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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-22
Ear. Gllmer,s Little Joke.

Among the reluctant rebels was Mr.
Gi!mer, Of North Carolina. He was for.
merly conspicuous in Congress, and SO
moderate "a Southerper" that his name
was mentioned among those Of his sec
lion who might be properly invited to a
place in MIR Lincoln's cabinet four years
ago. Mr.. Gilmer is large sIeveholder,
and has been quiet and conservative
member Of the rebel Congress at Rich
mond.
After the failure Of the late peace ne
gotiations Mr. Gilmer introduced some
resolutions into the Rebel House which,
if despair has not deranged his mind, are
Ineligible only as "a cunning satire upon
the absurdity Of the claims Of the rebel.
lion They are in the form of supple,
ment to the resolutions which declare
that the rebels will prosecute the war
until they have gained their independ.
ence, and resolve that, notwithstanding
all hjs, are 6eijeue tie Confederate States
rOUid consent to-" what does the reader
suppose? They would consent, resolves
the sly Mr.. GiImer, that there be sep
aration between the United States and
the Confederate States of America, each
perfectly free and independent of each
other"
That is the 6rst thing they would con-
sent to-" They would farther consent
that there should be a Diet" to which
each might seed as many delegates and
in such manner as it chose. To the
Diet there should be but two votes, one
by the Northern, the other by the South.
ern delegates, and Its acts should be
binding uPon neither party until ratified
by each, Finally, the rebels would con-
sent to allow Kentucky and Missouri 10
decide by vote Of the people resident
in those States at the beginning of the
war, whether they would go with the
North or the South
This is uo grim jesting It is not
difficult to imagine Mr.. Gilmer, after
hearing Bonjamin's speech, which de-
cared the last hope of the rebellion to
be the help Of the slaves, rising aud
suggesting with Nephistopheljan gravity
that, whereas the "Confederqte States
took up arms to secure their independ,
ence, and wheras, after a war of four
years, they are now manifestly overcome
by the superior power ef the Govern.
ment, and whereas they cannot secure
their independence by arms, therefore
the same "Confederate States" as "a com.
promise and fual adjustment of the
quarrel, will "consent to" the recogni.
ton Of their independence by the United
States Government
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Administrators Sale.

I'd ! virtue of an order of the Orphans Court
I'D for the county of Potter, the following
described real estate belonging to the estate
Of George lngraham, late of the township of
Hebron, in said county, deceased, will be sold
to the highest and best bidder at the Court
House in the Borough of Coudersport on
81 erdoy The 18th day Of March
next, at l o'clock P. NJ.
One lot of land situate id the town OF He.
bron, Potter county, Bounded and described
as follows: Beginning at a post the east
northeast corner of lot No. 40, conveyed by
Adams and Hunt, thence east 3 and 7-l0ths
perches to a post, thence North by line of lot
No. Sc, l39 perches to post, thence west by
line of said lot No Sc, "A and 4-lOths perches
to post, thence south by line of lot 81 now
or late in possession of George Hlgley; l39
perches to post, thence east by the line of
aforesaid lot No. 40, II Derches to the place
of beginning. Containing Sixty One and
Two-Tenths acres more or less, on which are
about Fifteen acres improved, with shanty
barn and a frame house partly enclosed.
A. B. GOODSELL, ! 49,,
NORMAN DWIGHT, AUNT o.
CouderspOrt, Feb. 81 1865.
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bomb shell, guupoWder, aud other things
intended to help the harvest of blood. =
We shall 0ssuredly note the fact in this
country. aod keep it in circumference =
The neutrality of Englahe is an extimable
thing 1t has kept the Rebellion alive,
furnishing il with priVateers to assail our
commerce, and crews to navigate them.
We knew this much before. We are
much obliged to the "Arlny and Navy
Gazette for a new item--British torped.
oes. We shall add them to the list of our
obligations to the treacherous Power, and
it will receive our IA hereafter.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-22
British TOrpedOes. e

