The Tlogfc polity Agitator : ' BYk- COBB. Published ever, wWnwdsy Dorninrand milled to idM«ib«rttto»!MyDM»^ : Bmonr*B pef yew, »l? ; »y s AN GJS. _, . The pephf Ireetft pgbtagajtreete county subscribers, though they iftay ;rpoeive tseir m»fl .t post-Offioobli}- calod in counties imtsadifttily adjoining, for oonvin iencft- 1 ... *if ,".|i • - ■ Thß ActTATOB iayhe Qlgoinl paper of Tioga Co., and circulates in erery nbighborhood therein. Sub scriptions being on we adtfnoe-pay system, it circu lates among a class tjost tbihe interest bf advertisers to reach. Terms toAdTeftjlera at liberal aa those of fered by any papor*feqtthi. circulation in Northern Pennsylvania. f, . A cross on ‘gie bf a paper, denotes thatth? subscription's ahout-to expire. : . , J&t' Papers 'wUlho itopgedwhen the sabscriptipn time expires, unless the agent orders'their, continu ance. , . i*; ' JAB. LOWHEY dt S. F. WIlSO», A TXORNEYS.& COOkSELLORS at'LAV, aCX will attend Die Cogjas of Tioga, Potter and dfoKean bounties.. ■ . ffifellsboro, Jan. I, 18d3.J J. E!«EBY, ' • Attorney & counsellor at lav, Woliaboro, Po., will d&rofo his lime exclusively to the practice of law. Collections made In any of the bounties of Northern PfonayWnita •' [Jan. 1] John I MAidrjf, ;■ - Attorney & counsellor at lav, Coudersport, Pa., wiltjattend the several Courts in Potter-and. McKean counties. All business en mated to hlacaro will receive prompt attention. He fans the agency-of large tracts of good settling land and trfU attend to the payment of taxes On any lands fo said counties.' »•'. ; • <’■' Jonyfifi, 1863.* ■ ' j. cmpbEli, jr., Knoxville, Tin™ County,Pa., Attorney * coemsellor at lav. Prompt attention givfliuo the procuring of Pen sions, Back’Pay of Soldiergiio.'- Jan. 7, 1863.-dm. 6 ’ : f ... DICKINSON HOUSE, : s. r. Uu. A. F1ELD,...:..;..;]..; *.... Proprietor. GUESTS taken, tq.ajia from the Depot free of charge. . - '] [Jan. 1, 1863.] PENNSVIiVANjIA HOUSE, CORXEB OP MAJN STREET AND THE AVENUE, ( . WellsboWj, Pa J. V. 81G0NY,...... Proprietor. THIS popular Hotel,|Jjaving been re-fitted and- ro-furnishod throughout, is now open to the public as a first-class ttoase/4- [Jan. 1, 1863.] IZAIK WAt|OJf HOUSE, Gaiaae, Tiogaponnty, Pa. 11. C. VERMINYEA,. .J : Proprietor. THIS is a-newhotel |k>oate4 within easy ac cess of the boSt Sshiag and huntiug grounds in Northern Pennsylvania, iKp pains will bo spared for the V-Cpmmodalion of ploafeire seekers and the trav elling public. , ■ i\ • [Janl 1, 1863.] EAGJLU HOUSE. THOMAS GBA-VjSS^ : ,£l Proprietor. ( Formerly 0/ 'ijU vovingtoil Hotel,) THIS Hotel, kopt,for tL lone tfme by David Hart, is being' repaired .anil famished anew. The subscriber has leased it forfa term-of years, where he may bo found ready to wAulnpoo his pld customers and the traveling public fgdjierally. Hip table will be provided with the bcsi'- the market affords. At bis bar may be found the choicest brands of liquors and cigars. Y{Welfeboro f Jan. 21, T863-tf. HOTEL. B. Tk ...Proprietor. THE Proprietor taking again taken possession of the akovo UotelJ will £pare no pains to insure the comfort of guests an*S t;bo traveling public. At tentive waiters always r( tdy. Terms reasonable. Wellsboro, Junl 21, WatcheC iiTeweltv, &c., &c., REPAIRED /-T! OLD PRICES. POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. 5.. VNJ'ON BLOOf. Wellshorb, Mny 20, ISdjjif | ’ HARIiL| shop/ T AM now receiving a[STOCK of\TALIAN -L and RUTLAND (boughtArjlh cash) aud am prepared to maiui||ictur6 all kinds of T OM f B-!sjs'T ONES aud MONUMENTS at thojjowest prices. HARVEY ADAMS is &y amhoHzed agent and will sell Sipne at the fiau-eipricca as at the shop. 1 WE HAVE m?r -ORE PRICE. Tioga, May 20, f flS6g-ly., A. D. COLE. & FIRMAN, UECIIANIC.iI & SmaiCAb. DENTISTS, WOULD respectfully ipiora the citizens of Wells boro add country, that they are now stopping'nt Brgjmey’s Hotel, known as the Pennsylvania House, for aife.w weeks, and would bo pleased to wait on all whofmay need the services ef. their professioa. All opfralions -pertaining to the profession perfonaed ia most careful and scien tific manner. W3O wouidvaall particular attention to 'our bard Rubber or CoraDfe work,' which is unprece dented. . - 1 V. ; PRICE - tIVe (iDicKiESox House.) American Gold and filter Coin-bought and sold. New york Eschang , !