' WM. It. SMITH,
PROSECUTING. PENSION: •i&gTORNE'S, I
andDealerin • , ■ 5 '
■ ■ ' IjAN3O .
And General Collection land CA»m Agent. ‘
KNOXVILLE, Tlb{U,Ct|f:PA., . ,
Willattend to business in the Snprifthb Court and
Court-of -ciaims, and-to the protccutioSdf elnkna-be
fire the several Departments of'Gove&joent. .Espe..
ciat attention will ho,given to e]a\mis}fAr.,BOUNTY
LANDS and ARREARS OF BOUN
TY and PNNSWNS, in lie' BANDmni INDIAN
OFFICES; 6e/oft the -GENERAL -|GSI OFFICE,'
and MILITARY CLAIMS gpuirallgS- - -
. The Subscriber-having been engage® for th 4 Pf**
four years.in the prosecution, of De
partments in Washington, will Jive gSftloolor alten
, ’tion to' Isj
SUSPENDED fyMW ■
tfor-Peusions and BOUNTY in
"eases where the soldusr or widow is tfcable to state
the officer’s name. In nil-such eo'ses,i&9 charge will
*d)e mode unless successful. references
’ wifi bo pved in all cases.- All busies relating to
■ matters above referred-to can be correspond
ence with thesubecriber, and all Icttrgiraddressed to
’him,at Knoxville, iioga County, IPjU will receive
iproinpt attention, - SMITH.
August 27/1862. - • .
Uulob Photographic Booma.
H.H.WOO r>’&; ;
' majmioth/ skylight
' OVEKC.W. SEARS,’SEW SHOE --
door tieiow C. L. WILCOX. ,
H. H. WOOD, 'would say ito tbo Mhatilants of
"Welleboro <nd enrrouiding country,pat ho is now
ipwpsred to fornish-thom with in the line of
PHOTOGRAPHS, .'fl?:
’ AMBROTYPES, • ! .
" MELAINO'#PES,
farniehcdat any room in the City, fejft roceiredja
sett of JAMINS
tured expressly for the Cartes $e a large
assortment of ' ' t i|S
■ rnOTOGRAPBIdALSUSfS,
price, from 51,25 to $4.00. Atitiis dftjtlno parlor ta
ble is conaideredfinlshed, withoat the
IC ALBUM. . 5 fj
' Cases of ail styles.
to five dollars. f, m ‘
past foVofSj I would Btij
nation of the same, by doing .first' cloiE
Wellsboro, -May 25, 1562. 1 ‘
War! War for Uic
undersigned would respectfully inform his
I old friends, customer's, and generally,
that he has opened a; *'* f - —r*""
CABINET AND
%m Main Street, opposite H. W. Shop,
where be intends to keep eonstanttyaqs .hand a gene
ral assortment of • ~l*:|j < , -
, Cabinet Wa|e,
made of the best materials, and by workmen,
Also Coffins made to order, and aVftioap as can be
procured elsewhere, Accompanied witji a-Heorse.
1 Also Chairs of every variety froni.Sie BEST down
to the CHEAPEST, to |j,§j
Sail. Purcliasi|^*.
Also Turning of all kifids done t<s£rder and to suit
C £T S T 0 2$ E J?|S.-;
Tbe undersigned hating had experi
ence; both in France and in.tliiSy feels confi
dent that be excelled mother of the above
branches of mechanism—and furtliefc ‘Would, recom
mend thepubllc.to , |.|' t
CALL.AND
bis workmanship and pric€s*beforwsurcba*ing else
where. ' JACd^fenCKLIN.
Wcllsboro, March 19,15G2. 'ij Jp .
HOUSEHOLD
THE LADIES arc the .ones tolpjslect Household
Furniture, and it is so much jfeiier for them to
.take a carriage and ride a few return than
to go 40 or dOjniles for the the subscri
ber would inform them that be haaljist enlarged hia
STOCK before the tariff and tax are upon-os;
.ond has a large l and .inviting nssbrsuent, which* he
•'Will bo happy to'show to those whbjmtty* fhvor him
■with a visit; „
' MAHOGANY SOFAS, sso, $25;.|W0£.528; Tele a
Telex; $22, $2B and $32. Carpets
for 4,6, 6, <7, 8 ond 9 shillings a y«Jl,'- Swing Ma~
.£*!«<«, $lO and $l2. Ho has different styles
of' Bedsteads, with matrasses and apilng bottoms, and
16 different kinds of Chairs with jeverything else in
the Furniture line.
