Tie Tioga County Agitator: By M. H. COBB, -t ; Pablishodevery. Wednesday morning c.nd mailed to snhcribersatOKß DOLLAR AND FU'TY GENTS per year, olwaye IN ADVANCE. ■ The papariaeent postage Dee to cOnDtj-flobscribers, thoagh they may receive.ttjoir mail at post-offices lo cated in counties immediately adjoining,.for conven nlcncei Xap Agitator is the Official .paper of Tioga Co., and circulates in every neighborhood, therein. Sub scriptions being on the advance-pay system, U circu lates among a class most to the interest of advertisers to reach. Terms to advertisers rs those of. ferodby any paper of §qual circulation, Pennsylvania, gS* A cross on the margin of a paper, denotes that the subscription is about to expire. . Papers will bo stopped when the subscription time expires, unless the agent orders their Continu ance. * * lAS. LOW REI & S. F. WILSO», Attorneys & counsellors at:Law., will attend the Courts of Tioga, Pother and ■McKean counties. [Wellsboro, Jtin. 1, T^j63.] DICKINSON HOUSE,. " CORKING, N. Y. ; Maj. A. FIELD, I rofirietor. j. HART’S IIOTEIr. : WELLSBORO, TIOGa CO. RETxA. THE sn&scriber takes this method to inform ‘ht€CK. lYellsboyo, June 24,15C3. FLOUR AKD FEED S'fOKE. WEIGHT & BAILER VE had their mill thorough'^.repaired nnu ' arc receiving fresh '.oar, feed, jnc il Ac ' c 'very day at their store'in loftl . Ca’sh piid /« t j ' aLEY . .irdhloi'o, Api 2 y 18C3 - 1 ' t AGRICULT^ Al, H3PI>EI|3 ’BITS. I _ n . , T)„ P Urs in Agricul.u -nl Implo- ROCLD inform Doc Ralres of $< .roost V mouls, that I ha« Ho. ()l .. aUty . Hand fig oft Wt“ 4 ,iS£"£a» -y L.a «tured in -i.f - entity do sired, to dealers in the counties t and Lycoming. • * W. Maiosburg, Nov. IS, ISfiS— Ovti OS. "* IttARBLE SHOC*- ; T AM now receiving a STOCK of X and RUTLAND MARBLE, (bough? find am prepared to manufacture all kirdt,^ TO MB,-STONES indMOSUMENTS at the lowest priccFS , • UAEVEY ADAMS is my .«ent Ana will sell Stone at the same prices os at t»c. hop. we have hut oxe pitta I'. 1 '. Tioga, Mav 20, 166!-ly. . y A.?D*-COLE. CLAIM AGBNjGIT# THJ3 undersigned will promptly ecute all claims against the Government foijit ren dered in the Military or Naval Service 5T he Lnitcd States. Charges reasonable—will advaju; the legal necessary fees if desired. No charge i£p t ful in the application. D. McN„4£*' IiTON. Jiffcrcnccs: Hon. Victor Case, I. yAiMovs, Ex amining Surgeon at Knoxville, P*-> *^ ra Clymer, Pa., F. Strang, Hector, Fa.,H. Beebe, Harrison, Pa. , ' Westfield, Jan. 11, • * \ STATE. NOKIfIAE SCI) > >OI/, [For tho sth District, Fa.> AXD Hlansfield Classical Seurilnary- Eev, W. D. TAYLOE, M -% 'incipal. jj r \ teutont. Mre/HV‘s!TAVWR,V.’. ...... tneeptress. ■‘Miss H. A. FinxswoKTß .. Asymant. Atsietan’t, and Teacher in yL&dcl School. . ; Assistant. and Teacher of^!h£iC. Tho Fall Term of this Institution open Sept. 2d. The Winter Term, Deo. 2d. The Term, March 16th, 1861, Each term to con!? lue thirteen weeks. : ' , A Normal School Course -of study f? y graduation, 'embracing two years, is adopted. , Students for the Normal Course, md - Jr the Classi cal Department, are solicited. Fur particulars, address Rev. W. ©, I*VrtOß, Mans ;acld, Tioga County Pcnna. Send'for Circular, 1 6 9 * -W. COBRAS, . President of f Trustees, nr,l. HOLLAND, Secretary. ;r V■ t "Mansfield, August 5, „ nmm bepartiknt, Dffixe of Comptroller of the^Crarrency, WASHINGTON, Mi%is-21, 1864, ¥REEEAS, by satisfactory cvtW e presented to the undersigned, it has been m Me to appear that The Fcbst National Ba.vk, of WjJkbofoagh, in the county of Tioga, and State of,P)nnfylvunin, has been duly organized under and ling to the feijmretneuts of the act of Congress, ftfj ’‘Anact to provide a national currency, securely a -pledge of United Slates stocks, and to provide fo? the <|iycula ti*>n and redemption thereof/’ February 25, ISC3, and ha* complied with all the pensions cl said required to be complied with before commencing business of banking: • NOW, THEREFORE, I, Hugh McCrixocff, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby* certify that (the First NATio>'At. Bake, of NYellsbc»r I set my bend and affixed my seal of office J L. S. V tbe Ist day of February, 1864, J J. F. DONALDSON; ProtVy. February 10, 1864, PTJTTT & WINDOW GL46S fit ‘ BOrs DRUG STORE; Behnfca to tbe of tfcc uvtn of iFret&om an* tbc Spread of a&rfotrm. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE, WHOLESALE Zimmermann & Co’s. FOR CATAWBA BRANDY. WELLSBORO. TIOGA COUKTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 87, 1864. 'Select Dottru. BONG OF THE SOXiXUEB. Comrades known in marches many. Comrades tried in dangers many, Comrades bound by memories many, Brothers ever let us bo 1 Wounds or sickness may divide us, Marching orders may divide us,. But, whatever fate betide us/ 1 Brothers of the heart are wo. Comrades known by faith the clearest. Tried when death was near and nearest, Bound we are by ties the dearest. Brothers ever more to bo: And, if spared and growing elder. Shoulder still in line with shoulder. And with hearts no thrill the cojder. Brothers ever wo shall be. . By communion of the banner— Battle-scarred bat victor banner— By the baptism of the banner. Brothers of one church are* we 1 Creed nor faction can divide us, Race nor language can divide ns, Still, whatever fate betide us. Children of the flag are wo 1 iJjacscellattg, ROMANCE OF THE WAR. Some few years ngo, a young man giving his name ns John E. Force, and hailing from Now York, arrived at and announced his intention of making.Wilkesharre his home. Force was. what is so frequently described as “ a young man of fine address.” lie was plausible and pleasing; possessed of the wit necessary to sharpen villainy, and soon won ' the confidence of the too credulous people of the locality which he’had selected as bis.home." To show how popular Force had made himself in a short lime, it is only necessary to say that he secured by election one of the most lucrative offices ip the gift of the people of Luzerne county. In this position he extended his acquaintance to the most eminent men at the bar in that county, taking rank with them in society, and wielding a large share of influence in the local .politics ‘of that region. At this period in the career of Force, the slaveholders’ rebellion was precipi tated ; and among the first to announce a wil lingness to march and fight for the supremacy of the national authority, was onr heroi By a system of false pretence, he managed to get a commission as a second lieutenant, and came to Harrisburg, where be flourished immensely in the copperhead circle peculiar to this locality. | While here he wrote to a confidential friend in ! Wilkesharre that his object was to keep in the good graces of the Governor, until ho had "got ten things all right.” What he meant by get ting '* things all right,” his correspondence does not indicate. - But shortly after ,ho had written tho letter, Force was honorably dis charged from the regiment, tho officers thereof j having procured said discharge solely to get rid of him. Force’s reason for desiring an ho norable discharge was, that he desired to marry a girl who would not have him unless he retired from the service with credit. The officers; of the regiment were willing to, allow him to do so, merely to get rid of him ; as ho had shown hiinself a villain and a coward, with whom they shrank from associating. Immediately, on Force’s return to iWilkes barre, he took the most ultra grounds 1 against those in authority, assailing tho policy to crush reb#llion, denouncing the men at the head of the nation, and in every possible manner seek ing to bring the Government into disrepute.— This was in 1803, and in the conscription then being made, Force was drafted. Immediately set to work to render the draft odious, by issuing all sorts of printed appeals to the people drafted, urging thenTto resist the officers or fly to Canada, where they would hie out of reach of “ the Lincoln despotism." i Having created nll'the mischief possible, Force himself left Luzerne county, going direct to Canada, where his life of romance really commenced. Marshal Bradford determined to capture Force, if possible ; wrote to Provost Marshal Clement of this city, for a sagacious detective officer to work np the case and catch the sneak ing rogue; Immediately detective officer Frank lin was detailed for this important duty, as be ing the Ablest of the detectives connected With this department. A fter proceeding to Scranton to