i ftems of Publication. . . the AGITATOR S puhUshpd • i*«rv tfednas'day Morning* and mailed to Subscribers ONE DOLLAE PER- AKNtJM,.®#' . . T trafoimee.- Itis intended to notify every tenafodwhieh he has paid shall eipWd,Ejr the flgbfes on the printed label on the ■ *Ti a farther' remittance 'be received. By this ar-; -‘no'nnm dp bo'broyght : iii debt ‘ to thbj sa thti Official Paper bf the County, : '4 . wa and steadily inpressing circulation, reaoh -1 a into nveiv neighborhoodm-the County. It is sent £f e 0 f ■fo'stage to’ any [Post Office within'the county famits-bat whose mbsfc convenient'post office nxay he In an adjoining County. ' ‘ . ' Business Cards^notenweding dimes, paper mein ded, $5 per year. ■ ■-.. ;■ : BUIWSS: DIRECTORY. , -ittorneyS a couNserloßsaT ?t4W>ai A T ftrtiad tho Cotirl of .?iaga,Pottoc 4na McKean 9. B. BftOO ' “In tbe mtiUitude of Cowfelors the«U safety. ■ 8ept.23,«55.!3r. . dentist. . _': —gjg. /V’EXCE at hi? residence near tie WHmwn * * Academy. iAU Work pertaining ti* line bf business done promptly and ■,:.[April23fiBsiß.],:' Vin-ooted. " HOC SB ; • • ' corNiNg,. N. Y.. ..;, /,! M ii. v • Guests taken trf thg Depot free of charge. \ J. C. WIIITTAKEIt, ' HydfomAio Physician.aad Surgeon, . ■ , ' EL K L AN,D,.'TIOGA CO., PENN A. 'WUI vlss patients ail pwts of ,the Cotinty, or re-| x ‘rnWe them' for'treatment at his house. [June 14,J tZAAK wmos nous®,; Su C. .PSQPPiI-BPOS. . Gaines, C«ranty,Pn. ■ THIS is A new hotel'located within easy access of. th« best fishing add banting grounds in Northern .fai.’-No pains ViUbe, spared for the accommodation, of pleasure seekers and the traveling public. . ( April 1860. -j i :i‘ - .'HI «, COIB, V ■ WXhBEB 'Ulfn .BAIJt-DRESSER. f the rear of- the Post Office. Everything id Shislihe wijl be dime as wellnnd-promptly w it; bo done in the citjf saloons. Preparations for re, moving dandraff,; and. beautifying the hau, Torsale cheap.- ; Hair and; whinkers dyed tiny color.- Call and see. , W-dljsboro, Sept. 22, 1859. - -' t ' ' THE COENISG JOCKSAE. ’j Oeorgjw, Pratt, Editor and Proprietor, f TS published at Corning, Slenbcn Co., H. Y., at One St Jlollah and Fifty Cents pe/year, in advance.- Ihe, Joufnal la• Republican in politics, and bos a circular tion reaching intp every part of Steuben-County.--; Those desirous of) extending -their business into that •and the adjoining counties, will find it an excellent ad. Tortisir.g medium. - Address as above. . ]> RES S HAKIWG. f MISS M- A. JOHNSON, -respectfully announces to this citizens of tCellsboro and vicinity, that she hss taken rooms over Nfles <fc Elliott’s Store, whtr? ie pfepared. to execute all orders in the lino of a>RESB iMAKIKGe paving had experience in the Vatinas J ahefeels confident that she can give afttlsfaot tion.tolaU ivho may fiJvpr her with thfeir patronage. Bflpt* 39» 1859. l J JDHIf R fHABtISPEAB) ( j f TAILOR. ‘ HAvbm opened bis -shop in the room over B. Bi Briiith. A Son’s Htoro, respectfully informs the citizens «tVellsboro’. and vicinity, that he is prepared to execufi orders in hia business with cess ontjpdespatch , ; ( << Cutting 4°^ e ort ** or * nofl * ce * I WellshorOj Oct. Gm , : ~t». bacon, p. d., ■ . \jrttdnale of Buffalo MctUcal College, f ' itTAsßutoWUhad himself in the practice oT'AMij ;n cifao and Surgery in the village of Tioga, and. Ml promptly attend Ul profession*! calls. Office atL; ill. Smith’arllotol, where he will always be found except when absent on professional business. , i®'|Parti«dlac attention paid to the diseases of women And children. ■ Tioga] May 24, ISGO,-' f VN. DU BOIS, : fliXtlTOttj OF PATENTS, ; "! ■WASHXNGTOK, D. C. > lICE as to the patentability of inventions givoci fee of charge. Drawings from models neatljt «L Charges tor obtaining patents moderate. : J BEPJBIIEJiCES. iron.|p. A. Grow, Pa. Hash Yoons, Ed. ■ Hoi. P. W. Scranton, Pa, 11. U. Pooler, Ed. Ji^uilican. A B . extent *■' T;0 MV(SICIAI»S* . ■ ; l CHOICE LOT of Its best imported Italian W>p J\ uermftft r * ■ ■ f VIOLIN STRINGS, 'iol strings, Guitar strings. Tuning Fsrfc? i io., just received and for sale at 1 - BOY'S DRUG-STORE, i pass Bridgi ELliSltOttp HOTEL, WELXpSBOKOXJiJH, PA MVR, - r, . - - ' ■ raOPRi£XOFc ‘ o f :ih-c United Stages Hotel-') ‘ Having leased this,Well known and popular House; solicits the patronage pf the public. With attentive and obliging waiters* together with the Proprietory knowledge of the buflpess, ho hopes fo make the stay of £hdse who stop jvwith him both pleasant ana agreeable. ,l f . ’ 1 Wellsboro, May 31* 1860, •' E. S. • WATCHES I WATCHES! ’ f'PHE Subscriber bits got a fine aasgrtment of heavy JL ENGLISH HE YEli UUSTEB- CASE Gold and W|ltchc«, , whicbihe will sell cheaper than " dirtf-on 'Tune/ i. Oj he viik sell "Time Pieces'on a short (approved) credit;. All kinds-of REPAIRING- done promptly. If * Job is not done to the satisfaction of the party ordering It, no charge- will be made, i- y Past favors appreciated and a oontiSancej3f patron age kindly solicited. , ANjblE