Ttin VitTga. County jkgitff;.
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per year, always: IS ADVANCE. s'*>4
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and circulates in every neighborhood thi* »! j,J Sub
ecriptions being on the advance-pay sysujp,
lates among a class most to the interest ofljaimisers
to reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal )so of
fered by any paper <sf .eifuaj circulation'll^,irtjthern
Pennsylvania. f. |' ~
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-that the subscription is about to expire, rii 4*.
■ S3J* papers will be stopped when the &dfc!|i;rjption
time empires, unless the agent orders tbeif ijontina
.ance.
JTAS. LOWBEy & S. F. WflfclpOlt,
Attorneys & 4^^.
will attend the Courts of Tioga, 3jo'uer and
iTcKoan counties. [lTellsboro, Jar.■ ), 1063. j
DICKINSON HOUSPi ' f ;;
COKS ING, N. Yi Jj; ,| j
Maj. A. FIELD, I?'ti^etor.
QUESTS taken to and from the
vX of charge. IJurii-t | £863.]
PENNSYLVANIA
CORKER OF MAIN STREET AND
Weilshoro, Fa. ‘J. ,
J. W. 81G0NY,... V. (rpjietor.
THIS popular Hotel, having bee; v ralStted
nod ro-furnished throughout, is now TrjnnJto tho
touhlic as a first-class house. , [Jan. 1, 'lS^S'.j
■©. HART’S HOTEI3»* .
WELLSBORO, TIOGa CO. PM'WA. .
THE subscriber takes this tneth&d
his old friends apd customers that I hi lips re
sumed the conduct of the old ** Crystal Ofobntain
Hotel,” and will hereafter give it
Thankful for past favors, bo solicits a recoV <t.l of tho
same. - DAVXIi
Wellsboro, Nov. 4, 1'853.~1y,
V.- ——
IZAAK WALTOS HOlfif!, '
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa- ; ,
H. C. VEEMILYEA f: : L
THIS is a new hotel .located withiflj' ajsy ac
cess of the best Csbing-and hunting'll *unds in
Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will bf;| jared for
the accommodation of pleasure seekers and _ be trav
elling public.' [Jatf., 3, 1803.]
WIUSBORO HOTJES; );
B. B. HOLIDAY IN prielor.
THE Proprietor Laving again taken I irfcion’of
the above Hotel, will spare no ipsare
the comfort of guests and the traveling j-£t So. At
tentive waiters always ready. ' Terms reasL. bble.
iVcllsboro, Jan. 21, 18C3.-tf. .
gpo WATCHES, CLOCKS
JEWELRY!
Repaired at EULLAEB’S GO'S. STOEI3, by the
subscriber, in the bostmanner. and at as iott"'pricesas
tM same work can be done for, by any first tufe prac
tical workman in the Btnto.
TTcllsboro, July 15, 1863.
A. FOtEl, f;;r
Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv r &cf; &c.,
REPAIRED. AX OXD PRICES^'
POST OFFICE BUILD^G,
KO. 5. UNION BLOCK.
Wellsboro, May 20, 1563.. ' .
: E. R. BLACK, '
BARBER & HAIR-DRE^ER,
SHOP OVER C. L. WILCOX’S SX*'lt£ (
NO. 4, UNION BUCC3J£.
TYclUboro, June 2i, 1803.
FIiOUES. AHU FEEiO
WRIGHT & BAILEY';
HAVE bad their mill thoroughly ’r 'paired
and are receiving fresh ground S ir, feed,
meal, ic., every day at their’etore in town v
Cash paid for all kinds of grain. * £ •*,
WRIGHT A BAVAEY.
. Wcllsboro, April 29,15C3. .
AGRICULTURAL IHPLEHBJMTS.
I WOULD inform Dealers in Agricultural imple
ments, .that I have Horse Rakes of the 'Utbst ap
proved stales and superior quality. Alim:-, Hand
Hakes of a better quality than any manuftie ipred in
this section, which I will furnish-Ilf Any qujttility de
sired, to dealers in the counties of Tiqg», B Hdford,
and Lycoming. I).-It.
Mainsburg, Nov. IS, . t • ;j
GARBLE SHOP. V
TAM now receiving a STOCK of- IT ii.LTAN
JL and RUTLAND MARBLE, (bought wild' cash)
and am Prepared to manufacture all kinds- biff-,
i’OMB-STON E Jit
ted MONUMENTS at the lowest prices. r '
IUUYEY ADAMS -is my authorized a»a
will sell Stone ct the same prices as nt the .
li'-E IT AYE BUT ONE PltlCl-j -M
Tioga, May 20, 1863-ly. A. DiV. .ILE-
CIiAIM AGEWt$|.
THE undersigned, will promptly protcii'te all
claims against the Governojcntjor ses'.vlijs ren
dered in the Military or Naval Service of 1:0-! 'United
States. Charges reasonable—will advance 1 -jo legal
necessary fees if desired. No charge if net success
ful in the application.* D. McNAUGHITON,
/t-yVrrseerr Hon. Victor Case, L h. Ee It-we,,Ett
smimng Surgeon at Knoxville, Pa., B.
