B3T M.-H. COBB. ' p„bli=beJeTery Wednesday morning andoiailedto .nbcnbersat ()NE HOLLAR AND FIFIAO E„VTS '“ year, always Of-ADVANCE 1 - !<• • *■ fj, e pip.-rissent postage tree to loir mr reran-, riitir mill at pe'sC VSpos lo oted in tenutia, unfastiatoiy adjoining, fa jtqnven monce. _ . . - -fV fur Asiraroa is the OtEciai paper of a Riga Co., and ciroiilues in erery neighborhood thori Ji7 Sab jeriptimii being on the systet ,1 oiroa- Jates among a ci a as liberal u of fered by an, 1 ’ paper :>1 equal circulation in' Northern Pennsylvania. : S'A cross on the margin.'if q pape' V,denotes (hot the -a'i,eri K Uan is about to expire.' ’ S’ Papsr- .rill ou -topped when thlcyartgrlptiop lime *vpires. unless tbe agent orders their ,contina snee. • _ •. I--, ’ j i«. toivßEr & s. p. wri;Lson,' 4 TI’ORNBYS & COUNSELLORS Ft'LAW, J\, will rtUeii i tbs C»urt£. oj TiogVJ i nter-and in counties. [AVcllsboro, lilSB3.] OIGKIHSOIf < HOCJiJE:>.. COR ST N i}, X. V. 5 >laj, A. FIELD, ; ?J Pi iprietor. aUBS CS .taken to thL D »ppt free of charge. *■ • [Ja,i. 1,. IS6S.] PIBSSSYJLVAWIA HtflliSE, CORNER OT MAIN STREET AND THI AVENUE, Wcllsboro. Pa. 1 ■"! J, W. BIGOXY, rpHtS popular Hotel, having, bsen- re-fitted 1. aud re-famished throughout, is no' j to the public as a first-class bouse. [Ja’i. 1, 1863.] D HARTS HOTEL WELLSBORO, TIOG.i CO.fEIfNA. THE subscriber takes this method to inform Lis old friends and easterners thti he has re sumed the conduct of the old " Hntel," and.will hereafter give it hie eaOrr S'tention. fhaiitfal fer past favors, he solicits s renewal of the same. , - DAVKD HART. Wellsboro, Nov. 4, 1863.7-Ij. . ■ ’. IZAjAK WALTOS HGIBE, Gaines, Tiog-a County ■ H. C. VEKMILYEA .IPI \prietor. THIS is a new hotel located within' gasy, ac cess of the best Ashing and bunting‘s -bands in Sorthern Pennsylvania. No pains will be’ pared for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and' -;be trav- Iling public. 1 [Jan.'l','lB6S.] A. POIEY, ~i ' Watches, Olocftff, Jewelrv, fee, fee., REPAIRED AT OLD PSICEfi POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. 5, UNION BLOCK:. , Wellsboro, May 20, 1863. , ' -1 J. *E?IEB1, ATTORNEY AT LAW A|;A , MILITARY' CLAIM ASj^tJT, Hat removed to the office on Arenne Bereft,- icxt door io Bigoney’s. Jan. 4, iSsT-tt* ' 5. W. ITn-Liiits, WILLUHS At SMITH', ’ attorneys and COUNSELORS AT LAW, BOUNTY & PENSION- ATEE. KNOXVILLE, BOROUGU, vf, ■ THE undersigned having leased lue ab ]re Hotel {■jt a term of years would respectful V inform lae traveling public that he has put the Ha fl m'-first class order for the reception ofgueEU and pains mil be spared in the accommodation ot'ira jders and as far as the situation will allow, hq will ke"j). a first class Hotel, in ail things, except piices,'W )ieh will be mod’eiato. Please try u® land judgefor yMursehes. Knoxriilo, Oct. 19,1864-lf. J. ii: MARTIN. DRUGS & JTVED|€lM£t t SO, 3, (/SION BLOCK, WEILSBOJi 0, PA, P. R. WILLIABIS, BEGS leave to announce to life citizens" it Wells boro and vicinity, that he keeps coil hintly on bund all kinds of drugs and medicines?; Chemicals, Varnish, Paints, Glass, Brushes, Putty, Fancy Good?, Pure. Wiuei,Randies, Gins, and oil other kinks of Liqn«»fs of best quality. All kinds of ' * PATENT MEDICINES -C t?ch as Jayne’s Expectorant, Alterative Pills; Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Feetoni ' pclm iold’s Extract Bucha, Sarsaparilla aDd,Ro-*r Wash; Mrs. Winslow's Sotiring Syrup; Wdgbjfy ' Pills; Clark’s and Cheeseman’s Pills; Hull’s Bdlsv f; Bin .DgePg London Dock Gin ; Herrick’s Pills hod Plas ters; Brown’s Bronchial Troches, Ac., { Mansfield. August 10,1564 ly, - • ' •‘ ' COW ANESQIJ E HOtJSli. THIS House which has been open for convenience of the traveling .public Cor a number* i years, has lately been newly furnished throughout t id fitted C P ‘n as good style as can be found in ahy cc Intry or “tv Hotel. The Proprietor does not Wsitulfl in tay ing that there will be no pains spared 'lo o4:d to the comfort of his guests, and make it a hojte lor them, the best of stabling for teams; and a -go of hostler, Crejs m attendance, all of niiich i;an Se found «* mile east of Knoxville, Pa. . \, K M. V. PURPLE,,Profnotor, Hecrfield. May 25, 1864.-Iy. .