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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
Teachers Institute.

CoUDERsBoRT, NOV. 2, 1868.
EDIToR OF THE JOURNAL:
Believing that the Teachers lhstI tnte
of this county is an important auxiliary
20 the cause of education, and that the
session held at Coudersport the past week
deserves more than a passing notice, /
send you this for publication.
The session was not as numerously at
tended by the teachers of the county as
it should have been but those in attend
ance appeared to be earnesr laborers in
their profession and those who were ab-
.eut have lost-ghat no teacher should
permit to be lost-a favorable opportunity
for improvement.
The exercises consisted Of drills in the
various branches usually taught in our
common schools, discussions on the best
methods of teaching, school government,
10. &c with evening lectures upon va
r;ous topics. This is just what teachers
need. They cannot be too familiar with
the necessary branches and the best
method of teaching them. | was some
what disappointed to find so few of the
citizens of Coudersport in attendance ;
the prsss-the almost inevitable press :.
was not represented except perhaps indi
rectly by your hum BILE servant, the scribe
Rev. Mr.. Roberts AID wife, and ii. }.
Olmsted, ESQ, were the only visitors
from the Borough. Was 1T lndlHerence
to the cause Of education, or " hat vas
the reason that 90 others came to cheer
and encourage with their presence and
participation those who are laborlng IN
She most laudable of all causes-the ed
ucation of the youth of our land !! am
not willing to believe that either indlfer'
ence, or want of proper appreciation Of
the importance of the object, kept then
away. I chronicle the fact and leave il
there. Of the lectures l only heard the
blessing one by Rev. H. Fl. Lyman, or
Astronomy, at the Methodist Church, OF
Friday sTenipg, at which many Of th'
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
Ronntges TO Volunteers.

A circular just issued by the Provost
Marshal General Fry, enables US to an
swer in an official way number of que
ries from discharged soldiers aud others
that have been for some time accumu-
lating on cur table. We, therefore, Sc
lect it from the mass of news crowdlng
our columns, that it may appear conspic-
uously before those for whose notice it is
designed. The following is the circular,
and it is said to have the approval of the
Secretary of War
District Agents are to be appointed by
the Provost Marshal General to arrest
deserters and procure recruits.
Twenty-Five dollaIs premium will be
paid to the agents for each accepted re-
cruit presented by them, who has served
in the army at least nine months, and
been houorably discharged for other
cause than disability,
Fifteen dollars premium will be paid
to all other recruits.
The moneys received from drafted per-
sons as an exemption from service shall
onstitute a substitute fund for the pay
mcut of premiums and bounty to recruits.
The total amount of bounty to be paid
to each recruit is four hundred and two
dollars, of which he viii receive seventy
five dollars cash before leaving the gen
eral rendezvous. The balance will be
paid to him by installmeu:s according to
existing regulations.
The monthly compensation Of soldiers
enlisted under this order will be at the
following rates =
If continued in the service three years,
Veteran Volurteers, twenty four dollars /;
other volunteers. not veteran, twentv-oDe
dollars thirty cents.
If discharged at the end Of two years
Veterans, twenty. nine dollars seventy
cents; other volunteers, twenty dol
lars fifty cents.
If honorably mustered out in less than
two wears, the monthly rate IF compen-
satlon will be increased as the term OF
service is diminished.
If the Government shall rot require
these troops for the full term of thee
years, and they shall be bonorably mus
tered out before the expiration of the
term of enlistment, they shall receive
the whole amount of bounty remaining
unpaid the same as if the full terun had
been served Legal heirs of recruits
acho die IN the seruice, shall be entitled
to the whole boun y remaining unpaid at
the time of the soldiers death.
Any person practicing or attempting
to practice fraud or imposition either on
the Government or the recruit shall be
summarily dealt with by military cow-
mission.
Men enlisted under this order will be
assigned to old regiments.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
Gov. Curtin AT Home.

Our friends. in other parts of the State,
are sometimes at loss to understad how
it comes that Gov. Curtin, who is ad,
mitted to be personally popular at home,
was beaten in this county 344 votes at
the recent election, although he carried
it in 1860 by BAL The reason is obvi
Gus, and is at once creditable both to Gov.
Curtin and his friends The townships
which gave majoritics for him in 1860,
have 1882 soldiers under arms, while
those which went against him have sent
but 463, although they poll more than
half the Democratic vote of the county.
Our ranks are decimated at home only
because they arc so full in the field, and
we point with pride and triumph to the
record "We should have blushed il
Cato's house had stood serene and fonr-
ished in civil war" "-Beliefonte Press.
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EX Gov. PACKER, A COPPERHEAD.-
We learn from friend that when Ex-
Gov. Packer visited the polls at Will
Transport, to vote, he boastfulIy held up
his ticket, exclaiming, "Here IS a ticket
,ohich Is copper all oeer % ImmediHtely
behind Packer came jolly Bibernian,
also in the act of voting, who cried out in
lusty voice, "BE JABERS HERE is A
BALLOT TO KILL YOUR SNAKE ~ We
do not envy William T. Packer the feeling
while we despise the motive which
prompted him to his vote aud his excla-
nation. The honest Irishman is the
better man and the purer patriot of the
two citizens
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11

