A Nocturnal Corned; of Errors.
Vroru tho Cincinnati Emjuirer*
Some da\a eince a young couple who had
newly donned hymenial vesiments, came
from their home, a pleasant village in this
Slate, to spend a portion of that supposed
to-be-delictous period known as the honey
moon, and placed themselves under the
change of the proprietor of the Spencer
H iase. They then sallied forth to witness
the beauties and peculiarities of Queen City,
and do as brides are ever wont, a quantity of
the little business embraced in the term
‘‘shopping.” They were gone several hours
and did not re'urn to the hotel until near
sundown, quite fatigued with their exertions,
-The bride, Mrs. R., then found that she had
forgotten some articles indtspensible to her
toilet, and unwilling to disturb her husband,
who she knew must be weary, slipped out
while he was down stairs, and went up to
Fourth street to get the diminutive bundle.
She was successful in her search for the store
and the article, but on her way back mistook,
from her ignorance of the city, Main street
for Broadway, and the Madison for the Spen
cer House, which are situated nearly opposite
to each o'her.
Mrs. H. went into the hotel, and thinking
it looked rather different from the other,
asked one of the waiters she met in the hall,
in rather a low and indistinct lone, if that
was the “Spencer,” to which, he, failing to
understand her, replied in the affirmative.
S te then ordered him to bring her the key
to No. 48, which he did, and she entered it,
and removed her bonnet, shawl and other
portions of her attire, and crept between the
sheets of the bed to enjoy a little nap after
her long walk, neves- dreaming she was in
the wrong house, for the reason that ihe
npanmeni happened lo have ihe same posi
tion, and be furnished very much like her
room at the “Spencer.”
Instead of taking a “little nap,” she fell
into a profound sleep, that continued hour
nftff hour until 21 o’clock, at which time
she was disturbed by a most unexpected in
cident.
The rightful occupant of No. 48, a mer
chant from a town in Indiana, who had been
to the theatre and become a little intoxicated,
went to the Madison, and wishing no one to
see his condition, walked up to his room
withou’ a light, and fortunately or unfortu
nately, found the door unlocked. He entered
quietly, and as total darkness reigned there,
he removed his garments and crept into the
spacious double bed, not disturbing in the
lcas» the fairbride who lay near the wall, *
How long the two reposed there side by
side, with only a fool of space between them,
all unconscious of the olher’i presence, is
not exactly known, but probably about an
hour, when a tremendous noise was heard
in the apartment from which female screams
issued wildly, piercingly and ceaselessly.
The hotel was in an uproar; proprietors,
clerks, waiters, porters and guests, dressed
and half-dressed, were at (he door of “forty
eight” in a few minutes, blocking up the en
trance and asking each other eagerly, “What
is the matter!” “For God’s sake, tell us
whnt is the (rouble !” - ,
The c »use of this outcry may be imagined.
The bride had awakened about midnight,
and putting her hand over her husband it fell
upon the fnJjnnian’s face, and (he soft, warm
touch aroused him al once. Ho did not un
derstand it exactly, though he did not dislike
it, and in a moment more Mrs. R. said, “Mr
dearest husband, where have you been all
this while V’
“Husband,’’ echoed the merchant, begin
ning to see, like Lord Timsel, that he had
“made a small mistake here “I am no
body’s husband. 1 reckon, my dear madam,
you’re in the wrong bed.”
In the wrong bed—horror of horrors,
thought.the bride —what would her liege lord,
what would the curious world say ? And
Mrs. R. screamed terribly, and sprang from
her couch just as her companion did the
same. He was fully as much alarmed as
she, and entreated her to give him lime and
he would leave the apartment, although it
was the one he had engaged—he’d make oath
to that.
Scream, scream, scream, was the only re
ply to this kindly proposition.
“My God, Madam, don’t yell so ! you’ll
wake the house. Be reasonable; f swear
it’s only a mistake. Have some thought of
the consequences. I don’t wan’t to hurt you
—1 swear I don’t. You’ll get me shot and
yourself—well, 1 won’t say what.”
-The screams increased, and the poor In
dianian, expecting every moment to see a
pistol thrust in ■ his face by a jealous husband,
turned pale as death, which he expected, and
resigned himself to his fate.
Just at this juncture, the throng outside
presented itself at the door, and beheld Mrs.
R. cowering in one corner, exercising her
lungs magnificently, and whh a sheet wrapped
over her form and head, and the Indianian
in the middle of the room, enveloped in a
coverlet, ejaculating, “My God, Madam,
don’t!”
