CJG,.aP-.dic~.a.:s.+.'!~:: ~.^".AJ'a~a:. r, cy,o=:-sue.:•:.-r .: -1 a.~ 'Throne of God, bringing witli - 4ini robes of light, and stood beifott the 0. I come," said the Messeinget;;.. to Anal, this boy to imraortari ..1 rejoice." replied the Guardian, ' di it has pleased the Holy One so soon io end_hisxrphatioa _ • umseare4able are his judgments J.o maul ibo race of man, twit 14 , gays past:A.nding out ! ' " Maul." replied Ate Angel . Meisen ger..'; is the enjgcna of Look arom'''. See, my brother, a city ,contalains many churChss, andnot one ,ashtititfor the destitute., . Whke ! child of _God." At the touch of the Mess4' er as he uitered thoe worci.s;the spirit ofthe boy stood Isp r. ,boilde . Ike Angel, disanthrnlled. He . viw like one suddenly Wakened • oul'iirdarkness, and brought into the broad lightof day. Clothid upon with mean:mho Of light lima beauty, he, 104- hith like one amazed. He was 4111 - of joy, but all was tut) new torilm to coinpt ahead rhos 'chan c bad . . asite - d upon him -- Let us go !" • (yid the Auto.. tO :itriP," 641,i the VDT ; hav e s oht in-my pot. e --Jet m e , tako that." child of Hor)ve-., 7 w will n . siOthiug of earth ar4, more.) ) . f'But my d Carlo!. 0„ ,let me d"g Ho-is all. tome. He 001, 1 0 T.et..Me. T. can't go and leave kula ".Thip last link of earth mot be brakes," said the Messenger of the , / 7 'gli. est to the . Guardian Angel, •.• The Angels then fulded their arms *'out the spirit-buy, with the velocity •1 thought ruse with the released soul up to the Paradise ;11 god, leaving the derd body to the charity of a city rich in eltrches, hm., with nu Woe of /;.eftige for the outcast and the home: less.. "PFTER SCIILILNIINL" IN AMZIIICA Washington, Jan. 8, 1856. , TEACIMt4' DIWWEEL ANBWERII 'Fp QUESTIONS *as. S o goes. 4th, The solving of skis question requires the application of something a little beyond the or -4411U Schoolmaster range. We have, as we anticipated, received a number incorrectssf sqlutipos, gmong which site must class X. Y. Z.'s and J. W. B.'s. We are glad however that they made Site attempt, and hope they will try again.' The assumptions made in thesO twig :re.sulutlons were very natural, sad, in fact we did not notice the er ror at firbt ourselves. Meridians how aver do not run upon s. plane, but izion a sphere; therefore tbe figure iacludod between them is not like a triangle, upon a m ptane, for the convey •, genie is slight bear. the equator, and increase toward the poles. To obtain the length, of a degree, in miles, at any intermediate point, involves a propor tion in t Spherical Ttigiuometry. We give: Oc proportion, for• those who ~step be inclined to examine it: Itadins, ar. comp. 0,000000 Cos. 42 deg. 9,871073 iog. nai,tes.. 1,841985 : 51,65 miles This gives the No. of Eng. miles hi !L degree on rho Aid. parallel. The T . 1 1 44 of tl f calculation is easily made, "20 vo will pur§uo it uo further. ANS. TO rots. 14. By a similar statement it will, be found that the diameter of the earth op the 40th. is 6060, 2 miles, nearly, which-u14141ke4 b,y 3,1 W will give the answer to question No. 14 by Par- We hope to receive answers to the Temuinlng questions, and that uo Teach er will he (lett:Fred from making the attemo, thro'fear of making mistakes. Ans. to Ques..6:h, I Why are there goO4l readers]' - first, because reading is usually lOght iii a dull . mechanical' manner, - tbo exerciA9 at school "consisting for the most part in,,cho monotonous utter r?ce of language of which the Meaning is. 4eitlier perceived uos eipressed. Thi? at lies o kfondly, from the fact that the . toarrity'of pupils,are alloWed to hurry aloud through a series of Readers, and am" kwuk• eugt4ed is lesson._ beyond -, their range of thought.' We would ' therefore - propose a rn:Qestion' for- the - litawer.' (See new Questions.) 