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VOLUAIE X
IJOU_RNAL,
POTTER
EMCEO
NET, Proprietor.
IL W. 3teALA
so of Republicanism, the in•
advancement of Eclucation,
tPr county. ihvning duide
I it will endeavor to aid in the
~.:I.mnizing our Country.
oevoted to the cal
to r..Sts of Agihr I tu ro,
and ths hest Oed of Po
lxtept that of vrincipro
*uric of more fully Fre
ear.l.dvertisemeots I sorted at the folloirine ratez,
Irt. 3ept.- - where special ba 14:Ling are made, A "square"
ta 10 lime of Br-vier or .of Non paten types : : ,
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A..lintubltrator's or E Tc. tor'k Notices._._ 300
a ptolal and Editorlai Notlcca per line 20
,tkV - All transient mlyertisements mudt. • be paid in
ildvanee,and no notice %till be taken' of adeerti.ements
from a distance, unlessithey are accompanied by the
Money or. satlacamory tierence. I ...
Judi, executed with neatness
Nar-joti Work, of all
Ind despatch.
BUSINES
Ancient York :liaisons
No. ,142, P. A. M. Stated
and 4th '"edneaqay,ot i•ach
' Story of the inrante4.l.ll.2ck.,
WM. STTHAR, W.M.
Free and Accpptell
EurquAA. tC)DG F
Meeting+ on the
tuenth. Mall, in the 3,
I.ISON, M. D.,
,O. T. E
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- DnAcificrsra rii
reiicatfully" inform
vicinity that lie will pd
profeenlon ii set vicen.
'VIVO. of Ilia re:Admen.
'IMLAY, Conde 'sport, Pa.,
o the citizen:3 o the villas - e and
i/mptly respond to all calk ibr
)Rico on Firat. otrect, first door
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ATTORNEY AND
,t 1 Coudersport, I':
is Putter and Caner
trusted : to his care
(Mae orr Slam street,
ICOLTNSELLOR. AT LAW.
cn w c t
t , , t , L tg r el d 11
a. 2 I easr:rtii
ces z7s..
receive promp.. attention.
.n re,nience.
mid LARgAnuE,
OLMSTED
ATTORNEYS A
WIII attend to
/re al tb pr.onignese
be several enu.rte to
/ the ieeond surrey 01
LAW, CoutieriTort; Penn'e.
11 Ihisinees etttrutoed to thele
land fhltlity. Wtll ah , o attend
the adjoinhot . edithtice. °Ake
the Olne.ted Mock.
CI BENSON
IS-1-
IkTITORSEY- AT
fattetvi to all hu,'
and pOroptneeg. Ate
1014 e on &coo,
Couder-port, Pa. will
lie'n's entrusted to lent with. care
ends Court,: of allot uY nu coon
stheeldieur the Alle :ulc bridge
;tit. KNOX. .
itIOUNSELLOP. AT LA%
,Lttend the (Jowls u:
Pot
couut es. .
McA L.V.t.NEY,
r F. II
A TTO4NEY
Cou4ersport,
•er stld the adjoinun
I :" atILLER
TTOtt EYS-AT
..1" - V Agent. for Ittel
United A:ars:m.l -t a
Ilounty,.krreans
• yrittLcr.a,-
LAW, HARRNUCV.G,
Collection of Claim-ntr.til.i4 the
e liovernin.qo • ,-11 ;16
;15, g
J. C. lONLARNEY
; 1 1 . 2.1 c 14. N Eli,
- DEAL ESTATE and ISSUE, LNCE ENT.—
Land Sold, Tax. , rtid
iliveetigatod.- insuma prep ty a4aina cue loot
contj)Finiei in the Cull)itry. and PerrArns:t,alll-1 Acct
dente In tho Itl,ttr3u , e Compatly 'of llart
ford. EnBinees transacted promylly 17•' 2 9 .
Y. A. STEIIIIINS et. Co., •
au *Tb
11A ITT!;keaIFA r)Gools,7ne.! Nto.;_r l s - , r "'i,,ur't.d,vkn
slAcerythilg usu Ilyks;t a good country e.
l'coduce bought An 6..1d 17 29
i..,,: C. if. SEIrIiONS, .
ATERCITANT —NY KIA.SVI Y.,
Ilk Rule onitrtetoll DeAler in Dry
Staple Goo,le , llrneeriee.
