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VOLUME X.- NUMBER 14.
THE POTTER JOURNAL.
TESUTUSI SVIAR THCOSOAY MORXJSO, BY
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Special ami Editorial Notice*, pei line, lu
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*f ad rertisvment* frotu a distance, unless thc_v
arc aCvOUipanied Lr the mom*/or satisfactory
jofcrencr.
Business Cartis.
JOHN S. M\NN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
(. oadersport. Pa . vrill attend the several .
Lour'.* in Potter and M Lean Counties. All
bjs.uci* eulnistcd in his care will receive
j rowpt attention. Othce ou Main St., pppo- j
•tic the Court Mouse. 10:1 ,
F, \V, KNOX,
A i ToPji F.Y A f LAW. Loaders port. Pa., will
reg-Urly attend the Court* iu Potter and
she adjoining Counties. 10:1 j
AKTlint G. ol.msted,
AtfONXKV A i .'I NShLLt'j; AT LAW, I
Co idrrjort Pa , will attend to ail business i
•ntrusteu to hi* care, with {>ro:cptacs and t
LUt'ilr. Oljjce in T-tupernn e Block. sec
ond floor. Main St, 10:1 !
ISAAC BENSON.
ATT IRS'SY AT LAW. Cou(lcr*port, Pa., wilj j
atteu l to all business entrusted to him, with
*.-• aa d promptness. Uflice corner of West
and Third fits. 10:1
L 1* WILLIKTON,
ATI iRNKY AT LAW, WelLboro'. Tioga Co., I
Pa will attend the Courts in Potter and
A Keau Counties. 9:13
A. P. CONK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Welisboro', Tioga Co . j
Pa., will regular!/ attend the Courts cfj
Potter Count/. 9:13
It. \V. BENTON,
3"SVEYO!I AND CONVEYANCER, Ray-
Maud P. 0., (Allegany Tj* ,) Potter Co., Pa..
w;il attend to all business in hie line, with
tare and dispai h. 9:33
W. K. KINO,
SURVEYOR. DRAFTSMAN AND CONVEY-'
*> Eit. bniethport, M'Kean Co., Pa., will
eit od to busiue.'s for non-resident laud-;
upon reasonable terms. Kefcren
• g<ren if rctpMred. I'. S.—Maps of any
pari of the County made to order. 9:13 •
O. T. ELLISON,
J UK TILING PHYSICIAN. Loudergport. Pa..!
-tfully informs the citizens ot the vil- ,
lag* and Tie,nifY that he will proaiply rc
§fmm4 'o *ll calls for profeMtSßial services.;
Office en Haia <t.. in bsiidiag far merit oc-i
sap'.sd by ('. W. Ellis. Esj. 9:22
k." E JO>IS. LK.S MANN. x. F. JONK9. i
JOXK3, MANN k JONES.
IKALEKA IS DRY GOODS, CROCKERY.
Hard tare, Koo'.s A Siioc, 'Jro' tries aitd
ProtDionj. Main >t., Ccudcrej prt, I'c,.
10.1
SWtLikS SM.'ra. h. A. JONAS.
SMITH * JONES,
Lha.'.Eßa iS DRUGS. MSDiCLNfiS, PAINTS.
Os, fane/ Articles, Stationery, Dry Clogds.
Crt>virie-, Ac., Mam *:., Coudersport. Pa.
10:1
I>. K OLMSTKH,
pBAUOI pi WIT GOODS, UEADY-MADK
t lothmg. Crocker/, Groceries. Ac., Main st.,
Cuuderspor'. it:l •
M V, '. MANN.
'i iiALRrt IN R<Uiv.S k STATIONERY, MAG
AZINES and Music. N. W. corner of Main
and Th rd >ts., Coudersport, I'a. 10:1
K. K HARRINGTON,
, i AKLLLR. Coudersport, Pa., having cngag
*l a w.ydow m Schooniaker A. Jackson n
aim. wii; the Watch and Jewelry |
brume** there. A f>D- assurtmcpt Qf Jewrj
•r* constantly on hand. Watches and;
Jewt! 1 carefull v repaired, in the best style,)
3 the liorte; notice—all work warranted.
