/r- . ' Terms of Publication.. the TIOGA is published *T Wednesday Morning, add mailed toeubaoriberr reasoßttßte'-pric® d^, ‘ DdliLAB, PBIR urinUy <» it is to notify every * k fiber when the term for Which he has paid shall '““f.Voirtd, by thefigures b'ntjhepfinted label on the j k,T •„ e aoh paper. The p&ppr will then be stopped ! a farther, remittance b%iireceived. By Ibis ar-' - ~ no man, can, be Wpught in debt .to the ls the o£Sein|, Paper of the'Conntjr, law and steadily increisliig circulation.reach'- ’; r» into every neighborhood irfilbe Comity. It ie sent ' he of ]vttta<je l<i any subserftSr within the County , v but whose .most convenient post office may be j adjoining Coanty. ' ‘ h i Easiness Cards, nob exceeding 5 lines, pnpeii incln- Jed, $5 per year. ’ ' Bflstoss pI|ECTORI_ lAS I o'' KEY & s* F. WILSON, , l TIORNEYS * COUNSELLORS AT LAW. will U niiead tho Court of Tioga, Potior and McKean Julies.. [Wellaboro*, Feb. ■ ~~~C.ll- !>AIiTT,IPEXXIST, > /TkFFICE <it residence near the V f Academy. ~£ll work pertaining to hi*4ine of husiniss don© promptly bdu wrantaa. > ... * [Apxil 23. 1858.]. jTTciiINSONrHOCSE • COEN-INfi,l : N- T. , .... yi w A. Field - t-i Proprietor. Guests taken to and from th^'pepot.Tree of-charge. ' "jTc. 'WH ITIPAKEB* Hydropathic Physietaf .apd gurgem- . ~ EL kland, t ; iog.a|oo.,’PEnna; Will rieit patients in all papsi : of; the Cpunty, orxte tiM them for treatment at giljafrouse. [Jane 14,] J. EMERY,- ATTORNEY AND COP3f|>ELLOR AT LAW Wellsboro, Tioga Co.,|;Pa. Will devote his exclusively to the pnrtitfe of Taw. Collections mde in any of the N. ' ' ; es of Pennsjrl rsnia. - n0v21,60 PESSSYLV tV SE. igsrncr of Slain Street oiu. , . . WelUbora, Pa. J. W. 81G0J.% PROPRIETOR. This popular Hotel, bavißg'lliien re-fitted and re firnishcd throughout, is noW &on to the public os a drst-class house. ■ |{ ■ W~- JZAARf HOUSE, E C. VEIIIIILYEA, fROPRIEI'OR. - Gaines, Tioga Cptinty, Pi rHIS is anew hotel locate* Within easy access of the best fishing and hußtibgi in Northern 'a. No pains Bill be spared-Jiff the accommodation if pleasing seekers and the trailing public, April 12. 1860. j.. ' ‘ : ,H. O. C OIEE, , H BARBER -AND-BA\fR-DRESSER ; . ■ SHOP in the rear of the Poki'6ffiqe f .Everything in his line will be done ns well and promptly us it sn be done in the city salootj&L Preparations for Te nuring dandruff, and beautifying the hair, for sale heap. Hair and whiskers dyid any color. Call and te. ■ffeHsboro, Sept. 22, - THE COBJflltcSbtRlSAI/. ■George ;w. Pratt, Editor and proprietor. FS published at Corning,’Steuben Co., N. Y., at One; Dollar and Fifty Cents'Po? year, in advance. The’ journal is Republican in ■politic*, and has a circula-j inn reaching -into fvery parl|bf Steuben County.— [hose desirous of e.ttendiife ttjeir business into that nd the adjoining counties Villmnd n an oxcellent'ad rertising niediuin. Address aijahovc. FURS I FUR§il PURS! • URB. —The subscribers ha!| just received a large 1 assortment of Furs foK-liujies wear, consisting of ITCH CAPES d- VICTORIES, FI! EACH SAIIIiE CARES & VIOTOBINES, PAVEU MINK CARES & AIfFFS, . iiOCK MARTIN CAPfS <fc VICTO R IMES. These comprise! a sma.ll quantity of the arsorttngpt. They have been bought at low fcrices aadJrilUbe sold it extremely low prices for caalj, at the New Hatgtoro in Coinidg, N. Y. ’ a-* l ' S. f. QUICK. TO Itt-USf CfA *s. i CHOICE, LOT of the heafiatported Italiaqanp A German 1 ‘ ■ 11 VIOLIN STRINGS, ;ases of the eyes and their on scientific principle?, and that he can cure without fail, that dreadful disease, called St.; yfDancej" (Chorea &wc/i Mti, ) and will attendsfcoljany other business in line of Physic and Surgery!.. ‘ * , Elkiand Born, August 8, McIKRO¥ '& BAIIiEi; \\T OULD inform the pablic^that having purchased TT the Mill property, kcowil as the aIILL," and having repaired ..sand supplied If with fie* bolts and machinery, a«| now prepared to d® CUSTOM '^'ORK 10 the entire satisfaction of its nitrons.' With the aid ef our experienced miller,’.l. D. Mitchel, and the Mtpnnng efforts of the wSprijetora. they intend to teepirpan establishment 4oc(%iq to none in theeoanty. Owh paid for wheat and chrni axel the highest market Price given. ; fi EDW. McINROY, l5, igdp. tf. j j JNO. W. BAILEY. XlodiV KECfojLATOR. rtEORGE F. opened a new Jcwely Store at 1 . Tioga Vyiag*, Tiog# County, Pa. he U prepared to do all kinds of Witch, Clock IQ * Jewelry repairing, in a workmanlike iimnner. All War rnQted to giro entire satisfaction. •»e do not pretend to do work better than any other. Ban, but we can do as gobd.wofk as can h© done in; cities or elsewhere. Also batches Plated. * GEORGE P. HUMPHREY. P a ., March 15,186 Q. (|y.) - ■ Sew HAT aa» cap stoke. Subscriber has just opened ill tbia-place a new A Hat abd Cap Store, wb'ere intends to tDSTmfao re a °d keep ou hand a large oTpcT' general assortment Fashionable Silk and CassimereHats, my owe manufacture, whiohliwill be geld jA hard '®e»prices. ■ . SILK.Ii'jVTS to or^cr 00 short police. 