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\ Farmer.—'Y\w Februarynum
) , fliis favorite agricultural paper is
} t e.vei! It contain* n nmnOor of Frize
j nay- ii various agricultural and hurtt
♦ tuiai subjects, with much other iu
li'fe-tiuti d instructive Hi&LLcr. I' i*
} >ju c. to comnjeud the Farmer. —
pearly everybody takes it. If tliere are
t,v ..r..ur readers who do not, they would
/o veil to send tu.r it at one*. Only fifty
rTn't- -1 \ear. Address Joseph Harris,
Ji" It -ur, N. Y.
ft • rniLicLiFEOFCATT. ronx^jsows,.
(. fUrrP\rH. with (in
c.tiiiuiioud ami roeiii. Boston: i iiayer
. a 1 "lM U'O. 1U k St. pp
"4 1 V: :<■<-.-! Published fbr the benefit
i.f tho Old U o's fiticHy.
Wo'lnv* received a cony of the above
K.k ftoui rhe publisher/ It is printed
in style of modern letter-press,
prd is eorrespon linglv well bound. We
l ure not fui)v examined its contents, but
/ far as we bare looked at it, we do not
} 'fate to adjudge it a oomplete and well
wiirton biography of the Hero of Virgin
la tVrarvnv. We observe 'hat ille pub
pctr'fM-s have already paid .Mrs. Brown
£1 tifM as her share of the profits on the
F >le m.
W" r .HTM 13 STER (Quarterly) HEVIEV.*, Jan.
] ,>, 1., fctwT" Si Co., •'/ Gold St.,.X. V..
meriizu Pnblishers. Price .>'l a year.
iiio above able Review for the first
fjiiarior ot this yea.is received. It is the
organ of the I'iojrressionists t f the Chqrch
ani Free 'iradigs jnnl Jjibcrda itf { olitjcs.
'j lie article on " Government Contracts,"
i> an abio esi*x of the abuses of the sys
tem of Government ('ontracts, and though
written for the latitude ot Groat Britain,
can be applied with great force to the
prescut adminicti.tf ioo of our govern mem.
'J here it also a lengthy and able disserta
tion on 'f Christian Revivals ; a review
o "The Social fjrtjanism" ; and an arti
eic ob each of tho following subjects :
•> Tire Realities of Paris," " Ceylon," •' Si
-011 v as it was ami is," " Italy : the designs
of Jjouis Napoleon," and "Contemporary
Id erature." All able and readable.
Tilo BOOK OK PT.AYS for Home Amusement
and Private Theiitric.il Entertainments.
Being a collection of origin.'! and seleets )
Tragedies, C urn d>.-. Plays. Dramas, Parens.
1 itt rhide*. Music 1 ffurtettas Proyerbs, Act
in 'Charades, Recitations, Pait r Pantomimes,
nad Ta I I aux Yan|;e. Negro Jri = It, ai. I < 'otp
ic Lectures and Stories, etc., etc.. etc. With
lull Descriptions of I'osiunjcs, Scenerr, I'rup
crjiea, etc., aipl pver> direction relative for a
j, rival* or public performance, The \v hole
< arefully aiyeuged anil adapted hy Silas S.
Hteelb, Pramuti t. Handsomely bound in
One Volume, 1J mo., Ciotli.
And upon receipt of 21 ccnt3 additional for
PoStagc, a cpy of tho Bock, together with a ,
h;indsou<' 4 r,..-e;it. worth from 50cents t<> SIOO.
will be sent to any address it;, the United States.
From the Author's Preface :—•
" THE wide and still SPRCA ing popularity
of - Home Theatricals,' or Private
amongst the tin,it fashionable and refined cir
c!oi, together with the repeated ciiHs for a
form of lipaiqiis, op Plays, ditiariug <u (.neir
structure and effects from these of other works
in circulation, have induced tlje Publisher to
present this work, in which wjll he fouud,
i long with some original pieces, a large r.uni
l>cr of the plays, Comedies, and farces, of the
most popular Dramatists, from the days of
Shakspearc to those of the present period; all
or most of which are compressed jutg oifi act,
aud into }>a rlor scenes, or such as oan easily
be arranged by the ordinary household re-,
sources.
