SPECJAt NOTICE. • ■ u, bnyora Goods, Boots and Shoes, Gro- A_ ccrieß, Hats i'o., can make money by JjSing their porohijes at,. i i 3. A, PARSONS’ , V CHEAP GASH Ji’rflHK. Jis stoct isnownn first irate shape, consisting, of oil kinds o^Domestic which will, be sold at less than NEW iITO&E PRICES. We hero full lines'.of i Brown Sheitings and Shirtings,Bleached Do,, Den ims, Tnekings, Striped, Bhktinge, Cheeks, Blankets, Lincns. Toweiings, A'arbs, Hoaiery, Cotton Batting, Gloves Ao., in a* great variety‘as ever. ' i . DRESS GOODS. Tri this stock wccannct be bout. hand a large stock of Plain arid Figured Beds, Brocades, Mobairs, Plain Alpacas, Figured and Piam Cnshmtfres, De. Lames, Ac., from the non "goods to tho lowest prices £1 market. ' , ■ ... ‘SHAWL AND iQLOAK STOCK, BROCHE [shawls, ‘SINGLE &- DOUBLE,: BLANKET' : , s '- • riircT wool ,f.- *f. . “ Cloaks, Basques, (j*oak. Cloths, Trimmings Ac., in this stock we can anlj every ode. CLOTHS. END CASSIMEKES. Black and Fancy Caßsitoeres, Melton’s -Black Broadcloths, Overcoatings, Balinetts, Cashmeretts, Kentucky Jeaps, Faepaers and Mechanics CSsrlmeres, Cottonades and in price* ea- low. as can be found in -the county. A ; / . ". BOOT£ AND .SHOES. - \ Mens Double Solo 1 Kip Boots, Mens 4 Double Solo Kip, Mens Stoga del, Boys do.; Tenths do., Womens Calf Cuatonl made Shoosrladies Ki 4 and Morocco Balmoral Boots, Bodies Rid and Lasting Balmoral Gaiters, Ladies Kid and; Lasting Congress Gaiters, Fine Morocco Boots, Childrens Shoes, all kinds. We consult all calls as to KINDS AND SIZES. and will guarantee the prices as low es {he lowest. I Butter, Egg’s and other Produce, .taken on favorable terms; j - . "An Burly Call,ls Solicited! , , JAMES A. PARSONS, No’.'3'CONCERT BLOCK, >, ' /,j CORNING, N. T. Oct. 15, 1862. v ' 11 BOOTS, SHOES.VBEATHEB AND EINDEWS. jy*.. FRANKLIN SAYS:, “ When you hive anything to advertise, tell the . public',of it in plain, simple language.” l am manufacturing good custom made Boots and Shoes which I will e«U at I fair prices, and only for BEADY PA Y. Sneh.’mnjk cannot be sold at as low rates per pair as eastern mads slop-work, but it can ■ and will be sold at will enable the pur chaser. to. protect his feet-klth good substantial boots more ‘ cheaply’ than with, jv poor slop-shop article, which, even if it bet tofall in pieces with the first weeks service, is but to doubtful protection in wet and cold weather, Try rjie. Back and Doling Wanted, in the red and short.bluoj for which I will pay cash and a good price. • Beef-Hides, and Calfskins Wanted, for which I will also payc.iasb. - Sheep Pelts Wanted, for which I will and the highest mar ket price. - . V An.assortment of solo, ; wpper, calfskins and linings, pegs, thread,nails, shpe.-hammcrs, Ac., Ac., kept constantly on baud, which I will sell cheap for cash. Shop on- MaltfjStrcetbetween Wilcox's and Bullard’sl ‘ G. W. SEARS. N, B, I can't give credit, because, to be plain, I haven’t got it to give. , - Weßsboro, _AuguSt;27,jlSo2, • VAJJL AMD WiSTEB GOODS. No. 2, Union Block. JEROME SMITH HAS returned from New York‘with a splendid assortment of ' CRT GOODS, READ! MADE CLOTHING, HATS & CAPS, ‘ ■ HARDWARE, '.BOOTS A-.SHOES, GLASSWARE, GROCERIES," DOMESTICS,' 1 . • WOODENWARE, , 9 . BN&LISU CLOTHS, - LADIES' DRESS 1 GOODS, SATINS, • TRENCH CASSIMERES, PULL CLOTH, TWEEDS AND KENTUCKT JEANS. Attention is called stock of Black and- Figured Dress Silks, Worsted Goods, 1 MerinoesJ . Clack and Fignerod DcLaincs, Long end Squire Shawls, Ladies’ Cloth, ■ - Opera Flannels, See, ' Purchasers Trill find that No. 2, JJnion Block, Main Street, is the place tO'buy thfc ;b«st quality, of goods at the lowest prices. i’J JEROME SMITH. ‘Wellaboro, Nov. 5, ' * Kotlce to fiidje Builders. PROPOSALS wil'bp. received at the Com missioner's Office hi Wellsborough, on Thursday, the sth day of February next, for the building of two spans of seventy five fceteaeh, tn .complete the bridge at Lawrenceville. The said spans to bo of the same kind of material,- thoi saino height, width and plan of the bridge at Academy Corners in Deerfield.. Also for the building of a bridge across the Cowanesque afcthe mouth of JatnistW creek, to he otro span of seventy five feet, and'aft extensiop twenty ono feet on’ the same plan, height apd width, and of the same .kind of material of tpe ChhcppUn bridge at Westfield. Flans and specifications tatty] ho seen at the Commis sioner’s Office; said bridges to bp- completed by the first day of July next .Per order of Commissioners.' Wellsboro,,Jan.'l4, ■l.ipd. ' ■ Q. W. WELLINGTON & CO’S. BANE, . corniig; n. y., (Located nr t&e .