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<cCsf,' and it’s oily; tori 1 - Ive read
.about oily Wines, butyou can fairly see the oil
floating on the surface !” Miss Smith: ■“ Oh;
lud 1 and .no, wonder, Mr, .Spangles ! mayl
never get out of this chair, if you haven’t been
drinking oat of tho glass froin which my 1 little
biwtJwr'wtew'Wj# dmf Ever oik” ' "
•I -VI x
GEM. BHTLEB FOB THE EXTEHMiITA
TXO|T OF BHAVEBS’.' ,
The New York Timt's gives the"following re
port of remarks made .by Gen. Sutler to n Com-,
mittee of citizen* of New York, at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, on Thursday evening, Jan. 8 : .
With reference to the slavery question, his
viewahad. undergone a radical :choingo during
his residence at New Orleans, and. while enter
taining no prejudices against his old .political
associates, who found fault with him' on that
score, he would only shy to them that if they
had gone there with the same sentiments that
he felt, they would have come away with 'the
same sentiments that he felt [laughter.} He
thought he might say that the principal mem
bers of his statf, and the prominent officers of
his regiments, without any exception, wentout
to New Orleans Hunker Democrats ofthehtm
kerest sort, for at. was. hut natural that" he
.should draw aronnd him those whose views
•were similar to' his own, and
of the number had come to precisely the same
belief on the question of slavery as he had. put
forth in his farewell address 10. the people bf
New Orleans.' ■ This change caime about from
seeing wbat all of them saw, day by day. In
this war,, the entire property of the, South
against us, because almost thq entire, property
of the South was bound up in thaf institution.
Thiswoa a well-known fact, probably. hut he
did, hot become fully'aware of It until'fee‘had
■spent some time at New Orleans': - The .South
had §163,000,000 of taxable property, in elaves.
and §163,000,000 in all other kinde.of proper
ty. ,A'nd this was the causejWhy the merchants
of New Orleans bad not remained loyal. They
found themselves'ruined—all’their propCfty
ing loaned upon.planters^notes and mortgages
upon plantationsapd slaves, all of which pro
perty is now reasonably worthless. Again,, be
had learned what he,did not know before, that
tbis''wa9 not a rebellion against us, but simply
a rebellion to perpetuate {lower in the hands of
a few slaveholders. At fifithe had "not be
lieved that slavery was the uauSoof the rebel
lion,, buf; attributed it to . Davis, Slidell and
others, who bad brought it about to make po
litical triumphs by which to regain their for
j mer ascendancy. , ‘.
■ ■ The rebellion was against the humble and
poorerglasses,-and- there were' ihl the .South
large .numbers of secret .societies, dealing in
cabalistic signs, organized for the poiposoof
perpetuating the pbwerpf the rich over tho.poor.
■ Itwas feared that these'common people would
i come into power, and tbat thre'e or four bun
j dred thousand men could not hold against eight
million.,,l , '
The first, movement of these men £ was to
tjibEb 1 laua ‘too’ ,1)1518 of political power j .ana
that "was "hot eaqugfi, ‘for land' could, hot be
Owned by inaUy'perscms. Then they annexed
land'-to slaves 'and divided the property, into
■movable and immovable, .. : - '.-I
He was net generally accused of. being, a
humanitarian—at least not by bis Southern
friends [langhter], . When ha saw' thp,'niter
demoralisation of the people, ■ resulting Trdin
slavery, it struck 'him that it was an institution
which should be thrust out of thd Union.” He
had, on reading Mrs. Stowe’s bookf—“. Uncle
Tom’s Cabin”—believed it to be an overdrawn,
highly-wrongbt picture of Southern life, but
he bad seen with hit own eyes, and fieard ; with
hia Own. ears,, many things which go beyond
an ordinary school-girl’s novel. Ho related an
instance of, the shocking demoralizatiqn ( of so- :
piety at New Orleans... There "came into his
office a woman" 27 years of age, perfectly while,
Jfrbo'iskedhim in proper language if hb Would
put her in one of her father’s- houses. - Her
history was this;. Her father bad educated her
in the city of New York until she was between
17 and 18 years of age, and taken bef to'one ■
.of the metropolitan hotels, where hetkept her
as his mistress. Not relishing the connection,
and desiring to get away from him, she went to
New Orleans—he followed her, hut she refused
: to live with him, at whiohhe whipped, her in
the public street and made heif'mbrPy It slave.
