which raised all the small streams in the vicinity and left the roads for a couple of .days in a muddy and disa greeable condition. The farmers in this state areestreme ly soliCitonseoneerning thisyear's crops, as it Is feared the grasshoppers will des troy everything. A perfect avalanche of the destroying pests came - upon the whole State of Kansas last summer from the West, and their eggs have been de posited in our soil by the millions. We have had several days of intensely cold weather this season, and the farmers hoped it wouldhill the eggs brit it has not, as the grasshoppers have -bees lisieJaed out by. placing - the soil con taining-the eggs on a warm stove. I LISS'S' seen several bottles of _the young insects that have been hatched out by the heating process, and what will be come of Kansas crops this year is a mat ter that must be solved by the future. It is certain that early crops will be en tirely -destroyed -during their flight across the State, as will also the crops in Ills:sour/ if they continue their jour ney east as they have commenced. Most all kinds of business just now is dull, though all are looking.for a change at an early day. Rents are high and scarce but the markets are very reasona ble. Wood is selling for $6 and $8 per cord ; apples $ per bushel; potatoes ®$1,80; butter &5 C `Lists ; eggs 35c; beefsteak 12i; pork do. 10c ; quails $1 per dozen; prairie chickens 15 to 2Oets caeh, and the eatables in proportion. There probably harkbeen more quails, prairie chick ens and rabbits brought into our market this season than for the past five years psevious, and many times I nave seen a' load of chickens (dressed) , -(A1 for eight and ten cents each.— The choicest brand of St. Louis flour new sells for $7,2.5 cts per 100 lbs. Buck wheat flour is scarce and sells for lOcts per lb; cabbage is very scarce and small neads are selling readily for from 30 to lOcts; thought saw them selling in Denver three years ago for $5.60 Per tread. The citizens of Atchison are in high spirits because our townsman, General Pomeroy, has been chosen to represent them another six years in the U. S. Senate. P. A. R. Tam SNAKE AND TUE ROCK. In a recent speech in Congress, lion. John Wentworth, of Chicago, used the happiest illustration we have seen em ployed to exhibit clearly and forcibly the existing state of the question rela ti: e to our treatment of the rebellious 3t:-tes. lie presented the matter in al. ill;-....J:1 , :11. - ,.Z/1:1.,;10 - y or fable, as follows. "A Lavekr wa, one day accosted by a. snake from under a rock, asking to be let out. The uraviler at first was afraid of the consequences; and told thesnake :hat he was atraid he would bite him it he Was let out. The snakeasserted that he had been under the rock a long tittle; lir: he regretted his natural propeiug -I.e-, and was revolved hereafter to ef .• c:ott::y control them. After much the traveler compassionately 2 , -.1:,ve.! the :•ock. and he and the snake e.l some Cii`fl:lllVe agreeably : , ,tetntsr. the snake .aid lie like biting somebody ; that he • iiMitt not bite the traveler, but his venow GUS propensities had returned with such strength that he could not to ten longer control bielf. He con :ended that the prom* na:- he had made made under duress: that God had made him Ihr a snake ; that he had no ;,ther !unctions to perform than those c" a snake. The traveler entreated him to control himself and remind him of 11.-, original promise. The matter was :nally compromised by agreeing to leave the question in dispute between them to thilt first three animals they, met. The first was the wolf. He de e!ded that the snake was restored to his o:igival rights, and that his promise iymkle while under duress was not bind- The next animal met was the iamb, who decided in favor of the trav e.er, and was in favor of peace among all animals. The third animal met as the fox. Beforente could give his , Nnion-the wanted to survey the origi- Du' premises. Upon reaching them he .cited the snake to hiy down in exactly the position he was in when the travel ,r found him. He then asked the trav eler to .. ,place the rock as it originally This being done, he said : "This rme requires great deliberation ; we must take titue'to consider it." And scr ra and the traveler passed ou. Now the serpent of rebellion having I,Len foolishly liberated from the pros trate situation under the great rock v, hich:Corthern patriotism rolled upon Lo crush it, without having lint been disapned of its venom, Coolly proposed to use its fangs upon the hand which magnanimously gave itfreedont. There - , ,encw to be no alternative left but to re place the lifted rock, unless the snaky enemy, whom he cannot trust, will quietly submit to have its poison fangs drawn out. That done, it may wriggle ivllere it will." A Haab STORY.—A correspondent of the West Branch Bulletin, writing from Cogan station, under date of Feb. 25th, 1-3 responsible for the following :Hun chausen account of a bear hunt :rßut now I come to the gayest hunt (7,11. Yosterday, wbile the men were ngaged in felling trees on the side of the mountain, some of them getting dry, one or the boys proposed to pro,i ;.cet for water. Traveling along the side of the mountain, he saw a hole un t;e.r a rock, and not thinking of any harm, stuck his head in, which was im mediately saluted by a snap and growl of an old bear. Seth jerked out of that in a hurry, and called to the other men. T.Ley joining him; a consultation was held, when they concluded to dig them out, so they sent for all hands and the dogs. In. mean time, the old bear hot liking the way things were going nn, stuck her head out, which received a sly pop from John Kinley; but It was until the second shot was delivered tha: we were this to lay hands on her. On c-xarnination, we found two ball iv.ies. , )etween the eyes. By this time and was ready to partici- We were ad standing around the when Abe Bastian sings out : MEI NM he.:e': one:" but soon dieW back. On throwing some snow in, it appeared d gave up the ghost. Charley lie:0- mun crawled in to haul him out. two holding to his legs to help pull the No sooner bad we got it out, when two more came out as orderly at, iii6ugh they were coming out ofcb urch. .nd then the fun commenced. Heyl n., in grabbed both of them, one pulling tie other down the bill. John Sat- pitched in and ,helped—over the rocks, 'Lumps, down