Terns of Publication, THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is published every Thursday Morning, and muled to subscriber? at the very reasonable price of Jgr ON*E DOLLAR PEE ANNUM, T.iran'aHrln «dwn". It is intended to notify every b3ljr iber when the term for which ho has shall hive expired, by the stamp—“ Time Onr," on the mar tin of the last paper. The paper will then be stopped until a farther remittance be received. By this ar rangement no man can be brought in debt to the printer. i The Aoitatoe ie the Official Paper of the County, with a large and steadily increasing circulation reach ing into every neighborhood in the-County. It is sent free of pottone to any Post Office Iwithin the icounty limits, bat whose most convenient post office inay bo in an adjoining County. . , Business Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper inclu ded, $5 per year. ■ BUSINESS JIS LOWREV & S. F. WItSOH, i TTORNEVS i COUNSELLORS AT LAW, will \ attend the Court of Tioga, Potter and McKean counties. [lVellsboro'. Feb. T, 1553.] : gi if. BROOKS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW Ai ELKLA.VD, TIOQA CO. PA „ “In the multitude of Counselors there is safety.’ —RiWe. Sept. i}3, 1358, ly. _ c. N. DARTT, DENTIST, , — t at his.rcsidence near the I ) Academy. All work pertaining to yXfrTr+7 his lino Of business promptly and TateA | [April 22, ISSB-] pfcitINSON HOUSE cOt,XI s fi 1 K. V. Maj a; Field - Proprietor. bursts taken to and from the Depot free of charge. warranted j] C. WHITXAfiEB, Hydropathic ‘Physician and Surgeon. ELKL A N Df TIOGA CO., PKX X A. Will visit patients in all parts of the County, orre cei™ them tor ticalment at his bouse. [June 14,] jZiAK AVAITOiS HOUSE, n. C. yEh MIL YE A, PR OPR IE f OR. 1 Gabies, Tiogn County, Pa. |! THIS ia o new hotel located within easy access of the best fishing and hunting grounds in Northern Pa. No pains will be spared for the accommodation ■of pleasure seeker} and tho traveling public. April 12. 1860. n.-®. coip, |BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. SHOP in the rear of tho Post Office. Everything <» his line will be dono as well and prompt'd' as it can be done in tho city saloons. Preparations for re moving dandruff, and beautifying the hair, for sale cheap. Hair and whiskers dyed any color. Cal! and see. Wellsboro, Sept. 22, 1859. THU CORNING JOBBSAI/. George W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor. IS published at Corning. Steuben Co., N. Y., at One • Dollar and Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The Journal U Republican in politics, and has a circula tion reaching into every part of Steuben County.— Those desirous of extending their business into that and the adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad vertising medium. Address as above. DRESS MARINO. MISS M. K. JOIIXSOX. respectfully announces to the citizens of Welhboro and vicinity, that she has taken rooms over Xilcs & Elliott s Store, where eh® is pfepared to execute all orders in the line of DRESS MAKING, Having had experience in the business,'she feels confident that she can give satisfac tion to all who may favor her with their patronage. Sept. 29, 1859. ' _____ JOHN B. SHAKESPEAB, TAILOR. HAVING opened his shop in the room over B. B. Smith A Son’s State, respectfully informs the citizens ofWellsboro’ and vicinity,that he is prepared to execute orders in bis line of business with prompt ness and despatch Cutting done on short notice, Wellsboro, Oct. 21, 1855.—6 m O. BACON, M. D., Grodunfc of Buffalo , Medical College, HAS established himself in the practice of Medi cine and Surgery in the village of Tioga, and •will promptly attend all professional calls. Office atL. H. Smith’s Hotel, where he will always be found except •ffhen/bbsent on professional business. jsg- Particular attention - paid to the diseases of women and children. Tioga, May 24, 1860. I N. DU BOXS, SOLICITOR OF PATENTS, ’ WASHINGTON, D. C. ADVICE as to tbepatcntabilUy of invention? given free of charge. Drawings from models neatly executed. Charges for obtaining patents moderate. REFERENCES. ■ } Hon. G. A. Grow, Pa. Hugh Young, Til, Agitator. Uoo.G.W. Scranton, Pa. H. H. Frazier. Ed. Republican. 43 r TO MUSICIANS. ACIIQICE.LOT of the best imported Italian anp German VIOLIN STRINGS. Bass Viol strings, Guitar strings, Tuning Forks Bridges Ad., just received and f»r%alo at I ROY’S DRUG STORE. WELLSBORO HOTEL., WELLSBOROVGU, PA. I. S. FARE, {Formerly of (he United Stoics Hotel.) i. illlaving leased this well known and popular solicits the patronage of the public. With attciUHVe knd Jjbliging waiters, together with the Proprietor’s knowledge i»f tho busmens, he hopes to make the stay ojf those who stop with him both pleasant and agreeable. Wellsboro, May 31. 