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P. * TTORNEYS-& COUNSELLORS at.^AW, XX will attend the Courts of Tioga, Pptfur and iicKeao counties. ’ [Wellebnro, Jan. 1, 1 -63.1 'OICKIIfIOH HOUSE,a i ■ CORNING, N. Y.' ‘ JUj. A. FIELD, ErSpfielof. GUESTS taken to and from the Di pt t free' of-charge. [Jan. 1,1^8.] PIESJfSFLVAIfIA HOUSE. CORNER OP MAIN STREET AND THE A’CSf-tOB,. XVellaboro, Pa. ’.' , J. W, BIGONY i.... Proprietor. THIS popular Hotel,-, haying been refitted and re-furnished throughout, ie now'open to the public as a first-class honee., ' ' [Jan.T, 1868.] D. HART’S HOTEL. WELLSBORO, TIOGd CO.-PENKA., THE subscriber takes this method to infhrm bis old friends and customers that Ce 'has rb r lamed the conduct of the old- “ Crystal l Fountain Hotel,” and will hereafter give ft his entire ‘attention. Thankful for past favors, be solicits a rene-Wal-of the same. David, hart. tfellsboro, Nov. 4,,1863,-ly, . IZAAK WALTON HOLS®, Gaines, Tioga County, Pa, H. C. VERM I LYE A,...., Picjprietor. THIS is a new hotel located withirv eiteyac ces? of the best -fishing and banting grinds in Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will be h irtd for the Accommodation of pleasure seekers and ' 3e trar- Iling public. . [Jan. 1, A. FOIET, .. Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv, &c., Btc.,| REPAIRED ,AT OLD PRICES. POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. 5, UNION BLOCK,\N Wellsboro, May 20, 1863. • ■ ■ —■ ——.— —~ ..> ! J. EMERY, '• , ATTORNEY AT LAW AND „ MILITARY CLAIM Has removed to the office on Avon heit door toßigoney’s. • - Jan. 4, 1865--43t* H W. Williams, WILLIAMS & SMITH, , ATTORNEYS AND- VOVI\SELORS AT'IAW, BOIIIfTY A PENSION AGENCY. Main Street. Wcliaboro, Pa. January 4, 1886-ly. S. F. SHAHHLIHf,,. y" BARBER & HAHI-DRESSER, Shop 0»e Door North op Cokvers' S'jOßfi. Ladies* Hair-Cutting done in the best manner* Wellsbopo, -Dec 7, 1864. WESTERN EXCHANGE HOU'EL. KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, PA" THE undersigned having leased the Ahov§ Hotel jyrßiwui vr jcnrs tfbuiu respectfully, inform the traveling public that he has put the Hote *ln first class order for the reception of guests and nsi pains will be spared in the accommodation of traveling and as far as the situation'will allow, he.wiU a first class Hotel, in* all things, except piices, which will be model ate. Please try us and judge for'vourselres. Knoxville, Oct. 19, 1864-tf. J. H. MARTIN. DRUGS & MEDICINES, SO. 3. I'XIOST BLOCK,, WELLSBOIifI, PA. P. K. WILLIAM^ BEGS leave to announce to the citizens dr fWells boro anti vicinity, that he keeps conet InUy on hand all kinds ef V DRUGS AND MEDICINES, > -, Chemicals, Varnish, Paintsj-Soaps, Perforate i Glass, Bnuhea, Putty, Fancy Goods, PhrcWines, JfraDfidea, Gldb, and ail other kinks -of Liquors of |be ,bost quality. AH kinds of ~ " • PATENT MEDICINES inch as Jayne’s Expectorant, Alterative anH Pills ; Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Pilla and Cherry Pectoral J Belm bold’s Extract Buchu, Sarsaparilla and Rose .Wash; Mrs. Winslow’* Sothing Syrup; Wright’s- PillsJ Clark’s ant] Cbeeseman’s Pills; Hall's Balsam; Bio* iuger's London Dock Gin ; Herrick's Pills and'Plae lere: Brown’s Bronchial Troches, Ac., Ac. > May 25, 1864-ly. P. R. WILLIAMS. REVENUE STAMPS ' )' JOHN M. PUELPJ3, Deputy Collector’-of Ijane field, has just received a large *lot of Rf (enue Et&mi, of all denominationB,Xrom one cent ss. Any person wishing Stanps can gel them at my .office ui Mansfield, or of M. BULLARD, Assistant As Issor, « Wellaboro, Pa. f. M. PHEI, fS.* j Mansfield, May 2,1864.' . / ’■ \ P. NEWELL. »E»TiSIT, J. MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNT% FA., '■ IS prepared to operate in all the ib the various departments of filling, tn lerting artificial dentures, Ac. Mansfield. August 10, 1864—1 y. ‘ CO W AWESQUE HOUSE, f | THIS House which has been open for* convenience of the traveling public for a number of‘years, ha? lately been newly furnished throughout anA fitted U P mas goo i style as can be found in any comity ,or c tv Hotel. The Proprietor does not hesitate \ i say lng taat there will be no pains'spared to add' \o Che comfurt of his guests, and make it a home for Jhem. The best ot stabling for teams; and a good I‘belief &i *ay» in attendance, all of which can be'’bund Cce mile east of Knoxville, Pa. M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor. Deerfield. May 25, 1864.