the bill we together, uow bear up, :.ow dog down, until all hands were mixed generally. -We finally succeed ed in getting them chained, and co the f-,(.t of the mountain, where we found a and drove them home, having captured two alive in two Our friend of the West Branch Belle- EZCIS be is "rapt anxious for religious d.s , .....igsricris, and shall not enter into item" in his columns. We have been z.u . _-:.l.lnraed to hear much during the zr from our Democratic opponents :'.lent Introducing politics Into the pit., and now we have a protest from Republican friend against intro religion into politics. When t.zAh there theories are satisfied we shall witness that most melancholy of all Eights. a pulpit without courage and a press without a soul. We believe the sphere of the press to be co-extensive in its didactic character with that of the pulpit, and we believe 'the pulpit to have the whole domain of moral truth for its field of operation and discussion. fihnum Republican. A 14 - 4 kt fuon Washington states that ), a broken down, t<trn penal; h0)115 tik.'l4o/ fif,llo their moqrk, Thill etteoevir"- - '`‘'.". folk WI, g••••'-iy 4254 0,4 4,-.44' ' l 4 I% ii".* AY , 94 my*L :o4 ei'IIAKLFI,• lite agitator. WEILLBBOIIO, PENN'A WEDNESDAY, MAR. (3, 15C7. :;„ =' --- We erred last week. in Oir eittinate the amount of comity debt ex ti ugui-died in 1806. The actual reduction of the debt was about $75,000: We failed to deduct from the nominal sum lifted the amount borrowed to meet Thus, in stead of two years, being sufficient to Axtingulah the debt, it would, at the rate of last year's reduction require about three ;rears;• - • but, Are are inform ed, the sum received form certain..our ces herethfore, in the nature of taxes, will be uluehl-educed hereafter, and It ia probable that the term of five years will be required to clear up the entire indebtedness. An eirott is being made to get a law passed for the publication of -all the general laws of the Commonwealth, in at least one each, of the paper publish ed in the interest of the twee parties, in every county. It is 'proposed to. ;moo moue with the law s of the present ses sion. Such laws already exit in New York and Ohio, and there is 1 o good reason why such a Jaw should lot exist in ev ery State in the Union. - The general laws are few, and the ex pense, at usual advertising rates, could be small. But small or great, the laws should be made publio in that hest of all modes—through the county newspa pers. niAA, on .73EABT 7 The American people are pai : ,,ing up on this question this very day. TAN I) years and two days ago, a man stood up in the :Senate Chant bet at the National Capital, and took the official ',nth of Vice President of the Vhited states. This man was drunk; drunk when he took the oath, and drunk when he addressed the assembled representa tives of foreign nations, the Judges of the Supreme Court, the Senators and Representatives, and the President and his Cabinet, who Made up the august audienee. He insulted the foreign ministers per. onnlly ; and he presented himself in a state of beastly intoxiCation as the pe culiar representative of the American people. Every sober frit!ad of the Govern meat will recollect the heart-shock he received when the news of this new and unlooked for calamity reached the coun try. It was dii,credited as too mon strous for,belief. Wheu the report set tled into indispuAe fkt, a general de spondency seized upon the people. ft was a terrible calamity. But out of its lowering midnight there came an angel of mercy, charged with the social salvation of the people. This angel in shining raiment was TE3IPERANCE. —No man will dispute ;the fact that there is a wide-spread and (,fx tram di nary awakening on the subject of Temper ance in progress. Every great impulse has an initial moment.' If Y'ou are an alytically inclined, you can trace this growing temperance reform directly up to its initial moment; and were one thousand men to make the investiga tion, without concert of action, they would, every man of them, meet in the Senate Chamber of the United States, and from thence proclaim United Johnson—" Thou art the llaci !t' So, out of that night of national mor [ titication and disgrace, came all impulse which promises to wolf:. out the social salvation of the American people. The first evideOe of this coming Re form was seen in the revival of the va rious Societies for the propagation of temperance plineiple,:. For years they had languished, and in come localities had disappeared altogether. The sim ple truth, is, the friends of temperance had grown weary in well-doing. The incoming wave of the grand tide of reform, in Tioga county, that is, first appeared in East Charleston. The tide touched Mansfield almost at the, same moment. Thence it spread to Law renceville ; and thence, as its track dis closes itself to us, it touched Wellsboro. The effect is marked in each place and the adjacent neighborhoods. The operation of this awakening is peculiar. Its work proceeds without os tentation, without violence, without aSeerbity ; and its progress is as rapid as noiseless, as irresistible as it is benefi cent. We freely confess that our high est and ruling desire is to add volume to this grand refoimutory impulse. It is a source of lively satisfaction to us to observe its wonderful progress, and to feel our individual identification with it as a humble and earnest helper - . The course of this awakening is visi ble everywhere. - "(Washington has a Congressional Tehaperance Society, its sessions drawing audiences of three and four thousand We are glad to an nounce that our member, Mr. Wilson, Is a prominent member of that Society. The day will come when to have been early Identified with the Congressional Temperance Society will be a- greater honor thanthe Presidency. Ag4in, on the.lBth of February there was held at Harrisburg a State Temper ance Convention, in which many emi nent men, hitherto unknown in such assemblages appeared. We mention these facts in evidence of the greater fact that the people are de ciding the question—" Matt, or Beast?" —hi a quiet, but determined, manner. The decision is for Man, against the Beast. We begin to hope that the day is not far distant when th'i shadow of the terrible destroyer of domestic peace and rtttfiless breaker of social ties, will no longer brood over the homes and hearts of the American