He is also Agont for the sale of iforinfco ■& Go's, cel
ebrated Melodeons, School and. fi'&ufth Organs; of
Buffalo. N, Y., tho oldest and largest • establishment
.in tho United States. /'*%, D. WELLS,
Lawrencoville, July 30,15C2. ■
TH O.M.'A S, iHt«EN
is now receiving an ,
EZTBNSIVES^OCE
, h . or ; lii :
■ •
Which bo offers on terma to *
’ SUIT - THE TjlpES.
All are respectfully invited examine.
Wellsborb, Juno IS, 1662.* HARDEN.
< v _L k.lCx ! —=—
’ STOVES AlfXf TiptV4KE,
WILLIAM ROBfellTS
■ TT- opened, a, new etove".in4|diin Shop in the
1 H .Store opposite Roy's Buydnis&iiherc he-is pro
"pared/to furnirh bis old friendj customers, end
the public generally with every in his line of
business, including ijJ 1
Cooking Stoves of tho mist styles 4 Par
lor, Dining Boom, and Coni Tinware and
Kitchen furniture of all varieties,?, £ ;
' , £S~ Call and see our new
•: Wellsboro.'Foby. 6, 1862, Ci' ■
Insurance A|pcy.
THE Insurance Company of Xspi£KAmerica have
appointed the undersigned"nWra'gept for Tioga
County and vicinity.. ; | J» ---
<As the high character aijd'standlsc of this Com
pany give the assurance of: full nrSasction to owners
of property 'against the hhr.ard oSpVe, I solicit with
•confidence a liberal sharp of tlieSbusiness of the
county. This Company waft inebworated in 1794.
Its capital is $500,000, and its aei|lB in 186Lasper
statement Ist Jan. of that yewr’pvpa. $1254,719 81.
CHARLES PLATT J’jJ. ji Secretary.
ARTHUR G. COFfIX, President
Office of the Company 232'W.alnut Street,
\
Win. Buclilcr, Cpuljrapscnt, Har
risbm jf,
JOHN w.' guernsey,
Agent for Tioga Coamty, Pa.
.‘April 9, 1862. |
Hew ?l^linei’^;ii}j»odB.
mISB SMITH" jnrt Tetura^k
from the Eity, a very large
<aad choice variety of , -j ;ig- i- t
~ •• FALL AKD WlN’Tfrl'feOODS,
embracing the latest ihofe't s.tyle «t
LADIES' AND CHILDREN’S HATS,
■io Ibeesnmination-of which 'sScaifites the ladies of
Wellaboro. Remember the pUbfeOFirst door below
dbe Agitator office, ap stajrs, i. 5;
8,1862, 1 , * - - ,
PENSION';
TO SOLDIERS AND
TTAHE undersigned burin , „a-,l>^ns l iaei«,., oxpe-
J. rienee in procuring and Back
pay of Soldiers, will attend'tq in that line
•entrusted to Bis care with pronipjapss and fidelity.
5 Persons wishing to confer W)tfi?(aejri!l plaase call
■or address me by letter at SylvpnW,Bradford County,
Pa. Chargee reasonable. P..MONKO-E.
Before By permission to ’
H. B. Card, County Treasureftfellsboro, Pa.
1). F. Pomeroy, Troy, Pa. ■y ;
■A. 11. Spalding, Sheriff, TowanHkj Pa. •
Oct, is, mz. -
jjcit'a/contin
<work*ifor all.
■£. WOOD.
1 Wo bare not pleaded to be spared the pain
Of bitter parting in these days of dread,
But we demand it, that the gallant dead
Die not in vain.
It is a common and favorite notion with
man; that the morning air is the purest, most
"bracing; but the very opposite is the fact.—
The air » full of dampness, fog, miasm, at
about sunrise, which the sun, however, soap
dissipates. Befbre engaging in anything like
exercise or work in the early morning out-of
doors, it is conducive to health to take a warm
cup of coffee, if breakfast is'not to be bod,
The editob of tho Lawrence American, hav
ing enliated in the nine ■ month’s quota, pub
lishes a portrait of sis editorial substitute while
absent in the. war. It looks! Tciry amcb a
pairof'sCiwots i ' '
nnTTTi 1
aetoitv ta tfft &phn*lon of tfnMveu of iFmOom anO toe SjjtrcaO of lOeaXtftg stfovm.
WHILE THEBE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
VGL. IX.
CARRIERS ADDRESS
TO THE PATBOSB OF
THE AGITATOR.
