THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL
JXO. S. MANN, A. A VERY, Editors
COUDEIZSPORT, PA.t
THURSDAY MORNING, MARGH 22..1855
17' We are indebted to Hon. B. D.
/lamlin of the State Senate,for various
public documents, and to Hon. W.
Fearon, Jr., T, Wood, and Kirkpat
rick, of the House, for like favors,
a'' We trust our readers will bear
in mind the Exhibition at the new
Court House to-morrow evening. Let
all friends of Education and of the
Cnuderq - sort Academy be sure and
attend.
nr The proceedings of the closing
bxercises of Mr. Smith's; school in
()swap were crowded out of last
Week's paper. They will be found in
knother column, and will be read with
interest.
ige We the pleasure of an
bouncing that Cumming's bill repeal
ing the license laws of this State.
passed the Assembly cm Friday last
by a vote of 47 for to 30 against.
We think it will pass the Senate, and
will therefore publish it next week.
inr We have received the March
Number of the Pennsylvania School
Journal, and have read its several ar
ticles with great interest. School
Teachers will find it a very important
aid, and school directors will have
their interest in the good work greatly
quickened by a perusal of the Journal.
Terms one dollar per annum in ad
varlet:: Address Thos. H. Burrowes;
Lancaster, Pa.
IIF A. " Live Superintendent," writ
ing to the School Journal for March,
makes many good suggestions. We
select the following short sentence as
a hint to those. who may hereafter
address school 'committees in this
tounty, or make reports to the State
Superintendent for publication:
" What I see right in the method of in
struction or in the government of schools ' I
commend pa tidy. What I sec wrong, I ta lk
of prica.lsig to the teacher."
Mt' How much time is wasted and
health des . troyed by the use of tobacco.
Young men, have yon thought, over
the subject of the discourse on Sunday
evening by Mr. Buck 1 Will you
croft by that discourse ? What "little
folly" have you repented of ? Re
flect a moment on your habit of smok
ing or chewing; and as you value
your future usefulness or happiness,
put away
_Ai-L . l-er the filthy weed.
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—Eschew it, by all means.
O P There ie talk of suspending the
meeting of the Literary Association
until next winter. It is probable the
meeting on Tuesday evening next,
will be the last of the winter course,
therefore we ask all the friends of tho
association to attend so that we may
dose up with such spirit as give
the Society a good start next fall.
Question for discussion :—"ls slave
ry morally wrong'?"
AArtitative. Negative.
C, W. Ellis, J. B. Pradt.
J. S. Maim, - L. F.Maynard,
A. G. Olmsted C. C. Gage.
Gam' There is stirring news in this
Number of the Journal. On the out
side is the news .of the death of the
Czar of Russia, and other interesting
items of foreign intelligence ; while
on the inside we give the particulars
of the over throw of the pro-slavery,
Pierce Democracy in New-Hampshire.
Isro MORF. SLAVE STATES, is the banner
Under which the entire North will
rally. Let the Republicans of Penn
sylvania organize without delay, and
they may secure the election of Hon.
JAMES POLLOCK as President in 1856.
gar There is an advertisement in
tinother column which all Lumbermen
should look at. It is headed "Impor
tant to Lumbermen," and we incline
to thick the announcement is a truth
ful one. Shingle -making is a very
important item of business, and is
becoming more so every year. There
tau be nu doubt that machinery of
the right kind will add , greatly to
the profits of those engaged in this
branch of the lumbering business; but
Whether "Skinner's Patent Shingle
Machine" is of this description or not,
ive cannot say. But we can say, that
the agent at Ellisburg, Mr. 0. CZKAM•
bEntdxst, is a high-minded, honorable
business man; and theretbro we very
gladly recommend his Machine to all
perssns desiring to engage in that
Lind of business.
New = Hampshire Repudiatesi
the raithareakere.
