El the agitator. "(MaliLlE4l3o llo . WEDNESDAY, NOV - . lant. The act. of Congress passed on: the 15th day of July, 1870; grsOlig lands to soldiers who served in the late war, xequires-the Soldier - to settle upon - and cultivatethe land, under tho,same terms itstVetie of : the flomestead law. This law gives the privilege to soldiers to "enter n gitattOt section' of land, not, 4n k inertd, •,o; the lalternate sections of .pnblicland along the 'lines of any of theXtdlroatitt' or public works in the 17. States,' wilereVer public lands have been or and be granted by acts of Congresi," on,payment..tif the fees prescribed by law. ;la -this thetoldier haatid vantage .of,the "'head of 'a-Tarnily" 'Who might enter a quarter seetion tinder the Hoick& stetidlaW, oti,jiaYtnent of the fees, excepting thbee•lands along the lineiof railroaditi•:which are held by the gov erinent' at. $2 - s'o per acre. Such, at leteit, , ll,the statement which is now,go7 - itig the rounds of the press. ' 'STAMP TAX. The amended Stamp ` .law took * ,effect on the Arst,„day of October. Receipts no longer require any stamp. This lea great, , ,relief to business men, not so Much in iaviug the tax, as the trouble of taking a two cent - stamp to every receipt for an amount exceeding $20 . . 7 - Theitax '61): - Checks remalne 'the same. Nofes 'for ati (mahout less than $lOO - tio# reqhfreno.itat4. l .Those exceeding that' amount, must be stampedas heretofore . —five cents for every $lOO and fiactlon al part thereof. The assignment of a mortgage does not require a stamp, pro videkihe mortgage or the instrument it is given to secure, shall be •properly stab:lolll'2 . 4, - - Tlin'tkxs on sales, .carriagei; es,'billard tables, gold and silver plate, the' Special . tax on boats, barges and ilatiqte tax . pn . legaeles and tiu eAss ions, anil on gross receipts, wiltimte.i7 May, 1871. Tliii L i'444 on , sales of leaf tobAcco t uanu . eaCtiiked 'tobacco, 'snuff; , • and domestic wines'and . spirltfy remain a,s heretofore. After the presmit.• year, ending May 1„1871, all speclaktaxes, such as licenseslor trades aod. professions, will cease. ; These chan ges wakb ti,:sery large reduCtion in the taxes paid• liy the people: BY'ALL MEANS. T he. propriety of calling a State Con vention Inv.:the purpose of amending the , 'Constitution of • Pennsylvania, is being =a I s entai d pretty generally by the pressity . theSfate. A ea late weeting of the Union League of Philadelphia, that organization took strong — irciund in favor of the move ment, tito resolutions w er e passed which we would print did space permit. Whatever ,is done, should emanate from the , people, and be entirely free frinn partisan ap!rit and purpose. In deecl,, all 3t4k3 should be, and how much more" the organic law Since . tlialnet Cony l ittle!' met, (1838,) eevertaitiiiendineuls have been adopted, to keep pace with the' change of times and eirentruitances : but there are many aullectiOt great itnpdrtauce to the peb- plelwhieh should be - discussed among them, withlayiew to of complete revi sion of, the Constitution. What amend 7.. wants shall , be made, 'should a Cln vention be called, will be matter of consideration for the delegates, elected by the people to carry out their wishes. In the mean time, however, it is pro; per that the defects of the present Con stitution, and the improvements which may seem to be needed, should be dis cussed by and. among the people them selves. It is proposed that a law be passed for the eubmisslon of the on to the people; 'ata special election, to be held in ,May next, or at such other time as may be . thOgbt beat delegat,Cl? elected by the people, can on ly propose ameudmente ; and, fie we understand it, the amendments - pro- posed :touti.t atilt= pass the ordeal of two RUCCOSPIIVO Legislatures, and then be retitled by the people, before they become a• part of the Constitution.• The Constitittion contemplatesinitial action on the"part of the' Legislature, and • makes no prOVision' for spontaneous ac tion bY`l.hoit people, ,by convention,. or otheivviise:- ,.. 4,isdiiiicult • to see hovr such opportunity can be-secured to the people directly :. -it , must originate' iu some manner .through their Represeri..' tatives. Eat it seethe to us that theieiii , a defect; to s begin :with; In the provision made kir the amendment of the instru ' pent itself.: :The peOpie have_ direct t ly, only a passive yes or no;' they Mpy vote for the titnendinent,: 'Or skiinst : lt.;. but, they may not. origipate arty new one; prop4se a ,inodkfleatino .of .the one submitted;except, by the one method pointed oet„to wit: through the Leg islature,. • In _this respect the State Con stitutintt Ware from that of the Uni ted States. . We think • some change should belnade to secure• to the,People a more direct •. means of 'originating amendments: The retthonsWill he more apparent; 'tiben'it is reniembered . 