6ht got g. %Odor id published every Wednesday Mourning at $2 per year, invariably in advance. COBB &. VAN GELIAR. .m.u.onaL) RATE. TLN LINES OP MlNlott, OR LZSB, BUMF. etli: ScIOAIIR 4 Ins. 8 ?Jos. 0 Mos N o .of E3q're. 1 In. ,3lns $l,OO $2,00 $2,60 $6,00 2,00 3,00 4,00 8,00 , 10,00 1 16,00, 17,001 22,00 1 , 18,00 1 20,00 1 30,001 43,001 1 Square, ;Squares gaff C 01....„, Oue Col^*—••, Special Notices 15 cents per line; Editorial or Local 20 colts . per line. CITY ROOK BINBM • AND 8L1.14K BOOK .MANUFACTORY, 8 Baldwin Street, 'SIGN OF THE BIG BOOK, 2D FLOOR,) ELMIRA, N. Y. • OLTR. MOTTO: IiJOD A 9 Tar. BEST, CAP AS TEIE CHEAPEST BLANK BOOKS Of every description, in all styles of Binding, s ad us low, for quality of Stock, as any Bindery in the state. Volumes of every description Bound in tho best manner and in any style or dered. ALL KINDS..OF GILT WORK Executed in the-best manner. Old Books re bound and tnad6 good as now. 4A.sl2olMjoalmg, 0 COMPLETE YOUR SETS! I ass prepared to furnish back numbers of all Hevieive or Magazines published in the United States or Great Britain, at a low price. BLANK BOOK &• OTHER PAPER, Of all sizes and qualities, on hand, ruled or plain. BILL HEAD PAPER, of any quality or site, on hand and cut up ready for printing. Also, BILL PAPER, and CARD BOARD of all colors and quality, in boards or out to any size. STATIONERY, • Cap, Letter, Note Paper, Envelopes, Peps, Pencils, etc. am sole agent for Prof. SHEPARIY,S NON-CORROSIVE STEEL PENS, OF VARIOUS SIZES, FOR LAD/RS AND GENTLEMEN, Which I 1011 warrant equal to Gold Pens. The beet in use and no mistake. . The above stock I will sell tit the Lowest Rates at all times at a small advance on: New York prices, and in quantities, to suit purchasers. All work and stock warranted as represented. I respectfully solicit a share of public, patron-- age. Orders by mail promptly attended t\p.— Address, LOUIS IVIES, Advertiser Building, Elmira, N. Y. Sept. 28, 1867.—1 y 'UNION - HOTEL, MINER WATKINS, PROPRIETOR. AVINO fitted up a new hotel building on the site a of the old Union Hotel, lately destroyed by fire, jaw now ready to receive and entertain guests. The Union Hotel was intended for a Tempuance House, iDII the Proprietor believes it can be sustained without grog. Akattentive hostler in attendance. Wellaboro,June 28,1807. - E. R. =MALL, GriOOERY • AND RESTAURANT, One door above the Meat Market,. WELpSRORO, PENN'A, RESPECTFULLY announces to tho trading publio that he had a desirable stock of Gro ceries, comprising, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Sugars, Molasses, Syrups, and all that constitutes it first elaEs stock, Oysters in every style at tdi sea mashie hours. lisbero, Jan. 2, 1867-0, 37.caoitisi sib 21.3131..0.0 Great kixcitemeutt Johnson - impanchEd, and Cm. tare' , noctotl and triumphant! - The enh.tc ri ;ter mould say to the people or Westfield and vicinity that Lel, ma nutactnriug a Vateht Boot which he tielievec n. poosob the following advantage over all others; lct there is no crimping; 2d, no wrinfillhg, save as they break to the feet; 3d, no ripping. In. abort, they are Just the thing for overAttnly. Stimplea on hand and orders rotten:4d. Selo right of Westfield township and flora secured. 1113 lots 1 41 u -dust received a splendid set et haltueral patterns, Intent styles. Come one. come till' We ate bound to sell cheap for cash or ready pity. Shop CMC' d(kir total' of Sanders & Cukgrure. Webttlel , l Feb. 13 1868. J. R. MIILWEE. : _ 1 , WALEER 'et UAW - MOP, , DEALERS I HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL. NAILS, STOVES, TIN-TV.4 - -IE, I \ , HELTING, Sin CUTLERY ! • . _ WATER LIME, , AGRICULTURAL IMPLE;tIF.NTS, t • Carriage and harness Trimmingt, HARNESSES, SADDLES, tt.c. 4 C , ruing, N. Y., Jau. 2, 1867-Iy. WAR YE I HEAR YE! HEAR YE BARRELS, FIRKINS, CHURNS, BUTTER TUBS, &c., Kept constantly on band, and furnished to or. Jot, by W. MATHERS, 4 1 ut his now storo, 2d door above Itoy'y Boll.ling, We:Moro. (June 10, 1560.) • Scales! Scales ! Scales . , rp H E Buffalo Platform Sealps, all ordinary t. I sizes, for heavy,"and counter use, may be f..und at the IllOware More ~ t. Win. Roberts, Wdighero. Ther.e Sealer are the Fai-rbanks pat. ent and'havo ao enTerior anywhere. They are male in the best' etyle and have taken the Fetal ; ino at all the great exhibitions. I have the sole agency for these Scales in this WILLIAM ROBERTS. WellAboro, Feb. 12, 1968 PACIFIC HOTEL 170, 172, i 74, & 176 GREENWICH ST., . New York. THE. UNDERSIGNED takes pleas urel. in announcing to his numerous friends and patrons 'that frow this date, the charge of the Pacific will be $2,50 per day. Being sole Proprietor of this louse, and there fore free from the too common exaction of an inordinate, rent, he is fully able to meet the downward tendendy of prices without any falling off of service. It as heretofore, be his aim to main tain undiminished the favorable reputation of the Pacific, which it has enjoyed for many years, at one of the best of travelers hotels. The tablo will be bountifully Bupplied with every delicacy of the Fenton. The attendance will be found efficieut and The location will be found convenient for thme whose business calls them it the lower part of the city, being one door north of Cort land Street, and ono block went of ,Broad way, and of ready lumens to all Rail Road and Steam boat Lenee, 8e., , 2,1868-6 m JOHN PATTEN. New Tobacco . Store I THE 1 1, 01 . 1tatl lip GA 1 , t , 1113 D P. Hoberts Tin and Srovu Store f.q. the manufacture and i•alo of C/0,1 ItS, (all grades), Fancy and Common S.U()KING rpßAcou„ilichigan Fine Cut CllE6l'lll'o, and all kinds rif P r , Uri; MBA CCO, PIPES. and the chui ccst Brand if C'IGA Call and see full. yourielreF. It 34111:57 W. I , I7,RSEL i ivll-IThro, Ni.v it, IStiS—tf. TO FARMER'S! ERUN PLASTER.—We hereby 'Certif -Li that we have used the Planter inanufnetured, ehampney & Bernauer, at their works on Elk /Iv., in thanes . township, end we believe it to be tptu if not superior to the Cayuga Plater. D.ltiid Smith S M Conablo A P Cone Cobb II J Sirntnone J Bernauer 1; IV Barker Asa Smith E Strait Albert King John C Miller JII watrous W H Watrvus L L Marsh R M Smith D A Smith • H M Foote D C Van Gelder J J Jlred L Davis J F Zimmerman CLKi g Smith. R.—Plaster always on hand at Ithe Mill.— rriee $5 per ton. i Nov. 4, 1868. (P. (I,V.47gOELLtB /EMI $7,00 $12,00 12,00 .18,00 30 80, 60,00 601001 90,00 • BUSINESS DIRECTGIitY, WILLIAM H. MITI", ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Insurance, Bounty anti Pension Agency, Main Street Wellaboro, Pa., Jau. 1, 1568. TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Notary Public and Insurance Agent, floss burg, Pa., over Caldwell's Store. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW W. 11. Smith, Esq., Multi Stieci oppobito Union Block, Wollaboro, Pn. July 15, 1863. W. D. TOMBELL & CO.; VIIOLESALE DRUGGISTS, and tleakea in Wall Paper, Reroseno Lamps, Window Wasa, Perfumery, Paiute and Ulla, .&c., 451. N. Y., Jan. 1, ISVS.-Iy. S. P. WiLsox. J. B. Nizim, ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW, (First door front Bigouoy'a, on tho Avenuo)— Will attend to business ontruatod to their cure in the counties of Tioga and Potter Wellsboro,"Jiin. 1,1568. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Millsboro, Tio,go Co., Pa. claim Agotrt,4otary Public, and insurance Agent. lie will - tatend promptly to collection of Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty. As .Notary Public ho takes icknowledgements of deeds, ad ministers ortbs, nr.d will act as Commissioner to take testimony. li - -Ofliceotsucllcitste Ding Store, adjoining Agitator Oftice.—ML 36. 1367 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. returned to this county with a view of making it his permanent residence, solicits n there of public pattonagsb All kusieeep en trusted to his care will In attended to with promptness and fidelity. Office 2d door south of E. S. Parr's hotel. Tiogn, Tioga Co., Pa. sept. JOJECN B. SIIAKSPEARE, DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over John It. BOWCIf.3 Store. .„7.43- Cutting, Fitting, and Repairing done promptly and in best style. Wvil.tburo, Pa.. Jan. I, 186S—ly TAILOR. •Shop lira door north of L. A. Searee Shoe Shop. .r_ir• Cutting, Fitting, and Repair ins dune promptly and Wellidwro, Pa., Jan.:l, JOHN .ETNEIZ, TAILOR AND CUTTER ) has opened a Ehof. on Craton utreot, rear of Searo,dc D?rby't) shoe fshop, whore he is prepared to uthunincturo gar. woofs tu urtlor in the wort bubstautial unumer, and with dispatch. Particular at itij,tion paid to Cutting and Fitting. .Narelt 26,,1568-ly Dr. C. R. Thompson. LivELl.ssoiwubli IA.J Will attend to Prolet•siunitl calls in the and ltnitodiatc vicinity ' %Vellaboto. Officio and 'ltosidenco-vn btate St. 2tl dttor ut the right going East. Patio. 21, 1 et 36. 13A.CON, xr. I)., late of the 2d Pa. Cavalry, talc • . •nearly four yttara of army service, with a lard. ..xperletice In field and 110,pital practice. has Opened on mice for the 1)11'o:taco of await - it:o and surge') : in ;01 branchet. Pv . rsons from a thstance can lied • Kull ding at the Peonsylvanta Hotel when det.lt La -- Will visit any part of the btate ill emisulta (ion. oi A. ter form operation No 4, Buie,, 111. cl., ul Wellsboto. Pu , May 2,1860.—1 y, C2s:OXVILLE, l'emien. llonoty, 1:t441 In surance „cot. Coininuoications :t•t,r to tin above addr,ps will receive prmupt .ffitlotioll Terms moderute. Don 11:6'.- .1.3 Thos. D. Dryden. ,UIVEVIAOR DItAFTSMAN.—Ontere left it "iiktrf,(4n, Townsend Hotel, Wollrbot(I. wii Lae at prompt nt..ention. Jan. 130 I,Sti7.-tt. EALER in, CLOCKS 16 JE'VELIIV, SILVEL PLATED WARE, Speetacks, Violin. String• e., d:e.,3lunstlcl l,- Wnuhes and Jew elry neatly repaired. Engraving done in plait English and German, -----„_llhopt67.ly. Saloon ovor Willcox lc Barkers Stoic, Wells •mro ; Pa. Particular attention paid to Ladies' :lair-cutting, Shampooing, Dyeing, etc. thaide, Pulls, coils, and w.viche3 on band and made to or ler. 11. W. DORSEY. z J. JOHNSON. Vlr ILL WRIGHT—Agont fur all tho boat TURBINE WATER WHEELS. Alpo for Stewart's Oscillating Moverueni for G;in g and M nlay Saws. Pioga. Pa., Aug. 7, 1888, ly. Dealer in DRY GOODS Of nll Mods, Ilardw•are and rtakeo Notions. 'Our assortment is large and prices lute. Store in Union Bloch. Cal) in gentleman.—may 20 1868-Iy. WESTFIELD, LIEORGN CLOSE, Propri eker, A new Hotel conductcd on the principle of livo and lot live, for the nevuunnodation of the publio.—Nov. 14, 1868.-Iy. C. H. 00 L.DsAwrii, Proprietor.— Having lens ed this popular Hotel, tho proprietor respect fully solicits a fair sharo of patronago. Every attention given to guests. The best hostler in tho county always in attend4ure. April 29, 7568.—1 y. TIOO,A, TIOCIA COUNTY, PA. Good stabling, attached4ud an' attontivethoi icr always in attendance. E. S. FARR, . . . . Proprietor. )11 ' , lrk:ly Temperance principles, Morris Run l'a. It. C. BAILEY, Proprietor. Horses an' Carriages to Jet.—March 3, 1868.--ly. W EST F I ELL.) ltor Jugh, Tiogn P.t., E. 0 Pr ,, prietor. A now nil eolllllllldioll. Ivith all tho modern improvement e.n-y drive ot theliest hunting and tl It in, ground:. iu Northern Penn'a. Conveyance farni,hed. Terms Iliotlera to. FA. J, 1863-Iy. 1:45 A. 9,111 WAIWWOIII INOEIJSE, Liaiztos, Tioua County, 1: 1 ';:, ittitACE C This I. al lit3W h./Lei lue.ated Within ear.) oi the best lishiug Laid tanning grout,4i, air Nora, urn PIM fisylvania, paini will i e tspaiek .r the i.3,:onnootlittio) pleasure •t•ehei:.abt the [Jai'. I, ihtiLi.l liOltilh' and Pension ..\. ~e llt*T. RAVI z- :VI 0 oceired lefitiltt instruoth ~, il, rrloit, l to ti l e. ) xtra haatity Mowed 113 th• art •typroc. ( l .1.11% . 2.i. l'ieti and haring 0h itnlld a Inr,., tni,pl u l . ' ,II nZCCS4:II - , 1011111 Z. Inn] Kelm' ed to hr.n , a•ente nll pi.n -5i,,,, : ,,,,i :,,,int . % ••1,11m,• whirl) may I.w placed in ray hands Py•son , liyin:: at a dist:mei-Ca? , C , IIITIIIITItcnte with mo hi I , .tter—inil their oowininnientitAr will ho pr , tinily 4111W1.1e11. , AVM, It. SMITII. W2llsbnro October 24 ISfin. HARKNESS & BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS, Over Wilson cf• run Vonecobori.. St”re,c the room lately occupied by 13e):1 .Seely. BOOTS AND SROES of .all :made to order and in the hest manner. REPAIRING of all kinds d - one pr.oaptly rind good. Give us a call. ,JOAN lIARKNESS, RILEY. Wellsboro,2, 1868:1y. 1100 P SKIRTS, at Da LANG a 0018 . . , . , ' " • I . . . ..I . , . I • ' . . , • ! • -' • - , . . ' • I 30 r 4BINi . . ' ---- 7:7-":-.--.- . •Lri;,, i —---- - - . „ ~ • , ~ r.:—..--7 ' , -,.- + . .. t , _ ~---..‘......../. - .:, :. , : 7 • ...-..:-/ . .. The propriefoi ;-, - • ' 7l ~. . . • with a new h VII 'i ' C .. --.\ 1 ' ss ••• ' N . :: .. , . . , . P and a -.\ 1101. . . , • ?.1 r J e O p i . B e p , al :° . -... . . . . - . i-` .:-., :Illi 1 ' ' ' ' '''4 ,;•: . ' ( I' : 4 1t ,.., t \.. '- : '. O . ~)\,_ •: •_„ ~, ~ - .). ...... .. . ~ ...;\._:,, ,„ ..__.; _ . .. ~,,.... ~.. . -.. . • -POSTERS, HAIN . " 1L''.113.0 ~.a6gatewtitm • - Orr IV3l3.lcoiatilit, les 433:e; :- i3.3151:23.234. - xis , .zsg , VAil'itasciolcoato.." - , , Deed!, M rtgl . • _ -. , of Conetabl, a' al - -. . - , . ~ Peoplall ing XVI. - , ~ . : '. " WELLSB ORO . *PA FEBRUARY 24 1 1869 , .1 - .•1 . , ~ .NO, 8. brig, their wlt d return mai _ . . . VOL. WIVI, GARRETSOIJ, GEO. W. MERRICK, WILSON & NILES, jOHRT I. 