. , ..5 .~ .. ~ r 'T: ~. ..: ZJ V A ~:t r
_ E. B. HAWLEFI, Proprietor.
guointoo gad o.
CHARLES N. STODDARD,
Deader M Boots and Shots, Hata and Capt. Leather and
Flndlop, Main . Street. Ist door below Boyd's Store.
Work made to order. and 'repairing done neatly.
L11(114E61; 01 7 sidwgiEsLEE,
Attorney. and Conneaut. at LW. 'Mike the one
beretbfore occupied by U:B. &O. P. Little, on Male
street. lifouttuacy-Pa.. - • . [April4d.
R. Z. urns. GLO.P. ISMS . 10. L ISIAZIALILL.
E. /Micron. C. C. PACROT:, W. M. McCam.
IOcKENZIF. FACE:COT -& CO.
Dolan; DFraggAs, Cio . tblng, ladles., Lad Kipper
ItactAnaii. Mao , ciiteata' for the great American
Tes and Cotee Commay. Montrose, Pa., ap. 1;70,
LEWIS KNOLL,
• SHAPING Ant MAUL ARESSMet.
Shop to the mew Piegtotheelldlog, where ho tetP
betound ready to attend ell echo cony want anything
to hip line. • Elontrose. Pa. Oct. 13, 13G3.
P. REYNOLDS, . -
ALTTIONSKR—SeIIs Dry Goods.. and Merehontzo—elan
attend', at Veadnes.. All orders left at m 3 noose will
reeelse prompt attontion, Oct, I, lab?—tr
0. 32. TIAWI.EY,
DEALER in DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CROCKERY
Hardware, Hata, Cap► Boot&Slim, Ready Made Cloth
Ins, !afoul, Oila, etc., New Milford, Pa. IScid.
DR. S. W. DAYTON,
PHIGGCIAB @ sumotax, tenders his services to
Mu citizenly! Great Bend and vicinity. Office at ht.
residence. opposite Barnum Ronne, Grz, Bend village.
Sept. Ist, taiti.—tf
LAW OFFI-ICE.
CMANIDERLIN McCOLLUM. Attorneys and Conn
senors at Law. OM., In the [trick Block over the
Rank. [Montrose A ng. 4. 1, , ;n.
A. CILLMSZAirs. . J. Is. McCoaLcat.
A. & D. R. LATHROP,
DEALERS in Dry Goods. Groceries.
croaker, and glassware, table and pocket cutlery.
oil•, dye kind.. Bat, 1,4,44 aad • rule
leather. Perfumery fte.lch Bloch, najothlng the
Bank. liontruae. (Attract 181:9—If
A. Laranor, - U. It. LALIIIIOP.
A. 0. WARREN,
ATTORNEY A. LAW. Snooty, Back Pay. Pensioa
and Elven CT Olata■ 'attended to. Odic 11-
oor below Boyd's Store. koritro et . [Au. 1, `ll9.
W. W. WATSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Mantra., Pa. Office with L
P. Flute. ploutrose, Ang. L. IS&9.
M. C. SEFI'ON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
aaaligLl- • PrlendsvUle,
C. S. GILBERT,
81.2.4oticazackor.
Great Heald, Pa
17. El.
mug] GDIf
A3IIELT,
77. ES. 41.1acrtlanonc.o.r.
Aug. 1, MIL .C,C6l , enn, Brooklyn, Bs
JOHN GROVES,
P %14RIONABLE TAU 311, Moutrore. Pa. Run, ovev
Chandler's Store. A!' order,. 1111( fin.t•nt: c ni)
utiluz done on short notice. and aurrauted to fit.
W. W. 8.33 I 71-1,
c LSI:CET AND Ant MANI2I , ACTFIIRIIS -
of Naha strott, Now.: osc, Ira. ;pug. I. 180.
U. BURRITT,
DIkLILItta Staple and Facie3 Dry hoods, Crocker)
hardware, trek. Store., Dra iv, Oil., and Point.
Idootaand Shoe., Ilat• rt, Cap.. FnrP utrn 0 Robca
Groceries,Provisiona. c.c., Neu- Milford, Pa.
DR. E. P. MNES,
nee permanently located a Feleoderl helot the pnr
pulse orpractlcing medicine and nurgety In nil n•
branches. le rimy be bnand el the Jackson
Owes boars from Ba. m„ toe p.m.
Prieudevlller, Pa, Aug, 1. MIS.
STROUD & BROWN,
FIRM AND 141 , 13. r.i93.IANCE AC Ill'dT . Al'
• bosiners attended to promptly., on fair terms. ()face
I.
rst door north of ' Montrose fetal." west eldr ....
MleAvenne, Montrose, F. [And. I. IS.OI.
na_ntes &rum% • , • ensniss L. I3nowr.
WM. D. Ursa.,
ATTORNEY AT 'LAW, Nontroar. Pa. Offlee orpo.
site the Tarhell Fionee, near the Court Limey.
Wag. 1. 1869.—tf
DB. W. W. SMITH,
DENTIST. Rooms over Boyd t Corwin'a [lard
ware Store. Oftlea hours (romp a. m. to I p. m.
