Terms of Publication. "’ll" TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is published -t-v Thursday Moming^and.mailed to subscriber? !! die\«-LV reasonable price of ONE DOLLAR PER .ANNUM,-®#" r , t r-n- ! " *' l ndcmu'e. It is intended to notify orcry ; ;‘.n.-ri”cr when the terra for winch he has paid'shall Ve\pirc'i } by the stamp—“ Tims Odt,” on the mar ‘ f the last paper. The paper will then be stopped farther remittance be received. By this ar l • run: no man can be brought in debt to the . -.r-t 1 -"' 1 fur. Agitator is the Official Paper of the County, -h a largo and steadily increasing circulation rcach i-j’... c\ ery neighborhood in the County. It is sent to‘any Post Office within the county hut wliose most convenient post office may be adjoining County. Cards, not esceVling 5 lines, paper inclu de! 55 r* r y* ar - ____ BUSINESS directory. , VS. I.OWKBV & s. f. wasos, S finRNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW, will \ .uiotvl the Court of Tioga, Pottor and McKean -•un'cs. [Wellsboro', Feb. 1, 1853.] S. B- BROOKS, iTIDRXET AW COUNSELLOR AT LAW A tLKLASB, TIOGA C?.A - t l . • multitude of Counselors there is fcafoty.*’—JJiMe. c.N LM'i'-'Niy. OR. W. W 0 rn n; , vcr Cone’s Law Office, first door below Fi-r’s Hotel. Nighty he will be found at his , c. first door above the bridge on Main Street, ariarJ- Sjn'rel r, .V. D IBIT, BEIVWST, Ai'FICE at bis residence nearithe ;.c\ t / Academy. All work pertaining to 1:1 ; Uoe of business done promptlv and .. [April 22, 1858.] HOUSE CuKX X X G , I). C. XuE Proprietor. (j ;M,d from the Depot free of charge. pe s i ivjss ji a it' ci!> e WIILLSBORO’, PA 1.. D. TAYLOR, PROPRIETOR. •j- 2lk ,5,.., j popular house it cent* ally locat'-d. and i the patronage &.* the travelling public. Americas hotel. C.'UtXIXCx, x.y.. B FKEEiVIAN, - - - - Proprietor. ’.v 7 - i-:«. Lodging*. 2.*» ots. Board, 75 cts. per day. ,’ Man h M7 i?sy._(lyO .5. C. WHITTAREB, U.rlro' -ithic and Surgcori. v i ]\ LAX L\ TIO G A C 0., p3SX X A. v; 1 ! iMt patients in all parts of the County, or rc them for treatment at his house. [Juno 14,] a o. ens, BAR/tER AND JI AIR'D/! ESSE 11. S!I0P *n the rear of the Post Office. Everything in Ids line «ill ho done-as well land promptly as.it uu In done in the city saloons. Preparations for re r ivies u’amlrd/T, and beautifying the hair, for ( -««p II ur ami whL-hers Jvod any color. Call and .TSwi-Wo, Sept. 22, 1559. i GAISES HOTEL. 11. c Vi:P.MIT t YCA . PROPRIETOR Gaines, County, Pa. Tut.' « ■ 11 kn.tv. u hotel is located within easy access „f tuckc-t fishing and hunting grounds in Xorth’rn Pi N‘o n:un« will be spared for the accommodation ! ikM'-.iro sci'kerc- and the traveling public. \j.ril 11, 1 212: THE COBXtSO JOVRKAt. George W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor. IS {i.'.Mivicd at Corning, Sicuben Co., X. Y., at One Dyllar and Fifty Cents per year, i» advance. The j.jr Ell l is Republican in politics, and has a eircula > u reaching into every part of Steuben County.— 7”, s e desirous of extending their business into that .. I tie adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad-, Tin,.im: medium. Address as above. DRESS ITIARIi^G. I FI?? M. A. JOHNSON. respectfully announces *o ihc citizens of Wclhboro and vicinity, that she h- in'acn room- over Niles A - EitiottV Store, where s'.c |. prepared to execute all orders in the line of "RE'.' MAKING. Having bad experience in the , : 1,..-;, she feels confident that she can give salisfac -- all who mav favor her with their patronage. 2C. 1 Soil. JOHN B. SHAKESPEiB, tailor. HAVING opened bis shop in the room -over VTu’.. Roberts Tin Shop, respectfully informs the e.:iicn- ofWcllsboro’ and vicinity, that he is prepared t rvjiMite orders in his lino of business with prompt ly and dc'-patch Cutting done on *hort notice. Oct. 21, ISAS.—Cm \YA TCHES I WATCHES I THE .'uhscriher has got a fine ofheavy j:\olish lever huxter-case Gold and Silver Watches, K:c‘.i v„* wdl sell'chcapcr than “dirt” on ‘Time,* i. c. -* *: ’.i ;• i\ - Time Pieces’ on a abort fapproved) credit. ; \ \ knt<i. *.f REPAIRING done promptly. If a of work is not'done to the satisfaction of the party '•’i.riTi£ it, no charge will be made. P.i*t fa\or? appreciated and a conHunnce of pntron- Kindly solicited. ANDLE FOLEY. KcINWo. .Tunc 24, I?4S. HOME INDUSTRY. T'li: .'l i,x KJHKU having established a MAR bUI M \XVFACCORY at the village of Tioga, ‘-cro lit- prepare Ito furnish ponuments,'Tomb-Stones, &c., ’; *' v j ftIMIOST & ITALIAN MARBLE * i rv.-j.er ifu]3r solicit the patronage of litis and ad- .1 j.'u-i ptock on hand be is now ready to cs > i Ki' w ith neatness, accuracy and dispatch. .V.