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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-05

A Nav KILLED 1T Hrs Son. Abel Potter, q
farmer in easy circumstances. and about 20 years
old. wa5 shot on the Both ult., ut his residence in
Greenfield. Mas, by his son, Philander F. Pot.
ter The con bed claimed = large sum as due him
for labor, and threatened to kill his father il it
was not paid. Altar dinner the father had laid
down to sleep. and the son loaded pistol and a
double barrsled gun. and 1red four times through
the window and door, the last shot taking effect
in the fathsr's sidss and producing wound that
maft result In speedy death. The son attempt
ed 70 sscape. bat was arrested within half mile
d home. TE
ccsSfcTicu1 KLEcrioN.--The majority for
- uh fanv,f n~1 =.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-05

Wigs Wigs !!6Wigslii
BAfCIELORs WIGS AND ToUpErs .n,,...
HkE MI. They mr." elegant, easy, light and durable ~
Fitting 10 eharm-no1urning up behnd-no shrintinv an
the head; indeed this is the only Establishment VII c s
things properly Understood and matic-l6 Bond street.
New 1"fk. Is Af.&to NH l3dAely.
6re THE undersigned will prepare DEEDS CoSrR.cr.
a1 WILLS, &c., upon short notice.
sept cots VIM. d. BRANCH
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-05
.SPE.t,IAL. NOTICES


AEx> sli0LL0wAY'S OINTMENT AND PIIIS-rh.
R giant strides Of intellect In this century can ay. nv
bette. than the almost absolute dominion ave- ~,
forms VI external and internal maady achieved Hoto,n.S
IfHs and ofnaent Even scrofua and other dseases nm,
posed constitutional aud incurube give way befre them
rage Conntseis Sold at The mnnufictory, No SO Mai
den Lane New York. andb all druggists nj 25e e3e 81
per poi OF oox. lap 3-dIw.
Hair Dye(Hair Dyell-Hair Dval,
49, WM. A. BATCiIELOKs HAIR DYEl-Tyyr o,,
w. AND BEST IN TnE woRLD!-Ail others arr mr.
cule. '''-
GEAr RID Rusty IAa Dyed instantly to bcautifu, nm,
Natural Brown Black without injury Hair or Skin
FUteen AedaLs and Diplomas have been awarded to W.,
A. Bniclor since 1899 and over 20 900 applications have b
made tO the Hair Of The Patrons OF lis DYE
wv A. BArcngLoR's HAIR DYE Produces d color not II, h
distinguished FROM nature and Is UdJTdnd not 10 min, W.
The least however long be continued and the m rg
of Bad Dyes remeied the Hair in,igoraed for Life by III
Splendid bye. 49, y '"'s
sold IN MI cities and towns Of the Uned States by Drug
gisIs and Fancy Goods Dealers N'As
eS The Genuine has the and address unon n s,.,
plato engraving four sides Of each BOX, '
WILLIAM \ BATCHELOR
l3uAety--IS d Str.a NJ.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

to the manner of deiegating power, and
to the manner of expressing your prefer
ence in that Convention; are you urging
your reighbors to meet you at the poll
house on the 9th of July for the purpose
of free and fair discussion of personal
preferences with the understanding that
all are to be accommodated as nearly
as may be, in the selection of dele
gates, and those WHO are not are to grace
fully yield to the wishes of the majority?
Are you making any effort to secure an
expression on the question of Uioa ,roce
voting in the Convention or on the ques
ton of arporfirning delegates according
to the number of party votes cast? These
questions will no doubt be brought before
the Convention, and every delegate ought
to be instructed by his constituents now
to meet them in their behalf. Again
are you, as Republicans, sacrificing lit
tie Of your leisure time in order that the
strength and union of the party upon
principles may be preserved against the
canker-worms of personal ambition and
local schisms? Are you making proper
efforts to educate your neighbors-of
whatever politics-as to the real questions
at issue, while at the same time you are
giving them the true history of Republi-
can principles?
We are of the kind who believe that
the prevalence of good principles is much
more desirable than mere party success
aud that when a majority of those prin-
ciples are wholly or in part represented
by a strong party organization, it is the
duty of EVERY friend of them to give his
voice and influence to the success of that
though his personal preiu-
dices aud associations may be i'll another
direction. The truest way to contribute
to that success is to base the education
of the popular mind on those principles
and eschewing ali mcr=lv personal and
party issues. This Is the kind of labor
which every tree patriot and Republican
is called upon to do, and in which there
is no good reason why he should not will
lingly and heartily engage during the
next three or four months Republicans
Of Potter. are you at work ? Members of
the Vigilance Go nmittecs, are yoae at
work? Members of Republican, Clubs,
are you at work ? Members of the Coun-
ty Committee, are you doing all that your
post requires of you? If not,
it is time that each and every one of you
had begun.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12
The Danger of the Country.