Dosterose. Aug, 1, laG9.—t(
ABEL TUURF.LI,
DIALER "In Drugs, Fat of Idedirinvs, Chemira , ,
Liquors, Paints, Oils,Dye Stuffs. Varnivi , ea, N le
Glass, Groctertem, Glass Ware, Wall and Window Pa,
pen. Stone-ware, Lamps• Kerosene, alacliina-ry
Trusses, Guns, Ammunition, Knives, int:cinch-a
Brasher, Penny Goode, Jewelry, Perin ev,
being lone of the moat nomerons, stensivr, and
minable eollecticrnit of Goods in Surnorimuts Co.—
Established to 1648. [:Montrose, Pa.
D. W. SEARLE,
ATTOfINEY AT LAW. office over Store of A.
Lathrop, lo the Brick Block, ldootrooc.,
DR. W. L. RICHARDSON,
PHYSICIAN IC SURGEON, Imam his prates/time]
services to the citizens of Mantra.o end vicinity.—
Oahe at Ws residence, ou the corner met of Sem &
pros. Foundry. [Aug. 1, larh.
DR. E. L. GARDNER,
PIITSICIAN and BURGEON. Montrone. Pm. Giver
especial attention to Mimeses of the Heart and
Lents and all tPargiell diseases. er over W. B.
Mau.. Beards St Searle's Rotel. [no:.
BLUNTS & NICHOLS,
DEA sIIB in Drags. 31edleines. Chemicals. Dye
at .0.. Paints. Oils, Varnish. Liquor.. Spices. Fancy
cm, Patent I/edit:lute. Perfumery :n al Toilet A'-
Octet. rir Prescriptions carefully compounded.
knoll. *venue, above hcarlc's llotel. Montrt.e, Ps
A. 1.1. 10atas. • Amos liitcuaLs.
Azg. 1. 1882.
DR. E. L. .DANDEICIL,
miracles & SIIEMEON. -respectfally tender. bi•
professional services to the citizen of Friends - eine
and vicinity. orOfflcs Intheodice of Dr. Lea ,
Boards at J. nosford's. Ang.l.lBo).
PROF. MORRIS,
The Hayti Barber, returns his thanks for the kind pat.
tonne that has =RIM him to eet the best rest—ha!
ha 1 I hasolit time to tell the whole story. bet come
sod aeolor_yoursem orat the Old Bland. No loud
laushitur %Lowed In the shop. (April IS. ino.
HUNT BROTHERS,
sclawros.
Wholesale 1 Retail Deslento
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,
NAILS, - SHOVELS,
BUILDER'S lIAREIWARE, .
&WS BAIL, COlthrzmims r BAIL BPleBs
RAILB OAD d X/N/NO UPPLIEB, .
CABRUGS BPRINIM. AZLBB, BKERFS. dirk
BOZEB. BOLTS. N 117,9 and . MORE=
TED BARDS. MALLEABLZ
HVB.g.spoirss.
razzon.llB47 SPIIVDLES;OII73,4e.
ANVILS, vftw, STOCKS and DIES, BELLOWS
BAXIIIIIA, SLEDGES. PILES. Ac. Ae.
• AND lausaws,BsLTlNG-PA=io
TACKLE BLOCKS. PLASTER 'PARIS
01IMEITS:
WALES. GRINDSTONES.
Funou WIDOW 00:LIATI4 - 19XDF1318
M
Arastol:4 Xarcb 24. 2861 27
rot* Comer; --
struck Down at Dec Pan.
[A French paper relates a touching incident
of the campaign. While a Sister of Charity was
ministering to a dying soldier on the field of
battle, a cannon ball struck her and killed her
on the spot.]
Dead on the corpse -strewn battle plain
Where war's dread work Is done,
Sbe lies amid the heaps of slain,
The pure and holy Non.
She saw the strlekeu soldier fall,
And,c'er the strife was o'er,
She rushed, unheeding blade or ball,
To staunch his flowing gore ;
To gently raise his clroopinghead,
To cool his lips of flame—
To whiver, ere bis spirit ilex],
The Saviour's holy name ;
And on from one to one to pass,
Midst those who, living yet,
Lay groaning on the crimsoned grass
Their streaming blood bad wet :
With saintly love and tenderness
Their suffering hearts to aid,
Whate'er the color of the dress
Through which the wounds were made.
And—ia whatever form ofspeecla.
They prayed to God above—
Unto their dying lips to reach
• The emblem of His love.
But oh! the battle's thundering swell .
Had rolled not far away,
And still the murderous missiles fell
Where dead and dying lay.
Bullets, ill-sped, came whistling by,
Huge shot tore up the ground—
*And like meteors &am on Lief,
Spread fruit destruction round.
Sliellb3ched got while they hurtled past,
or iurned her head aside ;
when thedeath wounds came at last,
Sh'e bowed her head and died.
Notnaustand
1 hare been out to Nomnnsland,
Which lies beyond the sea,
From whence some day will come a ship
To bring rare things to me.
And whom did you meet in Nomanalandt
I met King Arthur Oleic,
The nut-brown maid and Sbeherezade,
And Bess with golden hair.
H., aid thoy p.. 41 In N05...J...4_2
They scareeiy opened their eyes ;
But Robinson Crusoestured awhile
In very faint surprise.
And what do they do in Nornansland
They do not even play,
But lie and dream the whole night long,
And sit and dram all day.
