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SefcoteO to tfte Extension of tf)t ftetz of iFmßom a«B tfje SpttaJJ of ffiealt&g Reform.
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ob is tbs Official iPager of th*C nglty,
t ni steadily increasing oircnlati-ih reach
ty neighborhood-in the County, "It lament
ijgt to any snbaoriber- within the' nobly
,(whose most convenient post offidi, f^be
St , 5 itaetj ptp«* dnJilu-
ITAI* FOBNTAIIf IKK 'Efe.'
S) A YID HART; Hbopbietop.
Mi
™)««i"neS begsleave to announce ttfii,|oM
' ,J lo°tho public generally, that helffti, ,t«en
„ of the old stand and fitted It up tlfjß»d
> iJsiT
,6 AT-Lj.l !-pU
tor sad ,
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■rtTATjvPY A.ND COUNSELLOR A!p
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PENJISYCVAID’A docs] . l|i
* , Main &r"< oni the Avenue W'll'l
Ttri popular Hotel, having been refitted W»re
„i,bed throogbont, * now °P en to th# P al *
ai-eiaas bouse. ; ;_; .'J 1
"toXak yactobt nous ai| J
t c, yERHILYEA, PEOPRIS‘,O
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. i j|j ,
;[g is anew hotel located within, easy , ctjws o
the best fishing and hunting } brthern
He pains will be spared for the accoral bdalion
plenaro seekers and the traveling public. I : 4 '
April 12. 1860. U 'jfrl
c, C. C. CAiIPELL,. i |
BASSEH A.ND HAIR-D BENS' 1
SOP in tbo rear thß E° st Office. Ever, Uifgg in
hu Ike will be dona as well and promj Jyfae it
be dene in the city saloons. Preparatioj » Wrre-
J, dandruff, and beautifying the hair fot solo
i." Hair and whiskers dyed any colorl j JsHand
ffellsborn, Sept. 22, X3n9. r g
THE CORNING JOIJRNA Uli '
'W. Pratt, Editor and Pro i i'tlfoT.
pablished'at Corning, Steuben Co., N. i , «IjOne
foliar and Fifty Cents per year, in advai ip;, (The
iiiij Republican in politics, and hoj;- eiinnla
tachln» into«wrqry part of Steuben Cej|tJy, —
i desirous of extending their business ;iit« that
is adjoining confides will find it an exieil leap ad
ding medinm. Ad'fiigss as above. • " ' i|:
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WELLSBOROCGH, PA. ■;
, fare, r ' PEt'maSroß.
{Formerly of Statet Bote j : |jj ■■
wing leased this well known and poput tt muse,
0 the patronage of tbe public. Will (Attentive
oliging waiters, together with the P; shnetor’a
[edge of the business, he hopes to mat tbb stay
iss who stop with ’ him both pie aitSiand
'■, -I if
isboro, May 31,1860
E. B. BENEDICT, M. B , |J
/ULD inform the public thot be is p< t l/uentl
located in Klkiand §oro, Tioga Ci . I&J, an
ipared by thirty years' experience to ft I t||li dis
of the eyes and their appendages hi ( ugentifi
iploj, and that he can care Withdo fisfti tha
dial disease, called St; Vitas’ Dane
■us Pitf.j and will attend to.any other >t slopes i
iline of Physio and Surgery. , •/?»] .
Elklsnd Boro, August 8, 1860. ' Sj |h
‘ DENTISTRY.^Ip"
, 4n. daett i'll ■ .
tOCLD respectfully say to tha cj , of
Wollsboro and cioinity, that he hi S .Mened
ioSco over WRIGHT’S FtODR AJ DfBED
15E, where he wilt continue to do all, hihds of
k in lbs line of DEKTISTRY. i ■ £i|
’ellsboro, April 30/1882. ’ •
TROY AGADBMyi,
TSOY, BBASFOBQ OO.'- 'mi
;6.COWBREY, A. B. - - • V? Iri|ipal,
IT/rj? COMPETENT 'ASStSTA. jf,ir4tj .
CALBNDA3-lßBa. ] .
Spring Term begins Feb. 2Mb,—Ends $1 jy |atb.
Simmer “ “ May 20tb, — At {, jib.
M “ “ Serb 9lh, — .“N« r. sitb.
