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TilE JOURNAL. Coudersport, Pa. Wednesday, Feb. 24,1864 M. W. McALARNEY, EDITOR. ficarThere will be a Teacher's lustitute held at Lewisville, March 14. A full attendance is earnestly desired - ■ ■ j£s?~Three men towards our Borough's quota have been cent to Ilarrisburg, and the balance are ready to go. £©~Most of the townships around us have increased the bounties to volunteers by a town bounty of SIOO. 3£TCoudersport pays S7OO (including Government and County) bounty to new recruits and §BOO to veterans. Apply to either D. F. Glassmire, D. C. Larrabec, or C. S. Jones. ffsyWo had intended publishing "D. 11. FY' example, but find we have no mathematical characters that suit, and therefore it must "go by the board." THE ENROLLMENT ACT. This important measure was passed by CoDgress last week. The draft is to be made, if at all, by wards, precincts, or townships; the pro portion or quota of each is to be ascer tained, as Dearly as possible, taking into the account tho number previously fur nished by it, not only for the army but also for the naval service. Any person enrolled may furnish, pre viously to the draft, a substitute not lia ble to the draft, and shall be exempt dur ing the time for which his substitute shall be exempt. Any person drafted may furnish a sub stitute, and if the latter is not liable to draft, shall be exempt during the time the substitute is exempt, but not exceed ing the term for which he was drafted. If the substitute b liable the principal shall be liable in filling further quotas If the drafted person pay commutation, Euch payment shall relieve him only for that quota, and iu no case shall his ex emption extend beyond one year Members of religious denominations conscientiously opposed to bearing arras, and so declaring by oath or affirmation, may be assigned, when drafted, to hospi tals, or may pay 0300 for the benefit of sick and wounded soldiers. Aliens who have, voted or held office shall be liable to draft. Mar'rners or able seamen drafted may within eight days en list in the naval service for a period not less than the term of thedrari } wiioio number of sueh transfer enlistments not to exceed 10,000. Districts to be cred ited with such enlistments as if the draft ed men had entered the military service. No pilot, engiuccr, mafter-at-arma, acting master, acting ensign, or acting master's mate is liable to draft Persons physically or mentally unfit, persons actually in the military or naval service, and persons who have served two years during the war and have been hon orably discharged, are exempt. Only sons, "mother's dependent on their sons," and that class of exemptions are stricken out. The two "classes" in the old act are consolidated. The onrollment lists are to be thorough ly revised, so as to add the names of all who have reached the arms bearing age eiaoe they were made, and to drop all who have passed forty-five since then. For the benefit of white men in the slave siatee, upon whom the former law bore oppressively, it is provided that the enrolltuent shall include blacks and slaves; thus the non-slaveholding will no longer have to bear the burdan of their wealthy slaveholding neighbors. Slaves are not exempt, but to their masters is given the government bounty; and a government, commission is to sit, in each slave state, 1 to award just compensation to those whose slaves have been drafted and made free. Persons resisting the enrollment, or aiding and abetting resistance, or resist ing any officor charged with duties under those acts, shall be punished by fine not exceeding five years, or both. Persons procuring exemption by fraud eliall be deemed deserters, and punished as such, and held to service for the full term of tho draft. Whoever procures or attempts to pro cure a false report from ths surgeon as to his physical condition, shall bo imprison ed for period of the draft. Surgeons guilty of misfeasance shall be punished by fine and imprisonment. No member of the Board of Enroll ment or oi'ucr oiiioer shall be concerned jn pr< curing substitutes on ;cualty of fine una luipfiovuiucnt £&"Mr. Ellott's School, in the Acadj emy, opens on Monday. s£aP*We had intended saying some thing in favor of the action of the Com teissioners in paying a county bounty, but the