The Tioga County Agitators
- -BS-1L H. -COBB
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reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as th£i,e of
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paunsylvania. *■ ' s •'1 '
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«nce. ' ■ (
jAS. tOWREF* S. P. WILSON,
* TfOfiNEYS 4 COUNSELLORS atLAW,
J 3. will' atteul the Court* of Tioga, *nd
jlcKe^ o counties’. • [WelUboro, Jan. 1, 18^3,']
John LmrcHiEtL. :: ; v
Attorns y and co unsell or at la w. ,
Xjoga Village, Tioga County, Petm'a.
prompt attention to Collections. * :
March 1, 1866 r 1y. , -■ f . '< - - ; .
JEROHIE B. WILES, ;
ATTORNEY i COUNSELLOR AT kLOP,
Wellsboro, Tioga Cotmtv, Pa.,
Haring been speciallyTipensed by i the Dmted'§thtds
f„r the Prosecution of Claims for Pensions,"Back
Pay and Bounties. i
Particular attention will be given to that plots oi
business. J. B. NIfES.
Wellsboro, Feb. 16* , , 5., '
pfi.ItSVLVATIA HOLS*,. '
CORNER OF MAIN STREET AS I) THE AVJRBB.
Wellsboro, Pa.
j. W. 81Q0NY,... Proprietor.
THIS popular ffotel, having hefen re-fitted
noi re-furnished throughout, is now open 'to the
public as a first-daea home. [3an. 1, 18931]
D. HART’S HOTEL. ~
WELLSBOBO, TIOQ wQO. PEK&A.
THE subscriber takes this method to h(form
hia old friends and customers that h» it (* re
sumed the conduct of the old “ Crystal Fo-iiltaio
Hotel," and will hereafter give. it his entire atttption.
Thankful fer past favors, he solicits & renewal, ijf'tho
same. DAVID HA ST.
Wellsboro, Nov. 4, 1863.-ly.- - ;■
IZAAK WALTON HOUSE, .
Gaines, Tioga Conn*?, Pa. •,
H. C. VERMILTEA,. Proprietor.
THIS is a new hotel , located within eafy. ac-
-the best fishing and hunting grout is in
Northern Pennsylvania. . No pains will be aparid for
the accommodation of pleasure seekers and thn trav
elling public. [Jan, 1863.]
A. FOLET,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, tc., kc.,
REPAIRED AT ODD PRICES. H ;
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
NO. 5, UNION BLOCK.
WeJlsboro, May 20, 1863. V
H. W. Williams,
WILLIAMS A SMITH,
ATTORNEYS' AND COUNSELORS AT LAN,
BOVSTT . A PESSIOS AGlElf CRT.
|W«i« Street. WollAoro, Par'
January 4,1865-ly. - • ■' *' ■-*
S. F. SIIAIBLKN, -v,
BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER,
C. L. Wit.coii’3 Stop.,
Wcllsboro, Dec 7,1864. _ ■ '
WESTERS EXCHARGE HOTEL.
'KNOXVILLE, BORODGH, PAtf ,
THE undersigned Baring leased tbe above Hotel
for a term of years would respectfully -inform
toe traveling public that he h£» put the H'Vtelin first
class arder for the reception of guests and, n'- pains
rill be spared in the accommodation of travefeH and
as tar as the situation:will allow,'hewill first
class Hotel, in all things, except prices, whi 'b will
be model ate. Please try. ns and. judge for yon Solves.
Knoxville, Oct. 111,-1864-rtf.. .1 - H■ -MAK fIN.
revenue stamps.; : '
JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector of Man*-,
field, has jnet received a large lot ofpfovenue
Slices, of all denominations,, from pneoent lip to $5.
Any person wishing Stanps can get them at my office
in Mansfield, or of M. BULLARD, Assistant Assessor,
st Wellaboro, Pa. i J M. PiLELPS.
Mansfield,
P. NEWELL, DENTIST, >
MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNTY, FA.,
IS prepared to operate in all the
the various departments of filling, extracting, m
wrimg artificial dentures, &o. j* V ■
Mantfield, August 10, 1364-ly.
WELLSBORO HO’l'll
(Corner Main Street and the Avenuly)
Wellsbobo, Pa. ." s
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor.
