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4bjtra,ct .of the
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
The governor begins his message witjh
/he gratifying announcement that, not
mithstaljUing the troubles of the year,
• 'it- hvuito'.* are in an excellent condition,
t ie Trcn.-u id's receipts, up to Nov. 30,
Ving Si, 130,773,35. while the expendi
f ares were 53,775,857,00. leaving the ex
, -s- of §358.921,29. Of the public debt
f ere was paid 5121,494,35. On public
j'iiprovumet.i.is §241.080,58 was expended,
t uu §90,U70,0t> received, leaving au ex
t c>s of expenditure of §245,900,62. At
f.-r crediting these extraordinary expen
• iituies and deducting exttaordlnary re
ceipts from the l'eunsv 1 vatiia llailroan
/Joinpanv and the Girard Rank, the tiue
ha'auce for the fiscal year is 591)3,382,36
The public debt is 53D.20 5 ,1 11,10, to
ruect. which the State owus well secured
bonds revGyed from Ri.e sale of the pub- j
works amounting to 611,181,000. —
The Governor thinks that, with the ex
isting sources of revenue, and the observ
ance of strict economy, this sum may be
reduced, during the current year, at least
ovc million of dollars, prudently adding
tb-'t
"The present would appear to be toe
app.opriate tiuie, when our nation
i at peace, and when health and reason
able prosperity prevail Within otir b >r
jders, to reduce the public debt. We
have but to carefully husband our legiti
ja e resource , uwi iing extravaj.a .t and
unnecessary appropriations, and prac
ticing a proper economy in all the dc-j
prt i.cuts of Government, to render the j
ey.uo extinguishment of our debt a fixed
tact within a very brief period. To care
fully guard the public treasury at this
interesting epoch in our financial history!
is o manifestly the duty ut the public
authorities, that I cannot for one moment
b'.itt've that any other policy will be pro- •
posed. If there be any who, relying on
the improved condition of the finances of j
the .State, would encourage the adoption
of new schemes for depleting the Ireas
ury, or would cut off the sources of our
present revenue, and thus reduce it, let j
all such efforts, coining from whatever
nuarter they may. be sternly insisted. —
Let I 'enusylvauui be just before she is j
generous."
Gov. Packer recites at some length the!
circumstances connected with the sale of
the State Canals to the Suubury and Erie
Railroad Company, and congratulates the
ueople upon the encouraging prospect of i
/lie early completion of that road. "A
large amount of work has been done on :
the line of the road during the past sea-;
son, and at this time very Considerable
portions of the road are graded and rap
idly approaching completion. It is the
opinion of the President of the Company
that within two years the work will i_e
rntirely finished, so that cars will be run
ning directly from the City of Phi'a lcl
pliia to the Harbor of Erie." He con- ;
sidcrs "that the public welfare will iu
verv respect be vastly promoted by the.
transfer of the management of the public;
works from the State to individual own
er*. 'J'hc short experience that we have
bad already proves conclusively that the
Coiuutgi,veulth is greatly the gainer, in
m Ijnancial point of view, and it has been
equally demonstrated that the people at
jarge have been us well, if not better, ae
coutmq<| by the change." He recom
uiuuda tfig abolition of the Board of Ca
nal Commissioner*- H° remarks that by
the disposal of the puhjip lands and pub
lic works, Governmental action has km
cotne greatly simplified, and may be more
so, if the Legislature refuses its aid to the
lobby-— adding that '"it is as remarkable
h. it is propitious, that an era which has
Ums relieved the State authorities of bur
dens that consisted either of mere mate
rial interests or the cure of local adminis
tration —committing tljo JUG to the local
sovereignty of the peupiu, and the other
to private or associated entsuqu ue —should
also present for consideration and promo
tion intellectual and moral eiaiuu of pe
culiar importance."
The system of public education Is ro-!
garded as "the first object of solicitude."
