THE AGITATOR.
K. H. COBB, EDITOR A-S^ PROPRIETOR
WESiI,SBOKOOGE,:S , SKK'A:
WEDNESDAY,
PBOM wassii’gtok',
Editorial Correspondence of Tin Agitator]
WashiscioN; JftO- 25,1865.
The principal topic of conversation here, at
present, is the fall of Wilmington end its prova
ble effect upon the rebsliiof!. -Never was the
distinction between loyalty aid disloyalty more
marked than .at this momenU, Ihe Secession
sympathisers in this city betir all the external
signs of grief and dißoomfiti;re, while the loyal
ere cheerful and buoyant, Spite' of the awful
weather. - i.
The only cause for concers among thinking
men now is the liability of; human nature to
over-act. There is great n*ied oircumspec
tion in dealing with the quest! ins which al
ready suggest omit which must
confront Congress and tbfl Erseutive as the-
Rebellion approaches dissolution. The ques
tion of reconstruction wilDhav. { to be settled,
practically, before the fir%t bf Louisi
ana and Arkansas are already t iere', with full
delegations, asking for voice and part in both
Houses of Congress. The case of Louisiana
is clear. Her new State government was rati
fied by a majority of the .highest vote ever oast
in that State. Her organic law prohibits sla
very once and for all. Gen. states that,
in his judgment, the affair and unbi
ased expression of the will o, ! { the people of
Louisiana. Why there should lie any delay in
recognising the. new States G ivernment it is.
difficult to.see. . '.I r
But theorists always flonru X in troublous
rimes. As in the reign of a mysterious epidemic,
quackery experiences a new and prolific birth,
and the swarm of panaceas becomes frightful.
And in this case as in that, —common-sense
gets a left handed welcome from the brother
hood of theorists. Whefi every man has a
specific, none will listen to $ proposition |o
treat the patient according tj the indications
of eloquent nature. In tftis (hse as in that,—
the reign of Theory is brought about by utter
ignorance of the nature* 5f fie disease which
afflicts the pktient. '
During the discussion I; he- e never yet been
able to find an intelligible definition_of the states
of,a State that, after having seceded, remain
ed in this anomalons condition for a longer or
shorter period; and then, being relieved of the
pressure of rebel authority, re-organising un
der Federal rule. Unload, this peo pie became
attainted by the action of a few political trick"
sters, it is difficult to anfjsrstand how, and
when, they become incompetent to establish
and carry on a State government. But suppose
that the act Of. secession ’ wss the set of a ma
jority of the people of.any State ; —if at any
subsequent time they saw fit to repeal the act,
why are they not oompetenhlo_ do it? ’ If they
could pass an unconstitutional measure they are
competent to repeal it; and having repealed
it, ini what respect is the status changed 7
The doctrine of relspsVfcOm sovereignty in
to a state of pupilage—a falling back into a
territorial condition—sefima a moSthasty and
unwarrantable conclusion. A State , may, by
its contumacy, perhaps, render entire subju
gation necessary'; in which, oase, as clearly ap
pears, it relapses -into something akin to pupil
age. But this is not the case with either Ar
kansas pr Louisiana, They were (relieved
-from rebel domination, and immediately re
sumed the attitude and functions of sovereign
ty- . ;* I
I have examined the >nce submitted ! in
the Louisiana case, end lithe remonstrance
against the admission o*f tbVSenators, and Rep
resentatives by alleged' cUiions of Louisiana.
The remonstrance is signed by the unsuccess
ful candidates for the offices named. In,this
view the opposition is simply ludicrous.. Had
they been elected, they would have accepted
the positions without question. Defeated, they
protest. And this is all the evidence in oppo
sition to the recognition of Louisiana/ The
question in Congress eeefaznot to be specifical
ly defined as yet.. The "radicals" profess to
believe that every State which passed an ordi
nance of Secession forf Itep its sovereignty,
andean only purge itself by going through
certain forms. This is equivalent to condemn-,
ing those States to the rigor of military rule
for an indefinite period. T ,lt will not do. It is
a position that must be abandoned, and that
toon. "While the rebel chiefs deserve the ex
treme penalty of the law, ijrivill not do to pun
ish the masses of the Sous in addition to the
awful punishment of aggressive war. They
have received the reqaisito.jnomber of stripes,
and- must not be treated; with unnecessary
hardships, ’
By all means, the'Congress ought to strivb
to render the return of the rebel States as easy
at possible. M. H. C.
