The Tioga County Agitato??! BY M. H. COBB. p,.hlisbedevery Wednesday morning and Whiled to J-asstfsaw? «***?"" u Jysr is sa*i class mostub the Intcrcst of advertisers tiroich. farms to advertisers as liberal as .those of ■_>y jay paper of equal circulation in Northern pcansvlvnma. ; 53- cross on the margin of a paper, denotes feat the subscription Is about to ecrplro \:3' 1’ ipira will bo stopped wheh the subscription t;2o cxpiiOS) unless tho agent orders their, continu- es. t»» BE¥ A S. F. WILSON, i TLORNEYS & COUNSELLORS at LAW, fV will attend the Court! of Tioga, j’Sttcf and jiillcm'counties. {W 1863..] , DICKINSON HOUSI COR-SINS, N. T. ; Mvj. A. FIELD T oprietor. /"I (JESTS taken to and .from tho l-'epot free \X of charge- • [-J .an. r, ISC3.] PjEJH?STL?MIA HOCiSE, . COT’.N'EP. or 3MJS STREET AND THE ''VENUE, TSTellstsro. Pa, J. W. BIGONY, rpHIS popular Hotel, having been re-fittej X and re-furnished throughout, is now ope j to the public as a first-class house. [Jan-1 ■lSft 3. J D. HART’S HOTEL WELLSBORO, TIOOn CO. FEN If A. . THE subscriber takes this method to inform his old friends and customers that ha has re sume! the conduct of the old “ Crystal fountain Hotel,” and will hereafter give it his entire Attention. Thankful for past favors, he solicits- a renewal of the ,ame. DAVID !®ART. Wellsboro. Nor, 4, 1563.-ly. iZAAK WALTON! HOf*«E, Gaines, Tioga County, Fa: g. C. VER-MILYEA, .Proprietor. rpIUS is a new hotel located within easy ac- X cess of the best fishing and banting grounds in Sortheta Peantylrania, i,o pains will besparedfor she accommodation of pleasure seekers and-the trav elling public.[ {Jan. 1863.] fSL WATCHES, CLOCKS, ASD JEtrELRTI , at BULLARD'S 4 CO'S. STORE, by the subscriber. in thebest manner. and at r.s low pricesas tfei same work can be done for, by aby first rate prac tice workman in The State. Wcilsboro; July 15, 1863. A. R. IIASCT. A. FOLEV, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &C., &c., repaired at old prices. POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. 5, UNION BLOCK., - ' Wcllsboro, May 20,1563. ; . . E. B. BLACK, BARBER & HMR-DRESSEB, SHOP OVER C. L. IVILCOX'S STORE, NO. 4, UNION BLOCK- Vellsfcoro, June 2i, 186 By • ■ ' , WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEL. KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, PA. , '• THE undersigned having leased tbe above Hotel f'ra term of years would respectfully inform tie traveling .public that be has pat tbe Hotel in first :l«#i }rder for tbe reception of guests and no .pains r.'.Hle spared in tbe accommodation of travelers and rsfur as the fitnation wiU.arilow,,he willkeyp a fir«t c' ? Hotel, in all things, except prices, wilch -niil ic mode*oto. Please fry us and judge for yours^l rc s. Kc.xrillc, Oct. 19, U64-tf. J. U. M'iRTIN- * mectts & MEDicisKsi yO C.VIO.V SLOCK, WELLSBOSOiPA. F. R. WILLIA&S, BE-35 leave to announce to the citizen? of; Wells boro and vicinity, that he keepß.'conatahtly.ou L-cd all kinds of ... * *- DRUGS AND MEDICINES, : Cuemienls. Varnish, Paints. Soaps, Perfumery, .Glass, Brushes. 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They rtill be sent by mail, free, on receipt of price.* jjSy-Pine Albums made to order.i^f. t > CARD phonographs; j Our Catalogue now embraces over Five Thousand different subjects (to which additions are continually being mode) of Portraits ef Eminent Americans, Ac., viz: about 100 Major-Generals, * 550 Statesmen, 200 Brlg.-Generals, 130 Divines, 276.Cpl£ Hrform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. Fapcr in the Union.” SUBSCRIPTIONS—IB6S. SHARPER* BROTHERS, WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA,, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 83, 1864. Stlec t|3ottvp. 0 Gen. 6 kinsman loved, but not'enough: 0 tijan with eyes’majestic after'death/ Whdst feet hove foilcd-aloug our pathways rough. Whose lips drew:imman.breath ! •, ' ' By that one likeness which is ours and thine; By that one natortf which doth bold ns kin : -By .that high henveh where sinless thou dost shine, , . - .„Tq draw us, Binncrs,Jn/.. . . ' Hy Tby Inst silencein thejudgmenttiwU; : .By long foreknowledge, of tbo deadly tree; ‘ : i _By darkness, by-tbe wormwood andthe gn}l— 1 I pray Thee, visit me. And dei; n v O Watcher with tbo sleepless brow, .Pathetic,in its yearning—doign reply : la there, oh, is there ajaght tfyvt such as Then Wouldst fake from such as I ? Are there no briers across Tby pathway thrnst ? Are there no thems that compass it about ? Nor any stones-that Thou wilt deign to trust • Aly bands to gather out ? . Oh, if Thou wilt, and if such hlisa might be, : It were s care for doubt, regret, delay— , Let toy lost pathway go—what aileth me?