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- more present -and I wjU drop you a t|w linea
to letyou know that the 45th. are sl|llalive.
Nothing of importance occurred sinceimy lase
. letter op to Deo. 10th, when C6m,pan| loero
i ordered out on picket, hot before <fey had*
I- dawned on the lltb, they were again |u camp'
t with, ordersto march immediately with three
days rations. ■ At eight o’clock A. M.Ve'"were
in line with the rest of the Brigade upon
the parade ground in mud brer shoe.| ; While*
we wore enjoying the paradise'o£ mudjjo sharp
: cannonading was- put, in progress iysjHray of
ahelling the Cityof Fredericksburg. -{Daring
the night the N. Y.Engineer Corpd t|fre en
■ gaged in swinging pontoon bridges acypss the
Rappahannock at various points, the pn6 wo
; crossed and in front of the city wasSwWng out
. by the 50th N. Y. 8.C., . supported, ibyCol.
- Daw kin’s Brigade. All went alougjlquietly
until near daylight when the bridge was .nearly
eeroploted, the Engineers, were, tying! the ends
on the opposite shore when n*-full 1 volley of
of Rebel minnte balls arrested| theirattcntioß,
coming from a dark recess-, between build
ings on (be opposite shore, killing' several and
wounding many.pl: the engineers, affp|i a few
volleys from.onr-troops supporting i,tfe engi
- seers all was quiet. After about ab’ the
artillery from eur shores and the set
up a terrible howling, which 'was'parchly an
swered by the,rebel dogs of war planted on
the opposite. in the rear of the Ci Jr, iAll day
this howling was kopt'up/Vaking OldjYirgin
ia’s hill tops roar and' reverberate with the
pounds of war, long before night hail. tfet in
with her fable shroud the. once eplendil cityof
Fredericksburg waa a broad field of ruip. Not
a house in the whole city bat was marked with
i ruin, brick walls wore leveled, rainy the
framed bouses were buried in ashes,' tiais wits
done to drive the nest of sharpshooters that
wars in nearly, every house on th|; river
banks. At sunset the Ist Division fl*f our
Corps crossed the river and took possession of
the city with about 200 “ grey backs. - About
this time oar division moved toward ,li>e river
for the purpose of crossing, but at' t|iis mo
ment orders came to return to their 'Old quart
_■ ters, which I assurq you was done, with|fi
good will. Early next morning vita werjj again
- up and off for the Rappahannock, which we
crossed about eight o’clock A. 'M., and took
up our position to the left of the dity -iand on
' the left of the Corps, skirmishers' werel thrown
out and advanced as far as the rebelfpickets
which were drove jn, no • infantry firmg :waa
dune this day except skirmishing. I' .
The 45th lay during the day upon th|* village
green and in full view of the. enemy’| works
upon the bill tops until about threer'P. M.,
when our attention was arrested by loud
barking of war dogs in front, and llae well
- - known whizzing in the air tliat makes k man
feel desperate in less .than rio time. |"Grape,
canister, and shell were poured .into us-lke hail
stone. In a remarkably short time th| green
was vacated, bat not until lifter the
45th were wounded', one of- Company (s’one of
Company H, and one of Company IjidPalmer
B. Watkins, slightly- wounded *in thg|*arin.—
‘ Soon, all was qnwt, and we again regained bur
aid position and bivouacked, for the night. . At
day light wo were up and tad oul coffee,
about ten A. M., yre left the city- andi|oved to
' the left and joined Franklin’,), right* -heavy
firing soon commenced on right' and left,
by both .infantry -and artillery,our toys ex
pected every, hour when our bn re oldlOolonel
'Thomas Welsh would sing -ou ; and
we would once mpro be feeding'Jhe eaejny with
our leaden rain, but luckily fa *us that time
did not'come, so wo laid in o^r - shelter in a
deep ravine patiently waiting|furthe|, Orders
•which come towards night amE'rwe taoved off
to the left farther, for the purposOof supporting
s Franklin’s 1 right. At this time thl. battle
raged furiously, charge after charge was made
by both parses, our .men a '-lutle' the
advantage in,the end. t This day wedott about
2000 killed and 'Wounded as pear d| is. yet
learned. At ten .o’clock; evening, alFquieted
down and we spread our blankets CnV more.
