The Tioga County agitator. (Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa.) 1865-1871, May 29, 1867, Image 2
[From the Army and Navy Journal, May 18.] • ,TRE VIELIJASZI N 41. the discharge (on bail) of Jefferson Davis from Fort Menree, a lame and impotent conehision rounds efrwhat,at best has been a shabby and disgraerul affair. ,The fair :commentary; on the release of Jefferson Davis (if; as' is Nob alge; he shall be discharged in ‘`Novient -1)0), will be that treason is not• a crime, or. if it be one, is so trivial a- Weakness that it.must not be' punished=-the 'well known oratorleal utterance of Senator Andrew Johnson to the eontrar:y not withstanding. As the case stands, we are all abashed with :a conviction that the great gulf fixed of old betwitt "loy . altyl .and. "oathbreaking" has been somehow filled up, so that the ancient landmarks are gone, and the wily crime committed by the Confederacy Was -the crime oti:not achieving success. The stk. years'' career now f•OnSinn ulated have added to Jefferson Davis abundant celebrity. without clothing hini in the least with historicgreatticss. The true hero of our day, the figure which will ever hereafter loom ..up above others in enduring suprentacy;. is that ungainly, uncomely one of,-the martyr President, the rival as the fee of . Jefferson Davis, and between Witoni and Davis, and between whose- disciples and adruirersand those of Davis, =there Can never be any . joint-propriatorship of Of glory and honor. Davis Nxias physic catty safer, indeed,. in underinAning , the .epubllo than Lincoln in Saving it. The work of the latter cost him his life it. the moment - of success, by The liand I of an emissary of the rival cause r $ ;Mr. Davis walks, free and• untram. rtielled, and is not called-to account fnr' his career. It is some satisfaction, hOWever, to know that. Ir. Davis will kC!), down to histor -, though unwhipped of justice, at leastngilded by any mis leading romance. The inisympathetie and arrogant, elements in his tempera : raent ill-fitted him] to carry a nation with him by the h force,of personal devo tion. ave been - whatever romance might ', n thrown around him by the -.;" 'failure of his cause was entirely removed • by the very prosaic? embarrassing, in . :-fact ludicrous, circumstances of • his overhauling and capture in qeorgia.i Perhaps, also, this present quiet way of his disappearing from'the stage of his tory is practically better tham the cere mony of a State trial, which could not have failed, to increase his notoriety. The career of Jeff' Davis as President commenced - in February, 1861, thus an tedating that of our own President Lin - coin; •it substantially ended, four years later, on the 2d day of April, 1865. On that fatal Sunday, Lee's courier hastily , 'entered St. Paul's Church, in Rich mond, and calling out the Confederate Pr. 0,4- 1 dent, told hini' the ddom ofhis capital. The sarnE night Davis be an his new role as' fugitive'from justi 1- Flying to Dansville, he had the m nstrous con ceit and hardihood to make'', a "procla mation," on the sth of April, announ cing that "we-have now entered upon a new phase orthe struggle. Relieved from the necessity of guarding partieu 'A tar points, our army will be free to move ffrona point to point, to strike the enemy 'ln detail, far from.his base!", Poor Jeff! Reading his proclamation now, the whole tide of four, years' mendacity by which' the Confederacy was so long floated floods back • dpon the. memory, ( and and again tvq•lare surrounded by those famous "blessings in disguise," in this same manifesto, `II will never consent," said,poor Davis, "to abandon to the enemy one foot of the soil - of cony one-of the States -of the Confederacy. .. Virginia shall be held and defended, and no peace ever, be made • with the infamous invaders of her territory." And so forth, and so on, • "wit 4 uncon quered and unconquerable, • hearts." Four days later, Lqe bad -surrendered, and Davis and his baggage had lied in continently from Danville to Greens boro. On the 18th of April Davis' fled. from Greensboro, via Charlotte, aeroSs South- Carolina. On the 9th of May he reached the little historic tOwn of Ir -winsville, Georgia, and there, next - morning, he was captured by colonel Pri,tchard's 4th Michigan, while at tempting to escape to . the spring, dis guised as his wife's "old mother,' with a shawl over his head and a tin pail in his hand. It was the farce after the tragedy, and the world rang with laugh ter,which forever destrOyed tb,—,,,,...., orAt - r. Jefferson Davis' exploits. ' #e was conducted (in male attire)' to Fort Monroe on the 19th of May, and served out nearly two years there be - fore "freedom of locomotion," as his eotinsel expressed it, Was granted. A desperate eflbrt was formerly made by - most of the newspapers of that humane and gentle nation Which has lately taught is how to treat rebels' in Jama ica iThd India. to manufacture sympathy for Jeff Davis. What space the En glish papers could spare from e. using the atrocities of Andersonville, _l43„by, and Belle Isle, was filled with pictures 'of the horrible tortures of Jeff - Davis - at Fort Monroe. He was allowed ne bohks, . and was going to die! i He was dwiti= 'Wing away perceptibly under inquisi torial. tortures—the Americans -were 'barbarous to their captives ! Had one tithe of the honors that anguished the fourteen , thousand brave boys of ,the North who, in tWoyears, died at One single prison in the South, been inflicted on Davis, he would long ago have gone to encounter them in the next world. But Davis, despitd the innuendoes of the Saturday Review, waxed better and better in health—not only lived, but "thrived . " und6r Yankee barbariqes.. The questionof Davis' trial °proba bly ended. Between President and titipreme Court, between 6 . 