Siou
Prom ask: v. ft,tdipendent.
4 PAtliant
.Success.
jpiltRIET B. STOWS.
Slavery Ray be ntsl, ,by Lte progress
of pubic upoirmou in our age, to, have been
put un troi, life, at least for
,reput4ioa,
yras Irheu ,to Uhl one's fellow
.thsiugl in .bondage was tolerated .hy the
world as t thing Wefensible oe Moro;
ground; into which men we,re entrained
to) varioug lower powerful motives, whose
(tree the lux morality of the world ad
mitted as a suffieient justification.
But in our day th s e spirit of Christian
ity, urn on by the kindling breath of
sin Unsge t r. I;nt ever living Power, is con
-0114:y forcing the reluctant masses of so
cipty to gm logical results of its precepts
sad priuciples ,So the Richmond En
quirepsays. This anbjeet of Slavery must
levee :at - .last to the great test question,
i riOt or is it wrong; " The South
ern Church his been pushed, by the force
of eonsc3ence . and the spirit of the age,
bicl on Liu ground of an attampled con
scientious deence of what all her books
of discipline in the olden
.time condemned
rts the sum of villanies and iniquity.
The great argument on which they re
ly is that the African race are naturally
inferior, incapable of the education and
progress of the white races, and only ca
pable of subsisting in a servile and de
peodent position.
Bence it is that every colored person
Vito achieves anything noticeable in the
intellectual world, by that yffy ticc4
as
milts the main fort whioli aft:oils the
castle of slavery.
A. colored artist like 'lra Aldridge,
whose acting has become famous in all the
courts of Europe--a colored orator like
pre, 4g rip`z. Douglass—nay, every gentle-
Rapd,y, ;Fell-educated colored man, in his
Apheke ) is s 4 4Fißtn,ent in the face of pro
slavery politicians and re)igienists greater
than any or 1.9 l Abolitionists unsupported
toy thiq vo able to produce.
No race so abused, maltreated and en
slaved, : could have developed taster than
the African during the last fifty years.—
Although the world has been in arms
Against them, and all that they have 1112-
ilertaken or achieved has been under
crushing odds, yet there is now no man
ner.of doubt that the race is rising, and
.destined-to be a living power and have a
living history yet in the world.
%pot papers bring us intelligence of
# 'mg Diga,a) triumph which has been
imbieFsd in this regard, on the most con
spicuous theatre of modern Europe.
Three young Haytiens have just car
ried off tne three first prizes in Greek,l
Latin and Rhetoric, in the old university
of the Sorbonne in Paris. We have be
fore us the congratulatory address of 31.
ilpitlcio (himself a Haytien) delivered in
-At banquet hold in honor of his compatri
nts, and beariog the motto ; "Marche. 6
-Piton paysl" and we augur well, not only
from the event itself, but from the ski
ous and manly tone in which it has been
recognized. Far from fulsome adulations
and so2hotnorical felicitations, we find
r,he grave and earnest tone of men deter
pined on the highest things.
Addressing the victors, he says
i`One of you, Faubert, has held honor-
Able rank' in this great competition in
Paris, and has come out of the field the
„first among all—the first—mark that—
the first in Paris, where intelligence is
no rare thing, and where intense study is
not, as I understand, considered a mantel
Delva has borne away the first prize in
Greek composition; and Dupuy, your
youigese comrade, has gained the hi4l4est
Jzunor in the Latin.
"'such a result is brilliant, my friends,
find cap!) of you has a right to rejoice in
it, and eFeti to be proud of it; for in hav
ing fp striyp with so many capable and
!determined iyou could have borne
a.way the palm only by the force and per
ceverance of your application. Note well,
heg of you, I have not paid by your tal
ent. ** * I prize highly native intelli
gence--that precious gift; I appreciate
It; le 441)0i:ten of those who enjoy it.
