Letter'of Bon.' Saln#l£|& Grow, to- bis c^NSTirtfE^T^. * Jb the people of , the Counties pf Susquehanna, ' Tiogq, and Braffcfd, '{comparing the ddlZth andUth. CoagretiionalDistricts.) , * Glekwood, .Jforili 20/A, 1863. ■ The fourth instant" closed twelve years of ser vice as yonr, Representative |trthe Councils of the nation; Few if any constituency ■ ever gave to a Representative so tfordia* and generous a •npport as I have received |t|ySur hands. ■ Be asihrqd it will be treasured - as, the proudest recollection in a grateful remembrance.' ■ To each voter of the ’Disfeiitit tender my ac knowledgments, for there are' few if-any whose support I hayc not atsomelime.yeceived. First 'nominated and elected, as .candidate pf the . Democratic party, I have since heen chosen by a nntipimoua vote in one elecwn, and with hot a few gcatteriflg-votes against |ae in one other. , ' By the last union in one Congressional District, existed so ! long, was destroyed, ahd with. it ends our rela-. tion-of Representative and RDpistitaent; which on my own ncaount.l do 'not ,regret, as it affords me an opportunity for rest, needed for yearl, and to seek a restoratiptiiof health some what impaired by the 1 to the po sition to which you assigned! rile. ; . In a B&jte solicitor you a thoughtful consideration of? fhe present audio ■ careful ‘ review pf the political history of thV country at least for a few fear*?. . . In order to refresh youkj, ipCThories as to the dootrineeiidvocated and tjjs positions of parties, at the,commencement oflay term of service, 1 1 quote verbatim from the BJiinlrose Democrat, the proceedings of the Congressional Conference at which, unsolicited on my : faft, : d was first nom- as a candidate for-eff^tei- CoSOR’ESSIONAI CcfNAuENdE. “At li meeting of the Democratic Conferees of the 12th District; convened nt iVcllSroro. on the 25th day of September, 1860, there appeared as .Conferees, C. SI. Gere end a I. Brown on the part oL gnaquehanno, B. Laporto on the part of Bmdford, Geo. Enos, John F. Donaldson, C. C. Greenland A. P. Con's on tho' pert fp Tioga County. On inotioiA B. Deports" was allowed ■,in; the absence of his col ]aogne) to cast two votes far Brnctlortl county. o"Letters were then- presented). from ulon. Ddvid Wilmot, James Lowrey, and G. A. Growl. Eflfjrsi, which, on motion, were rcou and ordered to bo' incc operated in the minutes of the Conference. Mr. Brown tbes -.tnovod the following pre amble and resolutions, which we[ii nnanimonsiy adopted; “ Whereas, Tlte Hon. D. Wilm i i,udf JatpeTLowrdy. Eaq., fn view of unitine the Democni of. the'l2th Con gressional District In the Bupptfil-fqf h singlo ennditiate, and nt matting certain the triumph cl . sonn.d Democratic princi ples fn the coming Congressloj El-ejection, harp declined. Therefore, • ' '?] Hi “ Resolved, That wo ncknowto Igejndftest hot principle in party politics; and os Democrat ; idjs; our duty boldly to proclaim our principles, them. “ Resolved, That wo are nnarnfabut opposed to tho eaten sion oTslavorj’ into Territory nhw C-ed, and that we hold it to bo the duty of Cdogresp-to pn>iibit, by positive law, its in troduction’therein. . ic ‘ ;' “ Resolved, Tltat standing npoh theiio principles and rely ing with confidence in A.Grow faithfully to carry them oat in onr natiOnM Councils, we present him to the Democratic voters of os one capdidatofor Congress. . •".< fii , "' ? Resolved, That tho bold andEltafiinchlng manner in which tho Hon. D. Wilmot has.' dfppated in Congress the preservation of Free Territory;, oni'Jthe encroachments ol Slavery meets the sdmiratioif . nil Approbation of the De mocracy of this District'.’’ ' i c f v Such were the declared at that "time hy the Democratic pirjy of the District, and to which, as its candidate, I was required to subscribe ; which I did jitest heartily then, ■and do still; -for they ttre.it) accordance with the. views of the fathers ofi the. Republic, and all their legislation for a thirji of a’century. On .the 13th of July, ItSJ, the. Congress of the''Confederation, with bni one dissenting voice, passed an ordinance fdjr the government '• of the Territories of tfie Uajted States north west of tlte Ohio river, which embraced all the territory then possessed by t{ie general govern ment. • j, Jl The sixth article of that ordinance provided that “ Thera shall be net thei| slavery nor invol untary servitude in said Territory otherwise than in punishment of crirrfos, whereof the par ties shall be- duly convicts^, V being the esfict phraseology as introduced ! jy Jefferson, March Ist, 1784, in his plan fot the-government of all Territories. \ iif' This ordinance, after, the adoption of the { Constitution, was continued! in force hy an act I of Congress-passed in fmcjf House by a unani mous vote, and Washington.feigned .the bill.