Tbe Tioga Oouuty Agitator: BY M. H. COBB. published every Wednesday morning and 4 jailed to ■uberihereat ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS ■per yew, Always JN ADVANCE. ; The paper is «rht postage free to county jcribers, though they may receive their mail at lo cated in counties immediately adjoining, foe Nsouven nicncp* - . Xflg Agitator is the Official paper £f Ifyga Co., and circulates in every neighborhood tfteialu. Sub scriptions being on the advanee.pay circu lates among a class most to the interest of a-tVrertisers 10 reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal of fered by any paper of equal circulation* irkNonhern Pennsylvania. * prf- A cross on the margin of a pu’pVi*, denotes that the subscription is about to expire' .. 1. ipS* Papers will be stopped when thd sii Ascription -time expires, unless the agent orders theii bontinu .ance. . ~ JAS. LOWRfiY Ac'S. F. Wlf^OK, Attorneys & counsellors lh law,' trill attend the Courts of Tiogi, Potter tind ,-JlcKean counties, ’ . [Wellsboro, J«o. ) ,”1863.] DICKINSON 1 HOUSE CORKING, N. . IMaj. A. FIELD,, .........Proprietor. GUESTS taken to and from tte DVpot free of charge. . [Jan, i;JB63.] ■ -- ■ '— PENNSYLVANIA HOUWRL CORNER OF MAIN STREET* AND THE AVENUE, Wellsboro. Pa. J, W. BIGONY, ....Proprietor. THIS popular Hotel, having been-rre-fitted and re-furnished throughout, !s now pt ho to the public as a first-class bouse.. [Jan.-If 1363.]- DC HART’S HOTE^ WELLSBOROrTIOGA CO. PpKNA. THE subscriber takes this method to inform bis old frlfends and customers that bus re* sumed the conduct of the old CrystaTViFountain Hotel,” and will hereafter give it his Thankful for past favors, be* solicits & rental of the same. BAVID-iHART.' Wellsboro/Isov, 4, 1563.-ly. -- • IZAAK WALTOJf IIOESE, Gaines, Tioga County, Pa*' H. C. VEBMILYEA, .....J.l?tsptietor. TIIIS is a new hotel located vgtbSgeasy no cess of the best fishing and bunting grounds In Korthern Pennsylvania. Ko pains frill be Spared for the accommodation of pleasure seekers andf-Jthe trav elling public. [Jan. .1f’1863. j WELLSBORO HOtEE. I). B. HOLIDAY, ~ P.niprietor. 'fTlilE Proprietor having again, taken possession of J. the above Hotel, will spare no pains .ta insure the comfort of gneats affd the traveling puHfc. At tentive waiters always ready. Terms reasonable. Wellaboro, Jab. 21; 1863,-tf. ’ s^- WATCHES; I AND |ou JISWEJLKIf I : \.f Repaired at BULLARD’S £ CO’S. STCHIB, by the subscriber, in the bestmanner, and at as prices as the same work can bo done for, by any first 4 ate prac tical workman in the Stats. , W’ellsboro, July 15, 1863. .A. sIR. 3JASCY.** A. FOLEV, •~ r ~] ■ Watches, Clocks, Jeweirv, fox, Sc., REPAIRED AT OLD PRICER. POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. ‘5, UNION BLOCK. : Wellsboro, May 20, 1863. ' I'j. It, BLACSi j’V BARBER & HAIR-DRE|sER, SHOP OVER C. L. WILCOX’S STORE; NO.’4, UNION BLG'OK. Wellsboro, June 24, IS63> , ‘ AGRICULTURAL* IHIPJiISMIUBTS. I WOULD.lnform Dealer* In Agr^Umnl-Imple ment, that I have Horae Rakes of thJf.raost ap proved stylos and superior quality. itukes of a bettor quolity than any mono; sctured StT this section, which Twill furnish_in n.hy q guilty de sired; to dealers in the counties of Ting vUrmiford, and Lycoming. D. It DOUD. Mainsburg, Nor. 18, 1868-omos.« * CLAIM AGENC Y. THE undersigned will prowoute , all claim* agirfnst the Government i*T'«*7vlco* ren dered in the Military or Naval Bervic>of United States. Charges reasonable—will. nd r 'fiflco£thc legal necessary fees*if desired. No charged t.rlsueoesj fui in the application. , 1). McVAUi'UTON. Eifirence*: Jlon. Victor Ci>fe,T..'/. lie jdws, Ex amining Surgeon at Knoxville, Pa.*'3s. .1.; Strong, CJymer, Pa., P, filtrang, Hector, I’flj S. J. Dcebe’, Hurrison, Pa. ,* Westfield, Jan. 11, 1561.