BY M. H. COBB, ■published every Wednesday morning Hi'. \ mailed to ...bcribsrsatOSß DOLLAR AND FI’&LY CENTS per yefio-filwajs l§ ADVANCE.--, • * though they may receive their mail'at pri -"offices lo cate! is counties immediatelyadjoining,] iti conven-' Agitator is the Official papered Tioga. Co., SE d circulates in every neighborhood tbg;-»n. Sab ,?riplions being oaths advance-pay sysf;. t, it circu lrtes among n class most to the interest cf , dver Users to'reseb. ‘ Xsrms to advertisers as libera'in those of fered by any paper of equal circulation-’a ’lvortbern Pennsylvania. . fSj'tA cross on the margin of a p If jr, denotes fljgitbe subscription is about to expire., - 0s- Papers trill be stopped when the Srbseription {.me expires, unless the agent orders tißir continn fiooe. - • ■ ' JAS. LOWRiir St §. F. Wi»uSo5 v ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLOR:;, i LAW, trill attend -the. Courts .of.. J otter and McLean conaties. f VTelUbcro, J ary 1 , ISOS.] , DICECfSOS HOrg| S CORN HAG, N. T-. *_ SIaJ- A.,FIELD. 4- Proprietor. aUCSTS'tstsn to and frSra thc Depot free of charge. - ’ [Jan. 1, 1563.] , cct.xes or main str.EEi and .the atesue, v> oil toot o. Pa. i J. W. BIGOX7, lioprietof. THIS popaiar Hotel, having bad T re-fitted and re-furnished throughout, is notv .-pen Ip the public gs a S.-st-ciags house. [Jan- 1, l?#3i] Sf. \Rji.SS.T^mtOTEl<. trZLLSBOZO, TIOGA CO. Tj^NA. THE subscriber takes this method to inform his old friends and easterners that he has re used tho ccndact of the old " Crystal Fountain Hotel/' and 'trill hereafter gtre it his-entir l attention. Thankful for past favors, c« solicits are€*wjvi of the *£2l6. DATIIj HAKX. TTellshoro, Nor. 4, ISoO.-ly. ISSAAE WAETOIf HOUSE, - ’ ■ asiuss, Tisj-s Oonsty, jpi - , ; • ■ H. C. TJHMILYEA,.../.., roprletor. THIS is a new hotel located witbj j easy, ac cess of the best fishing and hunting" grounds in Northern Pennsylvania. No pains #3l Be ipared.for the accommodation of pleaauwseekers and the trar tiiicg public, , ~ -1) l£S3-] (*> WATCHES, • CLOCKS AS® JE ffEtßi i Repaired at BULLARD’S & E,hy the subscriber, in the feestssaassr. acd &t cs_ tD§ same ~ork cat be done fox, by any first prac tical In the State. ' VTellsboro, joly i5,~1563.- ■ Av FOLEY, ■ watchss ; flioc-Jta, Jewelry; |4.) &c,, EEPAJRED AT OLD PRICES. POST OFFICE. BUIEEING, KO. ■5, CNJOX BLOCK'- Welleboro. May 20, 1863. A E. R. BLACK, BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER, SHOP OVER C. L. WILCOX'S STORE, NO. 4, UNION BLOCK. “ Jrme 24,1563. - A&EiCuLTUiIAL ISPEIS|paSTS. inform’- Dealers in Agricultural -Imple ment*, that I-hero-Horso P*afce« of' )ao pro'ea stjlc'j and .superior quality. 'Also, Hand Rakes of a better quality than any ma'fmfa'ctttred in rhis-iection; irlrieh I rrlll furnish in any quantity-de sired, to dealers in.the countfe« of Tioga,Bradford, and Lycoming, i%* BOUD. Xalcsbarg, *2for. IS, ISC3-9mos.* ' ’ - BOARDKAK AND GRAF’S CELEE RATED •; PATENT IMPROVED •' INSULATED IRON RIM, AND FRAME PIANO TORIES: Those -pianos have the pure musical t,jno pf the ■Wood, together with‘the strength of the It on. and are. thns far superior 'to all others. |The o*'.‘er Strung Scale®, giving in connection with the lron Rim, full, round, powerful, and sweet to 10. These pianos will remain in tunc a greater than any other pianos known, and are warranted for the time of fire years, - The undersigned ,(£&« thcs£ pianos at the same iprices as at the ware rooms in Albany or Kow saving the buyer * W.‘expense of going there to buypind will keep them I a tivno for the term of three years, without charges, r s general description of these pianos 'send- for a eh ular, cen treing prices, styles* I* G' ) OTT, * - * Osceola, nty Pa, Osceola, Feb. IV’, 1864, ' I .< BRUGS & ITiEJPICOJ S. -VO. 3, UNTOX BLOCK, WZILSi}O 'O,.PA.. P. B, WiLLI4S[§ ? BEGS;Icavo to carource to the citizen of 'Wclls boro and' vfeiaity, that hp keeps - ce' stautly on c»a4 ail kinds ef ' DRUGS AND -MEDICINES > Ckemioalsj’Narnifh,'Paints, Soaps, Perium vy, Glass. Brashes. Patty,' Fancy'Goods, 'Pure Wine? Brandies, Gins, and all -cthfcr kinks o'i Liquors o. thb best quality. .