* * But I cannot and would not ac
cord praise to a man simply on the groniid
pf natural talent, because it is a gift which
pite bring with us into the world—an ad
vantage belonging to our nature inde
pendent of any effort of our own, and!, of
brhich consequently we cannot pride our
pelves. But application i—lanor
jet us pride onrsetves more ou tabor ,
2Aere only is true merit, for there alone
does the mar} rem l himself acting, be
come a living force, and make felt the
poier qt his will—.the will in which is
found the true title of manhood.
*'** * * *
iffork. on then, my young country-
men—ework, work, without misting to
your natural genins—rwithout stopping to
consider the measure of your abilities.—
he very sure that ardent and well-direot
p4 /pbor can never cease to be fruitful,
?Rd will always end in triumph. * *
Go on, therefore, without cessation, with
out discouragement. toward progress
peasenot to feed your soul—the absence ,
of fliutent kills the brain, makes it die ofl
i D adition. Dig away with fervor, for' al
certain fire and ardor is necessary in lit
wary toil—application without warmth'
may enlighten, but heat is as necessary to,
*mature the harvests of the soul as those
of nature, 1341 careful that your present
nursers prove not a sterile one, You
have taken cue good step, it is true, hut
what a way yrA, yetnuirbs t 4 he travelled,
if.you would deserve well of mankind mid
of your 0)11 , 1try. yi,,, j ) ,„. t orjoao pio
~great things - as :yet-parden a: friendly
frankness, you hive done as yetl very lit
tle, you -know in. truth as yet very lit,tk.
?flan jhas so much to learn, and:you, my
friends; are only si l the begiuning..
fir n it{ yourselves to be earned .aivay . by
s• Xo4' natural, I self-congrittulatien-7-stecp
,o.ot On this 'bed Of lanrels----Itbese crowns
„wtich ;have eneircled--jour
: sable . . fore
heads will soi4ti be f fa'ded if you 3411te not
the precaution to renew them?'
With shell noble ,140 hearty. determiu
atiow; and Such examples, we way hope
for Munli in thefuture of Hayti;
.When shsll prizes-of honor be awarded
in °lir collegee to colored Awerica.ns? '
Is these not something in the fraternal
spirit a France, its absolute and philo•
,sopb,tel superiority to the prejudice of ra
, • •
ees, which may account for this result in
Pari's? ; 'The Africans, as a, race. are es. 7
;trianiely approbatiye. They are sensitive
Ito kin:dims or n n ess. They need a
warn kindly atin9sphice to grow in, as
I inite,4l ag tropical plait The 'pitiless
frostaridi pelting storms of scorn, ridi
cule, contempt and obloquy which have
ahem them- could not have found
la race more sensitive, more easily beaten
back end withered. • But as Christianity,
las a, public senthuent, ze the light'reflect
ed frOui all other civilized nations, helps
us toleorrectAhis peculiar and local prej
udice, we shall see more and more (level
opmentiof talent in • this race. The day
we trust, conic when it willbe no
!linger recorded as a prodigy that an•Af
ricaii has excelled in anything'.
•
Otte thing mare, It is too often
thmightlessly conceded, lecauSe of the
great inperiority of the African rano in
our ponntry to their barbarous ancestors
in Alriea, that the credit is due to the
' Southern States of, having at least civil
i'4o Christianized a race.
It is far safer to say that the natural
aptitude of the race fur civilization and
improvement has been such -that they
have developed in spite of every effort on
'the/ part.of their masters to prevent it.
Forbidden all learnin , C—the very
steps to the temple of knowledge
guarded from them by pains and penal
tieS—lhe faMily state stizliodsly corrupt
,ed nnd defiled, by the refusal of pornia
gent and legal marriages—all rights of
reatralqt or education taken from parents
—in shoot 4 syst.cmiitio warfare_ directed
again4t every "elenjent of manly progress
which (doll liae placed in the soul—they
yet have )isen, as "the-Hebrews multiplied
in - spite of the prqel- persecutions of the
Egyptians. Tho slave-owners have edu
cated and civilized them just as the
Egyptians increased the population of the
Hebrews,l and not otherwise. Other
races so treated have been broken down
and disappeared. Witness the native
tfibes of America. But this it,frican race,
With Its grand, warm, tropical yividness,
with its noble breadth of physical vigor
and enjoyment, is destined, evidently, to
a future. ' This gigantic aloe, whiob has
stood silent and neglected in the world's
garden will yet come to flower and put!
new vif , or into the World's life and histo
ry. The young communities of Hayti
and Ltberizivill go on, and from Canada
and froui the Southern _States will rise
men to feel an electric thrill of pride and
sympailiy---and in that day let oppres-;--
orS tremble. They may have proofs of
the capacity of the race far other .than
they desire.
