THE JOURNAL.
Coudersport. Pa.
Wednesday, July 27,1864
M. W. DIGALARAY, EDITOR.
. 1 NATIONAL UNION TIIcET.
FOR PRESIDENT 1 ,
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413RAIE4DT LINO9LN
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OP ILLINOIS
- SOIL VICE PRESIDENti,
ANDREW JOEINgcoN,
OP TENNBSSEIC.
Elector4l Ticket.
tutse.Tor.m.
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Morton Mllichael,
Thomas Cunningham; Beaver. County.'
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Represeittatire. •
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'I R. P. King, 13 E. W. Hill,
iG. M. Coates, 14 C. H. Shriner,
3 Henry Bumm. 15 John Wister,
4 Wm. BR. Kern, 16 David.WConaughy,
5 Bartin . H. Jenks. -17 David W. Woods,
6 Charles M. Runk, 18 Isaac Benson,
Robert Parke, ld John Patton,
5 - Aaron Moll, 20 Samuel B. Dick,
9 John A. Hiestand,2l Everard Bierer,
H. Coryetl, . 22 John P. Penney,,
It Edward Holliday, 23 E. 31'Jnnkin,
12 Charles F. Reed, 24 J. W. Blanchard.
Editorial Corregpondence.
EWISBURG, Pa., July 21,1864
A trip through , the Susquehanna Val.
Ny'shows that the crops this year will be
over the average / The grain has be,en
harvested, the grass cut, and the corn
and potatoes look fine. Labor is scam;
-consequently some of the fields' have not
been worked as well us they might have
been or as well as the average, but the
:great rise in the prices of ZI kinds of
produce will give the farmers ave fair
opportunity of realizing a snug income for
'the coming year., Fruit promises tair;
o'new potatcies are plenty; making ears
are just beginning to show their golden
beauties ; and, ripe apples have been seen
'ut not tasted -L-by your eorrespondend.
Weather is very dry and the streams low.
The following is the list of Drafted
persons for Potter county, who were
drawn on the 11th. of July, and report
ed at Tioga Borouhg. An Hundred
per cent extra was dratted to supply de
ficiencies resulting from r t exemPtions
pbysical causes: - 1
Eulalia—Anson A. !`Cone, Nelson
Woodcock, Daniel, D. Gleason, Byron
`Woodcock.
Pleasant Valley---Jobn Reed, Horace
:North,Cornelius Haynes,Andrew Duryee.
Clara—Jesse Morey, Wm. A, Cole.l
Sharon—Tho's Garnet, Carlton Reed,
'Cyrus Sprague, Hezekiah Carrier, JamAD
Rockefellow, Phineas Mclntosh, Daniel
Jones, Fred. Christman, •Henry Seeley,
•Cyrus Applebee, John Sherwood, A 10,..
1. Ballard..
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Oswayo.:--Alva A.Goff,Thomas Moran.
Gennessee-7John McGuire, Labs°
:flubbing, James Hill, Patrick Morehan,
- Michael Duryee, Michael Clancy, Han.
.son Gleason, William N. Slawson; James
1100, Hefiry McCaleb, Charles Hedge,
Matthew Morehan, Thomas Gammon,
Anthony Cunninham, John Corcoran,
Norman Beech, Aurey A. Jenison, Harry
HUH, Henry Williams, Henry Rennels,
James . Hughes, Charles - W. !Parker.
Bingham—Edgar Peet, Alvin P.
Lewis, Thomas R Tracey, Benj. L. Eas
ton, James M. Briggs, Alex. Monroe,
'3anitml W. Monroe, Thomas R. Tracey,
Orlando ,Hubbard, James Jones.
• West Branch—Robert Crippen, Mat
thew Gross, Charles Prouty, Amasa
Knickerbocker, Sam. Hawes, Hiram
:Kiiickerbocker,Johu Eiholz°,John T. Och.
Santmit—Alonzo Reed, Henry Root.
Harrison—Amos English, Riley Day,
•James Colton, Allan Ha • ks, Jr., Charles
13urtlick, John S. Gill, Tieo. P. Metcalf,
Moses Sacket , Geo. R. l Smith, Oliver
Jacobs, George Dennis, Bexley P. Mir.
iley, Ira Baxter, Edward Slather', Datus
Lewis, John Allen, Lewis Dennis, Elliha
'Phelps, James S. Haynes, Benjamin
Johnson, James. Kibbee, Joel Pearce,
Gilbert Stewart, Henry Wood, Bar:
gobinson, Austin C. Swetland.
