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A FEW REASONS WHY THE
AMERICAN WATCH
Is THE BEST.

1t is made on the best principle, while tht
sforeign watch is generally made on no prin
gciple at all. The foreign watch is mostly
smade by women and boys, BY HAND. While
Stheir labor is cheap, their work is dear at any
5prce Such watches are made without plan
land sold without guarantee. They are irreg-
aular in construction. and quite as irregular
lin movement They ate designed only tC
I sell, and the buyer is the party most thor
Roughly sold. Those who have kept ''ancres,
zand ''lepines" and "Swiss levers" in professeC
Arepair for few years will appreciate the
struth Of our statement.
THE PLAN OF THE AMERICAN WATCH
Instead of being made of several hundred
alittle pieces, screwed together the body ol
sthe American Watch is formed Of SOLlL
sPLATES. No jar interferes with the harmo
any of its working, and no sudden shock cal
sthrow its machinery out of gear. Ia riding
aor any business pursuit, it is all held :ogethe
gas firmly as single piece Of metal. 1t is jus
lwhat all machinery should be-
1 Ist. ACCURATE. I'd. SIMPLE. Sd STRONG
s4t4. ECONOMICAL.
We not only secure CHEAPkESS by oul
Hsystem, but QUALITY. We do not pretend
ethat our Watch can be bought for less money
sthan the foreign make bctieUes, but that for it:
real value it is sold for one half the price
4 OUR SOLDIERS WATCH (named Wm
SEllery) is what its name indicates-Sold
Substantial, and always Reliable--warranted
I to stand any amount of Marching, Riding OF
! OUR NEXT HIGHER QUALITY OF
sWATCH (named ?. S. Bartlettl is similar il
! size and general appearance, but has more
siewcls, and a more elaborate finish.
OUR LADIES' WATCH, recently brought
: sout, is put up in great variety of patterns
9many of them of rare beauty and workman.
sship, is quite small, but warranted to keep
4dme.
OUR YOUNG GENTLENAN'S WATCH is
/ sneat, not large, and just the thing for the
spocket Of Young America.
4 THE PROOF Of the merits of our Watch
I smay be found in the fact that we DOW employ
lover seven hundred workmen in our factories
sand that we are still unable to supply the
sconstautlv increasing demand.
] OUR THREE. QUARTER PLATE WATCH
! is thinner and lighter than the others we have
/ sfescrhed Its fine chronometer balance i:
sdeicatcly adjusted to correct the variation
caused by changes of temperature. These
watches are the fruits of the latest expert
smeuts in chronometry, and are made by oul
! pest workmen, in separate department OF
| our factory. For the finest time-keepine
1 qualities they challenge comparison with the
/ best works Of the most famous English and
Swiss makers.
ROBBINS / APPLETON,
Agents for the American Watch Company
1872 Broadway, N. Y
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oTP IoY TURNED TO GRIEF.

On Saturday last the American people
wore startled with the news OF the aSsaSSii''-
ton of President LINCOLN, at washington IN
Ford,s Theatre, cn Friday night at about ~
:. and the attempted assassination OF
SECRETARY SEWARD, and two OF MS sons. we
riven in another column the dispatches
first announcing the sad event
It is only at long intervals that nations are
shocked by acts of cold desperation such as
the present but never yet has there been I"
,..cadv enacted that can compare in atrocIty
Nth the assassination of the good, the great
.ho kind-hearted ABRAHAM LINCOLN. After
fonr wears of successful administration during
rsbe,lion the magnitude of winch surpassed
onr the world bias ever seen, at time when
-oon,e were raising the banner OF peace, when
bIoodshed was about to cease, when we were
expecting the successful solution of the prob
lem of self government by free people, the
pulse is sGlled, JOY is turned to grief, the
victorious banner floats heavily at half-mast,
and we are nation of mourners. Justice
often outweighed by mercy, served not 10
still the frenzy or subdue the hate of the mad
followers of the barbarous god. Slavery It's
altar. red with the life blood of thousands OF
the humble and oppressed, demanded a no
bler sacrifice. Its death, as its BIRTH must
be sirnalized with Blood. The hideouS mon
ster's appetite, insatiate as death, desired not
only one sacrifice Everything connected
with the assassination, demonstrates the fact
that it was thu intention to strike down
n sufficient number of the leaders and pro-
tectors Of the government at one blow, to
paralyze the people, and produce tn"t worst
of conditions, anarchy. Thank God, the
effort failed. And though the people mourn,
it IS not without hope The tears shed by
strong meu will cause tears OF blood to flow
from the dead body of Slavery The mercy,
so often disapproved of by loyal people, will
now. we hope, be turned to stricter Justice ;
and Slavery be made to walk 'under the
cloud and through the crimson sea
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Teachers Institute.

