of Publication. „a doUNTY AGITATOR la published jflE dav Moraine. anil mo ' lei i to subscribers Price of, DObhAR PER P" . It is intended to notify every i. n’sH'"" " Ao term for which he has paid shall rV C - r !l hv the stomp —“Time Oct,” on the mar £* ‘ s K t paper. The paper will then bo stopped ft Vrther remittance bo received. By this or. !-vi » fa . n 0 m an can be brought in debt to the jPJ t ® cn i ' )5 stBr ' .rAToniStha Official Paper of the County, 1 and steadily increasing circulation reach tilt i “ neighborhood in the County. It is sent Js'“ W /nwcto any Post Office within the county tat whoso most convenient post office may bo County. • . i' 1 ?? ! Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper mein. Easiness > l^jjperyear-j ji rSIM'S.S miUXTORY. . wiiCsow, , VTOBXBYS A- COUNSELLORS AT will A niieml tlio’Court of Tioga, Pottor and McKoan riic!- [WcllsLoro 1 , Eeb. 1, 1853.] s B. BROOKS, Jmk\FYAND counsellor at law jrp ß KtKLAXD. TIOOA CO .PA. „ I ron ititn<ie ot Counselors there Is snfety."— Biblt Si'^ S5My - —r —j)jt. W. W. WEBB. Lrrv nret Cone’s Law Office, first door below Or'' Hotel. Nights ho will bo found at his above the bridge on Main Street, dentist. ' il nt hi? rosidonco nonr the I I Academy. All work pertaining to line of business done promptly and UJ - LU " [April 22, 1858.] JfcBTSsoiT"H OUSE cokx ix c i n. y.i r- Xcf -.Proprietor. j i \, s tskc „ Jojunl from the Depot free of charge. pVX.ygl-if ASIA H OUSE *i i; 1.1. so ok O’, pa. L. V. TAVLOR, PROPRIETOR. , i.- ''ivillvimDiilsr house >■“ centrally located, and I, .' i .Nii-idf to'tlie piilmiwge of the travelling public, Vn 'A W' 3 , l -'j AMERICAN HOTEL. i coi:x i x o, N. v., g FREEMAN, - - - - Proprietor. . I- "'let*'Lodgings. 25 cts. Board, 76 els. per day. f&. March si; 1809... 0y ; ) " JI c. W HITTAKER, }li/ilrnjnilhic I'hgeidnn am/ Surgeon. 1 i,K I. A X I*. TIOOA CO., PKXXA. u|ll ri'lt patient” in nil parts of the County, orro- J them for treatment at liis Bouse. [June 14.] H. <>. €0 L£, hm;i:kh -i sn n a inn it esse n ■t||np in tin- roar of t’lo Vo=t Office. Everything in line "iil fo 'lone ns well and promptly as it nc in dio oily saloons. Preparations for ro linn.liulf. a:”i boniitifyinpf the hair, for sale Iliiiraji'l whiskers (iyofi any color. CaHan.i ’ |Wdli3b9ro._Sepl. 22. liOSh ' i fiAISES H ©TEL. ij\c. VERMILYI'.A. P/B OPBT E T O R !' Gaines, Tioga Conniy, Pa. HI.? well know n hotcl.is located within easy access oftlicbodfidimgandluintinggrnnnds in Xorth'rn y'o pains trill ho spared for the accommodation t’tatoro seekers and the traveling public. l;n: 1!. ' THK COBXISfi JOURNAL,. George W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor. r ;fjllUhc'l at Corning, Ftcuhen Oo. ? N. Y,. nt One li.lhrjui'l Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The .•sails Republican in politic.-*, and hn.4 a circula :r-aching into every part of Steuben County.— •:edesirous of extending their business into that Ith adjoining counties will find it an excellent nd ’rt.a*Dg medium. Address us above. COIiftEBSPOBT HOTEL. CnrDEKSPORT POTTER CO., PEXXA. ' I, F, Glassmiro, - - Proprietor. T tf[? HOTEL is located ( within an hour’s drive o ; the hfad waters of the Allegheny, Genesee, and •-•jatbjnna rivers. Xo efforts are spared to make ai'icc for pleasure seekers during the fronting sca uoJ for the traveling public at all times, hr. if, 1559. ly. JOHN K. SIIAEESPBVR, TAILOR. U’iNT, opened his shop in the room over , Wm. Itnherts Tin Shop, respectfully informs the "fWrlUhoro’ and vicinity, that hd is prepared ■ iR-ilc orders in his line of business with prompt «ir.d despatch . 1 Ctitlhij dime on sfiort notice, ' _Wt!!-l>oro. Oct. 21. ISOS.—fnn ■ WATCHES I watches: ' IHE ?uh?crilu'r pot n. fine nasortmcnt of heavy i F..WUSII LEVER HUNTER-CASE J Gold and Silver Watches, Hhc will sell cheaper than “dirt” on 'Time/ i. o. >*.l!fell‘Thee Piece l -'on ft slrt>rt (approved) credit. Un*le of HEPAIUFXG done promptly. If ft I* Tf»rk is notdoni* to the satisfaction of tbc party no charge will bo made. ?i«tf«ors appreciated and ft continanco of patron- folirited. ANDIE EOLEV. 2 t, IS4R. , HOAr 1% ini>ustryT M’USi’UinEU having established & MAR kjP'I.K MANL'FACTOIIY at the village of Tioga, U prepared to furnish Souuments, Tomb-Stones, &c M 'Ueh't ' &, ITAOAIS MARINE f J rs‘p«ctfiitlv solicit the natronaec.Df this and ad ■ l-rmurtic.. tj'in; .1 nr,ml ftoek on liand he is now ready to ex |’».i I'.