THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL, JNO. S. HANN, A. APPAY, Editors etirDERSPORT, PA.: THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 9, Wir, NOTICE. A nrereting of those who are itt favor of the &publican movement in this State, without Illotitiction of party, will be held at the old tourt House on Friday, Aug. 17, at 5 o'clock P.M., to elect a delegate to the State Repay scan Convention to be held at Pittsburg on the 29th itut. As this movement is, at the *resent crisis of political events, of vast im portance to the cause of Freedom everywhere, k is the duty of every freeman to see that he is repressmed. Aug. 9, 1855, I Hon. James Gamble will please accept our thanks for a hound copy of the President's Message and ac- COM patty ing de cuments. ErFsdismore Williamson is in the Pbiladelphia jail for telling a colored *mia' .of her rights. Great country Oak for douglifacet and despots. Eir We are t dillefted to give no tice that the friends of Rev. S. C; Sinitk propose to make a donation visit to bituaelf and lady at the house of Eli Rees, on Thursday afternoon god evening of next week, being August 16; We hope there will be It pleasant gathering on the occasion, tad that our people will maintain flair character for gentrous rir The hidependegt Aland, is the title of a reformatory paper just started at Troy, Bradford Co., Pa.; as we Is►!'a from the 11 7 e3leyan. We we!. come this moverr est, as neither of the old Bradford county papers bare kept tip with the times on fire slaves) , queition, and we hope the Troy move tnent will supply the need long felt by earnest men in that section, of a More ot:t•poken paper. rir If you want to spend att hour in viewing humanity in. its purest, happiest phase, go to the Academy. I'h• young pupils there under charge Of Mr. Bloomingdale, with their bright and happy faces, will drive every aelfisla and grovelling thought away.. It .is a pleasant place to go. The teacher will be glad to see you, and; the scholars will all smile a welcome;; find you must be rich indeed. if you. tan afford to stay away. At the meeting of the Stockholders of the Coudersport Library 'Associa tion, on Saturday last, "Esther Pradt was elected a Director, John Mann Was reelected Secretary and Treas urer, and Mary W. Mann was re elected Librarian,. A new Constitu tion and By-Laws were submitted; to be aeted on at the next regular meet. ing, which will. be Nov..3d. Thera Was a larger meeting than usual nn Saturday, and we hope the interest will be kept up-. IV"At the• election for Trustees of the Academy on Friday last, Me fol lowing persons had a majority of all the votes polled—to wit. S. Boss, G. B. Citetton, - and' Lewis Mann. These gevitFetnon, we have no doubt, will devote themselves to the interests of the institution, and its patrons will feel entire ioufidrnze in their wisdom and energy, The new Board met on Saturday anil organized by e'ecting lion- S. Ross President, Thomas. B. Tylevi , Secretary, and Lewis Mann, Tresstsrer. Th e elections io Tennessee mad ?lank Carolina have resulted disas trously to the Know Nothings. Why shouldn't they ? Has not the Nation al ada3inistration lone every thieg for slavery that was asked 1 And has not the oW line Dentoc rattc party in every . free State *adorn& the adrninlatra doe t Surety there is the beet of reams why every slave State should sustain the party, and we should say tiquaTry good reddens why every free State, and every County in the free States, should go against it. Igr i It is expected that the Sunbury I knd Erie Road will be completed to the mouth of Kettle Creek nest sea lers. This has already induced an liittniustipn of the coal fields in that neighborhood, and the organization of a compiey of capitalists for the pur pose of coal operations. The mouth 6f Kettle Creek is distant front Cou dersport about , sixty miles, and the Southeastern part of the county will soon feel the influence of increased facilities fbr improvement. 11111611:111T . AND BBIY "RA BOLD. _ _ • There bas been a singular fatuity attending this road from the com mencement, but it seems now us if the present managers were about to overcome all obstacles, and push this important undertaking through to completion. But even the present energetic managers contemplate lo cating the road so as to throw away the trade of Potter and WlCean coun ties forever; and this Without gaining any thing. The county seat of each of the above named counties, is twen ty-eight miles from the N. Y. 