FOLEY. ; , Wcl sboroj dune 24,1848. ? ' F. W. - SADDLE AND-BARN-ESS maker, J _ ( wellsb6eo BT.,.TIOGA, J?A. TAKES, this method of informing the citizens Tjoga,,and of the (Jbuaty generally,-that 0® *} established himself at Tioga/ wboro he will manufa tare and keep da hand for sole'. a good stock of I Saddles. Bridles, Imvy Hqttags,. Carnage Harne of all kiads &c., AltfF Ijtomes/lialterffy Whips, Tract Collars Ac. .AUworiCWarranted. ‘ Repairing done onJsSprt notice,', Tioga/ Sept. 1/ J , JIcIAUCt A BAItEY, ’ I \\l OULD inform tile public, that having purchase -rr Ithe Mill property, fcn’oifa,-as the "CL’LVE. MILL,I’ and having: repaired land supplied it wit now bolts and macbi.nery.aie now prepared to do y ) CUSTOM / = to the eptire satisfaction of its patrons. ..\lVifh tide nid of our experienced m;ller, Mr. L, D. the unsparing efforts: of 'the proprietors, they intend tit hoop upaneslablishment second to none in the county. Cash paid for wheat and corn, and the highest market price given. EDVr. McdBOY, ; • March 15, 1860, ti JNO. W. BAILEY. ; TIOGA BE6HATOB. S George e. Humphrey has opened a now; Jewely Store'at ' , . \ , Tioga Village, TiogS; County, Pa. J ■Where he is prepared to do all kinds of Watch, Clock y—and Jewelry repairing;in a workmanlike manner. All work warranted tp give entire satisfaction. , We du’ not protend to do work bettor than any other. rann, but we oan,do as good wofk ag cad 'bo done in fne cities or elsewhere, -Also Watches Plated. ■ i gborge f. -Humphrey. : Kegaj Pa., March 15,( 1860. (Iju) j 111 2jcbotcßtot|)c of tfce mvtu of ;3Fmßom awR the Spreatr of llealtlig WHILE THERE SHALL ijE A WRONG HNEIGHTED, AND, UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUSJ yoL. m • : .-LO WELL & WARN® E* S i CCfHHB EKCIALCO LIE OEj , IOCATED OVEE THE SUSQUEHANNA VAIAET BANK, ■ ; ; i n.t. ’ Rooms open for tastructjoti from to 'V% p.IL | Lowell, - -Brottical; Awoutuoufc ;autbov, of iTveatJso, unn ‘Bopk Keying, .Hiagrair -'iHustratliig)the;6ame, Ac., JbßK.Rankin, Commercial Accountant. Professor*of Be k- Keapiagan^PracticalMathematic*.'l X X Cc&TiSf 'Assistant Teacher''in ’tkp ’Book-Kceplng Ito rpartoneui.’ .v r v - * * 4 -1 ,iujf. of Practical;.and OrparteUtpl? q. mailgMp, C6jnmerclal Catcmatlpiia anH Oorr^pondfihco. ‘ • lectpjiebs. . ... . Hon. Banjhl SrDicacrso*, Lecturer on Commercial Low t Political Ecbppniy. ’« t* • r i-“ - * Lecturer on'Contracts, Brommisn * 'Nolos and SHU <0? Exchanger' v * Bev. Dr. E. Andrews, Lefcturer. on Ocmmerdal Ethics --.r . 'EXAMIJJINGiCOMMirrTEB, >, \ : JB&. SHE?.«AK D. EKEL2B, WM. R. £•s, ; Tsicr;R. sToߣAs,’Esq. ’ The object of this College is to afford all an "opportunity obtaining a thotongh Business Education. The Books anAToms ire carefully arranged bypraetU accountants expressly for this Institution, and‘embrace i tha recent improvements; : - The course of instruction comprises every department business;. TbaTear ner wi 11 bo thoroughly taught the Bciea and practice of Double Entry Book-Keeping a» applied toll following kinds of business., ,viis;—denertu Mcrchandisin Manufacturing, Bonking Commission, Steamboating, Bai reading, forwarding, Frighting, foreign Shipping, &c. I Ladies Department entirely separate'from that of the go tfemen. •’ . > .I - ’ j Students can enter College at any .time and receive im vidnal instruction. By,this arrangement every student j permitted to progress as rapidly as his enterprise and abilij will permit, and when .thoroughly perfect and comjieteij wiR receive a Diploma - ivhich tj’ill enable him to review I pleasure.. ! ' - j ,-Tlme to complete the Course from Gfo 12 weeks. 'Novas tions. Board.s2 and s2>so per week.''Assistance rcnde'i! t©.graduates in procuring situations. J S ■ TERMS. ' For Book-Keeping, full accountant’* come, inclndu Practical Penmanship, Commercial Computations and Dip) m& (Time unlimited,) ! - - - • • 1 $36 j Same course for Ladies, (separate apartment 20 ' Penmanship ond Arithmetic, . ' - - 10! Teacher's course in Penmanship, practical and or aa- | mental, - • } • i so| Twelve lessons in practical Penmanship • - 2\ -'fieS-Occaslonal-dasseq-will he formed In Phonography For further particulars send for a circular, i Blnghmpton, Sept. 8,1859, s IMPORTANT NATIONAL WORKS. PVgUSBEB {BY D. APPLETOJT k CO. , 346 & 348 Iproadway, New York, THE following works|are sent to Subacriboss|m any p ,rt of the country, (upon receipt of retail price,) by mall or express, prepaid; ; - . The New American Cyclopedia, a popnar \ Dictionary of General Knowledge. Edited by George Rip ey and Charges A. Dana, aided by a numerous select corps of 'wri ters In. all branches of Science, Art, x &nd Literature. 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I i TO AOEtfTS. ] ■ ‘No other works will so liberally reward the exertionaof Agents. AK Aoext Wasted in this County. Terms made known on application to the Publishers. [Aug. 11, ’59. | HOWARD ASSOCIAIIoS. PHILADELPHIA. 