A 1
induction of a Voting- Girl—A Great Wrong
in onr own Midst.
Our village has been the scene of considera
ble excitement for some days past, in conse
quence of the sudden and mysterious disap
pearance, some two or three weeks since, of a
young girl, aged about thirteen years, by the
name of Catherine Lnngdon, residing in the
family of Nelson Lee, proprietor of the Ameri
can Hotel in this place, to whom she had been
entrusted by her father, John Langdon, to rear
up to womanhood. She has since, by extraor
dinary efforts, been found and restored to her
father and friends. The reported particulars
of her absence, as given by herself, as near as
we have been able to gather them, are as fol
lows; It seems that Catherine was attending
school, and on Monday the 20th December last
she was enticed away in company with a young
Irish girl by the name of Sarah Shaugbncssey
to the house of the Hon. R. R. Little, where
another Irish girl, by the name of Mary Mc-
Guire, was in waiting to receive her. Catherine
was taken from thence, in company with these
two girls, to the house of Mrs. Goad, a widow
lady, where the Irish frequently hold “mass.”
The young girl being-ratlier thinly clad, without
clothing sufficient for a journey into the coun
try, Mrs. Goad, she said, furnished her with a
shawl, and she was taken from thence about a
mile from the village, on the road leading from
Tunkhannock to Laceyville, where she loitered
in company with the two girls above mentioned,
until a Mr. Wm. Collins, an Irishman, soon
came along, as if by arrangement, and took her
into his wagon and conveyed her to his home
in the backwoods of Washington township,
where no human being would ever thought of
looking, and there she was kept for nearly a
week, under the instructions if she saw any
body approaching, to secrete herself. From
this place she was taken to Meshoppen village
vhero the Catholic priest was bolding “mass,”
who took charge of her and conveyed her from
thence to a place called a Convent, in the town
ship of Choconut, Susquehanna county Pa., —
distant about thirty miles—where she remained
-•until accidentally recovered by her father a few
days since,
Mr. Langdon, who resides some distance
from town, hearing of the strange disappear
ance of his daughter, immediately made dili
gent search and inquiry for her. He proceeded
to this Mary McGuire, who had been suspected
nt complicity in the affair, and extorted from
her a confession of the whereabouts of his
daughter, and immediately started in pursuit of
her. Arriving within about two miles of the
institution above mentioned ho secured the ser
vices of two athletic men, and wended his way
to the place pointed out to him by the said
Mary McGuire. On arriving at the institution,
he discovered his daughter in the yard, either
playing or carrying wood, and the daughter im
mediately recognizing her father ran to him,
saying, “there is my father !" The father im
mediately took his child into the sleigh and
started at a rapid pace towards home, before
any one had time to interfere with his progress.
.The probabilities are that had not the father
thua fortuitously discovered his child while in
the yard, he never would have seen her more.
She most likely would have been secreted, and
removed from thence to some distant den of
Catholic iniquity. 1
Tliis case of abduction is somewhat similar
to the Mortara case, which has created so much
excitement in this and other countries, and calls
loudly for redress. Let every father take it
home to himself, and say if he would not follow
the parties engaged in such a crime to the bitter
. ends of the law. —North Branch Democrat.
Suicide of one of the Hutchinson Family.
The telegraph sends us meagre accounts of
the suicide, on the 11th inst., of Mr. Judson J.
Hutchinson, one of the members of the Hutch
inson family, once so popular here. It is some
fifteen years since this band of singers, con
sisting of the three brothers, Judson, John and
Asa, aud Jesse, since dead, was their financial
manager. Their concerts were at that time as
much the rage as the opera is now. Good mu
sic was not so frequently heard in New York
then as at the present day, and the simple
quartette and songs of the Hutchinsons, with
the accompaniment of an asthmatic seraphine,
were enthusiastically admired. They went to
Great Britain, where they were well received,
and a long biography of the family written by
Mary Ilowitt, appeared in UoxciiCs Journal:
traveled all over the United States, until the
marriage of Abby and her retirement to private
life broke up the troupe. The brothers, how
ever, obtained the services of another soprano,
made a visit to California, became followers of
various ism. y, and interlarded their concerts
with abolition songs and phrenological speeches.
