The agitator. (Wellsborough, Tioga County, Pa.) 1854-1865, June 30, 1859, Image 2

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    _ * . The Great St, Lota Casa
It never rains bat it pours. Tbe last wash*
ingtoh tragedy was only the precedent for a
large assortment of Siokles-eases; and the late
St. Louis hundred thousand dollar breach of
promise case bids fair to krock the old bachelors
and heartless widowers right and left like a pile
of shingles under the persuasive influence of a
thunderbolt just out of training. A most af
fecting instance of what man’s perfidy is capa
ble of-effecting, and of the honeyed way he
goes to work to prove himself a perfect wretch,
is beautifully shown in the following from
the Richmond Enquirer:
'Yesterday a blooming feminine, of considerable
Rammers, applied to one of oar city lawyers to cue an
other bright ‘loTT^r 5 in her behalf in order to gain
damages Trdm him for her damaged affections! The
main evidence of the.de voted swain’s attachment was
expressed in the following billet dovx that accompa
nied a hoguet of flowers -
*Deer I send a hi the boy a buckett of floats.
They is like my love for a.. The nite shaid mones
keep dark. The dog fenil menes iam nr© slaive.—
Rosis red and posts - pail.—Milov for u shall never
faile.’ ”
There’s depravity for you! Any man who
could refuse marriage after sending a lady a
“bucket" with reference to' “pail” posies, cer
tainly deserves to lose his every copper, if not
to be made to both kick the bucket and turn
pale. The creature! However, there is
such a thing as doing mischief even with jus
tice. We are sorry to say eo—very sorry—but
we fear that the St. Louis _ verdict will cause
trouble, and every additional case will be a new
fire brick in the oven of female misery. For
when the old rich widowers and bachelors find
how dangerous it is to encounter the fair Mrs.
Bardells of society, they will keep out of the
way of the virtuous and pass their evenings in
circles where the idea of contracting a marriage
would be preposterous, and a changement de
main ridiculous. As for sending boquets or
making other presents, the idea is absurd.—
Why a ring, especially if it should be accom
panied by any badinage, would be a “ringing
into” and a self-committing even unto the half
of one’s fortune. Sugar plums would cost a
“plum” indeed, and fruit would result in one’s
being pared and peeled most terribly. On the
whole we are afraid that the SL Loais case will
do more harm than good.
A Maid from her false Lovyer gott
- An ample Fee one day©;
“Now we must lett ye Girls alone/’
Said ye Bachelors, said there.
—Philadelphia Bulletin.
A Letter-writer Torn to Pieces. —The Du
hnque Times calls Mr. Jones, who tells the fol
lowing story, trustworthy;
“Mr. Jones left Cherry Creek on his return
journey about four weeks since. He was not
able to realize a farthing for all of his expen
diture of time and money and his long contin
ued exposure and fatigue. Many of the emi
grants had previous to his departure, suffered
! extremely, and there were increasing manifes
tations of desperation among them. About
500 of the most reckless had organized them
selves into a company of “Lynchers,” and there
-was a sworn purpose among them to visit sum
mary vengeance upon all persons who had been
instrumental in circulating false reports of the
existence of gold at Cherry Creek. Mason
Clark, formerly of St. Charles, Floyd County,
lowa, was suspected and convicted of having
been one of the fraudulent letter-writers, and
he was put to death in a most horrible manner.
Four mules were hitched to the extremities of
his limbs, made to draw in different directions,
and ha was literally tom to pieces ; Ezra Allen,
formerly of Chickasaw County, and two other
persons, whose names our informant could not
remember, were shot for the same offense.—
Great indignation exists against the inhabitants
of Omaha City and Council Bluffs, and the re
turning gold hunters threaten vengeance upon
those towns.”
The Prospects in.Egypt.— We learn from a
gentleman who has just arrived here from
Union county, that the wheat harvest has al
ready begun in Egypt. In Union county on
Monday, the. 6th, tho early wheat was being
harvested, and the yield was better than ever
known before in that part of tho State. In the
extreme southern part of Illinois the same
abundant harvest, was being gathered in. In
Alexander, Johnson, Pope, Pulaski, Gallatin,
Williamson,'Franklin, Jackson, Hardin, Union,
Wayne and Randolph counties the wheat is re
ported as good as ever known in the State.
The prospects of a good crop of corn are re
ported os very favorable. The growing corn in
many places is said to be from three to four
feet high, and looks “black and healthy.” If
nothing happens to the crop it will be an ex
cellent one and fully entitle the modern Egypt
to the designation of the “Land of Com.”
The peaches are in great abundance in all
Southern Illinois. They are now about the
size of hen’s eggs, and the trees are loaded with
them. Apples, pears, and other kind of fruit,
usually grown in those parts, are said to prom
ise a wonderful yield.— lll. Stale Register.
A Negro Scared to Death bt as Elephant.