— Fifteen of the tho Constitution in-! eluding Madison were members of that Con- j .grass. ' ‘ , f’l ■ j Chief Justicb-Taney, injdplivering the opln-i ion of tbo Supreme Court initho case of Strader 1 - el at., vs. IQ Notch'd, page' 96, in re , ferring to this ordinance,‘i&jys it “ owed its lo- j •gal validity and force, iffeb the Constitution j was adopted and while th||;iterritorial- govern- i meat continued, to the dotj|pf Congress of Au- 1 gait 7, 1789, which adopted and carried its j provisions into executidn.” i 1 On the 26th of March, 1804, Jefferson signed a bill for the .organizing |of 'the Territory of Orleans, part of the Louisiana-purchase, and in which slavery then existed., But the act pro hibited the introdaotion any slave imported into the country since 1790, and no slave could be taken into the Territ?rj>for purposes of sale. This was four 'years be ire Congress was per mitted by the Cqnstitut- m to prohibit the im portation of slaves into .h k-siaics. ■ ■ So that Jefferson andj.tce' statesmen of that day believed that Congttse had power over the ' Territories to prohibit tE e;introdaction of slaves therein, and they did no'; hesitate ,to exercise it. And on the 11th of JiaWary, 1805, he signed the bill for the organization of the Territory of Michigan, which a.total prohibition of slavery. . ‘ ';V< At tho time of taking my aeat in Congress m your Representative,' there was a law in full force prohibiting filavel’y in all the territory purchased of France ly! ig north of the parallel . of 36 degree 30 minute . ~,'Tbis- aqt, known as the Missouri cqroprom ; ie, r was signed by. Mo nroe, and bad remains 1 Undisturbed on the statute book for a third df a century. Enacted Democratic votes, aj 1 proved by a Democratic President and Cabinet, become so fixed in the hearts of the poiiplel’that Senator Atchinson of Missoori helieyed it irrepeatable.' Foo in urging in the Seijste, on the 3d of March, 1853, the passage of a bill,to organize the Ter tory of-Nebraska, which bad already passed .the House, with not; a worth in it relative to the Missouri Compromise, ! he 5 fised the following .language: 1 “It 1» evidant that th« 511. Mori. Com promise can not be repealed. So faru thatquMt]i»ls concerned n might aa well agree to the admieeloß orj tfaie Territory now ai next nor, or five, or ten' years Globe, Second Session, Bsd CongTrfs, Volume 26, page 1113. But one year . For the first time inihs history of tbo Republic, wpestriotion-fin thelipreid of. slavery was taken ftom the statute booje. t'he party that repealed claimed to be the of the party that -gpaoted. Democrats unj|b the lead of Monroe •node the' law; DemoefS(t's under ■ the- lead of Pieros niimadeit. The Monroe Democracy did it to restrict slavery y thfipierce Demooraoy un didittfroxtend slavery.! :Ab yonf Representa- I>ve,T adhered to theDemporaoy of the fathers, aad-qpposed the Pierce memooraoy, and for so dMB|'I had jour nnanintous approval atHra' , ballotbot. The sentimeijt of the Democratic ''' JI ' • l|» 5 I’-'iSr- ' • 7' I . party* as than constituted, was eipresaed in lhe following proceedings of the Congressional Conference, published at the time in all the Democratic papers of the District: “At ft meetiog of tbo Confereca of'tho 14th Congressional District asMmbled at the Coart Honse in Toiranda on the 6th daj of Sept, 1854, Thumaa Smoftd, of Bradford, waa called to the chair and Ezra B- CbaM,of SaMacbatma, elected Seeretaxj. On motion of William K. Batch, of Bns qoeba&na, lion. A. Grow was UNANIMOUSLY mpralnated for reflection to Congrew. The following resolutions were then unanimously adopted: “ RxsolveD, That the restriction to the. spread of Slavery, contained in tbeilissourl Compromise, rested upon the early and only policy of fathers of the Republic, and that' tho repeal of~tbat restriction in the act of Congress organizing the territories of Eansas-and Nebraska, was a direct In no vation of that policy,'a breach of faith between the two sec tions of the Union. A VIOLATION 0¥ EVERY PRINCIPLE O? JUSTICE AND HUMANITY, and a determined attempt to overturn tne the'settled maxims of the government and establish In their Jtesid constitutional constructions subver sive of the rights and guarantees of Ircedom. “Resolve?, That we cpnliaily approve of tbe course of onr Representative la Congress, Mr. Grow, and especially do *wt commend bis course in resbtiug the repeat of the Mis souri Compromise. Bo has reflected honestly and with fidel ity the views of his constituents, the beat evidence of which, os well as their determination to resist this outrage upon their rights and principles, is his unanimous nomination ” The Whig party resolved in their conventions not to nominate a candidate, and I received the unanimous vote of' tbe'District, for no other reason than that I bad opposed tbe repeal of the Missouri Compromise. . Tbe Democratio Cufivention of Susquehanna county, at its meeting 27th uf August, 1855, to nominate a County ticket, adopted the following resolutions : “Rxsoivro, That Slavery Is an Institution entirely local in it 9 character j Unit it can legally exist in no State or Ter ritory of this Union until efltablUhcd'there by the sover eignty of State law; that the General Government should in no wise lend its countenance or support to the extension or perpetuity of tbo institution; nndtbfit we will resist any such use of the powers uf tho General Government, as dan gerput usurpation and Ougrant abuses. “ Resolvsd, That the provisions of the act of Congress es tablishing tho territories of Kansas and Nebraska, which struck down the *o coiled Missouri Compromise, is an out rage against Northern sentiment and Northern feeling; a measure alike and uncoiled for icud unjustifiable by any principle of justice or good faith. Resolved. That tbe repeal of the Uisssonrl Compromise was not a measure of tho Democratic party, but is one which a large majority at least of the Democracy of the North op posed in its very lnc|piency, as antagonistic not only to their oft-declared principles in tho primary assemblies, but also to tho great National platform laid down at Baltimore la 1852.” The Committee appointed by the Convention, on reporting these resolutions prefaced them by the following, as their reason for reporting them,: That the resolutions passed by the Democratic County Convention hut January, are believed to embody in sub stance the general principles of tho Democratic party of Sus quehanna county, and the Committee therefore have adopted theju.