About midnight we were called' up/fe(j,in line
. and passed up to near FranklinV’ I gl#, threw
out skirmishers and waited 'tbeirc. dt|. ■ Soon
our faithful cooks .were seen pautio
cing in our front, coming- along t.Orllinea in
as near lino of battle aa* may bb although we
’ did not pour into them a. volley of !j>ack and
hall, yet we made as good a charge a| time and
circumstances would admit. jSoon weweceived'
fresh orders and left Franklin to support bis
'own troops and marched back to our old posi
tion and rejoined Sumner’s left. • Morning
soon davrhed and a pleasant day it-was for the
middle of December. To-day was the fSpbbath
and for some reason no fightihg was done tliat
is to no Recount, except a light skipiqisbing
. nn occasional Tolley of musketry and now and
. - then a little artillery mixed in'f'jve mad| several
- knaves’during the day but nojlanroont
to much as they, were' not in "the dir|otion of
the enemy. At night wo moved iiito| a deep
ravine for shelter where we were obliged to lay
in the mud nr npon a Steep 'hill, -sidk which
made one think of leaning up against one of
old Pennsylvania’s hill sides forjt few moments
, rest, but. as “fortune’ favors brave” we
were permitted, to stay here all night. ■ The
next day, Dec. 15th, we laid quiet, no
was done except skirmishing, Ai ifght we
again laid down expecting to remain |ii.peace
through the night)-hot at. ten in the/Evening
we were routed out and fell in'and afteHseveral
' delays we marched np to the city)* At midnight
we were pointed across the pontoon |>tiqge and
set in motion. In a few minntes we ivere across
the river and on our way to our old canlp where
we arrived at one in the morning and l&fd down
but were'soon wakened by the heavy Spearing
of min which lasted till daylight by i which
time the troops were nearly all oyer and most
of the pontoons taken np. To-day is Wednes
day and all is quiet again, but Vo expect to
move up again soon and fry the tbijfg over
agaiii. Heavy siege pieces are daily Arriving
here from Washington, seven wefe planted last
• night.' Sigel is now here ready -Jfor the fray.
Everything looks now like aiother|speedy
-movement with -our army, it will, irobablysoon
come and we hope with better sal tesi. t hardly
know whether to call onr -last nuf >'re a Xutreat, a
.repulse, or a skedaddle, or a oi -nll. 1
■do not think the last backward p W wV mode
■-. from sheer necessity but because ,5t 'wgjpoliey.
- . ; _ The weather is very warm ang pleatmtoon-.
x sidering the time of tbs year.' Wh httve not’!
V- . had morn than three.inches of*sbow f »t any ;
.V i(^ )ne 4ime tbisyearand only ..two! »nV! squalls.
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The President hasl fixed Friday tile 19th in*,
7ebi : fMcuteJ,. 1
invio(ed»or brqtai'
> in Mintie|ota. « t
THE AGITATOR.
HUGH -YOUNS, EDITOR <t PKOPEIETOB.
WEtISBOROUGH, PA.*,
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 24 f -1862,
OTO PLATPORM.
“ The Union in it* intigeitv, adotb aix
THINGS ELSE, PIBST, VAST, AND EORETIR.”
Present Democratic Platform.
** The Union as it was when slavery ruled it,
■and the Constitution as, it is, as slavery in
terprets it."
ORB H OEM AX, SCHOOL.
The citiiena of Tioga County, and' particu
larly Uie people of -Mansfield, have reason to
eongratulnto themselves upon the acceptance
by the State’ of their Seminary as one of the
State Normal Schools. The advantages to the
'educational interests of the county arising put
.of this action by. the State authorities are to
numerous that we cannot enter upon them
largely/nt this time, We cannow only take a
general glance at the importance of tbiq trait
committed to the people oft the County, and
.content ourselves with a few fact! in regard
to it.
