of Publication. TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is published Morning, and mailed to subscribe tTe ?rery« asoliablepriCeOf ' DOLLAR PER ANNUM,,®^ '■Ma in advance. It is intended to notify every the term for which 1 he has v paid shall r-^ n C : re d bv the stamp —“Time Out,” on the mar yTe r CS tbc last paper. The paper will then be stopped * ;C * farther remittance be received. By this ar y S cD t no man can be brought in debt to the •; r ;‘ \ fi ir\T'u:is the Official Paper of the County, and steadily increasing circulation reach *'*'o every neighborhood in the County. It is sent to any Post Office within the county ' put whose most convenient post office may bo County. •v.-aess Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper incln- Jcj per year. s |SmESS DIRECTORY.^ Vu. tO'VKEY & S. F. WIXSOIV, I fIOI’.XEYS <t COUNSELLORS AT’ LAW, will i attend the Court of Tioga, Pottor and McKean alien [Wclleboro’, Feb. 1, 1853.] "S. B. BROOKS, .rmRWYAND COUNSELLOR AT LAW [UV EIiKLAND, TIOGA CO. PA. • nui'uiudv of Counselors there is safety.”— Bible. PU. ly- DH. W. HE WEBB. ricE Cone's Law Office, first door below i Hotel. Nights be will be found at his V, *J e f irs t door above the bridge on Main Street, Tffarii Samuel Dickinson s. C. N. WAKTT, DEffIST, — L /'\FFICE at his residence near the ) Ac .iiletnj’* All work pertaining to li ue of business done promptly and L - LJ ' J “ [April 22, 1853.] irrantad. —DICRISS® I * house COIIX I - v > s - Y C Proprietor. aosl« taken to aaJ from the Depot free of charge. ipVS as rI. V a »IA house r iVEI.LSBOnO’. PA. L. D. TAVLOR, PROPRIETOR. 1-• J.vitflh j'ojiitl.ir house is centrally located, and ltd’ll 'to the patronage of thu travelling public. itfE K«CAW HOT Eli. CORNING, N. Y.,* 2 FREEMAN, - - - - Proprietor. .•islets- L"l:rings, 25 cts. Board, 75 cts. per day £nms> Mfiir-il, ISSP. (ly.) '"'j. C, WHITTAKER, : I‘hyeiexan and Ruryeon. * ELK LA XI), TIO G A ; CO., PENN A. CJ'.i-it naJient 5 in nil parts of tho County, orre :e:bcm l.r irt.itment at bis house. [June li,] IS, O. CO EE, silts rr ash hair-vresser , i,l‘jP .n tin* rear of the Post Office. Everything’in S • ; hue \ulU-e done as well and promptly as it .1 -ae iu the city saloons. Preparations for re rx: rhn Ir.iff. and beautifying the hair, for sale :l .' Hair ai.d whi-keis dyed any color. Call aud elUl'uro. Sept. 22, 1850. GAINES HOXEE. E >\ YRKMILYEA, PROPRIETOR . Gaines, Tiogrn Comity, Pa. p:iN well known hotel is located within ca«y access £■ [■f'.hebesth'hingaudbuntinggroußdsin Northern £ k >.. pjlhs a. ill h • spared fur the accommodation j£ ■ a--J-e joclters aud the traveling public. t] l ' 14. I-’ I '. THE CORNING JOURNAL. st«gc W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor. nt Corning. Steuben Co., X. Y.. at One ■arnr.’lHfn Cents per year, in advance. The r- 1 .• U-pnMlean in politics, and bu* a circula :r mto every part of Steuben County.— .c-.ruui < f extending their business into that counties will find it an excellent ad .'u.tjiaflnnu. Address as above. [OIDERSPORT HOTEL OmI.KKSI’ijHT POTTER CO., PEKXA. 8. P. Glassmirc, - - Proprietor. bISH'jTKI. i- located within an hour's drive o ; u.c i c'cl tt.itc-r; of the Allegheny, Genesee, and ; rh cr-\ Xo efforts are spared to make i.xe for pleasure seekers during thotrouting sea :>u f..r the traveling public at all times. ■ui?vy iy. JOHN 55. SIIAHESFRAR, T A I Ij o K. np- ncd liis shop In the room over rt!h. KuK-rts Tin Shop, respectfully informs the .1 'f Wcllsboru’ and vicinity, that he is prepared :’o orders in his line of i business with prompt -i-i de-r-uteh (V/fn/y done on short notice. f';t. 21, ISOS.—flm WATCHES! WATCHES! n 2E !i:i' zut ti fine aasurtment of heavy mum LEV EH JIVXTER-CA.SE Gold and Silver Watches, ---«Viil sell cheaper than “dirt” on ‘Time/ i. o. •Time Pieces’ on a short (approved) credit, --■-u of KiII’AIUIN'G done promptly. If a ’" it n<.t June to the satisfaction of party -n-t charge will bo made. » ai'jircciaicd and a continence of jiatron- 'ciilf j Jllt itoi{, Juno 24, IS4S. HOME INDUSTRY. -- having established a MAR BLE MANUFACTORY at the village of Tioga, r: -«:: prepared to furnish Honmnents, Tomb-Stones, &c., ®.IOST & ITAUAJT MARBLE solicit the patronage of this and ad- a od -took on hand ho is now ready to ex • tit r* with neatne-?, accuracy and dispatch. •* den’.cred if detired. JOHN BLAMPIKD. ? T -*:a Co., Pa.. Sept. 2S, ISSO. SV.U. TERBEU-, X. A". Foie sale and Retail Dealer, in '• - 1 . ; ; f.t'nd, Ztur, and Colored ■■ r>, !h,Camphcncand Burnivj X-i and fHit.fi, J'ttrc J.iqttor* for d-t. l/, rlfstfi Paints mid Brushes, ■’ "’J J tl'trlr., J'luvorimg Extracts, .t’C., ’■ •■■'■.t! of School I’ooks — I '.aLk 1ji■*j Staple and Fancy -Mationary. i :r ugji-xi and Country Merchants dealing • : • jii \c aiti'.los can be supplied at a small •• Xtw Yf.rk prices. [K>pt. 22, 1 Sa7.] 