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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22
RICHMOND MONEY MARKEr-EyCuANGR.

TVfNf W.
The Banks are DESIGNATING freely, and the demand for
money on the street Is very limited; for A. No. ! paper .
~ per Ct.
Do~xg4ric-Check on New York, Philadelphia and Balls.
more, .. prem.
The old Banks throw out the notes Of the free Banks AMI
Bank. Of the Valley. The notes OF most OF the free Bank,
however. are taken on deposit by the Bank Of the Common
wealth.
The notes Of the Trans-Alleghany Bank are IS per ct. dis.
count. Bank ri Knnawha 10 per CT. discount.
North and south Carolina Bank notes = per cen,h
count.
Gold and Silver ~
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22
LYSCuBuRG MARKETS. ,yr,. 20

ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET. Afhlt 20 49,.
Beef Cattle .ja6; Hog. sag: Mutton 4ai.cl. LAr'o' -
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22

The WILLIAMSBURG INSANE AsYLrM.-Ex-
, nsiye improvements and additions arc about to be
made To the Asylum, in Williamsburg. Va. Tho
work will be Immediately pu, in hands. The Archi-
tee. 20 supcrin.rnd these additions, is VIM. Pcrcivn!,
Esq. Of Richmond aud Of Raleigh, Nc.
Mr.. I'ercival. u, an architect. ranks first III hi, pro-
fc>,iom. in this country. and Is moreover an engineer
Of uncommon kill. Ills public works in this and
the nri-hbulins States, slow that all he undertakes
i, achieved with ability. confidence and taste.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22

ADMITTED TO TIE BAm-puring the past
week. 4. NJ. Kelley. ESD. Of Petersburg, passed 3
highly crcIi,ablc examination before three judges III
Richmond, AMI duly received his credentials 10
practice in the courts OF law Of this commonwealth.
Mr.. Kelley is II gentleman ot high talents and re-
fncment. Durin. hiscarccr A. editor of the South
Side Democrat III, political articles in ,ha, paper
nov ..Thc Press were mos, ably written, and
drew marked attention in various sections OF the
country. We have no doubt tina. he will also &c
cininritly successful III the legal profession. NJ he Is
u youn: gentleman dc,crvedly popular III fe'er'-
burg, where h. resides.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22
POLITICAL DISCUSSION IN RICHMOND

Partial returns only
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22
DANvILLE MARKET, April 70.
r,pNyuIr N,pvrr ANN,

ToBAcco.-Lur bring from o. TO :. Common isAf 90
;. Good Leaf s. to9. Fine $40 to 81.
WHF.r-whitr 81 IL 10 | 81. Red 81 10 10 ! IL.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22

DRowxED--MiSs Emeline Hines, daughter
Of VIM. Hines. oil M"l.roe county, was drowned, near
her fathers residence. on the 10th inst, while at
tempting to cross Wolf Creek on Il los walk.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22

RrNARxARLE DISCoyHRY.-One of our con
,empo.nric>, cxpa,iating Oh his esteem Tor woi:cn.
saws
;.Onr mother i, n w~oman-wi;t. sisters and pretty
cousins ar. women. and the daughters will be- II
Heaven spare them, they live long enough"
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22

WmEAr-The Lynchburg Republican says:
The growing wheat crop. in most o; the upper
country, i said 10 be looking well. and promise, al
a'undan, yield at harvest.
FrRr.-The alarm of fire last night was
caused by the burning o; u snail store on 9Th, near
Broad street. Damage 800.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22

Cgops N MONROE CorSrY.-The Union
Democrat says: The wheat fields i'll this county
lonk fine, and promise an abundant harvest.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22

TIE ItVNSTAN WAX ANUKANN'- IT'S ~P''''
id historical exhibition will shortly appear III Kci-
monl. AMI will afford our citizen, much Instructive
entertainment. We have seen il and recommend i II
80 the iullr,, cxt"i:i. The Washington states >ay' OF
;hi- exhibition:
~! who witness these colossal illustration, >lcaG;
in the highest praise y. ,i.rin. There are many novel
and beautiful ,Ii"ranic effects Introduced IN the en-
:.r;ainmcu,. which We have ic"rr before seen at
TEMPTED: the limitations Of storms. battles. and burn.
iny cities. and the moonlight views, are superb, and
clic.; general AMI prolonged az: .aH-e. lake 1t all III
ali. Ills i, the most pleasing and extraordinary cXhi-
li;ion W. have ever had in Washington, and should
l.r seen l.. every one
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22

