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VOL!72IC XilT.- AMBER 24.
THE
JPOT-T ER JOURNAL
MIA:11M BY
Dl• W. Illertlarney, Proptletok.
$l.OO PR YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
* * *Devoted to the Mince of Iteptiblicatnisni,
the interests of Agriculture. the advancement
of Education. and the best good of Potter
county. Owning no guide - except that of
Principle, it will endeavor to aid in the work
of more fully freedomizing our Country.
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ADVERTISSESENTS inserted at the following
rates, except where special bargains are 'bade.
t Square [lO lines] 1 insertion; - -
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Each subsequentinsertionlessthan 13, 25
t Square three months, 4 50
4/ B ix tt 100
ig nine "
~ one year,
1 Column six. months, 20 00
I II It ti 10 00
it It 'it 7 00
1 " per year. - - ••• -40 00
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4.dministrator's or, Executor's Notice. 200
Business Cards, 8 lines or less, per year 5 'OO
Special and Editorial Notices, pe. tine.
* * *All 'transient advertisements must he
paid in advance, and no notice will he take
of advertisements from a distance, iittleiri the
are accompanied by the mono• or :atiqfa , to
reference.
***Blanks, at nd Job Work - of all Kinds. at
t Itromptl4 .t•rtl r.ithrotir
BUSINES;s CARUS
EULALIA 1401)GE. No. 342, A 31.
STATED Meetlogs On the 2.nd and 4th Wednes
days of each month. Usn NlAsonie gather
' :ings on every WedneAay .Eve•Atig.filr n ork
and practite, :tt. their Hall in Condkl , port.
TIAR )1 HT IVES W M. •
HAVRN.
JOHN s: MANN,
ATTORIcEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Coudersport, Pa., will attend the ..everal
Courts in Potter and Wliean Counties. Atl
business entrusted in his care will ..ect-ire
prompt attention. Office corner of Wei
and Third streets.
ARTHUR G. OLMSTED,
ITTORNEY Si COUNSELLOR AT LAW
. Coudersport, Pu., will attend a!l
entrusted to his care. %%all "pronuot.n,... su•
lids ity. Office on Stith.we-r
and Fourth streets.'
ISAAC BENSON.
;TTORNEY .A.T bAW. Pt. wi
attend to all busgiess .0 him. ‘‘• IT i
care and promptness. U,ii: oi, S,
near the Allegheny Bridge.
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F. W. KNOX.
.TTORNEY AT LAW. Condersla , •,.
regularly attend thottrts in Po tr•r .:n•;
the adjoining Coupes.
0. T. ELLISON
PRACTICING I.,'IIYSICIAN, Couder,port, Pu
,respeetfullyinforms the citizens of Ih, vil
lage and vicinity That„ he will prompl : re
spond to all calls for - profe , ;:ional
Office on Main st., in b !ilding formerly oe.
copied by 0.;19. Ellis, Esq.
C. S q‘z, E JONES,
/E.kLERS IN DRUGS. MEDICINES. PAINT...
Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationery. Dry Goe.l .
Groceries, .tc., Main st., Coudersport. Pa.
• D. E. OLMSTED.
IEALER IN DRY GOODS. READY-MAMi
Clothing,. Crockery, Grprt:rie4„ice., Main , t..
Coudersport, Pa.
COLLINS SMITH.
DP,ADER. in Dry Goods ov.trie.-.
Cotler. .tri all
Goods usually 'bowl in 1 co , in!ry
Coudersport, Nov. 27, 1861 .
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,M. W. MANN,
DEALER. LN Si STATIONERY. MAG.
AZINES aixd Music, N. W. corner of Hair
and Third sts.. Coudersport. Pa.
COUDERSPORT HOTEL,
F. GLASS.MIR.E, Proprietor, " Corner o-
Main and Second Streets, Coddersport, Pot.
ter Co. Pa.
Livery Stable is also kept in cnnnecl
Mon . with this Hotel
L. BIRD,
SURVEYOR, CONVEYANCER. &e.. I:MOOR
LAND. Pa., (formerly Cushiugville.) (Alice
ia.h4 Store building.
