COUNTY AGITATOR is published (0 1 1 SSornlagt and to subscriber £?jfr&‘> blc P™ 8 ° f . DOLLAR PEE ANSTJM.iaS^ ' ;, r rTir c. It is intended to notifyevery ,ac (ia term for which betas paid shall Er.tn y! t i, e Stamp— “ Time Oct,” on the mar \ Ltxt. The paper will then he stopped remittance be received. By .this ar >ifnt“ e _, n can be brought in debt .to the ■Lj!»r» 0 nia . . £ ‘ the Official Paper of the County, r isi steadily increasing circulation rCach i»US!, neighborhood in the County. It is sent Post Office within the county ,se~aost convenient -post office may be iirs'county. V srd c, not exceeding 5 lines, paper inclu- S^t,ar. - - At - JISsS ■ -OffßEr & S. F. WWiSOJf, nr\EY» i COUNSELLORS AT LAW, will . (- o;ir ; of Tioga, Potter sad McKean .." fWcllAoro’, Feb, 1, 1853.].-- - . t is. It ROO K^ mvXFYAND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. KLKI.AND. TIOGA CO. PA. •Utinltitije »f Couplers there is safety , 1 £ Ij - ' nK. Vv7 w. WEBB. rttrE over Cone’s Law Office, first door below llotcl Sights he will be found at bis first door stave the bridge on Main Street, 3s' Samuel Dickinson’s- _ (TS. PARTS, OE*WST, OFFICE at bis residence near the Academy. All work pertaining to 3TVK* U“ " s ?MnSg“ a *rt<»d. k-J DICKISSO^H® 11811 COBSIX tf i 1 ' a. • I « Proprietor. taken 'to and from the Depot free of charge. TsTfUiSIA HOUSE AV ELLS BO It O’. PA. L D. TAYLOR, PROPRIETOR. , -v.'.Hv house H centrally located, and ,ds nwlt to the patronage of the travelling public. a. wa iy-_ jBEKICAN hotel. CIIRSI-NIJ, N.Y., FREEMAN, - - - - Proprietor. '.•Sets. Lodgings. 23 cts. Board, 75 cts. per day. r"j. C. WHITTAKER, thJrcpathic Rhysinan and Surgeon. ejliSß. TIOGA CO., P.BKJTA. '; n .jt patients in all parts of the County, or re .'iieß ter treatment at his house. [June 14,] " H. O. COLE, liP.r.Ell ASD lIAIR-DRESSER. np in the rear of the Post Office. Everything in a, line trill he done as well and promptly as it ■ ; ",iur.e in the city saloons. Preparations for re ., JanilrulT, and beautifying the hair, for sale ~ Hair and whiskers dyed any color. Call and Vdl-toro. Sept. 22, ISoSf- _ , , '6 AISE S ; H O TEI. > . :r VEUMILYEA, PROPRIETOR. Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. jPireU ki’f»«n hotel is located within easy access tilling and hunting grounds in Xorth’rn ' Jjpiias will be spared for the accommodation ttfirc seekers and the traveling public. -114.1 S5 I .'. IHE COUXiNG JOIR9IAL. W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor. ili-licJ at Corning, Steuben Co., N. Y., at One jw ami Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The .all; IkpuMicnn in politics, and has a circula into every part of Steuben County.— «jf extending their business- into that -awning counties will find it an excellent ad -r medium. Address as above. OCOfeKSPtolt'C HOTJEt. KDEUSPORT '“POTTER tJO.V PEN^A. IP, Griassmiro, - - , Proprietor. HOTEL ia located within an hour's drive oi "•icnd voters of the Allegheny, (jcncsco, and ri\er*. Xo efforts are spared to make Lr pleasure seekers during the fronting sea id lur the traveling public at all times.* tr, hw, u. JOHN IS. SHAKESP£AB } TAIL OR. ■AVIXU opened his shop in the room orci Kr.lkcrts Tin £hop. respectfully informs the ami vicinity, that ho is prepared orders in his luie of business with prompt de-patch ■ • done on f-hort notice* : £:V-ro, ftet 21, IS.OS.—Gm' WATCHES! WATCHES! :t 'u ! -<oril<tT has cot a flue assortment of heavy EM Ll# II LEVER HUNTER-CASE Gold and Silver Watches, sell cheaper than “dirt” on ‘Time/ i. c, - 1 :u!‘Tur.p Pieces’on a short (approved) credit. »ids i.f KKPAIRIXG done promptly. If a * i rk is not 'lone to the satisfaction of the partj it, lu <.tinr£C will be made, pfirors appreciated and a continance of patron- M-elicited. AXIUB FOLEI’. |h-56Ta, June 24. IS4S. COUSIXG BOOS. STORE. 'ubscnhcrs have removed to the large anc ritpatly fitted up Buck Store—four doors eat : * "U!u(k, Corning—and will keep on hand £ ’iTTtajeot of New Books, among which are Religious Standard Works, historical books, ,f,r / Fif/io.i. Pn/'lirnl U’orttf, School Hooha } . , SHEET MUSIC, 'Utinncry and "Wall Paper, K. Y. Daily an ff «kiy }ia|ier«, all the Magazines at Publishers prices." . * very cheap. lIOBIKSOX & CO. W. TERBEIiL, . coaxixii, n. Y. ™iesale and Retail Dealer, in Lead, Zinc,‘and Colored ill'*' finishes Cnmpheneand Burning Xu*}) and G{a**, Pure Liquors for Meditincs, Artists Paints and finishes, •® e 7. f-i.tcy Auicles, f'lavorimg Extracts, <Cc., ALSO, assortment of School Books — Blank Books, Staple and Fancy '■*« tv Stationary. ; r “ f ' s '® rn and Country Merchants dealing iii ft^. a * ), ’ vc articles can be supplied at a small -— a ork prices. [Sept. 22, 1857.] 