Speech of
COL. THOMAS H. BENTON
111703
NEHRASKA 11111.
Delivered in the House of Represetitntivca
Thursday,. the 25th day of August, 1854,
THE. STUMP SPEEUII IN TH E BILL.
'Why, sir, the territory itself is the
property of the States, and they may do
what. they' please with it—permits it to
be settled' or not, as they please ; cut it
up by lines, as they please ; chase white
•people away from it as they please.
After this farrago—this olla-pdcirida—
c*ei a little stump speech, injected in
the belly of the bill, and which must
have a prodigious effect when recited
in thd prairies, and out towards the
'frontiers, and un towards the heads of
the creeks. [Laughter and sensation.]
I will read it, and I hope without fa
tiguing, the House; for it is both brief
and beautiful and runs thus:—
'
ft being the true intent and meaning of
this act not to legislate slavery into any State
or Tprritory, nor to exclude it therefrom ; but
to leave the people thereof perfectly free to
form turd regulate their domestic institutions
in their own way, subject only to the Consti
ludo,' of the United Stater.
This is the speech, and a pretty little
thing' itself, and very • proper to be
spoken from a stump in the Trairie. It
has intent, and a true intent; which is
neither to legislate slavery into or out of
a State or Territory. Then why legis
late at all? Why- all this disturbance
if. no effect is produced, and things to
remain just as they were?- Let well
enough alone, was the old doctrine; to
make well enough still better, is the
doctrine of progress; and that in spite of
the the Italian epitaph, which sayit " I
was well and would be better; took
physic, and here I am." But the States
must be greatly delighted at the polite
ness and lorb?arance of this bill. It
puts State-1 and Territories upon precise
equality pith respect t 3 the power of
Congress over them. Congress does
not mean to put slavery in or out of any
State or Territory.- To all that polite
abnegotion I have to say that, in respect
to tlie States, it is the supererogation of
modesty and humility, as Congress hap
pens to have no power to put slavery in
then•, or out of them ; and in respect to
the Territories, is an abdication of a
constitutional power and duty ; it being
the right of Congress to legislate upon
slavery in the Territories, and its duty
to do so when there is occasion for it—
a• in 1757 and 1820.
I object to. this shilly-shally—willy
won'ty—don'ty-can'ty —style of legisla
tion. (Roars of laughter.) It is not
le,gislati7e. It is not parliathentiry. It
is not manly It is not womanly. No
Wagtail would talk that way. No 81114-
s:holly In a woman. Nothing of the.
ffames gender was ever born young
enough, or lived long enough; to get
befogged in such n. quandary as this:
(Renewed laughter.) It is one thing
or the other with them ; and what they
say they stick to. No breaking bargains
with them. But the end of this stump
speech is the best of the whole. Dif
ferent from good milk, in which the
cream rises to the top, it here settles to
the bottom, and is in these words:
"Le.,ve it to the people thereof, that is to
soy, of the St4tes^ and of tho Territories, to
rep.nla.te t , larery foi themselves as they please,
onty sucject to the Con. , :titution of the United
Stairs."
Certainly it is a new subjection for the
States. Heretofore they have been free
to regulate slavery for themselves—
admit it, or reject it ; and that not by
virtue of any grant of power in the
Constitution, but by virtue of an unsur
rendered part of their old sovereignty._
It is also new of the Territories. Here
tofore they have been held to be wards
of Congress, and entitled to nothing
under the Conatitution, but that which
Congress extended to them. But this
clause is not accidentally here ; it is to
keep up the dogma of the Constitution
in Territories ; but only there in relation
to slavery, and that for its admission—
not rejection.
Three dogmas now afflict the land ;
videlicet : squatter sovereignty, non-in
tervention, and no power in Congress to
legislate upon slavery in Territories.
And this bill asserts the whole three,
and beautifully illustrates the whole
three, by knocking each one on the head
with the • other, and taampling each
under foot in its turn. Sir, the bill does
deny squatter sovereignty, and it does
intervene, and it does legislate upcn
slavery in Territories, and for a proof
of that, see the bill ; and see it as the
lawyers say, passim; that is to say,
here, and there, and everywhere.
