The Potter journal. (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, March 31, 1859, Image 2

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    loud. of a rat . ) , noble specimen of her
:ex, is Wyrt h owe hundred and niaety.nine
ears pc:: es:-ion of a sweet erw.tturo with
tily two ideas in her head, and nothing .
2.ew to say about either of theta. • So
6ou't he in a hurry, I say again. You
; on't want a wife now, and you hove, nut
the s ightest idea of the kind.of Wife you
will want by-and by. Go intulentale so
ciety-, if you eau find that which will int
pruva you, but none otherwise. You can
etßudyour titue better. Seek time suoie
t p of goud.inen . .::',T hat. is often 'more ac•
to you than the other, and it it
through ;had mostly that, you will find
YPEAW,t94outijetnale
Orton;
i. cslau .
`• ONE Or SICKLES . Vtrims.-.The Al
. .
batty - correspoa dt at ,
of the' Utica Herald
14 the fulluiti i►tg
-reop!p stilt continue to talk •abr.tut the
marclar -Washingt4ni. To tba.lmor at
Ajbany; he, it said,- that,publia sentiment
hire.ciguoutices_the shouc.ug dawn of Mr.
Itcy-a4 a • cosardly and.brutal act, t
111111 thatis without Sin cast the first st me.'
44 1 4 . . i• friend yesterday—one , w1:o has
ClOarfl Puul. , E.Sicliles almost from boy
hood—"Jb.nething less -than five years
alzo, 1:141eW wvinan, young, beauci.ul
cud minfiding. ..,She was a loved wife, and
loppy• locing,tu,other. Though o ccupy.,
1;i uv exulted,- social positi2it she had a
utauly,_upright husband, and .a pleasant
home That .woman became a reluctant
victim to the seducer's 44 vilish arts Her
child to
-day is au alms house • hJarder,
her liusbuud, a sut, and she a degraded
utatc2st. _ •
0 'Oh, it is pitiful I
In a whole c ty full,
Friends she had none.'
If Her seducer now conies before the
world as the avenger of ou. raged chastity.
In the cell wherOustice has piaceti
for ti dastardly:murderer, he is visited by
the President,' and ..receives expres . sions
of sympathy,. from men high in i•Lition,
- whu have Wives, and daughtill4, and homes
Out upon such a state of society
From the Y. Y. Hoenisg Post
The Law of God and the Law Of
DI an.
The late Daniel .11 . 0bster refused to
legislate apinst . slaTery ;n New Mexico.
because, as he raid, he did not wish t : , re•
enact a law of
.; Cr.itt. The physical fea.
tures of the country, apeording to his as.
sumption. were . an eternal ordinance
*against. slavery, and. there was nu need,
in that case, of human legislation. As
well enact that water should nut run up
bill, or that the earth. should turn from
east to west,.as to pass laws in order to
repulse slavery from such asuil and climate
as the soil and climate of New Mexico.
Mr. Webster was positive and 'eloquent
this theme, and all his followers, and
a gre"t many who were nut his followers,
echoed his- earnest assurances with evi
dent comfort to themselves and to the ut
ter cuufusion of all abulitiouists and Wil-
Ant-proviso-men. it was suspected at
the lime that:ibis : was a mere dodge be
hind an alledged divine authority, to es
cape the responsibility of a jiist exercise'
of human authority; it was said that Mr.
'Webster and
. his party caught at the pre
text to screen themselves in the desertion
of si, policy to which they had before beim
pledged; but that, it. appears, now was a
grave .injustiee, fur .. events nave proved
that . the geutlemen to - --tylioin. we allude
were altogether right. it, is true- that
slavery.. has,.gotie into New Mexico; it is
true that shivery, new exists,in New Mex
ico; but the larrof God—i. e., the law of
soil and climate—is su strong againstit
L. at nothing but the most: stringent hu
wan law is, able, to keep it in existence;
at.least we infer as much from the folluw
in.* synopsis 'of *a recent statute passed by
Lit z ; territorial legislature: .