9:24
HKNUV J. oLMsTEIL
■SI'CCaSKoR TO JAMUS W. SMITH.)
PRALER IN STOVES, TIN k SHEET IRON !
WAKE Main st.. nearly opposite the Court;
House. Coudersport, Pa. Tm and Sheet •
D"0 Ware maclt' to order, in good style, on
r sort notice. l(>;i
CO 111 ERSruHIIIOTE L,
*' P- GLAKSHIRE, Proprietor, Corner of.
M*.c and Second Street?, Coudersport. Pot
ter Co Pa. 9:44 |
A LlE< ANY 110UBK,
P 1 *G RL M MILLS, Proprietor, Coleshurg,
i nrver to , Pa., seven miles uor'h of Cou
dsrwpor* on the M 'lleTill* Rosd. 9:4 4
V" ■ •■* ■„.,.„, . __ _ _
&§£ iljfotfcY ifoiwmE
DIFFERENCES.
BY CHARLK* MACKAY.
The king can drink the best of wine—
So can I ;
And Las enough whan he would dine—
So have I.
Then where'? the difference—let me see—
Betwixt uiy lord the king and lire ?
Do trusty friends surround his throna
Night, and day.
And Oiake hi* iutere*ts their own?
No. not they !
Mine lot# lor me myself alonrs—
Blessed be they 1
And that's one difference I see
Betwixt my lord the king and aid.
Do knaves around in** lie and wait
To deceive ?
Or fawn and flatter when they hate,
1 Or cruel pomp? oppress my state —
My my leave ?
No! Heaven be thanked! And here you see
More ditference twixt the king and uie.
lie has Li* fools, with jest* and quips,
Great are they ;
But not a child to kiss his lipfi
Well a-dajr!
And that's a difference sad to see
Betwixt my lord the king and me.
I wear the cap and he the crown--
What of that ?
I sleap on straw, and he on down—
What of that ?
And he's the king and I'm the clown—
What of that ?
If happy I and wretched he.
Perhaps the king would change with me!
iMlfftfti &ilf.
' i
From tht New York Ltd-jtr.
EVENING DUTIES.
OR,
THE TWO CITY CLERKS.
BY SYLVAN US COBB, JR.
[ ContinufJ.]
The common civilities wore passed, and
then Mr. Rushton sat down ami looked
: around. lie saw uncut, substantial book
case, well tilled with good books; a few
choice pictures upon historical subjects ;
and a table, upon which were books, pa
per, pens and ink, drawing materials, and
a Cute. The merchant glanced at the
book which Oliver had iust laid down,,
with his "mark" carefully placed where
he had left off reading, find saw that it
WAN "COOPEK'H VIRGIL."
"Do }*ou read Latin?" Mr. Ruslitou
asked.
"Not much, sir," replied the youth,
modestly, "I studied it some when at
school, and I thought I might as well de
vote a part of my time to that us not. I
tiud that I can get along very well by
reading a little every evening."
"Eery evening ? Do you spend ev
ery evening here?"
"Almost sir, I go to a good lecture now
and then."
"Then you don't go out much evenings?" ;
"No, sir."
"Don't you like it ? "
"Well—l should like to walk out oft
ener, perhaps, if there were any pleasant
places in which to walk ; but this eitv
doesn't afford many such, sir."
"But most young men of your age Gnd
plenty of pleasure abroad iu the evening."
"1 suppose so, sir. And yet it is but
h flashing pleasure, after all. 1 fear many
of them are purchasing present pleasure at
thp cost of future suffering. No, sir—l find
pleasure abroad. I will not say that there
is none to be found. There may be much.