It has been tho particular study ami aim of
Ibe compiler and publisher, to omit all sen
tences, words, or allusions, such as could be
iij the protest tfav qbje-tionabio to the most
fastidious, and to retain ihe plot, the passion,
and the moral of ouch play, in such a condens
ed form as would rpndei their) an aTuilable,
diverting, and elevating vehicle of amusement,
for the Parlor, the School-room, or the Uyce
upi."
From the Sunday Atlas,
HOOK or PLAYS, for Uoiuc Amusement. By
Silas 3. Steele, DruujatUt.
Tlicsc popular parlor amusements have been
the means-of introducing some very pretty
littlt.d ramus to those who, from a religious
notion, eschew a theatre, and legitimate dra
matic representations.
There-are few writers in our country better
calculated to write, compile, and adapt plays
for Parlor Amusements, than Silas S. Steele,
Author himself, of over eighty plajrs, every
one of which bears the impress of a master
baud; and containing a moral, which few au
thors deem requisite for a drama.
Perhaps a more perfect' work of the kind is
not to be found at the present time in the
world, and it certainly retieets the highest
credit on the author nub publisher in the pro
duction of the one in question. Ttie insipid
trash, atpi nonsensical charade 3, and draw
ing* roont dramas, which we have ;een and
heard, mu-t now yield to something more ele
gant, refined, interesting and amusing. Silas
3. Steele s " liooh of Plays for ijon;e .\nui.se-„-
nient," will form a new era in tuis discription
of domestic dratu ilic literature , and create a
taste to witness those productions from which
he ha 3 culled out only a scene ov two.
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I NEW HOOK.
HEROES k PATHJOT.S UF THE SOUTH:
Comprising Lives ut Genera! Francis Marion,
Ueuer.il Willi uu Moultrie, General An
drew Pickens, and Goveror John Rutledge.
With Sketches of other distinguished He
roes and Patriots who served in the Revolu
tionary War, in ihe Southern States Ly CKCU.
R. HAKTI.I.Y. With engravings frqm origi
nal esigns. hy G. G. White. One volume,
M mo., clotu. Price SI.OO.
Z l / "i(i tin I'rnJ'ace,
I"HF. purpose of the wqrk is to *E v ord the
actions of some of ti\e celebrated of the
many heroes and patriots who distinguished |
themselves by eminent services in the Revo
lutionary War, in the Southern Slates of the
V uion.
Among these. Genera! M;\rjon, whose life
occupies a considerable portion of the volume.
w,as one of the mo-t remarkable characters ;
v ho tigwred 011 the giauij theatre of war in
U tjin s that "trjed men's sonls. Mafi
i/ii'h a< ijj. i e uents were qf the most heroic and
ioki Hide char icter: and are always read with
interest and admiration.
Gcip-ral Moultrie, Hie illustrious defender
of llje fortress wlpi-h hears his name, is not
less interesting in hjj way.
Gcuerai I'ivkens, was the companion ol 1
Marlon, in some of his daring enterprises, and
one of the most useful of all the general offi
cers who assisted in recovering the Southern
States from the enemy
Governor Ruth dge, rendered services to tlie
cause, of the most impoitOJit nature, Mud.dift
played a character and ability sqnal to every
emergency of those critical and pcrihjy.s ti 'tt.es.
Of several other military CY>mmaiders aud
Statesmen, wo have given hut slight sketches,
in consequence of the brief epa.ee to which we
were limited.
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Business, No. 4Jli Ciiestu y. Street,
Philadelphia.
From the Vt'oehmjlon ( Pi.) Tribune.
A Chivalrous DenionstraHon.
.1 M<'n nearly Chojted to I), nth heeante
lie bt'ieeeil Gorerwr I Test to be as
xjreat a Fool as .John Broicu.
Albert is Patterson, a gitizen of West
Finley township, in this county, happen
ed to be at Haiueytow!), a small v'llage
in Virginia, situated near the line that
divides that .state from this county, on
or about the 25th ult., and was accosted
by three of the chivalrous citizeus of that
region, named beaten, Caldwell and
Wherry, and ititorrogatated as to his po
litical opinions. Ho replied that be was
a Know-Nothing, when his inteirogaters
charged l.im with being a "Black Repub
lican or abolitionist," and asked hjn if
he aid not sympathize with John Brown.