The killing or maltreating of a slave
is placed on a revol with the sat, e offen
ce towards white persons. Kidnapping.
stealing or--enticing a slave away. or aid
ing in se doing, or assisting him to escape
or secrete himself, is. punishable with
prisoniuent .for nut less than ; four nor
more than - ten years; and fine of from
850 to. S 2 000. . To .give a 'slave fabri
cated freedom papers, or. induce his ali.
sence_froni- his owner; subjects the party
to iutprisonment and from 811/0 to 81.000
fine. To incite eri advise toinsurrection
or lurnish•.weapons - to a slave, or traffic
with one without. permission, are punish.
able with from ttiree to three
years imprisonment, and With from 825
to 8100 tine: 'The penalty fur troubling
with a. slave is a tine-not exceeding tilUd,
or imprisonment nut -exceeding titre:
months. A__roward provided for up
p , ehending run strays, and the sheriffs are
compelled to take e ire of such when de.
livered to theta - , at the risk of being amen
able to the - owner: for the. value of the
slave, and _to take steps for restoring i ham
to their.ownerii, or lino Owner comet for
ward to - Idaho them to provide tur..their
/ale at public. veni 4 ne. , •
It: is also provided that the owners et
slaves shall be compelled to provide ade
quately fottheir maintenance, And shall
ba punished by imprisonment fur nut
to re than: one year, or fined not inure
$123,3 41,UU0 fur inh mom treatment of a
st.ive. Tabs law alsa provides punish
= .tit for -slaves -canviatud of ;rime, and
tuisdeineanurs; forbids negrues or mulat
toes giving - evidence in courts aguinFt
whites; preaibits intwriaires betweeo
whites.an& negro:ice, tad makes all at•
tempts to procure Buell alliances puoish
able.- - The tttte opt to co umitor the com
mittal of alape on a white female by a
'negro or mulatto is made punishable wi It
death. iFonancipation of Slavds in the
territory is totally prohibited. Slaves are
nut allitvted to go ell their hiaater's preut.
ises after sunset without a - pass.
,Provis
lan. is made for recwiery_ of a tilaireAtulawt
fully detained front the'ownerit by anotk
et—pen:on, by replevin ; ur 10zbeus:corpii4.
" This:. act took effect fruit* the date of '
its pa4age, - %chief: occurred , on , the Vith
o. Jannary last." !, • -
The 'are fundamentally the same pro
visiunS us are made iu other slave stater
ur territories in Which the law. of soil and
clituate dues nut; operate; they look as in
all. other !cases, like simple deviecs of self
t finf34*, 10 p..oteet and
,nnuntain a valua
, ule :pectin, of property; they Link like the
o divary,:utunicipents . and nefeuces of the
"instiintion,"' 'which finds the i,atite rt.:a
~ o hs 10 its existence New Mexico that
it finds Otsewht.re; but !we !premithe they
I arz
,to be interpreted' in that
and that they are wilful efforts to
teractir the "natural latis Li Gud." In
titis view, we may add, it! is very hard
ttat u;an should nut•belpermitted'tolei , ,
Wate in favor of the diVine' law,, while lie
ass etteltlarge scope to legislate against
it; or that ft .shimid be needless or ist
r pet . for him to aid ihe 'efforts of soil
a tit climate, while tie is alluwei the
coos latitude in aounteiTailing them. In
Gut, we think th l at a li4le ;timely assist
ance :Oven to the' endea'vurs of nature, by
human eu:otatenfa. Wm aid nut have been
'out uf . place in New Mesieo, in spite ul
the diatim of Mr. Webster, and the eo
thusiastie plaudas ,he received true: his'
friends.
A Sad Occuirence:
Correspondence of elle.l'iter Jolitnitt. •
MANLIUS, N. Y., Murc4 22, 1859
M. CliAsi.— j••
,1 wiA to inform you' and your
readers of another inetalicimly instance of
the eltecis of using whi4iy as a beverage,
which hasjust come under my uh,erva
tion. ; A luau by the name of I'atiip 11'i-
minbca.' Who had been. living about here
fur the last year or Se, engaged iu malting
willow baskets, and who was in the habit
of getting intoxitiated frequently, wz.s
found on Sundly about o. e mile
south of.this ;lying partly upon
his face with his hand 4 drawn under hill'
aS though he would keep then' warm,
with a cap and- loather apron drawn over
his head, his head IVing upon a bag con
;A,few potatoe:l and elOse by was
IjiLlg a jug wh•ch hadi contained woisky
but was thew empty. Llle*as partly cov
ered withNstww, it having snowed on Fri
day night, the weather tieing very in
clement on Saturday and Snoday—saidio
;Je the - int.st teoi ius days during the whole
aritt , er.! The last tithe he was Sail) was
on Friday - afternoon. Ile, was in the vi
cinity wuere he was found. The C ro
ner is holding an - iu4nest on the body
while - l'am writing. - 11. - 0. I'.
ire liotter 4ournat.
