Tie Tioga 4eaat]r r f t p
Br M. H. COBBI t - y.
Published every Wednesday morning a’dirpailodto
mboribersat ONE DOLLAU A-N’i) i’iEXS CIiJSTS'
per jear, always IN ADVANCE. ’’ ’ :
r Ibe paponaaaut postage freetooounty iib'Cribers,
thought they may receive their mail at po y j-ifsc«e lo
cated in counties immediately Joaven-
Eionce. . - • ‘ 1
Inc AciTiTOit is the Official paper ol 'Jicga Co.,’
and circulotesiin every neighborhood thiitnlr, -Sub
scriptions being on the advance-pay syeMni, it iircu
lates among a class most to the interest of .u -u ertisers
to reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal t i!j of
fered by any paper of equal circulation in '■ toetbern
Pennsylvania. ] 1 ,
A cross on the marr'"
Z&r • . -*rg . a t
that the subscription is about to expire.
Papers will bo_sfopped when the :uta-9rtption
time expires, unless the-agent orders th»di£t,o&tinu
ance. _ • * • ; ;
JAS. LOWBEY & S. F. WIJIiSOW,
Attorneys & counsellorsikw,
will attend the Courts of Tioga,
McKean counties. [Wellshoro,' Jan.-Jf -J&63.] i
DICKINSON '
CORSIN6, N. Y. ■ ' 1
Ma/. A. FIELD, Rj-oprietor.
GUESTS taken to an(i from the spot free
of charge, [Jan,,L 1883.]
PESSSYLVASIA
CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND' THE;
Wclisbolro, Pa.
hjr- BIGONY ...... Ppprjetor.
rpms popular Hotel, baring beer re-fitted
And re-furnished throngbout, is now c to the
p*nbHc ns a first-class house. [Jan. .VlS&3.]
D, HART’S HOTEL
WELLSBOBO, TlOGi CO. Fh'JfNA. '
THE subscriber takes this method t inform
his old friends and easterners that V», has re
sumed the conduct of the old “ Crystal,'PoODt-;,,
Hotel,” nnd will hereafter giro it his enfirt' Rentier.
Thankful for past favoce, ho solicits » r e.ntj»'il of the
same. ‘ DAVID iHAJIT.
Wcllsboro, Nor. 4, 1563.-ly.' , 4 C
IZAAK WALTON HOVWg,
Gaiios. Tioga County, Pa, 5 i '
11. C. VERMILYEA, Proprietor,
THIS is a new hotel located within- ;asy ac
cess of the best fishing and hunting gj)unds in
Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will be f pared for
the accommodation of pleasure seekers grav
elling public. , [Jan, 18G3.]
WELLSBOHO
B. B. HOLIDAY,..., .^Pj^pfietor.
THE Proprietor haring again' taken pOH,es6*on of
the above Hotel, will spare no pains %o insure
tbe comfort of guests and the traveling public.’ At
tentive waiters always ready. , Terms ruaso'ttitle.
Wellsboro, Jan. 21,1863.-tf. , ''
go WATCHES, €£OCC;i Attß
jewelry; :
Kepaired at BULLARD’S & GO’S.
subscriber, in the bestmanner, aqd at as pripes as
the same work can be done for, by any fi’rsf rar,©prac
tical workman in the State. • *
Wellsboro, July 15, 1863. A. R. £'A»^CY.
A. FOlEy,|?l
7 5W * .1
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, ikf y ! t &c.,
REPAIRED AT OLD PRIC'SI. r ‘ '
POST OFFICE BUIIiEING,
NO. 5, UNION BLOCK
W T ellsboro, May 20, 1863.. • ' y'
E. R. BLACK,
BARBER &.HAIR-DRJISBER,
SHOP OVER C. L. WILCOX’sIstOHE,
NO. 4=, UNION BUO#K.
Wellsboro, June 24, 1863. \ *
AGRICULTURAL mPLEJHHUJTS. ,
I WOULD Inform Dealers in Agricultural “Imple
ments, that I have Horse Bakes of tfo iiost ap
proved styles and superior quality.-:
Hakes of a better Quality than any 'djaj f-fa«tured in
this section, which I will furnish in arj de
sired, to dealers in the counties of T*
and Lycoming. • tf.'DOUD.
Mainsburg, Nov.. IS, I6fi3-9mos.‘ s
CLAIM AGEMDV.
THE undersigned will promptly ? J fosecute all.
claims against the Government* iervicfes ren
dered in the Military or Naval Service of \baUnited
States, Charges reasonable —will ad£anrV,tbfc legal
necessary fees if desired. Trot svspcesa
ful in the application. D. IIXON.