-6tnos* v *- ; BOAKDSAS AJfp f'KflX’S CELEBRATE?) PATENT IMPROVED INSULATED IRON RTM,-AN.D--FRAME PIANO fortes; These pianos have the pure ‘one’of the Wood, together with the strength of the I mu’, and arc thus far superior to all others. The Oyer Strung Scales, giving in connectipjn- with tbV Pjjdnt Iron Rjin, full, and tf\iet There pianos will remain in tune a greater Ivn.rih of lime than any other pianos known, ondarh warranted tor the time of five years. The undersigned -afiyrs these pianos at the‘same prices as at tho'va ;e -rooms in Albany or New York, saving the buyer of going there lo buy, ami will keep them in-mne for the term of three years, without charges. F r >r a general description of these pianos send tor'a'circular, con taining prices, styles, &c. X. (£. - Osceola, Tio*a County I 1 a. Osceola, Feb. 17,1861. DRUGS & MEDICARES. -VO. 3, UNION BLOCK, PA. P. K. WILLIAMS,;, BEGS leave to announce to the .citisefc* of Wells boro and vicinity, that ho keeps 'c’ jstantlj- on land ail kinds of • . DRUGS AND MEDICINE 3, Chemicals, .Varnish, Paints, Soaps, /irft iery, Glass, Brashes, Patty, Fancy Goods,Pore Brandies, Gins, and all other kinks of Liquers f tho best quality. All kinds -of PATENT MEDICINES. fcck as Jayne's Expectorant, Altenitiyi and Pills; -Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Pcctiral; Helm hold’s Extract Buchn, Sarsaparilla’ aftci 1 *,ose Wash ; Mrs. Winslow's Sotbing Syrup; iVri jut’s Pills; Clark's and Cbcesemnn’s Pills ; Hal. ’s B Jsjim ; Bin ioger’s London pock Qin; Herrick’s;Pili r and Plas ters; Brown’s Bronchial Troches, &or,.A . May 25,1864-ly. P. R- V7l (>LIAMS. Bairs Ohio Mower anal ItcUper. in tfiis vicinity can procure this very » valuable Machine by calling od * WRIGHT & BAILEY, bare the agency for the sale oi f it. -It is one of beg* machines in use, everybody 1 , praises it that hag used it, and it has taken toe firef premium at all State and County Agricultural' Faip' - in 'the Union, ?ad is, by all considered the best in uje. X 4 is iioposgi to sopplv the demand for-this Machine, a ad those that want *a No. 1 best in. the call soon, or they will s?ld.' It has no side draft; itdoes pot ’JMMg’a upon the aorge’e neck, and is a perfect, durable, an-Vcbeap ma chine. Por sale by - ' T. L. BALDWIN, Tioga. • ' J-i T. BAILEY, Mansfield. v i WRIGHT 4 BAILEY, W,ellsboro,'Fs! - 'Velleburo, May 18, 1864-tf - DISSOLUTION,' THE Co-partnership heretofore sxis ,i g between Charles E. Phipps k George W. N( s , under the of Phipps & Near, is this day disep >ed by nfu oal consent. The Boots, Notes, 4o;> irv i the bands ■ George W. Near for collection. j-,i "„‘ „ ,6EO [EAR. , Brookfield, Mar. 1, ’M-» CHA B, 'HIPPS, THE AGITATOR. VOL. X. DRUG STORE. Prince's Metallc Paifat, Pfizer & Co*s Chemicals, ' Tbaddeus David’s Inks, Plaid Extracts, Concentrated Medicines, Rochester Perfumery and Cincinnati Wines and Flavoring Extracts, Brandy, Paints and Oils, Whitewash Lime,' Petroleum Oil, Kerosene Lamps, Drags and Medicines, Patent Medicines, School Books, Stationery, 4 Wall Paper, Wyoming Mills Wrap- ’ .Window Glass, r ping Paper, Dye Colors, 1 Famished at Wholesale Prices by W. I>- TERBEIL, Corning, N. Y. NATIVE BRANDT As WINES, MEDICAL & COMMUNION PURPOSES. THIS BRANDY has bpen analyzed by the Medi ical Director of-tho Naval Labratofy at Brooklyn, and substituted for French Brandy, for use in the United States Navy. It is also used and recommend ed by Dr. Satterlco, Medical Purveyor in New York of U. S. Army, in the Hospital of bis Department DRY CATAWBA WllfE THIS WINE ha a all the properties of Dry Sherry Wine.* SWEET CATAWBA WINE. THIS WINE for its mildness is adapted for Inva lids and for communion purposes. Messrs, zimmermann & co., of oincin. 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. D. TERLELL, at Wholesale and Re tail, and by Druggists generally. Corning, N. Y., Jan. 20,-*S64-tf.. Farmer’s Catechism* Question. What is the'best kind of Wooden beam Plow ? Answer. The WIARD PLOW. Qnes. Wherein docs it,excel all others? Ans. In case of draff, 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 ore made, and at various' agencies around the country. Qucs. Are there any other plows made at that Foundry ? ’ Ans. Yes! Biles makes variouskinds of wooden and iron beam Plows, both for flat land and side bill, and ho keeps ahead, of all other establishments by getting the BEST-PATTERNS