One of the most popular Houses in tb&iOouuty.
This Hotel »e the principal Stage-house in BSylsborb-
Stages l(M'*e daily as follows : £,
For Tioga, at 9a. m.; For Troy, at F° r
Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday u£i2 p. m.;
For Coudersport, every Tuesday and Friday,-fit 2p. m.
Staggs Arrive— rEtott vTiogah,at 1?' l>s7 o'clock
p. m. r From Troy, at 6 o’clock p. m.: Jersey
Shore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. in.: FroEi*vOHderB
- Tuesday and Friday II a. m.,
Y, B.—Jimmy Cowden, tbe well-known hcstler,
will be found on hand.
Wellnbom, Oct. 5,1864—1 y. * -1 •
HUGH YOU^
BOOKSELLER 9l STATWIIfeB,
. AND dealer in - * 2
American Clocks, American, Swiss
Watches, Jewelry, Silver Plated WarftASWbtacles,
Picture frames, Photographic Album?, Stereoscopes,
Microscopes, Perfumery, Yank©® /Notions, fishing
Twkle and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet Articles.
SCHOOL BOOKS of. every, kind B.sed in the
County, constantly on band atfd sent by mall or oth
erwise, to order. .y.'
■VO, 5, UNION BLOCK, WELLSBCtIit PA.
TO PISnCRMES.
THE subscriber begs leave to in form th ) public
that be has a fine assortment of the cq- ibrated
ROCHESTER TROUT FL!|^
Sew York Trent Flies, Silk Braided ?L,\es, Sea
Grass and Hair Lines, Kinsey Hooks on She; ..*> Keels,
Leaders, Gut, and a fine lot of • ,
ROCHESTER FUY RODSj;
Hooks, 4c., 4c. Shop in rear of Wm. Tin
and Store Store. A* SEaBS.
Welleboro, April 19, 1865—3 m.
FOR SALE.—HOUSE A LOT on Street,
adjoining Wrigbt & Bkiley’s Store. .-2ft acres of
land in Delrnar, between John Gray and Auirick.
Hoa«e and Lot on Covrncton Street,*,
For terms, apply to HENRY SHERWyOD, Esq.
Wellsboro, May r ' w
WALTER A l . Wb6D’S PRIZE MOWER.—The-
Wood Mower faaabeen in general 3tte for the
past five years. It embraces all the qualities neces
*afJ to make a perfect Mower. It recommends iisolf
to every farmer for the simplicity of fcs construction.
It is proved to be the lightest draft. ,Xt takes ;tbe
preference for durability, easy good,
work—Machines fully warranted. Sent&ibr Oircu
krs—Price $ll6 delivered on 'the cars ac^Wning.
EDGAR SILL, Agent, T.
May 31,1865-tf.
TIIK A(iITATOU.
VOL. XI
HAS FALLEN 1
DRY GOODS.
LEE HAS SURRENDERED, AND WE
. , HAVE SURRENDERED THE £X
XEMB HIGp PRICES OF
GOODS.
THE PEOPLE’S STORE,
is now receiving additions to their stock of
GOODS, BOUGHT DURING THE LATE
' DEPRESSION : IN PRICES, -
and tiiey will be sold at
THE LOWEST MARKET RATES.
We bare made arrangements to. get Good, ever;
' week, and ai we keep .pouted in regard to
the New York Ifarket, we shall at
all times make the stock on
hand conform to " ■
. new prices.
and we. wish it distinctly understood, that however
WE DO NOT INTEND TO BE UNDERSOLD
quality of goods considered. It shall fce oat aim to
keep constantly on hand a good stock of
such goods as the community
require, and
SUCH .ARTICLES AS WILL GIVE BAXIBFAC
r J TION TO THE CONSUMER. . -
..THE ONE PRICE SYSTEM
W*. H. Smith.
under which ear holiness has constantly increased
for the last ten years will be adhered to, .
aaalsotho
more recently adopted. Don’t buy until .
YOU' HAVE EXAMINED- OUR STOCK . AND
- ; PRICBS. v
STORE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE DICKIN
! ' SON HOUSE, J - *'■
and first door Oast of Hurigerford’g Bank. I .
Corning, N. Y., May 17, 1866.
