VOLUME XVII. IliE TIOGA. COUNTY AGITATOR rt , III.I: 4 IIED EVERT WEDNIMDAY NORM° BY ON UELDER, & MITCHELL. I .)no. I. Mitchell. P. V. Van fielder. lERES OF SLISCRIPTION INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE ;cbacriptiou• (per year) RATES OE ADVERTISING LINI3 OF MINION OR 1E56, MARE ONE SQUARE "Os I 1111.131 mi I 4 Ina I 3 Atos I Mos I 1 Yr ••• I il,OO - 1 1 1 .2-00 I $2,5015.6,00 l $7,00 I $12.00 2.00 h 3,00 1 4,00 I 8.00 11200 I . 18 17,0 fo,no 11x,.00 117,00 12.2,00 130,00 I 6'0,00 110.00 , 14:66 - 1 - 116;0 . 6 146001 Co 00 1100,00 • lull, II li Col ,e ri 4y- especial Notices 15 eebie per bee; Ldrtm lid or cut par lino. Trirt-ient adVeeISBInG AIIIBT be pita for in aolvancu in?lice Blinks, Constable Blanks. Decd.+, Nov,. Mut rialto Certificates, dc..cal Lnud.• BUSINESS CARDS Van Gelder & , a u k, Plain and Paw} , JuL Printers. All work promptly and neatly eseetite.l.—. l an. 1,187 i l. ~Villiai►l A. Stull►'. Attorney and ConnBolur at Law, lir.9t door allure, converre & Oegood's %tore, on Main street. Wel Libor°, Juno 22, I 8 O y Smith & Merrick, Mita - ER..O CouncelorB at Law. Insurance, , I.holidy and Pension Agency, (Arica on Main Wo'blew° l'a, opposite Union flock. lin. I. PIN. , %V. 11. SMITII. (1 no. %V. ME:oaten. tiveley, Couteg . 1 / 4 - , Co. NEERS, Knoxville, Tiogo,- , County, l'a.-- R,Yeivo money on doposit, ' t discount noteN t nd eull ilratt6 on Now York City. Colloet 1011J promptly rondo.-- Doe. IG, 1869-Iy,, 4110. %Y. ALturs, tr , ,riioy and Counselor at Law, Mansfield, Tiugn Allay, Pa. tlulleotiona promptly attended 1., tan. I, 1870. ,Ino. 1. Ante,hell, Attorney and Counselor nt Law; Claim, and In -tit-mice Agent. 01 . liee over li.rde.s' Drug .:Moro, Agitator Utliro , Wellshorig l'a. Ili I. 1:3111 IVilson ‘ttorooys and Counselors' at ILW. Will attend promptly to business entrusted to their care in Ow t•ounties of Tioga and_yot ter. °thou on • lie Avonue. .lan. 1, 1y741. John W. Volornsey, Attorney and Counselor at Law. All business vritruimil to him will be promptly attundod to. mike 2d door .9outh of Hazlett's Howl, Tioga, Tioga County, Pa.—Juti, I, 1870. Wm. IL Smith, Pemion, Bounty and Insurance Agent. Com i.onneatiemesent to tho above address roll re ceive prompt attention. 'Perms moderato, I.4.—Jan. Si Seymour Itor Al(unless and Ginn:idiots at law, Ti is entrusted to theil can• will reeinvii I.roinpt attontion 0. H. W. O. Terb,4l .1/4: 1,.Je:;i142. Druggists, ami ilealme; ilt Wall Papor Meru can I..tmi.:• Window Porfumory mints, this, 4to , N. V. Jan, I '7ll 1). INcon, 1!„ and .-iiirgeup. attcuil nII calk. 011ieuun CrAttliu r Iri 1, iu ruar .•I ra.• %feat 141.,14ut, 11 elk.he.ru 18;O. :4. o.l.liiits, M. I)., annouilus to [lx clliirns nt CAA ttle.doil and vici that Le would he grate cul for their patrotnige. J I, 1 , A. 31. Ingham, _ if Offico at his I.l . efidorico oil the lan I, tieort;•e :rArder, t4' t-01..r . 4 1; .I*, urA 41.,0r 1-tottui I; iil• 2 , 4.!tatir,;; Itc- i pomp") arid 1 ,, e11.- - .):111 1, 1'37 O. -Joint Ettier, ';',1101) Dartrs Car r I.:1; 111.)11, Will: 111; preilit ell to . 1.,•,1•211dy Isoinws i‘, lirpien, I)ralt,tnali. 111.1,1.= lit at. hi, :.•.,ul, I/ 01.1 , 13, %V 1 1 •11,11,1, 11, 1.1 ill !nett , cith I. 1.370 R. C. 00.1, ill I au.l Pitted . .`ll mg,. co. - . IV 111 i 11-. plait, Etk,ll-,i, - , I.in. I , i•eirolettin House, 1" . .t •, 4; go. C 1,0?..):, PrupS ji.t a. A now Hold , :oll , 1114;(01 . / 010 1110 pliltelpie 'or live and tije aceNtilat” , latihn I , ,; ft. Hazlett's ,Wlot el, !"• . !t, l'a. Ut,al Ail - t I, anent iv,: niwa) , in attend l'cni•'l.--.1.1n. 1,1117 a. if 'WI; Ilatel, lior,,tigh, 'I itiga (I. II ill, A ne•.v att.l '.aniendimr , •.tt: til the nio.lorn oiprovvinnn . tVithin 1-y .men' of (Ito ho,t Ist, n tng fishing Hoods in Northern l'enn'a. eon voyeneeS Toms iwillerate --San. I, Ix7ll. tin►ill►'n Hole!, Pa., 1.1. r A1. Smith, Proto letor.' comfilion to atiyollifnoloiatit 010 [l:ll 7 jlrng in n raaperoof niohhor : -:-• 1 4 1 / II s74' Joint 31cliklAksh, il 41t.1 it, Vermont and It:tit:lh 11:111010,. Inantl— llotsircr tol Aittntittteitte,Tninb , cAr r.er NI,IJ het and Cedar , Corning, N. V. All 'pr , ,t,;l,tly et•III„Lill• Art ,tr,•titiln It u. en, A gent. —JIM I, 1870, Cd1 . 1101%- ,1 I n ()E, 4 rhiv forinprly 111, 1 , d h) 11 i .. , •)1011 , •t1 d "ti tem vr.. hr e Evert ateeothttliA:it ion fir Mall allti hears. r4 . 11:•1111/i Nh,r,.11 ill, 1:170 (I. I:iiioti 1101.0 I S'u• 1. l'3ll P.t. Thi4 10.•.•.1011, and hit` nil thU••••lit 1110•110eS 1.41 - tnw and 1..,..•1. Charged Alny Ir:711-1)•. "I9E-30M +araßlikii m. A its, Pict,pitlEToit. WIIERE tlOieititts Irr Cream, Frasier/ Ct.n feelittthtry, all hinds of flints is their oleo d«h et Tol, I,'Mfeo, Clwoolatii, " ,111, ter, w their re <lilt be had at .111 ..rvt ta the Lr•t I<• i:<•Nt l'e , 1` .0 11.11‘kale I, •P IZE TROTTING STALLION `far lETinbiairamr:to B , Dan:. -A L.1.11,0 * I I`7‘.. :•.t ii...11v1 I:1 I.ll , ,tvii.g Oa, y. %.1 1..41' , 1, 11 1 . 1-' 1:.: i . tl L. hl. IS ; I 111 I • 1111 1 1. t. halauwe of the tithe at t' it . PITER is a dark Ilay, IL; I, iti.t• high, of great uttriin 'n ' itlrr owegreat prtititiee et Ili: ike4 hit« stAti o:i f o r 'lurk. Marne from n (nal:thee filthiAtieti unit triad keeping and wall eared fer. All Geri e'rtt , at (ittner'4 ri(ks. Tering $lO th insure. MIY 4. Ittiit—tf i. C. P. g WALL PAPER LOST, At P. /t. WILLIAMS A CO'S. - --• -- '', i1,..„.,,,,..2.., T :, ......_ 0 . . 'T .... .. ~. - • . ‘ t:'ff - t-t..1. it.m . .iits • .'• ::: ! ' it i' t 1 , 1 -., 1. ', ;1' - t, - 1 ,- , „ , . , , ...4..... , . • 1 - t: .. 