a@- Illustration is frequently more eff
fective than argument, and an old Penn
sylvania Democrat, who voted for Curtin,
understood its force when he employed
the following simiie: ITO send my son
to the war to kill rebels, and to stay at
home myself to vote against the Govern
ment, is like hitching yoke of oxen to
one end of wagon and team of horses
to the other, when the only result will be
the pulling of the wagon to pieces
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"AGAIN."-It was the former loud

"AGAIN."-It was the former loud
boast Of the Democratic leaders 10 Penn'a,
that "you can't beat US two years in sue
cession." But we did that thing FoTR
YEARS, hans running-In 1858, in 1859,
in 1860, and in 1861. Defeated by a
handful of votes and our own neglect, in
1862, in 1868 we have laid them out
again.
"You can't elect Governor two terms
in succession" But we have elected
Curtin-"two terms in succession the
first time the thing has been done, in this
State, in twenty years
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11

A dispatch from Knoxville to The
CincinnaH Commercial says that Rebel
regiment crossed the Little Tennessee
River on Monday last, and were driven
back by Col Adams of the lst Kentucky,
with loss of so killed aud drowned aud
40 captured, including four officers.
Advices from Arkansas represent that
Arkadelphia recently the headquarters of
the Rebel Gen. Price, is now in posses
session of Gen. Steele. Recruiting for
the Unoo army continues very brisk.
over 700 volunteers from Yell County
alone having reported to Gen. Steele.
A dispatch from Chattanooga of the 7th
states that all is quiet along the lines
The Rebels tossed a few shells to our
BOYS on that day, but nobody was The
only person hurt. Boats are bringing
supplies freely, and are unobstructed.
Gov. Bramlette has issued proclama,
ton, seconding the Presidents call for
troops. His appeal to Kentuckians to
come orgard and I'll up the ranks of
their thin regiments in the field is elu-
quent.
A Memphis dispatch of the 7th states
that Gen. Hatch has driven the Rebel
Gen. Chalmers across the Tallahatchie,
whipping him severely.
Mr. George Peabody has presented
Yale College with a geological cabinet
worth S125,000.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
M. W. McALARNEY, EDITOR.
NOvEMBER ELECTIONS.
"Beneath thy skies, November
Thy skies of wind and rain,
Around their blazing camp-fres
The People fpeak again |"

Inc feopie peak again
THE EMPITE STATE Last fall, BY
promise of sustaining the Government
against the Rebels, II. Seymour was
elected Governor of New York By 10000
mai. His course before and during the
Cspperhead riot, proved hiu hypocrite.
This fall, there were three sorts of Dem
ocrats united on one ticket. 1st. Those
who claimed it as a War Ticket. ID
Those who claimed 1t as Peace ticket
Sd. Those who claimed it as Demo
cratic Ticket" The Unionie,s had a
State ticket pledged to President Lincoln
and his measures, which is elected BY
10000 majority, aud the Legislature is 2
to l Union. All hail New York--a gain
of $4,000 on the right side.
MASSACHUSETTS re.elects Gov. An
drew (Rep.) by 2 to l vote, and State
Senate unanimously of his views. while
there are but l5 or 20 Assemblymen op-
posed to the "despot Lincoln" God
bless the "Cradle of Liberty" !"
WIscoNsIN gave US bot handful of
@ majority last Fall, but now elects Re
publican State Ticket by 10000 to Is,
900 majority.
MINNESOTA is Republican as far as
heard from. The new Governor, Col.
Stephen Miller, was a Methodist local
preacher in Perry Co., Pa, afterwards a
Temperance lecturer and editor of the Tel
egraph at Harrisburg.
ILLINOIS. Returns from % counties
in lllinos show, at the unlmportant coun-
ty and town elections held on the Sd inst,
a Union gain of more than l5,0A0. There
are about 100 counties in the State, and
If the vote is iD the above ratio. it will
ushow Union gain of from A., 600 to
60 900. Even in "Eoypt" there Is a
CLEAN of light Cairo dispatch says the
Uniouists have carried that Heaven aban-
doned corner Of the State. Such news
is too good to be true.
KANsAs.-Republcan as far as known.
Missouri do do
MARYLAND.--No opposition to the
Unconditional Union and Emancipation
Ticket in Baltimore. The unconditional
Unionsts in Maryland have elected four
of the FIVE Congressman certainly, and
the fifth is yet 10 doubt. John A. Cress-
we'll is chosen in the lst District by over
1000 majority in the lid, Hid and
IVth Districts, Edwin II. Webster, Hen
ry Winter Davis and Francis Thomas are
elected almost without opposition. On
State ticket, the candidate of the Eman-
cipation party for Controller, Gen. Golds
borough, has majority of not less than
$4,000, and among the successful candi
dates for the Assembly an overwhelming
majority is in favor Of calling Conven-
tion for the special purpose Of Kidding the
State, as soon as possible, of Slavery.
New JERSEY is slowly gl,aVitatiDg to
ward the right side The elect'on on the
Sd instant was only for part Of tie Leg,
islature aud for county officers; yet the
Unionists gain one Senator (only eight
were elected), and elect 20 members to
ths Assembly to 80 Democrats, and one
ye. doubtful. Last year the House was
Is Union to 45 Copperheads We gain,
therefore, five or six representatives and
We gain largely in the popular vote
DELAWARE has 0ember OF Congress
to elect, and that CLOSES the elections OF
1863.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO GEN. MEADE

PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO GEN MEADE
The message which the President sent
to Gen Meade, deserves to be recorded
as part of The history Of the campaign
COW drawing to close. Mr. Lincoln
told Gen. Meade that he must fight the
enemy at once that if he won a victory,
he should have all the glory; but if he
were defeated, he himself would, as Com
mandor-i Chief, assume the RESPONSE
biity.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11

sa-Gov Andrew, of Massachusetts,,
talks, right out on volunteering. He
calls on the people of his State to devote
themselves with all the glowing enthu-
siasm and the fiery zeal of their patriotic
hearts" to the extinction of the rebellion ;
and to say to the country, if the thing is
not accomplished pretty soon, that Mas
sachusetts "Wlll go herself and put it
down"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
ERnM MEADE,S ARMY.

FROM accounts received we conclude
that Gen Meade's army have gained
most substantial successes. Both wings
have crossed the Rappahannock, driving
the Rebels before them, capturing 1900
prisoners, and a pontoon train, and killing
and Houndiug large number
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
raa If the letter purported to have

ra-Tf the letter purported to have
been written by Gen. Mcclellan was ae-
tually written by that gentlemen, in
which it is stated that he had conver-
satioh with Judge Woodward and that
be found their "views agreed" he did
not leave the army moment too soon.
As to being a suitable candidate for the
Presidency, his friends can settle that
after the verdict just given by Peunsyl
yania and Ohio against copperheads.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11

COOP AS GoLD.-Mr CaIsVelt, the
Canadian orator, who spoke 10 Cooper
Institute, New York city, on the evening
of the 29th ult,, used these words 81
'oonld sooner take JEFF. Dovts himseLfJy
the hand than sneak who, IN any Of
the loyal States, dare not speak, for the
glorious old Stars and Stripes" Let
such words be remembered They are
the golden warp that is weaving into a
glorious history.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11

nAThe Reading Press states that
Hon VIM Strong, one of the Supreme
Court Judges of this State, voted the
whole Uuion ticket at the late election.
If Judge Strong has ranged himself on
the side of the party of the Union, it
will gve US majority of the Supreue
Bench.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11

On the Sd inst Rebel force made an
attack upon the Memphis aud Charleston
Railway. They were repulsed after a
brief fight, aud their Brigader General
(Geary) aud Is of his Staff we're taken
prisoners.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11

The following is but partial list Of ear
large assortment:
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
MerinOs

MerinOs
The attention of the Ladies is called to the
stock of Merinoes, Black Brown, Blue, Maroon,
Drab and White. Some of these were bought
previous TO the rise and will be sold nearly an
low as present wholesale prices ut JONES'
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11

Cassimeres, Striped Checked, and Plaids !;
Tweeds, Kentucky Jeans, and Cottonades Of
the very best quality at JONES'
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
Ladies Cloth
Bows Wear

'lack, Grey, and Fancy Colors at JONES'
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1863-11-11
Mourning Goods

Black Silks. Alpacas, Empress Cloth, Bomba
zine, Delaines, Rep Cloths, and Black and
Purple Goods of various kinds at JONES'
Daily national Republican., 1863-08-19
Runsrsd Mexican Recsguitisn el
- nebelds0, .a17s.'-
FRANCE LEANING TIVE SAME WAY.
MEXICAN GUERRILhAs AT WORK,
nch-Mexicans Assassinated.
Forey a Woman Whipper
Foreign Ministers Decline JuaFez's
Protection.