A.NpoyER 7 , Sept. 27.
Great fQncern I
From thp Nprthem 4thpendent
It . is with a great _ degree of pleastike
flat we clip the following twin the Cltris
tion Advocate and Jouritrd of the 9th
inst.: I '
THE SLATES OF TIDE
l'One of those monstrosities of Ameri
can opinion which disgrace us as a na
tion is now showing itself in the South.
'tie slaver Echo hats hpeen brought, into
Charleston by our naval oftwers laden
with wretched Africans. No sooner does
she arrive than Carolina and Virginia pa
pers.propose to have the rescued vietams
sold into American slavery, instead of be
ing sent back to their country according
to the usage of the powers engaged with
us in the suppression of the maritime
slave trade. . - It does seem that ultra pol
itic*s in the South are .demented on
on this question of slavery. Perhaps,
however, this judicial, blindness and in
fatuation ie. God's retributive means for
the overthrow of themselves and their
pe/icy. ft seems impossible that the .re
flecting p.a4 especially the professed'
Christian people of the South can see'
with indifference tbis 'demoralization of
public! opinion and disgrace of their couu
try before the whole , world. d'hti infa
mous proposition is now to go to Europe,
to be spread against us in all its newspa
pers in connection - with Op mobocratic
affair dt Quarantine. We shall soon' be a
stench in the nostrils of the world, if the
Ira and public opinion are not speedily
brought to beat' againstslich
are happy to notice that, by order of
the government, the slaves in question
are•to be' returned to -Africa, and that the
noble Niagara is to convey them." 1
Now
,while we thank the Dr. for so
m uch a4(4 7 4/4Fer# as is contained in the
above', we wish to askhim a civil question
•,
or two. ;
• I
!I L What better are those poer men and
women who were taken on hoard of the
"Echo," than thousands who are in pre
cisely the same relations, Mad held by the
saute force, within the bounds of the Bal
timote and Philadelphia Conferences,
many by our own church-members, and
whp;is,one.class deserving of more sym
pathy than. 'the other 1 Does slavery
grow better - and more tolerable by age
- -
Ts. it worse an the high seas than.lo;
Baltimore or Maryland? .
2: My dear friend and :doctor, OM
should concern us most, our reputation,
which it this respect can hardly be made'
,Vorse i with the deur people or Entope,
the "demoritlizdtion- of publio opinion;"
I
this "disgrace of their" • (our) '}'country
before the whole World," or "to do justly
and lovemetcy,",and fear God and ob"y
him by "undoing the heavy burdens, and
allowing the oppressed to go free,"
whet '
er upon the ocean or on the land, Wbctb,
cr held by pirates on the Sea' or on the
plantations of Virginia or Maryland?
-3. .If slaVery awake our concern and
indit_mation,in one 'place, should it not in'
the other ? Come; my brother; let us be
consistent and 'talk of slavery everywhere
and at , all times, until the ego of 00,
guilty shall "tingle."
New ',fork -Cryital Palace Des
troyed by Fire..
NEW YORK., Oct. 5.--The Crystal. Pa
lace was entirely destroyed by fire, with all
its. contents, this afteruoon. The fire
broke out in the lumber roam, which was
filled with empty boxes and a large quail
tity of old lumber. It is believed the . fire
was the work of an incendiary.
When the flames were first discovered,
the Palace engilie was brought out, but
the hoso was so full of holes that- it was
rendered useless.