Du they ever die in Nomanaland
Alive they always stay,
An•l there they will remain until
The dawn ofjudg - tuent (lay.
A lovely place is Nomanstand ;
The skit% are always clear ;
The hills arc blue, the valleys green,
And spring -time all the year.
They do not eat in Nomarrsland
They drink no water there ;
They feed on fancy all the time—
No banquet half so rare_
0. carry me back to Nornansland,
Which lies beyond the sea;
There, with the bards and knights of old,
Forever let me be.
BREVITIES
—Why is an omnibus strap like the
conscience ? Because its an inward signal
to the outalird man.
—What is that tu , hialrls a del-ct in a
ship, but at. tichniralilettittility in a lorcly
woman ? Missing stays. ,
—Why is a philanthropic effort like a
l,low alined at a man's face? Because it
intends to humanise.
—The White louse, under Grant's ad
ministration; has become u sort of Dro t
al shop. Schurz has been showing his
teeth to them.
—When do appearances lead you to
suppose that a man runs therisk of being
burned to death ? When he sznoke.".
—That story about a cat tlyi!ig broken
hearted on her master's grace is tillhosh.
Shell lively these frosty nights.-
-- - Vhy_ebouldion always choose white
cows? Because it is of no use milking
those that are dun before you Wert;
—Tbe first question asked of each pro
minent visitor to 'Washington now, is,
" Have you declined the mission to Eng
land ?"
—Women dentists are announced as
the latest novelty. It is unpleasant at all
times to see women looking down iu the
mouth.
—A veteran shopkeeper says that ?al
though his clerks are very talkative der-.
ing the day, they are always ready to shut
up at night.
--A French barber's signboard reade
thus: "To-morrow the public will be
grituitonsly." Of course it is
bl
naps ,
—A devout Mormon's wives quarreled
as to precedence in the funeral process
ion, atid.follosredlheif.ckkaeaSsd lurch re
mains twentzabrfa.4.
-What is the difference between the
tables being turned upon a trickster and
the bite of a sour apple? One is the bi
ter bit, the other is the.bitter bite.
—Punch says; Diogdnes roiled bis tub
at a time of excitement. Englishmen
feel that.they Might to do something just
now, Why not smash China. •
—A Jasper county, Indiana, female
was struck dumb the other eight while
singing in a choir. If it was some
we.are glad of it
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THE BROKEN ENGAGEMENT.
"I'm so glad he's gone," said Mabel
Delmont, with a long breath, as she came
dancing into the room whore her mother
sat picking plumbs, with an eve to the
peserve kettle, which Dorcas Nun, the
hired help. was then hoisticg on the fire,
at the kitchen at the end of the long
passage.
" ou ought to be ashamed of yourself,
Mabel," said Mrs. Delmont, reprovingly,
and von engaged to he his Wife."
" AG, that's all at an end," said Mabel
standing close to a glass to refasten the
blue ribbon how at her throat. and half
smiling at the dimpled little apple blos
som of a face that the old fashioned mir
ror reflected.
"What do you mean, Mabel ?" asked
Mr& Delmont, stopping abruptly in her
work.
" I mean' I have broken, the egage
ment ?"
" Mabel!"
" I have, mamma, sure and certain !"
asserted the little beauty, nodding her
head until the blue violets she had twisted
into her hair fell out in a little fragrant
shotri•r.
" And for what reason?" gravely deman
ded her mother.
" Oh, I don't know, I believe I was get
ting tired of him. He's so prosy, you
know—go wearvsomelv sensible ?"
. . .
" I understand," said her mother, dryly.
"Since Mr. Fernandez came to town you
girls have all been bewitched otter his
foreign airs and gi acts."
Mabel blushed to a vivid scarlet, but
she tried to laugh unconcernedly.
"Well, mamma, he is delightful," she
owned, "and of course, one likes a little
style in one's gentleman attandent. He
has written such exquisite gems for my al
bum ; and Sarah Prey and Helen Daleson
both say they never read such poetry us
he writes."
Mrs. Delmont shouk her sage, mother
1v head.
" M deur," she said warmly, "yon had
better not let this picnieing, waltzing
and album twitting go too far; remember
you don't even know wha this Fernandez
is`
'lndeed, mamma, but I do !" cried
Mabel. triumphantly. "He is the only
s in of St. George Fenandez, of the West
Indies; who owns nobody knows' how
many slays, and plantations, and silver
mines; and, mamma; you won't be vexed
now, will you ? but he has sent me the
loveliest little diamond cross in the world.
And the little 'curinette drew the spark
m - n - mc - ut fn la her husum.
" You mu4seud it back at once," said
Mrs. Delmonfr resnlutely.
" Oh, mamma, please let me keep it."
pleaded Mabil, almost crying. "It woul,l
be so rude to send it back, and it was
only a philopena present after
I've nearly worked a pair of slippers to
send to him by way of acknowlegment of
his politeness. Oh, mamma, dear, darling
mamma, don't compel me to.rettirn
Mrs. Delmont's maternal lieart melted
at the sight of the pretty little creature's
distress.
"Well, then," she said, almost gondg
ingly, "it must be the last gift you accept
from a stranger like this."
And Mabel promised anything and
everything, except to summon buck her
dismissed lover, Wvlde Emerson.
