DEATII OF SLAVEIrf.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ADOPTED.
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Jan. - 21.
The boon has come I The 'proposed'
Amendment_ to the Constitution iruntedi
'atel,y abolished and forever , piohibating
Slavery comes . up for final decision. An
anxious throng of witnesses pours into the
galleries; there is an air af confrd.ence
lag altudet to exultation on the Union scde,
while a sullen gloom "Settles!over the pro-
Slavery benches.
Archibald Dem., of the
XVlllth`Peonsylvany District, reads la
heatitifnl paper, in which be justifies his
oliaiSge of vote,and 'casts his ballot against
tie conics stone of the Rebellion. Alex :
antler IL- Coffroth, Dem., of. Pennsylva
nia, XVlth District; follows in an Junin
siterable' and manly argument, to show
the power to amend and the polies , to
amend. Applause on the Republican side
greeted these new accessions to Freedom.
I 12:45 7 —William H.`Miller of Pennsyi.
•vania,XlVth District (who was beaten at
the last election by Oeoyue F. Miller.
Union) espouses pro.slavery Democracy,
and insists on keeping his party foot, on
tits niggers.
The galleries are getting; crowded, the
flaw of the linuse filling up.
Anson Ilcrriek, Democrat, IXth Dis
trict of New; York, nest gives frank and
statesmanlike reasons why he has changed
his views, and shall change his vote.
in the midst of the speaking, and that
buzzing which always characterizes a Grit•
lea! vote upon a great question, it is whis
pered that three Rebel Peace Commis
&ners, Stephens, 4unter and Campbell,
are on their way heite—that they were at
City Point last night, A fzve beliJve,
but most people say, "gold ganiblers'
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1:37 P.M—The crowd increases. Sen
stor.,Heads of Bureaus, prominent civil
ians and distinguished strangers, fill the
spaces outside of the circle.
The interest becomes intense. The
disruption of the Detnocr ttc, Tarty now
going on is watched with satisfaction and
oy upon the Republicn side of the
1-louse; anxiety and glooni cover the ob•
"itinute bodyguard of Slavery, whose
,cootracting lines break with the breaking
nip of their party.
'James S. l3rosvo, Democrat, of Wis.
cousin, spitetully indicates his intention
to vote against Freed)m. 'Aaron Hard
ing. of Kentucky, a "Border-State Union
ist," bless the mark I makes a melancholy
effort to poke fun at young Democratic
converts, and rams the struggling nigger
Lack under the , protection of the sacred
Constitution. • '
3.lartin lifilbfleisch,Detoncrat of Broot
lyn, reads a long pro•aiavery composition,
which excites - little attention and no
interest.
3 P i‘ l l.—The hour for voting has ar
fred, and the tact is announced . hy the
Speaker. Mr. Kalbfleisch is only at the
page.bf his composition, and begs to
be endured through six pages more . . his
vequest is granted with much reluctance.
:The galleries are wonderfully crovedet3,
.and women are invading the reporters'
seatg. • The Supreme Cilurt . atid the Sed
ate appear to . have been transferred bodtly
to't e floor of the [louse.
3 20 P. M.—&motion,to lay the mo'
tien to reconsider on The tabte assumes
the character of a test vote. The - most,
earnest attention is given to the call of
the roll Division lists appear' bn all
aides, and members,rePorters, ,4nd speeta•
tore devote themselves to keeping tally.
Of. course the attempt to table the
amendment will fail; but there are not
Notes enough to pass the bill : -Absentees
drop in ; one "aye," one "no." The roll
called over by the Reading Clerk, but
,the conot has, already bee? declared in
whispers through the House---57 ayes,
111 noes. It is not tabled.
3:30 P. M --Question is taken now cin
the n►ot►on_to rei.onsider the vote of last
Resslon, by Which the proposed amend
ment was lost for want of two•thirds.. The
,Tiouse vote to reconsider, ayes 112, nays
67.
Now coutrneime efforts to stave off the
ft cal vote: Robert Mallory, '[Dent.] of
/Cy.; with a menace as to what coulee he
'should decide tu pursue, appeals to Mr.
Asbley/to let the vote< go over till to.
morrow. ; Other Democrats clamor for
Nr. ltshley refuses and stands firm,
this being the accepted time and the 4o
of salvation.
The, final vote beeins. Down 'the roll
- we go to James E: Eng:ish, [Deal ).of
uonnecttont, who votes "aye" -A bnrst
of appluuse.greets this unexpected result
, .
and the interest becomesLbrilling. The
Speaker's hammer falls , heaVily,land re
stores silence.
Cierk---"John . Ganaon." "Aye." ! AP
'plause again, represed. again Eby the
Speaker. Angry calla among thn Dem
ocrats and great irritation of feeling.