ARK .GILLON,
TAlLOR_—nearly opposite the Court House--
will make all clothes intrusted to him in
the latest and best styles —Prices to suit
the times.—.—Crive him a cell. 13.41
ANDREW SAN BERG & BliO'S.
TANNERS AND CURRIERS.—Hides tanned
on the shares, in thg best manner. Tan•
• nery on the east side of Allegany river
Coudersport, Potter county, Pa --Jy 17,'61
H. J. OLMSTED
OLMSTED & KELLY,
3EALER LN STOVES, TIN. & SHEET IRON
WARE, Main st., nearly opposite.the Cour'
House, Coudersport, Pa. Tin and She' ,
[ron Ware made to order in good style, on
short notice.
" 'TSEU-NTION
ARCH STREET, ABOVE THIRD,
Philadelphia.
UPTON 8. NEWCOMER, Proprietor.
This Hotel is central, convenient by
Passenger ears to all parts' of the city, and in
•very particular adapted to the Rants of the
business public.
Terms $1 50 per day
• UNION HOTEL,
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PENN.,
A. S. ARMSTRONG
IAVING refitted and newly furnished the
house on Main street, 'recently occupied
by * lt..iliee, is prepared 'to accommodate the
traveling public in as good style as can be had
is to3s11; Nothing, that can. in any Way In
crease the comforts of the guests..will be pe.
tested. Des. 11,1861
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(The fdllowing bea:uHfol lknes were written
by Brigadier-General Henry 11.. Jankson, of the
rebel army. who has been recently operating
on the Upper Potomac :3 • •
As die:the embers 'on the hearth,
And•o'er the floor'the s dows '
And'creeps the chirping cricket forth,
And ticks the death watch In the wall.
I sees form in ytinder chair. -
Tbat grows beneath, the waning light ;
There are the wan, sad fentures—Abere
The.pallid brow, and loeks of white.
My Mawr 1 when they laid thee down
Ana heaped .he clay upon thy breast,
And left thee sleeping all alone •
• Upon thy narrow couch of resti
1 know not why I could nut vreeri.:.
The soothing , drops refused to roll,
Aud oh I that grief is wild and deep,
Which settles tearless on the shut,
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But when I saw thy' vacant chair i •
Thine idle hit upon the wall;
The book—the penciled Pump 'where
Thine eye had-rested last ofall— .
The tree beneath whhse friendly ebade
Thy trembling feet Fed wandered forth—
The very prints thoSe feet had made;
Who, la,t they feebly trod theearth. •
And thought while countless ages. fled,
Th vacant ,eat weuld %IC>. ot §tarld—
Cruworwthy hat—my book unread—
Edlived thy footsteps from the eand—
A•id widowed in ibis cheerless world
Ihe heart that gave it love to.thee—
r,,rot like the vine Whose tendrils curled
afore clusel round the falling tree.
Oh. father! lien for her and thee
Gushvd madly forth the scorching tears;
And oft. and tong. and bitterly.
Thobe tears have gushed in litter years
Fur as the world.grows cold around,
and ti ings assume their own .real hue,
"I sad to find thiltlove is found
Alone drove the stars wi;.ll you.
The Shownititt's Courtship.
Mare was thany affect in ties which made
hatittvr arter Betsy Jane. , Llcr father's
iar:o:jined nur'n ; their cows ar d (Juni
stittenelit t heir Ilium at the sante spring ;
one i,ld wares 13417 ii had star. in their far
rerd's ; t ue n,eatdes brokkont in bOth fanner•
he, at nearly t he'sante period; oUr patients
k ltets)'s and .i.ine) slept reelarly to the
sane house. and the nnbers used
~1-ar, e , ••1-.1,w thick the Wards and
air .t.'• It was a surbliwe site,
of the yeiir to see our rev
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, ••.•• .;rs (Betsy's arid !trine) with
pitid up st; they cot..ldn't site
atke s huairt ) Biliu sope together &
anooziii t he natters
A tho I hankerd intensly arter the ob
iiek of i n. affeeshuns, I darsunt tell her
t tiles vrideit was ragirl in'uty manly
ry to do it but. ray lung
herwollitt. up :iglu the rouf of illy
& stick ti ar, like detli to a di -
,east Alriitan or a country poinmasier to
its .Iris,. while utyliart whanged agin niy
ribs like a old fashioned wheat Flue agin
a barn floor. -
T . Was a carol bite in Joan 411
totter was huslit and nary . zeffer disturbed
the :setevit . sil , •tis I not with Betsy Jane
011 the .fcnse of her fart tier's pastor We'd
bin rottinin thew the woods. - kultin flours
& drivin Om woodchuck front hi., Nativ
Lair (5 . ., to -p.•ak) with long sticks Wail
we sit :liar on he fettse. asWincin our
tau and for. and blushin a r. das tne
111 i-etllc skt.ol lonise when it was fast
paint. d. and lookin very simple. I make
oo doubt My left are, was ockepied in
13.411 mi-i n. myself on the feu-e, while my
rite was. woundiii luvittly rounti her waste.
