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 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.