I Terms of Publication. COUNTY AGITATOR is published irtfS TIOGA j n - Bn d mailed to subscribers & P* 6 6t - : ' BDLtAB PBA Amnaw**' * - ' .* It is to-notifj every f " "■ , hc term lor which ho has paid shall <U *dnip—“B«iOrfi7l on fth bfe- A The paper will then be stopped %“i £ r ? S«a4ce be. riceiv>ed. .By thi>. ff. jj',-4riMr. . be.ttoßghtrta delt to-- ttd rtesoe* *° B is the Official Paper of the County, fit A |!lTit<> j steadily increasing circulation reach •i slsrse “ . hb orhood,in.|ie Couply. r -Iti| seat Port OSM. E|jrjK*»S ' BM t convenient post office may be County. Isa 11 ! . 1. c ot exceeding 5 lines, paper ineln |f T- For the':AgfOitdr. ’ ' OUR DELL. her face to sweet and fair; and like brightestwoven sun-beams ire her braids of golden hair. ifSffAasaajaa a - Vhen the moon is brightly shining iadlßTs itats.afe ptepint tbfohgh.' uA tlrmotidns libs sWyfbi Of the tallest, graceful flowers, Jed her mice is lib® the mnsie • Of sweet birds in Summer bower*. ; Tel, her voice is full of music ; As she gayly mocks the birds, . Till they pause in wondering sifcncfe 1 At her ovrn enchanting words; • • > -* rjj {te Summer she is wandering *Uv the gentlest murmuring-itretm, i D d in Winter, she is sitting ill absorbed in some sweat dream. - . . , ind, I’m sure yon oodd bat lord hev ■ ■ ' ■ If you lore the Summer flowers.; for she’s Kit them, (in her seeming) This sweet darling Dell of ours. kubld.Pa. jE-SorBIA, . The Timely Witnes*. . : ittbi close of a Cold ■winter’s day; in tho u 1314, during the court term at Clerken (l Assizes, England, there came mp by the ,j,sg mail stage an ordinaryTookirig person, » baited at a small tavern in the town of where the trials were being heard, and ,i informed the landlord that he should pro fi on the following day, if the Weather was i 100 bad- ge tooled himself as “Henry Edgeford, of jjj,” his baggage was duly .bestowed, and sbing oot of the common appearance indico ; itself in his manner or habits. He spoke aantly, mixed with the coming and the es pied guests of the house, and as the aitr seemed gloomy and forbidding in the ifflßg, (a circumstance that ’ might easily 1T! been foretold on the evening he arrived, i-be way) he decided to remain over another Among the cases which had been presented ithe grand jury of the borough, at the pres *l sitting of the court, was one for highway dktj, charged upon a man who answered to same of Burrows, and whose trial had com ;B«d on the day of Edgeford’s arrival. Time appeared to hang heavily upon the new asr'e bands, and be seemed to be anxious to pead on his journey; but the weather, wohld jjpennit, and he found himself "reluctantly lupelled” to tarry at B . His landlord, sirous to amuse him and retain his visitor as as possible, informed him that the town or vinity offered but poor encouragement ordi arily for the entertainment of strangers; and oKially those who were bred in and aoous ■nal to city life; but just at that time the art was in session, and athong the presente rs was the case of one John Burrows, .who is king tried For an alleged robbery An th'e ghway, the details of which Would np doubt terest him for the moment. ' But the stranger A no taste for the marvellous, and did not ire to attend court. The subject was freely discussed at the table, ovever, both at breakfast and luttoh hours, el .Vr. Edgefurd was induced, at.last to go tike court house to listen to the closing evi ttce upon the capital trial which hod so deeply nrested every one else in the neighborhood, :1 which was really a cause of importance :1 note. lie mean time letters reached the hotel Henry Edgeford, Esq., of -Leeds,” for -1 duly by the post from London; and Mr. id spoken of one or two of bis eorrespond osually, who had been recognized by pntiemen, also tarrying at the public s where he was temporarily sojourning, sd a heavy letter of credit from his ‘friend,’ ! called him,) lion. Thomas Baring, and •thing about the deportment and carriage ir. Henry Edgeford, denoted him the ac jliibed gentleman. He case of Burrows, who was charged with -high crime mentioned, was in this wise, as c huh in the allegation; the night of June 16, 1854, the Hon. Petit, M. P,, was on his way home in his chaise, when his animal was suddenly t-ted by a man, who sprang from a hedge-row ~ the crossing of the Charing and Barring- J toads, who presented a pistol against the ‘«on of the honorable M. P., and demanded hi money or his life.” It was hear the setting . tee moon, and the only clue to the identity the supposed robber was