Clymcr, Pa., E. Strang, Hector, Pa., S. A, -Beebe,
Harrison, Pa. ' , **-
IVestGeld, Jan. 11,-1£61.-6mos* 1 ;t
STATE SORIAAL SCHOiEU*.,
[For the sth District, Pa.] * ' |
AND
Mansfield Classical Seinllf |ry.
Rev. W. D. TAYLOR, A. M t Pritqriijal.
Mr •..AtsV.’iujot.
Mrs. h’, S. Tavlor, .-Pre-|f| tress.
Miss 11. A. Farnsworth, Asst It »t.
Assistant, and Teacher in Modrf. H bool,
Assistant, and Teacher of Mutiii I
The Fall Term of this Institution will oil i Sept,
id. The Winter Term, Deo. 2d. The Term,
March ICth, ISBL Each term to continnH thirteen
weeks. ’’
A Normal School Coarse of study for gu Ration,
embracing two years, is adopted. -
‘ Srudents Tor tbo Normal Course,And for .Classi
cal Department, arc solicited. ’ S '
For particulars, address R.ev*W. D. TAYJ*OlwMans
— cM, Tiotra County Pcnna. Send for a Ciifnlpr 1 .
b W. COCHiUH,
President of the Board of
■jVM. HOLLAND, Secretory. ' 1
elarjsficld, August 5, 1563,
TffiSl'M IPiRTiWT,
Ofice of Comptroller of the Ctf.vency,
WASHINGTON, Maece i VJSC4.
WHEREAS, by path-factory evidence/) jcscnted
to the ucdersignod, it has been mad* JU appear
tt-ai The Finer National Bass:, of Wcftß'croagb,
ih the county of Tioga, and State of Pec’>. £vania,
has Lsea duly organized under and accord;* ■■to tbe
r e'iUirt*meut£ of thcactof Congress, entitieV'*Mn'act
to provide a national currency, secured by of
States stocks, and to provide for the. yircula
and redemption thereof,approved FjiOiUnry 25,
and baa complied with provUitens_of said
required to be compiled with before
•die bufinegg 01 banklug: ' *r'^
SOW. THEREFORE, I, Hrcn M|Omocir,
CcmptrollcT of the Currency,-do hereby ccrdfy that
tee i’i£ST Nmos.u, Bank, of Wclisborousi, county
c * Tioga, and State of Pennsylvania, is at#Wised to
the business of banking under the act
afurtardd. ' - - [ ■
In tutimony whereof\ witness my hand aw< ; seal of
,' C£ t this -tTrenty-hrsfc day of March, 1364 n 1
VjJ t i HUGH- MoCULLIpH,
i * *) Comptroller of the CjVfency,
• .;-* r - Iff -
THE AGITATOR.
VOL. X
TRIES !' TREES ! FOR SALE.
Apple, Price 20j cts. Extra, 25 cts,
SUMMER VARIETY, —EarIy Harvest, Red As
trachan, Early Strawberry, Juncting, Early Sweet
Bough, Early White, Jlenkens’ Pippen, Golden Sweet.
AUTUMN VARIETY.— Autumn Bongh, Graven
etein, Porter, Autumn Strawberry, Hawleyorßowse,
Pear, Henry, Prince, Canada Snow, Jersey Sweet,
Stoddard, Fall Pippen, Mammoth Pippen, 'Rambo,
Fall Juncting, Neutral, Thomas Wells.
WINTER VARlETY. —Baldwin, Fay's Russett,
Northern Spy, Boston Russett, Golden Russett, Payne
Sweeting. Bottle Green, Sweet Pcarmain, Peck's Plea
sant, Eentloy.Swcet, Rhode Island Greening, Hub
bardston, None Such, Suaar, Black, Tallmarl's Sweet,
Banver's Sweet, Tompkin's County King, Esopus
SjuUenburg, Wagoner. Xudy.'s Sweet, Yellow Bell
flower Butch ilignonne, Newtown Pippen, Xadies'
Sweet,
CRAB.— rLarge yellow and red. Small,do, do.
Pears, PHcc 50c. Extra, ex. Price.
.SUMMER . VARlETY. —Bartlett, Brandywine,
Bloodgood, Beurrc .Gifford, Carpenter, Dearborn
Seedling, Gnnfiel’s Bergamot, Golden Beurre of Gil
boa, Harvest, ‘Julienne, Madcliene, Bottiezer, Osborn
{summer. Summer Frank Beal, Tyson, 1
AUTUMN VARIETY. —Beurrc Bose, Benrre Bi-.
el, Beurro Ganbault, Bezi Be La Mott, Benrre Be
Amiiis, Buffon, Cushing, Bix, Butchcss de Angou-
Icme’, Flemish Beauty, Eon Bante de Automne, Fnl
ton, Henry Fourth, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Maria
de Louise, Napoleon, Onondago, Paradise de Aulom
ne, Seckel, Sheldon, Sweet Pear, Stevens’ Genesee,
Urhaniste, Woodstock, Vcrgalieu, Washington*
WINTER VARIETY. —GIout Morceau, Passo
Colmar, Wibter Wadden, Lawrence, Vicar of Wink
field, Winter Nolis.
