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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-10-06
Terrible SuTeringS OM the
Plains.

Two MEN SUBsIsTING ON GRAssHoP-
pERs AND BUFFALO bones We find
the following in the Manhattan Kansas
Express
News recently reached Fort Riley by
two soldiers who came in on express du-
ty from Prairie Dog creek, that two men
who had started far Pixies Peak were ly-
ing in starving condition at one of the
distant unoccupied stations Of the late ex-
press company of Jones IL Russell The
soldiers reported that if adequate means
were sent to their relief, it was still posi-
BILE that they might be found alive, al
though they we're left in delerious and
feeble condition--lst Lieut.. Chas. Grit
6n and two others were Immediately dis
patched with waat limited means the
quartermaster as the post could furnish.
The philanthropic mission reached its des-
tination on the third day. Both father
and son were found even in a worse con-
dition than represented. They had been
at the station eight days before they were
reliyed by the small quantity of tea, ba-
con and bread that the sergeant, who
first discovered them, could spare, who
gave strict injunctions to eat very SPAR
lnsly else death would ensue-they being
so weak they could scarcely stand up
without holding on the door.
It appears that they had lived on grass
hpppers and miIdewed corn picked up
from among the excrements left by the
animals which had fed at the station.
ProvidentIally, few young shoots Of
corn were found to be spriuging up about
the station, and dried skull of buffalo
had been thrown aside They caught
from twenty to thirty grasshoppers every
morning while the dew was still ON the
grass, until they become to faint to pro-
cure this scanty supply Of food, Which
they had to husband, in order to make a
stew of grasshopper, buffalo hide and
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fa= The Senatorial Conference of th

