• -
percussion shells among therebels busi
ly employed in ravishing our trains on
that side, and at the short range of two
hundred yards they poured in their ter
rible death-dealing volleys, crashing
amid the tangled woods, wagon wheels .
and beds and plunging animals, deal
ing death and destruction, and quickly
threw them into confusion, rendering
the ground they had taken untenable.
Our left wing being reinforced, again
pressed them back, driving them wildly
before them, capturing many prisoners
among the wreck of the train, and not
only recovering their old line of breast
work, but actually advancing it (turn
ing forwardon the same point it turned
backward) some thirty degrees, along
which they threw up rude defences.
This last assault was stubbornly and
furiously made, and as desperately re
pulsed as it was made. Yet, in spite of
our defences, in spite of the natural
strength of our position and the im
mense advantage of our artillery, we
had suffered severely, and our ammuni
tion was running low, and we could
plainly hear their hoarse, ominous cry,
"pick off the d—d artillery men," and
fearfully was it obeyed, for a concentra
ted fire of full five thousand muskets
belched their deadly consuming fire
around the cone of that devoted knoll,
where the brave. gunners and their ar
tillery horses were lined against the
dark shy beyond. It was a whirlwind
of death, cutting down and riddling ev
erything before it ; and in less time than
I have taken to describe it, killed , the
brave Captain Atwell and the brave
and chivalric Lieut. Edward Geary, the
only two officers present, with twenty
five of their men, and killing and disa
bling forty-five out-of forty-eight of
their horses tethered in the neighbor
hood. It was the incarnation of slaugh
ter; but the only wonder was that they
had not done it sooner. It was a fear
ful hour. Our hearts almost stood still.
Where was Hooker? Did he not hear
the roar of battle? Surely he must
hear its echoes, and come to our relief.
It was a terrible moment; but the in
domitable Geary was equal to the issue.
He stood like some stoic of old, unmoved
amid the wreck around him. Assailed
by six,times his force ; cut off from suc
cor, in the midst of an unknown coun
try ; hisammunition altoost exhausted ;
one-fourth of his command sweltering
in death around him ; all his staff killed
or wounded, and his heroic son, his first
born, the embodiment of every noble
virtue and manly promise, a mangled
corpse near by; yet calm and undis
mayed he still rode unscathed along his
weakened lines, encouraging and order
ing, and firing his men with his own
indomitable pluck and resolution to
stand to the last extremity.
But why attempt this midnight scene
—its horrors and its mighty issues? It'
would require the pen of a Scott, a Na
pier, or a Hugo, to do it justice—to por
tray the deadly struggle through the
long hours of that autumn night, when
a nation's life hung in the balance—
while a nation slept unmindful of the
fact. To give the just meed of praise
to the brave officers and men that there
bled or manfully battled until the gray
of morn • to tell how charge after charge
was repulsed until our ammunition was
exhausted; when we replenished from
our dead, wounded and prisoners ; how
we watched hour after hour for the re
lief that came not,, until the last car
tridge was exhausted, and we fixed bay
onets to sell the last issue with cold
steel; and how the enemy, baffled and
foiled and kept at bay through the long
night, had all his plans disarranged,
and so lost the prize for which he made
his swoop—for the stubborn, prolonged
and unheard of resistance of Geary de
feated his plans and saved the 11th corps
from 'the combined assault intended;—
and how after hours and hours of dread
ful struggle, the enemy hastily retreated
just before day, leaving over a thousand
killed and wounded, besides many hun
dred prisoners in our hands; and how,
just after day, Generals Grant and Tho
mas, from Chattanooga, and Hooker
and Ho4rd, from Brown's Ferry, came
on the battle field and congratulated
Gen. Geary on his glorious and unpar
alleled victory, as he sat under the shade
of a tree begrimed with the smut of bat
tle ; how great was their surprise when
they found that he had fought it single
handed and alone, they supposing that
Gen. Shultz had been dispatched with
a division to his aid as soon as the first
echo a the fight was heard the night
before. Yes, all this would require
greater space and ability than I can
command, for I have not time to con
dense this article into its proper limits,
for each moment as I write some new
incident rushes on the mind and clam
ors for utterance. Nor can I relate the
' fortitude with which Geary bore up un
der the loss of his noble son, or the sin
cere condolence of his superiors, as ten
dered him on that eventful morning, or
of the frank and eloquent tributes paid
then, and afterwards, by both Grant
and Hooker, in which they freely ac
knowledged him to be the savior of our
army, and with it, of all the mighty is
sues hanging thereon ; nor mention with
just praise, the heroic and patriotic
names that bore a part in that night;—
but, suffice it to say, that Geary's stub
born and prolonged resistance consumed
the night, hurled back the rebels, baf
fled and bleeding, and thus saved us
from untold disaster; for all which he
deserves not only enduring fame, but
the honest-gratitude of every patriot in
the land, instead of, as in the subsequent
battle of Lookout, being shorn of his
just renown and assailed with political
slander, or overslaughedby others, who
played an inferior part in the dreadful
fray ; for the waiter stood by his side in
both of those fearful conflicts, and in
the last, as well as in the first, can tes
tify that on both occasions our success
was wholly owing to the genius of his
brain and the dauntless nerve of his sin
gle heart. He alone carritd out the as
sault on Lookout, and wa., the senior
officer and alone on the mountain until
the day was won. But he is as modest
as he is brave, and suffers upstarts, who
were not even under fire on those occa
sions, to rob him of his just meed of
praise.
