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A Political Goner: )i
fnimvhe New Tort Evening 1 Ist, Jan. 14.
Little by little, a piece here a ini a piece there,
tbs volnmiuous report of Genial McClellan is
finding its way into the newspapers. There is
not yet sufficient before the public to make a
connected account of his plans-aod operations -,
but from the parts printed herS i>nd in western
journal*, from which some -extracts may be
found on another page, we gather two points.
It is clear that from the moment 1 he was placed,
in command of the Army of lb* Potomac, he
be a military officer, became a
politician ; and, secondly, v fnin! the month of
Oetober, 1801, to the I 'last days ot bis command,
Ke was continually assuring tho President, -the
Secretary of War, and other pin authority,
of the purity of his intentionrj (Jie total lack of
personal ambition in bis character, the great
ness ef his personal sacrifices-‘pud the exalted
• nature of his patriotism. Tbit freqhent repeti
tion of these assurances, bec£>ses disgusting to
readers of a manly temper. -Wo never saw an
honest ’roan so nervous about Igs character ; we
never heard an honorable ma'--protest so much
.about his honor. For instance; in October,
1861, he wrote to the Secretary of War:
“The unity of this nation,'the preservation
of our institutions,, are so to me, that I
-have.willingly sacrificed my private buppiness
with the single object of doir.,; my duty to my
.country. When the task isfaccomplished, I
.ahail bo filad to return to tfe obscurity from
■ which events have drawn me;'
Whatever the deterrainajion vof the Gov
ernment may be, I will do tht best I can. with
the Army of the Potomac, and. will share its
fate, whatever may be the task imposed upon
me.”
And, skipping over the intervening period,
on July 7th. 1562, he wrote ’from Harrison’s-*
Handing to ifie President, lecturing him on po
litical questions, and closed wilt this sentence :
" I may be on the, brink of e ernity, and as-
I hope for forgiveness from I have
written this letter with sincerity toward you
and from love for my, country.”
-rj Now, there ia a lack of tpanlincss in this
constant feeble wail aboutygoud intentions,
which is disgusting. It is language of a
• sneak ; of a man consciously; weak, and anx
ious to appear better' than he is; of.a mean
spirited and thoroughly selfish person. When
io writes, “ I have-.willingly Sacrificed my pri
vate happiness- with the single object of doing
my duty to my,.country,” hi-forgets entirely
that half a million, at .least, i f his fellow citi
ss.-ns had done the same thing; and that the ma
jority of them' hud made tits. sacrifice under
harder cumlitions than ho. ho talks of
being “glad to return to thg obscurity from
which events have drawn me,” be binijply twad-.
dies; and timtat-a moment when far more im
portant considerations than his own future
ought to have occupied his tbo jghts. When he
writes Jo the President, seven days’
battles before Richmond, ,1' f may be on the
brink of eternity,” the ’proijit'oility ia that he
already had in his mind the-prospect of a safe
retreat to the.* decks of the'.transport Canoni
cus ; and the phrase which w? have quoted, in
stead of moving us to tears, stirs only derisive
laughter, and a suspicion tKif the writer’s first
experience under the fire of, llie enemy had left
unpleasant recollections. . sfhe passages we
-have quoted, and others for 'which we have not
now space, aro in the tone tfid manner, and al
most in the very words, oR that distinguished
model of moral propriety, ,the late lamented
PeekskifF.
Nor is this tone changed"’ in those frequent
passages of his correspon <snce where he in
structs the President auillje Secretary of War
in political matters, and informs them of the
-political principles which S*ioqld guide the con
duct of the Administration, v lf he had ever
been asked fur his advice in' these points, bis
.constant intrusion of his opinions might have
had some excuse—though even then a tone a
little less lofty, an air a little more diffident,
would not have been improper; but there is
reason to believe that neither.the President nor
the Secretary of War' had ercr troubled him
withlsuch questions, but thatlbotb would have
betn content, had be giver to Ithe practical op
erations of the caropaigtfto the formation,
dill), equipment, and movement of the army,
and to plans for raising tb i blockade of the Po
tomac, circumventing the rebels, and capturing
Richmond, the time~vfhich he devoted to mat
ters entirely out of his line ,of duty. But ho
appears to have left these minor matters to bis
•tuff.
