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VOLUME XVIII.- NUMBER 29.
THE
POTTER JOURNAL,
pcblismd BT
jf. W. Mc.lL VRXEY. Proprietor.
1^?- Devoted to the CAUM of RepublictnisiHj the in- ;
\ # reiUof \j/rio*lture, the advancement of Education,;
...d the M *ocd -1 rotter count v. uwnu.C
xcept ih*t of Principle, it will endeavor loaid ih the ,
Wort of uiore fully Freedomizu.g our Country.
Advertiienaents inserted at the followingra.ea.
Except where apecialbargains are made. A square
% lOlinea of Brevier or 8 of Nonpareil types •
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1 square, 2 or 3 insertions..-----------•
JUch s ib-equeut insertion less than lo
"1 square, 1 year 5 00
ti,Ksc,ai and Editorial Notices ,arr line -
B,*"" VII transient advertisements mu*t I* paid in
Wd vance.and no notice will IK- taken of :t,lv^rll^' e ". *
frem a distance, unless they are accompanied b> the ,
TSioney or satisfactory reference.
Work, of all kinds, executed with neatness
wnd despatch. J
BUSINESS NOT ICES.
tree and Accepted Ancient York MsiMbns
TTtTr YLI Y LODGE. No. 342, F. A M. Stated
E ite !ngsonthe 2i and dli. -edn^i.yso^h
Hall, in the 3d Storyofthe. iknsU-dßhKk.
D.C.LxBRiBK,dec. V, M-SIILAR, .a
O. T. EIJ.ISOV. M
rEACTICING I'IIYSICHAN. Coudersport, Pa.,
respectfully informs the citizens ot the v.llmff
vicinity that he will promptly respond to all caH mr
profession;. 1 setvices. Oilic--- on I- irst street, nrsl dror
West of his residence. 17-40
jon >' s. MAN V,
1 TTORXEY AND COUNSELLOR Al LAW
- 4 Coudersport, V;.., w.ll*ted the several Courts
LJ Potter and Cameron counties. Ail
trusted to his care will receive prornp. attenticu.
Cltice on Mam street, in residence.
OLMiiIEB nl LAKR.ABEE,
& TTORNKYS AT LAW, Coudersport, Fenn'.v
A Will attend to all bnsiwess entrusted to Uu-'r
& with prompt .ess and nd-duy. Will at* atteud
the several courts in the adJ snu.? wuuUen. Utacy
is the seeo.-d storey of the Olmsted B.ocs.
ISAAC BENSON.
4 TTOUNEY-AT LAW, Couder-port, Ta., wif.
\ attend toad bt.Mt.ess entrusted 10 hun .tt care
a-^or-.i -I piaess. A reads Ou of adjoining coun
tie*. OiHoe en rf.-condstreet,near the Allegany bndge
F. B. KNOX,
XTOP.NEY AND COUNSELLOR Al CAYV
A. Coudersport, l'a .w 11 attend the oouria in i ot
'rr and the adjoining counties.
niEEEB *V HcAEAICNEY.
4 TTOR * KYS AT LAW, 11 ARKISBCKG, Penu'a.-
\ \ir !*it- for the Collection o: Ci.ums .gnu st itie
Wed .-fates a,id Mat., i.overnments -ui has I et.elo.nj, ■
Bounty, Arrears of lay Ac-Address Bx **, - a ; #
Vr u atLLEB, ,
q. W. tJt-AI.VKNKY.
T"> EAL ESTATE and INSUR iNCK AGENT
JA, Land Bo ight and S ld, 1 axes pan. and I'.tic.
investigated. 1 -euros property again-l lirelll
companies in the Country, and 1 er-oue a^rain it Ac
Ueut* 111 the Trivelers lusuran-e Company of U-'it
ford. Business transacted promytly 1- - t
" PTA. STEBIJINS A Co..
A I EP.CH ANTS—Dealers in Dry Gocnis, Fancy ■,
\\ Go "is, Groceries. Provision- ,!• .our,beel,l h
Mdewrythii.g usually kept in a good country St-it
Produce bougiit aud £>ld 4
C. 11. SIMMONS,
MERCHANT -WELI.SVILLE n whoie
sale and Retail De il*r u. Dry Goo S. Fancy and
fitautoGood* Clothing.L i l.es Dres.G ods Groci-nes.
