r I : ■ [For tbe Agitator.] * TBS SANITAHy COBHSXIS SION. J [r. Editor:—l! he furious onslaught upon th'B ’Sanitary "Comm ission, in your 1 paper of last weyk, eeems to demand a respohsp; as there may be persons even at this late day, .who would not know but that the “ charges” of the writer were founded on realities, lie shows great ig norance, not a little an ani mus of malice throughout. ‘. • ' Ilis account of the Commission ic are of dis charged and disabled soldiers; is ( flagrant in stance of inisrepresentatiog. W/ Aid you be here that -these “lodges” and- thomes," of which be speaks so scornfully, at ‘ really com fortable buildings, where these pf ir men, who .are waiting for their pay, having- [regular pa pers, or none, or who are too sick to go home, arc kindly and lovingly cared for,! With com . Portable - beds, covered with q u Its from the’ “ Soidiers' Aid Societies” pH titer the land, clean pillows —ranged in tiers arc ind clean and airy apartments. I assure you itf iso. “Kicks find curses" associated with thest'Wjnistriiiions <.f mercy, are too absurd to mentii p. “ Drunk” . the soldier may be, when the t knitary agent discovers him, perhaps •in some'. ow groggery, and quite 1 likely with his pocket I rifled. But voof informant seems to hint the Ihe is robbed by the good Samaritans of the f lommiseion 0 shantc 1 where is thy blush 1 ' i The Sanitary Commission hH viol the charge of the transportation of ail the [founded to the ■hospitals, but they constantly nri -the' Govern ment, when overcharged with 1 this, work, as after a battle. In the Peninsjlar campaign they did what they could; and; looking over the “History of tbe Sanitary "Commission,* (which Mr. Hoyt would do vjtjll to study,) I came across 'a description, sqpfe incidents of which, seen by hiro, hut not understood, may have given origin to some of hfs most serious charges. On page 82 occurs th& following; “A vague rumor of a battle pevailed, soon made certain by. the sound of th [cannonading. . * * * » By that time the Wounded were arriving. The boats of the Cot amission filled up calfaily. The'young men ha;i a system by which they shipped their men, f and there was neither hurry nor confusion, tls <he vessels, one by one, (the.' Elm City,’ the 1 . iniekerliocker,’ the "“'Daniel Webster/) filled i p and left the landing’. After them, whey bo its, detailed by the Government for hospital set rice, came up. These bna'ts were not under the'control of, the Commission. There .was noA-ic specially ap pointed to take charge of thetas no,one to re ceive the wounded at the statife no one to see that the boats were supplied wi, heprofier stores. A frigiitful scene of misery ai itconfusion en sued. The Commission cas I forward to do what it could, but it had fewer,, only the right of charity. It could no( tontroi, scarcely cheek the fearful confusion tl It prevailed, as train after train came in, ai l the wounded were brought and thrust upon lo various boats. But it did nobly what it cuuid ’ Kightandday its members worked ; not, it ' ust be remem bored. In its own weH-organiX:d service, but in -the hard duty of making ihe best of a bad case. Not-the smallest preparationswas fourtd, on at leasttluee of the boats, for the common food of the men ; and, as for si k food, stimulants, drinks, there was nothing ofothe "kind on any one r of the boats, and not a pail nor a cup to distribute food, if there had been at y. “No one, it is believed, can ell the story, ns it occurred, of the next ihree <J lya ; no one can tell, distinctly, what hoots tin V were, on which (hey Jived and worked tbrnupb-those days ami nights. To this day, if. they ere feverish nnd ' weary, comes,hack the sighs.of men, in every condition of horror, borne; shattered and shriek ing, by thoughtless hands, v'ho banned the stretchers against pillars imd posts, dumped them anywhere, and walked fwer the men with out compassion. ’ Imagine Ml immense river steamboat; filled on every Vtjk, every path, every square inch _tif room 6 ed with wounded men, even the stair*, gari gVny* nnd guards filled with those less badly V |uuded ; and then imagine fifty well men, nn er by kind of errand, lusMhg Wand fn>, every todi bringing agony to the poor fellows; wbi ) stretcher after Eiretcher comes along, hopit S to find an empty place ; and then imagine w( u it was for these people of the Commission ff ,keep calm them selves, and make sore that’ iqh man on such a boat as that-was properly-rlVeshed and fed.” "With all this misery Mr. Hoyt would doubt less T ‘charge the Sanitary [ eimm-Mon.” This was early, in the war, n fieri Che battle of Fair Oaks. Afterwards the CoiiU Fission, perfected a system of supplementary is jeP-having tents for the wounded, in wbicV W he rested and re freshed, befeffe going on trtT e northern hospi tals—classifying them, so Iff tp.give the first attendance and most comfiir >ble spot, so far as .possible on the crowded transports, to the mare severely wounded. The “ : «eform” which the OonnaisMoo has effected, te In