Flour, Feed, •uaiters supplied In lib, al terms
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CRA I. .V.S S. JONES,
'l% r ElleflANT—thaler;\pDrtig.l MAicitie4, "nin ti,
1)1 Oils Fame.) , •Artlclelt S ationery, Dry Goolt:=,
Grocerree, ' &c., Man Strt,t,tidersporE, l'a.
6 D. E. OLMSTi,
r Ertc ANT culer in Dry \
Al_ CI thing, C ocl:ery - ;
Dor: Provisions, 4c., Muin Ytryet, Cou
COLLINS SMITH - , ‘
A TEitcniN C Dealer in Thy Gnils. G 1 os.i7ii.,
..4y.L. .P rov h.‘ long, taraware, Qlloo , ,S,lare, C (It IVry, ‘
and all (11' , 1) IS usna Iv fotinl in a c•inatry store. .os'ill •
I J. ()JOINTED,
lercoact., and Dc'iiler in Slows, 1
t Iron- W.ire. Main 'fit rest, Cowler
1 iLitil Sheet 'lron War- male to
on sh-rt notice. ' . 1
H
ARDWARE
Tin and tine
Penii`a, Ti
•r nnod 14,y1
COILIIIiItSPOICT 11131*EL. , . .
TT C.VERM lIN E-I..,PeaPRWTOR, Corner,cf Main
111, and Second tareetA C.h.dm , Tarit Yotter
A Livery St...Well:alt.) kept in con eetion with thins
M.
Hotel. • Daily S (•A In and from the ItailromiA.
,
i •. ' potter Journal Job-011ice.
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plr AVI ZirG late y addca a fine new assortment of
L UI JOB-TYPE totalr already large
'r assortment,.
e are now prepared to do all kinds 9fwork, cheaply
find with taste and neatne,s.. Orle g AolirileA
LYMAN HOUSE:
Lewisville; Popor county, Pennsylvania.
LEWIS. Proprietor. Ha. Inc
B taken this exiiellent the proprietor
o make the net - lait titmice of the traveline public a n d
eels confich•ot of kiviii4. satitfaction to all who may
all on tit; tf
, -- 'MARBLE WORK
i A it Monuments and Tomb-Stones
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..,T__ of nil j 11,1.3, wilt he furnialu•d on re:is:mot
, Qitz.,.. bin to ma and abort notic' by
~,. ~.,,. C. Breurrle.
' 11.5 . - .41
Ron : Eulalia, 132 Milee south of
Coutiksport, Pa., on the Sin nemal ,, i a lug
Rood, or lease yo4r orders at the Post °file, feC,T
*)AN BAKER.
-7, 'VEN5161 , 7, BOF \TY dud' WAR CLAIM AGENCY
Pensions procured for Soldiers of the present
i ar who are Ms bled by reason of wounds received
lor disease contracted while in the service of the 'United
'States ; and pensions ' bounty, and arrears of pay olu
tained for widow li or heirs of those who have died - or
;been killed white in service. All letters of inquiry
;promptly 'answered, and on receipt by mail of a ,tate
:meta of the cas of claimant, I will 'forward the nc
:eesiary papers f r their signature. Fees in Pension
cases as fixed by law. Refers to lions. Isaac Benson,
A. 0. Olmsted, Bohn S. Mann, and F. W. Knox, Enq
DAN BAKER,
Claim, Agent, Coudersport, Pa.
JuneB 64
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Per ''Year We want azents
• ' everywhere In' sell our Inentoinn
I
1. ' w lso 1 •
$
$.O"Se nit td..,c ones. Three new kinds. 'Udder and
uppiw feed. N art.:dated g,ve year+. Ahove salary.
'or large Commisions paid,' The est.?' machines sold
In the United St ace fur less than s4o, , ,whiell are luny
licensed by n
si o\ o, Wheeler & Wilson, Grover & Ba
ker,Singer & C .. & Bachelder. ALL other cheap a
i.,
Abides are infri gements and the seller or User•nre
'liable to arrest; tine. and imorisonment. Circulars
; refs. Address, ler call upon Shaw &, Clark, Diode.
Ord; Maine, or hicago, LLD., 26.1865. laWly.
Itch ! Itch ! Itch !
SCRATCH SCRATCH ! SCRATCH !
WEIZAITONIS
'mu Cure the Itch in 4S Unties!.
Also cures SALT RILEUIf, UV - Efts, CaTT.,
ILAINS;'end all ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN.
