The mosa Odinty Agltaten “
SI X, B. COBB.
*Xhe psper is seat pottage free to county subscribers,
though they njayreoelvo.th'dt atpost-offifesip-.
o»t«ddne»nhttealnitmdlatyy ; adj o lnlrSg,for eonven
'ini Aouatob l.tbc OfflsUl piper of Tioga Co.,
end circulates ip pejlghborhDpd theitin. Sub
scriptions being op the adyanw-pay .system, Uoiron.
lrte»among.a olaismost.to the interest pf advertisers
toreaeh. Tof'hsto aUiberalas. those.of
fored by
Pennsylvania.
£&• &. cross' onthamargin. of. a paper.-denotes
thattbe subscription is About ty.explre.
'JOSS'. Papetswill bo stopped when .the subscription
limbexpltos,*un|baa tba, agent.orders their continu
ance. ’i '
JA& LOWB£r A S. F. WIISOI,
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS at LAW*
St*.' will attend the CdnrtaoT Tioga, Potter and
McKean counties, . [Welisboro, Jan. 1.1863.]
: JOHN 9.‘- HAWN, , j
\ ’TTOBNEY& AT LAW,
/a. Coudersport, Fa., wilJetttend the several Coma
1 a.Poller, and MoKeap,counties. All business ‘en
trusted to his care triit’tecsly'o prompt attention.
hai the ageney of iafgS' tracts’of good settling, land"
and.will attend.fo thepayment of taxes on any.lands
In said ebnptjes. ; », - Jon. 28,1883.*
DICKINSON HOUSE,
~ cobhing, n. t. ;■
A. FIELD, •-. .Proprietor.
/QUESTS token to nnd froro thsDepbtft'ee
\X of oharge. 1 [Jab.l, 18<3.] ’■
RSUfHINAIii HOUSE;
CORNER OE-MAIN STREET AND THE AVENUE,
■ Wollaboro. Pa. ’
J. W. 8rC0NY,.......,. Proprietor.
THIS popular Hotel, having, been, re-fitted,
aod re-farolihed'Sifoogboat.'ii now bpen to Ihjs
public as a first-class home. [Jan. 1,1863.]
IZAAK WAWOII HOPft
OaiiiM, TUqi Court;, Fa.-'
H.- C. VERMILYEA,.;.'; .......Proprietor.
THIS ia a new hotel located within.eaay ac
cess of th« host fishlhgand baiting grounds In
Northern Pennsylvania. ; Jfo pains will be spared for,
the accommodation of pleaenrs seekers and the trav
elling public. [Jan. 1, 1863.]!
Jv WATCHES,. CLOCKS AS»
JEWELRY !’
Repaired at BULLARD’S & CO’S. STOKE, by the
iubsoriber, in the best dianner. and at a? low prices as
tbs same work jean be df np for, by any first rate prac
tical workman in the State.
ffeUsborb, Jnly 15, ljj6B
WECESBOKO HOTEI.
8.8. HOLIDAY,,, 1 .. ...Proprietor.
THB Proprietor.'hav. eg again taken possession of
the above Hotel, ailtspliro no pains to insnro
thooomfort of.guest*aild-tbo traveling public. .At
tentive waiters always 'tWdy. * Terms reasonable.
Welisboro, Jan. 21, 1|63.-tf.
, A.-tBIEY,
Watches, Jeweltv, &c., &c.,
. REPAXBBD !'AS OLli PRICES.
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
NO. -5, UNION BLOCK.
Welisboro, May. SO, m
E. R.'BLACK,
BARI^Rf^TOIBiDRgSSER,
• SHOP OVER C. R. WILCOX’S STORE,
NO. 4, ■UNION' BLOCK.
WellAoro, Jom **» JBf3-
JLOVB AXD 'FEGD STORE.
" -WMOIfl 1 - fc“--3BAfiUOfST r l
HAVE had .their mill .thoroughly repaired
ahd'are f^of wlaj'llfhsah^gronnd. flour, feed,
«rtte»l, Ac,, every 1 it their, store icTtotrh, '
Cash paid for all khld«<nf gr»m.
. . .I 1 I,WRIGHT A BAILEY.
Wellsboro; ApnlJ9,'lBß3;~.' "
Wool Gardlng ftnd Cloth Dressing.
TIIE subscriber Inarms his old customers
and the pnblicr generally‘that ho prepared to
•card wool and dress cloth it the old standi the coming
season, having secured ppryices rf, Mr. Jf PEBT,
a competent workman; and also in
tending to gieehfo perspoM attention I *© the business,
be will warrantalfWork dohe at bis shop.
