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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27
State Rights and Federal
Power.

No Governor of this State, for many
years has rendered the people greater
service, than has the present incumbent,
His opposition to the Kansas policy Of the
President has had a most salutarY inau-
ence. And now, he makes another move
in the riaht direction. The following ex-
tract from his late message in favor of
State rights will, we hope, stir up the
people to the necessity of curtailing the
immense and dangerous power Of the Fed
eral Government, Says Governor Packer :
Under the various amendments to the
constitution Of Pennsylvania, the inAu-
euce eff the Executive has been greatly re-
duced by the transfer Of patronage from
the Governor to the people. This is III
d cordance with the principles of self-gov-
ernment, but it must be acknowledged
that in relieving the Executive from many
serious responsibilities, it has diminished
his ability to maintain the rights of the
State against Federal and other encroach-
ments, aud has thrown greater share Of
responsibility upon the people. The ex-
te"sive patronage of the federal govern
ment, and the large salaries paid to It's
officers, in comparison with those of the
State, present constant inducements to
our citizens to overlook the State in the
pursuit of more lucrative empoyments
under the United States. 1t Is, there
fore, the more necessary that the people
should guard the sovereignty Of the State
with increasing watohfulness. The Con
stituton Of the United States contains
the great fundamental principle which
should govern its construction on every
question respecting the extent of the fed
eral power. The power not delegated
10 the United States by the constitution,
nor prohibited by it 10 the States, are re-
served to the States re pectively, Or to the
people" 1t is on this broad platform thai
every claim Of federal power not granted
by the constitution, should be sternly re-
sisted. The tendency to Capitalization Is
so great. and the overshadowing influences
Of power and patronage SO seductive, that
liberty cannot long be preserved without
the exercise of sleep!eSS vigilance in en-
forcing strict construction of the federal
compact, The doctrine Of State rights is
the doctrine Of true liberty"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27
temperance in the legislature,

In the proceedings Of the House of
Representatives of this State on the 18th
inst, under the head of +" Petitions pre-
sented' we find the following;
Mr. MANN, one from citizens of Pot
ter county, asking for repeal of the act
of A pril 20th, 1858, entitled An act
regulating the sale ofintoxicating liquors. !"
The good work thus commenced, we
hope to see Thoroughly prosecuted until
success is achieved. Let every friend of
Temperance-eycry friend of good order
and prosperity, in this county, take hold
of this work in earnest, and we will at
least repeal the law SO far as little Potter
is concerned.
Reader, if no petition has been circu-
lated in your neighborhood will you not
undertake to do it without delay?
VIII not the Press of other counties,
call the attention of their readers to this
most vital question The following will
answer for a form of petition. Let every
opponent of vice and crime put his name
to this or a similar one. Keep the bail
rolling now that it has commenced:
To the Hoaora5,e. the Senate and House Of Rep
ressntatices Of tie Commonwealth Of Penasyt-
yuHig:
THE PETITION of the undersigned cili-
zens of f-- County in said State, res
pectfulIy represents-That the Act OF
Assembly approved April 10th, a. d.
1888, regulating the sale Of Intoxicating
Liquors, was passed at the request Of those
engaged in the sale of said liquors, and Is
not such law as the great mass OF the
people desire; that its tendency is TO de-
bauch public sentiment, and increase pau
perism and crime-Yheretore, your petit
tioners wouid respectfully ask for the RE
PEAL of said law.
They also ask for the passage of Law
to prohibit the PEDDLING of alcoholic
malt, or brewed liquors within this State
And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.
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TonlDprancP EfenlS.

We clip the following from the Har--
risburg Telegraph:
Sons OF TEMPERANCE.-The re-or,
canization of this Order, with new rit-
ual. is going on in many towns through
out the country. The Division in this
place is almost, if not entirely, defunct-
a large number Of the members having
long since "fallen from grace 1t is
very doubtful whether an attempt will be
made to revive the order here.
The thoughtful reader will naturally
enquire why, with population of ten
thousand or more, and the capitol of the
State, at is,,vory doubtful whether an at
tempt will be made to revive the order
of the Sons of Temperance in Harrisburg
Is it because the members Of the Legis-
lature and heads Of Departments exert
such bad influence or Harrisburg soci-
etv, or is it because the Press Of the
place is too much engaged in looking af-
ter public "pap" to give It's attention to
the blghting curse of iutemperance
We clip the following item, which has
a very different tone to it, from that rell-
able advocate of nearly every good cause,
the Erie Gazete
Through the efforts of Rev. D. c.
WRIGHT, pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, series of meetings have
been instituted, with view to mitigating,
if not totally suppressing, the evils of In
temperance in our City. Meetings Of this
character were held in the Methodist
Episcopal Church on Friday and Mon
day evenings, and addresses delivered by
various gentlemen.
We bid the Rev. D. c. Wright, God
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27