The junior proprietor, Dr. Cahill, saw
there must bo some mistake, and, requesting
the others to retire, called the merchant out
with him into another room, and there learned
the whole story. The Doctor ihen sent one
of the ladies of the hotel, to Mrs. R„ and the
entire affair was explained, greatly in her
relief—though she was overwhelmed with
confusion at a circumstance which might
have ruined her reputation for ever.
Under the escort of the Doctor, she was
conveyed to the “Spencer,” where the hus
band was found pacing the corridors with
frantic rpien and half-crazed with grief at
the mysterious disappearance of his wife,
whom he believed had been spirited away by
a villain or murdered for her jewels in this
“infernal city,” where, as he expressed it,
“they would kill a man fur a dollar any
time.”
Washington, Dec. 26, 1858,
There has been a free interchange of views
among many leading Republican Senaiors
and Representatives, for which an occasion
has been afforded since the commencement of
the recess. The opinion was unanimous jhat
parties and politics are so shaped in this Con
gress that no'hing will be effected during the
piesent session concerning the Pacific Rail
road, or a modification of the tariff - .
THE AGITATOR.
HI. H. Cobb, Editor & Proprietor.
WELLSBOROUGH, FA.
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Hon. G. A. Grow w.ll please accept thanks for
bound copies of llic Congressional Globe.
Attention is directed to the advertisement of Mr.
S- B. Elliott, He odors a fine opportunity to such
of our young men as wish to improve their talents
and make them practical.
Suesctibers from whom wo have agreed to take
Wood will favor us greatly by bringing it to us at
once. Not green wood! Don't bring green wood !
Let us have the water by itself and tho wood by it
self.
The Carrier of Tub Agitator will visit his
patrons on New. Year Day as has been his custom
heretofore. lie has faithfully served the good folk
of Wcllsboro during the past year and we doubt not
they will signify their appreciation of his fidelity
by their accustomed generosity. In sunshine and
tn storm he visits you.
Some very excellent thoughts on the New-Fear
came too Ulc for insertion this week, but they will
be in season next week. Contributors should bear
in mind that the cast of our inside forms is made
beyond material alteration by Monday noon. We
never change the programme after that time, unless,
as sometimes happens, it can be done without delay
ing the hour of publication.
A communication from S. B. P., also arrived too
late for this week. Several communications await
an examination. Be patient.
Frightful Accident ! —We have just received a
few of the particulars of a shocking occurrence in
volving the horrible death oPa little daughter of
Mr. Josiah Griffin, of Charleston township, Monday
afternoon. Mr. Griffin was preparing some highly
inflammable substance over the stove, when the com
pound suddenly took fire and drove those present out
of doors. The house was soon in Barnes. The lit
tle girl, eight years bf age, chanced to be in the
chamber and was found at the foot of the stairs al
most entirely consumed. Mrs. G., was severely In
jured by burning, her clothes being her
frantic efforts to rescue the child. This is ft terri
ble blow. /
Santa Claus —a saint not in the calendar of the
New-England little folks—visited us for the first
lime Christmas morning. Early taught to put not
our trust in either saints or princes, vve bad learn ed
to look upon the legend of Santa Claus with suspi
cion. But rt airy nothings” do not make donations
of ncw.hnls lo seedy editors; therefore, since the
veritable Santa Claus presented us with a new hat,
we hasten to declare ourself to (he little folks as a
convert to their Christinas theory. For their edifi
cation we may describe him as he appeared to our
wondering eyes. He was tall, had killing whiskers
and a kindly eye. We recognized him as a saint
at first glance. So there ere a great many San
ta Clauses, children, and you sec them nearly every
day in the year. A happy New-Year to youl
January 1, 1859.
To him and to her who have endeavored to live in
the past in such manner as never to blush for their
record, the flight of time must awaken pleasing,
rather than painful emotions. Sudden, swill and
terrible is the ru-b of the ye ars as they wheel into
the shadowy bourne of the Past, as contemplated
by those who have put aside golden Opportunity to
idle with the bubbles that dance for a brief moment
in the sunshine of fleeting pleasure an d vanish for.
ever.
We stand again in the vestibule of Time. Some
of a* eagerly crowding the threshold ot the door
which is about to open for the first time lo mortals,
and some have not yet turned their faces from that
door which is about lo close forever against the re
turn of every one. To the best and the purest,even,
the hour is big with grave thought, the event is sol
emn. We hear the requiem of the Old and the era.
dle-sang of the Now, mounting and blending in a
cadence Chat heals as it wounds; and so the pain of
leave-taking is tempered lo ua—Hope’s sweetness
overcoming its bitterness.
