Ter»fl of PnWlcatlon. IHB TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is published _ tr _ Wednesday Horning, and mailed to subscribers Stbe.very reasonable-price «ts, - 'pr ONE' DOLLAR PER ANNUM, r.cariahh i* advance. It is'ifctended to notify every rjbscriber when the term for firhich he has paid shall oipirod, by the figures_w;ihe printed label on the •* »; n of each paper., Tbepipet will then be stopped edfa farther remittance bte received. By this ar gigement no man can be fought in debt to the winter. § - ' jju Agitator is the Officii! Paper of the County, ■ «ith a large and steadily jnbrS|£ing circulation reach ins intoevery neighborhood Mtho County. It is sent 0 /pp»wy« to any Post (Moo within thp poupty ' bmite, but whose most convenient post office may b'e to an adjoining County. J .J ‘ ■Business Cards, not 8 lines, paper inclu ded, $5 per year. _ . • BUSYNESS , DBECTOKY. iris. *;s. r. wixsow, ATTORNEYS A COUNSELORS AT LAW, will attend the Court of Tijga, Eottor and McKean sbooties. [Wcilsboro’, Feb. *,1853.] . - C.s. DARtT, DENTIST, mmSSSt*. .faie residence near the warranted. dicjsots _ C'O K. S IN N. T. jfn. A. Field, . 4j : . ••• • V Prosf[Btor.-| Guests taken to and from the Depot free of charge:, J. C. WHITTAKER, Hydropathic Phytiowl and Surgeon. - elkland, t io als ;CO., henna. Will visit patients in dil parts of the County, orre eire them for treatment at igs house. {June 14,j ■ ! x Blalißy, < ~. - i TTOENBI AND jCoftSTSEItLOK AT LAW A Wellsboro, Tioga Pa, Will demote his iSi7 exclusively to the pradtjce of law. Collections made in any of the Northern counties of Pennsyl vania. I'| liov2l,flo PE.V»SILVAPf)|i HOUSE. ffomer of Main Street and ItoJloeime, WelUloro, Pa. J. W. BIGONY,,j|r,OPBIETOR. This popular Hotel, haTiogbecn re-fitted and re famished throughout, is notrilipen to the public as a first-class house. , t) || IZAAK WAIfPN HOUSE, B. C. V ERMFLYE AmPS OPRIBTOR. Gaines, Tioga County, Fa. THIS is a new hotel located within -easy access of the best fishing and hoiking grounds in Northern Pi. No pains will be sparol ifor, the accommodation of pleasure seekers and the (raveling public. April 12, 1860. ,£ I - 5 B. O. CO EE, " - BARBER ANB x, SHOP in the rear of the Foil Office. Everything in his line will be done n!a well and promptly' os it an be done in the city saloons. Preparations for r»- noving dandruff, and beautifying Che hair, for safe ■ heap. Hair and-whiskers dyed any color. Call and seS. Wells boro,■ Sept. 22,1850. >flIE JOURItAE. George W. Pratt, E«Wrand proprietor. IS published at Corning, SlAnhen Co., N. T., at One Dollar and Fifty Cents Ww year, in advance. ' The Journal is Republican in and has a circnla , tion. reaching into every of Steuben County.— Those desirous of extendinJEtheir business into that aid the adjoining counties will find it an excellontad >ertising medium. Address;as 1 FURS!' FUB£! PUBS.! FURS. —The subscriber was just received a large assortment of Furs forlidies wear, consisting of FITCH CAPES & YICTCFRINESi FRENCH SABLE ,YIOTORINBS, RIVER HINK CAPES & RUFFS,; ROCS MARTIN Cf PES & VICTOSINES. Those comprise a small Quantity uf the assortment. They have been bought at Itti prices and wIH be sold at extremely low prices for rahh, at the New HafStore. i» Cornidg, N. T. 6. P. QUICK. to lavs:J;Ci airs. A CHOICE LOT of theifkst imported Italian anp German '*g f ' VJOUN STRINGS, Baas Guitariltripga, Tpning Forks Bridges Ac.,just received a® for sale at J®T'S PRPO STORE. i„ WEIISBO# »OTEI,, wellsborsVgh, pa. E. 8. FARR, - - -I - - PROPRIETOR. I (Formed of (&e V&U& Statu Edtel) - ’ Having leased this well l&OTfn and popular House, solicits the patronage Qf tbd public- With attentive - and obliging waiters, with the Proprietor s knowledge of the business, «e hopes to make the stay of those who stop with,|£ite both pleasant and sgreeable. h _JMsbQro, May 31, ISfiOj-fj J _ PICTURE T" OILET GLASSES, Pictures, Certificates Engravings, Needle V|J!