'j i • . *“* Hols sold at this Store are fitted with a French j' on ' or ®nlure, which makes them soft nod easy to the Jjesd witimot the trouble of breaking your head to the hat Store in-tbe -Ser? Block opposite the umkinson Moose. ■ ’ ; •S. P. QUICK. Aug. 15,1859. - j • IO,OOd bbls. Poi U ror Sule. T WILL sell ertra HEAVY MESS PORK it $19,75 J per bhl. or retail by the pound at.IO ots., end war- M»ted tbe W.ia towc. - M. 31. COS VEEPE. - r .i. • ; I ' ■ /’■ ' ■ , ' I : j. I i 1 || ' | ' 1 j ■ "»wi II ii I fim jini> «*■'i Ti ilff I,j> |i ~ m '(ijin .i.m ... in ' t uni Mil I I . , ‘ 1 - 1 -- J J - ,, -'4 1 ’ ' - • ~ " — r ' ' Rates oi Till'] AGITATOR^ -t I ' s ■ ; ; j r , ■ . , ■ - 2 do. , ~ - . [• DrhotcO to t&e J2jc|rn«ion of tsri£vcA of JFrtrhom aitO tfjc Spread of 2ftattt)g ; Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL HE i WRONG UNEIQHXED, AND UNTIL “HAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. V O 1,. VII. *AN OLD MAN’S DBEAM, S' Oh fur aif boar of yotrtbful joy ! I Give back inytwentietb spring l ! < | | Pd rather laugh a. bright-haired boy' - 4 Tbanreign a gray-haired king! . \ • , - 1 . ! i : f.- Off with the wrinkled spoils of ago! | . Away with learning's crowol I « Tear out.life's wisdom-written page*.; \ ' Aod dash its trophies down! 1 I 1 ' One moment let my life blood stream , j From boyhood’s fount of fl^me! | Give me one giddy, reeling dream ; I Of life all love and fame ! I • i■* 1 | j : —My listening angel beard my prayer^ 1 I And calmly smiling, said, ; , . uif :j b a t toach thy silvered hair, 1 ’ ; „ | , Thy hasty wish bud sped, i I 1 “Bnt is there nothing in thy Crack ' fondly stay, i While the swift seasons hurry hack; To find the wished-for day : ' • —Ah, truest soul of womankind’! |li| Without thee, what were life ? h 1 * One bliss I cannot leave behind; I'll take-f-my—precious wife! —The angel took*a saphire pen > .. i And wrote in. rainbow dcw;[ 1 i( The man would be a boy again, t And be a husband too !’* ' * < I , * l\ . s And is there nothing yet nnsaid [■ 'Before the change appears? 1 [• Remember, all those gifts have fle<^ \ With those dissolving years-!” , ; t Why, yes ? for memory would Recall [ My fond paternal Joys; l I could not bear to leave them all:T i { j I'll take^-my —girl—apfi—boys I, ; . p I The smiling angel dropped bis pen,H j ” Why will do; . l [ The man would be af boy again, r I And be a father.tqo I" /j f - • M ; , » And so I-laughed—my laughter woke f The household with its noise— -* { 'And wrote my dream,' when morning-broke, ! - please the gray-haired boys. > i Oliver Wenhell (Holmes. { DBAb DHEBS. j ~BT HARRIET HATHAWAY. ; \ Brother Frod, live 4 favor to ask;of yon and Lita lifted: her pretty face With a be seeching expression frcjm a bouquet' of choice flowers she held in hfn slmall, jewelled hand. _ to ask of me, sis ?” was the youpg mah’s reply;' think fnim your ' Serjoub, puzzled countenance, it was- the first ontjyou had ever preferred, and you Were about trying, an experiment.” j ; _ MWell, it is a soH of experiment, Fr4d ; and befpre.you give me an answer, I vj-ant you to think, and not say, “0, yes, yes,” as you ai rways do, and then not give it a second thought.” ‘jWell, here goes, then,” replied the gay, handsome young miin, drawing an ottoman to his Ulster’s feet, seating himself upon, it with an elongated fcour.tenance, saying, with modk gravity, “Your bumble'servant. And now proceed to business, madam.’” litie young girl’s face assumed an earnest ex pression as , she clasped l, one of her brother’s hatlds in both her own, apd paid, while the color burped up in her cheeks: “{Fred, it is this—that you will drink no more winle.; !l tremble when ever I see you with the glaij* itf your lips.