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gle,which he maintained, and the large
success which has crowned it. His Wis
dom was especially shown in the fact that
he never so far made his paper the organ
of his party as to enslave it to party lead
ess. He kept himself we'll free of infu-
ence; he avoided patronage; and has pub
lie supported him bravcly and persistent
", through all changes of times and
movements, without asking in return the
sacrifice of his editorial freedom. The
man who works out such plan of public
life, with such success, must be in char
acter, as in aim, far aboye medioerity.
His friends, personal and political, We
doubt not, will have much more and wor-
thier things to say of him but this much
is due to him from persistent opponent,
and we would not willingly withhold our
word of sorrow for his early death, and OF
sympathy with those who must hence
forth feel it as an irreparable loss.
We are aware that Mrs. BAILEY has
been long accustomed to the management
of the concerns and the conduct Of the
paper in all its departments, exceut the
strictly editorial. If that place could be
as ably iiiled as it has been heretofore,
the Era might still, in her hands, hold
the position in the party and with the
public which it has so well earned and
maintained. May the change which has
fallen upon her and her little ones spend
its force without touching their future
we'll -being-with no loss but that which
is inseparable from widowhood and or
phanag'.
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News Items.

LETTER FROM Mr.. SUMNER Hon.
Chas. Sumner writes from Paris to a
friend at home as follows :-"At last, |
feel happy in health, which, if not entire
ly assured, yet Is such as to allow me
to walk naturally, unconsciously, and with
out pain, unless when | strike into my
old gait, which, you may remember, was
always the fastest of the fast. hope |
have not lost this so that | cannot get it
back again. One must have been for
three years an invalid to know the hap
piness in my new found strength
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Was gala and somewhat patrlotic-that
is, pic mic came of, in the midst of gun
powder demonstrations of the most enthu-
sastic character, commencing at II o clock
Sunday night and ending at 10 o'clock
Monday night. The pic mic, which came
off on in the Court House was the "get
up of the ladies, the first movement to-
ward which was made en- Saturday morn
ing, and was much more pleasant and
p'enteous affair than was anticipated in
view of the circumstances. About 250
persons partook of the feast, which was
both substantial and rich in provision
The ladies deserve great credit for their
Efforts and success on this occasion.
After all were done eating, A. G. Ohm
sted Esq, Oh; irman, announced Volun
teer Toasts as in order, and Col. Young
of the Tioga Agitator, gave Hthe day we
celebrate" which was responded to by the
Band four own this year)-with " Hal
Columbia" Here we would take occa
sion to say that we have the best or
ganized Brass Bands in this section, aUd
who have not been in operation more than
nlne or ten months, but play with great
precision aud melody a dozen or more o.
excellent tunes. They deserve grea
deal of praise for their proficiency arc
energy in learning
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For tie Potter Journal

Mr. Editor-I desire to make a cor
rect statement in regard to the accident
that happened on Saturday, June 18th,
which resulted in the death of my son,
Wilson Hammond Gustin. In the first
place he was fishing with two other boys
in the Mill-pond, standing on tree that
had fell in the water near the head of the
pond. | had been saving all the fore
noon; the water had drawn down about
eighteen inches. About noon | started
for dinner told him to come to dinner;
he said vel" and started. | stood un-
til | saw him safe off the tree that he and
one of the other boys was on, then | went
on home, supposipg that he was coming
right along. live about half-a- mile from
the mill. had not been home more than
one minute before a neighbor's boy came
to my door and said that Wilson had sunk
in the mill pond. ran all the way down
to the mill could not have been over five
minutes going; Almond Chesehro got
there before | did When he went thro'
the mill he hoisted the gate; he then
went in to get him out, but the water was
deeper than he dare 60 in, he not being
aswimmer, AS soon as | got there went
in and got him out. He was standing up
when | first saw him, the water was about
twelve or fifteen INCHES over his head, his
feet were not stuck in the mud, but his
feet touched ground. 1t could not have
been over fifteen or twenty minutes from
the time he fell in until he was got out.
He went out on two inch plank, about
Il inches wide and 16 feet long. He
stood upon the middle of the plank and
showed himself along with fish pole.
GILES GUsTIN.
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LIST OF SPECIFIC REMEDIES.