'Aus, to Ques. 12.: 60—Proof Vt.o, of 60=40 be 2 0 =2.10 of of 300= 340 of 200.:----20 • - AMC yv Quas." 15. The polo wt be erected. feet : frtide ftk4 of the one; 8p AO, hie, aild.l32!feetift.coni . the fo , A ,- :of the .ope lOplfe4t higit;;H. • length 105 fgo*nearly-÷—PrOof trurri - tsfiii• squares - Of the - perpendicu lar gt base of a right-angled triangle is stglitil•to the square of its ilypothe nuse ; the square of .68 plus the sqUare of- 80 3 =11024- theAutuare root.of 11024 =lO5 nearly; the square of 32 plus tko squa.Fa,of 100=11024; the square r of fia4.105 Ails: to Quivi.: 16. - Qne diy's iwoik of B: . 1 •day.s.tturk . of of C ; 1 1 1B=--? of C —.7-1 of A=.?.. o f C—,s of A=lo of C= 3.0 f D. . 1 3 4TIKElt, . Above Inimie - io to three. piore of- Our, 7144(ystiotis by E. Parker. \Vo are. gltd to st 01134 he i'd''.ll'.iitork: But one, thing shwil'd he.bo; ne in •mithl ; we care not s t oinuch the, answers to iinatherptical gne.'stions i as for the 7Lote's'ik - ie . kyle of . geitin;* theca.' in thesellitee ansv: . er's be hal g,ien us onlk the conclusibusa:adiiroof. We - shoulil the ream fi ing-in full. lie hers sent a nurn.'eer rif New : Questions, which . we .use Iron) time to •. . . r , ce3.6ion rimy requge. 'NEW .• • No, 17. ought scholars to read at alessen ? Ciikzenj I 18. In what manner . should'the,i ai tof Reading be. taught ? R. No. 19. ; What is, the best method If teaching Geography? .No. 20. There is a curio ) us phenome non which 'attench.the 'freezing - up' of Cliatauque Lake, in Chau. Co., N. Y. Early in the winter- the lake freezes Inver near the - mouth and down the out. let. 'lit% latter period the body of the lake freezes oirelltut when this take place, the tnouth and inlet -of the. , lake immediately thaw out,' and remain open du: lug the winter. The ques tion is,-1 - iow is this to be 'accounted for? ' The lake is about 1200 ft. above the level of the ocean,—is about 22 miles long, and on au avet age 3 miles wide: The outlet is About double the size of the Allegany at this place. No. 21. It is a general law that heat expands all bodies ; -coasequently the abstraction of heat; or cooling, mi. tracts. and contracting increases the specific gravity.. Why. then floes not the ice, which is frozen water, sink to the bottOm when tbrmed instead of re maining on the 'surface 1. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL • JOHN S. MANN, EDITOR. , CCUDERSPORT, PA., INN* THURSDAY MORNING FEB. 7, 1856 ar Several communications have been sent to the. Journal since the ed itor has been absent, which shall 're ceiee dto, attention when he comes honae. rir Deacon Giles says " that he who carries concealed weapons, does it be cause he 'fears some one will injure him, or because be wishes to destroy an enemy ; in one case he is a toward, in the other a murderer.". 1,713058 Go. Our readers will please take notice that the time of sale of Major Mills' property is changed from the 22nd of February to the 15th of March, and the place, from Coudersport. kix Colesburg. rir At the meeting of Condor Tort Library Association, on Saturday last, the following officers - were elected to serve one year; . Ptesident, Rev. J. Hendrick Vico rresident, E. Hamilton ; Directors, H. J. Olmsted, R. O. Goodrich, Meiner, Ann Haven, A. H. Broun ;. Ree'ording - Secretary, Jane W.l utterwerth; Co l .- :responding, SecretarY, Hugh Young, Treasurer, E. K.Spencer ; Librarian, 111, N.V. Mann. No Speaker at Washington yet according to the last -news; though it is possitile'one might have been elect ed on P'riduy or Saturday' last. The Administration party were led to "hope that Mr. Aiken of §Liuth Carolinamight be elected by a PtOiiim. with-the South Americans, or 12th Section I Na., result %bleb they hOped Might . save • the a few• years longer,' ix . roxid- ing KtnOs as a Slave St;sii. •• ' —• "• r •:' •• • ME=== lid - HT IN A DARK iiii.CX. ',f . 1 , his nut always safe to ito of the cllapicte*pf a newspaper or magazine - I by iierelY rending oue 'number; `but ~, ..„. we ,. were favorably impresied with - die appearance and contents of a little monthly entitled . ”Me•Goqii Templar, .12—Diaptrance,111agazine,'! the fourth. number of which -al.freud put into onr hands the other „day. It is published at St L0i45,.1110., edited , by Ik - 11..114115,- r .G . ..,W: S. of che,Grand Lodge cif, that ,State, and designed to.he tbe organ .of the Order , it: the,,Vnited-States• ..4. • tontains - several- e4cetlent _articles, among which, is - an e x tract of a lec ture bythe ;ale bc ated . John li. Gough, :.and ~ also' a short:: extract: from the Cayuga:-Ph.ief, written in_ Thurlow . 