" said Mrs. Delmont, "you du
not know what a treasure you are Bend
ing away front you. Wylde Emerson is
worth a score of sweet-toungued fur
eigmers."
"But, mamma. lie is so uncultivated, and
he never wrote a line of poetry in his life,"
punted Mabel.
" Poetry won't make the pot toil, Ma
bel."
" No, mamma, but silver mines and
rosewood plantations will," Mabel an
swered gleefully, as she ran away up stairs
to get the slippers.. Nor did she deem it
necessary to confess, this blue-eyed little
flirt, that they were the identical slippers
she had commenced three months ago
for Wylde Emerson, before the Star of
St. George Fernandez had dawned on the
tillage horizon.
Mr. Fernandez was the lion in Eskdale
society that winter. Tho marriageable
girls raved about him ; the widows plum
ed themselves for fresh conquests, ano the
gentlemen all pronounced him a "con
founded humbug," a very sure sign of
popularity in the feminine world. And
Mabel, as the prettiest of all the pretty.
girls in Eekdale, dreamed of a wedding
ring, hosts of black servitors, and rustic
arbors, constructed under the spice trees
of far-off isles in the west.
Meanwhile the slippers progressed with
laudable rapidity.
"Of course, I must have them made
up," Mabel said to Sarah Prav, as she dis
played the gorgeous rose-buds of the em
broidery, "and how on earth shall I get
the right Biz:
"Ask him what number be Wears!"
suggested Sarah.
That would be an end of all secresy.'
exchtimed Mabel. 'No, that would never
do."
" I'll tell you how you can manage it."
cried Sarah,who. being herself on the
very brink f matrimony with u thriving
young lawyer of Eskdale, had no twinges
of jealousy on the subject, q knO Mrs.
Vernom, the landlady of the hotel—and
we can wait till he goes ont to-morrow
morning, and then slip in at the back
door, and she will let us go to his room
and we eau measure his slippers fur our
selves."
"Would that be proper?' hesitated
Mabel, a little 4lubiouslr, '
"Of course it would; where would be
the impropriety, I'd like to know,". said
Sarah, authoritatively. "I'm as good as
married, and I think I ought to be a
judge in that case."
"To be sure," said Mabel. "But 're
member it is a great secret."
"Oh, of course," said Sarah, and the
small conspiracy was settled.
Notwithstanding Mies fray irm - so
positive on the subject, Mabel could pot
help kali% somewhat timid-,and remorse-.
,fol, aslllre. Vernon, the landlady, admit
teil them to Mr. Yer,naud9s4.'griplent,
4bout 14 the next daY.
FEMMIZE
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY DEC. 28, 1870.
Poiliturrono,
,
Coin along," saia:samh;:oveg box
friend's wrist a pull; "there .is no harm
in it?"
"No harm in the • world,. Miss, Pm
sure," said Mrs.Yernon, courtesy-jug and
smoothing down . pier white apron.
And thus encouraged Mabel ventured
to glance doubtfully around.
The room ‘-as very dirty, and smelt
very strong of stale tobacco smoke,
while
a flat, black bottle on the table, labelled
"Holland Gin," suggested anything rath
er than the rebnecraccomplishments of a
gen tletn an 'l3 Find v-table.
" Why l" cried ;_laraii, "there's your al
bum, Mabel."
" Yes." said Mabel; slyly ; "I asked him
for another of his sweet poems, and he
promised it to me to-night, so—it is half
finished."
, The open album lay on the desk, and
close beside it was the pen, while the
half-finishethpoem was still incomplete,
and a volume of "Selections from Eng
lish Poetry" lay beside it.
" How beautiful !" murmured Mabel,
reading the musical verses.
" Yes," said Sarah Pray; "bat how
funny here's the same thing exactly—
this book, with Lord Byrtesname signed
to it. Mabel, he has copied it out!"
"So he has," admitted Mabel, indig
nantly; "and here is the poetry he wrote
for Alice Sinyth—and the little thing
about 'Twilight' that we admired so much
in Helen Daleson's album. "Oh, Sarah,
how he has deceived us."
"And I suspect that isn't the worst of
it," said Sarah, shrewdly. "Look here,
Mabel."
She pointea toward a letter which lay
open beyond— a dunning epistle from
some unfortunate tradesman, ending with
these words:
`•I am tired waiting for the money,
and I don't believe a word about your
marrying rich down in Eskdale ; and if
the funds are not immediately forthcom
ing, I shall come down there myself, and
let the people know that you are no
wealthy West Indiaman, but mere Hig
ginson Jones, with nothing to fall back
upon but your own comsurnmate stock of
impudence. Your other creditors, too,
are getting out of patience, and if sonic
arrangement isn't made at once, I will
not answer for the consequences."
Mabel looked at Sarah, and Sarah look
ed at Mabel—both bewildered and indig
nant.
Well,
.upon my word, if he hasn't
hoodwinked us all beautifully?" cried
Sarah Pray. "And we never would have
found out his hypocrisy if it hadn't been
fur your.slippers, Mabel"
" Let as leave this place," said Mabel.
who bad grown pale and resolute. "I
feel as if every breath I draw polluted
my lungs."
She stopped at a jeweler's on her way
home.
- What are here for, Ma
bel?" queti.ined tiarsh Prat . .
lint mabet, tnstean of antwering her.
walked straight np to the counter, and
threw down the little sparkling cross.
