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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-12-14

SiOiC; hlluOuI lICS !dScIuS lOU IOuS
upon the festivities of this occasion, and
keeping the ladies in waiting far too long,
in answer to what yon were kind enough
to suggest, | look upon this victory as
one which has decided the war-decided
1t not in a military point of view, but in
that oTerPowerlng civil point of view
which decides the fate of nations, every.
where. To this it may be answered, and
to that answer, desire for moment to
call your attention, SO that every man
may work out in his own mind more
clearly than any suggestion Of mine could
do, the problem that if we 90 on with the
strength and stringency that I have sug-
gested, how shall we live in the same land
with the men whom we thus fight p
Again, let US 90 to the teachings of his
tory, and we will draw from the history
of that nation which we are proud to call
our mother land. Every considerable
estate in England under Cromwell passed
through the courts, or commissions of
condscation. Every considerable house
hold fought against every other consider
able household; the people fought against
the mobiles and the mobiles against the peo.
Pile and yet, when the king came to his
own again after time, the nation came
together, cemented in friendship, never
to be divided thereafter. Is there any
difficulty then, looking at the teachings
of his history, in the Anglo-S Saxon race
knowing how to live in equity and peace,
amity and friendship, with those with
whom they have had fight? Is it not
a well known rule that those with whom
We have fought bitterly, after the fight is
over, are the ones who become the more
endeared to US, and we are more ready to
take them by the hand? Therefore, l
sec no difficulty in every good man of the
North and every good man of the South
coming together, and letting bygOnes be
bygones. As | have said, | desire to ex-
tinguish all the bad men so far as this
country is concerned.
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| How TO BE HATEFUL.-There are some
persons who seem to treasure up things
that are disagreeable, on purdose. / cen
understand how boy that never had been
taught better might carry torpedocs in his
pocket, and delight to throw them down
at the feet Of passers.by aud see them
bound; but l cannot understand how 90
instructed and we'll meaning person could
do such hing And yet there are meh
who carry torpedoes in their pockets all
their lives, and take pleasure in tossing
them at people. "O," they say, 81 have
something now, and when | meet th 3
man | will give it to him !" And then
they wait for the right company, aud the
right circumstances and then they out
the most disagreeable things. Aud if
they are,remonstrated with, they say 1T
is true" as if that was a justification Of
their conduct. If God should take all
the things that are true of you, and make
a scourge of them, and whip YOU with
it you would be the most miserable of men.
But be does not use all the truth on you.
Bnt is there no law of kindness In
there no desire to please and profit neD
Have you right to take any little story
that you can pick up about maD, and
use it in such way as to injuFe hlm OF
give him pain2 And yet how msny men
there are that seem to en- Joy nothing so
much as infictiug exquisite suffering up
Oh a man in this way, when he cauuot
help himself Well you know jusl how
the devil feels. Whenever be has done
anything wicked, and has made somebody
very unhappy, and laughs. he feels juss
as, for the time being, you feel, when you
have done cruel thing, and somebody
is hurt, and 1t does you good.
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WHEN BABY CHARLIE DIED

When baby Charlie died,
Twas only to this earth-life =
Two blue eyes opened wide
And smiled upon the Angels
Who drew him TO their side.
Two tiny feet unshod,
Pressed softly that sweet PASTURE
The upper fold Of God;
Where watched by the Good shepherd,
So many lambs have trod.
While night and Death were ours
Two little hands were busy
In Heavens immortal bowers
Pluckng the fruit Of gladnesS,
Twining its fadelsss flowers.
His voice 70 Us so still,
Woke, with a glsh of music
All lions holy hill;
Through the high courts Of Heaven
Angelic harp-stviugs thrill
While we. with spirits tried,
Seek, through tue paths of duty
To reach olr dariing's side.
Thus light was born of darkness,
When baby Charlie died.
MRs. D. S. HARRIS.
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and saw a fawn in the distance the little
animal, instead of bounding away, as he
expected, moved towards him; he took
aim, fred, and shot it to the heart. When
he found the collar about its neck, he was
very sorry that he had killed it. And
SO the poor little thing died. One would
have thought that the terrible chase
would have made it afraid of man, but
no, it forgot the evil, and remembered the
kindness only, and came to meet as a
friend the man who shot it. 1t was long
mourned by its owner as her best friend.
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Pension Bounty and War Claim
Agency.