invented, without regard to the COST. Ques. Are Plows all that Bliss makes f Ans. By no‘means. He also makes HORSE HOES; a superb article ,for Corn, Potatoes, Ac. ROAD SCRAPERS that beat the world. Cast Cul tivator Teeth of a very superior pattern. Shovel Plow Castings for new lanl, and indeed almost every thing that is made at a Foundry, from a Boot Jack tu a Steam Engine. ' - ■ Ques, Would-you then advise me to buy there? Ana. -Meet certainly would I, for besides making Jho best KIND of every thing. Biles tusks) - those that arc the most DURABLE, and it is n common ex pression where his Blows hnvu been introduood, that they Inst «s long ns from two do four got nt nny other shop; bo has always been ut the business from a smallboy and ought to know how it is dune, and if you try his wares oneo, you will be ready with mo to tell all wanting anything In that lino-to go, send, or In some other way procure them of J. P, BILES, at the Knoxville Foundry. d Kqoxvillo, March 30, ISBS-tf. iy,rRS. A. J. SOFIELD desires to call the atten 1v I tion of the Bodies of Wellsboro and vicinity, to her New Stock of Spring Millinery Goods, consist iog of the latest styles of Bonnets, Hats, Head Diess-, es, Caps, ic., and a variety of French Flowers,.Shell and Straw Ornaments, the latest novelties in the way of 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 tbit she has engaged one of the best 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 Roy’s Drug Store, in the building lately occupied by Miss Smith. Wellsboro, April 11, ISG4-tf. MISS PAULINE SMITH bas removed to the -bouse (late the residence of Chas. -Williams,) opposite the United States Hotel. I wish to inform my customers that I have just received my SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, and can be found at the above place, ready to do work in the best manner for all who may favor me with a call- PAULINE SMITH. Wellsboro, April 13, 1554-tf I have started a Millinery Shop at Matnsburg, to which I invite the attention of people in that section of the county-. It will be under the management ,of Miss Ellen Green. COWAWJESQVJE HOUSE. THIB House which has been open for convenience of the traveling public for a number of years, has lately been newly furnished throughout and fitted up In as good stylo as can bo found in any country or city Hotel. The Proprietor does not Jiesitßte in say ing that there will be no pains 'spared to add to the comfort of his guests, and make it a home for them. The best of stabling fpr teams; and ,a good hostler always in attendance, all of which can bo found one mile east of Knoxville, Pa, M. V, PURPLE, Proprietor. Deerfield, May 25, 1864.-1 y. V HobhcH from the Safe of the Tioga Co; Bank, ON Wednesday night, May 25,1884, the following described bonds and notes : 1 U. S. 5-20 coupon bond, 4th series, letter P. No. 14.719, for $5OO. 3 U. S. 5-20 coupon bonds, 4lh series, letter C, Nos. 30,180,-81-82, each S5OO. 17 IF. S. 5 20 coupon bonds, 4th series, letter F, Nos. 73,879 to 73.895, each $lOO. - 14 U. S. 5-20 coupon bonds. 4th scries, letter M, Nos. 19.824 to 19.837, each $5O. 3 11. S. 5-20 coupon bonds, 3d scries, letter A, Nos. 5,804 5 6, each $lOOO. 4 U. S. 5-20 coupon bonds, Sd series, letter A, Nos. 3,050 61-52-53, each 5560. - Tioga Conftty Bank notes, old issue, s’s, 10's and 20’s—$5,001). Signed by former officers of the bank, all punned through fentre of vignette, and had been retired for three years. No other notes of this bank had ever been punched. The public are hereby tioned against purchasing or taking any of the said bonds and notes.