confer with the officers at that post, Detect ive Franklin at once took passage for Canada. Slopping at Buffalo to make certain arrange ments with the United States officers there; Franklin "crossed over,” and at length found himself oh British soil. Tho first caution to bo taken, was to steer clear of the extradition laws of England, which are severe in their penalties, and which the British are zealously prompt in putting in force against loyal American citi zens. Learning that large numbers of desert ers from the American armies were rendez voused at St, Catharines, Canada West, officer Franklin took the cars for that locality. He reached St. Catharines on the 30th of January, 18G4. After eecnrihg.lodgings and announcing himself us a deserter from the Federal army, he soon fell in with Force. As their acquaint ance ripened-ihto » sort of friendship, and as mutual sympathy was created frorn what ap peared as like hardships borne by each, the confidence of Force in Franklin became un bounded. Franklin stated that he was the ow ner of a valuable printing office in Ohio, which his wife was about to sell, and then be, his | wife and her sister intended to proceed to Aus i tralia, where they would be free from the tyro- Pies of the Yankee Government. All this time Franklin was receiving letters which purported to eome from his wife. These letters were writ ten by Franklin himself,jand dispatched to Buf falo, and then re-mailed, 1 ns if they came from the ideal wife of the As Franklin received these letters in Canada, he read them to Force, who entered heartily into tho plan of a retaoval to Australia., Force was led’to be lieve, ns he read these letters, that Mrs. Frank lin was one of the beat of wives living. In the course of the correspondence, it was made to transpire that Mrs. Franklin had a sister, who became interested in what her brother-in-law bad written concerning Lieut. Force. As the correspondence went on, it was, arranged that Fores should accompany Franklin to Australia,. . while at tbe'snme time it was slily hinted that the maiden in question might possibly become the wife of Force. .This was luring Foroo bv a hope in Hymen’s joys which belittle deemed was so soon to be destroyed. All the while the traitcfr was unbosoming himself to the de tective. He confessed how he had assisted in forging naturalization papers to carry the elec tion in Pennsylvania—how he had aided draf ted men to escape to Canada—how he had writ ten and printed ecnrriilous handbills against the constitutional authorities, and how he had done all he could to bring this Government to reproach and disgrace. When the plans.were all understood at Buf falo, and when Franklin had got possession of all the papers and correspondence of Force, establishing his guilt, it was arranged to start -for New York, there to meet Mrs. Franklin and her sister, and thence immediately to start for Australia. Franklin had arranged a signal with the Provost Marshal at Buffalo, so that on the arrival of the party in that city, the Pro vost Marshal was on band prepared to act.— Franklin and Forpe were on their way to the depot to take the .fears for New York. In the depot Franklin gave the signal, and at oneo both he and Force were seized and handcuffed. .The reader con imagine the consternation of Force. It is also necessary to state here that the detectives did not know Franklin, nor were any of the officers, except the Provost Marshal, acquainted with the merits of the case. After being taken to the Marshal’s office, Franklin insisted that ho was ah officer in the army, but no deserter, and warned the Marshal how he proceeded. Franklin also advised the Marshal to be careful how. he treated Force. Finally Force was ordered to close confinement .for a further bearingand only after the knave and renegade had left, the room, did the Provost Marshal of Buffalo announce to h;s associate officers that Franklin was neither a deserter nor a criminal,'-but a vigilant, faithful and valuable officer like themselves. Of course the surprise was great. The officers congratulated Franklin on his course, while the Marshal paid him the highest compliments. —Harrisburg Telegraph. 