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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-06-07
SECRETARY STANTON.

WAsHINeNoN, Friday May 10, '65.
The following testimony has just been
elected before the Committee on the
Conduct of the War, and is furnished by
them for publication
TESTIMONY OF MAJ..GEN. MEADE.
@. You have been in the army almost
since the war commenced, and have had
as intimate connection with aud knowl.
edge of the Army of the Potomac as any
General, | know. For that reason de-
sire to place on record your answer TO the
following inquiry: In what manner has
Mr.. Stanton, the Secretary of War, per,
formed his duties in regard to the supply
of the Army and the support of the mil
itary operations under your charge? A.
So far as my knowledge extends, and l
have had many relations with the War
Department, | can most cheerfully say
that everything l have reqired, or that l
thought ought to be done, has been prompt
ly attended to by Mr.. Stanton as the head
of the War Department
Q. What do you say of the talent and
ability with which Mr. Stanton has con.
Quoted his department A I consider
that the department has been conducted
with very great ability. There may have
been some matters in which | might have
differed with Mr.. Stanton, and might
have criticised his operations.
@. Speak of the general management
of the Department? A. AS to the gen
eral management of the War Department
| consider it has been conducted with
great ability.
TESTIMONY OF LIEUT-.GEN. GRANT.
@. You have been Lieuteuant.Gener
commanding the whole army for year
past and more? A. Yes, sir.
Q. wish you to place upon record
your answer to the following question
To what manner has Mr.. Stanton, Secre
tary of War, performed his duties in the
supply of the armies and the support o
the military operations under yonr charge!
A. Admirably, | think there has been
DO complaint in that respect-that is, NJ
: general complaint; SO far as he is con
cerued, do not :hink there has been any
ground of complaint in that respect.
Q. Has there been any misunderstood
ing with regard to the conduct of tht
war, in any particular, between you ant
the Secretary of War, since you have
been in command? A. Never any ex
pressed to me; I never had any reason
to suppose that any fault was found with
anything l bad done; SO far as the Sec
retary of War and myself are concerned
he has never interfered with my duties
never thrown any obstacles in the way O
any supplies | have called for; he ha
never dictated a course of campaign t,
, me, and never inquired what 7 was goiu!
to do; he has always seemed satisfied
with what I did, and has heartily co
operated with me.
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Court Proclamation.


VXTHEREAS the Hon. Robert G. White
w President Judge, and the Hons. q. 5.
Jones and C. G.. Colvin, Associate Judges OF
the Courts of Oyer & Terminer and General
Jail Delivery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace,
Orphans Court and Court of Common Pleas
for the county of Potter, have issued their
precept, bearing date the twenty-fourth day
of February in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-fve, and to me
directed, for holding a court of Oyer & Termi-
uer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter Ses-
sions of the Peace, Orphans court, and court
of Common Pleas in the Borough of Couders-
port, on MONDAY, the 10th day OF June
next. aud to continue one week:
Notice is therefore hereby given to the Cor
oners, Justices of the Peace and Constables
within the county, that they be then and there
in their proper persons, at 10 o'clock, AN of
said day, with their rolls, records, inquisi-
tions. examinations, and other remembrances,
to do those things which 20 their offices ap-
pertain to be done. And those who are bound
by their recognizanceS 10 prosecute against
the prisoners that are or shall be in the Jail of
said county of Potter, are to be then and there
to prosecute against them as will be just.
Dated at Coudersport, May 4, 1865, and
the seth year of the Independence of the United
States of America.
D. C. LARRABEE.
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Less than $3.50, OOO,oOO OF the Loan au-
,horized by Congress are now on the
market This amount, at the rate at which
it is being absorbed, will all be subscribed
for within sixty days, when the notes will
undoubtedly command n premium, as has
uniformly been the case on closing the sub
scriptions to other Loans.
In order that citizens of every town and
section of the country may be afforded facil-
ties for taking the loan, the National Banks,
State Banks, and private Bankers throughout
the country have generally agreed to receive
subscriptions at par. Subscribers will select
their own agents, in whom they have conf
dsnce, and who only are to be responsible for
the delivery of the notes for which they re-
ceive orders. JAY COOKE,
Subscription Agent, Philadelphia.
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Wise VS.. Davis.

