lAptitiraL
Wilux QI:io was extending her hell.
italities to the Legislature and Exec
)ve of Kentucky, a Pro-Slavery mob la
tlckeu C,•l4nty (Ky.) were--driving
s rgoteen peaceable men, womenitnl chit
siren nut. or the State for doubting fie
jtistme of Slavery ! •
FPU;i4 the-N. Y. Evening Pant.
Mrci M ke O G , resilikdo the
of three.
other-di-bir:-Sumnar in the Se n . -
ate iinsu-ath - itteetr.aateii;', bin red it :renal
100444"14&0411P4/s"f5ePCOwn4.
t,:p to tii - tjiirie;4ll i eitter...onriresept, rates
vr-Am
m....vv:,.,,, are. opt tht - orbitae . i , t,and
" i- ": - - I d ro net
'',l4 ° ''el e r l 4" - ! 4 , -, ',.'T . r l l ._ y
Liiic at i i 41utry ; m . nst often
_l.ave..sug
•64MiAiif,t(3l3l6o•low.send:of,Teceiin
Illti,4soWaii!dsliVi?• s 4;S itTlil -, 1 ,3
1gnf.,..4e
. -.4:14-,, tga6 ok. sY,steni. of 'airry , ,
1r,13,461teit - i tl4,ike . - govertitnent mails-shall
e. ['meet'_;p In the - incii it tint& ' we `p roPose
a 21
....,',..... - ..... . . . •
r bay a : wnr, .ot., ,tt g conct.rning the eon
;Jr! cm. op , ~-.. .. •
seiiskne,":ol jettp.sby ond.
5.3 We lia . v.4.sn6q;estinit to make, which
-c.... to ~
,r . :".
o,urreade,th.., xsi4 are. sure, after a moment's
g:!.? . ti'stairatiUri,. will adopt and which, if
ILO: goy . ernment, would adopt it also,
wqtild'entiile, then tu, the thanks of the
guitti.lii. . _ •
.. .
- lilliv Stanipi and stamped envelopes is
._.- J ..,
sced
. _liy the Poitoffice Department last
)'e r 'arnmeunted in - value to $6,211,533
tltatlS-to say, a, little more, than six rail
lians,Of dedl4 . sand a quarter. how much
( . 4 . - this is paid for letters sent to, foreign
paitii:thedoeunients now before us do not
s ay"; but . the three Cent stamps somewhat
o:Xeced 14,290,000, yielding a revenue of
tilittit; more than four millions and a
r;naiter. , .1%. considerable propor:iuu of
the stamps of greater value- are xiso- used
t•o" pay_
~ fur . double letters in tire domestic
maimains' and vie-may kberefore, max rough
o.,timate, state the
.poslages received by
tlie department, on letters conveyed from
imp part 7 oFthe United states to anuther,
at about six. millions of dollars.
..,240w,.if we could save two millions of
this sum to the persons who send letters
kf t‘ iiiail,and-at the same give the public
treasury a clear revenue of two millions
4 •
lore, without Subjecting the government
tp,any expense, there is no man even the
Postmaster-General himself, we hope who
WOuld not readily admit that an import
service had brei rendered to the
country.' This might be done. We have
taken to inquire into the matter ;
we'have the deliberate opinions of intelli
gent persons concerned in the private ex
presses; and.we are prepared to say that
it might hetione with the most perfect
certainty. .The expresses, at present or-
gantz,ed would asinine to do, fur two cents,
that service . , for which the government •.
demands threecents, and to ply half!
the compeasation they received into thel
public treasury. All that the govern- '
inept : , would_ need to du in the matter!
would be to set up a little -shop fur the
manufacture
.of stamps, and deliver tl.ens
in quantities to the expresses. Instead
.if three cent
.stauip. which are now re-!
