THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL
J.NO. S. MANN, A. AVERY, Editors
EMI
t;OUDERSPOitT, PA.:
Turitswty MORNING, FEB. 15, J 835
"PIIOTOGRAPIIS. "— See adver•
ti , einolt of Thos. H. Johnson.
re_ A stringent Prohibitory Liquor
Law hai; passed both branches of the
Indiana Legislature. There is great
rejoicing there by the friends of Tem
perance.
" The communication of P. Pry,
Jr., in another column, gives a very
faithful picture of some of our Court
ticene::. The people can judge whether
there is need of reform or not;
See an article on the outside
from the N. Y. Tribune, in relation to
the Fugitive Slave bill and its workz,
ings, xri<l then form'yotir own 6onclu
rionS as to its wickedness. - Tre think
that nun will never submit to such
tyrannical act.
FP We give on the first page
another extract from the lecture of
H. W. Beecher, showing the effect of
Slavery on Education and Common
Schools at the South. We advise all
persons who feel like acquiescing in
the demands of Slavery to read this
extract, and then say whether they .
think such- an institution should be
permitted to spread itself over Kansas
and the entire West. -
L 7 The public-spirited young gen
tlemen who made un excellent track
on the sidewalks of our village after
the deep snow of Wednesday last,. are
entitled to the thanks of "the citizens..
The snow-plow used on that occasion
did its work expeditiously and com
pletely. One man and a• horse made
More and better trackin an hour with
this plow, than all the men in town
could have made witt'shoyels in a day.
gar Au g ustus Cfz . esar Dodge - , of lowa,
has•been appoinf-ed by the President
Minis-ter to The New-York
Ercifing Po.ct gays this is the reward
for betraying.iiis constituents on the
:Nebraska onestion. We hope the
people will take care that the next.
President is an.honest man amla true
democrat,- dna then there Wilr be no
more Im2ing men to betray' their con
xtituents.
excellent addiess of AV.
B. Gre.-cs, issued at the request of
Millprit. Lodge of Good Templars,
was het received by us till our last
paper ',Vas made up, which we much
rcgr'at, as it is a document of consid
erabfle ir_T-ortance, and refers to a duty
that to be discharged at once.
It is - 1661.6m0 petitions to the Legis
lawee-Y4,r.e welt signed, and we trust
the frorlk will be thoroughly and
proinptly
Wt, again call attention to•the
notiCe of q3, - w. S. E: Smith, that the
dedicatio7 , ,-,f the new and beautiful
Ikletlindis`, 'Church in this place will
take niacc Wednesday, the 21st
inst., i. I`,-Liel time we hope to see a
large number of friends in attendance,
as the'accasion will be one bf great
interest. This house . of worship is an
'ornament to the place and a credit to
the builder. We hope it will be as
usefubto society as it is attractive in
abf.ea'r'anco; and that those by whose .
liberality it has been erected, will find
ia rich reward for all their sacrifice.;.
ELLisncith, Feb. 10, 18:'6
Ilourons : In my article of last
Vveelc your printer's types (perhaps the inane
script is sonic to be blamed) make bad work
In several places, two of which I wish cor
rected. For " deeded lands," you have
printed '''eleared lands," which very mate
alters the sense. Again you make the
mow, " Wear the old dress till the old one c;:n
Le paid for:" It should be . till the NEW one,
c
- a . '" Had "JONATHAN" written his
Communication With as much care, and
With as good ink as the above, the
trrors might not have occurrel •
.-o%' The friends of education in
Coudersport, are invited to meet at
the old Court House, en Saturday
evening, the 17th instant, to take into
consideration the subject of our Com
mon Schools, and to elect delegates
to represent this Borough in the county
Convention; of Monday evening next.
Le Mr. Bloothingdale will deliver
nn address' n Saturday"evening before
the Teachers of the county;- and such
Citizens as may be in attendance.
J. B. PRADT, Co. Sup't.
J. M. HANtivrox, Scc'y of auders-
Ea; 1•.? I 5,"15. [port School Directors.
