■perms of Publication. , T nj ( ;A COUNTY AGITATOR is published IHI\ * A Morning, and, mailed; to subscribers i"? , r “ reasonable price of : DOLLAR PER ANNUM,-gif ' It is intended to notify every * nhev the term for which he has paid shall hv tlje Btara p—“Time Out,” on the mar vjrc cS C\ r^' i lt paper. The paper willthen be stopped f : tE f e riher remittance be received. By this ar t; :1 3 , no man can be brought in debt to the •■■ r 'iunrn is the Official Paper of the County, i ,,k | am i steadily increasing circnlation rcach '3. 'ever'v neighborhood in the Conuty. It is sent 10:0 to any Post Office within the county most convenient post office may bo Comity. ;i sC :l V-irJs. not exceeding 5 lines, paper inclu- E U ' inC " c *i. 53 r er 3 Lan DIRECTORY. ~s 101VKET& S. F. WILSON, Vr.ir.XEVS i COUNSELLORS AT LAW, will 4 the Court of Tioga, Pottor and McKean r\Vc!Dboro'. Fob. 1, 135.3,] " St Be BROOKS, A XD COUNSELLOR AT LAW ‘ U.lvbt.ND, TIOGA CO. PA. , pj,.;f.nj<le uf Counaelui*B there is safety.”— SibU. DR. W. W. WEBB. 0-..JCE .ner Cone’s Law Office, first door below Var:'- H"td. Nights he will he found at his jeiK’c* f.r*t d'urabove the bridge on Main Street, i' e «rdi t Samu(.l Dickinson’s. X. DARTT, DENTIST, /'"VI-’FICE at his residence near the Academy. All work pertaining to lilfrn’iTuia line of business done promptly ana „ uJ [April 22, 1858.] DOUSE COINING, Y. n £ VuE, Proprietor. V, tej .. ukca tw aud from the Depot free of charge. PEN I\S ILIAIS l A lfo US E r IVKhLSBOIIO’, PA. L. D. TAYLOR, PROPRIETOR. ~j. jrrvf.tl' }"i}iular house is centrally located, and Vjj. u-lf io thv patronage of the travelling public. ’’Vl • "IHEKICAN HOTEL. ' CORNING, N.Y., S FREEMAN, - - • - Proprietor. Lodgings, 25 eta. Board, 75 cts. per day. i.nnDg. .Mari.ii I*l, 1b59. (Jy») J. C." WHITTAKER, Jh,flri<jnt(h ic Physician aud JSuryeon, ELK LA.VP. TIOGA CO., PEXNA. U'll\ 2-t patients in all parts of the County, orro them ter treatment at his house. [June 14,] ' H. p. COLE, BAlißCii A ;V D HAIRDRESSER. HIIOP ia the rear of the Post Office. Everything in S hae will be Aone as ■well and promptly as it iu the city saloons. Preparations for re .TUjq dandruff, and beautifying the hair, for sale H.iir and whiskers dyed any color. Call and a lVtiMj-.ro, Sept. 22, 1859. GAINES HOTEE. H C. VL'PMIL PROPRIETOR. Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. p'll' w. 1. kin.wn hotel ia located within easy access [,•* t- st fishing and hunting grounds in Xorth'rn j mu- will he spared for the accommodation •clivers and the traveling public, i':.. 1). Ibbl). TU£ CORNING JOURNAL. Starve W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor. u- nus'icd at Corning, Steuben Co., N. Y. t at One [ Ear-an J Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The .-J !• Republican in politics, and has a clrcula ‘.Mclung into every part of Steuben County.— !->« leprous of extending their business into that e ad; fining counties will find it an excellent ad r s '"r tiiO'l.mn.' Address as above. D I&JCSS 1A K 1 NO. Hlv M. A. JOHNSON, respectfully announces to pi :ht’ an."-'ns of ‘Wellsboro and vicinity, that she j. -i-e’. rooms over Niles Elliott** Store, where }_ -• fep itv<l to execute all orders in the line of ill" MUvING, Having had experience in the <he feels conGdent that she can give satisfac 'v!'ij may favor her with their patronage. JOHN B. SI3AKESPEIU, TAILOR. liVIXG opened his in the room over Um Il.Jn.rts Tin Shop, respectfully informs the t.t Wellcb'-ro' and vicinity, that he is prepared :.:e inler* in his liue of business with prompt- -w-ad il‘>[ alc'.i Cct'inj done on sh'trt notice. ‘ii.ro, (At. 21. ISOS.—6m I WATCHES! WATCHES! f"E S ito.'nl.er ha*. srot a fine aasortment of heavy AAVi'/A// LEV Ell IJUXTER-CASE 3 G»l(! and Silver Watches, ? “* ’e w.Il sell cheaper than “ dirt” on ‘ Time/ i. e. '** ■■ s .1 ‘lime Piece.-’ on a short (approved) credit. i l -bii. of REPAIRING done promptly. If a - r ' f t\ u nut done to the satisfaction of the party ? 1“- no charge will be made. jht .r,nr« appreciated and a cuntiuanco of patron- si*li'“Ued. ro. June 24, 1848. ’HOME INDUSTRY. 'Ph.-CKIPER having established a MAR* a t-I.E M \NI’FAfTURY at the village of Tioga, I" 5 U t-rep.m dto furnish I bailments, Tomb-Stones, &c., tRUOKT iV ITALIAN MARBLE ‘■Ay...‘(fully solicit the patronage of this and ad -1 ai: <>d stock on hand jio is now ready to ex -1 r, lfrs nuh neatness, accuracy and dispatch. " T rk dt..herd if desired. JOHN BLAMPIED. Co., Pa., Sept. 23, 1850. " 31. TEBBELLi • COKXING, X. Y. wholesale and Retail Dealer, in ‘ lj '- .