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utiness entrusted in his care
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Coudersport, Pa:, will attend to all business
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fideity. Olfice on Both-west Omer of ' Main
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. the adjoining Counties.
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PRA.OTICTS G PHYSICIAN. Coudersport,
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nil
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COUDERSPORT HOTEL,
F. GEAssmigs, Proprietor, Cornet] o-
Main.and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot
ter Co., Pa.
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lien with this Hotel.
GILLO.N,
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MANHATTAN HOTEL.
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MINIS Popular Hotel is situated near the
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woy . opposite the Park 'within one block
1 1 of the 'Hudson River Rail Road aod near the
erie Bail Road Depot. It is one of the,most
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_ Board at. Rooms $1.50 per day.
N. HUGGINS, Proprietor. ,
, Yob. 18th, 1863.
The Rochester Straw-Cutter.
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tse_A friend eends us the following
item of "loeal fun":
. .
Many years ago, when Condersport,the
seat of justicti in Potter Connty,.was iots
infancy, there lived and flourished a good
old man belted Taggart. He was en
dowed with strong common sense,a genial
disposition and considerable love of fun.
His education was
_quite 'hilted . ; but for
'all that he was the choice of the people
and the Governor 'for justice of the .peace
for many years.
One day a man was arrested and brought
before "Squire - Taggart," , ehaiged• with
setting fire 'to a neighbor's barn. Mr.
Cole, a lawyer of the place, was employed
for the prosecution,and onel'acob Bishop,
a wrangling, ignorant, and ;pretentious
pettifogger, was employed fOr the defense.
In the course of the examination the wife
of the man whose barn bad been burned
was
brought on the stand as a witness for
the prosecution, whereupon Bishop got
up and objected to the witness.
"State the ground of your objection,"
said th&iustiee,
"Yes, yes," interposed the counsel for
the. prosecution, ."we want to know upon
what grolinds you object to this witness."
The pettifogger here drew himself up,
and, looking at the old justice with an air
of profound wisdom, said, slowly and em - ..
phatieally,
"May it please this hon'ble court, I ab
ject to this witness on the ground that
she is compos mantis."
('Compes mantis!" exclaimed Cole,
Wait laugh. ''Come, come, Bishop,
don't you go to humbugging the (30111 t
with your not'isense."
"Sir, said the justice, sternly, "this
court permits no hog Latin to be used
here, and you must state in plain English
what you moan by such outlandish talk
as compos mantis. For thy part I never
heard anything against the woman's char
acter before."
"I beg Cue hon'ble conrt's pardon,"
said BiAJp, with great dignity. '•I had
no intention of clefamating the lady!f
character; ?and what I meant by her Us
ing compos mentis is, that she is interest
ed in the event of this here suit, and
i therefore I object."
The court overruled, and the case went
—The lawyer, COLE, here mentiened
is still living in Coudersport.
BETRAYED. AGAlN.—Before this day,
the Union arms would have taken Rich
mond, and all our prisoners there would
have been`released, but for the•betrayat
cf the exptt, titian by . one of our . soldiers!
Richmond papers say that a "Yankee de
serter" gave them timely notice of the
advance of our forces, so that they were
able to fell trees and in other ways stop
our advance and rally in their men
Thus, agl'io, have our arms been dc
feated, and our hopes . blakitcd by — the
treachery of rebel emissarios skulking in
I our limbs to betray us t
j The copperheads can bear and lore
the treasonable acts and speeches of Fer
nando Wood, but they makegreat ado
because Mrs. Lincoln sent the wife of
Wood some flowers, for nu eventnp: party,
"with Mrs. L's compliments." Mrs. W.
having asked it, the President's wife CCM
plied. These coppperheads would have
women uncivil to each other on account
of their husbands. Mrs. Wood may be
a good Unionist for aught we know or
care, for that concerns not the public—
but Wood's "aid and comfort to the ene
my are notorious and do concern the
public.
1 .- -.llon,Atuos Myers, of Clarion Co.,
is commencing an active and useful career
in Congress. In one of his speeches, he
said, truly, "the people had taken up and
determined 'that Mr. Lincoln, who had
thus far held the helm of State so stead•
shall run the .good ship into pOrt,
whatever politicians may do. God and
the people arc for Abraham Lincoln."
rel..The,Wilkesbarre Times pays $l4
per bundle for printing paper s for which
he formerly - paid st. Is it any wonder
that printers raise the price of papers and
other work.
'keboteo lo the, kispipios of ihtto i)eh)oeile9, qno fix issefilirpfloq of Lifollftil!, Ql9 lidos.
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY IZ4, 1864.
