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The Suppressed Testimony.

The testimony of Sanford Conoyer, taken
perhaps two weeks ago, was of that class
considered proper by the military court
to be suppressed for the present, with a
view to the ends of justice, but notwith-
standing it has been made public. Judge
Holt is reported to have said it was OBJ
tanned surreptiously, and that the publ.
cation meets his condemnation. This
testimony clearly duplicates JacobThomp-
son, &C. Clay, George N. Sanders, and
Beverly Tucker, not only in completely
with the assassination of the President,
but of being actively engaged in the
varioua plots to burn Northern cities, i'm
port yellow fever, commit robberies, ,mur.
der and piracy ,and other deeds of infamy
1t is also in evidence that plan was Sc
rioucly discussed for destroying the Gro
ton aqueduOt, and that failing, to poison
the people of New York by putting dead
ly drugs IN the reservoirs The scoun.
drels named were in frequent intercourse
with Booth in Canada, ,and their published
card DENYING any knowledge of the mur-
der adds the meanness of lying to the
catalogue of their crimes. 1t IS also clear
from the evidence, that these atrocities
received the sanction of the Richmond
authorities before they were put into exc
cution and there are good reasons to be.
lieve that Davis himself was a party to
the scheme to murder the President and
other high officers of the Government.
NEW York, June IA special dis
patch to the New York papers, dated
Washington, June Essays: The suppress
ed testimony, y,surreptitiously published by
Ben Pitman, has greatly endangered the
lives of the witnesses some Of whom are
still in Canada. DR.. j. Merritt, ,one of the
witnesses, is cultivated and we'll read
gentleman of excellent manners, physi.
clan by profession, and evidently entirely
truthful. Indeed, after he concluded his
testimony before the court, General Grant
being present, rose and stated that he
knew the witness and desired to vouch
for bis credibility. DR.. Merritt was be-
sought not to return to Canada both by
his friends here and his wife there, but
he persisted in going to settle up his
business, intending to return here imme,
diately, He has not since been heard
from.
The Tribune states that Mr.. Conover
whose testimony concerning the compile
ltY of the rebel leaders in the assassina
tion is now made public, left Washington
for Canada fortnight ago to return II
few days, but has not been heard from
since, though his presence in Washing
ton is earnestly demanded. 1t is feared
he has been foully dealt with.
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English estimate ofthe Presi-
dent,

The London Spectator Of May 9th has
long article on our new President, which
commences as follows:
"a very original, very determined, it
may be, very dangerous, but unqustion.
ably very powerful man, has succeeded
Abraham Lincoln. The public in this
country has been deceived as much BY
formal utterance of Mr.. Johnson when
accepting the Presidency as by the acci-
dent which threw such ridicule over his
Inauguration in the subordinate Office
This is no feeble ruler, sure to be tool
in the hands of his secretaries or the par.
ties around him, any more than it is a
drunken rogue elevated by an accident
and incapable Of an idea, but strong self
reliant man, accustomed to rule, and to
rule in a revolution with a policy as dis
tinct as that of the oldest European states
man, and will which, be that policy
wise or rash, will assuredly make resist.
ance to it a most dangerous task. There
is no single point in politics which is so
important to EDglismen to understand as
the character of the American President
they cannot afford second mistake such
as they committed about Mr.. Lincoln and
we have passed hours in studying the
speeches and acts of MrJ Johnson as Gov.
ernor Of Tennessee. The more we have
read,the more strongly has the conclusion
grown on US that the new American Pres.
ident is Que of the most Individual men
on the continent-a ruler who, whatever
else he may do or leave undone, will most
assuredly rule; who will borrow knowl.
edge, but accept advice only when it har-
monizes with his own prcconceiYed con,
Victions."
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The trial of DR.. Blackburn in the Can
ada Courts, is thoroughly revealing the
fendish spirit of the rebellion. This DR..
Blackburn is Kentuckian, and the ev.
idence shows that, he was entrusted with
the carrying out Of diabolical plan to
introduce yellow fever into all our sea.
board cities. In furtherance of this dev-
lis work he went to the West Indies en-.
tered the yellow fever hospitals, and col
lected all the infected clothing he could
lay hands on. This he packed in trunks
and shipped to Canada, whence it was
forwarded to his agents in New York,
Washington, Baltimore, and Newbern.- -
Happily, the infection took effect in New.
bern only.
1t would seem that the rebellion is to
go down in history without a champion
or apclogists among Christian people,
Its animus is now fully disclosed. Indis
criminate arson, piracy, assassination, in.
PRODUCTION of pestilence into unsuspect.
ing communities-these are the deeds OF
devils, not Of men. The world can now
see the instrumentalities which are EN-.
ployed in the furtherance of bad cause;
and the American people should recog-
nize in the creation and use of these in
strumentalities, the malign influence of
Slavery upon the master, and right here
IN the morning Of peace, saceor to join
hands and energies for the erorcism OF
its troubled ghost. Gtve tho rest. Drive
1t back to hell. Let ats ddnanatioas be ut.
ter, and @ithOW remedy !-Agitator.
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when lnual and nanahle men can be found