ES1ERrAISNrNr-.-Directly Lent is past. and
i; cal> TIL, week. there will be- - lively time for the
lover, o! arlr,>c.ncu, in Richmond. y glance over
the advertisements will snow that there are Ran!
entertainments on the toPi'.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22

HAL..-Thi> morning a. lci o'clock the 'al" %; the
trc collection q, paintings Oh exhibition q; C"rin-
,!Ga. Hall will take place. These paintings are III
our opinion tar superior - The generality oil pictures
b%r,i..,t mere for ~,a!c-b"tI for the varied a:Id pleas
IN. rider Of subject, and careful artistic execution,
ami wr commend them 20 our cit!zc,!> 81, Valuable
worn, Of urr. well calculated, hot only 10 form 'ic>i-
rahl, ornament, FOR dwellings, but 10 cultivate thc
growing taste for the line art among IL. The cNi.-
b::ior. room will he open 10 visitors unit! The ;i'nc al
AL. Seats will be provided Tor ladies': and every OF
~;orruity Afforded Tor the full examination oi ie
r.c:Mrr>.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-22

increasing it S20j, 000-to which Mrs. Lang
don his daushterl and others devised land, &C.,
taken for a site, valued at S25,95l making 4
total valuation Of endowment equal to S+2o,?1l.
This value has since been augmented by the sur
plus income, donations of books, and increase Of
propcrtv, to a total near about $500, QUO. Mr..
VIM. b. .Astor, probably, designs to make his
endowment, finally, equal to that OF his father.
In this event, the city Of New York will. ere
long, contain 4 grand library which, with
the buildings and books, will be worth from
$500. 900 to 81, 000. 1000. The Board of TruS-
tees arc good and reliable men-cmbracing cx-
officers, the Mayor of the city. Washington
Irving President Of the Board; S. b. Ruggles,
Secretary; Daniel Lord, Treasurer; James &.
King. (since deceascd;l Jos. &. Cogswcll, Ii
brarian. Samuel A. Ward, Charles \. Brestcad.
(vho married j. J.. .Astor's grand daughter,
John A. Dix and Thomas House Taylor. The
funds have been we'll and jud;ciously managed.
Mcssrs. Irving and Ruggles in their late re-
mort made TO the Legislature on behalf of the
trustees. state that, during the year 1888,
more than 10. 600 volumes have been added to
the library with the funds furnished by Mr..
Vim. B. Astor. and its value enhanced, much
more than is indicated by that number, as a
large portion of the additions were works Of
the first importance. The series of Congress
sional and of the New York State documents
have been nearly completed, and those of sew
eral of the other individual States, wholly or
partially collected; the law reports of twenty
one of the United States have been added, and
the department of foreign law greatly enrich,
cd; the most important works in medicine and
theology have been supplied; the various de-
partncnts Of natural, mathematical, chemical,
metaphysical and moral science have been
brought down to the present time, and no in
considerable additions have been made to the
histories of various nations and to the litera-
ture Of various languages. A due proportion
of the annual expenditures has been applied
to works on the fine arts, and especial care has
been taken to collect the most important pub.
LEGATIONS in all the branches Of the industrial
arts, particularly those which are needed in
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
Surveyor Editors as
Office Seekers.

Col. w. W. Brown, of the Centre
Dcmocrat, having been named as q can
didate for the Office Of Surveyor General,
in his last issue thus gracefully declines,
and pays handsome and deserved com,
pliment to one of our fellow-citizens. We
gratefully accept and endorse the compli-
ment bestowed upon our county by Col.
Browns suggestion, and only regret that
at present we are unable TO announce
whether Mr.. Mann Will allow his name
to go before the State Convention as 4
candidate for that Office We sincerely
hope he will do so, as there is no better
qualified man in the State, nor one who
would better honor the confidence of the
people. Mr., NJ. has always been faith
ful worker for our cause, and never an
office holder or seeker:
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
The Slave Power against Cheap
Postage.