To this he answer; ;] that he was a Re
publican, and as for John Brown, lie
"bnlievotl that Governor Wise was as big
a foid as he vy:;s." I'pon making this
deglayation, he wu| violently seize,d by
Soaton and Caldwell, a rope wa* prceur
ed. looped and thrown around his peck,
and the desperadoes immediately pro
ceeded to Strang];! him, which they ni.osf
• unquestionably would have succeeded in
doing, had it not been for the interference
of two men p;i:ye,d Armstrong and Be
mer, who happened to ]je on the street at
the time. When J'pttersou was rescued
from his brutal assailants, his face was
black from strangulation, apd his neck
bruised and discolored by the abrasion of
the rope.
The scoundrels, wo aro gorry to say,
escaped unpunished; but should ariy such
demonstrations be made in future by ilie
chivalry of that region we are assured
the ruffians will be hanged to the nearest
iiuib. They will find that llaineytown
; U Q.Qj; Charlestowu, although both vil
lages are within the jurisdiction of the
Qfd Dominion, where every petty post
master and country squire is, ex ojfido,
i inquisitor of the opinions of his neighbor.
But llaineytown catches some of the
healthy breezes of independence from out
western boundary, and it is not quite a
' safe experiment there to choke peoplp to
death, even fur believing that his iato
excellency, Governor Wiso, is a. little
weak in the upper story.
v >..■ ■ ■, ..J MJJ IJULiIW-l
Ck JlottfT Journal
i'OiDERSPORT, PA..
Tj n),h-iiii)ij, ftJ. Ri, iStiO.
T. S. CHASE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
Rtipnhlican >loelitig.
The Rcpuhlioans of Potter Comity are re
' quested to niret at the Court House in Gou
dersjiort, on Ti|L'Rsi>ay evening of qext Febru
ary JJourp, at o'clock, P. >L, tq appoint a
County Executive Committee for the ensuing
veur, and transact such other business as may
be brought before the meeting—as wei! as to
discuss measures for a thorough organization
of the party iu the County. The subject ol
| Delegate Representation will be.discussed. A
i full attendance is earnestly requested. By
order of Committee. JULIUS BAKER.
C/nn'n of Co. Fx. Com-
Condcrsport, Jan. 24. 18d0.
Congre&s is fairly with
; the cxceptimi of a Printer, and is going
ion with the business of tho country, so
long neglected. Mr. Grow, Chairman of
the Committee on Territories, has given
i
notice of a Homestead Bill.
gkaT" The llev. Wui. C. Ilqsnior, editor
if the Xorthern Independent, arid one of
the true men of this age, will deliver a
o .
i Tetnperanoe Lecture at the Court House
ion Tuesday evening of next week ; and
an ant'-Slavery Lecture on Wednesday
evening. We trust there will bQhpacJc
.sd houso each evening, and that a large
. .
number of our people will avail themselves
of Mr. Ilostuer's visit to subscribe fur his
' paper, which is only one dollar per an
num, and is one of the best papers
• that we know of.
MORE TREASON. —At a reoeut politi
cal meeting iu Knoxville, Tenn., Judge
Bailey, formerly ot Georgia, made a start
ling disclosure touohing Gov. Wise. He
said that, " dnring the Presidential con
test, Gov. Wise had addressed letters to
'all the Southern Governors—and that the
ono to the Governor of Florida had been
(shown hi in—in whioh \YLe said that he
\ had an army in readiness topro*ent Pro-
Mont front taking his sent, if elected, and
askinir the cooperation of those to whom
lie wrote 1"
Will our Locofoco cotomporarics be
good enough to get up indignation meet
ings to express their abhorrence of this
, meditated treason of Gov. Wise ? WHI
a single on.o of them dare to publish the
above extract from the speech of Judge
Baiiov ? We guess pot.
* —-■
Military Mr Err so. —An adjotrned
military meeting will be held at the State
Capital Hotel, this evening, to further
consider the propriety of amending the
i present militia law of the State.—llarris
\bnrg Tel. Jan. 25.
Tho best way to ret is* the military law
will be to abolish it. In this section ot
the State it is universally detested. I'
is in fact a perfect nuisance to all classes
■of our citizens —civil aid military for it
has not one redeeming.qualifiest-iipm It
has failed in every particular to accom
plish any good purpose. The commuta
tion tax imposed is onerous and difficult
to collect, and what little is police ted is
barely sufficient to pay the expenses of a
few salaried officers, whilst the volunteer
i corps who were expected to receive the
benefit have had litMeo* no pecuniary aid
such as was anticipated. In view of the
whole matter, therefore, the law is of no
material benefit to the military whilst it
is an onerous burden upon the citizens
and the cause of much perplexity. And
it is the hope of ail classes hero that it
may be abolished at au early dav. —
Mcailcillc Journal.