1 STOVE SHOP! hoy’s iuu:g stoke, V;" eon I'hi/ ,S!uces, Tin, and Japanned emr-hnlf the naval prices. ' _ ' V.l* v .it*.-! (i v c n Cuuk Stove :md Trim :Sls.oo. fin and Hardware r■ t r any » >rs »• fl io nants anything in this line '* nr price? before purchasing elsewhere. '' e rhee-Mwo doois south of Farr’s Ho ’* i ■' ru s Store. CALL AXD PEE H - iJ. DEMIN Gr, , -,nncfi lo the people of Tioga County fc. lt .' r< P'lred to till all orders for Apple, Tear ‘‘i 'fs-. CC! M lnr ' R'frgreen and .Deciduous s,,r * ,rran,F Raspberries. Gooseberries, • ‘.irawb* rricb of all acw and approved vari- of Hvbrid. Perpetual and Sum- M o,4 *. Bourbon, Noisette, Tea, 1:11 ri 'mhmp Rcm**. BBERV Jneludinp all tbe finest now v»- '-V< i... ** . «f Althea, Calycantbtls, \VPno •-y’jnpuus. Viburnums, Wigilias ic. *’ t-lxS—faeonle**. Dahlias. Phloxes. Tulips, "jacinths, Narcissi*; Jonquils, Lil- -4 doz plants, $5. ’’ or Pruning will be THE AGITATOR VOL. VI. Hy heart h&s had a heavy shock; Not agony, or bitter strife. Bat from a blissful dream I woke, To live once more my early life. Long have I been a wanderer. But yesternight I stood again Where I have hoped, and smiled, and wept, Where first I loved, and loved in vain. “Full many a heart in the rebound Is caught," so all the wise ones teach ; And when no more I hear the sonnd - Of Kitty's silvery laugh and speech ; Nor saw the sunny glance and smile. Now torturing, now blessing me, My heart grew stronger all the while. And proud to know itself so free. When Mary’s soft blue eyes had healed * The wounds that Kitty’s dark one’s made, These roses well those thorns concealed, This sunshine gilded o’er that shade, And thinking of my plighted vow I said last night with spirit free, .1 care no more for Kitty now Than Kitty cares for me. But when they told mo she was dead; That but a few short weeks ago Her body found an earthy bed, And ehe the homo that spirits know— Faded from sight the vision new, Faded those soft blue eyes, and fast My own were dimmed as to myvicvr Rose up the picture of the past. 1 I found her grave. A marble white Gleamed coldly thro’ the moonlight pale- Her name, her age, some sentence trite Told briefly tho unwelcome tale. And, kneeling by that lowly bed, While brightly shone the lamps of night, And summer breezes sighed, I shed A few tears for a lost delight. Farewell, farewell! I love once more And know this love finds welcome meet- The future may have much in store, And yet old memories are sweet. And sometimes in my sunny home, Like far-off beaming stars, between My later love and me, may come The clear dark eyes of Kitty Green. —Evomip Post, One cool afternoon in the early fall, I Chester F. Le Boy, a gentleman—stood on the platform of the Albany depot, watching the procession of passengers just arrived in the Hudson lliver boat, who defiled past me on their way to the cars. The Boston train, by which I had come, waited patiently as steam and fire might, for their leisure, with only occasional and fa’nt snorts of remonstrance of the delay ; yet still the jostling crowd hurried past into the cars, and flitted through them in search of seats, their increasing number at last warned me that I might And it* difficult to regain my own, and I followed them. *T beg your pardon, sir.” I turned, in obedience to a touch on my arm, and saw a respectable looking negro man before me, who bore the traveling bag and shawl, and was evidently the attendant of a slender and stylish girl behind him. “Do 1 speak,” he said, bowing respectfully, and glancing at the portmanteau I carried, on which ray surname was quite legible, “do I ad dress, air, Mr. Le Roy ?” “That is my name—at your service—what can I do for you ?” “The young lady, Miss Florence Dundard, who was to join you at Albany at six o’clock this evening—l have charge of her.” Ho turned to the young lady behind him. “This is Mr. Le Roy, Miss.” The young lady, whose dark blue eyes had been scanning me, as I could perceive, through her blue silk veil, now lifted it with an exqui sitely gloved little hand, and extended the other to me, with a charming mixture of frankness and timidity. 