MEM 111221 v'oL'• VIII. N'E,WF I R M . fp OAT. J.CIIEN,EY would say to the peo.. ll p!e.Of Potter county that he has bought ti;- building owned by . Emily K. Spencer, and bruierly occupied by D. \V. Spencer, and cozuenced the mercantile business and has vpoluled D. W.. Spencer,. agent. 1 have iliptcd the • • . GASH. , OR READY-PAX -. SYSTE - 3.1. Voss desiring goods low, please favor me iota s call. (intim and all other kinds of pro. duce %ken in exchange for goods at the cash •` EOBT. J. CHENEY. D, IY. SPENCER desires to 'express his' ac itowledgmenu to his friends and to the pub lic for the patronage he has received in years put, and will endeavor to merit the continued ;,tor of old and many new friends in his cep statiogi. Coudersport, Sept. 20th, 1855. 18 Xew. :Goods. kl THE KEYSTONE BLOCK. pas undersigned would respectfully in 'form his old friends and the public gene p ly, that he has resumed. the mercautile tannin. He has purchased an entire NEW STUCK OF DRY GOODS stuck he is now receiving. Having' sold pkb in this community for a series of years, to suers himself that no has selected a stock ci ender dry goods that will suit the taste of to old customers, and such new ones as may vs him a call. He cannot undertake to , Du merste the articles that make up his as- P amela, but he has every variety and style of DRESS GOODS, BROAD CLOTHS, HATS & CAPS, - YANKEE NOTIONS, &c., i.at are usually kept in a country store, or !lily w suit the fancy of buyers. He also has stun supply of TEAS, OUFf.EE, RICE, sad oter Groceries, also Hardware, Crockery, ix., all of which be is =salon.; to exchange for cb.b.h ur produce, on favorable Ulnas tu buyers. Call and see at the 'store foriNerlY occupied by Miles White. ARCH. F. JONES Ceaderipert, Oct. 18, 1555 Machine Oil. Hill Owners will atvrays fiud supply o 0:1 tor machinery at satisfactory prices, and in Icy quantity ,at TYLER'S Drug Store StLL the most popular Patent Medicines on hand which wth be sold at whoie . -Saut or atsu staple ar:ic.es in the Drug, Medi c:rie and Dyestuff iine,for silo on the most rea m:nib:6 tenud. D. W ELL, Agent. NEW supply of ScitooL Boott's 11.1',,per, Pena, etc., of every kind inquire ni ads part ul the country, just received Lsliur hale at the JOURNAL BOOK—STORE. WAGONS' & SLEIGHS .4 .4 04 3 ►"( SHE subscribers, having rented JL the wheelwright shop former ,l occupied by John Reckhow, respectfully icronu the citizens of Potter County and he nit of mankind, that they are prepared to tuts sleighs of all descriptions on short NOTI CE sod to build all kinds of wagons according to MD Irßeptirint neatly and *.xpeditously dons Orders from it distance promptly attended to SICIILOW, t Z./. THOMPSON Coudersport, Jan. 10th, 1856. UK vale at the above shop, a new Cut ter.. t LSO ONE BET two horse, light B 0 B S. NOTICE• TYE Subscriber hereby gives notice to the public, that having given Henrietta Nut ting his note fur forty doilurs bearing date Im. 13, 1855, payable the Ist of June, Itr.k-- and having never received any value there to!, be warns any person from buying the uid note with any expectation of his paying MAiitS HALL H. NICHOLS. Sharon. Jan. 3,, 1 sal. 3 t MM=MMiffl New . Books, LADIES and Gentlemen are invited to call and examine the new books and other goads just received and for sale at TYLER & JONES'S POTTER COUNTY SS THE COMMONIFEALTH.OF PENNSYL YANIA to the Sheriff of Potter Counti,grect . . . We command you, that yon attach Justin Forbes Sc Lthel Y. Bronson late of your coun ty, by all and singular his Bronson_ and chattels, leads and tenements, in whose hands or poe 'onion soever the same may be, so that-he be and appear before our court of CO:ninon Pleas, to be holden at Coudersport, in and for said county, on the 18th day ot February next, there to answer Russell 0. Goodrich of a pled As runpait, that he be and appear before our court ca the said 18th day of February to answer what the"l be objected against him, and abide the judgment of the court therein. And have you lien and there this writs itatness, the Hod. ROBERT G. WHITE, President Judge of our said Court at