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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-09-11
Mcclellan.

"W hen Gen. Mcclellan was a resident
of this City, he kept up an active CORES
pondence with his army associates, and
among them, with Beauregard, whom he
had known intimately AT that time, a
great fllibustering expedition to Central
America wos contemplated by the restless
spirits of the South, and Beauregard be-
came one of the chief conspirators. But
be knew that Walker, then in full bios
som, VIZ not the man for leader; and he
had not that entire confidence in himself
that would justify his taking the com.
mand. He applied to Mcclellan, offering
him the most fatterirg inducements that
could be held out-the leadership with
arbitrary powers, active support through
out the South, the lions share of the ex-
pected spoil, aud the military dictator
ship of this to be conquered province-if
he would engage in the enterprise. This
offer was summarily rejected; but was
renewed again and again with new tempt
ations, until Mcclellan peremptorily for
bade any further reference to it. In the
correspondence, Beauregard admitted the
military superiority of Mcclellan, and ex-
pressed himself thoroughly satisfied with
subordinate position in his command
an estimate of our young Generals worth
that expected events will abundantly
prove. y Chicago Tribune.
Gen. Mcclellan is in the habit of rid
ing around occasioniy in citizens dress,
accompanied by few of his staff A few
days ago he was walking through one of
the encampmeuts, across the Potomac,
and passing the rear of the tents he saw
bucket of coffee standing near fire.
He asked what it was, and one of the
soldiers said "Cofee," at looks more
like slops," he replied. "Oh," said the
soldier, ''it's not fit to drink, but we have
to put up with 1t, and our food is not a
bit better" "Well, whose fault is it p
he asked. "Oh, our Quartermaster is
drunk most of the time, and when not he
is studying how to cheat" Mcclellan
passed on, and seeing more evidence of
the dirty and slovenly manner in which
the Quartermaster conducted his opera
tions in his tent, he accosted him with
the remark that the men were complain
ing Of bad treatment from him. The
Quartermaster few into a passion, and
swore it was none of his business, and he
had better not come sneaking around try
ing to make mischief Mcclellan an
swercd him, telling him he had better be
cautious how he talked. The Quarter
master replied, "Who are you, that you
assume SO much apparent authority Z"
II am George B Mcclellan, and you can
pack up your traps and leave !" The
Quartermaster was struck dumb, aud Nc
Clellan turned and left him. That eve-
ming the Qua rtermaster left to the tune
of the "Rogue's March" played by some
of the boys who got wind of it. They
now have Quartermastel who does not
get "druak and cheat" and that regi-
ment would risk their lives at the can
mons mouth for the man who does care
how the men are provided for.
The story has been circulated around
some of the camps, and the officers are
now always on the look out for the Gen
eral, and of course do not have too much
lying around loose.-N. y Tribpne.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-09-11
The Allegiance of Nat6rallzed
Citizens.

The Boston Plot of June Is, 1861,
publishes the annexed question, prd.
pounded to the editors of the Cincinnati
Catholic Telegraph, together with the
response of Bishop Purcell, one of the ed
itors of that paper. AS many of the
adopted citizens of the country do not
take either the Boston Pilot or the Ciu-
cinnati Catholic Telegraph, it has been
deemed proper to submit it to them in this
form for general edi6cation
THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
VERY Rev. AND Rev. EpIToRs: I
would wish to know whether,i in your opin-
ion, naturalized citizen, even in the
South, can take part with the Southern
Confederacy without the guilt Of perjury?
In becoming citizen he swore fealty, not
to any State, but to the United States.
Does that oath mean anything7 If not,
to take it was sin. If so, it must bind
to fidelity to the constitutionaly elected
President and Congress.
CONSCIENCE.
REPLY.
An oath binds man, under penalty of
perjury, to do what he consclentiously
considered his words to promise. Apart
from ignorance, prejudice, or false repre-
Isentation, we believe that every naturals
lied citizen has, according to the intent
of the form of naturalization, sworn to
support the legally constituted Govern
ment at Washington. Many poor man
may have been taught, however, that his
obligations were not of this character,
and may, therefore, without being willing
to perjure himself, be carried away by
the wave of public opinion about him to
the wrong side.-Eds. Telegraph.
We clip the above from the Cincinnati
Catholic Telegraph and Advocate of
May 28th.
We may add to the very just answer
of the distinguished and learned editors
of the Telegraph, that it becomes the
duty of every clergyman in the seeded
States to abstain from any aetiee act that
may lead their people to believe that they
are released from the obligation of their
oath of allegiance. The appointment to
a chaplaincy in rebel regiment does not
imply that the chaplain sanctions the VII
olation of the oath. He only lends his
services to reconcile with God dying
soldier who may have been guilty of pers
jury.-Boston Pilot.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-09-11
TERMS. --S1.OO PER ANNUM.