THIRTY MILLIONS FOR CUBA.-At
time when the national finances are in an
extremely disordored condition, when the
revenues are scarcely more than half as
great as the expenditures of the Govern
ment, and when necessity exists for
great prudence and skill to meet the en-
gagements and preserve untarnished the
credit of the Republic, the proposition
introduced into the Senate on Monday by
Mr.. Slidell. to place at Mr. Buchanans 5
disposal thirty millions Of dollars. in hard
cash, for the purchase Of Cuba, will nat
urallv excite great surprise. Thirty mill
ions is round sun. in these hard times,
and the nation is in a worse financial po-
sition now than she has been for years
Besides, under the provisions Of the
bill, the money is TO be entrusted entire
ly to the control of the President; and it
is not at ali likely. after the events of the
past year, that Congress will be disposed
TO place such extraordinary powers in the
hands of Mr. Buchanan, whose Admins,
traiion has been BY no means calculated
to inspire the confidence which is the
first requisite for the success Of Mr.. Sli-
dell's proposition Press
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27

GREELEY contemplates leaving the Tr1b-
me aud connecting himself with another
journal. As some of our friends, aud es-
pecially that most amiable Of publications,
The Aibapy atlas and Argus, manifest
some anxiety on the sui bject, we will re-
lieye them by saying that the whole sto
ry, with all its coneomlt~nts and eorrOlla-
lies, is not only untrue, but absurd, and
totally without foundation We may add,
that Mr. Greeley. who is now absent in
the West, viii probably retain his pres
ent controlling position in the Tribune
as long as he continues to take any part
in human aifairs--N T. II ibuRe, l5h.
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GOuRT PROCLAMATION.

VNTHEREAS the Hon. Robert 6. wa
w President Judge, and the Hons jose
Mann and G. G Colvin. Associate Jn1-"
the Courts Of oyer 4 Termincr ana Vsa-
Jail Delivery. Quarter Sessions OF the ig.
Orphans Court and Court of Common ~ ~
for the County Of Potter, have issued u"
p-ecept, bearing date the seventeenth "".
January, in the year Of oar Lord one J"'-.'
eight hundred and tifty-cight, and 10 ls
rectcd. for holding a Court of Oyeranl It.. :.
iner and General Jail Delivery. QuaT',,' ~. y.
sions Of the Peace, Orphans Court ana c.- "a, a,
Of Common Pleas in the Borough oi 80. o..
sport, on MONDAY. the 2lst day oi t'''
ary next, ana 10 continue one week r.,
Notice is therefore hereby given 70 '1'
oners. Justices of the Peace aud Oo0s.sl
within the county, that they be then an- v ,I
in their proprr persons, at 10 O'Clock a, "
said dav, with their rolls, records "t
tions. examinations, and other rcmcn,'1-
to do those things which to their o'Do,, -,
pertain to be done. And those wno "''
by their reeocnizanccs TO prosecute q
the prisoners that are or shall be III NV
said county of Potter, are to he ioe" ~.
to prosecute against them as Wal 0' J-', 4
Dated at CoUDRsPoRT. February -"
and the SD year Of the Independents
United States OF America. c,.,ifl
A. c. TAGGART, 9Hs.--
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A meeting will be held at the Court
House, on TUESDAY EVENING OF
NEXT COURT, being Feb 22d for the
purpose of organizing for the present year
and of transacting such business as the
good of the cause may seem to require,
1t is desired that all Republicans who
can attend, will be present. as it is pro-
posed to make an important cha"ge in
the representation in the next County
Convention. A. c. TAGGART,
Chairman Of Republican County Committee
Coudersport, Jan. 10th, 1859.
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speed in his noble efforts, and trust the
pastor of the Methodist Church of this
village will initiate the example of his
Erie co-laborer.
We trust the "Temperance Revival
now going on in this State will be unlyer-
sal aud grand in its good results; and
trust the friends Of the cause will 20 forth
10 the ~ good fight" in all their strength.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27
The Germans in Missouri.
From The Missouri Post, a German paper I
Kansas City, No.