4C-01113ERSIrptiTi
bloh-ii»fi,l 3)104 .31,1359.
T. S. CHASE. EDITOR AND PU3USHER
NOW IS THE.TIME
For the friends Of the .101311INAL
to begin to circulate It for •
• the Campaign of Ma.
WORK FOR 0 - 13.•GRK.1.T GAME,
SUBSCRIBE
FOIL TrIN JO URN.-114."
W' The lion. John C. Ten Eyck. Re
publican, was elected on the 17th
by the Legislature of, New Jersey, a Sen
ator In Congrese for he lull teem of taa
years front the 4th day of the present
month 7 —viae Wright ! , Adlniinistration.— . -
The .vote stood—Teri Eybk, 42; Vruom,
Dein„ 3J ; Scattering, 5.;
ler There is an old' Turkish adage,
that every young man should plant a tree
in winise shade he cMild recline in Lis old
age. Iti is a good adtige,! too, and we hope
to see every young Man :in Coudersport
plant it least one tiree 'this .Spring—if
each young girl would du the saint:. we
think itwoUld add to her non attractions,
ai well as to these of the Town, By all
• t
means: plant at least and tree.
DELEGIATEs.—Hon. C. acted
as Senatorial, mid J. St.tttM.iou. kiq, as
:preimutative Delegate from this Dis
trict in the late Stat e. Convention, the
e.:4
Delegt appointed by 'the County o,llr
mime baing unable to . attend. It is
needle.ss tu'add that tIMy truly represent
e.l the' 'Democracy or the County and
District.— IVettsboro Democrat.
'• Children and fools tOl the truth,"—.•
and the" editor of the
.Ihiniwrat ranks' wolf
in tale of these
.pitiuble;elasses of human
ity. Tliti i. , Deinocracy ,o - f the County and
arc 'truly represened by
Charley- 14in:in—and so is the National
.Idministration; with.l6‘ni;.iger-driving"
a: tributes.'
• .
ref' The Cincinuuti Dqily Times is
inthotized by Gov. Corwin to contradict
nti assertion of t WaShigelon correspond.
nt, of the N. Y.' Exprai that Goy, Cur.
in Ohio,- makes Gov; Seward the butt
if lila Merciless ridicule!' "The remark
•if the letter writei," says the 4• in
without the slightest foundation. and Goy.
clurwin sincerely regretti the publication
.if a Paragraph imputing' to him a want of
proper regard for. tint New -York Senator;
. .
that: he knows too well the profound es
teem In .whieh Guts. Seward is hela by.the
people of Ohioind uther.Westeru States,
to tre.atiatii - ur am 'pretensions is a spirit
of ridicule; that - 1011 e hu d;ffers from lirov.
Seward in some of his doetritieS, Which'
he - considers rather.theoetrical than:. prac
tical,' rather adapted to a state of thing's
tu be desired than one likely -sewn to
occur, he regards hint wit-thy tu. rank
among the truly eminent statesmen. of the
times." . -
Tom-Corwin perhaps fergets, as do all
.
w•oild-be-conservativft , , that things to.be
tiesireVare:toi- ~ likely anon to OaCue
'with° . ut-the aid of justitteh' Minds . as•that
Of - Mr. Seward to bring them into condi
tion for " practical" Operation. Andyus.t ,
so soon'as : Tmn Vorwin.and,his prCtotypes
throw off the yoke of conservative inactiv
ity which prevents thein 'front practically
mijperaiitig with' Hr. - Seward' iti bringing
'about " ; a state of things to be desired."
they will render that event mere' „
soon to Coeur!' -Be a MAN, Tout Corwin,
and you will fully endorse Mr. Seward's
doctrines.
The "'Northern Intlependent."
