IN HARRISBURG LETTER. HARnlstlititp, March 11, 1870, I Would not trespass upon Or coltuntul of your paper, were it i ntit,f4 the'pur- - ; pose of again entering a-prolett against the proposed alsstraction frorn , :theboun-, daries - of our county. i, supposini_the' question to have been settled, for this r-sessioivat-least4l atid- - --re)yingt- Upon the future for a solution of the problem ; trgltitig tki4l* goolliminse Of the people fo r e na' legislation . Yet all at once ..thi4hydra!headed Briareus is. ushered --- belbrens; imiheialded and unannoun reed, at the beck of a si ogle restless mind, - "and of , ::'sudden weAre called' upon to. battle with thainoniter for its final de feat, or submit to .a shameless %wren- , der.' It was surmised, when Peter I-I.er - dic came up into ?loge county, Wallis prime object was to sound sente of the .people in relation to the tie‘q county; ~and yetit,was so positively ,denied by the pretended knowing 01104, that the very elect. were deceived thereby : and • scarce a week, one little week, rolls by, : when a i delpgation from 'liege *comity are . qutetly wending their Way to the State • clapital, armed' with See passes _ over thn road ;—and it is fill . at once di's . covered that there are tne», ev7n 'Mi. ' . zenti or Tloga county, %Vito tire.in favor of bartering their birthright for, an on flavored mews of pottage: . " Tell it not _So-opath, nor \publish it in the streets of Askaion." .1 f the people of the county were i c o be belie fittil I hereby, wo might \, take a more - liber al view of •the ques t Lion; but., as it now stands, with noth ing to gain, anti much to lose, it is but just and proper thal this subject should 'be carefully investigated, thoroughly Canvassed, and ftilly dismissed, before any positive action is taken thereon.— A just sense of the responsibility of our legislators, requires this much •at their hands 1 - and recreant indeed would they be to their constituents, did they blind ly submit to such .legislation, or .part with that which would not enrich them, but make the people poor Indeed, . ' T bavrtlO fears of the position i)ecu pied by the members from our county, nor of. their final action upon this ques tion, as they have remonOrattees by the. thousand from their eonwtituents; but what Sort of a pressulealiay be brought - to bear upon the other members of this body, Is the subject of disquietude and tear. I have dwelt upon this subject thus freely, for the purtio,,e of bringing the ease before our peopte, and, if need be, to let them know who are eo-work-' ers in this. scheme to disrupt., divide and disorganize the county' They would have us believe that it would he a great benefit to the.eounly generally, to cut a slice oft' our southeastern borders and give it for a new county; using the very• speelousnrgument, that unlers o e con sent to it Willingly;la much larger por tion will be taken by foree. V.• hat fol ly! I urge the people to unite, a, olio man, throughout the county, and op pose this infamous attempt of o ily and scheming politicians. Tho 4 Ito have not already protested, let theta du it at once, and thereby preset' t a harrier that it will be unsafe for any one to attempt to force or override. . 1 The legal fraternity of 'I county is well represented netts at the state capita!, by the Men - 1110'5i of the bar oh their way 'to attend the, Nuprente Cullrt at Philadelphia Ilex t week. The Peightel wtre hung on Thursday last, at Hunt imolon, I:;ly ing the extreme penalty of the law, which, they had so 11'1111100y and wick edly violated ; and yet it doe , . seem, with all these facts patent around as, that crimes are on the Inca olt , e,il:- fed in aim nit every paper we read— " How long, 0, how tang!" What must be the feelings of that who in the full vigor of - manhood - ,ta rids beneath the gallows that ',umu to launch him into tin unknown world? gazing for the last time upon animate nature around him, into the ftteck of those he is looking upon for .the' f last time, and up into the bright heavens, from which his guilty soul is to be .for ever barred ! .Strong indeed must be that mares nerves, callous his heart, and seared his conscience' if rio pangs of remorse vibrate through his frame, or repentance arouse his damant fac ulties, too late to avail him ! The early spring birds are warbling their 'morning carol' in the park, and the bright sun and balmy southern breeze are driving the 'cold blast and snows of winter to their far-off northern home. • Spring, summer, autumn and winter! how like the _varied stages of Jhumanity—comitig and going in their ceaseless roundl—finally to pass away and be forgotten in the oblivion or the past. What a subject for contempla ,.. don and daily study ; and yet how very feW'of the plodding millions of earth give It even a passing t bought,— driving along in blissful ignorance, until the drop falls and they are shuffled off the stage. If this letter combines the sublime as well as the ridiculous, pass it by, with the reflection that it is well meant, if uncouthly written. •" 1-27." LETTER FROM HARRISBURG. MARCH. 7. EDITOR AGITATOR:--1 enclose you copies of bills relating to our county, whiCh are of some importance to our people, I am daily in receipt of letters inquiring as to what we ere doing, and complaining that they cannot tind out what is being done. This is no wonder. We have neither printed a record or a journal this session. Mr. ;Strang and myself did all we could to induce the House to pass the Re.solu t int that passed the Senate, providing for the tathliea tion of a daily journal. The reporters of the Philadelphia papers, only report the legislation that relates to then• city_, and nothing relating to the country' att.. pears. I herewith append the titles of bills that I have introduced in the House, thus far during the present:sess ion: `•`an act to transfer a portion of the school fund of Chatham school district to the township fund of Chatham township."