folly, that this advertisement was framed fori .‘ the pnrpoee of preventing competition, and to ‘enable the Secretary to contract directly with ‘JMr. Swift? ' .. >Answer.. 1 always understood it so ; that • for Mr. Swift alone, for np to the time • .then 1 came' here, after the advertisement • was out, I thought it was for both of us.’ “The same witness further testifies as fol lows: - - “‘Question. There is one statement of yours ! that I feel it my duty to question you further \ about. In answer to a question, you have • said that you have always understood that it • was the purpose of the Department, in framing 'these''edifications in the advertisement, to • exclude competition, and to take your and Mr. •Swift?* timber. Do you say that it was the • object of the Department to prevent other • people from coming in and underbidding you, ‘•if they coaid furnish it at the time at a lower < price f ■> | " ‘Answer. If you understood me tolsay that, ‘‘l do not think I understood the question. My • explanation now would ho, that the Secretary ‘of the Navy knew, and the Chief of the Bu • reau knew, that there was nobody else in ai] t America that had tho timber, and could put it • in at each a time, but Mr. Swift and myself. • There was not any such timber in the United ‘ States that was already got out except ours. 4 There was nobody else in the business, but Mr. 4 Swift and myself, who could furnish it. The • Secretary knew there was no such timber any •’where else in the market. But he told us, dia ‘ tinctly, that if we did not put it in at a rea ‘ snnably fair price, they would not take it at •all.’ 1 \ ♦ ****■»*! Here it is proved, that the purchase \ras made by Swift when the public service did not require it, and that the advertisement by which it was pretended to invite competitors was studiously framed to prevent it, and so as to render compliance with the terms of it by any other person than Swift impossible. And it is apparent that the object was to indemnify and reward an Old Line Whig, who was made a Democrat, Mr. Piitt says, by him, by a process not stated, but easily understood from the con tract between them, who was introduced by him to Mr. Buchanan, was willing to pay §50,- 000 to elect him, and did actually pay §lO,OOO out of his own pocket, to carry the election in Pennsylvania. There is no room for cavil about the facts of this transaction. Mr. Bo cock says, indeed, that "however much the committee would condemn any personal favor itism to tho public detriment, they are gratified to perceive that the Secretary seems never to have lost sight of the public interest. But this language, which has no other justification than that the Secretary did not pay Swift one dollar and thirty cents per foot for the timber, when there were other bid* unexpectedly put in, offer ing to furnish it at one dollar and twelve and a half cents, sounds like a satire even in the mouth of s friend, in view of tho facts disclosed by the testimony, and embodied in the report - copied above. The importance of the case is not in the magnitude of the amount involved, although that is large, but in showing the de tails of the system by which lavish appropria tions subvert popular government, and verify Mr. Jefferson’s maxim, that we must choose between economy and liberty. ■Williston and Mann. The Harrisburg TdegrapTi, compliments our Legislative candidates as follows ■ “The Republicans of Tioga and Potter coun ties have re-nominated L. P. Williston and Lewis Mann, for Assembly. They are excel lent men and will'of course be elected by over whelming majorities. Mr. Williston of Tioga has represented the people of that county for the last three years, and his re-nomination for the fourth term shows that his constituents know how, to appreciate real worth. He is not only a staunch Republican, the “noblest work of God, an honest man," who can neither be driven nor coaxed into measures which he con siders detrimental to the interests of his con stituents and the State. He was onejof the most attentive and industrious members of the last Assembly, and we are glad that be will sojourn with us another winter. Mr. Mann, the other nominee, was also one of the members of the last House and done his duty ably and faithfully. With the experience of one session, he will be able to make himself much more useful the coming winter." The Lancaster Union, one of the most influ ential papers in the State in noticing the rc nomiuntion of Williston says: “We are pleased to sea that the Republicans of Tioga county have, with great unanimity, re-nominated this gentleman for the Legisla ture. He has represented that county for the last three sessions, and occupied an enviable position for ability, honesty and straight-for ward