Flour, Feed, ic. U-tailers supplied >n libera! terms
CIIAKI.ES s. JONES,
%"ERCH\VT—Dealers in Drugs Medicines, p aints,
\l Oils Fancy Articles, 8 ationery, Dry Gooiir, j
Groceries, kc.. Main Street, Ctfederspoft, Pa I
I. E. OLMSTED.
M ERCHANT—DeaIer in I)r\ Goods. Ready-made
CI thing, Crockery, Groceries, Fi ur, Feed,
Fort, Provisions, Ac., M tin street, Cou ierspoit, 1 a
COLLINS SMITH.
M-ERCIIANT— P -aler in D y Goods. Groceries,.
Provisions, Hardware, Queensware. C ut.ery,
ktiU all G "G u-ually fotind in a c .untry s'.-.re. J ' 1
11. J. OLMSTED,
1 t YRDWARK Xercuant, and D-a'.cr in S oves,
H * Tin and Sheet Iron-Ware. V iinftrtct, louder
tort. Fen'.'a. Tin and Sheet Iron Yv are made to
'r ier. in good style, on short notice.
COVDEKSPOKT I IDT LI..
DF. GLASS MI RE, Forat v Toa, Corner of Mam
- and Second streets Co'de. sport Potter Co Fa.
A t.Lery St t>.le is also kept in co:i ection with this
Hotel. Daily Stages to and from the RaiToads.
I'otler Journal Job-DJlifc.
HAVING lately added a tine new assoitmentof
juß-TYFE to our already large assortment
#e are now prepared to do all kinds of work, cheaply
and with taste and neatness. Opie s solicit.-d.
LYMAN HOUSE.
Lewisville, Potter county. Pennsylvania. '
HCRTtIN LEWIS. Iririt'tor. lLi-ar.g -
taken this excellent Hotel, the proprietor wishes
< make the acqunl Cat ce ot the ir.ve.ing P u , 10 :,I) " ■
leDconadent of g-v :c setisfahtlon to all who.mar ]
all on him.-F. b 12 On tf (
t' MARBLE WORK -
Monuments and Tomb-Stones ,
of all kinds, will he furnished on reasona (
ble terms and short notice by
C. Breanlo.
Residence - F.nlalia, 1:- mil-s south of
Comtersport. Fa . on the SinuemahAui. g
Road, or leave your orders at the Fo-t < 'flic-- tt-n|
DAN BAKER
TPENSION. BOUNTY and WAIi Cl.Alit AGFN' Y (
X Pension* procun-d for Soldiers ot the present i
War who are disabled by reason of wounds received 1
or disease contracted while in the service of tin- United _
States : and pensions, bounty, and arrears of pay ob
tained for widows or heirs of those wMe hxve died or <
been killed while in serv ce Ail letters yffn-Yuiry
promptly anew ere i, and ou rec ipt by mail of a state- i
ment of the case of claimant, I will forward the ne
cessary papers for their s ; .mature Fres in Pension t
rae a* tixed bv law. R.-fersto 110 s Isaac Benson,
A. G- Ultnrtcd,"John S.
Claim Agent, Coudersport. Fa
I tAA P,,p ar! Wo want a k'ei ts
©JLWO VJI/ ever;, where to sell our IMPROVED
ggi srwi M icnines. Thr.-e new kinds Under and
upper feed. Warranted five years. Al>ove salary
or iarge commission- paid. The ONLY machines sold
in ths United States f >r le-s than s4'i, which are iullv
licensed by Howe. Wheeler t Wilson, Grover L Ba
ker, Singer A Co A B iche'.der. ALL other cheap ma
th iocs are infringements and the seller or user aie
liabls to arrest, tine, and imprisonment Circulars
re*. Address, or cvl upon Shaw &. Clark, Bi-tde
f*rd, Itaine, or Chicago,-111. Do . 2fi, 186-3. iswly.
Itch ! Itch ! Itcli!
SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH!
WHEATOVS OI\T>IEVT,
Will Cure the Itch in IS Hours!
Also cures SALT RHEUM, ULf'ERS, CfTIL
*'LAiN3, end aJI ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN
Pnce 30 cant* For sale by ai! drnggists. By sending
60 cent* to WEEKS Y FurTER. Sole Agents, 170
Washington *trect, Boston, it will tie foiwar-ledby
ull, free of postage,to any part of th# United States.
• 1, H66, notice wky lyr. j
THE HARVEST CALL.
Abide not in the Realm of Dreams,
Oh man, however fair it seems,
Where drowsy airs thy powers repress,
I n languor of sweet idleness.
