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TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is published
“Wednesday Morning, and maitydto subscribers
„ rJ reasonable pride of ' hjj .
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WaioeHs the Official Paper|f the County,
and steadily increasing circulation reach
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1 to any subscriber within the county
f tat whose most convenient office may be
1 flioining County. . >
jfjejs Cards; not exceeding 5 IJUpjs, pager inolu
tiperyeat-i . ;S^'-
SIN® DffiElfOßY.
rgTAi i ■ FOfJW TAItt’IHOTEt.
' DAVID HAST, PsopiuiriiiE.
jadersigned begs leave to annbA.ee to hi. old
-d to the public, generally, thtt be has taken
’Z 0 f the old sland and attgdUt ap m good
!"d-intends to.keep it as a Xj&erance Hotel,
-ill be spared to accominodftfe the traveling
/ 3 Good stablmgtfiDd a good boiler always on
to ‘suit the, times, H ART.
,o\vnEi & s.>^WjriiSOH,
ttORNEYS 4 COITNSELLOBgIT UW.will
attend the Court of-Tioga, Pqtfof ana-McKeap
ies, [Wcllaboro 1 , Fob. X, 1853,'j ; ij ;
fc H. DAKTT, DESpTIST,
OFFICE' at his residence near the
Academy. All woH| pertaining to
. lino of business doriotpromptly and
. 22, 1858:] ■
rrinted.
DICKINSON UOIJSE
'coisis'fi, sry-E. .
■ 1--Field £i Proprietor
•St. taWen to and from the Depot of charge.
Jr. C. W HITTAKi
Hydropathic Physician and i
EIKLAKD, TIOGA CO.,
Tiijrisit patients ip. all parts of th
themfof treatment at his louse.
J. •EUIERY^j'l'
ITOKNET AND COUNSEL i>£ AT LAW
ffellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa. -W;|l derote his
| exclusively p«aho practice of 1»« Collections
in soy of the Northern counties of Penhyyl
-11 jjfiov2l,6o
pESSSriVAMA HjMISE/
xr oj JJuv'i Street and tfte Avenue} IVclhboro, Pa.
}. W. BIG OK Y, PROPRIETOR.
isjopular Hotel, having been re-jilted and re
shed throughout, is now open to to public as a
:]a«3 boa?c. • t ft
JZ.4.4K WAtTOS jHOUSE,
C. 7Eluri£YEA,
Gaines, Tioga Connty. f’a.
.IS is a new hotel located within; «6sy access of
the best fishing and hunting ground* in Northern
Xu pains will be spared for the aiKommodation
leisure seekers and the traveling nitlie.
-,ri112, 1860. sjj
G. C. C. CAMPBELL,
BARBER AND* BAIR-MRRSSER. J
IP in the rear of the Post Office, .’jjverjthing ip
line will bo done aa well and ijtromptly ns it
J done in the city saloons. Preparations for re
isj dandruff, and beautifying thf):||mir, for sale
ip. Hair and whiskers dyed any color. Call and
ireilsboroj Bbpt. 22, 1850. _ .'i:
TDE COBXISG JOURNAL.
jrge W. Pratt, Editor-and proprietor.
i'inbhshe'l at Corning, Steuben Y-, at One
iklhr and’Fifty Cents per year, advance. The
rwiis Republican in politics, a cjrcula
isacbing into evxry part of Steuben County.—
sedesirous of extending their business into that
tht adjoining counties will find it arfexc’ellent ari
sing medium. Address as übov'e.
FURS! FURS! FlTflS!
4S.—'Tbo subscriber lias just received a large
asurtment of Furs for ladies wear] consisting of
’CB CAPES it VICTORINES,
FRENCH SA BLE CA PE$&, VICTQRINES,
:n mink c-a pes A- iiurP& ?’[ i.
HOCK MARTIN CAPES <fr,riCTORTA’ES.
jeaecoiDpnse a small quantity of tbp assortment,
y have becQ bought at low pricoa and will be sold
Urwiely low* prices for cash, at-ibe '2Sew Hat Store
)nW g ,S.Y. QUICK.
TO MUSIC 14-|ii s^
CHOICE LOT of the beat Italian and
German '
VIOLIN ;
Viol strings, Guitar strings] piping F<irk«
'.tic., just received aud for sata
ROT'S D£tlg STORE.
WELLSBOBO H,p|£L,
WELLSBOROUGH, BA.J( v \
1UI&, > _ _ -j J*BOPRIETOB,
5 [Formerly pf ike United Statt*'ssitL)
wwg leased this well known an& House,
ih the patronage of the public.' fVpiUh attentive
Rising waiters, together with
r ' s 3 of the business, he hopes to wake Xhe stay
lose who slop with him both yieasajit and
able. ( 4 :;j
UAqro, May 31, 1860." • ; |||
PICTURE FRAUHttfflSv' -
n-Er GLASSES, Portraits, Pictures! Certificates
.Mjnvings, Xeedie Work, drained in
uiauneivin plain and_;r»»inonled Gilt.
