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FORTY BRILLIANT COLUMNS.

fOhl1 i BhlLLlAN ZULU MNS,
finding in them fascinating mental discipline
known only to those who rally to the Banner-sheet
of the Grand Army Of American Intellect and Ge-
MUS
In commencing New Year, the proprietors of
the New York Mercury only say, that it shall
be their aim to make their great family journal of
American literature, for 1862, more brilliant and
enchanting than ever, in its concentration OF all
the worlds grandest and most beautiful specaltes
in healthful Romance graceful poetry, elegant and
quaint Gossip, refining knowledge, sparkling HUI
NOR, and entertaining News-until, like love, it
RULES the court, the camp, the bower,''
as it already rules the happy domestic hresde.
The editorial tone and National departments of
the New York Mercury will continue true to that
lofty spirit Of patriotism which has made it
sity of the people since the War began, and kept it
in enthusiastic demand when other sheets were dy-
ing all around it for want Unpopular support
Already the largest literary journal in the world,
and famous the focus of thousand brilliant lit
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Old World and its novelettes, continued stories,
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magic pencil of the greatest of American artists Mr.
Felix 0. G. barley, will lend the aid of pictorial
art.
The Shasta courier., 1862-02-15

Live down calumny the best reply to Sian
derous reports is good life.
The Shasta courier., 1862-02-15

The wise man justly regards goodness as
something to be attained
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If you do good, forget it; if evil, re.
member and repent.
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What burden is leisure to mind unpre
pared for its enjoyment.
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Awise book is true friend its author .
public benefactcr.
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PHELAN'S
BILLIARD SALOON.

PHELAN'S
BILLIARD SALOON.
YVHE above Billiard Saloon, With Eight First
Glass Phelan's Tables, is now open to the pub
= -@h& cushions on these Tables are the latest
parent, and are great improvement on their pre-
decessors. The Room is fitted up so as to combine
elegance with comfort. The Bar will be kept con-
stantly supplied with the very choicest brands Of
Wines, Liquors and Segars,
and the subscribers hope, by strict attention. to
merit the patronage of all who admire and practice
the Game of Billiards.
M. E. HUGHES,
DAN LYNCH,
120 and 722 Montgomery ST.,
Opposite the new Metropolitan Theatcr,
San Francisco.
The subscriber begs to inform the public that the
above mentioned Billiard Saloon is also intended to
serve as show and salcsroom for
Phelan's Patent Combination Cushions
and Model Billiard Tables,
and Billiard Trimmings of every description. Par
ties desirons of purchasing Billiard Tables will thus
have an opportunity of selecting from varied as
sortment, both in style and finish, and can also
test the superiority claimed for these Cushions and
Tables. Mr.. DAN LYNCH will always be on hand
and ready to give all required information with
regard to the merits of these justly celebrated Bill
lard Tables, The subscriber cordially invites all
interested parties to call and examine.
NJ. E. HUGHES,
Agent for Phelan's Patent Combination Cush-
SET :3m ions and Modern Billiard Tables
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In the end all men find the devils wor]
be hardest thev ever undertook.
The Shasta courier., 1862-02-15

THE HUMAN LUNG.-The lung of a man is
an aggregation of bronchial tubelets and air
sacks; these air cells are very minute, some
times the 200th of an inch. Between these
air cells runs the capillary blood vessels
Thus each side of blood vessel is exposed to
the air contained within a cell, and the gases
pass to and fro through the delicate wall Of
The cells, and through the walls of the capil-
laries with perfect facility. So crowded are
the blood vessels that the diameter of the
meshes formed by their network is less than
the 3000th of an inch, and the number of air
cells is calculated at not less than six hun.
dred million
The Shasta courier., 1862-02-15

"CRADLING. We read to Mrs. Parting
ton complaint in the Canadian Free Press
from James Hodgins that cradling matchn
had not taken place as announced between
g Tuttle and the Westminster Slasher. -
!" Well, dear me- said she, "what of it?'
Man app'nts and God disapp'ints. 1t ism t
everybody that has anything to cradle. If
it had been in our neighborhood this would
mt have happened, because there have been
two pairs of twins born there within three
months, and quite number have come
within one of it." We asked her what she
was driving at, and she said simply, g Cra-
ding" We told her that the paragraph
meant grading wheat. She was slightly
confused, but Immediately recovered, and
saying, :" Well babies are as as good as wheat
any day, went out to look after Ike, who
was holding an animated conversation on the
operation of the National Loan on the peanut
trade with the old man before our window
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COMMISSION AND PURCHASING
Ascent,
SAN FRANCISCO.

ORDERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF MER-
Y chandize and articles of every description
solicited by the undersigned.
A residence in this city of over ten years. and an
experience in the business of nearly the length
of time, considered sufficient to warrant tho
confidence of persons in the country who occasion
ally require to make purchases here, through the
agency of a reliable party or who may be looking
for permanent Agency in San Francisco. To
either the advertiser offers his services assuring all
who intrust orders to him that effort shall be
spared to execute their commissions satisfactorily.
All Orders must be accompanied with the Cash or
City Reference.
Those desiring information concerning the under
signed are referred to
VIM. T. Coleman { Co., San Francisco.
J. II. Coghill & Co., g
c. Largely, Druggist, :.
Flint, Peabody & Co., .
Ira P. Rankin, g
Ross, Dempster & Co.. 9
J. Anthony & Co., Union Office, Sacra-
mento City.
And to the proprietors of the Shasta
COURIER.
N.B.-Orders for Machinery, pianofortcs, Melo-
deons, Sewing Machines, Watches. Jewelry, &c.
will be attended to by competent judges,
L. P. FISHER,
Commission and Purchasing Agent,
629 Washington street, up stairs,
Opposite Maguire's Opera House, San Francisco.
ap27
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an New Years day of 1862, that world-renown-
" ed and unrivaled gem of American journalism,
the peerless New York Mercury will enter upon the
..wenty-fourth year of the most brilliant career ever
achieved by paper. During the past year it has
been the teacher story teller mentor and oracle of
Two Hundred Thousand American Homes, from
ocean to ocean-and from Quebec, in Canada, to
Pensacola, on the Gulf of Mexico. Young and old
rich and poor have reveled in its enchanting stores
of wisdom, romance. art, poetry, and genial humor
and its praise is
"Familiar in their mouths as household Words,
The noble patriot soldier in his tent too has whiled
away the tcdium of camp life in the absorbing re-
view of its
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The New York Mercury is sold by all ncwsmen
and periodical dealers in America To subscribers,
it is regularly mailed every Saturday morning, for
s. year. three copies for. 50; six copies for 50
oight copies for S12 with extra copy, free, to the
retter up of the club. Six months subscription
received Always write plainly the name of your
Post Office County and State. We take the notes
of all specie paying banks at par. Payment must
Invariably be made in advance.
r Specimen copies sent free to all applicants
Address all letters and remittances post paid, to
cAULDwELL, soUTHWORTH L WHITNEY,
Proprietors of the New York Mercury,
;n25 40 and 4S Ann street, New York City.
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g0rThe Superintendent of Common
Schools in Columbia county has been
drafted. 1t was generally supposed that
if School Directors were exempt the
County Superintendent was 10 be, but it
appears that the Office of County Super
intendent was created sirce the Act of
Assembly exempting school directors, and
through an oversight no provision was
made to meet an exigency which at that
ume no one dreamed would ever occur
As the schools IN that county could not
be opened without the teachers thereof
having certificates from the Superinten-
dent, the matter of this case was laid be-
fore the State authorities. Having no
power to act in the matter, but realizing
the importance of the tubject, the Cover
nor consulted the Secretary of War, who
at once Authorized his Excellency to order
the Gem missioner to relieve Mr.. Burgess
from the draft Henceforth County Su-
perintendents, as we'll as School Dircc-
tors, will be exempted from military ser
vice.
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N OtiCes

