Attorneys a counsellors at law, win attend the Court of Tioga, Pottor and McKean counties/ ’ fWellsborgPeb. 1,1353.] - . Dickipoif hovB£ • •. do.HMWHOV -».T. . ... Mil, A.-'FrEi.i>, v.'.iM?'; - . v.Proprietor Guests taken lo and (t f® it the Depot free of charge. Attorney and; 'counsellor at law Wellsboro, Tioga:.Co,, Pa. Will devote hie Uma axclnsiv ely .to "ftp praolioo' 0f.10w.. Collections made ib.ahy of thtf 'Nort’bßrn .counties’of Pennsyl renin.’ n0v21,60. BOUSE. Corner op 'Main- Street^rid the -Accnucp WclUhoro, Pd. J-. w; BIQdNY, PROPRIETOR.- i This popular Hotel, b&ving boon re-fitted , and re furnished tbrongbont, isHow. open to.tho public »» a ■first-class bouse.: 1 ■ '■ ~ - IZAAK WALTCOIV HOUSE, 0:-rSHiril A, PROPRIETOR.- . - Gaines, Tioga County, Pa, THIS iganewbofel’lecafed within easy access o ithe'fisst fishing and banting grounds in Northern Pa. No.pains will be,’spared for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and thertraveling public. ’ , ' April 12. ISSQ. ■ 1 . . , G. C. O, CAUPEtL, BARBER AMD f BAIR-DRESSER. S HOP in the roar bf/thejPost Office, Everything in his line will be - done as well and promptly as it can bo done in the oity'saloops. Preparations for re taoving dandruff, and beautifying the hair, for salo cheap. Hair and Whiter* dyed any color!' /Call and see. Wellsboro’, Sept,’ 22„ : ; 1g59. ■ ' HABTSi ROTO.. TSOMAS GRACES, - - Proprietor. ( Formerly Covington Hotel.) ■ THXS-Hotol; kept fe&o^P c JS'tlma by ©arid Hart, ia being ftpairee forhlshed anew. The subscriber has astern of years, where he may be found ready ttfdwnt ppon.his old customers and the traveling, puhljl generally. His table will bo provided with market affords. At bis bar may be‘found brdnds-of liquors and •cigars. * ' Wellsboro, Jan. 21, ‘ » ' WEIXSBOKO . HOTEL B. B. HOLLIDAY,: - Proprietor. rpHE-Propriotor having again taken possession of | t the above Hotel, will spare oo paina to insure the comfort of guests and the traveling public. At tentive waiters always ready. Terms reasonable. Jan. 2I, f lB63‘j-tf. ' , Q, W. WELLINGTON" fe GO'S: BANK, ■ ■ CORNING, N.‘V.. . (Locate!) is jrps American-Gold, and Coin bough!; and sold. Now York Exchange, do. Uncurrent Money,' M ■_ do. United States DenlojA Notea “bid issue” bought. Collections made parts of the Union at Cur rent rates of Exchanges Particular pains.wil£’>o £akcn (o accommodate our patrons from the Opr Office ,will be open at 7 A. M., and at 7 P. M., giving parties passing over the Tiogtsl Roll Road ample time to transact their businesi’ wetoj'e the departure of tho ■train in the i^ftor.its.arrival in the evening. Q. President. Y., 1662. JEHOTIJIi K, SI EES, ATTORNEY & C- AT LAW, NILES VALLEY,M-TICH3A -COUNTY, PA., HAVING associatef himself with a legal firm in Washington,*be Possesses first rate facilities for tho prosecution of Clams for Pensions, Back-Pay, Bounty^and all other demands against the Gov ernment All-such claims will be attended to with promptness and, fidelity, ans “ no charges” will be made if successful. Middlebury Centre,. Nov, J2,18G2.-3m. JOHJf 'P^ASN, Attorney & COUNSELLOR 'at law, Coqdersport, Pa., TVill atlend-the seyeraL Courts in Potter and MfcKsan bounties. All business en trusted to his care will rceeive.prompt attention.. He has the agency of 'largeAract’a of good settling land -and will'ottend tvihe payment of taxes on anylands in said counties. Coudersport, Jan. 28 g flift63.~ J. CAiaPJSELE,, JB., ATTORNEY & cj&NSELLOR AT LAW, KNOXVILLE, , 4 i ipOA COUNJY, PA. Prompt attention ,gf 4n Ip tho .procuring of Pen sions, Back Pay of So’ tiers Ac. Jhn. T> 1893.-6m.R & WOOL cArdisg and CLOTH DRESSING, - IN- TUB - OLE ■POUNDR >' AT Wellsboiongh, County, Pa. THE subscriber having Stted up- the* place for the purpose of Wool CoTiUpg and- Cloth Dressing, and ’also would ipfdrm the -people that -we will take wool to manufacture otr'fifrflrjes or by the yard, to suit customers, and would inform -the people that we can card wool at any tidie, as «opr works .run by steam power, and also that'all be carded for four cents per pound'. Wool and rfroducp will be taken tor pav for tb© same. !* k . 1 N. B. Prompt aUeu'tion will be paid to all favoring us. - Wo will give gQod satisfaction. "* • • . i I- s v CHARLES LEE, « V' >p t JOHN LEE. WeHsbo.ro, Jun/lj, 18j2.