| - do. Uncarrent Money, | it do. United Statue Demar ibliiotes “ old issue" bought. Collections made in dll'paxta of the Union’ at Cur rent rates of u , - Particular pains will be taken to accommodate our patrons from the Tioga Valley. QUr .Office will bo open nt 7 A. M.,.and cUiso at 7 P. M., giving parties passing over the Tioga Kail P.orui ample time to transact their business bjjfore' the departure of tbo train in the morning, and after its arrival in the evening, Q. W. WELLINGTON, President. Corning, N. T.,-Nov, l'2l 1562. HOMESTEAD. , A NEW STOVE TIN SHOP HAS jast been opened in*Tioga, Penna., irheYe may ‘’be found a good assortment of Cooking, Parlor and ‘3or Stoves, of the most‘approved patterns, and'from the best manufacturers, i ‘fh© HOMESTEAD is ad 'knitted to* be the best filivated Oven Stove in the ‘market. The '* , \ I 0 OLDEN A G-tf'f & GO(\D HOPE,” are square, flat top air tigit stoves; with large ovens, many advantages o«er any other stova before made. Parlor Stoves. .£ne Signet and Caspian- are both very neat and superior stoves. Also Tin, Copper, and Shpot'lrou ware, kept con ,-stantlj on hand and matfejo-order of the best mate rial and workmanship, gfr of which will be sold at Jthe lowest figure for casUbf ready pay. Job work of all kinds k'ttonded to on call. Tioga, Jan. U. 1863. T .GUERNSEY & SMEAD. ' 4 ABIIf ET Jlffi k E ROOM. TffE-fiubßcribor moi£ respectfully that he has on hand at. the old stand, and for sale a €beai> Lot JjPunilture* comprising in part . J iUre.l% hnd 'Common fy Aon., Secretariat and Book ' T^ a lr Cml oL r l, C,ml M Pier TaiU ’> Diainp and y u fiDf ae, asUagiand’hthit Sedtteadt, Stande, So- J pi'unri r"’’ °' U a i d ' i{ * Kwomi Moulding, for B fCn^&l 0 d? ‘ tort OOUCT - A V® - Tu rningin.d Sawing done! to order. ■August u, 1850. • ~f-T B.T. VANHORN. * • i-. 6 : w—T—rn ..arTiii.nnni-rmn '■ni l ' ■I 1 \t'r .Vv*tv" « -ri r. • =»- i ~r~ -y •«i s“j » 7' ~ THE 1 AGITATOR Seboteb to the SptcnsCon of the SXrca of ifm&om anb tbsflpreab of IbeaXtbg Kefoem. WHILE THEBE SHALL BE AWEONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTHi.‘‘HAN’S. VOL. IX WILLSBOROj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY §7, 1863. BATTLE. vr X. J. MAPDBfJ&T. LQPIS, XO. The fleld is won, the battle** o'er, The cannon's boom bis died sway* The musketry's incessant roar . Has ceased with, the expiring day. The furious charge, the wild hurrah I Eosjioniive to the hoarse command, The charger's lond, imptaiientneigb,, . The deadly conflict hjand to hand—. . All, all Is hashed, save now and then, The cries of wounded! mangled men. See here upon the steepl hillside, . \ Where, murderous cannon fiercely-played,,? A. thousand herpes bravely died, While charging onward nn dismay Id. ’ Haw grim they loch, hoW ghastly too. Enveloped in their gory shroud. With wounds agape, thqy seem to me More forcible than if [endowed With living tphgues to stay this strife; That leads to reckless'loss of life. Now oast year eyes o’er (yonder pldtn, Where flows a, Stream of crimson hue, And see the wounded strive, in vain, To slake the thirst they can't snbdne, ■ And hear them, as they strive, to crawl Unto this steam, tbeirgreat desire. Por water, water, vainly call, And, all unheeded; there expire. Thus thousands die without a name, > While one man*wins Immortal fame. The scene hag changed, and years have flown. But men, who bravely! ftmgfat that day, Yet bear the sears by which they're known , Mute tokens of the dread affray, The empty sleeve, the limping gait. The scar upon the: manly brow, AU point unto that field of fate, Where men escaped, they know not bow, Their blood has dyed the tented plain— But such is war, and this is fame. Then honored he the loyal brave, Who forth to battle freely went. And periled life and limb to save Their country from disjnemberment. A grateful nation should reward The men who left abodes of peace, And changed the sickle for the sword. To meet foal treason face to face. Dear native land theyhre bled for thee. To make thee one, united.. —fhkk. (Communication. [For the Agitator ANIMAL vs. HUMAN ACTION. A voracious Wolf greedily swallowed a bone which unfortunately stuck in his throat; and being apprehensive that his stomach might suffer by the distention, he applied to several animals, earnestly imploring them to give him “ aid and comfort” in the removal of his vio lent pain. None seemed to solicit the job ; but finally a Crane, passing that way, humanely resolved to hazard tb« daugeiuus hviugpTOtai ised any reward she might mention. So thrust ing her slender neck down bis throat, she suc cessfully removed the bone and claimed a modest recompense. “ Great Heaven,” said the Wolf, “see the unreasonableness of some creatures! Have