1 | “I QffTCi ' A Ikrtcwlai. Institution, estaUiShai hy tpeaal AoDv« endowment for the relief of the sick a,hd au- I rested, affidtd toitfi Virul'tU and Epidemic diseases. | The Directors of this well known Institution iii thfelr An nual Report upon the treatment of Sexual. Diseases, express the highest'satisfaetton with tho success which has attended the labors of their surgeons In the cure of •Spermatorrhea, Seminal Weakness, Impotence, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Syphilis, the vice of Onanism, or Self-abuse, ordcr.a contliu anco of the same plan for the ensufrigyear. The Consultfog Surgeon is authorized to give MEDICAL ADVICE GRATIS, to all who apply by letter with a description of their coali tion (age, occupation, habits of life, &c.), and In cases of lx treme poverty, to FURNISH MEDICINE FREEOFCHARqE. An admirable Report on Spermatorrhoea, or Scmiial Weakness, the vice of Onanism, Masturbation, or self-abt*<e, and other diseases of the Sexual organa, by theconsulthg Surgeon, will bo sent by mail (m a sealed envelope), FREE 0? CHARGE) on receipt of TWO STAMPS for postage.. Otner Report* and Tract* on the nature and treatment of Sexual diseases, diet, &c.; arc constantly being published lor gratui tous distribution, and will be sect to the afllfcted. Somqof the new remedies and methods of treatment discovered dur ing the last year are of great value. 1 -Address,Tor Report or treatment, Dr. J. SKILLIN’ UOUClti- TON, Acting Surgeon, Howard Association, N 0.2 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 • By order of.the Directors, r . ' EZRA D. HEARTWELL, President GEO. FAIRCHILD, Secretary. ] August 4,1869, ly. | aitj Ptat uiof .•pa rtri Jam H. p. DEM IN G, Would reßpcctfaijy aunouncsto the people of Tioga Coni that he Is - now prepared to fill all’orders for Apple, P| Peach, Cherry, Nectarine, Apricot, Evergreen and Deciduj Ornamental trees. Also Currants. Raspberries, OOosobcrrj Blackberries and Strawberries of all new and approved vi ttlos. r ' Consisting of Hybrid, Perpetual and Si IVlMlOjCiO— mer Boses, Moss; Bourbon, Noisette, ' Bengal or Cfcina* antfClimbing Roeea, CStrDTTDnrP V Including all the finest ne dya U DDC/ft of Althea, Bectzia. Lilacs, Spiraea, Syringiae. TOnmnms, Wigilias <*. pr Anrnnc Bablias, Phloxes, TQl|)B, fJjUW Narcissis; Jonquils. Lil lies, Ac. ' i I GRAPES—AU varieties. J Peabody’s New Haut-bois Strawberry. 4 doz.plants, u. Orders respectfully solicited. j for Grafting, BuoUliag or Panning will Ibo roraptlr attended to. Address ‘ __ _ _J Dec. 16, *5B. ( IL D, DEMIXG, W boro, Pal rnVoQA. COUNTY COURT PROCLAMATION.—Where I Hon. Robert-O. White, President Judge for the t of Pennsylvania,and A. Humphrey and 0. Whittaker, Esq'i Associate Judges in Tioga county, hi issued their bearing date the I6th day of June, D iB6O, and to me directed, for tho holding of Orpba Court, Court of Com'mon Pleas, General Quarter Sessions a Over and Terminer* at Wellsboro, for the County of Tio on tUe first Monday of September (being 3d day,) 1860, 0 to continue two weeks. - Notice is therefore hereby givtm r to the Coroner, Jastl of the Peace ofid-Cous tables to and for the-county of Tio to appear to their own proper perabfiß,. With, their records,- quisLtioKs, examtoationa .and remembtahOev to do th< things which, of their offices and in., their boljalf apporb to'bodode; and nil witnesses and other persons prosecntl in behalf of the Commonwealth against any person or P sons, are required to be thep and there attending, and not depart at their peril, - Jurors afo requested to be punctual their attendance at appointed fitoe, agrocabiy to jw« Given under ury hapd and at ■ the Officei ' Wellsboro. the Ist August in tho year of our La one thousand eight hundred aad pQWER Anew article ch?" stove polish.—] Sale at Roy’s D me Store. ERRY -DAVIE'S' PAIS KILLER iu large b ties.: - Por saiaot Roy's Prog Store. WHEAT FLOUR, Up top and ehc^at^ bemoval; Dr. Homeopathic Physician, has i! moved his office and residence from the United Stal e HotplTb second house below Hart's Hotel. ; Julv 12, 1860. TOUEBOKO. TIOGA COUNTY. PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 89,1 N'iiw B ALL ADS, : _ FOB GOOD, t LmL« .DEMOCRATS. 1. Sing a, songof‘Charleston I . * . - Bottle' foil of Jiye) ' ' ' * -Atf the bougies delegatee n Knocked into pi— , when the, vote wi* opened, J _ The Squth.began to sing, . . • 1 <c Tour little Squatter Soverelgh V • Sba'nt beourKlosi 9 * '• ‘ : " - '2.