—The Ouchita (La.) Herald relates the follow
ing and calls it a case of “elephanticide
“A negro man belonging to Dr. Sanders, of
Holly Springs, Dallas county, we understand,
was frightened to death by one of Mabie’s ele
phants, week before last. The circumstances,
as we learned, them, were these; After the
performance of the company at Holly Springs
the elephants were removed a short distance to
await the time of starting to the next place of
exhibition ; the negro, not knowing they were
there, was passing near by, when one of them
passed his trunk around the body of the boy,
drawing him gently towards bis elepbantship.
Tho negro seeing tho colossal proportions of
the animal, which tho darkness of the night no
doubt greatly magnified, made a herculean
effort, and succeeded in escaping from the dis
agreeable embrace; ho ran a short distance
and foil to the ground, arousing the whole
neighborhood with his cries; being nnable to
rise he. was taken up and carried to the honse,
where he soon after died, the doctor says, from
no other cause than fright.”
The True Southron gives the following curious
idea of a Democrat, as to the danger in which
his party is placed in tho State of Mississippi;
“In A Fix. — We wero not a little amused,
yesterday, at the remark of a leading Democrat
of this city. Referring to the controversy going
on in the columns of a morning paper about
the proposed pardon of Fisher, ho said: ‘At
every term of our court, Judge Yerger sends
ten or a dozen good Democrats to tho Peniten
tiary, and now, when we propose to get one
pardoned out, we are told it will injure the
Detneeratie party ef Warren, hundreds of
tfw »° premises, is,’
thstthe Democracyisdoomed, In afow years
M tte party yriil he w, and if is pardoned
out, the remainder will join the Opposition •
Unfortunate p«po«acy t
THE AGITATOR.
HUSQ YOUNG. Editor & Proprietor.
WELLSBOROUGH, PA.
Tlmrsday Jiiiic 30, ”59.
S. MrPmnnnri'Cot; 119 Nassau St:,'New Yort, and!©
State St, Boston, are the Agents for the Jgitator, and tho
most influential and -largolt ciicnlnUng'Kefwtpapera in the
United States and the Canadas. - They aronnthometi to coot
tract for us at our lowest rates.
Republican State Nominations.
AUDITOR GENERAL; -
THOMAS E. COCHRAN,
YORK COUNTY.
. SURVEYOR GENERAL:
GEK WILLIAM H. KEIM,
BERKS COUNTS*.
Local Newspapers.
We wish in the present article to correct some
mistaken ideas which some people seem to en
tertain as to the value of local newspapers, and
though we may not he able to reach those who
would be moat benefited by its perusal, still it
is hoped that those who do know and appreciate
the value of the country press,.will hand it to
those who do not. We ask our friends—the
friends of tho Agitator and the principles taught
in its columns to agitate the subject among
their friends and neighbors, and to try to awa
ken a livlicr interest in the matter than would
seem to esist at present.
In the first place, then, there is a class in ev
ery community who regard the money paid by
them to support a local political paper, as a kind
of political party tax—a kind of gratuity given
to the printer—a kind of a necessary contribu
tion which proves the political orthodoxy of the
giver—without any pretension, expressed or im
plied, that the paper itself is an equivalent for
the money given. Such men as compose this
class complacently stroke their chins when they
pay their annual dollar, pocket their receipt for
subscription and speak kindly of themselves as
patrons. They take the paper because it would:
be almost barbarous to lire in a community
without a paper, but they never acknowledge,
if indeed they ever think, how much the local
newspaper has done to refine and elevate the
household at home; nor does a man of this
class ever think how much money it has saved
to him, by giving him local information which
no city paper can supply, or how much it con
tributes to make his children a blessing to him
and themselves.
There is another class who refuse to take the
county paper because a city paper is so much
cheaper, contains more news, and is larger.—
One paper, they urge is enough for us, and we
prefer the city one. Very well. "We think
every man should read a city paper if he can
afford the luxury, but we submit that a county
paper is a necessity, and ought to be taken and
paid-for first. If a man have goods or stock
or farm produce for sale, it is quite evident
that no one but his immediate neighbors can
know of it, unless he take advantage of the
county newspaper to let it be known. In the
absence of such paper, he will have to carry
his money out of the county to pay for adver
tising in newspapers which do not circulate
where he wants to sell, or to pay for printing
handbills or circulars. Tho money thus spent
circulates outside of the county and does the
advertiser but little good. Generally, however,
the men who compose this class content them
selves by writing in an illegible hand, a poorly
worded notice and sticking it upon some ob
scure school house door, where very few ever
see it and still fewer take the trouble to read it;
Of this class are those men, who, if questioned
why they don’t take the county paper, reply
that they are too poor; that it takes all the
money they can get to buy clothing for their
children ; that times are hard, &c. It is this
class of citizens who complain of poor schools
and school teachers, who talk of the rapacity of
the rich upon the poor —who say that lawyers
are all knaves, ministers all hypocrites, doctors
and editors all liars—who complain of the
world generally as not fit to live in—who ac
count for the success of their neighbors by
saying that “some folks have wonderful luck
never dreaming that success in any and every
business is acquired by intelligence and enter
prise. It is this class of persona we would
talk to in this article if we could. Our intelli
gent readers' must act as missionaries to them
and get them to take the county paper.