the medical and ’hospital system of the-artij I not in their own method—'there, fortunately fur the--country, they ** need no- repemantu Tne stores of supplies which Mr. IL>y t ebs fges to have 8{ oiled in the “ wjhrhousea” of l' v; Commission, Were wasted, because ihsy were ! or put in charge of that organization, but sent jto private or irre sponsible hands, or to cuWlphnies or regimonts which had moved, and wore, in fact, private property. Even the had no right to touch them. JTo goods 'ooi! in the hands ol the Commission, unlesafrVi i, being badly pre pared, as many unfortunately are, particularly canned fruits. The glory of the Commission is, that it is able to do, and its work, untram nrelled by what is nsuallp-ysneeringty termed “ red tape but which ijVecessary to the "or derly action of Qovornme V! .affairs, unless they would have “ chaos eutuVs tain.” The! Christian Commissi:. j is very good in its place, and, as its name ijelcates, supplemen tary to the chaplaincy of lie army, as the San itary is to the tpariijient. But it could no-more take the place of the latter, than the State of Pennsylvania • ould carry tin the war, in lieu of the general 1 pvcrnmeiit. Why they should wish to destri; the confidence of the people in the Sanitary, one of the unfa thomable mysteries of pai.T'j human nature— certainly no exemplifioati nfijif a true Christian spirit. I send you copies of tj " etter from General Meade, and one from ate-eg lot of the Christian' Commission, which please publish; also some extracts from a late of; the Sanitary Bulletin, Perhaps they d'i.l have some influ ence with minds unbiased ,!}y eeciarian preju dice, and hence open tu iiimviction. 1 could furnish lu from those who have had the fullest cpjKvtunitiee to see and It now the good and faith iu ; service of the ma ligned agents of the Cuumission—Christian gentlemen and ladies, of Tip highest character, they are, with scarcely exception. • Officers, of all grades. Burgeons,, mi < Seal inspectors,'and private wldien, asw«lliM<fUn the needy, bc- wiidcred and.xuffering relatives, who ore seek ing their loved oties, and receive the welcome and gratuitous aid and comfort of the skilled experts of the Commissioff—ail give their heart felt testimony to the usefulness, the indispen sable' aid; which this great charity affords. I could easily fill your paper, if I could be al lowed the privilege, with indisputable testi mony from unquestionable sources. The Sanitary Commission has given .aid to the fedora! prisoners, from the time the privi lege was first granted, and has never relaxed. Ah agent goe* down upon every flag-of-truce boat, with sanitary supplies, clothing, and all such comforts as can avail for the poor prison ers. That it does-not save all lives, is very true ; but it is not true that they are lost for the want of all the aid the Sanitary can give them. At Fortress Monrue and Annapolis, are kept supplies for the very purpose, and no other, and the gentlemen of the Commission have the “especial business of distributing them where most needed. Too often, .alas! the aid comes too late. The men are too far gone for relief. Mr. Hoyt charges this upon the Commission ! The Commission uses every effort to spread before the'people, full accounts of its work and stewardship. The Sanitary Bulletin, at New York,'and the Sanitary lieporlcr, published at Louisville, Ky., give full and interesting re ports twice a month of its doings. If the peo ple would but read these, their minds would be relieved of anxiety, and disabused of preju dice. The great heart of the people loves to trust (be Sanitary Commission ; and the wicked slan ders of those who would-destroy it, will in time return upon their own heads. S. E. M. Mauxjield, April 25, 1864. THE AGITATOR. M. 11. CORK, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. PENN’A: WEDNESDAY, THE TEACHING OF THIS WAR, The people of this country have not regarded this contest altogether in a proper light. They forget that the war; was not undertaken on the part of the Government cither in a spirit of re venge or of aggression. Most of the wars of history have been undertaken and prosecuted at the bid and beck of, and for the aggrandize- < ment of mere men—individuals. Not to with this.war, on our.part. The men who struck the first blow were not moved by the great im pulses or inspired by the great objects which go to justify nations fur breaking the world’s peace on the page of history. In this respect, the contest in which we are plunged, resembles all others of which we have report in all time. Aggression, loss or more important, always pre cedes wars. One party must be in the major wrong, always.' As for loyal men, everywhere, they will find no difficulty in placing the wrong of aggression where it belongs. ” This struggle bears healing to the nations.