Shall we question ourselves if the world has bet
ter grown during the twelvemonth whose account
is going to its great audit ? Rather let us inquire
within. If each of us has grown better, then has
the great world been moved a step toward perfection.
For all is so nicely adjusted in the Divine economy
that the better growth of the least results in the
measurable uplifting of the highest. So, also, if
each has grown no better ; if each has retrograded,
i (and none can stand still) then is the great world
turned back, grown no belter, certainly.
The object of living should be two fold; the im
provement of self, fir*i, because there all improve
ment mu*l begin, and secondly, the betterment of
the many with whom we are brought in often con
tact. Few of us intelligently live ; not one lives up
lo hi<«, or her best understanding of the purpose
for which man is placed here j all sometimes flatter
themselves that nothing has been omitted which
should have been done. Vet who can justly claim
that he his complied with nil the requirements of
duly in any year—in any day* even?
* l What shall Ido?'* That question denotes pro
gress in the right direction. The field is mighty,
yet how few the reapers ! It is well that no mind
is permitted to comprehend the uncultivated Vast I
League upon league stretches away the illimitable
Continent of Labor—away, beyond the combined
ken of reflected intelligence! Mercifully arc we
dealt with that we think the meeting horizons the
extreme of lime. Could we stand with the Omnis
cient, beholding as He does the breadth and sum of
Creation; could we see worlds like this dwindle to
the rank of atoms, universes to integers of systems
and systems lo points of light—could we see this
we should perish, and with us the means of earth's
regeneration. To reach after that higher knowledge
is not only not forbidden, but made a necessity of
the soul. The attainment is most wisely withheld.
We should so live that every day may be invested
with the rights and dignities of u plfew-Year Day.
It is not enough that men and women once in a
year resolve to do right. The soul recognizes no
arbitrary divisionsof time into days, weeks, months
and years; it does not, of itself, mark the flight of
time, but dwells apart from the landmarks and fin
ger.posls planted by fearful human nature lest man,
more intent on the sensuous than the spiritual, may
lose himself in the mazy labyrinths of visible change.
Since the soul computes not time by days, months
and years, why do we mock it with annual resolu
tions? Rightly, its eternal occupation is to plan,
and to do. To seek out tbo wrong and to right it*
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
To rebuke, in deed t those who pass by on the other
side. Thus, the New-Year of the soul is made per
petually recurrent, in reflection as constant as in ac
tion, its earth-life a proud success.
Could we all intelligently comprehend that none
can live for themselves alone, the battle would be
fought. But so few, perhaps none, fully comprehend
this truth. We chase the bubbles, lame, rank pow
er—deeming these whereas, they confer
no substantial happiness, but oftener pain. Richest
if amassed for either of the objects just mentioned,
bile like a serpent and sling like an adder/ It is
doubtful if one may grow rich and yet live rightly
in all respects. Wealth is usually purchased at the
price of temporary blindness to the miseries that
lie to the right and to the left of the paths we pur
sue, of deafness to the cries of those who grope in
the sunless purlieus of Disease and Famine. Is it
not so ? Do we impeach the commerce of the world
when we pronounce it essentially anti. Christian ?
Perhaps that may be pretty broad. We do not
believe that the world could sustain a Christian com
mercial system in Its present state of progress. It
does not follow that no better system is possible.
It should operate as a stimulant, moving us to new
effort. Bnt in what way is the world to be aided
up to that higher position other than that of self
improvement? The reform must commence with
each of us. j
How many, then, after due reflection, will resolve
to make the world belter for living in it? How
many will resolve to live and act like beings who
comprehend that they shall live, not for months and
years only, but forever ? Lite, here, is but a span!
Its honors, emoluments and petty triumphs perish
with the clay; or, if they survive, they vanish with
the childish pomp and circumstance of (he funeral
cortege which pauses a moment at the graveside,
to be gaped at byAhe s crowd, which, returned to the
busy scenes of~active life, will not remember that
the earth yesterday swallowed up the ashes of one
whom men fawned upon and flattered. When men
and women learn to look beyond the perishable and
to live for the imperishable, then will every day be
a New-Year day—the birth-day of Resolution, holy
because dedicated to duly, and a season of joyful
calm because culm is the fruitage of a right i deter
mination. ;
If we can turn to Ihe record of the departing
year without shame, there is no good reason to re
gret the flight of time. The departure of the years
should enrich us in experience, and if grown wiser,
why not happier, if wisdom be the parent of true
enjoyment ? None can reach their ideal of a cor.
reel life, but nearly all may approach it. As it is
permitted men to sigh alter Infinite Knowledge with
no hope of attainment, so they are permitted to sigh
for perfection while conscious that perfection is un
attainable by finite creatures. The philosopher will
recognize Wisdom m this arrangement. The de
sire for infinite knowledge leads man to dare every
accessible height, and so, forward, until be plants
bis feet where mortal never trod before.
But wo digress. IWe set out to send you, patrons
and friends, cordial greeting. We do so now for the
fifth time—may-be for the last. May the world be
belter for the lesson of your lives and may you live
to enjoy the return of many Happy New-Years.
Doubtless there is a glory of the intellect, but
there is another glojy of the muscle. There is one
glory of tlie soul and another of pluck. The model
Legislator must be radiant with the twin glories of
muscle and pluck. | The Benicia Boy is a
fellow ! flow gloriously he battered the nose of J.
Morrissey, Esq.! ilt wus no disgrace to Mr. Hcc
nan that he lost his wind. It was no mark of cow
ardice in J. Morrissey, Esq., that he went on the
ground backed by armed retainers. It showed that
he had friends; the result of the contest showed that
he had muscle and pluck. Both gentlemen coveved
themselves with glory as with a garment. Why
should they not be hereafter known to an admiring
people as the Hon.' Heenan and the Hon. J. Morris
sey? Does any one forbid the banns? .
The Hon. Mr. English and the Hon. Mr. Monti
gomery met on a broad Avenue in Washington the
other day. Both these gentlemen represent the sov
ereign will and pleasure of 100,000 men and women
at the moderate price of $3,000 per year. Hon. Mr.
Montgomery passed Hon. English without the cus
tomary salutation— wiegehts ? The latter magnan
imously suffered this great indignity to go unpun
ished. But the Montgomery repeated the insult.
He insulted the English, and through him, 100,000
men and women of the sovereign State of Indiana.
The mailer grew lo be serious. Manifestly. English
eould not long endure the murmurs of 100,000 men
and women. He could not return to his insulted
constituency with no evidence that the insult had
been repelled. Comprehending this, be lifted up his
canc and brought it down upon the head of the
“ soothless insulter” with vengeful emphasis. The
Montgomery reeled beneath the weight !of muscle>
reeled, but fell not. Waxing wroth, the smitten
seized a brick and hurled it at the flying assaulter*
Montgomery was bewildered, and forgot: that him
self, not English, had been baptized with Sticks.
He smote Achilles English upon the heel, with a
brick I We regret that he did not search his hat
for another with which to batter his adversary.
Hud English crept stealthily upon his insulter the
act would have been grand beyond description. It
would have redounded to the undying credit of mus
cle. But he foolishly smote his insul'.cr in a broad
avenue, where bis adversary might have taken leg.
bail for security and so have barred the insulted of
remedy. English should be recalled. He has made
a great blunder. The glory of muscle dcparleth.
100,000 innocent men and women are avenged, we
admit; but the glory of .Muscle is—where ? Mani
festly. with Hons. Ilecnan and Morrissey. Since
the floor received the impress of Kcitt the highfalu
tin, following a blow dealt in andlhere
fore proper, the reign of Muscle has steadily declin
ed. There has been no exhibition of downright
pluck m the Capitol since that memorable night.
How we exulted over the scalping of Barksdale by
bloodthirsty Potter! Ah 1 then there was hope o f
return to aboriginal manners and customs 1 Then
there was hope for muscle. In the language of the
immortal Henry, ,L There is no longer any room for
hope!” OA, mtcarel The Millennium is at hand!
There—we have said our say. Should Hons.
English, or Montgomery send us a hostile message,
they give us choice of weapons. We khull borrow
the “ Bloody Dagger” of our illustrious namesake,
Sylvanus, Jr., Bonner volente. Sylranus may con
sider the weapon engaged.
