MOM itt or is PulLobed eTery Wednesday Horning, at $2,00 a Tor. turariably to adva nee, by COBB & VAN GELDER L. E. CvtP. J . .A.TZ.V - P-IVr.rsizqc3 -- "ZiA21 , ... 5. ' '-' _ lm - v. 3 Q. i 4 Mo. 19 Ito : I 1 yr 1 Sgm,r'' *2,50 5.04 Z,so' - 10,00 12,00 s4u,u, t.'d-,ri 3 . 75 —Coo , ,1 2-00 /5,00 18,00 14 0014 °u' -- 1 1 -9,CAI 1 15.00 1 20,00 I 25,00 I_2Column ...... 12,00 2,3.00 30,00 32,00 45,00 )columu 'O.OO 25,00 45.00 G 5,00 60,00 2 iz. l ue.le / Mneett el.oo-50 cte.eaeh week thereafter. Adtamlarr.tors and ilrecutvra Noticee 52,00 each, BuSaless Garda at fire lines y 5,00 per rear. „„ BUSIZIESS DIRECTORY. tv. TEMBELL & C 0.,. WAOLES AVE DRUGUISTS,: srol dealors in Will Paper, lierussene Lamps; Window Gloat, Perturnery, Paints anti Gilt, Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1866.-Iy. w A. NICHOLS. ITTORNEY 'CND CO 3Z AT Office f oral erly occupied by...tames Lowrey; Esq. lisbore, Jau. 1,186 E-17. - - S. F. StSAIBLIN,` BARBER AND SI4R ; DRESSED,. Shop over C. L. Wilcox's Store. - Wellsboro, Jan. 1,1.866.—1 y. JULIUS SHERWOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Court Street, apposite the Coon House, Williamsport, Pa, Jan. 6,1866-1 p• 11. W. WILLI.I..*S,, W K. H. SMITS. WILLIAM U. ATTORNEY AND tOUNSELOR AT LAW I ns urance, Bounty and PCIIISIOD Agency, Main street Wellab"ro, Pa., Jan. I, 1886. 1011/11 1. MITCHELL. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Mee lately tnettpleil by John W. guernsey Esq., Tioga, Tioga Comity, Penn'a. 'Prompt atteatiog.to Collections. Jan 1, 1866.-I.y• S. F. Wilson.. J. B. AllAsr WILSON & 'NILES, - ATTORNEYS A. COUNSELORS AT LAW, (First door from Bigoney's, on the Avenue)— Will attend to business entrusted to their care in the counties of Tiognand Potter • We}labor°, Jan. 1, 1566. GEORGE WAGNER, TAILOR. Sbop first floor.nortb aL. A. atanfe Shoe Shop. ggrentting, Fitting, and. Repair. ing done promptly and well. Wencher°, Pa., Jan. 1, 1866.-Iy. .SOH N B. SHAHS PEARE, DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over -Boweta's Store, second floor. .T -Cutting, fieting, ant Repairing done promptly and in best style. Welisboro, , 1866—1 y PLN NSYLVANIA HOUSE, CORNER OF MATN STREET k TILE AVENUE J. W. BiGOICY, Proprietor. This popular Hotel, hns been re : acted and ra-fan 4 shed.thronglimt, is now open to the public at d 'first:clams hones. A good hostler always on hand. Wellsboro, Jan. 1,1863.-1 y HOST. HAWLEY, HAWLEY .CIUMRIIN ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Williamsport Pa.— Special attention given to collection of Pen sions. Bounty and Back Pay, and all claims against the National and State Governments. Williamsport, pa., Nov. 15, 1865-3 m. JOSEPH itIfANLEV, BLACKSMITH AND SHOBR. I have rented thashopTately:oreupled by Mr. P; C,lictic t .and am prepared to shoe horses and oxen;antr to do all kinds of work pertaining to the busi.. 13e)38 in a superior wanner. Welleboro, Pa; Jan. I, 1888.1.4 y.• IZAA,II WALTON - 111611:113t; Gaines, Toga County, Pa. B. C. VERMILYEi., PROPRIETOR. This is a new hotel Located within easy access uf the best fishing and hunting grounds in North ern Penusylvnnia. No paine . will. be spared for the accommodation of pleasure Seekers and the traveling public. Van. 1, 1866.1 I. HERVEY EWVNG, ATTORNEY' AND - CO.I7NSELOB No. 11 Law Building,—St. Paul St ,Ilatitaore. Rtrearaer.s.—Levin Gale, Attoroey at , Law, Edward Israel, A tt'y at Law,Rev. J. Melt". Riley, D. D.. Rev. Henry Slicer, D. D., eon field, Bro. 4 Co., F. Grove th Co., Ludwig & McSherry, John F. MeJilton, .Esq.., Robert Law. son, Rag; S. patherland, Eeq: (Mr: Eartga is authorized to, transact an y _basins's appertain ing to this paper in Ralbienoro.j Jan. 1, 1868-11. • -_ VIOLIN STRINGS at WEBB'S DRUG; STORE TXALL'S CELEBRATED VEGETABLE Flat lAN HAIR RENEWER, cab be had at ROY'A Drpg Cll2/ CONCENTRATED tirE;•for ROY'S DION 6TOR . , VLOUR ANDPEED - , -- EUCK WHEAT FLOUR, Meal, Pork and Balt, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Soap, Candler, Saleratna, Tobacco and Kerotene Oil. Also, Mackerel, White Fisb, and Trout, by the package or pound. CRAB. N VALK/MAW. Wellaboro, .an, 1, 1863. - WHEELBARROWS, CHEESE PRESS SCREWS, al4d scaleboards for boxing cheese, also Powder, Shot, sad Lead and 15 r .IIT ce , u a-r E 'I? • are also wait for Miles's Patent Money Drawer. age as for Ribbon Stamps and Seal Preece/. .ReMernber—at Gann & Tucker's Hard ware Store Wellsboso.- Jan. i566.-1y , REAL ESTATE 'FOB. SALE.—Ticeaty-five acres of land near Wellsboro, an excellent well fenced, a handsome. buildingeire and line Tian of the towstsind eielnity, a peep' felling spring of irate, &c. — Entititri_of" 4011N_ DIOKFNSON) Eq. Delmar, Dec. 13, 188.5773 m,,, NEW PgOTOGRAPIi GALLERY.— FRANK SPENCER has the pleasure to'' inform the citizens of toga county that they have the best opportunity ever offered them, to procure Ambrotypea, Ferrotypes; Gems, Cartes de Visito, Vignettes, and all kinds of fancy and popular card. and colored pictures, at his Gallery on Elmira Sheet. Ilan/field, Nov. 15,1S—tt P. M. SPENCEE. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 4 - ' that books or recanting sub to the Capital Stock of f THE NORTEtEßNscriptions RAILWAY COMPANY, -wilt be opened et 10 o ' clock an Sat. February 24. ISO, at the Hotel of J. W; 13 igoney, in the borough of Welleboro, Tioga Penceylvacia. d. CLIRISTIE, GEO. hI.TUACY, J. W. /MONEY, It. FARR. Jan. 17 1866-tor , RINGS PORTABLE LEMONADE Li- the on preparation of the kind made from the fruit. As an article of economy, purity, and denoioasiess,it cannot boeurpassad, and la room • lmed. by physicists for _invalids end family. t wil t Julep for yeare in any climate) wblle its condensed forakeenders It espechallY 4 011 w: 1 - . 4s:it for travelers. All Who use lemons are re-. quested to give it a trial. Entertainments at home. Fudge, asurpienlett altanWoot be without it. For sale by all Dauggista and_ . fi rst-dace Grocers. Manufactured only by LOUIE F. METZGER, No. 549 Pearl Bt., N. Y. Jan. 1, 1866-Iy. MI [f. c. vAN usa.ma.. VOL. - XIII. DtERFIELD WOOLEN FACTORY. pliE UNDERSIGED liming purchased, -I- the well known Woolen Factory of Messrs. E.& B. S. Bowen'on the Cuwanesque River, two miles east of Knoxville, takes this method- of informing the inhabitants of Tioga and adjoining I counties that twain - manufacture wool by the yard or on shares to suit customers, into FLANNELS, CASSIMERES, DOE-SKINS, FULL CLOTHS, of all kinds. 'The machinery bas Leen thoroughly repaired and new machinery added thereto, also an im proved new wheel which will enable him to work the entire season.. He will pay paitioular atten tion of Carding & Clans Dressing, which will be done in the neatest possible man, rrin7„,_having_added one new Roll Machine, will enable him Co dispatch and accoulmodate - people fiom it distance. Be would farther_bay that h e : liairiirried on the business in manufacturing *eel for' farmers in Bradford and adjoining counties for-the past twenty years; he therefore can warrannill Work and satisfy his customers, using nothing , in manufacturing brit 'genuine wool. - JOSEPH INGHAM. Deerfield, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy. MESE • SEPTEMBER Ist • 1865;- EROM - THIS DATE, - " • , 'FOR READY PAY • ONLY ! CUSTOM BOOTS ...4.N1) SHOES;— , . ; Leather, Findings, Ste.• ' CASH , PAID FOR .HIDES, 'PELTS, _ DEER SKINS AND FURS., R. FRANKLIN SAYS: "When you have anything to advertise, to the public of it in plain, simple language." I am manufacturing good custom made Boots and Shoes which I will sell at fair prices, and only for READY PAY: Such work cannot be sold at as low rates per pair as eastern made slop-work, but it can .and will be sold at prices which will enable the purchaser to protect his feel?* good substantial boots. - raore cheaply than lipith poet slop.ahtip erliclq , which, even if it chances not to fall in pieces with the first weeks, service, is bat a doubtful protection in wet and cold weather. Try me. Buck and- Doeskins Wanted, in the rod and short bine, for which I will pap cash and a good price. Beef-Hides and Calfskins Wanted, • or which I will also pay cash. Sheep Pelts Wanted, for which I will also pay cash and the highest mat ket price. An - assortment' of sole, upper, calfskies- and pegs, thread, !nails, awls, knives, shoe hammers, Sc,, &,c., kept constantly on hand, which I will sell cheap for cash. Shop on Main Streetbetween and Bullard's. • G. W. SEARS. N. B. I can't give credit, because, t ,, be ,got it to. Give. ,4 " 2L . ' WellabOrd; Jan: 1, 1801: " " - U. B. C ustlia N EW GOODS AT PEACE PRICES! The attention of the public is called to my stock of DRY GOODS & GROCERI ES which I have just purchased in New Yotk City 2b per cent. cheaper than those who purchased earlier. I ant offering Goods very cheap, Is Large acid Well Seleeted ~A~~ aNa wii~r~'~~~~~~s~oo~s NEWEST STYLES. - - L . MERINO* ALPACAS, PARAMAT TAS, of all Colors, NOTIONS GLOVES, HOSIERY, DRESS TRISI ; MINDS, BUTTONS, RIBBONS, 4i0.; A Large Stock of TSCO DOMESTICS, CONSISTING OF BROWN,AND. B f LEA,CHED MUSLINS, • tit DENIM tri S, FLANNELS, Bc. ; Fine Prints, fast colors, 24itillings per yd f . Nice Brown Muslin, yard -wide, .24)Per p} : ‘,l3letiatted " • v" ---- tr-Ter ph CillAirool Red Flannel, ,(5 Al q i r yd. Shawls,. Hoop Skirts, 80018 & Shoes. ;: Abe wcomplets iwortment pf c-1 • SIJOAES, TEAS, COFFEES; 'le., READY FIA.DE CLOTHING, VLOTHS OF ALL KINDS, ,CASSI MEN'S 4 - HATS . sit styles, L►ll of which will '134) sold forseasiii4iW"ibli any i?lber o =DAGGETT. Door above Poet Oftlee .710 GS, Nov. 19; 2866-tit. :THE MASON 3z HA.MLIN'S 7 CASELVET ORGANS' forty' different st7Jes,2adaidad to taored and secular antsici,- for Silolo $4OO each. - -Thirty-Five =Gad or.Bilver Aftdatsier other first _lirerniumatwardett thers. , - Illustrated Catalogues • sent free. Address, - MASON tO HAMLIN, Bos ton, or MASON BROTHERS, New York. • [Sept. 13, 1885-1.y.1 ,f, - ;11.1;tc, t.rif • ot:t ME PO CASH O Cr NLY. 1 MY STOCK CONSESTINO OF OF TSB of all Descriptions, MERES,_ SATINETS, EEN-'7,* VICKY JEANS, COUNTY I (I DRur AND MEDICI LANG t WFIATE, Of MANSFIELD, Pa., have just received and offer to the inhabAttess el ,Tioga county, at the Lowest cash prices,Vitirge and wellasiorted stock of the following first class gouda: DRUGS,.