An Institute met 1T Lewisville at I o'clock
March 8. 1865, and organized by eleCting +
I. CLAFFLIS, President, and Z. Harris, Sec y
After an exercise in Reading, by Miss NJ. c
Burgess, the Institute agreed to meet th
next day-there beng but few teachers il
attendance.
March 7h-Prayer by TIE Rey. Mr. Como.
yer. An exercise in Reading conducted 10y
Miss Mary Gaiutia; in Grammar, by Miss y
Harris in Prac. Arithmetic. by Mrs. Conorer
and il Geography, by Miss ). A. Robertson
After quite an interesting discussion of tht
question: "Is it best to try to entirely sup
press whispering in common schools, adj
jouFned.
= In the evening an able and entertaining
lecture on Education, was delivered by Elder
Conoyer. Mr. Rowland also made few ap-
proprate remarks, following which the teach
ers had an animated discussion ms to What
would mot benefit Common Schools 2"
March Sh Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Rowland
An exercise in Mental Arithmetic, by Miss VI
NJ Cushing in Reading, by Miss w. A. Wild.
man in Prac. Arithmetic, by Mrs. Trask
and in Grammar, by Miss Carrie Grover.
A Song was sang by Mr.. Crayton Lewis
entitled something New" A Lecture or
Geography was delivered by r. T. Clafflin.
MqrCh 9H-Prayer by R. T. Cl1fIlin
Query box, by Miss Carrie Beunett-questsons
distributed. An exercise in Reading, by Miss
w. A. Wldman in Geography, by Miss Il
M,rrill in Writing, by Miss Carrie Bennett
and in Grammar by Mrs. Grover. A reso.
luton was passed inviting Rev. Mr.. Rowland
TO lecture.
In the evening good lecture was delivered
by Rev. Mr.. Rowland, on 1.-The d ference o
moral character in the sexes" Also remark
by Mr.. Conover and the Superintendent.
The Committee on Textbooks report tht
following as preferable TO be used in ou
schools:
Parkers and Watrous' Readers Natora
Series Sanders Spoilers Covels Grammar
Aliens and Shaw's Biographies Davies
Arithmetic. The teachers then passed tn,
following:
ResoIDed, That we are gratifed with the
advance made in teachers wages. but ovino
10 the still advanced prices we think III, N
inadequate.
March l0h.-Teachers were examined ot
whom Misses w A Wildman, Carrie Grover
and Lavinia II Raymond, received profcs
sional certificates. The Institute was wei
attended, numbering between 30 and 40
most of whom were teachers. There wer
no male teachers examined.
-. Signed by the officers.
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FOR SALE
TTHE Subscriber offers for Sale the follow
Il ing tracts of land, to wit:
One tract pf Ona Hun6rad 4h,oo