** The Convention in January referred to, nt which these- resolutions were first passed, was a Convention called to elect delegates to the State Convention. The Democratic Convention of Tioga county, which met at Tioga village, 25th of August, 1854, announced the sentiments of the party in that county in the following language : “ Whereas, We believe that that part of the Act of Con gress lately enacted, repealing tho Missouri Compromise (so called) and all other acts of a like character are anti-Demo cratic and opposed to the true principles ol oar National Government and highly dangerous to its prosperity. “ Resoeved. That wo will not support any man for office who has not been openly and unequivocally opposed to the repeal of said Compromise and the extension of Slavery In to free territory, and who will not pledge himself to use his whole influence for the rc-enactment of said Compromise and against the further extension of slavery; and' encroach ments of the Slave power.” ‘ Similar declarations were made 1 in tbe Con- Tsntions of the Democratic party of Bradford. These views of the Democratic party in the District were in perfect harmony with the sen timents of the Democratic party of the State as expressed previous to tho repeal of the Mis souri Compromise. The Democratic party in State Convention at Pittsburg, 4th of July, 1849, adopted the fol lowing resolution, ns a part of their platform; ' “ R|Boi.trd, That the Democratic party adheres now, as it ever lias dune, to the Constitution of the country. Its letter and spirit they will neither weaken nor destroy, and they re-deelarc that Slavery fa tv domestic local Institution of the South, subject to State legislation alone, and with which the general government has nothing to do, wherever th>* State law extends its jurisdiction. Esteeming it a violation of State rights to carry it beyond State limits, we deny the power of to extend the area of bondage beyond its present domain, nor do we consider it a part of the com promise of the Constitution that Slavery should forever travel with the advancing columns of our territorial .pro gress.” In 18-47, the Legislature, by an almost unan imous vote, passed the following resolution, which was approved by Francis R. Sbunk, then Governor, and recognized leader of the Democ racy of the State : “ Resolved Tlmt oar Senators and Representative* | n Congress be seqnesicd to vote against any measure whatever, by which territory will accrue to the Uuion, unless, (ts a part of the upon which any contract or treaty for this purpose is based, Slavery of involuntary servitude, except for crane, shall be forever prohibited. - ’ This was but adhering to the policy announc ed by the State in her of 1819, which passed both houses by a unanimoiLS vote and were approved by William Finley, a Gover nor of whom the Democracy were specially proud. The concluding portion of the pream ble and resolutions were in these words:'* “ The Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylva nia, therefore, cannot but deprecate any departure from the humane ami enlightened policy pursued, not only by the il lustrious Congress of 1787, but by their successors, without any exception ; they arc persuaded that, to open the fertile regions of the West to n servile race would tend to increase their numbers beyond all past example, would open a new and steady market for lawless venders of human flesh, and would render all schemes for obliterating this most foul blot upon the American character useless and unavailing. ** Under these convictions,hud in full pcrsuaslou that upon this topic there is but one opinion in Pennsylvania, be it u Kxsoltfd, By the Senate and the House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Peimsjlvanla, That theSenn tore and Rcpiesentatives of thistemto in the Congress of the United States, be, and they are hereby requested to- vote against the admission of any territory as a State into the Union unWuf the further introduction of slavery, or involun tary servitude, except for the punishment of crime wjiereof the party shall have been convicted, shall bo prohibited.” Such was the early sentiment and long estab lished policy of the country, every President from Washington to Polk, inclusive, having signed bills prohibiting, restricting, or regula ting the existence of slavery in the territories. The overturning of this policy of the found era of the government in the repeal of the Mis souri Compromise dismembered old party or ganizations, and necessitated the formation of new ones. On the passage of the bill, every Whig from the free states - in hollo brnnchea of -Congress voted against it, and every Whig from slaves states, save six, voted