It is true he submitted ft “ grand plan” of
operations, and at first it v as not a bad one.—
Ilosaw, clearly and early,’- the importance of
occupying East of reopening the
Mississippi, and ha adviseclmCvements to effect
these oljects. But when tie time came to ar
range the details, he chowtduhat greed of men
and supplies, that extraordinary belief that ev
erybody else would' have -e£sy times, and he
alone hard, which led him.'i o long as he had
the poster, to call troops p West and East,
to deprive every other ketfiyal in order to fill
up bis army, lie demanded two hundred and
eight thousand men and font hundred and eight
cannon for bis command,; Ui. thought twenty
thousand men would bo euCacient to take and
hold East Tennessee, and apparently aboot an
equal number for the opening of the Mississip
pi. lie advised the oocn'aation of East Ten
ncisceas a means of forcing the rebels to eva
cuate. Virginia ; and yet; "with singular judg
ment, he would give for. this operation, from
which be expected such important results, only
twenty thousand men, and nskea to retain over
two hundred thousand in Virginia—for .what?
To occupy what the eneiiiywas expected to
abandon? To make a Win jiphal march ?
■ —1 -r-i-'
Jbe Supreme Court o ' Pennsylvania has re
versed its decision on the constitutionality of
the Enrollment Act, and; now affirms what it
has heretofore denied.: The change is duo to
the election of Judge Agnejv in place of Judge
Lowrie, so that the Court iow stands three in
favor of and two against,.the validity of the
.act. —TheN)rdei| issued by Chief Justice Wood
ward—late Demooratiff cat fiidate for Governor
—for a preliminary injunojon against the Pro
vost ' Marshal, is and the judicial
hindrances to the' ese( u -Ton of the law are
wholly removed. Judges Strong and Eeed,
who vfere formerly the 'dissenting minority,
now form with Judge Agnew the majority of
the Court. , * ’
Thb Five-Twenty loan" authorized by Con
gress.hos all been taken, ;nd an excess of fif
teen millions of dollar# (inscribed for. The
resources of the loyal. States seem to be as
Abundant as ever. .
Ik North Carolina a jcmvention has .been
celled to adopt measures'for the, secession of
that State from the Ccnfgdyraoy.
> r
THE AGITATOR.
M. 11. COBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
WELLSBOROOGH, PENN’At
WEDNESDAY, : : : FEBRUARY 3. 18C4.
FORWARD I
Thedanger increases, rather than diminish
es, and nations approach the crisis of
their fate. It increases" by reason of the dis
position to take that for granted, or performed,
which the last moment’s action roust socure--
and which it can only secure or perform,
Tho autumn of 1863 was a harvest-time of
victories. From the far east to tho far west,
and throughout tht length and' breadth of the
land, the tidings of victories at the polls, and
victories in the field, came so crowding upon
each other that loyal men and women were re
duced to an almost breathlessness of, condition.
The might of Truth seemed to overwhelm error
and wrong, an*d beat down tho standards of
treason everywhere. We rejoiced and became
confident. „We came to regard the mortifica
tions of 1862 as delusions. , •-
This will not do. • It-will not prepare us for tho
experimenium crucis —the test struggle of Right
with Wrong; of Truth with Error. It is only
the fond and foolish who take the future on
trust because of the integrity of the immedate
-past. We must go to work with as much will
as if last'autumn bad been a season of discom
fiture instead of a May-day of victory.
Are we ready for the wolrk ? Have we count
ed the cost of the. struggle and accumulated
energies adequate to its victorious ending ? We
have to ask and answer this question for our
selves—each for himself. If there be a man so
fond and self-confident as to think the. battle
won already, we warn him now and.Jiere that
the. devil is never defeated. Ilis emissaries are
never idle; they never sleep, but plot, and
work out their plots while honest men are
asleep. Every life that is worth living must be
a continual warfare. There is no such thing
as a respite from drily. There is no rest for
men who would wear 1 tho crown. We must
work; hour by hour, minute by minute, sleep
ing on our arms. Already the enemies of the
Government are on the alert. Their leaders
are disposing the ignorant and vicious for the
final struggle. In Congress, Fernando Wood
is biddiDg'high for the palm of leadership. In
the States, the Seymours, the Vallandighams
and the Woodwards are secretly at work to
undermine the. corner-stone of free Govern
ment.
Gravitation is a good law of the universe.
Hat human affairs cannot obey the law unless
human nature first obeys it. If the elections
last fall were tbo most momentous the Amer
ican people ever participated in, those of 1864,
are still more fraught with good or ill to man.
Those elections were but preliminary to these
before ns.
EDXTOBIAI. COEEF.SPO KDEST CE.
Washington, January 26. 1864.
Within view of the western windows of the
capitol, and- not more than three miles distant
there is now arising n monument commemo
rative of the struggle and triumph of this
age. I allude to the “ Freedmen’s Village,”
or asylum for the “-contrabands” who from
time to time find their way into the Union
lines from Maryland and Virginia.