{’id Medicine*. Lund. Zinc, n,nd Colored *. 1 'irnidi, Urunhet >• Cntnyheucand Vurntng h- .Vi ,j}\ S-nlr and Glut*, Pure Liquors for Medicines, Artists Paints and lirn*hc* } \ I-inri. Articles, Platorimg Extract*, «£c., Al-SO, .'■-■.f'r.i'! as-urtmciit of School Books— hhiuii 80-'lvs, .Staple and Fancy y Stationary. ■/ ( brug'/st.- and Country Merchants dealing '■ l '" articles can be supplied at a small ■' 11 * v «w Y-.rk prices. [Sept. 22, 1857.] 1 ft SOlEllWlCP! rA'Pl'osiTE HOY'S DRUG STORE, I ' Ouy Stoves, Tin, and Japanned \ v..! r “ J°r oat-half ike usual prices, r- —' I! * P'etated Oven Cook Stove and Trim v. _ il > and Hardware r Pav. lv ‘“ n y >'Ro who wants anything in this line ,J,i r pnct< before purchasing elsewhere. • „V' ‘ ne plice— two doors south of Farr's Ho y.i'l 1 '- 1 '"-'’ 8 lJru = Store - CALL AXD SEE £>. DOMING, I ' l '' ''nnimnco to the people of Tioga Coasts ’ r- l>tr-<l to fin all orders for Apple. Pear < 4 -.. ( rC ’*nnv. Apricot, Evergreen ami Deciduous ' AUo Cui ninu Raspberries. Gooseberries, a ‘ ’* stuwbcijjts of all new and approved rari nf Hybrid, Perpetual and Sum . /»r „,, M r I’o-i-, Mots, Bourbon. Xolsette, Tea, 4Prn r 41 Hoses. : V UoER all the finest ncww> .. v , _ A nrtir-s of Althea, CaJ.vcanthus, tjW wr,t -'*- ?yriagiafi. Viburnums, Wigilias Ac. '* ER,S— Pa e ft niea. Dahlias, Phloxes. Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcisais; Jonquils, Lib l l^n, -tfnM?' l ,‘" l ■ , Strawberry. 4 doi. plants, io Bud-ling or Pruning will bo • ‘ * Mr*- iv n t.. ra. TilE AGITATOR VOL. VI. From tbo Religious Recorder. TRUST IN THE LORD/ “Trust in the Lord and do good; bo shalt thou dwell lu the Land and renly thou shalt be fed.” “Trust in the Lord” the mighty king Who bears his people cry ; Trust in bis name for he avows To hear thy faintest sigh. Well be remembers wo are dust. We children of bis love; Ho breakeib not the slender reed Forbearing friend above. “Trust in the Lord” for thou art made, Heir to a fadeless crown; Abide in him so shalt thou 'scape The terrors of his frown. Long shalt thou dwell with those thou lovcafc Thy hands our work shalt see, Kre thou exchange this cumbrous coil, For immortality. “Trust in the Lord” thou shalt be fed, Nor thirst nor hunger more; His fullness well supplies our need— While lingering on life's shore ; Wo would be tbino then ever more. Give us our “daily bread”— Lord 'tis the food of life we ask, ’Tis that we would be fed. } 0 give us Lord the richest dews I That grace divine distills; 1 The fountain head! whose peerless light Illumines Zion’s bills. Then trust bis name, nor eager be, 1 The sybil’s lore to know j No longer hang the voiceless harps. Where Babel’s waters flow, Lawreuceville. M. A. S. The following story was taken from that in teresting boob, “Parley's Thousand and One Stories." It is founded upon, an occurrence which actually took place in Vermont some forty years ago. The facts are almost literally related as follows: * My liked the business of carrying the mailßetteix,than I did; and sol went to work in a new clearing I had com menced, o-bout a mile and a half from home, .and not quite so far from the house of a brother in-law. I used to stay as often at one place as at the other. It was a bad arrangement, as, in case of accident, neither family would be alarmed or go to look for me, if I should not come home. I felt the force of this in v the course of the winter, as you will see directly. There had fallen one of our old-fa.sliioneil Northern New Yoik snows crusted over hard enough to bear a man. I was getting oh fa mously with my clearing, getting ready to build a house in the spring. I was ambitious, and worked and late, going without my din ner Bome|iays, when my bread and meat I had brought in my pocket were frozen so hard that I could mjt masticate it, without taking up too much of my time. One day it was intensely cold, with the prospect of a storm that might hinder my work the next day, and so I worked on as long as I could see, and after twilight I felled a tree, which m its descent lodged against another.! I could not bear the idea of leaving the job half finished ; I mounted the almoj>t pros trate body to cut away the limbs to let it down. The bole of the tree forked, about forty feet up. into two equal parts with large projecting lim 1 8 from both. It was one of these I had to cutaway to bring it to the ground. In my haste perhaps