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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-08-23
COMMUNICATIONS.
Letter from E0El1e-ESergieS
Crops sc.
PIKE. Ang. 18Th. Is

IIKE, Aug. Ioth, ISOU.
EDITOR JoURNAL--Dcar Sir See
ing some " local items " in the JOURNAL,
and remembering your request for such,
| thought ] would give YOU sketch Of
how things move in the Pine Greek coun-
try First, our hay Is beautiful crop
mostly secured; wheat and oats are good,
some Of them nearly ready for harvest
Corn, potatoes and backwheat promise
better than for some gears past-iu fact
we enjoy in anticipation the comforts Of d
full harvest, fruit, especially Berries, are
abundant 1t is DOW forty days since
they began to pick the Blue berries Of
the bills and we estimate that on au aver
age there has been thirty teams for thirty
days on the bills in cur town for berries
taking on an average two and one half
bushels to team, making two thousand
two hundred and fifty bushels in all. (and
the berries are now at their best, making
at FIVE cents a quart the handsome sum
of three thousand six hundred dollars
The foregoing estimate is intended to in
clude those who 90 without as well as
those who % with teams.
There is one feature in the berrying
business that is not agreeable to us-al
though it results suppose from the pc
cuiar religious tenetS Of our neighbors in
the townships Of Ulysses, Bingham and
Allegany,aDd perhaps other,-aud that is
the habjtual desecration Of the Lore S
day. Some of them wagging their beads
shouting and hootiug as drunken men do,
some gathering their inspiration at the
low grogeeries 10 our midst and other
some bringing it with them. They are
disgrace to the community they come
from, to the community they 90 among
and-as "Drunkards come from the no
bic spirits of the Land an honor to
themselves. These ale the exceptions,
quiet and orderly citizens forming much
the larger portion Of those who visit tie
berry fields.
The temperance banner has been furled
too long, its broad and beautiful folas
ought to be flung to the breeze apd every
true man ought to gather around its stand
ard. Thanks to those noble hearted men
who restored to US our former laws, and
thanks too, to those courts which bring
the strong arm of the law to bear on the
monster evil. May they never cease in
well dong MCHENRY.
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aes.z The last number Of The Mexican
Democrat, which has heretofore kept up
the Douglas flag we believe, las run up
that of Breckinridge and Lane; and in
doing SO gives the following honest testi.
mony Of the hopeless condition of its par
ty. We trust the Democrat will at once
cease its prating about the. sectioqalism
of the Republican party:
JoHS c. BREcKINRIDGE.-The recent action
Of the State Committee. (which will be found
in this papcrl leaves us at liberty to express
our preference Of the candidates for Presi-
dent; we therefore place the name Of John c.
Breckiuridgc and Gen. Joseph Lane at the
head Of our paper, and shall labor for their
election TO the respective Offices for which
they are candidates. III doing % we intend
no ceusUre Of those Of our Democratic friends
who admire the " little giant" Had he been
the regular nominee Of the Democratic Ma
tional Convention we should give him our
cordial support. We 10 not purpose at this
time 10 rehearse the doiugs at Charleston and
Baltimore, or show the cause Of the unfortu-
nate division the Convention suffice it to
say there is q division, on a geographical line.
That which we so much deprecated of the
Lincoln party, is attempted to be effected by
portion Of the Democratic party-to make
it sectional Oar duty is clearly to clag to
the National organization, believing that to
be the last hope Of the country. We shall,
therefore leave Mr.. Douglas and Lincoln in
their strife for anti-slaycry votes, and choose
the Breckinridge ticket, which has the sup
port Of the conservative portion of the party,
in every State Of the Union, and only stands
a chance Of success before the people.
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rsa- Honest John Coyode has been
re-nominated for Congress by the Repub.
