!rtjg PE.OPLE'S JOURNAL ~4 ilia ! MAIN 43.411 ANN, EDITOR, • re LIDERSPORT, P A, a. lit IP-TAY MORNING, MA Rai;.'o,lB7A We aro requested` to give no fire that ,the slips in the Methodist (7hurch grill he lot on Monday next, 'being March 24th, at one o'clock, P. We hope.there will be a general 'Aitieudance at the chprch on that day.. • OP There is a noble "appeal to the women of Potter county, in behalf of the slaves," from Homer, in another column, which we desire every person in the county to read. Its language is so chaste, and its spirit so exalted, we are sure no one no one can read it without benefit. We heartily re spond to this appeal. We hope those to whom it is addressed will use the irleallti suggested for the benefit of the r iin r slave ; and baying resolved to dp • something for the victims of oppression who have no power to do anything fbr themselves, we trust the women of this county will use all the means qod has given them for this purpose—pray er first, then actions to correspond with prsyer. For instance, our correspond ent (rem Homer having a gifted pen, ,may we not "appeal" to her to use it frequently " in behalf of the slaves 1" Other women can use other means according to their position and cir- Fumstances, t Mr. Hull's advertisement from I.7l}Vgs is entitled to attention from all persons desiring boots or shoes. " There are many ingenious men whose abilities do little else but make themselves andthose about them I The men who repealed the Missouri Compromise on the ground that it interfered with popular sove reignty, now oppose the admission of Reeder to his seat in Congress, and even oppose any investigation into his tight to a seat, on the ground that Whitfield bolds a legal certificate which they affirm is conclusive. The people of the Territory of Kansas de sire Reeder to represent them. The border ruffians of Missouri say that Whitfield shall represent Kansas, and every . Pierce man in Congress but three or ft)ur, is in favor of submitting to this impudent usurpatielOf power 11 the Missourians. I We are indebted to Messrs. Souther and Caldwell for numerous favor; f The letter in another column from Rev. John .e hambers, iyill attract attention pr. At last accounts frotrrHarrise burg, Oho restraining liquor law was not repealed, nor had any bill of much importance been passed. R" There was a pretty serious error in the f•Sta'tement of Receipts and Ex penditures".of the county, as made by the Commissioners, and in the settle pent with Mr. Knox, which we hoped would bare been corrected ere this by Mr. Haven, the Commissioners' Clerk. In the statement of receipts and expenditures there appears to be e n excess of expenditures over receipts of 82815,55. That is a pretty bad allow fur the financial ability of Old uuker officers. But in this there is so error of $665,13 received by Mr. Knox, the Deputy Treasurer and Praitted—thmugh an over-sight, doubt- lessrrin his statement to the Commis sioners. This is also a bads how, and flippCielly after the flourish of trumpets made over the advent of these men to • office. Correcting this error, it leaves the excess of exp enditu res aver receipts 0152,43—a very large sum still4fut sof so large_ b considerable as tie Commi:sta iit'made it. Or We have an excellent comniu, Etication front B. of Sweden, received too iain foi thin week. la' We are sorry to learn from the . last Warren Ledger that - A. Nlir: Ste yeas has severed'his .connection with that paper. It-las.bseti one of the most indepeqmpt papers of its party during the tints' Afr, Stevens has been one of its editors, ,and we think the party in Warren will learn, ere long, that they cannot-afford to lose the services of such men. We trust Mr. S. will soon find a position where lie can use his able pea untrameled by the thralldom of party. UP N. of Harrison Valley will ac cept our thanks for lb favor. t Merchants going to the city in the Spring to purchase goods, are re queAted to look over the advertisement of Wise, Pusey, & Wiae, of Philadel phia. We feel confident this firm will give entire satisfaction to any person who may deal with them. fir We ask attention to the .adver tisement of the New Firm of Jones, Mann, &hernes. Their establishment is a credit . to the place, and their as sortment is the largest and best that we have ever seen in any county in Northern Pennsylvania. They have remodeled and greatly improved the interior arrangement. of the building formerly occupied byC. S. Jones, and . have filled it from top to bottom. Shelves, Arawers, and counters are crowded, but always in order. We believe their prices are as low as can be afforded, and that purchasers would do well to call and examine fur them selves. tar The Coudersport Academy is flourishing beyond our most sanguine anticipation.. There are now one' hundred. and one students in attend ance, and they are all receiving in struction according to their necessi ties, The exercises are all , highly instructive, and the school never was so ably conducted before. The quail fications and abilities of