The Tioga County agitator. (Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa.) 1865-1871, May 12, 1869, Image 1
JOBBING DEPARTMENT. Tho proprietors have stocked thUastabliebtne with e. new a varie assortendht of - ' i JOB AND CARD TYPE AINID,FAST PRESSES, • an d ate propated to oxeuitte tioatl,y and prompt POSTERS, HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS, BIL HEADS, CARDS, PAMPHLETS, Ite. i 11e. Deeds, Mortgages, Leaser, and a full assilrtme of Constables' und Justices' Blanks on-band. ' 0 People living at a distance can deriendon ing theif work done promptli and sent back,ll retuv)l mail. DIAgONIO. ZiSSEA LODGE, No. 817, A, Y.. 11.; maota at their Hail over Dr. iloy'a drug store, on Tuesday evening, on or before the Full Moon, eV/ o'clock P.N. TYOGYA .011 APTER, No. 194, R. A. H., meets at the ILiD,on Thursday crooning, on or befdre the Full Moon, at 7 o'clock P. H. TYoOit COUNCIL, No. SI, It. & 9. MASTERS, meets at the Hall, on the third Friday of each calendar month, at 7 o'clock P. M. TVPtidAGIITON 0081111ANDRIIY, No. 28, of KNIGHTS TESIPI,,AR, and the appendant ordure , meets at the Hall, On the first PridaLof each calendar month, at 7 o'clodk P. M. BUSINESS DIRECTORY, WILLIAM M. ISMITH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Insurance, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main Street Wellsburg), Pa., 'Jan. 1,1868. WM, GARIZEITSON, ATTORIIEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Notary Public and Insurance Aient, Bloss burg, fa., over Caldwell's Store., GEO. W. MERRICK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. °Moo with W. H. Smith, Esq., Main Street, o pposite Union Blook, t , Welisboro, Pa. July 15, 1888. , . W. D. TERBELL ' WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers in Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass, perfumery, Paints and Oils, Ice.; AO. Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1888.—ly. S. F. WILSON. WILSON & NILES, ATTORNEYS Is COUNSELORS AT LAW, (First door from Bigoney's, on the Avenue)— Will attend to business entrusted to their care in'tho counties of Tioga and Potter. Wellsboro, Jan, 1, 1868. JOHN I. MITCHELL ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Wollsboro, Tioga Co., Pa. "Claim Agent, Notary Publio, and Insurance Agent. He will attend promptly to collection of Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty. •As Notary POlio ho takes acknowledgements of deeds, ad ministers orths, and will act as Commissioner to take testimony. Or-Office over Roy's Drug Store, adjoining Agitator Oft3ce.---Oct. 30. 1367 John W. GnornsoV, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Having returned to this county with a view of making it hiespormaneitt residence solicits a titan of public patronage. All business en trusted to his s care will be attended to with promptness and fidelity. Office 2d ,door south of E. S. Fareti i hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa. JOIN B. SHAKSPEAILE, DRAPERAND TAILOR. Shop over John R. Bowen's Store. ' AID" Cutting, Fitting, and Repairing done promptly and in besd style. Wellsborq, Pa., Jan. 1, 1888—Iy GEORGE WAGNER, TAILOR. Shop Arid door north 'of L. A. Sears's Shoo Shop. AEF-Oatting,Fitting,and Repair ing dope promptly and well. Wellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1,1868.—1 y. JOUN ETNER, TAILOR AND CUTTER, has opened a shop on Crafton street, rear of Sears d; Derby's shoe shop, *heretic , is prepared to manufacture gar ; manta to order in the moat substantial manner, sad with dispatch. Particular attention paid i„to Cutting and Bitting. ➢larch 28, 1.868-1 y Dr. C. H. Thompson. [WELLSBOROUGH PA.) Will :attend to Professional calls in the village, of: Wellsboro and elsewhere. Wilco and Residence on State St. 2d door 011 the right going East. (June. 24,-1868. DION, SI. D., late of the 2d Pa. Cavalry, nfter nearly four years of army service, with a large Axporlance in field and hospital pritotice,has opened nn othce (or the practice of medicine and surgery, In all ill Ur:locket., Persons from a distance can find good boarding at the Pennsylvania Hotel when desired.— Will skit any part of the State In consultation, or to perform_ surgical operations. No. 4, Union Block, up stairs. Welluboro, Pa., Hay 2, 1866.-Iy. Win. 'B. Smith, KNOXVILLE, Pa. Pension, Bounty, and In. ear:ince Agent. Communications sent to the above address will receive prompt attention. Terms moderate. [jan' . B, 1868-Iy] Thos. 33.13ryd0n SURVEYOR & DRAFTSMAN.—Orders left at • his room, Townsend Hotel, Wellsboro, will west with prompt attention. Jan. M. 1867.—tf. • R; E. OLNEY, DEALER In CLOCKS it JEWELRY, SILVER A PLATED WARE, Speetaelvs, Violin Strings, Mansfield, Pa. IVatehos and Jew elry neatly repaired. Engraving done in plain English and Germs*. Ileept67-Iy. ' . Hairdressing & Shaving. Salodn over Willcox Barker's Store, WeHe ber°, Pa. "Particular attention pnid to Ladies' Iluir.outtlrig, Shampooing, Dyeing, etc. Braids, Pude, coils, and siviches on hand and made to or iel.. .- 11. W. DORSEY. - J. JOHNSON. J. G. PIITNADJ, NIILL WRIGHT—Agent for all the best TURBINE -WATER; WHEELS. Also for Stewart's OsoillatinOlovement for Gang wed Malay Saws, I -! .. - 1 flop. Pa., Aug. 7, 1868, ly. C. L. 'WILCOX, Dealer in DRY GOODS of all kinds, Hardware nod Yankoo Notions. Our aisortmont is large sad prices low. Storo in Union Block. Call in gentleman.—may 20 1868-Iy. PETROLEUM ROUSE, WES FIELD, PA., GEORGE CLOSE, Propri • ntor. A new Hotel conducted on the principle of live and let live, for the accommodation of the publio.—Nov. 14, 1866.-Iy. FARR'S HOTEL YGA, Tloct'A COUNTY,-PA Good stabling, attached, and an attentive hos tlor alwayp in attendance E. 13t FARIt, HILL'S HOTEL, W ESTPIEJ.D Borough, Tioga Co. - Pa., E. G. Hill, Proprietor. A now and commodious building with all the modern improvements. Within easy drives of the best hunting and fish ing grounds in Northern Penury,. Conveyances furnished. Terms Moderato. Pub. 5,1888-Iy. IiZAAIk %VAIVITOrti HOUSE, Gaines,- Tioga County, Pa. 1 101tAcE C. VERMILYEA, Pnor'n. This is a new hotel located within easy access of the best fishing and hunting grounds in North ern Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared ler the.tccounnotlation of pleasure seekers and the traveling public. [Jan. 1, \MS.] , ,Bounty and Pension Agei l tey. WgA.VI!S(I reeeiverldegniteiustructionbt n regard to the extra bounty allowed by the act approved Y 2s, latin,and having on band a large enpply of ell secesiary blanks ,1 am prepared to prosecute all pen aloe find bounty claims which may be placed in my I,,uvlit. , Personsliving at a distance can communicate with roe by letter, and their communicatiour , Bill be promptly altiWell Cd . WM. 11. SMITII. We llshore.October 24,1430 0 , , RARENESS & RILEY, BOUT AND SHOE MAKERS, •, ov.r '(E. Van Vaikert/mry'e Store, in the room lately occupied { Seeley. DOTS AND S/ICiEp'of all kinds made to irtler and in the best manner. k MENG of all kinds done promptly and 800(1 . (live us a call. - JOHN HARKNESS. WM. RIL EY. 