TKe Yloga County Agitiltiri' BY 11. H. COBB. ~j; i; mboriberiatOSE DOLLAK AND PIET! ! C;|nlS per year, always IN ADVANCE. . : ;j > ,1 The paper is sent postage free to county fen « fibers, though they may receive their mail at post'3 Iq fes lo cated in counties imme4iatelyasjolraBg,f4Hc> pvc-n -ienee. It 1 ; The Agitatob is ; the OScial paper of ?b» » Co., and circulates in every neighborhood th«rv/i>i| Sub scriptions being:uc the ndvanc,B,-pay sysW iifeirca lates among, ajdassaadst to the interest of a fvdjtisers to reach. ,-iTermSto advertisers as liberal a>, ibbso of fered by-any paper of oooal circnlation ini ItOHhern Pennsylvania. - >-j > / eross-oatho margin-of. a paptjpatnotes that tho-siihscrriptioa is aboutdo ospire. fS' Papers Bill be stopped when the sn.-scUption timeh*plr4*,«aless-4he agent orders their continu ance. " ’■i- . Mercantile TOE TIOGA - COUKir, Class. Tax. Blossboeo. -X L Bodlne. gro. *l4 $7 00 'John H Martin, gro. A eat’ng hoose r 14 7 00 J 0 Brans, ■ 14 - v 00 J P Moncli, groc’y, 14 T 00 Smith k Swan, boot and shoe 14 7 00 Xlossborgaioss Co .13 10 00 Stephen Bowen.^ro* OHallorttti, gro- 7 °° eery, I‘4 *7 £oj Salt Company of On ondaga, • 7 40 00 Do. In Eloss Tsp, 14 7 00 James Gera on, 14 7 00 BfcOOZRS£9. \Wm Simmons, 14 ' jiatiibtojr.' G F Baker, groc’y, 14 -7 00 Wm'Xee, grocery, 14 ‘ 7w Bennett & Willson, 13 10 00 £S Packard, - 12 12 CO T W Tboxnaa, 14 700 csablutov. 14 7 00 14 7 00 I, Camming*, W"m Ad&ni*t CLUBS. ■Thomas Stone, Jr- gto-,' eery. U 700 tVmO Bristol. 155 j H Bnshnioro, H 7<W 2ELXAB. J S Cole i Brother, It 7 00 DK£EntLh, IOVT Brown, filthy 1* 700 J Stoddard, 11 TO® XIXLIRD. Tarkhurst t Co, 13 10 00 - rAMiuniios. jHiram Merritt, 14 700 QUStS. U 700 14- 7 00. A P Cene, , BZlUOiiig*, faossoK. M KBetan, U ,7 00 Darid Cburcher, gr<H • eery, 11 ~ 00 iifoxnias. ? J Goodspeed A Sen, 14 700 3 Dcarmao, 14 700 OP Beach, groc*y, 14 700 Sites Boberte, hard ware, 14 700 TTD Knox, eating boose 4 grocery, 14 r "7 00 3 H Stabbs, 14 1 ' 700 L B Beynolds, 14 TOO Geo Abbott, groc’y,l4 7 00 C Parkhurst, drags 14 700 John Potter, groc’y 14 - 700 V n Clark, groc’y, 14 7 00 C S Matter * Co. 13 10 00 J» kJ W Tnlrbs, 13 10 00 W G Miller, drags, 14 700 Joel Adams, boot and shoe, 14 7 00 James Kinsey, hard- ware, 14 7 00 E D Wells, cabinet dealer, 14 ( 700 LZBSITt. Abraham FnlkrtxJ, 13 10 00 jtarber A Moore, 13 1U 00 'A'athon Jiout, 13 10 00 ■Sami Hartman, gro* eery, _ 14 T^OO ■G It Shelter, Ctoc'y 14 700 Bernhard fceleman 14 7 00: HTDDLEBCfiT- S Bennett & Son, 14 7 00. MC Potter, 14 7 00, Notice is hereby .given that an appeal will he lie I d ct the ComiuUisioner’* Offica in IV«lIsl>oru. ou' tlw : &itl «fciy of March nt-xt. between the hours ot 10 A. and 4 r. M.. at vhich time &ud place *ll person's uggriored by the foregoing appniL-ement.sntLhe heard, and su« b üb.itemouU luatlc u«» ore deemed proper and just? and all n**r»on» filling toap pear at said time and/place will be barred from linking »uy defence before me. E. J. I’UUHjJi. , Wellsboro, March 2j1664. Mercantile Appraiser. WOOIGSAIE ? DRUG STO||.. Prince's Metalle Paint, Pfizer A Co’ajO ' Thaddeus David's Inks, Fluid Extract, Concentrated Medicines, • Rochester P.crtiit tery and Cincinnati Wines- and Flavoring E?li acts. Brandy, Paints and Oils, • - Wbitewaeh Lime, Petroleum r Oal,= Kerosene Lamps, ‘"‘Drugs and Me deiucs, Patent Medicines, - School Boohs, , .Stationery, Wafl Pape?, i ■Wyoming Mills Wrap- Window Ghws ping Paper, / Dye ColorsV* at Wholesale Prices by W. D- TERCEL*,, Ceifuidg I®. Y. JUmmermann a Go’s.; •'NATIVE UK ANDY Sc SjIEMES, FOB j-',, » MEDICAL & COMMUNION PUfeVoSES. CATAWBA BRANDY. THIS BRANDT has been-analyseL bj Jth. Medi-' ical Director of the Naval Lobratory at lii jiakiyn, and substituted for Trench Brandy, fir u?e'- in the United States Navy. It is also used and t-aco joicnd ed by Dr. Satterloe, Medical Purveyor its' Nt&r York ■of U. S. Army, in the Hospital of hijtDciait^iont. • DRY CATAWBA WIN! j. THIS WlNE*has nil iho properties of Di I Sherry Wine. ’ : ' SWEET CAT AWB A' VI * MB. THIS WINE fbr its mildness is atnpled Tor Inva lids anj for dotonfunibn purposes. J M" ESSRS.' ZIMMERM.ANN A ftO.i of'Cmpin. call ami New York- bad formerly ;pa£tncr*hip vruti N. Longworth ol Cincinnati thewcdUby Native producer, and therefore enablca-’tbeiQ‘tO'furnish 'the beat of American production, at prices. Sold by W. D. TERBELL, at asid Re riail, and by Druggist? generally. ’ , Corning, N. Y., Jan. 20, XSCi-tf. ‘ . f Administrator’s SPotice^ PT ETTERS of Administration de [hauif lon having -‘-i J been granted to the subscribers on. >lje estate of Erra Davis, late* of j^Laus6e\d f notice is •hmby gixen to those indebted to said estate to make immediate payment, anli those having daims to pre sent them properly authenticated for tpUletpent to theeubs:rihors. WARREN S. DA.VIStI . * . fl • JOHN A. HOLDEN/; J Aamre * Mansfield, Starch 2,1564-6 t. * j ‘ Administrators’ NOlicc. LETTERS of administration having b*&n, granted to