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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-02
ALEXANDRIA,:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1889.
Conviction Of Browa.

After the arguments Of counsel in the case
Of the COMMONWEALTH VS.. BRoTN, MIR. Hard
ing and Mr.. Hunter for the prosecution, and
Mr.. Griswold and Mr.. Chiffon for the de-
fence, on Monday last, Mr.. Chiffon asked the
Court to instruct the jury that if they be
lieyed the prisoner was not a citizen OF Nlr-
ginia, but of another State, they cannot con
Wet him on the count OF treason.
The Court declined, saying the constitu-
ton did not give rights and immunities alone
but it also imposed responsibilities.
Mr.. Chiffon then asked for another in
struction, to the effect, that the jury must be
satisfied that the place where the offence
was committed was within the boundaries
Of jefferson county, which the Court granted.
A recess was taken for half an hour
When the jury came in with their verdict,
an intense excitement prevailed.
Brown sat up in bed while the verdict was
rendered, as follows:
",The jury find the prisoner guilty OF trea-
son, in advising and conspirlng with slaves
and others to rebel; and of murder IN the
first decree
Brown laid down quickly. and said moth
ing. There was no demonstration OF any
kind.
Mr.. Chiffon moved an arrest of Judgment,
both on account Of errors in the indictment,
and an error in the verdict.
The points were to have been argued yes
terday.
Brown was remanded to Jail.
Mr.. Harding announced that he was ready
to proceed with the trial of Coppee, who was
brought in, and took his seat between Messrs.
GrisWold and lloyt, who appeared as his
counsel.
The remainder Of the day was spent IN
endeavoring to obtain jury, but the panel
was not complete when, at ) o'clock, the
Court adjourned.
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| 'ons"rt OF Rev J"H> {. ';K,NmRY. i VI r ,t.,
SSu,n Washington ots. Di,d SUNDAY n,.lr. ,...
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-02

The N. Y. Herald is engaged in collect
ing, by telegraph, commercial statistics from
the principal seaports Of the United States.
1t says:-"The first Of these dispatches illus
trates beautifully the gradual progress Of
commercial Capitalization which is going on.
Time was when Philadelphia and Baltimore
were considered marts Of part of the foreign
trade of the United States, and even, in a
measure, rivals of New York. Where IS
their foreign commerce now? Let the Gus
ton, knuc 10 tables answpr.
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$50 the work of Capitalization goes on.
Philadelphia is following in the wake OF
Perth Amboy, which was once supposed 70
have greater capabilities than New York.
By and by, neither it, nor Baltimore, nor
Boston, will have any foreign commerce at
ALL" at will not necessarily follow. how
ever, that these cities will 90 down. Their
destiny, if their citizens are energetic and
shrewd, is to be large manufacturing towns.
Land will always be SO much cheaper there
than here, that number Of manufacturers
will select them rs preferable sites TO New
York. The sooner they frankly adopt TINS
view of their prospects, the better It Will be
for them" This New York anticipates tu'
tlira greatness.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-16