'Sr. E. R. R., the former at Wellsville, the latter at Olean. It is evident, therefore, that the Sunbury and Erie must bring its depots nearer to us than those we already have, if it would secure our trade. But if the S. & E. should be located on the Bennett's Branch of the Sinnarnahoning; then its nearest Point to Coudersport would be the mouth Of the First Fork, forty miles, and twelve miles farther than toWells vale on the N. Y. &E. The nearest point to Smethport would be Ridg way, forty-four miles distant. What is to be gained by taking the route up the Bennett's Branch l Nothing that we can learn. By taking the Driftwood. route, the Sunbury road would come within twenty miles of Coudersport, , at the mouth of the Portage, and, would be about the same distance from &loth port at the mouth of 'West Creek. It may be said that the trade of these two towns is not worth consid ering. Perhaps not ; but the capital ists of Buffalo have commenced con structing a railroad eighty miles , be length, for the sole purpose of reach ing the coal fields of M'Kean. The Driftwood route would take the Sun bury road through equally as good a coal field, without making the road longer than by the route of the-Ben nett's Branch.. Then we have inex haustible quantities of lumber,- an 'article of freight which • has always formed an important part in the re ceipts of she N. Y. & Erie. Through freight is doubtless ble, but it is very questionable whether more:than one or two of the numerous railroads now in successful , operation in the United' States, could• be sus tained without its way freight and. passenger business. -We therefore respectfully ask of the business men of Philadelphia, and , of the manager* of the Sunbury and Erin Railroad; whether they can aford to throw away the entire trade of Potter and M'Kean for ever. This they will to a groat extent- certainly do by locating their road' on the Bt.-afiettl; Branch of the Sinnarnal - loning. And it will gain nothing. because, if the road goes up the Driftwood so. as to secure the business of these counties,-it will still . go to Ridgway,.and' thus retain all the benefits to be secured by railroad commenication with the mineral wealth and other resources of Elk county. We say nothing here of our hay, potatoes, and other heavy agricultural productions which would seek a mar ket in Philadelphia, because these are seldom taken into account by Railroad Direeturs, though we think the potato crop of itself would soon be an im portant item of freight; if the road were near enough to us,_ and that the counties of Potter, M'Kean, Elk, and one or two others now thought of no consequence, could supply the entire Philadelphia market with the finest potatoes ever grown, Since writing the above, we are in formed that a corps of engineers are examining the Driftwood route, with a fair prospect of reporting in favor of it. We are confident it is to the interest of the Road and of Philadel phia that it should be located up the Driftwood ; and hence we believe an intelligent engineer will so report. We are also informed that a locomo tive has been placed on the Farriaa vine Road, for the purpose of taking coal cars from the mines, which aro six miles from the Erie to that Road. This is progress, and we congratulate our Lock Haven friends on their flat tering prospects. Chief Justice Lewis of Pennsylvania -was applied to on Tuesday for a writ of Habeas, Corpus, in the can of Passuiore Williamson now confined in Moyamensing prison, under an order from Judge Kane. The Judge re fuses the writ, His reasons for se doing will be found in another column. He takes the position that every Court of competent juris diction is an exclusive Judge of Contempts against itself, and saysit would lead to endless confusion if one Court were to-reconsider contempt adjudicated by another. The Penn. sylvania Judge will perhaps learn that there , is a wily of creatng "confusion" differing from the Mae to which be has referred, if Mr. Williamson is notdischarged.—N. V. Tribune. THZ BITOBLICAN PANT. The people are ready for it, even in this State. The Convention in Pittsburg on the 29th of this month will be of mo're importance that either of the State Conventions yet held the present year. The Costueantville Banner, hereto fore K.now-NOthitig. heartily embrace the call for a Republican State Con vention. The Lewisburg Chronicle says "that le the place," an 3 even the staid Philadelphia North • American speaks of the movement in the follow- leg unimated language : This Republican movement seems to spread like wildfire all through the interior, western and northern parts of the State, and so far as we canjudge by the indications, it will absorb Whigs, Know-Nothings, and Free Soilers. Since the call for a State Convention of the new party has been issued,. th.e responses are becoming quite general. The Whigs of Chestet county at a Convention on the 31st of.fuly, adopted the Mowing resolution:: Resolved, That it is, in our judgement; expedient for. all the citizens of Chester coun ty who are otpposed to the repeal of the Mis souri Compromise, and to the admission of any more slave States into the Union, and detormiued.to resist the further