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The Portland daily press., 1866-10-29
FOR 81 B..
Butterfeld's Door, Sash and Blind Factory,
ON BETHEL HILL.

ON BETHEH HILL.
TINE SUBSCRIBERS hereby offer for sale their
Door, sash md Blind Factory,
Situated Mechanic street, Bethel Hill, together
with all the machinery and tools therein and belong
ing to said factory, and the lot of land which the
same is situated.
The machinery is run by good ten-horse power
engine The same can be purchased on the most sat
sfacory terms and for further particulars the public
are invited to call and examine the premises ad
dress the subscriber by letter.
S. BUTTERFIELD & Co.
Bethel Sent H. 1866 diff N
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-29

The best Remedy ever compounded for Colds,
Coughs, Catnrrh and Consumption, and all
diseases of the Throat and Lungs.
DS For sale by all Druggists. Manufactured by
B. IF. BRADBURY,
Oct15d&wsN6m Druggist, BANGOR.
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-29

All kinds of Straw and Felt Goods nressod
bleached dyed in the latest Styles Orders promnt
ly executed Goods forwarded by express will receive
prompt attention. oct1 dStw6w
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19
League Island Navy Yard,

1t should afford every PENNSYLVANIA pride
to know that the legislation necessary to To-
cate the great National Navy Yard at League
Island has passed the body in which it oriri-
mated, and that there is great reason to hope
it will be adoIt d in the Senate We are
gratifed that Congress is likely to come to
this decision, because the location of these
! immense public works at League Island will
result in practical good to the Government.
| The location, in an economical point of view,
will be worth thousands of dollars to the
/ Government, in the operation of the works.
Iron and coal, the two great sources of supply
! for such an establishment, may be literally
said to exist at it's very doors provided Con-
gress decide finally to locate this navy yard
at League Island. But aside from these con-
siderations, aud as an indulgence of our local
pride, we rejoice at the probability of this To-
cation, because it will be a benefit to our great
commercial metropolis. PhiaG elphia has
been less benefited by national governmental
patronage than any city in the Union. For
every dollar h Government has he eto rore
disburSed in or near that city, it has derived
the value of two dollars in return. While
New York city has been gormandizing to the
amount of millions-while her steamships
have been literally sustained by the national
authoritieS-While the sub treasury has been
means of floating the bankers of New York
through more than one financial crisis, the
business men of Philadelphia have been sus-
tanning themselves, and at the same time do
ing more than their share in maintaining the
credit of the country. Hence we repeat, that
the location Of the Navy Yard affords US in
finite pleasure. In one sense, the location Of
this national work in any other part of the
country would not have affected the iron or
coal interests Of Pennsylvania. However
near or distant from them the works may be
located. they will be dependent fer operation
on Pennsylvania coal. But their location in
the vicinity of Philadelphia will be a benefit
to a community which has already performed
large service for the Government. While it
will add nothing to the energy or the security
of business in Philadelphia, it will enable our
friends in that city to enlarge their enterprise
and extend their means of still further con-
tributing to national greatness. We sincerely
hope, for these reasons, that the location Of
the Navy Yard at League Island may finally
prove succeSsful.-TeLegrapA.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

