V The Agitator r ~ ,- ' -.; ?srji£,.H, cobb: . ■' Published evevytyednesday' morning and mailed to eneKribetSat BOBtAR-AN%FtFTY CENTS very?!*?' ADVAKcB. . , WlWßS.r)iwm<ik»treej9 co ji^jeni^rtbew, thengjhthey ow fttoireitheir mail at pejst-offioes lo cated In ecunfle# ircmediatoly adjoining, for convcn "j rr •■{y • •• y■i \ -v ■ The Aoitatou hgthe OfiioEU, paper of, Tioga C 0.,, and circulate* neighborhood therein. ,Sub . scrip lions being system, it oiroa 'iates among a olnM.'wost to.iho interest of advertisers ' loi roach'. Toms aa liberal as those of fered by. any pspsrcf Oqual circulation in Northern ■Pennsylvania. ■ i cross on-tho margin of a paper* denotes thaf.the subacrip«qfr?a about to expire. * ■ stuped when tbo subscription iime expires* unUfisi tbe. a£enfc orders tbeir coplinu „tBM. •" *- I'* ' ■ NAS. LOWRET & S. F. WttSOS, , A TTOBNETS A COUNSELLORS at LAW. rjOL will -Attendee Courts of*Tioga, Potter and MpKtati counties. ;9 . [WeDebortyJan. 1,1883.3 •- [„■ JOHEK 8. MANN,' •* ■ A ttorney & counsellor at law, Conderaport, thu, will attend the several Coorta is Pollof 1 Arid Molfean doontles.' AlI business en ' trusted to- hic oare will receive prompt attention. He Aas the agenoy of .la|go’ tracts of good settling land ■' and will.Mttfdd any lands ‘in soid,. counties. , ,-f .. Jon. 28, jg6S.»- - .. J. CAMPBELL, JR,, M -Knoxville, Tio£a Oonnty, Pa., 1 A TtqißNEt A-COUNSELLOR AT LAW JPrempt attchlidp given to the proonting of Pen- lgga-sw.*: ; . ■= DICKINSON HOUSE, cobbing; n. t..; Mm. A. FIELD,4 ..Proprietor. /QUESTS tatcen -to and frsfm the Depot free \J".ofcharge. ‘ * [Jan. 1,. 16M.] PfiISSttVAJKIA HOUSE, CORNER X)» MAIN STREET AND THE- AVENGE, i Welleboro. Pa. " J. W.. TJVHIS popular Hotel, having been re-fitted jL and re-fornishW throughout, is now open to th« public as a firSt-cISSt house. [Jan. I, XBC3.J IZAAKWUUTO* HOUSE, a«iae«i Tioga County, Pn. H.,0, YERjMIIfWIA,, Proprietor. THIS, is 4 nevfKotel located within easy so- OOU of inaWt 1 fishing and hunting grounds in Northern lfa pains will be spared for tie sccommodatiorroE pleasure seekers and the trav> tiling public.] \ [Jan. itAftSS.] . \eAGIX HOUSC. THOMAS GRAVES ..’ ..Proprietor (Fo'rtoierfif of Xht Cocitkgton Hotel.) TttlS Hotfel, kept for a long time by David Hart, is being repaired and furnished anew. The tobsegberbaa loapetfit for a term of years, where be naj be found ready, to wait upon bis old customers and the traveling public generally. His table will be provided with t» best the market affords. At bis barmaybe founAtne choicest brands of liquors and clears. ' [ff'ellsbQro ; Jan, gl, 1863^if. WELtfttORO HOTEL. B.' B. fIOIjI.ISTYj •. Proprietor. THE Prophet? 1 hiving again taken possession of the above trill spare no pains insure the comfort of gtffejt£'and,tbe traveling public. At tentive waiters always ready. Terms reasonable. WellsborQ, Jap; ffiy !863.-tf. 1 iJjOIBJ, Watches, flocks, Jewelrv, &c., &c., ■ • REPAIRED" AT old prices. POST (foBIGE BUILDING, ■ •■no.'s;'■piti.oir block. Veßiboro, Mj fJO, 1863. . ; : H iRBUE shop. lAifrnovr k STOCK tif ITALIAN MAHBLB, cash) am prepared to manufacture all kinds of tomb-stones . ttsAiMOKijMES'TS Vt the’lowest prices. - KaKVEY ADAMg. is ■my authorized agent and will sell-fitooe at the'iame prices ns at the shop. fifj? HA VS}. BUT bNE PRICE. 1, May Sq, lSga-ly.' . A. D. COLE. fe6eli feed stoke. WRIGHT & BAILEY HAVE had t'lfe|r mill thoroughly repaired and' are rooeitjlng fresh ground hour, feed, meal, every daS'at their store in town.. £huh paid for alljttpda of grain.. ~ ' ! ■ WRIGHT.'i, BAILEY, .ril 39, 1963. ' •=- Wellsßoro, A] • If T IS T Rl, tiJUmn FELICE & FIRMAN, UECSANWAL t SUftOICAL DENTISTS, > , WOULD respectfully inform the oitirena of Wells ■bpro and surrounding country. that they arc siow stopping at J. W.. Bigoney’s Hotel, known as the Pennsylvania House,'for a few weeks, and would bo pleased to,wait on all who may need the services of fthelt profession. All operations pertaining-to the profession, performed in the most careful and scien tific manner. Wo wiiald call particular attention to ,our-bard Bubher or Cornlite work, .which is unprece dented.