by m. h. cobb; ’ r: ■;
Pabliehedevery Wednesday moraiujr mailed to
Wbortbors at ONE DOLLAH AND Ef FJ rcENTS
per year, always IN ADVANCE. ! 'J,
r The paper.it sent postage free to coujil j* iubßcribers,
though they may receive their mail at pc; jt-offices lo
cated in counties immediately adjoinii.r", ('or'convert
ulence* .. # • - .
Tub Auitatob is the Official .paper df Tioga Co'.,
and circulates in every neighborhood t'r :oin. -Snb
soriptioas being-on the advance-pay syc.. m, it circu
lates among a class most to tho interest
to reach. Terms to’ advertisers as liber A' is those of
fared by any paper of equal circulation' r , Northern
Pennsylvania,
A cross on. the margin of. a-ft' cr, denotes
that the subscription is about to expire. ' ■
jfUj* Papers will be stopped when tbtferiplion
time expires, unless' the agent orders theV continu
ance. / ’ . V- *
JAS. LOWREV &, g. F. WI'XSOJS,
Attorneys & law,
will attend the Courts of Tior.b,-Politer and
McKean counties. [Wellaboro, .iaa.l, 1863.] '
OICKMSOH HOV6IJ,
. Corning,- n. y._
Slaj. A. Y1ELD,.;..;..... .'.'.proprietor.
OUESTS taken to and ffOtn. tL« -ijepot free
of charge. [jnn.J, 1863.']
PESJISYLVAMA ’ H'BP SE, ' '
COENEE OP MAIN STEEEI.AND.-XfIJJ WsEXUB,
Wcllsboro. Pal,
<T.. "W. BIGONY, .'.....1 'roprietor.
THIS popular Hotel, having bee! j re-fitted
‘aird'-ro-fornished throughout, is now pen to the
ipublio as a first-class honse. .[Janr i, 1863.]
•». HART’S HOXE M ; .
WELLSBORO, TIDE a CO. RWNA.
'rpHE subscriber takes this methodic inform
I bis old friends and customers, that; re
sumed the conduct of the old “ Crysts Fountain
Hotel,” and will hereafter give it his enti' i attention.
Thankful for past favors, he solicits a ret ‘wal of the
same. ’ DAVII/HART.
Wellsboro, Hov. 4, 1863.-ly. , f'
IZAAK WALTON HO cJSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, FC-' :
H. C. VERMILYEA Proprietor.
THIS is a new |iotel located withijs'easy ac
cess.of,the best fishing and hunting grounds in
Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared for
the accommodation of pleasure seekers ami the trav
.elling public. fJan. k, 1863.}
WELLSBORO UOIIiL.
T 3. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor.
THE Proprietor having again takempossession of
the above Hotel, mill spare no pains 'Jo insure
the comfort of guests and the traveling public. At
tentive waiters always ready. • Terms reasonable.
Wellsboro, Jan. 21,18G3.-tf.
« WATCHES, CLOCKS AND
JEWEJLRi ! v
•Repaired at BULLARD’S A CO’S. STOR’e, by the
subscriber, in the best manner, and'at as low. prices as
the same work can be done for, by any first rate prac
tical workman Id tho State. * ;
Wellsboro, July 15,1863. A. R. HASCY.
A. R O LEV;
Watches, Clocks, Jewelrvf.&o., See,,
REPAIRED AT OLD PRICIS.
I*OST OFFICE BtJIUTNjG,
'KO.' 5, UNION BLO&i . . ■
Wellsboro, May 20, 1863/ t-
E. K. BLACK, ,
BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER,
. SHOP OVER C. L. -WILCOX’S. STgfBE, .
N0.,4, BRQpK.
'Wellsboro, June 24, 1563. .
AGRICULTURAL IETPLEmEETTS.
I WOULD inform. Dealers la AgricuUur4 Imple
ments, that 1 ! have Horse Kaketf of the ‘most ap
proved styles and stfperipr quality. Hand
Hakes Of a better qnalitwthan any, raanuf. /tured-in
this section, which I wilVfurnish in any qu htfcy de
sired, to dealers in the counties of Tiogiijfradford,
and Lycoming.
Mainsburg, Nor. IS, ISCB-Smos.*
CLAIM AGEMT-.
THE undersigned will promptly all
claims against the Government Ee^vicesTen
dered in the Military or Naval Service ,)f the United
Ftates. Charges reasonable—will advrfhee, the legal
necessary fees if desired. No chargfc|f na* success
ful in the application* D. McN itJtfiiTON,
Ihf^rcnccs: Hon. Victor Cage, X. W 1 B<-. lows, Ex
amining Surgeon at Knoxville, Pa., B. jf-. Strangj
Clvmer, Pa'., F, Strang, Hector, Pa., SAiju Beebe,
Harrison, Pa.