•Di.ckisson House.) American Gold and Silver Coin bought ond sold, ' New York Exchange, ‘ ■ .do. Uncurrcnt MoocyV •• .-I*' do. United Slates Demand t( old issue” bought. Collections made in. all harts of the Union at Car- Tent rates of Exchange.* J .t Particular paimswiU he|fAketi to accommodate our patrons from tfie TtogA Yiilejr.,* Our Office will be open at 7 A. M., and close at 7 P. M., giving parties passing jjver-the-Tiogai Hoad ample time to transact their business jbufgro the departure of the train in the morning, and after its arrival in the •evening, /Q. W. WtLLXNQTPN, President. Corning, N. Y., — Tavern Incenses. Tlie .following named persons have filed their petitions in the court of quarter .session .of Tioga -for license* ‘i i keep public houses uind eating houses, in Ai ir 'respective townships, mid notice is hereby glv eri-fßat their opplications’ will be heard oa/Weduetdav the 28th day of Janu «ry, IgfiS, at 2 o'clock,!,. M, , Pt'BUCf .HOUSES. •' ATestficld—J.'O. Thompson. ‘ Lowroneeville—William JI. Slossoa. Bloss—A. L. Bbdirie. ,' Liberty.—Joseph Reed,' B. L. Comstock, C. A. •Comstock. ' ' , , ’ -• , Knoxville—C, Insoho,’ ' Jliddlebary—Et F,. Wilson, Geo W. Uovd Covingfpn-«Perley PlPutnam, Thog. B. Putnam. - Manslicld—John Htll&lr.. Wellaboio—B. B. Thomas Graves. ™ , ’ EATIS6 HOCSES. IJlosa—Joinj A. Matt! i. ! * WeUflhoro-B.ilir.rdtfe Co.. L. M. Bullard, ’George HastiDgs.jp. P, Roberta,Win. T. Mathers. - TOSEtIM TIIEQCART. Tioga—E. SI. Smith',; ' J. F.jBONAEDSON, Clerk. Or. CAJHfBpfclL, IR^ ■ATTORNEY & AT LAW, SXQXriLIE, ?/ppi COVJVTT, pa, , ,’. Trompl attention sirit*' to the jifocuring o£ fbn ; -V.oni.Baek Payof SplS'lrSifco.''' • Jta. 7, f.T ■■ . - ■ ■ 'rD . . THE AGITATOR Sebotch to tst fSyttmifm of the&veg of iFmirow UjrSpitaOofflKaltbg Htfotm. WHILE THERE SHALL BE. A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL. “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASIS, AGITATION' MUSI, CONTINUE. VOL. IX. THE LEGEND OF RABBi BEN LEVI Rabbi.(Jen Leri, on the Sabbath,, read . A. volume ofi the Law, in which it said, . „ “No man shall look upon my face and live.” , And as he'read, he prayed that God would giro His faithful servant grace with'mbrtal eye ' To look, upon His. face and yet-not die. Then fell a sudden shadow on ; the page, • -And lifting up his eyes, grown dim with age, - saw the An gel of Death-before him eland, - Holding, a naked sword in his right hand, L Kabbl Ben Leri was a righteous man,. Tot through his reins a thrill of terror ran, ■With trembling voice, he said, “What wilt thou here?** The Angel answered,, “Lo! the time draws new When thou must die;.yet first, .by God's decree, ; .Wfaate'er thou askest shall' be granted thee." ’ Replied the Rabbi, “Let these living eyes First look upon my place in Paradise." Then eaid the Angel, “Come with me and look.” Rabbi Ben Leri closed the sacred hook, And rising, and'uplifting his gray head,. “Hive me thy sword,” he to the Angel .said, “test thou shouldat fall upon me by the-way." , The Angel smiled and hastened to obey, ; ' Then led him forth tp the Celestial Town, And set him on the wall, whence gatiag down, - Rabbi Ben Leri, with, bis living eyes, / Might look upon his place in‘Paradise. Then straight into the city of the Lord The Rabbi leaped with the Death Angel’s sword. And through the streets there swept a sudden breath Of something there unknown, .which men call death. Meanwhile the Angel stayed without, and cried, “Come book I” To which the Rabbi’s voice replied, “No 1 in the name of God, whom I adore, I swear that hence I will depart no more!” Then all the, angels, cried, “ 0 Holy One, . See what the son of Levi here has done! The kingdom of Heaven be takes