-ly. . •'/ ' WELLiSBORO -HOTJEJi.- ■*! ' (o<>r;,er Main Street an 4 the Avenue.fi WeLLSBOEO, £a. i'}‘ B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. & T Oue of tbe most popular Houses in tht; county. i* Hotel is tbe principal Stage-house in Y bl jsbpro,- leave daily as follows: '*, - v j For Tioga, at 9a. m. ; For Troy, at Ba. U.*J For «raey Shore every Tuesday and Friday al 2 p. m. j 0r Coudersport, every t Tuesday and Friday*; tt 2 p. m. Stages Arrive —From Tioga, at 12 * o’clock i‘°- : From Troy, at 6' o’clock p. dlFrom' Jersey Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m.: From poadets- P°Tt, Tuesday and Friday II n. m. A. B.—Jimujy Ctftvden. tbe well-known hostler, »>ll bs found ou hand. "elhboro, Oct. 5, 1864-ly. ‘ f . HUGH YOUNG, ; Bookseller & sTATji^flfEß, AND DEALER IN ; pierican Clocks, American, English',, And 6wiss patches. Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware, Spfthaicles, ■'tore Frames, Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes, ‘foscopes, Perfamery, Yankee Notions, Wishing Mkt ' and Flies, and Fanty and Toilet Artljlos. . SCHOOL BOOKS of every hind-oaSd in, th,e "“pty, constantly on hand hnd sent by mail er oth "fise, to order. ,V "V ■ Vo - 5, UNION BLOCK, WELLSBOSC, PA. THE AGITATOR. VOL. XI. IILJLV CLOTHIfi! CLOTHING! •--j.. ’ .i (One door hdow Harden's Store.) WE have just arrived in Wellsboro with a large Stook-ot CLOTHING and -1 Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, j, l . AlsOy HATS & CAPS/snd a great assortment of • LA INKS’ CLOAKS, . Which T?e offer to the Wellaboro and sur- Tounding country at • f SO PER cfeiur.). CHEAPER' 1 than any‘6tKer establishment in this, part of .the ■country. Our object Is to reduce oar * . WINTER & FALL STOCK OF GOODS: v- • PRICES;: . OVER COATS from $4. to $4O. , ‘ BUSINESS-COATS from ?3 to $25. PANTS from $2 to $lO. , .. T VESTS from S2J to $B. We bought our goods ■whetf Gold vae only 1.50 and we can afford to sell our goods -cheap. All our Goods are manufactured under our own su pervision and can not be surpassed in quality and durability. . T We respectfully ihviteevery oh© whose interest is to be economical, to (Sxamine our. — l -« STOCK AND , -PRICES before purchasing elsewhere. ; HAST & AUERBACH, of Syracuse, N. Y., and Blosiborg, Pa. Wellsboro, Dec. 14, 1864-tf. E. A B. T. ANTHONY & CO., Manufacturer, of Photographic Material,, I WHOLESALE AND DETAIL, ' 501 BROADWAY, N. Y. Wait 11, Smith. _ In addition to our mam business of Photographic Materials, we are Headquarters for the following, yte: Stereoscopes & Sterepscoplc Vlews, Of-these we have an immense assortment, 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 he sent to jriby_ address pn receipt of Stamp. v . - ■t- • - PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS. ; We were the first to introduce these into the United States, and we manufacture Immense quantities in great variety, ranging in price from 60 cents to $5O each. Our ALBUMS have the reputation of being superior in beauty and durability to any ethers. They will be seiit'by mail, free,- on receipt of price. Fine(, Albums made.to order. CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. being made) of Portraits ef Eminent Americans, Ac., viz: about v - * i ■ 100 Major-Generals, 550 Statesmen, - 200 Brig.-Generah, • • 130 Divines,• 275 Colonels, 126 Authors,, 10ft Licut.-Colonels, 40'Artists, * 250 Other Officers, - -125 Stage; 75 Navy Officers, 50 Prominent Women^ 150 Prominent Pbfdign.poftraits. 3,000- COPIES OP ]‘WORKS ART, including reproductions of the most celebrated En gravings, Paintings, Statues, Ac. Catalogues sent on receipt of Stamp. Aq Order. for One Dozen PIC TURES from our Catalogue will;be filledjha the re ceipt of $1.80,-and sent by mail, pube. Photographers and otlidrs ordering goods C. 0. D. will please remit twenty-five porbdnt. : bf the amount with their order, -v.v 5 i E. A H. T, AiNTHONT A COir--- Manufacturers of Photographic Materials, 501 Broadway, New York. The prices and quality of our goods cannot fail to satisfy. ' * [Nov, 16, 1864-ly.