commandment wbereon hang all the law and the pro-
phes John Brown has simply obeyed that command ent
Thou ahal. love thy neignoor as thyser takiog our
tory Of the good Samaritan. You all know the
exclamation Of one Of virgnia's eloquent sons
berty or give me DEATH John Brown has OK
panded and trans6gured that wachword beyond any
other patriots imagination Of sublime dsnterestedness,
by acting out In behaR Of enslaved, dehumanzed
and hated race, "Gve them liberty give DEATH !"
Applause and hisses Which the grandest, Patrick
Henrys excla nation John Browns actionp But now
the creed of the patriots and wise Of Virginia reads
"Gie us slavery give dea.1 concede to pr
vege Of holding and breeding slaves property, and
confess that il is not only crme but that you will hold
1t sacred from invasion, pain of death for high
treason, or will march straight out Of the Union
ne Vs or ea now q the Sd % Of 5
that, while your revolutionary fathers were lighting
starving, dying for their country, went through the
American camp bowling Beef beef, beef"
disturbance again took place, but quellcd
by the poce.]
Or. CHxEvgR continued-You see now resurrection .
that kind Of patriotism in tho merchants and "men 0
property and standing that, 10 drown il possible the
thundeTs Of Code providence and word in John Browns
death and letters shouting for cotton and the Southern
trade. 1t is the patriotism of those who made silver
shrnes for Diana It is trades with slavery that
these plated patriots advocating, aud for
the sake Of liberty; and God helping us, we mean TO
maintain liberty and union and nseparabe; and
neither mean 70 march out Of ourselves suffer them
march out of it. John Browns memory will in due
time take noble .seS revenso ~ or hs az sno IN
John Browns characteristics Of Christian patri-
otsm were the legitimate fruit Of the study
him what kind Of man the word Of God and tho grace
o 500 do make when God requires such a man for nus
pmpose ne was laboring Tor others, not Tor hlmsoi
ana thus he became martyr There have been martyrs
hoerty, martyrs OF science, martyrs Tor the trutnut
martyr OF tho word Of God for the doiverance OF
race IRON bondage is marvel OF heroic vlr-
again there Interruption nFIs did not become
martyr a. al" SAID some one in the crovd in part
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and we learn with pleasure that his purse
is filling up with equal rapidlty. Left
Waterford at noon Tuesday in an infinite
ly worse conveyance than that which
broughtus there, and arrived at MeadvlIle,
% miles, at 8 clock p. NJ, and placed
ourselves under the care Of our old friend
JESSE RUrp and lady, who keep. rea
travellers resting and fcasting place In
the metropolis of :" Old Crawford"
Wednesday morning, visited some of
our friends, and made the acquaintance
of BURcHFIELD, the editor, and Brooks,
the foreman, of the Free Press, Ga new
and spicy little paper both Of whom VIC
found TO be geutIemanly aud clever fellows,
and "printers at home" At 10 O'Clock
A. ~, We left Mead7ilIe for TitusviIle,
the home of our parents, where we arrived
Just in time 1or tea The object of our
trip being to oisit our home, We Of course
availed ourself of every means of making
our brief stay of fou days there (the in
cidents Of which would be un!nteresting
to our readers pleasant to our friends and
oursef-and we were not disappointed.
We found and left them enjoying, gener-
ally, good health aud good llying-all that
could be expected these hard times.
On our return, we left Titusville at 6
A. NJ, Monday morning in private con
veyance, reached Erie at 5 L. NJ, as
miles went to bed till II, took the Ex-
press Train at 10 o'clock A. NJ Tuesday,
reached Wellsville, n. Y, at 8 A; NJ.
same day, took breakfast at Van Buren's,
made the acquaintance Of SHAUT, of the
Budget-(which frst-rate little paper, by
the way, has just donned new, beauti-
fully designed and engraved head"
which cost $40, )-and left in the stage,
on excellent slelghlng, Tor Coudersport at
10 O'Clock A. NJ, where we arrived, safer
than sound, on Tuesday evening at Al
o'clock. This Was the first time we had
been more than 10 miles distant from our
Office since the l4th of August, 1856,
Few editors can exhibit so brief a diary
of travel in 50 long a period of time.
We could, with equal truth, say that few
er editors receive so little pecuniary en-
couragement to stay SO closely at home as
we do. Is it any wonder then that we
should desire to let our readers aud breth-
rem Of the press know hat we have been
out seeing things? Nay, verify.
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Shamokin, IN order to see whether The
continuance of their charters may or may
not be injurious to the Commonwealth
in which case there can be no doubt of
the power and duty of the Legislature to
repeal the acts of Incorporation.
The positions of the Governors Inau-
cural Address against 4 further increase
of Banks under the present systeu, and
against the issue of small notes, are reit-
Grated, and he again urges such change
in the laws as to insure the redemption of
bills by the pledge of United States or
State stocks, apon plan similar to that
in use in New orii.
After referring to the reports Of the
several Departments, and commencing
the charitable aud reformatory lpstitu-
tious 0f the State to the care of the Leg
islature. the G0yenor adverts to the ques-
ton of the tariff He favors au increase
of protective duties, and thinks, with the
President, that these should be specific
Instead of od r0iorc0I.
In closing his Message, Coy. Packer
arrays himself by the side Of Judge Doug
las upon the Kansas question. He con-
demns the theory that it is the duty of
Congress to protect Slavery in the Terri
tories, and denies that any construction
faroring such theory can fairly be given
to the bred Scott decision He also con-
demns the theory that this country must
eventually become all Free or all Slave,
and plants himself broadly upon the doc
trine of Popular Sovereignty, which he
calls the life blood of our free institu-
tions and the palladium Of our safety"
Applying this to the question of State
Rights. he depreeates the overshadowing
influence Of the Federal Government, and
recommends watchfulness.
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special pleading which characterized the
recent message of the President Al
though almost entirely devoted to the dis
cussion of Pennsylvania affairs, its general
tone and character mark it as worthy Of
general perusal and careful consideration.
1t is but one-third as long as the Presi-
dents Message, and could have been made
shorter without destroying its force new
ertheless it contains double the statesman
like logic and ability that the President
exhibited in his recent warlike and pro-
slavery harangue. While the Governor
disagrees with the President, and declares
for the great Douglas bug bear of d" Popu-
lar Sovereignty" with the Popular omit
ted, he seems to think with the President
that nothing but tariff of specific duties
on Pennsylvania manufactures will save
the Democratic party in l860-eveu tho
the monstrous little Illinois demagogue be
the standard bearer. The Gov. no doubt
sincerely and earnestly desires a reconcil-
iatiOn of the factions Of his party prior to
the campaign of l860-(and now that
Douglas has made a triumphant entr6e to
to the Capitol, he may conccde little to
the President for party's sohe)-yet, we
hardly think that the g Little Giants"
asperity towards Pennsylvania iron in
terests eau be entirely overlooked by our
good voters in Don Quixotic thirst for
" popular sovereignty" adventure. We
cannot, however, reasonably find fault
with the Governor for saying few words
in behalf of his party, when it needs so
much encouragement as it now does
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Gbe pottfr Journal,
COURERsPORT, pa,
Thursday Wcrqing, IAN. I3, $3.50.
7. S. CHASE. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER,