—approved. _ "A supplement to an'act to incorpo rate the Fall Brook Coal Company ail proved april 7, 1859."—approved l "A supplement to an act to ineorpo. rate the Lawreneevillo and Welisboro Railroad company.":---approved. - "An act repealing a supplement to the acts limiting actions againht real estate approved April 13, 1859." ,In committe. "An act to legalize the return of the supervisors of Bloss township for 1869. 1 —approved, , "An act to ineorporate the Welisboro gas eompariSi.";--approved. "An act to repeal the third section of an act entitled an act relating' to judi cial sales and the preservation of the lelns of mortgages. Approved March 23, 1809. "An act appointing COmmis.4loncra to lay out and open n state road from the west line of the boro of Wolisboro to Marsh Creek. On third reading in the k House. "An act to confer certain powers upon Henry Sherwood, guardian &e. In committee. L :•TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. 1 An act to increase the criminal. jar„- i whese slaves they wet e. ' How little e e -- diction of Justices (id the rettee It, the w h o B u t te re d - to much m ow terrible 1 , rIOOA COUNTY DISTRICT. .1. O. of, O. T. i county of Tiogu. ...Approyed alla 11 ,: , :etti :I,gem,. of I,lood s linOW 04 . ibis' butonio - .;. -- This - Convetition - met at the Tenitier-,1; , ._ 1 , la t ..., vu ,•:1 1 ., •: you a;eopy of the oc.: • ,. .' ' lion and unhorse whirls, %ellen wc at •'filIPP -raw. IA" vr, , lSLiCll'o, on Thursdoy, -"An act. authorising •the reference Oftenah triumphed, Vaillt! upnu - nr--1 Ilse' I T ; , , (ter by P. "I, v CW. C . iO. V. Elliott. 'Olll- ! civil tketi ° " l-1" "'" 1131 S1 - : ni. 11 ` ) ! 4 '" . , ' wretched South! We 113111 \\*Oil : they „ ere nresee o A. F. Benjamin, W. S., -Approved-a"dopy I,r se t est cies - riti:l jobli Coblr, I.G. MisS Lizzie Hof „An eet , in - rekt e t w e t - E t a; .it; u c t oit o • i . l , had 00:31.; - .iiiiti•if--Ave bad stitli!led touch, Covington, was appointed W. , yet We had compered, And we counted •IltiEge. 111 1 -ww. mit--* " --. ' ' - • - II 1 .. 1 • -- T - 1 'T - I f note the i "A -- ii attt aUtbotizin 1 hoc} 1 ' , a " 1 u•'-'l' but 1 )11 gait,. . The following emu g I se se,i nee- V. T. pro tern. South could learn Um let:items of ,t 11 ! 1 1 appointed: • ' `. ... mittees, were then) tors of o.ceola to borrow money. I . . , 4 . struggle, and' - Meekly submit' to their • Committee en Credentials-Messrs. "An adt to change nip name orChat le. , . th e g,, t • il l . 110.9_ard,Barber and M"Cullough. Saxton &e. On the Calendar. teachings, th e y toolrould be , Committee-on -Resolutlons--Messrs. '- - •‘-`An aef-to - repeal ''aii apt • relatiee. 16 . 1 ers • e - for - theSe lessons must tie heeded 1 Alba, .Haskell and Bailey. .: , the payment,of taxes on unseated lands I in the efid,'else is there ife divine min- 1, ' Reports from lodges were theoreeiv approved Nov. 19,1869. On the calen - omy of: things; -and if Aser - ,wayward- ed, - aod, were listened to . with consider .dal' for, next week. '- ' ' •'''' 'it her full sub ness will not tiow perm , . ~., . ~ a ble interest. The committee on credentials then - "An act to incorporate the Pennsyl- mission., the final penalty will only be reportedtbe following L. D.O; and del- ' Yaniajoint land and timber company. the Water. - gates as entitled to seats in thoConvVin Reported fro i committee. • , , We; think / the new South, under the LodgeDeputies-Brothers - Wm. nue "No time las yet been tiered for the hurt, of Westfield ;_ S. P. Moore, of iinpulse which it will receive from a Charleston • J. Fletcher, Niles_ Malley ; final :slur meat. Yours Truly. more liberal sentiment, strengthened A. J. Ross/Wellsboro. ' , J. 13. NILES. . , --- -->-,.a .= made permanent by the steeessions it is receiving and, will receive from the Morris Run, No. '740-V. R. Champ ney, Edward Filerand Alice Reynolds. North, will finally put away its old idols, Tioga, No. 509-Emma Baldwin, Em end lea& to measure men by the - true ma Aiken, Ella Bentley, L. H. Tuttle standard Of moral worth. Caste Ines Its and Robert E. Urell. Niles Valley, No. 537-N. J. Fletcher and J. E. Lyon.- adherents, not alone in tbo South. We Wide Awake, No. 666, (Bpoxville)-A. have them among us; and as these tat- Alba, S. L. Love, S. L. Macho, and R. rce, No. 523-Wm. ter • have not suffered ,the penalty of Drysdale H. C. Mills, .Asher Feasely their misdeeds, shielded as they have and A. F. Benjamin. Blossbtirg-No. been by the • innocence of those about 517-E: A. Williams, Samuel Trull, C. ' them; they are oven more bitter than Kinney, Mary No. A. 669--W.wWalke_r and_m . _oor°Sarah their Southern brethren, that w Hill. Charleston,ere.- and N. 4eese. - Osceola, No. 530-J. H. They at the South are more manly.- Bosard. ,East Charleston, No. 1364- 1 - . Z.: -!rboy Embnlit 'W hen conqUered : perhaps Haskell. .. Brown, • N,Vel Is b ere, M. Nanc i ; To .tol 6 A 6 nson,. only because they are conquered; yet Mrs. A. Th Eastman and Mrs. S. Derby. such submission leaves room for pro- Covington No. 648-S. F. Richards, S. gress. They need the capital, energy L. Barber, ' Mrs. S. F. Richards, Lizzie and skill of the North ; but t they can- Rosm an lTlc o an sl49 er ß a etl P liel e a r n . d.t a . l 7. not have all these without tile liberal Fish. Westfield, No. 720-T. C. San sentiment they carry with ,them ; and ders, A, Close, James Tubbs and L. V. thus it is, that by this regeneration of Leach. 4 , New Hope, No. HS,. (Mans field)-S. Setaillett, C. S.