THE BIG FIGHT having been closed . up by
Messrs. Grant, Sberman Sheridan, A Co., -
KELLY & PURVIS i
hhve volunteered for a war of extetininatioh* against
high Prices, and will be fouhd entrenched behind -n
hug© pile of ‘ :
tions will
They hare just received a good stock of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
such as Prints, Delaines, Bareges, Muslins, Hosiery,
Notions, Boots'and Shoes, etc., in fact everything in
the Dry Goods line may be . found at our counters,
and purchased at prices corresponding to the lute
J :
HEAVY FALL IN GOODS!
We'also invite purchasers to examine our fin©
stock of {
Can’t be beat ibis side of Ne* York.
Remember the place. u Osgood’s Cocner,’*
. .KELLY i PURVIS.
Wellsboro, Apr. 22, ISOS-ly.
Letter? of administration having
been granted to the undersigned on the estate of
Joaiah L. Butler, late of Delmar, deceased/ those in
debted to said estate are requested to jnafco immedi
vte payment, and those having claims against the
same wiH present them to CALVIN,F. BUTLER,
Delmar, Adm’r.
Rochester •* n. y. trout flies.—i have
just received
1 Crops of ROCHESTER TBQUT FLIES,
. J do of NEW YORK
Snells with or without hooks, Fly Rods, Beds, nnd
Braided Silk Xincs. ,L. A. SEARS,
Dealer in Fishing Tackle, Ac.
Wollsboro, May 24, 1865.
NOTICE. —The Supervisors of Richmond Town
ship will meet at the house 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’* Creek. All interested are invited to attend.
D. J. BUSTED, 1. .
ZIMBI ALLEN, ( SnporT
Richmond, May 31,1865-2 w.
FARM FOB SALE.—Situated on tbe Spencer’s
Mills Road from half to ihrco-foarths of n mile
east of Whitney's Comers, in Charleston 'township,
and five and one-half miles from Wellsboro. Said
farm contains about 107 acres, about 65 acres cleared,
the' balance valuable woodland. It is well watered
by springs of excellent water, and small creeks. Tbe
bouse is two stories, comfortable, und'the ontbildings
are io good condition.
There is also op said farm a thrifty young orchard
of grafted fruit, some 75 trees. Terms easy. ,
Applv to the subscriber, on tbe premises*
Charleston, May.3l, ’65, HENRY- GIFFORD.
Ran away, erom tiie subscriber,
an indentured apprentice* named RICHARD
McKfNNA, from Randall’s Island, Kings 00., N. Y,
All persons are forbi t harboring or trusting him on
my account, aal will pay no debts.of hisibonGaoCing
after this date, ■ *. D. A.LOCKWOOD.
Charleston, Jane 2,H, 1865-3fc. «
PUTTY A WDSTDOV GLASS'at.,
‘ ROT'S BRtnGf STORE.
SefcoteQ to tf»r Srtrnoton of Hit Gres of JFicc&om anil tfte Spread of f&ealtfcp Hr form.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A_ WRONG UNKIGHTED, AND UNTIL‘(MAN'S ; INHtJMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE,
WELLS KOHO, tIOGA COUNTY, PA'., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY n, 1865.
And so fans the price of
REGARDLESS OF COST,%
mnch others may blow.
BY ANT,
READY PAY SYSTEM .
SMITH Sl .WAITE,
NEW AND CHEAP QOOPS
>S.OiOOD STAND, -where Iheir oommuui-
GROCERIES
iH * 1 /. I (' s) ;
j&ele c t IJortrp.
battle hymn op. the • beedbiac.
BY JULIA WARD HOWE— 4*r John Jfrptcn.
Mina eye* bare seen the glory of . the coming of the
. Lord j -
-Ha ia trampling qnt the vintage where the grappa of
wraib are stored;
He hath loused the , fateful lightning of hip terrible
.swift sword. , ,
Hia truth is marching on.
' Chords.—Glory, glory, hallelujah, flit truth fa
marching on. ,
.I, have seen hjm‘ iu the watch-fires : of a hundred dr-,
cling camps; ‘ . !
They have bnijded Him an altar in the evening dews
and damps ; '
I have seen his righteous sentence by the dint and
daring lamps,
Hie day is marching on.
CiiOßla.—Glory, glory, hallelujah, His dayMs
marching on. ' "
I have read a fiery gospel writ with burnished rows
- of steel, . ......