1860. WATCHES! WATCHES! THE Subscriber has got a fine aasortment of heavy BXGLISH LCVKIt IJUXTER-CASE and Silver Watches, which he will sell cheaper than “dirt” on 'Time/ 1. c. h« will sell ‘Time Pieces’on a short (approved) credit. All kinds of REPAIRING done promptly. If a job of work is not done to the satisfaction of the party ordering it, no charge will he made. Past favors appreciated and a contluance of patron age kindly solicited. ANDIE FQLEY. IVellsboro, Juno 24, IS4B, > J?. TV. KKIS£, SADDLE AND HAENDSS MAKER, \ _ WELLSBORO ST.,TIOGA, PA. TAKES this of informing the citizens of Tioga, and of the County generally, that he has established himself at Tioga, where Lc will manufac ture and keep on hand for sale a good stock of Saddles. Bridles, Heavy Harness, Carriage Harness «f all kinds Ac. Also Humes, Halters, Whips, Traces, Collars Ac. All work warranted. Repairing done on short notice. Tioga, Sept. 1, ijoO.—fy, McIITUOY As BAim, WOULD inform the public, that having purchased Mill property, known as the “CULVER MILL,” and having repaired - and suppjifed it with new bolls and machinery, arc now prepared to do CUSTOM WORK to the entire satisfaction of Us patrons. With'the aid of our experienced miller, Mr. L. D. Mitchel, and the nnspanng efforts of the proprietors, they intend to «eep up an establishment second to none in the county. Oash paid for wheat aud corn, and the highest market price given. . EDW. McINROY, a rcb 15, i|B6o. tf. JNO.-W. BAILEY. MOGa RECIXATOR. George f. Humphrey has opened a new Jewely Storb at Tioga Village, Tloga County, Pa. he is prepared to do all kinds of Watch, Clock Wc !/ eWelry * n ft "workmanlike manner. All arranl ®d to give entire satisfaction. not protend to do work better than any other tn» IjI« * e 05111 a 8 5 00(i w °rk as can be done in • cmes or elsewhere. Also Watches Plated. T . GEORGE F. HUMPHREY. I,0 S a . *»-. March IS, ISM. (1,.) THE AGIT YOU. YI. * For the Agitator. ALMOST HOME. “ Away in the distance the trees I spy, Though the soft light-pales from the evening sky. And t know they shelter that spot moat dear— Hark I the evening song comes now to my ear; There's the same sweet voice, though years have flown, Since I listened last to its witching tone. Though a shadow of doubt had clouded my brow, I know that the lov’d await me now; I have wandered have griefs and fears Swept o’er my heart in These troubled years — A world of cares has my spirit known, But all, all gone—l am almost homel” So my spirit cries as day by*day These toil-worn feet tread the stormy way; For oh ! lifers journey is sometimes drear, And often unbidden will come the tear. When the heart has borne till it almost breaks. And the hope which buoyed it at last forsakes. Then the glorious visions of fields of green, Of foliage waving in dazzling sheen. Beams on the view, and Faith’s clear sight Behdlds with rapture that world of light! My Father is there—His voice I hear, He speaks to ray heart kind words of cheer; I shall not falter, though sorrows come, They’ll soon bo over—l am almost Home! Greencastle, lowa, July 4, 1860. M. L. Dovd. “ THE CITTZ OH SXJDDHH DEATH.” Such is the title of a paper in hockcr July, beginning with this allusion to Sir Walter Scott: “Many years ago there trod the lonely streets of Pompeii, with feeble step and slow,- a grey-haired man. Phy sical suffering and mental toil had passed their plough-shares over that noWe h?Bw with a subsoil pressure. The mind within, which, liko a vase of alabaster, had illumined that fine old face, was burning dimly non', or only flick ering up with a sort of supernatural light, as dying lamps will, just before they are extin guished. The powers that had so long deligh ted the world, recalling past ages and manners with such vividness that men believed he had found tho enchanter’s wand of the great wizard of liis house, were, now all gone. But as that old man paced mournfully through the deser ted sreets, and by the hearth-stones cold and cheerless of that exhumed city, his head fell upon his noble chest, and he murmured. “Take me away from this ; Tis the city of the dead, the city of the dead ; ’then wept like a child.” Of Vesuvius now and on the twenty-second of August, 79—the writer thus speaks: “to those who look upon Vesuvius now, grim, blasted, and lifting up hia sooty forehead among clouds of perpetual smoke, the very throne of Pluto and Vulcan together, no force of fancy can picture what it must have been when Hie Bo •mans built their summer-palaces and pavilions on its verdant slopes; a pyramid three thou sand feet from base to vapex, painted all over with,. forest, garden, vineyard and orchard; zoned with colonnades, turrets, golden roof and marble porticos; with the deep azure of the Campanian sky for a canopy, the classic Mediterranean washing its base; and the whole glittering in the colors of sunrise, noon and evening, like‘the rich aud piled roof of* Persia’s looms,’ let down from the steps of some heaven-lifted and resplendent throne.