8 STIIIESMIfINSirr jPPOSITE ROY’S DRUG STORE. J}' H cqn I'Uy Stoves, Titv, and Japanneo *&. A r one^ia if the vsnal prices. ?^slVoo^ veu Stove and Trim- f’ <•- ,u anrt Hardware ■S° f “ r Re » d y l ' 3 y- ORe wa nts anything in this lin< ° Ur i ,r ' ccs before purchasing elsewhere t H Z bt l’bce-tffo doors south of Farr’s Ho Bruts Store * CALL AND SEE J?- D - deming, * aDt5Ot >nce to the people of Tioga Count: Kill 1 ' 11 *' 1 to flil all orders for Apple, Peai Apricot, Evergreen and Decidnoui rtj an ,t\, u Currants Raspberries, Gooseberries --trawbernes of all new and approved van Jo'Wi'i; of ITirbrtdr P«liottt»V sod Sum lb Mos "- Sourbbn, Boiselto, Tea ° in,Wn " RM «- OuER Y binding aUtSe’J&ert ns# v Uv, * rieiies. of Althea, Calycanthus - - Vfhurnums, WigCMas Ac. K > ™ ERS I’aeonies, Dahlias, Phloxes, Tulips iv. hyacinths, Knrciasjs; Jonquils, L!1 V^^f a iiv U !' l i° l< 4 dox. plants, $5. for rL? I,clted - Budding or Pruning will Ih * • It Address U- C. BEMIU6, Wrtlefccco, P». THE AtiITATOH Bthoteh to the fSfttnotoft of the &rea of iFeeehom afth the Spreah of lleatthg Reform. ■WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE,’AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. YOL. YI .BALM. Boyou know when the heart is lone and sad, And.we mourn our weary lot, When onr thoughts go badk to the Joys wehVd And the pleasures we had not ; ' fe When doubt, snpicion and discontent Are stirring the spiritfaualm, That found by chance, or by mercy sent, Wo may meet with healing balm. Such moods at times will come to ns all, | And in such a mood one day, I walked apart, in the early Fall, Through'a cool and shady way. The clouds were thick in the Autumn skies The wind bad a sighing sound, That seemed to speak sad prophecies; And the crisp leaves fell around. But still as X breathed the pure, cool air. And gazed on the prospect wide, A thought rose np that everywhere Wo are led by a loving Guide; That if sorrow at times must shade our path Sis mercy will never cease; And many sweet hopes the future hath Of duty, and love, and peace. As I mused, a bird on a leafless tree Poured forth a joyous lay— A lonely bird in the forest free, For his mates were far away. And I stooped to gather a blossom gay That blushed thro* the Autumn rain ; .The bird and tho flower brought balm that day. And my heart grew light again. Then the sweet, sweet face that met my gaze. When I raised my drooping eyes. Dimmed by the thought o! other days. Came like a glad surprise. Oh! one may wound, and another heal. But for every wrong and ill That a loving human heart can feel, There is “Balm in Gilead” still. From tbo Encyclopedia Brittanica. General Victor Morcan. Moreau, Jean Victor, one of the greatest Generals of the French Revolution, was horn in Morlaix, in 1703. He was the son of an ad vocate, who had destined him for the same pro fession j but having early contracted a decided predilection for the army, he enlisted in a regi ment,, in which he served for a short time, until his father purchased his discharge and sent him to resume his studies. He did so with consid erable success, and at length became prevot-de ■droit at Rennes, where he exercised a sort of supremacy over the students, by whom he ttas greatly beloved. In 1787, when the ministry wished to effect a revolution in the magistracy, he joined in resisting the attempt, and having figured in the early troubles as chief of the youth of Rennes, he was called the “General of the Parliament.” Al the commencement of the revolution he raised a company of volunteer gunners, of which he became captain, and hav ing organized and instructed it, he continued to serve in the same capacity until the 1792, when he enrolled himself in a battalion of vol unteers, which was then setting out to join the army of the north. lie made his first cam paign under Dumouriez, as commandant of a battalion. In 1793 he became General of bri gade, and the following year he was promoted to the rank of General of division, on the rec ommendation of Picnegru, who immediately confided to him a corps destined to act in mari time Flanders. Moreau took possession, first of Menin, then of Bruges, Ostend, Nieuport, tho island of Cassandria, and lastly of Sluys, which capitulated on the 24th of August. At the moment when he made this conquest for the- Republic, the revolutionists of Brest were send ing his aged father to the scaffold as an aristo-i crat. This venerable old man, whom the peo ple of Morlaix called “the father of the poor,” had undertaken to jmanage the property of some emigrants, and this was