-.lcrF with neatness, accuracy and dispatch. p*Tk delivered if desired. f JOIIX- BLAMPIET). Th,- n Co.. Pa., Sept. 28, 1559. ' WHJ. TEBBELIj cnitxixc. x. v. wholesale and Retail .Dealer, in -hei .1/. d,Vines, Lead, Zinc, (in(l Colored ‘V ano eh, 'Ururthc* Camphenc and liurnirifj v- Mn/J, Su*h rnd Glufn* % J*urc Liquors for / Pot> nt .Vtv/tW/iea, Artists Paint* mid Jtrnshe*, ■ '’■•■V- hiw'tj Article*, Extracts, d'e,, ■ at.so,] A P-ncrnl n-<a>rtment of School Hooks— hldiiJx Jlof.U?. Stapfc and Fancy . Stiitionary. ami Country Merchants dealing ,J C o articles can ho supplied nt a small York prices. * [Sept. 22, 1557,] « VfllVi: Ull fi\ SHOP! |V)Pl>osri - K DRUG STORE, S" l f«i! ran htii/ Store?, Tin , and Japanned y v J"!' "dr-hatf (he nsthxl prices. tlcalcJ Oven Cook Stove and Xrim- ; r $15,00. L, . Tl!I ami mardwarc '••^ ,lonf " r Heady Pay, ,an - v °"e "ho wjints anything in this lino uur prices before purchasing elsewhere. ‘ place—two doors south of Farr’s Ho ; Hoy’s Drug Store. CALL AND SEE h: 15 •5,...,., • • D'EMLNG, to the people of Tioga County s r:\ 1° All all orders for Apple, Pear • V* f! »tU t r V, * Apn Evergreen and Deciduous CT, -s anTv:**^^' ,r> Currants* Raspberries, Gooseberries, •' a 'J‘-tMwbcrrujß of a.J now and approved vari g of Hybrid, Perpetual afid Snm* V* :o. lll<v mor Ho***. Moss' Hourbou, Noisette, Tea, rii,nl,in e IlC!,e! ‘- , v UljEl? Y TmiucUnp nil thofinest newvn- V, A i ii-tics of Althea, Oalyranthns, ' : ' Jrill h'ias. Viburnum,, Migitias Ac. >, '' t-ilvS—'’l'uHi,:,. Dahlias, Phloxes, Tulips, ilyaoinths, ,h Jonquils, Lil '■’rh ilcs. \ '‘ s *r« 4 doz.. plants, $5. \ ;*;, 4 t v /'jbcip>d. or X'rcmng 'v»U be H- P. DHHIN'G, HV.bhrP', Pa. THE SefcoteSr to tfjei S'; WHILE! THERE SHALL BE YOL. YI. BROWN OF OSAiyATOMIE, BT JOHN 0. WmiTTIEn. John Brown of Oaawatomie Spako of his dying day *. I will not have 1 to shrive my soul A priest in Slavery’s pay. But let some poor slave mother, Whom I have striven to free, With her children from the gallows-stair i Put up a prayer for me 1” John Brown of Qsawntomic, They led him out to die; And lo !i-a poor slave mother With her little child pressed nigh. Then the bold, blue eye grew tender, And the old harsh face grew mild As he stooped between the jeering ranks And kissed tho negro child. The shadows of tho stormy life That moment fell apart; Without tho rash and bloody hand, Within tho loving heart. That kiss from all its guilty moans Redeemed tho good intent, And round tho grizzly fighter's hair Tho martyr's aureole bent.' Perish with him tho folly That seeks through evil good; Long live thogoneroua purpose Unstained with human blood ! Not the raid of midnight terror. But the thought which underlies ; Not tho outlaw’s pride of daring. But'tho Christian’s sacrifice. Oh ! never may yon blue-ridged bills The northern rifle hear, Nor see the light of blazing homes Flash on the negro’s spear. But let the free-winged angel Truth Their guarded passes scale, To teach that right is more than might, And justice more than mail.' So vainly shall Virginia set Her battle in array ; In vain her trampling squadrons knead The winter snow with clay. She may strike the pouncing eagle, Hut she dares not harm the dove; And every gate she bars to Hate Shall open wide to Loro ! — {lndependent, December 22. up, BiumiEifS, up: t BY C. D. STCABT. * Up, brother up 1 tho light beginr, Along tho eastern sky. To promise that tho nighi And better days arc nl; A clarion voice rings o’er And valleys catch tho i And “Freedom” is tho st That fills tho world aro It pierces through tho fac Its strength tho pcasan And old oppression from With shamo and terror All men lift up their heat More fearless and morr And loud rings out tho'cc No more wcj’ll bond the From smithy forge, from From plows that break From iron looms, from su From ships that cleave One voice unites, and rni Swoops on, and ever oi Tho tyrant's day, tho vas Aro gone, forever gone Up, brothers up ! and sin llejoice ! the day has c When freedom docks thef Ami guards the pooresi Rejoice, and pledge with The new-born heart an To keep the boon, and ps To all of human kind. Rejoice that yo have hrol Tho thong and heavy c Which neither age nor hi Can hind ye with ag»it Rejoice, and swear yo wi Nor give the guerdon Though glistening stool <; Arid llamo is on your t Tho Death of tho Cjsar Nicholas. Alexandre Dumas has p story concerning the late Cz sia, viz: that after the di the Crimea, of Russian d solved to die ! Should he i and abandon his policy he the lie to a reign of thirf' persist in carrying on th s Russia. But what be coul loss of honor, vjz., peace, 1 He, therefore, by pressing; from his physician, who ha for two months, a dose of j to kill him, but yet weak c to live a few hours after ha physician left St.l Pctorsl February, having obtained’ declaration in writing whi< all points. On the morni Emperor swallowed the po sent for the Grand'Duke A pefor,) and told him* all. have cried out for help, b vented him by an order .