Terms jof Publication. , HOG A COUNTY published , Wednesday Miming, *a jmailed to subscribers 'Hhe very reasonable price W,-; jar,one -d.ois.ab per. Annum, ■nlh<n admitted. It ie intended to notify every briber when the term for. Which he has paid shall ”c-rDired, by the figures on the printed label on the t* re . c4 ch paper; The paper will then be stopped a farther remittance, be received; By this ar- Jjngement no mm can be brought in debt to the AeirAiOß is the" Official Paper of the County, A® lar ge and steadily increasing circulation reach *. (0 e yery neighborhood in the County. It is sent IDg * ( f postage to anyi subscriber within-the county K-.. hnfc whose most’ convenient post office may bo !‘“f Suing County. ' - “Business Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper iadu ded, $5 i> et ? ear - " 'i. BUSIMSS MKgCTOBt. .■KVsrai. foibtaw botes. ' DAVID HART, PBOPitrETOR. The undersigned bogs leave tti announce to his old .. ,„j to the public generality', that ho has.taken no 1 “es ion of the old s and audited it up in good £lie and intends to keep it 08 a;. Temperance Hotel. V Mina will bo spared to accooptodate the traveling Tblic. Good stabling and a gojVhostler always on prices to suit tjie times. : y DAVID HART. t dtS. #. WIESON, rCNSELIi'-IBS AT LAW, will ; of Tioga, potter and McKean Feb. 1,18®.] ■ yXsI° WKE ' Attorneys a c< attend the Goar counties. [WelUborV ■ f A DAKTT, dentist, 1 at his residence near the 1 1 Academy. All Work pertaining to UjJlVyTJius line pf business done promptly and warranted. > 1 . ' [April 22, 1858.] dTckip®*’ Aoiise ,C OK5jl 5 i" ? V, V. . , Mu A Fiei.d, . . . r '• •i-’- • • Proprietor. taken to and from the Depot free of charge. ~ j. V. WHITTAKER, Ihiropulhic Physician ant ' .Surgeon. EiKtASD, TIOGA C s,{ PEN N A. mil Vi.il patients in nil parts of fie County, or re tire them for treatmeht at his houfe- [June 14,J BME'R'JTj Attorney and counsellor at law Welliboto, Tiojga Co., Fa.,'; '"’ill denote his exclusively to tie practice 01W Collections X in any of the Nonthern cooties of Pcnnsyl -1 . \ i nov2I,GQ yima. - j - „ ' PENNSYLVANIA. |'flOtJSE. Center ot Main s'o-ecj and the Avehe, WelUboro, Pa. J. W. BUIOSY, PKOPi (ETOII., , ' This popular Hotel, having beefrre.fitted and re fecnislied throughout, is now opeu.fj the public ns.a Sr-l-itbfs house. . ”1 ' I - IZAAK* w A ETON HOUSE, h'c. r StIMILYEA,- PROPRIETOR. Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. Tin? is B new hotel located withiq easy access of the best fishing audbunting grounds in Northern Pi. Xo pains will be spared far thesaccommodntion' ot pleasure seekers an (I the traveling public. April 12. 1860- • <J, C. Ci CAMPBELt, UARUER A Xd’ HAIR-DRBS'sER. SHOP in the rear of| the Post Office. Everything in hi, line n-111 bo -dohe as well trad promptly os it an he done in the city l , saloons. ' Preparations for ro- M rm- dandruff, andlbeantifying the bur, for sale htap.” Hair and whiskers dyed any color. Call and lie. ffellsboro, Sept- 52, 2859. v , the corning jocbsal. George W. Pratt, j Editor aind proprietor. 13 publlahed at Corning, Steab’eaitbo., N. Y., at One lullar and Fifty Cents per yeak‘in advanec.r The loorSi is' Republican iii politics; (tnd hns a circula tion rLchuig into every part of tStpuben County.— -Xh<i?c dtisirou? of extending tbciri Jflto that ■sad the adjoining counties will ÜbR jt'ain excellent ad rtriising medium. Address bs abpye. WEL.ESBOIUO BOTEE, xs.r-uiR, - proprietor. [ J'or-nerlt) uj tte 'fulled Stutet Hotel.) Harms leased to wall known and popular House, soling the patronage Of tire public/ With attentive wdubllgiu* waiters, together with tbe Proprietors knowledge of the business, be make the stay of thd?e who stop witi him P^ ea^ all *' ijjrecahlc. _ * \T«Ujboro, May SI, 18(^0 PICTURE, FRAMING. TOILET GLASSES, PoUraita,.Pietures, Certificates Engravings, Needle-. |Werk, -Ac., &c., Trained tte neacst manner, iu plain and ornamented Gilt. Hose Wood, Clack Oak, Mahogany*. Ac. Per ioo! leaving any article for framing, can receive them n«xt day framed in any style they wish and fe*uig for tfcem, Specimens at • T BOOK STORK. E. B. BENEDICT* ?!. D^, TTTOVLD inform the-pnWic.lbatWs peiinanently tV. located in. EUdamij Boro, Tioga Co. Pa., and b prepared by thirty years* cxperiew* td treaty! difl of the eyes and their appendages on scientific printnplc?, and that he can -core .without fail, that dreadful disease, called St. Dance, (Chorea •Viwfi I'tti*,) ami will attend to any 'other business in % line of Physic and Surgery, rdkliad Borq, August 8, ,18(J0-. , jptTF-LOCR AND FEED STORE IN WELIiSBOJtO. Tbo juWriber would rcspeptfulfy Ipfonn the people ell;‘boro-and vicinity that bo has opened a FLOUR & FUJED STORE c nc door above Dr. Gibson's Drag on Main St., he will keep constantly on as good an as fortmentof FLOUR and FEED asfcan be found in we market, which be will sell cheap Also, 4 hrg| assortment of • * ! Choice Winc» and iLiqnoi^. iniperl«.r quality, and iviiratited'free. from adul* tfWii.D, n-hifji he will seil <p Ijottherioen end others it ffhnle«nlc, ehoaper than any other; establishment in *^ erE [ j* hi. EATON. "eILWo, Dec. 19, 1860. ,' rUIARCESTOX TLOTRING!; MILLS.