During the year ending last June, 028,-
£Ol pupils were instructed in the public
schools at a cost of £2.427,532,41. The
Governor recommends the organization of
a Department of Dublin Instruction, which
shall have in charge the collection, ar?
rangetnent and practical deductions from
population and industrial statistics; from
natural defects, such as deafness and
dumbness, bliuducss and lunacy; from
crime in its various forms and develop
ments, together with such control over
all the literary and scientific institutions
in the State as shall bring their full con
dipon jntp view Rut there must also be
Teachers' ScjproJuw-th© want of which is
grievous, tjj teachers outside of
Philadelphia, only %087 pre reported as
♦'qualified;" while re returned as
♦medium," and 1,328 as "until.." The
Governor thinks the mode proposed by
(he act of May, 1857, which places the.
teacher on the same footing as regards
the State with the other professions, the
Lst one. Iu consequence of the finan
cial difficulties of the year, this plan has
Hot had a fair trial. The passage of ui
law guaranteeing a moderate payment to
each school t*. tublisbcd under the act is
recommended.
After A few excellent remarks upon the
Utility of Agricultural colleges, arid the.
i ir>; who h it-, their due from the .State,
|!• linv oi'ii come* to the State Ihirik.s.
11- f < jh. <ni *.. car< fu! inouliv into
iU j/.' 'a' 'o -M i, </l the Tioga and
t t ' , i 1 4 111 J I'l ;t.s. • 4< < J f}j. !l;i nl. of
Kshauiukin, in order to see whether .the
continuance of their charters may or may
not be injurious to the Commonwealth —
in which case there can be no doubt of
the power and duty ot the Legislature to
repeal ,thc acts of incorporation.
'jTiio .positions of the Governor's Inau
gural Address against a further increase
of Banks under the present system, and
against the issue of small notes, are reit
erated, and he again urges such a change
in the laws as to insure the redemption of
bills by the pledge of United States or
State stocks, upon a plau similar to that
iu use its Now a otic.
After referring to the reports of the
i several Departments, and commending
Irhe charitable and reformatory Institu
tions of the State to the care of the Leg
islature. the Governor adverts to the ques
tion of the tariff. IJe favors au increase
of protective duties, and thinks, with the
President, that these should be specific
instead of ail valorem.
In closing his Message, Gov. Packer
arrays himself by the side of Judge Doug
las upon the Kansas question. He con
demns the theory that it is the duty of
Congress to protect Slavery in the Terri
tories, and denies that any construction
favoring such theory can fairly be given
to the Dred Scott decision. He also con
demns the theory that this country must
eventually become all Free or all Slave,
and plants himself broadly upon the doc
trine of Popular Sovereignty, which he
calls the "life blood of our free institu
tions and the palladium of our safety."
Applying this to the question of State
Rights, lie deprecates the overshadowing
iuflucuce of the Federal Government, and
recommends watchfulness.
God's Law Against the Slave-
Trade.
Some of our contemporaries hitherto
conspicuous in the support of slavery, arc
magnifying their pious zeal against the
foieign slave-trade. No vocabulary,—not
••yen Dr. Worcester's forthcoming diction
ary with 30,050 additional words —can
furnish them with sufficient terms of ob
jurgation against the traffic in African
negroes. At the same time, to sell a
native born Virginian to be carried away
from his wife and children to the cotton,
rice, ur sugar plantations uf the far South,
is iu their view no crime, but a necessity
of that system which is identified with
the Utiioti, which Southern divines de
fend from the Rible, and Northern apos
tates ''accept as it is," and whose kuown
evils and vices the Tract Management
have refused to condemn. This distinc
tion is laid down as law in the decision
of the United States Commissioner at Sa
vannah, in the case of parties arrested for
having iu their possession negroes lately
lauded by the Wanderer. The question
involved was whether these parties were
guilty of that form of the slave-trade which
the laws of the United States declare to
be piracy. The Commissioner decided
that "the internal transportation of re
cently-imported Africans is nut a crime
under the laws of the United States";
and in reply to a query of the District
Attorney, tiie Court reiterated that ''it
had no difficulty in charging that the
lucre internal transportation of negroes is
not a critno in the eye of the law." How
delicately all this is phrased. Had the
Wanderer been captured on the high seas
with a cargo of slaves, the United States
Government must have gone through the
form of prosecuting her officers and crew
for piracy, punishable with death. Rut
no sooner are the poor wretches, stolen
from Africa, landed upon our Southern
coast, than they cease to be the victims
of piracy, and are pimply '• newly-import
ed Africans," the "internal transportation''
of whom is HO more a crime than is the
transportation ufa newly-imported breed
of sheep or cows.