people. Wherever the awakening has extend ed a marked change for the betteris ob vious to all. Right here the change is _marvelous. Boys, young men., and men of middle age—many of whom were, six months ago, treading the path to disgrace and shame, are now living witnesses of the beneficence of Temper ance in our streets and workshops. In pone; the change is so marked as l Vs excite general remark, and even. the 60410trigIMPItion of those whose barroom i; ffte ilthllk poorer by the change. fi , fifif. i it will not last. It has lastdd for nearly half a year, we re ply ; and we discover no reason why it nitty'nef i be permatiek:Th.lS utijiia to these struggling resistants of evil hab its to give breath to lighi doubts of their ability to' resist the tempter still. But even *ere they to recede from their 1 -4 1,-- Posigon to Which they have, ',their way,the progress decgo riot be - lost. i rJre alltitko evil appetite who ran keep the demon down for one month can remain mas ter of the field forever. The - yoke once cast need never be resumed. - Ont. faith in the stability of this reform is only measured by our confidence in the in herent divinity of human nature. Friends of Man , s uplifting: All are specially called to labor in this field. The field is the world : the grain is ri pening; the reapers are few. Without question of our several respective modes of reforming and. saving men, let us worik together in this great hour of the resurrection of self-respect, and glorify the Almighty by restoring to usefulness His bitterly tempted' and straying chil dren. To our modest article on the tariff question, published two weeks ago, the Editor of the Catskill Recorder replies at great length, and with a skillful avoidance of the question. ' When he speaks for himself, his comments are compounded of blunt denial and exple tives, equal parts. He will not need to be told that those things do not pertain to argument auy more than hard words butter parsneps, or vinegar catbhes flies. We will take his first quotation in rebuttal ; and one more unfortunate for his argument could not have been brought forward. It sets forth that the production of print paper in this coun try, last year, was $35,000,000 in value. Upon this he assumes that no revenue accrued to the Government. Suppose, he continues, a duty of 10 per cent. had been laid upon print paper, and instead of making our own paper, we had im ported this $35,000,000 worth ; that would have paid into the treasury the sum of $350,000. However, the• law of July, 1886, fm posed a duty of 25 percent. upon print paper, amounting, essentially, to,n pro hibitory tariff, and under this stringent law the value of print paper imported was but $5559, yieldinga duty of $9ll to the Government. Under this protec tion, he goes on to say in his quotation, domestic manufactures increased their prices proportionately. To this we reply, that the duty on print paper was lower in 1863-64, and '65, than in 1866 ; and during those for mer years home manufactured paper was the highest it.has ever been in this country. We paid all prices, from 16 to 82 cents per pound, in 1863-64, while during 1866 the price never went avove cents nor beloW 16 cents. This dis poses of his charge against domestic manufactures. But wO want answets to the follow ing questions: Would this country have been more henatted had the 15,000,000 paid to American manufactures for print ,pa per, been paid to British monopolists? Do you not know that the Government received in duties on chemicals import ed and used in paper manufacture, in internal revenue tax upon the $35,000, 7 000 worth of print paper produced, and from Income tax levied upon manufac turers of print paper, much more than the sum of $150,000 it would have recei ved from duties at 10 per cent. had , all the print paper been imported ? The next quotation of our friend is still more unfortunate. It sets forth that there is great distress in the coal mining district's, that the Wheeling rolling mills have stopped and thus de prived hundreds.of labor. Exactly so. So long as British col liers can ballast ships with coal and throw it into our markets without cost of transportation ; so long as British iron-mongers can ballast ships with iron produced by pauper labor at a tri-: fling cost, and throw It into our mark ets without cost of transportation; so long will British capital and free-trade blundering combine to oppress .AMeri can industry, and the spectacle of si lent colleries and rolling mills will in sidt the gaze of the American people. Shut out British railroad iron and let our railroads be supplied by American manufactures, and there will be no si lent rolling mills in the land, no dis tressed miners, and no destitution anmong day-laborers. This is our an swer. And we say, right here, that we are willing to pay five cents per pound tuore for paper, one dollar per ton more for coal, and one cent more per mile fare on railroads, if only home manu factures shall be amply protected against foreign monopolies. We propose to look beyond our otvn. door-yard fence, beyond our day snit generation, and re gard the interests of the entire country, its glOry and prosperity in the future. The advocates of free-trade live selfishly in the present; Alley are In politics what atheists are in teligion. The Agitator, did not quote Canada silver at 4 per cent. discount. That was the Recorder's quotation. The editor now dodges, and says that it is' Ameri can silver which is at - 4 per cent. dis count in Canada. That does not alter the case. If American coin is alloyed 4 per cent. more than Canada coin so much the worse for the American croft]. The discount represents the alloy, sir; because the melting-At would soon re duce the surplus. We repeat : an ounce of pure silver is a standard of value, as good as gold, and every boy of a dozen years ought to know , it, let alone the ed itor of a paper. Our friend hands us over to the Chica go Tribune and. Evening Poet. Very well; we will pay our respects to those quotations in good season. . On Thursday of last week, a party of men were out hunting in the town of Rushford, in Alleghany, county, when an accident happened Wbich resulted in the death ofa young man named Silas Taylor. It appears , that - Taylor - was walking ahead of abrother-i n-laknetriied Nye, who was carrying his gun over hisshoulder, muzzle down andthe breech up, Passing under a tree, the dog of Nye's gun caught upon a limb and dis charged the gun, the contents entering the body of Taylor just above the hip bone, and passed clear through his body- He.died in about six hours. He was married but a few weeksago.