Of late years they have not attracted such good
audiences ; public taste has changed, and the
Hutchinson brothers have not recently appeared
in public. They made considerable money by
their concerts and several years ago built a cu
rious house at their birthplace, Lynn, Massa
chusetts. Directly behind this town rises a
bold, precipitous granite hill, known in the vi
cinity as the “High Rock.” On the slope of
this, and near the top, is perched the home of
the Hutchinsons. It is an odd.affatr, of wood,
painted brown, and of a nondescript style of
architecture. It commands a noble view of
Lynn and various adjacent towns, while the
peninsula of Yahanfc is seen nearly in front,
stretching far out into the ocean. This house
has been closed during the absence of the
Hutchinsons on their concert tours; but the
public had free access througli the grounds to
the summit of the High Rock, which is often
visited by strangers and others desirous of en
joying the beautiful prospect. Mr. Hutchinson
committed suicide by hanging himself, being
probably deranged at the time. Mrs. Patton
(Abby,) John and Asa are all that are left of
the once famous Hutchinson family.—K
Evening Post
Pleasant Incident.— At the funeral of a
little babe in New Sharon, a few days since,
says the Gospel Banner, a circumstance oc
cured, remarkably cheering and suggestive:
The little one, all beautifully robed fur the
grave, was laid in its coffin on the morning of
its burial. The weeping friends placed in its
'little hand a small boquet of flowers, among
which was an -unopened rose-bud of the “Ruse
of Sharon.” The lid was then placed upon
the coffin, and the funeral service performed
When after the lapse of not more than two or
three hours, the coffin was opened again, and
the friends gathered round to look upon it for
the last time, that bud had become a full blown
rose, while grasped in the cold hand of death.
It seemed as though a voice came up from those
beautifully sealed li pa , saying, “Weep not fur
•me; though broken from the parent steam I
am blooming m the Paradise of God. Mill
ions of infant souls compose the family above.”
THE AGITATOR.
M. U. Cobb, Editor & Proprietor.
WELLSBOROUGH, PA.
Thursday UXorning, Jan. 37,1850.
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We are unable to notice several matters as
we intended, owing to the crowded state of our
columns.
Subscribers to the N. Y. Evening Post, and
N. Y. Tribune, are requested to pay in their
subscriptions without further delay.
We understand that the late change in the
weather affected the oyster market moat mirac
ulously. It is reported that the prince of bi
valves never commanded so high a price in this
market as on Thursday night of last week.
Large Game. — A fine, large Buck made his
appearance in the Public Square with more
haste than dignity, Wednesday of last week.
A posse of the citizens, with dogs, took his case
into consideration and, after an exciting chase,
his audacious Buckship was captured and killed.
The Lectures.—Mr. Williams lectured be
fore the Lit. Association in the Court House,
last Thursday evening, as advertised. The
theme, “The Age of Brass,” was skillfully
handled and the effort flatteringly received by
an intelligent audience. The reading is highly
commended. |
The next lecture of the course is to be deliv
ered by Mr. H. N. W iluams. Neither the sub
ject nor the time of delivery are known to us.
There will be a debate this evening.
GOOS-BTB.
The world is full of leave-takings. 'We
meet, greet each other, form acquaintances knit
our souls into the bonds of Friendships destin
ed to survive the clay, and not seldom become
so mingled in thought, hope, emotion and aspi
ration that the landmarks of a separate identity
are swept away for time—perhaps for eternity.
And then we separate; some led away into di
verging paths by yearnings and ambitions con
necting them with life’s business; some are
thrust away from each other by untoward for
tune ; and some are snatched away by the un
seen Hand which never forgets its cunning.
And life is rife with good-byes.
It is now four and a half years since I came
to live with you, to labor with you, to see your
interests as mine, mine as yours and our mutu
al interests as the interests of Max, everywhere.
