rt-s^d-ir. The Tioga Ooaaty Agitator: BY JI. BT. COBB. .-i‘, * Published every Wednesday morning and mailed to .abcribersatONE DOLLAR AND FIF’KT CENTS per year, always IN ADVANCE. £ ’ 5 The paperiaeent postage froetooonntyh*bsor!bers, though they may receive their mailot-post'pffiees lo cated in counties immediately adjoining, fer con?en jileccc* • j x The Agitatoe is the Official paper of . ioga Co,, end circulates jn every neighborhood ther'r.iri. Sub scriptions being on the advanoc-pny aystein, it circu lates among a class moat to the interest of advertisers to reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal a those of fered by any paper of equal circulation Hn^Konhern Pennsylvania. ' -; rs~ A cross on the margin of a papedenotes tbattbe subscription is about to expire. . ; ■r/~ Papers will] bo stopped when the an 1 iscription time expires, unless the then ..continu ance. - ’ . JAS. LOWREY & S. F. WE JSOJI, Attorneys & law, will attend the Courts of Tioga, £ jtter and McKean counties. . [Welisboro, Jan. 1 ‘1863.] DIGKINSOII HOUSE, CORNING, N. A Jlaj. A. FIELD,.*. Pf iprietor. /'QUESTS taken, to and from the £ 'pot free bJ of charge. [Jan. :'/1863.] pesnsiltania hod«e; CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND JH6 AVENUE, WeUaboro, Pa. J. W. BIQONT, rpHIS _popaiar Hotel, having been re-fitled JL cud re-farnished throughout, tenqw.opia to the jublio as a fiat-class house. . {Jan.,l,/1883.] HART’S HOTEL, WELLSBOEO, TIOQ& CO. PEKnA. ■■■.. THE subscriber takes this method, to inform his old friends and customers that hr'has re tained the conduct of the old “ Crystal _ 'ountain Hotel,” and will hereafter give it his entire V'Mention. Thankful for past favors, he solicits a re nee il.of £he letno. DAVID .‘URT. Wclliboro, Nov. 4, 1863.-IJ. . *. IZAAK WALTOR HOUSE, ' Gains*; Tiagn Oonnty, Fa. -•- H. C. VERMIX.YEA, ../...-PrOjjrietoK THIS i« a new hotel looated-within ongy no ciii of the beat fishing and hunting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared for the accommodation of pleasure seekers the trav elling public. '• jTfan.l^lBB3.]’' WITCHES, CLOCKS AND jmn JEWELRY! Repaired at BULLARD'S i'CO’S. STORE, by the eabecriber, in the best manner, and at as low-price* as the same wort can be done for, by any first rate prac tical workman in the State. ..... - Wellsboro, July 15, 1&63.. A. "R. fitiSCV. A. EOL E T , ' 'J: ' Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, acf- &c.| REPAIRED AI OLD PRICES POST OFFICE BUILDING, KO-. 5, UNION BLOCK, f WeUiboro, May 20, 1863. ; E. RvBLACtt, v PARSER & HAIR-DRESSER, j SHOP OYER'C.'L. WILCOX'S STORE, • , NO.; 4.’ UNION BLQ/3K. Wellsboro, Just 24,1863. ■ AGRICULTURAL HffiPLEH^TS. I WOULD inform Dealers in Agrionltura Imple ments, that I have Horse Rakes of the ’iost ap proved stylos ond euperior quality. Air >, Band Rakes of a better quality than any taanofaptured in this section, which I will furnish in any quantity de nred. to dealers in the counties of Tioga, 1 -adford, end Lycoming. ' ' »D. A. Ij^TJD. Mainsburg, Nov. 18, 1863-Smoa.* BOARBidAN AND GRAB’S CELEBBA TED PATENT IMPROVED INSULATED IRON RIM, AND t RAME PIANO FORTES’ Tbese pianos have* the pure musical tort-*, of the' T7ood, together with the.strength of the Iron and ere thus far superior to all others. -The Ove*' Strang Scales, giving in connection with the Pat' hi Iron Rim, full, round, powerful, and sweet tone * These pianos will remain £n tune-ftjjre&ter lengtj *of time than any other piafios* known,.and are warranted for the time of five years. The undersigned ott-TS these piano; at the same” prices atr at the'ware .toomsin Albany or New York, saving thobuyerthe ,e ’pens©of going there to buy, and will keep them in for the firoef three years, without charges. For > general dejcnption of these pianos send for a circular, coc u.aing prices, styles, Ac, • I. Q* Osceola, Tioga CoUi)y Pa, Osceola, Feb. 17,1864. \ . ; HRITOS & MEDICISp . .VO. 3, U.V/O.y BLOCK, WELtSßOltix), PA. -. P. R. WIhLIAM§, TJEGS leave to announce to-the cituena tj bero and vicinity, that ho keeps confl intly on hciall kinda af ' I DRUGS AND MEDICINES,^ Chemicals, Varnish, Faints, Soaps, Glass, Brushes Putty, Fancy Goods, Pure randies, Gits, end all other kinks of Liquors of he best qtaiiiy. 