A small gash upon °P his hand, which the honorable gen ■®aa observed at the time the pistol was ■Own upon him. Se had only four guineas about bim at that -JtMnt, and a single ten-pound note upon the “c of England. , The latter was not discov " t ■ tee robber, but the four gold coins were : ' U P- Immediately an alarm was given j ■■ honorable gentleman. Scout* 'and po- r v .f p ' tete B . ent onl ' an d three days after .J* “ ur rows was captured in a neighboring /I confined on suspicion. No gold was u P° n him. •honorable gentleman felt very positive identity, however, from his dress, 16 scarred hand; and as the testi- M. P. is a matter of no mean weight lot devil who may chance to be out evening in the capacity, happily, of or otherwise, so BnrroWS'-'who 'ght not be innocent—was banded domination, and subsequently was tial for his life, as the'supposed roh- Hon. Jonas Petit, member of Par iresaid. ; e, Burrows simply asserted that he f er, without any especial profession, lot to be anywhere and everywhere to time. He had formerly been me, and on the present occasion (so 1) he was on his way in search of a having traveled from Brighton on was falsely arrested, and never hav -10 hia knowledge, in the vicinity of l g and Barrington roads in his life. lte was of no account, of coarse, when i asseveration of an honorable mem wunent stood against it, and ipoteo •ttoh honorable gentleman was so the scarred hand, Ac. ' 1 ( ace had been dulysabthittid, hhw- THE AGITATOR to rn Extension Ot toe mvtu ot tfmOom ana tot Soma ot Kttovm. SECALJ ' BE A W3IONQ UNRIQHTED, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE,. AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. VOL. Y. ever, and, upon _ the qfternoon pf the second day of the trial; ii 'we nave noted,'Mr. Henry .Edgeford had been prevailed upon to visit the ; court house. The honorable accuser bad testi fied, to the tfestdf Tiis' knowledge’£nd belief, I that Barrows was the (nan wbo robbed him ; ' all the connecting circumstances had been set foirth hy ’tkfe |ited the customary real of a Government officer : where the rich and influential are put in oppo sition to the humble aodpovlerless; and the prisoner was finally supposed to be in a most . critical position. “Upon my Void, ’’ said sud denly turning to the gentleman who had ac companied him from the hotel to the trial, ; “upon my word, I have seen that prisoner some i where before thisand, raising his eyeglass for a closer inspection of’Ms penon and fea tures, he declared thatihe was sure he had met the fellow within a few months; of this he was positive. I | The prison^'gated upon the' Stranger an in stant, as if he.partially recognized him, when ;the chief judge arose to charge the jury. •Hh entertained no doubt, he said, afber’lib tening to the pointed odd conclusive evidence which bad beep presented to the court; then, turning to tho prisoner be asked if he had any thing to offer, when Burrows arose calmly, and, in a clear voice replied: “My Lords i-1 aih a pool stranger in this place, without a friend to turn to for aid in my emergency; but 1 am innocent of the high crime you have charged ajpinst me. At the time whett this alleged robbery was committed, I was far distant from the place where the rob bery was effected and I never was in that lo cality at all in my life. “I am totally ignorant of your rules of law, and I may not be permitted now, perhaps, to ;present any evidence that may effect my un fortunate case favorably. Nevertheless, I see among the spectators present, one person who providentially, may. save me. Ido not know .his name, but I. beg that the gentleman who sits yonder (pointing to Henry Edgeford) may be placed upon the Witness stand had sworn." All eyes were now turned upon the traveler, who, at the request of the court, entered the witness-box, when the prisoner thus interroga ted him; “Have yon ever before seen me, to yonr knowledge?’’ “l am quite sure I have.’’ “Win yon give the court your name ahd business “My name is Henry Edgeford, of Leeds, and I am a manufacturer of cutlery.” “Will you state when and where you met me, and under what circumstances t” “I was traveling about the- middle of June last from Dover to Aldboro’, and upon arriving at the latter place, X saw you in waiting at the lower stage-house. Being incumbered with luggage, I engaged -yon to carry my box to the hotel, afterwards to other lodgings'; and 1 clearly remember your person and features.” “At what time was this?” “About the middle of June.” “Can you state the precise date of your arri val there?” _ “No. I think it was on the 15th or 16th of the month.” Then turning to the court, the witness added: “I am not clear, your honors, as to the exact day; bnt if your honors will allow me to send to my hotel, where I am tempo rarily stopping here, I can obtain my memo randum book, which will assiat me, your hon ors permitting it” Leave was given at once, and in a few min utes a small trunk was brought into court from the stranger’s room at the little hotel. Upon opening the box the diary was found, and the witnerds turned to the followng “hem “Mem.—Paid Porter for carrying luggage to lodgings in Aldboro’, half a crown. Arrived at 7i P. M.” The Judges now asked again: “And do you state that this prisoner Was the identical per son who did this service for you, Mr. Edgeford, at that time ?” “I am clear, your honor, in this belief.” Here was a singular statement, that Staggered the court, the jury and the populace, and by no means least, the honorable member of Par liament who hod been robbed on the highway I If this .account was correct—Aldboro’ being nearly a' bundred lSagues distant from Barring ton road—surely Burrows could not have been in both places on the same night, to wit: on the 16thof June, 1854. “I paid bim a half-crown piece, your honors, which hod an unusually large bote in it; and I remember a remark that he made at the time —that he had been sadly Jewed, alluding to its lightness from this canse.” Mr. Edgeford sat down, and the prisoner then asked that the officer Who arrested him might be called for a moment,' who was subse quently requited Id pftduce thceontcntsof the prisolißr’s^pockfete,.found"on hilb when taken. Among the small amount of silver thus; secured was a' mutilated half-crown piece/ which wis shown to Ur. Edgeford, who instantly declared it to be the one he paid to the porter, to the best of his belief! This settled the verdict at once. The crowd applauded; the judge sat down in amazement; the case went to the jury; and the result was an unqualified acquittal pn their part, without leaving thejxix; ' . ' , . That same evening “Henry Edgefor<L Esq., and' joint Burrows, left the tottu of B • _ -- to gether.- They were two confederates fn crime, both -being Accomplished “gentlemen of the road.” Burrows was the robber of the Hon. M. P.; he was Wally guilty; but his friend and compafaibn Id evil assumed the disguise of a gentleman traveler, and being aware of all the aircomstahtes of the case from the begin ning found, no difficulty in coining a story adapted to the moment, and the imminent emergency of his associate. His letters were forgeries, his bills of oredit the same 5 ho learned what coins were found upon Burrows when he was 'arrested, and his determination to clear him was entirely successful. There was no time or opportunity for rebutting the testi mony of Edgeford; his Whole plan wa* a per fect coup it-grace, and to his confederate in crime; he proved eminently, on that occasion, a timely- witetese. - WELLSBORO; TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1859. Remarks of Gleni W, Scofield, Senator from the district of Tioga, Potter, M’- Kean, and Warren, on the bill entitled “An act supplementary to the exemption law, the . following amendment offered by Mr. Scor iilp .■ being under consideration, vizi ' , “Whenever the property selected:by ant, under the exemption laws of this Common wealthr shall consist in whole or in part of the dwelling house of such defendant, he or she being a housekeeper charged with the main tenance of a family, the amount of valuation shall be. five hundred dollars instead of three hundred, ae heretofore.” , While the above section was under considera tion in the Senate, Mr. SCOFIELD made the following remarks: The policy of exemption, so far as it now goes, is to leave to the debtor thf absolute ne cessaries of life. The some policy should cer tainly spare the family roof. Many articles 'allowed under the old law-might possibly be dispensed with; but a house of some kind must be had at all events. If the policy of an exemption is well founded; the poor man’s home, which comes clearly within its reason and spirit, should certainly be frSe. But while the principle upon which all exemption laws rest, would leave to an unfortunate family a small habitation as an object of first necessity, there are some reasons in favor of the measure that do not apply to any other species of prop erty. A dwelling house is always accommo dated to the size, arranged and ornamented to the taste of a particular family. In this re spect it is unlike a store, shop or tavern.