-MEDICINES,. do DYE. STUFFS, Paints . , _Oil, Putty and Glass, Rowe Stevens' Family Dyes, , Patent Alodivinas, Perfumery Toilet Soaps, Oita and Pomades! Bobool and Alisceilterfeous Books, Writing Paper,Envelopes,Blank ) Books, and Blink 'Deeds of all kinds, Diaries for Photagrek ,and Autograph Albrims, Gold Pens and Pocket putltry, Ali kinds of Toys, - Tobacco, Snuff k Cigars of best brands. PiitttetOrga ^ VIOLINS, GUITARS, ACCORDEONS; and all kinds of Stusieal Lisirnments and musical merchandiee. All the most popular Sheet Music always on band..., BAND rksztIU.MENTS. By special arrangements with the largest man ufacturing house in New York; we can furnish all styles of `INSTRUMENTS;. It was in the early part of October,—, ;that the Rev. Mr. Allan started to walk to `Farmer Owen's, over the hills. He had i to cross two low spurs of the Green ;Mountains,as he climbed to the top of 'the second, rich valley of the Otter -Creek laid spread out before him. At any other timehe would have stopped to admire its- gentle undulations, its 'great flower garden of forest :trees., rich • in every color : and hue, its silver threads winding their way to the waters of Lake Chainplain, and the 'glorious autumn light which lay like a golden mantle over them all. But this afternoon he 'seemed oppressed by the beauty which surrounded him:., He looked upon it with eyes misty ' from tears. There was ndull, heavy weight upon his heart —a weight which even the long, fervent prayers that he had uttered so unceas ingly . since noon had failed to move. Between,hirn and that landscape, we might almost say, between him and the nierey seat, there moved a slight, tall boy, with laughing blue eyes, cluster ; ing•broWn hair, and lips always ready with a merry, pleasant word. To-day, !there was Bennie, nutting. under the .bar,e brawny arms of the butternuttree ; throwing his line into the little brooks that came babbling down from the steep Mountain side ; driving his cows along the narrow foot-path; standing with Blossom under the bright - maple, and shouting - with pride and joy as she :wreathed her pretty face in the gay leaves.. "014 - Bennie' Bennie l" Mr. Allah hardly knew he was calling the name,' until it came-back to him with such ail empty, mocking sound, from the heart less echo ; "almost"—Mr. Allan thought, startling himself by the seeming impiety of the words—"alniost as if there were no great, kind father over us ail." As he came near Farmer Owen's house he saw his oxen yoked to the plough. He knew they had been there "since the telegraph came. Mr. Owen had 'read it in the field, -gone to the house and forgotten them, and no - one had dared to put them up. He was a man Wily capable of taking care of his own-affairs under any circumstances, never having been known before to for get. Mr. Allan beckoned to an Irishman . who was - Passing, and asked him to take 'care of them. The man came with an awed,look upon his face, as if even there l*tstood in the presence of a great sorrow, and without the least noise obeyed. Mr. Allan walked on slowly toward ! the house. He had known Mr. Owens for many years, and he knew him Well: Indeed, there was a -peculiar bond of sympathy between- the`-two - men. In, , all his large parish, there was not one upon whom the minister relied as he did upon the strong, sturdy farmer. :.Many and many an hour he ad walked by his side when lie was upturning the brown ,earth, and had discoursed with him on topics - which would"-have sounded harsh and repulsive to common ears, but which were fraught with deep and vital interest to them. Mr. Owen :was a' direct descendant of the Puritans, - and every'diop of blood in his veins was tinged With as strong and true a "blue" 'tie if he himself had landed in the May flower. He took naturally to the ster ner doctrine of religion, while Mr. Allan, versed in all the modern lore, questioned • and doubted. The key-stone of Mr It: '-; • - • ft:, • Owen's theology was the sovereignty of WHOLESALE 41; 'RETAIL:" ` },'Pelod-L"Shail not the Judge of all the ,1 .1.;/:, • . E eartli 'do - right?" This was the man tiNDVSNEhNEJ): - .bavhfg••formed upon whom God had now laid his hand a acepartnersliip nuaeetlie name asd Miller so heatily;, and Mr. Allan felt that if the trial brought no murmur, no rebell ''' 4t- 6OOfIKY '4lc. Co., „, ; ioii - xigabist that mighty Sovereign; the stern old faith were indeed a, rich One ;eats ba.katiyi ) at the oie ptand,:eanier of main in which to live and die. Heknew that and Mill Streets, where tliey:Will keep constantly -one element in this war was Puritan. on hand a general aisortinent uf= - , Sons of the Roundheads filled up the :ranks of-the Northern army. They SifitES; LEATHER' AI3D marched to battle to strains of the old FINDINGS; ' tunes that had lingered iu the nursery .and the sanctuary from the day that of the best quality, which they win nu B . cheap 'Cromwell and his soldiers cliiintedthem on Marston Moor. All down- the aisles: for Cash, as to make,it an object for dealers to bird. • - • - •of - ' - time came tramping to the music, mailed men, bearing on their shields the two words, Liberty and Equality. They . trembled on Mr. OWen's lips with ' his , ,„ MEN'S, t Bork : ettLE, ' 'lClP, STOGA parting blessing to his boy. Would he • remember them, and would they cum -IBOOTS, fort and give him strength now ? Where there is afiletion in a house, oar o icatinkieture. 