'DTITcI-IELL John W. GnornseV, •GEORGE WAGNER, Wm. 23. Smith, It E. OLIVEY, Hairdressing & Shaving J. G• PUTNAM, C. L. 'WILCOX, rZTROLEUIVZ nousE,' WELLSBORO HOTEL FARR'S HOTEL, HAMILTON HOUST-',, HILL'S HOTEL, INTRODUCED . INTO AIVIERWA FROM GERMANY, in 1835• HOUND'S GERMAN BITTERS, HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC, PREPARED BY DR. C. ..rAtrKSON, raiLADELPnin, PA. ; ( The greatest known remedin 4 for Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA, • Nervous DAility, JAUNDICE, Diseases of the Kidneys, PIIPtIONS of the SKIN, • and•alt Diseases arising frota a Dims ordered Liver, Stoffiach, or IMPURITY OF TIME Read the following symptoms, and if you find that Your system is affected by any of them, you may rest assured that disease has econmencurits attack on the most important organs of your body, and unless soon checked by the-use of cmed its, a miscrabte We, soon terminatin ets death, tin be the result. Constipation', P/atulenee,_lnward Fulness of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea Heart burn, Disgust for Food. Fulness or Weight in the Litomach. Sour Eructations, Sink ing or Fluttering nt the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering" at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Bight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi ciency of Perspiration, 3/e/- lowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain:. in the' - Side, Back, Chest, Liss bs eto., Bud- ' den Flushes of Heat' Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imagininggs of Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits. AU these indicate disease of the Liver or Dlgestitia Or'gans, combined with impure blood. ilooltantegi (Nyman Bitters is entirely vegetable, and contains no i. liquor. It is a compound of Fluid } Ex. tracts. , The Roots, Bert's, and It rks from Which these extracts are 1 lade are gathered in Germany. All the medicinal virtues are extracted from them by a scientific: chemist. These extracts, are then forwarded to this Country tUbe used expsessly foil the manufacture 9f these Bitters. There is no alcoholic substance of any kind Used in compounding the Bitters, hence it is the only Bitters that can be used in oases where alcoholic Stint. ulants are not advisable. . • .4ociflatti2l 4 g Oenitatt Ciro= a combination of all the ingredientrof the Bitters, with _KUM Santa Cruz Rum, Orange, etc. It is used for the same diseases as the Bittern, in cases where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required. Thu will bear in mind that these remedies are entirely different from any others advertised for the cure of the diseases named, these being scient(lle preparations of riedkinal extracts, while The others are mere decoctions 04 runt in some form. The TONIC is decidedly vne rf the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever es7cred to the public. Its taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take tt, while its life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal qualities hare caused 74 17 be /mown as Sic is eWrzt of all tonics. • I CONSIIIVIPTION. Thousands of cases, When the paw Bent Etipposed lie was afflicted with this terrible disease, have been cured by the ;tee of these remedies. Extreme emaciation, debility, and cough arc the usual nt tcnd,,tuts upon severe Cases of dyspepsia or disease of the digestive orgnnel. Even in cases or genuine Commintnion, these remedies twill be found of time greatest:bairn:Di', strengthening and invigorating. DEBILITY, 77.-. re it so medicine, equal to Ifoolland's German Hitters or Tonic in caw of Debility. They Impart a tone and rigor to the whole :Meng, strengthen the ap pctfle, cov3; oil cajoyntrnt if the food, enabte'the stomach to eiqcst it, purify the blood, give a good, sound, healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge front the eye, impart a bloctl to the d0,e1.3, and change the patient f.v.a a norf-I,reailicci, entacialed, weak, and wit 0.0 in' fai.r, fulli.wri, dud, and tn.7 o r• ous perEN Weak and Delicate Children are n►ade stromq by using the Bitters or Tonic. In fact, they are Family Medicines. Tliey can be administered with perfect safety to a child three months old, the most delicate female, or a man of ninety. Three Tlomtdleo are the but " 33100 d. Purifiers ever /moon, and Ica! cure all diseases restating from bad. blood. Keep your blood pure; kern your Liver in order; keep your digestive organs in a sound, healthy condi tion, by the tue of theseArnnedier, and no disease will ever asset you. TZE Odni/PLMZZOIT. Lndles who wish a. fair s h in and good coninierlon, free from nyellow. belt tinge and nil other disfigurement, should use these remedies occasion., • ally. The Liver in perfect order, and the Llood pure, will result in Spark. ling eyes nod blooming cheeks. C if, U 'X' X 0 ht . /700A1 , Cr: e'Crt?latl lionalies are counterfeited. The urine hare the signature of C. M. Jackson' on the front of the outside wrapper of eacle bottle, arta the name of (he a:Weft blown in each battle. AU others are counterfeit. Thousands of letters have been re• eetved, testifying to the virtue of these remedies. READ THE RECONATETDATIONS. FROM RO:i. GEO. W. WOODWARD, ChiefJurtfee of the Supremo Court Or Penney'yank,. PLULADELPII/A, :MARCH' Itith, 1807. /find "Hoofland's German Bitters" is riot an intox icating beverage, but is a good tonic .useful in disor ders of the digestive organs, and of great benlfit in cases of dekitty and want of nervous action in the system. 1 - Gllll truly,. ,1 GEO. Jr. wow, WARD. ritom um. JAMES . TIIO3IPSON, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 28th, 1888. I consider "Moorland's German nit. terser a valuable medicine lie cast of at tacks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia,. I can certify this from my experiparce of it. Yours, with respect, JAMES THOMPSON. Prom REV. :JOSEPH 11. It ENNARD, D.D., Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. DR•JACEIiON—DEAR SIR have been frequently re quested to connect toy name with recommendations al ca./Arent kinds of medicines, but regardill.9 the pruchce as out of my appropriate sphere, I have in all cases de clined; but with a clear pno!in carious instances, and particutarly in my omit family, of the usefulness or Dr. Ilirlfland's German Bitters, I depart for mice from my usual course, to exprres my full conviction lhat for genet al debility of the Aystem, and especially for Liver Complaint, It ie IS EMe fuel valuable m eparation. in some cases it may fail ; but usually, I doubt not, it will be very beneficial to those who sulPr front the above causes. lOW'S, very re:peel/ally, .E. N 1 