Yrii'o:d~"i~ rualit occur, to diaturb pr ,4iiiroin o t, or with his heart still-on 3.!..Arth, to%take. up some p7.,ge urctirrent I btersture, in which he is too soon lost ?ryhih i his Bible and his God / and:the love of his saviour is 1 1rgIncte . d . aiui rejected, and th us d ur: n weal J 3 ut-ihis religion,., you must ;tyork. to r your Redeemer if you would - havetilifi - rezifii .- ytil2, - if your - would Jiv t utcvitli Him evor,, if You would itai.e . :thit ono eternal "rose' that He al.nie can give. (:.and bow careful' you should be lest you wound, lest you grieve your Saviour. Illyon are His- chosen, if you 'are His 'own, you will have a liv ing faith; ye- 1 4 will have the witness of the - spirit; you will have the life of eternal life. You will /lave saving , grace, that sayinggrace which is the gie'life:t possible blessing that curl be hestoWed on mankind. Suing grace is the highest evidence of your Heav enly Father's power, the surest reve lation of His graciousndss and conde scending love to the fallen and the lora. Saving grace is said by one-= Edwards, I think—to be a greater blessing, a surer testimony, a truer witness of hod's power and love, than the gift of prophecy, than the power pf working miracles, or of being the rnother'of - lesus-even. U, atuse nut the grace that sought thee out to save thee. Trifle not with the . mercy. that would ever minister to yOtir soul ‘i ith its own spit itual breath- ings. Turn riot away from your God lest • at the last day the impenitent rise up in judgment against you. Turn not sway from : your God lest the world svhispers the sentence, and echo an- !Tg*: jt ever , ..- 4.W . hat do they more than others?" P . Christian, you that %year the name as a, livh;g laurel of glory, faint not, falter : not, live, ever fur him whose diseiplo . it is a blessing to be, .4.q4 • you; p professor, who wear the sacred JukeuF Flirjstiati only as a garment to be flung aside at will, This should nut be. • think, 9 2 in mercy think of your exainple, your influence. By the one many' tuai be led tO doeht; by the qq?.i3r many may be lost, lost forever. think ofyuur position, your respon -I+l.inisterz-pteach to the impenitent. It, is well, it should over ho so, and, with as ournsst anxiety that speaks the hoar,t's deep desire that they shu i uld.be saved. But, do not Chris : liana pp©d the word of warning too— lost t be said of them— " What do thuv more than others?" ;p sap tho South's Ilast Chance—Nor or QM Something more, however,, than a punctilio of 'pride, is involved in this struggle in Kansas. The South should po admonished by the desprate energy of its enemies, that its esiential inter rests are at stake. If Kansas is par yelled into a free-negro state, Mis euri will be dragged down with it. :ttcu:npasseil on three sides by abo litionists it will soon find itself exhaus ted of the spirit and the ability to de -fend its institutions. Arkansas and li.initucky in turn will become border atites, to sink at last under tho same system of annoyance and plunder.— TI • contagion will spread by contact and, as sentinel after sentinel is driven the South will find itself more and Twtro exposed to assault on the very heart ef'slavery. Thus the narrowing circle of fire may compel the South to upon slavery the self-destruction of the tortured reptile. To avert so dreadful a catastrophe, lnw its the people-of the South to adopt instant and adequate measures of pro 7 faction. With all Oar pervading iden tity of interest, unityOf aiin and con ccutrated etitergy, it - is not possible Mott we can lose success, ,if we only .;use ourselves to prom gxertion. plait is sufficiently simple.— .'Af..ll state raust . act for itself, but with 3 - eft:fiance p; the common object. Fur i::rginia }ye ,pvet t.lie distinction of the first stop its the noble enterprise, and that gli.iry she may win by organi ziug.a Qeutral Southern Asso ciation in Richmond, with affipated clubs in eyery town.aud * cenntiei the Istite. In 114gsn societies no ether rra , Fl k iuery is uecessnry: than will suffice raise mousy, to enlist emigrants and despatcb ; the% to li.ausas. If every person in Virginia will contrib ute to 'the common .fund in proper- . thin to his means or to his interest in slavery, tine thousand ouligrants might fms vent toltilL us as from this state in th e • next six months We .sehruit ; this suggestionr - trrllA press of theStateould stittll talus their re!ponse loran expression of the pop pier se.ntiment. oy.eyent let -Jus have no mole gascopde, no speeches, no ,more pompous resoln4ons... If the South is - io subMit to irresistible fete let it imitate the grand dignity of the hero; and veiling its fuce i fall with de cent composure puder tht3 blows of the '.esaisiies . 