• .It, e, VOLUME XVII• , TIE TiOt COMITY AGLIATOiI IS ITSLISUED OrEITIIitIr.ZESDAT 1101110112iG'SY , VAN GET.DER - Rc MITCHELL. P. C. Vali tliper. ---- I • Y. !VIE OF SUIftRIPPONpW!ii , IN WINCE, Subec;lptiot, (per 31),14;,:',: ► i RATES OE ADVERTISING. TEN LEN. ES OP S i bNION OR LP.S.I;IIAEC ONE Syll.iftP _ - _ N 7 O , Sq're.... I 11n: 3lns I 4 los I 3 Mos I 6 Mos II Tr square, $l,OO I $2.00 I $2,50 I $5,00 I $7,00 j $12.00 00 I 3,00 1_4,00I _ 4,00 j_ B,oo 1 12,00 I 18,00 - ci - i5301,-16.1.061 - 84 , ,00 -- zo,oo 1 26;49 j5),o:a111W1 60,00 j 100,02 • . ... , gtv- Special Notleestp tents tier ?foe; EditOTltil oi Local DO canto per lino. Cs Tranßient adrestiaing MOOT be paid for In advance, rieJtotice Blanks, Constable Blanks, Deeds, .ludg aura, Nato, Marriage Certificates, &c., on be.all. BUSINESS CARDS Van Gelder & Mitchell, Book, Plain and Fancy Job Printers. All work promptly and neatly executed.—Jan. 1, 1810. - • Sinith Sz Merrick, yttorneys 8 CounselorB at yaw. Insurance, Bollnty and Pension . Agency, Office tot Main Street, Wellsboro Pa,' op posite. Union- Block. Jac. 1. 1870. 1 1 7.-11. , Smttu.'• • • - tee.'lY. MEntiacx. ---- • Seeley, Coates Co. BiRIiKERI3, Knoxville, ‘Tioga, County, Yu,— eceive money, on tlepoelt, - discount notee, and roll drafts on New York City. Collect ions promptly made.—Den. 15, 1869-15 s Jno. 11'..4.dams Attorney and Counselot.lit44,Minefiald,Tioga county, Pa. Collections promptly attendod to. Jan. 1, 1870. • Jno. I. Mitchell, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Glaitn, and, In laraace Agent. Office over Krecs' Drug Store, • adjoining Agitator coffin°, Wellaboro, Pa. Jan. 1,1870. • Wilson & lilies, Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Will attend promptly to business entrusted to their care in the counties of Tioga and Potter. Office on the Avenue. " Jan. 1, 1870. S. F. wn.sorr.] John W. Guernsey, Atornny and Counselor at Law. All business entrusted to him will be promptly attended to. Office 2d door south of I.l..tzlett's Hotel, Tioga, Tioga County, Pa.—Jan.,l, 1870. iVin. B. Smith, Pension, Bounty and Insurance Agent. Com= manieations sent to the above address will re ceive prompt attention. Terms moderate, Knoxville, Pa.—Jan. 1, IS7O. John C. Horton, Attorney and Codnaelor at Law, Tioga, Office with C. U. Seymour, Esq. Itu•ineas at tended to with promptness.—Jan. 1. IS7O. W. D. Terbell & Co., Wholesale Druggists, and dealers in Wall Piper, Kniosens Lamps, Window Wass, PurfumerY, Paints, Oils, dw., La.—Corning, N. Y. Jaii. I'7o. Dr. C. K. Thompson, Wellsboro, I'a., will attend iii . the village of Wellsbor Office and Robidenee on S right going east.-4n. • D. Bacon / D., Physician and Surgeon. Wi I attend proulti t tly. to all calls. Office on Crafton Street, iu reaof the Meat Markali WOlfinefo - 7-3111171, 1670. E. Sd Perkins, - AL D.; Respectfully announces -to tho citizens of Eat Charleston and vicinity, that ho would ha grate ful for tbc‘ir patronage. Jon. I, 1670. - A. M. Ingham, M. 1)., iiomocopathitt, offico at. big ltetidence un the Avenue.—Jan. 1, 1870, (George Wagner, Tailor. Shop_firet door north of Roberts & Bail. .y'e Hardware Store. Cutting, Fitting and Re pairing done promptly 1,1670, John Etner, Taller and Cutter. Shop opposito Dartt's Car riage Shop, Main 'St., where he is prepered to do work promptly and neat.—Jan. I, IS7O. Thomas B. Bryden, purveyor and Draftsman. Orders left nt his room, Townsend House, Wellsboro, will moot with prompt attention.—Jon. 1, ➢dyo. R. E. 0n.1ey,,, Detildr in Clocks and Jewelry, ilver and Plated Ware, Spectacles, Violin :Strings', &c. Watch es and 'Jewelry neatly repaired. Engr.rving domain plain English and German —Mysfield, Pa., Jan. 1, 1570. Petroleum House, Wertaeld, Pa., GE.O. _,CLOSE, Proprietor.. 41. new Hotel conducte d on the principle, of live and bit live, for the accommodation of the public. Jan. 1, 1870. Hazlett's Hotel, , Tiega, Tioga County, Pa. Good stabljng attach and an attentive hostler always in attend ance. Geo. W. Hallett, Prop'r.—Jan. 1, 1370. Hill's Hotel, Westfield Borough, Tioga, Co., Pa. E. G. Bill; Proprietor. A now and commodious building with 1 the modern improvements. 'Within easy drive of the best hunting and fishing Grognds in 'Northern Penn'a. Conveyances furnished. Terms moderate.—Jan. 1, 1870. Smith's Hotel, Tiogq,,pa., E. M. Smith, Proprietor. House in good .conditiop to accommodate the traveling public in n superior manner.—Jan. 1, 1870. -,_ Keystone notel v SAbiosviile,Tioga Co , Pa., T. B. Cann, Prop'r. ai Good entert nment for man and beast. Con 99ient to th best fishing -groundq. Part !e. adtio in modat i with conreyances.—Jan. 1,'70. John Mclntosh, Dealer in Vern C)nt iota IttilinU Barbie, turinm. lecturer of 51 tiuments,TotO Stoney, Se. , eur ner Market a td Cedar :71,.. Corning; N. Y. All orders promptly nod really exemlted. An drew 11.1 u Dko,en, Agent.--Jan. I, 1.370. Vuion Hotel, Miner Watkins, Proprietor. The traveling Inkb• will find this comfortable and cow:wile:it t o sto p li t. tirtm,l4stal)',iug, ;111 at tentive heattcr. Jail. I , IST°. corm ma! !4 ' fr,' SEARS, Picora eTort. WHERE deliciu , C Ico Creatti, Pren( h fection:}}ry uII kinds of f:nits in- thCit reAson, a nice atah elf Tea, Cffee, or Choc.ilate, aIA Uyisters in theiseason—can be bad nt nll hour+, e.irved in th boat rtyle. Next door h., 19w Roberts & Bail y's li.rrdwate Stor.!, Street, Welliboro, Jan: I, fB7O. 11.A.RKNESS & RILEY, • /Boor AVD SHOE. Ef•:.11 Over {Villa» 4{- Vn» Valkedbvir l '. St"ec it' erouttateist occupied b ii . j y Br. BOOTS, AND SHOES of inde lath: to order and in the best manner. • itP , PAT.RINtiof all kinds donepromptly qnd goua. (11vo us :Lean. JOHN HMO , : ES WM. REMO'. Wellsboro, Jan.], 1870.-13. E. R. MM. GROCERY . AND RESTAURANT, One door above the Moat Market, . WEI4LSBORO, PENN,'A,- RESP&CTEULLY announc e r to the trading public that he has a dosir ble stock of tiro_eerln3, comprising, Teas, Coffe , Spices, Sugars, bto:a ;see, Syrups, and all that c natitutes a first elate stock. Oysters in every • tyre at all nea sonable hours. , ' ' . . . . Wellaboro,Jan. /, 1 1 3 7Q-tt.