We Tioga County Agitator i r BT M. H. COBB. ,V\ Published every Wednesday morning acaiiia Jed to eubcribersat ONE DOLLAR AND per year, always IN ADVANCE. 1 i ' • Tho paperissent postage free to county though they may receive their mail lo oted in counties immediately adjoining, far. conven ience. . . ’* : Tsb Agitatob is the Official paper of Co., and circulates in every neighborhoodthcro£! : , .Sub scriptions being on the advance-pay circu lates among a class most to the interest of -tisers to reach. Terms to advertisers as-Überala-jY&t sc of fered by any paper of equal circulation in No *hern Pennsylvania. t * j&S* A -cross margin of a paper, d motes that the subscription Is about to expire. -; Papers will be stopped when thesnVV ption t ime expires, unless the agent orders their jo jtinu* fioee. - i . . . ' :V JAS. XOWREY & S. EVWSL/OM, A TIOKNEYS A COUNSELLORS a^LAW, pti. will attend the Courts of Tioga, Potter and .%eSean counties. [Welleboro, Jan. 1, 1363.] J JOBW S. MANtf, - & & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ' pi JL Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several Coifrts (a Potter and McKean counties. All business/en trusted to his care will receive prompt attention. He has the agency of large tracts of good £ettlln;f land fcnd will attend to the payment of taxes on any lands in said counties. Jon. 28,1-3.* Dicsmo3H ' CORNING, N. X, Mii. A. FIELD, J...Pro> lelor, UESTS taken to and from the Depot free cnargo. iooif.J - pesxsniTAßiA house, cornea or “XiS stEEET AND lnE AVENUE, Wellshoro, Pa. J. W. BIGONY;...- Proprietor. THIS popular Hotel’, having been i/fitted and re-furnished throughout is now ope! ■ to' the public as a first-class house. (J*n. 1, -Sfii.J JKAAK WALTON BOUSE, Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. ■ H. C. VERMILYEA ..Proprietor. THIS is a new hotel located within eisj. ao cess of the best fishing and hunting gre lndp in Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will Wsf ired for the accommodation of pleasure seekers,and the Trav elling public. [Jan. 1, hB6.|.] B ATCHES, CLOCKS ASD JEWELRY! Repaired at BULLARD'S & CO'S. STORE, o;ftbo sabteriber, in the best manner, and at ae low pryi!B na the fame Wrk can be done tor, by any first rate'jlrac tical workman in the State. ' TVellsborb, July 15, 1563. A. R. HASt,?. WGUSBOBO lIOTMi. -y B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprie tor. THE Proprietor haring again taken possceatj» of the above Hotel, will spare no pains to w snro the comfort of guests and the, traveling public., ;At tentive waiters always ready.! Terms veiftouablt). IVellsboro, Jan, 21, 1863.-tf. 1 - - < —i," — A. FOLET, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &c., REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES. *. ' POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. 5, UNION BLOCK. ' . Wellsboro, May 20, 1863. I 4 ’ - .! £. B. BLACKS BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER, SHOP, OVER C. L. -WILCOX'S STOEE, NO. 4, UKION Btod®:. Weilsboro, June 24, 1863. ■ FLOUR AND FEED STOAIJ. WRIGHT & BAILEY ; . HA VB had their mill thoroughly : ‘repaired and are receiving fresh ground flour, ''feed, meal, &c., every day at their store in town! ' Cash paid for all kinds of grain. ’ ' o : v -WEIGHT & DAIIE?. Weilsboro, April 29, 1863. - Wool Carding, and Cloth Dre-telaj. TIIE subscriber informs his old and the pafalic generally that he is to Card wool and dress cloth at the old stand, t season, having secured the services of Mr.'Pi<hT, a competent and experienced workman, at in tending to give his personal attention to the hUsl;jess, he will warrant all work done at his shop, f Wool carded at five cents per pound, ind s!loth dressed at from ten to twenty cents per J \rd mt per color and finish. I. JACKSON. May 6, 1563-tf. MARBLE SHOP. TAM now reiving ft STOCK of ITAI ; -,AN i and RUTLAND MARBLE, (bought ri.thTasbJ ■and am prepared to manufacture all kinds of - tomb-ston E>S^ ■and MONUMENTS at the lowest nri«s. . ■ HARVEY ADAMS is my nulUcpxed and Trill sell Stone at the same prices as jit tho Tnop,; WE HAVE BUT ONE PUT t>--. Tioga, May 20, 1563-ly. A. Dj OO&E- JOHIV A. KOA'i 5 Bealer in drugs and med(C'lJ:es, Chemicals, Varnish, Paints, Dyes, (■ <api.V- Per fumerv, Brashes, Gla?s, Putty, Toys, Faff T G' ode, Pare Wines, Brandies, Gins, and other I* quorft for medical use. Agent for the sale of all the bef*f-Pot ent Medicines of the day. Medicines warr: ntM gen pine and of the . -■ ‘ ■; BEST QUALITY. Phvsician’s inscriptions accurately coilpomded. o,■a-ssgjfflj or bammg in Kerosme Latis t e * Vv 1 Oils usually kept in a first olas? Drug Ist ore. , FANCY DTK COLORS in packagf? »H r |ady emponnded, for the use of private families. .Uso, ure Loaf Sugar for medical compounds. Wellsboroi Juno 24, IS63—ly. Insurance Agenda THE Insurance Company of North America - Save appointed the undersigned an agent for t.ioga County and vicinity, _ i As the high character and standing of ftjs Co ppa ny give the asstirance of full protection owners of property against the hazard of fire, I solicit Mence a liberal share of the business of the co inty. This company was incorporated in 1704. Its Cj pital is $600,000, and its assests in 1861 as per Ist Jan. of that year was $1554,719 81. ‘ ’ ’ CHARLES PLATT,... /Secretary. ARTHUR G. COFFIN, .’