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' . - half C 01....... ..... 1 .1 1 1, , g0 0 1 2 6 6 1 1 ) 2 , 1 1 3 7 0 , , . .. . . . , i n - ) VOL. XTVI. ' - ----'': '- tf-,---:'--',. --- -- ' - r',. -' - ,- - WELLSB ORO' ,TA ' MAYI2 . 1.--. -1 . '. 1 1869. , . - No• _l9. Special Notiega 15 cents !" 1 Local 20 Alp per lino. CITY BROK BINDERY BLANK, BOOK MANUFACTORY, (SIGN OF•THE BIG .4300 K, 2D FLOOR,) c ELMI.II,A, N. Y. OT,YR , , r GOOD AS rixellEST, CAEAP AB TIIECtig:APEST. BLANK BOOKS 01 every description, in all styles of Binding, and as low, for quality of Stock, as any Bindery in the State. Volumes of. every ,desoription Bound in tho best manner nod in any ,style -or dered. ALL KINDS OF GILT WORK Executed in the best manner. Old Books re bound and made good as new. ILLO,LIZEInti iR 141 D) I am prepared to furnish back numbers of all Reviews or Magazines published in the United States or Groat 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 size, on hand and cut up ready for printing. Also, BILL PAPER, and CARD BOARD of all colors and quality, in boards or cut to any size. Cap, Letter, Note - Papek, :Envelopes, Pens, Pencils,#c.. I sill sole agent for , P4f. SHEPARD'S NON-CORROSIVE STEEL PENS, OF venious SIZES, FOR LADIRS AND GENTLEMEN., J. B. NILES Which I will warrant•equal to Gold yens. The best in use and no mistake. The abov,e stook ',will saint the LoWest RateA 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 o; public patron age. Orders by mail prompt' attended to.— Address, LOUIS KIX% Advertiser Building, Sept. 28, 1867.—1 y. Elmira, N.Y. UNION HOTEL, • MINER WATKINS, PROPRIETOR. lIAVING fitted up a new hotel building on the site of the old Union Hotel, lately destroyed by fire, lam now ready to receive and entertain guests. The Union Hotel was intended for a Temperance House, and tho'Proprietor believes it can be sustained without grog. An attentive hostler in attendance. Welleboro, June 26,1867. • E. R. KIMBALL, GROCERY AND RESTAURANT, One door above the Meat Market, WELLSBORO, PENN'A, RESPECTFULLY announces ,to the trading public that ho has a desirable stock of (ho echos, comprising, Tcps, Coffees, Spices, Sugars, Molasses, Syrups, and nit-that constitutes a first. class stock. Oysters in everty-11Q1t. all sea sonable hours. Wellsboro, Jan. 2, IS6,7—tf. Great Excitement! Johnson . impeached, .and Em broo's !Moots and. Shoes triumphant! The subscriber would say to the people of Westfield and vicinity that bets manufacturing a Patent Boot vide), he believes to possess the following advantage o •er all others; Ist, theretspocrlmping; 2d, nnwrinklin ,savonsthey break to the feet; 3d, no ripping. lu Is ion, they are Just the thing for everybody. Sample n hand and 'orders solicited. Solo right of reittleld t , wnsltip and Bora' secured. Ho has alsorMt receive a splendid set of balmoral patterns, Intent styles. Como one, conic nil! We are boned [ascii cheap for cash or ready pay. Shop one door south of Sanders S Colegrove. Westfield Bore', tee1,.14 1868, .J. It. waLumn & LATHROP. DEALERS 111 lIARDWARE, IRON, •STEE-L, NAILS, STOVES, TIN-WARE, BELTING, SAWS, CETLEBY 9 WATER LIME, AGRICULTURAL - IMPLEMENTS, Carriago and Harness Trimmings, HARNESSES,. SADDLES, Corning,!N. Y., Jau. 2, 1867-Iy. HEARLYE! - HEAR YE! 'HEAR YE BARhILS, FIRKINS, CIIURNS, •' MUTTER TUBS, &c., Kept constantly on hand, and furnished to or der, by W. T. MAPHERS, at his new store, 2d d ottr above Roy'p Wellsboro. (Juno 10, 1868.) THE Buffalo Platform Scales, all ordinary sizes, for.heavy, and aounter..use,. may be found at the Hardwa re store of Wm. Roberts, Wellsboro. These Smiles are the Fairbanks Pat ent and have nu superior anywhere: They are lladein the best style and have taken the premi um at_all the grontexhibitions. I have the sole agency for these Scales in this region. W FULA NI ROBERTS. Wellabore, Feb. 12, 1965. PACIFIC HOTEL 170, 172; 1 174, & 176 GREENIVICILST., /SHE UNDERSIGNED takes pleas ure in announeiog to his numerous friends and patrons that from this date, the charge of the Pacific will be 52,50 per day. Being sole Proprietor of this House, and there fore free from the too, comnion exaction of an inordinate rent, ho is folly able to:3 o meet the downward tendonoy of prices without any falling off of service. It will now, as heretofore, be his aim to main tain undiminished the favorable reputation of the Pacific, whitth it. has enjayed fur many years, as one of the best of The table will be bountifully supplied with every delicacy of the soason. Tho attendanco will be found efficient and obliging. The location will be found convenient for those whose business calls them in tho lower part of the city, lining ono door north of Cort land Street, and one block west of Broadway, and of ready Ile.10:11 to all Rail Road and Steam boat Lines. Doc. 2, 1868-ilm JOHN PATTEN. Proprietor rr bi Subscriber has fitted up the rooms ad j.. joiniug D. P. Roberts Tiu :tud Stove Store f,tr the tnaeultteture and rain of I'CW ARS, (all grades), Fancy and Common SMOKING TO 13 A CC (1, Mich igan Fine cut ela WING, and all kinds V. PLUG 7 7 G41,1C 0, PIPES, a ii.(l the Choi re t sf Brawl (lf CIO Ale s. ,74fl e:111 and sett lor yourzelve.9. .11)11N W. PURSEL Nov. l i, WS— tr. Llt ItUN PLASTER.—Wu-hereby certify VA th a t w e have u. 03 the l'ht,ter ut•enefnetttred by Champuey & Iterna tier, at their works on Elk Run, in Ilaines towurhip; and we believe it to be equal it' ho t. suprrinrto thebayuga Plaster. David Smith S M Conable A P Cone MH. Cobb SilllMollB J Benutuer G W Barker A=et Smith T. Strait SB D tvii Albert King john C Miller JII Watrous WII Watrous 7. L Mar.h It At Smith 0 A Smith YI M Foote J D St.tttit. P C Van Gelder J 3 Smith Jared Davie J'F Zimmerman C L King I. I, Smith. N. B.—Plestor always on band at the Mill.— Prico $5 per ton. Nov. 4, 1868., OM 8 Baldwin Street, COMPLETE YOUR SETS! STATIONERY, 3Elc. cot tE; eta :as. Scales! S4ales ! Scales ! N4c I'u b. New TobaccO Store ! 