- fcouSty t i ‘ BY M. H. COBB. t Published every Wednesday rooming failed to .nborfbersal ONE DOLLAIt AND ;CESTS per year, always.lN ADVANCE. ' ; n -i < y The paperisaent postage free to oonnlj'.ttMjScribers, thoogb they may reoeiee their mail at pfubi iiSces lo cated in counties immediately adjoining! (t. leonven nietice. Agitatoe Is the Official paper oJ:j3ffc)ga Co, The ... —--■> and circulates in every neighborhood Sub scriptions being on the advance-pay circu iatfis among a class most to the interest oi'-iy:f>ertisers to roaofa. Terms to'advertisers as liberal|boso.of fcred by any-paper of etpial circulation :-'J; portbern Pennsylvania, : ; A cross on the margin of a piiftej -‘denotes that the subscription is about to expire* *>, " ' papers will bo stopped when the 4 & fcriptlon time expires, unless *lhe agent orders* Continu ance. JAS. LOffKEV & S. F. Wf'J.SON, Attorneys & counsellors m law, will attend the Courts of Tioga, T'otter and BlcEean counties. [Weilsboro, Jan-J , : lhG3.] DICKINSON COESISG, N. X. . ' A. FIELD, ?r )prietor. GUESTS taken to and from‘the-INpot free of charge.' _ ' [JaifiilTSGS.] . PESSSYLTAIIA HOliliMß, ‘Corner op main street and Tit^-AxiwnE, 1 Weilsboro, Pa. > ' j. W. BIQONir, jfjiijirietor. THIS popular Hotel, having -bdeffc: T&fitteJ and re-furnishcd throughout, is now igx r,! to tho public as a firsixclass house. [Jar..' , iSJJ-] S/HABT’S IB.OTEIL/ WELLSBORO, - TIOGa. CO. FB.FEA. ' THE subscriber takes this method!l/l inform his old friends and cnstqjncrs that h i has re sumed the conduct of the old “ Crystal, Fountain Hotel," and wilHicrcoitor give it his entiikj itt’ention. Thankful for past favors, he solicits a reiiis ;al of the same. ' DAYTIKaART. Wcllsboro, Nov. 4, ISG3.-Iy. - V'.* ; IZAAK WALTON HOlgjE, Gaines, Tioga Connty, JPi V-i:. H. G. TERMILYEA, lV4pHeto/, THIS is anew hotel located with) ac cess of the best fishing and bunting'£ifaunds in Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will b spared fdr the accommodation of pleasure seekers jyi 1 the trav • clling public. ‘ [Jan. X, 1563.] , WELISBOBO HOTtii B. B. HOLIDAY,.... -i.-.P^pyrietor, THE Proprietor having again taken p :ntefeion of the above Hotel, will spare no pains to insure ’the comfort of guests and the traveling public. At tentive waiters always ready. Terms reasonable. Wellsboro, Jan. 21,18C3.-tf. WATCHES, CLOCKS- * ASD JEW EERY! ' p : ' Repaired at BTJLLA HD'S £CO’S. ST(>lJ£,;by the subscriber, in the best manner, and at as lo Pprices’as the same work pan be done for, first Vatp prac tical workman in the State. / Wellsboro, July 15, ISC3 A. FOLEY, •; ■ Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv, fefv, fee., REPAIRED AT OLD PEICEj, , POST OFFICE SOILING, XO. 5, UXIOI7 BLOCTuI V Wellsbbro, May 20,15C3, - E. IV BLACK,, ;Tv; BARBER & HAJR-DREpER, SHOP OVER C. L. -WLCOX ; S STORE, NO. 4=, UNION BLOTJK. Wellsboro, June 24,15G3, . ' -j} ' FLOUR AND FEED ST<'|iHE. WRIGHT & BAILEV> HATE had their mill thorDughlj' jipaired and are receiving .fresh ground, A jir, feed, meal, See., every day at their store in . . Cash paid for all kinds of grain.. 'jj.J , weight i/Hailey. Wellsboro, April 29, 1853, • r , " ‘ - AGRICULTURAL IBIPLEWIiI^TS. I WOULD inform Boaters in Agricultural' Imple ment?, that" I have Horse Bakes of -most ap proved styles land superior quality. A f £i>, Hand Rakes of a better quality than any manuloo'tnred in this section, which I will furnish in any quwitUy de sired, to dealers in the counties of-Tioga,Xxadford, sad Lycoming. • I?* H. i^OUB, Mainsburg, Nov. 18, 1563-omos. 3 « ‘ JIAKBI/E SWOP." T AM now receiving, a STOCK bf ITALIAN 1 and RUTLAND MARBLE, (bopgLt T-UL cash) aad am prepared to manufacture all SiniKof TOMB-STONES Sod MONUMENTS at the lowest priced A ; HARVEY ADAMS is my authonzwl vjtrcnt and will soil Stone at tjie same prices as atlh(t..aop. V~£ HAVE BVT ONE PIIINJ. ' Tioga-May 20, ISO3-!r. A. I' .'COLE. CLAIM AGEW^v THE undersigned will promptly all claims against the Government -for unices ren dered in tho Military or Naval Service o£jffe United States. Charges reasonable—will advar.t>ltbe legal nceessarv fees if desired. No charge if success fa! in the application. B. Mi-NAI X*HXON. It'ft mice* : Eon. Victor Casc,\l. M- Es iUrming Surgeon at Knoxville, Pa., -!!->■>. Strang, Ciymcr, Pa., F. Strang, Hector, Pa.,.Ft#. Beebe, Harrison. Pa. * ; Westfield, Jan.* 11, ISGi.-Cmos 3 - STATE NORMAL SCflfljTWL, 1 [For tho sth District, Pa.]’ ' k AND ITlau&f i£ld - Classical Scfn^ary. Jlev. W. B. TAYLOR, 1. M Mr WM. HOLLAND, Secretary • Mansfield, August 5, 1863. • - r ) -TREiSMf DEPAETffIpT, 3ffi.ce of Comptroller of thfe Currency, WASHINGTON, IS6I. 'TIfT’IIEREAS, by satisfactpry cvifeuo. presented lj to the undersigned, it hashccnOia itoappear that Tin: First National Bank, of tti4?borough, *a tbc county of Tioga, and State ofy Pennsylvania, bn? been duly organized under to tbc of the act of Congressmen w An act *2 provide a national currency, secured pledge of Baited States stocks, and to provide fc?’ i .e ck*oula boa and redemption thereof,approve! ternary 25, •lfC.3, and has complied •with all'the privki *pne of snid ' L ct required to be complied with ’befot if 5-lnmencing the business of banking : , i : ; * THEREFORE,. I, Hcgh; -.VJjCullotit, comptroller of the Currency, do that tbo First NATioxAn Bank, of Wellsb county ‘Of Tioga, and State of Pennsylvania,-IB homed to commence the business of banking uir&r tbo act sJoresaid. . N V : J n testimony whereof} witness my hal ii (srjd seal of office, this twenty-first day of March, fS \4&. •’ V "ut \ HUGH McC B^UOOH, t Comptroller of < W Currency, VOL, Xi f, TRIES! TREES! FOR SHE. Apple, Price 20 cts. Extra, 25 cts. ■SUMMER VARIETY.-?— Early Harvest, Red As tracbnn, Early Strawberry, Juneting, Early Sweet Bough, Early White, Jenkens’ Pippen, Golden Sweet. AUTUMN VARIETY. —Autumn Bongb,Graven stein, Porter] Autumn Strawberry, Hawley or Dowse, p4ar, Henry. Prince, Canada Snow, Jersey Sweet, Stoddard, t Fttll Pippen, Mammoth' Pippen, Rarubo, Fail Juneting, Neutral, Thomas Wells. WINTER 'VARlETY. —Baldwin', Fay’s Russctt, Boston Russctt, Golden Rnssett, Payne Sweeting, BottlrGrccn, Sweet Pcarmain,Peek's Plea stint, Bentley Sweet, Rhode Island Greening, Hnb bardston, None Such, S wear. Black, Tallin an’s Sweet, Dnnver's Sweet, Tompkln’s County,'King, Esopus Spitzccburg, Wagoner, Lady’s Sweet, Yellow Bell— florterp Dutch Mignonne, Newtown Pippen,' La-dies’ Sweet. CRAT3. —Large yellow andred. Small, do, do. Pcai SjPrice 50c. Extra, cx. Price. SUMMER VARlETY.' —Bartlett, Brandywine, Bloodgood, Benrro Gifford, Carpenter, Dearborn Seedling, Gansel’a Burgamot, .Golden Bewre of Oil boa, Harvest, Julienne, Madclienc, Kostiezer, Osborn Summer, Summer Prank Real, Tyson. AUTUMN VA2HETY,~yjcuno. Bose, Benrrc Dl cl, Bcurro Ganbault, Bezi De La Mott,' Beurre De. Amills, Buffbn, Cushing, Dix, Dutchess de Angou-i lemo, Flemish Beauty, Fon Dante do Automno, Ful ton, Henry Louise Bonne de Jersey, .Maria de Louise, Napoleon, Onondago, Paradise dc Autom ne, Scckel, Sheldon, Sweet Pear, Stevens’ Genesee, I XJrbaniste, .Wogdstock, Vergnlieu, Washington. WINTER - VARIETY. —GIout Morceau, Posse Colmar, Winter Wadden, Lawrence, Ylcar of Wink field, Winter Nelis. PJani§, Price 50 els, Blc'cker’s Gage, Columbia, Coo’s Golden Prop, Egg Plum, Green Gage, Imperial Gage, Jefferson, Law rence Favorite, Lumbard, Magnum Bomnrn Princes Gage; Red Gage, Smith’s Orleans, Washington, Ru ling Superb. . Peaclics, Price 18 cts. Bergen Yellow, Melocoton, Crawford’s Early, Early York, Red Rare Ripe, Sweet Water, Geo. the Fourth, Lemon Cling, Red Cheek Melocoton. Cherries, Price 38 cfs. Black Heart, Black Eagle, Black Tartarian, Down er’s Late Red, Maydtfkc, Guigne, Elton, Late Black, Grey’s Early White, Napoleon Bigcreau, Amber, Yel low Spanish, Beauman’s May, Holland Bigarean, Golden Drop of Herrington. GRAPES.—lsabella, Diana, Hartford Prolific, Ca tawba, Rebecca, Delaware, Concord,. White Sweet Water, Black Burgundy. * GOOSEBERRlES.—English—several varieties. A. R. I&SCY, ClTKKAK'TS.—WThite.’Cbcrry, Dutch and Red, ORNAMEATAI. Rorway Spruce, Balsam Fir, Scotch Fir, American Arborrilm; Siberian do.. Weeping Mountain Ash, Mountain Chestnut, European Larch, Green Forsytbea, White Flowering Deutzia, Graceful Deutzia, Chinese Wiegelia, Roses, Basket Willows. The above I offer for sale afiny Nursery. They ■ore all of superior quality.. In digging and packing, care will bo taken.; and the charge for packing will bo the cost of materials used. Trees will be delivered at the Tioga depot Iree of charge. Call at the Kqr sery, and look at the trees for your own satisfaction. ' B. C. WICKHAM. Tioga, Tioga'Co., Pa.