13yowies snost,emphatic Style. Ifthe„ following expressive - paragraph from the., card of. a temperance .lecturer, published in .the Good , Templar, may be taken as an exponent of its princi ples, it cannot fail of roaltng a mark in the world : -,. , is my . mono: :In poli tics l a Prohibitionist ;' in -. Social relations, 'hold .the . Liquor Vender responsible: for the Academies of his •business• ' in religion, f.leold all Church es and Denominiiions criminal, whose mintsi..PnESSURE IS not . sufAcient to expel the blood-stained Liquor Traf '.ficker fromlheir cemmunion.:" Terms—single copy .$1,00; five copies.B4,oo. I The following are the officers., of Couderiport. Lodge 1. 0. of G. T., fur the term toinmencing February 1 ; ..W; C. T., John. M. Hamilton; W. V. T., Mary C. Brown ; W. S., L. E,- WI ight ; W.A. S., E. W. Hamilton ; W. T.;'M.alia Rounsville ; W..F..5., Lticien Bird W. M., R. O. Goodrich ; W. D. M., Jane Reckhonr ; R. H... 5.,. C. A. Metzger ; L. H. S., Sarah .Ann Blakoslee ; I. G., lone Butterworth ; 0. G , S. A. Wright. . We publish some new adver tisements this week. Read them. HARRISBURG, Jan. 26, 1856. I do not realize much difference in the temperature of the weather, as yet. If it is any colder in Potter than here near the. Southern part of the State,, L pity ell - persona who are abroad without an abundance of warm raiment. Have not seen a thermome ter since I left home, but my feelings have Warmed me that is still intense ly cold. _ Arrived at the Capitol to-day, it 2 P. M., whereas I ought to have arriv-- ed yesterday at one. I never bad such a run of accidents and draw-backs. have not time to describe them.. Suf. fine it to say, the axle of our tender broke four miles. math of Canton, which detained us two hours before starting on, and as our new locomotive had to back to Williamsport, forty-four miles, wo lost another hour. Then, beans° we were. out of time, we Were obliged to give the road to the other trains, and to wait four honrs and a half at the Summit, thirty-two - miles West of Port Clinton, at which place •We arrived at . half past three this morning. Started from there at a quartet: before 'nine, and , five miles south of Auburn, broke the engine, which detained us an hour and a quar ter. Nevertheless, I had a good time, and enjnyed_ the trip., • In relation to. the contested:election of our worthy member, I will merely say at this time, that some of oar Pot ter . county Old Hunkers have gone a little lower into the mud ,to serve the party, than I, had supposed. I Will, in a day or two, send a copy of the Petition signed by Ives, Tyler, Knox, Lewis Wood, and others, that will astonish 'some of their friends. Pro- Slavery Democracy is ruling the House with a rod: of trim.. A majority of the Judiciary Committee have . just -re ported that according to the laws of oar. State, as they now, exist, slave holders have dright tL . , travel through our State with their slci yes ; and this monstrous fals s eitood„ *I have . little doubt; Will receive a party'Vete in the House. The crisis apprilaches. The House has passed by a' party vote, a bill to repeal the excellent laiv of last session to restrain 'the sale of intoxica ting drinki. It cannot pass•the Sen ate in this shape; but'the law will be Materially changed-4or the .worse, I fekr.: ' ' ••'' 1 ' i - . ' . ... Our friends in the 'Legislature are rcirl4% faithfully and baritcpiously. they "eittii,ll): tar- monious ipflut*ce !tithe anti-istetres-', ka fo,r,ceitthroughttot the state, and' that we present,an unbroken, front in the next contest ; though itd roustliir'.eonfessed . the aeiton of the simon pure Americans in Congress .from this State, iu their efforts feat-13auks.have raised a barrieragairint ntdon which _ it yvill he difEcult I3ut the. friends of freedom _ kere are energetic, clear-beaded; "end unselfish ;"- Ybelleici they will do - their duty, and-save -the ttate. ' --J. - S. M. HARRISBURG. Jan. 28; 1856. DEAR READERS : lielgyl/1I1;y b . tifni;t3 .7 you a copy of the Petifibq of T. Ives, Thomas B. Tylif.,l%lllei Whi;e, 'F. W. , . Knox, and other citizen,/ of oni. court- ty, asking the.Legislziture to deprive. John G. Acqhee Of.