E Id MIE PEOPLES JOURNAL . -%i".; • . •. jaWN A. MANN, EDITOR] etoit; •••••••-•IOS cetripartwoßT, Pt rffua3D MORNING, APRIL 10, 1856 Mr We ask attention to the call for a nieOvig at this place on the 31st of May. to choose Delegates to the Phil adelphia Republican Conventions, and transact inch business as may be deem.- ad necessary for the better organize eon of the friends of Freedom in this county. We trust every township in the.county will be represented in that convention. Let, us meet and take counsel together. Let us congratulate .0116 other on the glorious triumphs lately achieved in Congress, and take ineasures to place little Potter in the front rinks for Freedom. or The snow is at last taking its departure. Wheels made their ap pearance for the first time this Spying, on Monday last. NeTer was r 4 u 4 ■o welcome before. rr We publish in this number, the resolutions of two state cunveutions lately held at Harrisburg. Read them and say which are she truly democra tic, " If we hope for things which are at too great a distance from ua, it is passible that we may be intercepted by death in our progress towards them, if we hope for things which vie have rot thoroughly considered the value ef, otir disappointment will be greater gran our pleasure in the fruition of them. If wo hope for what we are not likely to possess, wo act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shatlow tlian it really is. Many of the miseries and misfortunes of life proceed from a want of consideration in one or all of these particulars." I Our formers will find some ex cellent suggestions in the article head ed " Hints for the Season," from the Country Gentleman. We hope each• pne of our friends will read the article slid profit by it. Cr The restraining liquor law of fast sessiau, has been repealed by a atri,ngent license law of the present one. We are at a loss to account for fhe passage of the hill. It is as mud; lit "jug law " as the repealed bill ; and sherefore wo do not see hnw the liquor min could vote for ,it, But it k less favorable to temperance, and therefore we do not see huw temperance men could vote for it ; and yet. it passed he Senate unanimously. Er Every day the horrid character t:tf slavery becomes more apparent. We give an account, in another col umn, of a cold-blooded murder of a pegrs broad daylight, as reported by a Missouri paper. Shall an insti• rim] which bears such fruit, be ex tended into E.ansas of aay other frte Territory l That is the question now mow heilme the American people, to ke decided at the ballot-box. Aspuldiesnim in ths Sonia. C. M. Clay and other fearless and freedmns-loving Southerners have fre j3uentiy told Northern anti-slavery men to stand firm-T•to spread the facts in relation to the evils of slavery, be fore the peoPle-,.agitate, and arouse peblic senticoent by every means, i n {flair power, and eventually a party would spring up in the South, in ee pperate with Northern men ; that ea ti-slavery in the South could only exist after a persevering effort at tbso tjerth, These declarations begin to be veried, as will be seen from the article on the first page, taken from - the Loudoun (1 7 a.) Mirror. How came this meeting in Loudoun ,county to Aver Republicanism? Simply because !'that mighty party" in the North al -bided to by one of the speakers, • The proceedings of this meeting in .forudoun are interesting in another rip= of view. They show that the .patriutitle of slaveholders everywhere fis treoreJe4 by the seatrol which they Nava over . thei r Government. • Take from them itheipOils of office, and tlni poster, Ao tost4e sump - Anent to run knrn ftigiav• iflavelutind As Union sarsy.trufe , 4r gc , 4p pieces,.—they will .have no fAther mui for it. And then ib.e chtridry of ! these igarery props- A tranda k so,. frequently paraded before the North to charm doughfaces—see how refined and courteous its ahem pions are; " The gentleman had better go bank to the worth and mingle with Fred Douglass and Lucy Black wool Stone, or Lucy Stone Black wool," is a fair sample of the courksy sod refinement prevalent among slaynhOlderd. The intelligent reader will not fail to note other interesting points in the Mirror article. E The bill introduced into the Legislature of this state to change the the law of Libel, failed to pass e'en the house, whip(? turned M'fihee out of his seat t 9 a4iit At man rejected by the people. Bad bill that, to stick in such a body. So, there is still some restraint on the slanders of a reckless press; and Judge White's opinion will not be revertei