The Black Regiment:
Dark a$ the clouds of ecen, -
Ranked in the,western heaven,
Waiting the breath that lifts
All the dread rnass, and drifts
Tempest, and falling brand
Over a ruined land:.=
So still and orderly,.
Arno to arm; knee to knee,.
Waiting the great event,
Stands the black regiment.
Down the long dusky line '
Teeth gleam and eye-balls shine;
, And the bright bayonet,.
Bristling and firmly set, •
Flashed with n purposo grand,
Long ore theharp command
Of the fierce rolling drum
Told them their time had come;
Told them that work was sent
For tho black regiment.
"Now," the flag-sergeant cried,
"Though death and hell betide,
Let the eihole nation see
If we are fit to be.
Free in this land ; or hound
Down, like the whining hofirid
Bound with red stripes of pain
In oar old chains again I"
Oh ! what a shout their went
From the black regiment.
I'Charge.l" Tramp and drum awoke,
Ontvard the boudinen broke:
Bayonet and sabre stroke
Vainly oppoied their rush.
Through the wild brittle's crush,
With but one thought aflush,
Driving their lords like chaff,
In the gnat month they laugh;
'Or at the elipl cry brands •
Leaping with oven hands,
Down they tear Ina and hors
Down in their awful course;
Trampling with bloody heel
Oyer the crashing steel,
All their eyes forward bent
Rushed the black regiment.
"Freedom !" their battle ery--;:
"Freedom ! or leave to, die 1"
Ah ! and' then meant the word,
Not as with us 'tie heard, .
Not a mere portyshout:
They gave their spirits o . c,t ;
Trusted the end to God, •
And on the gory sod •
Rolled in triumphant blood,
Glad to, strike one free blow,
Whether for weal or woe;
Glad to breathe one free breath)
Though on the lips of death.
Fraying-oas! in vain I—
.That theyfmfglit fall again,
So they could once more see
That burst of liberty! •
This was what "freedom" lent
To the black regiment.
Trundreds on hundreds fell . :
But they iAre resting well;
Scourges and shackles strong
Never shall do them wrong:
0, to the living few,
Soldiers, be just end true
Hail their' us comrades tried;
Fight with them side by side
Never, in field or tent,
Scorn the black regiment!
Moller front Cot. Thos. L. Young
MASON CREEK, TENN., Jan. 4, '64.--
DEAR ROBERT : Hero goes for a long let
ter ma rebel sheet of .paper, pr wore pro
perly a sheet of paper manufactured in
rebeldom, which when we have nothing
else is not so bad. This is part of a large
quantity we captured at Loudon after we
re-took that place. On the 9th of Nov
ember we were driven out of Loudon and
on the sth of December we drove the
rebels out of it. In the meanwhile we
were cut oiT from cur army at Knoxville
by Longstreet, and secured a means of
retreat to Chattanooga if necessary. But
we did not Intend to go beyond Kingston
if we could possibly subsist • on what had
been left in the country. We'found 1
con
siderable corn and pork, but the rebelsi
had destroyed all the grist-mills when
'they were leaving, and so we had to eat
our corn 'parched' and made into hominy
which with the pork and an odd beef on
eosionally, sustained life—but nothing
more. For myself, I did not suffer much
---beeause, as youlare aware, I have been
through the school of privations-=but my
poor men suffered terribly ; cramp's and
diarhcea and camp fevers followed our
unusual diet, and many of our beet men
suceowbed. Our regiment (the 118th
Ohio) has 133 absent .sick and 53 pre
sent sick, besides our wounded. , I en
joyed tolerable good health but Tam very
much reduced in weight, having los;; 24 ,
pounds since 15th August.
Well, Longstreet after cutting us off,
got Burnside with the balance of our lit.
tle army into'Knoxville and surrounded
him, and while beseigiog him be sent
General Wheeler with a force of eight
thousand picked men to whip and capture
us, and on the 24th November they made
the attack, and after a fight ()fair or seven
hours we repulsed them with a lose of 250
killed, wounded and prisoners. Our loss
was one killed and fifteen wounded. On
the 29th day of same - month the wholel
rebel force attacked and tried to storm the
works at Knoxville, but was, terribly re-'
ulsed and defeated; with a loss of clearly
,one thousand killed and , wounded. On
the 2nd Dec. they caight Serg't Ferguson
of my regiment sod without any trial
BY GEOL.GE H. BOKER
es ;
banged him as a spy. On the 4th we
marched again toward London and seven
miles from Kingston we attacked Longl,
street's rear,'consisting of a division comb
posed of Georgians, Texans, and Alaf
bunions, and drove them before us nearly
six miles, taking several prisoners. OU
the next day our Brigade entered Louder'
where we took a large quantity, of store:
and 6 pieces of artillery. On the follotr l
ing day we marched for Knoxville, where
we arrived just in time to join Burnside;
in his chase after Bongstreet, and aftei
two weeks hard marching •we •gave him
up, and fell back to a point called 'Blain'S
Cross'Roads, Where we spent-a few days
and Where we expected to stay during
the.hard days of the winter. BUt in thi
hope we were disappointed, beeausti , o
the 16th Dee'r"the rebel General retarne
on us, reinforced by the addition of Gen
Jones' command,from Lee's army of thY.