1 “I am very glad to meet you, Mr. Le Roy,” said she. “I thought I should know you in a moment, Jenny described you accurately. How kind it was of you to offer to take charge of me. I hope I shan’t trouble you.” In the midst of my bewilderment, at thus being addressed by the sweetest voice in the world, I managed to see that I must make a proper reply, and proceeded to stammer out what I thought an appropriate speech, when the servant, who had left us for a moment, re turned, and I abandoned it unfinished. AS DIE FOLEY “Did you see to my baggage, Edward ?” asked his mistress. “Yes, Miss ; it is all on.” “Then you had better hurry to reach the 7 o'clock boat. Good bye, and tell them you saw me off.” I stood like one in a dream, while tho man handed me two checks for the trunks and in dued me with the light baggage he had car ried ; but I was aroused by the young lady's asking me if we had not better secure our seats in the cars and answered by offering her my arm. In ten minutes we were seated side by side, and trundling out of Albany at a rate that grew faster and faster. I had no time to reflect, with that lovely face opposite me, but what was the use. Some strange mistake had undoubtedly happened, and I had evidently .been taken for another per son of the same name ; but how to remedy this now, without alarming the innocent young lady in my charge—how to find the right man, with the right name, among several hundred people and how to transfer her, without an unpleasant scene and explanation, to tho care of some one whoso person was no less, strange to her than mine ! While those thoughts whirled through my head, I happened to encounter those smiling eyes fixed upon me, and their open, unsuspi cious gaze decided me. I will not trouble or distress her by any knowledge of her position, I concluded, but will just do my best to fill the place of ;the individual she took me for, and conduct her wherever she wishes to go,if lean only find wl(ere it is! I turned to her with an affectation of ease, which I was very far from feeling, and said, “it is a long journey.” “Do you think so? Bat it is very pleasant, isn’t it? Cousin Jenny enjoyed it so much!” “Ah, indeed! “Why, why, what a queer man !” she said, -with a light laugh. -‘Doesn’t she Aever tell you, as she does me in all her letters, how hap py she is, and that St. Louis is the sweetest place in the world to live in ? Dear me! that I should have to toll her own husband first. How wo shall laugh about it when wo get there." BeboteQr to tf)t 35*i WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WHON& UNEIQHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’! WELLSBORCh TIOGA COUNTY, PA., T; NOW AND THEN. BY MARK SUMTER. A Slight mistake. :enacow of tfce men of So it was St, Louis where we were going to, and I was her cousin’s husband. X never was so thankful for two pieces of information in my life. | ' “And how does dear Jenny look I and what is she doing 1 and how is dear Aunt Semen ? do tell me the newsl” “Jenny,” said I mustering courage and words' “is the dearest little wife in the World you must know, only far too fond of her scamp of a husband. As to her looks, you can’t expect me to say anything, for she always looks lovely to me.” “Bravo!” said the pretty girl, with a main cions smile ; “but about aunty’s rheumatism ?” “Miss, I mean, of course, Mrs. Beman, it very well.” “Well?” said my fair questioner, regarding me with surprise, I thought she had not been well for a number of years 1” “I mean well for her,” said I, in some trepi dation ; “the air of St. Louis (which ! have since learned is of a misty moisture order) has done her a world of good. She is quite a dif ferent woman." “I am very glad,” said her niece. She remained silent for a few moments, and then a gleam of amusement began to dance in her bright eyes. “To think,” she said, suddenly turning to me with a musical laugh, “that in all this time you have not once mentioned the baby.” I know I gave a violent start and I think I turned pale. After I had run the gauntlet of all these questions triumphantly, as I thought, this new danger stared mo in the face. How was I ever to describe a baby-, who had never noticed one? My courage sank below zero, hut in the same proportion the blood rose to iny face, and I think my teeth fairly chattered in my head. "Don’t bo afraid that I shall not sympathize in your raptures,” continued ray tormentor, as I almost considered her,” “I am quite pre pared to believe anything after Jenny’s letter— you should see bow she cares for him.” “Him ! Blessed