Westfield, <Taa. IX, 1864.-6mos* u
TREASURY DEPARTIip;
Office of Comptroller of the ■Currency,
WASHINGTON, 'Mau-;h 2,;, J-BG4.
WHEREAS, by satisfactory
to the undersigned, it has been i Yad£to appear
that The First National Bask, of-A’elisborongl},
in the county of Tioga, and State of
has been duly organized under and aoc *fdipg to tho
requirements of the act of Congress, entiled “ An act
to provide a national currency, secured of
United States stocks, and to provide fix thq circula
tion and redemption thereof,” aprVtm d February 25,
IS6:>, and has complied with o\\ the provisions of said
act required to be complied, before- coaamencing
the business of banking ■' r
NOIV, I, Hc-gh McCntxorn,
'Comptroller of ‘Jne Currency, tlo hereby beatify that
the First National Bank, of Wellsboi miV-h,county
of Tioga, and State of Pennsylvania, is i.uibomed to
the business of banking uaaw the. act
- ’ 9 ■
In testimony tokereof, witness my nnd seal of
office, this twenty-first day of March, T£G4.
(* *>i HUGH McC^U-OCIT,
( J~ s <‘ J ComptroUer of tb'u Currency.
Mafse 64-91 ' ' * ■ ;
SOABPSIAH ASD OKAY’S
CELEB R'A'TE 1> j-
PATENT IMPBOVED
INSULATED IRON RIOT, AND. ERA ME
PIANOFORTES!" '
These pianos hare the pure musical. t§je of the
"Wood, together with the strength of Jji, and are
thus far superior to all others. Thu" Strung
Scales, giving in connection with the- lron
lUm. full* round, powerful, and sweet t ie. These
‘pianos will remaln'xn tune a greater length of time
than any other pianos known, j*nd arc, ‘panted for
' the time of live years. The undersigned ffers these
pianos at the same prices as at the j rooms in
Albany or New York, saving the buyer thi expense of
. gwag there to buy, and will keep them i' 3 ine fpr the
term of three years, without charges, f ra. general
’description of these fdanos send‘for ? .ci jular, con
taining prices, styles, ifec, I. *K %OY T,
I Osceola, Tiogf "■p'.tbty'Pa.
Osceola, Feb. 17,18 W.
Bull’s Ohio Mower and G eaper.
in this vicinity can pro'jit- this very
- valuable Machine by calling on .. •"
WRIGHT & BAItilT,
hare the agericy for the sale of i'c. It is one of
*be best machines in use, everybody pra sen it that
has used it, and it has taken the first pro. jiom at all
•-taie and County Agricultural Fairs ;n Iho Union,
is, by all considered the beat in use* Xl 'is irnpossi
to supply the demandforlhis celebrated Machine,
those that * want ?a No. 1 Machine/best in the
must call Boon or they will all b» l m\d. * •
tt has no side draft; it does not weight upon tbo
orse’s neck, and is a perfect, durable, tnc -cheap ma-
For sale hy ' '■ T •
f L. BALDWIN, Tioga. v
i* T - BAILEY, Mansfield..
' K P - iq HT 4 BAILEY, Weilshoro, F.i. J
J Wfclleboro, May 18,1864~tf • * -
LYE, foiisaleii
v DRUG |T.OPB.
THE
VOL. X.
TREES! TREES! FOR SALE.
Apple, Price 20 cts, Extra, 25 cts.
SUMMER VARIETY, —EarIy Harvest, Red Ab-
Irachan, Early Strawberry, Juneiing, Early Sweet
Bough, Early While, Jenkens’ Pippen, Golden Sweet.
AUTUMN VARIETY, —Autumn Bongh rGraven
stein, Porter, Autumn Strawberry, Hawley or Bowse,
Pear, Henry, Prince, Canada Snow, Jersey Sweet,
Stoddard, Fall Pippen, Mammoth Pippen, Eambo,
Fall Juneting, Neutral, Thomas Wells.
WINTER VARlETY. —Baldwin, Fay’s Bnsseti,
Northern Spy, Boston Russett, Golden Russett, Po’jne
Sweeting/B.ottle Green, Sweet Pearmain, Peck’s Plea
sant, Bentley Sweet,. Rhode Island Greening, Hab
bardfitbn, None Such, 13«aar, Black, Tallman’s Sweet,
Danrcr*s tswcet, Tompkin’s County King, Esopus
Spitzenburg, Wagoner. Lady’s Sweet, Yellow. Bel
lflower, Butch Mignonne, Newtown Pippen, Ladies*
Sweet.
CRAB. —Large yellow and red. Small, do, .do.
Pears, Price 50c. Extra, ex. Price.
SUMMER VARlETY, —Bartlett, -Brandywine,
Bloodgood, Beurro Gifford, Carpenter, Dearborn
Seedling, Gapsel’s Burgnmot, Golden Beurre of GsJ
boa, Harvest, Julienne, Madeliene, Rostiezer; Osborn
Summer, Summer Frank Real, Tyson.