— It is purification to ourselves.; for the channels of justice and legislation had become fearfully corrupt. It is educating the people up to a better life, inciting to deeds of heroism in be half of principle, and confirming the world’s belief in the being and active supervision of Universal Providence. It is instructing the peoples of the old world in the ways of national progress toward freedom—giving them patience to wait for._U.eir own ifedemption, in marking the painful and bloody progress of our own. I'he question uppermost jn all. minds, is— ' when will this struggle end ? The time may ; not be fixed ; but the manner of its ending, and' the condition of its ending, may bo stated.— i The object of the war is being developed. It is no mean, groveling object, but one so broad, ! and noble, and pure, that to state the result needs no prophetic vision. When we become purified and unselfish : when love of justice shall become a national characteristic; when public men shall put country before self; when power and place shall be sought for as means of establishing a larger and better liberty ; when the spirit which moves men to practice virtues,' and labor for objects such as these, shall pre vail, the of purification will have been ac complished, and the sweet relapse of lasting peace will come. Public men have not yet reached the level i idicated. They are plodding along on the old p iths, seeking place fur the sake of place, and power for the opportunities it gives fur self-ag- - There was never too mueh of! the democratic element in our (official system, and there is yet too little. of rule, by the party which called itself by the ! name “Democracy,” tut which was in fact an j aristocracy” of place-holders for the last | twenty-five years of its rule, very nearhyclimi- j noted whatever of democracy there was in the ! beginning. The retention of any of that school in place under the present administration, whjle it was proper in principle, was no kindness to the favored. They lack, as a general rule, the breadth of thought and freedom of action which are requisite to a thoroughly democratic sys tem. Routine, and brief authority, have con spired to render them narrow and punctilious. There are few men so superiorly organized ns not to succninb to the constant abrasion of for malism. The machinery of government,is al together too complicated as at present conduc ted. The exigences of war are slowly break ing down forms of doing public business—forms which were established in other days, and were sufficient for those days, but bee entirely too cumbrous for these days. Thus, one of the ef fects of this contest wifi be seen in the slow ap proach to action by direction, instead of indi-. rectum. W.e shall have peace when wo deserve it as a people. On counting the votes at the close of the sword contest, which has been going on at the New York Fair, between the friends of Gener als M.-Clellan and Grant, it was ascertained that McClellan bad 14509, and Grant 30,291; Grant’s majority, 15,7ti2. Gold sold in New York on Monday at the opening, at 174 f, rose to 176, had closed at t 75. THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOE. .It is with unfeigned sorrow that we this week chronicle the'deoth of GEOEGrE W. PEARQE, Esq., editor of the Westchester Republican, which took place in Washington, on tho morn ing of the 14th inst. Our acquaintance with Mr. Pearce was not of long standing, but of such a nature as to mark the period with grate ful and pleasant recollections; We have sel dom known a better man, a purer patriot, or a more valued friend. Tho little.' disfiguring meannesses which mar the characters of very many public men, were unknown to his upright nature. As ah editor he ranked high, and ns a citizen and neighbor few men ever won a higher regard. He apologized for no error, and struck hands with no crime. Few men have been ac tuated by more exalted motives, or - ' guided by more unselfish ambitions. Genial, frank, sim ple, scorning tho tricks of politicians, and lov ing liberty for the great good it holds in reserve for the human race, his death robs tho profes sion of one of its brightest ornaments, and the country of one of its most active-workers. His life was pure, and his end was peace. EDITORIAL COBSF.SPONBEKCE, ■Wasoingtok, 2O, 1864. Brief allusion was mads in a former letter to the proceedings in the House upon Mr. Speaker Colfax’s resolution to expel Mr. Long, of Ohio, for treasonable utterances. The struggle has been protracted and severe, ending, ns you are before this informed by the daily papers, in a vote of censure, declaring Mr. Long to be tin unworthy member of the House. The resolu tion to expel was amended by substitution. There is » wide difference of opinion as to the policy of the action of Mr. Colfax ; —many rad- | leal men bolding that it will he construed as an abridgment of the right of free speech the freedom of debate. These sajr that nothing better for tho cause could well happen, than such utterances by Copperhead leaders. “Give them'plenty of rope,” say these, and they will hang themselves. Others, scarcely less radical, insist that Long only repeated the language of hundreds of others in expressing