Occasionally! some of our democratic cotempora
rics wax facetious and get off something keen at the
expense of their President and parly. 1 Cochran, of
the Venango usually staid and sober, gels
willy in his last issue. In speaking of the Message,
he denominates it “ a great paper.” The fun lies
in the use of the word “ great,” when he intended
to use the word u long.” A little farther on he
says: “ Such a conscientious discharge of duly at
** the expense of so much labor, is too rare an ezhi
-44 bilion in these days of perfunctory statesmanship,
“ to escape especial notice and applause.” The
joke consists in using the adjective u conscientious,”
as descriptive of any deed of Mr. Buchanan's.!
In another place ho says that the democratic par
ty will occupy the same position twelve years hcnco
that it occupied twelve years ago and occupies now.
Well, we will laugh at that when we geldow,n thro’
the absurdity into the fun. What a political pons
aeinorvm that proposition it. though.
Literary Association.
f I)£c. 23d, 1858,
Society met as usual, in the Court House.
Dr. E. Pratt in the Chair. Minutes of lasi
meeting read by the Secretary. Debate be
ing in order, on motion the words, “Tioga
County” were stricken oUt of .the resolution,
making the question read as follows, viz:—
“Resolved that the office of the County Su
perintendency should be abolished.” A
lively discussion followed, at the close ol
which (he President, after reviewing the ar
guments, gave decision for the negative.—
Question selected to discuss January 13th,
reads: “Resolved that the President’s last
message abounds in misrepresentations.”—
No chief disputants appointed. Lectures, so
far as arranged will be read in the following
order: M. H. Cobb reads ihe first lecture
Dec, 30lh ; J. Emery, Jan’y 6th; C. G.
Williams, Jan’y 20th.
Adjourned to one week.
A. L. Ensworth. Sec’y.
Mr. Grow, Member of Congress for North
ern Pennsylvania, recently made a motion in
the Committee of Territories appointed by
the House to repeal the restriction on the
admission of Kansas, contained in the Eng
lish Bill. And why not? If Oregon may
come in «ith 30,000, why may not Kansas
come in with 50,000 1 Can any man —Re-
publican or Democrat—tell? But the Com
mittee voted it down: the five Democrats on
it, going to keep out Kansas by a rule which
they will not apply to Oregon, and the four
Republicans voting to put them on an equality.
For ibis honest and fair move, Mr. Grow
has been denounced as “raising the nigger
question and bleeding Kansas,’’ and the Ar
gus reproaches him with the epithet “Bully
Grow” This charge is most unjust and
shameful. Mr. Grow is a quiet, pleasant,
affable man—neither n brawler nor a fighter.
When Keiit tried to drive him across the
Hall, Grow refused, and alood on his equal
rights there; and when Keiu undertook to
choke him, Grow knocked him down. Does
self-defence against an overbearing ruffian
make a man a “bully ?” That was all Mr.
Grow did. Would the Argus have advised
him to skulk and run away at the command
of this slave driver Keiit? When Keiu
seized him by the throat, would the Argus
have advised Grow to be choked senseless,
and then kicked or brained ? Had Grow sunk
his manhood, and disgraced his Northern
blood, would the Argus have called him a
“National” man—fit lo be a Lecomplon
Democrat ?
Neither at the North, nor at Ihe South is
Mr. Grow traduced Ijy any manly man for
his repulse of a wanton persona) assault.
Mr. Keiu himself would not so assail him.
T&gjbest men, everywhere—at his own home,
ainoall over our Union—applaud him for his
prompt resentment, exercised only so far as
actual security required. “Resistance to ty
rants is obedience lo God,” says the North.
“Sic semper lyrannis!” says Old Virginia!
But what a degrading, belittling influence has
Lecomplonism, when its devotees traduce
men—their own neighbors—for a single act,
unpremeditated, demanded by Hue honor and
self defence!
u O what a tangled web they weave
When once they practice to deceive.”
—Lexcisburg Chronicle.
A Desperate Duel. —The following ex
tract from a private letter, written by one of
the soldiers in the army of Utah, gives the
particulars of one of the most desperate duels
on record. The tragedy occurred in Cedar
Valley, during the ftrvl week in September.—
Globe.
“The parties to this sanguinary nfT.iir were
two gamblers from St. Louis—Rucker and
Peel. U’hat gave rise to the difficulty was,
that, in the course of n game for 81,000,
Rucker played a secreted card, and was de
lected by Peel, who Took the money,-Rucker
forfeiting the pile by the false play. The
ensuing day the parlies met at the settler’s
store. While there,some remark by a third
parly revived ihe subject of the game, and
the quarrel of words between Rucker and
Peel look a more serious turn. Peel said
that there was but one way to settle the mat
ter —they must fight. They adjourned out
side the store, and taking their station shout
ten yards apart, drew their revolvers and
fired. Both fell at the first shot—Rucker
shot in the breast and Peel in the shonlder.
One of Peel’s fingers was taken off by the
shot. The second shot took effect in both.
Rucker then raised up on his knee and fired
twice, both balls hitting Peel. The latter,
bleeding from six wounds, struggled up from
the ground, and resting his revolver on his
arm, and taking deliberate aim, shot Rucker
to the heart. Peel is not expected to live ;
indeed, ns I write a rumor prevails that he is
dead. Both these desperados came out from
the Stales last spring, and had thousands of
dollars of the soldier’s money, which they
had won in a “professional way.” Their
death is not likely to be regretted among the
soldiers.
The Welkins Republican says: "We
are able lo siale, jusi before going to press
dial John Magee is reported to have made
arrangements with the Erie Co., by which a
third rail is to be laid from Elmira lo Wat
kins, connecting with the Williamsport Road,
and that Mr. Magee is lo have the privilege
of running any amount of Coal and Lumber
from the Blossburg region to this point, for
transhipment, on favorable terms. It is also
reported that the Canandaigua Rond is lo be
narrowed lothe Williamsport guage.and that
the N. Y. & Erie Co., have bound themselves
lo run the line from Elmira lo Canandaigua
in connection with the Southern route, lead
ing from Elmira to Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, &c. —Elmira Advertiser.
Dr. Wislar’s Balsam of V\ j ld Cherry is
truly a balsam. It contains the balsamic
principle of the Wild Cherry, the balsamic
properties of tar and of pine. Its ingredt
ents are all balsamic. Coughs, colds, and
consumption, disapear under its balsamic in
fluence.
OO” Buy none unless it has the written
signature of "I. Butts," on the wrapper.
marrying at La’rge. ;
One of our Justices of the Peace was called
yesterday afternoon, U> go I o a German house
in the city and marry a couple. Putting on
a clean collar, and puttmj a roarriaige cer
lificate in hie pocket, he ilarted for the fes
tive scene. Arrived at the house under the
direction of a blue legged liitle boy, who
pointed out the place, he tnocked and went
in. In the middle of the floor stood a stout
German girl; sorry and pi imp, her blue eyes
rolling out tears as larje as butter pats.
“What’s the matter?” sajd the sympathetic
Justice. “Matter,” said the girl, “pat Got
leib wend off, and wouldn’t marry me, ain’t
it?” The Justice said bn supposed it was,
and intimated that he had come to .marry
some one, and requested life old lady to bring
on the lambs to the sacrifice. Old lady said,
“dare vos no lambs—Golleib'ish run off and
vill not marry my Kalarijia.” “Well,” said
the Justice, “Gotleib isn’t’ the only man there
is ; —send for some other nan to marry her.”
At this Katrina’s face brightened up,and she
ejaculated, “Yah—das is goot—4send mil
Hans." Hans was send for,, bnl cfluldn’t
come. When her messet ger returned, Kata
rina, determined not to give it up, said, “Send
mit Shoseph.” Shoseph was sent for, but he
could not be found.
Katrina’s heart fell at
Justice was growling in
Ka'arina looked out of tl
a short and thick young
when she rushed to tbs
“Fritz —Fritz!” Fritzs
pearance at the door, whe
said, “Fritz you lofs mil
allowed he did, more as s
j stand up here,” thunder*
before Fritz could real
was man and wife, and E
around his neck, and be;
she crying between the
husband—mein Fritz
reel historian compels u:
hugged back as well as
Justice, with head erec
out, leaving the lovers]
walked away mediiativel
ing all over his
sciousncss of having dot
in his eye, and honor, 1
in his footstep. —Buffal
■ The Great Mississippi Defalcation—
A True Woman. —Of course it iias not been
forgotten by most of out readers; that, in 18-
43, an immense defalcation was discovered
in the Slate Treasury of Mississippi, J. R.