‘Hi‘diddle, diddle I the Dred Scott riddle I The Delegaloa'aailterTlike loons 1 The Little Dug. swears to see-\he sport, And count their spboui. . a v; - Who Wasn’t very wise,' .... t \ Ile.jumped Into Convention, * -, I '* And scratched out both his eyes; ; And when he found eyes *ere otft. With all his might'and - brain, . ■ 3 ' Be started off .to Baltimore To scratch them Ip again. I never liked my .unple'e buaineae, tkpiigh lit took me -when my father died, .and brought, me up as his own son,,, -The good mon had -nd children. His wife was long dead; he had an honest old woman for a housekeeper, and a Hour* ishing business, in the undertaking line, to )eavd to somebody ; but he, did not leave it to me, and I’ll tell.you the reason., ' When I had been about five years with him_ and had grown worth rpy salt, ae he used to say; a death occurred in our neighborhood, which! caused greater lamentation than any wo had;' heard of since my apprenticeship began. The deceased gentleman’s name was Mr. Elaworthy. The family had been counted gentry in their day. I should have said; my uncle lived in York, and all the world know what Yorkshire families are. Well, the Elswoftfyys were ofigood.family, and very proud of it, though they had lost-eve-, ry acre o£ an old estate which had belonged to .them since time out of mind. I am not sure whethar it was their grandfather’s dice .and cock-fighting, or their father’s going.surety for a friend, who did something wrong in a; govern ment ofßce, that brought them to this pass; but there was no bouse in all York where candles went jfurther, and tea-leaves were better used up. There was a mother, .two, sisters, and a cousin who lived with them. The mother was a state ly old lady, never seen out of a black brocade. The sisters were not over young or handsome, but they dressed as fine as they oould. The cousin was counted one if the prettiest women id ( Yorkshire, but she walked with a crutch, having met with an accident in her childhood. Master Charles' .was the only son, and the youngest of the family; he was a tall, hand some, dashing man, uncommonly polite, and a great favorite with the ladies. It was said there were some red! eyes in the town when the story got wind that hie was going to be mar ried to the Honorable Miss Westbay. Her fath er was younger brother to the Earl of Harrow gate, and had seven girls besides her, without a penny for one of them; but Miss Westbay was a heauty, and the wonder was that she had not been married long ago, being nearly seven years out, dancing, singing, and playing tip-top pieces at dll the parties. Half-a-dozen matches had been talked of for her, but somehow they broke down one after another. Her father was rather impatient to see her off; so were her sisters, poor things, and no wonder, for grow up as they might, not one of them would the old mkn suffer to come out till the eldest was disposed of, and at least there seemed something like a certainty of that business. Young Mr. Elsworthy and she struck up a courtship. He was fascinated—isn’t that the word ?—at an assize ball, paid marked at tentions to the bishop’s party, and was believed to have popped the question at a pic-nio, after Lord' Harrowgate, the largest shareholder*’in the North Eastern Bank, got hun prompted from a clerkship; to be manager. It’s true he was eomo years .younger than and people said there had been something be tween him and his pretty cousin; but a lord’s neice with beauty, accomplishments, and a ser viceable connection, does not come in every young man’s why! so the wedding day.wps fixed for the first of January; and all the mil liners were busy with the bride’s bonnet and'' dresses. ! It was j ust a month to and everybody was talking of the match, when Mr. Elsworthy fell sick. At first they said-it was a cold ; then it turned to a brain fever; at last the doctor, gave no hopes* and within the same week Mr. Elsworthy died. The .whole neighborhood was oast into mourning. A promising young man, in a manker the only dependence of his family, newly promoted to a, station of trust and in fluence, and on the ev.e of (marriage, everybody lamented his untimely death, and sympathised, with his bereaved relations;. and his intended bride. I think niy uncle lamented most of all. None of his customers, to j my.knowledge, ever got so much of his sorrow! When he was sent for in the way of pusmess.’it struck me that he stayed particularly long. The good man could’ talk of nothing but the grief of the afflicted fa mily—how the mother went into fits, and the sisters tore their hair—bow the cousin talked Of wearing mourning all her days—and bow it was feared that Miss Weatbay, who insisted on seeing him. would never recover her senses.— The country! papers gave expression to the public grief. • ’Npbody ' passed the house Of mourning without a sigh,, or a suitable remark. My uncle superintended the making of .the coffin,- as I bad never seen him do any ot;her ; .ghd when the workmen had gone home, he : spent hours at night finishing it by himself. ■ The funeral was to set out for the family 1 vault in the Minstelr church, at Beverly, about three o’clock in the] afternoon. It was made a! strictly private affair, though hundreds of the' townsmen would’ have testified their-respect for the dead by acdompahyin’g it All the way. 1 The members] of the family in two mooming coaches, and the undertaker’s men," alone,-wepa allowed to follow boor Elsworthy to his'lalt resting place, and ftfls' coffin was not to be brought until the latest hour.’ My nhcle had got it finishet . 'to'his mind, hut evidently did not*wish me'M look'at . his work. He bad a long talk with Steele and! Stonenran, two of his (most confidential assistants, in the workshop I ,' after hours, and they went away looking’re markably close. AH was iu train; and the ABIT AT From Chambers’,Journal, A FALSE PUNEBAIi. » i funeral to takfe place the nest day, when; com* ing down his pwn stair—they were rather steep and narrow, for we, Jived in one of the old houses of York—my uncle slipped, fell, and broke his leg.) I thought,he would have gone mad when the doctor told him that he must not attempt to move, or mind any business for. wesks to borne, and I tried to pacify him by offering to-conduct the funeral , with the help of Steele and Stoneman. Nothing would please the old man ; I never saw him so far out of temper before. lie swore at his bad luck, >wa at hla housekeeper—ordered im up the key of : the workshop. threw the pi! me to bring i and fast in his hand. I sat up with bimlbat nigat. - In a couple of hoars he grew calm and sensible, but could not sleep, though the house wai all quiet,' and the hoiMNkeeper snoring in the corner. Then he beganWgroan, asif there was something worse, than a boken leg oh’his mind, “Tom,” said he, '‘Haven’t I been always kind to yon ?’’ “No doubt |of it, uncle," soldi. : “Well, .Tom, I want yon- to do me a great service—a particular-service, Tom, and I’ll for get it to you.! You know Mr. Elsworthy’a fu neral comes off to-.morr6w at three, and they are very high people.” “Never fear, uncle; I'll take care of it as well os if you were there yourself.” ■“I know you would, Tom—l know you would. I could trust you with the,hearsing of an earl’s coffin ; and for managing mutes, I don’t know your equal. (But there’s something to be done. Come over beside me, Tom; that old woman don’t hear wall at the best, and sfae’a-sleeping now, and no mistake. Will you promise me”, —and his voice sunk to. a whisper—"that, whatever you hear or see, you’ll make no re mark to any living, and be as cautions as your can about the body ? There’s foul play," said he, for I began, to look frightened ; “hut maybe this leg's a judgment for taking on such a bu siness. Howsomever, I’m bound to have three hundred pounds for it; and you’ll get the half, Tom, the fulljhalf, if you’ll conduct it properly, and give me your solemn promise. I know you’ll never break that.” “Uncle," said I, “I’ll promise, and keep it too ; but you must tell me what it is.” , “Well, Tom”—and he drew a long breath— “it’s a living} man you’re going to put in that .coffin in the [workshop! I have made it high, .and full of air-holes; he’ll lie quite comfortable. Nobody knows about it but Steele and Stone man, and yourself; they’ll go with you. Mind you trust no! one else. ‘Don’t look so stupid, man ; can’s you understand,, Mr, Elsworthy didn’t die at ail, and never had brain fever; but he wants to get off without marrying Miss iWeatbay, or something of that. They are | tajdng a queer, way - about it, I must say; but 1 these genteel people have a way of their own. It was the cousin that prepared my mind for it in the back (parlor.; that woman’s up, to any thing. I stood out against having a hand-in it, till I heard that the seston of Beverly Church was a poor (relation of theirs,, ,The key .of the coffin is to lia given to him ; itwill be locked, and not screwed down, you see; and when all’s over at the vault—it will he dark night by that time, for wa don’t move till three, and these De cember days are short—he’ll come and help Mr. Elsworfthy out, and smuggle him off to Hull with pis son the carrier. There's ships enough there to take him anywhere under a feigned name.” “Could be get off the'marriage no easier?” said 1,, for the thought of taking a living ! man in a hearse, and hearing the service read]over him, madefmy blood run cold. You see I was young tber. "Tbere'a ; something more than the marriage_ in it, though they didn’t tell me. Odd things* will happeh in my business and this is one of the queerest. But you’ll manage it Tom, and get my blessing, besides your half of the three hundred pounds; and,don't be afraid of any thing com(ng wrong to him, for I never saw any man look so like a corpse.” I promised my uncle to do the business and keep the secret. A hundred and fifty pounds was no jokb to a young man beginning the world rtaking-line; and the old man was with what ho called my senses and ling, that before falling asleep, close in anundi so pleased undorstan break, he talked of taking me into p, and the jobs we might expect upon day partners!}! brpowgate family ; for the dowager- from the ms near four score; and two- of the countess iesrprere threatened with decline.