From The Missouri Post, a German paper q
Kansas City, No.
All those who believe in the truth of
human rights, who consider the Union as
the battlefield on which the last struggle
between Freedom and Slavery is to be
fought, place their hopes on the united
working of the Germans in Missouri
Will these realize such good expectations
VIII the Germans in this State, at the
decisive moment. not only with their votes,
but if necessary with their goods and
blood, stand up for the cause of freedom
and human right? We hope 1t. = =
We would now especially call
attention to the necessity of organizing
the Germans in this State for this great
purpose. In ST. Louis, St. Joseph, Kan
sas City, and Hermann, the German pop
uation is already great enough, to found,
in connection with the liberal portion OF
the Americans, a permanent Tree-State
organization aud even in Boonville, Lex
ington, Weston and other cities on the
Missouri, there are intelligent Germans
enough to open, in union with Ameri-
cans, debating clubs, where the question
of Emancipation could come openly into
discussion. The Germans in this State
have one advantage over the Americans
who have emigrated here from the New
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27

by T.. Is. Cole' 'heHce North five deg. Eas, .I t-
perches 70 post 1Aence South eight,-fr-
deg. East 10y foNtsh street Is perches to
post, ! pelhg inc SoFta-east corner of Soma,
No -, thehce North eigAty-hTe deg. w..
Said lot lSru'erly owned py said Cole, 6per,s
eS 10 tne pace o' beginning, with one fran.
house, one frame D1FA. other out houses ,,I
some lFoiI lreeS hereou.-ALSO-Ano,b
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27
lATeR. .SURRENOfR Of MONTGOMERY,
s=F- The press of the country seems Il

rJ- The press of the country seems to
be considerably occupied with certain ru-
mors respecting the conductors and pro-
prietors Of the Tribune. and with various
gpeculations connected Herewith TO be
more precise, We will say that the princi-
pal point in these rumors is that Mr.. II.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27

BSg~ Will some of the admirers Of speak
er Lawrence explain how it is, that the
Hon. L. P. WilIiston of Tloga County.
one Of the ahlest members Of the House,
and now in his thIrd session, is not Chair
man of a single Committee, and is not even
a member of any of the important Com
mittees? 1t may be all right, but up
here in the woods, it looks just as if the
speaker was not quite what his friends
claim for him.
Our friend ROGERS, of the McKea
Citizen, speaks Of this motter as follows
"The Standing Committees, of the
House were announced on Monday last.
la the formation Of the Committees, in
justice was done to many of the Republi-
can members. particularly those that op-
posed the election Of Mr.. Lawrence for
Speaker 1t will be seen that Col. VIII
cox of NJ kean has been placed upon three
important CQmmittees-the Ways and
Meags, Railroads and Mines and Minerals,
= which shows conclusiYely that he occu-
pies no mean position in the House"
Our members we believe voted for Mr..
Chase, of Susquehanna, and hence we
find neither of them chairman of com
mittee, one of them on two unlmportant
committees, and the other on one that
scarcely ever has meeting for business.
Mr.. Lawrence is no doubt a talented young
man, but entirely too young to be fair in
the formation oflegislative committees.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27

BS1~ Any person getting up club of
ten advance subscribers (no others desir-
ed, for the Journal, at tie publishers
terms, viii receive one copy of the JOUR-
NAL or one copy Of life Illustrated one
year gratis. To young men desiring to
labor for the cause of social and political
freedom this proposition will justly COM
mend itself. We ought to have double
the subscription list We have, in justice
to ourselves and the principles we adyo-
cate. 1t is humiIlatins to confess, but it
is nevertheless true that the JOURNAL
finds its way to the homes Of but ONE
THIRD of the Republicans of Potter We
hope "a word to the wise" will this time
be sufficient and that we will have our
purse Of not our faith) renewed in
strength and fatness without again re-
ferring to this subject. People of Pot
ter, shall our nope prove fallacious?
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27
n- Col. Eli Slifer, of Union county,

g@- Col Ell Slifer, of Union county,
was elected State Treasurer by the Legis-
Iature a-wcekrago Tuesday, by vote of
50 to 43 for Henry S. Magraw, the pres
ent incumbent. The Col. held the same
trust, with much credit to the State aud
himself three years since, and will hoGor
it again.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27
Latest From Kansas.