If anything of success has accrued to you and
to me in the liberalization and better progress
of popular sentiment, I do not forget that the
credit must be shared, as the labor was shared,
equally. I bear in mind that the field was ready
for the seed whieh I have helped to scatter, and
for the privilege of so aiding you I cannot seem
grateful enough. As I promised in my saluta
tion—that I would defend the Right, however
unpopular it might be, and denounce the Wrong,
however powerful and popular it might be, and
this, too, without regard to personal consequen
ces, asking no quarter and granting none—so
have I done. Nobly have you sustained me.
Your hands have been ever outstretched, your
hearts have alway beat kindly, your kind words
have gladdened some of the darkest days of my
life with sunshine ; and up to this hour of final
separation the evidences of your appreciation,
liberality |jind good-will have multiplied with the
lapse of time. I shall not forget it. There is
a gratitude which baffles language to express.
My attachment for Tioga county and its thou
sands of warm hearts was never so great as it
is to-day.
I go away at the beck of no sudden impulse,
and your patronage is sufficient assurance that
lam not driven out. I have desired to go away
for more than two years. The Agitator is the
only child of my house. I took it from the
cradle, taught it its infant paces and gave to it
all that I had to give in the days of its help
lessness and adversity. So, from a precarious
existence, have I watched and tended it up to
this hour—the hour of its greatest strength as
yet, and full of promise of still greater prosper
ity under Us new conductor. It is not my de
sire to greatly magnify my labors ; yet, when
we sit down in the old place in the family circle
on the eve of departure, do we not speak more
freely and frankly ? Bear with me.
If The Agitator has proved a pleasant weekly
visitor at the firesides of some of you, it has
become so through labors of which you have
little dreamed. Imperfect as it is, far short of
my ideal as it falls, I have worked my life into
it. I have shunned no labor. It has cost me
more sleepless nights than have been good for
the body to'endure. These four and a half
years have been brimmed with Beal life to me,
fraught with varUd experiences, some pleasant,
| some painful, but all disciplinary, necessary,
and therefore good. I could not recal aught if
I would —would not if I could, I would not
say that were I not conscious that my heart
beats truer for jian because of these silent and
j continual wrestlings. I could not afford to lose
j the strange experiences of these few years
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
beginning as .they do in the rosy morning of,
young Manhood, when least looked-for, yet
most needed, and leading through fields of sun
shine and shadow whose alternations hare come'
to be more loved than feared.
Friends and patrons: Through your liber
ality The Agitator passes from my hands in the
hour of its greatest prosperity. NoNew Year has
added so many names to its subscription book
—none has commenced with such on increase
of general patronage. lam glad to say this—
I wish I could say that the income of the paper
had trebled in these four and a half years. It
has doubled; you can treble it and be no poorer.
And I am yet more gratified in being enabled
to deliver the establishment into the hands of
a gentleman in every way qualified to conduct"
it up to a higher pitch of influence and pros
perity than it has yet reached. The paper will
hereafter be in the control of Hugh You.vg, esq.,
who comes to the work with willing hands and
a heart that has ever throbbed in sympathy
with the wronged and oppressed, everywhere.
He comes to the work with no little experience
as a journalist, experience purchased “in the
times that tried men’s souls,” amid the difficul
ties and dangers which overflowed Kansas with
ruin in 1856. In that year Mr. Young stood
shoulder to shoulder with the Free State lead
ers in Kansas, in the treble capacity of soldier,
Special Correspondent of the Missouri Demo
crat and Correspondent of the New York Trib
une, —posts which he filled ably and faithfully,
as the Press bore ample and flattering testimo
ny daring the period of his connection with
those Journals, He was likewise for one year
one of the editors, of the Serald of Freedom,
published at Lawrence, Kansas. 1 mention
these facta to show that in abandoning my post
the interests of the cause have not been for a
moment forgotten. I have enjoyed the friend
ship of Mr.' Young for several years and know
him as a man of high-toned principle, genial,
and as true as steel. I may ask for him the
favorable consideration of every true Republi
can, saying to you all that a favor shown him
will be considered a favor shown to myself; for
my interest in the welfare of the Agitator will
never abate, the interests of the cause of Free
dom in Tioga will never be less dear to me than
they have been. Give him your aid in every
thing that can contribute to bis prosperity and
the resources of the paper will never fail. ' I
know, by experience, that the Republicans of
Tioga will never suffer Mr. Young to regret
having assumed this new responsibility.