3,11 and mili tary tribunals, it has been batted to and fro like a shuttleetiek between, battle dores, till now the play is over. We do not propose to say anything elaborate on a subject which it is now almost use less to discuss. Nevertheless, it may be Set down as true that thetime was when the summary, but fair, trial by court- Martial of Jefferson Davis would have 'been applauded as an act of justice ,throughout the land. The President once said, in Memorable words, that "it was time the peopleof the United States should learn that treason was a crime." The boot appears to be on the ether leg. The people think that they are the only people who do know that treason is a crime. With the final discharge of Jefferson Davis, however, the questioil of treason will probably go undecided into history-. Or, if it 'be exhumed at some 'distant day, it'will appear insome dry, legal diction, interesting as a. pro fessional opinion, but taking no vital hold as a fact upon the people of the Republic. The Ev.ening' Telegraph, in an article upon th e importance of selecting a safe man for Vice Presidency, nialtes this good point upon Andrew Johnson : We (want as good a man for Vice _President. Above all, he should be. a man concerning whose political fidel ity there is no doubt. Our, political system obliges all parties to repose con fidenceln tho men they nominate.— We hold that the breach of this con ' fidence is about the highest - political crime that a man can commit. What, for instance, would be thought of a Presidential Elector, elected by a cer tain party, as all our Electors, are, for the express purpose of voting for the ' distinctly specified nominees of the party, who should betray- his trust, and vote for the opposing candldates Would not every honest man Aespisei and'execrate him ? Would an shal- t low, hypocritical *pleas of " • above pat," " the good of the coun try," and all that, avail him anyth hag ? But wherein would such treachery as this be less glaring or fess odious than that which was exhibited by Andrew Johnson in deserting and betraying the Republican party, by joinhig the Deinocrats ? - The Atlantic cable Of 1866 has ceased working, and the disaster is attributed to damage done by an ,iceberg which grounded,olV the harbor of Heart's-Con tentoOn Vie evening of the 4th instant, 'and is supposed to have broken ti e ea bk li .( The cable at that point t .s in abo2t sixteen fathcans of water. %ht. igitatov. WELLEIBORO, RENN'A.. WEDNESDAY, „MAY, 290867. 0 I .1 7 t, 0 :1;1 40 . THE CROPS.—Thursday and Friday of last wea. we devoted to a flYing, visit to ToWanda, via. Waverly. The mud was deep hence to Tiogri c and the clouds lachrymotte. Every Where we observed about - the same backwardness as reigns hereabout. 14<fact, there is scarcely any difference, -as- regards the state of the farmers' work, between :the uplands of Tioga ana the'valleys ttt' the .Chetlung and North Branch : But we can bear testimony to the breadth and promise of the wheat crop everywhere, We saw, proliably„thous ands of acres of wheat, and not a square rod of poor growth. The crop is vig orous and well advanceil, and old far mers admit that it was never i better. Beyond this the earth is barren of Crops, save in a few acne of oats - here and there, sowed ,biltOen 'Showers on light- lands. :The meadows and _pas tures are in good condition; apple or chards are just ready to burst into un usually luxuriant bleetn: . In short, though late, the season bears ,isigns' of extraordinary productiveness, and we see no reason why the people should have forebodings of famine. A BRACE "OF FIiDISORETIONB. ii•Vhen wine is in wit is out, saith the old proverb. We are notsurprised, then, that during-a press dinner in Richmond after the release of Jefferson Davis on bail, Mr. Jos. Macfarland, a correspon dent of the Washington Chronicle, pro posed ,a toast to " Jefferson Davis, the soldier andthe mini." Mr. Macfarland resemtiles • a 10-horse power engine in motion, without governor or balance wheel. This deseribeS his nermal con dition : when quickened by potations his eccentricity is - innelt accelerated. We recollect when Macfarland was a reporter on the Chronicle, 1:10* be came to us one day in a state of perspiring excitement, and related the particulars of a new invention for navigating the air. The machine operated by gravita tion= the navigator starting from the ground and proceeding in ever ascend ifig spirals, and returning to terra firma at pleasure. He was so full of the fly ing machine, and do annoyed by the ri dicule bestowed upon it, that he acted like a man bereft of reason. His toast for Jeff Davis, therefore, is sufficiently explained to those who know the man. Mr. Greeley has written a letter to the Union League of which he is a member, and in reply to an invitation to address the League in explanatiorrof his giving bail for David., His letter is character istic:, trenchant, passionate, and suc cessful', regarded as a vindication of his consistency. But with hi's right to bail DaviS nobody tulles issue. We do not like his consistency. His argument, if reduced f practice, would. empty every Penitentiary in the land- ten days. Of the sturdy honesty of Horace Gree t ley.we never entertained-a doubt ; his chivalric devotion to the cause of hu man'progress we never denied i f but his judgment has infirmities, and his oppo sition to the firthdleation of law bir zun alties is an infirmity. We hope he may be right when he says that the rising generation . will select this last act of magnanimity as the Most laudable of his life; but we think he is mistaken. The people want to know,-not if trea son be the highest crime, but)lf it be a crime at all. Mr. Greeley has pronoun ced an opinion touching this which is not in accord with the belief of his co ,:laborers; and he will do well to bear in mind the fact, that the man who is thor oughly convinced of the justice of his eourse, can afford to bear criticism nor exhibit so much distemper as he does undeic the operation. He Pas never suffered criticism -by his co-laberers without showing a vast deal of temper. This cannot prevent a free canvass of hiS public acts by his friends. He is at borne on a "scold," and nobody will deny his right to scold, any more- than anybody deniesl his right to bail Jeff Davis. But the propriety of both, is a legitimate subject of inquiry and' com ment. • Mr. Greeley is mistaken. The dis satisfaction of his friends touching his, becoming bail for Jefferson Davis isl not destined to eventuate in shame' within three years. from date. The peo -I:deaw, ff. still see—in Jeff. Davis the worst criminal of the r age. They de-. manded, not his -release, but his trial for treason ; • They desire to have it de cided, now, whether there is any crime called treason ; and if there be, then they want to know whether it b& a crime of greater Magnitude than rob bing a hen-nest. Not that the Repub licans wish to rebel against the powers that be", Rave at the ballot box ; but that all good citizens feel that now is the time to give full and`fair notice that fufl tore rebellion will be punished severe -IY. We do mikt misapprehend Mr. ,Greeley's motives. Mr. Greeley Mis apPrehends the nature of the case.