— There is a better way. IVbat though unmarked the happy workman toil; - And break, unthanked of man, the stubborn clod ? It is enough, for sacred is the soil. Dear are.tho hills of God. Fat letter in its place the lowliest bird Should sing aright to him the lowliest song, Than that a seraph Strayed should take the sword, And sing Hia glory wrong. An old schoolfellow and a great chum of mine was one Charley Luwrinco, and his - so ciety and example Were anything but condu cive to application. He had £5OO a year of his own.'and was waiting for a commission in the army. "Nearly every shilling of my for tune, past, present, and to come, had been sunk in paying the premium and stamp on my'artidles with Sbarpns, Ward, Andrews, i Co., attorneys, and so yon may suppose that the companionship of a gay young scapegrace Uke Charley was not the wisest that a lawyer’s clerk, on nothing a year, could have chosen It led me into all sorts ef scrapes and extrav agances ; and when, after eighteen months of racketing about town, Charley was gazetted full ensign in her Majesty’s—th Regiment, and ordered off to India, I found myself in difficulties under which I groaned for many a year. Bat Charley had troubles of his own at" starting, which prevented hia thinking about me, : There was a girl down in Devon shire, where his family lived—a clergyman’s daughter—with whom be had fallen in love, and would have married straight off, but her father, a proud man and devoted worrshipper of Mammon, had other views for her. and gave my poor friend the cold shoulder. I never could see any beauty in Laura Trcgraven, the damsel in question; and later on knew her for what she was—a white-blooded little sim pleton, without a single good quality to make hef-solf or aiiy one else happy. In Charley’s eyes, however, she was perfection ; and in one of their stolen interviews they had vowed eternal love and constancy ; and Charley car ried with him to Bengal her solemn promise never, never, never, to marry another. ', - Three years passed, and this .brings me to the time I spoke of when'l began my. story;— I had just finished preparing a . brief -in a great patent case we bad for trial in Guildhall, when in came Mr. Shnrpus with a couple of deeds in bis hand. . . .. Ho took the draft and read it, whilst T fol lowed him in the parchment to see that it was properly copied. It was a marriage settlement, whereby Lord Thornhury, a nobleman of scy-' enfy years of ago and anything but reputable character, settled §60,000 upon his bride-elect, and this lady was no other than Laura Tre garven ! “ Poor Charley I” thought 1, ns I walked home, “how am I to break to you this rapture of all your hopes?” And my difficul ty was not lessened when, a day or two after ward, I received a letter from him, statingthat his regiment was ordered home, and bidding ■me wish him joy upon this prospect of again beholding bis darling constant Laura. : Sis, months, passed. Tho assizes were on, and we had several heavy cases for trial in dif j ferentparts of the country. One of these, the' ! greatcase of Stopperly vs. Moss, was entered for trial at and thither ! wcnt'hyi the mail—for there were no railways in those days —with my briefs and witnesses. - • ' - ‘ . Such a case was that which Estopped the way” before Stopperty vs. Mobs. A dozen times it threatened to break down, and a doz en and one times it got on its weary legs again. It was a dull, tedious case, and, fur want of something better to do, I strolled into' the Crown Court. There sat the Judge in ‘ his I scarlet robes, with the High Sheriff of the county by his side, and'before him three pris oner standing in the dock upon their trial for burglary. I began to chat with some young barristers whom I knew, and was paying no attentions the proceedings, when all of a sudden I heard the name of Lord Thornhury mentioned by the counsel who was " conduct- 1 ingtbe prosecution. - I picked up my cars , and began to listen to' the case. ' ; It appeared that a day or two before the bur glary, Lord Thornbury bad returned with hi s .bride from their Continental, tour, and had ta ken up his .abode at their, country-seat; that, in anticipation of the festivities which were to follow, the whole of his grand family plate and her-ladyship’s’jewels had been brought down from bis London bankers; that one of the prisoners was a discarded servant, who knew where those valuables were kept; that the house had boon broken into, and the whole of the silver; swept away; and that another of the accused was caught in the act of climbing down from the roof of an outhouse close to the place where an entrance bad been effected. The case against this fellow (who was indica ted by the name of Kicbard Thompson) seemed to he clear enough; that against hi» compan ions rested upon circumstantial evidence. One ;of them. named'Arnold, had been seenin com- ] papyrwith Thompson the day before the buri. H O -N-O B S TRUE TO THE EAST. gWy, prowling about the park, close to the house, in a Jfispioious manner; and that the landlord of the inn at which Thompson bad begh staying swore that a man—whom he af terward recognized ns Arnold—called for the prisoner, Thompson, the following night, and that they .walked out, together in the direction of Lord Thornbory’s park. The name of the discarded servant was O’Hara and he had'been taken into custody in tbc.house of a noted re-' ceiver of stolen goods at Sheffield, where, con cealed undersome ashes in the hack • kitchen, was found a mass of silver plate broken pp and partially melted, but not sufficiently so to obliterate the mark? whereby it was identified as Lord Tbornbury’s property. The wretched old “ fence” was indicated also ; bnfhe plead-' ed guilty, and was called as a witness against his client. Arnold and O’Hara were defended by counsel, and every dodge that experience and ingenuity could devise was made use of to get them off, and to throw all the blame on Thompson. There was a public path through the park, where the former ■ had' been seen taiking.with Thompson: perhaps he had mere ly asked him bis way. ’ If he bad accompanied him to the Hall and assisted him in the bur glary, how came it that he (the prisoner Ar nold) had not also been taken ? As for O’Hara, he, poor innocent, was the victim of the old Jew “fence.” No one had seen him bring the stolen plate to Sheffield,' Some one else might have taken it to the Jew’s bouse, and there was nothing to show tl at O’Hara know the bad character of that mansion into which —so suggested’ his ’’defender—he might have been inveigled ; and so forth, and, so on. But the jury were not to be humbugged; and af ter a short discussion found Arnold and O’Ha ra guilty. They had no doubt about Thomp son ; had ha not actually been caught -in the act! This prisoner had no counsel; had ashed no question of any of the witnesses against him ; and upon being asked if he .'wished to say anything in bis defence, merely shook bis head. “ What will he get ?” asked a young barrister in front of me. “Oh ten years at least,” said the friend he addressed ; " it’s a bad case; but what a good looking fellow the scoundrel is ?” The dock at.Yurk Castle is pannelled in at the sides, and raised a good height from the ground. I was Standing in sort of a gang-way there is to the right of it, and could only see the back of the prisoners’ heads; so when I heard the above remark I began to press for ward, out of curiosity to see what sort of a looking man this Richard Thompson was ; but my attention was diverted by a rustling of silks, and the next moment Laura, Countess of Tbornbnry, escorted by her noble spouse, ap peared on the bench, and was politely banded into n seat on the left of the Judge by the high sheriff. Now, I think that handsome, well-dressed Women are ornaments in nearly every scene, (but I c.mnot bear to see them in a criminal court, and' have no patience -with Iho morbid curiosity which brings them there. It was, therefore, with unpleasant feelings that 1 beheld my .fine lady simpering in her bridal bonnet, and, composing her silk en skirts in the presence of the poor devils who were to find' their way to the hulks. I thought of Charley, and“ contrasted his fine manly form and open brow with the decrepid Jimhs and atary-like features of the old repro bate to whom : sho, had sold berslf. There she sat, proud and cold-hearted as oyer, whilst the Judges proceeded to pass sentence on Richard Thompson, who was now alone in tho leaning over the front rail with his face bn ried in his hands. He had stood up sternly enough during tho trial, and -whilst bis com panions were receiving sentence; but now ho seemed to have broken down. His lord ship briefly recapitulated the evidence, and ob served that it was impossible for any man of sense to doubt that he (the prisoner) was guil ty, and had been one of the lending perpetra tors, if npt- the leading one, in that most se rious crime. It had evidently been carefully planned and only too successfully carried out; but the hand of the law had reached the guil ty parties, “and I should be strangely wanting in -my duty,’.’ said the Judge, “ If I did not pass upon yon a severe sentence ;,and the sen tence of the court is, that yon bo transported beyond the seas for the term of twenty years.” Then the convict Thompson raised his head, and turned to quit the’dock ; and as he turned, his features were revealed to me. They were those of Charley Lawrence! I storied back in amaze and horror, and a ; voice beside roe exclaimed -. “ Oh, dear, dear, look 1 That charming Lady Thornbury has.fainted. ‘What a shame it is , that there is no Ventilation in these courts ! They are really stifling.' Stifling, 1 indeed t They seemed to die as though they were be-, ing whirled round in the crater of a' volcano in active irruption. Stopperty vs'. Moss ended in a verdict for dor client; the plaintiff, and I received great commendation, on my ■ return to town, for the manner in wbichli 1 bad managed it. I deserved no praise at all. By some lucky chance; things went ion smoothly ;■ but I was all the time in poor Charley's cell, and knew no more about what was. going on. in court than the man in the. moon.'.. I was coming from, the of the gov ernor of the jail, where I had been to get to see my friend, and he was being escorted from’the place of detention under such jstwfully-Changed circumstances; He re cognized me in-a-moment, turned aside and sprang, lightly past, me—not supposing that I knew him—into his cell, which was close at hand.. I followed, and then be turned round upon roe, almost savagely, demanding what I meant by intruding upon him. “Don't yon think I am sufficiently punished? 1 ' be asked, in a cold, hollow tone“ without having the friends I have disgraced coming here to gloat over mo 1 “ Ob, Charley,” I.replied, “you cannot think 1 that I have come with ‘any each motive; Be sides, you are not guilty, Charley ; you know you’re not” ; “ Were you over yonder when I was tried V* ho ask,od.' 1 ; Tea; but up to the very last I did not knoir it; trasyoa.” “Have yon heard the Judge say that it is impossible for any man of sense to doubt my guilt ?” “ I did ; but-” “ But what ?” “ Charley, you are not guilty. You a thief!” A faint smile crossed his face as 1 spoke thus, but it quickly vanished, and he an swered gravely: - “ None of os can tell what we may be ,come; you sea me as I am.” I had rushed to his side to give him my sympathy!' to be indignant with him against the conspiracy of which I supposed him to bo the, victim^,.and to see him standing be fore me" thus'coolly, without~one word of thanks or greeting, explaining nothing, de nying nothing, but rather giving me tacitly to i understand that my presence was unwel come, and he would gladly be left alone— vexed me, 1 and I replied : “ You must have changed, indeed, from what you were, if this is your reception of an old friend, Charles Lawrince!” “Hush!” he exclaimed, seizing roe by the arm. “Never mention that name again.— Charles Lawrince died the same day that Richard Thompson, the burglar, found him self in jail.” “Do you mean to tell me that you had act or part in the robbery?” “A jury of my countrymen have found me guilty of it,” he answered moodily ; “ is not that enough V “ Why did you not write to me? Why did you not defend yourself ? Why, oh Char ley—” I stopped, not knowing what to say. “ What was the nss ?” he replied, in a softer tone than he had hitherto used; “ I was caught in the act. What could I say ?” “ Charley,” I said, look me in the face.” He did.so. “Now tell me,” I continued, “and tell me truly, I implore yon, by the memory of our old friendship, what were yon doing that night at Thornbury Hall ?” “ Go and ask the judge.” “ N»; I ask yon.” “ And I will not indnlge your curiosity; wait till to-morrow, andyou will find all about it in the newspapers. Confound it, roan ! is it not enough for one to he tried, convicted, and condemned to be transported for theiest part of one’s life, without having a confession forc ed out of one like this?” “Then you refuse to tell me the truth.?” “I do.” “ it is not true that yon participated in tbe burglary ?” I demanded suddenly. He flushed crimson, then turned deadly pale, and stammered : “ I—you—l—did not say so.” “But I am sure of it,” I answered; “so sure that I mean to seek Arnold, and And ont what you really were together about. He can have no object in concealing the tmth now, and then—” “Well?” “ Well,. I. shall beg an interview with the judge and tell him what I suspect." “ And what do you suspect ?” “ That yon were at Thornbnry Hall at the time the burglary was committed, hot were in nowise engaged in its commission.” “ Star-gazing',.l suppose?” “No ; T you were there to see that false.wo man.” “ What .false woman ?” \! Laura Treghrven that was, Lady Thorn bnry that is.” “ Bah !” “ I am sure of it—certain.” “ Well, then, look here. Jack Smith,” he re plied ; “ think so if you like ; say so to others if you dare ; but remember (his, whatever sto ry you may get from Arnold shall be flatly contradicted by me on the first opportunity. It will only be the word of one felon against the word of another,” he continued, bitterly; “ and so it will end. . Better leave it as it is." “ Charley, you are the noblest fellow in the world, but pause, I implore you. Think.of the life before you, think of the sacrifice you are about to make.” “ I hove weighed all that.” ll And to sofeen-bex you will go to the hulks.' “ Yes.” ____ “ For twenty years,?”/ - “ Forever, if need be.” "A woman who jilted yoa !” “ A woman whom—God help me !—I love in spite of all.” And here his forced reserve gave way; his long pent-np emotions burst forth, and he .sank upon the prison seat, buried bis face iu his hands, and sobbed like a child. For three hours I remained there,.expostula ting, arguing, entreating him to give up his rash resolve, but in vain. He admitted that myjsnspicions were correct, but was determined to play ont to the'last the part he had begun; Sooner than breathe one word that could com promise Lady Thornbury, he was preparsd to end his days as a felon. Six months afterward, when he bad tasted some of the horrors of his sitnatfcn, I tried again, and again failed utterly to move him. At last the time arrived when, under the regulations then in force, he should be shipped off to some penal settlement; and in despair of saving hiin by other means, 1 re solved to see Lady Thornbury, appeal to her humanity, if she bad any, and implore her to save my friend from himself. She had left England shortly after the trial, having evinced a,preference for Continental life, and was liv ing. at Paris, not upon best terms, so scandal raid,.with her lord. He was madly jealous of her, and kept her in constant terror of even personal violence. There were those who said be had gone boyond threats, while he recom menced his old way of living. I sought her in ’Paris, and found that in one of his jealous fits be had spirited her off to Lisbon. I followed, but found that they had left in his yacht for a two years’ cruise, and no one knew where they had gone. It might be to Constantinople, it might be to Copenhagen; no one could say ex actly. When I returned to London I discov ered that the convict ship, -with Charley on board, bad sailed two. days before for South Australia. The undeserved reputation that I bad gained in thc casc of Stop'perty vs. Moss, procured me a-prOteinent appointment as managing clerk Rates of Advertising, Advertisements will bo charged slper squire of II lines, one or three insertions, and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion, Advertisements of less than 10 lines considered as a square, The subjoined'rates will be chargedforQuarterly,Half-YeaflyanATearly advertisements: 3 Mosrns. 6 MONTHS. 12M0HXH* 1 Square, $4,00 $5,75 $7,50 2 do. 6,00 8,25 10,00 3 do 8,75 10,75 12,60 i Column, 10,00 12,00 15,75 i do 18,75 25,00 31,60 1 do. 30,00 42,00 60,00 Advertisements not having the number of inser* tions desired marled upon them, will be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-H6ads, Letter-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable’s and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO; 14. and a promise of future partnership with Shar ing, Ward, Andrews, & Co.; and business poured in so fast npon me that I forgot, I am ashamed to say, poor Charley, when one day, abont two years after his exile, a lady in deep mourning was ushered into my private room, and the first words she said were— “ Ob, sir—Ob, Mr. Smith, something moat be done—'do pray tell me what to d classic truth, in the “ faith of the right band,” ' >ots.—