JANUARY i; 1863;
“Write me an ode,’’ tha printcreaid, i
“A sonnetonlhencw-bdtt yeari <
Thaf-someth withita freight of feat i
And diobVond hope, andlnambleu dread.” i
Albs! is thij a tnne to wield
Tin trifling mood an tdlo pen t '
The .world shakes with the march of men,
A million '-warriors are s-fleid! ! 1
To-day tho alUtime question, tings .
• tn Binaio tones thronghont the land,
Shall any. self-ruled nation stand, . . ;
Or are we born that priests ‘and Icings
May rule and ride, os.” And to solro f
The question, comes the crash of arms, ■ -
And ampking towns and wars alarms,,
And daring deed, and high resolye.
The rotten thrones of Europe reel ■ • 1
As crimson dims the hayonets gtance,
And ring of sabre,'ax and lance .
Answers the clang of armed heel. -
Emperors and'tings grow pale with dread
As. from; afar they the scene,.
Each wishing each to intervene —
Each fearing for his throne and head.
For underneath each crown and throne
Upheaves a thousand years of wrong;
The monarch fears a poet's song,
The people bow theii 1 necks and groan. 1
Bat not forever—they have found -
That thrones fall and ’monarchal*®;
Mine is no gift of’prophecy, "
Yet, as the circling years roll round - .
f hear a little bird that sings, <
«Thei people by and by shall bo
The stronger;" and that time shall see
The last df hioraehies and kings.
Poor Freedom, faint and worn, to-day
Is up for trial; and the cause
Of equal rights, and equal laws.
Leans wearily on the array
Of armed hosts; for, since the flood,
Though tyrants ruled and cowards quailed,
Ond simple law has never failed— •
Freedom must he Baptised in blood.
** Such is the rule; and when, the surge
Of charging columns shakes the plain,
And rich red blood pours out like rain.
Brave men'shall sing.no funeral .dirge—
But raise a grand' old battle shout;
Such as the Norseman raised of old,
When, bursting from bis mountain hold,
He put thenseathern.hosts to rouL
Heroic deedslare (Hone-to-day '
' Thiat put to naught the dld-timc Cids; '
'' That ehali survive, tho pyramids,
And still be young when time is gray.
Our bitter trial dqya shall pass,
So sorely as the summer rain
"Will bring song.birda and flowers again,
■ And billowy fields of grain and grass.
And those who fighting nobly fell,
Have won a grateful nation*# thanks; 1
Where death swept down their shattered ranks,
They-slumber peacefully and well.
To them and to their deeds.belong
The brightest niche on History's page—•
They shall glide down from age to age
The grandest theme of poet’s song;
Then let us sing no sad refrain—
The day# are glorious, if hot. we
With eye of faith and hope will see
. -Tjao oTd prelude in grander strain
Played o’er again to liberty. * -
« e « .« * ' *** * * '
How *H»u in the coming year?
Tbe -north wind sings the requiem of the pasty
The mooning-pines bend low before the blast,
And all is drear.
Scattered throughout the land on vale and hill
A hundred thousand of the nation's braves ;
Are sleeping silently in nameless graves—
So white and still!
Oh L Abraham Lincoln, we did delegate '
To you a trust more worthy than a crown!
Crush with a red right band this treason down
' And seal its fate.
No monarch ever hod each
As this free people placed within yoor hand;
Wq ask but that you save the stricken land
,in this dark hour.
Alas! from every hillside comes a moan
Of desolation; by our Christmas fires \
Mourn wives and childless sires,
Boroared and lone.
Where is the patriotism that would not, tire,
Offering rich blood and treasure free as air?
Where is the fervid glew that everywhere
Burst forth like fire ?
Ah, me! tho weary Nation tires at length;-'
Its army straggles on through wet and cold^
- But clouds of, army harpies steal it?'gold
Aad sap. its,strength.
Selfish nmhitiou, envy, pride and greed, 1 •
Have had in field and council tod much iway--
Curso on the seonndrels who weuld make th'eirprey
The country's need.
A heartless, office-seeking, rabbhfrout
Besets our capital—don’t be too moo.
Oh, father Abr’am, lake a devil’s advice.
And kick ’em out.
CT
AVRUSBORO.,TIOGA COUNTY, PA., VEUNKSDAT MORNING. JANUARY 7, 1863.