Wool carded
dressed at from ten to twenty cents-per,yard «s per
-color and finish. . Jv tu 'JACKSON*
Wellsboro, May.6,*lB6s-4C ‘ ’ ", , -
9HOP.
lA3I noy.recfiivitig a STOCK of ITALIAN
and RtJTtXNO MARBIiB/fbhugbt with cash),
wad am prepye&.fo kinds of
. TOMB-S TON ES
and M6KDMBNTB >t the lowest prices.
lUSVEV St)lO0B 'h ray'; aulhorntodtgent and
will sell Stone at<l>e>*»a prices as at the shop.
WE BU-VE iMUX QKE PlilflE.
Tioga, MaV'SO, iBBs-ly. ; " I A. Vt COLE.
JOHIV A* H OT,
T\EAISB W .DBtfM AttP
JLr Chemic*iB,.V»rn!«li> PainW D ft*, Soaps, Per
fumery, Braahee,-610*0, PSttyV Toy*. E*n<sy Goods,
Par* Wines, Brandlea.filns.gnJ other Liquor* for
medlcalids*./ Afcent for tb* lalo of oil the' belt Pat
>ent ■Uodieme»ol v (he Medicine* warranted gen-
HiR«OPd Ofthe , - ,t ■' '
best Quality.
/Physician’* Prescription* accurately compounded,
fha bait Petrqljaam Oil {Bpjripfiojmy other
(or burning in Keroaee lwpK. Also, ntfother kind*
of Oil* usually Htft ini * ! <SrsJ, cUei-tHOi; Store.
COLORS in papkages aHiraady
eomfeiiiaaS, foe i|9re'J|t|eV'of r 4Jso,
tore toaf »g« «r toedical ebm^owds.
Jnw ' ■ > ~
Q. W. WEI.UISQTON &CO>S. DAIiS,
• y..
(We«*tn ,pt i« ©icsiasoa Hodsb.)
Aeterlbe.V'litW' ai*d Silver (Join bought end -sold,
jgew fark.ExohaMtei do,
vhcarrent MoOcy, : , . do.
United State* DemaladKote; * old issue” booght,
■Collections made lit {ill parts Of Che CFcioa at Cor-
WtiirSliß'pf dtoekan, jO.. . t
ParSctdift painsyritlhe taken .be accommodate otrr
patron*.froin the Sw&ynlTeyl. ,oor. Office will 'be
open ill i. T£, andudcre at T'V. Ifc, trfvinr parties
paestngitbr.-'lhe *tu|ji*fßail toad, ampU dnie .to
itraniaet their basin* « hefore. thb of;the.
_ drain in the morninf;, and after Its arrival is tie
„ o. M, i yrEhtpiQxv'B t T*eiiam:
timing, K. T.,'Ntv. l «, LB4> .
' ttpRWAi, Schools, ‘
■, Jljjr;(h‘e 5& District, P*.} '
• •. ;>ND
HaiJfliH CltWßkmsV Seminary-
j
JbssH.A- ftewwsKfe,H.^M.Mr.l..ksnstsot
AssisUßtiaaS Seseber in Sfo4«lS(*eol.
Assistant, of Music. ; ,
_ rf Skis Tnetltatipa will open Sept. I
‘ Tern,
M»di yfaoh term to «*ntinße tKrteen 1
weafca. ~t f ’ -/ j- ■
A fftrori School Course ofrtndy ft* grateftoD,
jeara isnd<m(*b
c.?? 4 ®?-*" •“ * or * - Cottree.and for the Ciasp
c*l Department, areeelioited. ~
s.u° r i MUc l ,ar *’ * dd «*» Rw.W. D. TmsHtiMans-
Arid, Tioga Ctaaty Piona. Send for a Circular/
W. COCHRAN,
President of the Board of Trustees*
'JM-WWJfD.&eretary.
, M Awcn«t S.IBW. .
wing Clioa's Vegetabla
mtaaensua-wu ai uij mijamiini.uiii 'aussxmi, mi tt . ai. .y>^,vsrejgeW.. .... .. - -- .i.-,; -—^
THE AGITATOR
VOL. X.
&rigtn»l &6*tvg*
O’er the waters brightly beaming, "
Guiding nationsfrem afar,
~ See! the light is gently streaming.
—.-. .Porthfrom freedom’s radiant star; .
' Beacbnlight to' forlorn’ travelers,— .
Star of hope tomisesy's son ,-
May thy ray still cheer those brothers ,
Who have once thy favor, won, ~
'Neath thy rays, where eft unfettered
' Freedom’s bird, hath deigned to soar, ■ ■
Ifay thesopgbe eveyntterid, .
■ r . •: ■;
Inthy favor, ever stand,'
Still In gracious accents breathing,
“ Welcome here, from every land.",
■-v Though a storm so dsrk hath risen,
Sfiroudingitin .darkest night,—
.. , Boon, that.EUr,,will burstfrpru prison
Bat, to.shed-its n rays more bright,-
'. For the airwat'dartand, sulphurous,—
Slavery’sstench/'and traitor’Sbreatb,
: Bad made this fair lan(J so plague.like
- That it threatened all with death.'