Plants, Price 50 els.
ijlage, Columbia, Coe’s Goldenßrop, Egg
Plum, Grben Gage, Imperial Gage, Jefferson, Law
rence Favorite, Lumbard, Magnum Eonum, Princes
Gage, Keel Gage, Smith’s Orleans, Washington, Hu*
ling Superb.
Peaclics, Price 18 els.
Bcigen Yellow, Melocoton, Crawlord’s Early, Early
York, Ked Bare Piipe, Sweet Water, Geo. the Fourth,
Lemon Cling, Kcd Cheek Melocoton.
Cherries, Price S§ cts.
Black Heart, Black Eagle, Block Tartarian, Bown
er’s Late Hed, Mayduke, Guigno, Elton, Late Black,
Grey's Early White, Napoleon Bigereau,*An)bcr, YeU
low Spanish, Leauman’s May, Holland Bigareau,
Golden Brop of Herrington.
GRAPES.—lsabella, Biana, Hartford Prolific, Ca
tawba, Rebecca, Belaware, Concord,-White Sweet
Water, Black Burgundy. .
GOOSEBERRlES.—English—several varieties.
CURRANTS.—White, Cherry, Butch and Red. '
ORNAMSiSTAL.
AS'B
A. R. ■ StViSCY.
Norway Spruce, Balsam Fir, Scotch Fir, American
Arborvitm, Siberian do., Weeping Mountain Ash,
Mountain Ash, Horse. Chestnut, European Larch,
Green Forsylhea, White Flowering Beutzia,' Graceful
Bcutzia, Chinese Wiegclia, Roses, Basket Willows.
The above I offer for sale at my Nursery. They
are all of superior quality. In diggingand packing,
care will be taken; and the charge for packing will
be the cost of materials used. Trees will he delivered
at the Tioga depot free of charge. ' Call at the Nur
sery, and look at the trees for your own satisfaction.
B. C. WICKHAM.
• Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.—March 9, ’64—3m*
DRUG STORE.
Prince's Metallc Paint, Pfizer & Go’s Chemical?;
Thaddeus David’s Inks, Fluid Extracts,
Concentrated Medicines, Rochester Perfumery and
Cincinnati Wines and .• Flavoring Extracts, -
Brandy, Paints and Oils,
Whitewash Lime, Petroleum Oil, .
Kerosene Lamps, - Drugs and Medicines,
Patent Medicines, School Books,
Stationery, • Wall Paper,
Wyoming Mills Wrap- Window Glass,
- ping Paper, Dye Colors,
Furnished at Wholesale Prices by
W. D- TEREEIL,
Coming, If. Y.
NATIVE BRANDT & WINES,
MEDICAL & COMMUNION PURPOSES.
CATAWBA BRANDY.
THIS BRANDY has been analyzed by-tbo Medi
ical Director of the Naval Lnbratory at Brooklyn,
and French Brandy, for use in the
United States Navy. It is also used and recommend
ed by Dr. Satterlce, Medical Purveyor in New Tbrk
of U. S. Army, in the Hospital of bis Department.
DRY CATAWBA WINE.
THIS WINE has all ihe properties of Dry Sherry
Wine,
THIS WINE for its mildness is adapted for Inva
lids and for communion purposes.
MESSES. 'ZTMME&MANN & CO,, of Cincin
nati and New York had formerly partnership
with N. Longworthof Cincinnati Ihe wealthy Native
Winh producer, and therefore enables them to furnish
the best of American production, at moderate prices.
' Sold by W. D. TERBELL. at Wholesale and Re
tail, and by Druggists generally.
Corning, N- Y., Jan. 20, 1564-tf, * •
APPLICATION IN DIVORCE.
Austin J. Rice, 'I In Tioga County Common Pleas,
vs. >Nov. Term, 3563, No. 16, Petition
Phebe J. Rice, j and Ltbel.in Divorce. |
To'Phocha J. fiice: You ore hereby notified that
Austin D. Rice, your husband, has applied 1 to tbe
Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County, for a di
vorce from the bonds of matrimony, and the said
Court has appointed -Monday, the 30tli day of May
at the Court Honso, in Welhboro, for hearing tbe said
Austin D." Rice, in tbe premises, at which ihno and
place you can attend if you think proper,
April 20, 1804. . H STOWELL, Jr., Sheriff.
APPIICATIOS IW DIVORCE.
Lewis B-. Hanmer, 1
vs. j- Now Term, 1363, No. 123,
Harriet C. Hanmer, J
♦ $. T,
To Marriet C. Hanmer: . You are hereby notified
that Lewis B, Hanmer, your husband, has applied to
tbe Court of Common' Pleas of Tioga County, for a
divorce from the bonds of matrimony, and that the
said Court has appointed Monday, the 30th day of
May 1364, at jbe Court House, in Wellsboro, for bear
ing the said Lewis B. Hanmer in the premises, at
which time and-place you can attend if you think
proper. . ‘ '
April 20, 1864, H. STOWELL, Jr„ Sheriff.