Wabeingjoh, Jan.-26, 1865,
I have to record, atonSe a great public ca
lamity and a great sensation—the de
■traction of tUe Smithsonian Institute on the
afternoon' of Wednesday, 24th instant. The
spectacle, as viewed from Capitol Hill, was 'at
once sublime and sorrowful. There was a high
wind blowing from the rtjrth-west. The fire
was discovered at When I first saw
.it from my window the wife and towers were
enveloped in a dense volume of smoke which
the north-west gale boto ijway over the Poto
mac. I? twenty minute's the fiery tongues
appeared along the root of the main build
ing, end the oriel window in the east gable
glowed like a'fiery eye.' fhe fi ro department
was on the grimnd/butifavo occasional sni
ral jete.pf steam, wbift 'the water fell into
th* flams, which ascended through the thiok
smoke in spirals and rings, tht effect of the
engines was not at any time visible.
Twenty minutes later the entire roof of the
main building was a surging sea of flames.—
The wind veered to the north, and lifted the
clouds so that the rapid and nnoontrolable
progress of tbo fire could be marked. The
fall of the roof liberated the pent up flames
which ascended in great sheets high above
the highest towers.
-The fire now broke out' in’, the south botag-'
onal tower, and the embrasures became so
many outlets for the fiery fountain within. —
Here were stored the unofficial records and pa
pers of the Institute and the flames raged
with great violence for more than an hour.
The fire progressed from the top downward,
and as each floor fell in the entire tower put
on «a mantle of flame. The tongues licked in
and out until the grim walla glowed like a
furnace.
:i: FEB. 8, 1865.
Soon the fire broke out in the cone-capped
tower on the north eide, and communicated
itself to the lofty tower of the north entrance.
This tower is 160 feet in Wight, and was used
for scientific purposes. We| could see the wind
register making its eternal round on the top,
while the structure below was. glowing in the
fiery embrace! . The tall embrasures literally
gushed with' fire. No attempt was made to
arrest the destruction in this quarter, as it was'
a naelesa task. The wood work was yellow
pine, as dry as tinder, and it was given up. to
to the devouring element.
So the fire raged until it bad consumed ev
erything combustible in the second and third
stories. The museum of curiosities and the libra
ry were on the first floor, and fife-proof, thanks to
an aberration of the architect. So the glory
of the Institute has not departed. The mag;
uifioent lecture room, the Indian^’ gallery, the
philosophical rooms, are lost forever. It is a
great calamity, but can be overcome, in good
part, in time and with money.
The building was one of the first in "Wash
ington in point of beauty and importance. It
was in the Norman style of architecture, built
of freestone, and, save some few faults in plan,
was admirable, and greatly admired by stran
gers. Tbs wells are not materially injured,
and we may hope for its early rehabilitation.:
M. H. C.
The Blair mission has come to grief. It
needed no prophet to forssee and pradiot this
result of a scheme conceived by privileged
dotage, and carried out by Vanity. Still, it
has taught some of -us somewhat. We ought
to learn from this failure to attain peace through
negotiation, that Almighty Wisdom will not
give the reins into the hands of human fool
ishness in this, hour of trial.
It is time that the thin mantle of pretense
was stripped from the shoulders of the Blair
family. F. P. Blair, Senior, who has just re
turned from a fool's errand to Blohmond, be
came known as an attache of the Jackson
Administration. He climbed into notice by
taking hold of tbe skirts of bis great patron,
Andrew, Jackson. Probably no. family of men
ever did so large a business on a small capital
as tbe Blairs. From the old man down to
Montgomery, there is not talent—practical tal
ent-enough to make a respectable member of
the Pennsylvania Legislature. Overrated, flat
tered, much thought of as linking the Jackso
nian times with these, the old gentleman has
occupied a more or leas prominent place in
public esteem for many years. But vanity is
the family weakness. Vanity, not patriotism,
projected the mission to Bicbmond, which, like
all the offsprings of vanity has ended in smoke.
But the Blair mission has its apologists
among radicals as well as conservatives.—
Horace Qeeelt, touched by the mild madness
of the time, consents to patronize this “ fool's
errand.” It is impossible to determine what
the ruling motive of such men may be. Wheth
er they scent the dead carcass of rebellion afar
off, and barn to be remembered as peace-ma
kers ; or whether they are in transitu from the
realm of fact and Common-Sense to the region
of Chimera—it is impossible to determine.—
With, a very great admiration for Mr. Gresly ;
recognising him as the foremost journalist in
the world; as the hardy pioneer of all substan
tial reform ; as sincere, honest, straightforward,
manly—l confess that his aberrations during
the past six months have shaken my faith in
him. Whatever else he may be, he is neither
philosopher nor seer. He seems to regard this
war as.isolated from all precedent, and as be
ginning, progressing, and to bo closed np with
out reference to the great and universal laws of
human progress. How sash an intellect can
out loose from its anchorage jand sail into the
hazy seas of speculation is, beyond question,
most difficult to esplaiu. The eccentricity of.
the Blairs is accountable. '.The apostasy of
Thomas Carlyle is not inexplicable; but the
abandonment of solid land by Horace Qraely
was moat unlocked for, and remains to be ex
plained.