Hector—Ansel Joseph, Benj. F. Dick
ies, James Gibson, Wm. T. Leach; Jr.,
Henry Hosely, George W. Scudder, Jo
=seph Matthew, Francis Surdaw, Albert
Miller, Benj. F. kwitt.
Keating—Ebenezer A'. Whitney, Al
fred L. Wright.
Homer—Miles H. Jansen, Charles
Knickerbocker.
Sylvania—Robert K. Young., Orrin
Card, James Glaspy, Lyman Clinton.'
Wharton—John B. Ross, William
.Ayres, H. W. May, Henry Taylor, Henry
Moors, James Foster, Gilbert Morse,
Virgil Jones, Joseph B. Williams, Henry
'Toner.
116, .
~Nebraski has voted not to organ-
ize a State government as yet. In this,
we think she has decided , wisely. She
had but 28,841 inhabitants in 1860 ; she
has not more than 60,000 now; and she
could hardly tail, by making herself a
State, to double her local taxation—a se
!lions consideration in these days. Who
ever eipected to be Governor, U.S. Sen
ator-, &t., are probably annoyed by this
. vote; but the great mass of the people
tan bear the disappointment of this class
with unshaken fortitude. Nebraska will
be coming in' a State with a population
of 100,000 or , over in season to veto for
President in 1868.
Mr Adams was captured by Sher
eau 014 b Saturday.
TO the Polls !I!
See that the Soldiers are not
• Disfranchised 1 !
Don't forget the Election; nes ' • Tuesday,
, - • August 271 d;
It is to be hoped that, in the midst of
the bustle and excitements of the times,
the freemen of Potter will not forget the
special election Of the 2d of August,
proximo. On the contrary, we hope they
will remember the occasion to some pur
pose. On that day the people of Penn
sylvania are to decide whether'a man
who puts on the blue and shoulders a gun
in defence of his country, thereby be-
Comes disfranchised, and disqulified for
the exercise of the privilege of alreeman.
It is no light and trifling question. Let
as meet and decide it with due solemnity.
Judge Woodward, it will; be remem
bered, decided that the soldier could not
Vote, under — the Constitutioa, while on
duty in the field. That decision was
based upon a technical rende l rinc , of that
portion of the Constitution I relating to
the elective franchiee; but it stands in
the bar of the exercise of tin right of
sufrage by the soldier. There can be
none so good a removal of the disability
as that proposed to, be effe4ted on the
second day of August next4-an amend
ment of the Constitution of the Com
monwealth.
The friends of the Government may
not be aware that the Copperheads in the
State, and more particularly ir_the lower
part of the State, are bent upon defeat
ing this amendment to the Constitution.
Where they are too weak to ;vote it down
they hope-tor such an apathy on the part
of the Union men as shall result in a de
feat of the measure by defatilt. It is for
the Union men cif such loyl counties as
Potter to disappoint these 4mestic trai
tors, or to play into their h nds. There
is no concealing the fact. levery friend
1
of the soldier goes to the pulls that day
the measure will, be carried by an over
whelming majority. It cannot fail.
It has been suggested to us by friends
in various sections of the county that the
people are .'not fully aroused to the im
portance of the issues involved in the
result of this election. 4lf there be any
appi-eciable truth in the statement the
face is to be regretted. The people of
P otter are among the most intelligent in
the l ,whole country. Such is their repu
tatiOn in every district in Pennsylvania,
save those in which the people have gone
mad in the drunken fury of ignorance.
Each citizen bas. the responsibility - of
this good repute upon his hands. 'lndi
vidual effort must sustain it if it be sus
tained. There' is no discharge in ; the
war upon wrong. We cannot avoid the
stern questioning of an icensing con
science. Every life worth living is an
unrelieved round of diity.l When each
man makes the world's quairels his own,
and prosecutes it with,half the energy he
is ever ready to expend upo'n a petty law
suit, the permanent triumph of right will
not bo delayed long.
The importance of this election cannot
be overrated. It is to decide whether
150,00 D soldiers, citizens of Pennsylva
nia, shall be permitted to vote ivbi:e in
the military service, or whether r they shall
remain on the political level of the alien
arid the negro, to which Judge Wood
ward has reduced them: That is the di
;
Tec t, unvarnished question which the
loyal men of this - Couiroon i pealth are to
decide on the second day of !August nest.