It is a bill of assumptions and contra
dictions—assuming what is unfounded,
and contradicting what it assumes—and
balancing every affirmation by a nega
tion. It is a see-saw bill ; but not the
innocent seesaw which children play
on a plank stuck through the fence ; but
the' up,and-down game of politicians,
played at the expense of the peace and
harmony of the Union, and to the sacri
fice of all business in Congress. It is
an amphibological bill, gulled with
monstrosities, hobbled with contradic
'tions, and Badgered with a proviso.
(Laughter.)
Amphibology is a cause for the re
jection of bills, not only.by Congress,
but by the President when carried to
him for his approval. General Jackson
rejected one for that cause, and it was
less amphibological than this; it was the
last night of the last day of his last ad
ministration, and a quarter before mid
night. Congress had sent him a bill to
repeal the specie circular, and to inau
gurate the paper money of a thousand
local banks as the currency of the Fed
eral Government. It was an object not
to be avowed, - nor to be done in any
dirkt or palpable manner. 'Paraphrases.
circumlocution . , and ambidexterity, and
ambiguity, were necessary .to cover up
the design ; andrit was piled on until
it was unintelligible. The President
read it and could make nothing of it ;,he
sent it . to his Attorney General, wile was
equally Tuzzlpd. He then returned it,
with a message to the Senate, reftising
to sign the bill for amphibology. We
should reject this bill for the same cause,
if for nothing else. Hard is the fate of
party fealty. It has to keep up with
the ever changing measure. Often
have these bills changed ; and
,onder
every phase they have had to be received
as a test of orthodoxy; and have more
changes to undergo yet, and to continue
to be a test under all mutations.
SQUATTTER SSVEREIGNTT EXPOSED.
And now what is the object of this
movement which so disturbes Congress
and the country ? Wha:does it propose
to accomplish ? To settle a principle, is
the answer—the principle of non-inter
vention, and
. the right of the people of
the Territory to decide the question or
slavery for themselves. Sir, there is no
such principle. The Territories are
children of the States. They are minors,
under age, and it is the business of the
States, through their delegation in Con
gress, to take care-of them until they are
of age—until they are ripe for State go
vernment; then to give ;hem that go
vernment, and admit them to an equality
with their fathers. That is law, and has
been so admitted since the first ordinance,
in 1784.
The States in Congress are the b(mar
diens of the Territories, and are bound
to exercise that guardianship ; and can
not abdicate it without a breach of trust
and a dereliction of duty. Why, sir, the
Territory itself is the property of the
States, and they do with it what they
please—permit it to be settled or not, as
they please"; cut it up by lines as they
please; sell, or give it away, •as they
please ; chase white people from it, as
they please. This has-always been the
case'. There is a proclamation now ex-
tant of the old Congress of the confed
eration, describing the first settlers in the
North-west Territory as "disorderly per
sons ;" and ordering them to be driven
off by the military.
I remember many such military cx-.
pulsions in the early settlement of the
western country, often executed - with
severity ; burning houses, cutting up
corn, destroying fences, and driving off
people at the point of the bayonet, and
under the edge of the sabre. As' late as
1335-'36, and after the extension• of the
Indian title to the Platte Mint ry
in Missouri, similar orders were then
given to then colonel of dragoons corn
mending on the frontier, the now Sena
tor in Congress, Henry Dodge, to expel
the people from that purchase ; orders
which he executed in gentleness and
mercy, going alone, explaining his busi
ness, and requiring them to go away ;
which they did, like good and, orderly
people ; and when he was gone, came
back like sensible and industrous people,
and secured their ire emptions. Not only
settled but organized territory has been
so treated by the fetleralgovernment, and
worse ; The people driven 41 - rd their
houses given away. This happened in
ArkansL•s in 1823, w.hen,12,000 square
miles of her organized territory was
given to the Cherokees, and the people
driven away. Why, sir, this very line
of 3fideg. 30min., with all the territory
on one side of . it, aid two degrees on the
other side, were given away to the King
of Spain. This has been the seventy
years' practice of the government—to
treat the territory ns property, and the
people as uninvited guests, to be enter
tained or turned out, as the owner of the
house chooses. Fine sovereigns these !
chased off by the military, and their
homes given to Indians or Spaniards.
