The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-01-15
For the Potter JouraqL.

For the Potter J0Hrnat.
Mr.. EDITOR: Having the means of
registering the lowest point to which a
thermometer may fall in any given time,
| have kept record during the past
month of the lowest temperature Of each
night, as tbat is presumed to be the cold
est portion of each twenty.four hours,
which may possess sufficient interest for
the residents OF our county to warrant
publication. AS tie observations are
taken in the morning, they must be un-
ders;ood to apply to the night preceding
the date.
The lowest temperature was % Fahren-
heit on the 4th; and the highest 40.
Ten nights of the month were not below
the freezing point $50, aud the average
for the month was 25o. In several in
stances it was warmer through the night
than the day preceding it. The night
preceding the Goth was 40, it remained
cold all day, and at 10 o'clock p NJ. Of
the 18th commenced raiuing, but by next
morning. 9th, had fallen slightly (to250)
With slight sprinkle of snow. Snow
fell only on three days in the month, the
Goth, 23d, and 9th, amounting altogeth-
er to about 81 inches.
The LewisviIle Academy in Ulysses
has been supplied by the franklin Insti-
tute Of Philadelphia with set of instru-
ments for taking Meteorological Observ-
ations at stated hours of each day, and
I will take this opportunity to suggest
that it would be interesting TO many clJi-
zen5 Of our county if digest Of their OBJ
servations-at least, Of the Thermometer
and Barometer, was furnished weekly or
monthly to our county paper The labor
would be tnfing, and it might prove an
advantageous advertisement Of their In
stitution Yours &c, K. n. l.
Hag= We take the following from a cor
respondence Of the Philadelphia Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1862.
The Pennsylvania troops in South Car
oiipa have celebrated the new year They
have cut off the rail communication be-
tween the aristocratic cities OF Charleston
and Savannah, and as these great
Southern capitals had previously been
blockaded by water, their isolation is
complete. The regiment that has per-
formed this fine feat is the Forty fifth
PenDs5 lvania, commanded by Colonel
Thomas Welsh, of Columbia, Lancaster
county, as brave soldier as ever wore the
uniform Of that country which he has
served on more than one bloody field
Honor to him aud the gallant boys under
I his lead The effect OF this achievement
viii be to increase the panic and the dis
tress Of the people Of South Carolina and
! Georgia. " hat fearful retribution for
/ Charleston The cradle Of rebellion Will
be its grave. And what a fate for the
prosperous State Of Georgia, with her
great railroads, fine steam lines to the
Northern ports, and an ausplcious Fu-
ture Savannah has always been one of
/ the most refined and polished Of the cit
] les in the Union. It's scholars and pub
| lie men were famed for their learning and
their influence, and its people were justly
proud Of the enterprise and progress that
distinguished them. Now, Savannah,
/ like Charleston, is deserted and desolate.
The blame lies not upon the people, but
upon their remorseiess and ambitious
leaders aad if the former will only reject
and repudiate the latter, the war will
soon be terminated.
These movements in the extreme South
will, Of course, be followed up by an ad-
vance from the Potomac. But our oDin-
ion is, now expressed, that forward
movement cauuot be made too soon Our
troops are eager for it. They are even
clamorous for active duty. They have
been disciplined for months, and longer
delay will ouIy increase the sick and add
to The suferings produced by the rigors
of winter.
/ SALT FOR THE THROA".-In these
days when diseases Of the throat are so
prevalent, and so many eases fatal, the
ruse OF common salt is recommended as
au effectual remedy: "We commenced
by using it three times day-morning,
noon, and night. We dissolved a large
tablespoonful Of pure table salt in about
half Of tumblor full of cold water
With this we gargled the throat most
thoroughly just before meal time. The
result has keen, that during the entire
Winter we were not only free from the
usual coughs and colds to which, so far
as our memory extends. we have aIwavs