5o Kind to Tour Wife. "Be .kind to your wife. Think how in the first blush of maiden beauty she turned aside from the haunts of pleasure, and the caresses of fond parents and brothers and sisters, to follow your fortunes in the world. Think with what blended hope and agony you followed her from place to place, watching her every look, and pondering the meaning of her most care less tones, until, won hy your importunity, she placed her hand all trustfully in yours,' and said. “I am all your own.” Think of the cares and anxieties, and' the physical suffering she has incurred for you ; and do.not desert her now, when, her- cheek has faded, her step lost its elasticity, and she sits an uncomplaining vratelisr over your best interests, a self-incarce rated prisoner in her homo. Merrily the music sounds, young feet trip lightly in the mazy dance, and Joyous laughter rings along the walls—but she is not there ; the curtain rises, and the far famed artiste comos forth to charm the listening crowd with her melodious song—but she is not there. The orator arises before his wrapt audience, his rich deep tones of eloqoence floating away along the crowded passages, and curling upward as a voiced incense to the vaulted roof; but she is not there. Art opens her new stores and displays her wonderful creations on glowing canvass, and in the speaking bust. Your wife is a lover of the chaste and beautiful, but she is'not there ; lit erature presents new leaves, fresh from tbe fas cinating pen Of genius—the wifo and mother has but little time to read. No—there she lingers, at home, a God-com missioned watcher over helpless childhood— singing the babe to sleep, bending to catch the lisping voices of those dear ones who have a thousand imaginary wants, encouraging the quiet and soothing the fretful. She is weary, but does not complain ; her temples throb, but she heeds not their, throbbing, and ever and anon she turns a wistful glance towards the door, fur she expects her husband. She expects you; and her whole world of happiness will bo there when you arrive.* Will you enter that room with cold indiffer ence ? Will ywJ utter a hasty word,in her pre sence ? Will .you sit down with that'frown upon your countenance, nr complain of the bur dens which you'ate called to hear? Will you thoughtlessly remind her of her faded beauty ; or manifest surprise at her ignorance of many things now passing in the great world, from which shh has been excluded by her peculiar duties ? Will you suffer the recollection of any face more youthful or more beautiful, to haunt you in home’s hallowed precincts, or cross the white leaf of conjugal fidelity with one unhal lowed thought ? 0! remember your, early love, your early promises ; thinking how faithfully she has kept hers. Love her ns you ought, and she is' still beautiful; beautiful in fier pure, motherly af fections, her self-sacrificing devotion to' yoo.— Realize that she is all your own f that through* out the wide world you are sure of but one heart, whose every chord is linked invisibly to a counterpart in yours. Realize that upon her bosom alone you may weep out your sorrows in tbe day of trial, without the fear of being mocked. Husband, love your wife f Gather her to your heart of hearts.ins if in her were your happiness combined; bless her daily for her patience and truth; stand op like a man be tween her and the cold world ; and teach your children to honor her; that God may honor yon. In all the relations of life there ‘comes a par ting hour ; and we beseech yon so to live that, if it should be youf lot to kiss her clay-cold lips, and lay her in tbe grave forever, yoo may lay. your hand honestly upon your .widowed heart and say; “ I never wronged her 1” We do not die wholly at one death ; we have mouldered away long before. Faculty after faculty, interest after interest, attachment after attachment, disappear; wo are torn from oaf selves while living; year after year sees da no longer the same ; and death consigns the last fragments of what wo were to tbe grave." A Narrow Escape. Some years ago, Mr. S., who held an ap pointment in India, and married while there a half-caste Malay lady of great beauty, em barked with his wife at Singapore, on board a large country ship of eleven or twelve hundred tons burden. In the same vessel were