4l3ife.- 7 ,giglizond Enquirer. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL JOHN S. MANN, EDITOR• COUDERSPOI!T, P,. 3 • ; Tgu4sAAY MORNING, MAY low Ta the People of Putter County. All who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, to the 04- tension of Slavery into the Territories, and in favor of the admission of Kan sas as a free State, are earnestly in vited to meet in Coudersport on .the 31st day of May next,. at 1. o'clock, P. M., for the purpose, of effecting a more perfect organ4a.tion in ourgounty, pre, paratory tq the ensuing Presidential and State elections, and of choosing delegates to the Philadelphia Conven tions. ISAAC BENSON, ehairmart ofthe County Executive Committee Coudersport April 4th, 1856. Erne Kansas Investigating Com mittee arrived at. Leavenwurth on the !4th of April. Hop, James Buchanan arrived at, evf York on the 23d of April. He was received by the Mayor with ap propriate honor, " There is nothing which be trays a man into so many errors and inconveniences as the desire of nut appearing, singular." Cam' "It is only wise to .vrish for that v‘hich is within our reach, or that which our own earnest energy may attain." " • Cr The District ,S`.chool in this vil lage will open on Monday morning, May 12, under the charge of Miss Aia tilda Lyman. rgr Our "Kansas Correspondence" published in another column, will be found highly interesting. • We trust these letters which will appear regu larly at least every two weeks, will induce u large *roan of otg sub scription list, tar' " A man who has a good nose for an innuendo, smells treason and sedition in the must innocent words that can, be put_ together, and never sees a vice or fully stigmatized, but he-finds out one or' other of his ac quaintances pointed at by the writer." rar the Lancaster Express has done the Republican cause a' great set vice by publishing the admirable address of the National Committee in an. extra —thus putting it in the power of the . friends in that county to place this noble document in the hands of every voter. Will they do it Wine heightens indifference into love, love into jealousy, and jeal- ousy iutu madness. It often turns the good•natiired man into an idiot, and the choleric into an assassin. It gives bitterness _to resentment, it makes vanity insupportable, and displays every little spot of the soul in its utmost defoz mity," lar Our streets are in very Intd con dition. It is pretty evident that Main street will have to be planked, orlr- Adamized before it will be passable in the spring• or fall; and therefore we think it ivepld be wise for the Town Council to do it this year, as far as their funds will permit, We call on the business men of the plage to give this mayor a little attention, Shall Main street ke made passable for all seasons 3 larHeNt many of the anti-Nebraska Democrats of this county are prepared to 'go over body and 801 to the faith breakers I, The State Convention of the &iv' has endorsed the President, and approyed the repeal of the Mis shil=pozeppomiee. Of ut et,` ' the, i4tderti l in This county iwho paile su;ch- FattlOas, pr fissions of ,opposition thet*ct 'of bad faith, will go ;witty ,' the.paity ; for men who would turn a man out of office who bad re, ceived a majority of kgq rota, Would . sustain then' Party are not goveroed by principle but how is it with the masses l How twi ny of you vrill turn somersets every time the leaders say "whop I" You were honestly opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, You are now iu favor of preventing the ex tension of slavery. How many of you will permit yourselves to he used by pro:slavery leaders •to aid a cause which you loathe and despise I How many l®' We publish on the first page of this paper, the