^ “All this magnificence was turned into cin ders, lava, and hot water, in the year of the Christian era, 70. The hissing streams of lava like fiery snakes ran hither- and thither down the slopes of the mountain, scorching and consuming every thing in their glowing path way, while the mountain hurled high in air the red-hot lava and the sulphurous ashes with a noise that shook the very firmament. The entire continent through out its northern and, southern range, felt the vigorous awakening of the volcano. Imperial Borne, hundreds of’ miles away, was covered with the ashes, of which Northern Africa, Egypt, and Asia Minor received their full shave. The sun was turned into blood, and people very naturally thought that the end of tho world had come. Well might Pliny the yonnger say, in his graphic letter to Tacitus ; ‘Nothing then was heard but the shrieks of women, the screams of chil dren, and the cries of men. Some calling for their children, others for their husbands, and only distinguishing each other by their voices. One lamenting his tfpri fate, another that of his family; some lifting their hands to the gods; but tho greater part imagining that the last and eternal night had .come, which was to des troy the gods and the world together.” ‘At the close of this first fearful eruption, Vesuvius loomed forth the grim-looking giant he is at this hour. The sky was stained with that\white cloud which still reposes like a halo round the.--niountain*s scarred and shattered brow. The plain at his foot, where Hercu laneum and Pompeii had once shone forth in all their beauty, was covered many feet deep with a debris of ashes and lava, ‘while the smqke of the city went up. as the smoke of a furnace.” \ PROPRIETOR. Of the discovery 1 of the tomb of two cities there are various accounts. Mrs. Beecher Stowe, who recently visited Hercu laneum and Pomeii, says that the first discovery of the town was from the sinking of a well fur tbe convenience of a family above, which well came into the theatre'; but the writer in the Knickerbocker gives this version“ About the year.l7ll a duke digging for marbles to burn in a mortar, with which to make lime, found ft statue of Hercules, a perfect heap of fractured beauties, a row of Greek columns, and .a small temple. Again the cities slumbered when in 1438 a king of Naples,‘upon whom Ught may the earth rest/ commenced digging in real earnest, and Pompeii witjj its temples and theatres once more lay open*to the sun. “Beside the garden gate of the villa of Dromed. just beyond the Avails, two skeletons were discovered ; one presumed to be the mas ter of the house, from having in his hand .the key of the gate; the other stretched beside him with some silver vases, was probably a poor slave charged with their transportation. In the cellar the skeletons of several persons were found huddled together, who had here in vain sought an asylum from the fiery shower. From the circumstances of one of these skeletons, a woman, being adorned with a necklace and bracelets of gold, it has vfitb good reason been sudposed that she was tbe.mistress of the ele gant mansion, and the print of her bosom as it pressed against the w£ll, a piece of the stucco having been preserved,'can he seen at this day in the Muse© Borboricojlat Naples. 33thotclf to t&e mvitmitxn of tfce &trca of jFmttom anU tfje sprt WHILE THERE SHALL EE A WROXS UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, \AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. VYELLSBORO., TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST g iB6O. ' • 3 “Close to the gate of .Herculaneum, in a niche, was found the skeleton of a man stand ing erect, with his armor and bcmlet on, and spear in band. It was a Roman sentinel at the city gate, faithful in death as in life, a mel ancholy memento of the stern discipline of An cient Rome: “On on the human tides rush through the gales; While the red mountain, blazing full in view. That Roman sentinel doth contemplate. Motionless as a statue thus he grow, Composed his face, though lived is its hue ; Sternness with awe in his undaunted eye; Vainly the fiery tempest round him flew, r Helikefbe herd had not been taught to fly;' Scathed, blasted at his post, the warrior stood to die.” A POLITICIAN