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The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-09-08

RESTORATION OF M1ssIssIPPI.-On the first
Monday in October an election will be held in
Mississippi, under her new free State constitu-
ton, for regular Governor and other State
officers &c, a Legislature and members of the
Federal House Of Representatives. On the
third Monday in October the Legislature is to
meet, and all local officers are to be sworn in.
Recently Provisional Governor Sharkey, is
sued proclamation directing the formation of
one company of cavalry and one of infantry
militia in each county of the State, with the
protested object Of putting stop to the preva-
lent outlawry Of the guerilla bands it ap-
pears, however, that Gen Slocum, comman-
ding in Mississippi, thought that this looked
very much like the rearming of the South, and
has therefore ordered that no such military
organization be formed anywhere in the State,
and that all citizens having arms shall at ono
surrender them to the national officers
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-09-08

A melancholy accident, resulting in the
death of a beautiful and accomplished young
lady, daughter of James McGregor, ESQ,
President of the State Bank in Boston, occur
red at North Conroy, n, H., on Saturday last.
The unfortunate lady at the time OF her death
was pistol firing at target, when pistol in
the hands Of Mr. Henry G. Mayer was acct
IDENTIFY discharged, the bullet entering her
brain. She exclaimed. TOh, Godl" and fell a
corpse sALa
SHIP NEws.-The schooner Mary sailed
from Richmond for Petersburg, Va, on Mon
day last. Up to a late hour last night her
signal had not been heard On che Apponattox.
The Insurance Agents entertain no fears for
her safety however. She Was spoken at an
early hour yesterday morning off Durch Gap,
peralnied, and may not reach her destined
haven before the hast Of this week Peter 8
oitsg Express 1891 .'-'' ~ a !''-4''i '''s
aee ARRIEAL Or GoTFoNs-rIhs steamer Ken
ssington arrived to-day from New Orleans with
ss2 bales of cotton and other valuable South
ern produce.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-09-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

not been confscated or libeled III any United
States Court, Or if ibeled, that proceedings
against it have been discontinued. Officers Of
the bureau through whose hands such appli-
cations may pass, will endorse thereon such
facts as may assist the Commissioner in his de-
cision, stating especially the use to which the
property is put by the bureau
~ tSigned) 90. HOWARD,
Major, General, Commissioner of Refugees,
Freedmen and Abandoned Land
Approved, September 4, 1866
- AEDREw JOHNSON,
President Of the United States.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-09-08
CITY GOVERNMENT.

al h1@ sIF5ii. CITY GOVERNMENTS. ~
sq AIayor.-Thomas c. Tabb. ~ eaa
- tg4 Register. John Williams
Sergeant.--W. B. Deggs. -'t
~ ACof1ector.--James l.. Bslote. sin
~ IS. H9 Assessor. I. Sell. s 81
Il sE7s5 City Attorney.aS. s. Stubs. 4 p
ST Ctr SuryeYor--E. L. Young. ~
400 Clerk Of Marketable B. Deyer. t14f ~
Guager.-Edward Sales.
"a 81 Inspector of Streets.-+N B. Lee. q.
la sYSI Keeper of Aims House.--Wm Hawkins -
.3yoIc Physician do do q--DrjiA- Il. Bell e T.
sls8 basSeaer Weights and Measures. -Jessee Howell
III rsbllW eigher of Hay --Thos. Upshur. 7o 2
ia 4ea First Wood AIeasurer.--John Walker. -
t43i9d b1Second il do b. +AB. Anderson. s'la
set al II Captain of Watoh.-fE. Guy. lfeiBi9qagJ
Lieutenant dc e Gray. 39IsNa
.8saaia u
70 saesaIYd sss- ia9 City Post Office i3i5J A00s
tisi3as Warren w. Wing, Postmaster, q e. Mi
N. H. Stephens, Assistant Postmaster. 59e
~ pn@ Northern Mall arrives az, A.. NJ, and closes
IN siS, P: NJ, daily & I'm
ga iaos Richmond Kaa arrives 3, P. Nj, and closes
5]l,,iA, NJ, daily. - g, ~ 800 eJS
.lsAT North Carolina hal arrives Monday, Wednes-
:sOl day, and Friday and closes g. p NJ, same days.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-09-08
To FARMERS AND OTHERS,