AUTUMN VARIETY . —Beurre Bose, Benfre'Bi
el, Beurre Ganbault, Bezi Be La Mott, Beurre Be
Amilis, Buffon, Cushing, Bis, Butcbess de Angou
leme, Flemish Beauty, Fon Dante do Automne, Fnl
ton, Henry Fourlb, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Maria
de Louise, Napoleon, Onondago, Paradise de Autom
ne, Seckol, Sheldon, Sweet Pear, Stevens’ Genesee,
TJrbaniste, Woodstock,. Yergalieu, Washington.
WINTER VARIETY, —GIout -Morceau, Passe
Colmar, Winter Wadden> Lawrence, Yicar of Wink
field, Winter Nelis. ’ * - - •
Bleekar’s Gage, Columbia, Coe’s Golden Brop, Egg
Plum, Green Gage, Imperial Gage, Jefferson, Law
rence Favorite, Lnmbard, Magnum Bonum, Princes
Gage, Red Gage, Smith’s Orleans, Washington, Hu*
ling Superb. j
Peaches, Price 18 ct*.
Beigcn Yellow, Melocoton, Crawford’s Early, Early
York, Red Rare Ripe, SweetWatcr, Geo. the Fourth,
Lemon Cling, Rod Cheek Mclocofon.
•Cherries, Price 38 els.
Black Heart, Black Eagle, Black Tartarian, Down
er’s Late Red, Mayduke, Gulgne, Elton, Late Black,
Grey’s Early White, Napoleon Bigereau, Amber,Yel
low Spanish, Bcauman’s May, 'Holland Bigarean,
Golden Drop of Herrington.
GRAPES.—lsabella, Diana, Hartford Prolific,'Ca
tawba, .Rebecca, Delaware, Concord, White Sweet
Water, Black Bnrgnndy. ' \
GOOSEBERRlES.—English—several varleties»
CURRANTS.—W-hite.,Cherry. Dutch and Bed.
ORHAIEHTAL
Norway Spruce , Balsam Fir, Scotch Fir, American
Arborvitm, Siberian do T .. Weeping, Mountain Ash,
Monntain Ash, Horse Chestnut, European Larch,
Green Forsythea, White Flowering Deutzia, Graceful
Deutzia, Chinese Wiegelia, Roses,* Basket Willows.
Tho above I offer for sale at my Nursery. They
arc all of superior quality*. In digging and packing,
care willbc taken ; and the charge for packing will
be the .cost of materials used. Trees will be delivered
at the Tioga depot free of charge. Call at tho Nur
sery, and look at the-trees for vour own satisfaction,
‘B. C, WICKHAM.
Tioga, Tioga Co., 9, ’64-3
»Rl}G STOKE.
Prince's Metallc Paint, ' Pfizer & Co’s Chemicals,
Thaddeua 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. TERBELL,
Corning, N. Y.
D- R< .’7OUD,
NATIVE BRANDY & WINES*,
: FOR
“MEDICAL & COMMUNION PURPOSES.
JTHXS BRANDY has been analyzed by the Medi
ical Director of the Naval Labratory at Brooklyn,
arid substituted for French Brandy, for use in the
United States Navy. It is also fcsed and recommend
cd by-Dr. Satterlce, Medical Purveyor in'New York
of U.‘ S. Army, in the Hospital of bis Department.
• ,DRY CATAWBA WINE.
THIS WINE ba§ all the properties of Dry Sherry
Wine, •
SWEET CATAWBA WINE.
THIS WINE for its mildness is adapted forlnva
lids.and for communion purposes.
TVTESSRS. ZTMMERMANN * CO., of Clncin
\y I nati and New York had formerly partnership
N.Longworth of Cincinnati the wealthy Native
Wine producer, and therefore enables them to furnish
the best of Americnn production, at moderate
Soldi by Vy'. D. TERRELL, at Wholesale and Re
tail. and by Druggists generally,
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1864^,
Farmer’s Catechism.
Question. What is the best hind of .Wooden beam
Plow ?
Answer. The WIARD PLOW. :
Qnes. Wherein docs it excel all others?
Ans. In case of draft, in being less liable to clog,
and in fact it excels in every particular.
Qucs. Where is thisrPlow to be found ?
Ans. At the KNOXVILLE FOUNDRY, where
they are made, and at various agencies around tin?
country. * (
• Ques. Are there any other plows made at that
Foundry? '
Ans. Tcs! Biles makes various kinds of wooden
and iron beam Plows, both for flat land and side hill,
and he keeps ahead of all other establishments by
getting the BEST PATTERNS invented, without
regard to the COST.