Sbeafterward resumed the unnatural relation,
going to Cincinnati, but was brought back by
her husband or father with a child, belonging
to somebody. Her father fied from the city at
the time of its occupation by the United Slates
forces, leaving her ; in a'stale'-of destitution.
She wanted to live in one of her father’s houses,
bqt her story was not credible, and heldeter
mined to investigate .it. To his surprise, it
was found lo be well known, and testimony of
its truth was obtained from A, B .and C, with
out difficulty. this fact,’wide
ly known as itwas, this manconld be elected
-in Louisiana, in the city ofNew Orleans, a
Judge of one of,the Courts. <„ : .- r ,
On. one occasion one of his aids btonghtibe
'fpre him a young woman, almost f white, who
had been brutally whipped and’turned out? of
the house of her father, tor'this outrage the
man had, been made to pay apfine of $l,OOO, -
and give the woman a ; deed of .emancipation
[applause],;. These, were tbe kind of. changes
which, had been brought against him [cheers,
cries of‘“Good.”} 'Yes, no right-minded man
could 1 bo sent to New Orleans Without return
ing. an, unconditional anti-slavery .'man, even
though the roofs of the houses were'npt taken ■
off, and the full .extent of the corruption ex
posed.
" All 1 the' lower class of tbe’pedpie of New
Orleans were loyal. - Dating the:’first fourteen
days'after tliu. Übiod ,foroes:entered' the city,
fourteen thousand tooktho.oath pf allegiance; ’
and when be went on board the steamer,: on
his re turn'to the North, at least’ .one’thousand
■laboring men came down upon the Tevee,'an'd
ottered nq words except those of good will' to
, him as, the. representative ofltbo government.'
Gen; Butler ctmtinned,by saying that the war
coaid only be successfully prosecuted, by the de
struction of .slavery, which was made the. cor
ner-lions' of the Confederacy;.' This w& the
Second time ra the history of ; lh'd worid
rebsllioh of property-holders againstithe lower 1
Hasses-and against-the government vyas iever
carried on. The.Hungarian'rebellion was one
of . that kind, and that failed, as'must every re
bellion of men of property against government.
I and against the rights of tile many, Oae of I
t the greatest’ arguments'whudi Tie could find I
I against slavery was the demoralizing inftuohccs .
it exerted upon the lower white classes, wbq
were brought into by jdw 3iundfc<t
because
tobe done them by IthaLincoln
governmedl, as they termed it, . if the . North
succeeded. Therefore, if yoomeet an old Hun
ker DaiiodtSt^and send' Himfor sixty-days to.
.Kew .(Mean?, and ho comes back a Ranker
still, be ir merely incorrigi bis [laughter]. , 'V (
■„ There was ope .thing, about the
edict of emancipation to which he would.cal\
attention. In toqisianahebad excepted from
freedom aboutB7,ooo slaves. These comprised
el) the negroeeheld in. the. Lafourche District
who have jbeenemancipated already for some
time, under, the law.whloh frees slaresjalfep.
in rebellion? territory by bar armies,' ~ Others
■'of, tbese negroes had been freed by tbeprocloi
mntioqof September, whiohdeolared
to be freewhose owners sbonld bain arms on
the Ist of January- The slaves of Frenchmen
were free-bepapse the cpde- civil expressly, pro-,
hibits a Frenchman holding slaves, and, by .the
7th”and Bth Victoria, ewry Englishman fold
ing slaves Submitted himself to a penalty of
$5OO for each. ' Now, take the negroes of se
cessionists," Frenebfa'en and Engljshman out of
the 87,000, and the number is reduced ta-an,
infinitessimal-portion of those excepted.- This,
fact bad come to his knowledge from Earing
required every inhabitant of the city to, register
■bis nationality.- After all the names had
fairly registered, be exploited-these Jaws to the
English and, French Consuls, and had thus ref
plied to.demands which bad been:made by.
English and French residents of. Louisiana,
upon the government for slaves alleged fo have
been seized [applause].'
■ 0
Mm.