In fact, 1 know there must be much of
real pleasure to be found in our great
city by those who are thoroughly acquain
ted, and know where to look for it. Ido .
not mean that th<? city is void of good, or
' of true pleasures. —But. sir, I am "
"Well —go on. You are what ?"
"Why, sir—l do not feel safe to trust
myself in the society of those who seek
their pleasures away from home every
evening. I may be weak, but if I am, I
willing to acknowledge it, However,
I have one consolation : If I don't ven
ture near the fire I shan't be burned."
"You are right, Oliver—very right,";
returned the merchant, warmly; and theu
he added, in a sort of business tone —
"But I must broach the subject upon
which I called. How do you like your
boardlug-plaee ?"
"Why, sir—l like it as well as I think ,
I should any boarding-house," answered
Oliver in surprise.
"Would you object to changing it?";
pursued Rushton.
"Of course not, sir, if you \vish&4 it "
"Well, I do wish it ; and I'll tell yon
why: I have a very small family —only
my wife and one child—and I would like
to have one of my clerks always by me. —
Very often 1 want to look over accouuta
at home; and then I often want to send
business errands to the ftoye in the mor
jnins before I wish to go down myself.—
If you'll come and board with me you
shall have a better room than this is, aud
I'll keep you for nothing; so you'll have
three dollars and a half per week to buy
(fioud 10jiu of Jrui Qctyoziyzy, pi)<? vm ritfsdhpijqiioi) of hfentity, wd fjfetojt.
COODERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1857.
books with ; and. moreover, you shall have
; the free use of my library."
| "I—l "
i ".Speak out."
"I will do anything you wish, sir."
f The merchant seemed surprised. Ho
j had supposed that the youth would have
i been deeply moved by the proffered at
| tention.
"1 only wish you to please yourself, Ol
iver," he said, a little more coolly than
he had spoken before.
"I will speak plainly, sir, for I know
|you will not be offended," returned the
• youth, eoleriiig. "My parents are not
wealthy, but they are huuorabla and re
spected by all who know them. I appre
ciate your kindness, sir—but—l shuuld
| not feel happy—l—l—should not feel at
home in any house where there was a
class privileged above me. You may
think me foolish—but—really, sir "
i Poor Oliver btoke down. lie couldn't
come at it as he wished. At first a look
of utter astonishment settled upon the
j merchant's face ; but gradually the light
broke in upon him, and the old express
ion of pride came back.
"Aha—l see, I see," he cried. "You
think I meant to take you into my house,
and place you on a social par with my
' servants ?"
i Oliver looked surprised in turn.
"Am I right ?"
"Why—yes. sir."
"And would vou thank- me for that?"
"Yes, sir; because I am confident that
you would propose nothing to a depeud
:ent which was not meant for good."
"Thank you, Oliver—thank you. But
T ineaut no such thing. I have no son—
a—l meant for you to come and occupy 1
a place in my family as an honored and
! reapceted member of that family. Now
will you come ?"
Oliver Hudson started up and caught
i his employer by the hand. He tried kalf
; a-dozen times to speak, aud finally man- 1
•aged to gay—
"l should be very happy, sir—very—
[ " * * *" * i
The dwelling ofFJisha Rushton was
one of thob'e quiet, unassuming structures,
which wuulcl seldom be noticed as the
abode of wealth were it not for the exten
sive conservator)*, the open garden, and
the carriage-house. Where laud is almost
worth its own superficial area in silver'
coin, ouly great wealth can retain such
sources ol gratification. Within the mer
chant's house, all was substantial and of
real worth. The furniture was massive;
the ornaments pleasing to the eye aud to j
sense; while the whole was made subser
vient to comfort.
Mrs. Rushton was a woman of sound
practical sense, having started in life as
the wife of a poor clerk; and being able
now to look back upon the past, and feel
that at every upward step she had been
by her husband's side—never lagging be
hind tube lifted up, nor pulling upon him
to drag him back.
