The Tioga County Agitator £ BY. M. H. COBB. Published every Wednesday morning and'nwileito •nbscribers at ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CgfiTS always IN ADVANCE'. :* v paper is sent postage free to countyar »scri bers though they may receive their mail at pAg ifficcs located in counties immediately adjoining, Particular attention will be given to that?,:lass of business. . .. J. B. NI[yES. Wellsboro, Feb. lb, 1365-iy* ■ ~ ‘ - ‘ , PENNSYLVANIA HOUSf% CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND-THE Af INTO, Wellsboro. Pa. j. w. BlGONY,!..,.....Proprietor. THIS popular Hotel, having been 16-fitted and re-fnrniahed throughout, ia now thp public as a first-qUes house. [Jan. 'B63.] I>. HART’S ROTEI; -* WELLSBORO , TlOOa.: CO. PE. > TEE subscriber takes this method t * inform his old friends and customers that I i .has re lumed the conduct of the old “ Crystal f ountain Hotel,” and will hereafter give it his entirfj'ttlention. Thankful ter past favors, he solicits a rene ,jal of the tame. DAVID ffART. Wellsboro, Nov. 4, 1863.-ly. _ IZAAK waltos not SE, Gaines, Tioga County, Pa!; H, C. VERMILYEA,.... .. .Pfa|rie.tor. THIS is a new hotel located ac cess of the beat fishing and hunting fjamds in Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will bos bred for the accommodation of pleasure seekers an?.; ie-trav elling public. [Jan. 1, <1863.] A. FOIiET, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry* StfsJy&c., REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES , POST OFFICE BUILDi!NG, NO. 5, UNION. BLOCK. ' Wellsboro, May 20, 1883 H. W. jWII.LIS.MS, *««*■ Smith- WILLIAMS & SMITi J; attorneys and counselors if LAW, BOUNTY & PENSION AAjISNCY. Wain Street, Wellaboro, Pi' January 4, 1865-ly. . ; S. F. BBAIBUN,i barber & hair-drl&ser, Sboi* Overt C. L.- Wu.f OXY" Si ns. Wellsboro, Deo 7, 1864. " . WESTERN EXCHANGE IIOTEE. KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, %'£. THE undersigned having leased the f bove Hotel for a term .of years would respectfully inform, the traveling public that ho has put the Ititel in first class order for the reception of guests apj -fM pains will be spared in the accommodation of t;' ivilers and as far as the situation still allow, be will lerp a first class Hotel, in all things, except ptices,' » Itch will be moderate. Please try us and judge for. ftprselves. Knoxville, Oct. ID, 1864-tf. - ■!- it- mllilli. REVENUE STAMPS, TOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector i'-i Mans ij field, has just received a large lot of Revenue Status, of all denominations, from one cent t tip to $6. Any person wishing Scaups can get them at my office in Mansfield, or of M. BtJLLAKD, AsaiaUM Assessor, at Wellsboro' Pa. ■ J. M., JJtfELPSi Mansfield, May 2, 1864. • i L .]: P. SEWELL, DEBTin f, MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNI ';i PA., IS prepared to operate in all the impm in the various departments of filling) ext fating, In serting artificial dentures? Ac. f Mansfield, August iff,*lB64—ly. - COWAIfESQtE HOVSI3. THIS House which has been open for* citivonience of the traveling public for a numbcV df years, has lately been newly furnished throughou ; Wd fitted Qp ia as good style as can be-found in any jobntry or city Hotel. The Proprietor does .not heaifftte in say ing that there will be no pains spared to add to the comfort of his gueits, and make it a home 'for The best of stabling for teams j and a good hostler always in attendance, all of which can be foupd one mile east of Knoxville, Pa. - Ml V. PURPLE, proprietor, Deerfield, May 26,18fi4.-ly.ir-i. V ' ! WELLSfORO HOTJ^L {Oomcr Main Street rtndlhc ; Wellsboro, Pa, ; j B. f B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. ! One of the Imost popular Houses in the couniy. This Hotel ia the principal Wellsboro., Stages leave daily as " For Tioga, at 9a.m.; For Troy, at sa. m.; For Jersey Shore every and Fridfi, J at 2 p. m.j For Coudcrsport, every Tuesday and Fri at 2 p.m. Stages Arrive—From Tioga, at 1$ 1~2 o’clock p.m.: From Troy, at 6 o’clock p. m.; 7mm Jersey Shore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m.: port, Tuesday and Friday II a. ip,. * , *w * - N,B.