■ , . WELLSBORO. HC/EgL {Ourutr Main Street and the Ax ), Weelsboro, Pa. ' ' Vt B. 3. HOLIDAY, Proprietor, , T,? ae l^e most popular Houses is-, thi; county. fi f l * Hotel i? the kps leave daily as follows; \ ’ f or Tioga, at 9a. m.; For Troy/ at ,§ a;m.; For , * Tit f Shore every Tuesday and Friday p. m.; i C° a der?port, every Tuesday and Friciajjit 2p. m. wage* Arrive— From Tioga, at i.f Iy, o’clock k a,: | r om Xroy,at6 o'clock p. m, iFg yp. Jersey rc '^ u ®fcday and Friday II a. m.: ? v l awd »y *°d Friday II a. m. - V “•'“Jimmy Cowden, the well-know,* hostler, he found on hand. ' . " ; _nelUboro, Oct. 5, IB6*-ly. 7 r HUGH YO.UIVO, B °OKSBLLEft &. STAtI^KER, AND D E ALE N fev Can , Cl , oC H'American, English, And'Swiss P;,?; 6 *’. Je ”el>7, Silver Plated Ware, Spectacles, Hi' iramo '> Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes, I, D \., !co P e 'S Perfumery,, Yankee Notions,, Ffshing apd Fancy and Toilet glides. SCHOOL BOOKS of every in tbs, •Hri./’. t#n,tant 'H" 11 band and sent'by'oo,ll or otb, n ‘«®, to order., ' ■,! - ' ..." r {\", ' Vo * s > VWQS BMOOXk WJSLISBIUo, PA, ’ eLT-VJ THE AGITATOR. VOL. XL n.OtllliMi! CLOTHING! , (One door below Harden’s Store.) ( "VTSTEJiaxe-just arrived in Wellsboro with a large 'W Stock of CLOTHING and . Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, \ ' Also, HATS A CAPS, and a great assortment of LADIES’ CLOAKS. •Which we offer to the citizens of Wallsborb-and sor ronrrdtng country at 50 PER CENT. CHEAPER, than any other establishment in this part of the country. Our object is to reduce our WINTER & FALL STOCK OF GOODS. J PRICES: OVER COATS from $4 to $4O. ‘ BUSINESS from $3 to $25. . PANTS from $2. to $lO. VESTS from S2J to $B. We bought our goods when Gold was only 1.60 and we can afford to sell our goods cheap. All our Goods are manufactured under our own an* perrisioo end can not be surpassed in quality and • durability. We respectfully invite every one whose interest is to be economical, to examine odr ’STOCKLAND PRICES j “before purchasing elsewhere. HAST Sc AUERBACH, 1 . - j of Syracuse, N. 7., and Blossburg, Pa. ; Wellsboro, Dec. 14,1004-tf. . . \ ' * i ,r^P*oprietor iV E. & H. T. ANTHONY A CO., Manufacturers of Photo graphic Materials. WHOLESALE-AND RETAIL, 501 BRQA]DWAT '» N. Y. fj In addition-Yo qur main hnsiirass of Photographic Materials, we are Head quarters for the following, vis: Wjt. Smith, Stereoscopes & Stereoscopic Views, Of these we have an Itumense nasortmcntT including War Scenes, American and Foreign Cities, and. Land' scapes. Groups, Statuary, Ac., Ac* * Also, Revolving Stereoscopes, for public or private exhibition. Our Catalogue will be sent to any address on receipt of Stamp, ... PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS. Wo were the first to introduce these into the United States, and we manufacture -immense quantities in great variety, ranging in price irom 60 cents to $5O each. Our ALBUMS have the reputation of being superior in benatynnd durability to any others. They • wilj bo sent by mail, free, on receipt of ;prfce, _ Fihe Albums 'made to"order. • CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. Our Catalogue now embraces overlFive Thousand different subjects (lo which additions are continually uf Portraits of Eminent Americans, Ac., viz: about 1(10 Major-Generals, 550 Statesmen, 200 Brig.-Generals, 130 Divines, 275 Colonels, 126 Authors, itfo Lieut.-Colonels, .40 Artists, 250 Other Officers, 725 Stage, 75 Navy Qfficers, 50 Prominent Women^ 150 Prominent Foreign Portraits. 3,000 COPIES OF WORKS OF ART,* including reproductions of the most celebrated En gravings, Paintings, Statues, Ac. Catalogues sent on .receipt of Stamp. An order for One Dozen PIC TURES from Catalogue will bo filled 1 on there ceipt t»f $l.BO, and sent by moil, free. - photographers and .others ordering goods C. O. D. wilt please remit twenty-five per cent, of the amount with their order. -- - Manufacturers of Photographic'Materials, ■SOPBroadway, New York.' The prices and quality of our goods cannot fail to satisfy, [Nov. 16, 1864-ly.] FALL AND WINTER GOODS.