This village is being built upon the Arling
ton estate, once the property of Maj. Gen.
Robert B. Lee, now in command of the rebel
forces in front of Washington. There is a
kind of poetic justice in the selection of the
site of this novel village. It is proper that the
estate of the arch-rebel himself should bo ap
propriated to their use, benefit, and behoof of
the liberated slave.
The village is located on a pleasant ridge of
land;Overlooking the Potomac flats. It-now
contains tenements sufficient to accommodate
fifty-six females, a Horae for the aged and in
digent, a chapel for worship, a school-house,
and various shops. There is also a tailor shop
well stocked with sewing machines, where all
the tailor work for the community is done.
Also s where goods are furnished
to the Freedthen at cost prices.
The houses are built of wood, square, two
stories in height, with a chimney in the center.
Each of these buildings is divided in quarters,
thus affording accommodation for four families
with two rooms for each family—pne above
and one below. t Fifty six tenements additional
ore now being erected.
The' village - now contains upward of 1100
people, of all ages and sexes. The have 600
acres of land under cultivation, 300 acres of
which is now laid down to winter wheat, the
remaining 300 acres will be planted with spring
crops.
This work commenced last May. Mr. Nich
ols the Superintendent, states that the value of
agricultural products secured by the Freedman
last sclison reached $12,000. If the season
proves favorable this will be doubled, perhaps
trebled, the coming season.
It will be asked:—How is all this work of
building villages for liberated slaves paid for?
I will explain. -It is paid for out of a fund
raised by, the negroes themselves. It does not
cost tbo Government a cent. Every negro in
Government employ who receives over 420 per
month wages is required to pay $5 per month
into this fund. These contributors have al
ready swelled tbif fund to upward of $60,000!
Out of this FreedmeiFs village oppo
site Washington is being built and provided
for. The most fastidious negro-hater cannot
object to this.
This enterprise seems to abow tbat the Gov
ernment is solving .the problem of emancipa
tion in a quiet way. Add to this another fact,
that the Government has already divided its
e . -wr-
lands in Sodth Carolina into tracts of 320
acres each; and every alternate tract is made
subject ..to pre-emption, in tracts of twenty
acres, by the blanks. This opens up the road
to ultimate independence to the negro. It was
h'noble action oh the part oT the Government,
and will be hailed with , satisfaction by all
friends of human progress.
It is not to be expected that these poor crea
tures, down trodden for so many bitter years,
can be at „onoe. raised to a condition of happi
ness and- independence. It is a work of de
grees. At present, though quick to learn, the
old people are little better than heathen. They
are religions in a superstitious way. They
speak of their children, ns to numbers, as so
many “ headand in regard to age, ns “year
lings,” -V two year adds,”, and-so on—-as we at
the north speak of cattle and horses., I have
heard a mother speak of having “ sis head of
children." I'never talk with these people that
1,, do not feel grieved and sorrowful over,the
degradation jw Inch has come, to these , simple
folk through the system of slavery. Here is a
great work thrust'upon us all by the inordinate
selfishness of the Slavedcrncy. - It awaits work
;ers.” ", M. H; C. >
Washington, January 27, 1864,
Here, as elsewhere, there, are several classes
of people and two classes of traitors., Of the
latter, one class is first; last, and always op
posed to coercing' the Sooth’ to lay down the
musket and return to its allegiance. This
class, which is represented in Congress, re
gards'the war as a had policy which ought to
be abandoned ; yet admits that roost, if not all
the consequences of the war are legitimate and
inseparable from its prosecution, -
Hfhe other class, which makes up in numbers
what it lacks in respectability, is not represen
ted in Congress -in any considerable force. I
do not now think of one member belonging to
the class. It frequents bar-rooms, gin-shops,
■and gambling saloons, and may, be met, indi
vidually, in the streets. This class is also op
posed to the war, but not ns a policy so much
as frommotives of interest. It is largely made
up from the hungry, office-pensioned fellows
who held sinecures and robbed the Treasury
under a long line" of democratic Presidents.
Attached to this class are a goodly number of
camp-followers, such as were aspirants for
place tinder Buchanan, but fell short of their
ambitijons, and fellows who hope to see a Cop
perhbnd dynasty succeed the term of the pres
ent executive^
This class, which so far from paying taxes to
support the vast current expenditures, seldom
pays its debts, is severe upon the present ad
ministration because of the great debt which is
accumulating, and the taxation which must
ensue. They are profound njathcmaticians
but rather poor in You will hear
them summing up the millions of interest
which must be annually paid, and then appor
tioning it to the cities and towns, and counties,
throughout-the country.