It will be gratifyin . g. tothoSe'cirour
readers who do . tot-take this .Sterling
per, to be informed thin it is a complete
success 7 —not, only financially, but in. a fur
more impel tans sense, is it a complete suc
cess. Ii is among the best. papers pub
lished any where. It is fearless inlis'ex
posure nf sin, whether
. in the church or
nut of it. Its editors are large hearted,
.far seeing men, who have the honesty to
say what they think—a rare virtue and
orinestiuMble value - . Such men general
ly are br.tre enough to think.for them
*lves, and it. is only by such . men that
the wt rid can over be improved: -• •
There ought to be a "good many more
of the iiolcivoi;kitt taken , in this
county, and s we urge.ecerrperson who has
a Mahar to devote to the anti-slavery cause,
to send it to ttw. W.n. 11.!st - ner, Auburi,
N. Y., for the .11irihern. lilependent; 'We
-hear much about ihe'necessitv of 'contrib
uting ti) Missionary 'funds. Until " ,, cery
member in the Methodist. Chinch Nwqh;
shall be a4hamed of the action lately tak
mat Williamsport. by the last Baltimore
Conference, we think there. \ is as much
need of Missionary work in that Church
as among the so-called heathen ; \ and. we
know of no better way of doing this work
that) by subscribing fur the "Northerk.fit
irependem t.
Lefilmlatlve.
The following, wrtich we And among
the proceedings of the Senate of lust
Thursday, explains.itself, and - will.be read
with pleasure by all the friends of Educa
tion :
Senate bill No. 541. a further supple
ment to the act establishing a system lof
educathni by common scoools t ozone nplin
order on •second reading.; pending the
affiendinent of Jlr. IlAuttis to the sedotid
section, to abolish the office or (jointly
superintoident of common schoi .
Mr. FINNEY oppwed the amend 'tent
in a fore:ble speech. regarding it as a
blow struck at the whole cuminun sohuol
system.
Mr. UELL also made an able speech in
opposition to the a 'tend:neut.
Mr. SCOFIELLi objected le the aniend.
went on the ground that it would be en
tirely nugatory if adopted, on acc.otut of
inconsistencies it einbraced. It referred
to the offiee'of c: unty superintendent in
the act of 1836, when nu such officer iv
teognizert in said act.. •
The amendment' was voted down by
unanimous e•msent.
A further uppletnentt to' the charter
of the Couclurspoi t. Portage end. Allegany
River Railroad Company. pused finally
same day..:
In the House, on Ole onto clay, Mr.
.NlAtot called up f• an act to tult:.orize the
laying out of a- - State road in potter and
3l'Kean counties," whioh,winrpassecl final
ly.. This is, an important movement,-ttav
.
ing for it -s object to connect our villne
with the Stmbury & Erie IL IL, on the
briftwood. i We trust it will pass the
Senate. ,
What 00 Fathers Thought and
* Said ollitaterY. and lto
104tenidon.
The
done
Bulletin, of Philadelphia,
has done the cuuntry a great servia, by
republishinz the.proceedings of a public
meeting hcld-in that - city in 1819.
he report of the meeting . was publish
ed in the AV.itionut. ftecorder ut Nor. 27,
1819, and cutinuen i ces as fUIIOWS
MZETINO ON THKSUBJECT OF SLAVERY
Pursutint to Elaine notice, a•meeting
of the citizens of the Qity atid county o f
Philo(Mollie. was held at the State Butise
ou die 23dof November. -
..lured Ingersoll, Esq., presided, and
Robert ltaktun awed asSeuretarsT. : •
"The•iiiening, one of the largest and
most re.speetable ever euuvenedhere, was
opened by Horace Blaney, Esq., in 'au
impressive address." - -
The reader will notice that the meeting
was held .iu the Statalluuse, that 'it was
preSided over by JARED INGERSOLL,. EN;,
and addreancd by HORACE Btsmar, Esq.,
and 'finally that
,it was the , largest meeting
ever convened in - • Philadelphia
Novi; -Jared Ingersoll. tincl:-.11
trey are, ,hiskirir*l names, ; .:,,EviTtochopl
boy kupws
east and; bit wen? -of '64 nation.