Nor linger in the misty Tast,
Entranced in visions vague and vast ;
But with clear eye the Present scan,
Aud hear the call of God and mart.
That call, ihough many voiced, is'one
With mighty raennirigs in each tone;
Through sob and laughter; shriek and prayer,
Its summons meets thee every where.
Think not in sleep to fold thy hands,
Forgetful of thy Lord's commands:
From Duty's claims no life Is free—
Behold, To-day hath need of thee !
Look up! —the wide extended plain
Is billowy with its ripened grain,
And on the Summer x'idds are *"olled
Its waves of emerald and gold.
Thrust in thy sickle!—nor delay
The work that calls for thee To-day;
To-morrow, if it come, will bear
Its own demands of toil and care.
The present hour allots thy task !
For present strength and patience ask,
And trust his love whose sure supplies
Meet all thy needs as they arise.
Lo! the broad fields with harvest white,
Thy Lands to strenuous toil invite ;
- And he who labors and believes,
Shall reap reward of ample sheaves.
Up. for the time is short!—and soon
The morning su:i will •climb to noon;
Up!—ere the herds, with trampling feet,
Outrunning thine, shall spoil the wheat.
While the day lingers do thy best!
Full soon the night will bring its rest;
And, duty done, that rest shall be
Full of beatitudes to thee.
3IE4*S OF rjiRAtE.
A woman ben ling over a bed. A pair
of large, sad, suffering eyes looking up into
her face—the eyes of a sick child exhaust
ed by disease, aud almost helpless
"I get so tired lying here while you are I
at the prayer meeting, mother," said the
child. "Must you go to-day f*
"Henry will stay with you, my dear. I
can't always be at your bedside. And you
must learn to be patient and bear what
God sends." There was a kind of dead
reproof in the mother's voice; but no
real tenderness. Her face was calm, and
her manner that of one absorbed in pious
meditation. You have seen such faces
"Henry doesn't like to stay iu the house,"
said the pleading child.
U No matter whether he likes it or not,";
the mother answered, severely. "He must
stay with you "
"He'll leave me as soon as you're gone,
and then there'll be no one to wet my lips;
and they get so dry."
"Let bim dare to do it, and I will pun
ish him severely." The calm face grew
warm with a flash of anger. "Ilenry!"
A boy answering lo the call, came in
from the next room
"Henry! I'm going to the daily prayer
meeting; and you must stay in the room
with your sick si>ter until I come back.
Now mind —you are not to leave her for a
single minute."
"No, ma'am." There was an undertone
cf disobedience in the promising voice, and
the skilled ear of the mother perceived it.
"If I find yov have stirred one inch from
this room, I will punish you." Very se
vere was the manner accompanying this
threat. The poor sick face on the bed
grew very much sadder, and as the mother
looked upon it her heart bejjsn to veartr
toward her child with A tnore genuine pitv
than she had felt a little while before.
"My Amy will be patient, I know," she
said, kissing the thin, colorless lips. "Moth
er won't be gone over an hour, Perhaps
not so khig "
The child did col ahswer in words; but
tbe languid eyes, out of which earthlv rays
were fssl fading, pleaded with her not to
go; and yet, she turned from the bed and
went out of the room. If she could Lave
seen the light, feeble as it was, leave the
sick fhcc, that became white as the pillow
against which she lay. she could not have
gone. But she did not look back
In the next room, the mother stayed
her feel for a iittle while, as she drew on
her bonnet and shawl. Something said to
her that she ought not to go. Then came
a brief argument with hefrelf She was a
devout woman—we use the term in a pop
ular sense. Her chief duty in life—the
very cpre of her religion—was to save her
own soul—to make her "calling and elec
tion sure; and in order to do this, she felt
bound to a\ ai 1 herself of everv ft t?!o*ns of
grace that offered Means of grace, in
her view, were pious acts; such as reading
the Bible, praying in secret, going to
church, attending prayer meeting, receiv
ing .the Arc. Ordinary duties
in life—her every day work, with its cares,
perplexities, excitemenls, and temptations
were regarded rather as hindrances than
k helps—as clogs to her feet on her heaven-
seboted to ti?e ?lrii)eipUs cf Jlrife JUtyochKjj, tye Disschpntfiei) of £itelrgfqi-e gi)D ffetos.
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 1866.
ward journey; never as the true mean-> of
grace provided of the Lord.