—Cor ?ling Journal. CONGRESS Feb.,22. Senatecrefaied , to agree to the House amendment to transfer the Indian Bureau tothe War Department by a vote of 13 to 24.. This must be re garded as unfortunate forthelndlans. The House was engaged =on the tax bill. The ree bill list ethbraxes- nearly all coarse inattufacturesiifartnini uteri- Eels, and Mechanical staples: A lively debate sprung up on the proposition to reduce the tax on whiskey from $2, to 50 cents a gallon. It was stated that not more than one gallon in live pro duced paid any tax whatever. The amendment was rejected. Feb. 23. The Senate Passed a joint resolution to prohibit officers of the GoVernment from paying any claim in favor of any person who promoted or encouraged the rebellion, which claim accrued prior to April 13, 1861. The House was engaged on the Civil Appropriation, Indemnity, and, Tax Bills. Feb. 24. The Senate refused to agree to the House amendinent to the act to redeem the Compound interest notes, - and reported the original bill as it pass ed the Senate, as a substitute. A- bill to consolidate the national debt and to provide for its payment, was introduced by Mr. Sherman. The bill provides that the act of 1865 be so extended as to empower the Sec retary of the Treasury to issue bonds of the usual denominations, payable; prin cipal and interest at six per cent, per annum, payable every six months, to be known as the Consolidated debt of the United States, and - to be sold at par; the proceeds thereof to be devoted to the purchase of the existing indebted ness of the nation. Said bonds to be taxable by the - United States at a rate not exceeding one per centum per an num upon the principal, and not other wise to be taxed. The 41IL rk section of the bill providds for the issue of $500,- 000,000, in bonds, at 5 per centumo re deemable 20 years from date, to be ex changed only for six-per cent, interest bearing bonds of the United States held in Europe. In the House, a bill to enfranchise all foreigners who had resided hi the Dis trict of Columbia for one year, was in troduced by Mr. Nibiack, (Dem). The bill went over under the rules. Mr. Robbins asked leave to offer a resolu.: tion coucurringin the plan of thelrreasu ry in reference to the contraction of the currency with a view to the early resumption of specie payments. Ob jected to. An attempt was made to get up the tariff bill. The House refused to take it up by a vote of 85 to 86. [This result appears in the light of a great - misfortune. Men demand a re turn to specie payments, and at the same time insiston a policy which com pels us to send all ourspecie to Europe. Doesticks,' friend, " Damphool " must be dead, and his spirit entered into the bodies of this class of free-trade and hard money-mongers.] • The remain der of the session was de voted to the tax bill. Feb: 26. The Senate proceeded, un der the new law, to elect a Government printer, and John D. Defrees, of Indiana was declared elected. The bill to es tablish a Department of Education for the collection of statistics and facts with regard to the Schoolsystem of the States, was called up. The House disposed of 20 of the 275 amendments to the tariff bill. and ad journed. Feb. 27.—The Senate took up the bill providipg for the redeMption of com pound interest notes by the issue of le gal tenders, and after amending it by substituting certificates of loans at three per centum, for legal•tender notes, pass ed the bill. It now goes to the House. The House took up the tariff bill and after variously amending it, the bill was put over one day for the final vote. 11r. Raymond offered a resolution to the effect that the establishment of a monarchy in Canada threatened the peace of the republic, and calling upon 'the President to furnish. 'information whether this Government has remon strated against the consolidation of the British Province's under the rule of an Imperial Prince. The resolution went over one'day. PENNSYMVANIA. LEGIBLATIIIIE The following act touching the road laws of Tioga and Potter Counties is now pending in the Legislature : Snerrnarr LBe it enacted &c,. That whenever the amount of real tax assess ed upon any person in the said Coun ties of Tioga and Potter shall amount to less than one day's labor, the Supervis ors of the several townships shall assess such person with one day's labor, to be worked out upon the public roads in the Townships where such person may reside, in the same manner as the road tax is now by law directed to be worked out, and if such person shall neglect or refuse to perform such labor atter due notice by the Supervisors, then the val ue of one day's labor shall be collected in money as unpaid road tax is now by law collected ; and if any person so as sessed with one day's labor, shall own or have in his possession and use as a team a span of horses or mules ora yoke of oxen, such person shall be assessed With one day's labor for such team, and if any such person after duenotice shall refuse or neglect to perform the laborso assessed for the teem, then the value of one day's work for a team, shall be col lected of said delinquent in money as other unpaid road tax is now by law collected. Feb. 19.