I was not so careful as I should have been, at any rate the first blows cased the lodgement, so that the tree began to settle, and I was just going to jump off, when the fork split, and as it did so, one foot dropped into the space, so that I -could not extricate it for the moment, but I felt no alarm, for I knew I could cut awny the tree in a minute, or draw my foot out of the boot, as the pressure was not severe. At the fir?.t blow of the axe, the tree took another start, rolled over, and the split closed with all its gigantic strength, crush ing my foot until the very bones were flattened, and there I hung suspended, just able to touch the tips of my fingers in the snow; with noth ing to rest upon for a minute—the air at zero and growing colder—no prospect of any one coming that way that night—the nearest house a mile away—no friends to feel alarmed at my absence, for one would suppose me safe with the other. My axe in its fall, rested upon the snow crust about ten feet off. If I could only got that, I might yet save myself. 1 did not think how I was to cut myself loose from the body of that great tree, suspended as I was, head down, and suffering with the rushing current of disordered blood : yet I thought in that keen blade my . -only hope of life was fixed. Just forwarder me grew a slim bush, which I thought if I could obtain, I could form into a hook by twist ing the limbs together, and draw the axe with in my reach.. Although the hush was out of my reach, I at last succeeded in getting hold of it by means of a loop by tying my suspenders together. I drew it towards me and cut it off with my pocket knife—one of that sort so long known as ‘Bar low knives/ having a single blade about two and a half inches long and three-eights of an inch wide, with equal width all its length, set in a handle of peculiar shape, half its length, iron and the other half horn or bone, I suc ceeded admirally in fashioning my hook, and almost felt the handle of the axe within my grasp, so certain was lof success. From the tree that imprisoned me the ground descended rapidly for a dozen- rods or more to a little creek. My axe lay upon the brow of the hill. The first movement I made towards twisting the loop of my stick around the handle, so as to draw it within my reach, loosened it from its icy rest, and away it went down the hill crushing through the little frost brittle bushes, down to a little fall a few rods below, and over that into the unfrozen pool, with a surging sound as it fell into the water, that seemed to send its icy .chill through every vein and artery in my whole body. I still had ray knife. True, it was a rough surgical instrument, but hope and the love of life gave me strength to climb up by my fas tened leg and cut away my boot and stocking, and then with that knife I unjuinted my ancle and fell to the ground—my leg a footless, bleed ing stump ! The intensity of the' cold saved me from bleeding to death. I tore off a part of my coat, and with my handkerchief and sus penders managed to hind my leg with a hand ful of snow, and started to crawl home. I suc ceeded in reaching within sight of the house, and then my strength utterly failed me. ANDIE FOLEY. Befcotea to tfje sSxttmion of tfte area of jFmaom anJf tsc Spread of ©calt&£ Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. WELLSBORO., TIOGA COUNTY, PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 8, 1860. A Thrilling- Story. I tried my voice in vain, for I could make no one hear me. I exerted myself once more, and crawled towards the road that I knew He man must come. It was a painful task, for, besides my exhaustion, I was perishing with cold. Just then I heard the sound'of ray bro-- ther’s stage horn, and the jingle of the bells coming down l the bill. I strained my voice to’ the utmost pitch, but ho did not, could not bear; but there was another friend—man’s faithful friend—who did hear. Old Hunter,/ the noble old dog, had insisted on accompany ing Heman this trip, and’brother said, “Let him go; who knows what good may come of it?” Good did come of it, for his ear was quicker than Heman’s, and he roused up at the first cry, and as the second cry reached his ear, he leaped out and in a minute was where I lay upon the snow. He smelt all around, and I heitTup my footless leg. Just then the sleigh bad got up the hill; Hunter sprang hack into the path, barked loudly, and as the horses came up, he seized the reins, and would not let go till lleman called a halt. Hunter let go his hokl on the horses, jump ed back to the sleigh, caught hold of Neman's hand, pulling off the mitten, and away he ran back where I was, and commenced barking fu riously: but I heard nothing. The effect upon me when I knew I was discovered by that faith ful old dog, and that he never would desert me, nor cease his efforts until he obtained help, had caused me to faint. My brother knew that Hun ter was not at play—that something was the matter —and he jumped out of the sleigh' and ran after me. In a little while I was at homo ; the .doctor was sent for and my wound properly dressed- I eventual!