1 Terms of Publication. THE TtOGA edTOTY AGITATOR Is published, wery Wednesday Morning! and mailed to subscribers; iftlie very reasonable price of ' ' | : ONE DOLLAR PER | htiari&X *» advance. It is intended to notify every' •obsenßer when the term for which he has paid shallj Here expired, by the figures on the printeddabel on the. «vin of each paper. The paper will then be stopped; nfU a farther remittance be received. By this ar-; ho man dan he brought in debt to the| Aoitatoe Is the Official Paper of the Conntyj •fii a largo and steadily increasing circulation reach-! iTr into every noighbo-Sood in the County. It is sent) (ta of pottage io fat Office within the county; jiioits bat whose moat-'eonveoiont post office may be loan adjoining County. ...... . Business Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper, inclu ded, $5 per year. ~ ; BIISIS3SSS, DIRECTORY, .j ffiToWBEy * S. F. WILSOS, I , TTOENKYS 4 COUNSELLORS AT LAW, will; &. Intend the Court of Tioga, Potior and McKean: [Wellaboro’, Feb. 1,1853-3. ’> s. B. BROOKS, AVTVRmYAND COUNSELLOR AT LAW AllUa EIKLAKD, TIOGA CO. PA. ‘On the multitude of Counselors there la safety.”— Bible. . Sept. 23,1868, ly. ‘ C. N. PABTT, DENTIST, ———/"iFFICE at his residence near the Academy. All work pertaining to yjn*fVPhi3 link ef hnsiness done promptly and 1 ' ' [April 22 t 1868.] warranted- HOUSE '! , CORNIING, N.Y. MaJ. A. Field, ... I Proprietor. Guests taken to and. frpm the Depot free of charge. J. C. WHITTAKER, Bydropaihic Physician and Surgeon, .JBLKLAND, TIOGA | BAKING. MISS k. A. JOL SON, respectfully Minounces to the citizens of Wellsboro and vicinity, that she has taken rooms over Miles & Elliott’s Store, where she is prepared to ex Scute all orders in the fine of DRESS MAKING, paving had experience in the business, she feels conffaont that she can give satisfac, tion to all who may favor her with their patronage. * Sept. 29, 1859. ' f . | jroilir B. SHAKESPEAE, IiILOK. HAVING opened his shop in the room over B; B, 'Smith & Son’s Store, respectfully informs the citizens of Wellsboro’ apd vicinity, that he is prepared to execute orders in his: line of business with prompt, ness and despatch Catting done on short notice . Wellsboro, Oct 21,.1&58.—6m ; t, j>. B iiporc, ni. i»., Graduate of JZt’jTulo Medical College , TTAS established hijpself in the practice of Mcdi rtl cine and SurgorMn the village of Tioga, and will promptly attend ar”professional calls. Office at li H. Smith’s Hotel, wherShe will always be found except when absent on professional business. jsssr- Particular attention paid to the diseases of women and children, Tioga, May 24, ISdOi N. BOIS, . SOLICITOR OP PATENTS, : WASHINGTON, D. 0. , ADVICE as to the patentability of inventions given free of charge.' Drawings from models neatly executed. Charges fbr.obtaining patents- moderate. ; hEFEKESCES. ' i Hon. G. A. Grow, PaA Hugh Toting, Ed. Agitator. I Hon. Q. W. Scranton, ,'Pa, 11. H. Frazier, Ed. JlepuUican « /; : : SICIA If S . the best imported Italian anp A°“ STRINGS. fas« Viol strings, Guitar strings, Tuning F#rka ridges Ac., just received ani for sate at ; I ROY'S DRIK£ STORE. ; WELISBOKO HOTEL, WELLSBOEOIJGH, PA. J 5, 8. FARE. (formerly of the United States Hotel,) Having leased this well known and popular Hons?, solicits the patronage !of the public. .With attentive and obliging waiters, together with the ■Proprietor’s knowledge of the business, he hopes to make the stay of those who stop with him both pleasant ami agreeable. i Wellsboro, May 31, 1860. WATCHES! WATCHES! THE Subscriber has, got a fine aasortmcnt of heavy ENGLISH LEVER HUNTER-CASE- Hold and Wa I dies. which he will sell cheaper than “ dirt” on ‘ Time,’ i. o. to will sell ‘Time Pieefs’ on a short (approved) credit. All kinds of REPAIRING done promptly. - If :a job of work is not done to the satisfaction of the party 'ordering it, no charge Will be made. * ; Fast favors appreciated and, a continence of patron age kindly solicited.ANDlE FOLEY.; Wellsboro, June 21,1818. j F. W. RBISEj Saddle and harness maker, ! WELLSBOKO ST., TIOGA, PA. ' ; TAKES this method of-looming the citizens pf Tioga, and pf the County generally, that he has established himself at?ioga, where he will manufac ture and keep on hand for sale a good stock of Saddles, Bridles, Heavy Harness, Carriage Harness of all kinds Ac. Also Hames, Halters, Whips, Traces, dollars 