Potomao, and attacked us on the right}
flank, and after about 4 hours,hard fight-1
ing the enemy was repulsed. The 4thi
Corps was the only one engaged in tha
day's fight. Our corps (the 23d) was id
the centre and the 9th Corps was on our
left. In this position the 9th and 23
Corps were ordered to fortify bydiggij
rifle pits. Just when we had complete
our Brigade was ordered totmarch on th
morning ,of Christmas 'day, at daylight.
We marched all day and reatimil the
Efolston River, which' we 'crossed on a
flatboat, and were pushed on without a
single wagon, tent or blanket,, as we ex
pected to engage the enemy at daylighti
in the morning. About 2 o'clock, a. m.
we got into position ten miles from th
river. 'Our. position was in a corn-field,
and about 4 o'clock it began to rain, and
such mud and htinger I never saw mixed
together. - At eight o'clock, we marched
out to our position, my regiment had the
Centre. In two hours the fight raged on
our left ; the enemy were repulsed and
left the field, but took with them one of
our best guns—one of the
we
Indiana ,
Battery. ,On the 2Sth we moved from'
that position on the Dandridge road to our
present position, a distance of 6 miles ;
skirmishing on the road; the enemy's pic
kets falling back before us. As soon as
we got into position we hivouileed end 'I
commenced to dig a line of rifle pits ' which '
were finished the next morning. About
8 st. in. the enemy drove in our cavalry
pickets and a desultory fight or rather
Iskirmishing commenced about two miles
in our front; our forces falling hack, and
the rebels advancing in three columns or
Ilines of battle, consistinp, of the forties of
Generals Martin, Armstrong and Whee- 1
ler ; all under the command o Loogst
Our Brigade was the only infantry within
twelve miles, the balance bciog cavalry,'
about 12,000 in all. It Would take me
three hours to tell you what I saw and!
what my regiment did on that day, suffice'
it that the Gen'l commanding was pleased
to say that "Col. Young and the 118th
won the day by a timely charge by the
bayonet and covered themselves with
glory." ' Alas, Dear Robert, all fine, and
glory in war is dearly bought; pet chased
as it is with the noble life-bloood of brave
men. 1 lost' one Captain and thirty-six
brave men. A piece of shell cut ,away
the crupper straps off• my saddle and
slightly touched my horses back, a minie
ball passed through my horses mane, and
it seems to me that a thousand missies
whittzed, shrieked anaang above my
head, beneath my horse and on all sides
of . me. Many other regiments suffered
severely but not so much so as ours.
When I Rae superintending the burial
of my dead 1 noticed among the strange
dead f_tathered . tigether for interment a
line looking young cavalry officer, and
upon inquiry learned that his name was
Lieut. Pinkler, of Bellefonte, Pa., adju
tant of the 9th or 15th Penn'a Cavalry.
They•fought on our extreme right, and ho
was the only one Ittlled of his regiment.
Up to this period we have remained
here; suffering a great deal' from cold,
many of the men having no shoes, over
coats or blankets, and the route through
Cumberland Gap at this season is almost
impassable for wagons. On the other
hand it will be months before our army
can repair the railroads to Nashville or
MerOphis. We are also suffering for sup
plies for the same reason, but manage to
live on corn meal and a soanty supply of
fresh meat. It is determined "by the
powers that be" that the Army of the
Ohio; as we are called, must carry on a
vigorous winter campaign, therefore we
can only grin and bear It. I think the
Rebels oannot hold out another year, and
if God spares. nth to the end, I.shall then
sea yon all.
.
Col. YOUNG was dote a resident of
Coudersport, and we have no doubt but
that this narrative of. "Col. Tom's" expe
rience during the trying time of the seige
of Knoxville will be interest to litany.
Accompanying tho .letteris an address to
his regiment after the battle, and also the
report of his Adjutant, but which we can
not, publish for laek of room.
A REAL FRIEND.—A real, true bean:
ed Mend Is more rare than he should be.