' I shall never forget a lesson which I received
when quite' a ’ young lad at the-Academy in
B . Among my school-fellows werellart
lay and-Jemson.’ They were somewhat older
than myself, and to Jemson. I looked as a sort
of a leader in matters of opinion as well as
‘sport.- He was not at all malicious, bat he had
a-fdolisli ambition of being thought witty, and
be .made; himself feared by the bad habit of
turning-things into ridicule and being ever on
the lookout far matters of opinion... -
.Hartley was a new scholar,.and little was
known Of him among the hoys. One morninig
as we were on our way to school, he woe dri
ving a cow along the road to a neighboring
field. - A group of boys, among whom was
Jemeon, met him as be waa passing. The op
portunity was not. to be lost by Jemson.
“ Halloo,” he exclaimed, “what’a the price'
of milk? T say,-Jonathan, what do you fodder
on? ;Wha£ will you take for,all the gold on,
her horns f Boys, if you want to see the latest
Paris style, look at those boots
Hartley waving his hand to us with a plea
sant smile,'and driving the cow to' the field,
took down the bars of a rail fence, saw her:
safely ifa the enclosure, and then putting up
the bars, came and entered the school with the
rest of us. After school, in the-afternoon,'he
let put the cow, and drove her off, no one knew
where, and every, day for weeks he went thro 1
the same task.
' Theboya of E. —■■ Academy wereinearly all
theSonsof wealthy parents, and.some of them,;
amongwhomwasJemson, were dunces enough
to. look down, with a sort of disdain upon a
Scholar who had’to drive a cow.' The sneers
of Jemsoti • were accordingly often renewed:
he once, on a plea that he did not like the odor
of a barn, refused to to Hartley, Oc-
he would inquire after the cow's
health, pronouncing the word “ke-ow”-after
the manner of some country people.
■ With admirable good nature did Hartley
bear all those silly attempts to wound and an
noy him. Ido not remember that he was ever
once hefxayed into a look or word of angry re
taliation.
I suppose, Hartley,” said Jemson, one day,
“ your daddy means to make a milkman of
you?”
• “ Why not ?” asked Hartley.
~“.0 nothing, only don’t leave much water in
the cans after you, rinse them ; that’s all
The boys langhed, and Hartley, mot in the
least mortified, replied:
“Never fear; if ever I should rise id he a
milkman, I’il give good : measure and good
milk-too/’ : <-
The next -day after tins 'conversation there
wash public examination, at which a number
of ladles and gentlemen from neighboring
towns were present.
Prizes were awarded by the Principal of our
Academy, and both Hartley and Jemson re
ceived a.credi table number; for In respect to
scholarship these two boys were about equal..
After the ceremony of distributing the prin
cipal remarked that there was one prize, con
sisting of a gold medal, which was rarely
swarded, not So much on account of its great
cost, as because the instances were rare which
rendered its. bestowal proper. It was the prize
of heroism. The last boy who received one
was Manners, who three years ago rescued a
blind girl from drowning. The Principal then
said that with permission of the company he
Would relate a short story:
“ Not long since some scholars were flying a
kite in the street. iast-as_a,j«v'>cJjnS-OD_borse
■oaci rocre tjy on nis way to the mill, the horse
took fright and threw the hoy, injured him so
badly that be was-carried homo and confined
some weeks to his bed. Of the scholars who
bad unintentionally caused the disaster none
followed to, learn the fate of .the wounded boy.
There was one scholar, however, who had wit
nessed the accident from a distance, who not
Only went to make inquiries, but stayed to ren
der services.
“ This scholar soon learned that the wound
ed boy was the grandson of a poor widow,
whose sole support consisted in selling the
milk of a fine 'cow of which she was the owner.
Alas, what could she do now ? Sho was
old and lame, and her grandson, on whom she
depended to drive her cow to pasture, was on
his back entirely helpless.
“Never mind, my good woman,” said the
scholar, " I ettndriva your cow.” -
“ With blessings and thanks the old woman
accepted bis offer. But bis kindness did not
end here. Money was wanted to get articles
from the apothecary.
- “ I have money that my mother sent mo to
buy boots with, but I can do without them for
a white.”
“.Oh no/’.said the old woman, “I can’t
content to that, but here is a pair of heavy
hoots that I bought for Henry, who can’t wear
them. If you would only buy them, giving
us what they cost, we should get along nicely.’’
■'■'“The scholar bought the boots, clumsy? as
they were, andfaos worn them up to thi* time.
“ But when it was discovered by other boys
of the academy that one scholar was in the
Tjabiiut driving a cow, he was assailed every
day with laughter and ridicule.- His cowhide
boots, in particular, were made a matter of
mirth. But he kept op cheerfully and bravely,
never shunning observation, driving the wid
ow’s how and wearing : his thick boots, con
tented in the thought that ha was doing right,
daring not for all the jeers and sneers that
.could be uttered. He never undertook to ex
plain why be drove a cow, for he was not in
clined to make a vaunt of his charitable mo
tives, and furthermore, in his heart be had no
sympathy with false pride that could lockdown
with ridicule on any useful employment. It
was by mere- accident that bis course of self
denial was yesterday discovered by his teacher.