The MoDtrose republican says: al
ever there was mountain reduced to a
molehill--ever an elephant reduced to a
mouse ever aglant reduced to liliputian
examples of each may be found in j eff.
Davis, late President OF Rebeldom Ooe
day boastful and full of braggadocla, the
next as valient as half drownded feline
-one day issuing bloodthirsty manifes.
toes, the next making huge tracks in
petticoats and hood. There is but one
step from the sublime to the ridiculous
and it did not take long for JEFF Davis
to be transformed from a valient soldier
to fleeing coward in woman's toggry.
Of all the farces that have been enacted
that of the Southern Confederacy is the
greatest, and the picture its trainers and
adherents will cut in history will furnish
Unlimited subjects for burlesque and rid.
icule. Perhaps we have no right to
rejoice in the farcical termination of the
"Confederacy," but We have the right to
enjoy the laugh that termination unavoid-
ably produces. The boasted Confederacy
and petticoats will be thought of togeth-
er in the future.
Having caught Davis and his associ.
ates. the question uow arises, what shall
be done with them? And here we pro.
pose to give the sentence that noted
Southerner and one intimately connected
with Davis & Co., deemed due to traitors.
As it is the decision of the "Southefn
Chivaliy" aud not of Northern Fanatics
our "Southern brethren" will certainly
be satisfied with it-loyal men assuredly
will, but nothing less. When Old John
Brown and his fourteen adherents terri
fed the whole State of Virginia with his
Quixotic raid d,and was captured, Fernando
Wood wrote to Gov. Wise 10 commute
his sentence, from hanging to imprison-
ment. Wise answered by the following
letter, which has historic interest, besides
furnishing the proper treatment of trail
tors:
ANSWER OF GOV. WISE TO FERNANDO
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BRowN'T BRoNtHI TRocnEs.-We would
call the special attention of clergymen and
teachers to Browns Bronchial Troches." )"
1t is well known to our readers that we do
not admit medicines to our columns. We
advertise these Troches, because, after a trial
Of them, we are satisfied that they are the
besl thing of the kind extant.- Chicago School
[0nrnnL
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WHAT HORSEMAN
Qf. Ioaias's JeQitiaq Borse Lipinept
WILL BE WITHOUT

lF. Iotias's Uepitiaq Tcrse Lipimepf,
TAUNTON, Mass, May Il, 1880.
DR. Tobias: Dear Sir-During 35 years
that have been in the livery business Ihave
used and sold great quantity of various
linmcnts, oils, sc. Some two years since,
hearing of so many. wonderful cures having
been made by y&r Venitian Liniment, /
tested its merits, and it has given the best
satisfaction of anything l ever used. / never
sold anything that gives suefuniversal salts
faction among horsemen. 1t is destined to
superSede all others. Yours, truly, &C..
SAMUEL WILDE.
Sold by oil druggists. Office, Sc Cortlandt
street, New York. Price for pint bottles, one
dollar.
*x* County Dealers are informed that no
travellers are now sent ont
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II. s. 5-2O Six per cent.
GOLD=BEARING BONDS

These Bonds are now worth handsome
premium, and are exempt as are all the Gov
ernment Bonds, from State, County and Nu-
niepaI taxation. achich adds from one TO three
per cent. per amman to their uaIue, according to
the rate levied upon other property. Them
terest is payable semi-annually by Coupons
attached to each note, which may be cut off
and sold to any bank or banker.
The interest at 7-3O per cent amounts to
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-06-07
Coudersport, Feb l3 'eS

LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post
Office at Coudersport, Pa, June /, 1865.
H. II. Barker, Catherine Baker, Edward
Dodd, William Francis, ]. Myers, W B. Pow
ell, Nancy A. Rees, Delpha G. Strong, J. c.
Smith, Moses Stein 2.
JNO. S. MANN. p NJ
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7-3O LOAN.

Thse notes are issued under date of July
Is, 1865, and are payable three years from
that date in currency, or are convertible at
the option of the holder into
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-06-07
Marble Yard.

VENHE subscriber desires to inform the citi-
IL zens of Potter that he can supply them
with all kinds of Marble work, as cheap and
as good as it can be had any place in the
country. MONUMENTS and TOMB STONES
of all kinds furnished on short notice.
c. BREUNLH.
Coudersport, Feb I3 'eS "
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u. S. 7-9O LOAN
THIRD SERIES.
$23O,OO0, 600.