“ " Pec. 2d. ’ .*!{
Ikoroogh instruction given' in all Cot Mtri and
®sW English Branches, Classics and Mo lerjji Ean
pa{«. Students fitted to enter the best. Cjjfijegea,
Tmn’i Tuition, ’s2 to $6. ' ■ ' jli
Boird and rooms for those who may. deSi- 5 board
Rduolres, can bq-proeured at low rates, 1 . 66p im
pute vicinity of the Academy. " : ]
Jot circulars or'other information, addrt is Sjt
S. 6. COWDBEY. l-.i ah
T'oj, Jan.-30, 1862.-tf. " %\"[ ' -
BIACKSMITHINOi f .
Mb f ' *Js'l
nndersigned wishes to lolliSs for
-1 oer Customer* in Sullivan and Milk that
tyritkstaodiiig his.-embarrassments i<a\ haJsf*t«ix
hQatba they will find, Mm ot.hie shop
4 good new stock of Ir.oo sod material rasdy to
torero on reasonable term a. J. A. BEtJS.
feb 19. XSB2.-flt, ' 'A'
COBNIN Or ;Tl "
V&OLESALB DBVa AND BOOK
®BCQS AND MEDICIKBS,'' •' ! !';{r
fAINTS AND oltB, ( 1
WINDOW GLASS, ! , ' %
KEEOSINE OIL,
ALCOHOL/ 1
BOOK» AN$
*»M »t wb»le»»l« by 1 s ||-
W. ». TIRBEUi.
C»uiTj Merchant* applied vith tbeaj; Bjaola* at.
New YOBK PBrlO
Feb; 26; 1863. j \ ‘lf
■' nrKX.KiiH.ERIT; ■%
*Rs. n. w.'..aaE-ASitjkw .
MILi L< I R'j - I:;. '
attention tober aaeortmentj ? J’L ■ ,
Mew ■ %r!ng 4&t #%
<jrerj dejeriptlon «f . ' |,s 1 •
and American Hi
*^ e ,e H at wboleaalfl and rei; • CASH
Speoini Indnceme* < t 1
Goad* and i I«rn« te-
’«HN£W TOEJK GOST. 'J \
&eoa*22 Bleeder Street, Ke»r !%k.
i w>4 W 7 Wat** Street, Ella -rij-N, T.
4PUI, 1M2.-3*. ' ; I|' :
vox. m
'&■ ■
SPBISG AUB SUMMER GOODS.
v JEROME SMITH
•Has sow on hand m large and extensive stock of
, DRY GOODS,
HATS & CAPS.
BOOTS & SHQES,
GROCERIES,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
HARDWARE, GLASSWARE
WOODENWARE, *o.,
which is nndouhtedlythWlargMt assortment ever
brought into this county, and .wiuba sold at prices
that mast give eutire satisfaction. And I would in
vite, purchasers, generally, to esU and examine my
assortment of
Black and Figured Dress Silks,
Worsted Goods, MeHnoos,
Ladies’ Cloth, Opera Flannels,
Long and Square Shawls,
Black and Figured Delaines,
and Cassimeres, do., Ac.,
And in fact the best assortment of
KABZaSM DBBBS 00081
ever brought into this -county. 1 have also a large
stock of
DOMESTIC GOODS.
CLOTHS & CASSIMERES,
SATINS. POLL CLOTH,
TWEfiDS. & KENTUCKY JEANS.
Purchasers will find that the place to bay good good*
And at low prices, Is at the store of
JEROMfi SMITH.
'Wellsboro, April 23, 1862.
-r
... Promisor,
it free of j;I/j&e.
J. M. SMITH,
|'AS removed to tho Now Store on
Market Sireet, Corning,
Firet door east of Hno{f»f£ord’a Bank, and directly
opposite the •
Dickinson House,
where he ia now receiving, and will constantly keep
on hand a Fall and I
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT,
iOF FANCY* AND STAPLE DRY GOODS,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
FAMILY GROCERIES, Ac.,
which will be sold at the Lowest Prices for
Ready Pay Only. ■
He sells good Prints for lOcts.'
Merrio*acs 12io.
■Denims 12$ol
Heavy Sheetings.. 12ie.