4 ' 41sci; • the' minister is at home. Mr. Allan en - 1 ' tered without knocking, and made his 'ol*ElitthitlitollA L, KID; - Way to the large, old-fashioned kitchen •iii-41.1;g41111SSES %SHOES. in which ,he was sure of finding the _411614. French and Oak - Stock constantlyon ' • There, by a table, his arms fold sale. Cash paid at all times for BlDES , bPah,(W'edd laid heavily upon it, sat Mr. :and..1111415., - , , • vwen. His - wife was in a small rock ;11; ing-chair by the lire,, and Blossom, a - TERAfq—attgli ON .OELI'VERie. voune• t . girl, sat between them. young girl, rose to welcome him; so •• I did Blossom ; .but the wife did not, no- J. Knoxville, Pa. . J. RICHARDSON, Elmira, N.Y. tiee• him • she cat still, rocking herself - Knoxville, Jan. I, 1866-4 f. I to and fro, looking at the blazing Snood. Mr. Allan put a hand in the brawny Farm for Sale one that was held out toward him, and laid the other on Mr. Owen's great, hea- TN Elk township, Tioga County Pa,, containing-- hreaSt: — " - My - friend:" ~ he• Said, 1 124 acres, 40'acrea improved. Said farm is how i s it wi th the decrees of - .G od.?" watered by numerous springs. A small stream of OR water sufficient for churning, sawing wood, ,to., " Just and true are all thy ways, thou runs through the farm near the buildings. It it 'King of saints," faltered out the well.ihnutecifor a good dairy farm. A portion oil There - waS something strange in his it is good grain land. Two log houses, frame :voice—a thin, womanly sound, so-unlike barn.and other out buildings thereon. A thrifty the deep', 'stentorian:tones in -which he youn g °retard of 70 or 80 apple, pear or plum bad - always eppxe,fore:. - All an. , trees. A good school house, on the adjoining' wheh lie hear , Almost felt as if - it had farm. The above farm - might be divided into dealt him a blow. two small farms of 82 acres each. Price $l2 par , T hank God! He h as no t then for . for aor- cash down: a. Terms eas - Inqu . A e l ob liberal deduction made saken -- you, and from the depths of this ir 0. /3.. KEW.; Wellshore or deep trouble you can still say,- The Ma wm.i7PDIKE, oti the p.reiniseal ktrofall dooth well." Jan. 17, 1866.-tf. I " Yes—yes ;" and for an instant there reqUired iXt „ • :BRASS S Parties wishing Instruments will save ten per cent. by communicating with as before parchas ingleluAlierg,.,s4l.4flictrtutsAPifleiiirfed FREE OF CHARGE, AND WARRANTED IN EVERY RESPECT. Pianosterod• hfelodennitio ment . :Oli4ensonablo terms, Agents for the celebrated Florence Bcw- ing Machines. LANG WHITE Mansfield, Dee.til, lslls-4303. p u, G STORE. Dr. W.AV."‘WIRIBB & BRO. Have opened s Drug and Chemical Store, on 110 . - meignik ki4-ble4ceitiieedings,' whore shay infdeltinteeplf faireielytikent , o f . DRUGS AND MEDICINES. • A gond article of Medicinal Liquors and Wines. Prescriptions carefully prepared. advice given free of charge. Wellrboro, Nov; NEW FIRBI4tNEW,GOODS,,AT TJOGA,i blatitit*N 13RO'S Weald respectfully itincunce . to whore - it 'may coneers," that they-keep-eoutently on band &Jorge and welt selected assortment. of DRUG,,,4I . !p.,IkEtpx.AcINEO, , " - 'OILS, - r.PER; 'DY'E "i'LrFFS. FAMILY tiYES, LAMPS,. - _ , tOLASEOVA.RE ; PLATED wd)at - p, . enoh as OASTORS, SPOONS; TEA & TABLE, YORKS. -I,=; PA'rtit, ENVELOPES, SCHOOL• BOOKS, • ' I'AVENt: MEDICINES, ir'eii.',Ve,-15piee, Pepper, Gin-. / v - e - r;-/iiateratn.., Starch, TOILET, r AND .WASHING - SOAPS; - 'antfiin endless variety of z YANKEE- -NOTIONS. - . ku., Oct, 4, kB6ti---.13,41,.. KNOXV I L L E: - • Lir Boot, klue--.and ;lotitor Store. Otfr Stock Codsists firiait of .... ~ J... iii -U±. tiltltit ii WELLSBORO, PA., MARCH 7, 1866. Merrily bounds the toorning bark - Along the summer deft • Merrily *mats the morning lark The tomnoaft-Wignn tree; Merrily * sunies the morning rose - The morning ann to see; And merrily, merrily greets the rose , The honeyaucking bee -; But merrier, merrier fin- than these ' Who bring on wings the morning breeze, A music sweeter than heroic's. . happy group of fusee and graces, graceful forms and lovely faces. ' All in gay delight outtlow'n ; Out flown from their school room cages, School-room rules, and school-morn pages, -- Loyelyleirthelr teens and tresses, Hummer smiles, and traminer dresses, Joyous in their. dance and snug, With:sweet sisterly caresses, Arm in arm they speed