Every man whose conscience is not
seared must detect at once the fallacy and
the wickedness of this distinction. There
is no principle that makes tHe African
slave-trade a cruelty and a crime which
does not apply with even greater force to
the domestic slave-trade of Virginia. The
slave-trade is dealing in human beings as
chattels, making merchandise of men;
arjd this is as great a crime in Richmond
as it< Congo. God's law against this
crime is uuc and indivisible: "He that
stealetli a man, and selleth him, or if he
be found in bis hand, he shall snrely be
put to death." — N. Y- Independent.
(T-lif JJattrr Journal.
COI'DCsrRT,
Il)i|rßL>j}[i tjl oiling, foil. 13, iso,
' T. S. CHASE. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, *
i 9 _ i . I IM ■ i •.<— !
CAUTION. —We would state to out 1
brethren of the press that CAHKY & C 0.,,
of New York, calling themselves a (Icn-j
eral Advertising Agency, owe uy a small j
bill of advertising—(the tirst they have!
ever contracted with us)—now overdue, |
and which we have twice written fur with-j
out receiving arty reply, and that we have !
received official notification that they re-1
fltse to take our paper from the P. O.
We are convinced that they are sw'ndlers,
and we would warn publishers, (who have
not, like u*, bad their lingers burnt, j not j
to trust them.
firs'" Iu another place we give an ah- j
struct of lin,eruov Packer's aeoond annual:
me sage,—regretting t'lat qur limited |
space will r,pt adnjlt of its publication en-,
tire in our columns. It is an al}le docu
ii.' lit, and entirely free from the cant and t
special pleading which characterized the
recent message of the President. Al
though almost entirely devoted to the dis
cussion of Pennsylvania a flairs, its general
tone and character mark it as worthy of
general perusal an<£ careful consideration.
It is but one-third as long as the Presi
dent's Message, and eould have been made
(-hotter without destroying its force; nev
ertheless it COM tains double the statesman
like logic and ability that the President
exhibited in his receut warlike and pro
slavery harangue. While the Governor
disagrees with the President, auu declares
fur the great Douglas bug-Lear of " Popu
lar Sovereignty" with the "Popular" omit
ted, he seems to think with the President
that nothing but a tariff of specific duties
on Pennsylvania manufactures will save
the Democratic party in ISo'J—even thu'
the moustrous little Illinois demagogue be
the standard-bearer. The Gov. no doubt
sincerely and earnestly desires a reconcil
iation of the factions of his party prior to
the campaign of 1809—(and now that
Douglas has made a triumphant entr6e to
to the Capitol, he may concede a little to
the President for party's sake) —yet, we
hardly think that the " Little Giant's"
asperity towards Pennsylvania iron in
terests can bo entirely overlooked bv our
good voters in Don Quixotic thirst for
" popular sovereignty" adventure. We
cannot, however, reasonably find fault
with the Governor for saying a few words
in behalf of his party, when it needs so
much encouragement as it now does.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
The State Legislature met ai:d organ
ized on Tuesday, Jan. 4th. The follow
ing is a complete list.of the various offi
cers of the two Houses :
SKNATK.
Speaker: John Crcsswell, of Blair.
Chief Clerk: William Miller.
Assistant Clerk: F. M. Hutchinson,
Transcribing Clerks: J. S. Africa, A. J. Barr
and Win. S. Picking.
Sergeant-at-Arms: Tbeophilus Snyder,
Assistant Do. : Win. L*. Brady,
Door Keeper : Charles Mo If,
Assistants Do.: J. it. Dunbar and G. H. Stoe
vcr,
Messenger: Herman Yerks,
Assistant Do. : Geo. \V. Long.
HOt SB OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Speaker: Wra. C. A. Lawrence,
Citric: Samuel J. Rhea,
Assistant Clerk : J udson llolcomh,
Transcribing Clerks: C. W. Gilfillin, Pearson
Foster, li. li. llouch aud John Picking.
SerJieant-at-Arvis: John (.'lemons,
Assistants Do.: J. M. Barley, J. W. Fletcher.