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Last week we bad the pleasure
of announcing to our readers the elec
tion of Henry WilsOn to the Senate
of the United States. Mr. Wilson
being an agitator of "Tthe ablest and
most untiring stamp. This election is
everywhere hailed with joy by the
friends of freedom, and carries dismay
into the ranks of hunkerism.
This week we have news of a still
more stirring character. William H.
Seward, the higher law man, for whose
overthrow all the allies of slavery
have been at work for so long a time,
is reelecmd to the Senate of the United
States for six years from the fourth of
March next.
Bia better still, the Hon. Charles
Durkee, one of the. old Liberty guard,
who can neither be bribed nor fright
ened into acquiescing in any of the
schemes for slavery aggression, 18
oleeterl from Wisconsin for six years.
This is glorious news, and• is an indi
cation more hopeful than any we have
'had the pleasure of announcing for a
long time. It shows there is still a
North, aiul that the people are tired
of the rule of doughfaces.
But there 18 yet another indication
of this feeling quite as unmistakable
as the election of D.urkce to the. Sen:
ate.. S. M. Rooth, editor of the Mil
waukee Free Democrat, who was
lately convicted of doing a "most hu
mane act" which violated the fugitive
slave bill, and sentenced . to a fine• of
one thousand dollars, and thirty days'
imprisonment, has been, discharged
from the imprisonment and fine, by
the Supreme Court of the State of
Wisconsin; on the ground that the
fugitive slave bill is unconstitutional.
This is the beginning of a Revolution,
more important to the liberties of the
people, than the one commenced in
1775 by throwing a- cargo of tea into
Boston harbor. Let every man do
something 11.)r liberty in this contest,
and the struggle will soonfind a
glorious- termination. Reader, what
have you done or fried to do, to fur
ther the cause of Republicanism?
Since writing the above we have
received the most gratifying intelli
gence, that the lion. Lyman Trumbull
has been elected Senator from Illinois
in place . of General Shields, who sup
ported the Douglas fraud. Thus have
the people triumphed over party dem
agogues. Tus does the tramp 'of
freedom asset t the triumph of Repub
lican principle's, and the overthrow of
the Slave Power.
COUDERSPORT, February S,
To the Editor - s ,f the People's Journal:
In your columns of to•dn• appears a com
munication entitled " 11. 11. Dent vs. The
Census,"which it is assumed that I ant
editor of the Highland Piariot, and the author
of an editorial article appearing in a recent
number of that newspaper.
I am not the editor of the Hiohland Patriot,:
as you well know; and have no more interest
therein titan any subscriber friendly to 'its
success, and the success of the young,geutle ,
man who is its editor. Nor had lat knowl
edge of the article in its columns. iticribed to'
toe, until it teas in print and accysible to the .
public.
This is not the first time ytip/have giyen to
the public statements, destitute of truth, and
clearly intended to wounki my feelings and
character. I request that you will abstain
from doing me this injustice again, anti that
you will publish this correction of the particu
lar errors' to which I have referred. lam
willing to be responsible for every word writ- -
ten or spoken by me, but no further.
Ea' It gives us no pleasure to say
that we think the above note will not
add io the reputation of the writer, in
this county. Mr. Dent says this is not
the first time we have given to the
public statements "destitute of truth;"
to which we reply, The public are
better judges of that matter than he is;
and we are in no fear of any com
parisons he may choose to make. .
Our correspondent "Filer," in come
thou with a majority of his neighbors,
believed that IL H. Dent was the real
editor of the Patriot, and we permitted
him to say through our columns what
he thought. We very cheerfully per
mit-Mr: Dent to deny the statement;
and we then leate the matter with the
single 1 emark, that any man of sense
who talks five minutes with " the
young gentleman" alluded to, will
know that he writes very few of the
editorials of the paper of which he is
nominally the editor, and that half an
hour's talk N . vith Mr. Dent will con
vince most men that he does write a
good many of . them,
JONATHAN
When the writer uf .the above note
shall show by his conduct that s he
respects the feeling and character'of
others, he will find no one this
community to wound his own.