9*—ly. j&ckmß&w & BAtt^y, \\T QULB inform lie public, that having purchased TT the Mill properiy, known as the “CULVER MILL," and having Repaired .and supplied it with hew bolts and machinery, are now prepared to do CUSTOM ORK io the entire satisfaction of its patrons. With the-aid of onr experienced miller, Mr. L, D. Mitchel, and the unsparing efforts of the proprietors, they intend id kqep up an establishment second to nonein the county. Dash paid for wheat and corn, and the highest market £rice given. . EDW, Mcl2< ROY, ; .March 15, 1860, tf. 1 JtfO. W, BAILEY.: TIOGA' REGULATOR. fXKORGB P. has opened a new vJTvewely Stord at' Tioga ITiHjagd, Tiogd County* Pa. ko is prepi Ired to do all kinds of Watch, Clock andgftwelry repairing, hi a workmanlike manner. All y *ffiaY arra kted tr> giye entire satisfaction. not pretend to do work better than any other wh, hut we can. do as good work as can he done in W cities or Also Watches Plated. ' . „ i . georqb f, hcfmpheey. Twga, Pa.. ?Ja»h }5, 13C0. (It ) THB AGITATOR 33ehote«J to Vbt wetwnion of ifyt Uvtn of jFmSoiw amrt&e Spread of Reform, . ■ . ■ l I ; : m. m \ THE CHILDREN’S HOUR. Between the dark and the daylight, 'When the night is beginning to lower. Comes a pause in the day's occupation That is known os the Children’s Hour. I heat in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened. The voices soft and sweet. From njy study I see in the lamplight/ Descending the hroad hall stair. Grave Alice and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. , A whisper, and silenoe: "Yet I know by-their merry eyes They are plotting and planning together To take me by l&rpriso. A sadden rash from the stairway, A sudden raid from the ball. By left unguarded • s£hey enter my castle wall! „ J They climb up into my turret r~/“ O’er the arms and back of my chair; r If I try to escape, they surround mo ; * F They seem to bo everywhere. They almost devour me with kisses, Thoir arms,about mo entwine, Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen In his Mouse-Tower on the Rhine! Do you think, 0 bluo-eyed banditti. Because you have scaled tb« wall, Such an old moustache as I am la.net a match for you all 1. I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, , But put you down in the dungeons In the round-tower of my heart. And there will I keep you forever. Yes, forever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulderto dust away. : —Atlantic Monthly. MB. LINCOLN AT HOME, The New York Herald, with a view to fl id out something at which it could sneer, sent a special reporter to Springfield, the home of Abraham Lincoln, who wrote the follow! ig letter; ' j THE HOUSE HE LITES IN—A ROMANCE. In a large two story frame house—bearing po slight resemblance to Washington’s headquar ters at Cambridge, Massachusetts, now the r|s idenoe of Professor Longfellow—resides. (She Republican candidate for President of, the XTpi ted States, Abraham Lincoln. It is' situated at the corner of Eighth and Edward streets, !in this city. Here Mr. Lincoln has resided for some twenty years. The edifice affords no dioations of ostentation. It has no ornamen no flowers or'_ shrubbery, no marble vases .cooling fountains, no fashionable fences si rounding it," but is built plump out to the sii walk, the steps rather encroaching upon t walk. It is like the residence of an Americ gentleman in .easy ciroumstaiices, and is fj nished in like manner. It is not near so an tocratic an establishment as the houses of maj members of yoUr common council; in short, there is no aristocracy About it, but it is a com- home, in which it would seam that a mamli|uld enjoy life, surrounded by Ijis family. Immediately opposite the residencefof Mr. Lincoln, on Eighth street, is a mansion that was once the Western home of Lemuel Higbee, a gentleman who left the State of Mas sachusetts some thirty years ago, settled fin Springfield, and for his honesty and integr was placed by his fellow citizens in pfomina positions of trust and confidence. “Honest ( Lem” was as much a favorite phrase in tb< days in this region as “Honest Old Abe” is now! The widow of Mr. Higbee is now living in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Mr. Lino dn and Mr. Higbee were associated in several ■m terprises of public interests, and the early ef forts of the one, and the more recent efforts of the other, have contributed largly to the