S1- Democratic prints have been filed,
during the past four years, with demands for
free speech, and free press, but what has
been their practice? A few references will
prove it the most inconsistent cry ever raised
by that party. Was itt the spirit of free speech
that mobbed the Buckeye Blacksmith If
not, what sort of spirit was it? The same
spirit bludgeoned Sumner, murdered Lovejoy,
cast DR. Bailey's press INTO the Mississippi.
drove Judge Hoar out Of South Carolina, and
tarred and featheTed northern school teachers
The same spirit is at work to- day sitting the
Southern press, burning churches, destroying
school houses and inaugurating a reign of
terror. 1t is a notorious fact that for thirty
years there has not been a single day when it
was safe for persons TO speak or write what
they thought of the institution of Slavery in
eleven Of these United States, unless they
thought as Judge Woodward spoke and
Hester Clymer echoed, that the "Institution"
was "divinely ordained" The Democratic
love of free speech prosttuted Southern pull
pits to the support of adultery, bigamy, rob-
berry, and murder without W WhiCh We have no
instances of modern Slavery existing. The
very character of Slavery encouraged gno-
rance, superstition, and all the crimes which
most naturally follow. Democratic orators
and Democratic editors defended mob violence
when directed in such channels and for such
purposes, and they continue to defend l..
What was their verdict in the case of the
Memphis riots, and what is the course pur-
sued against the New NATION, in Richmond ?
The Constitution declares that Congress must
secure republican form of government to
each of the States,-with that follows the
right to discuss and investigate public meas
ures and State institutions. Was that per-
mtted in the case of Slavery? Since the
rebellion began few papers have been sup
pressed and few orators silenced, And
why? Not that they were appealing peace
ably to the ju lgment of the people, not that
they were seeking to change by legitimate
means the firm, or any of the institutions of
the government, but that they were seeking
to aid armed rebellion That was the only
reason. Hundreds Of these papers are yet in
existence, still enjoying the benefits of free
government, and still casting forth, daily and
weekly, plausible arguments in defence Of
treason, and bold words in denunciation of the
Defenders of the Nation. 1t has not been
three weeks since the Chicago Times COM
pared Grant TO ProbSt, the Philadelphia MUIR
dtrer, and thought the comparison in favor
of Probst. That the suppress ion of such a
paper, and the punishment of the author Of
such articles would be clearly an act of
Justice, is patent to every right thinking Cit
izen. And yet they are and have been per-
mitted to exercise the largest freedom OF
speech.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

TIE CRoPs.-Wbeat and rye crops promise
TO be full aud perfect; the heads are already
out, the straw IS strong and firm, and the
prospects, thatthese will produce abundantly.
The grass is short bat thick and has been
much improved by the recent rains.
The corn is nicely up and looks very healthy
but it is too soon yet to form any idea of the
probable yield. All depends upon the season
about caring time.
The oats will be good crop this year
very good.
The apples will be the big fruit crop, and
there is every prospect now that it will be big
indeed.
The peach, cherries and prunes are dam
aged by the late frostsf and they will not
yield much this season. -
The Strawberry raspberry and blackberry
crop, it is thought will be very good
Pottst0ecn Ledger.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19
EFFECT OE SOUTHERN

Representation upon national prosperity.
Nothing can be more fallacious than che ar
gument universally resorted to by those who
advocate an immediate and unconditional
grant Of representation to the Southern States
that the peace and pI sperity of the country
are dependent upon that measure. Every
assistance thatthe General Government should
give, and infinitely more than they have a
right to expect is readily conferred upon them
The post-of1ice system has been established
over their whole territory, despite the expense
eutailed by their sparse population and the
absence of general intelligence among their
citizens. In districts ravaged by the war
our qunrte-masters and commissaries deal out
subsistence with an unspairing hand and
punish treason by rcscuing Thousands of the
men who warted against their country from
absolute starvation. The planters, who.
blinded by ignorance Pride and stubbornness
bitterly complained of their sad lot when thev
owned thousands of acres of rich land and
were surrounded By thousands of willing and
industrious laborers, have been taught by
Union soldiers and the freedmen's bureau
to make their'l lintations the most pro-
ddctiYe and profitable in the world. The
Senate has appointed a special committee to
examine and report on the condition of the
Mississippi levce. with reference to the adop-
ton of plans for repairing the damages done
by the rebellion By the laws Of war and the
usages of nations, the rebels, after wickedly
protracting their struggle to the point of alb
solute exhaustion, forfeited everything to the
Government they had wantonly assailed. We
would have been perfectly justfable in in
stituting a system of wholesale coniscation
and innumerabIe treason trials. There is not
a leading rebel in the land who is not indebted
for his life, liberty and property to the mag
nanimity of the Government and people of
this Union. In any other nation the repre-.
sentatives from a district as deep.y-dyed with
deadly treason as our rebellious States, would
clamor in vain for years for a 1.-THE of the
benefits which have already been voluntarily
conferred. Unconditional representation, in.
stead of promoting the peace and prosperity
of the country, would ena bic insidious foes to
make the halls of Congress reoound with
clamors for gratuities to the Rebel States and
even for compensation to slave owners coupled
with threats of reputation of the national
debt. 1t is only by securing effective consti-
tutioRal guarantees, and by radical change
in the basis of representation, that we can
admit acknowledgements without seriously
endangering the peace and prosperity of the
country
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19
FOR GOVERNOR:
GEN'L J. w. GEARY,
Of Cumberland county.
American Freedmen's and Union
Gnnnnieeinn
(i0DnmISS1OU,