people have sustained them so enthu- j siastically and unanimously that we think it would be time wasted. B3L,Thoso who have the Extra Boro' Tax for Volunteers to pay, should hand tho money over to Mr. Glassmire imme diately. BPSwTho Hospital Aid Society meets in the Basement of the M. E. Church OD Thursday afternoon of every week. The frieuds of the cause are earnestly invited to be present. last Wednesday and Thursday mornings the Thermometer indicated 25° below zero. B£%_There is no sleighing at present — the weather having been quite moderate during the last five days. forget the Soldier's Party to morrow night. The frieuds are all in vited to be present. A fine Baud of Music and an Excellent Supper may be confidently expected. ®afc,The Sinethport stage slipped ov*r the dug-way last night, about three miles below town. There were four passengers but none seriously iujared. streets during the last few days have been quite lively with "blue coated hoys" of the 46th. They look "gay and happy." Well, we heartily wish them a life-time of happiness here, and after their toils here arc over, a bet ter and more enduring happiness. The Spoliation. "There was no winter in t ; an autumn 'twas That grew the more by reaping;" yielding on last evening. One Hundred and Six Dollars. My generous friends, your gifts arc, to mo, pledges of good will, and blessiugs from the Lord ; and, to you, I hope, "Mites at interest in the laud above." My Loart glows with gratitude to God aud you for them, and I pray for grace to use them to His glory, to serve Iliui more efficiently, and yon. Yours Truly, J. J. ROBERTS. Parsonage, Sat., 13th WELL EXPRESSED.— The Saturday Eceniny East touches the truo point when it says that too many of the Polish "patriots" only want liberty for them selves and particular classes, while other classes they would tread under foot. There is far too much of the same "lib erty" sought in Italy, Eraace, Ireland, England, Ac. .Ncr is America free from the same in consistency, if not hypocrisy. Genera tion after generation bare the dave holders been fierce for their own freedom, but put other human beings in the gross est, worst of bondage. And thousauds of so called "Democrats" at the North, have either approved, or silently acqui esced iD, wholesale oppression of one race or caste by another race or caste. Poland, Italy, and Ireland, can never be truly free until they render freedom to all. And the bloody baptism of this Union is to end in establishing the prin ciples of Equality of Eights for all Men. Aristocracy may hate it, but to that it must and will como at last. JUST SO. — la one of the detected let* ters of Mr. Lamar, a Rebel emissary, oscurs the following preeious revelation : "Drive gold coin out of the country, and induce undue importations of for eign products, so as to strike down the \financial system. You can have no fur ther hope for foreign recognition. It is evident the weight of arms is against us ; and it is clear that we can only succeed bv striking down the financial system of the oouutry." Such is the foreign Rebel's advice to his brethren at home —and the Copper head leaders are carrying out the same policy. They have done all they could to make "greenbacks" odious —to drive out gold —to increase consumption of for eign gocds—aud to produce extravagance in the army. After all this, they try to shake the people's confidence in the gov ernment, and to discourage them about the AY ar, so that the Rebels can dictate terms, and rule again. fl-Jp-Mr. J. C. Bryant, the resident principal of the Buffalo Commeroial Col lege has inaugurated a rfcv? department of instruction is that already popular in stitutioa. Something over a year ago he established in connection with the other branches of study, a Telegraphic depart ment fur the burpose of fitting young men for praotical operators. The success of this department together with the great and increasing demand tor operators has rendered it neer-ssary to increase the facilities for instruction. Additional in struments hare therefor# been put up, land arrangements dare been made with | Mr. Charles S. Jones the prcsant gen tlemanly superintendaut ef the Bnffalo office of the Western Union Telegraphic Co., to give instruction in this depart ment. Mr Joues stands at the head of { his profession and