—Jimmy Cowden, the well-kn'wn hostler, will be found on hand, ! Wellsboro, Oct. 5,1864—1 y., y HUGH YQUBIG, ' BOOKSELLER & STAViOIfEB, And' Dtiicß. i-ir American Clocks, American, , English, 4ind Swiss Watches, Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware,- Spectacles, Picture Frames, Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes, Microscopes, Perfumery, Yankee 'NOturrfi, 'Fishing Tackle and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet i SCHOOL BOOKS of every kindled in the County, constantly on hand and sent by tsaif or oth erwise, to order. I- ; NO. 5, UNION BLOCK , PA. TO FISHEHi^^ THE subscriber begs leave to infortn :i t6e-public that h© has a fine assortment of the -celebrated FLUJSr | New York Trout :FUes, Silk Braided Linos,' Sea Grass and Hair Lines, Kinsey Hooks on Spells, Reds, headers, Gut/Abd'A* Theriot dT ■ - ROCHESTER FLY ROBS, ' Hooks, Ac., Ac. Shop in rear of Wm* iin and Stove Store. L. .Cl. )^EAR§> Wellsboro, April 19, 1865-Sm. 1 ■ > : FOR SALK—HOUSE * LOT on Mesia'Street,. adjoining Wright 4 Bailey’s Store, -‘W acres of land in Delmer, between John-Gray and U-errick. House and Lot on Covington Street. For terms, apply to HENRY SHERWOOD/ WelUboro, May 81,1865-tL VOL. XI HAS FALLEN! ~ ' < J -r LEE HAS SURRENDERED, AND; WE HAVE SURRENDERED THE EX- : TEME HIGH PRICES OF A ~ GOODS. ; ; is now receiving additions to ! their stock of '■ . : \ ‘ ’ ,l j J■■ GOODS, BOUGHT DURING THE .LATE DEPRESSION IN PRICES,, - ! ! " and they will be sold at We' have made arrangements to' get Goods every week, and. aa we keep.posted in regard to • the;iV«w York Market, weshall at* t aU timei make the stock on ‘ hand conform to and we wish it distinctly understood, that however . I * 1 mnob ! WK DO NOT, INTEND Tp BE UNDERSOLD V.‘ ;- 3Y ANT,. ‘ "V **’ ‘ '* • » ■ *■ -l 4 c quality of goods considered. ■lt shall be our aim (o keep constantly on hand a good stock’ of such goods as the community *- J ' require, and - ‘ j SUCH ARTICLES AS WILL GIVE SATISFAC , , :tion TO THE CONSUMER, - ; THE ONE PRICE SYSTEM ; , V t under which our business has constantly increased, for the last ten yearswillhe adhered to, as also the more recently adopted. Don't buy until "i " t ' - . you - HAVE EXAMINED. OORSTOCE; AND. • ■ prices; STORE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE- THE DIOKiN SON HOUSE, . and first door cast of Hungerfprd’a Bask. Corning, N. T v May 17, 18651 THE having-been closed /up by Messrs. Grant, Sherman Sheridan,' A Cb.*, * *’ : have volnntaered for a war of extermination against high Prices, and will be found entrenched behind a huge pile of , . . j r NEW AND CHEAP GOODS at the old OSGOOD STAND, where tlWr communi tions with New.Tork cannot be interrupted. They have just received a good stock of ’ SPRING [AND SUMMER GOODS, such as Prints, Delaines, -Bareges, Muslins, Hosiery, Notions, Boots and Shoes; ete., in fact everything in jhe'Dry Goods line may bo found at onr counters, and purchased' at prices .corresponding to the into HEAVY FADE IN;GOODS k We also invite purchasers to examine our fine stock of • GROCERIES. Can’t bo beat this aide of New York. \ . ■ Remember the place. u Osgood’s Corner.” KELLY * PURVIS. . WeUsboro,ApT.22, 1866-ly. , Letters of administration having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Josiah L. Butler, late of Delmar, deceased, those in debted to said estate are requested to make immedi ate payment, and those having claims.-against the same will present them to CALVIN F. BUTLER, Delmar, May 17, ’65.61* Adm'r.—.. Rochester a n.’t. trout flies;—nmvo Just received r 1 Gross of ROCHESTER TROUT FLIES,; ’ i do bf NEW YORK' ' «* ' " Snells with orwithopt books, -Fly Rods, Reels, and* Braided Silk Lines. L. A. SEARS, Dealer urFishing Tackle, Ac. WeUsboro, May 24,1865. NOTICE.— Tho Supervisors of Richmond Town ship will meet at the boose of W. B. Ripley, in said township, on Saturday, June 10th, at- 2 o’clock P. M., for the purpose of letting* a job on a new road commencing at said Ripley’s and running a south course 275 rods to intersect with the “ Old Road” on Lamb's Creek. All interested are invited to attend. FARM FOR SALE.