her band on my mouth. She then withdrew and I, snake-lik», crawled out of the tent alter her, Cainionsly we moved along until we name tu the guard. “ Won goes there ?” came quickly, and down we dmppeji on our faces. The gaud passed on, and we crawled for ward, stopping to listen. The guard was re taining, and we lay until he had again passed, and we then pushed forward more rapidly. ■‘We are now hey noil the camp, but we have the picket)* tn pass yet, ,My father is watting for us just yonder,” said she, turning to the le,ft. •' You are a brave girl,” I ventured to say, and there is no knowing what else I might Have said, hut she plaited her huger on my mouth, with a gentle “ Hush !” Secreted in the bushes was her father, who firmly grasped my hand ns we joined hint.— Jenny then placed a musket in my hands, and I could tee by the dim light that her father was provided with one, and she carried one, though, I must confess, very awkwardly. I was all curiosity to know hbw she, the Tittle frail creature, could accomplish so much. “I am afraid we’ll have to fight the pickets,” said her father; “ but it is life or death, and if we can scare them we nre safe.” In perfect silence we approached the locality of the picket guard, and thought 'we had elu ded their vigilance, .when a quick' and fright enedfChallenge hurst upon us. This win fol lowed almost instantly by a 11 ish, and a bullet passed close to my head. "Charge oh them, boys I” shouted Davis, as he fired, and I quickly sent a bullet in the di rection of the'rebel picket. I,sow Jenny’s musket come to her shoulder, and as it-was discharged she reeled and would have fallen'to the ground, but 1 caught her, and in a moment she had recovered from'the shock. Weihaard the enemy's pickets retreating in alarm, and making the most of their confusion, wo dashed forward tu the Union lines, some half a mile distant. 1 had made my escape, but not through my own stratagem or skill, but.by the constant work and energy of a \iiung and I rave girl, whose patriotic heart would not farsak'* her honored 'and belovctf government, and whose determination lescued her father from the hands of the oppressors The muskets site provided trs with were se creted in Iter father’s house. She hail loaded them, and eluded the vigilance of the enemy’s guard, aad deposited them where she delivered them In us., She bid ua a touching farewell, and, in company with her mother, proceeded tu the State of Massachusetts. , Her father enlisted in the Federal army, and new, side by aide, we ate fighting to deliver hfs home from the hand of the oppressor, while I look forward with pleasure to the day when I shall he awarded the hand of Miss Jenny, ns a reward fur my effort to save her father. What Kindness Did. - Wiiy.ilb wnn die rey ly, .eat such and su h a place,'’ “ Why Umt is the mini? churned the buy, n.< if he did nut euppiii :i kind until and u minister of tlie gospel could bethe same person. “ Why. 1 am I lie minister myself, and if you will come with me, I think I ean do vuu some ginnl," “My bands are dirty ; I can not go." “ Uera is the pump ; why not wash t" “1 am so little that I can’t' wash and pump at the same tune." “If you'll wash. I’ll pump." lie at once set to work, and pumped, and pumped and pumped; and as bn pumped, the little buy washed his bands and face till they were quite clean. , » “ My hands nre wringing wet, and I don't know how to dry them," The minister pulled out of his pocket a clean pocket handkerchief, and offered it to the boy. •• But it ie dean." *■ Yes," was the reply, “ but it was made to be dirtied.” The little boy dried his bands and face with the handkerchief, afid then accompanied the. minister to the door of the Sunday school. Twenty years after the minister was walking in a street in one of the large cities of America,' when a tail gentleman tapped him on the shoul der. and .looking into his face, said; “Yon don't.remember me?” “No," said the minister, “I-don’t.” “Du yuu remember, twmily years ago, find ing a little-boy playing around a pump? Do you remember tlmt buy’s being ton dirty to go to school, and your pumping for him, and speaking kindly to him, and taking him tu school?” “ Olt!’’ said the minister, “I do remember-!’ “Sir,” said the gentleman, “I was that liny. 1 rose hi business, and became a leading man. I have attained a good position in soci ety ; and on seeing you tu-day ini the street, I felt bound to come and tell you that it is your kindness and wisdom, and Christian discretion —to your having dealt with me- lovingly, gen tly and kindly, at the same lime that you dealt with me suggestively, that I owe, under God all that I have attained, all that 1 am at the present day.” [From the St. Xomis Democrat-] MB. JEPFBSSON AND SLAVEKT. Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declara tion of Independence and the apostle of Dem ocracy in America, were he living at his own Monticello at this day, would be driven, from it and from his native Virginia as an Abolition ist. If he were to seek refuge in the Middle or some of the Northern Stales, he would there be derided and stigmatized fanatic, by men cal ling themselves Democrats ; and the self-styled “conservative” press of the country would con temptuously flout at him as a radical. Too hatred of Jefferson by the old Federalists was most intense, hue the, great Democratic masses adhered to him as their chorea statesman. They twice elected him’ to the Presidency by over whelming majorities, and revered liim as pre eminently the representative man who more than any other, discerned the rights of the peo ple and maintained them. , From his teachings, very many of our distin guished wen have drawn maxims of political guidance, and no one mind'in the period in which he lived, left so strong an impress as his did upon nur political institutions. Yet,' we repeat, were he living now he would he driven mercilessly out of ins own State, and would tweet more of obloquy th in welcome in others, from men whu mouth their attachment to bis precepts. So widely, under the lead of the slave dem ocracy of latter days, has a large portion of the people of this'country departed from the polit ical ideas of the founders of our Government. Tire views which Mr. Jefferson entertained of slavery, he held in common with nearly all.the great men of hi* whether Federalists or Republicans j hut he perhaps saw with more penetrating sagacity than some nf them its evils anil its dangers. He dwelt upon the sub ject, apd • recurred to it frequently 1 in his Wri tings at'various periods of his life. His views, often expressed, are almost uniformly given in the I tei|se language of which he was a great mnster.lr- * j: ! ■ Many of onr renders who may.not Mare ready access to Jefferson’s writings, pr to the .follow ing .passages from them, may the glad to have grouped together. • j! ! EXTRACTS. | THE abolition or slavery desired by the col- I * onies. *!;■ The fc Rowing is from instructions to the Vir ginia de agates in Congress, drawn hy Mr. Jef-, ardent abolitionism ferson while a member of ihri House of Bur-f # \ ■ ; ‘ , gasses, years before the revolution : I Jefferson, tu 1778, jwbile Minister at . For tba mpst trjfling reasons,thnd sometimes ‘ ;lr ' t *i WT " t9 this to M. DptyamHe: ‘■You for ho conceivable reasons at rill, his Majesty, know nobody wishes more ardently to sea (George 111.) has rejected laws of tha most an abolition, nofonly of the trade, but of tho salujtarw tendency. Tho nbolitj- nof domestic condition of slavery £ I slavery/is the great object of desire in these,} BRITISH Jayhawkihg. ' colonic*, where it was unhappily introduced in ' In 1788, Jefferson wrote to his friend. Dr, their ihfant state. But, previous to the en- Gordon, respecting the outrages of the British franemsement of the slaves welhave. it as under Lord'Cornwallis, against his property ess.ary to exclude all further imponattuijs fronr in thr Revolution . ' lie.'ship ; - Africa. Yet our repeated efforts (o effect this, ; , Ho (Cornwallis) destroyed all toy grow (tig by prohibiting and l>y imposing duties'which ; crops of corn and tobacco!; he burned all my might amount to prohibition, have been hilh- s barns, containing the same'articles of the last I ertoi’defeated by his Majesty’s negative—thus .'year, Mfedng first taken .what corn he wanted ; preferring the advantages of a few British cor- he usedTas was to be expected, all my stock of . sairk to the lasting interests offtho American cattle sheep and hogs Tof this sustenance of his Stales, and to the rights of human nature, army, and carried off all the horses cap iblo of deeply wounded by this infamous practice.” service; of those too young for