- -- : ; ' = .--;,- -----::: ,- , .„, ,-,.. ~:..,_,. :i ~... ~, , y, ~_ .. ,,,:,7,... , ~.. ~.,,,,,., :,.,.: ~,,, ~„„,,:., 2 _. :.,,,::: ...„ . :2, :' . z.:„. „ , . ~.,..,;.: ~ ,, l_ , i:: ~,• ,:-.1 . _-_,,, , ,- z :s t ,..l t. .; p,,, ,, ,, , ..,_- .. ,,..„ .2 4. - -,,,- - •-• ,-,,,:::.„:: ,;.! ~,. , ,t , ,,,, e ,-,,, , . , - ; ,_, , -2-,..zti :::„-....", :TL__. ;....._' -14 . A t. : ~.:•,:,._, ..:::: .4% 13 4 , , ji i tti•.:_•,:ililfz4 . _ . ;-"Aii:, _'.'''5a,_ . _,% . ,`,Z.?.._5:24,1;:j... _.?:i_iiir.c.:. : 11.: .. '4 . 4`._:, •- , 0 • ;,' '. . ~ . ; 7 • - ~'-': ,i' - .;:- 0 fi. w la •,..„ - .i.,......,,,,‘ ~.- : ::. : 71:1:X tr , , li ,. .... , s • , ..,. _,.. _ _....._.. H , • , ~.., .. ~,,e,....,,,....,„••.. .- . . i..• . . . ' -,-.'',' .. , W 1 t,. - ..i' : -;i . ..... .., ~ , ' , :i : :•. q•-- --.•-; -•-• - - ' - •, . „, „ . . .. ........ _....... J. _ '.-• - . „ .. , _,, . , , . • 1- • ' . .01ii..; ' ' . ' ' i --' . . ; ' • J . . ' ~... ' IP .. V,OO J. B. NIL o Proteasiona calla , and elsewhere.— ate St,., 2d door to 870. - • EROVEt ME , x FIRST PREMIUM • ELASTIC STITCH EAMILY SEWING MACHINES, 594 PROXPWAr:IOI9 Y 00.4.4 Points of Excellence. Beauty and Elasticity of Stitch. Perfection and Simplicity of Bittehineiy: Using both threads dircety from lite spools, No tantening 'of t.ca ribj , hand and uu waste of thread. Wide range of lipid cation without change of adjustment. ' The ea 91 retains its beauty and firmness of ter washing and ironing. • Besidos doing all hinds of work done by other Sewing, ..I.lachinoa, tlinao • Machines oxeotteAho moat beadtifiil and permanent Embroidery and ornamental work. ..I""..fhe highest Premiums at all the fairs and exhibitions of the Unite:A....States._ and Cut'oti o', have been awarded ilti3 ; : crtvor'4'l3aker sewing_ Machines, and the work dorm by them, whereve - rexh Wiled in competition. ilartThe very highest prize,TlLE CROSS OE THE LEGION OE LIONON wad conferred on the' representative •of the Crovir ,t Biker Sowing Maohines, at the Exposition Universolle, Paris, 1867,Jhus attesting their grant superior ity over all other Seqing Machines • :Jar!. I, 1570-t#: _ ...-„ • CITY lIKIK BINDERY QM BLANK BOOK MAN I UFACTORY, Baldwin Street, tSIGN OF-THE BIG BOOK, 2D FLOOR,) ELMIRA, N. Y. cr WC COT '1" CD GOOD ASTEIE BEST, CAEAP AS THE CHEAPEST-. BLANK BOOKS Of vary description, in all styles of Binding, and as low, for quality of Stock, as any Binder) in the State. V. - oluines of every description Bound in the best wanner and in any style or dered. ALL KINDS OF GILT WORK Exeoute'd in,the best manner. Old Booktro bouudiind made good as now. Ili`lak'f2ltH2l COMPLETE YOUR EELS" I ani prepared to welsh back n utuberL of all Ruriewt or Magazitie,; publiabed iii the United States or ti rest Britain, atLl low price. BLANK BOOK & OTHER PAPER, Of all sizes and qualities,on hand, ruled or plain , BILL lIEAD PAPER, • Of any quality ur size, on hand antreut up ready for printing. Also, BILL PAPER, and CA It.t; BOARD at all colors and quality, in boards or cut to any size. STATIONERY, Cdp, Letter, Note Paper, Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, &c.. I cc-in solo agent for Prof. SHEPARD'S NON•CORROSIVE STEEL PENS, OB Teniol?s sizes, FOR LAM R 8 - - ASSR apsrpEtawf, ',Which I will warrant aqual to Gold Penn.-y.l%e 4 bestin use acid no wistako. ' The above stock I will sell at. the Lowestßates at all titnes, at a Small advance on New York prices, and in quantities to snit purchasers. All work - and stock warranted 116 represented. I I respectfully solicit a share of public patron age. Orders by mail promptly attended to.— Address, LOUIS Advertiser Building, Jan. 1,1870.—1 y. Elmira, N.Y. WALKER & LATHROP. DEALERS IN HARDWARE, ,IRON, STEEL, NAILS, STOVIES, TIN- WARE, ' LUTING, SAWS, CUTLERY, WAt_ERI AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, Carriage and Harness Trimmingi, lI.kItIIESSES, SADDLES, &a. .._ Corning. N. Y., Jan. 2, 1870-17. New :Tob co Store 1 rpHE subscriber has fled up .the Store brat j_ door east, Thomas 11 rdeti's dry, goods store, fur the manufacture and ale of CIGARS, (all grades), Fancy and Common SMOKING :TUBA CCO,Afichigan Fine Cut CHEWING, and all kinds of PLUO TOBACCO, PIPES, and the choi cest Brand of CIGARS. Z - Call and see for youreelvee. JOHN W. PIIItSEL. WellAnto, Jan'. 1, 1870—tf. New Tannery. THE undersigned has fitted up the old Fon:I- I dry building : near the Brewery, Wellsboro, and is now prepared to turn out fine calf, kip, cowhide. and barns leather in the best man ner. Hides tanned on shares. Cash paid for hides. M. A. DUMF. Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1870. Great Improvement in Densistry purchased the exclu• sire right of Dr. Fol.orn's Im• ea `•• _proved patent Atmorpherio Dental Plates for Tioga Cuouty. I now take pleasurt. in offering it, to the public es the greatest cove.wr yet Lunde in, Mechanical Dentistry. By the use of which; we can overcome nuy sin) and all difficulties which have heretofore baffled the skill of the most. ,practical Dentist in the world. Plates constructed upon this plan re main perfectly firm under all circumstances vr condition the mouth, as no air, or particles:of food can possibly get under them. note having „id bttles,i Gold v or Rubber Plates, can, at halt the cost, !hive the Improve inent applied to them 3nswering in every res pell the same purpose at as a new set. P e rfe ct tatisfaction guaranteed every case. C. N. DARTT, Dentist. W•dlshoro, Jan. I, ISfifi. Thin ii to certify that w, are now mina tLeltnprow ea Dental Platett with perfect vatisfaction. Haring wied the. hi ,ty trot plate.; for yrnniwith nil the t ratibler. +and i neon vi.ittet t knawn in tho vice of such plates, we clii•ciftilly ntl tlic improtc,t Mfrs JlB fat snperi or to anything yet known. E. It, KIMBALL. CIIAS. WILLIAMS. THE EMPORIUM. • A.