.cal at think-and Say of A mer ican
. ,
slavery ? Here it is . in : their inir.t . Wurtis :
"The slaveri of the human' species be
ing confe4smity one of the, greatest evils
mulch exists in time 13nited States; . paipa- .
bly inconsistent with the principies aeon
which . the kith:pendeuce nation
of this '.natt
teas asserted;
. and j astiaed betlire Gerd and
the worid. Weil as at'YailatiCi: With the
inde tructible doctrines of universal fiber
ty- and- right, upon which our eitinititutiett
is erected: it nitartoidably, follows, that'per
,ienal -bondage beY•md time. States .whieit
were originally,' parties. to the.' tun federa
tam, tuust be deprecated, and sitould.,he
prevented by •an esertiuti of the legitio ate
power or Congress. • , •
“Therefore .1?esolvell, That in the.opia.
ion of this meeting, if will be inconsistent
in principle. unwise iu co,,liay.: and ungen
erous in power s to allow States hereafter
to be created inembcrs 01 the Americo)
Union to .itablish or tolerate slavery ivi!lt
in.their jurisdiction, and that everylawful:
means should be entployed to- prevent so
great a mural•apd trattsguession.!'
• If we kuew .the addre , s of those one
hundred and- fifty. methodist ministers of
the East Baltimere Conferenee,4ho gage
this " greates(V rats" without
one single word of rebuke, we Asiould send
them a copy of the provedingS of
. this
nicking held in 18(9.
We would append to these proceedinp,
some extracts from • he pen ofJotix WES
LEY, apinister - of some note among meth
odists, who ought toknow as niuch Aunt"
the prosperityr'of discussing the slavery
.
- triekion as the doughiluie suitors that ap.
plaud ,the white feather" displayed .at .
Oi'illiatitspo - rt. Mr. Wesley_ published his
IThoughts upon Slavery" • soon after :he
Wrote - thu-general rules for thit-31ethodist
Church, thus ‘ i4ll(kwilitt, that he 'thowilit
the former as necessary a work as the lat-
ter, and here is an extract front his thoughts
which we would like to •have twine to the
knowiedgfe of every loan w'att prufeAses to
be a ministe. of -the elturelt founded by
him : . ' .
" But ciuivin;.l. fur the present, all other
considerations, i strike et Ihl• rout dun:.
complicated villatty : L absolutely detiy all
alaveholding tt; be, cuti,isteut with any de.
i.tr.;:e of manna justice."- •
* * *
'• Perhaps you will say; I ,cl,l not boy
any negroes'; [only. use those left me by
my rather.' .far 'is well ; but is . n
'tniong% to - satisfy your OWII conscience
Ilad your father, have you.. has any man
a right to us' another vs a slave Y
lt cannot be, even setting Revelation aside.
It cannot be that either war or contract
can give any man such a, property in moth
er as he htes in his sheep and oxen. Much
less is it pliiisible that any child of luau
should ever be bore . a slave.", Liberty is
the right of ev;iry human creature, as soon
as he breathes the . vital air : and no liti•
man law can depilve hior of that right
which he derives friou the law of nature.
If; therefore. pii \ have any regard to
justice (to say nothing\ot mercy, nor the
revealed law of God), render unto all their
due. Give liberty to wheat liberty is due;
that is, 4) ever) ehild of Man, to -ever)
rartakeriif hunran.nature: , Let , noaeserve
you but by his! own .act- and deo, by his
own .voluntary - choice. Away `.with all
whips, all - chains, all o mipulSion.; Be
I4entle towa.ds:ull mow; and see thiikyou
h nvarmbly du auto every one as you wOuld
he should du unto you: • . ',„
-But eminently and naturally anti.slay.'
, 1
ery es the :11. 1 b . Church is, it should nut
be made to bear all tic discussiuus'in re
gard to this sUbject4-11// religicus sock.,
ties shuuld'slire the 'W;:rk ul-so great•ti
mural redempliun of the world', fruiu its
evils. ' It Li 'milt Matter of creedS—itiii
a matter which concerns the purity of the
heart Neither is -eminent 'anti.Slavery
sentiment confined to the -representatives;
of Hiles wherever there is
true reliyioU -Witness
The New .rode CA.ierver (Presbyterian)
recently 'highly complimented the Rev.
Guthrie,. of Edinburgh, Scotland,
while reviewing -u recent .spoloh 'of his,
m time BritiSh rule in India; and. the
pro-Slavery inclinations of that paper
being we/I-known, the Rev. Edwin Ferrls',.
believing. that the. 'Oh ;leaver's pram
cumprontised.the anti-Slavery 'opinions of
Dr. Guthrie, - nddressed him . a .letter, in
which were the fulloiving:propuSithins and
questions .