F. Gi-hr and S. R Kales,
Door Keeper: John O. Morgan.
Assistants Do.: J. B. Reese, S. McDouald,
Wiu. Gardy and A. W. Kiuimell,
Post Master: S. C. Stewart,
Messenger: A. D. Davis,
At sis fonts D".: Jas. Williams, Daniel F.
Heraperley, Jno. Ilheimcr and Win. Deal.
The officers of the Senate are all Dem
ocrats, and those of the House all Repub
licans. Ihe election ot State Treasurer
was to havo taken place last Tuesday.
The Republicans havo a large majority on
joiut ballot, and will elect their candidate.
A bill abolishing the Canal Hoard pass
ed the llouso bv a vote of 94 to G—hav
ing been recouuneuded b) the Governor's
Message.
V&* As announced as our intention in
our last issue, we took a brief but pleas
ant journey to " the land of our Fathers,"
—having returned to our post a week-ago
Tuesday, after uu absence of teu days
We annex a condensed sketch of our trip.
We left Coudersport, by private con
veyance, fthe horse and buggy of our ac
commodating young friend, 11. W. Rath
bone, the Oyster Saloonkeeper p'ir cxcel
lance of this village,) at noon of Dec. 26th,
and, with no very marked incidents by
the way, arrived at the Olean House, Glean,
at 8 o'clock P. M., and consigned our
welfare for the night to the care of the
well-known and gentlemanly clerk, CHAR
LEY CoPELAND, and his estimable wife.
Charley is famous as a first rate hotel
clerk all along the Western Division of
the N. Y. & K. 11. 11., and his treatmeut
of ourself and companion, ( niot of tho
time uncouscious of the distinguished
guest he was entertaiuing,) induces us to
say that his fame is well deserved. Mr.
Humphrey, tho proprietor, was absent,
aqd we did not see him. but Charley, be
ing anxious to get better acquainted with
the people of this county, handed us the
card of the house for publication in the
JOURNAL, where it will be found as a new
advertisement.
We left Olean at G A. M., Monday
morning, on the immigrant Train, the only
one going west that day, and arrived at
Dunkirk (a dutauce of Go miles!) at 11:
40 A. M. At Dunkirk we took the Mail
Train of the Ruffalo and Erie 11. 11. at 2
o'clock P. M. f and reached Eric (45 miles,)
at 4 o'clock. Left Erie by stage —au ex
cruciatingly miserable two-horse hack—
at 5 o'clock, and reached the hospitable
hotel of our old friend, JOHN M. ALLEN,
in Water ford, (15 miles,) at 8 o'clock.
.John's corporeal limits are extending rap
idlj, giving him a Fulstuft' appearance,
f*** ~I"~~ j " . -IW*. . 1
• ami we learn with pleasure that his purse
is filling up with equal rapidity. Lett'
Waterfurd t noon Tuesday in an infinite- j
ly worse conveyance than that which
brought us there, and arrived at Meadville,
22 miles, at 6 o'clock P. M., and placed;
: ourselves under the care of our old friend j
JESSE HUPP and lady, who keep- A real
traveller's resting and feasting place inj
the metropolis of " Old Crawford.''
Wednesday morning, visited some ot;
' our friends, and made the acquaintance
j of BURCHFIELD, the editor, and BROOKS.:
the foreman, of the Free Press, (a new •
| and spicy little paper) both of whom
found to be gentlemanly and clever fellows.:
and ''printers at h mie." At 10 o'cljck
: A. M., we left Mendviile for Titusville,
the home of our parents, where we arrived ;
ijust in time lor tea. The object of our'
trip being to risit our home, we of course;
| availed ourself of every means of making:
Our brief stay of foiy days there (the in-|
cidents of which woul 1 be uninteresting j
jto our readers) pleasant to our friends and j
j ourself—and we were not disappointed-!
We found and left them enjoying, gener
ally, good health and good living—all that
cuuli be expected these hard times.
On our return, we left Titusville at 6
, A. M., Monday morning in private con
veyance, reached Erie at 5 I*. M., (45j
| miles,) went to bed till 12, took the Ex-j
press Train at 10 o'clock A. M.Tuesday,
reached Wclisviile, N. Y., at 9 A: M.!
