The Tioga Oouuty Agitator 3Y Mt. H. 0088. , onbiisheJ every Wednesday morning and mailed to bribers at ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY 'CENTS. !,5r year, always !N ADVANCE. ' jj, paper is sent postage free to county aubaeri • tlloa gh they may receive their mall at post-offices located ia counties immediately adjoining, for con’ ‘e- AettAioa i* the Official paper of Tioga 0o„ , folates in erery neighborhood therein.- Sab *n [ptioas being en the advance pay system, it cirju f, among a class most to the interest of tidsverti jfrs "'reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as those of. ftreJ by any paper of equal circulation in Northern Pennsylvania. - J 1 \ cross on the margin of a paper, denotes thstthe subscription is about, to expire. : 10 papers will "be stopped when the subscription time expires, unlee* the agent orders, their conton-; sots. . ... - jXsTIoWBEir tk S. F. wj&SCTL i lIORNEYS & COUNSELLORS at L. ,W, A ’»ni attend the Courts'ot Tioga, Potter.kud jlcKenn counties. [W’ellsboro, Jan. 1, 188,'..] , JOHN I.MITCHELL, Attorney and counsellor at law. Tioge Village, Tioga County, Penu’h. Prompt attention to Collections. - ' . . March 1, 1564.-ly. r ■ . . . ■ JEBOME It. Ifll.ES, A TTOHNr.r*- COUNSELLOR AT LAW;.. Wellsboro, Tioga Cotmtv, Pa., Having been speoially:lioonMd.bjr, the UmTaitoSto!., for the Prosecution of ClaimsTbr Pensions,, XBuok Pty and Bounties. - Particular attention willhc given to-that Cl»» ; of borinsss. . J- B. NIUS. . ffellshoro, Feb. 14, 1864—ly* - pfiIJfSVLTASLI! HOUSE, r. 00B.SEB or MAIN STREET AND THE AVEf.UR, Wellsboro, Pa, \ 1 j. W. BIGONY,. .........Proprf«tor v THIS popular Hotelj' having been and re-famished throughout, is now open't.o. the public ns a first-class house. [Jan. 1, ISfcfc] 67 H ARUmOTEt: 1 WELLSBOBO,TIOGi CO. PEN If A. THE subscriber takes this method to-inform hiiold friends.and customers that.he hef- re ■Misd the conduct of- the. old “ Crystal Fountain Hotel," and will hereafter give it his entire attention. Thankful fer past favors, he solicits a renewal oft the urns. • . * DAVJD HA*?'. Wellsboro, Nov. -4, 1863.-ly. ; ‘ IZAAK WALTON HOUSE, j Guinea, Tioga County, Pa. • H. Cr VEBMILYEA,; ..Proprietor. THIS is a new hotel located within oits of the best fishing and hunting grounds in Sortbsrn Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared for the secouunodation of pleasure seekers and the trav iliiogpnblic. [Jan. 1,18*?.] A. P«IBI, : v , Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv, &c<, Sc., REPAIRED AT ODD PRICES. POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. 5, UNION block: \ Wellsboro, May 20, 1863. r* * H. W. Williams, WILLIAns * ‘ ' Mantliold, August 10, 1864-ly. WELLSBORO (Corner Main Street and the Avenue.) , ’ Wellseoeo, Pa. B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. One of the most' popular Houses in the county, lias Hotel is the principal Stage-house Ur'WeUaboro, Stigcj leave daily as follows: ’ V . For Tioga, at 9a. tn.; For Troy, at 3a. -For Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday a(|2 p. m. i lor Couderapurt, every Tuesday and Friday fit/J p. m. Stages Abrivs—From .Tioga, 4t. 12- 1-3 ’o’clock J l . m.: From Troy, at 6 o’clock p. to. :• From Jersey Shore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a- m.: Prom Coudera pon, Tuesday and Friday II a. m. <- „ ] . ft. B.—Juntny Cowden, the well-known will be found on hand. f Ifeliaboro, Oct. 5, 1864-Iy. > * ; HUGH YOUNG, bookseller & BTATMHIEB, V" ' AND SEUER IN 1 American Clocks, American,. English, af 1 Swiss batches, Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware, Sj^-ctaclea, Picture Frames, Photographic Albums, Stei ’ilscopes, Mi noacopes., Perfumery. Yankee Notions, fishing Twkle and Flies, ami Fancy and Toilet Art ilos. SCHOOL BOOJCS of every kind In the County 1 , conitanfly on hand and sent by mat ■ or oth etwige, to order. 