even by the present partisan Legislature. Try again gen• tie men. " SHARON mom." BY AUTHORITY. We are very glad to hive the loCa- . tien of she "Sharon Centre school house," legally determined. Weknew where the Leg.oy Howie was , that had been settled by the board of school directors—it was near Lewis . Wood's, and now we have the location of Shar on Centre defined by authority of the legal voters of that township. It is near John Voorhce's, and three miles west of L. Wood's. It is where Shar on Centre post-office was first estab fished. Nut liking the way the old hunker 'leaders, broke up the election held at the Leßoy school house, the voters of Sharon petitioned the Court for leave to hold an election for the purpose of moving the place of holding elections to some other place. Leave was gran ted and a special election wag accord ingly held on Friday last, April 4th, and the following is a copy of the re turn made to the Prothonotary. We think it will settle the location of " Sharon Centre" school house, even to the comp, ehension of Lewis Wood, Timothy Ives and F. W. Knox. For holding the General, township and special elections at the Sharon Centre school house near John Voor hies, there were forty-four votes. (44) For holdidg the General township and special election. at the school house near John Voorhies, there were seventeen votes._ (17) Vor'holding the General, township and special election■ at the• Leßoy School House east ofLewis Wood's, there were two votes. (2) "For holding the General, township and special elections at the Leßoy School House east of Lewis Wood's, according to F, W. Knox's. map at Harrisburg, there were four votes. (4)" !MODS ISLAND 70* jRZEDOM The ball is in motion. No earthly power can arrest it. S,enator James, backed by all the influence of ,the Pierce administration, made every ef fort in his power to induce the .free men of Rhode Island, to acquicrec in the Kansas outrages ; but it was po ,use. The people have determined to make K.ansas afree state, and they will vote for men to carry that will into effect ; and so the following despatch ' to the N. Y. Tribune tells the story Peovinann, R. I„ April 3, 1856. The result oUtbe election in this State has vindicated Free Kansas. 1-Inprni is reelected Governor by about 3,000 majority, and the Slavery Ad ministration party is thoroughly de feated and prostrated: M. W. Dat,►ear, The Senate stands : 16 Americans end Republicans, • 9 . Pierce men, 1 Whig. and 5 iacancies. ''be ifeuse stands about 39 Ameri cans'aud Republicans, 21 Pierce men, and 13 yacancjes, Fume. or THE JOURMIL: If any thing was required to convince the people of the desperate character of the present Bogus Democratic beg islature now ii sessioa at Harrisburg. it would only he necessary to refer to • the atrcious -action. of that body which deprivep Mr. Naha, : of hie seat ist the Hgise -for which hei:'Wait itially ole4ted.. Almost every day fora . shill . new •oiidences,of their : ignorance of the Rights of Man of the, Most iwant on csreleaseess, or of the roosts acute Political .desperation which has ever yet • characterized a Legislature of gennsylyttnia. Not content pith depriving the, peo ple of Sharott:of .the Tight of salrerage ..,..almost as dear i to American people as ,the rights of life and property— they now seek by a new phase of de mocracy to deprive citizens of the right of speech, which, if their tyrani cal plans succeed, they know will add' to the strength of the party for reasons • most abvions. To this end Senator Buckalew, one of the great guns a the Hunker party road in hid place uu the gOO.l inst. " a bill to prevent the iamrference ofJudges in politics which one of the members stated had diiect reference to Hon. Judge Wilmot.— The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committe, but who can doubt its pas sage by a Legiblatute which deprives citizens of the iight of sufferage 1 The remarks of Mr. Taggart though brief are to the'poin t and I therefore trans cribe these fur the benefit of your rea ders; Mr. Taggart objected to the - bill, because it was aimed at an individual —with malice, aforethought—a single man two hundred miles away. He referred to the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which guaranteed free dom of speech to every citizens. . He asked the Senator from Wyoming, (Mr. Platt.) if David Wilmot was su mighty—or his words so terrible to the foes of right and truth, that the legislative power of the Common wealth must be invoked to shut his mouth? How loudly must he speak and to how many shall