1 1. :., ,: OM (.1 IL Nit.ci 1. C. lloulom GROVER & BAUM'S FIRST PREMIUM ELASTIC STITCH IHAMILY SEWIIk!G MACHINES, 504 BROADWAY NEW YORK Points of Excellence. Beauty and Elaaticity of Stitch. Perfection and bitnidicily ut Alachincry. Using Loth threads direc6y from the spools. No•fastening of anains by hand und no waste of 'thread. ida range of application without change of adjustment. The seam retains its beauty and firmness af ter washing and ironing. Bunides doing-all kinds of work done, by other Sewing Machines, them) Machines execute the most beautiful and permanent Embroidery and ornamental work. r..;ilt-Tile highest Premiums at ztll the fairs and' exhibitions of the United ;States and Ilitirope,.hate been :warded the U rover .4: Baker Suivinlg Machines, and the work done by them, wherovar exhibited in competition.. ' pit - Tlio very highest prize, Till?, CROSS Ob"1.11B 1.1 , 11110 N OF HONOR, w r iin conferred on We ropr&entativu of the Hrover & Baker Sowing Maellittes, at the Exposition Universolle, l'arhi, 1867, (Mos atie:ting their groat superior ity over all other Sewing Alachines Jut. 1, iwzo-tr. 1 ew Tobacco Store ! f 111 E subscriber has fitted up the store first door oast Thomas Ilarden'a ilr3 goods store, for the manofiretoro_and sale of CIG AR s, (all grades), Fancy and Common SMOKING TO II A CO 0, Michigan Fine Cut IN 0, and all kinds of PLUG TOBACCO, FIFES, (Lid ttrechoi ,) cest Brand of CIGARS. 471^ Call and iien for your©olvor•. JOHN IV. PURSEL Wolishoro, Jan. 1, 1870—tr.. New giannery. tr 111 undersigned has fitted up the old Fonn dry building., near tho Brewery, Wellsburo, and ii now prepared to turn out line ealf, cowhide, and harness loather in the best man nor. Hides tanned on shares. Cuhll paid for hides. Al AHTLA I A. I,IU RI F. Wolltiltoro, Jan. Weilisbore Eftakery. .1. 111.1II(I IN vs , ,ibl Stty to tho riti7cuv of ``i•lriotro Mot vicinity that hu ii pre pen,' to tttlititiv tioott with 11111 , 1 A 1), I'l AN 1) CA ICES, ..f the he•l luulilp. SVe altio ,A•rvo mealy and an t i 14.! I: (II M t..thmo vL :It the f.ld Ind .1 .1 111 , 111(11N. Ile R, IST° -Iv. !II 111! A 4 .11111.11! •S: 1 1'11,11 1e I . _ • 113011 DEN ,•,,n,dantly nu YX - 4k . hand : Pau,: Drug-; and Meilninel+, P4: 7 ,‘ Clietnic.ll,, Paints mind Oils, Lampe, ,t 4 t:it ion, ry, i 'auto Notions Att. Pi ill PI 105: CA I, ,, MNIUNIIIII . It 11. BORDEN Tl , )rzt. Jan 1, P,70.—1y I 870 poit `)A LE. I 870. IL S it: lia.)-ery) A T NUBSEBY of FRUIT AND OR LI N . :%1 ENT A TREES, IN TIOGA :- 0;0,000 Apple Trees, it 10,000 z Pear Trees. -upply ul PLUM, BEACH, CHERRY an,IORNAMENTAL TREES & SHRUBBERY Tho Fruit trees aro composed of the choicest varieties, good, healthy, some of them largo and In bearing. Any on wishing to got a supply will du well to call and see my stock before pur ohaSing elsewhere. f 9r 3 3- Delivered at the depot, Well hero, Mansfield, Lawrenceville and Bloss burg, free of charge. All orders promptly filled. Address, T. B. STONE, Tioga, l'a, Tioga, bee. 8, 1569-Iy* PAINTS, 011,'N AND BMUS, For the Million, at March 16, 1370-tf. 1. C. IMESS onse arid - Lot I'4 Sale. Q OtITNI of Mansfield, 'Pingo connly, Pa , with in easy walking distance, of the churches., State Normal ,Sehool, &c. Homo in good order, good size, and convenient. Excellent well and cistern water close to the door. Lot contains about acre, and has a number of choice fruit trees, grape vines, &c. A pleasant and desirable home, and will ho sold nt a low figure. Address or inquire of J. N. BIXBY Manfitiehl, March 23, 1870. tf • _House 4,5• Lot p . ». Sale. AlOOO Hausa and barn, on a lot of two acres, within - terminutes walk of tho Court llouso, Wellshoro, is offered for solo. In quire of John I. Mitchell, E, , q., 'Millsboro. Jan 25, 1870—t.f. ' ' MANSFIELD ill iNERAL PAINT, For sale by Mardi Ifs, ISTO-lf 'ATENT CLOTHES WIRE. undersigned having secured the agency for the Patent Metalic White Wire for Clothes Lines, nideh d..es not rust, and is cheap er and more durable than- any other invention, and will he Pala (heal, ,7i`t"Ortler:t kit at the Po:rt Office Hill receive 1.1.0144 attention. L. I'. HEATH. Irit, the untlor,irneil, cheerfully recommend the, above Patin! IS ire, having 11.e0 it f u r a t ang time and find it to he all it is represented: P C. VAN ()ELDER. W. T. mATHERs. B. HOLIDAY, A 1 M. IVA II A rit,"lll. D. Jul V I. 1.•=70-ti Il.,l ; i'J AN is SEE that I ag , •I‘lek WII pa 1. I,r on' 31 eAt.. 31 P. li IVILLIANIS 4; CO'S. ‘Vell-1, NT..y 25 110 WA RI) SANITARY AID AS SOCIATION, For tin th lief anti Euro of the Erring and Unfortunate, 00 Pi itnipltss of Christian Philanthropy. ESSAYS ON THE EP.ROIN OF YOUTH. iind the Fol. lace, Ago, in tg Socint, rind, with 2S,:illary tll.l (or the nnlicto). tent free, in eraled etivOopet;. Address, 1111 WARD ASSOCIATICN, May 4,1b70-Iy. Box P. adelphia, Pa. WM. N. AnmeTnotio. • • . SAMUEL LINK, Armstrong fr. Linn, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ! WILLIAMSPOIj.T, PEN N'A. Aug. 4, 1869-iir' •JEWELRY STORE! "ANDREW FOLEY, • who has long boon 4? °stab- • ~/ / - 12 fished in tho • Jewelry burg- / (4 0, - noes Wellsboro, has al \< : ; 14 . 4 . 4 ' 3. e ways on Halo, various kinds and prices of AMERICAN, :t WATCHES; GOLD OR SILVER :CLOCKS, JEWEL -EY, GOLD CHAINS, KEYS, RINGS, PINS, PENCILS, CASES, GOLD & STEEL , PENS, THIMBLESi'i • SPOONS, RAZORS, PLA TED WARE, SEWINC MACHINES, With most other nitinles usually kept in nch eqtahliqhment, which old low for Repairing done neatly, and promptly, and on ,port norion. A. 'OLEY. January 5, 1870-Iy. Tioga Dlarblo Works, tt mmilli; undersigned is now prepared ai l exc l.. cute all orders for Tomb Stones and Monu ments of either ITALIAN OR RUTLAND MARBLE, of tho latest style and approved workmanship and with dikpateh. lie keeps ;constantly on hand both kinds of Marble and will be able to suit all who may fa vor him with their orders, on as reasonable terms as can' ho obtained in the country Tioga Jan. 1, 1 S7O- tf BOOT AND SITOR MAKERS Opel u Val/ rulkesibui? l 'n Morc,iu the rano laid ! , occupied by Benj. Sect, y. 1)OO1%-; AND SHOES of alt hinds 'lloilo to , Order :out in the host manner. ROPAlRlNOorallkirlibilimopromptlyand 'Jive 1H recall. JOHN HAMMES WM. It L Woll,boro„lau. 1, 1570.