^. $l5O best i Pianos. iso JOS, P. B-ALE &■ C-0-1 Siring removed to their now wnrerooms, ' '; Mo. 478; BROADWAY. are now prepared to ‘offer tho public a magnificent new scale falb j ' ' 7 OCTAVE ROSEWOOD PIANO, containing all improvements known in this country •or Europe, over-strung bass, French grand action, Wy pedal, full iron|fram.e,iQr CASH, : 1 Warranted, for 5 Tears. Rich moulding dasca, } ' $2OO, W, &'/$3OO, . all warranted made of the beet seasoned material, and to stand better than any[.Bold for $4OO -or SoU6 by tho old methods of manufacture. -invito DEALERS. A[nD. in all ports of the cirjntfjvto act oe agents, and to lest tbess unrivalled Pianos with Stcinway & Sons, iChickering & or manufacturers. JOS, P, HALE & CO, f 478 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. ,Oot. 22,1662,-4nt.' nOJIJJSTEAI) A NEW SXOVJ3 AND TIN SHOP HAS just been opened in Tioga, Penna,, where may bo found a good assortment of Cooking, Parlor and IBox Stoves, of tho maat'approved patterns, and from .the best maoufacrnTdrs. i The HOMESTEAD is ad mitted to bo the best Elevated Oven Stove in the market. The GOLDEN AGE\>.& GOOD,HOPE,” are sqaar?, flat top air ti|ht stoves, with largo ovens, with many advantages Over any other stove before made. Parlor Stoves. The Signet and Caspion are both very neat stores. • Also Tin, Copper, ond SJleeh Iron kept con atantly on hand and -ujade'to order of*the best mate rial and workmanship,*ll of which will be sold at ahe .lowest ■figure for pash or 'ready pay, \ Job work of'all kibda attended to on call. 'Koga, Jan. U, Xsf»3. BUERySEY & SMEAD. PEN SK?)N •'AGKEINC Y. TO THEIR FRIENDS. THE nndersignodriarin'g hod ooDsidmble expo „r s 7r n pro ™' ,-*? Pension Bounties and Back. aU busin «“ »» lbat lino -• n? ca^ lth ■preuptnea and fidelity. w >« b 'ngto-ronTer with ne Will ploose call Pa. hy lett l r , llt Syltonio, Bradford Cotmty, % Charges WMon*hle. V GEO. P. MONKOB. Keiers by permis s! to to' ;'l ■ THH Befcotc* to t#e &xitnni*n uf of attO tlfc Spmh of healths «cfovm. WHILB TfIEEB SHALL BB A WROS(} PTfßieffTßD, ANDtVNfm “MAN’S TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE VOL. IX. Select i3oetvj?. A, REVELATION. Is there* Goo t Ah yw • that look.perp)exed, Proclaims thy faith sp love so sure i No cloud "has crossed or subtle question foxed A life io"calm-and pure. But I, long.wandefing over shore, and. sea, Must 'ask, still pandering over sea and shore. For something to reveal the troth to'mo ' That has been thine of yore. Is there a God ? The churchman frowns reply, "With mingled scorn and grief Tats lip-ls curled. Yet could die ,God he soys none dare deny ~ , Sustain so wide a woHd? . - Freshen eoinany deifies outgrown, - '• So many temples proudly-rise in vain, . .• So many-altars and overthrown, * That I must ask again— . , Is there a God? To my own heart I turn; Tides ebb and flow, and flickering meteors play. Bound shrines where throbbing fires of passion barn;. * - ' His image fades away. 1 search among the records .of our race, Glancing across the storms of many a land, . Unrolling Memory's pictured page to trace The workings ol his' band. Biit noble thoughts, and words, and deeds of old, Melt in the mists;-the dust of wars and strife Refers me back to some far age of gold For the heroic life. , An age receding like the rainbow’s arch, ; Leaving a riddle History cannot solve— *" “ Is there a law by which the ages march, Or-*do they but revolve?” Is there a God? Beside the city’s gate, I watch for Him. amid the gloom and glare. Confused and dinned by sights and sounds I wait, Finding no answer there. The morning dawns; I climb the cliff that looks Down on tho ocean, lying deep and still; I listen to the song of birds and brooks Over the moor and hill. The plains of water and tho waves of wood. The silent mountains and the voiee of Spring, Have tuned my spirit to a better mood: Glory to God! I sing. The evening falls, and I come home to see Another revelation: now 1 know There is a God who made the world and thee, — Thy'face assures me so. For creeds may rise fronr-fancy’s weaving skill, Power from the wind, and numbers from the sod, E’en seas and stars from* blindly working will, — Bat goodness comes from God. J. N. —London Spectator. Se X cctjfH 1 0 cr Uan g. BBAR-HtJNTING IN TEXAS. BT AN ENGLISHMAN. In the fourteen years of a banter’s life which I passed in the wilds of Texas, I met with many strange adventures, which, although I know to be true, still I should hesitate to relate, so im probable would they appear to ontruveled hear ers ; and yet, round the carop-flre 3n a far-west prairie, 1 should readily speak of them to a circle of trappers and leather-stockings, confi dent that their own experience would confirm my assertions. There is what-an old hunter would call “a right smart chance of bar” in the forests of tho southwest, though* the numbers vary from their rambling habits, and from the failure or abun dance' of .mast in certain districts. . Thus in some years the mast perhaps will fail altogeth er, or partially, on the Colorado river, and yet be very plentiful on the neighboring Brazos; then the bears migrate, led by.instinct, to the banks of tho latter stream. It is those seasons when there is a general failure through the country of acorns, nuts, and other fruits, that are most fotal~ip Cuffeo, for tihen, made bold by hunger, ho invades the cornfields, where