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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONATITUTlON

0AN1 - - ASAN
Relative 10 an amendment 10 the Constitution pro-
viding for Annual Sessions OF the General
Assembly.
RESOLVED, nv THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, or rur
STATE or ONO, Three-ffthH OF the members of
each house cOncurring therein thatit be and here
by proposed TO the eecofs OF the state to vote At
the next annual October State election upon the ap-
prova or rejection OF the following amendment, ne
substitute for the fret clause Of the twenty -hth
section Uf the second article Of the Constitution of
this state, witt Al regular sessions the Genrr-
~ Assembly shall commence on the first Monda, nf
January annual ""
WILLIAM II. WOODS,
Sneaker Of fhp Housp nj RqpreegutaffYa
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Q-rThe following is from the Cecil Whig, Que
of the most respectable Journals in the coun.
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SATURDAY., MAY 2sTH, ls59.

The following described Real Estate, situate in d
city Of DAYTON, Montgomery county, Ohio: Bel
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thrown from herse near Kingston, Cum
berland County, Pa, last week and kill
ed. At the time Of the accident he was
on his way to visit a lady to whom he was
to have been married in the course of o.
few weeks. tia.aaRa gs1ae
AN iorn spire is about to be erected
on church ia Pittsburg. This wall be
the first construction of the kind In the
United States, and it is fitting that it
should be put up in he "Iron City,"
1t will cost about S10,000.--Thcre are
now, it is stated. but two spires in the
world that are made of iron, viz at Wen.
na and Frankfort -on-thc- Main.
How TO GROW LARGE PoTAToEs.-
The North British Agriculturist says:
10 improve the size of potatoes, whether
planted with small or large, whole, OF
even cut potatoes, when the plants are
only few inches high, let the shoots ba
reduced by pulling them up to one or
two, or at most three of the strongest.
The tubers will, consequently, be fewer
and very much larger, also, in measure
nearly all fit for market and the table.
Every grower will do well to try q few
rows by way of experiment, if he dis.
believes the truth of this statement"
MURDER.--We learn from the Mead
9ille Journal, that murder was caamit
ted in Rome township, Crawford county.
on the llth inst. The only particulars
received are that Jemes and Isac Coil
were out logging, having bottle Of whia-
key, Isaac got intoxicated. He got quar-
relsome and an alteration took place be
tween him James, when seizing hand
spike he knocked the latter down, who in
falling knocked his head against log.
where he was found .1e; adopted by the
ItN,r, fully explained, by means of which
cry one is enabled to cure HIMSELF perfectly
I'd at the least possible cost, thereby avoid
& al the advertised nostrums Of the day
Sent to any address, gratis and post free la
sealed envelope, by renting (post paid(
20 postage stamps to DR. b. DE LANEY ss
'st 3lst Street, New York City.
inside tssF
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Nnlltiral.
TWO HOURS WITH BRIGHAM YOUNG.
A Conversation Between HOr.
ace Greeley and the Saint
of salt Lake.
From the " Y. lri5unr, dug. 20h.