quired z for a single letter,
,they should be
two cent .stamps,. aud for c very such stamp
(14 . vered them, the exptesses would un
dertake t..o,piiy. one cent to the govern
nient. • Here is a revenue of two millions
vec arc.), at once to the treasury, without
Atty;Qther eutlay.than the trilling one of
procuring the dies and striking the stamps,
while, : cm . every
,stamp the letter-writing
ptiblie saves another cent, which leaves
two; millions more in the pockets of the
..•
There is another advantage to be de-,
rkvet - 1 from. surrendering the mails to the
prixate . expresses. The expresses would i
be, responsible for every dollar of money,
and , every article. of value committed to ;
their charge. The l'ustufliee Department;
is ; pot,- If the government appoints a;
postmaster.. who is a rogue, or.. makes a;
barnain,with a dishonest wail contractor, l
atm steals the money enclosed in our;
letters, there is . no redress. Great as our ;
loss :Indy Joe ; the government ; whose
agents: we were compelled to trust, and;
who have rubbed us, wakes no restitu-1
tion..:, .Private.expresse.s are subject to a l
different. rule. The government is above
the law.-and scoffs at the idea of making,
cempensation to_ the injured person ; pub
lic -.expresses are compelled by law • to
makegood any losses we may suffer from
thmintidelity of their. agents.
Then again, the expresses aro morel
punctual than the government mails. In
i..thousand instances the _expresses out
run.and..distanee the - mails. 'The express
es,depend'for .suczeSs- on their reputation
far:availing:themselves of the most rapid
mcami of communication, and delivering
lotteraltutt parcels with the greatest ex
setness;the government has no such in
c:Lambent Im:exertion and vigilance.—
Whether it :perform its work .well or
vre7inust employ it to carry our letters.
To Speak the truth respecting the Post
offtoPepaytrnent, it is, regarded simply
from:.a.fiumicial - . Point of view, a spend,
t.hrift:_d.tvice,_a.moSt expensive folly. Fif
teenmoilliona of dollars arc paid - annually
to this awkward and unsatisfactory
machinery, ::and :only eight millions of
diillarattrezrecioived. back.; so that we lose
eveth mil Hobs: a year by engrafting this
en:nisei:um ispbfi our government, in it-a
wake] ofAlicittactices of Eniope.. This
tuourpolynif the mailsis as much an in.
t qas i on , dpou.thei , province of individual
enterprisei-and ;as rfOreign to the .proper
fttiintitins government, as the- mon
401.3mtirsiiirTanttohacco,-which some of
thagh.verinnents of ..Europe .have ;seized
iutintothrharais.: , We dare say; tlfere are
persqnsin ;pertain parts of the old world.
wliba b3'nerelforce of habit; can as little.
form an idea cf a g•lvtimueut without the
atietobacco; as some of
those in this countrywhom we call
statesmen can form an idea of a govern.
meat without a Postoffies Department.
'Front & Vlbjes;,' Fcb.
sink, Speaker:.? • -
I116:-Itetkublionns. haiie .ae,length
`mict electeif Speaker, Mr.
Peitnington 7 of New Jersey, a well-tried
Republican; who has voted unwaveringly
for Mr. 'Sherman from the start, teas
elected yesterdayon - the - firSt ballot by - a
clear majority. This is justws
-and - complete a triumph-for ther-Republi
can's as the- clection of any one of their
nutuber.could.bave been., Itir. Sherman
wai.originalty, nomirtated'Mul
,an.staitied
by them " on, the Droned that . he' Wait the
hest and candidole, on the whole, tbiti
could'" t e presented; : anChe . hati been
faithfully adhered to
_on that - - ground
nhine.'% - But Mr. ; 813eimiark`-hiCriself , and
thUeittire:Repttltlicail. party with hha,
have atyraVs held themaelve.sit readineis
to unite, on any' nther : Republican,: "when
ever onc. - eonld, be° naiad, Who stoed'a
better chance of election : than the origi;
nal nominee. During the Progreas of the
long-protracted ballotings, several confer
ences have been held to consider whether
the emergency had come; but it never
seemed to have arrived until :within - the
last few days. The last of the Republi
can conferences, held on'Seturday last,
determined that the time had at length
arrived when more votes :could probably
be polled.. for Mr. Tenningion than -for
Mr. Sherman. When this conclusion
wait reached, the entire body of the Re
publicans, without a break and without
hesitation, wheeled in solid column to his
support. displaying the same-unanimous
and uucl angeable purpose that has actu
ated- them from the beginning.