" ArE• these diamonds'?" she asked of
the matt behind the counter.
Ile took mit miignil'ying glass, and
examined them closely.
" Mere paste !"' he amid with a contempt
lions sm il e . -Not worth carrying home:"
But Mabel took up the trinket again,
notwithstanding.
"I shall send it back to him," she said,
quietly. "Oh, Sarah, what idiotic fools
we hare been—and I was all but engaged
to him."
"A lucky escape for you," said Sarah,
laughing. "What will Wylde Emerson
say ?"
" ft would serve me right if he never
spoke to me again," said Mabel, dejected
ly.
The next day the village of F.,skdale
was ringing with the new&
,titat Mr._ St.
George Fernandez bad been, arrested for
debt by a gentleman from' :New York;
and tbns ended that hero's brief career.
While Diable owned that she had been
wrong so frankly, that Wylde Emerson
took courage to ask her to renew the
broken engagement once more—and she
is to he married just as soon as Wylde has
furnished the gothic cottage on the
bill to suit their mutual tastes.
And so the wayward little bark of her
heart avoided the perils of a final ship
wreck.
A Neu" York Lawyer's Divorce
A few days ago Lucius Bulkier. sixteen
years of age, appeared before Judge Stan
ley, of the County Conrt, on application
to have his name changed to that of
Francis Ward Redfield. The young man,
as stated, gave us his reason for wishing
to change his name that his father had
not contributed to his support, and that,
therefore, he desired to aasume the fami
ly name of his mother. Why the appli
cant had so bitter an antipathy towards
his father's name did not appear, and tit
seemed somewhat singular that he should
make such an application for so (seeming-
Iv) trivial a cause. "Thereon bangs a
May 17, 1452, witnessed the marriage
I of L E. Bnlkley to Miss Frances W. Red
field, a beautiful and accomplished young
i lady. Bulkley was a young lawyer, of
-tine personal appearance, who prided him
! self, as he has ever since done, on the h.-
! resistabk powers of fiiscination which he
! possessed over aiti .fair sex. Lie opened
!an office fur the,
practice. of hit in the
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city o f New York, and l' ived happily with
I hie wife fur over four years; during which
time a son was born, whom they named
after his father. The fund wife loved her
husband with devotion amounting almost
to worship, and- never dreamed that he
I wO tiring of her whom he had sworn to
love and protect. But such was the case,
and the • unfaithful spouse bethought
! himself of how he could become legally
free from his irksomematrimonial chains.
i No stain could ho discover.,on the charac
-1 ter of his loving Fife, No reaseti why a
! divorce should ba-g moment ranW.lured-d could bef cOn
iwhich he could for a sustain
•
ui a court of law, if opposed by her whom
he had; sword to - love. At last he hatched
11. sLhetltc unparalleled fur its diabolical
,shrewdness,
According to the prilOtica of tins New
IrOrkepegte 01 law 4 the plintitreAtoraey ,
.r,..,..,.. ~..._. ..w,+ww.....-..-+~'a.car~'^ i"^^crl'+yseY.~4'vK'f~+w.Y^ti.~~
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iti - a;o6ceeding makes -service trf 7 tiuml '• • - OTIEFAMP:I4NC, 4I 2I4%I. i': •
Mone;iipon return of which, duly verill- -'-' - ' ,- ',--- -: .'',-,--. -: :!! , ..‘r ,, fifira'..£4
What John IL sfirratt &e ; .4bouf . the
ed by oath, subsequent proceedings are
had. Bulkley persuaded his wife that Affair Maven Ann.
she needed a voyage for the benefit of her
health. Her mother was residing in John IL Stirred, whose name is Smil
ed Permission to visit her. On the 6th Lincoln plotin 1865,-is now lectnringitud
Sacramento, Cal., and she joyfully accept. jar as having been connected 'with the
, .
day of October, 1859, ho accompanied her telling all he knows about it,.
on board the steamship Illinois about to IN - rnooutinoN TO DOOTII. .
sail for California,-and remained .with-her In the fall of 1804, says Surratt, I was
conversing . atrectioi)itely until the bell introduced to John Wills 13.0.1,; who, I
rang for all but passengers to leave. He was given to understand; wished to knoW
then; with unparalleled hypocrisy, his something about the-main ayenn'es• lea.
eyes glistening with crocodile tears, em- ing from Washington to the ' Potomac.
braced her aud kieSed her a farewell. The. We met several times, but as he seemed
loving wife was quiteovercome by thepain to be very reticent withregard to his pur
of parting,-spasmodically he tore himself poses, and very anxious to get all th in
from her embrace, and handed her a fin formation but of the he could, I - refused
box. which he said contained a 'present to tell him anything at all. 'At last 1
for her mother. He charged her to be said to him,. "It is useless - for you, lir.
careful of it and to deliver it safely. She Booth, to seek any information - from me
received it with pleasure, as an adilitional , until I know w boson are and what tk're
proof of his affection. As lie left the your intentions." . He hesitated : some
boat she sought the deck and' remained time, but finally said he" would make
'there waving her handkerchief until the known his views to me provided I would
form of her loved but unworthy bus- promise secrecy, I reidied, "I will do
band faded iii lhe diitniiie. - _ , nothing of the, kind: - You kr .11 I
She then sought her state room, and
soon her woman's curiousity urged her to
see what ;welcome present the tin box
contained for her dear mother. She tore
off the sealed covering, but instead of her
token of love wpich slie had been led to
look for, the box contained a summons
notifying her to defend a suit for divorce
within twenty days- Here she was on
board a ship, a hundred miles from home,
friendless, comfortless, with no possible
way to return. For the first time in her
life did she suspect that her husband did
not love her. She could not realize the
terrible sit nation.