independence of thought and action. The sham Democracy have felt, on more occasions than one, the power of his eloquence, and we predict that he is destined to fill higher posts of honor in the commonwealth. He is “a man among men,” and deserves this renewed ex pression of the confidence of his constituents. A Hard Case in Law. —Mr. C , a vete ran lawyer of Syracuse, used to tell a story of a client, an impetuous old farmer by the name of Merrick, wbo had a difficulty with a cabinet maker. As was usual in such coses, the mat ter excited a great deal of interest among the, neighbors, severally allied themselves with one or the other of the contending parties. At length, however, to the mutual disappointment cf the allies, the principals effected a comprom ise, by which Merrick was to take, in full of all demands, the cabinet maker’s note for $4O at six months, "payable in cabinet ware." Lawyer C——was called upon to draft the necessary papers to consummate the settlement, ■which, after having been duly executed and delivered, the client was apprised that the mat ter was fully and amicably arranged. G , saw no more of the parties until about six months after, when one morning, just as he was opening his office, old Mr. Merrick rode furiously up, dismounted, and rushed in defi antly, exclaiming;— “I say. Squire, am I bound to take coffin* V’ It seems on the note falling due, that the obstinate cabinet maker had refused to pay him, in any other way. —Olive Branch. An extensive conflagration at Chicago on Thursday night last is said to have destroyed property to the amount of half a million of dollars, with insurance to half that amount in New-Xork and New-England offices. —Tribune of the ITtfi. The workmen on the Bergen. Tunnel, near New-York, barricaded the N. Y.‘ E. R. R, lost week and detained oil trains for two days. THE AGITATOR. BQOB TfOOWO, Miter & Proprietor. WSLLBBOROU6H, PA, Thnrwlar Morning, Sept. 32, ’59. S. M. Pnrooili « Co., 119 Kuua St., Haw York, and 10 State St., Boston, are-the Ageoth for the and the most influential and largest clreulnUpg Newspapers In the United States and the Canadas. They are authorised to coo* tract for us at our lowest rates. Republican State Nominations. AUDITOR GENERAL: THOMAS E. COCHRAN, ' TOES COUNTY, SURVEYOR GENERAL: W. WILLIAM H. KEIM, BERKS COUNTY, County Nominations. FOR SENATOR. STEPHEN E. WILSON, of Welhboro. (Subject to the decision of Conferees.} TOR ASSEMBLY. -L. P. WILLISTON, of Wellsboro. LEWIS MANN, of Coudersport. [Subject to the decision of Confsrces.] FOR TREASURER. JAS. S. WAT RO US, of Gaines. FOR COMMISSIONER, AMOS BIXBY, of Manefeld. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ALLEN, of Mansfdd. FOR APMTOIU C. F. VAIL, of Liberty. SOU 6CBTETOR. E. P. DEANE, of Dehnar . Fob coroner, JOEL ROSE, of Rutland. The Teat and the Price. There is a high road descending away from the summits of Success into the gulf of deserv ed defeat and Shame ; and the name of this highway is Indifference. There is a bridge spanning the gulf of Shame, and connecting the elevated plains of honorable Achievement —the success of the past—with the yet higher land of Promise in the. future. These ways are ever open to the feet of men, of parties, and of nations. They may glide down the one daring the reign of the sleep of the sluggard and per ish in the damps that choke the pit at its foot; or they may take their hearts in their hands and follow the lead of a great purpose across the other, and join in the paeans of everlasting victory. So standing at the forks of the rood, the choice is left with them ; to follow Dnthrift and perish out of the memory of Man; l or to work—to work and live in the gratitude of the race forever. This is neither new nor strange doctrine to the Republicans of Tioga. Without labor in this very day past success is but dust and ashes in the pit! Without vigilance, there is no se curity in the utter defeat and dismay of the enemies of Freedom, An inheritance of mill ions is not proof against the accidents of life, is no security from the vexations of poverty, if sleepy Unthrift usurp the throne of vigilant Thrift. Work, or die, is the rule ; fold your hands and arise rich and famous, is an excep tion yet to be chronicled. Northern Pennsylvania occupies a proud po sition in the polities of the State. How 7 Not by waiting for Providence to bind the bays up on the sweatless brow of indolent Desire; not by crying, "Lord, Lord 1” with bands extended like drowning men in very weakness; not by the efforts of one. or three men, nor by the vig ilance of six; but by the faith and unwearied activity of thousands moved by a common pur" pose, and crowned with success by One who “helps such as help themselves.” To no fortu itous circumstances