Mr. Hendrick are already pretty well known to most of our readers ; and we will add for the information ef the public, that Miss STocuttotta., his principal assistant, and teacher of French, German, and Draw ing, is of the same high order of teach ers. We are confident such teachers will 'be liberally sustained. DOINGS A! WASHINGTON At last both Hol4ses are fairly at work ; and Kansas is the chief point of interest. In the Senate the Hon. Henry Wilson has attacked the force; of Slavery with a power and energy that has procured a great sensation. The Hon. John P. Hale has made the best speech of his life on the Kansas question. Senator Douglas, as chair man of the Committee on Territories, has has made a report which justifies the Border Ruffians and condemns the Free State men ; and in a speech in reply tn Sumner be said; "we mean to subdue you"--_-that is to crush out the spirit of Liberty from the Northern people. George 111 made the same threat, and carried on an expensive war for seven years in an effifft to carry it out; but he failed, and so wil the Slave Power fail in their threat made by Douglas. In the House the Committee have under consideration the claim of Reed er to a seat. The committee have asked for power to send to Kansas for persons and papers in order to give the subject , a thorough investigation. This investigation is just what the slaveholders do not want, so every man of them, and all their allies in the North, are opposing the request of the committee. We fear there - are dough faces enough in the House to defeat the motion, and to keep Reeder out or his teat. The people can now see whether th• vote given last fall in this county for the Old Hunker State ticket, was against Reeder's admission or not. It is apparent that he can rely on ne votes except those that will be east fbr the Republican candidate for President, Vsigt 1110 Convimtioa. _A call has been issued for a Union State Convention to meet in Harris burg on this 26th of March, for the purpose of harmonizing the conflicting elements of which the anti-Nebraska forces of the State are composed. We' have favored such a convention for more than a -year past, and we still favor it, although the call is not as en couraging as we could wish. We think ought to have invited all op- portents of Blavery-exten,tion,!o.. meat iu convention, instead of muting - aH opposed to the National Administra.; On: to do .so. We suppose H. M. Faller is opposed to the Natiotial Ad niinistrition, and so is included in the invitation,• and may with propriety urge his friends to attend in such force as to control it. The call should have avoided any such danger, and should have been *so worded as to inspire confidence in the minds of all anti- Nebraska men, because .if the convey tion is to he a mere opponent of the ' National Administration, it will be a failtire. It can make no difference to the figends of Freedom whether the State officers are pro-slavery Dem o crats. or pro-slavery Know Nothings ; and unless the State Convention on the 26111 shall clearly and unmistakably take Its position as the opponent of slavery extension, and the advocate of freedom in Kansas, then it will have been called in vain ; for its nominees will be repudiated by the people. Our sentiments on this subject are so well expressed by the Bradford Reporter that we shall transfer a few* paragraphs from that paper to our own, and attic the attention of those who may assemble at Harrisburg, to them. BE CONSISTENT. The Lyeoming Gazette is a great_ advocate of moral suasion u the best means of preventing drunkenness. .In its last issue, speaking of the-restrain ing law of last session, it says : " The law practically has said as little for itself'. Indeed. practical re sults have, as ye fUrnlabed but little argument in favoi - of any kind of leg islation that has ever been tried on the subject. Of the many laws that have been enacted, none have removed, and it is doubtful whether any of them have even mitigated to any considera ble extent, the evils of intemperance." Do we understand from this that the Gazette is in favor of uprooting all the laws for the regulation of the liquor traffic, and opening a free trade in rum and ruin I If the Gazette will advocate the repeal of all lieense laws, we shall admit its consistency on this subject ; but then we would respect fully inquire if "practical results" have not flirnished as strong arguments in favor of laws to restrain the sale of intoxicating drinks, as they have in favor of laws to restrain the sale of lottery tickets, and to restrain horse racing, gambling, carrying concealed weapons, or passing counterfeit mon ey I All these laws are violated more or less, some of them by men who make the loudest harangues in favor of law and the Constitution. But be cause they are violated, and do not entirely suppress the crimes they are intended to remove, is that a, reason for repealing them 1 If so, be consis tent, and ask the Legislature to repeal all criminal law. If not, then cease your one-sided, inconsistent, and