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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-11-01
Legal Nosice.


TO Mary A. Britton, Patrick Morgan, Joseph Kitch-
sL @. w aarfctson, james Bradford, Il. NJ Rey-
noIds and Orpha w. Reynolds bis wife.
VOU and each Of you are hereby notified that
L there IL now nle in the Office Oh the Clark Of
the Dist ct Court OF Lee County Iowa, 1t Fl ID
ison, petition In Chancerv Of Jease Ruddick, IT.,
claiming against you the said Mary A. Britton and
Patrick Morgan decree for the payment Of the
amount due on two promissory notes executed by
said Britton h Morgan to said Ruddick or order.
dated 9Th Sept. 1S55-one for $4I2 0-I00, due In
IL months, and one for 1898 75-l00 in 2 years
from date and also claiming against all Of you
the foreclosure Of a mortgage execsted by said
Mary A. Britton TO SAID kuddick, to secure said
notes; upon ten acres OF land out Of the NV cor
ner Of the south half Of the south half Of the
fractional NV. of section IL in Township s6,
range b west, in Lee County, Iowa--in which prem
ises each Of you said to have or claim some in
terest and also asking sale Of said premises and
for other relief.
Nov, therefore, unless you appear and answer
said petit tion before the second day Of the
next term Of said District Court Of Lee County, to
sit at Fort Madison on the first Monday in Desem-
Der, 1859, decree will be rendered against you
in accordance with the prayer of said pc tiaiou.
GEO. C.eDIXON s SON,
Oct. rs, lS59-d4w Pltf's Atty's.
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MUSIC BOOKS.
NEW CARMINA SACRA, i
IN Christian Minstrel,
Sabbath Bell,
Jubilee, 3d.,
just received and for sale by
N. W. wRSTcOTT,
septSUd on MAin-st.
r TITLE, Brown 4 CO. - Edition .of H0OD'E
IL POEMS; 31mo. Blue and Gold.
Just received and for sale 1T
OGDEN, BROWNELL CO.'S
sept3O 81 Main-st.
Fear Years Aboard Ihs whale AAAP.
EMBRACING cruises In the Pacific, Atlantic, In
IL dian and Antarctic Oceans, In the years 1855
't8, '57, ,68 and 70, by wv. b. WhitcAr. For sale
BY OGDEN, BR0WNELL \ 60.
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-TMUST DEEDS KUh 'SALE ATThiS
0rrIcE.
~BLRNK VOTES neatly printed for
sale ut this once.
Cay scrip and City warrants.
Fer sale in sums to suit, II this omse.--
Come and buy some and pay your taxes.
water Fewer ana a.nuaaessring
There will be Hydraulic meeting It We
ranhAh Hall on Wednesday evening. Let al
who feel "a interest In tho welfare Of the city
and the early commencement and compilation
Of this very essential work 70 the future
prosperity OF our city, cons ont 70 ths Hy-
draalic- meeting on Wednesday night.
The 8&nnsr Csunly.
Our old Empire County Of Lse gave Kirk
wood 2l59 votes at the recent election. That
IL the largest Republican vote ever cast BY
any county in the State Of Iowa. We shall
beat il usxt year, however, when We expect
to cast over $500 votes for the 6sst Republi-
can President Of the United States.
Hour DAY.--The 1rst Of November being
All Saints day, il held BY the Catholic
Ohuroh - holy day Of obligation, and, Of
course, il observed the same - Sunday.
EDrroas GATE Orr Tin acceptance OF m
invitation extended 10 the congregation and
Sunday School Of the UnisArian Church,
attended the Sabbath School Concert held In
the Chatham Square Church on Sunday, Os-
tober 23d A report was read Of twslvs Sun
day Schools. At the close Of the reading
the reporter said: a have now given you :
report IT ALI the Sunday Schools in the city,
except the African and the Catholic" beg
