X * -ir , the State debtand incorporate tf'k Pennsylva nia railroad company, approved) h 29th day of April, 1844, and tbs several - juppleraents thereto, requiring tbs appointed it of revenue commissioners from the' BBver| j judicial dis trusts of the Stats,-be and the sa4 j afa hereby repeated; ondjihat all the powilre; granted to the said board; 1 and the duties jjh pined' there upon," shall hereafter be vested itj (State board, to consist of the Auditor Genl tt jl, the State Treasurer, and the Secretary o) he Common -'wealth ; and that all acts of ipKobly incoa ‘ eiatent with the provisions of tj|i t act be and the same-are hereby repealed. I [ j. • HENRY _ ' Sneaker of the House of A* jresentatires. : , * JOHN PENNtfjS I - Speake;j t f the Senate. ■ .Approved the 30th day of Ajir I, a. i>. 18&4. ' A. (}. (CURTIN. THE fiREiT ij W*r Department Official ‘3 ospatehes.. Washington May 1 & )-5;30 a, m. - ]i[aj. General Da : Official ditp; jtches are just received by this Department, dfjfejd yesterday, g a.ni., at the battle-field neir jSpottsylvania ' -Court House. > They state that during the'rjgjt Gen. Han ,coek marched from hie previ' ju j position on ■ourrighh-and oooupied the |jrriind between , Gaps. Wright and Burnside. :,A j daylight he -attacked with his accustomed ; imjjeluomty, for cing the first, and then the stria Id line of the enemy's works, capturing tN Whole' of Ed -■ ward Johnson’s division and (pf tt of Early’s, together with Maj. Gen. John sc j, Gen. Stew art, and from 30 to 40 cannont: • The number of prisoners i'“ jot given, -but it isjto be counted by thonsan Is; - Gen. Burnside, on the extt inye left, opened at the same time with Gen. 1 -adcock, and ad vanced with comparatively -.'little oppsition. His right has formed a juration with Gen. Hancock, and his left is nos# nodvely engaged. - Gen. ‘Wright's troops attacked s £ 7:15 o’clock, • and are now at work. '■ " Gen. Warren is demonstmV ig to hold the enemy in front of his lines. Rebel works ■ at that point are esccedinglyj.i ]ong. Edwin M. Stanton, Sectary of War. Washington, Mi t 13 2: 30 p.ra., To Maj.-Gen Dis: AdispUjii from Lieut.- Gen. Grant has just been ri,tt! j-ed, dated near Court "House, -jfi v*T2, 6:30 p.m: Tt is as follows: - The eighth day of battle dieses,, leaving be tween 3,000 and 4,000 prise Here it? our bands for the day, including two gHlioial officers and over 30 pieces of artillery,- The enemy are obstinate, seem to have (found the “ last ditch.” Wjj'.bave lost no or ganization—not even a corijiany—while we bare destroyed and captt tdd one division ((Johnson’s), one brigade .(1 jabbs’s), and one regiment entire cf the end sib's. E. M. Stanton, Sfjk'etary of War. Washington, 6:39 p- >-j. t May 13, 1854. r Maj.-Gen. Dix: The fil, hiring ’ dispatch from Ur. Dana has just reectled this Depart ment.’ Ea'vpv M. Stanton. Spcttsylyania Cou’tii« fiousE, Yu., 1 Friday, May 13, 8 h. 0., 1804. ) Hon. E. M. Stanton, SeC'Mtry of War: Lee abandoned his posit- \n during the night, frhether to occupy a new| position in the vi cinity, or to mako a'thoronjjtfbtreat, is not de 'termined. One division of WrigbtU cock's are engaged in F.att - ' ng this question, ‘and at 7A a.ra. had como uijip his rear guard. Though our army is greali'yi fatigued from the 'enormous efforts of yestfir ay, the news of- Lee’s departure j men with fresh ■energy. The whole force XII soon he in mo tion, btSt the' heavy rain! *if tiro last thirty ,-eix hours render the rosH) : very difficult for wagons and Artillery. f' re' proportion of se verely wounded is greater Ihun on either of the •previous day’s fighting. This was owing to •the great use made of I rrt llery. -* Edwin M. Stanton, -S jcretary of 'War. Washington, Fril?.; j iliy 13, 1864. The following dispatch IwS justbcen received hy Senator Nesmith from ;Gen. Kufus Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster of inp Army of theJPo-, tomao. ’ It brings positive information from the front aa late .as noon, jesti]pay. Gen. Ingalls jays; '; i f . “ Wehave made a tec'Vnike to-day. “ Hancock went ip at < > Slight. He has ta ken over four-thousand pf and twenty five guns, and is still fightf c g. , ’‘.Everybody is fightin | bid have been for •eight days. ; “We shall have then-; 1 tie pop, though it may take a day or two ti e. " Thoy fight like denial ’ , . ■ . “ Our losses are heavy- 4 Wn’t say how many. ■ “If Augur’s forces w:’ pherenow we could finish them to-day. j “ Hancock captured C* i, Ned Johnson and twoother.Generals, besit*; lots of lower grades, j- “ The old Republic ir; i;m. Bet your pile on it., H ' ' • “ Grant is a giant in war. But all our generals ere gallant; and as to cur men the world never had better. Yours, in haste, ' Ingalls,, U Spottqrlr&nfe Court-House Xfc 12 —12 o’clock noon.” Washington, Friday" s>lay 13—5 J a.m. TPd iCcy,-General Dir I 5 £ dispatch has been received from Gen. Both I plated “ In the Field, -scar Ches ter-Station, Va ■) iMay 12, 3: 30 p.m..’