general news .items.
The bridge over the Susquehanna at Owego
withstood the freshet, and is about only
bridge on that stream that resisted the attack.
A three cent copper coin has been’ordered by
law to be a legal tender up to sixty cents.
The three cent postal .currency is t 6 bs -with
drawn. '• ’ ■; ’
There were more people killed aid wounded
in the United States by rail road accidents
last year than in any proceeding year at least
since 1854.
Ithaca was severely visited by the fldod, the
greatest iq forty years. V.
The salt works at Syracuse were much dam
aged by the great inundation. . x-
1 v.
John Bigelow, our present Charge'! d’ Af
fairs, at Paris, has received the appointment
of Envoy’Extraordinary and Minishf| .Pleni
potentiary to that Court. The faiSifnl and
arduous services of Mr. Bigelow in rehalf of
the country are thus richly rewarded.'
A petroleum millionaire, one of tbjfkerosene
aristocracy, wrote the pther day ;o - a well
known firm in New York city, to tb t following
brillant effect: “ Send me per Express,’ to elev
en Barret City, a good set of verm in for my
wife, and marked C. O. D. “
The late Isao Funk, the great Illinqis farmer,
owned 520.000 acres of the best in that
Stats, and was taxed for nearly 52,'0,000. —
His wife also- died in a few hoifrgi -fter her
husband. Mr. Funk’s will provides that his
vast estate shall remain in his family undivi
ded. '
—When Gen. Sherman' reachefl Columbia,
S. C., it-is estimated by the, rebels; that his
infantry and artillery numbered, 70,000. No
cavalry was with him. Put force
to that, 30,000 men —and it is repotted- that
he has effected a junction with Sheehan, and
Ife has a force of 100,000 men. ,A stnlg'army
that, and thejroops are in the best Condition.
Stamping Deeds. —The Supreme Court ol
New York, one day last week decide^ that un
• less there is a positive stipulation bejtween the
parties to the contrary, tho party selling the
property and furnishing the deed muSt likewise
pay the stamp duty imposed ‘by '; Congress
upon the same. This decision establishes the
law upon the subject, and it will well for
citizens of our State to make a n )to of it.—
Erie Dispatch. '' I
Northebn Central Raiiwa^w- Trains will
| be resumed on this road to day fat ms Ralston,
j one daily each way for the departing
| from the Junction at BA. M. find Arriving in
! Ralston at 12 M. The train northward will de
part from Ralston at 2 P.-M. and preach the
Junction at 6 P, M. Probably Oy Friday
morning, trains will able to rah from the De
pot passing over the break. The trains will be
made up of the usual passenger engines and
coaches, which arrived here pif* Sunday’.—
Elmira Advertiser. '
Bond ,and Assignment of Mortage.—The
Commissioner of Internal Revenuh: has made
the following decision When 'a parly executes
a bond to a bank for a sum of* money and as
signs a mortgage to the bank as security for the
payment of the bond at its maturity, both, the
bond and tbe assignment of the mortgage are
subject to stamp duty.- The fact that stamped
collateral security is given does nokexempt the
principal intrument from stamp duty; neither
would the stamp upon tbe principal instrument
relieve tbe collateral from stamp'duty.
Egyptian Cotton. —Advices from Egypt
state that notwithstanding the- reaction in the
cotton market the prospects ofjAe country
continues steadily to improve, String to tbe
judicious exertions of tbe Vicerni Jbr the devel
opment of its resources by all -a tydern aid.—
Since Nnbor Pasha has been np(, ointed minis
ter of public works and commerce, he has also
had the railway under bis cgbtrol, and goods
are now forwarded with rapidity-a-so much bo,
indeed, that the merchants complain that too
much' cotton is accumulating at Alexandria,
where the large holders for better
prices to realize. This' latter circumstance ac
counts for the rate of exchange remaining
higher than is usual at the present period of the
year, the quotation-now being 95 to 95 J so that
not so much gold is imported—a state of affairs
expected to continue for'some weeks, as tbe de
mand for bills will be- considerable on account
of large imports of all kinds having to be paid
for os well as various debts from 1 Egypt ■to
Europe having to be liquidate^
Wholesale Plunge. —A y nog man nam
ed Bishop Cozzens was arrestrt ion Friday last
at Altoona on suspicion of beipg .concerned in
the frequent robberies of the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad cars there. bis
gnilt, and implicated an entire' family named
Burkholder. Their bouse, sitpatid some dis
tance below the towg, was visited' and a, large
quantity of dry goods, groceries, &c., to the
amount of $5,000 to $6,000 ftnin i secreted in
the house, barn andother out bnikinga. Burk
holder, his four eons and two daughters were
arrested and gave bail for their t-ppearaoce.