-- That is the difficulty. ' Much has been forgiven him in th past; whether he can live:down the e ‘t, of his last act of magnaniMity, or not remains to be We fear 'that • cannot. The error touches principlT. It was a mag nifying of the importance of To-Day, to the great damage of To-Morrow, and Next Day. Grant that Davis could not have been convicted by a Virginia jury; the trial should have been made long ago ;.and as it was not 'made then, it ought to have been made later. seen ' The Legislature of Massachusetts has just defeated a Liquor license bill by the decisive tote of 161 nays t 0,64 yeas. That ~State, therefore, signifi6 its deter mination to retain Prohibition on its statute book. . • In September a convention of Liqulr sellers is acl4ertised to' meet at Albany, N. Y., with a view to inaugurate measures to abolish the present Excise Law of that State. The subject of _Temperance seems to be very generally before the people, and we hope that there will be no thuthing on either side.. Let every man put himself on the record. The Canipaign of 1868 may becon . oh:feted . , can National Committee has issued its address, setting forth the thn,.igsues up on hiring questions, and'- asking. for meauktorosecate a vigoronsCampaign in the South: 'While we' wo uld not in ,anYwi,Se oissfsviioto in the, *nth,-eve`' 'mush .sad' that intelligent farmers alw aye - work theiic , beat, odu cing lands when they expect large crops.; We expect the . chief - work -- of electing al reliable man:President next year will devolve upon the Itcpublitans of the North. The Republicans of the North can do it without a costly canvass of thaSouth. . _ _ • „ , It is not too early to open ,the Cam paign. It his high time that the peo ple should . express their preferentes, not for any man, but 'for tlie kind,' of a moo they will support. If we are, not greatly mistaken the Republican Mass es will not willingly support any it available man for the place. They will not experiment further in the matter of , President making. They want a man whose r4cord is witiaotiqa blemish ; who recognizes_ some higher object in life. than that , of personal aggrandizement;` who Is deeply iinpressed,'with the fact of the vital importance of firmness in the work of reconstruction ; and a man superiot to the . blandishments ,of po sition. TEVananagers of Conventioni''.'must consult the temper of public sentiment before they commit themselves t% any of the-candidates named for President. In 1864 the nomination of 'Andrew Johnson - for Vice, President was a -rst iy sop thrown to the South ;, a sort of special pleader for the natiFiAlism of the Republican party. No' more of that. There is no man 'who can he trusted- im events, there is none fairer than did Andrew Johnson. Therefore let there be no thought'. of selecting. any man or men not thorough ly reliable. Let there be no more shuff ling, but a hewing to the lithe of strict principle. One Andrew Johnson is load enough Tor any century ; and it is the duty of the 'Republican masses to see to it that the 19th century does not go down among the ages with a broken back. The Washington Correspondent of the N. Y. Express lately charged in a letter to that paper, that Col. Forney and Clinton, Loyd had disposed of the franchise — of - the Baltimore and Potomac R. R. to the Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Company for half-a million dollars ; and that Col. Forney received , $200,000 and Mr. Lloyd $45,000. Of course every Copperhead paper made' haste to copy the letter and tip condemn Messrs. For ney and - Lloyed in harsh terms. The Lancaster Examiner, Republican, also . picks up the crumb and uses very harsh language toward Col. FOl'lley—foo harsh to be credited to mere disapproval of the proceeding. However, Odin Bowie, Esq., President or the first named Com pany, publicly declares that neither Col. Forney nor Mr. Lloyd are, or were ever, stockholders, or owners bf the franchise, and that no sale of the fran c4ise has . ' taken place. Col. Forney and Mr. Lloyd were among the original contractors for the con s truction of the . road, and assigned theircon tract to par ties selected by the Board of Directors. That is all there is of this last bugaboo eibews.ogis.als tIGUCtito 'Lien. - The Examiner must aPologize for its gratuitous abuse of Messrs. Forney and Lloyd, or stand convicted of permit ting personal - feeling to get the better of correct judgment. At the late charter electiOn s in Wil liamsport; Logan, DeMocrat, was elect ed Mayor by a majority of 66. The Re publicans carried the Select and Com mon Councilti by a good Majority. So the government of the city will remain in the hands of the Republicans, as be fore. We are not sorry that the dlepubli cans of Williamsport h4ve been pun ished a little in the defeat of their can didate for Mayor, though Mr. Wallace deserved a better fate. But when a par ty elects such , a man as the late Mayor it must expect a judgment o follow. Some of the newspapers having come down_ pretty heavily on Horace Greeley for volunteering as a sur ty for Jeff. 