. It states that he is no> j pressing the enemy wear Fort Darling, and k before him all the .troops ifrom North Carol, ijs and South Carolina •.that have got up. • . Beauregard’s coariei iwas captured this morning going to Gen.' (.ope, in command of Drury's Bluff; he had . i|iiapatch stating that Beauregard would 'join iihem as soon aa the ..troops came np. j ! Gen. Gil!more holds thiiatrenobments, while -Smith demonstrates up( n Drury and the enr emy’s lines. ii • Gen. Kautz with has been sent to cut the Danville Railroad near Appomattox . Station, ahd can, perhaipi, advance on James River, Sj ’ . Washington, lBO4—lO- p.m. To Maj. Gen. Dix: Dispatches from Gen. Grant have been receitf‘4 by this Department 'down to 7. o’clock thifj toorning. There had [been no engagement foil he last two days. Dispatches .from Qei' /Sherman, down to 8 o’clock last night, etsta ijiat his forces had heen actively .engaged daritp J the day, with; advan tage on our side, hath '/decided result. Nothing has been hj |p from Gen. Butler’s operations tinea his jjljgram of last night, heretofore published.' j - *■’ : •. Ephik Jf, Stans’ f j Secretary of War. u THE AGITATOR. M, H. COBB, EDITOR AKD PROPRIETOR. WEDNESDAY, Thsre seems to bo a dangerous tendency to overlook means by which desired ends may be gained, ns well now as when the machinery of our State governments was put in motion. -The theory of universal suffrage is supposed to be a legitimate offspring of our system of govern ment. And as the subject is now coming up in Congress in some of its phases, it may be well enough to examine (bo matter, and so arrive, each man for himself; at a rational conclusion. The object of our system of government is, to so educate the masses of mankind that they shall be fitted for self-government. It is an er ror to presume that all men are at present ad vanced to that condition where self-government is possible. - Who does not know that the de claration of the right and capability of man for self-government, implied in the term —“consent of the governed”—is limited in its application in the world as we find it ? Wo know that the Fijians, the New Zealanders, and many other peoples, are not capable of self-government as we understand it. That they will, in the devel opementof the Universal Plan, some day reach that condition, no man who believes in Creative Wisdom can doubt; or, if he doubt, it comes from a very superficial comprehension of the scheme of creation and progress, and therefore id not a rational doabt. IST. . It is understood, by common consent, that the integrity of our government depends upon the intelligence of the masses. Men, to govern wisely and well, must he possessed of the means of investigation into, and application of, the principles of government. It is not a pleasant duty for one man to set bounds to the privileges of fay other man. But as all rights have their limitations, somebody m.ust state the nature and degree of the limitation. We have many times during our connection •with this paper, and especially during the first years of its existence, nrged the necessity for the fixing of some standard of qualification to gpvern in bestowing the right of suffrage,— Now, as then, we advocate one certain stand* ard of qualification, which shall take prece dence of those other and minor qualifications relating to, residence and tax-paying. The old standard—the ownership of freehold estate — ii abhorrent, because it makes a false and dan gerous distinction between labor and capital. A man may be as wise as Solomon, yet as poor as Lazarus; or as rich as Dives, and as great an ass as ever wore boots. Plainly, the posses sion of property in lands, can no more qualify a man for seif-goverpment, than it can open the gates of Heaven to a groveling soul. But if the integrity of our institutions de pends upon the intelligence of the masses, then it is plain,—and so plain thapno man’s better judgment. can avoid the conclusion—that the standard' to be established must relate to the elevation of the people in the scale of intelli gence. A man who is possessed of a fair com mon school education, can study the theory of government in constitutions and laws. He can also read ;the arguments of opposing minds re lating to policy and principles. In a word, he is in possession of the means of that informa tion which alone can fit him for the responsibil ity of a voter. The standard of qualification, then, seems to be, the possession of a fair com mon school education. ind one of Han- The effect of this standard would be twofold. It.would, first—bean incentive to the obtaining of an education, which, in this land of school privileges, is within roach of the humblest.— And second—it would take the elections out of the hands of demagogues, who have nearly shipwrecked the State. It would have a third, and likowise benefi cial, effect. The question relative to admitting freedmen to the right of suffrage, would be summarily disposed of. Few, if shy, of them, could vote for years, under such a etandard of qualification. And free negroes, who can read and write, are much safer voters than white men who cannot. This is, in brief, the view wo take of the sub ject of suffrage. The standard may be so fixed as that no man past thirty-five shall be disfran chised. EDITOHIAL COBBEBPONDENCE, Mention was made in a former letter, or arti cle, I forget which, of the formation of on as sociation of the loyal women of Washington, having for its object the discouragement of the importation of foreign dress fabrics. The wo. men of Washington met at Dr, Sunderland’s church, on the afternoon of 2d] May current, and essayed an organization. . 