Normal Schools fur the education of teach
ers, vrere established in Prussia as earl; os
1729, If wo only bad the necessary data, it
would he a gratifying task to inquire and
determine whether that' nation owes its su
perior educational advancement to this fact, or
whether the establishment of these schools in
the-first place was the resulted an inborn love
of intelligence on the fact of the ,people and
the government. It is a fact well known tbat
there are fewer adults in Prussia who do not
know how to read and write, than in any other
nation in' the world. Napoleon saw the ad
vantages to be derived from these schools, and
they were established in Francs in 1810. In
1829 Massachusetts established'one at Lexing
ton, and twenty years later- Pennsylvania es
tablished one in the Southern part of the State.
Norma} Schools now exist in every Free State
in the -Union, and perhaps in some of the
Slave States. They have become a necessity,
just as free, schools (in • necessity to out ad
vanced civilisation.
The success of the first Pennsylvania
mal School at Millersburg was so marked that
our Legislature was induced a year or two' ago,
to divide the State into twelve Normal School
Districts. Ours is the fifth, and includes the
counties of Bradford, Tioga, Wyoming, Ly
coming, Sullivan and Susquehanna. We have
reason to feel proud that oar county has been
selected as the seat of the Normal School, and
it is but justice to say with Mr. Johns in his
note to this paper of last week, that this suc
cess comes os a just tribute to the energy, self
sacrifice, and untiring zeal of,the good people
of Mansfield and vicinity, to establish an insti
tution in their midst worthy alike of the confi
dence and patronage of the public^
■Perhaps it would not be appropriate for us
to express opinions in regard to the modes of
instruction, the organization and government,
and the courses of study, of our Normal School.
These will be promulgated in due time, and
we shall then be better prepared to speak of
them. We feel assured, however, that under
such teachers as Messrs. Reynolds, Wildman
and Johns, and their assistants, they cannot
fail to be all that they should be. The insti
tution at Mansfield now enters upon a new ca
reer of usefulness, and we bespeak for it that
lively interest on the part of our people which
its importance demands.
Change in the cabinet.
The JVibiinc's Washington Correspondent
sums up the rumors afloat in regard to the
changes in the Cabinet in bis letter of Monday,
It is' stated that Mr. Seward tendered his res
ignation as Secretary of State on Wednesday
and that Secretary Chase also has resigned.
The latter fact was officially made known- in
the Treasury Department a little before noon
oh Saturdays
■ No other resignations have, it is believed in
spite .of all rumors to the contrary, been ten
dered. - .To the best information,neither the
resignation of Secretary Seward nor that of
Secretary Chase hat yet been accepted, and it
is not known that the President has determined
to accept the ope or the other. Under this
state of facts, it may be true, as is believed in
high quarters, that Secretary Seward expects
to be prevailed upon to withdraw bis resigna
tion. It is rumored, indeed, that a number of
Pro Slavery Members of Congress hare assured
the President that they will support his Ad
ministration if he will restore the portfolio of
the State Department to Mr. Seward.