. Si^crijent. -■Office of the Company 232 Walnrit Street Philadelphia. ; '•* ‘•Wni.Buclilcr, Cenlral Agenf:Har rlshnrs,Pa- > SOHN W. GUERNSEY, Agent for Tioga County,To,; iJaly 15, 1863. S * STATE NORIK AL> SCHOOL, [For the Sth District, Pa.] > AND \ Classical genilnrry- Eev. W. D. TATLOE, A. M Principal. Mr ......Assiftafjfc. ■Mrs. H. S. TAVLon,....i Preceptress. •Miss H, A. Farksttobth, ..... Assistant. ............Assistant, and Teacher in Model ■Sc*pol« - ....Assistant, and Teacher of Music. The Fall Term of this Institution will -open Sept. »• The Winter Term, Dec. 2d. The Spring [erm, “fareh 16th, 1864. Each term to continue--thirteen Weeks. Normal School Course of study for graduation, embracing two years, is adopted. Students for the Normal Course, and for tße Classi cal Department, are solicited. r or particulars, address Eev.W, D. Tatlc®,’£anß aela, Tioga County Penna. Bond for a Circhla ?. ■ft*. COCH&W-, 'President of the Board ot % *cs. ** w M. HOLLAND, Secretary. Mansfield, August 5 ? 1863. THE AGITATOR. YOL. t. j==~ INAUGOBAZ. ADDRESS o S GOVERNOR CURTIN, Delivered January 19, 1864. FeUow : ciiizens of the • Senate and Souse of Representatives ;—Called by the partiality of my fellow citizens to the office of Governor of Pennsylvania for another term, I appear before you.to solemnly renew the proscribed obliga tion to support the Constitution,of the United States and the constitution of the State of Pennsylvania, and to discharge the responsible trust confided to me with fidelity. When first summoned before you, three years -.go, to assume the aacred duties of the Ezecu tive offiee, the long-gathering clouds of civil war were about to break upon onr devoted country. For years treason had been gather ing in might—had been appropriating to its fiendish lust more .and more bountifully of the nation’s honors—had grown steadily bolder in its assumption of power until it bad won the tolerance, if not the. sanction, of a formidable element of popular strength, even in the con fessedly loyal States. The election of a Presi dent in 1860, in strict conformity with the Con stitution and the laws, though -not the cause, was deemed the fit occasion for an organized attempt to overthrow the whole fabric of our free institutions, and plunge a nation of thirty millions of people into hopeless anarchy. The grave offence charged against the elected seemed alone to consist in his avowed fidelity to the government, and his determined purpose to fulfil his solemn covenant to main tain inviolate the Union of the States. When inaugurated, he found States in open rebellion, disclaiming allegiance to the government, frau dulently- appropriating its property and inso lently contemning its authority. Treason was struggling for supremacy in ever/ department of administrative power. In the Cabinet it feloniously disarmed us; our ar senals were robbed to enable the armies of crime to drench a continent in fraternal blood ; our coasts were left comparatively defenceless to fall an easy prey to traitors ; our navy was scattered upon distant seas to render, the re public helpless for its protection ; officers, edu cated, commissioned and sworn to defend the Government against any foe, became deserters, defied Ueaven in shameless perjury, and with fratricidal hands drew their swords against the country of their allegiance, and whan treason had thus completed its preparations, wanton, wicked war was forced upon onr loyal men. Never was War so causeless. The north had sought no sectional triumph, invaded no rights, indicted no wrongs upon the south. It aimed to preserve the republic. not to destroy it,-and even when the rebellion presented the sword ns the arbiter, we exhausted every effort consis tent with the existence of our government to avert the bloody drama of the last three years. The insolent alternative presented by treason, of fatal-dismemberment or internecine war, was met by the generous efforts to avert the storm of death which threatened to fall; but the leaders of the rebeßbn spurned peace un less they would glut their infernal ambition over the ruins of ,t'he noblest and freest govern ment ever devisedTby man. Three years of, bloody, wasting war, and the horrible sacrifice bf a quarter of a million lives, attest the desperation of their purpose to