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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-05
Qualifications OF Teachers.
For The Pottlr LeNrnaL.


Mr. CHASE Dear Sir: | saw al
article in the JOURNAL of last week criti
cizing the action of Ulysses School Dis
tricts, respecting teachers certificates
While the writer has more or less effect
ually torn down the "house we built,
he has given US no better plan. 1t is
true, this "arbltrary stanuafd may, ln
isolated cases, drive out of our schools a
teacher who would be considered by all
parties better qualified than one who an
swered the list Of questions a little more
promptly and obtained triAe hgher
grade. The course pursued was doubt
less a move in the right direction, but
we arc led by the article of Prof Cooper
to sec-doubtless more fully than before
some of its faults.
1t is to be hoped we can soon get 50
far along as to grade the pay to the quai-
ifcotions; not only intellectual but NOR
al qualifications. This is the point at
which we aim, and we would RECON-
mend this course to every School District
in the county. | think our own Super
intendent advises it, and the Superin-
tendcnt Of Tioga County has made it
matter of special attention.
Now, teacher of bad character, should
not be htred at all; for who would not
prefer that his child should stay at home,
than that he should be brought under
the banefui influence of the profane, the
Sabbath breaking, the lio2ntious, the i'll
bred the ill-tempered teacher. This be-
ing definitely settled, we say. pay the
teacher according to The qualifications
Pay the person WHO holds and deserves
good certificate and good reputation for
teaching higher wages than one of poor
qualifications. If teacher that is lust
! y marked No 2 is worth 50 90 month,
let No. J be paid $40, and No. l sll.00
a month and if No. 2 teacher is worth
$500 let No. p be paid S8, and No. 3.
$3.50. BY this | don't mean merely No.
|. 2 &c, in the seven branches usual
ly expected to be taught, but in all the
points that go to make up the sum of
true fitness for the station of teacher.
Perhaps [ may be allowed a word to
teachers We often hear you say, "Why
can't the schools be managed better ? ;"
"Why cant the business be arranged so
We can get our pay when our term
closes Z! 81 wish the Directors knew
something" Now, my dear girls (and
boys don't be quite SO biting-quite SO
tauit-hnding. Consider some of the diff
hculties under which the abused Direct
arS are called to act. We dou't know
much for who has taught US What
TEACHER has published an article, point,
ns out our practical duties We want
instruction, and are then ready to act.
True, the County Superintendent Is our
adviser; but he has not tho time to de-
vote to all the minutie cf the system.-
le!l US how 10 manage, and not find fault
'r, be patient till we learn By experience
now to do our part in working the great
school machinery. When We were young
like you) we had not the advantages of
schools that YOU have; and must do the
pest we can till we know how to do bet
er. /. r.
Brookland, tpril, I'd 1860. /
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avoid injury by technical prttaxts, is dis
creditable to the Office. The ghole tone
of this document is conceded to be weak
and puerile in spirit. Mr.. Sherman
briefly, but effectively, vinlicated fhe
power of the House to pursue the inves-
tigation in every way, and cited the
clauses of the Constitution barring upon
this power as the basis of inHeachments.
When Mr.. Craige of North Carolina in
quired why the inquiry had not been
made through the Judiciary Committee,
Dir. Sherman promptly answered that
the House was the Judge of its own pro-
priety, and desired no instruction from
the President"
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SElDury s. Erie e. II. Biil De-
ERafpd