['cleated my throat and tretitbhnly sed,
—Bets , ., you're a Gazelle."
I tlittigitt that air was putty fine I
waitid see what effeck it would hay
upon her It evidently didn't fetch her,
fur site up and sed,
"You're a sheep !"
I, Betsy. 'I think very muchly of
you."
"I
_don't bleeve a word you' . say—so
there now cum'!" with which (bsareashun
she hitched away from
"I wish that was winders to my Sole,"
red I, •'sn that you e',uld ser some of my
feelins :There's fire enuff in here," sed
strikiri my buzzum with my fist, "to
bite'ali the corn beef uud tu, nips in the
naberhood Versuovtus at 4 the Critter
ain't a eireumetatts !"
She bowed her lied down and 641 7
tuella chawitt the strings to her sun
bonnet. , •
"At, Could you know the Sleeplis nites
I worry threw with on your account, how
elides hus se►zed to be attractiv tome &
how wy lints has shrunk up, you wouldn't
dove we. Gait. on this wastic form and
these 'ere sunken cheeks"—
S. D. KELLY
I should have pontinnered ,on in this
strane probly for sum time, but unforti•
nitly I lost my baliunse and fell over into,
the pastur ker smash, tearin my close and
seveerly datnagin myself ginerally.
Betsy; Jane sprung to my assistance
in dubble quick tame and dragged--me
4th. 'Then drawin herself up to her full
bite she. sed : , ,
"I won't listen to your noncenty no
longer..! Jes say rite straw out what
you're driviu at. If you mean "gettin
hitched, I'M IN !"
I conaidared that air enuff for all prao
don' purposes, and We proceeded mne
jitly to the parson's, and- - was made 1 that
very nice.
heb° l o I° 101.1iiRei0e$ of lime. .ightlzietai . g . , ,qqa 'the
,Ditlipi . l4-tipli ; : il . ,i)iphiiitj .K . i , ,,ei..,iili'i:jilia.'ll#,li,: '1
6013DEROPORT, , POTTER: 0 OUNTY,; - Pi.,:.WEDRTESRAIt,-:RIAIT .4,8, 1 Ofd, , :,:i..,7,. i i
GEORGE D. PRENTICE: have the
PLEASURE of-infuttiting you "ottr days
aCe•numbered , •—your . flealli. near . at 'hand..
Gen. BuCkner has friends Who aritaworn
to avenge him, and upon you they look
as a cozvard/y enemy! one who fears to
speak while' he is powerful, but -who ex-,
tilts and Saciriligiously dares . to' "thank
God he icon exult over the doivnfall of
Simon Bolivar -Ituekner.'! Beware!
George b. - Prentice., The REBEL GUN-
BoAts dre gradually upppnaching
ville - ; and what they jail to 'accomplish
willing ,ha ads and hearti ?pill perform.
eU4On and the dagger have pat.manito
steep who waked no more 1 Theu be
ware that such is hot YOUR FATe.
CIIARLOt LE CORDAY.
This letter comes tells in a very pret
ty female chirugraphY, and is postmarked
"Georgetown." We get letters like it
every day, and alutoit every hour of every .l
day, and we publish this merely to illus
trate the general spirit of the rebel women
of Kentucky: A thousand. devils have
evidently entered them, and perhaps it
would be no great loss if, like the swine
that experienced a similar visitation netir4
ty two thousand years 'ago,. they were to!