1 . . SO. 5, UNION BLOCK, WELLSBOB\\ PA. TO. FISHCBMES. i- THE fobscriber begs leave to inform lh,j public that be fans a fine ■assortmen t of the ooj Abated ROCHESTER TROUT FLIES, York Trout Flies, Silk Braided Sea, and Hair Lines,'Rinsey-Hooks on header* - , Gut! and a fine lot of *’* . i ROCHESTER FLY RODS.; . - Hooks, 4c., 4c. Shop In rear of Wm. Roberts'* Tin & nd Store Store. BEARS, April 19, 1885-3 m. FOR i LOT da Unin *dJoming Wright A Bailey's Store. fcfiacrea of iaad la Delmar, between John Hou?e and Lot on Covington Street. 1 / for terms, apply to HESRY SIIEKWp:)D>Esq. Weilsboru, IWjtL; I- A; WOdB’S^TRTZB^-MOWEB.—The «T Wood Mower has been in-general tree „fgr the p:i«i five ypare. It embraces all the qaaliliesf-necet ttfy to make a perfect Mower- -It recommend* itself t ( >ev*ry farmer for -the jampi.icity:of it* coash&ctlon.' to be.the' lightest lt -tikes for °rk—Machines fuUy .warranted. Bend Price SiikCdolivered wr tip sprs at Coining. u . WKiAK.,.HXLL,:A«iii, Comipfe^Y.';'-: ««y 31, 1866-tf. THE AGITATOR. VOL. XL RICHMOND HAS FALLEN 1 DRY GOODS- LEE HAS SURRENDERED, AJ?D WE ..BATE SURRENDERED THE EX- v- THE STORE, is now receiving additions to their stock of GOODS,. BOUGHT DURING THE LATE DEPRESSION IN PRICES, and they will be sold at THE LOWEST MARKET RATES, We. have made arrangements to get Goods every week, and as we keep posted in regard to the Ntw York Marin, we shall at /. all times make the stock on band conform to new prices. and we wish it distinctly understood, that however ■ much others may blow, WE DO NOT INTEND TO BE UNDERSOLD BY ANY, quality of goods considered. It shall be our aim to keep constantly on hand a good stock of inch goods as the community require, and SUOH ARTICLES AS WILL GIVE SATISFAC TION TO THE CONSUMER. THE ONE PRICE SYSTEM Wm, H.. 6 litb .under which onr business has constantly increased i for the last ten years will be adhered to, as also the more recently adopted:'. Don’tvbuy until !voo- hjlvh bhamimbp .4)tor, STOCKAND ■V-v-r’..'- ■ ■’ .-PRICES,-' ~ c 'STORK DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE DICKIN ! SON. HOUSE, smtp & WAITE, Corning, N. T., May 17, 1868. jmHB BIG FIGHT having been doted up by ! Meeice. Grant, Sherman Sheridan, A Co., • KELLY & PURVIS {have volunteered for a war of extermination against ■high Prices, and will be found entrenched behind n page pile of 1 NEW AND CHEAP GOODS - > ■ * " ' ;■' . ; . —r bt the old OSGOOD STAND, where their oommuni. 116ns with New York oannotbe interrupted. ; | They, h/ive jnet recejved4 stock of j SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, such at Prints, Delaines, Bareges, Muslins, Hosiery, Notions, Boots and Shoes, e'to.-, in fact everything in the Dry Goods line may be found at onr counters, and purchased at prices corresponding to the late •X • ' " ■ _ J HEAVY FALL”. IN ‘GOODS. 1 ■ We also invite purchasers to examine onr fine stock of GROCERIES. ! _ Can’t be beat this side of New York. ' Remember the place, 11 Osgood’s Corner.” • KELLY & PURVIS. ' I Wellsboro, Apr. 22, 1865-ly,. „ • JJETROLEUM ! PETROLEUM I . . Geologists and practical men unite in their belief and so,report that the Discovery of Oil in Wellaboro it near at hand. . But I-would say to the people of ;• Tioga oouismr & viorarmr, (before investing your Capital In Oil Stock) that I have recently purchased the Stock of Goods of Mi Bullard, consisting of . . CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, As., all at a great reduction from - . ; lljiw York Jobbing Prices, anil am bound to give to. mycustomers tbe advantage ‘OF MY PURCHASE ■ Being desirous Of: closing out Ihe Clothing part .of tide Stock, I now offer the entire Stock AT COST FOR .CASH! V . . - tt a m g - A W'D CAPS -.isoa ant. -•«> »• j P‘ i ■fr' ■ - : • ... ,* y v - *r? .>' -j clous in external and internal applications.— oil before undergoing the refining process. L'eh.apT'u wTli hardly hnow t\TdfffJrenM. 