*"' "s' . ’ PRICE i FIRMAN. Wellshoro, March’gS, 1963,■ - WEfct.Sß'fßO’ ACADE3I¥. ‘ Wollahon Tioga County, Penns.' MARINOS N. I J.1.8N. A. M.i - - Principal Assisted by • chips competent teachers'. ' .7l»Bprfag'T«raJviH commence oa the 80th o: March, 1853. * -I Tuition for !from' $2.50 to $6.00. *yg*r*'A will also he formed. Byhrderof Tfnslees, •‘ - - . , --i y. DONAIpSO^iVe*. XTolUVore, March#l, 1863, a W. WELLINGTON & GO’S. BANK, ■ OOBNINGF/N. YU (Located 18 * tug Dickissos House.) American GnW* and'Silver Coin bought »nd sold. Noir Fork Ekohango, j t , do. Unourroul Money, do. United States Demand Notes “ old issue'* bought. Collections made in all pacts of the’Vnion at Cur rent rates, of Exchange., ’Psrtieular pains Ttiilbr taken to accommodate one 'patrons from the Tioga Valley. ' Our Office will be open at 7 A. H„ and close at 7 "P. M., giriag parties passing over The Tioga Bail' Bead ample time to transact their business before thy departure of tbs testa in the mumiem-aud after its arrival in the evening., v ‘-Q.ijg. W-ELLtNUXON, President. Corning, K. Y., Rot. 12,18.62. posEsmo. A NEW STOIfE AND -TIN SHOP HAS opened in SMqga, Penna., where may [be found a good Assortment of Cooking, Parlor and tßox Stoves, of "the most approved patterns, aqd from *the best (nanataotirers. The HOMESTfiAD is ad 'mitted to bo the best Elevated Oven Stove' in the market," The " G€fijbEit : k(}S' h & GOOD HOPE” toe sqnart.flat f'opjiur tight stoves, with largo ovens, With many ad ventages over any other stove betoto .made. Parlor SJto-fas. ’ The Signet and Caspion are both very neat endisnperlor stoves. , Also Tin, Copper* and Sheet, Iron ware, kept con stantly on h&ni.jmd made to order of the best mate rial and wqrkmraship, all of 1 which will bo sold at the lowpet'fignr for cash or, ready pay. Job work of i,;d kinds attended to on call. Tioga, Jem 1j,,1883. GOEENSEJ i, SMEAD. Wool ’and Cloth Dressing. subsMber informa bis old'eugtomera , , »dd tho phbaegenerally;that he is prepared to /card wool and clrcsscloth at the oldgstand, the coming season, haviog aootirjd ths servioes of UK- J. PEET, * eompetehttoi. experienced- workmihj'and als.oin leoding (a give bis personal attention to the business, ,T «tant,all stork done athls shop, 1 Wool carded-at.-five cbnts per pound, and Cloth nresseiat frmni t)»c::fo twenty cents her yat&'u per celor andfinlslL r J. t. JACKSON. ■ Weßshoro, . " !^^!^^s^^!^^^Ms*!BsaaaaaßasaH*sSsaasaHasiaa*&sHaHtfafciaiißSfiiM!te^ gefto'ftg to m mttnmn tt tit Sw« of un&tftt mpttnts of mrform. VmlUB THERE ° HALIi BB A WRQIfQ PKBIOHTBp, AND TOIIX. “MAN’S . JSHPyAjKITY MAS" 'SHALL CEASE, AGITATIOJf MUST CONTINUE. VOL. IX. <£otttmun(catlon. ' Jss| ON KOSBSBON. ■ Mb. Agitator ; Eye air parahul to the opin ynn that mankind air knot so perfeoktaa tha shod on garter bee. ’Perhaps I air' pregudiced,| tut I war somwbat skeptical on this point; but a, the, grate Poit Aster Pope sei: “ Xperienoe air a good :skole,” i & mine iz tragikal, if not eoiamkolly, * breetly time: Ramming round A squre ov ynre deleotabel Burrow, a short period sense, mi eqnallibranm waz yerry mnoh dislokated bye a reglar,, gen you-wine, qimon-poor xampV oV a reel, identic fcalKpitojov tha QoldinaßirVV -n -acaiy aeotta me nyo tMToand A popt a littell, magikal-lookiog, brown paper Into mi visage, trtnsperini “ Duplikate A circulate that—but keep shady —mam’s the ward," sez the Knite. “All rite”:sex I, assnmin a very knowin xpreobun ov'koontenoince, /‘all rite”—<4; the folloing dyalog ehsude: ’ “ From the konnty, mi frond 7” sez the Knite with’ a very kondesendin air. “I'air,” respondid I, swellin peroeptabla, with a konehnsness pv mi nativ pedigree, bnt ohangin the ezpreihnn ov mi finktuatin kpnn tenance 2 en unknown rural kast. “Kan yon reed, mi frondf"'ejacknlates the Knite. “ Knot nun,” sez I, grafikally. “ Dew yon kno, my frend,” resnma the Knite, that this Linkon Government iz trying tew Koerce onr deerly ‘ beloved brethren ov the South?" “ Tha haint tho, ar tha 7" sez I, apparently amazed. “Airya A ware, mi frond, that this'same despotik, arbitrarn power hav gust koerced 1 ov boar calla’ant Koites, thru 2 military lines 7” , “ Yudont say so I” sex T, gazin wildly round & bplding mi broth, “yu dont say tha surren dered him tew the enemy 7” “No; tew pheends,” eez the Knite/ “but think ov the 2 military lines 7” “ Yes,” sez I, “I do ; but tha didn’Uys em, round biz nek did tha 7 hez lucky if tha didn’t,” sez I. ; “ Air yu konshns, mi frond," sez the Knite, ebangin the subject,. “ air yu konehua that this tyrsnikal Linkon’Governmonf has past a law tn drag you from yurt famly & koerce ’yu in 2 ihare hessian army ov highered mercynaries t” “ What 7” sez I, “ what 7” violently agita ted, & siskin down on a knrb, gaspin, but and bel tu artikniate for the space ov won konsecu tive minit, without intermisbun. “ The question iz,” continyews the Knite, has Federal Government a. rite to koerce man kind?” ' nol t ‘ w wn T, I like a Fat 3, charmed by tha Subtile Rattlesnake. " Isn’t the population ova State mankind 7” “Except womankind,” sez I, solumiy. “ Ov kbarse ; then kan Government koorce a 'State 7” 11 No more’o her teemsters kan a 4 in hand tqpdam, ont or a Virginy mud-hole—no more’n a drowning man faaz a rite tu katch at a a trough —no more’n a staring man haz