< son ami a subject, he cq father and his sovereign. I Then the Emperor explai the motives which induced roic step. The young Priij the tears streaming from hi choked by sobs, listened to live on his knees, and chi claiming, “My father! my peror would not allow him ho had obtained from him lot death take its course w' stop it. But the instant th out of the room his filial his fidelity to his word, an whole of the royal family a cians. The latter arrived t ror after a not very violen twenty minutes past twol 18th of-February, 1853. A Russia changed not only policy. Wnicn s End of Trocbl" bridegroom, returning fron mot by a friend who thus adc Jack, I’m glad to see thee tion; thou hast seen the e “Thank thee, lad," was J hope I have." About a m two friends again met, wh rather warmly, exclaimed, me a lie that riiorning I got say I’d seen tlie end of my ( said Bill; biitjl didn’t tell i XUnwfow of tM 0... - ; - : ' - T A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL.CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.’ 080, TIOGA COUNTY. PA., THURSDAY MOBBING. JANUARY 5, 1860. WEIISB Anecdote of Washington. In 1754 he was stationed at Alexandria with' his regiment, the only one in the colony,, of which he was the colonel. I There happened at that time to be an election in Alexandria for members of the Assembly! and the ballot ran high between Col. George .Fairfax and Mr Wm. Elgey. [Washington was on the side of Fairfax and Mr. William Payne headed the friends of Elgey.- In tlie course of the contest Washing ton grew very warm, (for jbis passions.natural ly were very powerful, though a wise regard to duty, i, e. honor and happiness soon reduced them to proper command! and unluckily said something to Mr. Payne, \Vho though but a cab in size, was a lion in heart, elevated his shilie . lah, and at a blow, extended our hero on the ground. News was soon carried to the regi ment that their colonel was)murdered by a mob! On the passions of the soldiers, who doated up onftheir commander, such a report fell like a flash of lightning on a magazine of powder. — In a moment the whole -egiment was under arms and in rapid motion towards the town burning for vengeance. Duringthis time Wash ington had been liberally plied with cold water, acids and volatiles, and hnlppiiy for Mr. Payne" and his party, was so far recovered as to go out and meet his enraged soldiers, who crowded around hin with faces of lionest joy to see him alive again. AfterAhanki ig them for such an evidence of their attachment to him, he assured' them that he was not hurt in the least, and begged them by their love of him and of their, duty, to return peacefully (to their barracks. — As for himself fie went to jhis room, generously chastising his passion, wllich had just struck but a spark, that would alike to have thrown the whole town into a flame ; and feeling him self the aggressor of Mr. Payne, he resolved to make him the honorable reparation of asking his pardon. No sooner ha|l ho made this heroic resolution than, recovering! that delicious gnyc ty which ever accompanies good purposes in a • virtuous mind, ho went to a ball that night, and , behaved as pleasantly as though nothing had happened. Early nest morning he wrote a po lite invitation to Mr. Paynjc, to meet him atitho inn. Payne took it for a challenge and repair ed to the inn with the full) expectation of smell ing gunpowder. But what was his surprise, on entering the chamber, to see, in lieu a decanter of vdne and a pair of glasses on tho table. — Washington rose to meet (him and offering his hand, with a smile began ;—“Mr. Payne to err is sometimes nature, to rectify error is always glory. I believe I-was wrong in the affair of yesterday. You have had I think some satis faction, and if you docni tjiat sufficient there is~ my band ; let us bo friends.” An act of such sublime virtue produced the proper effect upon tho mind of Mr. Payne, who from that moment, became the most enthusiastic admirer and frien-j-- of Washington, and for his sake ready to charge up to a battery of twb-and-forty pounders.