T. S. CHASE, } VOL. IX. Business Cards - P. W. ICDT.3g, ttorigrii at ?Lail!, Ceedeivort, Pa., will regularly attend the Collris iu POttrf COMM'. ARTHUR (. OLMSTED, Efttorncy, sVCounarlor at 'En), Coudersport, Pa., will et ten.: to all business sottrostou it) his care, with promptness and fidelity. oilice—in the Temperance Isl.mic, np stairs, 11.nii-stsset. xsAAc BENSON itttortitp at ?Lath, CoVDERSPORT, P Otie• corner of %Vest end Third street. L. P. WILLISTO', X ttorttzp at ?Cato, Wa.libur Ti3g.t Co., will attend the Caur.■ in Poi er and Inieln counties. A. P. COi7E, gittorttel) iLacai, ‘Yellrborou g h, Tioga covtity, l'a. willreglllar- I T 40.1.611.1 a the c01.14t& tlf Cuumg. J wig 3, 1845. JOIITT S. MANN, fitt3l:iir :Z.2.."aattscior at I:•l..lervert, Pa., tvi:l .oteA:i the 4 1:%er.,4 CU II 111 1%.11. r 11.1 baaluelz cittraced iu ltis C.IrC, prkru t ): attril:/-111. A;r4C...: in .11,1.1.iiVret, the Cgolnt l'a. 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MANN, Dealer in Books & Stationery, 11ins;c, anti liagazines. \Liin•st., (Trish() N. W. corner at the public square, Coudersport, Pa. AMOS FRENCH, Physician & Surgeon. East aide rbove 4uh at., Couderspor., Pa. DAVI() 8..11110WN, Fonntirynulti and Doa'er in Ploughs. per end oi . .Ma.n streot, Condersp (In Pa., JACKSiiN & SCHOOM.II:r.P De ,!ere in Dry G 0 , 1 ,, rarn , •erie.. Crock rv, and fte Clotting. Main street, Coll de/Sport, Pa. lt• J• CHENEY, Merchant Tailor, and Dealer in Ready made Cloth ng. Nordi (dale public square, Coudersport, Pa. A. B. GOODSELL, fiUNslNlTH,Coutiervort, Pa. Fire - Irm‘ IL/ :otnrett and repairod at his fhap,on notivo. Maroli 3, 1818.. J. W. CARDING , FitthionAb!etor. All work entrusted to hit e•re will be done with neatnezii, comfort rad durability, Shop over L0..7i1 inert A LLE GA N Y HOUSE, SAMUE L M. MILLS, Prnprietor. On•the Wellsville road, secen miles North Coudersport, Pc • I NJ 0 THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. 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Professional, or Business Cards, not exceeding six lines..per-year Merchants adver,ising by the ye tr, not excee.liug 2 squares. with occasion al notice, (in Al cases coatined to their has ness,) ‘l'he e the patter is sent to the' , deer: tiser, e.pect.illy for re.isori of his advertisement being in it, the s one will he ..h aged at the rate ..f $ 1 per “tt..,.ett le::ers on busine , s, to secure at en:.on, should be.tddrei.ed (poi; paid) 'o the ,dersizned. (' e'ampai,an The Soudi once s'rucn for •iherty, A.:d played the, pa.rie 's kart ; Etv, caL Lou •Lotv s!te, t dies Of Creedal:l al Iter he Lrt. And tits d t)s d' ItLtr fr'e — l3,Lick 1)(m ,-Ls," lJid y tirookLi,' Ana •• ..rie Iltwer," .L re [ti,d, ALA It', :c.; der fa Are The show. ‘vi.ll joyoui cheer! lieu slum!. h jntioa= cheer! )r.ir .ve l';•!:11.) h . ,' tll le id .11. e fro it, And be orir pio“cer fan I ill the fiev.i. of Fr main Pierce drr liteivion fide— Men ,e the candy, stern and sweet, For o..11.4:11 th t: Cca. w.i; paid =II Bach 1114:I, no id) th a " trualp," " itani wi.h'• ab Id nt tchlue • . • A•al ue'er shall ii OH d 11 lam (lonia" PresidPal be Seen. C 0- Their , Th pa.'lie- onii, sou,. F. e ht: glc a "- better half,'• h tt ut 1.5. ha .h. 3 3! And liuu3e•• shl!I sen m •lit. 411,1 !Cie a Je.,"inni c silt wrenli I:, pore!) will 119wec1ag smiles show, &e Thee come: a eYer from the stinsut land, Fro . 11 the fir a ?,diarei o' gnld— d a,d ,ou: is c.tnt 1,1 N.:III:T . ; uoble3t. A lf F.,t; •tfout's heart eitilting throbs While t. Out her ha utee'd va . t, Lice the vo'we ofm rir ante I, peals, The c.)—‘. Ilehttlti the moll" Cuo.—'Then shout, ttito. Frew the N. V. 