Condors. Pert, the Sth day' of December, A: D. 1855. THOS. B. TYLER; Prothonotary. By virtue . , •of ;ha above writ to use directed, I have levied on the follOwing•doicribed real 'rats: Sionatii in Sharon township, Potter county, State - ofsPenwlyanis. • Beginning-11 1 post. the north-west corner. Simon Drake's lot, thencdt by the 'line •of staid lot eolith 99 perches to.a . pou. coplerobenes north filly digress west; ; 106.2"ip rebus to, kpost, thence north 33.8 perches 't6 •s• black tab :Isornor, I i•i EMI thence north forty degrees east fifty perches to the road, thence along . the road south fifty degrees east; 64.3 . porches to" the `Pfdte - ot e r wir,p—eontaining 44 acrea.and 129 perches strictrneasTre, of which there is about four acres improved, 6:2"vvilieCtre is one crailis house, one 'frame barn, g9d fruit • tree: on. • , . . _ P. A. STEBBrNS, Sheriff'. Coudersport, Dec.'27.,•1835. " ' Or Wellsville Free Press pletise,zopy - sit times, and send youf,bill to. this office. „.,.... COUDERSPORT' ACADEMY. HE Trustees of this Institution take plea- T sure in announcing to the 'Public_ hat they have engaged the services of the Rev. J. HENDRICK, as Principal. This gentle man comes to us well recommended as being able, talented, and experienced, He has been engaged in teaching a large share of the time for fifteen years ; and from among the large. number of his about 500 have gone out from under his instructions, as teachers in different parts of the country. It will be his object to make our Academy one of the most desirable schools iu the country, for those who -wish to qualify themselves for teaching or for other responsible stations in life, and also.for those who desire to prepare for college. THE WINTER TERM Will commence on Monday. December Stl, 1855. The Academic year will be divided in to Four Terms, of eleven weeks each term. • The Sprig Term will commence on Monday,. February 25, 1556; the Summer Term will commence on Monday, May 26th, 1856; and the Fall Term on Monday, the Ist. day f Septeniber, 1856. Tuition per term of eleven weeks . follows: Primary studies—Reading, Spelling, Mental Arithmetic, &c., - - - 'ZOO Common English branches—Geogra phy, Orthography, Arithmetie, and Grammar, - - . - - - - - • Higher English Branches—Natural p o ,losophy, Astronomy, Chemistry, • .. *COO Higher :Vf a thematielp—Algeba, Ge- - ometry., -- - • 5.81 Latin and G; eels Languages, . . $5.00 Piano Music, - - ---- - $l.BO Use of Instrument, ba:1111 ar Payment strictly in Advance. All scholars who can %Sri:e logibly, will be required to present an original COmpesitiez once in two weeks; and all male scholars to declaim once in two weeks. ' Though the Terms of tuition are conoider ably lower than they have been heretofore yet it is designed that the instruction, shall be thorough in all the branches taught ; those who desire to learn and are urilliug study will find it a very PROFITABLY SCHOU SOBIESKI ROSS, President.) LEWIS MANN, Treasurer, G. B. 01TERTON, Secretary, > Trastose, lI.J. OLMSTED, ELI REES, • 1.;:r Board can be obtained in private Fam ilies in the village, or rooms can be had ia tke Academy by applying to the Trustees. Coudersport, NOV. 22ud, 1855. Gentrat Xnfotimatfali UNITED S T.:l TES GO VERNMEN 7 . President—Franklin Pierce lice President—(de *facto) JeSile D. 'Brigid Secretary of State—\V m. L. Marcy. Secretary of Interior—Robert McClelland., Secretary of Treasury—James Guthrie. Secretary of War—Jefferson Davie. Secretary of Nary—James C. Dobbin. Post Master General—Janine Campbell. Attorney General—Caleb Cooling. Chief Justice of United States—R. B. Tait, Treasurer—Eli Slifer. • Supreme Court Judges—Ellis Lewis; W. V Lowrie, G. W. Woodward, J. C. KOOS, J. Black. County Mari, With Poet Mee Address. President Judge, ROBIAT G. Muir , Wellsboro, Tiers es DEVOTED TG,THE , PRINDIPLES: OP DEMOCRACY;AND THE DISS.EIIHNATIOH OF MORAL LITERATURE, AND NEW S. COUDERSPORT,POTtER:COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY :1856 •JOURNAL .