sV'HE Subscriber offers for Sale the follow
l. ing tracts of land to wit
One tract of One Hundred and Forty-three
3and seven-tenths acres in Pike township,
iPotier county, on the Genesee Forks. Price
,Sllo0. Sixty acres are improved, with one
Hog barn, frame kitchen, frame barn. forty
good fruit trees, and two hundred sugar
!maple trees. The farm will cut grass. in q
good season, sufficient, at present prices, to
Ipay for it.
Also, another tract Of Fifty-sir and two
Itenths acres, in Eulalia township. four miles
from Coudersport, Thirty acres of which are
Improved, with one frame house, log barn,
land some fruit trees thereon. Price $3.50
Also, Wagon Shop and half lot in the
Borough Of Couderspcrt, one lot west of p A.
Stebbins' Co.'S Store near GIassmire's Hotel
THE tools, lumber, &c, can be bought rea-
sona5ly or a portion o: them, if the purchaser
SO desires. One half csn be paid in Wagon
Work.
a reduction Of ten per cent will be mads
for Cash down.
For u:ther particulars enquire of the subs
scriber at his Wagon-Shop ia Coudersport.
Feb. 20, 1865. w. f. IVES.
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gS- Adjutant General RusselPs report for
sls64 contains the following fssts Organiza-
gtions for three years term, 1857; for one
hundred days term, l6,o94l volunteer re-
lcruits, 26, 567 drafted men and substitutes
hoes recruits for the regular army 1884
Ire-enlistments, 1876; total, 9I,704. The
',otal number Of troops furnished by the State
Since the commencement of the rebellion may
Ibe summed up thus: During the year 1861,
!l30,594 90, 1862, 900; do 1863. 43,o46
do 1865, 1928 reinlistments, l7,S76 total,
/ 436,444. These figures do not include the
% ,000 militia raised in 1862.
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neau The number of pensioners is increas
ing with startling rapidly, no less than 23,
724 having been placed on the rolls during
the year 1864 The number OF invalid pen
.ioners at the commencement of the presen
year was 9422 and the number of widow!
nen STONED was sc, 968--making total OF &C.
e69 It is not unreasonable to conjecture
hhat even should the war terminate within
the present year, the number of pensioner:
will reach 100. 900. Based on the present
expenditure $1,000, 900 for $3.50 pensioners
fhe annnal cost is estimated at upwards Of
$4,000, 900.
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asa. The most passionate admlrer OF JeIl
Davis cannot feel much confidence IN nm !"
, prophet Four years ago, in February
1851. he said in Stevenson, Alabama - on
border States will gladly come into the South
ern Confederacy within six days, as we VII
be your only friends. England viii Tecog
nIze MS aod a glori5us future is before u
The grass will grow in the Northern ci'it
where the pavements have been worn b,
he tread of commerce. We will carry VA
where it IS easy to advance, where food 10
he sword and torch await the armies IN In
lcnsely lopulated cities"
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psa- The School Mascer follows the YankC

neA. The school MaSter EolIuMS INC lahhc'
soldier in all his victories in the South lm'
mediately on the occupation OF a re0eI strong
hsld by the Federal forces schools are opcneo
ami free newspapers circulIted. These are
che Influences which viii soon regen'rate the
South while the contemplate arjstocmcIes
which have so long devoted the faire 81 por
tions Of the e nloR to Slavery, will find 1t as
hard to resist free schools and a free press
as to battle againEt the majesty OF free
Government.
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aea. Browns Bronchial Troches, advertise
n another column are highly recommen0et
ar public speakers and others, for the relic
1f colds and to clear the voice. Their efhca
:y is strongly attested by congressman cier
ymen and singers, who use them Amon'
'.he certificates to their merits we obsery
etterS from Henry Ward Beecher N. ?. WI
Is. Il. H Chapln, and others of eminence.-
" Y Ere.ml Post.
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CROCKERY
FRUIT TREES,

4 GOOD assortment of Fruit Trees
"a (grafted) for sale at Coudersport by the
cheap for Cash They have been
nicely preserved through the winter and are
in excellent condition for setting out.
L. B. COLE.
Coudersport, March 81, 1865.
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DIVORCE NOTICE.
Administ1 ator's Notice.

NETHEREAS Letters Of Administration {,
w the Estate of JOHN BRIZZEE late 0
Oswayo tp., deceased, have been granted t.
the subscriber all persons indebted to sait
Estate are requested to make immediate pay
Iment, aud those having claims against tn
same will present them, duly authenticated
for settlement 10
WILLIAM DEXTER,
Of OSwayo Village, Adms'r.
April II, 1855.
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1865
1859