I same day, took breakfast at Van Buren's,
: made the acquaintance of SHALT, of the!
Bad'jet —-(which first-rate little paper, by
the way, has just donned a new, beauti
fully designed and engraved "head"}
which cost §4O,) —and left in the stage, !
lon excellent sleighing, for Coudersport at
10 o'clock A. M , where we arrived, safer j
than sound, on Tuesday evening at 4j
o'clock. This was the first time we had
been more than 10 miles distant from our 1
'office since the 14th of August, 185 G.
: Few editors cau exhibit so brief a diary
jof travel in so long a period of time,
i Wo could, with equal truth, say that few
er editors receive so little pecuniary en
couragement to stay so closely at home as
we do. Is it any wonder then that we
should desire to let our readers and breth
' ren of the press know .hat we have been
out seeing things ? Nay, verily.
The Health ol .llr. Sumner.
Letter from his Physician in Paris.
[Correspondence of the J". Hue. Post. J
WASHINGTON, December 14. —Letters
have been received in tliis city from lion, j
Charles Sumner and his physicians, by I
j his colleague, Senator Wilson. Annexed
jis the letter from Dr. II ey wood, of Bos-,
, ton, who has been residing iu I'aris dur-j
ing Mr. Sumner's sojourn there. Mr
Sumner states that he shall yield to the
requirements of his physicians and re-.
i main iu Europe for the present. Here is
Dr. lieywood's letter:
PARIS, November 19, 18.> P. j
HON. HENRY WILSON —Sir: As the colleague I
of the Hoii. Charles Sumner, I thought juu
j would he glad to learn the result of the niedi-'
cal consultation held to-day in his case. Tuere
were present Professor Traussau, one of the-:
most eminent practitioners in Europe. Dr. !
Hrown-Seguard, the attending physician, and!
myself. Carefully inquiring into the history i
of the case, and a minute examination of his:
present condition, satisfied ns that lie is still j
{ suti ring from the injuries he received more
, than two years and .t half ago; but it is our
j unanimous opinion, espresso 1 with great con
lid''.>u, that * v.mid Mirely recover, but how
' soon it is impos.-iblc to tell,
j li wns alio considered inadvisable for him
to return to his public duties during the pres
< nt wirier; and all of us unite iu urging his
eontm i ince in Europe fur the present, as very
important., if not essential, t> the completion I
of nis cure.
j Having eert Mr. Sumner on his arrival in
Paris. 1 am hippy to assure you that he has
improved very much sinct- then ; that some of
| the alarming symptoms that existed at that'
I time have airevly if not quite disappeared,!
! and that all of them have been esvnti.illy mod- j
: iticd, I remain, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant, G::u. HEYWOOD.
It* the Lycomiaj Gu*Jtc will copy the
•above letter, its readers will be able to I
determine whether its sneers at Mr. Sutu-;
uer s injuries were justifiable or not.
TIIK HOUSE COMMITTEES, as now ap-j
pointed, set forth Col. Orr's sectional un-•
fairness in a very striking light. He has
j civen the chairmanship of fourtern im
' porta nt committees to southern members,:
and but four to the North; and on every
committee which has any decided influ
ence on legislation, he has placed five
I southern to four northern members
Though the free states have more than
three-fifths of the House, he has appoint- 1
led southern tneu to fill all the vacancies'
j caused by death or retirement. — X. Y.
Foe. Post.
This is an additional evidence of the
truth of Seuator Seward's assertion, tliati
freedom and slavery will be perpetually
at war until one or the other shall be;
i everywhere in the ascendent.
For Hit Potter Journal.
MR. EDITOR —In your last issue, I
1 noticed the call for the "Agricultural I
Ball," the proceeds of which were to be,
applied to the "Potter County Agricul
tural Society." Cpou inquiry, 1 found |
that very few had been consulted, aud
still fewer were willing to receive pecuni-1
ary aid from the avails of a ball. We;
! think our society can be supported by|
| more honorable means. But if those;
philanthropic gentlemen of Coudersport, j
with their meritorious heels (less in the;
head and still less it the heart.) persist'
tin their charitable purples,perhaps thev
can assist, some other society where their
i gifts will be better appreciated. I would
] suggest the commencement of a Lunatic
i Asylum for Coudersport. B.