ED, Eighth, below Coatis St. Price of tho Bitters, 61.00 per bottlo; Or, a half dozen for $5.00. Price of the Tonic, $1.50 per bottle; oi, a half dozen for $7.50. The Tonic h put up fu quart bottles. Recollect that it is Dr. Iloofland's Carman Remedies that are so universally used and so highly recommend ed; and do not allow the Druggist to induce you to take any thing else that he may say is jurt as pond, be eau,: he make: a larger profit on it. These Remedies will be sent by express to any locality upon application to the PRINCIPAL OFFICE, AT THE GERMAN MEDICINE STORE, .Wo. sal ARCH STREET, Philadelphia. CHAS. M. EVANS, Proprietor. • Formerly C. M. JACKSON & CO. These Remedies are for sale by Druggists, Storekeepers, and Medi. eine Veolers everywhere. Do not forget to examine well the article you buy, in order to get the genuine. • \ . The above Remedies ere for onlo by Druggists, Storekeeperk and Medicine dealers, evolywherb throughout ,the United States, Canadas, South Asterlay aid the Weet 11,'68-Iys Wottge !Ilavner. How TECJIM HAD Ent, When I woe young lind tender, too, I had to mind, and ad to do Whatever mother 1 ado me; She used to have a Sialnut stick, Which kept Me on oLdenble quick, And that was where she had me. When older grown; and quite a beau Among the girls I used to know • A Miss Priscilla Cadwy,— s - - And with the jtelp of smiles and nods I fell in love at forty rode, And there is where aho had me. When I was older, say pixteen," I thought it time to have a queen— And asked her if she'd wed me:- She said she didn't much object, Or words to something of that effect, And there was w are she had me. {ho matter straight, hate }Cs.dmy, • ;Icare to sell," go to—well, re ho had me. ,! 13at when to mako I %vont up to negooli Affairs with dol. Ho said ho "didn't 110 told,me I 'nigh , -. And" that was wh drowned ray sort.. ws in a oup Until I got my dan. er up— (l couldn't have ibeen madder,) When she proposed, that we be one In spite of Pa; the thing was done, And that was wil i er° I had her. - Two lovely urchins on ray kneo • I'm proud to say belong. to mo— (That is, to me aiad madam) For ?when wo left our native sod, We epent a year or' two abr.ad— . And there was where we ad 'eat • • 2. Wiwitattoo gadinii. JOHN WALTON'S REVENGE. I!T.TiORATIO JaCIER i JR. EMS , . ' off fromherd,: ion little beggar said Oscar Ronalds imperiously; • The speaker was a well dressed boy of fourteen, and the words were addressed ttia boy of about hil3 own age :and his sister of eight. . TI e contrast between their outward appearance was striking. Oscar was of light compleilon and looked like a petted - of the aris tocracy. He held 4. caul) in his hand, which it might be judged from his scowling face he . wrukt not be unwilling to use. Johr - %Or ,olin Walton, Who confronter him without fear,"was la stouter boy than Oscar. His complexion Wad dark •, his hair, black as a 'alien's wing, bung over his forehead. His clothing was coarse and well - worn, his ,pants were tucked up nearly . ) to his knees, and shoes and stockin were luxuries which he dispensed g with. His little sister, terrified by Oscar's rude manner' clung to her brother in 4right. • 'Don't be scared John. 'He won't Won't I though lug the stick tight ' Not if you kno yourself,' said Joh ' You have no bu znr.) said Oscar fur •' I- am no negga boy proudly. -- This is my fatl deny that?' denial; 1 know. it, Is, au be yours some day. "nen why have ' I did not suppo• harm to pick a would otherwise d ' Then you kno v it now. in I don't care for the berrie , but don't want any , beggar's brats on y father's place.' ' stop there, you ig master,' said John firmly. 'You call ame a beggar, and I did not care much but if you call my mother by that pa e you will be sorry.' 'I :" t-Ilict Oitel r,, contemptuously. 'What wail you d 2' with that stick you 1 her a ~t)eggar,' said What arc you going 'I will beat you hold in your hand. "Then I do call John furlogsly: ' to do abouMt?' ' You - will see.' John _Walton let bin sister's hand fall and springing upon Oscar wrenehet the stick from his hand, laid it over his back with sharp e phasis three trues, and-then flung it uto the pool hard, by. 1 Leaving his yo ng enemy prostrate, he took his tenni d sister by the hand and saying, 'We will go home now Lizzie,'walked q ietly away. • Oscar picked imself up, mortified and furious. Helwould have pursued John And wreaked instant vengeance upon him if he ad • dared, but in the 1. 1 hands of the you &savage, as he men tally eharacteriz d him he had felt his own utter inabil ty to cope with him, add resolved that vengeance should come in another shape. '-.My father shall turn the beggars out of house and , home,' he. muttered. '1 wish they might starve.' The father of Oscar Ronalds was the proprietor of a handsome house and large landed ~ estate, including , several tenements which he rented out. In the poorest of these Illied John Walton null his mother. They lived poorly enough, how It would be hard to tell, but at all events' theyoliVed, and never sought help. . - . ..,, .. When John - A:ad-the story of his en counter 01 ism ther,' she teas disturbed, fearing th t tro ble might collie of it. So,'iudeed it d d. - . The net m ruing Squire Ronalds; with Ms stiff , e ect figure, was seen up proliching•the idow's cottage. Mrs. Walton. pened the door. . ' Won't you c me in, Squireßonalds'; she said nervou ly. ' No; Madam, I have but a word to . say, and that ie, soon said. Are you aware thatd Your boy grossly insulted my son Oscar yesterday ?' 'He told . me' 'that Oscar called me. names, and he knocked him down. He has fl; hasty. temper.' . . ' Your soli is aru an ma'am.' i'lcot,so had . .as tha . lie is a good boy to hie, Squire "Ronal Is.' . e e moot treat, others ect.' te wt s wholly to blame?' Was. My son caught mi my land, and very lured him on: I don't Ye matter. If he will ix I will let it pas... f i at month is up to-dub, ou to leave Ituis Leo v• ' It is a p i , with prop(l ' 1)o you th ' Curtail tret.paJ properly full care to argU , opologiw.; Lp Otherwist, I shall 111 1, wen L respl link li • he • I d ord Ogt4l Joln w h w hat had been inside and beard said, came 'onward, ad self-sustained. ) bken Ipte 1 11 P `it i MEESE shull,ll sir,' he attic' logise to Master 06ear, he who should apolo- give to Apologise to you! That would look well; would it not?' said the squire seornfully..i . ' It woul( be riglJ2 said John firmly, ' You are an impudent young rascal.' 'Mo t her, said John quietly, there is no use listening further. 1 shall not apologise„and am ready to take the cOusequeu es. bOn't he alarmed. I'll tiike care o •youl' . ' You wu leivie this house to morrow,' roared Squire RonaldS, in a very undig nified rage; stamping his gold-headed :the ground. 