for it. Of the eighty seven Democrats from_the free stales in the House of Representatives, forty-three were in favor of the bill, forty-four against it. Every Democrat from the slave states, save one, was for it. Thomas 11. Benton on that question stood alone in the party from his section, bat tling - for the early policy of the Government and in vindication of the wisdom of the Fathers. Thus a division was ran through the old Whig party, dividing it on the line that sepa rates Freedom from Slavery; and the same line of separation was run through the Democratic party of the free stntee ; which buried forever the Whig parly, and dismembered the old De mocracy. That portion of the old Democratic parly who still adhered to the policy of Jefferson and th* Fathers and believed' thnt tha Territories should be preserved fpr free men instead of slaves, and that portion of the oW Whig party bolding the same sentiments, co-operated, and have since acted together in what is known ns the Repub lican party. While that portion of the old Democracy who who were willing to abandon the early policy of the Government, and that portion of-the old Whig party holding the same “Sentiments represented by men like Choate in Aow Englanjl, Brooks and Randall in the Mid J «£3>a6sN*>e>4- Y ff 3M?T A 1 1 - ' - _ - * i. ~. *.. * *' ' * die States* kad Benjamlnth 1 the Sooth, co-operated, and are acting together in wbatiacaUedthe Demoeratioparty. ~ r - -- - ■Whig* and Democrats, north and s6nth,‘wh6, were in faror of the] extefision and perpetuity of slavery, cooperated, and firmed the new Democratic party, with each leaden a* Toombs, Benjamin, Clingman, and Alexander H. Ste* pbeps, all of whom.when I first took a seat in Congress, were recognised leaden of the Whig party. Whigs and Democrats, everywhere, who were in faror of preserving the territories of the Union as homes for free men, free from the curse of the institutions of human bond age, cooperated and formed the Republican party, with such recognised leadon of the old- Jackson democracy ns Francis P. Blair, Benia min F. Butler, John M. Niles, and “a host -of other life-long democrats. There was no inconsistency in such a Onion by either of the old partisans. For the Whig and Democrat thus brought together had al ways agreed upon the principles that had now become the question of the day; while they differed, it is trae, on the bank, and other kin dred questions, all of which had become obso lete and ceased to excite public attention. The old democracy was in favor of preserv ing the territories as homes for free men. The modern democracy would fill them with slaves. The fruits of the old policy were peace and harmony; of the' new, discord and civil war. On the 10th of May, 1854, in a speech made in the Douse. of Representatives in opposition to the repeal of the Missouri .Compromise, 1 said that, as,a lover of peace, harmony, and fraternal concord among the citizens of this Confedoracy. and as a devotee at the shrine of this Union, with all its precious hopes to man, I desire the defeat of this hill; for its passage will tear open wounds not yet healed, lacerate spirits already frenzied, and the bond of confi dence which unites the two sections of the Union will be rent asunder, and years of alien-' ation and onkindness may intervene before it can be restored, if ever, to its wonted tenacity and strength. That was then your unanimous sentiment, and time has verified its correctness. The conspiracy to destroy the liberties of tbs country was: the natural product of the institu tion of ha man bondage. For it teaches its ro taries to despise labor, and os a necessary con sequence to Assume to be an aristocratic class, arrogating the special privileges ever claimed to belong to an aristocracy. This spirit had been sedulously cultivated in the south from the days of nullification ; and the existence of slavery was the lever by which the discon tented spirits of South Carolina sought to over turn the Government established by our fa thers, thus verifying the warnings of Jefferson, published more than three-quarters of a cen tury ago, in bis Notes on Virginia, in which be says; “ There must' doubtless be an unhappy Influence on the manners of octr people, produced by the presence of Slavery among us. The whole commerce between master and slave ia a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions—the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submission on the other. “And can the liberties of a nation bo thought secure, when we have removed their only Arm basis—a conviction in the minds the people that these liberties are the gift of God f that they are not to be violated but with His wrath ? Indeed, 1 tremble fur my country when I reflect that God is jnst! that His justice cannot sleep forever !