-Is. Register's Notice. Nofloe. is hereby given that the Aduainildra , tors and Una rdian named below have filed ;mcounts in the Register's Office for Tiogn cminiy, anti that the said accounts will be kto.cated to the Orphans' Con a for said county, at a res;iotl of said Court to be held at Wellsbo ro, en Monday, the :Seth day of May neat, at 2 u'elet*,l'. M., for confirmation and allowanoe: Admiiaistration account of the estate of Theo doroos Larrison, late of JackFon township,doc'd. filed lay .lidin W. tiaernscy and 'Benj. Wells, Ad mtnistrators of 0. B. Wolk, deceased, who was the Administrator of said eAlate. AdministratMn account of Lilo ektato of Mary ette A. Rose, late. or Rutland touoship, dereaseti, by Da r.iel G. St yens, Administrator of • Ezrii 1. Stevens, demist - O. who was I he, Admin ist4itor of raid estate. Account_ of Daniel 0. Stevens, Administrator the estate •of Ezra I. Sle,vens, Into of Aliddle bur,y township, deeerif,ed. ot Cahill 8. Graves. Administrator of 1146 (Isla to of Ira Ilraves, late of Covington town decease,. Aeeonnl of •lolin B Van Name. On:lndian of Grace Theo Van Name, Beta) , Al. Von Name and licrbrrt C. Van Name, minor children of Oltarle.; \•an Name, late al Tioga, &reared. D. 1,. DEAN E, Register. May 4, 1870. lOG A CO. COURT PROOL AM A- T hereas,tho lion. Robert Q. White President Judge, for= the 4th Judbibil 'District of Penntylvntda, and IL T. neatly and; Vail, Ilstf,s,'A6ociate Judges in Tioga Cout4, have i,sued their precept, bearing• date the 4th day ot April. 1870, and to me directed, for the holding of Cirplian's Court, Court _of Common Picas, tient:rat Quarter Sessions anti Oyer and Terminer,'ut Wellsboro, for the County of Tioga, on the sth Monday of May (being the :inth day,) 1870, and to continuo two rucks. Notice is therefore herebSigiven, to the Coro ner, .1 ustices of dm Peace, and Constables in and for the county Id Tioga, to appear in their own proper persons, with their records, inquisitions, examinations and remembrances, to do those things which of their offices and in their behilf appertain to he done, and all witnesses and oth er poisons prosecuting in behalf of tho Common wealth against any person or persons, are re quired to be then and there attenaing p and not to depart at their peril. Jurors are req u ested, to Ito pr be to at in their attendance of the appointed titne,'agreenidy to notice. (liven tinder my hand and seal at the Sheriff's Office, in Wellshoro, the 4th day of May in the year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundeed and seventy. J. B. POTTER, Sheriff. May 4, 1670. HA PIiIJIIIOI)YCALS. ICERMS FOR 1670. HA nrEit's MACAZINR, 000 Yanr $4 00 IlmtrEn's Ono Year 4 00 HAOI.EIC4 BAZA U p 000 Year 4 00 ilmtvr.ut's MAGAZINC, HARI . Elefi WEEKLY, and linuesit's BAZAR, to ono, address, for ono year, $lO 00 or toy two for $7 00. An extra Copy of either the .Magazine, Weekly, or Bazar, will be supplied gratis for every Club, of Five Subscribers at $ 100 each, in ono remittance ; or, Six Copies for $2O 00;with out extra copy. HARPER ' S MAGAzinn contains nearly Double the Amount of Matter furnished in the Galaxy, The Atlantic, Putnam, or hippiucot. It exceeds in client the saute ratio any English Magazine of the same general elat4. A New Story. splendidly Illustrated, by Wilkie Collins (Author of "The Woman in White," "No Name." "Armadale," and "The Moonstone"), will he commenced in Harper's Weekly in No r, rembor, 1869. W. c KRESS Persons desiring to renew their Subscriptions c i to Harper's Periodicals will much obr-o the P übliAortl by sanding in their Na mes as rly as convenient before the Expiration of their }resent Subscriptioti.4 . . This a ill obviate the delay at tendant input re•entering naine4 and mailing heek Nittubor,R. , . New Subscribers will be supplied with 'either of the almve l'erkolieule from the pre9ollt titne to the eiol of the IS7II for Four Dollars. Atiiire:s HARPER .46 BROTHERS, Now York Neu Vs.rk, Or•t. 16. 1869. Academic and Commercial Courses. --- Frill: third trim will COMIIII3IICe April Sd, IS7O. Thorough instruction, Terms liberal. losophie opparatu• Tuition a halt term strictly in advance. For full particular: call on or address 11. M. REELES, Mardi 23. Ic7o If Tiogm, Pa. 11011:43 and Lot. fOr Sale. 111 THE EutiScriber offers fur solo his house and lot on` Alain Street, opposite Dartt's Wagon Shop. Knquire on the premises of March 30,111-6 m. JOHN ETNER. WELLSBORO, PA. &c., &n„ &c: C A S H. FRANK ADAMS HARKNESS RILEY, Tioga High School. NiqI,LSBORO, PA., ; WEDNESPAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1870. The day is done, and swift draws nigh Tho twilight hour', serene+ and bwcet ; ' Tho busy crowds go hurrying,Py. With steady thud of thronging feet. In many a home glad watohorg wait, As they have waited oft before, To hear a band upon the ate, And well-known footsteps at tho door ! Some list for feet that, still aad cold, No more the paths of life‘muy tread, And iniss the strong arms' loving fold, The tender words so often said. Alas for such ! the desolate; Who half expectant, as of yore, Still chide the foolish hearts that wait To hear the footstepA at the door ! Still pass the thronging myriads by, ' Nor heed the-mourners, watching lone The babes who for the father ory, The wives whose light of life is gone; And some their sadder iigits keep For living lostOnim, mourning sore, And listening fear, anti waiting weep, ,And diTaTthoir footsteps at the door `And when I die I shalt leave my for tune to the one who.will use it to the best advantage,' said; grandma Leeds, smiling from behind her spectacles, to the young girls around her. `Your fortune, grandma? What will it be? That old basket, with its horrid yarn and needles, and the never ending knitting work? If so, you need not leave it to me. Janet will use it to a far better advantage than I could.' Yes, Lettie, you are right; and Pin sure I don't want It, either. Hem, what a fortune, to be sure!' A I'll accept it, grandma, and prize it, if you will only add your sweet,' con tented disposition. It would be a for tune which none of us need despise.' Janet Leeds was the youngest of the family and the plainest. She had a sweet, fresh face, and tender eyes; but these paled into ugliness before Lettio's black and shining curls, and the blonde loVeliness of the belle Margaret. So she settled back into the chimney cor ner, and waited on grandma, or assisted the maid in the housework. Once in a while she ventured out to party in the village, but so seldom, that people never observed her. ma made it unpleasant, and she staid at home still closer. But on that morning, while they ilat chatting with grandma, she felt a deal of real discontentment, for the first time in months., f i Clara ih her bosom friend, was to give al, 'party that evening, and she could nor go. For Weeks prepara tions had been going on in their quiet family. She had given up the money saved for a winter cloak, that Lettleis green silk miklit he re•trimmed for the occasion ; and the best dress she had in d fbLI, IA .11114 ill, wiling . ..mt. , 0tt.1.4....11 1 . 