‘As ye deal with my contemners so my grace with
yon shall deal, ..
Let tbe hero born of woman crush the serpent with
bis heel,’ ■ : ,
Since God is marching on.
Chohos.—Glory, glory, fasUelnjah, since God la
marching on. -
He has sounded forth tbe trumpet that'shall never
call retreat;
.Be is searching ont the hearts of men before his
judgment seat)
Be swift my soul to answer hints he jubilant my feet;
Oar God is marching on. 1
Chords, I —Glory, . lory, hallelujah, our God is
marching on.
In tbe besnty of the lilies Christ was born across the
sea, - ' • ,
.Vf ith a glory in his bosom which transfigures yon and
me; ‘
As He died to make men- holy, let vs die to make men
free, ‘
While God is marching on.
Chords.—Glory, glory, hallelujah, .while God ia
. matching, on. ,
Caught in my own Trap.
; Dora and I had been silent fully fifteenmin-
Ltes—an.unliaual occurrence for us—when she
suddenly broke out in one of her gayest, sweet
est peals of laughter., The pars were going at
the rate of forty miles an hour,'but Dora’s
laugh rang out and above nil their niose and
confusion. . - - -
“What is it Dora, you wish for?” I said,
half .piqued, that she had not at first told me
what pleased her, and laughed afterwards.'
“ Nothing; Nell, only I was just thinking of
something funny. "'Du yOu s'ee that-gedtlefmon
-just in_iront of us, with fhe beautiful black
whiskers and dreamy .brown eyes ? We’ll he’s
been watching 'you 'behind that book for the
TnstTßalT h6urnoo'kTiT>!pgßif'he •shtrald'love'to
take n bit of the red roses'onyolir cheeks, —
Don't blush, but he’s in love with you. I’ll
bet my gold thimble on it. I was just think
ing of'some of the stories I have-read about
young ladies 'mistaking handsome young fel
lows for their brothers, etc., and thqqght whaf
fun it would be if .you could only manage To
mistake that, gentleman for your brother Fred.
1 was ready for fon in a moment.
•• Tell you what I’ll do,” I broke out eagerly.
“ You know I haven’t seen Fred since I went
to school, three years ago, and of course he’s
idiangec^-a.great s dpal singe, then,, if tjhaf
litift'aty
handsome isn’t he, Dora ?)'sh'ouid gef off at our
station, I’ll wait till he gets mixsd up with lbs
crowd, see him suddenly, as for the first time,
rush up to him in a Sutter of delight, call him
brother Fred, and-giva-Jiim such another kiss
ing as he hasn’t had since be saw his sweet
heart last.”
“ Yes, I would, if 1 were you,” said Dora,
sarcastically. “ You daren’t you know.”
1 Dun ( t I dare to, though ? Wait and see.”
Aud so I dropped hack info the cushion in
silence till the train stopped at our station, j
Dora gave me a wicked look, and whispered
that she knew-my -oourago avould fail me for
the gentleman was really getting off.
1 was not to be triumphed over, though; and
so, as we stepped out on the platform, 1 saw
the literary, gentleman standing amidst the
crowd, and with little bound', tbrew'myself in
to his arms, and kissed him full in the mouth,
hysterically saying. -
“ Fred, my dear brother, bow do you do.”
I'caught a glimpse of ■ Dora—she was in
danger of going into convulsions. I expected
to hear the stranger-say-eonfusedly that there
was some mistake; but, he
gave, tnea hear tv.,embrace—kissed me.two or'
three times—said that he was well—that I had
grown a great deal; and inquired for my little
friend Dura—who, all Ibis time, was exciting
the sympathies of the crowd, as they supposed
she was insane, judging from her frantic laugh
ter. ‘
“Father and mother are expecting you Nel
lie, and are so impatient they can scarcely
waif to see you. I was afraid you-wouldn’t
know me, but lam renlly glad' that my image
has. been treasured up so carefully in my
sister’s heart."
I was bewildered beyond measure. It really
was Fred, then, and I had not known him. —
I felt slightly ridiculous, and while introducing
Dora to my brother, whispered to her to: keep
quiet in reference to my intended trick. I was
too much confused to think of inquiring bow
he came te bo in the cars without seeing me;
so we all went to the carriage wbioh was wait
ing for us, and rapidly drove home.
I had never known Fred to he so affectionate,
lie held my hand in bis own all the time, and
kissed me nt unnecessarily short intervals;
hut to tell the truth, I bad never loved him half
so well^before —never thought him half so
handsome. , t
We reached the gate. Mother kissed me
and cried over me all' at once ; father repeated
it; and finally a frank; hearty viooe broke out
with—
. . “ Hallo, sis 1 arn’t you a going to notice
your scapegrace of a brother, at all?” J.
And to tnynstonishment,a handsome fellow,
I. bad not seen before, gave os a genuine hug,
and a kies that,you could have' heard across
tbayard.- .c.’-'Jvi-.-.iZ'‘ J [
“Thera is so'me•mistake,'” l-mangured,
“ 11 te you .my brother Fred ? I thought that
gentleman was,” pointing at the handsome fel
low I had embraced at the depot.
“ Why sia are.you going crazy ? , Of course
I’m your brother, and that fellow there ie my
college chum,,Archie’Winters, who went half
way up the line to meet yon. What are you
blushing at Nell There .wasn’t any wrong
in it;jwaa there? I didn't have time, to go,
and Idt him takeyour picture with him, so that
be would be sure and keen you. H».’s been
•playing off aome.of hie mad pranks; and pass
ing himself off for me, I’ll warrent.” .
' I looked at Archie Winters, beseechingly ;
and os they were all, going into the bouse; I
whispered to,him ; , .
“ For pitj’s sake.do not speak of that mis
take. How coaid it have happened ?”
1 overheard you in'the oars, and will prom
ise to keep your secret only on one condition.”
He whispered something to me. that made
my face-flush scarlet; but I was at his mercy,
and said I- would think of it, reader; and to
the delight of the, .whole family—Dora and
Fred in particular, Archie and I were married
in lessthan! twemonths. .-And Dora said tome,
as I bade her good-bye, that it would give un
speakable delight to Fred and herself if I would
attend their wedding in a month; and I did.
Looking for an Bcllpao.
Some years ago there dwelt in a certain
plaoe,not necessary to mention, an individual
named Jimmy Q ■ ■, or “ Constitution” Jim,
as he was'familtarly called, oh account of his
frequent lucid expositions of that sacred char
ter of onr liberties, which was to him supreme
and indisputable authority on all questions,
theological as well as political.
. Now, albeit 1 am in no wise cognizant of the
precise zodiacal phenomenon prevailing at the
period of Jim’s nativity, - ! can safely aver that
he was not spawned under tb’eeign of Aquar
ius,” inasmuch as hiaantipathy to the aqueous
element resembled very nearly that tradition
ally ascribed to demented quadrupeds of the
canine species.. In short, while he admired
its efficacy for the menial offices of ablution
and navigation; he considered it too . “ thin”
for a beverage. ’
However I will cot short all further prefa
tory remarks by saying that Jim was employ
ed as bartender in.ahotel, where he ‘.‘ frequent
ly, if not oftener;” took a favorite drink, and
sometimes several or more of them as the case
might be,resulting occasionally in -bis.being
temporarily disqualified for active doty, and
compelled to assume a more situation.
■ - On one -occasion of :this.kind, when be had
been indulging in a “ periodical’? 1 somewhat
stronger than usual, an early boor of the day
found Jim a much less useful than ornamental
appendage to the bar-room ; and the landlord
■thereupOh had him snugly stowed away in bed
until be should recover.
-’I was not until late in-the afternoon that
Jim returned to animation. The day was
loudy, and Jim, whose ideas of - time be
c i!me somewhat confused, thought the day was
Just breaking, and got' op and oame down to
the' bar-room-to Commence business for the day.
Jim. in, wished everybody- " good
morning,” looked out of the wiridow, and re
marked pleasantly that “ everybody seemed to
open early that morning.”
A faint smile passed ovfef the landlord’s face
as Me perceived the joke, and being a bit of a
wag; he'gravoly informed Jim that there was
th bO an eclipse of the sun that'.-morning and
that be had got up early to see it. '.