CTTKJ3D. “Mine neighbor, Wilhelm, vot you tink of politics, hey V* nsked Peter Vod Sing, of his neighbor Von Sweitzel, the Twelfth Ward blacksmith, one-evening as lie seated himself beside him in a Bier-haus. “I link much,” said Sweitzel, giving his pipe a long whiff. “Veil, what you links?” • “I comes to der conclusion that bolijics is one , hig fool.” 4 “Ah 1” exclaimed Pete, after taking a draught from bis mug, “bow do you make him dat?” “Veil mine friend, I tell you,” replied Sweitz el, after a few whiffs and a drink. “I tell you I comes to dish place ten years last«th*ening by der Dutch almanac, mit mine blacksmith .shop. I builds fine little house, I poots up mine boi lers, I makes mine fire, I heats mine iron, I hits mit mine hammer, I gets blenty of workin, and I makes mine monish.” “Dat is good,” remarked Pete, at the same time demanding that the drained mug be re filled. “I say that I made much friends,” contin ued Wilbeim, relighting his pipe, “Der beep les all say Von Swetzel bes a good man, he blows-in der morning, he strikes in der night, and he minds his business. So they sparken to me many times, and it makes me feel much’ goot here,” slapping his breast. “Yaw, yaw, dat ish* gooter,” remarked Pete,- who was an attentive listener. “Yell, it goes along that way tree year.— IJree-1. Let me see, Von year I make tree hnon dred tolbr, der next tree hoondred an* fifty, der next four hoondred and .swonzy, and der next five hoondred tollar. Dat make five yeer. Veil I bes here five year, when old Mike, der watchmanpwho bes such a bad man, comes to me and he says, ‘Sweitzel, vot mako you vork so hard V ‘to make monish/ I dell him. *1 dells you how to make him quicker as dat/ he says. I ask him how,.an* den he dells me to. go into bolitics, and get big office. I laugh at him, ven he dells me dat Shake the lawyer—vat makes such burty speeches about Faderland—bes agom’ to run for Congress, and dat Shake de lawyer dells him to dell me, if I would go among der.beeples and dell them to vote mit him all der while, he would put me into von big office, where I make twenty thousand tollars a year.” •'“'twenty thousand, mine Got I” exclaimed Pete, thunderstruck. “Yaw, twenty thousand. Well, by slunks, I sluist stop der strikin’, an’ goes to mine friens, an’-all der Germans vote for Shake, and Shake to der Congress.” Here Mynheer Von Sweitzel stopped, took a long-draught of beer, and fixing his eyes on the floor, puffed as if in deep thought. “Veil, mine neighbor,” said, Pete after "wai ting a doe length of time for him to resume, “vat you do den, hey ?” “Veil, I ask Mike, der swelhead watchman, for der office, an’ he dells me I gets him der next year. I wait till after the next krout ma king time, an, den X say again, Mike, ven vill Shake give mo that twenty thousand tollar office ?” “In two year, sure.” “I dinks he fools me, yit I blow for der barty anudder year, an’ then what you dinks ?” “Dinks ! ry, you get twenty thousand tollar.” “Gets him! By slunks, Mike, der swell head watchman deHs me I bes one big fool, an' dat I might go to ler bad plac£ an’ eat sour krout. i ' J “He tell you dat i” “Yaw. Sure as my name bes Von Sweit zel.” “After you do der blowing mit your mouth for der party ?” “Yaw.” “Mine Got I vat yon do den mine neigh bor ?•” ' <- “I makes a firo in mine blacksmit shop, I blows mine own bellers again, I heats mine own iron, an' strikes mit mine own hammer. I say to mineself, ‘Wilhelm Von Sweitzel, bolides bes a humbug, an* buliticians bes a bigger von.— WiTheim Von Svritzel, do your own blowing and lei politicians do ders /” ’ Neighbor Pete thought he had come to a wise conclusion, and after wishing all sorts of bad luck to politicians, that class of men whose patriotism jmd integrity lie in their pocket, they ordered their mugs to be again refilled and changed the topic of conversation.—Bur ion’s Cyclopedia . • What.aee the Refublicans fighting foe and against ?—They aro., fighung for Free Homes for the Homeless. They are aghting for the Laborer againtst the Aristocrat. They are fighting for a Pacific Eaiiroad. They are fighting to bring back the govern ment to the purity of the Fathers. ' »l'hey are fighting for the extension of- Free dom. " ' ■ They-are fighting for the preservation of the Union. They are fighting for the principles of Wash ington, Jefferson and Madison. They are fighting for Freedom and for Vic tory.! They are fighting to place “Old Abe” in the Presidential Chair. They rfte fighting against disunion. They are fighting against a slave code for the Territories. They are fighting against re-opening the African Slave trade. They are fighting against Squatter Sover eignty. ! They are fighting