— y WRIGHT St , ,n S secured the best mills ia the fedunty* are now spared ta do. T < c «slom Work, FlerclMiwt Work, in &ct,everything that ian be t one in County Us i so as tu give perfect ghttsfoctic a. ij ~ flour, HEAL AND;; REED, AT WHOLESALE OR k ItliL, ''wr More in Welleboro, or at th ; mill- Cash or iC .,, 8 for grain tjt the m» u good* dqfiozrtd free oil charge* rithin theeorpe- Ti; WEIGHS k & JBAILEY. Feb. 13, IS6U A fashionable ivttT.T.iar* fx SHor, MAIN ST, k IpBS Taurine SMITH ksUtiaU purchased her a'J- fall and winter ooods, K of Straws 0 f in binds; Pattern Hats, „j Ccr Hats Flowers, Velvets, Silks of all kinds, in fact 1 -i ALL KINDS OF TRIMMINGS. 7 t elicits a call from the ladies [tf Wellebbro and “ , feelrug conhdent thjlt HEr GOODS WILL BfeAß favorably with those of' any establish tho county jn> regard! to I>r}<Se. JftttUttmSQ ANP PKEdSING -done in* ™woanifer. | :[ ■. tittb the tesideqen oT i i Williams, opp'o ■ I;-,', V "HEAT FLOUR, lip top inrl cheap, at '' WEIGHT'S, THE AGITATOR. vol vm. , | [From Chamber’s journal.} i . | COMING H]OM E. | bt ph<eb£ ciar. ,r ° 0 Mothers and sisters, growing old, j Bojou all remember yet . 1 Thstiiome, in the shade of the rostlihg trees, Where ence oar household met ? Dojyouknqw how wo BfSed t > cocao from school, 1 Through the summer's peasant heat j With the-yellow fennel’s gdden dust <ln. oar tired little feet? ' And how sometimes in an ille mood W© loitered by the way y . Anl stopped in the wohds t 3 gather, powers, And in the fields' to play. Til| warned by tho deep’niEg shadows fall, * 1 hat told of the coming night, * We climbed to the top of tie !ast}'long hill, ApU saw our home in sigiit! Atu , brothers and sisters, older now / Ilian she whose life is o’er, Do ou think of the mother's loving face, T iat looked from tho ope a door ? Ala , for the changing things of time; T m(r home in the dust is . ow ; And that loving smile was I id from us, L 'the darkness, long ag'ojl Ants wo have come to life’s last bill, From which our weary eyes Can almost look on the bomb that sbines E erual la tse skies. So, mothers and sisters, as wo.go, Still let us move as one, i Always together keeping stsAp, Ti [I the march of life is dime: For l that mother who waited for us here, \V soring a smile so sweet, Nbaf waits on/be bi/ls of paradise | Fdr her children's comingj.fect! I ! : ; . [From the Loekport Uniou.j TRUTH ST RANGES. T&AJST FICTION. Over Itwenty years since i well khown and prominent citizen of Central New York— Chnuncfey Ctfe, of Canandaigua—died, leaving a widow' and 'a son and daug iter, with a mod erate competence. The widow retired to one ,of the small, beautiful villages of that region, and devoted herself to the education of her ehiidreti. In dujb time the daughter £rew up and mar ried a vpy wiorthy gentleman of that place.— The having a passion foe the sea,[indulged himself [with whaling voyage in his youth and s retnrnea with vigorous health and a hardy con stitution. Upon [becoming of age he invested his patri mony in a manufacturing buiinoss, and con tin* ued ( sofemployed for several years. Butin 184 b, when the California fetier broke out with such virulence, he was induced 'to leave his business with his partner anjl a relative, and join a of friends in seiking his fortune there, j Soon after arriving in San jFrnncisoo, he re ceived information that his Factory had been distroyel by fire and thathe was left penniless. By this fime he bad discovered that gold did not lieaiout the streets, and tjhat he was unfit ted for tlje-struggle of procuring it by the bard labor ofjdigging for it from the bo'wels of the earth. He becanre despondent and after some reflection decided to once raepe trust his for tunes ufjori the sea, determined never to return to his friends until he had gained what he had lost. Ticking an opportunityjwhen his friends were temporarily absent, and In forming no one of his in|en’ions, he suddenlyjdisappoared with his effects, and no exertions jof his comrades • could ascertain his destination, or mode of exit. From lhat time, for twelre)years, no tidings of the lo|t one have ronfched Jiis friends. His well formed habits of industry and sobriety for bade thokdea that any disreputable act had in duced him to conceal his whereabouts, and his friends tould only conjecture