The whole idea of this sovereignty is a
novelty, scouted from Congress when it
first appeared in the Senate, contradicted
by the Constitution and the whole action
of the government, in all time; and con
tradicted by the. bill itself, which is to
secure it. The provisions of the bill
are a burlesque upon sovereignty. It
gives to the people, instead of receiving
from them, .an organic act ! One in
which they are denied every attribute of
sovereignty. Denied freedom of elec
itions ; denied freedom of voting; denied
choice of their own laws; denied the
right of fixing the qualification of voters;
subjected to a foreign supervision;, and
controllable by. the federal government,
which they have no hand in electing ;
and only allowed to admit and not to re
ject slavery. -Their sovereignty only
extends to the subject of slavery, and
only to one aide of that—the admitting
side ; the other half of the power
being held to be denied by the Consti
tution which is extended over them, and
which [according- to the reading of the
supporters of his bill,] forbids any law
to be made which will prevent any citi
zen from going there with his slaves.
This is squatter sovereignty, non-inter
vention, and no power to legislate in ter
ritories upon slavery. And this is called
a principle—the principle of non-inter
vention—letting the people alone, to set
' tie the question of slavery for themselves.
How settle it? That can only be done
in an organic act; and they have no
I such act, nor can have one till they make
a Constitution for a State government.
All the rest is legislation, which settles
nothing, and produces contention at
every election. Sir, this principle of
non-intervention is but the principle of
contenuon—a bone given to the people
to quarrel and fight over at every elec.
ties, and at every meeting of Legis-
lature, until.they.oecome a Sotate.govern
ment. Then, and then only can they
settle the question.
• For seventy years—since the year
1784. When the organizing mind of Jef
ferson drew the, first territorial ordinance
—we had a uniform method of provid
ing for the government of territories, all
founded upon the clause in the constitu
tion which authorizes Congress to dis-
Apse of, and make_rules.and regulations
respecting the territory and other prop
erty of the United States. This mode
of government has consisted of three
grades, all founded in the right of Con
gress to 'govern them. Frst grade : a
Governor and judges, appointed by the
-United States, to adopt laws from other'
States, to•be in force until disapproved
by Congress. Second grade : a Terito
rial Legislature, when the inhabitants
shall amount to five thousand men above
the age of twenty-one, composed of a
council party appointed by the United
States, and a House of representatives,
elected by the peopleZat the rate of one
representative for every five hundred
voter's, is legislation subject to the appro
val of Congress. Third grade : enter
ance on the State government, in full
equality with the other States. This is
the way these Territories have been go
verned for several years-; and ,I am for
adhering to it.
94
GAZONI NGOTOBERZH!
sN'Efir GOODS
DOUBTLESS there are many persons in.
Coudersport and vicinity wbo have
never visited the.famous BOSTON STORE at
the fast•growing village of • V ellsville.
The No. of this store is-94, which number
is over the door—
BOSTON STORE
9-1
O'ER
THE DOOR.
'This establishment isone of4hellargest • .
DRY GOODS and RE3DY-lILIDE
CLOTHING DEPOTS
in Allegany county. Hundreds of custom.
ers from Potter county buy all their clothing,
boots and shoes, and other fixings, at this
great mart of business. But still there are
those who have never happened to fall.into
the path that leads, most assuredly, to
economy and wealth.—That path lead all
cash buyers straightway to the
GREAT BOSTON.
We have no enemies to punish, no friends
to reward. We sell for ready pay, and take
in exchange for goods the following useful
articles, viz.:— •
Cash 'fallow - ocao
Beeswax ur Beans rocks
Hides Wheat Yarn Rags
Potatoes Wool Butter &c. &c.
We are now receiving from our shop at
Rochester, about ten cords of the best
BOOTS AND SHOES
sold in the county. We kqp constantly
on hand— t i
Men' India Rubber Boots
6. Over-shoes .
" Coats
EMI!
"• Pants
Caps
With very extensive stock of
lIMMI
TRUNKS, VALISES, AND CARPET BAGS,
Choiceblack and colored - Dress
° silks, Al
paca, Delaines, 'nib et Cloths, Prints, Ging
hams, and olber Dress Goods—together
with a general variety of Dry Goods.
Shawls, Shawls.
. In particular, we would call the attention
of the Lathe's to our great variety of Shawls,
to every possible kind, altogether too nu
merous to mention.
it1.1TR.,2 SSE S
'We have the largest stock of the differ
ent kinds of Matrames in Western . New
York. HOTEL KEEPERS can be supplied on
reasonable terms.
Three . Cheers
For the contemplated Canal from Wells
to Rochester ; and hoping that the
Plank Road will be continued on to Cou
dersport the coming spring, and that the
sons and daughters of benighted Potter may
be more frequently seen in our young City.