'Davis; Mr. G. explains his 'position as follows: " Some friends have writ en to ask if the Editor of THE TRIBUNE does not propose to offer any defense agAinst the attacks and incivilities to whieit he has .been subject for volunteering to, stand security that Jeffersoft Davis will be on hand whenever the Government shall see fit to put him on trial, He can only say that, thus far, he has found nothing ht thesescurrilities that seemed to re qUire an answer. But, if he have any real friend who needs further light on the subject, he asks that friend to read the speech which he made last Tuesday evening to alarge assemblage of the peo ple of Virginia, embracing the Gover nor, most of the' higher Judges, with ninny other high officials, and a large proportion of the most respeeted_citi zens. Those who shall read that speech attentively will have all the explana tion that we car© to give or can imagine requisite; and If there be any. still dis salisliekthey are abundantly welcome to remain - so: We have worked hard many ±ears' to little purpose if many persons o - partake of the spirit mani festeds-ihe columns. of the Evening Pont and of the Commercial still remain among our habitual readers." Au editor - of a Virginia "conserva tive" paper says the election in Con,. necticut was nothing but aft April fool operation for the Democracy, as they elected for Governor a man who voted for the abOliOon of slavery in the District of Columbia, and for every war measure proposed by the abolitionfits. In fact, the new ,Governor Of Connecti cut is as much au abolitionist as Ben. Wade or Thad Stevens. This Virginian is well posted, and tells the facts right out. , Re, evidently, don't fancy abo litionists. CHOKED TO DEATH.—A little Oa, aged about four years, daughter of Mr. William Brittain of Phelps Mills, came to an untimely end on Tuesday ?f last week, by choking to death. It appears that while the mother was out getting water the child , got a piece .of pickle which stuck in her throat, causing her death before her niother returned.—Jer sey Shore Vid,ett. Since . his lijeration at Richmond on Monday of la. t week, Jefferson Davis has been spending the time at a fash ionable hotel in New Ydrk. His pres ence has caused very Little -sensation in the city, and he hzls only been called on by a few Copperheads, .who were prominent as sympathizers with the Rebellion. It is said that he is going to Canada to spend the summer. _.. . . , - Chanaing to Pais tliiiiigh the little hamlet (or borough) of Mainsburg, one cannot fail to ob.. serve the marked'improveinente every where vis ible. The old well-known dry goods firm of Fox A Witter, has given way tea new one (Clark. A Cudworth), the old staniMdrugratore) formerly occupied by-pr. RobbinsOs OW 'in' , the Posses• sion of Dr. G. D. Maine - i ttphysteiiin.,of merit and long practice. ,"Our jovial old friend Itritts dage still loldff , forth,. Artook,the old stand, riribi, styled National liotel.,lll - .IK , r ow jobil, sow did not stop there while on his pil Image to 4 , 03 the tomb"of Douglas.) The Steam P ring Mill, under the guidance of the bond Brotberi is•doingl a fine business in feeding the hungry,leth brute. `and human. This tioro had the bad fortune tol, lose (by fire) a very cosy little school bourse, but ie now preparing, by mithority derived' from the; Assembly; to erect another, and the leaf •altall i greatly exceed the first. The- roads hereabout: are decidedly damp, both our head and under' foot; tee-bottom. seems _to-have fallen out in many instances, but the good natured John who drives the fast coach from Troy to Mansfield, toe tillol that' there' i ottom to every foot of road O y 'on the route. gladl accept this ' estimony, as I bad no -time oex ore. 1 I. Mansfield kill xiiis , and i prow:meats are (2 rapid. The long , neglected ron Works , are nearlrready for the blast, up er tlfh , direction of • Win. Lots :Esq. The briclf has again been • called ineo requisition, and it is expected that a heavy draft will be undo UpoW its "boundleis re -1 Sources. The south-wee% 'Corner of Main and Wellsboro'itreets; is the site foiti new brick block *of three, stores; these are to be erected by L' Cniamings,ttheMan of enterprise: • The betel that was'blown down a few weeks-since is now ready for the inside work the roof , is to be nearly fiat and covered with a preparation of tar and gravel, thus rendering it fire-proof. , . Mr. Cummingslde deserves the credit of being foremost in building up the town, and . this , should have. Rio property has been destroyed by the elements, but ho falters not in hie purPose, and the greater portion of his woe: Is executed by' his own right arm.Ml honor to tba'working-man f A now Grocery hiss lately 'sprung into exist ence, (Mansfield has only six) under the manage moot of Mr.Ghas. W. Brown, on the - "-Live and let live" principle. The "firm of 'North Jo Knowl ton, corner. Main and Elmira . ° street, has given way to - J. W. Wilhelm, who ie doing a gookbp shwas. The visitor will find ,himself amply re paid by calling at Spencer's Art Gallery, on El mira atreat. The proprietor has evidently spared no pains - to make his saloon second -to none in in Northern Pennsylvania. The walls of the vis itors' room are decorated, with fine portraits of prtiminent men. of the country and county, dis tinguished educators, literary characters, artists, Ac., while the main saloon is hung with views of ancient cities, ruins of Pompei, lately excavated. The Coliseum at Rome, the Leaning TOwer, Church of St. Mark, scenes in the City of Ven ice, etc. Mr. S. hatinearly ready a large solar Camera, by which he will be able to copy por traits of any style or kind, producing from the small photograph, styled Carte de Visite, a por trait of full life size. Lot him be encouraged to "go on to perfection." Mr. 'P. V. Clark, our efficient R. R. Agent, is erecting a fine dwelling house on Church street, that will add much to the street as well as to the place. -Prof. Allen is not so narrow-minded as to confine his attention en tirely to subjects' pertaining to the Normal School, Kit is now engaged in improving and mending his ways by the use of planks and ten-peony nails; and if would be well if Mansfield should conclude to look more closely to its footing in the way of good and safe aide-walks, in which case even Canton add Troy may tremble for their popularity. Lot the good work continue. RAMBLER. REPUDlATlON.