, Ques. Are Plows all that Biles makes ? '
Ans. By, no means. He also makes HOESE
HOES; a superb article for Corn, Potatoes, &c.
ROAD SCRAPERS that beat the world.' Cast Cul
tivator Teeth nf a very superior pattern. Shovel
Plow Castings for new land, undindeed almost every
thing that is ever made at a Foundry, from a Boot
Jack to a Steam Engine.
Ques. Would you then advise me to buy there?
Ans, Most certainly would X, for besides making
the best KIND of every thing, Biles makes those
that are the most D UKABLE, and it is 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; he has always been at tbo business from a
small boy and ought to know how it is done, and if
you try bis wares once, you will be ready with mo to
tell all wanting anything in that line 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 & salbratus at •
BOY'S DRUG STORE.
AN Assortment of TABLE GLASSWARE will be
found at - ‘ROT'S DRUG STORE*
BcflOtea to tfte sSxttnBim of ti>t Bvtu of iFmtrom sis# t|ie of Stcfoem.
"WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNBIGHTED,. AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
Plums, Price' 50 els.
IVnOLESALE
Zinunejmann & Go’s.
CATAWBA BRANDY.
WELLSBOEO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, j 1864.
Select 3poettrg,
KISS ME, LATHEE, EKE X DIE.
An Incidentj{of the Present War*
. [An only boj, vhc{se mother had died in infancy,
wcs brought home to his father's house to die from
the effects of exposure in oamp M On his death bed
hia constant petition was, whenever his father ap
proached him, “Kiss me, father, ere I die”;,-and
down'to the very last moment h© clung to this re
quest, and finally died in his father's arms, “os a
weary child going to sleep,]
’Kenteat father, lam going
To a "brighter, better clime; 1 J
* Soon my eyes will close forever, I '
Shutting out the things of time;
Boise m3’ bend upon my pillow, ,
Let me feel tbat you are nigh ; i
Ki css me to your aching bosom
Kiss me, father, ere I die.
Bather, I hare done my duty
.In the camp and 'mid the strife,
Boon I'll seal my deep devotion- .. -
To my country with ray life;
. But it soothes my dying moments
_ When I know that you are by;.
Put your loving arms about me;—
Kiss me, father, ere I die.
'Kiss ms, father, ns you used to
-In my childhood’s happy day,
TVhen I nestled in your bosom.
Ere your locks had turned to gray;
Cast a loving glance upon me.
As within your arms I lie:
X am going—God be with you;—
Kiss me, father, ere I die.
TBE BEREAVED SISTER.
In the spring of 1824 I contracted an ac
quaintance, in one of the cities of the South,
with a gentleman who had removed from Eng
land to this country with two small children,
the one a boy of ten, and the other a girl of
nine years of age. These children were the
most lovely beings I ever saw. Their extreme
beauty, their deep and artless affection, and
their frequent bursts of innocent and childish
mirth, made them as dear to me as if I had
.been the companion of their infancy. They
were happy in themselves, happy in each other
and in the whole world of life and nature
around them. I had known the family but a
few months, when my friend was compelled to
make a sudden and unexpected, voyage to South
America. His feelings were embittered, by the
thought of leaving his motherless children be
hind him, and, as lUvas on the point of' embar
king for Liverpool, I promised to take them to
their friends and relatives.
My departure was delayed two weeks. Bu
rins that period I lived undo* tlm ouine roof
with the little ones, that had been consigned to
my charge. For a few days they were pensive,
and made frequent enquiries for their absent
father; hut their sorrows were easily assuaged,
and regret for his absence changed into a plea
sant anticipation of his return. The ordinary
sorrows of childhood are hut dews upon, the
eagle’s plumage, which vanish at the moment,
when the proud bird springs upward into the
air to woo the first beautiful flashes of the mor
ning, i
The day of our departure at length arrived,
and we set sail on a quiet afternoon of summer.
It was a scene of beauty, and my heart flut
tered ns wildly and joyously as the wing of a
young bird in spring time. It seemed in truth
as if “ man’s control had stopped with the
shore,” and was retreating behind us, and left
the world of waters to give back the blue of
the upper skies as purely and peacefully as at
the first holy sabbath of creatio'ii. The distant
hills bent their pale blue tops to the waters,
and as the great sun, like the image of his Cre
ator, sank down in the west, successive shadows
of gold, of crimson, and of purple, came float
ing over the waves like barks from a fairy land.
My young companions gazed on these scenes
steadily, and when the last tints of the dim
shore were melting into shadow, they took each
other’s hands, and a few natural tears gushed
forth as an adieu to the land they had loved.
Soon after sunset, I persuaded my little
friends to let me lead them to the cabin, and
then returned to look out again upon the ocean.