employed as a pretext to destroy him. Moreau had already become disgusted with the revolutionary system, and such an event naturally increased his detesta tion. He conceived that-he hadho longer any country but the camp, nor any home hut his tent in the field. He commanded with great distinction the right wing of the army of Pichegru during the celebrated winter campaign of 1794; and when that General assumed the command of the army of the Rhine and Moselle, Moreau was promo ted to the command of the army of the north. After the retreat of Pichegru, he placed him self at the head of the army of the Rhine and Moselle, and in the year 179 G opened that cam paign which became the foundation of his mili tary fame. Having driven hack Wurmser to wards Manhcim, he effected the passage of the Rhine near Strasbourg, attacked the Arch-duke Charles at Rastadt, forced'him to abandon the course of the Ncokar, and on the 11th of Au gust fought a battle near Hydenheim, which lasted seventeen hours. The Austrians having retired on the Danube,, Moreau advanced, and soon found himself opposed by General Latour, who was daily reoieving reinforcements; but believing himself supported by the diversion, or rather the parallel invasion of Jourdan to wards Ratisbon, he continued his forward move ment. The discomfiture and retreat of Jourdan, however, disconcerted all his combinations, and leaving his flank completely uncovered, obliged him to retire. The retreat commenced on the ' 11th of September; and, though severely criti cised by Napoleon, is unquestionably one of tbe finest operations of the kind recorded in the history of war. 1 At the opening of the next campaign, in 1797, Moreau effected the passage of the Rhine, in the face of the enemy ranged in order of battle upon the opposite bank. The immediate con sequences of this brilliant action were the sur render of the fort of Kehl, and the capture of nearly 40,000 prisoners, besides several stand ards. Owing to some misunderstanding with the Executive Directory, relative to his old friend Pichegru, Moreau was obliged on the 7th of September, 1797, to.resign, and to shelter himself in retirement. He remained compara tively unemployed until April, 1799, when the misfortunes which had attended the' recom mencement of war rendered his talfenta neces sary. Moreau was therefore sent to Italy, where he superseded Scherer in the command of the ‘army On the 11th of May he repulsed the Russians near BassSgnano, and then passed the Boimida; but being assaulted by the greater part of the farces under Suwarroff, he was obliged to evacuate Valencia and Alessandria. Moreau had just been appointed to the chief I command of the army of the Rhine when Jou- WELLSBORO. TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 20, 1859. For the Agitator. hart arrived to replace him in that of Italy Being upon the point of fighting a battle which by the fall of Mantua, and the junction of Kray with Suwarroff had become inevitable —Jonbert wished to leave the direction of it to him; but he refused, and begged permission to combat under the orders,of the new chief of, the army. At this battle, which was fought at Novi, and in which Joubert fell, Moreau ran the greatest risks, having had three horses'- killed under him, and his uniform pierced by balls. After a severe conflict the French army was defeated ; but Moreau conducted his re treat with so much superiority that he almost nullified the victory which the Allies had gained. On the arrival of Bonaparte, who had escaped from Egypt, Moreau consented to serve under the orders of that General, and by his influence and means to promote the revolution which was then preparing. But scarcely had it been effected at St. Cloud, on the 9th of November,, 1799, when he saw reason to apprehend that he had concurred in giving a tyrant to his country. Being almost immediately called to assume the command on the Rhine and the Danube, he introduced several important chan ges into the constitution of the army. His plan was not approved by Bonaparte, ‘ who, thinking only of re-conquering Italy, wished to make the army of the Rhine merely an army, of observation. But Moreau stuck firmly to his plan, and resisted. Napoleon felt greatly offended ; and this dispute as to the co-opera tion of the two armies proved the germ of that mutual hatred which sprang up between these celebrated rivals, and which was probably one : of the causes of their common ruin. Napoleon saw it necessary, however, to yield, and to leave to Moreau all the honor of the conception of the plan of the campaign, and all the means for carrying it into execution. The success of