Clerk--" Wells A. Butcheits." "Ave."
A stir of astonishment in 'the reporter's
gallery.
"William. Bradford." "Aye." I A. move
went of satiifaction all over r . ibe House.
"John B. Steele." "Ave:'-.' :Wonder
and pleasure are manifested;
''Dwight Townsend." "Isto."i "Ah, if .
Harry Stebbins had been w a ll enougbAo
stay, that vote had . noi been;given.,"said
a Senator. 1 ,
Clerk—" Schuyler
,Colfa .l
x?' ' f . ' 4 Aye "
The voting is dune. Swift pencils run
up the division lists. "One hundred and
nineteen to fifty•six l' i twah!! i Seven
9nore than two thirds! ' 'I, ' 1
The Clerk whispers the ,restilt, to t.e
Speater . - 1 ' i '1
The Speaker announces to thelTpuse
'what the audience quieklylinterpreted to
be THE MIGHTY FACT THAT 1 4 11 E 1 38TH
A 1%1 ERlp.t SI CONGRESS 11414/Ai3OLISHED
9.3IERICAE SLAVERY:. f / I ,
The tumult of joy. that broke out was
vast, thundering .;and/ uncentrPllable.--
Representatives an,d : auditqs on the floor,
soldiers and speceters in the' gallery,
rn
Senators and Su ree Conrtj Judges,
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women and pages, gave wy, to the es•
citement of the must eugusi and kiriport
ant event to Amdrican. Legislation and
American Ilistdry since the Declaration
of Independence. ' i '' . 1
God bless the 38th Congress!
The work done' in securing the passage,
of this bill has •b'eeo , icurtiensS. It Ira's
taken the labor of an entire tuOntb, right
and day. to secure the spajority which
to-day so delighted the friends!olfreedom
and of humauity, and atAeunded the
allies of slavery.
To two Rebublie
ns in
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the nation 9we a debt of gratitude—to
James M. Ashley, of T led Ohio, and
Augustus Frank. of Warearv, ,New York.
They held ihe : laboring oars.
The Democr i ats were sure of defeating
the measure by a large ',majority up to
noon ; indeed,-; they felt Sure. of -it tit) to
the final voting. The Republicans if ere
not sure of success: till last night.
Tilt l ee baiteiies of reaufar artillery have
just saluted the grand r'esult with a huo
dred guns, inj the heart -of the
New Pork, 2.7l(ibune.
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VA.snlicoToi Feb.l 1.
The vote upon the Seoato joint resolu
Lion to abolish slavery , was taken yester
day. The follOwinc , the resolution
and the vote " t
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sl,6e . zt resoli)ed Lij t. 'Senate and
Home Representatives 'of 'the Trailed
States of knerica r i t Cong r essassent
bled, t
t zio thirds of both
. iluitsrs rqncurr.
ing, That the follrwing {articles be pro
posed to tlie Legislaturos of {the several
States as an Amendment to ,the Coosa
{ lotion of the. United) States, and; when
{ratified by three fourthss' of said
tOres shall be valid to all{intents and
!purposes as a {part of the said Constitu
' lien y viz:
' "ARTICLE 18711---SECTION L Neither
slavery or involuntary s'erqtude, except
as a punishment for, crime' whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted,
shall exist within the United States or
any place eubjectitotheir jOrisdintion.
"SF.c. 2. CiingreiS shall, have powdrl
to enforce this article . by appiopriatel
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THE VOTE.
The vote on the passatze of the joint )
I resolution is as folloWs: i
YEAS—Alley, Allison. Ames, Ander.'
1 son, Arnold, Asill4, 1Bailv; Baldwin,
(Mich ) Baldwin, (Mass`.) Baxter. Bea•
,eon, Blaine, Blair, Bloir - ,Boutweil,Bovd,
1 Brandegee, Broomall, Brontn i l (W. Va.)
A. W. Clark, F. Clarke, Cobb, Coffroth t 1
Colfax, Cole, Criswell, Havis,i(Md,.) Da. l
vis, (N. 1T ,; ,,,),.. , Dewet.3, 1 Denting, Dixon,
Donnelly, Drig,gs, Dumont, EUkiey, Eliot,
',English, Farnsworth, ± Frank, Ganson,
Girfield Gooch It Grinnell,l Griswold,
Hale, Herrick; Ifligby; Hooper'', Hotch•
Ith'sJiubbard, Ootra,) El übbard,(Conn).