The real patrons of a county paper are those
who take 'it and pay for it, and consider it one
of the necessities of life as indeed it really is.
The larger the population of a county the more
valuable is the real estate in it. The knowl
edge of a county and its resources made known
through the local press induce emigration more
than any other instrumentality which may be
brought to bear in that direction. We have
known men in the far West to lay out a city,
build a hotel and start a newspaper in the sec
ond story of it as a nucleus around which a for
tune might grow. These men know that a lo
cal press is just as essential to prosperity as the
soil upon which we live, for the resources would
remain undeveloped but for this method of call*
ing attention to them. Every man, whether
his business is farming, manufacturing or mer
chandizing—every man who takes any interest
in the prosperity of the - county in which he
lives—every man who wishes to discharge his
(July to his fellow men as a good citizen, or to
his family as a good husband and father will
take the county paper.
The people of this county have accorded to
- the Agitator a liberal support. Our subscrip
tion list is steadily increasing, but in order to
; make it such a paper as we’could wish we re
. quire many more. There are at least four thou
. sand Republican voters in the county. Certain
i ly half of them ought to take their county pa-
per, but they do not. We shall commence a
■_ new volume in a few weeks, and wo trust that
; our friends will send us at least ten now sub
scribers from each township. You can do this
: if you will, and not labor much. What say
you?
. THE.TIOGA COUS’T X A GITATO R.
Greeley at Pike’s Peak.
Tho following note from Mr.-Groeley was writ
ten to a friend in this city, and ns it wilt no
doubt interest, many of his 'friends, wo -have
been permitted to publish it:
“Denver-City,-Rookv Mountains, }—
. .. , v ,
“I art heroin the vicinity of tiio Ootd Dig
gings, nearly half way across the continent,
bat not half way through my journey., I have
a lame leg, caused by an upset in the Express
wagon,'wliich’has'bothered moh good deal', and
will keep me here for the next week, but; I am
going now to devote myself to curing it. Up
to this time, I have had ho chance ; T havo'beeh
riding almost constantly since my’ accident,
and have.spent the last three day’s climbing, the
Rooky Mountains and looking through the new
Gold Diggings, and my conviction is that there
is no mistake about it. , There is gold hero. but
it is harder to got it by digging than in almost
any other way. A few will make fortunes hero,
while many will lose all, and go away utterly
bankrupt.
“But the glorious Rocky Mountains are them
selves worth a visit. They are not a range
merely, but a chaos of mountains three hundred
miles broad, with their forks, their snowy peaks,
their grassy hill-sides, their ravines, and their
glorious forests. Such clean sweet miles on
miles of fragrant, softly-whispering Pines, you
never imagined. The air is gloriously pure,
the hillsides dotted with springs, tho ravines
musical with running streams that 1 never dry
np, I wish I bad onefriend to go through with
me; I have hitherto| had company; henceforth
I suppose I must travel alone. I expect to have
to go oat to the crossing of the Platte, on the
Salt Lake mail route, thence to take the mail
wagon to Utah. I hope to be in Salt Lake City
on the 4tb of July, and in San Francisco about
tho first of August. I mean to leave for home
on or abont Sept. 1.
“Yours,
COMMUNICATIONS.
Mr. Editor ; If everybody has not heard by
this time what “Juliet” said about names and
roses, its not the fault of the people that write
for the papers. But telling a thing ten thou
sand times don’t make it true, and its my pri
vate opinion that there is something in names.
I am like the negro girl, who lamented that her
name was Zuby, and wished it had been Rosa
lilly or Blanchiflower. I dont know that I wish
to be called Napoleon or Alexander, but I do
wish my mother hadn’t named me—Jerubbaal
—“Nothin’ like Scripter names” my old Aunt
Keturah used to say. I agree with her. I
hope there is “nothin’ like era.” All my life
long that name has been a torment to mo. My
mother called me “Hubby” and my schoolmates
“Rub,” and for an agreeable change, “Rub-a
dub.” As I grew older I tried to change my
appellation to Jerry—but it was of no use. In
this place I shall bo to the day of my death,
(“if I live so long”—Jerubbaal Jenks. If I
ever should be the father of an interesting fam
ily, and its not likely, (for what girl in her sen
ses would become Mrs. Rub-a-dub Jenks. I
never will inflict names on my children that
they will be ashamed to own. I believe I won’t
name them at all; call them A. B. C., or I, 2,
3,4, till they can choose a name, and then they
won’t find fault with me if it don’t suit them.