I not suffered you safely to draw your neck from pay jaws, and now do you have tho conscience to demand a further reward ?” Moral. —“’Tie the.utmost extent of some men’s gratitude, barely to refrain from oppres sing their benefactors—to return an injury for a kindness.” Just bo. Here is a modern counterpart. There was a Southern people called Planters (so called, because they stood in great need of cultivation) who were grievously troubled with a “ bone of contention,” which they regarded as a “ peculiar institutionand it woa very peculiar, inasmuch as they were sometimes nearly choked by it, and ip turn, attempted to choke it, or rather, its subjects. It perplexed them sorely; filling their nigbta with horror and wild fear, os this nocturnal period was the' time they expected to be gobbled up or stran gled by this large bone. It led thjem into many projects from which there was no way to get ont, but to back out. In semblance and effect, it was the sharpest, crookedest, meanest “ born of a dilemmaand It got them into fends and fusses innumerable. It got them into political squabbles; it got them into territorial squab bles ; it got them into geographical difficulties and it got them into a bad way, by getting them into disgrace. It brought them foreign trouble —but it brought gold. It brought them cor ruption; nnd.it brought them treason; audit brought them Rebellion ; and war, and famine, and blockade, and poverty, and suffering, and burnt 'cities, and desolate lands, disease, and death I And as the bone choked them, they cried unto foreign nations with the gold to help them. But the foreign nations would’nt—that is, they would rather nop; they saw'tbe formi dable “ bone” and stood aloof, fearing conta gion. But the planters Wiae-ly tried yet again. And they set their Pryoijs and MaSons at work. And they pried over this great -institutional black bone and Maspn-ed.it over with many rich layers of soft, white fabric, belonging to their ex-king. And their foreign Embassador, a very Sly-deal, said: “ Lest yon see trouble and hunger, take our coveted sureties and ,give us in return, money, men and shipa of;war, wbioh shall be christened Sea-Pirates.” But the wise men of the canning nations listened, yet said nothing; but they thought: “We would like the cotton, heft (there ia.the block ade, yon know) you can’t bring it to us, and we need all our money, men.aod ships if we take it on bur own book. - And then, we distinctly remember, that many years ago, certain Philis tines were very badly worsted by a solitary bone in Sam’s-Son’s hands. No; we esn’t do it—that is, we think jwe|won’t." So tbe poor Planters languished, in unadul terated misery, until some plain neighbors ef theirs—northern people called Yankees (so called, because they were for yanking oat every bad thing by the roots) seeing the suffering among these queer people, and also the cause, magnanimously resolved to extract the fester ing bone-from their troubled'flesh; only wish ing, as a reward, the consciousness of doing a just deed, and hoping. for an indication from these people of a disposition to behave them selves as well as. they oould. Therefore, one among to North folk. Who presided oyer mat ters of mercy, right and justice, proclaimed with a loud voice: “-Let the plague cease ; l let it go j letlt take its evil, with it;letjttak e eara of itself.” Bit think yon that a thank arose to their lips for having the euae removed ? “Ye gods,” ones the petitioner planter, “ Now; look ye! Accept a service at the bands of aupr& people? Acknowledge ourselves obliged tao plebeian race)? - Why that- is invasion!, Up spirit of chivalry, we’U oat andpaak them. WVvegreat gods of war atnong us and probahly some good corporals. Let hug the ebony to our breasts! We reform for none hit a greater than we—and who is greater ? Selah I". . ■ - Now among ihe North people, there came.op an obsequious echo to this pseudo-chi valric, more than wolfish; idiotic outburst of* it blind people’s blindness.' it seemed hi come from-a breed whioh used only the sibilants of their language, Snd hissed- horribly—an offshoot or scion from the great evil bone, Winch i»A cank er to’ the Southern people^—and' they were called “constitutional” (so-called,because they constitute an evil-eye, and are constitutionally very; bad and wicked and can’t" change their nature). - This transplant hissed very londly at first, bat appeared > n * strange, incongruous form, considering ita voi'ce. : And the less thoughtful said: “It mast