'PO FARM ERS NEW SPRING GOODS BM J. A. Pars;Ons & Co., We t i nvite your, attention to' rtrlew Stook. as we think you will find it very attractive and cheap.' We do not, as most in the trade, claim great advance's, but intend to give More goods fur a dollar, taking the average of .our stock, than at any time for several years. Our Linen Stock le vcry,/arge anti cheap. Brown Table Lin'ens 4s, Li, fls, Bs, per y,ard. Bleached " " Gs, Bs, 10s, 12s, " Table Cloths in 'extra - Sizes and Qualities. Napkins from Towels from Towellings $1,50 to $5,00 Aosi. - $1,75 to $0,50 " l's,-160, 18, 200, 250, 2.6, Ss. "'Full of Drapery Muslim, *arsenic; Quilts, Table Spreads, check and striped Nein- Books, &c., at very, reasonable prices. . In Domestic Cottons our Stock is very desirable. With' as many Leading Goods at Low Rates as ever. Wo have• Brown Shootings, yd. wide ,a ots. Bleached touslins lo per,yd. Handsome Prints Is yd. Common Prints 61 cents, and all other goods snob as Cheeks, ,Deniths, Tiokings, Stripes, &,e., equally cheap. Cassimeres, Kentucky Jeans, & Cotton ades. ' Alarger stocklhan 'usual, and at still ldwir prices. Dress Goods 'and Shawls. We havo a fine Stock of early Spring Goods, very cheap BLACK ALPACAS. Wei re keeping a still Larger Stook of tho i n saineJ akos of which we sold so many last seasot , and are now selling them at about 10 per cent ees than last fall. We shall keep all the numbers having them at as,.4s, 4s6c, 5.1, Os, 7e, Bs, 10s, 12s, and we know that no ono can beat us either as to prices, qualities, or as td-to the assortment. BOOTS . & $ll-IOES• Our trade last' year was larger in this stock than ever before, and we de4ro to- increase it this season, and to do so, intend to keep a still better stock in fine work for Ladies and Chil dren. We shall continue to keep up our largo assortment of Richardson's Work in Men's and Boy's Bhoed, Women's & -Chil dren's Calf, Kip and Moroe . • co Shoes. At about the same prices as ~ last year. This work is the 'amid reliable of mix sold„ and our large:lA:ado enables us to sell it at'a very Biotin profit. Iu Ladies' Serge Congress Gai ters, Serge-Balmoral, and . Polish Boots. Also, Kid and Pebble Goat Work We shall' keep a meal larger stock than over before, and Pell it less than regular prices. WINTER GOODS. We are selling off the balance of our stock of Winter Sha,Wls; : Bacqueings, Dres Gold, Furs, &c. At a reduction of full 25• per cent. from our regular prices, any one desirous of buying very cheap can now do so. J. A. PARSONS & CO Corning, Alarcli 10, 1869. - * THE Atlantic and Great Western - . • ' • -AND- , • . • ERIE RAILWAYS, THE GREAT BROAD GUAGE ROUTE 13:13 CLEVELAND, '1101.,,ED0; CHICAGO, MILWAUEEE, ST. PAUL, OMATIA, And to all Points in the WEST and NORTII-WEST. Dayton, ‘ Cincinnati, Louis- VILLE T. LOUIS, ItANSAS bIEMPIDA N.gW. ORLEANS, And all points in the . South eSouthwest; with No Clialage O'oaches TO CLEVELAND OR CINCINNATI, From any point on the Erie Railway. An ad vantage and convenience not offered by any other. route. 3 'innocent LIGHTNING EXPRIISS TRAINS DAILY. Baggage Checked Through, and No CITANan from ono car to another, preventing loss or dam age. Tickets via this popular routo can be procured at all offices on the lino of the Erio Railway, and of BEERS & ABBOTT; OPPOSIT DEPOT EIMIRA. When purchasing ask the Agent for Tickets via the ATLANTIO a: GREAT yVESTERN RAILWAY. W. B. SHATTUC, (ion. Ticket and PSISR. Ag't, Cleveland, 0 L. D. RUCKER, Gen. Supt., Meadville, Pa, Jan. 8, 'B9 RE AND STOVES! CONYEAS, & OSGOOD H - Ar th on boa and are,constantly receiving HARDW • - Hardware • Store every °Mete needed in this'region of 'country, - ' in no HARDWARE -LINE. SHELF -HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, NAILS, ,MIDDLETOWN AND ALMLBA 'SAWS,ROPE,- . sTiov - Cooking, Self-Regulators and Coal StoveS:' " Home Companion, and Ow justly colebratud AMERICAN. COOll-: STOVE , TIN=WARE • No pains a ill bo spared to "lent the wants of our customers. CONVERS & OSGOOD. Wei!Libor°, Jan: 6, 1869, ly. • John C. Horton, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Low: renoeville, 'Tiogn County, Pa. Office over George MoLoan,s Mot do Shoe Store. Business attended to with promptness. apr. 7th, '69-Iy. - • ViciTO' Comm , • - i A SABBATH IN THE COUNTRY. 1 No sound of crashing wheel was heard, Tho morning's sun ; orept up,tho hills, ' Tho twitter of ti&etutiner And gurgling laughter of the rills, And whispered welcome of the trees, And harp notes of the gentle breeze. The air was full ofßabbath song, ' And Sabbath beauty - robed the earth ; There was no flaunting,' fine-dressed throlig, • No marring and unseemly mirth; But golden sunlight in the dells, And mush! of invitirs bells. The house of God w s everywhere; We stood in courts where He had been, Wo wanted moss His meadows fair, . ' And doWn His aislei of overgreen,; And strayed Wipe His river brim; While all our barb Went, opt to. Him: Wa lingered where t. a little bands Knelt down togot tn. in Mils light, 'With sun-burnt taco j toil-stained hands, And'simple vnlee hat loved the right; Anil while wo broat ed Die holy name, 'lnto our midst the astor came. Wo looked upon the .reacher's fhoo, But•baok to us 100 ed other.eyis, Wo heard the spoke words of another ado us wigrace, i t But i tWas se; For God took all our : thoughts away, thorn And kept the to hi self that day. I,• • , 0 grand cloud-mountains, snowy white! 0 Wilderness of tree , and fern • That throujh the windows met our eight, And o our peace-filledlspirits burn I Into our hearts your joy we take, And ~ l eio you for our Father's :sake: litiortitatteoug IS SHE A ROINE ? That is the quest on I wish 'to' . pht before the public., I have puzzled over it from morning till fight, have dreamed about it, and grow thin upon it, and can find no sOlutloa.thereof. . „ • - .her name.was Mina Blake, and he lived among the hills. No matterwhat hillS. There are a great many' in 'title country unknown, to fame,. •and: she, lived among some of them. She lived in a frame house, and there were plenty more like s it among these hills. • The situation was bleak, and the: soil 'se peer that the old men and ,small boys 'did all the farm work, while the rest:of the people worked in the mines under the hills, cir, in the factories of the dingy smoky town Watley near them. These Last were the ariStocracy, and they looked down upon the miners, . who were "foTeign" an "low." ' The people "nevr carried their lives about them like clogs ;" hard labor was not a "dull pain" tb them, (unless they, were rheumatic); they did not look at strangers ,with • "pitiful, dumb animal eyes ' •" . they did) udt stalk about with hands .upon their! brows and hearts, pressing down