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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15
Nebraska and Colorado.

Both these territories have framed con-
stitutions, organized State governments as
fur as they can do so, chosen Senators and
Representatives in Congress, and are
knocking for admission. That they both
will be admitted at the present session OF
Congress there is every probability. The
democracy in and out Of Congress are ralS-
ing a loud hue and cry in opposition, on
the ground that they have not sufficient
population, alleging that Nebraska has
but $4,000, and Colorado 10000. This is
not true The population of both, which
is Increasing with great rapidity, is now
much nearer double these figures; and il
the number of voters was taken as the ba
sis, either of them would outnumber Flor
liza far away. These territories will soor
be entitled to more than one representative
each, while it is questionable whether Flor
ida viii ever have enough of population tc
entitle it to one member. Yet these grum,
bIers are very anxious TO take that non,
progressive rebel State back again Will
a its disIoyalty." 1t is not SO much the
numbers as the loyalty Of Nebraska and
Colorado that these worthless are quarrel
ing with.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

Eg- To-day the Legislature will elect a
United States Senator. Thad. Stevens is
out in a letter on political corruption.
Gov. Curtin says he has not withdrawn,
and generally the matter is in very un-
settled condition.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

re Judge Pierson has decided that the
city-authorties of Harrisburg have no right
to pay the expense of Johnson's reception
out of the funds of the city.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

nea- The Philadelphia Press is earnestly
engaged in an effort to secure the election
of Stevens over Cameron, Col. Foney
remembers that Gen. Cameron once stood
between him and that position. "You kill
my dog, III kill your cat"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

~ February Court conyenes on Mon
day the 18th. There will be Jury sum
moned. The Sheriff's Proclamation az
uears in another column.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

CoRPoREAL PUNIsHMENT.-A At a recent
meeting to nominate candidates tor school
committees Directors) in Cambridge, Mass,
Prof Agassiz said that for forty years he
had been a teacher beginning when he
was fourteen years old, and he had never
yet laid his hand on pupil. He believed
that when it became necessary to infict
corporeal punishment it was an evidence
that the teacher had lost his sclf-controI
We believe the great man is correct. Pa
rents and teachers who have not moral
force enough to govern without mauling
are not fit for either position.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

E9~ Gen. Butler favors the annexation
of Canada to the United States, aud says
the day will soon be here when it will be
a necessity.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

Napoleon has a kidney disease; Victor
Emanuel a paralyzed right arm; Bismarck
is sick the Empress CarIotta crazy; the
hair of both the Emperor Of Austria and
the Queen of Hanover has turned grey
within year; the Pope weeps day and
nirht, and Victoria still broods over the
past with profound melancholy, Who
wouldn't wear a cIoWni
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

ONE Of the significant political signs Of
the times is the fact that many of the lead.
ing Democrats of the country are heartily
anxious that the Senate of the United
States reject at least two-thirds of the nom
nations before that body for confirmation.
The reason for this is stated to be that
nearly all the Democrats who have accept.
ed office from the President are men with
out character, without ability, and without
influence in or out of the Democratic party.
The President appointed these men under
a deIusion. The muscle and mind of the
Democratic party have not gone after Mr..
johnson. The Leaders Of that party wish
this to be distinctly understood. If the
nominations Of rapsca'lion Copperheads are
confirmed, the fact will be taken as an en-
dorsement of the President by the Demo
cratic party, aud this the leaders thereof do
not wish to see attain credence. Hence,
the best Democrats in the country are Civ
mo their influence to induce the Senate to
rject the larger portion Of Mr. Johnson'S
Democratic nominations Certainly the
President is in pitiful plight, when those
who tempted him to his dishonor will not
share with him the profits thereof
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

RSg- The weather continues cold and the
eleighing in Potter has not been better in
wears
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

