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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-24

AMUSEMENTS.
A CADEMY OF MuSlC-sT. CHARLES STREET
Summer Season. Museum open Free
HARRY M MCCARTHY,
THE SOUTHERN COMEDIAN AND AUTH X,
Assisted by
MISS LOTTIE ESTELLE,
win appear EVERY NIGHT in hi Musical tniertainents
embracing Songs, Dances, New Garnciers New nnSc ec'
s;7. Adm ssiou 10 AcaueHlr and Museum, 81 cents.
ss- Box Office open 10 O'clock, A. when seats may be
secured =, .,,.,,n ,,,.., c
s Doors open at I Curtain rises at quarter ee'o9 9
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-24

Battalion .sh,ngon Artillery
Nt~ or,4,rS, Apr s. 1857.
ASK AT A MEETING OF THE COM.
F4EN oary. held ,hr Ar'en,, Wednesday, the .!
F$S instant, the following nisstonrd officers
5ssSls3 ele ted 10 ait
HARMON DoANE.........., ,........ Captain.
VIM II. HENNlNH ;...-......,..,;. frh icnionhn,.
JAMES y. EDW ARoS.-.... Junior FIT Uirnhnt
WM. s. E. SEN Ei, Ntcn q l.ietieihht
CHARLES II. WALDO .....,,.Jun o second iheuteEant
Until further orders will he Company Meatings
Drills every MONDAY A'd litt isSbAi HN l.N i&H HI
O'Clock.
Detachment Drills ss follows:
Firs Sacond md rhir DrtRrhmcns every v DAY and
FRIDAY EvENINH, ~ D'rl cE .
Fourth Fifth lnu Sixth t'.tarlti4 .us every WEDNESDAY,
and SATURDAY EVENINt. AT O'clock.
Tht officers and members Will take Lue notice
HARMON DOANE Captain.
4 NJ P1KE o. s HF7 I'm
A. FIFFY u.sLiIAltS BDU srf-H .NLED
We ST. C'eran Rie IN NFs'hla near Nnrialk Il
~ -hOdie nui men The AcoTe bounty
ny with uniforms equipments nad a1n,iion money, Will
", aid on aus ring rrniI office on Mari
sttcet, between VICTORY street NM ihe LtEe7 ,,nv
onp I'm Recruiting Officer.
= CsNFEDERATE GUARD RESPONSE,
a Co Ennrcd, OF lUJ hle-bOdied men, SuJt
rinr uniforms and eunpm ',nishen For bounty anc
Cam, II. II. q ACH ARIE, If the g. rnmi'e@ hnl u
a FIFTY DOLLARS BnuNTE IA Ei,E, M
q lodiad wanted tue DREUA Ahlli.l .l'ERi
m attached Pinckneys Battalion, now stationed Al Inc
AppIy at the Odd Fellows Hail, Camp street, opposite
lnlh,e.e " '4"' 4. nAppEM0NT. Captain
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-02-19

In mixed train of luggage and pass
seugeis from Glasgow were d lady aud
her sun, a yo.i,h Of good dimensions, the
latter travelling on "half ticket" Af.
ter numerous stuppages and delays. by
which the patience Of the passengers Was
exhausted long before they reached their
destination, the collector made his ap.
pearance for tickets. Glancing at ,hc
pasteboard received from the 10y, he
looked first at him, then at his mother.
and remarked that he was "a large boy
to be riding at half fare"
Il know he is sir" said the lady but
then he's grown good deal since VIC
started"
When last seen Sandy was on his way
to speak to the engineer about it.
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Indian ANeCdOtC.

Years ago, when The copper faced ma
ti,es had mingled with whites just long
enough to confuse their ideas of property,
when Judge johnson held his court Oh
;he bank Of the Mohawk, Big John. a
prince of the royal family of Kinuikin,
nick, was arrai gned, tried aud convicted
of the larceny of New England, fire water.
According to the laws in operation at that
remote period, Big John was sentenced
to pay fine of live dollars, which was du-
ly forked over Whereupou the aborigi-
nal culprit was at Liberty to go. John
gathered his blanket around him and ap-
preaching the Judge, demanded receipt
ior his five dollars.
There no occasion for receipt John, >
said the Judge, you'll never be called
upcn to pay it again"
Ugh big Indian steal whiskey-pay
five dollars-want um receipt"
1--WE don't give receipts here, John" !"
But the son Of the forest was not to be
cheated. lie bored the clerk. the sheriff
aud every one connected with the court,
until the Judge concluded to give him a
receipt 10 get rid of him. lie called him
up to the bench and said:
John. If you II tell me what you want
with receipt, Iii give you one."
Upon which the red man delivered
hips9lf as follows.
Big John die one O these days. He
go up to heaven-knock at the gate
Peter say--.Who knock at the gate Of
heaven Big john John you pay
for that whiskey you stole" Yes.
Shove the receipt under the gate, John.
Then Big John have to go hant all
M,oufh hell to f"d Judge johnson and
get his receipt.
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Modern Definitions.

