VOL. VIII.
OOUDERSPORT
ACADEMY.
I===l
THE Trustees of this Institution take plea
sure in announcing to the Public hat
they have engaged the services of the Rev.
J. HENDRICK, as Principal. This gentle
pan 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
Dumber of his pupils, about 500 have gone
a ct from under his instructions, as teachers in
dieerent parts of the conntry. It will be his
abject to make our Academy one of the most
desirable schools in the country, far those who
) yirli to qualify themselves for teaching or for
otter respoustble stations in life, and also for
hoe who desire to prepare for college.
THE WINTER TERM
Will commence on Monday. December 3d,
liK.5. The Academic year will be divided in
to Four Terms, of eleven weeks each term.
The Spring Term will commence on Monday,
February 25, 1856; the Summer Terra will
4onittience on Monday, May 26th, 1856; and
the Fall Term on Manday, the let. day f
September, 1856.
TERMS.
Tuition per term of eleven weeks as
Wawa:
PrAmary studies--Reading, Spelling,
Mental Arithmetic, - - - $2.00
Common English branches—Geogra
phy, Orthography, Arithmetic, and
Grammar, $3.00
Higher English Branches—Natural
Pnilosophy, Astronomy, Chemistry,
ecc., -- $4.00
ifiAher Mathematics=-Algebra, Ge
ometry, - - - -
Latin and Greek Languages, - -
Piano Music, -
Use of Instrument, -
!i 5 " Payment strictly in ads-once.
All scholars who can write legibly, will be
rehired to present an original Composition
once in two weeks; and all male scholars to
declaim once in two weeks.
Though the Terms of tuition are consider
ably lower than they have been heretofore
vet it is designed that the iustruction shall
be thorough to all tho branches taught ; am ,
those who desire to learn and are willing
study will tind it a very PROFITAIILL. SCHOOI
SOBIESKI ROSS, President.)
EEWIS MANN, Treasurer,
G. B. OVERTON, Secretary,
ILI. OLMSTED,
ELI RF:F.S,
Board can be obtained in private Fam
ilies in the village, or rooms can be had in the
Academy by applying to the Trustees.
Coudersport, Nov. 22nd, 1855.,
Gtnerat Knformatfou.
UNITED STATES GOCERNMEN7
President—Franklin Pierce '
Vice President—(dc facto) Jesse o..Brigat
Secretary of State—Wm. L. Marcy.
Secretary of interior—Robert McClelland.
Secretary of Treasury—James Guthrie. '
Secretary of War—Jefferson Davis.
Secretary of Nary—James C. Dobbin.
Port Master General—James CatnitheU.
Attorney General—Caleb Cashing.
Chief Justice of United States—lt. B. Tao
STATE GOVERNMENT.
tOorernor—,Jatues Pollock.
Secretary of Stare—Andrew G. Curtin.
Deputy Secretary of State—J.M. Sullivan
Surreyor Genera(—J. Porter Bram , ley.
Auditor General—Ephraim Banks.
Treasurer—E,li Slifer,
Supreme Court Judges—Ellis Lewis, W. B
Lowrie, G. W. Woodward, J. C. Knox, J. S
Pack.
County Ofßeers, with Post Office Address.
President Judge,
Rosser G. Metre., Wellsboro, Tiose eo
Associate Judges
ORANGL A. LEWIS, Ulysses
Josses' 3fstss,ltiillport.
Liistrict Attorney,
Faattscus W. Ksos, Couderspert.
Sheriff;
Pm(Et A. STICHRINS, Coudersport.
prothonotary and Clerk of the Courts
Tuosta.s B. TTLin, Coudersport.
• Register and Recorder,
oknoßr.w..licKsos, Coudersport.
County Commissioners,
palm Wntrrte, Ulysses Center
fis t ne4sos Rosa, Whnes Corners,
Ilranx
County Auditors,
ti.s.tam U. Gnsyss, Clara
HARRII LYMAN, Rouleue.
p. L. Statosi, Allegany.
Commissioners Clerk,
§insUel Hsenns 4 Cfpuderiport
Trcapircr,
Henry Elite, Coudersport.
• County Surreyer,
Z. P.,Hobinson, Harrison Valley
SityerintendenS of Common Schools
J. B. Prudt, Coudersport.
T"cythara, the Lute of Zinn,
and Soyiand Girt' Singing Book, at the
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' • Maehine Oil.