—Bondholders trembl e. Men . who sustained our Goverment with their hard earned wealth, during the trying hours of rebelliA, doubtless, be pleased to read the follow ing clipping which we take from the Mobile Tribune : " Only let the cry , of 'Down with the money aristocracy, be -skilfully and periststently kept up in a country like the late United States, and there will be the mischief to pay in a very short time. "It was by such a cry that the hosts of Abolitionisia were mustered for the overthrow of Southern' institutions.— There is, as Mr. Johnson remarked, a new aristocrocy, and one of the most 'odious character, erected on the ruins of that which has been overthrown. Al ready has' the lever been planted under the new concern, and there are sturdy workers at the end of it. Less than a year ago ' Brick.' Pomeroy inserted that lever, to the horror of hundreds of his own party, not a man of whom dared then to lend a helping hand for the purpose of prying up the Radical, most er by the roots. "Now there are upwards of 'a hund red papers tiging cheerfully on the lever's end. ]very shipload of. initcki fiNglaTfitElin4liteUr:l4aartiastreniritll for this movement. "The negro vote, which isafixed fact, may and .will be turned in the same di rection. Let it be explained to the ne groes that out of every 400 pounds of the cotton' raise they pay 325 to a' New England master. The new master gets more clear profit from the negro's labor than his former master ever got, and ho lives away oiryonder in New England, never caring a continental how his ne groes fare, so long as he puts. -Into- his pocket fully one-third of all his nigger, earns. Everybody in the South kdows how negroes used to fare - when their masters did not live on, the plantations with them, to see that they were prop erly clothed and not overworked, and received necessary attention when sick. The negro& have changed masters and been terribly swindled in the bargain. And they have nut got for masters the men by whose fighting they bechine free, but the men who sat down at home and had black substitutes killed for their benefit. "Down with the aris tocratic bondholders?" That is the battle-cry of the party that has entered the field to win." Verily, "whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad." THE C rims OF Moßaromtsyst.-Of course the immoral practices of the Mormon Blue-beards are a great scandal to our civilization ; but so is the debauchery of all our large cities and towns.. We do not know that the quasi marriageS of Salt Lake City are any more disgrace ful than the open and notorious concu- s binage which prevails In other places and passes-even In official circles, with out, execration. We have hefolv ex: pressed ouropinion of the proper method to get rid l of this ,disgrace. ,Utah , to Gentile daylight, and Old heathenigh religion Will fade away. Let good-locilt 7 ; ing and robust young riie t i goAbere sparking, and no woman W rth shucks, will be content with a vulgar fraction of an' old dried-up saint. We verily be., lieve, from all we can 'learn, that'aiii ug lier or more hateful set of wompti than the spiritual wives of the Mormon el ders cannot be found. Unless travelers lie—and we know they neverdo--these ladies select their husbands onthe ciple that half of a loaf is better than. no bread. They cannot get in the old Statesl a husband apiece,, so •they go to Utah and take a fraction. Let in the Gentile - lovers, and they will solve the polyga= my question in a jiffy. Old Brigham's house would be a Mecca for' sparkers, and every nook and corner would 'be i full of amorous casinet looking for Goa , ' genial calico. Build the Pacific railroad and let the Gentiles in-this is the only solution to the Utah question.—.Plakea Galveston Bulletin. Gov. Geary was last week initiated Into the•ord er of Good Templars, at Har risburg, with imposing ceremonies.— The Governor has thus set an example men of exalted station worthy of im itation: The force of example, ,exerted by the great, is incalculable, and when it tends to encourage pernlcions habits,- Its power is wide-spread and irremedia ble. Gov. Geary has always been a• temperate man, but it appears has nev er been identified with any of the popu lar organizations for the _promotion of the cause of temperance. He has doubt less derived great personal benefit from has habits of sobriety, but his example has only been on the side of I t hose worst enemies of the good cause v3ho main tain the power of the individual will to overcome • drunkenness and resist the insidious advances of -the habit of in difiging in intoxicating beverages. .He has now placed hiroSelf squarely on the platform of the active temperance, men, determined to occupy no qtiestionable attitude towards the philanthropic or ganizattens engaged In the noble work of redeeming the land from the curse of intemperance.' Excellent resolution I Noble example i• 'Worthy Governor Letter from Rambler. =XII The Memphis Bulletin has the folloW- Ifig.-: , --W4) touldiseort woods ofllississippA and Alabama to-morrow, and drive before us-hundreds and thou sand 'of active, stalwart young white laborers, *IQ are wasting their time in utter and entire idleness, because they are too; outl 4 Or too lazy I to Many of the families to Which these . t y;oung iittialionds belong are, 104 shawl:: ing,eonditien ; some of them being.(tha actual .F,e.e.iiiients of charitY; fitnOtylk Freedmen's Bureau. George Bailer Oft, the historian; has been appointed Minister to Prussia, to thiyvabancY caused •by the- death of Mr: Wright. This is a good select ion, and is generally approVed. The appoint4cuentof Mr. Bancto9,however, serves to make the disiniSsal' of Mr. Motley appear still more disgraceful in'the eyes of the world. • ABBITT'S CELEBRATED SOAP' POW-, j) DER for washing Elannoli, for solo at Roy's Drug Brom DLASTEE, ! PLASTER 1— 9 aynga Plaster constantly on band at mymills ono mile above Mansfield, Tioga 00, Pa, May 29,'07-4w. CHAS. 21. OWENS. persons indebted to Geo. W. r Navel on notes or book account, aro given this last notice to pay up or 'be brought into court., , WM. DBRDYBHIRE. Wellaboro, May 29, 1887-3 w. : PUP I—All persons Indebted to E. 13. ,Carvoy on note or book aceountotre request ed to call and settle immediately or costs will be made Wollsboro, May 29, )867-3w ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.