The Tloga Couaty Agitator j. B3T M. H. COBB. ; Pnhlisbeicvery Wednesday morning andtn B ipVto ..hcribersitONE DOLLAR AND FIFTV CEiiTB ■ r year, always IN ADTANCEi , ' The piper is sent postage-free tbeounty subscribers, IfcwrlJ tn»y '“ay receive, their mail at post-offices lo cated in eeunties immediately adjoining, for conven er Aoiraroß is the Omclal paper of Tioga Co., , 0 d circulates in every neighborhood therein, Sub. ..notions being on the advance-pay systetn.it oircu lato' among a class moat to tho interest of adfertisers tjrel .’h terms to advertisers as liberal as those of." f=relby any paper of equal circulation in Northern pennsyirauia. _ . • ' gj* A cross jo the margin of a paper, flenetes that ibc subscription is obont to'empire. . , r£* Pipsrs will I<e stopped when the subscription time etpires unless the agent orders their cijntiHu -6Dce- _ ____ ''' /AS. JUMTKEIT & S, F, W.ME^TS, i TI'OUNEYS & COUNSELLORS at LAW, 3- sr.il attend tbe Courts of Tioga,-Patjer and Metiers, counties. . [Wellsboro, Jan. 1, l£B3o ' DICKINSON HOUSE,' COUSINS, N. Y. Mu. A. FIELD, Proprietor. GUESTS taken to and from-the Depot free of charge. - [Jan. 1, 1263,]! pfiifjfsrtrAWiA house, ■ CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND THE AYKJfOE, Wellsboro, Fa. a j. If. BISCINY, Propietpr. THIS popular Hotel, having been i t-fiUetl and re-fornished throughout, is now opet • to the public as a first-class house. ,• ■ [Jan. 1, 1 SeS.] D. HART’S HOTEL. , WELLSBOBO, TIOO i CO. PEN NA. THE subscriber takes this method to inform his old friends and customers that ho ha^,re turned the conduct of the old “..Crystal Pour Jain Hoteh” and will hereafter give it his entire atteni ton. Thankful fer past furors, he solicits a renewal of the lame. DAVID. HARj ffcllsboro, Nov. 4, 1863.-ly IZAAK WALTOM HOUSE*. Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. - g. C. VERMILYEA, - -.Proprietor, THIS is a new. hotel located within easy £U> cess of Hie best fishing and banting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania. No pain® will be spared for accommodation of pleasure seekers and the trav- Ilingpulftlc. [Jan. 1);*863.3\ A. FOLEY, Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv, &c.,'6:c.,f REPAIRED AT OLD . PRICES, POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. 5, UNION BLOCK*' ' Well.boro, May 20, 1863. . J. CHERT, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND/, MILITAEV ’ Has removed to the office on Avenue Street, next door to Bigohcy’s.. Jan. 4, 1865- H. W. Williams, jiVjf.l/- Smith. tfItLIAHIS &-SMITH/.'- | ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS Al' LATV, BOUNTY Si PENSION AGIAOV. Main Street. Wellsboro, Pa.-. January 4. 1865-ly. ' S. P. SBAIBEIN, BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER, Shop One Dooe Noma op Conyers' Store* > Ladles' Hair-Cutting dose in the Lest manner, Wellsboro,-Dec Z, 1864. WESTERN EXCHASOE HOTEL. KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, PA THE undersigned having leased the above Hotel for a term, of years would respectfully inform the traveling public that-he has pul the Hotel »n first class order for the reception of guests and *lO -pUins will be spared in the accommodation of travoU-rs and as far as the situation will allow, he will keep, a first clws Hotel, in all things, exebpf prices, which 1 will be moderate. Please try us and judge for yourselves. Knoxville, Oct. 19, 1864-tf. J. 11. MARTIN. DRUGS & MEDICINE^ so. 3. usi os''block, wellsboii>), pa. P. R* WIIiLIAM§ ? BEGS leave to antrounce to -the citizens Sit Wells* boro and vicinity, that he keeps conkiafltlj on band all kinds of 1 , DRUGS AND MEDICINES;; Chemicals, Varnish, Paints, So.aps, Perfume ‘y, Glass, Brushes, Putty, Fancy Goods, Pure Wines, Swindles, •Gina, and all other kinks of Liquors ’of quality.• All kinds of 1 PATENT, MEDICINES ' . inch as Jayne's Expectorant, Alterative and Fills; Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Pectoral j' Heim- Extract Bachu, Sarsaparilla and Rose Wash; Mra. Winslow’s Sothiog Syrup; Wright’s' Fills; Clark’s and Chceseman’s Pills: Hull’s Baleath.; Bin lager’s London Dock Ginr Herrick’s Pills and;, Plas ters: Brown’s Bronchial Troches, Ac., Ac. .