Price 50 cents. For sale by all drnonlets. By send , ne
60 cents to wF:pts k POTTER, Solo Agents, 170
Wsabingtoo strf-ct, Boston, It will I. for by
alit, fres of poltage,to any part of the United States.
Baas 1, Ind, sp.notice wky 137.
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IFOi THE JO6INAL.
The Northern land Southern Johnnies.
There's a party thatstab bed at our national life,
And ftigl4 for years to destroy us;
Having failed, they 're now prating of justice
and'right
And they hope by this means to decoy us;
And their northern allies, to help them along,
With murder and hdrningi ran riot;
For aiding treason's heir regular work,_
And whisi,:ey, their l ; every-day diet.
0, they're ail Old Ni / tles own darling brats,
And the!same mother's sonnies;
At the Norlli they 544 they !re Democrats,
At the South wI3 call them Johnnies.
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They murder'd our hOys tcho full into their hands
By poison, expOsure, a.nd.farnine;.
The r9c9r4iiley, dark, i•
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That it sickens the beiiitto examine;
This the northers haysearcely the cheek to
uen r y i ,
But 't clear that lbey.do not regret it,
For they pr4te of the injuries done to their friends
And they say our bereaved thonhl forget it.
0, they're all Old Nick's , own darling brats,
And file rime mother's' sonnier-;
At the North they say theyiri; Democrats, •
NOTICES.
At the South we call them John ties.
And, o4el t witen a northerner went to the South,
Who‘was n't Ote'ir Sneaking vassal, .‘ '
If he vcnttnred at all to open his month,
lie furnished h rop> with' a tassel.
And now; that . these otrages surely must cease,ls demonstrated b figures;
The mil-then) rebel'sl 'tlly applaud,
Wlt ile the souther robs murder the niggers.
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0, they're all Old Ni •k's own darling brats,
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And', the sane milt lees senuies;
At thelNorth-they salt' they're Democrats;
At the South we 611 thew! Julinnies. !
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The various triißs of thi's long sundereillhost,
Lately diet iµ the city 4 Phila.,
Fur sitting with nn:zades and swallowing blind,
The dhin, of Andy and : Billy;
and eryitvr this faet eame'to
ligbt,l
ettort ould longer postpone it:
That the be or this party reside at the South,
Arid the Mirthers arc happy h own it.
0, they 're Al Old Nick's own darling brats,
it l A”d:the slime Mother's sonnies;
At the Noill they say they're Democrats, •
At the Sooth w. call them jolmnies
C9IITE.DRIT X rtoAr 4 s
(%vicil is inthe,S,tait Kentucky.)ll\l)venli,er 7. 1866.
,
I wuz called to Washincrton by our pat
ron Saint, lthe President, to comfort his
wounded srrit. - There aim no disgnisin
the filet, the sPerit of. Androo Johns:Ai is i
wounded. L Ilki hez endimred the' slings
and errors lit More ontrajus fortune: than
any other Man who has lived &Mee the
days iiv Itunlilekinore. 'indee.d, ' than
llairdick einlbored---tret over. llttudick's I
father wuz rezoned ai d his mother married
agin afore die rnOprnlip clothes wuz wore I
out, smith) no saViii, Prudent wonian would
do; but what witz that to swat A. Johnson
endoors every day tl Nothin:
lie cabine t! meeting Lto Mich I wu
\ L z
.sum
.owed wnz called for dip purpose uv
slieddin, a tear br two over the election re
turns, :mkt() consider a' varicty uv letters
with: His-Elgcellency lied received within
a few I\miti remark that the cabi
net lied a g oomrand thildewled look.
The fusti wuz frtu Itev. 'Henry L Ward
Beeclier. .. Ir. -Beechel* remarked that he
I
bed the b *Best possilthrespeck for the
oflis wunst held by the go'id Washinton,
the great Adair; and the sAir4eil Lipkin. l
H i e oinitted l remarkiir nnythin u . ht.LLt \ Peerc
and BooktinauloPt•of regard foil the feelins
tiV the present i+minent, wichl, of he lied
rciad
,History.leorrect, wuz a indent sup.'
porter iit the Administrasheus. of both of
tbern men, i wielr.he considered stains upon
the pages 'ttv American hist4y, wick he
+.l' Wish mite be obliterated But wat
ht dpsiredL.to say ,Witz that he had a higher
i. . L... . .
regard for tne good opinion of mankind in
i-
general thail helfed for the good opinion
uv the tteeplental incumbent 0; any *otlits,
and ez he lied, in an hour ttv temporary
mental aberrashen;i wick he lied happily
l'oft , ly•rnjulo
I:spot Pa
passed, endorsed,the Administrashen, wick
insanit • .14d worked evil unto'him , he re
keited ez ft simple net uv justice' that the
PreSid •nt shood cause it to be known,that
he (B eeher) wuz .not cousickred by the
Adthit istrasben ez a supporter thereof.
o this," sed the. writerj "becoz the
imPr—sion that I am in the confidence uv
your Eggr.lencv, wich ,is onfortunatly
abroad, het serin r ugly DAMAQED MY REPLY.