is Tioga indebted for her enviable political position; and no special de cree of the Almighty will sustain her in it, or hold up the hands of her leaders when they grow heavy in the midst of the fight. What is this to say ? That, as men whose political convictions root in principle rather than in policy, wo cannot relax in labor or in vigilance for a day, even, without irreparable damage to. the cause we love. Because Rome was saved from sack by the babbling of a barn yard fowl, it does not follow that the liberties of this land may be rescued from destruction by any fortuitous accident whatever. Let us op and to work 1 Let us mould our lives into visible prayers for the ascendency of Right in the councils of the nation. Republicans, the strife for the elevation of individuals, as such, to place, is ignoble, is mean. Bat the greatest political results hang upon things trifling, by themselves considered. A party obligates itself to work for the princi ples enunciated in its platform; and every man to whom a nomination is tendered, pledges his vote, voice, and labor to the support of those principles, if he accept the tender. Thus may the nominees of a party become the represent atives of its principles, and therefore be enti tled to receive the support of every loyal mem ber of his party. Personal likes and dislikes should be forgotten when men enter upon pol itical campaigns in these times. If a candidate be true and faithful in his political relations ; if he he a good citizen and upright, to compass his defeat, either by indifference or active op position, is treason not only to the party, but what is worse, a blow struck at the principles by that party advocated. Republicans, we are entered open a cam paign the field of which is comparatively local, while its issues are as broad as the entire land. These local contests are the notes of prepara tion, the skirmishes preceding the field-fight of next year. There is no missing link in the chain of political effects, no interregnum of Peace and Quiet in the prosecution of the fight with legalized injustice. The humblest citizen cannot strike a blow this autumn that will not re-act upon bis party, either for good or evil, in the Presidential struggle of 1860. The issue is clearly defined: I endorse the mischiefs and unmitigated wickedness of James Buchanan’s misrule, or Ido not 1 So must we, every one, answer to conscience. Turn it whichever way -you will; excuse yourself as best you may wears as subtle a web of sophistry as you may,' THE ■ Tioak AGITATOR. J in ■ moment of calmer reason judgment trill scatter jour defence to tbs v rinds and bring you under condemnation ; and conscience pun ish with a pitiless hand. Freedom has need of her friends now as she had need of them in 1856. If the skies low* l ered thenj they threaten fiercer tempests this day. The cloud, then no bigger' now covers the heavens from zinith to hbrizoh, and he that comforts himself with an boor of ease in this strait will arouse !:o shame. You at the plow and you at the for;e —you have as much to do with shaping the destinies of the nation as the statesman and the millionaire; and it may he that, had you eserted more influ ence in national affairs and they less, we had not entered these straits of peril. To the breach, then, Republicans I Let us work while the light of better days streams down to us like the pillar of fire ; remembering always that the test of our truth is unwearied endeavor, and the “trice of Liberty is eternal vigilance.” j Tns Rkigs op Muscle.— Antiquity had its Aristides, it: ero, its Solon, its Demosthenes oras; the medieval ages had and the complicated machiner the damn of modern times Zwingle, a Faust and a Guttei ter, the world rejoiced in a "W Franklin ; but this age is mor den than all other ages am great and harmonious Dcmoci ganization which has sucoesi ted its ability to be, to do, am that whilom necessity, braixl of the cranium having been rj with the spinal column, it nov; muscle,” and, the truth con makes excellent time. The 14th day of September; current, proved big -with events to the several Shells of the democratic parly of New York. On that day it met in harmonious conclave in the classic city of Syracuse, there to select victims for a grand holocaust in November.! Multitudinous, multiform, and multifarious, and only nat mul ticaulis, was the gathering of shells then and there. Scripture Dick was there, and also Kee nan, tha pugilist; Peter Caggisr was there, also Sheehan, the rowdy ; John Cochrane was there, likewise Kay, the shoulder-bitter ; Fernandy Wad was there, also Woods,'Custom House j * bully and sneak; Captain Ryjndera was there, likewise Pat Duffy and Jemmy Hughes. Ail these various elements of modern ■ democracy