No. l. FEVER PILLS-For Fever, Congestion
and inflammation of all kinds.
No. 3 WORM PILLS-For Worm Fever,
Worm- Collie, and Wetting the Bed
No. 5. BABY'S PILLS-For Collie Crying,
Tee.hng and Wakefulness, and Nervous
ness of Adults.
No. 4. DIARRHGA PILLS-For Diarrhea,
ChoieT, Intantum and Summer Complaint
No 5. DYSENTERY PILLS-For Collie, Grip
ing, Dysentery or Bloody Flux
No. 6. CHOLERA PILLS-For Cholera, ChOl-
era Morbas, Vomiting.
No. I. COUGH PfLLS-For Coughs, Colds,
Hoarseness, Influenza and Sore Throat.
No. 8. TOOTHACHE PILLS-For Toothache,
Faceachs, ana Neuralgia.
No. 9. HEADACHE PILLS-For Headache,
Vertigo heat and Fullness of the Head.
No. 10. DYSPEPSIA PILLS-For Weak and
Deranged Stomachs, Constipation and
Liver Complaint.
No. II. FOR FEMALE IRREGULARITIES
Seanty, Painful or suppressed periods.
No. u. FEMALE PILLS For LeucorrhGai
Profuse MenSes and Bearing Down.
No. l3. GROUP PILLS-For Group, HoarSs
Cough BAD Breathing,
No. IA. SALT RHEUM PILLS-For Eryspe-
las Eruptions, Pimples on the Face.
No. Is. RHEUMATIC PILLS-Fo Pain, Lame
ness or Soreness in the Chest, Back, Ions
or Limbs.
A.-For Fever and Ague, Chill Fever, Duma
Ague, old mismanaged Agues.
P-For Piles, Blind and Bleeding, lnterha'
or External.
O.-For Sore, Weak or Infamed Eyes ana
Eyclids, Failing, Weak or Blurred Sight.
C.-For C&tarrA, oflong standing or recent
either with obstruction or pyofuse discharge:
W. C.-For Whooping Cough, ahsIing Ns
violence and shortening its course.
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Qtm Andertlsements.
S25 REV ARD

ESOARED from the County Jail of Potter
q county, Pa, on the night of July ath,
inst, JAMES GROSS, young man, about six
feet two inches in height, with black hair, eyes
and whiskers; kind of staggering gait in
walking; is of German descent, and his pro-
nunciation of English is a little broken wore,
when he left, a gray coat and pantaloons, and
black hat T,oenty- FSoe DoiLers Iees0ard will be
given for his apprehension and delivery at the
county Jail. A, c. TAPGART, S@eTW-
Coudcrsport, Pa, July 6, 1859.
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rszn W. 1oorn from tho ph;,aaolnh;a