} Fall and winter aooDSrr No » 2 > Union . Block. r .... . JEROME SMITH Has lately returned from New Yotk with a splendid assortment of DRY GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS & SHOES, , GLASSWARE, HATS & CAPS,, HARDWARE, ... GROCERIES. DOMESTICS, ; - WOODENWARE, ■ ENGLISH., CLOTHS, , : LADIES’ DRESS GOODS" SATINS, ; TWEEDS AND KENTUCKY JEANS, FRENCH CASSIMERES, FULL CLOTHS; Attention is called to .his 0f... ~.. Black and Figured Dress Silks, Worsted Goods, MerinOee, Black and Figured DeLaines, Lon# and Square. Shawls, . Ladies’ Cloth,' Opera Flannels, Ac, Purchasers will find tfaat 1 -" • , No. 2, Onion Block. Main Street, is the place to hny the beet < quality 6f: Goods at the lowest prices. - • JBRCtMB" SMITH. Wellaboro, Not. 16, 1863-tf. ■ W~ ELLSBORO ACADEMY.—The second Term of the presept school* year will begin . ISoiiday,. Dec* 13, 1864. 1 Pupils are prepared 1 for College, or for business pursuits: . ; •;*.ui TUITIOS (for a term of 12 weeks). Common English Branches...... * 4 00* Higher English Branches...' 5 00. ' Languages 6 00. ; Pupils designing to attend bat half the term, will •be charged accordingly. ’ No deduction Is made for absences, unless in'cakes of 'protracted Sickness* J. =B.. GRIER,' Wellsboro, Dec; 7,1864-3 t. Principal. FARM' FOR-SALE. —The undersigned wishes to dispose of his Farm in Covington township, ing on Elk Run, about three ‘miles from ’‘ Covington Boro, and generally known as, (be "Wptherbee Farm.” It contains about 93 acres, with about 60 acres improved.. The soil is of tbe very best quality of upland and tbe cleared portion is entirely free from stumps.' It is well wetered and bas good building's.' Those who want to buy a good Form may find it to their advan tage to pay this one a visit before they “ settle down.” Good warrantee deed given. For terms apply to'H. 'S. Potter, Middlebury Center,-Pa., or to Levi Rock* "well, Cherry Flatts, Pa. » J,*B. POTTER. Washington, D. C. f Nov. 30, 1864.. AN Assortment of TABLE GLASSWARE will be found at ROY’S DRUG STORE. ; -/Concentrated lye,forAaioV. v*; i XJ: - ‘ ROT’S drug stops. • , to the Srteunion of tfjr eff iFmhom awn the Sprcah of healths Reform. WHILE THERE SHALIi-BE A’ WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND ’’UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO, MAN" SHALL. CEASE, (AGITATION MUST CONTINUE, WELISBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY m, 18^5. select tfortti?. GOD BLESS VOX7 t SOLDIER, God bless you, soldier I —when our sty Was heavy with impending woes, When, traitors raised the battle-cry, . When fear met fear in every eye. You rushed to meet our foes. God ,bless you, soldier!—when our light Of hope grew dim and courage waned, • ’ LWhen freedom veiled her face frem tfight, Your valet dashed away the night, , And morning clear remained. • God bltss you, soldier V—'scarred andT worn, t > Wearied with marchings, watchings, pain, , ) staiDed and haltle-torn, Bwveiyhave aUVyour tasks been borne, . ... not fought in vain. God ble.se you, soldier! —think not we £lone revere and bless your name; For millions now and yet to be. Millions yonr arm bas rendered free, Shall sing-your deeds and .fame. God bless you, soldier!—when the air Grows heavv with the battle's roar, Sheltered,beneath his love and care. May victory with her garlands.rqre Adorn you evermore. God, bless you, soldier!—wjien the doye Of peace the, Eagles nest will share, • When home and hearts made warm with love, With joys below—with joys above, God bless you here and there. g&iat tilling. A THWARTED PLOT. “ Oh, sir! Is there truly no other way?” “ I tell you no, there isn’t; pnd a pretty ■ question to ask, at this time of day, and ,of me, who am just (.brewing away thousands of dollars on a whim of Hiram’s. Hanged if I •would, though, if there was a gbostof a chance, for getting the money,’ he. added in a low. voice ; then aloud—" You might 1 ' think your self yell off to pay a debt so easily, and then just go on the same in your luxuries as if Charles Craigton ' haday? -Oh, Charley, Charley I Why did you leave me to this.fate?” •’Truly there seemed to be no help for her.— Beared in luxury, and taught no useful thing, and.now,, 100 feeble in her broken health to; put such knowledge to use bad she possessed, it, she saw herself deprived of her sole pro-: teetor. two helpless Httle ones cling ing to her about to be driven from her home.