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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-09-03
LE PEOPLES UNION TICKET
County Convention.

Believing at 70 be the duty of all loyal men
to stand by the Union in the hour of its trial;
10 unite their hearts and bands in earnest.
patriotic efforts for its maintenance against
those who are in arms against il, to sustain
with determined resolution our patriotic Pres
ident and his administration in their energetic
efforts for the prosecution of the war and the
preservation cf the Union against enemies at
home or abroad to punish traitors aud trea-
son with fitting severity, and TO crush the
present wicked and causeless rebellion, so that
no flag Of disunon shall ever again be raised
over any portion of the Republic and that
all men who truly love their country should
cooperate"in the endearor to rekindle through
out Al the States such patriotic fire as shall
utterly consume all who strike at the Union
of our Fathers and all who sympathise with
their treason. palliate their guilt" And
whereas Union Convention of all parties as
sembed at Harrisburg on the l7th day of Ju
ly last and put in nomination candidates for
State Offices. Therefore, in accordance with
the said State Convention and in furtherance
OF the objects set forth in the above preamble
we hereby call Convention of Delegates to
be chosen by the people Of Potter county, ir-
respective Cfparty, who sanction and sustain
all the measures which the National AminiS-
tration have found 1t necessary 10 adopt in
maintaining the Union and guard it against its
open or disguised enemies. to be held "a Cou-
dersport on the evening Of the 10Th of Sept
next, for the purpose Of putting in nomination
suitable candidates. for the various offices to
be filed, ut the coming Gfneral Election, and
for the transaction of such other business a
may properly be brought before lhe Conven-
tion. The people will meet at the usual pla-
ce. of holding the Township E!ec tions in their
respective Townships. on Friday the 18th day
of September next, between the hours of four
and six o'clock 7 NJ for the purpose of choos.
ing said Delegates, each Township sending
the number of Delegates designated, to wit
The Township of Abbott 2, A'Iegany g Bing-
ham 3, Clara 2, Coudersport ,, EualIl 2, Cen
esee 2 2,.Harrison 5, Hebro 3 Hector 3, Homer
2, jackson 2, Heating 2, . wayo 8. Pike ,
Pleasant Valley ,. Roulet 2, Sharon 4, Sweden
2, Sewardson 2, Summit ?, Sylyania ,, Ulys-
ses 5, West Branch 2. Wharton 2.
A. G. PREsEo, Chairman.
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Editorial correspondence.
HARRISBURG. PA. Aug. %. 1862.