be a’Goosebat the more sagacious said “No; it may have the-elegant plumage of the Goose, bat it has the voice, spirit and intention of the Serpent.” : And the people became alarmed, as they remembered the story of the kind-hearted countryman who, moved with compassion, carried- a famished, half-frozen snake te his warm hearth; which no sooner warmed into life, than it fell to biting his whole family; and he snatched op a hatchet and cut the snake into many pieces. Sdthe thoughtful became more watchful and leagued together, and the loud hissing which bad jfilled the air, grew fainter. And many cried in derision: “ Havcthey vamosed? Have they holed? Have the sfftts in theirskin be come vieible to other eyes ? Is the' molting time, come ? Is‘the cloven foot end fbrked tail to replace the scales and forked tongue ?- Is a new (dodge needed ? Possible, or at all likely, that’ they “smell a mice” (military) ? Why don’t they accumulate ? Why don’t they coil, leap, grow frantic and flesh their fangs ? Can’t they play the honorable snake, and not shame the hast-pff skins of their ancestral ghosts ? Why Genesis tells ns of a much honester one— and Tie was the Devil. This Scriptural Serpent stood upright before its victim, and plainly avowed the apple doctrine to differ from the Creator's injunction. But this modern breed— ugh!—their doctrine rivals that of their Eden ancestor for skepticism, and comes as near it in frankness; as many of the descendants of Eden have come to being, what was expected of them. itu pnuimve Snaieamp must congratulate himself very complacently, over ihe doings of 'this latest progeny. -He must refrain from swearing audibly, at least, several times a day, at such precious hypocrisy. What admi rable action ! What honorable occupation !” “What have they done?” ' query,the near sighted, who can only read the title page. They crawl into Cabinets.- They sneak into Senates. They lurk in Legislatures. They creep into Councils. Their venom is broad cast. Their slime is on the Soldiers. They would corrupt the credulous by a vitiated Press. -They would choke the utterance of oar noblest sons. They coil abont the door posts of Liberty’s Temple. They would stifle Loyalty by a florid of venom. They would blind the Eagle thst he may fall in the coilof the Rattlesnake. They glare from ’Messages and their hideous visage has appeared in a.Veto. G- Soldiers’ Wives. an immense amount of heroism among this ■ class passes unnoticed, or is taken .ha a matter of coarse; not qply in this mast right eons war we are waging, but in those of all past time. For the soldier, be has bis com rades about him shoulder to shoulder; be bos praise if does well; he has honorable mention and'pitying tears, if he fall nobly striving.— But alas 1 for the soldier's wife 1 Even an offi- wife who has sympathising friends,, who has the comforts and many of the luxuries 6f life ; whose future is provided for vif their father fall; what hours of dreadful sus pense and anxiety she must pass, even in these favorably circumstances!' How'hard for her. But; for the wife of the poor soldier, who in giving her husband to the country, has given every thing; who knows not whether the meal she and her little ones are eating may not be the {last | for many a hungry—desolate—sday; whoj has ino .friend to say, “ well done,"-as the lagging weeks of suspense creep on, and she stahds bravely at her post, keeping want and starvation at bay; imagination busy among the heads of dead and wounded, or traversing the wretched prison dens and shuddering, at the tibongbt of their demoniac keepers; keep ing |down her sobs'as her little daughter trust fully offelrs up her nightly prayers ” for papa deaic.to come home;” or when her little son, jostiold enough to read, traces slowly with his fingers the long list of killed and wounded, “ to see if father is there; shrouding her eyes from the {possible future of her children should her strength give but under the premure of want andj anxiety; no friend to tom to, when her hand is palsied with labor; nor-waving ban ners, nor martial music, nor one procession to Icbrdniele her valorous deeds;.none hut God and) her own brave heart to witness her’noble unaided straggle; when I think of these soli tary women scattered throughout the length and: breadth of the land, my heart warms "to wards them; and I would fain hold them up in their silent struggle, for all the world to admire.