'Crihune LATER FROM LP.W.RENCE. T, A 1 - 1 - 12 ENC 7., K. I'., S -pt. 1., 15'56 01 Pt 1,14 y ttitzit, Au.. 2), G. W. Hutchinson and another gentleman. went to Governor Woodson at Le: ,m !trot], to expostulate With him about the arrest by the Ruffians of Mr. John H. - Wilder who, went to superintend the shipMent of goods belonging to the firm of G. and W. Hutchinson & Co., of which.he is a member. Also to ask Woodson to send a protective escto t to Leaverworth, -to see the goods safe through to Lawrence. On the return of these two geutleinen. the.Y• Were arrested a few rods from the door of the ,Governor's office, by an 4: :tied mob, and held - ever duce, ll will be remembered that that very same day a hundr-d of the United States troofts were employed to set two of their own Mader Mifflin spies at liberty, in case they /*mind them arP'ested, as tney supposed • they would be ; but let it be bor ,e in mind that reaceable citizens who go t o do business with the Goveruor, are ar rested by a mob close to his office. and h e ',GIs not a single deprecatory ! \Vise Governor! Pierce 1 tul, ,Douglas shall rise up and catl thee blessed. • Szttutdqy twruin;; about one hun• fired IX the Free St ate forces at ',tor renee? were detailed to go as au escort_ to - meet about one hundred einigrants w h o were on their.way te assist in de- DEVOTED TO THE PitiNCIFLF.3 OF DEMOCRACY, AND Tap, mssemiNATloN OF MORALITY, LITERATURE, AND NEWS COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., • SEPT. 25, 1856. Eli CAMPAIGN SONG r 1 lithe in pre Cider." MOE fend! ig this and the surrounding tOwns. They were overhauled near Lecomp 7 ton by the U heed States troops, and questioned as to their intentions, &e. They stated their object, and ware al lowed to pass on. They - took the California road, and met the train at folieka. While between Big Springs and Washington the escort intercepted and turned back sixteen mounted men under command of Judge Elmore. They ',ere doubtlerts .011 their way to Lecompton tojOin Stringfellow's Platte county army numbering about six honlred men inclusive of Buford's last installment. Yeswrilay the escort came back hero with the emigrants, but as they had some valuable stores, they struck off the California road, fur the reason that if IVoudsonwa3 going. to use the troops to disarm them, which was the - report, he would have. fo send them to Lawrence to do it. It seem, from reliable ittfortnatinn, that Striogfellow's entire army of 600 men. was stretched across the California OE 10,00 ead in tattle line, to intercept them and take away tileir t y whipped them; The whole train reach ed Lawrence in safety. 01: Saturday rimming, A ii?ust 30, (len. • Lane, iu.,teaii of ()pelting the road from LaWrettee to Leavenworth, as my letter of the 29th antielpatod be would do, Went to render assistance to the Free State men of Prairie City, who had 'another battle with the. Rd flaus on that same morung at day break. k seems that when they got tog ~ ther at Littlo San ta Fe. they started on the Santa Fe read, and probaldy came up into the Territory as far as Bull Creek, wifere they 'probably camped. There are diflerent remota about the number of them, and as I have heard this Border Ruffian army variously estimated at from 600 to 2,000, we will call it 1,000 armed toen, not includiag the North ern Division which may be as many mitre. 0 t arriving at Buil Creek, this army must have been divided up into three divi dons, for the t eas in that 500 wore at 0-awattamie, 7ti at Prairie City, ant the balance at Bull Cieek, on Saturday morning. Wlieu they separated, and lot what reason they did so, we know not. Oa Tuesday, Aug: 26, a company of Free Slate men under command of Cunt. Shore, surpi ised a camp of M 011 South Middle G ree I:. There were about 50 :lissourians, but the attack was trul(!o 1, :- Free State men. •The formerwere under com mand of an editor from Ft. Scott, Mo. They (lid not fight long ; for the rest of 'Shore's company coming up at the time, rather (lightened them so' that they threw down their acme and ran ; 15-of them being first made .prisoners, and two 'of them killed. The spoils amounted to -three wagon loads . of stores, and some guns. The next day they, in company with Capt. Brown, G.flowed up the• Missou ians as far. down as Sugar Crleek. .They saw that they wore being chased, and made toward Missouri; where it is to be Imped they will stay. The Free State men here recovered about seventy head of cattle gathered, it is supposed, to sustain the Border Ruf6au army when they could not steal j .. .tny more, and in case they.got driven back. This party of Free State men got back to Osawattamie on Friday night, the 20th of August. On the same evening. the man who ca_Eries the mail from Osawattamie to Westport, re turned to Osawattamie, Etter having been a prisoner at Santa F 6 (new) for ten days; charged with the infamous clime of Free Stateism. Ho reported that the Ruffians intended to attack 0.