The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-15
Rev. VIM HOSmcr's Opiuioo
Potter and IFS PeOnIp
EahoTiaL Correspondence Of the Northern
pendent, AabgrR. " y.
CoUpERspnRr. Eeh % |

CcgDERsPoRT, Feb. 22, 1854
The partlahty Of an influential III
of this place, has drawn US FROM our :
tum to look once more upon the On.
tinvigorating hills Of POTTER county II
coming was watched over by a kind nF
Idence, and we begin TO think tha, II
ever feeble the Instrument, some II
May be done. At Wrll>vllle, on the n
York 4 Erie RaiLual, we arrived i
hours sou late tor the sage, and Ga.
qacntly should have failed to reach, j
in time f r The lecture last evcning
not judge Ross. resident of this l,.l
wI.u happeteci to be there OF busInn|
had the rare kindness and fureihouel,
wait fo Us. 10 him the peollc OF Cml
er>port are InGeb:ed for a Ee,mpcrance
ture, and the writ n lUr one Of the i.
agreeable sleigh-rldcs he ever eniu,
Thanks to a generous man.
This county is rapidly developing, M
ing doubled its population within the ]
ten years. Its iumense forests are gn /
way to the joint efforts of the agricuI
rist and the lumberman. The SOIL j, |
the very best quail y for almost eycI
species of farm produce. A better cu
try for all spring crops, perhaps, does \
exist in the United States. For dair,pI
purposes, and stnck-growing gerera
certainly here is every advantage that
be found IN any other place. There
uany hills, bul they are not rocky rid |
isnperyiuus to the piuw, and top steep /,
tIlage /; the hills, for the most part, sb,
gradually. and are mellow to their TOD
Time aid E.bOr are requisite to clear I
hDd, bnt when cl-ared. lis value for prs'
tical purpose H. scarcely less than lia.I
the best lands IN Western New York ]
Potter county mas not had licensed Ia,
elm for eight years, and to this crcu,
>tanrc il Is Indebted ~ no small dvgrl
ior it, rra>cnt fouri>hing state. II
ucoilc have tested the value Of teu)I
ance, 1t, a biar ch ei domestic and rn
policy. The cIIl1em> Ot The county vi
pay the faxes, sre Gu Reason wh, la.
should lnciease then rArcn>eS by mui
1 pl!lug tLeir paupcr> and ORIGINALS I
the tax payef> Ut vIhcr c'unilcs hUk nj
/ thl> t.atIer. aud SIC whether 1t Is qu3
i'.uuSi>tcnt ur ts!rtn iou.rt 10 bear thtl
/ IulcrablG batCs Is ui the iiVuof traIc-
! SnuulA this Iucc>>amt ,ifain from the ~,
&c purse rot ~ bc ielI a. all lEcunyd
~ucc. >oIac attention al least. ought TOD
..;t,d "a toe .acr that such expenses {,
oGi tie E@hGrst "f all the evils iucide
lu the >rcu;gc ol inten.pcrance. / "a
add Il tew particulars tur the bcneb
those wuo snsak hcencc Essential IL d
welfare oi county,:
/. Notwithstanding the population
this county has doubled within the d
N year,, It's law business has uvt
creased at all.
2 The number OF persons cOnvIca
aud sent to the state prison from I'll
county, dues not average one year. u
ot the judges who i present. while wu'
says 1t hardly exceeds one in two yeas
). The property cf the county b
qnadruflyd in the last ten years.
/. he people are satisfied, and do {
wish Tor hcen>e. As proof ut this, | sh
give entire the following petition, ID
now circulating, and signed by all d
Judges, all thc lawy er>, aud in tacl aid
officers of the county
=. To tie H2norajie. the Senate and Houye Of Rf
rs@eHta. ieeS Of Tie Commo sreal.h Of PcU,sya
Hir D.:
The Petition of the undersigned, judi"
Of the Courts M.mhers of The Bar and Cor
ty Officers, of Tic Coanty OF Potter re.F@
fully represents.
That lof the past eight years no lcen"
t" sell intoxicating driuAs have beCu grali'
III this couutv; and that the wihnuldIas
such lie 'nScs has exeried SalutarV I'D.
cnce on the habits and well being OF tie Pei
pie.
That the Act Of 20th Apoil, 1858, regu'
ing the sale of intoxicating liquors, IS oaS
on the assumption that licenses are necessa'
and hence encourages the sale Of Sucn
qnors, TO the serious injury of the lnhabia"
OF this Commonwealth therefore, your 7
titioners respectfully ask for the repeal Of y
said Act of goth Of April, 1858 All Wl'
is submitted with due respect"
Such are the results Of trying, 10
honest faithful manner, the principe
liquor prohibition. Let other oounil'
try the experiment, and reduce AaIl
Lawlsm to the only competent test
scarcely need say that where tcmperan'
has such a firm hold, antI-slavery
equally Predominant The NJ. i. Chu'
here i, numerically small, but is sa,i',
cd, aud well sustained by members Of =
congregation. Br Rice, stationed he'
is doing good work, and is highly.
tcemed. lie Was lately transferred IT"
lnaIanna.
Of our friend Mr.. Mann, we have on
to say, that he is one of tie staungD'
friends of the Northern L"deQendc"h~
An editor himself. a practIcing la"!'