K? THE AGITATOR. M. H, COBB, EDITOR A2H> v~t~ TjjELtsBOROPCH, PEW^ ■WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN,^,|lB63. ' :JfO Tl CU-i ; Jig-/; • W-liitepaper,upon which The Agitator'is i printed/ costs' now more than 100 -per* cent. more than it did six months agoj I’hliJictioti ' of the late' proprietor of this jo Rising Uheaubaoription prico to $1.50, was JdSioioUß and proper,, and will be sustained hyitlejpte eeUt proprietor. To do wouW/Jentaii much; positive loss : upon,ns, hnd f in as we propose, we. do only what newspaper, city and country, has Those long iB arjrears ought: not to gS>qctiJ» continuance of credit nndej the rule prices for material, j It is vitally ( the subscription list should bßself-suprajrting, and. we can spare no pains l;o render iUfo,. ... . A WOHD.; , * \To iht Readers oj the AgiMtor: , |;jst : \T My connection with this paper,! as ItejEditOr •- and -Proprietor, ended with the last |i|,tnberi transfer it to the " han’da o£ its foupigr, my,’ predecessor, M. ll.' Conn, Esq. Onei® 1 well and favorably known to. nearly all. tbafpeoplo of this county *s. he is, needs no formhij'jintro. ductinn from me, With hia ability as a writer, and his stern and tipg- devotion' to anti-slavery princlpllsi the paper under”'his charge must career of enlarged usefulness and pr^^rity. A long established custom to write you. a few parting words. f traveled together, hand in band fja iStWere, over thepathT-way of life for four jaajw|’ Ba ring all this time you have nobly su itdi|fe]l me in my humble efforts on the"'sid< . ofpliniiT ngainst Wbono. The circulation df/thegaper, its advertising, and general bus^esS'’ hare ] gradually increased wUh each ’ For nearly two years much qf has been devoted to the history "of this hgi-born rebellion, written by your sons and hrpfiiers in camp and field. We have been cielrld at , times by the sunshine of victory; aim been overshadowed but not discouraged ,by the dark olouda of defeat. Wo have rejoiced Together over; glorious victories for home, liber ty and national honor,- and have w|pt»gother far the dear ones who fell ,in .these. Through all these dark days of trou ble,. I: have tried to show you, injmyginmhle way, that the principles we are stiipgd|shg- for are just as sure to triumph in the en'dSas that they ire approved'of. Heaven an.dgood men; that' when the time, of triumj|k:;pqmes, as come it must before long, onr ■ start upon a new career of glpryapj-power unequnled in the history of natioflS.hgEo' our friends in the army who shared views' with ns, and keptais advised of th9|«pements of our Tioga Boys,-I tender myjgj'gpeful ac knowledgments, and trust they w, lj|®titinue their favors to the Agitator. *l®] ... 'And now having reached that poM where we must, as writer and "reader, s jiMf! hands, and part for a while, at least, I d isirai jto say that if I have-given offence to any pol Kcal op-' pon'ent by expressions of undue se wml -l sin cerely regret it.- If I have been IplLparm, at titnes, in support .of political fr}VnS3®'it was because T believed that the Conve itittgdid not ‘represent the,wishes of tbo people: orp'-jt did, that the people did not really kno‘ f U&. ty of the candidate; Although, c steneibly the oTgifi of the Republican party, ing' all-’ its nominations, the AgitAtor; under mjy control,, has all always maintained, its. inde pendenoe of party leaders and 1 party jjjj'ganiza tibn. And this, I believe, will be’ under iny successor. i ' . X part with aiy brethren of with regret I have Termed friendships some of them which will he as last'mg- aajUfe. I have experienced from all of them’ thf'ntm'Dst consideration' "and courtesy, and Xfean now only assure them of the sympathy esteem of one who knows how much thi yijpf o , sus tained apd strengthened by t ie lajWpf being ate fill,.and the trials they-ton ofteJ»tlduro in keeping.this alive in their he? -' ‘Friends, readers, correspondent tort, I give ygu all .an editorial ~ ‘ Unfljl fi[oOT'G . - —ta-ii - SALfjTATOBT. ‘ Zb the Patrons of this Paper ! In resuming control of The A g JS'-Wor, I do not" recognize ,tho necessity of beta eg-forth a new programme of action, of .njAjfhg new pledges df good faith and good decla ring anejr the principles which will, gpyefn its Conduct. ,Tou know me well. iA'there be anything to learn of me as a moa‘,a .citizen 'and a journalist, the fault is not pro ceeds from no reticence of mine! -Whitt I Was when, you first knew me, and.durin'gll&e period sf ont acquaintance, that'am I that, in the lapse of years, and in d njo’re and varied acquaintance with’ mfen’ of jj things, I may have grown wiser and, it is ,# jjahoped, better.