• Every Free Stateextept California
has . . spoken its condemnation of the
attempt to legislate Slavery into Kan
sas and Nebraska, and California will
unite in the condemnation before the
year is up. - The news 'froni New
Hampshire is most remarkable,though
not unexpected. It is the residence
of the President. It has always been
Undpr the control of his party,•except
one year, when they undertook to
crush JOHN P. Mitt for daring to be
a man, instead ofn tool, or a‘buffoon,'
as they desired. - The majority for
Gen. Pierce in 1652 was 7,155. But
the iniquity of the Douglas-Nebraska
Act was too much for even the Granite
State to bear. Last year the election
in New-Hampshire took place
..before
the passage of the bill, and before the
people bad time to realize the enor
mity, of the fraud about to be prac
ticed ; but even then, the people vin
dicated their intelligenee and their
virtue, by electing a Legislature op
posed to the extension of Slavery.
The verdict agaihst the Administra
tion, however, was not then complete,
for the old line candidate for Governor
was elected by a small majority, and
the Republicans in the Legislature
.were unable to elect a Senator. But
this year the people have had time to
take the " second, sober thought" of
the matter, and they have overwhelmed
the Administration with such- a defeat
as was never suffered in New-Hamp
shire before. The people have over
ridden all official bribes, all manage
ment from the seat of power, and. all
the discipline
lie f party • leaders. -No
more Slate States was the watchword
of the people, and gloriously have they
maintained the flag of Freedom. •
All HALE New-Hampshire I Let
Freemen rejoice, for the hour of tri
umph. has come !
The members of Congress elected
are all right—as follows :
I. JA5l£5 PISE. Anti• Nebraska Derr
MAsoN W. TAPPAN,Free Son.
ILL AARON H. CIUGAN; Free Soil 'Whig.
All but a few towns show the fol
lowing result for Governor
M ETcm.r, K. N. and F. S., 31,901
BAKER, old line, —.25,100
BELL, Whig, 3,199
Fcwr.En, Free Soil, 1,979
Returns, nearly complete, from- the
House, show 216 Opposition members
the Administration. In the same
towns last year, there were 150 Oppo
sition members to 143 Democrats.
The towns to he heard from were
represented last year by 4 Opposition
12 Democrats. The House this year
will stand about 225 Opposition to 75
Democrats, or three to one.
That. will do for New-Hampshire.
What an agitation there must have
been up there to produce this revolu
tion! Should n't wonder if our pro
slavery conservatives did not have
tbeirhands full to put down agitation
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even in Potter-county.
Igo" There are several men in Cou
dersport whose public spirit and sys
tematic enterprise entitle them to the
kind regard of their fellow citizens;
and among whom we reckon Major
Mtmis, whose Stages haVe done rnuch
for the village in various ways. His
efforts- have secured for us a daily
mail, When" those of every .other per
son failed". He his put on the Wells
ville route a first-class, four-horse, Troy
coach, which is always run when the
roads will admit of it; and for bad
roads he has good, comfortable car
riages.
The Major is certainly entitled to
the patronage of the traveling public
in this county so far as staging is con
cerned. We should be glad to say as
much for his public house, but while
he continues to furnish intoxicating
drinks, we think it is the imperative
duty of all Temperance men to put
up somewhere else, and that it. is our
duty to call the attention of those
professed Temperance men, who pat , :
ronize this house, to the inconsistency
of their conduct. Major Mills has all
the requisite qualities of a good, land
lord, except this one of Temperance;
but lacking in that, he lacks every
thing, in our humble opinion. We
trust the time is not - far distant when
he will consult the wishes of the pub
lic, his own rod, and the honor of
this community, by banishing entirely
from his premises all that can intoxi
cate.
tar " Vice oil is bid in virtue's fair disguise,
And in ber borrowed form escapes io•
qniring eyes."
marcurts,
We notice with much pleasure' , the
formation of the schools "for teacherit
in Many parts ofithe State. We hope :
to see one in eVery county, before the
close of the year. We have con 7
versed with several teachers and friends ,
of education tti•the - feasibility of
holding an ;institute in , tins . county
during the coming -summer or fall,
andthe feeling is unanimous
.in faver
of the movement,. It would cost each
teacher, say three dollars, and would
benefit them ten tithes that amount.