-' Terms—ln Advance One MrPer 0 31 4 11121 1 $l. OO pillage extbscribT, TERMS OF . ADVERTISING. • • I square, of 12 lines or Icas, 1 insertion, $0.50 • - 6:‘ "3 inseilions, 1:5 0 . " • 'every subsequent inseftion!. .25 Rule and figure work, per sq., 3 iusertifmi, P i C r- Even; saisequenCinsertion; • .5 0 column, one year, . 25.00 1 column, six months, 15.00 Adriainistratori' or Executors' Notices, 2.00 Sheriff's Sales, per tract,. 1.50 Professional Cards not exceeding eight lines inserted for $5.00 per annum. All letters on business, to secure at tenion, should be addressed (post paid) to the Publisher, TERMS. STATE GOVERNMENT. Gorernor—James Pollock. Secretarg of State—Andrew G. Curtin. Deputy :".eerethry of State—J. 3L.Sulliva* Surveyor General--J. Porter Brawlsy. Auditor General—Ephraim Banks. Associate Judge:, • • ORANGE. A. Lawn, Ulysses Joir.eu MANN, MillpOlt. • District Attorney, FRANKLIN W. Knox; Coudersport. Sherif, PIIRRZ A. STIERINS, Coudersport. Prothonotary and Clerk of the Ceur* Tsto.Y..is B. TYLER, Coudersport, Register and Recorder; ANDREW JACKSON, Couderspirt, County Coinmissionera, - Dotoa WHIPPLE, Ulyises Center. HAREISON ROSA, White! COILIEIII,3 HENRY NELSON, Wharton. County A uditors, WILLIAM B. GRAVES, Clara Hinnta LYMAN, Roulette. H. L: Simoss, Allegany. Commissioners Citric, Samuel Havens,. Coudertpert • Treasurer, Henry Ellis, Coudersport. • County Surviyor, Z. F. Robiascn, Harrison_ Valley. Saperintendentof - Commos Schools 4 ,J. B Pradt,'Coudersport. •' • • Cythara; they!. rLute •of Zion,. .JutdßeysandAirlie Singing Book, ai Like JOURNAL BOOS lITORE. . 15 . . . . • -•. •• :T. HOW TO PRESERVE.THE VnU;n r OF The Knickerbocker, for December, a capital number, by the, way, has, the following capital Election story : PRESERVING VIZ PURITY OF ELECTIONS. "In the northwest ; portion of, the State ! of Ohio, in the county of Au glaize, there is a township, the citizens of which ate principally Gerrhan, and notwithstanding their ' sweet accent,' they are all democrats of the regular unterrified' stripe. -From the time of the erection of the county up to the -year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, there had never been a whig vote cast in the township spoken of, although there were over six hundred voters ; but at the fall election of that year, upon counting the ballots,- it appeared that there was one whig amongst them. There was the proof, a regular straight out whig ticket, and . they dare not . pass it by. This caused great commotion; their escutcheon was dimmed; there was a aohig amongst them ; that blot must be wiped out, and with their cour age (Dutch of course) up to fever heat' • in the shade, they want to work slyly to find the man who had dared to vote the' Vig Dicke ;' buttheirlabors were u nsuccessful. In the meantime anoth er year rolled round, and the geed beeples' N y-cre again assembled at the election precinct. It had not been forgotten, however, that at the last election come one had voted the ' Vig Dicket ;' and it was now the subject of open remark and Wonder. "While they were having an out door discussion of the subject, Sam Starrett, slate emigrant from the east ern shore of Maryland, came alimg, and demanded the cause of the com motion. • - $2.00 "'Veil, ye vas a vondering who'it vas voted the Vig dicket at de last election,' said an old Dutchman. • - "'lt was me,' Sam said, and it wan't no body else 1' "'I disks not,' said the old Dutch man, and the balance shook their heads incredulously. "'I tell you it was though,' laid Sam, pulling out a whig ticket, and may I be chawed up if I aint going to do it again. lam going to vote that, (hold ing out the ticket,) and vote it 'open, too. let you know that I'm an In dependent American Citizen, and I'll vote just as - 1 please, and you .can't help it, by Jemima •" So in he went to deposit "his bal lot. There, sat the three old Dutch judges of election, calm as a summer morning ;' and true to his Word, Sam handed over his ticket, open. One of the old judges took it, • and scanning it a few seconds, handing it back toward the - independent voter and said : dat ish a Vig dicket,' 't 'Well, put it in the box,' said Sam. • 'Vat you say 1' said the old Dutch man, his eyes big with surprise ; put him in de boil' '4 'Yes-sir-es, put it in the box ! I sin a goin' to _vote it !' "'Oh ! nol nix goot, nix , goot 1 aat ish a Vig ticket,' said the old_ Dutch man, shaking his head._ 'Well, I reckon I know it's a whig tittet, i saiclsace, and I want you to put it in the box,: darnation , quick, too.' 