their miseries to keep them "silent:" NOthing of . the kind. For relief to their physical miseries they resorted to DiUke's Plantation Bit-; tees, and as- a•soliir-or- moutut...mis-; cries opinions wer pretty- equally - di- - vided between the j ßible and the tavern. They did not "strive to work on the problem Of their iives," for they had extremely vague 0 ideas in regard to problems, and life Ito them was a sim ple thing enough.. . . . They got pretty air wages, and ate, and drank, and.slept, and talked poli-i tics, and some said their prayers, and some did not, and they all expected to go to Heaven -when' they died. They shuffled along thrOugh life, half edu-• cated, and happy, and sooty, and con ceited, got marrie and died, and that was the end of tAem. Let them go; for it is clear that such unnatural spec imens of the laboring_ class can be no manner of,useln a story. . Mina Blake worked in a factory. She was not in the habit, ofstanding by, the looms,' and thinking how they were crushing the beauty and sweetness out of her life (ahe did net, know that they were, she was so 'stupid) nor did she wonder'if they weir() "weaving the web . S . of her destiny?' nor did she walk. among the whirli g wheels with great thoughts whirlin through her dizzy brain. ..If she ha 'done -these things per wages would ave been docked, and she knew it. - Neither did 'she live on fruit and areara in summer,' and in the winter on "corn cakes tinted with delicate brown, and spread With golden butter." The fruit that grew on the hills was scraggy and sour, and the grass thin and poor, and half the year Mina saw no butter. Mush and molasses, bacon, and brown bread constituted her ordinary food. When the war broke out, she did not urge her only brother to go and back his knapsack with, smiling lips and tearful eyes. Not We.' For when at last ho was_drafted she bid him under the hay in a neighbor's . burn and when he was dragged outand marched o,ff she nearly cried tier eyes out. And, after his first battle, when he was reported "missing," she did not gO into a state of melancholy and fancy him lying in a lonely spot in a far-off forest, with his musket resting on his side, and the waters of a brook rippling' gently* over hs still feet. The picture that tilled hibr mental vision was a room in a 'Canada tavern, while the "missing" one seated at a table, with other choice spirits, playing the instructive game* of poker, and with still other choice spir its in junk bottles on the table. And so she dried her eyes and was content. It is plain enough, so far, that Mina was no heroine, and she was so far dif ferent from any oillier factory girl who ever lived and breathed—in nooks—that if I had not seen her last week, Ishould be disposed to believe that she never did exist at all, but that I dreamed all I am going to tell you. ~ One pleasant Sunday morning, some two or three summers ago. Mina went to church arrayed in her best. She wore a Olifie dress ;: not because it was "the color of truth," and not because it was "tie ciutward'symbol of the deep, liquid purity of her soul," nor for any other reason of the kind, which factory girls always have for wearing blue; but simply because it cost ten cents less, on the yard than any other of the nice goods at Poole's stPre, She also wore a straw bonnet• trinimed with green ro settes, a black silk)shawl, and pink kid gloves. This was Mina's idea -of lele gance, I.know tl at working girls who , haVe any 'claimito be heroines, have an intuitive preeedti n of what is, refined and harmonious, and it . grieves me much to be coin elled to .admit °that Mina had not. I have been par loular in describing her dress, not that it has anything whatever to do with. the'incident I am about to relate, which would have hap pened all the same whether she had worn blaze, or broadcloth, but because a heroine's dress is always described when anything, is going to happen to her: Mina had a bright, attratttlye face, and looked pretty in spite of the conjuction of pink, green, black and blue upon her small person. When she arrieved . at church, she found nearly all the congregation as- nem bled, but the 6: So, alter settlintr li her fan, she Woke see what was to b •rvieeha - il not begun er dress, and opening demurely round to 4 seen. And the Bret sight that met her eyes so arrested her attention that she saw nothing more. Tom Hartle was looking at Kitty Smith A young man gazing at a young girl is not a wonder upon the earth,. but- this particular young man was Mina's prop erty. They had been engaged for some time, and, until the Smiths came into the neighborhood, he had been a very attentive lover. Kitty was the prettiest girl in all tho country. She had red lips and pink cheeks, and great inno cent brown eyes, and the loyeliest gold en brown hair that. was always kept short and curled itself into shining rings all over her head: • Mina knew that Tom had an un bounded admiration for Kitty Smith. It cut the poor girl to the very heart but she did not neglect her work, and go wandering about the woods In an insane manner, nor was she consumed by a'"durrib i tearless sorroW." No. She gave Tom two or three good round seeklings abbot the matter ; Which he always answered by asserting , that he cared nothing whatever for Kitty, but that he wasn't going to be Such a slave that be could% look at a pretty girl ; and then Mina would take a cry, and then they would "kiss and - make up." But Torn had not been to see' her for two weeks, and in that time Mina had thought over the matter a great deal, and had begun • to see the right way through it, as she.would have expressed it. Some of these thoughts were in her mind now, but the minister gave out the hymn, and Minh tried to pull all such worldly things away, for- she was a good religious girl, and believed in everything that was proper and othor 7 dox. • I know that factory heroines 'are always wondering why the All Power ful permits sin, and then punishes •it-- 4 'why they are crushed with inherited vices—that they are sentimen ta infidels, in short—fearing to trust thernielves to a gloomy and cruel .faith. None of these doubts and fears bad Mina. She lived herself in the straight and narrow way and she new perfectly well that all infidels and Roman Catholics would go to hell. Perhaps in the very bOttom of her heart she wished it were not so, but she never would have dared to utter this, even to her own coneiousness ; she would have thought it wicked—a sug gestion of the devil. The congregation were accustomed to spend the intermission in the graveyard, where they