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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-11-27
PRESTON KING.

We observe by the remarks of the Repub-
lican papers Of New York that PREsroS KING.
viii be elected with almost entire unauimity as
u. s. Senator from that State We shall be
gratifed beyond expressioh,at this result, and
it will demonstrate to the country in the most
emphatic manner the devotion of the Republi-
cans of the Empire State to the principles of
Freedom. -..-ra
During the momentous struggles of the past,
in victory or in defeat, Preston King has been
one of the most jealous and reliable advocates
of the cause of Freedom. When prominent
Free-soers in the State of New Y ork, succumb-
ed before the influences of the slave Power
and proved faithess to their principles, he has
been as true as the needle to the pole, hever
wavering, never doubling, but with his abiding
confidence in the ultimate success of correct
principles, encouraging the fainthearted, and
giving renewed confidence even to the bold.
1t will be proud day to the proud Empire
State when PRssroS King takes his seat as
her Senator The friend Of FREEDOM in the
most distant state, will feel a glow Of exnlta-
ton, and certainty that the cause of HUMAN
RrcHrs will not be neglected or betrayed while
he occupies that position. The Republicans
of the nation join in the desire that the State
of New York will do itself the high honor of
electing him to that elevated place.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-11-27

A Row AT WHEATLASp Governor Wise.
Senator Douglas, John Slidell, and other dis
tinguished members of the Slave Propaganda,
have been at Wheatland. 1t is understood
that Mr. Buchanan's constitutional tmidity
prevented him from acceding to the imperious
suggestions, or rather demands of Wise. The
immense majorities cast against him in the
North have made so deep an impression as to
cause him to shrink from the extreme mea-
sures they propose to him. This hesitation
has excited the ire of his Virginia superaris-
tocratic Highness, the illustrous and immacu-
late Wise. Slidell, more courtly, but not the
less dangerous, strove to attain the same end
Even backed by Douglas, they could not ex-
tort negative or an affirmative from the Pres
ident elect. They succeeded in frightening him
very much, but this very effect produced such
extreme nervousness, that all will, courage and
resolution had departed from him.
This neutrality-suspicious. Mr.
Wise, thereupon few into tremendous pas
sion, refusing to eat Thanksgiving dinner at
Wheatland, He and Sdel evidently prefer
Virginia corn-cake and bacon to Pennsylvania
buckwhcat aud turkey PhiIadcipbiq. Times.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-11-27

Bay The following article from the Asdata-
bula (Ohio) Sentinel, contains great deal
more truth than poctry--the force Of which
every Republican cannot avoid feeling -
PENNsYLvANIA.-This State was lost to the
Republicans by sheer misluanagement Those
who assumed the responsibility of engineering
the Republican party in the union project,
have proved themselves as sublime set of as
ses as the sun ever shone upou They are ut
tery unfit to conduct spelling match in log
school house. They have thrust themselves
forward to obstruct success and have done
nothing but mischief at every step they took
They commenced the campaign under full
sense Of their own weakness, but charging it
upon their party. They had no confidence in
principles, and supposed they must fool the
people into the support Of their plans but
lacking the shrewdness to fool anybody them
selves, they handed over the job to the Fill
more men, who very promptly cheated them
out of their own wits. A more ridiculous con-
trivance than the union or fusion project of
Pennsylvania, never was enacted by men out
side mad house and the effects of it now
stare them in the face, as they did every intel
ligent politician from the time it was conceiv-
ed till the election burst the contemptibe bub-
BILE. The Republicans will never succeed till
they rid themselves of the whole batch of
trading and dickering politicians who are al
ternately pig or puppy whenever themselves for
sale, and varying between goose and iackass
when the tyry to sell out others They should
be secuted at once, and new men invited to
take the lead, who are willing te trust the peo-
pie and rely upon truth and fair dealing.
We cannot think or speak patiently of the
miserable work made in Pennsylvania. 1t lost
us the State, and doubtless the president, by
its influence upon other States We do not,
cannot, and mW not forgive them They de-
serve no indulgence or excusing and the Re
publicans of that State will not be true to
themselves till they totally discard every man
who goes into the political field with the idea
of getting help from some fragment of a party
or some enemy of the cause. When great
and eternal principle is at issue, trust no man
who doubts the principle. Such men would
try to prop the throne of Heaven with bass
wood poles. They will defeat any party that
ought to succeed. Kick them out.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-11-27