1114 the principal reforms suggested: are in , tendild more especially b:? linilt and , de -136, rd . fine the power and autheri of the Le gislature Itseff: , A great -41 a l, of fault' has been :fiuAd with the egislature ;• t yet the people must first a al to the ' Legislature , ,to secure , the selves the right to remady the defects they co ' plain cif. -:,Thhi, then; only mounts to . the right 64Mb:in : the • people's ser vants arelhWmiudere ; and if it be \ , an swered th%t tlartY inuat &it any case, se' far as tlie'lOtial StePe ire concerned, we reply, ltl2.l l iP spirit of what we have already said: ,:, 1,%4e right to: propor* changes ipAha.organ t ic law IS . rands- mental, tool 00,110, in some fond, re. drain with thfl peiphi -themselves—;sic= pressing their *wish& through delegates cleated especially for , this purpme, and no other. Sunators' and Representa tives are erected to Mike laws,although they may be chosen - on a distinct issue involving we ,question of amendment. . But, in 4 great State like, ours, the in terests to bb _affected. by enactment of laws will not sleep, even in a tapphign cohduoted principally on the' question of revisio ; therefore the delegates cho 1' sen to con ider . the subject of amend! ment, sh uld ,be , -untrainineled on ill' others. ..• ' ` ' ''' '' '. ' i .': We gab our views on the 's? . bjecf, 'Of tocalancil fil latieogfolOiliiipef.pontbs ego. We "::iisider the g.lowt,b ,in , this to , -f; •:'' EN direction uti euortnity'—a *mist rousde fortuity, an unmitigated tittisanOo,,and , a notorious abuse.' If tho,l,,ogiblature Will not. &Atoll.; it is lint the' pvliple should. We'quote: - ' . • - - ' tf - Ttoi - ,e'itelit to which tiPeciati It gi,,lation is nurried;:,may -- )to secii-liy reforenea.r:o the prittiph. - , lee lemni , , Of the State: , _,They- exhibit th,e . t.tct, kitt i llicb stay probably excite could '-'surpriettliat;, tier vast and expansive Inachinery for malting laws• Bede. very -little'einploymbot It, matters' which concern .the Odic generally. It costa, perhaps ; handset:WO thoittiatids-of dellaii to •ser it up every year, and is then • employed utmost exclusively in special legiiihtion, et an additional annual expense of $300,000.' Tho laws of 1868 are printed in a huge octavo volume of 1,414 pa ges; the laws of 1869 in a_ similar volume,. of -1,604 Pages ftlie lewd of 1870 in a" similar ,vol, uute, of 1,5 n pages—making a total ,of 4,00 Melt. ' - • "Twenty-one thousand copies of the'ecs" laws 1 4ve been printed at the; public entente, and itiiiut three hundred pages of the whole nuMber Contain all the general laws' Which have been passed for the last three-Year's: •••Itt 1868, tbo Le• gislature passed 81 general laws and 1,274 spa, cial or private acts. _ In 1869, it passed 71 gene, re! Uses and 1;245 wail or Privoto Acts. " In 1870, It pailtd,'es nearly os I canascer lain, 49 general laws and about 1,200 private , Or special as . Hundreds of these special acts, re late to 'corporations i• hundreds apply only to par ticular, counties; many of them relate to sheep, ',goats, dogs, pigs, end other families-of animated nature, in certain townships, and all of thorn - to Which' could' be better regulated" by gen eral and permanent, laws; Of which . might be 'safely Why constitutional provision 'to the con trot of local authoritieis." . - We supposed there were more general laws' passed last sesisiois ; but " we' quote from the speech Of Mr. Gibbon. We shall not take the' time to, turn: over' 1500 pages to-ascertain the fact. the bulk and ponderosity of the volnincs cannot,,be .disPuted. ,They show/well in the Case of ,11 yOung lawyer '<i f' mode rate meant+ 'Wei, 1111 up; and to the denizens of . the back country, - they. speak volumes aidsaids legal lore and boundieSs ,research., TO the student just ,coromeeeing,-,, pour felleive, these books must be suggestive of • • - yet he staoe, tip . manfully; as a student at law should do, and drawing a long breathOike a martyr, says: . • "For thee, fair Justice; welcome all." 11 it takes a pretty strong coustitutioned Man to stand it ail, now-I tell you," he tiduks to himself; as he looks about and sees •.A copy •of .Puidon'it. Digest: - and . :volumes of the' Leydlative' RecOiil * and. the Globe staring him in the face,! as his mental regimen for the next two years. Let us then di) away with the annual inundation of the State with local and particular laws ; and do it by amending the Constitution, so that no local law on a general subje - ct can be made. Let the laws be - uniform thro'ughout the State. There are other subjects to which we shall refer in Mare. - Dear Agitator. I, believe_ in my communication sometime ago, I prom ised to write you again. I will now do so. The much' noted central branch of the Soidsers' Homes is situated, on an eminence, three miles west of the city of Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, beautifully overlooking the city. It contains 480 wee of beautiful tillable land. Within the enclosure are three artificial lakes, a deer park, containing 23 deer, and birds of various kinds; 10 barracks, 110 feet by 24, three stories high ; headquarters, reading and news room, library, music hail, Governor's. mansion and chaplain's house, with numerous other buildings; beautifully ornamented springs, and a splendid hospital, which was dedicated on the 19th of May last. This building pre sents a-front of 293 feet, three stories high, with five front and two rear tow ers. It is composed of a center and two Wings. The former is the administra tive building, the latter the wards for the sick. The center has a front of 44 feet, and a depth of 131. feet. The wards are each 31 by 116 feet, to the ands of which are added two towers 12 feet square, their diagonals being placed on a line with thdside and end walls of the wards, giving the end of each ward a width of l so feet. The ground place has a resemblance to the letter T ; the stern or vertical part is the administra tive-building,' and the right and left portions of the head are the wards. On the