It was just beginning to grow dark, and Jim
who had not the slightest suspicion that he was
being imposed npon, hastily procured a peice
of glass, which ha “ smoked” after the pre
scribed manner, and rushed o lit Into’the street,
where he could get a fair view of the eastern
horizon and commenced his observations.
The darkness increased upon Che earth, and
likewise upon Jim’s tfosw, which he had’hro’t
into frequent’ contact with the smoked -glass,
in his' futile endeavors to discover the occal
tated luminary ere it should be totally lost to
view.’ •
■ Jim finally “ saw it,” through the interven
tion of a large number of friends who had got
wind of the joke,"and had-gathered carelessly
around during bis astronomical observations..
Jim willingly came down with the “ drinks all
around,” and -if any one ever had a thirst for
.an eleemosynary cock-tail, all that was neces
sary was to mention “eclipse” to Jim and_the
mixture was forthcoming.
Men foe,.the age. —Persrnal purity, inner
cleanness and sanctity of life, are matters not
to be dispensed with in a reformer. The eye
with the beam is not of sufficient clearness to
detect j|t»e mote. The lip of tlwimpure istoo
feeble to be effective in the case of virtue. The
mote and offensive hand will bo claimed by
those who have larger blemishes, as evils of no
consequence. there may be some
thing in the adage, “ Set a thief to catch a
thief," the thief would be bat a sorrow teacher
of the man after he was caught. He would be
too likely to recognize him as a persecuted
brother of bis own order. With each aid alone
one might pray for the unlimited reign of good
ness in the subjection of evil forever, and bo no
nearer tor the answer of the desire of the right
eous. |We tfant whole-souled men to help ne
those who have wills to work, and bands swift
to relieve the wants of the poor and needy, men
with strength to devise and strength to do.
None of your dead lions. We have had enough
of them in those literary, religious boasters
who have been strong and scholar-like in lan
guage, but very feeble in what is far better, a
whole heart for the true and the right. Those
who have made fewer professions and lived up
rightly, have done infinitely more for us. In-,
deed, our lion labor has been invariably agaiust
ns; for, notwithstanding soma have been con
vinced by it of the soundness of an ism, mors
have been- frozen up in its want of life and
lo»e of the good and holy. The confession of
,error'is,but the beginning of repentance. It is
not only our duty to convince of wrong(in do
ing this the work is only half done), we want
to initiate the convinced into the right. A
smart man in argument can do the first bat
.jt takes a good map .to. do the Jast.
(£ ommun i cation.
[Written for The Agitator.]
| THE BOOK OP “ JEPP ”
CHAPTER HI,
And behold Jeff rejoiced over his victory.
Now Jeff, whom men also call Cotton Jeff, and
sometimes King Jeff,, took up bis abode at
Memphis, be and bis counselors and they dwelt
there- Then said Jeff to bis high captains,
take thou the fighting men, and_go up unto the
chief city of Columbia, where dwalleth Abra
ham, end destroy it, and likewise the temple
wherein meetetb the great Sanhedrim, which
we bate; and overrun their country and des
troy it. And they straightway departed and
went up.
Now when Abraham knew that they would
.fain destroy all of his chief cities, and prevent
the meeting of tbe great Sanhedrim, he said
unto bis valiant men, come forth to war against
him, else will they oome and take away both
our place and nation.
And they cams quickly forth to tbs number
of three-score and fifteen thonsand souls. Then
said Abrabajm it is enough. And to the resi
due of the people be said, tarry ye at home,
until each time as I shall have need, and call
for thee. So (hey returned unto their homes;
and those that tarried were valiant men„and
feared not the Jeffites.
Now when the men of Jeff marched against
the cities of the North, they were met in battle
by Abraham’s men, who fought and prevailed
against them ; and they fled to a place called
Manassas, and they digged ditches and fortified
themselves there; and they abode there many
days, and increased tbeir numbers daily, and
vaunted themselves like unto Qoliah, saying,
come forth to battle, but filled not the men of
Abraham with fear.
And Abraham saw that the men of Jeff were
numerous. And Abraham said again onto the
valiant men of the nation, come forth; and
they.came forth by fifties, and by hundreds,
until they numbered three hundred thousand
men.
And Abraham said, let ns choose a chief
captain, who aball be over all the Lost. And
they chose one Winfield, Whose surname was
Scott, who was, a valiant man and a man of
war from his youth up, in whom dwelt wisdom
and canning devices, likewise the love of Abrtf
hnm.