—March 9, ’64-Sm®** ; WHOLESALE ■ - * • d'rf©' stoke; -■ Prince's Metallc Paint, Pfizer & Go’s Chemicals, 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, Brags and Medicines, Patent Medicines, School Books, Stationary, • ‘ Wall Paper, Wyoming Mills Wrap- Window Glass, ping Paper, Bye Colors, Furnished at Wholesale Prices by W. D TERBELI, *C‘ Corning, N. Y. " iZimmermann & Go’s, NATIVE BRANDI & WINES, MEDICAL & COMMUNION PURPOSES. THIS BRANDY has been analyzed by the Me4i ical Birector of the Naval Labratory at Brooklyn, and substituted for French Brandy, for nse in the United Slates Navy, It is also used and recommend ed by Br. Medical Purveyor in New. York of U. S. Army, in the Hospital of his Department. DRY CATAWBA WINE. THIS WINE has all the properties of Dry Sherry Wine, THIS WINE for its mildness is adapted for Inva lids an£ for communion purposes. MESSRS. ZIMMERMANN & CO., of Cincin nati and. New York had formerly partnership with N. Longworth of Cincinnati the wealthy Native Wine producer, and therefore enables them to furnish the best of American production* at moderate prices. Sold by W. B. TERBELL, at Wholesale' and Re tail, and by Druggists generally. i Corning, N. Y., Jan. 20,15G4-tf. Farmer’s Catedaisiu. Question. Whatie the best kind of Wooden beam Plow ? Answer. The WIAXiD PLOW. Qnes. Wherein does it excel all others? Ans. In ease .of draft, in being less liable to clog, and in fact it excels in every particular. Qucs. .Where Is this Plow to be found ? Ans. At the KNOXVILLE FOUNDRY,' where they arc made, and at various agencies around the country. Queg. Are there any other plows made at that Foundry? Ans. Yes! Biles makes various kinds of wooden and ironTjeam Plows, both for flat land and aide hill, andhe keeps ahead of all other, establishments by getting the BEST PATTERNS invented, without regard to the COST. Qnes.' Are Plows all that Biles.makes ? An*. By no means. Ho also makes HORSE HOES; a superb article for Corn, Potatoes, Ac. HOAD beat the world. Cast Cul tivator Teeth of -a very-superior pattern. Shovel Plow Castings for new land, and indeed almost every •thing that is ever made at a Foundry, from a Shot Jack to a Steam Engine. * Ques. Would you then advise mo to buj r there? An?. Most certainly would I, for besides making the best KIND of cfecry ‘thing, BUcs makes those that arc tbc most X>URAiiLE, and jtds a common ex pression where his Plows have been introduced, that they last as long as from two to four got at any other shop; bb has always been nt the business from a small boy and ought to know how it is done, and if you try his wares once, you will be ready with me to tell all wanting anything in that Hno to go, send, or in some other way procure them of J. P. BILES, at the Knoxville Foundry, - Knoxville, March 30, 1863-tf. Baking soda & salebatus at 1 BOY’S DRUG STORE. SULPHITE OF LIME for preserving CIDER, at ROY’S DRUG STORE, Behotetr to if)t mtitmim of tfje mttn of iFmOom nnXf tt>t of mtnltfys Mtiatm, WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST. CONTINUE, EOS CATAWBA BRANDI. SWEET CATAWBA WISE. E AGITATOR WEILSBOBO, TIOGA. COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MOANING, JUNE 1, 1864. Select SMrtrff* She flings at her wheel at the low cottage door, Which the long evening shadow is stretching before, With a music’ os' sweet os the music which seems Breathed softly and faint jn the ear of ourdreams ! How brilliant and mirthful the light of her'©ye, Like a star glancing out from the blue eflhe sky! And lightly and freely her dark tresses play • O'er a brow and a bosom as lovely.as they 1. Who comes in bis pride to that low cottage door—■ Tho haughty and.ricb to the lowly and poor? . v 'Tis the great Sou thorp planter—tho master who Ills whip-of 1 dominion o'er hundreds of slaves'. % (t Kay, Ellen—for shame! Let those Yankee fools spin, ■Who would pass for our slaves, with a change of their skin ; Let them toil as they will, at their loom or the wheel, Too stupid for shanm, and too vulgar to feel 1 But thou art toe lovely and precious a gem To be bound by their burdens and sullied by them; For shame, Ellen, shame I—cast thy bondage aside, And away to the South, as my Messing and brHe. Oh, come where no winter thy footsteps can wrong, But where flowers are blossomingall the year long; Where the shade of the palm tree is over my home, And the lemon and orange are white in their bloom. Oil.come to my home, vrbere my servants shall all Depart at thy bidding and come at thy call; They shall heed thee as mistress with trembling and awe, r And .each wish of thy heart shall bo felt ns a law." Oh, could yon hare seen her —the pride of onr girls— Arise and cast hack the dark wealth of her curls, ■With a scorn in her eye which the gazer could feel, And glance like the sunshine that flashes bn steel 1 “ Go hack, haughty Southron 1 thy treasures of gold Are dim with the blood of the hearts thou hast sold; Thy home may, ho lovely, hut round