* work iKhvored if desired. JOHN BLAMPIED. 2_J*- T oga Co., Pa., Sept. 28, 1859. W HI. TCRBELL, CtfUXIXG, X. Y. Wholesale and Retail Deilei, in : /'£ I 0 \ .Lid -Hu'ncf, Lend, Zinc, and Colored Vrir.uth. Brushes Camphene and Burning J >'hi if, S'\ih ami Glues, Atr« Liquors for • ! !l . Pot- ut .Ifclicinee, Artiste Paints and Brushes, ■U- f.u-y. Articles, Elhvnrimg Extracts, <£*c., ALSO, ' —A general assortment of School Books— Blank Books, Staple nud Yancy , . Stationary. •■-J'.ciarjt. Country Merchants dealing i’.* :ib ,\c articles can bo supplied at a small un New York prices. [Sept. 22, 1857.] , SEll STOVE iDTIFsTfIP! ROY’S DRUG STORE, ■-ym r,m buy Stoces, Tin, and Japanned , fur one-half the usual prices. ;-o. s K!.-;vatcd Oven Couk Stove and Trim : - 515.00. Tin and Hardware * \ t^ r ' '-i f-T Hearty Pay„ '.‘.T ' r-' l .' any one who wants anything in this line s( ' ol >r prices before purchasing elsewhere. , 1 ihc place— two doors south of Farr’s Ho i.. ‘Tj ;tc Huy’s Drug Store. ‘CALL AND SEE •.jrD.I)EMI N G, ~V J s - ■ ■ *f’;!K announce to the people of Tioga County v : r - l,v - iTcpired to fill all orders for Apple. Pear " rr. .V ct.irmv. Apricot. Evergreen and Deciduous v -’• Al-» Cut rants fia-pberipes, Gooseberries, : -=.'trdv. b-oriics of all n.-W and approved Tori- ,^LS—' r ' "‘osi-tinc of Hybrid, Perpetual and Sum- Hs.r,.#., ’ :if r Mow, Bourbon, Noisette, Tea, UU ' aDd ‘•'Hmbing Boses • Y-, Inclodin Bn» t b® finestncwT»* J ' U ' I*? "x x rieties of Althea, Calycautbus, tr p, ,ir ' Syringias. Viburnums, WigUlas &c. P iconics, Dahlias, Phloxes, Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcissis; Jonquils, Lit 'arietios. Strawberry. 4 doz,plants, $5. solicited. j r frrj fUnp. Budding or Pruning "will be ■* ; : r ’• Art^r^a II I‘. riMl.Nfr.TrelUtorc*, ra. r I 1 TT H "1 a A I «!«!; f H 1 a B Bil /la Bf v *Si F B « v B « A a ' line?, onq or\hreo insert B' B——B B A j B H » a * / -«a f gS 1 • '■«■ - 'S' JSr I subsequent .Ai B B. B B a r to |B —H U f vjk H ~a ‘ la ' | lines considered as a squj —-H~ JL ~" Tj |S B f B i 1 c !' ar^e^for Quarterly ■t- - --' - _ __ ' -'' . . ; 2 8,1 do.°' S ] . to t&e S£*teu»Co» of tfie &tea of JFmSJom ana tf)t Sgrcaa of ?£ealt&g J&cform. '^° IT' 1 T' i‘ VOL. VI. Last eve the sunset winds upheaved \ A mountain'in the west. All seamed with gloomy gulfs, from base Up to its golden crest; Cloud piled on cloud that mountain rose— A storm whose wrath was spent— Its routed legions gathered up, Iq common ruin blent; And all about its dark base rolled A sea of gorgeous dyes, And on its summit blazed a fire | Too bright for mortal eyes ; \ And grandly down its southern slope A purpling river flowed [ Into the sea of gorgeous dyes 1 IThicb at its foot abode. WEBB. And we, who marked the scene sublime. Beheld a shining band Press upward to the mountain top, As to a Promised Land: Their faces kindling with the light That played about its crest— And two, more glorious, led iho way, In spotless garments dressed; Some tjparied on the way, and these The stronger lifted up, And held unto their parching lips Love’s overflowing cup— And thus refreshed, they buoyantly Pressed forward in the van, And leaped and danced for gladness, where The purpling river ran. X. Y, Thup, joyously, tho band pressed on Until the least had won And stood transfigured on the mount— - The children ol the sun; But soon their brightness waxed too great For mortal eyes to bear, And Xight, in mercy, dropped her veil To bide tho vision fair: But we, who saw that sight sublime. Hallowing yestereven, Joyed in the thought that wo had sped A little nearer Heaven March 4, ISGO, One autumn day, about three and thirty years ago, a traveling carriage was slowly ascending i a steep and sandy hill on the high road, about ten miles from Antwerp. It was one of those days of alternate cloud and sunshine, when the j landscape shows to the greatest advantage; j great shadows of clouds driven by the fresh, , pleasant west wind, rested here and there upon i woods and valleys, making their shades deeper, while capricious gleams of light gilded upland fields, from whence the corn was not yet car ried, or played oi\ the foam of the water-wheel, and brought out in full relief the peaked red gables of the miller's house, backed by fruit- J trees heavily laden. The owner of the carriage seemed to enjoy this beautiful scene and weather, fur he alighted from his carriage at the foot of the hill; and slowly as the horses climbed up its sandy . ascent, his progress still slower, for he - turned round every three yards to note the dif : ferent changes in the scene as the driving