the subscribers on the estate oL Thomas B. ■Ojudenougb, lute oi Covington, dc&haa'fcd, notice is hereby given to those indebted ; to makjb immediate Payment, and those having chums to present them properly authenticated for’seltlementjto » "BUTLER SMITE, 1 A. W. WILSON ] •*dmrs - March 2, 1884-fivf> }' ■ Administrator’s Notice, T ETTEES of Administration baring brtn (granted to tho underFigneJ upon the estate of EovacrDarls, late of dee’d, all persons indebted to jsaid estate are re lt> immediate payment, and those having *nT^r ft^towthe * amen * , wt l l Tre «ent A. & BOSS, Adra'r. HansSeld, Jap. 2t f lS5b-€t, ppalscmen^; FOK XHE-TBaß^lB64. Tax. - _JIAD?SBntf t <\ PDParkharst, A4w 700 Paul Cudworth, ,i4l< 700 A Robbins Jr. dr’gfll It ■ { 700 Fox & Witter. . 700 IS4MB Ramsey* ’ f j cat’ghoruse A gro, *7 00 MORRIS. x " IC Brown, groc’y, li ; 700 SASSHELD. j/ L Cummings, 13 ji 10 00 Wm. Adams, ' , 13;. 10 00 Efc T Holden, grtc’>' U‘- 700 Matffei King,prorJ 5 A blojo, yi« i 700 E A Folicr, groc’y,, (4>j 700 C Y Eiiiott, drags* ■ U'j! 700 ■A J£ Ell Webster,: i?L 700 iS A Ross '& Co '’ p 1! 10 00 Kiff & McClendon's hardware, ; luxsoy. 6 H Baxter £ Co iJ 700 , A '4 i 700 OSCEOLA. H £ Boswortfa, * 4 1 700 W C Stobbs,groc’y- i. 700 V C Phelps, : 4 ' L 700 ClandaU & Seeley,- if- 700 BUTLASTD. 'i\ 700 C L Strait, TIOGA BOEd SO Daggett, ",S 10 00 W 3? Urell, grocer* A - 700 H S Johnson, a ,|4 ~ 700 ’ S C.Alford, eating ; ! ;■ bonae Agroc’y ' 4 700 B Ciark, 0> ! 10 00 E A SC ncad j tarj.- j ’ n ware, * • 700 Th' Baldwin, 7 u«• 15 00 H£ Smith-A Sod, » boot and shoe, i ' <OO Job Fish, “ * 4 •>, 7W E C Fish, groc'jj 4!» 700 P S Tuttle,. • : 3 > 10 00 Borden A Bennett, ». f drugs, * '4 i 700 SB Fish A Co,gro, 4 i 709 I£F AI Wells, * { *4 £ 700 Tiooi- *1 Jas Kelly, grocery, '■T.-v t 00 wzsrnttn ■'*: J Ira M Bdgcomb,; U.*• 700 Chas l4' . ’ 7 00 Ambrose Close, ■' If, > 700 R Kmsea ACo Mi* 700 J BiSOMnrdeckfM* 7 00 SA. A N Buck, gro, U 700 xnZLBSO&<. Thomas Harden, 12 .12 50 JR Bowen, 13*12 60 Jerome Smith, 12 12 50 P R Williams; dr’gtDs > 700 CLA>ilcox, 7 00 Hugh TonCS« books . - and stationery, I' 7 00 VT T Slathers, grp, 34 700 <x W Sears, boot an i shoe; Tt 700 Wright A Bailey, vision, *'• 1£ 700 Bullard A Co li 1 12 50 J A Roy,dmgß,' ,ll‘ 700 Wesley Pitts, efttio j house A groc’y;-!* ‘ 700 31M Converse,. 13 10 00, Wm Townsend, gr-S * eery A provision.. V' 700 G Hostings A Co, * eery, I*. 7 00 R W Rodina. groe*y.3J • 700 J D Jones, groc r y, A-‘ * 700 Wm-Roberts, Ased< _ I ware, ti ■ 700 [Michael SchwqrtEC.a bach, llO’ 1 500 • . wind. : 1 ** Fall Brook Coal do 1/t ; 40 00 Uchotcl? tu l|ie &UnMau of t|je iwi of JFmhont nuu the of Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIQHTBD, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION' MUST CONTINUE. VOL.-X. United States Internal Revenue. ANNUAL TAXES FOR 18Q4. f j'tHE attention of tax-payers ie.hereby called to the 1 1 provisions of tho United States excise law rela tive to the assessment.of annual taxes. By the sixth section of the act of July Ist, 1862, it is jnode the duty of all persons, partnerships, firms, associations, corporations, made liable to any annual duty, license, or tax, os on before the first Mon day op May is each Year, to make a list or return to the Assistant Assessor of the district whbre loco* ted, of .the amount of annual income, the articles or objects charged with a special tax, and tho business or occupation liable to pay nny.license, ‘ i Every person who shall fail to make such return by the day specified, will he liable to be assessed by tho Assessor according to the best information which he can obtain; and in such case the Assessor is required to add fifty per centum to the amount of the items of such list. Every person who shall deliver to an Assessor any false or fraudulent list or statement, with intent to evade the valuation or enumeration required by law,, is subject to a fine of five hundred dollars; and in such case the list will be made out by the Assessor or Assistant Assessor, and from the valuation and enu meration so made there can be no appeal. Payment of the annual taxes, except those for li censes, will not be demanded until the thirtieth day of June, The appropriate ‘blanks on which to make return, and all necessary information, will bo famished by the Assistant Assessors of this district for their re spective divisions, to whom the returns should be de livered, at their offices, on or before the first Monday of May. GEOIIGE BOAL, • U. S. Assessor, 18tb District, Pa. Assessor's Office, Boalsburg, March 1, 1864. • Administrator’s Sale. Ilf pursuance of an order of the Orphan's Court of Tioga county, the undersigned Administrator of the estate of G. D. Smith, late of Well&boro, dec’d, will expose to public sale at the Court Honse, on. Mon day, the 4th day of April, 18G4, the following de scribe real estate situate .in the Borough of Wells horougb, Tioga county, Pa,, to wit: A lot of land situate in the Borough of Wellsboro, Tioga County, and bounded as follows: On the south east by Main Street, on the south nest by a lot in possession of David Hart and Queen Street, on the north west by other lands of the estate of G. D. Smith, and on the north west by lands of C. L. Wilcox, com posed of three lots -bought of Ellis M. Bodine and Anna Morris. Also —another lot of land situate in Wollsborongh, Tioga county, and described ns follows: bounded on the north west by lands of Levi I.Kichols, on the north east by lands of B. B. Smith, on the south east by lands of C. L. Wilcox, G. D. Smith’s estate and and Water Street, and on the south west by lands of J. F.