• These clever fellows are great political econ
omists. They have outstripped Maltbus, and
Wayland, and no longer reckon a man’s liabil
ity pecuniarily by his wealth, but-by the num
ber of his children. That is to say—these
clever fellows, when they apportion taxes for
the payment of interest on the public debt,
apportion it upon the basis of population, rath
er, than upon a basis of real and personal
property. Thus, sir town paupers are as
sessed by these wondrous economists with' six
times as much fax as Mr. Dives, who is worth
a million of dollars. This is numerical equal
ity, certainly, and the only equality these fel-;
lows seem to comprehend.
However, I hear nothing of this kind from
men of intelligence, wherever found, and of
whatever Sst of politics. Men. of all parties
are beginning to see thaj it will not do to talk
nonsense ti> the masses any longer. The man
at the plpefeh tail often proves a match, for the
veneered lalwyer who takes up the trade of the
demagogue. Tew men fail to see that property
is always the basis of taxation when the tax is
direct; and when it is indirect, as in the case
of tarriff duties on imports, those who buy
most of foreign merchandise pay most to sup
port the government. Therefore, when any
man states that any district will be called upon
for any particular sum to pay interest on the
public debt, ond lays his estimate on the pop
ulation, he advertises himself as an ass of un
necessarily long ears, or as a knave with more
brass than brains.
I suppose the Government has paid ?4,000,-
000, of interest during the past year. Kow
will some grumbler inform me how much of
this sum be was called upon to pay? I know
that I bavo paid my taxes promptly and in
full; but I have no data upon which to esti
mate how much of this tux was set apart for
payment of interest. I only know that lam
willing to pay Rouble the amount for the com
ing year if that be necessary. And Ido not
know of any man of undeniabledoyaky who is
not willing to do likewise. One thing is cer
tain : No man can be heavily taxed who has no
property, and so far as observation goes, the
grumbling comes principally from the men who
do not pay over ten dollars per year taxes to
the General Government.
But; these fellows remind me of a Virginian
who got angry at one of bis chattels. The
chattel was dressed for church in his best.
The irate master flogged the clothes from his
back, and then, bethinking himself of the ex
pense of another suit, had the negro seised up
again and flogged for putting him to that ex
pense. So, these Coppery fellows, having
plunged the Government into a war, now curse
the Government because of the expense of the
war. M.H.C.
Geh. Bosecrans has been assigned to the
command of the Department of Missouri.
; r -X" WAR ! NEWS.
Trots Chattanooga we hove news of a recon
noissance by Gen. Palmer, with; one division,
on the..2Bth. They had proceeded as far as
Tunnel Hill during (benight. Qdn.Claiborne’s
Rebel division is said to. bo above Tunnel Hill,
on the Dalton road, while the rest of the Rebel’s
have, disappeared, and are supposed to have
gone to Mobile or East Tennessee.
Tho correspondent of The Cincinnati Gazelle,
writing from Knoxville on the 20th alt., says-;
On Friday last, our cavalry, under Gen. Stur
ges, advanced in the direction of Danbridgo,
40 miles from Knoxville, and on Saturday mor
ning we drove the enemy's vedettes out of that
village. A portion of our infantry, under Gen.
Parka, also moved’up, but learning that tho en
emy were in full force beyond Danbridge, they
fell back to their former position. Op Sun
day morning, tfie enemy, seeing tbat.we had
drawn back our cavglry as far as possible,
made a desperate attack ,on our lines with
Hood’s .and Busbrod Johnson’s divisions, led
by the Hampton cavalry. Observing the des
perate determination of the enemy, Gen. Stiir
ges ordered Col. McCook, commanding a divis
ion bf Elliott’s cavalry, to charge the enemy.
The charge, turned the fortunes of the day,
which’ up to this time had : been decidedly
against us/ Oar, total loss is about 150. On
Sunday, we fell back to Strawberry Plains, six
miles from Knoxville. Oh the 19th, Gen. Stur
ges fell back to Knoxville, and the same eve
ning crossed the Holston River with the view
bf intercepting the enemy at Lewisville. Gen.
Gordon Granger’s troops were moving in the
same direction on the 20th ult., where a battle
is pending.
Mansion-Executive, Washington, 1
Monday, Feb. 1. 18G4. i
Ordered, that a draft for five hundred thou
sand men to servo for t|iroe years or during, the
war be made on the 10th day of March 3ext,
for, the military service of the United States,
crediting and deducting therefrom so many as
may have been enlisted or drafted-into the ser
vice prior to the first day of March, and not
heretofore credited. Aubaham Lincoln.
Southern Unionists.