.
TASIVEN. Trooly yo4§, et settry.
The readin uv this letter wuz folered
by a miniCuir profound silence, wieb wuz,
broken bv,the President. •
"Let tiiin pass," sed the great man who
hez the cli'spensin uv the'poste oflisis, "let
him: pass.l But here is.another,' said he,
burstin into Leers, "read
It was from Gen. Custar, him uv the
faller hair, with bed some, reputashen
doOren L.l4t, war ez a. cavalry 'commander.
It wuz to the Saine 'effect. ife hed when
he I sposed that : the! policy of the Pres
ident, with he esteemed ez he must any
mxu whoiheld the exalted position wunst
I Demote') to tbe, iTiocipies of brie. Doh - lochlog, or?e , the isseit)iimtiol) of ijohlitij, itehaighe qip) Webs.
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COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., TUESDAY NOVENDER 7, 0 , 186 6 .
occupied lky the 0.90 d Washington, the
'meat Jefferson and the sainted Linkin—
"The opgrateful, dog doesn't respect ME, "
sed 'Androo; "its the offis I till," and he
burst intci, a &fish flood.
--- , 'When he_ sposed the President's
wtiz . suchlas a sotier and a patriot cood-en
'dorSe,'he e,ndorsted it: But he diskivereti
that it led him, backforemost, into compa
ny Rich, Idooriu the late-win- I h° bed alluz
Visited face foremost and on hossback, and
therefore, Ito sAvr nis REPUTASFIEN, he
must beg that the President wood give it
out,( that he (Gen. Costar) IVII7, not nor
never hed bin a supporter uv . his policy,
and oblige Yours trod); ez hefore. ,
wuz foo hart-broken at this to make
any.reply; and Cowan and Doolittle wuz
in the saitie fix. The Kerneley wich wuz
given to Custar to keep him in posishen,
bed beenl)romised to a Detuokratic captin,
who wuz led by a company in the first Bull
Run fight, and who threW up in disgust
next day, not liking the manner in with
the war wuz Ibeiu conducted, but now the
Kerneley wuz gone and Custer too, and
wat won worse, there wuz no sick thing. to
be thot uy ei dismissing him. The entire
company yoOnited in minglin their Leers.
The next" letter wuz read by Seward C 7
it Wuz . addressed to him. It wuz from
Raymond. He: opened with the remark
that for the Presidential office he bed the
highest respeck: Aside from the consid
erashen that it lied bin wunst okkepied by
the good! Washington, •the great *dams,
and the sainted Linkin, the President mite
be considered the Father of his country,
hevin so: large a number of helpless chil
dren to Provide for, and besides he bed a.
instinktive respeck for the dispenser of any-1
thing.. It was difficult for him, bein
sirrlfe minded man, not to acnere to the;
President, but—..-
"Good 'Heavens!" shreeked Johnson,
"that little fox ain't a goiu to speak uv ins
reputashen ?"
"Dnoty requires the reedin uv the entire
doekeyMent, , painful to ray feelins ea it may
be," sed Soiviird. - -, "He ciincloods thusly:'
"I ant forced to'ask you ez one enjoyin
confidenshel relations with Him who oceu
pies the Presidential chair, to bev it <riven
Out that I stand in opposition to him. A
(100 REGARD FOR MY REkTTA.SIIES
me to this course. I remain, •
,
Thee wuz 2or three more. Gen. Carey,
uv Ohio, requeSted the President to remove
hith frOm his Collectorship, ez the holdin uv
it WUZINJOOII.IN RH,PUTASLIRN; aeditor
out we , ,t, who wuz se loosed into Lakin a
Post bilis, be!rged to hey it taken off his
hamiso hat he might :lve
before it • 11:'aS eveasti , }gly too late; and
tinany we cum to
. wtn the seal uv . wich
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wuzn coat UN' arms, Intl: dog rampant,
howie i knifecouchatit,sypported by trotting
horse:}, on a field uv,:en cloth. It wuz
from IIIon. ! ' John lll<;tlise,y, who bed jest
been I p:ected to Congt4ss in Ntio YO/ k.