property from destruction, this war id
Missouri must be brought to speedy
close. This can only be done by driving
back the invaders from our southern
boundaries. This dbhs; our State will be
relieved from military occupation /; our
property viii be secure, and our lives pros
tected."
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-09-11

BIIf riches increase, set not your
heart upon them, because they are liable
to decrease as we'll as they increased be-
cause they cannot satisfy the boundless
desires of the immortal soul; because
their possession is connected with new
anxieties and responsibilities; because
their possessor is subjected to peculiar
and injurious temptations; because they
must all be left at death, and death may
come at any hour and because the good
things of the present life are of insignif-
cant value, when compared with the treas
ures of heaven, which he forever forfcitg
who makes worldly wealth his supreme
good.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-09-11

The Governor of Fernando Pc has beer
authorized by the Spanish Government
to receive on that island certain number
of slaves, who may be captured by ves-'
sells of the United States, that. being freey
they may acquire the benefits of civiiza-
ton Flag officer Jamison has comnu-
nicated this proposition to our Govern@
ment. 1t appears by the same corres-
pondence from the African squadron,
that the secessionists have been sending
circulars to naval officers cf Southern
birth, holding ont inducements to leave
the United States service and join that Of.
the disunil nists with equal rank.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-09-11

MAKE THE SAcRIFICR-To obey the
law of right-to follow out the law OF
love, is only difficult because we feel, in
every instance of being called upon SO to
do, that we are called upon to make some
sacrifice of ourselves. 1t is an error-a
mistaken feeling We are called upon to
sacrifice, not ourselves, but present IN
clinction, which self suggests. Make the
sacrlfce-obey, fulfil the law that makes
the claim upon you, and you will find
that you have relinquished fallacious
for real good Follow the false inciln-
alton, and you will find that instead of
enthroning yourselves in despite of Heav.
ems King, you have begun to descend
steps of endless descent.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-09-11

Bg- Before you denounce another for
his faults, look to your own.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-09-11

Do you want to fiji a towards grave?
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-22
Faith,

When Charles V. imperiousIy
required the Confession of Augs-
burg tobc abandoned, and gave the
Protestant leaders only six months
more in which to make up their
minds finally, the cause of the Re-
formation was thought hopeless.
But Luther exclaimed IL saw
a sign in the heavens, out of my
window at night: the stars, tho
host Of heaven, held up in vault
above me and yet | could see no
pillars on which the Master made
it to rest. Some men look above
for the pillars, and would fain touch
them with their hands, as if afraid
the sky would fall. Poor souls! Is
not God always there? p
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-22
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The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-22
OF OHIO.
Published by Authority,
AN ACT

AN IASI
To punish treason and other crimes.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted By the
General assembly Of the State Of
Ohio, That any person or persons
residing in this state, who shall
levy war against this state, or the
United States of America, or shall
knowingly adhere to the enemies
of this state, or the United States,
giving them aid and comfort, shall
be deemed guilty of treason against
the state Of Ohio, and, on convic-
ton, shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary, at hard labor, during
life.
SEC. 2. Any person or persons
residing within this state, who
shall surrender or betray, or be in
any way concerned in surrendering
or betraying any military post, for
tifcations, arsenal, military stores
of this state, or the United States,
into the possession or power of any
enemies of either, or shall supply
arms or ammunition or military
stores to such enemies, or who
shall unlawfully and without au-
thority, usurp possession and con-
troll Of any such military post, for
tifcation, arsenal, or military stores,
or having knowledge of any trea-
son against this state or the United
States, shall willfully omit or re-
fuse to give information thereof to
the governor, or some judge Of this
state, or to the president of the
United States, shall be deemed
guilty as accessories to treason,
and, on conviction thereof, shall be
imprisoned in the penitentiary, at
hard labor, not less than ten or
more than twenty years.
Sec. 8. That if any person shall,
within this state, begin or set on
foot, or provide or prepare the
means for any unauthorized mill
tary expedition or enterprise, to be
carried on from thence against the
territory or people of any Of the
United States, every person SO Of
Tending shall be deemed guilty of a
misdcmeanor, and on conviction
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-22
"He's a Secessionist." ="