—Iso, 2, Union Block. JEROME SMITH Has lately returned from New York with a splendid assortment of " ■ . DRY GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS & SHOES, GLASSWARE, HATS & caps; hardware. GROCERIES, DOMESTICS, - - WOODENWARE, ENGLISH CLOTHS, • LADIES’ bRESS GOODS. SATINS, TWEEDS AND KENTUCKY JEANS, FRENCH-CASSXMERES, FULL CLOTHS. J. M’ FFi'tLPH. Attentiou is called to his. stock, of Black and Figured Dress Silks, Worsted Goods, MerinOea, Black and Figured DeLaines, 1 Long and Square Shawls, Ladies' Cloth, Opera Flannels, Ac. Purchasers, will find that . No. 2, Union Block, Main Street, is the place to buy the* best quality of Goods at the lowest prices. JEROME SMITH Wellsboro, Not. IB> 1664-tf. - WELLSBORO ACADEMY.—The second .Term of the present school year will begin Itfonday, Dec, |3, * 1564. Pupils ore prepared for-College, or for business pursuits. TUITION (foiva term of 12 weeks). Commp.n-EDglish Branches 4> 00. Higher English Branches.. 5 00. . t Languages 6 00. Pupils designing to attend but half the. term, will be charged accordingly. ~ No deduction is made for absences, unless in oases of protracted sickness; J/B. GRIER, WetUboro, Dec. 7,1864-3 t. PrlncipaL FAE&£ FOR SALE.—The undersigned wishes to 1 dispose of his Farm In Covington ly ing-on Elk Run, about three miles from Covington Boro, and- generally known es the: “ Wetherbee Farm.*' It contains about 98. acres, with 'about 60 acres improved. The soil is of the very best quality of upland and the cleared portion is entirely free from stumps* It is well weterod and has good buildings. Those who want to buy a good Farm may find it to their advan tage to pay this one a visit before they “settle down,-” Good warrantee deed given. For terms apply-lo R,. H. Potter, Middlebury Center, Pa., or to Levi Rock well, Cherry Flatts, Pa. J. B. POTTER. . Washington, D. Not. 30,.;1804> AN Assortment of TABLE GLASSWARE will be found at ~ , ROY'S DRtfG STORE.’ CONCENTRATED LYE, fprwleav ' ; ROY'S DRUG STORE. i3cootcQ to the SS*uu«C tfce Spread of ©taltUg Reform. JWHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TQ MAN” SHALL •CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., WELLSBOL’O., TIOGA COUNTY. TITwiMESMY MOMING/IiBRIJAM 15, 1865. NO. %. ©rfstnal iMetifi- jFor tbe Agitator.] LINES FOR COUSIN LYDIA'S ALBUM Let soldiers of their valor boast, let poets vaunt their mnse, With none of these do I compete, but still cannot * refuse " - , To “ write a friendly. line or two," howe'er; poor it may be, . For language from the heart shall live to all eternity. 1' ' \ 0! had I the ability like some to wield tfae pen, ■, I'jl git me down this pleasant- day, collect my thefts, and then I'd pen in glorious words a strain that ne'er ftfgSf should be, * “ For language from the heart shall live to all eternity. My theme should be a glorious, one—each heart throb to inspire, The language of my heart I'd print in words of liv ing fire ] N So plain that he who run might read, so bright that all might see. For language from the bean shall lira to all eternity. Although I ne’er can equal these whose names of high renown Lire in the people's memory-*—for ages handed down. My faith is firm while I arjj tossed on life's tempes tuous sea, J For language from the heart shall live to all eternity. And now if these unpolished lines may olalm an humble plaee. Among the numerous " autographs" with which your book is graced, Remember what 1 aay is true; wherever we may be, The language of the heart shall live to all eternity. Headquarter* Quartermasters’ Hep*l2oth Corps. The haman skeleton, Whether living or dead, in not in itself a cheerful subject, perhaps.— Nevertheless, there is one portion of the sub ject—the dead-bead—to which the Leader oc casionally devotes a brief paragraph or so, which reminds me,'as Mr. Lincoln is reported to have casually remarked, of a very strange siory. in which a dead-head figures to an ex tent that is most marvelous and picturesque. I had the story from St. Gotbard himself, which of course, is a sufficient voucher for its authenticity. If St. Gothard should come tp see it in the columns of the Leader I must take the consequences; but as he lives at an immense distance from New York, I mean to risk it. This is, the story which will read best if narrated in St. Gothard’e own words : “ One of the most reflmrkahle objects I re- j member to ever have seen,” said he, “ is or j was in view near, ( ho he ud of the lonely valley of Tamara, in Peru. About fifty yards from the road time dips into the northern end of the gorge there crops out from the green sward a rugged mass of rock some thirty feet high.. On the top of this