I can only thank the kind friends who have
interested themselves in the pecuniary and po
litical success of this paper. May that interest
never flag.
The many excellent contributors and corres
pondents of The Agitator are entitled to my
highest esteem. It is not without sincere re
gret that I part company with them. My suc
cessor will be duly grateful for a continuance of
their favors.
M. H. Cobb.
To my brethren of the Press, thanks for the
many courtesies and uniform consideration they
have shown me. I shall not say “ Good-bye”
to them, since this field is abandoned only that
I may enter upon another, where there is pio
neer's work to be done. Till then.
Friends, patrons, to each, to all, in the first
and best sense of the term; Good-bye.
M. H. COBB.
In assuming the editorial management of a
political newspaper, we trust we are duly im
pressed with the great responsibility which rests
upon us. To cater to the literary tastes of the
public; to take a straightforward, just, and
manly course on every subject which affects
in any manner j the well being of society, re
gardless alike of the smiles or frowns of any
man or set of men; to advocate and encourage
Right, and to rebuke and denounce Wrong
wherever either may be found; to bo courteous
and tolerant to those who may differ with us
politically cQr otherwise ; to do all this success
fully, requires more than ordinary experience
and ability. Whether the Agitator will main
tain its present, pre-eminence among its cotem
poraries outside of the cities, remains to be
demonstrated, j We shall spare no efforts to
make it as good as could reasonably be expected
of a country newspaper. We may fail to do so,
nevertheless our readers may rest assured that
the paper will bo no less in earnest in its work
than heretofore.
While we feel grateful for the kind words
which Mr. Cobb has spoken to you above in our
behalf, and for the generous allusions he has
made to some former services in the cause of
Freedom, we had hoped to come before you an
entire stranger, relying solely upon our columns
for that status which your intelligence and
judgment will accord to ns.
We will now proceed to state frankly the
course we intend to pursue, so that no misun
derstanding can possibly arise between us and
our readers.
We believe in the principles embodied in the
Philadelphia Platform. The brilliant victories
gained in almost every Free State, in the mem
orable contest of 1856, showed how dear these
principles were to the popular heart; and the
Republican victories in the States from time to
time since then, but go to show that these prin
ciples are becoming better understood and.that
the masses are determined sooner or later to
rid themselves of the iron rule of the Oligarchs,
and to place [the Government where the fathers
designed it should be, on the side of Free Soil,
Free Labor and Free Men. The Agitator will
therefore continue to be “devoted to the exten
sion of the Area of Freedom and the spread of
Healthy Reform.” With this motto at our
mast head, we would be manifestly false to our
selves if we passed by in silence the great sin,
which, next to slavery, blocks up and retards
our intellectual and moral progress as a nation.
We believe therefore in Temperance princi
ples, and in their practical application to every
day life. We believe that the License Law of
last year is a nuisance, and the sooner it is re
pealed and a more stringent law enacted in its
SALUTATORY.
place, the better will it be for the people. "We
believe that the existence of doggeries in any
village is discreditable to its inhabitants. It is
in such haunts that young men take their first
lessons in crime. The young man who plays
for beer or oysters, can very easily be induced
to play for money. The step is short. If these
poisons have not brutalized him—if these asso
ciations have not stultified the good in his na
ture —if he have a conscience yet left to him, he
stands before it a self-convicted criminal 1 If
it is the duty of society to protect itself from
criminals, surely it is no less its duty to rid it
self entirely of these nurseries of crime.
Believing this, we ask all good citizens, par
ticularly those who have sons and daughters
growing up around them, to frown down these
rum holes, wherever they may be found. We
shall from time to time, as circumstances may
seem to require, willingly open these columns
to those who desire to discuss this question;
provided always, that the articles submitted for
publication be written in courteous and tempe
rate language, and designed to promote the
general good.