re; iu tation Springfield now enjoys as one of the b :st and most honestly governed cities in the Wist. HIS FAMILY AND THEIR CONNECTIONS. Enjoying life in >a easy manner, and ye ; a practicing attorney in all the courts of the St ite and of States, Mr. Lincoln se its repose in the midst of his family ■whenever he duties of his profession and his political enga ce ments will enable him to do so. Col. Line )ln came from the best among our Revolution iry stock, and from among those who were the f ret to penetrate the Western wilds, and sacrificed their lives in clearing the road for the advan cing tide of civilization. His grandfather; whose ancestors came originally from Mew England, whence they were driven by the per ieoutions of the Quakers —a society with which they were presumed by the fanatics of that day to be affiliated —was bom in the county of Berks, Pennsylvania. Here there are tries of German in Lincoln’s lineage. Removing in after life to the valley of the Shenandoah! in Virginia, the father of the subject of the sketch was born. Moving westward before the Revo lution, Colonel Lincoln’s father penetrated the wilderness, and ha companionship with thefre nowned Colonel Boone, participated in many of those heroic conflicts with the savages, the rec ords of which crimson the pages of our early Western history. The “dark and bloldy ground” are words familiar to all readers of American history, and upon that sanguinary ground the father of Colonel Lincoln fou] ' and finally periahed beneath the tomahawi the savage. In what was.then called Hardin com Kentucky, but in that part of it which i Constitutes Larue county, Abraham Lincoln bom, in the year 1809. His mother was daughter of a man of nerve and energy, she herself possessed those distinctive oharac istics which have since rendered her son - a r of mark in our country. Lincoln had a li ted education, and, removing to lllinoisi •passed through various spheres in life, at i time in a humble, as he is now in an exalj position in the estimation of his fellow citiz) He exhibited the grit of his progenitor vtj the savage chief Black Hawk commenced | warfare upon the citizens of our Northwesj frontier, and he entered into that contestj brief duration when fairly commenced —V all his then youthful “energy and spirit, wl cow seeip to be but little impaired. In this j PROPRIETOR. Wnrt.E THERE SHALL EE A WRONG UNRIGHTED,, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. WELIiBOEO, TIOGA COUNTY. PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER I86(h BT H. W. LONGFELLOW. Spwxo field, ni., Aug. 8, 1860] he held the rank of captain, but he was deser ving the title of colonel, and hy those who knew hjm best was notiunfrequently so addressed;— Passingover his subsequent career as a prac titioner at law, having studied law with a"son of Ninian Edwards, at Edwardsville, Elinoia, as a member of thd'lUinois Logialature for. sev eral sessions-—during which he directed 'his at tention to the interests of the people more than to personal aggrandizement—and as a member of Congress during the term of '47 and '49, the oonntry.at became acquainted with his name by his- political battle in 185 S with the then invincible “Little Giant,” Douglas. Here his political history becomes identical with that of the present day, and the readers of the Sir aid being doubtless familiar with its great points, there we leave it for their own digestion. ■ WHOM HE MARRIED, AND HIS WIFE’S FAMILY RELATIONS. Colonel Lincoln married Miss Mary Todd, daughter of Robert S. Todd, Esq., a highly re spectable citizen, living near Lexington, Ken tucky where Miss Todd was'fSbrn. Mr. Todd is now dead., Ha was Clerk of the Kentucky House of Representatives, and filled other po sitions of trust, and was allied to some of the most enterprising and worthy families in the State of Kentucky—among them the Helms, one of’, whoui was formerly Governor of the State; the Wintersmiths, a family of influence, and others, some of whom havo lately called upon Lincoln, at his home in Springfield, and renewed the remembrance of those family, ties which, in some oases, unhappily sink into obliv ion. Miss Mary Todd was a pretty young lady, and the graces and accomplishments of former years still serve in maturer ones.to adorn a happy family household. They have three children—all boys—one of whom is now study ing at the academy in Exter, N. H., where Dan iel Webster began his actual educational career. The.two other boys are at home with their pa rent’s, bright little lads, and seeming to care no more for the hurrahs with which their father is received than if they' were bestowed upon any other man. They appear to take the enthusi asm as a matter of course; for, as they love their father and their mother, no applause seems less than their deserving. , WHAT BIS NEIGHBORS SAT OF HIM, After a pretty thorough investigation, I find that there is not a man in this region who says, a word against the honesty of Abraham Lincoln}' They like his sociability) and his familiarity.