"rush down a steep place into the sea.":
"Charlotte" says t h at. our 'days "are I
numbered " No : doubt they are "nuM.,
bered,"; and so are we, but we guess that,
their' number is three score au& ten yeare,ll
and ou r s "A
,No. 1." H - er remark that!!
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we; were afraid to speak while Buckner]
was powerful, indicates that she cannot!
have been a reader of ours when that .
areh•rebel was in the height of his poweri
She threatens our individual life with'
the rebel gun-boats," said to be fifteen or ,
twenty Fitt number, and, as if that were
not enough. she 1 its us understand that
the work Ir 4 un upon us by the boats
will be, compitut by —poison and dag.
ger." ISo we are to be bombarded, poi- I
suited, 'and stabbed, and we hope we shall'
be able to put up with these inconven- I
it' no further calamity overtake us,
From the signature that our amiable
torrespoudel.t uses, "Charlotte
we judge that she means to dO the stab'
bios part of the business herself. Her
nemesase stalked Murat in his bath, and,,
to protect ourselves from iutru-ion of
jug such characters as our Heor;•etowit
correspoudent, w.. have long beenin tae
habit, while takimr c' our bath, of keeping
the doOr locked 'However, if she will
coi;vinee -us that she is pretty, we a.ay
be prevailed on to give her a ticket of',
t Lou iSCule Jo urnal.
SWIFTNESS OF BIRDS —lt has been
caleulate , i
.that a hawk will fly not less'
than 150 wiles. an hour . Major Cart
wright, on the coast of Labrador, found,
by repeate&observations, that the flight
of an eider .r duek was at • the 'rate of 90
miles an hour. The flight or a common
croiv is nearly 25 miles an hour, and
Spillanzuni Wand that of the swallow to
be abut 92 miles an hour. L A falcue
belonging to Henry IV of France, flew
from Fuuntaii.bleau to Malta in less than
twenty four hours, the distance being
1,350 miles ; and it is probable that his,
flight was about .75 miles an hour, as
i such. birds fly in tLe day time only. These)
facts show how easily birds can aecom:
OA their extensive ungratiens, espec
ially when we consider that a favorable
wind materially helps them on their
Ivoyage..
A "traveler says : If yOu wish to raisean Amorican''s pride to leVer heat in
Englain], by any - other allusion than to
the. flag of his union, touch his puck t-4-
-Windsor, sir !" said one of the true grit,
to an:Englishman, who pomp. usly des
eribed the palace of his sovereign, "Wind
sur I I've heard of it, am g6ing'to see it,
and, if I like the place, .1 intend, to bus
it!"
Oliver Cromwell is well known to have
been :one of the shrewdest men ; yet he
well understood the value of- integrity.
His remark, made to a clever but. unseru•
piilous lawyer of his. day, is Well, worthy
ofcoiirideratton. '•I underm.and that you,
hitve,of late been vastly %vary in conduct
Do not be too confident ofthis.
ty may deceive you ; integrity never will'.
"Il say, landlord, tnat's. a-d:rty towel
far a l man to wipe on . !"
Lendlord with a look of amazement.
replied : Well, I swan, your'e mighty
particular, seventy or'eiglity of my board
ers have wiWd on that towel' this morn
ing, ;and you are the first One to find
fault."
BAD S , PELLING —A winisier, who was
appointed chaplain in an Ohio regiutent,
lately wrote the following" note to a broth.
,
er preaCher : - ' •
"Deer brothir—if you can; get a corn
roisbun as Chaplin. it ail' pay you 88ty
a month and a livin beside. The cans of
krist kneads you in his , aruiy.",,
Snolding-!is th 6. ‘Fepper of =matrimony,
and ladies are the pepper boxes. '
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..The n o n eEioleall f BUR. -:,
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'.. The 'folloWing is a c o rrect cop y of ;the
Homestead bill as,passed . by both( hoeses
Hof Congress, and signed by the President :
AN ACT to Secure Hoinesteads to Actual Set=
1.... tiers t on the Publie•Domaiil. - and tci . pro?iride
a Bounty for Soldiers in lieu of grants of
the Public Lands.