leave 30 correct his nistsks. The Unitariaa
Sunday School has been in existence for the
last Eve years, and in spite Of the many diff
fcultiss with which il has had to contend, II
has steadily increased in numbers and inter-
est. Owing to the many removals from the
city the school IL not 30 large ~ il Was .
year ago, but it has now nine ssschsrs, IN
average attendance Of nearly fifty scholars,
and library Of from three TO four hundred
books. A TxAcn1R.
Arrivals ~ the Hiiisngs nsasc.
OCT. 3I-lP.M.
Baker, MOI 4 Barrett, H s Kellogg, Mn n
vp.l 3. r.,.. $3.50. : n.
OAAs1,1 Ao"le, -. ns' seuon' ~
ten, ratten, brush, hayourns III
Woodruff, Quincy; Ii Law, Ill; w Upham And
"a w = uo,. n... nj.
ham, Phiisdsiphia; W Hardegg, Cincinnati; r
Huss, Monuose; Rogers, Ill; A wilson, p
H.rn. fa~.
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AS~enslen. N eek ana laAAsr %.
..--,-..... -
$3.50. .,.,,
nou.o -" s's.AAk = S4o0A' ioi 1se
Transaction Of important bnsinsss.
By ordsrof B. D0DsON,
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Nosldit
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c1,,s.... -. NV,
P i "a, n0aAA w.
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= CSmPAuhsa % tho widow Dcaott
Papers.
Ls1 those nov Augh VINO never laughed before,
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On. SMITHS" Electric Oir' cures Deafness.
Dn. SMITH 3 "Electric Oil cures Paralysis.
DR. SMITHS .xlectric Oil'' cures Rhsunatism
Da. SMITH 8 "Riectrie Oil" cures Asthma.
Dr.. SMITHS s'Elestric oa'' cures Headache.
Dr.. SMITH IS "Electric Oil" cures Piles.
AugI9d
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Legal Notice.
To John @. Floyd, Peter w. Potter, John Under
wood, Michael Griffith. Charles VinaI, n. III.
Woolsy and G. q. Allyn:
YOU are hereby notified that there Is now on file
in the Once Of the Clerk Of the District Court
Of Lee County, lows, ct Fl. Madison, the petition
OF Antoine LsClaire, claiming Of John q. Flsyd
and Peter w. Potter the sum Of q, 900 on eve
promisroFy notes, of $500 each. dated January TO-
1855, exscstsd BY said parsons 10 plsinsiG. Said
plaintiff also claims the foreclosure Of Mortgage
executed to plaintiff BY said Floyd and Potter, on
lands In Lee county, Iowa. 70 said notes and
one other. The other defendants claim 10 haxs IN
interest in said property, and the prayer Il that
the interest may be cut Oh The petition prsys for
the execution Of deed TO the purchaser.
Unless you appear and answer said petition on
or before the second Day Of the December term,
1859, Of said Court, Judgment will be rendered
against you according to the prayer Of the petition
RANKIN, MILLER ENSTER
Oct. 81, IS5o-dim Plt6s Atty,s.
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Tsne TencheRss Assl0sanl.
<AR Hints and Methods Ia School discipline and
~ fustructieR. being series of lsttsss ~ -
entering upon the teachers work. N1r Aale ~
nct7d OGDEN, BROWNuLL = %.
M 90 m ii. JAVA. LA0UAI0A q Mo
ll cory re for sale Wholesale and roonjl ~
oCtl4d KELLOGG DInAn.
No. % Mainrs&.
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HoLr DAY.--The 6rst 81 November being
All Saints day, il held by the Catholic
Ohursh - holy day Of obligation, and, Of
course, Is observed the same - Sunday.
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ss@8s mACcaboY snuff.
i nn LBS, in jars, rose scented, "ClaverocL
lOC Milis, = for sale by
A. j. WILKINSON,
Sign OF the Golden Eagle and Mortar,
oct31d % MAiu-st.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01
Terrible Calamlty---Explcsion Of a