rook, which is in the form of a truncated cone, there stands a man in armor. “ He has stood there lor over two hundred years. It was natural, therefore, that his iron clothes should be somewhat rusty, which they are. Through the grille of his vizor there gleams a something that looks white and dry. That is hie skull. It has been white and dry for over two centuries. The people of the country, few of whom ever pass that way, have a superstition about him. A king’s ran som (whatever that may be when reduced in to cutreney)would not tempt one of them to climb to the summit of the rugged cone and ! inspect the Man,in Armor. • 1 slept under his’ [ shadow, in peace, for more than a week, when 1 my. horse was lame, and brigands were infest p ing the neighborhood. As a patrolman, I con- I eider the Man in Armor equivalent to about seven members of the admirable fifteenth ward i police. v j •“ I waved my band to the Man in Armor, i one fine morning, and, mounting my trusty j steed, dived into the valley at its northern end, nor-pulled bridle until I had emerged at the | southern. There I found a posada, or, in plain | English, an inn. The .daughter of the house ; was lovely, and her name was Margarita.— j She shuddered one day when I told her how I j had slept under the shadow of the Man in Ar- 1 mor, and made as though she preferred to de cline conversing about him; but I fastened her with my eye and she spoke at last, though ! with pallor. , , ' i “ Once,’ quoth Margaritta, • the Man in Ar- 1 mor was a robber, known to the people for miles around ns Pasquale the Brigand. He kept a posada himself, and was the inventor of the ditto.’ * And what is the ointo, prithee Margarita ?’ ‘ When a traveler stopped awhile at the posada,’ said the girl, ‘ and didn’t give the rascal who kept it a chance to rob and mur der him, hut rode forward on his way, he gen erally found bis horse lame before he had gone I s great distance. Then he would return to the j posada, where be would decide to pass the 1 nigkt probably, unable to discover the cause of 1 his horse's lameness. Next, be would be i killed in the course of the night, and his re- I mains thrown into the cleft known to the pres l ent day as the Rift of Death. Thajioree would j be all right. One touch of a knife would re ■ ■move the thread of strong waxed silk tied eo tightly by the robber just above the animal’s ; pastern, and concealed aim ng the hair, causin'? : temporary lameness. That ligature is what j we call the ditto,’ said Mararita, with a naieete | charming in one so—well, never mind, i “ Pasquale prospered so greatly on his mur ders, and acquired such a grand stud of hor ses by means of the cinto, that, like all shoddy men, he became very solicitous about his life. | Once he caught a tartar in n traveller who gave him the contents of bis pistol instead of bis purse. This warning the wounded Pasquale tqok seriously to heart. He furnished up an old suit of ancestral armor, (Pasquale main tained ancestors), and in this be continued to pursue bis unholy calling—an iron-clad man from head to foot. Better for Pasqunlo had he Jjone in brass, • II “There was a Jesuit missionary in those 1 parts, well known and greatly esteemed as the Pardre Bartolo. I think there is a work of i his extant upon the geology of the district in I which I am supposed to be sojourning. The ]'.convent to which Bartolo belonged enjoyed a j reputation for. wealth, and to despoil that in- BV JAMES H. SHAW. IN A TIGHT PLACE). nr Charles niwsos SHaanr. etitution of, its treasure had long been a scheme that lay deeply coiled at the bottom of the rob ber Pasquale’s heart. The wily Jesuit was aware of this. He even got tidings of a cer tain time at which Paeqimie’s plan was to be pot into execution, and he resolved to frustrate it after a fashion of his own. Pasquale had fity brigands to back him. “ It was a lovely morning as the Padre Bar tolo arrived at the head of the pass of Tamara uppn his mule. He was not startled at the vision of ah iron-clad warrior on horseback just emerging from the gorge,-for he knew Pasquale well, and. had once .undertaken to conTert him,,but it was not to be. ‘My son/ said the Padre mendaciously, addressing the robber in his most dulcet tones ; ‘ I pray for you daily. Just now I cursed you, however ; I retract. As I arrived at the high ground a mile behind me I observed from it that our convent is in flames, and that there is a wild hurrying to and fro.. Pasquale has done this, said I, accursed be Pasquale. Forgive me, my sou. I spoke in tbe beat of the moment, and my heart melts toward you now that I see you here. Clamber to tbe summit of that conical ruck, and thence you will descry the devasta tion that the evil-doers have wrought upon our holy shrines. Bless yon, son Pasquale. 