he speak to come within the operation of this bill? To day we enact that he shall not speak loudly t► a multitude—to-mor row that he shall not speak in a mod erate tone to an individual—and next day, that he shall not whisper in - a cor ner to his wife,—and then we will de prive him of his vote. It is the same in principle. Thousands of men—and the best men, would reject with scorn an office that would muzzle them in the declaration of their sentiments, -whenever and whet ever and however they choose to utter them. There are emergencies which require the best talent of the land for their discussion, and that talent is frequently found up on the bench. Some men would rath er surrender their right to vote, than their right :n speak. Doubtless the Senator from Columbia, (Mr. Bucka lew,) is among them. His right to speak was worth ten times as much to himself and to his party, as his vote. Their is -a great deal of Hunker figuring in this bill. It shows that they are afraid of the power of Judge Wilmot's manly eloquence on the side of the right but all attempts at this kind of gag-law will prove futile, for Judge Wilmot and every other than a Hunker Democrat would scorn to hold an office which would deprive him of the best of his rights. I would suggest for the benefit of the Hunker party here, , that Beck be instructed to add an amendment in the House making the bill include the associate Judges, of whom the epistolary gentleman M' your village is so much afraid, for certainly if it is tight to deprive any Judge of the right of speech it is right to deprive all Judges. . I ask the people of this county to remember these attempts of the Bogus Democracy to deprive men of• their most sacred tights—and to remember them atthe proper time—election day. A. WILMOT MAN. BORDER RITIPZIANS IN PENNSYLVAPIIL At the Convention on .the 4th of March - which put Timothy Ives in nominat:on fot Surveyor General; the following resolutions among others were adopted : Resolved, That in the repeal of the act known as the Missouri Compro mise act, and the passsge of the act organizing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, free from unconstitu tional restrictions, the last Congress performed a work of patriotic sacri fice in meeting the demands of section al excitement by unshaken adherence to the fundamental law. . Resolved, That ;bit legislation can not be deemed unnecessary, but that it was expedient to pet the questions of which it disposed, and which could never admit of a more easy settlement than at present. That we recognize in it the application to the Territories of the United States, of the rule of " equal and exact justice to all men" of all sections of the ponfederacy, which was designed by the framers of our government. gad whiah . was -.defined as one of its essential, iirincl pies by the intim* Jeffersoe. - • Betelf Tharltlie: Degkimotcy '4 l ennsilviutia, following. the council of , autue . ofttlr. wisest Otitesmen of Abe . ,49rth . soul south, were..Veady on more man crie Occasion in ittie past,. to ex- . tend Ow Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific;•so . as to make it the basis Of a final settlement of-the luestion of 'slavery in the Territories.; but when ibis proposition was rejected in 1848,-1 on the ground thatit involved an un-ii due concession to the - -south by the very men• who now divisor for-a res toration of the Missouri . line, there seemed to•be hut one wise alternative left, and that, was -tO refer the whole. question of Slavery . in the territories to the people thereof, to be regulated 'as they might deem proper, and . we tlierefine cheertblly extend our hearty ' support to the policy of the govern ment as recognized in the Cnmpru "mise measure of 1850, .and embodied in the laws organizing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. • Resolved, That unerring indications point to the Hon, James Buchanan— distinguished alike by his high_ person al character, his tried Democracy, his great abilities, exuerience and emi mut , statesmanship—as the nation's choice fur the office of President of the United States, for the term com mencing , on the.fourth of March 1857; and that we do hereby instruct our' delegates; to the National Convention to assemble in Cincinnati in June next, to use their efforts to secure him the nomination to that office. Resolved, That at that period when' sectionalism, in its worst aspects, at temptieto undermine the foundation of the federal' constitution, and when an aboliticin majority aspires to supra. macy in the popular