In about half an hour, as I was standing mu
singly and apart, I felt my hand gently pressed,
and, on turning around, saw that the girl had
stolen alone to my side. In a few moments the
evening star began to twinkle from the, edging
of a violet cloud. At first it gleamed, faintly
and at intervals, but anon it came brightly out,
and shone like'a holy-thing upon the brow of
the evening. The girl at my side gazed upon
it, and bailed it'with a'tone which told that a
thought of rapture was at her heart. She en
quired, with simplicity and eagerness, whether
in the fair land to which. ,wo aro going, that
same bright star would be visible, and seemed
to regard it as another friend, that was tb be
with her in her long and lonely journey.'
The first week of our journey was unatten
ded by anyfimportar.t incident. The sea whs
at times wild and stormy; but again it woufd
sink to repose, and spread itself out in beauty
to the verge of the distant horizon. On the
eighth day the boy arose, pale and dejected,
and complained of indisposition. On the fol
lowing morning he was confined by a fever to
his bed, and much doubt was expressed as to
his fate by the physician of the vessel, I can
never forget the visible agony, the look of utter
woe, that appeared upon |the face- of thh little
girl, when the conviction of her beloved bro
ther’s danger come ■ slowly upon her thoughts.
She wept not—she complained not—but,' hour
after hour, she sat by the bed of the young suf
ferer, an-image of Igrief and beautiful affection.
The boy became daily more feeble and emacia
ted, Ho could not return the long and burning
kisses of his sister, and at last a faint heaving
of his breast, and the tender eloquence of- his
half-closed eye, and a flush; at intervals,, upoti
his wasted cheek, like the first violet tint of a
morning cloud, were all that told ho had not
yet passed “ the first dark days of nothing
ness.”
The twelfth evening of oar absence from land
was the most beautiful I had ever known, and
I persuaded the girl to go for a short tiineupim
deck; that her .own fevered browmigbt.be fan
ned By the twilight breefce. The sun bad gone
AGITATOR.
WT GEO. n. PRENTICE.
down in glory, and .the traces of his blood-red
setting were still risible upon the western wa
ters. Slowly but brilliantly the- many stars
were gathering themselves together above, and
another sky swelled out in softened beauty be
neath, and the foam upon the crest pf the
waves was lightened up like wreaths of snow.
There was music in every wave, and its wild
sweet tone came floating down from tbo flutter
ing pennon above us, like the sound of a gentle
wind amid a cypress grove. Bat neither mbsic
nor beauty had a spell for the heart of my little
friend. I talked to her of the glories of the
sky and sea-—I pointed her to the star, on
•which jshe bad always loved to look—but’ her
only answer was a sigh, and I returned with
her to the bedside of her brother. I instantly
perceived that he was dying. There was no
visible struggle—but a film was creeping over
h.is eyes, and the hectic flush of his check was
deepening into purpld. I know not whether,
at first, his sister perceived the change in his
appearance. She took her seat at his side, pres
sed his pale lips to her own, and then, as usual,
let her melancholy eye rest fixedly upon his
countenance. Suddenly his locks brightened
forn moment, and he spoke bis sister’s name.
She replied with a passionate caress,’ and looked
■up in my face, as if to implore encouragement.
I knew that her hopes were but a mockery. A
moment more, and a convulsive quiver passed
over thelips of the dying boy—a slight shudder
ran through his frame—and all was still. She
sat in tearless silence—but I saw that the wa
ters of bitterness were gathering fearfully at
their fountain. At last, she raised her bands
with a sudden effort, and pressing them upon
her forehead, wept with the uncontrollable a«»o-.
ny -of despair. :
On the next day the corpse of the dead boy
was to be committed to the ocean. The little
girl knew that it must be so, but she sought to
drive the thought away, as if it had been an
unreal and terrible vision. When the appoin
ted hour was at hand, she ‘cable and begged
me, with a tone that seemed less, like a human
voice than the low cadence of a disembodied
and melanchply spirit, to go and look upon her
brother, and see if he was indeed dead. I
conld not resist her entreaties, but went with
her to gaze upon the sleeping dust, to which ail
the tendrils of her life jfoemed bound. She
paused by the bedside, and I almost deemed
that her existence would pass off in that long
and fixed gaze. Shd moved not—spoke not —
till the form she loved was taken away to be
let down into the ocean. Then indeed she
arose, and followed her lifeless brother with a
calmness that might have been from Heaven.
The body sunk slowly and solemnly beneath
the waves, a few long bright ringlets streamed
out upon the waters, a single white and beauti
ful glimpse came dimly up through the danc
ing billows, and all that had once been joy and
beauty vanished forever. -6
During the short residue of our voyage, the
bereaved sister seemed fading away as Calmly
and beautifully as n cloud in a summer zenith.
Her heart had lost its communion with nature,
and she would look idown into • the sea, and
murmur incoherently of its cold and- solitary
depths, and call her brother’s
weep herself into calmness. , ~~
I know not whether she is still a blossom of
the earth, or whether, she has long since gone
to be nurtured in a holier realm. But X Jove
the memory of -that beautiful and stricken one.