it I hear . The crack of the whip and footsteps of fear 1 And the sky of the South may bo brighter than ours. And greener thy landscapes, and-fairejdßy flowers; But dcaferer the blast round onr mountains which raves, . Than the sweet summer zephyr which breathes over slaves. Full low at thy bidding thy negroes may kneel, "With the iron of bondage on spirit nnd heel; Yet know that the -Yankee girl sooner would be In fetters with them than in'freedom with thee 1" An Incident of the War. Bight above our heads blazed the overpow ering sun. We looked up piteously at the gla ring sky, hoping in vain to see some friendly, cloud interpose in our behalf, and cast a gen erous shadow over our panting columns- .But nothing, the clear blue of interminable space, unrelieved by a single cloud;- and em blazoned by the scorching sun, met our despair ing eyes. Still we marched on, our blouses sa turated with perspiration, and . our temples throbbing painfully amid the tramp of a thou sand brogans. Each one of the innumerable strops which complete the harness of a soldier, seemed to sink gradually into our burning flesh. We did not drop from the ranks and stretch our wearied linjbs 6n the yellow grass, or we would famish for water, as nlone bad been seen for many a weary mile, so still wo .moved on. Beside me walked a pale, slender young fellow, whom the boys had christened “ gentle Joe,” doubtless on account of bis mild disposition.— Joe ahd 1 bad been great friends since he bad been transferred along with some eight or ten others, some sis months previous.- He wag a meek little fellow, and ns a matter of course tyranized over by the rest. I often met him about camp, and eventually took an interest in him, and protecting him as far as lay in roy power, /youi| imposition ; and, indeed; one day rescued him from the hands of[ a drunken ras cal, who, with an iron ramrod, whs about, to impose summary punishment rin poor Joe, be cause, forsooth, the little fellow had declined visiting the quartermaster’s tent, for the pur pose of realizing a canteen of whiskey. After this I made an attempt to have him transferred into our. mess, and, to his evident joy, succee ded. Here, under my protection,. Joe seemed perfectly happy; for, though in action he was ns brave as the bravest, ho appeared to. have a mortal terror of the rough ways of, the men, — His modesty Jformed a capital subject for the witty, nnd I would.often see him. turn scarlet at some rough joke. He was very fond of mo, however, and by many a little incident of self sacrifice, I knew the patient affection of “gen tle Joe.” But to return to cur march. As I said, I was dragging my weary limbs along beside my friend, who, in spite of my own suffering, in spired me with pity. His eyeballs were turned painfully towards the lids ;■ his lips cracked, dry, and bleeding, were drawn tightly across his teeth ; his knapsack hang flapping from his narrow shoulders ; and but one drop of sweat rolled down his check—a drop of mortal agony, pressed from on unwilling brain; Yet he bore up, and his burning feet still echoed to the thousands around, On, on we tramped; our clothes, powdered, our beard gray, and our lunge stinging with the hateful dust. Anon anon fortunate falling in convulsions by the way, and the surgeon bending over him in piteous helplessness, for his flask is long empty, were the only interruptions in our monotonous march. But no signs of commiseration disturbed the dogged expression of the grim faces that passed. All feelings, all senses ware lost in one of in tense thirst.’ No familiar shout greeted the colonel as he rode along the linci trying with ghastly smiles to cheer his men, or with husky voice and swollen tongue to venture a melan choly joke. Even the dumb stones reeciyed no curse, as they struck the soldier’s foot-as be went stumbling on. •'Let me take your mosket, Joe,” said'l, fearing he would sink down. But lie shook his head and staggered on. “ Will .you give the that gun?” I.resumed, after he had taken a few more wild steps, reel ing like a drunken man. “I can carry it; Tom," he answered, looking up gratefully. I saw it was useless to ask him, as the bravo, little fellow would never have re linquished it ; and it was evident, tbat.both ho and his .musket must soon, fall, unless he was relieved. , Therefore I unslung 'my knapsack. *£HEYANKEB GIBIi. BT JOHJT G. WHITTIER. A DAY’S MARCH. and. leaving it in my tracks, took the piece from hi« shoulder. We had hardly gained another mile before my head began to whirl, and the glittering