service, he cut Oihserve—“the rights of humpn nature.” the throats, burned nil tlys fences mi tho ■‘tuis execrable COMMERCE”—THE slave trade, plantation, so ns to make it an Absolute waste. Extract from Jeffers,m’s „,iginal draught of c ' lrrieii l,ff ; als "- about thirty slavek Had the D-claration of Independence. -The passage 'his been to give them then-freedom, he would 18 oL of thp counts in the Declaration done njjltt. Kint George HI. EMANCIPATION WP.,COME. ‘’He has waged cruel war against human na- 1 n 1814, ,the quest! m was agitated in Illinois, turelitself violating its most sricred rights of lo an npponentof slavery, then life and liberty in the persons of a distant pen- resident in' Illinois, but now, we believe, in pie who never offendrd him, captivating and Philadelphia, Mr, Jefferson wrote thW ;■ carrying them into slavery in another hemis- “The sentiments breathed} through the w nolo pherjj, or to incur niiscraido death in their do honor both to the head arid heart ot the wri traosportaiimi hither. This piratical warfare ,<>r . Mine, on the subject ol} the slavery of ne the ipprohrium of infidel powers," is the war- groes, have long since been ipt possession of tho fare Inf the Christian king ~f Great Britain/ public, and time has only served to give them t Determined to keep open a market where MEN stronger proof. The love pf justice and the-S, should be houghtjind sold, he has prostituted !<>ve of country plead equally the cause of these ' his negative for suppressing every legislative people, and it is a mortal reproach to its that 'StfsWnt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable the .v should have pleaded so long in vain.” "■ * The hour of emancipation is advancing in tho march of time... It will come, and whether brought on by the generops energy of our -minds or by the bloody process of St. D«min * *'.]*. * * is a leaf of history not yet (jurned over.” **As to the method by, which this difficult work is to be effected, if permitted to be done by ourselves. 1 have seen no proposition so ex pedient, on the whole, as that of emancipation of those born after a given day." “This enterprise is'for the young, for those who can follow it up and heir it through to its consumation. It shall all my prayers." - OPINIONS EXCHANGED. house!” ex- ierce. coinm CH.t lucre* nr tub [From Jefferson’s “Notes on VirgiiiTiCi 1 “Wl not vt less b head. hether further ohservutiup will or will rify the conjecture that haiure has been imiiifnl to them in the endowments of the. I believe that in tlmse of the li'cirt will nd to have done them justice. That dis- bo fo m to theft with win ii they have been posit! id rouar ho ascrib' d to rheir situation, nt to any depravity of the moral sense. brand ■md T an in whose favor no laws of pmpeity irobablr feels him-elf less bound 'O res- Tlie i exist hose made in favor of others, pect g (pr ourselves, we lay it Jmvn as fun argil ;al, that law.*, to be just, must give re- dainei ition of right, that, without this, they re arbitrary rules of conduct, founded mid not in conscience ; and it is a prnb iich I give to the master tn solve, wheth religious precepts against the violation lerty were nut framed fur' him as well dave—and whether the slave may not as hly fake a little from one who has taken it him ns he may one who would slay That a change in the relations in which ci pr in ure mi in fore letn \v er the of pm as his justifi; all fio him. is placed should change his ideas uf mor t and wrong is neither new, nor peculiar ;oltir of the blacks.” a man al righ to the i “Notwithstanding these considerations, which must wienken their respect fur the laws of prop erty, iyn find among them numerous instances uf the ijninst rigid integrity, and ns many as among! (heir instructed masters, uf benevolent, gratitude, and unshaken fidelity. The opinion that they nre inferior in the faculties of reason gimuion must be hazarded with great L ” ami imiifj diffidemi INKERS AND CUSTOMS OF SI.AVERT. [From the "Notes on Virginia.”] whole commerce between master and perpetual exercise of the most hois- “The slave is I teroua i assions, the meat unremitting dcspiK tism, on.ihe one pert, nnd degrading submis sion on the other. Our children «ee this, nnd learn t<> imitate it; fonunnis an imitative ani rani. If u parent could find no motive either in his