For the inforination of such as have
not informed themselves as to the
character of theSe institutes, ,we will
mention that the exercises are gener
ally something like this t .
The- teachers of the county come
together and form themselves into; a
school. They choose some experi
enced person, or persons,' who ar
range them into classes, and instruct
them, just as they . should the scholars
committed to their care. when they
commence their several schools.—
These exercises are continued from a
week to a month, as may be agreed
lon by- those interested. Probably . a
week would be long enough for . the
first one in this county.. We think
we can pledge . the people of Couders
port to board all the teachers in thq,
county one week fir a dollar a piece.
It will cost two more to - pay for a
first - class Instructor, making the ex
pens° to the teachers three dollars
each.
Now then, let this subject be dis
cussed by those interested, and let us
see if the teachers of Potter county
cannot go ahead as fast as any of their
neighbors. Rev. J. B. Pradt; , our
County Superintendent, will gladly
give his services in. aid of this move
ment, as a part of his official duties,
and will be happy to cooperate I:vith
the teachers in making the necessary
arrangements. -
A White Slave From Virginia
We received a visit yesterday from an in
teresting little girl,—who, less than a month
since, was a slave, b& onging m Judge Neal,
of A;exandria, Va, Onr readers will remem
ber that we lately puh:b.hed a letter, addressed
by Hun. Char:es Sumner to some friends in
Boston, accompanying a ddguerreotype which
that gentleman had forwarded to his friends
in that city, and) which he described es the
portrait ola real " Ida May,"—a yoUng
fe
ma:e slave, so while as to defy the :fewest
judge to &reel in her features, comp!exion,
hair, or general appearance, the s ightest
trace of negro blood. ft was ;his chid that
visited our °dice, aecomiE , n;ed by Mr. Char 7 es
H. Brainard; in whose care she Was placed by
Alt. Sumner, for traustnission tapes:on. Her
history is hr ally as fit,,te.vst Her name is
Mary Mildred Buts: her Imber escaped from
the estate- of Judge Neal. ..Vertandria, six
years ago, and took refuge in Boston. Two
years since he purchased his freedom for
59i,.4.1, his wife and ,hrec children being stilt in
bouchige. The good facing of his Boston
friends induced .hem to subscribe for the pur
chase of his Candy, and - three weeks since,
through the agency of Lion. Charles Sumner,
the Purchase was sties ed, .`-utr being p a id
for the family. They created quite a sensa
tion in Washington, and were provided With
a passage Mate firs•-class cars in their jour
ney to this cby, whence they took their way
last evening by the Fail river route to Bunton.
The chid was exhibi.ed yes.erd :y to umny
prominent ;mkt idual,i in his city, and the
general sentiment, in which we fatty concur,
was one of aszonshmen:;, hut she shotbd ever
have been herd a slave. She was one of the
fairest and most had sptuab'e white children.
that we have ever seen.--N, F. Times.
What do the good people of this
county think of an institution which
reduces such "interesting little girls"
as the one above described to the con
dition of a mere chattel—that may be
bought and sold, and used as a licen
tious master may choose 1 Suppose
this real Ida May bad come North .
before these humane Bostonians bad
ransomed Ler from the American
Algiers, and the Marshal had seized
her by virtue of the fugitive slave act,
how many are there in this county
who would say, Let her be returned
to the horrors of American Slavery ?
Not many, we think. Then why not
vote to repeal an act which does such
violence to your better nature, that
you desire to have . its victims escape
from its star chamber courts and heart-.
less officers I
" If our past actions reproaCh
us, they cannot be atoned for by our
.own severe reflections so . effectually
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as by a contrary behavior."
