REFORM, tied' Willna break the bruised`reed, Nor leave tho smoking flaz unbound; The wife regulosA husband freed, The orphan clasps a father found. :part•; Ler d, the thoughtless ! guide the blind! 'fill man no more shalt deem it SAM To live by forging chains to bind Osweaker brother in the anat. The Truthful Witness A little girl, nine years of age, was nf- , ferpti us a-witness against a prisoner on trial for a felony committed in her fa ther's house. • `.N,',ow, Emily,' said the counsel for the prisoner, upon her being offered as a witness, 'I desire to know it you urt 6.c.istand the nature of an oath?' & - .1 don't know what you mean,' was the simi l ile.a.u - swer• • •There. yOur honor,' said the-coun sel, addressing the Court, is there an ything further necessary to demonstrate the. validity of iny objection? This witness should be rejected.f She, doesn't comprehend the nature of au oath.' Let us see,' said the judge. here, my daughter.' Assured by the kind tone and man ner of the judge, the child stepped to wards him and looked confidingly up into his face with a calm, clear eye, and in a manner so artless - and frank that it went right to the heart.. • 'Did you ever take an oath?' inquir ed the judge. The child stepped back with a look of "Lorrpr, and the red blood mantled in a blii4h_over her face.and neck as she an sir.' She thought he meant to inquire if she ever _blasphemed. lA° not mean that,' said the judge, who saw his mistake; I mean, were you ever a witness before?' No, sir, I'was never in t )vtis the answer. I-Jo handed her the Bible, Do ,you know that book, for?' the lookea at iti.nd a ligNl V, it is the Bible.' '• Do you read it?' he aski Yes, sir, every evening. Can you tell me whEct tl inquired the judge.' - ' It Is 'the word of the gr ark,,wored. ' Well, place your hand upon this 131- hi on »d listen - to what I say ; and he re peuted slowly and solemnly the oath us ually adrnioi c stered to witnesses. ' -` Now,' surd the Judge, `you have ~ worn as a_witness. Will you tell me ,rhat" will befall you if you dou't tell the truth?' i shall be shut up in the St to prison answered th • child. 'Anything else?' asked the Judge. I shall never go to Hetivet ,' she re plied. liow you know tl4y.'' ked the ju.ige again. eitild took the Bible, and turning • :apitily to the chapter containing the , Commandments pointed to the injunc tion—Thou shalt not bear false witi4ss a,zainst thy neighbor- 7 -and said: learhed that tjefore I could read.' ' • liar any one talked with you abdut y(,ur being a wittn,-.i ill court.against t. e- man ' 'tag in c , l the judge. • Yes, sir,' she Lep:fed. My mottle: 11,. , Nrd they wanted ale to be a witness, ia,A. night she called me to her room - me to tell her the Ten Com, A int then we kneelen 1;1;11111.1!) , ..1:1S mid she prayed that 1.-A h‘pW wicked it ictistc. bear it.d , e a.,alt.st my neighbor, nod thin (it'd would help me, a Huh. , 213.1 ti, to tell the truth as if it were he- !orit.l fun. And witeu I value up hely with hither mhe iiissed me tun.: told me to t'emeniber the ninth commandment. and tout God would hear every word I saiiP pita believe this?' asked 'the Judge, while a tear glistened in his e 3 t caud his lip quivered with emotion. • Yes, sir,' said the child, with a volci ! hat Atoived her conviction of its tad". was perfect. • • God bless 3 . ou,•my child,' ,Said tht jud;.:e. you lia.ve azood. mother. Thi witness is competent. Mere lon trio 'Anr my lice, Mid nocent of the °burg,. against mo . , I would pay - God for such a ‘rituess as this. Let her be examin ed.' She told her story with the simpliei ty of a child, as she was, but there wa, a directness about it which carried - con- - victimi of its truth to every heart. Bile _was rigidly cross-examined. The coun sel plied her with intinite and ingen ious questions, but she varied not from her first statements. The truth so spo t- ken by that little'Child was sublime.