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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-01-11

this call, which may be untitled On the
18th day of February, 1865.
In testimony whereof | have herewith
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed. L. S. Done
at the City of Washington, this 10th day
of December, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty four,
and of the Independence of the United
States Of America the eighty ninth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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Published by request'I
THE BATTLE OF KINGSTON.
BxJ.L. AULr, OF Co. G, 1olsr RECT, P. Y.

BX j. l.. AULT, OF 20. =, lulsT hEGT'J 4 ' =
Oh. listen, while tell you boys,
OF Kingston's bloody fight,
The deaf ming peals-the cannon's noise,
Perhaps you heard and saw that sight.
We met the foe in forests deep,
Of pine and swamp and thickets,
Oar Union boys and Rebels meet,
And we drive in their pickets.
The morn has dawned-the Sabbath day,
That God has made and blest,
For all his people on their way
To that Heavenly land Of rest,
But sullen foe before US wait,
A coming storm is near,
And each one thinks of coming fate
Approaching very clear.
What's this coming down the lane,
Making such a rattle?
'Tis our guns-you see the iron train,
Coming into battle.
And now they've passed our picket post,
And planted all their guns:
They've opened on the rebel host,
Along our line it runs.
Bang bang the mighty cannon roar
In awful thunder dread,
And through the trees the missiles tore
The branches Ger their heads.
And now our forces marches down
And dpnlOyS on either side
They now are on the battle ground
Where many comrades died.
They hear our guns, they hear our shells,
That passes DER their heads,
Our whereabouts it surely tells
For them to hurl their lead.
We met them in q swampy mire,
Where they were all concealed,
To raise and pour deadly fire
And drive US from the field,
Oh, fearful is the rattle now
Of arms on ey'ry side,
While blood is gushing from the brow,
And wounds are opened wide.
At last the order comes to charge,
The glttering steel is Set
As heroes brave, whose hearts are large,
Our force and theirs met.
Charge on, my boys, our Colonels shout,
Well surely make them yield
And charging on they drove them odt
And won the battle field.
The rout's complete, the rebels run,
The victory now complete,
With here and there a rebel gun
They left in their retreat.
Quick quick the bridge they're passing DER
They're making for the town,
They're trying to make the other shore
Before the bridge burns down.
We reached the burning bridge in time
To stop the burning train
OF tar and pitch and turpentine,
And guns thrown in the fame.
The fires put out, we flank them there,
But some have crossed the stream,
the deafning yells now rent the ali,
PANT grandeur to the scene.
Six hundred foe fell in our hands,
Whose hearts are stepped in guilt:
Cur fallen comrades in the hands,
Like Abeps blood was split.
Oh, comrades, we will ever mind,
The lonely spot you fell,
The host of traitors soon will find
Just vengeance meet them well.
As long as life, Oh, let me mind
The graves may | remember,
The heroes dust there yol, will find 1852.
Who fell the fourteenth of December
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Pension Bounty and War Claim
Agency.

DENSIONS procured for soldiers Of the
v present war who are disabled by reason of
wounds received or disease contractracted
while in the service of the United States and
pensions bounty, and arrears Of pay obtained
for widows or heirs of those who have died
or been killed while in service. All lette, of
inquiry promtIy answered, and on receipt by
mail Of a statement of the case of claimant
will forward the necessary papers for their
signature. Fees in Pension cases as fixed by
law.
REFERENCES. Hon. ISAAC Benson, Hon. A
G. 0LMsTED, J. S. MANN, Esq, F. W. KNOX
Esq. DAN BAKER,
Claim Agent Couderport Pa.
June s, '64.-Iy.
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Mr. Nasty has a Difficulty with
EEiS Flock and Leaves 1t.