We endorse the above remarks of the
Journal, and hope the measure will be
generally oauvassed by the press of the
State.
We own an apology to our readers
for having thus far neglected to notice
the position and conduct of our repre
sentatives in the Legislature at llarris
burg, and of our Member of Congress.
Judge Hale, our Member at Washing
ton. commands a larger sham of the re
spect of the other members, than is usu
ally accorded to new members. This is
owing to his eminent home position as
well as his frank, gentle-manly arid Grin
bearing among bis associates in the House.
lis preeminently a representative of his
constituency, and worthy of their unqual
ified confidence. We observe bis name
on the Committee of Claims, which is a
verv important one, and for which hit;
long practice at the bar renders him emi
nently qualified. He has not yet said
much in his place, as becomes a new mem
ber ; but whenever the oocasfon domawls
it bis voice will be heard and listened to,
as his. vote is invariably cast, in behalf of
Truth and Freedom. The Judge has fa
vored us with regular copies of llie Daily
Globe, aud other Congressional favors, for
which he has our sincere thinks.
Our member of the State Senate, Mr,
Benson, is quietly but carefully watching
the interests of his constituents in that
body; and exemplifying that he is a work
ing rather than talking member. lie is
on the Committees on Penssons and Gra
tueties, Corporations, Canals and Inland
Navigation, ar.d private Claims and Dam
ages; and for the duties of ooch of those
committees ho is well qualified. Ho has
sent U3 a large number of documents of
interest, and has our thanks,
i Our immediate Representative, Mr.
Mann, is also a working member, saying
Tory little aTu] that to'he point. lie en
joys the confidence of his fellow-uiembers,
; as well as of his colleagues in either House
and his consthuents. lie is on two of
the most important Standing Committ ics
—Ways and Means, and Local Judiciary
—an*] has been chosen on two important
special committees, —the contested ejec
tion of Thomas Duffield, and the special
committee on the General Banking Law.
Mr. Williston was also chosen on those
committees. Mr. Mann has beeu very
attentive to us in respect to documents
Ac. We observe that he was called to
the Chair one (Jay last week and presided
during a stormy personal debate on ques
tions of order between the Speaker and
other members. He bore the honors as
wpll as the troubles bravely, as might be
expeoted. There are vey.y few better par
liamentarians in the State than Mr. Mann,
Mr. Williston, the qtber Representa
tive from this Assembly district, is well
known as an able and ready debater, and
is a thorn in the way of those who would
squauder the publio money in useless
printing, &o. He ha* an eagle eye on
leaks in the treasury of tho State running
through the legislature. lie is Chairman
of the Committee ou Banks, and as such
has reported a General Banking Law,
which is likely to be passed this winter.
He is also a member of the Judiciary
(Generalj Committee, lie has been at
tentive to us in legislative favors.
Very little busiuess has been done by
the Legislature this winter, though several
very important measures are under con
sideration. There is some talk of adjourn
ing early, and we hope it is uot all talk.
The Slale Convention —A Word
with the "Agitator."
Tlic Tioga Agitator of last week (Oth)
has a leader in which it goes entirely over
to the ballot-box stuffing scheme of the
unit arian.-, at liarrisburg. Some time ago
T it auaounced itseW as in favor of tho lion.
' Simon for the Presidency, alleging that
he was the favorite candidate of the peo
ple of the Iv ystonc State for that office,
\ and the only one who would certainly ear
-1 ry Pennsylvania for the Republican elect
oral ticket. This opinion it may or may
not have honestlv entertained—it oertain
' *
ly had a right to entertain it, and to give
it expression; but uow, like the TelegrajJ,
finding that there is likel v to be a consid
erable rivalry for the voice of Pennsylva
nia in the Chicago Convention, it backs
down from thai confiding position, and
pleads with the people to permit a con
vention, mostly chosen through the influ
ence of its favorite upon minor poiitioal
place-seekers, to choose the entire delega
tion, and thus make it a unit for Came
ron. In other words, the Agitator,-^- of
whom we honestly expected fairer consid
eration if tho popular will, —lias declared
for demagogiatn, and upon the following
excuses, U> each of which we reply in
connection :
<• 1. Because it accords with the prac
tice of other States."