clouds :i cast fresh shadows, or the objects of the land r scape assumed fresh combinations as he ad -1 vanced; so that the carriage was almost out of 1 sight by the time he came up to a hoy, who, ' leaning against a rail, was drawing figures in , the sand with so much attention and interest, 1 that he did not perceive the stranger's approach, j “What are you doing, my'little man V 7 said 1 j the gentleman. J The hoy looked up, and without answering, ; ran to him and tried to pull him backward by j the tails of his coat. “Ob, you are walking, : over St. Peter," he cried, in such atone of tragic ! that the gentleman laughed and retreat ! ed a few steps, j “What do you mean ?" “Why my beautiful head that I have been I all the morning drawing," said the boy, endeav- 1 ; oring to efface the footmarks in the loose sand i which covered the spot where they stood; “it | was so exactly like I" I | “Like wlut ?" ! ‘■The image of St. Peter in the church. I have done it a great many times, but .never got it so like before,.ami I meant to have drawn the whole figure, with the keys and all, but the sand is to trampled now, I shall not be able to do it. I had just left it for a moment, to draw tbnlt carriage that passed just now; the postilion had such a comical face, and the valet, perched up behind, looked so hungry and cross, and never onced turned round to look at the view, though there is nothing half so pretty between this and Antwerp.” While he spoke the stranger Was examining a drawing traced on the sand with the point of a stick. Of his own carriage and servants, and although from the nature of the implements used, roughly done, yet a spirited likeness of the somewhat remarkable features of the men had been produced, while the attitude of the horses laboring to draw tho heavy vehicle up the hill was very well done. He made no ob servation, however, but simply asked the child if he had over been at Antwerp. “Yes, once.” Then folding his hands with an expression of reverential admiration, ho added: “And in the great church there I saw Ruben’s pictures!” “Ah, indeed; end what did you think of them ?” “Oh, sir, if I could only see them always. I should be happy. I dream of them almost every night, and X try to draw bits of them on the sand ; but I can do so little,” he went on with a sigh. “Would you not like to have pencil and pa per to draw with ?” said the gentleman. “Oh, yes,” said the child. “I have them on Sunday. The good curb gave me some, and after mass I draw all day long. lam so happy then, without any pigs to look after.” “It seems to me that you have that pleasure now,” said the other, “for I see hone any where.” “Those stapid, tiresome leasts, they are a’.- w.ays running away/ 7 and, brandishing his stick, he rushed into the little grove near, and was soon heard shooting, gesticulating, scream ing' to bis pigs ; bnt it was some time before he could bring them all back; and in the mean while the stranger stood examining the scratch es in the sand. We may as well mention here who this gen tleman was who took so much interest in the little swineherd’s sketches, and inform cur res WHILE . THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAX'S INHUMANITY,TO MAX’’ SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. {From the Evening Post.] THE MOUNTAIN IN THE WEST. ffrom Once a Week.] TH3 SWINEHERD PAINTER. WE.LLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH %% 18(JO. ders that he was a prince of one of the noblest j families in Poland. More fortunate than the greater part of his countrymen, the father of \ Prince Ponaaky had sold his great estates in ; Poland before its dismemberment by its power- | fill neighbors, and had settled in France, inil\ whose rich and luxurious capital he could freely j , indulge his taste fur the refined and beautiful. 1 His son had grown up a perfect enthusiast of Art—one of those men one finds often in the | higher circles, who, without any positive genius j for the Art they devote themselves to, have yet j the greatest passion for everything connected 1 with it. There are some patrons of Art who | take a kindly interest in those who minister to j their pleasures ; and one of the noblest of these was Prince Pogasky; his purse, bis time, his 1 sympathy, welgover at the service of the strug gling artist: to have genius was a sure pass port to his favor; and many, now famous, bless the kind hand that helped, and the wise head j that connected, their inexperienced youth. When the boy returned hot and-breathless from his chase, the Prince was still contempla ting the sand drawings. “My frioml,” he said, ttthcre is a great fault