HARRISBURG, Friday March so, 1860,
The Senate bill for the relief of the S.
4 f. 4. L. was Eegatived in the house
to-day, on the question of its final pass
age.
LATER,--A Committee of Conference
to whom the bill was referred afterwards,
reported it back SO amended as to post
pone all foreclosure claims, the sale of the
road, and other embarrassmepts under
-''-'-fo-no orTc company IaDor, uutil the lst or
May, 1861, and appropriatirg 100000,
to satisfy or ditors, claimants for labor,
material, Sc. The report was adopted
by both Houses.
The Legislature was to have adjourn.
ed on Tuesday, but as the appropriation
bill had not passed the House vet, an ex
ira session will have to be held.
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EsE- The Free Banking Law has pass
cd both Houses of the Legislature, and
now awaits the Governors sig nature to
become law. 1t passed the Senate last
Friday. The Governor will no doubt
sign it, as he recommended D similar
measure in his inaugural address and all
his messages, The people of this State
are under great obligations to Mr.. Viii
liston for his untiring efforts in behalf of
this measure. The main provisions of
the bill are substantially as follows:
A certificate stating tho particulars as
to the bauk to be established must be
drawn up, approved by the ATTORNEY Gen.
eral, published in the newspapers, re-
corded in the courts, and a copy deposit
ed and recorded in the Auditor Generals
office
The Auditor General has the notes ell
graved and printed Every note must
be signed by him or by his clerk, num-
bered and registered, and have stamped
on it, secured by the deposite Of public
stocks"
The stocks deposited must be either Of
this state or of the United States, and the
amount of notes issued to the bank by the
Auditor-G General to be equal to the mar
ket value of the stock, less FIVE per cent,
provided that this is never to exceed nine
ty FIVE per cent. Of the stock.
Twenty per cent. in specie must be paid
in before the bank can begin business,
and it must always keep in its vaults, in
specie, twenty per cent: of the amount Of
notes issued, as a security additional to the
stock in the hands Of the Auditor General
The capital stock cannot be less than
fifty thousand nor more thar one million
of dollars No note less than five dollars
TO be issued.
AS soon as bank stops the payment
of specie, the Auditor G enoral appoints
three citizens to make inquiry, and if they
report the bank is suspended, he is to ap-
point receiver, who is to turn all the as
sets into money and pay,
/. The noteholders.
2. The depositors.
8. The other debts.
4 Distribute the remainder among the
stockholders pro rata.
The condition Of each stl nta bapk lkueFss mHst bd
on each semi annual dividend day state
ment is to be made, on the oath of the
President and Cashier, which is to be sent
to the Auditor General and published,
setting forth minutely the copdition of
the bank. Existing banks may come un-
der this BILL
Defalcation is to be punished by i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary for from
one to ten years.
A tax is paid on dividends to the state
OF from eight TO thirty per cent.
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Hg- The President has written an a

B7- The President has written an ar.
gument to the House against its right to
inquire into the manner in which he
spends the public funds at election times.
lie declares before God and my ooun-
try that he is not guilty of such thing
as corruption in all his life time and in
the same breath almost declares that
Congress has no right to attempt to dis
prove the assertion. Infused with the
spirit of his southern masters, he calls 1t
presumption for the Representative of
the people to institute an inquiry into
the manner in which they are served by
the executive department of their gov
ernment; denies the right of inquisition
without impeachment; and virtually pro-
claims that the President is above i'm,
peachment, by ordinary process-for i'm
peachment must be based upon actual in
vestigation, and he denounces the right
of preliminary investigation.
What his party friends think of lis
last special plea in behalf of absolution
from investigation, may be inferred from
the following editorial (entire) on the
subject, in the New York Leadcr, d dem
ocratio paper
"Our sincere respect for tho Office of
President of the United States, compels
US to avoid any comment on the Plea of
Abatement sent to the House of Repre-
sentatives last Thursday by the present
tenant ofthe White House When Their
sites scolds he is often amusing, though
impertinent; but when he driyels and
weeps We arr obliged to turn aside our
heads and escape from his neIghborhood
as soon as possible"
This is Democratic testimony of the
weakness of democratic President.
The TriJn,se's Washington correspon-
dent thus notices the effect of the Message
in tho House:
"The Presidents message. protesting
against Mr.. Coyode's Investigation, ere
ated intense excitement in the House. -
He has done nothing so foolish since
writing his Pittsburgh letter. The idea /
Of the President pleading jurisdiction
ike criminal at the bar aud seeking 10 |
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BW-D. W. G. James, of the Warren
Ledger (weli-known to our citizens as the
editor ofthc Highhund Patriot, )and Hugh
Young of the Tioga Agitator, we're pres
ent at levee Of President Buchanan a
week or two since. James gives his cx-
perence, IN letter to his paper, as fol-
lows, from which we infer that his ap-
probation of female charms have under
gone great change since his return to
Warren:
"LaSt night | attended, for the first
time in my life, the levce of President
Buchanan. | will not undertake to give
you minute description, for | was so dis
gusted with the whole affair that | do
not feel In humor to say much about it.
The reception lasted for two hours-from
s to lU-and during that time Mr.. Bu-
ehanan stood by one of the doors leading
to the east room shaking hands with his
visitors. This two hours shake must be
tiresome indeed to the venerable old man
who looked not too vigorous. Immedi-
atcly behind the President stood the mis-
tress of the White House, his niece,
Miss Lane, who modestly went through
the irksome task of receiving visitors
Miss Lane is not handsome by any
means, but her position brings her hun
dreds of fatterers. The style of dress
ing which the ladies at the levee, (and
there were at least one thousand there
during the evening chose to adopt gen
orally was really disgusting They seem
to delight in wearing their dresses as lo,o
as possible ut both ends. A trail of silk,
or satin draggling on the floor, in some
instances, three or four feet in the rear
while the dress did not pretend to cover
the shoulders. and reminded one of the
aboriginal method of wearing onlya .raist.
cloth. They might call this exhibiting
their charms(?) but | looked upon it as
heathenish. have one pleasant excep-
ton to make, however. Wives of MEM
bers of Congress We're usually dressed
with becoming taste and proprlety and |
had no difficulty in distinguishing those
ladies from the rest of the crowd. From
this fact infer that the "rural districts" |
cultivate higher degree of civilization
han do the cities"
Hugh tells the sequel of Jame, visit
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CITIES AND TOWNS.