-’.U kinds of • ■ PATENT SIEDICINEjS . J - «ch es Jayne’s Alterative and PUls: Ayer*« Sarfep&rilla, Pills anil Cherry. Pectoral; Helm-; hold's Extract Buchu, 3aTssparllla r and Bess Wash; Mrs. Winslow's Sothing Syrupj vrrlg.ljt’i Pills,. Ciark’s and Cbcesefnarr's Pills f iiari’s/Brisain’; Bin r i-.pr's London Dock Gin j Herrick's PHI r and Plas ters; Brown's Bronchial Troches, &c., i , May 2^ r .1£64- i ly- . P. B. VI •> LIAMS. RETEStE STA3HPJ. TOHN LI. PHELPS, Deputy^Collector cf. Mscs- U held, has Just received a largo lot if Revenue Slam?, of all denominations,from etc cent up to $5. £xr person wishing Stanps.can get them army oiccc »a Mansfield,"or of Si. •BULLARD, Acsi:Ua,cfAsst€sor r tt Weilsboro, Pa, M. PHELPS. Mansfield, May 2, wheeler's utirse powers at a thresh ers and Oiaaners,', ■ ■ TEE subscriber would respectfully announce .to to the Threshers and Farmers of Tioga and fid ; tt.inj rountics, that he still oentinres to, sell the. ttovo named MACHINES, -and that I have the Insure of offering this spason eojnf- valuable im- Kcvetncnts on,the old machines and u addition t-the variety. I nerr hare for sale liailrfcad Horse fritter, for 'one, tso, and three horses, three different jjtts of Wheels?* Kate -Cleaners, si. horse Lever Howard’s Mowers and contbia d Mowers und Ret psrs, Smith's Green Mountain Sh’hglo Machine, Klctr'i self-custfiiniqg Hors© Forks, t *iovcr Hullers, Cutters, Circular * 4 asd Drag Sa*s, adapted to £c rse powers, Horae Rake?, 4c., arc. - . . All of which will fcc sold strictly yaUibe manufoc- price?, adding transportation, will he war rented m give entire - satisfaction cr no sale.. Extra? L'r repalr.cg old machine© kept on bad d; VAT. T. MATHERS,; of Veil shot ay and G. H. BAXTER £ CO , of Nelson, aro my Assistant agents r * r Tlcga County, where Forks trill hi kept on band orders left for other Machinery nii to .promptly attended to. Descriptive Circulars c QUthing* price l’* r sent to all applicants. B- S. TEARS. _"roy, Pa., J w 29, IgCw-U*- ‘ ; . . -HiieH rouifcW bookseller staxioseb, ays ptiiEi ij 4 American Clocks, American,- English, .and Sriss hatches. Jerrelry, Silver Slated Wirf), Spectacles, fictnro Frames, Photographic Album Store oh cope?, •‘icroscopcs, Perfumery, Tanked Nations, Fishing r-: ’ : lc and Flics, nnd Fancy and Xoi'icL Articles. _ FStg SCHOOL BOOKS of every Hi dosed in the Ac.auty, -constantly on hnnd and sent In? mail oroth er*ue, to erder. ‘ .rfiU A r o. s, mnon slock, welu^oso/pa. :KSia^-- TIIK AdITATOH. Lj' ,A A.* t .VOL. X. DBU O STOBE.' Prince’s Jletallc Paint, P£rer 4 Co’s Chemicals, Tbaddeus David’s Inks, Fluid Extracts, - Concentrated-Medicines, Rochester Pcrfntnery and Cincinnati Wines and . Plavbrlng’Eatracts, Brandy, Paint*and’Oils, . - Whitewash Lime, Pctrolcnfc Oil, Eercscns Lamps, Drags and Medicine!, Patent Medicines, School Books, Stationery," Wail Paper, ’ Wyoming Mills Wrap- Window Glass, ping Paper, , Dye Colors, Furnished at Wholesale Prices by r ov-AV • sb f Corning, N. Y. gipanierißqan BuOq|s. , . ,/■ ISATiTE". BRASDI Ot WflNEo,' r O JR .. MEDICAL & COMMUNION PURPOSES. THIS BRANDY Las been analysed by tbo Medi icol Director of the Naval Lnbratory 1 ot Brooklyn, and snbitituted .for Frenchßrandy, for aise jn the • United State*Navy. Xtis and recommend-- ed by Dr. Satterlee, Medical Purveyor in’ NetrTork >of U- 5- Army, ia the Hospital of his Department;’••'- Mt CATAWBA '.WIJtE. - 5 ''; THIS "WINE has all the’ proper! L£3 0f Dry Sherry Wine. _ &W®CT'eA?TA'«Vßa=t**’lWK • i , THIS WINE for its mildness is adapted 1 for Inva iids'ttnd'fcr ccminuniop purposes. MESSES.’ ZIMMEEM’AHN A CO., of, Cinoin nati and Hew York Ek'd formerly partnership ■with li.'Locgworth of Cincinnati the wealthyYfativo •Wine producer, and therefore enables them to famish the host of American production, at moderate prices. Bold by W.' D. TEEBELL, at Wholesale and Re tail, and by Druggists generally-’ ‘ A " Coming, N, Y., Jan. 20, J£6f-tf. A'. B. HASCY. Faririer’s •Catecliisisi* * Question. What is the best kind cf Wccdsnbcam Flow"? ' * / *. Answer. The WIARD PLOW. Qhes. Wherein docs it ezccVail others? . Anr. -In case of draft,'in fceing less liable to clog, and in'fact it excels in every particular. - Ques. Where Is Ibis Plow'to he found ? Ansv At the E2TOXTTLLZ FOuNBRT, Where' they aw made, and at Various agencies around the country. . . Ques. Are there any other plows made at that Fdundry? Ads.. Te«J Biles nakef ranons hinds of wooden and iron beam Plows, beth for'flat aide"hill, and ho keeps ahead of ail other esTahlishmenls by getting the BEST PATTERNS invented/ ■without regard to the COST. •- ... ■ Quos, -Are Plows all that Biles makes ? Acs. Bj no means; . Ho ftUo'makea HORSE HOES : a' superb crticlo _ for .Com, Potatoes,* ROAD SCRAPERS that beat the world. Cast Col' tivator Teeth cf a very soporicri Tattom. Shovel: Plow Castings for nrw land, and indfced almost ©very .thing that made at a Foundry, from* Boot Jack to a Steam Engine. .. , Qaes. ■ Would yon thep advise me to hny there? Aii?.