OversigI.'--Tu leave your old brella
in news room AID take a new one.
Unfortunate Man-One born with a
conscience.
Progress of Time-A pedler going
through the country with wooden clocks.
Rigid Justice-A juror on murder
case fast asleep.
Independence-Owing fifty thousand
dollars which you never intend to pay.
IIonesty-Alnost obsolete; a term for,
mcrly used in the case of man who paid
for his PIPER.
Credit-A wise provision by which
constables aud sheriffs get living.
Love-An Ingredient used in romance
and poetry.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-02-19
am as Good a~ Anybudy.

n IL,
from the depths IF our nature, for tbs
world contains unquest,orably some ve'y
god. very excellent people. There are
,bose whose daily life Is religion, wi ose
hearts are full of the child-'ike sweetnc' s
of reverence and trust. They are prone
TO forget themselves in their brotherly
kindness toward a neiehb,r. 1t is {
pleasure to be near them, and yon, we are
glad to learn, are quite as good a. they.
So. you don't mean that exactly. You
only mean to assert your social equality
with The luftiest and the proudest. LIB
erty. equality and fraternity are con
densed summary of your social creed
Very well. Society is known to contain
a limited number Of accomplished men
and women. 1t boasts few stars Of the
first magnitude, as well as myriads of
lesser lights, from the numerous points
that stud the blue, TO the millions that
are only percep,ibe in groups as lus-
trous and uebulous haze. There are meh
and women who exhibit rare harmony
Of development-the result of happy &C
cidents of birth and training. There are
graceful furms animated by serene and
beautiful souls--choice buds of being.
unfolded by the most judicious culture,
aud laiging our conceptions OF the pos
sipilities Of the race There are thuse
whose fine instincts are almost unerrius
who glide into the right place as by
magic. who crop the right word at the
fitting moment, aud act on the spur of
the occasion as We aftcrward deliberately
wish ws had done Iu the group where
they are leaders, is unity and pleasure -
Differences are reconciled, excellencies
blended, strong poirts displayed in an a
greeable light, and concessions yielded
with alacrity where they are no longer
Extensively claimed. Social angels are
these people-pot always through moral
superiority, but through a happy equablI,
,ty of temper, and rare endowment Of
tact. They help to soften aud beautify
the asperiies of life they breathe
through thesky of March the airs ut Ma"
They are like moonlight to the landscape
or fragrance TO the flower.
No. this is by no means what you claim,
In trntIi you have never been remarkable
.or polish and suavity Of manner. You
des pise hypocrisy, aud youi genuine na-
ture, fairly acted out, is little harsh and
abrupt. You do not always place your
own undenia5y good qualities III the
NEST attractive light, aud you often fail
t" iurrre>s people with the banieui,y OF
the impulses you really feel. You are
not emAcAt for the traits that win ac-
ceptarce in seciety; these are not your
boast, and you add 10 this edmission i
disclaimer of pnasssl wealth, beauty, and
intellectual or physical power. You do
not claim to be one Of the remarkable
men and women of the age, but only to
be their equal in the mere fact Of hvmau.
iry Thi~, in the last aHalysis, Is the
sun of your self assertion. This is all
and it is also much To be hnmaa is to
possess ineAhaustibie capacities for i'm.
provemeat. and one of their most hopeful
manifestations is the reverent apprecA,
tion of persons better than yoursef--
Timothy Tttcon,b.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-02-19
NEWS ITEMS.
Arrest of Gen. Stone.
from the New York Tribune.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1862,
The following statement of the charges
against GCn Stone eu,anates from tho War
Department, copiss OF it having been fur.
nished to the different representatives Of
the New York press G,n Stone was
arrested while 10 bed at o'clock in the
morning. Parties already form 10 the
hotels and other places of military aud
civic resort. The Union restoring, Sa.
very respecting, Secession. excusing class
denounce the arrest as an Outrage and 10
mistake The earnest friends of the war
and vpholdsrs of Secretary Stanton's new
policy of action hail it as the date of an
era of responsibility that may save US
from commanders mistakes and waste of
blood. The substance of the charges
against Gen Stone is as follows:
First: For nisbehaviour at the battle
of Balls Bluff.
Second: For holding eorreapeDdencs
with the enemy before and since the bat.
tie Of Balls bluff. and receiving visits
from rebel officers 10 his ca,np.
Third For treacherously sutferiog the
enemy to build a fort or sronghold since
the battle of Balls Bluff, unde. his guns,
without molestation.
Fourth: For a treachefaus design to
expose bis force to capture and destruc.
tion by the enemy, under pretense Of or.
ders for a movement from the Command.
ing General which had not been given.
y Court-marsial will be speedily or.
dered
The arrest Of Gen. Stone was made
without consultation with or the kuowl.
edge of Gen. Mcclellan, as 1t was made
without the priyity or assent Of the Sec.
retary Of State.
Mr. Critteudcn of Kentucky presented
to the House of Representative petition,
numerous'y signed, proposing that Wash.
ing,op's Farewell Address he read gener.
ally on the 22d Of february, aud offered
a j0iIt resolution To refer it TO Commit.
tee of Five. Mr.. Lovejoy moved to
amend the matter BY adding to the read.
ing of the Address that also Of the Dec.
laraiion of Independence, and Secretary
Stantons order after the battle of Mill
Spring. Thi, amendment was agreed to,
aud the petition was referred by the
House.
A report by Capt. Dupont to the Navy
Department concerning the sinking of the
second stone feet in Charleston llarbur
shows that the work has been succes.ful.
ly accomplished. The statements that
the first operation was failure, and that
vessels have gone easily into the harbor
by the obs'Iuc: ed channel, are shown 10
be fale The place is now effectively
sealed up.
Among the con6rmations BY the Seq.
ate is that of Ethan Alien Hitchcock, to
be a Major-General OF Volunteers. lie
Is y grand son of old Ethan Ain, aud
was with General Scott in Mexico he il
spoken Of as a Horihy representative of
the Creea Mountain hero. lie is to
command at Cairo.
The Rebel General II. II. Sibley, in
New. Mexico, has gathered forus Of
about $500 men, and is approaching Fort
Craig Col. Candy will oppose him Wig
orous'y aud successfully. Martial law
has been proclsimed in the Territory.
Gen. Hunter has put Kansas under
martial law, for tho purpose of putting an
end to jayhawking.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-02-19
VAR RHETKES.