The British Army and Navy gazette"
incautiously reveals a secret which was
scarcely suspected in the loyal States OF
the UDion. 1t says that "the Confeder.
ate Government has countermanded large
orders for torpedoes' . in England. So
then, We are indebted to the unscrupu-
lous neutrality eff our cousins across the
water for these ingeniously devilish ma.
chiues-an innovation upon the modes Of
conducting warfare which, however jus.
tiGable they may be to the minds of mil,
itary men, cannot be regarded by ordinary
persons as contrivances which only de.
moniac malignity would employ. 1t has
been given out heretofore that these in.
stuments of destruction were fabricated
in the South, and the skill with which
they were constructed was matter which
called for the praise of sympathIzels with
Secession, as furnishing proof of the me-
ehauical abilities of the Southern work.
men. And yet they have been manufac
tured In England, and were imported in
blockade runners, with Blakely guns,
marked with the bread arrow, musket,
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E'nG LAST Ditch.

We should not be surprised if when
Richmond had fallen. and the discom6ted
leaders of the iusurrection had been driv.
en- from every city ard almost every house
in the South, they might still find one
safe place Of retreat 1t IS in the state of
New Jersey, and among the members Of
its legislature, whose devotion TO the re.
bellion seems to be as ardent as that of
any journalist at Richmond, and whose
hatred of the loyal army as ualignant as
that OF any bushwhacEer of the Valley.
This New Jersy legislature has recent
" distinguished itself by voting against
the amendment Of the constitution which
proposes to remove from the statute books
the odious cause Of this bloody cigi war
1t has had the proud satisfaction also, re-
Gently, of voting against an act to give
the right Of suffrage to the bSave Jersey
men in the field, who are exposing life
and limb in defence of the constitution
and the government. But the d grading
httienes OF It's spirit was, perhaps, most
strikiDgly exhibited the other day, when
bill was before the assembly to incorpo
rate an association in Sussex county, for
raising a monument to those natives OF
the county who had fallen in the military
service: engaged "in the suppression Of
the present unhoIY rebellion"
As soon as the preamble was read,a Mr.
Iiif jumped up and moved that the WORD
"unholy" be stricken out, and his demo
caatic friends carried the amendment
1t was then moved succcssively by loya
members to insert wicked aud causeless'
"caoselcSs" alone, aud finally SO mild ;
term as ''uojnstidable," but the same ma
jority, by solid vote refused to condemn
the rebellion 10 even that milk and wate
way At length one of their own nun
/ Der moved to insert the word righteous,
which uoquestionaby expressed their rea
feelings, but not enough of them were
sufficiently bold to declare them openly
and so, with the aid Of the Union votes
"righteous" was also rejected Yet they
had deliberately declared that the rebel
ion was neither uuholy nor, wicked, no,
causeless, nor uDjusti6able, and only tht
/ fear of political consequences preventing
them from declaring that it was righteous
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Early to be wiped out IN the Valley !?
Why does he allow Sherman to march
unopposed, hundreds of miles throuSh
the very heart of the rebel districts, lay
ing the cities and towns under tribute,
and supporting his entire force from the
country Why did lie not support Bragg
in the late conflicts, with an overpower.
ing inforcemeat
There are those who yet profess to have
hopes Of the confederacy-their wishes,
perhaps, being father to their Thoughts
and argue that Lee is still pursuing the
policy of concentration, calling in all his
outlying forces to compine them in a sin
gle mighty and irresistible assault either
upon Graut or upon Sherman, or upon
one after the other. He only bides his
time, like prudent general. Bat this
theory, in our view, is wholly untenable
Lee is no longer acting from policy, but
from absolute necessity. Grant has drawn
the cords SO tight about his limbs that it
impossible for him to move otherwise than
under coDstraint. If he had departed
from Richmond, if he had sent away any
considerable force underd Johnston or
Bragg, he knew better than any other
man that Grant would at once establish
himself on the flank, and never allow it
to return.
He knew, too, that supposiDg Grant
out of the way, or stuck In the mud so
fast as to be unable TO lift a foot, his
whole army was scarcely a match for
Sherman's army. The latter probably
equals his in numbers; it is flushed BY a
continuous series Of unparalleled triumphs
it has become historical grondeur, and
every man in it feels that be, like his i'm
ujoral commanded, is invincible Not
double the number of ordinary troops
could stand before body Of men, so sus-
tanned and invigorated by its conciousness
of glory, without bending or wyjelding to
It's impulsive power The single weakness
10 SheTman's position has been his want
OF line Of communications but now that
he has procured this by meaUs Of the riv,
er from Wilmington to Fayetteville, he
may well say, ,"All right and marcbingoD.
He is marchiog on, in spite Of all that
Lee can do, aud he will march to Raleigh
first, where he will bring North Carolina,
long yearning for it, into the old track of
PEACEFUL and harmonious unity, and to
Richmond next, where Mr Jefferson Da-
Wis and his accomplices, if they remain,
will receive the reward due to their iufa.
nous aud sanguinary career.
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rG-Hcn. George DaTsie died in Ale
gheny county on Friday week, aged So
years Mr.. Darsie was for some years
State Senator, at later period Of his life
was Canal Commissioner, and afterwards
represented that district in Congress.
rea-F Freeman Clark has been appointed
by the President. Comptroller of the Cur
rency, 10 place Of Hon. Hugh MCulIoch,
appointed Secretary of the Treasury.
aa- Elmira, Lockport, Rochester o..
wego. and Utica, New York elected the
Republican ticket at the charter election
held on Tuesday last
4 Coon ExcusE.-A soldier Of Sherman
army, accnsed Of raidiag privately on the
enemy plead IN Justification that he lived SO
constantly on turkey on the march that be
couldn't help becoming a gobbler.
S1-It is said that ten regiments have
been recruited from among the coutra-
iauds who joined Sherman in his recent
march through Georgia, and forther large
additions are expected 10 this force from
tis prosen. campaign.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-22
BROWNING'S
CELEBRATED COFFEE

