‘Correspondence of the Agitator. Democratic Slate Convention. JIMMY O’ROURKE’S OPINIONS. WHAT HE HEARD AND WHAT HE THTNKS. Harrisburg, March 17,1859. Mr. Editor: Yesterday .morning my boss, who is a thrue blue Buchanan man, (blue enough this' morning) says to me, says he, Jim my, says he, if you want to attend the Grate Itimmycrat Convintion, says he, and help do up the cheering, says he, you can go and wel come, says he. Will my pay go on jist the same ? says I. Oh! jist the same, says he. So I-wint up-and tnk a convanient sate where I could hear- iverything that was goin’ on, and thru the.thought shtruck me that I would pen my observations down for your benefit for your paper: for barrin’ you’re a Black Republican, and'-barrm’ your anti-whiskey notions, and bar rih’ -some other things, you make a good paper to read. lam a friend of Governor Packer, and 1 was talking wid him the other day, and says he to me. says he, Jimmy, says he, what do you think about my chances in the Convention says he, will they endorse me, says he, or not? Well I tonld.him, says I Gov’ner, I'm a friend of yoursj says I, as long as I hould my presen t place, and I’ll do the best I can for ye, says I, hut you had better say your prayers'says I, fur it>al) up wid you, for Jim Gillis offered me a pinch of snuff and tonld me so last night Ss- Well whin the Gov’ner heard this, says lie (qnotin Shakespeare) War it is, says he; war to the knife says I, to let him know that I un derstood it; knife to the hilt, says he, laughing; and hilt to the hitter end, says I tipping him a wink’ wid my left eye. But as Mr. Bonner beautifully remarks in the Mount Virdant Pa pers,’“l have been digressing.” When I went into the Convintion Mr. Snow den was jist beginnin aspache. (You niversaw sich a set- of surprised orators in your born days as there was here. Every man that spoke was surprised that he should be called out to spake.) Well sir after expressing bis surprise and the honor of the thing, he said that our gallant bark (he alluded to our Diramycrat party) might be sunk and shwamped by the waves of Black Republicanism and fanaticism (he was giving the Know Nothings a lick) yit niverthcless it (the bark) would come up to the surface wanst more. This was all he said but it was a line thing. I couldn’t help thinking to myself says I, wont it be a fine job for the boys to paint her up, and tar herover, in some Navy Yard at the expinse of the Goverment Thrcash ury. Sir. Hugos from Somerset was the nixt man celled out. lie tould Mr. Snowden in plain terms that he wasn’t as ould as he would be twenty years from now. lie was for consilly ation, and if that couldn’t be had, it would be all day wid the party. Mr. Hopkins didn’t like the spache at all, for raisons of his own which I will Boin-Tniation, and so he adjourned the eonvintion. t Our correspondent pitches into Processor Gardner the Yankee Soap han : It bates all the impidence of the Yankees.— Wan of thim was here tryin’ fur to sell his soap, and wan ov the members from your county —bad luck to him—tould him that the Convin tion was a good place to advertise his soap, as he (your member) said they (the members of the Convintion) needed a supply more nor any body of men he ever saw. So the Professor whispered it to Dennis O’Flynn, and says he, call for Prof. Gardner says he. So Dennis thinking it was some big shtatesman from M’- Kcan County, calls out “Gardner," and every body did the same, including Gardner himself; and so he jumped up and for about half an hour he tould them the rartues of his soap.— He didn’t say a word about politics except that he was in favor of everybody buying their soap where they could get it the best and chape at that, especially in tlie Territories where every body ought to do hs they plaised. For myself I think it was shameful to have them demane themselves so much ns to listen to him. Al though his spache 1 was mortifying in the cx trame we did the best we could for ’im in the way of cheers. We thin proceeded to nomi nate officers, and we adjourned for tay. , In the evening Dennis and meself went up again. The fun now began in 'airnest. Whin the resolutions was read everybody held their breath to hear what was said about my frind Packer, but the dlvil a word did they say for him at all, at all, which was mighty quare.