The vote on the amendment to the Constitu
tion to abolish Slavery will betaken to-day. It
is believed that the measure will carry by a
two-thirds vote, in which case, as the Senate
passed tbe amendment last session, the ques
tion will go at once to the several State Legis
latures; and before the 4th of March Slavery
will have bean plucked up, root and brancb.hoth
in law and in fact wherever the authority!
of the Constitution is acknowledged.
What a triumph this would be! Civilize
tion and Christianity never won so glorious
a victory. It would be a great privilege to
witness this last and most glorious effort of
civilization to fling off the manacles of legal
ized injustice and wrong. What so memora
ble in English history as the year of West In
dia Emancipation! What so grand in the an
‘ nalt of Bussia as the year of freedom to' ite
Washington, Jan. 81, 1865
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
millions of serfs 1 These on
of nations. May the pub!
public find courage enough
those glorious examples, j
This city was last evening the scene of
another of those sorrowful tragedies iu real life
which arrest, for the moment, the ever divided
attention of the public, and eclipse the hollow
show of mimic life upon the stage. Let me
compress the solid column which is devoted to
the relation in I’The 1 ’The Chronicle” this
into a few lines. Andrew Jackson Burroughs,
a clerk in the office of the Comptroller of-thc
Currency, left his home yesterday morning,
full of life and hope. He'worked at bis desk
until four ■ o’clock P. M., and walked down
stairs on his way home. At the foot of the
stairs he met his Nemesis in the person of a
young woman, who presented a pistol and shot
him dead.
And behind this act lies the old, old, story;
an engagement of long standing; betrayal of
her who did this deed and her consignment to
the horrors of u house of ill-fame in Chicago,
end his marriage, less than a year ago, to a
lovely woman, whose agony last night may be
imagined and not described. Mary Harris—
the avenger, came from Chicago two days ago,
and from noon till four o’clock yesterday wait
ed for him in.the Treasury Corridors. That ia
tfye whole story. It is a sad one. Public
opinion will shield her from the extreme pen
alty of the law—perhaps acquit her, and leave
remorse for a hasty act to do its work.
As for me. if her story be true, I say she
did well. For the law affords inadequate rem
edy for the great and increasing o.vil of which
she may be, doubtless is, tbe victim.
Drop a pebble into a still and deep pool.—
The waves will go out in broadening circles
until they touch the rim of the pool, and then
are Tost forever. So 'with this tragedy : it
'caused a slight ripple on the surface of society,
the fact was on every tongue; but this day at
noon all is as if no man bad disappeared from
this life by violence, and tbe follies and crimes
of society again rale as they ruled before.—
How many equally guilty men tremble for the
time last such retribution treads closely upon
thtir heels, too I How many, indeed!
Washinqjoh, February 1, 1865,
Yesterday, as marking the greatest moral
victory 'ever achieved by any nation; ancient
or modern, will forever stand prominently out
as the foremost day of days of this remarkable
age. Congress yesterday bad the courage to
pass the amendment to the organic law, by
which Slavery is made outcast and outlaw:—
The vote was" 119 to 56—or seven more than the
required majority of two-thirda.
The scene which ensued when the result of
the vote was declared cannot be described.
The immense galleries were overflowing with
eager, intelligent spectators. Hundreds throng
ed the corridors who could not get in at all. It
was the day eet apart for the decisive vote.—
Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, moved the previous ques
tion on his motion to reconsider the vote of
last session. Mr. Stiles moved to.lay that mo
tion on the table. Upon this motion the vote
stood Yeas, 57, Nays, 111—or one less than a
two-thirds majority. So the motion to recon
sider was in order, and the vote upon that was
carried by 112 to 57—-or one less than the ma
jority required on the final passage of the res
olution. The excitement now became intense,
There was no noise, but a nervous anxiety,
which seemed to thrill everybody. I
The original question was now before the!
House. “ Shall the joint resolution pass 1”
was demanded by the Speaker. The Clerk
proceed with the call of the roll. The House
was never so 'still before. As the call proceed
ed, and the clear, ringing “ ay," of several of
the opposition was heard, the floor end galler
ies were moved to applaud. The impulse was
kept in check by the Speaker; but when be
arose and said—“ the ayes, and noes on the
joint resolution to amend the Constitution of
the United States are—ayes 119, noes, 56, and
the majority required having voted in the af.
Amative it is passedthe spectators in the
galleries arose as one person, and such a stormy
and exultant burst of applause as fairly shook
the fretted roof was never heard in any legis
lative Hall before. The ladies waved their
handkerchiefs, and men fairly embraced each
other in the frenzy of joy. On the floor the
excitement was not less intense and deroonstra
ive. Altogether it was a soeno indescribable,
and not likely lobe repeated again in the life
time of any man or woman living to-day.
It was not a strictly party vote. Sixteen of
the opposition voted “ aye.” Of these were
Joseph Bailey, A. H. Ooffroth, and A. Mo
allister, of our State—men who will be remem
bered as having courage to rise above the sel
fish bounds of party and legislate for all time
to come. The American people will never
forget the names of these men. Thev, on
their part, will never regret their votes on the
amendment to outlaw Slavery.
Congress hag now done its part. The sev
eral State Legislatures have now to ratify thi
action of Congress, and Slavery is dead be
yond resurrection. Thank God and take coin
age.
I was amused, on my way to dinner, by the
expression of opinion on the part of persons in
the cars. There were several members of the
House aboard, among them Gen. Moorehead.of
Pittsburg, also several members wearing the
silver badge of the Christian Commission. The
latter were quite demonstrative. Said one:—
m Jory €nou S h for ona da y •” Said another;
“ The prondest day our country ever saw
Another said—“ This is, really, a world of pro
gress/’ Opposite me eat a gent and lady
Said the former to the latter, in an undertone:
** I reckon they don't know your politics/'—
“ No,” she replied, “ evidently they do not ”
“ Quite modest, madam,” thought I, “as mo
dest as you secesh people commonly are. That
is—yon have the impudent conceit to euppose
that a publication of your politics would sup
press the expression of public opinion.” But
I said nothing. Her words were heard by sev
eral, and I fear that they provoked a series of
radical expressions concerning rebels, which
Otherwise would not have found voice.
The Senate passed the resolution directing
the President to retaliate upon rebel officers in
our heads the barbarities practiced towards our
rank and file in their prisons. It is not a man
date, but rather directory by instruction. The
last week has been given to its discussion in tbe
Senate. Sumner’s speech against tbe original
resolution, which colled for “retali itiun in
kind," was a most eloquent effort. Senators
Howe, of Wisconsin, Howard, of Michigan,
Wade, of Ohio, and Johnson, of Maryland, were
very able efforts. All but the latter were in fa
vor of tbe resolution.
•e crises in tbs fate
lie men of this re
b to boldly imitate
I send the following health bulletin of tbe
Tioga boys in hospital here :
Thomas Skelton is gaining slowly. I think
the prospect of saving his arm ie improving.
Frank Kellyjs also gaining fast.., I guesshe
will get home to eat maple sqgar.
Morgan Burley and James Wilkinson have
gone home.
H, H. Dartt, at Douglass Hospital, is only
tolerably well. He is not considered fit to go
to his regiment. Potter, Rockwell, and myself,
visit them every week.
Last Sunday we hod tbe company of Dr. W. T.
Humphrey, late brigade surgeon in the 2d army
oorps, J in our round. lam glad to say that tbe
Doctor has been mustered out of service, hav
ing overstaid his three years by seven months.
He will be at home before this reaches you, and
returnable resume practice on the Cownmsquo
and elsewhere. Perhaps no surgeon in the
state is richer in experience than Dr. H. He
bears an enviable reputation for ekill among
Surgeons. Success to him. M. H. C.
One portion of Major Gen. Sherman’* army
moved direct from Savannah, and the other,
consisting of two corps, moved from Beaufort,
S. C., and were rapidld advancing against
Charleston.
Tbe latest! intelligence received from the
it to be at a distance less than
forty miles frfjim the city ; the enemy abstained
from offering resistance at every point, and
were being gradually driven from every availa
ble position for defence, Although a barren
waste follows the retreating steps of the enemy,
forage and subsistence were found in large
quantities.
The army commanded by Gen. Foster was
co-operating with the main army under Sher
man, and the movements of our troops through
South Carolina since the capture of Savannah,
Ga., was but the precursor of a far more terri
ble and disastrous campaign in the heart of tbe
rebel territory, than that of their celebrated
march through Georgia.
WSU.BBOBO PETKOLEUBi COMPANY.
M. H. C.
We, the undersigned, associate ourselves* to
gether.for mining end manufacturing purposes,
under the act of the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia passed July 18th, A. D. 1863, and adopt
the following articles of association :
Article Ist. The association shall be known
under the corporate name of the 11 Wellsboro
Petroleum Company.”
Abt. 2d. The purposes for wbiob this associ
ation is formed; are, to mins or bare for petro
leum and other minerals, to refine said petrole
um, and to,'manufacture from it and said other
minerals such products as are usually made
from the same.
Abt. 3d. The location of said company shall
be Wellsboro, Tioga county, - Pennsylvania. •
Art. 4th. The Capital stock of thils company
shall be one hundred thousand dollars, which
shall be divided into ten thousand shares, of
ten dollars each.
Abt. sth. Tbs business of tho company shall
be managed and conducted by a President, a
board of nine Directors, of whom the President
shall be one, a Treasurer, a Clerk, and such
other officers, agents and factors, as the compa
ny shall from time to time authorize, all of
whom shall be stockholders of the company,
Abt. 6th. Until the first election of offioers,
and until the officers elected at said first elec
tion shall enter upon their duties, the following
persons shall act as officers of, the company, tq
wit: Directors—Laugher Bilobe, Joseph Rib?
erolle, John N. Baohe, Andrew Crowl, Henry
W. Williams, John Bailey, Charles Copestiok,
John Pearson and Mathew Borst, of whom L.
Baohe shall be President. Treasurer, John L.
Robinson ; Clerk, J. Emery.
Abt. 7th. The annual election of offioers of
said company, shall be held in Wellsboro, at
the office of the company, the first Monday in
March in each year, commencing at two o'clock
P. M., and closing at six o'clock P. M., to bo
conducted by two judges and a clerk, to be ap
pointed by the Directors.
Abt. Bth. Every share of stock on wbiolTall
assessments due are paid up, shall be entitled
to one vote at every regular election hold for
officers of the company.
Abt. 9th. This company shall not commence
business, except to procure leases, until three
fourths of tbs stock is subscribed for, and ten
per cant, of the same paid into the treasury.
Abt. 10th. Any stockholder may withdraw
from the company, upon surrendering his stock
to the company and renouncing any claim
against the same.
Approximate Quota ot Tioga Const; fat
300,000 Call.
Wellihoro 6 Elkland -
Delmar 64 Osceola „
Charleston ..88 Deerfield,,
Libert/ 47 Enoxriile
Union , 14 Brookfield ...
Ward u Chatham.......
Blow 29 Westfield
Richmond 38 Cljroer
Mansfield 6 Gaines
Covington boro 8 Elk ,
Covington township 16 Shlppen
Mlddlebuxy 29 Morris
Tioga boro 2 Jaekion
Tioga township 28 Lawrencevlila
Rutland SI Lawrence
Sullivan 43 Nelson
Mainsburg 2 Farmington
Ed. Agitator ;—Above please find balance of
quotas for Tioga county. All credits up to
Jan. 1,1865, bave been deducted, and the fig
ures above show the balance due at that time on
tbe call of Deo, 19,1864. Official figures may
change the above slightly, but no sub-district
will be changed more than one or two. •
E. G. ScHIBPFELIIt.
Williamsport, Feb. 6, 1865.
It is stated that a few days before the sur
render of Savannah, General Sherman intima--
ted to his division commanders that the first,
one to enter the city should be made Military
Governor after its captme. 1 General John W-
Geary, of Philadelphia, was. tbe lucky man.
PETROLEUM COMPANY.—
Notice is hereby given that the annual election of
officers of the Wellsboro Petroleum Company will be
held at the office of said Company, in Wellsboro, on
the first Monday in March next, being the 6th day
of the month, for the election by ballot of nine Di
rectors, one of whom to be designated as President,
a Clerk and Treasurer, to serve for one year. Tbe
election will be opened at two and close at six P. M.
By order of the Board of Directors,
J. EMERY, Clerk.
Office of the Company, Eeh. 8,1866-tf.
WAR NEWS
Articles of Association.
a’rATTEiiAiDisrT
| Of the Receipts and Expenditures at the Treasury of
j Treasury of Tioga County, for the Tear 1884.
| RECEIPTS.
Received from Collectors of Seated Tax, 1861 and
previous years, $3OO 00
Received from Seated tax for 1862, 228 ll
“ from Belief tax for 1362, 38 07
“ from Militia Finds 1862, 33 50
“ from Seated tax,;jlB63, 2310 95
“ from Relief tiX,TB63, 274 55
11 from Militia does, 1863, 73 47
“ payments Unseated taxes. 1862, 2912 57
“ from oayments “ _*• 1863, 2033 20
“ ' froth “ Relief taxes 1862, 363 99
“ ' from “ T “ 1863, 742 23
“ from by sales Unseated toxee,’S2-S, 707 13
“ from “ Uus’d Rel’f taxes ’62-3 132 97
“ from Seated Land redeemed, 409 43
“ from Seated Land returned, 53 56
“ from Collectors Seated tax, 1364, 12474 34
*■ from “ Relief tax, “ 2368 92
“ . from “ Additional tax “ 26 26
Received from Costa of Judgment, Commonwealth
vs. Frutiman, 11 33
Received for use of Court House, 3 00
Tata!
EXPENDITURES.
COMMISSIONERS’ WAGES.
Amount paid Job Rexford, 203 03
,! “ paid 0 F Miller, 268 78
■|'J “ paid M Rockwell, 271 63
! “ paid E S Seeley, 63 56
8707 10
Commissioners’ Cotinsel.
Amount paid Hif Williams, do U 0
Commissioners’ Clerk.
Amount paid A L Ensworth,
“ paid. Thomas Allen,
Auditors.
Amount paid J Emery auditing public offices, 24 00
Travers furors.
Amount paid J M Rose and others.
Grand Jurors.
Amount paid Charles Sherman and others, 552 79
' Crier.
Amount paid T P Wingate,
Constables and Tipstaves. i
Amount paid Win Roundsbille and others, 27 4 62
Justices. I
Amount paid J K -Coffin and others, 11 25
Assessors.
Amount paid H C v ermilyea and others, 1047 S 3
f Printing.
Amount paid M H Cobh on Contract, 75 00
“ paid R Jenkins on Contract, 2U 50
il paid MjH Cobb, Blanks, 4c., 119 50
Elections.
Amount paid H R Cllley and others, 2581 41
Commonwealth Costs.
Amount paid Arad Smith and others.
District Attorney.
Amount paid J B Niles and others, 198 00
Bounty on Wild Cats.
Amount paid Hiram Hart and others.
Bridge Views.
Amount paid C F Miller and others, * 23 16
Bridge Repairs.
Amount paid T B Tompkins, 84 00
“ paid D Coulton, 25 00
** paid C F Miller and others, 98 74
“ paid Chas Howland, 51 74
paid Silas Ellis, 30 00
" paid C W Bailey, 21 85
" paid JA 4 J Robinson, 30 00
. “ paid A M Spencer and others, 31 87
New Bridges.
Amount paid Jno Howland, Bridge Deerfield, 400 60
“ puid Jno M Phelps, “ Mansfield, 1085 00
“ paid Jamas King 2d, “ Uiddlsb'y, 672 00
“ paid J M Phelps et al Piankidg, 168 23
“ paid Jas Ring 2d, Bridge Covington, 200 00
Damage to Improvements.
Amount paid H Valsing and others, 23 00
“ paid John D Barnes, 12 00
“ paid David Smith, 15 00
" paid Russell Smith, 50 00
“ paid David B Symonds, 54 50
“ paid J E Cleveland, 72 50
" paid Augustus Castle, 20 00
“ paid George English, 15 00
“ paid A M Prutsman, " 40 60
“ paid Jamts Friend, 49 00
“ paid Giles Marvin, ‘ 10 00
" paid J C Ireton, 60 60
- Road Tides.
Amount paid R T Wood and others, it 9 09
Stationery.
Amount paid Hugh Young and others, 165 78
Clerk of Seatons.
Amount paid J F Donaldson, 420 83
Protkonotary’s Fees.
Amount paid J F Donaldson.
Inguest on Bodies.
Amount paid B J Boiworth and others, 45 46
Distributing Assessment, dec.
Amount paid M R Rockwell and others, 71 83
Repairs on Jail, Court Souse, Grounds.
Amount paid H Stowell and othsrs, [ 17 89
" paid T P Wingate and others, 24 88
Prisoners.
Amonnt paid H Stowell, Jr., for Board As, 182 17
“ paid J Kirkpatrick taking care sick, 85 00
“ paid J H Shearer Doctor's BUI, 21 75
$283 92
“ paid Eastern State Penitentiary, 196 60
Penria Lunatic Hospital.
Am't p'd J A Wier Ac keep'g Margaret Burk, 274 97
Sheriff’s Fees,
Am't paid B Stowell Jr summoning Jury Ac, 278 77
Money Refunded.
Amount paid W A Rockwell and others, 81 69
Incidentals.
Amount paid Levi Furman and others, 37 96
Postage.
Amount paid A L Enswonh and others, 12 27
County Treasurer.
Amount paid A M Spencer Commission on
29197 97 at. 3 per cent, 754 71
Am't paid costs for Deed Land sold Com'rs, 403 70
Judgment.
Ain’t p’d H B Card on judgm’t vt Tioga Co. 3758 12
County Offices.
Amount paid B T Vanhorn and others, 16 04
Bonds.
Amount paid Bob’t Orr in full on Bond, $2143 39
I Belief Fund.
Amount of Orders issued, 3313 79
Bounty Loan Certificates.
Am't of Bonds of Aug. '62 red'd and cano’d, 833 44
“ Installm’ts and int’at p'd on said Bonds 2419 37
•$3251 31
Volunteer Btuniy Incidental Expenses.
Amount paid C F Miller,and others, 437 45
Total Eipexdixurei
Job Roxford, Commissioner, im account with Tioga
county ........DR.
To County Orders, 180 00
Order to balance, 33 OS
By S 9 days service at $3,
By 885 miles travel at 6c.,
3283 03
C F Miller, Commissioner, in ‘ account with Tioga
county...,
To County Orders,
By HW days services at 82,
By 613 tulles Carol at Be.,
Myron Rockwall, Comminltmer,iit account
ga county..,.. ...DR. ' w
To County Orders,
By 114 days serrfc* at $2,
By 723 milas travel at Ba,
E S Sseiey, Commijiionar, in iccocns
county...... . DR,
To Couoty Ordati,
By 23 days service at $2,
By 126 miles travel at 65.,
Tiogot County, «
We, the Commissioners of said county, do her i,
certify that the foregoing is a correct itatemm- 'I
the matter therein set forth. ' ■■
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set
hands and leads this 24th day of January i j J
/ C. E. MILLEB, ) ' ' 9o ‘
> M. ROCKWELL, [con'n,
E. 8. SEELEY, f a
Attest: XHO3. ALLEN, Clerk.
A M Spanner, Trcaiarer of Tioga county in account
with «aid county from Jan. 16, 1384, to u,
1865 DR. ' u '
To ain't reo’d by Treaa'r on Judgment* obtained for
oQtstaodißg'taxes of ’6l and former years, 300 od
To am't outstanding Go. Taxes year 1362. * au ftft
“ « Bei tt J}g
.$26412 53
Militia “ “ jj..
“ County " '• 1363, 3039 in
■ Error abatement m Bloat, ji 89
“ Belief Taxee jeer 1563, .a.,.
“ Militia ••
“ Bounty •* -;.law." 4904339
“ County “ “. ’• mu "4
“ Belief " “ 430! 99
'• Co. taiee on tim'd i'Jj ’B3, 2912 5!
" " " ' " 1335, 2913 23
” Relief “ “ 1362. 43359
“ '* “ 1563, 742 2*
Co ’62—3, 73713
•' Hal’f 142 97
Seated landi, 44 43
“ on returned land redeemed,
rac'd of Col's additional lax, 23 25
“ rac'd pr Png B'ty Instalm't, *s
'* rac'd of H B Card, lata Treaa'r. aa't
of 1 judgment in favor of Co. vs. par Audi
tor's settUmaat 1304 ItU-tl
126 00
375 00
$5OO 00
1300 34
74 00
To*am , t rec*d coat* on judgment Com'tb ts.
. Prutsman..... .......
Amount ros'd for uao of Court H0u5e.,,,., . $ 03
Amount of outstanding State tax year 1352, 19 01
Amount ** Speo'l 43
.“. of “ Stats tai “ 1363 15} oo
" of “ Aaaeawd " 1364 3238 31
j‘ rac’d Stats tai on Cna’d Land 1362 S7T 73
(V . " “ •' 136 S 383 41
212 7d
' Total.
$215 00
By am't outstanding Qo. tax 1863 285 ii
By ain't outstand'g Eei'f lax u 21 20
By ain't ontstand'g Militia sines 1862 35 00
By ain't abatement county taxes 1860 164 75
“ commission allowed Col's “ 250 37
“ outstanding county taxes “ 25471
" abatement relief taxes “ ’ 45 28
" commission allowed Col's “ 74 58
“ outstanding relief taxes “ 10166
abatements militia fines “ 59 80
** commission allowed Col's i3B
outstanding militia fines “ 67 63
'* abatem'U on bounty tax 1864 2080 95
“ commission allowed Col's “ 344 65
4t outstanding bounty tax “ 8260 33
“ abatements county tax 214 30
*• commission allowed Col'r “ 239 73
“ outstanding county taxes “ 4255 93
abatement on rel'f tax “ 65 91
“ commission allowed Col's “ 05 03
outstanding relief taxes 1302 33
:1 of Co. orders redeemed andcanceled 1474127
m of rel'f rrders “ *' • “ 2203 7 i
920 15
2 25
$373 20
“ paid H B Card in fail of judgment
vs. county
By ain’t paid H B Card balance due him per
amount overpaid to State treasurer -
By ain't paid Kob’t Orr in full of bond and
interest
By am': .paid Installments on bounty certifi*
$2465 23
catas March Ut1564...., ...-73KWW
By ain't paid bonds of Aug. 1862 redeemed
and canceled
By ain’t paid installments and interest on
•aid bonds..... 241337
By ain't costs of deed land sold Comaois'rs. 108 79
By ain’t outitan'g State taxes year 1862.... 13 01
By ain't outstaa’g SpeT taxes year “ ... 12 37
By am't abaters on State tax year 1863.... 13 09
By ain't commis'n allo'd Col's year ... 72 45
By am't outstanding State tax year “ ... 113 87
By ain’t abatement “ year 1804... 63 53
By ain’t commission allowed Col's “ ... 82 29
By ain’t outaland'g State tax “ ...
By ain't State treei*rs rec'pt Jane 4, u ...
By am't •* “ •* July 16. “ ...
By am't “ S “ July 23, “ ...
By am’t commission county Ttt aiorer on
$26157 05 at 8* par cent .....7.
By am't commission county Treasurer on
S7BXOO 00 at 1 per cent
By am't commission county Treasurer on
$5OOl 49 State at 1 per cent
Balance in Treasurers hands.
$404 00
45 SO
The amount of outstanding taxes will be greatly
reduced by abatements, aa they arc mostly collected
except the amounts to be abated.
We, the cadersigned, Auditors of Tioga county,
having audited and adjusted the above general ac
counts of A. M. Spencer, Treasurer of Tioga county,
with said county, from January 13th, 1864, to Janu
ary J9tb, 1865, do certify that we find, as above Ha
ted, a balance in the Treasurer's bands of four thou
sand nine hundred and eleven dollars and forty-three
cents. Aa witness our hands, this l£th day of Janu
ary, A. B, 1865.
CHARLES P. VEIL, ) CWy
AUGUSTUS ALBA, [
J, G. AEGETSINGER,) Auditor*
$42 73
Tioga County in Account with Bounty Fund,
.from August, 1862, ia Jan, 20th, 1865 -•
$445 52
To amount of bounty loan certificate#, issued so
cording to resolution passed in August, 1362, to pay
bounties of $6O e&ob to volaateers to fill quota os
President's call, (exclusive of gift of $5OO by X- ?•-
(U $17,165.
To amount of bounty certificates Issued by Soar*
of Commissioners, March Ist, 1864, ats3oo for each
volunteer, to fill quota on call of November, 1854
and payable In throo annual instalments on the JlrsJ
of September in each year, without Interest, (75*
certificates, at $300.) $228,900.'
To amount of bounty certificates issued by Con*
missioners, of $3OO for each volunteer, to fill quo®
of Tioga county on call of July, '64, payable la
instalments (the first to be dne on the first day of Oc
tobor, 1867,) with interest at six per cent from fir#»
of October. '64, $128,100,
To amount of loan certificates issued for the P°r*
pose of meeting deficiency in proceeds from beany
taxes assessed in year '64. to pa? the first instalment
of bounty certificates of March Ist, '64, due
Ist, '64, and interest and instalment# of certificate*
Issued August, '62, $29,787 75.
Amount paid-by H. B, Card on bounty certificates
ef August, '62, (instalments and interest,) as pe?
ditor settlement of January 22d, '63, $1,225.
Amount paid by H. P. Card, late Treasurer, os
i bounty certificates of August,'62, (Instalment#,) >-*
per Auditors' settlement of January, '64, $1,604
Amount of interest paid byH. B. Card on s#o«;
$91274.
Amount of loan certificates of August, '62, paw £>/
H. B. Card, redeemed and cancelled, $638 87.
Amount of snstalmonta paid on bdunty certifies**,
of March Ist, '64, by A, M. Spencer, Treasurer £
Tioga connty, as uer Auditors' settlement of January
19th, '65, $73,100? v
Bounty certificate s * o? August '62, paid by A• - •
Spencer, county Treasurer, redeemed and canuwl* 3 '
$832 44. ;i
Amount of instalments nnd interest paid ou sai
bonds by A. M. Spencer, Treasurer, according to'A*
ditors' settlement of January 19tb, ’65, $2,419 87-
We, the undersigned, Auditors ot Tioga woo#*
having examined the financial accounts of *i*>£
county relative to bounties, do certify |f
books, wafind the above amount of liabilities of tu
county, with amounts paid on the same by H. &G**’
late Treasurer, and A. M. Spencer, Treaiurerof TloS»
'county, and sufficient bounty funds In hand# ofTi* 4 '
ser, arising from loan certificates and collected boua
ty taxes, to pay the balance of Instalments on cert®'
cates of March Ist, 1564, payable September l#b -r
As witness our hands this 19th day of JantaryA. •*'*
1865. CHARLES P. VEIL }
J. G. ARGSTSINGEB [Auditor
AUGUSTUS ALBA >
$1153 41
.-325935 39
178 09
25 08
.DR.
268 78
, 238 00
30 73
UMTS
Tresi'rs Sabs
“ «al9 of
i cr!
TOTAL.
CR. 271 M
223 UO
«J 3
ca. 53 w
45aj
7 35
iiTis
.$132907 ji
2753 12
1677 il
2142 31
533 44
1598 37
2578 53
8322 96
100 00
754 71
7310 Q
50 06
491142
.$132907 42