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
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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
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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]
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