-j/ May 25, 1864-ly. P.E. WILLI. . REVENUE STAMPS JOHN M, PHELPS, Deputy Collector of .Mans field, has just received a large lot .of Rtvenue Slams, of all denominations, from one cent U’ i to ss* person wishing Stanps can get them at office in Mansfield, or of M. BULLARD. Assistant* A Wsor, « Wellsboro, Pa. J M. PHK iPS. Mansfield, May 2* 1864. . *I P. NEWELL, DENTIstr MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNTY, M., IS prepared to operate in all the improvements in the various departments of filling, extract fig, in serting artificial dentures, Ac. Mansfield, August 10, 1864-ly. ' cowanesque house, THIS House which has been open for convenience of the traveling public for a number oif-jears, fi&s lately been newly'furnished throughout afiS fitted *P in as good style as can be found in any country or Hotel. The Proprietor does not beritatejn say ing that there will be no pains spored to add to the comfort of his. guests, and make it a home for them. The be«t of stabling for teams; and a good hostler always in attendance, all of which call be found oocjmile es«t of Knoxville, P«.' ' ' M. V. PURPLE. Proprietor. Deerfield, May 25, 186i.-ly. . 1 'WELIjSBORO HOfEL (Corner Main Street and the Arc»U*.y- Wellsbobo, Pa., f l ' B. B, .HOLIDAY, - One of the most popular Houses la tlie douuty. Tbii Hotel is the principal Stage-house WflHsboro, S ta ges leave daily as follows: - [ For Tioga, at 9 a. m.; Fpr Troy, at,B’Ji.jp\; 'For •wssy Shore every Tuesday and Friday 2p.m. ] For Coudersport. every Tuesday and FrldUy t at 2 p. m. St*.gi:s Ahrtye—From Tioga, at 12 >l-2 o’clock' P- m.: From Troy, at 6 o’clock p, jn.: t rom Jersey Shore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m.-: Fn;m Condcrs- P Qr *> T.:e?diy and Friday II a. m. ' • B.—Jimmy Cowdon, the wpll-kiSown -testier, ff iU be found on hand. I ~ Oct, 5, ISCd-ly- HUGH YOUIVJG, BOOK.seII.EK & STATIONER, DE WE>- I N-v.-,- American Clocks, American, and Swiss Reiches, Jewelry, Silver- Plated War**, Spectacles, Picture Frames,.Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes, Mirroscopes, Perfumery, Yankee Notions/ Fishing Taekle and Flies, and Fancy* und ToUei'A‘rf*cl® ? i iSS- SCHOOL BOOKS of every fclß&Snfod m the County, constantly on band and sent or oth erwise, to order. , AND- b t UNION JtLpCK;, WELLSBOjtO t J>A. THE AGITATOR SSrUotrO to ttjr SSyteusCon of f&rof iFmnom ana the of Reform -VOL. XL I'-.-: CLOTHING! CLOTHING! {One door'below Harden’s Store.) WE have just arrived in Wellsboro .with a large Stock of-CLOTHING-and r - Gentlemens Furnishing Goods,. , Also, HATS 4 CAPS, and a great assortment of LADIES’ CLOAKS, Which we offer to the-citizens of Wellsboro and' aur-' rounding country at 50 PER CENT. CHEAPER, than any other establishment in, this part'of the country. Our object is to reduce put; WINTER & FALL STOCK OF GOODS. PRICES: OVER GOATS from $4 to $4O; BUSINESS GOATS from $3 to $25.- - PANTS from s2'toslo. y ! . VESTS .from S2J to $B. J-. , . " 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 su pervision and can not be surpassed' in quality and durability. . v.. . w We respectfully irndteavery. one wbosc intsceatis to bo economical, to examine. »ur STOCK. ANB TRIBES - - - before purchasing ejiewhene. % ; >t MST & AUERBACH, of Syracuse, N. Y., and Blossbnrg, Pa.. Wellsboro, Dec. 14, 1864—tf. \ -f E. & H. ,Ti ANTHONY & CO., Manufacturers of .Photographic Materials. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, -■ 501 BROADWAY, 'N. Y- In addition to our main business of PHotographio Materials, we are Headquarters for the following,.viz: Stereoscopes & Stereoscopic : Views, Of these we have an icuajeoeo assortment, including War Scenes, American and Foreign Cities-and Land scapes, Groups, Statuary, Ac., Ac, Also, BevoJvibg Stereoscopes, for public-or-private exhibition. Our Catalogue trilhbo sent to.*any address recofpCTof Stamp, - BHOTOGBAPHIC ALBUMS . Vfe were the first to introduce.these into the U.oited States, and we .manufacture", immense -quantities in great variety, ranging, in price from 60 cents. t<) $6O each. Our ALBUMHJ have the reputation.of being superior in beauty and durability toany-othere. .will be sent by moil, fbee, |>Woo. yggV* Fine Albums made to order.'.jjs^' CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. Our Catalogue now embraces over Fire Thousand different subjects (to which additions ace'cdjntlnually being made) of Portraits of Eminent Americans, Ac., viz: about *• 100 Major-Generals - , • 650 Statesmen, - 200 Jlrig.-rGeheral^. 130 Divine’s, 1 275 Colonels,. 125 Authors, 100 Licht.-Colonels, • ■ 40 Artists, 250 Other Officers/ 125 Stage, 75 Navy Officers, 60 Prominent Women, 150 Prominent Foreign Portraits. 3,000 COPIES OP .