goodness, then it must be a boy!” “Of course,” said I, blushing and stammer ing, but feeling it imperative to say something “we consider him the finest fellow in the world; but you might not agree with us, and in order to leave your judgment unbiased, I shall not de scribe him to you.” “Ah! but I know Just how he looks, for Jenny had no such scruple—so you may spare yourself the trouble or happiness, whichever it is—but tell me what you mean to call him?” “We have not decided upon a name,” I re plied. “Indeed! I thought she intended to give him yours.” The deuce she did ! thought I. “No, one of a name is enough in a family,” I answered. The demon of inquisitiveness, that, to my thinking, had instigated my companion hereto fore, now ceased to possess her, for we talked of various indifferent things, and I had the relief of not being compelled to draw on my imagina tion at the expense of my conscience, when I gave the particulars of my recent journey from Boston! Yet, I was far from feeling at ease, for every sound of her voice startled me with a dread of fresh questions, necessary, but impos sible to be answered, and I felt a guilty flush steaming upon my temples, every time I met the look of those innocent eyes. It was late when we stopped for supper, and soon after I saw the dark fringes of my com panion’s eyes droop long and often, and began to realize that she ought to be asleep. I knew perfectly well that it was my duty to offer her a resting place on my shoulder, but I hardly had courage enough to ask that innocent face to lie on my arm, which was not as she thought it, that of a cousin and a married man. .Rec ollecting, however, that it was my duty to make her comfortable, and that I could scarcely de ceive her more than I had. already done, I prof fered the usual civility. She slightly blushed but thanked me, and accepted it by leaning her head lightly against my shoulder, and looking up into my eyes with a smile said, “As you are my cousin." Soon after her eyes closed and she slept sweetly and calmly, as if resting in security and peace. I looked down at the beautiful face, slightly paled with fatigue, that rested against mine, and felt like a villain. I dared not touch her with "my arm, although the rebounding of the cars jostled her very much. I sat remorseless until the sleeper settled the matter by slipping forward and awakening. She opened her eyes instantly, and smiled. “It’s no use for me to try to sleep with my bonnet on,” she said ; “for it is very much in the Way for me ; I am sure it troubles you.” So she removed it, giving mo the pretty little toy, with its graceful ribbons and flowers to put on the rack above us. I preferred to hold it, telling her it would be safer with me, and after a few objections, she resigned it, being in truth too sleepy to contest the point; then ty ing the blue silk-veil over her glossy hair* she leaned against my shoulder and slept again. This time when the motion- began to shake and annoy her, I stifled the reproaches of my conscience, and passing my arm lightly round her slender waist, drew her head upon my breast, where it lay all night. She slept the sleep of innocence, serene and peace, and it is needless to say that I could not close my eyes or ease my consqience. I could only gaze down omthe beautiful; still face, and imagine how it vrould confront me, if she knew what I was, and howl had deceived her; or dreaming more wildly still, reproduced it in a hundred scenes, which I had never before paused to imagine, as the face of my wife. I had never loved, unless the butterfly loves of Saratoga and Newport might be so dignified, and still less had I ever dreamed or thought of marrying, even as a pos sibility and far contingency. Never before, I solemnly aver, had I seen the woman whom I wished to make my wife—never before had I so longed to call anything my own, as I did that lovely face lying on my heart. No, it was impossible for me to sleep. In the morning we reached Buffalo, and spent the day at Niagara. If I had thought her lovely while sleeping, what was she,when the light of feeling and expression played over her fice, and she eloquently admired the scone t&irom anir tt>e of Reform* INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. imSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 15,'1859. before us, or was even more eloquently still.