The coruptions of the present admin
istration are SO nonstrous, and SO open to
the gaze Of all the people, that good men
of all parties are appalled, at the prospect
before US. These ask with some trem-
bling, will the Republican party be en-
tirely honest in its administration Of the
government? As a Republican Presi.
dent will most likely be inaugurated on
the fourth Of March next, it is important
that the Republican voters take care,
early tn The campaign, to insure an hoH-
est administration This can be done by
a full attendance at the primary meetings
and the election Of the best men of the
party as delegates to County Conventions.
If the work does not begin right at the
primary meetings, there is great danger
that it will not be right anywhere. If
the people will not take the control Of pc
lilical parties into their own hands, then
they are unfit tor self-government; for
the profesSed politician of any larty is
not a safe man to eltruSt the inteI cSts of
the country with. Some things VII ch
occurred at Harrisburg last winter, and
many that occurred at Albany, show tEat
Republican politicians need watching
AID the Washington correspondent of the
New York Independent seems to thin k
that Washington is not exempt from this
danger. In his last letter occurs the fol-
lowing paragraph which We commend to
the Republican voters, as an lnducemeut
to attond the primary meetings in such
force as to secure an honest sduini>tra-
tion-for if each to,cnstip is right, the
Nation will be right. Here is the Ll9(-
Peadcpt CORES spondent on tie danger o.
Repub!icauism:
" The danger Of RcpRblicapism is not that
he slave states will resist its advances BY tie
VI ~ SNNNSStOil tlt tO-'iil At4N NiitN W VI
est men among the Southern upholders Of
slavery talk not of disunon among them
selves, but whisper of ruin to the young Re-
publican party from causes tcHdR, and not
without that organization. distinguished
Southern Senator remarked, previous to the
adjournment of Congress, Lincoln will be
elected; but after two years his party will
have gone to destruction over the spoils Of Of
6cep This is the expectation of the Demo-
Gratis, and it is all the hope they have of a re-
turn to power four years hence. Shall it be
realized? Everything depends with RepUb-
lican teachers and voters. Honesty-honesty
honesty in the adminatratior of Goysrn-
ment is what tho nation wiR have from the
new party, and if it lacks il down it will &c,
deserycdly, to perdition. The cause of the
slave must not be imperiled as it was in the
New York Legislature by corrupt and false
exponents of the cause Here lies tba danger
in Washington, next winter, 10 the Republic
cans, and they must at every hazard avoid II.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12
EkEL. 0EEGONI

Though the result Of the election is
vet undecided, so far as the Member of
Congress { House is concerned-David
Logan Republican, leading Shiel Dem. }
one vote in the counties heard from,
which contain from two-thirds to thr e.
fourths of the voters, while the counties
yet to be returned gave l52 Democratic
U a;olity last year, it is conceded that
the Republicans and their allies have
carried a majority in the new Legisla-
ture, whereby fco Z S. Senators are to
be choscn-one for FIVE years in place OF
Delazon Smith, whose term expired with
the last Congress the other for six years
in place of Gen. 10. Lane, whose term
expires with the present Congress
There isl DO doubt of tic choice Of Col
n ward d. Baker, late of Calf, rnia
(Which he canvassed as Republican can.
didate for Congress last Summer), and
formerly Wing Member of Congress
from Illinois, and a Colonel in the Mexi-
can War The Senator for the shorter
term will doubtless be designated by che
anti Lane Democrats or Douglas men,
They, toe, vii be the first Members ever
sept to Congress from Oregon in epposi-
ton to the 10. Lane Democracy. The
struggle has been arduous, and the can
yass Of the State BY Col. Baker and others
most effective.
There will Of course be two Democratic
Electoral Tickets in Oregon, with just
tie same prospect fox each as in Massa-
chusctts. But the gain of u. s. Sena-
tors is Of the first Importance, as the new
Administration will heed friends in the
Senate
The victory, be it noted, was in ad
vance Of the tidings from Chicago and
Baltimore, and is not consequence of
the Democratic explosion. 1t is but the
forcrunner of the great purifying tornado
of next November We confidently hope
to see larger vote pollcd in Oregon for
the Lincoln ELECTORAL Ticket than for
both of its rivals.
Altar this, we may count on the vote
Of California also for Lincoln, giving US
every Free State.
Nobly dopo, Republicans of Oregon 4,
- Tribune.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12
E1g~ Ye yeritable Schnable-Schnable