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 our Catalogue wiH be filled on the re ceipt of $l.BO, and sent by mull, free. - Photographers and others .ordering goods..C. O-.D. will please remit-twenty-five per cent, of the amount ‘with their order. " B. A H. J. ANTHONY & CO., Manufacturers of Photographic Materials, ' 501 Broadway, Ne>y York. , The prices and quality' of our goods cannot fail to satit-fy. [Nov. 16, 1864j1y.] FALL AND WINTER GOODS,— No, 2, Union Block. . JEROME SMITH, Hasjately returned ‘frotnNevr York with a splendid assortment of' ‘ ' " ' _ { - * ; DRY GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, - BOOTS &. SHOES, -GLASSWARE, HATS & CAPS, HARbWARE, ,1’ 1 GROCERIES, DOMESTICS, , WOODENWARE, ', ; ; ENGLISH CLOTHS, LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, SATINS, ! TWEEDS ANb KENTUCKY JEANS,. I , FRENCH CASSIMERES; PULL CLOTHS. Attention is called to bis stock of. • ■ - Black and Figured Drees Silks, ' | J Worsted Goods, - Mcrinoes, - ? Black and Figured DoLaines, > - Long and Square-Sbbwls, > ; Ladies’ Cloth,- • ; „ Opera Flannels,- Ac; Purchasers will find that - • | " “ No. 2, tJmon Block. MamStrect, j ~ is the.place to boy the best quality of, at the lowest prices. JEROME’SMITH; . Wellsboro, Nov. 16, 1864-tf. FARM FOR SALB.—Tho undersigned wishes to dispose of, his Farm in Covington township, ly ing on Elk three miles from „Cpyipgton. Boro, and'generally known’”as ",'the Wetherboe. Farm.” It contains afcouf 93 acres/.with' eß'dat 60! acres improved. , v ' '.*1,7 \ The soil is of the Very best.quality of the cleared portion is entirely free from.stamps!; IV is well wctered and has good buildings.’,' Those'who want to-buy a good Farm may find it,tp, their advan tage to pay this one a visit before they." settle.down.” Good warrantee deed given. For terms apply to Hf. H. Potter, Middlebury Center, Pa., or to Levi Rock well, Cherry FUtts, Pa, ' J. B. POTTER. Washington, D. C., Nov. 30, 1864. DISSOLUTION. —The.Finu_ heretofore under the name of S. Bennett & Co., is thisday dissolved by tnuiuol consent., - The business will hereafter be conducted by ViaeberyHimon & Randall,' who dre authorized to use the lalo"0na. naine Jn li quidation. * , SOLOMON BENNET, Middlebury, Feb. 4-31* . JOHN VISORER."; . The nnnorsigned bavn this day entered. Info a co partnership under the name: of. Viseher, Dimon &; Randall for the transaction of the business heretofore conducted by S. Bennett & Co. .JOHN YiSCHER, *-• L . JOHN B. DIMON, , Middlebury, Feb.’-4/65* : JOHN RANDALL. * ANAsWranettfoP TABXE , GLASSWARE will bo found-at v - t , . STORE, CONCENTRATKDLXE/for sale’at’ ; 1 -~-i- • " HOT’S'DRUff 6TOBB. WHILE BE A WRONG UNRIGIITED, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE WELLSBOKO, TIOGA COUNTY. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 18«5. self ft Jlofttg* •TP HE BOYS ’ WE‘ TTSE3> TO 'KNOW, j , We miss them from their early homes,. l We call, but none reply; ’ - ’ Oply a mournful echo-comes Of tad winds, murmuring by. » We miss them from the social hearth, r ir . Lit by the firelights glow: 1 Wp-miss them in onr.homes. of mirth— ■ The boys we nsed-to know. * - ;We used to time their, fiying feet To music's joyous spell; But uowyhey go where war-drums beat ■To sound of shot and shell ; f .. •' Witfr manly stop and kindling eye, Wo.watched thein come and go. But now their graves are green and high— " The boys we used to know. - And some in Southern prisons wait, By bolts and bars tmawed,' * Whose souls can see the Golden Gate Reflect the smiles bf God . The fetters on their wasted limbs Are bat an idle show, They keep their courage yet undimmed— ' -Tie boys we used to know. Ob, Father I‘guard them well, whose feet ! ' Yet press thesabitbor shores, ■ .Through prison bars, on midnight boat— . Where the.dull cannon roars,-, [ . , - And grant to these our earnest praycVs, If ne'er-to moot below) ■ : . find&tldSl, beyond'thejrtars, - - The boys-we used.tohnow. 2^tsccXlang. iNTBIiLECT, IN BAGS. "■ T«o ptoud cbildron were .tripping along.tjio streets of Boston, one-sunshiny day, on their; ’way to school, chatting gs they wept, and ap parently enjoying, ihemseljrcs right mlrrily. A late rain had givon-n coating of mud, to! the red brick sidfl'waifcs, so the children stri ded daintily ; the oldcnoile, a,slight and deli cately formed girl, with a merry dark eye and full rich ringlets, carefully gifting her soft sbi-. : ning garments, .that they, might not be soiled, ■by contact with the wet earth, i. And now their way, was-through a dark al loy, where tho...BUbbeams,. grew sickly, and p.