References : Hon. Victor Case, I. • BslJowp, Ex
amining Surgeon .at Knoxville, PaA BU Strang,
Clymer, Pa., F. Strang, Hector, Pr*, S. If; Beebe,
Harrison, Pa. ' . > %■/*'
Westfield, Jan. 11, 1864.-6 mo M •:
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TREASURY DEPiftfSIlT,
Office of Comptroller of tha % arrency,
IVASniXGTOK, Mine* 21, ISB4.
Vl/'IIEREAS, by satisfactory iSryJejcepresented
W to the undersigned, it has bee*! madiijlo appear
.that The Piust Natioxait Baxk,‘o;
in the county of Tioga, and State t? Fen osylvaaia,
has been duly organized under and ifccc-rdf-ng to the
requirements of theactof An net
*'> provide a national currency, secured b~*a pledge of
United States stocks, and to provT3c ‘circula
tion and redemption thereof," approved^(.bruary 25,
JSG3, and has complied with all 3ii>«iB of
act required to be complied with before?’ 'Oinmcncing*
the business or banking: . >f'
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Hcctt
.Comptroller of tho Currency, do hereby certify .that
the First National Bank, of Wellgbo: ugb/connty
of Tio*a, and State of Pennsylvania? iff- .tqhqrlzed to
commence the business of banking uv.dfcr Jhe ■ act
aforesaid. i J* ’ : '
In testimony .whereof, witness tnyjb seal of
oGce, this twenty-first dev of Marche ;
S * I ‘ - ' "fi'uaii -
i: f poropirollw of th^CHKT« nc J»
_£larJ>« 6-Mt *' ‘
BOABDMAfI ASD ,qt|A>V s S ' '
CELEBRATE^'., 1
PATENT IMPRO VED'
INSULATED XBOX RIM, AXKfI’KAME
PIANO FOKTES,!..- 1 ; ■; v
These pianos-hare the pare musical tunc of the
Wood, together with the strength oflhc lr<h£nnd are
thus far superior to all others. *Tbo-djof Strufig
Scales; giving in connection with r.ha 'Patent Iron
£Aud, full, round, powerful, and. sweet l£ne-. These
rpracoz will remain in tunc a greater k ogth of time
than any other pianos known, and aro - -njfranted for
the time of five years. The undersigfi’> : .pfibra these
pianos at the same prices as at *tbo • arc rooms in
Albany or New IPbrk, saving the buyetvji®.expense of
going there to buy, and wilt keep them v \ tpdc for the
-term t>f three years, without charges, For a general
description of these pianos send f«*r i con
talcing prices, styles, Ac, . I. - fIOYT,
-Osceola, Tioga Scanty Pa,
Osceola, Feb. 17,1564. S
Bull’s Ohio Mower and; Reaper.
XURMERS in this vicinity can prepare' this very
X) valuable Machioe hy calliilg \»n
■ WRIGHT & BA*/-KV, . ■
Who hare the agency for the r'lt is oneof
the best machines in use, it tHat
has aged it, and it has taken the "Q-ra'-- jretn^ ato at
State and County AgricoUural- Union,
snd {g } by ull considered the bes-tlij iK«it f&ts-icnpOßsi
hU to supply the-demandfor Machine,
“H'i those that want a }?o. I in tlao
must call booh or they wIU
It has no side draft; it does upon* the
Worse’s neck, and is a perfect, cheap ma
chme. For Bale by
L. BALDWIN, Tioga,
•I* * T. BAILET, Mansfield.
BRIGHT & BAILEY, WeUste(V.J?a.f i
Wellsboro, May 18, 1864-tf
pONCESTaATBO WE, foriufiit ‘J; ’
V TROTS :ttfw&.6t<jpe.
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lonotes
VOL, X.
Prince’s Metallo Paint, Pfizer & Co'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, j 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- TEBBELIi,'
jCotning, N. 7.
THIS BRANDY has’been analyzed by the. Medi
ical Director of the Naval Labratqry 'at Brooklyn,
and substituted for French Brandy, f»r nee in the
United States Navy. It is also used and recommend
ed by Dr. Satterlee, Medical Purveyor in New York
of U. S. Army, in the Hospital of bis Department.
DRY CATAWBA WINE.
JHIS WINE has all the properties of Dry Sherry
.Wine.
THIS WINE for its .mildness is adopted for Inva
lids and for communion purposes.
MESSRS, ZIMMERMANNCO., of Cincin
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 American production, at moderate prices.
Sold by W. D, TEROELL, at Wholesale and Re
tail, and by Druggists generally.
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 20, IS6I-tf,
Farmer’s Catechism.
Question. What is the beet kind of Wooden beam
Plow ?
Answer., The WIARD PLOW.
Qnes. Wherein does it excel all others ?
Ans. In case of draft, in being less liable to clog,
and in fact it excels in every particular.