bg~ We learn from the Philadelphia
Bulletin of Saturday, that the Hon. james
Burnside, President Jud ge of the Centre,
Clearfeld and Clinton (25th) District,
was thrown from his buggy at Bellefonte,
on Friday evening, and instantly killed,
He was about As years old, and was elect
ed in 1858. His widow is a daughter OF
Hon. Simon Cameron, and is left with
several smell children.
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Rev J Hcndrick then read the Dec
laration of independence, in his usually
happy style, and was followed by the
Band with " Yankee Doodle" Rev. NJ.
Fl. Rice then made some appropriate and
happy remarks in honor of the day, and
after he had finished, offered as a toast
+" Potter County" which was responded to
by the Band with the Coudersport
Waltz" L. F. Maynard then offered two
toasts, which we do not remember, and
was called upon for speech, and maae
some appropriate remarks, after which the
proceedings closed and the people went
their respective ways.
In the evening there was ga tripping
of the light fantastic toe by our young
folk, which lasted till midnig ight-and thus
ended {" our Fourth for 1859.
The Fourth Of July" announced in
our paper two weeks since, went by de-
fault, for want of sufficient public spirit
to carry it through. We could just as
we'll have listened to speech from Hon.
David Wilmot as not, and letter written
by him on the Both ult., stated that he
would be here but the Committee of Ar
rangements had written TO him not to
come, and their letter would reach him
about the 1st inst, and charg d his in
tention. 1t would have afforded him great
pleasure to have come, no doaht, and our
citizens would have enjoyed his presence
very much. AS near as We can get at the
matter, the cause of the low degree of
patriotism here, vas the fear that Mr..
Wilmot might, possibly, aliude to politics
he might say that Slavery was incon-
sistant with the professions of our nation
he naight say that Intemperance was a
sin, that crime was on the increase in con-
sequence of it. Indeed, he might not
con6ne himself to the sterreotyped spread
eagle" oratory, which only the sensitive
nerves of milk -and-water men can bear
These men do not profess hunkerism Ell
ther. In our opinion, the anniversary of
American Independence could not be
more pplopriately celebrated than by an
eloquent exposition and denunciation of
the tendency to tyrannize over and con-
trovert the rights then established, as
e,inced every year with more intensity
by our unnatural rulers. We trust that
the " weak -kneed" fears of our conserva-
tive friends may be overcome before there
is occasion for another exhibition of them.
We regret the failure to procure d
speech from Mr.. Wilnot, too. for the rea-
son that large number of persons came
here from distant sections of the county
for the purpose of hearing him, and hun
dreds more would have come if there had
been any measures taken to get him here,
even at the late day at which the first eff
fort was made.
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BH~ Cassius NJ. Ciay's recent letter to
the Anti -Fugitive-S Slave Law Convention,
at Cleveland treats of the dissolution of
the Union as follows
When the shareholders say, if you
elect Republican President, we will dis
solve the Union, | don't want any one to
put off the evil day which would follow
such event by saying, "Let it slide!" but
some one who would stand by the tomb
of Andrew jackson, and become infused
to such extent with the spirit of that old
patriot and hero, that he would be ready
to cry out in the fullness of inspiration,
by the Eternal. the Union shall be pre-
served! | would have no man to ne pre-
cipitatG, handy no hard words, be by no
means 'fussy,' but standing upon the
great rocks of State Sovereignty and Ma
tional Supremacy, / would defy the can't
ing traitors to Liberty, Law, Civilization,
and Humanity That's what | mean by
asking you, 'are you ready to 6ghtE Ii
you have got your sentiments up to tina
manly pitch, | am with you all through
to the end! BUT if not, I'll have none
of your Conventions, no more fareical cam
paigus, no more humbug, no more Fourth
of July orations, no more Declarations of
Independence, no more platitudes, nc
more rights of man, no more glittering
generalit;es, no more liberty, equality, and
fraternity"
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FOR SHERIFF.
Electors of Potter County,:

To the Electors Of Potter County,:
Fellow w-citizens-Having long been resi-
dent of your county, (being among the first),
offer myself as an Independent candidate
for the office of Sheriff at the ensuing election
| do not offer myself through the solicitation
of any person, bat because desire the office
| have not the means nor the disposition to
to hire any one to canvass the county for me,
or to do so for myself desiring rather to rest
nv claim with the unbiased feelings of the
people. WM CROSBY.
Homer, June %, 1859.-*
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obtained, and man lowered to the spot
where the injured man was. He had sut-
fered great injury and was insensibfe.-
After some little time spent In making
preparations. he was drawn up and taken,
to hotel to be properly attended to.
He was alive at last accounts, but his
recovery was hardly expected by the
physicians in attendance, {.
TOBACCO VERSUS BooKs.-One of our
district schOol teachers says that after
school had been open for nearly two weeks
this spring, she called upon one of the pa
rents of the children and told HIM that
his four children then attending school
had not single book between them, and
if they were going to derive any advan-
iage from the summer school it was nec-
essary for them to have books. The fa-
ther mourned over his poverty, over the
destructIveness of the rising generation,
and concluded by saying, that he could
hardly get money enough to buy his to-
bacco, that if the children couldn't learn
without books, they need not 90 to school
and he took them out. quite indignant
that the teacher should presume to ask
him for such a thing Warrem Mail.
THE feat of walking across Niagara
Falls on tight rope was successfully ac-
complished by Mons Blondin, French
man, on the 30thult. He balanced him
self on the middle of the rope on one
foot, laid down on his back, and drew a
bottle of wine up from the steamer "Maid
of the Mist" with rope, drank the wine
and threw the bottle in the river. The
feat was great era in the thronging Won
ders of the day.
Another great feat was performed on
the 1st and cd inst, being the balloon
voyage of Professor John Wise, aoeor
panied and assisted by Messrs. LaMoun-
tain, and eager, and Mr. Hyde, local ed
itor of the ST. Louis Repubtteaa, who
sailed in the air ship "Atlantic" from s.
Louis at 1920 on Friday evening, and
were terrifcally landed daring a heavy
tornado, about noon Saturday in the tops
of some trees on the farm of Mr.. T. o.
Whitney, near Henderson, Jefferson Co.,
N. Y.-having few moments before
touched the water of Lake Ontario. None
Of the voyagers were severely injured,
though all expected to be killed when
thew became conscious of the inevitable
disaster in which their voyage must end.
The balloon is to be rebuilt for another
trial, and if successful voyage across the
ocean will be attempted by Messrs. Wise
and LaMountain.
awe have no confidence in man who
broke his Presidential oath, who is without
principle, other than success, and without
faith, except in his own destiny"
So says the Patriot and Union, speak
ing of the Emperor Napoleon If our
cotemporary would turn his powerful bat
tery in the direction of Washington in-
stead of Paris he might do terrible exc
cuton-for what is the difference between
breaking "Presidential oath" and break
ing "PreStdentia" pledges. With man
of honor pledge is as sacred as an OATH
and it seems to US that having ''no conf
dence" in the man who broke his Presi-
dental oath" and fuN 'coafdence" in the
man who violated his "PresideDtiaP'
pledges, is very muoh like "straining at
a gate, and swallowing sawmiU. U.'-Pa.
State Sentinel.
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DIARRHGAS AND SIWNER CO Npl ANTS