OF our numerous cities and towns Den
yer aUd Auraria are of most note. as they
are the largest in the Territory. The
above named towns lay on the south side
OF the Platte, Denver on the east and Au-
raria on the west of the noted Cherry
Creek, which is waterless nine months out
of twelve, with from to 10 inches of
sand to contend with in crossing from one
town to the other, although they have
commenced three bridges across Sand or
Cherry Creek There are two bridges
nearly completed across the Platte. Den,
yer begins to wear quite a city-hke ap-
pearance. understand that next season
there will be several marble front houses
built here, there being plenty of that
beautiful building material in this coun-
try. At present there are some very fine
frame and two brick buildings in town.
The present population is estimated at
5000 people, in Denver and Auraria.
The distance from here to the base of the
mountains is 10 miles, which brings us
to Golden City, quite lively and hand
someiy located town of 200 or 300 peo-
pie, several stores, two hotels and one
printing press, The Nounfaincer. Then
we begin to ascend the mountains. One
days travel brings US to the summit of
the first range Of mountains, 40 miles from
Denver, at Mountain City or Gregory's
Digglngs, where we can see or hear of
nothing but miniug. The quartz crush
er and the continual pecking of the pick
axes, is all the music one can hear from
morn till night. The mining district al
ready worked is about 10 miles in circum-
ference. Being in a valley or gulch, it
shuts out the Platte Valley from our view.
Then strike west and travel 5 miles over
high mountains and through deep gulches
you will reach the base of tho Snow
Range, which | visited in August last
by ascending the south side of the Peaks,
We could reach the summit in FIVE or six
hours, where, by the aid of glass,
we had most magnificent view of the
Platte Valley and the Middle Park west
of US. We calculated it to be about 100
miles across the Park. With the eve we
could see the second Snow Range.
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+ Bsg~ The bill to erect the new county
of cameron" out of parts of Potter,
Clinton, Elk and McKcaD, has passed
both houses of the Legislature. We do
not know what the terms of the bill are,
but our last advices were that it proposed
to take only small portion of Portage
township in this county. At best. it is
an outrage of the wishes of majority of
the people in at least two-pcrhaps three
of the counties affected BY it. 1t was pro-
jected by certain spectators in and
around Shipper, who hope thus to make
up their failure to secure the location of
the railroad machine shops there. There
is a very small population in the territory
set of, who will find it extremely burden
some to meet the heavy taxes they have
incurred.
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((opciGdcd ne.rt qceek.l

WEAT THEY TuIsx or THEIR FRIExDs.-Sen-
Etor Wigfa!l Of Texas, used the following Ian
guage, a few dags since, in Cougress: These
northern people, of all parties, are a mean,
dcsp!cable set Of stagYeliugs, unable to sec
beyond dollar and caring for no considera-
tion except money. Threaten them, and they
viii crouch to your feet like so many hounds
Only swear that you are going to dissolve the
Uaion end the timid creatures will get down
on ali fours, bite the dust and kiss the rod
raised 10 cbastise them"
This language was applied to Democrats
and Republicans alike. As if to show that it
is no piece of empty brayado, the Charleston
papers declare that the houses of that city
sii! uever be SO closely secured and watched
az when The Democratic Convention shall be.
in session, with its hosts Of retainers prcipi-
tsted upon themI To such a depth Of derfa-
dstion has the democratic party descended.
after getting on is marrow-bones to slavery
nnl swallowing its very spittle.-N J. Post
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CONAECTICUT ALI RIGHT!