—Situated pn *the Spencer’s Mills Road from half to three-fourths of a mile east of Whitney's Corners, in Charleston township, and five and one-half miles from WeUsboro. . Said farm contains about 107 acres, about 65 acres cleared, tbe~balance valuable woodland. It is well watered by springs of excellent water, and small creeks. The house is two atones, comfortable, and the ontblldings are in good condition. There is also on said farm a thrifty young orchard of grafted fruit, some 75* trees. Terms easy. Apply to the subscriber, on the premises. Charleston, May HI, ’CS. HENRY GIFFORD. • NOTICE. —Whereas, my wife SARAH, has left my bod and board .without any Just cause or provocation, this is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account as I shall pay no debts of her contracting after this date. HUGH ARGBTBINGER. Rutland, 'May 31, ■■ > j '2 , PUTTY 4 WINDOW GLASS at BOY’S DBUG STOKE. to the of the ©res of JF-mUam anH itie SpreaUf of fgraltfjg Reform* WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRI6HTED, • AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO < MAN’,’ SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. And so has Sie price of DRY GOODS THE PEOPLE’S STORE, ; THE LOWEST MARKET RATES; ' new prices, REGARDLESS OF COST, READY ' PAY SYSTEM SMITH *■ WAITE, ■ D.J. HOSTED, ) S r , ZIMRI ALLEN, f 6Uperv rs Richmond, May 31, 1865-2 w. . " • , j i t - 3 ' i WELLSBORO. TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE §l, 1865. ©rirjlnal , [For the Agitator.] “NON EESPONBAT A widow lives across the way. Lonely and sad in sable weeds; ' With her own bands she clothes and feeds ■Herself and little daughter, May* " I see ber in tbe early dawn' ’ Busy about her daily toil, ; 11 Tilling the mellow garden soil , . . Or dressing weeds from out tbe lawn. * Andlater'atlll l see her sit ’ ' n .With busy needie-at her dqor, • * * • k ,. While fitful shadows oa:tbe floor I With ©very zephyr way© and flit. 4 ‘ ; The weary gurgling of ; - The honey bee's low monotone,. The waving shade; the pine trees’moan ' ’ The lowing* kins upon the MU, ti'*-*] The robins in their leafy screens, AH; all remind her of the Lost ' Who calmly sleeps with white hands oroesed, r , . Beneath the sod at New Orleans. Ir, ‘He r was but oh© among the ihrong' ' ' 1 Who nobly fought at Pleasant Hill, ■ And many a gallant fellow wUI ‘ , ! Be missed as sadly and as lo.ng. But I have lost a brother, and » * i , The widow mourns by night and day i The father of her little May, Who moulders in his grave of sand. . W© grieve; but .we are proud to know, When plunging shot and screaming shell 1 Mftde Pleasant Hill an earthly bell, ■ His fhce was ever to the foe. Oh, fearless heart and ready hand— Oh Brother of my early youth ■i W hose word was synonym for truth, ■ - 1 . I greet thee in thy, bod of sand. ; f Thy eaim bravo face and eye serene . We may not look upon again; .But wo will keep thro’ joy and pain Thy memory ever green. ! • ' N. K. [From the. Bedford f , - A Dyspeptic in Pursuit of a Cure. Reader, have yon ever had Dyspepsia ? If not, as yea value your, temporal (1 might also add spiritual) salvation, avoid it if you can.-V If you would escap® the horrors of “ Blui Pill,” avoid Dyspepsia. 1 Reader, I am a haunted man —haunted iy “Blue Pill,” or." Blue Devils,” if yonpleae. From the earliest period of my recollectim, this cerulean (why is it called "blue” whin jt’s a grey as dingy as friend Aminidaft Bit tcrntick’s old shad-bellied overcoat ?) com pound has been familiar to my core, ■ I had or uncle once who took it, and as he- " went; ovei Jordan,” the name has ever been associated in myfmind with something inconceivably borri blci .... But here let me narrate my misfortune. Ir the fall of —after a' severe hitch of'Biliouj Fere.r, and a tremendous gorge of ■ bean soup I became slightly dyspeptic, and thought I bad 1 In medical parlance, better “ apply in time 1 ] to a physioiarf. I did so—blood and thunder what was my horror and consternation whel the learned man of physic prescribed Bid Pill. Reader, my blond fairly curdles cvd yet when I.think of the sensation which shocfl ed my every nerve. My hair l stood up unt! my hat displaced from its seat on my cranium fell bumping to the floor, and m’y eyes dilate to the dimensions of a pair of pewter saucerl Thinks 1, I’m a gone case and had , bette make my will; but a moment’s reflection sod dissipated so preposterous a conclusion, as had nothing to will —except taking the “ PiU at all hazards, and so I did for