- ■ A. S. TURNER* Tioga, May 28,1864. ‘ Cashier. Tp EXTEP.S testamentary haying been granted to the subscriber on the estate of Philander Baker,* late of.Snliivan township, dec'd, notice' is hereby given to those indebted to make immediate payment, nod' i thosebavingciaimstopVesehtthem properlyhutbentU catefl for settlement to HENRY B. CARI) June 22,1864-61* Bnoentor. BehotrD to ti)t S££ten*lon of tfje area of iFreehom anil of ©enltfrg Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNBIQHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. WHOLESALE Zimmermann & Go’s, FOB CATAWBA BRANDT. New Millinery Goods. REMOVAL. Executor’s Notice. WEIISBOBO. TIOGA COUNT?, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1864. Select SMetrg. JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE, MOTHER. Just before the battle, mother, X am thinking most of you; While upon the field we’re watching, With the enemy in view; Comrades brave around me lying, Filled with thoughts of home and God; For well they know that on the morrow Some may sleep beneath' the sod. CHOBUS.—Farcwcll, mother; you may never Press me to your heart again ; But oh I you’ll not forget me, mother, 1 If I'm numbered with the slain. •' Ob, I long to see you, mother. And the loving ones at home; But I'll never leave our banner, 'TiIMn honor I can come. Tell (bo traitors all around yon, That their cruel words, we know, In every battle kill our soldiers, By the bjelp they give the foe. Chobus.—Farewell, mother; you may never, Ac, Unlit! I henr the Imgle sounding—■ 'Xis the signal for the fight; Now may God protect os, 1 moiher. As he ever does the right; llenr the “ Battle Cry of Freedom/' Hot* it swells upon the air; Oh yes, we’ll rally round the standard, 'Or we’ll perish nobly there. Chorus—Farewell, mother; you may never, Ac. THE OID MAN’S STORY. I shall never forget the , commencement of the reformation. I was a child at the time, of some ten years of age. Our home had every comfort, and my parents idolized me. their only child. Wine was often on the table, and both my father and mother frequently gave it to mo in the bottom of my morning glass. One Sunday at church a startling announce ment was made to our people. 1 knew nothing of Us purport, but there was much, whispering among the men. The pastor said that on the next evening there would be a, meeting, and an address upon tho evils of intemperance in the use of alcoholic drinks. He expressed himself ignrtrant of the object of the meeting, and could not say what course it would be best to pursue in the matter. The subject of the meeting came np at our table after the service, and I questioned my fa ther about it with all the curious eagerness of a child. The whispers and words which had been dropped in my hearing, clothed the whole affair with a great mystery to me," and I was all eagerness to learn the strange thing. My fa.ther merely said it was some scheme to unite the church and State. " • * The night came, and groups of people gath ered on the tavern steps, and I heard the jests and the laugh, and .saw drunken men come reeling out of the bar room. I urged my father to let me go, but be at first •refused. Finally, thinking that it would he an innocent gratifi cation of my curiosity, he put on his hat, and we passed across the green to the church. I remember well how the people appeared as they comedo, seeming to wonder whot kind of an exhibition was to come off. Iti the corner was the tavern keeper, and around him a number of friends. .For an hour the people of the place continued to come in, until there was a fair houseful). All were cu riously watching at the door, wondering what would appear next. The pastor stole in and took a seat behind a pillar under the gallery, as if doubtful of the propriety of being in the church at all. Two meb finally came in and vent to the al tar and talk their seats. All eyes were fixed upon them, and a general stillness pervaded throughout the room. The men were unlike in appearance—one being short, thick set in his build ; the other tall, and well formed. The younger had the manner and dress of a clergyman, a full round face, and a qtiiet, good natured look, as he lei surely looked nftmnd over the audience. feut my childish interest was in the old man. His broad, deep cheat, and unusual height, looked giant-like, as he slowly strode up the aisle. His hair was white, bis brow deeply seamed-wilK-farrovs, and around his handsome mouth lines of calm and touching sadness.— His eyes weto, black and restless,' and kindled as the tavernkeeper uttered a low jest aloud.