1 ' k j; t j jUjefpWjjftjpfMSjJt question ingenious processes nndj.JatiepWJabOT, and-' BOY’SDRtJO STORK * wasVhow to determine where to sinlcinow abundantly repaying the work expended Rochester *s. y. trout flies—i have i jastreceived , - ■ - ‘ r I 1 Gross of ROCHESTER. TROUT FLIES, i ‘ i do of NEW YORK « « . Sdcßs jritfc or without Tiooke, Fly 'Rods, Heels, arid 1 Hnndcd Silk Inner. L. A; SEARS, ' ' “ ‘1 Pealerin Fishing T«ekle/'Ac; } H' '£ | WclUJJoro, Mny 24,1865. - '- Jj *-,*[• Schotts to tfye Extension of the Bten of JFm&om aw® t|it Sprra® of Wealths Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG IJNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE And so ha* the price. of TEME. HIGH PRICES OP f GOODS. -• * ‘ ‘ ' REGARDLESS OF COST, READY PAY SYSTEM WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY IS, 1865. Original iJoctvy. • [For the Agitator.]- it , RECONSTRUCTION. Now this cruel war is over and smiling peape begun, The debts of this great Nation, weTI pay them, one by onej WeTI bang the traitor rebels on erery orbeked tree/ And oar glorious republic for ever shall be free. We’ll make of oldVfrgtnlA'srmlghty Yankee nation. And build up the fences of each broken down plan- tation, . And 611 up the ditches the ugly rebeli ddg, ' We’H rajseand,make tobacco and cbew.it by the plug* WeTI build the church and school house, the ignorant to teach. And ever; Christian Master will then get leave to preach ; The mill and the factory-in-competition ring, To fee which—the anvil, or cotton,—,wlll be king. .For the Yankee flag of freedom in seen on every band, From Maine clear down to Texas, it floats o'er all the land, t Tie teen on ever; ocean and Island of the sea, The Yankee flag is flying—lt ever shall be free. Dbutak, Joir 1866.. Q. Z PETROLEUM. \ To compress the whole subject of Petroleum into a newspaper article would be a feat more difficult of accomplishment than an; yet per formed by literary prestidigitators. However, I will give you, in as concise a form as possible, the more interesting features of the petroleum subject. The rapid development of tbs oil-producing territory, and the immense quantity of petro leum that is now consumed is the United States, has made it so familiar to the public that an elaborate analysis of its properties is unneces sary. It is a natural oil, deposited in the earth usually at tbe cjepth of from one hundred to six hundred feet, has a, rancid, disagreeable odor, and is valuble for burning, lubricating and medicinal purposes. Although its properties, and a knowledge of the extent of its deposits, have but recently been known in this country, petroleum has in reality been known and used to some extent in every age, running back al most to the diluvian period. In Egypt petroleum was, used for medicinal purposes nearly,four thousand years ago, and oil springs are still in existence in that country. In the latter part of the last century, two ship cargoes of the crude oil were transported, to England to bo sold,’bat the process of refining, not being understood, the traffic was abend ned. 'Under the name of . (Sicilian'oil, the -.people pf Agrigentum used what ig. known. ““ pm,«u.„ n for tbe purpose"or and in Parma . there is a spring 'of naptha which’ the people apply to a like use at the present day. In Asia Minor the oil has been known to exist, and has been used to a limited extent for ages ; and in Persia a large quantity has'been annually con sumed, 1 during 'several hundred years. Even in this country petroleum is by'no means a new discovery; It'was well known to the Indians before America was discovered, and was used for medicinal purposes. Tbe early settlers of Western Pennsylvania, and other districts” where oil springs now exist, need rock ■ oil, as they called it, for various purposes, collecting it by skimming the oil deposit on tbe top of the water as it accumulated from the springs. In tbe memoranda of his visits to Fort (now Pittsburg,)during tbe French and Indian war with the Colonies, General Washington mentions the existence of oil springs in locali ties where wells are' now in operation. But .neither 1 the Indians nor the early white settlers. knew anytbing’of the vast deposits ib tbe bed of the earth. The region in which the oil is now found in Western Pennsylvania baa almost for a century been known as a great salt district, and- salt wells have been in operation there ever since the early settlement of the country. In