a mbnth, an what do you think followed—a cure? No I repetition of the same prescription by the ph sician, a month longer. Well, I took it ii months longer, and then abandoned “ Pill” ad physician in. disguut, with all my symptom aggravated. My next step was to apply I another Dooter. He examined very gravel into.my case, and after- assuring me of ) “speedy cure,” prescribed— “ Blue Pill.” j remonstrated, told him I bad been taking it b fore —“ not in sufficient doses," said he ; “tal it as I have directed ; your liver is torpid, an must be aroused.” Well, reader, t took 1 again for four months, and in all that time, hi lieve me, 1 had not once an opportunity i 1 complain of being much better, I thank you.-) But, on the contrary, I began to feel prett) well used up. What was I now to do? Thing! were growing desperate. I now decided to op ply to an old physician who had the repotation\ i of being “some” on stomach complaints. I "went'to see him—“ Doctor," said I, “I have been sorely afflicted,” and here went on'to give him-,a; description of all my symptoms, not forgetting, ai.de tail also, as to what my for mer advisers bad done for me. He listened attentively until I got through, and then tak- j ing pff his spectacles and laying them down on the table said-—“-jcAy young man you’re hyped!” The Cussed ofd'fool I I was’well nigh sending an old skulfJESt.stood near, slap into bis face. But I forbore.-.'-He continued—" go home and 1 go to work—you cat topjmuchy'and don’t ex ercise,' enough'—take one of these- pills every night to keep your bowels regular, and you’ll gel- well enough " I looked at the pills—thinks I yon infernal noodle—“ Hyped I and these pills are myoldenemy as sure as I’m living. But I did not" dare to trouble the lying old ! | Jackanape ahy'further, so I Ibft, and inconti ■ nently “ threw his physio to the dogs.” I But the invalid ever feels' an incbnlrollable i hankering to take something. ‘ I' now, though I much discouraged, applied to the fourth, the , fifth, the sixth, and so on through the whole catalogue of M. D’s jn the -whole country, — i’But success in obtaining relief was'“ non est inventus;” instead, my ease had been grad j nally growing more and more desperate, be . sides I had met with insult added to' injury— i injured by “ Blue Fill” (for they all with one - consent, prescribed it) and insulted by being told that I had the “ hypo." Were they blind ? Why my appearance alone gave the lie to that assertion. Hypo, indeed! why I waarreduced to the “ shadow of a shad,” and looked , as though 1 had been picked off a wreck at sea and drawn through a gimlet hole. I wouldn’t /.r i o'? - {i r i AGITATOR. BY MEDICOS. ,f r i j | f cared at that time if his aatanic majesty had had the whole kit, and staffed them with “ blue blazes,” as they had me with “ blue pills. But I was now in complete despair.— I vent to the “ Springs”— no recuperation, my impoverished system grew leaner and lean er day until I was not. thicker through the abdomen than a deal-board. At length I waf completely “ laid upon the shelf”—took myjbed from pure exhaustion, literally dosed ana starved to death. I discovered one day, whilst in a recumbent posture, that something hard existed in tbe umbilical region of my stomach—l examined it; it was about tbe *vxBof a goose egg'.' "Whew! what a hubbub ft created when I made it known. " 1 My friends immediately sent for “the doc- ,Gr" —tea. very . identical who had so grossly insulted me in the earlier stags of my disease. - He came, put on the same old “specks,” and proceeded to —not an autop aical quite—examination of the phenomenon. After a good deal of pow-wow and • punching, looking gage as an owl, he it a “ concretion ” —of what? thought I—horror of horrors,l a peck of “ blue pills” wedged up in my gastronomical apparatus 1 He summoned a consultation of half a dozen more of my " Blue Pill” • heroes. They capae, examined, pommeled, and punched at the tumour to their heart’s content—deliberated; and then passed sentence—“an indurated tumor in the hypogas trium—must be removed by an .operation.”— Postponed the same for a few days, and then came to the jconclnsiou, unanimously, that it, “ couldn’t be did without killing the patient.” Just as I expected, and wished, for I was am bitious' of a natural death, if possible, after the amount of “ blue pill” I had swallowed.