— “Would our youth,” says | the narrator, but be jjiersunded to act in a style so correct and hero ical our papers would no longer shock us with accounts of elegant young men murdering each other on false principles of honor—by ono'des perato deed depriving themselves of’all present pleasures, and of all future hopesßecollec tions of American Revolution. is past. the hills, ound— rnog c tj ind ! ing gloom, : feels— ts throne ; ;s\and hands, Z'f 0 ’ 1 fnn\on shout, knee ! fisher's cot, the lea, oking mines, the sea— ;hticr ial’a work the light ; lowest shrine. home. strengthening tics [I mind, sa it on o at length liain. man strength 1 not bend, >nek, isputos the way ack! 1 tblished a singulai ar Nicholas, of Ru; sastrous nows froi ;feats, the Czar n retraco.hig footstep would have to givi r years. Should hi i war ho would rui r 1 not ask for withoi is successor migh: olicitatlon, obtainc; 1 previously resisted oison strong enough nough to allow bin ring taken it. The nrg on the 17th <f from the Emperor a h mado-him safe 1 1 iag of the 18th the i son, after which b e tlexandcr, (now En - The latter would > .it the Emperor pro to positive that, as A mild not disobey his ned to him in detn: 1 liim to take this h<- ee, broken hearted, ; eyes, his uttcranc; the dreadful narra sped his hands ex father !” The Em to quit his side until i solemn promise to thoiit attempting tc 3 young Prince vrat ore triumphed over I he summoned the ad also throe physi -30 late. Tho Erape ; agony, expired at re, at noon, on t the same instant her master but her —Not long ago a his wedding, was ressedhim: “Well, iin thy happy posi iid of thy trouble.” acid's answer! “I mtp afterwards the en .Tack, speaking “Bill, thou tolled wed ? Didn’t thoti trouble?” "I did, lice idnch. cud.” Legal Witti A celebrated lawyer in Missouri, being once opposed to Mr. S- -, lato member of Con gress, he remarked as follows to the jury, upon a disagreement between them: “Here, my brother S and I differ. Now this is very natural. Men seldom see things in the same light; and they may disagree in opinion upon the simplest principles of the law, and that very honestly ; while, at tiie same time, neither can see any earthly reasonl why.they should.— And this is merely because they look at differ ent sides of the same sujbject, and do not view it in all its bearings. Suppose, for illustration, a man should como in 'here, and baldly assert that my brother S-i p’s head (here he laid his hand very familiarly upon the large chuckle head of his opponent) is a squash ! I, on the other hand should maintain, and perhaps with equal confidence, that it ijs a head. Now here would bo a difference—undoubtedly an honest difference —of opinion. wie might argue about it till doomsday, and never agree. You often see men arguing upon subjects as empty and trifling as this ! 'But a third person coming in and looking at the head and shoulders that sup port it, would say at once, 1 that I had reason on my side ; for if it was not a head, it at least oc cupied the place of one, and stood where a head ought to be.” All this was uttered in the grav est and most solemn mariner imaginable, and thoyffect was irresistably ludicrous. And this reminds me pfla similar “hit" once made upon the eloquent Elisha Williams, of Columbia county on the Hudson. lie -was “powerful’’ before a jury ; and ono day, in the Circuit Court of that ilk, profound impression* alike upon tho jury and upon the “Court.” His legal opponent was a mere pettifogger, but “smart;” and he said: “Gentlemen of the jury, and your hoiiors, I should despair of the triumph of my client in this case, after tho eloquent appeal of the learned counsel, but for the fact that common law is common sense. Nojman could like bet ter tho piece which the learned gentleman has spoken, than what I like that piece. He spoke it good. I've hocred him give it three times afore; once at Sehodack, in a burglary case; one at Kiak, on a suspicion o’ stealin’; once at Poughkeepsie, on a murdei case; and tho nest *Hme at Kakiak, about arum who was ketched a counterfeiting. Wall, ho always spoke it good; but this time, he’s j really'beat himself. : But what does it amount to, gentlemen of the ■jury ? That’s tho question!; and you can an swer it as wbll as I kin, and better tew!” And so they did, and quickly, bly a verdict in favor of the pettifogger’s client Signs.