TiE PEOPLE'S J OURNAL. _II 'ER 1; Editors J_ O. a 111.1.V.V, - • COUDERSPORT, Pt.: L 1 DAY MORNING, SEPT. 27,11355 E PUBLICAN TICKE T. IM=I For Canal Commoitsioner. VASSMOR E WV, lAA MSON =I For Senator. HENRY SOUTHER. 01' ELK COUNTI For County Commissioner. .DUICK NVIIIPPLE. MEM= - For County Auditor. WIL LIA 31 B. G I..AVE S • IMBUE HON. D. B. E.FaALPi The Administration party of this SAMtturial district have placed this gentleman in nomination for reelection to the Senate. We are glad of this boldness. Then) is now no chance for sayirg that the Kansas question is not on issue in this county. B. D. might have exerted a power ful influence against the repeal of the Comiromise, hut 'what he 'cuuhrdo, he did in favor of its repeal; Enid now, every vote given far. him, will be a vote in approbation of the . • I.l'euglas iniquity and the whole flood of eNils that have followed in its train. I stir. Hamlin has placed himself on the 'record ;u this matter, so that there is 'Du room for cavil. To that recto dwe refer, and ask the irtelligent voters of Potter county to pass judgment upon it. Those of our rotors who approve of tho repeal of 01 . 0 MiSSUUri Cumpro., mice, will of course vote for 13. D. "Hamlin, those opposed to that repeal will nut vote for him, if they have any regard for consistency, and the wel fare of their country. On the Sth of February, ISSI, while the Douglas-Nebraska bill was still pending in the Senate of the United States, Mr. Kunkle read in his place in the Senate of this State, Resolutions' against — the repeal of the Missouri _Colopromise. On the same day Mr. Kunkle and Mr. Darsie moved to dis pense with the rule requiring resolu tions to lay over, in order to proceed to the immediate consideration of the Anti-Nebraska resolutions; yea.; 16 nars 14. So tile motion was defeated two-tlrirds not coring its favor.— lifr. Hamlin voted against considering the resolutions.. On the 9til of Feb ruary, Mr. Kunkle and Mr. Dar:ie ngain moved to suspend the orders of the day for the purpose of procoeding to tho coni:ideration of said resole t i nhs ; ayes 15, nays 17. Mr. Harulii yotcd nay Oa the IGth of Febrinry agreeably to order, the Senate proceeded to the Second reading and eon.ideration 0. Mr. Kunkle's Anti-Nebraska resolu tions. Mr. piatt and Mr. Cresswell inoved to post:pone' the consideration of the resolutions until the 15th day of March, and on 'the question, Will the Senate agree to the motion? Mr. _Mims D. lIA:m.IN and Mr. Buckalew move 4 to amend the motion by in ierting "Islay" instead of Mai ch.— The yeas and nays were called on this motion, and Mr. Hamlin voted to nmcud by imierting the 15th day of Nay as the time for considering these 'resolutions intended to express the bpinion of Penns)iv . anla- in opposition to the repeal Of the It issouri As the Legislature had no i)rospect of being in existence on the 35 th day of May, this motion of Mr.' liumlin out was simply a quiet way of killing the resolutions entirely. But the motion roceivea but 14 votes and failed. So the question Was taken on ilostp,ming to. the 'lsth of March, ivhieh carried, 17 to 'l6; Mr. Hamlin again fotitig to postpone. His single ante in favor of taking up the resolu tions at that time, Feb. 16th, would ilave brought them to a direct vote, 'and his tote in favor of their passage .. .v;ould'have dent 'to tlio Seiiate of the United States, the protest OfTennsyl v ania against vie mg a solemn corn -I,act, by I'Vhich Kansas and Nebraska were guaranteed to . freedom. But Mr. Hamlin Would givci no inici vote. lie' preferred to send aid and cOmfOrt to S. A. Douglas in 'his mad schathe of subjugating Kansas 'to the rule of slavery; and so he voted • to postpone, was carried by his Single vote. On the 17th of March Mr. Ha'nilin again voted against taking up tho ros- olutions, which.motion prevailed. On the 21st of . March the Senate ;was brought to . ll direct vote on the .resolu tions, and they were adopted, aye 18, nays 15. But true to lAA deterntina-: tion to servo Douglas and the Mis souri slaveholdere; Mr. Hamlin, on that occa:.ion placed liiruself on thu record among . the 15 nays. And, again on the 22(1 of Mai ch. when the resolutions were on their ynal pass ' age,: Mr: Hamlin Toted 'against them. In all this time Mr. Hamlin made no motion to alter or amend, but his whole effort was tO defeat the expres sion of any dissent to the repeal of the, Missouri Compromise. Now, there 'are not fifty men in 'this county who