— Hhe is universally regarded as a plain, unas suming man, possessingistrong common sense, wedded to a quickness of perception that detects the right.from the wrong and winnows the chaff from the wheat, whetheij the question be one of a legal character or the selection of a true man from an impostor. “What do you think oif Lincoln as a man t” I asked of a resident of [Springfield. “I like him as a man, and everybody else can’t help but do the isame. He is hones't, talks sense, and is not too proud to sit down upon his doorsteps in his shirt sleeves and chat with his-neighbors. I have always been a dem ocrat, but I am almost inclined to go for Lin coln.” [v ~ “Will the split in the democratic party prove of any service to Lincoln in Illinois ?” “Yes, sir. Egypt is almost wiped out as a democratic stronghold, and with scarcely a hope to elect Douglas to the Presidency, there are many who will, from State pride, vote ooln, as they think there is a good chance for his election.” LINCOLN AT HOME, “We called upon Mr. Lincoln at his residence last evening, and were readily admitted. There were present Mrs. .Lincoln and Mrs. Judd, the latter the wife of the-republican candidate for Governor of the State ; the Hon, E. B. Wash bum, member of Congress from the Galena dis trict, and Lincoln’s two little home boys. The ladies were especially gracious and entertain ing, while “Old Abe” and your correspondent took a chair together and talked upon every topic now attracting the attention of the public. We have conversed with many gentle men in prominent political positions, but to Abraham Lincoln must we accord.the palm of frankness. Ho had no disguises. The subject of Southern slavery wias touched upon, and Mr. Lincoln emphatically declared that it was his principle not to touch it where it exists, but to prevent its spread into Territories now free. He spoke of slavery as an institution that did not meet the universal sanction of the Sou thern people. “Public opinion is not always private opinion," he said; and instancing Lamartine’s account of the execution of Louis XVI, wherein it appeared that although the lea ding revolutionists were.publicly obliged to de clare in favor of that deed, they were privately opposed to it. He said that it was the same with many people in the South ; they were obliged to sustain slavery, although they secret ly abhorred the institution. He would protect the South in its institutions ns they exist, and said that Southerners did not comprehend the position of the Republicans in regard to slavery. The Southern mind, ho said, was laboring un der the delusion that the republicans were to liberate the slavdh, who were to apply firebrands to the fields and dwellings of their masters, massacre old and young, and produce a slato of general anarchy and bloodshed in the South.— Ho swept this assumption away by a decisive denial of its correctness. Ha said he would like to go South and talk to the Southerners on this ttoic, were it not that the, minds of some were fo inflamed against him that they would not listen to his reasoning, but, on the other hand, might be inclined to inflict Lynch law upon his person should he appear among them. He bad, he said, on - one occasion been invited to go into Kentucky and revisit some of tbe scones with whose history his father in his life time had been identified. On asking by letter whether Judge Lynch would be present, ne re ceived no response; and he therefore came to the conclusion that the invitation was a trap laid by dome designing person to inveigle him into a slave State for the purpose of doing vio lence to his person. The conversation was lively, and occasionally interspersed with some brilliant flashes of wit and good nature from the Kentucky la