- Kingsley, F. the industry of the South,* :is to come , g. also a more advanced liberalism. Spencer, Mary Gaylord, Jennie B le ei y_and Lydia Baker. As au evidence of this retribution, in The following committee was then : passing, we subjointhe remarki of Hon; appointed to nominate officers for the ensuing year ; ME'S*. Bosard, Elliott Simon Cameron in the U. S. Senate, on and Alba • 'who reported Geo. W. Men the question oNtdmittlng Senator Rev- rick, of Vl7ellsboro, for W. C. T. ; Liz- . • zie Holman of Covington, W. V. , els to his seat. He said : L. 1 % , - I trust this question will not be referred to the George A. ninney, of Covington, r , . • committee, but that the Senate itself will decide' S• A Mary Gaylord, of Mansfield, W. T. it. I remember very well, Mr. President, that On motion, the Marshal cast the bal just before the southern Senators left' this cham- lot of the Convention for these officers, her, in 1861, I had a conversation with Mr, Jof . and they were declared mpanimously ferson Davis, in which he complained that the elected. people of the North had interfered with the rights The following committee was, then of the South, especially in taking. from them their appointed to consider the Prospectus of slaves. I rernembei• that I said tq him i "You a temperance paperio be ioubliShed in of Mississippi have no right td complain. I, do this county : Messrs. Haskell, Merrick not think a single slaveholder in the whole, State and Mills. , , ~ ;, • of Mississippi ever lost a slave in the way you Three delegates were then elected to speak ot." The conversation continued seine the Bradford time. I said to bin,: ” Sir, let we tell you that county Convention, viz: if you secede from here, the moment a gun has Messrs. Cook, Haskell atid Elliott. been fired against the flag of this country, sla- The remainder of the session was very ceases; and the logical conclusion after that spent in relating experiences-a very will be, that the WON° will pe recognized as a citi- interesting exercise.: G. W. C. T. Chase son; and ho will come intolthe halls of Congress; was present, and added much to the in and I believe, in the justic of (led, that a negro terest of the Convention. Convention some day will occupy your eat." [Laughter. j- then - adjourned until nine o'clock to- I am glad to believe to-day that what I thought orrow morning. then might happen in the future, has come to '''` - I pass. Friday, March 4, 1870.-Convention Sir, we ought to reineinier how muds these people have helped us in saving the country. I called to order by W. C. T. Merrick. A do not think I should have attempted to ba ys a, half hour spent in relating experiences, word, if the honorable Senator from Oregon had induced the good nature of all present. not got up to make an argument that this man The committee on resolutions then has more or white than of black blood in his reported, AS follows: veins. What do I care which prep6nderates 7- Whereas, There are various: hotels lie is a man; and his race, when the country and drug stores in Tloga county that was in its peril, came to the rebel'''. Afir- Stanton, continue to sell intoxicating drinks eon who is now, I trust, sainted above, for his virtues trary to law ; and wh6reas, such are and his services here, said to me: "This whole contest, would have gone against us, if at rho last public nuisandes, and are doing great moment we bad not got two hundred thousand injury and much mischief, therefore, negroes to come and join our armies and for .12esolved, Ist. That it is our duty as the tido of victory upon our side." an orgy ization to be faithful and earn- I admit that it somewhat shocks my old pre- est in of r efforts to create and educate judices, as it probably does the prejudices of ma- a pabli conscience On . the subject of -- n'otre to- that - 'he " - 'RCO ; ' i r I r Vite Nitatox. vvgaza.s..mlonci, , WEDNESDAY,' MARCH It, IK7O • Gold was doWn to 110.1 one day last week. • We are under obligations B. Niles for copies of itny laws which we print in another col umn The eleetionin New Hampshire last week, resulted in the election of Stearns, the Republican nominee for Gove'rnor, by a majority of about 1500. The econ omy of President Grunt's administra 4 tion part much for the success of the parq in that State, Gen. John C. Breckitiridge denounced the ,Ku-Klux at Lexington, Ky., last week, as, idiots or villains. It is devout ly to be wished that these outlaws tnay very soon be entirely extinguished; and such words from such men as Gen. Brock:1110(1,p will do much to aecom pliOi this result. A resolution was passed in the House of Representatives at INashinglon last week, to discontinue The publication of unnecessary patent office specifications and engravings t and, the Tribude this as a sign of retrenchment. Now blot out the nuisance of printing use less public documents, or if printed, make those who wish them pay t'oli them, and it great leak will be stopped. • The United States Senate lens. been engaged much of the time for weeks past, debating the Funding fill. It a very important bill, intended to My ground for the negotiation of our vast debt at a great saving of intereA, and there seems but little doubt that it will very soon pass the Senate. It is hoped also, that it may pass the House and become a law. Thete is no reaBoll why our government should pay G per cent interest with its vast resources and abil ity to pay, when the great powers of Europe negotiate their loans at a Inueb lower rate. Railroad Prospects. While there 'vow seems no doubt of the early completion of the Wellsboro and Lawrence;ville ‘ R. R. there is good reason to expe t that the Jersey Shore, tl i Pine Creak, an Beilido Road• will be built at an earl ; ',day, if the owners of wild to:lad. ca1.,1% tilt , tokne, Wilt (to their reasonable part to make it a suc cess. We see by the Potter Journal that the Keatince Estate subscribed • 10,000 Acres. Frain the tenor of a card in that paper by Hon. John S. Mann, however, we fear, thoe interested are not asliberal as they should be. 'NVe hope every man owning lands along that line,. will volunteer a subscription a 4 once before the opportunity is lost. 