'Nn, no ! dat ish not goot dat. ish Vig: ticket`; we , not take __ t ines any atom said.the old . turning to receiNfe goor dickate from 'QM of_ greXtnen: friends. . - " Sam went out and cursed- till all EMI ELECTIONS .. ..... - ... 7 ;2; . 1 ' .. :.: 7 "to . .• 1 '-. : : ' • : -.1 ''',.. ' !,.....! 04: - .4i ... . .. . ... Y.', ... t' • T. .77, .-:'.! .- .... was blue-'-- 1 •Said he hid come thar to vote, and he'd he flambergisted' if he wan't goin'- te 'vote in , spite . of all • the Diitch in the township. , So, after cool ing-off alittle,he'tigaiti Went: in, and tendered lid ticket, very neatly:rolled up. The• Old judge took it again, and nOtWithittinding Sam's Zernurring, un rolled it and looked it over ;then turn ing to Sara; in d'titantier and tone net to be tnistmderatood, said-: ~ :I teillyqu . dae. irk 'a . Vig dieket ; dat it islaiii2 goof • ; and • dat ...tee not take 'em any anth-e P .: • . Sarn - again retired, cursing all the democrats generally, and . the, D ch particularly: and 'assigning th 'the / , • hottest corners of the brimsto region ; and was going on to curse every body that'didn't curse them, when he was interrupted,_ by an old Dutchrnan in the crowd, with : • , . " ‘Sam'Sdarrett, I tells you vat it ish, if you Will vote der Dimergrat , dicket, and leef der gou.nty, • we. gifs you so much monishas dakes you vere you cum vrom.' - ' " Sam scratched his head; studied awhile, and then said that as he. had come that to vote, and wan% Oil' away without'votin,' he. guessed .he'd do it. - • : "Again Sam made his, appearance before the judges,' and. tendered his vote. The same old judge took it, and looking it over quietly, turned to Sam and said':. . " 'Yaw, dat ish goot ; dat ish a Dimergratic dicket !' and dropped it into the box. " It is only further necessary - to say that Sam went back to the eastern shore at the expense of the township ; and that, at that election, and ever since, that - Gentian township has been O. K. • " Thatis whim, I call 6 preserving the purity of - elections. • D. T." • r.rcr.pe. of fifoOrea---Hia dtrival at Detroit. e=m= Col. McCrea, whose escape from.a - Kansas jail has been a subject of re cent congratulation among all the friends of freedom*, is in Detroit, where he has been telling the story of his wrongs by invitation of a number of the pronii- malt citizens of that city. The Detroit Advertiser says " Hopeless .of obtaining justice at the hands of a court which had already openly defied the layi for the pur pose of ensuring his conviction, Mr. McCrea effected his escape, intending to join his fellow-citizens in Lawience, to aid them in the struggle which seem ed impending, and then, at a proper time, to surrender himself for trial. But conscious that his safety depended upon his absence from the territory, his friends advised him to abandon his magnanimous intention for the present, and to claim an asylum where the be hests of law are paramount to the ruffianism of the mob, and personal rights are not adjudicated upon by drunken bullies.' Ho hari arrived in Detroit, on his way to seek his scatter ed family, and at the request of his friends here, will to-night' give a nai•- rative of the simple facts which have led to his bani3hpaent from a once peace ful home. "Let it be recollected that the cir cumstances attending Mr. McCreay escape, precluded'his providing him self evim witlinocessaryrairdent. He was obliged' to rely upon the kinin'etis of his eou4rymen fir the' means of travel and subsistence, and suffered the Want of. 