FRIENDS OF RENOVATED UNION A Meet
Ing has been agreed on for Wednesday Eve
ming of next Court, June 20, for the purpose
OF uniting the earnest workers of this county
In behalf of the people of the states lately IN
rebellion, who need help to maintain schools
and to establish order.
IN. McKim of New York, Secretary OF the
national organization having this work IN
charge, will be present and address the meet
ing.
We earnestly invite all to attend We es-
pecialy urge those to attend. who believe IL
humanity and in the duty Of educating the
ignorant, strengthening the weak, and cloth
ing the naked.
"It is more blessed TO give than receive"
NJ W Mann, E. r. Oiust>d,M. r. Jones, L.
]. Olmsted, c. A. Metzger, E. W. Hamilton
John S Mann, P. A. Stebbins, Jr.. II. J. Ohm
ted. DC. LARA bee, Wm. W. Brown, AT. Jones
IN. Hamilton, n W. McAlarney.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19
nlg- The monthly statement of the nnhlic

Ba- The monthly statement of the public
debt shows decrease of nearly twenty mill
lions since the last monthly exhibit. The
coin-interest charge has Slightly Increased,
while the amount of currency-intcrest has
largely diminished. The debt bearing no in
terest, or lega!ten Ter notes, has also ecreased
in considerable degree. The amount OF
coin on hand has fallen of about twenty mil
lions in consequence Of the gold sales, while
the amount of currency has augmented. On
the whole it is a favorable statement, and
shows the faith Of tho people in the solvency
Of the Government, and its honor towards its
creditors.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

THE CRors-We regret to hear that the
weather of May was not at all favorable for
the crops in this and adjoining counties. Early
in that month the cold and dry temperature
retarded vegetable growth seriously, and in
the latter part of the month, when the rains
began, they were succeeded by frosts and
cold days which proved very disastrous to
fruit and early vegetables. Apples and peaches
will be almost an entire failure in this county
Corn and potatoes have received several blows
from frost but with continued good weather
in future, may turn out better than generally
expected. The grass crop is the only one,
perhaps, whice has been benefited by the
kind of weather prevailing during the past
month. Oats promise well, and other grains
may now come forward with some show Of a
good yield -.Hcadr He JoU3SqI.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19
RRASONS WHY THE
AMERICAN WATCH
Made at WALTHAM, MASS.
rs THE BEST.