Leans Of the Westmoreland or XIXth
District. lie refused to allow the use Of
his name at FIRST, but finally consented to
lead his friends to victory once more, he
was hrst elected ia 1884. We rejoice at
his evidence Of the desire of Republicans
to continue the services of good Repre-
sentatives when they have proved their
worth by trial.
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Saln's Funeral; Douglas his
Chief NEOUrHer.

The old proverb, that necessity often
provides US with strange bedfellows, bas
seldom been more ludicrously illustrated
than in the crowning labors Of the CCn-
vention IN session yesterday at Syracuse.
Douglas and Sam y areat one. Brooks
shall say no more saucy things about the
Pope and his Archbishop. or about
America for Americans, and in turn,
Patrick shall make 20 more unpleasant
references to dark lanterns and the sec
Qua degree This harmonizdtion Of tie
kpow-Nothing, or native American, and
Douglas elements has been negotiated
upon the basis Of " honorable equiva-
leatS. Nine Kuow-Nothings and one
Old line whjg, out Of thirty-Gye electors,
are conceded TO the Nativists, with the
understanding that they viii make no
separate nomination foi Governor. They
may have their choice between Kelly and
Brady, both Of Irish descent, and one a
Catholic, for Governor, and the Douglas
democrats pledge themselves to attend
Sam 8 funeral IN full uniform.
llcncefolth we suppose the Know
Nothing party, as a distinct political or
ganization, may be considered extinct
For the future its history will be the
theme of tie paleontologist rather than
of the politician It's g effects were all
knocked down yesterday by Washington
Hunt, the administrator de bonis nan, to
the highest bidder, and the price was a
place for nine of bis men-supposed to
be no iuconslderabIe proportion of bis en-
tire Party-on the Douglas electoral
ticket
Between douglas and his wife, whose
connection with the Catholic church has
not been overlooked nor made a secret OF
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from Federal authority or any part Of
the Constitution, forbade the Federal
Government to control as to slavery in
the Federal TerFitorias. To those who
now so declare, | give not only "our ia
thers who framed the Government under
which we live" but with all other living
men within the century IN Which 1t was
framed, among whom to search, and they
shall not be be able to fnd the evidence
Of single man agreeing With them.
(C0nciustoR ae.rt 1ceek,)
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Letter from Illinois.
BLOOMINGTON, Arg. Sth, 1856

BLooMINGToN, Arg. Sth, 1860
EDITOR OF POTTER JoURNAL-Your
issue of the I'd just came TO hand I
will not stop to tell YOU how well pleased
| was while looking over its columns to
find the name Of my old friend, +. O.
Austin, at the bottom Of good election,
cering article headed In Quandary."
As my sucker neighbors would express
it, am "right glad the scales have fall
en- from Edwards eyes, 'and that be has
been born into the ki@gdcm Of political
Righteousness I will not ask if he has
been on probation because | think he
might construe it into suspicion Of bis
integrity. We are not acuated by par
ticle of such feeling. The wonder with
me Is that so obstinate man should con
fess after he sees his error; My friend
Austin is like a great many democrats Of
the General Jackson stripe, possessing the
hang-on-a,tiye quality. Now we will ven
ture one assertion, that Edward feels
thousand times better satisfied with him
self than he did while endeavoring to boil
ster up the rotten democracy.
While have my hand in, you will ex,
pect me to say something about the po,
litical aspect of Illinois. The Bepubh-
can cause in this State is on the full tide
Of prosperity The praliies Of the north
are all a-bIaze, while the forest of the
South are revelberating the eloquent
strains of Republican orators. You can
set Illinois down coed for 10,000-the
Republicans will not be satisfied with any
thing less. The northern portions of the
State will roll up $4,000 majority, but
the benighted regions of Egypt will neu-
tralize that to great extent. Sdll, Egypt
(Hke my friend Austiu) is getting her
eyes opened, and will show large Re
publican gain in November. While l
am writing, z o clock P. NJ. }, the Repub.
licans are holding a grand mass meeting
at Springfield. A telegram was received
a few minutes since, stating that leo,
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000 wide awakes, 10 full uniform, were
present, and about 100000 IN citizens
dress.-that Douglas was there on the
top of a pole $50 feet high, and declared
in the most solemn manner, the meeting
to be one Of tie greatest things he had
ever seen except "n'y great principle. "
Signed John Squibob."