jihiiiintrophy or self-love fur restraining intemperance of passion toward his slave, it should always be a sufficient omxthai. his child is present. But generally it is notsufficient. The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, put- on the same airs in the cirdtS of smaller slaves, giv'es a loose rein to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, nnd daily exercised in tyranny, can not but |be stamped by its odious peculiarities. The man must be a prod.gy who cau retain hi« manners and morals uodepraved by such cir cumstances. And with what execration should a sta’esuian he loaded, who permitting one half the Citizens to tTaiopie on the rights id the other, transforms those into despots ami these injto enemies, destroys the morals of tin one add the amor palre of the other I And cun tirellihcrties of a nation lie thought secon when «je have removed their only firm basis— a conviction in the minds of the people tb. t their liberties are the gifts of God, that the; | are not jto be violated but with Ills wrath I In j deed, I tremble for my country when 1 reflet-, j that God isljust; that II s justice cannot slee; I forever; that considering numbers, nature, an I natural means only, a reio utimi of the whei 1 of F rtuue, an exchange of situntiim, is anion. possible cients ; that it may become probabl; ,by supesnUural inte-f.-ran o! The Almighty has on attribute winch can take side with m | in such a contest." TaeWtLMOt I'EOVISO— I “NEJTBER SLAVERY XOl ■ Extract from the ordinance proposed hy Je. fersoii (1754) forlbe government of all the ten rilOries of the United Stales; After the year 1800 of'the Christian cr. there ahail ba neither slavery tmcinviduntiiri KO. SR AN RACE. Whpn SERVITUDE Ratesof Advertising. Advertisement? will be charged $} persquare of 10 Ikes, one or three insertion?, and 25 cent? for ctciy subsequent insertion. Advertitctnentt ot let? l!m 10 linen considered as a square. The subjoin'd rati ? a ill bo charged for Quarter!;, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad vertisements: ' 3 JIOSTHS. 8 mOSTUB. 12 StO>’Tß» - 83,00 : $1,50 $6,00- . 5,00 i 6,50 8,00 . 2,00 1 8,50 10,00 Square, • 2 da, 3 do. I J column, * .. 8,00 | 9,50 12,50 1 i do, , . 15,00 20,00 30.00 Column, * ' . 25,00 j _ 35J)0 , _ 50,0 f Advertisement? not having thennmbcrof insert!, )'■ a desired marked upon them, nrill be published until or* | dered out and charged accordingly. Poster?. Handbill?, Bill-Head?, Letter-Head? andali 1 kind? of Jobbing done in country establishment?. - In this connection we desjre to pot upon tho record the testimony of Alexander 11. Steph ens, of Georgia, Vice President of tho C. S. A. In bis great speech at Savanah, March 22, 1501. He said: J “ The prevailing ideas entertained by him [Jefferson] and most of thelleading statesmen at the formation of the old [Constitution were that the enslavement of [the] African was in vi olation of the laws of Nature'; that it was wrong in principle, socially,! morally and polit ically. It was an evil they! knew not how to deal with, hut the general opinion of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution j would be evanes cent and pass away. This i]dea, though not in corporated in the Constitution, was tho pre vailing idea at the time.’' | Thanks to Mr. Stevens for bis frank admis- , -ion ; it saves cavil. The of tho Confederate States is fronted in an opposite' ,-pirit, and by men whose ideas are antagonist no'to those prevalent in 1787. True,.there ore •souie who remain in the Union, who mumble ■f “conservatism," and cherish the game hr rred of tho doctrines of the fathers, as the h> cessionists. By “ conservatism” they moan •eaction towards a period anterior to the rove-. uiion, when the rights of man ns man were gnured, or unknown. They fully ■ accept tho t-cession dogma that slavery is not Sn evil, . ui “ the nofmtal condition" of a portion of oaukind, and on this as a corner-stone, they vuuhi gladly base our own Government, They . uly desire to accomplish by interpretation of ho old, the same object aimed at by the sect-.- moists in constructing theiij new constitution ; ■ o»mely, to mako slavery universal, supreme ml perpetual. _ j Thank God for a President bravo enough to •reclaim anew the ideas of the fathers of the iepublic 1 Let all loyal men stand resolutely jy ilit-ia and by huh.