against Polygamy. They are fighting to oust a corrupt Admin istration. Correspondence of the Randolph Republics COUIffTBY JOURNALISM. • LETTER FROM A CITY TO A COUNTRY ED: .New York, April 3, Feiexd Fletcher : I have a line fr informing mo that you are about to sta per at Sparta, and hinting that a line fi for its first issue, would he acceptable, me, then, as one who spent his most and observant years in a country prirr fice, and who sincerely believes that tl conducting country (or city) newspap not yet obtained its ultimate perfection, before you a few hints on making up eating and popular gazette for .a rural like yours. I. Bogin with a dear conception i subject of deepest interest to an averag< being ia himself; next to that, ho is n corned about his neighbors. ‘ Asia and i go Islands stand a long wliy after thesi regard. It does seem to me that most journals are oblivious to these vital tn you awake, judicious correspondent in eac and township in your county—someyo yer, doctor, clerk in a store, or assist; post-office—who will promptly send y< ever of moment occurs in bis vicinity, make up at least half your journal of h ter thus collected, nobody in the cou long do without it. Do not let a be organized, or new members be add; already existing, a farm be sold, a nei bo raised, a mill be set in motion, a stove be opened, nor anything interest to a dozen families occur, without having the fict duly though briefly chronicled in your columns. If a farmer cub a big tree, or grows a mammoth beet, or harvests a bounteous yield of wheat or corn, set forth the fact as concisely and unex- as possible. In due time, obtain and print a brief historical and stnti stical ac count of each township*—who first settled in it, who have been its prominent citizens, who at tained advanced"ycars therein, &c. lUcord cv-, 'cry birth as well as every marriage and death. ! In short, make your paper a perfect nirror of everything done in your county tha; its citi zens ought to know; and, whenever a farm is sold, try to ascertain what it brought at previ ous sales, and how it has been munag(d mcam time. One year of this, firthfully followed up, will fix the value of each farm in the county, and render it as easily determined as that of a bushel of corn. 11. Take an earnest and active if n< ding part in the advancement of Horn try. Do your utmost to promote not annual County Fair, but Town Fairs Persuade each farmer and mechanic something to such Fairs, though it bo well-made shoes from-the one, or a go corn from the other. If any one und( new branch of industry in the count l ally if it be a not ,w; solicited, but hasten to give Idm ahel} Ask the people to buy his'mmr, or s woolens, or boots, or whatever ma products, if it bo good, in preference that may be brought into the county tc with him. Encourage and aid him to of your ability. By persevering in tl a fewi years, you will largely increase ulation of your county and acre of its soil 111. Don’t let the politicians and aspirants of the County own you.-r They may be |lever fel lows, as they often are ; but, if you keep your eyes open, you will see something tnat they seem blind to, and must speak out accordingly. Do }*our best to keep the number of public trusts, the amount of official emoluments, and the consequent rate of taxation, othetjj than for common schools, as low as may he. Remember that—irr addition to the radical righteousness of the thing—the tax-payers take mlany more papers than the tax-consumers. I I would like to say more, but am busied ex cessively. That you may deserve aild achieve success is the earnest prayer of Yours truly, Horace Gieelet. Story about Burton. —Since Burton’s death enough anecdotes have been in circulation about him to fill a sizable book. I give you one of the most characteristic. Mr. Burton was a very determined man—as unyielding, and, in fact, ns unprincipled, in his desires and purposes, ns unsurpassed in retort and sarcasm. While laying in his last sickness, i brother actor—inferior and unfortunate—ca led upon him to claim payment of some dispuOd salary account, arising from Mr. Burton, in his man agerial capacity, having employed the claimant as one of his stock company. Being admitted to his room, the actor pressed bis chim. Mr. Burton refused to recognize it. Then the for mer, warming with what he deemed the bru tality of the dying man, forgot the proprieties of the occasion. “Mr. Burton/’ said he, “you are dying; and dying rich, I am poor and needy, and have a claim against you which you know I cannot prove. Now do a good deed, and di *cct your people to pay me.” Burton, unyieldiig to the last, swore that “live or die, surviv< or per ish,” he would not pay him a cent. “Then,” said fhe despairing creditor, “let mo tell you sir, you have played Tnodles a gnat many times in New York, and got rich ly it, but you’re going now to play it in a mu jh hotter placo than the Chambers Street Theatre.” “I Lave no doubt, sir/’.retorted- the comedian, “that if I do find myself in the placo you al lude to, I shall be asked to play at your bene fit ?” And so the scene ended.