in adults or children are controlled like mag
c by the Didrrhea Pills, while it may be.
averred without the possibility of successful
contradiction, that the Dysente1 g Pills are the.
most perfect Specific for that disease known
For the various forms of.'
FEYERS, SCARLET FEVER, MEASLES,
and other diseases of children, the Fever Pills,
may be safely and surely relied upon.
These Specifics are the prescriptions of Prof
HUMPHREYS, used for years. in his extensive
practice, and to the perfection,ofwhich he has
devoted the resources Of extensive knowledge,
experience and study.
The public may rest assured that during
the lifetime of Dr. II. no one has been, or
hall be intrusted with the preparation. of his
Specifics, and he offers the guaranty Of his
professional life and reputation that they shall
be just as he represents them
They have now been before the public for
fire years, and have everywhere won golden
opinions from the many thousands who hayQ
used them.
Simple, free from intricacy, technicality, Or
danger, they have become the ready recourse
and aid of the parent, traveller, nurse, or in
valid, and have become the family physician
and medical adviser of thousands of families
Nowhere have they been tried without hayin.
been approved, and their highest appreciation
is among those who have known them longest,
and most intimately,
Escf7 FaEaily VIII find these Specifics all
they have been recommended: prompt, rela-
bic, simple and~e9fclent often a friend In need
arn friend ,,3IssJ
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FARRTERY.

49, DR.. w. HAWKINS, Veterinary Sur
G-S- geon, would respectfully inform the
inhabitants of Coudersport and its vicinity,
-tErst he has located himself at the House of D.
F. Glassmire, where he will be pleased to treat
all cases incident to that noble animal, the
Horse Horses tails put up in the latest and
ON the most approved principles. Castration
skillfully performed.
Refers to S. n. Mills, D. F. GlaSSmire and N.
J. Mills. 46-tf.
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ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA.-Last week
a man fell off the bank of Niagara River,
on the American side, short distance
above Suspension Bridge. He was a
stranger, and was reading a letter when
the accident occurred. After falling
nearly one hundred feet he lodged at a
place inaccessible by any path. A rope was
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FEMALE COMPLAINTS

have proved invaluable. Old long standing
LEUCORRHQI-A or WHITES, are attended
with debility or exhaustion, and for which
other forms of medicine are Of little value, are
fully controlled andl cuEed by the FEMALE
PILLS, while the specific for irregularities
control almost every form of scanty, painful
irraor11lar
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From Kansas

LE4vEywoRrH, X. T.,July 2, 1859.-The
Constitutional Convention assemblies at tyyan-
dotte on Tuesday next. The Republicans
claim majority Of twelve, but as the certiti-
gates will not be issued until the day of the
Convention, its absolute political character
cannot be stated
IL is understood that in any event Constl-
tuition will he framed prohibiting Slavery, ana
that an effort will be made TO engraft proyl-
sion excluding negroes from the State also:
one prohibiting the incorporation of banks
of issue and that action will be taken in
reference 10 the claims Of the sufferers during
the past troubles in the Territory.
The proposition to annex Southern Nebras-
ka to the State is to be considered. and dele
gates from Nebraska VII be present. The
Lroject is thus far favorably received.
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P r / G E S..