Ques. Where is this Plow to be found?
Ans. At the KNOXVILLE FOUNDRY, Where
they are made, and at various agencies around the
country.
Ques. Are there any other plows made at that
Foundry?
Arts. Yes! Biles makes various kinds of wooden
and iron beam Plows, both for fiat land and side bill,
ami he keeps abend of nil other establishments by
getting the BEST PATTERNS invented, without
regard to the DOST.
Ques. Are tlows all that Bilss makes ?
Ans. By_ jjx, means- He. als<L-nmkea._HQJß.&F
HOESj a superb article for Corn, Potatoes, &c.
ROAD SCRAPERS that beat the world. Cast Cul
tivator Teeth of a very superior pattern. Shovel
Plow Castings for new Inn J, and indeed almost every
thing that is ever made at a Foundry, from a Boot
to a Steam Engine.
Ques. Would you then advise roe tojbuy there?
Ans. Most certainly would X, for besides making
the best KIND of every thing. Biles makes -those
that are the most DURABLE, and it is a common ex
pression where bis Plows haw. been introduced, that
they last as long as from two to four got at any other
shop; ho has always been, at the business from a
small boy 1 and ought to .know bow it is done, and if
you try his wares once, you t will be ready with me to
tell all in that line to go, send, or
in some other way procure them of J. P. BILES, at
the Knoxville Foundry.
Knoxville, March 30, X863-tf, • , T
f fTIHE Town Council of the borough of Elkland, in
'|r the county of Tioga, hereby give notice, That
at* meeting bf said Council, held May )7lh, 1864,'it
was
Reached, That whereas the.citizens of the borough
of Elkland suffer much inconvenience In-consequence
of the running at large of cows, cattle and neat stock
within the limits of said borough: Therefore, be it
ordained, and it is hereby ordained by the Town
Council of said borough, that on and after the 25tb
day of May; 1864, all tows, oxen, t>r other cattle,
sheep, hogs* or homes, found running at large within
thelimite of said borough, be seized and confined in
a suitable pound, thht shall he prepared by {be pound
master of said borough, and kept therein until the
owner or owners sbalppay or cause to be paid to snid
pound keeper of said borough, the sum of twenty five
cents per head for said cattle, sheep, hogs,or horses,
as (be case may# be, together with the expenses of
keeping the same. And in case the owner of owners
thereof do not pay the said amount ns above specified,
the pound master of said borough shall have power to
advertise and sell'snid cattla, sheep, bogs or horses at
public auction, according to the provisions Of nn act
of Assembly in such cases made and provided in 1851.
JOHN CHASE, Burgess.
David Dccber, Clerk.
DRUGS & MEDICINES.
A'o.3, UNION BLOCK, VTELLSBOHO, PA.
P. K. WILLIAMS,
BEOS leava to announce to tho citizens of Wells*
boro and vicinity, that he keeps constantly on
baud all kinds of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
Chemicals, Varnish, Paints, Soaps, Perfumery, Glass,
Brashes, patfy, Fancy Good*, Pure Wines, Brandies,
Ginsjand all other kinks of Liquors of the best
quality. AH kinds of
PATENT MEDICINES -
such as Jayne's Expectorant, Alterative-and Pills;
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Pills and Cherry Pectoral ; Ilelm
bold’s Extract Bucbu. Sarsaparilla and Rose Wash j
Mrs. Winslow’s Sotfaing Byrup; Wright’s Pills;
Clark's and Chccseraan's Pills; Hall's Balsam; Bin- (
inger’e London Dock Gin : Herrick’s Pills and plasi
ters; Brown’s Bronchial Troches* Ac., Ac.
May 25, 1864-ly. P. R. WILLIAMS.
MRS* A- J. SOFIELD desires to call the atten
tion of the Ladies of Wellsboro and vicinity,
to Uer New Stuck of Spring Millinery Goods, consist
ing of the latest styles of Bonnets, Hats, Head Dress
es, Caps, Ac., and a variety of French Flowers, Shell
and Straw Ornament, the latest novelties in the way
of Trimmings. Infant's Hats and Caps, Old Ladies’
Dress Caps, Grenadein Veils of the newest shades.
Mrs, S. feels particularly grateful for the patronage
of her friends, and would say that sho has engaged
one of the beet Milliners for the season, and is pre
pared to repair Straws- in the- best manner. She is
receiving Goods constantly from New York, and will
keep a good assortment Her rooms will be found
hereafter opposite RoyVDrug Store, in the building
lately occupied by Miss Smith.
Wellsboro, April 13, 1564-tf.
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■—i'-
THE AGITATOR.
ll eaoteii to tfte myttnsim of t|je Errs of iPmOom sno t|jc Surras of Brform.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE
WHOLESALE
DRUG STORE.