— I don’t think I looked at the cataract as much as I looked a¥ her, or thought the one creation more beantifhl than the other. - T§he was now quite familiar with me in her unppcent way, calling me “cousin Frank," and seemed to take a certain pleasure in my society arid protection. It was delightful to he greeted so'gladly by her, when I entered the hotel par lor; to hare her come forward from the lonely SdP±. where she had been waiting, not unob served or unnoticed, to receive me—to have 'her hang on my arm—look up into my face— tell me all her little adventures alone (how long ittfeemed to me,) while every word, look and sm3e, seemed doubly dear to mo, because I knew the precarious tenure by which I held tuy„ right to them. She busied herself, too, while I was gone out, with our joint baggage, and. rummaging all over her trunks to find a box which I had expressed a desire to see. She I ended my gloves, sewed the band on my trav ing cap, and found my cigar case whenever I id lost it, which was about twenty times a l X.while she scolded me for the carelessness Web she declared almost equalled her own. long ago she had given over into my pos ssion her elegant little portmonnie, “with all e money in it, which she was sure she would se, as she could never keep anything,” and she bad ordered me to take out what she intod for her traveling expenses,•! opened it ■th trembling hands when I was alone, and amined the contents. There were, besides 1 the bank bills with which she had probably en furnishod for her journey, and which with plans care she had packed into the smallest possible compass, as much gold as her pretty joy could carry, a tiny pearl ring, too small to it my finger, but not hers—which I am afraid [ kissed—a card with her name on it, and a nemorandnm in a pretty hand— " No. Olive street, St. Louis," which I rightly conjectured kas the residence of her cousin Jennie, whose tusband I was; a very fortunate discovery for oe. Indeed thus far 1 had not found the way of the transgressor hard, in external circum- stances at least, and when with her I forgot jverything but her grace and beauty, and my jrm resolution to be no more to her than her busin should be; but out of that charmed jresoncc made me miserable, i I am afraid I must sometimes have betrayed pe conflicts of feeling I had, by my manner; jut when I wtfs reserved and ceremonious with jer, she always resented it, and begged me so jewitohingly not to treat her so, and to call her oy her sweet name “Florence,” that- had I dreamed as much as I longed to do, I could not (ve refused her. But the consciousness that vas not what she thought me, but an impos •, of whom, after our connection had ceased, d she had discovered the deception practiced ua her, she could think or remember nothing it would not cause unmarried self-reproach d mortification, all innocent and trusting as 3 was, this reflection, more than any other, I ofess, and the knowledge of the estimation which she would forever hold me, after my position was discovered, agonized me, and I mid have given all I possessed to own it to 1. er and I leave her sight at once, though the nought of never seeing her more was dreadful. I iut that could not be. At last we reached St. Louis. Do I say “at I ist?” 'When the sight of those spires and ga bles warned me that my brief dream of happi ness was over, and that the remorseful reflec ts ons I had been staving off so long wore now to commence in earnest, the thought of the oming banishment from Florence was dreadful II me, and the time seemed to fly on lightning v ings as it drew near. She was all gayety and Was astonished at my sidness and absence of mind when so near home and Jennie, and when we entered the c image that was to convey us to our destina t on, I had half a mind to take a cowardly flight Either than encounter the scorn and disappoint ment of those blue eyes; but I mustered cottr age and followed her in giving the address I f mnd in the portmonnie which, fortunately v as the right one to the driver. [“Almost home I” said she, turning her bright f 160 towards me—we were rattling up the street nod my time was short—“how can you be so c uict?” “Because, Miss Florence,” I answered, “the t me has come in which I must confess to. you t lat I have no more right in the house to which v e are now hastening than to the name by v Inch yod address me, and that my only claim to either, is that of an imposter and deceiver.” She turned her lovely face, wondering and p uzzled towards me. Thank heaven I did not road fear and aver s on in it. “Xo right! no claim !” she repeated, “what c in jou mean I confessed the whole truth, as nearly as I Lave set