Horlburd, Hutc.hins, li.!tersll4, Jenckes,
Julian, Kasson, KelleyiKeilogg.(Mteh ,)
Kellogg, (N. Y.,) King, Kunz, Little
:Mtn, Loan, Longy. ear, rikiaivi'n, ('Allis
to', y 'Bride, ItYCltirg;' M'lM:loe, ;Miller,
(N. 1Y ,) ' Moorhead, Mot rill, t)lorris,
(N. Y.,) Amos 'Myers,, Leonard Myers,
Nelson, Norton, ' Odell. O'Neil, Ortb,
Patterson, Perham, Tike,( Pomeroy.'
ptice,,. Radford, Randall, :. ( I Xy., 1 Rice,
1 (M 0. . -) Scltermk. Seafield,Shannon,Sloan.
,(Wis.,) Smith, Stnithers', Spaulding.
Starr, Steel, (N. Y.,):Storeni Thayer,
Thomas; Tracy, Upion; Van Vakeriburg,
Washhurne. (Ill..), IWlrlibOrue; (Mass.,)
Webster, Whaley, ; Wheelel,;Williams,
Wilder, Winton, Windom; Woodbridge,
Worthington, Yulan.--1.1.9. ;
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NAYS - -J. p.llen;',Wa. A.Mn, ,
An
cona, Bliss, Brdoks; Chandler, Clay, Cox,
Cravens,
Dawson, DeiinisS, Eden,,,Ed
gerion, .Eldridge, Viuck, l Glider, Hall,
Harding,`Harrington, HarriS, (Md ,)Harris,
I 1,.) Holinan, .rohisOrt, (Pa.,)
, Johnson, la) iKalbfleish,i Kernan,
Knapp, Law. Long,Mailorty,Miller,( Pa..)'
sMorris. '[o .3 MortiAtm,, Noble, O'Neill,
[0..3 Pendleton, Perry, Pruyti, Randall,
[l'a.,] Robinson ,
. IRO,ss. i5041:1,.' Steelell
(N.J.,) Stiles, StroFe, Stuart,. - Sweat,
Townsend, WadsOrth, 'Wa-d, G. • A
White, J. W. Willle, Win4eld, Benj.
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Wood, F. Wood—fie,
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The absentees, or those not voting, are'
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Messrs Lpzetir of Niinsyva la, Loblond
1 .1 Fl .
of Ohio, Mtroy oil; New atupshtre,
ItilDoiell of Indbusj riieoney of Obi°
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Middleton of New, Jersey, and Vnorhees
of • L
A tu4tion to - sojourn was, made sa id
eat ried,'taxi greatest 000ftiston,
by a vote of 121 yeas to 24. !Aptly
PEACE TUROiGIi ",An.
Whatever may have- been' the Ulterior
purpose of the Rebels ls soliciting the re
cent conference with resident Lincoln,
and whatever may be 'ultimate fruits
of that conference ; y it is now certain that,
the . temediate - result is futility roid . distip•
pointment. All questions of etiqintiel
and ceremony/were happily - put abide, and
for four hours the Chief Magistrate.of the
RePubli,e(supported by the seoior Wernher
of his pabinet, discussed freely, earnestly,
coureeouely, with three deputed r,epresen•
to rtes of the intellect and forep . of; the
ebellion, the rival aseumption?, of the
Union and of its as.sathents, - auxious to
discover or to deviseso_me groundwhereori
these could be"so fax reconciled as ,to
arrest,bloodshed and restore Peabe,tv our
I country. • Our ierforination leaveelno robin
for doubt that the President not'only ea
eerly soug ht bit confidently expected ro
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achieve a pacification before returning to
Washington. This expectation.; IwaS not
realized, though ingenwey.was exhausted
and 140 practicabl e'toneeesien withheld in
his efforts to attain the desired end.. . Nu
question concerning Slavery was;seriously
interposed—no collateral o r sobordioat,
tesue precluuee the present achievewent
of Peace. The one sole, suffieient obsta
cle which the f'residetit enconUtered and
coula not overeutne was this:
The Rebels required of him an imme
diate, unqualified cessation of hostilities,
Laving in abeyance all questions i concern:
ing the integrity of the ,Union and the
rightful authority of its GaverMent over
the several states; which, the President
courteously,.,promptly,clecidedly apprised
them. that he was neither antharized nor
disposed to concede. > And thus the con
ferenee terminated
Now we firmly \believe that the great
body of the Seuthern People, when cor•
rectly informed with regard to these rite)
propositions, will refuse to • sustain the
Rebel chiefs in their toad schenes of elais
aggrandizment .at the expense of the
life-blood of the masses ;but le, must be
considered that Military coeecien and ter
rorism are so potent and so oininpreseut
at the Sonth that, even in those portions
of North Carolina which are four to one
for the Union, none dare openly denounce
or resist the Rebellion. If the Coufed•
erste chiefe at Richmond• see fit to sin
tale the positions taken by their deputies
—and we most presume that they Will
until they openly evince an adverse per
pose—there rouse be more fightine, pot
to subjugate but to libetate the Southern
people, who were first snindled, bullied.
terrorized into rebellion, and 'then told :
-Year have now no choice. Tho.
