,\u<l \ t this sang) jiaehatian will now, il
..t\ divc.-f Hie |yj<i{le of that s,oy&
feign |ioir<*r foe thep declared wat
|nbcreitt-iu
Who are irC ? Shall we close out
fuouths f N<, ift God's name, open them
•—agitate —let the true democrat-y arouse,
pud, jo the majesty of their power and
fhe koiiue.-s of their cause, overthrow the
'ryranis. 1, t tlieui break the chain- that
pre now forged to him} jheni hand and
font. The liberties bought fur us by the
blood of our fathors are now in danger !
Pp. the n, and at them. Gird on
bucklar ! lyenieuiber that "eternal viyir
lapee is l},f pi jeepf liberty." 44 Thrice is
he armed who Ji;ith his quarrel just."—
Mkp that 7th resolution bite the dust.
y-tfr. March 10, Ida*. K. M. J.
For the Potter Journal.
A I'LEA FOR POTTER COtfNTY.
No. If I.
S far at \ye have spoken about farmers
uttrmUiKj to their business we mean to
apply to all ijth< r profession*. 'J'he prin
ciple which we advocate h this, that every
iiU'ii (no matter what may he hjs Qalling,)
ought to labor at it with dilligcnec ami
perseverance. We are not of those who
deem the humbler professions of life dis
honorable. 15ut lest we should be inisuu
der-too 1 here we would say, that we mean
eyery biirfuf profession, wh'cli by its own
bqjitimate operation \yi!l produce your/and
fiff ml It is ijgt }he labor at which a
jujjn may to|l, tlpit YV'ill disgrace him. lie
piny be an upright, honest and benevo
}ent man, although ho has to dig ditches
pr saw wood for his living, and be con
stantly clad in course habiliments,
Humid we render obeisance to a man be 3
pause the luxuries of foreign climes supply
Ins table, and who dresses with H'.l that
juoney can counnaud; he may after all, be
lap most despicable being upon oaptli, lie
I nay be the object of general hate, and
live Duett ml for, and die unwept. The
pjenients of p man's intrinsic worth must
jie within himself, ai)d be unaffected by
that merely surround him. This
llllicli we think is sufficient to define our
I jews of the various classes of men in the
World. We judge a man by his fictions,
p i matter whether he is white or blu>h,
jiigh or low, richer poor. Having said
so much we are now brought to the point
where we are prepared to sav, that every
//I (tit tit flu's county ouyht to maui/'i st n
spirit of inutnot ciicuuriiifcniritt townn/s
f.iic/t other. In a certain sense this might
b uf universal application, but not in the
light in which \ye ayp viewing the thing
under consideration. The difference we
plight explain thus; In the former it is
a yeaernl truth , but in the latter, it ss a
jrqtli clothe (/ with the power of a personal
interest. And should it be thoroughly
aojpd upon, its direct tendency would be
to decc/ojte the ntental and physical re
sources of the. county. To show this in its
(rue light suppose we take a glance at the
putual practice of men, and the mutual
p-:yourageiuent which tljey render to each
utljer, a;p) (hen see what tlpj eft'oets are
which such a regimen produces. Since
we have spoken about tho farmer already
>ye will take up hi- case first. Suppose
a fiimier goes to town to sell some ijrain
which ho ha- raised. He is told by the
\}Proliant that lie must &c)l it for so much
for he will give him no mure, because
he can briny in the /four for tnat amount
;nd he just as good to him. Well, the
farmer yields to the aigunieut, and sells,
but it is done reluctantly, and he g.es
jiome dissatisfied. In a lew days he tries
Jiis hi k again and *akes to town a load of
(lan to sell, lie asks for tliisten dollars
per ton, lut tlie .Merchant or some other
piio tells him he is foolish to expect that,
tun) then enters into a general leckoning
JIS jo what tt cost )ii HI to raise it; and what
)ie unyht to sell it for; and that lie must
pot to get as itiuoh for his Hay us
farmers iju who live near cities and whose
jaioi posts two hundred dollars per a eye;
(lug we are all poor acre mi I have to work
|'r nur living, and that if lie gers eight
dollars for his hay it is as much as he
ought to expect. The farmer sees the