It. is estiwated that upwards of 20001
visitDrs wero present, and it is feared that
many were killed. One dead body has
been taken out.. •
The whole building is in ruins—hut a
smell portion of the contents were saved
—two only of the many fire engines on
exhibition were got out uninjured; The
building is estimated to have been worth
8250,000, and the :contents mast have
been:worth double that 4tuouut,
A CAT RACE.--ApoOrding to the
Meuse, of Liege, (to be pronounced News
on this occasion,) a match of this nature
took place three nights ago in that town.
Eighteen cats, belonging to different per
sons in the quarter of the city called the
Outre-Meuse, were taken a distance of a
league, and let loose at midnight. In ex
act*ly .half an hour one of the cats reached
home, and carried away the prize; and
all the others arrived in rapid succession.
Three toms, whose roving disposition tri
umphed over every sporting sentiment,
did nut, however, make their appearance
until after sunrise. Their names have,
consequently, been scratched out of all
other subsequent raeiug e ng agments,
Galignani.
•
ONTON'AGON.--The citizens of Ontona
gon held a Convention on the 25th of AU
gust to adopt measures looking to the pro
posed formation of a new Territory out of
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the
Northern Counties of Minnesota and Wi's
cousin. Resolutions wereadopted and, a
Committee appointed to prepare an ad
dress to the Legislatures of Michigan,
Wisconsin and_ Minnesota, urging their
co-operation,
The following advertisenmit appears
l in
7he Si. Louis republican;
"ENGAGEp.---Miss Anna Gould to
John Candal, City Marshal, both of .I.le4v
enwarth, K. T.
"From this time her,geforth ana forev
er—until Miss Anna. Gould beputne4 a
widow—all young gentlemen are request
ed to withdraw their particular attention's."
IT would seem that the citizens of Mill
waukee are the most law abiding people
in the world. One of them being asked
wl.ly so many people were drowned in
their river, replied that it 'was on account
of an ordinance of the city 'which forbids
swimming in the city limits. When one
oti theni ipped in he recalled the ()rill
nanoe v . t once, and rather than violate it
wont 00300411 y to the bottom without a
struggle.
Erftta Puritat.
CO/IDIERSPORT,
MONiIIO, 0 0 t , 14,1558,
T. S. CHASE. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER,
.G The publication of our paper
is uu
avoidably delayed two days this week.
ter The quadrangular political fight
in New York is only second in interest
to the triangular fight in Illinois. .No
one can even give a guess at the proba
ble result, further than that one of tha
four candidates will be elected. The
chances are es good for Mr. Morgan the
Republican candidate, as they are fur ar.y
of the others, We have much faith in I
his election without any other growid for
our faith than the integrity of his cause ;
.01
Eliir We would eall the attention of our
readers to an article entitled, .(
Success," by Mrs. Stowe. Few *men
think and write with so touch vigor and
I
happy influence as she does,—no doubt
owing to bd. enthusiastic devotion to the
cause she advocates. Few of our states
men have studied the question of Slavery
more than she has, and fewer of them are
letter able to wield argiments in behalf
of Freedom. She seems to be thoroughly
acquainted with. the subject in all its bear
iqga-4)eing a good judge of huinan na
ture by e.T.ternal developments - . She en
counters pp diffienity in correctly applying
the natural laws of
. humanity .to govern
mental theory and practice.
Election -
The following majorities, "are reported
up to ,t i ne- of going to press Thursday
UOO4 ;- -
' _lCosottess... Liss An.,
1 r- - 4 • ' , ,..1i #' ..-4 Z.' /1
_ . g-, 10 : - a- .1 - - .. i • 'l"'
-
• - 1@
4,
P F - 0 I 0
-.. .. tz
ConaerspoA, 36' , 31 31 -- •---.
'Eulalia, . • 5 i 5 1 • ' 10
Ifehroo, , 69 , 10
Summit,.- . - • - 5
Sweden, 'll i - l7
4.llegany, 35 , 35 31 12'
Genesee, 7 - : 31
Pleas. Valley, 1 '
Sharon, 67 ; L 5
Ulysses, • 133 ' 100 135 96 .
Mara, , 17 ; 17
Homer, 13 t 11 •
Roulet, 10 i ' 10
Whorton, 7 i 2 1 8
5, e.tting, -6 G
. .