placed a largo number of Chinese convicts, going to ful fil their respective sentences at different depots. Now, instead of providing for these desperadoes a regular escort, it pleased the authorities to assemble a sort of “scratch” pack, composed of Sepoys, pensioned, and returning home, and of men who had been policemen, but no longer were. 1 They had been but a few days at sea, when Mr. S. wag awakened one niglit by a disturb ance on deck, and, rushing up, found a regular battle going on between the convicts (who had risen) and their inefficient guard; apparently to the disadvantage of the latter. Mr. S. quickly returned to his cabin, and was groping for his arms, when the captain rushed in, fired his pistol through the skylight, and crying out that the Chinese were masters of the ship, darted up the steps, threw himself overboard, and was drowned. A few minutes of suspense followed, when a party of convicts came below, and without mo lesting Mrs. S., ordered her husbiind on the deck. .Compelled to obey, he found the deck deluged with blood, and tho victorious convicts compelling the survivors of the British crew and the Sepoys to “ walk the plank." Presently it came Mr. S.'s turn. Instead, however, of falling at once into the sea, he with muscular efforts clung to the plank and refused bis fate. In vain the murderers tried to prod himwilh pikes. Ile-fiodged their points sno ceasfully, until, at,length, n Chinese, creeping forward on'the plank, aimed a blow at him with a saber. In qvoiding the stroke, Mr. S. lost his hold, and fell into the sea. . It was midnight, the sea was full of sharks, Mr. S. could not swim a stroke, the ship was in complete possession of the convicts, a thousand miles from lend. Could any position seem more hopeless? Yet Mr. S. lived to relate the story at a London dinner party to a friend of the writer’s. In falling, he caught a rope towing overboard. By this be.bung, invisible, hearing successive victims fall,- and distinguishing between the dead and Hiving bodies, by the absence, in the former cafe, of the last frantic struggle for ex istence. ,!At length his chilled fingers lost hold of the rope ; but, at that instant, itoccurrcd to him that he had heard it affirmed that-if one who conld not swim would only throw himself boldly on his hack, keeping his head well down, ho might float for an indefinite period, lie did so, and floated; but every i)ow and then his legs Would'sink lower and lower, till at length one of them struck a hard substance. Strange ns it may appear, it is a positive fact, that he had unconsciously drifted into one of the ship’s .boats, which, Jmlf submerged, was tawing astern. Once aware of bis position, he was able to support Uimseif without difficulty till morning broke, when he was discovered, brought on deck, and, to his iitter astonishment, allowed logo to his cabin unmolested ; not, however, until he. had, seen the unfortunate English mate> who had taken refuge in the rigging, brought down, hamstrung, and left to bleed to death. The ship was now pot about; and, under the charge of a native pjlot, who had been spared for the-purpose, shaped her course for China. Mr. S. was'eonfined to his cabin, and though naturally a. prey to considerable anxiety, was relieved from any immediate fear of death, in asmuch as one or- other of his captors came every' day to enquire what he would have for dinner! In due time land was sighted, a bold head land, round which the pilot declared they must steer, although there presently appeared a tine broad channel, dividing the headland from thh mainland. In spite of the man’s repeated as surance that this was foil of rocks, the Chinese, doubting his good faith, compelled him to lay to what seemed to them the shorter course, and enter the channel. Scarcely had they done so when the ship stranded. A hasty council was held, at which it was resolved that half the party should escape to land, sending back the boots for the other half, who should then follow their comrades,- having first murdered Mr. and Mrs. S., and fired the ship. The former part of, the programme wns only executed, and the boats were returning,-when the three masts of a British sloop of war were visible not a mile distant. She had seen the