-- Of tfiis you are to from what‘others say, hut from what liidjfidnd say. Therefore, were, you to turn'to tl.oprat num ber of The Agitator and take upithh saluta tion there, you would find.un all jhings essen tial, all that I have to s-aj ofprin-jipljjß and of actions. Principles do hot change | ; ;app' human actions,' flowing out of principles pS no more after- their quality than the prinjapes them selves. \ i^ 1 In returning to Tioga county t pn honor and a pleasure. I frankly draft ft. At frankly Isay that had I not had unmistakable evidence that this return was by, and equally pleasnrable to you;this sdcosd saluta tion had never been written. . I shaft* not-con ceal from you that, in forego nuioh,and' sacrifice much the rXI \ chiefeat.good;among'inen. and emnlumeritarnnd place, ore not |oi ; be weigijisd againStsoher jconvictions of dufyy health, serenity of soil!;. Sinee-j I have lijjed njuch In cities—the centeraTof trade and poli 'tTifa'fTißd' ftt h'cnnnc, wh etTEealth'woulff~peK" mit, has my.ppp «Ue v pose that, if" a J biSffa 'deSirtd -lo TrimseTr j tt> hiafellnw-man, fromnoentral pointthe held 7 would he broader, than from thisfand'-ao/ it. : nmy.he._un.dcr favorable. -circumstances.- -But the map who can till ten acres satisfactorily/to I himself, is a greater benefactor than he who tlllsfifty acres' indTSefefftly r and He~wHo'btcsi3' ten' acres will till'it /bklter than.hd who 'tills fifty, for lijre, If a' xagji Tii'msetf a po sition where, be canpot.speak the tyljo.le truth, hferia a llar. Soplnbrihdon metropolitan, joufc nalism wi(hSut.regret."-h' *'- 1- ; p ,;; i t<u. ’ Again You will pxcosfe me' if, Tt* declhVe‘% you that lam of the people! Born.in jfis„m’idf die walks, baring inbred hope* and ,sympa thies pertaining thereunto, I caa.be more use ful there than elsewhere. There is more moral escellerice and grandeur there'than in “those * higher-walks,” so-called, where-excellence ia pretensional.as often as fact, if or is. this to Say that there is no,_excellence in those “higher .walks," for that would be unjust; but it is to .say that there- the culture' the -head is ‘ the .chiofest care, while that of the heart is too much neglected. ~ High moral excellence can hot .he attained except through the education of both head and heart- Not that this is,new truth, nor even new-discovered.' It' is simply truth re-conSrmed by varying experience ;. and ■o far ia it from an exceptional view of the ease that it is universally acknowledged wher ever the question is raised. ! I bring with me no private and personal ns to grind. I. do not return, for the purpose of grinding thq ax of any man, nor for the pur pose of grinding the axes of any particular set of men.. The invitation wax nob saddled by arty sueh conditions or considerations. I .am expected to conduct the paper on the broad and cath.ulio; platform it has occupied from the beginning. -It-will pot await the decision of partisan leaders before iacknowledging, merit wherever it may exist, nor will it borrow Its views of public men andjmhiic'measures from platforms or dicta. .It, is necessary to go be hind the professions of men I and examine, into tholrSnotives; and no. man who deprecates the existence of party spirit' in, thebe times will ' . escape scrutiny on the strength Of such pro-j fessiun of patriotism.' I may as well say, in , this place, that I am not one of those who ex- 1 • pect to live to see that millennial <Jey when j tbero will be but one church organization and j one party. These antagonisms nra doubtless providential means for the' Regeneration of men and nations. ' But fealty to party will not, if rightly yielded, breed any ipcurable, distem per. It must n6t banish tolerant charity from the list of virtues which preside over human intercourse; and it shall not, in this case, pre vail upon me to screen any wrong-doer from publis blame, to apologize for fraud, or to cover up blemishes, because ho or they pertain ; to men and measures with whom 1 have acted and which I have advocated heretofore, 'and ! with whom I may act, and which"! mhy advo cate liercafterT V • ' r ' fsul /r • As to this war: . I am,foi: its -prosecution to the end of a permanent pedoe. I believe it is God’s war, and that He will see to it that poli ticians do' not.oheat the nation of its reward.' -Providence never blunders as men. do. We have and adminis tered, or sought to be administered"" Unv patient does not yet recover. I believe that this struggle was inevitable from the moment of the adoption