here. You have made the off-wheel about three times larger than the near one/' “Yes,” said the boy, that puzzles me. All my drawings of carts and carriages look wrong, and I cannot tell why. Both the wheels are really the same size and yet if I make both the same length, one looks larger than the other.” “I will tell you,” said the Prince. J And ta king the stick, from the child's hand, he ex plained to him some of the first principles of perspective. The quick, intelligent eyes of his auditor followed eagerly every word and move ment, and. at the conclusion he clapped his hands with joy, and exclaiming, “1 see now how to draw the wheels,” he moved to an untrodden hit of sand, and drew the damage with the most perfect correctness. , ( The Prince was delighted with his quick com- 1 prehension, and asked the boy to show him some of his Sunday,sketches on paper. “Well,** he replied, ‘T have not got any here, hut if you will come to-morrow I shall be here. This is the best hit of ground for drawing on for three miles round, and the view is so beau tiful down„thcre.” M. 11. Cone. “But ray little friend, to-raorrow X shall bo many leagues from here on my road to Paris.” “Then if you will stay here and take care of the pigs, I will go and fetch them for you.” “Thank you,” replied the other, drily; ‘T think the best plan would be fur you to tell me where your mother lives; and then I could go and look at your drawings there. I don’t ex actly see where the pigs are at this moment.” “Oh I” said the little swineherd, with a ges ture of de>pair, “I never can draw for two min utes together In peace. I must go after them again.” “Tell me vour mother's name first.” “Kaysar, sir—la Mere Kaysar. She lives in the first cottage after the church. You see the tower there above the trees." “And your name is— “ Heinrich ; I am the youngest but two, and there are ten of us altogether.” “Well, adieu my little friend, perhaps we may meet again soon—don’t forget, what I have taught you.” “0! there is no danger of that, sir, I shall practice it as soon as ever those horrible pigs give me a moment’s rest.” ‘‘Prince Ponasky pursued hia way to the top of the hill, where his carriage was waiting for him. He got in, and told the postilion to leave the proceed to the little .village on the left, and atop at the cottage nest the church. The valet had been duly explaining to the postilion while thej- waited, that his master was an eccentric foreigner, crazed on the subjects of artist and paintings. So the Prince was obeyed without more astonishment than was conveyed by an expressive shrug of the postilion’s shoul ders to the valet, and replied to by him with a significant shake of the head. At the door of la Mbrc Kaysar the carriage stopped and the Prince entered. The good woman, who was washing, was filled with astonishment and terror at seeing so grand an equipage stop at the door. She thought some misfortune must have happened, and immedi ately began to think of her sons. Her relief was great when she found that Ibis fine gentle man only come to look at Heinrich’s usless scraps of paper. “You shall see them, and welcome, sir," she said ; “I wish you could persuade Heinrich to to turn his hand to something useful—no one will employ him for anything but pig-keeping, and even for that his master begins to say he is too lazy.”' The Prince smiled to himself as lie thought of the uncontrolled liberty thd pigs seemed to enjoy under Heinrich’s care—but said nothing, and began to examine tne drawings. They were sketches of every imaginable object that came under his notice; his mother, brothers, and sisters were represented in all kinds of at titudes ; the old water-mill; the picturesque church porch, with groups passing in to hear mass ; his companions; his dog ; even his spe oial tormentors, the pigs, had their place in this gallery of art, where the hacks of the drawings had other sketches upon them—paper bcingfar too valuable a commodity to serve only once.— There were, of course, innumerable faults; but with, them all a breadth and freedom, a quickness in catching likenesses, and power of giving its distinctive character to everything he attempted, that to the Prince’s experienced eye evinced a very high degree of talent. Even genius—-who knew?—might be lurking there I What should he do ? Should he leave this em bryo artist to sink down into the sordid life of the boors around him, or should he take him with him and give him the training his powers seemed to demand ? He pondered long and profoundly; at length he said : “I think your son has a decided talent, my good woman. Should you like him to be brought up as an artist?” 