a rare opportunity is offered f<r young uieu to becouit L-killtul operators. The Draft. The following has ben scat to us by Capt. BLAIR for publication : FROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICB, " "VTILLIAMSPOET, Pa., Feb. 19, 1864. / The following instructions being tbt latest received at this office on the sub ject referred to, are paplijhed for the in formation of those concerned; Ist. That the several sub-districts re ceive credit for all such volunteers as may have been mustered into the service of the United States, sioce the last draft, and that the number so credited be de ducted from their quota under the recent call. 2d. If the men receive any local boun ty from any particular locality, they are tobe credited to that locality. 3d. If they do not receivo any local bounty, they are to be credited to tke place at which they enlist or their actual residence, if they have one, as they may select. 4th. Veterans, re-enlistcd in the Geld, will be credited according to their mus ter-rolls, provided, that their residenoe, or the locality to which their credit is due, is noted therein. Muster-rolls de fective as to these statements will be com pleted by supplementary muster-rolls, to bo made out by the respective company commanders, aDd forwarded by them to the office of tho Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General at Ilarrisburg, with the cortified copies of the defective rolls. sth. The assignment, decision, an nouncement and bestowal of credits for this district will be either by the Provost Matsbal General, or under his direction, by the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General at Ilarrisburg. Gth. The Provost Marshal General has directed that the premiums of £25 and §ls will be paid to any non-commissioned [officer, private or citizen who presents an j aceepted recruit. 7th. No transfers'can now be made in the enrollment, unless specially author ized by the act now before Congress —the time for ail alterations having expired Jan. sth. Bth. It should be borne in mind that the quota 3 heretofore published will not in all cases be correct. The real quotas are much larger , but are to be reduced by deducting from them: Ist. The number of volunteers furn ished by each sub distfict subsequent to the late draft and prior to the 31st of Jan. 1864, and duly reported as such. 2d. The number of uieu held to service under the late draft or who paid eommu tation or furnished substitutes. This balance thus ascertained consti tutes the number to be drafted from each sub-district subject to a credit for such vo'unteers as| each may furnish between Feb. Ist and Feb. 29, 1804. W. H. BLAIR, Capt. and Provost Marshal, 18th Diet. We publish, again, the approximate quota for this county, because we think that if it is raised by volunteers there will be no draft. Too much dependance should not be placed on the credit of veterans, tor two reasons : Ist, The veterans are credited according to tho muster-rolls in the Adjutant General's office, and 2nd, Many of the men who have re enlisted do not know where they are credited to, at least are not certain of it, and in conse quence different towns are sometimes claiming the same man. The time is so short that every possible effort should be made to avoid mistakes of this kind, for fear that after a town thinks they have their quota filled, they find these veter ans have not been credited as they ex pected. This difficulty in regard to pro per credit on the first muster-rolls arises from the fact that at the time of enlist ment no one expected a draft and conse quently no special effort was made to see that the correct township or borough was placed opposite each man's name. 126 th Sub Dist. Coudersport 10 127 th do Eulalia 8 12Sth do Koulet 12 129 th do Sweden 8 13Uth do Pleasant Valley 3 131 st do Clara 7 132 d do Hebron 23 133 d do Sharon 35 134 th do Oswayo 23 135 th do Genesee 13 136 th do Allegany 15 137 th do Ulysses 23 138 th do Bingham 18 139 th do West Branch 7 140 th do Summit 3 141 st do Abbott 10 142 d do Stewardsoa 8 143 d do Harrison 28 144 th do Hector 18 145 th do Pike 7 146 th do Jackson 2 147 th do Keating 2 148 th do Homer 5 149 th do Sylvania 5 160 th da Wharton 12 Total 305 This is understood to mean 203s as the actual number of men Potter county will