Morrisey remarked that ez one uv
the pillars uvr the Democracy, : he felt he i
bad ii rite to speek. He wished it to be
;understood Nit he washed his held.: uv
any.c'ennection with Johnson or his party.
'He lied seed a lite. In states where the
Dem'ecracy, uv wich he wuz a inner, lied
tied 'themselves to Johnson, they bed gone
,down to a prematoor grave. Respeck for
the otfis restrained him from sayin
that Abe Democracy coodent carry such a
eussi,d load, but lie wood say th t the re
suit uv the election in Noo York, where
they depended solely on muscle and nigger,i
wield is the reel Democratic capital, and sue
ceeded, while where the DemocasY wuz
loaded down with Jolmsonianism they failed,
satisfied him that the President wus a ink
ubnS. He said this with all doo respeck
for the offis. Mr..Mossisey further rernarked
that; he lied also personal reasons for makin
this;request. He commenced in a humble
position, and hed filled the public eye long ,
ento to satisfy his modest zunbishen—he
hea walloped Sttllivati and Heenan—hed
owzied the fastest horses: and won more
money at faro than eny Man iu Amerika.
His? ambiShen wiiz satisfied so fur ez he wuz
concerned, but lie hoped to leave behind
(dui for his infant son, (with wuz only
twelve Years riva, , e and %via lied a (level
opmentuv intelleck aid muscle remarkable
fo,r one se tendr, heVin already walloped
every, boy in the skool to wick he wuz a
gaing,) he desired to leave that son a hon
orable name: It bed bin given out that
he Cruz tisupprter uv the individooal who
okkepied.the Presidential °His, and it wuz
Micierin him. IH.e wished that stigma re
1110Ved—A REGARD FOR HIS REPIITASIIEN
foreed him to insist upon it.
• And this epistle wuz dooly signed,
. his
Jour V,MORRISr, M. C.
murk.
There was silence in the Cabinet. This
last) stroke intensified the gloom wick bed
settled onto the government, and as 1 turn
ed illy tear-bedewed eyes I saw the great
drops coursin down the cheeks uv every
one present. Mr. Seward retired without
saying anything about ninety days, and one
bygone they departed.
Xt wuz a solemn time. There wuz other
letters yet lo be read, but no one hed the
heart to open 'em. I made a move in that
direckshu but Androo prevented me.
sickV murmured he in a husky voice,
with shoed that his heart wuz peerced—
"Help m to bed." rsaw the great man
bury his intellectooal head boneath the
snowy kilrin uv his onesSy couch, all but
his nose. 'ich with him isithe thermometer
uv the so,-, and whigli acdOrdiney glowed,
with' the yoosooal brilliant hue, but
with a d 'I, dead and'gha4ly blob. Notic-
in the clnvulsive beavins uv the kivers
which be,' eyed the agiiashen uv the brea4
beneath, whispered in his ear ez I handed
him his rhte drink uv rye Whisky flavored
with' bourbon, thdt he. bed -one hold; ez
Delaware bed sustained bun. A flush uv
satisfaction • passed over his nose, tint it. sub
sided in an instant. "Troo," gasped be,
"its ourn now, but before the next election
a couple uv them Massachoosits ablishnists
will buy the enssid State and re-people it
to soot !cm," and he gage a convulsive
gasp and sank into a troubled slumber.
It wuz a tee in occasion.
PETROLEUM V. NASBY, P.M
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Our Next United:State.; Senator.
Other things being equal, the i first con
sideration in the choice of a .Senator to
succeed the' ingrate Cowan, is to avoid all
danger of the,quahties that made that man
betray the party which elected din. No
one doubts that Stevens, Forney and Cam
eron, would "fill the ;Of Radical ex
pectation; but there is no denying that a
wide-spread distrust prevails in regard Ito
Governor Curti!). After 'having formally
declared his
,deterthination to retire from
public liie at the end of his second guber
natorial term, (which be (hd before assem
bled thousands in Indiana county, two
years ago,) he has remained more than
neutral during the terrible struggle be
tween Andrew Johnsen and Congress, and
when that struggle Was practically decided
by the nomination of General Geary, on
the 7th of .March last, Curtin becathe at
once:a candidate fur Senator, and made
himself prominent. His annual message to
the Legislature in Sannary last, did not
contain a single ref:rence to the noble at
titude of Concrress ) . but was silent in re-.