bor ing salt wells tbe greatest difficulty was found in selecting localities where the water was, not impregnated with a substance which the salt men characterised as “a nasty, greasy sub stance," and wbioh we of the present day call petroleum. Nearly forty years ago a’ Mr. Packer, while boring for salt water on Deer Creek, in Clarion County. Pa-, struck oil at tbe depth of 400 feet. The “greasy water/'as ho termed it, spurted up with great force, over flowed the land thereabouts, ruined bis salt ma chinery, saturated the land with greaseand Mr. Packer profoundly disgusted’ with the re sult of bis efforts to obtain salt, left the coun try in,a miff, little dreaming that be was_rttifc iiiog away from, an El Dorado richer’ than the gold mines of California—more remunerative; too,-than the-diamond-mines of Brazil. As a natural consequenc of the increase’of the .' quantity of oil that found its way to tbe surface 11 from abandoned salt wells, tbe people living. In localities where it appeared, gradually-' die-' covered that it contained some valuable proper-’ l ties. The reader will perhaps remember’ that only a few years ago a substance of horrid odor and taste was sold throughout the country as a sovereign remedy for. nearly all the ills” of the flfish, and bearing the names successively, pf Seneca Oil, Genesee Oil, and Rock Oil. , it ' was-warranted to cure everything from tooth ache to hereditary consumption, and was a perfect annlbilator of such simple ailments os rheumati id. asthma—beinr 'ually effica- iask._. —;i* JfUlfltellattg. a well; for it was Boon discovered that there wae something of a lottery in striking oil.— Geologists and qther scientific men who embark ed in the oil trade,.carried out their theories in this respect, but were not always successful. The larger class who flocked to the Oil Dorado, however,Tiad no faith in geology, and according ly bored at random. The superstitious class, who are generally the majority, relied, and still rely- upon the miraculous “ witch hazel” men. Those men profess to tell precisely where de posits of water, salt or oil raoy be found, by means of a little stick. The more sensible manner of choosing localities for oil wells is to bore where the.geological formation is like that where good wells have been found. At best, finking oil wells is a lottery—if a man stands one chance in twenty of drawing a prize he is lucky.- . - The procfts of boring the well is very simple. A derrick, subsisting of four upright timbers placed TO or 12-feet apart and fastened by cross pieces is erected directly over the spot selected for boring. This derrick is usually from 40 to 60 feet high, and is made very stable in order to support the boring machinery. A steam en gine of ; six or eight horse power is now used for the. work of drilling, although many wells of not very great depth have bpen bored by hand. An iron pipe, about six inches in diame ter, is first driven down to the first stratum of rock. Where this is found at a considerable distance from the surface, the pipe is inserted in sections ; that is, apieceiefirst driven down, then another section is fastened firmly.to it at the top ; this is in tarn driven down, and so on till the rook is reached. The drill is then introduced into this tube, reaching down to the rook—the iron rod suspending it being length ened by- the fastening of additional pieces at the top as the drill .works its way through the rook. Tbe drill is about two and a half inches in diameter, and is worked up and down by means of the engine above. The process of drilling is of course slow, and depends upon the hardness -of the! stratum. An average day’s work of-drilling is from 6 to 8 feet, bat some timSr Iffor 12 feet is accomplished. The first Btrctqm’tbrough which the drill passes is slate or soap-stone, then comes a stratum of sand stone, which is usually not more than ten or twelve.feet in thickness ; next is another layer of slate of a bluish appearance, about] twenty feet in thickness, after which the second stra tum of sandstone is-reached. When this is accomplished—the depth