of the Constitution. I know that Urn antagonisms of .class qre at the bot tom of the whole matter; I- .hate talked per sonally -With men'who now ocottpy high posi tions in the rebel army, and who invariably declared that the struggle, then impending.was a strife of class with class., ,l£ is so acknow ledged among thinking:men everywhere.! nut among politicians; for politicians are not, as a class; thinking men, or philosophers."'They deal in superficialities, and not with causes. With;such men I do,not hpp.e tq maintain, rela tione of harmony and mutual qsteem. We shall hate each other from- instinct; as we always have done. I shall endeavor,-in my small way, to keep their axes dnli.' I believe it to he the duty of every true pa triot to .stand by |ha- government, even in its occasional eSeroiSq pf powers .not prescribed in the written law;: .Whatever is necessary; is right-to be done. ‘ War brings its hardships, its sacrifices, its little injustices. Very well, we must all submit. Even inj times of peace none of as are exempt from sacrifice. In war, how much;less ought we to. expect it! To split hairs on the Constitution, to magnify re verses to our arms, do advocate the cause of any man to the detriment of .the cause of mil lions, these actions- are- comforting to the rebels and.afflictive to fhe friends of the race. Finely, I, return to you with less physical energy, perhaps, but with not less determine, tion to do my whole duty, than when 1 left you. If-1 deserve support you will not with hold it, and if I do not desefre it .1 shall not ask ft. -M. Q. Conn. The famous ibo.v stkaveb Monitor— -whose career and exploits-are - among, the-most re markable of the war—foundered'off* Gape H at torns on Tuesday evening last, the 30ih ojf De cember. She was on her wav South, and in tow of the Rhode . Island, About 9 p. u. a gala came up, and about- half-past 1 in the morning the Monitor sprung a leak and went-duwn. The Pbesident, oniMondaj kst, nominated •fudge A. A-. Usher, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to fill the place of his- superior, the lion. Caleb SmiYh.reeeatlj appointed United States Piettiot Judge. x , THE TlO G A COUNT Y A GIT ATO It. , \ CHAELBS B. BTJOKABByr. We have'bofore ns a report made by-ibis gentleman as - chairman of a select commit tee of _ihe State Senate, to -whom were re "ferred”certain "resoTutionsTavdring tbclulmis “aion-of-Knnsas-into the-Bmon-ae-a-Stote-witb tbe,Lecomptqn. Constitution. It is a remarka 'bfe’docutrfenf; and ; in- view o fit hbpfdthi n c n g e given to that gentleman aeT'o. probable candi date for thq U-S- Senate, the-present seems, peculiarly .a.proper time .to_bf,!JVS it pgain into public notice,- - i ;'; “ An’examination of -this document forcibly remTndsli “ofAbe poet’s declaration—“ The eVil flrat’ men do lives after theih.’,’ ■ Indeed, it 'would' require A. much lustier vitality to Jive down puch a record than Us -a,o ther possesses. ■And Sr« question if Mr. Buckalqw ; himself, when reviewing- - it, as doubtless-ha often, has dotid.docsßotTeel impblledto curse the-inven tion of as earnestly as he advoca ted an Infamous measpre,,- , ! - .But Mr; Bueh.fltfan.,bad need, of some one to defoncTthis crowning villainy of his adminis tration, and,'if possible, to .procure for it the endorsement of the legislature of .bis native State., He cast about; for .an unscrupulous man, a man with little conscience and great daring, and one who could put party obliga tions above all others. Such a man he found in Mr. BuckalOw. He undertook the work; and justice demands the admission that he per formed it well. It is,a special plea.in justifi cation of high-handed -outrage, an .outrage which split the democratic .party into frag ments, anc| wrhich is now too poor to have a single open-handed friend and.advocate. - Bike all specie;! pleading it abounds in references to precedents for pn act without precedent in a free government, and to parallel cases in a case without a parallel. Its deductions are logical while its assumptions in the premises are notoriously false. As an intellectual effort it is fair, but in its statements of foots it is grossly erroneous. This report, occupying about eight columns in the Legislative Record , is made to hang upon the constitutional history 'of Pennsylvania,— Mr.’ -Butkalew devotee neatly three columns to a history of the constitution of this State, which, he states, “will aid us hi solving the difficulties of the Kansas question.” He evi dently means to put bur constitutional history forward as parallel to. that of Kansas, for ,he makes no reference to any other. It follows, therefore, that if the cases are not parallel, then the report falls to the .ground in so far as it hangs upon that view of the case. Are the cases parallel! We think not. The first oonstitution.of this State was framed by; delegates elected by the people and continued 5 in force fourteen years. A convention was as sembled at that period which framed andlpnf in force a new constitution, which, with some amendments, continues in force at the,present time. Neither of these constitutions was,sub mitted to a vote of the people. Now what were the facts and circumstances attending thp t formation of these instruments? Briefly, the constitution of 1776 was framed as a measure of safety, to give the colony the powers and functions of an independent State. Neither as to the election of delegates nor as to the patting in force of the constitution,' was there then, or at any time subsequent, any denial- of the authority of the conven tion, or any charge of fraud preferred against it, its originators,' or its operation. It 1 was the offspring, of the fairly expressed will of the people of Pennsylvania. The satjje is true of the constitution of 1790, and all steps preliminary to its formation. Instead of- dis sension and: civil disturbance, at theperiode designated, there?-**,, g ro! ,t unanimity. Those instruments were, pre-emtn c i.d P . , no Dular pro ductions,-and received popular approval hy universal assent, though not by formal .vote. But the history of Kansas, from the date of itverection into a Territory down to the-period of, the Lecoinpton constitution, is a reopfd of outrage and violence without parallel, .in any §tate or dependency of this republic until, the present civil war. ■ We shall not repeat in de tail the history of- that period of disorder, hut content pursdlves in saying, that through the machinations of the men pew in arms against the government, there was in Kansas, during that period, neither protection nor security for the citizen except such protection as each might make for himself with the rifle and the revolver. Through the machinations of these men, sustained and comforted,by their allies in in every free .State, and favored by the Presi dent; all law,-both constitutional and munici pal, was suspended in that Territory. Vio lence reigned supreme. The lawless agents of slavery banded themselves, together and over awed even the ballot-box.-, Under cover of superior force" and governmental favor; most stupendous frauds were perpetrated. Legisla tures were elected by non-residents, and by these laws were made subversive of every rule of civil and criminal process. Murderers were turned loose on straw-bail, while men charged with no greater crime than anti slavery, were arrested and refused bail. Let it be borne in mind, also, that, we are not reviving mere ru mors i on tbs. contrflry, ara are quoting .from records now a part of the history of the coun try, the "events, of which are testified -of by clouds of Unimpeachable witnesses. We how come to t&e era of the Lecoinpton constitution. The legislature which, passed the act providing for a convention to frame it, was composed .entirely of pro slavery men. The free, State men, admonished by past expe rience, refused to vote at the election, well knowing that to do so would be to subject themselves certainly to violence, probably to bloody strife. Besides, they declared their resolution nofer to acknowledge,, in any way, the legitimacy of the- Territorial go rernment: They also refused to participate in the election . of delegates, to.the constitutional convention ► * r k npder the direction of that legislature unless lar l<K*lity wap;worth any price."' The doftjtt jhey.couldthave guaranties of a fttir election. Those' Go/.'Stantop'“declared to be out of $a prmy|»ould have broke nfbbo heart of the West power tojjrve ; but he solemnly assured them, and erdold have been by far the the most fate tliattße people should have an opportunity dlsasler of the war, •esnreOT-their- wia-npotr any oonstitati(ra~tlnrr- ovinoed-re census', upon vr&ch-th'e regislry’of voters was- amoDg th ' e m^at heroes of the to be made, was very partial; and that in fif- TOr> * The enemy r fairlybeat him the first day teen counties, comprising, more than half the -s-oaptured [thousands; of his men and many population, ef, tho. Territory, no census was cannon,,and,drpTe b|a army back in coDfusion; taken- whatever/ ilest of thcae'eonnties .were , .buffcoym J¥>t to be defeoted. The batttle was 'i < / i- i ui-r' cl - renewedhast day, but it was