1 011111, n 71It I.lmedr arni.-11,111..------- She had faintly suggested that she might wear that, hut the cry of dismay from her sisters silenced her. Go and wear that, old poplin !' cried Lettie, from the clouds of white billowy lace that was to adorn the green silk.— ` You must be crazy!' ' I should think so,', chimed Marga ret, who was fitting a lace berth over the delicate lilac satin. Do you want Austin Bosworth to think us a family of "'Myers ? 1t isto be a grand affair, and Clara expects all who honor it with their presence, to pay her respect en ough to dress respectably. • It is Aus tin's first appemanco after• his Europe an tour, and Surely you do not, want him to think meanly of us ?' The tear-, came up, but Janet was brave, and no one saw them. That night, when the two girls—the one in I* dark beauty and wonderfully becoming array ; the other all delicacy, her lair, pearl loveliness enhanced by the hale purl& color of her splendid dressL 7 eamo laughing into grandma's room, a -little shadow darkened her face, and she (build it very hard to keep hack the tears. ' Fine feathers make fine birds, but fine birds do not always sing the sweet est, Jane,' said grandma, after they were gone. ' I know who is the true ono in this family. rknow my little singing bird, Jam:, and she is dearer than a doz en tine ladies. Austin and, Clara will come to-morrow, and he will tell us about his travels in foreign lands, and you will be far happier than you would be ul ? at the house 10-night, with danc ing apd confusion.' ' lls i tippose so, grandma ;' and Janet took her seat by the lire, and wept on knit ing with a peaceful face. il The eldest sister came home with pin ning° somewhat crumpled, hut in high spirits. Austin Bosworth had returned, a handsome, polished gentleman, and flirted desperately with Lade. ! Why, grandma, ho almost propose( to her !' laughed Margaret, who is en gaged to Judge Denard's hopeful son and therefore had no place for jealousy More than one of the company predie ted that'it would he a match.' Don't count, your chickens before they tiro' hatched,' called grandma from her pillow. Mr. Austin 'Bosworth is no fool, I can. tell you.' What an old croaker P 'l'lhey• were entering their chamber across the hall, but grandmother's ears were not dulled by age, and she clearly heard them. 'Don't mind them, grandma,' whis pered Janet, who waited to herr. them lay aside their finery. Mind them !' Do you think I shall, Janet Leeds?' :Next day Austin Bosworth came. Ho was too familiar with the old house to stop for the bell-ringing, and he entered, crossing the hall directly past the par lor door, Where tasteful afternoon cos tumes predominated, and walked right on to grandma Leeds's room. Slit was there with her work, her placid face beaming beneath the white lace-bordered cap. A gracefol, girlish figure, half knelt beside her, wreathing, with deft fing ers, a bunch of evergreens into a . frame, for a mantel ornament, and Ter eyes tvere lifted smilingly into the old lady's face. '; He entered and closed the door before either saw hint. Orauthria Leeds!' „ Why, bless my heart, it is Austin ! Ciime here, my boy !' And the gentleman came, and gave both hands to her in his delight. Jane, my little playmate, toot what goeto' (510iner. FOOTSTEPS AT THE DOOll. -1 MigctlintteottO &- JANET'S FORTUNE a happy meeting ! Clara came down dreASed for u call, and declared she wo'ld come, but I told' her no. I knew the amount of gallantry I - should feel obli ged to use, add I preferred that my first visit should be like the old ones.' You aro right. We are better pleas ed to have itso, are we not, Janet?' His call engthened . itself into two, hours, and during the,time he told plea sant stories and chatted like the boy of bygone days, but not, once did Marga ret's or Lettie's name pass his lips. When ho went away he met them coming, with disappointed faces, from the parlor, where they had been wrettt nig for Inm ; ,but he only lined his hat and pa'ssed out. Then graudniother and Janet received a sound scolding, such as only these two knew how to give, and the shadows of discontent again fell on Janet's spirit. Ab, that , long, cheerless winter!— What a story Janet could tell you of disappointments, of happy parties in . which she had no share, of moonlight rides, of joy and merriment ! She had only that one ,comforter, , kind, patient grandma; for, now . that Austin. Bas worth had come, the way was harder than befOre. • Ho came and escorted Lettie to par ties, and sometimes chatted with grand ma, but nothing . more. She saw !loth- Jug more—she did not catch the good natured smiles ho gave 'her from_ the sleigh as ho rode away—and Lettie ne ver told her how often he asked for her. Alone with grandmother, Janet wished for better things,• xnd wondered tvhy she was so harshly dealt with. At last, even the society of her aged comforter was denied her, and in her bed the old lady gradually faded away. Day and night, janet sat beside her, with the knowledge that she was be- - yOnd earthly help—waiting .upon her, yielding to the' childish whims, and shutting out everything youthful and beautiful from her sight, Playing household angelii. Margaret said. ' Working for grandOa's .fortune of old shoes and worsted steckings,' Lettie cruelly added.. Doing lier duty by - the faithful woman who had taken the three motherless children into tier heart and filled the lost one's place, so far as God permitted,' her own heart said, and steadily she worked on. The fir 4 of May brought invitatligiA to the laSt ball at the Bosworth house, and while the two other sisters laid out their tindery, Janet folded her tiny mis sive, and hid It away next to her heart, as-a sacred bit of paper hearing Austin's firm, broad chirography upon it. That night grandma was very ill, and when Margaret and Lettio fluttered In with their gay dresses, Janet met them, and almost forcibly put them opt of the 100111. I beg you, girls, to have a little re. sped. for poor geandingi—she is very ill to•night.' Nonsense! Don't he a fool, Janet; anybody would thinl. she was dying.' 