- Donaldson—containing about two and one fourth acres, more or leas, TEJi3IS,~— One half cash and balance in twelve months. JOHN L. ROBINSON, ! AdmV of the Estate of G. D. Smith, dec'd. Wellsboro, March 9, 1864. NOTICE. Joseph R. IngcrsolJ "j * and otherei’trustees of In the Court,of Common the estate which was Pleas of Tioga County, State of William Bingham r of Pennsylvania, of Soptem deceased, . | her ISC I, No. 282. ”• 1 Edwin Inecho et al. ) Ejectment for a tract of land in Deerfield township, county aforesaid, containing thirty-three ami icmts «r an acre or thereabouts, bounded and described,asi follows, viz; Beginning at the south-east corner of lot No. 8 in the allotment of the Bingham lands in Deerfield Township aforesaid, conveyed to Caleb Smith; thence along lines of said lot north three- fourths of a degree cast eighty perches, cast tenl perches and north twenty-four perches to the north east corner of said lot No. 8 ; thence south seventy ritnc degrees cast fifty perches and four-tenths of a perch to the north west corner of lot No. ID; thence along the west line of said lot soulh one degree west ninety-four'perches and four-tenths of a perch to the north-east corner of lot No. 7; thence along the north line of said lot wpsl fifty-nine perches and two-teuths of a perch to tHc place of beginning—it being lot No. 9 of the allotment of the Bmghum lands in Deerfield township aforesaid, and part of warrant numbered 2029 iu the name of Thomas M^Villing. And now, to wit, January 25,18G4, rule on John Ward and Eliza his wife, and Bernini Watkins and Mary Ann, bis wife, to appear and plead, by the first day of next term. TIOGA COUNTY , SS: I, John F. Donaldson, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Picas of aaid county, do certify the above to be a true copy of a rule entered in the foregoing entitled suit*. In testimony whereof I have hereunto {/ —*—k ] set my band and affixed my seal of office L. S. V ibe Ist day of February, 1804, w-" J J. F. DONALDSON, Proth'y. February 10,1861, A Valuable Farm for Sale, VERY CHEAP. THE old homestead of the late Ansel Purple of 100 acres, together -with 200 acres adjoining it on the north is now offered for sale at the low price of $3O per acre—s2,ooo will be required at the time pos session is given—the balance may be paid in install ments to suit the purchaser. There is about 350 acres under fence, and 125 acres good plow-land. The bal ance is well timbered, as follows : 50 acres with pine timber, 25 with under wood of pine, hemlock, beech, Ac.' The balance principally with large hemlock, mixed with ash, maple, beech; birch, «fcc. The land is well watered, and stocked with abundance of fruit trees. The buildings arc worth over $2,000, The land is in a high slate of cultivation, ahd for fertility will rank second to none in the county. ‘ For further particulars apply to M. V. PURPLE of Knoxville, Pu., or address S. 11. PURPLE, Co. lumbia. Lancaster county, Pa. Jiin. 20, 18G4-tf. Administrator's Notice. LETTERS of Administration baring been granted to the' subscribers on the estate of Itbial H. Hoycc, late of Dclmar township, deceased, notice la hereby given to those indebted to said estate to make immediate payment, and those'having claims to present them properly nuthetiticatnd for settlement to, E. H. HASTINGS-, ) . , u MADISSA J. RoYd§, j Ad • Dclmar, Feh. .10, 1864-6 L - ADMINISTRATOR’S flofrlEE. LETTERS of Administration havihg been granted to the subscriber on the estate of Mortimer Bul lard, late of Wellsborough, deceased, notice is here .by given to those indebted to said estate to make im mediate payment, and those having fclaims to present them properly authenticated for settlement to 0. BULLARD, AdmV. Wellshoro, Feb. 10,1861-Ct, Auditor’s Notice; TlfS undersigned having been appointed an Audi tor to audit and distribute the moneys arising upon Sheriff Sale of the real estate of M. McMahon, will attend to the duties of said appointment at the Commissioners Office in WelUboro, on Saturday, ths 2d day of April, 1861, at J o’clock P, M. March *9, 1864-3 t. TIIOS. ALLEN, Auditor. Executor’s Notice. LETTERS testamentary having been grafted to the subscriber, on the estate of George S. Dort, law of Charleston township, deceased, noticed hereby given to those indebted to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them properly au themicatcd for settlement, to • JAS. G. DARTT, Eioculor, Charleston, March 9,1864.