rule, which before was so potent, now re
versed. He sees the inconsistency, and
its force begin- to rankle within him, He
passes over the present c mditioii in which
lie is placed, but the thing is not forgot
ten ; he only consoles 1 i uself by thinking
{h.yt his time to do bettor may IODIC, and
(o (his directs his attention. Well, it is
fmnd in (lie course of time that he has
or 80 dollars, oil he goes with this to
AVp|}syillo, or some other place,—buys what
lie wants, and, (as lie does not value his
(ime very much j lie has found that he has
saved from three to live dollars, and this
is \yorth saving. He is so elated with
ib'ij trip that lie busies himself to tell his
yehjhbors, so that a few join together and
pend oft" for a load. Here a system of
pog eat Dog begins; the farmer will only
bring to the Merchant what he cannot
dispose of elsewhere, and the Merchant
gannot afford tp give him a$ much for it,
jts };e pouldj did he do all his (rud'fig with
hup, Wp fnye heard fay.ipers say that
fliuy will pot fuy ;pi article frqm the Mer
phautsdn to\yn, only what they cannot
iKissibly do without Now without blam
ing either party, we say that {his is wrong
jf our vieps be righf A\ e believe that
the price ut which an article can be brouggt
(roui abroad, is not the criterion by which
p determine what the same artielp shall be
f old for, which is pit ducet.| lipre, To
fids, jq?t let us try how works. A
bipjnor it compelled tp St.!! his tjylieat and
i <ru, in order to be i -cm (.if "ot be
■• i) the same grains brought from abroad.
•• en n think from what iuforuiatjon \ye
< *' that the farmer who sejls his
tlcn *l,'io per bushel, and
, DO \ t I l
*n 1 He)l ihem for less
' j d <•, i J |,f i- grains cost
if! farmers mure labor to raise them ip tbis
i.- county than some other places. Now then
s if they niu-t sell these for the same as
those who bring them from abroad can
r why not glye thciu the same price fi.
l 1 oats, buphwheat, potatoes, hay and all
■. [such, which these articles would have to
.1 he sold for, if purchased abroad and brought
e here. The argument if grnxl in one case,
t ought to be good in all, an 1 so applied.
1 Vet it is a noted fact that the Farmer
i' does not get over one half of the price for
! these things which they would cost, if
r brought from abroad. The rule is wrong
r pud should never be applied. The Farm
s ey's antidote is wrong too. by go
- ipg oft with his cash, he makes the Mer
chant less able to sell moderately. Jl<
must make hjs hemy by scf/lny, toy it is
his business, and hu capita) is invested
in it; and by carrying the t>a.-h to a for
eign market, no person in the county gofs
the benefit of it. The Merchant lias a
claim upon you for \oovjmfronayc, and if
' you withhold it, you suffer by it indirect
' ly. lieforc you go off to purchase your
' goods, just reflect upon whetherthccounty
' is not a sufferer by it, and whether after
) all, you yourself are no gainer. And let
' the Merchant reflect upon whether it is
' good policy to subjoqt the Farmer to any
■ such rule as the ono about which we have
■ been talking. We bo\v tl)pt it ia often
1 argued that it is our duty to buy, u-hcrc
1 we can do it the cheapest. We think
' this rule is faulty, which we will endeavor
1 to show before we arc done with our " Flea
' for Potter." At any rate, we feel confi
dent about being able to show that Mer
chants would not like others to adopt such
a rule. It is the duty, as well as the best
ilicv, for both Farmers and Merchants to
*ricourage and patronize each other, fly
so doing, the community at large receives
a benefit. The cash which the Merchants
send out of the county to pay for flour Ac.,,
might and ought to he paid to the Farm
ers in the county, if they would exert i
themselves to raise crops as they uught to
do. This sum of itself, spattered over
the county would help jfOUtly all classes'
in it. Why should this constant drainage i
of cash hi; still continued? Is there not j
cleared land enough in the county to j
raise enough tu feed all its inhabitants '!