tew say, Ime a goner”—sez I, logikally & resoiutela. “Besides,” crize th§ Knite, kasting a quizi kal look at mi feturps, “ besides, thoze grate worthy grand chiefs, Furd & Val (or whom Ime a humball Dysciple) promulgate that Lihknn baint got no each rite under the Konstitushun.” “ His-tory-kal, no-tory-ua & luvly air thare li(v)es,"‘sez I, “hot Linkon, I hear, iz a tp nal site taller man than tha be, & kant bend orer enuf to look under the Konstitution, but he kan see into it & rice strata thru it, i kan look abor it,” I hear, sez I. “ & besides,” crize the Knite, “S. C. (per Semmes) sez not; K. G. C. (no sin) sez not; &J, B; (for them).sez notthere4 who sbond not say not 7 Boot tha tell ns, each State is somirin (akordin la Webster; biest ethorita, without kontroie) & what power iz gqin tn git ahor that? Ida like tn Jcno. Federal Athorita, mi frond 7' Not oggzakly, mi frind, not egg zakly,” sez the Knite. “ Only td think” reit ereights the Knite or the' Sirkol, “ on]y tu think or the absurd ankonstitbsfaanality or this fagnatikai Tboora ! Forsablo Koeroion on the, rirgin nrth or Ameriky! It’s enuftu make time-onerd Konseryatiris, stark, rarin, distracted —& partly insane, at the frightful Pollysee or the crazy bors-radikals! “ B pfuri bus unum,” kohtraces the Knite, with a sar- Jcaatik laff, “it don’t amount tu the value pr a” Secadp string oreasages.iAit" bt to be • Ye blunderbuss unum,’ bat tbs ‘uniuro’ is pH nokd into kocked ball,” & the Knite gir A way to biz rizabells; rekorering however, he remarcs; “Talk about the Union, without this Koercive principal, being A emty form—a bubbell—a sham—a legalized bnmbng, resting on nothon more substansbail thpn a carlride box or a bnm-Bbsll,iiabell tu bee busted, by the Ist simtnm or frickshun —& all that I Betoti kall nonoents I” crize the Knite kontemptu ously. I' .j . “ Prodigus fudge,” eez I. , , "Is wax loss sticky becaws water will dis zolr it J’-’ aez the Knite, assumin the trngik but butiful xpreehunof the dyin Glnd-Eat?-§r. - '* Kant the grate Union stick, tu gefher without bein tyed op with baoneta & blockaids 4 other kombustibal ntensills tew numerus tew toedihoti,” aerd, pbeeling like deliverm a ’postrofeq to ml uativ Kouhtry. ? “ Yes, mi frond,” ssrthe Knite, sez he, " yes, my trend, if kart! let mo gin yu a familyur illustration: Suppoe, mi frond, snppos A farmer should fly i into a by dodgem 4 try ta koorce a worm-tehee .with log-ebainz 4 ban spiks, bekaws it woinldn’t run strata, wood that make it strateri if it did, mi frend,-it wood itU tumballdown in aimelankolly roinfabont him, & reckleas kattell, gees 4 hogs 4 other karniv erns qoadripeds in spite ov koereive yoks 4 the civil jnrisdiksbun ov bonndairy lines, would madly trampell under their iorn hoofs the prtb lik domain, into wbn grand pagant ov-military despotism—don’t yd sea ?” set the -Knite, hie iza shiniu like untu tew peeled onions. Or koarte,” sez I, warmin on. the subjeckt, bye ths spontabyos eruption dr Poikry-j-eo predominant in'.mi konstitution, "ov fconne hourutfaer imaginashons kant skarcalyhosop-, ' pozd to koh serveorkompare the dazzlifi WEIJiSBOHOj TIOGA eOXJisWj PA., WEB: nefioents, Abuty, unknown progress A onkottj mon perfekshun tew which, the Amerikan: Un ion mite be brat ibanded dowhtevrtba pos terita or nnborn generashuhs—whciairnbw lookinat this awful konfliekt with untold & tm- solicitude—bniit taintfattall likely, in faokt.it iz highly imprsbabe), if not ( ex tremely inikqnitus, to-think that God will per mit it tew be&-'Worked maMingralt)" see I. “ Mi-friend," eez thal K trite, Bee'zitt ini hand in b ekatosy or delite,whilebiaeoDDichihce lited'Up likfeaeoneqn lamp,' ,f rhi rnralfread, yn charmiha Mekeez. Kpershuhefrifatieslly, iS^Vi^a^^e’rewa^n^afiteSts':•" jme ftour Sirktdf” ’'■ .; •: v. . .“"Warn all ceremona," sezl/gestiknlatin graeefnlla, with ini left *hahd, "I ddhtkare how az if 1 dont," I replide, wratber ambig ynsly. ■ I jined the Sirknl—& a mntahingnrad Pob lik-air tew kno wether .the Subakriber’rakpr eredfrora the dedly shok or hie phizikal TcOj porashnn—-or knot—if that’important state or fackts airin okcnr. Positively— <6eo4th, ;, pHBAWK Pi*S. Select J&iaccUatfs. “ O girls! I have-. something to tell yon'’ cried Lucy Allen, coming into the, sehnol-roqm one morning long before nine ofcloot. , The girls, who had been gathered in groups, either talking or studying all looked up as Jbucy went on tosay, “ Mother.says I may invite you all to my house to a rag party, next Saturday; won’t it bo nice V’ “ What is a rag party?” Baled Alice. ' “ Why, Alice! don’t yon know ?’’ said Em ma ; “ it’s a party to cot and sew rags for a carpet; it’s real fan; I mean to go, if mother will let me.”,' , - . !. “ A rag party 1” said Kate, very scornfully; “who. ever heard .of such, a thing? My mk won’t alld# me to sets raga. 1 don’t think it'is Tery genteel.’ r ,' '. , The tears came into Lucy’s eyes..at this un kind speech ; but she tried not to appear hurt, only saying. “But Kate this is to do good, and we needn’t be ashamed of. that.’’ { “No, indeed n said Julia, putting her arm lovingly round Lacy; I 11 bat. what, are you going to do with the carpe t when it is, finished, Lucy? i “ Why, yon know the old. lady who has moved into the little cottage at the foot of opr lone, and has .pnly her, little grandson living with her; we^mother went to see.ber.the other day, and she .says she is. resi .poor, tbereis no «arp«t on this floor and,ibe-tnlit.mother she couldn’t afford to get any because the boy had no work. When mother told,.!'thought' light away about the rag carpet.that! saw aunt Betsey Hall making, and it .such easy work that Annie and I thought we would try and make one as a present for the old lady,” “ Good 1 that’s a first-rate idea 1” said Nel lie ; “ and you are going to let us’all oomo and help you?” ■ - , . " Yes, if you would like Uv you can begin at two o’ddbk and sew till tea time, thpn after tea, mother says we may play and have some music;.so it won’t be so> very nngenteel, Kate after all." “ 1 don’tthink I can come,” mid Kite. , “Well, I da; don't jgu, girl*laid Jnli*. “Tes;" “to do "I!” “and IT' cried the girls one alter another. .i> , "Next Satnrdsy.then, at two o’clock; don’t forget,’’ mid Lucy, just as the bell rang to call them to order. , Saturday came; a : bright, sunOy.day; just inch a Saturdayas school gills like.' Lacy and her sister were early at work, getting their rags ready for the sewing party. . - , • ; They were all.there punctually at two o’clock —a happy, industrious little, company, very pleasant to look upon. They worked busily ■and talked busily— a?..girls .always do when they get together.; but. no one spokaon unkind word abont the absent Kate, for they all thought that she would be “ sorry enough” after all at not having a hand in this pleasant littlS labor of love. ■ ■ * : : ' "Can you find time' to eat these V l ' asked Mrs. Allen, coming in after ■an hour or two with a disb of fine apples. • • ■ “ No ma’am,’' replied little Satan, who was trying very hard ,to. " make the most,” and pricked her finger several times in her baste. The large girls laughed and did not seem very unwilling to rest thenUjelreshy eating the apples. When the tea bell rang they counted their balls, and found they bad made twenty eight. 'f',’ ‘‘ 1 “ Almos.t .pnongh for the carpey’said Lnoy, joyfully; J?*,o lamisaglidl”- v/ 7 ~ v. “ How many does it take f” asked Alioe. 1 : “ Forty, I believe; you know, we do not want a large, carpet.” ’.,ls-' * It was a merry party at the tea-table that evening;-one might easily tell, by their satis fied and happy faces, that they had been doing a good work. 7 ! .-__7- - •How.they.enjoyed eatingMw Allen** *' good things; arid what funny stories Lucy’s brother Heorge told, and pretended .ho felt;yeiy much offended because they had ‘net.invited hint to help them sew. • ■ --•*•••- ■' Then after ted they had sofme pleasant game; and.last of all, Mrs. Allen played piapp* and they song all together before going home. “ Why, mother, it was just the nicest party I ever went to 1” said Emma, when she reached home. ! ’ .?•_ "Not a bit- nngenteel, either,said her sis ter Sarah, laughing. An* they both went,to bed, thinking how happy and' eOMfortabJeVhe poor old ladynndher grandson would be, when the new carpet wn» put down in their bumble rOotni' ■ ~ ■ ; -- •" V If Kate only .koeW hoW ioppp it makes us feel, when we do good to pftiers, thonglit liucy as she read ber chapter.that night and caipeito the verse, “ Inasmuch stye-have doneitunto one of'these, fhe least'hf-tajf brethren, ye hare done it unto Kfe'*f—Matij x*v, 40... 1... > - 4 • ••'>■! -’4- Dimouiwr of ■atta|BS»ei«t;lß'oo«M>mly pro portioned'We«cel!ebeydfdlseiff -f ; - ’i TBfi RAO PABTT. ISBAV MORMG, JUiNE 24, 1863. ; 1 PANTHER HUNT. -- Incredible asthe following- account may ap pear to ohf readers,Jhe,' material incidents 'delated hfe : strictly true, and the hero of’the tale still walks tbo earth in a green old age. -, Ip* a certain iflotiqnofjout own goodly State, ; settlers were ..obligati to depend for a part of their subsistence, upon . the wild an}- ipals they'might late ‘with the aid of their trusty rides: Many dfiifacm could eye a'rifle, fir-take a ehot. of white-eye (corn whisky,) without blinking; and ; it, is to-be regretted that .SO® 8 .of them., hare suffered;-severely from In the'anfnmn aftei fliiliaveS~hadTallen”, : aB a light snow lgy 'upen *th6 grouhd, out hero, ;who rejoiced intbe cognomen of- “Cal”.