take pleasure in calling your attention to my
raj Implements, Garden and Field Seeds, Bar and
Bundle Iron, &C., &c. / have the Warehouse
formerly occupied By Messrs. -Bor,m & MCLEAN,
whom Succeed in the FL.
AGRICULTURAL BUSIN rSS, PEt
and shall be pleased 70 see their old friends and
customers, as we'll as those who have favored me
with their custom for the last seven years With
out naming but few of the various items kept by
me, need only to say that my stock is and shall
Harrowa, Hay and Shuck Cutters, Horse Power
and Thrashers, and Farming Tools generally
Bar and Bundle Iron, Cart Boxes, Springs and
Axles BE, &C. Seeds Of all kinds guaranteed
fresh and genuine. solicit an examination Of
my stock, where prices and quality may be judged
Of by those Wishing to pnr chase.
sr.7 g. BTLLUPS, -,7t
s-''4' -ASoi - 91'ls Farmers Headquarters,
jy25-ly No. IL Wide W alter St., Norfolk, Va.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

NEW BOTTLIN G ESTABLISH
IN MENT.
| respectfully inform the public that l have
taken the store No. IL, CampbelPs Wharf, and
intend conducting
BOTTLLNG ESTABLISHMENT,
and will keep on hand, at all times, large sup
ply of PORTER and ALE of all kinds. Also,
fine assortment of the best LIQUORS
Ny purpose is, when the season commences, to
conduct the o KSTER PACKING BUSINESS
in all its branches. 1 respectfully solicit share
of the patronage of my friends and the public
generally.
Il ,au 10-Im* EDWIN FITZGERALD.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-09-08

NOTTCE,TI am prepared to make to
tI 4 Sl DRESS BOOTS SHOES e CATERS.
b Gentlemen are politely requested to call over
The store of - g. Il Griffin, Ne. Market Square,
and lease rheir orders. Fine quality French Calf
Skin Aiwaysaon hand. I shall be prompt in fill
ing all orders. 9a9aate3 - ~ ust
"A good ct warranted in all cases. Remember
over No. Market Square.
july 24-ly Z. A. DAVIS.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

hours of the three months OF the closing
session of the 3Sth Congress.
We have never seen word of condem.
nation of these men in Copperhead pa
per. Salisbury has just been re elected
for term of six years, When sober he
is an agreeable, genial man. When drunk
he is ugly. Let the Copperhead papers
be consistent, and while berating Andrew
Johnson, apply the lash of their virtuous
wrath to the backs of their own maudlin
leaders 2ioga Agitator.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29
BROWNING'S
CELEBRATED COFFEE

Whilst trying Coffee of all the various brand.
Remember .'BBOWNING'S EXCELSIOR
at the head it stands.
True, it's not like others that are "SOrD
EVERYWHERE"
A little stretch, we all do know, good good,
will easily bear,
{But stretch like thiS-"sold eyerywhere,
is very apt to tear.
Now, can safely sny, without any hssitationg
There's none like "BR0WNING'S EXCEI.ST'
OR" in this enlightened nation.
Skilled chemists have not found Coffee from
any store
Possessing the same ingredients as Brown
ing's Excelsior"
Nor is there any one, in or tui Of the Co6es
trade
Who knows the articles from which "Broyu.
isg's Excelsior" is made.
I'm told it's made from barley, rye, wheat.
beans, and peas
Name thousand other things-bus the
RIGHT ONE if you please.
But with the Cofee-men will not hold con-
tention
For the many, many things they say-too
numerous too mention.
Whilst they're engaged in running round
from store to store
To learn the current wholesale price Of
"Browning's Excelsior"
Some who know my Coffee gives perfect sat-
isfaction,
Have formed a plan by which they hope to
cause quick reaction.
The case-'tis with few no doubt twill be
with more
To name their Coffee after mine, Drown
ING'S) EXCELSIOR"
Some say theirs the only brand that will
stand a ready test.
Now try little of them all-see which Won
like the best.
Three years have passed away since l first
sold a store
Never have in your paper advertised before.
Nor would now, or ever consent to publish
more,
If like some used by Everybody" "sold
everywhere" in ''every store"
trade like this do not wish the orders
could not fill;
The Factory all Jerseys lard would take
leave not foot to till.
Ny trade is not SO very large; still think
have my share
But, reader, you may rest assured, tits NOT
"SOLD EVERYWHERE"
Manufactured and for Sale 6u the ,cTitsr.
GEORGE L. BROWNING,
No. 20 Market street Camden, ~ H.
This Coffee is not composed of poisonous
drugs, it contains nothing deleterious many
persons use this Coffee that cannot use the
pure coffee it takes but one and o half
ounces to make quart of good strong cof-
fee, that being just One-half the quantity it
takes of Java Coffee, and always less than
half the price.
RETAIL DEALERS may purchase it in less
quantities than ten gross at my prices from
the Wholesale GrOcers.
nsAO Orders by mail from Wholesale Deal
ers promptly attended to.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