Jlenco, the Agitator would have the
people of Pennsylvania give their voice
to the wishes of a pleading personal am
bition which thus acknowedgcs that it has
not the power to control that voice, sim
ply because Messrs. Seward, Chase and
Lincoln, will go into the Chicago Con
vention backed by the unaniu ous approv
al of their State Convention*, won without
the special pleadings of whigh Mr. Cam
eron's friends are every day pleading guil
ty. We charge that the friends of Gen
: Cameron are not entirely confident that
he is preeminently the choice of the Penn
.
jsylvauia masses, because their leading
- >
presses —the Pittsburg Gazette , the Phil
adelphia Bulletin) and the Harrisburg
Telegraph- have repeatedly made un
scrupulous and vituperative charges
against the position and claims of Judge
Read, hoping thus to smother the form
idable rivalry from that quarter ; an--, clis
covering that that card was likely to fail,
m view of the fact that certain combina-
tiotia in the coming £tate Convention
were likely to place that body under their
control, they now determine to crush out
Judge llead entirely, by assuming a pow
er which the people only have the right
to delegate, am] propose to appoint dele
gates in the Convention—thus virtually
conceding that the party power of Gen.
Cameron is mote likely to exist in a Con
vention chosen without reference to the
issue than in the popular will expressed
directly through delegates-sent to Chica
go. And here we would remark, that it
is singular that the plan of electing dele
gates by the Convention was uot more
generally canvassed bv those papers which
are now making it a speciality previous to
the election of the delegates to that Con
vention —or rather, after that Convention
had been ''packed" by Mr. Cameron's
friends Tins suddenly discovered issue
has a bad odor for those who honestly
seek to give the masses a voice at Chicago.
" 11. The election of delegates by dis
tricts would involve needless and unnec
essary trouble and expense; * * * con
ferences would have - to be held cmbrac-
irg the several counties in each district,
and as these would be controlled by self
ish and designing politicians, the result
would be none the nearer a popular expres
sion than before. *•* * If our delegates
(to the State Convention) misrepresent us,
then wc can hold them directly respon
sible."
We have no desire to find fault with
the eoorjomy of our cotemporary, and will
pass on to briefly cousider the second and
third points of the Agitator's second ex
cuse. The plea that conferences would
be controlled by designing politicians
carries with it but little force when put
forwaid a* an argument in of giving
a Convention powers not originally dele
gated, or intended to bo delegated, to it.
There is a certain design in asking that
the Pennsylvania State Convention shall
appoint delegates to the Chicago Conven
tion. and that design is to enable a unit
of Pennsylvania delegates for Mr. Cauit
eron. And yet a press in the interest of
Gen. Cameron fears th: t the immediate
and instructed oonferees of the people
wouid be controlled by ''designing poli?
ticians!" What consistency .is there,
then, in the Ayit>*tov * argument, under
Sgoh circumstances'(
As to holding our delegates diroctlv
! responsible, wo are of the opinion that it
copld he dune with a great deal more ef
ficiency ip county Conventions and dis
trict conferences, than in a Convention
made up without reference to the oh
jeot to be effected. .For instauce, uur
Senatorial delegate hails from Tioga ; was
'endorsed by meetings in each county in
1 good faith, to aid in nominating ft Repub
■ iican candidate fur Governor. and iri form
ir.ga £tate Committee for tl.e ensuing
year and, so far as this county is
'concerned, was endorsed ns opposed
to the very scheme which we are con
demning in this article. Tf lie pursues
the policy advocated by the Aaitotor —
(and we receive the article we are criri
, eisuig as indicative of Mr. Baldwin's
views)-—-how are we to hold him "direct-
jly responsible' ? He is the creature of
■ acceptance rather than of election, having
been presented by Tioga and accepted by
the otluir counties inthe district; where
as, a conferee would represent us direct
ly, ant! if overruled by a majority of the
votes in the conferetice, we would be
bound to iMibniif, he being the creature
of oar election. $Ve are confident that
both of the representative delegates from
this district, Messrs. Boss and Wil-
listen, will vote against the scheme
under notice, aud we trust that the Sen
atorial delegate will sustain Ihpiu by his
vote; fur wo firmly believe it to bo the
wish of a large majority of those he rep
resents, Hiat the del gates shall be elected
to the national convention Ly the people.
The other two excuses of the J a iter
.
tor are
" llf. The Pennsylvania delegation
ought to be a unify," and
j " IV. The election of the delegates by
district* in one ißute and by State Con
ventions in another, is unequal, undemo
cratic, and we think un ust."