1 will hold ynnr horse/ “ Stunned at being forestalled in his darling project, tbe unsuspecting robber descended from bis horse, climbed up the fatal rook with such agility as his iron trammels would allow, and stood upright on tbe summit of it. * Ha,has stood there ever since/ ‘The wily Jesuit, in the course of his geo logical researches, bad discovered that the stone forming the apex of the strange rock was a load stone of wonderful power. No force could wrench iron from it. * Bless you, my son I’cried he, as helrode away waving his band toward the miserable brigand. ‘ Bless yon, my son I we will do what we can for the repose of your soul, but I have no fears. Do not struggle. Inevitable destiny has at last fallen upon you, and your hour has- comd.— Spare your anathemas. There you are, while the iron lasts, a spectacle and a warning for ages to the assassin and the. robber. Cursed be be who attempts to remove yon. These are the words of Bartolo, and they shall be inscri bed upon the rook.” I “ But why didn’t the robber walk out of his iron clothes, Margarita, and vacate the fatal formation 1” “ Because be was dead,’ replied Margarita ‘ He died of fright at the awful words of Padre. Bartolo, whoso curse was afterwards graven upon the rock, though it is not discerimblo now, being worn away by the band of timeJ And the M« n in Armor stands on his rock to the present day, probably, a striking illus tration of the Right man in the Right place.” —New York Leader. How a Sutler was Sold.—An army corres pondent of tbo Cleveland Herald tells the fol lowing story of a “smart” private and a “ sold ” sutler. We had a call a day or two since from “ Hi. Oviatt,” of Euclid, now an “ honorable private” in Battery K. Ist O. V, A., who bold us how one of the K boys was 'anxious to celebrate the capture of Fort Fisher, but didn’t have the wherewithal to “ raise steam.” The sutler had whisky, but he was well aware that ho (the sutler) wouldn’t trust him. But he was re solved to have a canteen of whisky in some shape, and be did get in this manner Taking two empty canteehs, he filled one with water, slightly collored with coffee, so it resembled ordinary “ commissary,” and with both can teens in one hand he presented himself at the “ counter” of the sutler, and with the air of a man of means,” demanded a canteen of whisky. The sutler of course fills the canteen and passes it to him, expecting in return a S 3 greenback. I ain’t got any money, and would-you like to ti ust me,” said the soldier. “ That’s played out—l don’t trust!” replied the hard-hearted sutler. “ Well, then you , will have to take back the whisky, for I ain’t got-a cent,” said the soldier in a mournful tone, at the same time handing him the canteen containing the colored water. “All right,” responded the sutler, who was glgd to get rid of a customer without money, and taking the canteen of water ho poured it into the barrel and returning the canteen to our soldier friend; be walked off with his can teen of whisky, having made, ns be thought, a •• right smart ” exchange. “ The Wat Yon . Always Stopped." —The Vermont Record tells n good story of anjno oncent old lady, who never before had “ rid on a railroad," who was passengers on one of tho Vermont railroads at the time of a recent col lision, when a freight train collided, with a passenger train, smashing qne of the cars, killing several passenger, and upsetting things generally. As soon as he could recover his scattered sense, the conductor went in search of the venerable dame, whom he found sitting solitary and alone in the car (the other passen gers having sought terra yirma,)with a very— placid expression upon her countenance, not withstanding she bad made a complete sum mersault over the seat in front, and her band boxand handle had gone unceremoniously down tho passage way. "Are you hurt I" inquired the conductor. ‘‘Hurtl