nENSIONS procured for soldiers Of the
IL present war who are disabled by reason OF
wounds received or disease cOntractracted
while in the service of the United States and
pensions, bounty, and arrears Of pay obtained
for widows or heirs of those who have Gled
or been killed while in service. All lette, OF
inquiry promtly answered, and on receipt 5y
mail Of a statement of the case of claimant |
will forward the necessary papers for their
signature. Fees in Pension cases as fixed by
law.
REFERENCES. Es.-Hon. ISAAC Benson, Hon. A.
G. OLMsTED, J. S. MANN, Esq, F. W. KNOX,
Esq. DAN NBAKER,
Claim Agent Couderport Pa.
June 8, '64.-ly.
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WHEN THE DEVIL Sows.-The seeds
of vice are dropped into young hearts in
nearly every case between sunset and
bedtime, away from home The boys
and girls step out of the family circle,
and spend their time-how? In spend
ing money they never earned-opening
the daors of confectiouaries and soda foun.
tains, of beer and tobacco shops, of the
circus, the negro minstrels, the restaurant,
and dance then follows the Sunday drive
and the company of those whose steps
take hold on hell. In forty-nine cases
out of fifty, the destinics of children are
fixed between the ages of eight and six
teen, those few years, when the devil will
preempt the precious soil, unless the pa
rents are yigilant to make home more
attractive than the streets.
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come to an end; but how? A war oil
this kind Is to be prosecuted for the pur-
I pose Of breaking down the power OF those
opposed to the government, and bringing
them into the field of the government,
under the supremacy os Its laws. In
view, therefore, of the unanimitv of the
American people, in view of the strength
aud majesty of the law, in view of the
might Of the nation, might it not be sug-
gested that now is good time for US
once again to hold out to the deluded
men OF the South the olive branch of
peace, aud say to them, "Cone back,
come BACK nov This is the last time of
asking. Come back and leave the feed
iug upon the husks and come with US to
the fat of the land and let bygones be
bygones; If bygoues are bygones, our
co9ntry will live in peace hereafter -
Loud applause)
Are we not able to afford that now ?
Do we not stand strong enough ? Do we
not stand with union enough to be able
to afford that to the leaders and to all !?
There might have been reason, | think,
among a proud aud chivalrous people
that they would not desert their leaders
In answer to the amnesty of President
Lincoln; but now has come an hour when
we can say, Come back, come back and
submit to the laws, and you shall find
exactly such laws as before, except so far
as they are altered by the good judgment
of the legislatures of the land. Gap
plause) We are in condition now, not
taking counsel from our fears, not taking
counsel from our weakness, but taking
counsel from our magnanimity and our
strength, again to make an offer for the
last time; to call upon them, and then
shall We not, in the eyes of the country,
have exhausted all the resources of states
manship in the effort to restore peace to
the country. Iaughter.) Who shall
hinder? Not for the rebel to come back
after he has fought as long as be can, and
then chooses to come but to set some
time, perhaps the Sth Of January, for the
association will be as good as any, for all
to come back. And when that time has
come to every man who shall scout the
profered amnesty of a great and powerful
nation, speaking in love, in charity, in
kindness, in hope Of peace and quiet for
ever, we say to them, to him who scouts
that profered love, and kindness, let US
meet him with sharp, quick, decisive war
that shall bring the war to an end, to the
extinguisbment of such meR wherever
they may be. (Applause)
But how is this to be done? Blood
and treasure have been poured out, spent
without measure, until taking advantage
Of supposed depletion Of treasure first,
bad men have banded together by specu-
lating in that which ought to be the cir
culating medium, and raised upon the
poor man the price of the Goals upon his
hearth, and the bread upon his table.
Let s0ne measure be taken to stop that,
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re- ''To be a woman of fashion is one
of the easiest things in the world. A
late writer thus describes it: Buy eve-
rything you don't want, and pay for noht-
Ing you get smile on all mankind but
your husband be happy everywhere but
at home neglect your children and nurse
lap.dogs 60 to church every time you
get new dress"
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Gen. Buffers speech in New
York.

