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itor's Notices, each, - - 1..50
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istess,or Professional Cards, each,
)t exceding 8 lines, per year, - - 5 1- , 1 0
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—All transient advertisements must -be
iu advance, and no notice. will be taken
advertisements from& distance, unless they
accompanied by the money or satisfaetory
rgitsilMs (Sark
JOHN S. MANN,
ANEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
oierspart, . attend; the :several
)urts in Potter and IVlCesoli . Oouniing,
isinos entrustetlinchis eare•wilk : reetive
Officeon Main st.,appo
ite the Court louse. 10:1
F. W. KNOX,
JRNEY AT LAW. Coudersport, will
tgularly attend the LAW,
in Potter and
to adjoining Counties. - 10:1
ARTIIgE G. OLMSTED,
COUSSELL'Ort
indersport, Pa., will attend to all business
ttrusted to his care, with promptnes and
b..ity. Office iu Temperance Block, sec
td joor, Main St. 10:1
ISAAC BENSON.
RINEY AT LAW. Coudersport, Pe., will
. .
end to all huslness entrusted to him, with
re and promptness. (Mee corner of West
d Third sta. 10:1
C. L. 1101 - T,
L ENGINEER, SURVEYOR and
AIiGHTSIIAN, Bingham, Pottei Co..
will promptly and efficiently attend to
1-business entrusted' to him. First-class
-ofessional references can be given if re
grid. 10:29-1y*
• J. W. BIRD,
nyon, will attend to all business in his
ie promptly and faithfully. Orders tany
left at the Post Office in CoMlersport, or
the house of H. L. Bird. in Sweden Twp.
articular attention paid to examining, lands
non-residents. • Good references given
requested._ 11:30
W. E. KING,
ZYOR, DRAFTSMAN AND CONVEY
(CER, Smethpott, W.Kettn Co:, Pa., trill
tend_ tit business -for non-resident. land
'Hers, upon. reasonable terms. Refereu
given if required. P. S.—Maps of any
of the County niade to order. 9:13
0. T. ELLISON,
PICINd PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa.,
apeetfully informs the citizens of the Ill
isle and vicinity, that he'will promlily re-
Km'd to all' calls for professional services.
;lee onllain st., in building formerly oc
cupied by C.' WEllis,-Esq.. 9:22
PeLLISS BIRTH
SMITH & JONES,
ALP.RS IN DRUGS, MEDIC . LNES, PAINTS,
Oils, Fancy Artieles,Stationery, Dry Goods,
Groceries, &c., Main at., Coudersport, Pa.
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•10:1
D. E. OLMBTED,
LER IN DRY GOODS, READY . -MADE
Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, Main st.,
Coudersport, Ps. .• -
M. W. MANN
ALBR:IN BOOKS & STATIONERY, NAG !
AZINES and •Muiic, N. W. coPner tif . Main
and Third - st.s., Coudersport, Ps. 10:1
?1 ARK GILLON,
,PER and . TA ILOR,• late from the City of
Liverpool, Eligland. Shop opposite Court
Rouse; toideraport, Potter Co. Pa.
N. 11. -Particular attention paid to CUT•
TING. 10:35-1y.
J. OLMSTED
OLMSTED -& KELLY,
ALBION STOVES; TIN k SHEET IRON
WARE, Main st., nearly opposite the-Court
House, Coudersport, Pa. Tin and Sheet
Iron Ware made to . ordei. in - good style. on
short nOtici, . = • 10:1
COUDERSPORTHOTEL,'.
. F. GLASSMtRE, "Proprietor, Corner iof
Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot
terCo4Pa.—
-ALLEGANY HOUSE, -
lITEL M. MILLS, Proprietor, Colesburr
&tier Co.,_ Pa!, .seven mites north of Coo : .
donitiort ou Road: 9:41
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And sighed twee the long grass..wave,
'stirred by, the kolaiii
letter'ett.stone diid.nanieless
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CFR the 10g . ,..tre . e4rIptgecl.failsy,trept;;;
Jntil titer,7cll'd the green mounds Where,
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'ln our sad wot Id,yet drawn aside f ,
As those who Stand apart to pray, • -
"The - dismirds - jarriug our weak frnmee •
Fall harmless - on their ears below;
The.ceaseless struggle with the
.wrong •.,
Their folded hand's no-linger know,.