'The Day speaking editorially of the project says: '. "All that is required toensure the success ()film enterprise, is the local subscription asked of 100, 000 acres of laud diens the line.. The owners or contignoas lands can afford to diyide with the company acre for acre for those femaining to the owner will be worth from $lO to S.VO per acre the moment the road shall be opened. The grades of the proposed road are very light, and the road-bed wilt be superb. Fifty ittile2 of thii road will lie through a county almpst inac cessible at present, yet very rich in mineral de posits. In the time to come it will bo found that the country west and southwest of Pine Creek is rich in coal which may be profitably mined. At ono point there is ft vast quarry of gypsum, and iron-is found in every hill. Ores of copper and lead occur in several localities, and quarries of beautiful building stone are not in frequent. It now looks as if sixty miles of this road might be built within a year. Nothihg can prevent the construction of the entire line except it be the refusal'of the land-Owners to do their part." Later: It is expected that a bill will soon pass the Legislature, transferring a large atnonut .of If. B. bonds owned by the State to the company to enable it to raise the - money to build this road. The State is to be seeTbd by first mortgage of the road. This will •it.sur success. RETRIBUTION. We'd° not believe in ,hatred or re venge. We believe it is always better to forgive, and, if possible, forget Injuries done us, than to treasure them up as a motive-power of revenge against repentant mortals; but the wrongs of centuries, heaped intd each day of the year, carry with them a vengeance and retribution which the tenderest forgive ness cannot (trowel within the sour of man the ability to avert or assuage.— Vengeance may safelY be left with the immutable laws of nature, which, soon er or later, bring a certain retribution for every wrong, and inflict the punish ment upon all, in due proportion to their share in the common guilt.. There is One who is the Author and Finisher'of all vengeance; and so it conies to pass that no man 'can iktict it, or,. if he do, yet be is a mere instrument in the bal ancing up of rights and wrongs—con trolled, if not directed, by laws which he cannot change, but must obey, or himself must be revenged upon. The crime of slavery was the accumu lation of the wrongs of .eenturies, in volving; not only the misery and wretch edness of its victims, who bent beneathl 'its. weight, but also the perpetrators themselves, who, forgetting justice, in, the exercise of power, suffered the re tributive penalty which time never fails to bring upon the heads of all who do a wrong. In our own . country, the wrong is not alone charzeable to the South ; yet she suffered it to exist lon er, and did more to perpetuate it, than the North ; and in so far as she did so, is her suffering the greater. Yet th e North aided and abetted, long after her conscience condemned it; and she ha' , s , suffered her full share of the; penalty. .lidt she was saved the humiliation of ,defeat: not so the South. All tier ditionsions are blotted out. A race of slaves, not only freed from the chains Which , inhumanity had forged for them, but made equal, before the law; to them li ny more here, that one of the despised race should come hero to be my equal; but I look up on it as the act of God. Ho in Ills providence alloped the w'rkr to take place; and it destroyed the only blot upon the escutcheon of our coun try, which wa's slavery; and the logical coneltt• siun note is, that after having freed the slave, he becomes a citizen : and when ho becomes a voter, ho as naturallyibecomes the recipient of office.— In 1861, in a report which I had the honor to make, in which I recommended the use of slaves in the army, I said the conete.:". .... tan moment the slave becomes a :Adler, he be. comes a citizen. So it has been. This is a great country of ours; the negro did groat service in saving it ; and I am glad this conclusion has come. AN ACT Authorising the Reference of ' Civil Actions in the Counties of Tioga and Potter: SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and /louse of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, That any civil action now pending, or hereafter commenced in the Court of Common Pleas fur the counties of Tioga, and Potter, in said Commonwealth, after issue joined, may be referred, upon the written consent of the parties, or their attorneys, or by oral consent in open court, entered in the minutes. Seer. 2. The trial by the referee shall he con ducted in the sumo manner as a trial by the court with a jury, and on notice of the time and place, to ho fixed by tho referee. Srcr. 3. The referee shall have the same power to grant adjourments and to allow amendments to any pleadings, es the court upon such trial, upon the same terms and with like effect, and shill have the same power to preserve order, and punish all violations thereof, upon such trial, I and to compel the attendance of witnesses before him by attachment, or refusal to be sworn or to I testify, ns is possessed by the court. ; Srcr. 4. The said referee shall state the facts I found and the conclusions of law separately; and his decision shall bo given, and may he ex cepted to and reviewed in like manner as though tried by the court with a jury, but not otherwise; and the said referee may in like manner as the court settle a case or exceptions, on appeal or writ of erroi to_thb Supreme Court. Sam h. The report of the said referee upon the whole issue, shall stand as the decision of the court, and judgment shall be entered in, the same manner as if the action bad been tried by the court before a jury; and in ease of reversal on appeal or writ of error, the Supremo Court shall enter the proper judgment, or direct a new trial, as the justice of the case may require; and if a new trial ball be ordered, it shall be proceeded with before the same' referee; but if the same referee is unable or refuses to act, then before some other refereooo be selected in tho manner provided in section sixth. SECT. O. In all caves of reference under this act, the parties or their attorneys may agree up on a suitable person, and the reference shall be ordered accordingly; and if the parties do not agree, tho court shall appoint a referee, who shall be—free from exception. Provided, That this net shall not be construed to repent, or in any manner ofthct any of the laws now in force in this Commonwealth re/Ming to arbitrations. SECT. 7. Tho compensation of the referee un der this act, shall be ten dollars per day for ev ery day necessarily spent in hearing the case I and preparing his report, to be paid by the ty, on approval by the court. Approved, Pah. 1870. THE TRAGEDY' OF LlFE.