But, we feel that you are compromir ed
by the coanueudations of certain juurnms
here which, at the same time that they
applaud your,cuun.e; hurl Oak aratheitias
against any miiiisters uf the Ciaspel :u this
Country who: have einiugh o f the true
spirit of Christianity to disregard the
clainurN of a certain class of. false euuserv
ittives, and bring the truths of.3ulis wurd
th boar upuu , stavery--4110 must gigantic
sin of this ur, any litho;
"Arayuu nut.thusisumprtMised.7 Are
they not niiiUsing your eloquent genun•
Onions against the sins' of your country
to strengthen the adamant wall that is be
ing built abiiut the tuunsterluiquity. of
.
our own ?"
-.._'We have only roam to add thejminly
,reply of Dr. Guthrie, amteotnniend its it*
!intents tonou.e wide")
*endpro-Sh&cry,
senillprti-Slsvery. tuissionaritel . into enti;
Stovery emninunities, fur the urpose-of
weaning them ultralsms and
-
extraiaganees, emanating, from the ,;New
York Tribute - , &e."7—astd to thusepio.
fessed 'eltristtatts who tell .us that the
question of slavery has nothing to do with
religion." here is Dr. Guthrie 's reply :
, Etnisoauntai.-linuary 24, 1859.
passe Sin: In answer
s to yours 'of 29th, De
cetither,.kt iite say that no; man holds Sluvery
ini;gientir o6h6irenee than: I f ii ours
over the dis.vrciee - whivis it entails on your totintry,
and that rantipt(eitiahoithst the gliriatiartmin
leers of thir. firee States espeilially.,46 not. one
and all of them, lift up their voice like-a trumpet
elf:Mins! il.; itiisadrepain against God and Man,
and should be l idotted out , be the eonsegneuesi what
•
rieil may. . - A
qt " Tall will fihd my sentittionts,on thatStibject
stated clearlY end fully. in a volinne !of: ser
mons which 'lately published in this country,
and which Iris beetarepublished by theSlessits.
Chrter of yottr city. -Tile, ci3fume is entitled,
" Christ anidthe inherittece of the Saints.
i "-
The sermon g the rtillinte, which I Ouch on
the subject of ;tviir letter; is the seventh.jenti
tied. “Itederakinn.P And praying GodAti bless
the inearis - esitployeti to strike, the fetters,: ions
the Uinta rf,f,o4r brethren, and wipe out MS . stain
from your olltertvisr,nede aqua try and people, be
.
lieve me, 1 - 11 - hurs truly,: " ,
Titt)MtkS GCTqP.XS„
Abolish the Pest Office Depart
' I went.
• The intPudent,.effort of Toondis, and
Nason in the, Senate' of the. to
compel the [louse or Ttepresentatives to
increase the rates of postage, Will 'set a
; ; •
good many people to thinking on the'Sub
ject of the present menopoly in catyinz
letters Which the National GOvernMent
has arrogated toitSelt. The best!men in
the nation have always_ doubted whether
the true interests of the people 'were pro.
rooted by this monopoly. ThiS alert of
the Slave Power.to take a. backward step
and impose the old high rates or i•o..siage,
will make the monopoly more oclitathan
ever. The - N: Evs. Post. pertinently
inquires why letters cannot. be ;tarried as
cheap as oyisterS? And the liot . ;tinhiber
of Fornev's Weeklji Press contains the
followilig, -in its Washington einTe4ol.-
deuce: i .1
AVAsiiis . GTON, Maich 18, 1859
I have heard from the best authority
that an elt,rt. will be unide at the tiext
.essom Of .Congress. by a coinpai of cap
italists, to undertake the 'bir , itiesS of
car
ryin the mails by contract, as a private
enterprise. Why lint ? This the age of
railroads and reform, and- also reduc
tion urcs.penditorek It would distaniso
with thousands of officials, and would •avi
niflisius
olininiey to the general Treasury
ilsrper's Wedell,. in the isSue.of fire 111th
of Marc!i, already on sale here, has a cap
article on this question, which con
Gains another forcible idea—,—aS /V 11,0114:
‘,* When our a.ivernment W:1;4 first e•-
pt blis lied it was suggested 'that the early
ing of letters was not a poiper fulnclion ut
Govern pent. Toe fra ucrs of the Om
stitution, howeve had so ninny radical
iiiiiiivatious to occupy their wind :that
they neglected this one, and the! Posi Of
fice Department Was"lett stntd 70. It
hits now w:iiked eig:hty YearS, tui toe hal.
nite . disadvantage bAit of the public and
the Goveritaient..