If they call themselves Araminta, and Arethu
sa, or Fits Herbert, and Adalbert, (and by the’
way, next to “Scripter” names, I do abominate
“Alonzo and Melissa ones) it will be their af
fair, not mine. I dont want to be blamed by
my posterity. My mother was a good woman,
an industrious woman, she said she tried to do
her duty, and she "went and did it,” when she
named me Jerrubbaal.
I must tell you something about “our town.”
I am about to leave, so I may be allowed to
brag a little. We have a pleasant village, nest
led down among green hills, with pure air, and
water, and lovely scenery around. I don’t
know just the number of inhabitants, but few
or many we are a “great nation.” We support
four or five doctors, though the people usually
enjoy good bodily health. As to the health of
their souls I can’t say: We have three church
es, and three clergymen presiding over prom
inent orthodox denominations, and a sprink
ling of other beliefs ; including even the much
talked-of Spiritualists. These latter are few in
number, but so far as I have observed, they are
intelligent, thinking people, and ready to give
“a reason for the faith that is in them." I like
that in any one. No matter how much I may
differ from a man, J like to see him courageous,
and willing to “face the music.”
Then we are “in the fashion” here I can tell
you. Now York tells us just how we must
cut our clothes and our hair, 'how we must
wear our hats, and carry our canes, and make
our bows to the girls, (bless their pretty faces)
who have the same authority for the diminutive
bonnets, and the expansive crinoline that they
wear.
Speaking of girls—we have a few in our lit
tle place, but the most of the youthful feminines
are “young ladies.” You know there’s a dif
ference. The young ladies are, some of them,
very pretty and refined, accomplished and (this
in your private ear,) a little affected. But ode
of them is of no more use to a man that has
got his way to make in the world, than a china
doll would be. And a doll would dot require
carpets and mahogany, a large house, and a pi
ano, to say nothing ‘of silks, laces, feathers, &c.
I must be excused if I make rather an awk
ward business enumerating the ladies’ wants.
Nothing better can be expected of an old bach
elor. By means of pic-nics, dancing and sing
ing schools, I have made the acquaintance of
some of the country lasses here. And for rosy
cheeks, bright eyes and good health, they excel
the village ladies. -They are mote useful too,
capable and “handy,” as their mothers say;
but it must be confessed there is a little lack of
refinement and intellectual polish. And then
when I look at those same mothers: Good wo
men, kind women most of them, but—l want
my wife to think of something besides work
and making money.” I don’t want to be told
that it is wasting money to buy books and pa
pers, and wasting time to read them. X won
der if education and extravagance must always 1
go hand in hand 7
Well! I am “going hence.” And I shall
introduce myself as J. Jenks, and wo be to any
one who dares to direct letter or paper to Je
rubbaal. I’ll drop my horrible name and “set
np” without one. That name 1 I get out of
all patience with it. I lose my temper and my
spirits; feel to sober to dance, and its against
my principles to get “tight.” Oh dear! I be
lieve I’ll “leave this world of care, and go to
Potter County.” Wouldn’t you Mr. Editor 7
Yours truly, J. Jenks.
No important news from the seat of war; the
defeat of the Austrians at Magenta is confirmed.
From tho New York Tribun*.
H. G.”
For the Agitator.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
——The;proprietors of the San Francisdo
BifUetin have been fined $lOO each, for publish
ing the confession of Mrsl Sickles.
.. Rev.. Alenzo--Potter, Bishop of the
JlioQpse of Pennsylvania* cam o passeugijr. fr o ru.
’■’Europe in tlio steamship'-Fulton, with his
ly. He returns with health greatly, invigo
rated.
tho people of Fannin county, Texas,
have given the’Methodist' preachers Of’that're
gjon, .sixty day's (jo; leave in, otherwise if they
remain and persist in their course,'they will
bo dealt with’ '“as the'Sbuth'haa loar’nedto deal’
with Abolitionists-and negro' thieves.”
Juries seem’ determined, all . over the
country, to make masculine flirters and jilterS
suffer terribly in the pocket nerve. At Balti
more, the other day, the jury in . the case of
Miss Annie B. Herring against James Banghen
for breach of promise, rendered a verdict of
$3,500 damages for the plaintiff.
-—-The clergymen if Madison, Wis., each
found a nice’ ham on the door step a few morn
ings since. They were taken thankfully as
surprise presents, but it turns out that they
were stolen from the college steward, and dis
tributed by some students, who thought it ah
excellent practical joke. The facts did not
come out in time to save the bacon.
A Louisville paper has some answers to
correspondents. Here is a sample:—“Jennie.
—Ministers are not more addicted to dissipation
than men of other professions. A few of tie
Kalloch type take gin toddies and liberties with
females, but the great majority of them are as
good as lawyers and doctors. If you want-a
a true Christian, marry an editor.”