"Poor child!" she said to herfeelf, pity-1
itiglv, as she tied on her bounet ''lra
sorrv to leave her. She S so weak, and
cannot bear to have me out of her sight.
1 But this is only a temptation of the great
j adversary to "keep me from a precious
means of grace, which, being provided, 1
: dare not neglect. To the dear child it will ,
| be only half an hour df Self denial, while to
jme it will be a season of refreshment from (
! the Lord—to her a natural cross, to me a
Christian duty and privilege, whereby I ,
:am able to advance a step nearer heaven.
; Ah: me!" Sighing as she continued —the ,
| image of little Amy presenting itself with ]
great distinctness. "Ah, me! It requires ,
great faith, and almost divine strength to;,
walk in the footsteps of the Lord. We
must die daily; suffer a constant crucifixion ,
of the flesh —must deny the tenderest of
, mere human appeals if they would become
; hindrances in our way."
And so, stifling the voice of God, which
! was speaking iu her mother's heart, she ,
j turned away from the true means of grace
; —her present home duty —to spend an
hour in formal prayer, vainly resting in a
mere act of piety for that acceptance with
God which he has so plainly said comes
only of* well doing. It is in the cup of
co!d water; in doing it unto the least of
these; in feeding the hungry, and clothing
t the naked; in ministering unto the sick; in
a word, in seeking, from love ot others, to
!do them good, that we find the heaven- j
appointed means of grace. lie who gives
) himself up to the work of simply saving
his own soul, will be in great danger of
losing it. It is in seeking to save others,
always lx>king to God for a purification of
I the motives, and the wisdom and strength
to do right-, that men secure for themselves
an entrance into heaven.
' After an hour spent al the prayer meet
! ing—against which we must not be under
stood as saying, direetlv or by implication,
'a single word ; we are dealing with an in
dividual case, and the prayer meeting —
the mother turned her feet homeward.
Absorbed in a harmonious sphere; exhil-j
arated by music; lifted up, emotionally,
through the power of eloqutmt prayer, she
had felt as if in a court of Heaven, and was
!fully persuaded that the light of Gods
countenance had been turned upon her, and
that she was really "nearer the kingdom")
, than she had ever been before.
As she passed into the street; the mother
feit a jar of feeling; The light faded from
her soul. Heaven already seemed afar off
Would this have been so if, as our Lord
said, the kingdom of heaven had been with
in her? As were the Jews at the time of
his first advent, we of this generation, are
all apt to say, Lo here: and Lo there! But,
He speaks lo us now, and with the same
divine meaning in His words, as when he
■ spoke to the people two thousand years
aivo—"For behold, the kingdom of God is
within you."
There was a jar of feeling, and a dim
ness of vision. Then the moiher s thought
reached homeward, and she saw, mentally,
the wan and wasted countenance of her
first-born —saw her white lips move, and
heard the plaintive voice say —"I get so
tired lying here while you are away, I
mother."
How the words rebuked her! "Perhaps
it was wrong iu me. She is so weak, poor
ckitt!"
This thought did not lift her into a more
comfortable state of feeling. As she hur
ried on her way wub quickening steps, she
came upCt: a crowd of boys and me, and
pausing to learn what occasioned it, saw
two lads fighting. Breaking through the
crowd, she caught hold ot one of the lads,
who turned upoii her a frightened look,
and then ran oft" as fast as his feet Cou'd
Carrv him. It was her own son—the boy
'.she had left to watch with her sick child,
while she spent an hour at the daily prayer,
meeting. From a state of heavenly peace,
how swiftly had she fallen to one of pain-
Ail agitation. Arrows of sedf-accosation
to pierce her soul, as glimpses of
truth and duty dawned upon her. Were
not the souls of her children as precious iu
the eyes of God .as her own coul? Ccafld
she claim divine approval for pfous acts,
when the immortal ones given to her were
neglected, or left to the will of the tempter ?
Such questions began to crc'wd upon her
mind, flooding it with bitterness.
Next came a brooding concern, deepen
ing to a strange, awful made her
heart shiver. Amy had been left all aloue.
What if she had died! She was so very
weak; not able to lift herself in bed; and
there had been no one to moisteu the lip's,
that consuming fever made so dry.