We remain your most ob't serv'ts,
LANCEY & CO.
Wellayille, Jan. 13, 1854. - 6-35 in
HEST HANDLES, Britwer 'do.,
Retches, Halter Snaps, Ward
robe Hooks, Barn Door Hinges, kept for
sale by LEWIS MANN.
PATENT Pails, Bed Cords, Clothes'
Lines, Horse Cords, curry combs, torso
brushes, to be sold at MANN'S.
MACKEREL, Salmon, & Blue Fish
at C. S. JONES':
SUPERIOR Sperm and Tallow Can
17dles at C. C. JONES' PROVISION' STORE.
TNDIAN Meal and Buckwheat con
stantly oil hand at the
NEW PROVISION STORE.
crI . RAIN and Produce of all kinds ta4
vu ken in exchange for Goods
. at thi
ore. C. S. JONES.
H AMS and Shoulders—anew supply
at the NEW PROVISION STORE.
B UTTER and LARD of the best
quality at the
NEW PROVISION STORE.
CANDLES of all kinds—a new' as
sortrnent at C. S. JONES'.
SACKS OF SALT at the
NE W PROVISION STORE.
CRANBERIES! CRANBERIES! by
the quart or bushel-at
Machine Oil.
Mill Owners-will always find a supply c;
Oil for machinery at satisfactory prices, and
in any gnantity,at
Premium Panning • Mills.
important lo 'Farmers and Mechanics.
ripHE l subscriber has purchased of .J.
I..Bambotough the right to use in Potter and
14.1'Keaa counties his patent in - the construction
of - Fanning Mills. He 'has also, at great ex
bense, commenced•the manufacture of a PRE
MILL which will clean from 100 to
200 bushels per hour. This Mill was patented
March 20, 1847. since which time it has stood
at the head of the list at all the State and cenn
ty agriculturul societies whore iebas been ex
hibited, and is a universal favorite ,with all
farmers who have tried it. It took the pre- -
mium at. the first Agricultural 'Fair held at
Harrisburg, Oct. 31st, 1851, when there were .
30,000 people present ; and at the great State
Agricultural Fair at New-York, held at Roch
ester Sept. 16-19, 1851, this Fanning Mill
received the highest honors.
Having met with niform success wherever
tried, I confidentlyitivite the farmers of Potter
and M'Kean counties to call at my shop in
Coudersport and examine for themselves:
A supply always on hand, to be sold on rea
sonable terms
6-37tf
THE ondersigned has connected with
. his Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper, 'and Stove
'Business, that of HARDWARE and CUT
LERY—so that in addition to the 'business
heretofore conducted by him, be is now ready
to supply aft.; public with almost every variety
of Hardware, Mill and Cross-Cut Saws, Hoop
Iron, Nails, Cable and Ox Chains, Carpenters
Adzes and' Broadaxes, .Manilla Rope for Ca
bles. A general assortnient of Clocks, Ja
panned Ware, Toys of every description; and
so short, he designs to keep all such things as
the public wants in his lisle, which he'will
sell, not for less than cost, but for a VERT
ssis.l.l. profit indeed, and - hopes by a strict
attention to his business to receive a liberal
share of public patronage.
All kind; of ProdUce taken in exchange for
Goods, at the highest market.prices; also, $2O
per ton paid for old iron,
6-42 ly
NEW GOODS FOR THE
Would respectfully inform the inhabit
ants of Wellsville and vicinity that
they are now receiving a fresh and beauti
ful assortment of GOODS, which will be
sold as cheap as the cheapest. We would
also return our heart-felt thanks to our old
Customers for their patronage and would be
glad to show them' any Goods which we
have, arid will try to save them at le'ast 10
per cent by calling and examining out
We do not wish to make a great display
to gain custom; but by faking a straightfor
ward course we will endeavor to gain the
respect and confidence of our Friends
and Customers. Please call and ex-+'
amine our Stuck. No charge for showing
Goode.
Flour and Salt also on hand , of superior
quality and warranted.
110 YT & LEWIS..
Y. Sept. 24, 1852, 4 22tf
Wellsville N,
rrlage and Sleigh-Maker.
THE subscriber respectfully gives no;
tice that he is prepared to do all " the
business in the above line, at the short
est notice, at his new shop,•two doors
west of the Coudersport Hotel-.