* Most certainly would I, for besides making tho. best" KIND of, every thing. Biles makes those that aro the EDost D.OKABLE. and it is a Common ex pression where his Plows have been introduced, that theyJast as long to four got at ary other, shop.; ho-has always been at the businessrdrom a small boy and ought to know how.it is done, and If you tryrlii? wares you.will be ready with me to tell-aU wanting anything in that line to go, send, or in some other way procure thcm.pf J. p. BIXEJ3, at .'the Knoxville Foundry. ' Knoxville, March SO, l£C3-tf. , l\ ( TRS. A. J. SOFIELD desires to caH the alien-- Jf 1 tion of the Ladies of Veils boro and vicinity, to uerNcw Stock.of.Spring Millinery,Goods, consist ing of the latesfstyles of Bonnets, Hats, Head press es, Cflpty Ac., and* variety of-French Flowery Shell and Straw Ornaments, thedattst novelties in tho-way of Trimmings. Infant's Hats and Caps, Old - Ladies' Drdss Caps,.Orcnndoin Veils of the newest ■shades. Mrs. -S- feels particularly grateful for the patronage of her friends, and would soy that she has 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 Jby Miss Smith. ' Vellsboro>. April IS, ISS4-tf. - • REMOVAL. MISS PAULINE SMITH has -removed to the house (late the residence of-Chafe. Williams.) opposite the United-States Hotels I wish fd inform my-customers that I-hare just rcceivedmy * •• - - . : SF£l>*a ASp SOMiI£K GO'OCS, ,; - and can be fenn-datthe above place, ready to do work, in the best manner for all who may favor .'mo with a can. ■ :. • , Pavliks shitu. IVclUhoro, April 13,-.1564-tf l~have stnrtej a Millinery ?fccp at Maineinrg, to' which I invite tie attention of people-in that section' of tbe'ccunty. It Trill be tnier the mnnajfefesnt of ilies Eilsc Oreen. . 7' ; -C’OWAriE6«tUE HOUSE. ' ■ THIS -House has been open fof ephrcniencV of the trarcling public fop a nuafcerof years, barlatcly becn-newly furnished throughout* and fitted up firas good style as can be found xn any country or city Hotel. .The Proprietey dcoe not hesitate in say :i&g4tattttsre'ffzlT’fce no pains spared to add to'Hhe comfort of his guests, and make it .a hcinre : ’fcr them. The best of stabling for teams ; and a good hostler always in attendance, -all of which can -be found one mile cast cf Knoxville, Pa, i - . - - M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor. Deerfield, May s6,l3d4>fy.. ' c rtchcoi Brsia tks Safe a? iks Tioga Co.Baiib'. . Wednesday ,nig£t. May 25,1854, the following Vjf ■ described heads and notes": 1 0. S. 5-20 ccuj.cn bond, 4th series, letter F, Noi’ 14,713, for $504). ' • C 3 D. S. o-2u coupon bonds, 4tb series, letter C, Nos. ,^5,150,51-82, : eachssoo. ■ -•- 17 0. S. 3.2o'conpon bonds,-4tb series, letter 11 F, ' 1 _ v 14'U, S. r s-20 .coupCn bonds; 4th series, letter M, Nos. 12,224 to 33,537, eacirSid; “ ’ ■" S U. S. 5-20 coupon bonds, 3d series, letter* A, 2fos. 6 604-5-C, each $100(1, ' ,4 U. S. 5 : 20, coupon bonds,'ScT series,letter A, Nos. 5,050-51-52-53, each $3OO. . . - Xioga.Ccnnty Bank norevold issue, 5’?,, 10’s and 20’s—$5,000. Signed by former officers of the hank, all punched through centre’o T-rigc c ttc. and bad been retired for three years. .No-other notes cf iiKs bank" bad -ever beon-pnnehed. The puhUanra hereby cau tioned against purchasing or taking any of-the Said fcondsandnotes. A. S. TUENSR, ■ May 25,1864. - - . -Cnahier. Exccator ; s Hoilce. : - LEXXEHSderiamcntary having Seen 'granted to the subscriber bn’The' estate bf Fhirabdcrßaker, late of SnDivnn.fejriißblp, dsc’d, hotieb ishereby.given to those indebted to rr-alte immediate payment, and ? catCd^^fTement'to' ■" ■ f, Jwo 22,1864-61* , SrOotfG t&e of JFmHsm snl? tfit of 'mmlttog Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL. BE' A 'VTROIi'S UITRISSTED, AND UNTIL ‘CHAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. WHOLESALE .catTaWba ermbi; Uew ISlUin,ery Goods. WELLSBOEO, TI0(M COUNTY, PA., WEMESUAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1864. S-rlf rt*sn* tvp. How beautiful is the rain ! “ ' Aftorlhe dost and heat, In the broad and firey'street, 1 ... In the ncrrovr lane, ..How.beautiful is the min I - How it clatter, along.the roofs Like-tho tramp of hoofs! ’ How it gushes and; gurgles out •5 , s Eipm theoverfiowing, spout. Across the wipdowj pane ,J ' Itpohrt a%d pours,: ' ■ .... And strif; nnd.trtde, 7 ■- •With a’inuddy tide. Like a river down the gutter roars ; ij. "■ ~ ?he rain, the welcome rain. The sick man from Ids chamber looks. ' At the twisted brookr;, Hg can fed’ .the cool -Breath.cT each little pool; ■ .His fevered brain. Grows calm again, And he -fereaihes a blessing ion,'the rain. ar« WIFE'S COuBiW. : Some time ago, I ceiled on a cousin of my wifi's, who bad- resided in the--city of Phila-, delphia,- I. bad not seen him fora long .time., fcuthaviogunderstoodhe was iC.afduec teircuzn- ; stances. I'was butiitthr prepared for the con-, diticn in .which. I Jfonhd him... Through, in formation from the Philadelphia Directory, I, .went to one of those alleys, with,- which that pity.abounds, and found, his name on a sigh board, with, that, of another man, oyer a, dark, dingy shop.