-” ■ “(Well, now, beta, child, can you not trust me,[knowing my entire self-command, that I fiavp no natural tendency that way arid that I only occasionally take a social glass when in the (society of my friends?” •if know it, Fred—l know nil ihat, hut your influence is what I fear. There id Charles Chejster thinks you a perfect pattern of gond nesi; and he touched glasses with you last eveningat Mrs. Readon’s and you stood up and dratjik together, my heart ached, 1 not. so much for you as for him, knowing that he has not the self-jcomratnand which you havej and! that he loveb to look upon the wine when it sparkles in -the cup.” ‘ “{Well, well, Lita, perhaps ydu are right. I neper looked at it in that' way before/* replied Frea, while his countenance word a thbughtful expression. “But who, in the name of com- sense, (and now the young inan; smiled), would have expected that my little fashionable, -butterfly sister even found a moment (fur such thoughts as these, with her ribbdns, fuses and lace£? ■ Serioasly, Lita, I did not gave yeti credit for being so much of a-worhan/’ “ thank you for the compliment, Fred; but now!promise me; I shall not be happy until .you Ido. I have no fears for your personal safe ty iit this matter —though I doubt your moral righ’t to indulge in a social glass, merely be cause Mrs. Grundy smiles upon the custom — but !I have fears- for Charlie Chester, seeing with what a relish be drains his ‘glass to= the veryj-dregs. Projnise me, Fred; come; do this, if yqu love me;” and Lita Boss laid her hand beseechingly upon her brother’s head., . “Well, Lita, this is snmftlhing of a. sacrifice io ask of me. Why, I shall make! myielf very conspicuous by refusing a social glass! But I don’t know but I’ll do it, if you’ll make a cor responding sacrifice. 1 don’t care to be immo lateci upon the, altar alone.” | “Name it, Fred, and if it is in my power I'll ,do it willingly, gladly;" and Lita’s toft brown ■ayes danced with delight. . ■ “{Well, then, eis, I’M promise this‘thing if you will do what lam about to asfe you. I de- ■ clara, I have scarcely the heart tit, you look so pretiy jn that blue silk dress,.with (Its lace trim mings j and your ear-rings, pin and bracelets, ofthose tiny pearls; but you must give them up if, I comply with your request.’? P “I will, Fred —I will.” - ;.V “ Jlihl wear a drab dress without orna ments ?” ' ‘ I “Tea, Fred.” . - | 1 “-Next Thursday-night mate your first -ap pearance, at Mrs.. Thurston's. Hehieiftber, you will be subjected to many remarks, and! besides wilMook very plain by the aide of your ahpwiiy. dresied companions.", , ■ # * 1 promise. Fred, and a&jk-in Tethm l&at you will-then and there comply With my request." “Ifour hand, ais. And now remember* as lontijas too wear drab, and that without orna menis, I willreftise * fashionable! glass., t But you tio not know what sacrifice you tiro ma king; I should not be surprised were you to retract anv-day." ! “ Well, Fred, we shall see. And now a kiss, Of A fif W }” a 0.4 iti?? HPT WELLSBOpO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 6, 1861; qrms arotmd her brother’s heck, and covered. E)is’ forehead, brow and and lips with a'shower pf kisses, and glided away through the hail, up long -polished oaten stairway to her own ■chamber, and seating herself, she bowed her lad upon' the table, and ejaculated: •‘Thank Ghd, Charlie Chester may yet be ved!” And the tears rained down over her ir face, and when she looked up there was a bdued, tender light in her' eye never there ifore. ' j ’ . And this was Lita Ross, the pet plaything of e family—the sparkling, fashionable belle of e season—the coquette; sh accounted. But ere was in her heart a leaf as yet unread by ly eye save that of her Maker, and on it was scribed her love for her childhood’s playmate, larlie Chester. i ■ “Well, now, who’d have dreamed it!” Fred claimed, as soon as be found himself alone, thought I-had touched her dearest idol, and at she could no more deny herself than "she Iquld give up her right ljat flje-ll do if; -saw it in her eye. Faith,* I never rwas so fond of her in my life I I’vfe looked upon her s a mere chit of a girl; hut all at Once she tends before me a noble, self-sacrificing to lan ! And slip’s right' about Charlie Chester, or, now I think about it, he is in danger of eing drawn into the whirlpool of dissipation ! fcrange, I’ve npt thought of it before. I used )■ fancy they had quite a jpartiality for each i!thpr; but they -have out-grown it, I reckon.” How wn pride ourselves upon our discern ient, and yet how widely do our conclusions hen-times wander, from the truth ? Thursday evening came, and Frederick Ross t in the drawing room, whiting the appear «e of Lita. There was a light, rustling step, d she stood before him, with her soft, biawn fiair drawn smoothly from her brow, and onn-. fined plainly'at the back of her pretty head, and amid its glossy abundance were a few sprays of heliotrnp; her dress was of drab silk, with a low corsage and short sleeves, relieved fiy a full of plain, but rich white blonde, while J|er tiny foot, with its daiqty satin slippers of the same shade of the dress, lay coquettishly half hidden in the thick, rich carpet. | “ Come, Fred, I am ready/’ she exclaimed.' ‘^A |n I presentable?’’ |, i I “ Why, Lita, love!” . Here he paused. Ad miration was written on every feature of bis speaking face ; but he adroitly changed the ex pression, and concluded t^ith —“Yes, Lita, presentable perhaps ; but op* would take you td be at least t.wonty-five instead of nineteen. Fpitb, I’d no idea it could alter you so.moch ! Cpme, there’s an hour yet, Irtin and put on that rtSse-colored crape, and ' take the fastenings fim your hair, and Jot it full in curia about y|ur shoulders. I hate to see you, my little sis, ■ bilking su prim. There’s an hour yet, and Sell will assist you. Do it, now, to please mo; there's a good girl.” - j ;Lita’s cheek burned crimson, and Tier eyes filled'with tears.. To’think that Fred, her own brother, should tell her she; looked “twenty file,” and “prim” at thai! What would Cjbarlie Chester think of her,? Fo-a moment temptation was strong upon her. But she d|i not yield, for she saw in her mind's eye CJiarlie Chester with the wine-cop at his lips ; sHeiheard his mother’s voice saying, “Charlie, Charlie, enter not into temptation!’’ as plainly as when She heard her whisper it in his earns ha turned from his .collage homo a few weeks previous. It was those words and the look of gqntle sorroy that filled the mother’s eyes with tears, that first aroused Lita’s fears in regard to> Charlie, and ever since tfaiat time she. bad witched him closely; she had learned to-know tbit his feet had taken Ijold ijn “slippery pla ce i,” and in her solicUudp she had long been d< vising some way in which {die might benefit bi n without her agency being *u<pect>-d. She di 1-not care to betray her interest in him, ns ht had studiously avoided her tor more than a year ; and. besides, she feaied to wound him by fo cing upon him the thought hat she imagined hi n incapable’of self-control. But now she bud devised a way in which either of these con tingencies could he avoided, i And having ob tained her brother’s consent,: should she yield it up simply to gratify her Ijive of dress and admiration ? No, no, she wotild not—she could not. More than that, she dared not do it.— Laying her handSn its tiny kid glove; upon bet brother’s sbo.uider, she said : l‘Brother Fred, i shall go is I am, though I would gladly consult your taste and my own by exchanging this sombre dressl fur (he rose col ored crape but it wituld not be right; I shoujd despise myeelf. lam sorry!yon are going to bej mortified at ray appearance. I did not think before I came below, that] IJooked so old and pr'm; but of coarse I do,jne you say so." ‘ Never mind, sis ; I’m prttud of you let you lock as you will. I should not have loved you.. half .as well had-, you'weakly fielded to my re quest. jjpw rqn and get your hat and cloak, for. th{B carriage waits at the door.” Had my readers looked clqscly into the eye of {Frederick Roes, they would have eet'n some thing olooely resembling a tear glittering upon hiidark lashes, which be hurriedly wiped away ' jjpbn his delicately perfumed’ handkerchief as Lila turned from him. And Lita, thought be haa never looked so lovingly upon her as he did: when he banded her so jteoderiy into the carriage; -and she was quite aarathat hie bean ini was uver'e ihan usually proud as be led her lulthe farther end ,of the, crpwded reception roam, to present her to Mrs. Thurston, the lady of {the house. .. . : | . . . |*L'ta Boss, as I live I’’ cried an imperious beauty, as she tossed her-stately hea<t “li wujader what pew freak has taken possession of j be| ?” '■ I ;!. !“ Oh, she likes to render herself conspicu ous,” replied the lady, caressingly toying with on| of her long golden curls. “See how all ey|s follow her. I should not care to be in her p'liee. She looks like a Quakeress matron of thilty or thirty-five, you'll stand -quite a ch|noe-of being reigning belle tornight. now, that she has, hidden her beauty .under a cloud , of limb.” i. ' . tylill Milliard, the young lady addressed, co!