11,' :told John. 'Good day, (wed the door, leaving the cane upon ' Very w air,' and 0 d I lot him, Lizzie,' said are to touch us. 1 said Oscar, clutch :r. l l v what is best for 1, looking fixedly at :luess here, you beg stud the barefoot 'er's land. • Can you ded Oscar. I scippose it will you IpXruded here?' e it would do any few berries, which •cay on the vines.' Squire under a vague impression that lie had got the worst of the - encounter: ' What, shall we do, John?' said Mrs' Walton, dismally. ' I'll tell you, mother,' said John 'There is nothing for me to do here We will go to Brandon, where there ar wtolen mills. Then I can get a chant to work, and I will rise, never fear. I is best for us to go.' The next day rs. 'Walton!s tene ment was empty, Auld no one knew where the family h d gone. Oscar ex ulted in what ho egardcd as his tri umph. Twenty years passed. To the Bare footed boy they brought wonderfril changes. At twenty-tour he foiind himself suprlntendent of the mill where ho had entered as a poor operative, earning a salary of five thousand donate a year. He had built a haridso 'e house, over which his mother preside with matronly dignity. His sister Li - il l zie was tile wife of a young. phybicia I in successful practice in the same town. One winter evening they were all seated in a luxuriously furnished roo 8, , before a glorious lure. His sister h a come to spend the afternoon, but wi s prevented by the violent storm fro 1 returning to her own home. hat; a stpria3 it is l' sbe exclniml wondering. 'I pity those who aro o In it. ' Yes, said her brother, 'lt is the mot. violent storm of the year. The snow must l,e two feet at least. But we ne4d not feel troubled. It Is surnmerin (100114' Who would have thought, John, th we Should come Wave in such comfort said his mother. 'Twenty years ago were poorly oft.' I well remember it. It was a lucks l thin,g, we come to Braud'on.' So it' has turned out. But Iw , alarmed when you quarreled with you l . Oscar ,Ronalds. • I have forgiven him. The harm h intended has only done us good.' Have you heard, anything of hit lateln`P' • NU lately. Ills father died to, years since, and I am told that Oscar very extravagant. This is all.' The storm increased in violenc, shaking the house, firm and strong 1 1 jtwas. All at once the door-bell ra sharply. ' l will igo myself.' said John. 'T servant may not be able to close door again.' He opened the front door, and a sha cutting wind entered with a flurry snow. Will you give me shelter !' said faint voice. It was a man who spoke, still your He stepped in quite exhausted. Jo Walton closed the door. ' You have had a bard struggle w the storm, have you not?' he said. I have indeed. lam chilled to bone.' ` Come in to the fire,' and John thrtl open the door of the sitting-room. lie pere , ived that the' stranger h ( i. I no over-co tot, and appeared thorough) chilled. 1 'arm drinks were order and in half an hour he was more cot 'erudite, tie looked thin and haggai and his face bore the impress of dissii Lion.' - • He had more than once looked e nestly at John Walton. Finally saKkabruntly : - "HI you ten ine your MM: / ry face looks nu/Attar.' - My name is John Walton.' ' What,' said the other with a sta' 'Did you live, when a boy, in the toN of M—?' ` Yes, but I don't remember you,' ' I am Oscar Ronald's,' said the otl in a low voice. Is it possible?' exclaimed the thre and they involuntarily glanced at t ill-clad stranger. I see what you are thinking of. don't look much like the boy you us to know. I have been wild and extrt agant, and lost or squandered alt I property. I have gone down hill—yl have gone up.' lan sorry for your misfortun said John, kindly. if I can be of s vice to you, I ' I pilule here hoping to get the pi of clerk, which I understood was vaer4 If 1 had known you were here, I wo notoi&e come.' ' And why ? `Because you cannot have forgot my ill-treatment of you.' It is not forgotten, but quite fort,: en.' said John Walton, kindly. Line solously you 'did me a service. clerkship you seek is mine to best, You shall have it and I will guarat you good conduct. The salary will small—only eight hundred dollars. 'lt will be a fortune to me, who penniless. God bless you, John Wu] for your generosity. You shall not your confidence ill bestowed.' I have no more to toll, exempt then and there began a new and b life for Oscar, who after it while pr i ted, and now has a modest but th e! home of his own, with a good wil add to his happiness. And OW John Walton's revengo—a, noble/ Christian' revenge, the only one Ny taking for an injury. MARIVirING DELrNILARDS.—YOU: dies or more elderly women, who template 'marrying at all, and 'women do, ought to reflect seri that iu forming family relations, d ing habits must be excluded, or m shame and disgrace are inevitab.l.e. feel no hesitaney in warning y women, whether rich or poor, edu or uneducated, never to accept husband any man who drinks . a • spirits, .no matter how niodert And, in the expressive language u other, we warn all men addicted t vile habit of drinking to excess, or iu moderation, that in proposing riage to a lady properly informer insults her. The promise of su man to love, protect, cherish and her in sickness and in health is' so mockery ; it is a fraud :of the .mei kind, practiced on an unsuspecting, and iu .ocent heaven save the rising, generati females from that worst of all deg WOW , a drunken II UJIMild. In a sermon delivered by Rev. Bellows ; of New York, is the folio paragraph : " For my own part, I say in all so,. pity, I have lived to become since su,pleious or the piety of those whi hot love pleasure in any torte, ca trust the man that never laughs, i, always sedate; that has no apps outlet for those natural springs,of s, iveness and gayety that ale peter in the human soul. - I know that ture take, revenge on such violenc expeet to find secret vices, malig sins,, or hdrrid_ctimes spring up in hot bed of confined air and itnpris space ; and, therefore it gives me °ere moral g(7atification anywhere in any conintunity, to see inn pleasures and popular amusenent) ting the religious bigotry th. t ft so unwisely upon them. An 'Chi. better than dark, dead, unhafpy life—a prey to ennui and morbid e, meta." ' 1' The one who pleaded " Mock I Sleep," has been gratified. lies er, yielding to his repeated ttolieita Incited up a ruck and rocked W I bleep. lie hasn't wolie up yet. trot tho Agitator The Cont,titutilim of the Earth .UMBER FIVE What is the orktincte crust of the earth! And what tire those putts which are twined by that part of the original aa which, in tl Oi.ly to vegetable and