-awattarnie very soon•; that it was liable to be attacked at any time ; and advtscd the people either to leave•it Or defend it. ?'Phis was in themight, after mo,,t people had gone towed. Oiawattamie is situated in the fork firmo , i. by the cenfinenee of the Met.- edizine with Potawatarnie Creek. On the banks of the creek the timber nTow3 to . about half a mile in width. c. • The town was beautifully loCated, and its residents have proved themselves a brave people. On Saturday morning about 8 o'- clock, a number of people came into town with the news that the Missoui ans had come, and were within two miles of the town. No defense had been anticipated, and the Tree State men were hut poorly prepared to de fend - it. However, they determined to do their best. It must be recollect ed that their women amt lrildren had been rei,,oved for a long time, at least ever since the town had been threat. ened with destruction. The men numbered about 35. to 40. The Ruf firms rt - r ust have numbered 500 to 600; for when drawn up in line of battle, their line reached from the timbers of the Murc l dizirie to the timber of the Potawatande, a distance of at least three quarters of a mile - , at the point where their alignment was made: They had two pieces of cannon, and were na,stly aimed with United. States muskets, though many of them had Kentucky rifles and Snarpe's rifles. The Free State Men rallied at two or three points, and - fired into them as best they could. Capt. Brown was at one point with a handful of men, eapt. Shore at another point, and so they ought manfully a gallantly, against fear fill odds. At last they were driv en further back iutc the timber, and their ammunition gave out. _ A com pany of about fitly Rullians advanced into the timber, and a few Free State men fought them till the 'others es cap, d by means of a private ford which the Ruffians forgot to guard. At last they closed upon them, and three men swam the river, ivhile a comuauy of fifty fired updo them. Two of the three. came out on Lie other side : the other—a - Mr.,..Patllidge—is supposed to be killed. Capt. Brown is suppised to have reached the. pri vate ford, and cr 'ssed over . If so, he is safe ;if not, hs is killed. Five Free State men are known to be killed, and the loss on the other side iS supposed to be twelve killed and twenty wound ed. One of the Free State - men killed wa-1 a sou of Capt.. Brown, but was killed bi , flire the battle begun. • 'As soon as the Flee State man re treated, the Ruffians advanced and ?i,..ched and burned the town, except two Uses «hick were those of Pro- Slavery men, They them want away feeling quite patriotic, nn doubt, after 'such a noble achievement. Was the satisfaction of burning a few houses Worth their thirty two killed and ‘N;outiled ? It most be borne in mind that these five - or aix hundred men were a wing: of the new Santa Fe ar my which Atchison has been raising so long . , and who make their general headquarters, while in the Territory, C.eek. I have not got. the particulars of the battle of Prairie City, but will bend them as soon as I can. It is -to this place Gen.- Lane, with a part OF his army, is gone, and it is the great; new Santa Fe army be is going to meet. News has just reached us that Lane drove the Missouriansvinto Missouri yesterday. There wai no hattle,•hut general retreat. They (the Ruffians) nu tuber 2,000 in all. I n the meantime, the Stringfellow - wing at Lecompton, numbeiing about 500, are burning houses, and " carrying on" tremen dously. If there ar•e any at Lea:ven tvor•th, they are rely quiet. We bare had no communicathin from there in overB week, and it is supposed our pri ' lutier. Laken there are at Lecomp- . ton with Stringfe)low's command. This afternoon 6 company of dra goons eneampedin sight of Lawrence. .There are. none at •Lecompton now. There are SOO guarding the Treason