-6 t Concentrated lye, for sale at ROY'S DRUG STORE- Baking soda & salbratus at BOY’S DRCS STOR& i WEILSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1864; [“ Casa.Wappy” (a childish epithet of nursery en dearment) wOs written by the late Professor Moir, of Edinburg, and is am exquisitely touching poem:] Oem of one hearth, our household-pride, • • Earth's undefiled I “ There’ll be a bitin’ black frost on the hills to-night, I tell ye!” said Moses Atterly, as he threw his armful of oak logs, fringed with sil ver gray moss, upon the stone hearth, and rub bed bis hands cheerfully before the red roaring blaze, that encircled the rude iron fire-dog in drifts of ruby sparks. . • He was a tall, wiry-lookihg old man, with mild hazel eyes, and a skiajre!l:njj»h_asbrown as the basket bT butternuts that stood in the corner—a man .whom you might easily fancy to have grown up among those rock-bound, wind-swept wildernesses, as one of the giant pines on the steep cliffs above bad grown—stal wart, sturdy, and true to the very heart's core. The room was very plaio, with no curtains at the narrow-paned windows, nor carpet, save the old zigzag 'veins in the hickory, boards that formed the floor. Yet there was an air of com fort in the splint-bottomed chairs, with red mo reen cushions, and the round table, neatly, spread for the evening meal. Over the fire a black, teakettle kept up a dreamy song, and Mo ses Atterly's,only child sat, with folded hands, in the chimney corner, wntching the vaporous wreath curling from the spout—a pretty, soft eyed girl, with a late rose in her braids of glos sy chestnut brown hair—and her straight, clear cut features, now in shadow, and all irradiated" by the capricious torches of flame that played at hilde-and-seek in and out among the crevices of the bubbling, singing logs. , ' , “ Have you been to the post office to-night, father 2” said she, suddenly looking up as Mo ses gave the smouldering back-log a sort of re monstrating kick. \ “ No; but I met Jim Grayling down by the hemlock hollow, and he said he was goin’ straight there; so I told him to ask if there was anything for our folks. lie’ll be here directly, I calculate, for it most be all of two hours ago.” “ I am sorry,” said Bessie, almost petulantly. “Father, I detest the sight of that man !” “ My daughter 1” remonstrated Moses, “ that ain’t accordin’ to either sense or gospel.” “ Well, I can’t help it, father,” coaxed Bes | siCjlfdealing her soft, dimpled hand into the j rough palm that lay on Moses Atterly’s knee. “ He always seems to me like—-” She stopped suddenly—so suddenly that the late rose fell out of her hair and lay on the stone hearth; for, os she turneef her head, she saw James Grayling standing beside them, un folding a coarse white and red worsted comfor ter from about his neck. He stooped without a word, and picked up the rose for her. “Why Jim 1” said farmer Atterly, “where on earth did you drpp from ? I did’nt hear you come in.” AGITAT Select lloetm “ CASA WAPPY.” Could love have saved, thou hndst not died— Our dear, sweet child J Humbly we bow to Fate's decree ; Yet bad we bopedjhat time should see Thee mourn for us, not ua for fcbcc— CosaWappy! Mctbinks thou smil'st before me now, With glance of stealth— The hair thrown back from thy full browy In buoyant health; ( ! I see thine eyes’ deep violet light, Thy pimpled check carnationed bright— , Thy clasping-arms, so round and whilcf— Casa Wappy I Thy nursery shows thy pictured wall. Thy bat, thy bow, , Thy cioak and bonnet, club and hall,— Bat where art thou ? A corner holds thy empty chair; Tby playthings, idly scattered there. But epeak to us of oar despair— • Casa Wappy! Wo mourn for thee, when blind, blank night The chamber fills; I We pine for thee when morn’s first light Bcddens the bills; The son, the moon, the stars, tbe.soa. All, to the wall flower and, sweet pea. Are changed; we saw the world thro' thee — . Casa Wappy! ’Tis so; bat fan It be (while flowers Revive again) , Man’s doomin. death, that we and oars For aye remain.? Oh! can'll be, that o’er the grave 1 - Tbe grass renewed shall yearly wave,. i - Yet God forget our child to save— ■ Casa Wappy ? It cannot bo; for were it so, r That man could die, LifeYvere a mockery, thought were woe, And truth a lie; Heaven were a coinage of the brain— : Religion, frenzy, virtue, Vain, — And all our hopes to meet, in vain— ! Casa Wappy-1 [From Harper’s’Weelslv.] HOME FROM THE WAR. “ Did’nt you ? lam sure I knocked loud enough,” said Grayling, with a deep scarlet flush slowly fading away from his cheek.