—Life Is a monstrous disappointment and death the only portal to peace. There is not a day_ passes in which virtue does not sell itself for bread ; in which some poor, harrassed or frenzied creature does not rush.madly upon death ; in which the good .are not persecuted and the weak trampled upon. Tragedies as red as any hist - ivy or fiction ever painted, are being played, and faces you admire mask with smiles an inward torture worse than the agony of the yack.— Who has realized the fnlfillment - of his early hope? Where life has not its mortifieations, its bitter concealments,. its studied eversions, poignant humili aSions, its wild uneasiness, its wrestl ings and defeats? But we represent the fairest portions and the highest. level of it. Beneath us is the great mass of humanity, and they writhe and moan, and weep; they toil, and starve, and curse, and die. The world goes rolling on as heedless of those who fall as the,gale in autumn is heedless of the stripes' from the trees, or branches it wrenches away.— 11 7 . H. _Murray. EinrCATION OF THE AGRICULTURIST. —Denial Webster said, "No man is so high as to be independent of the success 1?of this great interest;' no man isiso low as not to be affected by its prosperity or decline.- Tbe cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man.— ! Men may be civilized, .in some det+ree, without great progress in manufactures, and with little commerce with his dis ta-ut neighbors, but without cultivaton of the earth, he is, in all countries, a I savage. Until lie gives up the chase and fixes himself to some place and seeks a living from the earth, he is a roaming barbarian. When tillage be ) gius, - other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human b, temera ce ; and that, in the use of ev eryll rop r means, we will endeavor to brill m nto a recognition of the claims Of temperance upon them, in their po litical relations and actions. 2nd. That while we deem it our duty to do our utmost to educate the people, arid raise them to that position where they will readily accept the temperance platform that,w.e..os!`,l--t^cl l -tz=-";' ,,, r el:"- , .. ..y....,41g1ic trio evil oi intemperance in every manner calculated to promote the general welfare. 3d. That we regard ministers and members of churches that withh-Old their ,influence hi the temperance re form, as in opposition to the spirit of the gospel of Christ, and that we will not support ministers who oppose the temperance cause. 4th. That we will vote for no man who is not theoretically and practically a friend of temperance. sth. That we will exert our utmost influence to secure the nomination .and election of temperance men to places of trust and influence in our government. 6th. That, as a Convention, and; as we believe, representing the sentiments of Tioga county, we most cheerfully concur with the Grand Lodge of I. 0. of G. T. of the ommonwealth Of Penn sylvania, in th selection of ,Brother M. Brosius, Esq., as State Lecturer, and personally exp ess our most profound gratitude to ii us,re for his very efficient labors among , and invpke the Di vine blessing to continue with him in his labors of humanity, patriotism, phi lanthropy and love. 7th. That our most hearty thanks are tendered to our Grand W. C. T., S. 13. Chase, for his very efficient and kindly visits among us. Bth. That our hearty thanks are ten dered to the inhabitants of Wellsboro for their entertainment of this Convt'n. 9th. That we discountenance and en ter our most-earnest-protein - against - the use of alcohelio wine at the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. 10th. That as a Convention we recom mend the organization of Bands of Hope throughout the county. Upon motion the resolutions were ta ken up, discussed and adopted, seriatim. The discussion upon the first three was quite interesting, although (except. ing the third) all upon one side. After the adoption of these three the Conven tion adjourned for dinner, to again-com mence at 1.30 P. M. Afternoon Session.—Called to order by W. C. T. Merrick. The fourth res olution4as then taken up. and discuss ed at considerable length. Upon the adoption, the yeas and nays being call ed, were recorded as follows : . YEAS—Brothers Merrick, Champney, Moore, Lyon, Mills, Peaseley, Benja min, Williams, Trull, Reese, Haskell, Fish, Bentley, Elliott, Cook, Gillett, Kingsley and Spencer ; and Sisters- Baldwin, Bentley, Walker, Eastman,. Derby, Johnson, Holman, Barber, Bat lev, Gaylord, Baker=3o. isTAvs—Broth ers G. A. Kinn e 4, Fi ler, Hurlbuitt, Tuttle, Alba, Love, Bes - ard, Drysdale, Charles Kinney, Ricli ards, Barber, Sanders, Close, Tubbs, -Leach ; and Sisters Richards, Reynolds, Aiken-18. The remaining, resolutions were then adopted, withoutlextended debate. The committee on a paper reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were adopted : Whereas, the subject of a paper devo i ted to the cause of temperance has been presented to this Convention; ruid whereas we believe that such a paper would be the best means of promoting the cause of temperance in this county, and in the entire State; therefore, Resolved, Ist. That we as a .Conven tion do heartily endorse the project, and do most earnestly express the wish that such a paper !nay be issued, at as early a date as possible ; and we believe that The Rising Star, under the editorial management of Rev. W. S. Drysdale, will be ail that we' can hope for, and that it will faithfully sustain temper' , ance ; and we ask all Good. Tempters and others to sustain and support it. 2d. That, furthermore, if we by expe rience or test find it creditable to our Order, wejpledge our individual and as• sedated influence in- its support. On motion, it was ordered that the Secretary furnish all the county papers and the keystone Good Templar with reports of this Convt'n for publication. The G.l l l. C. T. then exemplified the unwritten work of the Order. 1 Convention adjourned, to meet at Mansfield ; May 12, at 10i o'clock, A. M. The public lecture by S. B. Chase. G. W. C. T., in the Court House, Friday evening, was well attended, anti gave entire satisfaction. G. W. KINNEY, W. S. OMEROIt FISK & PANRERS AND DEALERS IN GOV- EII.NMENTSECURITIES, No. 5 Naioau Stroot, New York, FaURUARY 14111 1 1870, . , The remarkahle success which attended- our' negidintion of the loans of the Central Pacific liailroadCompany and theLYestern Pacific Bail. , read` Coinpany, and 'the; - popularity and credit Nvhich these loans have maintainek in the mar. lads, both' in this country and gnrope, have shown that the lira Mortgage Bonds of wisely loCated and honorably managed railroads arc promptly recognised and readily 'taken as the most suitable safe and advantageous form of investment, yielding a more liberal income titan can hereafter be derived from government bonds, and available to take their place. Assured that, in the seleatiowend negotiation of superior railroad /ones, we are !beating a great public want, and rendering a valuable t crake— both to the holders of capital and to those great national works of internal improvement whose intrinsic merit pntl substantial character entitle them to the use'of capital and the confidence of investors—we now otter with special onfidence and satisfaction the FIRST MORTGAGE RON Or THE CHESAPEAKE ANH OHIO R. It CO. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, connect ing the Atlantic coast and the magnificent har bors of the Chesapeake bay with the Ohio river, at a point of reliable navigation, and thus, with the entire railroad system and water transporta tion of the great West and Southwest, FORMS TILE ADDITIONAL EAST A. WEST TRUNK LINE,•eo Imperatively demanded for the accona modation of the immense, and rapidly growing transportation between the Atlantic seaboard and Europe on the one band, and the great pro ducing regions of the Ohio and bilisiesippi val leys on the other. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ROAD AS A NEW OUTLET PROM THE WEST TO THE SEA, MAGNIFIES IT INTO one of national consequience, and insures to it an ostensive through traffic fel:lea the day of its com pletion ; while , in the detelopmeat of the ex tensive agricultural and lmineral resources of Virginia land. West Virginia, it possesses, along its whole line, the elements of a large and prof. 'table local business. Thus the great interests, both general and lo cal, which demand the completion of the Chesa peake and Ohio Railroad to the Ohio river, af ford the surest guaranty of its success and value, AND RENDER IT THE bIOST IMPOR. 'rANT AND SUBSTANTIAL RAIL ROAD ENTERPRISE NOW IN PRO GRESS IN THIS COUNTRY. Its superiority as an Bast and West route, and, the promise of an immense and profitable trade awaiting its completion, have drawn to it the at ,tention and cooporatiort of prominent capitalists and railroad men of this city, of sound judg ment and 'known integrity, whose connection with it, together with' that of eminent citizens and business men of Virginia and West Virginia, INSURES AN ENERGETIC, HONORA BLE AND. SUCCESSFUL MANAGE— MENT, • The road is completed and in operation from Richmond to the celebrated White Sulphur Springs of West Virginia, two hundred and twon ty-seven miles, and there remain but two hun dred miles (now partially constructed) to be oom ph) fed, to carry it to the proposed terminus on the Ohlo river, at or near the mouth of the Big sandy river, ono hundred and fifty miles above Cincinnati, and three hundred and fifty miles be low Pittsburg. Lines, are now projected or in progress through Ohio and Kentucky to this point, which will connect the CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO WITH THE orri: trim API /141KVAL1 rmts.r.EMSOFTHE WEST AND SOUTHWEST, AND THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. Its valuable franchises and superior advanta— ges will placo the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company among the richest and most powerful and trustworthy corporations of tho country ; AND THERE EXISTS A PRESENT VALUE, IN COMPLETFD ROAD AND WORK DONE, EQUAL TO THE EN TIRE AMOUNT OF THE MORTGAGE. The dotaile of the loan have been arranged with specipl reference to the wants of all Wallas of investors, and combine the various features of convenience, safety, and protection against loss or fraud. The bonds aro In denominations of $lOOO, $5OO and $lOO. They will be Issued ae Coupon Bonds, payable to bearer, and may be bola in that form; or The bond may be registered in the name of the owner, with the coupons remaining payable to bearer attached, the principal being then trans ferable only on the books of the company, un-. less re-assigned to beraer ; or The coupons may be detached and cancelled, the bond made apermanent registered bond, trans ferable only on the books of the company, and the interest made payable only to the registered owner or his attorney, The three classes will be known respectively 18f . " Coupon Bonds payable to bear er.,' • 2d. " Registered Bonds with coupon', attached.)l 3d. " .Registered Bonds with coupons detached." And should be •Ao designated by correspond ents in specifying the class of bonds desired. They have . THIRTY YEARS to run from January 15, 1870. liith interest at six per cent. per annum from November 1, 1860. Principal and interest payable iri gold in the city of New York. - The interest is payable in MAY and NOVESi. BER, that it may take the place of that of the earlier issues of Five—Twenties, and suit the eon. vonienoo of our friends who already hold Central and Western Pacific bonds; with interest paya— ble in January and July, and who may desire, in making additional investments, to hava their interest receivable at dsiferent seasons of the year. The loan is secured by a mortgage upon the entire lino of road from Richmond to the Ohio river, with the equipment and all other property and appurtenances connected therewith. A SINKING FUND OF $lOO,OOO PER AN. NUM IS PROVIDED FOR THE REDEMP TION OF THE BONDS, TO TAKE EFFECT ONE YEAR AFTER THE COMPLETION OF TUE ROAD. The mortgage is for $16,000.0000, of which $2,000,000 tvill bo reserved and bold in trust for the redemption of outstanding bonds of the Vir ginia Central Railroad Company, now merged in the Chesapeako and Ohio. • Of the remaining $13,000,000, a sufficient amount will be sold to complete the road to the Ohio river, perfect and improve the portion now in operation, and thorougly equip the whole for a large and active traffic. The present price is 90 and accrued interest A loan so amply secured, so carefully guard &d, and 80 certain hereafter to command a promi— nent place among the favorite securities in ' he markets, both of this country and Europe, will be at once appreciated and quickly nbsorbed. Very respectfully, FISK 8c HATQH. P. s.—We have issued pamphlets containing full particulars, statistical details, maps, eto., which will be furnished upon applict\tion. r...41^.We buy and sell government bonds, and receive the accounts of banks, bankers, corpora— tions, and others, subject to check at sight, and allow interest on daily balancer. mar 2 70 . ~ - ------- . .. , • $12,000 , . „ ~ .. , , t • _,_ , . . „, .. , :,woRTH o -.. 100DS - lEh o w. : . :)- tosii i . I am tired of selling goodS, and want to clear off my stock and close up the business as soon as possi.. We. With this view, I will offer, from this date till the first of May, I \:Y ENTIRE STOCK OF GUS AT CITY COST .To accommodate those who may be temporarily short of funds in consequence of the scaipity of money, I will give the following liberal terms as to time, with approved paper 1 . . . 1 , N; B, 7 --I pledge my word that the above offer ihall be carried out in good faith. Every article will be sold at precisely except where the Goode have depreciated, or are allhought for CASH AT THE LOWEST MAR saving Jobbers' profits. . .r would do well to look over my stook before going to the City, as I can, at least, save cost of freight and travel 1 • Those coming first will of course have the best asssortment td select from. , WiLLEIBORO, arch, 16, 1870.—tf. PENNSYLVANIA STATE NORMAL SCIVOL. /Tam EXAMINATION will commenco Thurs. T day A. M., March 17, ]B7O, at 8 o'clock, and con• thane two days. Tito public are Incited. 1- ORDER OP ZXERCIPLP—Thursday, A. IQ 8 to 9-Bf. Arithmetic, Mies Preston. Algebra, (Junior C.) Miss Kelsey, Anabeels, Professor Watson. 9 to 10—Caesar, Professor Watson. French 8., Miss Cochran. Drawing, Professor Thompson. 10 to 11—Algebra, (Junior A.) Professor Jones, Cicero, Professor Watson. Arithmetic, (Sub Junior D.) Mies Kelsey 11 to 19.—Oerman A. hllea Cochran. Algebra, ( Junior B.) Miss Preston. N. Philosophy, Professor Verrill. 1 1 /. 1 to 2%—English Grammar, (Jon. A.)Prot. Watson Reading, (Sub Junior) Miss Preston. 234 to 236—English Orammar„ (Jun. B.) Miss Cochran Arithmetic, (Sub Junior) Miss Preston 834 to i.-Spelling. riiinAg, A. u. 8 to o—English Grammar, C., Professor Watson. Geography, (Sub Junior) Miss Kelsey. 0 to 10—Solid Geometry, (Seniors) Professor Jones: history of U 8., (Junior A. a B.) Prof.Verrill. German 8., Bender, Mi t a ts ' s rroston. 11 to 19— I. A aVa " PrOfessor Watson. French A„ Miss Cochran. 1) to 2—Penmanship, Miss Bradley, 2 to 3—Physiology, (Seniors) Slim Cocbran.• • University A Igebra, Professor Jones. 8 to 4..-Arithmetic. (Junior A.) Professor Jones,- Rhetoric, (Seniors,) Professor Verrill; ,%,fe There will be a meeting of the Board of Trtisfes at 4 o'clock, P, M„ Friday, March 18. Friday evening, the Senior and Junior classes will give an entertainment in tho Normal chapel, cemmen. ring at 7 o'clock. Music by Prefessor Hoyt and his class. Tho next Term will commence Monday, lilt)rch 21, 1870. CORNING JEWELRY STORE A. D. DUDLEY, Watchmaker and Jewelers A large assortment of WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER PLATED WARE, CLOCKS AND FANCY GOODS. pgr• Engraving done in any style. Corning, Dee:ls, 1589. A. D. DUDLEY, ly. No. 10, Market St. GENUINE NORWAY OATS For Sale , by s P. ROBERTS. Seed got of Ramsdell, W • New York February, 16, 18753-If. ,IDIPORTANT TO FARMERS 1 ! :HAVE about 200 bushels of gonuitle Norway Oats, and will dispose of a part of them at ,a reasonable price. Those wishing tho pure seen please and examine. IL. 0. BENNETT .• Welksh • ro January 3d, 18t0-tf. :1- To Creditors. rirIHE SAsorlber having Sold out his business at Niles'Valloy, hereby notifies all persons iudebted to him by note or hook account, that the same must be closed by the 15th march : lB7o. If said accounts are not settled by that time, they will be left in'the bands of an Attorney for col lection. Any persowhaving claims against me will present the sale for payment. March 2, 1870. GEO. 'W. FOSTER. Union Academy. "Spring Term of UNION ACADEMY will commence on Tiesday, March Ist, 1870. Tuition $5, to $7. 0 Room Rent and li i pod $5,61). Board per week, ' $3,00. A Teacher's Class will be organised at the commencement of the Term for ,the instrneHon of those wishing to teach during the Summer.