— These are planned, not to suit a particular, tradesman, but a particular trade, and are as suitable for one person carrying on sqch trade as another. Experience shows that while this kind of building will generally sell for more than cost, a, dwelling house is often sold at a ruinous sacrifice. The family residence, like family portraits, is far more valuable to the oc cupant than to any one else; and when forced to sale, though it does not enrich the purcha ser, leaves the unfortunate sufferer poor indeed. It ia more or less a sale of all the attachments and affections which the whole household cher ish for their old haunts and hearth; for to them it is not only a shelter, but the depository of cherished associations. The tree they have planted, whose germination and growth they have watched and watered, has to them an ideal value. If you drive them from it, you deprive them not only of its shade, hut the mental satisfaction with which they regard it as the product of their care. The vine that spreads over the hovel its protecting and beau tifying green, clings not more closely to its rude support than do the affections of the child it shelters to the objects of its first familiarity. This home affection never chills. The child grown to manhood, and wandering where he may in new pathways of life, will pause, even in the busiest moments of ambitious prime, and turn a pensive thought or a reverent step to this first Mecca of the mind. These sentiments exist in the coarsest heart. And I submit to the Senate if it is good policy, to say nothing of humanity, to turn these amiable traits in the human character to articles of merchan dize. In opposition to this measure, it is said we cannot build men houses by legislation. Ho, sir; but we can do much to encourage their acquisition. family residence be yond the reach of chicane or misfortune, and you stimulate the idle and thriftless to habits of labor and economy. The present proverbial uncertainly of fortune is the great discourage ment of human exertion. Now, industry knows not whose overgrown estate its acquisitions may finally swell. The hand that would plant a tree knows not what unbidden stranger may enjoy its shade. The household, whose united efforts might earn a common home, knows not how soon simplicity or mismanagement in its legal control, may expose it to the exactions of credit or of craft! Cannot give poor men homes by legislation I Sir, it is by a long course of adverse legisla tion that the poor are deprived of their portion of the earth. It is because the books overflow with legislation that encourages' land monop oly, that the million has not a place to rest the sole of his foot, not a turf to cover his grave, except by leave of “my lord.” There is space enough in the world for all, and plenty to spare. Naturally, we are but tenants in common on its surface. Naturally, each person has ah equal right with bis brother, to a spot on which to pitch bis tent aud erect an altar—to ground in which to plant and gather harvests during life; and in whose familiar dust his ashes may sleep when life’s fitful fever is over. It is because this natural right has been legislated away; because a single man is authorized by law to draw an imaginary line around whole leagues of land, and bold it away from the world, that the child of want is compelled to “beg his lord ly fellow-worm to give him. leave to toil." We have 24 000,000 of population, and yet the census informs us that less than one and a half millions have any interest in the soil; ex cept what still belongs to Government this mil lion and a half have monopolized the whole of this magnificent country. Between the Atlan tia and Pacific there is not a single foot of ground upon which a poor man may rest and say “It is mine.” Over every hill and valley, prairie, and plain, the segis of ownership has long since been spread. In some degree this annatural state of things is the result of legis lation, and in some small degree the proposed legislation will correct it. Again, the State has an interest, aside from that of the debtor, in the enlargement of the number of freeholders within her limits.