ne semi Official papers of Mexico con.
,adict the report Of a cesslou of Sonora
.o France. The Razon says that the
Emperor of Mexico has accepted the
chrome with the most determined intention
uJt only to respect its dignity aud inde-
rendence, but to maintain the integrity OF
'he national territory. The Ere NouueIie
a French paper of the Mexican capital,
says of DR. Gwin's project of colonization
mat DR.. Gwin did, in fact, come to Mex
AGO with the intention to turn a large
stream of immigration, especially from
he Confederate States, to Sonora, but
hat he has now completely abandoned
b proje.t and returned to Europe.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29
OIL Ian DIS.

The oil bearing fields of the United
States, as evidenced by geological irdica-
tions, are extencive. The outer margins
of our coal basins on fields extending out.
wards, of various widths, say from twenty
to fifty miles constitute the territory in
which mineral oil or petroleum may be
found Let us estimate the extent of this
territory. The external line of all our
coal fields, in the United States, exceeds
four thousand miles in length. Giving
only the same length to the line of OIL
bearing lands that surround this margin
of the coal fields, and width of only tweu-
ty miles, and we have 2l 100000 acres
If we allow four wells to the acre there
may be 204,S00,000 wells. Suppose each
we'll to produce barrel of oil per day for
500 days of the year, We will have 6l,-
440, 100000 barrels for the yearly product
or 1000 barrels of oil for each man, women
and child in the United States At $50
per barrel, moderate figure, the oil will
be worth something over a million of mil
lions of dollars. At 5000 per acre the
fifty odd million acres of lands are worth
upwards of S10,000,000. The cost of
putting down the wells at $4,000 each
would be s409,600,000' Undeveloped
lands are not included in the above esti,
mate. Surely, we are great people, and
the oil spectators are among the greatest.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

Last week gold went down with a run.
The lowest point reached was $l56 The
Immediate cause weres the prosperous
'noJiou Of the military operations and the
resolve Of the new Secretary of the Treas
nry to issue no more greeDbacks.. Specu-
iators in gold and other commodities are
c.miog to grief, and get no sympathy.
There has not been a valid reason in
the nature of the case, why gold should
have advanced beyond 81 so, if as high
- That. The further appreciation is due
to dlsloyal spectators If all of them
,aall be ruined by the inevitable collapse
their fate will be.regarded as an exhibi.
.ion of retributive justice.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

Hon. W. ?. Fessenden, having been
elected to the Senate. has resigned the
Secretaryship of the Treasury and Hon.
Hngh Mccullough, late Comptroller OF
the Currency, is appoiuted in bis place
Mr.. McCulloch is one of the abless Gnan-
ciers in the country.
Hon. J. ?. Usher retires from the Sec
retaryship Of the interior, and Hon James
Harlan, at present Senator, has been
appointed to fll the vacancy. Mr. Har-
Ian is one Of the best men in the Senate,
1t is fact that Andrew johnson Vice
President elect, appeared in the Senat
Chamber 90 the 4th of March in a state
of inebriatioD, and made spectacle of
himself. For one we have no desire to
conceal the fact from the people, none to
palliate it. Andrew johnson is not a
babitual drunkard unless he has become
so within two years. IN fact he had the
reputation of a strictly temperate man
When, and how, he become otherwise we
have no means of knowing. His condi-
ton took his friends in Washington COM
p'etely by surprise.
But we have word for the Copperhead
sheets which are endeavoriug to make
capital out of circumstances. Three Sen
ators of the United States ARE beastly
drunkards They have disgraced the Sen.
ate for years. Salisbury of Delaware, a
bitter copperhead, has several times been
taken into custody by the sergeant at arms.
He is protane, noisy, and habituated to
drawing pistols upon Senate officers. Mr..
McDougall, of Californy, also Copper.
head, is seldom, perhaps, never sober
His drunkenness was the subject of re-
mark by strangers during the last days of
the late Congress. In other respects he
is gentleman. Richardson, OF Illinois,
seldom appears in the Senate Chamber
When drunk, aud truth compells us to say
tha. he has not heen tb9re more than six
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