— early in the afternoon, Steele, Stone- I were at work. The family seemed young-lad Next day, man, and •nfql; . I suppose on account of the Mr. Elsworthy looked - wonderfully duly mou: servants. well in hi I shroud; and if one had not looked closely in ;o the coffin, they never would have seen the air boles. Well, wesetout, mourning ooacjiea, hearse, and all, through the yellow fog of a December day. There was nothing but sad faces [to be seen at all the windows as we; passed; I heard them admiring Steele and Stopemanf for the feeling hearts they showed; but when [we got on the Beverley ioad, the consin gate, us a sign, and away we went at a rattling pace; a funeral never got, over the ground attsuch a rate before. - Yet; it was get ting dark tvhen we peached the old Minister, and the curate grumbled at having to do duty so late. lie got through the service nearly as quick as we got over the miles. The coffin was, lowered' into the family vault; it was more than half filled with Mr.” Elswqrthy’s fore-father*, but there w(is a good wide grate in' the wall,,and no want was allright. The clerk and the clergyman started offto their homes; the mourning-coaches went to the Crown inn,l Where the ladies were to wait till t'm sexton came to let them know he was. safe usin would not go homo with out rad I slipped him the key at the , as he discoursed to us all about out—the ct the news church dooi u's dispensations of Providence. • was light going home, so vfore jStoneman's. None of ns liked the j were all to be" paid for it; and I e old man came 1 down handsomely fedful, not to speak of Burton ale; | be made his partner without delay, (money, and had the jollification *, t right over, and I just getting into inere was a ring at our door-bell, usokeeper came to say that Dr. the mysterid My hear! 'Steele's and) job, bat Wo must say tm with the nq and I was te We got the j but it wasn’j bed, when t] and the ha CONTISTE, tf(). Parks wanted to see me'or my uncle. What could he want, ami how had he come back so aeon? Parka was the Blaworlby’s family doctor, and the only stranger at the funeral;, he Wentin the second mourning coach, and I left him talking to the sexton. My clothes were thrown on, and 1 yvas down stairs in a minute, looking as sober ds I could; bat tie' doctor’s look would have sobered any man, -.“Thomas,” said be, “this faasj turned out a bad. business and I -jcanhot account for it; but Mr. Elsworthy has died in Earnest. When the sexton and I opened the coffin, we found him cold and stiff. I think he died from fright, ibr such V face of terror I never saw. It wasn't your uncle’s fault; there is no doqbt he bad air enough, but it can’t be helped • and the less saidtabout it, the better for all parties. lam going to Dr. Adams to take him down with me to Beverley. The sexton keeps poor Elsworthy, to see if .any thing nan be done!;-and Adams is {be only man we could trust; but I know it’s of no use.” “ The doctor’s apprehension was well- found ed—Mr. Elsworthy could ndt be recovered;, and after trying everything to no purpose, they laid him down again in the coffin with air-holes.— The ladies came back, and we kept the secret; but in less than six months after, a rumor went abroad of heavy forgeries on the Edith East ern Bank. On investigation, they proved to. be over fifty thousand, and'nobody was implicated but the deceased Jjnanager. His family knew nothing,about it; being all ladiee, they were entirely ignorant jf bankings affairs; but they left York next season, took a handsome bouse at Scarborough, and were known to get money regularly from Lo idon. They never employed any doctor but Parks; and his medical manage ment did not appear to prosper, for, they were, never well, and always nervous-; not one of them could sleep alone or without.a light in the room ; and an attendant from a private asylum had to be got for the cousin. I don’t think the matter' ever left [my uncle’s mind; he never would take pa odd job after it; and all the part nerships in England would not have made iiae continue in the business, and run the risk of another false funeral." ’ i j For the A^itatot* IMPORTANCE jOi 1 COMMOM SCHQOLS.- Nothing but a common school; nothing, but a common teacher.). What hope can grow out.of these opportunities ? This remark is not un frequently made by a certain class who put far' more value upon {he source, than upon then*, tual knowledge communicated. The rick and glowing shadow a College, or high school,; has far more attraction, than all the intrinsic 'value of every .primary institution of learning. Now there is no particular power in any title whies a learned faculty may bestow. Colleges,"- and'schools, can qonfer titles, but close and dil ligent applioationj can alone give knowledge, -p Money may give station, and infinenee, but in trinsic merit, and worth, can give true dignity to character. It is the peculiar property of eIL .ucation, to make jail things around look better,. to mb off the dross and rust accumulated upon the surface of things, and exhibit its own power and beauty in the work it performs—but a fair exterior, a sounding title, is no infallible proof of the thorough interior.work which is of pri mary importance! All our institutions