- • 1 ■ - When the bistory of this wot shall be writ ten (and that eannot be now) let the historian, what else soever be may forget, forget not to chronicle the sublime valor of the hearthstone, ail over oar straggling land.— Famy Fa n. A Cockirer Bays that the water makesagreat transformation in doth. Take, say a piece of linen, and soak it thoroughly, and it will.be wdlwet (yelVet). Blessed is ehe who has a -mother's' cafe, a father’shonsc, and a brother’s affection. ' TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. Select fKiscelXntis. BDMSINO IN AFRICA. HUNTING SEA-COWS. Hearing from the Kaffirs that there wen sea-cows in the Umliias, I- waited till the enn was getting Jew, and went in pursuit. How my heart bent at hearing the well-known blow just round a bend of the river, and, cautiously peering round, saw three making up the stream 1 They wore very shy and sho’wedpoor beads, I tookaroofad, and got above’ them anperceived, and msde an excellent sfaot at a very- large boll; ha only showed hie eye above the water at fifty yards, and 1 pat a ballet in the very centre.. The nextday I found my sea-cow on his hack, in themiddle of alarge hole, abdnt forty yards from land; with half a dozen alligators around bio.- I bribed the Zulur and bullied the Kaf firs to go in and fasten cords on him to tow him ashore,.but in .vain; so, after firing a couple of ebote, and throwing stones to frighten the alli gators, I swain in,’made the cord fast to him, and made for the shore 4|aih as soon as possi ble, shouting lustily to scare the alligators. Tbe ropes bad been so carlessly fastened to gether that, they came undone as soon as they were used, and I was obliged to swim in again. It was not a very pleasant position to be rolling about on a ’ sea-cow with alligators all around one, 'and I did not at all relish it. - Through bad management I had to gain fear times. At left, however, after several failures, we got him to-land, ■ ; Tbe next day I brought np the head, which the alligators, adjutants, and vultures had tolerably clean, and buried-it near a kraal, -in charge of an old Kafir, salted 1 the tongue and A tub full of meat, stretched some sjamboks and whip-lashes ronnd tbs wagon, and in tbe afternoon started in pursuit of more, bnt without success. ’ DUEL WITH A BIPPOPOtfAHTTS. TVs mustered a strong party of fifteen, inclu ding the captain- of the kraal, and three fellows to carry beer. We took our blankets with ns, and walked a long way without seeing any thing. At last an old bull buffalo jumped up close to me, and I gave him a bullet behind the shoulder, which brought him on his knees; but be soon recovered and went off. I sent a Second ball after him, to no purpose. Farther on, 1 saw a large sea bull lying asleep close in land behind some reeds, and proceeded to crawl in on him ; and just as I showed myself half way to my waist in water, to my surprise, in stead of endeavoring to make bis escape, ha charged right at me, at great speed. He halt ed for a second about twenty yards on, and I gave him a pill under the ear, which made him spin round and round like a I fired two t!-1— I, him with n third, (meant for his head,} and be gan to fear we were to lose him altogether, as be seemed recovering, and was gradually get ting farther end farther away into deep water, and giving very poor chances of a shot. The sun was shining so directly on him that I could not see to shoot a bit; the footing was slippery, and 1 was half way up to my middle in mud and water, when I got a last chance, and pnt the ball exactly between the. ear and the eye, and killed him. The sun was fast setting.; the Kaffirs got him nearly ashore, and we lighted three huge fires with a esp and powder on the heel plate of my gun, giving it a smart blow with a stone, and fed bn him, but be was hor ribly tough. The night was awful foggy, and the dew heavy; and, when morning came, I had every symptom of fever. Notwithstand ing, I was obliged to walk twenty-five miles home, , with scarcely any shade on the road. Many a vow I made during the~day, never to return to the country. SHOOTING A’ RHINOCEROS. We were plowing our way through long, heavy, wet grass and scrubby thorn trees, when an old rhinoceros cow got np slowly from be hind a thorn tree, anil, after giving me a good stare, advanced slowly toward me. I lost no time in getting the gah out of the cover, and gave her a ball in the chest. She turned round in double-quick time, panting like a porpoise. 