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<iee moot to the interest of o’ 1 ertisers
1,. rj.uh. Corms: > 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- A<jijßNCY.
Main Street. Wellsborc, Fs\ .
January 4,1885-ly. j '■
8. F. SHIIBLII, (
BARBER & H AIR-DREfSER,
Shop Ose Door South of C'jsvep.s 1 S )ii£;
Ladies* Hair-Cutting done in the best rna ner.
Wdisboro,’ DpC-7. 1804-. ' ■
WESTERN EXCHANGE Hf>TEE.
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., <te. '•*;
May 25.1864-ly. P. R. WILIAMS.
RE¥£]U(JE STAIffPS.-J
JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector Mans
field, has just received a targe lot .of Revenue
Slams, of all denominations, from oh© honk to $5.
Any person wishing Sfanps can get them ly office
m Muiitfi3ld,or of M. BULLARD. Assistant’-(sscssor,
fct WelUboro, Pa. •
Mansfield, May 2, 1864.
P. NEW JELL, DENTJS’J y
• MANSFIELD, TIOGA CouSTl\ Pi.,
IS prepared to operate in ail the improvements in
the various departments filling, extracting, in
duing official dentures, Arc. h > {
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<m of tfte Uvm of ifreehom a«J> 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.
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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
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