Ximmemann & Co’s.
NATIVE BRANDY A WINES,
FOR
MEDICAL & COMMUNION PURPOSES.
CATAWBA BRANDT.
SWEET CATAWBA WINE.
NOTICE.
Slew Hillinery Goods.
ESTRAY.
CAME into the enclosure of the subscriber on the
16th inst, about four miles south of Wellsboro,
on the Cedar Hub road, in tho Cooiidge neighbor
hood, one Large Eed Cow, with white face, and some
other white sppte. . The owqer is requested to come
-forward, prove property,, pay charges for tbift adver
tisement, and take her away. JOSHUA FEET.
Pelmar, May 25, 1834* " -
WELLSBOBO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1864.
Select 3foetrg*
THE PLACE FOE MAE TO DIE.
How little recks it where men die,
When once the moment’s past,
Id which the dim and glazing eyo
Has looked on earth its last;
The coffined form shall rest.
Or, in its nakedness, return
Back to its mother's breast.
Death is a common friend or foe.
As different men may hold :
.And at his summons ench must go—
The timid and the bold!
-But when the spirit free and wanq
Deserts it, as it must—
'What matter where the lifeless form
Dissolves again to dust? |
The soldier falls ‘mid corsesjiilod
Upon the battle plain, , -
Where restless war-steeds gallop wild
Among the mangled slain";
Bui though bis corse be grim to sec,
Hoot trampled on the sod,
"What recks it, when the spirit free
Has soared aloft to Gon.
The coward's dying eve may close
Upon his downy bed.
And softest bands bis limbs compose,
. Or garments o'er them spread;
But ye who shun the iiloody fray.
Where fell the mangled brave,
Go—strip bis coffin lid away,
And see him in bis grave? .
'Twcre sweet indeed to close our eyes
With those who cherish near,
And wafted upwards by their sighs
.Soar to some calmer sphere;
But whether on the scaffold high,
- Or in the battle van,
The fittest place where man can die, -
Is where be dies for man.
A Story, for tho Ladies.
“ Faster, faster 1 your horses creep like
snails! drive for your life !” cried the impa
tient Morley, as the noble animals be so slan
dered dashed along,the pebbly road, while the
sparks flew from their hoofs like a flight of fire
flies.
The postillion, with voice and whip, put them
to the top of their speed—and the chaise, in its
rapid conrse, left beh’nd it a trail of light as
though its wheels bad.been ignited. ,
A high and steep hill in front at length en
forced a' moderate gait* when Morley, as if
struck by a sudden recollection, turned his
head anxiously toward his companion, a lovely
young woman, who, pale, silent and motion
less, reclined on his shoulder. -
“Ellen, my love,”-said M»rley, tenderly, “I
I fear tbis will prove too muuh for your.tcnder
-
There was no reply.
' Mnrley leaned his face hearers, to hers; and,
i by the moonbeams, saw that her features were
1 fixed, her open eyes gassing on vacancy, while
| the tears which had' recenlly streamed from
i them seemed congealed upon . her- bloodless
cheeks
“ God of Heaven!” exclaimed Morley,
means this?, Ellen, beloved and adored ! do
you not bear me? Will you not speak to me !
—to Morley, your Morley ?” And he gently
pressed her in his arms.
The name he uttered, like a charm, dissolved
the spell which bound her. [A long-drawn sigh,
as if . struggling from a broken heart,, escaped
her lips, a fresh fountain of.tears burst forth,
and with a hysteric sob she feil.upon this bosom
of her lover. . .. -
The alarmed but enraptured. Morley folded
her in,his arms, and bent to kiss away her tears
—when with a sudden start she disengaged
herself from his embrace,.and, drawing back,
looked wildly and earnestly ;in bis face, j -
“ Morley,” she said, in a voice of thrilling
tone, “do you love me ?” ■' . : -
“ Dearest, best Ellen,” “ do you,’
can you doubt it ?’,’
“Do you love me, Morley 7". she repeated,
with increased eneiyy.-
“ Truly—devotedly—madly—” cried Mor
ley, on his knees. “By the heaven which is
shining o’er us." ’’
“ No more oaths, and enough of protesta
tions. Are you willing by one- action at this
moment to prove that I am truly dear to yon ?”
“ I am, thbngh it carry with it my .destruc
tion 1”
“ I ask not yonr destruction, but implore you
to prevent mine. Return I”
Morley gazed at her as if doubting his sense
of hearing.’
-“Return?” {
Return instantly!”
“Ellen, are you serious—are you” he might
have added, “ in yoor senses ?” hut she inter
rupted him. . •
“ I am serious, and not mod, nor inconstant,”
she added, reading the expression which was
arising on M»rley’s> countenance. “That I
lore, and in that love am incapable of change,
do not, Morley, insult me by doubting, even by
a look. But, oh, if you love me as you ought,
as you have sworn, to do, as a roan of honor,
I implore you lb take me back to roy father.”