'Clothing • and food, befOre reaching a point where he dared ask for aid. He is still but meagerly pro vided, and the avails of the lecture 'to- night will accrue to his benefit. : He desires first to reach . his Taniily,ind then, Providence favoring, ke will carry the tidings of his mission to the East, and, there endeavor _, to . , obtain succor of nen,and arms for the noble men • whn are, doing the battle of, free dom in Kansas. - It is Mr: MsCrea's belief that the danger to • the cause is still imminent, `lind he . degree, as 'speedily as possiple,, to put the hall in motion that shall decide the question r : • of liberty or 3 slavery for the people of 'that territory. • , Let net his appeal be made in :vain." ' • • Ma.PlATT.—ThePhiladelphia.)Vcws affirrns,that this' gentleman, just select ed by the Democrats of the Pennsyl vania Senate as pecker of that body, ii a- Know / N'othing. This' We crn hardly believe. - .That he worked hard -for Mi. / Cameron last winter,,is, true ; but o hers net in the same category di he same; A more significant fact,, • -lien* of present'events, is that he is ati Anti-Nebraska than ; and if, in ad dition to this, he shall turn Out.te be n Know NOthing, and that the Demo cratic: members .of the Senate knew it, the party they repteseut is less strong than it boasts itself, to_ be. .A pro-slaiery, anti- Know Nothing par ty would not have; chosen such -it man as Mr. Piatt—if it could haie helped • From the ; National Era THE BEGGAR-BOY ANR:3IIB. &MEL A miserably-clad beggar-boy was frozen to death on last iWednesday night, (January s 21) He was found by a butcher on his way to Market, early on Tuesday morning, sitting on the , steps at the entrance of the Cir cle, a public reservation between "the Six Buildings" and Georgetown, on the Pennsylvania Avenue. His little dog was licking his face and hands, manifesting the most intense agony for his dead muster. The friend who told me this, said the boy often came to her kitchen door for alms. She one day asked him his name and - residence, and of his parents. 'He promptly told her, his 'natio and residence, which' was near the 'Convent Georgetown; and when she said, " I will grime time come out' - and iee your _mother," "lie replied, " You can go, - lady, but you will never wish to go but i ance. haVe no father, but John Hengle lives at my. mother's."- • - 'At'othef tithes; Whin filling his wal let, my friend sought to know some- thing of this boy's home, - btit he was silent usually ; and; frorn•all- she could gain from him, she inferred that this home was made wretched: by the cru elty of John Hengle and his mother's unkindness ; that this boy was a beg gar, to 'supply the wants of this tno ilia - his miserable niirther. • _ Last Wednesday night was intensely cold. The stars shone like diamond Fparks. This poor boy had been ma king his rounds, and was returning late at night, followed by his dog, with an almost . empty - wallet. As the beggar-b.oy came up the Avenue, and passed Willard's Hotel he sawits many guests /happy in the warmth and comforts of wealth. He stopped on the pavement, and begged for money, for he dared not go home without the means to buy at least a pint of whisky, and he had only one cent in his pocket. But it was freez ing cold, and those alighting from car riages hurried into the hotel, and those coining taut could not be induce,' . to unbutton their coats to get to their pockets; and so the poor boy utterly failed of success. Sheltered by the Treasury, he ran along; shivering; with Carlo, who, im patient of delay, was always running ahead ; but When the boy came round the corner of the Preaident's square, he crossetl . the Avenue. and; looking up at:the wiridovis of the wealthy, 'he said,' " O how cold it is 1 I have noth ing in my packet, nothing ii'my bag, and John Hengle will say I have spent all I have begged to day, and will kick me Out doors. 0, if I hid been. • born in one of these houses ! How bright and warm they "look! They have rich,. heavy , curtains, hanging loose, but not so close but I can see through the chinks. - There are two boys and, three little gills living" in that house, for I have see) them all 'anal dresied, ' so nicelyank n elnahs and fur capes, and:rniticitie ,and gloyes on their hands, 1144 out to 187 : 4 . 