— Bound by interest to the soil they cultivate, they become the natural supporters of the gov ernment that confers and protects their titles. Thd land owner, unlike the capitalist, cannot fly with his property, nor change it with the shifting government and laws. His safety lies in the stability of law and good order in socie ty. The Commonwealth should not allow her humblest citizen to be driven to extreme pover erty by the remorselessness of a single creditor. God prescribed limits to the persecutions of his servant, and the Commonwealth should pre scribe a line beyond which the pursuit of her honest poor should cease. She owes this alike to the poor and the tax-payers; for each class are a like sufferers by the extreme exactions of credit . But what wrong could this law do to credi tors? It is prospective in its character. No contract could be effected by it except those made after the date of ita passage. Suppose.at the time a credit is given it-is stipulated by the 1 parties that in case Of failure to pay, the credi-. tor should have no lien upon his dwelling bouse. Would any one say that upon the hap pening of tfie contingency provided for, the creditor should 'not be allowed to violate bis contract and drive his unfortunate debtor into the street; I presume not. Yet parties con tract in view of the existing laws of the' State, and in their contemplation such . laws are as much a part of the contract, as if drawn up at length, and inserted in it. Now, will it be claimed that the creditor may violate bis im plied any more than his express contract.? And if not,'in what respect is be injured? So far from being injured, the general class of credi tors would be benefitted. Thera is no wisdom in the law that strips the falling debtor at once. For, from that time however numerous or hon est his debts, he pays no more. Driven from bis fireside and compelled to seek a home in new and changing places, his ambition and en ergy are gone. His lessened earnings are ab sorbed in rents, if not wasted in dissipation.— The inheritor of suffering knows not there is a cup of happiness ha never tasted. Man schooled to want may bear its hardships with a callous heart. But felling affluence or forced insolven cy wears a heavier chain. The child always homeless; may forget his sorrows on the pillow of occasional charity, but one east upon the world by fresh misfortune, rarely finds an easy pillow, till he finds it on the bosom of mother earth. Beal want And fancied' shame, pursue bint to the last. Let the homestead, unless one of fraudulent extravagance, be held sacred by the law. Let it be made, what the law now wrongly declares it, the owner’s castle. Let no servant of exact ing credit come within its gates. Let the latch string be pulled only by familiar hands, and the threshhold crossed only by the feet of friend ship. In Jail for harboring his own Child. A Washington Correspondent of the Tribune narrates the following: A free colored man, named Emanuel Mason, lives on Capitol Hill. His wife and children are owned by his former master, from whom he bought his own freedom, and who lives at the other end of the town. Mason has been in the habit of hiring hia wife from time to time, and of supporting his children until they were old enopgh to be of service to their master. His youngest son, horn in his house, lived there un til he was ten years of age, when the master demanded him. The father thought that if he must give up his boy, to he taken he knew not where it was at least fair that he should re ceived some rennmeration for bringing him up, from the man to whom all his future earnings would go. This being refused the boy was not to be found. A warrant of arrest, founded upon a charge of harboring his own son, was issued against the father by a magistrate named Ferguson, who, in conjunction with a county constable named Reynolds, served it himself and thrust the poor negro into a Washington jail. The next day, he was brought before the magistrate but refused to disclose the whereabouts of his boy, and was remanded to prison. On the en suing day, he was bailed out against the cau tious advice of the magistrate, by a humane gentleman of this city. Two days subsequently, I witnessed his mock trial before the same magistrate who arrested him. In proof of his guilt, the affidavit of an interested witness in the city, who might have appeared personally —ns in law he was bound to do—but was unwilling to do so, was offered and admitted ns evidence. Of this affidavit the defendant had no previous notice or knowl edge. „ To all objection from the counsel for the de fense, the magistrate replied that the accused bad had notice, for he had himself mentioned in his presence that such an affidavit would be taken which is true, but he had not intimated