Yours Trooly."
gard to all those tremendous issues which
were exciting and dietratting the public
mind. The following is the only passage
from that paper, all the more remarkable,
because it is the only instance in !which) a
Republican Governor fearlessly 'refused to
meet and discuss fundamental principles
during the progress of the rebellion. 'His
promise to continue tol "pursue the same
conase during the embarrassments necessa
rily connected With the entire restoration
of the country," would unquestionably
have been fulfilled if he' !had not changed
his views' and become a candididate, for
United States Senator:
"My uniform course, during the late war,
was to avoid the discussion of the policy of
the. General Government, while 0% ing a
hearty support to the National authorities
sn all their measures to suppress ;the re
bellion. I shall continue to pursue_ the
same course during the embarrassments
necessarily connected with the entire resto
ration 'of the cotnitry. The principles ek
pressed in the message of the President, at
the commencement of the session of. Con
gress, will receive MU cordial support."
The message from which we quote was
not sent to the Legislature, owitnr to the
absence. of the Giwertior, until th e 86th of
January, 1806, \)'bile Congre, l ;s was iu the
midst of its troubles with Johnson.
Governor Curtin is naturally a conserv
ative, and while his speeches during the
campaign wero sufficiently patriotic, there
was none of that breadth of !view and i se-1
verity of argument on • great Principleq
which should characterize the nextlSenatorj
from Pennsylvania. His avoidance of tilW
allifsion to Andrew Jonnson's ,treachery I!,
till reminded of it by hfa own friends, was
to say the lutist of it, "eloquent silence."i
He was kind to the soldiers, we are
so was Gen. Cameron, and Mr. Stevens;
and Col. Forney. Gov. Curtin visited the
sOldiers, and made speeches to - them Col.
Forney wrote and spoke for them'
and ministered to their wants in many
ways; he was the first to insist that soldiers
Should be nominated for office, and his ad
vice has beemfollowM in a majority of the
loyal States In Pennsylvania he was
General Gem earliest friend, as well 4s
Gen. Owen's. I Mr. Stevens did net visit
the camps, nor make speeches to the reui
ments, but he•gave munificently from his
purse. Shall we compliment men for sim
ply doing their duty The next Senator
from Pennsylvania should possess uncom
mon ability—he should be whole-hearted,
progressive, far-Seeing; and radical—he
should be a statesman. Nothing less Will
I meet the exigencies of the day. 4s Gov
error Curtin such a man?
(wich is Postmaster.)
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A SILIRPSHOOTEIt DISLODGED.
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INCIDENT OF TUE BATTLE OF; OkrriSBURG.
1 Thedate Joshua R. Giddings; of blessed
I
memory, was a dead shot=-•-mot only era
toriCally considered, but with a rifle. There
Was not a man or boy in Ashtabula cOuritv,
(and that county was celebrated for fine
marksmen,) that could excel him at a'
squirrel hunt or shooting at a target. • He
son George R., lis a veritable chip of the
old block. On these hut ring_ excursions
of the elder 'Giddings , he was invariably
accompanied by Grotins, and it was these
lessons in politics and wood c.raft, which so
N% ; ell fitted him-for the career: which the
shadowy future bad in store for him. Ou
these occasions the elder would say to him:
"Grosln my boy, never be jgnilty of an .
act or word which; will give aid, counsel, or
comfort to the inStitution!df slavery and
its attendant iniqUities, or close yOur door
or heart against the hunted fugitives from
oppreSsion, or bringr home a squirrel unless
'shot through the head." t
AS each of these makims.harmonited
completely with' the hatural bent of the
youngster's mind, he-tre.aured' them ac-
cerdingly. Ijis returning at the age of 14,
from a match squirrel hunt of twO!days'l
duration, and bringing with him 180 of the
"small deer" With their heads off, proved
that the wood craft was well learned; and
his subsequent career, bah in the
.field and
in the office, showed that the political pori
tions of the father's teaching were well
stoned by the eon.
But I started to tell you' an incident of
the battle of Cre4ysbtirg,l IBe patient; 1
am coming to that. 'I must reach the
point by regular approaches.