The news frol~ Connecticut is glorious.
A Republican Governor and State officers
are elected by a decided majority, with a
good working majority in both branches
of the Legislature, thereby securing the
election of a Republican U. S. Senator in
1861. Last Monday was glorious day
for Freedom, and dead check to pro-
slavery arrogance and corruption. Prin-
ciple, triumphs over wrong, despite the
fact that New York Democrats sent cor
ruption fund of S20,0 into the State to
insure corruption triumph, aud that
they presented their strongest man for
the test. Seymour could not win.
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN We find in
Foruev's Press Of Wednesday, tolsrably
plain declaration Of neutrality in the com
lug suberna,iorial contest. 1t says thar
if Mr Foster Intends 10 do anything, he
mast imneIiteIy repudiate the Admins
tration Of James Buchanan As Mr.
Poster cannot repudiate B1chanan's in.
i9tfies Without rerudiating the plank in
tie Reading Pistforp', il i rrttty eTidcht
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( Correspondence Of tie Potter Journal. !
Eetter frOna Pixies Peak.

The Nines-B'tSiaesS at present. 2o1cRs
and LocaiitjeS-- The WeaH.ey- The
Duel.
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News f.om pIormondom.

Dates from Salt Lake City up to septem-
Der 2sth, represent the kingdom of Brigham
Young as aourishing. All the reports on the
subject of the removal Of the hOrmons from
tmb turn out to have no founnatiOn in fact,
and the Latter Day Saints are extending their
onerations and settlements in all directions.
a large number Of Missionaries were about to
start on proselyting pilgrimage among the
Gentilcs and Heather the world over, and
Mr.. Hooper, the Utah delegate to Congress
would accompany them to the States on his
way to Washington.
The season in Utah had been very warm
and productive, and splendid crops of wheat
oats, sugar caae &c, had been harvested
Considerable Sickness prevailed in some por-
tious Of the Territory. Extensive coal beds
hive been discovered on the Weberriyer, and
some City men were constructing road to
them from Great Salt Lake City.
Judge Crosby had arrived at the capital
aud with Judge Henniken had appointed the
terms for holding the United States District
Courts in the Territory,
Two companies of hand-cart emigrants had
srrived, men, women, and children making
their weary trip in that primitive style to the
'promised land" No further immigration
by companies was looked for this season.
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rhe nrernn sennrors.


It's a matter of much congratuiation that the
people of Oregon have laid Gen Joe Lane
and the notorious Delazon Smith on the shelf
They can well be spared in the Senate. Col
Edward D. Baker who succeeds Delazon will
serve for Eve years, commencing with the
approaching session. He is an able and
eloquent man, and was a warm personal
friend Of the murdered Brokerick. None can
have forgotten his impassioned Grafton over
the dead body Of the California senate lie
is an ardent Republican, and will ,lp !. ujr
to the PacifcState.
Col. Baker formerly represented the Roel-
ford, Ill, District in Congress, for one term,
and another district, of the same State, for
one or more terms. In the Harrison cam
Daign Of 1910 he was. considered one Of the
most eloquent and effective of the stump
speakers Of that remarkable contest. He re-
moved to California several years ago, and
was one of the first Republican missionaries
in that State. he has been resident Of
Oregon but a few months.
George W. Nesmith, who succeeds Gen.
Lane, win serve for six years from the 4th Of
March next. He is a Douglas-Anti-Lane
Democrat and will not particularly fellowship
the fre-eaters.
The election took place on the I'd inst
There was a complete fusion Of the Republi-
cans and Douglas Democrats, Baker receir-
ing 26 and Nesmith q votes. The ballotings
created much anxiety, as on several Baker
and Nesmith came within one vote Of an
election.
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4 Ilrenl ilnflIe---fnrIbalaI YIetorIou..