SALT LAKE CITY, July l3, 1859.
My friend DR.. Bernhise, NJ c., took
me this afternoon, by appointment, to
meet Brigham Young, President of the
Mormon Church, who had expressed a
willingness to receive me at =. NJ. We
were very cordially welcomed at the door
by the President, who led US into the Sec
ond story parlor of the largest of his hous.
es Che has three, where | was introduced
to Heher Kimball, Gen. Wells. Gen. Fer
guson, Albert Darlington, Elias Smith,
and several other leading men in the
Church, with two full grown sons of the
President After some unimportant con-
versatiop on general topics. stated that
| had come in quest of fuller knowledge
respecting the doctrines and policy of the
MQrmon Church, and would like to ask
some questions bearing dlre0tly on these,
if there were no objection. President
Young avowing his willingness to respond
to all pertinent inquiries, the converse
tion proceeded substantially as follows:
II. Gam l to regard Mormonism
(so-callcd as new religion, or as simply
a new development of Christianity
B. Y.-We hold that there can be no
true Christian Church without priest
hood directly commissioned by and in lm-
mediate communication with the Son Of
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even if [ could remember and reproduct
it, and wherein others bore part; but
as President Young is the first mlnistel
ofthe Mormon Church, and bore the prin
cipal part in the conversation, | have re
ported his answers alone to my questions
and observations. The others appeared
uniformly to defer to his views, and tc
acquiesce fully in his responses and expla,
nations. Hc spoke readily, not always
with grammatical accuracy, but with nc
appearance of hesitation or reserve, and
with no apparent desire to conceal any.
thing, nor did he repel any of my ques.
tions as impertinent. He was very plain.
ly dressed in thin summer clothing, and
with no air of sanctimony or fanaticlsm.
In appearance, he is a portly, frank, good.
natured, rather thick-set man of fify-tive,
seeming to enjoy life, and be in no par,
ticular hurry to get to heaven. His as
sociates are plain men, evidently born
and reared to life OF labor, and looking
as little like crafty hypocrites or swindlers
as any body of men ever met. The
absence of cant or shuttle from their
manner was marked and general, yet l
think | may say that their Mormonism
has not impoverished them-that they
were generally poor men when they en-
braced it and are in very comfortable cir.
cumstances-as men averaging three or
four wives apiece certainly need be-
If l hazard any criticisms on Nor.
momism generally, [ reserve them fol
separate letter, being determined to
make this fair and full expose of the
doctrine and polity, in the very words
of its Prophet, so far as I can recall them
| do not believe President Young him.
self could present them in terms calcu.
lated to render them less obnoxious to
the Gentle world than the above. Tie
/ said it to the assembled Chi "a
close of the above colIoqq 9
degration Cor, if you low figures for !,
triction) of Woman tr II
of child bearing and. 45 CENTS, T
inevitable consec a. q 0[1eF q" 0&''f'' ''0" . >
here paramount, B00Ts ;yiiyT s2so =
a sign in the 3,65
in the Jour AINES, 20
tropolis, VIII WINS, l23
do anythio 9d' In proportion Tor Ready
has ever f,aid for GOOD LUMBER.
Woman,s c. II. SIMMONS. a
Mormon me Is, l859.-43-ly
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What if seme disintefested hearts shall loudly
hint;
Ny Teresa is deserving only hate,
Her love and beauty reconcile me to her. II
Be for the present moment unconcerned!
am contented still to tarry here,
Nor know any tie to lure me hence.
If thou wOuldSt indeed detain me, Teresa,
Live peaceably with me, SO shalt thou lead
A happy life thyself, and through thee.
Teach me to do whate'e is possible
To consecrate my life to thee.
When to extol thee and to give thee thanks
My heart uufolded, | experienced first
The purest happiness that man can feel.
My souls ideal first found in thee
As destiny supreme is raised above
The will and counsel of the wisest men,
So tower the gods of earth DER common
mortals.
The rolling surge which we behold with dread
Now all unheeded murmurs at our feet
Like gentle billows we hear not the storm
That busters round US, X
filling the air with sighs and plants
Thou hast, divine one ! often borne with me
And like the radiant sun, thy pitying glance
Hath from mine eyehd dried the dew of sorrow
Whatever in my song doth reach the heart
And find an echo there, owe to one,
And one alonel No Image underlined
HoYerd before my soul, approaching now
In radiant glory, to retire again.
have myself with mine own eyes, beheld
The type of every virtue. every grace.
The heroic love of Daniel for Teresa
Is eternal-it will for aye endure.
And what is more deserving to survive,
And silently to work for centuries,
Than the confession of noble love? n
The sun arises of a new life day,
Whose splendor dims the light of former days
The goddess, downward STOPPING, swiftly bears
AIoft the mortal. What a wide expanse
Is to mine eye discovered, what realm
How richly recompens'd d my burning wish
In dreams the highest happiness seemed near,
This happiness surpasses all my dreams.
The man born blind conceiveth as he may
Of light and color when upon his eye
The daylight pours, he halls a new born sense
Full of vague hope and courage, drunk with
joy,
Keeling tread this path. Thou giy'st me
much
Thou givest lavishly, as earth and heaven,
With b0uuteous hand dispense their costly
gifts,
Demanding in return what such boon
Alone empowers thee to demand from me.
| must be moderate. ! must forbear,
And thus deserve thy cherished confidence
What have ! ever done that she should choose
me?
What can do to merit her rcgard7
Yes, princess. to thine every word and look
BE my whole soul for ever consecrate!
Ask what thou wilt, for an wholly thine!
To distant regions let her send me forth
In quest Of toll, and danger, and renown
Or IN the grove, present the golden Tyre,
Devoting me to quiet and her praise.
I'm hers; possessing, she shall fashion me !
For her my heart hath garnered every treasure
On had some heavenly power bestowed on me
An organ thousandfold, scarcely then
Could utter forth my speechless reverence.
The painters pencil, and the poets lip,
The sweetest that c'er slipped the rernal honey,
covet now. No Daniel shall henceforth
Wander no more forlorn, 'mong Congressman,
Lonely and weak, oppressed with gloomy care
he is no more alone, he is with thee.
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Huet's Gnrner.