front line of the wards, mid way, is placed shay window, projection Bby 16 feet. There is an entire base ment of eight feet six inches between the floor and ceiling, the walls of which are of blue limestone. The en tire walls of the • uildiug, external and internal, .:. the latter point, are brick. Each ward has a bath room in fronti,and the rear, water closets. The kitchen. is 10 by 47 feet, and has au admirable well soullery, 14 by 20 feet; dining room, 15 by 27 feet, and bake house, - 14 by 22 feet. The boiler house and coal shed are con nected, and form a building 25 by 100 feet; of brick, with a slate roof, is loca ted 200 feet from the hospital, and con nected by a tunnel seven feet square, in which are the steam and water pipes, also a small railway, to slippy the kit chen and other fires with coal. The building is heated with steam, and ven-; tilated on the most modern and scienti fic princi les. Great praiSe is due Mr. -Wil lam Thompson,, an inmate, for the entire'glazing, painting ,' varnishing, bro zing and sanding, which has been, done - by the day, by inmates of the noble, under his superintendency.— The next is our beautiful church, which is to be dedicated on the 26th instant, t of, •which I will write you. , Any' eldierS, being entitled to admis sion, desiring to come, here, by writing 'rife, - IN;vill'give 'them any' information they desire, either in the management .or' the manner .of admis4ion into the gem. - SyLvottros DUNHAM. A Convention of The contract for grading, bridging and fencing this road was let last week to Messrs. Pratt & Hanchett of Nor- Wieh men whO have experience in this kind of work. The distance to be built le thirty-five miles;' from one hundred Mtlf south of Gorham station, following Flint Creek to Phelps, thence to New- Ark, and thence to Sodus Bay, thus making a Aarrow gunge road from Lake Ontarlb to 'Philadelphia, when the lay ing of the third rail on ,the Erie; from Elmira to Wavely, (now done as far ai Chemung) Is completed. The bid of lasers. Pratt,& tranehett was 4226,249. .They take the town . bonds of Phelps,. Arcadia and Sodpa tnpayment., , When the road ii ready 'for the ties, Gen. (Aeorp J.ltagee is to put on -the iron sail, take u mortgage-Imnd. at the rate of $9,Q00 Per Ole; o f grading, bridg ing, with the co 4. of the right of way and other expe sea, it is calculated will exhaust th town subscriptions, amounilng to 25,000 The intention Is to complete th mad by the . first of next July. Tit connecting link be tween the narro gauge Northern Cen tral at Elmira and the narrow .'guage Lehigh !Valley (at WaVerly) wit; b e done this . fall—then the. Anthracite Coal regions of Pennsyl.Fanht will have rail road communication with the Erie Canal, - with, 'the whole nterior of the State of New - York ond ,thenee' in all directione at - will.:1-- Watkins Express.. . li POPULATION' OP OriturfatopriTY.-7•• By the'nensue of qi 'ungeontity, New York just Ciitnpletedi`the fainklittiOn of that C0141163i' IS 13b9Wp, be ,46, The population 14 13;91i, from wltiottit t4ere liar been an increase of 9;437 lit ten yearU. =1 Ell MEI ME "The visage wan,lhe Purblitai , eight, The 0)1,4 day, the•laap by night. The tedipuaTorA;r, the eoletito prate, The pert diaPiitc, the dull. debate, The'drowey the babbling SOLDIEW RomE, Oet. 24, '7O Sothis Point and Southern . R. R The Milit • Recent 1111 not as favors the bombast' Bert, have et VoraWO to than ; perha weelraince't OnthelOt 4lay,Aweisio' tang of a bri: of chatleen - erible body salon owl,- quently late French ,troo battallnus but= after' whole' Frein fall hac4.i, en the town and follosii Orleans bn t tight; in wh reports, the • tured 10,000 to the attar • participated count claim:. ted in gOod ■ Loire, and' t ly so great tber battle, °nth° 12' nounced'th the French • on the 7th. was given , The French a sortie In fn the Prussia treat to 'Ve : ing the peal pied, and 'fr * shelled the news does h later dispatc The esoap claimed , to 10th, but th firmed. • Br many deeps] by the garrli of these, tool 60,000 men on the Fren , her on the ;I I." it tzf ) / ir I . 1 1 4 ,per _ __le 's de *o. le besiegers. French, aft i a 'terrific struggle, were driven bas . !within` their works with fearful slaw. liter. The • Prussians 'also lost heavily. ; . ' - - -, ' ' ' ' . On the 14t ' ' it was . claimed in Toure that very I ~ I $ itiMC French successes bad been g: ned before Paris on the 12th.. Gam . Atm announced in a acinnd ing proclam • tion , that— . • is Orrthe e i tire zone around the city, the Prussian have been, dtigfll2 ;MI t-,ofi All the'lpoeit ona'whiah 'they had been occupyirsta ce Three Weeks. Toward, St:. Denis th y have-been -drlveVaWay beyond Sta i a and Dugny ; on the east side,' Joinvil e , Crete'', Champigny and the plateau f Avron have been ;veep tured.