— His lips were compressed, and a crinfson flush went and came over his pale cheek. One arm was off above the elbow, and there was a scar over his right eve. The younger finally arose and slated the ob ject of the meeting, and asked if there was a clergyman present to open it with prayer; Our pastor kep’t his . seat, and the speaker himself made a short prayer, and then, made a short address, at the conclusion calling upon any one present to make remarks. The pastor arose under the gallery, and at tacked the positionsof the speaker, using the arguments which I have often heard since, and concluded by denouncing - those engaged in the new movement ns meddlesome fanatics,.who wished to break tip (he time-honored usages of good society, and injure the business of respec table men. . , At the conclusion of his remarks,, tho tavern keeper and his friends got up a cheer, and tho current of .feeling was evidently against the strangcrs.and their plan. While the pastor was speaking; the pld man had fixed his dark cye upon him, and- leaned forward, as if to catch every word. -.- 'As the pastor took his seat the old man arose, his tall form; towering in its symmetry, and his chest swelling'as he inhaled his breath through his dilated To me, at that time, there was something awe-inspiring and grand in the appearance of the old man, as he stood with bis full eye npon the audience, hie teeth shut bard, and a silence like that of death thronghout the -church. For a.-moment beseemed lost in thought, and then, in a low and tremulous tone, commended.. -There .was'* depth in that voice, a thrilling pa thos and sweetness, which riveted every heart lo tbe-ho.Dse-before the-first period bad been ■ Mwifilßd; i|dy; .'bad befiotee! -S*edWrite eye 'dfrrbe speak®?,' wltfratr inter-! est I had never before seen him exhibit. I can BV GEORGE F. BOOT* vpz-* but brief],:remember the substance of what the old map said, though the scene is as vivid be fore me as any that I ever witnessed.. , “My friends—l am a stranger in yonf vil lage, and I trust I may call you friends—a new star has arisen, and there is - hope in the dark night which h&ngs like a pall of gloom over our country.” With a thrilling depth of voice, the speaker locked bis hands together, and con tinued : “ 0, God I then who lookest with compassion upon the most erring of earth’s children, I thank thee that a brazen serpent has-been lifted up upon, which the drunkard can look and be healed; that a beacon has buret out upon the darkness that surrounds him, which shall guide bilek to honor and Heaven the bruised and weary wanderer." ‘ • It is strange what power there is in some voices. The speaker’s voice was low and mea sured—but a tear trembled in every tone, and before I knew why, a tear dropped upon my hand, followed by others like rain drops. The old man brushed one from bis own eyes, and continued : “ Men and Christians 1 You have just heard that lam a vagrant fanatic. I am not. As .God knows my own sad heart, I came here to do good. Hear me, and be just. ' “ I am an bid man, standing alone at the end of life’s journey. There is a deep sorrow in my heart and tears in my eyes. I have jour neyed over a dark and beaconless ocean, and life’s hopes have been wrecked. lam without friends, home, or kindred, on earth, and look with longing to the rest of the night of death. Without friends, kindred or fipme 1 It was not once so.” 1 No one could withstand the touching pathos of the old man. I noticed a tear trembling on the lid of my father’s eye, and I no more felt ashamed of my own. “ No, my friends, it was not once so. Away over the "dark waves which have wrecked my hopes, there is the blessed light' of-happiness and home. I reach again convulsively fur the shrines of the household idols that once were mine, ho more.” ‘ ' The old mao seemed looking away through fancy upon some bright vision, his lips apart/ and his fingers extended. I involuntarify turned in the direction where it was pointed, dreading to see some shadow invoked by its magio move ments. “ I once had a mother. With her old heart crushed with sorrows, she went down to the grave. I once had a wife—a fair, angel-hearted creature as ever smiled in an earthly home.