- (Cal vin shortened.) with two companions and_a dog, to spend an afternoon on a still bant for deer. &dw Cel was one of that .cool, self possessed, athletic; yet 1 feckless kind of men : , often met with in all new countries; and on training days, at logging bees.and at raisings, always was ready to olimb a sign post or sap ling, feet foremost, or walk a ridge-pole from end to end, upon his bands with his heels in the air, hnd then, by Way of showing that he was capable of even greater feats, would de scend a rafter totheplste of the building in the •ssmeroinner. - ’ ■ The party did not forget to carry -thsir can . teens .well charge)!, and as they pursued their way‘into the .recesses of the forest’ from time 'to time refreshed the inner man by’liberal draughts therefrom. - Not meeting'with any gnme.in their progress, it was agreed to sepa rate and pursue the hunt, and if either fired his rifle, the other was. to hasten tohis assist ance. Ttey bad not been long separated’, when one of thenT fired bis rifle, and the others soon came up. The one who fired had' discovered a recent track in tbe light snow; which resem bled a oafs, bat was nearly as large as a man could make .with, his hand by slightly bending his fingers inward,.’as in the act of grasping. They knew if to be a panther’s' track, and, though the day was far spent resolved to fol low it, and if possible secure the animal. On they went, plunging deeper and deeper into the forest, till the shades of night gathered around 4bem,- when they -came to a huge hemlock, and; perclved by, scratches t on the hark that the oh-' ject of their pursuit ..whs jtreed. It was; too .dark to see him through the thick foliage, and they dated not fife at random ; they therefore concluded to build < fire at the roots of the tree, and' watch till daylight, when they might se cure their prisoner. l - ..Accordingly the. fire was built;- and, after again wetting their throats, they commenced their hightfs witch. About sir .or eight feet froth the thia’lfdola,y IKi>; ’fillA*. hMi„tr of another. Owing to the fatigues of the day and.their. experiments with the canteens, as the. night wore.away sleep weighed down their ejeiidn.and they sunk injp. her embrace. Cal, however, had one eye open for adventure. The fire had gradually declined until only a few faint flitkering : sparks : shot up’ at intervals.-* Hearinga scratch’ above his head, be roused himself,.arose and by the light of the nearly eitinguiibed fire discovered the panther about fifteen fet up the the, tree, gradually descend ing like’* cat. ’ His long tail swung to and fro, and os ston os it came in react?! Cal seized it with; boa hands shouted to hie .companions, and gaveaJdesporato pull, whieli.hrought the panther dreotly down into the burning embers. Bewilderp and taken all aback, as the sailors say 6e ati Cal shonj ity, follftj dust in If orted fall jump around the tree, while log'and holding on the caudal estreat ed round and round, raising a fine n ashes. His companions snatched S«, andi *t a safe distance,.called on ■lgo that they might fire without dap: iping, Kim! But Cal thought that a janght by the tail was worth two rnn po woods; so round they went aabe jhe panther, not liking the “circus,” it and just as fie-.was leaping over the qmtipned fallen, tree' received a shot [he heart, apd fell dead on the other ' still retaining his hold, Vent over their rid Cal to lej _ger of hi ■panther ning in < fore, till | darted oj above nj through' side. " C I and His companions Were' duly noti itha animal - was bis game. He was ie largest measuring ortr nine |th‘e tip of the noso to the end of the kfterhii •find that one,of.- feet froc tail. Never Ridicule. Children.' is so great a, charm in the sportive mey and wit that there is no danger «dng neglected and' undervalued,’ or ative talent for them will remain pn- ; r onf chief solicitude ‘must ’be to ij eveniu their wildest flights, still in i (t>.duty-and benevolence. W« must u: ... There play of of their that the develops -keep the subjeetk iqnehtq tp.be, betray edin(p. an , ap die, at atiy effusion of wit and hu aretinctuffcd' in' 'the ■tightest' degree !; - A child wiilwateh ths-er press mntenances, to see how for be may ijthe hnd that.ba.hw.the power in, spite of ourselves,, we have no iold over hiiin from respect, and he ig Crt in his sallies until he is tired, jvety'fhture opportunity Id whew Wit, undirected by- benevolence. •pot Ijllp proving “ttibr wbii 'byall-na ion of om venire, o to anjoia 1 longer an; Will go 1 rio atid'seek« his triump generally hllgioto personal satire —the keen* Kit instruqent of onkindness; H iasoeasy to laugh at..to. expense of oar friends and