•• The have. been forced from Le 13as Meudon and St. Cloud, and thrown back on lie aillea." Prussiap Versailles,•v these repo sert that the same positi they occuple Sof ssous, a four days, forces, 22,000 Duke of Met The capture: 132 guns. T trifling. , Eptual, altity. of abont 15,000 people, lathe depar +rnent of Vosges, on the ri ver Moselle; •• as entered by. the Prus sians on th:- 13th, after a stout resist ance by the', n abitants. Three ope ti g shots of thelombard ment of Pari: • ere tired .on. the 14th. A battle w:: ought outside the walls on the 15th, which. the French clai med that 8,117 Germans were killed. ' A bridge h • . been thrown - across the Seine, by ••' oh communication has been establis ed between forts Claren ton and Iv - There WAS on the 17th. Prussiane,. Garibaldi I lar troops in a stirring pro' Journal. - A DARIN el On Monday arty, a farme hood of Arch l from Scran load , of. prod Rushdale by privilege of r he eheerfull sooner got a made an atta striking him him down. threw him 01 the wheels* and broke it. erty, who w, time, but wa alarm. Cons sonburg, tholel the scoundrels described by t night.succeed4 who gave thei Pat Curren, a claimed to 'll , prisoners were the Peace dun full hearing the Wilkesbai to learn the ea which Mr. Do hear It was r was consider& not fatally. This is one ( as dastardly h ever been corn the country, a era traveling ai themselves, or 1 than did Mr. D publican.. , • Mrxruto•ol TlON.—There churches In Pe the same num 06Q members. , An Petwayivatz population, th 'the 'Union. are ,bver- $l, cants: , This .d Seventh Day Baptists. The] nectinn exist!, what is generf Baptist church Went of the. B gational; Eve entirely free ai other, and yet t union of effort • They operate ti sinus, home or: Bible and publ general meetini at which there KCHESE near Oshkosh, 1 u facture of l4wi. The fabtory is .1 froth - Syiltser turn out about The milk is set factories, and is 125° Fahrenhe holding 125 gal the curd, and a press is used. chew In ''dalp ate! thick, and we, pojnde. salt for three month and, finally, on must beat least is fit for use. T at Oshkosh .for Limburger ; ; cb brick-like pi pounds. - The it is Set, nor in . curd ' is placed pressed with t rubbed on tI7 o Swiss chess is cheese,is encl at, Oshkosh for are als four oth makin Swiss oh of,W"nein the •. ' • is =MI Situation in France Mary Operations; o°llo laj,e to the Vrench cause its `bulletins of Gantbetta as -1:114,3 whole been wore fit-- he *arms of-the Republic the Operations of an one i 43;iiihir . wiximencei).-, \. ' a French force at Arlo- ' ;• Warm Orleans , COnsle '- tide and several companies iiiraii . attaciwt by'll, tbiriaid=, „f Trusiians Enid their po= .".., General ;Alvan tettbsta; . •• t;,,to the: assilAWdfithe With4lve.reginients;,four d• a` battery-of- ; , .eral' liours'. i4htitsg, .the lit-forne..lWits' emnpelled 'tit . , . he Cliftlasiana • opened- fire, i :after 6tha.Franch defeat, t up their EltieeetV3,, entered I i 3 lttlii after' ii nine hours? ehiateofdint to their own •,stermed the city and taw • lieenclu, . with • slight loss ing forces.... The Bavariene • nit) French Otlielal ae that the retreat "was effect-' . Wert° the left-bank of the at:the losses were net near= • • ..at ,lirs reported. - And t Orleans is imminent, .- the ministry it Touts an t an important' victory for • mamas won before Paris The location of the battle : on-the west side of Paris.' Under Gen. Duerot, made rce, completely defeating s, who - were foreedto re,, files, entirely' suriender- ion they had lately-006n m which they might have' iestern part of Paris. - Tis A seem to be confirmed y 1 1 2 of ilis save been etrected , on . the news has not been Q n- rore. that date Cher tl ei r ate' but unsuccessful ort es on. The most important place on the 7th. ' At least ere engaged in the attempt 1), side, and a larger num - f the best ^ The ep_orts of the .16th, from a-Berlin, deny the truth of :d French victories, and as ' Prussians hold exactly the •us* around Rads which I#on the 19th of September, ter an obstinate defense of capitulated to the German strong, under the Grand • kienburg, on the 15th.— were 4,000 prisoners' and ie German losses were riot 'severe battle at Bagneux I The French drove out the It subsequently fell" back. ,as a command of irregu he 'Vosges, and has Issued lamation.—Grand Army HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— !gilt, as Mr. Peter Dough living 14 .. „the neighbor said, was returning home n where he had sold a oe, be ~ w as hailed near hree men, who asked the ding on his wagon, which i granted. The men no the wagon, than they k upon Mr. Dougherty, n the head and knockitig fter robbing_ him, they the wagon, when one of .sed over one of his arms _ small eon of Mr. Dough : with his father at the not molested, gave the ble M'Andrew, of, Gib warrants for the arrest of , who had been closely he boy, and at near mid • in/arresting three men; nitrites AS .7no. Edwarde, nd Henry Phillips, and eat Carbondale. The taken before a Justice of ug the night, and after a hey were 'committed to re jail. We were unable act amount of: money of gherty was robbed, brit bout' $4O or $5O. Mr. D. Injured,.but it is tho't f the'most daring as well ghway robberies that has Isi Med in , thls section of d our farmers and o t h- night may well look to hey may fate even worse ugheity.=—Seranton THE BAPTIST Asi3oolA are about ' 4.50 , Baptist ) nsylvania, with about i ,a er of ministers , and 5.5',= hereare fewer Baptists a, in proportion (to the n in any, other - ,State in North America there 000 Baptifit cominuni s not includeiDlselplea; ptiets and ',Free Will e is no union sor conw g between these and Hy understood by the The form of govern ptist church is congre individual church' is d independent orany tgi.e utmost harmony ' and retail among them.— ether in foreign Ws nited States missions, Ication societies. Their was held in May last, 'as a large, attendance. ,crony is in operation' visconsin, for the man zer and Limberg cheese. wned by an emigrairt nd, an this year will ,000 pounds of cheese; as in American cheese heated to about 122° to t, in ar copper kettle, ns. No salt is' put in ever instead 9f a screw he cheeses are 30 'in , and about. 