- —lf you spill ink,j] go hungry if you don’t cal you need a now coat, it is h some tailor is about to st in your sleep, it is a sign i your laughing when you cross your knife and fork,; don't lio parallel with each GIT j &vtn ot ifmOfow ot jg Ifcefor ._ . r cisms. ie had made a most jit is a t eign you will it your -victuals. If -'not improbable that uffer. If you laugh ihat you can’t do all are awake. If you 11 signifies that they i other. More Copy. We extract the following paraphrase of a par- 1 ody on Poe's Raven, from the St, Anthony News; * ’ Once (last Friday,) item-greedy, sat this wri ter sad and seedy pondering o’er a memoran dum book of items used before—(book of scrawl ing, scribblings rather; items, taking days to gether, them in sultry, boiling weather —great expense of limb and leather I) pondered wo those items o’er. While we conned them, slow ly rocking (through our inind strange fancies flocking,) came a quick and nervous knocking —knocking at tho sanctum door.- Sure that must be Jinks,” wo muttered —“Jinks that’s knocking at our door, Jinks the persevering bore 1” Ah, how well do we remind us, in the wall that then confined us ; the “exchanges” lay be hind us and around us on the floor. Thought we “Jinks has 'called to borro ( w some new-pa pers till to-morrow and ’twill be relief from sor row to get rid of Jinks, the bore, so I'll open him the door.” Still the visitor kept knocking' —knocking louder than before. Bracing up-our patience firmer, then without another murmur, “Mr. Jinks, said wo, your pardon and forgivness we implore. But—the fact is—we were reading of that Pembina pro ceeding, where they voted the Dakotas and Ojib ways by the score, lost in the reflec tion that tho Otter Tail election might with cart loads sent for Becker tip oar calculations o’er.” Here we opened wide the door. But pliancy now our phelinks—for it wasn’t Jinks tho boro. But tho form that stood before us, caused a trembling to come o’er us and our memorV quickly boro us back again to days of,yore; days when items were in plenty, and where’er this writer went ho picked up interesting pen cilings at almost every door. 'Twns our hon ored understrapper—’twas this young infernal rapper—hand out-stretched like Captain Tap per with “tho foreman’s out of copy, sir, and says he want’s some more.” And it kinder riz our dander, that, like grasping Alexander, lie had set up all the copy, and already wanted “more!”—wanted copy—evermore ! Now this local had already walked about till nearly dead—he had sauntered through tlie city till his feet wore very sore, walked through Pino and Todd and Cedar, - through the Mills and—“gentle reader"—into ways you never thought of, both public and obscure; and ex amined shop and cellar, and had questioned every “feller,” but they all refused to tell or hint at any “shocking accident” not published heretofore. Having mot with no success he YfouhLrather sorter guess he might have felt a trifle wicked' at that ugly_littie bore, with the message from the foreman that ho wanted “something more.” “Now it's time you wore departing, you young scamp,” cried we upstarting; "get you back iqto the office—office where you were be fore ; or the words that you have spoken sure will get your noddle broken, (and we seized a cudgel, oaken, that was lying on the floor,) still he stood and never- stirred from his posture in the door—budged the devil nevermore 1 “Inky Demon !—child of evil 1 dost in perse cution revel I ■ Thinkcst thou to hunt and haunt mo like an everlasting bore ?—Leave ! or-r -(pause till I have said it,) this shed fhou art doomed 1o edit, and (o live like me, on credit, live on credit evermor; .”’ But our devil, mover sitting, still is flitting, still is flitting, back and forth upon the landing just outside the sanctum door ; tears-a-down his cheeks are streaming, strange light from his eyes is gleaming, and his voice is hoard a screaming, “Sir, the foreman want’s some more 1” Shocked and startled by that warning we’re awakened .every morning, and we hear the dismal horning of the imp outside the door, and a fancy will come o’er us, that each read er’s face before us boars the signet, “give us classic draughts and antiquated loro I” “Copy” still forevermore! llaud to Please.