met there to mix, mingle, affiliate and blend in a union-preserving and they did it. Yes, they did it. At the first stroke of 12, the Wood men popped their man into the Chair, and proceeded to organize, Peter Cagger vaulted upon the platform and nomina ted Hon. John Stryker as temporary Chairman. Here was a predicament I tyo Chairmen and but one chair 1 However, Mir. Stryker struck an attitude and proceeded to pot sundry mo tions. Fernandas man dia likewise. Mr, Stryker then pitched his voice an octave higher hoping to drown the voice of hia opponent; upon tbia, Custom House Woods unceremoni ously pitched luckless Stryker neck and heels trom the platform, thereby pitting hia neck in jeopardy and rendering him lame of a leg. Then the storm descended.! John Cochrane restored the prostrate Stryker to his perpendic ular and leapt upon the plitform. Sheehan and Ray made for Cochrane, jand Captain Ryn dera made for Kay and Sheehan. The latter truthfully gave Bynders seyeral hard names, and Ryndera just as properly repaid them in like currency. Somebody thjen produced a re volver and pointed it at the cbivalric Captain. Fernandy Wud turned pale s.nd seized Ray by the caudal dependency of hia coat. Ray left off following his nose and took to chasing his coat-tail. The combat deepened. The brave rushed on. Many pistols were drawn and flourished, but none fired. The crowd rushed for the door. Vi dory perched upon the stand ard of Fernandy Wud. He had the greatest stock of muscle. Muscle triumphed. Live, muscle I Death to brains I Peace spread her wings ovi Fernandy, the muscleman, t: hoped the Convention would proceed in an or derly and decent manner. Ue regretted that men were so poor in integrity and honor as to resist the authority of Muscle. Evidently the audacity of John Cochrane in picking up Stry ker—picking him up after Muscle had said to him, “Lie there I”—plainly] this audacity had transfixed the virtuous Fernandy. And we submit that John Cochrane spit upon party us ages in aiding the prostrate Stryker. When Brooks mangled Charles Sumner, did not the democratic press shout "Stive”? Did not the orators of that party manfully exalt Muscle ? Fernandy was right. Brattle had no right to lift their voice in that Convention. Muscle conceived it and brought it forth. Muscle be got its nominations. Live muscle ! There is no Muscle hut muscle, and the Democratic party is its ex-p tunder, | The Democracy of Warrei covered a jewel of price, iS have added it to their crown| ger briefly describes this get "of excellent qualifications Representative: that is, saj ‘■‘is one of the kind of men "party right or wrong—firn "if wrong, the party will sof "it is enough for him to mai "ganization in all events." A most comfortable dootr no means new. It is a obeajj maxims, “The King can d< "unconditional submission j "be." There is always a « fortable doctrine on the eve rage by dominant powers.. - modern democratic doctrin ' adapted to the condition of the odds and ends that go to make up the Buchanan wing of remarkable party. 'Mr. Lowry, the jewel & question, resisted the seduotidns of Know-No tbingiam in 1854, and also the heresy of Dong, lasiam in 1858; and though the "district is un “conscionably given to the heresies of the Re “publicana,” the editor looks for a good report from the valley of Brokenstraw—which valley is to Warren, we suppose, as Hinnom was to Jerusalem. We congratulate the mulattocracy of Warren upon their possession of a man who prefers to do wrong rather than right; since none but such can be of any use to them in these times. The editor grows sad in view of the fact that his party neglected to speak its sentiments freely and fully in resolutions. We beg to as sure him that his grief is surplusage. . He, himself, has spoken the sentiments of the party, freely and fully: -‘Everything for the party, “right or wrong!” Change, only, is everlasting in the earth. A moment since and we were threading the mazes of a dream of summer; a leaf, crisp and pale dropped on the path and the vision van ished. To some, the seasons come and go, and teach nought; to many, they are living teach ers. Bryant greets autumn as “The melan choly days.” Clark says of October— tluscla forever! a Plato, its Cic i and its Pythag -I—Rome—Rome,—Rome, y of the Church ; had a Luther, a mbourg; ,yet la i ashingtou'and a is prolific of vron i times—it has a ■itic Party, an or sfully demonstra id to suffer, sans is! The viscera emovea, together V “travels on its ■pels us to say, Solemn, yet beautiful to view, Month of my heart, thou dawnest here ; And while these were both gentle souls, the more frail seemed less painfully impressed by the season of decay than he whose years now crowd three-score. We have sometimes looked