Rev. 11. Clay Trumbull, chaplain of the
Tenth Connecticut volunteers, was captured—
in violation of a flag of truce, by the way—be
fore "Fort Wagner last July, made the round
of the rebel prisons, and was recently released,
He writes :
“ All through those portions of the South
which I saw or hoard from the mass of
able-bodied men were in arms, while many
mere boys were in the service, and old men
were doing guard duly, fo relieve younger ones
to be sent front. Every evidence was given
that the South has no reserve, that its whole
force is already in the field, and that the rais
ing of onr now'levy of 300,000 men will give us
so large a preponderance of numbers as to
make quick work of the rapidly thinning ariqy
of rebellion. „ >.
“Every desirable evidence was also giverTlo
our prisoners that, With; the military power* of
the South once broken and its array once scat
tered, its whole strength is gone. Kb ex
termination will ha necessary, for the latent
Unionism, oven in South Carolina is beyond all
that wo had supposed possible. In the Confed
erate army there arc thousands who long for
the restoration of tho old government for the
supremacy of the old flag, and thus to a still
greater extent with those not yet gathered in,
employees of the ‘ government/ exempts and
families of (hose in service. Hospital nurses,
guards wherever we were carried, citizens who
communicated with in spite of every precaution
of authorities, all testified to this, and money
was freely given ourlmcn newspapers furnished
aginst orders, and sympathy expressed and aid
tendered wherever we turned, and this some
times by different men, closely associated, who
did not suspect each other of such sentiments
from their extreme caution under the fearful
reign of terror which prevails above them.—
Such will hail gladly the day when once more
they can serve the government they love, and
enjoy again its protection and benefits. May
God grant its speedy coming."
Important Legal Decision. —A caso was
tried in the District Court, of Philadelphia last
week, which is of considerable interest to pur
chasers of property, inasmuch as it involves
the question, who is to pay the stamp cost at
tending the transfer. A party had purchased
a property for a certain sum of money.. Ths
deed to be made out tO|tho purchaser, of course
requires an internal revenue stamp, amounting
in the present caso to §lBO. The purchaser
paid the same, hut afterwards brought suit
against the party selling to recover it back, ta
king the ground that the seller of the property
was bound to furnish a full deed of title, and
the affixing of_tbe stamp was necessary to
make the title full. Judge Sharswood, in de
livering the opinion of the Court, took the
ground that the custom everywhere is, for the
purchaser of property to pay the expenses of
the transfer, and in this case, the stamp duty
was hut an item of such expense, and accor
dingly gave judgement for the plaintiff. The
decision may be considered as settling the much
agitated and important question, so constantly
coming up iu almost all buisness relations as to,
whether the seller or the purchaser is to _pay
the stamp duty in transfer of property. The
decision will, we presume, hold good also in
personal as well as real property, ond in all
kinds of personal property.
Cotton and Sugar. —Not only has cotton been
dethroned at the South, but its younger brother.
Sugar has also reoeived.a stunning blow, from
which it will never recover. Since the rebell
ion commenced, great progress has been made
in the raising of sugar from the sorghum plant,
and it is estimated that fire million gallons of
syrup have been manufactured the past year
in two States of the West, from which a large
amount of sugar will be produced. The sor
ghum can be raised with (jnae and profit in
any soil where Indian corn will grow. In
Baltimore county the trial of it has been made
in many places, and we are happy to hear.from
our friends that they have a full supply of
syrup, superior to the best molasses, that will
last them for the whole year. Every one who
has an acre of ground can raise a sufficient
supply of this syrup for a small family, and
the residue of the plant, after being pressed
for the syrup, will be found most nutritious
food for all kinds of stock.
In the days of the first Bonaparte, France
was out off by the English navy from receiving
her usual supplies of sugar from her colonies.
The Emperor encouraged the cultivation of
the beet root for the manufacture of sugar,
and it is now the most valuable crop raised in
Branca; In 1861,148,006 tonS 1 were ’raised;
and in nil Europe, principally in Germany, 200,
000 tons, worth more than §4o,ooo,os).—Bal
timore Clipper.
Stephen’ C.. Foster, the author of innumer
able negro melodies from the very commence
ment of minstrel business, died at Pittsburgh
on last Tuesday, and he was laid in the grave
while a band was playing bis “Old Folks at
Home.” and “Come Where my Love Lies
Dreaming." - -
CAUTIOH,
'TTTHBKEAS, my wife, ELIZABETH IT. TIP-
T V PLE, has left my-bed and board without any
just cause or prevocation. I hereby caution all per
sons against harboring or trusting her on my acconn t,
as I shall pay no debts of her contracting after this
date. ’ PETER TIPPLE.