2.11 kinds of PATENT MEDICINES ' - ■ ««b ai Jayne's Expectorant, 4 Pills; Ajer’i Sarsaparilla, Pitli and Cherry Pecton* j Helm l:.diExtraet Bocbo, Sarsaparilla- and Bos : Wash.j Mm. Winslow's Sothlng Syf&pj Wright-’* Pills; Ckrfc’saud Cheeseman’s Pills; ‘Hall’s Bnltn a; Bin tier’s London Dock Gin j Herrick’s cl Pias* Brown’s Bronchial Troches, «fco., *. - Mey 2c/1564-ly. . . P.R, WILL AMS. HEV-EWTOE STAMPS- I OHN M. PHELPSyDeputy Mans i' field, he? just received a large lot Revenue Stums, of dl denominations, from one.pent 'ip to $5. fitv person wishing Stanps can get them At ■ try office Mansfield, or cf Si. BULLARD, lssesaor, t’lVellsborc. Pa. ’ ' J, M-^H’.vLPS. 2/1864. Wheeler’s Horse Powers and barest- ers aad Gleaners. ' THE subscriber would respectfully- orto-.jimco to to the Threshers and Farmer* of Ttbgi* and ad- conntiee, that ha itill continues sell the named MACHINES, and .that 1/7ave the pioasure of offering this-season some Mo int poreaentg on the old machines :scd a * tat variety, I now hare for sal© Railtc>d -Hqrs© . Offer *for one, two, and three horses, p* €l of Wheeler's Rsk© Cleaners, ds e. Lever owets, Howard's Mowers and combined Mayers and capers, Smith’s Green Mountain Shlnglo-J Machine, ? a,^ er ’s self-sustaining fi-orse Forks. *«a CutUn; circular and Drag Sows,-adapted to ® powers, Horse Rakes, Ac., Ac. / - .7, *kich will be sold strictly at the -fi-anufac- Jj* I*J 1 *J Prices, adding-transportation, and V k be war , to give entire satisfaction or no Extras or J?J®ring old machines kept on hands *» itx™- Fathers, of weiiSaw®,. an* a. h. f »T- of Nelson, ere my agents ‘ ,~^ a C°nnty, where Forks will be kept'* ja hand s*- 1 or ot Her Machinery will be |fpomptly to. Descriptive Circulars contaur.ng price applicants. - B. S..3*'SAES. - Pa.»Jnpe29. 1864-tf. ' huoh , you^J B »ORsEIXER it STATJxTNER, and Scales is -•?" fe SI ? cltl Clocks, American, English, -a, d Swiss {>;,*“ My'Jwtirjt Silver Plated Ward, Spectacles, ■■are Frames, Photographic Albums,; Stei. wsoopesj ,-- : ; cope ?1 Perfumery, Yankee Notions^.Fifhlng “^ 8 J> d Jliee;-afid : C-.jmC SCHOOL. BQftK£ of .every kind’lSed intbe t ra i.7'. M,lst mS^ < one of them, John, the writer knows from per sonal acquaintance, ofrather less than medium au* k! size, with such weapons as Nature’s God gave them, viz, their fists, their feet, and their teeth. And'with these two brothers determined to give Rattle. This they prodeeded to initiate in the following manner: They doubled the quantity of shot in their gun, and at very “ short range”, poured the whole into the side of the bear, while 'his interest was chiefly bestowed oh the little dog, he being, up to this time, the moat noisy of his new acquaintances. But the.discharge of the musket changed all this, and loaaed him to a sudden and wrathful sor tie from bis qhiet and hitherto peaceful hole. He gave a fearful and angry growl as he came out, and madd direct for our friend John, ev idently intending to show him -before the close of, their oocqnaintance what-he thought of such interference with bis prescriptive rights and privileges. The bear was really large—he was very large—the steelyards decided that. He was so large—John at once recognized in him the histories I character of the Orange hunt, and all hie own fire was at once in a blaze. He thought hie neighbors of Orange were soared. He was hot. Thought was quick, but so was the bear,, and on he came, bis huge jaws wide open, and his great white teeth too apparent for- comfort or ssurance, and in the act of a direct assault on his little antagonist be was foiled in a manner ha had not calculated on, and which probably astonished and disconcert ed him.-" ; :Aa the bear was-just about to close ’in "bn bis foe the; active little, man sprang suddenly to one side, and then to the rear of bis enemy, seizing bim by the bind legs with both his hands, and at the same time uttering the most positive assurances' that he had none of the Orange boys to deal with this time." Neither this new. mode of attack by “ flank and rear,” nor the assurance, seemed agreeable to Brain, for he at once set about doing his best to get away; He ran down the side of the mountain, over rocks, brush, knots, sticks, stumps, and whatever of rough there was on the side of this ronghold peak, till be . was tired of it. John, in the meantime, kept his hold on the leg, and kept up the repeated assurances, and, it is said, even with'curses, that he had "none of the Orange boys to deal with this time.”