overthrow our liberties. Mourning and sor row spread over the entire nation, and defeat and desolation are the terrible trophies won by the traitor’s band. Our people have been sore ly tried by- disasters, but in the midst of the deepest gloom they have stood with unfaltering devotion \tb the great cause of our common confitry. Relying upon the ultimate triumph of the right, they have proved themselves equal to the stern duty.and worthy of their rich in heritance of freedom. Their fidelity has been well rewarded. In God’s own good time, He has asserted His avenging power; and" ns this war is now persisted in by the leaders of the rebellion, it has become evident, that slavery and treason, the fountain and stream of discord and death, must soon share a common grave. In this great struggle for our honored nation ality, Pennsylvania has won immortal fame.— Despite the teachings of the faithless and the hesitation of .the timid, she has promptly and generously met' every demand made upon her, whether to repel invasion or to fight the battle of the Union, whenever end wherever her people were demanded. J Upon every field made historic and sacred by the valor of our troops, some of the martial youth of Pennsyl vania have fallen. There is scarce a hospital that has nol*been visited by our hind offices to the sick and wounded 'there is not a depart ment in which brave men do not answer with pride to the name of our Robje State, and while history endures, loyal hearts will turn with feelings of national pride to Gettysburg, where the common deliverance of Pennsylvania and the Union will stand recorded in the unsur passed glory of that bloody field. I need hardly renew my pledge, that during the term of office on which I am about to enter, I will give my whole moral and official power to the prosecution of this war, and in aiding the National Gevernment in every.effort to se cure early and complete success over our ma lignant foes. For the preservation of our national life, all things should be lt is the first, highest, noblest "duty of the fcitizen—it is his protection in person, property/and all civil and religions privileges; and for/its perpetuity in form and power, ho owes alt his efforts, bis in fluence, his means, and his life. To compro mise with treason, would be but to give it re newed existence, and enable it to plunge us into another causeless war. In the destrnction of the military power of the rebellion is alone the hope of peace, for while armed rebels march over the soil of any- State, no real freedom can prevail, and no gov ernmental authority, consistent with the genins of onr free institutions can properly operate. The people of every State are entitled nnder the Constitution to the protection of the gov ernment, and to give that protection fully and fairly, rebellion must be disarmed and trodden in the dust. By these means, and these alone, we have enduring union, prosperity _and S ' V-H BeboteS to ifyt of rm &vm of JFmJXom amsr of Hresltfig inform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “HAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. WELLSRORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, EEBRUARY 10, 1864. peace. As in the past, I will in the future, in faithful obedience to the oath I have taken, spare no means, withhold no power which can strengthen the government in this conflict. To the measures of the citizens chosen to ad minister the Tnational government odopted to promote our great cause, I will give my cor dial approval and earnest co-operation. It is the cause of constitutional liberty and law. Powers which are essential to our common safety should now be wisely and fearlessly ad ministered, and that Executive would be faith less, and held guilty before the world, who should fail to wield the might of the govern ment for its own preservation. The details of my views on the measures which I recommend are contained in my recent an nual message, and need not here be repeated. I beg to return to the generous people of my native State my hearty thanks for their unfal tering support and continued confidence. They have sustained me amid many trying honrS pf official embarassment. Among all these peo ple, to none am I more indebted than to the soldiers of Pennsylvania, and I here pledge to those brave men my untiring exertions in their behalf, and my most anxious efforts for their future welfare; and I commend here, as I have frequently done before those dependent upon them to the fostering care of the State. I cannot close this address without an earn est prayer to the Most High that He will pre serve. nrnlo/>i and guard our beloved country, guiding with Divine power and wisdom, our government. State and National; and I appeal to my fellow-citizens, here and . elsewhere, in our existing embarrassments, to lay aside all partizan feelings, and unite in a hearty and earnest effort to support the common cause which involves the welfare of us all. Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Rep resentatives, I pray you, in God’s name, let os, in this era in the history of the world, set an example of unity and concord in the sup port of all measures for the preservation of this great Republic. A. G. CURTIN. THE DISAFFECTION AMONG THE REBELS SPREADING. Unless the “ signs of the times” are very de ceptive, North Carolina will not long remain a member of the Southern Confederacy. The Raleigh Standard, in commenting upon a speech delivered in the rebel Senate by Mr. Brown, says : We tell Mr. Brown, and those who think with him, once for all, that if the desperate revolutionary measures which he advocates shall be attempted to be carried out —if the civil law is to be trampled under foot by the sus pension of the writ of habeas corpus, and eyery able-bodied man placed in the army from six teen to sixty-five—lf no man is to hove a bear ing before a State judge as to the right of the enrolling officer to seize him, and if the rights of the States are to be ignored and swept away by the mere creature of the States, the common government, the people of North Carolina will take their own affairs into ttbeir own bonds, and will proceed, in convention assembled, to vindicate their liberties and their privileges. - They will not submit to a military despbtism. They will not submit to the destruction of their rights, personal and civil, in this ( or any other war. We say what we know to be so A vast.majority of our people are' restless and excited on account of the threatened encroach ments npon their liberties by the' Congress at Richmond; and wo must respectfully and earnestly warn the members of that body not to kindle a flame which no effort can extin guish. Pass these measures, suspend the ha beas corpus in order to silence our courts and force our whole population into the army, break faith with the principals of substitutes, repu diate, the currency of the country, levy a tax in specie to pay the interest of the funded debt, continue in full operation the tithing and im pressment laws at the same time—do these things, Mr. Brown, and the people of North Carolina will rise in her majesty and assert their sovereignty. There is no power to, pre vent them from doing this, and woe to the offi cial character who shall attempt to turn the arms of Confederate soldiers against the peo ple of this State I North Carolina will not be the slave, of either the Congress at Richmond or Washington. She is this day, as isbe has been from the first, the keystone of the Con federate arch. If that stone should fall the arch will tumble. The, Standard also has the following article: We are now reaping the bitter fruits of “ peace able secession” in forcing from their once hap py and peaceful homes into the army all from eighteen to forty-five years of age, to be driven to £ho slaughter like oxen to the shambles. And to fill up the thinned ranks the present Congress now has before it the monstrous prop ositon to conscript all from sixteen to fifty-five years of age, and make them subject to milita ry law, which the Richmond Examiner boldly denounces as nothing less than an attempt to make Mr, Davis dictator. .Let us examine and see what kind of a body it is that is imposing such burdens on the people of North Carolina. We have a Congress the legislation of which is controlled by members from Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arknansas, Louisiana, and other places, who impose odious and op pressive laws upon us, which can no more be enforced upon the people of the States which they profess to represent than upon the people of New York or New England. Tho chief cause of the revolutionary war which sundered the connection of the Colonies from the mother country was that tho English Parliament im posed oppressive laws on the Colonies which did not affect the people of England themselves. No conscript law can be enforced upon the people of Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Ten nessee, Louisiana, nor on on a large portion of -Virginia, Florida, Mississippi, or Texas. No tax law, nor tithing, or impressment law can be enforced on them, while those irrespon sible members may force from their homes ev ery person in North Carolina able to bear arms, regardless of age or condition, and place them in the army, as is now urged by them in Con gress, and leave the helples women and children to starve; They may put us under a. military despotism, and place over ns a dictator, and impose taxes and burdens on us whieh are un supportable; and there is no redress, unless North Carolina will protect her children. Is it not on outrage on every principle of free