I have not seen Gen. Geary since he
started with Sherman on his famous
" march to the sea," and may never see
nor communicate with him again, but I
cannot be still and see him unjustly as
sailed. Therefore, I beg you will give
this a place in your columns, for, God
knows,he is entitled to all the praise
and ce you can possibly give him.
We shall have to set our friend Haan,
of the Wayne County Herald, right.—
We advocate the punishment of thieves,
robbers, and murderers as a measure of
public safety. There is not a man liv
ing on the earth, good or bad, against
whom we bear malice. Yet we demand
the punishment of every enlightened
offender against the peace of society.—
For such we have , no forgiveness as a
citizen, until their repentance is follow
ed by reform. We suppose God pun
ishes offenders without malice. We
suppose He forgives offenders when
they repent and reform. We try to do
likewise. That's all.
Why, asked Prentice, don't the plan
ets cut off' the comet's tail, 'when it
passes among them? They all h ave
axes.
Th't Nitatta.
WELLSBOEO, PENIVA.
WEDNESDAY, ,SEPT. 5, 1866
With HAUGH toward none. with cnattrrr for ALL, with
firmness in the RIGHT. let us strive to finish the work
we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care
for him who shall bate borne theliattle,'atitl - for his
widow and orphans. and to do all which may achieve
and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves
and with all nations.--A. LINCOLN—.MAIIMI 4,1865.
Oißctrx.,.A. , rzozv 1,6 so-
FOR GOVERNOR
MAJ. - GEN. JOHN W. GEARY,
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
,rtyr:acx4%.m. - u - ..
J For Associate Judges,
C. F. VEIL, of Liberty. _
E. T. BENTLEY of Tioga.
0 OT.YZ7M"Ar.
.Fb2* Congress,
Hon. S. F. wrisoN, of Wellsboro,
(Subject to the decision of the Conferees.)
For: Assembly;
Dr. W. T. HUMPHREY, of Oceola,
JOHN S. MANN, of Coudersport,
(subject to the Conferees.)
Prothonotary, &c.,
JOHN F. DONALDSON, of Wellsboro
For Begiaier and Recorder,
DA.RMS L. DEANE, of Delmar.
,For commissioner,
PETER V. VANNESS, of Rutland.
For Auditor,
,ISRAEL STONE, of Delmar.-
We are glad to note the prosperity of
the Warren Mail, in its enlargement to
the size of The Agitator. COWAN (not
the Senator) makes one of the raciest
papers in Pennsylvania. Here's to his
further prosperity by the rule of arith
metical progression.
"Ye Democracie" have nominated
Mr. THEODORE "WRIGHT, of Lock Ha
ven, as their candidate for Congress
against STEPHEN F. WiLsox. Mr.
Wright tried it in 1864, and failed. He
spent large sums of money withoutavail.
He is a Copperhead of the purest breed,
wealthy, ambitious, but not yery wise.
It is a square fight, and will be despe
rately fought. Wright was defeated in
1864 by upward of 800 majority. The
district gave 1987 majority for the Re
publican State ticket last fall. It will
give Wilson not less than 1500 majority
next October. Bring on your bears.
FBIENDB OF FREEDOM
By the announcement of meetings
fixed for next week you will see thatthe
campaign is -opened. Let us have a
quiet talk about it.
This is to be a fierce campaign. There
will be hard words and hot contention ;
there must be victors, and there must
be vanquished.
So we counsel every man to keep his
passion well in hand. Mere passion is
brutish. Be earnest—the earnester the
better. Words, though harsh, must be
tolerated. Violence there need be none.
If there be any offered, let it be offered
by our opponents. And if they offer it,
resent it in such a manner as that it
shall become dangerous to offefit
Our opponents are desperate. They
do not bear defeat well. Theyothreaten,
they bluster, and bluff, already. We
must teach them -that neither threats,
nor bluster, nor bluffing, can deter us
from doing our whole duty as freemen.
It is our duty to strike full and forcibly
upon the front of treason. To do this,
we must " strike down its allies!"
Call things by their right names.—
Call traitors traitors, liars liars, and
demagogues demagogueS. Always call
things, and men, by their right names.
Mr. Seward calls the rebellion an '• un
pleasantness" between the North and
the South. Through this bad fashion
traitors are being rewarded and Union
men punished. Therefore do not be in
duced to cop& Mr. Seward.
Our Copperhead opponents will not
speak of us softly. They will not change
their dialect, which is a bad specimen
of billingsgate, when they speak of, or
to, us. They will call us disunionists,
and scoundrels, just as every thief calls
honest people scoundrels. Just as the
rebels called us thieves and murderers.
Yes—just as the leaders of the Copper
head party called our Union soldiers
"Lincoln's hirelings," "thieves," and
" robbers."
How it is with you we cannot say.—
Personally, we care nothing for such
abuse. So long as horse-thieves, coun
terfeiters, libertines and traitors hate
and abuse us, we are willing to be hated
and abused by Copperheads.
So much for the philosophy of endu
rance under abuse.