APPJLICA'MON INDIVORCE.
LueyCopp,', 1 August Term, 1863, No. 149.
by. her next triend, To William Copp: You are
John Miller, -hereby notified that Lucy Copp.
rs. your wife, by her nest friend,
William Gopp. * John Miller, has applied to the
Court of Common .Pleas of Tioga County, lor a di
vorce from the bonds of matrimony, and that the said
Court has appointed Monday, the- oDth day of May
3864, at tho Court House, in Wellaboro, for hearing
tbe thud Lucy Cupp in the premises, at which time and
place you’ can attend if you think proper.
April 20,1864. H. STOWELL, Jr., Sheriff.
TQAKENG 'SODA. A SALERATUS at
‘JP / . . ; : BOY’S DRUG STORE#
BefcoteS to tfce of Bvtu of tfce of ntUvm.
WHILE THESE SHALL BE A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND,UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
WnoLESAJLE
Zlmmcrmann & Go’s..
FOR
SWEET CATAWBA WINE.
WELLSBOEOj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 18§4.
Select tioetvg*
■WAITING BY THE GATE.
Beside a massive gateway built up in years gone by,.
Upon whose top the clouds in eternal shadow lie,
While streams the evening sunshine on quiet wood
and lea, ' '
I stand and calmly wait till the hinges turn for mo.
The tree lops faintly rustle beneath thb breeze’s flight,
A soft and soothing sound, yet it whispers of the night;
I hear the woodthrush piping one mellow descant
more.
And scent the flowers that blow when the heat of day
is o’er.
Behold the portals open, andVer the threshold, new,
There steps a weary one with pole an - * furrowed brow j
His count of yeorp is full, his allotted task is wrought;
He passes to his rest from a place that needs him not.
In madness then I ponder how quickly fleets the hour
Of human strength and action, man’s courage, and
his power;
I muse while still the woodthrush sings down the gol
den day,
And as I look and listen till the sadness wears away.
Again tho hinges turn, and a youth, departing, throws
Aiook of longing backward, and sorrowfully goes; -
A blobmiug maid, unbinding the roses from her hair,
Moves mournfully away from amidst tho young and
fair. 1
*Oh/glory of ourrace, that'so suddenly decays !
Ofa, crimson flush of morning that darkens as we
gaze 1
Ob, breath of Summer blossoms that on the restless
k air •
Scatters a moment's sweetness and flies we know not
where 1 '
I grieve for life's bright promise, just shown and then
withdrawn; c
But still the sun shines round me; the evening bird
.sings.on; .
And I again am soothed,-and beside the ancient gate,
In this soft evening sunlight, I calmly stand and wait
Once mord the gates hre opened; an infant group go
out,
The sweet smile quenched forever, and stilled the
’ sprightly shout; - '
Oh, frail, frail tree of Life, that upon the greensward
strews
Its fair young buds unopened, with every wind that
blows! '
So some from every region so enter, side by side,
The strong and fjfint of spirit, tho meek and men of
pride. * *
Steps of earth's greatest, mightiest, between those
pillars gray, -
And prints of little feet, mark tho dust along the way.
And isomo approach the' threshold whoso looks are
blank withfear," , , ’
And some whose temples brighten with joy are draw-
ing near,
As if they saw dear faces, and caught 'the gracious
eye *. :
Of Him, the Sinless Teacher, who came for .us to die.
I mark tho joy r tho terrors; yet these, within my
heart, 1 - 1 : - . 1 1'
Can neither-wake the dreadnor the longing to depart;
And, in the sunshine streaming on the quiet wood and
lea',' ’*'/*'*
I stand and calmly wait till the hinges turn forme.
@ox v 1 0 pon h c nee.
A Severe Winter—Coaches Lost in the Siorm —
A Lonely Along the Platte —.
Mirage—idaJio Gold Mines—hrtmense Emi
gration—Suffering on the Plains—the Indian
Troubles—Prospects in Mormondom—“ Aite
mas”—A Gay Sabbath—tligh Prices, Ac. '
Latham, Col. Ter., April 24,1804.
Fbiend Cobb: —For the first time since I
came to Latham, I arose this morning and found
the whole.region of country aropnd here en
tirely free from snow. Thera had been snow
since the 22nd of last October. I hare now
been stopping hero since tiJe Bth of December;
and a winter so, severe I have never experi
enced in any of the States. February was
quite warm and pleasant, resembling May more
than any other month ; then came March, the
most dreary and disagreeable month I ever
saw; first snow, then rain and sleet, .then a
stiff mountain breeze; which latter is a
of ventilation altogether too cool for your hum*,
bio correspondent.