HARRISBURG. PA. Aug %. 1862
A few days of Camp life reveals to the
citizen many facts which makes military
discipline seem to be all theory aud no
practice. The farmer taken from rural
pursuits and placed on guard, in many
instances fails to see the duty of strict
compliance with ''orders.'' and thus not
unfrequently makes laughab!e blundcrs
Visiting III, camp yesterday morning in
company with friend we found no dlth
Guilty in passing the guard stationed round
Camp Curtin, but on attempting to 'paSS
out" we were brought TO a stand by a
guard who asked Tor pass" Stating
that we were civilians and had no pass, >
he pointed to our buck tails" which we
had forgotten TO take from our EaiS aud
said, 'you cannot pass with those in your
hats" We inquired if by taking them
out we could pass. Yes" was the
answer. Upon this my frie ID proceeded
10 remove his. mo, no. says the guard,
''you mu,u't let me see you do it.
Laughing at bis innocence we retired to
an old building, removed then, aud with
a "fhank you to The guard passed out
4 desire to be popular and TO Please all
we will wager is the prominent character,
istic Of that guard Hope he won't be
10 lenient when he gets 10 Dixie.
Sitting on the steps of the Jones
House, watching the crowd of citizens
and soldiers passing, laughing at the at
tempts of officers to elude the guard and
keeping both eyes open for an item for
this letter, we Ooticed guard suddeLIy
stop Colonel who was passing aud de-
mand the "pa4s." After searching hls
pocke's the Colonel found he had none,
but raising his hat he revealed the upper
part Of his head covered BY a large sore
aod licking as though part Of it bad boen
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shot away. and asked, "will that pass me?"
The grard instantly lowered hls musket.
aud the Colonel passed on. Upon inquiry
we found it was the brave Col Knipe of
the 10th, under whose command Potter
county has two companies. He had re
turned on a furlough for the purpose of
recovering from the wounds of the late
fight.
Visitors are many at Camp Curtin and
there is little or no difficulty in getting
into any part of the camps notwithstand
ing the orders Of Gen Wool. This is
owing in great measure to the fact that
hundreds of men are coming in by every
train, and who. in their citizens dress
cannot be distinguished from the real cit.
izen. and thus much confusion results
aud the order is almost void Much de-
pends upon the men as to whether they
are comfortable or not. Capt. Dwight's
company, following his example, made
the best use of the means at their com.
mand anu were therefore much more com
Portable than those who thought that
their stay at Camp Curtin being short
they might as well take it easy.
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CoMPARISoNS.---I is useless to deny
that the masses Of the people have "a deep.
seated and settled cnnGd, nee in "SniSu.
purittu.' > as an Alternative remedy. Not.
WithStanding this cohfiGcuce has of late
years been abused by many preparations
claiming to possess its virtues but really
with none at all. sill the people believe
in its intrinsic value Us remedy. because
they have known Of its cures The rage
for large bottles at low prices, has
called into market many compounds OF
Sarsaparilla which contain scarcely any ot
it, or even any medical virtues whatever.
Yet everybody knows that Sar-aparil a j.
the great staple anIdote for Scrofula,
Eruprion> and cutaneou> diseases. and
tor the purfcailun "t the blood. when
they can get the real article, u an actual
extract of it. Such we arc now able Il,
inform them ther can obtain DR. j G
Aver & Co, the celebrated chemists OF
the East, whose reputation assures u
they do well whatever they undertake.
are selling Compounh Extract of Sarsa
pariIla, which, alIhopg!. the bottles do not
cont in quarts. for dollar. do contain
more Of actual curative power rhan whole
gallons of the stuff, which have been in
use 1t is asserted hat one bulte Of
Ayers SarsapariIa CONTAINS more than
double the amount of medicinal yirtue
which is afforded by any o'her. This
fact i not only apparent to the taste bn;
It's effects aud cures afford inconte>tiblr
proof that il is true Such remedy has
long been sought for, aud is everywhere
needed b. all classes nf our community
dye, CynthiaMo, Ky.
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Another Rebel orGer of recent dlte
furnishes Indirect testimony of the read.
ness of the slaves to leave their dear kind
masters. This oldcr, issued ut TaIglpa
hoe, Miss July 90. DEGREES that "every
slave who shall attempt to escape into tie
Union lines without special permit from
district headquarters, shall be shat and
tile same punishment shall be inflicted On
those who come from within the Union
lines" Such an order np>ets volumes
of lies about the Loyalty Of slaves 10 their
Rebel owners,
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LEwIsBURG. Pa, Aug. 25. 1862.

LEwIsBURG. Pa, Aug 25 1862.
Leaving the heat and dust. & e brass.
buttons and shoulder straps Of Harrisburg
aud taking the cars for this pleasant place
on Friday last. | found that time bad
made but few changes IN the prosperity
or growth of the towns along the West
Branch. The work ut the people during
the past eighteen months has been war,
aud The principal aud we might say sole
work Of the people to day is war. The
enthusiasm under the first call for troops
was as milk and water compared with The
feveri>h enthusiasm ard Strong determi.
nation exhibited all over the North at
the present time. There appears 10 be a
conviction N the minds of the thinking
potion that all the power OF the Nation
must be exercised or il falls Concilia
ton and comprnmiSe are no more thought
of even thar certain wiog of the Loco
fuco party which has heretofore clung
close ~ the side Of breckenridge are be-
ginning to cut loose anj throw IN their
strength with the FRI PARTIES The
Democratic Convention held IN this town
during the present week and which had
at its sessions of the last two Years endors.
ed the traitors cause, ha> been Compelled
th' ough the strong hand of popular opin
ion, and perhaps from fear as to the re.
suit. of the coming election. 10 keep quiet
nm the ounstinu of snuihern riohts and
southern statesmen Frank Hughes
party, however, is working Hay and nigh,
for the overthrow of the Free Peoples
party and the ciectory Of Democratic
Legislature, or it not Democratic at least
Conservative, which means according to
the Loyal Dictionary c'o>s between "a
i, ariSce and al out aud out Devil A
success nf this kind would defeat Wilmot,
reelection. and give to Pennsylvania
another Senator of the renegade coward
character Bold and decisive measures
must be adopted Ihi, winter in order that
Pennsy ylvania may stand right upon The
record. Tie loans made by the counties
for the purpose of giving bountieS to the
volunteers nn>t be legalized; and this
can only be done by having Legislature
of the true meal for, a. Democrat told
me in the cars. il would he good irke."
and a serious trouble to The Ahuliliunist,
if it was lot done wick would most
likely be the case if Dcmoclacy rules IN
our Legislative Halls. NJ. W NJ.
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ReadNmadc Clothing,