}’ recovered, but was, however, a cripple for life. The First Found of Franklin’s Party. From Capt. M'Clintock’s extremely interest ing “Voyage of the Fox in the Artie Seas" published by Ticknor & Fields, we take the fol lowing account of the discovery of the remains of Sir John Franklin’s men : “Wo were upon the shore along which the retreating crews must have marched. My sledges of course traveled upon the sea-ice close along the shore; and, although the depth of snow which covered the us of almost every hope, yet we kept a look-out for traces,.nor were we unsuccessful;- Shortly after midnight of the 24th of May, when slowly walking along a gravel ridge near the beach, which the winds kept partially bare of snow, I came upon a human skeleton, partly exposed, with here and there a few fragments of clothing appearing through the snow. The skeleton—now perfectly bleached—was lying upon its face, the limbs and smaller bones either dissevered or gnawed away by some animals. A most careful examination of the spot was of course made, the snow removed, and every of clothing gathered up. A pocket-book afforded strong grounds of hope that some in formation might subsequently be obtained re specting'the unfortuate owner and the calami tous inarch of the lost crews, hut at the time it was frozen. The substance of that which we gleaned upon the spot may thus be summed up: The victim was a young man, slightly built, and perhaps above the common bight; the dress appeared to be that of a steward or officer’s servant, the'loose bow-knot in which his neck handkerchief was tied not being'used by sea men or officers. In every particular the dress confirmed our conjectures as to his rank or office in the late expedition—the blue jacket with slashed f sleeves and .braided edging, and the pilot cloth great-coat with plain covered buttons. We found also a clothes brush near, and horn pocket comb. This poor man seems to have selected the bare ridge top, as affording the least tiresome walking, and to have fallen upon his face in the position in which we found him. It was a melancholy truth that the old \yoman spoke when she said, ‘they fell down an|l died as they walked along/ I do not think the Esquimaux had discovered this skeleton, or they would have carried off the brush and comb; superstition prevents them from disturbing their own dead, but would not keep them from appropriating the property of the white mao if any way useful to them. Dr. Rac obtained a piece of flannel, marked ‘F. D. V., 1845,’ from the Esquimaux of Boothia or Repulse Bay ; it had doubtless been a part of pour Dcs Vocux’s garments.” * What Toney Don’t Believe.—He don’t hc leve that a man is any wiser for having A. S. S., or any other letters, tacked to his name. lie don’t believe a lawyer is any keener be cause he wears a pair of spectacles. lie don’t believe that Schoolmasters,’Physi cians, and Ministers like to be contradicted a whit belter than other folks. He don't believe that all Lawyers are rogues, any more than he bclives that an eel is a snake. lie don't believe that the most industrious man likes to work except when he can't help it. He don't believe that two young lovers like to, be caught with their anna around one another. He don't believe that a young lady ought to be married before she is twenty-one at least. He don't believe that young gentlemen should marry before they are able to support a wife. He don't believe in getting up early in the morning, without going to bed early at night. He don't believe a man is a fool because be can’t make a speech. He don't believe that because both wise and wicjdy begin with a W, that they end in the same thing. He don’t believe that a lady is much the worse for wearing a bustle, though ho decidedly prefers coffee-bags. In fact, he don’t believo in a great many things that'others believe in, and the result is that he