-iled into dimness/ as they touched the heavy ■and tainted ‘ atmosphere/ though -perchance lung'times between they melted into,the,shad ows upon the golden hairs of. sqme poverty ■ Stricken infant, fcr.mnny sat Jq ; ihe .doorways of ■that cdmforlleEScity'lane.: :• ; ; ■ ' The boy and girl moved slowly, onward,' ■their .white brows; bent bright eyes searching fur hidden- pav'CHtones; yet.ov teninon somo:quick> laugh-at the ludicrous fig «res that flitted across,their .through their Jtoauth cheatc-mirij dimjdea—— ■ " Don't you. ham -dirty- places/ Julia ?”, said the hoy as a few drops, not of crystal, stained the glossihess of:his rich attire; don’t yoo wish that the.school was at the other, end of the lane?” - , , , ■ : lt ! s perfectly horrible/', answered,the beauti ful young creature; :with a light laugh-; ‘‘ dear do luok at these creatures; they can have no sensibility of refinement ; bow dirty, how con temptible they are—well, thank goodness that we were born rich.": . , „, ■ “■Stop k> Julia,.hash;! r yonder is .something to excite our laughter, I warrant you—ha !ha 1 a toy larger than myself, and ho appears tq.be picking out the letters .an that scrap of paper —bah! ■ , - i■ • “ Stand still, Arthur,' do, .and. let ns hear him; we can wait a moment.’' A few paces'before them sat a. boy of some thirteen summers, batless, shoeless, and. with very scent frock ’and ■ trousers; the latter a mass of patches. : His hair, tangled and thick, hung over his downcast eyes; and bis hands, stained rough with Johor, grasped a little torn piece of newspaper, which be evidently picked Out of the mud. So absorbed was be in his task that ho:did nut jiotioe.the and high bred yonng strangers who., stood regarding him with thoughtless hot.subduedjnirth.l , . ; Hark!'-the toy,-leaning his brown ifaoe on bis cleoched : hands; murmurs mnonnseumsly s aloud—h-kd'n—no, hot that ;—yes^no,”^—-a deep drawn sigh, then again—“b-Tam”-—then lagain a long: pause—“ oh dear, have I (forgot-: ’ ten I never to read like Barney/' As’the -pool” child exclaiming thus,' lifted his eyes sorrowfully fr(tn the tattered ‘ bit • of' piloting,’ hisgaze fell upon the listeners, whose beautilol lips burled- with a scornful smile. A flhsh of crimson Parted to his swiirthy cheeks, mounting to''the' top of his forehead, ns he threw' oft’ tho mass Of tangled curls, and bis bold, black eyes’ fell before their familiar’ stare. ‘■•Hal ha I’’ said the richly clad youth; careless ly. “ I’ve got a brother only five yeafs old, heme, who can read better' than'that. A big boy like you .ougbtjif jenst to know your let ters. Why don’t you go To'school ' ’>• To school:! echoed Julia, eneeringly, / do yon suppose he eduld get into a decent school ? Elis name ought to bff, patchwopk ; ba ! ha ! poor thingshe contined with mock pity, ■ odr stable-boy dresses, better than that.” The ladrat her. tone of commiseration, sprang 'to his feet, and bent on the brother andsister .such a glance .of defiance, indignation add. saorn that they,instinctively hurried, onward though,the .girl turned once,mure mockingly around,'and gave utterance to a slight banter ing laugh. ■ Still the poor lad stood—wounded—to .the heart’s core—still He gazed'after them, hie. full lips quivering with his mental anguiSh/bis black eye, through the misty drops that .hung trembling on his lids, flashing fire, as though they would scathe and bias} the selfish pride of those thoughtless children; then turning, tie hurried oir three broken BtnpHonto a dim en-. 'try/flew along a dark passage, and Entering a "cheerless room flung-trimflelf; upon-tba uneven floor,and wcpfburningTears of,grief and shame. The parlors of a stately mansion on. Beacon street Boston, were brilliantly illuminated. —.. The owner of the.princely tenement had issued cards for a fashionable sortie ; the tour bad ar rived, and the guests were assembling. The rich and the great were there, but con spicuous among all, and covers!ng with the ex-president of the United - States, the . elder JldamsV. stood a noblftlooking man,in:the bloom mid vigor of manhood. His face was intellectually beautiful, and his high attitude commanding yet extremely graceful. “ All the evening/ murmured a fashionable, yet lov ly lady, to Mr. Adams, as be turned toward her. I have been striving to gain an introduction to Mr. ;M ■ —*s distinguished guest- but he has been so surrounded—now, however, he