un reasonable objections to one of the best and most beneficial of our crins , final laws. We affirm that the practical results of the restraining law of last session, have furnished conclusive arguments in its favor. We know several 'men in diffbrent parts of this county, who, under the old law, never came to this village without getting intoxicated, but who now come, transact their business, and go home sober men, kind husbands, and good citizens. We have good reason to believe that a like happy influence has been exerted in' every county in the State where an earnest effort has been made to enforce the lrw. Can the Gazette point to any act of Assembly on our statute book, whose 4 1practieal results" spier mare strongly in its favor ? This stat ute has received the denunciation of every liquor man in the State our Williamsport friend has been especial ly free in his epithets in relation to it, but no one of its enemies has pointed out any evil results that have flowed from it, and we suspect it will be im possible for them to do so. Theo why should the law be repealed I And why do those strenuous advocates of tho strict enfbreement of the odious fugitive slave bill, generally oppose the execution- of this humane statute Can anybody give any other reason than this : that Hinkerism and the Liquor Influence have formed an alli ance 1 That Rum and Slavery are inseparably connected 1 I We publish in atunhar eolumn a brief prospooto of Moors's Nat* New -Yorker, an& - ive commend St to the attention of every farmer in- the county, as being all that- it elaims "to be. We have been acquainted with it for years, and all things considered, deem it' - the very 'best agricultural paper in existence. liar The Lycoming Gazette and its associates are down on the Rev. John Chambers with all their force. All right. When Mr. Chambers was try ing to engineer the friends of Tern-. perance into the support of Bigler, then be was a high-minded, patriotic, disinterested, and most worthy divine. But now, the Teverend gentleman having discovered what all men of sense knew long ago, that Pierce De mocracy is in league with the enemies of Temperance, he is denounced as a " slang whanger," with other elegant prefixes. Blaze away, gentlemen.— There are few men in this State who have done more dirty work for pro slavery Democracy than the Rev. John Chambers; and it will take a great many kicks and cuffs to make him an independent Republican. But ; we are not without hope that if the whole pack of hunker papers will only con tinue their warfare, even he will come over to the side of Freedom and true Democracy. So blaze away, gentle men he deserves it. ,p).T The sons of the. old Granite State don't like the crack of the slave-driver's whip, although it is done in the name of Democracy. They have common schools there, and have all read the Declaration - of Independence, and know what true Democracy means: They know that Jefferson and the other founders of the party, were op posed to slavery extension, and in fa vor of preventing it by act of Congress. Knowing this, the honest Democracy of the Granite State have - repudiated the .party which broke down the bar rier to the spread of Slavery. They laugh at the idea of such a party call ing itself Democratic. They believe Democracy is ‘a sentiment not to be ap palled, corrupted, or compromised. It knows no baseness, it cows to no dan ger, and oppresses NO WEAKNESS. De structive only of despotism, it is the sole conservator ofliberty, labor, and prop erty. It is the sentiment of freedom, of equal rights, of equal obligations—the law of nature pervading the law of the land." • And so believing, they have spurned the party of the President, and thrown their votes for thei Repub lican ticket which has swept the State. The following is the result in :184 towns : REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED. Countat Opposition Administration Rockingham ... 23 19 Strafford 17 7 Belknap 6 8 Carrell 4 9 Merrimack . . 19 . 18 Hillsborough 34 18 Cheshire .... 16 .Sullivair Graft0n.......... Coos Total .. 146 The murder of 'Brown, In Kansas, will be remembered as one of the bloodiest outrages yet committed Ing the struggle in that . Territory, Brown was from Brownsville, Cass County, Michigan. The fbllowing let ter from his bereaved wife has been published in a Michigan paper: LEAVENWORTH CITY, Jan.2s, 1856. MY DEAR FATHER : 1 never expect ed to be called to write to you under so great affliction. My dear husband has been very active in the cause of Liberty ever since we came into the Territory.