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Oil fur coat-binary at satisfactory prices, and
in any quantity,at
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tuper, Pen', etc: of every kind inquire
fur in ea; part of the i country, jam. received
ptilii r ea • st the
) JOURNAL BOOK-STORB.
THE PEOPLE'S JOUR\AL.
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Village subscribers, 1.25 •
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
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every subsequent insertion, .25
Rule and figure work, per sq., 3 insertions, 30
Every subsequent insertion ? , .50
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Professional Cards not exceeding eight lines
inserted for $5.00 per annum.
re.• All letters on business, to secure at
tenion, should be addressed (post paid) to
the Publisher.
Work on, brave boy, work on !
Under.the broad blue sky;
Sweet flowers are springing near thee,
Bird-songs float round to cheer thee,
And from above, the All-seeing Eye
Is..ever watching silently.
On a sunny April morning . I went
out for my usual walk. The air was
cool but the sky was [night, and the
birds were pouring forth their songs
with unusual power and sweetness.—
At length, after threading several
streets, I turned into a green lane
where I espied an old acquaint'ance
in an adjoining lot.
" Good morning, Johnnie," I said ;
" you are bright and early."
" Yes, ma'm, 1 am picking dande
lions, and if I don't begin pretty early
I can't get my basket full before
school time. My basket holds a good
many," said he lifting it up.
- - - - $5.04
- $5.0 0
- V.OO
• - $2.00
Yes, and it is rather slow workau
gather dandelions when they are so
small ; but you will haven nice dinner
of them."
, Oh, I'm picking them to sell,"
said the little fellow, his eyes spark
ling with animation. " Mrs. 111:riis
buys a basket-full every morning, and
she says she will take them of me ai
long as they last. And she pays rue
six cents a basket !" added he, empha
sizing the six as if the word denoted
untold treasures.
Trustees.
Of all things I like to see a conten
ted spirit, and my heart warmed to
ward my little friend more than ever.
Some boys would have said with a
whining tone, " I don't get but just
six. cents for them !" But the words
had such a full magnificent sound in
Johnnie's mouth, taint I replied. •
" Why, John, you will get to be
quite rich one of these -clays ! What
will you do with all your money ?
You must get something useful with
it, and nut fritter it away in candy
and such like things."
" Oh i .J. carry it all to my mother,"
answered he, with something of re
proach in his tone, as if grieved that I .
should suppose he could do anything
else with it.
Noble Johnnie ! I had underval
ued his generous heart, and I felt my
eyes moisten as 1 thought of themotli
er's blessedness in such a son. She
was poor in what the world calls rich
es, but the wealthy mother of many a
selfish, ungrateful, ungovernable boy
might well envy her the treasure of
such a son as Johnnie. Industrious,
persevering, contented and generous
be bad shown himself to be, and be
fore we parted, I discovered another
admirable trait.
During this conversation I had been
leaning on the fence, while he worked
near me on the opposite side ; and at
last he said, giving the dandelions .a
great squeea.e into the basket.
I guess I'll pick a few more. I
don't think Mrs. Harris would fiva
any fault with these, but I'll give her
a good snug basket-full anyhow."
0 Johnnie, God grant that you may
always remain as honest, and though
man should not see the deficiency, be
eareful . in all your dealings with your
fellow-men to give them a good snug
basket : fun - , Then you will, be that
invaluable citizen who. is honest be-.
cue it is from fear of
detection.
DEVOTED TO THE PRINCIPLES ,OF DESIOCRACY, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF MORAL LITERATURE, AND NEWS.
COUDERSPORkt POTTER COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 14, 1856
FrOm the/N. Y. Independent
lOHNNIE.
Thinking it_ might not do Johnnie
any good to praise him, I kept these
thoughts to myself, and said.
" I should hardly think you would
have time to pick a • basket full and
carry them to Mrs. Harris, for it is
quite a walk there."
" Why you see, Miss C., I get up
just as•soon as it is light every morn
ing and pick before breakfast, I'm
only putting on the finishing Stroke
now ; there was most enough before
bt eakfast. It was pretty cold too this
morning before sunrise." . .
"And you worked all the harder
for that," sail I, smiling.
" Yes, ma'am. And now I've got
enough, I must run home 'and wash
my hands, and put • on a collar,. and
start off. Igo from Mrs. Harris's to
school across lots."