government for men of desperate fortunes, professing to represent other States on whose soil they dare not set their foot, to make and enforce odious and oppressive laws on our peo i pie"? Are we prepared to submit to this 2 If not, then let every man arouse himself before it is too late, and denounce these attempts to betray our liberties and place ns under a mil itary despotism. Let every man that can apeak or write denounce these outrages on civil liber ty until their denunciations are heard and heed ed ft Congress. But if Congress, in a spirit of desperation, should act the tyrant, and impose such crush ing burdens on the people of North Carolina os are insupportable, then they should demand of the Governor that he forthwith convene the Legislature in order to call a State convention of the sovereign people to take into considera tion what is best to be done to relieve our people from the grievous burdens imposed upon them. If the independence of the Confederacy can not be achieved by the strength of our pop ulation up to forty-five years of age, it is clear to any reflecting mind that it will’not be done by placing in the army the few left, upon whose labor all are dependent for food. Without food our present army must disband, and without food our helpless women and children must perish. Let the people speak out, write to their Representatives in Congress—yea, hold meetings and remonstarate against those iniq uitous schemes to enslave and starve os. If you do not, silence will be construed into sub mission and approval of the chains that Con gress are’forgingfor us. We have too long im plicitly trusted to such architects of ruin as Wigfall & Co., who are now for placing every man in the army, and all under the contrail of a dictator. Trust them no longer. Remember their fair promises. The dwellers in the Garden of Eden, when they listened to the tempting promises of Satan, were not worse deceived and ruined than were the people of the fair, happy, and bloem ing South when they listened to the fair prom ises of those arch deceivers, Yancey, Wise & Co. A heretofore contented, prosperous and hap py people were told by thorn that we mast with draw all connection from our Northern task masters, who were making us pay our dollar and fifty cents for shoes, ten cents per yard for shirting, two dollars per sack for salt, ten cents per pound for sugar, the same for coffee, &c. And these same reckless men who are now for putting all into the army, (except them selves and a few favorites,) then told os that Secession would be peaceable, and there would bo no war ; that we were to have ai nation of onr own, free from extortioners: a perfect par adise with the trep of life—the cotton plant— in our midst, before which all nations were to bow down and worship, and from which-rivers of free trade were to flow to the ends of the earth, on the bosom of which the rich merchan dise from every clime was to be freighted and ponred down in onr laps free from taxation. How have they deceived ns 7 The blood of hun dreds of thousands of our poor children, smo king from the many battlefields*, and the cries of starving women and children, tell the tale. Will our people be longer deceived by those false prophets and arch-deceivers 7 Or will they not command the peace and stanch these rivers of blood 7 Laugh and bo Happy. That is our creed. Don’t go through life with a frown upon your face and a sigh ever heaving your breast, but learn to look on the sunny side of life. Rebuffs and disappoint ments will sometimes come over ns; but don’t court their company by going half way to meet them, nor, when they have fairly come, wel come them by an embrace. Don’t cut your throat, nor hang yourself, because Dame For tune has given you the slip, and the sky is cloudy. “Beware of desperate steps!—the darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away.” Sit down to ' your dinner with a thankful heart—we mean the table of your life 4 and for tune, as well ns that at which yon dinej “ Cheerful looks make every dish a feast,” says Massinger. The truth is, we can afford to lose almost anything better than good humor; and if we only take care that it shall ever be the spring-time of the year in our hearts, we shall find cheerfulness, peace quiet enjoy ment, blossoming there with the freshness of the season of flowers. Everything in nature teaches ns this beautiful lesson—the birds in the green woods and the green herbage. We shorten life, all philosophers say, by unneces sary anxiety. “Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, And every grin so merry, draws one out.” Cultivate cheerfulness, and the people will love you for the sunshine that your presence will always bring with it. You will •be better satisfied with yourself and everybody else, and time’s wings will