—- Her eyes as mild as a summer sky, and heart as faithful and true as ever guarded and cher ished a husband's love. Her blue eye grew dim, as the floods of sorrow washed away its bright ness, and the living heart I wrung until every fiber was broken. I once had a noble, a brave and beautiful boy ; but he was driven out from the ruins of his home, and my old heart yearns to know if he yet lives. I once had a babe, a sweet, tender blossom—but these hands de stroyed it, and it liveth with one who lovetb children. “Do not be startled, friends ;—-I am not a murderer, in the common'acceptation of the term. Yet there is light in my evening sky.— A spirit mother rejoices over,the return of her prodigal son. The wife smiles upon him who again turns back to virtue and honor. The child-angci visits me at nightfall—and I feel the hallowing touch of a tiny palm feverish cheek. My brave boy, if he yet lives, would forgive the sorrowing old man fur treat ment which drove him into the world, and the blow that maimed him for life, God forgive me for the ruin I have brought upon me and mine.” He again wiped a tear from - ' his eye. My father watched him with a strange intensity, and a countenance unusually pale, and excited by some strange emotion. “I was once a fanatic, and madly followed the malign light which led me to ruin. I was a fanatic, when I sacrificed my wife, children, happiness, and home, to the accursed demon of the howl. I once adored the gentle.being whom I injured so deeply. ' ! , “ I was a drunkard. From respectability and affluence, I plunged into degradation and poverty. I dragged my family down with me. For years I saw my wife’s cheek grow pale, and her step grow weary. I left her alone, amid the wreck of ber home, idols,’ and rioted at the tavern. She never complained-, yet she and the children went hungry for bread. “One New Year’s night I returned late to the - hut where charity had given us roof. She was yet up, and shivering over the coals. I demanded food, hut she burst into tears, and told me there was none. I fiercely ordered her to get some. She turned her eyes sadly unon me, the tears falling fast over her pale cheek. Ac this moment the child in its cradle awoke and set up a "famishing wail, starting the de spairing" mother like a serpent’s sting. ‘“We have no food, James—have had none for several days. My once kind husband, must , we starve V “ That sad pleading face and those streaming eyes, and the feeble wail of the child,, maddened me, and I—yes, I—struck her a fierce blow in the face, and she fell forward upon the hearth. Tho furies of hell boiled in my bosom, and with deeper intensity as I felt 1 bad committed a wrung, -I had never struck Mary before but now some terrible impulse boro me on,' and I stooped down, ns well as I could in my drunken state, and clenched my hands'in.her hair. “ ‘ God of mercy I' exclaimed my wife," as she looked up in my fiendish countenance, ‘you will not kill us—you will not harm Willie,!. as she sprang to the cradle-and grasped him in her embrace. I caught her again by the hair, and dragged her to the door; and, as I Jilted the latch, the wind burst in with. ,a, cloud of enow. With a yell of a fiend, I still dragged her on, and hurled her oiitinto' tho darkness and storm. With a wild ha I hall closed:the door and.tnrned the button, her pleading moans mingling with the -wail of the blast and the sharp cry of her babe. But my work was not yet complete.