The above is dated the 2oth ult., but
|we give it a place at this late day. "VY e
| cannoc see what harm there is in a danc
ing man contributing to the fund ot the
' Agricultural Society in the way that be.-t
i 11 1
I suits him. The managers did uot ex
pect church members to contribute eith
jea their money or their presence on this
occasion—and no doubt used the term
"Agricultural Ball" more as an experi-.
iuent now, than with the hope of adding 1
| anv very considerable sum to the fund
|of the Society. The amount of the prof
it to the Society, we learn, was 32,75 —
the amount received over and aDovc the;
i expenses—which was paid to the Treas
; urer of the Society on the morning after
! the ball. The result was not "very en
couraging either to the Managers or the
! Society, and we are inclined to think
!
that "B." will not soon again have occa
sion to deprecate an "Agricultural Ball"
in Coudersport.
While on this subject, we will say
I (though without any desire to provoke a
I newspaper discussion of its merits,) that
' we are not of those who regard dancing
las an unpardonable sin—and we earnest
ly believe that if a vote of the Agricul-
I" # i
tural Society—numbering the most re
spectable citizens of the countv —was tak
en to-day, a large majority would sustain
i dancing, properly conducted, as an inno
cent amusement. We do not claim, how
jever, that we cannot be mistaken in this
view.
i An exchange paper tells of a man
whose sister told him lie had not long to
(live and suggested that he might not feel
; entirely prepared fur that eveut. ' Why
should 1 be afraid to die?' he asked, 4 /
j never voted the l)< uiocnitir ticket in ivy
I ife."
PRICE i ERR EXT.
; Corrected every Wednesday. by P. A. STF.IS
- wholesale and retail Dealer in Gro- j
curies and Provisions. Main Street,
COI"DERSI'( RT, PA.
i Apples, preen, hush., $ 37.1 to 75
! do dried, " 150 2no
' Beans, " I no 1 f>u
: Beeswax, "f? lb., 20 25 '
; Beef, 44 4 5!
1 Beef Hides, 44 5 5.]
I Berries, dried, p* quart 10 IS
I Buckwheat, T'bush., 50 03 •
I Butter, "j? lb., }S 22 I
I Cheese, " 8 12£
j Corn, "ft hush., ST.] 100
j Eggs, >' doz., 12 j 15 i
| Flour, superfine, bbl., 675 700
do extra, 44 725 7 5<J j
i Hams, lb., 10 14
| Huv, "p? ton, 600 'J 00 !
I Honey, "f* lb., 10 I 2L
: Lard. 14 12 1G '
I Mink Skins, each, 75 100 I
! Oats. £? busli., 50 5G '
! Onions, 14 75 100 ;
i Pork, qr' bbl., 2<* 00 23 00
| do 'jd lb., 10 12 j ;
do in whole hog, !b., G 7 |
i Potatoes, "f 5 bush., 37.1 5G |
Poultry, T 1 lb., 5 G
, live, "jp bush., G2j 75
•Salt, y bhi., 2 50
i do "p sack. 25
! Trout, "p A-bid., 550 Gno I
Wheat, ~p lus!). ( 125 150 j
White Fish, per. d-bbl., 5 00 0 oo
Wool, per. lh., 28 30 !
j Sheep Pelts, each, 50 75
rjv< i CONSUMPTIVES.—The advertiser huv-,
JL ing been restored to health in a few weeks,
by a very simple remedy, after having .suffer
ed several years with a severe Lung Affix-turn.
laud that dread disease, Consumption,—is 1
anxiou- to make known to his fellow-sufferers |
| the means of cure. To all who desire it he
; will send a copy of the prescription used (free;
' of charge), with directions lor preparing and
| using the same, which thev will find a sure '
| Cure for Consumption, Asthma, ]irouchitis, Jj*r. I
jTiie only object of the advertiser in sending'
! tne perscription is to benefit the afflicted, and
! he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as ,
jit will cost them nothing, and may prove a j
i blessing. Parties wishing the prescription;
! will please addre-s
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON,
10-3mo.j Williamsburg, Long Isla
TO FATHEUS AM) MOTHERS.