£rk, Ac., Ac., framed Jn • the neaeat manner, in bnd ornamented Gilt. Rose Wood, Black WridutJDak, Mahogany, Ac. Per lons leaving any artise!forWramiU£> can receive them next day framed in afty styja they wish and hung for the. bo0 jj STORE. e. b. m. \. TirOULD inform thoipqislic that be is permanent!, .. TT located in Elklandporo, Tioga Co. Pa., and is prepared by thirty jrears’rojcperience to treat all diSr eases of the;eyes‘and appendages on scientific principles,-aibd that cure without fail, that dreadfuhjjiwease, called’ 1 m Titus' Dance, {Chorea sancti VTtf,) and will any other business in the line of Physic and «iirg£ry. Elbtand Boro, Augusts, McIWROIP # BAIIiEV.: —_ WOULD inform that having purchased, the Mill property, Mown as the “CULVER MILL,” and having rtpairfed and supplied it with new bolts and machinery, ajj4 now prepared to do , cpSTOMpypßa to the entire satisfaction" of its patrons. • "With the aid of our experienced milter,’Mrl L. D. Mitohel, and the Unsparing efforts of the ;fc|oprietorB, the, intend to keep np an establish inept ehcondlo none in the county. Cash paid for wheat and corill and the highest market price given, ; Hi EDW. McINROY, March" 15, 1860, tf. •• *! ■ JSO. W. BAILEY. TIOGA BEptLATOB. Georgs f. Humphrey hm opened » new Jewely Store at ■ Jf Tioga Village, mgR County, Pa. hereto is prepared to dlifjdl kinds of Watch, Clock Jewelry repairing', in tJjwbrknianUke manner, AU warranted to give aplita satisfaction. , do not pretend todtSrork better than any other man, but we can do aaioSd -work as can be done in t «e cities or elsewhere. ■ Aafeo Watches Plated. I Reform. ■WijuCLE THEBE SHALL BE A WBONO TFNEJGHTEI), HIfTIL "MAN’S INHPMAIfITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. pi. vn. ; • THE EIGHT OP HOME. | The light at home, hjovr bright it beams, ‘ ’ When evening shader around us falll j And from the latticoj. far'it gldams 1 - To lore, and rest, and cotmgqn call, j ' Whon wearied with the toils’of day, I And strife for glory, gold or fame, I | How sweet ta seek the quiet way, i ! ’ Where luring lips will lisp onr name, V ’ Around the light at home. ■5: Whop through the dark and stormy bight | The wayward Wanderer homeward flies, j How phcering is that twinkling light ’| ; Which through tbje forest gloom She spies! : I is the light at home-j-he feels V That lorisg hearts will greet him there; , 'f And softly through his Ibosom [steals j The joy that banished his care, ~ (i . . Around the lurht at hotke. ii. = | ( | ■ The light at home! whene’er at last \ It greets the seaman through the storm, ; i Ho feels no ppore the chilling jhlast . I [ That beats upon his manly form. ; { 1 Long years u£on sea hare fled, 1 i Since dear ones gave a parting kiss, | Bnt the said tears whiah'tbenj were shed | - Will now be paid with rapturous bliss, ; | . Around the light at home, : j : The light at home! how still £nd sweet i It peeps from yonder* cottage door, i 1 The weary laborer to greet, ; j When the rough toils of day are o’er j Sad is the soul that doer not know! - The blessings that the beams impart— j , The cheerful hopes and joys that now, j And lightens up the heaviest heart, i Around the light at home. : . ( TgS 'BIMEIiY WITNiJSS. ! I 1 BY KBS. SI. A. DESISOS. ■ [ “ Ton tire very tired, Mrs. Hall !'* j t “ Very,” was the low reply, and-; the Stitch ing went on. f It was the room of a poor ■woman who sewed for a living, There’ was not much light,jfoi ibe shade made wfaatj little there was fall upon jtbe work in the pale hands {that i flew' hither S' pd thither. A bedstead stood in one corner, nd from beneath a crib was drawn, and three beaatifpl faces smiled in serene slumbers. ! : Another form lay on the high jhed—it was jthat of a poor, spine-broken boy of ten, whose large eyes were widejopen, even at 1 that hour; .whose brow shone feirfully white in the midstl the dim, floating shadows. As a matter ofi bourse the furniture was shabby and mean, and| she pale sewer had not much dime to devote tot per household deities, while She toiled to give! pfead to her little children. . 1 ■ I ] It was Saturday night, pastithe hour of nine,! She bad been hindered in her-work on account pf three or four hours of sudden illness which! had prostrated her in the morning, and now! She was hurrying, while her brain, and! aide ached, to get tbrimgh with her sad tasks. I I Vue of these was the finishing of a small! dress, uponL which the was! setting the last! fetitch. Mrl, Graves bad called ilp, and at first felt nervous and unpleasant: to I find that the iwork was not dope hut whan she saw The heavy eyes lifted, a 1 tear trembled on their lashes, she bad not tjbe heart! to say anything |n blame, bpt sat qniptly down, and Us she no ticed tbe stooping form and frequent sighing, phe said in her kind; sympathizing voice {the Words which begin oqr story. j I “ You have nof been in put neighborhood long ?” asked Mrs. Graves, s' i J i “ Only a few nlontihs," wad the answer; j“ If tould not get do where I moved from,! hut I have done much, better sinus I came to! jthis place. •, * i I ■ j " And have you always been a dtessmaker ?"