Constitution, By-Laws, and Catalogue of .Books of Couders port Library Association. - We - be speak for them the attention of every friend of literatut e and of improvement to whom this nurnberof our paper may come. To such as reside in or near Coudersport, we especially comme n d this document as deserving their atten tion." There will be 4 meeting of the Association on Saturday afternoon next, at the Library room, at which time we hope to see a large number of new names added to the list of stockholders. Shall we be disappoint ed Rey. J...liendriek is President of the Association, which will insure an interesting meeting. lie - will call to otder at two o'clock; I VoIIDEIMVia At4,DENT,' The Summer term of this Institution will open on Monday,The 26th of May, Let the time be kept in mind and those who wish to attend endeavor to be punctual at the opening, when all the regular classes are formed. The Sum mer term has advantages over any other term in the year, It is much less expensive, especially to those who board themselves: The item of wood and lights alone costs nearly 50 ets. per week during the colder seasons, which may be almost entirely obviated in the Sunimer. It is also a pleasanter season of the year, and a time When people usually enjoy better health than in the Spring or Fall. In addition to the studies regularly pursued hereto fore, a class will be orgaqiwed in Bota ny, being the most favorable season for the successful pursuit of that science. Several of the rooms in the Academy have already been engaged for the next quarter, but there are other rooms not yet engaged 'equally as good. Those at a distance, who wish to obtain kriy information relative to the school may ala SO by addressing a letter to the Principal, er to the Trustees of the' Academy. No pains will 110 spared to furnish all who wish to attend the School with rooms or board as they may wish and at ,as small an expense as possible. rir We have had lovely weather for nearly a week past—warm,. clear, and soul-inspiring. Vegetation comes for ward with a bound, and all Nature ex claims "thanks be to God for spring !" THE LAW OF LIBEL, The Senate amended the House bill, and it then became the law of this State. We think, on the whole, it is an improvement.. The 1 . The followin4 extract Fontaine all pat is material ; • ". That from and after the passage of this act, on the trials of indictments for writing or publishing a libel, the truth of the matter charged as libelous' may be given in evidence; and if the jury in any such case shall find that the same was written and published frog; good' motives and for justifiable ends ; and that the matter so charged was true, it shall operate to the Acquittal of the defendant or defendants, DAME THE GROG SHOP& We are sorry to hear that -men in Harrison who desire to b. thopght respectable, and profess to be saw abiding citizens, are engaged in selling intoxicating drinks. We think there ought to be 'iul4cieut respect for law in that township, to put an instant stop to this banefUl traffic. The intelligent, right-minded, business men ought to know that spch a traffic is. a deadly foe to. their lest interests, • Look at the following Picture frqrg the pen of Mrs: Gage, and. see if it not well drawn: if via te l lin g 7 0 9 (If my last. But the best.thing _I did not fell ; lefift t o ile' /lir 'the IZ- - sinning or this; bey ' have ao grog SLop. S o ,; of course, they are a bray., ".sober, saiial, cheerful, earnest people. :Thai's 4a way to form a good society, lusitell The individual leaning toward spiritualism—that which takes control of man, and leads him captive against his: pill, andimpels him to~ make a foul of himself generally that he can't have intercourse with his favorites, WhiSky, brandy,cogniac, &c., and he will repudiate thetowq and its people, quote the Declaration of Independ ence and' the Constitution, shout for personal liberty, curse Neal Dow; and go on to the next stopping place where they will sell him a • devil to put into his mouth to steal away his brains,' and leave the good, quiet people to enjoy theraselves as well as they can without him." PRII/T8 OF BZPIIALING THE XISSOMII COMPBONIBE. A letter from Kansas to the New York Timis, states that the