1 believe she is.' 1 'PL-- -`• )venn kr sant% was lth - c Ica t - %vitas her patient. . The hours dragged wearily, and, over come by her long, sleeplets watches, Janet. fell fast asleep. Two hours later she awoke with a •start, and in an instant she saw lhat dread change visible in grandma's face. Like one in a dream, she walked to her father's door, and awakened him. ` Father, grandma is worse. 1 believe shels dying. You must go to ])oetor IleTne. You will find him at the ball. (.4o quickly !' She went back, and sat thdre wearily waiting for sometl►ing—for a sound-sign from (he dying woman ; but none came. Slowly, ' t ut perceptibly, the line's set tled around her pleasant month, and the dark - hallows Crept over the placid face, but ►o sound issued from the lute 1 pi. Ja i llet bent her head. There was a fain flutter—no more—and Bite clasped her lands. Would grandma die there belt) . e her eyes, and never bpeali'lo her a wOrd? Bile caught the cold hand in her ow ii, and cried aloud : ' Grandma, -ipeal: to me! - speak to your little Jane ! Don't you heed me, grandma?' But grandma heard nothibg. The chilliness of death had settled doWn, and even as she knelt there, tl►e breath fled, and Janet was alone. She understood - it all when she arose, and she sank back, half fainting, in the arm chair, near the bed. 1 ' Janet, my poor darling !' She lifted her head. Austin lbwworth was leaning over her. ' My little girl ! why did you not send word to me to-night, and let me share your sorrow?' You, Austin?' Yes, have - I not— Ali, forgive me! This is no time or place. I missed you, as l always missed you, but thought it was your own pleasure to remain at home. When your father came in with a white, frightened face, and whispered to Dr. Berne, I knew you were in trou ble. I came at once, and, Ja4, I shall not again leave you.' She knew his meaning, and did not putt him away, when ho held her close in his arms and drew her into, the par lor. Margaret and Letlie, conning in with their faces horror-stricken, glom hint holding her in his arms, her tired head resting wearily upon hi i 014)11 1 141er, and the proud Lettie said : Mr. Boswath, I am surprised P ' You need not be. This is my Privi lege, now and forever.' • Three days after, they gathered in that same parlor to hear grandma's last will and testament read. After some little directions, it said ' And to my beloved granddaughter, Jancit Leeds, I bequeath the Holmes es tate, together with my entiro stock of furniture, and money, amounting to ten thorfsand Janet's father smiled upon his aston ished and crest fallen daughters. 'IL was mother's whim! She never desired it to he known. Therefore you were ignorant ofd \ the fact that she hail a dollar beyond the annuity I hell for her.' When, six months later, Austin and Janet were married, her elder sister dared to say that : , he married heir for her money. He knew better, and so did I. 'Wouldn't you like to lie a woman when you grow up, Tommy." "No," answw•ered the young four-year-old.— " Why not " Beeaus,e women can't turn summer-saults." Why is life the greatest conundrum Be cause all must give it up. MEE CURNENCY BILL. ,Speech- of Min llGr• K. Armstrong, Of Pennsylvania, in qlq . House of Rep resentatives, June 14, 1870, on the bill to'increase Banking. Facilities. Mr. Speaker, on the 21stday of Feb ruary last, the House passed a resolu tion instructing the Committee on Ban king and Currency to report a bill which \ should increase " the volume of the cir culating currency" at least $50,000,000. I cannot interpret this to mean, as ar gited by the chairman of the commit tee, an "increase by checks and drafts." It clearly did mean, in my judgnli at, an increase of notes of circulation ; a ~d the policy thus declared, I believe tot ,1 consistent with the almost universal desire of the people, and to be based upon sound iinanciill considerations. The committee, as I understand, do not propose to respond to that direction further than by the provisions of this bill, ,concerning which the committee seem 'not quite agreed whether it affects the currency by either contraction or expansion. If I could regard it, as a measure of contraction, I should, with- Out hesitation, vote agatnit it. That it does not very materially increase the currency is clear; but if I correctly ap prehend its provisions, it would effect an increase of about eight million, two hundred and ninety-two thousand dol lars. Thus the first section directs an additional issue of $95,000,000 in notes for circulation. The Second section di rects the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem an equivalent amount of the three per cent. temporary loan certifi l cittcs. Of these there were outstanding!. on the Ist of :lune instant ,510,000, which, deducted from the authorized issue, would leave :41,900,000 after. the three per cents have all been redeemed. The closing paragraph of the same see ;tion directs the Secretary of the Treas. itrY" to cancel . an amount, of Tl. States »otes equal to eighty per cent, of this balance when the same is issued ;. or, reanced to figures, eighty per cent. out of the balance, namely, $11,400,000, would be $33,165,000, leaving a possible i increased circulation of 51'8,29.2,1i00, as, before stated. It k however open to question whe-, ther, as clained by part of the commit-1 tee, the bill would operate to diminish, the bank reserves, and by throwing in to active circulation a fend not now used, thereby further increase the act ive currency ; or Whether, as claimed hy others, the per ventage of ten Per cent. retained by the government on the issue of notes to the new banks to Le established under the 11111, fend the reserves to•be by them kept on hand, would not more than equal the whole apparent increase, and thus in filet di inish the circulation in actual me. .... It. is not. my purpose to enter at pres ent into this part of the discussion ; but admitting the increase to be 'as I have stated, it is in my ,judgment wholly in adequate to (he necessities and demands of oho time..:, The redistribution of the currency by withdrawing a portion of rime:Hied; ides tiot "Si.a.lni 6,l'in : b .- toile re quired. I would much prefer a bill which, without disturbing the banks already organized, should authorize the organization of ether banks, with. lib eral capital, in such parts of the coun try as have not the proportion (If erti a nil assigned them by the existing law. It i , 4 110 - however my purpose to an tagonize the bill. I have submitted all arliellAment which I believe will har mon i;i d with our whole system of bank ing, a tid ;the purpose of which into pro vide a mode by which, without in the least disturbitig the system, it will have additional and much needed elasticity. IL is, in prig', to authorize the issue by the United Status of '.n limited amount of convertible notes, _to he exchanged for the interet•bearing)loan of the U. States. _ 'nip tird. section of the amendment i proposes to authorize the eSecretary of the Tionsury• to issue not exceeding SIOO,OOOOOO of 11. States notes, without interest, payable to the bearer at the Treasury of the United States, and of denominations not te s ,..; l Ilan five dni.. larS each. _ It IM not proposed that they shall be legal tender - notes, nor redeemable in gold;, but they shall be . reeeivable for all &him and demands of every kind due to the ("oiled States, exeept duties 1 opm i lolls. `'hey twill have indorsed upon hem that they are so reeeivable, and it tit they are convertible at their laeo value at, the option of the holder, into the bonded interest bearing loan of the tan Heil States, at• the market, value of such loan-, when presented in sums not less than $l,OOO, or any multiple of $l,OOO, at the offire of the Treasurer of the United States or the Assistant Trea surer at New York. Having thus provided for the issue of a convertible note, the second section provides that any holder of any of the bonded loan shall be entitled, on pre sentation at the office of the Treasurer at Wash Dgten, or the Assistant-Vreas urer at New York, in any sum not less than $l,OlOl, or any multiple of $l,OOO, to exchange the same at - their market, value, 'which ,shall be detei mined, if necessary, hrthe Seerelary of the Trea sury, and II) receive a like amount at their face value, of t he notes autlawized by the first section of the,ann•ndment proposed. The third seetion provides for a like eonversigp and exchange of the partic ular notes so issued, and no others, into the funded debt of the - United States, at the option of the holder, at Ibe market value of the bonds, not less than par. The fourth section provides for the payment of fractional differences in lawful money, and for the keeping of a separate account, and the report thereof in the monthly Statement. of the Treas ury. 1 have thus given stieh synopsis of the propo.:cd amendment as I trust eon veys an intelligent - idea of its Novi- Its putpof-e is to supplement the banking syi , iti.tn, and aid it by giving clic-tielly to the currency without dis turbing the titieil anti ordinary circula tion. It im a well vstablished, rant, univer sally admitted, that business requil'es moie.money for circulation at certain seasons than at others, and that these Ito demands ditli4 in various lo calities and at different times so widely . that it is not possible to determine with . any certainty what amount of circula ting medium the bushiest; of the coun try at large requires. I regard it as pre eminently a question whieli business men can hest determine for themselves, us the exigencies of their business arise. It cannot be denied that it is desirable in any system of currency to render it,- if possible, self-adjusting to an extent sufficient to cover these probable fluc tuations. To what extent this may be practicable, is a question which only experience can determine. lam my self satisfied that If the necessary legis lation be given, the instincts of busi ness will determine the question with a practical accuracy which no merely leg islative judgment can ever attain. The Comptroller of the Currency, in his report for 1869, states with great force, " no human intelligence can tlx the amount of currency that i really needed, for it is continutilly varying and is never fixed. And so long as the volume of currency depends upon leg islative enactment, uncertainty and in stability, w ill pervade all financial ope rations." Few will be found to dissent from so plain a preposition. On a question so intricate and diffi cult as national finance, I am impressed with the propriety of expressing my views -with all due deference to the opinions and - judgment of others, who may differ, perhaps widely, frOm my conclusions. ]desire only to express in part -the reasons' which have con vinced my judgment. Political economy is a science of ex periments, and one never before tested in eiremnstanee4 similar to ours. We re, in I - mimeo n' in government, a law unto ourselves. And there are facts, in our experience which have demonstra ted the inutility of some theories long admitted, find now utterly overthrown by the financial as well as governmen tal experieni!es of the war. Prominent fonong \ these l and based upon Such the ories, Was the Almost universal, concur rent prediction of the financiers of En- ope, , and not a few at home, that the ountry was borne by an irressitible ood-Lids of irredeemable Currency to s political and , financial ruin. And Isere are not a felir men of sound judge,- ment and large experience, who still cling upon this (fuestion to cherished thcories'w•hich,, I believe; havebeen re futed ley the whole experiences of the w 711% It is a rnarked fact in our history, hat men of large financial reputation redjeted our total financial ruin, and ointed to the volume of our currency zei not worth the paper on which it W , E1.8 , ri Uffil 41)01( Of it, with fiC01::11, " tlf 4 hiS thing which we call money.'