— Pitts is a first man, a sharp man, amian of business tact. And when Pitts goes into a store to trade, ho always gets the lowest cash price; and lie says, “Well,'l’ll look about, and if I don’t find anything that suits me better, I’ll call and take this.” Pitts, like all fast men is partial to women, and young ones in particular. Now, quite late ly Pitts said, to himselfj “I am gettin’. rather along in years, and gucssl I'll get married.” Hisbusiness qualities ryouldn’t let him wait, so off he travels) and calling upon a lady friend opened the conversation by remarking that ho would like to know what she thought about his gcttiqgmarried. | “Oh, Mr. Pitts, this is lan affair in which I am not so greatly interested, and I prefer to leave it with vourself.” '' “But,” says Pitts, “you arc interested and, my (iear girl will you marry me 1” The young girl blushed very red, hesitated, and finally, as Pitts wiis to do in the world, and morally, financially and politically of good standing in society, she accepted him. Whereupon the matter-of-faot: Pitts responded', "Well, wcE, I’ll look about die, and if I don’t find anybody that suits me better than you, I’ll come back. ) . J -a-— : — Patience. —When Deacon B s’ wife died, he tried to find consolation in the smiles of a pretty servant girl in his family, whoso name was Patience—hut the gray hairs and wrinkled visage of the worthy man were unsuccessful pleaders in the court- of love, and she would encourage none of his advances. At length the village clergyman paid a visit to the dea con, and condoled with him upon .the loss which he bad sustained. “You mustjondoavor th bo resigned,” said the parson, “and under this afflictive dispensa tion you will find it advisable above all to have patience.” “Well,” said the deacon, with sudden anima tion in his manner,i “I have, to speak the truth, been trying her a little, but she seems to be rather offish 1” '“Well, John, I am going East; what shall I tell your folks?" “Oh, nothing—but if they say anything about whiskers, you can hst tell them that I’ve got a fuiy.” TO CARRIER'S ADDRESS, TO THE PATRONS OF THE AGITATOR. January Ist, 1860. ’Tis passed—the flowery (Spring, The Summer with its crown bf leaves, The purple Autumn —harvest tjowed— With plenty, bound in goldciji sheaves ; And now the whitely frosted fields, ... • The sleigh-bells with their merry chime, Proclaim that once again we’vcj reached A mile-stone in tho path of time. Yes, the Spring-time flowers have faded, — Scattered are the Summer’s leaves, And the spirit of tho pine tree In thje night wind sadly grieves; Grieves although the coming Spring-time Other flowers shall bright bestow, ‘ When the earth shall wake from slumbering Underneath the Winter’s snow. Xot alone the year sustalneth •! Losses, —hearts are lowers tooj; Friendship, Hope and Love hjive vaniebed Like the sun-|dssed mirningjdew; Grieve, sad heart for never Spring-time Shall these faded flowers restjore, Underneath your still white snow drifts They shall sleep for evermore. , How strangely mingle childhoojd’s shouts Of “Happy Xf.w Yeai” with the rhyme That wailing winds to thoughtful hearts Breathe o’er the bier of Fifty-Nine,— A strain that speaks of buried joys Of heart hopes cherished hutjin vain ; Of loving eyes and hands whose elasp Shall never warm our own again. But ever hope, though cruel fate Has all our paths through darkness led, — For as the deepest shadows lio i Where shines the brightest sun o’erhend, — So may the cloud that dilrklyished ■ O’er the past yearlits shade of sorrow, Shine on us from its’pilver edge Through all the days of our To-morrow. There’s no’t a year since the Creator's hand Sent forth the first—a golden sand~ But bears the mark of deed or thought sublime That stamps it deathless fut all coming time. So Fifty Nine may the! same lesson teach, i That ages toll us with historic speech ; 1 And not the least among tile years that's been May be the one whose latest day we’ve seen. • A year that to the farmer's yellow field, Bright Ceres came with an Abundant yield ; ■ | And to our homes —more j blessed far than* wealth— Has brought the gifts of Peace and rosy Health. Sweet boon of peace—how prized when from afar j . Came the dread tidings of a cruel war; A war that waged in Freedom’s holy name. Heaped high on bloody fields its thousands , slain, — I j Swept from Italians plains Austrian power, And gave her sons from that eventful hour, The precious boon—that they may isay and do— Just what their Uncle Louis tolls them to. Peace, did I say ? then I had near forget; ,■ Upon our country’s page a single blot. E’en now ’tis said onr glorious Union shakes, Prom lofty “turret to foundation” quakes. And why ? Forsooth a fierce devouring hordo ’ Of Northern Vandals armed with fire and sword, Rushed from the mountains with resistless might And took Virginia in a single night. So.,thought the heroes as they ran away; But when to terror came thb light of day, They saw where late the awful host had been, But Old John' Brown' and scarce a score of men Then far resounded the loud cry, to arms 1 And soldiers gathered at fierce war’s alarms j Deep boomed theTsafmbn—' ' '' roared, * And from the scabbard leapt the gloaming sword ; With horrid front they