To both of the above arguments we
have alicady indirectly replied; and as
our article is already more lengthv than
we intended, we will dismiss the subject

now, with tbc hope that a majority of the
convention will overrule this scheme of
neutralizing the voice of the people in a
itiCasu'e of so much importance as the se
lection of a candidate* fur President; but
should they not, we can not consistently
do otherwise than give cheerful lubmis
sion to the do turn of the majority, while
we protest that their power is misapplied,
and is anti-republican in its tendency and
practice.
Democratic economy Exem
plified.
The Harrisburg correspondent cf the
Pittsburg (J'littte, under late of the 7th
inst, writes as follows :
The Board of Revenue Commissioners
•is now in session. Politically, it tands
15 Democrats to 12 Republicans. Its
members were appointed bv the Judges
of the respective di.-triots, and their ap
pointment was lodged thero tor the pur
pose of removiug them as far as possible'
from political influences; but the Demo
cratic office-holders ousted by the l(epub
lican ascendancy in both branohos of the
Legislature, took advantage of this acci
dental majority in the board, and sue
ceeded in inducing the Democratic mem
| bcrs to create a host of littlo offices for'
their accommodation and elect them by
i the force qf party drill. The 15 Demo-;
cratic members acoordingly met iu eau
'cus, chalked out the new offices they i
would create, and op Monday put tho pro-,
gramme through by a strictly party vote
They elected a Clerk and two assistants,
a Sergeant-at-Arms and assistant, a Door
keeper and assistant, Messenger, page,;
and so on. No previous board has had
any such array or offices, and they got
along very comfortably with less than
half the number; but hungry looofocos
must be provided for at the expeuso ol
the State."
This is what may be called a lair ex
i emplideation of the economy wf the Bu
chanan part. The party forma itself in
to a caucus, and on motion of the Hon.
Richardson L. Wright, of Luzorno, iate
' Democratic candidate for Auditor Gene- •
ral uf the State, suggested that inasmuch I
as the success of tho Republicans in the i
Legislature had withdrawn the p*tp
spoons from "our mpvtths,' if was but
ic-right that now. having a majority of
the Board, they ought to advantage
of the fact aud create a lot of offices for
hungry Democrats. The suggestion was
adopted, and tho result is a practical
demonstration of-the boasted love theLo-'
cofocos have for the dear people's iuter
ests—alias, money.
Wm. A. Williams, Esq., of MoKeanJ
;is the commissioner from this district.—
He is a capable and worthy man, and
will, carefully guard the interests of his
constituents, lie is the samegentlpman
whose uame was presented bv McKean
. . . i
county for the Uepubiican nomination for,
State Senator from this district.
Til© Petvset'iiteil MisKiunaricn ol
America.
The following resolutions, unanimous
IJJ adopted at a large meeting held at
Dittsburg, in this State, refer to the out-i
rages lately committed upon missionaries
in tho Slave States of this Union, which
are quite as cruel as any that have been
committed any where 011 the face of the
globe for many years, and yet, the North
ern pulpit is dumb in relation to these
1 cruel persecutions. A ministry that docs 1
1 not publicly make itself felt in oppoj'iJ
to such yionstrous wickcduoss a* t j,l
need not hope to accomplish mneh am I
people who rend and think. The 4er J
olutions are said to have been drawn J
and read by Kev. 11. T. Cheever, of
nectieut. We commend them to J
careful attention of a'l our reader*, J
especially to professing christians:
Wherrus, Thirteen Christian fatitiijJ
being the associates and co-laborers of ti
Rev. Messrs. Fee and Rogers,
ries of the American Missionary As*,/
tion in Madison County. Kv , and nd
ibcring tn all thirty-eight or fortv persoJ
! have been forcibly expelled from ttJ
homes in Bores, and have been compeij
to quit the State, not for any offel
charged upon them, but only became!
the language of the Committee of KJn
tuckiaus that expelled them, ''their ;-l
ci pics could not be tolerated iu K,l
tucky;" 1
4< >l ml Whereas. The Rev. Messrs. C;I
tlce and Keodrick, and Mr Hubert Joijl
ntissionat ies of the AuK-rican Mis<iotijb
Association in Laurel County, Kv., w J
recently, when preaching in that courJ
seized, shaven, and covered with tar, J
cause they were kuuwu tu be in pviuci J
opposed to Slavery;
" And fi hereon, The Rev. DatJ
Worth, a devoted Weslcjrnn Metliidil
minister of tlte Gospel, and missions!