These rumors obtain credence among Re
publicans hers, because they believe that the
course of Mr. Seward, whatever bis intentions
were, has been too often in harmony with that
of the Democratic foes of the Government. It
is proper to odd that the action of the Sena
torial Caucus -was .dictated not by personal
feeling to Mr. Seward, but by jl belief wide-'
spread and entertained by tho best men in the
Senate that the Secretary of State was not un
reservedly in favor of energetically prosecuting
the war. ,
On Friday evening the Senatorial Committee
of nine met the Cabinet at the White House,
by invitation oftth'e -President, and bad a pro
tracted interview, lasting five hours. In the
present unsettled condition of affairs little
speculation concerning the probable composi
tion of the new Cabinet, should one by formed
is indulged in.- Among names mentioned* for
offices ar« those of Senators Colla-
I mer, Fessenden, Wade and Sumner, General
Wadsworth* Mayor dyke*Speaker Grow and
Joseph Holt*
THE TIQGA fiCrCrXJ KT’Y, A GITA TO Hi
,:THI WAE NHWS,
A brief,'dispatch from Fortress Monroo.an
nounceatho capture of Kinston, N. 0., by the
expedition undor Geo. Foster. He captured
five hundred prisoncrsnnd -eleTeirpicces of -ar
tillery. Kinston is the county seat of Lenoir
county, and-situated about 35 miles northwest
from Newbern, and somewhat over 30 miles
from Goldsboro’, on the mainroad connecting
the latter towns. From this. it . would seem
as if, the ultimate abject of the expedition is the
capture of Goldsboro’, an important railroad
center on the road running from Richmond to
Charleston and Savannah.
All was quiet on the Rappahannock Monday,
save that two shots were fired from onr hill-side
batteries to disperse the gathering bands of
rebels on the plains opposite. Official report of
our losses in the late, battle reduce the number
to about 1,400 kitted and B,ooos wounded; in
all, 9,400. A large portion of the wounded
were but slightly hurt. The rebels acknow
ledge the .low of two brigadier generals—Cobb
pf- Georgia, and a general from Mississippi,
whose name they did not disclose.
Their officers bear testimony to the great
bravery of our men, and speak of the success
of their plan which led to the attack by our
.troops so fatal to us. They captured but two
hundred prisoners, instead of one. thousand os
was at first reported.
A telegraphic dispatch from Gen. Sullivan to
Gen. Boseerans, states that Gen. Dodge’s cav
alry had a fight with Forrest near Corinth on
Thursday. Col. Napier ban reinforced Forrest
with three thousand oavalry and fonr cannon.
They were endeavoring to cut off supplies from
Gen. Grant. Morgan.is reported to have inade
a northward movement to cat off the Louisvillo
and Nashville Railroad, Van Dorn, with 50,-
000 men, irsaid to have joined Bragg at Ste
venson, Ala. The report is not credited by the
federate. The force of rebels in Tennessee is
estimated at from 70,000 to 80,000 men.
A letter from an officer of the blockading
fleet at Savannah says that the rebel steamer
Nashville lies in the great Ogeechee river,
fenced in with torpedoes, and with one man
aboard ready to blow her up upon the approach
of our gunboats. She is effectively blockaded,
and will probably never leave her anchorage io
rebel bands.
Tbe Committee to inquire into causes of the
check received at Fredericksburg returned last
night. They represent tbe army to be in the
most effective condition and in the best of spir
its; ready, indeed, to fight the last battle orer
again forthwith. Fdr temporary shelter—not
for Winter quarters —the soldiers are building
huts, and in various ways fill leisure time with
pleasant labor to increase their comforts. Our
loss in killed they set'at about 1,500, and in
wounded and missing at some 8,000 more.
Of tbe heroism displayed by the troops in
storming and all bat carrying very strong po
sitions, they speak in the warmest terms. Tbe
result of tbe Committee’s investigation will not
transpire, save through its report. There is,
however, reason to believe that it will establish
the fact—of which we are authoritatively as
sured from another quarter —that Gen. Burn
side selected the points of crossing the river,
and the points of attack, on bis responsibility,
and not in pursuance of orders from Washing
ton ; but nevertheless, tbe Committee will not
pronounce a severe judgment upon him, but
will declare the movement, although rash' and
ill-judged, and -adopted against the advice of
some of bis best officers, to belong to that class
of military operation the ill-success of which
is properly to be ascribed to the, fortune of
war.
PBANCE AND THE UNITED STATES.
Translated from ike Correspondence of the Courier des
EtaU Uni*.