The-United States Post Office Depart
ment is sending out blank forms of accounts of
free matter. In accordance with a circular
which we noticed some rime since, accounts of
such matter arc to be kept by the various post
masters for four' quarters, commencing on the
first day of July next, and a return of the
same to be made to the Department, with a
view of enabling the Postmaster General to
ascertain what increase to the postal revenue
would accrue if payment was made on all mat
ter now passing through the mails free.— Wash
ington Constitution.
The ’ Messrs. Gibson, who own a saw
mill in the neighborhood of Caledonia, were
engaged, a few days ago, in sawing a pine log
of about two feet and a half in diameter, when
an unusual screeching of the saw attracted
their attention. They examined the cause of
the noise, and found in the centre of the log an
Indian tomahawk, in the eye of which was a
piece of rotten wood, a part of its former han
dle. The log was otherwise perfectly sound.—
Montreal Advertiser.
Some time since a gang of ruffians at
tempted to commit outrages upon a citizen of
Oramel, Allegany Co., N. Y. They entered his
house, and were proceeding to the chamber
wherein he had secreted himself when he
stepped to the head of the stairs and shot a ri
fle into the crowd, killing the leader instantly.
The remainder of the party fled, one of them
coming to Lafayette township, in this County,
where he was discovered by Sheriff Morse of
this County, and arrested on Sunday night
last. He left this place for Angelica Monday
morning.— M’Kean Citizen.
Some time since, we gave our readers a
programme of what was considered a necessary
“outfit” for Pike's Peak emigrants, the most
essential article of which was whiskey. A friend
of ours just returned from Pike's Peak, assures
us that the following, so far as he could judge
from experience and observation, is the univer
sal “infit” of returning “suckers:”
1 ragged, coat, with collar and tail torn off.
1 pair pants, hanging together by shreds.
I hat, barrin' the rim.
IJ shoos, looking like fried bacon rind,
11 pound raw beans.
11 pint parched corn. —Cincinnati Times.
The Kansas correspondent of the Boston
Journal, who is on his, way to Pike’s Peak, says
that Mr. Greeley attracts great attention from
the settlers. Every one, says he, “seems curi
ous to see him. I doubt if Queen Victoria or
President Buchanan would.‘draw’ better. On
the prairies yesterday, half a dazen miles from
any house, two travelers stopped our coach to
learn whether he was on board. One farmer
asked me a day or two since, if Horace Greeley
had failed in business, and was going to Pike's
Peak to dig gold I One of the drivers inquired
to-day if it was true that Horace Greeley was
about to start a paper at Manhattan ! And at
one of the stations yesterday, an Indian girl
volunteered the information that ‘Horace Gree
ley, in his old white coat,’ had just passed in
the coach before us. The groat journalist is
certainly widely known even on the borders of
the desert.”
An important decision was rendered in
Now York city, by Judge Culver, on Friday, ac
knowledging the invalidity of slave marriages.
B. N. Warwick, a colored M. E. preacher, was
formerly a slave in North Carolina, and was
married, in the method of the slaves, to Winnie,
also a slave, by whom he had twelve children.
In 1828 he was set free, came to Williamsburg
in 1831, and married another woman. His first
wife has since become free, and prosecuted him
for bigamy. The defence was that Warwick
had no expectation of her ever becoming free,
or he would have felt morally bound to her,
and that legally he was not. The Judge ruled
that slaves being chattels coaid not make con
tracts, and the first marriage was therefore a
nullity. As Judge Culver is opposed to slavery,
this decision is regarded as very important, be
cause based entirely on the local laws of the
Southern States.
An Irishman, in Danbury, Conn., un
dertook to shoot a cat the other.day, and as
the following account shows, shot a fool instead:
“First, he put in a charge of shot, which he
covered by ramming home a wad. Next, a
charge of powder. To make sure of his victim,
he wound up the loading with a small hand
ful of corn in the kernel. Thus prepared, he
brought the instrument of death to bear upon
the cat and snapped. To his great chagrin,
the gun was not discharged. He snapped, and
snapped, and snapped again; but it was no
use—the gun would not go; Irritated beyond
measure at his failure he drew the iron ramrod
from the gun, put the point in a fire until it
was red hot, inserted it at the muzzle, and
then wormed it down through the core until it
reached the powder, when whang! went the
charge down to the shot, sending the ramrod
through his hand between tbe thumb and fore
finger, burying the com in various parts of his
hand arid badly singeing .his face with the pow
der ! The cat survived, and the Irishman is
doing as well as could be expected.”