• We do not forget that thC vote on that
day will also decide for or against a most
pernicious system of legislatiim, known
as "omnibus legislation:" All the pro
posed amendments are important. Ref
erence to the proclamation' will of course
be had by our readers. •
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At the Sociable, for the Soldiers' Aid
Society, held at the house of D. F. Glassmire,
bn Tuesday evening, the 19th inst.,the amount
,Of 815,05 was realized from the sale of Ice
Cream, &c. Also, at the sama time the fol
lowing note add amount therein specified was
generously bestowed. May it,incite others to
Imitate the worthy example i t
At a regular Annual Meeting of. the mem
bers of the "Bachelors' Clutr held at their
'Retreat" in the grove, on the 18th day of
July, 1864, a motion was male and passed,
unanimously, that a collection be taken up
for the benefit of the U'S. Siinitary Commis
sion and presented to the Soldiers' Aid Soci
ety at their neat meeting. The basket being
passed around, the result was the enclosed
Eleven Dollars, which is herewith presented,
with the hope and prayer that it may con
tribute to th the comfort of some brave and
gallant soldier in the service of his country.
A. L. ENSWORTH,
1". A. STEBBINS, Ja., ICommittee
E. LYMAN,
To the President of the Soldiers' Aid Soci
ety, Coudersport, Penn's..
01'iTuesday evening, AugtLt 2d, amp will
be another Sociable, for - the !same object, at
the house of A' G. Olmsted i Esq., to which
ALL are cordially invited.
ADSLAIDZ:S3I4III, Sec'y.
Washington Correspondence.
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WASITINGTON, July 12,•184.
DEAII. Joriarrra : The celebration I
was going to writ& about was too much
like all city celebrations to interest the,
reader; the CRY Fathers finally concluded
to , forego their usual feast and devote the
money to charitable purposes,. Their
course was very generally approVed.
The fire wrks were good, judging by
the eye, but in another way—that is, by
their fruits—they were not so good, They
caused several fires in the dwellings of
poor people. •
From where I, last wrote I took a short
trip up the Erie Road, which I could not
possibly make as interesting to my read
ers as it was to myself, and a short ride
on the Hudson which I could easily make
infinitely more interesting to any one else
than it proved to me; and then I started
for home again. "Rebel Raid in Mary
land," was the btirden of the newsboys'
song, all along the road.
The tide over the level fields of New
Jersey, past Philadelphia, is no treat at
all. The day was hot, dry and dasty.
Stopping at. Baltimore, I took advan
tage of a lert breathing spell to visit
Patterson Park Hospital. Here I foetid
one Potter county man, Mr. William F.
Hosley, formerly. of Ulysses, who is , gen
eral ward master of the 'Hospital: His
duties are arduous but exceedingly well
performed.. After a very pleasant visit
with hint and his lady I left for Washing
ton in the evenirrg.
• The City is somewhat excited. The
enemy are within 14 miles (some say
within 4 miles) of the city, but in what
force is not known. The Provost Mar
shel General has ordered out eight regi ;
inmate from the city. All the Govern
ment Clerks are under arms. Thy ser
vant has a musket with the rest, and we
are going to fighyif they don't run. I
must say they at very much as though
they meant to "stand their hanll,"`though
precisely what a Rebel will do- is very
difficult to say.
Reports say that Grant is doing finely
at Petersbirg. •We must attend to this
"raid" with what forces we can raise at
the North, • and then we may look for
something from that direction worth the
hearing.
When I come into possession of more
facts I will give them. My next will,
most probably, be written "on my knee"
from some camp. Until then,. I am
yours, MERIT.