We have bat one new feature to announce.
We have set apart the first column of the third
page for items of local interest, which, we trust,
will be more interesting as we become better ac
quainted with the people, and with the county.
We hope the friends who have from time to
time added to the interest of the paper by their
contributions, will continue to do so. We hope
every person who feels an interest in the wel
fare of his county—every one who has a new
fact or idea which might benefit others—will
take advantage of the means afforded by these
columns to make it known. In this way any
intelligent farmer, teacher or mechanic can ben
ofit'others, and be benefitted.
In conclusion, as it shall be our constant aim
to merit the generous support heretofore accord
ed to the Agitator, we hope to receive it; but
we ask no man to subscribe for the paper who
does not feel that he will be as much benefitted
Hugh Young.
as we,
, Adam had his Eve, Sampson his Delilah,
Paris his Helen, tineas his Dido, Petrarch his
Laura, Byron his “ Maid of Athens,” and last
but by no means least, James Gordon Bennett
has his Mary-Ann. Had any other than the
immortal Bonner made the startling announce
ment to the public, we should have taken the
liberty to doubt; but since it is accompanied
with the news that Edward Everett is to enjoy
no longer his solitary grandeur as a star con
tributor to the New York Ledger,"but is to be
come the pivotal star of the most remarkable
constellation in the literary heavens, composed
of such lights as Horace Greeley, James Gor
don Bennett and Henry J. Raymond. “ Won
ders will never cease!” Mrs. Grundy saith it,
and she is right for once. Wonders will never
cease until Bonner lays down his immortality.
To return ; Bennett has, or had his Mary Ann,
and what more natural than that he should cel
ebrate her charms in flowing verse ? It was
natural, and therefore Bennett sang. What
more natural than that Bonner should bear the
refrain and trace the melody to its source ? hav
ing found the spring, what does he but invite
the smitten Bennett to rehearse his lines to the
charming Mary Ann on the tuneful harp of the
New York Ledger? “ Barkis was willin," and
in addition volunteered to sing “ The Smile of
an Angel.” Mr. Bennett is presumed to pos
sess peculiar qualifications for the voluntary.
We have seen him try to smile, but the result
did not remind ns of the angels. But Bennett
writes for the Ledger ; Greeley writes for the
Ledger ; Raymond writes for the Ledger; and
after that who will not buy the Ledger ?
We have a parting suggestion to make to Mr.
Bonner. It is this: He should not forget that
Mrs. Stowe still remains among those forlorn
individuals who do not write for the Ledger.
Stephen A. Douglas ditto.- John W. Forney
ditto. James Buchanan ditto. Rufus Choate
ditto. We might go on to enumerate a host of
dittos, but time would not suffice. We are
about to retire to the shades of private life for
a season, on a stipend of four cents a week, the
which will be invested in the Ledger so long as
Mary Ann is leal to Bennett and Bennett loyal
to Mary Ann.
Respite ron Woman. —lt is a common thing
to hear Woman’s labor spoken of as of second
ary importance. Her industrial responsibili
ties are underrated, belittled. She has worked
on unnoticed, doing all things “ by the hard
est,” while science, combined with skill and in
genuity, has forestalled the labor of many
hands with machinery which is the wonder of
the world. The manufacturer controls the la
bor of a thousand hands in the engine which
drives his looms and his spindles. The farmer
finds his resources trebled in his improved plow,
his Mowing and Reaping machines and his
Thresher. Man’s labor has been lightened in
divers ways. Until lately, woman has plodded
through the routine of duty nncared for.
The pathos of Hood’s “ Song of a Shirt”
awakened many noble souls to a sense of crim
inal neglect of duty. Lives had been stitched
away by tens of thousands ere Genius planned
the overthrow of that cruel tyrant, the Nerole.
The invention of the Sewing Machine must be
ranked next in importance to that of the Steam
Engine. , Its inventors must be counted among
the world’s benefactors.