1t is a very frequent theme in
our our streets to hear some cow
ardly sap-head, who was, and is
still afraid to shoulder his musket,
to sustain the Constitution and en-
force the laws, but who has just
courage enough to sneak through
alleys in the dark, and try to spy
out what his neignbor is doing, or
say of every one who is not willing
to fall down and worship Lincoln,
"he's a secessionist."
If opposed to the President vio-
lating the Constitution, to put
down rebellion, "he's a traitor p
If he speaks his mind freely,
'he's a sympathizer with the
South"
If he is in favor of enforcing the
laws, che does so because he's afraid
of public opinion"
If he is in favor of adjusting our
National difficulties, in any other
way than by ball and bayonet,
whereby 100000 patriotic young
mon of the North would be saved
from an untimely grave, dug on
the battlo field, the funeral pile Of
his country, "he's a traitor and Sc,
cessionist."
If he does not cry out "no more
party" and not blame Lincoln for
turning out Democrats and putting
Republicans in their places, "he'i
no friend to his country"
If he opposes exorbitant taxes
''he's not willing to support the
Government"
If he opposes great extravagane'
and corruption in Republican ofi
GERS, "he has no sympathy fol, ,hf
Government"
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The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-22
The Law Of Newspapers.

/. Subscribers who do..notgive express notice
10 the contrary, are considered as wishing to
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2. If subscribers order the discontinuance
Of their papers, the publishers may continue
10 send them until all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers refuse or neglect to take
their papers from the Office to which they
are directed, they are held responsible till
they have settled the bill and ordered the pa
per discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to other places
without informing the publishers, and the
papers are sent to the former direction, they
are held responsible.
6. The law Courts have decided that re-
fusing to take a'paper from the Office is "pri-
mn faoia', evidence "a intentional. .fraNd1n1...
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-22
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NO.

came exceedingly 6nfaged and
their anger knew no bounds.
-. And the Chief Of the patfi
archs Of the South, their priests
and their uobles, assembled "a one
of the cities ofthe piains, and they
made q decree and pnt it in writing;
and the pufpegt ef the writing
was, that henceforth and forever
we will separate from the great
eonfedefaey we VIII make our
own ruler, and our own laws and
Abraham and his followers shall
not rule over as.
md it come tD pass inter
4 s,iis a "a 50 ss4ss SsllsSpsiSa mon
Of the South, that they cast lots
and Jeff, whose surname is Davis,
was chosen to rule over them; and
the people gave great shout say
ing,-God save our President.
IA. And it came to pass in pro-
cess of time, that Abraham, whose
surname is Lincoln, the chosen
ruler of the Northern provinces)
should be anointed. And he gath
cred together his household, and
took his departure from the land Of
Illinois, and great multitude fol-
lowed him.
Is. And as the wilderness he had
to pass through was greatly infest-
ed with a barbarous race of people,
called in the vernacular tongue
Democrats, the man Abraham arm
ed his trained servants, and took
them to be his body guard lest
theuncircumcised Democrats sho'ld
fall upon him by the way, and put
his life in jeopardy.
16. AnG it came to pass, as he
iourneyed toward the East, that he
was entreated by the people of the
province Of Penn totarry with them
all night. III one Of their chief cit
les; and it was so, that about the
third watch Of the night, q man of
strange appearance and streaming
eyes stood by the bedside of Abra-
ham, and smote him on the right
side, and said unto him-Arise, a.
rise, Abraham, and flee for your
life.
II. And Abraham arose from
his sleep Gor he had fallen into a
deep sleep,) and he was sore afraid
I, And when he was told that certain
men Of the baser sort had conspired
to take his life, he dressed himself
in priestly garments, such as Aa-
ron wore, and upon his head he put
q Highland bonnet, and he went
with the man nothing doubling.
Is. And it came to pass, that
Abraham and the man escaped
from the sons Of Belial, and arrived
in safety at the great city, even the
city of Washington; and when his
friends who chose him to reign
over them found that he had not
been slain, they wept for joy, and
made u great supper and badc
many.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-22
A Great River from a Little Rill.