reached ranging from two'to sis hundred and in some instances a thousand' feet—-the oil is' struck, provided the borer is lucky.' A new process of drilling has lately been-ia vep«o,. however, which ■ bills Vaii, to-greatly facilitate the , sinking ot on Veits. " it. m inis : The drill is a slender tube, the end of which is set with a species of diamond. This drill is connected with machinery at the sufaoe, by means of which it revolves with great Velocity, cutting out the rooks in a core, which is re moved in pieces, by clamps let down in the hole'. By this method a well of five hundred feet in depth may be bored in two weeks, which, by the old process would require two months. As soon as the drill passes through the last stratum, and reaches the reservoir be low, there comes rushing up to the surface a combustible gas, followed by a mixture of salt water and petroleum—the oil is invaribly ao ooriipanied by salt water, and they ate separa ted os will be hereafter explained.- This is the realization of ** great .expectations,” the find ing of the, El Dorado, the snm of petroleum ambition, for every spurt from the well is a greenback. If the borer has been lucky enough to strike a flowing well, he has nothing now to no but to 1 stand still and *866 himself grow fabulously rich; that is, be has only to secure the oil and send it to market. But flowing wells are agreat rarity,-and the most sanguine disciple of Petrolia does not expect such boundless good fortune. The flow of salt-water aact petroleum to the surface, there fore is, except in flowing wells, of very short duration; and the next work to be done is the preparation for pumping. The bore of the well is next enlarged by wbat is termed a “ trimmer,” and an iron tube, fastened togeth er in sections of 10 or 12 feet, is run down to the oil deposit. A flax seed bag, which ex pands when wet, is fixed at a certain distance from the (surface within the" tube, in'- order to prevent the surface water from rushing down. A-plunger orvalved piston is next inserted in the tube, and this being attached to the engine, the work of pumping commences. The old- method of pumping oil is on the same general" principle of ordinary water pumping, arid requires no explanation; but jankee ingenuity has lately invented a new .process,, which -yvill probably soon be generally adopted. Two tabes are inserted in the well, :: and .by a ppwerful force-pump the air.is forced down one of them, and the oil, in consequence of the pressure of the air, is forced up the oth er tube in a steady stream. The Sow, by this method, is much more steady 1. pnd of greater volume tban ; by. the pumping process, and it baa been successfully applied to many wells that bad failed is yield" oil in the old manner. The-petroleum,--as before remarked, is invaria bly accompanied by salt water. As it reaches the surface, this mixture is carried by conduits j iota large wooden tanks, in. which the oil rises | to the surface of the water and ia. drawn off, ; into barrels, when we have crude petroleum— upon them. As an instance of what may bp accomplished in this way, as well as to show the persistency and determination of oil seek ers, the following oircnmstance may be men tioned ; Micbel & Allen, a Philadelphia oil company, obtained the leases known as the Cement wells, on the Buchanan farm. This well had already been tried and abandoned by several practical oil-eearcbere, and was pronounced worthless. The Philadelphians, however, thought" differ ently, 1 and went to Work with a will to demon strate their theory. As another instance of the pertinacity wfaioh is given to a man by the hope of gaining a good well, the following is related: Mr. P. Haines wag boring a well also on tbe Buchanan farm, and bad every prospect of a lucky strike. UnfortunateiyrWben going thro’ tbe last stratum of rook, bis drill became de tached, stuck in the rock several hundred feet from the surface, and man was never more com pletely in a “ fix" than he—so was the drill. But he was plentifully endowed with pure Yan kee perseverance and industry, and went to work