be gilded with happy remem brances of the merry faces and pleasant reflec tions that have crowded your pathway through life. A Real Friend. —A real, true hearted friend is more rare than he should bo. Why is it that selfishness predominates in the heart? that he only is considered a friend who has money .and influence I In the higher walks of life, how rarely is a true friend found—one who acts as he feels, and speak as bethinks. But among the humble and pure, you will occasionally find the germ pure friendship. Ye who have found a true friend, appreciate his worth. If he la bors to benefit you,, say not a word, perform not an act,- that sand a thrill of pain to his or her bosom. If there is a crime that betrays a vile heart, it is the wounding of pttre affection. Many a one has seen when too lata the error of bis course. When the grave has concealed his best friend, he felt—ah 1 words will not de scribe the feeling. Ye who are surrounded by the kind and good—the watchful and true-heart ed them we pray you. Love them in return for their kindness; and-td the close of life they will continue to guard and bless you. IS;. Be Bow Pronounces Secessions Fail ure—Ho is Sent to Prison as a Traitor to the Sooth. The following article, by. Mr. Do Bow; and printed in his Review, caused that publication to be suppressed by the Confederate Govern ment, and its editor to be imprisoned as a com mon enemy: THE SUPPRESSED ARTICLE. It is true that wo have believed that cotton is king; it is undeniable that we possessed a monopoly for its production arising out of a variety of causes, but it is not[trne that it will, grow nowhere else. Indeed, we And that the production of it in various l countries is in creasing in a geometric ratio, and that in a year or so the South will no longer be needed to supply the commerce of the globe with what we vainly hoped would grow nowhere else. Shall we notlearn from our enemies ? What are the causes of their prosperity. Why do even the laborers of the North live with a de gree of comfort often unknown to the wealthy planters of the South ? The statistical reports accompanying the census of 1860 establish fully the results of material conditions; and if we admit that the people.of the North have really hardly felt,the war up to this point, we must look to and ex amine the material conditions which surround theni. They cannot be more prosperous because thefe is no Slavery; certainly it is cheaper to have'a slave who labors for you than to labor yourself; therefore, slave labor is the more economical, or rather it was before the time of Henry A. Wise and John Brown. Consid ering the present condition of the country, and prospectively, also, it may well be supposed, as it already is by many in the Slave States, that it actually may be more economical to labor for ourselves than to maintain negroes for that purpose. We have taken to raising cereals, and have succeeded so badly as to make it a matter of doubt "whether we will not have eaten every thing before the time of greens, which', when boiled with jowl, are so prized by the First Families of Virginia. In the mean time, the production of cotton is slipping away from as, and wo have already slipped away into unknown depths, and are drifting to a fearful and to an uncertain future. Let us turn, then, as advised by Gil Bias when be assumed the practice of medicine,* 1 to see what otheripractuioners are about.” Our readers may or may not remember dis tinctly lhat when the renowned Dr. Sangredo, owing to his extended practice, imparte i in a few words the whole art of curing, it co sisted in copious draughts of hot water and blood letting. The acute Gil Bias soon after (then a yonng practitioner) waynuch perplexed at the want of-success which attended his efforts, and urged upon the venerable doctor that as every one died who came under bis band, apparently, as it appeared to throw discredit upon his system, it might be well to do ns the other doc tors did, uso ** chemicals,” and trust to' a more favorable result, as a more fatal one was im possible. Doctor Sangredo declined, because ■ he had written a book to show that if a patient died from disease it was simply-because the physician had either not bled him suffieiohtly ot' administered hot draughts in insufficient quantities. We are not, however, disposed to adopt the course of that "eminent practitioner. We have “written a b()ok,” but we see that facts prove its error.- We are willing to write another, which we hope will prove true. If the negro will not raise enough to feed himself and his master, what is the use of the negro 7 If we are not permitted to avail ourselves of the high qualities of the negro, and found a superior civilization upon him, why should we not -accept the civilization which belongs to people in general, founded upon the dignity as well as the usefulness of labor 7 The people of the North live .comfortably; ihore so, indeed, than the majority of the slave owners in the South. They erlucato their chil dren, and .teach them that there is no dishonor in employing either their hands or their beads; and I say bodily, even against our prejudices, I think they are right in that'.