SHALL KANSAS BECOME A SLAVE MITET-
There are not a . hundred tnen in
this county who are willing to see
Slavery extended. ,We think ,„there
are not half that number.
But a large number, of those .who
desire to oppose the extension of
slavery, have been deceired into voting
'for it. They were told time- and
again that slavery would not go to
Kansas. Now that it is there, the
leaders of sham democracy are as
silent apout it as if it was a matter of
no consequence. Will the people
open their eyes to the game of decep 7
cion that has been played on them ?
•
We shall. See
Four Southern members of , Congress ad
dressed a letter to Gen. B. F. STAISGFELLOW,
a Missourian of note, containing these enqui
ries: Will Kansas be a slaveholding State'?
Is Slave labor profitable in Kansas? Is it .
safe to take slaves to Kansas now
These questions are fully answered by Gen.
Stringfellow, and that answer Messrs. Brooks
and McQueen -of S. C., Clingman of N. C.,
and Wm. Smith of Va.—the members of Con
gress referred to—have caused to be pub
lished, with the single vi, w pf stimulating
emigration fr , An the stave States.
The reply of Gen. Stringfellow is
too long for our columns, but the fol
lowing is sufficient for our purpose:.
'3. Is it safe to take shires to liansas.nme?
or this there can be no doubt. They are
less likely to escape than front Missouri; are
further front the underground railroads and
hidin ,, places of the Abolitio n ists; while the
people-of the Territory are more on the alert,
and watch more closely those who would
steal them.
From the law there can be no danger.
Slaves are now, and have been - for years, in
the Territory, so that slavery, in fact, is al
ready established. 1 need not say to , yomthat
no lawyer, unless he be an abolitionist, will
pretend that any positive law .is necessary to'
make slavery legal. Laws have been passed
recognizing its-exist , nee after it had an exist
ence but never to establish it . before it ex- .
isted. It has been abolished, not by the repeal
of laws establishiwt or permitting it, but by
'laws positively and expressly prohibiting it.
Without such prohibitory laws, it would now
exist in every State in the Union. Until such
laws are enacted by some competent legisla
tive power, slavery is legal . in Kansas. Such
lairsicill nem. Le enacted! Whatever might
have been the result, if abolitionists had not
atiempted to force the people of the -Terri
tory, their movements have fixed the "fact.'
They cannot harm us now..
See what comes of repealing the
Missouri Compromise. The slavehold
ers are publicly boasting that they
have got possession of Kansas and
will keep it; and yet:every Adminis
tration-democrat is as silent as death
about it. They mean, and have meant
from the start, to devote Kansas to
slavery... If the people of 'the free
States do not unite, and that soon, for
the defeat. of this infamous scheme; it
will be successful. Let every free
State unite in saying, no more slave
States shall be admitted into the nion,
and slavery extension will stop, other
wise it will continue until this nation
will be entirely under the control of
the lords of the lash.
The Every-Day Workings of Slavery
As there are a few men in this
county who think the people can be
bought into submission, to the role of
Slavery, we shall now and then let
our readers see what arc the legitimate
fruits of placing one class of human
beings in the absolute power of another
class. The advertisements in south
ern newspapers have always been a
faithful picture of Slavery. In the
Boston Telegr.aph of Feb. 2, .we find
quite a number of choice specimens;
which that paper selects from the
New-Orleans pc/fit. We have room
for only the ibllowing:
A family of negroes, consisting of a woman,
40 years of age, a spkmdid Cook, Washer.
and Ironer, and her fliree Children, viz; ; a
dark mulatto Girl, about 16 years of age, a:
most excellent Nurse,.and good Seamstress,
and accustomed to all kinds of housework;
also a Girl, about 16 years of age, a good
House. servant ; also a boy, about II years of
age. The above family Of neeToes will be
hilly' guaranteed. They are slaves of excel
lent character, and are sold only from neces
sity. A bargain will be given to any one who
will boy the family together. '
Also, a very likely mulatto' Man, about 74.
years of age, a first-rate dining roon and
general house servant—fully acclimate . Such
servants are but seldom offered for - e.