the time or place, nor giving the defendant any legal notice thereof whatever. In reply to the objection that the evidence, if competent could not be deemed sufficient to hold the prisoner for trial, the magistrate said that Mf Mr. Diggs of Maryland were present, he had no doubt that his testimony would make the evidence strong enough; as it was, he thought it probable.” On this insufficient and exparte testimony he said that he should hold the prisoner to bail in the sum of $2,000 to answer at the next Crim inal Court of the City of Washington the charge of harboring his own son 1 While the friend of the accused was remonstrating against the excessive and unreasonable amount of bail, his counsel also suggesting that $5OO would secure his appearance at Court, the magistrate became so excited as to say that if he went on talking, he would raise the bait still higher. Such is legal justice in this city—a fair specimen, ac cording to my observation, during the lost two years. This case is, indeed, hard. The little son al luded to is the last of a number that have been forcibly taken from their father, ns fast as he has reared them, and now that the oppressor cannot find the last remaining object of a heart broken parent’s love, in order to sell it off to the far South, this free American father is to be tried in a criminal court of the Federal me tropolis for' the crime of having harbored his only child. A Sizable Doa.—Two Yankee horse-jockeys, were discussing, the other day, up in Berkshire, about the respective merits of tbsir horses, dogs, Ac., wheh one of them spoke in somewhat spreading' terms of the size of a,certain dog. “How large is that dog ?” said the other. “Well, I’dno exactly,” was the reply; I won't pretend to give his measure just from recollection, but one thing I know—l sent to New York for a fall description of the critter, and the postage on the dokyinent was just three dollars 1 1 WOULD NOT I would not kisf the sweetest lip Unless it kissed me too; As well from (be young rose-bud sip “ The morning's clear cold dew. Nor clasp a band, though soft and warm. Unless it pressed mine own; Td rather love the perfect.form . , Carved oot of Parian stone; I will not worship eyes, tbobgh bright. And beaUtifol they bo; 1 Unless they blend tbeir living light On me, and only me. I would not love a form that Heaven Itself had stamped divine; If I but dreamed ita lore were given To other hearts than mine. COMMUNICATIONS. The Slanderer. Every man has it in his power to injure or extend the influence of his fellow men.. This power is never latent or inactive, but is con stantly exerted either for or against the well being of society ; and that man who saps the social and moral character of any person is more dangerous to a peaceful community than the midnight incendiary or the highway rob ber. When wo behold the smouldering ruins of a stately mansion, a just indignation against the author of that ruin pervades our mind; and when tve meet the victim of the highwayman, we sympathize with the unfortunate one and invoke the strong arm of the civil law to redress (hat wrong; but when the slanderer emits.the moral effluvia of death we open oar minds to its subtle influence until it permeates our entire being, and its woful cry is heard from every av enue of society. No weapons of defence, no night-guard however vigilant can secure us against the merciless assault of the slanderer. He works in secret. In hoars of darkness and solitude the deep-laid plot is -perfected; and “while men slept" this arch enemy sowed the “tares" of discord in the very heart of society. The slanderer ever has bis weapons ready for an attack; and it makes no difference however trifling the real or supposed offence may have been, a ruined reputation is the only sacrifice that can atone for the wrong. No position in society, no condition in life is security against the bitter invectives of the slanderer. His in satiate ambition invades with hostile feet the editor's sanctum, and desecrates the sacred desk with its polluting tread as it feasts upon the character of the minister of the Cross. And notwithstanding the audacity of this monster, slander, it is not only permitted to roam abroad unmolested but its friendship is also courted and its aid invoked on many occasions. When will society awake to its true interest and teach the slanderer by well-timed justice that he who feasts Upon the ruin of life’s noblest virtues will himself be expelled from virtuous society ? Then and not until then will slander cease in our midst. Evens. The following dialogue took place on the Ohio Railroad ; , “Halloo, stranger, you appear to be travel ing?” “Yes, I always travel when I'm on a jour ney.” “I think I have seen you somewhere?” 