to remove the drill— : a seemingly hope less task. For fifteen months Mr. Haines la bored _assiduouslj with this, object,, end his pa-, tieuce and industry were at last rewarded by success—his troubles were healed by tbe gentle soothing of “a hundred barrels a day.” Since the great commercial importance of petroleum became known, tbe discoveries of oil have been wonderful. Western Pennsylvania was tbe first, and still is tbe greatest oil produ cing region, but tbe oleaginous compound has since been found to exist in nearly half tbe States and Territories. The Oil Creek region is the favorite with practical oil men, for the reason that the chances of success in boring here are betted than in any locality yet' dis covered. But throughout all Western -Penn sylvania the Petroleum has reached fever heat. Wells are being bored, land bought up a fabu lous prices, and the people, who for years have been content to plod as frugal and industrious performers are dazzled by tbe prospect of fabu lous wealth. In Clarion and Fayette counties rich wells have been obtained, and in Washing ton, Lawrence, Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Erie, Green, Indiana, Clearfield and Elk counties,, oil has already been obtained, or the sinking of wells is in progress. In these counties tbe farmers have all put extravagant prices on their lands : and even then are careful to stip ulate that a certain percentage of the pros pective oil is to go into their pockets. Doubt less nine-tenths of them will be able to literally put all they get in their pockets. Western Vir ginia, next to Western Pennsylvania, is the ad miration. «r oil men. The war and the oil fe ver broke out simultaneously s„ mis region ; but notwithstanding tbe greasy appearance of the rebels generally, tbere.seems to be but lit tle affinity between rebellion and Petroleum, and the rebels have a disagreeable way of making periodical raids into tbe Western Vir ginia oil regions, thereby suddenly suspending oleaginous .research. It is thought, however, that when this “ cruel war is over,” to use a strictly original ezpresion—the oil region of Western Virgininia will be foiled to be at least equal in richness to those of {Pennsylvania.— In Ohio, the oil seems to “ lay around loose,” and it is said, with undoubted truthfulness, that farmers almost fear, to go to sleep at night least before morning the petroleum beds which they know to exist under their farms shall burst their earthly bounds and inundate tbe surface with an oleaginous flood. Tbe Mecca excitement, as previously stated, proved a de cided bumbog, but more stable wells have been struck in other parts of the State. In South eastern Ohio there is every indication of bound less Petroleum deposits. In Washington coun ty, also, the borings have proven -highly sue cessful, and in the vicinity of Zanesville, Ma rietta, New Lisbon, and Waynesblurg, oil has already been found. Columbiana, Preble, Muskingum, and many other counties have al so reached the height of the oil fever, and the bowels of the earth are being effectually stir red up. The contagion of the oil excitement has also broken out in Indiana, and the Hoo siers are industriously trying to bore them selves rich, with apparently good success. But to particularize the oil localities would take too much time. Suffice it to say that Petroleum has already been found, in addition to the above mentioned localities, in Kentucky, Illi nois, Missouri, Michigan, Kansas, California, Colorado, New York, and elsewhere in the country, and yet the discoveries ate apparently in their infancy. In foreign countries, too, the old oil wells which have existed for ages have been bunted np, and in many instances by Yankees, and petroleum (tbe word, not tbe substance) is in the mouths of the whole world. As a case in point, one of tbe Boston papers states that Col. Gowan, of that city, (the Yankee who took tbe contract to raise the sunken vessels in tbe harbor of Sebastopol, if I mistake not) was lately en route Horn Saint Petersburg through Georgia and Circassia.