by violence. And in Thy name refuses to go hence The Lord replied, “My Angels, be not wroth; Did e’er the son of Levi break his oath ? Let him remain; for he with mortal eye' Shall lock upon my face and yet not die," Beyond the outer wall the 1 Angel of Death Heard {he great voice, and said, with panting breath, “ Give back the sword, and lot me go my way.” Whereat the Rabbi paused and answered, “ Nay! Anguish enough already has it caused Among the sons of men!” And while he paused, He beard the awful mandate of the Lord Resounding through the air, “ Give back the sword!” The Rabbi bowed his head in 1 silent prayer; Then said be the dreadful Angel, “Swear, No human eye shall look on it again; But when thou takest away the souls of men, Thyself unseen and with an unseen sword . Thou wilt perform tho bidding of the Lord.” Tho Angel took the sword again,-and swore, Ard walks oh earth nnseen forevermore, [Atlantic Monthly for January. THE MYSTERY OP THE LIBRARY. No searching eye can pierce the veil That o’er my secret life is thrown; No outward sign its tale. But to my bosom known, Thu? like tho spark whose livid light , In.tho dark Slot is hid Horn sight, It dwells within, alone/ [Afr». J/cmans. “What bare you concealed there I said, taking hold of the heavy silk drapery attached to a rose-wood cornice, and falling in graceful folds to the floor.. “Lillian! Lillian, don’t raise it!” exclaimed Mrs. Thornton, Springing from the easy chair in which she had been reclining with the listless ness of a'dreaming child, and darting to my side she pressed so’ heavily against tbd veil that I could discern the outlines of a picture frame. “ A picture!” I exclaimed. “ Oh, I must see it, for I can never rest where there is any thing mysterious.” “ But this you cannot—must not see.” I did not reply, for having been an inmate of the bouse only a week, and this being my first visit to the library, 1 did not give utterance to the' thoughts which rnshed through my mind. Perhaps Mrs. Thornton divined my thoughts, as after a momenta's silence she said : “ You are to have access to this library at all times, even, to rummage the l drawers and pigeon holes oif the desk, if yonr curiosity de mands it; but you most not look beneath the veil that hides this picture 1” ■ and her pale lips trembled, her dark expressive eyes -were fixed upon mine. “Just one glance,” I said pleadingly; but she moved her head negatively, and I wont 6n; “How can I study with that mystery ever be fore me, and than tool shall never sleep sound ly again, but dream the livelong night of this mystical veil, and that it hides some strange, weird image ; or worse, become a somnambu list and frighten every servant (who happens to fear shots) from the house by my midnight explorations and wanderings.” “ No eye but mine ever looks upon this veiled picture. It is sacred,' for it is the only relic.l have preserved of my past life; all that I have to remind me of happy days too bright to last —of a brief period when life’s pathway was strewn with flowers, and I dreamed not that beneath those fair, perfumed-flowers’ petals, sharp, piercing thorns were hidden.” Her face was pale as death, and those deep, dark eyes moist with pearly tears. , . I saw that her heart was deeply pained; that swelling from memory’s fount came painful re membrance, and truly penitent I said, “For give my thoughtless words, and I promise never to raise the veil from this picture, nor pain yon hy yny. questions.” An intense,smile stole over her pale fea tures, .and kissing my cheek, she murmured, “Dear child, perhaps some (Jay I may lift the veil and tell , ypn.all.’’ Then turning away to hideTter tears, left me atandin'gbefoco the veiled picture. It was rather curious howl cams! to be a dweller in the house of Mrs. Thornton.. Two years’ before, when but fourteen years old, I came to New Haven to attend school, and soon after my father leaving home for Europe, where he expected to remain three years, intrusted me -to the guardianship nf Mr.' Howe) an old friend of his college days.. It was at the house of Mr. Howe that ! first met Mrs. Thornton. ■ She went but little into society, and my guardian’s was one of the few families she visited. Her pale, expressive face attracted me, and then, too, there was an indefinable something in her dark, liquid- eyes, npw so sad, and glowing /with atLJntense smile, that, awoke an answer ingrecho.in my young heart. She always call • ed miy to her side to ask mo about my studies;, and when a new book was announced which' she thought would be suitable for me‘ to rend, she placed it ! in my hand with my name en graven on the 'fly leaf in her band-writing. WILLSBOEOj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 28, 1863. Was it strange that my heart warmed toward her; that her coming was looked forward to with pleasure, or that I often begged for the privilege of visiting her, in. her quiet, pleasant home. My visHrthere were not very frequent; and when there, we sat in her boudoir, which was fitted up with artistic taste, and having never been admitted’to the library I had never seen the veile'd picture: - ~-T had' a pleasant home with Mr. Howe’s family, yet-it was a glad surprise when he said that I , could board with Mrs. Thornton, if ,1 wished, and thought I could be happy there. Mrs. Tbronton had proposed it, as Mr. Howe’s family anticipated being absent from the city most of the summer, and the following Satur day I removed tocher house. ' it was my first holiday in my new home, and 1 had gone to the library with Mrs. Thorn ton to select a book, when on passing around, my eyes fell upon the silk drapery shading the walls in: the furthest corner, and was about to draw.it aside, when'her exclamation prevented me. I had promised- not to look beneath the mysterious folds of that ;silkep veil, yet I was pot satisfied:, curiosity promptedhie to try to batch a hasty glimpse when Mrs.'Thornton was occupied, hat honor forbade. ’ r Summer'and autumn’ passed, and the long winter evenings were spent in the cosy, Cheer ful library; and though I cost many a furtive glance toward the veiled . picture- I dared not question Mrs. Thornton, and began to despair of the dawning of that day when she would relate the history of the picture. It was a mild evening in spring,, and we were sitting -before the grate in the library; I-watched -the fast dimming coals that had burned low, ythile Mrs. Thornton with closed eyes, sat near in the easy chair. My reverie was broken by the tremulous tones of her voice, saying; 1 “Lillian, do you remember your mother?” Then I answered that, though I turned leaf after leaf of memory’s book, yet I could-find no record of a mother’s love. . She died when I was about two years old, yet my father had been kind, .and, as far as possible, filled the place of both father and mother. My child hood had passed happily ; toy father was both friend and instructor, and my first great grief bad been when I was sent to school and my father-sailed for Europe. “Was your mother’s name Lillian?” and there was something in the tone of faer voioo that startled..me. “ Her name was Flora—Flora May. Was .it not a-sweet name?” “Very pretty," and the glowing intensity of her eye, as I met its gaze,, made my heart throb with a strange sensation. ;, "I can't tell where■ she was buried. , Once when X nskoj my father, tie suit! It was tar away, and we would go to the place of my birth when I was older.' My father was so lonely' after mother’s death that he sold his home in New York and remoyed to Ohio,, I have no recollection of my first home, but shall ask my father to take me there before we re turn to Ohio.” ' “ And your father loved his wife ?” ' “What a strange question,” I said-. Yet she .appeared to have spoken without thought. If he had not loved her, do you think be would have remained true to her memory fif teen years.” , “ IJiave a headache, and shall retire,” Mrs. Thornton said, rising; and'coming to my side, she kissed me tenderly, and with a flushed cheek left the library. • For a long time I sat gazing into the dying coals. Were her questions the magic key that "had unlocked the casket where the memories of my childhood were stored t' I could not tell.