widow of Tho. W. Barber, who was so inhuman ly murdered near Lawrence: last De cember, continues in a state of mind bordering upon despair. She is sel dom induced to take any food what ever, is lonely, unsocial, and walks the room, mourning her great loss almost without cessation. The widow of Brown, who was chopped to death , at Easton the" middle of January, is a raving maniac, and will probably con tinue in that deplorable state till her death, Such are some of the living evidences of that social and civil in justice they hive suffered, which will forever cry to heaven for revenge. The brothers of Barber have gone to Kansas to settle, They will probably be on hand if the Missourians invade the. State again, Those papers in the North who are just now trying to serve the South by crying out 'against Sharps Rifles, have never found time to informtheir readers of the above and numerous other like outrages, much less to call on. the President to put a stop to them. But the moment the free state men wertll assisted to means to defend themselves then, for.the first time they opposed the use of flre•arms.. When it looked as if the alive holders ould crush out the free state men, these dough-faces looked on.in silent approbation, but when they were defeated by - rr en act ing solely in defence of their rights, then, every pro-slavery democratic paper opened its columns to denounce Sharp's Rifles. This Shows that when you hit a border ruffian, you hit a slave party democrat.' Hence the wincing of the organ in this county, PLANT TREES. As this -is the most favorable time for engaging in the good work of planting trees and other shrubbery, we call tho attention of all, our read ers-_,....-farrnsrs, as well as villagers, to the importance of these improvements. Thu value anti necessity of shade trees, is so well stated by Mrs. Frances D. Gage, in a communication to the St. Louis Democrat, that we make the following extract, in the hope that it will enlist every reader in the-work of improvement : " Litchfield, as Gillispie, lies out doors, so to speak, being on the prairie, without the, attraction of shade trees or shrubbery. But a few years, will, or may, correct this, and if the proprietors of these towns, or owners of the land, wish to asake them attrac tive and healthy they cannot better do it than by planting trees, shrubbery and flowers with- a liberal hand. A place well adorned with these pleasant and cheap, yet luxurious friends, who will board and keep themselves, is al ways attractive, and will chain the eye of every passer-by, and drawn out even from the miser's shrivelled lip the ejaculation, very pleasant place,' while the little sun-burnt village, un shaded and unkept, always excites in the mind a feeling of comfortless dis gust, and the looker-on turns from it exclaiming' whit a dreary spot! These people have no taste, no cultivation, ne NT, of the NlEtutifili. 'Let me pass on.' " Ten Examination In Coudersport, a General Exami nation, of about Thirty_ Candidates, will be held at the Academy, on Fri day, Hay 2, at 3 . o'clock, P. 14. -By request of several Directors, Examinations will he , held at the 'fol lowing times and places: In Roulet, at the School House near Burrell- Lymiu's. on Monday, May .Ith , at 1 o'clock, P. M. In Genesee, at the School House at . the Forks, on thqrsclgy, May 8, .a! 2 o'cloCk, P. M. In diwayo, atE Opp School House neat Brindleville, nu Elaturilay, May 17, at 1 o'clock, P. M. • In Mrs - sec at Lewisville, on Satur day, May 31, at '1 o'clock, P. X. J. B. BRADT, Supt. L'eudetspott, April 29th, 1.856. 630E1 COBBESPPPENCL ILAtitiitt A p ril 185.