Cozzens is a step-son to a son-in-law of Burk
holder, and the robbery has been|quite a fami
ly affair, as another son-in-law mimed Hawke
was enbsequetly arrested and another lot of
goods found in his house. It seems that Coz
zens, who bad been in the employ of the rail
road . company, ban by some means Obtained
possession of s car-key* by which access'was
had to freight cars stars standing upon the sid
ing, and the most valuable gome removed.—
They were first taken to the of the son
in-law, in the borough,, and rei'rved thence to
Burkholder's by sleds' and oth,ir conveyances.
Several wagon load of goods, ol - every descrip
tion have been recovered, worth, at leas fifteen
thousand dollars.
OmcK Seekers.—A Woshii-gton letter of
therfilh Ventilates the offioe. banters' thus :
Swarms of office holders are here from allj
parts' of tbe country. The (West has abun
dant representations both of the present incum-
bents and of aspirants seeking;!? oust them. It
may comfort a large class of officials to know
that the' Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has protested against any general change of col
lectors and assessors, and that his’’’protest will
be heeded. Postmaster General Dennison has
likewise decided against any. genital changes,
and none will be made in his department ex
cept for. specific local causes. Postmaster
Mayer, of Cincinnati, has gone home with the
assurance that his place is safe; An effort is
being made to induce Mr. Medvll, of tbe Trib
une, to take tbe post office at Chicago in place ’
of bis partner, tbe present Incumbent, who is
said to retire. Some of the collectors of ports
and U, S. Marshals in Ohio and other incum
bents und aspirants, are on the ground'looking
after chances. v = ' "
THE AGITATOR.
M, H. COBB, BDITOK AND-PROPEIETOE.
WBUSBOBOCCH, PENN’A.
WEDNESDAY, ; : : : : ; MAR. 29, 1865,
THE XiAW OF BBOGBES3,
Notwithstanding the prevalence of social
and political depravity in these latter days, we
atill remain constant in the faith that the.
world of man is growing better from day to
day and from year to year. Tbp! progress is
slow, doubtless, as, in fact, is the operation of
universal law, at all times. Were one to
foond bis belief in the revolution of the earth
around the sun, by such slight evidences us
present, themselves to the unassisted powers of
observation from day to day, probably his pro
gress iri skepticism would overmatch his growth
in faith:
Bat science expounds the laws of planetary
motion, and" that which would only provoke
doubt without its aid, becomes unquestioned
fact. In Us strong, far-penetrating light. We
regard the progress of the race as being clear
ly proved by the evidences of history and the
expositions of the law 5f civilization which are
very generally acknowledged and accepted. —
The exceptions to the rule seem- to be individ
ual and limited. As, for example, a man
may be more degraded to-day than be was
yesterday ; and even a community may recede
from its good repute and standing among com
munities, and tfbeome more or less debased.
These, however, are mere exceptions, and do
not affect the universal law of progress.
We have been.led to these reflections by the
occasional expression of opinion that this re
bellion could not have occurred a quarter or
half century ago; that at those .periods tbe
American people were too virtuous and upright
to-fall in with the ambitious plans of their
leading men. In a sense, we suppose that a
rebellion against law abd order would have
'been impossible fifty years ago; the fact that
it did not occur niaj he considered pretty good
evidence of that fact. If is certain that some
intelligence superior to that of man seems to
decree "these social and political upheavals
and were the matter freely investigated it
would be found proceeding in strict accord
ance with some universal decree. The com
parative peace which preceded the great civil
wars in Britain was not an era of so advan
ced a state of civilization as that which existed
at the breaking ont of those wars. From this
it would appear that war, rebellion, and social
convulsion, are not the offspring of barbarism.
Therefore, to say that this rebellion oonld
not have broken out fifty years ago;; and to
conclude, therefore, that the American people
are-less virtuous and enlightened, and Christ
\a.x»y itan KaJCn. oontory agn. dno* not aDDear
quite logical. As well might one say of a
winter apple that it could not have ripened in
May, or of snow, that it could not exist under
a tropical sou. Some things are impossible
at all times of which men have experience ;
and others are impossible under certain cir;
cuinstances, and inevitable under others. In
this light we regard the great rebellion now
approaching its end.