Pear . Amy ! Feeble, patient, wasting
child, it mattered rot very much to you,
that mother and brother were away. Much
more it mattered to them. }ou ha<j > "er
and tenderer watchers—ministers ot high
er comfort —angels from the presence ot
God. How like a tired child did you lay
your head lovingly to rest. It was so
pweet this ret —so painless—so deep —too
deep to le broken by the wild cry that
. filled the room not long after the "golden
chord was loosened, and the pitcher broken
i at tlie fountain." j
The Vice Presidency.
As the time approaches for the re-elec-!
lion of a President and \ ice 1 resident, j
public attention is naturally attracted to,
men most likely lo be made candidates),
and elected to these positions. Gen. Grant j,
is evidently the favorite of the Union men ,
for the Presidency. He will be nominated ,
bv acclamation aDd elected without oppo
sition. It is new proposed by a Philadel-i
pliia paper to make John W. Geary the
candidate for the Vice Piesidency on the .
ticket with Grant for President. We have
no objections to such n ticket. Our faith
has always been very great in Geary's
ability as a statesman, and we believe that
before be is Governor a year he will be
recognized as one of the very ablest men
that ever'controlled the affairs of the State.
By the time Geary could be inaugurated
as Vice President he will have almost filled
bis term as Governor. AN eot Pennsylva- j
nia, who nominated and elected Geary
Governor, can therefore afford to surrender
his service to the nation as Vice President.
—liarrisburg Daily Telegraph.
After all the abuse heaped on the Freed
men's Bureau; Governor Patton of Ala-
Lama, has requested the re issue of rations
to the starving people—not the negroes, j
but tbe white people of that State. N\ e
suppose that the charities ot the Bureau
are now more needed by the whites thau
bv the blacks; and the former take the
bread and curse the hand that gives it.
The Court of Appeals in Genoa, Italy,
has given judgment in an important case.
The Registar of that town had refused to
sanction the civil marriage of a priest. His
refusal had been validated by a lower court,
but the sentence has now been quashed,
and the principle is solemnly affirmed that
priests can legally depart from their vows
of celibacy.
The South will by and by begin to
think lightly of Democratic veracity. At
the outbreak of the war, they promised to
help them in the battle-fieid; but didn't.
More recently promised to back tbem at
tbe ballot box; but they couldn't. They
are alike unreliable with bullet aud ballot.
Gov. Curtin has appointed Prof James
P. Wickersham State Superintendent of
Common Schools. He is one of the most
thorough and efficient educators in the
country, lie has been Principal of the
State Normal School in Lancaster county,
since its organization, and is the author of
a serie* of popular works on teaching and
school government.
NORTH CAROLINA. — The Nbrth Carolina
election seems to ha r e gone iweepingly in
favor of the rebel ticket V oith is doubt
less chosen Governor, Ihe returns from
the Western counties will of course show a
heavy poll for Dockery, but not sufficiently
large to balance tfie almost unanimous
vote which Worth has received in the cen
tre and along the seaboard. A ance, who
was not a candidate, obtained a few votes.
The Legislature will rebel, according to
present indications.
The presidential policy, as announced
anil explained in his recent speeches, finds
no sympathy with the loyal voters ot the
North, and they have and will repudiate
it in an unmistakable manner when tlie
question is brought to the arbitrament of
their balluts.
The Montgomery "Mail" has a very
savage article on "Russia and the United
States," in which it says that both have a
Poland to keep in subjection, and that "the
despotism of the autocrat and the depot
ism of democracy are in loving embrace
This looks very much like "accepting the
situatiou in good faith."
The new regiments do not promise to
be skeleton ones. Advices to the Depart
ment show that lecruiiiug was never more
brir-k than now. Nearly all who are eu
listing in the regular army have seen ser
vice during the war.
A strenuous effort is being made in the
Gulf States to resist the payment of the
tax on cotton, on the ground of its alleged
unconstitutionality. It is a pretty well
established part of the rebel and Copper
head creed that nothing is constitutional
except attempts to overthrow the Govern
ment, and utterly destroy the Constitu
tion.
The President could not fully make up
; his mind to pardon Jeff Davis after the
late elections, but he pardoned Jeffs broth
er in Mississippi and restored to him his
valuable property with some £*20,000 in
verrts dee and to become due. Treason
must be made odious!
Andrew Johnson, siiice his accidental
possession of Presidential power, has par
doned more counterfeiters than were alto
gether let loose by any five of his prede
cessors in the same office. The pardoning
of such criminals will average about three
,a week.
AGRICILTIRAL.
HINTS TO FARMERS — W GRIS."