!: But it k equally a fact, that the,cpunr • try never trospered more than when the volume of our currency was larg est; float labor wag nevermore actively eu►ldoyed, never better paid, and never n►ore content ; yet have not the proph ets of evil ceased. I► their view the ruin still impends. .And notwithstan dim.; the assured and wonderful ►level olunseut. Of all our material interests when tl►e e►irreucy was most expanded, m il " our continued and uninterrupted prosperity until tlitinauguration of the fatal policy or contraction, and the ire- mediate and concurrent derangement and' depression of business . which en :Awed, t Iwuy Mill elamor for contraetion, and failing of this, art; fain to be con tra? tl_ ...11 c i Lk' —l.-qrsiis4.4lo...x.welskil tlack .0.4_1134 , , dies II) 1 ho:' , l, )-VOIOnS Vi . hose Represent atives. here are United in their judg ments and their elhirt-1-, to obtain it.— Free bankitig, perhap , c would be a suf lieient 1 emedy ; hal until resumption of specie payments, it, would he atten ded with ihingett; tit /kb the business of the country is trot; it pres(int disposed to en/quintet.; and ~rich I' believe to be the judgment of 1111-3 llon-e. Radical ellanves in :my SYMelll of SlOttilri' ant to lu 111111Veliii! , 1, unless the necc—ity i.; elear.. It i safer for the i.ro,ent. to implove that . which we live. The ;intendment propo:rel4, without in thin tlikturbing the hunks, either in their ourieney 0r their mode of do- lig t ) - oippleinent• the system )y ti 01 practical application to he cuirency (4 the countty of the es ahlkhod principles o f tinpply , and de void, which rules; in all untrammeled acsitte-::: with the happiest effect. It Inns! he obvious to all, and has 14.(.11 tit - ilea by our expetienee, that no i-yf,teni digtribution or na tional blinking capital, in a country so vastly extended and so diversified in its induslriitl interests nti otuS, can be ap- pontiontql on the basis of population ; ur byeti the tifixed basis of population and business, and 1.0 80 adjusted as ad vqtaitely 4o meet the just \ (leniands of husitiess.. f / Possibly it h; the4est basis proe Heade under any system of fixed iistriktitiou ; Ittil iL i!; rigid, itutl alien ded w;ith practical inconcenienees that it Elton bo our earnest ellot tfo correct. What reasonable objection ca'n there be to test a thin which does not in the, leatA the hanhing , system, nor interfere with any present or future mode of funding ti \K: public debf? adapts itlelf liindly!to both, and leaves the quest on of an expanded currency 10 0 be determined, not, by the t grbitrary . judgmed of a few men,"howeVer saga- iotts anti wise, hat. I.y the practical ex I=l In this manner. ; -twin the time and lumina-and duration of an eNpansion, Within the in•eserituett limitations of law, are sufficiently lised,'while at the same time there is a►utple safeguard against inflation in the 1)1'060 and easy mode provided for retiring I npy t•xee•S ivhiel► might, te►ulaorarily exist, and to al ire Which there is a constant premi um in the exchange of notes for inter est-hearing bonds, whenever the dimin ished_ uses of money sink its eurrent value below the interest - on bonds this mode be practicable, as I be lieve ibis, 1 know of no reason which should preclude the• people from the right, to adjust the volume of the cur rency for theMselvei4,., by au adjunct tisstem, which, while it, leavcis the!_nor mal volume of the currency undistur- bed, places in their hands a 1 lode of ad justment and regulation sitiple, easy ,. and ,-a r c. ( i IV(' to InISIIICSS In Ter faeil- Mut; and hi it lei niate Ilse f. If the VieV , of I linc WhO say that the cur -1411.y i= _air( ady F-ullicient, he--mind, lf?cli thew will be »o --further expan siMi, and the bill will leg inoperative.-- 11, on the contrary, those views are the -,otiitile: 7 3 and beit which recognize a ne cessity for more currency, then will the intereqs of business prompt the people to avail thetwelves of its provisions, and that in the localities where it is most needed ; and without - disturbing the volume of enrre»ey in other places. It is true, as a 1 ole, that. currency will seek e mployment where it-is most needed ; hit this is subject. to Conditions ' of time ;it'd place and circumstances.— The extent of our territory and the vast diversity of our industries, modify and often wholly control itg operation.— EVell at the great commercial centers, both the volume and the value of meL NUMBER 26.. 