Why is it that selfishness predominat
in the heart? that he only is considered a
friend who has money and influence ! In
the higher walks of life, how rarely is a
true friend - fiund--one who acts as, he
feels, and speak■ as he thinks. But
among the humble and pure, you will et
casionaliy find the germ pure friendship.
Ye who have found a true friend, appre
ciate .his, worth. It he labors•to benefit
yocqsay nova word, perform not an act-,
that send a thrill of pain to his or her
bosom. If there is a crime that betrays
a vile heart, it is the wounding of pure
affection. Many a one has seen whin too
late the error of his course. When the
- grdro has concealed his hest friend, he
felt—ah ! words wi!l not describe the feel
ing. Ye who are surrounded by the kind
andogood—the watchful and true-hearted
--appreciate thaw we pray" you. Lore
them in return for their kindness, and to
the close cf life they will continue to guard
and bless you.
A SrNour.Alt TITING.—A paper befcri
us claims to be "the only Democratic),
paper in Allegheny county." One in
Philadelphia claims to be "the only Dem
ocratic organ" there. Is not this a tri
un3Phant proof, that—in those larac coun
ties--the great mass of the 'reading and
buisness men are friendly to the Admin
istration ? The 10,000 wen in Allegheny
who voted for Woodward, support but
one paper—and the same class who gave,
37,000 votes for Woodward in Philadel
phia, support but one paper! The 3,300
Woodward men in Northumberland coun
ty support one paper and the 2,600 Curtin
men support four papers. It is thus, all
over the land; the most intelligent, living,
thriving, people,sustain the Administra
tion, *bile Cvpperheadism thrives en ig
norance and in dark corners , mostly.
We see it stated" that
.there are bon
less than..fifty papers living in. Rebeldom.
—Lewisburg Chronicle.
tar The marriage of the armless color
sergeant of a Massachusetts regiment,
Plunkett, to Miss Nellie Lorrirnar, is
going the rounds of the papers. The wed
ding took place in Worcester, though the
parties belong in Leicester. We have
El o„ au additional rot a interest connec
aed with the incident. lYliert he left for
the wars, Plumkett was engaged to a Miss
Lorrimer. Upon his return, he censid
cre'd his helpless condition and offered a
r elease to his petrothed, which was readily
cceptcd. Iler sister ras so indignant
t this that she said she would marry the
4 rave man herself if he was aarceable, - and
pgreeable he was, and they married. The
Hartford (Ct.) Post, on whose authority
e relate this anecdote; says,'"Thanirs to %
generosity of the brokers' boards of
lie has met since his return, Plunkett,
the hero, is in independent.circumstances
ecuniarily.
le - The Serenth.Pennsylvania cavalry
i's highly spoken of by the LonisvilleJour
rat, in the following language :—"Among
the regiments in the Department of the
(.
'timberland, the members of which have
r -enlisted as 'veterans,' is the i"th Penn
s lvama savalry, now in Nashville on its
gay home to enjoy Elie reoular furlough
and recruit its sadly reduced ranks. The
career l of this regiment has been among
e most distinguished of the war '.l-t
r ached this vicitisty more than two years 1
a ,o, and, 'since that time, it has partio- '
.
tinted in almost every battle and skirmish
dint has been fos.tht in the district be
t Ween .the Ohio and Tennessee rivers,
and under all circumstance , ' has borne
rii i elf gallantly and gained honor for its
stun:title name and the noble Keystone
3 ate.. Its battle.2ag is inscribed with
the names of thirteen engagements, among
which - are Chaplin Hills, Stone River
aid .Chickatnauga: Its sabre charges
have made it famous, and no regiment of
any arm of the service has a prouder name
tl au the ith Pennsylvania." ,
`A COUNTRY fellow, just come to town,
gulping spout in' every shop he came to, at
last came in to an insurance office where,'
seinr , only ore man sitting at a desk, he
t
co 1d not imagine what commodity was
sold there, but calling to the clerk, he
sad : .-
'Pray, sir, what do you keep to sell
here?"
4o ,,, '' gerheals!" cried the clerk. , 1
("Do von?" answered the countryman;
"then yen, have a precious good trade, for
I flee ydu have but one left 1" •
~z s. Tem Moore compared .rarst love to
a .otato ; "because it shoots from the
ey
i * 3." , Or, rather exclair.ned Byron, "be
cause it becomes all the, less by pairing,"
htei A piece of common sense that
ht to be reraeLbered by every soldier
ion his re2ament is about leavine for
l e
scat 01 ear--it is not right to be left.