upon autumn as the reflection of summer. The floral beauty of summer, which dallied in the meadows and clothed the uplands as with royal garments, Uvea again in resurrected loveliness in the changeful woods. Looking from this window away fo the wood-crowned hills, the eye is de lighted with the scattered clumps of crimson ing maples blending with the somber-bued pines and hemlocks *nnd the pale green of the birch; but the heart sinks at second thought, for this is the glorious beauty whose core is smitten with the frost of death. More beautiful than the gold and crimson sunsets of summer are the sunsets of autumn in their purple robes. And the voices of night, if less joyous, are yet more deep and varied than those of June. To-day is filled with equinoctial promise. The clouds course low and the air is heavy with drizzling mists, and “Upon the dreary "bills there droops a mournful fringe of rain.” FROM THE PEOPLE. Tor th* Agitator. Covington, Sept. 13th, 1859. Mb. Young : Covington is a town—a body corporate. It is adorned with four churches, four stores, (live ones) two taverns and two school-houses, no— things . X have seen the cells in our county jail, and, since 1 visited them, 1 can not tell which is in the worst condition, the jail or our school rooms. The jail is a nuisance—a libel upon human ity and Tioga county particularly. Are our Commissioners afraid to meet the responsibility of building a new jail house, for fear it will make them unpopular 7 In the name of com mon sense, humanity, and decency build a new jail! I intended to say a few things about our school-houses and the jail, the Covingtonians in particular, whether I can arouse our inhabi tants from their wonted somnolency, the future will determine. I have not the least hope, that I can move the Commissioners to a sense of their duty; the task is a hopeless one. Neither do I expect to effect anything in this place. I will confine myself to the Covingtonians, and let the jail go till some other time. We have the poorest, dirtiest, meanest, cold est school-rooms in the county. Now who is to blame 7 Everybody. Everybody says tee are too poor to build new ones. Let us see. The aggregate cost of our four churches I set down, at $7OOO. Were you too poor to build thein ? Were you too poor to give the glass factory §2OOO as a bonus for starting the same ? Let everybody answer. Our Council voted 100 dol lars to pay a drunken man for putting his shoulder out of joint, because he fell in a ditch. They are too poor. Yes, you are so poor, you will send your children to school to half freeze, and then find fault with the teachers; yrozel at them because our children do not learn faster. The fact is,- it takes half of their time to keep warm. In behalf, then, of our freezing ehil dren, build new houses. L. er the victors, and )ok the floor. He Surely these are extraordinary times. The self-sacrificing deeds of the men of ’7O are thrown entirely into the shade by the love of country so plainly evinced by our Democratic friends of to-day. Once more they are arousing themselves to action. The shrill notes of their orators are now being heard throughout bur entire land. Away off in the dim future, they faintly perceive the Union to be in danger. To repose longer, will only tend to elect a Repub lican President, which will be a signal to kindle the fires of civil war, from which may heaven defend ns. My hand trembles when I think of such horrible things. In imagination already I see an offended South, under arms, her brave sons already on (he tented field—her thousands of fierce warriors already on the road to Wash ington to light the fires of civil discord—to ap ply the match to (be National buildings—to expel our Black Republican officers and a final and complete dissolution and dismemberment of our glorious Union closes the scene—i-the curtain falls, leaving our friends of the South in quiet possession of Washington and “all things pertaining thereunto." Honest reader, this is no “fairy tale.” Would that it were. Would that we had not incurred the displeas ure of the gods of Slaveocraoy. But such has been onr conduct, the wrath of au offended “institution” is being poured upon our devoted heads, let ue quote, says High Priest, W. W. Boyce, who represents the Southern Democ racy. “Oar policy is, first, to prevent, if possi “ ble, the election of a Republican President; “ 2d, if this must occur, in spite of all our wise " exertions to the contrary, to cause it to occur “ under such issues as will best enable us to “ set up a Southern government. The great “ point then, is fo ripen public opinion at the “ South for a dissolution of the Union in the i i county have dis end like wide men jewels. The Itd n as “a young man for the post” of pa that paper, “he who stick to the m in the faith that pn right itself, and intain the old or- cine, truly ; but by ■p rehash of the old lo no wrong,” and |o the powers that Revival of this com i of meditated out* l It ia - peculiarly a and admirably Modern Democratic Patriotism. “ contingency referred to, : the election‘of a Re “ publican President." f' Ho grows reflective, urges his southern'frienda to be 'united, counsels patriotism, appeals to their love of "country, warns" them" against sec tional division and discord, urges prudence, rec.