:At the breaking but of het war, "Old
Nadler Giddings" was Consul General to
Canada, stationed . : at Montreal. n.rotius
was in his office as Vice Consul Lien 7
!'eral. When the first• neWs•Ofthe'struggle
ri
wa }
,s received,, young Giddings became rest
'less. His father noticing ithe fact, remarked
to him one claw, "Grosh, What is the mat
ler,with you ?" , ' - .
"Father," . I replied the Vice. Consul, "I
think I want Ito go home."
"Well," sail the elder, "I've been think
ing it was the best thing. you could do;
and the sooner you g .,
l ie better. When
o
I' can you get ready r 1
"By the next train,", nnswered ' the junior.
On the next train I lie • started for the
Buckeye Suite. ''. (
Passing through Columbus, be:called on
GOv. Dennison, who was then in the [guber
natorial chairl 1 'obtained a commission, and
I left for home in Ashtabula 1 county. In
three and one-half days from the time he
left Montreal, he had his. Company full and
sworn into the United States service. That
company he commanded in person until
the battle of'Phillippi, when he! was pro
inoted to a Majority in he I . 4th regulars,
i
Which'regiment he led a Gettysburg.' The
d4th was close, to the font and lying un
er the fire of the eneinY , The Major was
standing behind his cormiand. Behind
him was a large rock and
his; tele
the rock
' a sharpshooter, j with his!' tele &Tic rifle
vain!‘ i i endeavoring to silence a sharpshooter
of the rebel persuasion, whoni.the Gohfed
crate Gen.'Wilcok kept upon his staff to
pick off our officers A large rock on the
0 .
rebel right of Round Top afforded a safe
cover for theiAlabainian(Who, by the
way, was considered one of their crack
marksmen.) He would Wad his ripe be
hind the rock f ,theii jump 4n the latter and
' take deliberate aim it any officer he could
see on our line; the drop behind the rock,
and again re-load, This he continued with
i !fearful rapidity and. precision.. Maj. Gid
dings, leing rather conspicunus, came in
'for a share of the rebel's attentions. At
last, sick of the annoyance, he turned to the
Psharpshooter in the rear:—
"Here, you man with the telescopic
rifle, can't you wing down that rebel ride
man
"Well, Major, I am trying to fetch hiM,"
replied the man; "but it is a long range."
is.no kinger for you than - it is for
him; and if you donV thoOt him, he'll
shoot me," said the. Major; "If it's all the
same to you :rather,YOU'd shoot hith."
"ButS answered the soldier, "the Johnny
has one of those long - range English Whit
worth rifles, and they beat ours in bearing .
up s at that distance."
"Well," remarks the Major, if you can't
hit him, s op Crying, fur you only draw his.
attention this way, and if you don't stop
I'll shoot him myself."
The soldiers and others in hearing
smiled at what they deemed the boasting
speech or the Kijor.
_:Just then, whiz!
came a shot from the .rehel . sharpshooteij,
which completely shaved off one-half of the
Major's moustache. Now this. hirsute or
nanient was a particulat pet of the Major;
in fact, his moustache was his pride. Fe7l /
ing something sting rather sharply, in dose
proximity to his nose, he, quickly ej pped
his hand to the spot; and behold ne-half
of his upper lip was shorn of ifs ;,logy. To
say t,ha: the MajOr was mad 7fld be draw
ing it rather mild. . •
Quickly snatching up
from one of his men, het
dz /S
a pringfleld rifle
, dropped behind a
/ literally laid low
, r
small rotten st'ump,
TERMS.- -$1.50 PER - ANNUM.
for the Johnny.. Ina few momencs tho'
game - appeared, and quickly drawirtf; -- 14
piece t'o his shoulder, the rebel §TilriDelioider
sent his ball crushing through the skrtli of
the color corporal, within three feet.ef . the .
Major. 1 :
But it was his last shot; tir \berite tre
could gain his covert, ihe M a j or
and the rebel was seen to toss his tiring'
wildly, throw his rifle higb..in the air s and
fail,tieadlong down from his-.rocky iperch
dead as Sulins Cmsar: ,
A stunnini , cheer from the entire line it
sight.of , the rock, greeted the Major's feat,
while he coolly proceeded to reload his rifle,
Just at that moment the rebel color'.