Graves being at the bead of ihatjdepartraent,
who as soon as exposure was threatened, es
caped, was pursued, caught, and finally got
out of the clutches of the officersland reached
Canada, where he lived beyond jlhe reach of
legal powers. The history of this great de
falcation, involving, as was supposed at the
time, no leas than Slf 4,300 in {found num
bers, is briefly sketchec in, the following ex
tract, which we obtained from a report an the
case by A. H. Walker, E*q., to GoV. Mc-
Willie a short time s(nce. It ]will be seen
what an honorable part an honorable, high
minded woman playet|’ in the disastrous af
fair :—Louisville Journal. ]
After Graves had fled and escaped from
the officers, and noond knew where the”mon
ey was, Mrs. Graves, true to the honest in
stincts of woman, sent for .the of
the State and voluntarily delivered to him
892,600 in United States Treasury notes,
82,747 68 in gold, 868,232 98 |n Stale war
rants, making 8164,570 36, a sum quite suf
ficient to have purchased her husband’s lib
erty or made herself ajnd family independent;
and, while her husbarjd has justly been re
garded as a public defaulter an(| pursued by
the officers of the law! as a fugitive from jus
tice, this devoted wifp has haij. to share all
the evils arising out of their unfortunate con
dition and live in a distant fond far from
friends and-kindred, viihoutevep having had
credit for her straightforward womanly hon
esty. | I j ’
The Open Polar |3ea. — Dr.iHayes in his
address before the GeographicaliSocety read
a letter from Prof. Agassiz, in relation to the
open Polar Sea, in w itch that gentleman ar
gued ihe existence of such a sea, in the fol
lowing language: , j
“I beg to add a Word with regard to Dr.
Hayes'expediiion. consider lit as highly
important, not only in a, scientific point of
view, but particularly so for the interests of
the whale fishery. Tae organization of these
huge inhabitants of t ie ocean seems to me
to furnish the most d red jproof I that there is
an open sea into the Arctics. I The whales
being warm-blooded, air-breathing animals,
must come to the surface |to breathe. They
cannot live without it. Now it is well known
that during the winter they are pot found out
side—that is, to the south, of the ice-beat of
the Arctic seas. They retreat northward du
ring the cold season,jand if the whole extent
of that Arctic sea was covered with ice,they
would necessarily perish during Ihe long win
ter. Ido not know' a more direct evidence
of ihe presence of extensive open water in
the northernmost regions of the globe, than
the mode of life of the whales,[and the dis
covery of a passage into that! open water
which would render whale fishing possible
during the winter, would be ond of the
'important results for the improvement of
whale fishing. The argument may not strike
forcibly one who is not acqaiqted with ihe
structure of the whales, but to a physiologist
it must be irresistible. ! j
Cut few days
‘imerj Morgan L. Marlin
in Oshkosfi, Wisconsin,
of the steamer, a boy
A Chub’s Head
since while the sle
was lying at a dock)
a son of the owne
some six or seven (years old,! playino
about the angine, aid finally dropped some”
thing between the beams supposing the shaft,
and stooped over to.recover ill The engi
neer entirely ignorant of the Whereabouts of
the boy, started the engine, arid the crank
revolving, came dojvn arid struck the boy on
the back of the neck, cernpleteiy severing His
head from his without j giving a mo
ment’s lime to cry for help. The father be
ing near, started, caught up the headless
and the cry, “Oh, God !” which escaped the
father s lips, chilled the heart’s blood of ev
ery one that saw that awful sight and heard
that heart-rendering invocation. -
The Tacts of the
Some twenty years ago*slaveshi^l
a cargo of African negroes on the l,i*f
Cuba. They were then sold in lou % 4
purchasers.” A loi was bought h M
Spaniards named Ruiz and Mendez d H
sequenlly • chartered a small vessel
them to another part of the island, s'
out of sight of land, the negroes ar o*
took possession of the vessel and de® *
to be taken back to their native
rica. They committed no assault
purchasers, further than to demand oft -
their release from bondage and their res
tion to home, kindred and liberty, t?
know nothing of navigation, and tb e A
finally found its way into Long Islands?-
and was formally taken possession ofiS
revenue cutter and brought into JJew Fuji
where the cases were tried, and theCoAl
cided that they were entitled to their free*,!
and they were subsequently set at
and the two Spaniards lost their “prop«J
If we mistake not, the late John Quine, J
ams volunteered to be the counsel fori'jj
groes, and went to New Haven and
their case. They were declared freebiJ
District Court of the United States, fJ
which an appeal was taken to the lull fed
of the United Slates Supreme Court,
the decision was affirmed. ]
this news, and the
ipatiem. j Just then
le window and saw
German | going by,
door and! hallooed,
shortly made his ap
-13 Katarina’s mother
ue Katarina?” Fritz
t tuer-kroul. “Then
dd the Justice; and
position be
iata'rina’ajarms were
;• lips pressed to hia,
calisthenics, “mein
Our duty as a cor
ii to sayl that Fritz
te knew how. The
i, stepped smilingly
to themselves, and
y,a holyjcalm sleal
propartiohs, the con
ie|his duly gleaming
finest y and rectitude
Republican.