The news from Italy is that the wonderful
Garibaldi at the bloody battle Of Volturno Sc
cured victory along his whole line After a
desperate fight of eight hours, the Hero Of
the Red Shirt leading his forces with revolver
in hand, completely routed his greatly supe-
rior Neapolitan assailants, and pursued them
close under the walls of Capua. The loss of
he Royalists is estimated at 1900 killed and
wounded, and q 600 prisoners. A brigade OF
Germans was cut off from the main body OF
the Neapolitan army and driven to the noun
tains. The Royalists attempted their rescue,
but were rcpulsed. The King of Naples and
his brothers were present at the battle.
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Tive NEy- YohkRas SENTENCED TO BE Hume
IN South CARoLntA.--The following para
graph In the Ohagleston Mercury, Of the 18th,
gives the probable dsaouemRt Of the excite
ment which disturbed the citizens in the in
terior of South Carolina Q few days since :
uFrom Cheraw we learn that the two Hitch
iugs, concerning whose arrest and trial as
Abolition incendiaries full account was pub
lished in the Mercury Of Saturday, had been
duly convicted and sentenced to be hung on
Friday next. Additional and crushing evil
dence had been addneed to prove their com
plcity in an insurrectionary plot and this
sealed their doom. At last accounts, "Min-
ute Men" were actively forming in Cheraw
and the vicinity"
Ths Hitchings were from Westeru New
York, and since 1886 had been residing in
North Carolina They were arrested at Clio,
S. G., Oct 10th, by a vigilance committee,
on the charge of being abolition incendiaries.
The mob insisted upon hanging them at once,
but more moderate counsel finally prevailed
and an examination was decided upon
Among the papers and correspondence Of the
prisoners were found invoices of guns, pis.
tolls, bowie knives, etc, to the amount of
$1,000, bought by Hitchings from J. Mervin,
agent of the Hartford Fire Arms Manufactu-
ring Company, in New York, July 3Oth,
1860. In their possession were found va
rious recommendations of the elder Hitch
ings as an experienced railroad contractor
The explanation offered as to the arms was
that Mr.. II. has son whose occupation is
to escort emigrants across the plains to San
ia Fe, New Mexico, &c, and that the arms
and ammunition were intended for him.
The Hitebings were poor, the father an
Englishman, aged over fifty, his son about
twenty. The father removed from Western
New York to Pekin, n c., about 1856, and
became negro trader. His conduct was SC
bad that he was severely whipped by the cit
liens some two years ago He then left hi:
family at Pekin, and was about putting up d
wagon shop at Clio when taken in hand by
the regulators and strung up in company
with his son.
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XiXTH DISTRICT
xXTH DISTRICT
MIST DISTRICT.
The PenpsrIvanIa Fusion Tieket.

Aftera the bloyiating of the Douglas lead
ers in Pennsylvania, they backed right down
and withdrew from the field the electoral
ticket they so defantly put in nomination
The Douglas men humbled themselves still
lower by adopting the Reading ticket entire,
Just as it was nominated by the Breckinridge
wing. One half the ticket is made up Of
avowed Breckenridge men. 1t is headed by
Geo. NJ. Keim, who supports Breckinridge
openly, as does Mr.. Fetterman, the eleetor
from the Pittsburgh district. Douglasism in
Pennsylvania is emphatically crawling out
of the little end of the hornp The Pitts
burgh Gazette says of the fusiOnists;
It makes no difference, however. The
Reading ticket cannot poll the vote given to
Foster. There are hundreds of men in this
county who voted for Foster who will scOrn
to vote for this deliberate cheat Foster has
been beaten 1000; the Reading ticket will
be beaten $4,000.
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nnnrln.. Ynncsr. md sanders.


Geo. n. Sanders has written a letter to the
Charleston Courier making a sort of denial
of the statement of that paper, that he offered
the Vice Presidency on the Douglas ticket to
Mr.. Yancey, on the authority Of Mr.. Douglas
Sanders attributes the mistake to some play
full words Of his at a dinner party. He says
his swords, though casually spoken, at the
most only pointed out a way by which the
Vice Presidency could be won and the DEM
ocratic party saved The hint to Mr.. Yam
cey amounted to this, that Democratic usage
gave the Vice Presidency to the minority,
and that Yanceys " star would now lead him
to harmony, and to the preventing of any
more breaks in the Democratic party"