- The sign purported that they were blacksmiths and beilhangers, also that Jocks were, repaired and keys fitted, 'Without'ceremony* !.walked jnto.the, gloomy, recess, where there was, a blacksmith’s forge, and where among several; muscular looking men, up to their..armpits in work, was, my wife’s uousin.. He received me most cordially, and for a moment intermitted filing a huge brass key on which he was engaged; and the. shako of my. own dexter by one of-bis own •broad, -brawny hands, I. can liken to nothing nearer than the shock of a young earthquake. “ Take : 'a- tetU, take a seat," he observed, “ and. just.as soon as J finish this key, we’Jl make frocks Tor home.”. , , • lof . course -replied; that T was in no hurry, and. at cupe became interested in. the facile -manner in which he was ; metamorphosing a rough casting into a polished key....As soon as vt'waa.cpmpleted, he .washed-.the worst of the . ’dirt from hir hand?, hung up his.'work apron, and; patting on. his coat apd Jbuit*.remarked Ini in cheerful ..tone,./,' Cnme.'nrnr. ConsJn Aleck, let ,us gpr and pee whether wife, has-got nhy tea for f ns.” ‘ - - After we were in the street, our conversa tion insensibly ran on business,, and I took the occasion to say to him, that I had been of the opniorv that he had-retired from his trade on a haqdsome competency.' “ Don’t say a word about, retirement,” he Replied,; ./* it - nearly makes me sick to think of it. People talk of •retiring from business while they, arc ,healthy and able to work; why, I tell yon, Aleck, they, don’t know rWhat.it,means.*H,did’nt know what.itmeant until I tried it; but now, re-'' tireroent and misery -sounds to my ears like word* of about the same meaning.” Perceiving that he had-struck a subject on which' he-could; easily bo :; coniraunicative, I looked inquiringly, when he rejoined, “ Per haps-ybu; never "heard the -particulars of-my retiring?”' ■ ’ ' On_my reply that I had tndt,'he proceeded: You see, Aleckf it is about three years ago,- that, having as you would-say, a competency, 1 I made up my-mind to atop-.work, and move; into the’coontry. 'Sol sold'feutmy share of 1 the'buslness to my partner, spent a-year or two in looking at two or three S'ccrc' of conn try places; and at last found oho that wife and ifiyself were considerable pleased with.- Tine ;doublc ~ house;' four -acres beautifully - shaded;-' vegetable garden not to be beat, and soil of su perior The place is -stiibnu my pos session, but .before I;; would, go, and live .-on it again, I’d :..yes, Alepk, I’d see it junk in thejuiddlo of the. Red Sea. ..Bat.l ant getting; ahead ofimy .story..: For.two or three months, matters and things-went; .on very, well,, because I had something to attend to unmaking a few improvements about .the housj, and,, fur-1 ■nishing n number of the doqrs with locks of iny own inventionbut as the whole premises' were in' good condition when ! bought them, I soon caine to a point where there' was not any-' thing'ib look after, but the cultivation; qf the ! garden! I' was' not ’ long in 'making' the dis-1 oovefy that-I bad no genius or taste eltherfofj digging around roots or pulling up weeds,'add J ns my. wife-did’nt ’wish the garden- to" run to .waste!, I croployed'a regular English gardener to carry‘the thing Handsomely through. '“ Welt, I didn’t mind the .expense he put i me to in the way qf guano, newrfanglqd I'gar den tools, and patent watering.apar'atus ; for I had fully eipeefed to spend money; and thanks jto our previous economy, wq had the money to •spend; but, Aleck, 51 whs really yery amusing to see tyhalfc the ff hit and vegetables raised in 6ur garden 'stood'' ns in. Making use of the little arithmetic' I was* master' of, I' recollect that I cyphered up the cost bf.some" of the ta ble firings and the result’ whs-cucumbers, seventeen' cants a piece; green peas, a'dollar -and three-quarters for a half-peckbeefs, four teen cents each, and everything else. in.propor tion.; All ’this I cared nothing about, but somehow,-I felt but qf my gearing in not hav ing the right kind of employment. Wife did her best to coax me. into gentlemanly ways; , Jiad all the old mechanical grime scrubbed out . ‘of -my 1 hands—finger-nails- cleaned out and rounded, so as to