- oreil a little at the doubtful compliment, and 'rinj up her pale blue satin dress, sailed her gentle face near to Lita’s, “will you give me a key to the mystery that so sorely puzzles my guests, viz: the plainness -of .your dress tp ■ night V j ' “Icnnhpt-at present, Mrs. Thurston,” "re plied Lita; “but.at some,future time I may. I hope you do not think I have done anything improper? I have a motiyp which you would spprqve of, if I were at liberty to name it;” and Lita stood. blushing through her smiles at the inquiring face of the lady. “Oh, no, Miss Ross, nothing improper; but it seems so different from your own girlish self, that it causes speculation in the minds of many. But do not-let it trouble you. I think it is yery becoming to you, this drab dress with its white blonde trimmings ; in short, I never saw you looking so lovely as tornigbt, thopgh pot quite so brilliant as is your wont.” • Oh, Mrs. Thurston, you do not really mean it-1 lam 'sore lam looking very plain. Bro ther Fred; said before aye left home, I looked twenty-five, and so very prim, and I have felt as if it were true, all the evening. It must be your partiality for me, my dear Mrs. Thurston, indeed it must.” ' “ Not at all, Lita. lam quite sincere in my opinion, and 1 have Heard others say the same.’i| “Lita Ross is Lita Ross, dress her: as you may,” said a light-hearted girl, as she stood talking with her companion. “Just see hpr, Harry,- s,s she stands there with the light fall ing around her Soft drab dress. I used to think her a beauty in her brown curls and her tasty dress, but she looks prettier to-night than ever,” .continued the unselfish girl. “Do look, Harry 1” - “Yes, Lizzie, there are but few faces like Lita Rons, prettier without adornments than with. I know of but one other in this whole assembly,’’ and the little hand uf Lizzie was pressed tenderly by the yuung man, while a soft blush' stole over the fair brow of sweet tempered Lizzie Gray, as they mingled with the crowd. The sapper saloon was thrown open, and the tables,: laid with silver and cut glass, sup ported all'the choice: luxuries of the season, presented a dazzling spectacle, under the" mul titude of gas jots from the rich burners, while the lung, polished side boards were supplied with the choicest of wines, reflecting many a prismatic color. j i “M iss Ross, what'can I help you to?” que ried the gentleman who had escorted Lita to the table. But for a npuneDt Lita ■ was quite oblivious. She was thinking of her 'Brother’s promise, and wondering what effect it would have uppn diaries Chester. Tiie ladies had withdrawn from the supper room, but still many of the gentlemen lingered, or returned after having escorted their fair companions.from the saloon. . , ■ 1 “ Fred—Fred Ross, here, take this seat by me, and while we sip our Wine, we will have a chat,’’ “ Well, Frank, I’ve no objection to the chat, but the wine I must refuse." , ‘“Fred the pledgel Three cheers fur Fred Russ !” Charlie Chester held in his hand his second glass, and, just as he was shunt to drain its ■cunienis, the words of Frank.L-lajid Jell upon tiis ear. lie turned pale, placed hit) glass upon the table, qpd stood looking upon Frederick Russ., who sat smiling composedly upon his boisterous companions. ■/ “ Yes,, a temperance man, if you like it.— I’ve S’gned a pledge, too, and it’s useless to urge me more, fur j’m bound to keep it.” Lita Russ had stationed herself near the folding-dour, and only had she seen all that had taken-place af the aide board, but nut a word had passed but had reached her ear.— With a heart.filled with happiness she turned away, am) at that moment would net have ex changed for tlio richest dress around her, her own simple dral) dross. Several weeks wore away, and yet’Lita was never in public in anything but drah. “ Itis ridiculous in a child of her years,” sajda lady, ns-Lita entered a large dry goods establishment—-“ perfectly ridiculous. 1 sup pose she thinks it will pass for eccentricity,— But it is not, it is downright fully. If she was my girl, I'd shut her up in the house, and keep her on bread and water before I’d sqe her ma king such a simpleton of herself. Only see that drab bonnet, with its white ruche and strings, and the drab silk dress and caps— quite suitable for her grandmother?” “Ji have.heard her .called on* of tb* finest dressed ladies upon the strept, to-day, by a gentleman from Europe,” replied the “ and be expressed a desire to obtain an intro ductiun to per.” ' : “Ah, indeed," said the young lady, tossing her head. “ Show me some lilac moires.’’ 41 Frederick Ross,” said Charles Chester, drawing Fred’s arm within his own, as they deft-the crowd who toritoged Mrs. G.'anville’s musical ne-emblies, “ will you walk with -me ? I’ve something to say—a few questions to ask y u, if you will nut deem it impertinent in W®-” . , . Frederick readily acceded to the request, and no sooner were they alone, than Charlie said; , I Perhaps you will tiling it strange, Isut l am anxious tu luma' why you «u suddenly left off your hahitof taking a 1 i said whenever ! saw ydu tarn fronvit, ‘ Is it possible that he fears tu trust himself 2 or what has wrought this ■ change in him ?’ And now will.you not give me the key that will unlock this tpysteryj” “ A cs, Charlie, I will,” was the'ready reply. And then he proceeded totell hhn the circum stances that led to this change in hfs habits, omitting to relate that bis name was particu larly, mentioned as the ism over whom Li ta es pecially feared the influence ,of'her brother's .example, , r “ Your sister is an angel of goodness. Fred; jop may well .he proud oh and worship her.— if mure ladies would take the stand she h is done, young men would have ’higher induce ments to break from fashionable t*■ ilit-s-, ttut inste d of that they smile upon any custom delightful Mrs,.Grimily sanctions, ,e cold shoulder to one wl)o has tli^ [ independence to assert and carry out his own honest sentiments. You withyour wealth and position, are qn exception, biit I should find it quite a different thing. And yet I’m resolved to follow your example, and whenever tempta tion is strong upon me, I will look upon Lita, in her dark drab dress, and call to mind the sacrifice she has made ; not so much from fear that her brother might fall a prey to the wine cup, but lest others who have 1 not so much self control might take encouragement frojn your example.” : 1 After a few moments spent in discussing this subject, the two friends parted ; and when Fred related the circumstance to Lita she stole away to her chamber, as was her wont, to give full vqnt to the gratitude of ber heart, and an earn ■est petition .ascended to Illav.en that Charlie Chester might have strength imparted to re •main true to bis vow. 1 ■* _ j “ Well, Lite, so this rich, talented, handsome European, who sued so earnestly Tor this little white hand, has shared the noma fete with your many shitors. You’re an enigma, sis, and I’m afraid if I jdo not exert my authority you’ll never be married.” ' “ I am sure I shall not, Fred, unless imy heart goes with my hand;” and Lita smiled a quiet smile its she looked up from her sewing. “ Now don’t leave me with that sober face, for I assure you I am very happy as I am.” “ I doubtlit, sis,” was the laughing, rojoin der, as Fred closed the door and wont out through the!lung ball, humming a snatch of di sentimental song. , Two years bad flown by, and still Charlie Chester hid! kept his vqw inviolate, Lita had watchpd-4im narrowly, and every day in her heart she thanked God that this was so ; and t yet to have seentbem, no one would ever base imagined thkt thoy had any interest in common. Lita sat alone in the back-parlor of her home thinking of jthe past, of the happy hours she had spent with Charlie Chester when she was a mere child, wondering why he avoided her so studiously of late, when she was' arpused by a low tap atfthe ddbr, and before her stood the object of her thoughts. With faeightend color aod an embarrassed air .she welcomed him,- w&idering at this unceremonious call. A few moments of I silence followed his entrance, and then Charlie Chester drew his seat near bar and said; “ Lita—Lita, my early playmate, my boy hood's love, nqw that I knots’, and can trust myself, will you entrust your life, your ‘happi ness, to my keeping ? Will you be my wife ? I owe to you all that I have, all that I am. It was through your influence -f abandoned the wipe cup in time to save me from an inebriate’s grave. Oh, Lita, what, what do I not owe you ? And yet this very fact encourages pie to ask for more, will you trust me and become my wife ?” \ ...-The small (hand-he held nestled more confi <&ntly in his, the brown ayes uplifted .to.hia face with so much of truthful love In (hem, an swered him jj and, sitting there, she told of all the, long years his had been hidden. in her heart —of her feats for his safety when she saw-him with the wine cup pressed to his lips, and of her resolve tb save him, and the .consequent adoption of 'her drab dress. . ‘ “ And it wa-s for my sake, and -mine alone, that led you to this sacrifice I And yet you did not know half m-y danger. I love wine; my ■thirst for it was daily becoming im'ore intense .and a few months -longer- would have placed lie beyond the reach of aid ; hut you were the ‘ good angel’ commissioned by God to save me.” Li'a is now a happy wife and toother,.but she still maintains her plain style of dress.— She wore a dpah dress on her bridal day, and as she passes) along the street, she is pointed out ns “the Jady in drab;” but many there ere who know not the stoyy connected with'ft, nor that her husband will noYbear to her chang ing it for any for him no dress is as beautiful as her drab dress. A Pa-tdetlc OamniKy.