THE Attorney General has just COM
pleted and sent to the President for trans
mission to the House of Representatives a
list of Generals, members of Congress, Cab
met officers, and other officials Of high rank
in the rebel service,wh have been pardoned
under the amnesty proclamation of May 90,
1865. The list contains between two and
three hundred uamcs,aud in connection with
each name is stated the exception Of the pro-
clamation under which the owner came, the
names of persons recommending his pardon,
and the date of issue. The number Of per
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

px~ The NeD York Tribune favors
the election Of Hon. That. Stevens to the
United States Senate from this State.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-15

n. w. MCALARNEY, EDITOR.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15
S sPE5gl ]; !. q gI4AI ~ III 81 lpICES.s3l
! Know Thy Destiny. /

= !BADAsfE e. F.. TH6ARfoN,s the great English
Astfologist fC1alfvoyG Ana etrician, who
has astShished the 3elshtffS classes IF the 0Id
World;has now located hefseIf aatt Hddsoh, My.
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of second sight IS TO enable her to imparrt kndw-
edge of the greatest ahce to the single or mar
ried of eithersex.. While in state of trance, she
deiineates the very festures of the person yOn IRE
to marry, and BY the aid Of an Instrument of IN
tense power, known as the Psychon etrope, guaran-
tees to produce ike picture of the futnrehus
band wife of the together With date Of
marriage, position inife, leading trail Of ehafacr
ter, &C.. This is nohumbug, as thousands of test-
monials can assert, She will send when desired .
certified certificate, written guarantee. that tho
picture is what it, purports to hes By inelesing
small lock of hair and stating place Of birth. ase
disposition and complexion and inelosiDg fifty cents
and stamped euvelspe addressed to yourself. you
will receive the picture and desirsd information By
return mail. AL communications sacredly conf
Dental. Address in confidence. MADAME e: F.
THORNTON, P. Q, Box 22s. Hudson. N.Y. s1I5iaI
ssT a.
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THE GREAT FEMALE, REMEDY FOR
IRREGULARITIES


Fl These Drops are ascientihcally compounded fluid
prepas alton, and better than any Pills. Powders or
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positive, rendering them feliabe, speedy and Ger
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essious of natpre! Their popularity is indicated
by fact thatover 100 600 bottlesare annually sold
and consumed by the ladies of the United States
every one of whom speak in the strongest termsl
praise of their great merits They are rapidly tax
ing the place Of every other Female Remedy, and
are considered by all who know aught of them q
the surest, safest and infallibie preparationf
the world for the cure Of all female compla ints, the
removal of an distractions of nature, and the pro
motion of health, and strength. Explicit
directions stating when they nay be used and sx-
laining when and why they should not, nor
could not be used without producing effects contra
~ to natures chosen laws Will be found carefully
folded around each bottle. with, the written sigma
ture of JOHN L. LYON, without which none are gen.
uine, ,y11uua9 sfii tupd2HJfdI 4HifsiZ9 Hoi4
Prepared by DR.. JOHN u. LYON, 1916 .Ghape
street, New Haven, Conn.,, who; can be consulted
either personally or by mali Enclosing stamp con
cerning all private diseases and female Weaknesses.
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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15
Sam weak. Very weak.

A few nights ago snndry Black men in a
barber shop in this city were discussing
the probabilities of the success of the Con-
stitutional Amendment which contem-
plates making voters out of them. Some
thought that Republican members coupled
with it the White men disfranchising
clause for no other purpose than to defeat
the Amendhent before the people. They
objected to loading the question down in
this manner, and were fearful that it was
too mich Of a. load Aon the axletreesl
Nkvertheless, IF The Republicans should
prove true to their, protested principles,
ths Ahsndh9m would be adopted but
they were apprehensfves that they would
not all come up to the scratch. One said
he thought a good many of them were
like s. SAM GALLOWAY"
"Oh, SANS weak" said one.
every weak" said another.
"Yes, very weak" said third. Not one
disputed the statement. 1t is surprising
that Mr.. GALLOWAY, or ''Sam," as the Blacks
famiIiarly call him, should be regarded as
"very weak'' brother by the Negroes
here in Quietly. For %lothese mary yeasss
/" Sam " has labored1 in his peculiar way in
behalf of the Negro. On the occasion OF
BUFFERS visit to this city last fall, Sam
and Negro occupied the stand together
Sam " as the speaker, and the Negro as
the illustrator of Sans remarks. Sam
then contended that he would sooner have
the Negroes conduct the Government than
the Democrats, and yet Negroes now turn
round and vote, as aEtestimonial of theil
regard, chat +" Sam Is weak-very weak -
in the cause.
"How about Comfy, of the Journal
asked one of the sable brethren after they
had disposed of Mr.. GALLOWAY. 'CoMLY's
all right" replied one, ''but he's got nc
brains-dat's de trouble with him. He
means right, but he does us more harm
dan good. He's no account-no account
He don't know muffin; and if he did know
soineffliR, he'd not know how to use it SO
as to be of account"
Inasmuch as Mr.. GALLOWAY and General
Comfy are looked upon so unfavorably by
Negroes in this city, that may explain
why they paid FRED. DOUGLASS one hun
dred dollars to come here on Saturday
night to deliver lecture, in which he gave
the friends of Negro Suffrage something OF
an idea as to the course they shall pursue
in the pending campaign.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15
Disguised, q with the Democratic