The Copperhead press and leaders
delight in their libels and slanders of the
President. To indulge in personal de
tractions of Abraham Lincoln, is to attract
the attention of the world from the enor
mity of the rebal leaders. If the Presi
dent of the United,States can he rendered
odious, the leader of the slave-holders'
rebellion, and the butcher of thousands
of Union men, Jeff Davis, stands a chance
of becoming popular among the tyrants
of the world. The effort to depreciate
Abraham Lincoln, however, has become
a most ridiculous feature in copperhead
frenzy to Impair the honor and integrity
of the National Government. A man
who has been the recognized leader of a
great party in one of the great States of
the West—who was twice adopted as the
Senatoiial candidate in opposition to the
favorite of the Illinois Democracy—who
was elected to Congress, and whose name
appeared as an elector on.the Whig ticket
in the contest for President in 1544 who
conducted one of the most spirited polit
ical campaigns ever held in any State—
who has been elected President and re
nominated by acclamation for that high
post--such a man must have the qualifi
cations of a statesman and the virtue of
a patriot, and vet such is the man whom
the foulest of the copperheads love to
persecute, malign, slander, and mtsrepre•
sent I Political passions have heretofore
been carried to great lengths, but the
length to which the politicians of the
present day ate carried will not end until
all, these desperate characters find them
selves beneath the heels of an indignant
and outraged people.
sarMarvelous men are these Copper-
heads. Tho Democratic party, as every
ooe knows, always laid great stress upon
the assumed fact that it was not only
"the people's party," but that it was the
only peoples party in all the country; and
we know that all Copperheads are Demo.
crats, though all Democrats are not Cop
perheads. But., a wonderful change has
come over the spirit of Copperhead dreams
sinco Abraham Lincoln and Andrew
Johnson have been unanimously nomina
ted by the great Union party as candi
dates for Presidency and Vice Presi
dency of the United States. They can
not find few words enough in the largest
dictionaries to express their aristocratic
contempt for "the rail-splitter" and "the
tailor."
Then, again, these "wonderful, most
wonderful" Copperheads are fairly bel
lowing about "freedom," while, at the
same time they are shedding bottles of
ink in defence of "the sum of all villain
ies." They piteously whine and malig
nantly snarl about the tyranny of "the
Lincoln Government.," when the very
fact that they are 'permitted to snarl and
whine to their blank hearts' content gives
the lie dir3ct to their basely false asser
tions. Give these malignant Copper.
heads rope enough, however, and let them
hang themselves.
The "love of a bonnet" exhibited in
the Philadelphia Fair was awarded to
Mrs. Gen. Burnside. It was a Leghorn
bonnet; costing one hundred and seventy
five dollars.
The Peaee bemocracy.
When the slave-holding 'Democratic
leaders of the South were secretly en
gaged in arranging their plans of rebel
lion, One of the grounds upon which they
baseolleir. certainty of success, was the
promised aid of the Northern Democratic
leaders:..The South was asked merely to
make . the 'demonstrations and the cppper
heade of the North would do the fighting
=they would vanquish and destroy the
abolitionists, and thus.the enemies of the'
country were to have little difficulty in
defeating the constitutional authorities
'of the laud. But the "War Democracy"
who had plighted their faith in the trea
son of the South, and who were expected
to accomplislf such huge things in allevi
ation of the afflictions of the slave-bold
ing traitors, suddenly discovered that
"War" meant fighting—that hard knocks
and ghastly, wounds were the accompaui
meats of such a conflict, and hence the
brave allies'who' were thus valiantly to
engage in the cause of slavery suddenly
became peace men—PEACE DEMOCRATS.
Theso•hypocrites now elevate their neac.t
proclivities -on high grounds, and will
speedily become the "higher law" party
of the country. Hear what the • Selins
grove Times, a rampant copperhead sheet,
says on thissabject
"There are those,.however,, who.stand
upon a higher plane; whose love of truth
and sense of justice cannot be swerved
by any selfish considerations, and who
staid by the right as firm as the rock of
Gib;alter. These men will nevertonsent
to bear.arms in the cause of despotism,
but will rather expatriate themselves, or,
if fight they must, fight on the 'side of
tight and liberty. Let every one, then,
act according to his Sense of right, and if
his sense of right forbids him re take up
arms in a cause that is steeped in injus,-
tice, and as blacks as the expired embers
of Tartarus, let him refuse to do so what
ever fate may await him."
This is the Democracy that glories in
support of the Constitution and laws.
Its doctrine of every man acting toward
the Government as his ( 4 senseV ulay• dic
tate, is of course, original. Yet it is
purely "Democratic," as Deutiocracy
now expounded by traitors ! • '
The Detroit Tribune sayslhat, Michael
Shoemaker, ex-collector of the'! port[ of
Detroit. is on trial in that city for swin
dling the Government. He was appoint
ed by President Buchanan. The copber
heads will never hear of him.—Ex.
