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 '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 ~ ,' '. : -.• .., . 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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 ....