The Rebel report Of an engagement
between Sherman and Johnston at Ben
.ouvIl!e affords convenient occasion Of
remarklng upon the popular fallacy about
the movement of great armies. There
has beea no action of any Importance
Some small portions of the forces on eth
er side are all that can have been engaged.
a great army traversiDg an enemys eoun-
try is not to be looked upon as unit 1t
does not move in single column. 1t
cannot b, contained in au ordinary f7c-
acre lot. One road does not suffice sOr
its travel 1t is vast multitude, spread
ing over perhaps thirty miles of country
~ breadth, advancing upon many roads
and upon no roads, and frequently is so
disposed that one half of 1t might fight
and win a great battle before the other
half knew that shot had been fred. So
that when we hear of SHERMAN" being
her. or there, or of an engagement be-
tween Sherman aud Johnston" We shall
DO we'll to remember that il is likely to
mean some inconsederable affair between
the heads Of different columns. There
will be no general battle between the ar
Inies of the Union and the Rebellion till
some point has been reached wbereou
there has been time and is space to con-
centrate forces for decisive struggle.
Beutonville, the reported site Of the
late skirmish, is an unimportant place on
the road from Fayetteville to Colds
borough, iu Johnston County, n. G. The
Rebel dispatch as telegraphed to US has
no signature, but being dated Headquar-
tiers Armies Confederate States is presum-
able from Lee, aud is therefore to certain
extent an impcsture. To say that Gen.
j. L. Johnston attacked the enemy" is
TO convey a notion of great battle, which
the tenor of the whole dispatch contradicts
But Lee has taken lately TO reporting
skirmishes as general engagements, and
we need not be surprised at this.
The significance of the news, SO far as
it can be credited at all, is merely that
Gen Sherman's advance from Fayetteville
was less rapid than has been supposed =
If any part of his army was at Bentonvlle
on Sunday, them it is clear that he had
not reached Goldsborough, twenty miles
further north east, on the same day, and
she recent dispatches mporting the cap
tuFe Of that town are maoifestly prema-
ture
Wall street was favored with a large
variety Of reports yesterday, including a
defeat of Johnston in the vicinity of Ra-
leigh, and movement in force by Gen.
Grant. Patience, gentlemen! These events
will occur in due time. 1t is not wor tn
while to anticipate the successes which
his campaign is to bring forth. The
National armies are advancing with un.
paralleled rapidity, and with an assurance
81 success such as hitherto the most san
guine could not have hoped. Patience
she need Of patience will not be long.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

CosT OF LIVING IN RICHMoND.-A
boarding house next door to the SPOTS.
wood Hotel, advertise in the Eramaner
of the 9th to accommodate persons visit
ing Richmond with board and lodging at
S35 per day. Single meals dinner $40,
breakfast and supper each, $40. The
proprietor promises bood board and CON-
Portable rooms at reasonable rates.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

GEN. CAMERoN.-Many warm friends
of Gen. Simon Cameron have repeatedly
urged npon the President his name as a
member of the Cabinet, it is proper to
state that he las frequently informed Mr.,
Lincoln that all steps in this direction
we're without his sanction, and that
there was no position in his gift he had
any desire to occupy. There is the best
of feeling between Gen. Cameron and
the President.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

TIE new Revenue bill will take effect on
the lst of April Copies will be distributed
from the Commissioners office in few DAYS,
and the necessary instructions from Commsr
sicner Lewis will soop follow
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

Thomas Sheperd. ofthe Second Penn.
sylvania ARTILLERY, says in late letter,
that is understood from deserters that the
rebels are building corduroy roads from
Richmond to their lines of breatworks
whether it is for an evacuation or advance
is not known The deserters turn out to
this call-"FaU out boys General
Grants road n,nSt be fnjShed"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

A Coon REPLY-D. Williams, one of
the committee of citizens at Charleston
charged with the distribution of the rice
called and asked that an order should be
issued requiring the colored people to
meet at specified places on one day, and
the whites on the day succeeding COL
Woodford declined to issue it, on the
ground that he did not intend to use the
words white, black or colored in any
official order. His answer was quite cpl
grammatic:
''Sir. when man approaches ME with
the shield of loyalty before him, he seems
so bright that cannot see that he is
black; and wheu he comes with the shield
of disloyalty, he looks 80 black that can
not see that he is white p
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

A number of farm houses in Cape May
county, NJ, have recently been robbed
by gang of mauraudors' supposed to be
deserters. On Saturday night the people
turned out and pursued the robbers, when
a Eight ensued. Two of the robbers were
killed and their bodies were found clad
in Federal uniform Their names are
unknown. This gang of robbers have
been living iD caves in the neighborhood
The Rebels at Petersburg have erected
a new battery to fire or our trains between
Ciiy Points sud Hatchers Run 1t opened
on Monday, bat the shells fell short.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29