CAUTIoN.-We would state to our
brethren of the press that CAREY 4 Co,
of New York, calling themselves Gen
eral Advertising Agency, owe US small
bill of adyertising-(thc first they have
eFer contracted with us)--now overdue,
and which we have twice written for with
out receiving any reply, and that we have
received official notification that they re-
fuse to take our paper from the p. O.
We are convinced tina, they are swindlers,
and We would warn publishers, (who have
not, like US, had their fingers burnt,) not
to trust them.
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BGg@ As announced as our intention in
our last issue, we took brief but pleas
ant journey to the land of our Fathers, -
having returned to our post a week ,ag,
Tuesday, after an absence Of ten DAYS.
We annex a condensed sketch of our trip.
We left Coudersport, by private con-
veyanoe, (the horse and buggy Of our ac,
commodating young friend, II. w Rath.
bone, the Oyster Saloon keeper par ercel-
lance ofthis village at noon Of Dec. 26th,
and, with no very marked Incidents by
the way, arrived at the Olean House, Olean,
at s o'clock p. NJ, and consigned our
welfare for the night to the care of the
well-known and gentlcmanly clerk, CHAR,
LEY COPELAND, and his estimabe wife.
Charley is famous as first rate hotel
clerk all along the Western Division of
the n. Y 4 f. Il. r., and his treatment
Of ourself and companion, most of the
time unconscious Of the distinguished
guest he was entertaining induces US to
say that his fame Is well deserved. Mr..
Humphrey, the proprietor, was absent,
and we did net see him, but Charley, be-
ing anxious to get better acquainted with
the people of this county, handed US the
card of the house for publication in the
JOURNAL, where it will be found as new
advertisement.
We left 0lean at A NJ, Monday
morning, on the Emigrant Train, the only
one going west that day, and arrived at
Dunkirk Ga distance of 65 miles y at l L:
40 A. NJ. At Dunkirk we took the Mail
Train of the Buffalo and Erie r. r. at 2
o'clock 7. NJ, aud reached Erie (45 miles, }
at t o'clock. Left Erie BY Stage--an ez-
cruciatingly miserable two-horSe hack
at 5 o'clock, and reached the hospitable
hotel of our old friend, JOHN NJ. ALIEN,
in Waterford, (l5 miles at s o'clock.
Johns corporcal limits are extending rap
idly, giving him a Falstaff appearance,
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Special 1iotiteS.