'I would not say one word to cast discredit or ridicule upon a gathering called for so good an object. But it is proper for the people to know 'that there is a groat den] of nonsense in men’s and women’s beads, even in the midst of so stern and practical an age as this. Therefore I feel bound to tell the truth about the Whole afiair, which finally settled down into a grand demo* cratic movement, and will surely be ef vast help to the country. « It must bo eaid, then, that a certain class of fashionable women, and women of standing because of the high position of their husbands, had proposed to monopolize all the glory of the movement. They went there headed by Mrs. Stephens, the novelist, (and %hoso novels are to classic fiction what shoddy is to good doth,) with the entire matter cut and dried, and com mitted to paper, Bav. Dr. MeMordy was called to preside, it not being thought “ delicate” for a woman to preside Over a woman’s meeting. The address, which is very good, was read.— WS&S.SBOHOGGH, PBWK’As AH' BBEOE OP JTJDGHEKT. Washington, May 7, 1804. THE TIOBA COUNTY A.(J ITATOR. The pledge was then presented, and such a pledge!| What, think you, was the immense eacrifico theee fashionables proposed to lay upon their country’s altar ? This—end no more: “ For three years, or during the war, from and after the 4th of July nest, we pledge our selves not to purchase any article of apparel made in foreign countries, save where like arti cles cannot be procured of American manufac ture,” MAY 18, 1864. .This was hastily.put to tote, and received, say three “ ayes," and one forcible " no.” The chairman said that the pledge was adopted by an unanimous vote, save one “ no,” which he presumed was given in mischief. "Whereupon Mrs. Barker, of Massachusetts, arose and de clared that she voted “ no,” in solemn earnest. That such a pledge was good for nothing, and left a loophole for every fashionable woman to creep out of. She moved to reconsider and open the pledge to amendment. By universal consent the vote was rescinded, and Mrs. Bar ker moved to amend by making the pledge ab solutely prohibitory of the purchase of foreign goods, to take effect immediately. Then the battle begun. Mrs. Nichols, of Kansas—the same who spoke in Tioga in 1856—arose, and supported the amendment in a pointedand vig orous'argument. The squirming of the refor mers of the Mrs. Stephens’ school, was posi tively alarming. They instructed Mr. McMurdy to say, for them, (it not being “ delicate” for women to speak at a women’s|meet'mg,) that it was intended to bring in many fashionable wo men under the pledge os first adopted; that such women could not be brought in under tho amended pledge. To this Mrs, Nichols replied, that if that was the case, the aristocracy must have one pledge and the honest yeomanry ano ther. She would speak for the latter, as she hod two eons in the army, and was very glad to belong to that class called “ the people.”— Mrs. Lucy B. Armstrong, also of Kansas, fol lowed Mrs. Nichols, and declared that having given all her sons to her country, sho could ap -preciate the reticence which refused to sacrifice a few gewgaws that the Government might be aided to keep the currency more nearly at par. She was. followed by Mrs. E. Cady Stanton, President of the Women’s National Loyal League, who put the aristocracy and tho timid counsels of fashion to utter rout. The question being submitted, the pledge as amended was adopted by a tremendous majority. The wrath of the namby-pamby reformers was great. They stuck up their noses, end tossed their beads in disdain, ond almost trea ted the women I harp named with positive rude ness. But when the call was made for ladies to step forward and sign the pledge, they suc cumbed to the pressure and gave in. Remember—the country will look at the offi cers of this national association as the pioneers in the work. 1 have written this account that the credit may bo given, where it is due—to j Mrs. Barker, sister of lion. Wm. Whiting, So | licitqr of the War Department, Mrs. Nichols, of Kansas, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, of New York, and Mrs. Armstrong, of Kansas. “Honor to whom honor,” M. 11. C. It does Dot need tbe bulletins and the clam orons news-boys with their extra Chronicles, Stars, and Republicans', to admonish us of the heavy and bloody work going on in the front. Long ambulance trains/ going at the snail’s pace through the streets in the direction of the many hospitals, are more suggestive than aught else of the stern realities of war. In common with others I hare watched the papers closely for the names of the wounded and killed, and op to this morning have been able to find but three familiar names in tbe long lists. Two Charleston boys, Vihemus Culver and Darius Hotchkiss, both of Co. G, 45th P. V., are woun ded and at Harewood