—The State of Indi ana has recently lost, by death, one of its citi zens —Mr, jdnies Bangs. We find an obituary notice of himjin a Uoosier paper : Mister Eda iiir—Jem hdngs. we are sorry to stait, has de nized. He departed this Life last raunday. Jem was generally considered a gud fellow. He dide at the age of-28 years c3d. He went 4th without airy struggle, and such is Life. Tu Day we are as pepper grass—mlty smart —to Morrer! we are gat down like a. cow enwber of iho grownd. Jem kept a nice store, which His wife now waits on. His virchews wos numerous, is things we bot at jbis growcery, and we are hap-- py to state i that he never sheeted, spesh ully in the wjate of rcaokrel, which wos nise •and smelt sweet and his survivin wife is the same wa. We never now him to put sand in his shugar, tho he had a big sand bar in front of bis house; nor water in his Linkers, tho the ohio River run . past his dore r 1 Piece.to bis re journs ! -j - A genius oat West, conceiving that a little powder thrown upon some green wood would faci}itat«rits burning, directed a small stream from the keg upon the smoking pile ; but not p assessing ft hand sufficiently quick to out this off tit a desirable moment, was blown into a million piecei.. The coroner for the occasion reasoned outithis verdict: “It can’t be called suicide, because he didr/t mean to kill himself; it wasn’t ‘ visitation of God,-’ because he wasn’t struck by lightning; fie didn’t die for want of hreath, for he; hadn't anything left to breathe with. It's plain ho didn’t know what ho was about ; -so I shall bring in ‘ Died for want of common sensei’” “ LUtle Susie IL, poring over a .book in which angels were represented ns winged beings, sud denly remarked with vehemence; 1 JJamma,! don’t wont'to be an,angej, and I needn’t— need I!’. ‘ Why, Suti.s ?’ .questioned her mother. ‘ Humph !"leave tiff all my pretty clothes and wear tike a hat!"' not hooka -alone; bat wen, f-adj ch'iffr, | j,i2 jjasvifjJ it-or-vid h, r * £ 3 • do, <3OJO r 1 column, j dm. Column, Advertiser desired mart derod out An Fosters, Hk kinds of Jo* ecuted neatly and other B 1 NO. .27. Education, Ijhave said, dissipates the evils of ignorance. But happy for us in this.country, wa hardly know what popular ignorance is.— The must illiterate among us have derived many and inestimable advantages from our systems of,public instruction. Occasionally persons are found among us who can neither read norwrite. But even auchipersops insensibly imbibe ideas and moral influences from the more cultivated society about | them, which, in countries less favored, are denied to multitudes. Individuals who have had,ino early advantages for learning, who have never even entered a school house, but have grown up among a generally intelligent population, trained by the institutions establish ed by our; fathers, have in many instances ac quired a mental character and influence which, but for these; fortuitous circumstances, they could hot :havC attained. The very excellence of our systems; of education, in many States of the Unionj and the vital and pervading influence of the schools upon the public inlnd, reaching as; they do, and improving even those that re main ignorant of letters, do not allow us to see the full extent of our obligation to them. The evils of ignorance are deplorable enough in the case of individuals, although as we have sep„n, the disastrous consequences are limited in the case qf those who live surrounded by an intelligent community. .But the general igno : ranee of large numbers and entire classes of men; phreachedlby the elevating influences o£.the -educated, acting under the unchastened stimu lus of the passions, and excited by the various causes of discontent which are constantly oc curring in the plrogress qf human affairs, is not infrequently productive of scenes, the contem plation ofwhiohjmakes.humanity shudder. : The ignorant Hungarian peasantry, attribu ting the tajiageefi of cholera to poison placed in tbelrwells by the nobility, committed the roost apjfalling cruelties, tortures and murders in re taliation. lyhtile the intelligent, among other means, employed chloride of lime as a check to the fatal epijiemlo, the ignorant peasantry be lieved it the most deadly poison, and the life of none was scared in whose possession it wag found. A lijttle Knowledge on the part of the peasantry, would have prevented these horrible scenes. Had they learned even .the elements of physiology ind chemistry, they would have known that Clean finess is essential to the health at all times, and ( hat during L the prevalence df a malignant (epidemic it is. doubly needful. They would have known, also, that