Among the many Machines of this class that
manufactured and sold by Messrs. Grover &
Baker, of New York, is the best, undoubtedly.
W e procured one of their Sewing Machines a
few weeks since, and after testing it thoroughly
and comparing it with others, must award to it
the palm. It is a beautiful piece of mechanism
and considered either as an article of utility or 1
of ornament, cannot be surpassed. We make
no doubt that this Machine, occupying no more ’
room than an ordinary work-stand, skillfully
operated, can perform the labor of twenty wo
men and perform it well. There is a charm
about its operation, an intelligence, so to speak,
perfectly irresistible. This Machine may be
seen and examined at the residence of Mr. L.
Bache, in this village. Could every family be
possessed of one of these Machines, Consump
tion and a host of diseases directly traceable to
the-Necdle would perish for lack of sustenance.
See the advertisement.
COMMUNICATIONS.
j For the Agitator. ,■
Doe* the County Superintendency Pay?
This is a legitimate question, and alt far as
Tioga County is concerned I will endeavor to
answer it. I believe it does pay and in many
ways. _ I I {
I. It pays in the rejection of teachers who
would damage the schools more than they would
profit them. Most of these teachers would ob
tain schools if they had certificates, and some
of them indeed did teach years under the old
system. There are many spelling lessons,in
which they cannot pronounce half the words
correctly. In the neighborhood where they are
hired, though the pupils have been [to school
for years yet they can scarcely read or writel—
Thirty such teachers have been rejected in the
Fall examinations, twenty of whom, would,
without doubt, have found somebody to hire
them had the old system prevailed ; and .the
same might be said of the Spring examinations-.
If the average salary of these be placed low, it
would even then make a large amount of mon
ey worse than thrown away. Suppose they
teach for §l2 per month on an average, and
four months in the year, their wages would
amount to $1,920. [■
11. It pays by augmenting the usefulness of
those who do teach, and stimulating them to
become better qualified for their business, j
A teacher's value is to be estimated by the
amount of correct thinking which he| may cau.se
bis pupils to perform during the term,—by the
advancement the pupil has made in! the proper
development of his moral, intellectual and phys
ical being. It is no uncommon thing for the
teacher to double or treble his value or useful
ness in the school room by giving some atten
tion to the various methods of teaching and de
voting a reasonable amount of time in prepara
tion for the business. The first school of which
I had charge I taught for ten dollars per month
and boarded myself; the second for seventy dol
lars per month, and if I am- any judge in the
case my last pay was much better deserved than
the first. The difference consisted in the oppor
tunity I had enjoyed for improvement during
the intermediate time. | . j ■
-.hnrs of this Cr —ity hr-’c the stimu
The teachers of this County have the stiu.
lus of a thorough and rigid examination, with
the prospect of being rejected if found unqual
ified, and if qualified of being marked accord
ing to their merits and of receiving lowj wages
with a low certificate. [ •
They have the stimulus of- Teacher’s Insti
tutes—both town and county, and of a thorough
examination of their school in the presence of
Directors and others. I believe I these influen
ces, constantly operating, very much increase
their usefulness. Indeed I knowjmany who are
frank to confess that their ability to teach has
been augmented more than threeffold. ■
Allow that teachers earn only two'; dollars
more with these influences than they would
without them, and as there are twelve hundred
months taught during the year, there would be
the round sum of §2400 saved to the County.
111. It pays by the influence of ike Superin-,
tendent over Ike pupils. 1 f.