The following is the important portion
Of Gen. Butler's significant speech in
New York at the entertainment given
him Monday evening. 1t undoubtedly
foresbadows the policy Of the government:
Does any one now claim, as was claim
ed in 1860, that Abraham Lincoln is the
President Of minority? That question
i settled bI an overwhelming majority
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Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons.
FULALIA LODGE. No. 3f2, +. a. NJ.
STATED Meetings on the -Gd and +thWednes-
days OF each month. Also Masonic gather
ings on every Wednesday Evening, for work
and practice, at their Han in Coudersporr.
c. Ii. WARRINER, ". u.
A SIDNEY LYMAN. SeCF.
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HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
PHILADELPHIA, "a.

FdILAULLFHIAl Pa
nISEASES of the Nervous, Seminal, Trina
D ry and sexual sy stems-new and reliable
treatment-in reports of the HOWARD AS
SOClATL0N-sent by mail in sealed lei er
envelopes, free of charge. Address, DR.. !.
ShiLLlN HoUGHTON, Howard Association ,
no. South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa,
gl5ls64.
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MILLER s NIcALARNEY.
MISUNDERSTANDING.
HARRISBURG, PA.

AGENTS for the Collection Of CLAN S
"A against the United States and State Gov
ernments such as Pension, Bounty, Arrears
of Pay sc. Address Box 90, Harrisburg, Pa.
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fG% An Englishman, who exhibited an
inordinate foudness for rare beef, died the
other day in attempting to swallow COW
catcher attached to locomotive.
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Perley ValAndigham, nephew Of Clem-
ent L., is going to inhabit the Iowa State
Prison while, as punishment for ills-
gal voting last spring.
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II. J. OLMSTED,

DEALER IN STOVES, TIN & SHEET IRON
WARE, Main ST, nearly opposite the Court
House, Coudersport, Pa. Tin and Sheet
Iron Ware made to order, in good style, on
short notice.
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or perhaps better measure than any
other is to let it be understood that here.
after we pay no more bounties from the
taxes of the North, but taking counsel
from the Roman method of carrying on
war, we say to the young men, look to
the fair fields of the sunny South, and
unless they take our amnesty, let US 60
down there and you shall have whatever
you get by fair division we will open
new land Offices wherever our armies
march, distributing lands among the SOL
diers, to be theirs and their heirs forever.
A harsh measure, everybody will say ;
but is it not quite as just as it is that we
should tax ourselves and raise the prices
Of the necessaries of life for the purpose
of giving bounties and support to the
soldiers in lighting these men whom We
have three times over soIemnly called to
come and be our friends; in 1862, to
come in June, in 1868, to come in Sep
tember, and in 1864 to come by tho Sth
of January, 1865 And when the clock
strikes tbs last knell of that parting day,
then all hope of return for those who
have not made progress toward the return
sha. be lost forever. No longer can they
live in the land of America. Mexico,
the West India Islands, or some place l
care not to name, because [ know no land
hard enough to be cursed with their
presence, shall be their dwelling place.
They shall never come here again.
| look with some considerable interest
upon what believe to be the present re,
suits of this election. I believe, first,
We have settled the question of the war
by settling the question that the people
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HOWELL.

eF. GLASSNIRE. Proprietor, Corner O.
Main and Second Streets, Coude-sport, Pot
ter Co., Pa.
A Livery Stable Is also kep+in connect
iien with this Hotel
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COLLINS SMITH

DEALER in Dry Goods. Groceries. Provisions,
Hardware, Queensware, Cutlery, and all
Goods usually found in a country Store
Coudcrsport, Nov. -, 1861
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led 10 carry on that war. l
always been claimed that we
.trong enough, after a great
'tfer new terms of peace to
| never expect to see in arms
a greater victory than the
achieved. | think we are
lough 20 make that offer, and
t, that the mos: squeamish
will agree with US when
We have exhausted every
tesmanship in the attempt
ace-that it is time then
ca, war from the hilt.-
be a decisive war, and,
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ARTurR d. OLMSTED.