guard came up to the rock close by where
the rebel sharpshooter and planted ,
their colors beside it. The Major again
dropped behind ice rotten stump; taking n
rest over the 'top, he sends the color bets
gearit one, and the rebel :flag was brought ,
td the dust. Again cheers broke from oil?,
Hue; but by this .time the enemy's atten-,
tion was attracted to his. point, and a squat)
of Sharpshooters was beought up as near
our lines as their cover would allow ; Tiler
had eviaently sighted the Major's position,
Capt. Coppinger, of the 14th, who 114
been watching the movement on the pArt
of the gray coats, sudd.inly called grit ; •
"Major, you had bettPr - inoVe . off fronf
that stump, for. the enemy have got range
and mean mischief." .•
The Major Moved somelo or feet t
c.
the right, when, whirr came a volley, alel.
some eight bads passed through the stump
directly in range of where tye 4ajor's lien I
was 4oine seconds; before. lie coolly! re ,-
marked; "A miss is as good, as a mile," and;.
walkqd away.i:
After the battle, the General - cormirtni
ing the division remarked to the ;slajor:, •
• "That is the first time I ever saw a •telL'
escooc rifle: beat by a Springfield musk e t
at 41#1 yards. When and where did you
acquire such skill as marksman 1' . ."
"V hen I as 10 ears old, in the wqo, - 1.4
of the Backeye Stat ,"ansWered the j.k.fa.:
..
jOr--tthe military school of the north west." .
Paring the clay's fight the 14th captUred
some of these sharpshooters; ant from therm.:
!earned of the consternation' produced- by
Ole:: fatal accuracy of the . Majoe7s shots, .
They told us that the fi-st shat passed di
rectly through the sharpshooter's throat,
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completely severing the spinal cord. The
collar sergeant, MIS mortally wounded in the
chest.—.7oetr6it Press. . .
. ,
Loretto Dow, belated' one night in his
travels, unceremoniously entered an out-ot
the way house and, requested lodging
The woman of the house objected, having
for a companion a man whom ; Lorenzosoim ,
ascertained! was not her hnsbanl: But.
Lorenzo insisted, and °She ,at length con-
sented—immediately fastening, against
further unwelcome visitors, the only- taw
side door of the house.- Soon a ioud knock
was heard.' It It was her husband, unexpect
edly returned. Unable to leave the house ;
the friend, to conceal himself, jumped into
a large box•conveniently at hand, and has' ,
tily covered himself with the hatchelings .
of
; flax it 'cmraincd, by. which time the
wife had unfastened the floor and admitted
her husband. Having spent the evening
at the tavern, be Was justtipsey enough to
be noisy and courag,eous, He soon made
the acquaintance of Lorenzo, whom he hal
heard much of bit had never se-on: He
had been toll that he could raiie the
devil,, and he insisted upon his immediate Y
doingiso=not that he believed iu any, but
if thet i e was any, he wanted . to see hiai,
In vain L,renzo objected, ivote.sting h.s
unwillingness and the thinger - fitteilliog it f
&e., but the inure than 'half drunken liii , -:
bairi insisted. At 'last . Lorenzo said; .' . .if'
you are determined . to see him, open the
door, put out the light, and stand but or dila'
Iway,'or he may take you With him; E 4
when he comes he will be in l fiames to tiriy
and I warn you of the consequence . i
Lighting a bunch of trittnes. that ii,. °-
might be a great small of briiris . 6.me, ii-n 4
muttering over a few unintelligible seut'.. , :i, ,
ces, Lorenzo set fire to the hatch-ling:3, au t
cried out, "Come forth, thou evilone,
i
: begone forever!" when out sprXig be ma i f
completely enveloped in i •"irp-sd and pat
for the open hoot, leaving the hdizie wr:11
a most unearthly yell. o his il,ino• ttp. ,
1 the husband was rea • to testifY,„that Li=
renio not only co d, but did rsist the
devil, for he "had een and smelled him.'
''They say arn growing oh] ; because
my hair is ilvered and there are excw's.
feet iipon i ;, ty forehead, and my step is 4.
BO firt/Ityd elastic as of yore. But they
are mistaken. That is not me. " The
kn s °are! weak, but the knees are" not ma.
I e eyes :are dim, but. the eyes are not rue:
'..l:liis is the house in which 1 live; but I
lam young; younger now than I ever was
before.j.Dr. Guthrie:
r It is related that the clerk of a effal
:church •
in*Englar.d recently maile the' f01..;-
110'wing 'announcement to the conoTegation:
"You are requested to attend n !heeling in
die vestry at four o'clock, to co m zider o n
the means of 'eating the church., and to
digest other matters."
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