A pa . rty in power will always attract
swindlers. The only difference between
the Democratic and Union parties in this
respect is, that the latter detect and pros
cute their own rogues, while the former
suffered them to continue in their villain
ies, mil left their conviction to be secured
by aid latter. And yet the Democracy
argue that the very fact that rascals are
being detected is proof that. the party
ought to be returned to power. This
might do, for the rogues, for then they
could prosecute their swindles undisturb
ed. It will 'hardly nosier for honest
people, however.
ldZrUnder the new Revenue Law,
which takes effect on the Ist of Au!" , ust,
1864, the following Stamp Duties will be
required on papers of most, common use :
Agreements or Contracts, other than
such as are specified in the Act, for eima
piece of paper used in, writing, sc. *.
Aisignment, the same as would be re
quired on an original instrument of the
kind assigned.
Bond of Indemnity, on every $l,OOO,
or fractional part thereof, recoverable
thereon. 50c.
Bond for faithfully performing duties
of office $1 00.
Bond or Mortgage or Bond and Mort
gage,, for the payment of Money, fcr each
$5OO, or fractional part of $5OO, 50c.
If the sum does not exceed $lOO,
exempt.
Bond other than above, 25c.
Certificate of Stock in Corporation, 25c.
Certificates not certified in Act, sc.
Check on any ; bank, at sight or on de
mand, for any sum, 2c.
On any other corporation, or individual,
when the slim exceeds $] 0, on demand,2c.
Deed, for each $5OO, or fractional part
of 8500, of the consideration, 50e.
Lease, for a rental not exceeding
$3OO, 50c. ; • •
Additional for each $2OO, or fractional
part of $2OO, in excess of $3OO, 50c.
Proxy, for voting in Corporations, 10e.
Power of - Attorney to transfer stock,
collect dividends or rent, 25c.
Power of Attorney to convey land:81 00.
Protest. 25c.
Probate of Will or Letters'of Admin
istration, where- the estate does not ex
ceed $2,000, $1 00.
41'
Additional fcir every $l,OOl, or frac
tional part of $1,090, 50c.
Receipt for payment on money, ex
ceeding $2O, 2c.
Receipt for satisfaction of Judgment,
Mortgage, or Decree of Court, exempt.
A COPPERHEAD DONE rou.—A *ell
known rebel sympathizer, near Baltimore
cooked a very nice dinnergot it up in
style, regardless' of expense—and invited
about fifteen of his rebel friends to dine
with him, Between tLe good viands and
apple jack the soldiers ecilloyed them
selves to their heart's- content, having
literally '-a feast of treason :and a flow of
bowl." Imagine the feelings of the hust,
when the dinner was despatched to find
his horses all stolen and 'his premises
thoroughly ransacked, and alwost every
portable article of value carried away.—
His political complexion is undergoing a
rapid clangs. - •
RebelOptnion orVallandlgh?en.
From the Atlanta Intelligeneer,,June
The telegraph of yesterday braughtie
us the news.that Vallandighana had sud
denly appeared at the Domooratie Con
vention 'in Hamilton, Ohio;. that he has
been elected delegate to tbe Democratic
Convention which is to ,meet it Chicago
to nominate. a 'candidate -for President
and Vice President :of
.the sa•called
United States, and
. that the Coeventiori
' at Hamilton has 'pledged the Democracy
of the State to defend him and his indi
vidual rights under the Constitution.
We are also informed, by the same
despatch ; that this persecuted and out-.
raged man biaddeft Hamilton for his home
in Dayton,and,that fears are entertained
of an outbreak there.'_ At the Conven
tion in Hamilton, it is said, he was urged
to use discretion,. else Lincoln might de
prive him of his life, rer again of his
liberty
The sudden adVent of this persecuted
, man Into Ohio, there is no doubt, has
created great sensation in that State,las
well as throughout the whole of Lincolti'S
dominions. Should. the Democracy. of
the West ,keep the pledge ts'liiich has,
been made far them -by the Hamilton
Convention, in the event that his person
shall be seized by Lincoln there will be
exciting times throughout the whole
West, and especially in Ohio. We pre
seine, however, that Mr.. Vallandigbam
will be,'as he has been urged to be, dis:
erect, and in such case; Lincoln will also
be discreet.