Quit not certainty for hope.
Never meet sorrow half way
Honesty is the best policy.
Poor freedom is better than rich slavery.
A FOOLS heart is ever dancing on his lips
We see pride in everybody but ourselves.
Discretion of speech is better than eloquen"e
Chains are chains, though they be made OF
gold
He who turns from evil habits does himself
good turn.
Counsel that favors our desires needs care
ful watching. .r...
Money, like manure, does no good until it
is well spread.
When You have no observer. be watchful
over yourself.
God gives every bird its food, but does not
throw it into the nest.
In courting three hard sqneezes are better
than fifty soft words.
Sweetering ones coffee is generally the
first stirring event of the day.
An unlucky word dropped from the tongne,
cannot be brought back by a coach and six.
We sever what God has Joined, and so de-
stroy beauty and lose hold of truth.
At what point do armies generally enter
hostile cities? At the point of the bayonet.
Self-depreciation is not humility, though
often mistaken for it. Its source is oftener
mortified pride.
Many who think Dogenes great fool for
living in a tnb, are very proud Of living in a
pale-tne pale Of good society.
To suppress the truth may now and then
be our duty to others; not to utter ftlSchood
must always be our duty to ourselves.
Many papers give the dying words of great
men, bat none of them are so touching and
beautiful as the hast words of the old school.
master
''It is growing dark school may be dis
miSsed."
Down to tho gates of an unseen world he
carried the love and regard of the children he
had trained. Itwas his last kind dismissal
in this world of schooling.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-02-19
DAVIS AND THE 22D OF FEBRUARY.-

DAVIS AND THE 22D OF FEBRUARY.-
Washington's Birthday is to be desecras-
ed in the South after The fashion iadicat.
ed in the following paragraph FROM
Charlotte (N. = paper:
"On the approaching twenty.second Of
February the permanent government Of
the Confederate States viii be inaugural
ed at Richnond. P.esident Davis will
be installed for six years, and other inter
esting ceremonies take place. Is will be
a memorable and interesting occasion,
aud vast eoncourse of persons, Nd doubt,
will assemble TO witness the Gel enohies
of the day"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-02-19
BUSINESS CARDS.