And as thunder clouds will hover,
- - O'er the land lomesulfry day,,
'
*. prom, ohr viewi. the sunV. last'ray,—
1 ■ : So that bright star, seemed- enveloped
' ■ - ■ In the murky cloud of death.
. As those.dark deeds were developed
.By the traitor’s treacherous ( breath.
Bat the thunder’s powciv is -cleansing,
i And the vivid lightning's ray i
So this fearful storm now raging
,]WiU foul vapors clear
■Though the storm Is long, and fearful,
Patriots quail net at the shook, -.
Let your heart be strong, yet prajpjfal
You £a?e built upon the rock.
A. R. HASCY.
Bmt the lighting-now discloses
To oqr view, a right more drcei^
Serpents, huge, tbeJight exporea
* Aid their hisses greet the ear;
They are creeping, crawling, will ding,
' Tq the ballot, round the polls
And they dream, they firm are-binding
Freedom, in their slimy folds, ' *
But this storm will soqn be over, :‘ , ,
< And that star will shine more bright.
Then with'joy we shall discover,
Traitors can not bear thelight; *
. Then those reptiles, now se frightful,
I Will be floating down the stream,
; And all mooßters once so dreadful
( Soon will voolsh' like a dream.
Only tfapsc, whose tents are founded,
Oil the dry and barren sand,
Will find all their hopes confounded
As that star shines o'er the land;
Courage, then I the light approaches
Wfaiip.tho storm lasts, walcb and-prsy
'When the'star dawns, oil reproaches
To fair freedom flee away.
M-iKfIPIEtD, Oct. Ist . H*-*
.5 C /
THE yOtTNG BARON OF ÜBBBRACB.
A great many years ago—gome hundreds, for
aught I knew—theroUved a proud and puis
sant-baron, named Bodolph von Liebersefa- In
whom a great many of the virtues, and all the
vices, of his race seemed combined. -His life
was passed in his castle, in a sort of semi-bap
barons retirement, except when foreign wars
called him abroad; and the sudden change
from the bastie of the field then made him
'sombre and gloomy for many-weeks at a time.
In his youth be 1 had spent much time abroad,
and bad for two years served in the armies of
the Greek emperor, at Constantinople, in whose
service be had won much honor, but little re
ward.- 1 While in the capital of the Eastern em
pire h e had seen and loved the fair daughter of
1 a certain Greek noble attached to the court,
and When ha profferedher his band, her father
and the entperor compelled her to accept it,
because they feared to ■ offend the rude Frank
warrior,- though she loved him not. But, alas,
what a chauge for her 1 ‘
About * mile from'the city, a luxurious villa
stood on' a rising ground overlooking the' Bos
phorus. Spacious gardens 1 stretched from the
house to theshore, perfumed by the 1 surround
ing orange groves, and 1 shaded by tfae'citron
and olitre trees which overhung the calm water,
as if hanging to, kiss it. A fountain plsyed in
the oeptrei and arbors at every 1 corner invited
to base and'retJrtment, while the nightingale
i sang aH day long in the branches overhead!—
The parest planta and flowers of Europe and
<if Asia grew side -by side, And in every sight
and sound 1 there were music 1 and beauty. The
interior of- the house was in keeping with the
f garden- Gorgeous tapestry—couches radiant
, with gildingi'and'covered witji the ridnsstsilkb
.Which Venetian 1 enterprise brought from the
mysterious East,—buita of the ancient philoso
pher of “Greece, and of the 1 early martyrs of
f ■Christianity—piles of manuseripto richlyillu
r mlhatedi'sid’written tgy euttaing hands—small
; vnathlefountain's to cool the bot windt from the,
i in Which the liriastes might
sit at eventldb to inhale the refreshing breezes
i Wotn. like' Water, and he&r the bathing of the .
dogs, the laughter of children, and the sougof
lovers frosa the farthcr shore;—-met the eye op
every side. "Here- AS yokth Of 1 Agatha Sale
•'was She; trite’the cnty ahildiofher
father andbe wtreAWrdower. She had-been
! 1 'educated'- by an’ oH priest, hholiSd
•Tetajned o large leavenof tee' ancient phildsp
-1 phytmngled with the doctrines of theGhristian,
religion. ■ Plato 1 shd Pythagoras had ohared
1 hn attention with Paul 1 and; the early fathers.
■He hadwetfAtien ! fate any'of the extravagan-:
Vies which tirie and foreign in-,
I‘flpence' had mixed -op in th^bosom of the
church. He bad too' tnuch of the fine senti
ment of the beautiful to let one gross thought
past between him and , the objects of hi* love
and adore tide; but he bad-in him tomtiohof
■fte' nrlde of philosaphy to become’ a missionary
or iwxattyr:- Be Vas a priest because it gave
bird of indulgrtig his love of Irt
'-eraqr'reseweb, withoui oomibg in contact with
any x-f the -common cares - and passions of life;
bathe hsdfitMeof the ardbrof deVotion which
reigned amongst the 'cpm'mod people- 'Ho was
in fact bom out of his time, And spent many
: an hour in hitter regrets that 1 lit had not fallen
-tobis'lotto mingle in the'tolenmgroups whoa
thousand years 1 before h«4' sauntered in ab
straction' ateidst the groves nf theAcgdemy.