= To- ID
Disguised q with the Democratic
3, A statement is going the rounds of the
Republican press, to the effect that !" a cit
izen of Ohio " has had an interview with
President JOHNSON, in which interview the
President did not disguise his disgust of the
Democratic party. This statement gives
pleasure to the Republican press, and they
undertake to argue that inasmuch as the
President has conceived disgust for the
Democratic party, it is therefore BETTING
that Democrats should desert their organ
ization and fall in line with the party that
proclaims the Negro as good as the White
man, if not a degree or two better, and glo-
rify everything that is wrong and mon
strous in Republican partisan legislation.
One year ago these same Republican jour
mails asserted that the President had desert
ed to the Democratic party. They did not
then argue that in consideration of his hav-
ing done so, Republicans should break
party ranks and follow him into the Dem
4oeratic party; but they, did contend that it
made it necessary that they should fight the
Democratic party with more intense stub
bornness. 1t follows, inevitably, then, that
if, the President has gone over to the Re-
publfcafisS the Democracy should fight
the Republicans with more resolution and
unyielding determination than ever.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15

ordered, and "a Senators answered to their
naInes.e4 Absent WITHOUT, leave-MessrA'
Hayden, Hollister, Hurds Linn and Wall
ling.
The Sergeant-at-Arms was dispatched
for absentees.
After while, further proceedings under
the call We're dispensed with.
The question being on the passage OF
III. b. 175, Mr.. Bateman advocated it, and
Mr.. May spoke in opposition.
The bfllCwas lost-yeas IA, nays g..
Messages from the House were read. =
70 III. B. 51l, To authorize the trustees OF
the township of Hinckley, Medina county.
to levy a tax to bniId aitoWn hall, was read
ltwiceS and ordered to be read third time
on Monday next. .,,,- or
The Senate agreed to House amendment
to s. b. 38S, To- punish frauds upon IN
isurance com panies-ye eas u, nays none, aud
it is therefore law.
The Senate agreed to House amendment
to 5. B. S79, To amend tsecg4 g41Taof the code
Of civil procedure. TfkTSEyFh aHT no SorETt
Leave ofabsence until Tuesday was asked
and obtained for Mr.. j ustice. b l'ho b. 9'aj@
The PRESIDENT signed sundry bills.
/ i NEWEST, from the. committee of Com
ference on the General Appropriation bill
reported the agreement of that committee,
report was agreed to by the Senate-yeas
20. nays none. EaIi Hei5lfW
The Senate then adjourned till Monday
! NoTE.-In the debate yesterday on the
bill 20. punish, obtaining goods under false
/ pretenses by inpris opn1ent in the Peniten-
! tiary, Mr.. Tibbals opposed it as whole,
but stated distinctly hathe was in favoroi
the feature (which proposed to punish
"confdenee men, ,oi9!oa SdI9atTa t 9 M 2sg@u
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15
Pokfng Finn.

The Cleveland Herald (Repubfican9 pokes
fun at ex-GoverhOr ToD, by saying that
there is very ifatteringfoexpression of
public opinion fayoring his nomination as
the Gubernatorial candidate BY the Repub-
lican party for the approaching election.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15
Depression ofthe Revenue.