aggression of the slave_ power and maintain the rights of the North against the overbearing insolence of the South, to unite as a Republican party, in the formation and support of a ticket•for all. the officers to be chosen at the ensuing election. We submit that this its the only way to secure the freedom. of Kansas. Will the Erie Gaidte commend the action of the Whigs of Chester county . to their brethren in Erie ? But the Americans of Chester aro' equally strong fey the Republican movement, At a meeting of the County Council. of the American Organization, of ilte eon:nty. of Chester, held at West Ches ter:, on the 26th of July, 1855, the following preamble and resolution with others of like import were adopted:: Whereas, we believe the time has arrived, when the citizens of the. county of Cireitor arty prepared to free th emselves . from the trammels of former party engagements, and fearlessly deelare their condemnanen.for wimt ie wrong, in the measures and actions of par ries er individuals, connected - with our State or General Government, and being thus freed-, are.prepared to carry oitit their convictions of duty, and plits:otisin, by entering into a public organization for that purpose, Resolved, That we consider it inexpedient and improper, under existing circumstances, to take any. preliminary , steps to the formation, of a, ticket, either publicly or, privately, to be supportid , in.the ensuing election, but would recommend a -union in good faith of all the citizens of the county, who are willingto unite to correct abuses and stay the existing and, threatened evils- which, now afflict our common country. • Will the Pittsburg Times publish this decision of its friends in Chester, and point out, if it can, any better way to success '1 But our paper is not large enough to notice half the meetiags•and.resolutions in favor of this movement. It will sweep the State if the people will only act up to their convictions, and brush aside all leaders who undertake to thwarttheir wishes. So push on the ball.. Or The visits to our. village ,of those interested in lands in this coun- ty, are more numerous than during any season since - we became 'a resi dent of the place. In addition to the arrivals.of this kind heretofore noticed, we mention with pleasure that Mrs. M. C. Barber, of Washington, D. C., a daughter of the late Major Adlum, is now stopping at the Coudersport Hotel. Mrs. B. is largely interested in lands in this - and Tioga counties, chiefly in Potter. She is s accompanied by her son and a cousin who is a Mid . shipmen in the Navy. We hope this party will be so well pleased with their visit to Coudersport, that they will return. next season, and bring others with them. It is undoubtedly to the interest of the settlers that all the land owners should - visit the coun ty as often as possible, and hence we shall always take peculiar pleasure in welcoming Mrs. B. to our quiet 'vil lage. Hon. S. Ross is her agent in this county, and . it will doubtless be gratifying to her to know that he has always enjoyed the confidence and respect of all classes of our citizens. It may be known to most of. our, readers, but hardly to all of them, that Mr. H. It Dent came into the pos session of the chief part of hie lands in this. county, in consequence of his marriage with Anna Maria Adlum, a sister of Mrs. Barber's. How well be appreciated the good fortune which attended lie connection with the Ad lum family, may be learned, in part,. by the perusal of a case reported in the 22nd volume of our State Reports, on page 514, entitled "Dent's Ap peal." • Many a man blows the bellows o the organ that sounds his praise. . Mind your own--affairs. TES =ION Or MENU . This Work goes bravely on. Old parties are going by the board. It is beyond the power of party leaders to prevent it. In fact, the leading old line paper in the State, the Harrisburg Union, is making earnest appeals for a onion of old'hunker Whigs and Dem ocrats, and we honor it for its con sistency. Here is the appeal made in that paper of August let We can perceive no obstacle Id a Union. or democrats, whigs and other sound men in every city and county, of the commonwealth against the combination of know-no:hing, abolition and cold water hypocrito§ and fa ridtics who will make a desperate attempt once mere to carry their peculiar aud danger ous doctrines into the next Legislature. We take occasion earnestly to urge upon the friends of repeal in Dauphin and other coun ties such a course. It is, in our judgment, essential to success, and as no strictly party question of any importance will onter4nto the contest for members o 1 assembly, we trust that the friends of repeal everywhere, with out regard to their party associations, will mite on this question, and see that none bu re .ealers are. elected. u this county and itiPhiladelPhia, to