- Not withstanding, in his descent, he was rapidly parting with his. garments, portions of which conld now be seen banging to hush, and knot, and tree, till that which remained to bim of them was but a sorry spectacle. This was continued for soma time, till at .last the.bear’s patience gave .out. He'.’.would. »hmd this no longer. It was evidently a lo sing game, this running away from an enemy from whom there was no escape. And now with increase of wrath he slopped—he turned npon the prostrate ragged man, who evidently, whatever was. true in some other respeots[ had the advantage of his adversary in that of ac tivity. He sprang to Lis feet, and when abont to he taken in that embrace by bis foe, which, with those 'more civilized, is sometimes prac ticed and received as evidence of the truest af fection, be showed bis utter want of appreci ation of this demonstration on the- part of his new acquaintance 1 from Orange by knoking hinfdowri with his fist. And this he was so uncivil as to-repeat several times, as often as ha was threatened with the " hug,” till his lib tie dog appeared on the scene and laid sharp hold of bruin’s heels with his teeth. This was too much. Two upon one was ev idently one too many, and so retreat was again resorted to, but with no better success than be fore. John renewed his old. attack. He caught the retreating beast again by the leg, and again cried opt no Orange boys, and agaln he was dragged down.the mountain side as before, till, probably from the same considerations as .’decided the. termination of the previous retreat, the bear stopped. John sprang tohisfeet agajin and again knocked-Bruin down. This, as be fore, he repeated. But now ha was becoming exhausted by his extraordinary course of bat tle; : His strength was failing, while his enemy still had a large supply of this necessary el ement of successful conflict. And, as is like to bethe case, superior .strength, began to show its. value in -protracted fight. The bear, had now, the best of it, and was not satisfied with "mere embraces. He threw his adversary up on the ground, and having it all his own way, he proceeded to break bones and lacerate flesh most cruelly. .And,here would probably have been the end, of.,the plucky little man had it not been for the timely. interference of bis brother just as Bruin was, best satisfied with the course tbe’fight was taking. He bad not forsaken his friend in the strife. But the extraordinary progress of the ..two combatants down the mountain had been so rapid that up to this time, ho had been left.quite behind and out of the Calculations of .both’. Now he came up, armed with hisempty gun, with which he pro ceeded to give • each blows -over the sensitive snout of the ugly beast as.soon brought him to terms. With this ,slight weapon he actually “ knocked put the brains” of the bear. There Vas now opportunity to look over the battle field and'ascertain the extent of damages to the parties engaged- John was found'with the hone of his right arm broken above the el bow, and the fiesb of this part.much lacerated by the teeth of his enemy. He was also bit ten through the right thigh, the flesh of which was also sadly .torn. .■ . • These, with tho'm&nybnrisea received in his rapid descent,’were the sum of his present in-, •juries ; but his clothes 1 It may be well doubt ed whether their parts were ever all seen again. . There was but one trophy of the fight—the body of the vanquished; and it gives pleasure to tbs writer to be able to add that this was found, flesh and hide, of sufficient valne to pay' the surgeon’s fees for his attendance of the broken bones and wounds, and that for these •services it was received. It weighed between four and five hundred pounds, as was ascer tained by actual weight, arid became the’ prop erty of-Dr. Henry .Lyman, of Werner, N. H., -formerly.a,surgeon in the United States army ini the, war of-1812, who, as has bean stated; 'waa'a near jelative of the writer. In the year TB|3o, while in the town of Sutton for sporting the writer made inquiriesbf‘the 'in inhabitants as to the truth of this atoryjC Which they all confirmed as-a matter of which -A' V pT-i t f ■ r A remarkable happening of an event in con nexion with