By authority cf the Secretary of the Treas
ury, the undersigned, the General Subscrip-
ton Agent for the sale of United States Sc
curities, offers to the public the third series
of Treasury Notes, bearing seven and three
tenths per cent, interest per annum, known
as the
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-06-07

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has returned to
Alexandria, Va, and recognizes none but
rebels as his friends. Wait little.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-06-07

R1 1t seems to be accorded by the uni
versal consent of mankind that DR.. J. G. Aver
& Co.'S Sarsaparilla, Pectoral and Pills are
tie greatest remedies yet discovered for the
treatment of disease; that Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla is the great Elixir of Life, which Philos
opl.ers have sought for purifying the blood
Try 1t and judge for yourselves.
NOTICE TO DELINQU ENT COLLECTORS,
l am requested by the County Commits
sioners to give Notice to all Collectors for
1864 and previous, that unless they pay to the
Treasurer the full amount due from them, by
the last day of next Court, executions will
issue against them Immediately after Court.
JNO. S. MANN, Atty for Comrs.
Coudersport, Nav o. 1865.
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WAsHINGNON, Friday, May 10, %.
The following testimony has just been
elected before the Committee on the
Conduct of the War, and is furnished by
them for publication
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-08
sUerREssED rEsTInoNY.

NEW YORK, June Z.
A Washington special to the Tribune
says the suppressed testimony surrepti-
ciOusly published by Ben. Pitmsn has great
ly endangered the lives Of the witnesses,
some of whom are still in Canada. DR.. J.
B. Merritt, one of the witnesses, is g culti-
waited and well resd gentleman Of excellent
manners; sPhysician by profession and
evidently entirely truthful. After he con-
eluded his testimony before the Court, Gem
ersl Grant rose and stated that he knew
the witness and desired to vouch for the
truth of his testimony. DR.. Merritt was
besought not to return to Canada, both by
his friends here and his wife there, but he
persisted in going to settle up his busin ess
relations and to return here Immediately,
but he has not been heard from
The Grand Sire of the United States
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows has Issued q
circular, reasserting the Jurisdiction of that
body over all the lodges Of the order in
the lately insurrectiOnary States, and in
vIting them to send delegates to the annual
National communication, to take place in
Baltimore on the 18Th Of next September.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-08
FROM CINOIaNATL.

CINCINNATI, June 2.
About eight O'clock last evening the
building, on Longworth street. occupied
as an srmory by the National Guard, sud
denly fell, burying 8 number of persons
beneath the runs. Three of them were
killed and four fatally injured.
The Gazstts Chattanooga dispatch says
that the officers of one Of the Richmond
banks, while on their way TO that place
with the assets Of the bank, were attacked
by robbers near Washington, Georgia,
and robbed OF two hundred thousand dol
lars.
Ten guerrillss were hung by the citizens
of CAss County, Georgia, few days ago.
The Macon Herald says that Msjor Gen
eral MeCoOk has been assigned to an i'm
porsant position in New Mexico.
The First and Second Divisions Of Will
sons cavalry, under Colonel Mendie, star
for Nashville to-day.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-08
What the Times Says in Re-
gard the Capture of
JEFF Davis.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
GOLD LAST NIGHT fS7 SO
Associated Press Report.
From WseHINGTOS.