stands alone. I should esteem it a- mb- honor- to speak to him, hnt for a mo ment." ■ ‘ You shall have that pleasure/ said the exj president, smiling:; and turning, be presented the.heaatiful. and fascinating’wife; of a mil lionarie.to tho talented stranger. “Wehave met before, madam/ bowing low to conoeal a strange expression that stole over his features.” . fhl bave forgotten,” the lady made answer in her sweetest tones. ; “I'have not—we, have .met before, just twenty .years ago/ he continued, still keeping his piercing eye on her face —tye met in a lit tle.lane, a -narrow repulsive place, where the ories of hunger resounded often npon the still air/and where rags, misery and filth, met* the traveler of every step.” He paused—and she gazed more furiously n pop , him., . , , • Perhaps' you don’t remember the time—-the you don’t remember how two pampered children of‘wealth passed along,the lan9v-.it may - be you have forgot the poor out cast; grasping at science [though then scarce ly conscious], with bis untutored mind. The -laughjof deristotr that was!then.flung upon this lonely heart—for I am that child—roused ■.the- latent fire .of ambition • within my breast; .and,J'he..continued more softly -‘I thank yon fur the.-taunt „and the. scornful words; they ■were ever, my incentive in my, upward path to honor;!I had but to.think of them, and my isoul was nerved anew. I thank yon for them; and a triumphant smile illuminated bis aplen -did countenance. .... The lady, faint-and mortified, glided away from her rebaker, and in-leas than an hoar sat bumbled and weeping in her own proud man sion. .She,had wished,-nay coveted just one little word’frotn the being whom in her haugh ty childhood she had "derided and despised for ’poverty—and she had been repaid with con tempt, though smoothly worded and delicately expressed by the neglected boy, whose name ranj* the’world through. - Have, a care, then sons and danglers of plen ty." -- Seom not the child of poverty, who with lensive eje and lifted hands, toils up the rug ’'”»tthts of ParndaSog,.uncared for and un vou, decked in the mean '‘l > Jiumbly grope ' the very ged aid pd T _ the (iizzyheigu t.Vf er parapheralia of wetf .along the moutain’s baae. and'urT feet of him who you disdained. Anecdotes of Gi*ant.— ln the first action in which Grant commanded, his troops at first gained a slight advantage over the confederates. They, began,}o plunder the Confederate camp in spite of all that Grant conld do to stop them. At last Grant who knew that confede rate reinforcements were coming up, got-some of his friends to set fire tp the camp, so as to stop the plundering. Then he got his ’ troops together, as well as he could, and retrated but,'in the meantime, tho confederate rein forcements came up, attacked Grant and 'de feated him. There were five Colonels .under Grant whp had not by any means supported him effectually in his attempts to stop the plundering and colllect his troops. Mr. <Os bnrn Saw Grant a day or two afterwards, when lie expected to be deprived of bis com mand-on account of the defeat. He said, "VVhy dp you nor"reporrtlre"colonels ? They 'are'the men to blame fur not carrying out your orders.” “ Why, laid Grant, “ these of ficers had never- been under .fire, before ; they did not-know how serious ,an affair it was ; thoj .have had a leaspn which they will not for get. I will answer fur it, they, will never n»ake ; the same mistake again. I. can see by the way they behaved in the subsequent action that they are of the right stuff, aud it is better that!should loose my command, if that must ;be, than the country should loose the services of five such good officers when good men are scarce.,, Grant did not loose his command, and three out of the five officers have since greatly distinguished themselves. The day before .Grant attacked Fort Donelson the troops bod had a march of twenty miles, part of it during a bitter cold night. Grant called a council of war to consider whether they should attack the fort at once, or should give the troops a day or two’s, rest. The officers were in favor of resting. Grant said nothing until they all .had giyeq their opinion; then he said, “There is' a deserter come in this morning; lot us see him.and hear what he has to say ?” When he came in Grant looked into his . knapsack.— “ Where are you from!” “Fort Donelson.” " Six days’ rations in, your.knapsack, have you not, my ipan?” “Yes sir. “When were ; they served ont “ Yesterday morning.” ‘n.Were ,tbe same rations served out to all tho -troops ?