Ha httderiOok the task of
With gby i itgave him an’ epporttittity of
*9 to tfce ssptmoion of tfce atrea oeiFre*9om atm m* &s*ea9 of IgealUm
WHILE THEBE SHALL HE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUktANITY; TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION Ml
[For the Agitator,!.
the bjsacoh stab.
Seleer Stor|j.
Wellsboro, tioga county* pa., Wednesday morning, October u, ises.
moulding ahuman being after bis own meats*
image—to reproduce his own thoughts and as'
pirations, and regrets in a mind I to which
every thing was new. Teaching was not to' him
; the weary drudgery which so. many now re
gard it, bat an art wbieh Socrates had enno-.
bled. Under his tuition Agatha grew up all
he could wish her, refined, speculative, fond of
. reading, and prone to doubt, but holding all
that sheembraoed yritb tenacity, and defending
it with subtlety. She grew np a model of
Greek beauty—that beauty. which has lent in
spiration to the chieel of Praxiteles, and the
pencil oTApelles, a thoueand .years before,
Greece was in, itspri me, and Which then,
and ever since, has been continually repro
duced, as if it clubg tOtbe soil, when “living
Greece" ig no more., The high arched head;
the lofty forehead; the straight nose, the thin
delicate lips,'the energy in the lines of the
mouth, the smouldering fire in the soft light of
the dark eye, bridged over -by brows black as
ebony, the swan-like throat intersected by
veins “like streams .through fields of snow,”
the graceful, wavy outline of the-figure,’which
bad never known ah hour of constraint, and
the soft, white roundness of the arms, were all
Greek, The priesfc Demetrius took , care-that
the. intellect should be Greek too. Every
evening, from the-time when she reached her
fifteenth year until her marriage, the old man
tottered inio the gardeh two or three hours
before edhsef; and, sitting in the arbor, with
a volume of the Republic, or the Pheedo open
before them, they talked over the anticipated
Christianity of Socrates, tbeaweet sonledjriety
of Cimon, the patriotism of Epaminondas, and
examined the fabrics of speculation which had
in later years been built upon the Gospel, -Until
the sun sank into the blue waves of the iEgean,
and with bis last ray turned the water of the
.Hellespont into gold. Daring the last year
they were- together, their conversations as
sumed unconsciously a tone of sadness. Dire
calamities were hanging over.; them. The
Turks had-came .down from their mountains,
fiery and fanatic*], and threatened to beleaguer
tbe.imperial city, and extirpate the Christian
faith. Strange rumors were abroad. The em
peror field councils by-night, and’from these
Agatha’s father returned anxious and thought
ful. What if their dreams' and happiness
should end under the scimitar of the barbarian,
their faith, in their own doctrines be rudely
tested by torture and violence, and tbeir. names
added to the long list of martyrs and confes
sors !—From this time tbeir conversations, as
well as their thoughts, turned more upon them
selves—upon the discipline of their own hearts
—more upon tbeirfoeUhgs and less upon opin
ions and doctrines- They were often sad: and
tearful, but. often cr far, hopeful, and courage
ous. Tho old priest had not-lived so long a
life, with great thoughts slid great examples
constantly before him, without being able to
rise to -the level of the heaviest misfortune or
calamity; and his precepts availed so well,
that , at length, amidst the wars, rumors of
wars, fears, and misgivings which agitated all
hearts in the great city, the only spot where
calmness reigned was the summer-house of the
senator's garden.
. Thus matters stood, when the sorrowful
mprning arrived, on which she was arrayed in
bridal drees, and stood before the altar to be
united for life to the Latin knight. Demetrius
married them. His snowy beard seemed to
quiver on his cheat, and his voice faltered as he
pronOubced the church’s'blessing on tbeir
beads. Ilia farewell was calm and solemn.
On that evening the bride and bridegroom
were rowed on board.theigalley in the harbor,
and Agatha, standing on the deck, aaw-the
palaces and.spires of Constantinople, and the
vine-clad bills- above it, slowly fade from her
view forever. |
When the honeymoon was over, her life in
her husband’s castle became weary enough.
He was not a man after her heart; their tastes
were not congenial. The -summer brought
pleasant walks in the woods, and rambles along
the banks of the neighboring stream,, but
neither summer nor winter brought baok the
sonny skies and loved friends amongst whom
her youth had been passed. They bad one son,
horn the second year after their marriage; and
when be was but three years old bis father
died suddenly. ,
', Time wore, on- Agatha was becoming, an
old woman, and. Hugober son a young man.