• Apply to H. T. GREEN 00D,
• 47 Caro elm street.
•
The Telegraph colynients on this
"rare chance" asfo ows :.
13 21
Mr. Greenwood, - u are mistaken. Such
servants are often pi ered for sale, if we . may .
believe the ady4rtisements.in the Southern
papers: Sold only from necessity, indeed!
Whose neee4itv I Who is this great lubberly
GreenWood,unil by what title does be relieve
his eiubarrasgments in this way? Who gave
him the right to dispose of this splendid cook,
vt:asher,and, ironer, this excellent nurse and
good seamstress, this good house-servant and
this yOung lad! Will Greenwood's neigh
bor's give him any such recommendation as
he gives this family he is going to sell? Is he
a "splendid" or "excellent" anything 1 Is he
not a their, who, after sealing the labor of
this . finnily for years, now sells them to pay
his debts withal ?
This Greenwood is a man after Dr. Adams's
own heart. The Doctor, in his book, tells us
of a good man who bought a girl so aslnot
to separate her from her mother. Gr6en.
wood on the whole prefers that his his flintily
should not ln separated. lie might make a
discount to any man who will take the lot.
But he does not say that he will not sell them
separately, if he finds' it "necessary," And
he asks and expects no guarantee that the
purchaser shall keep them together. There
can be no such guarantee. The neessity which
compels Greenwood to sell the mother and
11._11. DzNr
her children, will compel the next- purchaser
fis sell the nurse or the young boy away from
tiib mother. Such is •the inevitable working
of the system which our Congressmen think
so admirrble that it must be protected and
encouraged by legislative bounties:.
POPTILAB SOVERKIGM'Y
The Hon. Lewis Cass has said and
written more on the duty of the Rep
resentative to obey the instructions of
his constituents, than any other man..l
He also claims to be the father of the
doctrine that Congress has no right to
prohibit the establishment of Slavery
in any territory of the United States,
but that the people of the Territory
may establish slavery if they choose.
We shall now see whether General
Cass will permit. the people of the
State of Michigan to be represented
in the Senate in accordance with their
own wishes; whether he will stand
by his own often declared - principles,
obey or resign.
The people of Michigan have got
tired• of the rule of slavery, so they
united , bit fall, without regard to for
mer political dirtinctions—carried the
State for freedom, and the Republican
Legislature then elected have. just
instructed the Senators from. that State
as to the wishes of the people on the
slavery'.question.
We publish these resolutions for
two reasons,—to•show the principles
of the •Republican party, and also,
that our readers may see with what
facility a sham democrat will eat his
own words; for nobody is ..so green
as to expect that General Cass will
either obey the instructions, or resign.
his seat. The resolutions are as. fol
lows, omittingtheex . cellent preamble:
Resolved. That we are opposed to the fur-.
titer extension of Slavery, or the recognition
or permission thereof in any territory now
owned or Wince may hereafter be acquired
bY the United States.
Resolved, That we hold it to be within the
constitutional powers of Congress to abolish
Slavery and the slave trade in all Territories
of the United States and in the District of
Columbia; and that it is their duty, in v
of die great and permanent , intersts of the
nation, to pass laws for its immediate suppres
sion and extinction in all such Territories, and
iu said District. •
Resolved, Tliat our Senators in Congress
be, and that they are hereby, instructed, and
our Representatives requested, to vote for
and use their best exertions to procure the
passage o( an act of Congress that shall pro
hibit the introduction or existence of Slavery
in any of the Territories of the United States,
and especially in Kansas and Nebraska, and
to introduce without delay a bill for this latter
purpose..
Resolved, that the acd.otCongress of 1550,
known a' the Fugitive Slave Law, was, in the
opinion of the people oftbis Stoto, an =tee
essary mmisure; that it contains provisions of
doubtful cons;:tutionality; that the mode of
proceedin4 under i! harsh, unjust,. and re
pugnant to the moral sense of the people of
the States, cruel and despotic toward the
Person claimed as a fugitive, and that we arc
in fay . or of its itinnediate repeal.