— 2f. T. Cor. Chicago Tribune. Marrying for Monet.— A prudent disposed member of the Society of Fri gave the following friendly advice : lc John,” said he, “ I hear thou art be married.” “ Yes,” replied John, “ I am.” “ Well,” rejoined the man of drab, only one little piece of advice to give that is, never marry a woman worth i thou art. When I married my wi worth just fifty oents, and she worth cents; and whenever, any diSerenci curred between us since, she has alwa up the odd shilling.” TOR. aft of 2JUform. , IN MEMORXAM. in. >iron. Among the itiany tributes to the memory of the Hon. John Schwartz delivered by his fellow members of the House 0 f Representatives, was the following by Hon. G. A. Grow: 1860. •)m you irt a pa rora me, Allow hopeful iting; of lie art of oers has i, to set :.n inter district Mr. Grow said: “The battle of onr life is brief— The alarm, (be struggle, the rcU*f_ Then sleep we side by side. ‘‘The earth has scarcely closed over the uew raade grave of one of our associates, and the mound is not yet green that' covers two of hia compeers, and yet the council chambers of the Republic are again draped in mourning. “I come now to lay my feeble offering upon the tomb of my colleague, with a heart filled with sorrow for a nation's loss and sympathy with bereaved Triends. His virtues—hia noble qualities, of both head and heart, have been portrayed by those who have preceded me.— This is but another of the many instances which, in the past few years, ha<e"occurred so frequently by which the halls of legislation have been converted into scenes of woe.— Within the last decade of years, the great De stroyer has wrought sad havoc among the hon ored names of the Republic, j* i;hafc the human i ost con he Ton -32 in his b country i.ths; If a wide ill village > jng law* t.nt in a m what and will ncal mat in try can \z church t d to one :W house “At rts beginning the- cherished son of one half of the Confederacy, and honored erery where’for the purity of his life and brilliancy of his genius, was Lome in a funeral procession from the Capitol, and now reposes beneath the shade of his own Palmetto. But ft short time elapsed* ere the arm of Death, with its iron grasp, was thrown around the famed orator of the West, whose magic eloquence swayed half a hemisphere, and who made the soil of his adopted State no less illustrious and cherished by the lovers of genius than did the valor of its sons, who with their blood consecrated it the ‘dark and bloody ground/ Following close New England’s honored statesman was lulled to his lust sleep by the sound he loved so well while living—the roar of the ocean’s wave. “Ere the decade closed Missouri was called to mourn her early pioneer, who, at the eijld of an eventful life, full of honors and years, at last sleeps on the sunset side of the ‘Father of Waters/ “These events following each other in rapid succession, with many others, too numerous to mention, have separated almost the l ist living link that binds the generations of the past. — ; One by one these connecting links have been ‘ severed, and to-day we follow the bier of an other of the veteransof the bygone generation, . who, in early-year 5 *, periled his life on the battle fields of hia country, and who spent bis es-, piring strength in her service. ot a lea le Indus only an as well, i to send a pair of )d ear of ertakea a v, cspeci it to be ingband tarch, or r be his to any compete the best is course the pop of every “These events stand as monitors along the pathway of life’s pilgrimage, reminding us that there is but a breath of air and a beat of the heart between this world and the next; that ‘the path of glory leads.jftut to the grave.' “‘Art Is long and time is fleeting, * And our hearts though strong and brave, Still, like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave.’ ’* Aiicnnisttor JJcgiies on Cooking.