why?" said the old lady. *' Wo have just been run into by-a freight train, two or three passengers have been killed and several injured.” “Lame; didn’t know but that was the way you always stopped.’' [Perhaps the old lady thought she was traveling along the Susquehanna river.] Making “ a Veteran” or Old Abe. —We were greatly amnsed at the remarks of one of Uncle Sam’s Herman boys in regard to the Presidential canvas. It is too bad to be lost. Said the sturdy Teuton : “I goes for Olt Abe, by tarn I Olt Abe he likes the soldier boy. Yen he serves tree years, he gives him fonr hundred toiler, and re-enlist him, and make him von vetran. Now Olt Abe he serve four years. By tarn, we re-enlist him four years more and make von .vetran rf him.—Tiffin Tribune. _ Annie Laurie. .This lovely song, admired the world over for the beatifol aimplicity of its words, its ea sy, Sewing, and expressive melody, has lately received an additional impetus to its popular ity by the following incident said to have oc curred in Maryland. ■A small select company bad assembled in a pleasant parlor, and were gaily chatting and laughing, when a tall young man entered, whose peculiar face and air instantly arrest ed attention. He was very pale, with that clear, vivid complexion which dark-haired consumptives so often have. Hir locks were as black, as jet, and hung profuse upon a square white collar. His eyes were large and spiritual, and his brow such a one as a poet should have. But for a certain wandering look, a casual observer would hove pronoun ced him a man of uncommon intellectual powers. The words "poor fellow," and “ how sad be looks," went the rounds as be came for ward, bowed to the company, and took bis seat. One or two tfaoughtles girls laughed as they whispered that he was ‘ love ; oraoked,' but the rest treated him with respectful defer ence. It was late in the evening when singing was propsed/and to ask him to sing “ Annie Lau rie” was a task of uncommon delicacy. One song after another was sung, and at last this one was named. At its mention the young man grew deadly pale but did not speak; ha. seemed to be instantly lost in reverie. “ The name of the girl who treated him so badly was Annie,” said a lady whispering to a new guest—"oh 1 I wish he -would sing it, nobody else can do it justice,” " No one dares sing “ Annie Laurie” be fore yon, Charles/’ said on elderly lady; ‘ would it be too much to ask yon to confer a favor upon the company by singing it ?” she added, timidly. He did- not reply for a moment—his lips quivered a little, and then looking np as if he saw a spiritual presence, he began. Every sound was hushed—it seemed as if his voice were the voice of on angel. The tones vibrated through nerve .pulse and heart, and made one shiver with the-pathos of bis feeling; never was heard melody in human .voice, fike that— so plaintive, so soulful, so tender add, earnest. He sat with bis head'thrown back, bis eyes half closed—the locks of his dark Bair glisten ing against his pale temples, his hands lightly folded-before him ; and as ha sung through the following. stanzas he seemed to shake from bead to foot with heart-rending emotion : Jlaxwelton’a banks ore bonny. Where early falls the dew ; And ’twas there tbat Annie Lawrle Gave me her promise True — Gave me her promise true. Which ne’er forgot will be. But for bonny Annie Laurie I’d lay me down and dee. Bar brow is like the snow-drift, Her throat is like the swan. Her features are the fairest That e’er the sun shone on— Tbat e’or the sun shone on, And dark bine is her o’o, And for bonny Annie Laurie I’d lay mo down and dee. Like dew on the gowan lying ' Is tho fa' o’ her fairy feet,. A nd like winds in summer sighing , Her voice is low and sweet — Her voice is low and sweet. And she's a' the world to me,' And for bonny Annlo Laurie I’d lay mo down.and dee. . As he proceeded from.line to line, and verse to verse, there was no more jesting among the company—all was hushed as if by the silence of death. Many a lip trembled, and but few eyes but were wet with the tears of spontane ous,pity and compassion. When finishing the last verse he made a slight pause, gazed with a searching, longing expression about the room, gasped forth; ‘ And for bonny Annie Laurie, . I'd lay me down and dee. and slowly dropped bis bead backward over the chair. The black locks seemed to grow blacker, tho white temples whiter, and the "white lus trous eyes to slowly close with inexpressible and torturing anguish. There was a long and solemn pause. One glanced at another—all seemed awe struck— till tbe'lady who > had urged him to sing laid her band gently upon his shoulder, saying: “ Charles ! Charles 1” Then 'came a hush, a thrill of horror crept' through evory frame; the poor tried heart bad ceased'to beat. Charles, the love-betrayed, was dead. How the.Devii Lost.