the havoc he commits'-ss soon discovered; and^ vari ous are the rnethods'employed to bring him to account for his larceny. As he always comes over the fence at one spot, for be is a creature of habit, until he has been disturbed or fright ened away, be frequently falls a victim to an old musket, the barrel of which is half filled with sljigs; to the trigger of it a string' is at tached ; and this passed round a stick set "be hind the stock of the gun, is for Brain to stumble against, who. thus commits uninten tional suicide. Some of tho negroes on the plantations are very expert in setting these guns. Very often a planter, whose fields have been ravaged in this way, will inform his neighbors that on a particular day he theans to, have a bear-bunt, and they are invited to meet at bis hoose, an hour before daylight, bringing with 'them all the mongrels, curs, and hounds, that they can individually master. A substantial .backwoods breakfast being discussed, the main features-of which ore usually venison-steaks, hot corn-bread, and coffee, the whiskey-flask is handed round, and all having taken a “ smile,” merely to prevent tho morning air from inju ring them, “ boot and saddle” is the word, and each, gun in hand, mounts his horse. The very dogs on such an occasion feel that some thing of importance is to bo done, and burying their canine war-hatchets, forget to have a free flgbt among themselves, reserving their powers for the tough business instinct-warns 1 them is at hand. The order of the day is usually this: There is generally some one or two in the party who have an old steady dog or two palled « start-dogs,” broken Exclusively to run noth ing hut bear,. These ride in front round the headlands of the field, the -rest of the parly keeping with the main pack, a hundred yards or so in the rear. When the leaders come to where a boar has either' entered or left the field, the “ start-dogs*' immediately own the scent, end open oh the trailj the main pack are cheered on, and then comes a burst of dog mush) that would do a cross countryman’s heart good. The hunters throw down the fence-rails, which are easily replaced, and pass out. Sometimes the bear’s den, generally an old tree-top that has been snapped off in some gale; is not more than two, or three hundred yards front thfe fence', it Sear haring a decided objection to" residing very far from his feeding ground. On some occasions, he is surprised in his hold, where he sits on his -hams with quite a Fiti-Jamos *■ comojjpe,.come all”.expression on:his countenance, and regards the dogs with what they consider a by ho means' inviting manner. Then pomes the excited rush of tho huntersNvho, hearing the haying of the .pack, I dismiunt ; and each hurries through'the cane WELLSBOKO* TIOGA QOMTY, PA., WEDNESDAT MOMING, APEIL 1, 1863.' \ or brush a$ best.bo'msy, to get.the first shot. At other times, the quarry has a shrewd guesi as to what is in. the wind, when he first hears the cry of the bounds, and puts his best leg .first to get as far into the impenetrable recesses of the cane-brake aa possible - ; the stoat bam boos yield like rye-grass before'bis weight, and close in bis rear, making itvery difficult for the (logs,to follow,.and impossible for the buu ters, who have-to ride the' best way they can, guided by the yelling of the • hounds. - 1-hare known a bear to get clear away v&y often owing to the impassable nature of tbe jnngle. Clumsy as the beast looks, be is by no meaps inactive, and ean travel very fast. • . Occasionally, when, very fat, he’ “ trees,” that is, climbs a tree, at once, even when hot particularly pressed hy bis foes; at other times. ho is'so bniiied and. pinched by them, that he is forced to ascend. This is always a fatal step, as the dogs remain nnder the trees add 1 bay him until some of tbs hunters arrive, when , a well-placed ball generally finishes him.' The shot, the death-note sounded on a born, soon! bring np the stragglers of the hunt, when, if the burst baa not been too severs or lasted, too long, the game is left to be disemboweled by a negro or two, then placed on a male, and borne in triumph to the plantation, the sports men starting back to the field, to see whether another bear has visited it. I should here mention that very savage dogs are not the best for this sport; m ball-log who would seize a bear and bang on to him, would come to grief inatantly; be'would be killed, as they say out west, “ before be-knew what hurt him." The best dogs ate with whom discretion's the better pailof valor, curs who will watch their opportunity, and jump in, giving the bear a sharp pinch, and boud away again, to en joy their little practical joke in safety. In wild cattle-hunting, the reverse is the case, and I have frequently owed my life to my having had severe dogs. Bears are never stalked in the same way