— “ Pretty well to night, Bessie ?” “I’m well enough,” pouted Bessie, without looking at him, and tossing her recovered rose in among the glowing cinders. Somehow it had lost its charms, after having laid in James Grayling’s hand a second. “ Set down, Jim, set down," said the farmer, heartily. “ Any mail for us to-night?” “Nothing.” What a strange smile passed over his face, ns he saw the sudden downward droop of Bessie Atterly’s eyelids—thequiver aroud her motith! “ Nothin’ 1 That’s queer. You see our Bes sie’s feclin’ kind o’ worried cause she don’t hear nothin’ from Henry Ives.” “ 1 got a lung letter to-night from my cousin, who is in the same company, you know. - He says—” James Grayling paused, a little maliciously, to note the eager sparkle in Bessie’s eyes, as she leaned forward with reddening cheeks and in tent looks. “ What ddes he say ?’’ she gasped. “Well, I’m afraid you’ll feel badly about it; but he says Harry Ives was captured, with half a dozen others, by a skirmishing party, about o week before he wrote;” " .. “Captured 1" ' “Tesj and that isn’t all. He says they didn’t half believe Harry Ives eared whether be was carried down South or not; for he had taken a great notion to somo pretty girl down- in Vir ginia—a planter’s darter—and—” ■ “ I don’t believe it, James Grayling," said Bessie, springing to her feet, with flashing eyes pnd passion-crimsoned forehead; “ I don’t be lieve a word 1 of it. You are repeating some vile falsehood.” “ 1 knew you’d feel had,” said Grayling, with provoking mildness, “ but I thought you ought to know how things stood. lean show you. Sam’s letter, if that will be any more satisfac tory. I never had much faith in Harry Ives— a Careless, dashing follow, who ” . ■ “ Hush! . I-will not listen to another word,” ejaculated Bessie, angrily, and with a-certain strange dignity in her girl-face and slender form., “ Mr. Atterly,” said Grayling, with still ag gravating moderation and calmness, “ how long is it since your daughter received a letter from Ilarry lyes ?” “ Well,, it’s a pretty considerable spell,” said the old farmer; but letters do take time, to reach us, yon know.” “ Yes„particularly when they’re never efent,”. sneered Grayling. • ■ “Father, don’t listen to him,”sobbed Bessie, passionately. “If the whole world were to tell me Harry Ives was untrue, I would not believe them.” , And Bessie fainted quietly away, with her chestnut.braids of hair drooping over'her fa ther’s knee. - Poor child ! Could she have seen the weary months of waiting for tho, letter which never came from the far off Southern hills," the hope deferred which maketh the heart sick, that wore in store for her, sbe might have been sorry that she had not died, then and there, holding fast to that firm faith in Harry Ives’ fidelity. , James Grayling, a crafty, patient man, bided his time. It came surely at lost, when the ten der green of the hill-sides shriveled and grew brown under the starry, silent frost of the bit ter December nights, and the keen wind rushed with thunderous swell through tho lonely pine forests in those wild solitudes. “Daughter, it’s the dearest wish of my heart,” said farmer Atterly, solemnly, as he sat with Bessie in tho old silent room. “ I’m gettin' on in the years; and if I could but see you mar ried to some good and true man before I am taken away, I should rest easier in my grave. James Grayling has been almost a son to me these months of trial and trouble. Ho is com ing for his final answer to-night. Let it be yes I” Bessie shuddered. That year of sick, wist ful griof had changed her into a pale,r fragile girl, with large, frightened eyes, ever roving frcca gitlo ho csiJej oa if* TBrnl oCCklOg BUlQCtlllQg which never came. “ Wait, father,” she murmured, eagerly, as if pleading for sweet life itself; “ wait a' little longer—only, a little longer 1” “ I have waited, Bessie. It is a year and over since Harry Ives has sent you either word or message.- He may be dead—better dead than a scoundrel I—but James Grayling has been as true as steel to me all this time. He deserves you, Bessie; and when once married, you’ll learn to love him. Shall we say this day month fur your wedding, daughter?” That night Bessie laid her cold hand in James Grayling’s eager palm, “yes,”dream ily, to whatever ho proposed. What had life left for her 2 As well James Grayling’s wife as anything else, since God willed that she should live and suffer on, and the dreary path of years lay spread out before her listless feet 1 The old smoke stained . walls were wreathed with feathery garlands of cedar and pine, with the scarlet berries of tho moontainnsh glowing here,and there ; the great fire roared up the chimney with festive sound ; ,and all the neigh bors were gathered around farmer Atterly’s hearthstone j for pretty Bessie was to - be mar ried that night. “ She don’t look ns a bride ought to, some how,” whispered Mrs. Deacon Jennings, to her companion, Mahala Bird. “ She seems to me jest like one u’ them white snow wreaths down in the hollow yonder.” “ May be it’s that white dress," said Mahala; “ but she does look liken corpse. Land o’ Go shea 1 what be I sayin’ 2 It ain’t good luck to talk about corpses on a weddin’ night.” For the pretty bridemaids hod just led Bessie in, robed in pure sheeny