his voted an oddity and a bore, and we don’t believe that Toney has justice done him in genera). “Mrs. Partington makes Shakspeare say, "Sweet arc the uses of advertisements.” It’s a : —if he di In.t iK” Anecdote of John Jacob Astor* The following amusing anecdote is told of John Jacob Astor, in the double character of a patron of literature and parsimonious money holder, which appears to be exceedingly char i acteristic. Among the subscribers to Audu-i bon’s magnificent work on ornithology, the] subscription price of which was §l,OOO a copy, appeared the name of John Jacob Astor. Dur ing the progress of the work, the prosecution of which was exceedingly expensive, M. Audu bon of course*called upon several of his sub scribers for payments. It so happened that Mr. Astor (probably that he might not be troubled about small matters,) was not applied to before the delivery of all the letter-press and plates. Then, however, Audubon asked for his thousand dollars : but he was put off with one excuse or another. “Ah, Mr. Audubon,” would the owner of millions observe, you come at a bad time: money is very scarce ; I have invested all my funds,” At length, the sixth time, Audubon called upon Astor* for Ids thou-, sand dollars. As be was ushered into his pres ence, he found Wm. B. Astor, the son, conver sing with the father. No sooner did the-rich man see the man of art, than he began: “Ah, Mr. Audubon, so you have come again after your money. Hard times, Mr. Audubon ; mon ey very scarce.” But just then catching an inquiring look jfrmn his son, he changed his tone: “However, Mr. Audubon, I suppose we must contrive to let you Lave some of your money, if possible. William,” he added, call ing to his son, who had walked into an adjoin ing 'parlor, “have we any money at all in the bank?” “Yes, .father,'* replied the son, sup posing he was asked -ns- earnest question per tinent to what they had been talking about when the ornithologist came in, “we have §22,- 000 in the hank of New York, §70.000 in the City Bank, §OO,OOO in the Merchants’, §98,-100 in the Mechanics’, §83.000—’ “That*il do,” ex clajmed John Jacofc interrupting ill in. It seems thaf William can give you a check for your money.” The Knickerbocker does up a yarn in a su perior manner. Thorn is more truth than poe try in the following sketch from the experience of a country doctor—a fact that more than one of time bidly-trcatrfd and worse-paid class of individuals would be willing to verify on oath : The poor doctor is called from his bed on a -stormy night with the stirring summons: “ you to como right straight away off to child's dead." “ Then why do you come*? 4l —- , “ He's poisoned. They gin laudlufiribr-qiiir egoriky." “ How much have they given him ?" “Do no—a great deal. Think he won't get over it." The Doctor pushes on through the storm’— with divers mishaps on tho way, and at length arrives at the kmi*e of the poisoned patient.— lie finds it all closed—not a light is to he seen. He knocks at the door, but no answer. lie knocks furiously, and at last a night cap ap pears at the chamber window, and a woman’s voice calls out— “ Who’s there ?” “ The doctor, to be sure. You sent for him.” “Oh, it’s no matter, doctor. Ephraim is better. We got a little peered, kinder. Gin him laudlum, and ho slept kinder sound, but he’s waked up now.” L “ How much laudanum did he swallow ?” “Only two drops; tain’t hurt him none.— Wonderful bad storm to-night.” “ The doctor turns away, buttoning up his overcoat under his throat, to seek bis home again, and tries to whistle away mortification and anger, when the voice calls: “ Doctor Doctor 1” “ What do you want ?” “ Yuli icon i charge nothin* for {hit iciU you? 1 * It will be hard to resist a tear to the mem ory of the brave, in reading the following incident, which occurred on hoard of Perry’s vessel, after the battle on Lake Erie; One poor fellow was sent below to the sur geon, with hss right arm dangling like an emp ty coat sleeve at his side. It had boon shatter ed near the shoulder and amputation was pro nounced unavoidable. He bore the painful op eration without a groan or murmur, although, “ cold drops of agony stood upon his trembling flesh.” i An hour nr two after his arm was amputa ted, be called the surgeon to his .