ON2 THE WING Nov. 10. 1064.-The
dy is kast! All is ore Eff Freeduul
shreekt when Kosciusko fell, she must
have squawkt last Toosday mite ez she
behed the innanymait corps Nv the Dim
ekratio party which fell. crushing Little
Mack, and the hopes Nv sum hundred w
good Dimekrats who spected to bG pur-
suaded by their friends in2 acceptin the
various ofisis under the Guyment.
am lost and ruined man. My peple
are Nv the troo DimekTatic stripe. They
he7 faith in me. They hlavo wat telI
EN-. I told em Mick-Lellan was certain
Nv the elecshun, and that he'd ded-wood
on the disposlo ov the cfisis in that seek
shan. 1t immejitly bekum a ezy matter
TO borror mummy. 1t wuz deIiteful--wood
oh wood that it Good hev bin perpetooaI.
Brother Savijlef me $50 with the re-
qnest that I wood speek good word fer
him fer ferrin mishin.
[ asoomed a virchus look and replied
that never sold my influence, but that l
alluz had admirashen for his massive
intellek and menny yirchoos, Bro. Cutie
lent me mummy, wantin this, and Bro.
Sludge wautin that IN breef, every indi
viiule Nv EN- who he'd folrhed inch hi
spected suthin. = x The returns cum in
Ohio-Liukin. Good Rah !" says
with crate presence Nv mind
"Why good ?" anzshusly asked the ez-
peCtants.
"Becuz, to carry Ohio, the abil:shinists
must heve brot votes from Moo York,
which will give US. that stat shoor."
Moo Yark-Linkin
"Good Lord ?" ansers l promptly, "tho
Moo York abilishinists must hey voted in
Ohio, and hev got home in time again
But wait for Ponnsilwany."
Pennsilwany-Linkum
"My friends, ther wuz frawd-Massi.
chusets solejers, at least $4,000, must
hev voted there, Injeana will do it, how
ever"
Inieana-Linkun !
"Not less than 10000 Massachusetts
sojers hev voted there. Illinois Is safe tho.
Illinois--Liukun!
49, 900 MassIchu--
"Give me my mummy !" roared Savij,
and the same remark with variashpns
wuz made hi Cutie, S!udge, and the rest
Nv um.
"Gentiy my frieads,' sed backin, cut
ov the door, "we heV bin defetid, but the
CRATE princibel that a white man is better
than a niger, fer which we hev so long
fot, still lives. Let US sink all miner con.
siderashuns, and
The miner considerashuns referred 2,
wuz, however, uppermost in thar mines,
fer tha all went fer ME, yeIlin like Cnso-
rorious Injuns, "Give me mi MUMMY"
whereupon rctreted TO the meetin house
lockin miselfia. tha surrounded it swarm
lha I'd starVe me out.
When a innocent boy red a harrowin
tale nv Rooshun muther who wuz per-
sood by frantic wolves, and who saved her
own life by droppin her children to EN-
wun bi wun. Mi p2ivit barel Nv whisky
wuz in mi study wuz saved
| histed it out Nv wlnden, and calmly
awaited results. Tha aockt around it
tha took turns at the bung whole in
wun short our tha wuz stretched helpless
on the plane-ded drunk. Then and there
! resinod mi charge, and borrered sich
mummy and watches oz the ungrateful
rotches he'd about en-, 2 make up arrears
Nv salary and sich, bid adoo 2 em fureVer
[ shall go 2 Moo Gersy.
PETROLEUM V. NASBY.
Lait Paster Nv the church Nv the Moo
Dispensashun.
-~s- S--
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A WoMAN's DEsERT.-Douglas eaw
the storm gathering on the brow of his
capricious wife, and ciasping her to his
arms, aohod-v-
care you indeed changed, my Julia,
that you have forgotten the time when
you used to declare you would prefer a
desert with your Henry to throne with
another 2"
"No, certainly not changed, but II
did not know what desert was; or, at
least, | had formed rather different idea
of it."
"What was your idea of desert Do
tell me love"
ooh, had fancied it q beautiful place,
full of roses and myrtle, and smooth green
turf, and murmuriug rivulets, and though
very retired, not absolutely out of the
world, where one could occasionally see
ones friends and give parties, and be free
from crying babies"
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aGg- "People may say what they will
abont country air being SO good for EN-
said Mrs PtrtIngton, "and how they eau
fat on it; for my part, think it is owing
to vittles. Air may do for camomlles
and other reptiles that live on it. But [
know that men must have something
more substantialler,"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-01-11

Bsy-A fellow contemplated in utter
wonderment the magnitudious dimen-
sions of bystander's feet, and in tone
of astonishment said, as he surveyed the
mans proportions, "You'd have been a
tall man If they hadn't bent you SO farup."
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-01-11