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress
be, and tbat.they are hereby, instructed, and
our Representatives requested, to use their
best exertions to procure the repeal of the
act of Rt.'3o, known as the Fugitive Slave Law.
EDII . CATIONAL MEETING IN HEBRON
On Monday evening, February sth,
an Educational Meeting was held in
School House District No. 1. Rev:
H. W. I3abcock wa;i . l'ealled to the
Chair, and S. IL Storrs 'appointed
Secretary.
The - Meeting was called to order
and opened with prayer by the Chair.
An address was then delivered by
the - Rev. J. B. Pradt, county Super-'
Remarks were made by . 1.14;. Bird
and the Chair and others. /
On motion, Sylvester/Greenman,
H. W. Babcock, Joseph / Stone, W. H.
Metzgar, W. H. Hydorn, E. A. Rich
mond, and Jul us Baker were ap
pointed delegates to the Educational
Convention / te be held in Coudersbort
on Monday evening of COurt Week.
On riii - on, a meeting was appointed
at tl 6 Hollenback School House one
w' ek from this evening, and the Rev.
i
Ir. Babcock requested to deliver an
address on that occasion.
1 - On motion, resolved that Wb extend
' to Mr. Pradt a vote of thanks - for the
able address with which he has favored
us this evening.
On Motion, resolved that the . pro. ,
ceedings of this meeting be published
-in the county papers.
The meeting then adjourned with
prayer by the Rev. Mr. Pradt.
S. H. Smarts, Secretary.
intent
Resignation .of United States Commiksioner.
George W. Meeker, Esq.,- has re
signed his office of U. S. Commis
sioner, which he has held for many
years, in Chicago, owing to his repug
nance to acting under the Fugitive
Slave Law. The . fullowing is -a, copy
of his resignation :
To the Judges of the Circuit District Court
U. S., Dist. Illinois:
Being unwilling to aid in enforcing the
Fugitive Slave Law, I hereby resign the
office of United States' Commissioner, for a
long time held by me under your appointment.
Respectfully your obedient servant,
GEO. W. MEEKER.
Chicago, Jan. 29, 1655:
Arnold Douglas & Co. will find it
difficult to get any slave catching done
in Chicago unless they import.—N. 1.
Tribune.
To the members of the several Lodges of the I.
0. of 0. T. in the County of Potter.
Drioi. BRETHREN ANITSISTERS : Engages.lßlS
we are, with• the Demon of IntoxicOtion, it
behooves us to 'employ all honorable and justi
fiable Means for the purpose of defeating this
dire enemy of our country . and our race.. The
ram power is entrenched behind the forms of
law, and strengthened by the interests of one
portion, and the appetites and prejudices of
another portion of its associates. They are
united and active, crafty and unscrupulous,
and will do all that desperate men, urged on
by such motives, can do. There are probably
yet among the better portion of theta, some
by whom reason and argument are not en- .
tiiely repudiated, altliongil appetite and preju
dice have so blurred their moral vision and
dimmed their perceptions of right, that it is
very difficult—hardly possible—to reach them
through this channel: but as this is the most
pleasant, and with moral men the most ef
fectual weapon in our armory, it should be
used where there is the least hope of success.
But with the.former or interested portion, with
perhaps a few exceptions, reasoning is a waste
of time. They are in a more hopeless condi
tion than the man who could not see the word
" trmli," when written and placed before hint
with a dollar over it. The almighty dollar not
ouly hides the truth from their organs of vision,.
but they have no moral perceptions by which
they may be reached. Their only vulnerable
point is the pocket. The only weapon is a
Prolutitory Law, with sufficient penalties, in .
the shape of fines and imprisonment, for a
violation of its provisions. Facts in the shape
of legal precepts, in. the hands of a law officer,
can reach them and -reforrtrlheir habits; if
they dui not mend their morals ; and as a class,
this-constitutes the real vital force and main
spring 4 the ruin interest. We must reach
them tq destroy its power. Hence the neces
sity of action—united and continuous action—
on one point, for the purpose of obtaining a law
suflicie ttly stringent in its provisions to ef
fectually stop the traffic in intoxicating drinks
as a beverage, wnile itprovides for the keep
•mh sale, under suitable restraints and
tees, for all necessary and proper pin--
tug at
guarat
poses.