So Johnny and I parted. 1 felt a
genuine respect for his honesty, and
his love for his mother, which led him
to forget all the hardshipsofhis lot in
the pleasure of ministering to her ne
cessities. I felt grateful to Johnnie
likewise ; for, poor and young though
he was, this little interview with him
hr•ti cheered and encouraged . me. I
was sat rounded by natural loveliness;
the springing grass, the swelling buds .
and flowers, and the soft blue sky
with its floating drapery of clouds,
were all very beautiful to my .eye;
and the crowing of the cocks, the
cooing of the doves, and gushing song
of Robin-red-breast, and the sweet
sighing of the winds in the tree-tops
were all very delightful to my" ear
but the moral beauty I had seen shin
ing out in Johnnie's actions, rejoiced
my heart more than all the rest ; it
was beauty of a higher kind.
So I went on my way With a light
heart; I could not forbear wishing
some of my little friends knew Johnnie
" I wonder," thought I, as I walked
along, "if little Tommy Ravel who
rises about eight O'clock, and is so
ill-natured if there are not hot cakes
and cuflee ready for him, would. not
become amiable if he were to get up
before sunrise, and take the fresh
morning air two hours before break
fast."
I- wondered too if Fred Stapleton's
whining tone might not be changed
to a more agreeable one by some such
arrangement ; and if he would not
feel more grateful for his beautiful
and costly playthings, if he were to
earn six cents for somebody every
day before school-time. I could nut
tell certainly, but this I know, at preA
ent they give him none of the rich
pure enjoyment that fills Johnnie's
heart when he walks over to MTs. Har
ris's with his basket full of datdelion•
and returns with six cents in his pock
et for his Mother. C. C. C.
We recommend the subjoined an
ecdote to the particular study of slave
holding communicants. In what par
ticular is their conduct different from
that of the old negro woman 1 And
do not our Northern churches Which
fellowship slareholders, take a view
of Christianity very much like hers 1 _
" A negro woman, soon after having
experienced religion, stole a goose to
make merry with her consort from a
neighboring plantation. •Of course
she was whipped, for the good of
others as well as of herself. Soon'
after these circumstances, a- .commun
ion was to take place in the neighbor
hood, and Dinah prepared to go. Her
mistress remonstrated with her, and
mentioned the goose affair as a suffi
cient reason for her not to offer her
self on such a holy occasion ; to which
she replied,. Lor, Missus, I aint - a
gwine to turn my hack-on my breised'
Massa, for no old goose!'" • •
EASY WAY OF PETITIONING.
We have been, a little surprised in
noticing in the legislative proceedings
at Harrisburg, the large number of 'pe
titions froth - Philadelphia for flip repeal
of the restraining . figuor
fifteen,. twenty or ;more p,e4tioßs to.
thii effect- have listen „produced . day.
after day. The number seemed so
large for so many consecutive days,
that it looked very much as if the great
mass of. the community were moving
for the repeal of the existing law. But
the mystery is at length solved. The
liquor dealers, and those woo sympa
thize with them, have discovered an
easy way of gettiog . up petitions. It
is an easy matter for a liquor dealer to
sit behind his bar and put down the,
names of men present or absent, dead
or alive. Lawyers, when they want
to designate fictitious persons. gener
ally style them John Doe and Richard
Roe. How many John Does and Rich- .
and Roes are made to figure censpicu
ausly at Harrisburg, we will not pre
tend precisely to say. But if half is
true that is currently reported, in re
regard to these famous characters, it
will be well for the members of the
Legislature to look into it. - Liquor
dealers should. remember that their
customers Sometimes become quite
talkative and exceedingly communica
tive, and let out secrets nhich they
are very sorry for afterwards. It 'is
outrageous and abominable that the
class of men whose business is destruc
tive to the morals and the industry of
the community, who do nothing to pre
mote the happiness and the well being
of society, should be permitted to be
siege the halls of legislation with false.
pretences and fictitious names, for the
purpose of perpetuating their means
of an indolent; lazy livelihood.
Let these men, who are sending
heir petitions to Harrisburg for the
repeal of the restraining law, distinct
ly understand that their mode of get
ting signatures has leaked out. Let
them also understand that. three or five
names to a petition will not have the
same influence with wise, sober legisla
tors, as fifty bona fide signatures". We
call upon our legislators to put the .
petitions and the remonstrances from
this city side by side, and examine
thern, and see where the names of our
business men, our industrious laborers,
our thriving mechanics,• our profes
sional men, and our honest tax payers,
are found. How many of these classes
have signed the petitions of the liquor
league ? Not TWENTY ! They would
be ashamed to be seen in such com
pany. Let us have no more signature's
of John Doe or Richard Roe ; no more
of fictitious or dead men. Look.at the
remonstrances sent to Harrisburg by
the 'friends of temperance. Every
name is a bona fide name. They are
the names of living men ; men known
in this community ; men on hand when
ever they are called for.—Daily Sun.