Hospital. Their names appear this morning for tbe first time. I shall go to’see them to-night, after office hours. Captain Mack, Co. E, Ist Rifles, is reported wounded, but he is not yet arrived, if it bo true. None of the regiments in wbicfi our boys are serving have been very hotly engaged yet. The Pennsylvania troops seem to have had thoir full share of tbe honors of bullet and shell, but they are troops unknown to Northern Pennsyl vania, for the most part. The 6th Reserves, Rifles, 45th and 149th regiments, have had their share of hard service, and I am heartily glad that they have been favored for six days last past, when tbe, tides of battle raged with a fierceness never befor s witnessed since theworld began. , The news from th: front np to present wri ting is favorable. The city is full of rumors, as usual, but the old stagers take them with many grains of allowance. Some reports.bave been sent forward to New York which ought not to have been sent, and which were concoc ted by the gold speculators. The safe plan is not to put faith in.anything not official. Dis patches'from Gen. Grant are pretty reliable. He does not deal much in speculation. Newt paper correspondents, however, are the most unreliable of all human beings. They see the result of a fight as respects a small portion of the line of battle, and straitway gallop off to Washington with a report based upon that. It must not be supposed that Gen. Grunt acquaints newspaper men with his plans, or with the re sults of hie plans. Nor does he, like McClel lan and some other Generals, keep a subsidized clan of .Bohemians about him to blazon his deeds abroad. He exhibits more of the practi cal talent of a chieftain, than any man yet pro moted to tho leadership of our armies, so far. He is reticent, self-poised, modest, brave, true, and patriotic. He oversees tbe plan of battle In person, and does not sit in state fifteen miles away and do his business through blunderheads. It is to be hoped, however, that ha will not ex pose himself to the fate whioh befell Sedgwick, in future. We cannot afford to lose such a man. Congress is notir hard at work on the tax-bill Washington; May 15,18G4. .—a bulbjr'doeuinDDt of some hundreds of prin ted pages. ; The bant bill has gone through the Senpto much and will have to be brooded in a conference before it becomes a law. The tariff bill, I learn, is not yet out of the committee of Ways and Mean's. I hope it will render foreign luxuries so-expensive, that peo ple of moderate means will give them up. It is time that American men and women thought more of their country than of their backs'and stomachs. M. H. C, Elmira Commercial College. —Prof. A. J. Warner, lately of Bryant & Stratton’s Commer cial College Albany, and Prof. F. W. Smith, teacher- of Penmanship with the late Prof. Cauldwell in the Elmira College, have become proprietors of the Elmira Commercial College, and have refitted the rooms for tho present summer use with appropriate and adequate furniture, intending to introduce a more ex tended and systematic course of instruction, embracing all the valuable features of the col leges of this class now so popular and useful in the larger cities. They have the experience and success in their profession which warrant them in leasing so fine a building as Holden Hall for a term of years; to which elegant and commodious place they will remove in the fall, with the design of establishing a permanent in stitution which shall bo second to none in any of its appointments or advantages. Their sys tem embraces practice as well as theory, in all the various branches of commercial knowledge, which is secured by fictitious mercantile houses, banks, offices. &c. with all of which actual business relations are established with the use of good money, checks, drafts, orders, &c. &c. Mr. Warner’s successful experience as a teach er in this important department of practical knowledge is fully vouched for by testimonials Irons many of the leading citizens of Bing hamton where he founded and conducted for four years a similar school, in co-partnership with Mr. Lowell. He has also flattering let ters of recommendation and grateful appreci ation from Messrs. Bryant, Stratton & Co. of Albany, and from bis own graduates now fill ing responsible positions by virtue of the prac tical commercial education received at bis hand. The novelty of this system is in the fact that under it the learner is actually placed in buisness, and engaged with his fellow stu dents in transactions bearing all the appear ances of reality. There will be, in different parts of the hail, Broker’s offices, Forwarding and Commission Merchants, Retailers, Jnsu rance Agents, Buyers of produce, and a first class Banking concern, all of which keep com plete seta of books, and are so arranged as to perfectly prove, qriticise, and ballance each other. Such a system] properly and skillfully carried out, cannot fail to he of great value, and we hope their patronage will be sufficiently large to enable them to profitably introduce every feature contemplated in their libeaal en terprise.