Being somewhat personally acquainted
with John, we made considerable allow
arce. A tremendous crowd @as antici,
pated, but this exceeds the most extrag-
agant calculations. a second dispatch is
received. stating that various estimates
have been made ranging from 55 to 15,-
600 ,and by far the largest a9d most en-.
thusiastic political meeting ever convened
in the northwest. espectfully,
WM. P.RRT-
I'VE received the above letter on the
20th-a long time coming from consid-
erabIe city, all the way by rail, except 30
miles of staging at this end. The letter
is. written on Lincoln paper-the device
being twenty panels Of raj! fence, enclOs-
ing portrait of Lincoln, below which Is
fat-boqt scene on the Ohio or Missis-
sippi river. 1t looks well.-ED. JoUR. I
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Gs.5~ We ask the attention of our rea-
dcrs to Lincoln Cooper Institute speech,
which We commence this week. 1t will
be concluded in cur next. Let every
Republican read it, and hand it to every
democrat in your vicinity. 1t will do
good to any body who reads it, whether
it produces eutire conviction or not.
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Beg@ The Republicans in the "WiId-
cat" District have nominated Gen. John
Patton, Of ClearncId, as their candidate
for Congress. He is a strong man in his
OWE county, where his strength is needed,
and his election is pretty certain. His
is Jas K. Kerr, a young law
yer Of Fenango county. lie cannot hold
his own at home where be is best known,
and Gen. Patton viii have an easy yicto-
ry. Mr. Kerr is a little older than our
self. and once represented the Democracy
Of Crawford in the State Assembly He
vas a schoolmate of ours 10 the Titusvi,le
common school, and we have known him
FROM boyhood up. He will 90 very well
to represent the blackest phase of modern
democracy in an election campaign, but
ls not fit to represent the intelligent yo-
ters of the XXIVth district in Congress
of which fact they will duly apprlse
him at she election il 0otoher.
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Nor DoUGLAs BUT LINCOLN IN KEN
TUcKY-The Chicago Press and Iri-
bane of August 10th prints an extract
from a private letter written by cn infu-
ential and intelligent gentleman in Ken
tucky to prominent gentleman in CHI
cago In it we find the following relative
to southern opinions of Lincoln election
and conduct when in power:
1t may seem strange to you, but it IS
nevertheless true, htat the South looks
for the erection Of Linco!a ly the people,
and acou!d prefer him TO Douglas. Our
most ultra southern men, seem TO respect
Kim and to have confidence in his homes
ty, fairness and conservatism. They con
cede that he stands on moderate plat
form, that his antecedents are excellent
and that he is not likely to invade the
rights Of any one but they can't 90 for
him because he holds opinions relative to
the rights OF slavery 10 the territories di-
reetlY opposite to the southern view.
Still he is an open and candid opponent,
and therefore commands southern re.
spect"
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Gz5~It is not often that we have occa
sion to quote with appreciation anything
that falls from the lips of Caleb Cush-
ing; but a man has to be a great deal
smarter than he TO live as long without
saying single sensible thing. Caleb
has at last said his. Here it is:
abraham Lincoln Is a much ADLER
man than is generally supposed, even in
his own party. In his CANVASS with
Douglas he beat him in law, beat him in
argument, and beat him ia wit and the
published debates of that canvass viii
sustain this assertion
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grThe Republicans of the Assembly
district comprising Mexican, Elk, Clear
field and Jefferson counties, have nomi-
nated Isaac G Gordon, of Jefferson, their
present member, and Samuel NJ. Law
renee. of Elk, younger brother of the
late VIM. G. 4. Lawrance of Harrisburg.