G9~"They're always giving things diff,
ferent designations from what they used to
have" said Mrs Partington to Ike. "In
my opinion what they call the new ralgia
is catamount to old rhematiz"
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HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.

nISEASES of the Nervous, Seminal, Trina
~ ry and sexual sy systems--new and reliable
treatment-in reports of the HOWARD AS
SOGIATION-sent by mail in sealed let er
envelopes, free of charge. Address, DR.. ].
SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association
No. South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa,
yl3I864.
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H% Water-lillies are white chalices,
held up by unseen hands-beautiful
thoughts rocked on the swells of pure
bosom.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons
ETTLALIA LODGE, No. 342, L. A. NJ.
STATED Meetings on the 2nd and 4thWednes-
days of each month. Also Masonic gather
ings on every Wednesday Evening, for work
and practice, at their Hall in Coudersport.
D. c. LARRIBEE, W. NJ.
NJ w MrALARNEY. Sec-Y.
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MILLER s. MCALARNEY,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
HARRISBURG, PA,

4 GENTS for the Collection of CLAN S
n against the United States and State Cos
ernments such as Pension, Bounty, Arrears
of Paw &c. Address Box 90, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Holm s. MANN,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR At LAW,
Coudersport, Pa, will attend the several
gourts in Potter and NKean Counties. All
Business entrusted in his care will receive
prompt attention. Office corner Of West
and Third streets.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-01-11

nAT The sea is of the Quaker persuasion
it has broadbrim.
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II. T, OLMSTED.

DEALER IN STOVES, TIN & SHEET IRON
WARE, Main St, nearly opposite the Court
House, Coudersport, Pa. Tin and Sheet
Iron Ware made to order, in good style, on
short notice.
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ISAAC BENSON.

ATTORNEY At LAW, Coudersport, Pa, will
attend to all business entrusted to him, with
care and promptness. Office on Second St.,
near the Allegheny Bridge.
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a n FLTISON,

PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa,
respectfully informs the citizens Of the vii
lage and vicinity that he viii promply re-
spond to s25 calls FOR professional services
Office on Main St., in building formerly oc-
n,nind nv G W ElIis ESQ.
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ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the following

ADMINISTRATOR or EXecuJOIs NO1ICVj %
Business Cards, lines or less, per year W
Special and Editorial Notices, per line, ~
u#Au transient advertiscments must be
paid in advance, and no notice will be taken
of advertisements from distance, unless they
are accompanied by the money or satisfactory
reference.
4 x*Blanks and Job Work Of all kinds, at
tended to promptly and faithfully.
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e W. KNOX,

ATTORNEY AT Law, Coudcrsport Pa, will
regularly attend the Courts IN Potter ana
the adjoining CountieS.
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COUDERSPORTH HOTEL

D. F. GLASSNIBE, Proprietor, Corner O.
Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot
ter Ce,, Pa.
\ Livery Stable is also keptin connect
&ion with this Hotel.
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*n*Devoted to the cause of Republicanism,
the Interests of Agriculture, the advancement
of Education, and the best good of Potter
county. Owning no guide except that OF
Principle, it will endeaver to aid in the work
of more fully Freedomizing our Country.
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ARTHIIR G. OLNISTED.

ARTHJK Q. ULNNILD,
ATTORNEY Il COUNSELLOR AT Law,
Coudersport, Pa, will attend to all business
entrusted to his care, with promPtnes ana
fie,ity. Office on Southwest corner OF Nam
and Fourth streets.
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VOLUME XVI NUMBER 38.
THE
POTTER JOURNAL
PUBLISHED By
M, w. EICAIarney, Proprietor.

SI.5O PR YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
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COLLINS SMITH,

DEALER in Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions,
Hardware, Queensware, Cutlery, and all
Goods usually found in a country Store
Condersnnrt. Nov. u, l86l.
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G. S. e r. A. JONES,

=. "
DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS
Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry Good:
Groceries, &c, Main St, Coudersport, Pa.
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D. Z. OLMSTED,
DEALER N DRY GOODS, READT-MADE
Clothing, Creckery, Groceries, &c, Main St,
Coudersport, Pa.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19
SFcm the Ksosville whie)
Calling on the President.