* seet to which be has been elected by the people of our district,•and.tu give his, seat ti► John B. Bock, whom a majoTit,i-of.tho . . legal voters havjsrequested to stay at boipe . . . The reasons set forth in this dotu trient for Making Mr: Beck a member iu defiance of the fairly expro:ised will of the people, are haled on false state nients.; and the men . signing It knew they . were - false, or they didtnot knew any thing about what 'they .wero sign ing. Either horn ..of this dilemma places thins in rather an • awkward position ; and us I presume Messrs. Ives,. Tyler, and Knox, ane chiefly. responaible for this presentation, of this untruthful petition. to the Legislature, I ask them individually and collective ly,.how they Came to assert that the election in Sharon township was held in the " Sharon. Center " instead inf theLe Roy ,school house, when it f . is notorious that the election was held in . the .Le Roy school house, and when there is no lichool house in said town ship known as.•the Sharon Center. * I suppose these men allude to the new school house built in the place of the old Le Roy school house which was abandoned two years ago. If they do, luo came they to assert that it is " about one mile " from the old build-, ing, when in fact it is just one hundred_ and forty rod: from it—considerably less than ha Y . a mile t• Again I ask. them hew they came to assert that the election was at the new school house " contrary to the wish of many of the citizens of said township, of which nOtice at the time was _given to the election officers." The election officers assert Mat no such notice was ever given to them, and I call upon the men who signed this document, to make good their state ment, or stand before the public con victed of a falsehood Which has caused much trouble; and put the State to a heavy bill of Costs. As Lewis Wood has made affidavit to the truth of the facts set forth in . the petition, he can 'probably florae the Persriti or persons who gave the notice to the election officers.. People of Putter county, this peti tion is characteristic of the men who got it up, and of the party of which they are leaders. Examine it, and say whether you will entt ust them with your official business. .1. S. M. To the Honorable the House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, in General Assembly met : The petition of-the subscribers, cit izens of the county of Potter. in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, re spectfully showeth, that at the last s general election held in and for the county of Potter, on the second Tues day of October A. D. 1855,•being the 9th day of said rhantli, there was- an undue election held in the township of Sharon, in said county, in this— That the General Assembly of the CoMmonwealth of Pennsylvania, at its session in 1349, authorized and enact ed, that the General Election for the township of Sharon, in said'connty of Potter, should be held ,at the school house in said township, between 'Jonas Wood's! . and Simon Diake's —said school house being known 'as . the Le Roy school house ; and Moreover, P. A. StebbinS, High Sheriff of the coun ty of Potter, on the Bth day of Sep tember, 1855, made Proclamation - in the newspapers of said county, to y /he electors of mitt township of Sharon, that a General• Election would be held ou the 2nd Tuesday of October; 1855, 1 •at the - Le Roy school honse la' said township. •, Baba violation of %lid act of Assembly, and-the Proclamation of the Sheriff aforesaid, and contiary . ti the:,lish of many of the eitizenit'of said, tosinihip;pf which Ootica at Ole _slit* .was given . to the alieetiou offi c ers, 'election bard in nod foy tovia• di - a`liold the last general election aforesaid at the Sharon Center school lionae;ra , distitnee of' about one .mile Irnm the Le : Rny echoot hiniserthe