" "ood, Black Walnut^Oak, Min ic. Per-
Ur,a S “ny artiete furtHnung/tau'cccciye them
( hy framtd in any style they ti ah ftjul hong for
Specimens at ! ' 1
SMITH'S itOgg STORE.
mSS»m .
'■’lD inform the public
located in’ Elkland -Boro, Tfygal'o* Pa., and
by thirty years’ experience tt* real all dis
f l^e aud tbeir apxeiJ<fegBh;pn scientific
1 sad that he can care. fail, that
disease, called St Vita** pasce, (Chorea
' I JM and frill attend to any letter business in
'of Physic and Surgery. ; i'
ld Bor °. August B*. JS6O. j
Ti ®6a RECiliXiT^B.
J HGE p. Humphrey bag opined a new
Store at , w
lo ?iTMlage, tfioga bounty, Pa.
P r 'pared to do 411 kinds of Watch, Clock
, ry ''pairing, in a workojao(i|teAanner. All
lo ' .give entire BatiBfaatio|Jj
iltt. rete “ i tO G° work better ttjisn say other
iti,, ecan as good work as! call! be done In
• °"'s™here. Also WatcheiPlkted..
W. B . GEORGE F. HUMPHREY.
S V«.March 15, 1860. (ly;) f i| . ’
Ewr Hat asd (Cajp B|obe •'
an!) 5 ? 61 ' la9 > aat O P eD «4 > n thisplace a new
V 4 - Ca P Store, wherebeintendj'io manufac-
P«a band a large and generba assortment
'’liable Silk and Bat*,
'^ ! ai “ nfa =t ur e, nhloh will; be Wld at hard
SILK HAil4
llh/i 0 ? sllort notice - ;■■■' ’|s
® tor ® are filled Wrih a Prettfih
Jont ’.i* 1 ' 0 * 1 'hakes them ao|| ap'd easy to tfia
« h«i o. trouble' of breaklfag soar befid to
mb ir ■ loro to the Sew BlockSopposite the
■»fe.is s9 ; ffw-.
B c!r^® lonch,SLl Tlpb;C»lC».
Fo »’Ae/Sf6ofiio»rje-
Por sals at Eoy*B tfrngfitore.
PAIN 'Krtlifflliii 'largo lot.
f I W StOX}*
*ll
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THE! AGITATO®.
¥OL. VII.
A”~T<
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SENNA.
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The following exciting story! appears in the
Gardiner Daily Pearl and any | one who is dis
posed tp try a laugh will do well to read on.
' John Jackson was a very industrious, hard
working young man, of twenty three years.—
Being the eldest child and only son, he had
remained at home, assisting hts father
upon the farm. John was much respected by
eviiry one in the neighborhood ; and many a
bright eyed girl had secretly thought she
wujuld like to change her name to Mrs.< John
Jajtkson. But John was no “ lady’s mho.”—
Thie fact was, John was very bashful; lie
vydhSf rather hoe potatoes all day, than jinder
gßthe ceremony of an introdmltionto a !young
'tadyr Not that John disliked! the deaii crea
tures—far from it; we.believeithat he, in com
mon with all bashful but well-mennipg men,
entertained the very highest respact aqd admi
ratieqfor'tbem. And this, no doubt, was the
principhhcQuse for bis bashftilness. He felt
that they were-spnerior beings,’,and {bqlt be was
unworthy to assecihte with them upon terms
of equality. But we cannot to moralize.
Nancy Clark was the daughter of a very re
spectable fanner, whose land adjoined the (Tack
eon farm. Nancy was a prefty, saucy little
wjtcb, and she liked John Jacknon. When they
were Children, they attended the same school,
and as he was a few years her senior, was
usually h’Cr tthatnp.ion l in the cfyldisb disputes
that arose and her companion in going and .re
turning. At lasfjo'hn beenmh so much of a
young man As to ha kept from 1 school during
the summer, and when winter came ha
found that Nancy had become a young woman,
and did not ask him to take bet band as they
walked home from school, as she had in past
years. John discovered too, that he bad been
growing in Stature, and it seemed as though ho
had been growing out of shaped His feet and
legs appeared Very Awkward—he didn't know
what to do with his hands—bis face pafyed. him,
and taking all in alike 1 was inclined to think
that he was not more than half put together.
Now the truth was, John Jncksoh was really
a fine looking young man, and, nothing) but his
admiration of Nancy would have ever sugges
ted any 1 such foolish thoughts about himself.