Yltn
ltees are coming to devastate ynur homes.
outrage your families, and strip.yon of all
you possess. Defend yourhomes and
firesides And tens of thousands are
I this day fighting, against their country
only because they have been) duped into
believingthat thus only can they defead
and preserve all that they hold dear.
This monstrlans delusion the Prcsiden:l
has done much to dispel by Ws attetd•
acme on and' beating at the Hampton
Roads Conference, and we thank him
heartily therefor. lie has fastened more s
clearly on the Rebel chiefs , the responst
bility of a continuance of wholesale car
nage
ard devastation. Be hae made it
plain to the impartial world, as it will,
gradually be made plain to the Southern
masses, that these can' have Peace on the
simple condition of fidelity tolheir coun•
try and obedience to her laws. And this
knowlecle,e, slowly `diffused at first, will
gradually detach all but the aristocracy
from the desperate fortunes of the death.
struck Rebellion.
Now, then, let the People of the loyal
States rally with enthusiastic energy to'
the support of their . Government. - Let the
thinned 'maks of our gallant armies be
promptly filled, not by , bodnty jupniing
thieves and perjueers, but by wen who
love and would gladly servo their Country.
Let the Treasury be likewise filled hy,
generous subscriptions to the loans now
open, so that the war maybe prosecuted
with ample means and appliances, and
not suffered to drag as at, times it has
done. Let' every one contribute tie he
may to invigorate the Natinnal arm, and
we shall .very soon have achieved a sub
stantial, honorable and enduring Peace.
With full ranks and a full Treasury, els
ty, days, will suffice to - stamp out the last
embers'or the Rebellion and secure us a
country shielded evermore from the perils
of DisuniOn and Treason --Tribune.
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4,
arOcniar noes
Once again In Ohambersborg, the city
of cinders, of ashes, of half reburned
brick, of desolation.. On my pat•Nage
to the dear old town I piciured to tnyßelt
the ruins as they had been so . vividly
impressed upon my mind :ietne:' months
before, and with a sad heart .dreaded the
renewal of thepainful . associations. AS
the train rolled'over the Smquehanna, iI
wistfully, gazed upon the 'Capitoline Hi,'
and inwardly prayed that the Legislaturo
might be influenced by Providence or
something else to hearken to the, petitton
of our "Rapreseotative., and he induced
b# hook or . by crook. [not meaning our
Representatives—fOrgivo:. the fun, gen'.
iletnen,) to grant sonic aid:or MonfOrt to
the fallen great of my native town ;'if
only to shame the soulless of: New
York, whichihas so persistently sympa
thized,with the Rebel despurera
for no other reason that I could ever see,
eicept that ;SVC:twitted Ib's New Yorker.
ME
Gossip Willi Our Friends.
,The river erottseT, I'lleel;;;;:b4re's . o arl! lager .bler saloons,
lisle, Newville and Shippeosbueg passed,lmany better,-places
wy bettet began to `feat in, unison with Mitritt, describe. 'W
toy •cctitifierers,' and by the timethe ride.cest five cents
;long Itlibitte...bletwell, my aniiety:, was ditt9, and that ~t 'l
kEbout insupportable Down Down -- brakes— .$l,OO, she sate
siciPe—lliut oua bi6oMing air of mein 6inee.bear '
-ehelyeteeedingroly i l l n clean /White .hand- seription
kerchief to'take a IProminent . IPart in a' tnissionar:
funeral, and stepped .slowly and steadily well as Et_
from the platfortit.l About two dozen burg Reljositcry.
friends rushed at me, to welcome me, as
I inneceotly thonght--and—oilered me
Oil siock';iisked tue aboutt-kil stook;
fairly greased me iith—oilstock. I nev
ersivikliore surprised in trA , life. Talk;
about oil:'oti the Orain, 'here was "oil on
the entire '. constitution ;- oil, in oceans
over our head and ears ; oleaginous oily
oily; oil stich"ai David never dreamed of
when Dr. Watts' made hire say/ - • , .