Fine Bleached Muslin ......12|e.
and other goods equally Inw.
Thecitixens of TIOGA COUNTY
VISITING CORNING,
are cordially invited to
Give Him a Call. j
Corning, April 23, 1882, s
, Insurance Agency*
THE Insurance Company of North America have
appointed the undersigned an agent for Tioga
County and vicinity.
As the high character and standing of this Com
pany give the assurance of full protection to owners
of property against the hazard of fire, X solicit with
confidence a liberal shhre of the business' of the
county. This Company wsts incorporated in 1794.
Its capital.- is $5.00,000, and its assets In 1861 as per
statement Ist Jan. of that year was $1254,719 81.
CHABI.ES PLATT,... Secretary.
AB.THHE G. COFFIN, ;..., President.
Office of the Company 232 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, '■
Wm.Bneiilcr, Central Agent, Hap.
risbarg, Pa.
JOHN IV, GUEKffSieT,
Agent for Tioga County, Pa.
April?, 1862. ■
BOMB FIRE INSURANCE COMP ANT
NEW YORK;.
CAPITAL, 81.000,000.
Home Fiie Insurance Company
IS
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT;
CAPITAL, $200,000.
These Companies bars complied with the Stats law.
Applicationafor Insnrance received by,
CHARLES L. SIEMENS,
Wellsboro Tioga County, Penna.
Wellsboro, Jan. 16, 1862.
War! War for the Union!
THE undersigned -would respectfully inform his
old friends, customers, and the public generally,
'that he has opened a
CABINET AND CHAIR SHOP
on Msin.Slreet, opposite H. W. Dartt’s Wagon Shop,
wberh he inlonds to teepcoriatantly on hand a geno
raVanoitment of
Cabinet Ware,
made of the best materials, and by the beat workmen,
. Also Coffins made to order, and as oaeap as cwxbe
procured elsewhere, accompanied with a Hearse t
'Also Chairs of every variety from the BEST down
to th« CHEAPEST, to
9aiv purchasers*
Alio Taming of nil kinds dons to order and to
The undersigned having had many years experi
ence, both in France and in this country, feels confi
dent that bo cannot be excelled in either of the above
branches of mechanism—and further would recom
mend the public to
CALL AND EXAMINE
his workmanship and prices before purchasing else
where. JACOB-BTXCKUN.
Wellsboro, March lit, 1862.' -
Dentistry*
. O. H. FIRMAN,
Formerly of Elmira, Kew York.
A perfect masterof DBIiTISTRT in all its branch
es, would respectfully inform the citirens of
WELLS BORG
and surrounding country, thathe.i* now stopping at
the
PENNSYLVANIA NOVEL,
where he oan.be found between ffiWioure of * o r cloelt
A. M.. and d o'clock P.' Mi, ready to perform any op.
elation pertaining to hie art with (kill, and allow pn-
C ” EXTRACT ISO done mechanically, and attended
with very littie-pain. ‘
Exittminoe* or nns Trent, and consultations
Free of Charge. ___ . .
v b.-*AU wo* warranted u represented,
Welliboro” Aprtt"3j>, IS?2.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UKKIGHTRD, AND UNTIL "HAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
WEUSBOHO, TIOGA COUNTY. PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 4, 1862.
CUSTOMERS
' THE SOLDIER’S MOTHER.
There eomes new light to her dimming eye.
As sbo opens the fatal scroll
With a dying hope, whose wondrous charm
- Holds her hack from her nearing goal.
No tear for her darling, who, fresh from her arms.
For his country his life-blood hath shed;
Bat her thin lips part as the broken heart ‘
lakes in the record—" Lead/”
Old friends and true bend kindly down, '
And are murmuring soft and low j
But her dying glance Is upon the line
That is sealing a mother's woe; -
And the whisper seems like the voice of dreams
When nights first gloom fs gone
"Fighting he fell, with his face to the foe.
Cheering bis comrades on.”
The paper falls from a lifeless hand,
As she goes to her hero’s side;
Bnt a smile is stamped on the rigid lip.
In the life of a mother’s pride ;
For there steals on the air, like a battle prayer,
To bless her soul’s new dawn—r
"Fighting be fell, with his face to the foe.
Cheering bis comrades on.”