1 . “Ah, air, that is what a painting gentleman who came out from Antwerp in the spring said ; but we are too poor to think of that. Hein rich must get his living as ho can. Here are some of the drawings the gentleman showed him how to I , all in cnlcr*, m.*ch prettier than those black scratches, but he lias no paints now.” [ The Prince turned over the water-color draw i ings the good mother reached down from the | shelf where they lay between a jar of onions unnd a round cheese, and decided at once'what j ,he .would do. Heinm;h should accompany him I'immediately to Paris, and ho, would take the cere of his future destiny upon himself. In a | tew words he explained his jdan to H M6ro j Kaysar, who wept, half with joy that her son j should have such advantages offered to him, 1 half with grief at the idea of parting with him. j B.uf sbd refused to decide either way, till Hein { riah himself had been spoken to on the sub ject-— for he had good sense enough, when he t could be got to think about anything besides his scribbling. A neighbor’s son was induced by the bribe of a few sous to take Heinrich's place as swine herd for'an hour, white be came to hear the re sult of the consultation upon his destiny. His Bright blue eyes sparkled, and he showed all Ins white teeth in a grin of enthusiastic delight when the Prince offered to take him to Paris— clothe, feed, watch over him, and, above all, have him educated as a painter. “0, sir," ho said, “will you bo really so good? Shall I indeed learn to draw? 0, I am so happy, so happy ! Get me my Sunday clothes, mother, —let me get ready at once 1” “You are very glad to go then, Heinrich, and leave your poor, old mother?” said le M£ve K.iysar, putting her apijbn to her eyes. “I forgot I must leave you,” said the boy, his honest heart swelling at the prospect of* abandoning his home, which had not before entered into his calculations. “I couldn't stand never seeing you or SuseUe,” he wenton, burst ing into tears ns he spoke. “Thank you, kind ly. eir, for your offer, but I must not leave my ' The Prince explained that he bad no wish to S&pnrate them wholly, gave the mother his card, and recommended her to confer with her friends, while he himself put up at an inn iu the neigh borhood. The result of the deliberation between la Mdra Kaysar and the good curt*, whom she consulted in the matter, was that Heinrich’s not very extensive wardrobe was packed up iu a cotton jiandkorchief, and he and his niothej* came at the time appointed to the-Throc Crowns, where the Prince was reposing, after such a dinner as a way-side inn could furnish. They gratefully accepted his noble offer, and he re newed hte promises uf a pension to the mother, and of watchful care for the sun; and they set oa that evening on the journey to Paris. Arrived there, the little rustic was suitably dressed, and then, through the Prince’s inilu enqe, permission was gained fur him to study at the Academy. As he was so young ho only spent a part of the day there; the rest was passed at a school, that his general aducation might be advanced. He slept at the Prince’s house, whose heart he completely won by hi* amiable disposition, good sense, and the quick ness with which he gained the address and manners of those about him. In the he returned to his village for a few weeks ; his mother was delighted to see him so strong and tail, and exactly like a great gentleman, as she said; but she could not see any improvements in his drawing; his studies from die-antique, heads with every kind of expression,’ ami legs and arms in all imaginable attitudes, only re minded her of an hospital—they were not half so pretty as the drawings he used to make of Susette and the baby, or the groups round the village well. He visited her every rear* till he went to Italy and other countries for the purpose of stydying his art. Long ere he returned, he could earn money enough to make her an al lowance, which caused her to pass for a rich woman in her village. VfJieu he revisited Paris and his generous protector, a very place was offered him in the Academy ; but ho would not accept it with out first consulting the Prince, and to him he expressed a wish to return to Belgium. “Do nut think me ungrateful,” he said; “I will agree to any plan you propose; you have been as a father to me, and I will render you always the willing obedience of a child. But I must tell you frankly, I should like to dedi cate what talent God has given me to my coun try, to be ranked among the Flemish painters. But I put myself in your bands*" The Prince admired the patriotic feelings of the young man and gave a willing assent to his return. He settled in Antwerp, and be came the head of the Academy there. His dis tinguished manners, handsome figure, and cour teous address, soon gained him the cntr6e into the beat circles. JVo one could ever have im agined that the graceful, polished gentleman, who took his place so easily and naturally among the highest in the land, had ever been a poor peasant,boy. Not that he sought to con ceal his origin; far from it, he was very fund of relating tho story of his early poverty and his patron’s munificence; but his was one of those natures to whom refinement is natural; his artbfrmnd assimilated to itself, as its proper aliment, all that was graceful and beautiful.