it down here, denying nothing and onccaling nothing, not even the useless secret of my love for her. When the brief recital v as ended, we both remained silent, but she 1; ad hidden her face, I could see she trembled v$ iolently with shame and repulsion. The sight of her distress was agony to me, and ,1 tried to s ly a few words of apology. “You cannot blame or hate me, Miss Dun c ard, more than I blame or hate myself,” I said, ‘ for the distress I have unwillingly caused you. Heaven knows that if I accepted the charge of sj much innocence and beauty too lightly, I 1 ave heavily atoned since, in having occasioned t lis suffering to you, and my own punishment i i more than I can bear.” The coach stopped as I spoke; she turned >wards me eagerly, her face bearing traces of iafs, and said in a low voice, “Do not misun- etstand nto if 1 was so silent;” The coachman threw open the door; and stood v ’ailing. I was obliged to descend and assist ler out. I hardly dared to touch that little 1 and, though it was for the last time, but I v atched her graceful figure With sad distress. he ttas already recognized, for the door was irown open, and a pretty woman, followed by tine looking, black whiskered gentleman whom supposed to bo my namesake, rushed down le steps. There were loud exclamations of as mishment and pleasure; a cordial welcome, nd some rapid questions to which Florence re jrued very low and quiet answers, and quick- ly extricating herself from the confusion, pre sented me as Mr. Lo Roy, your husband’s name sake, and the gentleman who kindly took charge of me." 1 glanced at her face to see if she was mock ing me, but it was pale and grave. Mrs. Le- Roy opened her eyes widely, but was too well bred to express surprise, and after introducing me to her husband in-tbe'same terms, invited me into the house. Hardly conscious what I did, or of anything except that I was still in the presence of Florence; from which I could not endure to banish myself, I followed them into a handsome parlor, where sat an old lady whom my conscience told me was the rheumat ic annt I had so cruelly belied. Florence her self presented me to this lady, who was a fix ture. and unable to rise from her chair, and be- could stammer out an apology and retire, related in her own way (how different from mine,)’ the mistake by which she had been placed in my care, and the history of our jour ney, in which it appeared our host, Mr. Le Hoy, had been a follow passenger. When she had ended, they all crowded about me, warmly ex pressing their thanks for my “kindness and con sideration,” to my utter bewilderment and sur prise, and cordially inviting me| to remain with them, and mate the acquaintance of my name* sake and family. I detached myself from all this unexpected kindness as soon as I could, for I fancied I read aversion in the flashing and paling face, and drooping eyes of Florence, and with one last look at her left the room. A moment after, and I felt the touch of a light hand on my arjn, and turning, saw with mute surprise that she had followed me into the vestibule. “Mr. Le Roy,” she said hurriedly, “I cannot let you go away misunderstanding me as I see you do. If I silent while you so humbly apologized for the noble, generous and honor able conduct, I was not angered, believe me, but because I was too much astonished, after wards too much' moved and grateful to speak. I owe you more than I can-say, and should he miserable indeed, if a false shame, which you see has not prevented my telling you thisVslhrd prevent you from continuing an acquaintance so strangely begun. Trust me, sir, I speak the truth.” I don’t know what answer I made, for the revulsion of feeling was almost too great for words, and the rapture .of knowing, as I look ed down into that lovely face that it was not for the last time, quite took away the little sense I had remaining. If you want to know how I felt, ask a man who is going to be hung, how ho would feel to be reprieved. Well, how time flies. It certainly does not seem five years since all this happened, yet -qousin Jenny (my cousin Jenny now) so bit terly reproaches-us in-bur Inst-letter, for not visiting her in all that time, we have again un dertaken the journey, but under different au spices since Florence is Florence Dundard no more, and sleeps upon my arm in the cars no more blushingly, but with the confidence of a wifo of nearly five years standing, and I regis tered our names in the hotel book, as “Mr and Mrs. Le Hoy,” and bless my lucky stars as I