and fear that some accident must have befallen him and he must bo dead. I r *' ► ' i Meantime, some few years after his disap pearance! t a childless uncle (Bela D. Coe, of Buffalo,Hdied and by will left to him. and his listers np ample property fop life, with rever-- sion to tfteir children, with a provision, that in case of their death without issjue, the reversion should gi to two educational and charitable in- ! ' Underfche will the sister. Was enjoyed her share of Ibe rents and profits,jthe share of the test one] meantime being tinder the direc tion of thfe Court, deposited i? a savings hank until after some years had elapsed, the two re versionary institutions; instituted proceedings to secure;bis share oftSe property. Iho court, upon a full hearing,'thought sifter this lapse of time, without his being discovered, he must he judiciallyldcad, and that one of the claimants should upon the enjoyment of its, portion of the rents and profits. As to the other, its charter npt permitting it to tn%o real estate, it was thrown out altogether, ami that share not being legilly conveyed by the will, reverted to the heirs at law unconditioually. who are these same children. During!all this time the ester’s husband, with a zeil and pertinacity woj-thy of all com mendatiop, has been unremitting in his endeav ors to find the lost one. After alj( others have believed him long dead, he has continued to spend time and money in his discovery, lie bascommpnicated with every American Consul of the Islands of the Pacific, apd Australia.— He has sept Circulars offeringj a iatge reward in the papers of the shipping and whaling ports. He has■ received many conun'inicatitihs from sea captains and others professing to give infor mation, bpt which has proved lerroneous. At last, every endeavor having proved fntjile, and evew a mother's hope discouraged, whose locks have hecoine wliitain the long) sleepless, agony of waiting,for the return-of an Only and beloved son, withifa the last month, suddenly and with out tbe lei fit previous notice, the truant drives up to the: Bother’s door. Alive and well, with face burnt d arid' bronzed to pakchment, by ex posure to the sun and wind, hi! has,cpme back at lost to hat mother and sister who (have so long moui nod him as dead and lost to tpem for ever. I I . And where upon this earth has the truant been hidden, that a mother’s add a sister’s love could not find him t Why in about (the only part of thd world that bad not; been Searched for him. i i . InSouti Africa, far up from] the Cipe, for many yeafis, and in China several tumjs. lie Sehoteh to the mvttnoion if the am of iFmhotw untf tit Speeah of IhraUhg »efoem« WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL "SIAN’S INHUMANITY TO. MAN”j SHALL CEASE, AGITATION. MUST CONTIN-ÜB. i WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEBMSBAY MORjN t IIS t G. OCTOBER 9, 1861. was employed in the Caffir war/ He has hun ted elephants and zebras. He has dealt in and drove cattle and traded with the natives. He has suffered from the fever and the accident's of a wandering life, until at last, in middle age, the yearning to once more see his native land and embrace his aged mother and sister became too atrong to be resisted. He Sailed for Liver pool and thence to New York, and-for the first time heard tidings of bis family and his for tune, and that of all bis letters written home, not one had been received. Truly, truth is stranger than fiction. THE PATRIOT’S STRATAGEM. A LEGEND OP '7O. Night had set in deep and dark, and in a small log cabin, .situated a few miles from Tren ton, N. J., eat five men; four of whom were seated around an old oaken table in tho center of the room, engaged in playing cards; while; they frequently moistened their throats with large draughts from an earthen jug that stood, on the table. They were heavy-bearded, coarse looking men, and from their dress which some what resembled British uniforms, they wereev-j idently Tories. The other was o stoutly built] young man, clad in the Oontineltal uniform.-— ; He sat jn a corner of the room, with his fact in his hands. “Turn,” said one of the Tories, rising from the table and seating himself near the young prisoner—for such he evidently was—“ Tom, you and I were schoolboys together,, and I like you yet. Now, why can’t you give tip yonr wild notions and join ns 7 You are our pris oner, and if yoit don’t we shall band you over to head quarters to-morrow ; while if you join us, your fortune is made;,for with your brav ery and talents, you would soon distinguish yourself in the royal cause, and after this re bellion is crushed out, you would be rewarded by knighthood and promotion in the army.