insure success, such. a union is absolutely necessary, and we trust that no recollections of old party feuds will rise up, like frightful spectres, to proent If the friends of Freedom. and Tem perance are wise, they will take this excellent advice, "and as nn strictly party question of any importance will enter. ismo the contest" at .the writ election, we do not see how-anti-Ne braska Democrats can excuse them sely.es, if they fail, to unite with the anti-Nebraska men of other parties, in securing the triumph of Freedom. Howis the removal of Gov. Reeder to be rebuked, except by refusing to sustain the patty that caused his dis missal I The Old Line State eartven% tion which met at Harrisburg on the Fourth of July last, refused to endorse Reeder, and hence the President very naturally thought the party in this State was willing to gratify the Mis sourians in the dismissal of Reeder. We hope, therefore, to seo the a - vice of the Union. generally taken. Let shoat who are for Slavery and Free Trade in Liquor unite together in one party, and those who are for Freedom. and Temperance do the same. That is the natural, sensible, and conal tent course. We believe it will be done. . We thank the - Union for its advice, and we - commend its i wisdom to all our readers. DOTS KANSAS NEED 11:21,P1 rho bunker leudera of tills county afe constantly inventirsg pretexts to deceive the people into the support of the schemes of the slavebolders. The last dodge is that the settlers in Kansan are able to take care of them selves, and do not ask for assistance. Now both of these assertions are false first is proved 'to be So from the fact that an armed mob from Missouri has elected nearly every member of the Legislature, and the assertion that they do not ask for help, is disproved by the speech of Ex-Governor Reed- er at Eaton, Pa., and by nearly every letter from that ill-fated . Territory. The following is a fair sample of the letters from Kansas : Gov. REEDJCR'S situation is tupet trying. Surrounded IT vindictive . and. desperate men —brought daily in contact with them under circumstances calculated to stimulate their hatred to the utmost—cut off by the inter vention of hostile territory from all his friends in the East, with the.real citizens of Kansas, who are his friends, scattered ever a large region, unable to afford any substantial pro tection, and Membered and overawed_ by the drilled hirelings of Atchison, who swarm along the border—any man of less fidelity and nerve wouldyield to this immense press. we and cut the'Gordiau knot by resighing an office whose chief rewards are danger, - care, and viffification. But Gov. REEDER is em inently the man for the place. With a calm, well-balanced mind; be unites the most re markable firmness and physical and moral courage. Deprived even . of , the support which he would receive from an upright .and fearless national administration, he still stands in the breach and battles for the insulted liberties be has been appointed to defend. Reflect, 0 ye favored sous of the North, whose nights and days are spent fearlessly. migrate protection of law, that the Governor of• Kansas to-day lives within earshot ed a hundred organized foes; that he passes to and from his every meal through their midst, the recipient of scowls of malignant hate—that he no more dares leave- his room without pistols and dirk than he would if a dweller in the midst of the savagest tribe of heathens— tbat he lives entirely conscious, as do the family he has left behind )rim in his eastern home, that any day—any hour—he may be the victim of the assassin—reflect op, these things, and then say whether anything is too much, that you, can do to end this shocking condition of things, and place Kansas in a position to defend her Governor and herself against the warfare iniquity now being waged. Bestir yourselves, we implore you; give us men to 'possess this unequaled laud, in the name of Freedom; and send capital to de velop its latent resources; and in the mean time see to it that no, man, not sound to the core, gets any office where his influence can directly or indirectly affect this greatest ques tion of the day; " Freedots or -BlaTery fox the white men of Kansas!" pixosna. Great men never affect anything. It is your three cent men that put on airs, swell and try on the pomp. The difference between the two is as great as between a barrel of vinegar and an angel's disposition. Id DLSTITEBEE or THE PEACE Mr. Dent's Organ, issued yesterday, is neatly filled with his private and petscinal 'grievances. This is nothing nevs ; We do not remember a single. week since his paper was started, that some one of our citizens was not cow ardly and maliciously attacked, simply to gratify the envy or hatred of H. H. Dentt. Fifst it was "John S.Mann;" then the entire Mann family; then the Hon. S. Ross was