- ommends that the people of the South consti tute tjjeinselves a; committee of the whole, to look after' the public welfare, tells them, with tears in his eyes, to prepare for the great crisis which will inevitably be upon them, and after he gets their courage up to the sticking point, he addresses his auditors ns follows: - “The vast power of the Federal' Government “ would be thrown into the .scale of abolition; “ the elements of fanaticism and hostility at the “ North would bo stimulated into gigantic de “ velopment; a profound discouragement would “ weigh like lead upon the bosom of the South; “ hated sense of degradation and inferiority “ would crush the public spirit; traitors would “ begin to raise their serpent heads ; the good “ despair of their country and suppose that all “ was lost, because nothing was done.” Such; is but a fair sample of speeches daily made by those who profess to be high in the Democratic Church. The newspapers coming from the South, are overflowing with disunion sentiment. Nine of every ten speeches, deliv ered south of Mason and Dixon’s Line, declare their intention of backing out of the Union if the patronage of the country is withdrawn from them, j Are they not beautifully consistent ? When they call us disonionists, nullifiers, &0., are they not in imminent danger of robbing themselves of some of their family names ? Do not these things come from them with a poor grace ? And, when they accuse us of trying to send this Plural Unit of ours in fragments, just refer them to some of their orthodox speeches. Ask them how Toombs, Brown, Yancey, Boyce & Co., are upon this question. Ask them, if the above named gentlemen are not “fellows” of their party. Fbane. Middkbury, Sept. 15,1859. I -DFE-D- In Covington Boro, August Oth, of Consumption, Mr. THOMAS VIDEAN, aged 32 years. At a meeting of Covington Lodge, No. 274, I 0 of 0 F, of Pa., held at the Lodge Room the 27th day of August, 2S5y, the following resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted:, Whr.eas, Our highly esteemed and worthy Brother. Past Grand, Thomas Vulcan, through the interposition of Divine Providence, has been by the cold and icy hand of Death, snatched from our midst while yet in the’prime of life and in the midst of hia usefulness Therefore. That wo as a Lodge tender to the bereaved wife our kindest Byiu|»athiea, in this her hour of affliction aud ti ial, realizing that the loss of her husband, kind and affcc tionate,jthe guide, head, and support of her family, Is a loss to her irreparable, yet we trurd tti.it her loss is his gain. Resolved. That we eympathitc with the bereaved parents In this the loss of an obliging and dutiful son, the younger of the family, on whom their affections centered, and wh so so ciety they expected to enjoy so long as they should live Resolved, That the Brothers and relatives have reason to feel and mourn the loss of a true and tiled friend, one e\cr williugto lead a helping baud in the hour of trial ami dis tress. whose impulses were generous, and social qualities such as to render their loss truly great. Jlwh'rd, That the community in which our Brother resi ded hate lost a valuable member, whoso business habits were and integrity beyond suspicion. i Resolved, That our Lodge has lost a valuable member, whose counsel was heeded: who was deeply imbued with the principles of Friendship, Love and Truth, and entered with zeal into the great work of relieving the distresses and ame- Uorating-the condition of our fellow men. Wo lament his loss, peace be to his ashes. Resolved, That a copy of the above resolutions be given to the "idiw and friends of our deceased Brother, and that a copy ofi the same be furnished to both of our countv papers for publication. Attest G. M. BUTLER. N. G. I.I’ATCUEN. Sec. 11. M. GEROGLD, V.G. | Bank Hoticc. TO the Stockholders of the Tioga Co. Bank : The Annual Election will be held at the Banking Office in Tioga, on the third Monday of November next for the purpose of electing directors and other business. E P STEERS, Cashier. Tiog-a, Pa,.. Sept. 22, ’39. THE COKZVJi\G JOURNAL. George W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor. - IS published at Corning. Sleubea Co., X. Y., at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The Journalis Republican in politics, and has a circnla tion reaching into every part of Steuben County.— Those jdesirous of extending their business into that and the adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad vertising medium. Address as above. | Bridge to Let, for the building of a bridge upon the Burr plan will he received by tho Commissioners up to iho Ist day of October, at 3 o’clock P. M.* when the Bridge will bo let. Said Bridge is to be built acrossiTioga River, in Tioga-township, near Bought©*s Mill; (the abutments to bo 19 feet face, 10 feet across the bottom and S fcc£ across the top; wings on the cast abutment to be 12 feet long on tipper side and jlO feet on lower side: on the west same sized abutment, and wing on upper tide 20 feet.ibe other 16 feet—said abutments to be placed on 10 inch plate timber, and to be 10 feet high from low water mark; stretch between the abutments to bo 110 feet. The superstructure to be in all respects like the Bridge across Crooked Creek near James Mercercau’s. By order of - D.G. STEVENS,) - Sept. 22, 1 $5O. L. D. SEELY, j Lom ‘ j Tioga Academy. THE Fall Term of this Institution will commence on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 'o9, under the direction of | . H. C. JOHNS, A. 6., and continue eleven week's. IpSt" Every facility of a first class Academy and Commercial College will bo offered. TERMS. Common English, $3 00. Higher English. - 4 00. lialin, Gjcek, French, German,ltalian and Sp&nh-h, - 5 00. Incidental, - 25. Mr: Johns has been Principal of Troy Academy where he taught with unusual success. J*. Smith, Esq., President of the Board of Trustees, savs; * * * ‘‘Mr. Johns, Principal of our Academy, discharged his duties with success and ability. 110 has been unusually successful as a teacher, and by Ids perseverance and scholarly bearing, has won the esteem of our citizens.*' E. B. PARaONS. Esq.,,-ays: * * * “While with ns, Mr. Johns taught with unusual Success. His rcpigpariou of the PtinclpaWiip is a source of regret to the trustees and patrons of the Academy.” For the Agitator. D. F. POMEEor, says: •* * * ‘•Throughout our Boro I have frequently heard it expressed that your resignation is much .regretted. * » * Our Academy has always flour ished pdico you have had the chaige. Should you not real ize your fullest wishes in your next new situation, wo shall hope tb see you return, when I feel confident you will receive a cordial welcome.' 1 Some twenty of the most prominent citizens subscribed to the following; viz; “This certifies that 11. C. Johns has held tbo Princijmiship ot the Troy Academy, with success and uljiiityf. Wo consider his qmiiincatioos amply sufficient to successfully superintend the instruction and government of any similar Institution. WM. K. MITCIIfiLL, pie B *t. J. I>. STON.E, Sec'y. 1 FALL & WINTER !®A®S & Just received, and having bought my Silk Hats at unusually Xam enabled to give' my customers the benefit of it. Look at these figures: Best is /, /> 0 Silk flat, City Fall Style reduced to S 3 50. Best $4,00 Silk liat, City Fall Style reduced to $2 60. $3 50 Hat warranted equal to those usually sold at S 4 50. Silk Hats from 4s to $3 50. Wool Hats « 3a to 2 00. Fur Hats “ 6s to 6 00. .Men’s Caps from 20s to 2 00. Boy’s Cops Is to 1 50, And all my goods at my usually. low rates, and tho Largest Stock of goods to select from over brought to Steuben Co.. comprising almost all styles and shapes known in the New York Market. STRAW GOODS closing out at 25 per cent less than coat* Corning, Sept. 1, 1860. IVM. WALKER. GLASS BOTTLES for preserving fruits «tc., for sal© at Kars. NEW GOODS, LOW PRICES, PROVE ALEth^^ »K. A, C. INDIAN PHYSicn’ CAS BE CONSULTED AT Tup » ■ ( PLACES. ™ E \ mark the time a,\d d, t As he will not remain longer than ti. ' Wellsboro, Pa., United State, Hotel, I ™'*! Covington, Pn., “CovSgton^f,;i.^ pl ««Ui; Blosabnrg, Pa., “United S^ealioui?, 1 Friday afternoon and Saturday r* 1 30 and October Ist. aI^J Tioga Pa., “Goodrich House." ’ ~ Tuesday, . In Scrofulous diseases, and nil impure blood, he invites particular ,u very successful in treating them We assess, and female diseases sen,r.ti ’ -0 fully treated by Indian Remedies. ""St Maxim strictly adhered to— i “Wo use such balms as bars r, ft „ With nature or the laws'of lift With blood our hands we never «t • Nor poison men to case theic p a ; a a 1“’ Dr; Jackson compounds big own Dr. Jackson's medicines are strictly ’ lDU * from our own forests and fields, * Dr- Jackson uses no mercury or any kind, *** P^sq, Dr. Jackson treats all patients fairly s w, makes no false promises. * Dr. Jackson does not tear down k»bnfl< invigorates the system and thus aids coming disease. 