approve these votes. Mr. Hamlin had the casting vote on several occasions. He had a glorious opportunity to strike an effectual plow at this gigan tic evil. lle failed to improve that occasion. Nay, with shame be it spoken, be, a Senator from the hills of NPKean county, threw the whole weight of his position in furor of Douglas and his disgraceful schemes of trampling under font a compact in favor of freedom, deemed sacred by the best men of the Nation, and held so by all fur thirty-four years. Freemen of Potter county, such is the record which Byron D. Hamlin has made up for himself lie has the audacity to ask your approbation of these must remarkable votes. Look at Kansas. See what outrages hale been heaped upon the beads of your brethren there, in consequence. of juL,t such votes as these of Mr. and as this is the first time when so prominent an actor in repea - ing the Missouri Compromise has pre sentei his conduct befl)re you for in spection, let your answer at the ballot •box be such that no other Rept esenta tive of yours will 'BO wantonly disre gard your sentiments. For verification of this statement, see Journal of the Senate for 1.851, to j be found in the office of the Prothon- otary, in every county in the State HON. ANDREW H. REEDER This gentleman was nominated as a candidate for 'delegate to Congress from Kansas, by the Big Spring, free State Convention. Ho accepted the nomination in a manly, hopeful speech, which we shall publish in the next Journal, and meanwhile we ask the people of this county to say whether. they Will so vote at the next election, as to 'strengthen the hands of Govern or feeder and his friends, or will they help to strike him down i Notwith standing the oft-repeated assertion that we . have nothing to do with this matter, it is very appaernt to every man who will stop to think for a sin gle moment, that the people of the States have everything to' do with it, We rejoice that the issue has at last been formed so that. it can neither be dodged nor denied. The pbople of Kansas, denying the right of the late mock Legislature to pass laws for that Territory, have taken measures to vote for delegate to Congress on a different day from that named by the Legislature s so that two delegates will doubtless claim seats. Hon. Andrew H. feeder will claim his seat by vir tue of his election by the " Sovereign Squatters" of Kansas, the pro-slavery delegate will. claim hiS by virtue of the certificate of Governor Shannon, and Congress . will decide which of' these men is entitled to his seat. It is nonsense tb say that the member of Congress from this District, will not. be influenced in this matter by the vote at the coming election. Every vote for Arnold Plumer and B. D. Hamlin, will be a vote against-admit ting A. H. Reeder to a seat in the next Congress. -Think of this, and vote as your conscience may dictate. Our hunker friends, knowing that they are sustaining a bad Cause - , are trying to divert your attention to Other issues.' We butte none will be silly enough to do so foolish a . thing. Governor Reeder,, on accepting the nomination, "urged the free State men of Kansas to forget all minor issues and pursue determinedly the one great object, - never swerving, but .steadil) pressing all, as did the wise men who followed the star to the, manger, look ing back only ,fot' 4 fresh encourage- mint." Let us forget all minor issues, that we may present an unbroken front in fay..or of his taking his seat in Con gress; when he presents himself as the RepresentAtivo of kilo people o that Territory. .REVOLUTION IN LOW. Those of our readers w)10 have carefully observed ' ! the workings of the Diluglas Klima - i-Nebraska will not . he surprised' to hear that a revolution has e _cemmenced in - that Territory.. The usurped authority of the . Missouxi"inirid of slavehnlders, has . • become so tyrannical and so odious,. that the people ivill submit no longer. At a delegate Convention which mot at Big Springs on the . sth of this month, .all parts of the Territory being fully and ably represented, .it was unanimously resolved to treat the pre tended laws of the mock Legislature with contempt. Five committees were appointed by the Convention, each consisting of thirteen members, one from each council district; one corn- mittee to repoit a platform, one to consider the duty of the people in, regard to the proceedings of the late legislature, a third to devise action on the Congressional election, a fourth on