Full set, 90 large vials in Morocco Case ~
aud Book 9''
Full set, 30 large vials, in Plain CaseInd M
Book #r-. w
Case of Is numbered boxes and Book w w
Case ofany numbered boxes and BOOK Ss os
Single numbered boxes, with directions 70
Single lettered boxes, with directions
Large plantation, or physicians case, e M
and OF. Yials
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JuDGE MCLEAN on PRoTECrIoN TO SLAVE Pho
rrRrY.-Thc following passage from letter by
Judge Mclean, until he shall announce a
change of opinion. sets at rest the report that
be has favored Congressional legislation to
property in the territories:
"CoLuMBUs, 2Sth July, la+8.-Restipg upon
The principles Of the Constitution, as they
have been iGdicialiy settled, the free states,
by moderation, vigilance and fFmness, may
prevent the extension of slavery to the free
territory lately annexed. Without the Sane
tion Of law slavery can no more exist in a
territory than man can breathe without air.
Slaves are not property where they are not
made so by the municipal law. The iegisla-
ture of territory can exercise no power which
is not conferred on it by act of Congress.
With the highest respect, / am, GRATEFULLY,
your ob't servant, JOHN MCLEAN
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Notitifat,

THE Mnrrs' Journal strongly recommends
Hon. James II. Campbell, of that district, for
&. eakcr of the next Congress.
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II z 4 D 4 G He s,

to which 50 many are subject, finds curative
in the case. There is a specific which relieves
at the time Of the attack and also one which
corrects the condition of the system unon
which it depends, and so destroys the predis.
position to return
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Ra~ John j. Pearce, formerly Member of
Congress from this District, has been appoint
ed Presiding Elder of the Owego District in
the Wyoming Conference the NJ. E. Church.
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FEVER AND AGUE SPECIFIC
The Cphthalmy Specific

has proved a most invaluable remedy for SORE
EYES and EfELIDS. aud for WEAK and
BLURRED SIGHT. One ladyin Indiana. who
had been a sufferer from sore eyes for man,
years, and for two years was entirely blipG
was cured perfectly By the Ophthalmy Specific
alone
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Of this series of Domestic Remedies is that
ch particular medicine is SPECIFIC for the
rticular disease or class Of diseases whose
name it bears, and may be relied upon for the
cure of that particular affection. Hence, per-
sons suffering from a chronic disease or long
standing ailment, in buying case OF HUMPH-
REYs SPECIFICS, obtain the particular one de-
sired in their case, and thus themselves make
a cure which otherwise would cost them many
dollars, and no small amount of time and medi-
cal attendance, if, indeed it could be obtained
at all.
Thus multitades suffer from DYSPEPSIA Bill
IoUs CONDITION, CosTIvFNEss, RAnTAsTE, CoAT-
ED TONGUE and DEBILITY, which is perfectly
controIIpd and eured nv the
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RENIOV AL!

N f. OLMSTED has removed one
~. door North, into the store formerly oc-
cupied by Schoomaker & Jackson.
Thankful for past favorS, l would solicit a
continuance ofthe very liberal patronage here
tofore bestowed, which | shall endeayor to
merit by fair dealing and selling good articles
At Reasonable Prices.
Ny stock, consisting of the usual variety of
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first class boarding schools, who was soos;-,
ed with this disease as to require mora Ut ~
forty handkerchiefs week, was entirely cr1a1 man
in single wsek by this Specific. >1'e0
p I L f S.
bleeding and blind, is one of those cor,s,
and obstinate forms Of disease which -,'On ora
difficult to cure on the ordinary methods no 10
which find an entire and fundameptaI o,' "u'
in the Piles Specific. True time is r.orirsa raie
but the Specific is pleasant to take recni.4I
neither diet nor restraint, and being follow
up perfect cure is the result. Hundredo or
persons, in purchasing case of Sp.s;soo VI
have obtained cure for this most tryino, $50 as
obstinate form of disease, which has bo,S
worth to them ten times the cost of the ert;ra
set. Cases of over twenty years standnc
have been cured with this simple Specifc anSS
we believe 81 may be cured by perseyeranco rr3
The case contsins the best
FEVER AND AGUE SPECIFIC
known. A remedy without any deletar;on.
or poisonous substances, which not only cn,a'
the ague, and old, mismanaged aoucs bn,
may be relied upon as a preventative whan
persons are residing in a fever and aona A.,
trict. 1t prevents or protects upon the ss,.
principle that vaccination prevents sma,.nov
or belladonna prevents scarlet fever. bv nro
occupying the system with true SDec6,
Hundreds have been thus protected and cured