and
CENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
which will far sIrpass in qutltv. style and
price anything ever exhibited in this ttwn
We are aw re- tn It tn build up - | rye trade,
it is not Oily necessary 10 have !esirablr
goods, but 10
SELL THEN CHEAP,
And we will make it an object for buyers to
examine our stock before purchasing else
where. All goods shown cheertnly. repre-
scented ftIrly,nnd submitted to the purchaser 5
unbiased opinion.
This is branch of an extensive m tmufac-
turing onSe in EImirn, n. Y. and therefore
YOU Will find al Clothing w,l made and got
mp in The latest style.
An .rly Gull will most asSurrdy secure n
spleudid h'rgain at the UNION CLOTHING
EMPORIUM ID. SrRAUS & co
WclISv lie. jane 1852
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WELLSVILLE, n Y,

Corner Main and Plank Road Streets Opposite
the Union Block where they will display an
entire new stock of
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T TAKE pleasure ia informing my friends
Ill and customers that am just receiving
. fine fresh assortment Of Goods and that all
those who are in want Of any had better give
me early call,
| keep
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES.
PROVISIONS,
BOOTS and SHOES,
CROCKERY,
And everything usually
kept in C,lntl, St"'e
have just returned from New
York with one nf the best and
large, stocks of Gnnds that was
ever brought into this county. |
propose to sell these GOODS
FIF FTY per CT lower than can
be bought in this ,lcIni'y. Wells
Vile or Olran nnt excepted My
Gu DIS ha e been bought for
A I! from a large number of
hoases that id failed in he city,
at lrur so to Is els on the doll ,r
Of the original cost Therefore |
am pleparcd Ia give all great bar
gains thn, chous To give me call:
LOOK AT SOME or TIE FRICEs
Very nice >Lcttinss f. m 5 to
II CTS, sold by most merchants
al TIE prercnt time tor | ! lo lS
Good cotton bats for 5 cts roll
G"ud Prints for D to II, worth
8 to II. Fine Delalnes fr, m | |
IT, 20 cts wnrth l5 IL % and 80
Good ! weeds from % to 50 cts, !
worth A AID IS Good Black
: iIk from 81 cts. TO ST 10, worth
10 cts to 81 80.
Good Suits If Back Clothes Goat. Vest.
Parts, Calf Boots. IIdkhts.. Cra"at &c, for
Sln. worth Sl8.
In Groceries. | have a good sweet
pleasant ea for 80 cts per Ib. !
and upwards Good Sugar for 8
cts, whit" coffee sugar II. Sal
eraiu> for s cts. Collee IS. Soap
5 cts. bar Molasses Tor As cts
per gal Best Kerosene oil. "A
cts gallon Flour at "N eiIsyiIie
prices In tn. line of Boots and
>hnes we have Ladies Enamel.
ed Morocco Boot for SO cts sold
by must de,lprs for 81 to 81 25
Heavy Kip Ladies Walking Boot
IS cts Fine Congress Caters
and others from 50 cts. to 81 90,
WORTH 6 to II slnlIings Fine
Calf Boots for 2 so; Fine Stogey
boots for rs shilling FineBroche
>hawl> for 90 >hilIings AMI up
wards. Ladies Stella ShawIs
from s To 22 shllllngs. WooIen
si'awIs for II shilling and upward
r. d Flannel from ; shilIlnss per
yard Fine G'nghams for ten
cents C"mbrirs for 8 cts
Mems Heavy Working Ribbed
Jacket Coats for S shlIlIngs
And now | intend to keep my
stock full t supply those who may
choose I" buy at
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FOR SAl1HI