From this time they continued to be more
and ntore reserved towards each oth’eh, Until
the occurrence of the foot-race which we are
about to narrate. Yet all the time, John jvas
secretly in love with Nancy. Mah'y a Sunday
he had hij behind the barn and peeped; by the
corner to catch glimpses of her; as she walked
through the fields. |
As the novelists say, it was a loVeiy day in
August ■ The'heavens, were clear, serene and
beautify!, the trees were laden With golden fruit,
and thcj beautiful birds twittenfy their songs of
love in the branches'. Harth)— Jkhere ; —we’ve
slid down to earth once more add will pot try
any more such lofty flights—(they ■ make Our
head dizzy.] We were about to say tlja't
n earth had yielded her bountiful harvest i'of
herd’s grass and clover, and J honey suckles,
which the noble yeomanry rtf ijiheslerVilld had
garnered within their stone hoqse”—but upon
second thought have concluded to word ;it thus:
the,farmers of Chostervillej were done bay-
ing."
: John Jackson’s sister had a quilting ill (it af
ternoon ; his father Biid gone W> “ Keith’s Mill”
to get some wheat ground, and John was leftto
repair some tools, to, he ready ion the morrow
tg commence mowing] the meadow- griss. Sud
denly it opcuurred tooJuhn that if be remained
about the house in the afternoon, he would be
cnlledln at tea time and required toj do the
honors of the table. To avoid this, he; quietly
shouldered bis gcythejand stole away to the mea
dow, half a mile distant, fully resolved that he
would npt leave there until it was so dark, that
he could not see U) mow, andayoid meeting the
girls: ! ■; , j, , .
- The qjeadpw was surrounded, on all tides by
. a'thick forest, whibheffjctuaily jhut oiit what
little breeze there might chance to be stirring.
The sun poured its! rays as though the little
meadow was thp focus point /where tfje heat
was all concentrated. John mowed hrid sweat
—sweat,and mowed, uhtil.be was obliged to Sit
down.and Cool off. Then it-occurred to Jobh
thatif be took off bis pants be plight be much
more.cbmfortable; - There could he no impro
priety in it, for he was entirely concealed from
phierVhtiohi and there was notthesjighest rea
son to suppose that he could be seep by any
person-, ' . , j !
; So John stript off; and with no coveripg gave
his linen—cppiraoiily called a ahirt-Vho ra*,
sumed his work! He was just congratulating
himself upon the good time heiwas having, and.
the lucky escape be had made from a meeting
with, the girls, when be chanciedto disturb a
huge black snake, ,a genuine 'twister . with ; a
white ring around bis neck. V , _ ;
" Now Jobp was <jo cowsrdj, bat jhe. fug
SefcofeSrito m &tttnmn of tf>t a«a of jFmlrom anijr tfie Spteaa of &faXtsa Uttovm.
VHILE THEBE BE A WR )NO UNRIQHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHAIL CEASE, AGITATION MUSI CONTINUE*.
BEHUTB STUB MABS. '
was an old distorted face.— I
Ad UDcooth visage, rough and wild!;
t from behind, with langhingjgrncoi
Peeped, the fresh beauty of”a child.
dso contrasting, fair and bright, 1
tt madg me of my' faioy ask . ,
half earth's wrinkled grimncss might
3e but the baby in the mask. 1
iind gray hairs and furrowed brow
ind withered look that lifeputs on,’
:h, as he wears it, comes' to know 1
low the child hides and is not gone.
r, while the inexorable years • I
lo saddened features St their mould,
Death the work of time and tears '
iVaits something that will not grow old 1
5d pain and petulance and care
Lnd wasted hope and sinful stain
*t*po the strange guise the soul may wear,
TUI her young life looks forth again.
>e beauty of its boyhood's smile, —
{That human faith could fipd it now
yonder man #f grief and'guile,— '
I very Cain, with branded brow ? .
overlaid and hidden, still
X lingers—of bis life a part; ;
the scathed pine upon tho hill i
loldt the young fibres at its heart.'
Yot,
And haply, round the Eternal Throne,
iieaven’s pitying angels eball not ask
F,or that last look the world hath known,
But for the face behind th£ mask !
—Atlantic Monthly,
A HVN FOB IiIFE.
WEUSBOBO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. ABRIL 17, 1561.
mortally afraid of snakes. “ Self preservation,"
wasthpfifst that flashed upon John’s
mind,.‘legs take care of the body," was the
next. f Dropping - bis scythe, and- spinning i
round like a top, he was ready to strikoat 2.40
gait, when at that moment bis - snakeship was
near enough to book his crooked teeth into
John’s shirt just above the hem. With a tre
mendous spring, started off with the speed of a
locomotive. His first jump took the -snake
clear from the ground, and as John-stole a
hasty glance over his shulder, he was horrified
to findjthe reptile securely fastened to the ex
tremity of his only garment, while the speed
with vijhich be rushed forward kept the serpent
extended at an angle of ninety degrees with
,his body.