Ban francisco, August 1s.-Thc steamer
81. Louis brings via Acapulco dates from Mex.
leo to the 22d ultino. General Forey was issu
Ing DEGREES daily. French Mexican newspaper
urge the recognition Of the Confederacy.' They
state that France will recognize the Southern
Confeierscy. The Mexican jealousy and pre-
judlce has been provoked against the United
States. The papers say the Northern State,
are for Juarez, while the Confedcracy is for a
Mexican monarchy, and everything looks &c
an Immediate recognition of the Confederacy
BY MEXICO.
Guerrillas were fighting on roads leading tc
the city Of Mexico. The Mexicans make nc
prisoners, but slay ALL They wage war o
determination.
Numerous assassinations have taken place
In the capital on persons sympathizing with
the French. The Triumvirate Government |,
daily imprisoning or shooting persons refusing
to take the oath Of allegiance to the empire
MeIicans have been publicly noggcd for re
fusing quarters to French officers. One Mexi
can lady named Rubio received two hundred
lashes for refusing TO receive French officer
into her house. Her husband offered TO pay
fine Of her weight In silver, but Forey insiste,
on making an example Of her. The forcigi
ministers decline to remove to San Luis GU tn
offer Of Juarez to protect their transit.
Daily national Republican., 1863-08-19
Why Gen. Lee Retrsaisd.

The army correspondent OF the Savannah
ftpstf'ean furnishes that paper with an answer
70 the question, why did General Lee retire.
He says:
First, because he did not know the enemy
would retreat; secondly, because he had been
checkmattd, and fOiied by the stubborn resist-
ance Of his antagonist, and had suffered heayi.
Iy; and, lastly, because he did not have anmu-
nitIOn enough lef 70 fight half OF day longer.
and could bot get IL without taking It from his
adversary or re-openiDy his Communications
With Winchester. II was impossible TO take
with us ammunition for the entire campaign,
and .uinrient force 10 keep open our cOmmu-
picstlons could not he spared from an army
already inferiDr IN numbers 10 that Of the enc
my. Our only resource, therefore, was 70 take
i from the enemy. and falling TO do this, no
altornstiy. was left Us but To return To our base
of supplies. II was found Impossible, also, to
subsiN the army long st a t!nr In any one
place, the Inhabitants having driven on As
many OF their beef cattle and horscs as they
could, taken one or more wheels from their
wsgens, and removed their stocks Of shoes.
hats, and medicines far into the interior"
Daily national Republican., 1863-08-19
FR0I CHIRLESToH.
the AaanM OF the EMPIRE CITY.
u.ls aE,--------s.-- &C.,. Ep'iIora.g a
CHASE OF ABLOeKADE RUNNER
~ .ssiSf 49, DsBttg, s,T THs IaF .rsh
IS n e EuSrtCu AoaP e s
...i3 ~ s'2--4 -Ass.--4 - 5rI. s.lE'c'
'Ir - rtrge tam rif o. .fs No ,aA ~
SequestratiOn Of Yankee Property
T. IN BruAswiek. Georgia. | .rsSl
-... ...l r7-------n-
A Rebel Steamer and Crew Ds-
..a.s .''5 90, ,stroyed. ,a -, ~
One FIfth Of all Nesrsss n .essssts
Impressed.
A N L w II f b L l. " A NJ
A N EW II + B Z l. IA M

NEW YoRk, Aug. 1s.-rhe steamer Empire
City, from Charleston on the evening Of. the
18th instant, has arrived here. shs reports
that on the nth instant, while OF Cape Look
out, she saw the U. 8. gunbost Connecticut in
chase Of blockade runner and Joined In the
chase, but after twelve hours pursait the block
ade runner escaped.
The Port Royal EsV South contains the fol.
lowing items
The rebels call upon tho authoritiss 70 -.
questrate certsia Yankee property in Bruins.
wick, Georgia.. hrs o. a.-a 80 D
"The rebel steamer Robert Hsbersham, " hich
has been watching our advance movements en-
the Savannah river, exploded her boiler, d..
stroying the vessel and killing all her crew.
"Gen. Mercer, commanding at Savannah, is
ianpressing onc-ffth Of all the able-bodled
slaves Of Georgia for workmen on the fortiHca-
tions. All the negroes in Savannah have been
selzed and put to work. Several contrabands
have reached Fort Pulaski, having escaped
from Savannah.
GA new rebel ram is building at Savannah.
Several heavy guns have been sent from Savan.
nah to Charleston. The ram Savannah came
down the river on the 10th instant, intending
to run out to sea, but, breaking one Of her en-
gincs, had to put back. She Is mate to the
Atlanta" .--.. ..I Irr .- .a.... ..
Daily national Republican., 1863-08-19
q. @. FULTON, EkQ.