ST.. Louis, Jan. l9. Tie Kansas city
Journal Of Comnaerce Of the 18th inst,
saws that Judge Williams, of Fort Scott,
had Just arrived en- route to confer with
Governor Medary concerning the troubles
in Southern Kansas. Judge Williams
represents the Fort Scott neighborhood
10 be under a reign of terror. business
was almost entirely suspended. The wo-
men and children were b.ing removed to
places of safety. The citizens were under
arms and on guard day and night.
LATER SURRENDER OF MONTGOMERY,
LEAvEEwoarH, K T., Thursday, Jan %,
ls59-Capt. Montgomery has voluntarily
given himself up to the authorities to await a
trial upon the charges Of completely in the re-
cent troubles on the southern border. Capt
Brown is said to have left the Territory. No
further difficulties are apprehcnded. The ex-
ci,emeut here has all diei away.
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PRICE CURRENT.

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Gbe 3lutter guurnaL,
COUDERSPORT, PA,

thursday lJofqiog, 7aN. z. 1859.
I. S. CHASE. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
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By There is very general complaint,
at present, in regard to losses of money
sent in the mails from all quarters. Three
weeks since we sent s. to Messrs. Harper
4 Bros. for their Magazine, which they
aver, in letter dated 22d inst, that they
have not received, and add: The number
Of failures By mail has been creator this
winterthan ever before in oUrexporience. !"
We are inclined to think that the detec-
tive agent of the department will do well
to inquire into the integrity of the Gov
ernment employees along the line Of the
\. Y. 4 i. Il. Il.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27

aa~ In the Legislative proceedings of
the 18th inst. we find the following bill
read IN place, in reference to clfecting the
repeal of some Of Col. Kilbourn's ''omni-
bus legislation" in 1852:
Mr.. MANN, one repeating the 10th
section of the act approved the 26th day
Of April 1852, entitled an act authorizing
the laying out a state road in Montgomery
and Bucks counties, and relative to fish
ing in certain streams in Potter county,
and for other purposes.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-05-11

"TURNED UP."-The Swamp Land
Road Commissioners, Allegan and Grand
Traverse Road, Messrs. ANDREWS, Ed
MuNDs and "DoN" HENDERSON, assisted
by Messrs. PERRY and Mix, left Allegan
on the LIST inst, and turned up in our
streets this morning. OF their work and
progress the OHa,ca Register Of yester-
day observes:
"Thcy leave Allegan by the Bee line
route cross the Higgins bridge, and the
mill dam at Ammerman's mill, and make
the crossing of the Rabbit River at the
old bridge.
They straighten angles so as to reduce
the distance from the village limits of AL
Logan to our village limits 10 % miles.
Notes arc taken as the survey progress
es, for tho construction of the road bed,
and the placing and planning of all the
bridges and culverts. Mr.. Perry has had
much experience in the construction Of
works Of this character, Mr.. Mix is well
known as an able surveyor, and Mr.. Ed
munds and Mr.. Andrews are practical
men of much experience in pioneering.
Our typographical ncighbor, Hcndcr-
son, takes to the work very well, aud will
come out quite woodsman by the time
the survey is completed.
The road is designed TO be substantial
~ and thoroughly built, with road bed
33 feet wide, grubbed clean, with sub
stantial side bitches, and the outer two
rods chopped aud cleared. The work is
to be continuously, commencing at the
southern end.
We may expect the letting Of contracts
as far as there are moneys available, as
soon as practicable after the Commission
ers arc furnished with the State Treasu-
rer's estimate in July.
We had, with many others, seriously
questioned the propriety of the appoint
ment of Commissioners residing so Ear
away from the proposed line Of the road,
but if all the roads are as fortunate as
ours in the Commissioners selected, the
people along the lines can not but be
pleased"
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-05-11

D Local NEws.-We have five feet Of
water on the bar, and shipping are com
ing inside and loading. Yesterday the
Almira loaded inside and cleared with
her fourth cargo. The schr. Union also
came in; the Three Sisters cleared also
yesterday with her fourth cargo.
We have had IL arrivals and depar-
lures at the port Of Black Lake this sea-
son, and most of them have loaded inside.
With the opening of our harbor, light
dawns upon Holland, aud our real sub
stantial prosperity commences.
Tottawa Register.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-05-11
CRAZY.