s@ The Senatorial Conference of the
Bradford district ballottcd tco hundred
and hirty-three times, and nominated
Rev. GEORGE LANDoN, who will WORTH
ly represent the Wilmot district ia the
Senate of this State. Although we have
high regard for Judge Jcssup, and
should have rejoiced in his nomination,
vet we believe Mr.. Landon will make his
mark on the legislation of the State, more
efectually than Jugde Jessup would have
done. We believe Irish, of Allegheny,
and Landon, of Bradford, will do more
for the Republican cause than any other
two men in the Senate.
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6fteen years ago from Waterford, Erie
County, read law with Messrs. johnson 4
Brown, and commenced practice in Cou-
dersport soon after he was admitted to the
bar He soon acquired the practice OF
thorough, reliable, business nan, and the
reputation of good lawyer and a man OF
SQUAD. practical common sense.
"He has served two years in the House
at Harrisburg, where his position was
among the truest and ablest of that body.
While our personal preferences were very
strongly in favor of the denomination OF
Mr.. Sco6eld, we take pleasure in assuring
those of our readers who do not already
know Mr. Benson, that the choice of the
party has not been unworthily bestowed.
His experience in legislation; his tenn
peraie, industrious habits his practical
com mprehension of business his 6rmness
of purpose and ardent Republcanism, as
we'll as considerable identification with
our local and Railroad interests, are sufi-
eient guarantees for us, that our district
will be faithfully and ably represented in
the Senate for three years to come. His
nomination was warmly pressed by Re-
publicans of his own County, and we trust
that he will receive the same cordial sup
port from Warren County that we should
have expected FROM them had our man,
like theirs, finally been the unanimous
choice of the Senatorial Convention"
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young corn stalks. in a small tin cur !
eat at night, to promote sleep and ~
vent delirium. Thus they sustained f1 h
uutil they obtained the cupfull Of +.
(about quarter of pound two lo,,1
of bread, and pound or two of baco
left by the sergeant.--When found !.
Mr.. Griffin, they were too debiitated3
be Immediately moved. He accordinoI
left private Machler to take care of The,
and went on another days ride to rem,
his wagon, which had been broken at i.
camp at Prairie Dog creek.
The father states that his name inv
W. Frost, that he is fifty years old, M
that his son Thomas Frost, who was vii
him, is seventeen years old, the eldes !
six children--the FIVE others behind !,
Pottsville, Pa. He is shoemaker i,
trade. lie started with S100, haying Ii
$50 with his wife. lie paid his far. n y !,
to Leavenwo:th City, from whence b,
started on foot.
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what does Senator Douglas do, but co
about making speeches against the ultra
demands of the Slave-power. His own
article in Harper's Aagastae in favor OF
gquatter Sovereignty, has set the whole
South 10 commotiou; and his Ohio speech
es discuss nothing else but the Slavery
question, thus showing that Douglas
himself cannot if he would, escape from
the conflict. The NJ Y. Independent
thus forcibly states the trne position OF
affairs
"In the struggle between Freedom
and Slavery for the political control OF
this nation, we are on the eve ofa greater
and more decisive conflict than any hith-
erto engaged in. All parties see that the
one issue in the next Presidential election
must be that of slavery"
This is shown by the speeches of Doug
las, and by that portion of the Democra-
cy which dissents from his position. The
truth is, yiirtue and vict, Liberty and
Nauery, always have and always will war
upon each other until one Of them is con.
quered and subdued. Hence the exis-
tence of despotisn, whether in Europe or
America, requires the freedom OF speech
and of the press to be abolished. LOUIS
Napoleon can only maintain his despotic
power by crushing out all freedom of the
press in France, and Slavery is continued
at the South by the same means.
The publication of Hel per's "Impend-
ing Crisis" and the exitence of half
dozen anti-slavery papers in the border
slave States shows the "irrepressible con-
fict" to be not altogether hopeless for
freedom. We etrust that every one of our
readers will do something to end this con-
flict in favor of the right. Let us sug-
geSt few things that each of us can do,
/. Vote tor no dpote9tSt or Slavery Tor
any Office, whether Township, County,
State or National.
2. Support no minister who is either
afraid or ashamed to preach against the
sin of Slavery, and the sin of aiding 9TH
ers to hold slaves, the same as against
any other sin.
8. Circulate vigorously and persever-
iugly, books, tracts and newspapers whose
influence is in favor of freedom and hu-
manity, and against slavery and cruelty.
Here is abundant work for all. Who
is there SO indolent or so indifferent as to
remain idle?
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pg In consequence of the extra labor
imposed upon us by the Agricultural Fair,
held here Wednesday and Thursday, we
are compelled to postpone the publication
of the JOURNAL until this Friday morn
ing. We would here state that the Fair
is perfect success-the display of veg
etahles greatly exceeding that of last year,
both 10 quality and quantity state
ment which few will be willing to believe
in view of the heavy frosts that have pre-
vailed during the season. The display Of
Cattle and Horses is also larger and bet
ter, we believe. The receipts of the So.
ciety will exceed those of last year con-
siderably, we are informed. Altogether
the Fair does credit to the farms and farm
ers of Potter county.
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SquaGter SOvereisnty~-WhO ne
IieVcS Inn it

When rogues fail out honest men get
their due. So when Douglas and Ad-
miuistration men quarrel, freedom is en-
couraged. Senator Douglas is trying to
humbug the freemen of the North with
the idea that the people of a Territory are
supreme aud may settle the slavery ques-
tion and all others for themselves. He
knows better; for, says Judge Black in
reply to Douglas:
"A Territorial government is merely
provisional and temporary. 1t is created
by Congress for the necessary preserva-
tiou of order and the purposes of police.
The powers conferred upon it are express
ed in the organic act, which is the char
ter of its existence, and which may be
changed or repealed at the pleasure OF
Congress. In most of those acts the pow
er has been expressly reserved to Con-
gress of revising the Territorial laws, and
the power to repeal them exists without
such reservation. This was asserted in
the case of Kansas by the most distin-
guished Senators in the Congress of 1856.
The President appoints the Governor,
judges, and all other officers whose ap,
pointment is not otherwise provided for,
directly or indirectly, by Congress. Even
the expenses of the Territorial govern
ment are paid out of the Federal Treasu,
ry. The truth is, they have no attribute
Of sovereignty about them. The essence
of sovereignty consists In having no su-
perior. But Territorial government
has superior in the United States Gov,
ernment, upon whose pleasure it is de-
pendent for its very e1istence--in whom
it lives, and moves, and has it being -
who has made, and can unmake it with a
breath"
Senator Douglas has ON various occa-
sions assented to this view of the condi-
ton of Territory. He did so in his
speech at Springfield, ILL.,, on the 18th of
June 1857, in which, says Judge Black :
de expressed his opinion strongly IN
favor of the absolute and unconditional
repeal of the organic act, blotting the Ter
ritortat government out Of existence, and
putting the people under the sole and ex-
elusive jurisdiction of the United States,
like fort. arsenal, doch-yard or maga-
zine. He does not seem to nave had the
least idea then that he was proposing to
extinguish a sovereignty, or to trample
upon the sacred rights of an independent
people"
The following extract from a report
made by Douglas to the Senate, fatty
contradicts his Ohio speeches:
"This committee in their reports have
always held that q Territory Is not a SOP
ereign po,rer; that the sovereignty of a
Territory is in abeyance, suspended in the
United States, in trust for the people
when they become State; that the United
States, as trustees, cannot be divested oi
the sovereignty, nor the Territory be in.
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For the Potter Journal.