— He married a lad}* of good_ family, who brought her husband, not only a considerable fortune, hut the more valuable gifts of a noble mind and amiable temper. Henrieh Kaysar lives happy and respected : and with our hearty wishes that so he may long remain, we \yill close this true story of the Swineherd Painter of Antwerp. E. Acton*. Decidedly Complimentary. —“ What a lovely woman !” was the exclamation of Lord Chan cellor Eldon, upon passing a first class beauty, when passing up and down Westminister Hall, with his friend, the Master of the Rolls, previ ous to the opening of their respective Courts. “What an excellent Judge”’ said the lady, when her sensitive ear caught the flattering de cree of the Lord High Chancellor of England. Making a Quick Trip.— At a trial before a Squire the following queer colloquy occurred; Counsel—“ Didn’t you tell P to go to tho devil ?” Witness—“l rather think I did.” Coun sel—“ Well, did he go?” Witness—“l guess not; hut if he did, ha made a quick trio of it, f.-r I met him the next dav.” Tho Hunter’s Revenge. Among the many hardy Frenchmen in the employ of the old Northwest German Company, was one Francoise, German voyageur, who had established a notoriety for courage and physical strength : and like many others of his class, he was sometimes vain ofliis extraordinary powers, and fond of exhibiting them to his associates. He would ioad his brawny shonidres witii packs which his comrades could scracely life frbm the ground, and without evincing the smallest de- gree of fatigue, would march with them, day after day, through the wilderness, often leaving his lightly loaded companions far in the rear. It was no uncommon thing for Francoisc to lin ger in the camp an hour or two after his com rades had started, take the trail they were fol lowing. and, after a few hours, pass them qui etly ; and after traveling till the middle of the afternoon, stop at some»convcnient spot for en camping. He usually selected some water course, whiyh he judged his friends would reach about nightfall, and striking camp, would sur prise them with a well prepared supper of veni son and other game, which ,he had prepared against their arrival. On a certain occasion, when ascending tho Bois des Sioux river alone, in his canoe, he was attacked by a largo party of Sioux Indians, who after sinking his canoe by perforating its bottom with their rifles, and making a desperate fight of it, succeeded in making him a prisoner.— His reputation for courage and strength hart reached them, and before putting him to torture they determined to test his powers. According ly, they took him to the edge of the cliff, some hundred or two feet high, -beneath which ran the river, and fastening one end of a rope to a large stone at the base of the cliff, they direc ted him to raise it to where they were collected in a group to witness the feat. Germaine, whose judgment and self-reliance never for a moment deserted him, readily consented to hu mor the Indians, but, declared the thing was impossible with so short a rope. The Indians, who had brought the free end of it to.the top of the bank, insisted that it wa? all-sufficient, beside being strung enough to raise a weight twice that the stone. Still Germaine persis ted in declamng that the rope was not Iniig enough : by many feet, and refused to gratify their curiosity unless his demand was complied with, and the rope lengthened lo suit him.