They had but one child—a daughter
named Emily. £he was now fifteen —
just a year y-junger than Oliver. She
was what fashionable people would call
' "so-so." She was not a beauty, because
there was no particular " style" to her fea
tures. In frame she was full and plump ;
and in feature fair and rosy. ller face
was a bed of roses and sweet smiles, and
her laughter was inspiring. Iu short, she
wh3 one of those whom Love marks for
its own. Her appearance inspired none
of that awe aud distant admiration which
your set beauty commands ; but the first
feeling upon becoming acquainted with
Emily Rushton was confidence aud love.
And into that society was Oliver Hud
son thrown. For awhile he seemed fear
ful of approaching too near; but gradual
ly this feeling wore off, and at the end of
six mouths they were free and easy in
each others society. And this feeling
hud not been Oliver's alone. No, no. —
Emily had for a long time treated him
differently from what she treated all oth
er male acquaintances. Slie had been
more distant aud reserved, and far more
respectful. But, aa we just said, this all
wore off, and they became as happy as
could be ieach other's society. Oliver
was a better looking youth thau most of
those who visited there, and then he had
that in his soul and brain which supplied
the material fur many a happy and prof
itable hour.
j Three years had passed away from the
time of the two boys' entrance into the
great city. They were now eighteen
years of age.
j Albert Ryder was an excellent sales
man, and aa lie managed to stick to his
business during business hours, bis em
ployers asked no questions. But Oliver
Hudson saw what many others did not
see, for he looked through the eye of love
and solicitude. lie saw that Albert's face
was but so fresh and fair ag it use 4 to ho;
' the eye was not so dear and hright; and
the step was not ao firm and buoyant,
"Albert," he said as the two mot one
1 eveuing at the store of a mutual friend, j
who was on the verg* of bankruptcy, and
vnih whom t.b° former had associated
much of late, "will you let me speak a few
i plain words to you ?"
"Pooh ! What's the use ? I know all
| you would say, Ol."
! "Never mind, let me speak. Come —
let ui walk."
Thrc was something so calm and sin
cere about Oliver's manner, and at the
; same time so dignified, that Albert could
not refuse; so they walked out.
"Albert," commenced the other, in a
! deep, earnest toue, "vuu are uoiug down
! hill!"
| "Me? Dunn hill?" repeated Albert
in surprise.
"Yes—you are going down hill. You
i ar e becouiiug the slave of appetite ! —stop.
Let me speak. I aim at your good, Al
; bert—at your good aloue. God bear me
witness when I say—for your good I would
suffer much! You are not safe. Ah—
; you eau feci it now. Your eye, Albert,
is not the eye you brought from beneath
your mother's roof! That red and blurr
ed expression I cannot gee but with pain.
Albert —my friend—my well beloVed—
you are standing upon the brink. You
can return now in safety—a little while,
and it may be too late. POM are beccm
i ing an inebriate
"Stop, Oilver!" cried the young prod
igal. "You wrong me now You know
better than that. Albert Ryder become
a drunkard ? You know better !"
| "Albert —answer me truly : what makes
your eye so red, and your face so pale.—
What makes your hand tremble, and your
lip crisp aud crackled ? What makes you
shun me so often, and refuse to listen ?
Tell me, lor I know that you have ample
proof of my love."
Albert was silent for some moments,
aud when he spoke big voice wag low and
faltering.
"If 1 shunned you, Oliver, it was be
cause I didu't want to hear your lectures."
"Well, my old mate —my companion
of other days," said Oliver, placing his
hand upon the other's shoulder, and speak
ing with a trembling voice and tearful
eye, "this once let me speak, and then I
will trouble you no more. You may af
ter this seek those who can flatter you
more fully, and speak more pleasing lan
guage to your ear. Ouly God grant that
they may not turn your mother's chiefest
hope from the path of manhood."