Now for the WORK.
And first—we maq as well reveal one
fact, to wit : Hiester Clymer will not
receive as many votes in this Congress
ional district as the Copperhead candi
date for Congress. Rather, our oppo
nents do not intend that he shall receive
so many.
For this reason : Mr. Clymer's defeat
is conceded in the State. But he is to
be used to defeat, if posiible, the Repub
lican candidates for Congress in this dis
trict and two others.
The plan is this : Copperheads will
say to Republicans : " Geary is a good
fellow ; be fought well. We will vote
for Geary. if you will vote for our can
didate for Congress."
Exactly so. No doubt there are hun
dreds of our opponents who would be
glad to trade off Clymer to defeat STE
PHEN F. WiLsoN. Andrew Johnson
would be very glad to defeat Mr. Wil
son;
To this we reply, that not only will
Gen. Geary be triumphantly elected
Governor, but Mr. Wilson will be re
elected to Congress. And all this with
out trading, or lying, or cheating in the
canvass.
Tioga Republicans do not trade off
votes. They read the facts relative to
matters in issue, and judge for them
selves. Nor do we believe that the Re
publicans In the lower counties of the
district can be cheated by these politi
cal gamblers.
Again : It is alleged, and we do not
doubt it, that the Copperheads have
raised the nice sum of $200,000 to carry
three Congressional districts in Penn
sylvania.
This money will be used freely.—
Whether it will be enclosed In Copper
head papers, and sent to those-who are
supposed to be groggy-kneed, as_ it was
by Buchanan's satraps in 1856, we can
not say. But it will be used ; and a
great deal of it will be' used in Tioga
county;
We therefore commend to our friends
in every election , district, vigilance. ' If
you find anybody on the fence, ask him
to lend you five dollars;_nnd we'll be
bofind, if you get the money, it will
smell of copper.
Again : The Copperheads -will en
deavor to raise the cry of " Nigger."—
They will_ try tb intimidate souie by
calling thenft `!, nigger-lovers,.!" - - and so
forth. Personally, we don't object to
that sort of , thing. We " make" no
bones" about declaring that the negroes,
sntat as we know them, are better citi
zens thin the_Copperheads who fought
against every effort to put down rebell
ion. -We don't intend to be mealy
mouthed; but we'd° say that neither
negro suffrage nor negro equality, nor
white, suffrage nor white equality, have
anything to do with this contest; and
any man who proclaims to the contrary,
is either an Ignoramus or a knave. He
can take either horn, or neither.
On,the contrary, the sole : question in
issue between 'the - parties this - fall; is :
Shall the Government be administered,
and the laws made, by men who were
true to the nation during the nation's per
il ; or shall the reins of power fall into
the hands of the Southern rebels and their
Copperhead allies ?
And you, and every one of us, is call
ed upon to give a straightforward- and
open answer to that question at the polls
on the 9th day of October nest.' We
are ready. Are you?
Up to this time nearly three-fourths
of the expenditures of the Freedmen's
Bureau were in.aid of the poor whites
of the South. Query : Do Copper
heads object to feeding the poor whites
of the South? In further levidence of
this fact we give herewith an extract
from the Houma (La.) Guard, in which
a fine compliment is paid to' Lieut. G.
A. Ludlow, a citizen of Charleston, in
this neighborhood. Read it:
"The sufferers from overflow in this parish
have received one month's rations. This has
been a very great relief to many a poor family
that has been living upon the charity of others.
who were but poorly able to give. Many of these
families have been overflowed two years in suc
cession. Lieutenant Ludlow, of the Buriau here,
comes is for a full share of the thanks of our
people for the active interest be has taken in their
behalf. The co a rse pursued by the government,
officials towards our unfortunate fellow citizens,
in contributing to their relief, and the unfeigned
and active sythpathy manifested in their behalf,
go further towards conquering the 'rebellious'
spirit of the South than all the battles that were
fought during the war."
We suggest to our Copperhead ex
changes that they might publish this
testimony in favor of the Freedmen's
Bureau, if they are not afraid to let their
readers see it. - Publish it.
A professional thief .andgambler once
brought a snit for slander, laying 'the
damages at a high figure, against a man
who had, ignorantly or ironically, called
him a man of honesty and integrity.—
It seems" that calumny is of various
grades, depending upon the moral ele
vation of the subject.
We thought of this when reading in
the last speech of Andrew Johnson his
anathema upon "a calumniating and
subsidized press." . _
He alludes to the press Whichadvoca
tad hie election." The-Republican press
did vouch fOr Andrew Johnson as a man
whose devotion to-freedom and loyalty
was profound. The press was mistaken.
Hence, calumnious.
In 18641 the people of this COmmon
wealth were called upon to vote for or
against an amendment of the State Con
stitution giving Soldiers the right to vote
in camp.
At that election all the Copperhead
strongholds voted against the amend
ment, as follows : Berke, Clearfield,
Columbia, Elk, Fulton, Lehigh, Mon
roe, Northampton, Pike, and Wayne
counties.
We remember ilia the Copperhead
paper in Wayne made an earnest ap
peal to its party to . come out and :vote
against the amendment. They came
out and gave 777 majority against the
amendment.