-side and said; “ 1 like to see roy arip, if you have no objection.” vfi? “None in the world,” replied the surgeon, “ if you desire it.” The amputated limb was at/once brought to him, and poor Jack pressing-tho cold hand which had * forgot its cunning,’ in his left ex claimed with tears in his eyes : - “ Farewell old messmate! You and I have weathered many a tough gale together, but now we must part! You have been a good friend to me ; I shall never find such another !” A Droll Post-master. —In (he days of An drew J.rck>on, Iws Post-master General, Amos Kendall, wanting to knojy where ahouts was was the source of the Tombigbee river, wrote for the required information to the post-master of a village on its course. " Sir,” wrote the high officer to the lower, “ this Department de sires to know how far the Tombigbee river runs up. Respectfully yours, &c.” The reply was brief and read thus: “Sir, the Tombigbee does n’t run up at all; it runs dowb. Very re spectfully, &c." The Post-master General con tinued the correspondence in this style : " Sir, your appointment ns post-master at is re voked. You will turn over the funds, papers, &c., pertaining to your office, to you-' succes sor. Respectfully, &c.” The droll understrap per closed the correspondence with this parting shot: "Sir, the revenues of this office, for the quarter ending Sept. 30, have been 05 cents; its expenditure, same period, for tallow, can dles and twine, was $1,05. I trust my succes sor is instructed to adjust the balance due me. Most respectfully, «fcc.” Every one thick® ho has more thu: Lis share cr | A Story with a Moral* Door-bell rings. The Rev. Mr. is in troduced to the family room, where three chil dren are busily engaged at play snuggled in the corner of the room—the mother diligently engaged in sewing. She rises to meet the ‘min ister’ and salutes him, while ho, with lofty, cold repulsive dignity, says: “Good morning, are you well to-day ?” And dignified takes a seat. After la moment’s pause, he says, in the same unbending manner; “Trust, madam, that you have been well since I saw you last I” “Thank you sir—quite well.” A brief pause. “I hope your family have been in good health ?” “Well, I thank you—aside from the ordinary sickness of the children.” Another paused “I trust that you have found consolation and rejoicing since my last visit,” etc., etc. And thus passed away some fifteen minutes —the children all the while having suspended their play with a kind of indescribable fear, which children can look, glancing wonderfully at the mother. Rising to depart, with the same unrelaxing dignity, the clergyman said: “I leave my blessings with you and your family, Mrs. , and will bid you good morn ing." 0 Hardly had the door closed, when a little boy of four years ran towards his mother and clinging tightly u her dress, raised his eyes in quiringly and with the simple earnestness of a child said; .“Mamma, mamma, was dat Dod?” Diabolical. In a small town, in one of the counties in Ohio, a stranger rode u p to the door of a tavern, and having dismounted, ordered a stall and some oats fur his horse. A crowd of loafers— that class of independent citizens who are never equal to decent men except on election day-f -swarmed about the bar-room and steps waiting to be “invited up to the counter." Among the crowd the stranger’s business was at once the subject of impertinent speculation. One fellow, more imprudent than the rest, made free to en quire what occupation he followed; to which the latter replied that his business was a secret at present, hut that he would probably make it known before leaving town. Having spent a day or two looking around, visiting the places where whiskey was sold, and making various inquiries as to the amount re " " ' dl© number op habitual drunkards in the ifjdoga kept hy mon whose jid enough to phu'o ; the n' children never went toscfi eat—after, in short, making a compteT?mnj»val inventory of the town, he concluded to leave, and having mounted his horse, wai about to be off, when his inquisitive friend, urged on by his associates, stepped up and said ; \ “See, here, Captain, you promised to tell us your business before you .left, and we’d like to hear from you on the point.” “Well,” said the stranger, “I am an agent for the Devil—Pm hunting a location for hell, andi am glad that I have found a place where it will not be necessary to remove the present in habitants.” Mr. Webster was speaking on one occasion some years ago, in Faneuil Hall. If I remem ber right, he was arguing in favor of the “Mays ville road” hill. Mr. Otis sat near him, on the platform. Mr. Webster proceeded as follows.