— But, to tell the truth, I did not feel much like dying even then, I felt like eating, and eat. I did,, occupying one breath with the bolting of food, and the next in denunciation of “ bine pills” and their authors. \ And now let the elements be hashed ; let Very sound cease; let the sun and moon stand lill.-tvhilst-all the inhabitants of Heaven and Sart), with fingers to their lips, on tiptoe, leatwhat this mighty, majestic and dignified l‘coort»of inquiry”—this austere, sapient'and profound body of medical intelligence had well 'nigh done. After I took to eating (for they hod allowed me nothing-but the shadow of a pigeon boiled down one half) the tumor.began to disappear, and in a few days it was gone. l — it was my backbone ! But let mo ex plain In the spinal column there is a curve about its middle projecting inward towards the stomach ; I was so much emaciated that there, was little else maferial in front, and the '-egg nice tumor was notmng more not’less "than 'one of the fnost prominent of dorsal vertebra. Af ter my stomach assumed its natural distension, of coarse, as 1 said before, the thing disappear ed. Let it be recorded for the benefit of future generations that a convention of wiseacres—a session of brilliant, magnanimous, and learned (?)physicians of the 19th century of the world, decided on removing the backbone of the pa tient to cure him of dyspepsia-.. But my troubles were not ended yet, for though materially improved by a better diet, my dyspepsia still remained. I now deter mined to seek a remedy on my own hook. For this purpose I dived into medical authors op to the eyes. But here, too, I was doomed to fresh torture, renewed disappointment. I would take up a boob, look at the index—run my finger along the same until I came to the word—Dys pepsia— refer to the page, glance over the des cription of the disease, and hasten to the treat ment. Invariably the first thing- that met my eyes, sticking out in bold relief, was—“ Blue Pill is beyond all comparison the best altera tive that can be given.” Indignant I' would slap to the covers of the book, and mutter to my self—“ Blue Devils are beyond all compari son ” the worst disease a man can be afflicted with. “ Bliie Pills alterative I” I would con tinue, “ yes! they'll alter a man in a very short time so much that his nearest* friends cannot recognize him—take all the flesh off bis bones, and all the sense out of his cranium,” jocosely adding, ‘ providing he has any in it.” But, ’twill never do to give it up so—never say die, thought I, and acting under this suggestion, it occurred to me that the study of physic in real earnest might, perhaps, enable me to ferret out something for my case. I would then have an intercourse, numerically, with physicians from the Biddy in physic to the tallest Shang hai on the apex of the pill.' So at it I went, and went right square through, too : attended lebtnrea —got my “ sheep-skin: and strutted leff with it in my packet, feeling “as large as lie and twice as natural.” iWell, reader, I suppose you think now, that I',ad penetrated the intricate mazes of physic, hi wound round through every avenue and lolyrintb, and seen fully every atom of its -Ephantine proportions ; I was in possession ofthat I had so long been seeking —a cure. HI ha 11 took a cut across the fields of “ Phys ac’i-got into the woods in an arrow, briery path —laohed the by-road, followed it.up through thdnud till I reached the turnpike—pursued it-*;ot on to the plank road—struck the rail roa'i—mounted the “ Bulgine,” and rode.like a steak of still-burnt lightning right into the dotts of old Esculapius himself only to see as a anding motto, in flaring capitals —“ blbx piJjS in torpid liver !” Reader, bring a cooper, qmk, with his hoops—l am enlarging, expand in', bursting I If all the artillery that ever shok the earth had been let loose right in my fat: if the thunders of an earthquake.