anitnaUife, have been thrown et/ front this original crust, and by the force of gravitation retained upon the body of OJc earth, and has there by ehetnical and mechanical tuean3 been comminuted, dit,sol ved, decomposedand recomposed into other rocks? Now, under no eireumBtuneesi thin ntro We been ablo to mallo as eNunii i. alien of the crust of the earth to, a greater depth than 60,000 feet and ev!li this admits V• great doubt. We can illy examine the rocks s they appeal upon the surface and in upheaved mountains, and the highest mountain Id ,Ada Is only 20,100 feet, in America 20,000, in Africa 20,000, tend in Europe 17,716 feet. \\re may also ob tain a knowledge of the strata under lying the surface, through the medium of mines, none of which have been sunk over , 1,000 feet; but most fully by the obliquity of the strata of the earth. Where the strata of rock cropping out have a dip of forty-five degiees, for evel'y mile the dip extends, the strata oink a mile under the surface and where a basin having this dip extent] to the distance of ten •miles between the two anticlinal axes, the dipping strata are live miles below the hurfaee at the syn clinal axis. .This is only trite where the dip is regular and the ?inane or the couutry level. In this - way we have at4eertained that, granite is the lowest known strata of rock. " Granite," sue Eakewell, "is re garded as the fotm Jation rock on which all other rock formations rest, and hence las been called the most ancient forma+ luu." Dr. Stiilman says, " Granite, the deepest rock of which we have any knowledge, is not a mechanical de posite." Lyell admits the same, but on tends that granite is a growing rock aod Many of the masses and veins tue of al later formation than many of the mechani cal deposites. 1 1 Most of my older readers knowllwhtit granite is, but I presume few of the young have ever seen this kind of rock. 1 gave a definition and description of it in No. 3. and' may, take occasion to en large that definition before I get thro'. There is no granite rock at the surface in Tioga county, and according to Prof. Rogers Geelogy of Pennsylvania it nowhere sbdws itself in the State ex cept in the south-eastern part where it sprouts up through the overlying gneiss and other formations in numerous in jections of true granite. These are, for the most part, narrow, obscure dykes, or more truly, intrusive veins penetrat ing and branching into the gneiss rocks. Frequently, those veins eXpire within the gneiss, only the larger ones having been injected with force enough to cut entirely through it. } These granite dykes possess a renll9:kaine general _uniformity of compositien and chat ac ter, Vol. 1, p. t 511601(1 be here observed that Prof. rho ormtrql tire theory arid I infer, in the theory that the earth has Lying organization. Toe came :act, of t , protiling tip, Cr cutting tlirou,gli other rock t.trat.ti, by the granite is noticed by Piot'. Jackson hi his geology of :Ce‘v Hampshire.— " The roeits at the Falls, (of the: Merri maci; at} ate indurated mica slate, dipping to the Louth-east and CUL t.roneh in several places by granite He is al6o a I.;eliever in it _.dead earth and in tite Ccql (rid lire theory. Dr. MuCCUllocil, vel. 3 Ueol. Trans. p. says that at Glen Till, • ill icot.= land "the granite Feuds up many teins vilieb penetrate and reticulate the strdtt of liwebtone and sehiscq "(apt. Basil s that, at Table 1 oun taln, Cape of tlt;od riot e, the gr mite veins shoot 'p through the over ying clay slato .%.hieh from A sketch" of the same lying before me appear very much like the denuded branches of a trianoinotn tree. At Cape Wrath, Sutherlandshire, according to .L.. 11 these roots or veins grow through the oxerling gneiss in all directions, intertwining with each other like the roots of - trees, though on a larger Seidl. I have hefore me a !;!;etch of a group of granite veins In Cornwall, England, given by Alessrs. Von Oeynhausen and Von Decken, in, the Philosophical Mag azine, in which I count some dozen of these roots or velin3 whose general height, they say is front 16 to 20 feet, though some of them are Much higher. "In the Valorsine," says Lyeli, " valley not far from Mont Blanc, in um on, n d ttcr um , rful fe to Switzerland, au ordinary granite con sisting of felspar, quartz and mica sends forth veins into a talcose gneiss, and in • NN as un d UP[ h some places, lateral rainifications are thrown off from the principal vein at right angles, the veins, especially the minute ones, being finer grained than the granite in mass. In Dr. Stillman's editi'n of Bake well's Geology p. 67-9 Dr. Bakewell says " Granite sointainies forms veins Shooting up into the in'ctunhent rocks." r g M ewl- moq • usly ink sery, We oung ated or a 'dent A remarkable instance of granite Aveins in argillaclous schistus in Corn well is , described in Dr. Thompson's Annals of Philosophy—" The sehistus is of a greyish color, rather hard, but breaks in largo fragments. At the Junction numerous veins of granite may be traced from the rock of granite into the schist. Some of these veins may be observed upheavals of fifty yards, till they are lost in the sea, and in point of size, vary from a toot and a !half to less than an inch. At one place tliere is a very enlioll6 and. satisfactory phenomenon. One of these veins of granite, after proceedin ,, vertically ~(111.1e distence, suddenly forms an an gle and Continues iu a direction nearly horizontal for several feet, with a tus both aboN'e and below it. This ap waraiire most completely destroys one of the theories suggested for the expla dation of similar Venis t that a ridge of p rojeczing granite had been lett and depo-ited afterwards on in; sales." tely. , f an the eveo Irour- I , he leh a 13M1 e tuft most Con- May n ul Lula- Dr. viva leui •rOy. snot do that tent r ort tdtd ha- i mviition only a reiv of Ihe exam ples or Liwso g:quite veins sprouting up from below. They are enough, howev er, tor 11;ustration. The same 4tppear aliees themselves all over the globe Where the granite shOWS itself atm has beer examined. And I wish the rcader to notice that there is tli;s about these granite veins--they poet put into the overlying strata vertically and horizon exaefly .1 . 