AA'HAT HOES TO USE. —In planting ori
hoeing corn, use the ordinary hoes in gen
eral use. Neither India rubber hose nor
cotton hose would be of any account jn a
corn field; no more would one of Hoe's
eight cylinder presses.
llcw TO HOLD THE PLOW.— Dont try i
to hold it out at arm's length. You can't
do it.
If you ain't a plow of your Own, get out
an attachment on your neighbor's who owes
you. Any justice will tell you whether
you can hold it or not.
THE BEST TIME TO PUT IN RVE.—I
an old fanner once what was the best '
lime to put in rye? He looked at his
watch and replied;—
"This is about my hour."
The rye was immediately put in.
All seasons are the same for putting
in rye.
How TO KEEP CORN. —The best place
' to keep corn is in a good corn house though
some prefer co keep it in the system—tri
the j aire. If they don't keep corn they
keep cont'd.
FENCES AND FENCING.— Good fencing
is essential on a farm. Get a gxxi "fencing
master" to learn you. A rail fence is bet
ter than an imaginary one. You can't re
pair a icorm fence by taking vermifuge.
Neither can you cut good whitewash
brushes out of brush fences.
To MAKE YOUR STABLES AVARM IN
AATXTER. —Set fire to them.
To DRAIN LANDS. —Drink whisky, and
spend all your time at the village tavern.
This will drain you of all your lands iu a
short time.
To MAKE STONE FENCE. —EquaI parts
of whisky and cider. This is l.e recipro
cal stone fence: the more you lay of it the
more it will "lay" you.
EAST WAY TO DRAW SAW-LOGS.—
Draw them on a piece of paper with a cray
on pencil. After a little practice you will
be able to "draw" the largest kind of saw
logs with ea>e.
PORK. —Packing thread is of no use in
C7
packing pork. In curing hnms the time
varies. HamS that have got trichinia can't
be cured fit all.
PENNSYLVANIA COAL. —The Philadel
phia \orth American says the quantity
of anthracite coal sent by tbe Philadelphia
and Reading railroad the past week was
58,925 tons, and by the Schuylkill canal
22,394 tons; total, 81,304 tons,a decrease,
as compared with the corresponding week
of last year, of 19,229 tons. The trade in
the early pait of the week was a little more
active than usual, aud prospects for a steady
improvement appeared quite favorable: but
this continued only for a few days, and it
is no-* as much depressed as ever Ship
merits from the Schuylkiil region have
materially increased; ill consequence of a
heavy reduction of wages, to which the
operati\es.in some places, and which ena
bles many to resume who had heretofore
been idle. Prices of coal continue un
changed; £5 25 to ?5 50 for white ash,
£o 59 to £0 for red adi, and £5 69 to £-5 75 j
for bituminous (or Broad Top), as to qual
ity, on board of vessel.
The late Stephen Girard, when sur
rounded by immense weahh, and supposed
to be takiug supreme delight in his accu
mulation, wrote thus to a friend:
"As lo myself, I live like a galley slave'
constantly occupied, and often pass the
night without sleeping. lam wrapped in
a labyrinth of affairs and worn out with
care Ido not value fortune. The love
of labor is my highest emotion. AA'hcn I
rise in the morning, my only effort is to
labor so Lard during the day,' tliat when
night corses I may be able to sleep Roundly."
Much feeling is exhibited through the
Stite of Georgia ot the subject of repudia
tion. It is thought an effort will be made
on the meeting of the Legislature in No
p O
vember, to relieve the people from the pay
ment of certain debts contracted prior and
during the late war. The plea urged for
repudiation is the loss of slaves and tbe
failure of the crops. The amount of prop
erty returned in the b'tate for 1866 is
£207,000,000; in 1860, £620,322,777.
Loss to the State over £465,000,000.
The patronage of the Adminirtration,
when used as Mr. Johnson uses it, i c a pow
erful influence, but, though Philadelphia
was packed and stuffed with Democratic
votes, the Union majority was not suffic
iently reduced to defeat a single Union
Congressman. Thousands of men were
given temporary employment in the Navy
Yard, and we have a report that many of
tbem were Rebel soldiers.
"AVe honor loyaltv ar.d detest treason,"
• was a favorite motto through the war.
. The motto of the P p esident now is: "we
honor treason and detest loyalty."
TERMS.--$1.50 PER ANNtJM.
A Compliment to Xolrttterif
Farmers.