not until the third infiabiled almost entirely by free State men. daT that he caiD J cd a decided advantage. On The result of the" election showedthat only fourth.,4ay There.was when about two’ thousand votes were cast for dele- the enemy 1 deemed it prudenffotetreat. In gates to the convention, while under the very all the various manocnvers General Rosecrans imperfect census not less than nine thousand s^f-posseSsfon,- personal gallau- , ~ . try, but, better than all, a stubborn persistence voters were declared to be resident m the,Ter- w £ ich finally won the fie i d . Aa the Tennessee ritory. ‘ _ ■ and Virginia railroad has been out near. Knox- By dint of much urging, Governor Walter induced thV free State men' to participate! in the October Territorial election. They, east* about- seven, thousand six hundred rotes, to three thousand seven hundred cast by the pro slavery men, electing their Congressional dele gates and a large majority of the Legislature and Council, It was at this election that the & '■ • pro-slavery men undertook to alter the com plexion of the legislature by means of a j false return. ' It contained the' names of sixteen hundred. and twenty-four persons as hiving voted in a precinct containing only eleven houses. This return was afterward proved, by comparison, to have been copied, from a Cin cinnati directory.* We cite this ns one of many instances of barefaced fraud"attempted by the agents.of Hr. Buchanan, and the compatriots of Mr. Buckalew. 1 The ’Lecompton convention assembled and set about {framing a constitution. The provi sions of that instrument are familiar to nearly all reading men. Suffice it to say, the convon : tion provided for the submission of the sections relating to slavery to a vote of .the people, bat in each a manner that in voting against them one mast vote for tbs constitution. This was denounced by Gov. "Walker as grossly unfair, and A violation of the pledge given by Mr. Stan ton, that the people should have an opportunity to express their will upon any constitution the convention might frame. A provision-was also inserted in the same schedule to prevent'the I alteration or amendment of the constitution until 1864. When it is considered that the 1 clauses establishing slavery in Kansas,-were by no means the snm of its objjdtional fea- ' | tures, the gross insult offered to the people of ttbat State will be duly Gov. Walk fer hastened to "Washington to protest against its acceptance by tho President. He denoun ced it in the strongest terms. But all to no , purpose. It bad become the policy of, the Administration before the Governor reached Washington. Such arc the -facts of history. We have looked through the report of Mr. Buckalew for a recital of some of these facts, hut in vain. He ignores them altogether. There is a wise maxim in law which prescribes that the proba ble molives 'of, and the circumstances which surrounded, law-makers, should wuifupon the interpretation eff the law. But the intellect of Mr.. Buckalew rises above the maxims v?hieh constitute, rules.of. action with common men. He-sets them aside; and proceeds, like any Special pleader, to whitewash his client. He cites theconstitntionarhiatory of Pennsylvania as'a" fair precedent upon which to found his advocacy of the XecOmpton constitution. With ail bis brilliant talent for subterfuge, we must express;tho belief that he knew better. That he knew the precedent was no precedent at all, and that the cases were, in no sense, parallel. Ha knew ThafjTiia fepoirwTra -iv fnitw*—, first to last, and that it could not, as it did not, deceive any but the merest pack-mules Of party. But he had a work to do for Mr. Buchanan and Jefferson Davis. Like a lawyer. he took up. his little brief, and made the best of it.— We presume he might hove packeda jury-box, aided by-some of Mr. Buchanan’s Kansas mar shals, with a class of men who would have given a verdict in favor of his report. But he failed yvitb the people, as the scheme of in famy be upheld and defended failed with the people, and with the majority of the democratic party in the North. That was the rook upon which the democracy split. Mr. Bnckalew may be, we think he is, in the main, a shrewd man. But he is not a great man. He is not even an able.man, judged by hia report on Le compton. We go further, and venture to pre dict; that no partisan of his, With" an ounce of brains, will ever do him ftio mortal injury of quoting from bis argument in that report. We have not revived its memory in any spirit of kindness to him, but in order that If he goes to Washington