- -
-. 4 It answets nu useful piirpose whatev
er.. h inflicts, three decided
_Letters are not carried safely nor swiftly,
aad thus tto public are injured. The al -
loud deficit in the - revenue is enormous,
and thus the Government Is embarrassed.
The appointment of postiin6terS on, polit
ical wour.ds tends to demoralize citizens
througliont the cutintry. thUs it works
,itischief among the. most !active eltLs-s of
.the people. Ilere are three argnments—
each of which is conglusive— against the
system. The- subject - May vainly be
searched fur a single solid argument in
its favor. • - ! •
~ I -
-- If_ Lhi postal. service! were
. thrown
open to' the pute-te the expressCouipantes
w o uld at once undertake Letters could
be carried at least as cheaply as at,!prms
ent ; and in case of loss, the aniount lost
could be recovered from carrier:: Co it
petition would
. secure speed in trans:ids
soni and exactness in delivery. ; The Goir
ernment—that.6 to say, the taigiyetS—
wonld. save live or six nitilitins a year.
Express companies could scree, witmont
loss. post routes that cost the present .
Postal bep . artment.alargesuin annually;
they
. vould wake enough oni freight to
reinibur-e the n fur any loss on letters.
4, The arguments tit favor of the change
are, in fict, so overwhAmingt that nothing
eau cvent.tts speedy rtalizatiuti bet the
base desire of politicians to keep 'up the
present patrunage.tif the ye.partment—tu
which, wore than! to. any other Single
cause, the detuuralizatien of our polities
6 due."
Literaiy
• The Atlantic. 411 mthly, furl April came
a few itudrs tau late fur ueticc last ;week';
but, it is never tau; orly tou Lite tube
welcome . It presents a. gr.t..d array of
literaiy oxoollettee us will be`, seen Dy uo.
ituingita list of contents; :
A varianisitt ; Bulls and Bea ; l'rayer
fur Life; Odds and Minis (pat the Old
World; Two Suitt'.; Palfriv s and.
-Ar.
nuld'aHi4orie; Brit:tine; 11,Aa di Bri•tta ;
& Letter tu . a.Dy 0.-tptie; Sx
peditiun; Our. Skater.l3elte. And 'noir to
-Lep uff,' they vtlis ua -rha Prutessor at
the Breakfast table t „ stud
ter* Wvoing.."
244::ritickeibueker Magazine is
oronted.;—rich, rare and spicy as ever,
Tl4 - editor's "Rewioiseences" are coati;
aedand., form one of the most intereai n ,
features,.. of the current voluine' - Th .
leading arifeles of the ntanber partake o
the:Witte! Oseellenee of the work, maki n ,
the Ksils:kerhocicr a favorite familym ag .
urine: - By the' way, friend John G ray
our fde is sadly.broken; the _very f ul
numbe- is wissiii;„7,---dopi not to our
etg,ht or to 113 is quite distr em
jug. Send it-tihitig.- ' '
.7144ir t iv 11.1t*rtkiite has notiliited
table since the February nutUb4., wi t
is it? -We haVe a written protai'srfram
the pablishers :Clerk that we should .
served regularly,. We 0404 to be. fuiri
treated atleaet.' •
Alp:spies - zii4 is On'hind. eit
its ladies enterlainthenl.i.
er fund- of “Peterson.", - beciwe vre.
fond of anything nhiehL.endb to read
the hidie~ pleasant and happy , - , and the •
is nothing like "love-stories laud , 1 25 h
ion plain'" fur that.
The Greiii Republic Ifo.
April, is on our rable; a large itspnw e
upun i _the:February NUr—in %utter
at least, .We did nut get. :The Man
number. ‘-'The New. - Wothr is ;a e
•
poem of of cuniiderable n•erit, and +he tray
el sketches art
_: well written and inter..
•
tin;;.
• \
Qucsrtivr.-Can pro : or any ofyour twirlers,
inr.rtn tts whci wrote ‘.Bhalitnalt in•Searetil
Freed, mi." Certainly . the author rhoult not
ni
he ,ishaed of the production. .