;of the America!) Missionary AssocutJ
in North Carolina, ha® boon thrown jj
prison at Grecnsborough, and placed J
der bonds of Sib,ooo, for the tdledj
1 offense yr p read ting swdliuouts hoetibJ
, Slavery, rtu f uf circulating an Anti-ShvJ
ry book, uaid is now in danger of lib;J
from the wrath of his persecutors; 1
" And II h rf.it. Deacon Reuben Sa
issbury of the Baptist Church in theCVl
ty of' Prince George, \ a., end divers vJ
er Christian brethren of different
denominations, in other parts of thefcjoui!
have been treated with great indignicJ
and forced to leave with the sacrifice 1
tlieir property, because they were dee: !
to be opposed to Slavery : Therefore, 1
" ]'■ nohrd, 1. That wo sympat n
decplv with those Christian brethrensJ
their suffering families, and that we sj
in the outrages to which they are sua
jeetcd the inboru and ineradicable spil
of Slavery, which will brook no denial!
its lawfulness. I
"2- That in the wicked persecutiJ
which is now o|tni* d on against CliiMlJ
ministers and teachers in the South, *!
see new reason *o reilffirni the jmlguitil
expressed by the Church Auti Shivcl
.Society, gt its anniversary meeting i
May last, viz : that in the judgment |
this Society, American Slavery, if il
speedily arrested in its usurping and i-J
moralizing course, Ly the deliberate J
tion of Aiuericas Churches#, will paralyJ
and heathenize the Church of. Choi,nil
the S'aveholding States, and will drill
its witnessing members 'to caves aud del
ui the earth,' and over a prostrate :r.l
servile Church, it will proceed to the rail
of our national liberties, by an oligarctl
of Slavehuiding Aristocrats, or by a )1|
itary Despotism in the interest of Snivel
"3. That, in the judgment oft! I
meeting, it is the manifest duty of ti|
President of the United States to iii'.ff
pose with authority for the protection J
those Christian citizens in the Suuil
whose lives, liberties, properties, and pel
sons are violated, and themselves banis ,
cd ill open violation of the Bill of Rig!)
guaranteed by the Cunstitutioii to
American citizens, and without Ml
process or uw. ]
'' A. That as a part of the people of in
United States, t whom an appeal l!
been made by ten of the exilus of Ke|
tucky over their own signatuies, wurf
spond to their eali, and that we villi
once proceed, as by them entreated,!
do our du:y, 'that lost privileges may!
secured to t he.n, freedom to the sl!
security to tlie master, and prosperity!
all,'and we would recoiumend that Chris!
ian people iu all parts of the
likewise by ppblic meetings for sympatic
and succor tu those injured exiles.
"5. That a oopy of these resolutk:-*
be transmitted to tie President of ttl
United States, and to the Governors !
Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina J
firsr" Horace Greeley & Co., have pall
bailed the first of their proposed series-1
campaign documents in pamphlet foru|
The one uow issued is al6-page patup j
let, containing Senator So yard's "Dl
prcssible Confliot " speech at RocbeK
Oct. 25, 1858; —Charles O'Couor's rU
slavery speech at the Union Met-iinsh
New York city, Dec. 19, 1859 ;
O'Conor'a ietter, restating his views -J
the lustioe and humanity of Slavery;
" Conflicting Authorities," an article c
ing the opinions of many distinguish!
jurists aad statesmen in opposition tot'j
views of Mr, Q'Couur. The paiupbk' 'j
for sale at the New York Tribune ofL'j
at four cents each, thirty cents a
two dollars a hundred, and fifteen del
a thousand. J
Onto U. S. Senator. —Tbo C
State Legislature has elected the U j
Salmon P. C.iase, United States Senat
from that State, for six years, to succc- (
Mr. Pugh. lie will take his seat on ; "j
4th of March, 1861. j
.Administrator's Notice- j
letters at administration >
ft the estate of HutavC bud
Hector Township, Poller County, decvot
hive heeu granted to the undersigned, a P f
sons indebted to snid estate are request# 1 '
make immediate payment; and those ta" j
claims against the same will present tl> e
dulv authenticated, for settlement. I
WILLIAM T. LEACH. I
llector, Feb. 7, IS6O.

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