bis preference fur a recognition of Jeff. Davis’s Confederacy in a vigorous prosecution of the war. ■ Others, still, say that the cause has gained nothing by the action of the Speaker, but (lintopportunity has thus been afforded Lung and his coadjutors to explain away bis remarks, and'to send them out to tho public with so many qualifications and modifications, that the fine points of the original utterance cannot be seen. - As nearly everybody attended the discussion —which continued for four days and nights, in the presence of galleries so jammed that, once in, no man could get being cursed in every nerve and fiber of his, body by the crowd—and as everybody is promulgating opin ions, I suppose it may he proper for me to do likewise. I heard but little of the discussion, not being at leisure ; but I have bad but one opinion of tho propriety of the resolution to censure either of the blatant traitors named.— -I have as tender a regard for, and as keen an appreciation of, the rights of free speech and free discussion as most people: and I am will ing to abide by the record, if the claim is de nied, But there are limits to freedom, as there are bounds to propriety. The freedom of speech which permits any man, entrusted with the re sponsibility of making laws for the American people, to declare his,preference for a rebellion against the lawfully constituted gorernment, is not freedom, but licentiousness. It is to free dom of speech what “ rice-love” is to a healthy conjugal union. Personal liberty does not in volve the right to trespass upon the liberties of others. The difficulty has all along been, that politicians have labored to mislead the masses in their definitions of liberty. 1 have a right to burn the waste stuff I rake off my garden and grounds ; but I have no right to set it on fire, if, by any-state.of the wind, or location, the burning is liable to scatter firebrands over the buildings of my neighbors. And I have no right whatever to set on fire the meanest and most worthless shed on my premises. * So, lib erty is distinguished from license by statutes in respect to social relations. APRIL 27, 1864. Now what better is he who dogs on the man who burns yo'ur house, than the man himself? What better is he who apologizes for the mur derer, than hewho kills bis neighbor? What better is he who.receives stolen goods, than the thief? And how much worse is the man who would betray his country, than ho who would betray his friend? _ ( ,Tlio truth seems to be, that while treason is the highest crime known ,to law, organic or statutory, practically, it is one of the most trifling of “ indiscretions.” That is what Mr. Powell calls it. lam aware that technical treason cannot be “ talked but I am also aware that treason, “ to all in tents and purposes,” can be talked. The man who creeps out of such a technicality, is a very small specimen of a pettifogger. As well may it be said that a man cannot talk murder, or robbery. (If a man use language which incites to the commission of those crimes, is he not, before Heaven, a murderer and a robber? I suppose that men, uttering deliberate ad dresses, may be-supposed to speak from the convictions of their hearts. Granting this, Messrs. Long, Wood, Voorlies and Harris are traitors at heart, as they are in speech. The toleration of traitors in Congress ought not ‘to be jfhicticod. At least (hey ought to bo cen sured by formal voteo, if nothing worse. So I vote ” ay," on the question—was the resolution to expdl Long politic?—for it was right, and whatever is right is'politic. M. H. C. Freemasons may be curious to know their strength in the world’s population. From very uuurate statistics we can state that in the new and the old world there are 8,258 lodges with 500,000 active members. The number of non active and those who baye withdrawn is nearly three millions. OBXTUABY. WAR NEWS. A St. Louis telegram, dated Saturday, says that Edward B. Benton, a native of Vermont, for nearly two years past ' a resident of Fort Pillow, and who was in the fort during. For rest’s attack upon it, was examined at General Rosecran’s headquarters on Tuesday, and fully corroborated all previous reports of Rebel bar barities there. lie also made the additional statement that bloodhounds were used to dis cover the hiding places of those who escaped the massacre. The Rebels made an attack on Ply month, N. C., andsunk two gunboats, the Southfield and Bombshell. A Rebel ram had come down the Roanoke river below the town, thus cutting off communication with the garrison, and fears were entertained of the capture of the place and the troops. Several of the officers and men of the Southfield are missing. Fighting was still in progress on last Wednesday, and there was no hope that the garrison would Ippg hold out. 'Jfhe ram is described as being some what like the Merrimac in appearance, and to be very heavily plated. 