()masa, 73 : . 43
Portage, 14' 14.
Bingham, 30 - 5,
West Bran* 1 ' . . 1
Pike, .6 - . 6
Abbott, . 4 j I 4
Syl Main, :
. ! 4
, -
.As indicated by the abeve returns} Mr .
Rees is elected Treasurer; by a small ma
jority. i
Die• The Postmaster G'eneml has oilier
ed " that 'supplements' or ' extras' folded
within the regular issues; of daily or Week
ly
journals—not actual and bona jid edi
tions of such publications, conveying in
telligence of passing events and general
intelligence—subject the whole package
to letter postage." ThiS Is a decision of'
much importance to publishers as well as
advertisers and subscribers. The ques
tion arises : " In the event of a detection
of a: violation of this order, will they pay
ment
of this postage devolve upon the
publisher lor the recipient of the newspa
per ?" Common sense;would indicate at
once that inasmuch as, the subscriber is
not cognizant of the crime until it is own
witted, he should not be subjected to the
punishment attending it; but the general l
policy of the present Administration is so
very queer, that we would not be surpris
ed if Mr. Postinoster-General Brown woad
decide to make subscribers pay the penal
ty. Why should thef not be equally. as
responsible for the, misdeeds of publishers
as were the free-state voters of Kansas for
the election frauds of .the Missourians ?
The principle is the same; -and need we
be surprised at its application by the same
power? ,
,tar. We are contidttut our readers will
feel obliged to us for calling their particu
lar attention to the Agricultural Address
of Ralph Waldo Emerisoni printed on our
first page. The American philosopher
handles the subject or Agriculture with
an ability an practical application to which
few theorists attain. He thinks vividly
and applies without fault--he talks with
the freedom of an adept, and the eloquence
of one truly interested in his theme. He
views Agriculture as we do—from below;
not as an inferior occupation, but as the
basis of all legitimate industrial pursuits,—
and yet in
. a great measure dependent up
on them, for its independence. Society
may he compared—(and we crave pardon
for the seeming irreverence)—to a univer
sal legislature, with an omnipotent Unity
for its "Committee of Ways and Means"
and the Farmer as •the steward of the
Committee—Science and Art being sub
contractors to the steward. It also bears
a strong similitude to an arch, the Farm
er being the ltey-stone, and all other pro
fessionstand occupations bearing upon that
and giving strength and durability to the
arch—none could be removed without
materially Injuring the entire structure.
Socicty!like the world is atotuic—made up
of men of large and small calibre, profes
sions of great and little concern—and
among itlithe atoms the Farmeraud Farm
ing show!the largest surface for utility.
Read Enterson's address. ,
THIE)
We will not attempt to give many re.
turns iiithis issue of our paper, except
those inl our immediate neighborhood.
These we give in another plane, Our
present Objeet, is to present some facts
whick:hie made themselves appareut in
the result i in the Rorough, by which it
will he seen that Mr. Rees has fallen a
little behind other candidates on our tick
et. We propose to state the reason for
this, as the same can,ssx will no doubt af
fect his cote in some tither districts.
It will be remembered'that a few weeks
ago a circus visited our place, and that
the Burgess organiged a special police to
guard the property arid peace of our citi
zens during the night of its presence.
Mr. Rees was one ;of the five nr ten per
sons constituting that Committee of Vigi
lance. It will be-remembered, also, that
Mr. Rees and a couple of other_polic'emen
.
broke up one or two gambling parties, and
carried one person to jail who was th•the
company but was perhaps innocent of act
ive participation. The phial had, long
been suspected as being a resort:lor, such
pu poses, Mid the Moral ' - eharaitei• ef Or
vii age as well as the laws of obr - Conatticiti- .
wealth! demanded that such - piacticea,i if
Oa y' really existed,. should -,bc!•,stepped.
,T 1 ii , .,Opportunity• Was ad excellent eneito
:in eStigate in the name of the; law;•-inas
, meoh as•the !funds of the lierough,, • were
i •
to pay men to protect the moral_ tted,pe
iit
c tiiary welfare of its citizen's; l and - no
, --,...