The
!object of this communication is, not to
he question . of the piripriety or policy
law, for of that you. are already mi
; liut to ask you, one and all, to peti
t. Logiolature at its present• sesi,ion to
101 l a law. Let every individual eon
't his or lu:l..4:special duty to see that
ns are circulated and signed by all the
I •
sof such -a law in their vicinity; and
uch petitions are forwarded to 'Alt..
argue I
of the
Ninted
GIME
pass
bider
petiti
friend
that
Fearon or. Mr. WoOd, our represeumtives at.
Harritburg, us soon as possible. Let as many
I -
as possible lie sent to Coudersport next Court
week to . be forwarded to Dartisburg in a
botlyJ r And I appeal not only to Good Ter.:-
plays but to all Temperance men and women
in the county. We are all laboring for a com
mon object: we are all engaged in a noble
eflbrti to dry up mid annihilate the thousands of
drain') shops—those fountains of social sorrows
and dauntless evils, that are now by the force
of law maintained in almost ever past of oar
Stutz; polluting its atmosphere and wasting is
othslance. What law has created and maitt-
Ininesl, the law alore can detaroy. Let us all,
then, whetlier Good Templars, Sons of Ten:-
rerance, Temperance Watchmen, or Teo -
romance men or women. who belong to any
other. or to_ no organizatior, act unitedly to d
with increased energy, till the last dram rl,op
in Pennsylvania is closed, aud the troffir out
[aired: It is useless to wish for it, it is useless
even to pray for it, if We do not second our
wishes and ohm prayers by action.' Frederick
Douglass tells us that be prrtett for lib, r y
from infancy to manhood, and was still a slave ;
but when he used his be gained' his lib
erty. Action wisely directed, v,ith the di
vine blessing, z will accomplish wontrers.- and
often secure access under the most unprom
ising circifinstances; while inactivity and neg
leetwilf often be overwhelmed by defeat omit r
eirCinustanccs that would seem to itisuK suc
cess.
( Again let me• urge you to action. The time
is propitious, tbe.•omcus are favorable ; but
favorable 'circumstances require to be int
proved,or they are of no practical Use.' If we
are defeated, let us have the consciousness of
having (IOW: our duty, and'not be obliged to
reproach, ourselvei for the result.
By order anti on behalf of Millport Lodge
No. 71i, CO. of G. T.
I'. S. If petitions arc not furnished you, any
one can copy the following short farm and
circulate it:
To the Honorable Senate and House of, Repre
soar:fires of the CominonteJulth of .Pennsyl-
milnie, in General Assentrly con rened:
The undersigned, citizens of the county of
Potter, pray your honorable bodies to pass a
General Law prohibiting the traffic in intoxi
cating drinks as a beverage. if, however, the
late popular vote should be considered a de
cision against it, we pray you to pass such a
law fi n ' those counties that voted for it ; and
especially for the county of Potter.
Miuroni, Jan. 31, 1855. . •
KANSAS AND SLA'TKRY
We hope the people of the . North
appreciate the dangers that beset
Kansas. There is one way to free her
ifem them, and a good way. This, - is,
as we have often declared, to fill up
the Territory with emigrants not in the
interest of the Slavery Propaganda.
But if this fails, as it may; there is
another. This is by an inflxible deter
mination of the free States that Kansas
shall never be admitted to this Union
as a. slave State. We trust public
opinion is - ripened to this end. We
hope that' an invincible deteminak
.lion to oppose this disastrous termina
tion of the legislative Nebraka conflict,
is graven in steel upon the minds of
the northern - masses,sand that the -men
' in Congress who will represent them,
,when, if
. ever such a question shall
come to the vote, will do their duty.