The latter, backed though he is by a
hired soldiery, is not
. so powerful as he
was when, sometime ago,. through the
unprincipled and dastardly General Burn
side, he laid violent harids upon the great
Ohio commoner ' deprived him of his lib
erty, banished' him from his kingdom,
and Committed othei outrages
. upon his
personal and individual rigrite. Lincoln
is now a candidate for .I.e-election, and
(legraded aszthe people of the North-and
West have become, under the influences
of his, administration of tile Federal qov
ernment, the . favorable opportunity now
!presented the of getting rid of the ty
4ant, they,' from the signS of the times,
appeai deSir,OUS of embracing, and any
I renewed persecution or oppression of Val- .
landigham, will kindle a flame he cannot
easily subdde, and further put in jenp
i ardy his chances of re-election. At least,
; if all maul - 1,60d has not departed from the
Democracy of the Ncirth, they will resist
the bloods despot in any effort he may
make either- to imprison -Vall,ndigharn,
or to take his life.
There is, however, author view which
must be taken of the effects which must
I result by.the return of Vallandigbam to
his home, and his being peytnitted by
Lincoln to remain there.. He has already
been elected a delegate to the Chicago
Democratic Convention. This indicates,
;nay, gives the assurance, that he intends
!.to participate actively in the Presidential
campaign.
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Both his personal and political influ
ence exceed that of any Western man. ,
His presence everywhere in the West . ,
an i d especially in Ohio, has always been
hailed With ':acclimation by the people.
It is well known that, wheccan exile, he
received the largest` vote ever given by
the Detnneratsof that State for the office
of Governor; and that lie was constitu
tionally elected, and defrauded by the
!corruptive influences of
.Lincoln out of
that office. no honest man in Ohio will
deny.
As an opponent, then, of the Abolition
I nominee for President, at loose in the
field he. is to, be dreaded: Arrested and
I imprisoned, he is also to be dretided.
Either horn of the dilemma pre - sented to
Lincoln and he is in a quandary. What
I csill he du Let alone the most popular
I man and' the best orator in the West to
I take the field against him, or again-vio
-1 late the Constitution, i - dize his person,
and iinpriibn, if he.does not take his life?
I We shall soon see to what conclusion
the vile despot, backed by the fawning
sycophants who surround him and his
I mercenary soldiery, will come. The seiz
j ure again of his person may produce what
we have often thought would be the con
sequence of Lincoln's tyranny, and what
we pray my be the consequence, civil war
I-in the West His person,. on the other
thand; freed from arrest, and the conse
)queepe, in all probability,-'will bo the de
'
feat of Lincoln in his renewed Presiden
tial aspirations. In• either event we can
I look from our stand-point, rejoicing- at
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Coudersport, June 28, 1864
Special 'Melon Proclaimation.
INTRERA.§, A Joint Resolution proposing
eertitin - Amendments to the Constitu
tion thereof wide!' are as follows, viz:
There shall be an additional - section to . the
third article of the Constitution, to'be desig
nated as beetiou four, as follows :
"SECTION 4. Whenever any of the qualified
eloctors of this Commonwealth shall be in any,
actual military service, underlta requisition
from the President of the United States, or by
the autnority of this Commonwealth, such
electors may exercise the right of Suffrage in
all elections by the citizens, under such regu
lations as ate, or shall be, prescribed by law,
as fully as if they were present at their usual
placeof eleetion."
Sscrios . 2. There shall be two additional
sections to the eleventh article of the Consti
tution, to he'designated as sections eight, and
nine, as fdllotvs :
"SscrioX 8. No bill shall be passed by the,
Legislature, containing Mote than one subject,;
which shall be clearly expressed in the title,l
except appropriation bills."'
"SscvioX 9. No bill shall be passed by flux
Legislature granting any powers : or privi
lel, - , , es, in any case, where , the authority tco,
grant such powers, or privileges bas been, or
may hereafter be, conferred upon the courts
of this Commenwealth."
Ems been agreed to by a majority of the mem l
bars elected to each 'louse of the Legislature,
at two successive sessions of the same.
Now, therefore, in obedience to a warrant
from A. G. Curtin Governor of this Common
monwealtp to me directed and in pursuance
of an Act of general Assembly of the same
'entitled' "An Act prescribing ; the time and.;
manner of submitting to the people, for their']
approval And ratification or rejection the proms.