For the Potter Journal.
II IN remarkable IN what perplexity the
Democratic party constantly finds itself,
on the sFbject Of Slavery. 1t has been
put TO rest over and over again by their
political doctros, and laid away to sleep
the sleep of death, but like Banquo's ghost
1t tcomes again unbidden, and obtrude4 its
skelaten frame into their private caucuses
aud public assemblies, carrying couten-
tioa. pickering and strife wherever it
goes. Slavery, the hydra headed NOR.
ster, whose pestiferous breath blasts eve
TT thing that it touches that with purse
proud insolence requires every man to
bow at its nod and to lick the dust at its
bidding, has held the party in its relent-
less folds until all It's strength has be-
come weakness and its wisdom the folly
of fools. It has become sick patient
and polluted from the crown of its head
20 the soles OF its feet. The most emf
nent and skillful political doctors of their
:, party haev lavished all their skill upon
the sick patient, but their nostrums have
proved quack medicines which have only
tended to make the disease the more in.
durable.
And what has brought upon the party
" Ahis terrible calamity, this sickness unto
death? What evil genius has shorn it Of
itslatrength and comeliness and changed
!, il inte monster Of such hideous ugIi.
:. ness that il needs but to be seen, to BE-
loathea and detested? 1t is because the,
hare departed from the simplicity and
honesty of purpose that characterised
their fathers. 1t is because the love O
liberty that inspired the soul of Wash
ingtop sad led his valia1t hosts to vic:o
~ or to death, has died out of their de
generate sons and left nothing in its place
but cold calculating venality. Ii is be
cause saraid o. ice that seeks for moth
: ing but sesfaggrandizement, that feel;
= not for snfferipg humanity. neither ha'
respect to the rights of man, has taken
possession of and guides the counsels oi
che nation.
Z, But all sins, whether individual or ma
.ional, must have their eliminating point
and there never was time when the sins
of this nation were so mau-debasing, SC
daring as now. Their molstrosi
ties have come up before the American
people like stencil, and it has aroused 8
slational conscience that even now causes
Abe dry bones of once healthy and Wig
erous democracy to shake aud tremble Ike
NO aspen leaf.
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How have the mighty fallen? How
true it is that our God is God that
judges in the earth and that he will BY
no means clear the gailty. The Demo
cratic party is now tending to q speed des-
ISOLATION. The cerepents of the grave are
fast encercling its giant form, and sooa
like the old Whig party that bat few
years ago lowered in its strength aud
routed the hosts of democracy ia many a
battlefield, it will have passed away, to
be chronicled among the things that were.
May God speed the day for no man who
il friend to his race will have cause to
mourn ITS departure. PHELIx.
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THE GRAPE CRop OF THE ONO VAL,
LEY.-At the meeting Of the Cincinnati
Horticultural Society on the Sd, Mr.. Bu,
chanan made report on the grape culture,
stating that the grape crop in the 0hio
Valley i, the best since 1858, and in Ms
souri, and Illinois ii is also nearly as good
In Maryland, Tennessee, Georgia, and
North and South Carolina. late frosts
and the rot shorten the crops at least On'
half. With in twenty miles around Gin
einnati about 1000 acres are in vine
yards, which are estimated to yield Thu
year, $50 gallons of wine to the acre, on
an Average. Some vineyards will pro
duce 600 to 800 gal!ous TO the acre
Others, from neglect, not more than $50
Mr.. Buchanan says be invarlably fouut
the largest crop in the best pruned ant
best cultivated vineyards. The yintag
will be two weeks earlier this season tha
usual, and the quality of the wine shoul
be good, for she grapes abound in juic
and saccharine matter.
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Beg The editor, as was stated rathe

ET- The editor, as was stated rather
irroverently last week, has gone of, where
to, or when he will return is more than
we can guess. No matter; what we want
the reader distinctly to understand is,
that ace are editor during the absence of
Mr.. Chase and Ida, "for better or fer
worse" II the JOURNAL suits you dur
ing that time, give aus credit for it; but
if it don't suit, just please to blame the
fellow who wrote that marriage notice last
week.
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,Cuamnifatlnng.