The Lynchburg papers are down
on The civil authorities Of East Ten.
ncssce for its abuse Of rebels, and
calls upon President johnson to sup
press the mob spirit of the Union
people. We should say the Prcsi-
dent can have but little sympathy
with East Tennessee rebels. They
drove him out of the country-pur-
sued him with reJet mob, and fred
upon him as he passed through Cum
bcrlond Gap. They con6scatcd his
property, sold hio negroes on the
block to aid the rebellion, drove his
family out Of the country, and took
his dwelling house for a hospital
As his family and sick wife passed
out, by rebel orders, they were arrest
nd by Brag and turned back, and
made to tarry all night in n house
without fire. They drove the Presi-
dents two sons out of the country in
to the Union army, and one of them
died in the service. They kept his
son.in-law, Col Slower. hid in the
mountains for three long winter
months, where he laid the foundation
of the disease that carried him Off
They had his other son-in-law Judge
Patterson, under arrest on the charge
Of treason. Verify. verify, the Pres
idcnt must have great sympathy for
the rebels of East Tennessee,
The Lynchburg papers had better
look to the reform of Virginia, one
of the most corrupt, demcralized and
wickcdly rebellious States in America.
The potriotism, talents, and moral
worth of Virginia, were under ground
before the rebellion broke out. 1t is
a vain, degraded. and ovcr-rated
State. A 10 ton of its people have
been living off of the Union men Of
East Tennessee by stealing our horses
cattle, sheep, hogs, running them off
by land and rail. Better bring back
the property they have stolen and
carried away before they lecture us up
on morals or call upon the President
for aid
As Lynchburg is the place where
the President was mobbcd in 1861
and as that is the only town in that
infamous State where the Jhtck fdg
was hoistcd, the President will likely
respect the advice of the Iiryinians
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19
The Result,

Returns have been received by DR.
Jas. Williams, Secretary Union Com
nit eo--,most of which are substanti.
ally ofhcial---from every county in the
State. From these, as they now
stand, the majority for Gen. Cox
amounts to 2S,oS7. The average ma.
jority Of tho State ticket is over 30,
600.
The Northwest District, composed
of Williams, Defiance and Paulding
counties, has elected two coppcrhead
Representatives, Williams gave Cox
2l5 majority, and Pnulding las
while Defiance gives Morgan G63.-
This district, however, has not been
considered Union in the estimates
heretofore made, and without il the
Legislature will stand as follows
House, Union "a
Ncuatc, ~
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19
A Novel Claim Paid.

In 1862, General Granger ordered
all women of ill-fame, in Nashville
to leave the city, One hundred ant
seycnty-threc were placed ON steam
boat, commanded by Captain New
comb, who had orders to leave hi,
cargo at Louisville or Cincinnati
The authorities refused to allow hin
to land, and he was kept in the river
about month, The Government de,
clining to furnish any provisions, Cap,
tain Newcomb and his cargo were flu.
ally obliged to return to Nashville
The trip cost him about 5000 and
payment has heretofore been refused.
On tho 10th, however, tho Secretary
of War ordered the claim to bc paid,
The case is the most novel one ever
brought before the Department.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19
Honor to the Soldier.

Col. Dos PIArr, the Ohio orator is
elected to the Legislature in Logan
Couniy by 600 majority, Tho snaiks
in that county made desperate eff
fort to dufsst him aud elect man
that synpa,hized with tho Confedc-
rate rebels.
Col. PIATr is gentleman and i
soldier. aud will make the ablest mem,
Dor Of the present elected Assembly
In tue. Presidential campaign of 1860
and 1864, he labopea hard for the
success OF tho Union cUuse, which
was carried by an overwhelming ma
jority ffom the East to the far West
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19

The Cleveland Leader commenting
upon the result ofthe eletion says
The Union men Of the reserve may
join in the rejoicings over this glori,
Gus conquest, but not as those who
have aided il, They have not done
their duty, While the Democrats have
psiled their full vote, We have suffered
ten thousand Union voters to stay
away from the polls. The rest of the
State has, on the average. held its own.
we..regrct..that the Reserve has not
done its duty better, hut our regret is
lost in the ssae~l JOY at the grand
triumph Of Unicn principles Ovepcsp.
psrheadism and Secession
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19
A Bad Gain!