% En. ,f9u*st.: 'The journey up4lie Missend from St. Louis to this City, is very far from being pleasant;^.6l.: 'though there is nothing aberit-iniciii dray disagreeable.. From what 1 had read of Missouri' and the richness of . her -soil-I-was led to , expect to - 9ee - ail along the river those rich plantations and highly cultivated fields upon which she prides herself BO much." This con ti anal exp ectatibu cause d c orres po n d jug disappointment; for during the whole distance from the month of the Missouri to Kansas City—a distance of over four hundred miles,. L-did not see a good farm.. I can account for this only by the :facts that the banks are invariably low and sandy or high rocky bluff's, 'and from the uncertainty of the perrnanancy of the former, and the barreness of the latter, few settle ments are made. lam satisfied that to see the richest parts, of this State the traveler must- go back from the river. The scenery along the riyor, espe cially from-its mouth to. Jefferson City. is very beautiful. The long range of bluffs on either side, covered with cot ton-wood trees, which by the way are now green with buds; the projectin,g necks paLtially covered with withered moss, .occasionally a wide extending prarie; a steam boat creeping lazily down and another creeping more lazily up the river—all these - appear very beautiful once, but they lose their beauty when seen for a number of days from the decks of a Missouri Steamboat. .We were four days in reaching this place from St. Louis. The City is situated on the south side of the Mis souti river and is a remarkable good business point, as from it the great Santa Fe trail, the roads t 6 Lawrence, Tecumseh, Fort Riley, and to. most of Western Missouri, diverge. The City is. not as large as Coudersport, but there is more business (lone here in a week, than therein a year. The prin cipal building in it is the American Hotel, lately owned by Mr. Jenkins, a brother-in-law of Maj. S. M. Mills of Colesburg, but now the property of Eldridge & Co. It is a square built brick building, is the rendeivous of the Free State men, is as well kept as Glassmire'S, and that is sayinga great deal, will accommodate one hundred guests, and was purchased by its present proprietors for S 12,600. We came here with the Kansas In vestigating Committee, from St. Louis, although-we had the pleasure of meet ing Mr. Fogg and Mr. Hanscome at Chicago. Besides the Committee and their. officers there were other celebi • ties on board the boat. I will mention a Mr. Hazard, Editor of tho Kickapoo 'Pioneer, a pro-slavery paper, to whom I took the liberty to suggest that pub lishing a pro-slivery paper in Kansas, in my opinion was a hazardous under taking. He took the pun in good part,: but differed With me in opinion, at the same time: assuring mo that Kansas, whatever the Abolitionists might do, would be a slave state ; tliat Gen. some body, (I forgot his name,) of Alabama, would bo here in two weeks with twelve to fifteen hundred pro-slavery settlers: "Kansas," said he, "is now a slave territory; for there are between two and three hundred slaves in it, and the'slaveholders there will never go back to the States." This last is a piece of news which is probably as new to your readers as it was to me; a. fact which Lewis Wood .of Sharon forgot, when he said the Democrats would make a free State of it. Mr. Fogg, Mr. Lord, and Gov. Reed er, left this place last evening for Leavenworth, to meet Mr. Oliver, the pro slavery member of tho Committee. Mr. Howard of Mich., and Mr. Sher man of Ohio, (whose lady accompanied him,) remain . here till tomorrow or next day,. when they will proceed to Lawrence to commence their investi gations, instead of going .• to Leaven worth as was stated in the papers. Mr. Bowen of Chester, Pa.. Mr. Upton of N. Y., and Mr. Hansoome of the Boston Telegraph, are the remaining officers,. who are here. It is generally supposed that the mission will be se cret. We are going to Lawrence tomorrow, from which - place 'I will write you 5. 001 1, H. Y. VIIEND • MANNI-YOU will think Kagges a trite ettblecti bgtthe iqtereat ZE:MIE! For the Journal. EANIUS. 44eeV3.ollie,final issue of the contest there, must plead my excuse for en -Aeavo-ing to add my mite in favor of freedotti:; What we want is permit ;gent settlers of the right_ sort, mu Who are' not afraid to speak their-- - honest convictiOns of right,. t►r to do and dare in the defense of them, if tided be: ' Tnie - of men haVe done nobly. Are there do others ready to follow their examplet ;Young. men, do not loitet , -behind cone • .ters,.or pore over your musty law books; but go west, and secure your:. selves harries,. and at the Same time do year country_ a service. Why shoUld not Potter- Co. send her colony of emigrants, as well as other places?