rend it over. Even while I write, Florence, lovelier than ever, as 1 think, makes a grand pretence of arranging our baggage at the ho tel where we stop, (and which has reminded mo by past transactions, to write down this stofy) or comes leaning over me to call me “dear Chester,” instead of dear cousin Frank,” 1 as five years before, and to scold me for being so stupid as to sit and write instead of talking with her. Was ever man so happy in a slight mistake. Old "World Conservatism. While Americans engaged in ship building, in agriculture, in every department of industry, are always on the alert to adopt any improve ment from whatever source it may come, the Frenchman, the German, and the Englishman each deems his owp nation so superior that it has nothing to learn from any other. This Con trast between Americans and Europeans has been exemplified a hundred times. Some years ago the Messrs? Ilovey, of Bos ton; embarked in an extensive series of trials to produce an improved strawberry; it was said that they fruited over 2,000,000 of new seedlings, and out of these they selected two remarkably large and fine Varieties. Has any one ever heard of these being cultivated in Eu rope ? On the other hand, our nurserymen are so eagerly on the watch for any new varieties of fruit that may be originated in Europe, that when the “Victoria Currant” was first produced, the Messrs. Parsons, of Flushing, (L. I.) paid $3O for the first bush which they could procure. Mow slow Were the English in adopting from, this country the sharp bow for ships, and espec ially in dispensing with the heavy bowsprit on steamers 1 Like the Chinese, they look upon the Americans as “outside barbarians,” and like the Jews of old, they ask, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth ?” The compara tive absence of this feeling was most strikingly shown by Mr. Stevens when he visited England with his famous yacht. While the America was lying at Liverpool with the challenge fly ing from her mast-head to sail against all the English yachts for §50,0(10, Mr. Stevens noticed a gaff on one of the English vessels which he thought was better than any other that he had seen. Notwithstanding the extraordinary cir cumstances of the case, and though he knew the attention of all England was upon his move ments, ho immediately went to one of the ship yards and ordered a gaff like the one ho bad observed, and the Abierica had that English gaff at the top of her sail when she won the great race. The greater readiness of the Amer icans to adopt improvements, from whatever source they may come, is one considerable cause of our more rapid advance in the arts, and in material prosperity. —Scientific American. Sound. —“A man,” says Dr. Johnson,- “is, in general, better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek*” * How TO BECOME A REAL RsTATE AoENT.— Marry a rich wife. Rates of Advertlsiag. Advertisements will be charged $1 of 30 lines, one or thfee 25 eenfr for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than 1(* lines considered as a square. Thesubjoined rates will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly afld Yearly ad vertise fffetrts: Square, - 2 do. 3 do. i column, - i do. , Column, - Advertisements not having themunberof insertion/ desired marked upon them, Will be published until or dered out and 'charged accordingly. Fosters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, cr edited neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable.’, and other BLANKS constantly on habd. NO. 20. The Maiden and the Here, On theoiight before tbs battle of Brandywine, 1 wai sent with a message from General Green te Count Pulaski, a noble Polander, who took a prominent part in our straggle for freedom.— He wfc quartered in a neat farm-honso, near the upper forts. After our business was finished, the Count asked me to take some refreshments, and at the same time called out— “ Mary I my lass, Mary 1” In an instant a rosy-cheek girl entered, her face beaming with joy, it would seem, at the very sound of Pulaski’s voice. “Did you call me, Count?” said the maiden, timidly. “How often hate 1 told yon, my little love," he said, bending his fall form to kiss her cheek, “not to call me Count; call me, dear, Pulaski, This is a republic my little favorite; we have no counts, you know,” “But yon are a Count, Sir, -when at home, and they say you came a long, way over tha ocean to fight for us.” “Yes, Mary, very .true—l did come a long way—the reason was, I had to come. Now, can