NEW York, June 7.
The Posts Washington special saws
EX-Congressmsn Houston and rebel Sens
tor Hill, Of Georgia, together with othe
| prominent citizens of that State, have ar
rived there on 8 reconstruction mission.
| Fifty thousand troops have left Wash.
ington since Friday for home.
Secretary McCulloch is engaged in re.
storing the machinery for collecting Gus
toms in the Southern States. In this con-
nection the President has made the follow
ing appointments of collectors
Wiley Woodbridge, st Savannah; AL
bert G. Msekey, at Charleston Robert
Montague, at Mobile, and John w. Kicks,
at Pensacola
Mr.. Harrington, Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, who has been appointed
Minister to Switzerland, will not probably
leave the country before the 1st of August.
A strong application has been made to
the President in favor of NJ. B. Field,
Assistant Secretary Cf the Treasury, for y
foreign mission.
1t is the op .nion of the officers of the
special iron-clAd squadron which Was sent
10 watch and capture the pirate steamer
Stonewsll, before she was surrendered to
the Cuban authorities, that abe was not so
formidable as was supposed, and that even
the Monsdnoc or ConOnicus which lay off
Havana, are more than g match for her.
John G. Nicolsy, private secretary of
the late President, was in Washington To-
day making arrangements to leave for
Paris on the 24th inst, TO enter upon his
duties as consul at that city.
A few only of the ironclads will be kept
in com mission. The others will probably
be laid up 10 the Delaware River.
The President usually receives visitors
for about five hours daily, being kept
nearly all that time upon mis- feet.
To-day at two o'clock there we're at least
100 persons, one fifth of whom were
women, waiting for admission.
Within day or two the President has
given audience TO prominent citizens of
Alsbama Mississippi and Georgia, in re-
lstion TO political affairs of their respee-
tive States and looking to reorganization.
A general order for the discharge of
certain prisoners of war has just bsen
issued.
Mr.. Frederick W. Seward is much better
today.
Frederick A. Sizar has been appointed
Collector Of Internal Revenue for the city
of Charleston, s. @.
Mr.. Sawyer, native of Boston, for some
time past has occupied the position of
Superintendent of the public schools of
Charleston.
Among the latest arrivals from the
South are George F. Houston, of Alabama,
and Joshua Hill of Georgia. Both are
ex-members of the Uni.ed States House of
Representatives
Ex-member George w. Jones, of Ten
nessee, did not come TO Washington, a.
reported, at the request of the President,
but was permitted TO do 30 on his own per-
sOnRl application.
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sEURErARY srANr0T
W.sur,-nnnu L.

WAsHINGTON, June z.
Some persons may be interested in learn
ing that the Chronicle Of today, In order
to set at rest what it calls malignant
-lhOod, says, on the authority OF Mr..
--esanton himself, that he has not resigned /;
that it is not known that he has determin-
ed 70 leave the Cabinet very sooR, and that
ne has had no dispute, no difference, no
collision with President johnson. His re-
lAtions with the President are Of the most
Cordial and friendly charseser, and the
Fresidents relations with Mr.. Stanton sra
entrely agreeable and confidential. He has
never mad difference, much less a collis-
sion, with his Secretary Of War, nor has he
given such assurance 70 any one Msjor
Genera, or otherwise, as has been sttri6u-
ted to him, and the ChrOiele also Saws that
the lstter statement is made by authority
of President johnson
The Secretary of the Treasury has divi-
ded Mississippi, South snd North Carolina
into districts for the collection of internal
taxes.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-08
FROM wILMINGTUN.

NEW YORK, June Z.
The Wilmington Herald, of the Sd inst,
says: It is surprising to those who hsv e
been in the city since its occupation by the
Union army, and who have formed very
unfAvorable estimate of the amount of ar
tieles of trade here, to witness the cart and
drsy loads of cotton, rosin, sc, now being
stored in warehouses for shipment 10 a
northern market. Where it comes from
no one knows. Ten days ago sill kinds of
vehicles for hauling could be found in idle
ness on the streets, but since the removal
of the restrictions on trade not one Is 10 be
seen. All are busy hauling.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-08
THE COHsPIKACY CASE-.-DEATEI.
FROM NEM OKLEaNs

NEw ORLEANS June 5.
General Hood and staff arrived here to-
day.
All loyal citizens received the Presi-
dents Proclamation with Joy.
The kindest feeling existed between
Generals Banks, Candy and Sheridan upon
the transfer of commands.
General HerrOn's actions aud orders at
Shreveport have given general satislae-
tion. His order relsting to Freedmen will
be universally respected
Cotton middlings 42; gold I3l.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-08
Yesterday Evenings Edition
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.

NEW YORK, June z.
The Hersld's correspondent in Colum-
bis, the capital of South Carolinia, repre-
ssnts that the chivslry of that State are rap
idly accommodating themselves to the al
tered condition OF affairs under the restor-
alton OF the national authority, and gener-
ally appear rather grstifed st the down.
fall OF the Rebellion, since, though it has
left them impoverished, it has given them
the long coveted peace. The magnificent
unopposed sweep of General Sherman
through their State seemed to give the
South Carolinisns their first realiZ ation of
the power of the national Government
The splendid success of that march de-
stroyed their faith in the mushroom insti.
tuition of jeff Davis, and many of them
are now glad to be once more considered
citizens Of the great republic. The rail.
roads of the State sre being rapidly repair
ed, and in few weeks the transportation
facilities will be IS complete as before the
war.
It is said that Trenholm, the late Secre-
tary Of the Treasury was very recently
quietly living with his family at AbbeVille,
South Carolina If be has not already
been, he probably soon will be taken into
custody by the national authorities.
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The last EirIh avenue sensation.
THE "PKEFTY WAITER GIRLS IN THE FIFTH
AVENUE