TENO CONSUMPTIYES.-T advertiser hay-
u ing been restored to health in 4 few weeks.
by very simple remedy, after having suffer-
ed several years with a severe Lung I6ectaOu.
and that dread disease, Cousumption,-is
anxious to make known 10 his fellow sufferers
the means of cure. To all who desire it he
will send copy of the prescription used lfree
Of ciarge), with directions tor preparing and
using the same, which they will find a sure
Cure for Consumption, Asthma, BrouchHts, &c
The only object of the advertiser in sending
toe prescription is to benefit the afflicted and
he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as
it will cost them nothing, and may prove !
blessing. Parties wishing the prescription
will please address
REV. EDWARD 4. WILSON,
l0-3mo. Williamsburg, Long Isla
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THE HOUSE COMMITTEES, as now ap-
pointed, set forth Col. Orrs sectional un-
fairness in very striking light. He has
given the craftsmanship of fourteen i'm
portant committees to southern members,
and but four to the North; and on every
committee which has any decided indu-
ence on legislation, he has placed FIVE
southern to four northern members -
Though the free states have more than
three-fifths of the House, he has appoint
ed southern men to fill all the vacancies
caused by death or retirement.--N. I.
Zee. Post
This is an additional evidence of the
truth of Senator Stewards assertion, that
freedom and slavery will be perpetuaIly
at war until one or the other shall be
everywIcre in the ascendent.
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Gods Law Against the slave
Trade.

Some Of our contemporaries hitherto
conspicuous in the support Of slavery, are
magnlfying their piouS zeal against the
foreign >lave-trade. No vocabulary, not
oven DIR. Worcoster's forthcoming diction,
ary with 10000 additional wcrds-can
furnish them with sufficient terms Of OBJ
jurgation against the traffic in 4 Airican
negroes. At the same time, 10 sell a
uative-born Nirginian to be carried away
from his wife and children to the cotton,
rice, or sugar plantations of the far South,
is in their view no crime, but a necessity
Of that system which is identified with
the Union, which Southern digines de-
tend from the Bible, and Northern apos.
tates "accept as 1t is and whose known
evils and vices the Tract Management
have refused to condemn. This dIstinc-
tiOn is laid down as law in the decision
of the United States Commissioner at Sa-
vannah, in the case of parties arrested for
having III their possession negroes lately
landed by the Wauderer. The question
involved was whether these parties were
gujlty of that form of the slavctrade which
the laws Of the United States declare to
be piracy. The Commissioner decided
that 1.-THE internal transportation of re
cent? y-imported Africans is not ii crime
uldcr the laws of the United States" !;
and in reply to query Of the District
Attorney, the Court reiterated that 1T
had no difficulty IN charging that the
mere internal transportation of negroes Is
not crime in the eye of the law" How
deHcatcly all this is phrased. Had the
Wanderer been captured on the high seas
with a cargo of slaves, the United States
Government must have gone through the
form of prosecuting her officers and crew
for piracy, punishable with death. But
no sooner are the poor wretchcs, stolen
from Africa, landed upon our Southern
coast. than they cease to be the victims
Of piracy, and are simply " newl y-import-
ed Africans, the "internal transportation
of whom Is no more a crime than is the
transportation Of ! newly-imported breed
of sheep or cows,
Livery man MhOhe cOhseleHce Is not
scared must detect at once the fallaGy and
the wickedness of this distinction. There
is no principle that makes the African
slave-trade "A cruelty and a crime which
does not apply with even greater force to
the domestic slave-trade of Virginia. The
slave-tradc Is dealing in human beings as
chattels, making merchandise Of men /;
and this is as great crime in Richmond
as in Congo. Gods law against this
crime is one and indivisible: He that
stealeth man, and sclleth him, or if he
be found in his hand, he shall snrely be
put to death. ~ Y. Independent.
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think our society can be supported by
more honorable means. But if those
philanthropic gentlemen of Coudersport,
with their mcrtorious heels (less in the
head and still less it the heart,) persist
in their charitable purposes, perhaps thev
can assist some other society where their
gifts will be better appreciated. | would
suggest the commencement of u Lunatlc
Asylum for Coulersport. Is.
The above is dated the 25th ult., but
we give it place at this late day. We
cannot see what harm there is in dane
ING man contributing to the fund of the
Agricultural Society in the way that best
suits him. The managers did not ex-
pect church members to contribute eth
ca their money or their presence on this
occasion-and no doubt used the term
."Acricultural BALI more as an expert
ment now, than with the hope of adding
any very considerable sum to the fund
of the Society. The amount of the prof
it to the Society we learn, was S2,15-
the amount received over and above the
expenscs-which was paid to the Treas
urer of the Society on the morning after
the ball The result was not very en-
couraging either to the Managers or the
Society, and we are inclined to think
that "B" will not soon again have occa-
sion to deprecate an "Agricultural Ball.
in Coudersport.
While on this subject, We will say
Though without any desire to provoke a
newspaper discussion Of its merits that
we are not of those who regard dancing
as an objectionable sin-and we earnest
ly believe that if vote of the Agricul-
tural Society--numbering the most re-
spectacle citizens of the county-was TAX
en- to-day, large majority would sustain
dancing, properly conducted, as an inno-
cent amusement. We do not claim, how
ever, that we cannot be mistaken in this
view.
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Registers Notice