--Letters of administration having been granted to Amos C. Stearne, on the estate of Jno, 0. Stearns, late of New Jersey, dee'd, alt persons indebted to said estate, and all having claims against the same, will call and settle with JNO. GUERNSEY, at his office in Tioga. JNO. 0. STEARNS, • Tioga, May 29, 1867-6 t. -leer. A DMINISTRATOR'S NOME—Letters of administroion having been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Hozekiah iVood, late of Bloss township, doc'd, all persep indebt ed to said estate, and all having claims ovine the same will cull and settle with S. 11, WOOD, Adair Masa, May 29, 1867-6L' Glen's Falls Insurance llonapany GLEN'S FALLS, N. Y. Capital and Sandi:Li $373,63746 AILbI RISKS, only, takon. No Premium Notes required. It is LIBERAL. It pays damages by Light ning, whether Fire ensues or not. It pays for live stook killed by Lightning, in barns or in the field. Its rates aro lower than other Companies o equyil respo§sibility. LC. PRICE, Agent, Farmington Centror Tioga Co. Pa. May .21,), 1887.—1y0 ilobhester - Trout Flies. PRE Subscriber is agent for the above cerebra tedl_ Plies. Alsb a fine assortment of Lead ers, Kinsey Hooks, Smells, Braided ,Silk, Sea Grass lc Linen Lines, Trout Baskets, Fly Books, Gut, Fly Rods, Reels, &e., Ike. Shop in rear of Wm. Roberts'e•Tin Shop. , LORAN A. SEARS Wollsboro, May 29, 1867. Farm for Sale THE SUBSCRIBERhas a Farm for sale, lying cast of the road and a few rods south of the Welch Meeting House, containing about 90 aares—about 50 improved,'with an old frame house and good barn, a large orchard of the chef, cost fruit, and upwards of 400 maple trees, one well and' three living springs thereon. For fur ther particulate inquire either in person or through the Wellsboro, Post Office to D. G. EDWARDS. Charleston, May 23, 1867.-01. • New Goods AT oREATLY REDUCED PRICES HE Subscribers arq .now rooeiving almoe daily, New Goode, which wo aro nblo to eel , ery cheap. AS SAMPLES, WE' SELL Past colored Prints,' 12.} cants . Good Brown Shirtiugs,. In " Good Bleached Muslins , . 12k " &est DoLaines, 96 a .uest Gingua....„... .. • 25 " Bost Prints, 16;to 22 " Plno Bleached Mullins, ' 20 to 25 " Yard Wide Shootings, 16 to 20 " Beet Double and Twist Cottonades, 50 " Beet Kentucky Jeans, * bu " Good Kentucky Jeans, 25 " Goo Tickings, 25 " Goo Denims ' ls. 6d. to 25 " Goo Striped Skirtings, I. 6d. to 25 " 1 • In Dress Gii - ods our stock is largo and well po leettid, and at such reasonable prices that Tiro cannot fail to snit most customers. SHAWLS. We have a fine assortment of tite*Now Style, Ristori Shawl, which is the choicest style in mar ket. We also have Sackings &" Trimmings in great variety. BOOTS 4- SHOES. Wo have a larger stook than usual in' these Goods, and aro selling them at quite a roduCtion from the prices of the past winter. We Intend to Cake especial pains with this Stook, and to keep uglte but the best work, and to sell it qt euph low rates that every one will be satisfied. Every one in need of Goods in our line is invited to call and look at our,Stock before purchasing: J. A. PARSONS dr. 00. Orning, N. Y., May 29, 3897. . RING OUT THE OLD, WRING IN THE NEW The Universal Clothes Wringer Is the best, therefore the cheapest, in4he world. Cog-wheels, and warranted to be as good for service after wearing a year as When first par. abased. Took the .first premium at Thirteen State Fairs, and at the World's Fair in London, in 1862. WASHING MADE EASY. DOTY'S CLOTHES `WASHER is the only machine which wEishoi clean and does not wear out the clothes. Took the first premium at the fair of the American Institute, and is highly recommended by such Vapors as the Tri bune, the Agriculturist, the Independent, and all of the Agricultural papers. The undersigned is agent for the sale of the Wringer and Doty's Washer, DAVID P. RODERTS. %WelMoro, May 20, 1867-2 w. , V I XECUTOR'S NOTlg.—Letters tostamen tary having been granted to the undersigned upon the last will and to/dement of James Sea cord, .late of Westfield township, deceased,' alt persons Indebted will make immediate payment, and those having claims will present them to KATE A, SEACORD, RICHARD KHU.§BN, Ex're Weatfield, May 22, 18137-60, LADIES' SETS from $1.50 to $3O, at 1,0019 VOLEY'S. tisIEW SPRING , VIODS I B 0 S;S, , RIU R G P 4 ,2 t I`. • • 1; ••• WE have just received a new and well se= lected gook of Goode adapted •to the spring trade, and are prepared to ofihr a IipTTER assortment and than any other Elton in Tioga or adjoining counties. Our exporiUnoo bas taught us to buy • and no °there, thereby gain and be d the confi de:v3,o'w ettatentere. They A ,_altr,_.4 'tel.: tint Oopritscit!ot),DS, nnti t . ter), 5 4 5; • p x than 'the) , ''get them also re,` and thin ie why the COMPANY 'Sib ie coneantly throngedwith - oustSmonhwhile other Merchants cry hard kis;tes... • • • , We keempitstenily ban 44, large stock of E. B. CARVEY.2 GROCERIES, ROCK ER Y, • HARD WARE, WOODEN WARE, ' IRON, NAILS, NAIL , r RODS, HORSE SHOES, • t' , and almost everything for Farmers or Meohaniee nee. We also keep a fine aesortnlant of • • FURNITURE;, CARPETS, BOOTS AND _ SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, FLOUR AND PEED, CORN MEAL, PORK AND FISH `as ALL KINDS, both coarse and tine, by the barrel, sack and box, constantly on band. In short aimost everything' usually kept in a country Store, may be found at the e Our stook le nevi and complete, just what tho people , want. We invite- an examination of our bef.re buying allow/me. We take pleasure in 4. 