silk, with snowy ge raniums in her hair, "and not a vefetige of color in her cheeks. “ There I don’t she look sweet ?” said Susy Jenninge. “ Is it time to go into the parlor yet 2 * “Massy, no, child,” said Mrs. Jennings; “ not for an hour. Why, Jim Grayling bas’ut come vet.” “ So Bessie sat down in the-midst of the 'as sembled maidens and matrons, and played with the while flowers in her bouquet, thinking, who knows wbnt ? Perhaps a lonely grave under the cruel Southern stars —perhaps the fair face ,of the woman who had wiled her lover’s heart away. Somebody spoke to her; she looked up, and all of a sudden her frightened eyes traced a fig ure beyond the open door opposite to which she sat—a figure hurriedly pressing through the Crowd. “ Where is she ? I will see Bessie, wedding or no wedding! Who has a better right than I!” The nest moment the pale, white robsd bride, lay, like a fair, still statue, in Henry Ives’ arms. “ Stand oft’, I say 1” he cried fiercely. “ Let no one come between me and Hie woman I lovo. I have earned her to be my wife—earned het by the long months of pain and suffering—earned her by the wounds received on the battle field of the»country she loved ! Do you say she is to be married to James Grayling? What has James Grayling done with the letters I sent to hie care—with all the messages I entrusted to him ? She had better be in her grave than married to James Grayling. Mr. Atterly, you are a just and good man —judge between mo and the treacherous fos I fancied was my friend.” “Harry, Hurry!” faltered the old man, “I never dreamed o’ this. Tell me about it-, my boy, for roy old head swims.' - _ And Henry Ives, still holding Bessie to his heart, revealed the story of hie .own truth and James Grayling’s duplicity. When hchadflo- ished the impassioned recital, Moses Atterly clasped the brown, strong hand, between his, own horny palms, and said solemnly: 1 “ My boy, I ask your pardon for every doubt that ever crossed my mind, and I thank the merciful Providence that has spared Bessie from being Jim Grayling’s wife. We are cal culatin' to have a weddin’ here to-night. and it isn!t too late yet, if Harry has no objections to bein’ married in bis soldier clothes !” “ Father!” interrupted Bessie, rosy as a whole bouquet of carnations blended into one ; but Harry took her bands into bis, whispering, “ Love I I shall not feel secure until I ean call yon wife" and the remonstrance died away upon her lips. “ Are you all ready, Elder Wilkins ?” said Moses, “ ’cause I believe the young couple is.” Ah ! she looked like a bride now, with the hazel light burning in soft fires under her long curled lashes, and tbo carmine dyes coming and going upon her cheek, like a proud and blush ing bride. The ceremony was scarcely over, before the silver chimes of sleigh bells sounded at the door, and James Grayling’s voice was’ beard exclaiming, “I’m afraid I am a little late ; but the horse sprained his leg, and I had to chaage him at Squire Warrenton’s. However—” “ Yes, Jim Grayling; you are a little late,” said Moses Atterly, taking a prodigous pinch of snuff, “ for my darter’s married already.” “Married!" ejaculated Grayling, as if un certain whether bis intended father-in-law was not a fit candidate for a lunatic, asylum. “ "Ses—to Harry Ives !” " As James Grayling’s bewildered eye-caught sight, in the brilliantly lighted rooms beyond, of the young soldier, bending his tall head to listen to some whispered word from Bessie, he turned a dull, dead yellow, and a chill dew broke out around bis month. “ What does this mean ?” he asked. “It means, Jim Grayling, that you are a scoundrel I” said the old man, with sudden fire flashing in his eyes. “ There’s the open door —leave this house before Harry Ives sets eyes on you, lor he’s a spirited lad, and mischief might come of it! A.nd hark ye—never let me see your villainous face again 1” Silently, and like a wounded snake, James Grayling crept out into the chill darkness of the tempestuous night, a detected, disappointed man. And so effectually did be take Moses At teily’s advice, that the little village in the hol low knew bis name and presence no more. And Bessie Ives, the happiest little wife in the world,.sings softly over her work, counting the days until “ when this cruel war is over,” she shall welcome her soldier-husband back to the grand old pine forests of Maine once more. The Loyalty of our Bishop & A young lady of Brooklyn, says the C/tri.i -i(an Times, is collecting autographic conies of the prayers set forth by our Bishops with refer ence to the rebellion, which are to be bound and presented for sale at the great Brooklyn Fair in aid of the United States Sanitary Com mission, that was opened on the 22d of Febru ary. The volume will be one of great interest; as it will furnish a record, not only of the loy alty of our bishops, but of the petitions that have arisen from thousands of hearts in behalf of the country in its season of trial. * Some of the manuscripts