4 living organized fibers and roots yip ;um tiie overlying soil, crowding aside and condensing, the sun ounding as the roots and ti : ! ..q! , crowd eside and condense the sur rounding sod. Lunt this MU , and weeut roNN ns social zwie- file granite veins change also some what the texture mid composition from the main body of the granite the veins riving liner in grain, and the veins from corn in on grautle being without mica and an a.,...re:.1,ate of quartz and felspar. So_ai-o do the r,ota ami fibers of the vegetable hhow a tiitrelettee of texture and composition from the main body of the vegetable, • gave, too, the authority of the most tie to noth tions, I nt to EZEi eminent geologists for saying hat no rock except granite sends veins, or as ono may call them roots and processes into adjoining strata. • See Lyell p. 587. The veins (A - granite spoken of above are evidently not all of the same geo logical rtge Li 3 the treat body of the un derlying granite, hut frequently appear to be the growth of subsequent ages af ter the original granite had exlisted for a long time and had become covered by the secondary strata. 1 t is also stated that there are strong evidences that this sending Ott' of veins, roots or pro cesses is still going on in the granite covering the iricumbent strata. This granite, in view of what is said above way well be called the Living Rock, iu contradlitiction fro,in all the strata'above, which is the dead rock, formed of the cast off' deaid matter of :,the granite, which, as suggested by Lyelt and other geologists, is still form ing in ,the hauler of the earth, and pressing. up overlyin 4 g ,strata of dead matter, Can any thing be more analegous to animal and vegetable growth? The granites are not on all parts of the earth alike. The common granite is composed of quartz, felspar and mica. Porphyritic granite, is that in which large crystals of felspar occur in a small grained ghiuite. Sienite or 'sten/tic granite, is that in which hornblende either Nv holly or in part supplica, the place of mica. Taloa or Chloritic granite, is compos ed of quartz, felspar and talc or chlorite. Felaputhic granite s in which felspar is the principal ingredient, and the quartz and particularly the Mica very rare. This granite is frequently nearly white and is called by the French Ratite. Tote resembles mica in appearance. The plates are flexible but not elastic; it its much softer than Mica and is in finAble ; its colors generally towards gi evil, but it is sometimes a, silver white; it has a soapy feel. Chew - Utz, which is nearly allied to talc, derives its, name from the Greek_ Word c/doros, which signifies. green.--: Chlorine is 41' a darkish dull green col or, has a g !stetting lustre ; - its struc ture is into iCtely foliated, soft and rath er unctuotis.l, The an i ztr i Y4s of , theso two earths, which vek before me shows that talc is composfql of 152 parts of Alex, 2 of alumina, 2y of magnesia, and 3of oxide of iron. Chlorine - , of 41 hzu•ts of silex 6of al umina, 1 of lime 40 of magnesia and 10 of oxide of iron. • Schist or schistus, is dcAne4 by Web ster as " a slaty rock." Wensboro, Feb. IES, 1860 ExcarEME:X'l2 AND SHORT LIFE.— The following, by an unknown writer, accords - with our observation : The deadlie , ot toe to man's lon g evity is an unnatural and unreasonable excite- Ment. EVery Mall is born with a cer tain stock or vitality which can not he inelio;:scd, lint which may be husbanded or expanded rapidly, as he deems best. Within certain limits he has his choice, to live fsst or slow, to live at: - temi onsly • or intensely, to draw his,l little amoui, of life over a large spa 'O, or for, R d to n,e, It into a narro‘, - one; but ‘111c!L his Ewell is exhausted he oias no 11101 a.:. ne who livesabstemiously, - who alioldS all blitiltilailta, takof, light ex ercise, never overtasks himself, indul ge:4 no exhausting passions, feeds his mind and heart on exciting material, has no debilitating pleasures, lets with lo,g rufile his temper, keeps his "ac counts with God• and man's duty squared up," is sure, barring accidents, to spin cut leis life to thp longest limit which it is possible to attain, while lid Atilt° lives in tensely seasoned, who feeds on high food, whether materiaN),r men tal, fatigues his body or brain by hard labor, exposes himself to inflammatory li.a..se, seeks continued excitement, give;, loose rein to his p :ssions, frets at every trouh;o, and eroj ya little re posej is burning the can to at both eudi,l and Is Stlr,: to shorte his days. A N - Lw `ionic JUDGE.—A good story is t id of a . 2;:ew - York judge. This judge had been out on a " hum" with son a convivial fibNid, slept it off and tool his pluen in court nest 11 - lamina. .A. •ounp; woman - oi' the town was br( igkit up for robbing a man, and the juilge aceordint;ly zci.iteueed her to a terra upon " the h-land." • . t•Picaz,e, may I tipealt to you, Judge?" slid the,girl. " Certainly'." Ulla' said apart : "Judge, you told me la,t, night that if I were ever hrougl4 Lef.)co you, you would see that I should he taken ear 6 of." 1 The judge stepved ,back without moment's hesitation, and uttered ea ile.tly " as he our uncle? Indeed, this makes a strange eseamf for 0110 so young. Gentlemen 1 kOW-this young There must be some mistake. Her uncle wus that excellent jurist, Brown, whose history is so fresh to those of you fi . ont Cattaraugus, I must take the responsibility of dismissing tho ease. It is indeed fortunate." UNCLE WILL'S FAREWELL.—UncIe Will, after having drank himself poor, took a sensible notion to reform, which Le succeeded in doing. We subjoin his farewell to whisky and its attendant W we advise all topers to read, and then follow Uncle Will's example: Farewell, drintlisso nigh and handy; Farewell, rum and gilt and brandy; Farewell, empty pots and kettle. 4, Farewell, enpboa4ls‘vithout "vittals,"; Farewell, rooniS free ((Anil weathers ; Fat ewell, beds h iCh have no leathers; Farewell, floors that need a swab iile ; Farewell, yartl. that have no wood pile; Farewell, faded hat and breeches; Farewell, coats; more holes than stitches; Farewell, hat: that have no rims On Far, well. faces red and crimson ; Farewell, - tulp) that hav'e no bacon ; Fa ewe 1 , %v thut I've fors•ake» ; Fare•svell, broken chairs and tabled; Fal'e‘.+ ell, dwellings w (Ilse than stit'r:yles oaten that I ..-pokett ; Farewell, vows that. 1 I:ave broken ; Faiewcll, landloil;, and lnkr tender; : Fale\e',l, all bine devil fienderd. " Glib Ii UU tohl a fib ia thv.! pti;f : it t)-(luy. sou of a " Wny, kehat 410 you mean ?"" y„0 v,.,;1,1 more. and I ltnve done.' Then you wr_mt vu nod s.till n great many mf. , :t! rfne (you'(l n ?a ve on; 'eau,e ) ou prowiz•cci 'Rut (roln't, }lnd kei): on inng while • the ;vA, up,'' "NVII ) nt ion in death 7' yount!: i n a hi:,; • • w. 1 ,, (-..tteAfitising• `the yotHof 0 t id(1510.