1 followed, but a Kaffir cur prevented me from getting very near, so she getaway. On climb ing the top of the hill 1 saw two more, and sent my Kaffir below them, thinking they were sure to make down bill. I could not get near them ; batjust as they were about to make off,. I shot one in the shoulder, 1 but rather too low, and away they went The dogs turned one and brogbt him back not fifteen yards from ms at a foil trot, bis bead up and bis tail curled over his hack, stepping oat in splendid style. He looked very mach inclined to charge me; but a bullet behind his sfaouldsrs, which dropped him.on.his knees, made him alter his course. I felt convinced that I had killed him, and fol lowed him. At lasi we saw the brute lying down ■in so- natural. a position that I never thought be oonld be dead, and shot him behind the shoulder; but be had laid down for the lost time some boors before. It was the one I bod shot first. ’After catting pat his horns,"some sjamboks and bis tongue, and hanging them up in a4ree, we went out for water, and bad not gone far when I saw' another, about twenty yards, off, looking at me, uneasy, and appar ently trying to screen herself from beingf seen. I waited some time "till she turned, and then shot her behind the shoulder, when she imme diately came at me; but a ball in the centre of, her forehead stopped her progress, and shi fell dead hat ten yards fromme: a lucky shot, as I hardly knew ’ where to fire, art I hod not" an instant to lose;' I most have been impaled on her very longhorn if I bad not been fortunate enough to lull her." She had a very young calf,- which the dogs were fighting with, and he squealing most’ lustily. I got them' off snd wanted very ranch to to the wagon, and sent off my Kaffiroßthwith for half a dona follows to carry Titm. He was like a well-bred Chinese pig, prick-eared, very fine skinned and fit, and shone as though he bad just been polished with black-lead; but while John and myself had gone to make' something to carry him ini slang between two poles, that hyenas had killed him, preferring him to the toother.—r,F«)rt Baldwin's Late Work.. I A o*n uncut is of no nee}' as a mao untaught is stupid. i Defective Titlem > A farmer purchased on credit a farm in the eastern part of the - State, of .New York. He was an. industrious, efficient, man,.and devoted himself to | its cultivation. At the end of a dozen years, it was the finest farm in the town ship. By years of toil -and self-denial, the - owner bad paid for it, and put it in a high state of euhivatiioD. A. stranger called at. his house one day, and exhibited the ground of his claim to the farm. Legal advice was sought. | The result was that the farmer’s title was found to be defective. He had purchased (tom a. man who had ho bright to sell, and bis deed wos.fonnd to be lim ply a quit-claim. There was nothing left for him to dal bat to give aphis farmer bay it over again. Fortunately; the claimant was not an extortioner. A compromise was effected. Defective titles are not confined to lands. One may have a great reputation for talent and learning, or efficiency.. The possession of a reputation; does not prove that one has a good title tb it. : There are modes of getting a good reputation | without paying (or it, or without paying the right price, or tbe right persons. Snch reputations are very undesirable, though they are eagerly-sought by many. Sooner or later, the defective title will become known. In each cases( there can be no compromise. Tbe reputation must be given np. Tbe titielof one to tbe esteem of his fellow men may (be defective. He may be in pos session of their esteem.—Time shall show that bis apparent generosity was a cloak for self ishness, that bis apparent honesty was a sham. —the defect in his title becomes known. He losee the respect rind esteem of his fellow men. No compromise can be made by which be shall retain it. ’ I If yon mean Mo, Say No. ’When a man baa made np bis mind to do or not to dd a thing, he should hare the pluck to say so plainly and decisively. It is a mis taken kindness, if meant as a kindness, to meet a-requeat which yon have determined not to grant with “ I’ll see about it,” or, “ I cannot give yon a positive answer ! call in a few days and I’ll let yon know.” It may be said, per haps, that the object of these ambiguous ex pressions is to “ let tbe applicant down ea sy ;” but their tendency is to give him useless trouble and anxiety, and - possibly to .prevent his seeking what he requires in a more pro pitious quarter until tbe golden opportunity has passed. Moreover, it is questionable wbeth er-the motives for such equivocations are as phil anthropic as some people suppose. Generally speaking, tbe individual who thus avoids a di rect refusal, does so to avoid pain. Men vrith nnl ftomsinn nf character have an indescribable aversion to say no. They can think "bo, some times when it would be- more creditable to their courtesy to say yes, but they dislike to ut ter tbe bold word that represents their thoughts. They prefer to mislead and deceive. It is true that these bland and considerate people are spoken of as “ very gentlemanly.’