Just now the advocates of the election
of Mr. Clymer are beseeching the sol
diers to vote for him. In other words
—when the soldiers were carrying the
musket in defence of the Government,
soldiers were not fit to vote. We sup
pose they are fit now; but we guess
they cannot be coaxed or lied into vot
ing the Copperhead ticket.
The New York World characterizes
the Philadelphia Convention of South
ern Unionists, now in session, as made
up of the "mean" whites of the South.
It is not more than fair to retort that
the World's chief is one of the meanest
whites in the North, and its party is like
unto him. We remember how he once
was very glad to get an introduction to
some of the " mean" whites of the
South. That was in 1861. That was
before he declared that he was in the
market at any price equal to one's day's
expense of the World. _
The President, • acconapanied by, Mr.
Seward, Gen. Grant, and a military
guard. is'on his way to Chicago to wit
ness the ceremony of the inauguration
of the Douglass mon,ument. At Phila
delphia he made a speech, in which he
used the, personal pronoun one hun
dred and forty-three times. -
The Southern papers say that the plat
•"form of the Bread-and-Butternut Con,:
vention is pretty good excepting -that
portion thanking the soldiers and sail
ors of the 'Union armies and navy for
their service. That must be a hard
pill to take by rebels.
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PORESIIADOWIN GS
If, after the President's order for -the
suppression 'of the Convention of Un
ion men in New Orleans at all hazards,
and the terrible and unprovoked slaugh
ter of unarmed men which followed up=
on that'order, there was needed further
evidence of Andrew Johnson aposta
cy and complicity with the rebels in the
South, - the general tenor of his speed./
in response to the committee of the
Philadelphia Bread-and-Butternut Con
vention, at the White House on the 18th
instant, would be ample. We have not
to look far for evidence of his perfidy,
in his utterances since the 22d of Feb
ruary last. But all that had gone be
fore, hardly prepared us for the usurpa
tions foreshadowed in his speech of the
18th.
We have read that speech with care;
and now confess - that we wish, either
that it had never been made, or that Nye:
had never read It It is the utterance
of a recklessly bad man 1t• falls upon
the sense like some of the speeches made
by the major fiends at the'great council
held in Hell by Lucifer. This man
speaks as if . he -believed the peopl e were
sunk in the profoundest deeps of igno-,
ranee. He boasts of his life-long devo
tion to the Constitution, in the teeth of
his recent setting aside of the special
guaranty of that instrument in the N..
Orleans massacre. He asks if any man
can point to a vote which he has cagy.
against liberty since he was the aider; , -
man of a village.
Mr. President the question before the
people is not in reference to your many
public positions—ranging from journey
man tailor to President of the United
States. It is not your votes which af
flict and alarm the true-hearted people
of this country. Rather it is your reck
less abuse of power which came to you
through the assassination of ABRAHAM.
Lurcomi, in whose place you are infi
nitely unworthy to stand. You have
betrayed the trust reposed in you by a
generous people. You have cast off
your friends and consorted with the en
emies of free government. You have
attempted to dictate to the people thro'
their representatives in Congress what
shall and what shall not be done. You
have insulted the people _by treating
their delegates with scorn and con tempt,
You have disgraced the position you
hold by_appearing before the represent
atives of all civilized nations in a state
of gross inebriation. But in addition to
these things, you have set aside the guar
anties of the Constitution, and given
the Union men of Louisiana to the mer
ciless knife and pistol of rebels who
lately were in the•field against the Gov
ernment and the Constitution. •
This incentive to massacre will never
be forgiven by the masses who consti
tute the glory and strength of the coun
try to-day, or by those who shall take
their places in some futuie day. The
historian of these times will record it as
a sin unforgiven and not to heTorgiven.
It was atrocious, Andrew Johnson.—
Not "all the rain in the sweet heavens"
can wash out the stain of that bad ac
tion. Not all the crocodile tears shed
over the sight of degenerate Massachu
setts and South Carolina- walking into
the Philadelphia Convention arm in
arm; can wash. out that stain.
-Ditto the latest and worst evidence
of Andrew Johnson's apostacy. We
shall take but a single paragraph from
the speech, premising that it looks less
ugly apart from the context than in con
nection with it. In alluding to Con
gress the President says ;
"We have seen hanging upon the verge of the
Government, as it were, a body called, or which
assumed to be, the Congress of the United States,
but in fact a Congress of only a part of the
States."
- 'The 'italics are ours—the - atrocious
words Andrew. Johnson's. . .
N / ow-mark . it:. The Constitution ex
pressly makes ,CotigreeSs the Judge of
the Preiddent. It alone can arraign and
impeach him. - Thus, is he made the
subordinate of the Congresi which he
characterizes as "hanging upon the
verge of the Government." Mark it
well ; for either it Is the shadow of med
itated usurpation, or it is the babbling
of a pot-house politician. We do not say
that it is either. But wise men do not
lock the door after the horse is stolen,.
We say to the people in all candor that
if they would avert the worst they must
prepare for that worst. Stand ready.—
Threats need not terrify, but they should
forewarn.
in 1856 "ye demoerade" advertised
Mass meetings in this part of the State
under the motto—" Buchanan, Breck
inridge, and free 11ansas." We observe
that they now advertise " Montgomery
Blair, late a member of Mr. Lincoln's
Cabinet." This is a flattering deference
to public sentiment hereabout, but we
would mildly suggest that the sentence
be modified to express the exact truth,
to wit : "M. Blair, lately (kicked out)
of Mr. Zineoln's Cabinet."