The troth seems to be that the seeds of this
convulsion were sowed many years ago and
have been germinating for- neatly a century.
The rank growth ripened for the reaper in
1861. From that day to this there has been a
bloody and devastating harvest. It is not
that Jefferson Davis, and bis co-conspirators,
South and North, were worse men in 1861,
than they were in 1840, that the plot thicken
ed and burst upon the land. They were as
great criminals twenty years ago asfour years
ago. Bat the times and circumstances were
£ot favorable to the springing of tlje mine.—
Had this rebellion been possible to occnr before
the proslavery spirit had put on its full hid
epusness, it must have perished in the bud,
lacking the vital venom which has sustained it
for four years. Fifty years ago there were
hardly two opinions in the country as regards
slavery. It was universally acknowledged to
be an evil of great magnitude, which both sec
tions, south and north, hoped to get rid of in
good time. And it was not until the dema
gogues of the South -found breath to demand
new guarantees for the perpetuation of the
system, that the spirit of anti-slavery took up
on itself organized form and real fonnidability.
These'two opposing spirits bad to be strength
ened by long years of bloodless warfare before
'the present rebellion was possible.
In this connection we desire to make brief
mention of another matter bearing upon the
question of progress. It is stated, in evidence
of the degeneracy of the race, that the tem
perance cause is languishing and weak. There
is much truth iu this, of course. Every man
sees that for himself; and ykt it is not univer
sal. In some localities tbe various organiza
tions of the cause are to-day more flourishing
than ever before. Saoh is tbe fact as regards
'Washington, and several other cities where
the cause has dragged for years.' That indi
viduals, and communities even, have retrogres
sed cannot be denied; but if the statistics of
the various orders connected with the tempe
rance movement should show no foiling off in
membership, in the country at large, the decay
0/ the enterprise will then appear to be only
local and temporary.
The most shocking ebook of the age is that
sustained by the semi-rebels of the North,
through the intoxication of Andrew John-
Von. The semi-rebel papers are convulsed with
horror and disgust. It is singular. We have
examined the Constitution in vain to find the
penalty attached to such dereliction. But a
single crime is recognized and provided for in
tfiat instrument. 1 That crime ie treason. It is
named a capital crime under the law. Through
THE TIOG A , COUNTY AGITATOR.,
the troason of the party whose organs these
journals are, the land is to-day steeped in
blood, and half of the republic laid waste.—
Yet, in nil these four years of war, these zeal
ous conservators of public morality have not,
altogether indulged, in the denunciation of trea
son one tenth .part, in turn or degree, of that
now heaped upon a single error of Mr.. John
son. So it is with hypocrites and pretenders
always. They are horrified at some isolated
'venial sin, yet wink at, and encourage capita)
crime. <
New York papers of Aridity bring the semi
occasional bulletin of a rebel victory near Ben
tonville, N. C. ' Jo. Johnson telegraphs the
rebel Sec. of War, that he attacked Sherman
on the !9th inst., and rooted him, taking three
guns. The rebel papers now express a hope
that Sherman has met his match. Rut Jhe
“ rebel victory" will turn out a rebel skedaddle,
and Jo. Johnson will next be beard from run
nin>.' away, with Sherman at bis heels. This
“rebel victory” will get ventilated in tbSsemi
rebel prints north, of'course. It shows their
venom. Their editors would do well Ur imi
tate some of their humbler brethren in prepar
ing to fling up their hats when the rebellion
goes down. The truth probably is that John
son's bad a fracas with the skir
mishers of one of Sherman’s columns.
The telegraph news published last week
proves to have been rumor electrified. We
bad supposed that lightning, like figures,
would noVlie. That was a mistake.
The people of Wilmington have had what
is called “ a grand rail; for the Union." The
meeting was called by Mayor Dawson. The
meeting was postponed until the Union troops
bad mostly left the oity, so that no carping reb
el should have it to say that its proceedings
were controlled by bayonets. After a full and
free conference, s series of loyal resolutions
was adopted with great unanimity and
siasm. They call upon' the people of North
Carolina to submit to the national authority,
protest against the madness of the authorities
in prosecuting the war against the Union, and
declare that the people have lost all confidence
in the rebel government. Only one clergyman
came forward to participate in the meeting.—
His speech was a dignified appeal to the peo
ple to retnm to their allegiance, and very able.
This minister was the Rev. Mr. Hepburn, of
the Presbyterian ofaurcb. - -
WAR NEWS.
We present herewith a summary of the war
news from the 17th iust. It will ha found
both interesting and encouraging. Prom the
Tribune of March 17 i
A dispatch from Qen. Grant to the War De
partment gives positive and most cheering
news from Gen. Sherman. He bad reached
Favetteville without eeriouaoppoaition, and bis
army ID tiOti titmUli nod spirits. Horded wan
in his front but kept at a respectful distance,
which ha will, doubtless, continue to do so
long as he has the power. At Colombia Qen.
Sherman destroyed forty-three cannon and the
immense arsenal and railroad establishment at
that place; at Cberaw he captured twenty
five cannon and six hundred barrels of gun
powder, and at Fayetteville twenty pieces of
artillery with much other war material. The
-officer who brought the letter to Gen. Grant
reports that Kilpatrick’s headquarters bad been
surprised by two brigades of Hampton’s get
ting in his rear, who captured bis whole staff;
bat Kilpatrick, escaping, rallied his men, drove
the enemy with great loss, and recaptured
nearly all be had lost. The public was pre
pared for this good news, but will rejoice none
the less emphatically now that it comes in au
thentic shape. That faith that now believes
in Lee and his strategy will remove moontaina.
Sherman’s success is beyond a question, and
the days of the Rebellion are numbered.
War Department, 1
Washington, March 17— 3 p. in. J
Major-Gen. Sheridan reports on the Rich
mond and Fredericksburg Railroad across the
South Anna River, that, having destroyed the
James River Canal as far to the east as Gooch
land, he marched up to the "Virginia Central
Railroad at Tollsville and destroyed -it dowq to
Beaver Dam station, totally destroying 15 miles
of the road. Qen. Caster was then sent to
Ashland, and Gen. Devin to the South Anna
bridges, all of which have been destroyed. Qen.
Sheridan says the amount of property des
troyed in his march is enormous. The enemy
attempted to prevent the burning of the Central
Railroad bridge over the South Anna, but the
sth United States Cavalry charged up to the
bridge, and about thirty men dashed across on
foot, driving off the enemy and capturing three
pieces of artillery— twenty-pounder Parrotts.
C. A. Dana, Assistant Secretary of War.
Washington, Saturday, March 13,1865.
We learn -of the army of the Potomac
that our troops ore in the best possible condi
tion, and are ready to move at any time occas
ion may require.
Rumors continue to prevail in camp tfaatthe
Rebels contemplate the evacuation of Peters
burg.
On Thursday and > Friday the enemy along
the center of the line'were very busy throwing
troops from point to point, at one time mass
ing nt one place, and in a short time thereafter
at another, thus necessitating the utmost watch
fulness along our entire line.
Another account says that all day Wednes
day and Thursday the Rebels were in active
motion in front of the Ninth Corps. The
camps were struck within their lines, and large
bodies of troops could be seen from our signal
stations to bo moving to and fro.
They kept up an nnnsally bold front, at times
completely swarming Cemetery Hill with men,
and frequently opening upon our troops with
cannon, which was promptly replied to. It
was believed they were endeavoring to hide the
evacuation of Petersburg,. from which all the
people have been qrdered away, for the purpose
of falling back to their now line of works on
the North side of the Appomattox River, with
their right resting on the Lynchburg Railroad.
On Thursday night, a storm of wind and
snow prevailed at the front. Tents were
blown down and trees uprooted. A number of
men of the 87th Wisconsin were killed and
crushed by the falling trees.
A heavy explosion took" plAoe on Thursday,
which shook- the boats of the James and Appp
mattox Rivers. It appeared to be in the direc
tion of Petersburg, and it was reported at City
Point that it was occasioned by an attempt of
the Rebels to blow up Fort Hell, wbicb bad
been previously evacuated by our troops, know
ing that the Rebels had previously undermin
ed it. . -
March 22, 1865.
The Republican extra say the Goverment has
received intelligence that on Sunday last Geo.
Sherman’s arrayentered Goldebourough, North
Carolina. His march was unopposed.
The two armies of Sherman and Schofield
have formed 'a junction. ■ *
The Republican extra further says:
Sherman’s present command ia sufficiently
formidable to confront Lee’s whole army in
the open field without the assistance of Grant,
and no force that the Rebels may raise can im
■pode Sherman's triumphant march northward.