She showed the paper to an acquain
tance, whose reply only added to the
poignancy of her grief. It was, alas ! too
true. Her husband, whom she loved,
loved another, wished to be legally free
from her, and had taken this underhand
ed and cowardly manlier of obtaining his
freedom. Before she could return to
New York he would have attained his
object. She sank under this overwhelm
ing blow, and was obliged to take her bed.
Her misfortune raised up for her quick
friends and ready sympathies. When
the vessel arrived at Aspinwall she strong
ly desired to return to New York, lint so
weak was she that her friends would not
allow it. She could not return within
the necessary time, her ticket was paid
through to ban Francisco ; so there was
no other alternative but for her to pro
ceed. She arrived in Sacramento, and
poured a tale of woe into her mother's
ear, by whose advice she returned to New
York in January, 1857.
She sought out her husband, who
kindly furnished her with a copy of the
decree of divorce. She pleaded with him
for permission to see her little Lucius,
their only child, but he refused it. She
remained three months, endeavoring to
see her child, but in vain. The unfeeling
wretch was unmoved by her importunities,
but he must quiet them, fur they were
likely to lead to unpleasant disclosures.
So, quite in keeping with his true charac
ter, he made two infamous propositions,
one of which was that if she would keep
secret his rascality, and would raise him
$5,000, he would give her the custody of
the child. This she indignantly rehist:d.
He then said that if she would raise him
$1,500 he would get from the clerk of
the court the original record of the di
vorce, and thus obliterate all record of its
existence. This likewise met with an in
dignant rejection.
She then came to California fur aid,
and again returning to New York, mov
ed the Court to set aside the decree, on
the ground of fradulent service of sum
mons. In his defence he made no denial
of the facts here set forth, except in two
unimportant points, one of which was
that be kissed heron her departing, and
the other was the first of 'the propositions
above mentioned. Tho Court readily
granted the prayer of the afflicted lady.
Bulkley, finding the locality of his
residence rather warm for comfort, mi
grated to this cost, and practiced law in
Virginia City during its palmy days. He
succeeded in winning one heavy mining j
suit, which be took fur a large contingent ,
fee, and which enables hint to peranibu
late Mungomery street in faultless attire
at the present day. Ilis "shingle," as au
attorney, is a prominent feature of otif of
our principal streets.
And this is the person who has been
disowned by his own son. It is needless
to state that his wife applied for and re
ceived a decree of divorce and custody of
the child soon after the reversion of the ,
first decree. She has since married again, !
and is living' happily in Santa Clara coun
ty in this state.--San Frawico Chronicle
Nov. 1.
An Allegory.
The old man was toilling through the
burden and heat of the day, in cultiva
ting his field with his own hands, and de
positing the promising seeds in the faith
ful lap of yielding earth. Suddenly there
stood before him, under the shade of a
huge linden, tree, a vision. The old man
was struck with amazement.
"I am Solomon," spoke the phantom,
in a friendly voice. "What.are you do
ing here, old man ?"
"If you are Solomon," replied the ven
erable .laborer, " how can you ask this?
In my youth yuu sent mo to the ant I
saw its occupation, and learned from that
insect to be industProns and to gather.
What. I then learued I have followed to
this hour"
"You have only learned half your led
son," replied the spirit. Go again to the
ant, and fearn to rest in the _winter of
your life,
M and to enjoy 'tt . you have
gathered up."
Two gentleman, of opposito politics
meeting, oue inquired the address of some
political celebrity, when the other
nautly answered—
"l am proud to sir, • that I am - wholly'
ignorant of it."
"0! you, are prond'Ut\your
‘ ignorance
eb. sir ?"
"Yes I am," replied the beligerenpgen
tleman,'"and what then, sire' • '•-•
"0 ! nothing, "sir, nothing; only you.
have ,gieat deal to'hc:vrtinct of, that's'
uri, • ' • •
NOLITME XXVII, NUMBEI3 c .-4W, o f'
. .
eCROW we._
am not a
Southern man. If you cannot
trust me we will sepemte.' He then
said, " I will confide my plans to you, but
before doing so I will make known to you
the motives that actuate me. In the
Northern prisons are many thousands of
our men whom the United States Govern
went refuses to exchange: You knoit. 11E1
*ell as I the efforts that have been made
to bring about that much desired ex
change. Aside front the great suffering
they are compelled to undergo, we are
sadly in need of them as soldiers. We
cannot spare one man, whores the Uni
ted States Government is willing to let
their own soldiers remainin our prisons
because she has no need of them. I have
a proposition to submit to you which, I
think, if we can carry out, will bring
about the desired . change." There was a ,
long ominous silence, which lat last was
compelled to break by asking. "Well, sir,
what is your proposition i . " Lie, eat quiet
for an instant, and then, before answering
me, arose and looked under the bed, into
I wardrobe, in the doorway and the passage,
i and then. said, "We will have to be care
-1 ful—, walla have ears." He then drew his
chair close to me, and intt whisper said,
"I'tis to kid-nap President Lincoln, and
carry him off to Richmond!"