aiefiksi,irlaled and fixed by act of Assembly aforessid, arid. that in cone queuesof the change aforesaid, there wC;reeleethis in said township deprived , of•soting at said election. And your petiticiners fintlier 'fitUte, that 'at the election ,aforesaid . there were votes .cast or pulled Representative District composed of the cumulus -of I f ygoming, : rClinton, and Potter, for members &the Assembly, as'follnws, to -wit,: for,John Poeoli three-thou- lan4 sk hundred and ninety-six votes, for Henry L. Piffenlgich three thou- eix hundred and: eighty-three '(3M) votes; - far_ Samuel Caldwell ttirep: I4'ousand seven ,hundred and fortY 7 five rotes, (37.15,), and for John 9,MCGhee,three thousand seven bun• Bred and twelve (3712) votes, making a majority of votes cast for Jolur.C. McGhee, over John D. Reck, of six teen (16) votes... And your petitioners would further state that at the electron . in ,Sharon township aforesaid, there werOVOteS east or polled as follows : for John. B. Beck. twelve (12) votes, for joint' C. MeGhee• sixty-one (61) votes. Therefore your petitioners; believing the election in Shailm . town ship undue and void,, it would. give. John B. Beck, by .fietting _aside votes in Sharon township afoil7tild. a I majority over John C. McGhee of the legal votes in this Representativebis trict. Your petitioners therefore pray the honorable the House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Penn-: sylvnnia, to investigate the facts set . forth in this Petition. and if found true,..to admit John B. Beck to a seat in your honorable body, instead of John :C.. McGhee who holds the cer tificate.- MILLS WRITE D. W. C. JAMES T. INT.!' F. W. KNOX HARRISON ROSA HAMILTON WHITE HENRY HURD J. M. Kira; OURN CORNELIUS LOUCK - 3 C. K. SKINNER •Ttios. B. TYLER C. P. KILBOURN LEWIS WOOD L. D. CHRISTMAN OWEN Rom( E. F. CARRIER JERF.MIAMBLANCIIARD R4CII'D CORWIN SAMUEL HOWE, jr. CHAS. CANFIELD J. C.CARTIIER J..N. SHERWOOD JOSIAH BUMP _ LEE GILBERT RonaiNs BROWN S. SHORT Mes Moshier • James Moshier Americus Wood Wilson Moshier David T. Hall Jas. E. Sherman lA. Jackson R. W. Bliven P. White Nelson Easty G. W. Sherman Amos Mulkin • Nathan Fuller Samuel Jones. . . Stato of Pennsylranta, SS County of Potter, y Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the,Peace in and for said county, Lewis . Wood and Owen Rock, subscribers to the above petition. res idents of_-the township of Sharon, in said county, who being duly sworn, do depose and say, that the facts stated in the above and foregoing petition, are true to the best of their knowledge and belief. Sworn to and subscribed before me. this 20th day of December, A. D. 1855. MILES WHITE; J. P. State of Pennsylvania, SS County of Putter, Peesonally appeared before me, a Justice of , the Peace in and . fot said county of Totter, Robbins Brown; E. F. Carrier, and Samuel Howe, sub scribers to the above petition, residents of. the above townslop of --Sharon, in said county, who being duly sworn, do depose 110 say; . that the liacts stated in the above and foregoing petition, are true, to the best of _their knowledge and belief. Sworn to andsubicribed before me, thi¢ 24th.day of December, A. D. 1855. NELSON PARMENTER, J.P. POTTER CO., SS. • I,s•Thoraas B. Tyler. Pinthonotary of the. Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, do - certify that the petitioners to.the alarwe and foregoing petition, were, at the, time of signing the same, duly qualified electors of said county. And I also certify that Miles 'White, ,Esq., and Nelson Par mentor, B,Sq., Were. at the .time the foregoing affidavits were taken, duly commissioned Justices of the Peace in and for said county. In testimony whereof I have here unto set.. my hand and sealithis 27th day of December, A. D. 1855. T.-8.