Ptisoners. POTTER. VT °THEE IRF.CIMEN .OF SL&V.EHOLDING INTOLERANCE The Hock:yachter; a C4;ei man Rapid) - 'jean paper published at Cincinnati, has transit)! red its Presidential ticket from the first to the third page. The reason for this chaii.ge the editor, in a recent number, es t •laius a 5 follows : "We have been obliged to take.the ticket of Fremont and Dayton from . our first page, in consequence of the annoyances and persecutions which it brought on our subscribers in the southern states. Same of them have been threatened with mob visitation, tar and feathers, &c., unlAss they would discohtinue taking 'that aboli tion sheet.' Such is freedom of the prays, as understood by the nigger democracy ! Such is the respect en tertained by the South for the right of conscience! , The inhabitant of a slave state who does not own nezroes is him self tyranized over like a slave, and dare not even read a newspaper that has not passed the censorship of his masters, the traffickers in human flesh and Woad. Is this to serve as au ex ample. of what awaits us whenever slavery shall be extended over the free West I "Mr. Buchanan is a worthy candi date of the party that refuses tD recog nise the freedom of the press. He too has never respected this fundamental princiPle of liberty. When, some years since,- a motion was made in the Senate to prohibit the mails from cir culating 'incendiary' newspapers and other publications in the S,mth, Mucha' An's vote was recorded in favor, of this attempt to muzzle the press. This was more than the g•-eat fire eater Calhoun himself email swallow, and he voted in . this case against ids confederates. But Mr. Buchanan was nt all times ready to outstrip south ern politicians in servility and .uh mission to the behests of slave-driv iT3, a'sd thus voted fir a measure from which even Calhoun recoiled. , „ Whoe7er, therefore, is opposed to 17eedom of the press, will- vote for James Buchanan.” [Fromthe Albat . ly Evening Journal.] A RECORD'OF KANSAS BUFZIANL9SI Availing themselves of the race that the rumors of the alleged de ith of Dr. Rem., G-,en. Pomeroy, and M.r. Mitchell, the shouting of Jones, aid- the killing of. , eight pm-slavery men," 01w prove to have been unfonmled, the doOlth faces boldly characterize all statements of outrages in Kansas as " itepuhlican lies." That there has been falsei..oo33- as Well as truth sent over the telegraph ic lines by the Missourians who have charge of them is ungnestionable. But these false statements do nut invalidate or diminish the real catalogue of crime. TO enable our readers to keJp the lat ter in memory, we I..,ul)join ' below a list of a few occurences, which are au thenticated by legal evidence, and which are not even attempted to be denied. There are five times as many other similar ones reported, Ind tail 1" erably• well authenticated. But We wait until they shall be oflicially•and legally confirmed before adding them to the list. INVA St ONI Novv.maest 2), ISs4,—Missourians to the number .Of over one thousand invade territory, armed, drive judges and legal voters from polls, and by fraudulent ballots pretend to elect Whitfield .delegate. MAncu 30, 1855.—Nearly foul...thou sand Missourimit again invade territory and repeat the .outrage's cuminitted in November preceding -1_ . OCTOBER 1. 1853.—Third insasi , m of Missourians, accompanied by similar outrages. DEcF:sinEn 15, 1355.—Fourth inva sion, by which an endeavor is made to vote dove the free state constitution, but proves a. failure. MAY 21, 1356.—Jones, a Missouri postmaster, heads an armed mob of Alabama, Carolina and Missouri men, which marches against Lawrence, pil lages and-plunders it, with violence to the inhabitants, and the burning of several buildings. MURDERS Octonek 2, 1855.—Thomas New man, a free-state man, stabbed in the street at Leavenworth by a gang of Missourians. OCTOBER 2,1855.—Chi1d killed while at play, by a shot fired by a Missouri an at James Flamm, a freo-state man, { EDITOR & PUBLISHER which missed him and entered a dow. Noroinza 23, 18.55.—Cliarles W. Dow, a free-state man, shot by F. N. Coleman, a pro•slacely settler. Mtn-- dew takes refuge: with Gov. Sbanknir and is protected by him; -Deentarren-1855.