—ln his address at life Annual Commencement of Mount St. Vincent Academy, on Tuesday, Archbishop Hughes thus recommends the the young ladies to learn the art of booking: n Although it.is of the utmost importance, young ladies, that'you should have a good edu cation, should be accomplished, cultivated, graceful and refined, yet there arc other things that cannot he lost sight of. Before another year rolls around I propose to. arrange with the sisters for a new branch of stmsfym the Academy. That branch of study is what the' French call the science o It is the science of keeping house, and that we all know commences in the kitcbgn? Every young lady, I don’t care if she'is a queen’s daughter, ought to understand that department of life. Even though she may not have to practice iCthouyh she may be able to hire her cook, yet she should understand it herself, for it may happen .one day that the cook will dismiss her. (Great laughter.) What a predicament she would be in then. Well, what I was going to say was, that the sisters should arrange so that all the girls over thirteen years of age should be cna-| bled to sperid a portion of the. time in the kitchen, and become acquainted with cooking and house keeping. Here will be a now bureau of education. (Laughter.) We shall then have the theory and some practice too. An other point and I will cldse. At the end of another Jear, if living, and my purse is long enough, I am going to give a gold medal of not less than S5O in value, to the young lady who will write the best essay, not exceeding fivej pages in length, upon this great new science I have spoken of, (Laughter and applause.) ) Never Buy What You Don't Nbed. —lf the poor-house has any terror for you, never buy what you don’t need. Before you pay three cents for a jews-harp, see if you can’t make just as pleasant a noise by whistling, for which nature furnishes the machinery. And before you pay seven dollars for a figured vest, young man, find out whether your lady-love would not bejust as glad to see you in a plain ono that eostjust half the money.' If she wouldn’t let her crack her own walnuts and buy her own clothes.’ When you see a man pay §5 for a Frenchified toy that a philosophic Yankee baby will pull to pieces in fire minutes, the chances are that he will live long enough to realize how many cents there are in a- dollar; and if ho don’t, he is sure to bequeath that privilege to his widow. When a man asks you to -buy that for which you have ho use, no matter how cheap it is, say you are sure some one else wonts it at an advance. Money burns in some people’s pockets, and makes such a pesky hole, that everything that is put in drops through past finding. - • and well jnda once going to A good anecdote is told of an old Methodist preacher who rode a circuit a few years ng <f! While going to one of his appointments, ho met an old acquaintance, who was one of the magis trates of the county. He asked the minister why ho didn’t do as the Savior did—ride ah ass. “Because,” said the divine, “the people have taken thom all to make magistrates of.” “ I have thee, and more than e, I was sixty-two has oc irs thrown Rates of Advertising. Advertisements rllbbe cbsrged-SI-petaq<l»ia«rf. 19 lines, one or three insertions, ant2jS cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than I*o lies considered as a square. The subjoined rates a ill bo charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ads rertiiemeaU: Sq n&bf - 2 do. 8 do. i colaron, i do. Column, - - 25,00 35,00 50,0 f Advertisements not having thenumber of insertion* desired marked upon them, win be published until or* dared out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, ex* eculed neatly aml promptly. - Justices', Constable's', and other BLANKS constantly on band.' NO. 51 HE IS “BOINa HOME.” Dear Readers : —Before this good-bye effu sion reaches you, says the Adams independent. we shall have gone away down East, ffe are going to sea the old folks at home; to show the babies their grandpas and grandmas and numerous uncles and.anties now unknown to them, and growing to be | almost forgotten hv us. It is seven years since this deponent has visited those childhood scenes, and-Mrs. Editor says: "We must go home,” and it would be highly nonsensical to disregard any edict of hers— 30 wcr'e going. We shall see the great brick house wherein we -first op one( j our eyes—wherein Deacon Chandler has prayed daily for the earthly hap j pincss and eternal salvation of his numerous children, for forty years' We shall see the old school house wherein w e ’ve bfcen spanked we know not how oft, and the great barn in which we’re been licked a great deal oftner. We shall fish fur the lineal descendants of the little trouts and dace we gobbled long ago, and sit on the old hill-tops and feel sad as we think how those who have sat there with us have gone to differebt parts of the earth and King dom Come. We shall visit divers fogy towns villages and cities wherein we’ve been regarded as a harum-scarum jour printer, and show'the old sober sides how sedate and respectable it makes a man to he an -editor and married.