included; then Mr. H. J. Olmsted, an industrious and most ,worthy man, with but one arm ' with• whir] to support himself and family, was basely traduced as a card player and gambler.; and now we have another man added to the list of those whom Mr. Dent thinks it neces sary to villify and war against. it is all hypocrisy for Mr. Dent to pretendthat ho leaves the Board of Trustees and withdraws his children from the Academy on account of the peculiar unfitness of Messrs. Ross and Overton to fill the office- of Trustee. Mr. Dent has had for his most intimate friends since he came to Coudersport, C. W. Phis and Samuel Haven, and the people of Potter county.vrill not •sufrer, thvr associate of these men to hide his hatred, of any of our citizens under the thin covering of injured innocence. Then again, has he ever repented. of • his holding women as chattels—subject to the passions of -any. brute who chose to insult theta?, is he not now the defender of he infamous fugitive slave bill, which was intem/ed to prevent women from, flee ing from the worst state of, prostitu tion and libertinism ever. known The, simple truth• is., Mr. Dent is a narrow-contracted, - selfish, and vin dictive man. He thought be could buy the people of Coudersport with a few bqoks presented to the students of the Academy, and , a town clock.. Failing in this, be thinks be can force them to do his will. We bare only to say, that he will fail as ignominiously in his present effort as in, hie farmer 1:013 When Mr. Dettt came to Couders port, everybody was pleased.. No one asked or cared what his political ptin ciples were. All was peace and har mony ; and.so it would have remained to this day, but for his " crushing out" efforts. Instead, of peace, he preferred strife ;. and of- all the men. within, the range of our pquaimance, we think he is the mostisaccessful disturber of the peace of community that we could I name. •But what is a little singular, be gets those who would be his friends into - more trouble than. art.ybocll else. He has destroyed the peace and use fulness of his . minister; he has been doing his utmost for some time back to destroy his church ; and now he has .undertaken to destroy the Cou dersport Academy. Well, it is some consolation to know that these dis graceful attacks must cease before Tong ; for if he travels . his present path much farther, he will destroy himself. If Mr. Dent is wise, he will change his course.. He can yet make this a pleasant home. a'he people here will respect him jest as soon as he deserves it, and not before. 'Weir Sit You I—As all are interes'ed in the Wheat Crop, why would it not be a good plan to ascertain the quantity raised in this State during the present season I As the triennial assessment is to be made next win ter, an excellent chance will be offered. The expense would be very trifling, it would hard-. 1 ly be felt,.and we are sure each county would be willing to incur what little expense' and trouble it would be. In England, they hive a way of ascertaining the exact amount of grain raised each year. Ifwe could tell to as great a certainty in the United States, it would be but a short time now before it could he told very nearly what the prices of breads:ll would he the coming season. The crop through the United States is evidently a large one, and in ordinary times a tolerably correct idea might be formed as to future prices ; but the Eastern War will have such- an effect upon the market that it =tact be ta.ti very nearly what prices may be until it is ascertain.- ed to some degree of certainty how much is raised, although it is certain tbst prices must come down more or less.—l.x. Paper. IVe are sorry we cannot tell from what paper we cut the above, as the article is a good one, and we hope the yteposition will take. But why not go a little further. We are in favor of taking the census of popula- tion by the assessors, as well as the qlf.ankity of wheat raised; and if not done this fall we hope the next Legi lature will provide for taking the cen sus of the State, by the assessors of the several townships, and meanwhile wo suggest that, the Commissioners of this county request the ofiflcerii named to ascertain the number of persons in their Townships when taking the next assessment, also the quantity of wheat and corn raised tho present season. What say. you ? — ftftfte Wan-GOV. REEDIUL Just before the removal of Ree the Harrisburg Patriot, a warm ministration paper, said : We have reliable information to the that. Gov. Reeder has entirely refute. charges brought against him in . regard t, half-breed lands, and that the administ, is perfectly satisfied f with his course i. Terriiory of Ictinsask Similar language was used by ne every administration paper, v f l came under out observation. The Patriot also published th lowing extracts from a private from Kansas. If