1 ---- ney fluctuate widely; and while it is often abundant on cal). at New York and other like points of - cencentration ; from four to four and a half per cent., it will 'command within diltinces of it feW hundred miles, ten, twelVe, fifte4b, . and even twenty per cent. To allow the owner of gtivernment bonds at such points to return them te l the original source by express, by mail, or by any agency in his choice, and to receive their current market value directly and_ promptly from the , government, with out the interventioa. of brokers . and bankers, even where Alley are at hand, turoften they are not, and without the delays, inconvenience, and cost inci dent to ordinary exe t hanges, is a boon to the business community which ought not to tr , refused. Itwill glve local and promptrelief ; and by taking its sup ply from the originat. source, is made wholly independent of the speculative schemes which distractlmainess at the money centers. It puts the business of the country beyond the reach of specu lative iiterference, so far as it depends upon currency., . It takes. from the gam 7 biers of t the st•K board this agency of their power, in d renders it hazardous, I if not Impossi le, to create an artificial scarcity of cur incy, by gathering and oi withholding it from circulation, when every owner of a bond, until the whole hundred millions are exhausted, could meet his necessities for currency 'by dal - , rect application to the national Treas- - ury. ~ . It Is a mode by , Which such increase of currencyl .9 the business of_thecoun try needs, can be easily reached, and not one dollar beyond it.. It can lead to no inflation, for the inducement . of interest to refund in bonds any ,surplus of currency, will be always present and operative. I think the facts fully jus tify the belief t hat a reasonablelnerease may thus be reached in a mar6er more easily controlled and better _adapted to its eud, by supplementing the• present working system, with a limited, inde pendent, convertible and self-funding currency, than by declaring Ca fixed amount of increase. But, sir, I suppose I have made it sUf flciently clear that the amendment I have had the honor to oiler, does not propose a fixed and definite expansion of the currency. That it contemplates a possible expansion is true, but one to 'lie determined solely by the requirt ments of business. lam satisfied that :there are vast, industries in the country suffering ftilr lack of money facilities, and that his want has operated, not ; only in a gneral depression of business, but with g eat severity upon the labor 4. ing classes.. There is not, in my judg ment, currency enough to effect the ex changes of the country with proper fa cility. I speak for the country, as dis tinguished from the cities. The Present distribution of banking capital has given to the . cities a very undue proportion of the currency. It 1 is greatest just where it is needed least. The mode of busine:S in the city—l mean the great financial centers—and - in the rural districts is essentially'dif tidal-Az-4 , - ,; - ' --- -7 --- " - :;"_ 7.,_.= - quate to its necessities. The great mass of financial business in every large city is transacted by cheeks and drafts, an:d cash is to'a very linpted extent paid over the comae'. DritetitintFi there do not require notes of circulation. , The amount is simply passed to credit, and, as a rule, pay ni enr3 are by checks, with out the use of af-i dollar' of currency ; while in the country the rule is pre cisely the other way, and nearly all dis-s counts are drawn out in notes cif circu lation, and when, the bank ceases to, have notes, the gt•fieral li lie of diSCOUIIt.4 I ceases. i ' - For the aceurny of this statement, I think I may conThlently appeal to the experience of all N% ithirr this hall ac customed to banking in;rurat districts. How vastlyin this iellitet tile practice of banking differs in the great Commer cial centers, may he stets at a glance. For the 140: - ending May 28, 1870, the bank cleat anees in New York city reached the Niro mus :AIM of $576,62.5,- 521, and for the week eliding June 4, 1870, $513,-152,1;67 ; not bue dollar of which was in l itotes of circulation, and it, does not inelude that •largel addition to its volume by (Meeks and drafts upon .each bank paid by them severally at their own counters. The statement shows not only the vast amount of the business, but a Ilin•t nation in one week, ,asliewn in this department alone,'•of ~/ 1 :;o8 172„851. It is. - estimated that not f ' eueeding five per ciutt. of the business oc. New York, and probabl , not exceed ing three, i'S done with not spf circula tion.ll 'Were its business to uced to the same relative and proporti grate use of notes of circulation as pr vails iu the country, that great city alone would re quire a very large proportion of the en- Aire currency of the nation, and its bu lsiness in its present dimensions Nliould lie simply impossible. i i ! • But, sir, I suggest to Wise who op peso any measure of expansion,- that the limitations and restrictions impo sed, render it, entirely sale against the daubers of intim inn. It is made depen dent upon the law of supply .and de mand. 1 f business recites tile curren cy to expand, why shiallil it not ex pand? It' business does hpt require -it, there will be nothing to set , the prOvi slops of the bill in maim; ; and it will remain a continued demonstration that we have currency enough, and silence the clamor for more., My own convictions the that the cur rency has not at, any time been unduly expanded, and that it would be safe to expand it by a direct and positive in crease new ; but a safer mode lies; as I believe, In the provisions of this bill— to refer the question to the established principles of supply and detnand. . Upon-`'the question of expansion, it'is , not of much value to compare the cur rency before the war With what it was after the war had infused its energies into all the pinsuits of life. The nation leaPed at one vast bound from its tim id, hesitating, and uncertain pupilage, to a c•o»sciousliesm of its poWer, and en tered' ti pun the deVelopment of its re sourc.•s with an energy and suceess which dwarfed its pi evious 6xperienees. To the astonishment cif ourselves, as of the world, we endured the drain and hardships of the war and greiv strong amid ifs buffetings. We prospered in every material development ; and I be lieve that to nothing were we more in debted, than to the facilities afforded by the increased volume of the curren cy. It stimulaled ‘,. industry, it is true, to au unprecedented degree; but we look in vain for the evidences of any excessiv ', undue, or redundant produc tion. P - ices were high, because there I was exc , ssive !demand for labor and for food, and for every production of labor.
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