1 lug Goode, and awl more In giving our pri cab For, with the floe Eitoek,sse are enabled to she and prices so • Any goods that we 8011 that are not as -repre sented can be reiiirnedi and the money will bp re- L, ' ' • funded. We make no unnecessary display of Goods upon the sidewalks; our Goods are in the house, neat, clean land ply, and a plenty of help wait `upon all who wist4to see them. (All course there will be a Springi and Sum mer;N.../ and there bee been already a BIG "FALL' S IN PRICES and-so.forth. Perhaps you may think the DOE12301:1 has coma "BEE-HIVE EXCHANGE," upon the ouetomers who pationizo me ; and I did not keep over: you know, and therefore shall furnish articles as who want to command best prices for butter must use Liverpool Salt. And furthermore • listen, 0, ye T—He's ! I have a tremendous lot of Oolong, Bouottong, Sing-tilong,,Olng-Dong, scin, Byaon, Lo,Snn, No-sun, Groan T. Moon T. Black T. and all of which is warranted to unlock family se crete at ovary T—par--T. , Everything ,Eatable and Cookable, as ofkeap as can be done and maintain a wife and numerous family. Willialways be glad to see you if you have money, and 'if you baten't he will tell you bow to get that article. Wellsboro, Pa., May 22, 1867. NOTICE. --4. G. Parkhurst, B. ,T. Wood, .1. ./.11 A. Hammond, and ahem, having applied to the Court of Common Pleas of, Tioga county for incorporation for mechanical /and other purpo ses, under 'the name of "The Young Men's Un ion Association of Elkiand Borough," notice is hereby given that said charter will be granted at next term unless objection be made. May 8, 1867. •T P DONALDSON, Prot. New Spring Goods j ust keoeived at C. B. KULLRIV§. Ap 1, 1887. AT TUE POISWANY STORE BETTER BARGAINS, lIE GOOD GOODS, DRY GOODS, 4 SALT, COMPANY STORE. GOODS d -,, PRICES EXTREMELY LOW, . we flel ont l o of success COMPANY STORE, •F. N. DRAKE, Sup't Bloasburg, May 22,1887 " BEFIIIVIi EXCHANGE!" Soodtime and harvest are promised to all; The season is backward, and cold, and wet, But there's time for plowing and sowing yet And there'll be Spring, and Summer, and Fall— FOR GROCERIES, 'TOTHER-END FOREMOST AT TIIE but I expect to spring A MINE OF WEALTH LAST SUMMER'S GOODS, FRESH AS `SUMMER ITSELF Evan MY LIVERPOOL SALT is fresh AB salt can be; and B UTTER MAKERS E - A T-- Crack T. MA THERS will oontinue to buy FARMERS' fißdli UCE at the best Market Prices, and . aell FATHER'S HiJIa4iIJ & T UNA* Jeturntid from i New York and take J.l...p ! onttnre in Annottnoing to tho trading pub. lie that tboy /Laic 'tinw•iin band thoir 1.•"/ SUMMER 600DS, which' they will sell cheap for cash. The Ladies will lind it to their adventago to call and ace our splondid pock of • DRESS GOODS & TRIA(MINGS. Iif.E.GANGES, double-fold 40. pr gd ALPACAS, double,fold, cheap', " single fod, cheap, ORGANDIES, PERCALES, WOOL• DE LAINES, LAWNS, COMMON DELAINES. B 3 SACKINGS wo cannot be boat. Also SACK BUTTONS, in variety, SUMMER SHAWLS, BALMORAL SKIRTS,- We have a splendid assortment of WHITE GOODS, SWISS MEJSLINS BOOK MUSLINS, NAIN _SOOKS, &C., &O. LINENS we bave in nbundance.• TABLE LINENS, IRISH LINENS, he., A beautiful assortment of ` LACE CURTAINS, and our usually nice asserted stock of DOMES TIOS, we have received, and are prepared to give our customers the advantages of a decline in prices on that lino of goods. OUR CLOTH STOCK is in good order and we still make it-our aim to snit our customers, as well in quality as in fit of Clothing. OUR HAT •'STOCK • we may well be proud Of, WI we try to keep a good stook, both ha quality, style and price. OUR SHOE STOCK I wo have gained a ieputation in, for keeping the beet in the county, and ha*, al( the styles from smallest to largest. • OUR HARDWARE STOCK we will sell off at cost as wo are running out o hat line of goods: CROCKERY Bolling off at coat as we aro running out of !ha lino of geode. Call and see us before purchasing elsewhere as we are convinced, and• think we can convince customers, that we are selling good goods at cheap prices. Cell and see our Goods. You shall be used well whether you buy or not• We!labor°, May 22, 1867 THE BAZAAR , ONE Doo , below Wm. Robert Hardware Scorn, is the very " PLACE YOU LONG SAVE"' SOUGHT' to purchase SILVEIRLA,TEII WARE, " Bch TEA SETTS, TETE-A-TETE SETTS, BUTTER DISHEP, VASTORS, CAKE BASKETS, FRErri BASKETS,_ NAPKIN RINGS, CARD TRAYS, SILVER SPOONS, PLATED FORKS,&c., &c. BRONZE ORNAMENTS BRACKETS, LAMPS,, WATCHES;, CLOOKS, JEWELRY, & FANCY GOODS, H of all descriptions in his line of business Wellshoro, May 8, 1861-tf. A. PO NEW MILL Novel, Fashionable & Beautiful MRS. MITCHELL would eay to bar •friende and the public. generally that she has just returned from New York with a Largo Stock of NEW MILI;INERYI GOODS Cone'sting o' BONNETS, JOCKEY,, RIBB ONS, .FLOWERS, ,LACES, - &C. everything belting/di to the Millinery Trade of the/ LATEST .IMPORTATIONS, eau be found at her Rooms on Broad Street, to Ole& would invite an early call. Mrs. E. D. MITCHELL. N. B.—Partioular attention paid to Bleaching and Custom Work. . Tloga, Pa,. April 10, 1887—tf. B. B. .1i Tloa 'ETAS just returned from the City with a large atO desirable s ek of goods consisting of DRUGS AND ICIN.E§', • Yanked Notions, of every description, ' Glass and Plated-Warn, Wall Paper, Paints and Oils, Dye Stuffs, School Books, Groceries, and finally every thing that is ever kept in a Drug and Notion Store, I would also call the attention of the pnblio to our Stock of GERAf4)T LAMPS, une qualed in the wide world, and also that I am Agent for the "Morton" Gold Pen, and shall al ways keep a large assortment. Tioga,May 8, 1867-tf. B. B.' BORDEN. Tioga Marble Works. 'ME underaigned are now prepared to exe onto all orders for tomb Stones and Montt manta of either ITALIAN OR RUTLAND MARBLE, of the latest style and approved workmanship. and with dispatch. We keep constantly on hand both kinds of Marble and will be able to suit all who may fa-, vor us with their orders, on as reasonablo terms as can be obtained in the country. Stones discolored with 'rust and dirt cleaned and made ,to look as good'as new: • WILCOX - WHITNEY. Tiogro, kap 22, 1867—ti. • TO PitYSICIANS.—A few Saddle, Bags and Sttimach Pumps for sale cheap at ninny. ROY'S DRUG STORE. • Q liver Eing.