CoSeREss.-The members of Congress are
assembling at Washington, preparatory to the
opening of the second session of the present
Congress, which will be on next Monday week,
the od proy
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-11-27

INTELLIGENT VorERs.-In Is counties of SOU
thern Illinois, forming large part of what
is familiarly known as Egypt"-the land of
darkness-there are IL 1856 males over 81
years Of age who can neither read nor write
These counties give Buchanan over 10000
majority. Of course The ignorant and de-
graded are just the men to be made tools of
by such demagogues as Douglas. 1t seems to
us but natural aud right that such fellows
should vote the democratic ticket. A party
that thrives on passion and prejudice ought to
succeed best where the people are the most ig
norant. Take up the census of any State, and
find county in which there are large numbers
of adults who cannot read or write, then turn
to the election returns, and You will find that
that county gives large majority for Buchan-
an. The majority, too, will be found proper
toucd to the sum total Of such voters
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-11-27

The ceremony of presenting the Prize Ban
ncr from the ladies of Montrose to I4enox twp.
the home of Hon. e. A. Grow, (for the lar
gest gain in the Republican vote since Octo-
ber) took place in the Court House at Mon
trose, on Tuesday evening, Nov 18th, and was
an occasion of much interest. A large num-
ber of persons, including many ladies, were in
Attendance The Banner is very beautiful
one, trimmed and ornamented with much taste
On one side is the inscription, The old Liber-
ty Trec-let it Gro,r," and on the other
Presented by the Ladies Of Montrose to the
Banner Township Lenox, 1856"
The ladies had selected VIM H. JesSup,
Esq, to present the banner in their behalf, and
accordingly Mr., Jessup appeared on the stand
and read some appropriate verses prepared by
another for. the occasion, and presented the
banner to Hon. G. A. GROW, who expressed
the pleasure the occasion afforded him, and al
luded to the efforts of ScHSABEL and CHASE
in Lenox, and the glorious result in that town,
The meeting was also addressed by Hon D.
WILMor, B. S. BENTLEY and Elder A S. Posr
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-11-27
Susquehanna County.

q IFrom the Montrose Republican, Nov. 2ol N
The Republican meeting on Monday evening
last, was held in the Court House, and, con-
sidering the stormy state of the weather, was
very well attended Hon. G. A. Grew made
one Of his best speeches, in the course Of which
he reviewed the history of the slavery ques-
ton in this country-illpstrated the effect Of
free and slave institutions, by pointing ont the
difference i'll the growth and prosperity Of free
and slave States-proved that the Democratic
party in this District till recently held the same
opinions on the slavery question that himself
held and still ho!ds--and referred to the cheer
ing prospects for the future of the party of
freedom in the United States
The room was adorned with some appro-
pirate devices, exhibiting the Republican ma
jorites in the Wilmot district the Republican,
candidates for 1860, 4" Fremont and Dayton,
DC.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06

ET One of the last Buchaneer lies o.
the campaign was that of Col. Fremont
having gone to Canada to destroy the re,
cords of his birth, another lie having
been previously circulated that he was
born in Canada. Such unmitigated
Wholesale lying as the Locofoco press
resorted to throughout the campaign JUS
closed has never been equalled. Nc
man has ever been before the people fo,
public Office who was assai'ed SO vic.
lendy as Col. Fremont. Every act ol
his life has been misrepresentcd by his
unscrupulous opponents. and every lie
manufactured which malignant ingenuity
could invent.
AS to this last falsehood about Fremont
going to Canada to destroy the records
of his birth, it turns out that he was not
in Canada at all during his late tour
But what of that? The lie wascirculated
too late for refutation. and doubtless
found many believers.
The Republican candidate is defeat
ed, but If the Buchaneer presses and poll
ticians have any sense of shame left, they
will bitterly repent the disbonorable parI
they Lave acted in the canvass.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
BaIiOoning.