THE ''PRETTY WAITER GIRLS IN THE FIFTH
AVENUE.
TheneW establishment on Broadway and
Fifth avenue, opened a few nights since,
and called the.."Louvre," has become one Of
the fashionable resorts of upper-tendom. It
is nightly thronged with gentlemen, among
whom our reporter noticed judges, lawyers,
bankers, merchants, etc, who seemed great
ly delighted, not only with the rich ap-
pointments of the place, but also with the
"pretty waiter girls" of whom some fifty
are in attendance.
It is said that the Hinstitulion" was
modlled alter the most approved French
plan, and cost somewhere In the neighb1r-
hood Of thirty thousand dollars. 1t takes
the entire basement Of Mort mer's build
ing, and is arranged in two sections; cna
being devoted to isger, wine and femmines,
while the other holds billiart and domino
tables The latter place Is mainly occupi-
ed by gentlemen, for none OF the girls ara
permitted to enter its precincts. Still.
t:uih ccmpels the statement that the other
section Is more freely pstroaized, and by
men who would think it an outrage upon
public decency to be seen in 3 Broad way
concert saloon. The "Louvre" is without
music, and docs not come within the laW
relative to the fash establishments, which
emit SO much moral poison to the eommun-
ity.
The bar IS probably the hsndsomest in
the city, ana Is furnished with its lager by
means of an sir comprising machine
which brings the fOaming beversge from
patent ice-box, fifty feet swey. Mirrors Of
great sizs cooling fountains, and brilliant
chandeliers, give to the place a snowy, yet
not fashy look. The walls and ceilings
arc frescOed in the best style Of the art,and,
in fact, everything is complete. What
ever may be thought of the character of
such places, the superb finish of this must
be admitted. The prOprietOrs have placed
the police arrangements in the hands of q
well known officer, who has several subor-
dinates, and the most perfect order is main-
tanned. A girl who exhibits too much IA
miliarity isproDptly expelled, and fashion,
able gentlemen are also retrained from too
much indulgence In mirth. But it is the
visitors, after all, who are the chief attrac-
ton. To see Judge H, and Judge
NJ representing the bar, with dozens Of
lawyers representing the bench, the WhOla
board Of brokers, who csme In from their
evening exchangei q heavy delegation
frem thst hesvy concern known as the
Union Club; to see all these different
kinds of people in pretty-wsiter-girl" "
saloon gives good evidence Of the progress
Of Fifth avenue civilization. The girls
fare well in this society, for one received
500 and another $50 from their gallant
customers.
The proprietOrs, who are known IS very
wealthy business men, have closed the
Filth avenue entrance in order to p 'essa
the residents in that immediate locality, so
that the saloon cannot be viewed st al
from the fashionable thoro1ghfsre- They
express their determination to keep 9ha
establishment in such perfect order that
there can be no cause for remonstrsnce.
The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-08
GOLD MARKET.

NEW YORK, June 7.
The demand for gold is limited; very
little is wanted for export, and the custom
demand is light. The disposition among
holders to sell is increased by the apparent
down waro tendency of premium. Quota
tions have ranged from 1871, the opening
price, up to 1871, the closing price.
The Commercials Washington special
says nearly all the citizens of the District
OF Columbia who went South and have
survived the war are home again.
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sEVEN.THTKTIES.
PHILADELPHIA, June Z.

Jay Cooke reports the subscriptions to
the 7.3O loan to-day at l,75I ,25O. The
largest western subscriptions we're: $780,
600 from the Second National Bank OF
Chicago; $1,000 from the First National
Bank of Cincinnati, and SlOO, 900 from the
First National Bank of Nashville. The
largest eastern subscriptions were: 500 900
from the First National Bank of New
York; $262, 800 from Fiske & Hatch, New
York; $3.50, 600 from the First National
Bank of Boston $50, 900 from n. BOlles &
Co, Boston, and 100000 from the Fi1si
National Bank of PhilAdelphis. Also !, ,22a
Individual subscriptions.