bo required to furnish under the call teirThe famous Dr. Drake, of mystical S-T-1860-X-Bitters, recently received a letter from a heartless wag, stating that he had discovered that there was one rock on the Erie, near Narrowsburg, that did not bear the DUODO of his Bitters. The Dr. immediately replied that be would send a man at once to ieuieuy ih acci dental omisciua The venerable Josiab Quincy, of Bos-| ton, has entered upou his ninety-third year. Eleven hundread officer! are in six rooms in Libby Prison, The rebles claim to have 100,000 free negroes within their control. Over 100 Uuion prisoners have escap ed froua Libby Prison, Richmond, The largest gun ever made is said to have beca successfully cast at Pittsburg. The radical Emancipationist of St. Louis have appointed sixty delegates to the Louisville Freedom Convention. It is rcposted that Gottschalk is about to he married to a very rich heiress of Fifth Avenue, New York. ReverdyJohnson.before a club inWash ington a lew eights since, pronounced slavery "hell born." It is probably : bound to the place of its nativity. The Detroit Board of Trade hai pass ed a uuanimous vote in favor of the ab rogation of the Reciprocity Treaty. Over fifty thousand dollars have been paid in Memphis, Tenn., to collectors of interaal revenue during the past sixty i days. j Little Six, a leading Sioux Chief, and second only to Little Crow in influence, [has been captured by the Minnesota J troops. The Wisconsin Legislature is seeking some constitutional mode of punishing those who hare gone to Canada to eseape the draft. A valuable bed of coal underlie! the city of Steubenville, O , and parties hare offered the city $150,000 for the privil edge of mining it. In the Gib Army Cofps there are twenty seven obaplains, of tweney 6even denominations; all active, vigorous, ear nest, and beloved by the soldiers. Knoxville, Tcnn, is the oldest city of that State, and was named for Gen. Knox, who was Secretary of War at the time the city was laid cut, in 1793. With $8,000,000 capital employed and 1,000 saw-mills engaged, Michigan cuts annually about 1 ,U00,000,000 fset of lumber werth §50,000,000. General Burnside's Ninth Army Corps is rapidly filling up. All the veteran Massachusetts regiments now homo en furlough have been assigned to hi! com mand. "Indiana Hell of Honor" haß just been published, and is having & large sale. It is collated by David SteveDson, and de tails at length the part borne by Indiana in the great struggle. Jones, the Cincinnati sculptor, hai just finished a free bust, draped, of Sec retary Chase, which will be at once put in marble by order of the friends of the Secretary in Washington. The New York Commercial shows that 6ince the war the rise in gold is 58 per cent.; in iron, 125 per cent.; in coal, 100 per eenl: coffeo 200 per cent.; tea, 11G per cent.; copper, 100 per cent. The brain of Lord Byron weighed six ty-three ounces, that of Thackery fifty eight and a half. Both were much abov the average, which is forty-nine ounces for man and forty.four for women. The Grand Dcke of Baden is a small prince, but a great monarch, and consid ers it nothing to take part in the Euro pean scrimmage, so he talks of the mo bilization of hii army —about 18,378 men. Mr. Kirk's "Charles the Bold" will soon be published in England, Mr. Murray having putchased, for one thous and three hundred guineas, the right to piint four thousand copies of rt. So says a Toronto paper. If Cincinnati, the other day a wealthy Quaker refused to give any money to aid the war, but aid there was a loose SIOO note at his office, which the committee might fiud. Of course they found it. The amount of United States securities held bv the banks and saving institu tions of Massachusetts, at the time of making up the Bank Commissioners report, was $78,849,548, of which the Saving Bauks hold $36,437,556- Mr. John McAfee, Speaker of the Missouri Legislature uuder the brief reign of Claiborne F. Jackson, has been arrested and seat to St Louis for trial, on a charge of conspiracy. Ilewvas admit ted to bail in the sum of two thousand dollars. The work on the soldiers cemetery at Chattanooga is going rapidly forward. Tho ground has been laid eut.cleared of brusb, trees and stumps, and the work of orua meuting it has commenced. The camels imported fer the