70 e. A.
FoRNEY's Press refers to ''the adYiees
received from the National Capital" which
"refer almost daily to the depression ex-
perienced for some time past in the branch
Of general finance, pertaining Immediately
to internal dutiestp The decline in revenue
is represented to have commenced sensibly
in September last, and the falingsof and
the widespread depression in trade are at
tributed to the removals from Office made by
the President. Were there any substance
in this assigned reason, the re-removals
that the Republican Congress made neees-
sary, must necessarily have further con-
tributed to the depression of Revenue and
the prostration of business. A more
probable cause for this depression is the
fact that from the adhering States .tive ham
dred and .tffty millions dollars were collect
ed by the General Government in the name
of Reyenue-internal and otherwise
DURING the fiscal year ending July /, 1866
Such drain upon the resources of~rthe
country, when ten States, that in the days
of Democratic. rule and cheap taxation,
furnished as market of incalculable val
1e, is such that no people can long flour
hzprosperously under. Before the Re
publican party came into power, revenue
Of from sixty to seventy millions year
and collected indirectly 9at that
was considered excessive and t7raas
threatening the most alarming cor
ruption. Then, too, the now ten nom
eprese1ted States did prosper exceedingly
LargelEdilT they contribnteto that reve-
npe.,1 1Think of it'll Five hundred and fifty
| millions of dollars collected from the in
dastfy- of the country in 1866, and not one
centsof it from the capital invested in Gov
erhment securities, either, which is nearly
ten times the revenue that was called for
under Denlocratic administrations, when
all the States were prosperous and happy.
Will you tell us, in the face of this that
| Republican rule is good, for which we
should be devoutly thankful, and. to per-
petpates which we should labor unceas-
ingIy? '-''1 $50 = ~ -
.s,z- >--=-...--.--- =--...s.----.-=- ..-=----s3
u 4mPOrtant to Property Owners
y The. following correspond in relation
| TO taxation1 on incomes is of general In
terest - ,9iEas OILS Req0 etasp97oEgmi 80 s!q
- sts .illi 6faI NEW ! oRK, March IL, 1857
ise Hon. Ed. Rol1i7as4SiR: Please inform
me whether the amount expended for as
| sessments for local Improvements, such as
paving, grading, tagging, sewerage, &C.,
can be deducted from; income? fa5
Respectfully yours, -e,---8
swS8FT4R - n ALEX. PERRY.
vA .8tifvagBE 10 ~ 30 nGasH 70 8jad
REPLY
TREAS. DEPT, OFFF1cE INTERNAL Rev.
ga WAsHNGFoNs March 20, 1Se7.gS
SIR :AI reply to your letter of the 18th
inst, that compulsory assessments for
gTading ngagS RaviBg pa gnsgS agsp
actually paid by the taxpayer within the
year for which income tax is payable, may
be deducted from income. gERzS kEEg1
Very respectfully,
6sIEsGsI Vtd2Io1ofs 4soTHOMASo oE1ARLAND,
.ssqo 1oa 81 Deputy Commissioners.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15
4 FOR, MORE THAN TWENTYI YEARS MA
THEWS' S'VENETIAN, HAIR DYE has stood the


2 isIftr g no .1.2I .tIoI495Io gst.oJyO 3;ii iR
> FOR MORE THAN TWENTYi YEARS MA
THEW.S' VENETIAN HAIR DYE has stood the
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taYor. D RG1I-}~ GT1HE HOT. Il TOT L
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75 cents. TT ram
1t gives a,beautiful, lustrouss natural color,
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lt.doesnot rub off or fadeI ~ 1stlt ircItY q ~
Railways gives satisfaction. OAchild can applyit
. THIS HAIR Observation-Disclosures by peculiar
process Cknow only To- Mr.. Mathews, which renders
it itinfnitely superior to any dye in market II r.
q In using TIE VENETIAN DYE you avoid
that RUSTY. DEAD appearance by which dyed hair
is so easily recognised when an inferior article
has been used. ''--l7bI 1sd OF III = l'-tUF ~
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fd Ctat g.. A. /. I.IMATHEWS Manufactured
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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15
Republican Executive Committee
10 Look After the South.