-bad ecdenly rent the air ; if the earth bad opened atby feet, and a volcano of molten lava had hint forth—l should not have quailed, but tbl was to much dor my horror stricken feel-1 in|, I could “ seek the bubble reputation at tbfcannon’s mouth” but I could not "face that mtto. I came, I saw, and “ Blue Pill”, con quied 1 I quivered in every muscle —mouu. tab of my remorseless and hated enemy arose" beke me, rolling and revolving .in all their “ liked ugliness”—millions of minute micro oo4s‘outof each.of which peered billions of imi grinning horribly their, ghastly smiles, lader, many years have passed, but the ian has still kept my' track—he scents me vhereso’er I go, stern, inflexible, dnrelen- foeU out? >t i i l. n I ting ha’ll hunt’ me to “ the last of earth.” I have practiced my profession oooly, calmly and interestedly, but the odious compound is ex pelled from my Pharmacopoeia—expunged— obliterated-wiped out! I have never prescribed it for a patient lest he, like myself should be come a HAUNTED MAN. | mm ttit itatf ot* ♦ [Written for Tha Agitator.] THE BOOK OF •* JEFF.” Now it came to pass in the one thousand eight hundred and sixtieth year of the Chris tian Hegira; and in the eighty-fourth year of the Independence of “ Columbia” in the elev enth month thereof; that all the people assem bled together to choose one to rule over them. And the lot fell upon Abraham, who was also called Lincolnbecause he was a just man, and a devout, who feared God, and es chewed evil. And the people said Amen ! Nevertheless, there were many evil spirits in the “southern provinces,” at the head of whom was one “Jeff,” who is also called “Da vis,” who refused to submit to the rule of Abra ham. Now “ Jeff” belonged to the great Sanhe drim, but he straightway absented himself therefrom, and said unto the people among whom he dwelt ; “we will make war against this AbraTiam.” Now the South is a goodly land, flowing with milk and honey, and in it dwelt the Ethiopians, who were bondmen and bondwomen unto the people of the South. And “ Jeff” stirred up strife among the people; and he .said unto the people, “Lo I if we let this Abraham rule over .us, he will even take away our bondmen and .bondwomen ; and we shall become hewers of -wood, and drawers of water all our days.” And all the southern chivalry said amen I And Jeff enticed many others to withdraw from the Great Sanhedrim, and to espouse his cause, and to go up and fight against Abraham. Now from the time before Abraham was cho sen, .before he began to rule, was many days. And when he began to rule, he harangued the people, and he said unto them; “Walk ye in the ways of your fathers and in the ways of well doing, and it shall be well with you.” And he said ante.the southern provinces, “ be hold I have hot come to take away thy and thy bondwomen, walk thou in the ways of peace and it shall he well with thee ; but and if thou fofsakest the' paths of peace, it shall be exceeding ill.with thee;” nevertheless they hearkened not unto the words of Abraham. Ahd Jeff Said unto the people of the Sonth, “ behold we will make war against Abraham.” And he appointed captains over bis hundreds, and over bis thousands, and said onto the peo ple, “ Who will go up unto the battle ?” And the people with one accord cried out “ we will go up with Jeff, to fight against Abraham.’) Nevertheless, there were some among them who said we will not go np to fight against Abraham, nor to devastate the land of our na tivity. Bat if thou and thine armies shall go up, we will tarry peacably in our" tents at home. Bat Jeff and his men of war answered and said, "ye shall go np with ns, yonr breth ren, to fight against Abraham. And they compelled them to go up. • Now Jeff and the evil spirits of the South had for manj years cast in their minds how to prepare themselves to subdue the mighty men of tho North.. And Jeff, together with other evil spirits of the South who were in the “ great Sanhedrim,” had power to send ships this way, and to send them that way, and they'sent them into all ports over the face of the whole earth. And they did embezzle the money in the land of Columbia, and did send into the sonthern provinces the destroying engines, which in time of war bellow forth their thunders ; and Abraham did find himself without ships, and without armament, and without all implements of war, nevertheless his people loved him and hearkened unto his words, and he had valiant men not a few. And Jeff said unto his captains, go ye np and possess yourselves of one of the strong holds of Abraham, which lieth on the seaooast, called Sumter