EULALIA LODGE. No. 342, f A NJ.
STATED Meetings on the 2nl and 4thWednes-
dars of each month. Also Masonic gather
ings on every Wednesday Eve .ins. for " ork
and practice, at their Hall in Coudersport.
TIMOTHY IVES, W. NJ.
C.urrI HAyEy Sec'y
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TO be restored to its author:1 u
Oh the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and earth below
Over the house-tops. over the streets,
Over the heads of the people you iDettt
Dancing.
Flirting
, Skimm;ng along;
Beautiful srow il can do no wrong,
Flying to kiss fair laay's CHEEK,
Clingng TO lips in frolicksome freak,
Beautiful snow from the heaven above,
Pure as an angel, gentle as love
Oh the snow, the beautiful snow,
How the flakes gather aud laugh as they go
Whrling about in its maddening fun,
It plays in its glee with every one,
Chasing,
Laughing,
Hurrying by:
1t lights on the face and it sparkles the eye
And even the dogs, with bark and bound
Snap ut the CRYSTALS that eddy around
The town is alive. and its heart in glow
To welcome the coming of beautiful snowl
How the wild crowd goes swaying along
Fiailing each other with humor and song
How the gay sledges, like meteors flash by
Bright for the moment, then lost to the eye
Ringing.
Swinging,
Dashing they 60,
Over the crust of the beautiful snow
Snow so pure when it falls from he SKY,
To be trampled INN by the crowd rushing by
To be trampled and tracked BY the thousands
of feet
Tillit blends with the filth the horrible street
Once | was pure as the snow--but fell
Fell like the snow fakes from heaven to hell
Fell 10 be tramped as filth of the street.
Fell 10 be scoffed, to be spit on and beat;
Pleading
Cursing.
Dreading to die,
Selling nv soul to whoever would buy,
Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread,
Hating the living and fearing the dead
Merciful God have fallen so low
And vet was on,e like the beautiful snow.
Once / was fair as the beautiful snow,
With an eye like its CRYSTAL, heart like lis
glow
Once. / was loved for my innocent grace
Flattcred and sought for the charms Of my face
Father, .
Mother,
Sisters. all,
God and myself, have lost by m, fall;
:he yerest wretch that goes shirering by,
Will take wide sweep lest wander too nigh
Fur all that is in or above me, know.
There is nothing that's pure as the beautiful
snow.
How strange it she'd be that this beautiful snow
hould fall on a SINNER with nowhere to go
How strange it should be when the night
comes again,
Ifthe snow and theice struck mydesp pirate brair
Painting.
Freezing,
Dying alone.
Too wicked for prayer. too weak for moan
To be heard in the crazy town,
Gone mad in the jov Of the snow coming down
To lie and to die in my terrible woe,
With n bed and shroud Of the beautiful snow
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-02-19

"Mother,' said a little fellow four years
old, 'if nan is a mister, ain't woman
a mysteryV
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-02-19
JOHN S. MANN,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport, Pa, will attend the several
Courts in Potter and NJ Kean Counties. All
business entrusted in his care will receive
prompt attention. Office corner Of West
aud Third streets
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-02-19
THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW.

There is moral in tn, beautiful snow
and the following paraphrase We find in an
exchange, without name and without a
credit. 1t is worthy master hand, and ought
TO be restored to its author: u
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inserted at the following

Administrators or Executors Notice, 90
Business Cards, 8 lines or less.Per year 90
Special ana Editorial Notices, pc. line, 10
sM-All transient advertisements must be
paid in advance and nc notice will be taken
of advertisements from distance unless they
are accompanied by the money5r satisfactory
reference
p9- Blanks, and Job Work Of ali kasids, az
tended to promptly and faithfully.
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ARTHUR G. OLMSTED,

ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW
CouderSport, Pa, will attend TO al business
entrusted to his care, with promptneS and
fd, ity. Office on Southwest corner Of Main
and Fourth streets.
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ISAAC BENSON.

ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudcrsport, Pa, will
attend to all business entrusted to him, with
care and promptness. Office on Second ST..
near the Allegheny Bridge.
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Marriage may be defined as love per'
soRiied.
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TIE
POTTER JOURNAL
PUBLISHED By
sf. w. McAlarmey, Proprietor.
Sl.O0 Pm YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.