-’ But is it gentlemanly to keep a man in suspense for days, and perhaps weeks, merely because you do not choose to keep him out of it by a straight forward declaration? He is only a gentleman who treats his fellow-man in a straight forward, manly way. Never seem by amhiguons words to sanction hopes you do not Intend to gratify. If you mean no, oat with it. The Striped Bug.— Ooe of. the remedies for the striped bug in melon and encumber patches is recommended in the Philadelphia Farmer and Gardener. It consists in arranging tbs batching of spring chickens so as to bring out tbs brood about the time that the striped bugs appear, and then set one or more, coops, ac cording to the sjze of the melon patch, among the vines or hills, egeb coop containing a brood of small chickens freely running in and out of the eoop, but-keeping the dam. carefully confined. These little chicks be found -the most industrious and. vigilant scavengers that he ever met with. "Not a hug escapes them, whether on the vines or on the earth, and they pick them off so easy and daintily without do ing the least injury to the melons, or even dis turbing a single' leaf. By the time that the brood of chickens get old enough to scratch, b younger brood can be substituted, and' the older ones removed; ' 1 .. Core roji In-Growing Nails. —lt is stated by a correspondent: that cauterisation by hot tallow is .an immediate care for in-growing nails. He says: v I put a smalt piece of tallow in a spoon, end heated it over a lamp until it became very hot, and! dropped two or three drops between nail and granulations. The ef fect is almost magical. 1 Pain and tenderness are at once relieved, Ond in a few -days the granulations all go, leaving the diseased, parts dry, and destitute of all feeling,.and the edge of the nail, exposed so as to admit of being pared away without any inconvenience." I have tried the plan repeatedly since, with the most satisfactory results.’ The operation.cau ses little if 1 any pain, if the tallow is properly heated. , The Queen op Puddings. —The American Agriculturalist challenges any housekeeper in the country to giro any mode of preparing a more delioions light padding i . One pint of nice bread crumbs to one quart of milk, one cup of sugar, the yolks of four eggs beaten, the grated rind of,a lemon, a piece of butter the; size of an egg. Bake until done bat not wa tery. Whip the whites of the eggs stiff, ap9, bent in ateacupfulof sugar in which, is stirred the juice of leinon. Spread over the pdddifag a layer of jelly or any sweetmeats you prefer.' Pour the whites of-the eggs over this and re place in the oven and bake lightly. Jo be eaten cold with cream. It is second only to 1 ice cream, and for some seasons better. •* Wanot’s my wife V‘ inquired a gentleman in Newbnryport, on returning; home early one evening and missing'his better half. "She has gone to bed .with the toothache, w was the reply of some member of bis family. ‘’Well,” -said the if shehad jrathergo tqhed with the toothache than tb go to bed with me let her go j" end be’ forthwith eettled himiejf to the pernsal of the lateel war hews, ; Rates ofSdvertlsing. -■ AdtwtisemenU wUrbe>-charged $1 par square lines, on* or three insertion*, and 26 osnu fur < tabstqae&t insertion* AdTettUetsaotJ of Ict-d ibi lines considered as a Square. Tho .will be charged forQnarterly, Half-Yearly ondYi Adnrttsemanti s : 3 aflstijs. 8 HORTBi, 12 KOS 1 Square,- a s3,'do .>4,60 . s6,i 2 do. 5,00 6,50 8,1 3 do 7,00 ' 8,50 10, 4 Column, 8,00 . 9,50 - 12, 4 do., 15,00. 20,00 25, 1 do. .