Charleston, February 3, 1864-31*
ESTRAY.
CAME into the enclosure of the subscriber, in Deer
field township, on or shunt the 16th of October,
ISO 3, a Red Two Year Old Heifer, small sise, some
while spots on her. The owner is requested to come
forward, pay charges and take her away.
Knoxville, Feb. 3-3t® SUSANNAH SMITH.
SPECIAL COURT,
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by the Hou, Ulysses Mercur, at the Court House in
Wellahoro, commencing on Monday the 2Sth day of March
next at 2 o’clock I’. M. J. F, DONALDSON, Proth’y.
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STATEMENT
Of the Receipts and Expenditures at the Trea
sury of Tioya County, for the Tear 18G3:
RECEIPTS.
Received from Collectors of Seated Tax for 1361 and
. previous years, * $678 48
Roc'd from Collec'a of Sca'd Tax for 1862, 3,386 93
Received from Relief Tax for 1862, 264 09
Received from Militia Tax for 1862, ' 110 43
Received from Seated Tux for 1363, 12,721 69
Receded from Relief Tax for 1363, 3,463 11
Ro’d from Collectors of militia tax, (as per
settlement of account in 1863,) 240 51
Received from Militia Tax for 1863, 372 32
Rc’d from collections on lands redeemed, 319 71
Re’d from collections on sale of lands by
Commissioners,
He'd from collections on judgments and
notes for county, 493 16
Reo’d from Additional Bounty Loan for
volunteers,
He'd for use of Court House,
EXPENDITURES.
COMMISSIONER'S WAGES.
Amount paid Ambrose Barker, $lB2 40
Amount paid Job Rexford, 272 34
Amount paid C. P. Miller, 232 26
Amount paid Myron Rockwell, 49 2S
COMMISSIONERS* COUNSEL.
Amount paid H. W. Williams,.
Co mm ifit/oners' Cleric.
Amount paid J, A. Knapp, $250 00
Amount paid A. L. Ensworth, [ .* OO
Auditor*.
Amount paid Charles F. Veil, $4O 87
Amount paid Justus Dearman, 30 64
Amount paid James I. Jackson, 6 12
Amount paid J. Emery for auditing accounts
of public officers for 1863, ' 24 00
Traverse Juror*.
Amount paid Thomas Tabor, and others $2,641 91
Grand Jurors.
Amont paid George Harvey, and others, $690 16
Crier
Amount paid T. P, Wingate, $l3B 00
” Coustablet and Tipstaves.
Amount paid Q. Richter, had others.
Justice*.
Amount paid H, L. Miller, and others, $2l 35
Assessor*.
Amount paid Isiac F. Field, and others, $269 50
Printing.
Am,t paid M. H. Cobb on contract of 1563, $75 00
Amount M, It. Cobb for blanks, 22 50
Amount paid M. 11. Cobb for advertising
lands at Commissioners* sale, 33 SO
Ain't p’d R. Jenkins on contract for 1863, 25 00
Ain't p'd K. Jenkins for advertising lands
at Commissioners' sale, , 13 70
Election*,
Amount paid G. H. Burdick, and others,' $999 3G
Cammontcealth Costs,
Amount paid John Wass, and other', $1,3.13 39
District A (tury.-C.
Amount paid J, B, Kiles, $203 00
Bounty da Wild Cuts.
Amount paid T. S. Mitchell, and others, $9 75
Bridge Repairs.
Amount paid S. Ryan, for scouring iron
from wrecks of old bridges* $5 00
Amount paid Ambrose Barker and others on
bridge near Elkland, f
Ain’t pM Isaac Stone on bridge near Tioga,
Am't p’d E. Bayer on bridge oyer Crooked
Creek, 7 00
Ain’t p’d Reed <£ Mosher, bridge near ElJc
land boro*, 120 00
paid Daaiel'Watson on bridge in Rut-
land, 25 00
Asrt paid Stewart Dailey on bridge near
Osceola, 5 00
Ain't p’d Anderson Bonn on bridge in Closs, 51 15
( Bridge Weir*.
Amount paid Victor Case and others, (in
cluding Commissioners* wages •viewing
sites, Ac.,) $4B 96
Hew Bridges,
Amount paid F, Ilurd for drafts, $2O 00
Amount paid Walker k Lathrop, bridge at
Lawreaoerille, 5 00
Amount paid John Howland, bridge at Ja.
mison oreek, 3-15 00
Amount paid John King, 2nd, bridge at
Deerfield, j 95 1
-Amount paid John King]) 2nd, bridge at
Lawroncoville, I 755 63
$1,220 78
Damage io Improvements,
Amount paid J. Whitney, $2O 00
Amount paid Joseph Gee, 5 00
Amount said A. E. Volsing, J 5 00
Amount paid James Campbell, 60 00
Amount paid William Thomas, 15 00
Amount paid John Anderson, 30 00
Amount paid Joseph Faulkner, 25 00
Amount paid Mrs. Anna Benedict, 20 80
Amount paid James Tubbs, 27 50
Amount paid Harvey S. Vaugn, 32 SO
Road Views.