1t is made on the best principles. Its frame
is composed of SOLID PLATES, NO jar can
interfere with the harmony Of its working and
no sudden shock can damage its machinery.
Every piece is made and finished by machinery
itself famous for is novelty, as we'll as for
its effeciyeness) and is therefore properly
made. The watch is what all mechanism
should be-ACCURATE, SIMPLE, STRONG
| AND ECONOMICAL. Except some high
grades, too costly for general use, foreign
watches are chiefly made by women and boys.
NC watches are composed ofseveral hundred
bieces, screwed and riveted together, and re
quire constant repairs to keep them in any
kind of order All persons who have carried
| "ancres," ".epines" and "EngliSh Patent
Levers" are perfectly we'll aware of the truth
of this statement.
At the beginning of our enterprise, more
than ten years ago, it was our first object to
make thoroughly good low priced watch for
the million, to take the place Of these foreign
impositions-the refuse of foreign factories
which were entirely unsaleable at home and
perfectly worthless everywhere.
How we'll we have accomplished this may
be understood from the fact. that after so
many years of public trial, we ow make MORE
THAN HALFOF ALL THE WATCHES SOLD
IN THE UNITED STATES, aud that no others
have ever gwen such universal satisfaction.
While th S department of our business is con-
tinued wish increased facilities for perfect
work, we are at present engaged in the man
ufacture of watches of the very HIGHEST
GRADE KNOWN TO CHRONOMETRY, un-
equalled by anything hitherto made by our
selves, and unsurpassed by anything made in
the world. For this purpose we have the
ample estfacilitieS. Wei erected an addition
to our main buildings expressly for this branch
of our business, and have filed 1T with the
best workmen in onr service. New machines
and appliances have been constructed, which
perform their work with consumate delicacy
and exactness. The choicest and most ap-
proved materials only are used and we Chal-
ienpe comparison between this grade of our
work and the finest imported chronometers.
We do not pretend to sell our watches for
less money than foreign watches, but we do
assert without fear of contradiction that for
the same money our product is incomparably
superior. All our watches, of whatever grade
are fully warranted and his warrantee is good
at all times against US or cur agents in all
parts of the world
CAUTION.-The public are cautioned to
buy only of respectable dealers. All persons
selling counterfeits will be prosecuted
ROBBINS & APPLETON,
AGENTS FOR THE AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY,
AprI5ml 1852 BROADWAY, Y,N.Y,
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19
NeWsDaper Quarrel.

"The Cairo Democrat Conservative and
the Carlo Times Radical) are engaged in quite
difficulty. Pistols and coffee ought to be
next in the programme. ."-Nobilc Times.
That mode of settling disputes has long
since been abandoned at the North, and will
become obsolete at the South as the barbar-
isms of slavery give way before advancing
civilization. 1t is no longer in the power ofa
blackguard or a villain to place himselfon an
equality with..a gentleman by challenging him
TO fight duel. We will have no more Hami!-
tons murdered by schemiug Burrs.-Ladian-
dpoliS Journal.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

sA- We publish in full the proceedings of
the Soldiers Convention, at Pittsburg, know
ing that they must be ofinterest to everybody,
as their proceedings are a clear exposition of
the feelings which animate the Preservers Of
,he Republic. Read them-they are highly
interesting, and contain some very sensible
reconstruction ideas.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

hG- ". w. McOorGALL, Esq, formerly Of
Minnesota, has been on brief visit to his
relatives in this county during the last week.
Mr.. McDougall was one of the fathers of Re-
publicansm in this region and it gives US
pleasure to state that his devotion to the
cause of universal Freedom is ms steady and
uncompromising as Of old.-Agitator.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

BSg~ Six full car loads of merchandise
amounting to about niaeiy tons, have been re-
ceived at the depot in this village for Slu-
MONS Regulators, within the last three weeks.
This o. l.. MArHER, agent at depot. vouchcs
for. Neighboring towns, beat this if you can.
Wellsville against all other business towns
on the line Of the Erie Railway WelLspMe
Free Pyess
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

ESy- At the Soldiers Convention in Cam
eron county by vote taken to test the stand
ing of the soldiers on the gubernatorial ques'
tion, it was found that there was not single
soldier in favor of Clymer. The National
Boys in Blue unanimously support Gen
Geary.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

EFDo not fail to read the advertisement
of Anderson L Doolittle, Hardware Merchants
at Wellsyille. They are fast gaining repu-
tatiGn for fair dealing, low prices, and fine
goods. They also are agents for the Rawson
Moving Machines, Forward and Rear Bar, rand
have guards and other fixtures for the Wood,
Hubbard Buckeye and Cavuga Chief Mowers.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

RE Eating unripe cucambers and fruits
often produces sudden turns of collie and chol.
era morbus. More especially among children,
where it is often attended with violent vom-
iting and great distress, Goes Dyspepsia
Cure will immediately relieve the pains, stop
the vomiting, and cure cholera morbus with
out fail, if taken promptly and according to
directions. 1t is also sure cure for indi-
gestion and dyspepsia.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19
ARTICLE