THE TENNESSEE BLACKSMITH.
Near the cross-roads, not far from the Cum
berland mountains, stood the village forge.. The
smith was a sturdy man of fity. He was re
spected, wherever known, for bis sturdy integ
rity. He served God, and feard no roan—and
it might be safely added, nor devil-either. His
courage was proverbial in the neighborhood;
and it was a common remark with those wish
ing to pay any person a high compliment, to
say, “Heis as brave as old Bradley.” One
night, toward the close of September, ae he
stood alone by the anvil plying bis labors, his
countenance evinced a peculiar satisfaction, as
he brought his hammer down with a vigorous
stroke on the heated iron, "While blowing the
bellows be would occasionally pause and shake
his head, as if communing with himself. He
was evidently meditating upon something of
a serious nature. It was during one of these
pauses that the door was thrown open, and a
pale trembling figure staggered into the shop,
and sinking at the smith’s feet, faintly ejacu
lated :
“ In the name of Jesus, protect me !"
As Bradley stooped to raise the prostrate
form, three men entered, the foremost one ex
claiming;
. “ We’ve treed him at last! There he is—
seize him 1” and ae he spoke be pointed at the
crouching figure.
The others advanced to obey the order; but
Bradley suddenly arose, seized the sledge-ham
mer, and brandished it about his bead as if it
had been a sword exclaimed;
“ Back I Touch him not; hr, by the grace
of God, I’ll brain ye 1”
They hesitated, and stepped backward, not
wishing to encounter the Sturdy smith, for his
countenance plainly told them he meant what
be said.
“ Do you give shelter to nn abolitionist?”
fiercely shouted the leader.
“ I give shelter to a weak, defenceless man,”
replied the smith.
“ He is nn enemy 1” vociferated the leader.
“Of the devil!” ejaculated Bradley. •
“Ho is a spy I an abolition hound 1" ex
claimed the leader with increased vehemence,
“ and we must have him. So l tell yon, Brad
ley, you better not interfere. You know you
are already suspected; and if you insist upon
sheltering him it will confirm it.”
“ Suspected I Suspected of whetl” exclaim
ed the.smith in a firm tone, riveting his gaze
upon the speaker.
" Why, of adhering to the North, was the
reply.
‘t Adhering to the North 1” ejaculated Brad
ley, as he cast his defiant glances at the speak
er. “ I adhere to the North I” he continued ;
“ I ndhere to roy country—my whole country—
and with to help me Qnd, ns long as lhave
breath 1” be added, as be brought the sledge
hammer to the ground with 'great force.
•* You had better let os have him, Brad
ley, without further trouble. You are only
risking your own neck by your interference."
“ Not as long as I;have life to defend him/’
was the- answer. Then pointing toward the
door, he continued, “ Leave my shop!” and as
he spoke he raised the sledge-hammer.
They hesitated a moment, but the firm de
meanor of the smith awed them into compli
ance with the .order.
“ You’ll regret this in the morning, Bradley/’
said the leader as be retreated.
“Op I" was -the reply of the smith, as he
pointed towards ;the door..
Bradley followed them menacingly to the
entrance of the shop, and watched them until
they disappeared from sight down the road.—
When he turned to go back in the-shop he was
met. by the fugitive, who grasping his hand,
exclaiihed;
“0, how shall I ever be able to thank you,
Mr. Bradley?"
“ This is no-time for thanks, Mr. Peters, un
less it is to the Lord. Yoq most fiy the coun
try and that at once/’ *-
“ But roy wife and children?”
“ Mattie and I will attend to them. But
you must go to-night.".
“To-night?”
. “ Yes. In tbs morning, if not sooner, they
■will return with a large force and carry, you
off, and probably hang you on the first tree.—
You must leave to-night.
“But how?”
“ Mattie will conduct you to the rendezvous
of our friends. There is a party made op who
intend to cross the mountain and join the
Union forces in Kentucky. . They have pro
visions for the journey, and will gladly share
with you.” c '
•At this moment a young girl entered the
shop and hurriedly said:
“ Father, what is the trouble to-night f” Her
eye resting on the fugitive, she approached
him, tend in a sympathizing tone, continued':
«Ah Mr. Hetprs, has your turn come so
goon V’
This was Hattie. She was a fine rosy girl,
just past her eighteenth birthday, and the sole
daughter of Bradley’s bouse and heart. She
was'hisall—bis wife had been dead five years.