a dream, has oome to onr knowl edge. So far as the facts are concerned, there is no question, but we know the parties would rather not have public mention made of their names. The “ stuff” dreams are mads of we do not pretend to analyze, bnt there were di viners of dreams in Bible times, and one man came to great distinction by the interpretation of a dream. The happening of an . event in accordance'with'a dream is probably nothing but a strange coincidence; and if people wo’d only make-note.of those dreams that “do not come to pass,” as well ss of those that do, the world would probably universally be of that opinion. Bat we intended merely to give this dream and the happening of the sad event that will make it ever memorable in the family in which it occurred. - On a late Monday morning a friend of oars was on a visitto his old home in Northern New York. About four o’clock on jthat morning he was up, in preparation to take the cars. As he passed on to the stoop, or piazza, two sisters were sitting there, and one, or both weeping. He asked the cause of their grief, and one an swered, “Brother —— is dead, for, about an hour since, I saw him as plainly as I ever saw anybody, and be was dead. I saw him die.” That brother was the husband of another sis ter, and an officer in the army, and when lost heard from was in Washington, sick. { Our friend told his sister that it was hot a dream, and reminded her that, only-the Satur day'evening previous, abetter had been receiv ed by their sister, the wife, from her husband, saying be was doing well, end would be home in a few days. But all was of no avail, the one who had the dream was weeping for what she believed a reality, and the brother begging her not to tell her dream to the wife, left, be lieving that two or three days wonld show that it was but a dream. Our friend reached Cleve land on Tuesday, and found a despatch await ing him, saying that the brother-in-law refer red to was dead. A day or'two thereafter, he received a letter giving the particulars of his death, and saying that it occurred abont three o’clock on Monday morning. That was the point of time when the sister , bad the dream, aa near as can be ascertained. —Cleveland Her ald. . Religion and Morautt'in France —Soma modern writer has complained bitterly of thi separation of the eexes by their different sys tems of thought and education. In France the separation is very wide. The women, gen erally, are Catholics—the men, generally, De ists. I have often tried to get acnrately at the real state of opinion, but it is not very easy.— this-muoh, however, is very certain, that most educated -Frenchmen ate Deists of a type not unfairly represented by Mr. Renan, and that nearly all Frenchwomen in good society ob serve the rites of the Chnrch of Roma. -The boys are Catholics when in petticoats, -but.tnrn Deists generally between fifteen and seventeen, and remain,BO all their lives. This difference is, of course, a cause of much estrangement in families, because a Catholic lady finds on cer tain subjects a companionship in her confessor which she looks in her husband. These facts may serve to account for what may seom such strange contradictions in modern France.— The position of the Church, for instance, is both very weak and very strong’. The direct power of the Church of Rome in France is in finitely smaller than that of the English Chnrch in England, because the men are openly against it; but its indirect power, through the confess ional, is still very considerable. For instance, the English Church in England ■is strong enough to repress the utterance of faerterdox opinions in general society, but in French so ciety such opinions are discussed with perfect freedom, Ou the other hand, such is the influ ence of the Roman Church in France over the women, that'fathers who bate the priests find themselves nevertheless compelled to let their daughters confess themselves to priests, because a girl who should omit the premiers communion would find her position amongst women per fectly unendurable. And, as Catholicism in woman is comme il /aui, many men in France like girls for being Catholics, the more bigot ed the better, though it. is difficult to see how auy onion can be intellectually complete be tween persona who differ so widely on such an important subject as religion, As to morality, I think there can be no doubt that France, on the whole, is a more immoral country than England; but it is an interesting fact that French mothers dread sending boys to London, for fear of the dear innocent youths being con taminated by our bad example.— Macmillan 's Magazine. Maid Servants. —Jenny June speaks a great volume of truth when she says that the only way for a woman to secure peace and comfort in her household is to have as few women around her as possible, especially in a depend ent position. There is a natural antagonism be tween them which will assert itself in a thou sand waja; How .many Irish girl*, go grum blingly to fulfil a kindly uttered request on the part 6ftheirmistress> who wouldtun "like lightning” to obey an order from their master? And, strange to say, though it -makes no sort of- difference to the head of the house whether his boots are brushed by Bridget O’Brien or Judy.O’Callahan, yet in a dispute be invari ably takes 1 the part of the “ help”—simply and solely from the instinct of sax, and because men always feel bound to be gallant to every woman in the world, excepting their wives. they"had knowledge, and of which they were evidently not a little proud. They were at the trouble to find John Cheney and introduce him, and it was from hie mouth'that, substan tially, the above story was received. Ho also exhibited his scar? on his arm and leg with ev ident satisfaction ; and to the inquiry, what be now, in the light of his experience, thought of soeh fights, swore that he “ would do the same thing again if he ever got a chance.’’ His neighbors approved highly of this, and seemed to have no doubts that he would ho equally successful in a second encounter.—Correspon dence of New York Evening Post, A Remarkable Coincidence. , 7l»Jigagg;>LA» , »B«i : Rates of Advertising. ■Advertisements will be charged $1 per square of 14 lines', one or three insertion?, und 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than-14 lines considered as a square. The subjoined rate* will be charged for Quarterly,Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements: , • 3 VOBTB3. 6 MOTPHS. 13 XOJttH* 1 SqnafO, $4,00 $5,75 $7,50 2 do; 6,00 8,25 10,00 3 do. .„ 8,75 10,75 12,50 iColnmn, 10,00 12,00 15,75- i do. 18,75 25,00 31, 55 1 do 30,00 42,00 00,00 Advertisements not having the number of inter* tions desired marked span them, will her published until ordered ont and charged accordingly. Potters, Handbills, Pill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices', Constable'l and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO. 2; HOW NOT TO BS RUINED. ~ 11 Gold is 190, and the property of the coun try will be destroyed/-’ says Mr. Faintheart. "Gold is going to 200, and I shall be broke,' 7 says Mr. Weakness. “I am mined! My bank balance la worth only fifty-five cents on the dollar,” soys Mr. Naverthink. Let us' stop a moment, gentlemen, and look into the matter. Facts are better than fears, ttfid pxinoiplo is better than prejudice. You are suffering—yes, suffering, there it no other word for it—under tbs delusion that the am-* ount of gold and silver coin in the country is an equivalent of its wealth. Now, do yott know that the highest financial authorities have never estimated this amount at over two hundred and fifty millions, and it is probably much less, even in time of peace. But sap* pose we admit that it is three hundred millions ; and now do yon know that according to -tfis United States census of 1860, the wealth of the country—its real and personal property—- was estimated (rather too low than too high) at fifteen thousand millions. If you will jatfi taka your pencil and cipher oat the proper* tion that three hundred millions in specie bears to fifteen thousand millions of property, you will, discover that it is—what ? fifty per cent? No ; but exactly two~ per cent —that is, tbs whole amount of specie in the country never was two per cent, or a fiftieth part of the spa de'value of the property : and if, at any one time, die whole property of the country bad been forced to sale for the specie in the coun try, it would not have brought two cents on the dollar of its actual specie value. Specie, or the currency that may stand for it, is only the convenient and recognized me dium for making an exchange of