The Rebel General Whiting, before his
death, sent to Gen. Butler, in writing a
statement of the number of troops in Fort
Fisher at the time of the first attack, of
the Confederate force in supporting dist
ance, and of Bragg's troops in Whining
ton, ,and describes minutely the Ineffective
ness of Porter's fire on the fort---so ine-
fecuve that the canncners were not driv-
en- from their guns-and made case gen.
orally that overwhelmingly justified Gen.
eral Buffers withdrawal from the attack
on Fort Fisher. Whiting said among other
things, that it was matter of reproach
against Bragg, in bis army and at Rich
mond, that Buffers force was not captur-
ed bodily; that Bragg bad the troops
and the position to have made the capture;
and he in terms charged it upon the
supineness of the Confederate commander
that every soldier Butler landed was not
taken. The frank statement Of General
Whiting Is in testimony before the Com.
mittee on the conduct Of the War.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-29
A ROYAL AUTHOR.

The first volume of Napoleon's Life of
Julius Caesar has finally made its appear
ance. 1t has not yet found its way to the
book stores but the Courier des Etats
Unts, whose editor has evidently been
furnished with an advance copy, favors US
with glimpse of its contents. The pur-
pose of the Imperial author has been evil
dently less to fureish US with the biogra-
ply of a great man than to illustrate GER
tain pet political and social notions of his
own. julius Caesar is simply peg upon
which he hangs garland of "Napoleonic
Ideas" He argues, in his Introduction,
that the progress of humanity is irres:s.-
IDLY onward; that nothing can arrest it
but that Providence now and then pro-
duces extraordinary prodigies, who are
destined to give the world a powerful i'm.
petus by their genius, and who cause CIV
ilization to make advances where, without
them, it would move with slow and falter.
ing steps. He places Julius Caesar,
Charlemange, and Napoleon in the first
rank of these prodigies. These men,"
says he, "have by their majestic tread
caused to disappear the defects of society
and have given to civilization devolope-
ment which it would not otherwise have
had in centuries" Although he does not
pronounce Caesar the greatest of the trio,
he pronounces him "the greatest among
Romans"
The Royal biographer proceeds to in
quire how it became possible for the Ro-
mans to conquer Italy so rapidly aud so
completely; and finds the secret of it,not
in the power of the Romans, but in the
benefits which they were enabled to con-
fer upon the Italian population-bene6ts
superior to the apparent independence of
those people. He significantly concludes
with the remark, that zone does not de-
Stroy absolutely when he replaces advau-
tageously." In other words, when Napo-
leon the third put to death the Republic,
he made good the loss by substituting the
Empire Indeed the whole Introduction
to his Book apbears to be little less than
an explanation of, aud, apology for, his
own policy. He is less historian than an
advocate.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-04
THE TUNIsIAN EMBASSY At THE
METROPOLITAN CLUB.

The Metropolitan Club Of this city, which
embraces in its membership some Of the first
officers of the Government, and some of the
first citizens of the town, entertained the
Tunisian Embassy, at their rooms, this after.
noon. ...,.
The various departments Of the institution
were visited, and Colonel RANEIRo, of the
Embassy, indulged In q game Of billiards
with one Of the gentlemen Of the Club. The
party then sat down to nice COLLATION., one
of the features Of which was the best wines
Of California and Ohio. '" ....I
General HAsHEM sat at the right hand Of
tho president Of the club, LoRIMER GRA-
HAN, Esq, and Colonel RAMEIRo sat at thc
right of the vice president, Hon. Mr.. Jon.
DAN, Solicitor Of the Treasury Department.
At the proper stage in the proceedings the
President, Mr.. GRAHAM, proposed the healths
of the Bey of Tunis and his representatives
and suite in very neat speech, in which he
referred to the facts that our relations with
the country of the Embassy has for long
time been of the most friendly nature,
that these gentlemen came FIVE thousand
miles not merely for specific purpose, but
also to learn as much about our institutions
as possible, and he thought it not too much
to ask that the hospitality extended to them
thus far should be continued during their
stay among us.
Gen. HAsnEM replied, through an intepre-
ter, that it was true they had come Eve thou
sand miles to visit this country, but the con.
geniality and hospitality they had met with
would make them forget twice that distance.
He proposed the health of the President Of
the United States and Of the company as
sembled around him.
A very pleasant afternoon was passed by
the club and their distinguished guests.