Whilst trying Coffee Of all the various brands
Remember "BBOWNlNG'S EXCELSIORn-
at the head it stands.
True, it's not like Others that are "SOTD
EYERYWHEREH
A little stretch, re all do know, good goods
will easily bear,
(But stretch like this-"sod rvvherer-
is very apt to tear.l
Now, | can safely say, without any hesitation
There's none like "BROWNING'S EXCEL.ST.
OR in this enlightened nation.
Skilled chemists have not found Coffee from
any store
Possessing the same ingredients as "BroYu-
ings Excelsior"
Nor is there any one, in or cut of the Coffee
trade,
Who knows the articles from which Brown
isg's Excelsior" is made.
I'm told its made from barley, rye, wheat.
beans, and peas;
Name a thousand other things-but the
RIGHT ONE if you please
But with the Cotlee-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-
is1actOn,
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'Sl EXCELSIOR"
Some say theirs the only brand that will
stand a ready test.
Now try little Of them aIl-see which YOU
like the best.
Three years have passed away since 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'
4 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 It's NOT
"SOLD EVERYWHERE"
M1nutacfured and far Sale dy the .eriter,
GEORGE /. BROWNING,
No 20 Harriet street Camden, " IL
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 a 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
alf the pricp
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-22
Last Call 10 DeSerters-A Proc
Iamasf0n by the President.

IjherdS, the tweny. first section of the
Act of Congress approved on the Sd inst,
entitled "An Act to amend the several
acts heretofore passed TO provide for the
enrolling and calling out of the National
forces and for other purposes" requires
that in addition TO the other lawful pen
altles Of the crime of derertiCn from the
military or laval service, "all persons who
have deserted the military or naval service
OF the United States, who shall not return
10 said service or report themselves to a
Provost Marshal within 90 davs after the
proclamation hereinaftes mentioned shall
be deemed and taken to have voluntarily
rellnquished and forfeited their rights to
become citizens and such deserters shall
be forever incapable Of holding any office
of trust or profit under the United States,
or Of exercising any rights of citizens
thereof and all persons who shall here
after desert the military or naval service,
and all persons who being duly enrolled
shall depart the jurisdiction of the Dis,
trlct in which he is enrolled, or GO beyond
the United States with intent TO avoid
any draft into the military or naval SER
vice duly ordered shall be liable to the
penalties of this section; and the Presi.
dent is hereby authorized and required
forthwith, on the passage of this act, to
issue his proclamation setting forth the
provisions of this section, 10 which proc
lamation the President is requested to
notify all deserters returning within sixty
days as aforesaid that they shall be par
doued on condition of returning to their
regiments and companies, or to such
other organizations as they may be as
sigued to, until they shall have served,
for period of time equal to their origi.
nal term Of enlistment
Now, therefore, be it known, that I,
Abraham Lincoln, President Of the United
States, do issue this, my proclamation, as
required by said act, ordering and requir.
ing all deserters to return to their proper
posts and do hereby notify them, that
all deserters who shall, within 60 DAYS
from the date of this proclamation, viz on
CT before the 10th day of May, 1865 return
to service, or report themselves to Pro.
vost Marshal, shall be pardoned, on con-
dition that they return to their regiments
and companies, or to such other organi-
zation as they may be assigned to, and
serve the remasnder oftheir original term
Of enlistment, and in addition thereto a
period equal to the time lost by desertion.
Ia testimony whereof, l have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal Of the
United States to be affixed
Done at the City of Washington this
llth day of March, in the year of our
Lord 1865. and of the independence of
the United States the eighty ninth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President:
WILLIAM H SEWARD, ,Scc'y of State
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-22