It represents property in the market, property in transit, bnt never the fixed property of a nation. Money is the lubricator. It don't make valnes; it simply lubricates the machi* nery, and keeps the wheels of commerce mu sing smoothly. When too abundant, the wheels run too fast; and when scarce, there is too much friction. And novr, Mr. Faintheart, can you pick a flaw in oar statement? Is it not absolute troth? • But what shall we say to Mr.’Weak* ness, who is afraid of bankruptcy, and Mb. Neverthink, who is only afraid of bis bank* baliance ? If Mr. Faintheart is in debt it is now easy to get out. Pay up when money is plenty, and be happy. If a mortgage on yoar land will.be due next year, or any year, provide for it now while yon are getting high prices for everything yon sell. But, Mr. Neverthink, yon have, say, a bank balance of $20,000. Yon are afraid that gold is going np or paper going down about ont of sight, and yoa wish to invest this balance in some productive property. Will yon buy a house worth only §lO,OOO in specie and pay for it $lB,OOO in currency ? Suppose you wish to sell that house after the resumption of spe cie payments, it will bring you only §lO,OOO, and yon will have lost exactly §B,OOO. Will that be a shrewd operation? We think we can “ put you np" to something better—some thing by which you can make your bank-bal lance er currency not only worth its face in gold, but a premium besides. Invest in gov ernment ‘bonds. Buy the ten-forties. After the war is over they will be worth par in gold and something over ; and they hare a liberal gold interest from tbs beginning. If they are not safe, then no property is safe. The same spirit of arnachy that would repudiate your property iu the national debt would repudiate it in your house. If the law will not protect you in one description of your property, it will not in another, and your greatest safety, as well as profit, is in maintaining and strength ening the government that maintains and sup ports the law. —Philadelphia Telegraph, A Neglected Sckaich. — A clergyman late ly told a story about a mad with whom he boarded_when at college. Tha man was at work one frosty morning, and happened to get a alight scratch on the hack of his hand. _ A single minute’s attention to it would have caus ed it to heal in a day or two. It was neglected. •A slight,inflammation appeared, which a single poultice [»r a gill of cool water] would hare reduced, but it was neglected. - The whole band became inflamed and should hare bad the best medical attention, but it was neglected.. The arm and shoulder and back were seized with pain, and now all was filled with alarm and confusion. Twelve physicians were soon in attendance to consult upon” the ease. The question" .was. Whether the cutting off of the titnb would save the man’s life, and it was decided that it was too late. The disease bad gained a mortal hold and no human skill could arrest it. A vicious habit, an indulged little sin, a neglected duty, how easily they are taken care of if we are in season with them, but bow stubborn, and how ruinous they become if they are let alone I - According- to Hall’s Journal of Htalth, a dollar's worth' of meat, at twenty-fire centa a pound, goaa aa far as fifty cents' worth of but* ter at half a dollar a pound. Three pounds of flour, at eight cents a pound, is said to con tain as much nutriment as nine pounds of roast beef, which, at twenty-fire cents, is* $2,- 25; that is, twenty-fire cents’ worth of flour goes at far as nine times that much money spent for roast beef, as weighed at the botch er's stall. A pint of white beans, weighing one pound, and costing seren cents, contain* as much nutriment as three pounds and a half of roast beef costing eighty-seven and a half cents. Of all the articles that can be eaten, the cheapest are bread, butter, molasses, beans, and rice. A pound of corn meal (Indian) gos* as far as a pound of flour; so that, fine family flour, at sixteen dollars a barrel jn' New York city in July, 1864, and corn meal at four cents, the latter is just one half less espensire. If corn and wheat- were ground, and the whole product,'bran and all'were made into bread, fifteen per cent of nutriment would be saved, wjth much greater bealthfnlness. Nothing abridges life like false steps, idle words, and vain thoughts.