[ Conclusion Xext IV'ec/.-.]
Jhlfctfti piSffUauy.
What Men Drink.
A story has been going the rounds of
the pipers for several weeks, the gist of
which is contained in the following par
agraph :
"in the manufacture of brandy from
raw spirits, a certain article called " es
sence of brandy," is sometimes used,
which, in its properties is nearly allied
to prussic acid, aud a drop or two will
produce instant death. At Toronto, Can
ada, a manufacturer of brandy, named
Morris, applied his tongue to a prepara
tion of this essence with a view probably
to ascertain its strength, and in leas than
sixty seconds was a corpse."'
From the Various commentaries which
have been made in relation to this fatal
experiment of touching one's tongue to
the " essence of brandy," it would seem
that many of our editoral brethren ha ve
an extremely vugue and indefinite idea
of the nature of this strange and poteut
14 essence." We propose to enlighten
them, to the end that they and their
readers will have a good reason to adopt
the 44 taste not" adage in relation to this
and all similar essences.
The true essence of all the alcoholic
or intoxicating liquors in the world is
alchohol itself. 4 ' Raw spirit" is sim
ply alcohol, diluted with water. —
Kverv other alcoholic beverage, whether
known as "spirituous or malt liquors,
wine," iVc,, is nothiug more or less than
alcohol and water, eommenly kuown as
" raw whisky" —aud certain extraneous
admixtures, alias poisons. With this
raw whisky and the appropriate com
pound or essence, all kinds of liquor,
rum, brandy, wine, gin, ale, beer, etc., in
all their variety, can be made to order on
very short notice, aud of auy required
degree of llavor. pungency, or intoxica
ting potency. The luanulacture of these
compounds has become quite an import
ant business, aud some of our chemists
aud druggists make their manufacture
cn
and sale a speciality.
The adulteration of alcohol, or the
manufacture of fictitious liquors, is as
profitable to the producer as it is killing
to the consumer. For example, ten
cents' worth of arsenic or corrosive sub
limate, added to a barrel of rum, brandy,
gin, or whiskey, will double its commer
cial value, that is, it will enable the
dealer to add to it a barrel of water, and
stili have the same potency to effect, or
disturb, or stimulate the system as an
ordinary glass, or driuk, or dose.
I>ut if the well-skilled manufacturer
wishes to augment the power of his liq
uor to ou the brain and nervous ys
tem rather than on the digestive and cir
| culating system, that is, to intoxicate and
stupefy rather than to excite or irritate,
he has only to change the leading drug of
his " essence" from a caustic to a narcot
ic. • Instead of arsenic, cayenne, corro
sive sublimate, phosphorus, etc., he will
use prussic acid, strychnine, henbane,
bell tdona, etc.
A dollar's worth of either of these
Jrugs will increase the potency of a
whole barrel of alcohol, in whatever form
or diguise it may appear as a beverage,
one hundred per cent. Hence if a barrel
of brandy, without "essence," will
amount, when retailed by the drink, to
one hundred and twenty dollars and
ninety-six cents, allow half a gill for
a drink, price six cents,) one dollar in-:
verted in prussic acid or strychnine wil' j
enable the same barrel to bear an equal
amount of water, while each drink will
I " make drunk come," equal to the genu
ine aricle, and if the flavoiing and pun-!
gency is carefully managed with extract
of logwood, burnt sugar, sulphuric acid,
vitriol, suga? of lead, erraina of paradise, j
coeculus indieu, hops, alum, horse-rad
ish, " botanical" Juniper, lime, chamber
| lye, etc., the " most fastidious taste" will
not be offended, and the " connoisseur"
will find his cultivated appetency and
sensuality fully satisfied, while the deal
er gets for his barrel of brandy two hun
dred and forty-one dollars and ninety
two cents.