—Elmira Advertiser.' Liquor ix the Armt. —General Howard made - the following sensible remarks as to liq uors in in a late speech; . I did not drink at college, 1 did not drink- at West Point; but when I got into the army 1 found it was all the fashion. If you went into an officer’s quarters the first thing was to offer you something to drink. It-was thought you did not treat him with proper respect if yea did not. I foil into the habit. I drank whis key and offered it to others. When I was sta tioned at Florida, I once offered whiskey to an officer,- and "he declined. I urged him to drink, and be drank. A short time after I attended him in the horrors of delirium tremens, and I made up my mind that it was wicked, and that I would never do jt again ;~4nd I have not. , I dont keep it in my quarters or my tent. Ido not offer it to any officer or to any man, and I will not. I know it is a hard stand to take, especially for a young officer; but I can say froih my own experience that it will pay. Wet his (Soldiers Love Him.—The" New Haven Journal a few weeks since published the following: General Burnside was a passenger from New York on the mall train last night en route for Providence. While enjoying his Havana in the baggage car, conductor Hoyt introduced tbe General to a breaksman named William Hickney, a former, member tif Company E, Twonty-eeventji-G. V. The two satand smoked, fought over the battle of Prodrioksburg again, and appeared to enjoy their mutual acquain tance “ muchly.” Fishing Tackle. THE undersigned is agent for the sale of (bo cele brated Rochester Trout Flies. Also has for sale Rochester Fly Rods, Kinsey Hooks, on Snells, Reels, Fly Hooks, N. York Trout Flies, braided silk lines, twine and sea grass do, trout baskets, leaders, Ac. Fishermen are requested to call and examine my stock of bshing tackle, at my shop, in the rear of Wm. Roberts’ stove and tin store. Wellsboro, May 18, 1864.-4 t NOTICE OF APPEALS. United States Excise Tax. Eighteenth Collection District, State of Pennsylvania, Comprising the Counties of Centig, Clinton, Lycom ing, Potter and Tioga. NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the provi sions of section 15 of the act approved July 1, 1862, that tho lists of valuations and enumerations of property subject to tax under tho internal revenue laws, taken by the several Assistant Assessors of this dis trict, will remain-open at their offices for the space of fifteen days prior to the date fixed to hear appeals, for the examination of all persons interested, I will receive and determine appeals relative to er roneous or excessive valuations or enumerations : la Potter county, at Couderaport, on Tuesday, May 31.1864. j In Tioga county, at Wellsboro, on Thursday, June 2. In Lycoming dounty, at Williamsport, on Saturday, June 4. r|> In Clinton copnty, at Lock Haven, on Monday, June 6. ! In Centre county, at.Bcllefcnte, on Wednesday, June 8. All appeals to the Assessor must ho made in wri ting, specifying the matter respecting which a decision is requested, and stating the ground of inequality or error complained of. GEORGE BOAL, Boaltfnirg, Pa., May 13, 1864.-U Bail’s Ohio Mower and Reaper. FARMERS in this vicinity can procure this very valuable Machine by calling on WRIGHT & BAILEY, who hare the agency for the sale of it. It is one of the best machines in use, everybody praises it that has used it, and it-has taken the first premium at all State and County Agricultural Fairs in the Union, and is. by all considered the best in use. It is impossi ble to supply the demand for this celebrated Machine, and those that want a No. 1 Machine, best in the world, must call soon or they will all be sold. It has no side draft; it does not weigh upon the horse’s neck, and is a perfect, durable, and cheap ma chine. For sale by T. L. BALDWIN, Tioga. J. & T; BAILEY, Mansfield. WEIGHT A BAILEY, Wellshorb, Pa. Wellsboto, May 18, lS6i-tf United ’States 10-40 Bonds* THESE BOSES are Issued under the act of Con gress of March Bth, 1884,. which provides that all. bon’ls issued tinder this act shall be EXEMPT FROM .TAXATION by or under any. State or municipal au thority. Subscriptions to these bonds are received in United Spates notes or notes of National Banks. They ore TO BE REDEEMED IN COIN, at tho pleasure of the Government, at any period wot teas thantennor more than forty years from their date, and until their redemption FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST WILL BE PAID IN COIN, on bonds of not over one hun dred dollars annually, and on all other hbnds semi annually. The interest is payable ea tho first days of March and September in each year. Subscribers will roc five either registered or coupon bonds, as they may pr;fcr. Registered bond's ara re corded on tho books of tho United States Treasurer, and can bo transferred only on the owner’s order.