41. Inches ghed from 80 to 110 rubbed in every day ; then twice a week, ce a week. The cheese one year old before it be Switzer cheese sells cents = a pound. The it • made in 5b3411 weighing, shoat* two r i lib Is-not heated 'after be card stirred. The in Linnall boxes and e hands: The, altie talde In the seine - "fay rested. The Limburg . d &li e - . and il!e1;& cents a pound: Thin* m dairies neakOshkOtih Leese; and the istsppry lex, mites from' these factories. The plotteer le the buehres reetmenee4 tett years ago With 'colt). ital of $7OO and oow.owne a Barna worth -.• Lims 'Or ikopided, an 4 prisonsiVof the fraiieh areak, in the Cempalgb from Baarbrilit en4e Bedan;it is calculated,iimoune to 06;825 officers and- men. The killed and...wounded amount tti 95,000, distri buted as follows : In the battles ATI retreat fromi3y9siiiniboliirg, to, the • Ile, 80,0001nen ;` lit the battles around h P.tF*.g,O. in battles,around, :rid • atßeds:if, " 40,000; _ The, priscinere , lone = rpm:obeli 2574' officers' mid 182,250 meni Intikingatotel -185,824, of 3.Whom 142 000 were • taken'in the battles around !'dap and 2325 officers and 84,450 • men 'or 86,775 at the capitulatiori.. The prisoners takin "at 'Lair!, Totil and Striksboing, , it is the tomes to-250,000. To these zUtuit added the 70,000inen of Bazabieharanyi cooped - tip itillets t rind' the firgitiim d tachments; amounting to - 5000 or it, men, which, escaping from Sedan Ipte Belgium, were dismnied =arid made prisoners. _ is therefore believed that cif the standing-ermy of 850,000,060 men Which Napoleon , had disposal when{ the * Campaign comlnenoed, less than 50,000 able-bodied soldiers are now in the service of France. The losses in materials of war are nlso immense.• Thnofficial report' gives the capture of 10,280 horses, 102 initraillen, ass, 887 field.guns and heavy artillery, over 400 wagons, several pontoon'titina, military tnagazines,• railway trains, large quantities of small arms, 11110111111- union, :clothing, vinipments, forage and Provisions: . The French looses - 10 the retreat of MaoMahon from Waugh, embrace twn magazines, 10,000 woolen blankets, 40,000 bso of rice, coffce: and sugar; large quantities of wine, rum and tobacco,- the : Tatter article being valued at $400,000. . The losses of the :German; army in killed and wounded, thus far in -the campaign, are eitimated at 100,000 men, hut King Williamthan still overisooiooo soldiers in his disposal.. : " ' . lissrouED TO SIOILT.*ThreIY old blind people were operated upon for cataract and restores' teiNisioni at the Citylios iita)iast by.-Dr:ttrp They, were poor people and reoelved-the 13 0 4etor i e " " : ao .rvieea i gratuitensly. ' City Hospital iss full (ARIA people who receive Dr. UP , DzGnerp's attention without charge.—. Adv. • ' • ' COLLEGE MONTHLT,7-We have re ceived the initial number of the PO :yetis Mosith ty, published by,the Seniors of Lafayette Col lege, Banton, Pit. . There is an able artiole,on the 'European war, by Professor Bloomberg a pretty poem, trans lated from the Germanic:gilled "String Park!' and several amusing articles from fugitive "stn dents, or others, besides 'general infortiatien of special interest to educational men. We like the idea of a college journal : it will be a source of satisfaction to the students • and patrons of the school. TAR ATLAIMO.—+- The Itovember number is od hand. There -is I pleasant rambling piece on +/ Footpaths," by,T. W. Higglnson, more of 4 + Old Town Fireside Stbries,",by. M. Stowe, in• which Sam Lawson gives: his opinion -on the Nohow family, &o.; • artoOker instalment . of Taylor's sto ry, a good thing on The Intellectual Influences of Music, by Jobb S. Dwight; a November Pas toral, by Bayard Taylor, and much other, good reading. The poem, The Return, is not so good .118 the Atlantic generally gives us. $l, a year.— Fields, Osgood & Co., Boston. Thu NuttannY.—A monthly magazine for smell ohildren ; $1 50 a year. It is a good thing ot its 'kind; easy words, large; plain type, full of plea. sant reading for the children. Address J. L. !Morey, 36 Bromfield street, Boston. THE i blverom: Gurtsr.L-With this, the °aloha: number of the Guest, closes its -volume for 1870. It contains two choice songs and ono instrumen tal' piece. It also. presenter a new and elegant premium list. With the coming number the Guest enters upon its fourth year. It is neat in appearance, and contains much valuable reading besides choice music in every volume. $1 per year. Address W. W. Whitney„ Toledo, GODZY'S Litres Boox for November has a frontispieoe, Our contribotors," two pretty girls, but not probably likenesses of any of the editors of the book " The First 'Rabbit," after the fashion plates, j s not 'quite gay in stoners sputa, but in °the R will be "vary interesting to boys, rather than t girls. The old,motber /oaks astonished. • Marion Harland as the first part of a story, "The Beoond Wire " , written •in her best " vein. $3 a year. Adair! s Godey, Philadelphia. . . • . MISS . • W.' TODD I[_IIIANING returned to We%Moro to spend the JUIL, winter, would be happy to receive her old mask, mile, and any otbera who may wish to place themselvea under her Instruction. . Oct. 19; .187041 : • ' TODD. Register a Notice. . • , NOTIOB is hereby Alvan that, the Unimak:6 and Administrators named , belowi hare aka their accounts in Registii's office for Voila, county, ar4 that