Here'was a quandary. If he stopped', the
snake would coil about bis body and squeeze
him tqjdeatb; if he continued the race, be must
soon fijll from sheer exhaustion. On he flew,
scarce [daring to think how his dreadful race
was to! end.- Instinctively he had taken the
direction of home, and as he emerged from the
forest, jand began to catoh glimpses of the house,
a feeling of security came over him. Suddenly,
flashed across his mind the true state of affairs
—bis Bather gone—the quilting, and worst of
all, tha girls! This new horror sent the blood
back, curdling about his heart, and he came to
a deadjhalt. The.next foment he felt the body
of the i sold olammji' monsterin contact with his
bare legs, bis tail] creeping around them in a
sort o:
only r
cozening i
ed Stated a
John upon the knbes.
This wns too much for human endurance.—
With i yell, such as man never utters save
when i n mortal terror, prior John again set for
ward afc break-neck speed, and once "more had
the pleasure of seeing the snake resume his
horizontal position, somewhat after the fashion
of t}ie till of a cnnjiet.
On, on they flew! John forgot the quilting,
forgot the girls J—forgot -every thing hut the
snake. For the first time in his life he. was,
“ seriously thinking of his latter end.”
His i ctive exercise, (he paid particular atten
tion to bis running,) together with the exces
sive heat, had btjought on the “nose-bleed,”
and as be ran, with ears erect and bead thrown
back, his chin, throat, and shirt bosom were
stained ,with the flowing stream.
His i.rst, wild shriek had started the qullter?,
and for ;h they rusted, wondering if some .mad
Indian was not prqwling about. By this time
John was within a very few rods of the, barn,
still running at the top of his speed, his. bead
turned so that he might keep one eye on' the
snake, md with the other observe the course
he must take.' The friendly barn now conceal
ed him from the sight of the girls. He knew
they wore in the yard, having caaght a glimpse
of thent as they rushed from the house. A few
more b'tonds and he should be in their midst.
For a moment modesty overcame fear, and he
once mi re halted. The snake, evidently pleased
with hi j rapid transportation, manifested his
gratitude by attempting to enfold the legs of
our hero within his embrace.
With an explosive “ ouch” hndurged forward
by “ci cumstance ocer which he had no con
trol," {dor John hounded on. The next mo
ment h i'was in full Tew of the girls, and as be
turned by the corner of the barn, the snake
came n und with a whiz somewhat after the
fashion of a conch .whip.
Haviig reached the barn-yard, to his dismay
he found the bars up. But time was now too
preciouiko he wasted in letting down bars.—
jGathering all his Strength, he bounded idto the
air, snake ditto, and as he alighted upon the
other side, his snakethip’s tail cracked across
the upper bar, snapping like an India cracker.
Again 'John Set forward, now utterly regard-
Jess of lie presence of the girls, for the 1 extra
tickle from the snkke’s tail, ns he leaped the
bars' btnished nlllhis bashfufness and modesty
!_:nnd again fee had the Jjteaiuiro of finding the
snake iii a straight line, drawing steadily at the
hem of his solitary garment.
’the 1 duse hdw becathe the center of altrao
traction, and around it be revolved with the
speed o ’ thought. Four times in each revoln-
tidn, as li'e turned a edrrief, bis Snakeship came
round with a whiz that was quite refreshing.
Whilu describing bis third circle, ns he came
hear thi -group of wonder-struck girls, without
removir g his gd'ze froth the snake, he ihannged
to cry cut;
"Call a man!”'
eit moment he bad whisked out of eight,
jk os thought re.itppeared upon the oth
if the house— ...
“ ’Call a man I”
The r
and qui
er side
And iway fie whirled again, turning the enr.
ner so ijapidly that the whiz of the an ike Boun
ded half way between a low whistle add the
repeated pronunciation of double-o;.
Befone either of the -girls had stirred from
her tracks, be bad performed another revolu
tion— j l!
j “ Call a man I” ‘ - :
Away he flew once /more, but his strength
was rapidly failing. Nancy Clark was thejfirst
to iecotier her presence of mind,, and seizing a
hoop pole; she took her station pear the corner
of the pease, and, ns John re-appeared,‘ she
brodghl it down upon the snake with a force
that brake his back-and bis hold upoh John’s
nether isrUioßt at the Same time.
Johrijriisbed into the hohse and to hispontri,
and at lea time appeared iri bis best Sunday;
suit, looking blit a little the worse for his race,-
and to all appearances cured of his baafafulneas;
That night he walked hoqie with Nancy Clark;
The neit New Tear’s ihe£ were; married, and
now; whenever John feels inclined to laogh at
his wife’s hoops, she has only to sdy; •> Call a
man/' and-be instantly sobers down. ! i
’ A nephew of Mr. Baggea, in’esplainidg thd
mysteries of a tea-kettle, describes the benefits
of the application of steam to useful purposes.
“ For all wbieh,” remarked Mr. Baggds, we
have principally to thank—what was; his
name?’? was bis name,: T believe,'Un
cle,” replied the,boy,, ' - .
Mon is an animal t so is a hog, It is a bad
rule that won’t work both, ways j therefore,a
■ay, as though his snakeship
little fun, by way of tickling
CAPTAEH KIDD. THE PIBATB.
The Harpers have, Just published the Fifth
Volume of Bancroft’s History of England. We
take from it the following interesting upopnnt
of thej famous Pirate and
ner:
“ Some years before, while the war wnajrtiil
raging, there had been loud complaints ih ihe
city that even privateers of St. Halo's and
Dunkirk caused less molestation to: trade' than
another class of marauders.. The Englistrfmvy
was fully employed in the'Channel, in the At-'
luntic-and in the Mediterranean. The Indian
Ocean, meanwhile! swarmed with pirates, of
whose’rapacity and cruelty frightful stories
were told. Many of these'.'men, it was said,
camefrom our Jforth American colonies, and
carried back to those colonies spoils gained
by crime. Adventurers who durst not' sh’owt
themselves in the Thames found a ready mar
ket fbr their ill-gotten apices and'stuff* at New
York. Even the Puritans of New England,
who ip sanoliimonious austerity surpassed even
their brethren of Scotland, were accused’ of,
conniving at the wickedness which enabled
them to enjoy abundantly and cheaply the pro
duce of. Indian looms and Chinese tea planta
tions.: ■ ■
“ In 1693 Richard Coote, Earl of Bellamont,
an Irish pear; who eat in the English House of
Commons, was appointed Governor of JJew
York and Massachusetts. Ha was a man of
eminently fair character, upright, courageous
and independent. Though a decided whig, he’
bad distinguished himself by bridging before
the Parliament at Westminster some tyrannical
acts done by. whig* at Dublin, and particularly
the execution; if it is not'rather {Re called
the murder, of Oafney. Before ifjellamnnt
sailed,for America. William spoke strongly to
him about tfiie freeb.ootihg which was the dis
grace of the colonies. “ ; l send'yoih my lord,
to New York," be said, “ because an honest
and intrepid man is wanted tn put these abuses
. dawn, and because I believe you to be such a
man," Belliunont exerted himself to justify
the high opinion which the king had formed
of him. It Was soon known at New York
that tho Governor who bad just .armed from
England was bont on the sUppression of piracy,
and some col mists in whom be placed great
confidence suggested to him whit .they may
perhaps have thought the best mode 8f attain
ing that object. There was then in the Settle
ment a veteran mariner named William Kidd.
He had passed most of his life on the waves,
had distinguished himselt by his seamanship,
had bad opportunities of showing bis valor in
action, with the French,.and- had- retired on a
competence. No man knew the Eastern Seas
better. lie was perfectly acquainted with all
the haunts of the pirates who prowled between
the Cape of Good Dope and the Straits of Ma
lacca ; and he would undertake, if he were in
trusted with i single ship oP thiryor forty
guns, to clear the Indian Ocean of tho whole
race. The the rovers were nu
merous, no doubt, but^onii of them were large ;
one man-of-war, whicWin the royal navy would
hardly rank as a fourth rate, would'easily deal
with them all in succession, and the lawful
spoils of the epemies of mankind would much
more than defray the charges of the expedition.
Bellamont was charmed with this plan, and re
commended it to the king. The king referred
it to the Admiralty. The .Admiralty raised 1
difficulties, such as are perpetually raised by
public boards when any deviation, whether for
the hetten or for the worse, from the established
coarse of proceeding is proposed. It then oc
curred tq Bellamont that his favorite scheme
might be carried into effect without any cost to
the State. A few public-spirited men might
easily fit out a privateer which would soon
make the Arabian Gulf and the Bay of Bengal
secure highways for trade. lie wrote to his
friends in England imploring, remonstrating,
complaining of their lamentable want of pub
lic spirit Six thousand pounds would be
enough. That sum woqld be repaid, and re
paid with large interest, from sale of prizes,
and an inestimable benefit would be conferred
on the kingdom and on the world. His urgency
succeeded. Shrewsbury and Romney oontcibu- 1
ted. Orford, though, as first Lord of the Ad- ,
miralty, he had been unwilling to send Kidd
to.the Indian Ocean with a king’s ship, coh
sested to subscribe a thousand pounds, Somers
subscribed another thousand. A ship culled
the Adventure Dailey, was equipped in the port
qf London, and Kidd took the command. He
carried with him, besides the, ordinary letters
Of marque, a commission under the Great Seal
empowering him to seize pirates, and to take
them to some place where they might be deajt
with according to law. Whatever right the
king might have to the goods found in tlie pos
session of these malefactors, ,he, granted; by
letters patent; to the person* who mid been dt
tha eipensa of fitting out the-expedition, re
serving to himself onljr one part of tile
gains of the adventure, whicij’ was to be paid
ihlo the treasury. With the claim of merchants)
to have back the property of which they bad'
Jbeenrobbed, his majesty, of course, did not in
terfere. 'lie granted away; and ooilld gfanjt
dway. n(brighta but his owh. ’ ■
'• The press fof sailors to man'the royal riavy
was at that time so hot that Kidd could .not
obtain bis.full co'ippleih.ent of, hands in.thp
Thames. He crossed tlie. Atlantic; Visited New
York,’add there .found volunteers in abundance.