I A Horrible Confession.—Tip: Case of Can
nibalism on the Plains.— We have published
the particulars of a case-qf cannibalism on the
Plains, among a company of Pike’s Peak emi
grants. Daniel Elu8 r ODe of tho survivors of
tho party has arrived at Denver City, Kansas,
and hasfornished a complete’account of tbe af
iair. J)luo wont from Clyde, IIK-to Pike’s Peak
Width bis-ttothora. ’ 'He-writcs the following hor
rible confession:
, “After, a short.effori ,to continue our journey,
we were’again compelied'h) lay np, and the next
day Boleg' died - from''exhaustion'and' want 'of
food. Before he breathed his last, he .author
ized and requested us to make use of his mortal
TemahiH'irf the way of "nourishment. We; from
necessity,' did- so, although it went very hard
against our feelings; wo lived on His body for
about eight days. We -then were, as I after
wards learned, -bn Beaver Creek, which empties
into: the' BijOu, one of 'the tributaries of the
SOnth Platte, and about seventy-five miles east
of Denver City. .i.
After-the consumption of- Soleg’sbody, Alex
ander, my eldest brother, died, and at his own
last request, we used a portion of his body as
food on the spot, and .with the balance resumed
our journey towards the gold regions. We suc
ceeded in traveling but ten miles, when my
youngest brother, Charles, gave out, and we
were obliged to slop.’ For ten days we' subsis
ted on what remained of our brother’s body,
when, Charles expired from the same cause as
the others. I also • consumed the greater por
tion of hia remains, when, I was found by an
Arapahoe Indian and treated with great kind
ness, and a day and a half thereafter (this is on
Wednesday, the 4th of May,) brought to the
encampment of the' Leavenworth and Pike’s
Peak Express Company’s train.
Rev. Alexander • Clark, Editor of the
“School Visitor,” says:
“We have had ample opportunities during the
last few weeks, of witnessing the practical wor
kings of the iron City College. Having been
in almost daily intercourse with the Teachers
and Students, in the study room, and at the dif
ferent recitations. We have only to say that
thoroughness, and intense interest, characterize
every performance: Students are arriving dai
ly, from all parts of the country, and the num
ber now in attendance is larger by far, than any
similar Commercial College East or West. Mr.
Jenkins the Principal, is a gentleman of the
strictest integrity, and the entire faculty is com
posed of competent and faithful instructors.—
Every inducement announced in the widely dif
fused advertisements of this institution, is
promptly carried out, in the course of study
and discipline, which this college has won its
present reputation.”
Ax Eventful Month.—Napoleon landed at
Genoa on the 12th of May. His Italian cam
paign had, up to last advices, occupied twenty
seven days.
Those twenty-seven days have been produc
tive of as rapid and brilliant results as the cam
paigns of the first Napoleon. If the battles have
been less frequent, the success has been equally
decisive. Turin has been saved from capture.
Victory has crowned French arms a second time
at Montebello. Two victories have been won
at Palestro. The Austrians have been driven
out of Sardinia. The French have invaded
Lombardy. Como has been revolutionized.—
The Tuscan sovereign has been dethroned. The
Parmesan Dutchess has been compelled to fly.
Milan has thrown off the Austrian yoke, and
Magenta has been the scene of as bloody a con
flict as Marengo. “In a months time,” said
Napoleon, “I will .dale my proclamations from
Milan.” He keeps his promise.— Albany Jour
nal.
CANDIDATES.
We are requested to announce P.KNJAMIX VANDUSEX
of Chatham town-hip as a candidate for' Treasurer, subject
to the decision of the Republican County Convcntiion.
Fair Warning: Fast Cull!!
ALL persons indebted to the late sheriff, JOHN
MATHERS, are requested to call upon the un
dersigned, at the Frothonotary's Office, and settle up
immediately, or they will be sued, without regard to
personality or favor. IV.M. T. MATHERS,
Welisboro, Juno 30, 1559. Agent.
NEW MIEEINERY SHOP.
MISS PAULINA SMITH would respectfully in
form the public that she has bought out the en
tire stock of J f/tS. GRIERSOE, and intends carry
ing on the HILLIRERX RUSIR ESS in all its
branches. Sho has on hand a choice selection of
Plain and Colored Straw and Black Bonnets, Ribbons,
Flowers, Head Dresses, Fancy Goods, Etc.
BLEACHING AKD PRESSING done in
a superior manner.
She has qualified herself in such a manner that she
does not hositato to claim the confidence of those who
may feel disposed to patronize her.
Shop over Harding's Store.
June 30, 38o£>. Cm.
IMPROVED PATENT MELODEANS.
The oldest Establishment in the United States,
Employing Two Hundred Men, and Fin
ishing Eighig Instruments per Week.
Combining all their recent improvements—the Divided Swell
Organ Mclodeon. Ac. Jt*r- The Divided Swell can only be
Obtained in Melodoons of our manufacture.
GEO. PKINCE & CO.,
Manufacturers, Buffalo, W. Y.
WnotESAta Depots: S 7 Fulton St, N. X, and 110 Lake St
Chicago, Illinois.
VUa A Telman, Boston,
Mass, W. I. Colburn. Cincinnati, Ohio; Balmcr k Weber,
SkLoms, .3/0.; lh. P. Wcrlem, New-Orleans; AiS North
heimer, Toronto. C. W.