—Mr. Humphrey called up the bill to Incorporate the We'Moro find Lawreneedille Railroad Company, and moved a suspension of the rules that it might be read a third time. Ob jection was made and further considenv /lon of the bill was postponed one week. -[We are not aware what bill this is. If it be a bill - to.dcliver up the interests of Tioga County ,to a monopolist and his hangets-on, we hope it may be post poned forever. The corporators of the proposed Company should be men who are in no manner connected with the Tioga Railroad, nr Magee's railroads. Once deliver np the charter for this road, to monopolists, without stipulation of an early day for the completion of the road, and the road will not be built un til a dozen leeches can fill their pockets With plunder. Let the Commissioners be men who are largely identified with the material interests of the county, and who have no connexion with either of the rival Companies now in opera tion. En.) Feb. 20. The general Railroad bill came up for consideration in the Sen ate. This bill empowersany number Of citizens, not less than nine, citizens of this State, to associate themselves for the purpose of constructing railroads, under certain restrictions. • Such a law should be passed. There is no reason why it cannot pass, except • that the heavy railroad companies are, opposed to it. Township and Bora °lacers for 1867. Proolyfaid—Supervisore,- - -Was: - 9; Seeley, A: Loper; Constable, J. W. Gilkey ; Clerk, L. D. Seeley; Treasurer. J. C. Mascho ; • School three. tore, M. Riser, WI:11, B. George. L. S. Fish. 1 yr. Bloss---Justice of the Peace .1. P. Idonell, Su pervisors, S. Deseen,,A. Ilutahinson; School Di rectore, N. L. Reynolds, H. Holiands; Treasurer, J. A. Martin; Clerk, J. P. Taylor; ,Constable s 'G. Diclson. Cfsper—Supervisors, E. Eldridge, W, Brown 'clefts J. W. Burnside: Constable, S.,.Rowitsrl; Treasurer, J. W. Douglas; School DireetnrAsta, Briggs. Chatham—Tue.tice of the Peace, Reuben Morse; Constable, Newberry Close; School Directors, Ina. Mead, Israel Senmene; Supervisors, C. 11. Vas. Dusen,; Wm. Simpson'; Clerk, H. T. Dan iels, Jr. ; Treasurer, H. L. Van Dusan. Covington Township—Supervisors, Jno. Robin son, Hiram Zimmer; Justice of the Peace, 11. 0, Martin; Constable, Edwin Klock; Treainirer, L. .R, Walker; Clerk, L. 31. Mudge; School Direr tors. Ira Patcbin, Edwin Klock. - Char/Mon—Constable, Jas. Wilkinson; School Directors, G. A. Brewster, Eph. Next; Supervi sors, Nathan Austin, J. M. Bailey; Clerk, Der win Thompson ; Treasurer, L. N. Shun:may. Covington Boro—Burgeae, A. G. Gerould ; School Directors, P. L. Clark, E. B. Decker; Coastahle, E. D. Roberta. Delmar—Justice of the Peace, Jno Dickinson; Constable, 1.1 . W Wetherbee; School Directori, Jno Pearson, Geo Skelton; Sapervisors, Robt Steele, II Stowell; Clerk and Treasurer, Israel Stone. Deerfield—School Directors, E Buckley, E S Seeley. C. It Howland; Constable, M V Payne; Superrisors. C B Uoyt, W D Angell; Treasurer, C It Howland; Clerk, Joseph Payne. Elk—Justice of Peace, J Campbell; Supervi sors, Geo Maynard, Wm Mattison; School Dirac. tore,D A Paddock, Wm Mattison ; Clerk, D A Paddock; Treasurer, Loren Wetmore, Constable, D II Updike. Elkland Boro—Burgess, Joel Parkhurst; Con stable Fred Culver; School Directors, Coo Dor ranee, C. Beagle. Farmingion—Supervisors, A R Martin, A Colegrove; Clerk and Treasurer, J C Price; Con stable, Wm E Price; School Directors, W W Welch, J M White. Fall Brook—Burgess, L C Shepard; Chetah's, J 13 Rogers; School Directors, Jas Baty, Bobs Mclntosh. Gaines—Clerk, Isaac Champney ; Treasurer, L-H Marsh; Constable, Levi Fannin); Supervi sors, J L Phenix, Jr., B Furman. Jackson—Supervisor', T A Andrews, Joseph Bly; Treasurer, M K Retan; Constable, E ner ; Clerk, H H Rockwell; School Directors, Wm Miller N Smith, A Gage. Snoxide Boro—Burgess, J G Seeley; justice of Peace, Giles Roberts; Constable; Id helm ; School Directors, Elforton,l T Bpom, 2 yrs, Joel Johnson, 3 yrs. Lawrencerine--Burgess, A Cropsey, , Justice of Peace, P. Damon;. Constable. Nelson Wales; School Directors, J C Beaman, T B 'Tompkins, 0 W Ryon, C Brown. Liberty—Justice of Peace, W L Beagle; Con stable, Alpheus Sheffer; Supervisors, Jno Folk rod, 11 H Sheffer; School Directors, P B Fields, 1., W Johnson; Clerk, F M Sheffer; Treasurer, flop Levergood. ' Lawrence—Supervisors, Joel Newton, Murry Nash; Constable L Smith; School Directors, Levi Andrews, Peter Reep; Justice of Peace, Jobn Buryett. Jfaittsiarg—Burgess, J B Strong; School DI. rectors, W Boyer, A Redfield; Treasurer, B Dotid; Constable, J B Stropg. filer rus;—Constable ' G W Best ; Supervisors, John Plank, M C Campbell; Treasurer, Job Roane; Clerk,S E Webster;, School Directors, William Blackwell, Robt Wilson. ' Middlebury—Supervisors, Horace Ives Irich'd Brown; School Directors, C Hammond, J Lyon; Constable, Bath Losoy. Mansfield—Jostice of Peace, Pl R Webster, L Beach. Jr., Bargee,. J 'X Strait; Arseesor, John A Holden ; School Directors, A J Ross, Martin King. Arcieon—Conatable, John Rntlabone; Supervi sors, Henry Smith, E B Campbell ; _School Di rectors, A M Loop, Joo D Campbell; Clerk, Wm II Bolt; Treasurer, J B How. Rutland—Constable, Aaron Wood; Supervi porsiP V Vanness, Jeff Prutsman ; Treasurer, J II Barden; Clerk, S R Haven; School Directors, E Updike, S It Havens. S'hippen—Soperrisors, Trio Eng.ieb, S Scran ton; Treasurer and Clerk, W J Leib; School Di rectors, 13 W Grinnell, El D Leib; Constable, Lewis Holmes. Siiiiioon--Jultice of Peace, Nortbup Smith; Constable, V W Smith ; Treasurer, J W Hollis; School Directors, A Richmond, H P Palmer. Tiogo Bore—Justice of Peace, Philo Taller; Burgess, T L Baldwin; Constable, Jas Bagley; School Directors, H H Hall, L Daggett. - rivet—Justice of Peace, J W Guernsey; Su pervisors, A B Niles, Daniel Dewey; Constable, ft It Hall; School Directors, J W Toby, Hinsee Peck; Tresonsrer, J Dillistin. Union—Supervisors, H Stall, II T SpeLer; Constable, A A Griswold; School Directors"; C S Handal!, Ged elbbwas; Clerk t l3 P Irvin ; Trea surer, R S .Landon. Wessfleid—Jnatieo of Peace, C Con stable, J L Calkins; Superrisors, Jas Dodgo Jno Craig; School Directors, B Tiablis;Jaa King. Ward—Supervisors, W Cbsso,M D Comfort; Constable, Wallace Chase; School Directors, R Kilgore, C French; Clerk, Jas Lyon; Treasurer, A S Knifl n. Westfield Boro—Burgess, B B Strang; Justice of Peace, Francis Strang; Constable, Samuel Pierce; Assessor, C Bliss; School Directors, B House, N Burdick, 0 Close, C . , Phillips, Frank Buck, J 0 Thompson; Treasurer, N Gardner. Wensboro—Burgess, M H Cobb; Justice of Peace, Hugh Young; Constable, Miner Watkins; Assessor, Andie Foley; School Directors, W W Webb, J B Niles. A STRANGE STORY.