We are sure that the Emperor has decided to
-do without the concurrence of the other powers,
■and to make alone the proposition of a truce to
the Cabinets of Washington and Richmond.—
Intimations of this kind are published in L’e
sprit Public, and are corroborated by a letter,
without signature, directed to the Connsiitu
iionnel, to answer the objections of the Journal
des Dehats and of the Revue des Deux Mondes.
It says that “ the state of things is now the
most propitious for a reconciliation and paci
fication such as the friends of the United States
ought to wish for." “ To-day,” further writes
this correspondent, “ the friends of the United
States can yet make an appeal to the general
interests of the Republic, to the did sentiments
ef fraternity, to the glory conquered under the
same flag, and though many excesses on both
sides bare exasperated the feelings it may not
be impossible to re-establish honorably-for all
a Union which bad raised so high the name,
the wealth and. the strength of our common
country. At all events if the separation was
considered inevitable, the ulterior relation of
the two republics could, under the influence of
an opportune reconciliation, preserve the char
acter of kindness and esteem always necessary
to the business intercourse of both.
“ They who, government or private persons,
sbonld have some reason, good or bad, to wish
the exhaustion of the United States, and ad
vise non-interference, until her lost children'
may bavo cot each others throats, do not un
derstand the position {role) of France. Having
had the glory to help in the foundation of that
Republic, she can neither wish her ruin, nor
look npon it nnmoved. France could recog
nise the South if this were forced upon her,
but to prevent this she has advised the other
great powers not to wait until the time comes
Jrben war shall have ruined not alone the con
quered bat also the conquerors.' 1
The 1 writer then proceeds to argue the sound
ness of these views and concluded as follows: ,
“England in refusing to interfere at this
time, wishes to be forgiven for the exploits of
the Alabama and other pirates fitted out there, :
over which the conscience is not quite easy,
and now she promised to let the North and the
South cut each others throats os long as they
wish to. Is not this proof of disinterestedness
and sympathy quite touching! They will think
perhaps in America that France has been more
Macbiavelinn, and though if inspired by the
reverses of the grand Italian politician, still
she would 1 not have proposed peace to the
American* at a ftra when, she hereeli was. ma-
king war against Mexico, which the United
States wonld.be sure! to thwart if they could.
Having .sought to give them that liberty of
action, in snob a-fflomentia cartainly the best
proof of the parity of the motives of M. Dronn
deTihuyrtrmaJf otrmnee."- ~
Good Behavior of the Negroes.'
For the last twenty-five years the great bug
bear with which all agitation on the slavery
question waa.'soogbt to be repressed, was that
if any groat-movement should be made toward
liberty, there was .no cruelty, no rapine, no'
robbery, no-crime .top awful to boUmagined,
that would not be committed by the emancipa
ted or rebellious slaves. And now I desire, in
this house of. God, and in the presence pf his
praying people, to give thanks to him, that
four million of heathen—poor, despised,' de
spoiled, much-suffering and long-outraged—
have been put on the tantalizing edge of eman
cipation, and there for two years, where.they
could see their prayers for freedom almost an
swered, and that they have behaved themselves
so discreetly, so patiently, and so Cbristianly,
that there can be, neither in the North nor in
the South, any just cause of offence. . And the
strongest argument td-day why they should be
emancipated is, that they, deserve emancipa
tion who have behaved themselveseo well.-gj
Where has there been one servile insurrection,
or one atrocious murder, by the hand of slaves ?
There have been thousands of murders by the
bands of their masters, but none by theirs,
though they have suffered the most aggrava
ting wrongs.
Gen. Mitchell told me that when he held a
hundred and fifty miles of the Tennessee river,
he was enabled to do it because be had intelli
gent slaves in his employ who kept him advi
sed of the movement* of the enemy. As a
reward for their fidelity, he gave his pledge of
honor that they should not be returned to
slavery; but when be was called to another
field, Buell gave them right back into the
hands of their masters—and the sufferings of
many af them are over now!