as a representative of the'democ racy of this State fie may wear his true colors on the outside. He can represent Messrs. Bu chanan, Hughes, Bigler, Reed and others, hat not the people of Pennsylvania. THE WAR XfEWH, The news from the West turns out bstter than onr fears. Gen. Rosecrans has wOn a decided -victory at Murfreesboro;. Gen. Sher man, at last accounts, was on the point dfen tering Vicksburg ; the railroad . connecting Richmond with the Southwest has been, sev ered, and the most formidable guerrilla bands in Kentucky and Tennessee have been -beaten and dispersed. The .work" of one Week has changed the whole aspect of tha war inf tho West, and will serve ta reanimate the wearied and discouraged North. i . There can no longer be" any; the slightest, doubt of the complete success of Gen. Itose ctans. After a series of furious engagements lasting five-days in all,.the enemy, at lost ac counts, wos-nn fall retreat and the Union army preparing to follow them up : vigorously.— The liss of lifef has been fearful ■ hut success in Biis stage of the campaign andin that pat tic a- ville, Bragg’s army can getno help, from Rich mond, and if he should be overtaken maydoso, everything. The rivera in the West are rising,' and General Roaecrans will no. longer, depend" upon one railroad for supplies. . From Vicksburg , the news is also cheering. There has been , terrible fighting at that place also. Gen. Sherman with an army of 40,000 men bad invested the city, and after four day’s fighting had carried three of the four lines of intrenchmeois. As Gen. Banks’s army was comingup the river to attack Vicksburg oh the other Sple, Iherwtwo-ha little doubt but that it is nowj- in our possession. It is understood that the nest movement will be on Jackson, and from thence to Mobile;’ With the Mississippi open and Bragg’s fine army defeated, the conquest of the Southwest is among the probabilities of the coming spring campaign. j , ■ , THE PBOCIiA.MA.TION OP FBBEDOM. We have- no space in ■ which to comment upon the President’s Proclamation of Freedom this week, However, it is one' of those docu ments which speak for themselves, whose ap peal is to the conscience of every true man and cannot be stifled or robbed of its weight by the plausibilities of small politicians. It marks a» ; era. in American -history to which coming generations .will look back,with pride. By the President of the United States of-America: A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of Sep tember, in the year of onr Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty-two, a Proclamation was issued by-the President of the, United States, containing among other things the fol lowing to wit; “ That on the First day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred : and sizty-tiiree, all persons held as Slaves with in any State, or designated part of a State, the,people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States sljall be thencefor ward and forever free, and the, Executive Government of the United States, including the Military and Naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. “ That the Executive wiil, on the first day of January aforesaid, by Proclamation, desig nate the States and parts of. States, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in Rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or tfie people "thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by Mem bers chosen thereto at elections wherein a ma jority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated;.'shall, in the absepee.of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not -then in Rebellion against the United States.” Now, therefore, I,- Abraham Lincoln, Pres ident of,, the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-iij-Chief of the Army and Navy of tho United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against tho authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for sup pressing said tlebellion, do, on this first day of January.'llTTUr 3-.4M, 0 f our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-rthree,and-ia.aceord- auoa with my purpose so to do, publicly pro claimed fur the full period of one hundred days from the day first above-mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of Stater wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this .day in rebellion.against the United States, the following, to-wit: Arkansas, Texas, Lou isiana, (except Parishes of St. quemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terre Bonne, Lafourche, St. Marie, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New. Orleans), Mississip pi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the for ty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also tho’ counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Nor folk and Portsmouth,) and which excepted parts ore, for tho present, loft precisely as if this Proclamation were not issued. And by virtue of the power and for the pur pose aforesaid, I do order and declare! that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of "States, are, and hencefor ward shall be, FREE ! and that tho Execu tive Government of the United States, includ ing the Military and Naval Authorities there of, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. 4pid I hereby, enjoin Upon the people so de clared to be free, to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense ; and I recom mend to them that in all chses when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. , And 1 farther declare and make known, that such persons, of suitable condition, will be re ceived into the armed service of the United States, to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. 1 And, upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitu tion, open military necessity, I invoke the con siderate judgment of mankind and the gra cious favor of Almighty God. - - in testimony 1 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of tho, United States tube affixed. Done at the- City of 'Washington, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one [l.s.]‘ thousand" eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United States .of.'America tha eighty-seventh. , ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President t William* IL Seward, Secretary of State. : : SPECIAL NOTICE. ; ' \ LL buyers of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Qfo- XX. ~ ceri p s*Hats and Caps, Ac., can make money by making their purchases at ' <" : X A. PARSOKS 3 CHEAP GASH STORE. • His stock is now in first fa{e shape, consisting of all kinds of Domestic Goods, which will be- sold at less than » NEW -TORE PRICES. We have full lines of Brown Sheetings and Shirtings, Bleached Do., Den* Ims, Tuckings, Striped Shirtings, Blaqketsj 'Linens, Towelings, Tarns, Hosiery, Cotton Batting,' Gloves Ac., in as great variety as ever. DRESS. GOODS. tn this stock we cannot bo beat. Saving on banjl a largo stock of Slain and Figured Beds, Brocad..; Mohairs, Main Alpacas, Figured and Plain Merinoci; Paramcttas, Cashmeres, Detainee, Ac., from the rich: goods to the lowest prices in market. SHAWL AND CLOAK STOCK, BROCHE. SHAWLS, SINGLE & DOUBLE; BLANKET “ FANCY WOOL “ , , Cloaks, Sacques, Cloak Cloths, Trimmings Ac., in' this stock wo can suit every one. CLOTHS AND CASSJNSEHS. Black and Fancy Cassimercs, Melton's Black Broadcloths, Overcoatings, Satinetts, CashmeretU, Kentucky Joans, Facmcrs and Mechanics Cassimerei, Cottonades and in prices os low as can bo found in tbo county. BOOTS AND SHOES. Mens Double Sole Kip Boots, Mens i Double Sole Kip, Mens Stoga do., Boys do., Youths do., Womens Calf Custom made Shoos, Ladies Kid and Morocco Balmoral Boots, Ladies Kid and Lasting Balmoral Gaiters. Ladies Kid and Lasting Congress Gaiter*, Fine Morocco Boots, Childrens Shoes, all kinds. We can suit all calls as to KINDS AND SIZES, and will guarantee the prices os low as the lowest. Butter, Eggs and other Prodace, taken on favorable terms. An marly Call Is Solicited! JA'MES A. PARSONS, No. 3 CONCERT BLOCH, CORNING, N. r. Oct. 15, 1862. JBUST RECEIVED. TWO THOUSAND Gallons Refined PETROLEUM OU, to to sold at the lowest Market price. Corning, Dtc. 10,1862. W. D. TERBELL, Mausfield Classical Seminary and State. Normal School. Department of CosrMON Schools, > JlarrUlurg, Dec. 11, 1862. / 'Whereas-. Tho Board of Trustees of the Mansfield Classical Seminary, located at Mansfield, in the coun ty 6f Tioga,l by resolution, adopted at a meeting oT the 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 proride for tho training of teachers for the Commpn Schools of the State/’approved the 20th day of May, 1857, and the supplement thereto, approved the 14th day of April, 1859 j and lV7icr«a«, In pursuance of said application tho Siata- Superintendent of Common Schools, together with Hon, Geo. Smith, of the county of Delaware, Hon. A. L. Hayes, of the county of Lancaster, Samuel Calvin, Esq., of the county of Blair, Dr. C. T. Bliss, of the county of Bradford, ° competent and disinter ested persons/’ appointed by bim, with the consent of tho Governor, as Inspectors, and C. R. Coburn, Su