— Now, there are two alternatives—which do you choose ?” “Neither?” said the young man, raising his head and looking the Tory steadily in the eye. "I am now, as you say, your prisoner; but when the clock strikes twelve, I shall leave you. I shall disappear in a cloud of smoke, and nei ther you nor your comrades can prevent it.— You may watch me as close as you please, tie me hand and foot if you will, but a higher power than yours or mine has ordained that I should leave at that time.” “Poor fellow, Bis min'd wanders,” said the Tory, "he’ll talk differently in the morning,” and he returned to his seat at the table, leaving the youth with his bead again resting on his bands. . .. -r. When the-clock struck eleven,..the .yonng prisoner drew a pipe and sometobacco from his pocket, and asked-the tor.y leader.il'.he hadun j objection to his smoking? - “No, none in the least,” said be; adding with a laugh, “that is, if you promise not to disap pear in a Cloud of tobacco smoke.” The young man made no reply, but immedir ately filled and lighted bis pipe; having done which be arose and commenced pacing the floor. He took half a dozen turns up and down each side of the room, approaching nearer to the ta ble each time, when having exhausted his pipe, be returned to his seat and re-filled it. Ifc con tinued smoking until the clock struck twelve ■fchen he arose from his seat and slowly knock ing the ashes out of hit pipe, said, “there, boys, it’s twelve o’clock, and I must leave you, good bye'” *n,d immediately, all around the room streaks'of fire ran hissing and squirming, and the cabin was filled with dense sulphurous smoke, amidst which was beard a crash like, a clap of thunder. The toties sat paralyzed with fright. The smoke soon cleared away, hut the pris oner was nowhere to he seen, I'be table was overturned, the window smashed tolpieces, and one chair was lying on the ground 'outside the building. The Tory leader, after recovering from his stupor, gave one glanqe of terror around the room, and sprang out of the win dow followed by his. comrades. They ran through the forest at the top of their speed in the direction of the British encampment, leav ing their muskets and other arms to the mercy of the flames which bad begun to devour the cabin. The next day two young men, both dressed in the Continental uniform, were seen standing near the raiiis of the old cabin. One of them was no other than our hero of the night pre vious. “Now, let’s hgar all about it, Tom,” said the other. ' ' “Well.” said our hero, “last evening ns I was passing this place, two Tories ran out of this place and took possession of me before I could make any resistance. They took me in, and who do you suppose I-saw as leader of the par ty, but John Burton, onr old schoolmate. Be talked with me, and tried .to get me to join them ; but I told him I couldn’t do it—rthat at 12 o’clock I was going to escape—disappear in a cloud of smoko; but he laughed at me,- and said I was out of my head. About eleven o’clock I asked him if 1 could smoke. He said be had no I filled my pipe and lighted it, and oommCnped 1 walking the floor. I had about a pound of gunpowder in my pock et, and as I walked I strewed it all over the room. When the clock struck 12,1 bid them good bye, 4 and told them I had to go, and then knocked the ashes from my pipe. The powder ignited, and a dazzling blaze of fire shot across, around and all over the robm, filling the cabin with suffocatihgamoke. Before it cleared away, I burled a’ chair through the, window, sprang out and departed, leaving them .'to thbir own re flections. You know the rest." A young gentleman who wag in the act of popping the question to a young -lady, was in terrupted by her father entering the room, who, inquired what they were about. “Oh,” replied the fuit one, “Mr.- was explaining the question of annexation to me, find he is for immediate annexation.” ■ ‘“Well," said papa, “if you agree on a treaty I’ll ratify it." A pleasant jest |n time of misfortune, is conr age to the heart, strength to the arm, and- di gestion to the stomach. PBOM THE TIOGA BOYS. Extract- from a Private letter. ] Camp Tesnally, D, jc. Sept. 17,1801.' ; * * *. lam every day more and mdre ! convinced of the truth, that there is greater power in a moral, than in a physical victory.— The firet must inevitably insure the latter.