A certain daring Frenchman-one
Monsieur GODDARD by lame-has been
introducing recently new era in the
annals OF ballooning in Philadelphia.
He has been taking up parties of am
ateur aeronauts on little excursions of
few thousand feet in the air, and bring
ing them down again to terra .Jfrnaa to
take tea, and then making fresh star.
Some of these aeriel excursionists des.
cribe the sensation of ascending to the
upper regions as delightful. and they
give us very glowing descriptions of the
grandeur of the mundane scenery. ss
viewed from up among the stars. As
for Monsieur himself, he has become SO
accustomed to his flights up alof.. that
he fairly becomes wanton in his reck-
lessness. He occasionally varies the
performance By cutting some acrobatic
shindies as the balloon mounts upwards.
He sometimes has a cross ss-pieee suspen-
ded below the car, and on this he goes
through course of gymnastics. such rs
hanging on to the spar by his toes.
and being carried uP feet foremost
thousands of feet above the earth. It
would be queer adventure, if in some
of these aeronautic expeditions NJ God
ard would be carried out of the reach
Of the grayitation of the earth. and in
to that of Madame Luna. Ii he ever
got back TO this sphere, he could en-
tighten US as to the truthfulness Of MIR.
Locke's celebrated lunar theory, and
moreover give US some account of that
much talked of, but little understood
parsonage, the Man in the Moon.--Na-
| tion
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
The Election.


We have delayed our paper in order
to give the result Of the Presidential
Election. but the telegraphic wires bein.
generally down, and the trains irregular,
we have received but few returns, and
those considerably mixed" We have
no doubt, however, thai Slavery has tri.
umphed in the election Of Buchanan and
Breckinridge--a result we have looked
for since the defeat Of our party at the
State Elections in Pennsylvania and In.
diana.
1t is some consolation, however, tc
know that cur own gallant State has no.
bly, stood by the cause of Freedom in
the crisis just passed. If other free
States have given aid and comfort to
the black power, by assisting It to crush
out freedom in Kansas and fasten slavery
upon all of our territory, upon them resi-
the responsibility.
Ohio, thank God. is true to freedom.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06

cising strict vigilance in preventing the
coolies going ashore, for fear they should
make their escape. For the three weeks.
whatever discon'nt may have prevailed,
no fears of an outbreak would seem to
have been entertained, until Chinese
doctor warned the captain that mischief
was brewing. In preparing for such =
contingency as arising of the coolies. the
small arms were placed on the poop. and
the two gun. were loaded With grape and
pointed forward. About nine O'Clock ofthe
night of the 9th, the disturbance commen-
ced; and the crew took refuge on theI oop--
The captain first fred shot or two over-
head, but as they had no effect, and the
coolies advanced towards them. yelling
frightfully, armed with Delaying pins.
bricks torn from the cooking places. de-,
the captain gave orders to his men to fire.
and Immediately volley was poured
into the infuriated mass from the two
RuuS, anu dlSO lIOLQ tuC Stldu 09IASs uio
had the effect of checking and putting
down the riot, and the coolies were driv-
en- below, but they sought revenge by
setting fire to the ship. and in few min
utes the captain was appalled, BY seeing
flames issuing from the fore hatch. A
frightful scene Of carnage followed; the
coolies rushed up on deck. and no doubt
murdered all the officers of the ship. The
ship was soon in blaze, fore and att
In about an hour the mainmast fell with Q
crash, then the fore and mizzen, and
about midnight the magazine blew up
with tremendous explosion. The ship
was instantly blown into fragments. and
a vast number Of poor creatures, who.
clinging on the chains, perished with her.
OF the number who were on board. in
cluding crew and passengers. about 500.
only $50 escaped with their lives; the re-
mainder were either burnt 10 the ship or
drowned The affair has produced
great sensation in Hong Kong.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
The New York Forgeries.

CEas B. Huntington, the New York
broker who is under arrest for forgery
will rank among the biggest rogues in or
out of Penitentiary. The third devel-
opment of the forgery of names Of New
York business men has come to light
This last batch being s242, 900 in amount
to wit: S29, 900 on Horace Waldo-$i9,
600 on George H. Swords-s49, 900 on
Clafflin, Melin & Co.-Sl 900 on Chas.
H. Booth-41 900 on VIM. Graydon-
$50, 900 on Arnold, Constable & Co.,
$4,000 on Bliss Briggs d Douglas
$4,000 on j. Beck & Co.-S4, 500 on
Graydon, Swanwiek & Co. These, with
the forgeries upon Phelps, Dodge d Co.,
which were the first ones discovered.
amount to $33O.OOO.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06