neigh- each ready materials for btft all'the inoraV force's require tube hrfaySd- skinstthe' propensity, and earliest indiealionaobacked. -Wo may satirise ; ?rrer, hot we mart always teach by example to cbil dren,,not dily.inwhat wesay of others before them, bat s oar treatment of themselves. We shouldnevjr use ridicule towards'them, except wheh'it isjad evidently good-natnred that its spirit chnibt be ’imstakeh r'tbe agony which siatiAsitidetbild feels oh being held np before ptheta.gaai, ebj,eot -oferidicalo, even for n; tn fiing error,a mistake, or * peculiarity, ,|s not soon forgot]en,’nor easily'forgivep. When we wish, therdfore to exeifecontrltum for a se rious fanUFridicdle shoafld never ha employed, as the; faeiiiga it ruses are directly oppnsed to ; '■ ITisy\pSs|te' consider.th« world m iworn doW Hot? ‘ '«!■?• • plaoa' to feedarrdgrdn laHtf. 1 A Tats QP TBBSOB. At the “ Crow Inn,” at Antwerp, some years figo, a white spectre was seen bearing a lamp in one band and a bunch of keys in the other —this unpleasant visitor was seen by a variety of travellers passing along a corridor. Nothing would satisfy the. neighbors that an unfortunate traveller had not at some period or other been dispatched in that fatal room] by one of the previous' landlords of the house; the hotel gradually, obtained the name of the" “ Haunted Inn,” and teased to be frequented by itadd patrons. .. * rain, determined to sleep in the haunted room, ■ with a viewof proving the groundlessness of the story. To make the'" matter more sore as he said, he caused the hostler to bear him com pany on pretenhe of requiring a witness to the absurdity of the report; really from cowardice, At dead of night however just as the two men were composing tbemselvis to sleep in one bed —leaving another which was in the room un tenantod—the door flew open and in glided the white spectre I Without pausing to ascertain what it [might 'attempt to do on approaching the bed, towards whioh'Tt directed its course, the two men rushed naked out of the roomand by the alarm they created, confirmed more fully than ever the evil repute of the bouse. Cnable longer to sustain the cost of'so un productive an establishment, the poor landlord advertised for sale the house in which he and bis father*before him were barn and passed "(Keif lives. "But bidders'wore as shares as' cus tomers 1 the Inn remained for sale nearly a year during which, from time'to time the spec tre reappeared. '• ■- At length an officer of the garison; whe bad formerly frequented thvr bones moved to com -passion in favor of the poor host, undertook to clear up the mystery by sleeping in the afore said chamber; nothing doubting that the whole was, a trick of some envious neighbor, desi rous of deteriorating the value vf the freehold in order to become a purchaser, r His offer having’ been gratefully accepted, the captain took ap, his quarters in the fatal room, with a ’ bottle of wine and a brace of loaded pistols on the (able before him deter mined to fire at whatever object might enter his room. " At the usual hour of midnight, accordingly when the, door flew open and the white spectre bearing'a lamp and a bunch of keys, made its appearance, he seizpd both , his pistols, when 'fortunately, ashis finger was [upon the point of tbhebing tho trigger, be perceived that (be ap parition was no other than the-daughter pf his host ; ,a, young,, and, pretty girl evidently walk lence, he watched her set down tbit tamp, place her’keys carefully on the chimney place-and retire to the opposite bed, which as it after wards ■ proved, she- bad often occupied during the lifetime of her late mother who slept io the room. ' No sooner had she thoroughly composed her self, than the officer, after ’ locking the door of the room, went in search of her father and sev eral competent witnesses, including the water bailiff of the district, who had been one of the loudest in circulating the rumors concerning the'Haunted, Inn. The poor girl was found quietly asleep in bed, end her terror on awak ing in the dreadful chamber afforded sufficient evidence to ail present of (he stats of somnam bulism in which she had been entranced. From, that period the spectre was seen no more, probably because the landlord’s daughter removed shortly afterward to a home of her town’; and the tales of horror so freely circula ted to the bewilderment of the poor neighbors, ended in the simple story of a young girl walk ing in her sleep. The Depth of Space. Irt 1837, Prof. Bessel, of Germany, commen ced a series of astronomical measures for get ting the exact distance to the fixed stars, a thing that [tad never been done. TSo-instru ment which he used in connection with a pow erful telescepe, in