as deer, although occasionally the “ still banter” comes across one in the woods; it will be as well, then, for him to make a sure shot, for a wounded bear is by' no means a pleasant an tagonist. It is not at all an anasaal occurrence in the backwoods to. hear, .towards evening, or early in the morning, the screams of a pig in*mortal. agony. The planter, overseer, or banter who proceeds to the spot will find probably either a bear, a'panther, or a leopard cat making free with the pork; and if be cannot then obtain a good shot, the best thing be can do is to return to the plantation, get all the doge be can col lect, and returning to the dead porker, pat bis pack on. the trail of the murderer, who, un willing to leave his prey, generally trees at onoe, and it very seldom happens that the gnil ly animol otffttlpoe - - . The first bear I ever shot I killed in Brazos county, Texas. I was in search of wild tur keys.; and just as 1 had disengaged myself from a thicket of rattan vines, I heard a noise at the top of a large tree, the head of which bad been blown off, and op it. a large spur winter grape vine had climbed, the' fruit 1 of which bang ripe, and in great profusion. The noise I beard was made by a bear, who bad ascended the tree to feast upon the grapes, and wbo had discovered my arrival about the same time that I first saw him. He immediately be gan his descent on the opposite side to that on which I was, keeping the trnnk of the tree very carefully between himself and my gun; j and as be came down, at about every two feet, be kept poking bis bead round, first on one side then on the other, to see my_position, as 'well as what I was doing. I waited quietly for him till be bad reached within about six feet of thb ground, bolding the gan to my shoulder, ready to fire on the side where I.next expected to see bis bead appear. Sure enough, as I expected, round came his brown muzzle, and, at the same instant, twelve back-shot from my right-hand barrel ent half bis neck away, severing the jugular vein, from which jets of blood came half ns thick os my-wrist. My poor pointer-bitch, Hose, who had been away on the scent of some turkeys, bad returned just about the time I fired, and threw herself at once upon wbat sbe considered an enormous turkey, but a conclusive blow, of the dying brute sent her flying some ten or twelve feet. I shall never forget the expression on her face oe she picked herself np, for fortunately she was not much hart. As sbe approached, very cautiously, she winded the bear, and set np all the hair on her back, nttered sharp harks; then she would look np into my faee, and, wagging her tail, whine, asking, as plain as if sbe had spoken: “What on earth have, wo got here ?" It was the first bear sbe bed ever seen, as, indeed, it was the first wild one I had seen either. Owing to the open and warm winters, the bears do not “boose’' themselves in the win ter, as they do in Canada and the northern States, although they shot themselves op, when the cold “northers” prevail, for a week or two. It is daring the winter that the honey-stores of the wild-bees, and the hogs that roam the forest, suffer* most, as there is then very little other food in the woods for them, except the grabs they occasionally find in the old decay ing fallen trees. ' „ As the planters often make prodigious crops of corn, they are sometimes obliged. for want of room, to pnt it for temporary-accommoda tion into pens, made of rails, and roughly thatched, 'in the fields. These corn-cribs are frequently visited in the night by the .bears, end many a'vigil have I kept for them,-ren dered doubly long, as I could not permit ray self the consolation of my pipe, the' smell of which would bare made all my trouble useless. There are many good points about the south ern They are quiet, harmless fellows, unless attacked and wounded; they then fight any'odds bravely. The materhal'instinets wire very strong in the females,- who will wage war to the last gasp in defence of their little ones. The old male is never seen with the female' when she has cubs, probably from his having, the same dislike to juveniles which some men have; he consequently leaves all the care and trouble of his family to his wife, like a bear as he is. TheyaCem to thinkffiat there iSiuck in odd numbers, too,- for three cubs-will be AGTTA ■- ■ ',rli f tdtener'faund ftith as- old ahe-bear than any other number. was.ohce hontingfor.a sugar plantation on Caney .creek, in Matagorda county. • The sum mer bad-been excessively dry; all the ponds httd dried up, and sohad the small steams, Sieept, hero and there where there were deep holes., I had .been accustomed both night and morning to .seek, a. large and deep late which lay in the forest.abput a mile and a half from the house. To this lagoon, wild animals of all descriptions resorted for 'wafer, and X had on each Visit been able to secure two or three deer, .varied occasionally by a wUd, cow or hog. It was on the 3d of September, 1858, that I rode 'out to this place.one'ofternoon about 4 o'clock, and having tied my horse.where he could not he observed, repaired- to niy usual place of concealment to watch for game. The first ani mal that came within rifle range was an old Mexican boar, bat as ie was worthless for 'moat, I allowed .him to drink and depart in 'peace. Presentlythe fluttering of some robins, -fls they are Called, a kind of niigratory thrush, -showed from their burry and clucking cry that some intruder bad disturbed them. I bad not long to 'wait to see what it. was, for oat rolled, with their pecaliarly/_droll waddle, and old bear vy th her three, five or six, months' old ’cobs. They were about fifty yards- from me, ■and right to windward, and while .they were -drinking, I stretched myself flat on my stomach, resting the rifle in the fork of a peg I had eet in the ground, and from which I-had made many dead shots previously, antf'prspared to fire whenever the old lady should tnrn her bead to me, so that I could get a fair shot at her eye. It may seem to those not acquaint ed with the subject, that, the eye .of a bear is n very small mark to shoot.at, and so it'is; but the orifice in the skull is very'large, altho’ the eye itself is" small—a ball, therefore, placed in or near tbje eye is certain, if fired from the front, to find the brain. ,Sbe soon turned her head;.and taking a very, careful ahn, 1 shot her through the. corner of her right eye—the .bullet, as I afterwards discovered, passing out at the base of tbe left ear. She fell without a struggle, not even a- kick of her legs. The cubs did not seem to be aware that anything particular had happened, as I bad hoped would be tbe case if I made a good ehot; and 1 pro ceeded to load so that I could dispose of them at my leisure. Those who bare never loaded a rifle when lying flat on the ground can form no idea of its difficulty; T have very ofteit bad to do this, and speak from experience. rJ suc ceeded in killing tbe three cubs, and thenVode ■into tbe plantation, to have a cane -eart’and males sent oat to bring in the garner The house was full of company several young ladies staying there from neighboring planta tions, for a, wasTo o* Wk evening- 'Proud enough I was as I rode in at tbe bend of my prizes, 1 for even in Texas it is not often any one fans tbe luck to bag four bears of an evening. The mother wae not in very prime condition, but the cubs were per fect lumps of grease, and would have delighted Poll Sweedlepipe’s father Or Mr'. Finch. • Many bottles were'filled with bears oil for the ladies’ hair; and much rejoicing wae beard in the negro cabins at tbe prospect of a good feast of fat “ bar meat,” for next to ’possum, the 'ne groes love that delicacy. For myself, I know of no better food ; it is a cross between very nice pork and tender beef, some of it being ns white os a chicken, while other portions are dark in color when cooked. ‘The paws.and liver are esteemed the daintiest tit-bits. It is now many years since, that “ party of ue were encamped on the edge of a canc-brake for (he purpose of bear-hunting. The leader of our party was an old gaunt trapper, wuh a head as smooth, as polished, and as destitute of Hair as a pumpkin, though his moustache and,beard were of enormous dimensions, which gave him, when without his ’coon-skin eap, a very singular appearance. One of the party at list asked him what bad made him lose all theihair from the scalp.: “Boys,” said he, “look a hyar; I somehow;guess it were an old bari.shot once in the spring of the year, and I pat some of her ile on this child’s bar. I reckon she were a-shedding her coat, and her grease - wnr no account, for arter I’d bin a-using on it, my bar began to spill out, and I lost every dog and bristle tin it. It mout hev bin that, and then, agin, it montn’t. Boys, just band ns the whiekey-gonrd; it most allns makes me dry when I thinks on it. I’ll tnrn in now, for we’ll hey to be stirring pretty peart in the morning.” The following anecdote goes far to prove that a bear has only room for one idea at a time in hie 1 head. A party of overland emigrants on their way across the plains from St. .Louie, Missouri, to EL Paso, and, tbonco to California, had arrived somewhere on the Green river.