miscellaneous duties, and a fifth to take into consideration the propriety of a State organization. Each of the committees made an able repot t, and we have no doubt hut, this Convention has made it impossi ble for the Missourian! to control Kansas any longer, except with an army of soldiers. For instance,. the following among other resolutions were adopted by acclamation: .Resalsc.d, That we will endure and subrn. to these laWs no longer than the best interests of the Territory require, as the least of two evils, and will resist them to a bloody issue as soon as we.ascertain that peaceable remedies sh'sll fail, and forcible resistance shall furnish any ro isonable prospect of success; and that in the meantime we reouuuend to our friends, throughout the Territory the organization and discipline of Volunteer Companies. and the procurement and preparation of arms. Rcsulred, That we,cannot, and will not -quietly submit to surrender our great 'Ameri can Btrthright"—the elective franchise; which first by violence, and thou by chicanery, arti fice, weak and wicked legislation they have so effectually accomplished, to deprave us of, and that we with scorn repudiate the "Election Law" so called—and will not uaret.with them on the d..y they have appointed for the elec tion—but will ourselves fix upon a day for the purpose of electing a - Delegate to Congress, Here is revolution, openly avowed, and we think it has not been avowed a day too soon: Have the people of Potter. eounty no interest in this con test? Will they furnish no aid' to' their brethren in Kansas, who are so bravely struggling for the rights' of freemen?- What freeman in this coun ty will vote for a man.whose influence has been used to bring this great evil upon Kansas, or who is now allied to the party that caused all this mischief. Theseare questions which every honest voter will consider, and if bluodshed is averted from our' Western territo ries, it will be done by the thundering of Northern freemen in favor of jus tice to Kansas. It will be - done by speaking at the ballot-box an emphatic condemnation of the authors and apol , ogists of this Kansas fraud. BEPIIBIrICAN MEETING, A large and enthusiastic meeting of the friends of Republican liberty con vened at the Court House, according to previous notico on the evening of the lath, inst„ which was called to order by F. L. Jones Esq., at whose suggestion W. B. Graves of Clara was Called to the chair. The meeting Ives further orginized by the election of Simon Drake and Cyrus Sunderlin,.Vice Presidents, and F. L. Jones and H. J. Olmsted, Sec'ys. On motion, of J. S. Mann, the meet ing proceeded to the election of Sona• torial Delegates, when L. H. Kinney, F. L. Jones and Wm. Perry, wore elected said Delegates. On motion, a County Committee of sewn as follows, Isaac Benson, Lcwis Mann, A. G. Olmsted and S. M. Mills,. of Coudersport, Wm. Perry of Genes see, S. S. Ron° of Harrison . Valley, L. H..l‘ . .itiey of Sharon Centre, were appointed by the chair. ,The meeting was then ably and eloquently addressed by Henry. South er Esq., of Elk County and L. P. Williston Esq., of Tioga. On motion,. the following named persons wore then appointed a Com mittee on Resolutions: 0. A. Lewis, Wm. Perry, 0. C. Warner, A. G. Olmsted,' Nelson Clark, Joseph Mann and Sala Stevens. On motion, The Committee on Resolutions were instructe4 to re commend candidates suitable for the officers of County coMmissioner and County Auditor at the ensuing elec. The Committee on Resolutions af ter consultation reported the following, which ware unanimously adopted, Resolved, That the people of Potter County-being ,professedly - agreed- in their oppositiOn to 'slavery extension; and thaCbeing the chief question now before the American People they ought to unite in sonic practical plan ofatcomplishing their object. Respired, That the Republican movement!Offers this practical plan and therefore we urge upon the people in each township of this County without regard to old party ties to• unite fur the sake of Freedom and for the pur pose of making their strength effective, we recommend the appointment - of township Committees . to co-operate with . the County Committee appointed at this meeting. - itemlred, That we heartily endorse the proceedings and . Platform of the Mass Convention of the Republicans of Pennsylvania, lately held at Pius burg, and that we will labor zealous ly fur the success of the Principles enunciated, and for the, election of