- New Store & New Goods. (Ond do or below Webb & liafting'a Drug Store ) W re O rn UL t D hi S t T r A T h E to l • ve j l u b: t Ec isbr citur au ned it t i u r n o y ce int t City—bought carefe k ny nod flake, a full apßort mem 1.1 .GROCEIF.S, PROVISIONS, FLOUR AND FEED, &C., B.C. Come and price my: TEAS, SUGARS' AND SYRUPS, I;leforeyon - Parchase. W. P. BIGONY. Weqsboro,lan. 4,1870-0. mNit:l 3 :4 s? Arnpitraiiell*iLlni4rJ ATTORI4EYB' 4 .6.I I -LAW, WILLIAMSPORT, PRNN'A. Aug. 4,7.18139-:11. • •11.00 MEM •" -/ BORDEN keeps constantly on band: Pure Drugs and Medicines, ,Chau:ionls, Paints and Oils, Lamps, Stalitinery; Yintee Nations ttc. PRIISC4IPTIONS CA ht. VO LLif Tioo, Jan. 4/,BYf•-.-,75%.1.. 1137al i 1870 . .e Font SALE. 6 T. B. STONY, (formerly; W. Nur.s . ery) ATA T I . IIS NURSERY OF FRUIT AND OR. NANIENTAL TREES, IN TIOOA 60,000 Apple Trees, 10,000 Pear Trees. - gc6trauPply Of , PLUM;P - EACII,CHERRY and ORNAMENTAL TREES A SHRUBBERY The Fruit trees aro composed of the choicest varieties, good, healthy, some of, them largo and is Ocarlag. .wiehing te got a supply will d 6 well to-call 'and see my stock before pur chasing elsewhere. - Delivered at.tho depot, Wellsboro, Mansfield, Lawrenceville and Blase -I)Fg, free of charge.. All orders promptly,fillod. Address, , T. X. STONE, t .) • . , Ira, Tioga, Dec. 8, : 1868. 7 1y? ' ~f 1 I , WINTER! r. l AND don't noglect to secure • 167a111111111:11 ' . it Drat altos • , . • Cilr TER OR' l SLEIGH. H. %V. DARTT, has on hand the latest styles and will malt° to order and warrant to suit. AD kinds of REPAIRING done at the aboriest no doe. Also, - Iron Wok and - Horse-Shoeing.- , Pleaso call and examine and he convinced that better workmanship or material is not fur nished elsewhere at more reasonable prices. Math Street, Wollsboro, Pa. Nov. 24, I S69.—tf. 11. W. DARTT. GO the Best! Mrs. A. J. SOFIELD, is agent for that su perior SEWING MACIIINH, the WILLCOX tS , C .- GIBBS, which everYbody likes who tries it. It is a beau tiful Machibe, never gets out of order with fair usage, sews rapidly and strong stitch, and is perfectly noiseless. Oar-Machines rented by the week. Nov. 17,1869-tt. Mrs. A J. SOFIELD. 'JEWELRY STORE! WEELST3ORO, PA. MEM AMERICAN WATCHES, GOLD OR SILVER CLOCKS, JEWEL GOLD CITAINS,KEYS, RINGS, PINS, PENCILS, CASES, GOLD & STEEL ' PENS, THIMBLES, ' SPOON'S rtAzoßs I.' TED WARE, SEIV INC MACHINES, With tnoat other articles usually kept in ;uch establishment, trhich le sold low for Repairing done neatly, and promptly, and on short ?roma. A; FOLEY. • January 5, 1.970-Iy. GREAT REDUCION IN PRICES, WICKHAM RI( FARR'S WINETR`DRESS FANCY GOODS Call Faro agood percentage, RE we mutt make GOODS. Jan. 5,1869-tf. WELLSB DRUG STORE I 11. H. BORDEN. 1111=111= A i;OLEY, ) who lias long been estab ;lished in the Jonelty busi ness in Well.shoro, has al- ways on sale, kinds and prices of &c:, &o,; &c C A S H. AT Tioga, Pa. All those wishing AND ioom for other 040,, IPA., WEDNESDAY MABCH `', 1870. Tott,l' Oorntr. ROCK ME TO SLEEP. . T,ho subjoined familiar ,poem is ond, of the most beautiful otits 'kind we havb over' ticon[We do not envy the heart which does not thrill to its wild and tender mask: . BrickWard,,tuta backward, oh Time in your flight, ..Makome a child again, just for to=night ! Mother, come habk from the eeholoss, shore, Takolmi ti,gaitt to Youelleartrtkof yore— risa the furrows of care, Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair, Over my slumbers your loving watch ketp-- - - Rock mo to sleep, 11l othey- , #roqk,raq to sleep. Backward, flow backward, oh tido of years! I am so weary of toils and of teara--: Toil without recompurtso—tears nit in vain— Take them and give me my obildhood.again I have grown weary of dust and decay, Weary of flinging my souljtveiqh aWay—.— Weai of Sowing for others to reap : Rock :no to sloop, mother—rock me to sleep! Tired. of the hollow, the base, the untrue, Mother, oh! mother; my heart calls for yon! Many a summer the grass has grown green, ', Blossonsedaniffri ed—our.fices between—,. Yet with strong yea ling and passionate pain, tong T to-night f r yourpresenee again ; Como from theailenee Ise long and'so deep— Reek e ` to ,eleep, mother—rock DIO, to sleep ! Over my heart in-days . that aro flown, ; No love like mother-lotio ever' his shown— No other worship abides and endures, FV.hful, unselfish, and patienr„lito yours, /lope like itriother van 'charm. away•pain, - - From - the sielesonratid the trorld:weary. brain ; Shliaber's soft'eta r tico'er'my heavy lids breep Rock me to sleep, mother—rock me to deep 1 •Come, let your brown hair, lighted with' gold, Fall' on your shouldeis ngiiin as of old— Let it' fall orerlieur, forehead to-night, .Shading my faint 'oyes away from the light— For its sunny-edged ehadoria once l?tore, Haply will throng the sweet visions O`f yore Lovingly, softly, its bright billows sweep— Rock me, to sleep, mother—rock me to sleep ! ; Mother, dear mother! they:ears have been long - Shwa I last - buslied'hy•y,onr4ullaby song— 'Sing.then, and unto my-Soul it shall seem ' WOmanhood'S years have been but a dream; Clasp to your arms in a loving embrace, iWitlt your, light lashei just svieeping my face, Never- hereafte r. to,wakeor*weep;— , • Rock me to sleep, motherrlrpek Me to sleep ! litiortlinototts patting. THE LAST DAYS OF WEBSTER. Partictdarsof the Last Month of his Life—Grezonstancesl Attending his Death, etc. We give below extracts from the por tion of George T. Curtis's "Life of Dan iel Webster"..(ptlblished by the Apple tons,) which refer to the last days of the great statesman, and the circumstan-* ces attending his death : MR. ; WFIBSTER'd On the same Sunday evening ,on which this letter was written (October 10,) Mr. Abbott was sitting with Mr. Webster alone. Mr. Webster desired hi 4'n to read aloud the ninth chapter of St Mark's Gospel, where the man who b_ . ught his.child,to Jesus,. to be,.cured. 