BsS~ much esteemed lady correspondent,
requests US to publish the following, which
she has compiled and cmended from Gothe's
" Drama ofTorquatu Tasso, " and which she res
CARDS as applicable to recent reconciliation of
Daniel L. Sickles and his wife, Teresa and
our readers will find it worthy of perusal.-
ED. POTTER JOURNAL:
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j. w. BIRD,

SURVEYOR, will attend to all business in his
line promptly and faithfully. Orders may
beleft at the Post Offce in Coudersport, or
at the house of IL. l.. Bird, in Sweden Twp.
Particular attention paid to examining lands
for residents, Good references given
If requested ll:30
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G.. l.. HOYT,

CIVIL ENGINEER, SURVEYOR and
DRAUGHTSMAN, Bingham, Potter Co.,
Pa, will promptly and efficiently attend to
all business entrusted to him. First-clasS
professional references can be given if re-
quired. lo:29-ly*
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w. X. KING,

CRAFTSMAN AND CONVEY
ANGER, Smethport, Mkean Co., Pa, will
attend to business for nonresident land
holders, upon reasonable terms. Reteren-
ces given if required. p Snaps of any
part of the County made to order. 9:l3
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G. OLMSTED.

ATTORNEY L COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudcrsport, Pa, will attend to all business
entrusted to his care, with promptnes and
fdt ity. Office in Temperance Block, see
oud door, Main St. l0:I
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ISAAC BENSON

ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa, will
attend to all business entrusted to him. with
care and promptness. Office corner of West
and Third SITS. lO:l
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Business Garns.
JOHN $. MANN,

JOHN s. MANN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Coudersport, Pa, will attend the several
Courts in Potter and MKean Counties. All
business entrusted in his care will receive
prompt attention. Office on Main St.. oppo-
site the Court House. l0l
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r. w. KNOX.

ATTORSEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa, will
regularly attend the Courts in Potter and
the adjoining Counties. lO:l
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81 9I COLWELI.
!, WILL SELL
1Our, Meal,
FISH, PORK &C,

attempt tJreport oui than
ject, because, unlike what A"ELL FOR Z
given, it assumed somewhat the
ter of a disputation, and could haru,
give It impartially; but one remark made
by President Young think can give
accuratel y, and it may serve as sample
of all that was offered on that side. Il
was in these words, | think exactly -
'If | did not consider myself competent
to transact a certain business without
taking my wife's or any woman's counse
with regard to it, | think | ought to lei
that business alone" The spirit with
regard to Woman, of the entire Mormon
as of all other polygamic systems, is
fairly displayed in this avowal. Let any
such systems become established anG
prevalent, and woman will soon be con
fined to the harem, and her appear9 -
in the street with unveiled face. '9gi- c3c
accounted immodest I jQSre Books
that the genius of the MIN be opened.
tends to a solution ofcretory, at IIar-
Woman's sphere o,nlada.' or C1arles 1 4; 4; J J
different frowAvID TAGGART, Pres'L
FER, Serretory. c
DhA Gds for Exhibition, carried on all tf
'enoe3'ads in the State, TO and fro, free of u
enr' syst.
Fist OF CAUSES,
SOR TRIAL at Sept Term. 1859, of the !
Court Of Common Pleas Of Potter coun-
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THE NEW RECONCILIATION.