He bad reached bis nineteenth year; was
skilled in tbo .martial exercises of the Germane, -
and well taught in all ' the lore of the Greeks, j
generous to a fault, ardent in bis love as in his |
hate, fiery and proud. died before he had
attained bis, sbe:WaB on her -
deathbed shVcalfed him fo her side’, and gave
hHn a boxj Containing a small phial, informing
dum. .that.'it was: tfae gift of a-certain Jewish
rabbi, whom she.bsd once succored when pur
sued by a mob,and Who, on told
her-that ifthe liquid it contained were drank
by her, or. those nearest end dearest to her,
.when in tbeir'-greatest earthly need or peril, a
Iwnyof deliverance wmiM- be, speedily-poidted
-outtO them.- With a romantic trust' in the
marvellous which wasquite in unison with the
enthusiasm of faer ebaracter, she had-preserved.
:it carefully, and never having been-placed in
such a position herself as ip her. opinion-to call
; fbt its nse, she bequeathed it aa a legacy’to him
whom.she most loved, andinwfaose path most
snares and dangers to lie. In some
. petty-wars which followed be' was drives from
hie ancestral: domains, and placed under the
. ban- of the . empire for taking, part' with- - the
burghers of an adjacent (own against the po
. idem. For saveral days befound shelter in the
r cottage of. one of hie vassals; but at lost, fear-
Ing to involve- iris’ faithfol-follower in danger,
he left his retreat, and 'sallied forth to findaid
i and refuge where he could the wide world over.
After undergoing various toils and anxieties
and passing through sundry n hairbreadth es
capes," be arrived ,in Puis, and for awhile,
with characteristic thoughtlessness, abandoned
himself to all the dissipations of that metropo
lis, which was then,'as bow,' the gayest and
most frivolous on earth. But his foods were
soon exhausted, - Those .who at first smiled up
on him, in deference to iris’ birth and hi* re
man tiuamuer, began to look on him oold]y;or
avoid ' him, and ha was at last drives to oas*
about for some course of life that would afford
him the' means of subsistence. He was one
evening musing mournfully in bis lodgings
upon his position and prospects, when be be*
thought him of the phial, and coming to the
conclusion that he conld never b e in greater
straits than be then was, he drank of its con
tend, He instantly fell into a deep sleeprr-a
sleep as deep as death—and saw a vision. He
was walking, or dreamed he was walking, along
abroad avenue bounded on each side by lawns
of , surpassing; verdure. The-gnarled oaks,
green with the moss of a century, throw their
broad branches across the path, and streaked
it with shadow. ' A refreshing breeze sighed
gently throughtha leaves, and played amongst
bis hair, and at a little distance a brook ran'
parallel with his course, and, though bidden,
from bis view, murmured gently and musically
in his ear. In the trees overhead, birds of the
rarest plumage sang in strains of more than
earthly melody, without a single pause, and it
seemed to bis enraptured senses as if there was
hope and courage in every note. A grateful
perfume seemed to pervade the atmosphere;
and far away in. the long -vista a bright lake
appeared dancing in the sunshine, with water-,
fowl of snowy whiteness gliding gently and
gracefully over its surface. He was enchanted.
His blood coursed swiftly through his veins;
his heart throbbed with rapturous excitement.
It seemed as if he could never grow weary of
wandering here.
He'walked on thns the greater part of the
day, but to bis astonishment be at last beganr
to perceive that he was making no progress.
The lake seemed still as far away as ever, the
same trees grew by bis .side, (he -same brook
murmured in bis ear, and the same birds eang
overhead. Little by little be found all those
features of the scenery which bad at first given
him so much pleasure begin to pall npon- his
senses. The perfume seemed to sicken and en
ervate him; the. voice of the birds sounded
heavy and dull. He longed wearily for a moun
tain side, with a clear prospect, a refreshing
breeze, and where at least he would find the
fruits of bis labor in making some progress on
his way, and meeting some change of scene.
Pondering ever the time be had lost, and .the
strange position in which be fonnd v himBelf, be
eat down upon a mossy 'stone by the way-side.
Absorbed in reverie, a voice whispered in his
ear, clear as a trumpet, but be knew not from
whence it came. The tone seemed to be his
own, but be had not opened hie lips. In ener
getic accents but mournfully, reprovingly and
pereuadingly, it seemed to say:
“Thou art treading iu aperilous path. De
lights are on every side of thee, but danger
abd destruction are ever ib front. Torn boldly
to..the,.right, pass, through- the, wood, follow;
the nmit that leads up yon bill, and at the top,
you shall find rest and peace.*'
Rising in obedience to a sudden impulse, he
pushed boldly Forward in the direction which
bad been indicated to him. He soon found
himself in the highway. Great numbers of.
men were traveling along the same road. Some
were strong, vigorous, and hardy—a flush of
hope, courage, and ardor on their cheeks, and
their eyes ever looking upward. Others seem
ed faint and weary, ae if they were unused to
the work, and tottering feebly,' seemed ever
prone to lie down and rest, and no more,
of ascending. And, alas! at every- step were
the prostrate forms of those who bad fallen and
perished with the smile of expectation on their
lips, and manly vigor in every limb. * Some ap
peared to have sunk only after a long struggle,
and had left heavy footprints in' tbe dust; and
their features had scarcely yet lost tbe scowl of
the combat, and settled-into the dread compos
ure of everlasting rest. But others seemed to
have fallen almost without an effort, —terrible
wrecks, like
“ Ships that have gone down atzea,
■When heaven was all tranquillity.”