-TYLER, Prothonotary. • State of Pennsylvania; k County of Potter, j ,r e mmally'appeateci before me, the bubeMriber. - ene of the Juetieee of the Peitee id, and for said countmf Potter, Robbini Brown, Josiah Bump, Les Gillrt, G. W. Sharman, and Owe s Roitls, five or the subscribers to the fort oing and 'annexed petition, oh s beitieby me first duly sworn sccordiau to, low, do depose and say, that they are subscribers to the said petition, - that they are qualified electors (4'661 county,uncl`thattbe'factsstatedi em ei , petition are true, to the bast of their -knowledge anOeliel;_end further ski not. Sworn, and subscribed Wore M e this Seventh day of January, A. D. , 1.8567 . MILES WHITE,JIi, %Mins Brown Josiah Rump Lee Gilbert G. W. Sherman Owen Rock. MEI Time Lock Hayen Watchman takes .e.ScriptiOns to the course .of the IL L . J. Pearce, its voting for. Mr. Banks, for. Speaker of the House. Why we.. cannot see: Mr. Pearce was elected' as;an Anti"-Nebraska man, and as 111 t. Banks is the only prominent Anti-Ne braskacandidate before the house, ws cannot see how Mr. Pearce can do any 'thing else than vote for him.. No out who was in the district at the time of the election, we presume, will attempt .1 to deny ' that the Nebraska question, and the subject of the restoration of the Missouri Compromise, entered largely,.isto the, campaigfl. and t h at Mr. Pearce was aupported lay hundreds ,on anise sittestions, he .havnig been in terrogated and given .satisfactory 'anntvilre; to those opposed to the tie braika swindle, and in favor of the . I Missouri Compromise. Mr. Bauksis not our choice, nor- do we like the position of patties there, but of the three prominent candidates before the house, Mr. Banks is the only man that Mr. Pearce can vote for and carry out • the wishes of his constituents, ass'• pressed through the -ballot box at his election.—Muncy Luminary. God made for some of th• mu tyrs a prison sweat as a garden of flowers: what then will be haunt If afflicting mercy be so great, elat will be the crowning TaDrey For the Joutnil WHAT THE STABS TEACH. A few nights ago, When svearran aad, I sought the silent city to read Is a moment the lessons'that are, there taught to fallen man. The tall, thite marblo• glistening in the moonlight, seemed like sentinels guarding As homes of the dead. while the ■otte that was borne oil the face of esti. served to recall our thoughts -frog earth tp Heavea. List fora mornant to the language they speak, "Coma Home" . is engraveti.on one, and On! how potent is the spell- of tho s e magic words come home.". Mourning Pa. rent, thy little one still speaks to that and bids thee still the wild pupation of thy aching heart, and rierhapi to come tl home, home to (laver), And thot semis of unseen s irite are whispering to ItS in 'angel tones, '''come home wea ry Wanderers,come to that home which has been prepared for you by your Father in Heaven. Another was "We have loved you.on earth,may we race you in peace." Beautiful indeed is the wish here expressed, and-as we read wa cannot forbear wiihing that we might behold the reunion of those fnn hearts who loving on earth aro . prsr ing to meet in that land " where 110 weary are at rest." Another bore as its marble brow a simple yet beautiful inscription My Father." As those words caught my 'eye ; my own heart beat faster and . wandered far be c k thro - agh the vista of years, to the time When I. too was blessed with a father's love, but alai an angel was wanting it Heiven., and my own loved father called hence; but I was not shim Other orphans had been called ups to,mourn their deal and as I thought upontheir once happy homes now made desolate, of the bitter tears tbit had often fallervon the very spot when then I stood, my heart rebelled arisid The decrees' octbs great I Am• 1371 stay,uPon the stone beside those words was carved a small white hand pole' ing upward as if to lead the mind from the lifeless clay beneath.to the glorified spirit above.' Such were some del lessons that are there taught, Basil left the spot a . prayer was in my hol t that I might read them aright. FANNY Jo't'. NOTICE The slips in the Preshyterian - Chu r4 will : he yeuted for the ensuing I►°r' on Saturday, the 9th inst. at drat o'clock P. M. for the purpose of N' curing- the services of Rev. . J. IV. Elliot, as officiating Clergyman. By order of the - Bowl . Couderiport noir: 4th 1856.
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