— Let the cause be what it may, in which men are engaged, if (hey have >an unclouded eon- ■ seriousness of the purity of their object—of the ■ justness of their cause—nothing can prevent their eventual success. Taking this for a stan dard} the principles for which we battle, can never fail, for they live in the hearts of the people—as far a» 1 can see. and learn, no na tion of men ever did, or ev|r can show greater , confidence in the justice bf the compact for • which they contend, or more willingness to de fend it from the thrusts of jlreacherous traitors. ■ The boom of every alarm-gun swells tberanks ; far above all other calls, arid even empties the hospitals of their sick, to test with steel the great principles' which they know must tri umph ; no skulking cowari is seen -to sneak away. ,A call to arms will ;even sometimes ef- J feet what medicine cannot—strengthen the in i' valid by a determination to be the first to an ■ ‘ swer such a summons. Temporary reverses may dishearten, brit cannot lastingly defeat. The present comparative 'quiet of the army may seem to you at homej like inaction ; bat the more perfect the machine, the less audible the noise. Still waters are sometimes very powerful, though there, mayi be no bubbles visi ble on the surface. Deep and powerful under currents, are not always indicated by external agitation. The mostpower.jwith theleast noise, is an important feature of successful warefare. This is what We are rapidlyjacquiring. No fla ming capital letter victoriestemblazon our pub lic sheets, but the certantiedof attaining them, are being developed in oujr camps. We are gaining victories over ourselyes, which must al ways be accomplished before we con reasona bly expect them over others! Much drill is what we need and want, arid moreover, its what we get tjo our heart's con tent. We begin to see the meed of discipline and proficiency in maneonvering, and are ma king a reasonable progress therein. The effici ency of a body of men in action, depends upon their ability to act in concert—their unity— their oneness. A little band of disciplined troops can vanquish and destroy a mob ftf thou sands; numbers are less necessary than educa tion or training, to one's business'. 1 The impetuous rush of an ungovernable host, is more hazardous and less [likely to succeed, than the well-prepared but slower advance of a few, With the advantage of'coolness.and pru dence to employ the opertunities which rash ness would overlook. It Is better to await the completion of detail than to [trust to hasty and improvident zeal. ■’ Slow bu t stiro; says'Scotl and he, if any man, knows,'that Sri war hard cniarly, there’s policy in preparation. 1 The’ cautionary command “ready," always precedes.the command to fire; little execution would result from pulling the trigger before capping the gun. Beady is the first word, af ter that comes “execution,’f both by powder and hemp. Arid though there is suspense in waiting so long ere we strike a blow, yet every day adds to the strength and I certainty of that blow when it shall be given} This is having a mors! effect: more readiness and devotion to their work, our troops exhibit, cannot be wished. ' Thoy’arb the most disappointed, who .are theoftenest denied the privilege of rushing to the scene of action, wheni booming cannon -signal the conflict. ' " - We think ourselves, in truth, grevionsly sligh ted, when all our neighboring regiments are turned out at the sound of the alarm, while we are bustled out to go no farther than our parade ground, and then ordered back to our quarters to lie on our arms and gnardjthecamps—all for the lack of a few regimental officers. I like anything considerably hetjtcr-than being a can idle appendage to a division, insed at the best fur no better service than So brush flies from a General's Uniform ; but perhaps it’s better to be a big tail, than a little bead, in military mat ters. At all events, it speaks} quite strongly of injustice to a regiment of men, to deprive them for so long a time of their leading officers ; for nothing helps more a regiment’s standing, than the presence of all its officers] ready to do their whole duty. This is what officers demand of the men, and the men very have a right to expect the same of them. On the Commander, depends the entire wellbeing of the camp. It is his to design, to plan, and to enforce the ex ecution of what he lays down} If be is prompt, energetic, active and careful, ho can make all his subalterns so,-nnd they in all who may be under them. With a few, exceptions, as a Colonel is watchful of the interests of his men, wide-awake and firwP, so is bis regiment good, bad or indifferent. For the last month or more, out Major and Adjutant have been the only regimental officers with us ; and although their Efforts f„r the im provement of the regiment, have been constant and untiring, yet men do not feel wholly satis fied—expecting to be called Into action at a moments warning—under the direction of off icers unskilled in the arts of war, and inexperi enced in' military affairs. VTe repose the great est confidence in the military training of our Colonel, and deeply'regret hid ilness,' but the homo of a Col. should be among.his