We congratulate the Courttry and the
Republican party upon . this most satis
factory. result. It ends the'disorder that
the Disunion Democracy have been ere•
ating and perpetuating, and which they
have often declared they would - make
"eternal." The faciionists and the dis•
unionists arc rebuked and defeated.-
- The House is organized,
.and public af
fairs may now receive the attention so
long withheld by this audacious spirit of
evil, that' has so perseveringly baffled all
efforts to elect a presiding officer. Hav
ing done di( it worst, - the factiouists
could do no-more. That their maehitia
tions`have at last been thoroughly defeat
ed, and their• traitorous puposes, avowed
in written contracts to prevent an organ.
ization, finally quelled, is a subject fOr
sincr:re public rejoicing.
Mr. Pennington was elected to Con
gress by the People's party of New-Jersey.
His antecedents are Whig. He is a. warm ,
friend of protect iin to American industry,
and holds with tenacity to the old-fashion-1
ed doctrines o: Jefferson, Marshall. Temp.'
kins,-and Webster,- upon the power and'
duty of Congress to inhibit Slavery in the
Tvrritories. Though he has held high I
public positions. having been Chancellor
and Governor of New-Jersey for six years.
yet, doubtless he has had less experience,
in legisltitive bAies than any man ever
chosen to the Speaker's chair. Many
years ago he was a member, for a single
year, of the Lower
_House of the New-
Jersey Legislature; and, as Governor, he
vas ex-;,gicio President 'of the Senate.
Excepti'ig, of course, Mr. Muhleuhem
the Speaker of -the .First Congress, and
also Mr. Clay, he is .the. first
,7entleman
of the twenty-six that have occupied the
chair, who has been =lied 'to it on his
first appearance. in that body. Though
Mr. Clay was chosen Speakerof the Xllth
C ingress without having previously held
a seat in the House, yet lie had often
been a member of the General Assembly
of Kentucky, had been its presiding
ofii
oer, and had served three t miens in the
United States Senate;
Mr.- Pennington brings to.the responsi
ble position he now occupies a command
irT presence, equanimity of temper, a
geoial unduubted.integrity, fideli
ty to friends, liberality to opponents, a
eleer and capacious mind, and extensive
legal attainments. By his urbanity, im
partiality, and weight of character, he will
challenge the respect
. of the body over
which he is called to preside. Neverthe
less, lie will need the support, not only of
his political friends, but of all the conserv
ative and order-loving members of the
House, to enable him to keep to its ap
propriate work one of the most stormy
and wayward deliberative assemblies in
the world.
. Of Mr. Sherman, who voluntarily yield
ed to Mr. Pennington, we have often
spoken during the eight weeks of this'
protracted struggle. - Suffice it now to say,
that throughout this long and- irritating
contest he has borne himself nobly and
well. The object of incessant abuse and
vituperation—charged with being the ac
complice and abetter of thieves, incendia
ries, murderers and traitors—his election
declared, in advance, to be suck. a dis
grace and outrage upon one - sectiou of the
Union, that its representatives would nev,
er.allovr him to occupy the Chairr-4e, all
the while compelled, from the delicacy of
its-position, to sit with closed-lips,.though
well . knowing.that he had the power to
repel 'these . charges, and hut this abuse
back into the faces of -his trhducersthis
-was no enviable position
. to be occupied
for two months by a gentleman of keen
sensibilities. unspotted public and private
character, fine forensic power*. and un
doubted- courage.
• But - the contest- is at .an end. Mr:
Sherman will doubtleas be placed at the
head of the Cominittee of Ways and Means,
a post for which he is admirably fitted,
and
will . become the leader or the body
over which lie was so well -qualified to
preside. .. -
EMU
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"COQDERSPORT, PA.,
. ih1t.50,49 iIIOMIRO, iS6
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far. i . 6.