The fore part of “ All Fools’ Day” was very
pleasant indeed; but the afternoon changed
suddenly, and a colder and stronger wind I
have not felt on the plains. On the night of
the 2d we bad quite a severe snow storm, and
both coaches duo at this station (from' Atchison
and Salt Lake City) were lost in the storm, and
staid out most all night. The day-following
most of the enow disappeared, like chaff before
the wind. Most all said'that this would be the
last-snow storm, bnt we have had half a dozen
since,‘find, for aught I know, may have as many
more before summer, though I hope not.
Latham is indeed a lonely and dreary place;
and the scenery in its immediate- vicinity, is
anything but grand and picturesque. About
fifty rods north of-the station, flow the spark
ling waters of the Sooth Platte, skirted occa
sionally with,,a few cottonwood trees; and in
every other direction there is nothing but prai
rie, and the soil so sandy that nothing'will grow
but cactus and buffalo grass. There is proba
bly no country anywhere that has so much
.sameness, as that along the Platte, from fort
Kearney Knob to the Rocky Mountains.
To a person who has never been out on the
far western plains, the first sight of mirage is
indeed a grand and sublime picture, as viewed
in this valley, from fort Kearney, through the
“ Great Araerican'Desert,” to the Mountains.'
I shall never forgef my first trip over the plains,
and the many times .1 was deceived by this
truly strange and remarkable phenomenon.—
At first, a long distance off, I could see what I
supposed to be a lake; in a few minutes the
resemblance of bouses and trees, that seemed
suspended in the air, or,reflected by a mirror;
and many other curious objects would >ttract
my attention, as I came on up the river. . I
have laughed to myself a-great many times, to
think of the many foolish questions concerning
which, I have asked the stage drivers, when I
first came on the plains ; but most every one is
bound to be deceived the first time they cross
these plains, and I may add, get most beauti
fully “sold.” : I
The Daw Idaho gold mines are about th’e'tmly
thing talked of out hers ; and by the first of
July this part of the country will be nearly de
populated. All seem to be perfectly crazy with
the gold fever; and neverlwas there suoh a rush
for any new mines, as is now turned toward-the
BY MItLUSt ;c. BEYAST.
Letter from the Far West.
northwestern portion of tha continent. Be
tween the Missouri river and the Mountains are
probably not less.than ten thousand teams on
the road, destined for “ Bannoek,” while every
overland coach is browded, and many waiting
'their turn for a seat. ' ■ ' ’
Arriving in Salt Lake City, passengers for
some,time past have had to come to a ball, ow
ing to the inferior facilities in Mormondom for
transporting them the remaining four hundred
miles to tha new Eldorado ; though I learn
there is soon to be a splendid lino ofihacksput
on from the “ City of the Saints,” and ran by
that prince of stage-men, Ben. Holloday, Esq.
. Hardly a day passes, but what brings late
and encouraging reports from the mines; and
from all the information I can gather from the
snowing ones, the new Idaho gold mines are
the richest yet discovered ; and every week
brings the encouraging nows of still later and
richer discoveries. Sis . months hence, there
will undoubtedly flow into the Bannock region
a population of not less than 75,000 people,
one-half of jvhieh will he sympathizers with
■the rebellion, and people who have gone out
there to escape the draft. It is said deserters
are.there from every State, from Maine to Tex
as, and hurrahing for Jeff. Davis and damning
Abe Lincoln, I am told, is common talk in the
streets of Virginia City. 1
There is destined to be a great amount of
suffering on the. plains and at the mines this
season; and while hundreds and thousands
will make their “ pile,” probably as many, who
cannot do, and never have done outdoor labor,
will return disheartened, and pronounce the
new mines tha “ greatest humbug of the age.”
Those who are not willing to undergo fhe.hard
ships and privations that must and have to bo
endured on the plains and jh the new mining
region, had better by far remain at home; but
if any one is bound to try his luck in the new
diggings, and comes out hero with the expecta
tion of finding gold flowing into his pockets, he
will tnrn back a wiser and poorer man.
. It is anticipated by many that_ there is to be
a good deal of trouble cn the plains this season
with the Indians. Some of them are disposed
to bo quarrelsome ; and there has been one
fight near Fremont’s Orchard, twentyrfive miles
from here, between a party 1 of Cheyennes and
a company of the Ist Colorado cavalry, the sol
diers getting badly whipped, and losing several
of th,eir brave boys. This is said to be from
the fact that they (tha boys) were deficient in
■arms; but they now have an abundant supply,
and two companies are out after the bloodthirsty
“ red skins,” and soon they will have ten scalps
for every man lost. Several men along the
Platte, keeping ranches, have been butchered
and scalped, -and some think the overland coa
ches will be stopped, and the stock seized ; bat
I - do not anticipate any-trouble of this kind,
thongh-when once aroused, there is no telling
what thfc'Xndiane will do.