— The following is too good to be lost. We clip it from anj exchange paper, pud respectfully call the attention to it of several' persons who feel disposed to spread in the newspaper line : ' • ■ A young man, who ardently desired wealth, was visited by bis Satanic Majesty, who tempt ed him to promise his soul for eternisy if ho could be supplied on this earth with all the mon ey he could use. The bargain waa concluded ; the devil was to supply the money, and was at last to have the soul, unless the young man could spend moro money than the devil oould furnish. Tears passed away ; tho man married, was extravagant in bis living, built palaces, speculated widely, lost and gave away fortunes, and vet his coffers were always full. He be came’a “ fillibuster,” and fitted out ships and armies, but his hanker honored all his drafts. He went to St, Paul to live, and paid the usual rates of interest for all the money be oonld borrow; but though the devil made wry faces when he came to pay bills, yet they ware all paid. Cue expedient after another failed: the devil counted the time, only two years, that he must wait for the soul, and mocked the efforts of the desparing man. One more trial was re solved upon—the man started a newspaper! The devil-growled at the hill at the first quart er, was savage in six months, melancholy in nine, and broke—-‘’dead broke I” at the. end of the year. So the newspaper went down, but the soul was saved. Evidence, of Ftiondship-rkiasing a .married lady out of |mM r lov?/)^r ; ber hiiband. JBates of Advertising — Advertisements*!!! be charged $1 per sqaare 1* of lines, one or three insertions, and 2fi centi.for .every sabseqnenfinsertion. Advertoetcenfs of lew than le lines considered as a square, 'rho subjoined, tel* l *' will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements! - - - —. —---. .-... 3 aoaTH3. 6 HOHIHS. 12 MOlfi »■ 54,00 $5,75 $7,30 O,OO 8,25 10,00 8,75 10,75 13,50 ....10,00 12,00 15,76 ...18,75 25,00 JljSO .30,00 42,00 60,00' 1 Square,., 2 do. .. 3 do. .. J Column,, i do. . 1 do. . Advertisements cot having the immber ofinser tions desired marked open them, will he published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishment!, executed neatly and promptly. Jnatioes', Constable'! and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. ■ - - t From the 207th Regt. P. V. Camp 207th Reg. P. V., ' ) Petersburg, Va., Jan, 28, 1865. J Editor Agitator ßain, snow and hail hay* fallen, alternately for ths last fifteen days. .■ All appear to concur in the belief that the rainy season of the “ sunny South” has fairly begun. Officers and men, and in fact everything, con nected with this grand army, present the' ap pearance of genuine “ mudsills”— from the manner in which they'are bedaubed with ths “ sacred soil.” Although nature present*, ra ther a gloomy aspect, and has a tendency to create morosenass, to a great extent, among a large body of soldiers, nothing of the Sind is to be seen in the Army of the Potomac; nearly every face wears a smile of happy contentment. Though not doing anything worthy of-note ourselves, ths cheering reports which reach ne of the heavy knocks dealt tha Confederacy on all sides by Uncle Samuel’s brave lads, assure us that the much looked and prayed for peso# is fast approaching. • • ■ It may look prapeatura to the friends at home to conjecture with any degree of certainty on. peace, after four gloomy years of war; but nearly every one you meet in Uncle Sam’s'ser vice, feels confident that a few short month* will terminate the struggle. Deserter* are com ing into oar lines constantly ; and as evidence of the numbers, one has only to refer to tbs re port of the Provost Marshal at Cj|ty Poftit— which shows that over twenty-five thousand reb deserters hnvs reported to him! within tbs lost two months. All of them agree in the moat essential points of interest to us, namely; let. That great dissatisfaction is felt towards Davis’ administration. 