the campaign which ensued, was, throughout, decisive. He encountered the enemy, first at Stocked, where he defeated him, and then fought, successively, the battles of Engen, Moeskirk and Biberach, in all of which he was victorious. Those victories, gained by Moreau, facilitated the conquest of Italy; and he even detached a corps of 12,000 men to re inforce the army of the First Consul, Finding, however, that neither his demonstrations, nor his rapid incursions into Bavaria, could induce . Marshal Kray to quit his impregnable position at Ulm, Moreau advanced beyond the Lech, at-; tacked the Austrians along their whole line, crossed the Danube' at Blenheim, and, in the plains at Hockstadt, obtained by similar ma noeuvres, on the 19th of June, an advantage similar to that which Bonaparte had gained at Marengo, only three days before. Kray having at length abandoned his position at Ulm, Mo reau marched in pursuit of the Marshal, whom he once more vanquished at Nieuberg - he then ; entered Bavaria, again defeated the Austrians at Landshut, and only suspended his opera tions, after having caused them to sign, on the XGth of July, the armistice of Parsdorf. This suspension of arms continued until the end of November, when Moreau was attacked, by the Archduke John, with an army of Aus trians, amounting to 120,000 men. Moreau re treated by the banka of the Inn, and continuing his movement on Hohenlinden, succeeded in drawing the enemy into the defiles near that place. The moment for striking a blow had now arrived ; accordingly, on the 3d of Decem ber, 1800, was fought that bloody and decisive battle, in which there Vas not a French corps that did not come into action, and cover itself with glory. Eleven thousand prisoners, and a hundred pieces of cannon, fell into the hands of the victors. More than six thousand Austrians remained on the field of battle, whilst the loss of the French did not exceed two thousand five hundred men, killed and wounded. To the congratulations of his generals, Moreau replied by attributing to them the principal share ia the glory of the day, adding at the sam'e time] “My friends you have conquered peace.” j The Archduke having taken refuge behind the Inti, Moreau pursued him' without inter] mission, gained another victory at Lauffen, and having passed the Salzer, occupied Salzburg! and, continuing his advance, carried terror to the gates of Vienna. Nor did he suspend hil march until the Archduke Charles, who had been again placed at the head of the Imperial army, announced to him that the Emperor had resolved to make peace, whatever might be the determination of his allies; and this declara tion served as the basis of the armistice of Stoygen, signed on the 25th of December.—j- The campaign of twenty-five days placed Mo reau in the rank of the greatest captains, and entitled him to the homage of the public admi ration, which was paid him on his return to Paris. Bonaparte presented him with a pair of pistols, magnificently mounted observing that he wished to have his victories engraved on them, but found there would not be room. Despite this show of personal admiration, Na poleon could not forgive the success of Moreau, and especially the affection with which he was regarded by his officers. Moreau, who was de ficient in civil prudence, acted in such a man ner as to increase the suspicion with which ne was regarded. His house became the rendez vous of persons avowedly inimical to the Con sular Government; and hs was, by impercepti ble degrees, drawn into that fatal connection with Pichegru and his associates, which event ually proved the cause of his ruin. On the 10th of June, 1804, he was sentenced to tvo years’ detention, which, by the influence if Fouche, was commuted into permission to trav el, on condition that he should retire to the United States, and not return to France withoit the leave of Bonaparte. lie accordingly set out for Spain, escorted by gend’armes, and, in 1805, embarked at Cadiz for the United Stall s, where he resided for about eight years, belovsd and respected by all who knew him. VIKGIXIA, After the disasters -which befel the Prenph grand army, after the retreat from Moscow, the Emperor Alexander, aware that he had no gen eral capable of contending with Napoleon, made secret overtures to Moreau ; and the lat ter, having decided to embrace the offers of the Czar, and join him in the approaching con test, embarked on the 21st of June, 1813, with M. de Svinine, chancellor of the Russian em bassy, and, on the 21th of July, entered the port of Gottenburg. At Stralsund, he passed three days with his. old companion in arms, Bernadette, then