A Welsh clergyman asked q
little girl for the text Of his last
sermon. The child gave no answer
she only wept. lie ascertained
that she had no Bible in which to
look for the text. And this led
him to inquire whether parents
and ncighbors had a Bible; and
this led to that mectingin London,
in 1904, of a few devoted Christi
ans, to devise means to supply the
poor in Wales with the Bible, the
grand issue of which was the for
nation Of the British and Foreign
Bible Society-a society which has
already distributed more than fif-
teen million copies of the Bible, its
issues now reaching l, 100000 an
nually. And this, in turn, led to
the formation Of the American
Bible Society, and to the whole
beautiful cluster of sister institu-
tions throughout the world, which
are so many trees of life, scattering
the golden fruits Of Immortality
among all nations of the earth.
This mighty river in its many
branches, we may trace back to the
tears of that little girl. "Behold
how great matter a little fire
kindleth."
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-22
EATON, pREB1E COUNTY OHIO TIL lsSt


Of the dog carcened the frail craft
So much that tho water rushed over
the SIDE, thfeatcaipg 70 swamp
her.
I changed NY taotils, throw my
into the Bottom Of the.
skitE, and gEasped my bowie, Z,
keen as d Malay creese; and glitter
ibg, as i released IL frpmitsaheath,
Ike d moonbsanl on the stream In
an instant ! had seVeped the slnewy
throatofthelIound, cuttipgtlifohgh
Drawn and MUSCLE tothe hapo q
9he neclS The tcnaeiolls ygreteh
ND siye ieaI on q
Che water, then sank and was gone,
Five minutes pulling landed me
on the other side of the river, and
in an hour after. without further
accident, | was among my friends,
encompassed by the northern lines.
That night 1 related at headquar-
ters the intelligence I had gathered,
and in a few days shall again be
cleaning knowledge in the south
ern camp.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-22
Day of Fasting, Humiliation
Prayer.
A PROCLAMATION
By the President Of the UnitedS 81
of America:

WHEREAS, A JOINT commlttee 81
both Houses Of Congress has wlIe
ed on the President Of the Unlsgl
States, and requested him toreesll
mend day of public humiliatlo
prayer and fasting, to be obsery
by the people of the United Stas
with religious solemnities, and
offering Of fervent .suPplicatI y
ikluighty God for the safety and
welfare Of these States, His bless
ings on their arms. and aspeedy a
restoration ofpeace:
AND WHEREAS, 1t is fit and be-
coming in all people at all ti4es to
acknowledge and revere tl su-
preme government of God, tolbow
in humble submission to His chas-
tisements, to confess and deplore
their sins and transgressions in the
full conviction that the fear Of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and to pray with all fervency and
contrition for the pardon of their
past ofenses, and for a blessing up
on their present and prospective
action:
AND WHEREAS, When our beloved
country, once, by the blessing Of
God, united, prosperous and hap
py, is now afflicted with faction and
civil war, it is peculiarly fit for us
to recognize the hand of God in
this visitation, and, in sorrowful
remembrance Of our own faults and
crimes as a nation and as individu-
ais, to humble ourselves before
Him, and to pray for his mercy
to pray that we may be spared fur
ther punishment, though justly de
served !; that our arms may be bless
ed and made effectual for the re.
establishment of law, order and
peace throughout our country, and
that the inestimable boon of civi
and religious liberty, earned under
His guidance and blessing by the
labors and sutferings Of our fathers
may be restored to all its origina
excellence; Therefore |, Abraham
Lincoln, President Of the Unite'
States, do appoint the last THUS
day in September next as a day o
humiliation, prayer and fasting fol
all the people Of the nation, and
do earnestly recommend to all thc
people, and especially to all minis
ters and teachers of religion, Of al
denominations, and to all heads o.
families, to observe and keep thai
day according to their severa
creeds and modes of worship, in al
humility and with all religious sol
entity, to the end that the united
prayer of the nation may ascend tc
the Throne of Grace and bring
down plentiful blessings upon oul
own country.
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand, and caused
the great seal Of the United State;
to be affixed, this 18th day of Au.
gust, A. D. 1861, and OF the hide
pendence of the United States Of
America the eighty-sixth,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President,
| WIN. II. SEWARD, Sec'y of State.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-08-22

eve are inclined to believe that
a large majority of the people, both
North and South, are convinced
that a division of the Union is not
only desirable but necessary-that
it is the true and only safe solution
of the present difficulties. > Gin.
Press.