gathered into groups to eat their lunch, and to gossip. Mina stole away to an uninviting spot, where the old tomb-stones were half sunk into the earth, and the graves were overgrown with weeds. Here' she thought she would not be followed for she wanted to think about Tom. She had been there for a few minutes When she saw him coming slowly to ward her, with his eyes bent upon the ground. "He is sorry, poor fellow," she thought, "I know he is sorry." , Toni started on seeing her. "How you do startle 'a fellow, Mina!" he said. "And you look like a ghost. What is the maker? Does anything trouble you, Mina?" he added in a more / kindly tone. 111 - - - Mina did not lean her pale face against the tombstone, and say "God knoWs - i" or loOk at him reproachfully like a dumb animal being led to the slaughter; or do anythingelse she ought to have dOne. She looked at him with contempV and exclaiming, "Toin Har tle, you ur 4, a fool !" walked away asfaSt as she ooh d, for fear she should oi l y, which was a weakness of hers. She did not go far. The , thoughts that Tom's unlucky question had dis sipated came back toiller, and turning round she went back to the place where she had left him. Ho was leaning against the fenco, looking at the hill in the distance with a sad and troubled face. "Tom," said Mina, kindly laying her hand on his shoulder,' 11 .1 know what you are thinking about. Don't grieve over it. It can't be helped, and you're not a bit to blame for it, and I guess it will all come out right in the end some how." And she was gone before Tom - quite comprehended her words. Tom did not Intend to walk home .with Kitty Smith, but when they went out of church, she looked at him with her great browu eyes, he was drawn to her side as by a magnet, and they walked away together; and Mina saw it, and it made her angry. Angry that he had so' little consideration for her after what he had said to him In the graveyard, and more angry because he did it in the sight of ' all the congrega tion, who she knew had wondered at it, and pitied her: Her toad was the same as theirs, but she went round a longer way to the quarry, so as to ayold walking behind them. The quarry was half way home, and when she got there she sat down to rest ins thick growth of young pines upon the summit of a breezy hill. But she was destined to find no mental re pose that day, for she had been there but a few minutes when Tom and Kitty came in sight. They had loitered long on the road. They, should have been home by this time. Mina watched them seated themselves on the grass near- her place of .concealment and she noted Litty's coquettish ways, and,Tom's in creasing admiration. " I wish she would slip down into the quarry and break her neck:" thought Mina. At last 'on' Kitty's expressing a wish for some wild gooseberries, Tom went off on a search for. some. He was gone a longtime and Kitty began , to yawn, and Mina. wished most heartily he would come back, so they could go home and she could get away ,Kitty spied a tuft of columbines nodding on the very edge of the hill, and true to her natural instincts of gratifying a present pleas ure without a' thought beyond, ,she ran to them and plucked them up. The ground here was sloping, the grass dry and slippery... •She felt herself gliding swiftly down the bill, and, clutching wildly at the air, she caught hold of a birch sapling,as she swung oft' its side, which tad been quarried away until it had beconie almost smooth for a descent of some forty feet. And there she hung, ,her only support the sapling which she girded with het left hand, which bent so low with her weight that its plumed top touched her head. She knew it must break soon, and she looked at the jagged rocks far below her, and cried, and shrieked .for help. , If she had had any.presence of mind 'she would have seen that 'she had one chance for her life. Mina saw it in a flash, and called out to her " Swing yourself a little to the right, Kitty; and put your foot upon thatlittle point of rock. .Don't you see it?" " I see it!" ,shrieked .Kitty, "but I can't do it. Help me ! 0 help me !" Mina ran to the spot. There was no friendly rock or brush to hold to—noth ing but the shelving bank, and' slip pery grass, and the one sapling which was the frail support of poor Kitty. She ttire'w herself upon the ground, as far from the edge as she could, and seized hold of Kitty's wrist. "Now, Kitty, don't let go the sap ling, and swing yourself upon that rock—you can easily' do it." "I can't do it! I shall fall if I move! Pull me up; Mina, pull me up I," i) " I can't,'' said-Mina. "the grasS , is slippery, and there's nothing to bold by, and I haven't the strength. Get on the rock ; Tom will soon- be here." But the terror-strickeu Kitty began to struggle, and Mina fe t herself mov ing toward the edge of t lat awful preci pice.• " You are Pulling m oil,. Kitty. I can't hold you if you struggle. The rock is your only chancp." But Kitty would only scream, and struggle, and now Miva was drawn so near the edge that she could 'see far down into that fearful depth. "I will let her go," she thought, "she will kill me if I don't." I3uit her next thought was. "What shall I tell Tom when he comes back-? , No, I will save her or we will die together." She saw that a root o the sapling was above the ground. T its was a little thing indeed, but Iga e her some hope. Still keeping hold of I itty's wrist, she raised herself on her k e ees, and worked herself slowly along the treacherous bank, she reached tilt root and fixed her knees, firmly agt.irest it., Then taking of her shawl id e 'lowered it to Kitty's hand. Kitty 'hitched it with so strong and despairl eg- a hold that Mina shook and totte ed. ti t he recov ered herself, and closi eg her eyes for an instant to summon 3 11 her courage, and to commend her soul to God, she exerted all her strengt I and swinging Kitty round lauded he in safety on the little rocky ledge. An now, some of Kitty's sense returnh, g to her, she managed, with the hel of Minnie and the shawl, to scramble upon the hill, where the two girls ha a brief struggle yet to 'keep from slidin off, until with blanched, cheeks and bloodshot eyes they stood upon the fir 6* ground, - and looked at each other. At this point Mina should have fain ted, but,instead of that,lshe gave Kitty a good shaking. At" You silly baby I" she exclaimed, You came near putting an end to both of us. Why didn't youldo as Itold yon to ?" And then she sat down on the ground and cried. And Kitty. cried, too, and between her sobs she said; "Oh, Mina! you've saved my life—and you