— But he had frinds, and one of them (Mr. Lnm berton) offered a resolution for him, and made a real purty and affectin’ spache. But it was no go. Mr. Monaghan gave him and Judge Knox and the Black Republicans such a dhnuh iin’ as you niver heard since the days of Cur ran and O’Connell. The consequence was that my frind Packer and his State policy was kicked out of the Convention ns nate as if it had been done at the fair of Donnybrook. Ov poorse you have heard by the paypers who was nomi nated and who wasn’t. Well, if you have heard of them wanst you will niver hear of thim again. Mr. Collins a friend of me and the Gov ernor, inthroduoed a resolution embodying the same sintiment, hut the Convention wouldn’t pass it at all. Dennis and we left whin Sam Black got up for to spake, and wint home. We stopped to take a drink with our mutual friend John B. Beck (as daccnt a man as ever carried a quart in him at a time) and says he, Jimmy says he, let us have a toast, says ha. Well says I, here’s to the harmony of the Dimyorat party—may it never be worse -nor it is. Wid that, Dennis shpoke up and says ho in the language of Tom my Moore; Onco more our glorious banner, gays he, up on the breeze we throw, says he, beneath its fold wid song and shout, we’ll charge upon the foe says he. Beck laughed and we wint home to dhrame of brighter days for the Dimmycrat party. I may write you another letter during the campaign but jist now I must close. Yours obadiently Jas. O’Rourke. P. S. I just tuk a drink wid an ould frind from Potter County. You know who I mane. J. O’R. A Startling Truth /—Hundreds die annually from neglected coughs, and colds, when by the use of a single bottle of Dr. AV.istar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, their lives could be preserved to a green old age. I fi®-Buy none unless it has the written sig nature of Bulls” on the wrapper. Iron Cm- College. —The rapid growth and extended popularity of this School, is the result of the confidence it has inspired by its fair deal ing nnd'thorough teaching Presbyterian Ban ner and Adcocate, of Pittsburgh. Three hundred and fifty-seven students are in attendance at this time. THE AGITATOR. HUGH YOUNG, Editor & Proprietor. WELLSBOROUGH, PA. Tliursday morning, march 24, ’59. “TO BE CONTINUED.’? Several weeks ago we gave our views at length on the subject of publishing Bonner’s and Buntline’s first chapters for pay. Since then we have carefully watched our exchanges and find that a few hare adopted our rule, while the great majority are' unable to resist the in ducement of a few dollars. One paper came to us with two stories, (one continued in the Ledger and the other in the Mercury) which occupied- all its reading space. If the pub lisher has the conscience to ask any of his readers for advance subscription, it is “mighty tough.” The Scranton Republican, Potter Journal, Lebanon Courier', and some others not on our exchange list, have declared against this trick ery. We suggest that this question be brought up for discussion at the next Editorial Conven tion. Let jhe Editors of our State declare by resolution thaMhey will publish no more Sto ries of any man’s selection for pay, without the word “Advertisehest” over them, and Mr. Bonner will have to succumb or try another dodge. Consolatory “Lines to a Widowed Butterfly” may bring tears of sorrow to some sentimental young miss’s cheeks; and “The Pea Nut Woman’s Revenge" may stir the soul of Young America to deeds of valor and virtue ; but while the publication of such trash as this may add a few dollars to a publisher’s pocket and a few hundreds more to Bonner’s, does it not lower the standard of the Country Pjess, and lay the publishers open to the charge of dishonesty ? Let country newspapers speak out. Many of them have published initial chapters without any reflection. Let the mat ter he discussed, and we doubt not that the re sult wilt be an entire exclusion of them here after unless as advertisements, known and read as such. f We confess that it has frequently been a matter of surprise to us that such resorts, con temptible as they unquestionably are, should bo so successful in securing such large subscrip tion lists to their authors as they do. The maf velousnoss or rather the gullibility of human nature is taken advantage of, and that abnormal and morbid desire after the intense and the thrilling created and developed by this very means, is used by enterprising advertisers to pour dollars into their pockets at the expense of hundreds of thousands of their victims. So long as country editors admit into their col umns snch advertisements, they must not com plain that their own subscriptions do not in crease. Men and women will he apt to reason in this way: “We pay a dollar a year for our “ county paper. It only publishes one chapter “of the ‘Double Jawed Vampire.’ Hadn’t we “ better send another dollar for the Ledger and “ get the rest of it, and quit taking the county “ paper?” Yes ; we think you might as well. But we submit that every man in the county who has the interests of the county at heart— every man who feels any interest in the welfare of bis neighbors—every man who desires to prosper in bis business—every man who pays taxes —in short every man who can read ought to take Ms county paper first, if such paper is conducted with a view to bis interests; and then if he has any |lesire to add to his reading matter, ho should take a city newspaper or a good magazine. We need not go into the realms of Romance to read of the sayings and doings of pirates and robbers and other desperadoes. We can find enough of these, Heaven knows, within the limits of the actual of every day life. True, they do not appear in the police reports dressed in the gorgeous apparel of wealth and luxury, but in rags and equation and filth ; nor are they found in baronial halls, but in the purlieus of our large cities. There wo can find them if we choose. The roving character of the American people is known to all men, and is the subject of re mark by all nations where American character is known. If you would counteract this ten dency of national character, —if you would foster a love of home, you must make home at tractive to your children. You can only make home attractive to them, by meeting the wants, temperately of course, of the mind and soul, as well as the body. The True, the Good, and the Beautiful are everywhere. They have but to bo sought earnestly to be found. Particu larly do these triple sisters linger around the hearthstone, endearing by their presence the joys of home. But if wo would cultivate truth and goodness in ourselves and in our children, it cannot be by the encouragement of the False and the Evil, Correct views of life as it is, cannot injure us. Then why not buy for our selves and our children correct literature? Let our readers weigh these thoughts long and well. Let them remember that the minds of the young are like blank pages which receive impressions for all time, and that these im pressions may direct them into paths of useful ness as men and women, or make them mere excrescences upon society. The late Democratic Convention. We give below the Resolutions of the Mulatto Democratic Convention held at Harrisburg on the 10th inst. About one'hundred and twejnty delegates were present, and the Telegraph says that a majority of these were office-holders un der Buchanan. Our Senatorial District was represented in the Conventien by Judge Lyman of Coudersport, and our Representative Dis trict by Judge Ives of Coudersport, and Julius Sherwood Esq. of this Borough. The harmoni ous Democracy had quite a stormy time of it, and a [resolution to endorse the administration of Governor Packer was voted down by 84 to 37. Messrs. Sherwood andLy man voted against, and Ives in favor of the resolution. The Con vention nominated. THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOK. For Auditor General,/R. L. Wright, For Surveyor General, John Rowe. As we shall have occasion to refer to these resolutions during the campaign, we ask our readers to read them attentively. Buchanan and his friends may regard thepassnge of these resolutions through the Convention—especial y the one endorsing the Cuba stealing scheme as a triumph; but we shall be greatly surprised if it does not result in the utter discomfiture and dcfeat.of the Mulatto Democracy in this State, both next Fall and in the Presidential election of 1860. At the close of the Convention, Mr. Collins offered the following resolution which was not read the second time; “Reached, That it is the opinion of this Con vention that the 'Republicans will elect their ticket next Fall by 50,000 majority.£ RESOLUTIONS, Reached, That the Democracy of Pennsylva nia have unabated and full confidence in the patriotism, integrity and capacity of James Buchanan, the President of the United States, and desire to sustain his administration from a conviction of his intimate connection of its principles with the best interests of our com mon country. 1 Reached, That the complete success achieved by James Buchanan in amicably settling with Great Britian, in accordance with the American doctrine, the long mooted question of “the freedom of the seas,” from the surveillance and annoyance of a maritime police ; in quiet ing the civil broils of Kansas; in promptly and effectually suppressing an armed disaffec tion and rebellion In Utah ; in speedily termi nating the Indian wars which threatened to desolate the Western frontier ; and his resolute efforts to secure for American trade iind travel safe and proper transit routes between the At lantic and Pacific oceans; to maintain the in fluence and honor of the nation and to protect the lives, business and property of citizens of the United States in the anarchical -or ill-gov erned States of Mexico, Central America and South America, entitle him to the esteem, grat itude and confidence of the peope of Pennsyl vania, as well as of the whole Union. Resolced, That the Democracy'of Pennsyl vania have always advocated and still advocate an adequate encouragement and discriminating protection of iron and coal and of the industri al interests of this State, within the scope of a tariff for necessary revenue ; and believing that the revenue accruing from the existing tariff will be insufficient for the unavoidable expendi tures of the Federal Government, and that an obstinate adherence to it will