Terrible Calamlty---ExplOsi of a
Steamboat--TwO Hundred Lives Lost.
NEW ORLEANS, February 2S.---The Steam
boat Princess, from Vicksburg for New Orleans,
exploded and burned on Sunday morning at
Conrad's Point, near Baton Rouge. -Four hum
dredpersons were on board of whom twohundrcd
are lost and missing, mostly residents of Loui-
siana and Mississippi large number of la
dies were on board, filling the ladies' cabin
and half of the gentlemen's cabin.
The following are tho names of the killed as
far as ascertained: J. W. Seymour, of Baton
Rouge; Calhoun, of Maysvile, Ky.; Pilot Of
the Princess Assistant Engineer; II. b. Muir
ply, Of st. Louis j. j. Hodges, of Missis-
sipp, and three unknown.
Missing-Charlcs Bannster and l.. Howard,
Representatives, New Orleans Joseph Clark,
Second Clerk Samuel Waits, of Va. No other
Northern or Eastern names are ascertaincd. A
large number were badly scalded and otherwise
injured. The boat and cargo are total loss.
The boat was one of the finest ON the river.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01
The Ira "edy.

WNsHNcToN, February 2G, p. M.--The cx-
animation in relation to the killing of Philip
Barton Key, did not take place to-day, as was
anticipated,
Mr.. Sickles has retained as his counsel Mr.
Stanton of Pittsburg, Chiffon and Ratclife, and
report says Others, including David Paul
Brown, of Philadelphia.
Through the intervention of friend, Mr..
Sickles has consented for the present that Mrs
mother who was yesterday teegraphed for and
is expected to arrive here tonight. The Jail
was visited to-day by many Of Mr.. Sickles
friends.
Numerous rnmors are ahOat concerning all
the parties, having the effect to aggravate the
facts, already painfully distressing, and many
Of these rumOrs are pure fiction.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01
ErOm WASHINGTON.

WAsHISGToN, February 2S-Thc Select Com
mittee appointed at the last session to examine
the accounts and conduct Of General Cullom,
the former Clerk Of the House, acquit him of
any corruption or dishonesty IN the discharge
of his duties. ..r...
Much interest is manifested with regard to
the organization OF the next House in view OF
the present probability Of an extra session.
Several gentlemen are spoken Of for the va
rious Offices, and prominent among them is Ed
ward Ball, eXmember from Ohio now here,
who is named for Clerk.
The Naval Appropriation Bill, which passed
the House to-day, proposed as originally re-
ported to appropriate 10000 900, but it was
cut down to the extent of 2,25O, 900. 1t ap-
prOpriates 100000 for completing the seven
sloOps and side wheel steamers heretofore au.
thorized.
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MARKETS.
Cmclnnati Produce Market.

MONDAY EVENING, February 2S.
FLUUR-Prices are higher and the demand active.
Tho sales embrace 5000 brls at 50 60d 70 for super
fne and So 5000 for eXtral,27j brls. were received
the last twenty -four hours.
WIlISKI-The market Is firm and the demand
good. Sales Of LOO brls. at 25lc including wagon.
PROVISIONS-Ther is n fair demand for heavy
bulk Sides, with sales of 10000 bs., at s5@gS96c.
Nothing done in light Sides Shoulders. Bacon
offered at ~ and gBc., hut we heard Of no sales.
Lard qniet ut lll5c. Nothing done.
GROCERIES-MOlasse dull at 36O137c, with but a
limited dcnanI. Sugar sells in the regular way at
7dTaic., and the demand moderate. sale Of 100
bags l'0fee, good Rio, at l2l4c.
WHEAT-The demand rs fair and prices unchanged.
Sales $40 bush. good white at 81 36
CORN-The market is quiet and unchanged Sales
$40 bush. at sOc delivered, and 700 do. at s0c., on
landing.
BARLEY Y-The market is rat her dull, though prices
are without qllOtable change. Sales $40 bnsh. at
7j6l SOc. for good TO prime.
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The Disaster.