— * V I turned on the little bed Where lay my -elder son; and snatched-him fronrhissloinhere, and against hiß halfiawakeded aifngglea'apenfid the door and thrust him out* In the agony of fear, he called mo by a name I was no longer fit to bear, and looked his fingers into my side pocket. Icnpldnot wrench tbat frenzied grasp away, and, with the coolness of a devil, as I was, I shut the door upon the mm, and with my knifo severed it at the wrist." The speaker-ceased a moment, and buried his face in bis hands, ns if to shut out some fearful dream, and bis chest heaved like a storm-swept tea. My father had arisen from his seat, and was leaning forward, —his countenance was bloodless, and the large drops were standing out upon his brow. Chills crept back to my young heart, and I wished I was at homo. The old man looked up, and 1 hose never since be held such mortal agony pictured upon a human face as there was on his. “It was morning when I awoke, and tho storm hod ceased. I first secured a drink of water, and then looked in the accustomed place for Mary. As 1 missed her, fur the first time a shadowy scene of some horrible nightmare began to dawn, upon my wandering mind. I thought I bad had a fearful dream, bat invol untarily opened the outside door, with a shud dering dread. the door opened the snow burst in, followed by the fall of something across the threshold, scattering the snow, and striking the floor with a sharp, hard sound. "My blood shot like red-hot arrows through my veins, and 1 rubbed my eyes to shut out the sight. It was—OGod! how horrible!—it was my own injured Mary and her babe—frozen to ice I The ever true mother had bowed herself, over her child, and wrapped all her clothing around it, leaving her own person naked to the storm. She had placed her hair over, the face of the child, and the sleet bad frozen it to the white check. The frost was white in its half opened eyes, and upon its tiny fingers. I know not what became of my brave boy.” Again the old man bowed his head and wept, and all that were in the house wept with him. My father sobbed like a child. In tones of low and heart-broken pathos, the.old man conclu ded: “ I was arrested, and for long months I raved in delirium. I a woke, was sentenced to prison for ten years; but no tortures could have been like those I endured within my own bosom.—, Ob God, no I—l am not a fanatic. I wish to injure no man. But while I live, let me strive to warn others not to enter the path which has been so dark and fearful a one to me.. I would see my wife and children beyond this vale of The old-man sat down; but a spell as deep and strong as.that wrought, by some wizzard’s breath rested upon the audience. Hearts could have been heard in their lienting, and tears to fall. The old man then asked the people to sign the pledge. My father leaped from his seat, and snatched at it eagerly. I had followed him, and ns he hesitated a moment with the pen in the ink, a tear fell from the old man’s eye on the paper. “ Sign it—sign it, young man. Angels would sign it. I would write my name there ten thou sand times in blood, if it would bring back my loved and lostones.” My father wrote, “ Mortimer Hudson.” The old man looked, wiped his tearful eyes and looked again, his countenance alternately flushed with a red and death-like paleness. ■ “It is—no, it cannot he—yet how strange,” muttered the old man. “Pardon me, sir, but that was the name of my brave boy.” My father trembled, and held up his left arm, from which the hand had been severed. They looked for a moment in each other’s eyes, but reeled and gasped— " My own dear boy !” “ My father 1” They fell upon each, other’s neck, until it seemed that.their-sonls would grow and mingle into one. There was weeping in that church, and 1 turned bewildered upon the streaming faces around me. “ let me thank God for the great blessing which has gladdened my guilt-burdened soul,” exclaimed the old man, and, kneeling down, be poured out his heart in one of the most melting prayers I ever heard. The spell was then.bro ken, and all eagerly signed the pledge, slowly going to their homes, as if loth to leave the spot. Tho old man is dead, but the lesson he taught bis grandchild on the knee, os bis evening sun went.dowji without a cloud, will never be for gotten. His fanaticism has lost none of its fire in my manhood's heart. DIED TESTEHDAY. Every day some flower is plucked from a sun ny home, a breach thade in some happy circle, a jewel stolen from some - treasury of love.