result in the accu mulation, in time of peace, of a heavy national debt, always dangerous to the peace, liberty and prosperity of a free people ; they now, by their representatives in this Convention, ear nestly invite the people of this State, by a frank and cordial support of the policy of the first President whom Pennsylvania has given to the Union, to aid and strengthen him in his future endeavors to procure a revision of the tariff act of 1857 by the next Congress, on the principles set forth in his last annual message. Jtesolred, That while an economical adminis tration of thojgovernment of the Union is de manded by thte whole spirit of our institutions, and the best judgment of the people, it is, at the same time, incumbent upon us to sustain the proper dignity, of the country at home and abroad, and not to neglect the prompt supply of all necessary moans of defence against for eign aggression, and for tho assertion and pro tection of tho rights of all American citizens everywhere, and especially on this continent. Resolved, That the acquisition of the Island of Cuba by honorable and peaceable means, would be of vast importance to the prosperity and security of our whole country ; and also advance in an eminent degree the cause of hu manity, by its tendency to check the progress of the slave trade ; and that the proposition of the President to obtain the possession of that Island by a fair purchase from the government of Spain, was a manly and upright step to wards the attainment of so desirable an object —an object which has received tho sanction and approval of Jefferson, Madison, John Q. Adams and Clay, as well as of eminent livin'' statesmen. Resolved, That across the Central American Isthmus lies the groat highway to our Pacific States, anil that wc have witnessed, with plea sure and pride, the earnest efforts of the Pre sident to keep them open and make them safe; in which view ho should be seconded by Con gress with the necessary powers to enable him to insist upon the fulfilment, by the States pos sessing those territories, of the treaty guaran ties which they have given to our citizens. Resolved , That this Convention highly ap prove the course of the lion. William Bigler, Senator in Congress from this State, and de sire to record their sense of the ability, con sistency, patriotism and sound national Demo cracy which have distinguished his public acts as one of the representatives of Pennsylvania. Resolved, That the doctrine of popular sov ereignty, which recognizes the right of the people of the Territories having a sufficient population to organize their State governments under a constitution with or without slavery as they may severally determine, subject only to the constitution of the United States, and with out any control oT any department 6f the Fed eral Government over that subject, meets with our renewed and -continued approbation and supjport. Resolved, That the prosperity of our State can be better and more securely promoted by encouraging tho competition of individual capi tal, skill and industry, than by any grant of corporate privileges and powers to gigantic mo nopolies. Resolved, That we are in favor of an honest and economical administration of the affairs of this Commonwealth, and until the people are relieved from the burden of the enormous debt now hanging over them, we arc opposed to any unocessary expenditures of the public money or any reduction of the present sources of rev enue. Resolved, That in view of the difficulties at tendant upon the regulation of a banking sys tem, and of the losses incidental to a deposit of the public moneys in such institutions, the early adoption of an independent Treasury for the safe-keeping of the moneys of the Common wealth, on the principle of the sub-treasury of the United States, is recommended to the Leg islature.of the State. Hesolction offered dy Mr. Lamberton. Resolved, That we approve the state policy of Gov. Wm. F. Packer; his exercise of the veto power has been fearless and democratic; and his administration of the affairs of onr com monwealth, and execution of the laws, com mend our commendation. “Land for tho Landless, vs. Niggers for the Niggorfess.” [Although Congress has adjourned and the Cuba-stealing schemes of the Shamocracy have been prostrated-for a time, yet- the following letter to the New York Tribune will give our readers a better idea of the spirit of the debate in the Senate on this question, than any thing we have seen. We ask our readers to give it a careful perusal. — E o. Agitator.] "Washington, Feb. 27, 1559, At the close of a weary day with John Doe and Richard Roe, I learned, about 9 o’clock, that the Senate was still in session on the Cuba bill. I entered the gallery just in time to hear the close of Mr. Kennedy’s speech, when Mr. Wade, of Ohio, got the floor and moved an ad journment, so that he could speak to-morrow. But the Democrats