'Admiral Lee has sent a large naval force to try and destroy her. Ohio begins, the expected movement of call ing out militia to do garrison and post doty for a short period, so that all available veterans can be tent to the main armies to participate in the grand spring campaign. Gov. Brough’s order calls out the National Guard (40,000) to serve for one hundred days from May 2. A special dispatch from Washington says that the President is to accept 85,000 western militia for tliis purpose, to bo raised in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa and Wisconsin. It is understood that Gen. Butler is to take the field in person. . . Great inconvenience and injury to the public service having arisen from, the failure or refu sal of teamsters and other employees of the Quartermaster’s Department to go to the front and other points when so required, it has been ordered by the War Department that hereafter, any employee who fails or refuses to obey such orders, shall forfeit all pay and allowances which may be due him. and will also be liable to aryest and trial before a military tribunal for disobedience of orders, according to the 60th article of war. f The President and the i Fort Pillow Bias- saero. President Lincoln, in the course of his speech at the opening of the Sanitary Fair in Balti more, on Monday night of last week, alluded to the occurrence which was reported to have taken place at Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi river—the massacre of seven hundred colored' soldiers, by the rebels. Many supposed that the government did not intend to do its duty irf regard to the protection of these colored sol diers. He' desired to say that all such were mistaken. W.hen the question of employing colored men as soldiers was left to the govern ment, it rested very much with himself whe ther he should make soldiers of them or not lie pondered the matter carefully, and when he became convinced that it was bis duty to employ them be did not hesitate to do so. lie stood before the American people responsible for the act —responsible before the Christian world. Responsible fur it he. should stand in the eye of the historian: Responsible for it he stood before God. And he did not shrink from the decision he had made, for he believed it was right. But when the government determined to make soldiers of these colored people, ho thought it only just that they should have the same protection as the white soldier. (Ap plause.) And bir hesitated not to declare - that tljp government would so protect them to the utmost of its power. Whenever a clear, au thenticated case should be made out, retribu tion would follow. It hud hitherto been difib cult to ascertain with that certainty which should govern a decision in a matter so serious. But in the affair at Fort Pillow he thought they were likely to find a ■clear case.. The govern ment had no direct evidence to confirm (He re ports in existence relative to the massacre But ha himself feared that the facts as related were true. When the government does know the facts from official sources, that they sub stantiated the reports, retribution will be surely given. (Great applause.) But how should that retribution be administered, was a ques tion still to be settled’. Would it be right to tike the life of prisoners in -Washington, in Fort Delaware, or elsewhere, in retaliation fur acta in which they bad not shared? Would it k« right to take the prisoners captured, say at Vicksburg, and shoot them for acts of which they were not guilty, and which it will proba bly be found were only the ordering of a fen individuals, or possibly of only one man. The President reiterated that the government would not tiiilgto visit retribution when the facts were clearly proven. The Heroine or GExxrsniriiG.— A number of papers have taken up the story of •* sweet Jenny Wade, the heroine of Gettysburg” with more or less eloquence, and poems have been written andoven a monument proposed to her memory. But as we must believe the people of Gettysburg, this Jenny Wade was no heroine at all, and not oven a goud loyalist. A enrrsepondent of The Press at the battle field in answer to a receut eulogy cf the pew hdroine writes; “ Could your corespondent have been in Gettysburg on the Friday prece ding the battle he might have heard her urg ing the.rebels to take the horse of that black Abolitionist, a good neighbor and a strung Union man “ The Gettysburg Star repeats that the story is a most absurd one, especially where the real faots'are so well known, and says: If these writers dgsire to have a mon ument erected over her grave they are welcome tn erect one, while the people here will, stand •off and'laugh at the absurdity of the under taking. IVe would rather nut have alluded toj this matter at all, and even now decline say ing all that wo know, yet in justice to the country at large, we felt it our duty to say this much. Honor to whom honor is due.” ■ Voting in Camp. —The Rochester Democrat, in discussing the question of voting in camp, or by prosy has the following: ‘•Wo have seen an election carried on in the army of the Potomac. A regiment of Ohio