-1 1 111(1 i ie ,i/ a t ( al. " :,ou not tv\ll 'llle. ?" ur A uk i th e , clon't want to tell ti. nee," 11;21,11mm:3 p'ir); ‘i nut no_nl•,iection to I.;;iling you where he livesi." " 12. , :tneull)er who yoll are tgllzing• to, sir!" t.ftict iiartqtt, to a frac!iotis boy font iattwr, it !,* " NVell who's to blaino for that Y" Said young iLupertnaanco ; "'taint Mel" DEFFINITIONS. J. EMERY DEPARTMENT. as have stocked theestablisbme mod assortment of .HD CARD TYPE 1) FAST PREBSES, d to executes neatly and promptly. A: I , .TDDILLS, OITLCELARB, IDS, PAMPHLETS, to., Ito. ngts, Loasee,nnd nfull patortnumt nd Justices' 131ankti on hand. ; at a dietaneo can dependon bay lone promptly and sent back in Annual Report of the County Superin , tonent of Common Schools. . ....1 118ca.—Ten new ones htt;e been built ' during the past year, of a higher grade than these built in former years. The inumlier unfit for UEO has been de creased %r Ave; the number "having no privieV , has been decreaSed by elev en. Thi3re ;has been no marked ad vance in the improveThent tof school grounds' The number with sufficient groundsi has 'increased by eleven; the numberzl;ell ventilated has increased by two: Covington borough has the " baundr" school house, for a school of two grifiles, both rooms upon the earne floor ag they should be. Boni/Cure and '44pparatus.—Thefurn iture Of our school houses, while very far betow the proper standard, is- con stantiv_ inawoving. l Apparatus-of bet ter kind and in igre ter ; quantity, is being introduced very - generally.— Globes, maps of the United States, charts of the solar sy tem, ,now orna ment the walls of no rly one-half otir school houses. ' The annual increas of schdol prop erty for the last twelve years I estimate at six per cent. r - . Schools.—Whole number two hun dred and fort Y-seven, being au increase of two. During the year four have been graded. Inciybse in number of well classified schools, twenty: The , , som ber in which books are uniform has in creased ,by twenty-two. The Bible is read in nearly all our schools. Teach ers.—lN itli commendable am bittai our teachers are seeking to im prove in their . wo .Ic. Good teachers ate paid better, am we hope poor ones will continue to re ciVeles.4. i Methods of Inqk fiction.—Met hods of instruction aro changing for the better as teachers beconn familiar with the modes taught iii our Normal schools and educational journal. Of such teachers we educate more for other counties than for our own. . . EDUCATIONAL WORE.' DQNE BY SIIPEBIN TENDENT. We have visited about two-thirds - of the schools during the nine months of the year, leaving tote other one-third disappointed, and probably blaming the County Superintendent. _ • The visitations, with forty publiC ex amtnations, have required a ride of Wore than one thousand miles through , all kinds of weather, find over all sorts ' of roads, not always the most refFesh ing to man or beast. Of the more. than four hundred teachers examined, only tWenty:nine have - reedvet/ professional certificates, a huniber, which, though so small, is much greater than, the average throughout the-State, and greater than a rigid constructimeet - the_instructions from the Department would Warrant.— Only fourt - -en have -been entirely re jected, wMle seven ty-eigh t were marked so low that' we suppoeed directors would not employ them. These will hereaf ter be rejected unless decided improve ment shall be shown upon examination. While there are but two huhdred and forty-seven schools its the county, who can see the need of .seventy-four male and three hundred and ,fort Y-nine fe male teachers actually employed in the county`durio‘r the past year? Of these teachere, eighty-four have had no ex pel knee, and ninety-six an experience of less than one year; and; yet, beCause , these teachers will e-o into the schools at any price, they are 'allowed to sup plant better teaceets. Hence the ne cessity of the painful duty lime:liter, on -the part of the County Superintendent, of rejecting mane of these teachers. "We have we met, two hundred and twenty-five official- letters during the nine months ; -and have never failed to meet an appointment, though these ap-, ',ointments were. published four to six: weeks in advance. The County Institute, called twice during the year, a; mainly a failure; the teachers not al:ling either able, or obliged teattend. If the 'motley, now previded to pay lecturers, Could be ap propriated to Tay, in part, the expeneea of teachers, they - could be compelled to attend. , OIIsTACLV4 IN TIIE WAY. , 1. The want tL qualified teachene, ,and the slownedi of teachers to• adapt improved meth: ,is of instruction and government. 2. Dieerepanv between the wages, of male; and fe!, - Ittle teileliets of equal competency. 3. Prejudice egainet public schools because of thebi• agrarian tendency.— Even our Anieyicanism cannot educate the .IDirit of caste out off all• eC us; it ' clings like ourkommon depravity. 4. Unequal Lax:Viola 6. Unreqiiiqtai labor of school direc tors, and tao many of . them by oue-half. d. Unfortunate location of school houses, and too - many of them, because parents prefer to send their 'children a lbw rods tofu half a school, 4nd a poor one at that rather than to let them go two miles a) a whole school and a good one. 7. Constsnt change of teachers from one school to another, because they do, not, by theexl.ellency of their teaching, fasten themselves to the hearts, of the parents and children, es a necessity for the school. „ MEASUISES CALCULATED TCPPIIO3.IOTE IMPROVEMENT. 1. Reduce the board of, directors to three, -- and pay theta the same as super visors are now paid. 2. Abolish the County Superinten dency, and subetitute town supervision under the board of directors, whose du ty it shall be to emnfoy, either alone or wish the directors of not more than two other districts, a competent super intendent for the schools under their charge, to examine the teaehers of the r. accot ding to printed question and -- int-t-zuqions sent annually from 1114. State Superintendent, that the-aiertifl eates unifotin throughout---the :State ; to tvisit each of the schobis at heiet twice every term ; to assist the directors in making a full and correct annual report, and to be paid for each day's Work according as the directors may be paid, TI 3. The eontrect with teachers,should he so (hewn as that they shotildpuive it pecuniary iotert-q in keeping 'tip - the school by meliele• lee average atten dance of scholf the: granting of certitieate, centre! the Monthly wages; fok . example, 1:11; wa:zes it the, average attentlatice taped, two-thirds o f all the si:•hol z os of that ; three-fourths _ wages if the a‘ treee attendance fails below one-half of all the scholars ; one hal wieees if the averege attendance falls to one-fourth of all the scholars, anti thtecontreter to iw void w hen ' the - avereee for any taa , week hills short of out-fifth of tilt the scholars' properly beloneiel; to that, school. J. F. 12N-LICINS. wiry ?—The