The Richmond Whig gives very vi,
vacious ard vivid account Of the scenes
preceding and attending the entrance of
Sherman's army into the Capital of South
Carolina. His arrival there was utterly
unexpected, and confusion aad pIunder
on the part Of the rebels reached its height.
So terrible were the barbalities of Gener-
al Wheeler's rebel cavalry, that even this
South Carolina writer declares that either
the Yankees or old Satan himself, would
be preferable. Sherman's treatment Of
the citizens, we are told, was uniformly
lenient and couciliatory. Beaureg?rd, it
seems had only a "little army" We are
informed that in South Carolina and its
capital, our troops march along singing
with tremendous energy Union songs. =
Such we're some Of the sights and scenes
in South Carolina during the late event
full month of February.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-22

gGy- BY the capture of Wilmington
about 400 Union prisoners were released
They we're confined in Camp Lamb about
one mile from the city. Their treatment
was of the most brutal charcter, and for
three days preceding the evacuation they
had not received a mouthful to eat. The
citizens had tndeag6red to feed them but
the food was taken away by the officer in
charge. They presented most sickea.
ing spectacle, many of them having been
rendered idiOtio and had forgotten their
OVID names.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-22
WIS EgEHHaS.

Gen. Roddy, a Tennesseean, has left
the Rebel cavalry service and come over
to ours.
1t is calculated that 100000 Of
francs are spent in Paris every day in
dining, equal to % cents apiece
The Albany Argus calls the Union
captures of Southern ports and. towns,
"RecoVery of stolen property"
At a club house in St. Petersburg.
lately, an English traveller lost 100000
roubles, equal to 100000, at dominoes.
The people of New Orleans held a
meeting lately to consider the propriety
Of closing their places Of public amuso-
ment on Sunday.
Gen. Winder, most infamous on ac-
count Of his crueIties to tin Uuion pris-
oners, died recently Of apoplexy at Flor
ence, S. c., aged 65 years.
Gen. Grant reports that since the be-
ginning OF the campaign last May, H. 900
deserters have come into cur lines from
Lees army alone.
A few young ladies of Soldiers Aid
Society at Brookfeld, Mass, gave tea
party last week, aud the result was $500
net gain for the soldiers benefit.
Senator Hammond of South Carolina,
who gave the name of "Mudsills" to
Northern working-men, is dead Let the
grave bury the memory of the wrong done
to the hardy working-man.
/ The New York Herald gives list of
/ SO railroad accidents occurring from
September ID to November 18th, inclu,
sive, resulting in the killing of 129 per-
sons and the woanding Of 3j5.
/ Great guns cost something A TO-
inch Parrot quo cost S4,500; and a
ll,iuch Rodman gun costs Sc, 500; a
l5-inch Krupps gun cost S29 400; a
l2,inch BlakeIey gun costs 1000
The two latter are made of steel.
Some of the Copperhead editors de-
clare they will not 90 to the war, because
they had no part in bringing it on! In
this declaration they convey very pal
pable untruth. They arc the very ones
that brought on the war by encouraging
the South to rebel against the govern
ment. Why, Southern men have tre-
quently declared that they would have
never gone into rebellion had they not been
promised aid from the North; and any
one who read the so-caled Democratic"
papers before the rebellion will remember
how they melted the south TO blood by
mi8representing the intentions of a ma.
jority of the Northern people. Let the
truth be borne in mind, then, that the
CopperhoadS were the real and immedi.
ate authors of the rebellion, and couse-
quently of-the gar and bloodshed which
has followed.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-22
Whiskers Whislxers I!

Do you want Whiskers or Moustaches o,x
Grecian compound will force them to grow on
the smootheSt face or chin, or hair on b,Id
heads, in Six Weeks. Price, Sl.OO. Sent Nv
mail anywhere, closely sealed, on recein, ~
price. Address WARNER & co
lysn Box l3s, Brooklyn. n. Y
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To PRoFEssoRs or Music, AMATEURS, AND THE
MUSICAL PUBIc GENERALLY
P. a. WUndermann,
Eor;igQ & 3heficaQ lJQsio 5Uafchopss,
So EgrOadYYaY,

Having on hand the largest stock Of Foreign
Music in New York, which he imports from
Europe expressly to meet the taste and re-
quirement3 Of the American lovers of Music,
respectfully calls attention TO the fact, that he
is now supplying Music Of Every Style at
Reduction Of twenty-five to fifty per cent, less
than any other house in the United States.
Private Families can be supplied (post free)
by forwarding the cash to the above address.
Should the amount Of cash forwarded exceed
the cost of the Music, the balance will be
promptly returned in postage currency.
Dealers and Professors should not neglect
this opportunity; they will be literally dealt
wits.
n. B.-Auy and every piece of Music(vocal
or instrumentaJ published in Europe or A
merica, will be supplied to order, if accom-
panied by the cash.
Remember the Address,
P. A. WUND D ER MANN,
Foreign and American Music Warehouse,
824 Broadway, New York. 1893
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-22
DIR. A. FRENCH'S
CELEBRATED TONIC BITTERS

"A TOE DeCOlIng inc most pOpuIaf MtulClHo
"a in circulation for the cure of
LIVER COMPLAINT. DYSPEPSIA, JAUN-
DICE, DEBiSITY OF THE NERVOUS
SYSTEM, and WEAKNESS of the
STOEACH and DIGESTIVE ORGANS.
1t is a'so gaining great reputation IN the
CURE of DIPTHERIA.
Principal Office, FouderSport, Potter Co., o.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-11-14

BILL ARP, so called, whose letter on
the state of the country we publish this
morning, is candidate for the State Sen
ate in the Rome district, Georgia.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-11-14
Southern Governors.

The Governor business in the Southern
States seems to be carried on rather eX-
tensively. In Mississippi Governor
SHARKEY. was appointed by the Presi-
dent and, with the appreciation of the
President, General HUMPHREYS was elect
ed Governor by the people HUMPHREYS
has been formally inaugurated, but, in
obedience to dispatches from Washing
ton city, SHARKEY is to hold his office
until further orders" In South Carroll
ma Governor PERRY holds commission
from the President, and Hon. JAMES L.
ORR has been elected 10y the people and
pardoned by the President, but PERRY
Is notified to act as Governor until he re-
ceives orders from Washington to stand
aside. In North Carolina, WORTH has
probably been elected Governor, but
HOLDEN, like his provisional compeers,
is instructed to still exercise the func-
tons of his office
The Southern states seem generally to
be pretty well supplied with Governors,
and in fact have rather superabun-
dance of the article. They are govern
ed too much"-thats what the matter
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-11-14
The New York Election.

The New York World argues that
though the nominees OF the Dem
ocratic party were defeated in the
recent campaign, that the position
assumed by the Democracy forced the
Republicans to endorse the reconstruc-
ton policy of the President, and will
force them still to support it or encoun-
ter defeat. The negro suffrage question
is desided in the negative, and if the Re.
publican party comes before the people
in the Congressional election next year
in opposition to the President, it will be
beaten as easily as if it had placed itself
squarely and confessedly in opposition
to his policy this fall. The Wortd says
that Democrats have never doubted
that love of office and power wasa strong
or impulse with a majority of the radicals
than love of the negro" The truth OF
the observation is illustrated in nearly
every election this fall