the candidate nominated by it for tho .of fice of Canal Commissioner. Re - solved, That wo have entire con fidence-in Col. D. Whipplo of Ulysses ToWnship and that : we recommend him to the people of the County as a suitable candidate fur the office of County Commissioner to be supported at . tho- ensuing election. They also recommend William B. Graves of Clara Township, .as a person highly suitable for tho office of County Au ditor. Col. Duick Whipple and W. B. Graves, being called for in a few apL propriate remarks gave consent to . the use of their names as Candidates for the offices above mentioned. On motion, the Proceedings were ordered to be published in the Peo ple's Journal. On motion, adjourned. • WM. B. GRAVES, Pre 's F. L. JONES, Sec'ys OLMSTED, Correspondence of the N. Y. Trilionp A VISIT TO PASSMORE WILLIAMSON PIIILADELPITIA, Sept. 12,.1855. I spent yesterday afternoon with our friend Passmore Williamson in his cell in Ikloyarriensina Prison. I found him engaged in reading; ° at his side was his silver-haired father. It needs but a glance at Passmorc to assure you than he is indeed a ?Attn. Notwith . • . standing his delicate constitution which has thus far suffered but little from his incarceration, his countenance gives assurance that he is - possessed of all that fortitude which his trying situation demands. •His body is con fined within the walli of his .narrow cell, the companion of criminals, but his soul is free—thank God; over that no tyrant Judge has power. Tho proud conviction that he has acted in this matter as becomes a•man, that ho is sufferin g for the performance of a most high duty, gives him courage to look with calmness on the insults which have been heaped upon his fair frame. In the long .conversation I had with him in no instance 'did I find him giro way in the slightest- degree when speaking of the conduct of his oppressor s. It is incredible tome how tinder such circumstances a man can keep his temper. I found myself ever and anon carried away with indigna tion, and my • friend was obliged to gently check me lest it'should disturb his father: It has been rumored that Passmore will shortly . make - submis sion—"purge himself," and so on ;' but you'need not give a moments credit to it. He is not the man to perjure him self. But the consequences what they may, be will come forth victorious, or if such be American law he will leave his cell only in death. His friends are very active through out our State, and letters which I hare seen from prominent members of the Republican party speak in a very sanguine manner , of his success at the approaching election in the northern and western counties. We do not ex pect to do so much for him in this city, as the Slavery spirit Soenas to. rule here at present. But wo feel assured that, if aproper effort ho made in our west= ern counties, Passmore will be elected, and in such event he'will have received . his * freedom from the sovereign power tself. Mulching Newly settrees should not be drench ed in floods of water. In order to have a tree live, and the same is true of many garden plants, the ground should be moist, but not inundated. Mulching--a covering about the roots, of half rotted, leaves, decaying chips, saw dust., straw, coarse hay, breaks, ferns, anything that will keep the sur face moist and cool, is what the newly set tree requires. The mulching should be kept on till the roots have had tirpe to heal, the rootlets to spread widely iti,the soil, and the tree to be come vigorous, all which will he shcrvn by its growth and full, rich -foliage.— Nash': Farmer, Front•the Philzkit4phia"Sun.- I'ASSMORE WELLUMSON ,The following Speaks for itself and needs . no comment. In thiti com munity no man is 'more respedted than the one now in Moyamensing Prison, by tlio outrageous tyranityr of Judge KANE. We question, much whether that functionary could obtain such an endorsement, from so many of our most respected' citizens, for his "truth fulness and upright : character." No one knows PASSMORE WILLIARSON who can - for a moment doubt his in tegrity, and we have yet to find the first decent man in this city who be lieves With Judge KANE that he made' an evasive return to the.writ of Habeas. Corpus. Testimony in 'Favor of Passmore As Judge Kane, in imprisoning our fellow citizen, Passmore Williamson, for an alleged contempt, as:mines that he has not made a full and correct return to the writ ismed- by the Court, we, the undersigned, who know Pass