appear that T had : never done manual labor. - ''- " Then'we must'get behind a couple oFMor gan ponies which I had purchased, and mate fashionable calls in the day-tifflcon those who had;*colled. onus.: and! wife -wAntiid. mo ttj soften 'qjy yoicd; and fj> beparticular -abopt iriy_grHihn)ar, and the subjects I talked |on wbSicf revel iri the' probd memory of W’lbekß'tS^' SAIN HT. BX7HICEE.. BY toyGFBLLOW> t , keys I had handled in happier days, and com menee a history of my exple : *s in that line, whenwife would look as though she ..was go ing tosink.through the floor. In fact, she wanted to keepa'perpstoal lock on my lips, wjth the key in her pooketißut I sighed for the -shop, and time- he eg- so h e arily'' on- my bands, that nn hour spent in stupid Hstlessness aljont the house, seemed longer to me than a diy did.; when I had orders ahead for locks, and was driving hard to get them .finished .at a given time. My youngest brother, who is a college-bred man and'a lawyer, sent me at my request s fine collection of books on all imag inable subjects so that my;library.out-shone that of-any person, or indeed qf any o.thor man ip the. place ; but I found I . had no more taste ta ait’down and road than I had for trim ming ‘entrant bushes. "Time was, after I bad finished a hard day’s work at-the shop, when an hour at-books was*- a real solace, and I also believed an occasion of improvement. Then 1 envied those .whose leis ure'allowed them to feast on 'books perpetually. But the mistake I made was in failing to dis criminate between the mental habits and re quirements of the professed student, and those of the working man. Id thi? manner did time, at my country seat, drag heavily along. Visiting was a perfect bore, for not -feeling'the slightest interest in such masculine topics ns corn, grubs and. ma nure, and caring less for the feminine ones of dress and local gossip, I didn’t know what to talk about.' Books'set me to sleep, and not having'the society of my two boys,'who were at boarding-achcd!, I become fully satisfied thalr nothing to do, Was equal to’ haring everything. to.suffer. , ...v ; i ■ •• My most, delightful place of resort was a blacksmith’s shop, some two miles from the house', where occasionally I would handle the ' hammer, and- clang' a Tittle on'- the 'anvil, but wife , making the'discovery, one day that my hands were getting grimy again, I was obliged to own to thp cause of it, and this, to my sor row, was succeeded fay a positive.prohibition on her part from taking any more exercise at the forge. After "this, when I would ride past the shop behind my Morgan horses, the tears wo’d start ip my eyes at my being debarred the only employment which.wos in the least adapted to my taste or capacity. ‘‘But, cousin Aleck, to shorten,my story, wife perceiving that my unhappiness wis in creasing, at last consented to move back to town, and let me resume my business. . I had no difficulty in renewing an arrangement with my pld partner, and bonce you, sije me hard at work; and happier than the President. I am .perfectly able to live without work, bat T have learned ; two- important truths—first, that we never oiridv onrselvet sh well usefully ’.employed : and second,, that there is no occupation on the whole fpr which we are so well fitted as that to which we, have been so long accustomed, and which has become ! to us, as it were, a second nature.” ■ I was so much pleased with the good sense qf my'wife’s cousin, as evidenced in the small aeotipp of his autobiography which he had glv-. en.me, and yery soon after he had finished it yrl reached his dwelling. If his shop was din gy, there' was no dinginess here. The edifice was built in the Philadelphia style, having n large dining.roqm bask of the two parlors,-and a noble kitchen in the roar of that. The whole floor, as yell, as the airy and pleasant rooms above stairs, were probably adorned with a bet ter description qf furniture than was owned by the - Governor of Pennsylvania, Everything was in perfect order, and although the lock smith’s wife was a little uppish in her notions, I Boon perceived she-was a capital housekeeper, and that my friend was proud of his house, and : proud, of- bis wife, add proud of. his. two |si?ns t . ;’jvho had'come home from school to spend the 'vacation. I fo'und'that these lads were both intended for the learned professions. While orie-of themi-efatertainod me'with some music on a parlor organ,'the worthy smith begged me fO; excuse, him a few moments, after which he reappeared in perfectly clean linen and a suit 'of! dainty, blaek.' We'supped at a table spread with plenty, and in the evening, some company coming in. 