NEw YoRI, February 2s.--The Black War
ror still lies in an exposed situation, and will
go to pieces. A large quantity of her cargo
was brought ashore yesterday at Rockaway.
The boiler attached to the steam-pum on
board exploded yesterday, demolishing the
upper deck and seriously iniuring the engi-
neer.
LATER.-The Black Warrior is reported to
have cone to pieces.
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BY Telegraph
philadelphia Market.

PHILADELPHIA, February 2S.
Brcadstufs held with increased irmness, and the
supplies come forward slowly. Sales 1000 brls Ohio
Flour at SC for superfine and Sc 20 for extra. Rye
Flour firm at 81 2j. Corn Meal dull at SO 62. The
receipts of wheat continue small, and prices have
again advanced Sales of Red at 81 IS0l 80, and
White at 81 6il 90 Rye sells fast it arrives at
g0C Corn Is in good request; sales 40OO BUSH Yellow
at Sic. Oats advanced; sales 5000 bush. Jersey and
Pennsylvania at 59lSdi5c
Mess Pork firm at SlS 80; $50 casks Green Meats
sold at O6c. for Hams in pickle: 9fc for Sides, and
7itc. for Shoulders. Smoked Sides selling at l0l1
a lOi5c., and Shoulders at Sli@S5c Lard il selling
at l2lsdnl3c. per bril- and kegs at l3i5c.
Whisky firm at 27C0.2Sc, for Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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River News.

LOUISVILLE, February 28--M .--Riyer falling
rather fast, with 28 feet ON the Falls.
Weather clear and growing cooler. Mer. 40.
PIrTsBeRG, February 2S-P. M.--River 12
feet by the pier mark, and stationary.
Weather clear and cool. Arrived--Sohth
America. Departed-Mariner, for st. Louis.
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The Weather..

WAsHlNGroN, February 2S.-The weather
reports received to-day describe the weather as
clear and spring-like as far south as Whining
ton, N. c. From Wilmington to Mobile it is
warm and cloudy, and at Wheeling clear and
cool. The average temperature is 81 deg, and
the prevailing wind 5. SE.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01
New York Bank Statement.

NEw YoRH, February 2S-The Bank State
ment for the week ending Saturday exhibits a
decrease in loans Of 81 $40 90; decrease in cir
culation, O,OOO; decrease in net deposits,
$500 900 increase in specie, $l25,O00.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01

quote 6l@63c. the range of prices for lots
rival.
POTATOEs-7A sale Of 40 brls. prime Noshannocks
at 81 10 per bril- ~.
SEED-Cloyer remains dull Sales 800 bush, In
sacks, at 50 20, and 43 brls Mt SC 2jG6 30, ....3
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CONNECTIONS

6 4. M.-Dayton Mail Train-For Springfield, San
dlsky and all points on that road. Connects at Ur-
at Clyde for Toledo Detroit and Chicago, arriving at
Detroit at $3.50 p. NJ Also Mt Clyde with trains for
Cleyeand, Buffalo, &c Passengers by this train dine
This train also connects at Dayton with Dayton:and
Michigan Road for Troy PiQua, Sidney and Lima;
connects at Lima for Fort Wayne and Chicago, reach
ing Chicago at 70 z. NJ Also, connects at Dayton
Dayton and Richmond with Greenyile and Miami
Road for Greenylle, Union, Winchester and Muncie.
:, 6 4. NJ train for Richmond connects with indiana
Terre lIaute, St. Louis and all Western cities. Also,
with Cincinnati and Chicago Road for Andersen, Ko.
omo, Logansport and all points on the Wabash VAL
$40 4. M.-Cleveland and Pittsburg Express via
Delaware Cut ,Of-For Cleveland punkirk, Buffalo,
New York and Boston. Also, makes close connec-
mere and all Eastern cities
$3.50 Z. M. Dayton Express for Sandusky, Lima and
Chicago ct Forest for Chicago at Clyde for Toledo
This train also connects with Dayton and Michigan
Road for Troy, Pqua, Sidney and Chicago OF Sidney
I:3O p. NJ. Indianapolis and Chicago Express, con:
meets at Richmond for Indianapolis, Terre Haute ana
all points on tho Illinois Central Road. 49,
$40 p M. Train for Hamilton and ali way stations.
RETURNING TRAINS.
Leave Dayton at $40 A. NJ, ,4:l5 P. M, and 1880 P. M.
Leave Hamilton at 7 A. NJ, 947 A. M, ll;3o A. M,
5:42 p. NJ. and g0jP NJ
TRAINS ARRIVING IN CINCINNATI.
From Hamilton at sos A. NJ. and l2:iOP. NJ.
From Dayton at 1852 A. NJ, 6:59P M and 1910 NJ
Ticket Offices, north east corner Front and Broadway;
No. 1863 Wanut-sreet, near Fourth, or at the south
east corner and Vine Streets at the Sixth
D. MoLAREN, Superintendent.
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by Telegraph
baltimore Market.