more Villiamson wml, desire to testify to his mire truthfulness, and to his upright charac ter, and to express our firm belief that he is entirely incapab!e ofewasion, or equivocation, under auv circumstances.' We benevo that if he had afair trial, such as has been supposed, prior to the action eld udge Kane, that every American citizen was euimed to, before cod deinuation upon so grace u charge, that it would c:eir;y appear to every unprejudiced mind, that his return was, "lhe tru h„the whole tru,h, and nothing bat the trit.h," and entirely correct in ad particinars, widolut eva sion or omission. Signed, Andrew M. Jones, George 11. Steever Morns L. Hallowell, "L.!,:s Varnall, Thomas Alhhone, George IL Kirkham, Char es Yarnall, Alex. J. Derhy:hire, Benjamin Comes, Jnn: M. Kennedy, Wm. S. Perot, John Bacon, M. L. DZIWSOII, Thomas Evans, Thomas Car Fronzis R. Cope, Henry Cope, Joseph B. Toy, wend. John fermun, A lied L. Kennedy, M. .Ldwxrd Yarnall, D. Bober[ S. Johnson, henry C. 'Fownsend WE mako the following extract from a letter wriatin a few days since, by Judge . I.oomts, o f an d published last hock in the Oatariu Times. It is in reply to lion. Josalli G. mu You and I have had somc experi ence in political altiars, and consider able acquaintance with political lead ors ; and if your observation cut; es ponds with mine, you must be _con vinced, that the maintenance of free institution; and free government, rests with the-Masses of the people; and not with political chieftains. Men wh )m we have elevated to power may prove false to their pledges, as Fill more and Pierce have proved ; they miy attempt to nationalizealaver!, ay they - are now doing but it cannot be that tne Brea. mass of our citizens, whether Democrats or Whigs, can be Made to sanction such treachery to I freedom. • The effort will be made to evade or. I.raive the great queAtion of the day. Every insignificant issue, will Le prom inently put fbrth, fur the purpose of keeping us divided and thereby destroy ing our power. I trust, there is suffi cient intelligence among the people to see the object of such elibrts. If there be I shall have little fear that we .shall be subjected to the permabent rule and control of an institution which JefferSon truly described to be The rerinqual exercise of the must unmitigated despotism:" With esteem and iesp - 2ct, yours. &c., • CIIESTER LOOMIS. - GREAT TRIUMPH OP AMERICAN BULL The great and final ti hi of Agricul tural implements gathered at the Wontn's EN:um:toyer INDUSTRY, 110 W in p - cogress in Paris, says the American, Agriculturist, came - off on Auk. 13th, at La Truppes, thirty Miles front Paris, upon the farm of Mr. Daily;, Post master General of France. Previous partial trials had awakened such: a general interest in the occasion, that Prince Napoli:oil, and many of the highest ofileerS of the State, %vent out from Paris ; while about twenty dis tinguished Americans, including ex- President Fillmore, Senator Tombs of Georgia, Mr. Corcoran the Washing ton Banker, and others equally emi nent, were On the ground to elver on their countrymen, and to rejoice with them ill the final result. Various -im plements were tested, but the-- great interests of, the day was centered hi the Thrashers and Reapers, especially in the latter. In the trial of Thrashers, which lasted only 30 minutes, six men were set to Work with flails, and at the same time the best French, English, and Belgian machines, and Pitt's American Thrash er, with the following result: Six men with GO liters of wheat Pinet's Belgian Thrasher 15U liwrs " Dunoir's French Thrasher _...4: li:ors 44 Clayton's English Thrasher.— 410 liters " PrTr's AmEnicAm TuaAsur.R.....74o liters " A liter is a French measure of - 2A wine pints. This is in nearly the ratio of 1--:2.J . -- ; —4-7-12*, making the American machiue to do the work of 7"1 men; or _I of Belgian machines; or of more than ' 3 French machines, and nearly auble that of the best English machines.