Amoont paid F. E. Smith and others, $251 50
Duel,
Amoun t paid Charles Herrington, $34 25
1 Stationery, &c.
Amount paid H. C. A D. D. Whittaker and
others, $l5O 88
€T~
7sr u
350"00
8 50
$23,701 37
$036 28
$lO 00
$450 0(k
$lOl 63
$133 45
$l5O 00
23 00
1 60
$237 66
$260 00
Clerh of Sanont.
.dmonat paid J. F, Donaldson,
Frothanoiary’e Feet.
Amount paid J. F. Donaldson,
Inqueit on Bodin.
Amount paid Henry Kilburn and other! on
body of Robert Farrey,
Amount paid A. Growl and others on body
of infant child of Jane Hack,
Amount paid Lyman Beach and others on
body of Cbaries Weed, jj jj
Dhirihiitiitg Atiedsmtni Soolct, £ Ci
Amount paid Ambrose Barker,
Amount paid Job Resfbrd,
Amount paid C. P; MiJlor,
Amount paid M. Rockwell, ,
Repoxra on Jail, Court Ifnuse, and County Gnttndr-
Amount paid Isaac Sears and others, 9xBB 4^
Priion'rf.
Amount paid H. Stowcll, Jr., and others,for'
board, Ac., _ &05 64
Amount paid H. Stowell, Jr., for expenses
in retaking Hiram Steele,
Amount paMjH. Slowell, Jr., for taking pri
soners tol Penitentiary,
Amount paid H. Stowe)!, Jr, for taking Al
ien Palmer to House of Befnge, 90 00'
Amount paid to Eastern State Penitentiary 1 / 498 fr
$842 85
Pennsylvania Lunatic Hospital, -
Amount paid Joha A. TVier for support of
Margaret Burke,
Sheriff*s Fees •
Amount paid H. Stowell, Jr., fot'gammon
ing Jurors, $ll7 80
Honey Remanded,
Amount paid Hathaway Locey anJ othen, $39 14
Goods, &c.
Amount paid J. B. Bowen and others,
Incidental*,- '■
Am’t paid Harrishnrgh \Veekly Telegraph, $X JJ
Amount paid Robert Simpson for revenue
stamps,
Amount paid Ungh Young and others for
postage, Ac., - 4'30
Amount paid Ifm. Joralemon and others for
Express, 2 So
Amount paid Bobert Boy nod others for
glass, putty, Ac., 2 40
Amount paid A. Barter for settling with
Auditors, ! f jg
County Treasure^
Amount paid J. S. Watrous, commission on
$1,297 for A. D. 1860 and 136 t, $33 91
Amount paid Q. B. Card, commission on
$23,661 17, at three per cent., 709 83
Judgments.
Amount paid J. S. Watroua on judgment
vs. county, (in full,) sl,ols 54
County Offices.
Amount paid Wm. Roberts and otbe?s for
store, Ac,
Totenship Lines.
Amount paid Henry S. Archer and others
for mooing nod establishing line betw'n
Dclmar and Shippen townships,
Bonds,
Amount paid Robert Orr on bond No. 3 and
interest duo,
Belief Fund,
Amount of orders issued.
Bounty Loan Certificates.
Amount of instalment? paid on bounty loan
certificates.
Amount of interest on same,
Amount redeemed and cancelled.
Total expenditures,
AMBROSE BARKER, Commissioner, in acc't with
Tioga county,
:To county orders,
By 65 days' service, at $2,.
By 336 miles travel, at 6c,
By balance due from 1362,.
$lB2 40
J. REXFORR, Comm'r, in acc't with Tioga co., PR,
To county orders,
CR.
By 95 days' service, at $2,.,,.
By 391 miles travel, at 6c,,..,
Im balance doe from 1862,...
1 $272 34
C, F. MILLER, Comm'r, in acc't with Tioga co., PS.
To county orders, ...J.... $232 25
, CR.
By 97 days' services, at $2,.
By o-42. miles travel, at 6c,...
By balance due from 1862,...
$232 26
M. ROCKWELL, Com'r, in acc't with Tioga co., PR.
To county orders, $4? 23
CR.