NOTICE Is hereby given that the fon,..
~ Accounts have been passed and fr's z
the Register Office in Potter COUNTY snS r,Y1 10
the same will be presented to the o.,, ,,J aat
Court of said county, for confrmatioD .,5 P1las a
lowance, on TUESDAY, the 22nd day Of ,,'F "a a.
Coudersport, viz: V'V o.
Account of Polly Eanorman, execr,,;.
the will of Isaac Nanorman, late Of Ca. ,,'" o.
Township, deceased. >"'>''
Account of Abigail Strong and Wm p,
Metzger executors ofthe viii ofLutber S,... ~, !"
late Of Hebron Township. deceased '''Ds
Account of Wm. J. Cutler. admipist,.,,,
the estate of Joseph Lilly, late of RIM RIM "
Township. deceased o""4
Account Of Lydia NJ. Smith. admini,,,,..
of the estate of Schuyler N. Smith I,., .','
Sharon Township deceased. '-' d
A. II. BUTTERWoRTH, Rcq,,,
COudcrSport, Jan. l3, 1889.
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y CARD.

IHH0dHphId, IN.
The undersigned, the Founder and Publish
er Of VAN COURTS COUNTERFEIT DETEc
TOR, desrouS of retiring from this branch o
business, has merged that old esabli,hr,
work in the popular BANK NOTE REPORTER
of INLAY & BICKNELL. Having publishe,
Van Courts Detector since 1889, the under
signed reluctantly parts with his Old friend
and subscribers bat this reluctance is less
cned by the conviction. that in INLAY
BiCkNELL'S 5 BANK NOTE REPORTER th,
will receive a work that matches the times
j. VAN COURT
Philadelphia, Dec. %, 1858.
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Pennsylvania LegiSlature,

The State Legislature met and organ
lied on Tuesday, Jan. 4th. The follow
ing is a complete list. of the various off,
GERS of the two Houses:
SENATE.
Speaker: John Cresswell, Of Blair.
Chief Clerk: William Miller,
-4ssistant Clerk: F. W. Hutchinson,
Irdnscribing Cterks: J. S. Africa A. J. Barr
and VIM S. Picking.
Ssrgeant-at-4rms: Theophilus Snyder,
assistant Do. : VIM T. Brady,
Door Keeper Charles Nolf,
assistants d.: J. Il. Dunbar and G. H. Stoe-
vCr,
Messenger: Herman Ycrks,
ASSls!aM DO. Geo. ". Long.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Speaker VIM. c. A. Lawrence,
Clerk: Samuel J. Rhea,
Assistdnt Clerk: Judson Holcomh,
Trahscrtbing Clerks: C. w. GilGllin, Pearson
Foster, Z. II. Rouch and John Picking
Sc1Jiednf- 1rms: John Clemens,
Assistants d.: j. NJ. Harley, J. W. Fletcher,
F. Gehr and S. R. Ealcs,
Door Keeper: John G.. Morgan.
Assistants d.: j. B. Reese, S. Mcdonald,
VIM. Gardy and \. W. kimmel
Post Master: s. G. Stewart,
Messenger a. D. Davis,
Assist0nts Do: JAS. Williams, Daniel F.
Hemperley, Jno. Rheimer and Wm. Deal
The officers of the Senate are all Dem
ocrats, and those of the House all Repub-
licans. The election of State Treasurer
was to havo taken place last Tuesday
The Republicans have large majority on
joint ballot, and will elect their candidate.
A bill abolshing the Canal Board pass
ed the House by vote of 81 to ebay
ing been recommended by the Governor :
Message.