" ETD:cal. PRESIDENT LINCOLN !"
I said. I confess that I stood aghast, at
the proposition, and looked upon it as a
j fool-hardy undertaking; tothink of suc
cessfully seizing Mr. Lincoln in the Cap
ital of the United States, surrounded by
I thousands of hie soldiers, and earn- hint
I off to Richmond, looked to me like a ,
foolish idea. I told him as numb. He
i went on to tell with what facility he could
be seized in various places in Washington.
I As, for example; in various rides to and
' from the Soldier's Home, his summer res-
I idence. He entered into the minute de
-1 tails of the proposed capture, and even
I the various parts to be performed by the
actors in the performance. I was umaz
i ell, thunderstruck, and in fact I might
lalso say frightened, nt the unparalled and
acity of this scheme. After twodays' re-
I flection I told him I was willing to try it.
I I believed it practicable at . that time,
I though I now regard it as a fholhardy un- ,
! dertaking. I hope you will not blame me
for going thus far. I . honestly thought
I an exchange of prisoners could be brought
I about could we have once obtained pus-1
session of Mr. Lincoln's person.
' IP WORST 00*E9 TO WORST.
Such a thing us the` assassination of
Mr. Lincoln I never heard spoken of by
tiny of the party. .Never. [Sensation.)
Upon one occasion; - I remember we had
called a meeting in Washington for the
1 purpose of discussing matters in general,
us we had understood that the Govern
ment had 'received inforMation that there
I was u plot of some kind on hand. They
had even commenced to build a stockade
and gates on the navy-yard bridge—gates
opening towards the Sotitlf;:as though
ithey expected danger from within, and
not from without. At this meeting I ex
, !deified the construetion of the gates, and
stated that I was confident the Govern
' ment had wind of our movement, and
' that the best thing we could do would be
to throw up the whole job. Every one
seemed to coincide in my opinion except
Booth, who sat, silent and abstracted.
Arising at last, and bringing down his
ifist upon the table lie said, 3 . Well; gen
tlemen, if the worst comes to the worst, I
,sball know - what to do." Some hard !
words, and even threats, then passed be- I
tween him and 80010 'Of the party. Four
of tisthen arose, one saying, •It I under-
Ettand , you to intimate htiyhting more than
the capture of Mr. Lincoln, - I for one 'Will ,
bid you good •Ity." " Every' one expressed !
the same opinion. We all arose and coin- I
meneed putting onr hats on. Booth. per-
ceiving probably that lie - hadgtine;too far
asked pardon; saying that he laid - drank '
too much cliampeig,ne. After some diffi
culty everything was amicably arranged,
and we seperuted at 5' o'cleck in the
morning. 4.)eys..weeks and months' pass-,
ed by without an opportlinity Presenting
itself for us"to atterapt . the capture: We
seldom aaw one owing to the
Many rumors unfelt that a conspiracy of
some, kind was belligcondocted in Wash
ington. We had' till arrangements' Per
fected in 'Washington for the - purpose.
Beets wefe in 'readinesSto carry Its. across
the river. ' .
HOW THEIR FIRST RESTON PAIEED.
One day we received information that
the Priisident would 'visit' the Seventh
street Hospital for• therpnrpose of being
preseiit at'an entertainment to be liven
for the benclitof the :wounded soldiers
The report only reached us shout three
quarters of an hour berate`. the
pointed, but so perfect was onrcomniunt
cation that we wete instantly ifi . our Sad
dles on the say to tha hospital;.This'
was betty - 00i .2 o'clock to theenfter
noon. wtis -- Ciffintentioks 'tct itelte'the•
carriage' wit jiff by'n' ' - splend,
id pair of horses;:arP,tei 'have 'ent , tneti,
mount the ben ditkefirfor
Southern Mtityland;: sia "Ilenning's
Bridge. We'filt confident _that 411 'the
cat - airy in the'city could not tWea'bitil as.
Ilre were dll niounted 'on MAR. , b)tnlt'S, be..
,eidethaving' the
,
begin tibi4ol,ou
• 44,-;
the carriage after passing the city limits.
4:l,6lE:the sudienaSsq.pf4htrfilailrAb4 tIW
celerity of pur. , inoveluentAvip depended'
for success. By the-time the alarm could
have been given and horses saddled. we
would have been on our way through
Southern Maryland toward the Potomac
river: To our great, disappointmentylew
ever, the President was not there. butone
of the Government officials, Mr. Chase. It
was our last attempt. We soon atter this
became convinced that wo could not re
main long . undiscovered, and th at—we
meet aban d on our enterprise. .446 - rd.-
.ingly, a separation finally tOOk PlaixOtlid
t never after saw any of the . party, expeA
onb,•afifr that was when I IVO on n..1'1 wa
6onvitiehuton a to Canada on bristilesit of
quite a different nature. . -
ELTRItATT sysT Taritors TO TrrstitLifra.