We trust the northern men have been
cowed and driven back for the last
time in Congress on the question o f
Slavery extension. If they have not,
God help the United - States of Amoriraf •
For the coming, possible,. we will
tot yet say probable, struggle, l e i
every northern !flan gird on his armor,
—N. • Y. Tribune. •
- •• forthelournal, •
It will be my effort in this and fol
lowing articles to make some sug
gestions that appear to me to be called
for, in the hope that if nothing. more is
effected, at least least they may furn-
isli foOrl. for reflectiorr. In •tlic first
place, then, a state of things has grown
up in our Courts that should not be
tolerated, in relation to the- trial of
minor offences subject to indictment.
Fur instance, Jack Snapfire; having
received what he considers a personal
affront from Tom Saucebox, tweaks
Tom's nose. Tom, resenting•the in•
jury done his visage, and being doubly
moved by considerations of revenge,
and also of being at the same time a
conservator of • the public peace, ap
plies to Mr. Attorney Pettifog for legal
redress. The 'Squire, nothing loth,
has 'process issued, Jack arrested,
bound over to Court, and regularly
indicted for an assault and battery.
Each party having numerous friends,
great clamp. ensues about the right
and the wrong of the matter. A
crowd of witnesses are sublurnaed by
each party to appear at Court, whu
attend at great inconvenience and ex
pense to themselves. The case \Yin
be put over several times on one pre
text or another, until finally a bill of
costs has accumulated that will, bring .
ru'at upon whomsoever it shall fall.
Moved: mainly by the necessity of .
doing something, to save themselves
from this dilemma, both parties, enter
into the contest in earnest. Eminent
counsel are employed, who, when the
case comes on for trial, carefully write
down all the testimony, lengthening
out both the dimet and cross examina
tion of witnesses to the utmost limit of
their ingenuity, and dragging in very
much that is entirely irrelevant, in
order if possible to make the Jury
lose sight of the plain fact, in the t
of supposition and assumption with
which they labor to surround the c;e.e.
Finally, in summing up, there must be
tw o sweches..on a side, of from one
to three
,hours in length ! Anil the
Court is expected to review the te•ti
mony and lay down the law applicable
rto the case, iit a clear and I;,reible
manner. li. this way, about two thiys
hive dragged their slow length ab•ng;
IS. B. GRAVES, W. S
and it would not be at all surprising if
sonic of the :furymeti after the ree
is submitted to thous, should lta e lost
sight of the- cause of complaint.amid,t
the learned dust' that has been t`uisc•tl
by counsel, and refuse to agree on a
verdict—leaving all the tiresome work
to he done over again. In the mean
,brie, the' tax - -pacers may get an ink
ling how the matter concerns them, -
from the foltbwing exhibit of debt and
credit: County Treasurer Dr. To
daily pay of twelve Jufor.s, empior
tided two days./ 571 1.00. Ditto, sa•t
twenty in attendance nut on the c4 , e,
Do., Tipstaves and Conga
ble, 5.9.00. " Contingents for light,
wood, stationery, etc., 65.00. ‘
with a smart chance °flaring
the costs put upon the county. in
which case the expense would be
doubled.
Is this picture overdrawn r? 'Um
let some one better intbrmed sad' hew
much. To obviate much of this LIT:
mitigated humbug, let the Court at
once abolish the custom of waiting (yr
attorneys to write down the testimony
in this class of cases,•diemiss witnesses
as' soon as they have once related the
facts of which they arc cognizant,
compel attorneys to try such cases on
the strong points, confine them strictly
to a very short time to review the
evidence, state the law applicable to
the case in brief, and my word for it,
justice will be much more likely to be
attained than . under the present prac
tice, and with a saving of four-fifths of
the time and expense.
• LIVING . IN - SECRET.—Rev. Mr. Good
win who lately got a scat in the state
Senate by his connection with• a secret
society, is.said to be a member of all
the secret organizations in the state•
He has, we See, just been elected As
sociate Grand Chaplain of the Grand
Chapter of Masons now or. lately in
session at Albany.
Citr.m. PAPEn.—The success of bass
wood paper'seems certain. ..
P. PRY, Jn