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'MY'lierol•tbau dost,witb oil ennoint,"
'Flow are yon old fellowe don't, you want
some iinioviiit/ at 52 1 '.Whv;—, I'm
very glad to see'you, let you have five
hundred shares
: Sterling at B.' -+Bless
you, my dear sir, if Yon want . ,setne Jer-
sey Well'ai 2 I-ca' f 't spare you .some—
'pollee, --; delighted to welcome you
back, here's where you -get thelreal gen
uine Hopewell.' • .'Why--4 ant proud to'
welcome you, Chanibert burg's favorite
Ron. I lirve saved for you, especially, a
thoisand sharegof Burning Sqring and
Ruble ! Farm at 2.' 'II uzza fur —, let
'tits present him, as he bails from. Brook.
lyn,
with two hundred and 'fifty shares
,'ol'Pittsburg and Brooklyn ' Petroleum
stock, price I.' 'Welcome to 0.,' shout
ed:in inhartnenious concert Some sic-or
eight well known voices—'here collies
our: old teacher. Buy some ,Pittsburg
and Dherry Run, one dollar, •one twenty.
five ; onefifty, one seventy-fiye, two, two
twenty five, . two fifty. two seventy five,
(THREE! ' - Surprised, astounded, amazed
end confounded, as Blair's Rhetoric !dit
it, I, knew not what too, particularly as
my speculative capita was limited to
fifteen-dollars. - I had braved the hack-,
men of New York and of Philadelphia
had escaped the pretzel
: mongers of Lan
caster, had avoided• the' teinptations- of:
the . Harrisburg - apple and chestnut
isomem had passed unscathed throughl
the loafers of Carlisle, and the lazzeroai
of.Shippensbures, to be boiled in oil ash
was St. John of old—at least no tharirEs,
if they didn't succeed, to the brutes that
tried it on-the aforesaid saint I-slipped
through their 'fingete; promising all lib-,
erally; and hurried up town.. In front ofl
a seared and blackened ruin I encoan-1
tered a young lawyer.. who! Wanted to put
me down for some Cherry Run. Toni
steps further on, a young doctor stopped
his sleigh to ask "How is Sterling? - '-
Thinking of X i s. d., esgliange on Er*. I
land, I answered "about 2 25," nod was]
of enurse 7 laughed at. Again I was hailed
[Salve I]lby a learned D. D , who asked
me "whe her I had seen the notice of the,
ail, well that Herodotus had spoken of
some two thousand and add years 120, on
`the Levant." Nest I encountered a
preacheri - who called my attention-to the
singular fact that "Jacob, 1760' yearal
Ante Christum, had ponied oil on the
top of the pillar he had set up at Bethel,
(not Big Bethel) when he vowed alenth
as a royalty." Then I camp across an old'
olaek Woutan,who seeing me limp slightly ,
recommended Seneca. Cif., !let a sehoei
teacher,
who entertained me with an ere
! dile discourse upon the oil the ancient,
!athletes used. Heard .an old than pray,'
at family worship for peace. in this wise:
"Pour oil upon the troubled waters." In
.
i the evening there was no . gag, and 'viva's,
! reported that the gas company had been
changed to an oil company. - I was agree.
ablisurprised to find that every fatally',
had an ample stock of Kerosene ou hand.'
of which they were by no means cement
ice!. each one hoping by caused' ptien tot
enhance the value of their stocks: In
attempting to amuse a domestic circle of
young America, I glided into tbe realmsl
of natural histery, and 'basin...made they
acquaintance of a Nantucket man in '
1 Brooklyn, Was naturally carried by . my 1
1 imagination into -the hlronders of the ereat i
' deep, with the usual acce.mpaniment of 1
'seals, wa!rnses, whales . I informed the
'admiring audience that the whale, when
.fully grown,soMetimes reached the tenet!'
of seventy feet; and a eireux»fereacc of
'brill feet, and has been known AO pro
duce twenty tons of pure oil. Now this'
would have affected my_youtleful mind, l'
know. But m young two year's' old drove
me within myself by exclaiming, "Why,
uncle —, what's that to a five hundred
barrel oil well every-a:lay r' I made a
faint show of resistance _by citing the
uses of whalebone, and the enurnione'tor
pedo powerot the huge 'mammal's tail,lnit I
all' for no use. T have been, niformed
that two young men locked. themselves
apione entire _night, for the. Ogrpose of
swapping oiktoeks,.and that they made,
off ieach other, the one-seven hundred'
and fifty dollars, , and the other twelve
hundred.. An old, old matt, who has
been a-wicked . infidel all his life, is now
a c‘nststent Aura - 'emptier; owing-en
tirely to the frequent mention of oft in
the Scriptures: How wonderfully com-1
pensatory are Nature's laws ! - Oil •:-is
gond for a biErn. , ' We have been burned,
ero—oil is good for, our burns. Could
aniq thing be plainer?
iNow, dear gossips, I am dono. : for t'aigl
week. Four months' 'absence bas. made ;
toe regard. you more than ever . before.',
Hereafter I'shall soar . into the. realms Of
science and art,and shall no more attempt
to eoothe. You don't need ft... You re
quire, nothing but a little legislative aid
wherewith to re-build and to invest in oil.
Fere-WELL ! T .