cavalry cast their solid vote against Vnllan digham, voting while in the saddle, and facing the enemy on the morning of a day of almost incessant battle. And that act of the Ohio soldiery—citizens in loyal blue—standing In line across the road at Brandy Station, each right hand grasping the ready sabre, which in an hour was the rebels in front, and the left deponing the ballot which was to rout the Copperheads in the rear; it was one of the most sublime and significant spectacles we have ever witnessed, and how truly Amer ican !” ; United States Sanitary Commission. PmtADELPHiA Aoe-vct, 1323 Chestnut st. March Ist, 1864. The undersigned, members of the Executive Committee of the, Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission, beg to invite the eo-ope ration of all their follow citizens, especially of those resident in Pennsylvania, Delaware and •New Jersey, in this important enterprise. It is proposed to hold the Fair in Philadelphia, in the first Keek in June next; and it is confi dently expected that the contributions, coming from a population so benevolent rtnd patriotic as that which inhabits the Central States, and representing the most important and varied branches of industry and art, will secure a re sult in aid of the funds of the Commission, and for the benefit of the soldier, at least equal to that which has attended similar undertakings in other cities. It is not necessary to pay a word to stimulate sympathy for the soldiers.— We feel for them , all as brethren, and the pop ular heart seeks only the best mode of mani festing that sympathy in the most efficient and practical way. iThese Fairs in other places have been pruddctive of great results. By this means Chicago has recently raised for this ob i ject sixty thousand dollars, Boston one hundred ! and fifty thousand, and Cincinnati more than two hundred thousand. We appeal, then, with the greatest confidence, to the .inhabitants of the Central States, especially to those who con stitute the great industrial classes, to send as contributions the productions of their skill and workmanship. We appeal to them in the inte rest of no party, radical or conservative, Re publican or Democratic, Administration or anti- Administration. We know only this, that to send our national soldiers in the field, supplies to supplement those government undertakes to give them, but which they sometimes fail to receive, and thus to relieve them when sick and in misery, is a work of Christian charity, and that it is a work of intelligent patriotism also, - as economizing their life, health and efficiency, on which, under God, the nation depends in this its time oFtruuble. We therefor* ask every clergyman to an- 1 nounce this humane undertaking tu his people, and to advise them to do what they can to fur ther it. Wa nek the press to give it the widest publicity and the most-earnest encouragement. We calf on every workshop, factory and mill for a specimen of the best thing it can turn out; on every artist, great and small, for one of hia creations ; on all loyal women, for the exercise of their taste and industry ; on farmers, for the products of their fields and dairies, The miner, the naturalist, the roan of science, the traveler, can each send something that can at the very least be converted into a blanket that will warm, and may save from death, some one soldier whom government supplies have failed to reach.* Every one who can produce anything that has money value, is invited to give a sam ple of hjs best work as an offering to the causa of national unity. Every workingman, mecha nic or farmer, who can make a pair of shoes or raise a barrel of apples, is called on to eonlri bute something that can be turned into money, and again from money into the means of econ omizing the health and the life of our national soldiers. Committees, have been appointed in each de partment of industry and art, whose business it will lie to solicit contributions for the Pair, each in its own special branch. These com mittees will place themselves in communication with those persons who may wish to aid us.— In the meantime it is recommended that .local committees or associations should bo formed in every portion of Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey, with a view of organizing the in dustry of their respective neighborhoods, so as to secure contributions for the Fair. Committees of ladies have also been organ ized to co-operkte with those; of the gentlemen in soliciting contributions. | A list of these committees will be shortly published and distributed.' In the meantime, those who are disposed to aid us, dr who may desire any further information on the subject, are requested to address the Corresponding Secretary of the Exocutire Committee of the Great Central Fair, 1307 Chestnut street. JOHN W ELSH, Chairman. CALEB COPE,- Treasurer, CHARLES J. STILLE. Cor’g Sec’v. HOWARD 11. FURNESS, Ecc’g SeVy. ■Executive Committee. —Wm. 11. Ashhurst. Horace Binney, Jr., Adolph E. Boris, N. B. Browne, George W. Childs, John C. Cresson, Daniel B. Cummins, Theodore Cuyler, Fred’k Fraley, Frederick Graff, Joseph C. Grubb; Jos. Harrison, Jr., Robert M. Lewis, Samuel V. Merrick. Bloomfield 11. Moore, James 11. Orne, John Robbins! John Rice, William Strothers, Win. M. Tilghraan, Genrge Trots, Thos. Web ster, George Whitney, Geo. A. Wood. Horrible Death from Wearing Hoops.