The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-07

The creditors sent out an estimahle gentleman
from this city to collect the debt if he could,
and If not, then TO arrest him rtIaud, and by
virtue of a requisition from our Governor to
bring him here for trial. Well. on reaching
Holly Springs. and the object of his errand De-
coming known, the whole community oflicers
of Justice included, turned out IN BODY 10
prevent the man being arrested, threatened
the messenger WITH summary lynchlng, and
quickly drove him out OF the place, hTst COM
peling him to promise never to return again
for any purpose whatever. The plea for this
infamous dishonesty was, that whenever
Mississippi Shareholder came to Philadelphia
for fugitive chattel, our citizens nullitied the
law and let the chattel go free. Now this plea
unfortunately for our good name, is down.
right lie. The Fugitive Slave law has never
been resisted here, our Federal Bench having
been seated with plant tools choser' at South
ern dictation on purpose to administer Its ut
most vengeance. Even last week, when Web
ster's case excited our people beyond all for
mer example. no attempt At rescue or lntlmd-
alton was hinte6 at. On She contrary. when
il seemed probable he wonld be remanded to
Virginia. a subscription paper was started to
raise money to purchase his freedom, and
considerable sum was Subscribed before the
decision was known. Yet, in the face OF this
obedience to the law among us, another case
of Southern repudiation has just come to light
One Carter, belonging to Alabama, charged
with having obtained $4,000 worth of cloth
ing from the house of NAPLES & Co. of this
city, by false pretenSe, was pursued by an Off
Ger bearing a requisiuon on the Governor OF
Alabama for the surrender of Carter. The
O Ficcr arrested him and took him to Huntsville.
here the Courthouse bell was Immediately
rung, and at this signal the mob rushed in,
and, with furious threats, took Carter away,
defying the officer to resist them. One man
alone interfered to protect the officer who was
next day driven out of huntsville. The reason
given for this outrage was because an Alaba
ma kidnapper had been caught and punished
at Pittsburgh. Is it not strange that, with
such conduct as this before them, our mer-
chants should be so unwise as to trust even
dollars worth of goods among community
SO utterly demoralized ?"
Further on in this letter, this CORES
popdent furnishes the following items OF
information:
Our Legislature rejected the Free Bank
ing law, modelled after that of New York, be-
cause the Constitution prohibits the incorpora
ton of more than one Bank in any one act of
Assembly. But Philadelphia lawyer has al
ready suggested that this difficulty could be
by passing hundred acts,
say within week, each incorporating single
Bank. Such dodge would be the more like
ly to succeed, seeing that there would be
hundred different sets of applicants to be
plucked by the lobby, for you know anything
can be put through that is paid for. An act
has passed. however, compelling the drawers
and indorsers ofpromissory notes to give their
respective residence or place of business on
the same 1t has also rejected the bill to di-
vorce Mrs. Fry from her husbands for the
bill and II against it. This vote is in perfect
harmony with the public sentiment among US,
where all the parties are so well known"