bayonets ahead seemed. a flickering sheet of flame. I felt myself staggering. ‘' Here, Tom, I have some water, drink 1” “Water!' I must be delirious, or ore you mocking me ? No, Joe never does that. But hadid hot drink-then he cannot have it. Joe, Joe, where is the , water V’ • ‘“Here, Toro, in my canteen.” “Then for God’s sake drink yourself, for X won’t,” I answered ; determined he should not sacrifice thej lost drop of life at the altar of friendship. I dropped both muskets, in -hopes they would relieve roe. It was in vain, for, after a few random strides, I became' insensi ble. I was awakened by a grateful drop of wafer trickling down my throat. “ More,’’ I gasped, as I opened my eyes, and distinguished the form of a man kneeling beside me., The canteen was placed to my lips, and, as I drained it to the last-drop, I recognized my " good Samari tan’/ in the form of “ gentle Joe.” I felt some what revived, and regained my feet, . , “ Come, Joe.” Bqt be made no attempt to move, sitting mo tionless, embracing his knees, and watching me intently. - • “ Are you goirjg, Tom?” he said vacantly. “Of course; we will both die, if-we stay here. Come on.” “Good-bye, Tom,” be said; while an almost angelic expression of love lit up . bis face. I stood confounded; was'he crazy ? Then, for the first time, theitruth flashed hphn my bewil dered senses. I had taken his last drop .'of wa-j ter, and he was famishing., I turned to him in an agony of remorse. lie was lying upon his back, with his eyes closed. I knelt beside him," nnd placed my hand on his temple; he slowly opened his great brown eyes. “Joe, friend,'how do you feel?’?. He an swered faintly; ~ “Kiss me, Tom.” Poor boy, hia mind wanders, thought I. “ Qpme, now, let me carry you,” I said; but he made no signs of'consciousness." I seized his hand, but it was cramped and stiff. I laid my hand bn his temple, bnt it'tbrobbed no more. T raised the clenched hand to. my ,lips and kissed it—for he was dead. I took,a small gold chain from his neck, as a memento, and taking off my" blouse, covered the face of “gen tle Joe,” and reeled onward.- - *■ - * In my convalescence I- bethought me of the chain. Taking it from my pocket,. I examined it,,as well, as my tears would let me. Attached to the chain was a small locket; enclosing an amhrntypb of a girl—Jon’a sweetheart, perhaps, poor girrP—or more likely' his 1 sister, as she greatly resembles him. I took the picture from the locked, in hopes offinding the name pnor was I mistaken, for on the’back was pasted a piece of paper, upon which wag i written : “ Any one, who finds,this pfter I am killed, will please send it to my mother, Mrs. , living at —— ! ' ‘ Josephine.” A HAPPY HOME. We can fancy a poor bird, forever restless, forever on the-wing; beating the air, bright with the sunlight; or black with the storm, with its .weak wings .seeking shelter, but, finding none. There-is no warm place for.tha wander er, in a snug nest among the leaves of some high and hearty old tree of the forest, fall of comfortable chirpers. There is no' room for it in any downy habitation, sunk jimid tho fra grant foliage of the hedge, or fastened against the sloping side of’ the grassy hillock. There is no quick cry of welcome to greet its coming. "Without any home, it wings its weary way thro’ space, until it is qhilled, and there is ho strength left in its thin body. Then it circles, helpless, to the ground, no more- to meet the sun with signing, nor to praise the Giver of Light from the tree top or herbage of the meadow. . .But we will find it a more difficult task tp imagine a humap being—one of ourselves, with out any home, j&nd yet we encounter every dsy of Pur live?, brush against them in the street, and waive impatiently away, men made in the-image of |3od, who are utterly homeless. When .the coming shades of evening deepen into the gloom of night, they cannot gladly turn their hacks on' borrow, and go to a bright fire side and a cirolejof loved andioving ones. The cold stars find these forlorn creatures skulking away into their wretched holes and hiding pla ces, or creeping into the genial; light flooding .put through windows upon the flinty street, or pouring burning rum down their throats, and dozing stupidly by the pot house fire, thcnoe to he driven (when] relieved of their last cent) out into the night. (And if the stars are 1 concealed behind great sullen clouds,, which chase each other in wild skjirry over the sky, and dash big •drops to the c ( artb, these , houseless vagrants must bear the rage of the