"..o .brains growwild with anguish here,--
1 o with hopeless longings;beat i•
'These cool. green:curtains,shut.away
•The sun-glare - and" the mood-Clay heat."
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"Her Wistful look smote •Itrotigh my heart,
and my voice trembled
k‘ God's peace - Arbutid' the living flows
As ceaselessly as'o'erthe dead; • ..;:7
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Jtllis Silence, floating 'like a riSidici, '
..Bleedi with the star-rays in the' rtight.•• -•
And fragrantilouers,ao singing; birds .•
Make all the summer mornings . bright.
",Dmr..heart, our-rather knoweth .well • •
What shadows. o'er Xs children fall ;,,-
Dittp?od is born of painful toil, • , ,
AO4l Love shall recompense for all." .
ttrtd'sOme.i.o' death," .
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She whispered, " iet I e doeth
And, -since that Hi bath willed it 'so,—
Thanks for the day-time and the 'night 1"
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' elffitt '4lr Bing.
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The Adulteratien of Liquors.
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The Villainous COmpoundi that Men (17:ink-7n
. Prating Lettir from Dr. Cozy Inspector of Li
quors—Startling Facts.
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IFrona - the Lancaster 'Weekly Expres2.]
• We . take pleasure in •liryiog before' our
readers this week, an exceedingly able
and interesting letter on the adulteration
of liquors, .written by Dr. Hiram Co's, of
Cincinnati, Inspector of Liquors, and ad-,
dressed to James Black, Esq., of this city.
We commend the'llictS given by Dr. Cox,
1.04h:6 - attentive perusal' a - ad. : serious - eon . - -
sideration of our..readers, and especially:
to any' of them who may be in the habit
of drinking intoxicating- liquors. The
aspect of liquor drinking, as presented by
the official invatigations of Dr. Chx, is
not to be viewed merely in the light ofan
abStract question of Temperance, but as
an issue of health or disease—life or death.
Those who f , a-.51.4 in drinkinglebeliquors
sold in this or any; other market, may
make up their minds to be poisoned, per
haps slowly in some, cases, but surely in
all. If, with - the light now before them,
men wiil insist upon,Committing.a linger
ing and horrible suicide, their blood.be
upon their own- heads :
lATTEE £ll.Oll - DR. HIRAM COX OX 'THE ADeLTEltir
Oct. 3d. 1859.
JAS. BLACK, EsQ. = Dcar Sir : Yowl
of the. 29th of September, dated Lancas
ter, Pa., is now before me. Although not
personally acquainted, I take great pleas-
tire in contributing my mite, in - any and
every possible mode, where the object is
the.bettering . of the condition of the. hu
man family. I have haillTsithilar letters
with similar requests fram every - point Of
the compass—from the extreme North,
South, East and West—to all of which
I have cheerfully responded; believing,
although the labor has-been considerable,
that it would -tell in after years
.in the,
longevity and health of thouliands 'who'
would otherwise fill. a premature grave,
and would contribute to the happiness
and comfort of thouSands' of mothers and
children, who are and have .been,
unfor
tunately, connected with. the unfortunate
slaves 'of intemperance. I rejoice t oknow
that my exposures of the
.tiittainous
quors with;which the Markets, East
. and
Wrest, are glutted,. have had a salutary
moral influencein almost every. region of
lour happy Union: -I have letters in my
l possession from ministers of the • Gospel
`from New Orleans,-front- Nas'f:Ville, Ten
nessee,- from Florida; front New York, '
I from from BiohruoutkV*, Alex.'