1, - ,; 4•t I, :, .ii;',LpiP)i clump oetieve, all thins are possible- to, him • that belie .l and -.1 veth straightway the , father :of the child cried out, with tears, Lord i a. be lieve, help Thou mine unbelief." He then requeeted•Mr.. Abbott' to` ture to the tenth chapter of St. - Jelin, where it is said, "And many believed on Him there." He then dictated an inscrip tion, which ho said was . to be 'placed on his monument. - A few days later, on - tbelsth, he revised and corrected it with his own hand, - andlben wrote out a fair copy of It and signed it. It is in these words : MEM `!Lord, I believe; help , Thou mine unbelief." . , Philosophical argument, especially that drawn , from the vastness' of the universle in comparison wish the appar ent insign ficance of this globe, has some times shaken my reason for the faith that is tome ; but, my heart has assured and reassured me, that the Gospel of Jesus Christ must be a divine reality. ;The Sermon - 4)n the Mount cannot be a merely human production. This be lief enters into the very depth of my con science. The .whole . history of man proves it. Daisi'L WEBSTER. When he first dictated - this inscrip tion he said to Mr. Abott: get Well, and write a book on Christianity, about which we have talked; we - can attend more fully to this matter. But if I should be taken away suddenly, I do not wish to leate any duty of this kind unperformed. I want to ,leave 'somewhere ndeelaration my belief in Christianity. Ido not wish to go into any- doctrinal distinetioni - in re gard to the person of Jesus, but I wish to express my. bellef,hi:His mis , sion." THE STARS AND STRIPES, As his nights at this period began to be very sleepless; the thought occurred to him to illuminate the flag on the little boat beneath his window, already mentioned by Mt. Ticknor, that •he might distinguish the Stars and Stripes. The story was told by Hutch, and from him it may be best repeated. One day, about three weeks before lie died, he called me in and told me must keep a secret. Well, I told him I couldn't keep it until I kucw it. He had a boat that lie called the Home Squadron, though its name was Crui ser; and it was kept on the pond be hind the house just where he could See It as he lay in his bed. It hadn't any sail, but it had a pole for a' Hug ; and he had a small United States slag nailed to the top of the pole; so he told me that I must gO and get a nice ship lan tern and trim'it, at the next evening at six o'clock I was to put it on his Home Squadron, and nobody was to know of it till it was ',there; and when it was ready I was to•come and tell him. So I did as he told me, and when it was all ready I went in and said, "Mr. Web ster, there's a flock of geese on -the pond." He understood me in a minute, and said to Mrs. Webster, "My dear, Hatch says there's a flock of geese - on the pond ; come and see them." 'Seems to me you are iier37 childish," said she; but she went to the window mil cried out; "Why, my dear-, your boats are all on fire?" "That's the flock of geese," said he. And I was to trim ti lantern and put it up at frix o'clock and take it down at six in the morning as lung as he lived. He said it, comforted him to look out and see it there, and see the flag too. IfIS \‘lli:W OF POLITICS A 9 he had now conversed as much as was proper for him, I rose, and, gath ering up the papers, walked Who bed side to take leave of him. . - He' r was lying in an easy posture, without pain or suffering, but his eyes covered with „ . • t~M_y;~L ANITY. MUNI a napkin, whieh Watchful Sarah had placed over tliptri beri,4l3o 'f3je!t4inight that he esriuhl not" lien! the Bght i which he wollll HAS allow‘ to be excluded from the r004:2—, , AS he held :out hand: to me, :sida: , •'o4lkri..l - VOster.. l this New York letter,doea not require Immediate attention, and be 'yen . nat to feel troubled about it." "Dly= dear friend," was his answer; "I card no more about polities than the jackdaw thAt sits on the top of St.f paurs, `9O down to the library. and I;eatl,:p nl owper's Sackdaw:"' He then iiited,soe of the lineS : "Yotr think,, no doubt, ho Biteitrul muses On _utlre tro kten tea andbruisis, ' Itho should elieulee No; not a singloAlionght likO that , Employs his - phittiOphie pate; ' Or tronbles it nt'all, "He sees that this gFentlrowdabouf, ' • The world, with alt-ita tnotly rent, • Church iiinny", ph;'ytic;, kat, Its cnetoms ailaitibusitte;. , s; Is nel cOneern t at all Of his , . _ And says—what iayki he ?----ctiy,!" LAST NVOitD OF RELToIoN. _ . He then , looked inquiringly around the room r as if to' spelhat Fall were there whom he wished'. to tiddreo: -- 'As lie ~ _ was manifestly-41304 tesay -something that ought l to be p,respfVed, - I Sat, -- dewn at . a: tahle t hi.frontOf mh leh' some of the ladies -.were' staudiagi:Tind ' .on :Which there happened tli•-be' inlC:And' paper (the i , 61)..304 : 0,1pi1i - : , iil*:;'1#10); -- ,!And tv mite c;O'ri4is,:(4iiirils j psi. pi 'they fell froM hislips. IHe apokO. - iin a• strong, full voice; that might Mi l e' 'been, heard over brat tifehOdee;'and l with his usual Modulation' arid- ernAitisis; - but' very slowly - and,With,:4o ,occasional ; pause. He said: ,• . ~..-: -- - •• - ' • •- - I ,!Mylgeneratvvishon 'earth 'hae been to do my Maker's wilt. / thank Him for 's.ii:liip',iner*ii , thAt • tiotij 'aurreh ad; me. '. 