At length, in February; 1697, he sailed -from.
the. Hudson. with:a crew of more (ban
dred and. jifty irjen, jind in July rajcltod ; th|
boost of Madagascar; .... :!
‘‘lt is possible that Kidd rriky-at-first Hdvi;
meant to.act in accordance with, his instfut
tion§. But on’the suhject of piracy he, nef|
the notions whibb were 'then common in.tfe
North American colonies) apd most of his erof*
were of the saqie mind. He found himself iQ •
a sen which was ijonstantly traversed by rich,
gnd defetiselessmercliant ships, and lie Had lo L
determine whether he wiidld plunder those
ships of protect them; the gain which might
be made by plundering theni was
and might be finatbhed without the.dangers {$
a battle or the delays ,of a,trial., Ti^eeward)?,'
qf .protecting (he lawful trado -.wereuliiely
bn comparatively,small, fSuohsee ;thqy;WW%l ;
they would, be got nnlyby first-Agirtiio®,villi'
desperate ruffians who would bo killed
than taken, and by then instituting a proceed
ing and obtaining a judgment in a Court of
Admiralty. The fish of being called to a se
vere reckoning might not unnaturally seem
small to one who had seen many old buccaneers
living.ln credit and cotjtfort at New York and
Boston. Kidd soofa threw off the character of
a privateer and became a pirate. He estab-
Usjfedfriendly communications and exchanged
arms and ammunition with the most notorious
of those rovers Whom his commission.autho
rized himto destroy, and made war on those
peaceful traders whom he [was sent to defend.
He began by robbine'Stossultttans; and speed
ily, proceeded from Mussulmans to Armenians,'
and from Armenians to Pprtugnese. The Ad
venture Galley took such quantities of cotton
apd silk, sugar and coffee, cionatrmn and pep
pUr, that the very foremast m'en received froth
a hundred to two hundred pounds each, and
that the captain’s share of j'|the spoil, would have
enabled him to live at bonie as an opulent gen
tleman. With the rap'acitjy, Kidd had the cru
elty of bis odious calling. \ He burned' houses,'
be massacred peasantry. j|His prisoners were
tied up, and beaten witpji nuked cdtlaSieS in
ordfer'to extort information about their con
cealed hoards. One of bis crew, whom be bad
called a dog, was provoked into exclaiming, in
an a|ony of reuforee, “Yea, I am a dog, but
il ls you that have made me sb/ f ' Eictd, in'a
fury, struck the man dcadjj r
, “ News then traveled very slowly frbri’ the
Eastern Seas to England! But in August,
fG9B,- it was known in England that the Ad
venture Galley, from which so much had been
lipped, was the terror of the merchants of Sn-,
rat and of the villagers of {the coast of Mala
bar. It was thought probably that Kidd would
carry his booty to some colony.* Orders were;
therefore, sent from Whitehall to the governors
■ of the transmarine possessions of the crown,
directing them io" be oh t|he watch for him.
ijie, mean while, having bujrhed his ship, and
dismissed most of his men*—who easily found
blsrths in the sloops of other pirates—returned
to New York with the meins; as he flattered
himself, of making bis peace and of living ib
splendor. He bad fabricated a long romance
to which Bellamont, naturally unwilling to be
lieve that he hqd been' (lumped, and had been
the mCans’of dlining was, at first; dis
posed to listen with favor. ,|iut the truth soon
came out. The governor did his duty firmly,
and Kidd was placed in c|ose confinement till
orders arrived from the Admiralty that he
should be sent to '
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EXiOQTTEJTT EXTRACT:
The following eloquent jpassages are from
Hon. G. A. Grow's great speech in the House
oj - Representatives, Feb. 29, 1860, on “ Free
Indues fob Free Men - |
“ The men who go forth at the call of their
chantry, to uphold its standard and vihdifcdfe
itp honor, are deserving, of a more substantial
reward than tears to the dead and thanks to
the living ; but there are soldiers of peace as
well as of war, and though no waving pluthe
beckons them on to- glory! or -to death, their
dying scene is oft a crimson one. They fall
leading the van of civilization along untrodden
paths, and are-buried in the dust of its advan
cing columns. No monument njarks the scene
of deadly strife; no stone their resting jilaoe ;
the winds sighing through the branches of the
finest alone sing their requiem. Yet they are
tlje meritorious men of the Republic—the faaen
who give it strength in'war, and glory iti peace.
Tpe achievements of your pioneer army, from
the day they first drove back the Indian tribes
from the Atlantic seaboard n the present hour,
have been the. achievementslßf science liKd’civi-
Ifanfion over tfca elements,'the wilderness, and
tl e savage. j
“ If-rewards or bounties are to be granted
for true heroism in the progress of the race,
none is more deserving. than the pioneer who
expels the savage and the wild beast, and opens
itj the wilderness a home ,for science and a
pithway for civilization. j
11 Fpace hath her vie oriel
_ - j Su less renowned than war.”
"ifhe paths of glory nq longer lead aver
sijnoking towns and crimson fields, but along
the lanes and by-ways of human misery and
woerwhere the bones and sinews of men are
struggling with the elements, with the .unre
lenting obstacles of-nature-; and Ihe hot less
unmerciful obstacles of a falsa civilization.—
The noblest achievement ih_ this world’s pil
grimage j» to raise the fallen from their degra
dation, soothe the broken-hearted’, dry the tears
of woe, and alleviate the sufferings of the un
juirtunate in .their pathway to the tomb.
• “Go say to the raging sea, beatill; ,
, Bid tjie wild, lawless winds obey, thy will-;
I French'to the storm, and reason Aitb despair - ;
, But telfijot mittry't son that life is fair.”'
‘f Ff you would lead the i erring back' from
the paths of .vice and crime to virtue and to
hbnhr, give him a home^gtve, him a hearth r
atone, and he,will surround, it with household
gods; If you would riiake men wiser ‘dud bet
ter, relieve your almshouses; close the doors of
your penifeptiafies„'and' break'in pieces yoiir
gallows; pdrify the influences of the .domestic
fireside, fur that Is the school in which human
character is,formed, arid there its,destiny is
shaped; tHefo the soul receives its first impress;
and man his flfat lesson; and they go with him
fur weal of for ’woe through life; For phrify
ing the sentiments, elevating the thoughts, and
developing the noblest iriiptilses of man’s na
ture, the influences of a fiiral fireside and an
egricultuual life are the noblest and the best.
In the tihsoiifity of the' cottage, far removed
from the seductive-influences of. rank and afflu
epee; are nourished the virtues that,counteract
the decay of hitman institutions, the courage
that defends the national independence, and
the industry that supports all classes of the.
State.
• “ L auf .very-much troubled, madam, with
cold feot and,bands;” said 1 a.fop, “I should
Suppose; sir,” was the reply, “ that a,young'
'geutlnfnari Who’ has had so many mittens given
■liimhy the ladies fciglitiiiteajt kbap hIS babds
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kinds of jobbing done in' ex
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and other EL ASKS constantly on hand. ;
■no. m.
A VIBGrSXA PAUTELBB FiaHT.
■ “ William and Henry Rudolph and myself
started in the winter of 1851 on' a-deer Bant,
the «now more than k'nee-'deep. "We started
up different ridges, al! lea3ing > to tße/fop, of
Paddy Mountain.’ After F Bad. gone ■‘a - short ;
distance I got upon a very large heaV-tracif (a* !
I supposed.) I seemed to plough thftiugli thd'|
snow just like a horse, t halloed for the boys fl
and when they came up they agreed-'if- aCt
bear. We.followed on the track. Did hot
far before we saw where it had torn upa deer. !
We though! it diid fbe ■ bear had fciftid j
dead, but soon discovered we were I
It bad eaten all the flesh. Wo saw several \
stffolK# flecks, afoiihd the spot—ss we after- f
wards concluded those of the female panther. |
We kept along the top of' the mountain, and |
could see where it wduld go into don after den |
of rocks, in and out. Followed on till near |
dark, when we ‘denned’ it. It was
fate-looking place—oh, most terrible 1 _ |
“\V e concluded we hud betted go bomb and i
next morniftg get some doge, when we would |
haye some fine sport.. Wo had a fatiguing j
time getting home, tired enough, and' after
night. Early next morning we started with j
five dogs, arid got t6' the top of the mountain j
by sunrise -(six or seven miles.) When wo !
reached the place we found l the animal had J
come out and the small one whh< it. Wefot- \
lowed their tfa'ofe; . They entered and l^ft"sev
eral dens. As you may guess, it was tiresome
work to us. They seemed to travel on the very ..
roughest and most rocky places.' We still
(hopght them betfr. The-track turned and
seei&ed to coift'e back a'ftotKer way. . At last it
stopped find "Stent in the rooks.