— The ilfoniteul, the'- leading Journal of France; says, "the American Thrasher gained the honor's of the day. It literally devoured the sheaves of wheat." . * • It is fright , fill to look at," • Seven Reapers—three American, two English, and two French—were eriteted. Previous trials had scared all others from coming effee the ground. About an acre was allotted to - each machine, .and they all started up at the. tap of the . drum. The pow est Ameri can machine finished the plot in a little more than half the time required by the he of the European machines. The time occupied was By McCormick's (operated by MeKouzie)..., ink minutes. Bj I‘lnnoy!s (from Illinois) 16 nannto# By llmisey's (Wright's improvement) ...... ... I 6 minutes The European machines came out in from 30 to 90 minutes. No incident could have been more pleasing to Americans than to have seen ex-Pres ident Fillmore mounted upon a shock of wheat, the most interesting . and ex cited spectator upon the field. It ea? tru 3 well for the future of Apical ture, when our politicians of the highest class enter with so much spirit into occasions like this. We hope to see many such manifestations of interest in farm improvements, during • our great annual exhibitions now about to open at home. The trial of mowers resulted in a similar triumph of American The French machines will henceforth be superseded, and their patents worth. less.—Olean Journal. FERN DELL, Sept. 21, 1855 DEAR Fluesos ! 1t is a long while since I wrote to yoUVrom here—much longer, probably, to me than teyeu. It is so pleasant to be here again—for I have been wandering far away of late ; so far and so long that the dear little, brown, house looked doubly lit tle and brown and .dear—and even the chips in the yaf'd seemed to' look . up and greet me. Tho morning glories and sweet Peas did welcome me. It seemed as though the sky bad. d.. , epened its blue and the cloti,ds, more daintily edged their fleecy whiteness. Where had I been 1 Down to Con derqu: t all Court week amid the hustle and hurry and noise and various per formances, until I got a surfeit of work, roast pig and apple-sauce. Al: ! you have great times there; just now through a busy Court—and soon . there is to be a Teacher's Institute which we all want to attend and en one can get time to. It will •be a four weeks' Court week, but far more interesting. Ah nic ! even up hero I cannot get the scenes 1 have left. entirely out of mind—proof that I have not quite get home, I will go swop up the leaves the winds have scattered on the yard, and cover the Strawberry bed with them, for we mean'to have nice straw ;•:-ies for you net summer. There is just IA hid enough to rustle among the leavez—tho moon is looking out from behind a dark cloud, growing blighter every infst i aitt, there is a warm ,t\., fire within and r'ipe when and sweet fruit without, th re is autumn g,atini tore on the hills, and rich' nuts begin ning to ripen, g eat r, A apples and peaches that glow the sun shines on them, it is the month of ftdriesg and fatness and thanksgiving. . . 'Tis-the rich and ripe September, - When the fruitage of the year Answers to each laboring member,. Of earth's children gather here. - Dig and do!vc through all the Springtime, April showersye glad to meet : Tint throughout the thirsty summer, Autumn's rich reward to g reet. Now the black b'rd from the thicket, Lark awl robin, all have flown : Bat the chipmunk and the crie.et Will not lo.ive Iti quite alone. Alt 'tis-well the chimney swallows have gone, for Nit: must now have• fires, and, smoke might not be agree-. able to them. The bit d that builds its little clay oven, under the eaves of tho' barn, I find lately called the cliff- Swallow, a much more pleasing name than that we used to call it by, sug gestive of rocks and charms and wild beauty, I shall never call the bird a marten agai!. Aeter all, the favorite is the barn-swallow ho that wears a swallow-tail coat, and build this nest in, the peak of the roof; ho, that the car ,,,p_.,;nter leaves a door for, when ho lruilds the barer; and who catches such , swarms oldies and mosquitoes every: evening, and pays us a little chatter ing.vistt.on the porch roof every rear; ning—busy as be is. Yesterday came a slow, warts bending the -blades of graSs that they might come up again, the greener—. pattering on the hollphock's broad leaves, and beading the fringe -of the curled mallow. . Three fishermen anglers took shelter-with us, and ono •of them; • fixing his bait swung the hook over the fence declaring he shodid fish in the goose pasture, and catch sumo poultry.- Such is the folly of human nature; when a bait is offered, I really feard he would,, but after eye; ing the queer worm curiously for a moment, the geese uttered a dubious quack and betook themselves to the pond. :We arc vary wise hero if wis dom lies in contentment with what wo have, our : precious home enjoy ment 4. GERTRUDE.-
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers