beeUECen ginae the preceding evening. After
is had made inquiries among' fhe'servants be
same:back to tell me that be should | send over
* constable to folio*- op the jftatter. As ha
tvasleavingjho room I said. carelessly:
' ‘- Hare job still got the portrait-! gave - you
several jearsago V
“ No,” he replied, ‘ I kept- it about two
years ;, bat it had then faded almost entirely
away 3 ,and then I threw it into the fire.”
. I mode him no answer ; bot I was thankful
that the.copy I had given him hod teen hits du
rable than •ray own. It was, found that my
sister’s husband had gone to L'ntdocp end that
4s the lust I heard concerning hm, Do-I think
•he vras his sister’s murderer ? you ask. Is it
possible to doubt it? 1 have hesitation
Whatever in saying .that, in cases* where
death occurs in broad especially
when it ia caused by similar menus, the last ob
ject on which.tbs rests wi!S he found de-;
pioted on the retina after death, vW from Dark
seas may be brought into Idght. —London
Ones a -With - • -’f 1
SPEECH OF GEM. KclioWEtL.
~ t t'l ,
06H. IrCUttAN AND THE CAH-
PAIGN.
Major General Irving Mcl iwell made b
Speech in San Francisco on tb 1 21st of Octo
ber, in which-be said; ■,*
It was on tho lOth of Jannalq'lBC2, that, be
ing at a dinner at Arlington, I tcceived a tel
egram, and soon after a confide ntial note, say-*
ing that the President wishes! to* sea me. .1
went to the White Iloase and "was ushered in
to the northeast room, v,bera*l found the Presi
dent and General Franklin/ The President ap
peared to be greatly depressed in consequence
of the dosperpte condition of the national af
fairs, with an exhausted treasury; the feeling
of hostility of foreign nctifths, -the frightful
condition of the national finance t,‘Jacobins in
Congress, the want of co-operation between
the leading generals of the ’firmy, Buell and
JHalleck corresponding direct with Washington
Bnd having no correspondence with each other,
and, worse than all, the sickness of General
McClellan, and the long inaction of the Army
of the Potomac. He said; 't If, something is
not done soon with the armyb; save the coun-'
try, the whole bottom of fall out.—
[Loud cheers and laughter]. General Mc-
Clellan don’t intend to do. sondSthing with the
Army of the Potomac ; I slioi/d like to borrow
It for awhile, provided I can sce’it can be made
to do something." [Chefrsji 1 President
was, mart anxious that sonjgkhing should he
done. [Cheers];
It is unnecessary to enter into details of this
conversation. In reference to be movement of
the army, I favored it going pul from Alexan
dria. Gen. Franklin was ia fCvor of its going
by the way of York river. We had four or
five interviews on this subject with the Presi
dent, end were ordered- by Him to obtain all
.possible information from tho officers of the
staff, so as to ha able to know whether anything
could be done—Whether the Army of the Po
tomac could be brought into the field against
the enemy. On the 10 th of January, the Pres
ident in person went to thf headquarters of
General McClellan,'but cot d not.ace him.—
Secretary Seward also wer't Ito McClellan’s
headquarters,'but was also,refused admittance
- because McClellan was to very tick that he
could not bo distorted. Jfut it is something
singular- jthat In this deepfjate sickness Mc-
Clellan whs not attended a single member
of the ariiy medical staff. General McClellan’s
chief of Staff was sick and absent. Here Mc-
Clellan was so sick as to lie unable to give in
formation as to tho strength tind position' of
the enemy, or of the plans of his own army.—
Yet if you loot to his own /report of the war,
'as published, you will find Hat he elated there
that on the 7th of January f’e was svriting im
portant dispatches to General Burnside-»-on
the7tb,the very .time when ho could not be
seen by the President himself.
Bat to show the nature of the sickness of
General McClellan, I -was assured by a gen
tleman of the most undoubted veracity that at
the very time he refused an fpterview with the
President, to consult an the- tafety of the coun
try* be admitted a private ci' ;zlh- not directly,
.but through the reporter .f the Kew York*
Herald. [Cheers]. At the-end of two or three
days, McClellan having gp. well, the Presi
dent informed us that, ns &wbuld take charge
of the arroy. he, would dispense with farther
proceedings with qs, hu* wished General Frank
lin and myself to meet hint‘again, with Gen
eral McClellan. At this meeting the President
explained to him whv he had ‘consulted with
General Franklin and myself, going over much
the same ground ho had already done with ns.
General McClellan said the case was so plain
that a blind could see it.
At this subsequent meeting, when McClellan,
the President, General Frs ?kiin, myself, and
several members of thefCal feet were present,
the subject oif the p¥ans f [ conducting the
campaign was brought tip. - ;A member of the
Cabinet asked General McClellan what he in
tended to do with the army, and when he in
tended doing it. Afftr miking a very long
panse, he stated that he was very much averse
to making his plans known?-but . would do it if
. ordered by the President f i nit, stated that any
movement' of the Army of -.he Potomac must
ba preceded by Buell’s pinny in Kentucky, I
which was tomove through Cumberland Gap to
Knoxville, to cutoff railroad'communioutiuns.
And this by this badly Supplied army over
two States, Kentucky and Tennessee, whilst
be, on a subsequent occasion, at or near Har
per's Ferry, declared himself unable to move
his fine army over the best road, more than
from twenty to twenty-five miles from the ter
minus of a canal or railroadj [Applause].
January and part of February having pass- '
ed by without anything being attempted hy
the Army of the Potomac, twelve generals
of divisions were called together ati McClellan’s
headquarters to determine on a plan of action,'
be submitted to the *Presign t. I found
that the question was to be determined cn per-,
sonal hot oh the/ merits of the case. 5
I knew nothing of -politicA causes* but the ac
tion then appeared very much like what I sup
posed them to be. , The gfiherals were talking
together in knots) end' trying to hamoize their
views. Gen.' McClellan pimo in and submit
ted his plan, which was to- leave the enemy
where he was, and him where he was not;
to embark his army at Annapolis and go round
and opthe Rappahannock tn the rear of the
enemy, nod thonec into Richmond, before he
could move his army hack to its defence by di
rect railroad communications. This it was
proposed to do in .one wec-lywhcn afterwards
McClellan averred, in reply to Halleck’s stric
ture* on account of tardiness in coming to re
loforce Popc, that itltcuk him three weeks to
embark his army at Alexandria. Yet this
magnificent scheme involved the embarkation
ii-
of a iarg* portion of the army, with its batter
ies, cavalry horses, forage, munitions, siege
gone, commissary stores, amunitiohs, &c., and
transportation of the same by water and land
marches to the gates of Richmond. Four of
us opposed the scheme. I protested against it.
Oar plan was to go direct to the enemy by the
shortest route. The majority carried, and
then proposed, in the usual manner with poli
ticians, to make it unaaijpous. [Laughter]. I
refused to sanction such a course. We went
to the President in a body. He said he was
glad to see us, for, as be remarked,. “ Napole
on could ffot stand still with such an army. I
don’t care, gentlemen, what plan you have,
but just pitch in.” [
THE AGITATOR.
M, H. COBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,
WBLLS3OROEGH, PEHN’A:
WEDNESDAY, : ; : ,
Tats the history of any life worth living ;
sit down and consider its events, its apparent
accidents, its mistakes, even; and having done
this, not as a critic merely, but as an earnest
seeker after truth, there are few thinking per
sons who will not find that that life was shaped
by law which operates as widely as the intelli
gent universe extends.
So, take the history of any nation worthy, of
the name ; consider its events, its apparent ac
cidents and blunders, and no thinking man'
will fail to learn that that nation’s existence
was lived out according to certain roles, some
what absolute in their nature, but logical in
their slightest operation.
This nation is enduring the throes of growth.
Wo call the phenomena war, convulsions, dis
order, and by other terms addressed to popular
understanding. TBuf none of these phenomena,
so fearful-in their immediate consequences, ate
.wanton exhibitions. 1
.We have ever spoken of this war as natural
and necessary. To characterize it otherwise is
to ignore tho plainest facts of history, and to
.accuse Providence of a blonder. At the some
tinje, tho precipitators of the struggle merit no'
praise. The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
werj destroyed because of the utter wicked
ness of their people. Their destruction was
natural and necessary; but the wickedness of
the people receives no applause therefor.
We cannot have, peace until we earn it. The
sword is now being used os a pruning-hook, to
shear, away the superfluous branched of na
tional pride and crime.. Every such growth
must be destroyed before the conditions of peace
can exist. • We have been vicious to a remarked
degree. We must change for the better. We
must arouse and obey the impulses to right ac
tion. We must no more undertake to subvert
the laws of nature. In trying to subvert them
wi have put olar institutions in danger of over
throw. It is the effort to save them which we
call war. It 'has cost manj lives ood untold
treasure. But those institutions are worth all,
and more, .than we hove expended; all, and
more than wc shall expend in saving them.
For this government is the hope of the world.
It is not the hope of aristocrats; It ip not the
hope of traitors ; nor is it the hope of the
apologists of treason. .us an ingrained
villain, and we will show you a hater of civil
liberty. He talks of liberty. He means un
bridled license. He talks of freedom; and he
means freedom to drive his rascally trade un
molested.
This war is the old quarrel renewed. It
is Right against Wrong. The aristocracy of
the world has gnashed its teeth in hale of
our efforts to put down treason from the first.
Look abroad. Observe for yourselves. Is it
not a fact that European aristocracy has all
along taken part with Jefferson Davis? While
not positively recognizing the Confederacy as
an independent nation, has it not invariably
construed the law more toward Jeff
Davis than toward the northern people ?
Wo all knW that. We all know that both
England and France are hoping for the success
of the South. They permit traitors to use
their ports as ports of rendezvous for their pri
vateers. They suffer the agents of Jefferson
Davis to drive their- nefarious trade of treason
in their great cities and in their colonial ports.
To-day we have fewer privile"es' f grBDted us as
a nation than are granted to the rebels.
Look at the chiefs of the party which has ex
pended its energies to overthrow the govern
ment in the late campaign ; and still meditates
its overthrow. They are the "veriest aristocrats
on the footstool. They have not, they never
had, a single sympathy in common with Jthe
people. They are not among the world’s work
ing men. Thqy are seeking power, not for the
good of the people, but for the aggrandizement
of themselves. They hold themselves above
the people, hoping to make the people the slaves
of their evil designs.
So, we who believe in civil liberty and equal
ity, have no option bo.t to give these pretenders
war to the and knife to the very
To compromise with them is to compromise
with hell. They point to the burden of public
kiebt; but there u‘s no burden so unendurable
as that of political serfhood. That is the fate
they have endeavored to force upon a great
and free people.
And they have failed. They can neverJorce
lhat fate upon the American people.
If any further evidence were needed of the
Plutonian origin of the opposition to the Gov
ernment of the United States, both North and
South, it would be found in the recent attempts
to burn New York City, and to destroy the
shipping in Beaten Harbor. Patting torpedoes
in the docks where vessels are moored may be
compared to sending harmless looking boxes,
containing " infernal machines,” to iedindu
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DEC. 7, 1864,
THE LESSON OS' WAR.
THE TIOGA
als. Both are the acts of cowards. The as
sassin who creeps upon the trick of the unsus
pecting midnight traveler and strikes him down
dead, is no more to be dreaded' or denounced
than these infernal incendiaries.
We ask the masses of the party which sup
ported McClellan in the late canvass, to pause
and look at these things before they go one
step further. These acta are by the instigation
: of the chiefs of rebellion, North and South.—
i The failure to defeat Mr. Lincoln has made the
creatures of Jeff. Davis, Horatio. Seymour, Fer
nando Wood,- Vallandiglmm, and others, now
reveal the true animus Of that party. —
Bent.on ruin, they seek to retrieve their mis
fortunes by giving the cities and shipping of
the North to the torch. Who are these acts
by? Not by the men .who supported Mr. Lin
coln. Not by Republicans, War Democrats, or
abolitionists. They are the acts of men who
were loud in their advocacy of Horatio Sey'
mono and Geo. B. McClellan. Is it not dan-j
gerous to become identified with such a party ?
The importance of the defeat of Horatio
Seymonr cannot be well overrated. There are
two kinds of bad men nowadays, as in other
days: that is—there are-." bold, bod men.” like
Yallandigham and Voorhees, and F. Wood;
and there are “ cowardly, bad men,” like Ho
ratio Seymour, Geo. W. Woodward/ Frank
Hughes, Wm. B. Reed, James Buchanan. F.
Pierce, and others.
Horatio Seymour was the chief official de
pendence of Jeff Davis in the North. The peo
ple have dismissed him from public service. He
was the typo of a class of men who are os
smooth as oil, yet as venomous as the adder.—
They are full of suavity, swagger with assumed
polish, and have a reputation which gets better
the farther it travels from home. At home
those fellows, who “ smile, and smile again,”
yet pre ingrained villains, are valued at their
exact worth. All honor to the freemen of New
York, who have hurled this cowardly traitor
from the place be has disgraced.
WAR NEWS,
l6en. Sherman has reached Millen, seventy
eight miles north of Savannah —so much seems
Once at Millen, the 1 march to Savannah down
the Central Railroad, and the highways ad
joining is comparatively easy; and we are en
titled to presume that the desperate effort, her:
aided in the Rebel papers, to interrupt the ad
vance of Sherman, has been abandoned.
Gen. Schofield's official dispatch announces
that the enemy attached him on "Wednesday at
Franklin, and aftir a contest which lasted
from four in the afternoon till after dark, “ was
repulsed with heavy loss—probably of five or
oix ibcoa-nil nt On, tnnn !« o-cf IfTlflt.f’d fit
not more than a fourth of that number. One
thousand prisoners and a Brigadier General
have been captured.
The details of this victory are meagre, but
of the victory there is no doubt. The battle,
however, was not fought between the entire
armies of Thomas and Beauregard. Neither
of those generals seems to have been on tbe
field. Gen. Schofield telegraphs that the en
emy attached with two oo pa—about his army.
It appears, that notwithstanding the defeat be
had inflicted on 1 Hood, Schofield fell back du
ring the night toward Nashville, and took up
S position three miles south of that city.
We infer from the various accounts that
Hood—or Beauregard, whichever may be in
command in the field—attacked in force on
Wednesday, with the view of destroying Scho
field and of forcing a passage across the Har
peth River at Franklin, and thence securing !
an open road to Nashville. The attempt was
entirely frustrated, and Hood was compelled
to cross this stream further to the west and
north. To meet his movements in this direc
tion, General Thomas finally withdrew his vic
torious army toward Nashville, and took up a
position throe miles to the south of the city.
He was followed closely by that portion of
Hood’s forces'which bad n|ot been engaged on
Wednesday, and there was.tbe usual skirmish
ing on Thursday between the pickets of the
two armies. Heavy oanonading is reported to
have been heard in Nashville, and a great bat
tle was momentarily expected.
President's Letter to a Widow.— Mrs. Bix-,
by, the recipient of the following letter from
President Lincoln, is a poor widdow living in
tho Eleventh ward of Boston. Her sixth son,
who was severely wounded in a recent battlq,
is now lying in the Readville Hospital:
Executive Mansion, >
Washington, Nov. 21, 18G4. j
Dear Madam : I have been shown on the file
of the War Department a statement of the
Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you
are the mother of five sons who have died glo
riously on the field of battle.
I feel how weak ond fruitless most be any
word of mine which should attempt to beguile
you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming';
but I cannot refrain from tendering to you the
consolation that may be found in the thanks of
the Repubiic*they died to save. . ■
I pray that our Heavenly Father-may assu
age the anguish of your bereavmente, and
leave only the cherished memory of the loved
and lost, and the solemn pride' that must be
yours, to have laid so costly a- sacrifice noon
the alter of freedom. * *
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,
A. Lincoln
To Mrs. Bisby, Boston, Mass.
More than fifteen years ago a negro woman
escaped from slavery in Maryland and located
in Hartford, Connecticut. A few days ago a
contraband arrived in Hanford, from Mew Or
leans, and, while wandering about the streets
met the woman and recognized her as his wife!
She did not recognize him, and it was only af
ter ho had repeated circumstances which had
happened when they lived in Maryland, that
she was convinced that he was her, husband.
They were again married, and aro now-, keep
ing up a domestic establishment of their own, '
C OXTNT Y A GIT AT011...
totter from a Correspondent.
CBM Dep’t. Kactz’s Cat. Dxt’n. |
Joses’ Landing, Va. r
Nov, 20th 18G4, J
Editor Agitator : -Although many days of
comparative'quiet, have passed with no visible
change in military affairs on the James, where
two giant armies ate.closely watching, each the
motion of the other/ and separoted in many
places, by a distance so short that conversa
tion is easy between opposing rifle-pits > there
has been but slight lote of life, since the gene
ral reconnoisance of the lost of October. It is
true that the enemy'have shown much anxiety
to discover the real strength of the Army of
the James, but their operations have been con
fined to feeble assaults on our picket lines.—
Lee displays much caution in feeling for our
strength ; be would gladly learn if troops were
being massed on the north bank of the James to
operate against Richmond. The rapidity with
which the Dutch Gap Canal is approaching
completion, gives the enemy much uneasiness,
and the formidable character of the Fleet now
in the river, strengthens their fears. Tbs en
emy have kept up a steady fire on th work
men engaged on the canal, and when it is fin
ished, it will form one of the most interesting
improvements on this continebt, and will re
main a profitable monument of the indefatiga
ble energy of the Northern people.
There seems to be a belief in some parts of
the country that offensive movements on the
part of the armies immediately under the eye
of the Lt. Gen. have been suspended until the
time comes to open a spring campaign; but
those whs hope for such results of our labors
since last May, are destined to be grievously
disappointed if preparations now nearly com
pleted, mean anything: and when has Gen.
Grant abandoned a campaign -or siege until
the prize was fairly won ?
The weather has been dry and favorable un
til the 18th inst. when a rain storm set in, and
lasted four days, which makes the roads diffi
cult to travel, and impracticable for field move
ments with heavy trains nod field artillery.—
The clouds were swept away by a frosty wind
from the north, and each night since, the mud
has been frbzen. to a stiff crust, which the
bright sun during the day reduces to a disa
greeable mortar. A week of such weather as
we are now having, Will put the roads in mil
itary order again. It is not time yet for the
wet season to set in, and we will probably have
much good weather yet before the 20th day of
January next.
The thanksgiving dinner so kindly sent to
the army by the true and patriotic friends of
the soldiers, and the Union, came one day too
late,- but was none the less joyfully received,
and to those friends, as well as to the Giver of
so many blessings—victories, and well-filled
store-houses, during the season of seed-time
and harvest” just passed, we gratefully accord
y. _, uuu liti; uoing to relievo the
wants, and comfort and cheer the soldier, and
the record of the past, shall be a promise of
what we will do to protect you and the laws
and liberties of our country.
As there are no military items of importance
tp report, it may not be entirely uninteresting
to our friends to know how the soldiers’ spend
their leisure time, of which little is spent in
replying to letters from their friends, unless
they ere generally more lucky than your un- j
fortunate correspondent has been or late in re-1
ceiving the “ White winged messengers” from
their forgetting, but not forgotten friends.
Soldiers indulge in all sorts of available
sporte and games, from “ Chess” and “ Ath
letic feats” tolthe most simple of juvenile plays t
and it is quite common to see “ red-tape” en
ter into oil the sports of the men, forgetting,
for a time, the grave responsibilities of Uncle
Sams’ commissioned talent,
Of course, when any juvenile sports are en
gaged in, the amusement consists in the truth
and exactness with which the players imitate
extreme and verdant boyhood. This may look
queef —yes, decidedly • funny, to those who
have never witnessed it in the army; but I
have seen men whose locks are sprinkled with
grey, imitate the ways of children at play so
faithfully, that it could not fail to excite the
mirth and enjoyment of the most grave; so
that after the closing duties of the day, both
participant and amused, roll a lighter heart
in their blankets, to tune the visions of their
slumber* and render more pleasant the hours
of reveffle. The amusement of J the higher
order of games consists in exercise and profi
ciency. But sport fills only a part £>f the
leisure hours of a soldier’s life, for much time
is spent in telling stories, singing songs, read
ing the news and romances, and discussing the
topics of the day.
Let those who are impressed with the here
sies of the “ World" and other villainous sheets,
that we ore tired of the war, and disheartened
and sighing for “ peace at any price,” juust
corns down and see the way the soldiers enjoy
themselves,, and tho vim with which the stern
duties of our oaliiing arc performed aud I
promise, they will go away with a better and
brighter opinion of our qualifications to dare
end to do, than they brought here.
1 The result of the election gives general satis
faction in the army ; and those who seemed to
depreciate the abilities of the Administration,
compared with the supposed qualifications of
Ex-Gen, Ex-McClellan are coining to the con
clusion that with Lincoln at the helm, the good
old Ship of State has not been drifted from its
latitude by the fierce storms thot for a time
seemed to threaten to overwhelm it; and now
that we are not going to change pilot, we may
look with joyful faith, to see the good old ship
outride the gale, and anchor safely in a peace
ful harbor, to rest secure from the raging storm
that has swept so m any from her decks. The
people have spoken in the power of their faith
and said—“ Peace be still I” and already the
winds and waves begin to obey. .We hope the
people will forget for a while the strife of par
ty, and show themselves a unit on tbs great
principles of one government, and free institu
tions.
The army now calls to the people to show
themslves worthy of the sires who made us a
free an 4 independent people, and aid us with
their united support, and with the favor of
the God of war, justice, truth, and religion, we
shall be strong of heart, and with willing hands,
secure to ourselves and posterity a free, peace
ful, and united Country, I Soldier.
A Meetin'Q was held at Alton last week to
form an organization for the erection
city, of a monument to Bev. Elijah P. Lovejoy,
who fell a victim to pro-slavery in that city
more than twenty years since. It is fit that
such a monument should be erected in that
place.
A Burial Alive.— Buried alive ! What fear
ful import is conveyed in these two words!
what visions of horror4o they conjure up, con
stituting in anticipation, at least, one of the
most exquisite tortures imaginable ! An unnat
ural death is && all times. linked in thought
with tbs feelings of indefinable awe, but the
idea of dying under such horrible diroumstan
ces, conscious of the inevitable fate which a
few moments will bring—strugling to he freed
from the dread chamber of death, but unable
to avert the certain doofn —is maddening. One
can almost imagine the choking suffocation,
the frenzied and ineffectual efforts to break
through the dull earth and burst into the free air
of heaven, and the imagining causes the'biood
to curdle and chill in horror. The very possi
bility of such a fate haunts many people like
spectre, and invests death with a frightfulness
it would not otherwise possess.
One of the most curious cases of this genus
which has ever been recorded, has just occur
red at Hyde Park, near this city—a case which
has almost baffled the skill of physicians of
known ability and high repate. Daring Wed
nesday night last, Alex. McLeod, a young man
of 17 or 13 years of age, residing with, and the
sole support of an aged grandmother, was at
tacked with severe fits of vomiting and purging.
He did not, however, appear to be dangerously
ill, and told his relative, who was aroused
from her bed, to return to her room,or she
would make herself siok. The|oid lady did so,
and, finding that her grandson soon became
quiet, went, to sleep, and thought no mors of
the occurrence until morning, when, on enter
ing his room, she was horrified at finding him
dead. Those who assisted to prepare the corpse
for the bnrial noticed that the flesh was remar
kably pliable and undeathlike, the eyes re
mained naturally closed, the features bod not
the rigidity of death, nor had the face lost its
natural freshness. These circumstances aroused
the attention of the friends, and Dr. Bogus, of
this city, was summoned to give his opinion
regarding the death of the youth. After an
investigation, he affirmed that life had oertain
*ly departed, and that the patient had died of
cholera morbus. Ciu the strength of this decis
ion, an inquest was held upon the remains, and
a verdict af “ died by natural causes ” return
ed. The body was then placed in a coffin, and
the funeral ordered for the next day. On Fri
day, however, blood commenced to flow rather
freely from the nose, and the bnrial was defer
red until Sunday afternoon. In the interim,
the corpse was closely watched, but still the
features retained-their life-like pliability. On
Sunday mprning, a funeral serin.n was prea
ched in the church, by Rev. S, S. Smith, of
Cleaverville, who, in the afternoon, was invited
to officiate at the burial services, but when the
time for the funeral arrived, the friends still
declined to take the responsibility of burying
the body, and it was left uninterrad. Yester
day evening a number of physicians left the
city for the purpose of thoroughly investigating
the body, and in our next issue we will he able
to give the result of their deliberations. The
body is described as presenting the appearance
of resting in a natural sleep—the eyes ate not
jd bless and'prosper
be many noble deeds
'Sunk, oor have the features set. There is no
death-like small proceeding from the body, and
the blood appears to be still retained in the
veins. If death'has really ensued, this is one
of the most extraordinary cases which has ever
beep noticed,, and will well repay medical in
vestigation, 'McLeod was a young man of full
florid habit. He had been a member of the
134th Illinois (hundred day) Infantry, and for
some months previous to being mastered oat
of the service had been in delicate health. Still
no serious consequences were anticipated, and
the day previous to bis death, if death it be,
he was in usual health and spirits.— Boston
Post. 1
DsmocRACT in Despair. —Some of our be
aten apostles of Democracy not only despair
of tbs Republic, but of all republics.. The
Boston Courier and the Detroit Free Press urge
the Canadas not to become a republic, but to
stick to monarchy, and commend The fata of
Mexico under Maximiliian. . Says the Detroit
Free Pess: The natural tendency of republics
has ever been to demoralization and decay.
There is Democracy for you.
Wobld’t Have Hut. —The Louisville Dem
ocrat of Wednesday, says that the Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, R. T. Jacob, who was
recently ordered through the Confederate lines
by the military authorities of that State, is
now at Ohio. The rebel authorites
refused to receive the exile, saying that “ they
do not intend to let President Lincoln make
a Botany Bay of the South.”
S. P. SQAIBL.IIV,
BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER,
Shop One Dooe North of Costers’ Store.
Ladies’ Hair-Cutting done in the best manner.
Wellsboro, Deo 7, 1864.
WELLSBORO ACADEMY.—The second Term
of the present school year will begin
Monday, Doc. 13, 1864.
Pupils arc prepared for College, or for business
pursuits.
Primary Course $3 00.
Common English Branches 4 00.
Higher English Branches 5 Ou.
Languages 6 00,
Pupils designing to attend bat half the term, will
be charged accordingly.
No deduction it made for absences, unless in oases
of protracted sickness. J. B. DRIER,
Wellsboro, Dec. 7, 1564-31. ‘ Principal.
LIST OF X.ETTEHS remaining in the Post Office
at Wellsboro, December 5, 1864:
Adony, Ebenezer Johns, H. C.
Austin, Miss Mary Jones, H. L.
Boaiicb, A. J. Krinbuland, C,
Bundy, Charles - Knapp, A
Barter, John Jr. Merrick, Wheeler 0
Bowen, SatUe Sense, Elizabeth
Carson, Susan Raymond, Evaiyn
Carson, Susannah Rose, J. M.
Craymer, Matilda Rabins, Charles
Cram, Simon B. Stratton, Maty-
Cole, D. 0. Streeter, L. B.
Dockstadcr, F. H. Steele, Nathan
Decker, Harriet Schofield, Marietta
Darling, Mrs. F. 8. 2 Saxton, J C 2
Davis, ffm. H. Simmons, Mary E
Dennison, G. D. Steele, W H
Evans, Evan Shaffer, Amanda
Ellison, George Smith, Wm
Fuller, A. F. Terbell, Chas E
Frost, Aids Winter, J
Gibbs, Elizabeth Westbrook, Wm Mrs
Gibbs, Mrs. E. M.
To obtain any of these letters, the applicant
must call for “ advertised letters," give the date of
this list, and pay one cent for advertising. If not
called for within one month they -will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office. HUGH TOTING, P. M.
\\j ANTED.—SOO boshele Oats, 600 bushels Com
TT In ear, Flax Seed, for which the
highest market price in Cash will be paid.
D. P. ROBERTS 4 CO.
Wellsboro, Nov. 23,1864-tf.
TUITION (for a term of 12 weeks).
66 T0 BOWE^S»»r
QEEING a big crowd on Main Street, ham
hJ ing toward a common center, somebody aj'kej'
Where Are You Going?
The answer was% H
“To Bowen'sVWo, l,Uaioa Blocki' l
To look at that splendid stock of
NEW FAIL & WINTER GOODS I
ost'arrmng from How York.
“ VERY SENSIBLE PEOPLE,”
thought I to myself; you know who bnyj atl>
gain, and sells so as to giro the purchaser a
too. ■ ■**'»
IhsiaCors, if you ifsnt anything in thslicscf
DRY GOODS,
LADIES’ GOODS,
READY MADE CLOTHIKa
BOOTS. SHOES,
GO TO BOWEN’S,
and if yon want
HARDWARE, *
QuEENSWARE,
WOODEN-WARE, and
GROCERIES
at pricoi you can afford to pay
GO TO BOWER’S.
If you haro Cash, or Butter, or Chees. or 6rv.
to exchange for thii 9
SPLENDID STOCK OF GOODS
bring them along, and you trill get ’
Satisfactory Bargains;
and if yon come once, yon will be aura to e sa3 t ,
—yea, thrice, or half-a-deisn tiaes, ” 4 ' 5
Don't forget the place:
NO. 1, UNION BLOCK,
Wellsboro, Not, 1, ISojf, JOKH R, ROWS;*
...itny food, imp; filth and filthy havj,
the depressing ■vices, and, above all, by the v=ac
real infection, vv hatever be its origin* it is hered
itary in the constitution. descending '■ from parents
to children unto the third and fourth generauen,'
indeed, it seems to bo the rod of Him who sayi. • I
will visit the iniquities of the fullers upon their
children.” The diseases it originates Like various
names, according to the organs it attacks. In ti,s
lungs, Scrofula produces tubercles, and finally
Consumption; in the glands, swellings which sup
purate and become ulcerous sores; in the stomach
and bowels, derangements which produce indi
gestion, dyspepsia, and liver cornplaicts; on tho
skin, eruptive and cutaneous adbetions. The;»,
all having the same origin; require the same rem
edy, via., purification and invlgorntion of ths
blood. Purify the blood, and these dangerous dis
tempers leave you. With feeble, foul, or corrupted
blood, you cannot have health; with that “life of
the flesh” healthy, you cannot have scrofulous
disease.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
is compounded from the most effectual antidotes
that medical science has discovered for this afflict
ing distemper, and for the cure of the disorders it
entails. That it is far superior to any other
remedy yet devised, is known by al! who have
■ given it a trial. That it does combine virtues truly
extraordinary in their effect upon this class of
complaints, is indisputably proven by the great
multitude of publicly known and remarkable cures
it has made of the following diseases: King's
Evil, or Glandular Swellings, Tumors, Erup
tions, Pimples, Blotches and Sores, Erysipeks,
Bose or St. Anthony’s lira, Salt Ehem, Scald
Head, Coughs from tuberculous deposits in
the lungs, White Swellings, Debility, Dropsy,
Neuralgia, Dyspepsia or indigestion, Syphilis
and Syphilitic Infections, Mercurial Diseases,
Female Weaknesses, and, indeed, the whole series
of complaints that arise from impurity of the blood.
Minute reports of individual cases may be found
in Ayer’s Americas Almanac, which is furnished
to the druggists for gratuitous distribution, wherein
may be learned the directions for its use, and som«
of the remarkable cures winch it has made when
all other remedies had failed to afford relief. Those
cases are purposely taken from all sections of tns
country, in order that every reader may have ac
cess to some one who can speak to him of its bene
fits from personal experience. Scrofula depressei
the vital energies, and thus leaves its victims far
more subject to disease and its fatal results than
are healthy constitutions. Hence it tpr.Js to shorten,
and does greatly shorten, the average duration of
human life. The vast importance of these con
siderations has led us to spend years in perfecting
a remedy which is adequate to its cure. This we
now offer to the public under the name of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, although it Is composed of ingre
dients, some of which exceed the best of Saiia
parilla in alterative power. By its aid you may
protect yourself from the suffering and danger of
these disorders- Purge out the foul corruptions
that rot and fester in the blood, purge out the
causes of disease, and vigorous health will follow.
By its peculiar virtues this remedy stimulates the
vital functions, and thus expels the distemper!
which lurk within tho system or burst out on any
part of it.
■We know the public have keen deceived by
many compounds of Sarsaparilla, that premised
much and did nothing; but they will neither be
deceived nor disappointed in this. Its virtues have
been proven by abundant trial, and there remains
no question of its surpassing excellence for the
cure of the afflicting diseases it is intended to
reach. Although under the same name, it is a
very different medicine from any other which lias
been before the people, and is far more effectual
than any other which has ever been available to
them.
A."STBH’S.
CHERRY PECTORAL,
The World’s Great Remedy for Coughs,
Colds, Incipient Consumption, and
for the relief of Consumptive
patients in advanced sta
ges of the disease.
ThU has been ao long uaed and so uatveiwJ/
known, that we need do no more than assure os
public that its quality is kept up to the best it ere:
has been, and that it may be relied on to do all >'
has ever done.
Prepared by Da. J. C- Aver & Co.
P. acttcal arA Ar.alyticzl Cl?rr--’.r
-t Loweii.
Sold by all druggists every where, and by
Sold by J. A. Roy and P. R. Williams, Welhtwo
Dr. H. H. Borden, Tioga; S. S. Packard, Oviagtoc,
C. V. Elliotti Mansfield; 8- S. Billings, Gaines; 5 - ’
by Dealers everywhere. [Not. 23, 1384-1?-] __
BAJi&AIA'S FOII CASH.'— Examine and F*’
the Stock of Goode now offered for salo bj
AMBROSE CLOSE,
before making your purchases. liia stock :cirp‘ j -»
LADIES' DRESS GOODS 1
Shawls, Balmorals, Hoop Skirts, Cloths, CaaiinsrcJ,
Flannels and I
DBi GOODI,
fanerallyl Also, Groserles, Cruchory, Hardware,
sots and Shoes. ,
I am also prepared to cut and make all kinds e*
men and boys’
CLOTHING TO ORDER.
VTwtSsld, Not. 19, '64-3t» AMBROSE Clo3*-
bc peculiar taint or L-.fcc
>n which ws call Scsor
,a Jnrk» in the cocstitu
ms of multitudes of nun.
either produces or'ij
•educed by an enfeeble]
’.bated state of the blcci.
herein that fluid becomes
icompctent to sustain the
ital forces in their vigoroti
ttion, and leaves the syj.
i m to fall into disorW
id decay. Tliescrofalc::
mtamir.ation ,ic var.cudy
rased i y mercunal hi.
-red digestion front no