Crowh-Princo of Sweden, and having concerted with him the plan of the 'ensuing campaign, proceeded to join’ the allied armies m Prague, where, as might-have hedn expected, he Was received ini the most flattering manner. The plan of the allies consisted in debouch ing from Bohemia with their grand army, in order to turn and attack Dresden, which formed the pivot of Napoleon’s operations. The attack commenced on the 26th 1 of August, and was resumed on the following day, when Moreau, having advanced to observe a movement of the French, was struck by a cannon ball, which fractured the knee of the right leg, and passing through, carried away the calf of the left. He fell into the arms of Col. Rapatel, exclaiming, “I am done for, but it is pleasant to die in so good a cause." Being removed to an adjoining house, be there underwent amputation of the right leg, and the same operation was performed on the left, which had been too much shattered to admit the possibility of its being saved-. • In this horrible mutilated condition, the allied army being now in full retreat, he was trans ported a? far as Lann, where he lingered in ag ony until the morning of the 2d of September, when he expired. At the time of his death, he had prepared for publication, a proclamation to the French, which the Emperor Alexander had approved, and in which he explained the object of his return to Europe—the most questionable act of his life—viz: To assist the French in emancipating themselves from the despotism of Bonaparte, and to sacrifice his life, if necessary, to restore prosperity to his country; all the true sons of which he invited to rally around the standard of independence. As a warrior, he was superior to all the Gen erals of. the Revolution, Napoleon excepted ; be combined the caution of Fabins, with the cool determination of Turenne; in every suc ceeding campaign, his genius shown forth with increased splendor; and his last achievement at Hohenlinden,- exhibited a union of scien tific combination, with precise and vigorous ex ecution, which has seldom been equalled, and never surpassed. The battle was obstinate and bloody, but never for an instant doubtful. In deed it is one of the few instances to be met with in war, where complete success was ob tained by the ultimate execution of the plans previously devised by the General in Chief.- An Exciting- Scene. Years ago when I was a youngster, I became an assistant of Dr. 8., the superintendent of a public insane asylum. As in all insane asy lums some of the patients were docile, and tractable, and had the freedom of the high walled garden, while others, being violent and dangerous in their madness, were confined to their rooms. .Sometimes one of the last named gentlemen would get loose, a fact which he un usually announced by breaking things gene rally, upon which announcement the doctor would repair to the spot at which he was “ele vating the ancient Henry,” and advancing upon him with a steadfast gaze, would march him off to his room. IVe had one lunatic by the name of Jones, large and strong as an ostrich. He had broken out of his room two or three times, but had always gone hack docilely when any of us made our appearance. The asylum had a saloon in the centre with a door at each end; and, one of the doors re quiring fixing, once upon a time, a carpenter was engaged upon it, when in trundled Mr. Jones, and quietly possessed himself of a long sharp -chisel. When' the carpenter, looked around, the madman gave a grin and poke of the chisel at him ; whereupon the terrified man of chips scuttled out and locked the door— then, while the enemy was battering away at it, he rushed around and unlocked the door at the other end. Having thus caged Jones, he gave the alarm; and I, supposing it was an ordinary case, which I could control, unlocked the door and entered boldly, whereupon he made a rush at me, I in continently bolted. The doctor was sent for. He came, reconnoitering through the key-hole, and ascertaining the enemy was at the other end of the room he opened the door, and saw at once that he could do nothing with the loose maniac. Here was apparently a dilemma. A crazy individual, as strong as a bull, perfectly uncontrollable and armed with a weapon. To capture him by force was a difficult and dan gerous undertaking, and to starve him out would he a tedious affair. The doctor did not hesitate long. “Alfred,” said he, “go down into the sur gery, fill the largest syringe with hartshorn, and bring it up.” I caught the idea, rushed down and brought back a quart syringe with hartshorn, diluted —for didn’t want to kill the man. Then the doctor, the carpenter, and myself formed an army of invasion. We threw open the door and entered in the following battle array ; I being the,shortest of the three, marched first, holding a chair in front of mo by the back, so that the legs might keep off a rush if our popgun flashed in the pan.