1 “Very like 1 I’ve often been there.” “Mightn’t your name be Smith ?” “Well, it might—if it wasn’t something else 1" “Have you been long in these parts ?” “Never longer than at present —five feet nine 1” “Do you calculate to remain here some time V’ “Well, I guess I’ll stay till I’m ready to leave.” “I reckon you were born in New England ?” “Well my native place was either there or somewhere else." “You travel as if money were plenty with you.” “Well I might have more, and be richer.” “Have you anything hew?” “Yes I bought a whetstone this morning." “1 thought so; you’re the sharpest blade 1 ever saw on this road." A K Arrest.— Some years ago, a man small in stature, went to the plantation of a gentleman not far from Louisville, who was light in wit, but rather heavy in flesh, with a piece of paper in his hand, folded in form, and known by the abbreviation of ca. sa. Having found the owner of the plantation in the field, he explained his business, when he was requested to read bis capias, which commenced as follows: “You are hereby commanded without delay to take the body of,” Ac. “Humph 1" says the prisoner, stretching himself on his back, “I’m ready.” • “O, but you don’t expect me to carry you in my arms?” “Certainly; yon must take my body you know. Ido not resist the process of the law, but submit with cheerfulness.” “Will you wait until I can bring a cart?” “Can’t promise. I may recover from my fa tigue in the meantime.” “Well, wbat must I do?” “You innst do your duty.” And there he lay immovable until the sheriff left, when be left also. Beal asd Ideal. —Dow, Jr., in one of his discourses, in which he describes the contrast between semblance and reality, bits off a ball scene:— "A woman,” said he, "may not be an angel though she glides through the mazes of the dance, like a spirit clothed with a rainbow studded with stars. The young man may be hold his beloved object on the morrow in the light of reality, emptying a wash-tub in the gutter, with her frock pinned up behind—her cheeks pale for - the want of paint, her hair mussed and ■ mussy, except what lies in the bureau; and her whole contour wearing the appearance of an angel rammed through a bush fence, into a world of wretchedness and woe.” A negro being caught stealing from a hen roost, excused himself by saying “Dat he only come dar to ice if de chickens sleep wid dat eyes open. Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged $1 per sqnare of 14 lines, one or three insertions, and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. . Advertisements of less than 14 lines .considered a* a square. The subjoined rates will be charged for Quarterly# Half-Yearly and Yearly ad vertisements t Sqnm., - 2 . do. 1 column,. - i do. Column, . . 18,00 30)00 40,0# Advertisements not having the number of insertions desired marked upon them, will be published until or dered oat and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, ex ecuted neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constables', and township BLANKS : Notes, Bunds, Seeds, Mart, gages. Declarations and other Blanks, constantly on hand, or printed to order. ' NO. 39. An amusing story of Dames Barrington, Recorder of Bristol, is related by one of the British press. Having to appear for a plain tiff in a case at Clomnell, be “let into’’ the defendant in no measured terms. The indi vidual inveighed against not being present, only heard ofthe invectives. ' After Barring ton, however, had got back to ‘Dublin, the de fendant, a Tipperary man named Foley, lost no time in paying his compliments to the counsel. He rode all day and night, and covered with sleet, arrived before Barrington’s residence, la Harcoart street, Dublin. Throwing the bri dle of his smoking horse over the railing of the area, he announced his arrival by a thun dering knock at the door. Barrington’s valet answered fire summons, and opening the street door, beheld thfe apparition of the rough-coated Tipperary fire eater, with a large stick under bis arm, and the sleet sticking to his busby whiskers. * for the Agitator. ‘‘la your master up 7” demanded the visitor in a voice that gave some intimation of the oh* jeofc of bis journey. ‘.