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
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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
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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.
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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?,