*' Without slavery there would vhave been no rebellion, and the country would have been sa ved this waste of treasure and sacrifice of price less blood- It was to appease the demands of the slave oligarchy that the present democratic party abandoned the cherished principles of the old party and reversed the policy of the fathers of the republic in the legislation of the country. Yet it did hot avert the storm. The aristocrats, defeated in a popular election for President, did just what all aristocrats hare ever done—re sorted to physical force to maintain their wan ing power. Now the bloody field of battle ia to determine whether the will of the majority constitutionally expressed is to ha the law of the land. If a minority in this government, defeated at the ballot box, can appeal success fully to the cartridge box, then is the holding of eleotiops a farce and the theory of elective governments a delusion. This war, then, is necessarily waged in behalf of the vital prin ciple of free elective governments, as to maintain our national existence. Resistance to the further spread of slavery woe not only preserving the Territories for free" men, but was also preventing any further augmentation of a power dangerous, as the rebellion has clearly proven, to the liberties of the country and the Stability of the government. The fidelity with which you have,adhered to your early convictions is aprond testimonial of your devotion to the best interests of the Re public. ,N6r has the struggle of the freemen of the nation to restore the Government to the policy of its founders been in vain. Again, ns in 1789, slavery is prohibited by law in all the territory possessed by the general government. Washington signed the first law, and Lincoln the lost. During my term of service as your Repre sentative, another of your cherished measures of legislation has been consummated. The lands of the Government have been dedicated by law, in freta homes for free men. So the sons of toil may escape everywhere from the crowded alleys and byways of poverty and want, to repose under their own 44 vine and fig tree" on the public domain. With this brief retrospect as to the two mea sures that have absorbed your attention for the last decade, yon will perceive that not a little has been accomplished for the future greatness and glory of the country. One word as to the present and probable future, and 1 close this somewhat lengthy com munication. The existence of the republic is threatened by a rebellion the most causeless of any in the history of the race. An attempt is made to establish a separate nationality within the limits of the Republic, on the plea that the people can no longer live together in pence as one nation. If that were true, how would it be possible for them to lire in peace os two ? A separation wonid not change the geography of the fcountry, nor the local position of the pcpple to each other. A separation, were it posaible, would be bnt the beginning of untold woes—frowning battlements, bristling armies, and endless border conflicts. What patriot would bequeath such a legacy to his children? There is, in ,my judgment, no calamity so great thatcoold befall the preset or the future as a dismemberment.of this Union. Rather than that, better to make'a desert: of every foot of, soil trod by a traitor. If the pregent is worthy the past. there wjll he'lno.divjjjorr of the Onion* and the flag ofourfathew.'wiU float iii triumph, from the Gulf to tbs Lakes, and from ocean to ocean, over a •; Union one and indivisible,” ‘ The men of the north, who, to-day olatnot ‘ peace' and would disband yonr armiea, wooidif by their policy, destroy the liberties of man’ l^ipd v Should this Government fall, overthrown By' internal ■dissensions, the. Inst -grant experi ment of constitutional free government omong, men hat been tried ; and the lires and lihertitt of American citizens would find no security save in the caprice of faction. Tbepeace men of to-day can therefore Becom w plisb naught save to increase the sacrifice of life mourning to a pester number of firesides j unless it be. the destruction of the liberties of their country. The only road to lasting peace-leads over the battle-field and ends in the sbouts of victory. No partisan etrife should in this hour of national peril divide the loyal, pa triotic, antt true. Post issues should, he buried, save for reference, as beacon lights to guide tbs future. ! Justice to the heroes who are perilling their lives on the tented field, and duo respect to the memory of the martyrs who have fallen in bat tle, demands the prosecution of this war till the last armed rebel is subdued, i Suspended on the issue bangs the life of the Republic and the hopes of mankind. | The only arguments befitting the times are cannon and battalions. A united voipo and ac tion by the 20,000,000 of people who are pre fessedly for sustaining the government, and the last vestige of treason would long since have been crushed out. A united purpose now on their part to nse all the means within their reach to crash this rebellion, and it would soon be ended. Whenever they shall say, with one voice, that the Union shall live, no matter what dies, and whatever endangers its existence muet perish, the decisive battle is then fought and won. Fellow citizens, in closing this last commu nication as your Representative, permit me to you for your generous kindness, and to assure you that whatever my fortune or Wherev er my fate in life, I shall never fail to rejoice in your prosperity and sympathize with you in your adversity. Oalcsha A. Grow. WML B. SMITH, PROSECUTING PENSION ATTORNEY and Denier in IjAND warrants, And General Collection and Claim Agent KNOXVILLE, TIOGA CO., PA.] Will attend to business in the Supreme Court and Court of claims, end to tbe prosecution of claims be fore the several Departments of Government Espe