— .The alternative,was-marriage, with’Hiram El lis, son of the.man.who,.six months: since, just after, the -.overwhelming tidings of Charley’s death had arrived, had claimed to hold control dyer.the V-sfate and properly whicli she, had never till then dreamed, was other than abso lutely hers and her children’s. . Friendless, grief-stricken, feeble in mind and- body, she could’ not dispute’this' claim.— Her lawyer reported that it was fully substan tiated by the papers produced, and,.though he united with her in wondering why and bow Charley Craiglon had placed himself so entire ly at the mercy of the miserly’old money lend er wondered especially, in private, that'he should have gone away leaving his family ig norant of the claim: and liable to.be, as they iwere now,- distressed by it in the event of his .death, he cp.uld not disprove it, nor prevent its enforcement- Charles Craigton had been an orphan early age 1 His wife was the' adopted child of a,city merchant, reputed rich’all, his life/but who : fihally died intestate, His own family had at’once repudiated one‘ whom they had always jealously regarded as:an intruder, and she would have j>een very helpless if a protect or bad not appeared in the person of Charley Craigton. He had long loved her, and when be brought her ■to bis beautiful home as bis wife,l she repaid 'him by pouring out upon him a fullness of love—gratitude that would have been a compensation for a much greater sacrifice than he had ' made in thus. .bis own happiness. - Tins happiness bad been unbroken during Ihc fiv.e or six years of their married life, un til, soon' after the opening of the war, Charley had felt it his duty to enter the service . of bis country. 1 “ We wffolire rioh," he said to Coro, “ hove purely no right to, urge others less endowed Iwitb this world’s-goods'to sacrifice personalia- tereate and lay their lives upon the altar of. their country, while we remain idly at-home, in the enjoyment of the luxuries weicb are se cured to us by their hardships, and perhaps by their lives. It is right for me to go, and - you must not gainsay me, Cora. It is for. you to be brave, as well as for me.” Making every arrangement for her comfort during his absence, and even leaving written directions, for the management of her affairs | in the case of his death, he yet,’ strangely 1 enough, as it seemed, made ho allusion to this | .'claim of the money-lender Ellis, which how ; threatened to swallow up his entire estate, and’ j'leave Cora and her children beggars;-.' This j was the one ugly point in the money-lender’s l ease i. but he got past it, in his interview with j"Cora’s,jawyer, by saying that Charley Creig : ton had borrowed the money to advance some 1 speculations which failed, and he had therefore ibeen unable to meet the payments. Being udead, Mr. Ellis, his creditor, had-no -resource | except to take pbssesnon of his property; wfilch BY IIARV c. VAC OH isi 4ad been tbe original security for the sum ad vanced. There was an; outside appearance of fairness, and there .was no disputing the legal claim.— Cora andher children were preparing to leave their--home, entirely ignorant of the-world’s ways, and without shelter save such as might ■he oflerred by,charity. JThe lawyer bad hint ed at a pension, but Cora shrank from making application for what must seem like blood-moh ey( and besides the time bad not yet arrived .when her claim could be heard. There seem ed no resource for thej widow and orphans, when suddenly Mr. Hiram Ellis made his ap pearance upon the scene). - Cora hlid never met. this young gentleman, except:When--he had called to solicit an inter view upon his father’s business on two or three occasions. What was her surprise then, when approach ed by the man with an offer of marriage—she whose heart seemed bnried in that unknown grave where her young-husband lay, who felt herself no less his wife than before the bond had become a spiritual' one. - The agony of tears and reproaches with which her dawning consciousness of the mean ing of Mr. Hiram’s proposal was followed, greatly astonished and disconcerted that gentle man. That any lady should weep, except for toy, on learning that such cn honor as that of an alliance with him was intended her, was something quite beyond bis comprehension, and when that (honor was accompanied by the proposition to settle upon her the elegant man sion and'fine estate that had belonged to Charles Creigton, it was indeed quite past be lief that proper appreciation and gratefu 1 ac ceptance should not follow. But Cora did make him understand at lasi that his proposals : were not only unwelcome, but regarded by her as positively insulting.