Tho late discoveries near Salt Lake City will
be a death blow to the “'Latter Day Saints,”
and soon that accursed ‘‘institution” will ho
“ wiped out” and numbered with the dead.—
Tho Mormons are very indignant towards the
miners, and do not wish the fact, made public
that there are rich and supposed inexhaustible
discoveries in their immediate vicinity.- In
consequence, property in Salt Lake is rapidly
advancing, and tho town is destined to bdbome
one of the largest and prettiest on the overland
line; Mormonism is rapidly depreciating, and
Brigham, .with his eighty-seven “bettorhalves,”
has undoubtedly 'seen his best and happiest
■days.
On his way from Salt Lake to Atchison, a
short time ago, I saw the renowned and famous
“ Artemas Ward,” who stopped nearly a day at
this station. He did not favor us with bis
“Babes in the AYoods,” but went to Dqnver
and “spoke his piece,” and was pronounced a
greqt humbug. lie held forth 'in the theatre
building, and was listened to by over a thou
sand people; yet nof a man could be found in
the street the next day who would own he had
heard him.
This is the"most lonesome'place I over saw;
it is the same thing from morning till night,
from one week to another; though for two or
three weeks it has been, quite lively, owing to
the fact that two or three dozen passengers have
been lying hero most all the while waiting their
chance to get oh the coach to Salt Lake. Last
Sunday week wits quite a lively day here with
the passengers, and the day was observed about
ns follows; Three passengers, being a-little
“ short of change,” were engaged sawing and
splitting wood for their board ; half a dozen
wore shooting pistols at a target; one Mexican
gave us a sample of what he could do with the
lasso; four were pitching quoits ; ton or a do
zen were playing cards and checkers; some
were playing ball, some were jumping, some
were drinking whiskey, and some were .doing
'some pretty tall blowing, &c.
Times out here will be very good .this season,
owing to the fact that so many are leaving for
the mines. Provisions, ore very scarce, and
selling at big prices. Flour is worth $l2 and
$l4 ; hams, 25c.; fresh butter, 80o.; coffee, 65
and 70c. ; dried apples, $lO per bushel; -green
apples, $lO. Feeling'apple hungry a few days
ago, I bought one dozen small ones,, out of a
wagon on the way to Denver,ibr which I paid
§l. Quite a contrast between Pennsylvania
and Rocky Mountain prices.
As an item of news, I will state that Mr.
Samuel King, well known to most of the people
of Wellsboro,. reached here a couple of weeks'
ago, by the overland coach, and after spending
a,day with me, proceeded on to Denver city, at
which place he is now engaged.at his trade.,
, lam spinning out a much longer letter than
I expected when I commenced, and trust you
will excuse me for trespassing so extensively on
your columns. F. A. R.
An Alabama rebel, when asked whether they
“ conscripted close”- there replied feelingly ; “I
should think they did ! They take every man
that hasn’t been dead more than two days 1”
'Jones complained of a bad smell-about the
post office, and asked Brown what it could, be.
Brown said he didn’t know, but suggested that
it might be caused by the dead letters.”
A ■ child, like : a letter,:, often' goes-astray
through being, badly directed,
[i' 1 nr tie Agitator.]
letter to tho Children cf Tioga Cennty.
Osceola, April £7,185-1.
Dear Children ;—l cannot come to each one
of you, and taking you separately by the hand,
ask my dear child,' what will you give as your
offering for the dear brother, cousin, or friend,
who has gone to fight for you, and is perhaps
now; suffering for some comfort that you might
give him ? But I can, in this way, say the
same thing to you that I would were I present,
ask. What will yon give? What little offer
ing.send to the great Central Fair, that it may
ho sold, and the money received for it taken to
buy something for the sick and wounded sol
dier ? Will not each one of yon add your gift ?
Some of you can buy a few skeins of bright
worsted, and make a pair of mats: some of vou
.crotchet a piece of edging, or a little basket, or
dolly a set of little mats for her washstand.—
Others can make necdlebooks ; others, pincush
ions ; and some, little g)ass boxes, of all shapes
and sizes. And little boys can wind balls of
old yarn, and get their sisters to cover them
with bright morocco or with bright gay wors
ted, shading them prettily. Or any of you can
perhaps save a few pennies and buy a little toy.
And after all in your neighborhood have col
lected something, put your gifts all together,
with each one’s name marked on bis or her pre
sent, and get soma older person to pack them
all in a box safely, and direct to “ Chairman of
Children’s Department, Office of the Great Cen
tral Fair for the Sanitary Commission, 1323
Chestnut street, Philadelphia.” But do not pay
the charges for transportation ; and 'your gift
will be acknowledged and most thankfully re
ceived. Every child, lam sure, will wish to
give something. No matter if it is not worth
more than two or three shillings; for it is a
child’s offering for children ; and even three or
four pennies will be something, given from the
warm loving hearts of you little ones. It is,
dear children, of more value in the eye of God,
than hundreds of dollars, given grudgingly, by
a man of wealth. Will you at once, before the
15th of May, send a box from each neighbor
hood, and be sure that some one writes a letter,
telling where it came from, what it contains,
who gave each article, aud the reasonable value
of the whole.