SPEAK MO OUT IN MEWING
The St. Llittiti faccitizenecr, in noticing the
visit of Gen. Houston to New England on a
lecturing trip, talks thus pointedly:
"What singular notions our U. S. Senators
have now-a-days. Pettit has been spending
the winter at Indianapolis to keep the Old Lin
ers in power there. Dixon has been staying
at home, at Henderson, Ky., attending to a
now wife. Atchison has been pipelaying and
wire- pulling in Kansas and Missouri; and
Hoitston is gadding around with an Indian
blanket over his shoulders, thinking himself
wonderfully popular, mid in the straight road
to the Presidency, because his name is "Sam."
In the meantime the abolitionists are taking
Congress, and Douglas and t3utler, (of S. C.,)
are getting drunk and blackguarding them."
' CONSMUTIONAL,IIII3I/IaNT. - r-- - - - -
-We areindelted - sieme-pne ‘for
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speech': of 'Seniter 13uckatew,
the joint resolution's prOposiniamend
:Met/EN to the Constitution. !Weliave :
little respect for Mr. 13uckalew's gen
eral course in the --Senate,. and-think
the timewill come when he. -will ..re
,gret the -aid- and' .c'ontfort giiretV te the?
Slavery -Plopaitinda, by his favoring.
the repeal .of the Missouri. Compro
mise; also- the aid and assistance he
has given- to dronkard, making,- iby
: opposing the Maine , law. But as to
.this speech before us in
~:favor of ,
amending -the Constitution so .us to
prevent any farther increase of State
debt, and to pi-event country subscrip
t don to- .r'ailroad. or other stock; we
like it very much,- and haw no doubt
but it will have a happy 'influence
wherever read. 'We shall- publish a
part of it; if the resolutions pass the'
Legislature, of which we hope there
Is no doubt. There are other amend
ments that ought to be proposed, one
of which 'would have a tendency to
reform an evil alluded to in this
speech. We allude to single Sena
torial -and Representative districts.
It seems it will require an amendment
to the 'constitution to secure this much
needed reform. Will Senator Bucka
lew, and other members who desire
to elevate the character of our Leg
islature, give this matter of single
districts their attention?
ENSLAVING THE SAVIOR
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto (MC of
the least of these my brethren, ye have done
it unto me,"
Anthony Burns was a member of
Rev. Dr. Grimos' Church, and an
undoubted Christian, at the time of
his surrender to Slavery by Loring
& Co. Can any one tell, taking the
above passage for a standard, wherein
it would have been any worse to have
surrendered :the Savior, instead of
Burnal Ws will take it as a favor if
any of the gentlemen hereabouts who
profess to believe that the Fugitive
Slave bill- ought to be obeyed, will
enlighten 'us oil this point.
In- the meantime, we publiSh the
following speceli of Rev. Dr. Kirk;
made on the occasion of Burns's re
turn to Bosten,..and a few comments
of the Boston Telegraph. How do
you like the idea of selling deacons of,
Churches in Christian America ? What
do you .think of the 13einocrecy or
Christianity that•upholds and defends
'such transactions?. ,At . the close of
the'reception meeting,
Rev. Dr. Kirk was introduced, who
'spoke briefly in his usually effective
style, showing how deeply his feelings
were enlisted in the event which had
caused the meeting this evening. He
said, - we have to-night 'a
combined
view; the Southern side and the
Northern side.. We have the fact that
we recognize under that black skin a
man;.and that they in the South recog
nize only a chattel; and that makes a
vast difference between the South and
the North. '
The question may be asked, For
what do you come here to-night? Is
it to fan a feeling of cipposition to. the
South,. and to stir up fanaticism No,
hut we come to assert that a black, man
is a man. .(Cries of good,and cheers.)
Some one in the audienee said, that
Was said long ago. Yes, said Iklr.
Kirk, it was, and I wish it had been
I acted upon. The effect o£ Southern
laws was then commented on. The
time has come, he said, . when the
South should know what we, think of
them. He did not think blustering;
spluttering, or bravado would do any
• good. He bad prayed to God that we
might have nothing but calm, dear
viston,and a little of tire that filled
the heart of Otis in Faneuil Hall.