Just as We are about to 20 to press the follow
ing dispatch comes to us from tho Associated
Press agent with the request that we "add to
Charleston news" Weprcfer to give II place
In our editorial columns Here tits;
"The above information is from @. q. Pul.
ton. ESQ.,, the editor of this Baltimore american,
who is now In the vicinity of the hostile opera
tions."
Mr.. Fulton deserves great credit for his yaiu.
able letters from Charleston, and We have No
doubt the Press of the country appreciates his
valuable services as On observer and chronlolel
of operations before the rebel city. We have
always endeavored to do him Justice, and shall
continue to do so. .-
While on the subject of credit, we are sur
prlsed to see the fruits of our labor yesterday
which we issued in an "extra" In the earl,
part Of the day, appropriated bodily In thu
american of this morning, without credit.
Daily national Republican., 1863-08-19
THE DRAFT AND THE INTELLI-
GENcER.

According TO the Springfield Republican, out
OF the |, 1,160 conscripts examined In Berkshire
county, 4s0- (Aimost twa-afths) were .sxsmpt<A
for physical disability. Berkshire has the fcij-
utation of being oao OF the healthiest counties
in the State of Massachusetts. OF the whole
number given above, all were exempted for
one cause or another except 1873, of whom five
have fNrnished subetltutes. Would y0lunteer,
ing have done worse than this i-Nafional H.
tNigtncer.
1t Is for tho Intelli0neer. to show that yolun-
tcering would have done better. Nearly twenty
thousand men have already been raised BY
conscriptiou, asars all Of whom are from,
New England. This number Of men 10 worth
more to the army than forty thousand volun-
teers, mustered In as some of volunteers have
been. Ifa man with some trih ing physical disa-
bilty offered himself as volunteer he would be
accepted, aud perhaps half of his time while In
the service is spent In the hospital. Not SO with
the twenty thousand alluded to above. Every
man was examined by a skillful medical In
spector, and was pronounced to he Gmnd in
ere,y respect. Thus an army is raised for the
field, aud not for the hospital At the rate the
new troops are being mustered in,we will soon
have an army Of 100000 meu, superior in
point OF physical endurance to any similar
number Of men the world ever saw, except In
the regular service, where the same strict rules
are observed In the preliminary medical exam
inetion of the men who offer to enlist. Can the
Iutelligencer produce an army Of the number In
dicated by volunteering, and especially s"eh an
Daily national Republican., 1863-08-19
couRrEsIEs OF THE PRbss.

At no'eiock a. m, yesterday, we issued an
"extra" containing the substance of dispatch
received by the Government from Gen. Rose
craps, covering the latest news about the bonn
bardmest of Charleston. We observe, TO our
surprise, that the Baltimore SIN of this morn
ing contains the article In the form of dis
patch under its talegraphic head, credited to
the Star of this city This is explained by the
fact, which We learned to-day, that the Star
appropriated the article In question rerbaiin,,
not giving the REPUBLICAN the slightest credit
for it. While we were not surprised to sec the
fruits of our industry stolen bodily, and loaded
as original, in the "Contractor's Organ" this
morning, We did suppose that the S,ar would
be little more courteous in appropriating Its
ncghbor's goods.
Daily national Republican., 1863-08-19
Gov. seymo~r,s Preelama atlon.

NEW YoRx, August ls.-The proclamation
Of Gov. Seymour will be printed tomorrow
morning. He ssys he has received information
that dangerous, disorderly, and riotous attacks
will be made In New York and Brooklyn during
the coming draft, and that such acts do nc
good.
The courts are now consigning to severe pun
ishment many ofthose guilty Of acts destructive
Of the lives and property Of their fellow-citiEens
during the shameful scenes Of last month.
He concludes As follows: 81 hereby admouish
all judicial aud executive officers, whose duty
1t Ia to enforce the law and preserve public
order, that they take vigorous and effective
measures to put down any riotous or unlaw full
assemblages; and II they find their power In
sufficient for that purpose, to call upon the
military In the manner pointed out by the stat
utes of the State.
"If these measures should prove insufficient
shall then exert the full power of the State in
order that public order may be preserved and
the persons and property Of citizens be fully
protected -