We are not able to state who the author
of that most excellent work is. If,
were asked ,who would be" most Ekely.
write justsuch u book, tre.shouldiaythit
we know of no one of w nose cbaructeristie
style it inirtakes so much as Ly&a Miria
Child. Sh e _has been in 4he hab t "cfig- r
jug: her name freely to : the public, 'and,
but fir this we should run the risk o
"! , uessing" •it waq from - her. pen. Tb
t he eliniee Of Oriental . character,.tha
itincrilupressionA. the ulinipses of Swedei
bor.ian faith, eery much like her.
We repeat the oe:4l'm- 7 —who write Shah.
oath *r— Chester County (l'a) Tina,
We guesg.on are right 'about it, Mr
Times—Air it certainly partaker of the
vivacity and si3Oplicity of style. 'as 'also
the forcible hie. of Mrs. Child. We can
judge the book better wiieu we tare resd
it ali-Itaving only thus far .bees fjorr.
- with a chapter .or - two upon which to found
our judg neut.
What the Press Say.
" COSTA rt*§" act erm inatta are haat',
able remedies fur clearing of all
suits of rennin. With all c4M6ience w . e
recommend them.— N. Y. Daily Stub
Register. ' .
CosTAR . s . : remedies fur all &mimic'
pests Nueli as Rats, Riiaclies, Iled•Bugi,
kiitA. Fleas. &e. are invaluable;
film! acluai knowly.tigti or their-wt.
its• DII Ul iG I STS and DuiLERS • should
.nod their iirders-eatly. if they irmild le :
c ire a trade in the.n.-- . New - 7 . Yurt: Jour•
met
" I shall, write something Amu your
Exterminators. as I can do :to with pro.
priety. They'are selling rapidly here and
destroying all Bonne,"
Fwette,
"Death to all Vermin."•
As Seta No approaches, —
AVT3 arid RoACITES.
From their holes come oat,
And lticdnnd ltATs r
In spite of Cats,
Gaily skip about.
ILaolit.mi bite -
Yon, in - the light,
A 4 on the hedy•ot slumNir,
INSKCTB
Thrp! chamber and hail, • ,
In scprad3.without-nanther.
ITISTRULY 11 7 0.. DE liilJl6 WITH
what 'certainty, Rats, Roaciies, Mice,
Mules„ Ground Bedbugs, Ants,
Moths; Mosquitoes, Fleas,ltisects . on Atli•
nulls; in short every species of Vernon,
are utterly destrilyed and exterminated by
costar.' • Vat, ttoaeb, s e Exterminator.
" Costar's" .Boi.ling Exterminator, .
" Costar's" Electric Powder, for Insects•
Supplied direct, by niail;, to any address
in . the Untied . States, as
On reet, , ,ipt , of:sl,oo..a box the: BM;
• ROACH, &a. EXT. ; - •
On receipt' of $2,00, a box each of the
RAT. IioACHa &C. EXT., and ELIITAIC
POWDER; (etat postage paid.) suffteieat
to destroy the veruottt un any prendiu.
Sold by DRUUOISTS and DEALERS .everl
where. L.. .
PRL*CIPAL DEPOT, 420
_
ISttuADWA A t Y. • -' • -
P. S.—Circairs . terms, Sze , seal:ly 'gall
on applic4clun. • L
W utiO,tsALY; A CIENTS4OI% - nr! 1% .
SYL•VANIA: - -; •
COSTAR'S 43RANC13 DEPOT.
/TorMeas* corner Fifth and *Arch Strath.
• . . ; PHILADELPHIA,
And Wholesale Dealers generally. •
Administratrix. T
1;4 thief).-
LE' EDS '4 Administration on theltstste
of Cusauts C. Vishn', lite of 'twill'
township. Putter. Co:, PA., 'deceased, baring
beet' granted - to the undersigned. all- pusses
indebted to said estate Will -make imola i ?
payment., and . these haying olairmsartiot t • -•
same will present them o• me fur settlement.
lcutar ANN ,wArtsga. Altds•
51.irch 7. 1859.-30-Gt.-
HEAvY- 00112 5frap , BOGS. froth WPC'
min; and thingstan Coorities, bois4
packed, and *rill be.nntil - Jannary. 1659;
:0 CLAU k 111111.10.1.