along. TUE PURITAN Or 1863. BY MRS. D. C. ROBIN:, MIDDLEIMTtY, VT Stied Vueirg, SCHOOL GIBES isttitautous, 11V A rt glimmered from his dull eye a spark of the old controversial tire—" You don't suppose Ihave held on to that anchor when "the skies - were cloudless, and the little waves just rocked my bark, to let alone of it now—now, when the great waves and billows are going over me, do you ?, I've planted it firm, and it don't yield; no, it don't yield, but the strain terrible. .God send it may carry me into port! 0, Mr. Allan, say it will! It has seemed to me to-day so dark, so in scrutable, that he—my Bennie! Mr. Allan, there is a good, wise purpose be hind it all. Can you see it?" "To bring you nearer the kingdom,"' said the minister. "0, don't tell me that; I can't bear it. God is too wise ; He knows a hund red such souls as mine are not worth one of my Bennie's. I can "suffer, if I am too great a sinner for God's grace to save —but Bennie 1 Bennie! ! I have sat here all day, since the news came. won dering, wondering, he was so good a son"—and Mr. Owen's voice grew inar ticulate with emotion—" suck a dear, precious, noble boy ! I thought, when I gave him to his country, that not a fa ther in all this broad laud made so pre cious a gift—no, not one. God forgive me if my grief is sin. Mr. Allan, the dear bay only slept a minute, just one little minute, at his post; I know that was all; for Bentlie never dozed over a duty. How prompt and reliable he was'." arid Mr. Owen's eye wandered out over the brown fields, with such a perplexed, wondering look. "I know he only fell off one little second; he was so young, and not strong, that boy of mine l "Why he was as tall as I, and only eighteen ! and now they shoot him because he was found asleep when doing sentinel duty." Mr. Owen repeated these words very slowly, as if endeavoring to find out their true meaning; "Twenty-four hours, the telegraph said—only twenty four hours. Where is Bennie now ?' "We will hope with his heavenly Fa ther," said Mr. Allan, smoothinely. "Yes, yes, let us hope; God is very merciful, and Bennie was so good—l do not mean holy;" hesaid, correcting him self sharply ; "there is none holy—no, not one—but Jesus died for sinners. Mr. Allan, tell me that. Oh, Bennie, Bennie!" • The mother raised herself asshe heard his name called, and turning, said, with a smile: "Don't call so loud, father. Bennie is not far off: he will come soon." "God laid his hand on them both, you see," said Mr. Owen, pointing to her, without making any. direct reply. "She has not been justly herself since. It is a merciful thing she is sort of stunned, it seems to me! she makes no wail. Poor Mother! if my heart was not broken, it would almost kill me to see her so. Bennie was her idol. I told her often God had said, 'Thou shalt have noother gods beforeme." Allan looked iu astonishment at the bowed man as he came now and stood before him. These few hours had done the work ofyears. Thesinewy frame was tottering, the eyes were dimmed, and the sudden sorrow had vrritten itself in deep wrinkles all over his manly face. He recognized thepower of the great, kind heart ,simple and almost childlike in its innocent, cling ing effectiou ; how could this be recon ciled with the stern, strong head—the head that to common observers outlined the character of the man? "God have mercy on you. He is trying you in a fernace seven times heated," he ex claimed, almost involuntarily. "`I should be ashamed, father !' he said, 'when I am a man, to think I never used this great right arm'—and he held it out so proudly before me—'for my country, when it needed it. Palsy it, rather, than keep it at the plough.' "Go, Bennie, then go. my boy,' I said, 'and God keep you.' God has kept him, I think, Mr. Allan!" and the far mer repeated these last words slowly, as if, in spite of his head, his heart doubt ed them. "Like the apples of his eye,Mr. Owen, doubt it not i" Blossom!liad sat near them listening, with blaudhed cheek. She had not shed a tear to-day, and the terror in her face had been so very still, no one had no ticed it. She had occupied herself me chanically in the household cares, which her mother's condition devolved entirely upon her, Now she answered a gentle tap at the kitchen door, open ing it to receive from a neighbor's hand a letter. " Is-is from /rim," was all she sjid. - Twas like a message from the dead. Mr. Oweu could not break the 'seal for his trembling fingers, and held it to wards Mr. Allan, with the helplessness of a child. The minister opened it, and obedient to a motion from the father, read as fol lows : " Deur Father: When this reaches you I shall be in eternity. At first it seemed awful to me; but I have thought about it so much now that it has no ter ror. They Say they will not bind me, nor blind me, but that I may meet my death like a man. I thought, father, it inight have been on the battle-field, for my country, twd' that, when I fell, it would be fighting gloriously; but to be shot down like a dog for nearly betray ing it, to die for neglect oftintv 1 fath er, I wonder the very thought does not kill me. But I shall not disgrace you. I am going to write you all about it, and when I am gone, you may tell my comrades_ I can't now. " You know 'promised Jemmy Carr's mother I would look after her boy, and when he fell sick I did all I could for him. Eie was not strong when he wa.4 ordered back into the ranks, and the day before that night I carried all his luggage, besides my own, on our march. Toward night we went in on double quick, and though the luggage began to feel - very heavy, everybody else was tired too, and as for Jemmy, if I had not lent him an arm now and then, he, would have dropped by the way. I WII4 all tired out when we came into camp, and then it was Jemmy's turn to be sen try, and I would take his place, but I was too tired, father. I could notbave kept awake if I had had a gun at my head, but I did not know it until—well. until it was too late." " God be thanked," interrupted Mr. Owen, reverently, " I knew Bennie was not the boy to sleep carelssly athis post." " They tell me to-day that I have a short reprieve given to me by circum stances, time to writeyou," our good Colonel says. Forgive him, father, he only does his duty ; he would gladly 'save me if he could, and don't lay my 'death up against Jemmy. The poor boy is broken-hearted, and dins noth ing but beg and entreat them to let him die in my stead. I can't bear to think of mother and Blossom. Comfort them, father ! Tell them rdie as a brave boy should, and that when the war is over they will not be ashamed of me, as they must be now. God help me, it is very hard to bear. Good-bye, father, God seems neat and dear to me, not at all as if he wished me to perish forever, but as: if he felt sorry t,v this poor, sin ful,i broken-hearted child, and would take him to• be with him and my Saviour in 4 better—better A great sob burst from Mr. pe'en's heart. " Amen," .he eaht solemnly. " Amen." " To-night in the early twilight l shall see the cows all coming home from pasture. Daisy and, Brindle and Bet ; old Billy, too, will neigh to me from his stall, and precious little Blos som stand on the back stoop waiting for me—but I shall never—never come. God bless you all; forgive your poor Bennie." Late that night the door of the " back stoop" opened softly, and a little figure glided out and down the footpath that led to the road by the mill. : She• seemed rather flying than walking, turning her head to the right nor the left; starting not, as the full moon stretched queer, fantastic shapes all around her, looking only now and then to heaven, and fold ing her hands as if in prayer. Two hours later, the same young girl stood at the Mill Depot, watching the coming of the night train, and the con ductor, as he reached down to lift her in, wondered at the sweet, tear-stained face that was upturned toward the dim lantern he held in his hand. A few questions and ready answers told him all, and no father could have eared more tenderly for his only child, than he for our littlej Blossom. She was on her way to Washington, to ask Pxesident Linthi for her broth er's life. She had st len away, leaving only a note to tell inh . father why : , :he had gone. She lead brought Bennie's letter with her ; no good kind heart. like the President's, could refuse to be melted by it. The nest morning they reached New York, and the conductor found suitable company, for Blossom, and hurried- her on to Washington. Every minute, now might be a year in her brother's Wei And so:in an incredibly short time, Blossom reached the Capital, and was hurried at once to the White House. The President had but just'-sealed himself to his morning's task, of over looking and signing in4ortaut papers, when, without one word of announce ment, the door softly opened, and Blos som, with eyes downcast and folded hands stood before him. " Well, my child,'' be said in his pleasant, cheery tones, " what -dayou want so. bright and early in the morn ing?" i" Bennie's life, please, sir," faltered out Blossom. " Bennie? Who is 'Bennie?" . _ "My brother, sir. They are going to shoot him for sleeping at his post." " Oh, yes," and Mr. Lincoln ran ills eye over the papers before him. " I r&.- member. It was a fatal sleep. You see, child, it was at a time special danger. Thousands of lives might have been lost for his culpable negligence." " So my father said," said Blossom gravely, " but poor Bennie was so tired, sir, and Jemmy so weak. He did the work of two, sir, and it was Jemmy's night, not his, but Jemmy was too tired, and Bennie never thought about him self, that he was too- tired." " What is this you say, child? come here, I don'(understand, ' and the kind man caught eagerly, as ever, at what seemed to bea justification of anoffence. BlosSornwent to him ; he put hishand tenderly on her shoulder, and turned up the pale, anxious face towards his. How tall he seemed, he was President of the United States, too ! din, thought of this