From tho .Homo Journal, April 3,1855.
a 1 ?!!® M ® lod ®? na manufactured by Prince k Co., and for sale
fit 8. Fulton Street, are tho bcßt-fo the world. Wehave tried
them, and therefore speak uudemandingiy of their
Thoy are afforded at a very moderate cost.
Prices of Portable Instruments,
Four octave Melodeon, extending* from. C to C, - - 00
Four and a half octavo •* CtoF - - - *6O 00
Five octave,' « « Fto F, . . Tj oo
Five octave, double reed, « « FtoF, - - -130 00
Orgran Melodcoa.
j ‘°J of FiTO Seta of Reeds, Eight StopsrOne
and a half octavo Port pedals, one set of Reeds in Pedal Bass
Independent, - QO
Prices of Piano Cased*
Five octavo Melodeon, extending from F to F - . 4lon no
Six octave do do F to F - - - 130 00
Fit© octavo donble reed, do FtoF-. ivinn
Five octave, two Banks of Keys 00
-our facilities for mannfacturing are perfect, and from our
tatte business, bavins' finished and sold
ronfldlS r o e f“^i^“.feti?? aild WelodCOM, we feel
All Instruments of onr manufacture, either Bold bv us or
tho T,nUed Canadaa, aroZr
mn/«rf to be perfect fn every respect, and should any repairs
IJf the aspiration of ono year fronf the^to
Lm.?rZor2 d ourselves ready and willing to make the
providing the. injury is not caused by
C r r , GEO. A. PRXXCE * CO*
t .?***• °J oar Molodeoba-roav bo found in *ll
thr principal cities and towjisJn the foiled Stales and-Can-,
sdtu. (June 23, 185?, lr.
GRAND CELEBRATION
The Spirit of >76 Aroused:
THE FOURTH l N TIQ
THE patriotic citizens of Tioga Count, Jf 4 *
brate the'B3d Anniversary of America T*? **■
deoco, in Tioga Village, July 4th, IBS, i *s<»-
mitloe of arrangement have made the «™
preparations for the accommodation and mi ***
ment of all who may attend. We have the hM*^ -
ranees for the punctual attendance of the
Orator of the Day,
HOIS; E. B. CULYPT)
Of Brooklyn, New York
The Fire Company from Lawreaceville au
Military Company from Middlebory and
(Horse) will be with us through the day.
All Stores .and Offices will be closed from in ..
a. m. till 4 p.m. ld *d
The following letters have been received whu
sufficiently explain themselves: *3
Bbookiys, N. T.. Jane t i«.
GKXTLE»E?r: I have accepted your invitoa *
address you on the coming Anniversary of aT* 18
tional Independence.
Life and health permitting, yon may positive*
peefc me pn that occasion. Very truly you? 0 *
E - & Cr tril
Tioga K. R. Office, Corning, N. Y., Jane g )
H. H. Border, Esq., Sect'y; Wo will run Vbw
from Blossburg to Berry’s Bridge, reaching
at some time earlier than 10 o’clock, at half frJJr
will carry celebratocs from Acre on the
train upon same terms. Yours trnly, 0
L. IL, SHATTUCITyjjn*
The Wellshoro k Tioga Road will bo opes w
the public for that day. ' * ”
ORDER ' OF EXERCISER.
1. Ringing of bells at sunrise,l9. Music by Bra=u hui
2. National salute of 13 guns 10. OratKta by Uos.£n r
at sunrise. ver, *
3. Forming of procession on 11. Music by Brasi E»ij
the Green at 11 o'clock, 12. Procession fonai vw
* martial music, matching to Dinner.
to the stand. 13. Dimer.
4. Music by the B rass J2and. 14. Music by Brass B»ai
5. Singing by Choir. 15. Regular Tomts.
6. Prayer by Chaplain, 16, Musi© by Brsw w
7. Singing by choir, 17. Volunteer Toast/
8. Reading of Declaration. 18. Fire Works at 9, j, a
OFFICERS OF THE DA T.
President.—A. HUMPHREY. Tioga Tillage.
Vice Presidents. — Brookfield, Zacchens ilaUe*..
Bloss, James H. Gwlkk, B. R. Hall ; Chathm,
Temple; Clymer, B. B. Strang; Corner,* Bon>, H o r
E. Dyer, Lewis B, Smith; Covington, Butler Bahi 5
A. Elliott; Charleston, Robert Trull/ John W.&jj.*,’
A. E. Niles: Deerfield, Eddy Howland; DeWwi
Eberentz; Etkland. Lcffnder Culver: Elk, Pe(4Me.