‘No,” answered the nu|n. I ‘‘Then give him my compliments, and say Mr. Foley—he'll know the name—will be glad to see him.” The valet went np stairs and told his master, who was in bed, the purport of his visit. “Then don't let Mr. Foley in for your life," said Barrington, “for it's not -a hare nor a brace of docks, he has come to present me with.l' The man was leaving the bed-room, when a rough, wet coat pushed by him, while a thick voice said, “By your leaveand at the same moment Mr. Foley entered the bed-room. “Ton know my business, sir,” said he to Barrington ; “I have made a journey to teach you manners, and its not m y purpose to return until I have broken every bone in your body,” and at the same time he cut a figure of eight with his sbilalla before the oheval glass. I “Yon do not mean to say you would murder me in bed," exclaimed DaincS who had as much honor as cool courage. “No,” replied the other, “but get np os soon as you can.” “Yes," replied Dames, “that you might fell me the moment I put myself out of the blank ets." “No replied the other. “I pledge you my word not to touch you till you are out of bed.” “You won’t?” “No.” “Upon your honor ?” “That is enough, 'i said Daines, turning over and making himself comfortable, and seeming as though he meant to fall asleep, “I have the honor of an Irish gentleman, and may rest as safe as though I were under the castle guard." The Tipperary salamander looked marvelous ly astonished at the pretended sleeper, but soon Daines began to snore. “Halloa 1" says Mr. Polcy, “aren't you going to get up ?” “No,” said Daines, “I hate the word of an Irish gentleman that he -will not strike me in bed, and I am sure I am not going to get up to have my bones broken. I ■will never get up again. In the mean time, Mr. Foley, if you should want your breakfast, ring the bell; the best in the bouse is at your service. The mor ning paper will be here presently, but be sura and air it before reading, for there is nothing from which a man so quickly ‘catches" cold as reading a damp journal,” and Haines affected to go to sleep. The Tipperary man had fun in him as well as ferocity ; be could not resist the cunning of the counsel, “Get up, Mr. Barrington, for in bed or out of bed, I have not the pluck to hurt so droll a heart." The result was that less than an hour after wards, Haines and his intended murderer were sitting down to a warm breakfast. The latter only intent upon assaulting a dish of smoking chops. Nicely Snubbed. —A wealthy individual in Onondaga County once had two female relatives from the city coma to make him a visit. They were somewhat tainted with aristocracy. The gentleman’s' carriage, driven by a sensible young man named William, had brought the ladies from the depot shortly before noon.— Hinner was sopn got ready, when the gentle man-of the house inquired of his daughter where William was. She replied she thought he was at the barn. He requested her to step to the door and call him to dinner. The young women from the city instantly spoke up, as if moved by one and the same impulse : “You’re not going to have the driver eat with us, are yon ?” “Not if it is unpleasant to yon,” replied th e gentleman. “He is good enough to eat with me; if he is not £ood enough to eat with you, you can wait.” I The city birds thus nonplussed, thought dis cretion the better part of valor, and concluded to eat at the same table with the driver. —Life Illustrated. Some years ago, in the New Hampshire Leg islature, a hew member, somewhat noted for “pumping thunder!” made a speech—it was up on a bill taking Bank dividends—in which he attempted to be very pathetic in favor of wid ows who owned bank stock. “Yes, Mr. Speak er.” he exclaimed with indignant energy, “the gentleman from Dover, who introduced this bill, deaf to the cries of her orphan children, would strip the'widow,” but before he could concludo the sentence, he was interrupted by a laugh.— Astonished, but undaunted, he exclaimed with profound feeling, “Gentlemen, it is not a sub ject for derision 1 I appeal to you in all candor, to say if it is not worse than stripping. Put on this , tax and yon will drive the widow to her last Shouts of laughter here petrified him in bis place and be spoke no more during the session. A man was waked in the night and told that his wife was dead. He turned over, drew the coverlet closer, pulled down his nightcap, and muttered as he went to sleep again, ‘Ah! how grieved I shall he in tho morning!’ 3 kosths. 6 soxras. 12 mouths. $2,50 $4,50 $6,00 4.00 6,00 8,00 6.00 8,00 10,00 10,00 15,00 20,00 Irish Drollery.
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