Free State Prisoners in Kansas--Death.
The Cincinnati GazeHe of Thursday,
publishes letter from Otis NJ. Marsh, a
we'll known citizen of Cincinnati, former
ly an engineer on the Cincinnati Railroad,
and always, heretofore Democrat. 1t is
dated Lecompton, October Sd, 1856, and
confirms the accounts of the neglect and
cruel treatment of the Free State prison
ers, the companions in suffering of Mr.
Marsh. He writes
What life has nine been for the
last two months--drivcn from home by
rufians, laying for weeks in thickets to
keep from being shot down, robbed,
and turned out destitute, not leaving
me even an extra shirt, and for what
crime--simply for being Free State
man, and in favor of making Kansas a
Free State.
! have been shot at by armed bands,
who have sworn to have my life, and
chased by the same in the darkness of the
night, but escaped through the interposi-
ton OF a kind providence, and the good
speed of my horse. l have seen some
hard fighting, and many bullets whistle
close to my ear. but have escaped all
harm SO far. Kansas has been and still is
in most deplorable and unsettled state,
and who can tell when and what the end
of all this will be.
After detailing the wretched condition
of himself and fellow prisoners, Mr.. Marsh
says:
The Pro Slavery party will do their ut
most to put US all ont of the way if they
can, and Kansas justice is altogether a
one-sided game, and they may be able to
accomplish their ends upon us though we
hope for the best,
The Gazette also announces the arrival
from Kansas of William Hoon, Jr., son ol
Ex- Recorder Hoon, of Cincinnati. He
was also one of the Free State prisoners,
but, in company with three others, made
their escape. The Gazette states that Mr.
Hoon is one of the most respectable citizens
of Cincinnati, a son of leading Demo
crat, and having witnessed enough outra-
ges to sicken, disgust, and almost brutal
ize a man. his word will 90 farther than
those loud supporters Of the Administra-
ton, who talk for their bread and butter.
1t says:
| Mr.. Hoon more than confirms all that
has been published with reference to out.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06

This number C loses our contract with
campaign subscribers. All those sub
scri bers for the campaign who wish to
continue taking the paper, must give us
INN, "disie notice, otherwise we shall stop
sending. We hope all will continue sub
scribers. The long winter evenings are
at hand. and everybody will want at
least one paper to read. The Pioneer is
among the largest sized country papers,
ahd now that the political struggle is over,
we shall devote our paper to literature,
agriculture, and the news of the day,
and endeayor to make it interesting to
all.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
Ohio Congressmen.


The following is list of the Congress
men elect from this State:
lst Dist.--George H. Pendleton, Dem
2d-William 8. Groesbeck, dem.
3d-Lewis D. Campbell, Rep.
4th--M. H. Nichols, rep.
5th--Richard Mott. rep.
9TH. R. Cockerill, dem.
7th--Aaron Harlan, rep.
8th--Benjamin Stanton. rep.
eth--L. w. Hall, dem.
10th-Joseph Miller. dem.
1lth--V. B. Horton, rep.
12th--Sun Set Cox, dem.
13th--John Sherman, dem.
14th--Philemon Bliss, rep.
(, 15th--Jose2h Burns, dem.
16th--C. B. 'rompkins, rep.
l7th-Wm. Lawrence, dem.
l8th--Benjamin F. Letter, rep.
19th-Edward Wade, rep.
2Oth-Joshua R. Giddirgs, rep.
91st-John A. Bingham. rep.
By the aid of the Fillmourners, tn,
BUCCANEERS have elected FIVE members
and placed democrats in the place o
Moore and Harrison, FillEaourners.
The late Congress had an opposition
majority of AZ. the Black Democrac,
gain in ten States 42 members, thus ia
making the next Congress tie. Seve
raj States are yet to elect.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
Judge Hall Ineligible