9 FIRST tac sspsratien, thea the reconciliation. :
Gethe's Biectite Aeistit.es
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BOOTS g. SHOES,
HATS g. CAPS.
GROCERIES,
CROCKERY. &C.,

is now large. and my intention is to sell
CHEAPER THAN EVER BEFORE
GREAT REDUCTION on Lawns, Challs ds
Laincs, ManGllas, Parasols, Mitts and other
Summer Goods. Prices reduced 10 CLOSE
THEN OUT
ISAIAH BLOOD'S well.known
Scythes, of German-steel, Cast-steel and Sill
yer-steel also, Snaths, Forks, Rakes. and
many other Farming Utensils, at the lowest
prices, constantly on hand.
BOOTS & SHOES-the largest stock
in the county. Especial care taken in select
ing to get those which are good aud durable.
+ THE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT
IS we'll stocked, and prices will be made satis-
factory.
SUGAR, TEA, COFFEE, a full ss-
sortment eff Groceries, Brooms, Pals &C., at
low prices. M
HEALTHY BR EAD-
James Pyle's Dietetic Saleratns
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THE POTTER JOURNAL,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY
ThOs. 3. Chase,

go whom all Letters and Communications
should be addressed, to secure attention.
TermS--InvariabIy i'm Advance :
$I.25 per AnE.m.
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BRIGHAM'S S 4

Such is, as neaf
the substance of ne
sation, wherein mu
ally that would not
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HE JOURNAL,

REE PRESS.
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old. We do note
ried mau as fit
p. But the nisIee sOsc
bishop hay
c in Gen
Christounded on
wife, 80 of the al
mt in said Town
80, SO & 80, on
II, 10 4 .. and on
ly in possession of
as the North
rrry Lord, South of
dut one hundred and
,Scres are improved,
anne dwelling house,
hie barn and other
tGo apple DIS
ion and to be sold as
khow.
tate situated in Tlys-
=, Pa, bounded OF
!. II. Dent, East by
Ii by lands of II. II.
of II. II, Dent con-
.ch about forty acres
'ruit trees thereon.
ltion and 10 be sold
AGGART, Sheriff.
1859.
T.
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FIST OF CAUSES.
SOR TRIAL at Sept Term. 1859, of the
Court Of Common Pleas Of Potter coun-
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has spol
been asl
houses,
Cor wiz!
me to Il
or has :
of such
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The following waif ahoat on the sea
of reading we clip from an exchange
We do not know its paternity, but it con
tains some wholesome truths, beautifully
set forth:
Men seldom think of the great event of
death till the shadow fails across their
own path, hiding forever from their eyes
The traces of the loved ones whose living
smile WAS the sunlight of their existence.
Death is the great antagonist of life, aud
the cold thought of the tomb is the skele-
ton of all feasts. We do not want to 90
thro' the dark valley, although its passages
may lead to Paradise; and, with Charles
Land, we do not want to lie down in the
muddy grave, even with kings and princes
for our bed fellows Buithe fiat of nature
is inexorable. There is no appeal or relief
from the great law which dooms us to
dust We flourish and we fade as the
leaves OF the Forest and the flowers that
bloom and wither in day have not frail-
er hold upon life than the mightiest mon
arcn that ever shook the earth with his
footsteps. Generations of men appear and
vanish as the grass, and the countless null
ttude that throngs the world to-day, will
to- morrow disappear as the footsteps on
the shore.
| In the drama of Ion, the instinct of i'm
mortality, so eIoquently uttered by the
death devoted Greek finds deep response
in every thoughtful soul. When about to
yir'd his young existence as sacrifice to
| fate, his beloved Cernanthe asks if they
shall not meet again, to which he reples;
l." have asked that dreadful question oi
he hills tLat look eternal-of the clear
streams that float torever-of the stars
among whose fields of azure my raised
spirits had walked in glory. All Were
dumb But while gaze upon thy living
face, | feel that there is something IN the
lous that man,les through its beauty thai
can not wholly perish. We shall meet
again, CIemanthe.'
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RoBBER CAuGHr-A queer case.-A week
or two since, it was reported that the bank
ing Office of Dixie and Judd, of Faribault,
Mimi, was entered and robbed of some q
900, and that young man by the name of
Hncklev, who was sleeping in the rear of
the office, was severely injured in an en-
counter with the rutfian. 1t has now been
cleared up, and this same Iiinckley proves
to be the identical one who robbed the bank
and then stabbed himself, broke through
the window, fiji ed revolver, and cut up va
rious other pranks, for effect. Tuesday
morning last, Hinckley was arrested in
Mortified, Mimi, and 81 500, or therea,
bont, in gold, was found in his possession,
and the balance was in his trunk which he
had left at Hastings, the day before. lie
was examined at Faribault.
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The Sequel.