Nearly every school in the County was visited
last winter, and the name of each pupi| written
in a book prepared for that purpose, and on due
examination the advancement of each jtupil was
marked opposite his name. ' I j
These pupils are all looking for the’Superin
tendent again this winter. They know right
well that he can tell whether they have made
any improvement. In many instances they are
intensely excited about it. Sometimes a boy
who has not made good use of his time, is so
thoroughly ashamed of his remissness that he
will not submit to an examination by the Sup’t,
but will leave the house in spite of the remon
strances of the teacher. The j Superintendent
however in most cases is able to induce pupils
to remain and submit to an examination. ,The
faithful scholar is rewarded for; his faithfulness
by his ability to answer,, the negligent, one is
chagrined at his own failure. J j
It requires no arguing to convince any one
who has half an eye to human jnature that such
an examination by an experienced person is a
source of great advantage to the pupjils. True
there are some pupils as there are sbme teach
ers who will not be influenced! by any ordinary
means. These however are few. ■
I think it is not overestimating the matter to
say that these influences will occasion the pupil
to learn ten cents worth more per month than
he would otherwise do and if he attends school
four months in the year, this jwouldimake forty
cents, and for the eight thousand pupils of the
county, three thousand andj two hundred dol
lars. There are many other 'sources of advan
tage, which however, cannot! be as easily com
puted in dollars and cents, and yet he none the
less valuable. ' j
I firmly believe the above figures are more
and much more than realized. They' would
make a debt and credit account with the Coun
ty as follows: •
Tioga Co., to the County Supefintendency,
for money saved by the rejection of unqualified
teachers. Dr. I 1 $1,920.
For better qualification and labors
of those who teach, j j 2,400.
For influence over pupils, i 3,200.
Total, | f $7,520
Cr. By salary of Co. Sup’t., j 900
Balance,
The credit here of the $9OO ought not in truth
to be given to Tioga County, forj she pays less
than S4OO of the entire school appropriation,
and receives from that source over $2,200, to be
directly distributed among the' townships for
the payment of their teachers; iand then this
$9OO in addition, of which, she would otherwise
receive very little, if any. i \ !
Tor tbs Agitator.
Zero. i
I had proposed to examine professional and
political zeroes before taking iup conditional
zero, but having treated; zero as a symbol of
operation, as a matter of , course, zero of condi
tion should take precedence of those of less ac
count and importance. (When] the sign minus
is prefixed to on isolated term it is hot to be
considered as a symbol of operation, but as a
symbol of condition, merely showing that the
number or quantity is in a stdte or condition
directly opposite to that denoted by plus; thus,
the degrees of the thermometer above zero are
called positive, while those heldw must be called,
negative, being conditionally plus or minus as
regards conditional zero, on the scale.
I think we proved conclusively in the first ar
ticle that there is a plain distinction between
absolutely nothing and ,analytical zero, or noth
ing and the true mathematical idea of zero;
now zero under consideration]differs very mate
rially from these, from the fact that it performs
a different office where it is used. Thermome
ters are used for the purpose of“ determining
the variations of temperature. Thoseln''''
moa ose consist simply of a; glass tube i** -
exceedingly small bore -with a bulb bio*, 1 ®
one extremity and filled with mercury to!?'*
one-third the height of the stem. The .!•,
ing expelled, the tube is hermetically S'
and the freezing point ascertained by •
a short time in water containing ice,
boiling point hj holding it in the same mJ:
in boiling water; these points being detent
the intervening space is to be divided into®]
parts, called degrees, to indicate temped!
between these established points. Belova
freezing point, and above the boiling point
grees are nsnally marked of precisely
magnitude with those of other parts ?
scale. Now it appears very evident that
point should be established on this scale
which to determine the relative varieties of (T
perature. Two scales have established tW
points at the freezing point, while a thirds
placed it 32° bel^jv; they all respectfully aj-.
zero. One scalers divided-into 80 parts
the freezing to the boiling point, another
100 parts; while Fahrenheit’s thenaonui,
which is chiefly used in this country, d
this space into 180 parts, and the zero is
32° below the freezing point, so that the toiw
point is at 212° above zero. Zero in thii tj-,
is simply a conditional symbol with reaps;, s
plus and minus, which indicate differeal
grees of heat above and below it. J,
Lynch Law : in Arkansas—Fite Hyj
Thieves Huxc.— The Memphis Eagli lea
the following from a friend recently return)
from Arkansas:'
“A man by the name of Rogers stole
from an honest old farmer of Arkaojit nj
wended his way up into Washington con,
where he said he sold it to a farmer there.
upon his not being able to give the name of ij
man, nor make a satisfactory explanation
company who had been in pursuit of the hoa
thief took him to the woods and tied him ti
riog, and gave him two or three hundred hjl*
well laid on. This had the effect of bram
pirn to terms. He then confessed where I
hotse was, and who were his accessories. R
company then proceeded to Red River
where they found the missing horse and hi
fellows, whose business it was to steal all ti,
horses, and whatever else “would paj," tht
they could. Whom they hung to limbs of tr~j,
until they were dead, dead, dead. Upone®.
sideration of Rogers having ‘tamed,’ he mi
spared.”