“ To your father 1” exclaimed Morley, almost
unconscious of wbat he said. •
“ Ay, to tny father, my gray-headed; tnydio
ting, my confiding father; take me to him be
fore bis heart is broken by the child ha loves.
I have been with him,” she cried, in wild ago
ny, “even as I lay in your arms, spell bound
in a trance, while the carriage rolled on to my
perdition. I could neither move nor speak, but
I knew where I was, and. whither I was hurry
ing ; yet even then ,was I with my father,” she
said, with o voice -and look of supernatural so
lemnity. “He lay on his death-bed ; his eye,
turned upon me—his fixed and glaring eye—it
rested upon me as I lay in your arms he
cursed me, and died I His malediction yet rings
in my ears—his eye is now upon me. ..Morley,
for the, love of Heaven, is too late —”
‘‘.Compose yourself, my beloved, my. own
Ellen.”' ‘ ~' , *. “
‘‘Doyou still hesitate,” she cried; "and
would you still: soothe my frantic soul with
words —your Ellen ? -Short-sighted man;
Ellen 1 Wbat shall bind her-to.a husband who
could abandon a father—what power mastra hs
form the jren.fgadfl daughter into ,thd. faithfu'
iS&tSCCllattg. J
RECONCILIATION.
wife? Morley, listen fd me. As you hope for
meroy, do not, "do not destroy "the being who
loves ydrf, andwho asks, yoif to preserve her
soul I” ,
Morley caught her as she sank at his feet,
and she remained in bis arms iu a stale of in
sensibility.
He was confounded—subdued.
The fatigued horses bad labored .about mid
way rip the acclivity, when Morleyr: called to
the postillion, .
*.* Tarn yoar horses’ heads; we shall retnrn.”
The steeds seemed, to acquire renewed vigor
from the'alteration in their course, and were
proceeding at a brisk pace oa their return,
when Ellen again: revived.
, U Where, am I, add whither am-I.carried7”
she wildly.exclaimed. • , ■
. “To your father, 1 my beloved,” whispered
‘Hurley. 1 .
To my father, Morloy, to myfather? Can
it be 7 .But no, I will not doubt; you never
deceived me—you.cannot. God bless you, Mor
ley I God bless you, my brother, my dear bro
ther.” And with her pure arras around his
neck,' she imprinted a sister's holy kiss upon
his lips, and, dissolved*!!! delicious tears, sank
with the confidence of conscious innocence upon
bis bosom.-. The. ethereal influence of .virtue
fell like a balm upon the tumultuous feelings
of the lovers—and never in the wildest moment
of passion, not even when he first heard the
avowal of love from his heart’s ' selected,* bad
Motley felt so triumphantly happy.
* * * *
.“•Where ia ho—let me see him—is he alive—
is he well?’' ahrielsed Ellen, as,she rushed into
the bouse of her fiither.
“Fur-whom do you enquire, madam,” coldly
asked the female ;-she addressed, the maiden
sister of Ellen’s, -
“ Aunt, dear aupt, dApot speak to me thus.
lam not what you think me. But my father
—is be alive, is he well ? Oh, my beloved aunt,
have pity on'me. 'I am r,epentent,- and am'in
nocent.” - ’ j - ! .
“In one word. BHen, are you imarried ?”
"I om not.” j
“ Heaven be praised 1 Follow me—for your
father is hot well.”
“ For the love of Heaven, before it is too
late.’V And the distracted girl rushed into the
morn and knelt at'her father’s’sidfl.
“ Father, do not avert your fa.ee! Father, I
am your own Ellen. lam restored to you ns I
left you. By the years of love which have
passed between us, forgive the of
fence—tho crime; .for a moment. By the mem
ory of ray dearest mother—”,
- “ Cease,” enidj the old, man,' endeavoring,
through the weakpessof age and infirmity, and
the workings of agonized feflings, to be’ firm ;
V* x -r L “v»- anif, onJa , oi>—— ~ *”**' 'RCntlfimVltt
your husband ?” . - - 1 ”
Ellen was abou.t to reply, but Morley stepped
forward. J
“ I am not,” ssjid he, “ blessed with that la
dy’s hand ; she has refused it, unless it is given
with your sanctidn ; and without that sanction,
dearly asT may lovelier, and hopeless as I may
be of your conseqt, I willnever bereaftenask it.”
- “Do-you pledge your word to this, young
man?” • j
“My sacred word, as a man, of honor. I
may have inherited your hate, but I never de
served it.” ‘ ■
'“ Cbildren. you havesubdued me!”exclaimed
the father. Morley, my daughter is yours.”