The subscriber having been appointed
Assessor of Taxes under the act of Congress
ITO provide Interest Revenue to support the
Government and to pay interest on the Public
debit approved July lst 1852, hereby gives
notice that he has divided his assessment dis
trict, being the sth District of Pennsy lyania
into the following sub-districts and has ap-
pointed the following persons as Assistant
Assessors for said sub-diStricts, to wit:
No l. All that part of Centre county in
GLIDING the Boroughs of Bellefont, Mllesburg,
and Unionvilie, and the townships of Spring,
Benner, BoggS, Liberty, Howard, Curtin Snow
Shoe, Burnside, Walker. Marion, Union, Worth,
Taylor and Huston, Assistant Assessor K. U.
Durham, Postofiice Bellefont.
No. 2. All that part of Centre county in
Guiding the townships of Ferguson, Harris,
Patton, Halfmioon, and that part of Potter
township lying west of the Lewiston and
Rellefont turnpike, Assistant Assessor Thomas
Dale, Postoffice Boalsburg.
No..3. All tho remaining part Of Centre
county including the townships Of Miles,
Haines, Penn, Gregg, and that part of Potter
township lying east Of the Lewiston and
Bellefont turnpike, Assistant Assessor -
No. 4. All that part of Clinton county in
Guiding the Borough of Mill Hall, the town
ships of Alison, Beech Greek, Bald Eagle,
bamau, Porter, Logan, Greene, Crawford and
Wayne, Assistant Assessor r. G. Hutchison,
Postofiice Mill Hall.
No. .. All the remaining part of Clinton
county ihcItding the Borough of Lock Haven,
and the townships Of Pine Creek, Dnnstable,
Woodward, Cold Brook, Geergan, Chapman,
Leidy, Heating, Gallagher, Assistant Assessor
William Fearon, Postofiice Lock Haven.
No. 6. All that part OF Lycoming county
lying on the west side of ~ coming Greek,
also including the townships of Bastress,
Susquehanna, Limestone and Nippenose,
Assistant Assessor David Showers, Postotfice
Newberry.
No. Z. All the remaining part of Lycoming
county including that part lying east Of Ly-
coming Creek, also the townships Of Clinton,
Washington, Brady and Armstrong, Assistant
Assessor, T. P. Simmons, PostoiIice Williams
port.
No. 8. All that part Of Tioga county includ-
ing the Borough of Tioga, the townships of
TiCga, Rutland Richmond, Sullivan, Covington,
Ward, Bloss, Liberty and Union, and the
Boroughs of Mansfield, Malnsburg and Cow
ington, Assistant Assessor, s. B. Elliot, Post
Office Mansfield.
No. 8. All that part of Tioga county includ-
ing the Boroughs of Lawrenceville, Elkland,
Knoxville, and the townships ofJackson, Law
re1ce, Nelson, Osceola, Deerfeld, Pennington,
Brookfield alG Westield, Assistant Assessor,
C. H. Goldsmith, Postottice Knoxville.
10. All the remaining part of Tioga county
including the Borough Of Weilsboro, the
townships Of Middlebury, Chatham, Charles
ton, Delmar, Morris, Elk. Shipper, Gains and
Clymer, Assistant Assessor, NJ. Bullard, Post.
office Welsbaro.
No. II. The county Of Potter, Assistant
Assessor, A. Rounsyille Postoficc Couders-
port. George BoAL, Assessor.
Boalsburg, Centre Co., Pa.
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E9FEEs /:

Z In 1.ymansylle Oct 9, of diptherra, GEO.
NJ, in Fant son Of VIM. II. NcCleland, of Brad
ford Pa, aged about seven months.
Ais b, on Friday evening, Oct. 18th, OR
TuEI 10 II. LYMAN, aged Is years, II mos.
and If days.
Ais b, on Wednesday evening, Oct. 29th,
CORA ELLEN daughter of Almeron and Hem
rietta Nelson, aged years, mos and % days
Wien sweet little infant bud and prom
ising lad had been taken from our midst, by
that tern disease diptheria, we tondIy hoped
that IS ravages might then be stayed. Vain
hope darling little girl ofeight summers,
ladia ht with health and happiness, the pet
and j iol of her parents and sister, falls vic
tim, nd after two weeks Of pam and suffer
ing tbe death-angel came and bore her happy
spirit to the bosom of Jesus. Father.in Hea-
ven, Fomfort, we bescech Thee, these afflicted
hearth, and may the blessed thought that they
have an angel in Heaven, like the bright Star
of Be thiehem, guide them up to Thee. A.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-11-05

H1T- Alm0st daily substitutes for men
drafted iu other counties are being taken
from this Last week no less than if-
teen or twenty went off to sell themselves
and to be sold as marks to be shot at for
some man who had been blessed
with mote cash than pluck. This Is all
wrong, and the men who engage in it
could, we have no doubt, fed more hon
orable ways of making money than by
this traffickiHg in other mems flesh and
blood Every man has perfect right
to dispose of his body as he sees proper
to long as he violates no law, and those
who 20 OF their own accord for strangers
or for friends cannot reasonably be found
fault with but We condemn most unhes-
itaIlngly all those who engage in it for
purposes of profit. The Volunteering and
draft has fallen sufficiently hard upon our
people, and men who claim to be respec-
table and honest should rather discourage
men from going than encourage them for
purposes Of self-aggrandizement Our
quota was 674; we sent iuto the Penn a
Regiments 623, leaving 5 to be drafted
we drafted II (whether this drafting OF
q men more than our quota was neceS.
sary or not we are not prepared to say
il was not done 10 other ccunties,) and
we sent into New York and elsewhere
l4S; making in all 843-169 more than
we should have furnished if we had been
justly dealt with. The people must see
the Proprlety of sending no more men but
those who will count on our quota for the
coming draft if there be any more Any
person opening brokers' shop for the
purPoFe of dealing in substitutes should
be hooted at and made to feel the power
Of public opinion.
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WEsTERN EGTEL
9, Il, 10, IS, II COURTLANDT STREET,