—Th is justly celebrated Stallion 1.3 • will stand the present season at the stable of the proprietor in Chathati, every forenoon. Terms , reasonable. DANIEL lIILL. Chatham, May 15, 1867-2 m. Q. BULLARD, A. A. TRUMAN Also JRY i ORDE.T, A, PA., B, seffrief: DLATPDAM do 001INTE1t F.9AL138, cot 11V't ° PP*. ' cinl 4Pllqf In -P ni iMrqe Pricat SNEAD'S STOVE WARE ROOMS, Also, just received, a largo Istoels. of HARDWARE,, which Z seleatail wlthleare And at* selling sal" for Cnsh as min Int botteat iri any market. COMMON AN.i) CHOICE TABLE ANL POCKET CUTLERY; , Sal WS, (1.2 hinds,) AXES, \ ADZ, , HATCHETS,- HAMMERS, LO6KS. ,KN0135, , 'LATCHES, HINGgs, BUTTS, BUTTS, • SCREWS, AQOURS, OHISgLS, GOUGES; PICKS, SPADES; SHOVELS, SCCpPS, FORKS, RAKES, SCYTHES, &e„ NAILS,, FINISH . mg AND .cpNcl4, . 14 KINDS, CARRIAGE BOLTS, .6.t'L . Euzze, Pox 14 vX 1 1 - 4 - 6 - 1.2 X 8 - mama - . - • ' , For further parti ularticall and see, , Tioga. May 15,.1 67-tf,„ E. A , ; BREAD. person'aindebtod to rap aoFaquest ed to call and pay up within 30 - - -, - B. A. 81KEAD. IyELLSBORO FOUNDRY 'AND • MACHINE SHOP. ?VIM eubaoribers having procured additional 1. machinery are now ready to furnish to °riot all aorta of CASTINGS, 81/011 AS PLOWS, CULTIVA TORS, FIELD ROLLERS, ML GEARING, SLEIGH.SHOES, IV 0 0 D • ° SAWING MACHINES,. &c., &c., &c. We have also a WHULIWURTH 3 PLANER, for custom and job work, Wo ara alsci prepared to do SLITTING & SCROLL i SAWING to order Having tirat-olaea +screw-cutting Lathe, w e aro proparod to maim- CHEESE PRESS SCREWS, to Order, Builders of ' Cheese Paotories are re. (Nested to examine our work. We manufacture tale Chtimplon Pilow, elle of Ithe finest impleen i enti in the market. Cash paid for OLDAMON. di ARLES 'WILLIAMS, ' -F. L. SEARS. Wollsborp, May 15, 1867,--tf. -4 THE PLACE TO BUY DRUGS, AT the Lawrenceville Drug Store, where you will find every thing properly belonging t 7 the Drug Trade. CHEAP, CHEA ' F . P CHEAPEST, and of the best quality for Cash. Also, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Lamps, Fancy Notions. Violin Strings, Fishing Tackle, Window Glass, &c. Cash paid for Flax Seed, Lawrenceville, May 8,3867; TOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN that Mary E. BaldWirt, Frances M.-Wright, J. Id. Smith, and others, have applied to the Court of ()platoon Pleas of Tioga county for a charter of incorporation fox...literary purposes, under the name of the arrormal Literary Society of Mans field," and that the charter will be grand next term if no objection be made. May 8, 1867. J. F. DONALDSON, Prot. Real Estai4 Sale. THE Subscriber will sell. cii ) rout the following •valuable prolperTy,, to wit: - One tavern stand in' Lawrenceville. One form, on whieli he now resides, oniithelf (3 mila from three chu circa, two School Reeser, twa,grog.shops, and o b railroad, and about the same distance from th line of (be Wellsboro and Lawrenceville Railroad. The farm contains 14 aeres of good land, .50 acres timbered, well wa tered, and very productive. It requires that the seed should be sowed and planted. howevdr, to ensure a harvest. i One farm in Jackson township, 175 acres; a first-rate place for a cheese factory. Also—for sale-4 mules, 75 sheep, and other stock, cheap on reasonable lterms. Lawrence, Apr. 17, 1867-tf For Sale. Dli t SIRING to avoid hie' caro and troublo ef attending to triy pr sent' business I will sell on reasonablo,terms, al or any part of my farm ing and timber lands, situated in the township of Tioga, Tioga county, Pa., and consisting of the following property, to wit i _ The farm on which I livo at Mitchell's Creek, containing abou(3oo acres, 80 acres of the same river flat land, and about 100 acres impitredi with 3 dwelling houses, 3 barns, a poet office or stone building, 2 corn houses, uud cilia out bui.dings, and 2, orchards'and a steam saw mill. Also, about 1000 acres of oink, hemlock, and other timber / latids on which there are 2 or 3 cheap dwelling houses, and about 20 acres of im proved land. --: WM. IC. AtrreirELL, Mitchell's Creek, May 1, 1867. J. In RANDALL, , SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL DENTIST. OFFICE at his residence on Wellston E treut4 13 Tioga, where be may bo found from CROW until the 12tb, and from the 19th until thif•2sth of each mouth:. Will be in Blossburg, Atlq. United Statestifotel, from thq 13th until the 181 P, and in Ltivrreitcoville at Slosson's Hold, ft.re the 26th until the lost day of each month. • All opiarationssonnected With the rldritul p 0 - / fession, f ishet er surgical or mechanical, will • calve eipeolal attintion. 1/ ItavirVart cuirroieci liquid and apP'aralp for bounmbittg_thp gums, he is 'prepared to extract teeth without pain, and in a manner harmless to the pationf ts yet no stupefaction, drowsiness or nausea; folrowa the operation. iEther or Chime• orm_willl be administered if adisable when de ed. * --- - ..., • • 1. flat) Teeth of all kinds inserted ill the most substantial and of; manner. ' . ----- Call and see specimens of mechanical dentistry. Mega, Pa.,' May 1, 1887. - --4___ • : - -. i YOUNG BERTRAND. ,:, SMED by , thU celebrated Stock Horse -:13Ell., TRNIN otilied by 4.N. Fish, of Troy, Brad ford county, anD foaled' by a .Duroo and Bolivian Mare. liebtookl the first premium as a roadster, aver first oars horses at, the last county Fair a . ' Tioga couilty, and has an enviable tputation at a sure foat 7 getter and stack horse. 'YOUNG' BERTRAND will 'stand the pr eat season as follows: I , 1.. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdayi, at the stable of the: subscriber in •Mainaburg. T urn day afternoons nt Whitneyville; Friday ore nouns' at Isaac Wheeler's, on the Stato Road: Friday afternoons at Cherry Flatts ; Saturdays at the stable xif Thrums graves, Covington. Pasture for-htqrds from a distance on reasona blo terms. Owners parting with mares before foaling will be bald responsible for the service money. Terms reasonable. E. A. FISH. Mainsburg, Pa., May 22,1867 7 2m* • _ Iron will find the latest nrriyal - of Nciw Gooda n KELLY'S April 1, Ist*. • A FEW MA RE PIECES of those substdotial Sblntings , and Shirting% g April I, 18(W. I C. 11. KELLY'S. AMPS.—A now Lind of Lamp for ROTOSCOe -* AL.,I no broskageof oltilnnoys=ot FOLET'S: M. S. BALDWIN