men, and if sickness unfits him for such a home, it should ;not deprive us of the right to fill the vacancy. I have little or no,news;of interest to write; any anticipated movements are, of course, not divulged to usi All we knowlof future move ments, is what.we conjecture from the signs wo see and the orders of readihesaj wo receive from time to time, This comes'pretty hard some times for ouryatlkeo inquisitiveness, but a sol diermust learn that his duty lean principally be summed up in the one vfdrci —“obey,”— without a word as to what we do, bow, why, when or where. I This, of course is right, any other course would be suicidal very, for every soldier knows—and will talk about—may be known by every lurking spy that infests our lines, i One knows not'whom tq trust, when treach ery stalks abroaefiti tfie lanJ. 'hnd lifts it vile head where we,' had reposed our greatest confi dence. - J - Of all the pleasurable emotions that the sol dier experiences, none rank higher than those produced by the receipt jof letters and papers from home.- Mail hoursjare watched for with a longing impatience that nothing but one let ler at least, can sai«Fy. ] ’Tie rather a rough comparison, bat if you ever noticed the look out-for-no-one conduct (ijf many swine over Ja little swill, you can form-some idea of our be havior daring the distribution'of our ’daily i mail. It is no trick at all to tell who gets the ] letters, no matter whether you see them or not; a simple glance attheir faces, is qnite enough, i. which is/reqnently more expressive than words. If they are the glad recipients of what they I never fail to look for—one, or as many more lottery ns jou please—the face is radiant and i content, well pleased with its owner and every ; body else; hot if disappointment come in stead, ; grim and yellow melancholy, finds an easy vic tim. .More than one pair of eyes often read , the same letter; and the variety of stylo varies -from the “tu episodes— at orict,” of Arfemas i Ward to Docstick’s description of “the great Showman’s baby exhibition." It might be a useful suggestion to love-letter writers, to know that the nearest way to a soldier’s heart, is ' through his stoiriach ; any thing calculated to roach the heart,l woold be much more certain of 'reaching its destination,[if accompanied by a , lot of little gooflies for the stomach. All hail, to .punctual letter-writers! Load (down and expedite the mriils ’ We sometimes •offer from the relentless pangs of intellectual hunger—deprivation of books and papers. If you would add to the chiefest happiness of a ‘soldier, write often and lengthily, and send him home papers. , : G. W. M. WHICH SHIP ? “If that confounded ship had sunk with those i Pilgrim Fathers on board, we should nev-. ;er bare been driven to thbse extremities,” say our “Southern brethren,” of the Palmetto State, [as reported by Mr. Bussell, of the London Times. - - i Well, wo will, grant that the foundering of said ship (and of course of all that followed in its wake, bringing like cargoes of men and principles,) would have ended vely sunynarily a great many things before they were begun'.— A Confederate corsair might that day have done some service, for that Mayflower, wafted hither by wintry winds, was full of the seeds 6f things, There hna been a wide and varied harvest froth the sowing? South Carolina may well think of that ship; and the whole land—the world, would feel it somewhat, should every thing springing, and that has sprung- from thence, be as though it bad never been! There would be sundry fearful gaps in history—there would be some few widely honored names blot-i ted out—every department of the. world’s in- : dustry, art, invention, would suffer somewhat; manufactures, commerces, agriculture, litera ture; civilization and religion would feH • the shock and the loss, well nlghas much as-should all they have received from Charleston, S. C., be annihilated. Liberty, the world over, would be quite as much affected, and 'despotism eve rywhere would have been saved some ''extremi ties,” if that “confounded ship had sunk.” j And there would have been no Eli Whitney, and no cotton gin ! Was the “Southern’broth er” thinking of that when, like the first fit .Em peror of Palmettodoro, Nero, he wnsso wishing the wholesale ending of New England? The Mayflower, through the cotton gin, and sundry other ways, has had much to do with “theseex tremities.”, Perhaps it mljght better havfe sunk. But just about the time when ‘ ’ “A band of Rvilos moored their bark this.wild, New £ngtau<l Shore,” - therfe was another ship casting anchor, ip James River, with quite another freight. Grahame, in his History of the United States, says; “Hav ing once associated felons with their pursuits, and committed the coltiration of the fields to servile bands, the colonists were prepared to yield to the temptation which speedily presen ted itself, and to bled in barbarous combination the character of oppressors, with the claims and condition of freemen. A Dutch ship, from the coast of Guinea, arriving in James River, sold to the Planters a part of her cargo of ne groes. * * * * * The num ber was increased by continual importation, till a large portion of the inhabitants of Virginia was composed of men degraded to a state of slavery, by the selfishness and ungrateful bar barity of others who embracing the gifts, with out imbibing the beneficences of their Creator, turned into a scene of bondage, for their fellow men, a territory that had proved the seat of lib erty, anil happiness to themselves.” We submit the question—would it not have been better, on the whole, that this Dutch ship should have sunk?- Would not. the C. S. A., by that disaster, have been spared “these ex tremities ?” It seems pretty clear that the- importations, iivlfi2o, into Plymouth and Jamestown, have at la«t come into an “irrepressible conflict.”— Neither ship did sink in 1620“, the results of one or the other, must now succumb. The world has had the trial of'what both in augurated for well-nigh two and a half centu ries, side by side, cun do. And now the world can judge which it'can best spare. Over the' urte floats “the Stars and Stoipes”—over the \)tber the secession flag. -Which ship shall; go down t.—Congregational ist. , ; TfttNED Hound: — A youg 1 sprig of a do<W once fnet at a convivial party; several larks who were bent on placing in his hat a very" large brick, or,, in plain,language make bim. glorious ly drunk, which fhey-accomplished about 10 o’clock at night. The poor doctor insisted on going, and the party accopdriied him to the sta ble, to assist him to mount the horse, which they at length did with his face to the apnimal's tail. “ Hallo," said the doctor, after feeling for the reins, “ lapi inside out on my horse, or face behind,Tdonl'l know which—Something wrong ahybbw." • ! . “So you arc," exclaimed one of the - wags, " jusfget off, doctor,cand we will put you on wright." “Get off?" biccupecbthe doctor, “no yon don’t, dust torm the liorfca around, and it will all come r : gbt—youmust all be very drunk." Eates of Advertising. ■ Advertisements will be charged $1 per square of 10 Hues, one or three insertions,'aed'2s cent*’for every subsequent insertion. AdrertieetkeatsJif lets Ibnn J 0 lines considered as a square. The subjoined rates will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Teatly nnd"Xcarly ad vertisemsnts: ' " 3 months. 6 nomas'. 12 jiostb* Square, - - $3,00 $4,50 , f 6,00 2 doj - 5,00 6,50 8,00 S doJ - 7,00; 8,50 -v t0,«0 L column, - - 8,00 0,50 r> 12,50 1 J do. ' . . .15,00- 20,00, - j 30.00 , Column, - - 25,00 35,00 .v ; 50,0( Advertisements not having the number of insertior a desired marked upon them, will be published until or dered ontand charged accordingly. Handbills, Bill-Hcnds, Letter-Heads ondajl kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, or - eented neatly and promptly f Justices’, Constable's, and other BLANKS constantly on hand. NO. 9 ! ELEPHAHTIHE, A hunter thus (ells of killing an elephant; “ Suddenly, when within less than 200. .yards of my intended victim,.! found myself in his presence. He was partially facing me, bis. huge ears spread like a pair of 'studding sails, giv ing a defiant and threatening air to his whole attitude.l I did not however, hesitate, but fired at once it his shoulder, when he instantly be took hiniself to flight. My hunchman, at this moment] becoming frightened at the close prox imity of j the gigantic creature, instead of hand ing me the spare gun also'ran away. .Koload ing my ipfle, I was soon once more in pursuit", and had shortly the satisfaction of getting again within sight of the poor beast, who from the quantity of blood on its spoor, was evident ly badly wounded. My attendant now rejoined nge ; I managed at this time to fire all my three barrels, hut though every bullet sped true, they ha'di not the effect of bringing the,brute down. To my surprise, and satisfaction, I soon discovered that instead of trying to make " his escape’ (perhaps he felt unequal to the task,.)- I he gradually began retracing bis steps., i '• Hearing just at this moment a peculiar ihammcring,noise close under the hill, ! turned] ; i aside to ascertain its canse. It arose, I found,r from a party of-Ovafjimba, who were busily V [possessing themselves of a. nest of honeycomb.--.; iln their company was a oumber of noisy curs [who, on pur approach, began to give tongue in !the most alarming manner. For a momentl 1 really feared my quarry would escape me; my misgivings, fortunately, proved unfounded, for I soon overtook the poor creature resting [under a small tree. I crept up close -to film, and poured once more the contents of all ray (barrels into his body. Unfortunately, in pull ing the trigger of the smooth bore, both bar rels' went off together, and the gun being light, jand charged with twenty drachms of powder, its rapid recoil struck me violently in the face, lone of the cocks burying itself deep in my (Upper lip, lopsening some of my teeth. The shock almost stunned me; it was enough to, have prostrated a horse; yet I almost instantly recovered myself. ‘As to the elephant be re mained quite motionless. Large bullets and powder now failed me, I therefore sent my-at tendant for the spare supply left with the men. on the rock. "Whilst wailing for his return, I rammed, down a couple of small bullets in the rifle and fired again. The result wap the same os before. Having "at last bhen rejoined by my men, I gave the wretched animal a couple of additional .five ouncers as’a coup dq grace, when hel sunk slowly on his haunches, once more righjtedhimself.and then fell withacrash, ■ a corpsel! - i . “ I bad returnedhut a short time to my am bush, when a large herd of female elephants with their calves-came on.perfectly heedless of Che firing which bad previously taken place. With a rush they gained the.water, exactly op posite to where I was perched - on my anthill. ’Soon after they were joined by . several other troops pouring in from different directions, con sisting of;-cows and hulls intermixed. It was quite remarkable to see how,.they ranged them selves closely side by side, like -a line of- infan try. They drew themselves up in single file, : occupying the entire width of water, Which was at 1 that; point some three hundred yards broad, jj estimated their numbers at between 100 and 1(50, The moon was nearly at its ze nith, and Ished glorious and dazzling light, ob the huge creatures below- 1 felt up inclination to disturb so striking a picture, and indeed, if I had' been so disposed, it would little have availed me, as the valley in the direction occu pied by the- elephants, was- totally destitute,of cover.- Sp all 1 could do was to look on, sigh, and admirei ... - : -“ When- the elephants had ceased, drinking and were about moving away, I. hurried fort ward to intercept their retreat, and, as the very last of tllem was disappearing, I succeeded, With some difficulty, in shouldering my ■ rifle and firing! The-rusb and the trumpeting which followed ibis, discharge was truly appalling. The herds actually seemed to yell with rage. They werp indeed, an unusually savage lot, as I shortly itfterwards discovered in am encounter which very nearly cost mo my: life. My lost shot, though.a hurried and uncertain one, took effect; a fine cow wiis killed by-it, hut her car cass was not discovered liil two days afterwards: I brought down three elephants that sides wounding two others. Yankee the ilavolutinn- 1 ary war, two brothers from one of the eastern | ports were commanders of privateers; they cruised together, and were eminently successful; doing great damage to the enemy and making money for themselves. One evening being in 'the latitude of the shoals of Nantucket, bun many miles to the easward of them, they espied a large British vessel having the appearance of a merchantman, and made towards her; but to their astonishment found her to be a frigate in’ disguise. .1 very high breeze prevailing, they hauled off in different directions. One only could be pursued, and the frigate: gained rapid ly on liim. Finding that he could not run away,'ll e commander had resourse to a strat agem, \On a sudden - be hauled in sail, and all hands wer employed with setting pules, as if shoving bis vessel off a bank; The people ou board thW friigule, amazed at the! supposed dah- : ger they jbad run; and to save theniselves from being gfdunjded, immediately clawed off, and left the more knowing Yankee “to make' him self scarce,’- who soon as night tendered it pru dent for him, hoisted sail in a sea two hundred) fathoms deep.— jS T aval Aticcdotu. The Ch'enango (Greene), American puts the following pertinent queries: t . Did you ever hear one of these men who talk about the expenses of the war, blame .the Con federates; for bringing the expenses on ns ? j Did you ejver hear one of them, when a king | of Lincoln’i| unconstitutional act in calling out troops say anything about the unconstitutional; - ity of raisirjg an army of rebels in the South ? Did you ever hoar one of them say that Jeff, Davis was trampling the constitution under foot? ■ I ' i v In short, iiid ynu ever hoar one of them ex press a patriotic thought -
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