Be it enacted by the SenateandlAnie
of Representatives of the United States
Of America iii Congress Assembled : That
any person who is the head of of fai'''l.;
or who has -arrived att.he age orHt*epty
one years, ai,d_is" . a citizen of t 4 United
I.Stales, ur Who shall liavejfiled hitt deelar
lotion of intentiun :to bechine such, a re-'
Lquired by .t he •_. c aturalizidien laWs off the
United- Ststes;:and ' wild( 'has never. bnrue
arms against the United 'States !Goren :
ment, ur given ; aid and comfort to its en:
envies, shall from and .after !h; Itt of
January; 1 8 63, be entitled to on quarter
section, or a less quantity; of un a pprnpri.,,
awl' public lands, upon-,,iviiieff paid ljper:
son may have filed a pre einption claim,
or which may, at ihe time the application
is. made, be sitiject to pre-eteption at
$1 15, or less, per acre;, or eighty acres :
or less 'of such' unapbropriated !land; at
I S*2; 50 per acre, to be located in a ihody.
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in conformity to the legal subdirisions of
the public lands,,ae,d after the saineptiall
have been suryeyed •:. ' Provided, That any
!person owning j and residing laud,lmay,
under the provisions of this act, enter
!other land lying contiguous to Jos or her
said land,.whieb.sliall not, with! thel i land
So alresdy owned and oacupied,ruelod in
, the aggregate 160 acres. . „ I .
I SECTION , 2. And he ii,jur'thei• en4cted.
'That' the person applying for, tlie benefit
of this act 'shall, .Upon application to the
Register of the 1...,and-Office•-iiilwhiCh he
t or she is abunt ticituake stich, entry, poke
'affidavit before the said Register r Re-
Iceiver that he or she is - the hea of fow
l) 1
ily, or is twenty'one years or, iu re gage,
or shall have performed service jin the
army of the United Suites, and .thatlie
has' never borne arms against the Govero.
went of the United States, ot given aid
and comfort to its enemies, and to4,sucli
application is made for his or; her exclu
sive use and benefit,' and that: said entry
is made for the , purpose of aCtuaf settle
ment and cultivation, -and not eitier di•
reedy or-indirectly •for the use or enefit
:,
lof any ether person or persons wboinso.'
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!ever ; and upon filing' the said amdavit
Iwith the Register ur Receiver, and on
payment of 810, he or she shall I there
!upon be permittedito.enter,,the quantity'
of land specified : Provided,j however,
That no certificate shall be gieu ;or pat- i
etit issued therefor until
,the elinlt ion of;
I five years from the date of such gentry;
(and if, 'at the expiration of truth tltiie, or
t at any time within two years thereafter,
I the purkna . makiilg sue() ontryF-0, if he
be dead, his widow-; 'or in ; ef her
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I death, his heirs or devisee ; oi l in ' l ease of i
i a widow malting such entry , her heirs or
i
I ' devisee in 'case of her deatit—iphap 'prove'
by tWo credible witnesses that lie, Ishe. or
they have resided upon or c,eltl‘itted the
same fur the term of five 'years iurediately
(succeeding the 'tithe of Hug the affidavit
I aforesaid Land shall ;nuke' affidavit that
' no part of said land has be'en cdienated,
and that he has' borne true a/M i lliner:B to
the Government of the United States ;
then, in such case, he, she,.or he , ', if at
that time a citizen' of the. Uuited States,
shall be entitled : to_a patent, 'as) in iother I
cases . provided for by law : Andr+vided,l
further, That in case of the 'ilea h Of -both I
Ifuther and toother,leaving tiei in , fa te
o r children,undey twenty one•yeers cif age, I
the right and fee shall enure to nth l e bene- I
I fit of said infant child .or children ; and I
the executor, adminisirator, or Ignpidian,
may, lt
.auy . tune w ith in two yenta , after 1
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the death of the'surviving pare nt,laud to
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accordauce wtth; the. laws of the State in
which such children for the din being
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have their domicil, sell 'said lan ds fOr the
benefit of said infants, but for 6, ether
purpose ;. and the purchaser slitill Sequire
the absolute title by the purcha'se, and be
entitled to a patent front the Unitrd
States , on payuent of the offer fees and
;
scull of money,herein specified. I I -
SEC. 3.. And be i l tfurther enaCted; That
the.,Registet of the Land Of shall mute
all such applicaiion.v . on the trat ;books
amid plats of his; o ffi ce, and, kcl
ill a Iregis
ter of all such entries, and . make return
, th'ereof to the General -Land-Pifice, to.