cial attention will bo given to claims for BOUNTY LANDS and ARREARS OF PAY; $lOO BOUN TY and PENSIONS, f» the'LAND and INDIAN OFFICES; before Ue GENERAL POST OFFICE, qnd MILITARYCLAIMS generally . The Subscriber Saving been engaged for tbe past four years in the prosecution of claims before tho De partments in Washington, will give particular atten tion to SUSPENDED CLAIMS for. Pensions and BOUNTY LANDS, 'especially in eases where the soldier or widow ia unable to state the officer’s name. In all such coses no charge will be made unless successful. Unquestioable references will be given in all cases. All business relating to matters above referred to can be done by correspond ence with the snbscriher, and all letters addressed to him at Knoxville, Tioga County, Pa., will receive prompt attention. WM. B. SMITH. August $7, 1862. Uuloh Photographic Rooms. Hi H. WOOD’S IvT-A-IWOTH skylight rooms, OVER C. W. SEARS’ NEW SHOE STORE, Firstdoor below 0. L. WILCOX. H. H. WOOD, wonld say to tbe inhabitants of Wcllsnora ana surrounding country, ibat be is now prepared to furnish them with everything intbelineof PHOTOGRAPHS. AMBROTYPES. OR MELAINOTYPES, furnished at any room in tbe City. Just received, a sett of JAMINS CELEBRATED LENSES, manufac tured expressly for the Cartee de txtite. Also a large assortment of PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, price, 'from $1,25 to $4.00. At this day, no parlor ta ble is considered finished, without the PHOTOGRAPH IC ALBUM. Cases of all styles. * Pictures from twenty.five cents to five dollars. Thankful for past favors, I would solicit a contin uation of the same, by doing first class work 'for all Wellsboro, May 28, 1862. H. H. WOOD. War! War for tho Union! THE anaerslgned would respectfully inform bis old friends, customers, And tbe public generally, that be has opened a CABINET AND CHAIR SHOP on Main Street, opposite H. W. Dartt’s Wagon Shop, where he intends to keep constantly on bend a gene ral assortment of Cabinet Ware, ' made of tbe best materials, and by the best workmen. Also Coffins made to order, and as ejeap as can be procured elsewhere, accompanied with a Hearse. Also Chairs of every variety from the BEST down to tbe CHEAPEST, to Sail Purchaser*. Also Taming of all kinds done to order and to snH CUSTOMERS. The undersigned haring bad many years experi ence, both in France and in this country, feels confi dent that he cannot be excelled In either of the above branches of mechanism—andf farther would recom mend (he public to CALL AND EXAMINE bis workmanship and prices boforb purchasing else where. JACOB STICKLING Wollshoro, March 19,1562. I WEIXSBORO’ ACADEMY. WclUboro 4 , Tioga County, Penna. SIARXXVUS XV. ALLEN. A, ttLi - - Principal assisted by a corps of competent teachers. The Spring Term will commence on the 30th of March, 1803. Tuition for terra, from $2.50' to $O.OO. pSr A Teaches 4 Class will also be formed. By orderef Trustees, J. F DONALDSON, Pr&U Wcllsboro, March 11, 1803. OOENING WHOLESALE DRUG AND BOOK STORE, &UGB AND MEDICINES, PAINTS AND OILS, WINDOW GLASS, KEROSINE OIL, ALCOHOL, , - BOOKS ANb STATIONERY, Sold at wholtsale by W. n, TERBULI,. Country Merchants'supplied with theeo articles at NEW YORK PRICES. J Corning, Peb. J 6,186?. "VIEW COOPER SHOP.—The undersigned i-a respectfully informs the dtisens of WelTeborp and vieinjty/tbnt ho has opened A COOPER-SHOP opposite'' - CROW It’S WACMm SHOP, and is ready to doall manner ofwork prompt and to order,, from* gallon keg to aflfty barrel tab. Re pairing ijso dope.on' shprt notice.,. 0, P. ELLIS,". Wensboro, Hay 8,1861. , J , Boris Throat and ttlpUtbcrla. ANEW and powerfnlremedy to be qsud only externally, has just been found. It tflflst be applied when the first symptoms appear, and it will certainly rodnce the swelling and infiamatioo. Call for IheTrf therm Ointment at Roy's Drag Etcde. Direetions ieeompeny seek bottlei Price, SfccontS. “ Wcllsboro, FeKvl, 1663. J THE BUFFALO j ’ „ MERCANTILE COLLEGE, COBJISB OS' ' Bain and Seneca Streets, I. an important link in the great chain of National Mercantile Colleges, located in the following Cities T NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA, BROOKLYN, ALBANY, TROY, CLEVELAND, DETROIT, CHICAGO, . AND SAINT LOUIS. A Scholarship issued from the Buffalo College, en titles the bolder to attend either or all the Colleges for an unlimited time. The design of those Institutions, is to impart to young men and ladies, a thorough, practical tninm "*Theso Colleges are organized and conducted upon a basts wbichmnst scenic to each separata Institution tin best possible,facilities for imputing a thorough eonowrcitl fitinoitioo, End-render it u ft wholftp the most oomprobtnsinf and Complete system sn this country. _ . . Book-Keeping in all its departmsnts, Commercial Law, Commercial Arithmetic and Penmanship, are taught in the m«t thorough and practical manner. The Spencerian system of Penmanship, is taught by competent and experienced teachers. Scholarship, payable in advance, $4O. College open day and eveningno vacations. Resident Principal at Buffalo, J. C. Bnraitr. • For farther information, please call at the College Booms, or send for Catalogue and Circular enclosing letter stump. Address BRYANT & STRATTON, Jane 4,1862.