A Als to exchange for Horses Wagons Stock
" Good Notes or Judgments \ valuiDle
Farm situate in Harrison township, Patter Co
Pa, lying on the old State road. leading from
Spring Mills To Harrison Valley and WpStfed
Pa. Containing abuu ITO Acres. ahour 50
Acres imp owed and in god state of cult
vnlinn. on which is arected large Frm
House. good rms. ',orn House and Other
necessary out-buiidings. good Apple Or
chard containing some twenty different kinds
of Giraffe, Fruit. Shade Trees, &c. The above
Flrm lies about l mile from Harrison Valley
mile> from Westteld and 6mileS from Spring
Mills, and Is Il good Stock and Grain Farm
and viii be sold so that any one tn 1t can make
a payment of 3 or A hundred dollars down
II make t. t t.,rm pay for itself with his h
bnr Price, VI, 800. for PARTICULARS inqtirc
of p. ter simmons now accupying said farm
or Z, ii. Simmons, O,wayo Village. Ph.
L. II. SIMMONS.
Jan l5..lS6'.
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The undersigned beg leave to inform tie
public that they have opened business at
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-25

game. II we are any judge of hssman ma
ture, Mr.. Parrot shows by bis detected
appearance that he expects co. be badly
defeated. We notice none of that buoyancy
about him. which is so much character
istic of the man. This may perhaps in
some degree be attributed to his present
poor health.
We are sorry to see Mr.. PARROT pursu-
ing his present course. We have the utmost
respect for him., for his superior intel
lectual ability. and wish that he could be in
position of usefulness aud influence. But
he will be defeated. In these times, when
we want men of known Anti-SlaverY prin-
ciples in Congress more than ever before
men who have no compromise with Rebels
or their sympathizers, in their political
creed-we must urge upon every voter to
cast his ballot for Mr.. Wilder. We must
lay aside our long standing respect and
friendship for Mr.. Parrott, aud cast our
votes as duty dictates.
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ALL ABOUT UNION.

We hear much said about Union, now-a-
days. and the laying aside of party names
and party issues We are told that Demo
Gratis and Republicans are fighting our bat
ties shoulder to shoulder with Republicans.
and that it ill-becomes those Of Us who re-
main at home to talk about party tickets
about Republicauism and Democracy. The
champions of the so-called Union party in
this State. tell US that we ought to show the
same spirit of magnanimity exhibited by
those who enter the service, and some even
point to the ranks of the army with kind
of proud satisfaction, saying there are thou
sands Of Democrats there; just as though it
WAS not their duty to be there.
AL this talk about uniting as brothers,
sounds very pretty in a speech; but when it
comes to the very serious matter of voting,
We prefer to look at q mans record little
before supporting him. We believe in 3
Union party. and the laying aside, as far as
possible, of al party strife. and we claim we
are carrying out this belief, when we sup
port the ticket nominated at Topeka. The
call for that Convention invited Is all persons
holding with US the fundamental doctrine
Of human freedom, in favor of vigorous
prosecution of the war, the use of all the
means God has put into the hands of the
Nation for the suppression of the rebellion,
hearty support of the Government, and an
honest administration of our local affairs''
70 act with US. And is this not enough to
satisfy any reasonable man? Is it not as
much as has been done by any of the Re-
publicans in any of the Eastern States p
Certainly it is, and is just exactly what was
done in Ohio and Pennsylvania. There it
was enough. All loyal men could unite on
such platform. Not so here. Democrats,
Republicans and Abolitionists took part in
eur State Convention; and after this Union
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-25
J. H. WATSON.

This gentleman has been placed upon the
Republican State ticket by the State Central
Committee, to gil the une1pired term of
Col Ewing, as Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court. The many friends of DR.. Watson
in this and adjoining counties will be glad
20 hear this. He is well versed in the law,
q sound thinker, and will make an excellent
Judge. He is an "od war-horse" in the
Anti Slavery cause, having devoted most
of his political life to that work. He will
receive almost the unanimous support of the
people here. if we are not misinformed. Let
us give him our undivided support.
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ticket is in the field. the very persons. for
the most part, who were disappointed in it,
get up what they call a Union ticket. If
they were honest about their Union party,
why did they not issue their call before any
political party had entered the field. That's
the way the thing has been done in the States
whose example they so boastingly profess
to follow. In Pennsylvania they didn't wait
till the Republicans went into the field be-
fore getting up their convention, thus rem
dering union impossible.
They can call the State ticket nominated
at Lawrence, what they please, but it is no.
thing more nor nothing less than asore-head
concern, made up of all the fag-ends and old
dead political hacks, who would go in with
them. That is what Union means when they
speak of that as a Union ticket. If Mr..
Parrot or Mr.. Ingalls, had been successful,
in the Topeka Convention, all would have
been right But they were disappointed d;
hence the necessity of a Union party.
The stumpers and newspapers of the State,
for the Mongrels, point with proud satisfac-
ton to Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana, and
other States, whose example they pretend
they are following. in this Union movement.
We think there is just this difference be-
tween the union movement in the above
named States and the so-called union move
ment in Kansas In Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Indiana, it is the good. loyal Democrats
cooperating with the Republicans, while in
this State it is few sore-head Republicans
uniting with the Democrats. We believe
this is true statement of the case. Let not
one voter, therefore, be deceived by this
Union movements union only of disap-
pointed aspirants and disappointed factions.
We ask all to read the above extract from
the call of the Central Committee, and sec
that it was not strict party call. We were
at the Convention. We saw Democrats ia
king prominent part in the proceedings.
Geo. H. Fairchild, of Atchison, lifelong
Democrat, was one of the leaders in that
Convention; so was Geo. A. Reynolds, of
Fl. Scott. Look at the facts as they really
exist, before you cast your ballot.
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senatorial District Convention.