By the way, this reminds us of a good
hit made by Mrs. Fremont at Montgom
ery. She came down to Washington
in 1861 to see the President about a tan
gle in the affairs of the Department of
the West.
Old Francis P. Blair and Montgomery
were present, and the old man told her
she had better go back and attend to
domestic affairs; adding : "We make
and unmake men here." Mrs. Fre
mOnt,llooking full at Montgomery, re
torted : " Yes ; I have seen some men
of your make ; and if you can't do bet
ter than that, you had better quit the bu
siness ,1"
The punishment of renegades to prin
ciples is certain. At 'a late meeting of
the Republicans of Westmoreland coun
ty, Cowen's home, he addressed a note
to the-ChSirmen of the meeting asking
that he might have the privilege of ad
dressing his old frit;nds and' neighbors.
Hie request was submitted to the audi
ence, and after due consideration was
unanimously refused. The people -de
cided that Cowan had forfeited the con-•
fldence and respect of his old friends,
and disgraced the State. That,
c - rettittution: --
Peace is declared in Europe.
In obedience to the stern demand of
the people, the President has given the
official dispatches of General Sheridan
touching the New Orleans massacre, to
the public. It now appears that the
Tribune was right in asserting, that
Sheridan's dispatches were garbled and
suppressed by the powers at Washing
ton. We give one of his dispatches
here, - - It needs no comment: '
. 4 OFFICE 11. S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH,
HDQRS. WAR DEPARTMENT,
- "U. S. GRANT, Genviat, Waahington D. C.:
"-The more information I obtain _ ci_tbe affi it
of the 30th in this city, the more revolting it be-
Iv WAS NO RIOT. IT WAS_ AN ABSOLUTE
M ASS - ACRE BY THE POLICE, WHICH WAS NOT EX
CELLED =MURDEROUS CRUELTY BY THAT OP PORT
PILLOW. IT WAS A MURDER WHICH THE MAYOR
AND POLICE OP THE CITY PERPETRATED WITHOUT
THE SHADOW OP A NECE S SITY.
"Furthermore, I BELIEVE 13 ird,S PREKEDlTA
YED",,gieffirvery indication points to this:" I re
-6)=lmnd-the removal of this bad mom: I be.-
.lave it would be hailed with .the sincerest gratifi
cation by two-thirds of the population of the city.
There bas been a feeling of.insecarity on the part
of people lieie on - account of this man, which
iio ED a 0 much increcteredthat the =row .of3tfc and-
P"VITY 4ocs scot rau with the civic- authority, but
mititary. : P. H. SHERIDAN;
" - Major General Commanding." .
All we have to add Is this : General
Forrest, the. Fort Pillow Buteltdr,. pre-
Sided at a Johnson meetinglu the South
west, a few days ago,
The Geary Mass Meeting at .Reading
is reported to have been the largest over
heldlin the State-. This la bearding the
lion in his den. It is said,' and We, have,
reason 4 doeht it, that .Berltabourity
givo srhaller,majOrity for Clyiner
than it did for,Woodward. The soldiers
there are filling:away from the old par.
ty line and girding up for.Geary._ •
The truth is, that the Clymer - leaders
do not hope to elect Hiester Clymer.—
They - are disheartened .and overloaded
with his record. He is as distasteful tc
the masses of Pennsylvania as Vallan
digham was in Ohio. He opposed the
raising of men and money to_put down
the rebellion ; he opposed the increase
of the pay TOf the soldiers; he opposed
the enfranchisement of the soldiers;
and the other day he said at a public
meeting that he would not blot out a sin-
gle vote...or..act of.his public life during
the war.
Quite a small dog among - the Copper
head papers in - the eastern part of the
State, comes to the conclusion that Gen.
Geary is guilty of every crimeior charge
laid_at his door by small " dorgs," and
which 'neither Gen. G. nor his friends
deny. "We charge him" so and so,
says this fellow, "and he does not deny
it ; therefore he is guilty."
That is excellent logic. This same
editor denounced Andrew Johnson as
a Caligula and a beast less than two
years ago. Johnson did not deny It;
therefore Johnson is a Caligula and a
brute. Ah!
EXECUTOR'S NOTlCE.—Letters Testamen•
tary having been granted upon the estate of
Them Baylor, late,. of Westfield, deceased, all
persons indebted -tcr said estate are required to
make immediate payment, and all claims against
the same must be presented to
HOLLISTER BAKER, Exec'r.
Westfield, Sept. 50861145*
MBE Committee onStatistics, appointed at the
Tioga County Soldiers' Convention, are re—
quested to meet at Wender°, on Friday, Sept.
14, to make such arrangements as are necessary
in order to accomplish the object for which they
were appointed. M. L. CLARK,
September 5, 1866. - - -Cbaien of COM.
Hartman's Safety Bridle and Lines.
(Pateuted November 7,1865.)
A MOST valuable article for all who drive-bar
ses. See "Agriculturist" for March, 1886.