— Coupon bonds are payable to bearer, and are more convenient for commercial nscs. Subscribers to this loan will have tho option of ha ving their bonds draw interest from March Ist, by paying the accrued interest in coin—(or in U. States notes, or the notes of National Banks, adding fifty percent, for premium,) or receive them drawing inte rest from the date of subscription and deposit. As these bonds are Exempt from Municipal or Slate 'Taxation, their value is increased from one to throe per cent, par annum, according to tho rate of tax levies in va rious parts of the country. At tho present rate of premium on gold they Ipay OVER-EIGHT FEB CENT. INTEREST in currency, nod are of equal convenience as a perma nent or temporary investment. It is believed that no securities offer so great in ducements to lenders as the various descriptions of U. States bonds. In ail other forms of indebtedness, the faith or ability of private parties, or stock companies, or separate communities only, is pledged for payment, while for tho debts of the United States the whole property of the country is holden to secure tho pay ment of both principal and interest in coin. These Bonds may be subscribed for in sums from $5O up to any magnitude, on the same terms, and are tbns made equally available to the smallest lender and the largest capitalist. They can be converted into money at any moment, and tho holder will have the benefit of the interest. It may be useful to state ia this connection that the total Funded Debt of the United States on which in terest is payable in gold, oa the 3d day of March, 1864, waa - $763,965,000. The interest on this debt for the coming fiscal year will ba‘S4s 937,126, while the customs revenue in gold for the current fiscal year, ending June 3Utb, 1864, has been so far at the rate of over $100,060,000 per annum. It will be'seen that even the present gold revenues of the Government are largely in excess of the wants of the Treasury for the payment of gold interest, while the recent increase of the tariff will doubtless raise the annual receipts from customs on the same amount of importations, to $150,000,609. Insirut txons to the National Basks acting as loan agents were not issued from the United States Trea sury until March 26, but in the first three weeks of April the subscriptions averaged more than TEN MILLIONS A WEEK. Subscriptions will be received by all NATIOML BANKS which are depositaries of Public money, and all RESPECTABLE BASKS AST) BANKERS throughout the country, (acting as agents of (he Na tional Depositary Hanks), will furnish further infor mation on application and AFFORD EVERT FACILITY TO SUBSCRIBERS, May IS, 1864-3 mos. NOTICE is hereby given, that the following per sons nave settled their accounts in the Regis ter’s office of Tioga county, and that the same will be presented to the Orphans’ Court of said county, on Thursday, the 9th of June, 1864, for confirmation and allowance: j Lovina Taylor, Administratrix of the estate iff Ni ram Haines, deceased. 1 Catharine Walker, Administratrix of the estate of Delinas Walker, deceased. i Ira Johnson, Administrator of the estate of John I. Johnson, deceased. William'Hurrison. Administrator, of the estate of William Meek, deceased. - Joseph Palmer, Administrator of tho estate of Sa muel Palmer, deceased. George M. Halt and Noah Corwin, Administrators of tho estate of Cornelius Pierce, deceased. H. S. ARCHER, Register. Wellsboro, May 11,1861. A Joint Resolution proposing certain Amendments to the Constitution. Be if resolced hg the Senate and Howe of Bejire eentativee of the Cornwalliceallh of Pennsylvania in {reneraal Aseemhly met, That the following amend ments be proposed to the Constitution of tho Com monwealth, in accordance with tbe provisions of the tenth article thereof: There shall be an additional section to the third article of the Constitution, to bo designated as section four, as follows: “ Section 4. 'Whenever any of the qualified electors of th is Commonwealth shall be in any actual military service, nn dec a requisition from the President of tho United States, or by the authority of this Commonwealth, such electors may exerdso thar right of anffrago in all elections by the citizens, under such regulations as are, or shall be, prescribed by law, oa fully as if they were present at tho mmal place of election.” Seciiox 2. There shall be two ndditionoa sections to the eleventh- article of the Constitution, to -ho designated tia sections eight, and nine, as follows ; “Section 8. No bill shall be passed by the Legislature, containing more than one subject, which shall bo cleaily expressed in the title, except appropriation bills.” . 4 - Section 9. No bill shall he passed by tho Legislature granting any powers, or privileges, in any case, where the authority to grant such powers, or privileges, has been, or tmiy hereafter be, conferred upon the courts of this Com monwealth.” HENIIY C. JOHNSON, 1. A. SEARS. ’ Speaker of the Uouso of Beprescntatives. , JOHN P. PENNY, Speaker of tho Senate,, Office of the Secretary of the Commomcealth, Harrisburg, April 26, 1861. PEHNS7L VANIA, SS; I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the original Joint Resolution of •i>) General Assembly,entitled “A Joint Resolution proposing certain Amendments to tbe Constitution,” as tbe same remains on file at this office. {, — ■—>] Is Testutottv whereof, I bare hereunto X*. S. V set my band and caused the seal of the ’—,—■»J Secretary's office to he affixed, tho day and year