| paked Mrs. Graves kindly, ! I • This js my trade, madam/ When I learned! it 1 little thought I should toil at it like a slave,”| She continued, her lip trembling.’ ‘“ My father! Was doing a very gdod business then, and I,| because I did not wish to ask bird for money! to entirely support toyself,- applied myself tol |his kipd of work, I soon after .wish married,l po I did not sew a great while, but Wow—" 'herl Soles faltered —‘‘ lam | obliged tol new.”' ; i if 1 j“How long has your husband been dead;?" ! I From any other lips this might have sounded! harsh,and unfeeling, but evidently there was a fieep chord of sympathy in the kind heart of Mrs. Graves, and her voice breathed its ipua'ic. 1 “My husband has been dead three years," fwas the unsteady reply, and the eyes were hastily touched with the finger tipp. “ Jenny, jmy youngest, was born on the day be la j a corpse,’’ she added a moment after. “ Itbe a| dreary world for the widow and, fatherless,” ,#he added very softly but sadly. " ' |- "Indeed, it must be," Mrs. Graves respond-; §d earnestly, watching the seamstress fold Up ■fthe-dress. “ And must you sew more to-night V‘ . is ho asked, seeing the . widow commence anen ion another dress that did not appear quite fin ished. , j “ Oh, yes; I expect Mrs. May is disappointed, for I promised her this dress should be done (by dark, but illness prevented;” i . j " Then give me a’ needlis and thimble," Isaid |Mrs. Graves, , j ; ’ The dressmaker looked dp in nttep astonish Iment. _ j | Stop, I have my own thimble—give mi lyOur'naedles; I will take this one,”, she added helping herself from a needle-case. “I an .-going to sew for you ; I am much njorp ahh ■to do the whole of it than. you are to bet i i stitch," * i j “ Oh, my dear madam 1” exclaimedthe seam stress; “no I-no I your sweet, kind words hav .done more towards aiding me than yonr needln icoijld. filess yon I there are some hearts Itha; icon feel for nsand she dashed; away tears, IstiH intent open her work, i '• ■ ' \ i At this moment the frail little ‘bell receive,i ‘such a wrench that it struck: violently agains : [the wall: The dressmaker nervously siros i isind harried to the door. '!■ . “ Have yob that dress done ?" demanded i. #oarse voice. ■ ' •j' ! V j “ Almost ;" she ttled to speak cheerfully.—| “ Won’t you coma in i” ' ’C I f* Yps—l suppose; necessity will compel me ! to; outlet me tell ypu, it ishthe last piece of * work that you will ever do for me!" 1 , ■ Mrs. Graves was shocked; ! She had noticed : the delicacy, the retiring manners of the poojr ; seamstress, and the! harsh voice, smote verj -1 painfully on her ear. , . i , _ j “ I tried very bard, very bard, Mrs. May/' woman, catching op the di* 1 ! ■ ■ ■ ■ i I • ! TOiLSBpBO, TIOGA COUNTY* PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1861. before the other yrag scarcely inside of the room. “ Oh, yes, that’s always the excuse. You have done so two, or three times, and I’ve put up With it because you are jpoor and I wish to help-yon, but I really can not submit to be im posed upon in this way.” [ The pule sewer only bit jber lip, but made no reply. “ I suppose I shall have to' stay here for an hour 1” exclaimed Mrs. May, pettishly, still not seeing the face of thb other customer, whp sat in the shark shadow. \ ; “ Oh, no, I think I can get through in less time than that—much 1 less,’]' replied Mrs. Sail, “ I was taken quite .ill to-day,” she added gen tly, “or I should not have disappointed yon.” “ It is not for the first time,” said Mrs. May, unfeelingly. “ Are you not going to let me sew t ” asked Mrs. Graves. i , I 11 If hank you a thousand times, Mrs. Graves, but it.will not be convenient for two,” replied the . seamstress, while Mrs. May exclaimed in tones of deepest mortification : “ Why, Mrs. Er. graves, I pot kpbw you were here.” • “ Yes, I have Been urging Mrs. Hall to let me assist her,” replied Mrs. Graves with a cold inclination of the bead. “It really makes my heart ache to pec her sitting here so late and tired. I wish I could help her." “Really—l—;” exclaimed Mrs. May, terri bly embarrassed, for Mrs. Graves, was socially gC Well as intellectually herjsuperior. “ Let ine send you some jellies for your sick boy, won’t you t” continued the doctor’s wife, preparing to go. \ “ I’ll call in again on Mon day,” she said, and flipping a dollar into the hand of Mrs. Hall as she turned to go. “ {fere is more than ray pay, Mrs. Graves.” ; “No matter—l shall have plenty for you