REN N ELLS & HITCHCOCK would in
formthe public that they still carry on
the' BLACKSMITIIING BUSINESS, at
their New Shop in the Boro' of Coudersport,
where they are prepared to execute ALL
KINDS OF WORK in their line, with neat-
ness and dispatch.
A share of public patronage is -solicited.
N. B.—All persons indebted to me by
note or account, will ;call and settle the
same immediately.- if they desire to save
Cost. h2ly BENJ. RENNELLS.
MILLPORT HOTEL.
• • THE subscriber would re-'
p t opectfully inform the publio
V;,:4; and traveling, community, tha
. 4.574 he has fitted up a house and!
'stabling, for the accommodation of strangers
'and travelers, at •
'and hopes by prompt arid careful attention
I to business, to merit and receive a libera
I:share of patronage. HA RRY LYMAN.
Millport, Aug. 15, 1651. 13t1
-~
A. B. GOODSELL,
' - FIRE ARMS manufactuied and re
i paired at his shop, East of the Bridge
,
Coudersport, Potter county, Penna-
'March :3, 1848; tf
•
Music.
UNTEN'S celebrated Instructions
for the Piano-Forte:
Burrowes' Piano-Forte Primmer;
Union Glee Book ;
A new supply of Sheet Music ;
For sale by T. B. TYLER.
The Clothing Department ,
AT " THE PEOPLE'S CASH STORE. "
READY Made Clothing kept constantly
on hand by the subscriber, made .- up
and manufactured by the best workmen,
from cloths selected for durability and quay
ity; the object being not to supply the cus
tomer with a humbug artiek which he may
be induced to purchase, because it is so very
cheap, but which in the end is very dear;
but to give him in the first instance an arti
cle which will du him honest and good ser
vice for a reasonable pike. All those desi
rous of being so accomodated call at .
The People's Cash Store."
C. S. JONES'.
TYLER'S Drug Stare.
JOHN RECKHOW
Tin and Hardware.
JAS. W. SMITH
(FALL TRADE.
HOYT& LEWIS
STOCK OF GOODS.
o-o.rriv RE . CKHOW,
BLACIOMITHING.
Millport, Potter Co., Pa.,
L. K MAYNARD.
CNECKED GIN GIiAIVIS in Tariety, and
1./prices to suit.. -
WROUGHT NAILS at
MANN'S STORE.
SPENCETS COLUMN
GROCERY STORE.
I hero take liberty to inform the Pea
pie of Coudersport and Potter County
that I am still at my New Stant oppo
site the• North side of the Public Square,
where may be found GROCERIES of
all kinds constantly on hand, with many
additions. thereto ; such as Drugs, Med
cines,Dyestufls, Stationery, Yankee No
tions, Perfumery, Toilet Soap, Jewelry
&c., besides many articies that I have
never.kept before to numerous to men
tion. - The Ladies, as well as Gentle
men, are respectfully invited to call and
examine ; and if I can't suit you as to
prices without your going to York State
or any other place, then I will acknowl
edge that • I can't sell cheap enough ;
but I wtll not give up until you have
called and examined for youselves,which,
again, you are invited to do. My motto
is, the nimble sixpence in preference to
the slow shilling..
All kinds of country Produce taken
in exchange for gbods. Butter, Lard,
Eggs, Rags, County Orders, Shingles,
and cash not refhsed for goods.
&ROI:MR.I:ES,
Tea, Sugar
Coffee, Spices, Saleratus,
Ginger, Mustard, Tobacco, Snuff,
Nutmegs, Mace,Gloves, Confectionery
and a few boxes of Kibbe's Wild Cherry
and Blood Boot Cough Candy, and
Millard's superior Gum Drops.
Drugs Medicines,
Patent Medicines
Oils, Spirits of Turpentine,
Gamphine, Busing Fluid, Soap, Candles'
Cloth, Teeth Sr, Blackiag, Brusher,,Blacking
Miliscellaneous
Cap, Letter and Note Paper; all kinds of
Stationery, Steel Pen Holders, Wafers,
Sealing Wax, Sand, Ink, Pocket Books
envelopes, Visiting Cards,Jewelry,Fine Cut
lery, and a variety of Fancy Atticles, to
gether with Silk Thread etc. ec.t
1 • D. W. SPENCER.