ATTORNEY * COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Goud-rsport. Pa, viii attend TO all busines,
tafrusteI 20 his care. with prCmp'ngs and
5it ity. O.ice on Southwest corner Of Nam
And ElurlL streets.
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ISAAN BENSON

ATTORNEY At LAW, Coudersport. Pa, viii
attend TO all business entrusted TO him, with
care and promptuess. Office on Second St,
nnnr the AIInrLenv Bridge
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q : 4 E 4 JONES.

DEALERS rs DRUGS. MEDICINES. PAINTS
oils Fancy Articles Stationery. Dry Good.
Groceries. &c, Maiu st. Coudc.s port, Pa.
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ADVERTISEMENTS inserted ~ the following

ADMINISTRATOR or hNecutoFs NUIIve' %
Business Cards, 8 lines or less, per year 90
Special and Editorial Notices, per line 10
#4#All transient Advertisements must be
paid in advance, and no notice viii he taken
of advertisements from distance, unless they
are accompanied by the money or satisfactory
reference.
*x#Blanks, and job Work Of all kinds, at
tended TO nromntlv and lL.-hlu-Lv.
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PRACTICNG PHYSICIAN, CoIlersnor:, Pa.
respectfully informs the citizens 70. The Fi.-
Iass AMI vicinity that he VIII f-1m.lv re-
srout 20 aE calls for professional services.
Oaice ON Main ST.. in building formerly oc-
cnnl-L w r. W. Ellis. E.l.
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f. w. KNOX,

ATTORNEY AT LAW. Coudcrsport. Pa, viii
regularly attend the Courts in Potter and
the adjoining Counties.
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THE
POTTER JOURNAL
PUBLISHED BY
MI. w. McAIarney, Proprietor.
$l.50 PR YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.

*x* Devoted to the cause of Republicanism,
Ehs 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 Freedomizing our Country.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-02-06
MISCELLANY.

ALLEGED SUBSTITUTE SwINDLING.-By
order OF Major Gardiner, Jeremiah III. Green
law, John l.ubay aud 7. Blanchard were ar
rested in this city on Thursday and put in
jail Friday morning they were brought be-
fore the Board of Enrolment where an ex-
animation was had The charges against the
arrested persons are that they have been en-
listing men in the U. s. service by deception
and pocketing the proceeds. 1t was alleged
that Greenaw, who is Yankee belonging in
New Hampshire, had hired Frenchman in
Canada to come to this State to chop wood
for the U. 5. government. Having explained
to them that they must submit to medical
examination before entering the U. 5. service
for this purpose, the men were brought for
ward, examined and passed, without any no
lion that they must shoulder guns-a notion
which, however, they soon after acquired.
The brokers would then pocket the town
bounties of the Frenchmen. 1t is alleged
that Greenlaw hired John Rubay and L.
Blanchard, who speak French, as his agents
in this business.
The case had a preliminary examination
Friday, and will now go up to higher tribu-
nal. Greenlaw and Rubay were released on
bail. Blanchard, we believe, is still in Jail.
Whether these men are guilty or not, there is
little doubt that in this and similar ways
hundreds OF land sharks have been operating
all over the State and country. 1t is high
time stop was put TO these things Lewis
ton Journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-02-06
Literary, Scientific, Agricultural and Edu.
cational character, Historical and Bi.
osraphicai Sketches, Sketches Of
Travel, Notices of New Dis
coyeries, Inventions, sc.

CVsciicss lhtentiOnss &C
Talesand Poetry - original and selected - will
receive proper attention.
Both papers the Daily and the Weekly -
will be largely devoted, heretofore to the dis
cusslon OF the great principles which underlie
our free institutions, and will give generous
and whole souled support 10 all the measures
necessary 10 put down rebellion, to overthrow
dlsiosalty in all its FORMS and to re-establish the
authority of the Constitution, the laws, and the
constitutional administration of the government
over every foot of our common domain
Onthe great questions of Progress Humanity.
Liberty and Equal Rights being forced upon
he attention of the nation by the crisis through
which our institutions and our constitutional
Government arc now passing, the PsEss will ut
ter no equiyocal voice and occupy no doubtful
position. The emancipation of those held in
bonds before the rebellion the death of slavery
that Liberty and the Nation may live - will 6nd
the PRESS neither hesitating nor reserved in its
advocacy and support
In word, the Pass will stand by the gov
eminent under all contingencies, and defend
and support those who labor to maintain its in
tegrity and honor; and it win be, as it has been
heretofore, the incorporating foe of all rebels
ana rebel sympathizers, without respect to their
locality or position.
In the political campaign to be fought before
the close OF the year 1864 the Press will be found
acting wthloyal Union men, irrespective of an
tecedents, and opposing all disloyal men, on
matter from whatst they may have descended
lts course for the last year and half may be
taken as an indicationof what it proposes for the
future
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CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.