— We shall go to Boston harbor and catch some tomcods and mackhijei, and sculpins, and per haps a bad cold. We shall have a few clam bakes on the beach with some old friends and do various tilings of that sort..and then proba bly borrow some money and come home in time to hurrah for our next President. A Baciielok’s Soliloquy-. —l’m single vet. I’m single yet! What can the matter be"; I wonder if life’s sun will set on my celibacy ? I’m growing ancient, yet no “beau of promise” can I see ; I am farther now from “calico” than what I used to be. There was a time when I could move in jollity and fun among the lasses, talk of love and kiss them every one. Thera was a time when I’d rather meet a pretty girl as nut, but row I beat a swift retreat or care upon the spot. Once I was rigged from top to toe in gear of neatest trim ; a dashing gay La thario, a perfect “dandy Jim.” Now note my wardrobe, what a plight, my coat lacks many stitches—l have to whittle pegs a sight to fast en up my breeches! My linen, too, is passing use, fast "giving up the ghost," a ballet rid dled flag of truce, between a warring host! My socks but poorly are concealed by antiqua ted boots, one leg “left upon the field,” the oth er left a foot! Abandoned now I pine away, the maidens all abhor me, because I am a woebegone, a rue ful bachelor. ;Xu me no comfort aught can give :my lifelis a lengthened sigh—l walk the world afraid to live and more afraid to die I Where is our proudly boasted bliss—our inde pendent home ? “Non eat inventus,” and to this conclusion I have come -. A bachelor’s a human myth, more animated squib; a man is some thing only with a rising little rib. “Loi-DEit.”—A man lately went to the post office, arid putting his mouth up to the delivery bos, cried out “Louder 1” The clerk supposing the man to be deaf, and that he was making a request of him to speak louder so that he could hear, asked'him in a very loud tone the name of the person for whom he wanted the letter. “Louder cried the man. “What name ? ’’yelled the clerk. “Lauder I” again bawled the man, who now supposed the clerk to be deaf. The clerk took a long breath, and with all his might again bawled out in the man’s filce the same question : “What name?” This was done in so loud a tone that the echo seemed to retun from the far-off hills. The man started haok in alarm shouting -to the very top of his lungs. “Louder, Sir, Louder 1 I told you Louder! My name is nothing else." “Oh, ah ! oh, ho 1” said the clerk, “your name is Louder, eh ! Didn’t think of that; here’syour letter, Mr Louder, here’s your letter.” A Pkettv Little Allecobt.—W'* wrJ “?,a'a planted tho first vine and retired, Satan ap proached and said : “I will nourish you, cl 'irm ing plant.’’ lie quickly brought three an —a sheep, a lion, and a hng, and kilt".! them one after another near the vine. The virtues of tho blood of these throe animals penetrated it, and are still manifested in its growth. When a man drinks one goblet, he is then agreeable, "gentle and friendly. That is the nature of the lamb. When he drinks two, he is likp a lion, and says, “Who is like me ?” and talks of stu pendous things. When ha drinks tri ire h?s flenses forsake him, and at length be wallows in the mud. Need it be said he resembles the hog ? 1 A Man with a ragbag jn his hand was pick ing up a large number of pieces of wfialehono which lay in the street. The deposit was of such a singular nature, that we asked thequiiint luuking gatherer how he supposed they came there. “Don’t know,” ho replied, in a squeak ing voice, “’spect some unfortunate female was wrecked hereabouts.” “Why is the letter D like a ring?” said .'a young lady to her accepted. ’ The gentleman like the generality of his seiin such a situa tion, was as dull it hammer. “Because,” added the lady, with iVjery modest look at the picture at the other end of the room—‘'because we can’t be wed without it.” : Fitl.ir.. ArFECTiON-.— An Irishman, swearing 'th c peace against his three sons, thu sc on it udeVi: “ The only one" of mj chniiren who shows me any real filial affection, is iny ymingekt-son, Larry, far he never strikes me when tm doom I” A gentleman said to : his friend the other day: “ilow do you like pur new minister ?” “First rate,” be replied, “ho never meddles with fo> litics nor religion.” 1 An avaricious man is. like a sandy desert, that sucks in ail the rain, but'yielcfs no (hlit ful Iretbstotho rrhal-itatitsi •- * 1 - .-Sfc. 3 MOUTHS. 6 MOUTHS. 12 MOUTHS. $3,00 $4,50 $6,00 5.00 6,50 - B,no 7.00 8,50 10.00 ■ 8.00 9,50 12.50 15,00 20,00 80,00
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