The Patent Democracy claim that
they have gained largely in Ohio
The fact is, the poor creatures have
not polled as large vote this fall as
they did in ls64-hcucc, where ia the
gainY The Union vote was not out
by many thousands, consequently the
majority for the Union party is not as
large as il was last fall. The Patent
Confederate Democracy are welcome
to all such gains, and if there is any
comfort in gains of that character, We
hope they will take pleasure in enjoy.
Ing them. Don't forget to crow,
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19
Pennsylvania,

The keystone State maintains hel
proud position. Yesterday, after 4
tame campaign, in spite Of hypo,
critical professions of loyalty on the
part of tho COpperheads, tho Union
party carried the State by the deci'
siye majority Of fifteen to twenty
thousand. The great city of Phila'
dslphia gave majority for the Treas
urer Of over seven thousand, snd
elected radical Unionist Mayor, by
five thousand majority.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19
Gen, Scbenck,

WHEN General Schcnck spoke in
Washington, in this State, he said he
had a friend in one of the Western
counties, who was candidate for the
Legislature of Ohio, and that he felt
pretty sure he would be elected, eve
are happy to hear that he is elected }
and that he designed presenting the
following bill for the consideration of
the Legislature:
AN ACT.
To A mend an Acr En,i,sd an Aer Entitled the
Acr Of Cod,
WHEREAS, Certain people, residing
in our midst, known as persons of
African descent, and following the
profession of BARRIERS, Boot blacks,
&C., have, by their cultivation and re-
finemcnt of taste, shown likelihood of
ovcrtdking certain rhite men. known
as Coppcrhcads, and associating with
the same, therefore, for the better
protection of said Coppcrhcads, be it
Enacted
1st. !Scvlred, That if any person
or persons of African descent, shall
he found hanging around Groceries,
drinking bad whisky, swearing, and
,,,using heir Government, thereby in
sulting their sid supci:ors-said Cop
perheads--such person OF persons so
onD"ding. shall,upon conviction there
of be called Copperheads. and treat.
ed as such;
2nd. Rcsoircd, That if any negro
woman shall SO far forget herself as
to receive the attentions of an asso-
ciatc with any Copperhoad, such ne
gro woman, upon conviction thereof,
shall be condemned to marry said
Coppcrhosd and abide with him,
without divorce and without the bel..
eft of Clergy;
3D.. Reso'red, That if any person
or persons of African descent, shall
be heard to say that the true relation
of capital and labor is that of Slav.
cry, aud that he or they believe in
the Resolutions of "9S," such per-
son or persons, upon conviction there
of, shall be condemned to subscribe,
pay for and read the Cincinnati En-
qaircr, aud may God Almighty have
mercy on their poor souls.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19

na. The Alabama correspondent Of
the Chicago Tribune sends the follcw-
ing to that journal from Montgomery:
The Frecdmen's Bureau under the
management of Gen. Swayne, is doing
noble work in the cause of human
rights. Many abuses are being cor.
rectod, aud the untiring efforts of the
General aud his abe corps Of assis-
tants are meeting with we'll merited
success. But few freedmen are now
fed by Government.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19

TuE Post Master General au,hori-
zcs denial of the widely published
statement that when the Southern
service is fully resumed, the deficit
will be eight millions, The contracts
now being let are at the rate Of four
per cent. less than those made before
the war The result is that the SER
vice will he sclf-sustaining.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19
Union Triumph in Indiana.

The Union men Of Fort Wayne
and Allen eo~uty, achieved splen.
did Union triumph on Tuesday,
Allen county and Fort Wayne, il,
chief city, have heretofore borne the
the democratic banner, for giving the
largest majority iaIadia. Last, year
the copPsshead majority In tho coun.
~ wss.Ao00.. and now. the Unionist,
hsve carried it by 4O6 majority
Earn Wsyse. last year, gave i,275 COP
psrhead majority now l76 Union Ma.
'Sasity.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-10-19

The sales of lumber at Chicago are
said 10 exceed in amount those ofany
former season, within the last fort.
nigh. hfty-oue million Eve hundred
aud thirty thsasand feet Of lumber
have bssn sold in that cisy.