'Recommended by Wilkes, of the Spirit of the
Timer; Bonner, of the New York Ledger, and
many other celebrated horsemen.
The subscriber owns the patent fur Tioga, Sus
quehanna and Bradford counties. 7og313 , 14;181
,"or
township rights for sale, on favorable terms.
Hansen makers who wish to make. the lines for
their customers who buy individual rights, will
be dealt with liberally.
By a slight alteration, the safety lines may be
attached to almost any bridle.
All preens are cautioned against making or
using the bridle or lines, in the counties aforesaid,
without authority from the undersigned.
ROBERT C. SIIIPSON.
Wellsboro, Sept. 5, 1868-tf
Poor Rouse.
IrtHE undersigned having been constituted by
1. act of the Legislature Commissioners for
the selection of a location and site for the erec
tion of a Poor House for Tioga county, will re
ceive proposals for the purchase of a farm for that
parpose. The proposals will state the township
and particular location; number of acres, im
proved and unimproved; the kind of buildings
thereon and fences; the ,character of the soil,
whether upland or alluvial; together with such
other particulars as tho owner may choose to set
out. The selection is to he paid for, either in cash
or by county obligations, as the county Commis
sioners may elect.
Bidders will fix their lowest price, as no under
bidding will be received. -- ---
Proposals to be addressed to William Bache,
Wellsboro, and endorsed " Poor House Propo
sals." They will be opened by . said Commis
sioners on the 18th day of September next, and
the selection made as soon thereafter as a proper
examination of the different premises offered can
be made. WILLIAM BACHE,
T. L. BALDWIN,
J. 11. GULICK,
. J. G.. PAERHUBST,
August 29, 1866.-4 t Commissioners.
Orphans' Court Sale.
IN purinenae of an order of the Orphans' Court
of noges county, bearing dati the 27th day of
August, A. D. 1866, the following deseribed real
estate, late the proPerty of David Close, dieeased,
will be offered at public sale on,the premises, on
Saturday the29th day of September peat, at two
o'clock P. M., to wit:
A lot of land in Westfield township, Tioga. co.,
Pa., bounded on the north by lands of David
Rexford and Joel Parkhurst, on the east by lands
of Joel Parkhurst, on the south by lands of Wm.
Simmons, and on the west by other lazuli herein
after described and lands of A. B. Close r con-L
-taining about 50 acres, knewu as the W. o..Tattio
lot of Bingham lands.
Also, all that other lot situated in the townehiii
aforesaid, and described as follows: Bourn:led on
the north by lands of said A. B. plow, on the
east by the lot above dosCribad and said lands of
I William Simmons, on the south by lands of Wm.
Simmons and - Mintoayo, and on the west
by lands of Bfintonye and the publiO high.
way ; containing aliOnt 12 acres. Terms - cash on
-confirmation of oale. B.S. SETITIY,
Adm'r of David - Mite, deo'd:
September 5,1860-4 t •
ESTRAY.—Strayed -from the pasture of the
subscriber:riear iltiansfiald, on ,Muntlay, Au
goat 27, two mauls cows; one cherry red, Dee
years oldiatrt4htish horns, work of buttons on
the horns; the other a lig.ht red cow, nine years
old, with torn up horns, lett ear partly off. Any
information re:Tooting them, or return of prop
ett., will be suitably rewarded.
GEORGE SLINGERLAND.
Mansfield, Sept 5, 1858-lt
_DRUGS- FOR THE_ MILLION.
WEBB'S DRUG S_TORE.---The undersign
ed respectfully announces that he has as
sumed the entire c-ontiOl 01 -the -
DRUG ( CHEMICAL *ORE,
Second dtior, below noHiders ldotai which he
has fitted up for that purpose, and having largely
increased his stook is now prepared to furnish his
old, customers and all others with
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PURE DRUGS, -CHEMICALS, • PATENT
- DYE
• •• - - -PURE , WINES AND
- - LIQUORS,
FOR MEDICINAL USE
almost every article to be found In' an establish-
moat of tido. Snob as
; Pa, , =
B.
Etbrse and" Cattle' Plawder, ,Coal Oil,
Alcohol, Linseed-Oil, Glass,
Paints, „Putty,
A great collection
-- of the best
, ,W
Perfumery Maiinfaeturet Toilet
Soaps of various finds, and
good quality, Tobacco
and Cigars
ofaus moat approved Brands always on hand.
H 8 woatd c&I the >
atteatioli cif vihs'"pitlliii to;
his splendid stock of
N - aortic consisting - of }tali ' Tooth,
I , .Paint, Flesh and Nail Brush
es, Cutlery, Pipes, DFink.
ing Cups,
B
Chess*T:taeligannionl3dard, Chess,
Domin9es,:&o. -41.09411arge
assortment of Toys for
-- Children-.
B.
Air Particular attention; will . . be gi'y ea' to Pre
paring Physicians' Prescriptions and Family
,Recipes. Satisfaction given to all who favor him
with their pat Lags. X. WEBB,
Aug. 1; 1866.) - • - Druggist.
STATE N&RMAL SCHOOL,
Mansfield, Wog.. Co., Pa.
IMMI
&hoot Year for 1866-7.
HE next term of this institution opens on
Wednesday, September 5, 1868, and contin
ues until Friday. December 7.