have been • accom panied by notes from their authors,, commend ing the plan, and adding sentiments of patriot ism which will find in every loyal heart. We have been permitted to transfer to our columns the following replies from the' senior Bishop of Ohio and the assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania: “ CixrissiTi, J.m. 4,18C4. “ Madam : —I have the pleasure of sending yon, as you have requested, the prayer put out by me at the beginning of the war, to be used in the Episcopal churches of Ohio. God has heard our prayers fur our beloved country in its great trials, and has blessed, and is still blessing us and our cause. Ho has given the President wisdom and strength—the people union and patience—their soldiers courage and success. Still further will wo be blessed. The rebellion will be pot down. The Union will be restored in all the States. Peace will smile on us again. Slavery will be no more our curse. I trust your Fair will bo a great success. Our noble soldiers deserve all that a nation’s grati tude can do for their comfort. May the richest blessings of God, unto everlasting life; abide upon them. Yolirs, very truly, : . CHARLES P. M’ILYAINE.” “ PuiLADEirnii, Dec. 29,1?63." Madam:—ln reply to yoltr note received this evening, t beg leave to say that the occa sional prayers issued in the diocese of Pennsyl vania, were all set forth by its venerable Bish op, the Rt. Rev. A. Potter, D. DJ In their sen timent and spirit I most cordially unite. “ Most earnestly do I pray, that in God’s own time and way, this sinful rebellion may be put down ; that oppression and in all its forms may be done away ; that freedom of mind and body, political and religious, may every where prevail; that the emancipated negroes, whom God by his Providence is committing to our care,-may be the objects of our liberal and Christian regards and instruction ; that war may soon cease throughout -all our borders; and that our now lacerated country may again he so united,.that from the lakes on the North-, to the gulf pn the South, and from the Atlantic to the Pnciffo, there shall be but one Union, oho government, one flag, one Constitution, all con | verging. th, and culminating in, that higher | glory which shall make this nation 1 Emaian j uel’s lann 11 mountain of holiness, and a dwell i ing placinbf righteousness.” ; H “ Very respectfully yours, j -j “ W. B. STEVENS, { “ Ass’t B’p, Diocese of Penu’a.” I expressions could he more grand j than thefe.’ We arc glad to learn tbjt all these ! autograph letters are to he lithographed and j hound infea volume of over one hundred pages, j If not tl& original, certainly n facsimile copy 1 may bo the hands of every_ i What bd tar memorial of the times could we have this will he X-^p hr A’a-crJu'. Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged $1 par sqnare of I# lines, one or three insertions, and 25 cents for every' subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than 10 lines considered as a square. The subjoined rate# Will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements: S SIOSTH3. 6 KOSTHS. 12 aoxin* 1 Square,. .„$3,00 $-1,50 ?6,l)0 2 do. sj o(} 8,50 8,00. ? „ T,OO 8,50 10,00 i Column,-... 3,00 12,50 i ‘I 0 18,00 ' 20.00 25,00 1 d°- • 25,00 35,00 ' 40,00 Advertisements not having tbs anmber of inser tions desired marked upon them, win be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. , Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and all kinds of. Jobbing done in country establishments/ executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable'* and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO. 29.- Serving in the army changes men. It tough ens them on soma bides of their nature; —it makes them tender on others. 1 They learn to 1 enduro hardships, and to face dangers and death with comparative indifference. They get used to doing without money and without luxuries, and cease to be actuated by motives that ore powerful in civil and home life. Bat in other respects they become keen and sensitive in feel ing. They are jealous of their fame, and anx ious to be appreciated and treated aa soldiers should be. This is to their credit. The iaapi -1 ration that urges them forward in the patk of their hard duty, comes of the self-respect of their manhood, but it comes also of the convic tion that they are fighting for the dearest right* of kindred, friends and country, and that kin dred, friends and country are looking upon and admiring their endeavors. 