Hundreds and thousands of atrocities, such
as white flesh could not bear, have been prac
ticed upon these poor creatures; and yet where
can you find a single instance in which they
have shown themselves bloodthirsty or revenge
ful ? And is (hie fact no argument for thanks
giving? It is to me, for our sakes, for their
sakee, and for the sake of (heir masters.— H.
W, Bucher's Thanksgiving Sermon,
List of Jurors for January Term, 1863.
GRAND JURORS.
Union—Jay Whitehead.
Ward—Geo. N. Beardsley, Reese Thomas.
Charleston—David D. Kelsey, Josiafa
Rees, Adam Klock, Elmer Bacon, William
Wilkerson.
Nelson—James Cook. ' '
Clymer—Orson Pemberton, Geo. Har
vey, Clark W. Beach.
Farmington—Wm. H. Baxter, Oliver H.
Blanchard, George G. Seeley.
Deerfield—Charles G. Hoyt, Jeremiah
Stoddard.
Knoxville—Augustus Alby.
Chatham—Ebenezer R. Burley.
Rutland—Selah Frost
, Tioga Boro—George B. Mann.
- 1 Westfield—Peter Bush.
Liberty—lsaac Fulkrod. a
Sullivan—Alexander O. Smith.
TRAVERSE JURORS— : F!RST WEEK,
Chatham : Lucien Beach, Nebemiah
Beach, Daniel Baker.
Nelson: Samuel Hazlett.
Lawrence : Cephas C. Miller.
Brookfield: Jesse Gardner.
Bloss : Levi Mills, Abram L. Bodiue, R.
E. Cross.
Sullivan: Ephraim Smith,Geo.F. Smith.
Westfield : E. P. Hill, Wallace Gilbert.
Jackson: C. A. Updike, Thomas Tabor,
John Inscbo, jr.
Clymer : A. B. Tanner.
Tioga: Vine DePui, Abram Prutsman.
Middlebnry: H. Locey..
Delmar : Isaac F. Fields, Thomas Allen,
Smith Wilson, Daniel Fields.
Liberty : Wm. Kimpio, Henry Kimball,
Jackson J. Werline, William Fulkerson,
Martin Cass, John Hart.
Mansfield : S. B. Elliott.
Charleston : Charles Close.
Holland: Lafeyette Backer.
Wellsboro: Mathew Borst.
Covington : Richard Marvin.
Farmington: Rufus Rutter.
TBAVEBSE JUBOBS —SECOND WEEK.
Charleston : Chas. Cooledgo, Josiah In
gerick.
Bloss: Robert Scott, Jatpes .Mitchell,
Asa Husted. ■'
Delmar : Asahel Fellows, Hiram Horton,
William Campbell, Newell Campbell.
Richmond: D. C. Holden, Delos W.
Hubbard. ,
Deerfield : Oliver H. Wood.
Middlebury : J. E. Andrews, Philander
Niles. 1
Jackson: Henry Graham, George Hud
son.
Union : L. B. Randall, F. B, Harrington.
Farmington : Carlos C. House.
Ward: Stephen Segar, T. 0. Hollis,
Erastus Kiff, Thomas J. Hall.
Brookfield: Jacob Grander, Sam’l Tubbs,
Benjamin Cure.
Mansfield; Horace Davis.
Lawrence: Henry Kirkcndall.
Gaines; H. C. Yermilyea, Charles Rex
ford.
Clymer: C. P. Douglass, David Case.
Tioga Boro: JamesDewcy.
Rutland: Bethuel Bentley.
Nelson ; George H. Baxter.
Elkland; Leander Culver.
Beavi Lotal Women. —Daring the posses
sion ef Danville by the Rebels, a gentleman
was called across the street by two young
women, t-each with an infant in her arms,
whose husbands having been members of the
home-guard which made the attack on the
-’guerrillas at Shelby’s-diarm,.were refugees in
this city. They inquired anxiously after the
news and the state’ of affairs, and said that
their husbands were refugees, and that they,
were helpless and dependant. The gentleman
showed them a copy of the. terms upon ‘which
the Dictator, Colonel Grigsby, graciously per
mitted the home guards to return, to wit: to
deliver up their arms and pledge themselves
not to bear arms against the Southern Confed
eracy while within its lines; and intimated
that these terms were not bard, and. that their
■ husbands might accept them and retain.