perintendent of Bradford county, A. N. Bullard, Su perintendent of Susquehanna county, Hugh Castles, Superintendent of Lycoming county, and H*o. Johns, Superintendent of Tioga county, did, on Thursday, the eleventh day of December, 3862, personally, and at the same time, visit and carefully inspect said school, and upon thorough examination thereof, and of its by-laws, rules and regulations, and of Us general arrangement and facilities for instruction, by written report, on file in this Department, approve the sa|me, and find that they fully come up to the provisions of said act and its supplement, and did certify the same to the Department of Common Schools, with their opinion that said school has fully complied with the provisions of said act and its supplement, as far as can be done before going into operation under them. Now, therefore. In pursuance of the require ments of the seventh section of the act aforesaid. I do hereby give public notice that I have officially recognised the Mansfield Classical Seminary as a JUate.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 all tho liabilities and restrictions-tontained in said act and supplement. ~ \ In testimony whereof, I have hereunto | seal. | set my hand and affixed the seal of the —' * Department of Common Schools, at Har risburg, this 11th day of December, 1862. -Tno. 11. Buhbowes, ‘Supt. Common SchoeU. Tioga go. court proclamation.— Whereas, the Hon. Robert G. White, President Judge for the 4th Judicial! District of Pennsylvania# ana K«yal Wboolcr and Victor Case, Esq.'s, Asm*- ciato Judges in Tioga county, have issued their pre cept, bearing date tho 6th day of December, Ja62, / and to mo directed, lor the bolding of Orphan’s Court#. Court of Common Pleas, General Quarter Sessions- . -and Oyer and Terminer, at Wellsboro, for th«r County of Tioga, on the 4th Monday of January, (being tho 26th day,) 1863, and to continue two weeks. . Notice is therefore hereby given, to tho Coroner# Justices of the Peace, and Constables in and for the county of Tioga, to their own proper per sons, with their records, inquisitions, examinations &ni remembrances, to do those things which of their offi ccs and in their behalf appertain to be done, and all witnesses and other persons prosecuting in behalf of the Commonwealth against any person or persons,afb* required to be then and there attending, and 1 not t<v depart at their peril. Jurors arc requested to be punc tual in their attendance at the appointed time# fcgtyd ably to notice, £ Given under my hand and seal at the Sheriff's Office#, in Wellsboro, the 15th day of December in thnyear of our LoFd-&ne~£bousand eight hundred and sixty two. j H. STOWELL, Jr., Sheriff#.. SHERIFF'S SALE.—By virtue of a Test. VcntH. Ex., issued out the Common Pleas of Lycom ing county, and to mo directed, I will expose to pub lic sale on Saturday the I7th day of January, ISftT# at the Court House in Wellsboro, at 2 o’clock P. M.#. the following property, to wit: A lot of land in TJnidn Township, bounded north' by lands of Thomas Callahan, east by Benjamin.' Plunk and Philip south by John Green, and' west by lands of Dartt & Fitch—containing- s3o* acres, about 12 acres improved, frame house, saw mill, outbuildings and apple orchard thereon. To be sold as tho property of Augustus Castle.' Dec. 24, 1862. H. STOWELL, Jr., Sheriff. NOTICE. AS the Hunters are all off in the “Service," andi .guns are rather dull sale, and as I served my 7 apprenticeship at making Brass Clock and Wafck J W ork, etc., etc., I have concluded to devote my time * this winter, to repairing Clocks, if the people see prop er to patronize me, I think I can give satisfaction.. JAMES LOCKE. Wellsboro, Dec. 10, 1862.3 AUDITOR’S NOTICE. —Notice i? hereby given* that the undersigned, having been appointed an* auditor to distribute the proceeds of the judicial 2 sale, of the property of Allen -Daggett, will attehdi to the duties of hi* appointment on Friday, the Tth day of January next, at tho office of C. H. Seymour -in« Tioga. Tioga. Dec. 10,1662. ' ■ - ‘ - ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICB.-Lettets of Ad ministration having been, granted to tho 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 makes immediate payment, and thoso'having claims to pre sent them properly authenticated for settlement to tb«r NANCY C. ROOT, Amrix,. Morris, Dec. 3. 186!L~ ‘ " SCHOOL DIRRCTORS, School teachers) parente? < and guardians, are invited to coll-and. examine Willson’s School Readers for sale at * = ROY’S DRUG. BXO3JU
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