— Seeing that unless they indulged they would be deprived of that portion of their anticipat'd sport, the Indians yielded, and col lecting more bark, added the requisite number of foet to the rope. All being now right, the ‘Frenchman was ordered to life the stone. But Francoise deliberately proceeded to .knot the end Lisso-wise, and gathered It in a coil at the end of the cliff, afteu clearing the ground of brush and broken limbs, which might intcreferc with its free run. The stone, which was of several hundred weight, whs a heavy lift for Geramlne, and he exerted nil his powers to start it from its bed. But vMien once started, the labor of raising it was comparatively lighter. After he had drawn it up for e. few feet, he was ordered to lower it again,Kvheu four of the most stalwart warriors tried their united strength upon ic but thev could not make it budge on inch. Again Germaine was ordered to hoist it to the top of the bank. With the outlay of all his muscular force ho obeyed, and as it moved slowly along the face of the cliff, the Indians, in their excitement, gathered in knots upon the very verge, and looking downward* watched its ascent. Hand over hand, the Frenchman toiled at his task, but with hia keen grey eves taking in all about him. He had raised the huge weight one-third of the distance, when the stone catching against a jutting ledge of superincumbent shale, defied all his herculean strength to raise it higher. As he struggled to overcome this,rcsistance, the Indians gathered closer and closer upon the vergeof the cliff, and watched the effort of the prisoner. At this moment, stopping the rope partially over the top of a stunted cedar besh, and hold ing the strain upon his left hand, he reached and gathered up the coiled portion in his right, he gave it one wide swing over his head, which operied its wide running noose, and with a skillful cost, let it drop over the largest knot of excited Indians as they were looking below.— The fatal circle, true to the design of the brave Francoisn, encompassed no less than six of his enemies, and letting go his hold of the rock, with a noise of thunder rushed headlong into the-abyss, dragging, with lightening speed, the six howling Indians after it. So sudden and awful was this frightful de nouement, that the surviving Indians' some' thirty in number, were for m »ny minutes hor rhr struck and regardless of all else about them. Inuring the excitement and confusion the voya geur, seeing the way clear, made go id his es cape, living with the speed of a wild deer. The saiftesfrunaers were sent in pursuit, but thev soon gave up the chase as useless and the for tunate Francoiso returned in safety to his com rades at Lake Travers. The spot where this incident occurred is. well known to the hunters and Indians of that region, and still retains the name of Francoiso Cliff. Upon the smooth surface of the limestone, near tlm water’s edge, Iho Sioux have commemorated the event by rude carvings representing six warrior* in the act r»f tumbling headlong from the edge of the precipice to the river b^low. A worthy Scotch couple, when asked how their son had broken down so early in life, gave the following explanation : “"When we began life together we worked hard and lived upon porridge, and such like, gradually adding to our comforts as our means improved, yntil we were able at length to dine off n bit of roast meat, and sometimes a boiled chuckle (chicken but as for Jack, ouf son, he worked backward, and began with the chnckie first.” The Springfield Mepublican says that there was once a man in that town who-was so polite as to sny, as ha paBSSd r a.h6a on her nest, “don’t rise ma’am.” At an agricultural dinner the following toast was given: “The game of fortune—shuffU the Card.- a* \cu will— Spz&s •'•III always win.” Cularan, - - 25,00 Ss'OO 50,0 f Advertisements not bavin;* the number of insertion desired umrked upon them. will bo published until or. dcred out and charged accordingly. Poster#, Handbill#, BilMlcad*; Letter-Heads snd» : l kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, ex ecuted neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable#’ and other BLANKS constantly on hand. VO. 34 CfEiors Facts.—Tlio following curious facts with regard to our Presidents, appear from his tory : Geprge Washington, Tst President, died with out children. Ho "was re-elected. John Adams, 2d President, had children.— Ue was not re-elected. Thomas Jefferson, 3d President, died without: children. lie was re-elected. James Madison -Irh President, died without children. He was re-elected. James Monroe, otb President, died without children. He vras re-elected. John Quincy Adams, Cth President, had children. He was not re-elected. Andrew Jackson, 7th President, had no chil dren. lie was re-elected. Martin Van Buren, S'h President had chil dren. He was not rc-clected. William Henry Harrison, 9th President, had children. He died about sis months after ho was sworn into office. John Tyler, 10th President, bird j children, and was not re-elected. James K. Polk, 11th President, hdd no chil dren, and declined a nomination for a second term. Z. Taylor, 12th President, had children. Died before the expiration of his term. Millard Fillmore, 13th President, had chif drou, and was-not re-elected. Franklin Pierce, 14th President, had ehil dron, and was nut re-elected. James Buchanan, 15th President, has no children, and nous rerons. Fr,om the shore facts, it appears that no President ever haring had children has boon re-elected to the Chief Magistracy of the Na tion, jwhile with the exception of. Mr. Foik, who declined a re-riominatioo, ail those haring no children hare been re-elected.