- , We know that the turnip crop of England is now by far more valuable, than any other c'ul tivatcdiby the English, although it has become so recently. In regard fo the comparative pro ductions of the people of the North and of the South, as given by the Census Keport, we ob serve in those common to both regions that the widest divergence exists in regard to milch cows. - - . In the North the ratio of increase of milch cows was slightly in excess of the ratio, of in crease of population between the year's 1850 and 1860. In the South there was an actual deficiency in the ratio above stated of 431,501! In proportion to the ratio of increase of pop ulation the chivalrous State of South Carolina is deficient in milch cows, 64,766 ! As her de cadence is far greater than that of any other State, and her defiency in the ratio of milch cows to the population is the greatest, may we not suppose that either the deficiency indica ted, or some cause coincident to it, has been the ruin of that State ? People must drink something. If they can not get mills-, naturally they take to whisky, and we may well lament the result. The sub joined tables show plainly that the decrease of miloh cows in proportion to the population in dicates a precarious condition of society ; and if it has not led directly tor the Rebellion, the causes of the decrease of milch cows are coin cident and analogous, at least, to it; In the Slave States, tabulated In 1850, there was a milch cow to every 3.4 persons. In the Free States, tabulated, one forevery 3.7 persons. , In 1860, in the Slave States, one for every 4 persons.and in the Free Slated one to every 3.6 persons; of a slight gain of the proportio*- , ate number of milch cows; The want of good meadow lands in most of the Slave States, the poor and insufficient quan tity of food usually given milch' cows, the un sheltered condition in which they are kept, and the neglect of them by the negroes, would " make the yield of milk less than one half per , each oow of those ha the Northern States. Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will bo charged $1 pet square of I lines, one or three Insertion?, and 25 centir fhr subsequent insertion, Advertisements of le?s than 3 lines considered as a square. The subjoined rated 'will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly andXearty advertisements: 3 MONTHS. 0 MONTHS, 12 MONTHS i 1 Square, $3,00 $4,50 $6,00 2 do. 5,00 6,50 8,00 ® „ *° 7,00 8,50 19,00 ± Column, 3,00 9,50 12,50 ? j° -.15,00 20,00 25,00 1 »l° - .“•"x - 2 ?> 00 35,00 40,00 , Advertisements not having the ntimber of lasefx tians desired marked upon them, will h 8 published until ordered out and eharged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, 801-Heads, Better-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments l executed neatly and promptly. Justices', and other BLANKS, constantly on band. m . 24. This appears to be shown Toy the amounts of butter and cheese produced: Total amount of batter produced in ten Free States in 1860 307,700,771 Or about 74 lb per year for each cow. Total amount of butter produced in ten Slave States in 1800 Or about 26 lb per year for each cow. Average yield of cheese per cow in ten Free States in 1860.. .- Average yield of cheese per cow in ten Slavo States in 1860 'TABULAR STATEHEST OP TBS FREE STATES. Katioofin- . .No, No. No.of crease of pop- of milch of milch cows re nlation in 10 cows In cows in qnlreil years. 1850. 1860. in ratio of populate. Connecticut.. ft ct. 42.10 85.401 98.87 - 36.393 Illinois. .... 101.06 294,071 632,793 287,817 Indiana 36.03 284,554 491,033 101140 Mnsachnsetts. . . 23.79 130,099 144,492 34,224 New-Hampi-liiro. . -.55 942177 94,880 . 2,404 New-Jersey. . . . 37217 118.738 133,813 44JBS New-Yorlc. . . . 25219 931,324 1,121,034 234,825 Ohio 18.14 644.499 090,309 88,019 Pennsylvania. . . 25.71 530,224 073.547 130,797. Vermont. ... .31 171,098 67 Total, .8,160,063 4466,019 986,061 TABULAR BTATESIEST 6T TEX SLATE STATES. Hollo of No. of increase of No. of N 6. of cows re popnlatioft niiicb milcb united in in ten cowain cowain ratio of years, 1850. 1860. population.' Alabama. ."p ct. 24.96 227,791 234,013 36,948 Arkansas. . . . 107.46 93451 158,873 100,013 Florida 6039 72478 92,704 44,252 Georgia. .... 16.67 334.223 299,688 65,815 Louisiana.. .. . 3074 106,676 130,872 88244 6 Mississippi. . . , 3047 214,231 207434 63,340 N. Carolina. . . 1440 221,799 228.623 31,305 S. Carolina. . . . 