gether with the proof •upou vriali. they
have been founded: ' . -
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• SEC 4. Aid beitfurther enticed; That
no lands acquired under the' p4iYisionS
of this act : shall:ln any event j becoine lia
ble' to the Satiiffiction of oily !debt or.
debts contracted prior to the! is4uing of
the patent therefer--, - ' :d. I j ' 'i
SEC 5 And he it further enacted; That
if, at any after the filing of I tlie,affi. l
davit, as - required in - the first section of
this rot, and iiiifore the expiration of the]
five years aforesaid, it Shall !be proven,!,
after due , notice to the Settler ['to the'eat.
isfaetion of the -register ' of. the land i nffice,
that the person, havffig ti14.3,n0 h. j-i t iffida..
vit., abiltliave adtuallye hanged - 40s er No
residence s or abandoned the said hind, of
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Shall `h pet ty4iised 62% Denupy . "s aid land for
wore;ihkin. trinnths at any dine: then
and ill i thai event the la'nd so entered shall
revert to the GOVeruinent:
-,ic
.tl)td it:furtlierengqt,Td, Tha,t
no individtial`slialli be Periiiiteci to ac ,
quire title to more plan ~ one,quarter sec
tioti"uride' the:provisions of this , act ,and
thnithe Commissioner of the, Qeueral
LandOffice;is hereby;required 'to prepare_
and' issue such . ruleS a od - reguiai;ione, con
sleiiiiittwithi this net, as shalt tie necessa
ry a n d pop r tocarry B , provisions into
effect ;';apd that the registers tiod, receii!-
eri' of the seVerid hind.olfules shnll' be en
to receive - Tili v e sarne cotupensation
for:edy . kinds
.nufered under the provis
ietis'Of this 'act that they are now entitled
to receive Vaien the same quality of land
,
is entered with mondy,:oneinilfito be paid
-,. • ; . , , ,
by- the.person 'A - tilting:the application at
the'linte . of SO doing, and the; other half
on the:issue. of the eertilie.te by the per.
son to whoM it . tuaY •be issued. ;.but this
shall out be construed to enlarge the mai;
iniuiu of ;cOMpensation now prescribed by'
fiiiVi tor 'any! register 'or receiver; ,Proilidcd,
!That ti : othhig contained in this act shall
Ibe so construed as to impair Or interfere
in any' es tintimer ' whatever with existing
preOmpti'mi' rights i And provided, fur
/heti, That ,'all persons who may have filed
apillicationa for . a preetuntion , right
prior to the passage of this act shall be
entitled to' all !the :privileges - of this act.
Pe,Ovided,jui;theri: That no person who,
hae!seryk or mtiyr iiereafter 'Serve, for a''
period .of 'not' less! than , 14 days' in the
army or navy of this United States; either
regular or .volunteer, . under:! the latis
thF.re*, 'during the existance :Of an actual
war, tiouteitici or fereign, shall be depri
ved of thelbenetitsiof this act tblrt account',
' of not hsving attained the age 'of 21 years.
' :Sit. 7.. And be ii further enacted, That
the fifth section of the act eb4tled "An
! act; in addition to an. act more, effectually
to -provide, for.the . fpunishment of certain
crimes against the United States and for
other purPoses,"lapprOved :the 3d :of
A;rchi in' ! the year! 1857. - chub extend: to
aillOtlist 'affirinuttens and affidavits, :re
' quired'Or autbOriz6d by this 4et.