.Murley-seized the old man’s band, hardly be
lieving the scene before him tq.be real.
“Myfather.l” said the weeping Ellen, on
her knees, her arm his neck, .her inno
cent cheek pressed to his.
The good aunt partook of the general joy,
and even Ellenls favorite dog seemed to ’thank
her father fur his kindness to its dear mistress.
The happy father sat with his arm round his
daughter’s waist, and, as he pressed her lover’s
hand, ho said;
“Behold in all this the goodness of God—
and see the blessings which follow the perform
ance of our duty. Your father, young gentle
man.before you saw the light, had entailed my
Jmte on his offspring. I had nourished this
bitter feeling against you, who had never offen
ded me, and whom every one else 1 loved. This' 1
very dAy the cherished i hostility of yCars had
given away before' my desires to. secure my
daughter’s.' Happiness. ' 1 felt that oge. was
creeping on ■mei;- and but the morning of this
hleaseci day I had resolved, over this holy book, •
to prcivp my contrition for my.sinful harboring
of hatred Inwards my fellow creatures,’ by uni
tingyoo, my children, in marriage; The ti
dings of my daughter’s elopement scattered- to
the winds all tpy better thoughts,and revived
my worst in tenfold strength. I did,not order
a pursuit; I did more. I felt, Kt le&st I thought
so, the approach of my malady to. a region
where it soon prove fatal. No time was
to be lost. My will was hastily drawn tint, be
queathing my . beggared daughter hot her fa
ther’s nurse; it would, have been signed this
night; for.oveb this book,l had taken an oath
never to forgivje her who could abandon her fa
ther”' ’ ‘ '
“ Ohi my father!” interrupted Ellon, to whom
the horrible images of her trance returned,-’* in
pity, roy dear father- 1 -” ■
“ Bless you, forever bless you, my ever.ex
cellent Ellen. Your filial obedience has pro
longed your father’s’ life.”
How TOi Shoe Dolv Horses.' — Take a cord,
about an eighth of an, inch in diameter and
three feet,lung-T-miike a loop inoneend —put
it in the horse's mouth the same as bits, then
over the head,:then back of the ears, and then
put the end through the loop. , W.hen the shoer
gets ready tq. shoe the horse,- take a firm hold
of the cord, and if the horse does not stand,
tighten gently upon the cord, and thg worse" be
acts the"more you roust tighten,, and bo
soon be glad Jto yield and keep quiet, 1 have
seen it-etriedi and .frequently used it, and it
works well, and will not, injure: or hurt your
hofSea particle. —Country Gentleman.,
When Crofnwell first coined bis money, nn :
old cavalier, i looking upon pne of the new pie- ;
ces; read this, inscription,on. one- side: ‘.‘.Go<T
with usand on the other, - The Common-,
of-England.” “I see,”,,said I'm,.."God
aid the Commonwealth are’on d® Mot sides.”
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- ifITTEE THE BATTLE
BT BESJ, F, TAYLOB.
"When.a furnace is in blast, the red fountain
sparkles and plays like.a mountain spring, and
the rude surroundings brighten' to the peak of
the rough rafter with a strange beauty; when
the fire is out, and the black and ragged masses
of dull iron lie dead open the ground with a
dumb and stubborn resistance, who would ever
dream that they had leaped with life and flight.
A battle and a furnace are alike. It is won
derful how dull natures brighten and grow costly
in the glow of battle; how the sterling worth
and wealth there are in them shine out, and
the common man transfigured, his heart in bis
hand, and his font in the realm of heroic gran
deur. But, ah I when the fire is out, and tbo
scarred earth is heaped with clay, the black
months of the guns speechless, mighty ham
mers and no hands, the flags furled, the wild
hurrah died away, and all the splendid action
of the charge vanished from the rugged field
like a Blast of sunshine, and you wander among
dull remainders, the dead embers of the inten
sest life and glow that swept your soul oiit,
only yesterday, and drifted-you on "With the
skirmish line", you begin to' know wflat these
words mean—“ after the battle.”
It is days since- great waves of gallant life
dashed against Mission Ridge, and swept up
and over it in surges—days that are even now
entering intn.history—and yet I feel like taking
up the story just where I left it op Wednesday
night at sunset, when our flags flipped like ea
gle's wings, and the wild cry of triumph quiv
ered-along the mountain. Standing On the edge
of the field in the moonlight, calm as “God’s
acre” stretched the rough valley that, but an
honr before, jarred with the rush and whirl of
the battle. From away beyond the ridge, in
deed, three miles out to Chickamauga Station,
the dropping shots from Sheridan’s guns faintly
punctuate the sffence; but here, listen as you
will, you can hear no sound but the click of
ambulance wheels slowly roiling in with their
mangled burdens—no sigh, no groan, nothing
but the sobbing lapse of the Tennessee. I can
never tell you with what a warm feeling at the
heart I looked up and saw the Federal' fires kin
dling like anew constellation on Mission Uidgo.