11 : Diseases of the lungs detected by ?Vfc scope. Examinations of the chest andh No charge is made unless the patient Sept. 8, 1859. X^weUT& _ WSn^ COHMEBCI AL Coi Ug IOrAIEh OVEII THE SCSQCEBA.VXi v iu BINGHAMTON. N.S Boom, open to • instruction from 3 A. M. tjp, p faculty! D. TT. Lowzxn, Principal, Professor of the ? C i Practical Accountant, author of La««d a s Boot Keeping, Diagram? illu&tratiag tfc. : John McCabe, Assistant Profeasor in the k' partmeni. ' * A. J. Warner, Professor of Practical ami % aa ,v.i man&hip, Commercial Calculations aud Cor^c"*.^' LECTURERS. ' Hon. Piniex. S. DicejXson, Lecturer on Political Economy. " Ur Uon. Basso* Bi,lcoM, Lecturer ou Coutncts, Prnc-. Notcsjaml Bills of Exchange. ' ‘ ■ Rev. Drj E. Andrews, Lecturer on Ccmtnercii! Etbo. examining committee Ho m. Sezeman D. Phelps, Wy. u. Osbom i» Tract R. Morgan, ’ ’ *■ Jj®“ToangMen in this Institution wd] be for the actual business of the counting ruum. * <l * C Tlie course of instruction comprises oren- detanan business. The learner will be thoroughly tani'hubsv ami practice of Double Entry Booh-£ Aixpfi -s .J following kinds of business, viz;—General McrrLic"! Manufacturing, Banking, Comnu-ion. Steambw'i-I marling; Forwarding, Freighting, Shipping* Ladies Department entirely separate horn that tlcmeu. Students can enter College at an? Vimeand mrv rliiual instruction. By this arranrenieat ever* «;> permitted to progress as rapidly do bis iu! will permit, ami when thoroughly ported ac/i :■ will receive a Diploma which will enable him W'tV pleasure. TERItIS, For Book-Keeping, full accountant** cour»o, *'} Practical Penmanship, Commercial CompuUtionj iclj ma (Time unlimited,) - j Same course for Ladies, (separate apartment Penmanship and Arithmetic, Teacher’s course in Penmanship, practical and -.a*, mental, i Twelve lessons in practical Penmanship • • Occasional classes will be formed m Phcscjnji For further particulars send for a circular. Binghampton, Sept. 8,1059. NEW DIRECTORY. 1859. PARTICULAR Attention is called to the /ac: the subscriber will issue as soon as the necet information can be collected a FULL general Directory ol Elmira, with a complete BUSINESS DI-ftECTOKYof i nmng County. No pains or expense will be spared to make this most reliable work of toe kind ever issued. It will also contain tho State, County and tows cers with their salaries, Courts, time and place of ting, incorporated companies, churches, Ac, Merchants and others wishing to bring their b ness before the public will find this a very de«m medium, as it will hare a large circulation throagl the County. Subscription price $1 00. Advertisements inserted on liberal terms and conspicuous style. WM, H. BOTD, Directory Publisher, 346 & 348, August 8,1859. Great Bargains. THE household furniture of the LumagnefifQ sale in lots to suit purchasers if applied :or mediately. The furniture is nearly cewmdof latest fashions. All those in want of a nice arte 1 furniture will do well to buy from this !•>*• & nice Pleasure Carriage, Buffalo Robes, single Bin. Saddle Ac. Also the Lumangc Farm and Farming Impi« will be sold at a bargain. $2OOO ofihep-K' money may remain on bond and mortjatre. Rt titulars apply to the subscriber near TioKi- Tioga, Sept. 15, 1359. Ji 5 JoH>s™ F, W. fiRISE, SJTJDLEAXD HARNESS -VAKIi, WELLSBOBO ST., TIOGA, PA TAKES this methodCof informing the citiaai Tioga, and of the County generally, M . established himself at Tioga, where he will o*° ( tare and keep on hand for sale a good stock o Saddles, Bridles, Heavy Harness, Camsg* of all kinds Ac. Also Hamcs. Halters, Collars Ac. All work warranted. Repairing done on short notice. Tioga, Sept. 1. 1559. — ly. - - military Encampment. fTtHE uniformed Militia within the W IsT* J. ot 2d Brigade 13th Division « ' ASjLs ylrnnia Militia (composed of the 1 L Tioga) are hereby notified to meet aOVclbbo . and equipped as the lh.w direct*, for Milibuj* ment, parade, drill afid inspection, to coaxa Thursday Sept 22J,ai 10 o’clock A. M. c * da. Sept. 23d 1559.1 s Ey order of Covington. Sept. 1,1559. il. M. —- military Notice. Maj. Ge.v’s Ornrr., Lisr-nrt, oepi- • H-VTOTICE is hereby given lbntlwi« w«* fq XN Uniformed Militia of the second » on Friday the 23d lost,at Vfe ' the Division Staff are requested to atten equipped as the law directs. Sept 8. 1359. , JOSIAH HA:*■m Major General loth Division 1 eDn ‘_^Jtf 5 For Sale. ' i A FINE Bexwell Buck Sbcep. n Tho owner wishing to change taff * floct would be willing to dispose of hum ported two years ago. retutP Also for sale a fine buck lamb of the Cotawell breeds. Both of these sheep cheap for cash. Write or inquire of ~ rfa Tioga, Sept. 13, '59. Religion* ]¥olice«
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