$F:c. B. And be 7't further enacted, That
nothing if* this act shall he 0 construed
as tot prevent any person who has availed
hire or i herself of the benefit of the first
section* this act !from paying the mini.
mum piice, or the . price to!! which the
~
same tray have graduated, ler the (pan- I
tity Of hand so entered at any. time I,,eforel
the atsiration of the five years, and obJ
tuiPiii a patent therefor from the Guy-,
eraine:t, as in Other cases irovidedi by
1aW,.16 waking.proof of settlement and
i
cuitiva, ion as: proVidcd: by existing laws
arantith , pre-emption rights. . . 1
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CORRESPONDENCE:
C4CEIRANVILLE,CUESTERCO ,PA:
NAY 11, 1862
EDITOR JOURNAL Justus I was clos
ing u 4• last. letter from Washington, 1
learned some fact 4 in relation to Senatm
Cowan', that help - explain his pro
SlaverY course. In die. first Place, he is
exemiaiugly vain and thinks, he is about'
the heist important man in Washington.
whielilmakes him insensible to the wishes
of die great mais4f.his constituent;. 'He
thin - 1;8,1Am), that his influence ,and; talents
bTemne the head Of a
new:; party sufficiently strung to control
the legislation of Oungress. • With n view
to ;carry out this isehetne he =became. the
1 tndinate friend Of Breckinridge , at the
japeCial ;.session. and remained his fast
friend so long as that hypocrl i deal traitor
wasiiulWabhinguin • For the same lea
; son . lllel became the intimate associate of
I Je!.tie D. Bright] L. V. Pdwell.
bury, of Delaware. and the Qiher leader;
of,Seelession in Washington
4 . Such as
these tire his chief associatesi and so he
IS'as•cmaim to oppose every measure cal
; etiltite•• to weaken Slavery, as the 'Most;
malignant Slaveholder in, the Senate -I-1
Ctit anybody tel what waa gained by
eleetitig him instead of his Breckinridge
opponent ? For one, I would as soon
trust . the seini•Seeessionist Saulsbury, of
Delaware, as this buuibastic renegade
Petinaylvaniati.' 1 - , • .
But let me send words of cheer, : iva an
(iff.Ot Ito these. unpleasant reflections.
The great rebellion is going 'down, and I
solia ISluvery. The 'especil committee)
of the Senate haVe agreed tonlio reported!
a bill: Whichlf'passed,, Slavery,
thegnick consumption. Of its 'passage
therelis nut `much doubt, so the reader
will die well to .give . the an attentive
perusal.. It wits (reported to • the Senate
on the 13th inst.',
Slalees are dully arriving in Washing.
ton from alt pails of Virginia, in great
nuiutiers. not unfrequently. 100, arriving
in, a .day,.. A - siGoverninent '.;agent givei
his sviioletime to the paro : OffhOo newly
cu'ailei freemen. :.IThere is itao, an rassoci-.
mien 'ofactive philanthropists, headed by
Vice President Himilin; givin g old' and
to ih rd
iustructiont ese..escape victims of
.
#itiericanAlespptisin...Eacli_escapedStave.
on his arrival in Washington.is.faruisliW.
by deueral lyndsifortti--;a, name th'at
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ftl'ERItS.74l.OO TER 'ANRIVII;
will n z eim'peris cei:iificit tbas
the beater ',under Uilliistry ,rotectioni
and Woe to any; taan•biintei.svlio under ,
takes to 'carry off ,cine of the ;,00aeral'al
certificates. AlreadY a half
naptiers have' been sent to ilia: guard
house; and tip harm has aoMeta . i.tie
tended victims.
I would write'more, ,but tbe. mail
closes, so ['send kindest regard `puny old
.atl F is, and the most
,hopeful" ;,cheer to
you., all. . . JI.Sa
' ED; JOURNAL :"As pertaittat
ing to' soldier life intereit'ib the
people now'',' -I 'send' jou the . - foirchriog
cOpy of a 'private letter Troai a foldier is
the N - Y.6oth; 'shotvitii'tioiridikelpline
is"soutetittles adttittistered in solclibedJui l i
and ' , therm uff our -Northtird soldier's are
wade of. If 'porporid' , be:on iq
the habit of chinking,' dotet,yott suppose
he would have 'received his tali measure
of punibhtueut ia spite of all explanationsr
• .
From the 60th New York.
BEAN CARTETISOOtiI: Eticer„-N. Y, S: V.
RELAX Ben - se, 11Ax.76, 1862.