The delegates for the 2lst Senatorial dis
trict, composed of the counties of Lyon and
Greenwood, met here on Tuesday last. and
was organized by electing ]. G. Fraker
president, and S. G. Elliott and William
Martindale secretaries.
Messrs. Borton, Lille and Carney were
appointed committee on credentials.
The convention adjourned for thirty min
utes, and on reassembling the committee
rsported. The delegates were the same for
this county, as reported above for the eoun-
ty convention, except from Fremont town
chip, which was represented by s. q.
Elliott and Henry Clark. The delegates
from Greenwood were Messrs. William Mar
tindale, NJ L. Ashmore, M. E. Stratton and
B. F. Van Horn. The seats of the two
latter gentlemen were contested by Messrs
Hudson and Norton, which fact caused
quite an animated discussion, but resulted
in the admission of STATION and Van
Horn.
On motion, the convention proceeded to
an informal ballot for Senator, with the fol-
lowing result: First ballot NJ Rankin
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County Convention.

The delegates from the different townships
met at this place on Tuesday, the 21st. pur-
suant to the call of the Central Committee.
The Convention was organized by the cleo
ton of J. D. Wiggin chairman, and David
SWIM secretary.
E. Borton, T. McIntire and J. F Newton
were appointed committee on credentials,
and reported the following delegates duly
elected: Americas j. w. 10y, w. H
Hoag. D. Swim; Jackson-lG. n. Lille, T.
McIntire, WIN. Mckinley; Fremont-T. F.
Little, w. H. Clark; Waterloo-O. Phillips,
J. D. Wiggins Emporia-E. Borton. w. J.
Carney, J. G. Fraker, J. F. Newton (proxy
for John Faucett); Elmendaro-J. ]. War
ton, VIM. Quimby; Center-W. H. Priest;
Pike-Ross Thomas, Sol. .Pheanis. Total,
10. Agnes City was not represented.
On motion, the convention proceeded to
nominate county officers. We have not
been furnished with the ballotings, and can
only give the final result in each case. For
Probate Judge. Noyes Spicer. of Emporia.
was nominated without opposition, receiv-
ing the vote of every delegate. For Super
intendent of Public Instruction, j. M. Mil
Ter, of Fremont, was nominated. He was
opposed by Calvin Meadows and Simon
Butcher, of Elmendaro. For Clerk of the
District Court, P. H. Hunt, of Emporia,
was nominated, j. g. Haskell being the op-
posing candidate. For Sheriff, D. w. APP
pIeby, of Waterloo. was nominated. r. w.
Cloud opposing. For County Surveyor, E.
B. Kirkendall. of Pike. was nominated by
reclamation. There being vacancies in the
Board of Commissioners from the Isl and
Cd districts, Charles Lynch, of Pike. was
put in nomination for The lst, and j. H.
Hunt, of Hartford. for the Cd district.
| On motion, Central Committee of three
was elected in each of the three Represent
alive districts of the county, the chairmen
of which are to compose the County Central
Committee. The following gentlemen were
elected: First District-H. W. Flick, chair
man, G. Stout and 6. D. Humphrey; Sec
ond District-O. Phillips, chairman, T.
McIntire and A. D Graham; Third Dis
trict Leroy Crandall, chairman, J.W. 10y
and r. II. Farnsworth.