— From this, train a hunter bad strayed off in search of game, and "came upon a bear in a creek bottom,- who -was tap a persimmon-tree loaded with ripe fruit, which he was busily eat ing, while a wUd boar was revelling in the over* ripe dainties, which fell in showers from the beat’s clumsy operations |in the tree. It was evident from the glances}-bruin .threw below from time to. time that he w'as jealous of the hog, and by no means' relished playing provi der evett"involuntarily, for the others and he often expressed bis- disapprobation by short and savage growls, whiob the boar, only an swered by an occasional satisfied grunt. The hunter noted-all these signs, and saw that very little more was necessary to make Coffee's wrath bo3 over, which ha would be certain to vent upon the pig.; h e therefore drew the buck shot from ene barrel of bis gup, and, substitu ted for it a loadnf'dust-shot, with which, from his ambush, be stung the hear pretty severely. Down came the bear -to chastise the boar for adding this injury to insult,- fully convinced that the smart he snffere4 was caused by the pig. The battle was a sharp one, though not of long duration, and brain speedily killed his antagonist, but not before the hog had inflicted a mortal wound, by gashing open with his sharp tasks the belly of his opponent, who speedily ,Ued to death. ‘“Thus,” said the hun ter with pardonable vanity, ,*• I killed a hear and a wild-hoar with a Charge-of Jfo. 7 shot, which I believe no 'one else has ever dune.— 1 TOR. - y Mb. Chairman axd Fellow-citizens of Phil adelphia • Nothing but a conviction that I bad a serious duty to* perform- contd have broaghfme here this night. Frommy experi ence of political organisations, and my distrust of the use to which public meetings are gene rally applied, 1 would rather not' be responsi ble for'the purposes of the one or; the, ends of the dtfafer. The organization that convened this large assembly, and'the, aim you have in view, ore not, open, to such reflections.' For some time paSt=l have believed that just”such an association was needed, and that just such a gathering was indispensable to rouse-the pub lic to a consciousness of the danger into which I traitors and the abettors of treason were hur rying the destinies of our belowed country. [Applause.]- 'Most gladly, then; 1. bare come hereto meet you, and consult with- you about .the. means best suited to frustrate these evil .designs. Many such meetings must he held, and the mind and heart of the public made to feel the peril of its position. [ Appfhuso.] Last fall, on my return from Europe, I was amazed and shocked to see how daringly the advocates and apologists for traitors and their base deeds were snatching at the reins of au thority, with the aVowed purpose of surrender ing the honor of their country, and ithe rights of the human race, to traitors and the enemies of mankind. Oh, gentlemen, you cannot well feel the sting of this rebellion until you hare seen, asl have seen, and heard, ag I have heard, the exultations of our rivals and natural foes who live across the water. Here you may be excited by tbe outrages of you know of, by the sufferings of our army, by tbe resistance to tbe law, by tbe avowed hatred of Northern men and Northern institutions that is constantly proclaimed by the rebels and their leaders. Bot then yon feel the greatest wrong of all is, that from this rebellion onr free institutions have been scoffed at as a failure,, we are now derided as a race of vulgar plebeians, rushing in a downward course of ruin through anarchy to despotism. ’ " 1 How this unholy strife has palsied the heart of trusting, hoping millions who have looked with joy at tho bright rays of our glory as it came streaming across tbe stormy Atlantic guiding them as a star to happier homes! [Ap plause.] Ob! what a fearful crime has this been against the dignity of mankind! How bosely have these men testified in favor of des potism and against tbe holy cause of human -rights ! [Applause.] A few days since, when reading the ‘ admirable letters of Mr. Dayton, our Minister to France, I saw, with a sense.of uain that was increased by tbe recollection that be was describing nu i suffered when he alluded to the despondency expressed and felt by all loyal men in Europe, who, far away from homo, heard of the disasters of our arms, and felt..and beard the sneers of all Europe handed against us and our cause, hounded on' by the’false reports and cowardly exultations of fugitive traitors who bad fled tbeir homes to find a refuge abroad from tbe doom of tbe trea son they encouraged and upheld. “No one who had ever felt the sharp sorrow • of such reproaches can help,bot resent the law-' less combinations of Northern men to stimb- j lata traitors in tbe field by hopes of divided j councils at the North. For my part, I care j not with whom I act, or where I am found, so i that I act with those who will,sustain the law j and stand by those who were lawfully chosen : to administer it, and so that I am found with ■ those who will, as Northern men, born on 1 Northern soil, bred and cherished by a North ern community, spurn those who' spurn them, 1 and spit on those who betray their birthright' and defame their fellows, whilst they live under the protection of a Government that guards too j well their worthless bodies. and protects tbeir | property tbat should be confiscated, for sym-l patby with treason. [Long-continued an-! plause.] j At first, when the Republicans entered the | gates of office, with the exultant shouts of a 1 triumphing party, when some of its zealots, in i their wild excitement, proclaimed opinions tbat j were opposed to the constitutional compromises,; men attached to tbe Democratic party might reasonably hesitate to act with them. and dread ! to give conntenapce to covenant breakers.