to do; don’t I stop to give me change. Good night!” ] , i I Mrs. May sat silent and! uneasy while the stitching went on. I , * “Why dad.you not tell me that somebody was here she asked almost crossly. “ Why should I ?”i asked! Mrs. Hall, gently. “ Ladies are here quite often, you know, and Mrs. Graves is a true lady.” The check of Mrs. May flashed, i . “Your dress is finished,” said the seam stress folding it up. > “ I really did not intend tq pay you to-night,” said Mrs. May half angrily.! “I am very punc tual myself and it annoys rpa when others are not. - What is the bill “It is two dollars and fifty cents,” replied I Mrs. Hall: . .1 1 ■ ‘‘Extrev igajft prifee i" explftiped Mrs “ You did iiot charge Mrs. Graves half that.” “ flera whs a child’s dress,” she replied. “ Oh, thebe is always a favoritism,” respon ded Mrs. Stay. {fere, I shalj have to owe you a (foliar newj; you can send for it iq a week." i l ; ’ She, too, jwa» gone, and the weary woman bowed her head hpoq her clasped- bands, and wept bitterly. Aisoftvoice, like a rich .flute note, came from the bed, “ Don’t cry, mother.” “ Why, Jimmy; ate yop awake f” asked tha pother;- , 1 I 1 t* Yea, I heard that! kind woman, and the ugly .woman, too. Don’t! cry, mother; come here and I will kiss you.; I lovej you, mother." .(• God bless you," sobbed! the weary one, as she touched the’white forehead of the sick child with her burning lips. “ Who did you say it whs for ?” askecl the ' fashionable Mrs. Merrivale. ‘‘Mrs. Hall, the dressmaker. She is just up from a sCVerefever, and no one to help her and her four children. I have already collec ted over forty dollars.” “Is she a member! of our church ?” queried the speaker lounging gracefully. “ I’m sure I don't know wheather she is s' church member at all,” replied Mrs. Graves, and her voice trembled as she spoke. “I never asked her for I seemed to feel she-was one of the Lord’s poor. At any rate if she is not n Christian, wo Will show, her what Christians can do.” 1 1 ' “We hare so pinch to do for our church poor,” said the lady, in a little querulour voice. “I must have a free offering,” said Mrs. Grapes rising. 1 : “Ob, well,- 1 will see—don't go ; yes, here is a five dollar gold- piece in my port ppnnaie. Qf course I bare your word for it that she is a decent and good woman.” “If she were better off she wotild he called a very refined and; lady like woman,” said Mrs. Graves, significantly. “A feint color came to the cheeks of her friend—adieus were exchar.ged and the ladies parted- * Meantime, in the home of the dressmaker, tbo widow and mother eat disconsolate, and with a sinking heart. How languid she was. The little girls had been busily engaged at work since the morning. They would not let her stir, as she sat so listless, vriehipg she was quite well. One Band swept the floor, another bad made the bed mote comfortable for the little invalid hoy—every moment 1 their little feet, bands, and tongues were going. The boy was busy with slate and pencil, trying, he said, to make the face of dear Doctor Graves, who had made bis poor mother allmast well again. • Mre.lHall sat by the scant fire thinking.— True, she was getting better, but the cold win ter was coming, and she feared jt wojild be manypohths before she was quiet strong.—i Suddenly little £asy pried out, “Ob, mother 1 they we bringing something here." Presently a gentleman entered and asked if Mrs. Hall lived there.' The! widow answered that’ ghe "did.” “Then here is a sewing machine for you, which I was requested to leave here.” “ Jt must be another Mrs. Sail sip; for I have not ordered'anything of the kind.” “ This is where the ladies sent me, madam; Mrs. Dr. Graves' was one of them. They said No SO Pine street; lam sure it is for you.” " ‘ “For me'l" cried'the widqjr; clasping her bands, while a roso/eplor flushed either cheek a sewing machine for me!”. “Oh, mother isn't it beautiful 1" cried little Susyi ; . “ Why, mother, whotare you crying fvt V’ >*f ' / 1 AGITATOR. inquired little Anna, the eldest, “ I should think you would be perfectly happy.” “ Gad knows how happy J tun 1” murmured the widow through her tear?. “ Oh, my God, visit with Thy choicest blessings the dear Christian hearts who have done this good deed. Bless them 1 Qh, bless 1 for their visit to the wido w and fatherless ip the time of their afflic tion. Qh, my God 1 bless them here and here after.” None can, telh -save those who have unexpept: edly received some -great boon in time of great depression, how the poor widow felt. ■ It seem ed that health came to her wasted frame al most miraculously. The kind, glorious hear ted doctor’s wife came in on the same day, not' to receive thanks, but to he made happy by the sighs of genuine joy. To-day Jhe widow is paying foe hpt own cottage hotpe. Her eldest daughter bids fair to become a treasure to her mother and ah or nament The poor, deformed boy is now an angel in heaven, and the rest of the fami ly are going in the harrow way that, in the end, the ahining gates thai PP eT1100 early for him, may receive theta, too, perfect through their Master's grace. THE BAINT DAT. The day is cold, and dark, and dreary j Itraips and the wind is never weary 7 The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gnat, the dead leaves foil, And the day is; dark and dreary. Hy life i 5 cold, and dark, and dreary ,- It rains and the wind is never weary ; Sty thoughts still cling to the mouldering past. But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast. And the day is dark and dreary. Pc still, sad heart! and cenae repining j Behind the clouds is the aun atill shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all. Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. ’ — Longfellow. wbAt came op calling a genu ine gXLL COtTNTEBPEiep; ” What is the price‘of this dressing gown, sir!” asked a sweet faced young girl entering the elegant store of Huntley & Warner in a city and tbs street of a city which shall be pameless. It was a cloudy day, The clerks lounged over the counters, read papers and yawned.— The man to whom Alice Locke addressed her self, was jaunty and middle aged., Re was head clerk of the extensive establishment of Huntley & Warner, and extremely consequen tial in his manner. , “ That dressing-gown—we value it at six dollars—you shall have it forflve. as trade is dull to-day.” i 1 . five dollars ? Alice looked at the • dressing gown longingly/ and the clerk looked at her. He saw that her clothes, though mads and w° r n genteely, were common enough in texture, and that her face was very ropeb of the common line, How it changed! now shaded, now lightened by the varied play of her. emotions. The clerk could almost have sworn - that she had no more than that very sum, five | dollars, in her purse or pocket. . 7 The gown was a very good one for the price. It was of common shade, a tolerable merino, and lined with the same material. “ 1 think''—she hesitated a moment —“ I think I’ll take it,” she said; then seeing in the face before her an expression which she did not like, she blushed as she handed out the bill the clerk had made up his mind to take. “ Jennie,” cried Torraut, the bead pleak in a quick, pompous tone, “ pass up the bank de tector.” Up ran a tow-headed boy with' tho detector, and up and down the clerk's-eyes from column to column. _ Then he looked over with a sharp' . glance and exclaimed— “ That’s a counterfeit bill. Miss.” Oh, how pale the sweet face grew I “ Counterfeit! .Oh, no—it cannot be 1 The man who soot it could not have been so care less; you must be mistaken, sir.” “I’m npt mistaken; I’m never mistaken, Miss. The bill is a counterfeit. • I-must prer sume, of course that you did not know it, al though so much Jjud money has,, been, offered us of we intend to secure such per sons as pass it. Who did you say sent it?” - “;Mr. C , sir, of New York. Qe could not send me bad money”’ said the trembling, 'frightened girl, ' . “ Humph, hiimpb 1” said the clerk. “ )Yell there’s no doubt about this; you can look for yourself. Now don’t let me see you here again . until yon can bring gpod money, for wp always suspect such persons as you, that come on dark days with a well made story." “ But, sir— "■ “ yon need make no explanations. Miss, 1 ’ said the man, insultingly, - “.Take your, bill and the next time you want t 6 buy a dress ing gown, don’t intend-to pass counterfeit pioney,” and, as he banded it, the bill fell from bis hands. Alice caught it from the floor and hnrried into the street. Such a shock the girl had never received in all her life before. It-was the first insult she had ever known, and it burned her cheek and pained her heart. Straightway, indignant and grieving, she hurried to a banking establishment, found her - way in, and presented the note to a noble look ing- man with gray hair, faltering out, “Is this bill a bad one sir?” ’ fbe cashier and his 'son happened to be the only persons present. Both noticed her extreme youth, beauty and agitation. The -cashier looked at it closely and handed it hack, as with a politp haw and somewhat prolonged look be said— “■ It’s a good bill young lady." ' “ I -knew it was,” cried Alice with aquiver log lip, ‘'and he dared ” Slhe could go no further, but .ehtirely over come, she. bent her head,' and the hot tears had their way. “J beg pardon, had itroah!r;witb ■ -it?” asked the cashier, : 'l~, Oh, sir,' yon will please .excuse me for giv ing way to ray feelings—but yon spoke so kindly, and I felt so sure it was good I And I think/ sir; such men ps one .of those clexte js Huntlely & 'Warners should' be removed. St told mpit was counterfeit, apd, added so’mething that ij am glad my fatter did not hpar. I knew :the publisher would not sepd me bad money.” ‘ , “ Who is your father, your lady!” asked the caihiet, becoming much interested; “ M r. Benjamin Locke, sir.” '" Bt njamin—-Ben Locke—was he ever a clerk in the Navy Department at Washington WJ ‘.‘.ifisj sir;’ w e removed from there,” re plied Alide.' “ Since then”—she hesitated— “he Has not been well—and—we are some what Reduced. Oh, why do J tell you these things. sir ?” ' 1 “Ben Locke—reduced!” murmured tliecash ier ; “ the man who was die making of me! Give ne his. number and street, my child.— Your father was once the"best, perhaps the only friend I had. I have not forgotten him. 4 Lib erty «.reot; -1 will call jjaf evening. Mean time let me have the bill—let me see—l'll give yop another. Come to look, I bavn’t a five— here’s ft ten; we’ll make it all right.” The; eyenipg the inmates of a shabby, gen teel h map received the 1 cashier of the M Bank. Mr. Locke, a man of gray hair, though numbering but fifty years, rose from his arm ptmir, and much affected, greeted the famil iar face. The son of the cashier accompa-.. Died him, and wfaiie the eiders talked together, Alice and the young man grew quite chatty. “ Yqs, sir, I have been unfovtunatp,” 'said Mr. Ijookp, ip ft Ipw tone. “ I bate but just recovered -as yon' see, from a rheumatic fever caused|byjindue exertion—and had it not been for that sweet girl of mine, I know not what I should! have done. She, by giving lessons in music jiind French,, and by writing for periodi cals, hks kept me, so far, above want.” “ Yon shall never know want, my-old friend,” said thje cashier. “It was a kind Providence that sknt your daughter to me. There’s a place in the ijiafik just piftde vacant by the death of a valuable dork, and it is at your disposal. It is in my |[gift and valued at twelve -hundred a year.”ji Pen jjannot describe the feelings with which this kipd offer was accepted. The day of deliv erancebad come *I! * ♦ ' * * * On the fallowing morning the cashier entered the bapdsome store of Huntley & Warner, and asked for the head clerk. He come obse quiously. ' “ Sly” said the cashier sternly, “is that a bad note?” I r |l think not sir,” • replied the clerk, stamwering. The ] cashier went to the door." Prom his handsoima stepped a young girl in company with his daughter. “ Did you not tall this yoiipg lady, my ward, that this note was counterfeit? and further more, did you not so far forget self-respect, and the interest ofyonr employe'.?, as to offer her an insuilt?” The]jman stood confounded—he dared not "denjT-Uie could say nothing for himself. '*! if your employers keep you, sir, (hay will no longer have my custom,” said the cashier, sternly;' •> You- deserve, to hetorse-whipped, I »' r " 1 ' ... The firm parted with- their linworthy clerk that very day, and he left the store 4>«graced, but rightly punished. ’ 'Alice Cocke became the daughter of the good 1 cashierj All of which grew out of caljiag a 1 genuine bill counterfeit. ’ J “iJi os di Hem,.” —The Cleveland PJain dealeri bn the authority of a southern friend, tells us jhow the saying, “ Dar’s a nigger got tar qn his heel,” is used aniohg the slaves on the plantation. Ho recently visited a planta tion noir Memphis, Tenn., and at night when the work was done, they assembled -Jo pitch coppers. The cents began to disappear in a very mysterious manner. The most rigid examination revealed ho clue fo them. The stock 6f coppers had'dwindled fearfully, when light deemed to break upon one of tire darkies, and he yelled, •• Dar’s a nigger got tar on his heel Great confusion followed the qnqounoe ment,.«nd the darkies commenced seating each other hn the ground. At one time twenty dar kies wore seated on the ground, while twenty more had their legs in the air looking at their heels. The black wretch who sought to bring a time-honored game into disrepute was at last dißCOvjered. -An old negro who was too late to indulge ]n the game and who had before been (like-Caesar’s wife) above suspicion, had Cov ered his heels with.tar, Dnrlet the pretence of seeing fair play, this elderly colored person bad made himself conspicuous among the pitchers, volunteering himself asjudge on all disputed points, and-all the whiUTltte sly old coon was treading op the coppers, stuck, qf course, and wlien his Heels were turned up, they revealed " a right smart chance” of cents. There are some white people up Jsorth, by the way, who hare J‘ tar on their heels,” hilt they tread [on gold instead ofjpopper. llaNkibal correspondent of the Boston Journal writes from Pembroke, Mass., as follows Some 0/ thkSoutheru, Demooratio : papers have asserted that negro blood courses in the veins of Vice President Hamlin, and others Gist he descended from Africa Hamlin ; and intimate that Africa, as bis name niight imply, was a negro. Blearer Hamlin, an early settler in this town, was tl)e father of nine children, whose names are entered upon the fawn records of Pembroke, among whom werei Asia [Hamlin, born “March, ye Utli day, A. D, 1753'i” Africa- Hamlin,' born “January ye Si 4ay.A.D;, 1754';” Europe, Hamlin, horn “No vember ye 20th day, A. D., 1759;” America Hamlin, born “ October ye 20lh day, A. D., Blearer Hamlin Was a ’white man f his wife, Lydia, was a white woman, and their children were of pure blood. He held prominent posi tions in the town of Pembroke, and was a mem ber of the committee of correspondence which the,,revolutionary tiroes of.JJ76 demanded. ■ Laziness begins in cobwebs and enda in iron ckdipsi It creeps oyep jfc, man so. slowly and imperceptibly, that he is,boufiA tight h.C.fure he .knows it , - ‘ [ ■ Advor ; lines, one subsequent Unosconsii bo oharged rertisements;: ' - { ‘ 1 3 BOOTHS.. 6 BOOTHS. 13 BOSSAr Square, - | - ?3,00' $4,60 , $O,Us 2 do. - 6,0.0 • B,SO B,Uf 8 do. . f,OO -8,50 ! 10,0* i column, .1 - . 8,00 . «,5# IS,W i - [do. I . IS,OO 20,00 M.ilf Column, - I -25,0 Q 85,00 _ 60,0 f idrertlsfements notha-ring thenumber of insert!, i < desired marked upon them, will be published until ti dered out and: charged accordingly. . ' j Posters, HaudblUa, Bill-Head?; Lottor-Hcadsand *> 1 kinds of Jobbing-done in county establishments, w, - eohted neatly ;airt"-promptly. Justices’, ConstaUlo'v and other BldAJ*ESj:onstantly unhand. NO. 26. , I ' Forthe Agitator. EDTJCATIOSAXi.—ITO. H. In my first I alluded to the three-fold nature of man, and thb necessity of making educa tional systems conform to them'. lA thisi I wish to touch upon the } ! {HPOBTAKCE OF POPULAR EDlrCATtOff. As a means of improving the physical, intel lectual, and moral faculties of man, education is,- ofadetj all circumstances, a sdbjedt of tho moit imposing consideration. To rescuo jnaa fromdhajt state pf degradation to which ha is doomed byj the inexorable law of ignorance ,urt|es9 redeemed by education; to unfold hie physical 1 , intellectual and moral powergi and to fit him for those high destinies which the Crea tor! has prepared'for. him, cannot fail to excite the most ardent the philosopher and philanthropist. A comparison of the sav age thatj rdams! through the fijrest with the en lightened inhabitant of a civilized country, wouhTbea brief but impressive'representation of the mo; icntpua importance of education. The importance and necessity of a judicious system of [trailing and instruction will baths better appreciated, if we consider that-, in its absence, et'ecy individual will be educated (if education it c m be called) by circumstances. Tie children o ’ every community will hS edu cated epmewin re and somehow, good ot bad; anjd it devllves upon citizens and parents to de termine the.children of the pfesent generation shi,ll receive their training ib the school hoise' or ins the streets; whether they shall gfov. up in ignorance, idleness and their consequent vie ss, ultimately to become louhgers about '-shops and gambling saloons—in mktes off pour-louses and prisons, hr Whether they shall be t -ained to habits of industry,, vir tufc, usefulness, and thus become both orna ments and blessings to the world. It is a stirtlin ' i ict t aat a large portion of the-youth of oar country are under the tuition Of Idlers, tipplers, gi imhl irs, profane persons an JBihbath brpakers; and when we remember that-, “as is (7ii ieac.iei, co lire the scholars,” it is notSurpti sing tbit t b'touhy “graduate at,our poor-Uou s, county jails and state penitentiaries-. [it has beep Srcly said that avolunie blight ['filled ih;sidling and illustrating the advan ;es of education. I shall attempt to Oluci ly k fev- propositions, and these. mostly 10 Authority of lloeaceM-VraEW >ra. And we remark, first,'fhai' ~ t '- •' ox! dissipates the evils of ignoSance. - ave it i pon the authority of iJjs-'Jffiick, onjtbro])ißt and philosopher, that igno-" one principal cause of the want Cf vir of the immoralities that abound ip the i Werq ive to take a survey of the moral the wctH as delineated in thO-biStury Ins',[or is depicted by modern voyagers ilbrs, we should find abundantjilustfar fru h.of this remark, ire~slionld. ,t jgno -ance has been the legitimate the-most obscene practices and im- , ifAmiaiitions not only, but that tt-iwi crp itration. of the most horrid ord-, * * dajte on upon tl arid oth SMJCATJ the phil range id hft.nno Wrld. stife'of of natic aridtrave tion of fjnld the causa oi mojist-'i led to il; el tics. (Ehe b ligriorance arsnofc few in ndth* , p The whatd fuStoj I justifies the statement that ig? icultivated" minds are prone.fti cruelty. In what (sountries, - let Lthe people most given to' the : animal gratification, and iriost e live? apd happiness Bf others ? an lands, over which thoraland cknega broods, and wbefe men - it shame, and cruel without re f from pagfin; we passtft Gliris we shall find that those in which . ist prevalent, are the -tefy ones is the moat immorality; and the irence to the sufferings 6f aniraa nt beings. , which, , there was blit ohe_ newspaper , which only about one, in thirty* le are instructed in schools —has about equal to thdt of England 'opular education in those ooun ,r beyond several other European i;ly in adypnce of what it is in re is an equally marked dlffur tate of morals in the people of is. In England and Wales the of convictions for murder in, poo ,sen, and the ,number convicted with intent to kill, was Jlurteen ; i, during the same year, the for murder, was twelve hundred le! and for maiming with intent enreen hundred and aSveiCfif-l/tnr !'j, ian one hundred fold greater ntimber jnglaad and Wales. Facts, like these*- - jmia's in favor of the" elevating in fid-' popular education, while tlu-y show ■lnsi ?ely the low and degraded conli-', don tc - H'rhloE people will sink in countries-' where education is neglected. Spain jiffords an apt illustration of the fact that ig roi ant and uncultivated people arc prune ' to sent uality and cruelty. Scenes of cruelly and bl ioa, constitute the favor—its amusement id the Spaniards, their greatest delight being in bull-fights. An eye witness says, •• The in ti - wjf nor si •y of the lorant {a in i ui Fv and ifitoauftlit it beashei lo*est f iri IB ot ialof tl ilpaJ ink dsii fjahou And i ;ardl Mt'lio ntelleol im vile horse? n coi i's le aere e 3 uea tin in which gr :ates( teil ahc uc til r< < printed, : five of ti a popu i and Wal EOlltil sfetiWy, and i id peo] tr esj I Stitejs, ;!iete .v liulo luntw amber ia thir i'([ing ji Spoil dsted year, w for woi while 5 b ;r conv aid thirl to Ml pi l mors an n leak ices lost c liresi which they feel in this game is throupbout, and often loudly expressed. .-Itot'.shi ag shout always accompanies a . critical mum ;nt. Whether it he the Lull or indh w hd 1 is in danger, their joy is excessive ; but their greatest sympathy is given In the \ fiv.ita i f .he bcli. 1 Could an English audi ence witrpsa the scenes that uro repeated overy vtook in iladrid, a universal burst Of ‘shame!’ V „ would follow the spectacle of ahorse gored and {deeding, and actually treading on bis own cn; S tt-ails wh He he gallops round the arena. Even the appearanbe of a graded hull'could not he Jwrnedpt nting, covered with wounds ami blood, lacerated by darts, and yet brave and resolute to the' end. jAnd yet, when the unfortunate pioadtir is killed, in place of-a. general exclama tion of horror as would be the base where an Enlightened public sentiment prevails, the urn -versa! cry, with the Spaniard,'is, 'Que cs imw:-' , esetoro!’ (‘Ah, the admirable hall P)'i __ • / j A correct systeip of public mitrootiort dereli j ins a character wjdeiy different from that here' brought to light. Instead of a love forwicioa/ - f isoitehient; it ogUiraJos a tastts for / mse : •vjisib'.t An a Rates of Advertising. jomonts Will be charged $1 poreqoare of Hi or three Insertions, end 25 cent* for mo } braiefUtaj.- Advertisements of isn thi.i.- 0 dared u t square. Xha subjoined rule* '*s» . for Quarterly, Hslf-Ycarly olid Yearly t»- iof all i