Govern ment six years ago, and since kept near the Tejon reservation on the plains, have iucreased from fifteen to thirty-seven. — They are now removed to Benicia, Cali fornia, They can easily travel fifty miles a day, but they are not allowed to do more than thirty. Efforts are making to establish in France the system of "lectures and read ings" in vogue in this country and Kng lend. Charles Dickens, Alexander Du mas. and Lamartine, sre talked of as in tending to give public readings from their respective wuika. STATEMENT OF the Receipts and Expenditures of Potter county for the year ending ou the 31st day of Dec. A. D. 1863 : Rec'd for county taxes on unseated lands for 1862 $553 44 Rec'd for county taxes on unseated lands for 1863 569 07 Rec'd for Relief taxes on unseated lands for 1862 111 03 Rec'd for Relief taxes on unseated lands for 1863 121 97 Rec'd for bounty t<ues on unseated lands for 1863 182 82 Rec'd for county taxes on setaed Ids and personal property, 15fi2 1799 98 Rec'd for county taxes on seated Ids and personal property, 1863 2237 23 Rec'd for Co. taxes on seated Ids A personal prop'ty for previous yrs 48 92 Rec'd for Relief taxes on seated Ids and personal property for 1862 COB 67 Rec'd for Relief taxes ou seated Ids and personal property for 18G3 381 03 Rec'd for bounty tax on seated ids aDd personal property for 1863 671 92 Rec'd for Military tax for 1862 167 89 do do 1863 87 03 Rec'd for Co. tax seated returned unseated for 1862 9 05 Rec'd for Relief tax seated returned unseated ' G2 Rec'd from monies refunded 4 37 Total receipts $7,555 05 Paid for Assessor's wages 459 9? " Auditor's wages 60 12 '• Clerk of Quarter Sessions 98 23 " Prothonotary's foe 3 65 79 " Commonwealth costs 686 38 " Constables fees 106 50 " Clerk hire 302 76 Corn's for bal. due for '62 32 24 Cora's services for 1863 382 10 11 Bounty to Volunteers 360 00 •' Counsel and Attorneys fees 56 00 " Int. on bond to W V Keating 6G 00 " Int. on bond to I Benson 350 00 " do do G G Colvin 15 19 " Election expenses 764 09 " Fuel • ll 88 " Grand Jurors fees 385 39 " Incidental expenses 16 00 " Justices returns 776 " Penitentiary expenses 337 26 " Public printing ' 225 00 * Qualification fees 28 20 " Road views 816 50 " Tip staves 102 00 " Traverse Jurors fees 747 46 " Stationary 24 51 " Sheriff's fees 72 00 " Wolf and wild cat bounty 34 00 '• Jail expenses 70 61 " Repairs to public buildings 82 40 •' Stationary 51 51 " Relief to soldiers families 396 GO " bal. due Sheriff for 1862 111 69 M costs for county 20 " damages by roads 108 00 " Court crier 52 00 " Money retunded 13 27 " Tending clock 12 50 Sundries 41 32 Excess of Receipts o'vCr Expenditures 492 09 $7,555 05 We the Commissioners of Potter county do certify that the foregoing exhibits a true state ment of the receipts and expenditures of said county fb'r the year ending on the 3lst day of Dec. A. D. 1863, as appear? from the original entries and recoids hi this office. Witness our hands at the Commissioner's Office the 20th day of Jan'y, 1864. L. S. ROBERTSON, 1 C. P. KILBOL'RNE, I Comsr's. R. L. NICHOLS, j Attest: L. R. Colic, Clerk. STATEMENT OF the Funns of Potter county on the Ist day of Jan'y, 1864 : To amt of Comsra and Relief orders outstanding $3,389 03 " Judgt in favor of Warren Co. Bank and costs 3,928 71 " Inton same, Jan. Ist, 1864 62 55 " Judgt in favor of E& D Ilerr 3,907 00 " Inton same to Jan. 1, 1564 1,172 10 " Bond to John Keating 1,100 00 11 Int. due Jan 1, 1864 66 00 " Bond to Iseac Benson for bounty to volunteers 5,003 00 " Relief bond to G G Colvin 108 50 11 do do CS&EAJones 100 00 and interest to Jan 1, 1864 G 00 " estimated expenses for 1864 7000 00 " assetts over indebtedness, 906 08 $26,745' 97 By amt of taxes due from unseated Id for '62, less Treas. pr. ct. 3080 52 " relief tax due on same for 1862—less Treas. per cent 695 92 " Co. tax due from uns'ed Id for 1863—less Treas. Pr ct 3457 57 n relief due on the same tor for 1863—less Treas. prct 683 55 ,r special tax due On same for 1863—less Treas pr ct 993 50 " county tax on seated lands returned as unseated 10r'62 27 75 '• county tax on seated ret'd'63 10 74 " county tax on seated and personal prop'ty due for' 63 2172 96 " relief on seated & personal for 18G3 502 17 " special on seated and per sonal for 1863 559 04 " military for 1863 236 81 " county tax on real and per sonal property due for'o2 101 57 " relief due on seated & per sonal for 1862 34 08 " Military for 1862 13 65 " county and other taxes on real and personal for 1861 and previous years 1150 11 Judgts in favor of Potter co. 554 00 " notes held by county 133 32 " due from Cameron co. (est.) 600 00 n due on village lots 42 27 " estimated Co. Tax for 1864 8436 48 " do relief tax for' 64 1859 57 " do special tax for '64 2534 00 $26,745 97 Wo the Commissioners' of the county of Potter do certify that the above statement of the Funds of said county on the first day of January. 