— Yet there came a dim remembrance of a time when I was playing alone in the garden, and a strange face peered into mine, as some one clasping me in her arms kissed me again and again, while my face was wet with tears. I never knew whence she came or whither she went, and-it seemed strange that dim memory should como back then. It passed, and a bright dream flitted before my/waking vision, my father would return in a few months; ,he would meet Mrs. Thornton ; she was so gentle arid winning ho-would not fail to be pleased with hei, and I might bo permitted to call her mother. ■ ■ My band was on the knob tojopen the door, bull hesitated. It Wfts late, and the house was still. How easy it would'be to solve the ihyste ry, arid Mrs. Thornton never know it; For months that veiled picture had haunted my Waking and sleeping visions, why should! long er preplex my mind with vain conjecture ; and crossing the library, I placed my lamp* so its light would fall directly upon the picture.— -Tjyas dt the rustling of the silk or the faint echo !of gentle footsteps that startled me ; hat listen ing intently', I found all silent within and.with out. Ah 1 it.was the whispering of the still, small voice, and, should I heed its promptings ? She would neve'r know it, curiosity whispered; sol raised the veil; but, as ray eye caught a glimpse of the gilded frame the drapery fell, from iny hand I I remembered my- promise never to raise that veil, and I turned away won dering why so. costly a frame was hidden be neath those dark folds. From that night the mystery of thelibrary deepened; I had a nervous drehd of being loft alone with that veiled picture, and my imagi native mind pictured a scene of horror that would thrill every nerve and freeze my heart’s blond 1 | My father returned, and when I told him how kind' Mrs. Thornton had been, he called 'to thank her in person, but sho was ill and could not leave" her room. Wondering what could agitate her so, I returned to my father, saying she would be better in' a day or two, and he must not leave the city until he bad seen her. But he was firm in his decision to leave the next day, and I must, accompany him. .Then ! expressed a wish to visit my mother's grave, 1 ’He drew mo to his side, and' with his arm encilroUng moj and niy head rest ing upon his’bosom, told me of my mother; — ;To bint the'memory of the past was painful, and I mingled my tears with those.Of -my father’s, while again I seemed to hear'that Strange voice, and see that Strings ’face peer ing into trtine. ’ , ' V -' In iVo hours I would leave my kind friend/ 'n\x J \J l -J j- end, Iwas.going.withoutthe mystery 6f the li brary being solved;.so I ventured to hint that, when I came to visit her the next year,.! hoped to see the veiled picture unveiled. She did not reply, but taking my hand led me to the libra ry.- She would tell me- all) she said, for','per haps,we'might never meet'again. ’ , Mrs. Thornton told her story briefly.. She was the only child of wealthy parents, and mprried at tho.age of nineteen. For three years she was happy in the pleasant home to which her-Ensbandi look her; then a cloud of midnight darkness Overshadowed that home. Some one envying- herj circulated reports,-injur 1 rioua to. her reputation, and these! coming, to her husband’s, ears, he, being' naturally of a, jealous disposition, believed them. - The wife 1 kwed her husband devotedly,- and being inno cent,-faow-could she.'bear, patiently his taunts and uncalled for surveilancc ? So she proposed returning to her parental home, and the hus band said go, only she most .leave her .nhild. ■ SHe did gß,‘and three years 1 after, her parents being dead, She went to Europe,' where she 're mained night'yean.- Returning to America, she came tft New.Havstf, Where, under .-the as sumed name of Thornton,-she.had since, resi ded.. Qnee she-had visited the' homo of her husband during his absencje, and bribing the housekeeper by the present of a well filled purse;'procured his porlrait ;' : -and : in all her wanderings, it bail been her companion, though closely veiled, lest some one should recognize it, and.thua her early-history become food for idle gossip. ‘ Then', too, she had seen her child, and for a brief moment pressed it to her bo som,' but words could not express the ag'6ny of her breaking heart oa she turned away from her child,;’ - . . ’ v ;• “Four husband’s name,”; I said, sinking at her feet and gazing wondefingly into her. palfe face and the dark liquid eyes, bent so lovingly upon ; me, for a’-Strangs’ hope -made my heart -throb Wrildly.. 