'conversation and music filled Up the passing.-hour.'' I-was deeply impressed, and- Concluded,that my.wifeis cousin, the locksmith aricTbclJ.faanger was 4 wise man, and unwit tingly he had fonnd the true' philosophers Atone. Daily work was as necessary to him as j his daily bread, and tbb toil bf the workshop j only served to enhance the pleasure and recre- Lntions of a refined-and: happy home. On tak ing my leave, I realized that I had been taught La valuable lesson. Employment is the health: rfullotin llFeV.’and hs'that would Seekhappi , nes's in a state' bf perpetual repose,-betrays'a j profound ignoranbe-'of the| beneficent laws that ! gevetnhis being. ... ruUcegqnatiou, in Perfection, ! [From a spjdicr of tU?,l4otb Pa. ToU.j : Near JhcnisoND, T. 4., June 18, 1804. Four miles .north of the Pamunkey River ,ire were met, by. a .delegation of. Uncle Tom’s 'hardy.black fellows, who,wanted, to, emigrate to’the. Yankee land of promise.'“They said they- represented 150 slates, the property of Mr. Anderson Scott, who owned these ooltiva- j ted/ields fox miles. ; They wanted to get their | children carried in oar transportation wagons j to White Pause.lending, /fora.which place they.| ; had beenas’aured Uncle Sum would fake Ihem: j North/ Our' wagons'beirig; full we could not | I accommodate"‘marly ’However,'anything was | preferable to slavery; so .they determined-to [ [come along any way.; -About a mile further,! (we came to,the mansion of this rich slave-lord, [ 1 Mr. Scott !* -* '* * ’j Ardund the door were three women and half j a dozen children, from the wee baby to the young girl of fifteen or sixteen. Two' of. tho women wore about'a shade lighter than the quadroon, while all the children were white.. The third woman was-apparently pare white; , her eyes'were blue, her hair was brown and strait; her features were entirely American— 'nothing to denote a particle of negro blood. •In her arms,she hod ’a,beautiful littte'bby,near wltE/air Bair 1 and blue’ eyes! f;Tßirwbmaq'wai bitterly as we tody up.- Thinking that she-Woe a member of the 'family, we tried'to- console -her fay assuring ter- that Yankees made war upon men and not upon wo men. Can yon imagine how shocked we were when we-were told that this white woman and child were slaves I Lieut. Wren, Quartermas ter of the Cist New-York, was. so excited that TTe-feelted- into the house, and his sword rattled and his spurs-jingled with bis impetuosity as he strode along the halls in search of the old scoundrel 'Scott. I asked onel of the women why she did not bundle up and come along, now that she had a chance, with the rest. She said she had anid iotio son in the' house who was sick, aud they jjduld not go without him. I asked this woman if she was the .daughter of'the owner of the plantation. She said she was 1, We went into the hut, and npon a clean bed sat this poor id iot boy, white ns I am, with brown hair. About this time Mr. Scott qame in, the lord and, owner -of all these white people, whiter thaw hipiself. He is an old, shriveled-np, nig ger-faced, crooked-backed little specimen of Southern chivalry, aristocratic as a king, and “ Virginian born, by Gawd 1" I asked the mo ther of.this. boy if Mr. Scott was her father. You should have seen her blush as she answer ed " Yes.” The incestuous old beast 1 This idiot-son—the child of his own daughter—fa ther and grandfather of his owe children ! • Now,'send down'your pro-slavery partisans and Copperheads of the North to look upon this. Talk to me of the ditinity of slavery I Do you know how'these skin aristocrats' rave over the new theory of miscegenation, or the mixture of. the races, Here wa have, a prac tical illustration of their duplicity and incon sistency in the very worst form of miseegena ,tiqn—incestuous amalgamation 1 , . - All the rest of the old man’s slaves (floating capital) passed by at this time with their traps and pappooses, shouting on the road to glory fthd,to freedom, “ Come along I Come along 1 We’re gwine to-hah our freedom 1” This sight so excited these poor slaves, who,’ knowing their inability to go along without the boy, began to cry in the most distressing manner, and there in the midst of them stood the old scoundrel, the author of-'all this misery: I believe X bad been justified in breaking his neck. We advised theso poor people to stay, as they • were perfectly safe, being inside our lines, and in case fre fell back we would manage to fake them with ns; and in the meantime, if the old man ill treated them we would come back and chastise him.