course of the devotedship, knowing what must ensue. Her boats were already out, and no sooner came within hail, than Mr. S made known the state of affairs. In a,moment the Chinese were on their knees praying for their prisoner’s intercession. The sloop’s boats, pro perly armed, went ashore and captured every individual of those who had landed. The whole were re-conveyed to Singapore; and probably not the least remarkable feature of the remark able story is, that for some reason best known to themselves, the jury could not be induced to award against the;actora in that cruel dcetl of piracy and murder, any other verdict than one of “ manslaughter 1” A Cow Killed bt.a Cat. —A Cow owned by Mr. Marshall Morriaoh, of Port D.ilhousie, was quietly talcing her noon siesta on the street near the residence,* ** chewing the cud of sweet and bitter fancy,” when some boys* whb’ were playing near by conceived the idea of having some fun by dying a oat to the animal's udder As soon as the cat was fastened the boys left, and the cat endeavored to follow thcjr example, when tbtf tendon 6n her fail caused her to scratch the cow, which immediately -jumped up and commenced running and bellowing at a fearful rate, the cat all the time scratching and biting the udder and legs, and this contin ued until the cow fell down from exhaustion and cot in a most fearful manner, when the cat ’was liberated. The Cow died nert_ day.— The owner of the Cow threatens to -sue the parents of‘ the boys for damages, as he conoid-' era it unjust thot *he should loose tho value o.f the animal through the mischievous pranks of )the lads who vf/pinc morS'g-ui and Was Kbi ity: Pajpa'i " Rates of Advertising. ~ Advertisements will be charged $1 per iqvare of Ut lines, one or three insertions, send 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than 19 lines considered as a square. The subjoined rates will he charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements: 3 hoxtbs. 8 itobtbs, 12 v.viai 1 Square,...;. - .;. ..,.$3,00 $4,50 |B,o»‘ - do ..... 5)0 8 0,50 8,00 3 do. 7,00 8,50 10,0$ 1 Loiamn,_A 8,00 9,50 12,60 t 15,00 20,00 25,00 .. 25,00 35,00 60,00 Advertisements not having the number of insert lions desired marked upon them, will be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Lotler-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing dona in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly, Justices’, Constable’ and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO. 35- [From' the Cincinnatti Daily Times.] A Sad Story—What Camo of a JJoy’a Ena iling' Away frost Home. About a year ago, the anxious, bewildered face of a poor woman in search of her lost boy, mi familiar on the railroad in the northern part of Ohio, Her name was Catharine Buck, and she lived in the vicinity of Columbus.— The following was the story of her affliction, which she told to such sympathizing stranger* ns were prompted to address her. She was a widow with an only child, a wayward boy of about twelve years of age. In that boy con* tered all her hopes and fears. One day she corrected him for some offence, and that day he disappeared from home. She made inquiries for him in the neighbor hood, as soon as his absence was discovered, hut heard nothing of him. Conjecturing that h e bad, joined some military company and gone* to the war, she made a visit to the various camps that she could hear of; but although she found many boys of her son's age, not one of them gave to her heart that nameless thrill which a mother feels at the discovery of her missing offspring. Restless and anxious, she would retnrn home, (homo no more without her boy ! poor heart,) to again start out upon thtf weary and fruitless search. Her wild and haggard countenance, on which' a settled grief had traced heavy lines, became familiar upon the railroads, as she was allowed to come and go as she pleased, no conductor troubling her for ticket or fare. Her story was known, and her affliction gave her immunities' that nothing else could have obtained. At the depot, on the arrival and departure of trains, she would be seen anxiously scanning the mo ving throng ; and there was but one image on her mind—that of her wayward and idolized hoy. Her form would ho seen gliding through the " soldiers’ train,” that was bearing away volunteers to the,war; and the coarsest soldier cheeked bis miijtji, and withheld his rude jest,- when he saw pale am! sorrowful face, and caught the anxious,.unsettled glance of her eye, as she eagerly scanned the countenances before her. We once saw the poor woman at a depot oni the Cteaveland and Columbus road. She bad been engaged, in her fruitless search for over three months. A compassionate bystander was attemptihg to soothe her, by telling her that her son was doubtless taken care of somewhere.' 