— Then came the carpenter, with the syringe resting on my shoulder, like a piece of flying artillery. Finally, in the rear, in the safest place, like all great generals came Dr. B. The lunatic sat at the other end of the hall, on a chair eyeing us keenly and savagely.— Slowly, very slowly, we advanced towards him. The nearer we got the more wicked that chisel looked, and the handle seemed to increase, un til it was very long. When we got within a few feet of him, ha jumped up, and sprang towards me. Whiz! spatter! splash! went the quart of hartshorn into his countenance — downJhe went like a log—it would have knocked down a battalion: and while he was catching his breath we caught him. —Becollcctions of a Physician.' On the marriage day of a country Scotch lassj the youth to whom she was about to be united said to her in a triumphant voice, “well, Jenny, haven’t I been uncoo ceevil ?’’ alluding to the fact that during their whole courtship he had never even given her a kiss. Her quiet reply was, “On, ay man, senselessly ceevil.” Wife. - “A being to go home to."—Mas. Ki-lis, inexpressibly beautiful definition, suggestjve of gentleness,, affection, rest. , Yes, reli and Twins. i Even I—l who have been a wanderer all my life long—who have never had a fireside all my own —mine to be set by with a second self, dear er, if possible, than the fireside—even I, ling ering on that phrase, can scarcely reconcile my self to the fact that I am not, to some fond and faithful heart, that being “to go home to.”— Even 1 can shat my eyes and dream of which that would be a blessed reality. I can seo_a cottage which love has made holy, nestling away in the sunny summer leaves where the golden glory of sunset longest lingers, and the shadows latest reach. I can see the gentle wife, with her soft, sweet face, gazing out of the open door,'and down the lane to the 'turnpike,'where he is momentarily .expected to appear. I can hear the hum of children’s voi ces, and feel "the pressure of cool, fresh kisses, whioh qome only from childhood's lips. l ean read in the sudden flashing of her eye that there is a step not .far, distant-for her impatientear to distinguish ; and now 1 can see him, that im petuous worldly man leaving world and its cares behind fu* ll to .meet the being he has “come home to." There is a loving wife in hts arms-; there are children clambering his knees for. kisses ; there are peace, quietude, home,.all around him, and the worldly man, with the dust of city life in' his i spirit, with the knowl edge of city cares and city speculations teeming in his brain, turns from them all to find rest and repose in the nook he had set apart for love! God bless him and God bless hef — imaginary though they are; for, while I wit neness their perfect love and content, I am re membering that lam still a wanderer—a wan derer—a wanderer with the knowledge that, had fate been more propitious, I, too, might have had my loving heart, roy sunny home, and my. loving children. But fate was inexorable, and where all this happiness might have been, lies stark and bare before me the panorama of two wasted lives. God help us all; we are not the architects of our own destiny, let moralists say what they will. I know that the world is full of homes are not homes, of wives upon whose* artificial hearts no true husbands could call for sympa thy, of mothers upon whose bare, jeweled necks there Is no room for childhood’s fondling arm. I know all this, yet I cannot realize that it is so! Love seems to me;so sacred, marriage so holy a tie, that man or woman’s life sbonld not be complete without it. Not the wild, fierce, persistent love .which burns itself out in its own fire—not the marriage of circumstances or con venience to which so many lives are devoted, but the pure, true lasting love—the wedding of souls that have grown indissolubly to each other —Hhe uniting of hearts that neither time, nor distance, nor misfortune can affect —a union of soul, sense and spirit, sure as'death, and lasting as eternity. Pitiful, oh,|most|pitiful, that there are no more such unions 1 “A being to go home lo!” Only the heart man can tell how truly, in every life, such a be" ing is needed. No matter how self-centred, or pre-occupied—no matter bow burdened down with the cares and perplexities of life, there come yearnings for that' rapturous human love, dreamings of