1 1i'4 1 44k 410 i :fo i l' AO means 'Be has given moor doing 'some - little good; for my children—these beloved objects; for myinittire and associations. I thank Him That I iiiiiio,die,if-I am, under so many r eircurnSte„neCEi:of love ; and affec tim).., I thank Ilitn-,,for: all His care. No l l:Pali wile is ' , pot a -'• 'Ante,- can say that helenet - afrefil Of death:' .No man can COMP' bAcit. frona ;'tl/4i bourne ; , no man can cemiirehend : the- will or . the works of God. That there is a God, all must acknowledge. ' T see Him in all these WOndrous Works. Oimself,- how wondrOniii ; "174'004 , 44nystery is Jesus Christ the . (iospel. What- would be the condition of any Of us if we had not the hope'of immortality ? What groiind is therelo.rest : up.on, the Gospel? There were adattereOteks of the immortality of the souli• running down, especially among the , Jews. ' The Jews 'believed in a' spiritual, origin of creation. ,The Romans never reached ill; the Greeks ~_ never reached it. It is a tradition, if that:communication , was made to-the Jevishy - Get] ; blinself, through ' Moses and th l e'failiers. ' Tint:there is, even to the'JeWS; no direct assurance of an iin mortality, in heaven: There .is now and then , a•licattered In tiniation, - fi9 id Job, "I - lei:kiwi:di/iv My Redeemer liVeth ;" .111H1A*43L:41°11,414.1?4,04. doe s •re ev , ... esue ,- tr BC, a t 411. "Aix.... were•:,,iniiinations rr-• erepuscular— twi light. But, but, , but, thank God, ,the iiottiplletlOn4 Christhionght life and initnoriatity to right---"reSctiedit-L-brotilit it to light. There is an admirable dis course on that subject by Dr. Barron - , preacher to the inner Temple. I think it is his sixth sermon. Well, I don't feel as if 'I am to fall off; I' inay." He now paused for a sort time ;• a drowsiness appeared to co e over him, 1 and his eyes were closed. ,n a moment or two he opened them, and looking ea gerly around, he asked : - "Have I -L-- wife, son, doctor, friends, are you all 'here ?—have I, on this, occasion, said anything unworthy •of Daniel Web ster?"-, "No, no', deticSir, 2 ' was the re sponse from' all: He' then began the words of the Lord's Prayer . ; but, after the first sentence feeling faint, lie cried out, earnestly, "Hold me up, I do not wislito pray with a fainting voice." He was instantly raised a little by a mover ent of the pillows, and' then re peated the whole of the prayer in clear and distinct tones, ending his devotions with these word's : "And now, - unto God, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, be praise forever and forever ?,. Peace,oneaith and good will to men—that is the happiness, the essence good will toward men." TAKING LEAVE OF THE FAMILY. While he had been uttering the little discourse which has now been given, several of the colored servants had gath ered at the door of the chamber to hear the last words of a master who had emancipated - more than one of Wein from slavery, and all of whom loved him with their whole heart. He did not see them, but he • now asked for them : • • "Where's- Monica and the rest of them ? Let me see-their faces. Come inhere, ye faithful;" Then addressing . those who stoOd-by tbe bedside, he said : "Remember, all, that I remember my three nieces—my brother's two children, my sister's daughter, Mrs. Emily Web ster." At this moment Mrs. Webster In a flood of tears, threw her aims around his neck. He sAothed her emotion with a tender firmness, saying, "My dear wife, when you and I were married at the Bowling Green, we knew that we .must one day part." DEATH. The whole household were now again in the room, calmly awaiting the mo ment when he would be released from pain. All were quiet and composed, save poor old Monica. She, in the ig noranne and affection of her,nature, for some time moved about incessantly in much agitation, going frequently to the bedside, looking at her master, holding up her hands, muttering bits of prayer to herself, and taking little notice of the people about her. Once or twice, however, she addressed herself to Dr. Warren, and denianded, "Is'nt he go ing to die?" or ; " Why don't ho die?" or, You don't think he'll live till morning?" apparently laboring under an idea that the Octor had an agency in prolonging his sufferings. It was past midnight, when, awakening from one of the slumbers that he had at in tervals, he seemed not to know whether . lie had not already passed from his earthly , existence. He made a strong eflint to ageertitin what the conscious ness that he could stilt perceive actually was, and then uttered those well-known words, " I still live!" as if •he had sat klied himself of the fact that he was, striving to know. They were his last. coherent utterance. A good deal later, he said something - in,which the word " poetry" was distinctly heard. His son immediately repeated to him one of ' .2,; , , 1 ~. 3-?.,-,.&,,,,,,3-,:•.,?.,2•-,--.,-). =1 the,, stanzas of Gray's "Elegy." He heard tt, arid smiled. , After this,.,respi radOn. kieoaxne . 20re , dtOlgult„ and at length It ,went ori. ; with perceptible In tervals. All - Was iiowhiiShed w ithin: the chain bort' and to 1113, who Witi- ling; there were but three Seunds 'hi na ture: the sighing of the autumn wind in the trees; the slow ticking of the clock in the hall 'below ; and the,deep breathing of our dying friend. ' Mo ments,that seemed hours, flowed on.— Still the measured beat of time fell pain fully distinct upon our ears; still the gentle moaning of the wind mingled with the only sound that arose within the room ; for there were no sobs of wo men; no movements of men. So grand, and'yet so'calin and simple, had been his approach to tlio moment when we finial know that he was with us no more, that ho had lifted us into a com posure which, but for his great exam ple, we could not have felt. At twen ty-threerninutes before three o'clock, his breathing ceased,' the features sO - into a superb repose, and - Dr. Jef fries, who still held the pulse, after wai ting for a few seconds, gently laid down the arm; and amid a breathless silence, pronounced the single, word, "Dead." The eyes were then Closed, the.remains were removed from - the position in which death catne,,and, all, but those who' had been appointed, to wait and iv'afeti, 'sioivly and meuinfully. walked 'Siwa.' Thus there passed out of this world the great Soul iff Daniel Webster, devoutly thankful for the good he had been permitted to do; conscious to the last hour of life in all his rich affections and splendid faculties, fully believing that he was entering another state of existence, an humbly trusting that his aims on earth had been to do the will of Him t' who he felt that all created intelligencea d all human power are to render up t eir account. ' Is this seat engaged, sir?' I glanced up from the paper I was reading, and met the smiling regard of a genial looking gentleman, apparently in the prime of life. It is not, sir.' ` With your , permission, then,' and he - seated hitnielf beside me. The train l'had already. started, and presently U 4 conductor made his ap pearance, collecting the tickets. Rea ching us, he detached the appropriate coupons from our tickets, handing back the remainder with the usual 'checks.' Pardon Me,' ' said my companion, but I perceive that you placo your ticket in your wallet.' Yes.' 'lt is unwise, uthafe.' ' Why do you consider it so?' I in quired, with some curiosity,' returning the wallet to my pocket. Suppose, through carelessness, or we will say accident, your wallet is lost.— Your pocket may be picked, for in stance.' ' Your money and - ticket are both gone. Probably.you do not appreciate the manifold beauties of such a posi.' tion ; I do not think it possible, except by experience.' 6 It, would certainly he an undesirable situation. I can see that, clearly enough. Pardon the question naturally suggest ed—were you ever so placed ?' - Once; only once.' ' How was that?' You wish. to profit by my experi ence? Well, I don't know that I mind telling you the story. It may serve to amuse you, if nothing more.' ' It occurred quite a number of years ago, and over 'what road I was traveling at the time is of little consequence. I 'had taken the early morning:express train, anti being somewhat tired and al together sleepy, bad stretched myself upon the seat for as comfortable a nap as circumstances would admit. I slept soundly, for I could, in those days, sleep well almost anywhere, and did not awa ken until the conductor came for my ticket. The essential bit of pasteboard could not be found. I was positive I had purchakml a ticket; indeed, I re membered istifictly having shown it to the baggage clerk at the time' of checking my trunk. Tho conductor grew impatient, passed to the end of the car, and returned to me. I had not found the ticket, but had made the dis covery that my pocket book also was gone: I explained to the conductor that my pocket had been picked, and in proof of my story showed him my bag gage check. It was useless. If you have tra,vTled much, you are aware that a virtuous conductor takes no man's word ; in fact, all men have designs up on the company's dividends except him self. It was perfectly natural, there fore, that the faithful steward in ques _tion should say : The_clreck is all right; but how do I know that it — belongs to you? I will take the money for your litre, or stop the train and put you off, as you etteiose.- W hat colild I do? Protestations amounted to nothing, and nay fellow passengers, with the usual tendency of huqutnity to trample upon a fallen man, showed clearly, by their looks and ex T pressions, that they thought me a sneat king rogue, who would steal a Passao if I could. They had paid their mow cy ; why should not I pay mine? Few men would ever see Heaven, if judg ment were rendered by a jury—except themselves. My search for the lost ticket had bro't to light about a dollar and eighty cents. This, I told the conductor, NV3IS every cent I had about me. He - said it was fifty cents short of the usual fare to Lauderdale city, but that he would pass me through for it, rather than stop the train. I gave it to him. From Lau derdale, a city of not much importance, Ixould write to my partner for money. It would certainly be us well as to tfamp ten or a dozen of miles back to the city I had left, nail where I should be no better off, being (4,itiallj. a stranger there. In due time I found my!,self at Lau derdale; went to the hest. hotel ; tele giaphed for money, and Wrote an ex planatory letter to my partner. This business attended to, I sa)lied out 1 0 see what sort of a place lAmderdale city might lie. There was nothing for me to do, but to iiinue myself as best I !could until the money should come, and l i l determined to !mile tile most of my involuntary holiday. As I strolled lei 'surely up the main street, a newsboy darted out of a newspaper office, ery -1 ing.: ' Daily Banner ; extra edition ; all obout the murder; great accident on mm=mlaTimemizion ,A TRAVELER'S STORY. BY ITHIEL LUCRE Ertl 1- the E- rata !I etc., - ete. • Have an txtra ?' I took the sheet and thrustmy land in:my pocket for the money, without 4 moment's thought. You may imagine my feelings, when compelled to - return - that two-penny b'lt of paper to the boy, with the muttered excuse that I ' had no change,' and the utterly contemptu ous expression on the boy's face as he received it ! I immediately stepped in to the office ef4he) Daily ' Bantzer, and w rote A Paragraph deicriptive of my re cent mishap, taking pare to make. it as amusing as possible. When co' pleted, I handed it to the clerk. Ho ead it, laughed, and took it into the rlvate office. Coming back a few min' tes afl ter, ho told the boolqweper to g ve me fifty cents. It was not' much, but more than I expected. , Well, I continued my walk, until I finally reached the end - 01 the street, which ternilhates at the 1 river, hire spanned by a long covered bridge. I crossed the bridge, and was surprised to tie, upon reaching the opposite side, that I would be required to pay toll. A young girl came to the door of the little toll office as I steppedup to it, and Inquired how' much I should,pay, drawing forth my solitary shinplaster. - ' Oh,' she said, with a smile and a Blight blush, we do not charge minis terry anything.' It was not a bad ijoke, but I sup pressed the laugluths.t rose to my lips, and thanking herifor the consideration shown to the cl - y, I turned about and retraced my step to the hotel, not with out some slight twinges of conscience for allowing the mistake td pass, and taking advantage of . it. The remain der of the day was spent very quietly, as was also the evening which followed. My first duty the next morning was to seek some knight of the razor. I had noticed a pleasant little shop at no great xlistance from the"hotel, in my walk the ,previous day, and thinking that I she'd do no better by. looking further, I re paired to that. There was in attend ance only 0. boy of about twelve years of age,- who stated that his father, the proprietor of the shop, had gone to a neighboring city, and would not return. before noon. Without any hesitatkm, I requested the loan of a razor, and proceeded to operate on myself. While thus occupied, the customers began to present do expressing great dissatisfaction upon learning how mat ters stood. Now, although lam a proud man, I am not, thank God, cursed with that species of vanity which 'prevents a man frnin doing certain kinds of hon est labor, simply because they are `not genteel.' illere was an opportunity of fered for me to, at least, earn the price of my breakfast. f took advantage of it ; told the first man who entered after I had completed shaving myself, tat i !_i would idiave him. I did so. 0 hers coining in, I shaved, them also. Jit t itn, I did 4uite a brisk business for a coUPle of hou l r i•s • and if the unfortunate indi viduals 1 1 VithlillS NS'llO came unde - r my hand, had any doubts about my fitness for the business, they certainly expressed none. A.t [nu explratlon of tLla thug, I.:tacgan to think 1 had done sufficient, and feel ing rather hungry; having yet had no breakfast, I dillided the prec,eds with the boy, and prtipared to return to my hotel. But I was not done yet. As I was brushing my hat, a young,.dandi fled specimen of humanity came in, and res , ,olving that he should be the last, .I went to work upon him. When he came to pay me, I was, to say the least, somewhat surprised to see him delibe rately produce my own pocketliook— the one I had lost. standing upon no . ceremony, I snatched it from his hand, and demanded, in no gentle tones, how it' came in his possession. . I ,Vithout stopping to reply, other than by a vol-'' ley of implecations, as he reached the. , door, he tumbled, rather than ran down ' the stairs, into the :Area. Waiting for • neither lit tier coat, I followed—the pocket honk in my hand. We measured off considerable ground in a short space of time. On, on—it was an exciting chase. Men, boys, dogs, joined iu pur suit ; the cries of 'stop thief,' and the like, glowing louder and increasing.— What an uproar there was. Suddenly came a flash of light, sharp and vivid for an instant, then utter darkness. A policeman, mistaking me for the thief, had gently tapped me upon the head, as their custom is, and With the-usual result ;—the thief escaped, and I, the victim, was apprehended: My appear ance told heavily against me; but my story being fully corroborated by the boy •at the barber shop, I was released. LT'Pon examining the wallet, I found my own money intact, _and about one hundred and thirty dollars beside..lThat is all the story. , . . . 0 ` Not a bad speculation, after all:7180d I, as he concluded. ' Well, perhaps not. N -s. it w•- - t ; ell, pe. -so, it was no. but .still my advice holds - eod—never place a railway ticket, ip your wallet.'— Repository. One Thousand Miles over the Rocks of Tiogit County SREPAVOCip, P3' bTANT 014.0015 T ON TlY.r._onio CHAPTER V. DEvOINIA:s.; AGE COITINUE.D. ‘• Fvery toulaeron the Oulu, evpiy pebble by the brook eide, is replete with lessons of wisdom to the mind that is fitted to receive cud compre hend their sublime import." _Resting upon the Chentung group of Tioga county, we have a Feries of rocks known as the Catskill group, which is the upper Member of the Devonian, and the last era in the Age of Fishes.— I t emisists of red shaleg and sandstones, with some impure liThestope4, and thas a thickness in Tioga eounty of four hun dred feet. In "the 0101r:tette coal re gion, however, it is six thousand feet thick, but thins nut to the west, and disapiteats near the Ohio line. On dis integrating, it lot ins ii. stiff red-clay soil, uPcni which arc locafcd the best wheat anti ft ult-growing- lauds of Nor thern Pen nsy Iva The rocks of thi4 gnaw ale genetaliy ehn\ acterizt d by their very nistinet !Mesa stiatitiention —often causing them to resemble piles of latartit i -titid lty their red color, which is due to kin. oxide of iron. They are usually dertitnte of organic remains— the red oxide of iron being unfavyrable to the I.if..4ervatitit4 of fossils,—but at firane poi his in the Inaity; remaitut- of psi' LThis formatimi is imtioubtedly the representative of the Scottish " OW. Red Sandstone," which H It )1 ler lia, immortalized. The Cab-hill group faints the surface melt over only a small portion of the county. Beginning at. the eastern ter mi D 11:3 of the Blossburg coal basin, near Canton, in Bnidford county, it crops out along , the foot of the Aruiena moun- MMEMIEMM ES .- - :,: ~ -'::' • .-• • , 7.; . 0. - ~.. , ~..,, ~,.. , ; • tains, to the- Tottcr,ounty •line.•. , It forms a similar band of redortthe'Stit side _ orthis range.,!? The reader• has doubtless observed another line 'of - hills ~ .--) running across-the county;-in; a north- , east , and southwesterly_ . direction,. and Which, with the krinenas,fortuamark ed feature in the topography of ..the county. • Unfortunately, this range is nameless; but it enters the county west of Yermilyea's, crosses . •Crooked 'creek at Potteer tavern, the t , - Tioga river at Lamb's creek, and extends beyond the Bradford county line. '. The Catskill group holdsa position at thefootof this range analogous to the one which it oc cupies in the Armenas. ' The two beds onco extended over the, anticlinal line which 'passes through Mansfield and Wellsboro, and were connected at the ' close of the Carboniferous Age ; but at mospheric agencies, rivers, and power ful ocean currents, have . acted with great force along this line of upheaval, so that the tWo beds are now separated from each other by a distance of ten miles—though some isolated knobs still remain in the iiitertening spaCe, as' at James Hoard s, aud on a. fewof the high est hills between Mansfield and Troy. We may gain some idea of the vast amount of erosion which has taken place here, when welearn that theanti clinal line passing. through Mansfield and Wellsboro, marks the Site of an an cient mountain range; three thousand feet high. This may seem incredible to some, but it is a fact which ban be pro ven beyond doubt—as we shall see in succeeding chapters. We know, from the position of the strata, that all the rocks, from the base of the Catskill for illation to the.top of the coal meafiures at Blossburg and - Wilson creek—m Ore i than 2,000 feet in all—once passed over this anticlinal line, and extended much farther to the north. But since the close of the Coal Age, these rocks, have been destroyed by denuding for ces, and still later, deep valleys—as that of the Tioga and CoWanesque—have been excavated below the general lever of 'the county. Of course we cannot re sist the conclusion that operations of such magnitude required untold .ages. The fossils of the Catskill group pos sess great interest.. As before remarked, their formation is pot generally fossilif erous ; but at some points ,foss il fi sh are abundant. One of these hrealities is at Red Rock, in a cut of the Toga rail road, two miles below Biossburg. This is the best locality on the continent for the remains of those remarkable fish which characterize the Catskill forma-:i i tion. About two hundred feet of rocks are exposed, with a heavy dip to the south ; and though occasional bones are found through the entire,mass, yet it is only 3n one place that they are found in any considerable numbers. This is near the top of the chff, at the junction of an impure limestone With red shale —from which circumstance it would ap pear that the introduction of the mud dy sediment which now constitutes the red shale, was the agent which destroy ' ed the fish. ' These ichthyic remains ootuligt i of bones, adales and teeth—all of which are in thc7 most perfect state of keservation. They retain nearly their natural color , Viand tho enamel of the teeth and scales' possess the same brilliant hues which they did, millions of yeais : ago.? The scales are from a quarter of an inch to three inches in dlatn;eter,:and aro highly ornamented ; while sortie of the teeth are an inch in length. These organisms belonged to several genera ,of armor-clad fishes, some of whielias th? Holoptychins— were five or six feet in length. I. have obtained many fine specimens from the above locality, sonic of which have been much admired by Professor Ages slz and Professor Dewberry. I have been informed by Dr. Monis, of Mans field, thatlan entire individual -of 11.i51- • optychins was found here when the railroad was constructed, which is now pre.4erved in the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia. Professor Ito( era, in' his'report on the geoldgy of Pei i Pe isyli'ania, also speaks of finding l fragments of the same. species at this point ; likewise, Professor Hall, in his- New York report. Another point wtkere, the Catskill rocks are well expoqed, is at Lamb's creek. 'Fossils are ilint so abundant here, however, aC3 Red Rock ; but some of the layers 4ntain trunks of coniferous trees, five or six inches in di ameter. •D. 11. Coopei., a zealous woilt er in the geologic field, is welt acquain ted with the rocks Pt* : this vicinity. Other localities iire s follows; at Pot ter's hotel, in MiddielMry; near Knox ville; and near M. Leib's, on Pine • creek. SAD BUT TRUE.—Daily we meet with yotmg girls, beautiful and accomplished, who have all the natural graces which make home happy, leading lives of shame. It is an astonishing and no less horrifying fact that the city to day- is overrun by them. This question has been overlooked by moralists, front the depraved nature, of the subject, and yet it, is one that should be taken home to 'to every household. Men with faipilies should cansider the subject well. What As_the cause of this terrible sin ? • In many instances the parents themselves are to Wan]. Numbers of young girls are led away by fiends in human ;form, under the promise of marriage,• who when they have accomplished theirob ject they leaye them to their shame.— ' Their parents feeling the disgrace which has fallen on their family, drive them Iran the paternal roof out on the cold world. • The virtuous, many .of whom arc only so • because they have had the opportunity to be otherwise, turn from them ; work they sannot ob tain, and the only reso live felt them is shameful barterof their Ladies and souls. Another cause of this curse is attributa 'hie to parents endevoriiig to force . on , their- daughters bated marriages. A woman will no Ife true to a man Ow d oes not love ; and if compelled to mar ry such an one she %).:ill ev en Many figute in the Quarter )).-sii)r)s in a erim. con. case. Parents sh,)uld prevent their children Iron) 1.-rnig improper act quaintances, and they should also avoid forcing upon th'.in such per.gons as they cannot respect ru- love. Many a m an w ill b e ca ll e d to apswer at . the throne of God on the last great day for the sins of I his daughter committed through his distasteful compulsory meaSurcs.—Phil artilphia S'unday Rdpubtie. '' To a toast of "The'habies—God bless them !" a railroad conductor responded "May their route through life be- pleas ant and profitable; their ties well laid; - their track straightforward, and not backwards. May their fathers be safe conductors, their mothers faithful ten ders, and theirswltch never misplaced !" =t ',; - :, - ;_ . ' . ,'''fl.t',l.tl.,-c,'ff J;L!Lii'i.. 1-4;p4ii :-.~~ ~s .i..... ll= UMBER .14W iSI I] II - t II ES 1113 I i