2d. That the army la in a suffering condition ; poorly clad, ill fed, and nearly demoralized by constant desertion. 3d. That every available resource of the Con federacy is completely exhausted. 4tb. That* all except the leaders heartily sick and dis gusted with the rebellion. A brisk picket firing is kept up along these lines, hut is attended with no serions loss to os. The camp of our brigade is exposed to a galling fire from the reb batteries. It has lately be come great sport for the reb artilleryisti to watch us closely, and whenever we are out on drills, reviews and inspections, to send us their —— compliments in the shape of 100 pound mortars—which, to say tha least, is extremely unpleasant. Last night and tha night before heavy can nonading was heard on the right, at or near the Dutch G)ap canal. This morning we leant it was caused by three or four reb iron olsdfr attempting a raid on tha shipping at Jonea' landing and City Paint, by running threegb the-canal, and thence down the river. Fortu nately the movement was anticipated and onr gunboats gave them a warm reception. More tfnon, J. V. L. Sizing Sows the Age* of Man, The man that dies youngest, as might be ex pected, perhaps, is the railway brakesman., His average age is only 27. Yet this most be taken with soma allowance, from the fact that hardly any bnt young and active men are ' employed in this capacity. At the same age dies the factory workwoman, through the combined in fluences of confined air, sedentary posture, scant wages and unremitting toil. Then comes the railway baggage man, who is smashed on an average of 30. Milliners and dressmakers live but very little longer. The average of the one is 32 and the other 33. Tho engineer the fireman, the conductor, the powder maker, the well digger and the factory operative, all whom are exposed to sudden and violent deaths, die on an average under the age of 35. The cutler the dyer, the leather dresser, the apothecary the silversmith, the painter, the shoe cotter, the engraver, the confectioner, the cigar maker, the printer and the machinist, all of whom lead confined lives, in an unwholesome* atmo sphere, do not reach the average age of 40. The musician blows the breath out of his body at 40. Then come trades that are active, or in pure air. The baker lives to an average age of f 3, the butcher to 49,'the brickmaker to 47, thecarpenter to 49, the furnace man to 42, the mason to 48, the stone entter to 43, the tanner to 49, the tinsmith to 41, the weaver to 44, the drover to 40, the cook to 45, the inn keeper to 46, the laborer to 44. the domestic servant (female) to 44, the tailor to 43, the tailoress to 41. Why ebonld the barber live to 50, if not to show the virtue there is, in per sonal neatness and soap and water T Those who average over half a century among me chanics are those who kneep their muscle* and langs in health by moderate exercise are no ttroubled with weighty cares. The black smith hammers till 51. the the cooper till 52, the wheelwright till 50. The miller lives tu be whitened with the age of 61. The rope maker lengthens the thread of bis life to 55'; mer chants, wholesale and retail, to 62. Profess ional men live longer .than is generally sup posed. Litigation kills clients sometimes, but seldonl lawyers, for they average 55. Physi cians prove their usefulness by prolonging their lives to the same period. Tho sailor average* 43, the caulker 44, the oailmaker 52, the steve dore 55, the ferryman 65, and the pilot 04'- A dispensation of Providence that tho “Main* Law” men may consider incomprehensible is, that brewers and distillers live to the ripe old age of 64. Last and longest lived come pau pers, 67, and“ gentlemen” 68. The only two classes that do nothing for themselvss and live on their neighbors, outlast all the rsit. .. According to a municipal census just taken, the city of St. Louis contains 187,820 iqhabi* tants. . , - - The internal revenue receipts for tbe week ending on Saurday, (he 4th nib, amounting to to over ten millions of dollars. To be tolerant ia to be (rise enough to have no difference withthose who differ. : -’. . . Ad Irish painter advsrtisss a plot or* of Pnth u tog* m life Til: