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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-06-28

BSg~ The Union State Convention has been
indefinitely postponed. Why this is no one
appears to know. The Central Committee
meet at Harrisburg on Wednesday the 18th
day of July, at the Lochiel House, at p. m.
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1865
1855

1865 1865
PHILADELPHIA L ERIE RAILROAD
T. This great line trayerses the Northern
and Northwest counties of Pennsylvania to
the city of Erie, On Lake Erie.
1t has Deen leased by the Pennsylvania Rail
Road Company, and lnder their auspices is
being RAPIDLY opened throughout its entire
length.
1t is now in use for Passenger and Freight
business from Harrisburg to ST. Mary's (zIf
miles) on the Eastern Division, and from
Sheffield to Erie, (78 miles) on the Western
Division.
TINE OF PASSENGER TRAINS At EAPoRIUN
Leave Eastward.
Through Mail Train 34oP. M
Leave Westward.
Through Mail Train I0l8A. NJ.
Cars run through WITHOUT CHANGE both
ways between Philadelphia and Lock Haven
and between Baltimore and Lock Haven
Elegant Sleeping Cars on Express Trains
both ways between Williamsport and Balti
more, and Wil!iansport and Philadelphia,
For information respecting Passenger bust
ness apply at the S. Z. Ger. 18th and Market
Streets.
And for Freigh! business of the Company.
Agents:
S. B. Kingston, Jr., Cor. 18th and Market
Sts., Philadelphia.
J. W. Reynolds Erie.
William Brown, Agent E.C.RR. Baltimore.
H. E. HoUsTos,
GsnE Freight ASt. PhTa.
LEWIS L. HOUR,
GmT TYeEH Agt. PaiVs.
Jos y. PoTT.,
Gent Manager, WHiiam,pors. |
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Marble Yard.

VENKE Subscriber desires to inform the cit:-
4 zens of Potter that he cen supply them
with all kinds of Marble work, as cheap and
as good as it can be had any place in the
couatry. MONUMENTS and TOMB STONES
of all kinds furnished on short notice
@. BREUNLE.
Coudersport, Feb 10 '65 "
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re- T. S. CaAsE, at one time Publisher of
the JOURNAL, died at his home in Tltusyiile,
last week, of Consumption.
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NOTICE.

ENTHEREAS my wife AMELIA has left my
w bed and board without just cause or
provocation, hereby warn all persons not to
harbor or trust her on my account as will
pay no debts of her contracting after this date
JAMES G. BOOTH.
Colesburg, Pa, June 20 1865.
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EG77+ DoNY, the classical editor of the Wayne
Co., Free Press, has come to grief again. He
has been arrested as a deserter and ruthlessly
torn from the bosom of his family. We are
sorry that it was thought necessary to give
him the bad eminence he has labored to Sc
cure during the war. He is nothing uuless
notorious and he takes to notoriety like
sick kitten to hot brick. Don't pander to
his depra"ed appetite by giving him notori-
ETY.. He would regard hanging as a great
triumph. Let him alone; his record will
sink bin below public notice.--Aqitator.
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TIE POTTER COUNTY JOURNAL
Couderspcrt, Wednesday Evening, June as, 1865.
Local and General.

n9- There will be no paper issued from
this Office next week.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-06-28

Glorious OIL LNEws.-From Mr. Libte7 W 40
resides on kinzua creek, we learn that on
Friday last vein of oil was struck at the
mouth or Chapel Fork, on the Kinzua, at a
depth of about 600 feet. The well is not
tubed, but oil was running over the top of the
pipe in the we'll when he was there on Sat-
urday. 1t is thought that when tubed the
well will prove a flowing one. Mr.. Libbey
is a candid man, and we place the utmost
reliance in his statement. This we'll is in
Hamilton township, Mexican Co. Does any
one now doubt that paying wells will be found
en- this side of the ridge ?-IEnar.
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B&- samuel NJ. Mills, Jr., formerly OF .uis
place, is among the graduates from West
Point.
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IMPORTANT TO PosTHAsTERs.-Rece the
Postofiice Department issued orders to Offices
exchanging Pouches, authorizing the use of
twine instead of paper in putting up pack
ages of letters. The order has been misun-
derstood to apply to all offices, and many
country Postmasters have got the habit OF
throwing their letters loosely into the mails,
occasionlng much embarrassment aud incen-
venience to the service. The Department. to
remedy the evil, has rescinded the order, ex-
cept as to Offices directly served from Railway
Offices. Hereafter Postmasters will be re-
qnired to carefully wrap letters in good strong
paper, with the Postoflice, county and State
legibly endorsed thereon.
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PRICE CURRENT.

Corrected every Wednesday by P. A. STEB
BINS / CO., Retail Dealers in Groceries
and Provisions,
opposite D. f. Glassmire's Hotel,
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IL. J. OLMSTED'S
CT0RE can always be fouDd the best o
- Cooking, Box and Parlor
9 r D y T. s

Also. TIN and SHEET IRON WARE, POTS,
KETTLES, SPIDERS, SCOTCH BOWLS,
FRYING-PANS, SAP-PAN6, and CAULp-
RONS. Also,
Agricultural Implements,
such as PLOWS, SCRAPERS, CULTIVA-
TORS, RN-SHELLERS, HORSE-RAKES
DOG-POWERS, sc.
HIS WORK
IS we'll made and the material good. GOOD
and Substantial EAVES-TROUGHS nut up in
any part of the County-Terms easy. Ready
Pay of ell kinds, including Cash, seldom
refused.
Store or Main Street opposite the Old Court
House, Coudersport. Aug. !, l863.--50
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DR.. A. FRENCH'S
CELEBRATED TONIC BITTERS

A RE becoming the most popular Medicine
"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.
It is also gaining a great reputation in the
CURE of DIPTHERIA.
Principal Office, ccudsrspo5. Potter Co., Ps.
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EORNER STORE-constantly receiving
~ dne assortments Of GOODS.
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A full assortment Of almost everything that 10
kept in a country store on hand. We intend
to keep Goods that will give satisfaction and
sell good articles at the lowest living profit,
At OLMSTED's,
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Drugs and Fancy Articles
Oils, Paints, and Dye Stuns, White Lead in
Tin Cans, Alcohol, Camphene, Kerosene, Lamp
and Lamp Fixtures, Glass, Patent Medicines.
Chemicals, Botanical Herbs, Perfumery Fancy
Soap and Toilet articles, Gum, Hair, Ivory
and Wooden Combs, Pomades and Colognes,
and a fine assortment of Flavoring Extracts,
Pens, Ink and Paper, and Linseed Oil-raw
and boiled,
Brushes
Cloth, Tooth, Nail, Hair, Hat, Paint, Varnish
and Artist Brushes
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-02-23

WHERE THE CoLD COMES Fxom
Our observations of the cold term, for
several years, chow that the icy v.ve
comes down over the central portion Of
this continent, striking our Western
States and passing over to the ocean in :.
southeasterIy direction. The cold wave
does not affect the Pacific shore; it comes
down FROM the Arctic regions upon tho
Rocky Mountains, and then turns east.
ward, so that tho first news We have Of il.
days before it reaches here, is from Min.
nesota, Nebraska and Utah. It follows
the valleys and the course of the waters.
and spends itself over the Gulf Stream.
where It warns again, aud rising % IL
expands, is waf'ed back 10 the upper At.
mospherc. This cold air current ia lust
the opposite to the warm water current
We call the Gulf Stream. That comes
from the torrid zone westerly, and is
turned northward by the couhsgration of
the lands, as the cold air wave is east
ward when it strikes the mountains, and
thence runs along our coast affecting the
climate near it, till it loses itself 10 the
Northern ocean and ice. So God has
provided in nature for heat and cold mu.
tual!y to affect each other.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-02-23