The paragraph above quoted represents
the •' esseuce of brandy" which killed
the Toronto manufacturer, to be in its
properties, " very nearly allied to prussic
acid. It is indeed so. It is as nearlv
allied to prussic acid as prussic acid it
self. The same experiment has been
tried many times before, and with ex
actly the same result. Many chemists,
physicians, and apothecaries have acci
dcntly tasted the contents of a bottle
containing prussic acid, and "in less
tlnyi sixty seconds were corpses." — Life
Illustrated.
a. Presiding? Elder of
the Plilladeipliitt Con
ference.
[Cor. of the Phil. Eeeninj Bulletin.]
NEW CASTLE, Del., Aug. 24. —At the
close of the camp meeting for Greensboro
I Circuit, Caroline county Md., held at
Boonsboro, and which closed a few days
ago, there was witnessed one of the gross
est pro-slavery outrages which has ever
i occurred in the State of Maryland. At
! many meetings of this kind it is usual at
| the close of camp meetings, for all mem
bers of the Church (Methodist Episcopal)
' to march around the ground, inside of the
' circle formed by the tents, and sing some
1 hymn appropriate to the parting of those
who have been worshippers together in
the tented grove for the week or more ol
the meeting's continuance.
Ordinarily the colored people form in
marching order, and defile into line im
mediately after the whites; but in some
localities, Jest offence should be taken by
outsiders, tho colored pc-oplc arc marched
around by themselves, and after the pro
cession of the whites has taken place. To
' conciliate the pro-slavery sentiment in
the locality, the latter plan was adopted
by the prudent dignitary who had charge
1 of the interests of the meeting.
Rev. Win. McCouibs, the Presiding
Elder, placed himself at the head of the
procession of the colored members of the
.Methodist Episcopal Church, which was
made up of slaves and free people of col
or, when a mob of mora thau fifty per
sons, led on by an ex-dignitary of the
county, entered the circle and came up im
mediately abreast the procession.
The leader of the mob forbade Mr.
McCoiubs to take another step at his per
il, and threatening him with the ven-,
geauco of the mob should he dare to ad
vance.
The Presiding Elder, intimidated by!
threats of persoual violeuce, aud fearing
bloodshed and a general melee, quit his
place at the head of the procession, and;
the mob was triumphant on the ground
made as sacred by the laws of Maryland
as is the inside of a church.
A Magistrate on the ground, and of
ficiating member of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, was a plied to we learn,
for a writ, in order to arrest the leader
of the mob. This process was denied
the Presiding Elder, aud he found to his
chagrin, and in contradiction of former
repeated asseverations in regard to Meth
jodism in the slavcholding territories of
the Philadelphia Annual Conference,
that the Methodist people were untrue to
Anti-Slavery Methodism, or at least had
not the courage to support their church
official when the interest aud rites ot the
(colored people were in question.
We are not lovers of strife and blood
shed, yet we can ou'y think of the po
sition or Mr. MoCombs as one represen
iug, oa this occasion, the whole interests
of Anti-Slavery Methodism on the penin
sula, aud deeply regret that ri-rbt, and
the prestige of a powerful churcu on the
right aide, should ao quietly have been
surrcud-wed. M.
I
i FOUR CENTS.
TERMS,- $1,25 PER ANNUAL
A WHOLE SOULKD RKPUBLICAK. —The
I ( coil Maryland, *\\ big,' contains a letter
from William Pinckney Ewing— who is
'I at present a candidate for States Attorney
j—addressed to the editor of tho Cecil
; •Democrat,' in reply to a charge that ho
jis a Republican. Mr. Ewing writes like
j a bold and fe&rkas man and would evident
jly rather suffer defeat, than abandon one
jot ot his Republican principles. We give
the conclusion of his letter. He states
j very distinctly what Republicanism is,
j and what it desires to accomplish
j ''But, why in. the coueluaioo of your
article, do you call upon 'the slaveholders
| of Maryland to stay the march of Repub
licanism?' Why do you call on the 10,
,000 slaveowners and hare no word tosav
;to the 410,000 free white men and wo
men who eat their bread in the sweat of
their faces and don't own or ever expect
to own a single nigger? Are the inter
ests of the non-Blavehc,ders not to be ta
ken into account? Must their lands ba
depreciated in value, and their labor de
graded, and they teinaiu silent? Repub
licanism does not, as your party asserts,
wish to turn all the slaves loose and place
them on an equality with the whites. It
does not desire to intefere with slavery
where it exists. Its only object is to pre
serve our territories for free white men,
and allow them the privelege of reading,
writing er speaking on what subject they
see proper without being liable to fine and
: imprisonment.