Simabaaeonsly’ with eyes flashing patriotic
fire and With most emphatic words, these young
women, poor, friendless, and helpless, exclaim,
ed • “We won’t have our husband retprn ex
cept with. arms’, in their; hands." And' when
the Union troops entered the town they at once
-raised- the L Stars and Stripes on (thaw-lowly
dwelling, and there they proudly floated in the
breeze whenrtbeir husbands did return with
arms in their hand. May God preserve their
babes and give them many others to be raised
by- such mothers.to the future defenders of their
native State and country.
A Terrific Offence. — A sub-lieutenant in
the British navy has been found guilty, by court
martial, of having spoken to his commander
while having his left hand in his pocket, and
been “adjudged to be severely reprimanded, and
admonished to bo more careful in future.
TAVERN LICENSE.—WiIIiam H. Slosson has
filed his petition in the CoOrt of Quarter Sessions
of Tioga county for license to keep a public 'house of
entertainment in Lawronceviile, and his application
trill be beard on Wednesday the 2Sth day of Janu
ary, 1863, at 2-o’clock P. M.
J. p, DONALDSON, Prothonotary.
Deo. 24, 1862. ■ ’
Mansfield Classical Seminary and
Slate Normal School.
Department op Common Schools, )
Jlarrithurcff Dec. 11, 1862, J
■ Whereas, The Board of Trustees of tho Mansfield
Classical Seminary, located at Mansfield, in the coun
ty of Tioga, by resolution, adopted at a meeting of
tho Board on the twenty-fourth day of October, 1862,
on file in this Department, made formal application
to the State'Superintendent for the privileges of “An
Act to provide for the training of teachers for tho
Common Schools of the State,” approved the 20th day
of May, 1857, and the supplement thereto, approved
the 14th day of April, 1559; and
Whereat,. In pursuance of said application the State
Superintendent of Common Schools, together with
Hon. Oeo. Smith,' of the county of Delaware, Hon.
A. L. Hayes, of the county of Lancaster, Samuel
Colvin, EsqL, of the county of Blair, Dr. C. T. Bliss,
of tho county of Bradford, “ competent and disinter
ested persons,” appointed by him, with tho c'onsent of
the Governor, os Inspectors, and C. R. Coburn, Su
perintendent of Bradford county, A. N. Bullard, Su
perintendent of Susquehanna county, Hugh Castles,
Superintendent of Lycopi.ing county, and H. C. Johns,
Superintendent of Tioga county, did,on Thursday, the
eleventh day of December, 18G2, personally, and at
the same time, visit and carefully inspect said school,,
and npon thorough' examination thereof, and of its
by-laws, rules and (regulations, and of its general
arrangement and facilities for instruction, by written
report, on file in this Department, approve the same,
and find that they fully come up to the provisions of
said act and its supplement, and did certify the seme
to the Deportment of Common Schools, with their
opinion that said school has fully complied with tbs
provisions of said act and its supplement, os far as
can he done before going into operation under them.
Now,, therefore. In pursuance 'of. tuo require
ments of the seventh section of tho act aforesaid, X
do hereby give public notice that I have officially
recognized the Mansfield Classical Seminary as a
State Normal school-for the fifth Normal school dis
trict, composed of the counties of Bradford, Susque
hanna, Wyoming, Sullivan, Lycoming and Tioga,
and that said school shall hereafter enjoy all the
privileges and immunities, and be subject to ail the
liabilities and restrictions contained in said act and
supplement.,
, . lln testimony whereof, I have hereunto
j sbai., [ set my hand and affixed the seal of the
f >—,—’' Department of Common Schools, at Har
risburg, this Hth day of December, 1562.