Go to some older one get her to help yon,
to tell you what to make, and how to do it. If
the first one you ask, cannot, go to another,
and never let other counties aay, 11 Wo chil
dren did more than the children of Tioga county
did for the Soldiers’ Fair.” Never bo behind
in a good, a holy work. Bather strive to be
first, and you shall receive your full reward.—
Now;,dear children, I ask you to go at once to
work, and do not think to-morrow will do, for
we have no time to lose.
Truly your Friend,
■ ; LUCY MOORE HOTCHKISS,
Chairman Children** Dopartm'ut, Tioga Co., for Ceut'l Fair
i J ~ ..
* AW IMPORTANT ACT.
An Act Imposing l Additional Taxes for State
Purposes—to Abolish tho Hcvcnno Board.
■ Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and
.it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same.
That in addition to the taxes now imposed by
law, hereafter every railroad, steamboat canal,
sluokwater navigation, or pther transportation
company doing business within this Common
wealth", shall, by its president, treasurer, cash
ier, or other financial officer,’ make quarterly
returns to the Auditor General, commencing
upon the first day of July next. Said returns
shall be made within thirty days after the ter
mination of each quarter, under oath or affir
mation, and shall fully and particularly state
the entire number of tons of freight traffic car
ried or moved by said company or corporation
during the three months ending on the first day
of that month ; and said company or corpora
tion owning or managing said railroad, steam
boat, canal, slnckwater navigation, or other
transportation company, shall pay to the State
Treasurer, for the use of the Commonwealth,
the following taxes, to wit: Upon all tonnage
carried upon or over their respective lines of
transportation, to be graduated as follows:
First, upon the products of mines, for each ton
of two thousand pounds, two cents. Second,
upon the product? of the forest,' on animal, or
vegetable food, and nil the other agricultural
products, three cents,- Third, -upon merchan
dize, manufactures, and all other articles, five
cents. In all cases where the same' freight is
transported over different but continuous lines
of transportation, then the tax hereby imposed
shall be paid by the several corporations carry
ing the same, each in proportion to the distance
carried, as may be adjusted among themselves;
the State Treasurer being and he is hereby .au
thorized to collect the whole tax from either of
the companies carrying the freight, as he may
elect: Prodded, That freight shipped through
and over one or several lines of transportation,
shall be chargeable with but one tax as afore
said. .
Sec. 2, That every private banker and bro
ker, and every ineorporated and unincorpora
ted banking and saving institution, and deposit
and trust company, every gas company, ex
press company, bridge company, insurance
company, foreign insurance company, building
and land associations, manufacturing, mechan
ical, mining and quarrying company, and all
other companies and corporations doing busi
ness in this Commonwealth, except those spe
cified in the first section of this act, not paying
a tax to the State upon dividends under existing
laws, shall annually, upon the first day of No
vember of each year, make a report to the Au
ditor General, under oath or affirmation, setting
forth the amount of not earnings or income re
ceived by said individuals or corporations from
'all sources during the preceding year; and
upon such net earnings or income, the said in
dividuals or corporations, as'the case may he,
shall pay to the Treasurer, for the use of the
State, within sitfty. days thereafter,, three per
centum upon such annual net. earnings or in
come, in addition to the taxes now imposed by
existing laws : Provided, that institutions, in
dividuals, hr corporations, paying under this
section are not to be also taxed under the not of
thelGth of sl*y, 1801, relative to private ban
kers and brokers, and the act of Ura ninth, of
Rates of Advertising.
Advertisements will be charged $1 jier aqaare of IS
lines, one or three insertions, and 25 cents tor every
subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than If
lines considered as a square. tThs subjoined ratca
will bo charged for Quarterly, Half-Tsarly and Yearly
advertisements:
1
3 aoSTIIS. S 805T33, ,12 MOIUB*
1 Square,™... $3,00 51,50 $8,09
2 do 5,00 1 3,50 8,80
3 do 7,(53 3,50 18,00
i Column, 3,00 0,50 12,58
4 do ...15,00 20,00 ?5,08
I do 25,00 35,00 '50,00
Advertisements not haring the number of inser
tions desired marked upon them, will be published
until ordered out and charged accordingly. '
Posters, Handbills; Bill-Heads, Better-Heads, and
all kinds of Jobbing dose In country establishments,
executed neatly end promptly. Justices’, Constable'
and other BLANKS, constantly on hands
I\ T O. 38.
.April, 1856, and" first o£ May, 1861, except ao
far aa the license's therein, required relative tor
.foreign insurance companies: Provided, fur
ther, That any corporation which has faUdd to
make returns, to the Commonwealth, aa required
by tha act of April 21st, 1358, entitled “Aa
act for tha better securing to the .Commonwealth
the payment of taxes duo by incorporated com
panion” may make snob return within sixty
days after the passage- of this act, any -law to
tha contrary notwithstanding; and all delin
quent companies failing or refusing to make
full returns and payment to the State aa re
quired by the general laws of this Common
wealth in relation thereto, shall have all their
rights and privileges declared forfeited by pro
clamation of the Governor.