formed—and then—lt seems, They sent to Richmond for a few marines, And saved awhile their military skill, To shoot a cow and chase a whip-poor will But why prolong the fearful talo ; —full well The bloody story every child can tell. ' For Freedom died this brave misguided band, Columbia blush ! in this her chosen land. They died,—but in the quickly ccming day, When Slavery’s shadow shall have passed away, And on our country’s soil rio slave is found. To drop a tear on Frecdomis hallowed ground, In freemen’s hearts their memories will bloom And sculptured marblo eriwn eneb martyr’s tomb. ■( Enough. Of late events The stroke that laid thogall i Election victories, —and atti Our glorious Union from its The many failures of the v< To tell the day the House v And other things ’tworo nnl Those who take and read th| ' I And nnw kind friends, indy every joy be thine, And, if you please, the usvial bounty mine. Content I’ll bo if but my feeble rhymes Brings me your approbating and ,he Dimes;" Am} with them song's of universal cheer, To welcome in the NEW and HAPPY. YEAR. Time a\d Etekmtv. —W o step an tho earth ; look abroad over it and it seems immense— so dues the sea.—What ages had men lived, njid knew but a portion ? They circumnavigate it now with a speed undet which its vast bulk shrinks. But lot tho astrpnomer lift up his glass, and he loams to believe in a total mass of matter, compared with which th,is groat globe itself becomes an imponderable grain of dust.. “And so to each of'us walking along the road of life a year, a day, an hour, shall seem long. As older, the time shortens ; but when we lift our .eyes to look .beyond tpie,earth, our seventy years which have rolledjover tho hu man race vanish into a point; for then wo art) measuring Time against Eternity! | The grm of a pretty girl wound, tight around your neck, has been discovered (olbc an infall - blu rojnodv fir sure throat. I 1 Advertisements Vill bo charged $1 per square of 1 0 linos, one or three insertions, and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than IP lines considered ns a.square.' Thoaubjoined rate* will bq charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad, vertiscmonls i i Square, - 2 do. 3 do. - 7,00 8,50 10,00 i column, - . 8,00 ■ 0,50 12,50 i do,. - 16,00 20,00 30,00 Column, - - 25,00 ' , 35,00 i 50,00 Advertisements not having the camber of insertion, desired marked upon them, will be published until or. derod out and charged accordingly. i.. , Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads and nil kinds of Jobbing done in country establ isbmon tri es eonted nqatly and promptly.- Jualiccß , ,,Couatnblef , l and otbof'BLANKS constantly on hand, [ > NO. 23. :ains ho cap I full well you know, jin t Broderick low, — tempts to save j threatened grave,— 'pry wise \yill organize, I'd less liovo to say, for eir faithful Agitator. Rates of Advertising. S MONTHS. ftJTOtMS. 12 >TON'7B3 $3,00 $4,50 ■ *O,OO . 6,00 0,60 , 8.00 Old Time Winter Scenes! That old red sleigh with its long hot (hot never was full, for down in the strait wrapped, in the robes, or on one or another of the four seats it contained, there was alwajrs room for one[ more. What a grouping of trjght young faces there used to he in it I Faces in hoods, in caps and in blankets j hearts that have loved since; hearts that have broken j hearts "that have moulderd. And away we went over the hill, and through the vale, under the moonlight, and under the cloud; when the stars were look ing down ; when the sun kindled the world li - to a great .white jewel; but those days have gone forever away; and the sweot old necklace of bells big in the middle of the string, and growing small by degrees, has lostj it-: power Over the pulses. i I' In that old'sleigh brides have gone away be fore now—those that were married to manhood, those that were “married unto death.” (.Irratt ships have gone over the waters less of hope and happiness tiian that rude' craft lias homo over the billows of winter swap-like shapes now glance along the arrowy .way ; but give us, for its sweet memories of yesterday., the old red sleigh. Then, the days when we were "■coaster* and down the big hill, by the maple wood, thro’ the little pitches, far into the valley. we ••~.nu with merry shout, each the solitary Palloti’-wi of his own small craft. llow like a tl iek of swallows wo were, dashing down tho| doclivitv, t in among a group of sleds, side by side with i rival, shooting by like an arrow, spooling In gallantly ahead like a jockey, and oil bur v-.t up with n sled in tow, ero the party hr d roa dicd the valley below. l}» - And then it ws3, when the- wind jha 1 swart away the snow from the pond and Rt-rrom, nn-1 the ice was glair, that wo put on the j , ri>ckcrs.'’ and darted hither and thither, and| cut sixer and eights, and curves without number, and drew the girls-that we loved, and whirled them like leaves over the highway of crystal. And the schools where wo spelt ':k;i mh>r down, and the schools where wo sang U'jnd hatn and Mear, and-the schools whore we joy. phered and wrote, aad “went upgone) all gone, teacher and .taught,. like the melting snows under the ralnbo.ws of April, r And when, sometimes after the "rent enow, the vrinds came out of the North for alfrnlie, what wreathings and carvings of tin cold ala baster there were ; what Corinthian adorning* surmounted the fence posts; what w addings wore fashioned beside the way; what fairy-like, caves in the drifts ; what flowers of jrara finish and pendants of pearls on the trees.'! Have you quite forgotten the footprints we used to find in the damp snow, as delicate, soma of thorn as a love letter; the mysterious paths down to the hroolc or by the old hill on- fre.', that -wo used to wander over and ‘‘figure fours” by, if perchance we might patdh the ma kers thereof? Have you quite forgotten how sorry you were for the snow birds that flutter ed among the flakes,, and seemed tossing and lost in the storm ? , e. > And there in the midst ofltlmt winter, Christ mas was set, that made the Thanksgiving last all through the’night of the year, and what wonder the staijs.and fires burned more bright ly therefor! Christmas with its gifts and its cheer; its carol and charm;, its evergreen branches and Sts-bright morning dreams.— Christmas, wore prints upon thn chimney tops TCw,® were only there to see them, whore Santa Claus set his foot as the clock struck twelve. Christmas, when stockings were suspended by hearth and by pillow all over tho land; stockings silken' and wftitc; .stockings homely and blue, and even tboi littlo red “oek with a bole in the toe. Blessed forever be Beth- Ichem’s star! i I I A Thought.— Tncre- -‘have bcQSjjixys f**al 'va nsed to look for—that wo dreanaftTfor —that we dreamed .over —impatiently waited for. waked up in the nights Jo see -if .ijhey had come, and wondered what kept-them on the way so lon-. Sometiipes it was a Thanksgiving day wo wai - od for, around which cling sweet memo riot of the past; sometimes a Christmas, when no slept with one eye open, that wi might see SGn ta Claus when he came, and know what lie had brought before, it went into the stockings ; sum- - times it was New Year, when wo would wak>» the house as’the clock in the kitch twelve, with “Happy New Year 1 ’ to again perhaps it was a birthday* when, be so old or so old ; or the Fourtl when he would nave fire-works and about the size of an ounce vial, an cotton flag with an eagle made of r; dozen of stars around it, out nut of n Thus wo are drifting—drifting fi scenes of childhood, silently and imp towards (ho endless future ; and it looking back and observing how many are g who started with ' ua on the journey, that w» can realize how fast, one by one, wc lire takbig up our anchors and drifting out upon) the silent sea to drop them in the calm waters beyond.-- If we are wise, wo will all endeavor do so man. ago our bark that we shall finally floslt into Urn haven of peaceful rest, there to bask forever be neath the sunshine of the Great Redeemer's' ap proving. smiles. I Select Gompaky.-AVo have frequently hrar.l the advantages of keeping a pig spoken of, hut the slang terms of expression were hardly s > convincing as the argument which came to our cars a few days since while passing through one of the by-ways which is inhabited eliietlv by the sops and daugters of the ■Emerald Ifde. A new been built for the comfort and convenience of a shoat tho property of Bridget Mulrooney.-and Bridget’s neighbor Lllon Fla herty, Had called to inspect the promises, (hi ring the progress of which wo happened to bo passing. ■ -i ■ “An illigant sty,” said Bllcn cnthusiastlcd ly, “and tho fine shoat- -ichai company. he'; I to for ye when Pairick'-h away.’’ It was a good saying of one to a greet Lord, upon his showing his stately house an . j.lr-o - ant gardens: ' : Sir, you had need' w.-V -of hoaye;\ or else, as lieu you die yu v. ill !>■> 4 very to avy loser.” I t' ion struck ai i : then \tc '.vouhl of .Inly, !i cnimii’i a (rliiio iff*. an I ;d ii lUili'l. om t'.niM* ■rooptili! v is nillv lc
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