P. S. An estimable lad::
me • why I *fete, about sin
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SHERIFF'S SALES. •
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-fIIVY VIRTUE of sundry *writs of rendition
ID Export:ls, Fieri Facies and Levarf Facies
,issued ,2 , ,q of the .Court of Common Ple4of Pot
tej•County,• Pennsylvania, and to vie di{Feted, 1
s Aall e.i l io z ,;e lo publia4ule or outcry, at tho,CoWI,
1 house in Couu!!:rspor:l, on . MONDAY', 'the 20th
day of Feb., 1.6;35, iit I. o'itoel: ' :p. m., Vie. foi
-1
lowing ,fiewribc4 tracts or parcels* land to wit:
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Certain' . real f estate in Sharoti.toW rsh! . P,
bounded tflut &scribed . a,s follows i Begin
ging, at the southreast corner of a lot .sur
veyed to D: C. Chase, thence snntn 133 and
3 7 10ths perches to It post, thence west' 'l3O
perches to , a post, thence . north' 133 and
3-10ths perches, thence east ,1313 peiches.to
the place'of beginning, tontainingt)de Hun
dred and Eight andThree r tenths.Aere:s, being.
part of Warrant No. 2180,..ab0ut ten nCres or
which are improved, with oneiog hons'i•and
one ,l
board stable thereon: To be Sold as tite
.
' property of John Busworth.,l • {
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ALSO—Certain - real estate in Hec i lo:r TP-1
Botluded north by lands of the Hingham Es
taM, east by rut No. 28, south by lands of
Perais Sard.am,. on the west.by Jands OH. F.
Tubbs and Iliugharg Estate beinglot, lip 29
of tim•allotmunt of - lands of li.:. H. Dent in said
toWtiship, and-past cd` wartitut No' I.Bpo, con
taining One Hundred apd. TWenty-seven and
Nitie l tentlis Itirts mote pr less, about TWenty
fivd acres of 'tvilich urd itianrored, ; With one
Mg house, one lug barn and some find, trees
Ithdreon. To be sold as the property iof Jo- ,
sePh Persintt. • • , , . 1
,
- 11LSO-6ertain real estate in the Borough
of boudersimrt, bounded on tliei north py lut
Nti. 107,0 n the east' by piewises owned by
, -s
MrS. G. G. Maely, on the south! by zeeood
I- street and on the west by West Street,l being;
the west -half of luta Nus. 108 and 1109 on
'square No. 11 of the plot of the 'l36't•Jugh or
Coudersport aforesaid, upon which is 4rected
one frame house tine frame barn: scone fruit
and shade trees thereon. To be edict as the
1 .-.
property of John Warnaer, f
ALSO—Cert , tin other real estate in the
Borough or Guuders - Port being lots Nos. di,'
G 2 and 03 on square 5 of theplot of said
Borough._ upon 'Which is erectelLk one frame
buuse and one board stable: To be sold as
the property of • Phineas Goodwin .'and Ezra
Star.ovether. ' . t
ALSO-Certain real estate its Hebron T'.,
Bounded us follows; thi the north by lot No.
9d and Isaac Frink,eust by Ismu l l Frfnit, south
by George Stillman . and A R. :Stil)mart and
west by Alonzo Dwight, Containing Seventy
nine and .Th ee-tenths Acres Oh Abe usual
allowance for, roads &c., of which.about!
Forty. acres are improved, w‘ith tvo frame
houses,- two frame barns, inn apple orchard'
,tad utter fruit trees thereon. To be sold' as
the property of Foster Reynolds. I •
. ALSO—Tam Hundred and Fifty acres of
land itl[ Wharton township, Bounded on the
north trod west by lands of finnsielter, on the
east It} lands of Joseph S. Silver, Jr , and
on the' south by lands .of Fish ,i: Beusley :
j
about Thirty acres -of which-arei improved
with - he fraMe ltotise, two log budses, one
log barn and some fruit trees thereon'. To
be sold as the property of liersbuto S: Cur
wine, (Christopher A. Curwine - aad Smith
Corwin°. •., . !
D. CLARK ABEE, ,Stiff.
Couiersport, Pa., Jad. 30, 1865!
I 1 . I. ,a
Auditees.ltepoll. -
, •
Bala Ice Due from Letcis Lyman,
TAasur i er of Potter County! for 1863
an I 1864, to' the -curious Inicnship
an .1 &hoot Districts January 1,1865,
as pr .4nciitars' Statements 'filed in the
'Conznzissioner.' Office aiid its the P.. 0.
tlionotary's Office.
I SchOol. , 'Town.