Her loveliness, her innocence,'anj her deep and
holy feelings, still come back to me in their
glory and quietude, like a rainbow on a sum
mer cleud, that has showered and passed off
ferever. , I
“NEITHER”—“ EITHER.”
The pronunciation jof the words at the head
of this article, as if spelt ni-iher and i-ther,
which is not unfrequently heard from divines
and other cultivated men, is not sanctioned ei
ther by analogy or good use, and is only to be
accounted for on the supposition thaS; by some,
doubtful use in England is considered, better
authority than good use in America. Out of
seventeen legiccgraphers, only two , and they of
little account, (J. Johnson and Coote,) expressly
authorized the corrupt pronunciation ; and the
analogy of the language is utterly opposed to
it, there being only one word of similar orthog
raphy, “height,”.whpse accepted,pronunciation
accords with it. i , 1
To show liow entirely analogy fails fq sustain
the corrupt pronunciation, the following para
graph has been framed, in which is introduced
all tbe different connections in which tho let
ters e i are met with, except as* in the word
“ heigfit” given above. ;
Being disposed, to walk, I would feign have
visited my neiglibor,\ but on approaching his
seigniory, I was alarmed by the neighing of his
horse, and on lifting'my veil, was terrified to
find the animal within, eighty yards of me, ap
proaching with a speed that seemed freighted
with tbe direst consequence. I was in a streight
: —caught in a seine. : My blood stood still in my
i veins, as I conceived toy life in danger. Turn
ing my head, I was pleased to see an Arabian
Sheik near by, and doing him obeisance, I bog
ged that he would deign to come to my rescue.
I was not deceived in my hopes. By a skilful
feint he succeeded in seizing the rein attached
to tbe’Gery steed; and as he was a man of con
siderable weight, ho cheeked him in bis impet
uous career, and my life -was saved. For the
favor thus received, may he ever live in a ceiled
dwelling.! - ■ * -
Every one of the words in tbe above para
graph, printed in italics, might as well have its
e i “ sounded as i id mine,” as “ neither” or
“ either.” Wheretbe authorities preponderate
so greatly against any particular pronuncia
tion, there is, certainly no reasonableexouse for
its adoption.
Lafayette. —Daring the Revolution, Lafay
ette belngin Baltimore, was invited-to a ball.
Ho went, .but instead of joining the amuse
ment, as might be expected of a yonng French
man, addressed thelaiea thus:
Ladies you ore very handsome , you dance
very prettily ; your, ball is very fine but mysol~
dkrsharxno shirts!” The ball ceased, -the
ladies went home,' and the next. day. shirts
•were prepared -for 1 the gallant, defenders ot,
their,country,!,, , ..... _ ' . _ . .' .
tetter from a Richmond Prisoner.
The following letter written by John B. Em
ery, a resident of this place, who was taken
prisoner, with a number of Tioga county boys,
will be read with interest by our readers ;
Annapolis, Md„ April 27, 1801.
Bear Brother ;—l camo down here from Bal
timore on Monday morning, on the steamer
Wehonab, and am getting along finely on Un
cle Sam’s rations. Wears in.-good barracks,
with a good stove in each barrack, -draw plenty
to eat, and I am gaining strength every day;
have the.rheumatism some in my limbs yet, but
think it will wear off shortly.
We left Tazewell, East Tennessee, on the
morning of December 14th, with a train of
twenty two wagons, loaded with sugar and.cof
fee for the Ist division of 9th array corps.—
There were about fifty of us with the train, and
only about twenty-five of us had guns. We
marched about thirteen miles, and went into
camp about dusk, at the foot of Clinch Moun
tain, at Clinch Gap. We had just got our sup
pers cooked, and were setting down,to it, when
tbe Rebs appeared on a hill a short distance
off, and commenced firing on us. We jumped
for, our guas, and returned the compliment,
leaving our supper untouched. We skirmished
a few moments, when they charged on us, from
all sides.' We fought until we were all mi-xed
up together, and, as they were ten to our one,
of course we were taken. The one that first
reached me, took my watch, pocketbook, over
coat, gum blanket, tents, haversack, canteen,
&0., &c.
As soon as tlicy had finished overhauling us,
a few of,them went into our supper, while.l
stood by and enjoyed the fun of seeing the hun
gry rascals gobble our meal.
'Wqjvere then taken over the bill, where
Gen. Jones had two brigades of rebel cavalry ;
remained there until nine or ten o’clock at
night, when wo were started, marched all night,
and until one o’clock in the afternoon, wheirwe
were halted. They here dealt out to each pf
ns a pint of flour and a small piece of fresh
beef. Thdmeat we cooked on the coals, and
baked the flour on aboard. About four o’clock
we started again, crossed Clinch Mountain at
Flat Gap, and encamped on the other side about
ten at'night; started on at seven in the morn
ing, marched five miles, and were put into a
storehouse in the village of Mooresburg, where
we drew a pint of flour and half a pound of
fresh pork. The nest" day we drew nothing to
eat, but the next nt)on after we got one pound
of flour apiece, which we baked on a board. —
At three P. M. we started on, marched six
miles, and were packed into a house not large
enough to accommodate a. third of us. The
next morning (Ilhh) we started on, marched
six miles, and arrived at Eogersville, at ten A.
M., and were put into the East,Tennessee Bank.
In the afternoon we drew seven small biscuits
and about three ounces of boiled beef, each.—
Sunday, the 20tb, were still in the Bank; and
drew nothing to cat. The 21st we drew six
biscuits and a little beef. The 22d we drew one
pound of bre'ad and half a pound of boiled
beef.
Left Eogcrsviile at ten A. M. the 23d, with
-thsjiSth Tennessee for an escort. There were
a littHTover two hundred prisoners of Us ; they
were captured at different points, but sent on
together. We marched twelve miles that day,
were put into a large church for the'night, and
drew one pound of beef and two biscuits, each.
Started on again at seven in . the morning, and
arrived at Kingsport, fifteen miles distant, at
three P. M.; were put into a church, and drew
one pound of flour and the same of beef.
The 2oth, we left Kingsport, at eight A. M.,
marched sixteen miles, quartered for the night
in the Jefferson Seminary, at Blounitsville, and
drew rations of flour and raw meat without
salt. The 2Ctb, started at nine in tho morning,
marched nine miles, and arrived at Bristol, Ya.,
at two P. M., and were marched into camp in a(
piece of tall woods. It rained nearly all-day!
and all night, and, as-the Bubs had stripped us,'
of course we bad to lie and take the rain, as
best we could ; drew some flour and beef with
out salt. The 27 tb it rained all day; drew a
pound of flour and meat in the evening.
Monday, 28th, drew three days’ rations of
hard tack and fresh beef, and at five P. M, got
aboard the cars and started for Richmond.—
Bode all night and the next day, and at dark
changed cars at Lynchburg; changed cars
again In the morning, and arrived at Richmond
at noon.
When we got to Richmond, we were put on
the lower floor of Scott’s tobacco factory. It
was already full except the back room where
tbe hydrant was. We had to go in there, and
slept with the water running under us all the
time. In the center of tbe main room there
was a regular-swamp-hole, caused by all the
slops, &c., being swept down from the upper
floors. The smell was awful, especially where
wo slept. Thursday, 31st, drew some corn
bread and fresh beef at noon, and at night
some dodger and bean slop. Jesse Wilcox was
sent to_ the hospital to-day; He was shot thro’
the hand at the time we were taken.
Kew Year’s day, 1864, moved over to tho re
nowned Bella Island, about two miles from
Scott’s factory; drew a quarter loa£ of bread
and a piece of meat about the size of yoUr two
fingers. “ Bid you think of me at homo ?”
From the Ist to the 4th |I did not get out of my
bed, only long enough to get my piece of bread
and eoop or meat, twice a day. It was so cold,
a person would freeze to death in a short time.
I got into a kind of tent with some'of the 57th
Pa. and George Mattison, of Co. I; who was
taken at Concord Station. For about a week
after we got there, wa got about an ounce of
meat in the forenoon, but after that we got no
thing but about a pint of black bean slop with
once in a while a bean in it, twice' a day, be
sides the quarter loaf. The piece of bread
iwould never be over twoi'or two and a half in
ches square. If ever, men suffered with hun
ger, we did Ibefe." We would dream" about
something to eat all night; think of it the first
thing in the .morning; talk about it all day, and
“ something to eat” would be in our minds
when we went to sleep. TTpity the lousy liebel
whatever falls into the Belle Iflatid boys’Lands.
You may believe it or not—but dogs were fre
quently billed oß~thc island"and" eaten 'hy.ijur
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Fosters, Handbills,*Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and
all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishmentsj
executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable'
and bthfer BLANKS, constantly on hand.
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boys. I never was lucky enough to get hold of
one, or I should have feasted for once. I have
seen dog meat for sale at a dollar a slice, the
size of your four fingers—and there was always
a plenty of customers. At one time a man
threw up his bean soap, and he bad no sooner
done so, than men went and picked up thd
beans and ate them.
You ihinJc you can imagine something near
the suffering our poor fellows endured ; but
imagination cannot picture their sufferings.—*
Men would come in there in mid-winter, with
no blanketa or overcoats, and perhaps their
shoes half been taken from them, and their feel
were bound up with rags. They wohld find no
tent, as all were full,, and would have to rmt
about all night to keep from freezing to death;
Numbers of them froze to death, and dozens of
them were frozen so bad that they had to bd
sent to the hospital in Richmond, wheiio several
of them died; and others had their toes all ta
ken off, and some their feet. I cannot write
the twentieth part of what I have seen and
kiow.