‘ “And now, ladies and gentlemen, I
to you, was there not true heroism in this boy’s
conduct? Nay, Master Hartley, do not hide
out of sight behind the black board; Too are
not afraid of ridicule, you must not be,-afraid
0 f .praise. , Come forth, coma forth, -Maater
EdWfd Hartlev/ac’d lct us, see your bcnest
*
AGITATOR.
The brave boy.
A CAPITAL STORY.
;. As Hartley with blushing cheeks, made hi*
appearance, what a round of applause, in
which the whole company* joined,; spoke the
general approbation of bis condoot.’ The la
dies stood upon the benches and waved their
handkerchiefs. The old men wiped the gath
ering moisture from their eyes, end dapped
their hand*. Those clumsy boots on Hartley's
feet seemed a prouder ornament than u crown
would have been on his head. i •
- The medal was bestowed upon | him amid
general acclamation.
, Let me'tell you a thing of Jemson before I
conclude. - He was most heartily {ashamed of
his ill mannered railery, and after we were dis
missed, he went, with tears' of manly self-re
buke in his eyes, and tendered bis hand’ to
Hartley, making an apology for bis ill man
pew.
| “Think no more of it, old fellow,” told
Hartley, “let no oil go and have a ramble in
the woods before we break up for vacation.”
The boys, one and all, followed Jemson’s
example, and then set out for thk woods.—
What a happy day it was. (
MORAL.
Boys and girls, never despise another who
may be more plainly clad than yqnrsdves.—
There is many a noble heart under a well
patched garment. If you are tempted to look
scornfully upon one in a plain dress, think of
’Master Edward James Hartley, the brave boy
and the gold medal.
• • [For the Agitator.]
i Otm aoVEHEMENT AHC ITS REVJ
liEBS. ;
I I believe tbere is no man, be he ever so little
interested in the welfare of bis country, but
must agree that the present sad condition to
which we are reduced, let it be caused* either
by the sectionalstrife, the scheming
intrigues of designing politicians, conflicting in-.
.terestß,.mutual grievances,.crimination and re
crimination between different sections, some
inherent defect in the Constitution—or, he the
cause what it may, justifies the most serious
apprehensions, and calls for the .'exertion of
whatever vigor, manhood and wisdom there is
left among us.
Our government, once thought so firm, so
secure and stable in its foundations, totters
now in the balance like a wind-shaken reed!
-It trembles beneath the mighty!tramp and
rush of contending armies—with now bright
ening, now toweling* fortunes —and no. man
can predict the result. ,
But the same unquiet spirit which first
threatened and has at last inflicted these dark.
troubles upon ns, is now insidiously working"
in bnr'ivery midst, to weaken the foundations
oft our chiofirtt a treng th—n ni ty among-our
selves. There Is a feellng qf dietrust, and want
of confidence in the administration of par gov
ernment, which, if allowed to maintain and
augmenftitself, will surely become-our greatest
and most irromedial weakness, and result ulti
mately in our complete overthrow. Tbere is
no evading this result. Division among our
selves is a more formidable obstacle to the
re-establishment of our government than the
armies of the rebellion are. On every hand it
is repeatedly said in' substance; “That we
might as well give up the war at once, as suc
cess is doubtful qt the least, if not absolutely
impossible—that the army has been mismana
ged, and the government is in the hands of
men unfit to control public affairs in such
crisis as is now npon ns." |
Now the expression of such reflecting senti
ments should‘be watchfully guarded
for from the confidence of the people does the
government derive its prineip ol . * tr f D B t “ an( *
effectiveness- We a P‘J u B de °° h g. bt '
and- —utrtgtldus evidence. When we submit,
as' a free people, to the executive' authority of
government, it is only complying with laws of
onriown making. A generous nation should
be grateful for the preservation of its rights,-
or even attempts which, for a reason, fail, if
made for the public good, and willingly extend
the respect, confidence and encouragement
which is dne to those who usetheir power,
talents and means for the greatest good of the
greatest number of their countrymen. * Loyal
ty, in the bead and heart of a freeman, is a
rational attachment to the laws and those
whose office it is to see them enforced and car
ried out.. Prejudice, passion and circumstances
may sometimes have carried this feeling too
for; but we know, I care not what others may
iamgine, we know that our nation have erred
more in a blind and . mistaken zeal for party
sad creed, than they ever did in the defense of
what they thought most'dear and sacred to
themselves. This spirit, which for a time,
seemed buried, has been resUssitated, prevails
and is becoming alarmingly prevalent.' Jinny
mistakes have indeed been made, but should
they not be reasonably expected, in a war of
such magnitude; coming so snddeinly upon ns?