From the N. Y. Independent
THE BUBO OF BELGIUM.
Being permitted to look over the
private note-book of a traveler, whosaw
. many things which those who publish
books either do not see or do -not
think worth describing, we learned"
about many curious things which were
new to us, and among them . were the
nunneries of Belgium. We may - often
have seen allusions to them, but noth
ing that particularly attracted our at
tention and gained our confidence.
Our friend is *not one who judges of
things from superficial Observation,
'and is not blinded by prejudice con
cerning things new or old. So when
he said 'to us, "Nothing in Europe in
terested- us more than the Institutions
of the'Sisters of Charity,' 'we at first
marveled' and then quietly listened to
the descriptions he' gave, and the rea
son he had for pronouncing 'them'
among the most meritorious asa means
of good which the old or new country
had invented.
The convents which Joseph LI, did
not suppress, Were mostly swept aivay
by the torrent of the ieirolutiOn, but
the Beguinagees were left untduched.
They have all the - gond features of
the consient without the evil, and con
sist of village& *occupied solely by fe
males who have resolved to live Un:
married and devOte themselveS to this
care 'of the •sick 'and 4i'eediscation of
orphans,' kfund is of cisurie'naCeSia'ry'
'to . establish themV btit instead `of one
great building like prisons, convents,
and asylums, there are many, pleasant
ly located upon streets and squares,
inclosed by walls and accessible only
through gates. A
_single house may
be occupied by one only; or by several
accordingtothe taste and employments
of individuals. They style themselves
" Sisters of Charity," and those who
join them take no vow of celibacy or
the consecration of their whole lives
toisolation and deeds ofcharity. They
may leave at any time if they do not
like it, or if for any reason they prefer
.
to, return to the ordivary bustling
world.
In the town of Ghent there is a
- Beguinage containing one thousand
women, and in the note-book of our
friend it is remarked, that there can
not exist a community of persons more
pure in their lives, more self-denying,
or more fruitful in good works. Here
I orphans, or deserted, or poverty-strick
en children. are received and educat
ed, and however grievous the sickness
or loathsome the' disease with which
they are afflicted, he haVe the most
aithful.and
.affactiouate care, and from
those, too, who have been women of
wealth and_ might stilt be women of
fashion. If they remain in the circles
in which their birth and education
entitle them to move, - they must con
form in dress and style of living; and
yet-being few, comparatively, in num
bers, they are isolat - ed from sympathy
and congenial companionship univer
st.lly objects of contempt. They must
form viminal marriages or sink into
the fathomless abys3 of vice, not to see
every where pointed at them the linger
of scorn.
Associated fur a common and loaner
,
°lent purpose—secluded from the:vul
gar gaze of those who do not under.
standthem and cannot appreciatethem
—industrious and frugal, life passes
pleasantly—the heart retains its fresh
ness, and the countenance its serenity.
In Belgium theie are six thousand
Beguines, or nuns of this order, and
'there are also many still in Germany
and the Netherlands. They are of
course Roman Catholics, and rigid de
votees. Those desbribed by our friend
were dressed in black with lung white.
vails, and at the hour of vespers all
enter the church together, remaining
covered during service, but ',laying
aside their vails on leaving the church .
to return to the cottages in which they
live. Needlewoik and various "arts
are practiced and taught, and by' the
avails of these, additions ate made to
their Innds, and they are also often
enriched by donations. But there are
no monastic vows—no binding of them
selves by the rules of any order. They
are governed only by the ordinary
rules of association whilst they choose
to remain members,
But it must be evident that it is a
species of communism of which the
Catholic nor any Other sectarian. reli
gion is not a necessary feature. Any
number of women with the requisite
fund, not only of motley but of Chrii
tian spirit, might form such an a4ocia-
Lion.* The separate buildings are an
infinite improvement upnethe-priyon
lookil% walls of nunneries and asylums,
accusing to each the companionship of
one or many as suits her taste, and se
curing also a greater amount of every .
species of physical comfort. The la
bor is not so great of taking care of the
sick or helpless age in cottages as it is
in castles, and fresh air would be a
Constant blessing which is never known
where hundreds.areconfined within the
same walls, however spacious -those
walls may be. • .