You know how important it is for your ehil- ,
dren that you should keen good health. How
frequently do we see feeble parents dressed iu
mourning on account of the death of their be- :
loved children. What a pity it is, when, by
proper care and remedies, all the.-c trials and ;
troubles can be avoided. When health can
be restored to the parent and life and happi
j ness to the child. Restore the health of the
mother and you obvitiie the necessity of Par
| agoric, Godfrey's Cordial and other injurious j
narcotics for crying children. We entreat you,
as we desire to improve the condition of out
race, to procure Dr. Morse s Almanac and read
i how diseases arc cured in accordance with
NATURE'S laws with innocent Roots and i'il 1
PREGNANCY.
During this critical period Morse's Indian
! Root Pills will bo required, because thev'
cleanse the body from those morbid humors,
land thoroughly drive away all pains, and give
rase and comfort to the mother. From one to
three of the*e Pills, taken two or three times
a week during pregnancy, will cause the moth
i era safe and easy delivery, and will be sure'
|to give ft stout and healthy constitution r
| the child.
Dr. Morse's Indian Boot Tills ure sold
by all dealers in Medicines.
HEAVI CURN-FED HOGS, from Wyu
- niing and Livingston Counties, are being 1
\ packed, :tud will be until January. 1850. bv
. -0 CLARK & PHILLIPS! I
' Mtlu piifi'tisfiiifiiis.
OLE AN
JAMES HUMPHREY, Proprietor cortl .
, I nioti and North St's. Olean. N \ °'
Carriage runs to and from nl! the
Trains on the New York and Erie
[i 1 ?y d '
Register's Notice.
VTOTICE is hereby given that the follow.
, i-N Accounts have been pas>ed and <• '
! the Register's Office in Potter Couutv.^Jli*
tlie same will be presented to the Vi-' .
i Court of said county, for confirmation V'"*'"
; lowa nee. on TUESDAY, the 22nd dav nf'*"
; ruary next, at the Court House in th* u
Coudersport, viz : lhc buru of
Account of Polly Vanorman, executrix of
the will of Isaac vanorman, lute of r
Township, deceased. ,<r ore
Account of Abagail Strong and W-,, -
Metzgcr,executors of the will of Luther S- - .
late of Hebron Township, deceased. '
} Account of Wm. J. Cutler, administrate *
the estate of Joseph Lilly, late of lii' ! '
Township, deceased. ' n ' #!u
Account of Lydia M. Smith, adminhtra l :
of the ctate of Schuyler M. Smith, *
Sharon Town-hip deceased
A. 11. BUTTERWORTH. R tgU(fr
Coudersport, Jan. 13, 1859.
Notice.
\ r OTICB is hereby given that there willt,
a meeting of the Potter Co. Te;ii| *
CI S 1 AssoC'laf !<, at the Red ! 1
House, in Roulet Townsl.ip. commencingZ
10 o'clock, a m.ou TlHiisdayjaiiilii
r> "V f 11. 1SD. At tLi.-> iiit-eting
expected from Messrs. t>. J. Spaflbrd I \v
I pie, jr., and H. P. Bird; also, from .M .'
| Augusta J. Spafford and Jane Ilydorn. i; ;
Molerts and D. 11. Jndd were appoint-,'
declaim. The following persons were
pointed to write Reviews, viz: r. (j .\n ei ,' : ."
review Weld's Grammar; J. W. Ri r ,i tl ,
viev MeNally's Complete .School Geogranhv*
Miss M. Hopkins to review Colton and Fit, q,
Geography; Miss Clara Ensign to mi*
Smith's Quarto Geography. In addition to
the above, there are Resolutions ia respect n,
the Intellectual, Moral and "eligioua (^ii:i!i t -.
cation* of Teachers, The "Word-Method' of
Teaching. The Alphabet, and The County Su
perintendent:}-; all of which are tabled for
consideration at this meeting.
J W. BIRD Secretary.
Coudersport. Jan. 7, 1859.
A CAlil >.
Philadelphia, Pa.
The undersigned, the Founder and Publish,
erof VAN ('(.iUUT S COUNTERFEIT DETEI.