Abbott, • • 80.76 .30.21
Allegany, 20.60 46.4;
3,70 ; 9,78
Clara, . 35.14" ,-23 54
Couaersport, 246 ; 294
Euialia; 195,25.. 39.71
Gene . s . ee, ;42,81 224,48
Harrison, .• 1 17 91 r 73 56
Hebron, 77,01 ;222 98
Hector, • 30,81 I : 38,71
m
Hoer, • 63 I 23,34
Jackson, 19,13 64.66
Keating, . 28,10
Oz•wayo, • 55,11 • 45,08
Pike, • , 12 72 H 15,98
-
Itoulet, 33,63, 3.44 -
Sharon, . 13.51 .1 13,98
Stewartson, - 217,14 186.29
Surninitt, 43,94 1 16.16
Sweden, . • • 41,23 • ..38,84
Sylvania, due Treasurer, 18,27 • ,
Sylvania, -1 , • ' 119,85
lily'ss,§, • . 2.92 - 7,48
West Branch, 56.90 ' 66,63
Wharton, • 223,08 43,39
Mr: Lyman desires the. Towni and School
TredsuTers to ,call: for the fiinds4ne to them
as he dues nut wish to hold' them in his,
hands. The. partienlars of each:am:ma may
be seen in .the boOk of Auditors' Reports in
the l COminisgiucers' Office. •
There is also in L the hands of the:Treasurer
of Cash, (since paid to his 'successor Arctr F.
Jones)' `` — - • -
13{iiinty,
• Coun-iy,
.
IV. B. GRAVES, '
S,ll. IklAwrix, Auditors
1,. BIRD, 1
Coudersport Jail 21, 1864. I "
• STATEMENT;
F the Receipts and Bxpendiiding on nres of Po h t ;
314 d e li; C or nt u Y ',lA 3r Diheui%l3-e4af ending
ftee'd from county and speeirtl
taxTsfo - r1864 and previous yr's $13742
. 84
Ree'd from Relief taxes for 1864
and previous gears 1 .
Reeh Bounty lat:es for 1864
TotaiJ il,:ceipts
, .
Paid for Asseriois-wages ,
450 48 11
" Auditors wages • 140 00
" Commiisioners wages 920 12
" M.D.Briggs Com's 1331' for '62 . 3.99
" Com's wages balances for 1863 99 15
" Com Missioners clerk hire 500 00
4 1 k si " " ,extra •,7 00
" Balance f' , 3r clerk hire tir '63 97 24
" Election expenses 1791 , 80
Relief to Soldiers' families 963 25
" Money refuVed 22 8.;
Commonire lth costs 430'03
" Gandjurors fees 169 35
' Travers " ; 231-38
h . friend asked
red cars and
len were so
York ibart
id her,i hat ; la
gla df - bier
,ter ploces, , .eost
re ,peint veOd have
be, is itaking . 'oße sub
your gasstp
York. He'll do as
isionariesChanairs
936,16
663,15
932.20
2523'19
9733 'l6
26004 19
.
It Stationary . - 1 173'24
.... is
,;.Fuel _ , i 60 88
'ttorney fees fat /BC3 I •. . 60 00
t'" 'Jail and penitentiary expenses 332 50
is:- Qualification fees I . -.46 05
4 4• Court expenses I : 178 70
" , -Road views ' ' ; 199 00
a public printing 293 00
'I
.it i , mild cat bounty I'' 675
_ sc..
,Panniges by roads ,/ ! 20 00
.tt Coirets expenses to Barrlisburg 144 53
dl. Oalones exp's toll , fo 'com's 41 00
4 " Justices returns 1 . 5 62
It M leek of quarter sess,ot 45 10 -
44 Prothonotary's fees I : 17 93
It Revenue Stamps , .; 'i ' •so Ise
tt Interest on Keating hose ' . 66 00
-l! On bond to Isaac liens a : 83 33
' 34 " ‘,‘ !.. " "i '! 5438 53
"Li On bondsAO volunteers, : - : 4366. 60
It , ti• -Intereation bond to J.S ahtnll,;',-.!/I,*
.. •ti Judgment. to: and DAlerr '731 - 62
'is
ss,,. on"bond to G. G. Cotviti:' -. \3l4t 61
• 41 Repairs on public bonding! 462
' it • a ' 44 sidewalks
f':.l- .'l2 so
44 Tending Town Clock ! •15;00
tt Incidental expenses " 48 62
• " Recorder's fees - - .". 250 '
" . Court crier - 18 . 50
i , Ceroner's inquest. • . t • 4..87, -s
. 1 Clerk for coin's at Haxrieburg 5 'OO
Excess of receips over expenditpres 6039 ,06 -,
- , ' 260.14 19
We do certify that the foreifini-Statemetit
of Receipts and Expenditures ; of Poster Coun ; n.
ty for the year 1864 is correct ;as appearni
from the records and Touchers in this Office.!