kind passed for a mo ment through Blossom's mind, but she told her story now simply and straight forward, and handed Mr. Lincoln Ben nie's letter to read. He read it carefully, then taking up his pen wrote a few hasty lines, and rang his bell. Blossom heard this order given : " SEND THIS.DISPATCR AT ONCE." The President then turned to the girl and said: "Go home, my child, and tell that father of yours, who could ap prove his country's sentence, even when it took the life of a child like that, that Abraham Lincoln thinks the life far too precious to be lost. Go back, or wait until-to-morrow; Bennie will need a change after he has so bravely faced death; he shall go with you." " God bless vou, sir," said Blossom ; and who shall doubt that God heard and registered the request. Two - days after this interview the young soldier came to the-White House with. his little sister. He was called into the President's private room, and a strap fa.stetied " upon the shoulder," Mr. Lincoln said, ' that could carry a sick comrade's baggage, and die for the good act so uncomplainingly." Then Bennie and Blossom took their way to their Green Mountain home, and a crowd gathered at the Mill Depot to welcome them back, and farmer Owen's tall head towered above them all, and as his hand grasped that of his boy, Mr. Allan heard him say fervently, as the holiest blessing he could pronounce upon his child: " dust and true are all thy ways, thou King of Saints." That .night, Daisy and Brindle and Bet came lowing home from pasture, for they hear a well known voice call ing them at the gate; and Bennie, as he pats his old pets and looks lovingly in their great brown eyes, catches through the still evening air hi Puri tan father's voice, as he repeats to his happy mother these jubilant words: " Fear not, for I am with thee; I will bring thy seed from the East, and gath er thee from the - West ; I will say to the North give, and to the :-: outh, keep not ' back : bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth, every one that is called by m y name, for 1 have created him for my gloiT ; I have formed him, yea, I have made him."—.New York 'Observer. A fellow out West being asked wheth er the liquor he was drinking was a good article, replied: "Wal, I don't know, guess so. There is only one queer thing about it, whenever .1 wipe my mouth, I burn a hole in my shim". Death not only beautifies our lifeless forms ; but the thought of it gives a more beautiful expression to the counte nance even in life, and new strength to the heart ; as rosemary is both placed as a chaplet on the brows of the dead, and gives life to the fainting by its revivify ing essence. Do tailors ever die of lift? - JOBBING DEPARTMENT. The Proprietors have stocked the eatabllshroont with a large assortment of modern Myles and (UV prepared to Qxecnto; neatly, and promptly, POSTMS, RANI/HILLS, CIRCULARS, CARDS, SILL HEADS., LETTER READS, STATEMENTS, ToW2 , ISHIE OItDERs, ac-, „to. Deeds, Mortgages. Les.les, and a fun asaortmont of Constables' and drotices' Blanks, .onsiantly on hand. People Living at a cli9taaco can Llepond on having tbatr work done promptly. and 5,4 t back is return mail. NO.IO. aao-oincr—Roy'3 block, Eecond Floor TUE PREEDMEDIS BELL, VETO= BY TU PRESIDENT. AN ACT to amend an ant entisled "An aut lo establish a Bureau for the relief of Freedman and Refugees," and for ether purposes. Be it enacted by the Senai'e and .L.rou..3e of Representatives of the United. Stores of America in Congress aesembled, That the act to establish a Bureau for the re lief of Freedmen and Refugees, ap proved March three, ei g hteen hun dred and sixty-live, shall continue in force until otherwise provided by law, and shall extend to refugees and freed men in all parts of the United States, and the President may divide the see.= tiou or country eo/itaining such refugees and freedmen into districts, each con taining one or more States, not to ex ceed twelve in number, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen ate, appoint an Assistantoi.mmissioner for each of said districts, wI4o shall give like bond, receive the eoMpensation, and perform the duties prescribed by this and the act to which this is an amendment ; or said bureau may in the direction of the President, be placed under a Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners, to be detailed from the army, in which event each officer so assigned to duty shall serve without increase of pay or allowances. SEC. 2. That the Commissioner, with the approval of the President, and when the same shall be necessary for the operations of the bureau, may di vide each district into a number of sub-districts, not to exceed the number of counties or parishes in such district, and shall assign to each sub-district at least one agent, either a citizen, officer of the army, or enlisted man, who, If an officer, shall serve without additional compensation or allowance, and if a citizen or enlisted man shall receive a salary of not less than five