thd eatdrietionirte will be pre. tented to the Orphans' Court for said 'eotrity, at session of stud Court. to,-be held at , Wellsboro, on Monday, the; 28l of" November, 1870, at 2 o'clock 1 0 :111., for confirmation and allowance: Account of. A. Mlntonye, llientoi of the tact will and testament of Joel Oalkins, late of hui boionkh of Westfield, deceased. _, Account of Perry Short, Administrator of the estate of Asa Short, late of Chatham, deceased. Account of Charles.B. Taylor and Sarah Tar lor, Admioistratore of. the estato.of Philip Tay lor, late of Osceola, deceased. Account of Isaac AL. Clirk, Ifieeator of the last will and testament of William Club, !Jabot Brookfield, damaged. -Account of William M. Newell, Administrator, of the estate: •of Jared Newell, late of Union, deceased. - D. L. BRAND, Reg'r. Welleboro, Nor 2 1870 4w • AxiditoFW Notice. HE ondetsigued. Auditor, sipPolnted by the 'l-OrpharielJoitrt of Tloga Monty, to dletribs uto the moneys arising from the side of thalami estate of George, o.4lairrin - „ deceased; • will at tend.to the duties of his appointment, at pis of. /foe in-Wellaborb, on Monday, the ad day of De cember, 1270, at 10 o'clock A. N. • 111; F. ELLIOTT, Auditor. NoveMber 2, 1870 4w &hod, ,Notice. FPHE Delmar Scheel .Directore will meet at J. the Cheese Factory SehOol 'Hone, oft the Stony Fork-road, on the • 6th daY of Noiember next et 9 o'clock, A. M. to hire School Teachers for the next winter taint. Teftobors aro re 4 0 1 . 111 " ed to biink their certificate with them. By or. der of the Board. ROB'T CAMPBELL, Oct. 26,'1870-at • _ , Particular Notice. A.,..lsTs perilous indebted to =Ay note or book eeeount,will find neat the °Mos of htestrol. l Bearer& Derby fer the next thirty dam where we chill settle up our old business. . All parties owing iv, after the' thirty day. ex pire, will lind,their acqouirte left with M.. 1% El liott, Seg., for immediate eolleetion. W/4ftET A BArfar, October 26;18 1 70 tf ' • " JEN DIVORC*4O Seth Attttakhout:- tot are hereby no • that Jamey T. 04115 r..• ont tuts appliedle the Cektrt of Common-Pleas 'of Time county fora divorce troll the bonds 'of irtairbrionyi eed. that said Court kas"appointeit Monday, - Novetaber 28,4079, at the ConstNatme in Welbilboro; Is the time, and plait of heath% said applicant in the primates; on which: mt-. Ilion you oar/Attend if yok think proper. ' ' , .7. M. ROTTItit, ~ Sheriff. 1 Oct 214 18,70 4w IDIVORQE.—To Elise Borden You ire" hereby. whiffed that. Henry IL Borden haii applied tofthe Court of 'Common Pleas of %Yoga oonsityjor,e; divoritefrOm the btinde of =trim°. ny, and that said flour Chas appointed Mrniihiy, November 23, 287 N at the Court House in Wells.' hot*, as the time and Pla p e of hearing add ap plloant the - preinises; oti which ,ftessiony og can attend if you think prlPer. ' • • • ' ' Oot 46,1870 , 4W POTTER, Built • TN DlVORoBo—,To'Chatlen IL Webiter : You 1 7 , ait; hereby notified thit,tßaWElitabitli eta. by ber next friend, John Baker. bee appliod to the Court of Common Plea, of Tim* Raptly for a divorce; ftem thetbondi ;' of. rititihnonY L and thatesid Sloan bas appointed Monday, Novem ber 20i Iffkat the Court llonee, in lifolleborth g ui the tline - and phulip JipPlleawt m in the umbles; on which. oceeAon you can' tend,iir,you think proper. J. B. POTTER, "Votiber 2 . 60537,0 4w ^ noir. IMM i. . ~. -li IEt7Q. =I : - A' • S SZE • • thesn - bairitters . are now folly prepared to show; aJarigar,aqa c inove attreetiva. alta rthan to any previous year. We have now` In stook BAlleillltla altent,bepartatenteOdet • • - DRESS GOODS We abalrlutep a vent large stook et Geode la eaab of the ribove Departments, and 841101 m at rata that trill /Wiry the closest buyers. in • • , IME •- Wo bare oar regular make at a redaittlen of 14 per eent:from ratas,..ris : . 0110 40 oyet.,Atimemuk now eft agate; 60e for 460; U. for Sky' , tot Mt; 260 - '• ter Mkt. We ass the kesa%m aMI Sae of our DOUSLIJAOHD won laimutiffk itoKaras.as 623,7 k lin ear b lit, a lax, - aryl we marrant Swat to he mutat to the beet makes Is the imeeketp an&at mak laseratie• , ~ vfLvernaits—nites4 and Obi iretitit ' In Black BineiSroimi;.o"reari Garnet; tiatisi • ~ '1 ,-- . -. .. ,• -L • - " reamensb priest. RION TLI.P#6I-20 high solure i hr sa 000 bl; " ' :. • 81:1111iNGS--la alt the new Ryles rim 26 to 87 cents. PLAIN ALPAO4.II. 26 musts I • • WAV A inirArtne* debts, 21 oesii. ' 0 *or 0111ls.' t ransude Sit anti, Araturee, 22 coasts Lustily, le., n omits. ]impress Meths, all *elm, 62e banal; Waimea, all eelors, Vie, 4H-,Wool Scrota Plaids _:• ' •" " 76e, Swale Vold Alpaca Poplin, De. 1 WATER PROD! CLOTHS' is Solid'and Fanoy ,OOlara. r • 1 1100 P SKIRTS are very 014p._ A good 0 Tape 20 Spriag UM" 31/I seats.' • A 1 .'- goodnids tape 20 Spring skirt, 60 ante. - ',les, to suit about every one, at the lowest ' market rates. salmis In aU the newod 8 Rill?. A. g T. , :i .A.T , . 16--- . ! - 4 . _. ~...: t Y•A r .!?‘ Y i i st T o • . • . . . , . ~ •. . • . "'""' - lit Li BW, de ii n'- -- - aOOD BROWS TABLB If cents fer Tar& r: ' GOOD MI MI TABU, LIMIT, 7 saute per yard. o gIoWELLISOL _ 4 lO 1111, is sad 1$ 'ealltil_Per yard. OOP. Lunar luxxvo, $ , is, i!},l6, 2s, zo and 80 ants. : A good, twin !SalamiLAl gull Hoattqty; very Atop. ,Domestic I)epa„rtm.'t.. • rikintindn*aess this ,took tip of all desirable, floods, sad to isit: then at vary close man, trapantig to lathing eartraote Ingely; We in saw stiliag„ta _ PAINT , a 000 11 salaam! 