BALTIMORE, February %.
Flour unchanged. Wheat firm at 81 so for white
Corn buoyant at 766u77c. for white and yellow.
Provisions dull
Whisky unchanged.
Coffee firm at II &c. for Rio
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01
Theater Burnt.

UTICA, February 2S.-The theater in this
city was destroyed by fire last night, involving
loss Of SIS, 200.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01

For St Louis.-Express Line.
.SIEA Steamer LEHfGH Capt. skunk,
rilRtslt5affffst Twill leave this day, at p. M,
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01

= ,-eIEA steamer FORT WAYNE, Capt. Barr
- will leave on Tuesday, the st Inst, at
p m IRWIN
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01

For Memphis--Regular Packet
nT, Steamer GLENDALE, Captain
Bughor will leave on Tlulrsdui the
IRWIN 4
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01

Merchants Independent Lne-For New
Orleans.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01
STEAMBOATS,.

aIE The steamer Lands, Capt. Scott,
.LKtkl1f will leave on Tuesday, the lsi inst. =,
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01

For st. Louis
sTS~ The steamer W. /. MACLAG,
SCup Bachelor, will leave thi, day,
lgt inst. an 4 n M |. ... IRWIN n CO.
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RAILROADS.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1858.
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
la % W VssE
RAILROAD

-Four daily trains leave the sixth-stroet Depot as
follows;
q A.. M.-Dayton, Toledo, sandusky and Detroit
Mail Express.
g. A. M.-Rchmond, Indianapolis and Chicago Ex-
$40 A. M.-Clevelanda and Pittsburg Express.
4S0 p. M Dayton, Chicago and Sandusky Night
-.IaO P. M-Richmond, Indianapolis and Chicago
Express.
$40 p. M.-Hamilton Accommodation.
Dayton trains run through to Sundusky andlLima
without change of cars.
Through Tickets for all Eastern, Westu
ern, Northern and North
western Cities.
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UNION DESPATCH COMPANY.
GILBERT & HICKENLOOPER.
Surveyors and Civil Engineers,

Surveys of every description promptly attended 10.
Particular attention paid To surveys and subdivisions
made within the city, Having lately purchased all
the field books containing original notes aud memo.
randa of surveys and subdivisions made in this city
and vicinity, and the books, pats and papers Of the
late Randall ii. Hickey, Esq, who for many years
was a prominent surveyor and civil engineer Of the
city and county, embracing over thirty volumes of
held notes and more than four hundred pats, We are
enabled to retrace with accuracy and certainty sur
yeys which he may have made, aud lines established
by him. 22l
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-01