when loyal and capable men can be found.
The general reorganization of Southern
society yet presents some doubtful prob
lens.
The opinion has recently been expressed
BY the rebel General Johnston that So
clal war between the whites and blacks of
the South is probable. 1t is to be hoped
that he has not taken all the favorable
tendencies of the times into accout. But
it is plain that the Government will have
need of all the good judgement which it
can command, aided by the discreet and
earnest support of the Northern masses,
in order to remove the danger of collision
between the different sections of Southern
society. All must have their just rights,
the well disposed must have free scope,
and the mischevious must be overaWed.
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Commensurate.

There will open at the city of ETilwau.
kee on the 28th of June, grand fair,
under the auspices of the people of the
whole State, for the purpose of realizing
quarter of million of dollars, 10 estab-
lish and endow permanent home for
Wisconsin's disabled soldiers. This is
the first effort of the kind made in any
State, and the object is SO praiseworthy
that the people of Wisconsin are taking
bold of it with a unanimity and enthusi.
asm that is surprising to see, even in the
whole-souled generous West.
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"HANGMAN FooTE."- poor ex

"HANGMAN FooTE."-The poor ex-
secesh exile who bears this title has re-
Gently acknowledged that he deserves its
stigma. He says: ~ received the ap-
pel!ation fifteen years ago, because of a
Uery foolish and anconsiderate speech
which [ made in the United States Senate
in response to very courteous and elo.
quent one delivered by Mr.. Hale of New
Hampshire,in denunciation of the system
of negro slavery in the South" Nh
Foote says he early was ashamed of the
language and apologlzed for its use in
open Senate, bnt if editors and others will
use the epithet, he says he shall submit
with as good grace as practicable to
"wear the terrible shirt of Nessus" for
the remainder of his life. There may be
hope of Foote yet.
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Court Proclamation.

WHEREAS the Hon. Robert G. White,
w President Judge, and the Hons. c. S.
Jones and G. G. Colvin, Associate Judges Of
the Courts of Oyer & Termner 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 twentyfourth day
of February in the year of our Lord cne thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-fve, and to me
directed, for holding a court of Oyer Termi-
ner 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, and 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 TO 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 q, 1865, and
the seth year ofthe Independence of the United
States Of America.
D. c. LARRABFF
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The Virginian and Southwestern papers
are urgent for immigration from the
North, and their statements of the cir.
cumstances and needs of the country in
dicate that an almost inexhaustabIe field
for Northern enterprise in agricultural,
commercial and other industrial pursuits
is now or soon will be opened in that re-,
gion by the termination of the rebellion.
Several large land holders in North Car.
olina have come North IN search Of labor
for their plantations, which they greatly
prefer to that they have already used, on
the score of its intelligence and greater
reliability. Texas is loudly commended
to the attention of Northern men as fur
Dishing all the desired means for success
fui settlement.
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nesn Now that the triumph of our arr

BsSeNow that the triumph of our arms has
proven not only the power but the strength
of the Government but the strength and
safety of the dimocratic principle, there are
beginning to be ominous fears expressed in
Europe of the influence of our republican
example. One English journal says: at is
not the first time that America has revolu-
tionized Europe. The French troops returned
from helping Washington to defeat England
only to cNt off their own Kings head Ger
man emigrants have filled Austria and Prussia
with the spirit of transatlantic democracy
Ireland is but-an outlying settlement of Fed
eral territory" &c.
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ITCHING FOR INTERMEDDLING.-A
member of the British Parliament wants
his government to intimate to the United
States that in Davis case proceeding to
extremitles would be deplored by the
whole civilized world" If the civilized
world had just got safely over a formida
bic rebellion, it would be of a different
way of thinking,at least that is the expe-
rience of history; for we scarcely know
of an instance in which the pincipal was
not proceeded against to extremity when
caught. Certainly the British Govern
ment gives US no such instance. Even
now it has reward set upon Zena Sahib's
head, and executed without mercy the
King of Delhi, in the last rebellion in
India. justified as the native population
was, in overcoming their conquerors if
they could. The British Government,
we think, has had enough of iptermedd-
ling in the affairs of the United States.
While Its opinions upon State and inter
national matters will be received with
respect, its opinions upon our domestic
concerns will have but little weight or
influence, and might with propriety be
kept under wise suppression. The
United States, in Davis case, will do
what is just and polite, uninfuenced by
what the sympathizers abroad may think
or say about the matter.-Ledger.
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The slight change made in the conditions
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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-06-14