•’ . Yos, sir.” "Gentlemen,” said .Grant, “troops do not have six day.’s, rations served out to- them in a fort if they,mean, to stay there,. These men mean to .retreat, not To fight; we will attack at once.” He did at tack the confederates, defeated them, and took a large number of prisoners. —■Edinlntrg Scots man. ■, A story is told of a certain Mrs. Petroleum, whose husband had come, into possession of a large fottuono, and had erected a bouse to cor respond .to his means. Mra. Petroleum, had heard that itwos necessary, to have a “ library," and accordingly, sent to a popular, bookstore and, ordered one 1 . A well.. assorted library of standard works was sent up to her.house. Nest day, comes down my lady in a towering rage at their selection. —“ Choicest works ?,” cried she, as an explanation was attempted, ‘ bother your choicest worksthey were all different sizes and colors. I wanted them all in blue and gold, to match my furniture I If we expect charity front .the world, we' be charitable ourselves. . . t How tho News of Ponce was Beoeived in 1815. Years ago the office of the old Gazette was in Hanover square,,neap tbs corner of Pearl St. It was a place of resort for news and conver sation, especially in the evening. The evening of February 15, 1815, was cold, and at a late hour only Alderman Sebra and another gen tleman were left with father Lang, the genius of the place. The office was about to bo closed, when a pilot rushed in, and stood for a moment so entirely exhausted as to bo un able to speak l . “He baa great nows,” ex claimed Mr. Lang. Presently the pilot gasp ing for breath, whispered intelligibly, “ Peace I Peace!” The gentlemen lost their breath as fast as the pilot gained his. Directly the pilot, was able.to say, “An English sloop is below,i with news of a treaty of peace !” They say that Mr. Lang exclaimed in greater words than over he used before—and all bands rushed in to Hanover square exclaiming—“ Peace ! Peace I" The windows flew up—for families lived there then. No sooner were the inmates sore of the sweet sound than tho windows began to glow with brilliant illuminations.— The " Peace 1 Peace 1” spread through the city at the top of all voices. No one stop ped to inquire about “ free trade and sailors ’ rights.”. No one inquired whether even the national honor had been preserved. The mat ters by which the politicians.had irrtiated the nation into the war, had lost all their import ance. It whs enough that the ruinous war was over. An old man on Broadway, attract ed by the noise at his door, was seen to puli down a placard, “ To Let,” which had long been posted up. Never was there such joy in the city. A few evenings after there was a general illumination, and although the snow was a foot deep, and soaked with rain, yet the streets were crowded with men and women, eager to. see and participate of everything which had in it the sight or taste of peace.— Boston Saturday Gazette. The Pointer,—B.. E. .Taylor of the Chicago Journal, a.writer whose every word is a poet ic thought, thna speaks of the Printer: “ The Pointer is the .Adjutant of thought, and this explains the mysteries of the wonder ful words that can kindle a home as no song can—that warm a heart as no hope can—that word “iwe,” with a hand-in-hand warmth.in it, fop tire Author and Printer are engineers together. Engineers'indeed 1 "When the little Corsican bombarded Cadiz at the distance of five miles, it was deemed the very triumph of engineering. But what is that paltry range to this,"whereby they bombarded the ages yet tv A;v. ' ‘ - There he stands at the case and marshals in to line the forces armed for truth, clothed in immortality and in English. And what can ■hsjnore, noble tban tbe equipment of a thought in sterimf^Saxon—Saxon with the ring of spear or shielcTtberein, and that commission ed it when we are dead/to-move gradually on to u the last Sylahle of recordod'time.” This is to win a victory from- death, for this haiT'ntr dying in it. 1, Tho Printeriis called a laborer, and the of fice he performs is toil. Oh, it is not work, but a sublime rite he is performing, when be thus “sights” the engine that is to fling a worded truth in grander curves than missies e’er before described—flings it- into the bosom of on age yet unborn. He throws off his eoat indeed; but we wonder the rather that he does not put his shoes from off his feet, for the place where on he.stands is holy ground. A little song was uttered somewhere long ago; it wandered to the twilight feebler than a star; it died upon the ear; but the Printer takes it up where it was lying there in the silence like a wounded bird, and he sends it from the Ark that had preserved it, and it flies into the future with the olive-branch of peace, and aronnd the world with melody, like tbe dawning, of a spring morning. A Man with too much Wife.