having determined in caucus that they would take the final vote on the bill at that sitting, though it extended into Saturday night, refused to adjourn. Mr. Doolittle now moved to lay aside Cuba, and take up the Homestead bill. The few Cu bans who favored this latter, implored Doolittle not to injure the Homestead, by antagonizing it with “this great measure of foreign policy.” He warned them thatthe country would regard this as a test vote. They winced, and the skirm ish went on. The debate on the relative merits of the two measures, intermingled with questions of order, now became general. Trumbull struck the ad mirable point, that it was wiser to take up and pass fa bill that disposed of a portion of the surplus land we now had, than to waste time on one which proposed to buy more. Seward pronounced the Cuban foray a mere partizan scheme, whoso friends knew it could not by anjr possibility pass the Lower House, while the Homestead could become a law, by the action of the Senate, in ten minutes. . He briefly con trasted the two policies—one to_enlarge the do main of the Slave power, and restore and main tain the supremacy of compulsory labor in the tropics—the other, to give land to the landless, i and furnish homes to the free laborers of our own country. He was emphatic, hut entirely parliamentary and respectful in tone and lan guage. , After a little brush on points of order, Toombs got the floor. To understand the scene that followed, you must know that Seward and Wilson sit on the rear row of chairs, and Toombs, AVado and Benjamin immediately in j front of them in the next row—Wade having Toombs on his right and Benjamin on his loft— and all five being in close proximity to each other. A little further off to the left of Benja min sits Fessenden. Toombs directed his speech entirely to Seward. Always impassioned and furious, he was now extraordinarily vehement in tone, violent in gesticulation, and abusive in language. He called Seward a demagogue—a small demagogue—said he despised alt dema gogues, detested small demagogues in particu lar, but more especially pitied and despised those who could be driven by small dema gogues, bringing his fist in the vicinity of Wade’s desk as he uttered the last clause. lie accused the Republicans in a body of cowardice, personal and political—of skulking the issue of Cuba, and shivering in their shoes at its mere name. He rung the changes on Seward’s terms, "land for tho landless,” and sneered at the “lack landers,” as ho called them, of whom tho Re publicans were afraid, &c. lie smote his own desk violently, occasionally reached over and struck Seward's, kept his back toward the chair that he might turn his face toward Seward, ever and anon thrusting his hand almost in his face, and pushing inadvertantly against Wade’s chair; all this time his face glowing with passion, and his air and mien and tone suggesting the ferocity of Danton, combined with the malignity of Murat. Daring his short speech a portion of tho galleries kept up a running accompaniment of feeble gusts of laughter. Nearly all eyes had been fixed on Toombs and Seward—the latter calm and pale, and looking steadily at his assailant. But the few who knew Wade well, had not failed to notice his hands firmly clinched on the arms of his chair, his compressed lips, and the indescriba ble air of defiance that sat upon his counte nance. Ere Toombs was fairly in his seat, Seward, Fessenden and Wade sprung to their feet. It was impossible for the Chair to as sign the floor to anybody but “the Senator from Ohio,” for the tone in which he pronounced the formula, “Mr. President!” and the eye he fixed on Breckenridgc, said, as plain as words could utter it, “I must and will have it.” Wade, who don't fear the devil, turned square upon Toombs, who knows that Wade don’t fear the devil, and, bringing his fist down within an inch of Toombs’ nose and heavily upon his desk, his eyes riviting him, and the hot words hissing through his teeth, “Skulk, ah! shiver, do we ?” The Georgian pushed his chair—it stands on casters—a few inches further off, so as to give his Ohio neighbor more room! Wade went on, leaping almost from the floor at every sentence, showing plainly that though he was able to reply effectually to the taunts and abuse that fell from Toombs’ lips, he would rather drive them forcibly down his throat—all of which Toombs knew, because, once on a time, they being neighbors in the Senate then as now, Toombs was abusing all Republicans in the most vituperative style when Wade, his hands on the arms of his chair ready to leap to bis feet, demanded to know, “Does the Sen ator include me in what he is saying?” Upon which the Georgian responded, “I except the Senator from Ohio!’’ Since that occurrence, everybody thinks Toombs desires to give Wade a wide berth. But, to the speech. The first sentence went straight to the core of the subject, and all the rest followed it. “You sneer at the Homestead bill, because it gives land to the landless, do you ? Stealing niggers for the niggerless ! We go to the country upon it—Land for the Land less versus Niggers for the Niggerless 1“ That was enough. The galleries had seem ingly held their breath. Now, some feet came down with one determined stamp upon the floor—a few hands smote together—but the mass in the gallery and in Senate, shouted with a mingled roar of laughter and cheers the President throwing down the gavel in despair. I Having, in this phrase, compressed the whole argument into the smallest possible compass, Wade went on ro.osting the Democracy about their “nigger bill,” and satisfying Toombs that he (Wade.) was not much frightened, however it might be with him (Toombs,) and then he handed over the fight to Fessenden. Mr. Fessenden was mare deliberate. Indeed, he was persistently calm and provokingly cool. Ha told Toombs that Republicans did not skulk nor shiver on the Cuba question, but only meant by this course to take their, own, time and teach gentlemen that the Senate was to be govern ai by its b"® 11 rules, and-not by the decrees of a party caucus, and that they should permit tbo vote to be taken bn the bill when they had said all they wished to on the subject, and not one moment sooner. AU this time Seward sat quietly in bis chair Those accustomed to read his thoughts on his face, knew he was biding his 'opportunity to reply. Finally, he took the floor. He never spoke of the Senator from Georgia. He turn ed his back somewhat towards him, with a min gled air of dignity and" Contempt. He drew his chair aside, pushed Wilson's out of the way, stepped back a pace or so, shook off trammels, forgot Blair’s rhetoric, Campbell’s rhetoric and Seward’s rhetoric, calmly defined the different kinds of courage, said he hoped he had enough to serve him as a Senator and a man, and then rose with his theme, contrasting in glowing words the henefioent object of the Homestead bill, with the pernicious scheme of acquiring Cuba, and alluding to the President’s efforts to clutch the purse and the sword, denounced him in severe but strictly parliamentary language, for attempting thus to divest the public mind from the issues which his Kansas and financi al policies had precipitated upon the country, and he concluded by corapairing, in a few elo quent sentences, the principle which would give lands and homes to freedom and free la borers, with that which would extend and strengthen the curse and crime of human bon dage among men. As he pronounced the closing words, he proudly turned his back upon the Cfiair, drew out his cigar case and waited into the adjoin ing cloak room. After another short skirmish on points of order, Toombs replied to Seward. He tried to abuse him. But it was not the vituperation of a Senator. It was the ravings of a drayman on the dock, the cursings of a common drab in a dirty alley. In the midst of this gust of passion, the fire eater might be seen shaking his clinched fists and curly locks at the New York Senator, who was leaning against the doorway of the cloak room quietly smoking his cigar and calmly eyeing Toombs. It was a tableau indeed". J6Qy* We havereceived the March number .of the Atlantic Monthly. It is a good number. — With regard to the success of this periodical we find tho following article in the Boston Ga zette which will be read with interest by the lovers of this Magazine : We have had frequent occasion recently to speak of the success of the Atlantic Monthly. We have been prompted to do this from an hon est pride at the accomplishment, not only of our own, but, we believe, of a national desire, to see our periodical literature vindicated from the charge our English brethren have so often brought against it, that it cannot ascend above the level of love-sick stories and sentimental poetry, because our reading public can appre ciate nothing .better. Many an attempt has been made to establish something similar to the high-toned periodicals of England, and as often as each attempt has failed, the voice of exulta tion from the English press has been loud, and. the cry raised that we can’t do it. Well do we remember this when Putnam’s . Monthly was compelled to give way, in which we thought we had found a refutation of the established En glish opinion in regard to us. • But we can now safely boast of a triumph, as the Atlantic Mon thly has attained a circulation of 40,000, nearly double that ever reached by Putnam’s and is placed upon a sure basis, its publishers being among the most enterprising in our country, and have been actuated to a considerable de gree, in tho establishment of the Atlantic, by this same mortifying fact we refer to, that our American literature had no true' exponent. — The many expressions of favor and well-wishes received the past year from their subscribers, prove that they too have given their