These last formed by far the greater number.
Hugo prayed inwardly to be preserved from
.gush k fate, and now tbal he traveled in com
pany, and that (he eyes of-many were npon
him, he determined to strike them by tbe fiery
impetuosity,of Lis onward march.' But the asr
cent was.steeji and ragged, tbe sun shone fierce
ly upon bis head. and upon turning round to
look fcr sympathy he saw no lobt 'of pity for
, bis faltering steps, and received no offer of aid.
All Were intent upon themselves. Wearied and
disheartened, he at last sat .down .by. the way
side, and leaning his head on bis band, wept
bitterly.
Whilein Ibis predicament, those with whom'
be started upon bis journey passed on, leaving
him behind alone. He abandoned himself to
despair; a' black curtain Seemed to hang be
tween him and,tbe future, shutting ont all hope
of rest and peace. He raised his bead, half;
mechanically, and glanced along the road he
bad traversed. A figure appeared in the dis
tance approaching rapidly: a littlS neater, and
Hugo’s attention, was riveted upon it. It was
a man in the prime of life, tall apd athletic in
appearance, and, bpsrjpg in his face every mark
of great Internal strength. Abroad and,open
forehead, oh which thought had plowed some
furrows* was half -covered 1 by luxuriant Bair,
which waved carelessly in the fitful, breeze that
now and then blew op the valley; There was
fire in bia dark eyes, subdued by many a year
of- meditation and watching; in the thin' nos-,
trila and firmly«et mouth there were traces or
energy which hadgathered fresh strength with
every roll of time,- and now seemed, to Burl de
fiance at the world end at fortune. His figure
wee such as tbe sculptor would love to copy.
There were united oil that collection of excel
lences in each part which are said never to
hate been seen together save in tbe statues -of
the ancient artist—tbe sinewy limbs, the broad
shoulders and expansive chest, that seemed able
to fling off the heaviest load of grief that ever
fell on mortal man, with one impetuous heave.;
There wu bp sign of faltering in' that rapid j
stride and firm tread which seemed to claim
the gronnd they measured for their owit; and i
no backward shrinking in tbe lofty-giance that
was ever fixed bn the bill-top, save when- be
looked hastity -and half carelessly aside, M-if
to measure his progress. Onward and upward
be came, and at last stood for a nioment silent
and tboagbtfoi, before Hugo. At length i-te
passed over, aadlaidßU hand on hie shoulder :
tfovm.
/ -
!T CONTINUE,
“ Young man, thou art wearied and worn,”
said ho; "but koowest thou not that delay is
death ? Howho.lingers'here, goeh.backward."
“Leave me, 1 pray .thee," said Hugo, “and
continue thy,way, lean go no farther.”
“ Nay, I will not leave thee; 1 have been as
thou art, and have overcome my weakness; I
have gained all my present strength from stri
ving, aDd now find it holy and joyous to be
strong; by persevering here I have gained the
power to persevere farther. By daring, I have
found my hopes fulfilled'. Come on with me;
I will teacb.thee to do asjl have done, and then
thou sbalt become such aS I am. On the sum
mit of yonder hill, all the brave, and wise, and
good, who. have, since the: world began,;battled
for truth, and justice, and humanity, and died
for them, await oar coming. It needs no brill
iant exploit to qnalify thee for admission to
commune- with-them. They heed not thine
abilities, but thy courage, thine aspirations,-
and thine acts. All tbon|doest do well; march'
right onward, and let not|tbis dread weariness
any longer detain thee, j Shed no more tears
on the barren wayside; keep (hem for the sor
rows and wesknessess of others, and they shall
make tbe ground bene|thj thy feet blossom as
tbe-rOse. .Arise and let.Us go; when thou art
weary let thy courage avail thee. If then hast
none,,thou art.not wortby ef the goal tq which
then aspirest."
* * « * « »
Fifty years afterward an old man died in
Paris, a priest of great reputation. The poor
wept in crowds outside the doorway, and fol
lowed him sorrowing to tbe grave. The learn
ed said a star was gone from the constellation
of genius and intellect; and even tbe reform
ers,- who declaimed' against the 1 the Romanist
clergy, extolled bis virtues, his piety, faith,
hope, and charity, and eaid, “ Would that all
were like him-1"
eommnnfcatfon.