I andrta, Norfolk, Washington City,- Bald
more) Philadelphia, Pa., front Toronto,
from Hamilton, Canada, and froth all of'
`our Eastern States-congratUltitirig and'
encouraging me to con tinueiny exposures
—that they were causing "new to: think
and stand aghast, more than Anything that)
they could do or 'say : the'..sUbjeet - 'of
temperance. The. same . . effect, has, been
produced in this eomtunnity:
demon tapped' me on. the " shoulder:Borne
little time past, and remarked at 016saibe'l
time, "Doctor; Irejoien to:Sea yoult.ake,
'the stand that you do on the :subject of
'poisonous liquors. h ; can:lap`..my;~lancis.
on more- than .thirty_ emir. - best:eitizens,
gentlemen-who - were tippling and tippling
from a 'dozen: to tiventiY . imico.flay, and
I who were bidding -fair, to..fillA drunkard's
I =ye; who hare_itopped short,: do
not And pledge- tit entsulves that they netr:
er ill, drink any more ; for fear theymay
DE!EEEM
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MB
TION OF LIQUORS
MEMM
00IIDERSPOMPTTER: COUNTY, .P.ki :THOltbAti l rourtege. - ijit4 't l l,
4"•, -•- • '• .1r•;?...
ge.t hold of aonte•:of the miiera :idol tern
:et. holding up . to pub•
,f .
: ;MCl:nista, front -.-various - ,. Colleges ,ltave
written to me, stating tl at - they had anal
yged,,yarjous aaniples,ef
. the .various atco
holia fdld the
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slunkperumious eveppoien s which, bad,
at Fi e 4 in ante I CS' Whieb
I' - haili Writtetalseni time , to timt, trineof
find.-it. - page ,1211:of ;the
" Crusader,". which accompauies.this let
ter: mother evidence - that , the expos-,
dies' lit jell 'have 'beeti'making have' . hid
a - Moral effeet;' 'that 'thero hiea
net beeti 611e:fourth - as'Mtich liquor sold
yearly since-as wits previouSlY ; and anoth
er is, that a . number of large liquor est*.
lishments . bave closed, their proprietors
many of their fellow citizens WhO
had h'ecoiiie -their sureties. A number
of dislillerieS.have closed in this - vicinity.
They _have, as it is familiarly called, "barst
040:boilers," One yearpreyious to these
break-ttps; one of our largest distillerssud
lipuoi - mgrchants - in the city says to me,
" Dr.:.Cei, your articles on the adultera
tions .of-liqiiors have taken more trade
from Cincinnati 'anti - more money—at
!cast 0.00,000: - per Menthiltice they
have been-put - In irculatiori;. •• For God's
1 s ake i stop theut.str .—you .will break us
' up - I have be - en to New York," he says,
"to Boston, to RocheSter, to Canada West,
and' have-just ramped and wherever
stopped there was nothing talked of but
the poisoned liquors of. Cincinnati. aud
Dr. Cox's exposures; for God's sake, I
say again, stop it I" •
Although the liquors are villainous in
the extaeme, there arc other large
.cities
equally as • culpable. For example : A
• gentleman of our city, a druggist, that he
aught .beve pure liquors as a medicinal
artieleotrid .thatkind for purity, &c:, that
he. could recommend to his customers,
went to .NeW York and. purchased two
half-pipes- of. splendid " Seignette Bran
dy," one vale, the other dark. When
passing ote day, .he called me in to see
his "Leautiful,..pure brandy," just from
'New York 1. • 1. stopped,- looked at it,
swelled at it, but before tasting it, hap
pening to have some blue Litmus paper
in my pocket, Lintro_dueed. & small piece
—it cane red' as„ scarier l'.' 1.. then
called.fer a polislfed spatula, put it into a
tumbler containing, perhaps, half a gill,
and waited on it 15 minutes—at the ex
piration of which the liquor was black as
ink. Tltelspatula corroded, and when
dried bad e.thick coating of rust, which
when wiped off left
_a, copper coat almost
as thick as . if it had been plated.. I charg
ed him on the spot, - uuder penalty of the
law, not to sell a drop of it; took samples
of it to my. office, and the.followiug is the
result of the analysis, viz; '
Ist sample, (dark,) 53 per cent alcoholic
spirits by volume, and 41 per cent by weight ;
specific gravity 0.951. The tests indicate
Sulphuric Acid, Nitric Acid, Nitric Ether. I'rua
sic4lcid,, Gitinca Pepper, and an abundance of
Fusil Oil. Base—common whiskey, not. one
drop of wine.