— Among a party of friends who had gone lust Monday on a visit of inspection to the biscuit factory of Messrs. Joseph Robinson & Co.; was Mias Mary Nelson, and she was accom panied bjr Mr. Burrows, to whom she was to have beeh married within a few weeks. Thei party had not been more than two minutes in! the mill, jand were still examining the base-' ment story when a piercing shriek from Miss Nelson, who had tarried slightly in their rear, made them pause in terror. Her attention had been 1 attracted by an Archimedean screw, which was fenced by a brass rod, breast high, but when she stopped to look at it her expand ed skirt* were caught by the machinery, and when her friends turned to look at her, it was 1 rapidly drawinglier into its. grasp. Mr. Bar rows clasped his betrothed around the waist and strove ,to draw her back—but the steel ,of her hoops bad been, clutched by the wheels, and all his efforts were powerless. The engine dragged her out of ‘her lover’s arms and whirled her round and round .(before his eyes ; and her limbs were shivered into fragments, and her bodywas laseeratcdi and mangled al most out of human semhlanc(e. —London Star. The total contributions from States, counties, and towns, for the aid and relief of soldiers and their families, have amounted to over one hundrtdnnd eighty-seven millions of dollars ($187.209 608 62); the contributions for the care and comfort of soldiers, by associations and individuals, has amonnted'to over twentv four millions (24.044.865.96 J ; the contribur tions at the, same time for sufferers abroad have been §380.140 74; and the contributions Jbr freedmen, sufferers by the Uew-York riot of July, and white refugees, have been §639.- 644 13, making a grand total, exclusive of the expenditures of the Government, of more than two hundred millions of dollars ($212,273,259,- 49.) v ■SEED POTATOES. NEW VARIETIES of SEED PATATOES for sals at ROY’S DRUG STORE. HTIOGA CO. COURT PROCLAMATION.-, JL Whereas, the Hon. Robert G. White, President Judge fbr tho 4th Judicial District; of Pennsyhan? * and Royal Wheeler and Victor Case, E s q.’a t 3| c»a(a Judges in Tioga county, bare issued tbejp cept, bearing date ifao dth day of Feb. 1354 am? to me directed, lor the holding of Orphan's (w? Court of Common Pleas, General Quarter Session* and Oyer and Terminer, at Wellab'oro, for the Conn? 3 of Tioga, on tho sth Monday of May, (bein» tb! oOlh day,) 1864, and to continue two weeks. 0 9 Notice is therefore hereby given, to the Corone Justices of the Peace, and Constables in and for thrf county of Tioga, to appear in their own proper uer sons, with their records, inquisitions, examinationaand remembrances, to do those things which of their offi ces dnd in their behaTf appertain to ho done, and a )i. witnesses and other persons prosecuting fa behalf 0* the Commonwealth against any person or persons ari required to bo then and ther6 attending, nad not to‘ depart at thoirperil. Jurors are requested to be punc tual In their attendance at tho appointed time, agree ably to notice, * Given under my hand and seal at the Sheriff’s Office in IVelteboro, the 18th day of April in- the yeaK of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and «ixtv four. H. STOWELL, Jr.. Sheriff. APPLICATION IN DiYOHiL Austin J. Rice, "1 In Tioga County Common Tkav vs.. >Nov. Term, 1883, No. 16, Petition' Phebe J. Rice, J and Libel in Divorce. To Phoel-n Jliice : You are hereby notified tbaf Austiu D. Rice, your husband, has applied to thy Coart of Common Pleas of Tioga County foradu vo>*ce from the bonds of matrimony, and the said Court has appointed Monday, the 30tli day of May at the Court Huase, in 1 Welkboro, for hearing the said Austin D. Rice, in the premises, at which time acd place you can Attend if you think proper.- April 20. 1864. U STOW ELL, Jr., Sherif. APPLICATION IN DIVORCE. Lewis B. Hanmcr, 1 vs. j- Nov. Term, 18G3, No. 123. Harriet C. Honmer, J To Harriet C. Manner: Yon are hereby, notified that Lewis B» Haimicr, your husband, has applied to the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County, fora divorce from tho bond-* of matrimony, and that (he said Court has appointed Monday, the 30th day of May 1864, at the Court House, in Welbbero, for bear ing the said Lewis 11. Huumer in the premises, at which time and place you can attend if you think proper. April 20,156 L H. STOWELL. Jr., Sheriff. APPLICATION IN DIVORCE. Lucy Cupp, ] August Terra, 1563, No. T 49. by her next tnend, I 'Jo William Copp: Ytuara John Miller,} \ hereby notified that Lucy Copp, vs,' I your wife, by her next friend, William Copm J John Miller, ba» applied to the Court of Corauijjia Pleas of