-A correspondent of the Boston Journal, states that one of the vilest places in the fourth ward, and one of the most popular of its class, is kept by a man of forty years of age. He has been eleven years In that busi ness ; He is very smart and talented, and has amassed a fortune of $1.000,000. He has built one of the most elegant and complete tenement houses in the city. He belongs to one of the first fam ilies in the State. His brother is an eminent minister of the gospel. He was piously brought up, received a collegiate education, and graduated at the Union Theological Seminary of the city of New York. He took to this life and has followed it for eleven years without flinching. He keeps religious books in his establishment, and when he can get a chance talks religion amid the dance and the drunkenness and profanity of this den. He bas a genial wife who tends the bar and superintends feminine portions of the concern. He has educated two of his brother's chil dren for the ministry, and is said to be quite liberal in development matters. Such a specimen of inteligent reckless ness and educational depravity cannot probably be paralleled on the continent. Having seen this man and talked with him I know what I write. He has changed his name so as not to disgrace his family. How TO GET RED OF TUE NATIONAL DEBT.—"There are twenty millions of people in the North. If each one of these would destroy a five cent curren cy note daily, it would amount to a Million of dollars in.a day toward the removal of the national debt. If this were done every day for a year it would diminish the debt by three hnndied and sixty Ave millions of dollars yearly, which is more than the whole internal revenue produces."—N. Even fog Post - Thereupon the Rochester (N. Y.,) Union (Dem.,)discourses : . "There are twenty millions of hairs on one or more yellow dogs. If each of these hairs could be made to yield a dollar a day, every day for a year, there would be enough realized by this time twelvemonth to pay off the entire debt and leave several thousand millions in the treasury. We presun't it will re quire no very elaborate argument to prove that this plan of getting rid of the National debt beats that of the Post all to pieces. Any one can see at a glance that it yields and pays off more rapidly, and what is best of all, leaves a hand some surplus for somebody to - steal." No doubt it is the latter consideration that causes the copperhead editor to pre fer the "yeller dog' plan: There was four different buildings fired in the village of Batavia on Monday night by incendiaries, but in each case the flames were suppressed before much damage was done. One of thesupposed incendiaries was observed in his nefa rious work, but escaped arrest after a long chase, The -John Hancock Chair and the table on which the Declaration of Inde pendence was signed, were presented to Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Friday, with great ceremony. A destructive fire occurred in the vil lage of Warsaw, Wyoming County, N. Y., on Tuesday night. Fourteen busi ness houses and a bank were burned. The lose is very large. AN OLD MAN GATHERED TO HIS Fnixams.--3n Liberty, Tioga county, Pa. - , - un 'February Ath, 1887, John' Liv ergood, sr., departed this life, aged 90 years, b months and 9 days. Mr. L. resided in Williamsport from 1802 until 1815, when he removed to Covington, now Liberty, township, Tioga county, he being one of the pioneers, where be resided until his death. While in this place he made the brick used in the old Court Boise. His father was killed by the Indians during the revolutionary war. Thus one by one the old land marks pass awny. In a few years the last survivor of those who struggled with British power and savage fury will be carried to that "bourne from whence no traveler returns." Mr. L. wasa true patriot, an exemplary Christian and leaves a name unstained by any crime. Five of his children, with a number of grand children survive to mourn_ his loss.—Lycorniv Gazelle. Horace Greeley having been addressed by a young man who is anxious to get rich, inquiring how that pleasant posi tion in life can be insured, Mr. Greeiy replies to the class in general, through a column in the Tribune. After com mending the aspiration to get rich through "honest, moral, diligent and useful' effort, although he does not consider it the highest ambition of life, the writer lays down these rules - 1. Firpily resolve nevcr to- owe debt. 2. ACquire promptly and thoroughly some useful calling. 3. Resolve not to be a rover 4. Comprehend that there is work almost everywhere for hint who can do it. . 5. Realizethathewhoearus sixpence per day more than be spends must get rich, while he who spends six-pence more than he earns must become poor. There are old and homely truths, but how much better offthousaxidaoryoung men would be if they would profit by them! COMMON SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA, —From the report of the late Superin tendent of Common Schools of Penn sylvania, we Obtain the following sta tistics, for the year ending June 4, 1886, exclusive of Philadelphia : Number of Schools, 12,773, being an increase of 225 over 1865. Number of pupils in attendance during the year, 649,519, being an increase of 19,935 over 1865.. Whole number of teachers, 14,- 841 males, 8,134, females, B,7o7—being an increase of 555 over 1865. Average salaries of male teachers per month, s34,34—females, 528,31. Total cost of tuition, s2,2ll,s2l,7o—increase of $220,- 740,87. Total cost of tuition, building And micellaneous expenditures, $3,266,- 509,00—increase, $491,824,94—:-State ap propriation, $354,8400. Total cost sys tem, including Philadelphia, in taxes levied and State appropriation, $1,196;* 258,67. SAMAPABILLA.—'-This tropical root has a reputation wide as the world, for curing one class of disorders that afflict mankind—a reputation too which it de serves as the best antidote we possess for scrofulous complaints. But to be brought into use, its virtues must be concentrated and combined with other medicines that increase its power. Some reliable compound of this charac ter is much needed in the community. Read the advertisement of Dr. Ayer's Sarsaparilla in our columns, and we know it needs no encomium from us to give our citizens confidence in what he offers. [Organ, Syracuse, N. Y. WEALTH OF PENNSIILVANIA.—The product of coal in this State for the year 1866 is estimated in round numbers at 18,000,000 tons, representing a market value of about $80,000,000. The quan tity of petroleum produced during the , same period, is esti ted at nearly 90,- 000,000 of gallons, valued at $47 210,879. The product of pig iron was 646,268t0n5, valued at $31,020,821. The combined value of these three products for the year Ives $158,231,208. George Ellar, charged with having committed a rape upon A daughter of Thos. Leis, was shot and killed by Leis, in the Court of Quarter Sessions, at Philadelphia, as he was entering the dock for trial Wednesday morning. It is considered certain that the de termined resistance of the Cretans and the spirit of concession recently. shown by the Turkish Government will result in the complete independence of the Island of Candia. Wanted. A YOUNG LADY to do general House-Work ,tl. Apply at Young's Book Store. aloha-tr. Mansfield Planing S. S. GILLETT, Proprietor. A LARGR RTOCK OR GRAIN gist received A from Buffalo. FLOUR, of the b, at quallty, always on hand. Alto, PEED. Prices as low u elsewhere. Mansfield, March 6,1867-4 w. DISSOLUTION.