The story in The Richmond Sentinel which
we published yesterday that fear of Sherman’s
divisions were repulsed near Fayetteville turns
■ ouf to be a Rebel lie, as we stated.
SECOND DISPATCH.
•Philadelphia, March 22,1865.
A special dispatch from Washington to The
Evening Telegraph says a messenger arrived
-with news from Gen. Sherman to Monday, via
City Point.
Goidshourough’wns occupied by’our forces
on Friday and tbearmy moved immediately in
pursuit of the enemy.
Refugees all report that Jtbnston is moving
to Richmond to join Lee, and that his army
ia really unfit for heavy fighting, and that
Hoke’s troops are the only men that can be
relied upon.
Raleigh wiil be captured with but little,’ if
any, fighting.
Glen. Sheridan is off on another raid. It is
said that ho will intercept Johnston in bis re
treat. .
The Army of the Potomac is believed to be
advancing west. A great battle is expected
soon.
Washington, Mar. 22. 1865
A gentleman who arrived here yesterday
from Richmond, which place he left on the,l7th
inst., states that preparations have been made
by the Rebels to evacuate both Richmond and
Petersburg, aud he gives it as his opinion that
this event will take place the expiration
oi ten days.
The damage caused by Sheridan’s raid thro’
the counties north of the Rebel capital was ac
knowledged by everybody to be irreparable. —
The property destroyed was estimated by Gov
ernment officials at upward of $50,000,000.
Within the last three weeks several divisions
of Lee’s army had been sent to re-enforce John
ston’e army, and Lee himself went to Raleigh
to look after matters in that quarter.
He estimates the strength of Lee’s army in
the entrenchments of Richmond and Peters
burg! at about sixty thousand men, exclusive of
ten thousand borne guards and emergency
men in Richmond.
Johnston’s force in North Carolina be does
not believe will number more than from forty
five to fifty thousand men, including the re-en
forcements that Lee has dispatched to bis assist
ance.
A large portion of the North Carolina army
is composed of militia and undrilled ooooripts,
who will not fight if they can possibly get a
chance to to run away.
A deep gloom pervades the City of Richmond,
and everybody seems to feel that the day of
reckoning has come at last.
«► J
A Man who has not ilept for overronr
teen Vsars. <j
The city papers have the following rather
marvelous story;
At present there is a soldier at the Chest
nut-Hill 41ilitary Hospital who has not slept
for a single moment for fourteen years and six
months. This may seem incredulous, but
nevertheless it is true, and can be verified by
numbers of persons. The individual is an in
telligent man, naturally, and has the benefit of
a moderate education. His name is C. D.
Sanders, orderly sergeant of Company 6. 13th
Va. Yol. He entered the service of the United
States on December 26, 1863. He is in the
forty-fifth year of bis age. His health has
been generally excellent during his life. In
1849 be was attacked with cholera, and since
that perion with lung fever on two occasions.
In the summer of 1860, sleep forsook him, and
since that time be has never felt the least
drowsy. He has always led a temperate life.
His wife and children reside in Putnam county.
West Virginia. Since he entered the Union
army he has been on seven raids and in four
charges, during which time be' informs ns that
be never felt tired, or sleepy. He was in charges
made beyond Harper’s Ferry, Va., on the 17th,
18tb,19th and 20th of last August, and yet he
did not feel r tbe least sleepy. Why it is that
he connot or does not sleep is ns much a
mystery to him as to many scientific gentle
man, who, having have made attempts to inves
tigate the cause.
Upon one occasion, at hie request, a number
of curiously inclined gentleman watched him
forty-two days and nights consecutively, in
order, if possible, to arrive at the cause of the
wonderful phenomenon. These gentleman
took turns with each other in the progress of
watching, so that if he should chance to sleep
it would be observed. Some of tbs watchers
become drowsy, and it was as much as he could
do to awaken them.
This singular man was sent to Philadelphia
by order of the field surgeon. He was admit
ted into the hospital at Chestnut Hill on the
17th of November last suffering from the chron
ic diarrhoea and rheumatism. He has nearly re
covered from his physical disability; bis appe
tite is good, but yet he does not sleep. He re
tires to bed, the same as . other soldiers, but he
cannot sleep. He simply receives physical rest
This brief narrative of a most wonderful phen
omenon may seem fabulous but the reader is
assured that it is the truth.
The following extract from the proceedings
of the Canadian Parliment, will show that they
have some very hot beads among thorn. Doubt
less the Southern refugees have instilled their
peculiar chivalrous feelings into the breasts of
tbeir Canadian friends.