fond lips and warm loving arms, and anticipations of a time to come, when one heart, out of the great wilderness of hearts shall beat for him alone. Lucky for him who, amidst the unreal and artificial glare of life, gathers to hia bosom this pearl of great price. Lucky for him who, when the tempest of care and worldly responsibility rage most fiercely, can feel that when the tire some toil is over, and the day is done, he has a “being to go home to,” who can minister to his comfort and sympathize with his cares. The man who has a wife that ho truly loves, and a wife who truly loves him, can make up his mind that he has anticipated the milleuium, and com menced his paradise on earth. Sipping Charles Lamb. Coleridge, says De Quincy, told mo a ludic rous embarrassment which Lamb’s stammering caused him at Hastings.—Lamb has been med ically advised to a course of sea bathing; accor dingly. at the door of hia bathing machine, while he stood shivering with the cold, two stout fellows laid hold of him, one at each shoul der, like heraldic supporters; they waited for the word of command from their principal, who began the following oration to them ; “Hoar me, men. Take notice to this, lam to be dipped— ’ What more he would have said is unknown to land or sea bathing machines ; for having reached the word dipped, he commenced such a rolling fire of di-di-dl-di-di that when he de scended aplomb upon: the fell word dipped, the two men rather tired of the suspense, became satisfied that they had reached what the law yers call “the operative clause of the sentence’, and both exclaming at once— •- “Oh yes sir, we arp quite aware of that," down they plunged him into the sea. On emerging, Lamb sobbed so much from the cold he found no voice suitable to his indigna tion; from the necessity he seemed tranquil, and again addressing the men, who stood re spectfully listening, he began thus : ‘Men, is it possible ito obtain your attention ? ‘‘Oh surely, sir, by jail means.” “Then listen; once more I tell you I am to be di-di-di’—and then with a burst of indig nation, “dipped, I tell you— ’ “Oh decidedly, sir” And i down went the stammerer the second time. Petrified with cold and wrath, once more Lamb made a feeble attempt at explanation. “Grant me patience ; is it mum-um-um-mer der you me-me-meau ? Again and a-ga-gain I tell you I’m to be di-di-dipped”—now speaking seriously with the voice of an injured man. “Oh, yes, sir,’ the. men replied, ‘wo know that—we : fully understand it; and, for the third time down went Lamb into the sea. “Oh, limbs of Satan ?’’ he said, on coming up for the third time,' “it is now too late.— I am—no, but I was, tube di-di-di-di-dipped only once.’’ - • I Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged $1 per square of 10 lines, one' or three insertions, and 25 cents for every subsequent fnsertJqn. Advertisements of less then 10 linos considered as a square. The subjoined rates will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad* Vertlaementa : i . 1 Square, - 2 do. . 3 do. i column, - i do. Column, - Advertisements not having thonumberof insertion, desired marked upon them, will he published until or dered out 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 other BLANKS constantly on band. NO. 12, For Young Mem to Thiak eC In the latest of his preachings upon “Popu lar Proverbs,” Dr. Holland closes a thoughtful and sugestive discourse on sensual pleasure, with the following earnest remarks to young men which- deserves to be thought of: Oh! if this world could rise oat of this swamp of [sensuality, rank with weeds and dark with deadly vapors—full of vipers, thick with pit* falls, and lurid with deceptive lights—and stand upon the secure heights of virtue, where God's sun shines, and the" winds pf heaven breathe blandly and healthfully; how would human life become blessed and beautiful! The great burden of the world rolled off, how would it spring forward into a grand career of prosper ity and progress! This change, for this country, rests almost entirely upon the young men of the country. It lies with them more than any other class, and more than all other classes, to say whether this country shall descend still low er in its paths to brutality, or rise higher than the standard of its loftiest dreams. The devo tees of sense, themselves, have greatly lost their power for good, and comparatively -few will change their coarse of life. Woman will ho pure if men will bo true. Young men? this great result abides with you?