TOR, desirous of retiring from this bntnehoj
business, has merged that old establi.hnl
work in the popular BANK NOTE REPORTKII
of I.MLAY Si BICKNKLL. Having publi-hi|
Van (,'ourt's Detector since 1839, the under,
signed reluctantly parts with Ins old frieudi
and subscribers ; but this reluctance is lc>.
ened bv the conviction, that in i.MI.AV k
BU'KNKLL'S BANK NOTE REPORTER they
' will receive a work that matches the time-.
J. VAN UOL'UT.
Philadelphia, Dec. 20, 1858.
NOTICE.
All Subscriptions to
Imlav & liicknelTs
II 4\ li Aii I E It i; I'd HTER
arc Payable scrupulously in Advance. Tlii)
is the oldest Rank Note Publication in til
; world. Fir thirty long year* it ha* m• it.
i tained an unsullied reputation, and continue
to be the necessary companion ofal!bu=im-i
; people over the whole continent of America
THE COINS OF THE WORLD;
' Now in press by Imi.ay A* Bickxkll, will Is
j given gratuitously to all old and new uL
1 scribers. All Coin Chirrs, Guides and M.ta-
I uals, as compared with tlii.-, may beconsiitr<
: ed waste paper.
| TERMS.
: To the Semi-Monthly, $1,50 per amnio,
" Monthly. 1,00 ,l
Single Copies, at the Counter, lo Cent*.
Mailed, 12
Address IMLAY A TWKNELL,
Box 1150. Pi/St Office, Philadelphia, P*.
[22-3 mo. ]
MIR A BILE DICTUI
$1999,747.39,051
HARK! HARK!!
\\ liat Noise is Tltut ?
af IT IS THE RUSH AT THAT GLt
• REGULATOR, in full blast froui ti *
M., to 9 P. M., by the people from Dan a
Bareshel a, alter the good things tin rein
tained. Wcllsville is a fast City, and thept"
pie are fast nags. O! my!! how tbey
wiirk at that old Store ! Farming and Log'
ging can't begin with it ; and they don't fj
to l>ait any body with Gc. Sugar, and cali ;
good. Such might possihlg do for 1 nug<ir 'j
Clcaused.
SIO.OOO worth of choice Fork, brought it
the Hog troin Wyoming r.nd Livingston • ul '
ties, packed by Clark k Phillips ; 3ut'oU S'V' 1
Cured Hams; 22000 Shoulders; 120'"J' : *'
Lard; *<uoO Boots and Shoes; 41000 ior-
Feed; 35730 Nails, 4.| to sc; 78000 i' '(
ware, Crow-Bars, Iron, Tin Ware, Stone si" l
Wooden Ware, Tools for Mechanics. Farn.t•(
and very body ; IGOO Flour, §4,75 to i~
Chests ol Tea, from 35 to 'sc.; Paints, ,
Fluid, Alcohol, Cawphcuc, and 2')ot'"W, " :
things; 400 Bushels .Stone Lime, t heap : L •"
bets and Bulfalo Over-Shoes, for Mei), Woiu't
and Children.
WANTED!
at that "Old Regulator" in WMlsville.
Plank Road street, on the
Railroad, surrounoi
ed by Shingle Shautics, Lime Shanties-
Packing and Flour Shanties, all 1 1 g*" " l* t<
pie, mail and she-niail. including " ie I' r ' •
Lasses and prim f>ld Maids, to catry c ■
needful, substantial and fanciful things tb* ■ ;
I contained. Thus endeth Want No. 1. *
J callelli for
2000000 Sawed Shingles,
1500000 Shaved do
-2000000 Lumber,
Also big Decrs and Little Dear?,
some Patridges, some Potcupinc, '<
Butter", Cheese, Hoats, Ogs, I'oultrv. ( or
I Come all ye who wish to buy or sel'
do you good. Doubt it not it any !l > '* •
it is not our fault that fools a*"! "
not all defunct. So now we are p re P r '
greet you with n Merry Christmas and a ' t
py New Year! CLARK £ P^ l - ',
" Wellsville, Dec. 21, 1858.
; P. S. If that Printer made SISOO ty®"'jjj
i ing his own business, and SSOO more 4
■ting his neighbor's alone, what ' (t
I some others <lo? Let unhappy lnodlers an