— Never had his self-love received such a wound. He left the house with indignation' and disap pointment warring in hie breast. But he was not ready to relinquish the cov eted prize quite so easily. He had determin ed that Cora should be bis wife, and had indeed displayed an unwonted' generosity. It was much for a man who had undergone bis train ing, and to whom money had hitherto been the chief good of Jifa, to be willing to make such settlements upon a wife as he proposed, and besides to encumber himself, without res ervation, with the children of a former hus band: - He possessed, however, the idea too common among persons not endowed with delicate per ceptions,.or refined ideas, that death dissolves the marriage bond, and that widows are never averse to matrimonial proposals. It is not de nied tbattbere’may be much cause for such be lief ; but there are women • whose heart’s wid- marriage is "a wrong that nothing can paliate or excuse. Cora was one of these. When Hiram knew that he had signally failed in his efforts, be sought his father to pour out to him the story of his ill success.— It was with difficulty that the old miser 'had been brought to yield to his son’s wishes in respect to the property.' The proposal of set tling it upon Cora bad been stoutly resisted, • nod only acceded to when Hiram promised that her children should be expressly excluded from the . inheritance. As, in that case, the , property would in fact, if not in. name, remain in Hiram’s'possession, ,he finally gave his con sent. , It was now equally difficult to convince him that Cora had spurned the offer, which seemed to him must be tempting, to any woman. “ I guess you’re mistaken, Hiram," be reit erated. “ The woman ain’t a, fool, and she must see the advantage on’t. To keep her home and have the privilege of bringing up her children in it, ain’t an offer that any but an idiot would say no to. I guess you’re mis taken, or else you do not calculate enough for the skittisbness and contrariness of women.— Why, my wife, your mother that was, kept a saying 1 hp’.’till 1 really believed she meant it, and was going to give up. But when her fath er fpund it out, 1 tell you the old man was mad, and .he just let her know that be wasn’t going to stand any. such nonsense.. And then she gave in as mild as a kitten:when yon another word from her from that day ’till the day she died,, just two years after.” smooth her fur the right way. 1 never heard . Hiram received , this bit of history with a grim smile. . He did not think bis father’s manners nor. bis home liable to cultivate non sense in any one who felt the rigors of them. And he had always indulged a suspicion that bis ppor young mother fapd faded and wither ed away in the gloomy atmosphere in which his own youth had been passed. - , The result of hia conference with his father was, that the old man undertook to bring Cora to reason. He felt sure of success. She was cute enough to understand her own interbat when she married young Craigton rather than to go to.the poor-house, when the folk down to York cast her off; and here’s my Hiram, a thousand times likelier and handsomer than that pale-faced fellow, and will be richer too, aod i: ’tain’t no ways likely she’s going to let him slip. Thus he argued, hut was surprised to find bis ' promise false, when, after half an hour’s dis tressful, interview with the young widow, he left, the door baffled. * : 1 : He hardly knew what to counsel, but finally advocated a cessation of hostilities. ‘ Give her time to think on’fhe said. “I I expect, ehe’sjust took' by surprise. Wait a little and she’s just'took by surprise. Wait a little and she’s sure to come round.’ And And his advice was literally carried oat by the anxious Hiram, determined, now, not to lose his prize. , A whole month’s respite was gained. Cora was too ill in mind and body to profit by- it, however, , But she forgot Hiram and’ hjs suit, deeming her. answer final,- and absorbed in her grief. She was not a heroine, with strength for any emergency and courage for any fate ; but simply a weak,: yielding woman, without a.bit of practical talent, and utterlyunskilled in,; any art. by which she could- have provided for. herself and. children, even if she badnot| been so feeble. Sha.was simply, gjsdiofcthe respite, and waited, terror stricken, for the turning of the next page in her destiny. The month was over, and then the blow fell —two blows, in troth, simultaneously. She awoke one morning to find little Char ley dangerously ill, and while she was hanging over him. in an intensity of anguish and de spair, a note arrived from Mr. Ellis, stating, in brief but unmistakable words, that she must leave her home within a week, or consent. within the same time, to become the wife of Hiram. Later in the day be called and re peated his ultimatum. In vain she urged the illness of her child—he was inexorable-^—either she remained- in the house as the wife of his son, or most vacate it in a wee^. Cora bad yielded all her life to wills stron ger-than her own ; and her affections were absorbing her chief motives of exertion and sacrifice. Perhaps it is not wonderful that she succumbed now. Hiram came to her and was lat once peremptory and kind. Peremptory in demanding that bis father's will should be carried out—he woe cunning enough to keep his own out of sight—and kind in sympa thizing words, and hopeful acts, fully appre ciated by the young mother. “ I will do as you wish," she sobbed at last. Perhaps God will let me die soon, and Charley will know that I did it to save bis boy;” and she returned at once to the side of her sick child. From that hour she never left him until the morning dawned that was to see another in stalled in Charley’s place. “ It is for his . sake, for .bis sake,” she mur mured, continually, as she watched the awful progress of the disease, and knew that only the utmost and skill, and quiet could avail ts save (be little one. “ I ought to shrink at nothing fir Charley’s childrenfor so, since the tidings of hie death, she had always spoken of: them —a sacred charge of him who was gone. . . The morning bad arrived and the servant, charged by Mr. Hiram Ellis, with the task, came to announce to Cora that she must pre pare herkelf for the ceremony, which awaited her. Leaving her darling in thf care of the skilled nurse, she stole away, pallid as the dead and trembling in evpry limb, to the chamber, where her bridal robes had been placed ready for her. Calmly she looked upon them, and quietly she began to prepare for these strange nuptials—it was the calmness of despair, and she had nerved herself for the sacrifice. Standing before her mirror arranging the beautijful hair that had been Charley’s admira tion and delight, ehs saw enter the gate, and come slowly up the avenue, a maimed and halting man, in tattered garb. She might have observed him. more- 'closely, but just behind came Hiram and bis father —the old man in the many years for his rare holiday wear, and the bridegroom pranked gaily in shining newness of apparel, and with a rose at his button-hole. They had come, and her shuddering hands for a moment dropped from their : task, and ail her shining hair fell like a veil about her. She saw them come gaily up the avenue, aud stop to speak, with gestures that seemed to threaten, to the man who loitered by the way. Appa rently they ordered him away, and he shrunk from their presence, and, as they left him, sat down upon a bench beneath the shrubbery.— She paused for no more, but went on with her task, which she bad just completed when she saw the clergyman who was to perform the marriage service enter; and as be passed the drooping figure on the bench, stoned to speak to him. Another moment and the two came swiftly toward the house. The supreme moment had come—the sacri fice was about to be consummated, and she fell upon her knees in a new access of terror. Her prayer was interrupted by loud voices from the lower rooms—exclamations, oaths, and the trampling of feet. In another moment the door was thrown hurriedly open, and the stranger stood upon the threshold. One cry of terror burst from her lips, fol lowed, all quickly, by one of joy. It was