— Each day, from the summer fields of life, some harvester disappears. Yes, every hour some sentinel falls from bis post, and Js thrown from the ramparts of time into the surging billows of eternity. ... -- “ Died yesterday Who died? Was it a gentle babe, sinless as an angel, pure as the zephyr’s hymn—one whose langh was the gush of summer rills loitering in a - bower of roses, whose lips were a perpetual litany ? Or was it a youth, hopeful, generous—one whose soul wasbflmmed by flowers, no wily serpent lurking underneath ; one whose spirit panted after the great and good, and reached forth with earnest struggle, for tho guerdon in the distance ? “Died yesterday Was it a young girl— pure as the orange buds that clasped her fore head, stricken flown as she stood at tho altar? No, it was none of these, —but-a strong man, who has sunk into dreamless slumber, and is how being borne to the, gardens of the slum berer. ‘One whose love of country was para mount, and whose life was in tho end a sacri fice to his zeal in the performance of good works* A faithful teacher of the Word, he has now gone to receive the great reward —“Bless* ed are tho Dead.” Daily, men, women and children are passing away—and hourly, in some graveyard, the soil is flung upon the dead. As oft as the morn, we find' some flower, that blushed sweetly at sunset, has Withered op forever. 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Justices’, Constable' and other BLANKS, constantly on band. NO. 45 Once when traveling on a atago coach,, gays a writer in a contemporary, I met with a young lady who seemed to be on the constant lookout for something laughable. Every old barn- was made the subject of a passing joke, while tha cows and sheep looked demurely at ns, little dreaming that folks could be merry at their ex pense. All this was, perhaps, harmless enough.—* Animals are not sensitive in that respect They are not likely to have their feelings injured be cause people make fun of them ; bat when W 9 come to human beings, that is quite another thing. So it seemed, to me; for, after awhile, aa aged woman came running across the fields, lifting op her band to the coachman, and in a shrill voice begging him to stop. The good na tured coachman drew op his horses, and the old lady coming to the fence by the roadside, squeezed herself between two posts which went very near together. The young' lady in the stage coach made* some ludicrous remark, and the passengers laughed. It seemed very excusable; for, in getting through the fence, the poor woman made sad work with her old black bonnet; and - now, taking a seat beside a well dressed lady, really looked aa if she bad been blown there by a whirlwind. This was a new piece of fan, and the girl made the most of it. She caricatured the old lady npon a card, pretended to take a patternf of her bonnet, and in various other ways sought to raise a laugh at her. At length the poor woman turned apalefac* toward her, and said ; “ My dear girl, you are now young and heal thy, and happy. I have been so too, hut that time is past. lam now old and forlorn. The coach is taking me to the deathbed of my only child. And then, my dear, I shall be a poor' old woman, all alone in the world, where merry girls will think me a very amusing object.— They will laugh at my old [fashioned clothe* and sad appearance, forgetting that the old wo man has loved and suffered, and will live for- ever.” The coach now stopped before a poor looking, bouse, and the old lady feebly descended the steps. “ How is she?” was the first trembling en quiry of the mother. “ Just alive,” said the man who was leading her into the bouse. The driver mounted his box, and we were upon the road again. Our merry young friend had placed the card in her pocket. She wa» leaning her bead upon her hand; and yon may be sure that I was not sorry to'see a tear upon her fair young cheek. It was a good lesson, and one which we greatly hoped would do her' good. How many recollections crowd opon as, bow’ many visions of happiness rise up before os, as -our thoughts stray aw ay back - to tbs past, when we were yet children ? Foremost among these memories, come reminiscences of oar' school days', an