— ' ; f Falsehood and perjury had preceded her testimony. The prisoner had in trenched himself with lies till he tho't himself impregitakile. But before her testimony falsehood was scattered likt chat!". little child for whOm a mo- I her-prayed for strength to be given het to speak the truth as if it were before Coo ,broke the cunning devices of ma •-- tuned villainy in pieces like a puttee:, 'vessel. The strength that her mother prayed- for was given her, and the sub lime simplicity—terribly human to the prison er and - his associates—with which she spake, was like a revelation from God himself. • THE PERIL OF ENDORSING. Pity and charity are sometimes inconvenient and ruinoussenthnents in huskness. A 'New York correspondent tells a story of a gentleman of that city, who, for .21) years hal not,knowit - whata money embarrassment was, which proves this. His business was eksy, he lived in lux ury, with achy and country loitnne, and could draw his check for.any amount be needed, without endorsement of his friends or accommodations from the bank. A friend came to him for assis tance. He tried to-help him; went' in a little way; went farther to save that; found his friend fraudulent and trde Muller, and now can't tell whether in six months he will be penniless or not. "He indorsed for a : friend" used to be the proper inscription for the cell door of every caged debtor. A 71?.11.Y GOOD LITTLE BOY.—Little Walter Draper is a very!good little boy neeoidinrr to all the rules laid down for good iirtre boys. Last 'Sunday he ask ed permission of his moOter to go down to the Gotild & Curry rbservoir, which his mother refused on the ground of its bo.iog the _Sabbath, Uood little boys sometimes cry a little, and Walter be gan blubbering. ' "\Vhy, Walter," cried his mother, "I. am n , donisheti! The idea of your wish- 1 ina to go down to the reservoir on the Lord's holy Sabbath to go swimming with II lot of bad little boys!" "800-hoor blubbers Walter, "I didn't wDut to ko a swimming with 'ern, ma: I only wanted to ~go down an' see the bad little boys get' drowned for goin' \v - inuoin' a Sunday—boo hool" Vir ;2;ll4l Blior2ppise. Patrick O'Flanigan, being In an un c'emain and "diseunifuddled" state, and ng‘t Haile able to distinguish, at a late loon - of the night, his OWII hotise from ncighlalr's in a low of similar ones cot lel mied to malt ea bold posh and trust Ascending the steps, he rang the hell, which was answered by the lady living nest him, and who knew , "(,;,iiii you t:t-tell me where P-P-Pat rick O'Flan(hie)gan lives!" he ° asked, icadyitig W hit) self by the railing. I `'hy, you) are Patrick O'Flanigan," said the lady. I " 11 -h-botheration! I don't ask ye who Patrick O'Elanigan is. I want to k-k-know where the ould chap lives." - . - " 1 „I” Igxil)le tili(xuld not lose eight of tiof iiiitiortanek of keeping 1113 1)111i!4r tit the head Of the Land I)(;p:irtment, tor t ih fink of the most :ite klie Etatf! Coriv. :117f k he 021)1 of partie* rimy ofreA:l,4rl p_l.l e peyjk. , , li. „, ; • . t Cc- r, (itn., K;Eall libel .ie 41.4.14 1 / l A)ast wt., / .. 7 f rtj(-Nt heax testimony tAittt they A w k i y 4. ( :"A.A 1 .).;.:1 and exAct jubtioe at lass jAwiu. l Ou wily IlEA : prAiNirsl:Noly i§ . YOtir Tinge Da, iiityineiti;*arniteit Consia7 ' I FO3IC , ASEIE,S; BiEESWPAX, BEANS, BUTTER OHEEW 'EGGS; FLOUR AND DRIED AND OR,Eill;llTs, GRAIN, FE . AIIIE - RS, •fitNIP, PRAWISIONS, OILS, A ttb, ,TALLOW,SII:DS ' Co me JOSIAH OA 111-)EIN General 00111111iSSOil Merchant, 442; 444 auci - 446 Washing - t4in St., And rieoit o bls weekly !'rice Cuirriit of PrO dueo and Gtrocetie2 the ?nest etianylete Pile*. cur rent Published in the United States. SEND .FOR A PRICE enit:ENT Marking Plitte 6: Cards furnished Free. Liberal Advances made on Consignm7s. Established Nay ht, 1860. First Class References trivvb equirod. April 22,1868.-Iy. EW HARDWARE STORE 1 CONVERS & OSGOOD their , tl , t hustu.,s 1 , 1 Griteeriet=, ,tt . hare t?...,t.thlisbetl.ll TOVE, TEN;AND GENERAL (Iai d) WARE BfORE I two T ire below the ~k t stood; iv/lace they man ufnct e TIN - WARE . ON "I BE 11, MAN IT Y PRINCI PLE, (hat i.. in th watter of \ ST . Alt A Tee r l S AI 9 IVA L le . . s'S_LA. t is E:Ile of the 11111111CIN COO ' \TES. , ,in, Nail,,, i •ty of r 1 le have enough to rig in Tioga County ,nough to• MAKE AS We are . .1313 only rtgebta fur Wi3llo,oru; and this Store Is th) 2 l AUTOCRAT (5r ST We t reisp . all kinds td I, Horst, .hoc.?, and a entapktn vari Et you •IJn't behove , it DROP IN - CONVETIS "OSOOO IVellsboru, 1, 1867, Iy. Stoves: 'StoVe Stoves . • .111-4 111. 11 D. A A. It D . IV A IA lit I MR. WILLIAM ROBERT'S begs to annot3eo totho citizens of Toga County, that in addition . hi 3 Cia-taro, Brittania, and Shect-Iron Warp, iia has, at a great outlay, stoolod his storo on , with a complete assortment of Shelf Hardware, of which we enumerate the foliewliag articles: NAILS, SPIKES, CROWBARS, X.