Charley—pale and in rags, but Charley still— who stood there, and she lay sobbing upon his bosom. Had he risen from the dead to save her? An hour later, the house forever freed from the presence of the Ellises',” the husband and wife sat side by side, and tried to talk calmly over ail that had passed. Charley had returned to her from a prison, almost worse -.than the grave where she believed he lay—and already the boy, as if receiving new life from the thrill of joy -that ran through the house, showed signs of improvement. “ And you bad his receipt all the time,” Cora was saying, “ and were no longer indebt ed to him,” “ Yes, andhad instructed him to give up the bonds and deeds, placed in bis hands for security to my lawyer,” answered -Charley.'— “ When be heard I was dead he'conceived this scheme, deeming himself secure against detec tion. A good Providence has thwarted. hia plot, saved you from a terrible fate, and ns all from misfortune worse than death. Beware of Raw Pork. —A few days since we observed a butcher tasting some sansage meat in his shop, and the act was immediately • associated in our mind with a singular looking bottle which Dr. Hallet, of Brooklyn, has standing on the table in his office. —When we first saw this bottle wa supposed it contained stripes of some white bark very nicely prepared. But Dr. Hallett informed ns that it was a tape worm, which be had recntly taken from;the bowels of a man who had contracted it by eat ing raw pork in California. The old readers of the Scientific American will remember that the origin of tape worms in raw pork was point ed out in the pamphlet of Dr. Weinland. For tunately, the tape worm is very rake, but when it does occur, it is caused by eating raw pork.— Scientific American A Wisconsin man has been lodged in jail for getting up one night, not long ago, and drown, ing two of his eons, seven and ten years old.— He excused his crime by saying he expected to go to hell himself, but wanted to get a place in •Heavenforhis children. ■ Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged $1 per iqurs 1* of lines, one or three insertions.and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of lest then 15 lines considered as a square. The subjoined ratal will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements: 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 12 HOIMHS 1 Square.™ $4,00 “ $5*75 $7,60 2 do 6,00 8,25 10,00 3 „ do 8,76 10,75 12,60 i Column, 10,00 12,00 15,76 4 do 18,75 26,00 81,60 1 d° 30,00 42,00 00,00 . Advertisements not having the number of inser tions desired marked upon them, will be published until ordered oat and charged accordingly, Fosters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed peatly and promptly. Jnstices’,Censtable , s and other BLANKS, constantly on band. no. m. Sleep—lts Impoktancs.—There is no fact more clearly established in the physiology of man than this, that the brain expands its ener gies and itself daring the hours of wakefulness and that these are recaperated daring sleep; if the recuperation does not equal tThs expen diture, the brain withers; this leads to inaani- Hr ! Thus it is that, early in English history, per sons who were condemned to death by being prevented from sleeping, always died raving maniacs; thus it is also, that those who are starved to death first become insane; the brain is not nourished, and they can not sleep.— Crazy persons are poor sleepers, while good sleepers seldom become crazy. The practiced inferences are these; Ist. Those who think most, who do most brain work, require most sleep. 2d. time saved from necessary sleep is infallibly destructive to mind, body and es tate. I 3d. Give yourself, your children, your ser vants, give all that are under you the fullest a mount of sleep they will take, by compelling them to go to bed at some regular eatty hour, and to rise in the morning at a stated hour, and within a fortnight, nature, with almost the reg ularity of the rising sun, will unloose the bonds of sleep the moment enough repose has bean secured for the wants of the system. This is the only safe and sufficient rule ; and as to the question how much sleep any one re quires, each must’ be a rule for himself; great nature will never fail to write it out to the ob server under the regulations just given.