1 . -'I i ' “ I canqot repeat his papm* but yon may; look upon bis counterpart,”.-.she said, rising. | Slowly, almost reverently,’ she put back the ■ folds of that silken veil, while I stood half, breathless beside her; "’Was it adream; or‘Was it reality? There was no mistaking that liter ness; and.involuntarily the words “My Fa ther !” hurst from my lips. Then, like a swift moving panorama, it all passed before my mind, and throwing my arms around her. neck, 1 called her:' '■ 1 • i .“My mother, my'long lost mother! My .father told me all yesterday," I'said, when I bad become piorecalm. 4 . “ lie, learned;the,re ports were ..Without foundation, and hearing you had 1 gone to Europe, Tp'r. three '’years he has sought you there, and now his heaft is sad because JnicitD'nna nn truce of YOU. WIH-jm .see him!" : She did not reply,but I, read her. answer in the beaming eye, and hastily, donning bonnet and mantle, yan to the' hotel, and surprised my father by rushing breathless into his room. “Come-with me; Mrs. Thornt(ttr will see you now". I said, nervously clutching his arm, and pulling him. toward tho door; bat he, re sisting, asked .what bad occurred to excite me so. It was nut there that Ivwould explain, ad he 1 followed my rapid footsteps 1 along the Street and up the shaded walk; - and then I threw, open the door deeding to the; library. She had risen; how lovingly she looked then—her pale brow, her bright eye, and a crimson spot burn ing on either check. Oho tpoment my father 'stood chained to the spot; then advancing, he exclaimed’: - ’ ! - ’v “ Flora my wife!" . ~. <- . ller[bert," was the soft reply, and she was clasped in his arms. . , d . . ■ “ Forgive’ arid forget, the 'past/? I heard a manly voice murmur; and then my namc-was '■repeated; in soft accents. I went to my mother's side, and , the happy husband and father, pressedihis wife and child to his heart as ift reverent toneslje implored- God to bless Our reunion,' ' The veiled picture was unveiled, the ■ mys tery of 'the library solved; and returning to our Western home, once more a happy family group dwelt beneath its roof, A gentle, loving wife and mother was the guiding star of that home. Gen. Butler's. Beoeption at Boston, • Boston, January 13, 1863. Gen. Butler had a great and most enthusias tic reception to-day. , The route of the proces sion was lined with multitudes of people, and FaneuilHaH Was overflowing. He spoke'whh great'febling'nrid emotion. :He ahnounoed his readiness logo . Wherever his duty Called him. -In .bis judgment-we had exhausted-conoillia tion, and there should be no.peace tijpthe rebels were content to receive.it as part of the Union. Uis plan for paying the war,debt was tho; in-, troduction of, free labor at the South, whereby labor would become honorable’, and by .which, more abundarit crops of cotton Could be raised with profit, at less cost than by slave labor. Cotton could he raised with jprofitotless than ten cents peg pound. Wejare'.now paying : fifty-six cents per pound fof it. Put a tax.of ten cents per pound upon cotton, thus bringing the market priceiit twenty cents, "and we have an internal revenue-from (hat source alone enough l to pay the interest on a warvd.abt twiCo as large ,as. that we -now have. Besides, Eng land, and France, who havejdorie so much to prolong this war, would thus bo obliged to pay a large.proporlion of tho debt." ' Gen,-Butler, in concluding, '-presented the city of. Boston witb ari elogant Confederate-flag, taken, from the, qity of New; Orleans, not as, a trophy, but. as a memento ,tho evils, of Se cession. ' ' . • , ’ V “. ; The bhcertrig at the" close was most enthusi astic. A public dinner-whs tendered him, which he declinedj Hs wellasa serenade to bo given this .e.venjpgf and ,he; left in a special train: for-Lowell. ... ; Mri. SPangi.es (who’ has been fasting the last Y