—1 y. Buffalo, 5. T, NEW GOODS! T. L. BALDWIN I now receiving a large aad Well Se ected Stock of SPRING AND SUMMER, GOODS, eoniiitiag in part of a General Stock of DRY GOODS, LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, BOOTS AND SHOES, WOODEN WARE, Ac., Ac., Ac., ‘ Ac., All of which will be Bold VERY LOW for READY PAT ©ALT. ALL KINDS OK COUNTRY PRODUCE TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. All persons baying GOODS for . READY PA Y, Are respectfully invited to call and examine THE STOCK, As they are to be sold at YERY LOW PRICES. CASH PAID FOR WOOL. Tioga, May 28,1862. T. L. BALDWIN. The New Commercial Building* arc located opposite Court House, corner of Conrt and Cliciunijo-Slrccls/ This College is in no way connected with any other Institution. The energies of the entire Faculty are exclusively devoted to this. The design of this Institution is to afford to Young Men an opportunity for acquiring a Thorough, Prac • tieal, Butinett Education. The Books and Forms are carefully arranged hy Practical Accountants, expressly for this Institution, and the-Course of Instruction is such as to combine Theory and Practice. COLLEGIATE COURSE. This Course embraces Book-Ke'eding in all its de partments, Penmanship, Commercial Arithmetic, Business Correspondence, Commercial Law, Political Economy, Commercial Ethics. Partnership Settle ments, Detecting Counterfeited and Altered Bank Notes, Ac. The Spencerian System of Penmanship is taught in all its varieties, by the most skillful masters of the art. Tho Book-Keeping department is nnder the special supervision and instruction of the Principal, B. W. LOWELL. OENERAZ. Hre’OTtMATIO**-. Students can enter at any time. No /vacations. — Usual time to complete the Course, from 6 to 12 weeks. Assistance rendered to graduates in procuring situa tions. Graduates are presented with aw elegantly en graved Diploma. For catalogue of 70 pages, specimens of pen manship, Ac., enclose two letter stamps, and address D. VT, LOWELL, Sept. 17, 1862. Binghamton, N. Y. FALL ANB WINTER GOODS. No. 2, Union Block. . JEROME ’SMITH HAS returned from Kcw - ' York with a splendid assortment of - DRY GOODS, READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS A CAPS, HARDWARE, BOOTS,4,SHOES, GLASSWARE, GROCERIES, DOMESTICS. , WOODENWARE, ENGLISH 'CLOTHS, LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, SATINS, ERENCU CABSIMERBS, FULL CLOTH, TWEEDS AND KENTUCKY JEANS. Attention is colled to his stoek of Black and Figured Dress Silks, Worsted Goods, Meriooes, . Black and DeLaines, Long and Square Shawls, • Ladles’ Cloth, Opera Flannels, 4e. Purchasers will find thal No. 2, Union Block, Main Street, Is the place to buy the best quality of goods at the lowest prices. - JEROME SMITH. . * Wellabpro, Nov. 5, 1862. = CONSUMPTION, AND Diseases of tfao THROAT end LUNGS, can be cored. Not however by any medicine taken into the stomach, as has been fully■. shown recently In a series of essays by Dr: Robert Hnnter of New York City, published in the Daily Tribune-, bnt by inhaling the suitable medicine Combined with oxygen, inU the Langs. The subscriber is so folly satisfied offthis that he has entered into an arrange ment with Dr. Hunter, by which any-person suffering from diseased throat or lungs, on giving, him a fhll statement of their symptoms, and paying the regular fee, which is very reasonable, can bate their case sentio tbe Doetorand-tbo-medicine and inhaling la-, stfufieiitfefniebidtoiffiws, . Peaons able to come; to him are desired'to *>MT ■ and will generally find him at bis.Rurnitnre and Catr pet Rooms'ia LawreneeviUe. Those who are unable to some* he will visit on being requested to do set*. Befiss made this arrangnmentand,gives this that no cae in thiscebnty may die of theso diseases without tbe.jirial of this last and most sncceesfiil 'triumph of medical'selence. Lawttnierille, Jan. H,.’GS.-tf. E. D. WELLS, • ■f • tfPteciii/ tfofcicE. ~~ W ,Xdh buyers of Dry Good*, Bootsand Shoes, Gro cerihi.'Hals and Caps, Ac.,'can make money by making their purchases at , , 1 J. A. PARSONS' CHEAP CASH STORE. Hi* stock is now in first rate shape, consisting of all kinds of Domestic Goods, which will be sold it less than NEW TORS PRICES, VTe hare fall lines of Brown Sheetings and Shirtings, Bleached Do., Den ims, Tucking*, Striped Shirtings, Cheeks, Blankets,' Linens, Toweling*, Yarns, Hosiery. Cotton Batting,- Gloves Ac., in as great variety as ever. DRESS GOODS, j In this stock wo cannot be beat. Having on hand a large stock of Plain and Figured Reds, Brocades,- Mohairs, Plain Alpacas, Figured and Plain Meriaoev. Paramattas, Cashmeres, DeLaines, Ac., from the rich l goods to the lowest prices in market. shawl And cloak siocfi; BROCHE SHAWLS, SINGLE & DOUBLE,. BLANKET . “ “ FANCY WOOL “ “ Cloaks, Saeqnes, Cloak Cloths, Trimmings Ac., in’ this stock we can sail every one. CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES. Black and Fancy Cassimeres,' Melton’s Black Broadcloths, Overcoatings, Satinetts, Csshmerettv Eentneky Jeans, Faemers and Mechanics Casstmem, Cottonsdes and itn prices as low as can be found in the county. i. BOOTS AND SHOES. Mens Doable Sole Kip Boots, Mem £ Doable Sole Kip, Mens Stoga do., Boys do., Youths do.,'Womens Calf Castom made Shoes, Ladies Kid and Morocco, Balmoral Boots, Ladies Kid and Lasting Balmoral Gaiters, Ladies Kid and Lasting Congress Gaiters, Fine Morocco Boots, Childrens Shoes', all kinds, can salt all calls as to KINDS AND SIZES, and will guarantee the prices as low as (he lowest. Batter, Eggw and other Produce, taken on farorable terms. An Early Call Is Solicited: JAMES A. PARSONS, • Ho. 3 CONCERT BLOCK, CORNING, N. T, Oct. .15, Economy Is Wealth!