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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1857-08-20
a New Star In the west.

We observe III the -WssOurS Democrat
some of the first fruits OF the emancipa-
ton movement in that state:
"'rhe sales of public lands in this dis
triet, within the last sixty days, have
reached 400, 900 acrcs-entcred almost
exclusively by persons from the free states
-Ohie and Pennsylvania being largely
represented among the purchasers. This
amount of entries exceeds that of the
three previous years at the Springfield
Office
Our readers will recollcct that the land
register at Warsaw, published in this pa
per, some weeks ago, that 800, 900 acres
had been entered i'll that district within
about the same length of time, and that
the office was in consequence closed until
further notice. About two thousand
acres per day are being entered III the
Jackson district AT Palmyra there are
only, we are informed, about 80 900 acres
of government land now subject to entry
In the northwestern part Of the state,
enigrants are crowdiug in from Iowa,
where lands have become too high for
actual settlers to purchase. They have
consequently turned their attention To
Missouri, where lands at reduced prices
can be had, and lnildcr climate, and a
more fertile suil offer greater inducements
to farmers. The prospect of Missouri
becoming free state is ! settled convlc-
tion in the minds Of the people of the
north, and to this significant fact We owe
this unharallcled activity in our land mar
ket."
These facts are eloquent. They show
how promptly emigration responds to the
call for labor in the slave states, aud how
simple is the remedy for the dccaying
tendencies of southern society. While
their demagogues are quarrelling with
every one who will not make the propa-
tion of slavery the chief end of govern
ment, their lands are wearing out under
a wrctchcd and impovsriShing system OF
culture, labor Is become more scarce with
them, their property is deprcclating, THEN
enterprise discouraged, their schools art
deserted their newspapers stop, and final
/ ly, private aud publicly bankruptcy i:
hanging like black cloud over all the
states under the control OF this class o
men. How suddenly is the prospect
changed in Missouri within the short pc
riod of two years, or less, by the free la
Dor movements of the independent anC
vigorous band of young statesmen t
whose hands fortunately, the future dcs
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The Deed for the Sale of the
Main Linc-Beautiiul Piece of
Work anShiD.

The act OF the drama, says the Harris
burg Telegraph Of the Both, was finally
executed this morning, by the signature
of y. e. Curtin, Esq, Secretary Of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the
deed conveying the Main Line OF Public
Improvements to the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company. These improvements, for
which the State has spent an enormous
amount of money, have finally passed into
the hands Of company Of the best bust
ness men in the State, and it remains to
be seen whether they will be able to mau-
age them in such il manner as will re-
ward the stockholders for their heavy in
vcstment>. The State having lost large
amounts in their management, we hope
that the company may meet with better
success, and bc amply paid for their trou-
ble
The 3Oth day of July may, therefore,
be hailed AS day of RELIEF by the tax
payers OF this great State. Their State
debt has virtually been reduced this day
the snm of SEVEN MILLIONS AND a HALF
OF DOLLARS; the Pennsy ylyania railroad
having paid that amount i'll cash and bonds
to the State Treasurer of Pennsylvania for
the works, and this money must be ap-
piled Immediately to the reduction of the
State debt-altlough the company docs
not pay the whole amount Of the purchase
money in cash, yet they will pay interest
on their bonds, consequently the people
will be relieved from the payment of in
terest OH the Srate debt to that amount.
The deed az executed is written on
parchment in bold and plain hand,
handsomely bound in Turkey morocco in
folio form. The book containing the deed
contains also, a handsomely embellished
title page, decorated with beautiful coat
of-arnls and other suitable devices the
act providing for the sale of the Main
Line; the proclamation of the Governor
offering the same for sale are also bound
in the book, and finally the receipts of the
purchase money and bonds to the amount
of seven millions and = half, signed BY
the proper accounting officers, closed this
pleasing drama.
Subsequently the Governor made proc
lamation ot the fact, and from and after
Saturday last all the officers on the main
line were in the employ Of the Railroad
Company. How long they will remain so
depends on their behaviour, as nefliciency
neglect, drunkenness, dishonesty, and 9th
er relics of State management will no
doubt hereafter meet with prompt reward
in the shape of dismissal
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The Influence Of Slavery on
tife Fine Arts.

An interesting essay on the Nora
Influence Oh Slavery on the South is
contained in a pamphlet recently publish
ed by John T. Jewett & Co, of Boston,
entitled A Reply to Prof. Bledsoc's Es-
say Oh Liberty and Slavery" This pam
phlet is written by an intelligent citizen
Of Virginia, and contains firm but dis
passionate protest against what the writer
calls the great hercsy of Calhoun, that
slavery is a blessing.
We make the following extract from its
pages which affords a curious Illustration
of the state of the fine arts at the capital
Of Virginia
"There was once in Richmond saloon
of antiquities We remember in that col
lection an Apollo, Mediccan Venus, a
Borghese G. radiator and Il LaocoOn. Some
evidence of the utter want of taste for the
fine arts may be found in the fact that
these priceless types of ancient art have
uisdpIpcdicu, 8uu III NalH uoc5 Authc uC-
votee to the sublime art of sculpture in
quire 'whither?
"We might suppose that some rapaci-
Gus Verrcs, almost compensating for the
vice Of avarice by an appreciation of the
beautiful, 'goud pmtcherrimam .terii
obst"lera, had secretly, in the dearth OF
taste elsewhere, appropriated these mas.
terpicces to the decoration of his own
abode.
"This would have been our own solu
ton of the mysterious abstraction of these
valuable models for the student of design
were it not that one of our civil ramble.
brought Us suddenly in amazed and sor
rowing contact with the nobleSt of then
all, the Lacu0n, defaced, mutilated, ant
weather stained, in the yard of the medi
cal college, side by side with the hus'
bone of the fossil nlastadon, AS little rc
gardcd and certainly less comprehendeC
than the mighty relic of the greater mas
ter, whose hand formed the one and who's
inspiration dictated the other,
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FROM MINNESOTA.
Third Week OF the COnStisH.
IlOn.si dOAH mtfOn
From The Ainnesotidn, Juty 81.

We'aHlin call the attention of the peo-
pleto the fact that the third week of the
session of the Constitutional Convention
will close Tomorrow, and as yet there is
no sign of yielding On the part of the
Democratic tsctlouS minority, who meet
once Il day in the Council Chamber
They have raised the last man they can
procure on any pretext, 10 take part in
their Illegal deliberations, and they only
number o. just one half Of the number
of members which they claim that the
Convention consists of. Thus they have
met and adjourned, doing nothing, from
day to day. There they are, with six
Pembina men seated As '' Delegates, two
of whom never received vote for the
place which they hold, and the third a
resident of Hennepin County.
They have finally concluded to 90 on
with this tifty-four--being less than a
quorum---and make a Constitution -
Judge Flandreau shakes his Government
gold at the Republicans, and brags that
the Administration and Congress are on
their side, and will sanction their Con-
stitution let what may happen. These
men, III fact, care not what the people of
Minnesota thenk of their course. Their
reliance is upon Government money and
Government rascality. The legally organ.
lied Convention is still hard at work,
and progressing rapidly with its business
1t almost seems that its members will
have their Constitution completed and
before the people before the bogusiteS
commence work. The minority worthieS
may rest assured they have got themselves
into a mortal warfare with their oppo-
nents, and there will be no letting up on
that side
From all parts of the Territory we
have the most gratifying intelligence OF
the tirmness of the Republican masses.
The people Of our party feel that their
representatives are right, and bid them
stand firm. During the past week many
of the delegates have been home, and
they all report, all right" Large and
enthusiastic meetings have been address
cd in Steele and Waseca counties, by
Messrs. Cogswell and McKunc, and il
Winona by Mr. Wilson. The people
say to these gentlemen, "We know you
are right-go ahead On the other
hand, the Democratic press and the Dem.
ocratic people, either say nothing, or e.sC
condemn the course of their members.
Tile st. Cloud -1dcerti<er Democratic
considers both parties in the wrong.
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Mr. Buchanans Southern EX.
DOSUFa.

The speech of Senator Brown, of Mis-
sissippi, IN to-day's paper, throws addi-
tional and highly important light upon
the secret policy of President Buchanan,
as well rs upon the professions and pledges
upon which he obtained his nomination,
which Senator Brown was one Of the
committee appointed BY the Cincinnati
Convention to communicate to him.
The acquicscence of the South in the
nomination Of SO unreliable u man as Mr..
Buchanan has always had a strange ap-
pearance, and gave room for a suspicion
of secret understanding between the two
parties, and of concessions by the nomi-
nee more liberal than it would be pru-
dent to disclose to the country at large :;
and now We have the proof strong as
holy writ" in the suthoritativ declarations
of his chief southern spokesman, the SEN
ator from Mississippi
1t is well known that in Mississippi,
Brown speaks for Mr. Buchanan, and is
at the head of the Administration party.
as distinguished from the states-rights or
fre-eating faction, headed by General
Quitman and Jefferson Davis, Browns
senatorial colleague Senator Browns
avowals in Mr.. Buchanans behalf are
therefore virtually of an official character.
We do not doubt that the President
would desire Mr.. Brown to keep the in
formation communicated in the speech
published to-day to himself, but the cxi-
gencies of a hot contest for reelection
to the Senate have compelled the oracle
to speak out. The ire-eaters were de-
nouncing him as the supporter of an Ad-
ministration which had sent to Kansas Gov
ernor Walker, an avowcd advocate OF pop
ular sovereignty, even when it might re-
suit in the exclusion Of slavery from the
territory. What reply does Mr.. Buchan-
IN authorize him to make? Why sim
/ ply that "Mr. Buchanan pronounces
squattcr sovereignty one of the most
damnable hercsies ever broachcd," and
promises that che shall leave nothing un-
done to throttle it." Senator Brown, as
the leading supporter of the President at
the South, promises that, as q proof OF
the sincerity of this declaration, Walker
shall be removed, and that if he is not,
Mr.. Buchanan will deserve and receive
the exccrations Of the united South
that she would denounce him az false
to the principles of the Kansas bill, and
traitor to her best interests"
We ask the Northern supporters of the
Administration how they like this inside
view of its policy. What do they think
of Mr.. Buchanan southern exposure ?
". L. Ere. Post.
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TREMENDOUS BIGAMY--The fat wo-
man, on exhibition last week near the
post-ofFice, We understand, was named
Delauy, and her husbands resides in New
York city. She has been travelling about
the country lately in company with an
Irish agent, named O'Neal, and has done
very fair business. During their trav-
els, the agcln bcsame enamored of the
fair proportions Of Mrs Delaney, { she
weighs so pounds, and last week at
tackled the mountain Of flesh with mar
riage proposition. The " frail, fair one
could not withstand the eloquent love of
.O'Neal, and accepted his proffcr. They
were married in this city on Sunday
night, and on Monday night they de-
parted for Memphis Tennessee. Yester-
day a telegraphic despatch was received
in this city, announcing that William Del
aney would arrive here to-day to tarvel
with his wife and unite their fortunes.
What coure he will pursue when he
learns that his wife is bigamist, anc has
shared heI charme with a bould adven-
turer," we do not know, but presume he
will follow their flight to the South
PatSJwy Post. .......
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TERMS --$l,25 PER AMNUm.

Gov. WALKER has raised his siege of
Lawrence-the fourth to which that re-
nowned citadel of Free Labor has been
sub bjected-and sent off his dragons in
quest of hostile Indians on the further
prairics. He has accomplished not one
of the ostensible objects of his military
demonstration for the bogus taxes re-
main uncollected, the homemade Char
ter and Municipality are in full blast,
and the People have just held their State
Election under the Topeka Constitution,
re-atilrmlng that instrument by vote
in Lawrence of 652 Yeas to 2 Nays.
Yet the real object of this bullying dem
onstration has been effected in the carry
ing Of the South-W Western Election for
Buchanan. The thunders Of the South
ern Conventions against Walkers Inau-
gural and his repeated pledges that
the People of Kansas should be Sc
cured fair vote on the adoption of the
bogus Constitution, were quellcd by the
parade of troops before Lawrence and the
windy fulminations of rebellion" and
I" treason" to which the people of that
stitf-nccked city were subjected by the
worthy successor of Shannon and Wood
son. Walkers Dragons have done good
service in North Carolina, Alabama.
Kentucky and Tennessee, but none at all
in Kansas, unless it be to place the few
deserters FROM the Free-State standard in
u position where they may be conspicuous
ly observed and admired Henccforth,
we trust, there can be little or no differ.
ence among Frce-State men as to the
propricty of her coming into the Union
if she is ever admitted on the application
of her own people, under the denounced
and vilitied Topeka Constitution.-N. Y.
Tribune, 10th,
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Sailing HAY.-This is now, We bo-
lieve, extensively practiced, aud judici-
ously done, we have no doubt it is well,
Those who are in the habit of placing salt
before cattle, know that during the winter
season they will take but little A cow
consuming ton of hay in the cold
months, we are confident would not vol
unfairly consume two quarts of salt-and
yet many farmers are in the habit of tp-
plying eight quarts to ton. This is prob
ably the source of many of the recent dis
eases among cattle. 1t leads, also, to the
slovenly practice of getting in the hay in
a damp or partially eur d state, nnder the
idea that the salt will preserve all'its vir-
tues.
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\ BEAUTIFUL IDEA.-Away among
the Alleghenies there is spring, 50 small
that a single OK, on summers day
could drain it dry. 1t steals its unobtru-
sive way among the hills, till it sbreads
out in the beautiful Ohio. Thence it
streaches away a thousand miles, leaving
Oh its banks more than hundred villages
and cities, and many thousand cultivated
farms, and bearing on its bosom more
than half thousand steamboats, Then
joining the Mississippi, it streatches away
and away some twelve hundred miles till
it falls into the great emblem of eternity.
1t is one of the great tributaries Of the
ocean, which, obedient only to God, shall
roll and roar till the angel, with one foot
on the sea and the other on the land,
shall lift up his hand to heaven and swear
that time shall be no longer. So with
mortal influence. 1t is a ri!l--a rlvuiet
"A river, an ocean, boundless and iath-
omless as eternity-EJchaagc.
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A RssIGNATIoN-1 ChaHe~ye-A
.Nobir Uampion,-Judge WILMor has
resigned his Judgeship and challenged
Gcnerat PlcL.er to meet him on the ros-
trum, there to discuss before the people
the various political topics of the day
Let Gen. Packer accept this challenge,
and our word for it, if he has the iuteli-
gence it is said he has. and the honesty
which Il candidate for the Governor.hip
ouyht to have, he will admit that ha has
no business to be candidate at all in
Pennsylvania, but might make a very
suitable onein another latitude
Come, gallant General, accept the chal-
lenge, and just permit Mr. WILNor to
convince YOUR misguided adherents that
there is no more Democracy in you than
here is red blood in frog.
Wlll you please accept the challenge,
dear General, and your organs can pub
lish your speeches instead Of editorials,
After your defeat, General, if Gov.
Walker has been disposed of, you might
try your hand in kansas--IhH San.
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SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT HIuHSPIRE

SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT HIuHsPIRE
The Harrisburg Teicgroph says that
on Wednesday night last, a canal boat
man, named Tomach, a resident nf Low
alslock, Pa, while lying asleep on the
deck of his boat, came into collision with
4 briI ge nepr llighspire, which struck
on the back part Of the head and knock
ed thcrefrom the perietot bone, which
was found shortly after as free from ex-
traneous substance AS if it had been ex-
tracted by the hands of demonstration
Of anatomy The wounded man, Of course
was instantly aroused by the concussion
and what is most rdrnaritble, rose TO his
feet, perfectly unconcious OF the extent
Of the injuries he had received by the
collision. The slight pain in the back
of his head gave him no trouble whatever
and it was only after he had dressed him,
self, and one of his comrades had found
the bone on deck, that he was made
aware of the unfortunate mutilation oI
his coput. After this discovery, the
wounded man was taken to Highspire
when DIR. Rutherford, of our city, was
summoned, who after 'cashi"g the man',
brain, and replacing It, and arranging
the splinters Of the adjacent parts of the
skull i'll a proper manner, informed him
that was all he could do for him With
this the wounded man departed, in per.
fcctly rational state, to his home at
Loyalsock We doubt if the experience
of any member of the medical profession
can show similar case to the above
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DANGER TO TOBACCO UsERs.-Nc

DANGER TO TOBACCO USERs-Not
only are liquor manufacturers engaged in
the nefarious practice of using poisonous
ingredients in their destructive business,
but it is stated that tobacconists are now
using prussic n,.jd to give an almond fla
vor to the leaf, In consequence of which
many smokers have lost the use of tAeir
lower linbs
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TIMES OF thes noble state seem about to
be committed.
The facts stated by the Democrat 60
far to confirm an impression we have
INDUCED for some months part, that Mis-
souri will never again give her Presi-
Dental vote for slavery propagsndist-
". \. Fee. Post
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". h. KING,

tCEEEYOR, CRAFTSMAN AND CONVEY
ANCkk, omethport, NJ h"an Co., Pa, will
attend To business tor nonresident land
LolIers, upon reasonable terms. EctcGcn-
Ses gwen II required. Z. Snaps OF any
part Of III. County maie TO order. y:I3
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gelerten puetry.
LITTLE FOOLS AND GREAT FOOLS.

And when in youth too tlveting hours
ION roam the earth alone.
And have not sought some loving heart,
That yo may make your own;
Remember woman's priceless worth,
And think when pleasures pail
That little fools siIl love too much,
But great ones not at all
And if friend deceived yon once,
AbsolTe poOr human kind,
Nor rail against your fcllow-man
With malice in your mind
But in your daily Intercourse,
Remember lest you fall
That little fools coniidc too much,
But great ones not at ALL
CmARI * MAcKAY.
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ATTORNEY AT Law. Well l,horo'. Tioga Co..
Pa. ~ill attend the Courts in Potter aud
Akran Counties. 9:l3
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\. l.. CONE,

ATTORNEY AT LAW, Wcllsboro', Tiosa Co.
Pa, will rrgnarl, attend the Courts 0!
Potter County. J:I3
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ARTHUR &. OLMSTE

COHder.pOrt. Pa. viii attend To all business
entrusted 10 his care with promptncs and
fidelity. Office in Temperance Block, sec
DnI rOOr Main 81. IU:I
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q. Il. ELLISON,

lEACTlCING PHYSICIAN, Coudcrsport Pa,
respectfully informs ihe citizens oi the vii
lags aud vicinity that he viii promptly re-
Ipu6i To all calls lor professional services.
Oniee Ola Main e., in buildug formerly 0c-
tapieI bF &. ". Ellis. Esq. g:22
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T.. II. HARRINGTON,

jkWRLLER, Coudersport, Pa. having engag
rsA alsdeW IN Schpa Iakcr & Jackson ;
Ftors will carry vi the Watch and Jeweiry
bHEpess there. \ tine assortment OF jew
viz cons antit on hand. Watches and
Jeselry carefully repaired in the best sly ie,
On ILc sharIrst notice-all work warranted.
g:2i
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(sUccEssoR TO JAMES ". sNrn,)
DEALER IN STOVES, TIN 4 SHEET IRON
NARE, NaIa st. yearly opposite the Court
ibnuse. Conder,port, Pa. Tin and Sheet
Iron Mare made 10 order i'll good STYLE on
short notice. l0:l
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r. W. kNUN,

ATTORNEY At Law, Coudrr.port Pa, will
rEulAtly attend the Courts III Potter and
ia. ..iJUinimg CoLnleS. lO:l
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X. VI. Benton,

BrSVEYOR AND CUNFEYANCER, Ray
Honi r. a., All-gtnt Tp., Potter Co., Pa.
will attend 10 nll slsincs. IN his linz, with
sars AuI dispatch. 9:3j
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ALLEGANY HOUSE,

SAMUEL N. MILLS, Proprietor, Coleshurg
Fo'ier 60, Ia. seven Inilcs north OF Cou-
dsrspori, UH the Nsllsyll41 Road. y:i4
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COCDERsPORT HOTEL,

ID. 7. GLASSNIRE, Proprietor, Corner OF
Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot
ter 60. Pa. 9:44
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ISAAC BENSON.

ATTORNEY At LAW. Coudcr.port. Pa, will
attend Ia all business entrusted 10 him. with
care and prOmPtncss. Office corner OF West
Ead Third IT.. lU:I
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Business Garns.
JOIN 5. NAM.

JOHN ). MANN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
CoGdrrsport, Pa, will attend the several
Courts ia Potter and VI kcan Counties. All
b4sin.-s entrusted IN his care will receive
prompt attention. Oliice Oh Main st., oppo-
4ItS the Court House. lU:I
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ID. f.. OLMSTED,

PEALER Is DRY GOODS, KEADl-MADE
.lo.ping. Crockery, Groceries, &c., Main 81,
tOudsrsport, Pa. lU:l
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NJ. W. MANN,

DEALER ~ BOOKS ( STATIONERY, MAG
aSlAES and Music, y. ". corner Of Aalp
ssa rhlrd sts., CouderspOrt, ia. lO:l
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4. e. JoNR3. LEWIS NANS. A. !. JONES.
JONES, MANN x JONES,

DEALERS IL DRY GOODS, CROCkERI.
IlsFsWare, Boots 4 Shoes, Groceries and
Pru'isiVns, Main ST, COadrrsport Pa.
lO:l
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ISs sAilh. Is. a.
SMITH Il JONES,
E. a. JoALS.

pRALERS ~ DRUGS, MEDICINES. PAINTS
oiI., tancy Articles. Stationery, Dry Goods
Glp -erles, SC, Main ~, Cuudcrsrort, IA.
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