T UST received a quantity of that Splen
tJ Pommada Philocome—ala Rcsa.—
The purest and most perfect article for the
growth and preservation of the hair. War
ranted Genuine Beef's Marrow. 1; or sale a
W. SPENCER'S.
AT °lasses that is; rnolases sellinv, at 3.6
anper gallon at D. W. SPENCER'S.
,Clandles, such as sperm, tallow, &c., for
jsale at
D. W. SPENCER'S
OD Liver Olt, Lithontriptic, and nany
1U other popaiarlmedicines for sale by
D. W. SPENCER
g:Hall9o t 'Pralloo Ildlloo
"CQ CIA is in town ! Mountains of
Olt EADY MADE CLOTHING Mr almost
'nothing. -
.have bouglitthis coat, this vest,
and these pants,—`aint broke e tiler! Hur
rah ! All the boys shall have one of spen
ccrs coats ! Hurrah ! But, to be candid,
friends, there's nothing like it in all the
country. Just go over there, and for a
little o' nothing he'll sell ye a " rig" that,
though ye'r the bigest rascal aboveground,
will make ye fair as a priest to leek at—
, though ye 'haint a cent in ye,r pockets, folks
will bow •and scrape to ye as though ye
were millionaires, and "real gentlemans."
• Fashion! Great thing ! .Better dead than
out of it—many an honest fellow has been
," cut"because of the cut of his coat ;
1 but no danger if ye buy of Spencer, his
cloths are just the, fashion."
• The subscriber has just received a large
stock of Ready made clothing, of the latest
style, and best quality, which he offers for
sale on the most resonable terms.
D. W. SPENCER.
ifARRISON'S INK for Marking Cloth,
Toilet Soap &c., at SPENCER'S.
PULVERISED CORN STARCH for
food for sale at ft W. SPENCER'S.
XBAZIN - EXTRACT for the lidkfs,
. the most noted and best article of
the kind in rise, also Extracts for flavoring
all to be had at SPENCER'S.
A LARGE quantity of Cologne, Hair
Invigorator, Tooth Powders for sale at
D. W. SPENCER'S.
ODA,Pream Tartar. Magnesia, Alluni
°Chalk, Salts, and Glue for sale at
SPENCER'S Grocery Store
NEW ARRIVAL OF DRUGS
J AND MEDICINES at
U. w. SPENCER S.
rICOPEL and Coach varnish can be had
k_iat SPENCER'S on very reasonable
terms.
arrival of Grocerise3PElcTßll,,za.t.
AVINTER-S PAINED Linseed Oil, ect
YTr for sale at SPIfNCEIVS.
OIL of Tar, Merchant's Gargling Oil, to
be had at - SPENCER S.
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ders, at the face.
Sons Hathairon , Tricoperas, In'
juvigorator, and other excellent prepara
tions for cleansing and beautifying the Hair
for sale by D. W. SPENCER
0110 T and Lead at lower figures
Othan down town, at SPENC ER'S.
111)UCKWHEAT FLOUR at
D. W. SPENCER'S.
AQuantity of first-rate CHEESE
just received at C. S. JONES'.
G ARDEN and Field Seeds for sale at
SPENCER'S,
NEW article of summer Hats at
SPENCRHS.
Abetter selection of Coffee not found in
the county than at SPENCER'S.
A SSORTED Pickles in jars for sale by
C. S. JONES.
TDICKLED CHERRIES at .
C: S. JONES'
T EA by the chest or pound for sale at
D. W. SPENCEOB.
IYEATRASSES
IN WELLSVILLE, AT THE
( qua %o ton, -
No. 94 MAIN STREET,
.AY be found constantly on hand end
;for sale, an exiensive variety of SpetnA
cer & Granger's superb Mattrasaes, of every
sort, kind, and price, from a E 3.50 pa l m
Mattrase to a super-English Hair blattrass
at $lO.OO. Also, Lounges, Bolsters, and
Pillows. All of which are offered to lintel
and Boarding House keepers, and all others
whoa have common sense enough to know
that a filthy Feather Bed, to make the best
of it, is but a breeder of disease and'a life
curtailer.—at lower rates than can be found
at any other store in the county
LANCEY & Co,
Salt. Agents (in the county) for the sale of
the -above goods. 6-35 ly
'B snail Store, Wellsville, Jan: 13, 1854.