Their opponents will doubtless be A. N.
Benton, the present member from Nc
Kean, and Col. Brady, editor Of the JEFF
ferson Democrat. Tie contest viii be a
warm one, but the chances are largely in
favor of the Republican nominees. Mr..
Gordoa won a. first position last winter,
which will add greatly to his chances Of
election this year, as well as to that of
Mr.. Lawrence, between whom and Mr..
Benton will be the severcst trial.
The Republicans of Mexican have
nominated the following excellent county
ticket. Treasurer, " K King; Pro-
thonotary, J. r. Chadwick; Sheriff,
James Blair; Register and Recorder, G..
K Sar;well; Commissioner, D. j. Keyes;
Corooor, Enos Parsons; District Attor
ney, w A. Nichols.
gG@ The board of County justices of
Hancock county, Va, elected last Spring,
net at the Court House on the 14th inst,
to organize by electing Chief Justice
There are sixteen justices, and on can
vassing their political sentiments it was
discovered that ten Of them were out-and-
out Republicans. The result Of the
meeting was natural-Wm. L. Crawford,
a true-blue Republican and true man,
being elected to preside at the county
court, thus cutting Hancock county of,
from allegiance to the Dred Scott decis-
lou, and causing Virginia honor to bristle
at the independence of its rebel citizens
in the tip Of the Panhandle"
After the election Of a Chief Justice,
aud after dinner, a grand Lincoln ana
Hamlin meeting was held in the Court
House-a Virginia Court House, mind
yc-and some sterling speeches made to
large and enthusiastic crowd. The
world moves, and Hancock, Ohio and
Brooke counties viii yet redeem Virginia
from the great curse of Slavery and po-
litical darkness.
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been hung. These reports shoal4,
en- With allowances, especially vSss !
represented that there are 2.OOo l
tionists IN a single county, vb;,tN !
larger proportion than can be fon,s
majority of The non,slaveholdipg :,
In one of the towns, said to bsv. . ,
nearly consumed, the people have 4
of there being any Abolition con,,;. =
-Iribune. r"
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"BILLs" TO BE PRorEsTEp-7i
Syracuse Douglas Consention western,
nominated four persons for pronn,:
state offices, each Of whom bears tbeh,
tismal name of William. Ttis more A.
probable that these bills" will not \,
current, and that in November next A.
will find that a protest has been is,u.
against then. Did
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The excitement in Texas in relation
to the ailedged Abolition conspiracy is
represented as being on the increase, and
several persons are reported as having
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by his engineers, it is now hoped that
our adopted citizens and those ardent
patriots who would keep America for
Americans will have no difficulty in oc-
cupying the same bed, even though moth
ing may come of it.-N. T. Eoe. Post,
l7th.
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FIRST HEAVY BET.-The edito,
proprietors of the La Crosse (Wis( !
puJiicoa and Of the Democrat, hs,. 1
their Offices. papers, types, and eyc,ra!
(yalue $4,000 on the election in M.
and Wisconsin. If Douglas carrie, !
States the editor of the Democro, :
iahe both concerns. If Douglasdo...
carry both States, then the editor a .
Repu5iicGn is She winner. Proper,
be delivered on the 4th Of March =
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The DoUGLks, NOMINATIONS
Douglas Democratic State Convebyi..
Syracuse yesterday nominated the St'
ing Candidates :-Gogernor- WgS
Kelley, Of Duichess; Lieutenan.G
ernor-William f. Allen, Of Osrs..
Canal Commissioner-William gf5.
OF Ontario; State Prison Iusfs.tr.
William C. Rhodes, of Chemuag. :,
electoral ticket was submitted, tbe /
vention having adjourned until 4
morning-N ]. Zee. Post lSA.
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For GOVERNOR,
ANDREW G. Gu RTIN,
OF CENTRE COUNTY.