by name in the province of Sonth Carolina. ! And they went up. And lo it was garrisoned by some of Abraham's valiant men, and they were few in number. Then they besieged it by sea and by land, and did compass it about, and brought the destroying engines to bear upon it, and after many days prevailed against it, add those who were therein fled; in all, only a few, souls. Thus endeth the second chapter of the Book of Jeff, as written by Meeta Melgrove, the scribe; and of his farther doings are they not all likewise recorded, and shall they not all dnly appear I CoviNOToir, Jose 1865. An Authentic' Anecdote. —Talleyrand was once in the company of Madam de Steel and another eminent French lady, whose name we do not remember. “ You say charming things to both of ns,” said Madamrde Steel to him,- “which of ns do yon like best ?” The wily statesman artfully replied that he was delighted with both. “Ah I but you prefer one of ns,” continued Madam de Steel; “suppose we were both drowning in the Seine to-night, which of ns would yon help first 1” . ... . “I would extend my right hand to Madam de Steel, and my left band to madam yonder.” “ Yes; but suppose only one of ns could be saved, which would you attempt to'rescue ?” Tlaleyrand’s' diplomacy_was pushed to its se verest teat, but not one whit discomposed he turned to Madam de Steel, and replied— “ Madam, you who know so many things, doubtless know how to swim.” The failings of good men are commonly more published in the world than their good deeds; andone fault of a. well-deserving man shall meet with more reproach than all his virtues praise * such is the force of 'ill-will and ill nature." . - ■ . NO. 43. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER 11. Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged $1 per square ofl# lines, one insertion, and $1,50 for three insertions. Advertisements of less than 10 lines considered as a square. The subjoined rates will he charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements: 3 MOSTSS, 8 Itoxtas. 13 JtOKTSS. 54.00 $5.75 $7.6# .... 6.00 8.25 10.00 8.75 10.75 12.60 * lO.OO 12.00 15.75 lB-75 25.00 31.60,1 —30.00 42.00 60.00 1 Square,. 2 do. 3 do. ~ i Column, i do. .. 1 do, .. Advertisements not naving 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 kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices', Constable's and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. Astounding Revelation- The following is the testimony, hitherto sup pressed relative to the Rebel leaders, taken at the assassination trial in Washington: James B. Merritt testified—l am a physician, and have been in Canada about a year; in October and November last was in Toronto ; met George Young there, a rebel from Ken tucky ; also. Col. Steele, from Kentucky.— Young said to me, “We have something of meet more importance than any raid." Hs told me it was determined that Old Abo should never be inaugurated ; that they had plenty of friends in Washington, and called Mr. Lincoln “ a damned old tyrant." I afterwards saw George N. Sanders and Col. Steele together.— Col. Steele said, “The damned old tyrant never will serve another term, if he ia elected." Sanders said, at the same time, “He would keep himself mighty close if he did serve an other term." In Montreal, in February last, I beard Sanders name a number of persons ready and willing to remove the President, Vice Pres ident, the Cabinet, and soma of the leading Generals of the United States; and he added that there was any amount of money to accom plish this purpose meaning the assassination of these persons. He then read a letter, which he said he had received from the President of our confederacy, meaning Jefferson Davis, and which letter justified him in making any ar rangements that he could to accomplish such objects. There was a meeting at that time of these rebels and a letter was read to them, the substance of which was that if the southerners in the Canadas and the States were willing to be governed by such a tyrant as Lincoln, he (Davis) did not wish to recognize them as friends, and that he approved of the proposi tion to assassinate him. Col. Steele read the letter, also Capt. Soott, Geo. Young and mil, all rebels. ,1 This meeting was about the middle of last February. At the meeting Sanders named some of the persona who were to accomplish ' the assassination, and among them he named J. W. Booth, whom I had seen in Montreal in October. He also named George Harper, Charles Caldwell, Esndalland Harrison. Har old went by the name of Harrison. I heard Surratt’s name also mentioned, and Harold.