prepared it was found thst the machinery
would not set; at all events, it did not
answer the whole purpose of its erection
1T would not split the bar OF IRON
Foley disappeared sgain, and It vas con.
cIud.d that shame and modification At
his failure had driven him away for ever.
Not 80: sgsin, though somewhat more
speedily he found his way to the Swedish
iron.works, where he was received most
joyfully, and to make sure Of their fiddler,
he was lodged in the splitting mill itself.
Here was the very end aud aim of his life
obtained beyond his utmost hope. He
examined the works, and very 5000 die.
covered the cause Of his failure He now
made drawings or rude tracings, and hav.
ing abided 40 ampel time to verify his
observation, and to impress them clearly
and vividly on his mind, he made his
way TO the port, aud once more returned
to England This time he was complete
ly successful, and by tht results of his
experience, enriched himself aud great.
ly benefited his conntrymen.
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FOLEY THE FiDDLER.-Thc most ex
,rsordluary aud the best.attested instance
Of Enthusiasm 10 con- junction with perse-
verancc, says CoIeridge is related of the
founder Of the Foley family This man,
who was u fiddler living near Stourbridge,
was often witness of the immense labor
aud loss Of time caused by dividing the
rods of iron necessary in the proceas of
making nails The discovery Of the pro.
cess called splitting mills was first made
in Sweden, and the consequences Of this
advance in art were most disastrous to
the manufactures Of iron about Stour-
bridge. Foley the fiddler was soon mis-.
sed from his accustomed rou nds, and was
not again seen for many years, He had
mentally resolved to ascertain by what
means the process Of splitting bars Of iron
was accomplished; aud, without commu
nicating his intention to single human
being. he proceeded to Hull, and thence,
without funds, worked his passage to the
Swedish iron port. Arrived in Sweden,
he begged aud 6ddled his way to the iron
foundries, where. after long time, he
became universal favorite with the work.
men; and, from tie apparent entire ab.
sence Of intelligence or any thing like
ultimate object. he was received into the
works, to every part of which he had &C.
cess. He took the advantage thus offer.
ed; and having stored his memory with
observations and oil the com mbinations, he
disappeared from amoog his kind friends
as he had sppoared-no one knew whencc
or whittier. On his return to England 10
communicated his voyage and its results
to Mr.. Knight and another person in the
neighborhood. with whom he was sssoci
ated, and by whom the necessary build.
ings we're erected and mach inery provid.
I'd. Whom st lepgth every thing was
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-02-23
EXCELLENT DRIED BEEF For con,

EXCELLENT DRIED BEEF For con-
veuieuce, the beef needs to be cut 10
strips before sailing For one hundred
pounds meat take two quarts Of coarse or
fine salt, and two ounces soltpetrc. Put
these in large smooth iron kettle, and
place it over the Ere until quite hot;
then add to it molasses, until the mass
resembles brown sugar. Rub the meat,
piece by piece. on all sides in this; keep.
ing the Vessel over the irc; immediately
packing tho meat in tub or jar. Turn
the pieceyI Iover every other day It needs
no wa,, the salt and juice Of the meat
are sufei 1nt to Gil all the creviccs. After
ten days bake out tho meat, rinsiue it
very slig .Fly iu water aud hang it up to
dry whert il will not freeze. Meat thus
prepared fs very tender, and has . pecu-
liarly delicious favor.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-02-23
TABLE TALK.

When people, cUuie to see us, We fool.
ishly prat,le, aud th,uk it necessary in
order to be hospi'uble; but such conver.
sation are chalk eggs. The honest man
must keep faith with himself; his sheet
anchor is sincerity. Losing this he loses
the talent OF his talent. What we want
is not your activity, not yoar interfer-
ence, but your habitual truth. Stay at
home The way to have large occasioual
views, is to have large habitual views.-
Let nature bear the expense. Let our
eyes meet. Look not abroad for materials
for conversation, but rest; first feel your
subject fully; then discourse, if speaking
be more grateful than silence. Make
yourself the vehicle Of truth
Another hindrancc is the disposition
to fun and untimeiy jokes. Beware Of
them. They are condiments, iuestima
ble for sauce but corruptlng food. You
go away from such banquets hollow and
ashamed. There are people who cannot
be cultivated; you must keep them down,
an. quiet them you can; people on
whom speech makes no impression.
Shun the negative side. Never worry
people with your coutractions. Never
name sickness, aud above all, beware Of
unmuzziing the valetudinarian.
Some western court has defined town
to be "a pl CO where whiskey is old."-
He would define city as place where
a man could 60 into cafe, aud, while
drinking his cup of coffee, meet and con
verse With men of letters and science
and enjoy the refreshment of society -
Our institutions of daily necessity can be
arranged to secure such benefits, and this
should be the aim of every phianthropist
at home. WesbouId welcome every man,
to promote the intercourse Of men We
should overcome our national sptes --
Emerson
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ossACarosIsa Arrosanesin 1851.