FoR CoNGREss,
HON. JAMES Il. HALE,
OF CENTRE COUNTY.
-S,zs,-.o- -a
UNITY TICKET.
For Assembly,
LEWIS MANN,
Subject to decision Ct Conserees,)
For Prathonotarv,
HENRY j. OLMSTED.
For Register and Recorder,
LYMAN NELSON.
For County Treasurer,
WOOLSEY BURTIS.
For Coroner.
DIR. ANDREW STOUT,
Fer County Commissioner,
MARTIN D. BRIGGS.
For County Auditor,
LUCIEN BIRD
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List CT Jurors drawn for Sept
Perm.
GRAND JURORS

GRAND JURORS.
Allegany-Elihu Cole, G. A Benton, T. \
Benton.
Observation-Disclosures Monroe. q,
CouGersporl-Sobieski Ross, Charles =
Jones.
Ealalia-0ds WooGcock.
Gencsce-Lawrcnce Moran.
Hauisoa-ucnry c. Juad, Henry OrtD'''
James II. Latta.
Hebron-Alonzo Newton.
Hcctor-Joseph Leonard.
Keating-E. q. Crane.
Oswayo-S il. Leach
Roulet-John Yentzer, christopher Know
ton.
Sharon-O. c. Warner.
Summit-Russell H. Mason.
Sweden--G. L. Catlin, Jacob Harrington
Ulysses-H. I. Reynolds, II. II. Gaer1ssl'
Wharton-0aniel Bartron.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Abhot-Wm. Yechem.
Bingham-A. B. Howe.
Eulalia-Titus Yoemans, D. D. CoIcora,.
Genesee-AdolphusrEllis, Stephen huTu,
Hebron-ConSider Stearns, isaac bEo'4
George Estes. .s
Harrison--EIenry Hurlbut Charles vt., ,s
John Burtis, Hiram Hurlhut, Nathaniel hu''
bard.
Jackson--M. j. Flynn.
Oswayo-Lovviz Healey, Solomon DnnO'-
Pike. O. Merrick. !.
Roulet-Fredsrick Weimer, PhlaDu'
Read.
Sharon--Wm. j, Warner, VIM. 7. Lane =
L. Nichols, Robbins Brown Lewis wow
Nelson Parmenter, Anthony W. Jones.
SylYania IT. N. Rees. =
tlysses-Alanson Burt, Hosea Cushing "
G. Lyman, James t. Burt
West Branch-A. B. Crowell, John bur
rows.
Wharton-Josiah Bes-fsld, G. a 5ai''''
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6be Jlotttter yournal,

COUDEEesp0ET, PA,
r I6Qrsoag 3iorai0g, aug. %, 1850.
7. S. CHASE, E0lTGR AND PUBLISHER.
Republican Iicfa1--i660.
, 1860-01-02

The following table shows the prices Of Win
ter und Spring Wheat On the LIST Of each month
for the past three years:
Pyi-es of IFEert for TLfnr Ya,rs
, 1860-01-02

closing dull. In May the demand for ship
nent was again revived and the market adyan-
ced 13c between the 1oth aud the l.sh inst.,
aa.es being made on the latter date at j36255c
tor No. 2 in store. On the same day cargo of
10000 bu No. ! was sold on private terms
ertFard2 reported 1t 60c-it being in an un-
favorable warehouse. The demand continued
nctlTe from the 17th to the 9Th, when No. 2
Has sold at G5@6Sc in store-dn adeancx of1Sc
IN Fourteen days. Here however, the market
reached its height, aud the market took down.
nafd course till the end Of tho month, when No.
very little No. In store and the market was
almost nominal At s54s0c. About the end of
May cargo Of Barley slals was received from
huftaio in the schooner -Kotat<, at the came
time that Barley was being shipped 70 Buffalo.