(Applause.) : The Northern view of
slavery is that a man is a, man for a'
that. Ho thought the negro a man,
every inch- of him. Under the skin,
it is all human. If that doctrine is
believed there Will be 23?any' changes,
and there will 'have to be,in the Senate
of the United States, the passage of
an obliteration law: Yes, Burns is a
man, and more of a man than I thought
he was. Burns has talked to my heart
-- to-night, like a man. • To be sure, he
did use badgrammar; but whosefault
was 'that.? I think he has the true
oratorical ring in him, like that of some
of the Indian orators. If he had been
in the North all his life, he would not
have used so bad grammar. For one,
he bowed to the Constitution of the
. I.lnited States but the fact is, An
thony Burns is a man for all that; the
fact ts, it is wrong to incarcerate him ,
,except for crime. There is a mom;
somewhere. It is entirely proper that
the citizens of Boston, who witnessed
the scenes of last summer, should
come here - to say that they recognized
him who has been villified; as a man.
We have not come to make a lion of
him. We have only met to "congraty!
late him: We expect that he will
retireto:hiS place in--the church, utd
liltObt modest man'that;' - he is;, - OcctOr
the .itatinn for which:he:May tf*Atteq.
This meeting is butane of a.,setiOs,
in a coarse of action. Whoriils this
meeting:to affects Of
the South:. It may - "help thein to" see
that there is not merelinfidelity at work;
there is' Chiiiitianity at work too.
Tliey - Will:see - Iliat the Christiania;y - of
the North is in positive, direct an
tagonism to •the slavery of the South.
(Applause.)
”,The times of this ignorance G6d
winked' at.". It will not Jo for our
Southern .brethren to apologise for
Slavery, and justify it unlesS they will
justify polygamy too. And God.' is
putting,that along side of them id try
them.
This meeting will, have.some eirect
on the bad. Men of the South too.
Men who will put upon the auction
block and then laugh at and jeer a, man
because he loves freedom, are bad
men. They, can he made to feel, and
we shall try in ourway :to make them
(Applause.) There is a tone of
indignation .which can affect them;
and when they come to the North,
they must not be flattered and caressed,
but Men must go round them.
When the Nebraska bill was passed,
he said that fel lie was going to
act; He was -mOv ItAhamed of his
country, and be would endeavor to
purify it from its guilt iu connection
with Slavery.
. The Telegraph, adds the following
interesting facts
The meeting was closed by the
whole audience uniting in singing the
doxology : 0' Praise God," ok.c.
The proceeds will go •to make up
the sum advanced to purchase the
body and soul of iinrmc
Allusion to the purchase of Burns
reminds us of some other purchases
made by the friends of freedom about
the time the Fugitive Slave Law
passed. I?..ev.Mr.Grimes, of this city,
had a number of fugitives connected ,
with his church, who left for Canada
when that infamous bill hecanie a law,
among them, one or two of, his dea
cons. His church was almost ruined
for a time. as some of ids best mem
•bers had been :obliged to leave. In
order to get them back, Mr. Grime:4,
through the assistance of gond friends,
was obliged actually to purchase his
deacon and some of the prominent mem
bers of his church, Shame, shame !
Suppose these fugitives had been con
,nected with Dr. Blagden's nr Dr.
Adams's church, what would. have
been the result? The whole commu
nity would have been in a storm. And
yet this might leave happened. There
are slaves_ at the South as white and
as
, thir as many members of those
churches.
TEMPER/INC-2 AND 71 EEDO3i
The Noristow n Qlire Branch gen
erally contains something.good. The
following is an extract from a leading
article in the last number of that paper.
We have frequently alluded to the
leading idea of this ankh: and believe
the time is not far distant when all trill
acknowledge i a correctn.2.