—• Truly we have a majority . of free state men, and I think we are as patriotic; as able, and ouglit 'to be as willing. as the people of-any other County. . - What say you, Fatherland Mothers? Will you sell the - old home stead and , head the band, or will you send the fa vorite suns and beloved daughters to represent you in the new State which .is soon to berl for one .would gladly render any assistance in my power to forward the cause of emigration, or if circumstances would permit, might perhaps juin a baud of freemen-to the new country. Hu, for Kansas! Who .will be the first volunteer'? . Ptelf, In Harrison Valley, April 23, Rionaan Goonuss, aged 49 years. The deceased has been suffering for a nuat e ber of years with consumption, but had been able to attend• to business until - within throe weeks of the time of his death, when he nue taken with bleeding at the lungi,‘vhich brought him suddenly down. N. Court Proclamation. WHEUEAS, the Hou. 11. G. White, Pre► idea Judge and the tleu. O. A Le wis and Joseph Mann. Esgs , Associate Judges of the Court.,, of Oyer and Terminer and Geae r.rl Jail_ Quartet. Sessions of the ,Peace, Orphan's Court and Court of Common, Pleas for the County of PUtter, have issued their precept, bearing date the day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousansi eight hundred and fifty-five r and to ate dire,- ted. for holding a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace. Orphani Court, and Court of Common Pleas, in the Borough of Condors. port, on MONDAY, the 1711 i day of Jane, next, and to continuo ono wept. Notice is therefore hereby given to the Coroners, Justices of the Peace, and Consta bles within the county, that they be then and there in their proper persons, at 10 o'clock,. A. M. of laid day,' with their rolls, records, inquisitions, examinations, and other remain braces, to do those things which to their offices-- appertain to be dune. And those who arse bound by their recu,, ,, nizances to prusecatia torainat the prisoners that are or shall be isi the jail of the said county of Potter are so be thou and there to prosecute against teL se. will be just. • - llatedat Coudersport, Jan. 17th 1236 sot the gOila year of tile Independence of um United States I'. A. tiTeBBINs, Sheriff. Auditor's Notice. Frederick H. Smith ) In Potter Co., Cons— vs. mon Pleas No. 135, &pt... Luke Stevens. yTerm, 11.51. The undersigned an Auditor appointed.by the Court to distribute moneys arising fromsale of real Lstate in the above entitled cause, will attend to the duties of his appointment on Sat urday the ith day of June next; between the hours of I & 4 o'clock, P. M.. of said day, at the Prothonotary's office in Coueersport. Per sons interested can attend if they think proper. A. G. ouisTED, Auditor. April 27, 1t.256. Auditor's Notice. Christopher Evelin In the Court of Com mon Pleas ofPotter Co., C. W. Johnson. N0..21, Sept. Terru, 1854. The undersigned lavin. b been appointed by • the Court, an Auditor to distribute the mon yes arising from the sale on execution of the• Teal estate of the deft in the suit, will attend to the duties of appointment at the office of the Prothonotary in Coudersport, on the seventh ofJune, 1d56, at '2 o'clock, ivitert all persons interested may attend if they think proper, . J.NO. S. MANN, •Aoditor. April 30, 1856.' . List of Callßes - FOR TRIAL. AT JUNE T<lif, 1856. Bingham Sch. District $.ll. C. C, Criun, J. 0. IVtlligtns & wife $ Harriet Low, &..H. 11. Dent, " Richard Goodman " SR. W. M'lntyre & C. Ellison, Luman Bell • " Liman Bell, Jr., Verse! Dickenson 11 J. C. Cavallo-net, Wm, A, Simpson I " $ Benjn. Jones, & Utis Bourua. John J. Hid&way !! Solomon Sart: wall & S. A. Dockits, The Com'th. of Pa., ? " Harry Lord, use of Potter County Verse! Dickenson Asa B. Gibbs 'olls & Christie Horace N. Stone Silas N. Howard H. W. May " Samuel " R. Harmon, et.. i J. " Isaac Benson, : " SW. T. hines, A. F. Jones, W. T. Jones, & Bre. " L. Johnston, Richard. Webb • " James Bartron, • " 11. W. M'lntyre, P e enjamitn Bane. - " . John Cumin den, Garnishee 9( M. Must., • John Crittenden " Harry Crittenden, Biedelman & Hayward", W. T.. Jones & A. F. Jones. THOS. B. TYLER, PROTRONOFARI'II Optics, Proth'y. Coudersport, April 23, 1650. 11. W. May A. A. 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