T - EntiS.--$1.50 PER ANNUM►
LittlO Thlrigc,
Two men were at work tOgether of day
in ti shipyard. They sieve ;hewing ft log
of timber to put intoa ship. It wee, a
small Tog, and not worth much. 'AS they
eutl - off the chips they saw a wortria
little worm about half an inch long. •
"This log is wormy," sal& oste,.,tiall
we put it in?"
'I do not knew. Yes, I think' it mtift
go in. It will never be seen, , of ceume."•
"Yes; but there may b 3 other worms
in it, and these may 'increase, and injure
the ship."
"No, I think not. To be sure, it
notlworth m
much; yet I do not wish to lose
it. ~But come, never mind the Ivorn.; w 6
have seen but one; put it in." '
The log was aceordiogly put in, The
ship wee finished, and, as she was laun
ched off into the waters, all ready for 66
seas, she looked beautiful as the sW4rt
vrgetethe breeze ruffles his white-feather;
cd bosom, as he sits on the waters. ' Sli6
went to sea and for a number of years did
well. But it was found, on a disant , voy:
age, she grew weak and rotten. Her fiat;
bers.were found to be all eaten away by,
worms.,, But the captain thought
would try and get. home. Ho bad a greati'
costly load of goOds in the ship—such alf
silke, 'crape and the like—ant- a great
many people. On their way home a stouts
gathered. The ship for a while climbed
up the . high waves, and then plunged
down, rolling finely; bUt, then she sprattg
a leak: They bad two purer, and to
rneWworked at them day and .nigh't; Vtit
the'later eatue in faster„ khan they cold
pump,it out. She filled with water, n&
then' went down under the dark 10.na
wateit of the ocean, with all the goods
and all the people en beard: Every one
periShed. Oh, how many wires, motlearii,,
andi children, mourned over husbands,
and sons, and fathers, for whose rfurrt
they were waiting, and who never return
ed. And all this probably because that.
little log of timber with the worm. in ft.
was ; put in when the ahio was .bhilts
Howi muck property, and how many lives
may be destroyed by a little worm? an&
how much - evil may a man do wink her
does a small wrong as that man did 'who
put' l the Worm eaten timber in the sip?`
An Explosive Joke.
'T,he steamer S., commanded by t 7
tain' S., exploded
terrttne effect, and burned to the WAteet
edge. Captain S. •was blown into the
air,. alighting near a floating cotton bale,
upon which he floated uninjured; but
emelt blackened and mudded. Arrived_
at villaze several miles Mott', to Which
newit . of the disaster had preceded
he was accosted by the editor of &Ws vill
age, newspaper, with whom he was well
acquainted, and eager for an item
say, boy, is the 5, blown up e 5 .
y es ."
"Was Captain S. killed?"
"No— I am Captain SX
"The deuce you are! • flow high- wore
you ,blown ?"
iqligh enough to titles of everY mean
thing I ever did in my life before I lad
ed."
The man of the quill started on a dead
mill for his office; the paper was about.
going to press, and not wishing omit.
the item of inteltir , ence for the next.
issue, two weeks off, he wrote as fojlows'a
"The b warner- S - has' bbrst her boifer;
as we Learn from Crptain S., who says belt,
was' up' long enough to think rd . every
mean thing he ever did in'his life before
he lit. We suppose he rat hp about
three months ?"
Colorreoirm in Newaris , N. J.,
having s•uffered soon pecuniary &mbar-,
rasepient, recently closed buincss. and
the :senior member gave-to the ttublio tho'
following "notis:"-- "De disliu_tion
coparsnips heretofore_ resistinir. mist mer,
and Moses Jones in de barber rrofesburt,_
am heretofore resolved. Ptisns wifot
ose ;must pay to de scriber. wl
ii e n what
de firm owes must call on Jots, as de
firm. am insolved."
"Jim," inquired a sehonl bny
one of his mates, "what's . iht' !neauing :
•
of relics?'.'
"Don't you know? Well, yon.
You know the master licked 'me schfiol
yesterday?„
"Yes!'
"Well, beim'lit me and liche3 me again..
This bs what I call reliek." .
A. school-boy being ask"-.A by his
teacher how he should flog hint, repled :
—"lf you ,please, sir, I should like to
have it upon the Italian system of pen.
manship—the hea'vy.strokes upward ant;
the down ones light
wit is said to' be satisfactorily def.
onstrated that every titre a rife scot; 1
her husband, she ,adds a wrinkle to Lc:
face 1 It is, thought the ann.tkricknict
of this fact . Will -have a wholesowe effvot,
especially as it is understood that - we.
a wife smiles on her husbpi , d, it y.t.l
TOMOTO One of the old welly
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