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i Nov. 15 th, 1,164. i
Friend Cobb .'—Election has with
ns, quietly, without dissension, an'- jwith none
other than the fnosl friendly fceiJ’ gs among
all. The story that the rebels ve?ifa make a
general attack, or at least a demos; tration, on
election day, had gained so mnclf. jredenee in
the army and even in the minds high
in command, that mo'e than ordr jry prepa
ration was made to give them recep
tion had they ventured to butt fieir heads
against onr breastworks. -Bat l-fey didn’t
come. On the contrary, the Bth > ‘ November
■was as qniet and devoid of inch -(nt as any
day since the beginning of'thd cat' )aign.
At last the momentous question lis decided.
We afe to have Nationality instea- .of Govern
mental dissolution. A vigorous p isecntion of
the war to the submission of ever*- 1 ; rebel trait
or now in arms against our exissjoe as a na
tioh, instead of a disgraceful com •/■omise with
Jeff. Davis and his crow which Vould have
sounded the death knell of the' American Re
public, upon which the learned to
look with envious admiration at ,a model of
liberty, intelligence and virtue, /jjrabam Join
coin Blinds exalted and supporte. | by the na-'
lion’s choice. While McClellan his peaoo
advisers while withering under sq-crest nation
al rebuke, have forfeited all clam,,i to the grat
itude of a loyal people struggling jfor very ex
istence with tbe.monster Rohellioi e to suppress
which the “ resources of statesov; Aship” were
to be exhausted. „ - . *
"We know now what is before, -?s —Victory,
cost what it will. Supported by )ic adminis
tration and ( the mass of the Nor jern people,
and encouraged by past success?,; and the un
yielding confidence we have leat ed to. repose
in our military leaders, it woip 3 indeed be
strange if Wjfi.did not hope for fie J triumph.—
The past history of our Chief M gistrata has
taught us that we are to have-if fair trial at
least,, during the nest four yearsfc
The election was conducted vtf ,;h the .utmost
good feeling. Electioneering j fas entirely
dispensed with. Each roan wdlf id up to the
polls and deposited bis ballot fo; "President, as
to him seemed best. • -g ’
It was interesting to see' life-ie ’.g Democrats,
staunch admirers) of up and
vote the Inn coin ticket. The \ .1- pill was
too bitter for them, “ They co llirPt go it.”*—
Many did not vote at all. "D ii v4sth polled
116 votes giving Lincoln -7f f~t ijority. Oor
neighbors, the “ Johnnies,” ha jeen extreme
ly reticent jince the election.’. '; £ew nights
since, four of them came ovor-qj' iur lines, sta
ting that the story that McCludt 1 .was elected
had already been circulated aril ,ig them, up
on which, they cheered voeifer/ifMy ; but being
inclined to doubt the’ statemeti “ to use their
own language, they “ conclude'.' !o come over
and see.” These deserters arb generally the
flower of the Southern ndeod as they
say, it takes a good man to tali the' gauntlets
of the picket lines, and especiaLy to elude the
vigilance of their own officers fjjfn whom they
have explicit orders to shoot alVwho attempt
to pass outside their videttes. But necessity
is the mother of invention, nr I rather than
sufier the tyranny and to which
they are subjected, and fight, jh a hopeless
cause, in which the confidence X every imel
ligent southern soldier has bee, -dispelled, ev
ery possible means of escape is- injured up.—
One of their recently invented-; 1 - poke is to wet
the powder, or “ spike" the muskets of their
comrades, thereby removing th ..greatest dan
ger to their escape. • ■ ‘
The story of short rations n d general de
spondency is oorrobnrated by <-'ery one.
The “ situation” remains unci mged here. On
the left nothing worthy of not- has transpired
since the reoonnoisance toward the Southside
Railroad. We occupy the pos lion gained on
the 20th September, near 'Poplar Spring
Church. Strong rifle-pits deft jded by abbatis
and a chain of forts commune ag each other,
and every avenue of renders our
lines impregnable to any ay-.iult the enemy
maymakc. )v ’
' With the exception of an sortie
on our pickets by the rebels a5B the irregular
booming of big guns away- ij ;on the right,
near Dutch Gap, unusual c\v Rude has pre
vailed for many weeks.. 'i'V °°ld, cutting
winds of Aatumn, tbe. wit if fid and falling
leaves, together with visits
by Jack Frost of late, foroii J reminds ns of
blankets, overcoats, and tnou; übstantial lodg
ings than the mere shelter te is. Though we
have as yet no orders to buiif quarters,
yet the boys are generally e )»onoed in com
fortable tents supplied with S! istily. thrown up
chimneys of mud and timber.^
The quartermaster and cot-) nissary depart
ments could not be more faith! il in furnishing
clothing and rations to the artnjr—we were-nev
er better supplied. i ;
The general health of tbe,tf*i>pps is excellent.
Convalescents continue to 01 live daily. Col.
.Curtin has been hrevetted Ktfgadicr General.
No promotion could have g Von' more entire
satisfaction, or been more dotted. The Colo
nel has commanded a brigi ■ c of, eight regi
ments during this memorable stnpaign, during
which, bo proved himself a \ brouglj soldier ;
daring, skillful, and of rare iilities. He still
retains commahd of the Ist, ]- ligade. ■
Ourregiment, or what is let fof it, ispomjpan
ded by Ist Lieutenant L. W ! Lord, a promis
ing and clever young offices!- This morning,
we rations for 150 meh ; Company “ G"
reports 19 present —among t; ie lucky ones’ is,
! ... Veteran.
—ST"
M’Clellan to have not re
ceived the fallowing docutf-Jiit by telegraph ;
but no one who has read of the
Little .Napoleon—especially i iat famous tele
gram to'the Secretary of fif, from Savage’s
Station,.June 28th,.1862 —w'Til doubt for a mo
ment its authenticity • ‘ ;
On Board .Coast of |
New Jaisey, Midnight. J
Horatio Seymour, George- S. Pendleton, Au
gust Belmont & Co.: '« - ,
4 have lost this battle,my )rce was too small.
I again repeat, I am not responsible for this,
and I aay it with theearnes aess of a candidate
who feels in his heart the los -of every good vote
which has needlessly been i icrificed to-day.
*- * * * 1 feel too: fcarncstly to night.
I have read tqo many telegf ima from, the east
and west to feel otherwise ( San that the Demo
cracy has not kept its prom iea with me. If I
save myself from eternal -hame and infamy,
Ijlell yon plainly that low , D 0 thanks to you,
or to any member of the Q ticago Convention.
Yon have done your best I fruin me.
Geo. Br: wow M’Clellan.
»
Tli« roads are perfectly ;vwful with mud.
ftV
THE AGITATOR.
M. 11. COBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
WSRESBOKODGH. FBKN’A!
WEDNESDAY,
BEELZEBUB TJIIDEE COHVICTIOIT,
There is some slight hope for man still.
The millennial period may be something more
than a figurative era of a vastly progressed
world. Even Beelzebub is at last under con
viction of the fearful turpitude of bis past Hfe.
There is before us a paper,—certainly one
of the bitterest and most efficient of the list of j
journals advocating aristocracy against a pure
democracy—a paper which at first opposed the,
nomination of McClellan because of his hav
ing been, for a brief period, engaged in killing
traitors, hut which humbly acquiesced in his
nomination; the editor of that paper, now that
the election is over and the flog of treason is
trailing in the dost, is out with an indirect
confession jof the villainies resorted to by the
managers pf McClellan to compass his election.
In view of the stupendous frauds perpetra
ted by the agents of Horatio Seymour in tak
ing the army vote, the editor deprecates the
purchase of votes, as, he alleges, is now the
practice of all parties. We say be does this
in view of the frauds perpetrated by Horatio
Seymour; but of course he does not particular
ize those, of, indeed, any other frauds. But it
must have been in view oP those frauds that
bis conscience awoke and cried aloud.
Now, we shall agree with that editor, that
the practice of. buying votes, by what party
soever practiced, is worthy the severest repre
hension ; and if a case can be specified, we go
in for the arraignment of both buyer and sell
er, the extreme penalty of the law to be in
'flicted, upon conviction. As the editor in
question takes the matter seriously to heart,
tvhy not bring the offenders to justice, and so
commence the work of reform in earnest ?
The evil complained of is of great and in
creasing magnitude. We are not prepared to
say that it is not practiced by all parties; but
at the same time we knowof no specific case
of bribery practiced by either party. It is ev
ident enough that men jjuy and sell votes in
the political market-places. But such delicate
transactions do not bear the publicity that at
tend the sale of beef and potatoes. The. trade
is driven by. hook and crook.
But there ire transactions of a nature pre
cisely similar, though beyond the reach of the
statutes. We allude to the disgraceful and dis
gusting practice which prevails in the neigh
borhood of public works; the control of hun
dreds of votes as the patron and employer
-Here, votes arp really in the clutch of capital.
The consideration is employment. Refusal to
vote the patron’s ticket is punished with sum"
mary dismissal. In fact, this species of vote
purchase ■ controlled the elections throughout
the country prior to 1860. It controls local
elections even now. Such voting is not intelli
gent. It cannqt he entitled “free and un
trameled suffrage.” It is compulsory suffrage.
Tt was the precipitator of this war. .It is a
species of corruption which has brought the
.ballot-box into disrepute. Who are to blame ?
We answer, unhesitatingly, the so-called
Democratic party. That patty has held con-'
trol of the bulk of the naturalized vote from
the beginning. Its chiefs could tell off their
majorities on their fingers, with nearly as mnch
certainty as the good business man can reckon
ordinary profit and loss. They had but to see
the patron; the patron summoned his bosses;
and the bosses submitted the aggregate vote in
their control. This aggregate Vote included
illegal, as well ns legal votes —the former being
held in reserve for emergencies. Here began
the trouble of which our contemporary com
plains. Every objection urged against univer
sal suffrage takes root there.
We now direct his attention to the outrag
eous election fronds perpetrated and defended
by his party in Kansas. They are not in the
nature of partisan accusations, but constitute
a disgraceful chapter in the political history of
the republic. The copying <jf thousands of
of names from city Directories,'and presenta
tion of the same as genuine poll-lists, was the
work of the party with which he trains. It
was the act of the party, because defended by
the Administration of Buchanan, and by the
press of the party, everywhere, with the excep
tion of a- few papers like the Philadelphia
Press. It may be remarked that the editors of
these protesting papers were immediately -read
out of the party for their contumacy.
It is npt difficult to locate the blame for the
disgraceful transactions in Kansas. Nobody
charges the Kansas election frauds upon the
Republican party. Official investigation fixes
the crime upon the Democratic party.
' So, also, the dry-goods box frauds of the
recent campaign, through which it was hoped
to defeat the popular will and elect Uoratio
Seymour, are fixed by official invertigation up
on the party with which oar contemporary
trains. \
Now, the crime that may lie, in “ baying”
votes, cannot equal the crime of forged poll
lists, and the forgery of proxy votes from sold
iers long since dead; nor can it rank wrrtrthe
unauthorized substitution of McClellan and
Seymour ballots for Lincoln and Fenton bal
lots. It is now known that thousands of prosy
votes of soldiers were forged by Seymour’s
agents, and were not presented, because the
genuine’ proxies had. been forwarded to friends
subsequently to the discovery of the attempted
frauds.
Our contemporary lives in -the midst of the
perpetrators of these high crimes against the
elective franchise. Yet"he contents himself
with deprecating the purchase of votes!—a
crime, indeed, but of much less frequent oc
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
currenco than any other in thte catalogue, prob
ably. It is too much Eke Mrs. Jelly by and
Borohoola Gfaa. i
Universal suffrage, without reference to the
fitness of the voter for the exercise of the priv
ilege, will always breed distemper. Intelligent
freemen do not-sell their votes. Snob traffic is
for the ignorant and reckless.
NOT. 30. 1804.
Among other things revealed by the late can
-vass, is the trne character of men. Every man
has put himself on record, and by that record
he will bo tried, exonerated, or condemned.
It was not certainly known to what depths of
meanness and villainy some men of fair exte
riors could descend, before. Not content with
aiding and abetting the rebels in arms, they
have endeavored to organize and provoke rev
olution in the North. If evil counsel qonld
have precipitated a bloody revolution in the
North, it must have been done through the
machinations of these sleek devils in human
shape. They are now known, and valued at
their true worth. They can .never deceive the
people again.
It cannot be too-nften or too forcibly impress
ed upon the minds of all, that the man who is
not in full sympathy with the Government at
this time cannot be trusted. The man who
connives at the overthrow of civil liberty will
not hesitate to plot the damage of individuals,
if by so doing he can gain his selfish ends.
He cannot be trusted. Avoid him as yon
you would avoid the midnight assassin. He is
party to the highest crime under the Constitu
tion. How can he be false to his country and
remain true to his neighbor? It is a moral
impossibility. False in one particular, false in
everything. That is the rule-
The desperation of the northern allies of
Jefferson Davis cropped out in an attempt to
born the great hotels in New York, on Satur
day. Fire was discovered in the upper rooms
of several of the hotels at about the same hour.
The rooms were found locked and the keys
gone. The manner of setting the fires was the
same in every instance : A bottle of phosphor
ns was placed between the beds, and clothes
saturated with explosive fluids piled up to
spread the flames.- Happily, the fires were dis
covered and extinguished before great damage
was done.
' This work was done by Gov. Seymour’s
There isibutono cure for such
flendisbness, and that is the seizure of Fernan
do and Ben Wood, Isaiah Rynders, and some
other of the head devils, and holding them as
security for the future. On the reappearance
of incendiary fires hang- the hostages. The
authors of crime and disorder should be pun
ished as well as their agents. - A few such ex
amples would put down rampant treason in
the North.- Hold the leaders responsible.
The editor of the Hawley (Wayne County)
Free Press, has come to grief. He has.illuatra
ted the vileness of his party and tested the tol
eration of the Government by his treasonable
issues, for many months, unmolested. But be
was drafted a while ago, and failed to report.
The Provost-Marshal nabbed him, and hence
his lamentation. The wrath of some ends in
smoke. His wrath ends in a prolonged tiger.
The. editor makes a great deal of noise. He
snuffs all manner of injustice and oppression
from afar. If the provost-marshal treats him
as an equal, he says it will be all right. But
if the " rqfuse of the bar-room and the bac
chanalia” be set upon his trail, be solemnly
promises td turn his eyes toward Heaven, and,
to attest the sincerity of his purpose, he “ will
fire the first gun of Northern Revolution.”
No need of burning powder, to attest the sin
cerity of your disloyalty, Doney. Nobody has
any doubt of that.
These is a class of humans in some parts of
thid county, who make it their business to vil
lify the soldiers, and indirectly discourage en
listments by exaggerating the hardships of the
service. They also represent that when a man
pots on the bine, he puts off the esteem and re
spect of community. These men do not ply
their scurvy trade unmarked.
The way to make treason?unpopular is to
punish the traitor, wherever he is fonnd. He
must drink of the cup drained to the dregs by
Benedict Arnold. Treason is no less a crime
now than it was eighty years ago.
The New York papers of Monday have news
that Sherman's advance is filling the South
with consternation.
Washington, Friday, Nov. 25,1864.
The Republican publishes a dispatch from
Fortress Monroe, this morning, which says:
“ The D. S. transport steamers Atlanta and
Blackstone hi.ve arrived from Savannah, bring
ing Savannah'and Hilton Head dates to the 21st
inst. These steamers bring 1,200 of our sol
diers, who have been prisoners of war at An
dersonville and elsewhere. It is learned by
these arrivals that Beauregard had issued a
proclamation, dated Corinth, Miss., Nov. 18th,
calling upon the people of Georgia to lay waste
and destroy everything around Sherman, in
his front, rear, and upon his flank, and announ
cing that he should soon be with them. When
the steamers left Savannah, a report had just
reached there that Macon and Milledgeville
had been captured and burned by Sherman's,
troops.
Washington, Friday, Nov. '2s,1864.
The Government received the following dis
patches to-day:
, City Point, Va., Thursday, Nov. 24,1864.
There is nothing new or important this mor
ning, except the arrival tf Rebel deserters,
who report the occupation of Macon by QenT.
Sherman.
.'Fortbess Monboe, Thursday, Nov. 24,1864.
The steamer Atlanta and Blackstone arrived
here this morning with about 225 prisoners.—
Tan were lust on the voyage. They left the
Savannah River at noon on the S|2d inst. The
WAR NEWS.
BttUio was loading when she left. The ex
change of prisoners was going on well.
Capt. Gray says that just before he left there
it was reported that Macon and Milledgeville
were burned.
The Legislature was in session at Milledge
ville, but dissolved in haste and the members
had scattered in every direction.
LATEST EBOM THE ABUT.
Savannah, Nov. 21.—A private dispatch re
ceived in this city this morning from Macon
says the enemy cgjssed the Oemulgee in force
Yesterday at Planters’Factory, eight miles east
of Indian Spring. They are reported to be
from 30,000 to 40,000 strong. This would
seem to strengthen the belief that Augus’a is
their object. The Central Railroad near Gres
waldville was cat at 3p.m. on the 20th. The
telegraph is also destroyed. Communication
between Savannah and Macon destroyed.—
Wires between Gordon and Milledgeville cut
also.
Fboh Sheridan’s Army.
Nov. 21—Early has gone out of the Valley.
Meritt and Devin’s divisions of cavalry, which
lately started on a feoonnoisance up the Valley,
have sent back a courier to headquarters with
information that. Gen. Early and bis whole
infantry force has passed on toward Staunton.
The belief is that the rebel campaign in the
Valley for the present winter is over, so far as
any movement in force is concerned, and that
only a portion of the Rebel cavalry, with guer
rilla parties to co-operate with it, are now left
to annoy us in the Valley.
It is supposed the enemy is going to Rich
mond, possibly to prepare for the evacuation,
of Petersburg and the Rebel capital, before
Sherman outs them off at Savannah and all
along shore.
Fearful Earthquake in. Mexico.
A letter dated Orizaba, (Mexico,) by the last
steamer, gives the following particulars of a
fearful earthquake:
“ To-day, (October 3,) at five minutes to two
o’clock in the morning, an exceedingly strong
eathqoake was felt, which lasted very little
more or less than two minutes. : At first the
movement commenced with very violent trem
blings, followed by oseliiatory vibrations, which
shook everything, but particularly the roofs of
the houses, with wonderful force. These oscill
ations were sometimes frem north to south, and
as as often from east to west. While the earth,
quake lasted a deep and subterranean noise
was beard, which appeared to take an easterly
course, proceeding probably from the voleano
of Cilalpet (otherwise called the peak of Ori
zaba) distant in an air line about sis leagues
to the Northwest of the town, and some ran
cheros who live at the foot of the volcano say
that they heard a noise like the report of a
cannon issue crater about an hour be
fore the trembling commenced. The terrible
effects of the eathquake in this city are of con
siderable magnitude, since nearly all the hou
ses —although for the most part are of only
one story—are cracked in all directions, and
many completely bulged out.
The higher houses' have suffered much more
in proportion Us may be supposed, and several
churches are threatening ruin. The upper part
of. the tower of the pariah church, recently
constructed, came down, and, judging from
the condition of the rubbish, it is noticed that
the tower fell during the trembling motion,
while the other parts- fell during the oscilla
tions, having been- thrown in every direction
to the distance of 30 yards from the .Vertical,
but falling more particularly in directions from
north to south and from east to west.
The report from Aeuitzingo says that for
eight minutes preceding the earthquake the
atmosphere was filled with continuous detona
tions ; then four alight oscillations from sooth
to north were perceived, followed by a calm of
three or four minutes’ duration, at the end of
which time strong and rapid tremblings, at the
rate of two or three a second, lasting some two
minutes and a half, terminating in a violent
oscillation from east to west. The electric cur
rent in the telegraph line from Mexico city to
Vera Cruz was not perceptible till ten minutes
after the earthquake, and required four min
utes more before the operators could communi
cate. Yet the casualties were remarkably few
in that place, one person only—a child—be
ing killed, and two men, and three women
wounded. The shock was felt at Vera Cruz
and Mexico City very distinctly for about forty
five seconds, but no damage whatever was done.
The time of its appearance in the latter city
was ten minutes before two. These minute de
tails 1 describe for the benefit of the learned.
The Alexandria (Virginia) State Journal
gives the following good story, as having been
related to one of its editors:
Just before the Presidential election, when
many of the soldiers about Washington were
furloughed in order that they might return to
their homes and exercise the right of, voting, a
private, wearing a McClellan badge on bis
breast, appeared at the transportation office
with his furlough and requisite transportation
to the North. For some reason or other, prob
ably because the zeal of the officials outran their
sense of justice, the soldier was for a day or
two unable to obtain the requisite transporta
tion. Ha saw others passed rapidly by the
board, but was not able to obtain a hearing *
himself. At length, disgusted with the long
delay, resulting evidently from the unfairness
of the official, he determined to appeal directly
to the President himself. Upon being admitted
to the President, he told him in brief terms
-the story of his delay at tho transportation of
fice, and the object of his visit to the White
House, prefacing the whole by a candid decla
ration that he was a McClellan man, and was
going home to vote for McClellan. Mr. Lin
coln asked for his furlough, and glancing over
it to satisfy himself that it was all right, wrote)
on the back of it these words: “Let this man
have transportation immediately. A. Lincoln,"
and banded it back to the soldier. The latter
looked at the order a moment, and then ex
claimed," When I came here this morning, and
saw Mr. Lincoln, I was fully determined to
vote for McClellan if I could get home, but I
have now changed my mind and shall vote for
you. You have satisfied me that you are
worthy of being President, and I shall do all I
can to re-elect you.” . .
Cheap Farms. —The effect of Emancipation
in Maryland, in tho slave districts, has been to
make farms very cheap, the owners preferring
to go to Baltimore rather than till the soil with
out slaves. There is, therefore, an excellent
opportunity for those who want to purchase
cheap and good farms. We give the resigning
slave holders the benefit of this’ little advertise
ment without charge, ‘ • <
Tho Socket Order Satins nn the Seme*
era lie Party.
The Philadelphia Gazette says that the se
cret oath-bound military Order.of the Ameri
can Knights, alias Sons of Liberty, has do
completely gained the ascendency in all the
counsels and movements of the Democratic
party that there is no longer any freedom of ac
tion in that party, either for the njembers or
for those who are not. Wnatever action is
necessary to be attempted by tho patty is dicta
ted and shaped by the high conclaves which
govern the secret Order. The same hidden
and mysterious body fabricates the platforms
which are foisted upon Democratic conventions.
In point of fact the whole Democratic party
may now be regarded as a sham, concealing
the secret organization which is the real party.'
The local Democratic meetings which are faeldj
everywhere ore only for the purpose of delu
ding the multitudes who are not in the secret.
Nothing but mere formal proceedings ever take
place at such gatherings. They are not per
mitted to frame or pass resolutions of any oth
er tenor than those previously concocted by
the secret order.
Yet there are many thousands of honest,
high-minded, intelligent Democrats who still
labor under the delusion that the Democratic
party is the same as ever. They cannot be
made to understand or believe that they are
the mere instruments used by the secret Order
to accomplish its own purposes. When they
vote for delegates to a nominating convention
they fancy that they are exorcising a freeman’s
privilege, while the men they vote for are pre
viously dictated by the secret Order, and those
who shape everything are the secret manipu
lators who manage the wires. If any such
citizen were to profess loyal sentiments and to
become a candidate for any position, the secret
Order would quietly dispose of his chances at
once., Of course so long as the Democratic
party serves so well the purposes of this secret
Order it will be nsed, but in the end it is sure
to destroy the party at the North as it. did at
the South. Hence those who seek to preserve
the Democratic party should war against thjs
insiduous enemy which is destroying its vitals.
If they hog to their hearts now the delusive
show of strength produced by this secret ma
chinery, the party will inevitably be lost.
The Pulpit in Delaware.— The war of opin
ion has been fonght mostly in the churches, in
Wilmington. A few years ago the town would
not sustain an anti-slavery pulpit. The most
popular preacher there at present is the Rev.
Col. Clark, who rotates by invitation between
the several churches and different sects. When
the rebellion began he was settled in Pittsbmjg.
He called on the young men to raise a compa
ny, to which they assented if he wonld be their
captain. The company grew into a regiment,
and be has led them as their colonel through
three years of war. He fonght at Antietaro,
Gettysburg, and many other fields.
It is a striking scene to contemplate when he
rises in the pulpit, with his shoulder-straps
on, and begins the service —the old Covenanter
over again. There is but one house of refuge
in this vicinity where I could confidently com
mend tho Copperheads for consolation, and that
is to Whiteclay Creek, six miles distant, where
a brother of the prophet Yallandigfaam is pastor.
He is a Copperhead of the worst stamp, and
has driven all loyalists out of bis church.
An Abstracted Gent. —“ Old Bumblebee”
was the cognomen of Mr. T ,of New
buryport. He gained the title from having
caught a bumblebee one day, as he shingled
bis barn, and attempting to destroy the insect
with his hatchet, cut off the ends of his thumb
and forefinger, letting the insect go unharmed.
Other mishaps happened to the old codger on
the same barn. In one of bis abstractions, he
shingled over bis spare hatchet; and'catting a
small aperture in the building to let a little
daylight in, this man actually set in a wooden
pane, as being economical and not likely to be
broken 1 Uncle T——, in one of his oblivions
freaks, nailed his left arm so firmly betwixt two
boards of a fence be was patting up that he bad
to call for help to get extricated from his im
prisonment. He once pat a button on the gate
instead of the post. But the rarest freak of
all was when he ran through the streets with
his bands abont three feet asunder, held before
him, begging the passers-by not to disturb him,
as he had got the measure of a doorway with
him.
Would Lose Fifty Thousand Dollars. —lf
a military officer puts in an application for a
furlough on the simple ground of urgent private
business, be is about as likely to get it as of
being struck by lightning. A Maine officer
applied for one, however, stating that if it was
not granted be should lose $50,000. This
attracted attention at head quarters, and the
officer was desired to forward a statement of
how ho would lose it. He did so to the effect
that held been in the army without leave of
absence for two years; that he was engaged to
a young lady worth $50,000, that there was
another fellow after her, and that she bad writ
ten to him that if he did not come home and
marry her right away she would have the other
man. He got his furlough, —Portland Argus.
A Boston “Notion.” —The “hub” has a
great many " notions,” and soma very good
ones, too. The last is to provide a home for
women who have none, on their discharge from
confinement as criminals. The want of snob
an institution has long been felt by all persons
connected with reformatory institutions. There
are very few private houses or workshops open
to such people, however sincere may be their
repentance, or however strong their determin
ation to lead a virtuous life. A similar insti
tution is in successful operation in New York,
as there ought to be in every large city.
One of the most promising symptoms of re
turning reason on the part of the rebels is a
resolution introduced into the rebel Congress
by Mr. Foote, of Tennessee, declaring that all
farther attempts to’ secure recognition abroad
should be desiated from, and diplomatic agents
in foreign countries should be at once with
drawn. Instead of being either coughed or
voted down, the resolution was respectfully re
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Hopeful.
Well Done for His Country.- A father who
is in hospital in New Albany, aged sixtyfive
years, has four sons and ten soos-in-law enlis
ted in the National army, and doing well, ma
king in all fourteen children in the service of
their country with their father. Twelve other
children died when yonng, or probably the
number of soldiers would have been larger. The
mother of them all is still living, hale, hearty,'
and patriotic, of course.
“TO BOWEN’Sp>
OEEINQ a big crowd on Main Street, harry,
ing toward a common center, somebody ask e 4
Wliei-e Are ¥oh Going?
The answer was
“To Bowea'a, No. l,Unloa Black!”
To look at that splendid stock of
NEW FAIL & WINTER GOODS I
uat arriving from New York.
“ VERY SENSIBLE PEOPLE,”
thought I to myself; yon know who bays at a b
gain, and sells so as to give the purchaser a bargain
Therefore, if yon want anything in the llneof
DRY GOODS,
LADIES’ GOODS,
READY MADE CLOTHING
BOOTS, SHOES, 4„’
GO TO BOWEN’S,
and if you want
HARDWARE,
QDEENSWARE,
WOODEN-WARE, and
GROCERIES,
at prices yon can afford to pay
GO TO BOWEN’S.
If yon havo Cash, or Butter, or Cheese, or Grain
to exchange for this
SPLENDID STOCK OF GOODS,
bring them along, and you wiil get
Satisfactory Bargains;
and if yon come onco, yon will be sure to come twice
—yea, thrice, or half-a-dozen times.
Don’t forget the place: *
NO. 1, UNION BLOCK,
Wellsboro, Nov. 1, 1864. JOHN E. EOWKN.
s^slSmoJ-
TUB TTOBU>*a CHEAT UOtnDT TOR
Scrofula and Scrofulous Diseases.
From ISmery Sites, a tcell-knotcn merchant of Oxford
Mai ne. J '
“I have sold largo quantities of your Sarsaparili v
bnt never yet one bottle which failed of the desired offert
and full satisfaction to who took it. As fast a * vJ
people try it, they agree there has been no medicine likelt
before In our community/’
Eruptions, Pimples, Blotches, Pustulea, Ulcers
Sores, and all Diseases of the Skin. *
From Her. Roht. Stratton* Bristol * Ea'iimxl
‘‘ I only do my duty to you and th-' public. when I ■',]/)
my testimony to that you publish of the mcdiem*! virtue!
of your Sarsaparilla. My daughter, aged ter. had - Q
afflicting humor in her ears, oviw, and iiair ir»r
which we were unable to cur'’ until we tried \our sai iv-
PARILL\. 'She has been well for yomo rnontli';.”
From Mrs. Jane K. Rice, (ncdllvwn nvd mvch-edccvwl
lady of DetwisrUh-, Cope Mmj Co.. -Y
“ Ky daughter has suffered lor a vuir past with a ;cmC
nlous emption, which was verv troublesome Nothin*
afforded any relief until we tried vour SausapmullT
which soon completely cured her ” ' ‘ ’
From Charles />. Gape, Ksq., of the hir.,*n farjr
Murray c) Co., mar.o/oc!m\rH of cnamcfletl pnp*rf .«
A ashna, A r . ff '
“ I had for several years a very troublesome hmor fa
my face, which grew constantly wopsp until it di-uHircd
my features, and became an usloleniblc affliction, ftned
almost every tiling a man could of both advice and medi
cine, but without any relief whatever, until 1 took yonr
Sarsaparilla. It immediately made my face worse, 13
you told me it might for a time; but in u few weeks the
qew skin began to form under the blotches, and con
tinued until my face is ns smooth ns any body’s, and I
am without any symptoms of the disease that I know of.
I enjoy perfect health, and without a doubt owe it to your
Sarsaparilla.”
Erysipelas —General Debility—Purify the Blood.
„ From Dr. Itnbt. Saiciu, Houston St., New York,
11 Dr. AYER. I FolUom fail to remove Eruption* and
Sarofnlons Sores by the vonr 3 irsun
RrLLA,and I have just now cured an amok of Jfalianast
Erysipelas with it. No alterative we possess equals the
Saksapajulla yoir have supplied to the profession as
well as to the people.' 1 '
From J. E. Johnston, Eiq., IFaUman, Ohio.
“ For twelve years. I had the vellow KryVipoiason my
right arm, during which time I tried all the cckbrated
physician* I could reach, and took haodreds of dollars
worth of medicines. The ulcers were so'bad that the
corda became visible, and the doctors decided that my ana
must be amputated. I began taking your Saesapakiua.
Took two bottles, and seme of your PiliJs. Together
.they have cured me. lam now as well and sound ha .my
body. Being in a public place, my case is known to every
body in this community, and excites the wonder of all.’’
From Hon. Henry Monro, M. P P. y of Newcastle, r.
a leading member of the Canadian Parliament
“X bare used your Sap.s m'.uui.la in my family, for
general debility , and for purifying tie blood , with very
Beneficial results, and feel commence in commendin'* it
to the afflicted." °
St. Anthony’s Fire. Hose, Salt Eheura, Scald
Head, Sore Eyes.
From Harvey Sickler, Ksq., the able editor of tjis Tank
‘ nannock Democrat , Penn&ilrania.
u Our only child, about three years of age* was at
tacked by pimples on Ins forehead. Thcv rapidly spread
until they formed a loathsome and virulnt spre, which
covered Ilia face, and actually blinded Ins 'yes for some
days, A skilful physician applied nitrate ol silver and
other remedies, without any apparent effect. For fifteen
days wo guarded his hands. lost with them he should
tear open the restoring and corrupt wound which covered
his whole face. Having tried every thing else we had
any hope from, we began giving your Suns a I'Atai.u,
and applying the iodide of potash lulion,as voa direct.
The sore began to herd when we had given the first bottle,
and was welt when we had ilni.-heti the second. The child’s
eyelashes, which had come emt, grow again, and ho now
as healthy and fair as any other. The whole neighborhood
predicted that the child must die.”
Syphilis and Mercurial Disease.
From Dr. Hiram Slant, of St . Lonh, MU*ouri.
“ T find your Sarsaparilla a more effectual remedy
for the secondary symptoms of Syphilis and for syphilitic
disease than any other wo possess. The profession arc in
debted to you for some of the best medicines we have.”
From A. J. French-, 3f. D., an eminent physician of /me
re nee, A/im., tchn is a prominent member of the Legis
lature of Massachusetts.
“ Dr. Ayer. My dear Sir; I have found your Sausv
parilla an excellent remedy for Syphilis , both of the
primary and secondary type, and effectual in some bum
that wore too obstinate to yield to other remedies. Ido
not know what we can employ with more certainty of ac
cess, whore a powerful alterative is required.”
Mr. Chaa. S. Van ldete t o/Xew PrunsicicJc, „V. X, had
dread Ail ulcers on hi.s hg*, ('Jmsed by th»; ahu.se ofzncreury,
or mcmiWol di*eaM\ which grow more and more aggra
vated for years, m spite or every remedy or treatment
that could be applied, until the persevering use of AVer’s
Sarsaparilla relieved him. Few eases can be found
more inveterate and digressing than this, and it took
several dozen Lotties to cure him.
Leacorrhcea, Whites, Female Weakness,
arc generally produced by internal Scrofulous Ulceration,
and arc'very often cured by the alterative effect 01 this
Sarsaparilla. Some capes require, however, in aid of
the Sarsaparilla, the skilful application of local rem
edies.
From the iccll-bnovrn and icidcl>j<dtbrated Dr. Jacob
Morrill, of Cincinnati.
u T have found your Sarsaparilla an excellent altera*
tivc in diseases of females. Many cases of Irregularity,
Leueorrfccca, Internal Ulceration.'and local debility, aris
ing from the scrofulous diathesis, have yielded to if. and
there arc few that do not, when its effect 13 properly aided
by local treatment.”
A lady, unwilling to allow the publi&ition of her name*
writes -•
,{ 2&y danphtrr and myself hare been cured of a very
debilitating ixiucorrhcca of long standing, by two bottles
Of your SABSAPABILLA.”
Kfaoumatiam, Gout, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia*
Heart Disease, .Neuralgia, .
when caused by Scrofula ra the system, arc rapidly cun**
by this Ext, Sarsaparilla.
, AYER’S
Cathartic pills
possess so many advantages over the other purgs
lives in the market, and their superior virtues are
so universally known, that we need not do more
than to assure the public their quality is maintained
equal to the best it ever has been, and that they
may be depended on to do all that they have eve
done. I ~
Prepared by J. C. AVER, M. D., & Co., Loin-u,
.Maas., and sold by
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Dr. H. H. Borden, Tioga ; S. S. Packard, Covington,
C. V.'Elliott, Mansfield; 3. X. Billings, Gaines:
by Dealers everywhere. [Nov. 25, ISfl-i-ly-J
BARGAINS FOR CASE/—Examine and pries
the Stock of Goods now offered for sale by
AMBROSE CLOSE,
before making your purchases. Hia stock compos 4 *
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS 1
Shawls, Balmorals, Hoop Skirts, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Flannels and
DRY GOODS,
generally. Also, Groceries, Crockery, Hardware,
Boots and Shoes. . ,
1 am also prepared to cat and make all kindSjV
men and boys’
CLOTHING TO ORDER. :
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