“The Wrosg Pew.” —A correspondent d
the Addison (N. Y.) Advertiser, writing fen
Woodhnll gives the following incident aa ofi
recent occurrence to the AYoodhull Brass Bad;
—“They were invited to Jasper, to attend i
lecture, and enliven it with their music. Tsi
lecture was to he at the meeting house, mds
the appointed time the band marched up ad
proceeded to the gallery. Finding a fevp.
tlemen and ladies occupying the seats Ww,
they immediately struck up Yankee Doodki
very excellent tune and excellently played, lit
singularly inappropriate to the occasion—
They had broken in suddenly on the solan
ities of a prayer meeting! The few pmora
below turned around and viewed the interim
with staring eyes and gaping mouths which til
hand very innocently took for an expressions!
admiration, and they at once struck npia
American Quick Step.”
The Lumber Business. —Our lumbermans
at present “as busy as nailers.” We har*l«
making inquiries in regard to the estentofi
business this season, and although it is ear a
question ito procure accurate information nt
we are satisfied that about the usual quaaa
of square timber will bo made. So far as sirs
lumber is concerned, we do not knoß hav s
will compare with the products of former ;eia
bnt one thing that we do know is, that a kg
number of our saw mills are standing idle. 4
the other hand, the "log men” have givens
large contracts on the two Clearfield creek), &
shannon and Sinnamahoning, which will age?
date from 70,000,000 to 80,000,000 feet fi
scarcity of snow this winter has however
tarded their operations considerably, andju
doubtful whether their contracts will all beS
—Clearfield Eafisman.
Worse than Leap Year. — The ladis l
Schuyler county, New York, have a vif?
culiarly their own, of intimidating the nit®
matrimony., The Kushville Times says dal®
day last week, at Huntsville, a .young vfl l
who had, or pretended to have, some
upon hand and heart of Mr. Thomas**
called eft his store and demanded that hi
either marry her or submit to the effects"- 1 ?
bullet. Mr. W. refused either hor:; -■ :
lemma, when she banged away. The halls 2 ® 1
pretty near his centre, but hitting a rib, P® 8
around and out, doing no material bof
The young lady was arrested and W'
Esquire Benson dismissed the charge,®'
her go.
A Bald Eagle Frozen to the
other day a large bald eagle cau.-t; ‘ tr; J '
in the river Susquehanna, opposite
carried it to a cake of ice which
a rock, and commenced his feast. DttWig
operation, it is supposed that being
feet and feathers, from the intense
fast to the ice; and being unable-to
himself, perished. He was seen fiapp lt ?'
wings until dark. There was a
ture the great “American,” but be c*"
be approached on account of the r
floating ice between hi3i and the
rishurg Telegraph.
f ,§6,620
The New York WaterUy , a mag l
published in New York and at 15 '
Boston, at only §2 per annum, (
.satin surface paper, elegantly id (
original cuts, is a most excellent,
tistically beautiful paper, well w<
ored place in every family. A
is the publication of the “TFatt
worth more annually than the pri £
—and this week begins a great
"The Skeleton Hand !”
N. L. REYNOLDS.
Mr. Gilman of Maine is warm
Mr. Crow’s amendment, which
He would also have voted for the
but was called out of the Hall bel
and Nays were demanded, and
edly detained, and, when inform 61
was being taken, hurried back, an*
moment too late.
Florida has repealed the I**
the incarceration of free ne
their vessels are in port. So®" 1
believe, is the only State that “
actment on her statute book-
Washington, Ji>