The seeond.ternr opens Monday, December 1 . 0,
and continues until .Friday, March 22, 1867.
This term includes a-vacation of one-week during
the Christmas holidays: . - „
The -third term opens Monday, March ,- 25 and
continues an tirrbursday, June - 27. 1887.
Each term continues fourteen wacky. Expenses
for fall and spring term, including board, room
rent, tuition, book rent, inel and washing, $5B 00
For winter term, 80,00
For day students per term, " 8,00
Book rent per term, I 00
Total expenses for scbool.yeax,....-.. - ............ 00
No extra charges.
No students received for a less time than tine
term.
The Musical Department is under the direction
of able and experienced Professors.
For falbar partleidiara send fox catalogue. it .11-
dress F. A. ALLEN, Principal.
Auguit 15, 1886.-3 m
WELLSBORO ACADEMY.
MEW fall term of the 44th year, of this bailie
' dolt will commence on the Bth of September
1886, nader the following Faculty, to wit :
Rev. D. D. Van Allen, A. 8., Principal, Proles'
sor of German, Natural Science, and Belles Let
tree.
Miss S. A. Van Allen, Preceptress, teacher of
Higher English and Mathematics.
Miss Fannie J. Holland - , Vice Preceptreas;
teacher of French, Latin and Mathematics.
Miss Alice A. Landis, (Alumna,) assistant in
Cemmon English and Mathematics.
Mrs. Juliette Sherwood and Miss Hattie A.
Truman, teachers in the music department.
Mrs. Bryden teacher of Painting and Drawing.
Captain J. B. Shaw teacher of Vocal Music.
TUIT/ON.—From $4 to $lO, with no incidentals.
For further particulars see catalogue.
The former well known and eminent success of
this school, under the conduct of Mr. Van Allen
and hie able associates, precludes the necessity of
any extended notice here.
The Trustees take this opportunity, however,
to say that the management of the school has met
their entire approbation,and they eau confidently
recommend the Wellsboro Academy to all who
desire a thorough education.
J. EMERY, President.
H. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
%Haber°, August 16, 1866. _
LOOK OUT FOR SQUALLS !
KURD-
. 4 TRUMAN,
WELLSBORO, PA.,
STATE to the trading public that they start
for New York the first of September, when
they will buy as good an
Assortment of Goods
as was ever offered is this market.
COMB ONE, COME ALL, :EXAMINE
FOR. TOURSELTZS.
Wo charge nothing for showing goods, and
consider it no troubke. , August 29.1888.
LIFE AND TIMES OF ELDER SHEAR—
DOWN.—Those who - wish to secure a copy
of this excellent work, can de- so-by calling at
this office soon. August 29, 1866.
NATANTED—Firri z BtISHELS OF
dried raspberries, 511 do of
.blaokberriee— T
for whio4 the bighest 'Varied prioe ia.casifegl
p'aid:by ' J. R. BOWEN do CO.
Wellaboro, August 15,1888.
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Good News to Soldiers arid their
Heirs.
f.L who have any interest in war e l Aim
1 - 1 will find it to their advantage to read
.Ea.
become ovving act 4 of Congress which have re,,,, uy
law :
SEC. let of an act of June ii, 1865, provides ro
all soldiers or sailors who have !oat the sight ji
both eyes, or both hands, 30 713 to resnire co
slant attendance, the sum of *25. s.
Sao. 2. To those who have 'oat both fat ,
are totally disabled in the same so as to rag e '
cOrfatient,attendance, tbo sum of $2O.
Those who have lost one band or co,
.foot] or tve so disabled as to render them unable
Coiierform-Mfallial . labor equivalent to the loss of
a band or a foot, the earn of $l5.
Sze. 4.- Persons who bare been deprived
theiryensiene under act or March 3, lede,,, 04.
sequence of - heing in the _civil 3orvice of e a ,
Steles Government, are mitered.
SeCY.S: Peuaions are extended to dependsst
fathers and brothers, as Wait as in Daatb, r3 144
sisters.
In addition to the above ant, to such personsu
are embraced by it, Congress, before its dolt,
July 25, lase, panted a bill granting addia4:4l
bounties, and also one increasing the p ens i on
widows and orphans, and extending the bentati
Ree,sinn Paws_ to the heirs and represents
avisvpf_ certain invalid applicants, to Arai
Sac. 2 Of the act of July 25, 1354, providett-4
pensions to widows of deceased aoldion or rap
on having children by such soldiers or stulor,,
at the rate of two dollars per month for 23c4
child of soldier or sailor nada the age of lixtets
years.
Sec. 3 gives an increase of pensions o t h ere
widows now receiving &pensioned lesstbsesio;
dollars per month, except Revolationary widow,
BOUNTIES.
TES act provides a bounty of one hundred
tars to all three years' man collating aincs aF
14, - 1,8151, and fifty dollars to all two yeas' z it 4
gists enlisted Since said period.
The above is additional to the 4100 'or to
bounty provided_ forthprestana
— Blanks will be forwarded to all who wuh n.
assistance in the collection of these claims, with
proper instructions.
All claims against the United. States Goma.-
meta Eromptly adjusted and collected.
_
IVA!. B. - 3flTli,
- S. Pension and Bounty agent,
~ Knoxville, Tioga County, Aug. 15, 1365.