He tamed toward her, and in a mild, hot firm
tone, saidz
, “ Mattie yoq must conduct Mr. Peters to the
rendezvous immediately; then return, and we
will call at the parsonage to cheer .his family.
Quick t No time is to be lost. The blood*
honqds Are upon the track; The; have scented
their prey, and will not rest until they have
secured him. They may return much sooner
than wA expect. So hasten, daughter, and God
bless ytfl"
. This was not the first time that Mattie bad
been called upon to perform such an office. She
had saflsiy conducted several Union men, who
had been hnnted from their homes and sought
shelter with her father, to the place designated,,
from whence they made their escape across the
mountains into Kentucky. Turning to the fu
gitive, she said;
“ Come, Mr. Peters, do not stand upon cere
mony, bat follow me."
She left the shop and proceeded bat a short
distance upon the road, and then turned off in
a by-path through a strict of woods, closely fol
lowed by the fugitive. A brisk walk of half an
hour brought them to a small house in a seclu
ded spot. Here Mattie was received with a
warm welcome by several men, some of whom
were engaged in running bullets, while otlfora
were engaged in cleaning their rifles and fowl
ing pieces. The lady of the boose, a bale
woman of forty, was busy stuffing the wallets
of the men with biscuits. She greeted Mattie
very kindly. The fugitive who was known to
two or three of the party was received with a
bluff, frank spirit of kindness by all, saying
that they would make him chaplain of the
Tennessee Union regiment when they got into
Kentucky. i
When Mattie was about to return home, two
of the company prepared to accompany her,
but she protested, warning them of the danger,
as the enemy were doubtless abroad in search
of the minister. But, notwithstanding, they
insisted, and accompanied her until she reached
the road a short distance from her father's
shop. Mattie hurried on, but was somewhat
surprised upon reaching the shop to find it va-,
cant.- She hastened into the bouse, but her
father was not there. As she returned to go
into the shop she thought she beard the noise
of horses’ hoofs clattering down the road. She
listened, but the sound soon died away. Going
into the shop she blew the fire into a Maze ;
then beheld that things were in great confusion
and that spots of blood were upon the ground.
She was now convinced that her father had
been carried off, but not without a desperate
straggle on bis part..
As Mattie stood gazing at the pools of blood,
a wagon containing two persons drove up, one
of whom, an athletic man of five-and-twenty,
gut out and entered the shop.
“Good evening, Mattie. Where is yonr fa
ther ?” he said. Then observing the strange
demeanor of the girl, he continued: “ Why,
Mattie, what ails you f What has happened ?”
The young girl’s heart was too full for her
tongue te give utterance, and throwing herself
upon the shoulder of to young man, sho sob
bingly exclaimed:
“ they have carried him off I Iton’t yon see
the blood ?”
“ Have they dared to lay hands upon your
father ? The infernal wretches I”
Mattie recovered herself, sufficiently to nar
rate the evpnts of the evening. When she bad
finished he exclaimed:
“ Oh that I should have lived to see tlje day
that old Tennessee wias to be thus disgraced I
Here Joe 1”
At this the other person in the wagon alight
ed and entered the shop. He was a stalwart
negro.
“Joe," continued the young man, “would
you like your freedom ?”
“Well, Massa John, I wouldn’t like ranch
to leabe you, but dan Ise like to be a free man.”
“Joe, the white race have .maintained their
liberty by their valor.- Are you willing to fight
for yours? Ay! fight to the death?”
”I’se fight for yours any time, Massa John.”
. “ I,believe you, John. But I have desperate
work on band to-night, and I do not want yon
to engage in it without a prospect of reward.
If I succeed I will make you a free man. It
is a matter of life and death—will you go ?”
“ I will, Massa." ~
“ Then kneel down and Swear before the ev
erlasting God, that, if you falter or shrink from
the danger, you may hereafter be consigned to
everlasting fire!”