are so good—and I've been—so naughty —and I've tried—l've triea to steal your beau !" " I know it," said Mina shortly, choking back the tears. "And that isn't the worst of it, Kitty." " There can't be atly worse," `said Kitty. "Yes there , can," said Mina. And then they both fell to cryingagain, and Kitty put her arms round herneck, and kept sobbing': "Oh I what shall I do ?" To which question she got no answer. And thus the amazed Tom found them, and Kitty told the s '•iy, and Torn trembled to think how near death Kitty had been, and he knew he ought to have thought first of he ought to say someth stood twirling the en, handkerchief, and wis, girl so' he could cry, tool But Mina dried her that purpose a pink ki of tier handkerchief, fo trouble. " ToM," she said, in hick and husky tones, "you love Kitt ' and She will love you•some time if ,:he don't now. And I won't stand in 3 oar way:. And so it's all over betwe n us, and you mustn't feel sorry for Is e. I know' you wouldn't have broke. with me, and that you meant to stan 1 to your prom ise ; but it wouldu' I be right, you know, to marry me w th love for an other woman in your cart. And now I will go home •by yseif. I would rather and you had better wait till Kitty feels bettor." Here Tom should 1 ave delivered a speech clothed in that ender and sum pie language, and wit that beautiful pathos and refinemet tof feeling for which, we all know, p,or young work ing men are remarka 61e. But he was an exception to his eh -s, and so he on ly twirled his handke chief the harder, and looked foolish, and was dreadfully afraid he would cry, and only managed to say, " Don't, Mina,ldon't break with me this way. We will talk it over." "No, Tom," said Mina, " there's no use in talking it Over—l know it all. Don't feel sorry for me. You couldn't help it, and I couldn'Oelp doing what I have to-day, and Kitty couldn't help being pretty. And now don't you be feeling sorry for me." And so she left them, and the two stood watching her in silence, and shame, and pity, while she went her way across the field until she seemed to melt into the crimsonnd golden glo ries of the West. And now it would seem as if Mina had established a sort of claiM to be considered a heroine ; but then, you see, she did nothing in the orthodox way. And, moreover, after these events she did not pine away into a " beautiful and luminous shadow," and die placid ly and serenely atr sunset, or sunrise (never, by any possibleachance-, in the middle of the day ; shadowy heroines, and especially " luminous",. o+s, be ing governed by different lawSfroto oth erii shadows,) alter givi g Tom he'lbless ing, and Kitty her Su day clothes. No, indeed. I am. sorry t say she still per sists in keeping alive tid well. And, worse than this, (if nothing can be worse,)_she bought cow ith the Money she had put a ide for- 'her wed ding finery; and'no , having plenty of buttermilk to thin! , is getting stout. And now I am sur the public will take pity On me and solve the puzzle I cannot, and which has robbed me of rest and pleasure, and I answer the ques tion : Is she a heroin°o 1:4kii*Oli104111 Nelliiii:CS:1110:0)ki Professor Albert S. Bickmore, whose narrative of a journey through the East India Archipelago has lately been published in New York, gives the fol lowing interesting account of a light with a huge serpent which had been presented to him by a 'friend : From Singapore my plan was to pro* ceed directly to China, but finding in port a French ship which was bound for Hong Kong, yia Saigon, the capital of Cochin China, I tingaged a passage on her in order to see omething also of the French possession lin East. Just as t., we were ready to sal I Met a gentle man who had lately eturned from a long journey to Cam odia, whither he had gone to photogr ph the ruins of the wonderful tempi s in that land.— He had a specimen or me, he said, which I must accep before I know what it was, a conditi n I readily com plied with, but who the " specimen" appeared I must con ess I,Nyasoilot a little surprised to fin it wa's an enor mouspython. It had been caught by the natives of Bankok, after it had gorged itself on some unfortunate beast, but that was s9tme time before, and the brute was eyidently ready for another feast. 'My cans containing alcohol were already on board the ship, but I took the monster with me when I went ofr to her late in the evening, designing to drown it in its box and then transfer his snakeship to a can. The captain, with the greatest politeness, met me at the rail, ttud showed me my state-room in the after-cabin, when the sailors be gan to bring my baggage, when first of all appeared the box containing the pyhton ! I shouted out to the cabin boy that that box must be left out on deck, and then in a low tone, explained to the captain that it containA an enormous snake. " Un - serpent? un serpent 9" he exclaimed,-raising up both hands in horror, In such an expressive way as only a Frenchman can,'und pro ceeding to declare that ho ought to have known that a passenger who was a naturalist would be sure to fill the whole ship with all sorts of venomous beasts. All the others were'little . less - startled, and shunned me in the half-lighted cabin, as if I were. in league, with evil spirits, but I quieted their fears by or dering a sailor to put the box into a large boat that was placed•right side up on the main, deck, and promising to kill the great reptile to-morrow. • May 24th.—Early this morning we made sail, and r -concluded to let my troublesome specimen-remain until we were out of the harbo, but now, in the changing of the - monsoons the winds are light andlififiling,Ond , :we- finally came to an anchor once more ; .and a Bailor who gokup into the boat and said 'something apout "le serpent." I was ;on the quarter-deck at the time, and determining at once not to be troubled with it, jumped down on the main-s deck, ran to the side of the boat, and 'seizing the box gave it a toss into the sea, but justas it was leavf-fig,my hands I thought to -myself, "How light it is!" and the sailor said, "Le serpent n'est pas encore!--pas encore?" We all looked over the ship's side, and there was tho box floating quietly away, and it was evident the monster had escaped. Every one then asked, "Where is he? but no one could tell. I assured the captain that he was in the.box when I put it on the sampan to come off to the ship. "Ishe on board ?" was the next question from the mouth of all.