— In the. neighborhood of the Sea of Azof, he stumbled upon, seme old oil wells, bought them for a song, and now delights the gaping natives by drawing grease out of the earth with steam. This question is solely theoretical, and can be demonstrated only by time. Tbe best opin ions are, however, that Petroleum is inexhaus tible, that the transformation which the earth is undergoing causes a perpetual deposit of vegetation boneath tbe surface, and tbe distil lation of this vegetable matter forming Petro ' leum constituency, geologists argue that tbe supply is boundless. Oil men are quite willing to leave the subject to the savans. It is quite enough for the disoiples of Petrolia to know that the oil now exists in vast quantities, and they are determined that while geologists theo rize, they will pump. The Jpetroleum interest is of course, only iii its infancy, but the product of last year shows the commercial interest which the oil is rapid ly attaining. There are no means of estimat ing, even approximately, tbe quantity of oil consumed in this country daring 1864, and _tho in which, an.idea of the gross production can he formed is by referring to tlm-exportetion. ,•.» , —• Make a alow answer to a baity question. Advertisements wfll b« charged $1 persqaarsof 10 linn, one insertion, and $1,60 fn aiw ntMan, Adv«rtl»em«nu of Ini than 10 linn ooaiidsred H a iqnara. The subjoin*! rat*a will be charged to Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements:. 1 Square,. 2 do. .. 3 do. .. i Column, i do. ~ 1 do. . Advertisements not navlng the number of inaar* tiona desired marked npon them, will be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heeds, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable's and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO. 46. Personal Reminiscences of Blr, Lincoln Mr. Noah Brooks, who was to have been Mr. Lincoln's private secretary, gives some in* tereating personal reminiscences of onr lata President. We reprint Mr. Brooks' remarks on “ All persons agree that the most 1 marked characteristic of Mr. Lincoln's manner was his simplicity and artlessness. This Imme diately impressed itself npon the observation of those who met him for the first time, and each successive interview deepened the im pression. People seemed delighted to find in the ruler of the nation freedom from pomposity affectation, mingled with a certain simple digni ty that never forsook him. Tbough'pressed with the weight of responsibility resting npon him es President of the United States, he shrank from assuming any of the honors, or even titles, of the position. After years of intimate ac quaintance with Mr. Lincoln, the writer can- Jnot now recall a single instance in which bo spoke of himself as President, or used that title of himself, except when acting in an of ficial capacity. He always spoke of his posi tion and office vaguely, as “this place,” “here,'' or other modeet phrases. Once, speaking of the room in the Capitol used by the Presidents of the United States daring the close of a session of Congress, he said, “ That room, yon know, that they call"—-dropping his voice and hesitating—“the President's i room." To ah intimate friend who. addressed him always b j his own proper title, he said, “ Now call mi Lincoln, and I’ll promise not to tell of thS breach of etiquette—if yon won't—and I shall have a resting spell from Mister Lincoln." “ With all his simplicity and nnacquain tanas with courtly manners, his native dignity nev er forsook him in the presence of critical or polished strangers; bat mixed with his angu larities and bonhomie was something which spoke the fine fibre of the man; and, while hie sovereign disregard of courtly conventionalities was somewhat Indicrons, his native sweetness and straightforwardness of manner served to disarm criticism and impress the visitor that he was before a man pure, self-poised, collected and strong in unconscious strength. Of him an accomplished foreigner, whose knowledge of the courts was perfect than that of the English language,' said, ‘He seems to me one grand geniilhomme, in disguise." he. liucolk oN