Most assuredly! It were the height of folly to
expect nothing but uninterrupted successes 1
Appearances do not always justify suspicion ;
and when the safety of a nation is at Stoke we
should not hastily distrust and impeach public
men, on Mere conjectural grounds, who are
borne down by unprecedented responsibilities.
The situation of. ibis country is alarming
enough to rouse the attention and energies of
any man who pretends to any concern for it.
When history speaks of the different .nations
of free people whose rights have been invaded
and violated. We ire deeply interested in,them.
There is an inward monitorI—ont 1 —ont own feelings
—which .falls ,-us how tong they,ought to ■ have
submitted, and at what time it would have
been injustice to themselves and their posterity
not to have resisted. But how much warmer
are our feelings When experience brings the
baleful example home to ourselves 1 .
Patience, hope and trust are) qualifications
which are most needed' at such epochs in a
nation’s history, and most especially contribute
strength and encouragement. If we quickly
distrust, and repose confidence nowhere but
transiently, there can be rib such thing as
political ’or national firmness and stability.—
And when such are our errors .we are, the
authors of the very mischief of Which we com
plain. , .
RespeOt is, due lo those ih. authority, and if
iV'Should bs done wi ib Candor, dc-
cency and ( a certainty that there are sufficient
grounds tq base our actions upon; and if ac
tion most!at last be taken, none will be so
likely to succeed as that which is adopted with
the most moderation. This fact done, if noth
ing mors coaid he offered, ought to make ns
reluctant to withdraw our confidence and sap
port from those upon whom devolve the ad
ministration of government.
1 believe that our national affairs are con
ducted by j men of ability and virtue men
jwhose acts, are sanctioned by their conscience.
Experience in the arts to which they find them
selves brought face to face, must be acquired—■
the pursuits of peace gave no occasion for their
earlier acquirement. But it is fair to suppose
that the time already elapsed since the com
mencement of the Rebellion has given them's
degree of experience which better jits them for
the situations they bold than others less expe
rienced are, bat whose names it is very easy
for the thoughtless and disappointed to utter
and that to the disparagement of those who
need our warmest support.
The. idea of uniting all parties, all creeds, all
isms, for the one common purpose of rallying
for the Union, was a magnanimous, benevolent
and salutary one, from which has resulted -all
the advantages we may-claim ; but that other
idea which, like the deadly eerpent, is coiling
itself around the foundations, of onr social and
political fabric of trying all persons and char
acters, and distributing the offices of state- by
rotation, upsetting each class of occupants be
fore they bad learned the first forms of their
office strikes me as most lame and short-sight
ed, and could possibly resalt in nothing better,
but possibly worse than discord, corruption,
distraction and weakness.
If therej have been errors they certainly can
not be attributed'to design on the part of our
executive'ministry; they undoubtedly arose
from unbounded goodness of Apart,- in which
folly and duplicity bad no share. - There has
been no grovelling partiality to hew faces; no
disposition for low intrigue; no treachery of
double-dealing; all the acts of onr chief mag
istrate have been conspicuous for their faifness
and'conscientious justice. All has been open,
fair andplain. The wish of the people has
been the. deciding point in every instance, and
what bos often seemed like delay, Has been
the necessary time requisite to be assured of
that wish.
; History gives no instance of a change in the
circumstances and temper of a whole nation*
so sadden! and so extraordinary as that which
has convulsed the American people since the
inauguration of the rebellion of the seeded
states. Unfortunately for ns the retakirhave
not been what we predicted—and who will pre
dict in war? The events have been thought'
unanswerable to our expectations. After a
rapid succession of events we -can see-oa
changes which are reckoned greatly to our
benefit. Ground won has been tost, and must
be won again; but who ever heard of a war
without reverses? But is there yet any ex
tremity of distress which, of itself, ohgbt to
reduce a;great nation to dispair? We have
abundant causa for sorrow, but none for dis
pair. .Shall an occurrence of calamitous cir
cumstances break our spirit and cause distrust
of bur rulers ? Is it enough to make us con
sider our government pernicious because our
foe baa met with a partial success 7 What now
would bo that monument of fortitude, trust,
and suffering. The Declaration of. Indor"*
dence, more than.* waste paper, had
th- of those days lost their courage,-
hope mu) confidence at each 7 reverse of their
arms? j
It naturally fills us with resentment to sea
those who have the cares and responsibilities
of the management of a nation in times like
these constantly and groundlessly reviled,'tra
dueed add complained of by those too who
quite possibly never, lifted a finger in the cause
of their country, but wbo. do valiant deeds by
word of | month and condemn those who are
devoting their lives, their fortunes and their
untiring! energies to the cause of their poor,
suffering, distracted country! Shame upon,-
such an Alien and niggardly spirit 1 How in
finitely better would it took if strictures came
only from those wbo had‘the better knowledge
of the things of which -they speak, and bad
made some effort personally to lessen the evils
which they so decry and deplore.
In times like the present no honest man win
or can Remain silent or inactive? However
separated in l social position, rank or fortune in
the rights of freedom we are alleqnol. As we
are all Americans the least considerable one
among qs has an equal interest to the proudest
millionaire in the laws atad const!to lion of our
common' country, and is equally called upon to
contribute in support of them ; either by the
heart to*trust and confide, the head to conceive
or the band to execute! It is a common cause
in which ws are all interested, in which we
should all* be engaged, either in action or in a
cheerful, loyal acquiescence. : The man wbo
deserts it at this alarming crisis is a traitor to
his country, and an enemy to his family’s and
his country’s best interest. G.
- A Faithful Doc. —The widow of Lt. Pfieff
of Illinois, was enabled to find her husband’s
grave at Pittsburg Landing by seeing a dog
which had accompanied the Lieutenant to the
war. The dog approached her with the most
intense manifestations of : joy, -Arid immediate
ly indicated to,' her as well as be was able his
desire that she should follow him. She did so,
and he led the way to-o distant pafl of the
field ar|d Atoppeil before a single grave. She
caused 1 it: to be opened, and there found the
body of her dead husband. . It appears from
the statement of some of the soldiers that when
Lieut. Pfieff fell, this dog was by his side, and
thus remained, licking his wounds until ho
was taken from the field and bnried. He then
took fate station bj* the grave, and nothing
could induce him to abandon it but for a suffi
cient length of time each day to. satisfy bis
hunger, until by tome -mbans-he was made
aware of the presenceof bistort tress’, 'Thus
be had watched - for twelve days bj the grave
of* hie matter.
■ Whit do ifie sailors do with the kfipt the ship
makes in a day ?
[From the Bradford Reporter.]
THE SENATOEIA.L QUESTION,
The next Legislature will he called'ifpqn tb
consider several matters of very grave impor
tance, chief of which w'ill be the election of
an United Slates Senator.?* . .
The importance of this election at the pres
ent time cannot be overrated. It vitally affects
the conduct of the war through countenance
or discountenance of the government,find must
place Pennsylvania in earnest co-operation
with, or in undisguised hostility to (be efforts
of all .good men and patriots for the re-estab
lishment of low and order.
The friends of the government are unitea
upon a single man; one who occupies a first
place among the few who have rendered their
names historic in putting their protest against
the encroachments of the power which ani
mates and which conceived the rebellion, upon
record; a man who has never abandoned (bat
protest for a day, bnt who, on the contrary,
has withstood menace L and persecution frofft
former political associates with unalterable
resolution and unbending integrity; a repre?
sentative man, whose name is fi t .household
word among the earnest friends of'freedom.—
That man is David Wilmot.
NO. 21.
These are times of great public peril; timei
which admonish us of the necessity of.,welt
considered, prompt and vigorous notion. Every’
hour bath its unmistakable teaching. Every
event, every development, enforces a lesson of
extreme caution in assigning the rents of ’pow
er and positions of influence. We cannot bo
too careful in selecting the men who' are"to
frame laws and execute them. '• On the one
hand we behold treason presenting itsblf, arm!
ed, earnest, and updivided. On (he other a
band of sterling patriots, besot by plotting,
politicians, whose hearts are refugees of lies,
and treasonable motives. They endeavor to,
speak as fair, while they dally with the dag
ger prepared to assassinate the liberties of the
country, tJja the election of a Senator wo have
to choose between the representative men of
these classes. The latter ore the. open -allies,-
of treason. Whatever their professions, what,
ever their protestations of loyalty, their faeartb
are estranged from their country, and have'
been so -estranged for years. Whatever they'
say, they mean only to wreak their revenges
for loss of power and position, even at the
ezpenseaof the liberties of the people and the
consequent loss of national glory. Betweed
the man pat forward by such men and Piriil ;
Wilmot the' country cannot hesitate to choose'.