To Directors and, Teacbersf
A. few inquiries have.been made as, to the'
-propriety of establishing District Institutes. ,
~ I can only say that the supplement to the
school, law, passed the Ilth day of April, 1862,'
makes it'tbe ddty of each Board to establish'
ah Institute, and of each teacher to attend sneh
Institute every alternate Saturday.' If, the.
district be very smalt the directors of two or
more adjoining districts may, nnite, as is
quently convenient for borough, and surround
ing townships. , . t- •
• The County Snp’t., ex has no authori
ty over these Institutes. Yet I have- assumed
the liberty ,of attending a number in the
county, and am gratified to learn that-. Insti
tutes are in successful operation in most Dis
tricts. , ~ ,
The' StateSup’t. has requested me fo notify
him of. all districts in the county, that fail to
damply'with the requirements of the law in
respect to Institutes, with a view, as -I; under
stand it, of withholding the State appropria
tion from sueb delinquent districts. I hope we
shall have none in this county.
1 have been requested to give some iadvice
and directions as to how district Institutes
should be conducted to render their meetings
most efficient and.profitable; '
May I venture to offer a few suggestions t
I,apprehend district Institutes will he a success
hr failure according to the' interest taken in
them by teadhefisf If every teacher feels that
it-is; as mUchhis duty to attend.the district In
stitutes as to teach the other prescribed, days
In his school; and if all teachers shall come
together With the determination of. making
them a matter of work, they must, then, be a
succtesa. ohd the -object’ of ; tfae Legislature in
establishing them willbe realized. ’ Otherwise
they will be a waste of-time and money, and
.will soon incur the disapproval of the people,'
As the teachers are allowed ibis day as a part
of.the.,teacher’s month,.the directors have a
-fight to demand prompt and efficient- action on
the part of teachers. ■ , - ""I
I conceive that .the object bf these meetings’
is of,a ,two-fold nature-: ~
. .1. Mora. improved.- methods of teaching,;'
end, 2dly, class drills., .
The mqre experienced members of the Insti
tute caff give valuable information to tha yoon
ger ;and more experienced members as to the
.theory of teaching and general ecbfiol arrange
ment and government, , All teachers may be
"more or'tess b'enefitted by class-drills. If any
teacher has questions of difficulty in any branch':
hemay be teaching, it would bevery proper
for such teacher to snbmit the difficulty to the
Institute, for solution. .. ... ... . . <
, I should recommend that, a. program mete
'made out at each meeting of the Institute, as
signing to 1 different-members certain duties;'
aa for instance, discussion of-common fractions, - ,
or decimal fractions to. A. - Some portion of
.Grammar to B; Geography to C. An essay
to D, ifco., &c.- ....
A few subjects for essays and
vis: ‘‘ " ’
Is it necessary that-the laboring classes in a
nation should be educated ? „■ ’•;. i
Should a military apirithoi encouraged among'
the pupils of our common schools.?.,
. In what way, can a teacher impart moral iu-
Structitfn in a school ? •
Ought the teacher to attempt to instruct hie 1
pupils in good manners ?; .--d *
Should, singing bo one of the regular branch'
ea taught in the common,school? , . .
. What disposition should, a teacher make of.
his time out of school hours ?
What is the best method of governing V
school ? ‘ I-,'-.; ■■. r
What motives and incentives to study ought’
to bo appealed to ? 1
. .Are public school examinations' and exhibi
tions advisable -- . ■
What is the best method of leaching by the’
use of object lessons? . r - ;f' . .
By.wbat plan.oann teache); .best succeed m
keeping his pupils'employed? ' -
, Should prizes and rewards ,be offered as o’
reward or incentive to study ? . h -
What rules ought the teachers'to’mak's at the
opening of his,school ?
What are'thepromineht causes of failure in’
teaching? - ,
How, can the cordial co-operation of parents*
be best secured 1 .
, : What is the beat order of time for arranging
the classes for recitation 7
■ Can teaching bb reduced to a science?
■ Does the pecuniary prosperity of a nation
depend upon its intelligence ? ~
. Does the stability of a nation depend upon
the universal diffusion of, intelligence ?-
. Do thegood morals of a community depend'
upon its intelligence ?, . ~
“ Whek you, send round the fes'tive decanter,’
'mV convivial friend," said’ Crson to Valentine,
‘‘it’s little you thinE that if ■ John B. Gongn
saw you in the act ho would epVobably liken'
you to a nosious.if not fabuluuVtiee—the ion
.pass, you, know.’’ ,;-,i J--,.
We observe that an inventor has lately taken
out a patent fur an improvement “ operating
swells in musical-instruments.” Should the.
thing take wo may snon* expert- tO-Soeeome of
our young men of fislilun, grinding bariet or
gans in the street.’ ;
H. C. Johns, Co. Sdp’f