'Wag et 81,.E mai. „. good fait , oteNti Nintat 8 gage. . 001,inalrirstyWief bat .Print at 10 cants. .*Nstpaketissi, nets ist .Rims at 121.2 cents. t '• EflIBETIN08;d good heitty Irani Ist& iil4, I*, 14 G#l.. &tra h Bard ' , 64 4 111 r a ate, &era htudglbitiet Bkai UtWas, lit 1-8 ctsi • Ant' filsoesi # lO . thgfet tOds Kik* 1412 oats: ArUBZIA'ai 08 tiara Ito l8 12 ' 04 4" /Wei. gradte Musiin, lei Xll, ripKprfia Gorniaim likkingsl6.to 22 . c.erais., • - • Mr"' Feather ile4itip Sawa.. . • • ' Mira - ti4l, dated , haittly Rain" >Bl=l-4 is , . i niIiPBI).BRATINGB , Lci- op** 04*, - • , COTTON BATTING. ved.lo,•sitiPirait , COTTON , BATTING BITBA; , OMB, USX , Aew 87-1,4 sok! pd. • A, BT; .+ • „ ArtgarNa quiewams, a 4,4 s „ ,20 vents.: • „ Pkissret.nep - . .ar1e0411 _ , : F. • 1 Wo kgsei this itnt i tipforlk.; ,I..:1 .1 • • ' Scarlet T‘illiaitain ka la, 25, - • 1:4 8 7.1 . ..P0 1 1 1 illieTwithidl'hugnal6,llll44l4biii - • - " • •15 ' tit ; an Jr , - i Plain Whig a cadet and. r Orgol ann ggi. l PnO •': • ;Plaid and Fanay 'laEmele; all Triees, "2 • f,l - Our make Block avratavyk*li iik:l46.m T f . ;,' • - • All *eel Sr, Cassimeresi Rosta'234l,askiti ;44104180git.: 1 % • ..Port Thy Piss tip Ikoti. t Bad 11-2 sokliess roictikt-fin - iiiiiify.l4. • c , . . -- .. . Wiinuiet - - tfatt l .ilahnomi "and' - - PatisA :Mote; ! ' - lileiat • —, ' Alitilainsoral and .a.tiiA to*, - - C9d/dreies '", Crattliapnenid' and 'Aidtat, 'Bono. ; ss - Fratnen'i ' • " 40 . - li abiatid and: lidiik Back, ,• i ifilintti , '' ' 'Zip I Bablaret at .reik.l . l4iiii: ~i ~ i• lo s s'Childna 'go, Balmoral and AlinTi• Wool*. -: „ . Weekiiesi' .; . load. AsZniorda and Potin4 -Bow,. *axle :,---; Goat ilkliriarift spatoPolithlloc4.; Phildfae•rl4dis'itiasairia !'ci•illtiß•4ll6474: '•!. TRU outhwthis lii work ll' ofiinii aid*. ana, Ana bsea,liq bs sic gr.”, giondaans) 3 l , ‘,.;. ;pan. and btu bon Mod and adopted' 104 Mile iiio .. ei* eifaaitlaitira6re ta. Ode put ' swim acimbataathiltnutook,w4k. • 1 -.1,..p7 ,-- tlc;,, i‘ , , ~ :,,,1.k—. - i ~ ,' '. : -.• .., . T .W. lamas** tilkillku of ' 801164 : g rA 110 :lainiet - id6sii - iiii iThildroa a dela, Is 4 ' "isatikeratildrlP.lll6, IMI-Tiafiti vt titikatj6;tmlit 0t..04141,44,1k41a5tAa..,f 4aaatillad i Verliliailivaistt 613•18.-" 'We - is ea all*kula tie t. to loale at Wait t , Was bola& Iv iriv mos tlii " RUT , 01,40 ON _wORK_ ' : aT r i v tit 7 / 65,1 74 ,TRYIP !link '4IJYNAT'IiOW. '- • • -, 5 - lira instil: " 411min:cm - afteticolu bawls rik,f4 ipulloi* . z4l is , tad 16a init.: , - nab an is so • - COXlling, Qat. 9, u 18,79.4111 't ;• 1 '', - i i• 1 '' ' `it . ‘,L . 'itattioliiii(4i : ixi. u ni, -': ~` -"-:!',--',i1,,.:!..11:Zt-2W.7.'..*:..' - '' --- •L , =- 1 1 . •'- 2 - • • ~.; ~,,•,' '•....: , , ~.. ~_ - • •—• , i t t:Ati " • 'l , - New . ~ ail: _„:„. . ~ ~:~'= ~M~,~, DUBS GOODS, FLANNILS,' , NOTIONS, Shawl - and Heap slao] lIMI Er MEI ME 11 %,. d largo stook of substantial dloods, atilltdde for Varatits and 31sahattleie heir at low rates, ever/ less ",than tact r.a*. • . 1- • . ; 1.• • • BOOT'ANIi - SHOE `MINTISPAR 1 .4ik.sid. • - . steak du ladling pert:tidos( ' kaigdat ad adasoady lariai rtiriolcr if . Addis mai walk, add *Mai al bur pliastktid mu •a 4id tido dik Tralkt ' Labs' eat Word lit , kg. Ike largeaCpcitUtit tit oiir is ds imadiAttle •f" e5„.24 wcwoutAire alt *At tkitsofoirill for rigatoiti 'Work. - If• taro - a ll ' - ' 1 9 MICIUMOCIVE4 WO= MOM =I ME i'~ - a?':i =2l NEI lEN3 ESNS COANINII N. Y - • • 8:E1 El isilotwuk icAssoulaiKi prp swims, -1--:-. 6, 81art 11PePartisieat'w., iiilE C!grataill. / I Liamkt at liabnorsi, high colored 8426. i• 84.90; L ' $017020F, alb hinds, deo. 0,6111.11413,761 ___-:.:...t iii CZE2=I half's:Wit 2 iok &pa BOOOS ' - t;, hi Milifig 1-2 P. •Biais Zip Boots. -:''" - iiiiiallisolo-usui !bpi: Bib' Boots. - : 'lives 1-2 D. .' 4. 1 Z.' OaV Boas. Alroa i ii tap . A,. 1 111 Gliir- Beow , , 1 . :•i tap itmiskAN f Boots. • Maeit f•it D. . Aria Oarostsed. .• f . ,` 1 . ', ;, ' ' , 1 . '' i I=l=l ~, • , , da 8 :2 k ,• • , 11111 1 ~''.& EMS 1 • ! 71;,1 INN =II tiO/OUVIIOB, , btNibi STOOX, BOOTS & 511028. U I -{ • ,'!'• = f' ' 1 _ i V > . :;;Cheapest p 1 =IRE IN , t r .-~ .._ 1111 , 1 Purchasing 111051 TRUMAN GROCERY & M M I . Doi* Ask I= Jail 27, 'lO7O ' Biro6rEs CUTTBRS! AU wanting a drat•elate Platform Buggy, or a Caller, will do well to call on the eabaoriberr, who are engaged In the manufacture of the " Vrallillt o at prices that will pay. 'Call and Beet. Oct, 10,1870-1 y , . • . A House aild lot 'on Pearl Stieet, 2d house South of district school holies; En'quire on itibpisimUes. ° Life Insurance: Policies Under the ; Improved Ailll Original System. *Thii paiment of TEN DOLLARS Will'o44B a Policy of itlirf] Thousand Dollars, . , (largo, souls la proportian,) and a smaliPro rata .piArgueSit to 'required only when a death occurs in the olaini. and division,. irr 'whioh* a policy is ' ' - ;-In some essential poidts, such as medical ex, . 1 1*eation, pro'rata paymiatit; *Ad 'absolute pot: fetes ; this Assooiation • does notirary- fiom any "Oldeet companies ; „but in greater. Simplie ity;Economy. and Accommodation of Payments, ' it differs materially. ENE =I AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, .E 250,000. Iheripsyttephirs, spud to the Agent for Pauiphlot: eint.' 8: - P. HRIETZBLIIAN, U. S. A., Prost ISAAC ROONNEBIADyJr.i ros.Preddent. • It. aisrrm, Aet,Reoxvillo, Ps. B. V. liIROVE, Ritimitting Sur n. Ost. mo.t.L„ _ IRON IN THE BLOOD. Ociwttoto.