—• [Applause.] Their old party obligations might well restrain them from acknowledging the su premacy of new officers who 'were supposed tu ( represent men with whom and measures with . which they, had been in open conflict for years. ■ [Applause.] ' ( They might hesitate, and., bravely hesitate, i to follow in the. crowd of nn excited; and ,indig nant northern public, hoping that, by their re fusal to act, they could still maintain a party allegiance and a party action, that would show a good purpose, to deter rash action by their old allies and associates in the South. [Ap . plause.] Bat when that day had gone by ; when they bad followed southern men to the edge of the law, for the sake of the law; when they saw that the wrath of the northern pub lic was not a parlTsnn rage, but was the just sentiment of outraged men then to hesitate was mean ; to oppose and organize opposition; to traduce officials acting in good faith under trying circumstances, and to preach of peace; peace, when there was no pence, was treason and unmanly surrender of the noblest princi ples that ever men’bravely stood by, and in which were centered_the hopes of the human race. [Applause.] I am a Northern man—bone of my bone — flesh of my flesh, lam from them—and I would be a dastard and a dog if I consorted, with those who defame and revile then!.' I come of a race of men who proudly bpast a pedigree that has been honored by historical association with every straggle in England for the cause of I popular liberty. [Cries of “ that’s so,”] An [ cestors of mine were conspicuous in the npri-’ I sing of the Lollards, and followed the immor tal Wickliffe in his' slroggle for-the right of private judgment and the liberty of conscience; and when Cbarles expiated, his falsehood and treachery upon the £lock, my kinsmen sat ip the Parliament of Englandi .descendants ,of FranklinV, vindicating for all the freedom they ' haif inherited special property. " r "-' ’ ! 'r V fte.i .‘i T 'Vi A - *■ - - SPEECH'OP BEN 3. B. BREWSTER, At the Great Philadelphia Demonstration at Musical Fund Hall, Sears before that,“driven by religious perse cution and political tyranny across the dark and stormy Atlantic, came that band of pU gtima.front .who?* .bead .and/lcaderl proudly trace my iineagei • [Cheers.] The-first-set of thathand °f sages, heroes amt saints "was, by solemn league and covenant to bind them and theirs to obey the law. Tine to niy blood, I have kept their covenant. When slavery was the law, I stood by the law. [Cheers,] . And when treason'absorbed that law, I Stood np and now stand up to-night for that higher law. the law of self-preservation, the law of obedi ence to constituted authority, tire law of loyalty to the Constitution, and love for my land «nl its people- [Cheers.] m 38. u Breathes there a men with sonl so dead That never to himself hath said. This is my own, my native land ?" I am a Yankee of Yankees, and 1 glory in i( and the man who reviles them reviles the be* blood and the best men that have madoillus trious the history of his country and the can** of popular ■liberty. [Deafening cheers.] . I would have*'the country as it was if I could bare it so ; but since rebellion has reared its horrid front, and struck down the law that shel tered us and sheltered it, lam for striking sla very- dead, as it is the pretext of this great wrong. [Loud and long continued applause.] There is not a principle of r the Government that I would not deliver over to instant ■ death if it were the cause of such foul treason as this prin ciple of involuntary servitude has been. [Ap plauie.] * Who have these rebels wronged? Their country ? Yes. Human rights? Yes. Northern men? Yes. But, of all others, their wrong to Northern Democrats was the meanest ; andioulest. With a majority in both branches of. Congress they left; and their excuse was, they trust Northern Democrats. 