“ I swear, Massa,” said the negro, kneeling;
“ an’ I hope that Gor Almighty may strike roe
dead if I don’t 1 go wid you through fire, and
water and eberytbing I"
“I am satisfied, Joe,” said his roaster; then
turning to the young girl, whohad been a mute
spectator of this singular scene, he continued :
“ Now, Mattie; you get in, the wagon, and I’ll
drive down to the parsonage, and you remain
there with Mrs. Peters and the children until
I bring you some intelligence of your father/.’
While .the sturdy old. blacksmith was await
ing the return, of bis daughter, the party that
he had repulsed returned with increased num
bers and demanded the minister. A fierce
quarrel .ensued, which resulted in their seizing
the smith and carrying him off; They con
veyed him to a tavern half a mile distant from
the shop, and there he was arraigned before
what was called a' village committee. The
committee met in a long room oh the ground
floor, dimly lighted by a lamp which stood up
on a small table in front of the chairman. In
about half an hour after Bradley’s arrival be
was placed before the chairman for examina
tion. The old man’s arms were pinioned, hut
nevertheless he cast a-defiant look around him;
“ Bradley, Ibis is a grave charge against
you. What,hove you to say ?" said the chair
man.
" What authority have, you to ask ?” de
manded the smith, fiercely eyeing his interro
gator. ,
“The authority of the people of jMfinessee,”
was the reply.
“ I deny itJ”
“ Your denials amount to nothing. You are
accused of harboring an abolitionist, and the
penalty of that not you know is death. What
have you tossy to the charge?”
“I say that it is a lie, aod.be who utters such
a charge against me is a scoundrel.”
“ Simpson,” said the chairman to the Jeader
of the band that bad captured' Bradley, and
who now appeared with a large bandage about
bis head, to bind up a wound that was the re
sult of a blow from the fist of Bradley.—
“ Simpson," continued the chairman, “ wliat
have you to say ?’’
The leader then stated that he hold tracked
the preacher to the blacksmith’s shop; and that
Bradley had resisted his arrest, and that upon
their return he could not be founds and that
the prisoner refused to give any information
concerning bim. ;
“ r Do you bear that, Mr. Bradley f’f said the
chairman. j
“ That is none of your business." :|
“ Mr. Bradley, this tribunal is not to Jbe in
sulted with impunity. I again demand to
know where Mr. Peters is. Will you tell?"
“ No." !
“ Mr. Bradley, it is wel’ known that you are
not only a member but an exhorterin Mr. Pe
ters’s church, and therefore some little excuse
is made for your zeal in defending him. He is
from the North, and has long been j Suspected,
and is now accused of being an qbolitionist,
and a dangerous man. You do not !deny shel
tering him, and refusing to give him up. If
you persist in, this you must take the conse
quences. I ask you for the last iime if you
will inform us as to his whereabouts?"
“ Again I answer no 1" c)
“ Mr. Bradley, there is also another serious
change against you, and your conduct in this
instance confirms it. You are accused of giv
ing comfort to the enemies of your country.
What have you tn say to that ?’’ ,
“ I say that is false, and be who makes it is.
a-villain.”
“ I accuse bim of being a traitor, aiding the
cause of the Union,” said Simpson.)
“ If my adherence to the Union i merits for
me the name of traitor, then I am proud of it.
I have been,for the Union—and will be for the
Union ns long ns life lasts 1"
At these words the chairman clutched a
pistol that lay upon the table before him, and
the bright blade of Simpson's bowie-knife glit
tered near Bradley’s breast; but i before ha
made the fatal plunge a swift-winged messen
ger of death laid him dead at the feet of bis
intended victim ; while at the same' instant an
other plunged into the heart of the; chairman,
and be fell forward over the table, Extinguish
ing the light and leaving all in darkness. Con
fusion reigned. The inmates of the, room were
pnni|-stricken. In the midst of the consterna
tion ti firm hand rested upon Bradley’s shoul
der ; his bonds were severed, and was hurried
out of the open window. He was again a
free man, hut was hastened forward into the
wpods at the hack of the tavern, and through
them to a road a quarter of a mile distant, then
into a wagon and driven rapidly off.. In half
an hour the smith made one of the party at
the rendezvous that was to start at midnight
across the irlountains.
“ John,” jsaid the smith, as he grasped the
hand of his, rescuer, while bis eyes glistened
and a tear ran down his furrowed cheek, “ I
should like, fo see Mattie before I go."