Shortly before the adjournment of Con-
gress, the Republican CongIessmen ap-
pointed Republicau congressional COM
haittee, whose chief duty is. to look after
the partisanizing of the South for the BEN
eft of the Republican party. This COM
mittee appointed an Executive committee,
which Col. FoRNEY on the 11th made the
subject of letter to his Press. He says
that 1.-THE plan of the organization is ex-
ceedingly comprehensive; that "you can
scarcely form an idea of the work already
marked out :" that "the amount of infor-
mati6n placed at the disposal of the COM
mittee by the Southern Unionists, White
and Black, will constitute the basis of the
most effective organization ever known in
our country ;" that "its branches are ex-
tended with astonishing rapidity, and long
before the Presidential election, there will
scarcely be hamlet in the South that will
not be placed in direct and daily communi-
cationwith it," A tssteady dissemination
of documents' is being inaugurated.f The
Colonel says :. this stupendous undertaking
eahnot be, carried on without, money
More is, therefore, called for. cover nine
Thousand dollars were paid into the fund
by the members of the two Houses of the
XLth Congress, although subscriptions
wefeGonls taKena short time before the
Adjournment"
the Republicans organized on an extensive
scale tppaftisahize the Soathifor their ad-
vantage in the Presidential campaign. It
will be seen that the preliminary work to
this end is the & as.fsteaay {not spasmodic and
loose) dissemination of documents" peculiar
toltaleir p0litieal faith. If our party, were
to emulate this work Immediately here in
Ohio-the STEADY dissemination of ,docu-
ments"-:We should undoubtedly carry the
State. Democratic journals are the best
kind of documents to disseminate, and it
WIN require very little work from an active
Democrat in each township to secure such
STEADY dissemfhation.' This kind of work
should be. attended to without any further
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15
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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15

MITCHELL-SEAMAN-At the brides resi-
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April 9th. by the Rev g. b. Lewis. Mr. ROBERT NJ.
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DEB:

JoHESoN-AtReynoldsb1rg. on the 26th day of
March. HESRY- JOHNSON. in the SD year of his
age.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15

D. FOR NON RETENTION n OR iEC6NTINENGE
of Urine irritation, Inflammation, or liberation of
the bladder of kidneys, diseases of the prustate
dust deposits, and all diseases sf the bladder kid.
news and dropsical swellngs,' sotA hci14f1I
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15

s5h iIG ig s9GFa ,9IghVssl9 BslidDq 9R
df luE s5l,aB ad1 n93Wfsd uuiE0uit
JIqu9I 3fii % issj1iuldu5 Oh Hi@ bnG .sd.3ad
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15
.xnHeNz Of t9et Rayh1r.

ITOisiTqO1qe qerEKssNsaaLa KNa M asaaws. 21IalH3
COR eGloaaad IL ID N'sga YORK Saturday eve
ming, at 1861.
PEkNs9IRASIEis is il che European rlar<
ketfor a loan Of $9S,0 100000.
-AFoRTY, barrel whale was captured off
Beaufoft haFbof the other day. % Z ABkAA
THE Canadian authorities have six gum
boats ready for service on the lakes. 19
stoNs account 81 Che Presidents Illness,
the Senator will not adjourn till gnext
week. ..,.. -. =.
zsNEw JERSEY is now the paradise aof
schoolboys.sNom more birch for unruly jd-
vet1ffes. dill digoi.seg lss1oh
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-15

On motion of Mr.. WILESg call of the
House was ordered, when 20 members an
swered to their names.
The Sergeant Arms was dispatched
for absentees. -.,e,.-
from the committee on Judiciary, on II. b.
No .I405, Supplementary to an act t. relatln g
to inries, passed Feb. 9, l93lIs The COM
faittee reported an amendment and recon-
mended its adoption, and with it the pass
aoe of the lbill.u .E0PHDUtH tiL.tL ~. /
THE amendment was agreed to-, and the