The idea of evil, and evil only, has
been so longassociated with nunneries,
that many will not believe it possible
to convert them into' an institution flirt.
good. Yet.it is alarmingly true that'
Protestant young ladies. are turning
;Catholics in great numbers for the sake:
of the retreats afforded them among
the.various sisterhoods ; and it is •also
alarmiagiy tiya that suicides are among
.the calamities recorded upon the pages'.
of eVery journal in theseautryi to say..
itotblOg of
. those !mho,
~resert
.to :the
obscurity which vice affords, when
poverty and humiliation evertakethens..
and there is no refuge froM 'the acorn,
of the world, which is honorable and
secure.
It may be answered that humiliation .
should be meekly borne and not fled,
which is very easy to say for those who
have not experienced it; yie must take
human nature as it is, and not tut it .
should be. The Savior. said, "M l
grace is 'Sufficient for thee," and so it
is for all who possess it ; but calamity
and humiliation come most surely upots
thbse who have ntOstrength from
Heaven. Afflictions may be sent w
lend their thoughts to God, and this
should be their effect; but in the first :
)rnenta of suffering, especially if it be
a suffering - with which the world has
nu sympathy, the mind is bewildered.
and to find obscurity is the first resolie.
Men may plunge into business, they •
may travel and are never obliged tO
think of escorts or proprieties; but to •
women, especially to Protestant women, '-
there is no refuge—nothing but to sit: • '
down- and endure. Each sufibritig •
woman is altints as far as sympathy anti . •
all the heart's necessities are concern
ed, though she may be in-the midst of
family and friends. They have other -
objects of interest, and have not Ind
her expetience. She might go roth,
a lone Sister of Charity, but how Many
obstacles would she meet in such a,
pathway, and how little good could shit
accutnpltsli, compared with those who
are associated, wuo have congenial ;
companionsinp, , constant employment,.
-and ever hetere them object tot:interest.
We saw not lung since - id a lead
ing
Magazure—in the one which has
the . largest circulation, _and .therefore .
must exert, the
. vvidest, ittfiuence--a:
description of this class of, females as
they exist. iu ProtestantC,otnnaunities., •
There wasa list of opprobrious epi
thets applied to them which occupied .
nearly kialfa column,and which would
have disgraced the lowest, penny ga
zette of Billingsgate literature. Yet -
they were heaped upon those who, u •
a class, are above reproach, .a major- ,
ity of whom are eminentlyhigh-mihd,
.•
cd, self-sacrificing and noble. la
Catholic communities they are itub
ject to no such reproach, bungee they .
have a position, a definite mission, -
and are independent. The .ordivary
convent is open to so many.ohjectiona
that it can never and should never be
come a permanent institution among
Protestants. But , to the Beguinage
we du nut see a single reasonable ex-
ception ; and iethe rich women,. Min - .
are .endoWing colleges and professor
ships thr men, would do . something.
fur the helpless, desolate, and woe-.
strickeu of their own sex, crime and: .
vice' might be robbed of their victims.
arid the dark places of our cities : be
redeemed. flow much 'better
spend the money in prevention, which,
is devoted to hospitals and asylums
for the r eception of those whim crime. .
-has made dangerous or vice has pada •
helpless ! HuVr much better to pro- -,,
mote'happiness than to assuage,
ry ! How much better to encourager :
independence, self-reliance and honest
industry, than to nourish wasted .ener t
gies; support premature decrepitude,.
and solace the despairing; X, word,.
to the wise is sufficient, and tvauld. it.
might prove a word in season,.lika. : ,
apples of gold " in pictures of silver.!"_
M. M.
Lars AT THE Niritirk ' l{olill3.
• . • ;
AssiNGTON, p..c.,
DE.. READEBAI The estriirauy last, - 4
night at the PiesiOent's,l-Inuse., it is
said, was the largest aed.tnestb:•rillia,S.
.
of ttie4eastin. 1 went at an arlplotts. ,
not tn ntt . ..nnda . nß!,'•,..o4 , the
smallest patte:n of a President. but
to see what kind of encinty,a94, maps-i
ners ate ; encouraged at the capita of,
the chief. AFP Vie. 9A, ..at . e..o4l,csitcd
:went eleeeitqn , .tilat I, might, foculieritc
harassed; by, t!ie..eye of an , nequititit- - • 7 "
anon.. - I. went, too early' by jtiit testi .. " l
-minutes, buethestil spent:very
autly on •the—nctitirpariic i t `wilrehraletx
,the arrival :Mothers
had come too early. They cams 4,
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