They were as welcome as dawning day to eyes
that watched the night. The old baleful glare
from rebel camp and signal light was quenched
with something thicker than, water, and Chat
tanooga was at peace.
It ia strange that a battle almost always lies
between, two breaths of [sleep; the dreamless
slumber into which men foil upon its eve ; the
calm repose they sink into at its' end. Night
fairly held its breath above the camps; the
wings of silence were over them-.all.
- - -xjic*j v'atm. , uutsuaj Inuiiviiig, .LIJU
beautiful. ' You go out to the field, and yon
keep saying, over and over, “ after the battle,
after the battle.” Men prone upon' their faces
in death’s.deep abasement; here one, his head
pillowed upon his folded arms; there one,
his cheek pressed npon a stone, as was .Jacob’s
at Bethel; yonder one, his fingers stiffened
around bis- musket. Now. you have to pass
where a butternut and a ■ true-blue have' gone
down together, the arm of the one thrown over
the other; there a young boy. of fifteen lies
with his face turned upward, both hands clasp’d
over bis heart. Tbe sun has touched the frost
that whitened his hair as if he had grown old
in 'a night,-and it hnng like fresh tears upon
his cheeks';'where a lieutenant grapa a-bush,
[as if he did it.vainly feeling for a little hold
upon earth and life ; where a stained trail leads
you to a shelter behind .a rock, and there is a
dead captain, who had crept away out of sight
and fallen asleep; where rebels and true hearts
lie in short winnows, as if death had begun tbe
harvest and had wearied of the work.'
And so through the valley and up the ridge,
in every attitude, lie the nnburied dead; lie
just as they fell in the glow of battle. And
those faces are not as yon think ; hardly one
distorted with any passion ; almost all white
and calm as Bon Adam’s dream of peace ; many
brightened with somethinglike a smile ; a few,
strangely beautiful. Wounded ones, that es
caped the moonlight search, have lain silently
waiting for morning, without murmur or com
plaint; glad they ’ are alive ; not grieved that
they are wounded, for “did we not take the
ridge?” they say. Thus did the old soldierly
spirit of one flash up like an exoiring candle,
and go right out on the field there ns he spoke,
lie died with the last words on his lips, and
“ went up higher.”
The Decay of Conversation,
The ancient art of talking is falling into de
cay. It is an ascertainable fact-that, in pro
portion to an increased amount of population,
the aggregate bulk of conversation is lessening;
People now-a-days have something else to do
than talk. Not only do they live in such a
hurry that there is only leisure for just compa
ring ideas as to the weather, hut they have each
and all a gross quantity to do, which pots balk
ing ont of the question. If persona remain at
home, they lead ; if they journey by rail, they
read ; if they go to the sea-side, they read ; we
have met! misguided individuals out in the open
fields wijji books in band. • Young folks have
been seeji stretched underneath trees, and upon
the banks of rivers, poring over pages ; on the
tops of mountains, in the desert, or within for
ests —even men now pull printed sheets from
their pockets, and in the earliest, latest, high
est occupations of life, they read. The fact is
incontestably true, that modern men and wo
men are reading themselves into a compara
tively silent race. Reading is the great delu
sion of the present time; it has become a sort
of lay piety, according to which the perusal of
volumes reckons as good works. It is, in a'
word, the superstition of the nineteenth cen
tury.
During.tbe battle,of-the Wilderness, two men
of the 20th Massachusetts were struggling for
a rebel flag, which they bad simultaneously
! seized, when n shut cut the staff in two,-leav
ing the flag and part of the staff in the hands
• :of6he of them." “ Bedad,” said the othef, as
he coolly resumed his loading and firing,-" the
'. rebels have decided for qs this time/’ |
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Prom the 45th Pennsylvania Bogimeni.
Friend Agitator :—The mail boy having josf
announced that the mail would leave camp this
afternoon, I hurriedly send you this. We are
. now in line of battle, behind rifle pits, in a pin#
grove, between the Pamunkey river and Rich
mond. The enemy-is confronting ns in his for
tifications. Skirmishing is going on briskly in
front of us. Occasionally a minnia comes whis
tling through the branches, and passes harm
lessly above us, or strikes into our pits. At
regular intervals the loud roar of cannon, th#
screeching of shells, and the crashing sound of
grape, cutting down the timber all around us,
reminds one of his position. Leaving Spott
sylvania on the 22d ult,, we arrived at the ij’i
Anna river, near Hanover junction, at day
break on the 24th. Our advance had driven
the rebels across the river, and gained a foot
hold on the opposite aide, having prevented the
destruction of the bridge, by our sharpshoot
ers driving the graybacks from it when in the
act of firing it. At 5 p.m. our corps crossed,
amidst a shower of shells, which fortunately
were aimed too high, and burst without effect
ing any considerable damage. Forming in
line, we erected rifle pits within easy range of
the enerpy’s works, and remained until 22 p.m.
on the 26th, when, the enemy having retreated,
we were withdrawn, and early on the 27th took
np our line of march southward. A two days'
march brougbt us to the Pamunkey river, which
we crossed on pontoons at 1 a.m. on the 29tb.
On the 28th, a bloody encounter toot place be
tween onr cavalry and Ewell’s corps, on tb«
south bank of the river. The rebels were dri
ven hack, and our army is safely across, and
steadily advancing towards Bie.hmond.
Since the sth of May, when Grant first inau
gurated his campaign, by the battle of the Wil
derness, fighting has been continuous between
the two armies. Not a day has passed without
more or less fighting or skirmishing. Univer
sal confidence in Grant is openly expressed by
all, officers and men, of this army. By a suc
cession of brilliant roanceuvers, he has driven
the rebel army to the gates of their capital t
having thus far eluded to meet them in their
fortifications, and compelled Lee to fail back, or
be cut off. '
Richmond is about twelve miles from out
front. Undoubtedly every inch of ground will
be defended, stubbornly and desperately, by
the rebels; but with a superior army, led by a
chieftain who knows no such word as defeatt
and tho prestige of victory to cheer ns on, W#.
have every reason to hope for final triumph,r—
through it mav emit "'eovArnnS of precious
blood, which are yet destined to stain tue plain#
of Virginia, in order to accomplish what wef
have undertaken and mean to go through with.
Thus far, we have driven the enemy, whenever
he has made a stand, and repelled all of hi#
attacks.
The region of country between Richmond
nnd Spottsylvonia ia generally under cultiva
tion. Corn and wheat are the principal crops
raised. The darkies say that “ Bob” Lee told
them to plant their corn and sow their grain,
and that he would keep the Yankees from dis
turbing their crops. Corn is getting to bo
nearly knee high, and wheat is nearly fall
grown and headed. Forests are plentiful, the
timber being principally pine, oak and cedar.
We have generally been favored with plenty .of
good water, from springs or rivulets. Tha wea
ther has for the last week been pleasant, but
rather too warm for comfort. Roads are dusty;
which makes marching tedious and disagreea
ble. Foraging is not first rate, there being but
little left in the country to take. Occasionally,
however, requisitions are made by the boys on
some planters’ hen roosts, herds of cattle, sheep'
nr hogs. Nothing can be bought, at any price.
Oii,. to use the. language of the southerners
themselves, “ everything is alldona gone.”
Rebel prisoners are generally welt slothed;
and have plenty of corn bread 1 : in their haver
sacks. ; Many have qor knapsacks, haversacks,
blankets, and some our clothing. They are
variously armed; but have good guns and car
' tridges, far superior to ours. Tha majority ap
pear to bo glad to get into our and ac
knowledge that they are “ done gone whipped
out.”' White many still cling to their hopeeof,|
final victory, and openly avow their intention
to fight us. to the last. r
No further casualties have occurred inCov
G, except that sergeant Davis was slightly
wounded, -in the chin, by a spent ball, while
lying in a rifle pic yesterday. Several of the
regiment have been killed and wonnded since
leaving Spollsylvrtuia. The boys are feeling
pretty well, considering circumstances.
It is but seldom that we get a mail, and more
seldom that letters can be sent out. But the'
postboy is about to start; and I most 11 winii
up.” Excuse brevity and errors.
Yours, respectfully;
TETERAN.
“ I like yon,” said a girl to her suitor, M but
I cannot leave home, I am a widow’s only dar
ling ; no husband Can equal my parentin kind
ness.” .
“ She mrty be kind,” replied the wooer, “but
be my wife—we will all live together, and see
if I don’t beat your mother.”
Jekyll was told thi)t one of hia friends, &
brewer; had been drowned in hia own vat.—'
‘■Ahl” he exclaimed, “floating on his own
watery bier I” .
A certain writer boasts that he directs nil his'
Shuts at error.. It is all he had to shoot at, for
he never gels within gunshot of the truth.
The page of history which describes the cx
cilejtnent concerning the rebel rams in England,-
will be known as the ram-page. ;
If laughter is the daylight of the soul, a*
smile may be reckoned as its twilight.
“Women adorn themselves for their enemies,'
even more-than-for their friends. -■
-Many who 'tluni ihwzehes, tbg|4i[«r*of.
ohaich* aieoalj: its Bleepsn
Near Pamcskst Rityh. Ta., 1
June let, 1864. /
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