1 The grandest exhibitions of deyoiedneaa have! this origin. And being under fire and cam paigning it awhile, it is not pay or bounty that insures fidelity and afbtues courage. That is done by noble thoughts and high emotions, by the desire to be true to the soldier’s vocation/ and to win the soldier’s laurels. This consti tutes what is termed enthusiasm in an army— that “ morale” which is as needful as physical strength, to the winning of victories. This truth is known to the competent and observant military leader. lie understands that there may be a hurtful demoralisation, far short of anything approaching disorganisation, not visi ble to inexperienced eyes. An apathy and chill may pervade ranks, that might be fired by pas sion ; thus giving only a listless performance of duty, in place of an ardent rush to the deadly work. f jfhia sensibility of the soldier—not easily de fined in words, Lut easily ifnaginSd— is tiJ La constantly respected and administered to. Go vernment makes a great mistake #hen it over- 1 looks or forgets it. There is always risk that it will do so, from the necessity it is under of dealing with troops in masses, and knowing them ;chiefly on paper, in rolls and reports.'— The existence and claims of the heroic heart arc apt to be bidden and not taken into account. Bat any policy or orders that do not recognise the necessity of keeping d ive tbs enthusiasm of the army, are so far defective, and the occa sion of serious uncomfortableness. This pom) has not always been remembered. The feel ings of a soldier, strictly as a soldier—feeling* that have been developed by the peculiarities of his position—have not always been tendhrly re spected. Visitors to camps and battle field* perceive this. The complaints there heard; are seldom or never of privations, fatigues, or dan gers—the hardships wjiich the men know are unavoidable, and belong to their lot. They are rather the expression of hurt feelings at sold and careless regard of their sensibilities—some failure to do justice to their special services—* some rough, brusque treatment, instead of a manner sympathetic and kind—some inconsis tency and fickleness of temper, when thera should have been the evenness of considerate courtesy. , These are the causes of Irritation and dissatisfaction, disturbing the relation of confidence that should exist between the army and the authority that manages its afiaiya,«n<| issues orders that are its laws. But it is unnecessary, as it might be cions, to. go into particulars. Suffice it to say that it is the duty of the Government and of the people to take care to encourage and keep up" the right spirit in the army, hy recognizing the claims of ita.peculiar sensibilities; as well as by granting its rights. 1 Our army is con* strocted differently from any the world has hi therto known. Hardly at all is it composed of hireling material. Its men are in the rants fof the special purpose of saving the republic from the assaults of rebellion. Every oua of them should be assured that the Administration and the community feel this fact, in a way to keep alive a unity of purpose, of interest, and of pa triotic friendship, between the civil authorities and citiaens at home; and the armed hosts en countering the stern realities of the war. Those who carry muskets, and who of necessity most be subject to military discipline, while they do so, are still a part of the constituency of the country's temporary rulers and servants; and too much depends upon their being cherished by all classes, to allow their enthusiasm to be dampened, or to justify on their part the least suspicion that they are merely instruments to be used, and, in a measure, outside of the poll l tical fraternity. 'the most miserable, hopeless scrap of htt l inanity, is an idle man—a man whose chief aim . of life is to “ loal”—to waste, in listless loung ing and mental and physical inaction, the best years of his life.' There are a number of such beings hero, and in every other town—misera ble loafers; whose sole occupation is to avoid employment of/atiy kind—whose lives scarcely be called lives :—who die, one after another, and leave behind them—what ? A vft 1 candy to be mourned ? A’o, for they are in themselves vacancies, not men. To these atoms society owes nothing. The history of the world’s progress ignore their names,their existence; and being dead, the grave contains no more inert, worthless earth, than it did before. They be come chronic nuisances ; they havs no local ha bitation or name, in so far as regards their worth or value; and from day to day, in the haunts of busy men, they pass current as uri current funds—at so much of a discount that they can’t even buy themselves. The only ap parent exertion they exhibit, is that which ena bles them to be eternally in somebody’s pro* . gress and business. They never do any special harm, and never accomplish any good. They, die only when they' get too lazy and indob-nt to'uso their respiratory organs. They m-ver get the consumption, because they hav’nl ener gy chough to cough. They give employment to nobody, fov.they have none for theroschos. It costs more to get them to the polls to deposit their votes, than their votes, carcasses and the entire election are worth. From these, arid such as these, may fortune preserve ell well meaning muitals. [From the Boston Transcript] EaccnraHs JSilitary Snihwdasa. TBS tOAFSit
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