[For the Agitator.} •;
HOSPITAL SCENES.
BY KEETA MEtGROVE,
i|
“ George Harry, Doo I Bow do yon expect I
will stand this ?” and the speaker, a round,
faced, good humored Hoosier, slightly elevated
a foot, already elevated to tbe back of a chair,
and laughed immoderately to quiet the twin
ges of extreme pain. “Some time Sir, judging
from appearances," refilled the complaisant
surgeon, pointing to his bandaged limb.—
“Well well, Uncle Sam ,is good backing if I
must lie here on my back, but I say old
chap, I am going out of Ibis in the coarse of
twbmonths.” “I guarantee it,” was the care
less reply. I '' '
A» the doctor passed; across the room, bis
patient struck up a gay -air, and sang with
praiseworthy zeal for srp minutes, then be
suddenly ceased, and turning to look at the
man, I saw the tears sildntly coursing down his
bronzed cheeks. Instinctively-1 felt that the
one green spot in his heart was formed of that
dear word home, and thus thinking, mentally
resolved to observe him;closely. The next day
I passed' near him, and as he looked up, I
paused toenqnire if he-Were-better. “A very
littlbi" be replied, with a beaming smite. I
made a few remarks and left him, but the scene
of the previous day bad; awakened my interest,
and I occasionally turned to observe him.
Sometimes uproarious, generally gay, I still
detected an undercurrent of deep feeling, and
one i day, the surgeon himself was startled, by
the request of a discharge from bis Hoosier pa;
tient. "Couldn’t think of it sir,” was the
negligent answer, “ you are worth a dozen
whining fellows, why, you are one'of Uncle
Sam’s right band men.’’ No reply, but a long
whistle coveted a suspicious quivering of the
under lip, and then the sturdy fellow broke
out, with “ marching; along,” and made the
welkin ring with the. melody ; but I bad heard
enough to interest mb, for 1 knew that deep
feeling lay beneath that gay exterfcr.
Returning from a two days absence I sought
thegallaht Hoosier, but his conch was vacant;
soon however, a musical strain from the “ red,
white, and blue,” introdued my quondam ac
quaintance in a new-:phase, that of hospital
nurse ; apd tenderly did be perform his duties.
Ilia patient was a little pale fellow of sixteen
years, whose home was in Michigan, and whom
a rebel cannon ball bald deprived of one arm.
‘f My little Harry,." said his nurse, “you
(re well off to have one arm left, and that your
right one, don’t ask :to go home, don’t ! I
’couldn’t bear .it; besides it is a sure way of
keeping you here; and now, just lay your arm
down softly, eo, there,! pow I will sing you to
sleep; jnst fancy 1 ! amiyour mother my . little
man.” “ A boy he would a soldier be,” &0.,
but tears.filled the eyes of the little soldier,
and bis Hqosier nutsefrom some cause became
suddenly quiet. ■
The next day an inquiry came for Harry
Brave, and a few moments after, a tall portly
gentleman of'forty, atid a delicate, meek-look-
Lng lady Clad in; black, hastily entered the ward,
and with, many exclamations of joy, and some
tears, alternately clasped the wounded Harry
in their arms, willing i Jiim by the endearing ■
name of sdn.' So for !a brief time Harry was
happy, 1
; -This incident however, deprived Hoosier of
a patient, consequently, he had more time to
make general observations, which be did with
a droll mixture of waggery and seriousness.—
“ Ha! you Irish . Zouave, boiled eggs will
never agree with your constitution, unless
yim. happen :to have the .constitution of the
United States, and that is at present halved.
North and South yon know, so I will take'the
eggs for your benefit.” “Not so fast .me
friend,” was Paddy’s reply—“ I’ve seldom had
no eggs at all, since I got to b* son-in-law of me 1
illustrious Uncle, and by me troth, —I thought
it was going Lent _the year round.” . “ Well
iae swate Paddy, them eggs may be lent to you,
to ! ydur cost; but don’t blame me, you can’t say
1 have not advised yon.” -
Suddenly the order “Men-to their places,”
rang through; the .room, and- Hoosier hastened
to. obey; with.a look, of expectation ou hia face,
strangely in keeping with biscarelesp topes.
,'Sandi was forth to
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grasp the welcome missives from loved ones at
home, and eye after eye moistened With tender
ness, as kind loving words were read. At
lengthbis reward for patience '.came, in the
shape of a well filled letter, and ihis dark eye
dilated with Joy, as he rapidly tore open the
envelope, and glanced eagerly down the page;
With an' unaccountable feeling of. dread, 1
watched bim white be read, and soon saw a
pallor like that of death stealing over bis face.
His rosy lips were baeless, and firmly com
pressed, to restrain the smothered groan that
would escape, as be tamed bis glittering eyes
towards me. “Oh God 1 Oh-God 1" was his,
harried exclamation, and he placed the letter
in rby hand, and threw himself upon a conch.