pg Ye vcritabIe Schnable-Schnable
of the West Branch-caned ye veritable
Bowman, ct Washington on Saturday, in
the office of the Constitution, for some
very offensive lang'.aec that paper OF
Friday contained. Bowman was editor
of the paper then; he is not, now, the
Breckenridge party having purchased it.
What will the President do for adulation
now, since his paper is sold and he can
no longer supply it to himself? Poor
Jeems
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12
Greeley ON SeVyard-The Terti-
arE Formation.

The Milwaukee Daily Wisconsin, pub
Usher letter written by Mr. Greeley &c
personal friend just before the rendition
of the notorious letter which dissolved
the partnership:
NEW York, june 10, 1860.
! Nv Dear Sir: The pretended letter from me
to Governor Seward. which yoE have seen,
! is bogus. | presume the real letter is five
times as long as that.
never asked an office of any Governor or
President, though have refused one or two.
never wrote Il letter to any President
helped to elect, either before or after his
election Ineyer asked any political or pc
cuniary favor Of Governor Seward, though |
think, | have done my share to promote his
elevation | never asked him or Weed, (nor
anybody e!se) to favor my nomination for
Governor at any time. | was voluntarily as
sured in 1854, by the men who afterwards
engineered the nomination of Clark, that /
could be Governor if | would only join a
know Nothing lodge, (Which nobody out Of
the cabal should know,) but | declined the
honor.
What served to irritatc me was Mr.. Weed
coming down here and lecturing me on being
Il candidate for Governor (which | had not
sought to be), alleging that was too unpop-
ular to run, &C, WHEN | had not asked either
advice or help from him nor from anybody
else Raymond was thereupon nominated
for Lieutenant -Govcrnor, by Weeds consent,
If not h.lp, and | respectfully took leave Of
the concern. But am sure l never threat
cned opposition to Governor Seward, as is
pretended, nor 4 d any thing more than notify
him that, for various reasons therein speci-
fed, ! should thereafter feel at liberty to sup
port or oppose his further elevation, rs my
conviction of pEblic good should from time
TO time dictate. Not having seen the letter
since ! sent it, have only Il general recol-
lection of its contents but | am sure this is
tie spirit anu in this spirit have acted ever
since, and shall act to the end.
Governor Seward has some great and many
good qualities, and is tie only genuine demo-
crat ever knew He really believes in equal
rights and equal political franchises for every
human being, which you and both know is
very rare faith. Bat he is wrong with re-
gard to public expenditures, voting away
money lavishly and sometimes unjustifably,
according to my notions. Nobody ever I'M
agined that he could give a corrupt vote but
he has a blind side toward the failings Of
Others in this direction He has thus at
tached to himself some friends whose support
is 4 dead loss. He knows how decided | diff
fer from him on I'll csc matters, yet | should
have voted for him at Chicago in preference
to at least one other whose nomination was
pressed there. There are statesmen in all
parties who share his one fault and lack his
many redecmng virtues.
Yours, HORACE GREELEY:
NJ. H. B, Esq.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

GGy- We have received Nos. l and 2
of The City Journal a daily paper pub.
lished from the State Journal Office in
Philadelphia, by Reuben G. Orwig. 1t
is a Republican paper and i, ably edited
and neatly printed. We have SO often
given testimony to the merits of the State
Journal, that We deem any further no
tlce of the Daily unnecessary. The
terms are ST per annum 81 for six
months 81 for 3 months IS cents for
2 months 40 cents for l month, or 10
cents a week. We commend it to the
patronage of Republicans who desire to
take straight Philadelphia daily during
the campaign. 1t is published every
evening for the present, but will soon is
sue morning edition also.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