-.26,00 85,00 40, Advertisements not having the number of la Hens desired marked upon "them, nill be pablti Until ordered ont and.charged accordingly, : | - Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads,! all kinds of Jobbing dope in country establisbma executed neatly,and promptly,' Justices’, CopjUl and other BLANKS, eonatantlyon band. 1 NO. 41. from tyt arms. From the 45th Pennsylvania Regiment. Camp nsaa Hdstonville, Kr,, li ' May 13, 1863. ii FjtnsNß Agitator: In my last, which,.war dated at Paris, April 9th, I predicted, thit Sw" wera to move the following day. My'Vnadic tion proved, true. : Accordingly early 10th, we had packed up, and formed in line ready to go wherever we might have been [or dered. By 10 a. h.; we were again on board the cars. We started at about 11 a. m. After a pleasant ride, of about two boars, we arrived at Niobolasrille, where the railroad ternunatea. There we got off the care and afler a couple} of hours, delay, resumed our journey .on foot— After morching abont threemiles We encamped for the night in aa open fieU. By air o'clock next morning, we were again on ouf way alnd having marched about 11 miles that fo'rendon we arrived at Camp Dick Robinson, weary alnd covered with dost at 12 x. 9 |, Camp Dick Robinson is memoraUeos being the first Union camp formed in Kentucky, f It is very near the center .of the State, jmdjw about fourteen tnilesfrom Nioholaaville and leh : miles from Danville. Abpat-1} miles from the camp is a small, insignificant place oalledßicy antaville. Our stay -at thiarpemorable comp, though abort, was very pleasant. jWe mrei among civilization and among jriends. ’Pur*' camp was rendered still more attractive by* j.bo appearance of, two lady visitors, directly from old Tioga, the place from which' wo look fgr tidings from those which we love. Our visitors were the happy consorts of onr two Lieute nants, namely, Mrs. Samuel Haynes and M rs. Ephraim Jeffers. They brought good news from home" a few cakes, of maple sugar (nd several other good things. They are still with us having followed from oamp “Dick." Short ly after our arrival at camp Dick Bobim ou General (formerly Col.) Welsh, joined .us, hav ing with him the commission and full uniform of Brigadier- General. \He immediately as sumed command of the Ist Division which Was stationed at that camp. Though removed from bis immediate carom—a *l la ctm uuuer Us ortiers, and look’to him with as much confi dence in his position as Division General when he merely commanded his regiment. |ln_ his stead we have Col. (late Lieut. Col.) John . I. Curtin in whom the regiment reposed tba utmost confidence as a man capable of filling his post with honor both to himself and the devoted, men ha commands. As a token'of re gard and esteem for him the officer* and men of this regiment presented him with a beautiful charger on the 22d of April. The horse was presented oh dress parade. ■ So complete wa* the surprise’ attempted on him that the gallant Colonel was for once unable to give expression to hio foaliogfl, .but the hoys seeing his embar rassment gave three hearty cheers for Col. John I. Curtin when he rode off amid the entbnsias tia-.applaoso of, the whole regiment. Lieut. Col. (late Capt.) HUls promises to make jan efficient officer*. The office of .Major is slillrv oant. 7 , While, at camp Dick Robinson We had excel lent opportnnitieaof becoming acquainted with the surrounding country and the habits ofits inhabitants. We arrived there in sensonj to witness the art of corn planting as performed by the Kentuckians. On passing s planter's house one pleasant 'April afternoon, 1 tookjtho liberty to enter ope of the oat-houses where an intelligent old darkey was shelling the seed corn. Upon inquiring how much corntney Were most done-be answered with remarkable promptness. "We plant aboot forty acres] got about, twenty mdre to plant git done in ajdiy or two I reckon.” He then directed me to where his brother slaves were planting in the twenty acre lot. Prompted by curiosity, I concluded to learn how the work Was performed. I bad" not traveled far before I c»me to the corn field in the center Of which the men were at work; Having approached the workmen I saw what t called a novel way of planting corn. The ground having been plowed and marked both ways.with a .shovel plow, the corn is dropped where the marks cross each other. A larg: flat stone is them drawn over-the corn, the object of which is to cover it, in which it is admirably successful, that after marking it one way, (oho moderately intelligent darkey to do tho mark ing, and a couple of boys and two horses to plant and cover the corn ; can plant ten petes in one day. This is much more economical than the common way of planting, with tho hoe, yet it does not seam' to be the best method as the boj is still much used here for planting.- purposes. Corn and winter' "Wheat appear to be staple productions of Central Kentuc iy.— Rye, hemp, and the grape vine are also