Niel; Farmington, Hiram Meritt, John A. Kemp, 0
H, Blanchard; Gaines, S. X. Billings, B. C. Vernik
yea; Jackson, 0. B. Wells; KncxciV*. J. B. Whitr
Latcrenee, Elias Snell; Lavrrenceville, Dr. Lewis Du
ling, John W. Ryon and Geo. W. Stanton: Zikrfyi
Robt. C. Cox; Middlchury, Ebenezer Doer?: Hcmil
Henry S. Archer; Mansfield, A. J. Ross; Vehon o!
W. Phelps; Richmond . Amos Bixby: Rutland, Col
Henry Oldroid, Dr. Joel Rose, H. B. Card; SuWcaa.
Bateman Monroe, E. A. Fish; Tioga, John W. Gn*f.
ensey, Hod. Levi Bigelow, Richard Mitchell, B. C,
Wickham; Union, Chas. O. Spcnccr: TTetfi&oro,Joh
R. Bowen, J. P. Donaldson. Henry Sherwood: Fnt.
field, Charlton Phillips; Ward, Abraham Knifia;
Osceola, Dr. W. T. Humphrey • Corning, C. 6. D«!
niaon, Stephen Haight, C. C. B. Walker.
- Committee of Arrangements. —James Dewey, H.H.
Borden. E. A. Smead, Ira Wells, P. M. Geer.
Marshals. —Col, H. S. Johnston, Leroy Tabor, Cba.
0- Etz.
Chaplain. —Rev. S. J. McCullough.
Header of Declaration, — F. E. Smith.
Leader of Tioga Brn»a Hand, —C. J. llumpiiWT.
Leader Martial Mbric, —S. B. Brooks,
Leader Tioga Choir, — ll. E. .Smith.
Per order of Committee of Arrangement!
Tioga, Judo 16, H. H. BORDER, Ste’y.
NEW STORE! NEW GOODS!
C L. WILCOZ,
VtTISHES to inform the citizens of Tioga Conty
W generally, and those of them tibo enjoy the
good things of life in particular, that hehuopaad
an
ENTIRELY NEW STOCK
-OF
m It IBS
PROVISIONS.
CONSISTING IN TAUT OF
Sugars,
Coffee,
Fork,
Lard,
Cheese,
Fish,
Fnit,
, Molasiu,
Tobacco,
Oranges,
Lemons,
Prunes,
Pine Apples,
FtOtIR ASD FEED
In an j qnantity and at the lowest prices for cair-
In connection with this, the subscriber would ri*
nounce that he has opened a
SHOE AND LEATHER DEPARTMENT
Under the direct Supervision of
DR. WATTS,
Whose long experience in this trade eminent!/
fics him for giving particular "fits’’ to customer*.
Good Gaiters, for 4s. and 6d.
Shoemakers tools, findings of all descriptions,
every article needed by the trado kept constant!/
hand.
25,000 Slieep Pelts Wauled
In exchange for goods at the lowest oariwt pne®*-
Also furs and skins of all descriptions. rnr
June 16, 1839. ’ ' C. I. ™£xi-
nEERFtKT.n wonf-^w^TO^
WOOL WANTED,
TO MANUFACTURE ON SHARE*. L
YARD, OR IN.EXCHANGE FOR
SHAWLS. STOCKING YARN Ac. ll \
TXT'OOL Carding and Cloth Dressing done “ “J
-tT notice and on as good terms at m.
place. All kinds of produce taken in
work or Goods. . J. SCH^l^'
Deerfield. Juno 9th, 1559. —-
Bridge to tel.
IN’ the township of Deerfield, opposite Kbo .
across CowaneSque KTver. Said bridge lo j,
on piles, in two spans of about fifty fire feet e*
bo let on the second day of July next. The pi
bridge to bo made known on the day of tne ,
Bids will be received up to 3 o’clockoata®
letting. D. G. STEVES.S, |
JOHN JAMEo,
June 16, XSS9. T,. D. SEELEY. J —-
“ Slravtfberry Festival. .
THE ladies of Tioga will hold a Festival on
evening of the 4th of July next, at tbejor*
occupied by C, 0. Etz. All are incited to attune.
The proceeds of the Festival will be [v^
purchasing furniture and apparatus for the sow s
Per order of Committee of Arrange®* 3 *
Tioga, June 23,1859,
Every man hi 9 own P ainter lj
EBONY PAINT—a new article of S f*i
Paint for Buggies, Carriages, aD i. e ? . teiac*
all articles either of wood or iron for whie
ful black pain* is desirable. This article
ready for nse and sold by the bottle at
Drug and Chemical Store, Wollsboro, Fa. ''
Notice. „iii»
/TUIE Annual Meeting of the Arboa Land
I held at Bloaaburg, in the office of-J ll ® ,
Monday the 4th of July, between the hours o
clock A. M., to elect a board of Managers.
Blosaburg. Jane 9th; 1359,3t* '
DICKINSON HOF*®
COJSISfi. N. Y>
D.C.N«.
Guosts token to and from the Depot ir ce 0