RSy~ A very heavy tornado passed over
the eastern part of Crawford county on the
4th inst. at Titusyille (we learn from
the Gazette it blew barn over for j.
l.. Chase, killing one horse; took up the
house of 0. Moon, in which there were
four persons, and after carrying it seven
rods, set it down right side up without
injuring house or persons unrootcd the
kitchen of Rev. G. H. HammondS s house,
carrying the roof across the street, and
partially unroofng the main building ;
unroofed several other houses and barns
near it; unroofed Mr.. Winnings house,
carried it off its foundations and turned
it round in the street ; tore an old house
all to pieces, and severely injured two
or thee persons IN it unrcofed the lar C
and elegant mansion of G Il. Brewer,
lit is about the size of J. S. Mann S
dwelling in this place, moving the house
about one foot, and destroying all the
barns and buildings. The west side
of the house was literally riddlcd by
boards and timbcrs blowing against it
The storm arose in Tic North-cas at 7
2. NJ, and lett at the Southeast. No
one was killed, but several persons had
arms and ribs broken, and were other
wise injured. The editor of the Gazette
says that the whole tops of large trees
were tossed about, hundreds of feet above
the earth, like autumn leaves in a gale =
and that at an elevation of several hun
dred feet the air was Gl!ed with g litter. T"
The Gazette gives no account of the storm
out Of the village.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12
sf3y- The Times. is a daily paner ius

ea5- The Times, is daily paper just
started in Williamsport, Pa, by Messrs
Bower & Fitzgerald. We have not seen
a number of it; but hope, it may be sue
successful, and it will be if all interested
in its success will take hold and help it
along. We fear that with all its enter
prise Williamsp port is not big" enough
for daily paper
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

Mr.. DOUGLAS. in his letter of ac,s
ance says =" The peace of the eoua
and the perpetuity of the Union b
been put in jeopardy by attempts bH
terfeye with and to control the dcme
affairs Of the people in the Tenitoi
through the agency of the Federal G
ernmcnt.' Who gave that Federal G
ernmcnt, now so obnoxious to Mr.. d.
power to interfere North of thirtY.sizd d
ty? Who but Stephen A. Dough
Had he not procured the repeal Of
= Missouri Compromise" the Fcdl
Government could not have made
tempts to interfere with and control
domestic affairs of Kansas. Stepb
your tricks are played out. Your
party turn from you in disgust.
wand of your power is broken, ard
are on the gibbet of popular indgnati
The Republicans, who you have SO
terly reviled in the hour of your pros
ity, will deal more gently with you d
those " who wept when Caesar si5 5hed'
CH1 Jourual.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

Hon. T. CoRwIN is, as most lcs'
know, a man who has dark comp'eAD%
His joke about his " mulatto" adyen'u.
in New Orleans, which he tells at his V'. I.
expense, is equallcd by this one, WIN, IN.
ne never before happened to meet WIZ J, !
Corwin was introduced, in New lOrA! :, :
a freshly arrived Englishn4an, as DsI. I.i
an Ohioan. This term evidently pu'tD
John Bull but in a moment his IN, =,
Enlightened, aud he seized Corwln Gy y, :.
hand expressed his JOY at making Dls ~ :
quaintance, and kindly inquired ''Ei'ss
er his tribe were at peace with the TAt''''
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

Are you getting ready for the County
Convention THAT is, are you, as men,
bers of the Vigilance Committees, can,
vassing your neighborhoods to obtain the
sentiment of the same with regard toca;i
didates for county officers, and with respect
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12
The Eject on