-If you could but see how beautiful a flower grows upon the thorny stalks of self-denial, you would give the. plant thebonor it deserves. If it seeme hard and homely, despise it not; for in it sleeps the beauty of heaven and the breath of angels. If you do not witness the glory of its blossom ings’during the day of life, its petals will open when the night of death comes, and gladden your closing eyes with their marveloue loveli ness, and fills your soul with their grateful per fume.” Young Men in Different Countries. Edmund About, in his book, “Tho Homan Question,” makes the following comparison of young men of twenty-five in different countries. After describing the education of young Homan nobles, he says, in this flashy way; — . “One fine day they attain their twenty-fifth year. At this age an American has already tried bis hand at a dozen different trades, made four fortunes, and at least one bankruptcy, has gone through a couple of campaigns, bad a lawsuit, established a new. religious sect, killed half a dozen men with his revolver, freed a ne gress, and conquered an island. An English man has passed some stiff examinations, been attached to an embassy, founded a factory, con verted a Catholic, gone round the "world, and read the complete works of "Walter Scott. A Frenchman has rhymed a tragedy, written for two newspapers, been wounded in three duels, twice attempted suicide, vexed fourteen hus bands, and changed his politics nineteen times. A German has slashed fifteen of his dearest friends, swallowed sixty hogsheads of beerWnd tho philosophy of Hegel, sung eleven thousand couplets, compromised a tavern waiting maid, smoked a million of pipes, and been mixed up with at least two revolutions. The Roman prince has done nothing, seen nothing, learned nothing, loved nothing, suf fered nothing. Ilia parents or guardians open a cloister gate, take out a young girl as inexpe rienced as himself, and the pair of innocents are hidden to kneel before a priest, who gives them permission to become parents of another generation of innocents like themselves," ■Wasn’t Acquainted.—Two drunken fellows were walking along in the min. The drunkest one then asked: “Dick (hie) does er rain (hie) I" “In course jt rains," said Dick, The answer was apparently satisfactory, and they proceeded several rods farther, when the question was again propounded by the anxious searcher after truth under difficulties. 1 “Dick, I say D (hie) tell me does-er rain V f “Johnny/ 7 said Dick solemnly, “Dm afraid yer drunk; in course it's raining." In a few minutes Johnny was again troubled with doabts, and sought to solve them. “Dick, seems-er me (hie) ser-goin (hie) er rain (hie) I" Dick, exasperated—“ Johnny, yer a fool.— Don’t yer see it is a rainin’, . Can’l ,yer feel it rainin’Johnny ?" “Johnny—“ Sense me D (hie). / aint much acquainted in this town (hie). A Torcn Darkey. —-At Cleaveland, Ohio, on Monday last, while a number of workmen were hoisting a barrel of linseed oil to place on board a vessel, something in the tackle gave way, letting the barrel fall fair and square on the bead of a darkey who was in the%old. . All supposed he was killed, but he escaped with few slight cuts and a scar. His head proved too haijd for the vessel, knocking out both ends, and so completely enveloping him that it had to be knocked to pieces to release him. While the wounds on his cranium were being dressed, ho remarked, “Got a mighty, guefcs dis ere darkey don’t want any more ile on his hair. 7 ' So little was he damaged by the blow that the fellow went to work again on the same day. One of our Massachusetts exchanges tells a good story of a jolly fellow who, on the “Glo rious Fourth," passing along the streets of Springfield, in that State, saw the inscription, “B. K. Bliss, Apothecary,” neatly chiseled on a marble slab in the centre of the sidewalk.— Stepping reverently fiver the stone, he turned round, and reading slowly, “B. K. Bliss, Apo plexy,” exclaimed, “Apoplexy—yes—well—but what in did they bury him under the side walk for ?” Before the days of, teetotalers, a neighbor of Mr. Bisbee saw the gentleman at an early hour of the day, crawling slowly homeward on his hands and knees over the frozen ground. “Why don’t you get up, Mr. Bisbee ?” Why don’t you get up and walk?" said his neighbor. “I w-w-w-would, b-b-b-bntit’ssoinighty thin here that I’m afraid I shall b-b-b-reak through 1" According to the Milwankie News, they have n new military company in Chicago. They drill six times a week, and have now got so that they cab form a straight line—by leaning against a fence. 3 MOSTHS. * XOSTH3. 13 JCOITTB, $3,00 ,$4,50 $6,001 5.00 6,50 B,ooi 7.00 8,50 10,00 8.00 9.56 12,60) 15,00 20,00 30,00 50,00 25,00 35,00
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