By 22 days' services, at $2, s44 M
By 88 miles travel, at 6c,5 25
TVoi/a Cuunfy, «i; We, the Cotßmisaiouera of said
county, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a cor*
rect statements tho matter therein setforth. Xotes»
timony whereof, we have hereunto set our bands, this
25th day of January, A. D., 1864. *
JOB RBXFORD,*)
C. F. MILLER, fComm'rs,
M. ROCKWELL,J
Attest: A. L. Bsswoktb, Clerk.
11. B. CARD, Treasurer ef Tioga cennty, in account w ! (h
said county, from Jan. 23d, 13G3, t<r Jan. 15,1364, PA
To amount of payments received by Treasurer on
judgments entered on taxes outstanding for IS6I
and previous years, § 673 43
To outstanding county taxes of year 1862, 5,134 63
To outstanding relief taxes of year 18G2, SSO 51
To outstanding militia taxes of year 1862, 200 41
To balance due by Treasurer on militia taxes, (as
perfscttleraent of account In year 1863,) 240 51
To aihount of county taxes (seated) assessed ia ’CS, 16,673 32
To aajount of relief taxes assessed in 1862, 4,179 3-
To anjouut of militia taxe* assessed in 1863, 733 50
To adouat rec’d by Treasareron lauds redeemed, 319 71
To amount rec’d by Treasurer on sale of lands, by
Commissioners, 737 44
To am’t of additional loan certificates, (c unty,) 350 00
To am’t received by Treasurer on Judgments and
notes for county, 493
To amount received for use of Court House, 8 50
j ‘ CR.
By am’t of abatements on county taxes of 1362, $ 2SO 6-
By om’t of commissions allowed Collectors on tax
of ISG2, 04
By am’t of outstanding taxes ot 1862, 6U 09
By am’t of abatements on relief tux-of 2862, "9 Si
By am’t of commissions allowed Collector! on
relief tax of 1552, 37 16,
By am't of ontstanding relief tax of 1862, 59 27
By am’t of abatements on militia taxes of 1862, 57 50
By am’t of outstanding militia fines of 1862, 6S &
By am’t commissions allowed Collectors on militia
fines of 1862, 4 td
By am’t of abatements on county taxes of 1863, 434 14
By am’t of commissions allowed Collectors on co.
tax of ISC3, 483 S a -
By amTbf outstanding connty taxes of 1563, 3.039 19
By nm't of abatements on relief lax of 1863, 101 -’8
By anVt of commissions allowed Cellectors on ra
lief (ax os ISC.*JJ 121 2S
By am’t of outstanding relief taxes of 1863, 4So TO
By am’t pf abatements on militia taxes of 3563, 00
By am’t of commissions allowed Collectors on mi
• litia taxes of ISC3, IS
By ain’t of outstanding militia taxes of 1863; 20 2 55
By am’t of Commifsioners’ receipt (June 5, 1563,)
for orders received ami cancelled, 4,440
By am’t of Commissioners’ receipt, (Jaa. 8, 1864,)
for. orders received and cancelled, 3.458 •*
By ain’t ot CommisaionerH'jreceipt for relief orders ...
received and cancelled. ll
By am’t of Commissioners’ receipt for countySpr*
ders, (Jan. 13,1864,) received and cancelled, 271 '■
By am’t paid County A uditorsin 1863 and 186 J, w
By am’t of instalments paid on bounty loan cer- .
tificatrs, I,«* 5®
By am’t of interest p’d on bounty loan certificates, 91-
By am’t of loan certificates redeemed and canc’d, 633 3
By rec’t-of J.S. Walrous, late county Treasurer, t a
in full of judgment
By receipt of ilobert Orron bond and interest doe, A
By nsreeutago on $23,661 17, at 3 per cent., , fjj
•By tianco due by Treasurer to county, ;
1 s3o2B*^
We. the undersigned, Auditors of Tioga county, h* 7l ®*
audited, settled and adjusted the above account of B*
Card, Treasurer of Tioga county, do certify that we 000
above stated, a balance due by the Treasurer to sai(, , 1 COQ “„ 4 j
of one thousand six hundred and twenty-three do “*fvTX
forty-two cents. As witness our bands, this 15th a*J
January, A. D. f 1864..
CHARLES F- TEIL, \ <-^ nT> tv Auditor*-
JUSTUS UEARMAN J Coant7A
•The-above balance was promptly paid ow fef the !£*•.
surer.
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$34 73
$743 71
$2l 33?
$U 00
$1,566 67
$2,131 «
$1,604 SO
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633 87
$3,151 11
$21,301 74
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$272 34
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