— Fuefurther information, address Deerfield, Fob. 9, '7O-3t. • R. HORTON. PENNSYLVANIA STITH NORMIL SCHOOL. MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNTY. THE next Term (14 weeks) will commence Monday, March 21st, 1870, TUITION : $6O pays for Board, Room, Wood, 011, Wash ing, Use of Text Books. Those designing to teach, receive State aid. amounting to $7,00 or sl4per Term.--Send for Circular. CHARLES H. VERRILL, Fob 2, 1870. tf Principal. A. B. EASTMAN, . ^, ? - :: . 44l*rft., DENTIST, NA. 13, MAIN STREET, A'10.4 4 1:0 4P WJLLSBORO, PA. A D. EASTMAN has the largest stook of 1A.., teeth ever kept in Tioga county. Also a NEW IMPItOVEMENT, never before offered to }the public, with which he can give more perfect:sets of teeth than can possibly be mathl on any other plan yet known. [See testimonielltt the office.] Nitrous oxide gas administered with remarka ble effect; rendering the extraction of teeth pain less, and even pleasant. Two new and complete gasometers in operation, furnishing a full sup ply of fresh gas at all times. Special attention paid to filling and preserva tion of the natural teeth. Prices to suit all.. Feb 2 '7O tf BANKERS. Planing & Matching:, FLOORING: CEILING, WAINSCOT ING, TONGUED d GROOVED, with rapidity and ontotnins, with our new Ma chinos. Try it and see. B. T. VANHORN. Welleboro, Jan. 1,1870. ANOTHER FAILURE ! CLOSING Ur SALE. All bills over $lO, and not over $25, three months. All bills over $5O, and not over $lOO, nine months. is is $26, " 41 $5O , aj a r. ti' " " " $ lOO • - twelve " City ' Cost wit MERCHANTS IN THE ItIAI , 7SFIELD, PA AFTERNOON Special Notice, out Transportation; amaged-when they •, ' ET RATES—some o ICINITY OF WELLSBORO NOTICE TO COLLECTORS.—The Commis. stoners will distribute the county dupli cates by the first of April. Notice is th_srefore given to old Colle.otors that their duplicates must be settled before !chat time, to receive a re-np pointment, as no duplicate will be given to any person whose account remains unsettled with the county up to that date. P. V. VAN NESS, JOB REXFORD, M. W. AVETHERBEE, March 9.1870. Rw NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS !- SEALED PROPOSALS be received up to the FIFTEENTH DAY OF APRIL, nt tho otco of the Fall Frook Coal Company, at Corning, N. Y., for the grading. mss my and fencing of about twelve miles of Oa Wellsboro and Lawrence ille R All - R-0, A. T), . Commencing ti l t the west bank of the Tioga rivor,"netir Lawrenceville, And terminating at et.atiun 71b5,L e taa now locAted,) about tiro milot sbuth of Tidga. village., I Tholno is now ready for exaMinotiou. Citt ter stakes only are set and marked. • Maps; profiles and s• Rd, promo._ spec. aerie will be ready on the lbth day of March, at the Fall Drool Company's ollice in Corning. • The work will be lot to tho lowest responsible bidder—hut the right is reserved to reject any or all bids. Tno remainder of the lino, (about 26 miles,) to Antrim, will be let later,in the sea. son. (IEO. J. MAUER', ' Vico Pres't W. le; L. Wlllsboro, March 9, 1870.. 0t FARM FUR SALE. Agood stock farm, situate in Middlebury tw'p., Tioga Co., Pa., on Crooked Creek, About 4i miles from the village of Tioga; and on the line of the proposed railroad to Wells boroi, known as the Clark Cole farm, containing 300 iieres. To be sold all together or in parts.— Three barns, 3 tenant houses, (besides the Mon slon,h ouse, which is ene of the best in the tw'p) withi plenty of good fruit on the premises.-- ernis easy. For particulars, inquire on tho remises, or of J. li. Potter. of Wellthoro, or i. L. Aiken, Tioga. [Feb. 23, '2O-3w. • House 0 ,, Lot "Or Sale. AGOOD House and barla, on a lot of two acres, within ten =inputs walk of the Court House, Wollaboro, Is offered for sale. In quire of John I. Mitchell, Esq., Wellsboro. Jan.?2B, 1870—tf. Farm for. Sale. FARM FOR SALE. A good stock farm, situ ated in Delmar township, 2 miles from Wells. boro containing 1,10 acres—about 80 improved, good buildings, well fenced and watered, and a choice lot of fruit trees thereob. Apply to L. P. Heath on the premises, or Walter Sherwood, Wellsboro. • Fob. 21, 1870.-2 w.• Tioga Dlarb4 Works. T H ,undereigned is now prepared to exe cute all orders for Tbmb Stones and Monu ments of either ITALIAN OR RUTLAN; MARBLE, °title latest style andappro d workinansbil and with dispatch. lie keope constantly on hand both kinds at Marble and will bo ablo to suit all who may fa vor him with their orders, on as reasonable terms as can be obtained in the country. FRANK ADAMS\. Tioga,Jan..l,lB7o—tf. FOR 'SALE. , A HOUSE and FIVE ACRES OF LAND A. for Sale or exchange fdr a house and lot in Wellatter°. Said property i / situate abont 11 miles east of Ilammondspor , N. Y., and con tains about two acres of Oro c )es in full bearing, and an orchard of choice fruit. The property is' a desirable one, and plesantly located. Address this office, or, JAS. C. VAN GELDER, Mar. 2,1870. liammondsport, N. Y. . RCP I€4.II.3D.A.X_NX IS. 11GE GREAT A.MF.RICA.:OIEALTii IiF.TOR. 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Blieoll. 1ii0i41.111%.1111d ut , gPstg March O t 1370.-Iy. NOTICEI }persons indebted to the oubderiber in Ay. Is or Notos, aro reque . sted to call initnedi • and eettle with A. LEE, Knoxville,Pa. b. 2,1870-2 w. M. Al. EE. coil ate! • ill be sold for less. Tbese Goods were them direetlS , of the licuporters, thus .T -J. 3E3AI,..CXX3M. The way to Geil Rich o,\o D S om'r. whtro you can buy them CHEAPEST: Wilson Van Valkenburg's A SPLENDID LINE OF CIIOTE WINTER GOODS, Purchased at tho Bottum Market Pricer, MN CLOTHING of every deeerilition o and elothink made to order In the very beet etyle, and warranted. WILSON ,t VAN VALKENBURO Wensboro,Dec.l6, 1889. ANOTHER TUMBLE! Caoh: 1870 S SEE WHAT SELLING FOR CASHI Our Prices To-Day. , Best White Wheat Flouri7 pr bb1.1,75 pr. sack " Red witnter $6.60 " 1,R2 " "XX Spring Wheat, 8,00 " 1.5 \ " Buckwheat Flour 3,00 per 10 lbs. Best Feod, 2,00 " Bran and Shorts 1,50 " , Meal 2,25 " 1, These prices only 4 .FOR CASH,. 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