I left Richmond on' Shttirdity Meriting
before the evacuation of that . place
..- aid
reached Washington the 'following Mon
day at 4 o'clock, p. m., April . 3,"1165.
In passing up Seventh street I met 'etre
of 'our party, who inquired what, bad 'fie-
Come of Booth. I told him where I had
been ; that I was then on my way to
Canada, and that I had not seen - or heard
anything of Booth since our separation.
In view $f the fact that Richmond 'had
fallen, and that all hopes of the abduc
tion of the President had been given up.
I advised him to go home and go to vrtirk
That was the last time I saw any of the
party. I went to a hotel and stopped,
over that•night, as a dectative had been
to my house inquiring of the servant my
whereabouts. In the --early-Arab:v*l3ra.
morning (Tuesday, April 4 0 .1865),J, Jeft
for Network, and. that Vtrys the last 4ime
I ever was in Washington until brought
there by the United States Government,
a captive in irons, all reports to the cont
rary notwithstanding. The United States,
es 'yon remember, tried to prove my
presence in Washington-on . the 15th of
April, the day on which Mr. Lincoln met
his death.. Cpon arriving in New ,York,
I called ut Buoth's house, and_was tol4_by
the servant that he had left that,morning
suddenly on the
s grountrof - going to Boa
ton to fulfill an engagement at the thea
ter. In the evening of the same day I took
the cars for Montreal, arriving there the
next day. I put op at the tit. Lawrence
Hotel, registering myself as John garri
son ancli"being my first two names.
gurnitt was at Elmira, where, at a ho
tel, he first heard of the assassination of
Lincoln and Seward, and was so astonish
ed that he thought it a joke for some time
Lie adds that the telegram of the news.
then mentioned no names, and Says: 'I.
approach-d the telegraph office in the
main hall of the hotel for the purpose of
ascertaining if J. Wilkes Booth-. was .in
New York. I picked up a: blank rand
wrote, "J. Wilkes BeothX - giving the
number of the house. 'T hes' ..ted'a mo
ment and then tore the paper up; - and
then wrote one, "3. W. B." with directions,
which I was led to do from the fact -that
during our whole connectiou rye
,rarely
wrote or telegraphed 'under our- ritrr
names, but always in- such a mannert at
no one could understand but ourselves.:
I telegraphed Booth thus: • •
"J. W. 8.. in New York : If -you are
in NOV York, telegraph me. John Har
rison; Elmira, New York:" ' '"
The operator, after looking' oiiii' it,
said, "It is J. W. B.; to which I -replied
"Yes." He evidently - wanted the whole
name, and bad scarcely finished telegrap,h
itig when a door right near the office, and
opening on the street, was pushed open,
and I heard some one say, "Yes, Iheretsro
three or four brothers of them, John,
Junius, Brutus, Edwin, .and-,J Wilkes
Booth." The whole truth flashed on ma
in an instant,. and I said to rhySelf, "My
God, what have I done P The - dispatch
was still lying before me, and • I reached
over and took it up, for the purpose of
destroying it, but the operator stretched
forth his hand, and said," "We . must s file
all telegrams." My firsmpulse Witeto
tear it up; but I pitched it back and4alk
vd off. 'The town was in the greatest up
roar. Flags at half-mast, bells tolling,
&c. Still I did not think I was in dang
er, and determined to go immediately to
Baltimofe to find out' the' particulars• of
the tragedy'. Surratt thew details the
way the evidence- of the hotel registers,
with his name on to.prove an alibi, were
spirited 'away, and says that; instead of
going to Baltimore, -he went to 'Calitinda ,
mita. On Monday, When I was leaving
•Canandaig,no, I bonght •serne • New . ..York
papers; in looking over them,lny eye,' lit
on the ftillowing, paragraph which I have
never fOrgoten, and don't Oink I .ever
n'ifl It thus:
The assisaio of Seeretary'EleivarCil3
&rid to be John If.. Sundt, notorious
tieceteionist of tioothern Atryland Hie
name, with that of J. Wilkes
foreVer lead the imfamon'tt roll of saws
aides."
'• 1 e nld scarcely believe my senses. - .%
gazed upon my 'name, the lettere of , which
seemed sometimes to grow, As - Loge as
mountains, and then to dwindlotrOwa
nothing. So boob for my !enter 'con
nection with him,' I thought... - . After
fully realizing the state of the CM, I con
cluded to chung,e my course, and go i diract
to Canada. • ~ .
Snrratt then particularizes Mont
hiding iu Canada, and his
,difflonity
keeping himself posted nbout what was
going on, particularly in relation to hia
mother. • _
teacher, is laud. turves. What is Your
name r"
Boy, in a weak voice. " Johnny Wells,
sir."
" now old are you, John
"Twelve years old, sir." „
"Now, John, tell the who made , this
grent ituiversci?" '"
"Don't know
.m, What, twelve, years old,',..aud
:know v t .ho made ~ this
,great, , and „noble.
Spbera ? go and - get - me a
whip."
Tho birch was bit:MO.l4od holdover
thertrembliq boy; Ia thundering tones
yiq : ri id ilhouplinutn domauded;
Niirt, -tell, rue 'who, made this. great
world 30 . '
Johnny nitwit/red t 1 1'
"I did, sir, but I won't do it agaie,'.
perisinssHrst ouplO 'of rogiviii ,148'f