The Pontiac Gazette says that the JUDD
son girl, who has gone back 10 her "nig-
GER" in Windsor, is CRAZY" and should
be placed in an insane asylum. The
Pontiac Gazette is a republican paper, ana
breaches the doctrine Of negro equality
Is not the Gazette crazy! We are IN
clined TO believe that every man who
teaches this doctrine is crazy, and should
be sent TO an insane asylum. A large
portion of the republican party should go
TO an insane asylum. The republican
papers are crazy and need medical aid.
old Judson, the father, who taught his
daughter that niger was as good as a
whito man, is undoubtedly crazy. He
got the insane virus from reading the ne
gro equality teachings of the N. Y. 7'riJ-
une and Pontiac Gazette, and from hear
ing such negro equality orators as Fair
field and Wisner. When Gov. Wisner
stopped at old Judson's house during last
falls campaign, and there dined with the
Judson family, with niggcr Joe at the
head of the table, and the daughter by
the side of the nigger-he was undoubt-
edly crazy, and ought to have been sent
TO an insane asylum. The negro equali-
ty idea is a crazy one, and only people of
unsound minds entertain it. Send them
TO the asylum.
re-. r. Semi-Weekly Press.
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A STRANGE CoNcEIT.-The insane Of
ten entertain the most ludicrous idea of
their own condition. There is man in
an asylum in one Of the neighboring States
who became insane in consequence of q
failure in business. He explains the rea-
son Of his Incarceration as follows: al
am here because of q mere mistake in
business. was engaged during the win
ter in making mosquitoes wings, which
expected to sell in the summer. had
ten thousand of them on hand when the
season opened, but unfortunately l had
forgotten 10 make them in pairs. They
were all left-hand wings, and consequent
ly lost the sale of them and was COM
PEELED to suspend paymentp He relates
this story with gravity and carnestness
which testify to tho sincerity of his own
belief in the explanation.
Boston Journal.
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re-. r. Semi-Weekly Press.

New NILE ExPEDIrIoS.-A letter from
Marseilles states that fresh expedition
has been organized for discovering the
source of the Nile. The expedition is con-
Quoted by M. Miami, Venetian, who has
inhabited Cairo for the last ten years.
The other members Of the party are the
Partisan painter, Dumas; Capt. Peyhoux,
of the French commercial navy, whose
mission is TO make observations and fix
tie degrees of latitude and longitude, and
10 construct boats 10 traverse the lakes
which the expedition may meet; NJ.
Paused, of Avignou, secretary to the ex-
petition; a physician, naturalist, and a
chemist, who are now in Egypt. The
members Of the expedition are armed with
MIME rifles, which kill at 1000 yards,
and with sabres similar TO those of the
Chasseurs of Vincenues, which fit 10 the
rifles. They are likewise furnished with
cuirasses and metallic masks, TO protect
them from the bite Of poisonous insects.
They carry with them, likewise, supply
of frightful masks, calculated to terrify the
most savage tribes. The members Of the
expedition, who will feed themselves rs
they can, and chiefly by the chase, will
traverse Nubia, Seminar, and Abyssinia.
They expect to go far beyond the Equa-
Tor, and to ascertain whether such tribe
Of negroes exists rs the Mann Man; and,
if they find protection, they will traverse
Africa in its entire length, and come out
on the coast opposite Zanzibar.
bet. Free Press.
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/" Wait a little longer"

LUMBER TRADE OF ST. JosEpn.-Tho
st. Joseph 7roveler says: We are graf
flied to know that large business is
Unexpectedly being done in our town this
year in the lumber line. On or about
the 10th of May a full load of Black
Walnut and Curled Maple and White
wood lumber, is 10 DO shipped from this
port to Germany, (via the st. Lawrencc.)
Messrs. Thomson and Fishbeck Of Milwau-
kee are shippers. Our docks arc also
well filled up with lumber RATED down
the Paw Paw and ST. Joseph rivers,
awaiting shipment TO New York via Os-
wego. One cargo is to be taken TO Buff
falo and thence via the Erie Canal, to
New York.