of learn ing, are to be estimated according to their ac tual or relative benefit, and not from ctny pre tensions, or professions. It is the glory of cur republicanism, thjit it astablishes and patroni zes so many institutions designed to spread knowledge and morality over the land. And that this patronage is common, that the poor as well as the rich nlay become learned and use ful, is an interesting and peculiar feature in the policy, of our government; ; The common school system is a great and ‘magnanimous scheme. to bring all classes of mind under the influence of education. It is not to the high school and college alone, that we owe those benignant influences which fertil ize, and make glad, the heritage of intellectual and moral development. These are powerful auxiliaries in the work of intellectual advance ment, to be sure, but these are not the first, these are not in my mind, of the greatest im portance. The greatest men of our time, or many of them, have'laid the foundation of their greatness ini the common school, Daniel "Webster, whose fame for intellectual greatness and power is world wide, took great pains when a boy to avail Himself of the advantages' of a common school. It is said ho walked daily three miles to attend aj commoil school. There the basis was laid, there perhaps, the corner stone of the! proud superstructure of his greatness was placed. Who knows but,the .untiring and effective energy of his teacher, in connection with his own faithfulness while in that common school, gave his nSind the direction towards the proud eminence upon which he stood in after life. No doubt ft was by a practical use cf .those things, taught there, that he became great, Abraham] Lincoln, (the -peoples’ choice for’ President, in I 860) who is now before the people of these United States, for the proudest eminence of worldly fame, spent many of his ■ youthful, days in a common school. And you will now find him the warm* friend of that sys tem -of-education] The common school is to the development of !tbe human mind, what the hand of a careful mother is in the parental management, and lt is the mirseri/, the place ip which the die is cast, and the im pression made in [a multitude df minds. But the very thing thit renders common schools un. popular with a certain class, is their chief ex cellence, and glory, and that is because they , They are planted upon the gen eraUAaia of the [education of man, the devel opemont of mind As for as the peculiar priv . Sieges, and" advantages, which they afford, go, they are a distinguished heeler of th& human race. The boy, or girl, whose fortune ’it may be, to have been born of poor parents!, is here" made equal to’ the most affluent. ■ This is the reason why many who make. money the basis of character ana knowledge, talk- of common schools with such apparent , indifference. The poor boy is obliged to endure the name- of be ing educated in) a" common school, of having" nothing but a common school education. But there is not unfrequently an unmistakable illus tration of the misapplication of terftis in future life, go with' thpu' through life, follow them' • lUtes of Advertising. " Advertisements -will bo charged $1 pair square of Jfl lines, one or three insert ion cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertiaemfißtaof less than )0 lies considered ns a square. ■ The subjoined rates Vill be charged for l Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad vertisements; ; ; : , ' . -i " . . ! >' 8 MOUTHS, 9 HQJtTBS. 13 UOSTIIS. 53.68 Si,SO SO,OO 5.00 ' . 6,50 8,00 Square. . 2 do. » do. • - 7,00 ' 8,50 10,00 i column, - . • ■ 8,00 . 8,50 12,60 i do. 15,00 , 20,00 30,00 Column; - i - 2a,00 35,00 50,0( Advertisements not having thennmbcr of insertions desired marked upon them, vvill bo published until or dered out and (parted accordingly.), ( Jesters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads nndoil kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, ex ecuted neatly and ’ promptly. Justices’, Constable’s, and other BLASKS constantly on hand. : NO. 4. along, amid its responsibilities, and cares, and yon will see the, boy who has grown to man -1 hood amid thefalse flatteries of affluence, rely ' ing, mainly, upon money for hia fancied great ness, and intellectual development,-very poorly qualified to meet the stem realities of'life. But the lad of a common school .education, who has arisen by the power of close application, comes to tho arduous duties of manhood with a ready and able .hand.: He knows where he is, and how became there.' He has marked his way step'b'y stepi Ile inows every inch of emi neofO'be has gained.. It has been- no miricle,. no phenomenon. He toiled, arid he has con quered. .This is ;thp sequel to his success. No matter where,' no Iriiatter how, only get wisdom. , - . j' • S. Durham/ • Hammond CMejek,.Tioga Co.'Po. V • LIVES OP THE. \, The new York; Merairy, under the htnjd of '■Our Great Biographical Enterprise," thus amusingly