— “I am in favor, Mr. Chairman, of all the roads except—except—” Here he stuck, and could not think of any exception. Mr. Otis saw his difficulty, and said to him in a low voice. “Say the road to ruin 1” Mr, Webster heard, and, as if he had merely stopped for the purpose of making Ins remarks more effective, repeated the whole as follows; “I repeat, Mr. Chairman, I am in favor of all roads except the road to ruin.” The wit in Otis, in this instance .was well met by the presence of inind in Webster. “Ctesar, dis chile gwine to Washington to ’ply for offis ob de gobernment.” “Well, darkey, what arc you trying to get off now, eli?” “I’s gwine to ’ply for the post of sexton in de Post-offis Apartment?” “Sexton of Post-offis Apartment?” “Yes, sah ; I berry de dead letters. Some times—you hear, Caesar?—sometimes dey hab money in ’em, and den I rifle do corpse! Y r ou see ?” An" exchange having anemneed there was no occupants of the jail in that district, ex cept the jailor, a neighboring journal remarked, that "it was very good, to be sure, there’s nobo dy in jail; that is, there is nobody that ought to be in jail,” "Whereupon the first named ed itor rejoins, that he can assure his cotemporary there is nobody in the district who pught to be in jail; “and,” he adds, "we trustee will not pass through the place and disturb the plcsant reflection.” The total eclipse of the sun on the'lBth of next July, will be a very important one to the ‘scientific world. The director of the Dorpat Observatory was the first to remark that at the moment of obscuration, four of the principal planets—Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn —will appear in the vicinity of the eclipsed sun as a kind of rhomboid.il figure; a phenomena of such extraordinary rarity that many centu ries will elapse before its repetition. "The boy at the head of the class will state what were the Dark Ages of I the world?” Boy hesitates —“Next—Master Jones, can you tell me what the Dark Ages were V l ' I guess they were the ages before the spectacles were invented. Three cockncy’s-being out one evening in a dense fog, came up to a building that they thus dscribtd. The first said : ’ "There’s, a nouse,” "No,” said the second, "it’s a nut.” The 'Mrdi'ii, ’ Y~u're r* T h «ir.n 6 -it'^anin.” Hates of Advertising, Advertisements vri\l bo charged $1 per square of 7 0 Hue?, one or three-insertions, and 2d cents for cverv subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than IT 1 lines considered as a square, Thcsubjejned ratcsnlll bo charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly apd Yearly ad vertisements t 1 3 aojrrng. 6 moxtiis.* 12 mq.ntiii , 0 Square, - - $3.00 £4,50 $6.00 2 *>• - 5,00 6,50 8,00 2 , do - - ?,00 8,50 . 10,00 i column, - . 8,00 9,50 . 12,50 . i 'do. . - 15,00 20,00, 30,00 Column, - . 23,00 \ 33,00 I 50,00 Advertisements not having tbehurabcrof insertion, desired marked upon them, will be published until or. derod out and charged accordingly. ■ \ Posters, Handbills, BillOlcads, Letter-Heads on‘daU kinds of Jobbing done in country establishment- ex ecuted neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constables’ and other BLA2UCS constantly on hand, ' * NO. 32. COMMUNICATION. In order to show why land In Virginia is not so desirable or so valuable, as in Pennsylvania, I have taken two counties —-.one in each State—> and compared them. These counties are Craw ford in Pennsylvania and Caroline \n Virginia. The advantage of location are abopt the same, but preponderating, if either way,*in favor of Caroline. j Crawford in 1850 had 187,481 acres of im proved and 205,609 of unimproved land reduced to farms, valued with the and im plements at §5,328,09(|, or §13,55 per Caroline had 187,047 acres of improved, and 127,547 acres of unimproved land -reduced to farms, valued with the improvements and im plements at §2,780.447 or §8,84 per'acre. This estimate does not show the relative price of improved land in the two counties. Calling however, the unimproved land in elich county, worth five dollars per acre, we can arrive at tho price of improved land with greatef accuracy. Taking that method we shall find .the average value of improved land in Crawford-to be about twenty-three dollars and in Caroline eleven and a half dollars per aero. The value! of all the land crops of Crawford in 1850 was §1,721,350 —of her qtock £1,767,- 510—of her manufactures making an aggregate of §4,404,188, being§ll9 to each person and §23,49 to each acre of improved land. j * The value of all the land crops in