eeA- The London Times has fears for Amer
leans when their population reaches sixty
millions or one hundred millions. If thirty
millions cannot live in peace, what will be the
causes for dissension among one hundred
millions The Americans, it adds, "have
concei4td their own destiny, and are working
1t out in their own manner but they have
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ever may be its speculations or sympathies,
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next generation. One thing is toIerably safe
in predicting-that if thirty millions can now
take care of themselves and prevent inter
meddling with their domestic affairs. one
hundred milious will probably be able.
equally az well, to protect their own interests.
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HAPPINEss.-The idea has been trans
mltted from generation to generation that
happiness is one large and beautiful prec-
ious stone, single gem SO rare that all
search after it is in vain, all efforts for it
hopeless. 1t is not SO. Happiness is a
Mosaic composed of many small stones.
Each taken apart and viewed singly may
be of little value, but when all are grouped
together and judiciously combined and
set. they form pleasing and graceful
whole--a costly jewel, TrampIe not un-
der foot then, the little pleasures which a
gracious Providence scatters in the daily
path, and which in eager search after
some great and exciting joy, we are apt
to overlook. Why should we always keep
our eyes fixed on the bright, distant hori-
zon, while there are SO lovely roses in the
garden in which we are permitted to walk?
The very ardor of our chase after happi-
ness may be the reason that she so often
eludes our grasp. We pantingly strain
after her when she has been craciousIy
brought nigh unto US.
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Great Popular Loan of the
People.

Less than $3.50, 900, 600 Of the Loan au-
thorized 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 viii
undoubtedly command a 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 viii select
their own agents, in whom they have conf
dence, and who only are to be responsible for
the delivery Of the notes for which they re-
ceive orders. JAY COOKE,
SubsCription Agent. Philadelnhia
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s@The new Constitution Of Missouri
has been defeated.
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EORNER STORE-constantly receiving
" fine asSortmentS of GOODS,
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Tie Only Loan in Market

Now offered by the Government, and its su-
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Systematic Starvation of Union Prisoner

The story Of the barbarities practiced upon
Union soldiers in rebel prisons. does not de-
pend for its truth on the sufferers only. lift
did, while it would not lessen the horrors they
experienced, it might be doubted whether the
witnesses were sufficiently well informed Of
the ruling purpose of the rebels, to justify us
in believing the staryations and other bar
barities to which they were exposed, were =
part Of systematic plan on the part OF the
rebel Government to lessen the military force
against which they were obliged to contend.
Butwe have the highest rebel testimony on
this point. s.s a ss i ..ss s.ee,s ,rs, y
Perhaps it will be remembered that Henry
s. Foote, the rebel senator, before he left that
body, made aspeech in which he threw in
the face of Davis & Co., those very barbara
ties, and charged them with shocking the SEN
sibiities of the civilized worlslby their bar
barous treatment of prisoners ofwa
Subsequently Foote left the rebel States
and came North, and he communicated to the
Washington Government the fact that the
wholesale starvation of Union prisoners, at
Andersonville, Salisbury, Libby, and other
rebel Golgothas, was ia pursuance of the de-
liberste policy of the rebel government, de
termiued upon in Cabinet Council. sas
Mr.. Foote says that he was a member OF q
committee appointed by the Rebel Senate to
investigate the alleged cruelties to Union prls-
oners, and that as a result of that investiga-
ton it was discovered that the rebel govern
ment mad deliberately adopted the atrocious
policy of reducing the rations OF Union pris~
eners SO as to starve them to death, or in or
der that those who survived the slow horrors
of starvation should be disabled from further
service In our armies.
ls0ger $4,000 Union prisoners were thus MUIR
dered In pursuance of this barbarous policy at
Andsrsonville, alone. Not less than $4,000,
probably it. would be nearer, the mark to-
$4,000, thus persisted in all the rebel prisons
by cold blooded massacre. not only known
to the rebel authorities, but by their explicit
and positive orders. - Rlo8KAAEsf1
And yet there arepersons who are doubtful
whether Mr.. Jeferron Davis, "late of Rich
mond, Virginia. who thus cooIly deereed the
worse than murder Of So 900 prisoners In his
hands, was capable of asserting to the assas
sination Of President Lincoln ssn ae3 siilo
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