Nos. 9, II, 13, IS II COURTLANDT STREET,
Near Broadway, New York City.
This old-established and fayorite resort Of
The Business community has been recently re-
fitted, and is complete in everything that cas
minister to the comfort Of its patrons Ladies
and Families are specially and carefully pro-
yided for
1t is centrally located in the business pari
of the city, and IS contiguous to The principal
lines Of steamboats,, cars, omnibuses, ferries.
In consequence of the pressure caused by
the Rebellion, prices have been reduced to
ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER DAY
The table is amply supplied with all the
luxuries Of the season. and is equal to that Of
any other hotel in the country.
Ample accommodations are offered for up
ward of 400 guests.
Do not believe runners, hackmen, and Others
who may say 1.-The Western Hotel is full"
D. D. WINCHESTER, Proprietor.
IHos. D. Emcdcster NIs
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COURT PROCLAMATIOW,

NTHEREAS the Hon. Robert @. White
w President Judge, and the Hons. c. S.
jones' and G. G. Colyin, Associate Judges OF
the Qourts of Oyer Terminer and General
Jail Delivery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace,
OrphR RnS Court and Court of Common Pleas
for tAe County of Potter, have issued their
precdpt bearing date the eighteenth day of
Sept in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and sxty-two, and to me
dired dted, for holding a Court of Oyer and Term
iner bnd General Jail Delivery, Quarter Scs-
sion] of the Peace, Orphans Court, and Court
of C4mmon Pleas, in the Borough of Couders-
portJ on MONDAY, the 18th day of Dec.
next and to continue one week
Notice is therefore hereby given to the Cor
onerB, Justices of the Peace and ConstabIes
with en the county, that they be then and there
in ii cir proper persons, at 10 O'Clock A: NJ. of
said day, with their rolls, records, ineuisi-
tiOn{ examinations, and other remembranceS,
10 DIP those things which TO their Offices ap-
peril bin TO be done. And those who are bound
by their recognizances to prosecute against
the prisoners that are or shall be in the Jail Of
said county of Potter are to be then and there
to prosecute against them as will be just.
Dkted at CoUDERsPoRT, Novr 4, 1862, and
the $4th year fthe ludepe ndence of the United
States of America.
WM. F. BURT, Sheriff.
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Administrators Sale.

In pursuance Of an order Of the Orphans
Court for the County Of Potter, the under
signed Administrator and Administrative OF
the estate ofGeorge \. Benton, deceased, will
expose to public sale, on Saturday the
29th day of November, A D. 1862, at o'clock
P. N. of said day, at the Court House in the
Borough Of Coudersport the interest of the de-
cedent in the following described real estate,
to Wit: Bounded on the North by Lots Nos
SO and los, on the East by Lots Nos l05 and
I39, on the South by parts Of Lots Nos. los
and l20, and on the West by Unseated Lands
and lot No. I20, containing 100 acres and 6
tenths Of an acre being part OF Lot No. los
of the allotment of lands of DR.. George Fox
Trustee, and situate in the Township Of Allie
gany, in the county of Potter, and Common
wealth of Peuna, on which one Log House,
one Frame Barn with about so acres improved
Land and some Fruit Trees. Terms one-half
Cash, and one half in Que year with interest
WILLIAM ROGERS, Administrator
LUCINDA BENTON, Administrative.
Oct. goth, 1862.
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Simmons
WHOLESALE&RETAIIl
REGULATOR,
Oswayo Village, Potter Go. Pa.
100000.
Worth of all kinds Of
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
BOOTS and SHOES,