eiemcjits, unless they happily find refuge in some retired covert, or are kindly suffered to become the inmates of the lodges of tbje law. They have no home 1— •Unfortunate, fohlish, or debased, they have no hpmol | Our reader a home, we hope. He is blessed, if he is not a stranger in a strange place, obliged td eat and sleep at- a mockingly grand hotel, and’stare listlessly at people he feels no more interest in than ha does in that mystical individual who is said to exist in the moon,-and fromj whom he would be silly to ex pect sympathy and kindness; at a magnificent holstery, uncongenial Inside and outside, find ing loneliness land solitude , among. a great crowd, and yearning with a homesick heart for distant lights! j lie is likewise very fortunate if his residence is not a boarding house, where nobody makes it a point to cultivate anybody or regard Lis follow with aught but suspicion ; whose people are always making mischief; and looking savage;and saying sharp things about each other. Our reader’s jhoroe, wo trust, is a happy home. It need not be four stories high. It need-not have a brown stone front; nor have vast suits ot rooms with' frescoed" ceilings, an® Hashing mirrors, and rich curtains, carpets, paintings, and gewgaws ip inconceivable variety and use lessness. To happy,'jour, home must be Imadeao by its mmates.... llow true it is, that I joy dances in with the sunbeam at the window j of a'thatchedj cottage, and lights up the'faces of its humble inhabitants; that silken lounges often hold languid, miserable complaining bo dies, and that good eating does not always bring good cheer; that the humblest cabin of the peasant may be illumined, into so great a brightness as to outdazzlo the gorgeous palace of the peer 1 If, when you, dear reader, grow* sick and tired of the rough life of thestoroand street, and bend yonr footsteps toward your house—;be it lofty or lowly—you are welcomed at the very threshold by a loving kiss, embrace, smile, dr exclamation. If your arm chair is ready by the fire, or at the table; if the loving eye of a mother, sister, or wife, is upon you, and their tender, delicate attentions are be stowed ungrudgingly to make you comfortable ; if there is no malicious, jangling jealousy, nor protracted and bitter disputation about trivial ities ; if there are good books, and pleasant music, and pleasant games, and merry laugh ter, and considerate kindness alt round, then, indeed;, you have reason to thank God uncea singly for your happy home. And it is your chiefest joy in times of misfortune, that you have one refuge from the clamorous, greedy, contentious world—from the miseries of money making and losings—and the fright and anxiety which is pressed into every working houi of your life. Though yonr paper is protested, and your credit shattered, and your name wl is pered into eager ears, there is one pbtoa where you are sure of kindly treatment and unselfish coromisseration. .Prize your home. If it is not already a happy one, you can make it so, if you exert a proper influence there. Unknit the. brow, and db’nt look like an animated account book when you join the ; family group. Forget your counter and cash drawers, and your bank books and bills, and business, and strive to diffuse cheer fulness ns mnch as possible. So far as your means will permit, furnish it with pleasant reading matter, and such harmless means of diversion ar contribute so much to the satisfac tion of home. Do’at mope nor anarl, nor yawn your family into fidgets, and out of your sight. And then you can sing with poor John Howard Payne, although hot in his heart-broken spirit, when you are faint in the race, and worn and w(>nry, those lines which shall be chanted for ever, until homesick wanderers are no more;— - -“Home home I'sweet, sweet home 1 There’s no place like home, There’s no place like home 1” Henry Ward Beecher’s Interview, with the King of Belgium. • Me. Beecher gives the following account of an interview with the King of Belgium: “ When I - was in Ghent, at the request of the American Minister, I consented, in the hope of doing some good to our- country, to call on the King of Belgium. It would not do for mo to go without some preparation. As to borrow ing a court suit, I would not; hut I did con sent to get a white vest; and I did consent to get some white gloves; andltUd consent to get a stiff hat:. When I had got myself ar ranged for going to Court, in a manner unlike that to which I had been accustomed, I pro cured a splendid carriage and started. As I rode through the. streets, all the boys looked at me. arid I felt very much like a fool going to court. And, as I came to the King’s residence, I thought the soldiers knew that I was dressed up for the first time in my life in such things —which was the fact. I did not know what to say to the servitors at the foot of the stairs, or to the servitors at the fop of tho stairs; but I made my way along somehow. They conduc ted me through a hall, and whisked me at once before the King. He is a venerable personage. He speaks the English language beautifully.