“ Yon .shall,” was the reply.
In another hour the blacksmith clasped his
daughter tojhis bosom.
It was an affecting.scene—there, in that lone
house in the surrounded by men
who had been driven from their homes for their
attachment |tb the principles for which their
patriotic fathers fought and bled—the sturdy
old smith, a type of the heroes of other days,
pressing his daughter to his breast, while a
tear stole down his cheek. He felt that per
haps it was to be his last embrace; for bis
heart had rhsolved to sacrifice his all upon the
altar of his country, and. he could no longer
watch Over safety of his child. Was she
to be left to the mercy of the paricidal wretches
who were attempting to destroy the country
that hail giten them birth, nursed their infancy,
and opened a for them to display
the abilities with which nature had endowed
them ?
“ Mr. Bradley,” said, the rescuer, after a
short paus4, “ as you leave the State it will be
necessary, in these troublesome times, for Mat
tie to have a protector, and I cave thought
that our marriage had better take place to
night." I ,
“ Well, John,” said he, as he : relinquished
bis embrace and gazed with a fond look at her
who was so dear to him, “ I shall cot object if
Mattie is willing.”
“ Oh, we arranged that, as we came along,”
replied thq young man.
Mattie blushed, but said nothing.
In a shut time the hunted-down minister
was called'upon to perform a marriage service
in that lone house. It woe an impressive scene.
Yet no diamonds glittered upon the neck of the
bride; no!pearls looped up her tresses; but a
pure love flowed within her as she gave utter
ance to a jvow which was registered in heaven.
Bradley, soon after the ceremony, bade his
daughter and bet husband'an affectionate fare
well, and-aet out with his friendajto join others
who had been driven from their homes, and
were now! rallying! under the old flag to fight
for the Obion, and, as they said, “ Redeem old
Tennessee
- *
Old Times. —Some writer says that at the
beginning of the fifteenth century, mankind
bad looked to neither heaven nor earth, neither
into the eea nor land, as has been done since.
They had! philosophy without experiment, math
ematics, without scales, astronomy without dem
onstration. They, made war without shot, can
non or mortar—nay, mobs made their bonfires
without Squibs or crackers. They went to sea
without the compass, and sailed without the i
needle. They viewed the stars, without tele-'
scopes, and measured altitudes without barom
eters. Learning had no printing preps, no wri
ting, no ink’. The lover was forced to send his
mistress.c deal board for a letter, and a billet
doox might be of tfie ordinary size of a trencher.
They wove clothed without manufacturers, and
their riojhost robes were skins of the most for
midable! monsters. They carried on their trades
without! books- ] They had surgery without
materia jmedica. !
“ I do. What of it ?” was, the reply,
“ Is it true ?” 1
“Yes." ' *
“ Where is the preacher 7”
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NO. 43.
As soon as the parties were prjoperly placed,
the service commenced, and the noble harmo
nies which', bad filled the chnrbh, died away.
The ceremony was simple, differing in nothing
from the usual form used in all Roman Cath
olic countries, except that instead of a plain
gold circlet being placed bn the'bride’s finger,
as a symbol of eternity, and of the intention of
both to keep for ever the solemn coys'
nant into which they have entered before God,
and of which it ie the pledge, there was an ex
change of rings. ' The priest pttased in the
service when he came to the woriis, “With this
ring," &o, and then, one of the bridesmaids
came timidly and gracefully forward, and-laid
down two rings on the open book whichfie
held in his hand.— >
He took them op, one after another, in his •
right hand, offering np solemn prayers, and
pronouncing, a blessing over them. He then
gave the small one, which badengravedon it
the bridegroom’s name, Mauritius MocbnackF,
and the date of the year, to the bridegrooh;
and the large one, haring the name Jahasie
Zalvzianski, to the bride. For one moment;
while be pronounced a few words in a solemn
tone, they retained them, and them
lifting her eyes to the bridegroom’s as if to gfc'
ther strength and firmness for jthe last solemn
act, they exchanged them—the email one, hair
ing his name, shone on her finger—while the
larger ring encircled his. Immediately on en
tering the chateau, the bride’s jveil and wreath
were removed by a married lady, and replaced
by a cap ornamented with orange-blossoms,
entirely concealing her beautiful tresses. Mean
time, tbe bridesmaids bad been) flitting around
her, laughing, whispering, blushing.* Presen
tly she took tbe wreath, which one of then!