We have shown how the slave holders
and their allies opposed the Homestead
Bill, tn Agricultural College Bill, and
the Bill to give the hardy pioneer ten years
to pay for his log cabin aud clearing sur
rounding it. 1t is our duty to add to
this, that the shareholders OF the Senate
undertook to impose on the kitchen-grls
and mechanics of the North, an additional
ttoo cents for every letter they should send
through the mails, and rather than not
accomplish this purpose, they defeated the
necessary appropriation for carrying the
mails after the first of July next.
The history of this movement, is thus
clearly told by the Washington correspon-
dent of the ~ T. Independent:
"The House passed Post Office Ap-
preparation bill in the usua! fUm, and
sent it to the Sena-e. That body pursued
theusuel course, and loaded it with amend
ments of all sorts-prominent among them
was the abolition Of the franking privilege,
and also the increase Of postage upon let
ters from three to five cents, with cores
ponding increase upon double and treble
letters, and upon newspapers and maga-
zines. The latter did not live minute
in the House, when voted upon in another
bill. The former escaped by major vote
of two or three only-the Opposition vot-
ing against it with few exceptions. And
yet there is no greater nuisance or tax
upon the people of this country than the
franking privilege and abuse. 1t will yet
have to fall before the clamors of the peo-
pie, and something approx:nlatlng to the
English system be introduced into this
country. Let us hope that the reform
will be speedily completed.
Mr. Grow Of Penn. made a point of
constitutional privilege upon the first no.
ticed amendment for increasing the rates
of postage-viz that it was a revenue
bill, and that such mast originate in the
House of Representatives by express pro-
vision of the constitution. Tue point was
made by resolution, as such could not be
left to the Speaker, but must be decided
by the House, That body passed the res
olution triumphantly, the Southern De
mocracy voting agsinst it, When it was
read in the Senate, that body, which has
been for years arrogating power to itself,
went into Mysteries, and sent back saucy
resolution in reply, the House laying it
upon the table overwhelmingly.
"The Administration were in trouble
"Old Buck eSpostulated and entreated.
The Senate cooled down and appointed
a committee of conference. When the
notification reached the House officially,
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
Prescott thG AEiStOrEan-EEis
Politics.

The following "reminiscences (says the
y. /. Ere. IosD have becu communicat-
ed to us by friend and correspondent of
the distinguished historian whose men,
DRY is SO generally honOred:
Mr. Prescott was firm Republican,
faithful among the faithless He voted
for Fremont, and did as much as his quiet,
unobtrusige nature would permit, TO In
cuce his FREUD to do the same. He did
not fail to express his regret that his Old
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

that body refused 10 allow the sa
touched or submitted to anv coas ~'s %
committee whatever, for it was D,''ga.
breach of their privileges, but coo.. c.e'
and did appoint a committee of cons
upon the latter of the Senate Tp'efenc ~
mittee met, disagreed, and fnaIIv ao, ~s coa
ed, as dernter resort, to report 'pS,a'
bill entirely, namely, the identic,I n.F
ions which first passed the Hon5p p,''S1
were sent to the Senate. When tbo II 'pii
committee reported, their report = ~, l'Ou''
cepted, and the bill was put tbro"S way ',- I
it's stages IN five minutes bv nno~ a:
consent, and was sent up. When !.
peared in the Senate, the docs of 9 p
broke loose, and She strife Comm. va
The Southern Hotsptrs, led By To,,F suyyl
could not be held in check. The gp.'' D. :
dent was as powerless in inRaoroa W.
child, and learned then and tb.,. % \,
strength Of his masters. They rcnl,I;., ,~' :
the report of their committee, and . oi@|s
ed to the second reading of the bin vJ..l I,.,'
killed it Of course and thus the !" ,',| u y
Office department is without a dolI., ~, !,
appropriation for the coming fiscal w. ra. "
The Senate terminated its official existent, a.
angry, growing, and exceedingly nn5,, 4.
py in disposition and feeling"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
Shall We or Bonner Select our
Reading Matter?