• In n in the county, perhaps i has l suffered
titre; ' indirectly, from the effects of gain
-1 bling thactlMr. Rees.- -He naturally onoutih
- I .1 •
a -ailed himself of -the opportunity to do
h a ' fellow ; citizens and _himself a simple
at of justice-, He done - so, fully aware
t at hewould perhaps diminish his ma
jtrity, but, be informs us, with thedeter
;matter' that the issue ,must eventually
V
made, and -now was the dine. - The is-
Sue was Made, and the result shown in
the figures of - Tuesday. NO effort—no
mount of- whiskey , and' other Lacofoco
boli Lion .persuasions —was spared to les.
en his vote in the borough -r-and it fell
clew the lowest Republican inajority just
rates q--.vastly better than he or his
ost saugoine friends had any reason to
xpeet. The Republicans of Coudersport
re certainly entitled to great praise for
hus maefullySustaibing morality and po
ilitical•integrity at one and the sane time.
-day or two after our paper was issued
last week, we had a conversation with Mr.
Rees on this subject, (being the first since
the occurrence,) and he authorized us to
say that in futtire he would spare ! no ef
fort of his to expose and punish the per-
Inicions practice of gambling—believing
and knowing, as he does, that- the morals
of the community, 'and the welfare of his,
family alike demand such an effort on his
part and on tho.part of every moral citi
zen, lie believes that the laws-of Penn
sylvania, if en i forced, aresufficient protec. I
tion against such vices, and that it is his
1
solemn duty ; as it is of every pod citizen, 1
to see that they are enforced. We regret,
on our part, to have seen men of iflfill
ence, and high business position, making
such strenuous -efforts as they did last 1
Tuesday to uphold Vice, by endeavoring 1
to create votes against Mr. Rtes upon the
issue above stated. The vice of littent
pemnee is bad enough inflicted upon our
citizens without its cigemporary vice of
gambling.
Tams.
V:
. g 2
We are also informed that Mr. Clark
makes 'use of both of the above issues-td
effect votes for himself. His Democrat
is friends even went so far as to promise
that is the event of his election he would,
grant licences under the new liquor lam;
—when every man of common sense in
the county ought tol:now that the Treas,
urer can only grant eating:house licences.
Whether the promise was male by
authority or not, we cannot say. We in r '
tend to show up some of his campaign tid
ings soon, which ought to make the crini
son of shame. mantle the cheeks of men of
much less political integrity than .he
Purity of Language.
There is, perhaps, no language, aSide
from the German, so susceptible of adul
teration as the English ; none, perliapS,
is so inexousable for its impurities. Yet,
the English language presents a large disc
upon which to collect the floating provin
cialism of which its wide-spread use ren
ders it so susceptible. .Even a differenCe
of opinion among its" greatestphilologists
as to pronunciation and orthography, are
calcirlated and do unmistakably tend to,
disturb; its purity and weaken its durabil
ity. "Coinage" is another " sapper" at
die foundation of Our language, and one
not easily removed, ,either by, philology
or denunciation. Indeed the great won
der with us is that it is so pure, or rather
so wolf preserved, in its popUlaz use. We
can only account for this upon the hypoth
esis of its, philological simplicity as the
result of the careful pruning and fostering
of Nig/kW WEBSTER. Every age—we
i •
might say, every generation,--has its stan
dard philologist, among many candidates
for the honored trust ; but several past,
the present, and many to conk hai;c;
and Vitt recognize Noah Webster as the
Standard philologist of the English lan
guage--the Columbus who diSoovered and
developed its pristine. and progressive ex
cellences, and the great preierver of Jts
primitive purity. No lexicographer per
haps,,in any da'piging,e, has' attained to so
universal an adeption_for reference as .he
has, and. certainly no English lexicon has
ever reached % . o large a use as the various
editions of the- Webster diction'ary. It is
from these various editions of the great
American work that we now desire tnaid
our readers to Select for use, with especial
reference to utility and peCuniary
There . are but three of the editionscom
mendable at all for general , reference- 7 -the
Quarto, (unabridged), the Crown and the
large Octavo. Of these,. 'the last named
is the cheapest pecuniarily the firtcheap
est actually and - ultimately. Of the;oth.