There were also several cocsiSnments Of Barley
Malt from Ohio; but the quality was not such
~ rendered the speculation profitable. In June
the market opened at sue for No. and so1s5c
for No. in stose-with very little Of the latter
grade on hand; but on account Of the limited
shipping inquiry prices fell l5e before the end
o. the month-cios,ng 1t 45c for No. !, II which
nsnfe ,gV bushels changed hands on the 3oth.
Ia !n'y there was little change in the market.
45c Tor No. l. On the s6sh Of July the first lot
OF the new crop was exhibited On Change, aud
On the 3Utt q CARLOAD Was sold ut &c % truck.
About The beginning Of August there was a
good demand lor new Barley by Brewers at
4oG G4sc; but the reesipts we're triding Limited
sales heins. made at 35I s3c, according to qual-
~ Tn The :sd Of August 5000 bushels old
No. were sold at s5c, /. 0. b. In September
the market at the opening was almost nominal,
but on the 9Th ~ active shipping demand took
place mud it steadily advanced till On the 3oth
70: I was soid NJ Go@65c in store, aud No. ; at
56I5sc- On tbs 1st Of October, 1000 bushels
No. were sold at csc in store; but from this
date to the 11th the market gradually fell till on
that date i touched 5sc-raljying axain slightly
towards the end Of the month, and closing It
el@sac for ,he same quality. In November
there WAS = limited shipping demand at The
opening, but after the sth, Shippers w.thdrew
and prices fell till the ed, when No. was ol.l
At 5Sc-revlsing slightly under the diminished
receipts towards The close
II december the receipts were tritling, and
under u fair demsud BY Brewers, Us we'll as
some inquiry for shipment to Pittsburgh, prices
we're fru.-the n,arke. varying FROM 55l5se
for No. ! in store aud on track.
The weekly price Of barley in this market
;iusing The past year wilt be found in the fol,
l0Winl, table:
, 1860-01-02

The mills marked aborc with au asterisk.
hare been established during the past car: and
IN this connection nc might remark, that no
where in the United States is there any point
offering the game advantages for the manusac-
ture Of flour as does Chicago. Situated A.
west, where is constantly received the best
samples which tho country produces, it is in
deed matter Of some astouislsnent that we
manufacture 30 little: Compared with St. Louis
or Cincinnati, our advantages in this respect
are universally recognized.
past year has been somewhat varied. On the
lss Of January, 1859, the stock Of -four On hand
consisted Of only 6,723 bbfs., and the market
opened dull and lauguid- Spring extras selling
to but limited extent at $5.75@4.a0, which
continued uninterrupted during tue frst week
--the shipments amounting 10 only elo bbls.,
aud that mostly to supply tho West. 4 mate
ria4 advance in The New York market on the
Stu INST. caused better feeling, and we fud
that by the 18th the market had advanced soc.
sales Of Spring extras being made At &3,50@
476-the market remnining firm during the
balance Of the month. Winter wheat -four was
in fair demand during the entire lnonth-sales
being effected Mt &G@s.5. During this month
tthe 18th inat.) it was announced in the St.
Louis papers that "Ch'cago speculatoss had
purchased 5000 bb1s. st. Louis Super6ne Ut
s5.25. New York advanced during this month
upwards Of ii 90 per bbl.-Common to Medium
Western extras selling at the close at $500
@G4p.
In February the upward tendency received
check 1t the opening, but The du!lncss was
ouly temporary; for renewed buoyancy in
New York caused good speculative and ship
ping demand, with an advance Of Soc in the
month-Ecw York advancing during the same
rcrlod 40taGoc. In Winter brands there was
much ncllyity. On the 10th inst. 1000 bb1s
'.Chicago Mills" White Winter Extra were sold,
for delivery between that date and the LIST ci
April, aeler's option, aa:$8.5o. The speculative
feelins during This mouth was partly induced
because Of Tumo1ed scarcity in Canada West,