The Boston 7raceiler reprints from its
issue Of April 17,h, 1861, The following
letter, sent to it from Charleston. Il
reads amusinely in the III ght Of the events
which have occurred since it was writ
ten:
CnARLrsroH, April 9th, 1851.
TO the Editor Of the Boston Traveller:
SlR:-On behalf OF the South Csrolin.
volunteers, / an deputed to request Gov.
Andrew, Of Massachusetts,, through YOU
that the military contingent Of your stsse
be sent to South C-roiina. In makipe
this request, l assure you I but express
the wish of every mao, woman and child
in our State. We number about ton
thousand meu, well armed and ACQUIRED.
and snxious for 6ght, ADD cordially in.
vite any number from your section to
give uss meeting. Do not, however.
send them in the feet that appeared Of
Charleston harbor during tho bombsrd.
ment Of Fort Sumter, for fear that their
timidity will interfere with their landing.
Send all Massachusetts men; none from
Pennsylvsnia, for the regiment of thst
State funked at Cerro Gordo; nor from
New York, for at Cherubusco (.lthough
they claimed and received the right from
the Palmetto repimeut), for a. the firss
fre the gallant New Yorkers fell back
and hid behind barn; nor from Iudians,
for at Palo Alto the niubls regiment from
that State fed in inglorious confusion.
Send your Summers, your Wilson's, your
Burlingsmes, md host of similar nota.
bles. and We pledge orr honors, our lives,
and all that We hold sacred, that noue
other hus the Palmetto boys shall io.er.
fere with them. We want them exclu-
sively Tor our own use.
This request is made iu good faith,
and on signifyiug your acceptance Of our
offer, every arrangement will be made to
give you safe passport to our shores.
ON BEHALF OF TIM s. c. voLuHrxxRs.
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A CLERICAL ANEcDoTE.-"1 was
preaching one evening"" writes clerical
friend, who relishes good thing richly,
"from the passage in the history Of Moses
wherc he and his two friends, Aron and
Hur were standing on hill aud behold
ing the battle between Iserael and Ame-
lex. My text was, 'Aron and Hur stayed
up his hands, and l argued the duty Of
the people to hold up the hands Of their
minister, from the example Of these good
men Of old who thus supported Moses.
"On my way homeward from the
church, Que Of the leading men Of my
parish joined me, snd after expressing
his great satisfaction with my discourse,
begged leave to suggest one point that
l had quiet overlooked.
"Ah," said I, land what may that
be?"
II meau," he answered, whe power
full srgumen. in favor of female influ
ence."
II confess" said l. "that l do not per,
ceive that the subject is hiu.ed at. How
do you discover it, my desr?"
"Why, does it not resd," said be with
some surprise, "thst Aaron and her helt
up his hauds!' I suppose the woman help
ed % much % the maa."
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The Future of the Sea Islands.

General Sherman has taken the plan
ters at their word They have always
asserted that the lower and mort produc.
tive parts of South Carolina and Georgia,
the region in which the most valuable
cotton and the whole American rice crop
is grown, was unfit for the habitation of
white men, and could be cultivated only
by negroes, Very we'll says Sherman, l
accept your Judgment; let the negroes
have it,
"The islands from Charleston south,
the abandoned rice fields along the rivers
Ter: thirty miles back from the sea, aud
th" country bordering the St. John river,
Florida, are reserved aud set apart for
the settlement of the negroes now made
free by the ats of war and the procIs
nation of the Prcsident of the United
States " That paragraph in General
Shcrman's last general order settles .
question which has been good deal mud
died, chiefly by what may be called the
"too many cooks system. "No white
person whatever" except persons EN-.
ployed by the Government, will be per.
mitted to live on the islands and 10 the
region described in the paragraph quoted
The negroes are limited to tracts Of not
more than forty acres to family; an in.
spector of settlements and plantations is
appointed to administer justice, to deliv.
er land titles, to maintain order, and to
superintend the enlistment of the able
bodied blacks into the army. He is par
ticularly charged with the care Of families
Of those who are serving in the army or
navy; and these families have the same
rights OF presumption as though their
husbands or sons were present
This is, in brief, the plan of settleme {
ordered by Genera! Sherman, no doubt
after full consultation with the Secretary
Of War, and by his con mand. 1t throws
the blacks entirely upon their own re-
sources-which should have been done,
10 our own opinion, long ago. It plsces
the whole region set npsrt for them under
a single authority-that Of the Inspector
General; aud the negroes will no longer
be puzzeled by the diversity of supreme
rulers, which has sometimes existed over
the islands and adjacent land It gives
to Gen. Ssxton, the Inspector General, ,au.
ahority.to administer justice, maintain or.
der, and take care of the interests of ab.
sent soldiers; and there is nothing more
wanted Of ruler there .. this moment.
It 10 General Shsrman's intention 20
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-02-23