— Phren ological Journal. Oil and Salt in Cameron and Potter Coun ties, Pa, —While recently boring for oil i on the Bennett branch of the Sinnamahoning Riv er, in Cameron County,'a vein of very strong salt water was struck, at the depth of 456 feet, from which large quantities of salt are now be ing made, which finds a ready' market, at good prices, in that region- The search for oil is Still continued on that and the other branches, as well as on the main river, with good pros pects of success. A well is being sunk on the Portage branch eight miles from its month, and is now down 180 feet, having found salt water, gas, and some oil. The operators are confident of findidg oil in large quantities at 350 feet dlep. At Round Island Station, at the month of the first fork of the Sinnamahoning, a well is be ing sunk by a company from Philadelphia.-' They are now down 150 feet, with a'good show of gas. The indications on this fork of the riv er for salt water and oil are very good. The inclination of the rocks, the general appearance of the surface of the country, and the gas found. hajutnflha crlal mnii"- tainaainny.the TnS c l, a „; o mj ton townships, Fotter County, are strong evi dences of these substances- The stream is sev eral rods wide, giving good rafting freshets for lumbering in the spring and fall. The valley is_ warm. The bluffs or mountains are high, with a shale soil, and are wfell timbered, pre senting a similar appearance to Oil Creek. Most of the lands on these streams have been leased and arrangements are being made for sinking several wells as soon as the proper machinery can be got upon the ground. Few only of the lands can be purchased until their value is more definitely ascertained. .They are now held at from ten to twenty dollars per acre. The country is new and but little im- • proved, but oil there, as well as elsewhere, has got upon the brain, and each one is anticipa ting a speedy fortnne from this hidden and.cu rious substance, so suddenly and wonderfully coming into onr markets. —Petroleum Recorder. A Buckets Story. — The Oolumbua (Ohio) Journal tells a queer story about a married couple in that place. The husband is a tyrant. One evening during a recent severe storm, his wife was visiting a neighbor ; and when she ap plied for admission on her return, her hus band pretended not to know her. She threat ened to jump into the well if he did not open the door. Having no idea she would do so, he obstinately refused to recognize her; so she took a log, plunged it into the well, and simultane ously, with the splash it made, she placed her self by the side of the door; and as soon as her husband darted out in his night clothes, she da.ted in, locked the door, and declared that she did not know him 1 She froze him till be was penitent, and then let him in. Josh Billings says there is “ one cold, blue, lean kiss, that always makes him shiver to see. Two persons(ov the femail purswashun) who have witness! a grate mennyyonnger and more pulpy daze, meet in some publick plase, and not having saw each other for 24 hours tha kiss immegiateiy fihenThaTork about the weather, and the young man who preached yesterday, and then tha kiss immegiately, and then tha blush and laff at what times tew each other, and kiss again immegiately. This kind ev kissing alwus puts me in mind ov two old flints trieing tew strike fire.” - ■ The latest “oil story" is that of an old lad; in' West Virginia, who took the advice of a visitor, and poured some petroleum along the streams which watered her farm. The report spread abroad of surface indications on the land, and a brigade of oil hunters came, who bought the land at a fabulous price, the owners agree ing to give the old lady one-eighth of the oil.— The purchasers set op iheir derrick and put down an augur, and in a short time struck a well which yealds one hundred barrels per day. | How to Lead A^jkals,— The horse, cow, pig or sheep may be lead by making a slipping noose and and fastening it to the lower jaw, passing the rope, (which must be small,) round the neck and through the noose on the jaw. It is a very easy method of leading a sheep, not being obliged to go behind and posh. After once palling, the sheep will follow right along without any trouble. It costa nothing extra. Try it.