A FRIEND TO POTTER.
For the l'ottcr Journal.
Tlie Higher
MIY EDITOR: I would like to ask why
; the Higher Law can be recognized by
certain individuals, when they suppose
- their iiiiiiipdjate neighbors have sinned
against it, pin} W'hy said individuals do
not recognise }t when it conies in conflict
with the dc/iyhts of Slavery ? "The in
stitutions of our country" are prayed for,
and among these is Slavery, which scpa
arates and "puts asunder" thousands and
tens of thousands of Christians "whom j
God has joined together." That is all,
right, or, if wrong is passed by in silence:
"but the laws of Pennsylvania on the
subject of marriage, are a foul blot on
our Christian Civilization," and are made
the subject of pulpit invective,
I would like to ask, too, why some
ministers oan pray loudly for thieving,
lying .John Chinaman, but don't care to
ask any favors for our own Sambo ? Or.
would praying for our own poor niggers ,
endanger the perpetuity of the Union ? "
PET KM.
£% jtottec Journal.
€OIJDERiiI*OR , i\ 1V4.,
liptrsikijj s}'oh)iog, iSST,
T. S. CHASE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.'
Ifey TiiK P. S. Senate was recently
the scene of another exhibition of South
ern manners and Northern pluck. In the
course of a tongue-bout between Mr. Cam
pr >n of this State and Mr. Green of Mis-
SuiU'h Die lie direct was given by the lat-i
ter, reciprocated by the former in more
gentlemanly terms, and a personal encoun
ter only prevented by (he interference of
the friends of both parties. Green apol
ogised tliu next day--he thought old Si-
Mtuii was entirely too willing to fight.
In the State Senate, Messrs. Gaz
zatn, Gregg and Slwft'vr, tliu minority
members of the Kansas Committee, have,
made a lengthy report. The report is
doubtless from the pen of Dr. E. D. Gaz
zam. and its firmness, facts and logic, are'
characteristic of the man. Mr. Hucka
lew's cold unnatural logic in behalf of the
damning scheme which is receiving the
open aid of the National Administration,
•jis completely overwhelmed by the incon
trovertible arguments of our good friend
; from Pittsburg.
We are under obligations to Senator
Gazzam for a copy of his report.
—
A Lrrsv (FT:I.LOW, —L. T. PARMLKV. KS<J., who
weip to tliu IJ.irrislMivg Convention as .Sena
torial delegate for tUf flistrii-t contposed of the
counties ol'T:oga, Potter, M'Kcau and Warren,
and voted to endorse the Lecniupfim Constitu
| ti<(ii, has returned houu 4 with a oonuitission of
adelphia. \\o euugratulate frivid I'AKMLKK
i upon lii.s goofl hp k. Ifo is lully t>aj)ahle of
. tilling the position satisfactunjy,— Witrmi
\\ hy not uxtpnd t'our oqrtgrafiliations
1 tu all people whp are paid fur ucting dis
■ hqiie.-(ly ?—ror, even to tlie |h}ef who has
• appropriated a large portion uf his neigh
. hoi's goods? Wonder wha( Timothy Ivos
| .obtained for his support of Tjecouipton in
s the Convention ? not the
: app-obatiua of the parly in county.
s BHSU Gen. D. K. J*ckni;tn, Senatorial Del
, egut# from this district to the late Locofoct
Statu Convention, voted against the Lecomp
-1 tnnites front first to last. We admire his no
hie independence. He considers himself ca
pable of thinking and acting fur himself, aud
1 will not allow the wool to he pulled over hi
, ryes by Ituchanan and his pets. Right. —
BHlefonte Whitj.
And we say right. What a blessed
thing it would be for justice, and bouor,
r and "popular sovereignty," if 1). I\.
djtlktnuti now occupied the seat in Con
| gress which Allison White has disgraced.
We are indebted to Hon. Simon
Cameron, of the I*. S. Senate, for a copy
of Hon. Win. 11. Seward's great speech
; on the Kansas question. Wo proposp to
I give copious extracts as soon as our ool
uums become less crowded. We also ac
knowledge from the same hands a copy of
r Messrs. Collainer and Wade's minority
. report on the Kansas question,
Hon. Allison White, of the House,
will accept our thanks for parts 1,2 & 3, of
the "President's Message and Aooompany
; ing Documents."
Isaac Benson, Esq., of the Pennsylva
nia House of Representatives, will accept
our thanks for regular copies of the Ley
t slat tie Jiecord.
Senator Crittenden of Kv., recent
ly made an aide and eloquent speech
against the Locompton Swindle, in reply
to Toombs, of Ga. He presented the
question in a new light, and thoroughly
: vanquished the man who wants to call
the roll of his sJavus at the base of the
Bunker Hill Monument, Seuators Wade,
juf Ohio, King, of X, V., Foote, of \'t.,
Foster, of Conn,, Clay, of Ala., and oth
ers also made ahlo speeches for and against
the measure.
In the House, Mr, Montgomery,a Dem
ocrat of this State, (one of the few faith
ful representatives of real northern senti
ment in Congress), made a forcible and
quite eloquent speech against Lceompton,
jon tho ] ( Jth inst.
i tertf* We regret to have it to any that
there are a half dozen or so of men in this
village who are opposed to the free dis
cussion of questions of religious belief —
who are so sectarian in their views that
they all fly into a passion when the pro
priety of the motives and actions of one
of their number are questioned in the
public press —in fact, who are opposed to
( the freedom of the press, unless that free
dom has the same meaning which "Bu
chanan, Breekcnridge and Free Kansas"
hud among the Democrats of this county
in the campaign of 185G—namely, free
only when it meant Slavery — jree only
when it favors sectarian bigotry. The
Journal is a political, not a religious
newspaper—secular, not sectarian —and
independent from sectarian influence or
tendency, no matter what may be the re
ligious views of the editor. It holds that
all questions will bear discussion, and
that motives and examples which will not
bear discussion, are unworthy of public
confidence. Finally, it makes no claims
of support upon religious grounds, aud its
neutrality upon questions of general or
local interest, (no matter what may lead
to their discussion,) cannot be purchased
for the consideration of the retention of a
few subscribers' names upon its books.—
Its columns are open for the free discus
sion of all questions involving the moral,
religious, social or political welfare ofour
county —eschewing slaug, individualities,
and personalities—inviting anysuch high-,
toned discussion as will merit aud receive
the approbation of its readers. Commu
nications appearing in its columns must
UOt be received as the views of its editor,
unless accompanied by his special re
marks adopting them.
1 itdcMuiiiing the Judicial 1 )-.
llunkerism has undertaken to make id]
departments of government subservient
to the Slave Power. Hence the mon
strous decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States In the Dred Scott case,
when Judge Taney said j "Black men
have no rights which white men are
bound to respect."
It is to carry out this idea of subject- j
ing everything to the Slave Power, that
a bill has been introduced iuto our Leg
islature to abolish the District composed
of Susquehanna and Bradford, and to Leg
islate Judge Wir.MOT out of office. This
is in perfect keeping with the Lccouipton
movement. No regard is paid to the
wishes of the people in Susquehanna aud
Bradford counties, nine-tenths of whom
prefer to have the district remain as it is,
W hat do the advocates of Lcuumptou
i care for the wishes of tho people '( Par
ty is their God, and whatever party re
quires, that must he accomplished. The
men engaged in this work rely upon a
mum press, and the distribution of pat
ronage from head quarters to keep the
working people in the traces. It can't
be doue. Ligbt is reaching the people
- from numerous sources, and as fast as
° they get hold of the true position of the
- Lecompton Leaders, they abandon them.
" The people are in favor of good faith,
i honesty and fair dealing. They hate op
~ predion in all its forms ; and they are
j "rising in their majesty to the rescue."
Every paper in the State that prefers
the honor of the Commonwealth, to the
: success of partisan spite, will protest
against this attempt to abolish the Wil
mot District,
n ! • ' *• '• * '
J \o Carriages among Slaves.
y
t Oue of the darkest, foulest features of
i. t . . .
American Slavery, is its destruction of
o; . .
the marriage relation. How any chris
tian at the north, can remain silent on
T '
..:sueh a suandal, is more than we pan un
tdgrstaud. Indeed, we doubt if a real
christian can keep silence on this sin and
shatue of the Nation. .Some people try
j. to convince themselves, that the Slaves
really are married sometimes; but a mo
ments reflection will convince every per
son that it is impossible for a Slave to
be married. A .Slave is tho property of
another. Now property is subject to sale
—frequently against the wishes of the
owner, and at the owners death goes into
- the hands of guardians, aduiiuistratois,
i auditors or other agents of the law, so
that no person in all the south, held as a
■ Slave, oan by any possibility be a hus
■ ■ band or wife; for these no mail can put
! | asunder. We are led to these reflections
i by the notice in a New Orleans paper of
' a pretended marriage of two Slaves, which
the Crctcent of that city commends "to
"the careful perusal of Northern fr end ,
"who are so much interested in the
I " 'wretched* slaves." There was, of
course, a good show of dry goods ami
i vory, which the reader can imagine, aud
then follows this passage:
"About 10 o'clock the Rev. Mr. Collins
came in. ami they were soon followed. First,
Lewis and Caroline Lawrence, with two
j bridesmaids and groomsmen, took their places.
| and .Mr. C. performed the service beautifully
—the whole service of the Methodist Church,
lIUT IT MADE ME VERY SAD INDEED
WHEN. INSTEAD OF TDK WORDS, 'until
'death do yart ye. 1 HE USED THE WORDS.
I ; unless you are unavoidably separated.' "
j Will anybody pretend that those Slaves
were married ? Can he he a minister of
the Gospel who will lend his influence to
a union of the sexes that is only to last
till the master or the Sheriff shall sopor-i
i ate them ? Can he be a minister of the
Gospel who keeps silence on such a pub-,
lie aud notorious sin? What is that re-,
ligion good for, that encourages and em
braces such public adultery ? Is Mor
monisin more loathsome in its indecencies
than American Slavery?
The Uli ltesoliiUun,
We publish this week an able paper
from a prominent Democrat of this comity,
protesting against the audacious 7th Res
olutiou of the Democratic State Conven
tion, held at Harrisburg 4th March. The
tone of this communication cannot be mis
taken, and is no doubt the sentiment of a
; large majority of the Democrats of Penn
sylvania—notwithstanding a majority of
their representatives in the Convention
were suborned by the National Adminis
tration. We annex the 7th and Bth res
olutions of tho Convention, in order that
the author of the communication may he
properly understood. Dcmoorats of Potter
county, are you willing that your "mouths
should be forever closed" against the ad
vocacy of your inherent rights? If so,
you can endorse the following—if not you
will have an opportunity this fall to pro
test against it through the ballot-box :
7. Resolved. That if the Constitution of
• Kansas is not acceptable in some of its pro
visions to the majority of the Free State-men I
in that Territory their own obstinate conduct
has produced tiie result; they have no causei
to complain, and their mouths should be for
,ever closed.
8. Revalued. That we have evident reason
to hulievp that the Abolitionists, in Kansas and
out of it, have a much greater desire to over
' throw the Democratic party of the nation than
to ameliorate the condition of the slave : and
while they are bold in their protestations
against what they cajl the " slave power," they
conceal a thirst and desire for political place,
they would grasp at the cost uf the broken
and shattered bonds of the Union.
We told the Democrats of this county
iu the campaign of ISSG, that they would,
'be deceived; and no one was more loud
in his declaration that wo were mistaken
than thin same of ours, who
now discovers that he was in error then—
too late, indeed; but better late than nev*
er is true yepentauee. < )ur correspondent'
! now discover* what wc discovered iu 185G;
namely, that the present party organiza
, tion bearing the cognomiual distinction of
Democracy, is more sectional, under the
i current administration, than the most ul
. tra-abolitionists of the north dare to be.
. Indeed, they have presumed to arrogate
. to themselves the right t merge the great
i national principle of Popular Sovereignty
. in a sectional issue of their own invention.
To this party belongs the Congressional
t Representative of this District, aud iu
; whose behalf "K. M. J." labored zealous
s iy duriaor iho canvass for his election..
e Our friend, and his democratic* friends who
. are not suborned with government putron
, iage, are wouderfully deceived, not only in
- their President but in their representa
sitive. We regret, as much in their be
half as that of political integrity, that it
4 is so; and we are truly glad that they are
;.speaking out their sentiments upon the
t question. The question with them now
- is, " will we submit to the domineering
attempt ot the State Convention in which
we had no voice—no representation—to
I 1
' forever close our moutlis'—or shall we
boldly declare our independence of thought
and action when an attempt is made to,
estrange us from our duty i Shall we he
s'ltrt -democrats or /'/vr-democrats V' We
I invite free-democrats to an expression
I through our columns.
trjf* Ihc H onesdale I)enf>crat is one
i of the strongest and best of our exchanges.
. Just now it is giving Lecomptou and its
. advocates hard knocks that it will be difii
i cult to pay. The following is a faithful
exhibit ion of the position of the nominee
: of the Ilarrisburg 4th of 31 a roll Conven
tion for Judge of the Supreme Court,
i Says the /democrat:
" William A. Porter is trying to rile two
horses, lie is for or again-t Lccompjon j t.-t
1 according to the company he is in or the per
sons ho is writing to. in this particular, he
is like rainy locoioeos wo know of in this vi
c uity. who are for the swindle or against it.
precisely as they think best to promote their
chances of getting oilice or keeping utiiee.—
' Such duplicity is not a recommendation for a
tnan who aspires to a judicial station. A
Judge ought, above all other functionaries,
to be a man with whom the consideration of
i what is right and true is uucrniost. lie who
cm Ire for the Leconipton Rascality or against
1 it, at the demand of his ambition or interest,
ij w iuld make a tir-t grade pirate or robbgr, but
• is of all persons most unlit to be trusted with
the administration of public justice. As well
set up a courtesan as the model of feiuale pu
rity." f
Sell naht'l.
The X. Keening Tort says that a genteel
young fellow named Milts 15. Schuabel. hailing
fnuu Williamsport, l'a„ has been playing Jer-t
emy Diddler very successfully in that city. - lie
represented himself as being a brother-in-law
of Gov. l'aeker. and gave drafts upon that
worthy functionary which invariably returned
protested. It is further stated that the im
mortal Sclinabel practiced the same game in
Washington an Phiiadelpia with distinguished
success.
Is this the self same in-cotn-pre-hen-si-ble.
unapproachable and incomputable Schnahel i
who revolutionised Bradford and Susquehan
; nn, under the auspices of Ward, Pioiette A Co., ■
in 1856? Is this the unapproachable S'hna
! Bel of the Pennsytvauian ? Is it—can it be the
virtuous Schuabel of the Montrose Democrat'/
Will somebody say "No? — 'Tioga Agitator,
We "kind a reckon he is." for we hare the
i best evidence that he U the same identical
Schuabel who, under the auspices of the
would-be Democracy held forth in the court:,
house in this place, a few days previous to the f <
last Presidential election, and eertilk'd to Bii- ,
chanan's Democracy, and that he', the said s ,
i Buchanan, was more in favor of making Kan- '
! sas a free State than John P. Fremont was. !
| A party must be hard up for material wlien
they have to get such men as this to tell hon
est people how to vote. We think this i- tiie i
same individual who gained such notoriety in
New York a lew years ago with a notorious
woman.
One thing we wish to remark, that if the
I iws are strictly executed uj on all the leading >
Leconiptouites, that in less than two years
that party would be without leaders, and those
of them who are now serving their party anu
the State, would bo serving their country in
another position not rpiite us respectable as'
, the position which they now hold.— Lock Ha- 1
vrn Watchman.
Won't the Lycoming Gazette conic to
the rescue ?
_______
tmw ml Counhi. j
We advise all who are interested in the Un
seated band Sales to preserve a copy of this
or the next number of the Jorn.vAi.. as there
.
is usually a great demand on sale day. They
will be published in bnt ne more ediJon.
Harper's Monthly for April is already receiv
ed. having a list of contents which are well
' °
calculated to prove a rich literary repast. The
wonder is how they afford so much reading
• e
for $3 a vear.
—
The MeK'an County Democrat is the name of
a paper recently started at Smethport, by
Messrs. Oviat r Sc llauhof.. It presents a neat
typographical appearance, but we think it will
meet with very litjle success in the "North
Tier," as all papers will and ought to that sup
port the Leconipton swindle.
We notice that Hodges' Journal of Finance
quotes, among its Pennu. Banks, the " Bank
of Shamokin, Shamokin Dam, Potter Go."
We have once corrected this for our friend-
Peterson, ot Philadelphia, and hope our New
York coteinporary will do tiie people of this ■
county the justice to correct so bad an impres
sion as that the*e is a discredited Bank within
its boundaries. The Bank of Shamokin be
longs to Northumberland county, we believe*
Sunday evening last, we saw a drunken man
parading our streets with a bottle of •blue
ruin" in his hand, from which he occasionally
made cop'otis draughts. He was not, we are
happy to say, a citizen of the county or State,
though we believe he has been residing in the
coirfttv the past few months. He has the rep
utation of being a good mechanic in his trade;
and while lie was thus disgracing his craft,
he was also insulting our citizens is a manner
unusual, by a public exhibition of his own
folly and degradation. There should be a
Borough "jug law" provided for such cases;
and it is the duty of every good citizen to in
quire who sold him the rum with the effects of
which he insults our village peace. '
We would call the attention of our rcd erj
to the card ®f the Grovkr Jt Baker Si*w. v .
.Machine Co. The invention of the Bewi t
Machine was the accomplishment of the cr
desideratum of woman— something to strain,
j en her spine, release her chest from oppression
and- give rest to her toil-worn fingers—in f
it has tilled a great void in " Woman's Bights '
There are various patents out, all urging , tl i ej r
different claims upon the public ; but we ,| 0
not know of any machine having superior
equal claim- to the Grover & Baker.
12*%- Among the proceedings of the I.cgi?.
! lature, we find the following local bills rep, •
ed by Mr. Benson .
An act to protect fruit trees in Potter Co
An act providing tor the collection ot adjj.
tional taxes in the townships of Allegany ai s q
'Aharon. Potter county.
An act relative to the duties of Township
Auditors in the county of Potter.
An act to increase tiie Town Council of the-
Borough of Coudersport ; also au act lo id.
crease tlie Borough taxes,
j An act declaring Portage creek, in Potter
county a public highway.
The two acts last named are laws, we be
lieve, and the others have passed the House.
1 > L J;T>7
WATSON—At Titusviile. Crawford Co., Pa.,
very suddenly, of heart disease, on Sunday
morning, 14th just., Mrs. Joanna L, wife of
Mr. Jon ath an Watson, and daughter of Joseph
L. Chase I'Lq., aged 30 years,
[To the casual or general reader, the above
announcement will have but a common signi
ficance. and will elicit only the momeiitarr
thougut and feeling that another mortal has
parted the spirit of life—while* the religious
mind will go still further in its pursuit of
christian fellowship, aud feel that another im
mortal soul has found a haven of welcome re.-L
in the busoni of its Redeemer; but to us, kind
render, it bears tiie solemn, sad intelligence
that a much loved sister is uu more on earth -
it palls our heart with the deep tributary
mourning of affection, and turns our thought's
for a tune, at least, ni rc to the contemplation
of the Past, Present and Future; it tells us
that tie shaft of Death has ag.-.in entered the
family circle from which we alone are ab-ent
liting, and stricken down a favorite d.tuglncr
and sister: it reminds us that a kind and no
ble husband is called to utourn the 10.-s of a
wife who never knew, deserved or felt his re
proach- that five email children, (one an infant
babe but a few months old. who received lior
last embrace in the death-struggle,) are thus
suddenly bereft of a mother who ims tender
of them almost to a fault; it tells us that a
i wide circle ot relatives aud friend.- luouru their
I loss, wtncli is her gain : that "in the midst of
life time is death"—a solemn warning to all.
I We can pay no more exalted tribute to lier
memory, than to say that she was a good iimi
ti ue daughter, sister, wife and mother.—T.J
CARTEE.—Saiinha Carter* died in Cou
dersport, Pottvn Co.. Pa,, March 16, Issn - , aged
68 ye its, 7 months and 16 days.
[Mrs. Cnrtoe was born in Shaftshury. Ben
nington Co., Vt. At the hge of nine years
she removed to Onondaga Co., N. Y. where
she lived about 30 years ; she then removed
to Tioga Co., in the same State. anu finally
r moved to Coudersport, where she remained
until her death. U-r family made the tirst
permanent settlement in the place, then an
almost unbroken forest, {she was possessed
of great energy and perseverance, and bore up
uuitly under the toils and privations conse
quent upon settling in* a-new country. Mrs.
Curree was one of a family of eleven children ,
nearly all of whom have attained to advanced
years in life; five of the family are still living.
.She Was twice married, tirst to Mr. John
Knight, and subsequently to Mr'. John L. Car
tee : was the mother of three children, two of
whom survive her; the daughter (Mrs. Slaiy
A. lii-ss.) with whom she has lived for some
time past, and who kindly earcc tor her in
her sickness, i- a resident of Couderspoit; the
son is in the f r west. Immediately on lirr
removal to Coudersport .-he connected her
-elf w itl> the first Methodist Soc'u ty evsr form
ed in the place, and lias ever since remained
a con.-i.-tent member of the M. K. Chuicli.—
For a few years past her health lias been
failing; the last time she appeared in public
was ou a Sacramental occasion in May oflfcoT-
She was shortly after taken sick and confined
entirely to the house, n \cr going out unle.-s
carried. About the sth of March she was
confined to her bed by sickness, which she
bore with a good degree of fortitude aud pa
tience. During - the last few days of her lite
she was much of the time unconscious, hi r
mind was clear only at intervals, and then
but for a moment at at inc. In the.-r slioit
intervals she could be heard frequently to
commence repeating a well-known passage
of Scripture, or some favorite stanza of a
hyinn. Towards the la.-t her tongue ret used,
utterance, yet we have the comfortable hope
that the religion of Christ which she protest
ed in life, sustained her in death. Mrs. Car
tee was a kind neighbor, excellent in sickness,
a u.-eful member of society as well as a con
sistent christian. In this beraavinent, not on
ly children, but grand-children and great
grandchildren are left to mouru her loss.
-A.M.]
GP.OI ER &, BiltEß'S
CKLF.BRATf.D
FAMILY SEWING MACHINES,
4U5 BROADWAY NEW YORK.
130 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA.)
V
No applications for Agencies need ;
be inada, except by persons of integrity. !
reliability, and having excellent facilities!
for doing business. * They must be address.!
Ed to f■ icov kk Bakeu S. M. Co., 4bj ?
Broadway, New York. [35-t< i. j
"TV" W 1
ON Tuesday evening, March 16, iustaHVlw-.
_ tween the last toll-gate on I'lauk B,oa<t
from Wellsville to Brindleville, and the hou-c.
of John Dwiglit, an old fashioned sheep-skin
i v O< li LT--5-l;() li, considerably worn v
containing iu cash and tiie following
described jvipers. all drawn to the subscriber
A note against S. S. White, for !ji300,0D v
due March 1, lr'SS.
A due-bill against the RTuna Lumber Com
pany," signed by I). Harrower, for ue
March 25th.
Order of J. B. Fleming on Bradley, or
Glean, for I^2.
Isaac Benson s receipt for S. S. \Y hito's nota
for for collection.
Isaac Benson's receipt for note of E. 0. Aus
tin and Thaddeus Sione for f" r
collection.
Any person finding the above will ho
suitably rewarded on leaving it at the office
of the Cotter Joi knal. PETKR SHUTS,
i Couder-port, March 20, I?SS. — It*