hundred dol lars nor more than twelve hundred dol lars annually, acording to the services rendered, in full compensation for such services; and such agent shall, before entering on the duties of his office, take the oath prescribed in the first section of theacttowhich this is an amendment. And the COmmissioner may, when the same shall be necessary, assign to each Assistant Commissioner not exceeding three clerks, and to each of said agents one clerk, at an annual salary not ex ceeding one thousand dollars each, pro vided suitable clerks cannot be detailed from the army. And the ,President of the United States, through the War Department, and the Commissioners, shall extend military jurisdiction and protection over all employees, agents, and officers of this bureau in the exer cise of the duties imposed or authorized by this act or the dot to which this is additional. SEC. 3: That the Secretary of War may direct such issues of provisions, clothing, fuel, and other supplies, in cluding medical stores and transporta tion, and afford such' aid, medical or otherwise, as lie may deem needful for the immediate and temporary shelter and supply of destitute and suffering refugees and freedmen, their wives and children, under such rules and regula tions as he may direct: Provided, That no person shall be deemed " destitute," " suffering . ," or " dependent upon the government for support," within the meaning of this act, who, being able to find employment, could by proper in dustry and exertion avoid such destitu tion, suffering, or dependence. S!.Ec. 4. That the President is hereby authorized to reserve from sale or from settlement, under the homestead or pre emption laws, and to set apart for the use of freedmen and loyal refugee), male or female, unoccupied public, lands in Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louis iana, and Arkansas, not exceeding in all three millions of acres of good land ; and tue Commissioner, under the direc tion of the President, shall cause the from time to time to be allotted and assigned, in parcels, not exceeding fortyacres , each, to the loyal refugees and freedmen, who shall be protected in - the use and enjoyment thereof for such term of time and at such annual rent as may be agreed on between the Commissioner and such refugees or freedmen. The rental shall be passed upon a valuation of the land, to be as certained in such manner as the Com missioner may, under the direction of the President, by regulation prescribe. At the end of such- term, or sooner, if the Commissioner shall assent thereto, the occupants of anyparcels so assigned their heirs and assigns, may purchase the laud and receive a title thereto from the United States in fee, upon paying therefor the value of the land ascertained as aforesaid. SEC. 5. That the occupants of land under -Major General Sherman's special field order, dated - at Savannah, January sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty five, are hereby confirmed in their poss ession for the period of three years - from the date of said order, and no person shall be disturbed in or ousted from said possession during said three years, unless a settlement shall be made with said occupant, by the former owner, his heirs, or assigns, satisfactory to the Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bu reau : Provided, That whenever . the tormer owners of lands occupied under General Sherman's field order shall make application for restoration of .said lands, the Commissioner is hereby authorized, upon - -the- agreement and with the written consent of said occu pants, to procure other lands for them by rent or purchase, not exceeding forty acres for each occupant, upon the terms and conditions named in section four of this act, or to set apart for them, out of the public lands assigned for that purpose in section four of this net, for ty acres each, upon the same. terms and conditions. Sic. G. That the Commissioner shall, under the direction of the President, procure in the name of the United states, by grant or purchase, such lands within the districts aforesaid as may be required fOr refugees and freedmen de pendent on the government for support ; and he shall.provide or cause to be erect ed bitable buildings for asylums and schools. But no such purchase shall be made, nor contract for the same entered into, nor other expense incurred, until after appropriations shall have been provided by Congress for such purposes. And no paympts shall be made for lands purchased under this section, ex cept for asylums and schools, from any moneys not specifically appropriated therefor. And the Commissioner 3hall cause such lands from time to time to be valued, allotted, assigned, and sold in manner and form provided in the fourth section of this act, at a pride not less than the cost thereof to the United 4tatc^3• Eire. 7. That whenevet in any state ur diatrio i which the ordinary course JOB AND CARD TYPE AND FAST PRESSES,
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