As the Speaker was about to leave the chair
the Hon. 1. S. McDonald rose in bis place, and
informed the House, that just as the Speaker
was about to leave the chair, and before be had
left it, the Hon. Mr, Cauobon, had some angry
words with Mri Dufresne; and while standing
close to one another on the floor of the House,
be bad seen the Hon. Mr. Caucbon in an angry
manner, strike a blow with his fist or open
hand, on the face of the Hon. Mr. Dofresne.
On motion, Mr. Canchon was heard in de-
fense; be stated that from words which bad ITT
been thrown across the House, and which were [ •
repeated behind Mr. Speaker’s chair, be went
on tbe other side to the Hon. Mr. Dufresne.—
The H”n., Member asking me for some expla
nation of certain words that I had used, told
me I was telling a He. 1 did not give n slap
to the Hen. Member, I only touched him on the
nose with my finger ! ! I feel that I have com
mitted a gross breach of the privilege of the
House, and beg leave to apologise for having
done so.— Extract Jfom Canadian Parliament
Legislai tee proceedings, Mxtich Ist ISGS
Te&nesse.e-has adapted its Free State Consti
tution by a vote? ofover 20,000, thus setting
free 275,000 slaves—another grand farce, ac
cording tp Senator Sumner's notion.
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December, 1864; J.au’y g| Feb’y, 1866.
THE
HEW-lOBK "WEEKLY TRIBUNE
of March 26th contains another appalling list of the
dead Union Prisoners, comprising those who died in
the hospitals from the 13th of December, the day
npon which The Tribute's correspondents escaped,
nntil all the prisoners of war were removed'to Rich
mond and Wilmington for exchange. There were
many nnable to obtain admission into tho wretched
hospitals who breathed their last in their own quar
tets, and of whom no memoranda whatever was kept.
They go to swell the list of the nameless and unre
corded dead who have cheerfully given up their lives
“ for oar dear country's sake," and whose memories
the Republic will evendelight to honor.
The exchanged prisoners who kept and brought
through this record, state that The Salithary Daily
Watchman in announcing the escape of The Trib
ute's correspondents, pronounced the occurrence
very mortifying, inasmuch as they were the most im
portant prisoners in the garrison ; bat asserted that
they were certain to be brought back in a week, as
scouts had been sent out for them and the country
alarmed in every direction. As the correspondents
hid quietly in sight of the prison nntil the scents
had gone out, and kept all the time behind them, it
was hardly strange that their fancied pursuers could
obtain no satisfactory information concerning them
The last report which reached the prison before
the news of their safe arrival in Knoxville, stated
very circumstantially that Messrs. Richardson,Browne
and Davis had been seen going through the moun
tains on horseback, armed to the teeth, and accom
panied by a deserting Rebel officer, who was also a
traveling arsenal. Tfao story probably sprung from
the fact that once, while in Wilkes County, North
Carolina, they were pursued for a short distance by a
member of the Home Guard, who noticed that one
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T-SO Loan.
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' March fi, 1865.
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OP THE 0m OP MEW TORE.
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Mar B~Hms
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Graduate of the College of Physician* and Surgeoni, Neu
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DYSPEPSIA.- I
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SCROFULA. 1
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This taint (hereditary and acquired} filling life with un
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■WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, AGENTS,
46 Cliff Street, New York.
Sold by J. A. Rot, Wellaboro, Pa.; S, S. PaciAin, Coving
ton. Pa-; RntßOTow A Co, Troy, Pa.
March 29,1865-ly.
SELLING OFF AT COST.—Neat i Auerbach
(one door below Hardens*) will sell their
Mens* and Boys* Clothing,
Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods,
Ladies' Cloaks,
Hats and Caps,
Balmoral Skirts,
Brocbe Shawls, Ac., Ac.,
At COST PRICES, on account of reducing
Fall and Winter Goods.
NAST A AUERBACH,
of Blossburg, Pa., and Syracuse, N. T.
Wellaboro, Mar. 22, 1865~tf.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE, —Letters of ii
ministration having been granted to the under
signed on the estate.oi James Campbell, lata of
son, dee’d, notice is hereby given to those indebted
to make immediate payment, and those having claims
to present them properly authenticated for settlement
to E. B. CAMPBELL, Adm'r.
Nelson, Mch. 22, 1860-61*
J. U. OKVIS, Pruidnt.