omcr-Biirxai. "No man but Mr. Lincoln ever knew how great was the load of care which he bore, nor the amount of mental labor which be daily accomplished. With the usual perplexities of the office—greatly increased by the unusual multiplication of places in his gift—he carried the burdens of the civil war, wmen ne always called ‘This great trouble/ Though the intel lectual man had greatly grown meantime, few persons would recognise the hesrty, blithsome, genial, and wiry Abraham Lincoln of earlier days in the sixteenth President of the United States, with his stooping figure, dull eyes, care worn face, and languid, frame. The old, clear laugh never came back; the even temper was sometimes disturbed; and bis natural charity for all was often turned into an nnwonted sus picion of the motives of men whose selfishness cost him so much wear of mind. Once he aaid, * Sitting here, where all the avenues to public patronage seem to come together in a knot, it does seem to me that onr people are fast ap proaching the point where it can be said that seven-eighths of them were trying to find how to live at the expense of the other eighth/ “ The world will never bear the last of the ‘little stories’ with which the President garnish* ed or illustrated bis conversation and his early stump speeches. He said, however, that as near as he could reckon, about one-sixth of those which were credited to him were old so* quaintances; all of the rest were the prodno* tion of other and better story-tellers than him* self. Said he; ‘I do generally remember a good story when I hear it, bat I never did in vent anything original; I am only a retail dealer.’ His anecdotes were seldom told for the sake of the telling, but because they fitted in just where they came, and shed a light on the argument that nothing else could. He was not witty, but brimful of humor; and though be was quick to appreciate a good pun, I never knew of bis making but one, which was on the Christian name of a friend, to whom he (aid: ‘Yon have yet to be elected to the place I hold ; but Noah's reign was before Abraham. Ha thought that the chief characteristic of Ameri can humor was its grotesqueness and extrava gance; and the story of the man [who was so tall that he was ‘laid out’ in a rope-walk, the soprano voice so high that it had to be olimbed over by a ladder, and the Dutchman’s express ion of ‘somebody tying bis dog loose,’ all made a permanent lodgement in his mind. The Democratic Press manifest a laudable determination to be pleased with President Johnson. Hie amnesty proclamation is de clared to be jnat the thing—couldn’t have been better if they had done it themselves I If wa read aright the Proclamation thus commended, it leaves every leader of the rebellion liable to the pains'and penalties of treason; bat as soon as Qsn. Lee’s army surrendered, every Democratic paper including the one in this city, began to earnestly plead for the un conditional pardon of every rebel from Jeff. Davis down I But now the President is in fa vor of patting the chief rebels on trial for their lives and the Democratic papers are in favor of it also. If convicted, the President will doubtless be in favor of hanging Jeff. Davis, and the Democratic papers will be in favor of that also. The Democratic party in consequence of its opposition to the war for the Union, ran down so that if it did not keep itself in sight by bolding on to the coat tails of the Adminis tration, nobody would know there waa such an organization in existence. The leaders of that party, however, even now do well to support the Administration, bat it is a matter of regret, that during the progress of active war, in th« dark days of the Republic, they did not also support the Administration, which was just as worthy of their support then os it is now, in stead of opposing it by every means in their power.— Etbroit IHbttm. Rates of Advertising, * xoirasg, 6 xoxras. 12 mmrxs. 54.00 $0.76 $7.09 «.00 8.25 10.09 8.75 10.76 12.60 lO.OO IJ.OO 16,76 18.75 25.00 $1.60 30.00 42.00 60,00 mb. Lincoln's simplicity, HIS DIGNITT. urrcout on bis stories.