We were awfully- tired and the sun.ncar'y
down; We ihade aft examination. Desperate
looking placet the rocks very high and straight
as the wall bt a boose. - The track went around
at the base of the 61i(f, theft came to a lower
point and got bti top; Theft It jftmpcd down
into a bole between the rocks sis feet deep and
perpendicular. J lay down and peeped over.
At the bottom I Bouid see a crack fit the side '
where the beast had gbne in. ‘’'
“ Operations began by letting onb dog, down.
He Barked, and-ft growl answered that seemed
like the loudest thaiidet BeUbUth fts. Then all
the dogs jumped down and aiioif A growling
and such a barking you never heard ! Wo
cotild bear the claws against the rocks. Due
smAll dog got well at him and had ftii r holes
bitten into him yon could put yotlr finger in.
Wa still thought it ybfs;a bear and would coe o
out. So we helped William down. ’ lie-han
ded up the dogr. -They out, atl wns quiet and
.'nathinc.(b : i>e seem WepulledWilliamont,
blit lefcn ini down again to look in the crock for
the,animal. We had to let him 'down head
foremost and hold by the ends of his trowsar?.
William reports ‘ I see tiia eyes;' They are- •
wide apart and big as a silver' dollar.'..; ‘Oh.'
says I, ‘you are • "No, I ain’t; I can
see bis head, but can't tell its shape;-. Take me
up; I am sick’—hispositioft throwing the blood
to his bead; , . ' •
“So I was put down. Saw his eyes; saw a
little light from the cracksAw it was no bear.
My head soon Vuffered.like William’s; and I bad
to be drawn qp. Rested a little, I .was again
put down with a stick to move away the douse
rock and widen, the crevice. I di'd so, ftndmada
out the color, the short head, and great width
between the eyes—head like a tiger and .color
of A doe. I could only 'stny long, enough itu
note this, and was again '(lrawh up; DatO ss it
was, and almost brpken' down as. we, were) -wo
■pad short time to parley. There'.was but one
plan; Two allist bo }ot down with one gun—
one to hold it ana the other to Aim and pull the
trigger. . , ....
i “ IVilliam and I went do WB-, together, onr
weight partly supported by the , sides of tlio
well-like opening and'parfly by Henry's hold
of our trowsevs, I-had" to hold the gun u pride
down and sight under Instead of along the top
of it, being inverted'myself. All this .passed
in less tnrjp. ttiah it fakes- nie (o -tell yon, as- it
was impossible to endlire the position long.—
We got-the gim pointed. t ‘ A little higher,’ a
little more to the right!, A little higher Jet!
Pull!' ihe echoes of the cavern made the re
port like that Of a binnon.
“ We didn’t stay down longer than we could
help nftefc fifing; Henty pulled vigorous!.’,
and with the aidbfour hands-on the fdck wero
soon up. For i little while we oouM hear tho -
panther struggling in bis blood. We let down
a dog. BTo noise followed. Then I was lowered.
I saw the genie whs dead. I crawled in as for
as ! could.' A barrier of rock obstructed me.—
dvet this t reached my arm-abd got my fore
finger in bis ipnuth, tut cbuldhot move him.—
Drawing’op again; I took toy tomahawk amf
cut some pieces of wood to clear away the snowr .
This done; we .succeeded ■in -finding a plate’
where the-rock cobid lie to sbtoe extent moved.-
A pole with d book at the end was prepared.-
This we managed to fasten lb bis hind logs;
and palled biin out;
- “It proved to be a male panther of immense
siia, Abie fed and 6rie idcAfrbnx nose to end of
tail, fat and very heavy; Dale ba it was, worn
out andfabfrom hbtna as we, were, we - wished ,
to carry him home bodily. . Tried to shoulder
it; but failed. We took off the skin with itho
paws add scalp; and beng the carcassed a tree.
Henry said be hitd seen the small one escape
through the rooks beyond; r ; |-
“The following , Spring some Government
men came, alongr add,’said’’6 b .would giro me
five dollars to showiiim the frame of the pan
ther. We went. He found allTtbie' bones, put
them in a bag, and look theinaway. And
thot’a the end of my pantlief-hbnt.”—Harper’s
Magazine. ’ ” ‘
Ton never hear one woman invito' ano'her
woman out to dinner; any more than you ever
hear one man ask another to-come and tako tva
with him. No! it would aoem tbai woman’s
hearts melted and softened over the
and thatmen’s souk flew open to eaoh oilier
with the table cloth. ' Who is; there. to explain
it ? It takea several-knlvesand.forkatoiiijtdn
to a mnn’s seorot natoro, whereas tho-simpie
key oft be. tea-daddy will hniooka woman’a
brcast at any time;—. .' > I ;
Why is,life tKeviddid.'f
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