1845 196,244 163,933 25,460! Tennessee. .. . 10.63, 250,468 247,105 26,198 Virginia. .... 1229 317,619 330 627 39,667 Total. We see in the above our road to progress ; cotton has failed or trill fail ns ; the negro has failed or will fail ns ; it is idle to hope longer to enjoy peacefully the proceeds of his labor when at this moment 80,000 of his color are organ ized and hold arms in their hands to free theiij fellows. The longer the war is protracted, the! more violently will Slavery be destroyed. For two years and a half weihave waged war,, and lost more than half the territory over which wo asserted jurisdiction; tie supply of .cattle no' longer comes from Texas, nor does cotton lon ger escape from the frontier to famish ns sup plies. The Mississippi bears a hundred gun boats, half of them iron-elads, that effectually prevent onr occupation of any point along its entire coarse, or even the passage of it, except under cover of-darkness and by stealth. The fruitful valleys of Kentucky and of Ten nessee have been desolated by war, and aro. held by the enemy. Arkansas, a large part of Louisiana,' of Mississippi, of North Carolina and of Virginia have been held or are now held by the enemy, and have been exhausted by the supplies drawn by the contending forces. Nor can we regard Alabama, Georgia, Sonth Car olina, or Texas exempt, from the march of heavy armies now organizing for purposes of invasion. His Excellency President Davis gravely fell* •Congress, in bis Message, that he has a means of enforcing the respect of nations, particular ly that of Great Britain, and simply by declar ing a “paper .blockade of the porta of the Northern States.” He states also, that only a “ paper blockade” exist* along the 3,500 miles of the Southern coast, and expects the .people of the Southern Con federacy to forget that only one month before, -flrhenjit Wilmington, N. C., he had assured the people the whole force of the Confederacy would be given to protect them, since their* was the only port not olosed by the enemy. Had he extended, his peregrinations to the mouth of the river, he could have counted twenty blockading vessel* lying off this “ un closed port.” The remainder of the 3,500 miles of Southern coast has been closed effec tively by a paper blockade, and Wilmington alone remaine open to commerce—subject, it ia true, to the risks of capture incurred in passing twenty vessels of war lying in wait. We will say to Congress and to President Davis that a careful study of the last" Ceneu* Report of the tlnited States” will correct or destroy many perturbations in their minds a* well as our own. Let them legislate so as to increase the number of cows and think no; more of the negro. The land, then, instead of being desolated by, war,- and the inhabitant* gaunt with privations and misery, will flow, literally with milk and honey, as in times of J° re - ’ . , , . A census taken now, as recommended by hi* Excellency Mr. Davis, in the same manner a* that of iB6O, over the districts where it,might be effected, would show plainly the waste of war. How many men between the ages of JS and 50 would be found wanting? How many peaceful, industrious inhabitants would ho found absent, having, through a thousand channels, found their way into the Free States/ actually filling up the bouses in every part of that land, so that none are ontenanted 1 How many of .the houses in {he region passed over by the contending armies would now be found occupied.? How many negroes would he found absent,- ready to return with muskets in their hands ? I How many horses, cattle, sheep, hogs,- &0., would be found remaining? What has been the produce of onr fields last year in cot*' ton, sugar, corn, flour, peas, potatoes, cattle, and bacon, and what amount remains uncon-, earned* But, store all, what progress hare we made i Is the Slave-Power more secure than before we seceded 7 Are we in Such a condition as to' promise ourselves, even with repudiation of all debts, both at home and abroad, exemption from duties and high taxation ? What have we to hope for, both as regards Slavery or thd prospects of the Southern Confederacy 1 A law was passed in England, in A. D. 1700, ■ only 103 years' since, to the following effect:—' “ All those who imposed upon, seduced, or betrayed into matrimony any of his Majesty’S 1 subjects, by virtue of scents, paints, cosmetic washes, artificial teeth, false hair, iron stays, bolstered hips,- or force against witchcraft, and' like 1 misdemeanors, the marriage shall be null andiyoid.” If'such laws wore in vogue in this country at this time, what a lot of null and void marriages'’ there would be! Printers should have the right to prink* kits, Out not td publish Pounds. 53,960,513 2,034,966 2,003409 493,944
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