Soon afterwards the Spanish
claimed from our Government
for the loss which its citizens had
by the decision of the Connecticut Cctr.e
the liberation of the Africans.
ment recognized this claim, and
cratic administration, since that day j,
never failed to urge this preposterous aoi 3
rageous claim upon the attention of Conji
and recommend its payment. Several C«
mittees of both Houses of Congress madr
as they generally are, of a majority of f
slavery men, have reported in favor of j
claim upon various pretexts, but Conja
has never yet dared to vole an appropnti,
for it, and we trust never will.—ijj,
Atlas.
. Masonic. —The Grand Lodge oi f
sylvania held an election for officers on;
day evening, 6th inst., when ihe folia
gentleman were elected for the Masomci
commencing on St. John’s day next, la:
of December :
Hon. H. M. Phillips, R. W. Grand
ter. i
Master.
Grand Master.
Linius H. Scott, R, W. Junior Gn
Warden.
urer.
Trustees of the Girard Bequest—!
Perkins’, Anthony Bournonville, M. D...
Hutchinson, David Boyd, David Jayne,
Trustees of the New Masonic Loai-Sm
uel Badger, Phillip R. Howard, Wafc
glish, James Shields, Frederick Lonainji
conjunction with the R. W. Grand Oma
Trustees of the Grand Lodge Cte
fund—Juhn Wilson, Sr., Wm. S. B'c
Joseph S. Riley, Sr., Jas. Gw,in, ivt
N. Macpherson.
YedDo, is Japan. —Mr. Consul Hex
in a private letter to an officer of the St"
who was in the Japan Expediiion, gnsi
following description of the city of ¥&)■
“I have visited the city of Vedda l«o
and have had an audience of the East
1 passed neatly six months in leddodc?
my two visits, and succeeded at las! as
king a commercial treaty that lolly
Japan to our enterprising citii“ns anJsrJ
Japan fairly into the great family o! tta
[ Yeddo is a large oily, of iwo-ilory*M*
puddings. The streets are generally u
and well sewered, but are not paved.
probable that the population is bet'W
-500,000 and 2,000,000. There is
beauty nor splendor to be found there. *'
exterior of the houses is the same u 3
you saw at Simoda and
interiors are quite as destitute ol turn".*’
ornament. Even the palace of theEid
is built of unpainted wood, and is q*
bare of any furniture. The gulden ca- 3
and roofs spoken of by old writers hm*
tshed, if thoy ever existed, and 1
by the Japanese that their buildings stti
of living are precisely the same W'
have been for the last five hundred ts*
-A
Deer on the Mountain.—
cident. —We learn, says Ihe
(Pa.) News from persona from tin 1 ,:c '
that large herds of deer have beo iW3,l v ,
several killed, on ihe Sooth Moontim
season, A fesv days since, a getfk® 1 ®
siding near Cleversburg, rcurnml
O O’ i . fj
from Ihe mountains, remarked w 315 f
that, had she accompanied him
could have seen one of the most® s ®)
sights one could witness—a herd o |! '
She told him “that if he would fall o ’
the cellar, she would show him
as he had seen in the mountain.” •
panying her to the cellar, he waS
fo find one of the finest of the ber“> *
buck, which she had slain ! k
in the early part of the evenings s® e
the dogs on the premises keep up s" l ’,.
noise, and pursuing them, she
they were “worrying a targe de€r
zing it by the horns, she called lor
which was hastily brought her,
dispatched her captive. Numbers tv
the settlements for food, which, * e
very scarce on the mountain.
John Thompson, R. W. Deputy
D. C. Skerrett, M. D., R. ff.
Peter Willamson, H. W. Grand
Wm. H. Adams, R. W. Grand Seers
Mrs. Douglas os the Late O-
A correspondent of ihe ■
ing of the pleasant domestic <J uall '
Douglas, relates that, at the
lion, a few days ago, Mrs. $
how she stood the canvass.
said she, “but I must go andge l ™-
some clothes—he has come onto } f
half naked. I got him two dozen
Spring, and two or three set’ 0
lost all his shins but two, and on ,*•
belong to him—and all the SIU S^( J l Jlsi ,
which belong to four different 5 ,
sides he hasn’t any of the other
he started out with.”
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