bad disengaged, from her veil and dinging it
among them, it fell on the shoulders of a beau
tiful girl, who was at once' pronounced the
“bride of the next wedding.” Just then sev
eral beautiful children of about ten years, hav
ing on their arms email silver filagree' baskets,
filled with, tiny boquets of cboice exotics, en
tered tbe saloon, and going round through the
guests, presented one to eacb,j with a gold pin
to fasten it, having a bead in the form of a
hexagon, each of the sides of which was del
icately engraven. On one sidet were, tbe initials
of tbe .bride; on the second, those of tbe bride-’
groom; on tbe third, the day (if the week; the
fourth, the day of the' month; the fifth, the
date of the year; and the sixth the name of
tho district in which tbe [ceremony had been
performed, of which they aref ever after to be
preserved as mementoes. j
The North and the | South.
Brooktild, May 29,1862.
Me. Kditob. —■’While looking over Kenyon’s
grammar the other day, I came across this sen
tence ; “The other side baa the best of tbe ar
gument.” The thought suggested itself to my
mind, that this must be precisely what the reb
els are thinking concerning ■ the North, since,
their numerous defeats, and the question nat
urally arose, why have we the best of the ar
gument? There ate several answers to tbe
question. First, the north is the strongest in
men and money. While thejrebels are obliged,
to manage every way, whether right or wrong,
to furnish themselves with men and funds for
carrying on tbe rebellion and sustaining tbe
miserable government wbich|they_have set up,
and while they are actually suffering for the
necessaries of life, the people, of the' north are
living in the midst of plenty! They open their
purses voluntarily and pour, forth the “yellow
shiners” into thetreasury of the nation, while
at the same time they place themselves under,
tbe good old Stars and Stripes, thereby convin
cing tbe rebels more forcibly than words could
do, that the Union most and shajl be preserved,
that treason shall gir down, that ere long they
shall.do homage to that flag which they polluted
with their treacherous bands, and that the
“Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall ware,
Oe'r the land of the free and the home of the brave.’*
It is such -vigorous action as this -which
strikes terror to the hearts! of evil doers, and
convinces them that they ate on. the wrong side
of the argument. |
Second, The north is fighting to sustain the
right—the south to sustain the wrong. The.,
rebels know that they are fighting against the
best form of government j that the sun' ever
shone upon, while they already feel that their
own is a most tyrannical one; consequently
that little monitor'within,-called conscience, is'
very troublesome. But the people of the north
have the approving smilejjof heaven on their
labors, because they are'.engaged in a holy'
cause. They are engaged in preserving this
government which was purchased by our fore
fathers for their posterity to enjoy, where all
men, from the' haughty Caiacasion, to the lowly,
African, might enjoy equial privileges. And ' 1
while the soldiers of the, army are enduring
the hardships of camp life, and risking their
lives for the sake of, their country, they may
have the assurance that'if Washington, Adams,
and Jefferson, could look down from the lofty
seats which-they undoubtedly occupy, that they
would receive an approving look from them.—.
Here, then, the people of {the north have a sec
ond advantage. In addition to brave hearts,
willing hands, and well filled parses, they hsvo
cTi&r and approving consciences.
Third; The north is fighting for liberty—tha
rebels for slavery. But it cannot add much' to
their confidence in their! strength, when they
consider that for every Clave that they keep,
they harbor an enemy in their midst. Those
four million slaves, will be four million voices*,
speaking in tones of thunder to the rebels in
language too plain to he' misunderstood, that it
is impossible for them A to succeed as long os
they are guilty of holding their fellow men in
bondage. But the people of the north have
the satisfaction of knowing that they are en
gaged in a struggle that 1 may be the means of
ridding this country of the greatest evil that -
ever cursed a nation, for which they will , re
ceive the hlesaihg, not only of millions of Afri
cans, hut of the whole! civilised world. But
more than this. While jthe rebels are lormon-.
ted (as I hope that they are) by the ghosts of
John Brown whom they hung at Harper’s Fet*'
ry, and hosts of others who were slain by thorn'
A Polish padding.