chloride' of liijae is not a medicine to be taken internally, but that it;is for disinfecting offen sive apparlmr "land that its tendency, when properly usee aid be to counteract the causa of the diseasi they so much dreaded! Among all world, ignora kind from pi a 'ments, butjni alarms which man misery. a total eclipse regarded with -some unusual befall the Uni; in an eclipse the influence c tutors had rbei sounding of t vessels, and to in orddr to fire ihemutterihg not -hear them, and customs bi we arejgteatly Comets, tdo, long regarded, bingers of dtvii and inundation the destruction have been freqi prehensions, I v thrown: into,cot uscations of ihe tend to isee in il ingin fierce enc blood, while of earthquakes, in most dreadful i or other ; of thcsi soon after the blaze ojhah aur ered either as tl events.:' Popular ig io tice of judicial all its foolish pi mankind, :has 1 of time. Dndt and the fates of m<jn,-.aro dependent on the various aspects of the stars and conjunctions i f the planets, the moat unfounded apprehension*, as wellias the nostuelusive hopes, have been excited fby the hrofejssor of this fallacious sci ence. I Such"impositions on the credulity of mankind, are ihunded on the grossest absur dity and the [most palpable ignorance of the na ture ofj things still, in the midst of the light of science which the present century lus' sin d upon the wdrlji, the astrologer meets with a rich suppori even in the metropolis-of G.e.-.t ■ Britain; and soothsayers, if not astrologers, get great gain by their craft in various portions of the United Stabs. The extensive annuel sale of (hundreds of thousands of copies of ai mancs that abdund in astrological predicts ns in the j United States and Great Britain, and the extent to v.hiob they are consulted, affords a striking proof of the belief which is still at tached Jto the' doq'rincs of this fallacious se : - ona", and of the ignorance aid credulity from which Siioh a belief proceeds. u Shooting stars, fiery meteors loner rain bows, and other atmospherical phe; onions, have likewise been-considered by semens o.ai- 1 nous of impending calamities; but they are re garded in a very different-light by scientific ob servt rs. The most sublime phenomena of shoot ing stars of which the'world has /prnishod any record/was witnessed throughout' the United States on the morningof the 13th of November, 1833. Tfift astonishing esblbitiop covered flo inconsiderable portion of the oiirtii’a surface.— The was-every Xt’bejte that of fire-works of the roost imposing grandeur. edv sring the entire yault uf hearen yitji triymd| if Advertising. bo charged $1 l# irtions, end 25 coh:» for every Advertisements dfilcss tfefa'l* qnsre. The subjoined rate* -fly, Half-Yearly andYoarly as 'STHfI. 6 MOXTHI. 1] übatm, $3,00. $4,00 $B.OO , 5,00 6,60 . : 7 B,os 7,00 .8,60’ 10,08 ' 8,00 9,50 ' . 11,10 16,00 .20,00 10, » 25,00, , 85*00 60,01-- jnot having thonnmbof of iaMrtiwi ion them, will bo publithod until ec, irged Accordingly, ills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heiidt ialiM done in country establishment!* «*- , promptly, • Justices’, KS constantly on band. / ienta od u] indbi biug| and For the Agitator. BBInCATIOH-AL-irr. mts,| . wh!. nati bns, and in ‘all ages of the has not only debarred mas* kquisite and sublime enjoy iated innumerable unfounded jtly increase the sura of hu- Ijhe early ages of the world. ay s ere greatl of ll the cats le sun or of the moon, was utmost consternation, as if strpphe had been about to . Believing that the moon iickening or dying, through banters, the trembling spec ie the ringing of bells, the lets, the beating of brazen I and horrid exclamations, e enchantment and to drown tches, that the moon might ir are such foolish opinions ed from the world, through Ivance of former ages, i their blazirig - tails, were dill are by many, as har mgeance, presaging famines, 'the downfall of princes and spires. The northern lights ly gazed at with similar ap provinces having atiop by the fantastic cor- ■ f ip, ursi in a : Wit] md le ve s, or ofet lehtj ■hole sterj se lambent meteors. Some pre iese barmless lights armies mix 3unt >r and fields streaming with ers; behold states overthrown, unds tions, pestilences and the lalamities. Because some one i callosities formerly happened apptarance of a comet or i|m >rn, therefore they are consid -10 feauso or prognostics of such :e has given rise to the |ir:i«- 'l°9y\ an art which, with is so fatal to the pence - if practiced in every p- rml Belief that the cliiracttrs ■an ci asin ition •■t?'
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