- His bold and manly course won the respect and confidence of the friends of a Free . State, and he was elected a Member of the Legislature. On the other hand, the hatred of the Pro-Slavery party was very strong against him. He was engaged in the defense of the City of Lawrence dur ing the war in that region. He also,- with two or three others, rushed into the midst &a mob and rescued a Free State man they were cruelly beating. On the 17th inst., he, with several oth ers, went two miles to attend an elec tion ; an armed mob thought to break up the election, but were repulsed. The next day my husband and his friends were coming home, when they were met by a•large band of armed men who stopped them and made them prisoners. They were all car ried back to the place of election, and there the others were let go. but they determined to kill him—and then some of them fell upon him with a hatchet, and thus in cold blood murdered him. One blow struck on the eyebrow; and another inflicted a deep wound in his left temple. They then put him in a wagon, and brought him home in the night. By this time he was in a dyir' sg stater-Atrwas - not able - to tell us much about his -cruel treatment; He. said they beat him like a dog. He said : I am not afraid to die ; if I have done .wrong in any way, I hope God will forgive me; I die in a good cause ; I am sorry to part with you and our little child, but I want you to meet me in Heaven !" He breathed his last the same night, and on the next Sabbath was buried. One ofthe mem bers of the Legislature has told me that he intends to have that body pass a bill to erect a monument over his grave as a Martyr for Liberty. As soon as Winter breaks, and I can set tle my business, I intend to start for home, lam not in want by way of necessaries of life. lam living with Mrs. hfcCrea, whose husband has been obliged to leave the country for life. She will go with me as far as Chicago. I am your affectionate daughter, The President can isshe proclama tions proclaiming his intention to use the whole power of gfgernment to en force the tyrannical edicts of the Bo gus Legislature of Kansas. Thirty thousand dollars of the money of the United States was lately expended to return three fugitive slaves from Cin cinnati. But the President has no 'directions to issue in relation to • the arrest of the worse than savages who cowicnitted the above brutal murder, with several others of like notoriety— nor bee any money been expended for the preservation of the lives of inno cent men in Kansas. And yet the convention of the party in this State, at Harrisburg, fully etaTorsed the President ; and the rank and file are expected to submit. What say you, men of Potter coUn ty I Will you' rebuke the authors .of these Kansas outrages, or will you tamely submit • The Philadelphia NortAlk a inierican don't like the nenination of Fillmore, nor his Convention. It publishes some extracts from its proceedings, and then says: Now h is from a Convention thus depeiting itself, whose members, men of mature age and social position, clergymen and lawyers and nonde scripts, hug each other in mnudlin enthusiasm, and make speeches about " Sam," and "Saint Hildeband," and " spavined horses," that this nomina tion comes ; and coming thus, it has no right to ask the support of Whigs and fair-minded men of any party. Surely we may be permitted,to hesi tate. As surely is the painfial distrust which on tl is subject •fills the public mind justified. The Albany Eevening Journal gives the following facts of a noble Move ment firr the protection of the citizens of Kansas ag ainst the bloody conspi racy of the National Administration. It is an example fit to be followed. The .Journal says: "A movement is on foot in Madison county, N. Y., to do something for Kansas of' immediate and permanent advantage. One hun dred men are to be enrolled to go there forthwith, with .Sharpe's rifles in their hands, and the plough and sickle among their baggage. They are to be choice men—healthy, in dustrious, temperate, and of good re putation, and social position. They will ail be young, save a few gray beards, to supply, prudence and wis dom. Gerrit Smith says that he will " stand in the gap for all the expen-. ses" of this Madison County contribu -tion to Kansas and Freedom. 20 18 10 This gentleman has given largely to the imperilled Free Soil.cause in the Territory, through . Boston agents.— His last remittance of $250 to the'son of Amos Lawrence, was without. re striction as to its application. When informed by Mr. L. that It was inves ted in rifles, ho said as did Henry Ward Beecher, that in the cause of human freedom the Sharpe's rifles were moral agents, which it was his duty to supply' to those who were compelled to use them. We hope this report of the Albany paper about Gerrit Smith, is true. We bay. ibr se many years looked .upon him as the pioneer in every good work that we sorrowed exceedingly to wit ness the aid and comfat he gave the enemy in one or two of his speeches when in Congress. We knew well enough he did not intend to aid the enemy, and now it is a great joy to believe him the most active supporter of the Free State men in Kansas. The battle for rFreedeni is to he fought there. We rejoice that Gerrit Smith has resolved to "stand in the gap " iu that contest ; for he is a tower of strength to any cause. Dxsa Eorros.