3he said she would be happy if she only knew that be was nqt suffering from hunger ; and she could not sleep, for the picture of her boy without shelter was constantly in her mind.— Her anxiety and grief had made fearful inroads upon'a countenance that must hare bean pre possessing once, (she was only in middle life,) and there was a strange glitter in her eye that betokened approaching insanity. In the following brief paragraph, in a recent number of the Cleaveland Herald, we find the sequel to the sad story of Catharine Buck: ■“ Killed by tub Caiis.—An insane woman was lately killed by the cars, on the Atlantic and Great Western railroad, near West Green ville, Pal She was silling on the track, and made no effort to escape, until it., was too late. The cow-catcher struck her, throwing her down an embankment, and killing her instantly.—' Her name was Catharine Buck. - ' The weary heart ia at rest. What a lesson is the above; to wayward, thoughtless boys, who think running away from home snob a brave achievement. A loving mother driven to insanity and death. Leap Tear.— lf the ladies do not avail them* sel|gs of the privilege of this .bissextile or leap-year, it ia their own fault or misfortune; During “ leap-year” .they have a right to make advances towards their favorite, and if ha proves obtuse, to sharpen his perceptions of the felicity of the connubial state. They have! a right to suggest that there was but one Roman General, whose name might constantly be upon their tongues's end'during “leap-year,” and that was Marius— Marrt-us ! They have a clear, undisputed right to insin uate that he is no hero who is afraid to taka to “ arms particularly when those arms are nice, delicate plump ones, and look much batter around a gentleman’s neck than any other species of ‘'comforter." Tes, leap-year is with you, dear ladies, aid it shdbld teach you something. Has he not grown fonder, or is ha still cold as an icicle ? Has he not evinced : si disposition to introduce the momentdons ques tion ? If, not; encourage hihi. Make all due allowace for his timidity 1 for, really, men' are more afraid of women than women are of men. Smile on him! Whisper low! Take him out sleigh-riding ; invite him to oyster suppsrs, and be snre to pay the expenses 1 Give him confidence - then answer him when he mur murs his prayers in your ear, like a kind and sensible creature, “ Tea !” Be sure that you do this while the year lasts, for it will pass quickly, away. Dodging a' Patrol. —Tbo Washington Slav tells about a soldier, who in dodging away front; a patrol, hid himself in a restnrant by jumping into a large bos used for steaming oysters. The lid elbsed with a spring look and the disappointed patrol went on his way baf fled. In a little while the colored man attend-, ing the apparatus turned on a full head of steam, in order to prepare a mess for some cus tomers. The I soldier began to grow uncom fortably warm and kicked and yelled lustily fur liberation nntil the frightened negro ran away shouting that “ the debble was in the siermgr.” Other employees gathered round,’ and released the perspiring soldier who bounded out with the speed of a machine whose motivs power id stodtff. ; An Incident of the War.—A soldier lay }n a lady’s bouse, badly wounded. A major general rods up to the.door. He got off, went in and sat down by the dying man’s side. Ta king out n little book, he read from it, “let not your heart bo troubled,” Ac. Ha then knelt down and-offered up a prayer to Godlfor that dying soldier. - ; Ari-nOg from bis knees he bent down and kbi-t’d him, and said, “Capt. G———j wa ebalh meet Hi Heaven.” Ho then rode off. Ibaf General Howard.- ,i .j - sab