- ■ So ws went away and encamped thatmight. on the banks of tbe slaggifh Pa munky. imnicax. ArtSpEaiH 'jOHIiSOIi’S ijiTTHK HZ ACCEPTS THE A*o3fl>"ATlo^. ,| Nashvible, Tenn., July 2, 1864. Hon. William Dennison;' Chairman , and Committee of the National Union Convention. Gentlemen: Tour communication of-the 9th ultimo,lnforming me of my nomination for the Tice Presidency of .the United States .by the National. Convention held .at Baltimore, and enclosing a copy of the resolutions adopted by that body! was not received until the 25th nit, A' reply on my part : had been previously made to the action of the convention in pre senting my name, in a speech delivered in this city on the evening succeeding the day of the adjournment of the Convention, in which I in dicated my acceptance of l the distinguished honor conferred by that body, and defined-the ■grounds upon which that acceptance was based, substantially saying what I now have to say. From the comments made upon that speech by the * various presses of the country to which my attention has been directed, I considered it to be regarded' as full acceptance. In view, however, of the desire expressed in your communication, I will more , fully allude to'a. few points that have been heretofore pre sented. . ‘ ! My opinions on the leading questions at present agitating and distracting the public mind, and especially in reference to the rebell ion now being waged against the Government and authority of the United States, I presume are generally understood. Before the Southern people assumed a bel ligerent attitude"(and repeatedly since,) I took occasion’-most frankly to declare the views I then entertained in relation to the wicked pur poses of the Southern politicians. They, have •since undergone but little, if any change. Time and subsequent cvenfs'hdvo rather Con firmed than diminished my confidence in their correctness. ■ At tfie, beginning of this great struggle I en tertained the same opinion of it that 1 do now, and in my place in the Senate I denounced it as triasbn, worthy the punishment of death, and warned-the Government and the people of the impending But my. voicejvas not heard or counsel heeded until it was too late to avert the storm. It still continued to gather over us without molestation from the ■authorities at Washington, until at length U broke witlr all Us fury upon the country. And now/if we would save the Government from being overwhelmed by it, we must meet in j-the.true spirit qf patriotism and bring traitors -to. the punishment due their crime, and by j force of arms crush out and subdue tha last | vestige of rebel authority in every State. I | fait then, as now, that the destruction of the I Government was deliberately determined upon |by -wicked'and designing conspirators, whose Hives and fortunes were pledged to carry it out, i and that no compvemiae, short ofjan unoondi ; tional recognition nf tho independence of the f Southern'States, could have been, or could now Ibe proposed, which they would accept. The 1 clamor for •-* Southern Rights,” as -tho rebel journals .were pleased to designate their rally ing cry, was not to secure their assumed rights in the union and under the Constitution, but ' to disrupt the Government, and to establish an independent organization, based upon slavery, which they canid at.nll times control. The sqparation of tbs. Government has for year? past been.the.cherished purpose of the Southern leaders. Baffled, in 1832, by the stern, patriotic heroism of Andrew Jabkstjn, Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged tl per iqaare of Id Unea, one or three insertions, god 25 cants for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of leu than 19 tinea considered as a square. 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In a letter dated May 1,1333, to the Rev. A. J. Crawford, after demonstrating the heart less insincerity of the Southern aullifiers, is said: " Therefore the tariff was only a pretext, and a disunion and a Southern Confederacy was the.teal object. Tho next pretext will be the negro, or slavery question.” Time has folly verified this prediction, and we have now not only the negro or slavery question as the pretest, but the real cause of the rebellion, and both must go down together. It is vain to attempt to reconstruct the Union with the distracting element of slavery in it. Experience has demonstrated its incompatibility with free and republican governments, and it * would he unwise and unjust longer to continue it as one of the institutions of the country. While it remained subordinate to the Constitu tion.and laws of the United States, I yielded to it my support; but when it became rebellious, and