Commissioners' Offiee,,Jau 18,11865. •• ':
1
• R. L. Nicuot.s,f • :
~ ,
- -C. P. KILBOCEIN I E, Cotashl.
' E.. 0.-Ausrts ') • - ,z
Attest: L. B. OotzeClerk. .f •
- STATEIIENT
fIF the Funds of Potter County' on tbe fins.
day of January. A. D 1865.
To amt of Comsis order3tutstadding $1067, 421
Judg't in favor of tr rren
Counts' Bank • 2760158
" Int.ein l same, to Jnn. I.: 805 • 82,8 l
Judgt in favor of B.& DDert 4288 87
Int.-on same to Jan.1;1865 85 '76 •
.f Bond to John Renting! llOO 00
•it I , C. S. ,Tones. • ; 100 00.
- 4 Assetts over indehtedoesti .Z 024 08,
Total indebtedness {..37,429. 52'
unty Fund; I
• {
To bond to Ism. e Benson - for the.
.
loan of money to raise Vol's $lOOOO 00
" Int nn same to Jan. 1, 1863 400 'OO
" Bond toJ,.S. Mann (sincdPai ) 1000 00 -
" Am't due on bonds to col's "12614 32.
" In't on same to Jan.. 1 1665 I - 3388 60
" Bond to H.J. Ohnsted(since paid) 300 00
, I --
Total am 'nut of Bounty Fpnd 167,702 92
. • E EC APITCL ATION.
Aggregate 'Amount of CAunty
indebtedness dp the lst. of Jarnary
1865 including BOtll2ly and V9lur
teer Bonds . , I $105182 44
I~TarF.--The aggregate amorint of Bonds is.
surd , to Volunteers during Ithe year is
$87300 0.0
The aggregate amounrof Bounty
bonds given for money hianed
to pay Vol'unlefrs' _ I $16700 50
aggregate arnlof Lat. on same 540 57
Aggregate of money, and
Bounty bonds given for .Volun
teer purposes
By amt of Co. taxes due fro un
seated latids,for 1864 less
Treasurer's per centage $4117 98
'! Relief taxes due from un
seated lands for 18641ess
Treasurer's per centage
gg , Taxes tine from seated Ids
and personal property for
1864 for county puFposes 1204 81
" Relief taxes due from sent- '
ed lands and personal '
property for 1864
" Militacy tax due for 1864 .
a Coftoty tax due from seat
ed land and , pe•rsonal
property for 1863
gg Relief tax due for 163
„ a Military ai , g
• « Special
County tax on seated l'nds
ti
• -and personal property for
' previous years j
..gg Relief tax due for previous
years
gg Military' tax due foriprevi
ous years j
gg County tax due framiserit
' ed lds returned unseated
" Relief tax die froni jseated
lds•returned as unseated
" Estimated co tax for 1t65
" " Relief " "
•
Bow /g Te;:t,
• I
By arra of bounty taxes dee from
unseated lands for 1864 16470,, 82
11 Bdunty taxes due from
seated lands and person
' al property for 1864
14 • Bounty j tax ret'd txs seated
11 ludebtednesorer ilssetts
Aggregte amount of assetts inelud
ing bounty taxes now ontstande.,
ing for tbe year 1864 -
Aggregate amount of indebted-_
ness over asserts I
14
NoTa—Aggregata amt or Doooty
bonds paid and cancetid in the
Lesear 1864 - -
ving balance due to volun
teers of
The aggregate amt pate 4n. bonds
giveu for money lomssit on the
Ist of Jan'y 1865
Aggregate atatof Int.paid nri same
Leaving a balance alio 4u boas
for money
Aggregate arnt paid on znOneY and
bounty bonds I 20522 IS
(Leaving atalanse dna qn money .
and bounty bonds ,1911 1,1865 84;017 / 92
We the Commissloncnt of the County of
Potter, do certify thAt,the-foregoing—Butte
nient of the `Funds of tha salii ; Conolyyffet•
ter on the fir 4 day of January 188'5 is correct
as will appeal , from thalbooks and records of
this office. _
T
Commissioners' Offica,ia'Y ,A. D. 1865.
H. L. Niclot.s, . _ '
S. O. AUSTIN, - 6orierl.
C. P. Nimmons, ,
Arnsr :L. B. Coco, Clerk. - ,
17,241 or
101;540 . 07-
823 19
272 15
230 50
121 38
19 11
12 00
5 87
205 85
1750
EMI
Mill
15.99•
8436 00 .
1859 00
17,429 52
1 0*72. 57
227 20
P 431. 33
stint 92
447131 11,
60431 33
105,132 44
BIM
'12614 32
87,304 eb
5308 50
527 ST
11404 60
17,241 OT
104.540 01