Every n'elgent and thinking person must know
that remedies handed out from general use should
have their efficacy established by welltested expe-
rience in the hands of regularly educated physi-
clan, whose preparatory study fits him for all the
duties he must fulfill yet the country is flooded with
poor nostrums and cure-alls, pvrperting to be the
ways injurious The unfortunate should be FARTIc-
ULAR in selecting his physician il is lamentable
yet necntrovertable fact that many syphilitic pa
tients made miserable with ruined constitutions
By INSTRUMENTATION inexperienced physicians in
general practce for ii Is point generally conceded
by the best syphilographer that the study and man
agenlent of these complaints should eDgross the
whole time of those who would be competent and
successful in their treatment and cure. The mex
perenced general practitioner, having neither op-
portunity time to make himself acquainted with
their pathology, commonly pusrues one system of
treatment in most cases making an indiscriminate
use of that antiquGted and dangerous weapon, Mer-
curry.
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A BIT OF ADVICE FOR BoYs.--"You are
made to be kind, says Horace Mann, .gen-
erous and magnanimous. II there is boy
in the school who has Il club foot, don't let
him know that you ever saw it. Ii there is a
poor boy with ragged clothes, don't talk about
rags in his hearing. Iftherc is a lame boy,
assign him some part OF the game which does
not require running. Ii there is a hungry
one give him part OF your dinner. If there is
dull one help him to get his lesson; Tor if
one boy is proud of his talents, aud another is
envious of them, there are two great wrongs,
and no more talent than before. Ii larger
or stronger boy has injured you, and is sorry
for it forgive him, and request the teacher not
10 punish him. All the school will show by
their countenance how mmeh better il is than
TO have big fist.
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THE DAILY PRESS

of such enlarged and generous proportions that,
while the business of our city shall be better ac-
commodated in its advertising columns, the gem
eral news, the varied interests and enterprises of
the State, and the development of her almost I'M
riyalled natural resources, may receive that de-
gree of attention commensurate with their great
importance and their claims upon public atten-
tention : thus makinga daily paper worthy the
practical regard of every business man in Port
land, of every commercial citizen of Maine, and
of every well-wisher to our vigorous Common
wealth
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POETRY.
From he Ne,c York Dispatch.
Thinking of Charley.

thinking Oh Shd'cS'
BY MRS. OLIVIA KING.
am thinking of you, Charley,
Of the merry gladstone hours
ua have spent in childish pleasure,
sNid cav natures buds and flowers;
ofthe old sch0ol-house, where often
have watched the happy smile
stealing brightly DER your features
As you gaispered alt schite.
am thinking of you, Charley.
When upon your little Sled
Your checks SO cold ana ruddy,
Down hill you swiftly sped;
Your little coat wrapped round you,
TO shield you from the blast
That blew so keen and cutting
And the snow flakes falling fast.
am thinking Of you, Charley,
Uf The time you learned to write.
Aud those playful words of fondness
received III black and white;
While the masters face grew darker,
And doubtful was his look,
As you meekly asked permission
To find II missing book.
And then more tresome searching
Was never seen or heard,
Till by my side YOU whispered,
ssIave yea seen it Chippin' bird;"
While behind the desk quite of.en,
Our lips would silly meet,
But the book upon returning,
You wouldind upon your seat.
lam thinking also, Charley,
That those happy days are past
That the blissful dream Of childhood
Cannot forever lasti
Yet We may look back fOndly,
To those hours Of careless gice,
When my heart was thine, aud |, Charcs,
Vas all the world to thee.