—C/.traco Journal. The fallowing exhibition of discretion nr.d ralor is equal to anything In Congress or out of it that has lately turned up ; it was in Michi gan •- Mr. Robins kept a grocery store. His cus tomers often disputed his accounts, and one of them, Mr. Jones, was very fierce in denying the justice of, one of his charges. Robins vra» a email men, but often boasted that he was enough for any one, especially for Jones. One day Jones denied the correctness of his account while B.ubins insisted it was all right. In the heat of the discussion, -Jones accused Robins of- not telling the truth’, and Robins .dared him to repeat the accusation. j“I said that you lied, sir.” coolly responded Jones. _ .•‘Do yon say that I lie?” demanded Robins, jumping from his seat, and unbuttoning bis coat. “Tcs, s:r, M answered Jones. “Are you in earnest?” continued -Robins, jerking,off his coat and approaching Jones. “Tesf sEr, I am in earnest,” answered, Jones, still keeping his seat! “Well, if you are in earnest,” said Robin", replacing liia coat upon his' back and himself in his scat, “it is all right; but mind you, I don’t take such things in joke.” A Pep.pect “Bpjcs” of a 'VVojf.i.v. At a recent meeting of the Fourth Methodist Episco pal Church, of Providence lsland, the pastor requested that all interested in the erec tion of a new church, would contribute, at least, suficient for the purchase of one brick in the building. The Sunday following, he stated to the congregation that he had received a do nation for tne purpose named. .The attention of the people as the matter of course, wns not a little excited as the pastor unfolded a package "containing a— brick! But here the best of.it “conics in” that brick was accompanied with a bank bin of a good sized amount, and a deli cate httle gilted edged note, expressing the kind wishes of the donor, a lady of another communion. Now want she a perfect brick of a woman ? A man who bad recently been elected a m i jor of militia, and who was not overburdened with brains, took it into his bead, on the inoro ing of paiade, to exercise a little by himself. The field selected was his own apartment. Placing himself in a military attitude, with h s sword drawn, he exclaimed : “Attention, company 1 Bear rank, tinea pa ce", march 1” and tumbled down into the cellar. Uis wife bearing the racket, eatoa running in and said— “My dear, have you killed yourself ?” “Go about your business, woman,” said the hero ; “what do you know about war ?” Girls, Do Torn On*- SireEPi.va.—lt i- the poorest economy in the world for n mother to hire a servant to sweep nnd clean her daugh ter's chamber. Sweeping i 9 a healthy Merer-... and the dust in a well-kept room is never so bad as yon often encounter in the street. ~r on the railroad. In sweeping a carpet, some dmm substance should always he used—not sand, some recommend. Tea-leaves, or bran, kind of leaves wot and scattered over the S.* :• will keep down the dust. Never mo a l.m.ini for any other purpose, that you use ur,, ; . , v carpet.—Hot? to Lire. ” * ‘ | A tall, slab-sided Yankee?, who was making his appearance at Cape May, last sun-m»rT sm-lling down to the beach during bathing tin on seeing the bevy of beauties ‘disporting 1., the waves, burst into a fit of enthusiasm. ** ! “Je-ru-sa lem, of that don’t just remind r.o of suth in’ good tew hum.” ‘‘What is'that ?” asked a friend who homi him. “What is it?” said Jonathan, smacking j,; s * “lapses in water.” lips ; “IVhy am I like the letter V 7” ihqnired gentleman, who had called to take a. ladv' io the theatre. “I give it up, sir.” “Because I come after C.” ’ ' An exchange advises husbands to Jove their wives. The suggestion is- good but ire amc d by a.-Hins tu adiEonhior. r.i.t to e . ,j t tb. if Advertising. be charged $1 per square or 10 jrtions, and 23 centr for every Advertisements Of let a jhno If' marc. Thesabjeiccd •*, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad* ITBS. 6 Moxins. 12 Si'OXTBf, >3,00 $4,50' $6,80 5.00 6,50 S,OO V.OO 8,50 10.00 8.00 9,50 12.50 15.00 20,00 SO.OO
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