CoUDERspoRT, Oct. 9Th, 1859

Ma. EDIToR-Allow me to disabase
4he public aud yourself in regard to q
nasRucraIie meeting held during last
court week. / hope you will publish the
following remarks in order to refute the
sapposiaj4Sa, that the article referring TO
thai uccting In your paper of the 29th OF
kepAeAnher In your own invention.
our report contains nothing but Sian
der and untrnth from beginning to end.
Tor II peryerts altogether the object Of the
meeting, aud wants to make your readers
believe that the Democrats OF this Conn-
ty were SO mean as to use brute force IN
tlace Of argument, never heard of such
y thing arnons Democrats 10 this County,
and assurc YOU as an eyewitness, that the
most perfect order and good feeling pre-,
vailed during the meeting in question.
Discussion was of course necessary, where
questions we're argued, but the whole
TRANSACTION WIS conducted with the ut
Rpat politencss. This precludes the idea
af q y stormy meeting
No Candidates of any sort were propos-
ed during the meeting, nor the name of
any one mentioned. Mr. Dent did not
say a rord about any particular person
for the Office of Sheriff, and could have
had therefore no argument with "regu-
lars, neither could those have been SIN
= sutcd," nor MIR. Dent have been "kick-
ed out" BY them The kicking is alto
fether an ingenious invention natural to
the refinement of your reporter. 60 far
from any Democrat present at the meet
ing showing any disposition to insult any
other one, ard Mr.. Dent in particular, was
Che latter with several other faithful Dem
ocFats unanimously appointed to post
OF honor aud confidence.
What ycur report says abou. Messrs.
Crosby and III. Bird, is as entirely un
founded as the remainder of its contents,
for their names were not mentioned, as
that meeting was not held at all to make
nominations for ef6ces.
Tha. the meeting g finally concluded to
permit Mr. Burt to run" is likewise an
Entruth, for 1st, was Mr.. Burt name as
little mentioned as any other, and I'd, win
Democrats never "permtt what they cam
not prohibit,
fyou had presented facts" you might
trust ito the candid considerations Of
your readers, but never rely or the result
produced by such barefaced falsehoods as
imposed upon you by your reporter in re-
gard TO the Democratic meeting during
last court week. j.
We publish the above as matter of
courtesy TO the writer of it, who, we will
also take occasion to say, is Que of our FIRST
and most intelligent citizens. We would
Inform 81" aud the public that our ln-
formaut asto the proceedings in the meet
ing referred to was l-blooded Demo-
crat, but we are not at liberty to give his
name, even though it were demanded.
The term kicked-out" was fgurative
expression, very commonly used in the
connection we used it in. Our informant
mentioned no names, but the inference
Wsa unmistakeable.- Ed. jour-
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s9- A few days since, Messrs. L,
Mountain and Haddock made a balIo,
ascension from Troy, N. Y, and wen
lost. The following kilograms assuri,,
of their safety, will be read with in.
terest: ....
Troy, N. Y, Tuesday, Oct ;, 1859
A dispatch was received in this CITY
this evening from Prof. La Mountai1
dated Ottowa, G.. W., Oct. 3. 1t was 4,
follows:
ssLost ALL Landed 800 miles north Of Wa.
tertown, in the Canada wilderness. We ever
four days without food. Brought out BY In.
dian guides in canoes, etc. Please inform NJ
wife.
(signed) "JOHN LA MOUNTAIN
OrrAwA, G. W, Tuesday, Oct. ,, 1853.
Prof La Mountain and Mr.. HaddOcE
came into Ottawa to day, having LANDED
$50 miles north of Ottawa, in the grea,
Canada wilderness.
They were brought out by Indian
guides in bark canoes.
They travelled in their balloon 800 mile,
and we're up in the air only from four h
five hours.
For over four days they have been il
the wilderness, without food and with ls
means of striking fire.
They were rescued most providentiany
By Mr.. Cameron, who was hunting tin.
ber with Indian guides.
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AN INFERNAL MAcHINE.-The Oh;