1864, is correct, as will appear from the books and records of this office Com missioners' office, Jan'v 18, A. D., 18C4. L. S. ROBERTSON, ) C. P. KILBOURNE; IComsrs. R. L. NICHOLS, ) Attest: L. B. Cole, Clerk. Notice. A LL honbst persons indebted tome arere gJL quested to pay within one month, what they owe to me, to Esquire Cushing and take his receipt. Cheats may leave their names standing on the list in Esquire Cushings hands as an uudeuiable proof of their dishonesty, and worthiness to figure'in the rogues gallery." E. JOERG, M. D. Coudersport, Jan 12 1863 Winter Goods AT OLMSTED'S. OUR attention is invited to the large and X attractive stock just received, and for sale as low as the same qualities can be bought anywhere in the county. We have on hand a large and varied ■- sortment of Domestic Cottons, 00"' prising BROWN SHEETINGS, and SHIRTINGS, BLEACHED MUSLINS, DENIMS, STRIPES, CHECKS, TICKINGS, and COTTON FLANNELS, on which we cannot be undersold. We purchase onr goods for Cash and offer them at a very small advance From CosL FLANNELS. IF you want to purchase RED, GRAY, BLUB, or PLAID FREXCII SHIRTING FLANNEL, call At Olmsted's. DRESS GOODS; DELAINES, PRINTS, BROCIIE, and WOOLEN SHAWS, HOODS, SONTAGS, NUBIAS, BALMORAL SKIRTS, CLOTHS, and CASSIMERES, a full supply At Olmsted's. CLOTHING. DON'T fail to call before purchasing and see the assortment At Olmsted's BOOTS & SHOES I NOR Men, Women & Children, in great va . riety and cheap , At Olmsted's For Molasses, Syrup, Sugar, Tea and Coffee, in fact everything in the Grocery line, call AT OLMSTED'S. A full assortment of almost everything that it kept in a country store on hand. We inttnd to keep Goods that will give satisfaction and sell good articles at the lowest living profit. AT OLMSTED'S, JUanlfb. Grain of all kinds, Butter, Wool, Sheep Pelts, Furs, Deer Skins* Also, Conntv, Township and School Orders, for all' of which the highest prices v. ill be paid At Olmsted's Coudersport, Pa.N'V'r 18, Epflj A T 7~ 11. J. OLMSTED'S OTORE can always be fouud the best of Cooking, Box and Parlor STOY E S. Also. TIN and SHEET IRON WARE, POTS, KETTLES, SPIDERS, SCOTCH BOWLS, FRYING-PANS, SAP-PANS, and CAULD RONS. Also, Agricultural Implements, such as PLOWS, SCRAPERS, CULTIVA TORS, CORN-SHELLERS, HORSE-RAKES, DOG-POWERS, Ac. HIS WORK is well made and the material good. Good and substantial EAVES-1 ROUGHS put up in, any part of the County—Terms easy. Ready Pay of all kinds, including Cash, seldom refused. on Main Street opposite the Old Court House, Coudersport. Aug. 1, 18G3.- -50 gffo fhtrnfss ! rpHE undersigned would respectfully inform A the surrounding community that he has the rooms formerly occupied by John S. Mann, wnerc he is prepared to de All Kinds of Harness Worlr on the shortest notice. LONG STRAW COLLARS also kept constantly on hand. These collars arc a superior article, and need hu-t a trial to insure their success. Repairing done in good sty/ei Surcingles, Martingale-rings, Hanies, and Hame straps, <fcc., kept constantly on hand. The public are invited to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere. S. P. MTNAR, Coudersport. Oct. 16, 1860. P. A. Stebbins & Co. VRE AGENTS for the sale of WHEELER & WILSON S SEWING MACHINES for Potter County Nov'r 18, '63 Executor's Notice. "Vf OTICE is hereby given that letters exccu- IN tory on the last will and testament of AMBROSE-COREY, late of Ulysses township' Potter county, dee'd, have thisday been grant-- ed to the undersigned by the Register ot said* county. All persons indebted to said desce dent will please make payment and those hay ing claims will present them duly authentica-- ted for settlement. SUSAN COREY, ExecutriXv Ulysses, Pa., Sept. 23, 1863.