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 , '
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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.”
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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.