T. S.'_CHASE..EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
RepubliCan Meeting.
The Republicans of Potter : County are re
questetto meet-at the Court House in Cou
dersport, on THURSDAY evening of next Febru
ary_Court, at o'elock, P. M., to- appoint a
County Executive,Committee for the ensuing,
year, and transact such other business as may .
be brought before the meeting—as well as to
discuss nienSares fdr - n, thorough organizaticin
of the party the County. The subject of
Delegatellepreseniation will be discussed. A
full attendance is -earnestly. requested. By
order of Committee." . JULIUS BIKER,
, Chan of co. Ex. Com
Cdudeiiport Jan. 2 , 1 18G0.
Woe, ask attention to an article in
this paper, from the N. Y. Eveni'ny Post,
in relation to postage, and the Past office
Department. The article is headed,
How to make one Penny do the work
of Three," dnd it is an article that every
body ought to read.
ktilir Our friend Cole, of the Wellsville
Free Press, has, we are ghtd to- ICarn, tell
heir to a fat clerkship in the N. Y. Leg-,
islature.. Ile sends a pub. eke, to
remind tts rf his whereabouts.
lier We would call. the attention of
the friends of Temperance and Human,
Freedom, to the fact that the Rev. Wm.
C. Hosmer, of Auburn, is expected to
lecture on those subjects, respectively, on
Tuesday and Wednesday ,evenings of
Court week.
L;/
IST We are indebted to Mr. Benson
of the State Senate, and Messrs. Mann
and Williston of the House, for many leg
islative fa - vors. - We have read with much
pleasure the remarks of the latter gentle
man ou the joint Congressional •Besclu.
Lions: The speech is brief, but neverthe
less we oan not now find room for it, which
we sincerely regret, as we believe it would
be interesting to the friends of Freedom
in this county.
ter We observe that the Centre Dem
ocrat has recently had an accession to its
editorial corps, to the persons of J. S. &
J. Brisbin, who have become editors
and proprietors, with Col. W. IV. Brown
as associate editor. The Democrat has
done good service in our cause, and we
hope it may long continue in the good
work. But we must earnestly protest
against its wholesale appropriation, with
out credit, of our brain labor, as in the
number of Jan. 26th, where we find two
of our editorials copied entire, viz : "No
longer Mud-Sills" and "Tire Extrava
gance of the Pro-Slavery Party," Those
articles cost us some labor, and we pro
test against such unblushing use of them
by the Democrat.
n. On our fourth page will be found
a summary of the operations at the Oil
Mines in Crawford Co , taken from the
Titusville Gazette, publishol at the cen
tre of the great oil basin. It will be seen
that prospecting for oil engages the atten
tion of the speculative portion of that
community, as well as a largo number of
strangers who are daily arriviog at this
new Eldorado. The new • developments
of oil are still more astonishing in respect
to quantity than were the `first; • and here
we are. reminded of a remark of a waggish
and touch esteemed friend of ours, who
was experimenting with some of the oil
iu our office soon after our return from
Titusville. He lOoked fora few moments
:it a burning rag which we' had saturated
with oil to exhibit its illuMinating
ties, and suddenly turning and addressing .
us, said : " I have always believed, till
now, that the world does not contain
enough combustible tuatter : to burn it up
if the Lard chose to set it on fire ;' but I
am.-now cunvinoed that it .does." •Qur
friend is Inti-orthodoi In his religious
opinions, which adds to the point of his
remark.
From a private letter lately received
from-Titusville, we learn that Jonathan.
Watson, Esq., of Titusville, C ipt. Alden,
late Of the U.- S. Army, ar;cl anothergen
tlecuan whose name we forget , have re
cently concluded a treaty wit : the Chiefs!
of the Six Nations, kiy which they have'
purchased theexclusive right to bore for
on the Indian Reservation in the State
of New York ;
for which privilege they
agree to pay 66.000 bonus, and ono-third
ofthe profits - of the oil produoed.. The
amount of territory in the Reservation.
is, we believe, .40 squaro miles.. The
treaty was signed about a month ago.