above written. ELI SLIFEK, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Tho above Resolution having been agreed to by a majority of tho members of each House, at two suc cessive sessions of th© General Assembly of this Com monwealth, the proposed amendments will be submit ted to lb© people, for their adoption or rejection, on tho FIRST TUESDAY OF AUGUST, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, in accordance with th© provisions of tho tenth article of the Constitution, and tho net, entitled “ An Act prescribing tbe time and manner of submitting to th© people, for their approval and ratification or re jection, the proposed amendments to tho Constitu tion/’ approved tbe twenty-third day of April, ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. ELI SLIPER, May 2,1364 —-3 m. Sec'y of the Commonwealth. Assessor. HUGH YOUNG, BOOKSELLER. & STATIONER, American Clocks, American, English, and Swiss Watches, Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware, Spectacles, Picture Frames, Photographic Albums; Stereoscopes, Microscopes, Perfumery, Yankee Notions, Fishing Xaokle and Fl,tea, and Fancy and Toilet Articles. SCHOOL BOOKS (if every kind used in tho County, constantly on hand and sent by mail or oth erwise, to order. HO. s>, UNION BLOCK, WELLSBOP.O, PA. * N Assortment of TABLE GLASSWARE will bp found r| ROY’S DRUG SIOKB. Register ’s. If ol ice. AND DEALES IJf Notice la Bridge THE Commissioners of Tioga County w «j r . sealed proposals until Thursday, the gtb j 1 Jnuo next, at the Commissioner's Office w*n ? to lot the job of building the new Bridge a*™!,v?* Tioga Bivar, at tba mouth of Elk Run, i a Township. JOB EHXFOHD 1 C. ITellsboro, llay It. M. KOCKI?HLL,J <aar^, ‘ NOT ICE-*-*Guard la ' EY virtue of nn order of the Orphans Conrru j for the county of Tioga, Stats of Psna-vlrJ?* X will, on the 3d day of June, A. 2>. 188i t atthe f’ U> alon House, in Tioga, Pennsylvania, at 1! o’clock a* M., expose for sale, at public vendao or undivided two-thirds parts of all tho followin' t scribed real estate, in the county of Tioga* i vania, belonging to the estate of Samuel B *tri * late of Elmira, Bow York, deceased, and bcia* interest in the lands in said county, known as thf Strang. Irvine and Balmer lands, as follows, to wi»°l One certain lot in Chatham township, bounded described as follows ; Beginning at a ehescst it»f tho southwest corner thereof; thence norfh, IJde^rc'£ cast, 124.8 perches to apost;- tbonco south', 89 d e ~«* cast, 201.1 perches to a post: thenceforth, lj east, 114.1 perches to a post; thence south 8U dal grees ca*t„394.S perches to a hemlock ; thence south I7i degrees east, 251.4 perches to a post; thence north 1, S»| degrees west, 526,6 perches to the place of Ding; containing 6J9 33-40 aero?, and allowances* being a warrant or tract of land known as the Abraa Crandall warrant. Also, one other lot of land in if iddlebnry township bounded and described as follows: Beginning a:‘J white pine, the northwest corapr of lot UJo. lU*cf Bingham lands in said township tbeuco west 53 p w , ches to a post; thence north 20 perches to a pen thence weft 264 perches'to a white pine; thcnco south 105 perches to a post in the sooth lino of Oiire- Briggs* lot; thence south, BS$ degrees cast, 38.2 pe/. cbes to a msplo stump, the northeast corner of *aid lot; thence south, SUV degrees cast, 23-1.5 perches to a hemlock; thence north 25.3 perches to a post* thence north, 4 degree east, 63.3 perches to the place of beginning; containing 193.1 acre#, and allowance be the same more or less; being lots Xos, US l]> and il7 of Bingham lands in gaid township, ’ Al3o, one other lot in Middlcbury aforesaid: Be ginning at a small hickory, on the east lino of lot Xo. 99 of Bingham lands; thence north,s degree east' 123.5 perches to a post; thence north 26 3 perches to a hemlock; tbenco north 96 perches to a post; tiency west 53 perches to a hemlock; thence north 237.** perches to a sugar tree; thence west 74 perches to a post; thence south 63 perches to a post; thence was* 82 perches to a post; thence south 41 perches to "a post; thence west 161 perches toapost; tbenco south 80 perches to a post; thenee east 33 perches to a TrhiJa oak sapling; thence south SO perches to a post; tbenew east 15S perches to a post; thence south 60 perches to a post; thence east 72 perches to a post; tbence south. 36 perches to a post; thence east 16 perches to a pa tience south 40perches to apost; thence west 25 per* chestoapost; thence south 13 perches to a pcs;- thence west 26 perches to a post; thcnco south h) perches to a post; thence west 10 perches to a black oak; thcnco south 13 perches to a post; thence w?