— Deis the mentor, he is the adviser of European monarchs. If you were to see him dressed in ordinary clothes, you would think him a plain American citizen. But he was dressed, from the crown of bis head to the .sole of his feet, in all sorts of beautiful things and ornaments. — He walked towards .me in a very stately man ner, with his sword rattling on the floor by his side, and I walked toward' him the headway I could.. He bowed, nnd I bowed. We talked together, and I called himSir,’ all through,. and said a good many things that I should not have said. I could not get it out of my head that I was not afraid of the King, nnd that I was doing something disreputable. I wanted to observe court forms ; but the very desire to do so rendered tho thing impossible. I saw that he knew it; for he. smiled bcnignantly, nnd seemed to have a fatherly consideration for me; Finally, on-leaving the room, I ought to hove backed out. I did go backward for one or two steps; but then I turned and whisked through tho. door, face foremost.” Rloral ERclnsivoncs*. Owing to the perversion of moral sympathy, there are a groat many persons that separate, themselves from human life, substantially fol lowing after moral qualities. They live for ideas. They give themselves to self-culture.— They are to ordinary life cold, and heedless, and indifferent, comparatively speaking. They are like the birds that fly from the house and from the farm, and seek the wilderness, and build their nests in secluded nooks and in the crevices of rocks, and are seldom seen. Thera are many persons'wbo-think that, because they have exquisite sensibility [and culture, they have a right to live up aipong books, or pictures, or philosophic ideas, and let the- toiling multi tude thunder oh their reforraationsand conflicts down below. They are like men perched upon j a cliff, who give no thought to the ocean that ! rolls at its base, except to look at it occasion j ally as a mere curiosity,—and such men have the worst kind of selfishness. ■ Yet they think j themselves Christians, simply by reason of their [ negations. They are not tempted by passions; i they do not mingle in human ambitions. They 1 are set free from the seductions of the lower I sphere ; and they are unlovely because they aro cold, and unsympathetic, and selfish—fur no man can be a Christian that separates himself from-his fellows, from his kind,—if. IK Beec’r. Ir ever the cart was put before the horse, it .was when wrong was placed before rig Tit, . 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Miss Sis Bescibes the Bctuxasd Fris* oners. ■ -I met Miss Dorotha Biz this morning—sister of Major-General Diz—the guardian-angel of our hundred hospitals—a- glorious woman in s sublime cause. She waa in a flutter of patri otic excitement over the barbarous treatment of our heroes who fall into the rebel hands. She bad just returned from Baltimore, she said; where she had been at the request of the Sec retary of War, to see our returning prisoners; and she wanted to tell all about it. She stool over the table where wo were gathered, ami her tongue ran on, as an indignant woman's will, the sad rehersal interlarded with fierce gestures in the right.place. I will tell yoa the story as she told ns. '“I had just got to tbs wharf," she said,; “ whan oar Flag-of Truce boat, tho City of New York, came in, and Soon the poor fellowir begat* to land—four hundred and flfty'of thear from Belle Isle. Such a sight I It was a reg iment of skeletons! Most of them had to bC carried off on stretchers. Several died on tbs' boat as thejy were lifted up. Nine died on tho wharf listing their gratitude ia God that; after all their privations, they were permitted to die under the old flag! A majority were so weak that they could scarcely speak, and in tt hundred the brain seemed to be implicated; First as near as we conld learn from thaf few who conld tell the story, they had been starved—systematically they though at meagre scrap of - musty bacon being brought to them with water so that they gradually lost their strength, and became mere skin and bone,- “ Then they wore left exposed in cold weoth* er to freeze. They were in such a conditioa of hunger at any time that a man would giver his blanket or his shoes for a bit of food, so 1 that they became aimost deprived of cloth ing, A majority of them bad their feet froied more or less. Many had lost their feet, and several had to bare their legs amputated after their arrival at Baltimore. “ Besides they were absolutely covered with vermin, and in the moat distressing state. I never saw, any of our boys so filthy-—never.