Caroline in tho same year was §912,375 —of her stock §527,235 —of her manufactures §206,*861, mak ing an aggregate of §1,646,471, lieing §B9 to each person and §8,77 to each acre improved land. * We will leave out of view the stock and man ufactures, and then the literal product of the soil will be in Crawford 845,50 to each person and §9,20 to each acre improved, or with the stock included and tho manufactures excluded §92,20 to each person and §18,50 each acre improved—in Caroline taking the [crops alone §49,43 to each person and §4,80 each acre improved, and taking crops to‘eaeh' person, and $7,67 to each acre improved. Caroline with apparently a much less number of laborers, works the same amount of land as Crawford and yet produces to each .person of. tho aggregate inhabitants only, §7B, and §7,67 to each acre, while Crawford produces §92 to each person, and §18,50 to each acre improved. And yet the soil of Caroline is naturally as fer tile and its climate much more gonial than that of Crawford. . ] Who can for a moment doubt that if the in habitants of Crawford were transported to Car oline and set down upon her-soil agltheir own, thoy would, in a very few yearn, niiake it one rTT ?rmt»tJjniitful and fairest on earth ? f oo, tCaroline's population, with all their disaLUiEes^nv4-mades And who; too, can of living and culture made the sole of Crawford, that in a very few yeajrs it might be said of her ns of a tribe of old f 4 the glory of Crawford has departed.” There are other points on which we may profitably compare the two counties..- Crawford in 1850 had a of 37,849 free denizens all but ninety-nine of .whom were • of pure white bloo'd, while Caroline: tiad a pop ulation of 18,455, only G,891 of whom were free whites and 11,505 colored, of much 10,001 were slaves. , The former county in 1850 had fi|So2 dwell ingthouses being nearly six persons in each dwelling and the latter had 1,451: dwelling houses and nearly thirteen persoiia in each dwelling. ' ■£ To teach the higher branches of education Caroline had an annual income of $lOB2O, but she had in her higher schools only one hundred and fifteen students, while for pur pose Crawford had an annual income of only 811,991 and yet she had in her higher schools seven hundred and seven students. '£ ' I In her public schools the former bounty had 510 pupils and her annual educational income for that purpose* was $6,336, while‘Abe latter county with an annual educational|:income of §15,700 had in her public schools 9,J96 pupils. Of the whites above twenty yearsjfof age un able to read and write there were i£i Caroline 493, or one in every fourteen • whlls| in Craw ford there were only 27 or one in evlpy 1398. And taking the laws of Virginia a.*§bar guide, Caroline has in her borders in a population of ,18,4-36 at least 12,058 unable to read* the Bible or to write their names—yet she teaches them the doctrines and principles of and loicly Jesus ! ! for her church accommodations are relatively equal to her northern sisters. It is for the interest of the white population of that beautiful county of Caroline to - continue in their present condition. They riiayown tho blacks and the soil—a soil worth of dollars and the swarming, teeming and fruit ful black population valued at more than millions and rapidly increasing. Increasing for what purpose '! Perhaps in turn {to be mas ters ; but a? a people to be compensated at tho expense of tho race that enslaves, Or there is no immutable moral law. it What farmer of. Crawford county with hi* family of sons and daughters would plunge him self and them for life and for their IHes into the midst of such a population as Caroline presents for the soil and the slaves of a thousand such counties? Jl'Emeuy. “Occasional” writes from Washington, that Mr. Buchanan is extremely indignant at what he regards the insult put upon his dignity. It is related of him, that when he heard of the decision of the House as to the Clerkship, ho broke out in a torrent of invective, using terms not the most polite, and showing how true it ia to have, as Byron expressed it, “afovJner friend a foe,” the affection of years soon being lust in the acerbity and bitterness that have sunplan ted it. - j “My son, what would you do if ;your dear father was suddenly taken away from yuu V* “Swear and chaw tobacker!” f It is not natural I With men as t-'A9, early risirr a ,f forcing. \ For th« Agitator, Crawford and Caroline^
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