bis experiments, was called a Qeliometer (eunmeasurer.) After three year’s bard labor he was so fertanate as to obtain a parallax, but so minute, that be could hardly trust his reputation Upon it. But after repeat ed' trials and* Working out the results, hie was fully satisfied that he,could give the true dis tance to 61 cygni. But who can comprehend this immense distance? We can only convey ijo ideh to the mind of this distance by the fact that light travelling 12,000,000 of miles in A-minute, requires not less than' ten years to reach es I ■ Just let one try to take in the idea, Onp hoorwoald.give 720,000,000 of miles ; one according to Prof. Bessel, is the distance of the nearest fixed star to the sun.' All astronomers cohfirn the correctness of Brof. Bessel’s calculations. But this dis , tanoe, great as it is, is nothing to be compared to-tbo distance of the Milky Way- Sir Wm. Hercbol says that the stars or .suns that com-, pose the Milky, Way are so remote, that it re- light, going at .'tbe rate of 12,000,000 of miles in a roinnte','(l2o,ooo years to reach the earth. And he says there are stars, or rather nebulm.-five hundred, fimes more remote 1 Now. make your calculation •- 120,000 to minntes, and then multiply that sum by 12,- ($O,OOO and the product by SOO. What an overwhelming idea!' The mind sinks under such a thonght; w« can’t realise it ;;it is too vast even for -comprehension. David , says, Psalm 103 : 19: “ The Lord hath prepared.his throne iff the heavens, and his kingdom (or government) ruleth over all., 'An Oamnsing' thing lately occurred in the Twenty-fourth Ohio. A few dnye etnoe.aaQl diet paesing to the lower partof the enOarop input, saw two others from his,company ma king a rnde coffin.' He inquired who it was for. “ John Brace,” said the other*. “ Why," re plied he, “John is not "dead yet. It ie too bad to mate's man’s coffin when you don t know if bp’s going to dio or not.”, “Don’t trouble your self,” replied the otters.; i‘Dc Coo told us to make the -coffin, and I guess he knows whatU give him.*' ' - . „ • j '3'kcwtbs. 6 jfdjrrea. 12 Honrts. 1 Square,-.!;.............43,00 ; <44,80 . $O,OO 2 do. .......... _5 r oo ; ,8.00, WO, 8,60 ,10.00- f Column,-.., ; 8,00 5,60 12,80 i do. , t ...... 15,00 ' ’20,00, " 25,00 1 do. ...... ...26,00 86,00 . . 4o;og -Adrcrlisemants not having th« number ofinser tionj desired marked upon them, will be pub’liibed until ordered out and charged accordingly. ' 1 Posters, J Handbills,-BilLHeads, Letter-Headl and a)l kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments executed neatly and promptly. Justices', Constable’s and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO. 45. JEFFERSON ON THE LA WOT NECES SITY IN TIMES or PtTBLXC peril. The Wheeling Intelligencer bM been famish ed by Gener«lWbest,the Attorney General of Virginia, with the following letter, which he has found in'vol. 8, pp. 642-3-4 of Thomas Jefferson's worts. It la strikingly applicable 'to tbe present condition of the country, and shows what-tbe-author of tho Declaration of Independence thought to be the doty of a Pres ident in times of insurrection and public peril. It was writteiji to John B. Calvin: I-Jv ■-Ml'BTlWni' g.At on • . just received, land I have to thank you for the many obliging things respecting myself which are said in it. | If I have left in the breasts of . my fellow-citizens a sentiment of satisfaction - with my conduct in the' transaction of tbejrbo sinesS, it will soften the pillow of my repose through the residue of my life. : The question yon propose, whether direnm- 5 stances do not sometimes' occur which’ fn'ake it J a duty in an officer of high trust to assume au thorities beyond the law, is easy of eolation in * principle, but sometimes embufduing in-prac tice. A strict observance of the Written laws , is doubtless one of tbe highest duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest Tbs' ' laws of necesssity, of self-preservatioh, of'sav ing oqr country when in danger, are of higher r obligation. To lose our country bj a sorupn lous adherence to written law, would bo tdlose ’ life itself, with] life, liberty, prosperity, and ell those who are enjoying them with os—thus ab surdly sacrificing.tbe end to the means. When in the battle of Germantown Gen. .Washings ton’s army was.annoyed from Chew’s House,' . be did not hesitate to plant bis cannon against it, although the property of a citizen. When ' be besieged Torktown be leveled the suburbs, _ feeling that the laws of property must be post-’ poned to the safety of the nation. While ;the'- army was before York,-the Governor ofVir-; ginia took horses, carriages, provisions, - and even men, by! force, to enable that army to stay together until