attempted to rise above the Government and control its action, I threw my humble finance against it. The authority of the Government is supreme, and will admit of no rivalry. No institution can rise above it. The mode by which this great change—the emancipation of the slave—can be effected, is properly fonnd in the power to amend the ■ Constitution of the United States. Ibis plan is effectual, and of no doubtful authority ; and while it does not contravene the timely exercise of the war power by the President in his| Emancipation Proclamation, it comes stamped with the authority of the people themselves, acting in accordance with the written rule of the supreme law of the land, and most there fore give more general satisfaction and quie tude to the distracted public mind. By recurring to the principles contained in the resolutions so unanimously adopted by the Convention, I find that they substantially ac cord with my public acts and opinions hereto fore made known and expressed, and are there fore mqst cordially endorsed and approved; and the nomination, having been conferred without ,ony solicitation on my pait, is with the greater pleasure accepted. In accepting the nomination, I might here close, hut I cannot forego the opportunity of r saying to’ my old friends of the Democratic patty proper, with whom! haxeaa Innot -mit pleasantly neen associated, that the hour has now come when that grpt party can justly vindicate its devotion to true democratic policy and measures of expediency. ■'The war ‘ is* a war of great principles. 1 It involves the su premacy and life of the Government itself If the rebellion triumphs, free government—North and. South—fails. If on the other hand, the Government is successful—as I do not doubt— its destiny is fixed, its basis permanent and enduring, and its career of honor and glory just begun. In a great contest like this for the existence of free government, the path of duty is patriotism and principle. Minor con siderations and questions of administrative pol icy should give way to the higher duty of first preserving the Government, and then there will he time enough to wrangle over men and measures pertaining to its administration. This is' not the hour for strife and division among ourselves. Siysh differences of opinion only encourage the enemy, prolong the war, and waste the country. Unity of action and concentration of power should be our watch word tjnd rallying cry. This accomplished, the time will rapidly approach when their ar mies in the field, the great power of the re bellion, will be broken and crashed by' our gallant officers and brave soldiers, and ere long . they will return to their homes and firesides, to resume again the avocations of peace, with the proud consciousness that they have aided in .the noble work of re-establishing, npon a surer and more permanent basis, tho great tem ple of 1 American Freedom. I am, with sentiments of high regard, . Tours, truly, Sharp Practice. —A. negro came into town from the country on Saturday, says a Trenton paper, to sell some blackberries, and provision himself with a quart of whiskey for Sabbath purposes. While standing on the comer' of the street a man approached him and inquired bis name. The negro gave it. “ You are the very man I’m looking for,” responded hie interrogator, “ you’re drafted.” “ Gbll jiggers, boss, is dat so !” “ Sanin as you -lire.” “Well, den, what will dis chile do?” 11 Corns and go with me. Yon havn’t been notified yet, and I thick I can get yoa 'listed, and then yoa can git $4OO. If yoa go >i a drafted man yon wo’n’t git nothin’. Come and keep year month shot, and let me do the talk ing.” The negro went with hie white friend", and was soon mustered into the service of the Uni ted States’ service,' and sent out to camp. This put 520 into the sharper’s pocket. i Be Os Good Terms "With Yous Pili.ow.— The instant the head is laid on the pillow is that in which conscience delivers its decrees. If it has conceived any evil design, it is sur rounded by thorns. The softest down is hard under the restless head of the wicked.—in order to be happy, one mast be on good terms with one’e pillow, for the nightly reproaches it can make mnst be heard ; yet it is never so delicious, so tranquil, aa after a day on which one has performed some good act, or when one is conscious Of having spent it in some useful or substantial employment. A paper very innocently asks if there is any harm of young ladies to sit oh the lapse of ages. Another replies that it depends'on the kinds of ages selected. Those from eighteen to twenty-fivoit puts down as hasardotts. Anbeew Johnson.