' posed' Amendments to the constitution,"
proved the' 23d day of\ April, A. D. 1864: I E I
D. C. Larrabee Sheriff ,of the Cotinty of Pot.
ter, Pennsylvania, do hereby make known;
and give notice to the electors of the county
aforesaid, • that a Special Election will be held
in said County on the first Tuesday (being
the 2d day)'nf August A. D. 1864' for the put , '
'pose of deCiding upon the approval and nail .
tication or rejection of the said; proposed'
Amendments.
also make known and give notice, as in ,
and by the lath section of 'the aforesaid act I'
am directed, that every person exceptingJus,
tines of the Peace, who hold any office of'
appointment of profit or trust under the Gov •i;
eminent of the United States, or this State,.'
Or of any.city o, incorporate district, whether:
a ,commiesioned officer ur otherwise, a sUbor
dinate officer or agent, who is or shall be em-'
ployed under the legislative, judiciary, or ex r . .
ecutive departments of this State orthe United ,
States, or, of any city or Incorporated district,-
rind also that every member of Congress and
of the State Legislature, and of the seleCt and'
common:Connell of any city, or commissioner'
of any incorporated district, is by incapa : 4:_
ble of holding or exercising at the same time
the" office: or appointment of Judge, inspector
or clerk of any election in this Commonvrealth.•
Al-b, that in the fourth seckidli of the Act
cf Asserably, entitled "An Act relating to •
elections and f'T other 'pnrposes,"- approved
April 16th, 1860, it is enacted that the afore
said ,13th section shall not be so constructed
as to prevent any Military Officer or Borough
Officer from serving ns Judge, Inspector, or
Clerk of !any general or special election in
this Commonwealth.
It is ftirther directed that the meeting of the'
return dtidges at the court House in Couders-'
port to Make out the general returns, shall b
the first 4riday succeeding the special dee- -
lion, which will be the sth day of August:l
I also here make known and give notiee •
that the places for holding-the aforesaid spe
cial election in the severitl townships and'
borough's within the county of Potter, are as
follows, to wit :
For the township of Abbott, at the Germa
nia Hotel in said tom ship.
For the township of Allegany, at the school
house ni;-ar the place formerly owned by Ches
ter Andrews, in said township.
For ‘ the township of Hingham, at the Bing
ham Centre school house nearAAR. Lewis, in
said township.
For the township of Clara, at the sch,ini
house near Sala Stevens', in said township.,
For the township of Eulalia, at the New
Court House in the borough of Coudersport.
For the township'of Genessee, at the hodse
formerly! occupied hy S. S. Rasco,io Ellisbnig. •
For the township of Harrison, at, the House
recentlyoccupied by Ira Barthcilomew,in said.
township. .
For the township of Hebron, at the school(
house Np.-5, near Henry Ingraham's, in said
township._ }
For the township of Hector, at the SundOrf
, lin schdol house, in Cain township. .
•
For the township of Homer, at the school:
house near Jacob Peet's, in said tOWnship4
For the township of Jackson, at the hoose
formerly 'occupied by B. Barse, now U. Chap
pti in said township. I
For the township of Keating, at the house:
of Pliny Harris, in said township.
For the township of Oswayo, at the Centre
1
school house in said township. ,‘ 1
For the towitship, of Pike, at the house 'of
&
Elijah Johnson, in said township. • i
For the township of Pleasant Valley , at the
school house No. 2, in said township. - 1
For the, township of Portage, at, the SiOr
school house in said township.
For the township of Roulet, at the schOol
house near Gecirge Weimer's in said township.
For the township of Sharon, at the Sharon
Centre schoolhouse, near Joh Voorhees'i iti
said township.
For the township of Sweden, at the house
of Aseneth Taggart, in said township. ,
For the township of Stewartson, at the New
Norway school house, in said township. .1!
For the township of Summit, at the bons*
formerly occupied by Uel Cook, now Jonathan
I?.edson, in said township. ,
For the township of Sylvania, at the stc*ol>
house near J. Mntees', in said township,
For the township of Ulysses, at the bons&
of Atlas Bennett, in said township.
Fof the township of West Branch, at, the.,
house of S. M. Conable, in said township.l
For the township of Wharton at the house
of Stephen Horton, in said township.
For the borough of Conderspert, at :all&
Court House in said borough..
Given under my hand, this 251 h day of
Juno, A. 11, 1864.
D. a LARRABEB,
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