Our readers have all heard the story of
so ping the clergyman's tin horn at camp
| mecting-so tttat when he went to call
the congregation together, he blew the
''sott soap over his brother clergyman, land
how he excaimed:
Brethren, | have served the Lord
| thirty years and in that time have never
uttered profane word, but Eli be ID
If can't whip the man that soaped that
horn z"
Our readers. we say have all heard this
baI have perhaps never heard the sequel
as given us yesterday by gentleman pre-
sent.
Some two DAYS after, a tall, swarthy.
vilainous looking desperate stroled ofthe
grounds and leaned against tree, listening
to the eloquent exhortation to repent
which was being made by the preacher
After a while he became interested finally
affected. and then took position on the
anxious seat, and with his face between
his hands commenced groaning in "the
very bitterness" of his sorrow. The cler
gyman walked down and endeavored to
console him. No consolation-he was
too great sinner he said. Oh, no, there
was pardon for the vilest. No; he
was too wicked-there was no mercy for
him.
"Why. what crime have you commit
ted - said the preacher" have you sto
len 2"
'Nh, worse than that"
"What, have you by violence robbed
female Innocence of its virtue
Worse-oh worse than that ~
Murdert is it!' gasped the Mortified
preacher.
"Ncrse than that" groaned the smit-
ten sinner.
The excited preacher began 'peeling Oft
his outer garments.
Here, Brother Cole" shouted he
hold my coat-I've found the fellow that
soaped that horn -
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A JAvAs CRIMINAL VERSUS ROYAL IT,
GER.-A Javan criminal was condemned by
the Sultan to fight large royal tiger whose
ferocity was raised to the highest point by
want of food and artificial irritation. The
only weapon allowed to the human combat
ant was a dagger with the point broken off.
After wrapping cloth around his left fist
and arm the man entered the arena with an
air of undaunted GOODNESS. and fixed steady
menacing gaze upon the brute. The tiger
sprung ferociously upon his intended vic
tim, who, with extraordinary boldness and
rapiditv, thrust his left fist into the gaping
jaw; and at the same moment, with his keen
though pointless dagger ripped up the
breast to the very heart. In less than n
minute the tiger lay dead at the conquer
or's feet. The criminal was not only for
given bnt ennobied by his sovereign.
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NO.2O.

Parsons cause was the extraordinary effort
son to doubt Those who heard him have
left their testimony that he made their
blood run cold, and the hair upon their
heads to rise up" The speaker achieved
full success in a desperate enterprise. de-
feated the clergy who smiled with antici
pated triumph, and threw his listeners into
a frenzy almost. 1t is not too much to say
that, as the first appearance of an untran
ed and indolent young man, this speech
was one of the most extraordinary achieve
ments of the human mind, in any age or
nation. 1t proved what no close observer
ever doubted, that natural endowments
frequently surpass all training-that genius
bids defiance to every obstacle and carries
all before. Thus, at a bound, the youthful
lawyer achieved an immense local fame
The result of his success was otherwise
gratifying. 1t secured for him ample en-
ployment in his profession. He was no
longer only the pleasant, storytelling, vio-
lin-playing idler on the porch of the coun-
try tavern lie was the man who "plead
against the Parsons" the favorite Of the
people. They were proud of their native
orator, who unassisted by the trainings of
the schools, and relying only upon his nat
ural powers, had met and overthrown the
great Establishment in pitch battle,
though its cause had been supported by
an advocate as accomplished as Peter
Lyons. They would thenceforth take his
fortunes under their charge, and every
voice would be his own. Almost immedi-
ately Henry was thus enabled to enter up
on full practice. His docket was filled
and the success which he achieved was all
that his admirers expected. He was never
a great " case lawyer" but before jury
he was almost irresistible. His wonderful
power Of moving the human heart placed
him in advance of every competitor; and
it soon became a phrase of the country
people, expressive of the desperate strait Of
any one, that even Patrick Henry
couldn't save him" ."-NeW York Century.
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Bold RoBDERY.-On Saturday last
while Mr.. c. A. Sprague was checking off
the way bills at the Express Office in Wa
tertown, with several packages of money ly-
ing before him, some dashing thief sudden
ly darted into the room through back
door. and thrustng his hand behind the
desk, snatched four packages, containing
more than four hundred dollars in bauk
bills, aad quickly disappeared in the dark-
ness. Pursuit was Immediately made but
so perfectly had the rascal laid his plans
that no trace could be found of hun.