Tioga County, for a di vorce from the J»onda of raatribiony, and that the said Court has appointed Monday, tho 30th day of May IS $4, at (bo Court House, in Wellsboro, far hearing the said Lucy Copp in the premises, at which lime and place you can attend if you think proper. April 20, 1854. H. STOWELL, Jr., Sheriff, A<3uiiisl»lratoi*’s Notice. LETTERS of Adimnislration.having been granted to the subscriber on the estate of Dr. Harvey Lpach, late of Chatham, deceased, notice ia hereby given to tilo*o indebted to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them properly authenticated for settlement to Chatham, Apr. 13-6 t ELIZA LEACH, Adm'i. AdiuitihtratniS Notice. LETTERS of Administration having been granted to the Subscriber on the estate of Samuel M.iek, lute of Wellsboro, deceased, notice is hereby given to those indebted to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them properly authen ticated for settiemeiflP to DANIEL Mack. Wellsboro, April 13, 1364-6 t. AclmV. HORSE SHOEING AND OFF HAND BLACKSMTJUXG. THE undersigned being grateful to his former customers fur their liberal patronage and prompt 1 j»:iymcnt5 M wi?hc3 to inform them and the public m Sullivan aujd vicinity, that bo has Just purchased a good slock; of Iron and Material, aLu tl'at all kind? of common I country Blacksmlthicg will be Ellis’s Shop, in Mainsbnrg, on short notice, and as cheap foreash as at liny shop in the country* Those wishing to save time and money will find it profitah'o to call «n Ellis. Abo a good article of TAU s ( >ld ia. Mainshurg at sl,fto per'gallon. JOHN A, ELLIS. Mainsburg, April I*, ISC4-2A.* kemoval; MISS PAULINE .SMITH has removed to the bouse flute the residence of Ohas. Williams,) oppuMte the United States Hotel. I wish to infora mj customers that I have just received my SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, ami can bo found at the above place, ready to do work -in the best manner for all who may f:\vnr me with a call. Pauline smith. AVelJsboro, April 13, ISfJMf I have started a Millinery Shop dt to which I invite the attention of people in that section of the county. It will bo under the management of Miss Ellen Green. FOR S4L£. A SUPERIOR- MELODEOX—has 'been in nse some four or five years, and U about as goid as uew, con bo examined at my houj»e, and_wiH be told at a bargain. Also several kinds of second hand Furniture—such as C&4IRS, TABLES, Ac., ic. Call on meat my house, any time within the next two weeks. B. B. SMITH, Wollsboro, April 13, 1354. • IMPORTANT TO tiIARRIED LADIES!.. TRULY A BLESSING! I will send, free of charge, to any Lady who wi!, send in her narcj|e and address, directions how to pre vest the estranke pain of Guild Biuth ; also how to have perfectly ticatthy and beautiful Children; also one other nc\jr{and importont secret, the only sure and safe remedies ever discovered. My object in making tjre above offer is to induce every lady to test my remedies. Address MADAME DULEX FAUX. M. D.. March 2, 1£64-3m. 7fi7 Broadway, X. T. City. AUDITOR’S- NOTICE. NOTICE fs hereby given that the undersigned having been appointed an Auditor to distribute me fund arising from tho real estate of A. S. Brews ter, among the lion creditors, will attend la the du ties of his appointment at his office, in WcUsboro, on Tuesday, the 29th day of April, 1864, at } o’clock, P. M. of said day,' before whom all persons having claims upon said fund are required to produce and substantiate the tame. ' April 6, JS6L JXO. X. BACHE, Auditor. - TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS, ‘ OF BOTH SEXES. A Reverend gentleman having been restored t* health in a few days, after undergoing aH the usual routine and irregular expensive modes of treatment without success, considers U his saered duty to com municate to his afllcted fellow creatures the means of cure. Hence on the receipt of an addressed envelope, he will send (free) a copy, of the prescription used. Direct to Dr, John iL. Dagsall, 136 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Juno 1, ISM-Iy. NOTICE. THE Annual Meeting of the Stockhpldcrs of tn® Mansfield Classical Seminary an-i State Murmal School of Uje sth District of Pennsv vania, will bo held in the Seminary, at Mansfield, on Monday. the 2d day of May, 1804, at 2 o’clock'?. M. W . C. RIPLEY, President. W. Hollasds, Secretary* Mansfield, April 13, 1864. THU. CONFESSIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF A NERVOUS INVALID. Published for tho benefit and naa caution to yoanS men. and other?, who suffer from Nervous Debility* Early Decay, and their kindred ailment?—suppl ing tho means of self-cure. By one who has cureu himself after being a victim of miaplaced cooQ' donee in medical humbug and qoaolery. By each'* sing a post-paid directed envelope, single copies be bad of the author, Katdaxiel Mayfajb, £* m l» Bedford, Kings county, New York. Juno 1, 1863-ly, 1 A LARGE STOCk of GARDEN and AGBICI’I-- TURAL SEEDS at ROT’S DRUG STORE.
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