takes off the lives of-the different Presidential caTHtiipteg now before the people for their Members of all parties can find something to|i|augh. at in Some pf them,' “cltacun a son f . : )> -trpf . r - LIFE OF ApRAIIAM LINCOLN. ' - .Bv,oNj|lj^yp.KNojriHxsf. The biography wasebovn at Bunker Hill, ofidMja fourth 6! July,l77ik and was .one of tho original signers of the ,precious document which sfdted our liberties on that day. We refer to the (Declaration oflndependence. His" father's namfc yraa' Hr. - Lincoln, his moth er's, Mrs. Lincoln,' and if he had sisters, they, were known as f th'd j Misses‘Lincoln. At the age of two years .iypung Abraham commenced splitting -rails ■np ;aj living, singing beautiful hymns while at i| engaged, and | displaying nil those iioble virtpesi for which hej has since been distinguished, ifWhon he was about ten years oldj Boston suddenly became the, hub of the uni verse, and reqdwedio much” greasing that clean ly people werej obliged, to-move away. The Lincolns went to Illinois, where Abraham be came the ablest! Lawyer in the State in less than a week; and learned to chew tibacco—and, as a specimen of fits wit, we gifs, the following ' jiSECDOTE.’ i- ; ' . ' : On one occasion Mr. Lincoln [was splitting a ’rail in the parlor of Judge Douglas’a re.sidenee,’ when the latter joined’hinjt thinking!to inaSe a' good joke about oar hero’s extreme I leanness,’“ remarked ,: j . , • , “Why, Abe,[you are'a rail yourself.” Mr. Linoohtjlooked op froth Shis work, with, that Bublime giance which has,often petrified a’ world;%nd grrively. responded: sjte-the-reverse of a tail.” Douglas immediately- grasped his liat andj carpet bag, wait to Washingtor, and asked the President to §kplain‘ what Lie coin meant by that. jjl “Why,” replied-the President, “the reverse; of rail is rail wtelt baokwords.” ® ’’ then pouglas and Lincoln, have been 1 warm friends, j i ; The subject of our biography was defeated* by Mr. Douglaj? for the United States Senate, in 1854, on aeconptof sickness inUbefamily, and has since beemknown as “Hones tDld Abe” to the whole country."' He is a man of unflinch ing integrity, and though he chews tobacco at present, will iW choose the TVped for a com panion if elected President. ;,N. B.—Thejliu this biography died im mediately afta? penning the above remark. . LIFE ‘OF || STEPHEN A. [DOUGLAS. BY OXE WHO H.VjS KXOjWX HIM SINCEJIK WAS 80 lUGU. Mr., Douglas "wap. born at Bennington, Ver mont, on the. fourth of. July, 1776, and" demon strated the, utility of Squatter Sovereignty be ; fore ha thre\yj off crinoline. His parents be longed to a fiobjlf Scotch family, and when Stephen was years, old they migrated with, him to Illinois, jit was during this journey that he gave v ;nt to a remark that has since be come classical.! His father asked him if he, would havc.fth| apple : and, oh receiving an ans wer in the afMraative, he made! a ‘split’ in it,, preparatory to [dividing it into two pieces—when, Mr. Douglas Suddenly grasped (the: whole, ex claiming:" : ' ' , 1 'j, “Tho Uni|>n must and shall hajpreserved.” ; This immortal sentence 1 was immediately tel egraphed to papers in the United Stites and Canada; I procured the election of Mr. Douglas to thq office of Judge of good whisky as soon, as ho Arrived in-lUinoial . When about ten years old,’he wpitiug fur liar- - pet’s Magazine,and finally contributed a scries,- of Humorous ’articles to the editorial columns of the Chicago 'times. Just bofortj.the election to! the Senate last time, an exploit of his gave birth to this ... - . "While Mr. Douglas and his j gigantic oppo nant-Lincoln, were canvassing the Stale, they, -agreed to bold a debate at Quincy, and allow the people to decide which had -the: strongest, claim to their votes. The meeting vvaa a lage one, and it did not take long fojr Douglas to got. the best of the, argument,'; Finding dhe battle, going against him.Linco.lh-drew up fa.is form to his utmost height, and looking down fit the short figure of his rival, said very pompously: - “Mr. Douglas, I cannot look at yon' without thinking of a passage of Scripture,' 1 ■ “YfogPisrthat?” asked our,hero good hu mo reiSE? . ‘•The Way of the wicked is short,” respoaedf, Lincoln; and -fainted away. The crowd applauded tremendously, i hut Douglas was not' to be outdone. 1 . Waiting until- Lincoln had retired; ho quietly said : “And you remind me; Mr.' Lincoln, of anoth er passage.” ' ■ * .“-Wimt is that?” asked Lincoln. ~, “Iww long! 0 Lord, how Icjhg?” responded Douglas. lie was elected. !, , . /By Way of concluding ,ouij. biography, we give" this following extract from- one .ef Mr." Douglas’ speeches “ ■ “ * Sijjiattor sovereignty, gentlemen, [groat applause,] is not the right of. one man over another man, accorded byjtheConstitution, 1 . but the right of another man pyer- th]s man, or that man over this man, where man is willing that man shrillJ bo bis own maq,'independent /.SECDO'IE.t
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