branch of the na tional legislature, and with the pros pects of difficulties \ with the foreign nations,: who for their purpoie may seek to intercept and stay the progress of free institutions ou this continent. I iq-order that they may more effectu ally surest the advancing fbotsteps of our republican example, the states manlike qualities of James Buchanan —his long and well tried services in defence of the Coustitution-r—his. inti mate knowledge - of all cur relations with foreign countrics--and his large and enlightened experience—point to him as preeminently the man to lead the victorious columns of the Democ racy in November next. Resolved. That we fully endorse the administration of President PIERCE as national, faithful, and efficient— (nitro:pal to all the important emer geucies which the country has had to encounter, and that he has worthily maintained her interest and honor at home and abroad. Tv THE TRIENDS OE TREEDOIt Ilf PUN In fulfillment of the duties imposed uptiu toe undersigeed, as member of the National Executive Committe fur the state el Pennsylvania, (appointed by , the Repuolicau Convention held at Patt;burg, on the 22d ult.,) and in com pliance with the wishes of numerous riierids thruughout the State, notice is hereby given, that a REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION will be held iu tue (Jay of Philadelphia on MON DAY, the luth day of JUNE next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., for the !ululation of an Eiectoral Ticket, and the noun- . nation ut State Officers, to be support ed' at the eusuiug Presidential and `State electiutis . ; add generally, for the irausactiou of all such business as shall Come before said Convention. The undersigned would recorntnend that said Convention be composed of delegates, twice iu number, to that of the tuetuners tit the Senate and those ut Representatives; and that the I needs et . reeduin f the several counties o the curnmuhwealtu, meet ut the Coun ty seat, ut etl er couieuieut place iu their respective counties, on Saturday the 31st day of May next, .uuless some other day will better accommodate, and elect delegates to represeut them in said State Convention ; and also, at the same time and place, elect three delegates trum the several Congres sional diacritics to represent this state iu the National . Nominating Conveu tiou, to be held un the 17th day of June next, iu tea city of Philadelphia. D. WIL24Or. Member of the National Executive Com mittee for reuroyivarna. TOWANDA, March 10, 1851:1.- • • For the Journal 1, A thing et bong is a joy tuna." So saith the poet Heats, and he is right. What eye so blind, or heart so cold, that it cannot appreciate and love the beautiful in nature, in art, 'and Oh most beautifill of all, the- beau iu thought. How have . I 'longed for that most eniiable of God's chosen gifts, the power of expressing my ideas in "'Thoughts that breathe and words that burn." Not that I might stand'upun the top of Fame's temple, the admired of all admirers.; but that I might do good. But my soul is like the caged bird, desiring most earnestly to be flee ; yet the prison • deers are still barred, and the spirit mist wear what it itself out in 'rain longings for what it can never obtain. sTLVLNIA. great.tdis orlife should- to -attain porfect.:,,fieedOnt. • Wise Margaret; Did yen attain this perfect-freedote I Did you . obey'the laws engraved upon the lanes tablet of your heart! R*ppy Margaret-why! have you - not tangtrt how to do its- I believe every one should obey his spirit inflnencesi that divinetight , that God has placed in the human -. breast; to guide as in' the 'straight and. narrow path that lcatleth .unto life eternal ;—yet how few-walk in.this light; how few indeed can do it. The laws and custom; of society, weigh like an incubus upon our souls and drag them down, down—till.they become of the earth, earthly ; and we follow after the devices of man, rather than the command of G.A. Saith the Poet "The good want power to weep birren The nowertid goodness want.