SECTION l. All persons born or naturalized
in the United States, and subject to the jnriS-
diction thereof are citizens of the United States
and Of the State wherein they reside. No
State shall make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges or immunItieS of
citizens of the United States; nor shall any
State deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property, without dCe process OF law, nor de-
ny to any person within its jurisdiction the
equal protection of the laws.
Sec. 2. Representatives shall be appor-
toned among the several States according to
their respective numbers, counting the whole
number Of persons in each State, excluding
Indians not taxed. But when the right to
vote at any election for the choice of electors
for President and Vice President of the United
States, representatives in Congress, the exec
u.ive and judicial officers Of a State, or the
members of the Legislatures thereof, it is de-
MED to any Of the male Inhabitants Of such
State, being twenty -onc years Of age, and
citizens Of the United States, or in any way
abridged, except for participation in rebellion
or other crime. the basis of representa- on
therein shall be reduced in the proportion
which the number of such male citizens shall
bear to the whole number of male citizeLs
twenty one years Of age in such State
Sec. 3. No person shall be Senator or
Representative in Congress, or elector of Pres
ident or Vice President, or hold any Office,
civil or military, under the United States, Or
under any State, who, having previously
taken an oath, as member Cf Congress, or
as an officer of the United States, or as mem
Der of any State Legislature or as an execu-
tive or judicial officer of any State, to sup
port the Constitution Of the United States,
shall have engaged in insurrection CT rebel
lion against the same, or given aid or COM
fort TO the enemies thereof. But Congress
may, by vote of two thirds Of each house,
remove such disability.
Sec. 4. The validity Of the public debt of
the United States, authorized by law, includ-
ing debts incurred for payment of pensions
and bountes Tor services in suppresSing in
surrection or rebellion, shalln not be questioned.
But neither the United States nor any State
shall assume or pay any debt or Obligation
incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion
against the United States. or any claim for
the loss or emancipation of any slave but all
such debts, obligations, and claims shall be
held illegal and void.
SEC. 5. The Congress shall have power to
enforce, by appropriate legislation, the pro-
visions of this article.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

HeSs~ The dragged sons" of Potter County
will find much of Interest in the Boston Cloth
ing Store advertisement, Wellsville, "oppo-
sition is the life of business" and where there
is opposition fair prices must he the conSe-
quence. Give them a call they will sell as
low as the lowest, and little lower.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

BSS- John G. Breckinridge, according to
dispatches from Richmond, Va, has been be-
fore Grand Jury of that county, and true
bill for treason found against him. If this is
true, it will entitle John to the active sympa-
thy of every copper-Johnson in the country.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

ESS- Gen. Moorhead has been renominated
for Congress BY the Union people Of the Ale.
gany district. He has already served four
terms, and well deserves this renewed te5ti-
mony of the peoples confidence.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

Ri3y-A bill is being prepared by tie House
Committee on Invalid Pensions, giving to the
soldier, or sailor two dollars month for each
of his children An appropriation of 5000,
900 will be required for this.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

BS5- We see by the Lock Haven papers
tLat friend, Capt. W. G. kress, has passed
a credtable examination and been admitted
10 practice law in the several Courts of that
county. The Captain has fine abilities, good
Judgment is a close student, and will make
successful lawyer.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

Gs9.- If the negroes are lazy and worthless
how comes it that they have deposited in the
Freedman's Safety and Trust Company Bank
a louisville, over one hundred thousand dol
lars during the last six months?
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

&aL. The Net0 York Herald reports that the
Ferions have strong man-of-war al sea and
that we may soon expect to hear Of it preying
upon English commerce. Britain may yei
have taste of the alabama"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

RR- The brave and eloquent Gen. Logan
of illinois, will canvass the State ia favor o1
Gen. Geary, during the campaign.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

EI~ The trial Of JEFF Davis has been post
pone1 to the first Tuesday in October next,
when it is expected the Chief Justice will bs
present.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

DeJ' The Sugar and Moasses crop from the
West Indies is reported as being fifty per
cent larger than that of 1866, and double that
of 1864.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-06-19

nEAn immense cotton factory containing
100000 splndles and 300 looms, has been
built in Carrolton Miss.