A COOP ONE One Of our citizens
gets off the following "big thing" on the
Dakota Legislatures: Happening to be at
Yanktowp recently, he went to the cap
itol to see how matters were progressing
While there a memorial was Introduced,
asking Congress for an appropriation for
a geological survey. One member, with
an eye to retrenchment, arose aud said
that che didn't know as a geological
survey was any better than compass
survey, aud as there was more land al
ready surveyed in the Territory than
would be settled for many years, he NOV
cd that the memorial be laid on the ia
ble." The motion readily found sec
ond and the survey was "tab!ed -
Council Bluffs Nonpareii.
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EPIGRAMS.

." EPIGRAMS.
[suggestsd by Gen. Buffers Lowell Speech
Porter has told Us who's his beau ideal,
OF gallant soldiers In the ranks of war;
His modesty alone, unfeigned and real,
Forbids his naming the most dashing Tar.
IL.
Sam," -'
"Who most deserves to wear the knavish palm,
A sneaking "cottonthief" I" or swindling sutier;
But suite his judgment is scarce werth d----n
Who ranks my Porter higher than my Bntler.'
To hear Dave talk, we'd think his words would
slaughter:
As fiat as fro;h that fumes fl ON uncorked porter.
Nv.
If prating. long and loud and fierce,
Deserve promotion, Dave will win It;
His din Of words will surely pierce
Through all distractions till he pin it,
What he has said we know too WE'LL
What he has done no man can tell.
V.
If"Windy Dave" is not Is "brave as Cesar
'Tis certain he has proved famous teaser;
II traitors do not yield at his demand,
That only proves how surely they are damned;
II he has failed to take fort or city
'Tis not because his heart o'erfows with pity
He'd take them gladly as he would q chowder
But that lie breads erplosions of gunpowder.
vi.
II Dave were as brave as q sailor should be,
Would he slander soldier far braver than he?
And if he were wise as he swsars he 10 brave
What vast deal Of paper and ink he would save.
The least bit Of sense would teach him, or ought
to,
That our Butler knows we'll how to deal with
mean porter.
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The Two APPRENTICES.

Two boys were apprentices in car.
penter's shop. One determined to make
himself thorough workman, the other
"didn't care" Que read aud studied,
aud got books that would help him to un.
derstand the principles Of his trade. He
spent his evenings at home reading -
The other liked fun best. He often went
with ether boys to have "good time"
Come" he often said to his shopmate,
"leave your old books; 60 with US
What's the use Of all this reading?" "1f
l waste these golden moments" was the
boys answer, IL shall lose what can never
make up" While the boys were still
apprentices, an offer of two thousand dol.
lars appeared in the newspapers, for the
best plan of State House, to be built in
one of the Eastern States. The studious
boy saw the advertisement, aud deter
mined to try for it. After careful study
he drew out his plans, and sent them to
the committee. We suppose he did not
really expect to gain the prize; but still
he thought "thcre is nothing like trying"
10 about a week afterward gentleman
arrived at the carpenters shop, and ask.
cd if an architect by the name Of Wash.
ington Wilberforce lived there. "No,"
said the carpenter, ono architect, but I've
got an apprentice by that name" "Let's
see him." said the gentleman. The
young man was summoned, aud informed
that his nlan yas a"nnntnd .ra that the
two thousand dollars were his! The 90 =.
tleman then said that the boy must put
up shesbuiidine. and his employer vas so
proud of his success that he willingly
gave him his time and let him 60. This
studious yohng carpenter bcc7%r one Of
the first architects of our cot <cy. He
made fortune, and stands high in the
esteem of everybody; while his fellow.
apprentice can hardly earn food for him
self and family by his daily labor.-Am.
Artisan.
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wssry days drive over lonely spd mud.
dy road, came to little log cabin ia the
forest, and asked for drink. A young
woman supplied his wants, aud afterwards
% she was the frst woman hs had seen
in several days, he offered her dime for
q kiss. It was duly taken aud paid for,
and the young lady, who had never seen
a dime before, looked At it with curiosity,
then asked what she should do with il.
He replied what she chose as it was hers
"If that's the case" said she, "you may
take it back and give me another kiss"