Nevertheless years had affected his memory,
and he was not now as be was wont to be.
And Winfield said unto the captains of the
host, behold now we will go up against Man?
assas and besiege it. And they went up.
Now tho Jeffites were very numerous, and
they swarmed forth like locusts, and discom
fited the men of Columbia, and .they fled, and
got themselves onto their own city.
And there fell down dead that day many
hundreds who were friends onto Abraham.
chapter it.
Now after these things bad oome to pass;
Winfield said unto Abraham ; Lo 1 l am a man
well stricken in years and health, and perad
venture wisdom hath departed from me, and it
is not mete for me longer to be chief captain of
the host. -
And Abraham said unto him, “he it as then
'hast said,’' and Winfield went bis way.
Now there was one George also surnamed
McClellan* who bad fonnd favor in the eyes of
a Colombian by nation, who had been
taught at the feet of the war Gamaliels, and
who bad visited far countries for instructions,
a West Point cadet of great respect.
And Winfield said unto Abraham, behold I
counsel thee to sit this George as chief over all
the captains of the host. And Abraham said,
if in him dwelleth wisdom, and righteousness,
and understanding, and valor, we will appoint
him to rule over them.
And Winfield, said, in him dwelleth them all.
Then said Abraham, he .shall rule over the host
and be my chief captain.
And unto George he said; “ Take thon the
valiant men, both horsemen and footmen, and
besiege the'cities of-Jeff, and destroy them,
and march them against Richmond, where
meetetb his 'great. Sanhedrim, and leave thou
not of it one atone npon another ; except Jeff
return to bis allegiance, and disband his hostile
host and obey the laws.
And George answered and said, I will go air,
nevertheless he tarried long and hastened not
to the work assigned him, but consumed many
days in preparing gloves and silk stockings,
and splendid equipage, and gaudy apparel, for
himself and bis armor bearers, and many of
his host. .
Now when the time of bis departure was
fully come, be passed through Manassas, from
which place the men of Jeff had 1 fled, unto
Yorktown, another city of the Jeffites. And
bis captains besieged it and drove out the men
of Jeff, as they also drove them from many cit
ies of the plain, until they drew near unto
Richmond. Now Richmond was a fenced city,
compassed atont with walls, which wonld not
fall at the blowing of rams horns, neither coaid
they be battered down by the destroying en
gines ; and the men of Jeff were numerous,
and they prevailed against George and he fled,
be and all bis host, and returned again onto
their/own cities. And Jeff secretly rejoiced
thereat. Thug endetb the fourth chapter of the
book of Jeff, as written by
Mbeta Mewrovb, the Scribe.
Covington, 1865.
Over in Jersey, during the last Presidential
canvass, a young lawyer, noted for the length
of bis neck, his tongue and his hill, was on the
stump blowing bis horn for Qen. McClellan.
Getting on his eloquence, be spread himself,
and said:
“T would that on the Bth day of next No
vember I might have the wings of a bird, and
I would fly to every city and every village! to
every town and every hamlet, to every mansion
and everv hut, and proclaim to overy man,
woman and child —‘ Geo. B. M’Clellan is Pres
ident of the United States/ ”
At this point, a youngster in the crowd sang
out:
m Pry- op, you fool. Ton'd be shot for a
goose before you flew a mile.”
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NO. 45.
A Maryland Judge on Slavery.
Judge Bond, of Baltimore, in a speech de
livered before the New England Freedman’s
Aid Society in Boston, last week, said that
it wae an erroneous idea that slavery waa
dead. Truth crushed to earth: will rise again,
and so will a lie. One form of slavery ia daad,
but bow multifarious its forme may be remaina
for history to develop. The South ia to coma
back and take part in the government of the
United States. The questions before the Ameri
can people are, how the States shall come back,
upon what terms they shall come back, and
what we shall diotate to them, hot what they
shall ask. They exist now as States without
government. The constitution requires that
we shall give them a republican form of gov
ernment. If you give the government to all
-the people of the United States, there is no
question but what they will have it. Who has
bewitched Bostonians to think that the men
who are to come to Congress from these States
will ever vi!>te for a revenue bill which ia to pay
a debt which was run up in whipping them.—
How many of them have the bonds of the
United States 7 How many of them have got
the bonds of the Southern Confederacy 7
Slavery, ha added, exists in everything ex
cept name throughout the South; and how is
it to be abolished 7 There is bat one way,
that way is to give the freedmen the fundamen
tal power of the citizen—the ballot. Another
erroneous idea, said the speaker, is that we
must have some test, some limitation on the
right to vote. This is a question of dynamics.