iASGB ASoS
PHILADELPHIA l. ERIE RAILROAD
This great line trayerses the Northern
land Northwest counties of Pennsylvania to
she city Of Erie, on Lake Erie
1t has ucen leased by the Pennsylvania Rail
iRoad Company, and Il nder their auspices is
being rapidly opened throughout its entire
length.
It is now in use for Passenger and Freight
business from Harrisburg to St. Mary's (2le
nilesl on the Eastern Division, and from
Sheffield to Erie, (78 miles) on the Western
Division.
TINS OF PASSENGER TRAINS At ENPoRIUN:
Leave Eastward.
Through Mail Train 340P. N.
Leave Westward.
Through Mail Train lolsA A. N.
Cars run through WITHOUT cHAsGR both
ways between Philadelphia and Lock Haven
md between Baltimore and Lock Haven
Elegant Sleeping Cars on Express Trains
both ways between Williamsport and Balti.
more, and Wiliamsport and Philadelphia
For information respecting Passenger bnsi-
ness apply at the S. E Cor. 18th and Market
Streets.
And for Freight business of the Company's
Agents:
S. B, Kingston, Jr., Cor, 18th and Market
Sts., Philadei phia.
). W. Reynolds Erie.
in Drill, Agent n. G. R. r. Baltimore.
g. H. HousToN,
GenT Freight Agt. PliPa'
LEWIS L. HoUPr,
GsnI Ticker Agt PhiPd,
Jos. D. PoTTs,
Gen'l MANAGER. Wiiiiom,port.
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THE POTTER COUNTY JOURNAL
cOudersport, Wednesday Evening Apr. 10, loo
Local and General.
Rsa~ See New Advertisements.
asa- Gold is now selling at 81, ,49.

asL- Wednesday was observed in th
,,lscs, in accordance with the request of tht
State Department at Washington, it bcins
the day set apart for President LINcoLE.
funeral, Services were held in the II. L
Church by Rev Mr.. Stevens All places o
business we're closed. consequently our pape
is issued ono day later than usual
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Marble Yard.

yESHE subscriber desires to inform the cti
4 zens OF Potter that he can supply the,1
with all kinds of Marble work, as cheap an
as good as it can be had any place IN Ia
country. MONUMENTS and TOMB STtONE,
IF all kinds furnished on short notice
G. BRLUNLE.
Cnn6ersport. Feb ls '65 ly
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HsR ED

On Monday morning April I :, at the resi-
lcncc OF the brides father, in Eulalia. by the
Rev. /. 4. Stevens. GEO. W. BOYER and
Mss LIBBIE GEONANS.
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Notice.

Teachers are requested to bring Pens and
Paner. Directors and others are invited to
attend T. I..CLAFfLlN, 20. Supt
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JAY COOKE.

Subscription Agent, Philadelphia.
Subscriptions a0iR be recrirrd By TIE
First National Bank of Harrisburg,
First National Bank of Lockhaven,
First National Bank of Philadelphia,
First National Bank of Williamsport,
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TRE NINTH NATIONAL BANK
OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
Capital, 100000 Paid in,

F4oVAL hUENI UF TIE UNITED STATES,
And Special agent TOR Joy Cooke
Subscription AGENT,
WILL DELIVER 7.30 NoTEs, FREE OF CHARGE
by express, in all parts of the country, and
receive in payment Checks On New York
Philadelphia, and Boston, current bills and
all FIVE per cent. interest notes, with Interest
to date of subscription. Orders sent by mai
will be promptly filed.
This Bank receives the accounts of Banks
and Bankers on favorable terms also Of IN
dividuals keeping New York accounts.
J. Z. ORVIS, President
J. T. HILL Cashier.
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On F1iday, April "A, on the streets IN
,oude ersport, a small gold Pin The finder
siIl confer a favor on Soldiers wife by
aaviug il Mt the Journal OFFIcE. 1t
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GREAT POPULAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE.

Less than $500 oOo.COo of the Loan au-
sthorized by the last Congress are now on the
market. This amount, at the rate at which
lit is being absorbed will all he subscribed
for within four months, when the notes will
undoubtedly command a premium, as has
uniformly been the case on closing the sub
sscrirtionS to other Leans.
In order that citizens of every town and
section Of the country may be afforded facil-
sties for taking the loan, the National Banks.
State Banks, and private Bankers throughout
sthe country have generally agreed to receive
subscriptions at par. Subscribers will select
their own agents, in whom they have conf
sdence, and who only are to be responsible for
sthe delivery of The notes for which they re-
BceiYe orders.
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FHE ONLY LOAN III MARKET

how offered by the Government and it is
confidently expected that its superior advan
tages will make it the
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ICASH PAID FOR EGGS,
~ by H. n spencer"
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Good suits for $40 to SIS and Extra fms
suits in proportion And as have an over
stock of Clothing will sell at Whole
sale I5 per cent less than tbs same cap
Zoe bought in New York, I'VE
BOOTS & SHOES,
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SEVEN THIRTY LOAN.

These Notes are issued under date of June
5th, 1865, and are payable three years FROM
hat time, in currency, or are convertible at
he option of the holder into
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II. s 7-SO LOAN

By authority ofthe Secretary OF the Treas
ury, the undersigned has assumed the Gen
eral Subscription Agency for the sac OF
United States Treasury Notes, bearing seEer
and three tenths per cent, interest, per an.
num- known as the
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u. 8. $40 Six per cent.
GOLD=BEARING RONDS

These bonds are now worth q premium
which increases the actual profit on the T-30
loan, and its exemption from State and man.r,pdt
taration, achich adds from one to three per ceTt-
more according to the rate levied on other
property. The interest is payable semi-an
nually by coupons attached to each note, 1
which may be cut off and sold to any bank org
banker. I
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Notes of all the denominations named viii
he promptly furnished upon receipt of sub
'criptions. and the notes forwarded at onc'
The interest to 18th June next will be paid nj
ldvance This is
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A SINGLE BOX OF BRANDRErHs PILLS

9 A SINGLE BOX OF BRANDRETHS PILLS
scoutains more Vegetable extractive matter
Ethan twenty boxes Of any pills in the world
sbesides ffty-fve hundred physicians use
5them in their practice to the exclusion Of
Bother purgatives. The first letter of their
value is yet scarcely appreciated. When
sthey are better known sudden death and
scontinned sickness will be of the past. Let
1those who know them speak right out in
stheir favor. Ii is a duty which will save life.
Our race are subject to redundancy of
svitiated bile at this season, and it is danger
3ons as it is prevalent; but Brandreth's Pills
i ford an invaluable and efficient protection
lBy their occasional use we prevent the col !
slection Of those impurities, which, when in
Sufficient quantities, cause so much danger
ito the body's health, They soon cure liver
dyspepsia, loss Of appetite, pain
lin the head, heart burn, pain in the breast 4
sbone, sudden faintness and costiveness.
Sold by all respectable dealers in medicines
Whiskers .Whiskexs
/ Do YOU want Whiskers or Moustaches? OAR
:Grecian compound will force them to grow on
sihe SmoOtbeSt tace or chln, or nalr on DGiu
sheads. in Six Weeks. Price, Sl.00. Sent byI
I mail anywhere, closely sealed. on receipt of
rice Address WARNER l. &C.,
lysn Box 1873, Brooklyn, n. 7
French Burr Mill Stones.
lfanufacfory L,Jerty st. near the Cotton Factory
HARRISBURG, PA.
DESdE undersigned announces to the trade
4 k that he continues 10 manufacture and
Hlmport direct from the most celebrated quar-
Srles in Frauce; the best qualities of
French Burr will stones,
swhich he offers at reasonable lates and guar
kintees satisfaction to the purchaser. AlsoI
Eevery number in use, of the celebrated
OLD AUKER GRAND R0LTING CTOTH,
Orders by mail promptly attended to, and
goods forwarded by railroad, canal, or express
ff desired VIM II. KEPNER
s3m23 No. 10 West State St, Harrisburg
HUNTS BLOOM OF ROSES, for the La
| II diss,-a STEBBRS
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Service Friday evenings at sunset, and Sab.
bath mornings at Sa. m.
FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE.
Orthodox, No. 453 North Ninth street, two
doors south of + street, west side. Sabbath
services at IL n. m.
Meeting House, North / street north side),
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets
west. Meeting every Sabbath at IL a. m.
LUTHERAN.
German Evangelical Congregation OF Trim
ity, Unaltered Augsburg Confession, Fourth
street west, corner Of street north. Pastor
Rev. E. NJ. Buerger. Service morning, after
noon, and night.
German Evangelical, @ street north, corner
Of Twentieth street west, First ward. Rev.
Samuel Finckel, pastor. Services IL O'Clock,
o. m, and evening.
St. Paul's, corner Of Eleventh and II streets
west. Rev. ]. @. Butler, pastor. Services
IL a. M, and evening Lecture on Thursday
evening.
NEW JERUSALEM.
Church, North Capitol street, between d
and G. Pastor, Rev. Jabez Fox. Services
IL a. IN.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Tho Christian Church meets in the Su-
preme Court room of this District, at the
City Hall, on every Lords Day, at IL O'Clock,
q. IN.
sPIRTrUALIsTs.
The Spiritualist Society hold religious ser
vices in Seaton Hall, corner Of Ninth and d
streets, every Sunday, at IL q. m. and IT
D. m.