you get for this gentleman and myself, a little refreshment ?, He has a long Way to ride to-night.” “Certainly, sir,” and she Went out of tha room like a fairy. “Fine, pleasant girl,”'said Pulaski; “would that I had the wealth 1 once bad! j would give her a portion that would send half the youth herabouts after her sweet face. On tha morning of tha 11th of September, 1777, the British army advanced in full force to Chadd’s Ford, for the purpose of crossing Brandywine Creek,'and bringing on an action with Washington. Sir. Wm. IloWe drove Max well’s division across the creek by ten o'clock at one of the lower fords. The Hessian General, Knyphansen, with a large force, advanced upon the creek, and Uni ting with Lord Cornwallis, who commanded the left wing of the army, crossed at the upper ford of the river and creek. It so happened that during the conflict, when carrying orders, ~l passed immediately in the direction of Pulas ki’s quarters, that I had visited the night be fore. Suddenly a sheet of flame burst forth; the house was on fire. Near the doorsteps lay the body of Mary, her head cut open by a sabre, and her brains coming out of the terrible wound. I had been there but half a minute, when General Pulaski at the head of a troop of cavalry, galloped rapidly'to the house. Never shall I forget the expression on his face, as he shouted like a demon on seeing the inanimate form of Mary. “Who did this 7” A little boy, who had not been before noticed, laying on the gras? With his leg dreadfully mangled, replied : ‘ , “There they go!” He pointed to a company of Hessians, then some distance off. “Hicilt-ivnEEL— men-, CHARGE!! And they pm charge. Ido not think that one man of that Hessian corps fiver left that field except to be placed in the grave. The last of Pulaski was on the battle-ground of Brandywine. He and his sweet Mary fell on that same field: &dacafion. of Husbands. Punch gives an excellent article on the Edu cation of Husbands, worthy of the best days of Caudlei as follows: Itow suggestive is the new year of bills, and bills of housekeeping ! It is fearful to reflect how many persons rush into matrimony to tally unprepared for the awful change thJft awaits then. A man may fake a Wife at twenty one, before he knows the difference between a chip and a Leghorn. We would no more grant a marriage license to 'anybody simply because he is of age, than a license on that ground only to practice as an apothecary, Ifnsbands ought to be educated; We would like to have the following questions put to young, inexperienced persons about to marry,: Are you aware ; siri of the pride of coal and candles 1 , Do you know which is the moat economical, flitch* bone, or the round ? I How far* young man* will a leg of mutton go in ft small family ? How much dearer, now, is silver than Bri* tarda? ?Jease to giro the .average price of a four poster. ' Declare if you can,, rash youth, the sura per annual that chemisettes, pelerines, cardinals, bonnets, veils, icapes,''ribbons, flowers, gloves, cuffs, and collars, would .come to in the lump? If Unable to answer these inquiries, we would say to him, “Go back to school.'’ lie that should bo a husband should also un dergo a training, physical and moral. 11a should be further examined, thus: Can you read or write amid the noise and yells of'a nursery ? ! N Can you wait any given time for breakfast ? Can you maintain your serenity during a washing day ? Can you cut your old friends ? Can you stand being contradicted in the faco of all reason ? Can you keep your temper when you are not listened to ? Can you do wbat you are told without being told why ? In ono word young man, have you the pa tience of Job ? If you can lay your band Upon yonr heart and answer “yes,” take your license and marry —not else. Jusi Out.—A Deacon residing in Ashtabula who was acting in the capacity of a colporteur, called at.a shop in Windsor, where they have dry goods, groceries, hardware, and sometimes a little whiskey to sell. The man who owned the store was absent, and his wife officiated ao clerk- The Deacon passed the time of day, talked about religion, and finally asked if they had tlje one thing needful, (meaning the Bible.) The lady’s answer was; “Xo, we are just out; but my husband H going to Cleveland next week, and hewilljget a h irrt-1— Wan cn C'hrouitfe. • 3 aaSras. 6 months, li hontHs - $3,00 $4,50 $O,OO 5.00 0,50 8,00 ?,00 8,50 10,00 8.00 £f,sff 12,50 15.00 20,00 30.00 25.00 35,00 50,00
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