The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-26


! Of Col. Hartranft. In January, 1864,
his regiment re-eniisted for three years,
and he was again transferred with Gen.
Burnside to the Army of the Potomac,
where Gen. Grant assigned him the com.
mand of a brigade in the 81 division of
his corps. He participated in all the
battles from the Rapidan to the James
Ia 1864, and was commissioned Brigadier
General, to rank from May y, 1864, for
gallant services from the Wilderness to
Hatcher's Run. Early in Abyil last the
rebel assaulted and captured Fort Stead
man, one Of Gen. Grants outer defences,
and to Gen. Hartranft was assigned the
duty of recapturing the lost position.
How nobly he did it is familiar to all and
he was breveted Major General for his
heroism and skill as commander. He
was one of the few volunteer officers re-
tanned in the service when the army was
dlsbanded, and when nominated on the
17th Of August, he was On his way to
Tennessee to assume the duties of his
pew command. Gen. Hartranft acted
with the Democratic party until it arrayed
itself against the cause of his imperiled
country but in 1868, when home on sick
leave, he manfully espoused the Union
cause, and gave his vote and influence to
strengthen the principles for which he
had drawn his sword. His county and
immediate section were largely Demo
cratic, and had he needed the whispers
Of ambition he would have remained with
his old political friends, with whom he
was favorite but too honest to sustain
those who were in sympathy with the
murderous enemies Of the government, he
declared himself IN favor of Gov Curtin's
re election, and has since given his vote
and influence in support of the Union
party. He is just in the prime of life
hardly thirty, five, intelligent, energetic
and of spotless integrity, aud he IS just
the man to entrust with the responsible
duties for which he has been nominated.
Some account of the history of Colonel
! JACOB NJ. CAMPBELL, our candidate for
! Surveyor General, will also be of interest
to our readers. He was born in the
eastern part of the State, but when quite
young removed with his parents to Allie
gheny City. He soon after, we believe,
engaged with his uncle, Mr.. Wevand, of
Bedford, Pa, to learn the printing busi.
ness, which he followed for several years.
Not finding the pursuit coDgenial, he
abandoned it and returning to Allegheny
he followed steam boating on the western
rivers for number of years, when he
married a young woman in Allegheny
City y,aud engaged as an iron worker at the
Brady's Bend iron works. Here he gained
thorough knowledge of the process Of
manufacturing railroad iron. Col. Camp
bell may be termed, in the best sense of
the expression, a man of the working
class, with which he closely sympathzes
His sagacity and close attention to bust
ness has enabled him to secure a hand
some competence. In consequence of
his skill in the manufacture of railroad
iron, he subsequently obtained an i'm
portant position in the Cambria iron
works at Johnstown, where, for many
years he conducted the manufacture of
railroad bars with success. He remained
IN their works until the war broke out,
aud Immediately after the battle of Bull
Rum in 1861, he raised the 54th Penn a
Regiment, aud joined the army OF the
| Potomac, where lie and his command
served with unfaltering heroism in nearly
if not all the terrible battles against Lee
His record as an officer and soldier is a
glorious one. lie was often, and Justly
complimented for his bravery aud skill,
by his superior officers on the field. In
addition to bis gallant services in the
army, Col. Campbell showed his conf
dence and deep interest in his country's
welfare IN another way. Ia The early
history of the war, he was amoug the first
men In Western Pennsylvania to come
forward and aid the State bV loan of
thirty thousand dollars, for the purpose
of defraying the expenses of raising vol
unteers--thus showing that lie was a
devoted Union man. both in practice and
principle. Col. Campbell quite recently
has aided IN the organization Of a manu-
featuring company in Johnstown, and is
himself one Of the principal stockholders
and managers IN the business. lie Is an
excellent mechanic, and a man of more
than ordinary skill and Intelligence. He
is Self-made man, aud owes his success
entirely to his own eforts-a gentleman
of the highest character, honest and EN-.
inently qualified for the position for which
he is named.
The entire business portion Of the city
of Augusta, Maine, extending from the
passenger bridge to Winthrop street, and
from the river to above The railroad tracl,