<: 82 porehes to a post; thence north 29 perches ta & post; thence west 10 perches to a post; thence north 36 perches to an elk born and stones; thence west 12. perches to a white pine ; thence north 50 perches roo post; thence west 74 perches to a post; thence south 68 perches toapost; tbbnce east 12 porches toapost; thence south 82.0 perches to a white pine; thence east 13.2 perches to a post; thence south 84 perches toapost; thence east 29 perches to a white oak: thence south 52 perches to a post; thence east79per ches to a dead chestnut; thence north 73.1 percbesto a post; thence north 7.3 perches to a hemlock; thesco south, 89 degrees east, 160 8 perches to the place of beginning; containing 550.6 acres and allowance more-or less, and being a part of warrants Nos. 1010, 2043, 2044 and 2045. And also, as a part or said List described lot, and attached thereto, a small lot boon* ded as follows ; Beginning at a po 3 t, being the arst post mentioned in the last described let, and tho third corner from the hickory starting point therein men tioned; thence south 96 perches to a hemlock; thence east 53 perches to apost; thence south 26.3 perches to lands of C. C. Bailey ; thence south, SJ} decrees west, 35 perches to a post; thence 154 perches to the place of beginning; containing 25 0 acres, more or leas, and with the lot last before described, contaiaiog 585.5 acres and allowance, and which is generally known as the u Tar Kiln*’ lot. Also, one other lot, beginning at a hemlock tree in the lice of warrant Ko, 4437, in J/idd.'obury aforesaid; tbenio north, 30 decrees east, 44.1 perches to a pine tree; thence south,-So degrees cast, 123 4 perches to a post; thence north, 10 decrees cast, 1)0.2 percheeto a hemlock ; Whence south, S 2 degrees east, 17 perches to a hemlock; thence north. 2 degrees west, IJ.Sper ches to a post; thence north, So 4 degrees east. 213 perches to a hemlock ; thence north, 2V degrees tvest, 141,5 perched to a post and stones; thencq south, 35j degrees cast, 3T4.2 perches to a post in -lb© line of land surveyed to James Wilson ; thence north, S 9 de grees west, 590.9 porches to the place of beginning; containing 43S 21-40 acres and allowance, be tho same more or le»3. Also, one other tract or warrant in AlidcUebar/ aforesaid: beginning at the southeast comer, at a hemlock on the north line of warrant 4474, James Wilson warrantee; thence north, degrees trest, 23G.3 perches to a hickory; thence north, li degreo cast, on the line of lands surveyed to Jacob Ear!;. 300 perches to a hemlock; thence soyth, SSI degree! east, 59.8 perches to a hemlock; thence south, 63de grees cast, 15 perches to a maple; thence sooth, 21 degrees east, 170 perches to a hemlock; thence north, 78 degrees east, -15.3 perches to a post; tbcoee north 121 perches to a soft maple: thence south, SSi de grees east, 12-4 perches to a black oak; thence south, 'Z\ degrees west, 32171 perches to the place of begin ning; containing 500 V acres and allowance, more or less. ' i The abore lands being the same lands convened ta the said Samuel B. Strang, deceased, by H. A. Gu:n sej, lata High Sheriff of Tioga county aforesaid, by deed bearing date February 15, 1354, recorded iatba Recorder's office of Tioga county, in record book -1. page 74, «tc., except one lot of 49 acres, or thereabout not included therein, and the said lot of 26.3 acre?, being land conveyed, to said Samuel B. Strang, la ceased, by Henry W. Sage and wife, by deed date-1 June IT, 1860, and duly recorded. The terms or sail '•ale are as follows; One-third of tho purchase mousy in hand, upon confirmation of the sale, and the resi due in five equal annual instalments, with interest at 7 per cent., to be paid annually from the day ot sale* on all sums duo and unpaid, to be secured by the pur chaser’s bond and a mortgage upon the premises, with proper restrictions as to cutting timber and thereby impairing the security TRACEY BEADLE, Guardian ia Pennsylvania of Henry Vf. Strang, Samuel B. Strang, Marianna Strung, AdaJSlraDg and Eugene Straus minor children and heirs at law of said Samuel B. stiaag> deceased. May 11, 1864. , _ Applications for JLlcense. THE following named persona hare filed petition* asking for licenses to keep public houses of enter tainment nnd eating houses, in their feipcctive town ships and boroughs; and the same wiiil be proven ' to the Conrt of Quarter Sessions for allowance, on Wednesday, tho flJst day of Jane next, at two o;!scs P. M. . J. F. DONALDSOS, Cle* May 4, 1864. 'Public House** M. V, Purple,® Deerfield. ( E. S- Parr, Tioga. Joseph Tonkins, BTbssbarg. John Wilson,® Jackson. L. D. Taylor, John Fletcher, Blosaburg. Benry Peet, Ward. W. Y. Campbell,® Morris. William A. Whitley,- Nelson. H. C. Vemilyea, Gaines. Albinas Hant, Mansfield.® Benjamin Barse, Elkland.® Royal Rose® and Elmer Backer, 4 Rutland. G. W. Mattison, Knoxville,* Joel n. Woodruff,® Joseph Ilced,®and roll, Liberty. William C. Ste Tons, Middlebury. Joseph W, Bigony, Rufus Farr, Welisbcro* House* William L. Reese,® W. Bell, Wellshoro. Joseph P. Monell, Blosaburg. Inierestlng to Farmers- XTTALTER A WOOD has mode D. P. yy Wellsboro, an agent for the coantiesof Potter, Clinton and Lycoming, forthosalco! two wheeled MOWERS and REAPERS RAKING REAPERS; and all farmers chines, will save from ten to twenty dollars oj t on tho subscriber boforo purchasing elsewhere. “ j pZo machines to bo seen at his store. Circular list of prices sent free by mail. Wcllaboro, May 11, ISB4-3tn BIULIOVS antidote* ANEW ARTICLE for tbo cure of BiUio" 3 "U dorr. Jaundice, Ac., to «* gIOS S. D. Pi BOESSIS.
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