—* There was a person named whom they called “ Plug Tobacco.” I saw Harold in Toronto. Sanders said Booth was heart and seal in this matter; he was a cousin to Beale who was ' hanged, in New York. He added that if they conld dispose of Lincoln, it would he an easy matter to dispose of Mr. Johnson in some of his drunken revelries; that if they conld dis pose of the President, Vice President and Cab inet, and that if Mr. Seward could be disposed of, it would satisfy the people of the north, and that a peace could be obtained ; that they had endeavored to bring abont a war with England, but that Mr. Seward, through his energy and sagacity, had thwarted their efforts, and for that reason they wanted to goti rid of him. On the sth or 6th of April last I met Har per, who said that they were going to the States to “ kick up the damnedest row, such as never had been heard of," he added that if I did not hear of the death of Old Abe, the Vice Presi dent, and General Dix, in less than ten days, I might put him down as a d—d fool. That was on the 6th of April. Ha mentioned the nape of Booth as one of their friends there; be said they had plenty of friends in Washing ton, and that fifteen or twenty were going. He had started to go Washington as early as the Bth, together with others. I communicated this fact on the 10th of April to a Justice of the peace named Davidson, who, after the assassi nation, communicated it to the government.— Harper returned to Canada after the assassina tion. I bad a conversation with C. C. Clay in Toronto in February last; he spoke of the letter of Davis, which Sanders had exhibited; he seemed to understand the character of the letter perfectly, and said he thought the end would justify the means. Surratt was pointed out to me in Toronto last February I think; I saw Booth there two or three times and sat at table with him once, at the St. Lawrence.— Sanders, Scott and Steele ; they Were convers ing with Booth, and drinking wine with him at Sanders’ expense; I saw Harold in Canada in February. . Richard Montgomery testified—l knew Ja cob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, whom I have met in Canada a number of times since the summer of 1864 up to this time; also George N. Sanders, J. P. Holcombe, Beverly Tuoker, W. O. Oleary, Harrington, Uloka, and others, under fictitious names. Thompson had several names, one was Carson. Clay was Holt, and Lacy, and Tracy. Jacob Thompson said he had friends of the confederacy all over the northern States, willing to go any lengths, and that he could, at any time have the tyrant Lin coln, and any of his advisers, put out of the way; that his friends would not consider it a crime, and that it would he done for the cause of the confederacy. In January, 1865, Thompson said, at Mon treal, that a proposition bad been made to him to rid the world of the tyrants—Lincoln, Stan ton, Grant, and some others; that he knew the men who made it were bold, daring men, able to ezeonte anything they would undertake; that he was in favor of the proposition, but ferred his answer until ha had consulted bii government at Richmond; that ha was then only waiting their approval. He thought it would be a blessing to the people, both north an south, to have them (the tyrants) killed. In the summer of 1864 I repeated what Mr. Thompson first told me to C. C. Clay, who said that he was really devoted to our cause, and ready to go any lengths to do anything under the sun to save it. I have seen Payne, the prisoner a number of times in Canada, about the Falls, in the summer of '64, and also at the Queen’s Hotel, at Toronto, Canada "West, where with him. I had an interview with Mr. Thompson; several others had sought an interview while I was closeted, and had been refused. On leaving Thompson’s room I saw Payne in the passage-way, near the dOor, with Clement C. Clay talking to him. Mr. Olay stopped me, and finished the conversation with this man in an under tone. When he left me