The Portland Transcript, very good
paper, by the way, has sensible article
on the miserable practice Of publishing,
for pay, the first chapter Of a story, and
then referring the interested reader to
some New York paper for the remainder
The Transcript says;
owe have refused to publish in our
paner the commencement of such Tales as
cntrap the reader into the pcrusal of a
story, Tor the conclusion Of which he must
look and pay for, in some other journal,
although we have been offered large pay
for so doing. Such stories do not bear
the marks Of an advertisement, but are
inserted among the reading matter, and
the reader is lett to infer that they are a
part of the literary matter OF the paper,
furnished by the editor for his delectatlon.
Seeing the commencement OF a story, IN
the usual place, he has right TO expect
the whole OF it there. The thing is es-
sentially trick played upon the reader,
and is paid for accordingly. So we'll Is
this understood by those who publish these
stories that some editors have felt obliged
to warn their readers not to be deceived
by them, and apologize for their insertion
GU the ground that they are well paid for
it. The editor Of the Bath Times says he
has refused to publish any more commence,
0,epfS of stories in his Weekly. Most Of
those who have published the stories,
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

ny" \ WISE MOVEMENT "A res0Iu-
ton has been introduced into the Legis-
lature proposing to so amend the State
Constitution as to provide for Biennial
Sessions Of the Legislature-that is, one
session every two years. We hope it will
be adopted, and successfully go through
Ill tie processes needful to its Inoorpora-
ton into the Constitution. There is no
longer occasion for an annual session. The
enforcement Of the State from her Public
Works has simplifed legislation amazing
ly, and it is a useless expense, aud some
what of folly for our Legislature to meet
every year. Hence we desire the adop-
ton Of this amendment, as it will tend to
do away with some of the petty legislation
which annually comes before our law max
erS, and lumbcrs up the Statute book to
no useful purpose. Il would have a ten
dcncY, too, We think, to do away with
that foul system Of Loriag which has
grown up around Harrisburg, and which
makes the people dread to think Of 4 ses-
sion Of the Legislature, connected as it is
with corrupt practices, such Us make
them blush for the Republic. In short,
Biennial Sessions will be economical, iu-
dclvus and wise Let US have them,
Me>sieurs. Legislators, and you will do a
good thing.-Eric Gu.ctc.
We dissent entirely from this view of
the subiect. biennial Sessions of the
State Legislature have tendency to in
crease the Importance of the Nationat
Legislature, which is already far too great
for the good Of the people. 1t is time for
those who desire to restore the Govern
mcnt of this Nation to its original sim
plicity and honesty, to increase by all le-
gitimatcmcans the influence aud power of
the State Governments. Todispense with
annual sessions of the Legislature is to
decrease the Importance Of the State Gov
ernment, which is too little already.
The system of "boring,' which has
grown into an Institution at Harrisburg,
Is indeed a nuisance, but we are at a loss
to sec how it is to be abated by biennial
sessions. We think it will be abated just
as soon as the press and the people of the
State hold it up to the scorn and con
tempt that it deserves, and not before
Demand and rrquirc the Legislature to
stop all special Legislation, pass none but
general laws, and "boring" will come to a
speedy death We trust the members
from this district will oppose the propos
ed change in the Constitution.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17
The New Postmaster General.

Joseph Holt, Esq, of Kentucky, has
been transferred by the President from
the Office of Commissioner of Patents to
the higher and more lucrative one of Post
master General, made vacant by the death
of Hon. Aaron V. Brown. The nomina-
tion was made yesterday, and was imme-
diately confirmed by the Senate. Mr..
Holt was a practising lawyer, first in MIS-
sissippi and afterwards in Louisville, KY,
whence be Eas called by the President to
the office of Commissioner of Patents
lie has been an active Democrat, though
not a very noisy politician. He has prov
ed good administrative officer, aud is
thought to be very well qualified for his
new office.
- all our readers may not have the
list qf the Presidents cabinet officers
fresh III their memories, we publish ii
complete in its present shape:
Secretary ofStatc-t.ewis Cass, Of Michigan
Secretary of the Treasury-Howell Cobb, Of
Georgia.
Secretary of War-John B. Floyd, Of Yir-
tinia
Secretary of the Navy-Isaac Toucey, ot
Connecticut.
Secretary of the Interior-Jacob Thompson
of Miss.
Postmaster GencraI-Joseph Holt, Of ken
{ Icky.
Attorney General-Jcrcmah s. Black, o
Pennsylvania.
The slave States continue to have the
preponderance in the cabinet, besides hav
ing the Vice President, and, for that
matter, the President too; for though
born in Pennsylvania, he has long ago re-
nouReed his allegiance and joined the
South.-PhH. Bulletin, 1871.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17