From it'l'learned that his father, and two
brothers, bad fallen at New Orleans, and that
he' alone was left to care for bis widowed -
mother, and orphan sister, and he, —a cripple
for life!
I sorrowed for the merry heart tins suddenly
crashed, bat tears were a useless offering, and.
as I returned the paper I casually remarked,—
“Martyrs for Liberty! may their 1 reeking
blood prove a grateful offering on the - altar of
reform.” “Amen!” he solemnly responded,
and turned hastily away, ’
And now, the gay jests that had all along''
fallen among ns, like sparkles of light on a
tempest tossed lake, eame no more from the
lips of onr Booster friend.
A deep gloom bad settled like a pall open
him, and he earnestly pleaded for bis discharge.
For some reason it was denied him, and the
poor fellow seemed unable to bear the terrbla
disappointment. At length there came news '
of bis mother's illness, and now hia affectionate
nature seemed ready to burst the bonds that
held him to fly to her presence, lame and en
feebled as he was. Itis powers of pleasantry
bad suddenly left him, and a smile on his lips
was now a rare expression.
I watched with sorrow the despairing look,
that grew each day more settled in his face,
and feared for him, and one Sabbath morning*
as the solemn church-belts were pealing forth
their swet invitations to come to the house of
God, an “ Orderly” entered, and hastily re
ported his death.' .Be had jumped from the
window of the-Provost Marshal’s office, : in the
second story of the building, and had survived
the fall but a few moments.
His noble heart bad chafed so bitterly at the
unnecessary strictness which detained him
from his friends, that reason reeled upon its
throne, and in one of bis hours of hallucina
tion, be bad committed the desperate act that
sent him uncalled, before the bar of God 1
Peace be to his memory"!'
Texas'; 1863.' - ' . :
Some ten months.ago, Mr, Charles Monroe of
Fair Haven, was at Lagos and at Aoora, on the
Guinea coast, whither he had sailed as mate,
with Captain Post, in the baric Elizabeth, and
while there He drank of the water of that part
of the world, without thinking to take the pre
cautions commonly in use among the natives
for the prevention of a terrible disease known
as the Guinea worm. It appears that the At
rieans always boil this water before drinking
in order to destroy the minute, invisible egg of
the worm, which is so small that it is absorbed
by the blood vessels from the stomach, and is
in that manner distributed in different parte of
the body, usually the legs, where it is hatched,
and after a longtime, makes its| appearance in
the shape of a white, thread-like worm, painted
on both ends, and it twines and twists aU about
the muscles and veins and arteries and -produ
cing no particular feeling of uneasiness until
some part of its body comes near the skin,
when bad inflammations take place. It was in
March last that Mr, Monroe began to be trou
bled with' them, for three months he has
not walked a step. He is now in the Connecti
cut State Hospital- under treatment, and one
worm has been taken from the bottom of his
foot that measures over two feet long, like
way it is done is this: When the snrfsle of
the skin is so pricked or. irritated aa to show
where the “ critter” is, a thread is fastened to
him’ and a attached to the other
end of the thread. The worm gets tired of
pulling so steady a strain and gives ground a
trifle day by day, end as' be comes oat, a little
spool winds him up until he is all out. Tbs
pain is very great—for forty nights Mr. Mon
roe hardly slept on account of the suffering.—
One worm 13 now in process of being drawn
from his heel, and those medical men who have
never seen a case of the kind- are much inter
ested. Great care has to be taken not to pull
too bard,' because tbe worm would break and
tbe'trdnble be rough prolonged. Its medical
name is -Dracunceulus and it grows to be sev
eral feet in length'. It is endemic in hot coun
tries. When the bother commences, it appears,
under the skin like a varicose vein, and after a
painful boil hos been farmed and broken, the
head-of the animal is discovered. Mr. Monroe
is very patient under this strange affliction,
and we hope beforejlong to see-'fahA restored to
health. —Journal <&' Courier.
Charles XII, king of Sweden, was once ri
ding near Leipsic, when a peasant came before
him to request justice from’ a grenadier who
bad earned away hie dinner. The king ordered
the soldier"to appear, “fa it true,” said he,
“ that yon have robbed this man?” “Sire,”
■aid the soldier, “I have not done him so much
injustice as your majesty has done', to his mas
ter; you have taken from him a kingdom, and
I have taken only a turkey from this fellow.”
The king gave the peasantten ducats; and par
doned the soldier for the boldness of his witty
[retort, saying to him :—“Remember,'if I have
dispossessed Augustus of a kingdom, I Have
kept nothing for myself.”
A. Reverend ,De.\x economical of bis wine,
descanting on the extraordinary performance
of a blind man, rentnrhed tliat the poor fellow
could see no- more than “ that bottle.” “No
wonder, sir, a minor canon; “ for I
haT|'seen no more than.that bottle all theaf
ternbon!”r~' - -
• His is a-strong mu irira eao, hold down bis
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