2nd sample , (pale,) per cent -. alcoholic
spirits by' . volume,,l9 per cent by weight,
Specific p;ra.vity. 0.955. This article has the
same adulterations as the first, but in greater
abundance, with. the itddition of Catchur.
tnerk. 7 . 7 .l,lost villainous concoctions.
As a matter of course, these articles or ,
liquor could not be sold without a viola
tion,of the liquor law, consequently I con- •
demised them. They were purchased on
4 months' time,. The purchaser inime-
Chately . notified . the New Yoik tljerehant
of the character and quality of the goods,
and directed him to send for them ; but,
'instead of sendi.ig for them, he Waitedtill
the notes became due; . and, brought suit
in our
,Court of Common Picas. I anal
yzed the liquors in the presence of court
and jury, showed thein satisfactorily that
they were the
,pernicious, poisonous-and
villainous liquors which I had-represent
ed them. to be, and - the. defendant gained
his case
. triumphantly •' and Mr. New
York-merchant 'vanished before I could
, get 'a: State's Viaira'ni; or he would now be
ileartinl..?; an liOnest Mode of making, a liv
ing at ode , of our- e State Institutions in
Co-lumbus.,
I was appointed. to the office of Chem- 1
ical Inspector on the 19th-day of March,:
1855. Since then I . have made upwards
of 600rinspeetions of stores,' and lots of
liquors of every variety, and positively,
assert that 90 per cent of all that I have{
inalfieeliwere adulterated' with the most
pernicious and poisonous ingredients.' The
bushiessiof inspectitie; against the will of
men who are - only-governed by motives of
cupidity; I hav,e found an up-hill business.
I' halie had nidte &hit:lig, more squabbling
andreigarreling4ith.unprincipled things;
beiritig Aid filiape and forth of Melt, made
aftWGod?tiltiitteci," sitiOr2 4- have been en
gag;'d in t.:he', capabity of. Irlsfectori 'than
.I:bad:dtirinklialf,a century' before. f - Yon
may think thatTliaire bell:a it thunddr
.sonie ;.'well i -sol bye: ' I am 66 years old;
but itcall.by reecilleption-I bairn not beard
thunder that liad" the sameeffect on my
nervous system, nor anything else to affect
`my sympathetic nerves so much as the sad
effeeti;oritiibiblig:the' :miserable come:
. tions sold in Our :markets under the chur
-1 add of' healthy -befurages, :with- Which
_
codadaivifra/ii--spiiighei.. linf : Sc:
kp*,, ,e' - rte: ar e- - tchdoa44 n
,csit ceii
sent I949ung;nen,a ll under , .3 o yeapi,old,
ankall:sous,of solue.of our -Moat respect ,
able citizens, to-a preinatare i,grtiVe,--.cittr
ing the:: tinter previonir or"nly .ippettil•-•
ment; -- Attie of whein,liailimaizen,dritilt
ins thrm i amtlial ..)14k2n1Y,!Youg ton,
but nmny old men. o f l ottr-city l. ,.wiso were
not considered 4lrtinittihd.s;' d ek•titiriitii
the sate winter; the ',licitrid' eatli'lit,tie.
d run litia iii lir; ' ..t. he:Del/I-pi
,' f triii Ohs!:
TheseVtiOntineed, me tolio-ipei.t the ui3-.
thanWta-nppointmeut.,l•' Siabe' my 6P
pointuient I' hive, 'as physiian to . the
Probate Court, examined upwards of 400
insane. cases, two-thirds of. wive!' number
became insane from .drinkinglthe poison
ous liquors sold at thel_low,eoes and tav
erns of our city-and county.!, Many of
them were boys of from 19,i0 . 20 years of
age, some of whom were . laboiling under i
hereditary taint—and perhapi in many of
them. the mental deraiweinentd would nev
er have bt-In develor r 'ed, :. had they not
drank of these poisonous deco c tions. One .
boy 17 years of age,tbe principal suppoit
of a widowed mother and , a little. sisttri
was induced on the 4th day of ijuly,lBss,
to driak some beer, and from ibeer to- the
horrible re•t-Jut whisky, kept-.in the law
doggeries of our city. ';'.fliey
.all' got
drunk, and the boy referred to became
hopelessly and incurably insane, tind• is
yet in the insane : asylum at Dayton.
In examining - the' ease,- f6r the pur
pose of gettit , all the antededcrits with
it, I learned. that theigrandfather of the
boy died insane. I think- th -probabili
ty is alto! , ether in favor of 11 e id - ea that
insanity never would .have been develop
ed in this case, had not the4e poisoned
admixtures acted,as a porierf I excitant
cause. I called at a grocer: .store one
day, where liquor also is kept. A coup
le of Irishmen came in while I was there
and called for some Whiskey, nd the first
drank, and the monicut he j drunk the
tears flowed freely, while le at the same
time caught his breath like•one suffocat
ed or strangling: When he could speak,
he sa3's to his companion—" l ,oeh, Mich
ael, but thii is. warming to r lie sthom
ach !" Michael draitk and wOnt through
like contortions, the remark,
"Wouldn't it be fume in frito4tY
!nominal"
After they drank,l, asked the landlord
to pour me out a little in altumbler, in
which I dipped a slid of litinus paper,
which/ was no sooner wet - than it put on
a scarlet hue. 1 went to my office, not
my instruments and; examihed it. V I
found it had but ii per cent alcholic
spirits by weigh•, when it should have
had 40 per cent to be proof, and. the dif
' ference in per centa7e. made up by.Sul
pharie Acid, Red " Prpperd Pelitory,
Caustic Putassa. ai4Brucinc, one of the
salts of .tViicis Vow ica., coma only called
Nus Voinica. Ono pint of .stich liquor
would kill the strongest man.l I had the
manufacturer indicted, but y such
liany he has become wealthy,iand I never
have, owing to some defect in the law,
been able to bring that case 6 . a 'final -is
sue. Yours, iespect full i y,
I num Co,X M. D.
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einiiinardints%
ED. JounNAL.-- 1 -The folluiWing paper
was read before the! "Coudersport Litera
ry
. .
ssociatiot)," Saturday Ity l cning, Nor.
fith. -If youl thin': it of interest to your
readers, give it an insertion: I ' S.
1
This county was lereetea from Lrcorp
ing, on the 26th of Mareh,lB,o4.. 'flora
and IcKean were breeted tfie . same day-
The 4th*sectirn of the act of Assembly
of that date reads as foll6vsl -1 •
"That F 0 Mehl of • the county of Ly
coming inclu( ecl in the toilov ing bounda
lies, to wit: 3eginning five Piles North
of the S 311 ti c }kid 'corner
county, theue East thirty . mi es to 'Broad
head's Easter y district line; t tepee Mirth
along said di trict line to th State line;
thence West along the Stet line to the
North East line of • Mai an county;
thence Sout along the linci of McKean
county to the place of beginning; be, and
the same is hbreby erected into a separate
county, 'to b 1 henceforth . *led 'Potter
county; and t e place of holdiOg the courts
of justice in nd for said county, shall be
fixed by theegislaturc at ahy place at a
_.
distance, not greater than . seven: miles
from the.een reef the said. ectunty, which,
niaybemosth •nefiCial for the said county."
.• The territ ry thuS bounded contains
eleven hunt4ed square milett;'and ieithe
present'. bound' ary of the cuunty,,- which
is said to hAe been named in honor of 1
General... Jana es_lotter, au Officer id the
war of the re.olution. ,
.- 1: 1 :- • .:. -
..On the 4t...0f March, 1807,-the Leg's..
lature established the 'placeLf . or holding,
the courts a Coudersport, , hieh is six'
miles West, l ,4tnd l tiro miles_ 'slortli of the
centre of thleciunty. Thel
_reason' 'Why
the Legislat iii 'fixed the - county', seat 'at
this place is i given in the prilalublb to the
Potter , Count .
•
f MicKedo
1
Mil
act'' of ? ils§einblb in th ' fgiitiiving ' vorils':
idhoittrity itltrr - 66'01
''‘isiOtiStintithlited stetien.Jgf tfie
act' , etttitleir
.pgifit• of L
coitiivtitifi*ikookiikt Same:o6oo6i
ties into telieiate outfit rrtlisfri4ts; . .at.Sell
lit l . l lB 4 WL.i%ft fitts' - oit':Crififeid;
Hugh 'Whife' aki'd
etiit , ittAioneti - yft;ritite leotief of
Netter; l ith*ve-'l.rtiii*iißt teal-10-016'6'66'a'
Aisetribly-'peoVp'sals;' by
from John Iteatittvinvhial olio vante, etid
on -behalf of Richard
bppeets that-the said John
Keating,: itiehatd Gertum - and Jobm S: I
Roulet, have Miusedi a totin. to be laid our
at the - forks of Alleg.heity river in: - the
said county; ottla:grOtindlplot of Aft, acres
of land, to:be hereafter called and. known ,
by the: name of Coudersport, .two-thirds
wheteof they have 'Offered .to convey. to
the - said trustee's exclusive ofa square for- ,
the erection . of .public buildings and a I
square for the:Use of-an - Academy or pub;'
lie school, .whiCh are to be conveyed. for
the use.of the Said count' ; and hbve also
offered to convey. tine hOndredl'and fifty
acres of laud near. the said town for .the'
use and.suppott .of an Acad_smy or pitblia
school; and to pay to the said trustees the
• sum of five hundred dollars towards • the'.
expenae.rof:lcregting,. a suitable building
for ,such Academy or public schonl, - rand
have exectitetiatid filed q bond in the Of
' fice of the Secretary Of the Commonwealth
for the faithfuls, performance of they en•
gagements above Mentioned, and - it will
be advantageous to the- Said , county 'dia
-1
trict to .accept thereof.': Theteforc..beit
enacted, that the seat of justice ;fur- the
county district id Potter and the
same hereby is lestablished and. confirmed
at the town of.tiloutierapdrt, iu the county
.
of Potter.". , ' • .•.. - • ..
The .Courts of Lycoming county had
jurisdiction: over this .di,strict. . On the.
26th of MarchlBl.l, Potter arid McKean
were authorized to elect County Commis
sioners in the following Mariner. In*Qc
fobcr 1815 McKean county elected. two
Commissiouersi and Potter owl. . After
that each county elected lone every other
year, and the three Ons - clected had,their
office . at the house of Benjamin - ,Burt,in
ROCIet, township; Potter coipty, aodthere
assessed. thO, laud I tranidet,c4'biii,T,
ne.s.s for the two counties.
On the 27th of March - 182,4, the-Lell
islature enacted, "That McKean and Pot
ter should be separated and. detatelicd
`from each other, and each of the• said
counties shall have sep l i tirate boards of
Commissioners, Auditors, and other coun
ty officers."Same. - davi by another act,
McKean 'county was judiciailv organized,
and Potter was annexed to McKean for
judicial purposes. 1 • .
April 8, 1833, Potter county was ju
dicially organized, and . Sept. -28, 1835,
first, Court held in Cpudcrsport
Population in 1810,
do. in 1820,
do. in 1830,
do. in 1840,
do. in 1850,
Probable population in 1810,
New England Grandfathers.
•
[The following cdrunn.inication frotn
much respected &lighter of "or grand
father," was received sUine three weeks
since, but it has not- been convenient for
us to publish it since. Leonora Eniwell
will please read and digc.4 it.—Eri. Jourt-
NAL]
TITi.TSVILLF ed. 20, 18 59.
,
MY DEAR NEPII am liappy to ac- I
knowledge the receipt of the Pifer
Jour
nal dated August 15th,lby whie l lt I infer
that yourself and bridel arrived safely at
your pleaiant lioine' in Coudersport, which!
you bath seethed so' highly Ito appreeiate.l
After perusing the letter:of your Min- .
nesota correspondent, this conclusion;
seems inevitable. That you and T, as well!
as all other ,decenciants of our Grandfa-1
ther, cab reasonably boast no more of our !
ancestry, but must content ourselves with-;
in the safety volve NVltielt humility affords 1
But in this pelaceful
the
(although not
often mo!ested in tlie wait of pleasure ride
ing;) I sometimes 'find Myself seated on,
ra - ney's airy hOrse, mit indeed in the shape!