The " oil- fever" has extended to Cuba,
in Allegany Co., N. Y., where a number
of prospectors are at work.
Election of a Speaker fiirrgant•
=non. of Congres*,
On Wednesday last, ion. Win. Pen
nington, of New • Jersey, was eleoted
Speaker of the House of Representatives
at Weshingtop, which body has been oc
cupying two months or more of the time
of the people of the United States in try-.
ing:lii ii - ut, I ttielf in I work~ . - - - ciiiiditßiti.tto - choose, Cameron - - deTeg,ates- where- the'
CC
. .
Thc in tegr i ty cf
,the IlouS . C:is t4,'.iast'iii ,l- peOkle prefer: some Other - -Maii./-11-40/
. ,
deemed; an-that, tod, by the - frittnplr Of i bed v,expects this selei44'ita.'l644l9aottk,,
- .4 .• ,- • ---1-• -..- v .--' --. .- -.-
the ere4d, prificipiesof.Freedeici'aiad. J-14s- ly j they will be .disappoiVe4,-.tliattix;i - 4
traces' In ankiiler'6funi4 !We gi,i!aci-0:. , The lebriirciPi Says : I ,Ft - lie: State:Ctiiht
i• ----
tittle front - ti;,ci .2V:i 1 , - Trilm lie I by livbiOirr,epttoli is just as - Well qUalifi,ed to seleot
our readers'6ri . itidgethe iniportiriee of ldereptes to the'lgaiionaC - Cota veniion, as .
the victory tcPour pasty,. 1•.. , -- ''',_ Ito - nominate a eanditlatei:.,Tor: GekliChOr,'',
-- While we iregret the causes which:4e- It-wthild be:A.4. true to sail,hat the - State
."; • i - i 1
cessitated Mt. Sherwin:atm Withdraw hjat i Contention is_ as well qualified to
. §elet,
name 4 . our StandardCbearor,-we..are'notie iea iid, idatei for CongresS as for Govern - or,.
the less{ acidified with -the rfinal - triumph !But no Sane itiammould- think of proFos
of oar 'priiitiplea in Lth'e cidetibii 4i,f :11ii nig such , a thing. - Fiir ourselves; we.l
Penningtow-1- , We mitiiirJ - not- Only -, the [would , about a s-.-sonir tl4- -- State :- Cottrell =. ,
.- I • i• ' ,
nxigliatirmous resignation of - M.r.:l Sher. tion skould select-the one, as the Other.
man 14 withdra'w'ing' - when ihe aO--119 We enter mir -prOteit,againititsselection '
friends I were' Ailly 'co . bilitiee& fitai there of either, and we warn the a dvocates of • -
was a p,oisibiyty of electing anOtliec; -and :this method of secur i ng unity at Chicago ;
at the game time we rcjmice at the disci- f that tit will fa 41.
pine ati•Repiablican Members as exhibited I The editor of the Moran Cili..:en, in
in theiii - etiolation of the man' whoin Mr; ', his last letter from . ).1 - arriSliurg to his pa-
Shermain nominated 'iisc - his successor -in ; per, thus blandly cchocs the l'eleg ryph—
bearing; the ;party standard. The , sacri- I which, tY•the-way; is
.3.1 r: Cameron's au
fice was one of cur - die - gent results Trather ', thurize,), mouth-piece—in laboring: to take
than ofhollers orprinoiples--fur we have' the voice of the people of this State, out
a sound partisan and a worthy leadcriof Cue Yatioual Convention :! ' .
in Mr, ; Pennington. lAnd, therefore, on:r1 ",The question as to theiselection of
rejoicing over the triumph is Line the Idelegates:to time National ! , Convention by
- ! 1114.2 State Convention is yet being agita-1
1.