+.*Devoted to the cause of RePnblcanism,
the interests of Agriculture, the advancement
Of Education, and the best good of Potter
county. Owning no guide except that Of
Principle it will endeaver to aid in the work
of more fully FreedomiEing our Country.
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Oh the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and earth below
Over the house-tops. over the streets,
Over the heads of the people you meet,
The Avoyelles pelican. [volume] (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?, 1862-08-30

!. 'Irasrling toand from New Driraaa
nd other places ,,tcs',s,ied hhy tllA enemy,
t1,ssss ,:,s,ief fl,sg Of hucp IS pra5nii iitsd
An such passelg gers viii bs arrested. &
u !. ii.sIs .vosni. Antering I Hi
IsFsassal knas, a,isI returning Niil;s tsss, tsss'
! enein1 ,lsual l,asslert, viii 81 s,,rpst "a
4 and p,lnishaal
81 pnscs;ip's sud nrl i
LIN possyssiu,i .jass I,t,rtx, aud
to sllutSdutv shall be- tss nod ,ls 4. Il
eilenirs, .a,i ,,tliahetl I.
/ such pms sports will tbe held :sufh:s
Iscuse fnr iinictson ally dit iizs.f.
The utmost sisg i|aas,ss ri II 81 ned
ii the detect ION ard .t:sdd
itlffornl,ss, aid. .pon 4 hsp ilsas,i.ss.
md cpnvict iiois,t thay vill ns sabisetes.s 40
tie xtreuas Il gor off " srlii;ig Law.
SG. tnrs to tiisSs o1.INsll yrAtes tssttes
viii Be subjected to the pllna' Hat
every bstrayer Of his csuntr, reserves
7sCjppf derate Notes shall bp az ~ G !:
ns currsney. Any refusal 70 ACCEPT them.
as c,lrrancy, orto tlepreuiatp their value.
will be psoinply punished by fine and,
AN prisoa snent 553s ~ ss q.
y 8. Any ons refusing, . perform military
service when q,tired by the propers5eii-
GERS shall ,gbe arrested and treated asa
pnElie eEs'ail, 5s II ,ss5s ~ y
8. Citizens has sii,.gg : surplus off eora,s
bscon. beef. cattle, orot II provisions isrs
NOT psrnittei 10 convey them beyond tho
the limits Of the z arish ef Avoyellss fer
sale; except fnrthe use Of tie y oli5raerate
Army, q on authority granted By this J
utfice. s 81. . Il.
&. 10 Passengers on sea,nll, ll,oats and
Mail Coaches, as we'll as other travel llers,
will bg subjected to stfict examination,
and Il found to be public enemies, viii Be
arrested mud pnnishsd
8 1.-The public officers of ths Parishofl
Avoye hss, Civil and Military, are spe-
eiallyIcharged with the due execution
Of these and such other regulations rs |
NAV be hereafter published; and when,
" their Judgement, tho public interest
requires it, will arrest t..elinqutnts and
bring them befare the T. .oyost Marshal I I
ssur examination. s.s 81
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| a = .s--4>>.>r e.@-,....-- : :

y '5s4
Isv Ii Caddo things ars indeed wors,
thar. ii Aroyslles The proverbial pa
Esriotist, ef the Upper Parishes vanisie.
before the confession of their ablest sor,
gah, Ssy.5ths South " estern:
! ssfl,REINei 9 d regret to state sthat
there VIA much "shirking'' a,nong the
ros'scripts / last " Wednesday, tie day sap
pointed for them to report to the enrol
ling o.icer. We do not rscolle let of ever
having seen as many lame mel, i'd one
day. sxcrpt. Oh the. battle field. Out 81
as',r.t}ss'o Hundred, Only atl,irtes,, passed
| i..sprctisn.. u. 4 &o men boldly walked M
M! sai,l hat they wers conscripts and
syatited. no ssami,asiio:l. They were
trtt. ht.n,st.d 3nr.,n, and 1--WE knew their
|s,is,l.'s h ~ ~, as,'llld epreal them leIore the
". illic!as Y,atli.ts.
81 G.1a.sr:. BlsslchArd has iissusd a,r,,oth.
- ,,shiie will he tanntl ii, to-day y
paper ,'~t,t Colonel Sims has. also sis-
<,.r,l a'lts.ilrr NOTES -if these do not
]l5 l'y5l,fs out the epnseripts. they will be apt
4 foolrs;Jis il' q ftrS wreks that congress hos
passed /, II ,'csy i.w, clllipg forth all, lame
.a,E5 not lame, hctwern tlis ges of fiftec,,.
and Fifty. w hat 4 fisles time old far,es
would have i,1selling their long " wIs;tc,
= asarsis y oslthoss who happen 80 bs uuders
fifty years At tho recent organization,
snaany aged about thirty. suddenly IT,.
came over thirty,fiye. s. And t,a, s;n,,,,,,.r