BOOTS and SHOES,
HATS, CAPS, CLOTHING,
CROCKERY Il HARDWARE,
and everything usually keptin country store.
We are prepared to sell at nearly the old
prices, Notwithstanding the great rise of goods
in New York. Our facilities are now such
that we are prepared to furnish all those in
want of goods at less prices than can or will
we give you some of our prices, and also the
prices the same goods are sold for by most of
our neighbors.
Good Sheetings, u to II cts.
sold by most dealers for l6 to % cts.
Very nice bleached Goods 10 to IA Is to 20
A large lot of Sleeps Gray and Cas-
sinners, from 81 cts. up
Good Apron Checks and Check
Shifting, II! to Is cts. l6 to 20
Good GinghamS, l2t to Is Is to IS
Beautiful DeLaines and Poi de
Chevres, II to 20 90 to 81 !
Nice all Wool Merinos, SO worth 81 rs TO l. Z .
\ large assortment Of Black Silk,
SS to Sl.l3 l,25 to rs
Fine Black SILK Shawls, $500 soc to 800
And large stock of Black Silks from rs cts
to 81 90 worth from 81 90 to 81 10.
Good Spragues, Merrimacs Dunnells and
many other grades Of very nice Prints, new
styles, warranted fast colors, Harrass Checks
and others, for II to l27 cts, nothing over,
worth 15 TO 20 cts,
IN SHOES WE CAN SAVE you a VERY
LARGE PER CENT.
Good euamcled boots, IS cts, ,worth$ l3tol.50
Good baImorai bootees. 81, 90 l.50toI. rs
" C,l -,
Mems do S2.75 4OOto4.i3 D
Warranted Kip Boots, home made,
$2.75 3.5Sto4.00
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TIE POTTER COUNTY JOURNAL

I, the only paper Published in Potter county
,jrculates among an intelligent class of peo7
Sle and is thus an excellent medium for both
div and Country Advertising.
Transient Advertisements and those from a
distance must be Cash or have responsible re-
ference.
All communications, TO receive attention,
must be directed to the Editor, and contain
the name of the writer. No attention paid 10
ANONYMOUS communications.
TERMS.-One copy one year, 81: Six copies
s. Twelve copies, $40 Twenty copies, SIS,
with one &c the person raising the Club. The
money must accompany the names.
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A pEcULIAR WANT.-Thc following
appears among the advertisement IN the
Ne,U York Xcrald;
WANTED-A FOOL.-FoE GENTLEMAN OF
DISTINCTION. Tone of natures nobIeman,( who
will he treated in the kindest manner il per-
feet IN performance of duty. Address Box
Isl Herald Office, giving par icuars and what
salary viii be required.
The Breckenridge Editors of PonnSyl,
rauia can supply any quantity of TIE ar
iicle wanted The Advertiser will no
doubt be accommodated by applyiOg at
the office Of the milford Herald or the
Clinton UsnlDcFut.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-11-05

VINO WAS EIGHT-The Udtonian
asks the question, who was right when
when Gen. Cameron warmly urged the
srming Of a million of men to subdue this
rebellion, while HIS enemies ridiculod the
idea. The H1touiau further adds, that
it appears now that the General bad far
'hcr Insight of this rebellion that any
ether one i.an at the time.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-11-05

sWA sharper recently succeeded in
swindli ng the Jersey Shore, Lock Haven
and Bellefonte banks to the amount of
nearly nine thousand dollars. He also
tried the same game at the West Branch
Bank, but did not succeed.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-11-05

If yop want Pills, take Ayers Pills. Moth
ing has. ever appeared in this market that can
compare with this new invention for chasing
out the distempers that fasten and grow upon
us. They are the Philosophers elixir oflife,
that bids defiance to disease, and will leave
us ne alternative but to die OF old age.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-11-05

na- Eight stables were destroyed BY
FIRE IN Jersey Shoe, Friday night week
Thc ire originated in the stable of q. I
Stone. end was soon communicated to
those belonging 10 Cock Il Shaw, II. +
Durrell, Jas. Gamble, JAS. Wilson, aud
others.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-11-05

ANOTHEIADvANCEOT OF FREEDoM-The
States General of Holland have passed the
law for the Aboliuon Of Slavery in the
Dutck West Indies, by vote OF 45 to I.
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aA~The second box of the Hospital
Aid Society i. is desired to send about
the l4th, ali the friends who have arti
cleu which they wish to contribute will
please take notice. The first box was re.
ceiyed by the Sanitary Commission all
right.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-11-05

R@A few extra copies of the Journal,
coutaining the List of Volunteers from
this County, are for sale at this Office.
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DJ- Cameron county has gone Repub-
lican-electing all the Republican candi.
dates for county officers and giving the
State Ticket good majority
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CLOTHING.

We call your attention in this line, as it is
from so to 100 per cent. below most other
dealers-the Jews, so much noted for selling
cheap, not excepted.
We will sell YOU all Wool Fine Black Doe
skin Pants for $3.50, worth $500
Good Suits of Black Clothes Coat, Vest,
Pants, Hat, Socks Pocket handkerchief, &c,
for $40, worth SIS.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-11-05

ESS- Edwcrd \. Penniuan editor Of the
Honesdale Democrat is among the draft.
cd from Wayne county.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-11-05

IT. The election was held in New
York yesterday. 1t is confidently ex-
Pected that the Union War party has
carried that State.