—l semi you the fol lowing for insertion in your excellent Paper 11LiRTHA A. BROWN Ms /Maws Cnventicat. A GLORIOUS =MULE A CARD It is with a due appreciation of the kind sympathy and Christian benevo lence of the many dear friends who contributed toward the seventy-five dollars given us the 12th inst., that we take this opportunity of• returning to them our many thanks.. And may the Great Head of the Church, wiv, cause they have thus sustained, ever strew each of their paths with richer blessings in all the coming future of this life, and afterward meet his smil ing approval in these precious words " Inasmuch, as ye did it unto one of the least of these, ye did it to me." W. H: Sum!. K. B. SUAW. Coudersport, March 13, 1356. For the brawl!. HARRISON VALLEY, March 14, 187;6.. Ma. EDITOR 1 embrace this moment to in form you that the friends of Freedom are wide awake making arrangements for the coming campaign. The Kamm -fever is becoming exciting; and it quite probble .that a number of our young men will be carried off by it this spring. I find within the circle of my ac quaintance, many of the hardest Old Hunkers have lately renounced the Pierce Democracy and are determiand to fight the battle for Free dom and Yuma, On Monday, the 10111 inst., the dwelling 'house ofThoodore and Archibald Metcalf, of -this place, was totally consumed by fire, with most of its contents, and a considerable sum of money. The lon is estimated at several' hundred dollars. Your:, is haste. For theiininal. An Appeal to tha Woman of Potter County in Behalf of the Slaves As women are excluded from the belle-box, I iesiro to urge upon you the duty efearnest and faithful prayer. 11 Yon, aged.esothere who have seen your family all depart from the old homestead—some to the active duties or lire,. and some to the quiet grave where no sorrow cm reach them . more—l beseech you remems ber- these who have sees their families torn from their bosoms its fast is they were old enough to be of valise, and scattered, they know not whither. No 'oving sons and daugh ters gather around the dying bed of the aged slave mother, to smooths her passage to the grave. The utmost she can expect from her master, is . to be left to die quietly in.hee poor hovel. Christian mother, ponder well on these things, rid "remember those in bonds as bound mith them." And you, widows, who have lean yonr com panions torn away by the hand of death, re member those who are liable every day of their lives to have their lusbamlq taken from them by a power more cruel and relentless thin the grave. If you wear weeds of wee, and find it hard to restore to God 'that vrbich wjr only lent you fur a little season, he w much greater must be the anguish of those who are. compelled to imrrndder their hearts' dearest treasures at the command sinfid and misguided men. And you, young mothers, its you gather around you your infant finuilies, and 'promise yourselves abundant happiness in their gresvtb and prosperity ; I pray you grant, at' my re quest, one little hour to consider the vaunted beauties of Slavery. How gentle, how ex cellent must be its teachings and influences,' when the dread of returning to enjoy its much-talked-of blessings, mild nerve • mo- titer's heart to take the - Ii( of a beloved child ! De not flatter youraeltes that it was because she was unfeeling. The negro race are essentially domestic and affeclienate. It was from tho very depths of her mother's heart that strength aro-se to commit the deed. " Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery-- still thou art a laitter draught; and though thousands in all ages have boon made to drink of thee, thou art no less bitter on that al:- count." And you, young Maidens, as you prize the protection of loving lathers and brothers, and asyou hope to become virtuous and honorable members ofsociety, Oh! remember those slave girls who are endowed with thoughts and feelings as noble as your own, and yet the inestimable jewel of virtue is wrested from them. The will of the slaveholder knows no law, temporal or divine.- Therefore, sisters of every age and condi tion, I beseech you by all you hold dear in this world, and by all yon hope for in the world to came, ein with mo in prayer to the Creator and Ruler of all thing, forth, aboli. lion of American Slavery. Homer, Pa., March 8,1856. Dtelr, In Sweden, on Tuesday the 11th inst.. Oa to, W. infant son of Mr. Edwin Lyman, aged 1 month and 15 days. A sweet flower has faded and witherer. Earth proved an ungenial clime to his pare spirit, and on angels wings it soared away to fields of everlasting delight. He was only lent a little while, to soße■ the * Gr p realities of life, then plume his spirit wine, and Mt, oway, leaving an aching with in the hearts of those from whose bosom he has been taken, which time can never fill, but which serves as a golden chain to bind our affections to that fair clime, where, in fadeless beauty be will forever bloom, Yes, hopeful and cheerful we raise our eyes above, And we feel within our hearts the cutshine of his lore, We know be has not left, us though we so. him here no more, We know hi is not lost to tw, but only• gone before. Agarsls':
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