-114 Imreycrti get Peruvianßpm. Pamphlets free. J. P. NMEDIORS, Proprietor, No. 88 Soy St., Now York . Soki by pruista • sOmtrauy. • April 8,1870.47. Mil lif DIVOROL-z•To Ayer. Amoy i You . are 'llri44 IS ,untitled that Hannah Arnie, by' her Ho nextfriOnd, Thomas H idaY has applied to the , Court-of Common:Plea of Iliegit county, for a o divorce from ilto betide of matrimony, and that Aida Court has appoint s Mo day , the 28th day of November, 1870, for/the b earing - -of said -ap pliant in the premises on .hich ecoacien you can attend if you think propr. " • Oct 28,1110 4w .B. POTTER, -Sheriff. Executor's Notice. it.r ) L „ , . , t Ttatt# TESTAIKUNTARY having been It granted on-the estate f Easel Mitchell, late.of AtiddleboryA eoeased All persons indebt: ed:to'aiiid eitete will mate', mediate payMent, and-those having claims against it, will present them to - .P — ; - • - JOHN . I .g - TORKLL, ,':, Oct SO, 1970. aw ' •• Notice I • - i t - tL persons ladebted i!boseraccouote are du. call 1 and,eCille withlat,dela 'SE :04 0 * 1' 26 ,1 8 10 2 m . SK A '4. ce f Towns:•• TO B Y FOR f x ` 3 ii "~ BE =I CA .8 H .„ . , IMMI OE r : ply oar • t 'es ~~r . ,ti'w Elsewhere, ROTHERS PROVISION r ,' ER RE 1 - -.,'‘ For 'Credit: En A., 4: TRUMAN . MAMIE S ! OTTBRS! Call and Bee t BARER A SON, Wattleld, Pa. FOR SALE• Mutual GUARANTY was Association, i BROADWAY, N. Y. ISSUES I _ Derby, 1 . , lull regretted to .00801 erill be R 8 & DERBY• LORMOBEi-tROS. & CQ.' ;1- 1 .s It =I 1 , , J. Lonnoitr,T. ir \ ALDW , • Pit(iPitiP.ToltS OF- f STEAM COFFEE .& SPICE MOS., . r ORMORE BROS. .it.' CO., would call[the at. La ten tion of the. Trade In • the counties of the Southern Tler'of Nevi York and Northern Penn sylvania-, to the large ,and . .full assortment of GROCEg RIS kI',I3.OVISiONS oonstar.4 on band at their extensive Warehouse and Stores,lNo. 37 and 39 Carroll Street, N. Y , and offered: for, sale on the most liberal tame, satisfaction! in all Cabe, guaranteed: Our Steam Mills for ; the Roasting of Cviceand the Grinding of Goffeo and Spions, aro of tie, most recent im proved construction, and n t' excelled by any In the country. • E ,. pp • We have a full s ch of c4ice Teas. •We buy, direct from ImpoOore ip New York for ceab, and sell as cheap as any, house in tho ~• • t• r•‘ Sugar*, iylolaiSlies• Syrups 111 frtan the -hest - liefaxere; and - sold — at le logt" iiiici lowoet New Yotk quotation& • •' FOREIGN DRIED FRUIT, AND ALL KINDS OF NUTS, Fbilike•Dry & Pickled " . We buy fromfiNat bands in th e Eas afford a bettor nr4lelo at a lesser prie r firm in Western Now York. .WO9DEN WARE, Cordage and full line of goods, -- ~i - - ..' - LIQUORS. / i • - Cis/ - We eall the attelntion of theirade I stock 0 Wines bold Liquors / which foi fineness are unsurpassed, IMPORTED ALES,Sootch, Irish and En glish, and of tbo bist,rands conk orielY =hood: FOREIGN AO DomEsirc L I IQUPRS— We specially ip.fite purchabers to call an ex amine , our tock of Foreign and Domosctc Liquors be;:'ere buying elsewhere. . MEDIpINAL WIIIER.F.YL (We put , np for the especial %cora of the sick, a pure article of Old Bourbon W hickey for the Druggist Trade. Sole Agents In Elmira, of the Urbana Wine Co. In brief, we invite a close scrutiny of our golds and their prious, the whale assortment being top numerous to mention in detail. No, 37 & 39 Carroll St i Elmiral N-. Y. • Sept. 21, 1870.-ly TIOGA, PA.,,Deater 114 HARDWARE, • 1 ' ' c'd alt:lEin!tli:', ...'' Al - 4RICULT (MAI:AND NECIIANIC I ALt 1 THE No, 9A Q ♦ 4, . T"" nT - Irvin - 71Q BuilditmtMtiterial, Iron* Nils; Cutlery, tor es, I. l 4l , :syare, , ke. ANtY. ST OK OF STOVES etubracts Forty ,j3 : 1. ; 'diligent irindr,- and - I - run prepared to guarantee , • Bottom Ptices to Cash . Buyerp. Electric X Cut. Saws, and Moor's Douhleitrn : Oed itrett iraint;4Vood. Sawa. The* are the boat eawa in the world, and are fall) , warranted. . The best Welt of Oil and Ktroaeno• LAN TERtiS iu, tie county. • , . • I have many articles net kept 'l4 other deal ers Which 1 would be glad to ,how, . and give prices that will defy competition. Aug. 31, MO, ESTATE of F. Welty, ileoinqed. theltr• plume Court_of Tiogacounoy, No, 14, Nov. Term, ISB9. And now, September 7, 1870, op application of petitioner fur :inquest In partition, the' Court grant a Tule on th e Loire o f saldtdoadea to appear in said Court, on the last Monday' of November, 1870, GP:accept or refuse to tale ,tle . real estate of sale:decedent at tthe valuation , or, in ease of,refusal no to take by all portico tater• titheed; to illOw made 'why the same sheik pot be sold. Notice of tbls rule to be published in the Tioga Agitator, as provided by attune.. • By' the? Court. - • y?.,L. AZll:4,,Qlerit, pet 50870 Ow' HARNESS SHOP. • TIM. UNDERSIGNED would say to , the,aftl• sons of WoUsboro and.viclnity tbs . ' hales a - 1 , . ljarnegs Show I- Iu full uporagun'un.Crafton Strpoi, be 41reen Malp aid Witter Ito., wbere hols •prpnred pioun faeture aki k kinda of • • ' _ Doio,te: : k,Singl6 : ll4piossei, In the hest and of the best materiel. fttPAIRINGc.AJONE , On shoit notice . and geed.. E employ the'best workuien, and use none but the best Material, and hiti therefore prepared to please all 'wto Rant anything iri my -• . . July 20,1870, `., - -E4 I iiITRA N,;Y LORMORE BROS. & CO., I hay's, also od baud . a largo stook„Or J. , SCHIRFFBLIN, Jr. In Partition. W. A. NEWOOMIt. , and can than any reams—A o our argo purit* and I ....
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