of a balloon, but whichlmight challenge]
even that in oointlof -ipeed. Will you
listen 'while I describe Mie of these aerial
Iliffh6. • — 1 ''
No longer ogo thou last night; Hound.
myself on a visit to my native State, re
companied by my ; constant companion,
31dinory, as a Scribe. Ile is faithful in,his
deliiteations of My childhood' and . youtli,'
but a little les'S so in relation to more re.:
cerit,evetas. l 4l3efore' . w`c were award we
found ourselv s diiectlY over,tho monu
ment of the Battle of putikerhill, upon
w hichas a plae of observation, we stopped
to give our steed, a 'little rest. _ While
seated there, I related to -my official the
principal charges whieht your correspoti:
dent" brings I against her ! grandfithei,
(which, I be you to keeryin mind is not
our grandfather,) and to hold a consulta
tion whetherelnot thii word may here
after be considered as obsolete. ' If there
is-ony incorrectness, in the rehearsal; you
itrJ 4catiaa 4.44 . 4 i rtti
ettts3 otom ttotth fito
.1/Pe., .rat tea:, ,przsb
filitlßS 41.!3 316 n;ivia 4 thlt
t—oLtirtz 111124.'• Ara. wet'
14414.' 4 lat. V.-0 vat tilivid £
ht IlPst t rst . 4l2P
rt,,a to 91:1R 'EI %Ott
ts: Sial Attb qv .
vsila A 011 qv ?Limo
iiii.glatiat7o-iei,
iteit'aiiinfitige! . .,
said' ‘.9 . "Awevi4:6
km Mil? 4144'
qiitiftrfiflter;
sirintindiereattp4
earieell'ai tfiee4
[AT cieelisrbl, tiff'
SeierelbfeWirfalt)
elfebli'll'tiiinit't
,in iNe l fireiiheiit"
t tient! uncorn lat.
fiaial e a - ei
should betray -hertrut.
ack now ledge - J. 'earthly Soireteign, or be less
t •--. , " ,
perfectly prepareu by meek.endttranertg
l lung suffering and forbetteatiee'ffet4et
refuge which is prepared for ailtinheAstA ,
are, Subjected, to ; like griT-ous,typtetv,
One Would rfatdrelly'have SUPposetrtjpit
one•stmh 'operation•Wtoild'hiiteitifUqlto
sever the silver cord whiefi . 11
and body;', of both mother stall
strange to tell, seven "scimitilitip4iittliyi4 1 .
ters gather around these'unliiigiliAtik
and arrive at the'age cif Mattitity deirpfie:
the vigorous wieldines 'Of THliftt l a:o: ll -
Birch 'which was so frt . elylestiltirad uptit?
them . ; and in procese;'ortinteirisetiPths-'
position in society, that
~the'uttate:Whitilil
they transmitted - t o-`poitekity4totti at
batter passport for theinintoVtaßftt,_
clay iharyirold even . !' 13u1 i , hsr flocefire
(if this down-trodden.alare nt - a ? mother?:'
Whyint the early'agc of fifty-ihree;this'f-
long-drawn-out thread wasiteddenlYStiii!«.;
ped asunder, she sank beneath theinrhuk;
waters of - Lake Conjugal --Oppression ; its..'
rise no more, and" Fleinwhote. hand ittlr.
breath is" has nut
r designed' itr'-tflii . tiatil; ,
.
ticula case to itiffirill 114 wily ilier f 'Callii*:
to such an untimely end: ; e '''''''';''''.3 _'-;.;.i
I Paused , to See what my faithful ettioti4
icier; of past events '-wOuld.NtYhe fitilf?