'lf JHo el ' . C. , •; ) fv.1.,1e..r 1 " .t.' : •i 1 " ;-) ', ! walk ; but 1 have not a but en n ,„ .1 shirt nor jacket,;to keep them butto ed: would riot wit &ern' .rt.. and 1 heie to hold my jacket togster. all the rime. 0 what.joy,itpinstbe to , be loved J To and sweet,: kink mother to kiss, and to have brothert s. and sisters to play with, arid it*, With, in nice beds With a plenty - 13 t . blankets,and to have Santa Claus come doWri tho chimney on Christmas night, with .all sort 3 s l ef pretty presents. 10 1 mother dees'nt..._ love me, end''.104u3:: .. ,,, Renee hates irie." :Carlo here jump ed upon hiS' master, who now along till he came under - tho sholkeif of a spacious mansion, when, l oiter. ed. and looking up, saidto .himsele " This is a big house, hut nobody lives here,' only a single geritleman. O, if„, I were but his son ! I should be happy, so happy! but there's . no place in this .: woild for me. , Why was I born:ill • will ask' my Sunday School teacher to , tell me; if . I ean'again get my ,rilOthei fit to go to schOo"I Wish I'o did' ) t ' ' when I was a little baby—then yshCriii3 have gone to heaven; now; . where shalll go 1' To heaven . w Ro. cold the stars look ! Cane heti;teii•Tbsi' up there 1" Yes ! my boy," whispered'his' good Angel: "Heaven is on high, aria' you will bno day reach , its niansieicti : blessedness, where 'the depth ai present wretchedness WilVeribauee'Sii! eternity of joy. Cheer upc amid home ! See, Carlo is impatientlia barks, runs on awl returns, and barks again." The little boy hastened :onward. seeking the shelter of the buildings on the north side of the Street, until, gap ing under the protection afforded 'by 4 the " Six Buildings," he becanitxex; , • .. posed to the sweepi n g Wind, p outin g down from the heights of Georgetoers, - and Kalorama. Benurnbed and be wildered, he ran forward till 'he come to the Circle, With its high iron fence. and made for the gateway, to gain digs , direct path across it, but the iron gatis . would not ; chilled and 'despair- . ing, he Sat himself down on the' - stone: - step. The little' deg . -barked, and, 'l>i, such eloquence :nibs could coma:land, prayed his' master to ,get up and go "ops but the boy heeded him not. J The Guardian Angel wmspered hire: to rise and hurry hoseeward—not to go to sleep, on the peril - of his life?. To all these monitions and proMptingi, t the boy murmured his eveningprayeri "howl lay me .... down fo .... sleep, ' - I pray the Lord ....My soul . ... to keep . ; ' And ifl die ....before I vrakey k . • I pray the Lord .... my soul to take." .-- - The Angel could do no more. ills influences failed to move the ackul of the boy. With earnest scrutiny, 'he lookid in upon tho boy, whose thoughts (like figures thrown upon a screen) passed under the inspection - of`the Angel. Already was the bey steicink the sunny days of his childhood—birds were singing in the trees; and butter flies of inconceivable beauty were , fluttering about ft-rim flower to flower ; for he was in a beautiful garden, and music filled , the air. The Angel well' knew his boy's hour had - come, bti.. 'there ivas no muinitir in his seriph • soul against God's inscrutable provi• dente: He had witnessed the many Miseries of his charge with the intense . sympathy of his 'angelic nature, but ha could say, " I can-wait ! ' Thejudge I °fall the earth will do right.' " ' To him the future was all unkiowtt, but he well' knaii thi Messenger of the Highest 'would soon be - at his side. And, as the pulse of the boy was fini tering, he listened if, perhaps, - sinzia 'belated citizen would come meedily, and. yet'resuscitate the dying chita.- But no sound was to be heard bur.'the soughing of the winds throughthi.--dis . taut forest trees.. Q arlo - became aicifx, and more frantic. His yelping' bait o short and brief, ; but full of menckr, • . . would have ,ipurred on , the cliosit traveler ; but there was tnio,eart.o kcal: and, poor dog 1. he did what he: loaill by: licking ,the hands : ipd face. sf 4klit .:., ii young master. Swiillit Vitla 14,gfir ftik tip II El j El Eli El 111 r '~ '; ~ :_ of O'! S .`~; .' 1.1 t. J 7 i,n3 o 3 ti U NO. :;_, ...Z.-.1,