The more power I gefon my side the better I
like it. The more negroes 1 get to vote on mf
side the better. Bat yoa say how can yon do
this 7 Their State constitutions are against it.
Did'nt the people of Maryland abolish their
constitution, and the people of North Carolina
four years ago 7 We did not acknowledge the
new thing they made, bat we all acknowledged
the right of the people to abolish their consti
tution. Their old constitutions are abolished,
and if yon go book to the constitution of the
United States yon most call upon the people
of the United States, living in these States, to
form their government. Then in Yirginia we
shall have a majority of the people on oor side,
'about whose loyalty there is no question. In
South Carolina we shall have nearly the whole.
We shall divide the southern vote, and prevent
from going to Congress those who will resist
the payment of the United States debt and re
pudiate it.
Judge Bond advocated the educating of the
freedmen. They exhibited, he said, more ca
paety than any foreign emigrants who landed
on our shores. Thera were less criminals
among the whites. The negro, he said, bad aa
much intelligence as his master, and a great
deal more loyalty. . There is no safety for the
South if the black man is not given the right
to vote, if the cup of freedom they were abont
to drink is dashed from their lips, and they are
told it was alls mistake. The returning of An
thony Barns to slavery ia but a very small
thing, compared to returning a whole nation to
slavery. Let North Carolina and every other
State knock, and knock again nntil they are
tired, unless they do as Maryland has done—
unless there shall be neither slavery or invol
untary servitude in it except for orime, and
unless they have given the colored people the
only thing that will protect them—the elective
franchise, pudge Bond spoke at considerable
length, and'the views he expressed elicited the
hearty approbation of the audience.
The Fate ;of the Democratic Parry-
Some of our Democratic contemporaries
take in ill part our good-natured allusions to
the sad figure now presented by the Chicago
platform. They call it ungenerous to twit the
party about that, when It is now go. lustily
shouting glory for the national triumph. Well,
we are sorry. We did not think they were so
sensitive. Henceforth we will try to remember
that even the smallest pleasantry upon that
subject is a great cruelty, and there shall be no
more of it. 1
Yet our friends moat not imagine that the
American people are going to forget that action
of the Democratic party at Chicago. They
may be, and we trust they will be, charitable
toward their fellow-citizens individually, who
were so discouraged and demoralized in the
dark period of the war. Fortitude in adversity
is not within every man's power. It depends
largely upon a man's natural temperament,
and upon his previous cultivation of the great
moral element—faith. A person, last August,
might have conceived the war “a failure,"
and have favored negotiations with the Rich
mond Government, without any positively
bad motive. It might come from weakness,
and not at all from wickedness. Bat though
individual Democrats may be judged ever so
liberally, the Democratic party itself cannot
be. Party organizations are judged by their
acts solely, and never get the benefit of charity.
Striving for the rale of the country, their title
to that trust is always strictly scanned; and if
wrong, they are repudiated. The Chicago plat
form stands, before all the world, as the authen
tic deliberate exposition of the sentiments and
policies of the Democratic party In the last
and most trying year of the war. It is so dis
tinct and explicit that all attempt to mystify
or evade its true meaning is vain. Every man
in the country knows that it condemned the
war as “a failure,’' and that it demanded that
“i mmtdiaU efforts be made for the cessation of
hostilities." In that regard the Democratio
party is irreversibly doomed. The people, in
the very thick of the war, punished that aot
by the most withering rebuke known to onr
political history. The fate they will hereafter
visit upon the party will be as much more se
vere as the falsehood of its assumptions and
the fatal consequences of its policy is more
distinctly revealed by the actual- result of the
war. No expiation will be accepted short of
otter destruction. The sooner that individual
Democrats recognize this, and prepare them
selves for some other political organization, the
better for their own, credit and for. the good of
the country.— N. Y. Times.
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