have done so without a word of warning
to the reader. If any editor considers
this fair way OF treating newspaper sub
scribers we cannot agree with him"
We most heartily endorse the position
of the Transcript. we prefer to select
our own reading matter, having room for
but little of the vast amount we fnd in
our exchanges which We hnow would in
terest our readers. Our opinion is, that
an editor who publishes the Eedger,
Mercury, or other combinations as select
ed matter, for pay, is as guilty of swind
ling, and could be as easily convicted there
of, as a "thimble-rigger' or" r"policy-
No class of advertising should be entitled
to the unqualified endorsement of the ed
itor of a public newspapcr-nor should an
editor admit advertising matter in his col
umns utiiess it does meet his entire en-
dorsemeHt and is complete in his journal,
without it comes rnder some head or has
some mark by which his rgsaeFs may dis
tinguish it from his own seleCtiotfs. We
do not believe that a weekly aeocs-paper
should be sacrificed entirely to the graft
tication of advertisers, particularly to a
celebrated monopoliSt-though country
journals generally are but poorly home
sustained at best nevertheless, we think
that a publisher is entitled to devote the
largest share of his columns to that part
of his business, from which he does realize
his greatest profits. But when his ad-
vertisements are likely to infringe on the
rights of his subscribers, then he should
print a supplement, and thus do himself
and readers equal justice.
Advertising monopoly, or cheating, will
do very we'll in city dailies or enormous
city wcoklies, where the reader virtually
expects to be cheated but in small coan-
try weeklios it is simply ridiculous. 1t
may be called liberal ~dvertising' when
coufned to the city ways and means, but
it is most illiberal when it literally cheats
the patrons Of a small country journal like
ours and we trust that all country pub
fishers will hereafter spurn the small bribe
of two cents a-Iine with which Bonner and
bis prototypes are ia the habit of purchas-
ing the rights of newspaper patrons.
For our part, we would have Advertis-
ing Agents in future understand that we
will not publish the initial chapters or any
portion of stories or other matter, as sclect-
e9 or orjgjnai, which is to be completed
in the columns of another journal. We
desire no other than legitimate advertising
from our agents and we trust they will
hereafter save themselves the expense aud .
trouble of forwarding Lecgcr or -HercaJy
q continuation" TO US.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

B:Y- At messing of the Teachers As
soeiation of Whesling, the following reso-
luton was broughG up, discussed and de-
ferred for further consideration
Resolred That female teachers, possessing
equal qualifications an@ performing the same
amount of labor, should receive equal COM
peusation with males.
The man (.) that would ut vote for that
has no right to have anything to do with
teaching or other intellectual occupation.
The women ought to take the matter OF
wages in their own hands. Why, opt OF
7000 teachers in Massachusetts,, 5000 are
women. The proportion is nearly the
samo here. They are better teachers for
children than any man can be. They
ought to haye pay for their labor.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

AN OLD MAN.-Timothy Sweeny G''
in Fairvlew township, Butler County "a, =.
on the 9th ult., at the patrlarchaI Az y.
one hundred and twenty-five year., = :,
Sweeny was born in the year log ,.,r -
Carahan, parish of Ardfert, county Nv Wv i
Ireland, and emigrated to this country "A 4
1897, being then one hundred year .,orr IVA
The subject of this notice was never n, nn'r NJ
to have had an hours sickness, even u u
to the very day of his death, but ut, va h,r y
ways remarkably stout and hoaNny' ;, II n,
inc the full use of all his faculties u -
last.-Er.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-17

friend and neighbor, Mr.. William Apple
ton, should have accepted the nomination
for Congress ofthe slavery-exteGsi9n wings
and democrats E; and he assured his friends
that howeyer great his personal attach
ment for Mr.. Appleton he could not, un-
der the circumstances, vote for him.
"To Mr.. Prescott's honor be it said, he
was always, under all circumstances, a
true and sympathizing friend of Charles
Sumner, never yielding to the narrow and
vindictive prejudices which at one time
prevailed in Boston against every man
who, in politics, espoused the anti-slavery
side When in the autumn Of 1886, on
the return of the disabled senator to Bos-
ton, he was received by the citizens and
escorted to the State House to be publicly
welcomed by the Governor in the name
of Massachusetts,, Prescott was one OF the
first to call upon and to greet him; and,
in writing at the time to friend, he ex-
pressed his regret that he had himself re-
turned TO town only few hours before
the senator, as he should otherwise have
placed IN front Of his house on Beaver
street, before which the cayalcade was to
pass, this device:
':'24th May, 1856.