—The firm of Phelps a Pits gerald is tide day (Peb. 27,1867,) dissolved by mutual consent All accounts and demands will be settled at their ace in Oceola. GEO. W. PHELPS, W. T. SITZGBIIALD NEW FIRM.—The business will hereafter be conducted under the arm name of Skinner & Fitsgerald. We solicit a continuance of put pat ronage. LEVI SKINNER, W. T. FITZGERALD. Oceola, March 6,1867-3 w. MONEY, FREE A 8 WATER. -10,000 tire Local and Traveling Agents, Male or Female, of all ages, are wanted to solicit trade in every City, Town, Village, Hamlet, Workshop and Factory, throughout the entire world, for the most saleable novelties ever known.-500 Per Cent. and Ready Sale Wherever Offered!! Smart men and women can make from $5 to $5O per day, and no risk of loss! A email capital re• attired of from $2O to s loo— the more m one y in vested the greater the profit. No Roney required in aduance—tee first tend the articles and ...receive pay afterwards! If you actually wish to mike money rapidly and easily, write for full particu lars and address MILNOR & CO., (Pram Paria,) feb27'67-Iy. 210 Broadway, Now York City Ayer's i Sarsaparilla IS a concentrated extract of ± the choice root, so Gm. ST bated with other substances of of still greater alterative poir c! or ao to atom ortootw on. ).! _ adote for diem= Struparills ." 1 " is /vomited to Mlle. Snob • is surely wanted by those who safer from Sermons complaints, and that one which will accomplish their, cure must prove, as this has proved, of immense service to this large class of our afflicted fellew.eitizens. How completely this compound will do it, has boon proven by experiment on many of theovorst cases to be found in the following complaints:— Scrofula, Scrofulous Swellings and Sores, Skin Diseases, Pustules, Blotches, Eruptions, Bt. An thony's Fire, Rose or Erysipelas, 'fetter or Salt Rheum ' Scald Head, Ringworm, cbc. Syphilis or Venereal Disease is expelled from the system by the prolonged use of this &reaps- and the patient is Mit in comparative health. Female Diseases are caused by Scrofula in the blood, and are often soon cured by this Extract of Sarsaparilla. Do . not reject this invaluable medieine, because you have been imposed upon by something pre tending to be Sarsaparilla, while it was not. When you have used dyer's—then, and not till then, will you know the virtues of Sarsapsuilla. For minute particulars of the diseases it cures.we refer you to Ayer's American Almanac, which the agent below named will tarnish gratis to all who call for it. " Ayer's Cathartic Pills, for the cure of Costive neu, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Dysen tery, Foul Storoaoh, Headache, Piles, Rheuma time, Heartburn arising from Disordered Stomach, Pain or Morbid Inaction of tho Bowels, Flatu lency, Lou of Appetite, Liver CoMplaint, Drop sy, Worms, Gout, Neuralgia, 'and as & Dinner Pill, are unequalled. They are sugar coated, so that the most sensi tive can take them with pleasure, and they are the best Aperient in the world for all the purpo. ems of a family physic. Prepared by Dr. J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass., and sold by all Druggists and dealers In medicines everywhere. Sold in WeUsboro by J. A. Roy. moh6-2m. CLENDEB, Brandt, Maxine sad - March Cloaks, at Ideal9] POLETS LOOK AT THIS ! r - BULLARD ik MAN ARE NOV SELLING' ALL WINTER GOODS - - °ET at coat, preparatory to putting toa nice selected SPRING STOCK. OUR CLOTHING is desirable at cost prices. We are getting up SUITS as the lowest 'possible ,priess and have given anivereal satisfaction. We have made this bargain with every one that we bars sold to and stilt condone to do so. Order your CLOTHING of us, and if doea not fault we cannot teipect a sale. EMPRESS CLOTHS, MB BINOS, de., SELLING OFF AT COST. We Laos ow. tormally Mee assorted stook of PRINTS, Dr.LAINES, &c., SWEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, STRIPES, DENIMS, Se., at the lowest possible market prices. BOOTS AND SHOES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY AND GROCERIES, HATS, - CAPS, &e =I Call and see us . 0. BULLARD, A. A. TRUMAN WoUsboro, Bab. 27, 1887. NEW ARRANGEMENT! Wilson do Van Valkenburg. gave established themselves at NO. 2, UNION BLOCK, lately occupied by P. D. Bunnell They propose to carry OD a lint backless in DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, MERCHANTAIIORING AND FtrfiNlfftMF - GOODS ON MONDAY MARCH 4, 1867, They expect to opea - aat a new cad choice steak SPRING GOODS. The Senior partner boa had a large experience in Merchant Tailoring. and it is the intention of the new firm to pat this branch of cheir business beyond anocessfal competition. '1 Wellabor°, Fab. 20, 1267-tf CATITION.—Whareu, my wire, Emma, has left my bed and board without just cants or provoeation. I hereby caution all persons against harborieg or trusting her on my account for I shall pay no debts- of her contracting after this data. EDWARD., UPDY Titeltioa, Bib. 27,1867-3 w PATENT ,WIIITE WIRE, • FOR CLOTHES LINES. We beg leave to GM the altentitn of the put, lie to an entirely new quality of Wire k nowt.; s White Wire. pos.essing a cool log which prei.e,j ts it from ever corroding or turning from as unit, fm whiteness during any number of years, and h e which Letters Patent has been secured It liar been found to be the only article suitable for a clothes line, except the old-fashioned rope or cord, which always gives ao much trouble and annoyance by breaking, rotting out, and discol oring clothes, and by being obliged to put It up and take it down every time used. With this Wire Clothes Line you have none of these annoy ances, and when it is once pot up it gives you to more trouble until the stakes or posts rot down t o which it is attached. After using it we are eon. fident you will fully corroborate thy statements of tbotuande of others in its praise Over 300,- 000 lines already told, and every family should end willliave one. It will not change, thou g h you may keep it under water for any length of time; hence, you see, it cannot discolor clothes like a rope or cord. Size of Wire, No. 0. Six Reasons why every family shoidd have one of these Patent White Wire CIA, : Lister : Tat- Yon never bay, to take it in no matter what the weather may be; the weather canna alket Is.. . 