this does not bring a blush cheeks of,the supporters of p; and to those - democrats who still their party has some honor left then are thoy past the sense of & All the Democratic free State me l begin to feel alarmed at the count National Administration, which ha s 4 ened the: Missourians to go much furth, they would otherwise have done. • Atchison and his friends have. wielder the whole power of the 'general goy among us, and all the protestations , Reeder were of no avail in. preventing som e obnoxious appointments. The Missourian* have for months openly , boasted tliat Nei.; ident Pierce had promised them to remove Gov. It., and would do it, and I have learned some facts which go to confirm the mud for the boast. • • .• So far as the land speculation preen is concerned, you can rely upon it, Gov. Reed. er is well prepared, be show as t i e " record as any honest man may desire. - The attack of Stringfellow on Reeder, en not on a personal quarrel, but really because Governor Reeder would not allow a Missorai fanatic aml blackguard to dictate his official action. Did not these people feel that the General Government was courting and vied.. in to them, S. would not have dared to make this attempt. In conclusion allowme to assure you that the coursei•of Gov. Reeder is endorsed by great majority of the best citizens of Kanan —that he will not be deterred from. a faithro: discharge •f his official duties by either the threats or assaults of the ruffians who hart heretofore, or may hereafter, oppose and de. flounce him. President Pierce should look well to the position of Governor Reeder. His friends ask. nothing- more than juitice— they will be satisfied with nothing less. The it will sooa find the rum a the peop!e,differ with it, and that they deem I .,, lel'herson, and all others opposed to the measures of Slavery, Entirely "sound on the Anierican nticstioni"—Coudersport Journal. We shall Fc e The platform. of the Reid ing Content ion was made by Allegany county and the determinationio repudiate the Nation al .Platform was avowed in this salve Pittsburg Evening Times before the Conrention tea. Moreover we• aie noW' -told by a Pittsburg paper that the Councils (i. e. the aholitionizta,). will secede from the party if the Cincinnati Convention does not adopt the Reading form. That they will do so, we have not doubt; and , then we .shall see where the "mats of the people" will be. The Journal and its Southern allies are welcome - to saw ,away at the liniona . s long as they please. For our part, we Will have nothing to do with as sectional -party. The Journal man, in hii supreme- egotism, advises us not to -"make a fool " of oitrself. We shall endeavor to follow his advice; at the same time, svo had mdch rather be.a fool than a knave. Do you tako - l—Lock Hare,: Watchman. - No, wo don't take. Wo have no skill in divining such deep sayings, but we have a suspicion that the Watchman has an innate tendency to knavery, to avoid which the editor employs his time in writing sitch silly nonsense- as the above. Must we guess again ? The platform of the Reading Can vention was not made by Allegany county, and the National platform , could muster but twelve advocates, all• told, in the Reading Conve ration. Were a vote of the people taken to. morrow, the State .would" show . a still more:emphatic contempt for . the pro- slavery concern than Was s'aown at Reading. We never "saw-away at the Union," and never- expect to. We believe it will take care•of itself. We know it would, were it not for your pro-slave ry Union-savors who are doing their utmost to destroy it by making devo tion to the Union synonymous with oubmission-to slavery. Try anin, my Booboo friend: Front the N. Y. Tribune THE SLiVECLTCHERS' MLEITL PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Aug. 4, 1655. Passmore Williamson is comfortable in jail. He is about :15 years of age, and has a wifis, - and two children. I have known him seven years intimately, and I state the.matter tits:. Philadelphia has her best man in jail. 111, integrity, truth, courage; and goodness us each and all unsurpaised, and not a man ins million combines them all in equal excellence in his single character. Ile is not rash, selfish, or Ematical; and You may depend upon it he will stand it ont in a fashion that will do credit to the best age of. martyrdom. He is absolinely unconquerable. Our friend Judge Kane will get tired ofplay• ing jailor to him. Passmote will neitherbresk nor bend; and he is bucklered by the best hearts in the country. Heavens! what a choice the devil hasmaae of a foe ! Sevastopol to the Allies is nothing to ft. E.. . . Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's The wife of T. Buchanan Read died recently in Italy. If a good act benefits no one else, it boats the doer.
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