= We looked carefully in the boat and , round the deck, but could detect no `trace of him whatever, and all except myself, came to the Conclusion that he was not brought on bold, and then went back to their work. •The box in which he had been confined was about a foot and, a half ling by a foot high and a foot wide, and over the top were four or five strips of board, each fas tened at either end with a single nail. On inquiring more' 'closely, the sailor told me that before I seized the box, the side with the slats was one of the perpendicular sides, and had not been placed uppermost, as it ought to have been. " Then," I reasoned, "he is here on board somewhere, beyond a doubt, and I brought him here, .and it's my duty to find him and kill hm." We had four' horses on deck, and the middle of the boat was filled with hay for them, and under that it was proba ble that the reptile had crawled away. In the bottom of the boat, aft, was a triangular deck, and as I climbed up a second time, I noticed that the board which formed the apex of-the triangle was. loose, and moved a little to one side. Carefully raising this, I espied, to my horror, the great python 'closely coiled away beneath, the place lbeing so small that the loose board rested on one of his coils. I wore-a thin suit, a Chinese baju, or loose blouse, a pair of canvass shoes,. and a large sun-hat.— Throwing oil' my hat, that I might go into the dreadful struggle unimpeded, L shouted out for a long Itn fe, knowing well that what I must try odo was to cut him in two, and that h : would at tempt to catch my hand i • his jaws, and, is lie should succeed indoing that, he would wind himself arou ine as quick asia man could wind th lash of a long whip around a fixed sti k, and certainti lie Wip large enough to crush the larg,fst horde. Th e cook handed me as:sharp !knife more than a foot long, and,, holding the board down with my feet,, I thrust the blade through the crack, and, wrenching with all my Might, tried to break the great reptile's 'back-bone, and thus render all that part of alio body behind the fracture helpless. Despite my utmost efforts. heAmlied away the knife ; and escaped two or three feet forward, where there was more room under the deck. By this time there was the greatest confus ion. The captain, evidently believing that discretion is the better part of va lor,„ran below the moment "he WAS sat isfied that I had indeed' discoveNd the monster, seized a brace of revolvers, and, perching himself upon the monk ey-rail, leaned his back against the mizzen-rigging, and held one in each hand, ready. to fire into the boat at the slightest alarm; The sailors all gathered iound the boat, and stood perfectly still, apparently half stupefied, and not knowing whether it would be safer for them to stand still, climb up in the rig ging, or jump overboard. The first mate armed himself with' a revolver, and climbed on the steru.of the boat.— Indeed, every moment I expected to hear a report, and find myself shot by some of the brave ones behind me.— The second mate, who was the only real man among them all, seized a large sheath-knife, and climbed into the boat to help me. I knew it would not do to attempt to strike the monster with a knife where he had room enough to de fend himself ; I therefore threw it down, and seized a: short handspike of iron wood, the cosily weapon within my reach, and told the second mate to raise -the deck, and I would attempt to finish my antagonist with the club, for the thought of escaping while I Vould, and leaving for others what belonged the me, never entered my mind. As the deck rose I beheld him coiled up about two feet and a half frOm my right foot. Suffering the mutest agony from the deep wound I had already given him, he raised hie...head high out of the midst of his huge cen t his red jaws wide open, and 'his eyes flashing fire like live coals. I felt the ;blood chill in mAilveins, as for an instant, we glanced into. each, other's eyes, and both instinctively re- 1 alized that one of us two must did on the spot. He darted at my foot; hoping to fasten his fangs in my canvas shoe; but I was too quick for him, and gave .him such a blow over 'the head .and neck that he was glad to coil up again. This gave the time to deal him another blow, and thus for 'fifteen minutes 1 continued to - strike with all my might, and three or four times his jaws came j within two or three - inches of imy can- ', vas shoe. I began now 'to , feel my strength failing - and that I could not hold out more Wawa moment' longer, yet, in that moment, fortuntitely; the carpenter got his 'wits together, and thought of his broad axe, and, bringing it to the side of tho boat, held up the handle, so that I-could seize it while the reptile was coiling up from the last stunning blow. The next time he darted at me I gave him a heavy'cut about fifteen inches behind his head, serving the body completely off, excapt about nn inch on the under side, and as he coiled up, thist part fell over, and he 'fastened his teeth' into his own coils. Ono cut more, had I seized a rope, and, in all instant, I tugged liim over the boat's side, across the deck, and over the ship's raid into the sea. The long trail of his blood on the deck assured me that I was indeed safe, and, draw ing 'a long breath of-relief, I thanked tlie'givcr of all our blessings. ina, and that ng, but he only s of his• silk ing he was a !eyes, using for I glove instead she was In sore A ife,w hand in a barber shop was put on to a customer who desired to be shaved. Ma new hand was - rough, and put his victim through in it vigor ous manner. After he had finished, the gentleman inquired of the new barber it' he bad ever shaved any one beside himself. The barber replied that he had. " Will you permit me to inquire, thou, it the tuna lived ?" Mansfield and its ImproN'vmentis. -,.. ED. AGITATOIt : , ---I take the liberty of calling the • attention of the reading public, through your colulcoos, to some of the leadingAiusiness interests of this place, to some of the disadvantages un der which we labor, andi our future prospects. The first of importance, that attracts •the notice pf a stranger on. ar riving by railroad ;is the factory ; here all sorts of wood work is wrought, own ed and conducted byHon. S. B. Elliott and Col. M. L. Clark; they keep some thing like a squadron of hands employ- ' ed, and orders for between $l,OOO and $2,000 worth of work have accumulated already this Spring. Like' most new undertakings, where a b' siness and business reputatioh is to be cstablished, Messrs. Elliott& Clark have eneetinter ed many obstacles Laud labored under many disadvantages, notwithstanding - which, they open upon their second year with flattering prospects. • , Though Mansfield has (inns a respec table number of men engaged in diff erent branches of mercantile trade, who do a fair, and creditable business, yet we need men here with the capital ; to compete with the heavy firms at Triiir, and also modernize the system of doing business. Butter and cheese never ought to go through or by Mansfield, to find a market in Troy at a cost of 10 Mlles transportation over hilly roads. We also need a Bank,litui a printing press, both of which would be paying investments in theltinde of capital, talent and enterprise; these . things must come some time, and Who will be the lucky men to take, the lead ? Building lots have been held too high, and are yet, to promote the growth of the place, yet our population and: real estate are increasing the most rapidly of any town in the county, and our new buildings are of a more substantial, and better class than formerly, and I may add one important fact in.this connec tion, that we have reached; our present standing, by indigenous growth, from the virgin soil; we have no, capitalists among us, nor have We until the fur nace passed into the hands of its present owners, felt the influence of foreign capital. We need a large foundry and ma chine-shop; our location offerstempt ing advantages to make such - an insti tution successful and profitable. True we have one small foundry which has been some two years in Steady opera tion, but is run without capital, and only demonstrates the necessity of such an establishment, a, vaonum. if I may so express it, which capital and enterprise alone can fill. There are other kinds of bUsiness that ought to be fostered among us, but we pass again our wants to what we have ; many things that go to make up the prosperity of our Boro, must, neeces sarily be passed for want of room, or be reserved for some future letter.. The'attendance at the Normal School Is not as large as usual this Spring; but this is not the result of any decline in-, the merits ok popularity'of the &hoot:, it is due to a chain of circumstances be'- yOnd the fore-sight or control of the best or ablest of managers ; a . year ago the school was deprived of the services of Prof. Streit, one of its ablest and most experienced teachers, and during the present year Prof. Verrill has been absent much of, the time in a distant State, with his wife, who now, lies (if living) near death with cousumption. e 1, Although other good ud earnest teachers have been employ d to fill va cancies, yet it is only in ti e that new teachers can come to 1111 he place in the affections and con iiden eof pupils and patrons, which it has been the privilege of all the older teachers to enjoy. Again, we have been alfiicted with a series of contagious and epidemic dis eases, such as is hardly witnessed in a Lifetime ; but perhaps the greatest cause for the reduction' in the number of ptV i i pile, is due to the fact that money is tight, and without financial lubrication, there must be'some dry boxes. Notwithstanding all the disadvanta f ges re tin' upon the institution the numbbr • the faculty has been increas ed and t b coming catalogue will show a clean nd promising 'record. The Model (Orphans') School, being entire ly under the control of Prot•Allen as patron and manager has not suffered so much from these causes, and is beaomt ing every day a brighter example of the great, generous heart of cur noble Commonwealth. . 1 The manufacture 'of iron from • the native material forms one of the most Important enterprises of the place.— From the time of the building of the turnace up to the time of its purchase by the present proprietors, Shaaber & Johnston of Reading Pa., it was an en tire failure, partly for want of-sufficient xorking capital, and partly froni bad management. In May 18(17, W. G. Lutz Esq., was engagedlto take the en tire management of th business, '• and went to work with a Sed determina tion to make it successf I, l and could he have fore-seen the difficulties he has had tniencounter, I fear his courage, marked as it is, must ha ,e failed him. At first delays occurred, involving con siderable unneccessary expense, through the peculiarly liberal and ccommodat ing managers of the Tioga ailroad Co., who refused for a long time to give special freight rates, but finally they granted what they were pleased to term low rates, or'a. trifle more than (limbic, the • rates charged for the same freight by the N. Y. & Erie Co., thoughmuoh below what was first offered ; and had not Mr. Magee taken the lead, the pres- . ent rates, 2i cents per net ton per mile,. for freights from the north, and 21 eta. from the south, could not have been obtained. Another source of trouble was duo to the coal combination of Elmira ,and vieinityi a pitiless combination showing no mercy to any onetinfortuisateenbugh to come within their grasp. These things made the prospects of success assume a rather gloomyl appearance, and Mr. Lutz resolved - himselfinto a committee of one on 'Ways and means'. for . reducing expenses by cutting loose 1 from the Elmira coal-extorti xi 'Co m bination, winch he has succe ded in doing, and now using native c al', and ore alone. About one-third of he fuel now used Is coke, made at the o Bless - burg mines by Man Evans 46 0., and has heretofore been freighted to Mane field, a distance of ten miles, for 30 ets. per ton ; but the rates have recently been raised, without any previous no tice to 60 cts. p6r ton, an ii crease of six ty-six and two-thirds per c ut.—another singular and flattering en ouragement, just as the furnace coreparq were con gratulating themselves 41.p0n the_ pros pect of realizing a fair living profit and probably a partial return of the origt-• ual investment. Tee broad and liberal policy of the, Tioga Railroad Co., .11s" il lustrated by the above example, ought to induce t 4 withdrawal of large am mounts of 'capital from other sections of this and adjoining!eounties to be in vested along the line of this-Railroad, in such manufactures as, require the transportation of large quantities Of heavy:freights. There is a prospect of another furnace being built iu Mans field, provi:ling that freights can be guaranteed over the T. R. R., at . as low rates as other roads offer for the same freights._ It is to be hoped that the [Concluded cm 4 a page.] P agitata tesday•Broorzliz' Mooing tpt $2 GELDER,' • [p..o:TANGattaap.-: a Te.A)r-V*. ' Ai% in= vs* Squats. :115113.1100.16 Mos. Year $7,00 $12,00 22,00 18,00 80,801 60,00 80,00 1 ' 90,00 41115,001 1 4 00 B,oo' ',ON 22,00 ‘OOl 40,00 por lino; Editorial or