— Chapman, a witty lawyer in Hartford, was busy with a case at which a lady was present, with whom he had already had some thing to do as a witness. Her husband was present—a diminutive, meek, forebearing sort of a man—who, in the language of Mr. Chapman, “ looked like a red rooster just fished out of a swill barrelwhile the lady was a large portly woman, evidently the “ better horse.” As on the former occas ion, she “ balked” on the cross examination. The lawyer was pressing the question with ur gency, when she said, with vindictive fire flash ing in her eyes— “Mr Chapman, you needn’t think yon can catch me ; you’ve tried that once before 1” Putting on bis most quizzical expression, Mr. Chapman replied— “ Madam,! haven’t the slightest desire to catch you; and your husband looks to me as if he was sorry he had 1”' The husband faintly smiled assent. Three, or four times a couple appeared before a clergyman for marriage ; but the bridegroom was drunk, and the reverend gentleman refused to tie the knot. On the last occasion he ex pressed his,,surprise that so respect able a look ing girl was not ashamed to appear at the al tar with a man in such a state. The poor girl burst into tears, and said she could not help it. “And why, pray?" “Because, sir, he won’t come when he is sober 1” It is , better to teach the child and youth arithmetic and Latin Grammar than rhetoric or moral philosophy, because these require ex actitude. and performance. It is made certain, in "lessons like these, that the lesson is mastered, that power of,performance ia worth more than the knowledge. He can leaijn anything which ia important for him to know, now that the power to learn is secured. As mechanics say, when one has learned-the use of tools, it is easy to work at a new craft. . Douglass Jerold once said to an ardent young gentleman, who was desirous of seeing his name in print: "Be advised by me, young man, don’t take down the shutters before there is anything in the window.” Bates of Adveftlfllng, , Advertlsementswill be ofisrged JipertqwielS «f lines, one or three insertions, and 25 cents for every eobaeqnentinsertion. Advertisements of less than 10 lines considered as a square. The subjoined rates wUI bo charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly *nd Yearly advertisements; . . . , j_' 3 MONTHS. ' 6 MONTHS. 12 XQS&B9 1 Square, $4,00 $5,75 $7,50 2 do. 6,00 8,25 3 do 8,75 10,75 12**0^ i Column, 10,00 13,00 16,15' i do 18,75 25,00 ■ 31,60 1 do 30,00 42,00 60700 Advertisements not having the number of inser tions desired marked upon them, will be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and all hinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices', Constable’s and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO. 28. The priests and military have retired. And I am now sitting in a chair facing the gigantic clock—from tho bottom to the top notlesatban one hundred feet, and about thirty feet wide and fifteen feet deep. Around me are many strangers, waiting to seo the working of.this clock, as it strikes the hour of noon. Every eye is upon tho clock. It wants five minutes to twelve. The clock has struck, and the ped plo are gono, except a few whom the sexton or head man, with a wand and sword, 5e conduct ing round tho building. The clock haa struck in this way; Thedial is some twenty feet from the floor, anir on each side of which is a cherub or, a little boy with a mallet, and over the dial is a small belL The cherub on the left strikes the first quarter, that on the right the second quarter. Some fifty feet above the dial, in a large niche, is a huge figure of Time, a boll in his left, a scythe in bis right band. In front stands aflguxe of a young man with a mallet, who strikes the; third quarter on the bell in the hand of Time, and then turns and glides, with % slow step, round behind Time, and then cornea oat an old man with a mallet and places himself in front. As the hour of twelve comes, the old man raises bis mallet and deliberately strikes twelve times on the bell, that echoes through the build ing, and is heard all around through the region of the church. The old man glides' behind father Time, and the young man conies rdund again, As soon as the old man hah struck twelve and dissappeared, another set of mar chinery is put in motion, some twenty feet higher still. It is thus : There is a high cross with the image of Christ. -The instant twelve is struck, one of the apostles walks out from behind, comes in front, turns facing the cross, bows and walks on around to his place. . As be does so another comes in front, tarns, bows and passes in. So twelve apostles, figures large as life, walk round, bow, and pass on.