support to the Atlantic from a determination that our country, in spite of British misgivings, shall have a periodical of its own, not only equal, but even superior to any of those published in England. And now the English press have honestly admitted that wo have such a periodi cal, for the London Critic and Athenamm have been lavish of their praise the post few months. The “Autocrat” has boon republished monthly in London, as it appeared in the Atlantic, call ing forth golden opinions and the confession that their own periodicals have contained no thing so brilliant since the “Nodes Ambro siante.” I At the present time two different houses in London monthly ve-publish the “Ministers Woo ing,” by Mrs. U. B. Stowe, and its circulation there almost exceeds the same here. We have heard it stated that the editors have received and approved, up to the present ////insufficient material, from American authors to furnish several numbers fully equal to any that have yet appeared. The- April number is looked for as one of the very best yet issued. We repeat again, that in chronicling the success of tbe At lantic, we are expressing a national feeling of something more than pleasure, that wo have at last accomplished our desires, and that our lit erature has such an ornament as the Atlantic Monthly. “Something- in it.” It is held that confession is good for the soul. In his late speech on the ilevenue, in the Uni ted States Senate, Toombs of Georgia aired his conscience in this wise: “Your appropriations for navy-yards have gone to the building of houses for officers and making of flower pots and all that kind of thin®', at a cost of $2,000,000; and it will be no less, as long ns you will pay it, but will go up to 4,000,000, if you do not stop it. Thera are $2,000,000 that you have no need for at all. You have 8000 sailors to man your navy. You have not increased them of late years, and you have 8000 men in your navy-yards to help them, —civilians. You have carried their number up. from 3000 to 8000. You have eight navy-yards, England has over 550 ships and she has two navy-yards. You have eight conveniently lo cated all about the country, and it is a cause of reproach to good Democrats, for the ennmy say we keep people there lo cheat them in elec~ twns, and as God is my judge, I am afraid there is something in it. Pemnu.uslii|>. I T XT E. SECOR, would respectfully announce to • T *, tbe . ladles rind gentlemen of this place and vi rSWS ” ,n Ejve a free lesson in Penmanship at rb, ®‘ !tnat , fach . ool hou8 ! (f° r the purpose ofibrminga class) on Thursday evening next at TP. M. Terms— Course of 12 lessons, $1,50. iVeUsboro, March 24. 1859. Notice. All. persons indebted to the firm of Guernsey 4 Hastings, Slony Fork, or to the Subscriber at reone.l- l°’i n by d ° d S r ? ent ’ Note, or Book account, am I' ‘ ~ . H. A. QGERNSEY. , Wcllsboro, March 30,1853. Wliac »lie ‘‘Costab's” Exterminators am inTclcM for clearing Bouses of all soru of rcrmi ' confidence we recommend them rs Kegister. “Costab's" remedies for all domestic Bats, Eoaches, Bed-Bugs, Ants, Fleas 4 nable; we can speak from actual knowled' ‘"W merits. Druggists and Dealers shonldC,?4 ders early, if they would secure a trade L .? '•’a. Y. Journal. “I shall write something ahont your E lt „. as I can do so with propriety. They are idly here and destroying all rennin _fPsl;®!* Fayette, Mo. . “Death to all Vermin.” As Spring approaches, Ants and Roaches, From their holes cotoe out, And Mice and Rats, In spite of CaU, Gaily skip about. Bed-Bug’s bite You in the night, As on the bed you slumber While Insects crawl Through chamber and ball, In squads without number. IT IS TRUDY WONDERFUL WITHTm,- tainly, Rata, Roaches, Mice, Moles, QrocJ? Bed-Bugs, Ants, Moths, Mosquitoes, Fleaj j Animals, in short ercry species of Vermin’ * destroyed and exterminated by “COSTAR’S” Rat, Soach, &c., Extermimu. “COSTAR'S” Bed-bug Extermioator, ' “COSTAR’S” Electric Powder, for Injects. Supplied direct, by mail, to any address imicr- States as follows: On receipt of $l, a box of the Rat, Roach, On receipt of $2, a box each of tha Rat,B(a£? Exterminator, and Electric Powder, (sent paid, sufficient to destroy the vermin on lafjf ises. Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. “Costar’s” Principal Depot, 420 Broadway, Jr P. S.—Circulars, terms, &c., sent by ma^’‘ cation. Wholesale Agents for Pennsylvania- COSTAR'S BRAXQU DEPOT. ' Northeast corner Fifth and Arch Str«u, Philadelphia. - And Wholesale Dealers generally. March 24; 1859. FARREI, HERRIIVG&Ct. PATENT CHAMPION SAFE. LATE FIRE AT DUBUQUE, lOWA. Dubuqce, Jan. Gents: lam requested by Mr. T. A. C. this-place, to say to you that on the 4th inst, about 3 o'clock, his store took fire, entire stock of goods was destroyed. Theheatinaa so suddenly intense that none of the goods coolly sibly be saved; but fortunately his books which were in one of your Champion Safes preserved perfectly. And well they may be cai Champion, for during the whole tin was one incessant pouring of flame directly open a . Safe which contained them. And still upon opens it, ihe inside was found to be scarcely warm, the outside was most severely scorched. Younta? X. A. McCLUSi'’ .Herring's Patent Champion Fire and EuMar-Pn* JSafes, with HALL'S PATENT POWDER poiyf LOCKS, afford the greatest security of any Safemi world. Also Sideboard and Parlor Safe*, of workmanship and finish, for plate 4c. FARREL, HERRING 4 CO., have removed 34 Walnut St, to their new store, No. 620 Chess St., (Jayne's Hall,) where the largest assorted Safes in the world can be found FARREL, HERRING 4 CO., 629 Chestnut Street, (Jayne’s Hail) March 17,1352. Philadelphia. WELLSBOHO’ ACADEMY., Wcllsboro’, Tioga County, Pcnna' Luther H. Burlingame, A. B.; - • Prmcid Mus-FRANCES A. MAYNARD,! . ~ Miss ELIZA, J. BEACH, / Tb 3 Spring Term will commence on Tuesday, iba S, and close on Friday, May 20. The Sumac Tea will commence on Tuesday. May 31, and clo« ca fn day, Aug. 12. Tnltion. Juvenile Department, - Common English Branches, Higher EnglUU Branches, Language*, ... Drawing, textra) - By ortler of Tnuctes. J. F. DOXALDSO-N', Pn\ Wellsboro, March Io~lSj9. J\*ew JDrug Stort THE UXDEKSIGXED takes pleasure in tra cing to the citizens of Wellsboro an-i ricinuj is be has just opened a new Drug Store in OSGOOD’S BUILDING, main 51, where he has a complete assortment of Drugs & Medicines, which he will sell cheap for cash. , Our Stock of Drugs is complete, embracing nsj article ever called for. PATENT MEDICINES, Jayne'?, Ayro’s, HclmboliTs. McLanc’s. Bnaiiff. other popular Medicine?, together with IVi/una sara. Cod Liver Oil, Wolf’s Aromatic Schoapj.i*- CHOICE U7.VES AXD LIQVOSi. for Medicinal and Sacramental ases. faints of the best quality. Flavoring Extracts, Spices, Pepper, Sakfl® Soda, Candles, Sonp, Burning Fluid, Camphcnc. Turpentine, Alcohol. And an innumerable variety of articles mMS use. - nV JUT' Please call at the XEW DRI'G ?TO*E; % i>. K. WIiLLUtOJ' Wellsboro, March TO, 1559. PHINNEV * CO.. Publishers, Wholesale BooisdW AXD J/-1 Xi'FAfTV 11IXQ AXD OIPOi’-A-- STAT/OXEBS. Ti IRB Main, and 3 West Seneca Streets. - * * Bnf *• All American Publications supple a^ J ** ers net Wholesale Prices to Trade- OUR General Catalogue, with will be forwaniedLty Dealers on .ippU^ 03 ' cuiars containing full description of allour dook*» onunomlations of Teachers, Ac. .j. Spencerian System of Practical - Embracing Twenty-Eight Books, {r DISTINCT SERIES, to suit the wants of lect schools and Colleges, Private Learners, C‘er» ants, Ac. FIRST. Common School Series of ElgM In which letters are introduced by analysii ot and progressively graded to meat the want* ™ cl pupils of every class. Each book contain* lnCl scientific instructions applicable to each letlcf • “ that any intelligent person can efficiently -to the learner, or acquire an elegant and ? J stc writing without the aid of a teacher. err DESCRIFTfON OF THE SEVERAL Xo. I—Contains 8 diflbreniMetlers with 1 .[ P r. bhiattons. Explanations arc written aborceac No. 2—Contains 7 different letters, and affoO" practice on the letters iu book I No. 3—Cr“* * •>’ No. o— Jonlains Hie 12 longer extcsi by principles, analysis and synthesis. No. 4—Embraces the capitals, which st® j.j-jvs* principles and analysis, iu connection with * of “, nations best calculated to develop good for®* ity of execution. caP l^^ No. s—Contain* sentences, embracing all . cif small letters, affording substantial practice on pies and rules given in the preceding four , da* So. B—Contains short Business Forms of eT fsj )Jo ir business, book-keeping. kc~, and introduction L °. I* No. 7—Book of correct Bnalnehs Forms* ST« Tf Bills, Receipts, Orders, Notes, Drafts, Set of counts Current, Account Sales, Lodger ll caatn ° Introduction. Suiterscriptions, &c. , c f# No. B—Ladies’ Book. of approved modificati .j pjr tem, designed to impart a plain, rapid and w lary Hand. »**«. l * EXERCISE BOOKS.—No. I—To ** Co ®P an L c f and S, to aid the pupil in acquiring that * r , ee exeC o«J3 J * cts and fore-arm essential lo easy and rapid contracted ami extended letters. . h , No. 2—To be ustn in connection with to s of the series to gain command of the hand !, a h required to execute tho advanced copies aafl , . generally. , jjootS r SECOND.—Spencer k Lusk’s Series of - . some copies on opposite pages. . THlRD.—Extended Series of 12 BooksJ*C-«j 3,4 y Beginner’s Omrao. Nos. 5,6, 7, 8, 9, P£» . prK?*“ Nos. 10,11, 12, Practice. Ladies’ Styles. . thokbovo, 13 cents each. .. coataJD' 8 -,;*? Compcndinm of Spencerian penmanship. befloU padbs, and more than four hundred lines graved copies. Retail price pur copy, &>[**>*■ Upon receipt of the retail price in stamp* “Jj. above, will be forwarded as directed, posts** r~ March 3d, 1859.
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