—wo.ite need for thew. The wise want los?, and those who love, want wisdom And all best ;hinge; are thus confuse 1 to ill, many, are strong and rich, and arnuld be ins:— But-life among their suffering Wow men, As if pone felt ;--they know Et It what to do " Mid will it be ever thus ? I answer, no. The time will come when men shall follow the light that is . within them walking uprightly, with the " Fear of God" befo-e their eyes. But this - don only be accomplished through. great tribulation. We .have so quenched this, inner light, in our walk.through the dusty highways of life, that we must be diciplined. We must pass through the " refiner's fire," even though we come out scorched and singed from the contact with the devouring flames. Yet it le good for us to walk through the 'valley of hu miliation, that we may know how to enjoy the blessed sunshine that illin nines the mountains beyond. Ab ye --I have found it so. We do not know what we are, nor what we ought to be, till we have fought a . desperate battle with the false customs ofsociety, and the. Pride of our own hearts ; and have come off conqueror. Then our eyes are opened and we begin to see that ive were not made for ourselves alone; but that society is bound to gether by the common bonds of sym pathy and universal brotherhood, and we begin to look about 119 for some means•of doing good to our. suffering fellow men, who are yet bound down by the galling chains of ignorance and superstition. God help us in'otir sincere desire to do good, and lead us in the right path; enable us to embrace the truth, that the truth may make us .free. Then this moral blindness shall he lifted from our eyes, and we shall look upon the beautiful world as God made it ; and all the glorious beauties it contains will be to us, " joys forever." To the People of Potter County: In pursuance of a call by the proper authority; for a Republican State Con vention to be held in the City of Phil adelphia on Monday the 16th day of June next, for the formation of an Electorial Ticket, and fnr.the transac tion of all buginess that may come be fore said Convention, notice is hereby given that a Convention will be his!d at the Court 'House in Coudersport, on 'the 31st day of May next. for the pur pose of electing delegates to represent this county in said State Convention. and also in the National Nominating Cnnvention, to be held •on , the I:7th day - of June next, at the same place— All who are opposed to the repeal oaf the Missouri Comprnmige, to the 'ex tension of Slavery into the Territories, and in favor of the aarnig:ion of Kan sas as a free State, are earnestly in vited to meet inCondersonrt on avid algt day of May next, at I o'clock P. M.. for the above named onrringe, and also 'ter effect a more perfect org • ti in in our County, prep iratory to the ,ensuing Presidential and State elections. IPA AC BENSON, Chairman of the CorintyEzecntive Committee Coudersport, Anril 4th 1956. TEE LEGIEWITIIBIL The Legislature has at length set tled the license question. 'The bill repotted by the Committee of Con ference was adopted on Saturday, by both houses. This bill is a very strin gent one. and requires that the appli cant for a license in cities and county towns must have four rooms and eight beds for the use'of travelers. None but tavern-keepers can sell less than a gallon of spirituous liquors. Not more than one hotel to every one hun dred taxables may be licensed in the, cities', nor more than one to every hundred ind fifty taxables in the corm , ty, to be apportioned among the wards of the cities, and boroughs and town ships'of the.counties, as the conven ience and necessities of the public may require. . All hotels, inns and taverns are to he classified and rated accord ing to the estimated yearly rental of the house and property. The first class, when the valuation. is $lO,OOO, shall pay $1000; where the valuation is $B,OOO, the rate shall be $BOO. and so rm &own, in the same - proportion: to 25, except in Philadelphia, where the lowest rate of hotel license is fixed at $ 75; in connty towni Sind boroughs of over two hundred taxables, $5O; in I the county, $25. • One eating-11mM to every four ho-' Itels may be licensed in the city and i;celinti,'iwitb the privilege to sell do mestic wines and malt liquors only— the Helms' fee not to be less than $ sp iw Rhiladelphla and Allegheny mina- lietlia.-420 7 1111 Other Fllll State. Brewers and distillers - are 1 4 pay double. the rates - of • license no* fixed by law, which shall, in no Case, be less than 850, aiatl.rnuta!not sell , bisss.quantitins than fire gallons. extent its the case of brewers who also bottl e their ]ignore, who may sell by the dozen bottles. Retailers of liquors, with or witl‘not merchandiser, are pay doutle the rates new require& et them, but not less than sso:in any caw and will not be allowed to sell in less quantities' thad 'one 'l3ottlers of porter, ale, cifler, and other brewed liquors, and manufacturers of domestic wine, may sell in quantities of not less thaenrie dozen bottles, without license. Importeis of wines and