But we were gong aliude to another sort
'ofituprinience we ourse: fare guilty of. When
we took charge of the Olirc Branr' we were
considered extmeding,y imprudent for "mixing,
Anti-Stavery with temperance." "These two
things will never work together," we were
lOW by a few it tgeA. We were te-sured .h tt •i,
woe d render .he .emperance cause tto odiomt,
pre,udiee poop e tigains. Prldhbi ion, mu! .li ,
defeat a tlas nob e c at•qt. We con dun: nutlet.-
s.and this, and therefore we didn't • be ieve
It appoared 'tura. .11 tt as soon as a matt tel
sincere y eonvered in favor of one reform, he
womd be ;I'mi in faver of the o her—for as
soon as one understands one - reform he trial
understand inn her, because they ail re-t. on
the sane princip.e. Weil, two years h.,ve
nettey elapsed, and who Was rich —we, or OUT
Sapient COUWeLKICS ! Le. experience amwt•er.
The Maine taw was dragging heavi y at:oug: it
was nowhere tinny est:,b lilted and carried out
except in :he State of Mame,•and even :here
there was a powerni; party ag .inst. it. But
about a year ago he friends of tiber,y, urged
omby fresh on-rages, have made a new enort•
to beat back the minions of the Stave Power,
atutsucceeded better than ever before. The
States of Connee.icm, :Ifiehi
gati, mid °Alert:, h•td been in the hands of
doughteel, and ;he Maine law scud not a
shldow of ,, chance; but test year :be govern-
Merits of those Sta.es were wres.ed from .he
hands ofttaid doughtheea, and in every one the
M.ine ratty .s a:ready passed. n New li.,tup
hire, Ne.,vj er ,z et , n 1 Pennsylvania the frtends
of Freedom siute,eded only pai:Luty. Th.s
shows COWL we have .ong slime be iv ved, hat
the success (tithe ,tin e of Tot:Tenancy' de=
peuded, in a great measure, upon the success
offreetiom.
This is a .other evidence that consistency is
the besf po:icy, Never . .urn your bat kon one
tenth for the sake oftmo.her, because all think
ing men cannot but despise you for it. .find all
temperance advocates, for the last 20 years,
been true to Liberty as weii .ts Temperance—
to the slave us well as to the drunkard—to
suffering humanity in every shape and form—
we %erhy believe that bosh Temperance I.nd
freedom wentd have triumphed fon; ago. Otte
would have he.ped the oiler. The experi
ence of the last ve.,rs proves the correctness
ofthis view. Il v enceforth, then, let no friend
of humanity prove recreant to the principle in
one form, with the delusive hope that it will
triumph the sooner iu another form.
" The practice of-virtuo is the
most proper method to give -a ratan
becoming assurance in his words and
actions." -
The N. V. Courier and Enquirer calls Kos
mutt 'iniscreanr,' and accuses him of 'delib
erate falsehoods.
Three hundred thotuand tons of ice have
been stored in the various ice houses in Nett
York city for summer cousuuiptiOn.
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nuculONAL MEETING IN Mutt
Nrsu s ant-to notice the citizens ef
Bweilen rownsbip met on the evenie3
of the 15th . inst. for the Purpose of
free .discussion upon the subject er
education--C. L. Carsaw,
Chosen President, and H. L. Bi r d
Secretary.
_The president then inita•
duced the County fittpe:ilitetalent,
and the audience bad the pleasure of
asteuin g ; .to an add!-e.:..fu11. of.betik
physical . and moral i n)provem ent. -__
XL. Pm - tit : sp .- eke at large upon the le l .
partance of 'ieading . the :Scriptures
s a'deitofiotittl exercise in -our corn.
nar;Lnschools. '1 his, he thought, w t ,
a barrierugainst vice, and made fee
scholars useful in community, in pro:
portion as the principles of the Holy
Bible • were acted upon. After re.
sPonses from other speakers, it te - 23 ,
ou motion,-
-Resolved. That the Idcturer be ea .
titled to the thanks of the house—and
the meeting dissolved.
C. L. CARSAW,.Pres.
U. L. ilatp, Se,: . y. •
Mr. Editor :—We had the pleasure,
Elatord :y, the 3d ins:., of attending, the eloing,.
exerciscg of the school :aught by AFL T. (;,
Smith, at the red school house near Omayo.