2d. It will last from twenty-Ave to fifty years at least, and daring that time you will wear out fifty ordinary noels, besides suffering an untold amount of trouble and annoyance with them 3d. It Is the cheapest Line in the world, to ay nothing of its great convenience A good rope line costs about 2 camp per toot, and this only .4 cents. This will last a life hate, wide that with good care will last about a year. The Wire, at 25 cents per foot, would be cheaper than a rope line. 4th. You cannot load it heavy enough with clothes, and the wind never blows strong enough to break it. sth. It does not in any way discolor or injure clothes that are hung upon it. Bth. It wilt save its price in saving you trouble sad annoyance every three months you own it. The Wire is annealed before coating, which make. it very soft and tough. It can never be broken in the use ftir wbtch It Is Intended. Price four and a half cents per foot. Ul.ll amount for a good line, 75 to 105 feet. Clotbeo are fastened to It with the common clothes pin. PRO3I THE PRESS The following editorial notices from Cue Tr, bnne, Independent and Christian Advocate. are among the many newspaper testimonials whtch we bare received, bat apace will not allow us introduce more here ; The American White Wire Clothes-liar, i” superior article in its way. It does not injure clothes, and is almost itidestruetable. Ever) housewife should use it. We are new using it.— N. Y. Tribune. The Patent White Wire Clothes-tine, is all it purports to ba—a most Indispensable article. It does not iojare the clothes, and never wears out. Elery house will ultimately have Y. 1.- (lc-pm:fin I'. Tun WHITE Wtns CLOTHE!, Lren.—Among the special annoyances of the washing day are to be reckoned high up the list the ill adaptation of clothes linos. The old cord or rope has done much good terries; but what with its breaking, rotting one, discoloring the clothes, and the an noyance -of potting up and taking down each week is not quite a perfect article. A substitute is now offered in the " Patent White Wire Clothes Line." for sale by the American Wire Company, 14k Broadway. The peculiarity of this wire it in its coating, which, it is said, never become.. broken. We have seen it used, and tied that it gives entire sattsfactlon.—N. Y. Cdrisiiau Cate. II- 12. TIES, Agent, Tiogn, Penn'a Feb- 27, 1867-tf. FARMERS' EXCH ANGE 0. G. VAN VAL/IE6E7EG & BRO. AVING purchased the Store lately oc,u pied by William Townsend, are ready to supply customers with PORK, HAMS, SHOULDFRS, WHITE FISH MACKEREL, CODFISH, SMOKED HALIBUT, FLOUR, CORN NEAL, BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, FEED, ANi/ ALI HEAVY GROCERIES WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. and at reasonable prices FARMERS & OTHERS Will lithl it to their advantage to tall and look at Mr Stock before purebteing elsewhere. Remember tbe place, TOWNSEND'S OLD STAND MAIN STREET, WELLSBORO, PESS'A. Feb. 27, 1.457-If. Guardian's Sale B Y virtue of an order of the Orphane lla Cu of the County of Tinga to me direct-d, se linardlan of Druxilla Jane Mann, Charles Mont. Franklin Mann, Lewia Mann, Isaac Mann. cad Same. Mann, rainyr children of ISAAC Mann, de ceased, I will expose for sale at public vendor or outcry on the 25th day of March next, at 2 o'- clock in the ofternoon, on the premises to the highest and best bidder, All that certain ptece or lot of land sluts ed in the township of Tioga in said county, cuntsin• lag about three acres and bounded on the eau, south ant west by lands of John Magee, eel north by the Farmington road, and land of minor dhildreu of said Isaac Mann, deceased, sod being the sonth.east corner of a lot of land he' longing to the heirs of said Isasto Mann, situates In the said township of Tinge, No. 20 of the al lotment of Bingham lands in said townruip containing 148.1 acres, and Akso—Another certain ,piece or lot of land pert of the said lot of 146.1 acres, beginning at the north-west corner of said lot of hind on the east side of the road'lesding to the Covetthe.qt, river; thence along the road leading to the Tinge river easterly twenty rods to a stake in or Dear the fence; theme sou th erly parallel lathe sald road leading to the Cowanesque river fifteen rods to a staker, thence westerly parallel with ,aid read leading to Tioga river twenty rods to the east side of said road leading to the Cowanesque river; thence along the same northerly fifteen perches to the place of beginning—contaum; two acres more or less, including a part of said roads, Terms—Cash ou delivery of deed for the &nue C. U. SEYMOUR, Guardian. Tioga, Feb. 20, 1807-sw. THE PARKER PLOW WE, tbe-senderrigned Farmers of Chen:tun; Co. N. Y., have in use the Porker Plow. We esteem them the but we bareever used for lightness of draft, perfection of w'ork. and Q uo in holding. We consider them nearly, or quito eye third easier draft than -any others we bore used. E. B. Owen, Jonas Parks, Joseph IL Lowe. F. M. Connell, 31. D. Bennett, Horace Bennett. and some fifty others. We claim this to be the bast 4 Tron beam Plow ever lISCIOd9OIIIIInto this country, and also that in Point. or workmanship and finish it has no to per3ou. ' To insure o wido use of them this 000000. offer them at the following low prices for dahvered at depot. or at my store in liorsebes For single Plows with wheel and clevlse eao plate, - - - - - a 0 /10 Fiu lots of ten at ono order, - 9PO For extra Points, - _ - For extra Cutters, Farmers, send and get a sample Pion at once: If it suits club together and get your supply ea wholesale price. If the sample Floe doe' , ry t selt„ return it free of charge and I will rem"' your money. Orders by mail enclosing castr promptly tended to in the order received Low , late. Address, E. A. FABSF. 6 . Horseheads, N. Y. P. S. note of my old customers needing repairs for Stoves sold them in Wei Wier() eau be supplied by addressing as above. Yob. 20, 1861-eotr4w.
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