DEARCOUSI,S : jut half past
eight Aleck 111:,, and_ the taps:. will
beat at nine, when all )4-Irts.must s hi . en ,
tinguished, buti I. thought I .would-s pend
that half, hour in Writing, aMirteiLyen of.
a little trooble I had.to•dirY with the,Ad ,
jutant,Which nearly resiiited in My arrest,
I..with Ihree or four more had papers to
go to the city: 1 : We Went to the, depot
<and took tie ears, as it. happened, we
took the front ear. Said Adjutant Came
in with his sister and two or three more
ladies, When he saw us , he ca..tnie and
told us to go iu the back car.:: The,rest
of the boys went, but, pay,; too
proud spirit was touched,, and i refused.
I told him I had paid my fare and-.4ual
enfitlt.d'to my seat. I told him if there
s not room I would gitro ; roy
seat to hits or the ladies, hilt, as it was, I
refused. - lie said that be ordered, ""'our
order," said I, "on duty is my Is . :sir,.but
here I slr(' refuse, ha v e a. pass - ftons
ray Captain and Colonel, for eight. hours,
and 'am free." - His face flushed with.an ,
ger on seeing his aut'aority..baftled, and
said he-should i have me arrested when
returned. I said "Very well, I shonloi
out go." He went to hii seat, and
' heard one of the": adies say She "could
not but admire his spirit.", On return
ing to camp, the Captain r eceived orders
to confine me to - toy quarters for diem ,
spectful language to my superiors ~ The
Captain emit. word, end I went to him.
"Corporal ) " said he, - "come with me: to
the General." Went. He sent for the
Adjutant, and told me to tell nay -story,
I did. He asked me if I had been drioka
tog. The Captain
,answered, and said
"General, I take that as au insult. Cot ,
poral H.' never drinks." .He turned - to
the Adjutant and said, "Is his story truer'
"It is, sir," said be ; "Corporal said
the General, "you are acquitted." He
then turned ra the Adjutant and aaid,
"Never let me hear such a'thing of i yeti
again.' .He isired hi if Lliad.ever re:
timed to obey linu . WI:ell ou ' duty ? !girt
has not," said-the Adjutant. "Sir" said
the General, "If I ever hear such a thing
of you again, I shall liave you . severely
chastised betore the regiment." The Ad
jutant looked, as the soldiers said, "down
in the mouth," and went to his office.
After lie was gone the General said, "Cor
poral, why did You not obey ?". I told
lrut "therit seemed to me that -he had
no business to order we, and itlcylked too
Much as if I were -hilt .I . ilave,' her:rinse:fie
had the honor of holdjrig a cominisaiOn."
"That's the spirit," said the General )
private that behave s is just as.e.otidasan
idlieer, and -I shall aiwayslpretect you - in
what, is right." He took my name, and
bade inego to : mv quarters, Why I was
not sent
,to the,gtard. house,. was : because
they cannot put a' non commissioned efft
cer there. I write this to letlyou,'knoW
how coueeited some men are when they
have a shoulder -strap and a commission.
But there are the taps,,and•l
Front the 534 Pennsylvania.
YORKTOWN ) VA ,MAY 9. 1862
MR. EDITOR: Are yeu getting Ins.
(ions to know of the whereabouts
,of the
I 43d Pennsylvania ? Presuming you and
I your readers might :feel Some inteiest io
this question I thought to speud a few
moments for your edification; As the
iteadnig or thislsheet indicates, Yotktuvirt
—the "aforetime" great Rebel St ronglit3l4
is at present our location, •and most
beautiful Mite it is 'too. The scenety is
unsurpassed by''anything which Vhavtg
ever seen. The river is partiettlarly-betiti
tify,i, almost beyond deseriptiOe. Yeti
must .not infer from the fact of our bbirig
eneaniped at 'ibis pOitit 'flourthat - we hinie
been: idleand have penetrated_ no farthef
into the land Of-the far-finned ‘iehivalry,f!
if.yott do:- t heti
. uve: mostawantifullif
hiize beenfaither ihati thaw
.who Were': aheadtof .
„ Per:gilt' of
flying rebalsii. , Asztett are pikaiithly 4104
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