— As the last appears, an enbrnous cock, perched on-the pinnacle of the clock, slowly flaps its wings, puts forth its neck, and crows throe times, so loud as to be heard outside of the church for some distance, and so natural as to be mistaken for a cock. Then all is silent as death. No wonder this clock is the admiration of Europe. It was made in 1571, and has per formed these mechanical powers ever since, ex cept about fifty years, when it stood for're pairs.—Moravian. Vienna has been stirred up lately, by the comical result of a strange love story. It senna that in tho house of one Herr Knhoe, a teach er of language. Dr. Kant, a young lawyer, happened to make the acquaintance of a lady burdened with some property and thirty years. The lady, being unmarried, evinced particular interest in the young, shy, and rather abashed man of law. She made love to him, in fact, very strongly, and persuaded him to visit her at her house. But, alas 1 he loved another lady. One evening, while coversing with the doctor, she said: “ With your favorable idea of matrimony, may I ask if yon ever thought of marrying yourself?” Dr. Kant sighed, and his eye rested on the ground, hesitatingly mut tered in reply: “ I have already thought of marrying, and made my choice, but—” “Butl” the lady hastily interposed. “But,” he continued, the lady is rich and I am poor. lam afraid-1 could hardly aspire to her hand, and rather than tax myself with sor did designs X will bnry my passion in my • breast and leave it nnavowed forever.” At an early hour of the following day she, howeverj betook herself to a solicitor, and in legal form declared her wish to present and band over as his sole property the sum of 150,000 guilders (£15,000), to Dr. Kant. When the document had been signed, countersigned, and duly com pleted, she sat down in the office, and enclosing - it in an elegant envelope, added a note to the following effect: • i “ Bear Sir—l have much pleasure in enclos ing a paper whicii I hope will remove the Ob stacle in the wpyi of your marriage. Believe me, &c., Alice Mahtini.” Dr. Kant, for he and no other was the addres sed, was the happiest roan in the world on re ceiving this generous epistle. Repairing at once to the narents of Fraulein Fiachal, the lady of his love, he proposed for and received the hand of a girl who had been flattered ,by his delicate though nnavowed attentions. His reply to Alice Martini, besides conveying his sincerest thanks, contained two carts de visits, linked together by the significant rose colored ribbon. Miss Martini forthwith sued the hap py bridegroom for restitution, but, as no prom ise of marriage had hesn made, the case was, by two successive courts, decided against her. A LiTTtE too Fast! —Hollaed papers claim General Sherman as a native of that conn try, who emigrated to America after the commer cial failure of Amsterdam, It is sufficient to dispose of that claim to say that General Sher man is a lineal descendant of Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde pendence. . ’ " Nothing teaches patience like s garden, Yon may go round and watch the opening bud from day to day; bnt it takes its own time, and yon cannot urge it on faster than it will. If forced, it is only torn in pieces. All tha best results of a garden, like those of life, arc slowly, but regularly progressive. Dr. Casin having heard Thomas Fuller re peat some verses on a scolding-wife, was delight ed with them so as to request a copy. There's no necessity for that,” said Fuller, “as yon have got the original, ’’ Why is a sea-sick passenger on his way jto England like Whittier 7 Because he is a “ Con tributor to the Atlantic." When you walk out to taka the air, take your heir withyou. ‘ The Stmsbnrg’ Clock. Harried the other X.ady.
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