Tho. H. Burrowes, Supt. Corns ion Schools.
WELLSBORO BOOK STORE.
No. 5, Union Block.
THB subscriber, having purchased & new stoch
in addition t&tbo well selected stock bo bad on
hand, is prepared to accomuiodtuo the public by
keeping _ |
A. Q 33 E RAL NEWS RO O
■ AND BOOK STORE,
where he will furnish, ?
AT i THE NEW STAND,
in the Post Office Building, No. Union Block, (or
by mail) all | ■
THE KEW YORK DAILIES
at tbe publishers prices. He will also keeep on bund
all tbe Literary Weeklies, and f
The Monthly Magazines,
Including Harper’s, the Atlantic, Godey's, Peterson’s
Knickerbocker, Continental Ac., Ac.
Also, will be kept constantly on band, a com iCU
repository of 1
CLASSICAL, HISTORICAL, POETICAL
SCHOOL AND MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS,
Blank Books, Paper Hangings,
SHEET MUSIC, PICTURES, MAPS, *e.
Orders for Binding Books. The work executed to suit
any taste, and on the lowest possible terms. Particu
lar attention will also be given toSPECIAL ORDERS
for any thing comprehended in the trade*-
One Thousand Volumef-©f the Latest Editions of ‘
SCHppL BOOKS.-
Parents, Teachers are invited to call
and examine this large usortmont of School Books
in which may be foWd' 7 everything in use .in the
schools of tho County.
Rkadbus.— Sander*' entire series, Porter's Reader,
Sargeant's, Town's and Willson's Readers, at the low
est cash rates.
Spelling Books. —Sanders’, Webstors Ac.
Arithmetics. Greenleafs, Davies', Stoddard's,
Colburn's Ac.; '
Graumars.— Brown’f, Kenyon’s, Smith'* Ac.
Geograpuizs.— Mitchell'*, Warren'*, Colton's Ao.
Davies' Legendre, Algebra, Surveying Ac,
Slate* of all kind* and size*.
Copy Books, Steel Pen*.
Paper of all kinds.
Latin, German, French and Greek Text Books: on
- . '
hand and purchased to order.
Watches, Jewelry, Picture Frames, Paper Hang,
ings, Christmas Toys, Fancy Articles, Maps, Pic.
tares 4c. '
All orders promptly attended to.
Wellsboro, Nev." 26; IS«2. J. F. ROBINSON.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTlCE.—Letters of Ad
ministration having been granted to the under
signed on the estate of Jas. H. Root, late of Morris
Township, dec’d, all persons having claims or demands
against said estate are hereby requested’ to make
immediate payment, and those having claims to pre
sent them properly authenticated for settlement to the
subscriber. " NANCY C. ROOT, Amr’i.
Morris, Deoi 3,1862.*
Brtray.
CAME into the premises of the subscriber, about
the last of September, a Brindle Heifer Calf.—
Any person or persons claiming the same, will please
come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take
her away. . THOS. WINGATE.
Wolltboro, Dec. 10, 1862.*
Estray.
STRAYED from the premises of tho subscriber, on
on the 2o}h of November, 1862, two colts, one a
yearling bay, with awhile stripe in bis fale, with one
white bind foot. The other, a sucking colV, color, sor
rel. Any one giving information where they can be
fouad, will be liberally rewarded.
HALE.
Farmington Hill, Dec. 10, 1862.®
NOTICE TO COLLECTORS—The Collectors ere
requested to settle the balance fit their dupli
cates at December Court without fail. The demands
npon the Treasury makes it necessary that this
should bo strictly complied with and it is hoped none
■will need further#)tico, HENRY D. CARD,
WvUabioro, Ndv; S, 1(362. Co. Trenifr.
O CHOOL DIRECTORS, School Teachers, parents
and guardians, are invited to ooli and examine
Willson's School Readcrs-for sale at
ROT’S DRUG. STORE.
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