See. 3. That every president, treasurer,
cashier, or other officer, of any company incor
porated, or that may hereafter be incorporated,
which pays interest to ita depositors, bondhold
ers, or other creditor, upon which, by 'the laws
of the Commonwealth, a State tax is imposed,
shall, before payment of the same, retain from
said depositors, bondholders, or creditors, tha
amount of State tax imposed by existing laws,
and shall pay over the same to the State Trea
surer; and that all the laws regulating tha
mode of such payment in regard to treasurers
of counties, cities and counties, be and the
same are hereby extended to tha financial offi
cers thereof; and they are hereby required to
collect and pay over the taxes due to the Stats
on such payment of interest, as provided in
this section, to- ba done Iji-y officers of incorpo
rated companies; and in case of any officer
neglecting or refusing to retain the same, ha
shall become personally liable for the amount*
Sec. 4. That the treasurer of .each county
and city, the burgess or other chief officer of
each incorporated district or borough of this
Commonwealth, within ninety days after tha
passage of this act, shall make return, under!
oath or affirmation, to the Auditor General, of
the amount of scrip, bonds or certificates of
indebtedness outstanding by said county, city,
district, borough or incorporation, aa the same
existed on the first day of January, 1564, and
of each succeeding year thereafter, together
with the rates of interest thereon at mioh of
those periods, under the penalty of thou
sand dollars, the amount to be settled by tha
Auditor General, and 1 the amount thereof sued
for and collected as debts due by defaulting
public officers are collected : Provided, That
on the receipt of said returns, tha Auditor
General shall proceed to settle the accounts of
each county,.city and borough, with tha Com
monwealth, fix tha State tax duo and unpaid,
and transmit notice, of the amount by mall to
officers making said returns,; and if the amount
so found due shall not -be paid. within sixty
days, the Attorney General shall sue and. col
lect the same, with interest from the date of
such settlement; and hereafter it shall be tho
duty of the treasurer of every county, city, bo
rough and incorporated district in this Com
monwealth to deduct tho said State tax, or div
idend, on payment of any interest on debts
doe by the county, city, borough or incorpora
ted district, and pay the same over to the State
Treasurer within thirty days after the said in
terest cr dividend has fallen due*
Sec. 5. That in case any officers of any cor*
poratioo, or.any person or persons required bf
this act to make return under oath or affirma*
tion, shall falsely make such return, ha or they
shall, on conviction thereof, bs held guilty of
perjury; and in case he or they neglect and
refuse to make any return required by this act,
he or they shall be liable to the Commonwealth
for a penalty of five thousand dollars for every
such neglect, to be sued for as other penalties
now fire ; and if the said corporation or com*
pany, upon notice given, persists in its refusal
to make return and pay over thetas hereby
imposed,'it shall be liable to an. additional tax
of one per centum upon the amount of it*
gross receipts ; and that the Auditor General
and State Treasurer, or any agent appointed
by them, are hereby authorized to examine the
books and papers of any corporation, company,
individual or individuals, to verify the accuracy
of any return_made to them, or either of them.
Sec. 6. That every incorporated company
whose lines extend into any other State, and
every corporation created under the laws of
any other State, and holding and enjoying any
franchises, property, railroad, canal work, or
privilege whatsoever, within this State, shall
make the same returns in regard to the tonnage
of .such portions of their lines as lie within this
State as if the whole was within; and if any
president, treasurer, or other financial officer,
required to make return, shall, after demand
for thirty days, still neglect and refuse to make
the- retunbs or pay over the amount of such tax,
the same shall be banded over to the Attorney
General,- who shall forthwith institute proceed
ings to annul the corporate franchises of such
company-or corporation within this State.
Sec. 7. That so much of the 42d section of
the actnapproved tho £9tb day of April,' 1844,
as provides for the abatement of five per cent
um on the amount of State taxes paid fifteen
days prior to the first of September, in any
year, be and the same is hereby repealed; and
hereafter it shall be the duty of the Auditor?
General to add five per centum penalty to each
county, on all State taxes remaining unpaid on
the first day of August, 1860, and of each year
thereafter, which shall he charged in the dupli
cate against each delinquent taxpayer in arrears
on and after said day. That in addition to tha
taxes already imposed by law, all person* ap
pointed to an office by the Governor, or elected
under the provision of any law of this Com
monwealth, the gross receipts of whose offica
shall exceed six hundred dollars, and not ex
ceed twelve hundred-dollars, shall pay into tho
treasury of the State a tax of one per centum j
and on all amounts over twelve hundred, dol
lars, and nut exceeding twenty-five hundred
. dollars, two per 'centum ; and on all amounts
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, five pur
centum, annually: Provided, That tha revenua
derived from .this act”shall, so.far as necessary,
be firs: applicable to the payment of the ordi
nary expenses of Government, and thq feajdua
not needed for .such, purposes shall,, be, irans
ferveu tu.tha sinking fund, as directed, by,,tha
act of the 22d of April, XSsd>-.
Sec. . That sc much oltth* act'to redos*