1t seems that Judge Hall is ineligible
to seat in Congress, in consequence o:
not resiguing his Judgeship. The fol-
lowing section from the Constitution OF
Ohio would seem to put an extinguisher
on the Judges prospects:
Section IA. The Judges of the Su.
preme Court and of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, shall, at stated times, receive
for their services such compensation as
may b: provided BY law. J.. 49,, :, y
receive no fees or perquisitss. nor hold
any other office Of profit or trust under the
authority of this State, or the United
States. E1 ALL VOTES for either of
them, FOR ANY ELECTIVE OFFICE, except
a judicial Office under the authority OF
this State, given by the General Assem-.
bly,, SHALL BE VOID"
We make no pretensions to legal learn
ing, but it seems clear to us that unless the
above provision of our State Constitution
(made by the Locofocos themselves) is
violated or declared void, Hall cannot get
the seat. A similar case arose in Hi
nois last year, where Judge Trumbull
was elected 70 the House, and afterwards
TO the Senate, while holding his Office Of
Supreme Judge-the Constitution of Illi-
nois making him ineligible to either OF
the former Offices. The U. 8. Senate
decided that Congress was the sole Judge
of the qualifications of its members, and
that the article in the Illinois Constitu-
ton excluding Judge Trnmbull was void.
A similar decision now will give Hall the
seat.
The Tifin zri6une says. one of the
best locofoco lawyers in that city gives it
as his opinion that Watson is clearly the
next Congressman.
Hall evidently acted on the maxim "a
bird in hand ia worth two in the bush, y
and regarding his election as exceedingly
doubtful. concluded to hold on to his
present ennoluments,
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06

Amour NEGROES VoTING.-The Ohio
Statesman, and others of the organs oi
the Buck-Nigger Democracy, are con-
stantly asserting that it is determined by
the Republicans that the negroes shall
vote at the coming election. They lie,
and know it. They are making the ex-
citement for their own special fraudulent
purpose; and, they are preparing: we be-
lleve, to repeat on a large scale, an ex-
pertinent tried in this city at the State
election--that of hiring negroes to go te
the polls and make a noisy demonstration
pretending to be furious in favor of the
Republican ticket. A dirtier trick was
never invented Gin. Com.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
Appalling Burning of a Ship.

The following details of a horrible case
of piracy and burning of ship at Macao
have been received at Lloyd's:
''The Dutch ship Benco, Capt. Hey
mans, 700 tons burthen, with 800 OF
400 emigrants (coolies) for Havana, put
back to Macao, about a month since (the
despatch is dated Hong Kong, August
10, with her water casks leaking and
cargo shifted, having encountered bois-
ferrous weather, and on reaching the out
er roads brought up to an anchor. There
she remained repairing, her officers exer-
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
Hoops or no Hoops

This seems to be the delicate winter
question among the ladies. Shall they
wear hoops or no hoops during the tenn
pest time? Shall they throw away the
graceful auxiliary, or put on more flannel
and defy old Boreas with its pleasant use?
They are undecided. We think, however,
the hoop will carry the day. 1t has too
suddenly won the affections of the fair
leaders Of ton to be cast aside so remors-
lessly, and we presume it is quite possible
to make it sufficiently ponderous, or tc
adapt its weight to the inclemency of the
season. So. vivc le orceua!-New Iorl
Sunday Times.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
Adv ertising.

When newspaper speaks of the BEN
efts to be derived from advertising, the
remarks are generally taken in the same
spirit as that with which we listen to or
read the advertisements themselves. But,
in fact, people are becoming SO used to
seeing every and any occasion turned to
individual profit, that they are forgetting
to be vexed or startled by it, and the ed
itor who ccmmends that whereby he
profits, is generally regarded as follow
ing simply harmless precedent.
But it is none the less true, that at the
present day the true elixir which converts
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06

HARPER FOR NovEMBER.-The Novem-
Der number Of Harper" is one of more
than ordinary interest. 1.-The Massacre
of St. Bartholomew, is paper of thrill
ing interest, written by Rev. John S. G.
Abbott, in his popular and glowing style.
(" Up and down among the Andes" and
"Som ethins about the Horse" are in
teresting and readable papers.
This number closes the thirteenth vol
ume. The present, therefore. is good
time to subscribe. Terms Three Dollars
per annum. Two copies, five dollars
FIVE copies ten dollars-eleven copies
twenty dollars. Harper & Brothers,
Franklin Square, N. Y.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06

A ScHooLMAsTER AROUND LOOSE The
Ohio Journal of Education, for September,
says:
The gentleman who writes from
requesting us to inform him if we "know
Of no school as wants one to teach them
the common brantches," is respectfully
informed that we don't know of no such
school nowhar in these regions. "Com
mon branches" are not Taught in any
schools OF our acquaintance. We would
suggest to our correspondent the expedi.
ency Of getting p Select School, where
by he would escape the impertinence of a
Board of Examiners.