, _ •-
edition named . we have 'nothing to say,
as it is a new one, and we have never
seen-it. The reasons why We deem the
Ouarto'l;fnahridged the cheapest-actually
are many, but we have room for a co up l e
only at present. Furst : that edition ctn.
braces every legitimate word in . the I n ,
uage,, its derivation,• pronunciation led
definition, with quotations from the au.
thors cited. as its authoritiei the 140
of words—maitihg it alike a aietioparief
words and yaluidge quotations. Writ.
and
. reason is; that there is a difference of
only two dollars in the price of the t
editions, while :there Is a -difference of
tieble , he - price of both hi the utili ty
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bution of the parents --thus hiving each
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U ITEDS TATES GO (MT. —The Septem.
ber, termi . of the United States District
Court at Williamsport commenced yes.
terday morning Judge Irwin upon the
bench. Several important cases were up.
on the trial list. Thq occasion, as usual,
brought hither a number of distinguishee
.entlemen front different sections of tlie )
State, who have business in the court—
lion. James 0. Campbell, United Stan
Marshal, and R.' Biddle Roberts, Esq.
United States District Attorney;atoon;
the number.
The. first case called Was the Uuitek
tates vs. Henry - Stotler, sr., and Ilenl
tether, jr.. charged with tnanufaeturhi,,
)frlIS and -silver coins. The jury
•turned a verdict of guilty as . to Hear
tet)or, sr., and not guilty-as to Hear
tether jr. Sentence of Henry Stetleor.
n years imprisuntueut•in the Westec
enitentiarv.
The next: case was the United 'Slat
Thomas L. Anderson. Charged witt
ail robbery. Verdict guilty. ..9 - .el:defice;
o years imprisonment.-
use
OEFICE Or POTTER JOURNAL,
.111prreg, Oct. 15.
FIRE.—_I fine barn and three hot 43
elonginO, to H. 11. Dent, Esq., of thi
illage, were bullied at three o'clock thi
laming. Supposed to be the jock
incendiary. We are not informed of
le probable athopnt Of the loss-Ltui if
retty heavy—theliorses - leing valuable
A CAup.—Friends, neighbors, ardil
'rough whose exertions some of co)
operty was preserved from the torch
e incendiary, have my heartfelt than
Oct. 15, 1858. H. 11. Door.
ME
PEOPLE
We find the folloWing election news i
the WiAuesday editions of -the Ne
York papers. We. give them
out comment. 'The following dispatch;
dated Philadelphia, 'Wednesday, 2: SI
A. H.
Fifteenth District—Mifflin County—ln Lel
own the whale People's ticket is electel
large majority, and Hale (Opp.) for Cor
CS3 has 215 majoritY.
The •fol}owing arc in the Evening-edi
same day:
X VT-Ii DISTIOCT—(White's).
LYCOIIING iVaiiffMBp s ON, Oa 12.1
,is District, - Allison White iDem ) has 22
ad James T. Hale (Opp.) 482 votes.
CITY.—The following are e
Ipposition majorities in Philadelphia:
creme. Judge, 5,758 ; Canal Commissions
i,990 s §heritf, s,l733Ategister of Wills, 5,304
:Neat of Orphans Court, 4,T00. -
Viol - Republican State ticket is elects
by a handsome majority, The figsres
the fullowine.dispatch• are, no deol
somewhat exaggerated, as - all telcgat
are; but we have no doubt of the deed.
of Mr. Hale, by a large majority.
- PHILADRLPHIA. Oct. 13-,llca
FIrfEENTII DISTRICT—James T. Hale lUhi
is elected by 20.00:majority over Allison
kDem.); present member.
Every Lecornpton candidate for Co
gress, in this state, excepting Florence ,
defeated. The people HAVE A GRE
TRIUIIPH.IN PENNSINASIS!
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