liquors eniy sell in the . original bale, cask or pack. age, on paying doehle the former rates. Public notice is. to be given, three times, in two newspapers, of the names of the applicants for licedsei and peti. tion mutt be signed by twelve reput able citizens. The board of sers is appointed' by the - ,Quutt. and consists of three reputablisAtizens: in no . manner interested bnsinesi. Any person found . cated in the street,pabl house sr public place, will be liablel.f; a fine 'ef five dollars; and perseni who sell enonght liquor to make anyone drunk. are also to be fined free dollars, in ad.. dition to all the penalties pre3cribsd, by any existing law. The penalties for a violation of the act are a fine not' less than. ten nor mm e one hundred dollars, fer the first . offense; and• for a second, or subse quent conviction, the scene penalty and also imprisonment n_ of less thus one nor more than three months, for feiture of license, and incapacity tee receive another license for. five years. thereafter.—BraVord litpfster. isms 1710 X Ensc EIIiTILIWILD. Bao. MANtr.—Havingbeett laid aside front active duties by an attack of fever. from which, however, - slowly recovering. I will try to fern- • ish a little article for your excellent . paper. Since last, 1 perpetrated suck an. act, my labours have been Onerous i n d e ed; and, but for an occasional brief - respite;.. giving •• mearieti. nature " time to rally, I should, haee beenjully worn out. I to be emplbyod, how ever; and never wish'my.laboura less while I hive strength them.— Exercise in the open air has been the great condition. of life, and the source. of health to me for yeat,a, On the whole, I love this latitule, it is lets monotonous -more variable it is true. than many others, subject „to sudden changes from heat to cold and. vice versa; hut then, Men live• as long here • •• if they are only a mind to," as they do in other places; and.when they .die. as all must, they are just as near heav en as they would be in any latitude on the earth's broad surface. Many ofnay friends, and some of my relations have gone out west (wonder where that itl ) and have written me' good long letters, and ono the other day said. somethiog about a donation-era acres if I would but go; bur it failed to amount to a weak temptation, my pulse heat right on just Ili.. regular as • if nothing had happened. They may have a bfitter quality of landthere state we have sere; but they can't begin to get up such pure cold springi, sa l clear and rapid streams as;: those we have here: They have the wide and far-spreading prairie; but their owners would give all the corn and wheat that they can raise on them in five years, if they would only produce one cop of as - good Beech and Maple and Caerry trees as I have seen standing in their renje.ay and beauty between Cwhieg vine and Coudersport. Ton aoseoce of timber in the west, I ctidytt a hum wit,fortune, grater by far than the any sense of prairie idals here;to.Net, still . I mean to go there. 'slat - or-settle and /ireaucl die; but just to 11.4 about a ilitile, - and shake the hauds,i've shook •11 former years and speak a word of ~ • friendship love and truth " in ears I've !spoken to before, and• with all learn to prize Northern Pa.-evou more than notti,l do, and thee return to Is bor on. for family. humanity and God. GRANDDIVISION. Sons of Temperance, of Pa. held its first Quarterly session for, 1856 at Le:Raysville in this Co.: on the 24th of January. It was well; attended, and its business harmoniously and ex peditiously transacted. G. W. P. Amos Briggs and G. S. Wm: Nebel son Esqrs. were present. Able officers are they, and largely imbead.with lore for the temperance reform. - Each de livered a speech 'at a public meeting in the Presbyterian Church of tilt place. that was a speech. We brought the G. S. home with us; but stopped at Monroeton long edeugh for him'', maks a great speech wh i c h n congregation, a n umber of , hare doubtless ~ spent more at Riim-drinking than they. are now wotth. I hope that temps' ance ormon will do them goOd. Nunes had been - given that he would speak to the people here, on the P. 31. sad Evening of the 26th, and though the day was exceedingly .blustering and hold, yet Jut. had a good audience is the P. M. and, in the Eve.. a crowd.--' - He certainly drove some large bobs against the rum-traffic, -and profit himself master of -a logic. which would, could be bonze to the ear every rtim-seller in the natielt• R. L. STILWFL4. 0 For the Joutul.
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