it could master public enemy, and be was justified. A ship at sea in distress for provisions, meets another baving abund ance, yet refusing to supply } the law of self preservation [authorizes the distressed to take a supply by force. "In all these cases the un written law of necessity, of self-preservation/ and of tbe public safety, control the- writteif laws of mema et iuum. , -■=- - Further, to exemplify the?principle!. Twill state-.an hypothetical case. Suppose it had been made known .to tbs Executive of' the Union, in the autumn of 1805, that w« might have the. Floridan for a reasonable sum ; that that sum. bad not been so appropriated by law,' -put “niai cthigress WSrelo nSCet Wlttrtnthrew • .weeks, and' might appropriate it oh tbs first or second day of . their session. Ought he' for so; great an advantage, to have risked himself by traneending the law and making the purchased Tbk public advantage offered, in tba supposod case, was', indeed immensej.bnt a reverence for law, and a probability that the advantage might still be legally accomplished hy f a delay of only three wiieks were powerful reasons against - f hazarding the act; But suppose itfoteseen that .; n John Randolph would means to protractile | proceedings on it by Cpngretfs Otftil the ensuing spring, by which time thet naw circumstances' would" change the mind Of the Ought the Executive, in that case, and with that foreknowledge, to-have secured the good to ( bis country,i and to have trusted to their jus- 1 ■■ tie# for the transgression of .the law ? I think bo ought, anffxfaat the act‘would have been ap* proved. Afler fhe affair of the Chesapeake, wo' thought war la very possible result. Our mag azifics were illy provided with some necessary articles, nor {had any eppropriaHonEkeenmado. for their purchase: We ventnred.however, Vo' provide them, and to place oer coontry in safe ty, and stating the case to Congress, they sanctioned fne act ' i_ . To proceed to the -conspiracy of Burr, and particularly! to Gen. Wilkinson’s situation in New Orica is. In, judging the esse, we are bound to consider the state of the information,- correct or iijicorreot, which he then' possessed. He expectec. Burr and bis band from above, a ■ British fleet from below,.and he knew ther# was a formi Jable conspiracy within.,tbs pity; Under these circumstances was he justifiable. ■lst, la seizing notorious conspirators ? On this there, can hi but two opinions— one of Vie. guil ty and thei'i\ accomplices ■ the other, that of alt honest men.l 2d, In sending them to the sest ... of -Government,. .when the Tsw gave" - -tbom a right to trial .in; the territory t.; The danger of (their reseqe, of their, continuing their machinations, the tardiness and Weakness of-the law, apathy of the judges, active pat rohace ‘of the whole'tribe’of lawveti; unknown . auyCuitniV, liij.'vii J ■■ "|‘ IIA J ..|iiiChiiWl. of the enemy,'saltation of the city, and of thtj, Union itsolf, which. would have been, convulsed . to itscehtir,' had that 'Conspiracy stlcCess; all these cdnsiitnted a law of necessity 1 arid’self preservatibn, and Tendered the ialiis jiopUH sui preme over the wrlttefalaw;' The officer «M is dolled tp-nct on this superior ground does deed ' riak lbimsolf .ort the justice of the 'Con trolling ' towers of.lho, Constitution, ahd statiemcp.l makes ftliis duty to Incite that risk: But'tfios: controlling powers, and his fellow ’citiiona f_ encr ally .are bound tojudge according tothV.circuniatances under which he acted.,— : Tliey are not .to transfer the information of this place or Uoih'ent to the 'tim'eTipd place of his action.; but to into his eitua ; tion. Ws i'faow here that {here never was dan ger of' h .British* fleet from helowi aojl that -Burt’s Wand was crushed before it reached' the ButGen. Wilkinsons information wa* different, and he could act on n 0 other; ' these examples and principles yon may (eC wbal I think on the question . proposed.— They dolnot go to the case of persons charged with petty duties,:whare consequences are tri fling, add time allowed for a legal course, nor to Authorize them to take snob cases out of the written jlaw. In these, the ample overleaping theiaW is cf greater evil than a strict adhe rence tc its impcrfect provisions. ]t ip inetttb bent‘up onthose'only who accept the great, charges r to"riik themselves oh great occasions, ■gbetribß- safety of-the nation, or some of its '’high interests dre at stake. An officer ishe an d ,efc of Advertising. its will be ehargod 11 per oqoaro of 10 18 iltfertfon?, and if atota for orsry (ion/ • AdvertiionionU of leu thaa lO i at, a »qaaro., -Ih» inbjslned ntoo ■/of Quarterly, palf-Voarly andVeariy
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