The Richmond Enquirer in speculating
upoii the results of the late elections in
Pennslvjihia arid ether States; conipliitients
the sturdy yeomen offthese coolmoiitfealths
in the following origrinri.l manner:-^
"One circumstance is significant:—The
great gains of the conservatives in the large
cities—Philadelphia and Cincinnati for ex
ample—while the rural districts have given
their former, or greater, majorities for the
radicals. There is an explanation for tbil.
With all their boasts of learning and ititeU
ligence, there is not a more ignorant peo
! pie to be found in Christendom, on sub
jects outside of their daily avocations; thati
the multitude of ten arid twenty rind fifty
ricre farmers that cover the face of tile
| earth in the Northern States. The ex
treme destitution of general information of
this class became well understood by our
citizens in their intercourse with the Fed
eral soldiers in the late war. Their con :
eeption of intelligence is, the ability to read,
and write—spelling is at will. In point of
general knowledge and liberality of ideas'
there is no comj>etition between the South
ern people and the classes at the North td
which we refer. Their farms are tod
small to yield them profits td thtvel on;
They see uothing and hear nothing and
know nothing outside of their own uarrotf
horizon, excepting what their siugle week
ly newspaper tells them."
This, says the Philadelphia Inquirer',
wo must Say is cool; and it would be re
freshing if it had the flavor of truth.
Thomas Jefferson said loug ago "that great
cities were great evils," and he founded his
assertion upon the fact that in cities the
congregation of men introduces vices, and
gives to corruptions of all kinds facility lor
their operations. The country, he was f
Opinion, was the home of vittufe;
denbe and intelligence; the only .portions of
the Irind to be depended upon fur liuiestv
. and justice. We do not entirely endorse
the c pinion, but as it comes from a gn*ai
Virginian, the Enquirer is bound fh'eaf
by it. The accusation of ignorance against
our sturdy yeomanry, comes with bad
1 grace from a section where public educa
tion is discouraged and where the poor
whites, neither able to read nor write, have
been kept down by the planting aristocra
; cv, who were enabled to rule over them by
the superior education which they enjoyed,
and which was paid for by the unrequited
1 lal>or of slaves It is a concession by thd
Enquirer which must have its vrilue, that
Northern farmers cari read and write, arid
enjoy their weekly newspapers; Henry
A. Wise once boasted that in hij district
there was not a single newspaper published;
and the reason was, because very ftiw eff
his constituents were able to read one.'
The woet of the South are owing to the
fact of the ignorance of its white, popula
tion, which rendered thousands the dupes
of the secession oligarchs, and until educa
tion is diffused among them as generally
as it is SI the North, ilnti! every district
has its school, the Southern people will hi.
kept down by the educated aristocracy, of
which the EnquireY ia an appropriate
organ.
MISSISSIPPI
The Legislature of this State asseriitded
a few days aero, and Governor lit
sent in his message. It is a gloomy doom
ment. The only bright speck he am sec'
in the political landscape is the removal of
the colored troops from the state He
speaks of "that small cloud of fauaticisnf
' that rose in the East, at first no larger
th n a man's hand," havih'g ore*spr*Sd the
land with its portentious blackness," an J
destroyed "the rights and proper 'y (slav
ery) of a portion of the States of the
Union," and then pitches into' the Corislf
tutional amendment thus:
"The Radical Congress has enacted laws
and proposed amendments to the Constitu
tion which, if adopted, will d -troy tli'-i
rights of the State and of the j> r pi- . an ?
eeutralize all the powers of Government in
fhe Federal heal. * *
This amendment, adopted by a Congress
, of Jess, than three-foui ths of the Stales bi
the Union, in palpable violation' of the
rights of more than one-fourth of the Sutes.
is such an insulting outrage arid reidd of
the equal rights of so many of our wort hi
est citizens who have shed lustre and gJwy
upon our section and our race, W.h in the
. fcrum Slid in the field, £ltc£ A utmrp
• ation of the rights of the State„iuid such a
• centralization of power in the Federal Gov-.
. emment that I presume a rtfe 4 " fading *f
, it w ill cause its rejection by join?
1 Very well \ the Union csn do
Mississippi's representation in Congress A?-
long as Mississippi can do without the
Union; and if she must be treated as a ju
dicious parent would treat a refractory child,
be it so. And should she td snow
her independence and chivalry by abusmg
e the most helpless portion of her j*|mini ion,
,bho will be put under yet closer UaudtH