On the 22d of February I was sent over td
the hospital at Richmond, sick with a very bad
cold, &c. I could not eat anything for several
days before I went. The hospital was in three
large tobacco factories, and called respectively
Ist, 2d and 3d division hospitals. 1 was id
ward 4,2 d division. The cooking was all done
at the Ist division. The Ist division was the
headquarters'bf the whole concern. Soon after
I got over there, I was taken with chronic di
arrhoea, but got so as to be around about the
20th of March. I then went to doing the wri
ting for the eteward and general ward master.
I got more to eat after that, and of a better
quality. About the first of April I went down
to the Ist division hospital, as clerk in the office
where all the business was done for the three
buildings. There were three of na clerke. “We
bad considerable to do, but got enough to eat;
such as it was.
I remained there until paroled. The paroW
sheets were made out ten days before we left,
but I did not gel my name down until six o'-
clock the night before we came away. I sup
posed I could not come on that boat; bat t
worked the thing around about right, and got
off. lam the only one of the 45tb that catud
up. Oscar Henry, Jesse Wilcox, Joseph Jen
nings, James Tillotson, Washington Mann;
Herman Jennings, and all others taken with
me, were sent to Georgia the 7th of March, and
were all well at that time. I saw “ Cole” thd
day I left the island, and that is the last 1 have
seien or heard of him.'
II send you a complete list of the cases of
each disease in the three divisions of the hos
pital, from .January Ist to April Ist, and the
deaths from each disease. I was in the office
and had access to all the books where the ad
missions, deaths, &c., were entered by name;
but did not bring a list of them, because if I.
had been caught at it, X should have been de
tained and sent t to Castle Thunder. The list 1
send you is in so- small a compass I could con
ceal it. By thill you will see that in January
there were 706 .bases, and 311 deaths; in Feb
ruary, 1257 cases, and 525 deaths; in March,
870 casfs, and 561 deaths. Of these, you will
see that there were 229 cases of chronic diarr
hoea in January, and 193 deaths; in February;
337 cases, and 265 deaths; and in March, 283
cases, and 250 deaths ; or in the three months,
849 cases of chronic diarrhoea, and 708 deaths 1
Bather a narrow escape for me.
lours, affectionately,
JOHN B. EMERY.
When Hamilton was Washington's Secreta
ry he was ordered to meet the Coromander-in-
Chief one morning at sunrise.—Washington
was first on the spot, and waited five min
utes before Hamilton appeared. The'Secretary
apologized by saying that “ something must be
the matter with his watch.” Another appoint
ment was made for the nest morning, which
was similarly broken. Hamilton again- covered
his negligence with a complaint dgkinst his
watch to which the punctual soldier replied:
“ Then, sir; yea must either get a new watch;
or J must get a new Secretary.”
On one occasion the first Emperor Napoleon
invited the staff of the Marshals of Prince to
take dinner with him at two o’clock. The Em
peror at the moment the clock struck, sat down
to the table alone. He was a quick eater,.sel
dom appearing at the table more than ten min
utes. At the end of this time bis staff appear
ed. He arose to" meet them and said-i
“Messeurs, itjis'now past dinner, and we
will immediately proceed to business; where
upon the Marshals were obliged to spend the
entire afternoon in planning a new campaign
on empty stomachs.
The Good and Happ? Wife.-—The deep
happiness in her heart shines oat in her face.
She is a ray of sunlight in the house. Sbo
gleams all over it. It is airy, and graceful;
and warm and welcoming with her presence.
She is full of devices, and plots, and sweet
surprises for her husband and family. She
has never done with the poetry and romance
of life. She is herself a lyric poem setting
herself- to all pure and gracious melodies.
Humble household ways and duties have for
her a golden significance. The prise makes
the calling high, and the end dignifies tba
means. Her home is' a paradise, not sinless,
not painless, bat still a paradise ; for “ Love is
Heaven and Heaven is love.”
A Trap. Ladt. —“ I cannot forbear pointing
out to you my dearest child,” said Loni Cul
lingwood to his daughter, the great advantages
that will result from a temperate conduct and
sweetness of manner on all occasions. Never
forget that you are a gentlewoman, and all your
words and actions should make yoh gentle. I
never heard ytfur mother—your dear gnod
mother—say a harsh or hasty thing to any per
son in my life. Endeavor ro imitate her. I
am quick and hasty in my temper, but, my
darling, it is a misfortune, which, not haying’
been -sufficiently .restrained in my yoatb, has
caused me., inexpressible pain. It has giyen
me more trouble to subdue this impetuosity
than anything I ever undertoo|rr”
Punctuality;
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