- CURE YOUR COUGH TOR 13 CENTS. The Best and Cheapest Household Remedy in the World, Dladame Z&DOO PORTER'S Great Cough Remedy. Madame ZADOC PORTER'S Curative Balsam is warranted If used according to the direction!, to curoln all cases Coughs,Colds, Whooping Cough, Asthma, and all affections of the Throat and Lungs. ‘ r Jladajcs ZADOC PORTER’S BALSAM is prepared with all the requisite cam end skill, from a combination of tho best reme dies the vegetable remedies af ' Jofd*, its remedial kingdom ars based on its power to assist the healthy and vigorous circulation of the blood, through the Lungs. It is not a violent remedy, bnt emolient—warm, searching and effective; can be taken by the eldest person ci-youngest child. a Madame ZADOC PORTER’S BALSAM has been in me by the public for over 33 years, and ha» acquired Its present sale simply I _ by being recommended by those L. who have nsed if to their affliep- NMk ed friends and others. BmE Most Important.—v*d- BBS tme Zadoc Porter’s Curathe BaV || I«ani is sold at a price vrhich brings tbo reach of every one Co kwjrft convenient lor nee. The timely use of a single bottle will prove to be wofth 100 times its cost. NOTICE.—Sat* Tors BlownDo not be persuaded to purchase articles at 4s to $1 which do not contain the vir tues of al3 cent Bottle of Madame Porter's Curative Bal sam, the cost of manufacturing which is ns great as that of aimon any other medicine; and the very low price nt which it is sold, makes the profit to the seller apparently small, and unprincipled dealers will Sometimes* recommend other medicines on which their profit* are larger, unless the eas terners Insist upon haring Madame Portlr's and none other. Ask for Madame Porter's Curative Balsam, price 13 cents, and in large bottles at 25 cents, and take no other. If yon cannot get it at one store you can at another. Sold by all Druggists and Storekeepers at 13 cents,, and in larger bottles at 25 cents. HALL & RDCKEL, Proprietors, New Yjrk. Jan. 28,18G3.-ly. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. THE LADIES arc the ones fo select Household Furniture, and it is so much easier for them to take a carriage and ride a few miles and return than, to go 40 or 60 miles for the purpose, that (bfcsubeerv* her would inform them that he has just enlarged his STOCK before the tariff and tax prices are upon us; and has a large and inviting assortment, which bo w'd! be happy to show to those who may favor him with o “visit. MAHOGANY SOFAS, $2O, s2s and $2B. 7W« n Tctci, $22, $2B and $32. HjuuUome t ngratn Carpet! for 4,5, 6,7, 8 ond 9 shillings a_yard. Seicivg J/a -chxncßy $lO and $l2. He has also 10 different styles of Bedsteads, with matrasses and spring bottoms,and 18 different kinds of Chairs with everything elseij the Furniture line. He is also Agent for the sale of Prince A Co’s, eel ebrated Meiodeons, School and Church Organs, of Buffalo, N, T., the oldest and largest establishment in the United States. B. D. WELL?. Lawreneevilie, July 30,1862. Insurance Agency. npHjE Insurance Company of North America bars A appointed the undersigned an agent for; Tiogs County and vicinity. As the high character and standing of this Com pany give the assurance of full protection to owners of property against the hazard of fire, I solicit w'itV confidence a liberal share of the business of .the county. This Company was incorporated in 1781. Its capital is $500,000, and its assets in 1861 os pet statement Ist Jan. of that year was $1254,719 81. CHARLES PLATT, Secretary. ARTHUR 6. COFFIN, President. Office of the Company. 232 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,. Wm. Buckler, Central Agent, Ear. risburg, Pa. JOHN W, GUERNSEY, Agent for Tioga County, Pa. April 9, 1862. BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER AIO FINDINGS. JQR. FRANKLIN SAYS •_ “When you bare BnyiEmg t* advertise, tell th* public of it in plain,, simple language. 1 ' I am manufacturing good custom made Boots and' Shoes which I will sell at fair prices, and only for READY PAY, Such work cannot be sold at esit* rates per pair a* eastern made slop-work, but if cm and will be sold at prices which will enable the pur chaser to protect bis feet with good substantial boots more cheaply than with a poor slop,-shop orticU.- which 4 even if it chances not to fall in pieces with the first weeks service, is but a doubtful protection is wet and cold weather.. Try me. Buck and Doeskins Wonted, In the rod and short blue, for which I will' pay e»A and a good price. Bccf’Hislei and Calfskin* Wanted, for which 1 win also pay cash.. Sheep Pelts Wanted, for which I will also pay, cash and- the highest vus~ ketpricsu, v , An assortment of, sole, upper, calfskins and lioingfr pegs,-thread, nails, awls, knives, shoe-hammers, Ac., Ac-., kepi constantly on ban dyWkichl will sell cheep for,cash. Shop on Itaia Street between Wilcox's as* Bullard's. , G. W. SEABS. N. B. I can’t give credit, because, to be plains I haven’t got it to give. IVeUsVoro, Afegnst-1, IBS?,
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