- They had been huddled together like sheep,- and ns [their minds failed them they became' deliriodk they gave less and less attestioa M themselves. Immediately on their arrival, they Were or dered to have a thorough bath. It was pitia ble to refuse their feeble cries for food I' * food I* “ For God's sake give me something to eat V* and our great strong Surgeons whom I never saw shed s tear before cried like children, when they were - obliged to deny the appeals and confide their patients to a' simple diet and d bath. . “ Most of them bad to be carried to the bath-room, but I saw one, apparently sturdier than the rest, standing alone in his blanket* and I ordered him to go .alone to the bath* Without a word ho went. In half an hour he was found there unconscious and helpless, bis mind and strength having failed him to gether.; 'An attendant lifted him up and sup ported him as he got out, and accidently trod on one of his feet when it came off I—having been frozen to that degree during the dreadful exposure of the winter; “ A majority of the poor fellows are maimed or invalided for Ife ; many of them are hope lessly insane, also;. It seems to have been the deliberate-policy of the rebels to return all our prisoners in such a condition that they can never more be of service to us. “ Oh,- fir,” said Mias Dix, ‘lf your papef could only stir up -the Administration to some adequate retaliation for thesa awful crimes against humanity—and if that can not be, tell your people of Rochester to send their soldiers even more freely to conquer these savages* and secure protection through victory."—Cor* respondent Rochester Democrat. A WORD TO TBS PEOPt.D Until the war is.over and the rebellion put down, our people must make up their minds W pay- high prices for goods, as well as high tax* es upon their property. The immense expen* ditures necessary in modern warfare mustdis* turb the commercial balance, We cannot ex* pect everything to run on as smoothly as if wo had no rebellion in the country. High tax* es we must pay to maintain our armies in thd field, and to sustain the credit of the Govern ment. Without a large income raised by tax ation, the national currency must depreciate* and prices will bound up higher and higher. Our principal hope of safety now lies in heavy taxation. Tho Government cannot borrow for* ever unless there is provision made, for paying interest and principal. Our public income and tariff and taxation is not enough to meet the emergency. Congress' must day on the burden and the people must carry it for their own good. It is better to pay a high tax and support our financial system, than to pay noth* ingaudletour treasury fall into bankruptcy. Besides, hundreds of thousands of citizons are on the battle-field, offering evefy* thing, even to their very lives; for the causa of the country. We ere asked only to pay a por tion of .our substance. We risk no limbs nor lives in staying at home employed in out usual vocations. For the public good and own good* we are called on to pay for the work that oth ers are doing. It will cost us some economy and self-denial, hut nothing compared with what the soldiers experience every day. We must atop our indulgence in costly foreign lux* uries, and live in a manner to suit the timest Money is abundant among ns, but it should not therefore he wasted.' First, provide a de cent subsistence for yourselves and families ; then give what you can afford to the Aid Soci* eties and Sanitary Fair, and invest the sur plus in the public loans, the best securities in the world. Pay your taxes cheerfully and freely, and, be satisfied that every act of your hand is for tho freedom, hnppines, and unity of your country.— Bucks County Intelligencer-. Sir Peter Lely made it a rule never Id look at a bad_ picture, having found byeipe riertca thatwherrever ha did so his pencil look a tint from it. Apply the same rule to had lwok? J ; mid r bad' company. ?