AN INFERNAL MACHINE The Chan
tauque (N. Yl De~4ssfat learns tha
Judge Chamberlain Of Randolph, recent
ly received package from some place il
Pennsylvania, by mail. The packag
looked as though it might have coDtaine
miniature likenesses, bat upon removin
the outside wrapper, the Judge becam
suspicious of a certain string that SCENE
to be connected with the contents of th
package. He called in neighbor, an
the package was carefully opened. an
found to contain two pistols loaded wit
powder and ball, capped and cooked, tn
string communicating with the triggers
The Judge has strong suspicion as t
who was the friendly donor of this yalu
able present.
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E0' "The human heart" says Luther,
as like pair of mi'-stone'. If good corn
is placed between them, they grind it into
good meal. But if they have no corn to
grind, they grind away themselves"
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HS~ The election in California has

HS- The election in California has re,
suited in the election of Milton S. La
than, Lec Dem. as Governor, by about
10000 majority; also, other officers tc
match. The Lecompton candidates for
Congress have also probably been elected
though there is some doubt.
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The "Krrepressible Conflict"

Senator Douglas and all his support
ers professed to be Mortified at the dec
larations of Hon. Abram Lincoln, of 1lli-
nois, and of Senator Seward, of New York,
that there is an irrepressible conflict be-
tween Freedom and Slavery. And yet,
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-10-06
Eg There is ever an "irrepressibl

EI- There is ever an "irrepressiblc
conflict" between right and wrong Ev.
cry person IN community exerts an lnfu'
ence for or against the right. Reader,
have you ever settled with yourself, wheth.
er your influence in the circle of your ac-
quaintance is for good or for evil?
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0"The bitterest poverty is that o
the spirit the most tormenting hunger II
that of the soul"
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ET- The editor of the Warren Mail,
who was one of the Senatorial Conferees
from that county, speaks as follows of the
nominee:
"Mr. Benson came to this place some
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rag The editor has just returned from
visit to his friends, in Crawford Co.,
but not In time to make a mark in this
No. of the JOURNAL.
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COUDERSPORT, PA.

To the Independent Citizens Of Potter Co. =.
offer myself as candidate for the oni's
of COUNTY COMMISSIONER at the ensuiNS !;
election, respectfully soliciting the Voses ''
the people. HUDSON HENDhiA'
ALLEgAET, Sept. 81, 1859. e,
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PRICE CURRENT.

Corrected every Wednesday, by P. A. SThB
BINS, wholesale and retail Dealer in Gror
ceries and Provisions, Main Street.
COUDERSPORT. PA
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-09

REGATTA OF THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB.--The
annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club came of
on the End inst. The Madge took the first class
schooner prize, the Dawn the second class schooner
PRICE the Deer the first class soop PRICE the Haswel
the second class sloop prize, and the Flying Cloud
the third class sloop prize.
The sloops OF the third class started at 1926, the
soops OF the second class at 1031 the schooners of
the second class and the soop Deer of the frat class
AZ loss and the schooners Of the first class at lo4s
Inc great point ofinterest, says the Herald, was of
'ne passing OF the home stakeboat and in the
Vlcney me waters were almost covered with vessels
SO Inat II was with the greatest difficulty that the
yachts could keep their course. As the yachts came
In they were duly greeted and honored,
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-09

A MAN Shot Down IN ST.. Lou1s.-on the Sd
inst Mr. Joseph Charles, Of the firm Of Charless
Blow Co., was shot down in the street in ST. Louis
by Mr. ]. W. Thornton, formerly one of the officers
OF the Boatmen's Savings Institution in that city.
No words passed between them when they met, and
alter charless had fallen from the first shot, he re-
celved second from Thornton's pistol, wounding
MN mortally. The murderer had some time before
'peen tried for embezzlement, and Charles was
witness against him. which was the only cause for the
bloody deed known. The affair caused great excite
ment, Charles being an old and respected citizen.