Ills face was a perfect:pictere..tftiiterif&:'
nality, and his visage was- lengtheirstf
wonderfully in waitintr'fm'an Otipcirtunitv
to reply. ..‘ Do 'You - not," in his-itasti-h;*;
;aid,;!' remember that you were born- wyt.'
very far from this etninence?"..-Ineet&- , -
lecting: himself he .quickly added, "
.No;`
you could not recollect that:twang severs A
castigation which you mightheyelieeeitr;;-
ed at six weeks 'old ; but - did •ynti- , .ne'ver
sec your brothers and-sisters younger ;hit-I:.
yohrtielf - reocive suc h, treatitterit y lft*ty:
tender age?"NeVer,taid I. d ''42 . lley,i4r . # :
treated with'. as:Adeli.,:iindueSs,.ns,:pv
which
,Iliiiii.AUCe.coine -tinder mkuhsw.-
vation;. hut if.they become Tructiott3-tus4-;
disobedient as .. their ;years higap:';lis:' Ile`
numbered, a sufficient; quantity,er i1iV,,,..
regimen 'Which. SUltiritort inenicatai„ iyiS
administered,' and so whelesome -were its,-
effect.? that it wa.:seldbut' , tteededi - -.enti
I was adding how faithful thertiern,itt'
their religious education; Whin tlie.li:ghil;
began to dawn 'cud l' pereeiiedlrnegtne,
tion, a .doMestie iu our family who It:
wont to- be with us in our -exearsiertiv:
either in front - or rear; whether fftited*
not .- When he' found - he - wes - 4iierved,'.
he raised his head with' a WildneiSvilthifil .
characterises him and enquired -What-that.
monument was for,--upcin which We'Vere
resting. - Why, said I, it is te'peitet='
uatc the memory 'ofihose braVeit soldieri . „
who fell in he .Vattle- of , Banker II111;,;
" Fell!" said lie, " No wonder they; fell::
They did nut de s erve to live 7 -thcy.were
like their children, ~I. think ,the,preqtrt.
inehmbeitts had better-take :the one ther:
are about raising on 'Plymouth p..00c.,10,- ;
s,.t it on the 3lississippi.riyer, tecoanneufr„
. . . . whose ...
- orate the Falls of, St.-Anthetiyi ,
foundations are fast being demelishecl-hy
' the Cruel desliingi . of-,that . ;fathe,rA,,l4-,
ters. What a butl.scp . 3e;7 lie, coutzmpl!i,
"is Forefathers day. iTtt,sts,..thitik . tr . f.. it 7.,-..
And when theY get the monument - ../ill*
sneaking of placed_oit the Mississippi:riser,
tet them extend ; if. abeve . .. the : Oral - I*: for ,,
two balloonista to settle upon littill - :ilieii-,-,,
comes a, fair Wind to . .hike. them ; horse tu.,,,
their agonized wires and children, tnsten+l. - ,.
of being, left Away .in the. ninhebfied I'4;
est of Canada - never more; to be heita.eo , - .
.stop I stop ! said I, 'poritepitheielnilleett
ists, as you call them, are h . & ,I,lllNew :
Englanders. ,NO .. matter,"..,:-he. replied;,,
". cruelty, is 'cruelty eveiyivhere!',.-..- . ., ; - ! , -,.„ 1 ,
In the . mean, time- the sttp.ho,'ltilie.# 7 , - ;
ed ab .ve the hbrizon, atill ., We.'ivcie..,,ttgai.a..,
under WaY,;; and after., teithg,,,r‘ ; s z ttrify4
which . extenaa front , ; ' Canad a
~
Island'S.Oifd, We ieturneci. ',71 . 4 .. kg0i.a4,.,
are thy tents, Se s ita'of ilie:Pilevrratiipts;-;
and bon , privile ged are thysont9344,driugly.:i? - ,
tern.. But lest we „sjimild.lie . f.tifieii: lei',
spies" Who, fretild . carry,haaki:hattiekert ol
quick as tholtight.'we retiirried:tnitir cot.
y 2;
retreat In your uncle g4.'s:C.lmirAci;:fivii,
whieh you and" yours: Will' Plaiii,-,teeePt
our'kind regards.
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10,570
• ' The Veit
the n'et
soiteetinie Oetober,,, l 4e
tie3e a fair specie:ten"
meet's; productions the lop, e,aftte, r iihikiip',,
and swine; tog l ettir"with fowl
be eipeeted;—betkideti,lhaSiii'sitil'
gre the whole with eFtrions, OEN f
needlejieork, hitter;
iondi wrought pi , etOre-fraeles, Act:
tone will haiT th'e p B ptron to`atteitipt
MillET=l
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