less•si4cere. 7
, he , 'l l election of Mr. Forney, of the
•
1 tett,: but it is being,pretty' generally con -1
-.-
leede'd that the old Democratic mode of i
Press, as Clerk, and Mr.lloliMan, of Mary- selecting the delegates at the State Con
land, as Sergetnt.r.t-21,..rm5,, is further cv- lqllit ion. is the only way the question eau
idence of the good faith and magnanimity be disposed of.without creating disturb
of.,anceta the ranks of the party. .Mr. I3u-
the !Republican members—and' both
i .1- clianan could never have been nominated
preeminently just. The organization is at Cincinnati had not the delegates from
an empbatiC' rebuke 9 1 f the AdmiuistraH his own St:;te been a unit for him. Is
tioh, l and of the. blustering disunion 'Gen. Cameroun time favorite Candidate of
threats, ; of its Suntiiiern adherents and, the people of the State? If so it is sur
adyiserS. 'i . prt-ing to see a- furore raised, atrainst the
Keep all Power as Near•llie
!People as Possible.
We eau understat4l why convymiire
papers 'see no objecti6n to relieving the
people Prue the trouble and responsibility
of cheOsing . . dclegate l s to the National
Convention. Belt .we are astonished at
the tone end tendency 'of an article in the
Erie .7tt•ue American.of January 26,
this subject._ We 11::e heretofore, had a
high opinion of that Paper. - It professes
to be more radical than ordinary Repub
lican p4ers. But its statement of rca
sons for:favoring the selecting of delegates
by the State Com:ention are intensely
.
conservatwe, and juSt such as Francis
Josephjmight give for relieving the peo
ple of- t , taly and Hungary from all
and trouble n about gomerntng themselves.
After denotincing as'a sham the whole
delegate system, that !paper says :
"Th,',. only' feasible and the safest course
is far tlhe State . ConVention to appoint.
This takes the whole thin , out of the in.
fluence-of the petty quarrels of county
aspiran s and places it in the hand!, of a
Body 'of responsible I men, representing
every County of tine .State, who are ire
slumed 1.0 have tho sagacity to ascertain.
andl,4 honesty to -Ctarry out the true
wishes'of the people."
t
• The kame reasons Would bear equally
- i
as strong against all elections.by the peo.
ple; and would take us back to the days"
, •
when kings and emperors took the whale
busiiieis of government "out of the influ
euce ot the petty quarrelsof I .
county as
pirants' and .placed it iu such able cull
responsibie bands as the - ruler should
select. 6, If the people should elect their
offieers4 then the more t. , :sponsibit:tv is
pit unVuem, the more likely are they: to
worthyprove \ of it ; attd as they keep all
poweitio themselves, the better and truer
will their representation he. We should
greatly prefer-to dispense with all Nat inn
al Conventions, and We hope the ,Repuls
licans will never call; another one. -But
so long‘as we have them, let the dole
gates be ohoseediretly by the people.
"No Rua9•reling,hastionl .kiparatu
lkops.,". and a[) Vieie3s2egilp
I of iiri4ci piles.
ThetCameron papers iu this State are
very anxious for a - 4iited de_legattou to
the National Convection, and•to that end
propos to choose all; the delegates at the V
State onventien. The oit'll Tele , aritplt
a
,
u .
devuteS; nearly half ifs space to pulling
Cumeritn, and defending tile pri?pe:Ffd
usurpaion of the rights of the people by
the StateConliention. In its issue of
Januar l y 30th, in reply to the flonesdile
Penzoititt, it close's au article in, this in
,
nocent.jvray a
. "Let us have ro quarreling abdnt ab
straettUns in this - prelitninaryorzanization
for tile; Campaign of 186.0. AsLto the
"packThg'.' of any Coitvention • made up lof
delegates. elected by the people of the dis
tricts respectively, ; tlMt•is not supposable:
The &legates , to Ibt'e State Couventitm
are jusits well qualified to select -deka
-1
gatds t \the NationahOenventiou iiis they
are to `,pionainate a candidate for tiz'overn
or." -1 i
It title right of Op people . toe select
t
kwa delegates lis abstpic(ion, *e
, . ,
'like to know What an c:zen i tial is.
l awliody is ei.dating a disunion in
ks, We submit , that it-is th l ose pa-
End Politieiansi who 'advocate _the
o • • • , 'minority, u}•f trampling on the
, o
he State Cottentioa r as an - agency
1 •
their a
il
should,
-Indi i
our ra
pers
scheir.
CM
1 -
- •
usual mode of selecting delegates to the
National Convention, and no;one but his
enetnits are engaged in it, if we had no
candidate of our own it would wake no
different:e whatever who ,were our deie
gates, but under the present eircumstanc
cs it (10-'s - milk4 a diferenee, and the peo
ple of the State should stand by the old
establlshed rules of all parties on this
tton
The editor of the Ciii;:en is, or ought
be, aware that very few of his \ readers
will.read that paragraph Without - feeling
insulted; aria furthermore, that tile sen
timent ii- express :s expos'es hint . to the
cliarge of haying bartered his eDorial
indepi ndenee for •• place at the hands of
his favorite. The example of the Ciu-
einnati Cony - entiun is not :Very flattoring
;
to the out sense of the frienli of Gen.
Cameron, and is unfortunate in view of
the results szrowina• out of that nomina
31r..Buchanan and, hitfriends de
ceived the people to gain the,notnination,
deceived then to gain the election, and
has grosbly abused their rights ever since.
Li )❑
:tut]. yet he was apparently the unant
mem choive of the people of Pennsylva
nia. If mr. Cameron and his irdintis
desiroio itiatigtirate the Buchanan party's
of slitothor:ng the, popular voice
itt party aotion, they haveedinateneed at
the wrong tiine and in the wrong place.
of Pennsylvania
haqiin7 been driven out the Buchanan
party I:ticause of its despotism, will nut
to. thzit despnti.sin under the banner
of the Anieriean-Repnblidan party; and
a.- a Repacan we warn the friends of
Mr. Cameron to ausist filial: the scheme
they are ‘vorhing at.
Earnest
. I)Vord Cap 'ff'cutp.4!r-
P:ite;t
The fight noticed in the local column
of the last JuuRNA.L, in which a Mr.
Churchill was so dangerously stabbed
that his life was in great peril, was the
legitimate fruit of the liqUor law of 185 G,
which was intended to facilitate the sale
'of intoxicating drinks, and' has aceom
idished that result. There have been
good many fights and. other disgraceful
outrages conmiitted in this county in
eensequence . of the passage of that law.
Temperance men of Potter county, yon
can repeal this law so far . a:s you.are con
cerned, if you .will it; that is, if you will
act, at once, earnestly anti energetically,
in accordance' with such Trill. On the
strungt - h of ail.tic petiiiods -,already pre:
sented from this county, We find some
action has been taken at Harrisburg. In
tim proceedings of the-House, January
30th, under. - the head of :"Bids read in
place," we find thc.fullowing:
. Mr. MANN, An Act to repeal the Act
of April,- '2.00,1838, regulating the sale
of intoNicatiaglignors'so far as said Act
relates .to The county of Potter."
A similar act passed the. House last
winter, but failed in - -the Senate, - It will
go . 'through both Houses this 'Winter, if
.you will do your duty. Lot,every person
in this eouuty, ntadi: or. 10c"?n0 . n,.. who de
sires the-above bill to become a law; take
immediate steps to have that desire Made
.known at; Harrisburg. If there is:a pe
tition in your neighborhoOk see that it
is - presented to every person : to sign, and
then-Send it to either your itepresentativo
or. Senator. If there is na'petitieli. *write
one. :If . thero.'is'i petitioti; and per
son ;c ho has it in Oiraulat-
=II
to let you have it fc
) eitrUtitits.TUnless. we petitioo } - thoien g l
-
iii*-.nkian o t h . we shall lose a golden
ifs* 4o do good,. that will not ty
'=,]* . iiMet us-say any more. about
lirtiwbs - , -unless we coal
'effort worthy of the cause we pretci
love; 0,.....repeal the law that :lath
,
and Jegalizes the cause of these figl.
brawls ..
r:
Foolish .:(Eis!'iir'en
mho will'. go - into :Convenikin 4 wittt'‘
associates ; nnd - siniply:nenatiscr. the'y
not cos trot the nciiiiiii*tintii'l4 guff tf
selves; oppose .so: it . .as-thr
not 'control. We subailtft‘t*f
duct is not only - Very foolish, 00'
erably dishonorable. bati:•;a
men of snakeY 11,4481einitix4,
Borough election•; bilkleis-eltiellptol
teskigaids( suche ictiou in Cqunty;
veutionS -that : we . .eall-iattuntkon to
subject now.
,•Every- man. attending
delegate • Inectrugs, and • especiay . ey
dele ,, atc attending a Convention,
wily pledges himself as an honorable
to the support of tho-whote=tk et pi
nomination, unles -there is fraud
ceit in the Proctedings - ii the Convent
Whoever attends as a . detegati, a Coat
tion honestly- conducted, and then ;
home and opposes part of the: ticket .
in nontitration,"ninst be able to give so:
thi ug more thani'peksosol.reisous -f c
doing, or the .
.public, without regr
party, upon the act as dit,
orable. We hope tlree•efere,•that het
ter, those persons -who do not hum
support the ticket,- unless it is teal
to suit- themselves, will act like:
citizens and honorable men,--keel
of Convention, and take -Itopart in•.
election of. delegates. Vide is no oti
way to mtain your:own respect or tie ,
the public. : J. 8. M,
PRENTI.Iq4NA : or Wit and Iltnaor in Pt
graphs ;by the tor of the Louisville.7o
hp 2:06. Priec $l. Der}v . S. Jan
s , al.. 119 Na.,san St., N. Y.
We have received from the publist
a copy — ,of the nbove-natned\ spicy bet
embracing•niany thonsau - ds of Prelatic
wittiest wittieimn . s. l Georeie 'is an or;
nal wit, find never fails to bring the hi
down. The book i elegantly printed at
got out in the usual exeellcnee.of
well-known publishers.
The Faliruary nntnber, of :the - Knido
Locker ..Ilityazin(, is a star. nutnher,
the old favorite is never very Onintet
ing. It. contains a numb .r of Very
cellent papers this rnonth,:of a pract
chnracter"A Day .the. Dead-lei
oiliee," being and wally interesting.
poetry -is an unprevement on fernier
hers. We .club the Knickerbocker
Jounsai. together for $3.25 a year,
Cr,rreetect every Wedne§Cay, by It A. ;•:-.
BINS, -wliolesalezadietail-De4er in Gra
.ceries awl Pi;ox.iaion.s: ihtin Street,
COL:DEftSPORT - ,. YA.. -
Apples, gr , ( . l; 3 iittslt.,. $1 00 to- I
do . dried, " 175 2
Bedn C. - 1 25 1
Be,swax, "0, fl).
Beef Miles,
llerrici. dried, - fr quartj
Buckwheat,
Bum:1)V lb.,
Cheese, - "
Corn, bush., ' •
Corn :tleal. per cvrt.,-
F.7 , r,5, V clot., - - • ,
Floor. extra__ re bbl.,
clo obit , : extra, "
Hay, - ;: f t
! to
Maple Sagar,
"
Po
(10
do in whole hog, u'lb;,
PoCtloes, bush„
Peaches, dried;,.V .
Poultry, lb., 1. .
11,e, bush„
b 121.,
do-70 sack,
Trout, 't)
Wheat. 1 bush.,
White Fish, per.
Wool, per. lb.,
THE AGITATOR :
A Live Republican. Counfy. Paper,
"11 - dalAro% Tiagd County,
- •HUGH'I7OOG,i EtriTon. • .
17"1, AGITATOR for .1813 u will be quite
`teresting_to the citizens of this Represl
tative District. will . girt. each 7i6el: iL St
tuary of the Lopul,!News in•
POTTER,I • ,
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Chari:ntions, kc., and'lotters fro•
1 - Lirxisbbrg and Washlngton, during the sel2
sions of Congress and the Assembly:
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