1 - If they cannot trust us, why shall we trnat them, and why shall we entourage them,- red hanged and in arms against the State, itself? From the day that this Government was formed, they have,' with bat one exception, ruled and controlled the official power of our nation, and that exception was the' Administration of the elder Adams, With that exception they have directly controlled and guided the policy of tbs Government. The very changes that, have from time to time taken place have been the result of their own ehanges.of opinion,-legis lated by their own majorities, end executed by officials who represented their wishes ; end.jot with ail this, when, for the first time for full a half century, they lost the patronage of the Government, and still bad full sway over the' legislative branches with ’ which they conld check, control, and binder the Executive, they abandoned their trust, and basely struck a blow at the liberties of their country, abandonee] tbeir political allies, and made the principles of republican democracy and reproach, [Applause.] - * Are these the men we shall act with, or have pity for, or excuse, or jusli never! never!] Never! this war to reduce rebellion and pumou .... and I never, never will consent to see oar great Republic and its vast territory to establish a second rate and, hostile power that, by treaties with our enemies abroad, shall controlthe nav igation of the Gulf of Mexico, close up tbs mouth of the Mississippi, and shut os out from intercourse with our Pacific front, whets we are now just about to compete in triumphant rivalry with England for the .commerce of the Indies, the source of all her wealth and all her modern power, ns it has bceil the treasury of Wealth to all nations that have enjoyed its com merce. [Applause.] •'. . r Eeaco ', Never I but with submission to the laws. The day we make sucn apeacewnroe* day of dark dishonor that will shadow every man’s door, and spread, lamentation and shami throughout the land, ' As we conquered one common territory from a common enemy— as we joined in a common covenant, for our com mon good—fte most never break onr faith with the past onwith posterity by surrendering an inch of that territory, or releasing one man bound by the common covenant of our noble Constitution. . . The Land’s End. —Here X am, on the ex-' treme verge of England : this paper ia laid o£ a rough granite rock, in a little recess which keeps off the wind. All this little headland is granite, shattered and splintered as if by light-' oing. The granite is in many places covered, with lichens; and here and there a bright sprig of heather looks out from a tittle nook in which it has been able'to root itself. The sea is roar- - ing eighty feet "below. Eighty feet.make bli the elevation. Of course, the mere height is very poor when compared with that of many, bits of the Scotch coast. The descent to the sea ia perpendicular; the sea below is not deep just at this point. Out, a mile and a half from shore, yon might see the Longsbips Rocks, de tached islets rising in, a, line, vety sharply out of the sea; and running up almost into spires; On one of them is b lighthouse. Three men live la it. A few years ago, a young man'who laid been absent from his family for twelve , years, came Sack to visit his old home bard by. Qis father was one of the keepers of the light house ; and as it was his turn to take charge of the lights that month, bo could not come ashore tu see bis son till a few days should pass. The. morning after the son’s arrival, it was fee • stormy to go out.to the lighthouse to visit his father, and be came to this spot to- have as near a view as might be of the place .where hia father, was. lie fell over the rooks and . was Good WorUs. Diving tor Sponges. —M. Lamiral describee as follows the manner in whioh'the Syrian df v'er performs fell duties: - After saying bis prayers, he squats down naked on the gunwale . of the boat, with, a net used for a pocket round bis neck, and a piece of marble, shaped like- aif inverted Uin his hand. To this marble a rope is tied, which is secured to'the gtnwale by-the* other end. The diver now repeatedly inflates his lungs; and then, after fetching,a long breath for the-last time, t plunges head foremost into thesca. A man in the boat meanwhile; holds the rope ; and, as soon as he feels it' shake, he gives the signal to 'two of hit com rades to haul up r the diver. This is done with' ‘ such rapidity, that the latter at once .appear# above the surface with half of bis body oht of 1 the water. Quite exhausted, He clings to thS heat’s sidea comrade then supports him by the wrist until be‘ bus'relieved himself by a discharge of ; watcr from his nose; ears, and mouth. ’ This water is often tinged with blood; - " A good diver will remain three minutes under water, but, owing to the immense exertion, he cannot diva oftener than twice every hour. jCoNvirTEO op Treason. —Four persons have been convicted of treason in the United S’ates Court of Indiana.'iur resisting the arrest uf ilc sorters in that State. ■ TistE is'an-old'novelist who takes pleasure in printing bis tales .on our Countenances! • He writes the. first chapters- with a swan’s and gravoslhe iastwith a stoel pen.
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