They will put forward no new and" untried'
man. They will'take pains to leave no doubt
as to their motives in their selection of a can
didate. The time for concealments is.past.
Against us we have arrayed such ,toed as
Baekalew, Hughes, Wharton,- Ree'd; Buchan
an, Bigler, and othess not less infamous, but
less notorious. Of these it is presumable that
Buckalew will be selected and go before the
Legislature as acandidate for Senatorial hbiih
ors. He is entitled to the precedence in every
conceivable particular. -The particular friend
and upholder- of Franklin Pieros and James
Buchanan, and a stipendiary of the latter oA>
der cover of a South American mission; this
ardent and noisy defender of Stringfellpw and
Atchison inAheir brutal outrages.-in Kansas t
the bold-anil unblushing ap ologisVfor.arjd ait
vocate of the Lecompton villainyf—jhitfUapn
is peculiarly fitted for, and entitled to, the
suffrages of that portion of the denrooratio
party which finds its period of exaltation Co- ~
incident with some reverse' of out .arms' and.
its employment in contriving new ways to em
. harass the government. ■ ~ ’r
Hr. Buckalew is not without' a species of
ability, Biitit-is ability of a peculiar sort;' of,
that kind which has best recommended men
to the notice and patronage of democratic.
Presidents, and to the caucus and conventional
honors dispensed by democratic
He is cool, crafty and politic. Cool, because'
an utter stranger to the finer of tfae
heart which impart a kind of impulsive ener
gy to the character. Crafty, and, politic; bs-.
cause with him the greatest good is the ag-.
grandizement of .himself and the downfall of
every obstacle whtci takes root in conscience!
Ha has fc<v friends, in the better acbeptatibip
of the term, but many admirers and hosts of
imitators. Whatever a man may become, when '
he has fully subjected his moral nature to the
domination of an ambition which, scruples si
nothing that stands in its way, Mr, Bnctateiir'
has become. Neither better nur worse; heilbeir
abler nor weaker than many of bis compeers’,
he is still the most availably of all; because to.
unscrupulousness he joins that species of con
ning whicb-often atones for a- lack of foriiiight
and high intellectual qualities;
: In effect, it is between such a man ani
Davib Wxlkot that the next Legislature baa:
to choose. The contest will be without paral
lel for bitterness. Already the democratic ,
prints denounce assassination upon any mem
ber wbq-ibnll leave the line' of party to cast i
vote fora-bjjfil man. Not only this; b'n’t thejr
threaten a like fate to the than, who shall bo
elected by such petty treason to party. It is
time that this dragooning of members of the
Legislature was checked. To this fearful a£
ternative are these desperate men driven!—
Men are no longer to vote as conscience and
their official baths shall dictate, except under
menace of assassination! Is this..the
freedom promised by this remnant of the dem
ocratic party f Are these bloody threats botn '
of the new spirit of democracy? If so, let its
do right and see the worst. If it comes to that;
these cowardly bullies njay floda shorter sljrift
than the Old -Capitol Prison and the biitti of
allegiance. ’ If they choose to inaugurate the'
era of the pistol Arid the dagger, very "well;—'
But let tbent remember the fiito of Robespictre;
of Murat, and of Guy Fawkes; ;
Curious PEtkEFACf-ibN. —The Panama J3u£
letin tells this clirious storylt will be recol
lected that dbout four years ago, Mrs! Kearny;
wife of the late James Kearny, died in this
city. Her husband at that time being a, bier*
chant of Aspintvall, bad a zinc coffin made;
which she Was placed, and also a, quantity of
alcohol, then imbedded in charcoal, in a still
larger coffin, fob the purpose of preserving her;
as it was her husband's intentioq to have her
sent to England; but shortly 'afterward ho
took sick hithsel&and died, and also his child.
The body then remained undisturbed till a"
short time ago, instructions were received froni
her relations, ih England, to have her body
exhumed and interred in the Cathedral.. Oit
opedipg the coffin the body was found to be
petrified and perfectly marble-like, but, strange
to ■say, os quick as the air got to' the body it
changed to a light copper colon
"If a*word or two will render a man hap
py,? said a Frenchman, “ he must be a wretch
indeed, who will'not give it. It is like light
ing Another man’s candle with your own, which
loses pope of its brilliancy by what the -other
gains.” Jf all men acted'upon this principle
the’ world would be udioh happier than it hr.
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