1t has always seemed to rs q
doctrine of Squatter Sovere,en.
strued in the light of the DreS 3
cision, is better security II, - y /
than Slave code. The frst c
the people of Territory from r. ~
prohibiting its introduction, xIs
Dred Scott decision declares ~
South has the right to take il ;a %
Territories and maintain it there i
of the people, of Congress, or an
power on earth. This stikes ne
inevitable tendency of the doc,s'
Squatter Sovereignty combined rl WY
Dred Scott opiuicn. In suppor y
view of the case, we quote from
delivered by Mr. Douglas on the M
May last. Under the influence of !
ideat desire to appease the Somt
SAID -
1t is part of the history of the Conn.,,
Rader tbs doctrine Of NON altergeatiop NJ, |
trine that YOU delight to call squat
,ignty, the people of N,w Mexico Ic,.
duced and protected slacery in the rbo, j
Territory. Under this doctrine, hey B..
rerted tract Of free territory into star, ,..'
more than fire times the size Of tie Sat-,
York. Under this doctrine, slar.y, 4.
ertcndsd from tic Rio Gran de to the C,If,1
Joraid, and from the line of the Rennlr1
Mexico, not only to 80 deg. 80 min Er
to 3S deg.,-gici3g degree and a 6Jt
stare territory than you erer claimed. H.,
the fruits Of this principle rhich he Senq.o, |
Mississippi rcgards as hostile 10 the rigb. !,
South. Where did you ever get anv I.
fruits that were more palaia5le 10 qour ,,'
mol9 rctreshtRg 10 gogn' str,uyth? WBH y
inch Of free territory has been conyerte5
stare territory on the American copf,'
since the Revolution, except in New N,
and Arizotil, under thc.prir ciples Of NJ,
teryention affirmed at Charleston. lfa
true that this principle Of non-interve-
has conferred upon you all that immense
ritory has protected slaueyy IN that conn,
Arciy northern and cold rcgicn rhere goa IA
expect to 90, cG'E,ot you truSt the sane bril-
further South aehea goa come to secure cdbs
territory from -Re1ieo ?"
Here it is candidly admitted BY.
great champion Of Squatter Sovcreig
that it has done more to extend SIsr
into Free Territory than all other ca
combined-adding thereto the bold
cation that nothing else will so cerh.
secure whatever territory we may hen
ter conquer from Mexico, to Slaver
the practical workings of this doctr
Comment is unnecessary-Erie Ga.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

CHICKENS CONE HOME TO RoosT-
The Breckinridge and Lane ratlhcaiel1
meeting was one of the most dlsgTacel!-
and riotous assemblies ever witnessed
Philadelphia The resolutions were =
celycd with groans, the speakers Sg' q
hiSScd, and strong police force coy.
not keep order. While we contend 'O''
all should have a hearing, we would r.
mind the Democrats, that the treains''
they received from their friends last e''
ming, was exactly such as they desire; T. "
extend to MIR. Curtis last winter al ~
lional Hali. They then Gontended 'Di
obnoxious speakers ought to be 81 Ienss. 4.
by hisses and groans- How do they ~
the doctrine pog? The iaeptieaI hs ~.
dali of Kissing potoriety occupied P',I1 !
on the speakers stand City JoaTp''
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

WHITE NEGRo.-At Lewi4burg V
recently the town was thrown into 500
commdtion by the arrival in its midst
two gentlemen in pursuit of a man, Whol
they had been informed bad been livl
here for some four years, ard had pas
ed himself off for a white man, mar
ing a white woman, and now the fata
of two children. The man was fOul
and claimed by the parties in pursuit
a slave. He acknowledged the char:
to be true, aud was accordingly ti
aud taken to one of the adjoining col
ties, from which, it is said, he made
escape. Well might his arrest ere,
some excitement, for it is said tha'
has lived amongst the people as Vh'
citizen, eaten, slept, partaken OF the ID
pitality extended to white men, and o.
deposited his vote at the ballot box to
and again, and 50 far as the color Of
skin was concerned, we presume VoO
hardly have been taken as one of the o.
springs of an advocate of amalgamai0
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12
For GOVERNOR,
ANDREW G.. Gu RTIN,
OF CENTRE COUNTY.

B9- We earnestly solicit Democrats in
particular, and everybody else TO read the
extract from Mr.. Summers speech tC be
found on our first page. Not only read,
but reflect upon its comparisons.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

THE japanese brought eighty tons of
baggage with them. 1t is said that they
carefully preserve all the newspapers
which describe their visit. If this is so,
they will take back more than eighty tons
of luggage.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

There are men in every party who cannot
withstand the temptations Of Office, and they
certainly should not have either the control Of
it or even leading osition in it."
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

Hg- The (Douglas) National Demo
cratic Committee have published circu-
lar address, in which they repudiate all
efforts at fusion with the Breckenridge
ticket. They say that such a thing is
utterly impossible, and. would degrade
the democratic party. Deliver us from
witnessing the manifestation of what We
have heretofore believed to be an impos-
sibility-the further degradation of the
Democratic party! 1t is beautifully
split up now, and the mauling it is to re-
ceive from Honest Abe this fall will end
the thing.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-07-12

49, " FitzPatrick," a descindent Of
howly Saint Pathrick in the forty-ieventh
degree, was nominated to run with Doug
las, but declined. But the party viii
get Fitz without the Patrick Leu
isburg Chronicle.
The indications now are that Lincoln
and Hamlin will get all the Patricks up
this way. They say that Fitz is no long
er any connexion.