Drage, led iseiaes, &s.
Jr. L. BELDEN & Co.,
BLO'SBURG, PA
KEfiP constantly on band aline stock of Pri
Drugs, Medicine', Chemicals, ic.,
WINES AND LIQUORS,
for Medicinal and Sacramental use; also all Li
popular Patent Medicinee, Paints, Varnishes, Gill,
&c., all kindeof brushes, Dye Colors, Dyo WoLli
and Stuffs, fine Toilet Soups, Perfumery, pcz
adesx Cosmetics,
STATIONERY, PENS, MOIL ,
PAPER AND ENVELOPES,
hietnoratuatrixt Books, Pass Books, &c , Psta3
in. balk at 15 Gents per pound, Kerosene Oil,
Larval Oil, Thipentine, Benzine, :el.
Fresh Oatmeal and Pearl Barley at II ct 3 pnr
pound. We are iole agents in Blossbarg for Dr.
N. WeataYy Emt. - Fireweed; and warrant it to
cure Scrofula,.Salt Rheum, scurry, Pimples ol
the face, and all diseases arising from impure
state of the Blood if used according to direction
Particular attention given to "compounding
Physician's and other Prescriptions. We guano•
tee satisfaction, both in quality and price.
Remember the Store, opposite the new Coal
Co's Store, Blossburg, Pa.
Aug. 15, 1868-tf. J. L. BELDEN a CO
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ITEZZO
PORTLAND FIRE.
2EPIWAL
INSURANCE COMPANT,
_ HAR7ORD, CONN
ASSETS —JULY 1, 1866.
Cash en hand-in batihAnd with Agts, $2 7,32009
United States Stock- - 812,277:i
Real estate, unineumbetAkz... . 90,LP)
State Stocks ... : . ... .. . 498,tiv0 A
New York Bank Stocky . • - 734,110 A
Hartford Bank Stocks 270.311 d
Miscellaneous Bank Stocki 129,000 A
Railroad Stocks, eto, 273,i081:1
Mortgage Bonds, City Co. AR. R. 1,011,190.9
54,075,89a;5
LIABILITIES.
TOTAL
Louse unadjusted and not .clue ..... --$22L.W. 14
14. t. 53;854,590 20.
Income for last year (net) 5:, 9 3 3 , 311
Or a daily income of say $9,309,
Loma arad Expanses for tame time $2,541,114
Total Losses paid,in 47 years $19,12t4 1 e
viz :Fire, $17,243.000 99. Inland, $1,814,409
Govern . ment_an d'6tate 7 TAxes paid.—..5179333i
Loss by Portland Fire July la
The total amount covered by .Etna polka A
property destroyed or damaged, is 5:00 4,
which salvage will be-abont five per cot 1 ::r
total loss will not vary.mnoh from 5200, 00 J. stl
is being prOinptly adjusted and paid. Tbd
is five per cent. npon_tlies4Sets, edger° bl" Il it
1 Y exceeding our government and State tareti?:
last year, or a proportion equal to a j. 4
for a company of $lOO,OOO assets.
The necessity for insurance and the
wealthy, strong corporations, is forcibly divirt
ted by this fire. Several weak insurance can:. 3 ",
niets are destroyed. Portland has a popul"'"!
35,000; was handsdutely built, mostly pne bro•
or stone structures—protected and imeavi:l
upwards of 3,000 shade trees--bouoisd en t - . 1,3
sides by water—indeed, literally, 1 11,10 ' r ' "
from the ocean—and with a good steam ill It
path/lent ;—yet it has Slo.otio,ooopr*ef.
consumed in a few boors, upon a hOikti:l7.
its people are least occupied—from tic veryl=iT
nificant cause of a contemptible firs crac,;cr•
Remember the trifling origin of Ares tsstsii:l .
away in a few Sours the earnings of yedm
eider your but interests and give the Et-s 3 3'
a call, if you need proper insurance security.-
Poliebse issued at fair terms.
WM. R. SMITH, :IV''' .
Wallet oro, Jul- 25.18'36.-41
arm for Sale.
THE subscriber offers his farm for ,ale,
mining 100 acres, 40 acres of which 1313'
der geed improvement. Good frame house E 133.
on, one-and a half story high; also a ner . r 2o ,
barn, 30 by 45 - feet. A thrifty young orcssrl ,
apple, pear, and cherry trees. mostly graftsd. l , o
in ail. Well watered by never failing ,Irt*, 4
Said farm is situated iu Delmar township,
road -leading from Scotty Fork- Dino cvvak••
terms apply to the sub.eribor, on the place
A. L. Ellsworth. at tbo Bingham office,
TV,311,;.;• •
ALVAN N. WEI3S2E.
Delmar, August 22; 1.38(1,-.4
TOY'S CHOLERA DROPS--,1 sere, :3f9
effects'} remedy for diarrhea, clio!ara
bus, dysentery, colic, cholera, infantile:l,
sPams. `griping pains in the bowels, ap3 th o
antidote for CHOLERA.
Folt SALE—One 30W, with nine pig'
weeks ; rive pigs, two month. old; 01
shoat, are months old. AHENRYII of improGßLFlV•ved bread
Charleston, Angela 22, 1888.