It seeks to confine slavery within its
present limits, and to elevate free white
labor by giving the man whose only cap
ital i* a stout heart and two willing hands
au opportunity to live without being plac
ed on an equality with and treated w
nigger slaves, or else be crushed out by
them.
It seeks to give the white man, to th
exclusion of the black, the complete and
cntir- 1 control of all agricultural and me
j ohanieal pursuits. It sympathises with
the white race, and wishes to see our laud
; iuereasa in value, our resources become
. developed, and our country filled up with
honest, industrious, intelligent whites
and their smiling cottages rise upon the
! ruins of squallid negro huts. This is all
that Republicanism asks—why should
, you battle against it with such bitterness?"
Wlitil !s a Democial I
THE SX.V says the " real Democrat IS
the friend of Wiiiaot." This is a very
J ideal figure of speech. What docs the
iSun mean by Democrat?— Penntylvcni'n.
To wipe out all ideality and rub out
every figure of speech' the Sun thus re
spectfully answers the
A Democrat is a man who believe* in
the strength of the people, without hav
ing that strength exercised in knocking
him out of oflice because he acts as it" he
j thought Democracy ment the weekneaa
of tho people. A Democrat may, at
j times, so far forget himself as to cater
j for the interests of all Wards but Lb
jown; all Counties but his own, all
j States but his own : if, however, he scb
i serves the good of other counties before
i his own, he then is called a traitor.
A real Democrat is one who regards
the interest of his own Ward, County
and State before those of all other Wards,
j Counties and States, and when he is en
gaged iu a Btate campaign in 1557 do<ts
not stop to ask, what will be the effect
of all thrs in other States in 1800.
Now, we will answer more than the
| Pennsylvanian aks. A Loeofoco is U
a Democrat what a mule is to a horse—
he can't propagate anything and ia all
; fiiredlv stubborn. A Locofuco, like a
foolish housekeeper, cares more for tho
admiration of his neighbors than for the
gratitude of his own household, who re
gards more those who say, what a fine
house lie has, than the compliments ot*
those inside, who save, How comfortable
our father makes us.
Is the /*t n n sylvan ia answered ?
Phil. Sun.
+ , gp , p
y "I PON'T I.IKE CHILDREN." said a
Teacher not long since, in our hearing.—
On visiting her school a short time after,
| we could as plainly see, as though writ
ten upon the forehead of the scholars iu
living letter*. "We don't like our teach
er." It was a mvtval dislike. The rnark
i ing of that school for that term, was ret
rograde. What a fearful account will
that Teacher have to render for the man
ner iu which her duties were jcrformod.
| Let no teacher enter the school room, who
does not love children. .Seek some other
employment, in some lone retreat, where
flowers do not bloom, nor birds sing.-
There secluded from all harmonious
rounds aud lovely sights, brood over thy
wretched disposition aud want of human
kindness, and if permitted to live "three
score years and ten," 'tis biped that thou
wilt di" an old maid, a bachelor, to ba
buried by the Poor Masters ia the Pot
ter's field, with no stone to tell thy rest
ing place. For perchance some inuocent
little child may wander there, and eveu,
the fragrance of the grass above thy head
would serve as a blight to inooccticy,—
i Citizen.