—Sames Barber, n free-state Man, assaulted and mar- • dered by a shot in the back from the gun of one or President Pierces--In dian :Agents. Novr.stur.n..lSss.—Collins. a freo- • state Man, called from his mill, tvhere - he was at work, and shot by Laughlin, a pro-slaver y settler. JANUARY 17, 1856.=- . E. P. Brown, a free-state man, taken prisoner • by. a gang of Missourians, hacked to pieces with knives and hatchets, and his bleed ing corpse flung into his own dolor— from the effects of which his wile is now a maniac. MAY 2p,'1356.—J0hn Stewart, ftrir merly of Rnshford, Allegany -County, N. Y., a young man of 20, shot in hiA saddle while attempting to escape from a patty of " Jones' posse." 19, 1859.—. Tores, .! the only ! son of his mother, and she a widow," aged 19, shot through the back, by outs of "-Jones' posse," because ho refused to give up his horse, with Which. lie • supptuted bit iseif and his widowed mother. PRINTING OFFICES DESTROYED. D Er F.MBEIt 1355.-71Tritorial Regiserr, an administratinn I ,F per . at Leavenworth, conducted by yol. De lallay, mobbed for advecatinz a fret; state, presses broken, typa thrown in to the river,. and editor thi:eutened with murder. APRIL" 14, 1555.--Parkvillo miry, at Patkville, ou the ft'ont:er, mobbed by Missourians for similai cause, and tile Liditors, MtssirA.-Park Patterson, obliged to quit the Bate. A 2i , 1 . Hera 4of Fccedons office, Lawrence, K. T., fired upon with afield-piece by Joule's posse uud reduced to ruins. T~iLurie office, Lawre.ice, K. T., mobbed, ransacked and set on fire and burned to the ground, presses, destroyed. LYNCIITADS-1.555 AND '55. Sixteen free-state men, at (IM:reit times, have been tarreA and feathered or beaten, or both, and some of them carried into Missotir;, or :;.et adrift in the "river. Among them were Will iam Pt'i!lips, a lawyer rt . Leaven , ,v;lrib, a member elect ()Idle territorial tot e ; the Rev. Plrdee Butler. a Bap ti t preacher; the Rev. Mr•. Clark, a Metttodi.zt inls..i,marY. and other min isters of the gospel, of varixas -denomi nations. . Assati I's and battery have been too nomerous to recapitulate, hardly a day passing without sorne at tack on the tree state men in the streets or on the high=road: . Amen; _those assailed, have been Gev.Reedar, Gen: Pomeroy, - &c. UNLAWFUL ARTLFSTS. 01Gov. Robinson, without a warrant. Of Mr. prowl, editor of the Herald of Freedom; without a warrant. Of Messrs . . Emotion, Hutchinson, Dietzler, Schuyler, Smith, Baker and fourteen others, .by Alissour ians actin; under authority of a pretended court, for" high treason," in refusing to obay laws of the " T. ,-, 7i'slature!' pretended to have been elected by the invaders.• • . PRtTEND:CD LAWS SFPTI:MBEft. I.B3s.—lmposing pet:2l• ty of death fur assisting slaves to as• cape. ' rnptpi•- , i penalty of death for cire.l- , • lacing or printing publications ealett: ted to incEte slaves; to insurrection. • . „ Imposing penalty of death - for ar. siding slaves to escape from any S'.3.ts and take refuge it, the territory. Imposing penalty of five yeais prisonment at hard labor fur harboring fugitive alaves. • Impsin . g penalty of two years' i -n -prisonment for aiding a fugitive slave to escape from custody of an officer. Imposing-penalty of five years' im prisonment•at haTit-labor for yr: iting, printingoreirculatmg anything agaitut slavery. • Imposing penalty of two years' i!n; prisonment at hard labor for :dying that persons have Hot a right to it•ild slaves iu ,the territory. Disqualifyin4lait from - sitting ju rms-Who do not admit the right to ;told slaves in the territory. Disqualifying all as voters who do not swear to support the Fugitive Slave law.- Admitting any one•to vote on pay ment Of s one dollar, no matter when, resident, who will sweat to uphold trio Fugitive glave• law and Nebraska bill. Appointing-Missourians to be town and fi ,coaoty o f eers' for six years to come .••. • ' • • • RC-enacting the slave laws of Mis inas:e, adding that whereve• the Word •" state,P l 'occurs in them, i shall be construed to mean" territory.' NO. 19
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