Pure Oil—lmportant to Saw.
yers and Machinists.
rip MS article will be furnished by
the barrel or gallon, warranted
neither to smoke nor ..gum up." Pur-
chasers will find it an object to get ray
prices before they supply themselves
elsewhere. T. L. SMITE!.
Wellsville. 1113 , 3tni •
BLEACIIED,EIephant OA — * a su
perior article to Whale Oilr—for
Lamps or Machinery.
Wellsville. . T. L. SMITH.
ir
_ARE) OIL for sale at the. Wellsville
4 Hardware Store. T. L. SMITH.
1%4 - ILL SAWS, Shingle Saws, Siding
Saws, Lath Saws,Cross Cut, Tenon,
Pitt, Drag SaWs, Hand Saws, Key Bole,
Wood Saws, furnished of
. any stamp.or
factory, to suit the purchaser.
Wellsville. T. L.
1 - 1 ILES.-4 sell an..article which is
. 6 7 . superior for durability and execution.
to any English File in market.
Wellsville.. . T. L. SMITH.
CIORDAGE..—Rope—aII sixes—from.
v—in-inch Cable to a skein of saddler's ,
silk. (Wellsville.) T. L. STITII.
MACHINE BELTING.-L— Patent
- 0 - 11 - Vulcanized Rubber kt Riveted,
Leaher Belts ; a large stock of all sizes
on hand. (Wellsville.) T. L. SMITH. •
MI - ARLIN ROPE for sale by.
111. s;. T. L. SMITH, Wellsville
TrEAKLE BLOCES,At the Wells-
Hardware Store.
HEMP and Rubber Packing, Lacing
Leather,Copper Rivets, Belt Punch,
es, at (Wellsville) T. L. slwrii's.
SEED BUD KWHEATr shier° at th e
Coudersport Mdls,.by
65tf D. C. CRITTENDEN.
13 A lIKER Mill Nails.—Builders wil
find these Nails a more taper shape,
tougher iron, and superior in every re
spect to.any . other Nail in market. •
Wellsville. T. L. SMITH.
Academy Text Books.
A Full supply for sale low at
TYLER'S.
Perpetuate Family Faces.
A LL who desire to do so should not long
)1
delay going to Cam's DActic ntax
GALLERY. The subscriber is weekly produ
cing beautiful miniaturo portrai in the
most pleasing style and the at most reason
able prices. A pleasant room is open and
every one is welcome to call and examine
specimens whenever they choose: Thosi
who wish to be sure of a sitting should not
come fate in the day.
Gallery open only on Saturdays.
6-36tf . J. W. CASEY.
JUST RECEIVED—a new and splendid
lot of Cooking and Parlor STOVES at
68tf J. w. SMITH's.
r INC AND MINERAL PAINTS,
"with directions for using, at
552tf T. B. TYLER'S.
IV %VICE a week from New York new
goods_are received..
Wellsville. T. L. SMITH.
A NEW supply of Fluid and caro
l-1061w Lanips—some new and beautiful
Patterns just received and fur sale low at
TY L WS.
Notice, -
THE Governor of the State of New York
has appointed the subscriber a com
missioner for the State of •New York, to
take the acknowledgment of Deeds and
other instruments, and to administer oaths
pursuant to an act of the Legislatureof said
State. ISAACHENSON.
Coudersport, Dec. 12, 1851. 43t1
Wanted:
QKINS, or HIDES, for which Boots and
10Shoes will be exchanged, and some cask
will be paid. Wm, CROSBY.
Place of business, one - door North of
Johnson's Store. .30tf
TILUG TOBACCO—Fine Cut, Chewing,
and Smoking, by the pound, at
SPENCER'S.
".Affiieted, Read."
DR. J. I. FURMAN. Professor of- dig.
eases in HORSES and CATTLE. respect
fully informs the public that he has located
in Hebron -township, (enquire at Joseph
Stone's,) where he is prepared at all times
(Sundays excepted) to attend to calls in his
profession. He is of long exprienee in the
business, and hopes by his superior skill
and assiduity to secure the pa!ronage of the
public. 6.4941:12
New Goode.
DW. SPENCER has just returned
. from the city-with large stock of
Groceries, Clothing, Drugs and Medisiner,
and a general assortment of Fancy Artistes,
and many other things too numerous to
mention, which will ba-- sold low for c,"
or ready pay. c.
T. L. SMITH