Regular Packet-l'or st Louis " Kcokuk
4T~S Tho steamer SIR WM. WAL
LACE, Cant. Campbell, will leave
MednesdAN, tIle ~, AZ y. ~. lHWIN \ 90.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31

l know that men naturally shrink from
the attempt to obtain companions who are
their superiors; but they will find that
really intelligent women, who possess the
most desirable qualities, are uniformly
modest, and hold their charms in modest
estimation. What such women most al.
mire in men is gallantry; not the gallan.
try of courts and fops, but daring, courage,
devotion, decision, and refined civility. 4
mans bearing wins ten superior women
where his boots and brains win one. II
a man stand before woman with respect
for himself and fearlessness of her, his
suit is half won. The rest may safely be
left to the parties most interested. There
tore, never be afraid of woman Women
are the most harmless and agreeable crea-
lures in the world, to man who shows
that he has got mans soul in him. If
you have not got the spirit in you to come
up to test like this, you have not got
that in you which most pleases high
souledl woman, and you will be obliged to
content yourself with the simple girl who,
in quiet way, is endeavoring to attract
and fasten you. But don't be in hurry
about the matter. Don't get into fever
ish longing for marriage. 1t isn't credit
able to you. Especially don't imagine
that any disappointment in love which
takes place before you are twenty-one years
old, will be ofany material damage to you.
The truth is, that before man is twenty
FIVE years old he does not know what be
wants himself. So don't be in a hurry
The more of man You become, and the
more manliness you become capable Of ex-
hibiting in your association with women,
the better wife you will be able to obtain
and one years possession of the heart aud
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31
Gbulre Reanlng,
From "SYMBoLs OF THE CAPITAL" By A. D
MAYO, Neo York; Thatcher j. Hutchinson,
Publishers, 523 Brodd,cay
The Forces of Free Labor,
| ICONCLUDED.

And herein is the overwhelming argu-
ment against the barbarous logic which is
now filing the press of half our Union and
the Legislative halls of the Republic with
the assertion that labor belongs to capt.
tai, and the slave industry of the past is
a greater success than the free labor of
the present. No doubt statistics are
against this theory, but when was a nation
ever eiphered out of barbarism Let It's
advocates pile up their bales OF Gotten,
their tons Of sugar, their rice and hemp
aud Ioathsome tobacco, TO the heavens,
and exuirinsly cry: This is ours But
uhat has 0ecome oftte Creatire Po~er of
man n.eonuhtte? Where is your growth
of that creative energy which lifts peo-
pie ever higher in the sea lie OF humanity
Where are the inventions, the labor r-saVing
machinery, the advanced modes of labor,
the improvement OF lands; all that bears
witness to the growth of intelligence and
power over nature! Your 4,OOU,0OO OF
laborers are a sn,aIler creative force in the
worlds industry than many New Eng
land village. Not even able to use what
the rest of the world has invented, they
plod on, great black mass of brutal toll,
tagging behind the peasantry of Europe.
Where has fed the creative force of your
nobler race? What element is the white
laboring class in slave regions, in the in.
ventive power of the world insignificant
beyond comparison. While England has
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31
Yuet's Gnrner.
For the Potter Journal.
A FASHIONABLE PRAYER.

tut Ue TOUeT OOuTHdt.
A FASHIONABLE PRAYER.
U, give me wealth, that may buy
Broad fields to call my own;
That may build me mansions high,
Adorned with glittering dome.
0 give me mind the world to shake,
That | may honored be;
Let fame, reno'cn, garland make,
That all the world may see.
Yes give me pow'r DER brother man,
That | may bow to none;
Let others do as best they can,
But still my sceptre own.
= But please excuse from giving ought
To spread the "Word of Life,"-
For all my goods must needs be brought
To serve my children, wife,
Satin and silks they sure must wear,
And laces, fringes dear,
With rings, and pins of gold to glare,
And jew els in their ears.
My mansion, too, must crowded be,
With furniture in style;
And then. to hold the name "grandee,"
Must parties give the while.
Release me, Lord, from active part
In moral question, of the day =
Give me to stand that side the fence
Which brings the largest pay
Excuse me, too, from praying off,
At most but once a week
Much time, feel, would thus be lost,
Each day Thy face to seek"
From meetings, Lord, would be freed,
Save once on Sabbath day,
That in fashion may take lead,
And be among the gay.
In brief, give me the world I enjoy
Its honorS, all bestow
And when I've ceased his life's employ.
May to Glory GO.
CoUDERsPoRT, Pa. ANNIE