The house was crowded wi.lr scholar-4. nal
friend 3 and patrons of th - e School, - who lis
tened. with marked interest and atteniion to
the exercises. 1 The exercises of the afternoon
coniistcd of the fo;lowing
PR 0 GRA..11.31T... •
1. Reading exercise by the school, al it
l'ilgrint Father=. j
11111qic, (Singing with ineloi.lio» z.eco . m.)
3 fle.nhng
4 31n. ,, ie, "The- Student', Song."
5 Declamation by hors of the schoot—ce
dia!og.ne.
6 117tp4e, "The Okl [louse at Home."
I'd Renditig of paper.
..11d , ie, "The Orphan's Prayer."
9 Original Essay by the teacher.
10 Pre -0 ntation of preients, and concluding
re utdritf,.
The paporwag eittitfed the °swap Banno,
and was composed of compositiops writfra
by tnettibent ofthe school, with occasionilly
au tit.. ide from the teacher. Two number'
bad been read previotni to the dosing e'er.,
else.. We forward you, by permission, the
editorial article of No. :..3cl, which wi;i Its It
your di:Toil!. •1. a. c.
. Clsznayo, Marc?,
A ISETEODIST CLERQYAIAI4, an BOW
HE CAST' OUT A. DEVIL
We are iodehted to our friend J.
M. ELLts, of Marietta, Ohio, for the
folli4ing graphic sketch. - We are ad
sured teat the Cacti trawpired, bUb•
stantia Hy as narrated.'
"_l. Methodist clergyman who has
been laboring in this vicinity, was, not
long since, pi caching to his people on
!the miraculous the Apostles
over the demoniac spirits ofthor day.
As he was pursuing his theme, the au
' dinace Ivere suddenly startled oy a
voice Done:some. one in the cong,rega
thin, dtqnatuling in half querulous,
half authoritative tone:" Why don't
preachers do such things now a days!"
in an instant, every eye in the house
was turned upon the individual who
had the ellrontery thus to, invade the
sacredness of their sanctuary. The
speaker paused for a moment, and
fixed his penetrating gaze full upon
the face ()Nal questioner. There Was
all interval of intense silence, brokell
at lint by the speaker,..in resuming
his subject. Ho had not proceeded
far with his remarks, before he was
u tt -ai t , interrupted by the same imper
tinent inquiry. Again he paused for
a time, and again resumed his subject.
.Net content with a silent rebuke,
our redoubtable questioner demanded
again, " Why don't the preahers do
:rich thing-s_now a days?" and curling
his lips witha sneer of self-complacen
cy, drew himself up pompously in his
seat. Our reverend friend,. (who by
the way is a young man of great mils
eular power,) calmly left the desk, and
walked deliberately to the pew, where
the interrogator sat, and fastening one
band firmly upon the collar of his coat,
the etheron the waistband of his"un
mentionablc," liked him square out of
the seat, and bore bim down the aisle
to the 'entrance. Pausing for-a mo
ment there,' he turned his eyes upon
his audience, and in a
. clear, voleer
said, "and they cant out the devil in.
the firm °fa (fiddler," and suiting the
action to the word, out went the knight
,orthe m.:sh tub, a la leap frog fashiou,
into the street.
"The good pastor quietly returned
to his desk,"and Completed his discourse.
After doting the services, as be. was
passing out of the church, the out-east
distiller, r.ith an - officer of the law,
escorted our clerical friend to,ibe dice
of a magistrate, to answer fir an assault
upon the peitson ofsaid distiller.. After
hearing the case, the magistrate dis
missed the clergytnan; and after round
ly' reprimanding the complainant, fined
him fi,r molesting the eervices of the
sanctuary.
Since that day we believelie has
never for a moment doubted the power
of Methodistlpreaehers to cast out dev
ils,' at least within the limits of the Ohio
Conference."'
-7-An exchange says that Sarah
Payson Willis—alias Fanny Fern--
w as born at Portland, Maine, July 9th,
1611.