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JAS* 80W258F & S. F. WiSSiSOP!,
A TTORNEYS & t^LAW,
tlx. will attend the Courts of Tiu/ja,; and
McKean counties, [Wellsboro, Jat;,; ;i‘|BG3.]
DICKINSON HOU^tT
COESING,. K. T v i r : v, .j';
t\lu. A. FIELD, nf)rietor t
■ipl UESTS taken to and from thro free
vX of charge. - ' [Jr.iff Lifs63.] !
PBRfS'SYSiVASfffA
"COENEa OF MAIN STREET ASF)' Ta’l|j fryjSStJE,
Wellsboro, Pa. '* ! ‘
•J. W. BIGONY, ...Proprietor,
nnms popular Hotel, having ..re-fitted
-iL and rc-fWnished throughout, is coiMpfin to (ho
bablic as a drst-class house. ' [JtiiS.Jlij 3£63.]
B>. HART’S
WELLSBOBO, TIOGd CO.
THE subscriber taken this methodic inform
bicoid friends and customers Las ro
-sumed the conduct of the old ' u Crystal .fountain
Hofei,” and Triil hereafter give it bis ectirsittfeution.
Thankful for past favors, he solicits a nemujal of the
same. DAVID JtiRT.
VTcUsboro, Nor. i, ISC3.-ly. - 1
ISAAH. WAS/TOR' HOI}!)®,
Gaines, County, Pa,*’;
H-. 0. VERMILYEA,.. Predictor.
rpzns is ft new hotel located within jasy no-,
X MS" of tbe test fishing and hunting grounds in
Northern Pennsylvania. Ko pains will he spared for
Che accommodation of pleasure seekers and the trav
elling public. [Jan, ISC3J
WBEXSBORO SIOTEIk
B. B. HOLIDAY, i v.........P, loprietor.-
THE Proprietor baring again : tnkcn jsolWiSion of
the above Hotel; will spare no pains; to .insure
the comfort of geests feitke trawiiag. pobUh. At
tentive waiters always ready. - Terms rcaif.lu.blQ.
Wellsbero, Jan. £l, l$6S.-tf. _
WATCHES, CLOCKS ASD
ff% n JEWEERY! ' |'i
Jv7.f| I'J
at BULLARD’S A CO’S. STOEEfbytbe
subscriber ’ n the bestvnanner, and at as low jjj-icesas
the same work fan be tione for, by any fir# tpprac
ticai workman in the State.
Wellsboro, July 15,1-563.
A. FOli E V t _i;
Watch.es, Clocks, Jewel'?, &c.| &c.,
EEPAIRED AT QJ-D PEIVES) ,
POST OFFICE BUILOiiNG,
KO. 5, VmON BLOCK.},
■Vi'cTlEboro, Hay 20, 1863. ■ ' ,’ 1 :
E. It. BLACK, .%*.
BARBER & HAIR-DRIi:SER,
15H0P OVER C. L. WILCOX'S S'We,
NO. 4=, UNION BLOCK.
WelUhoro, June 24-, 1863. . t ' i
FiOBR ASD FE-D S'lmjlE.'
WRIGHT & BAILEiS-f: ;
HAVE had their mill thoroughly repaired
and'are reoeiring freih ground J A Jij?, feed,
aacii, Ac., [every day at their store in. to If) *; \
Cash paid for all kinds of grain. ■ ■> £- L.
1 V.IUGUX I; PAytET.
ATtllsboro, April 23, ISC3. • . ;' -■
AGRICULTURAL IMPLSSI^irTS.
I WOULD inform Dealers in A gricnlte-ral;, Imple
ments, that I have Horse Rakes of IhS B.ost ap
proved styles and superior quality. ■ a-*J> Hund
Hakes of a better quality than any ma'aufaqisured in
this section, rrhieh I will furnish in any qua,ill ty de
sired, to dealers in the counties of Ting , Ijradford,
and Lycoming. • ' . D-B.JjPUD.
Mainsburg, Nov. IS, ISfU-Smos.'
hiabblr shop.
X AM now receiving a STOCK, of ITALIAN
i and RUTLAND MARBLE, (bought Wpi cash)
and urn prepared to kioUG.-a i
TOMB-S ton
and MONUMENTS at the lowest prices. .. -
(lARVEV ADAMS is my authorised a tent and
trill sell Stone at the same prices as at .he a-jiop.
WE BAYS BUT ONE' '■
Tioga, May 20, 1563-ly. A. X^i-OLE.
CJLAffI AGEBifiW*
THE undersigned will promptly ntnjieute al|
claims against tbe government for it mice 5 ren
dered in the Military or Naval Service I; life United
States. Charges reasonable —will adv.i) c&_ibe legal
necessary fees if desired. 2so ebargi'f
ful ia the application. B.
J; Hon. Victor Care, I.Bellowe, Es
.••iaining Surgeon at Knoxville, Pa., .p. tnrang,
■Clymer, Pa., F. Strang,' Hector, Pa./S-lt. Beebe,
Harrison, Pa.
Westfield, Jan. H,'ISC4.-6meß»
STATE SORMAIi
[For the slh District, Pa,,] j i
AJSJ>
ISansfleld Classical Seujiljiary-
Rev. W. D. TAYLOR, A. M .Irnnjipal.
Mr -... .-i. Assistant.
Alri. JIV S. Tatloii,.. APrM.jplreEß.
Miss H. A. Fabnsivortb, d .Assjtant.
. Assistant, and Teacher in fJodeVSchool.
Assistant, and Teacher of Music-
The Fall Term of this Institution will dpon Sept.
Td. The Winter Term, Dec. 2d. The Spring Term,
March 16th’, 186 i. Bach term to cojtißUi thirteen
weeks. . : * '■
A Normal School? Course of study Tor |*aaaatioD,
‘embracing two years, is adopted. - » • , *
Students for the Normal Course, anil Classi
cal Department, %to solicited. -• J '
For particulars, address Rev. W. D,<E#T};}o2j Mans-
Ucld, Xiera County Penna. Send forra/Ccfcular.
* TV. 80 UHEIAN,'
President of the Boori i;rustecs.
Wil. HOLLAND, Secretary,
'Jfansfield, Augnst 5, 1863,
TRIM DEPiRfIJpT,
of Comptroller-of this |rrency,
WASUXKGTOX, jrjnf frjl, ISG4.'
by satisfactory ovide pajprcseated
to-the undersigned, U has bceb «|a<sS to appear
'that Tub First Natiosai. Base, U’oHsborough,
in the county of Tioga, and State of Rcobsylvania,
has been duly organised under and according in the
'requirements of theactof Congress, entitle I “An act
io provide a natlonaVcurrc-ncy, secured Uy/4 pledge of
Bolted States clocks, and to providefor- tf.*e circula
tion and redemption thereof,” approved Filbrunry 25,
1563, and has complied with aTI tbo pro'fuj bus of said
**et required to be complied with beiore'd’ inmencing
’the business of banking: • . i
♦, KOW, THEREFORE, X, Uv& ’HjCvtLOCU,
)Coa:ptroUcr of tbo Currency, do hereby that
&e Ficst Katiokai. Bask, of Weßsborohgh, county
Tioga, and State of Pennsylvania, to
commence the business of banking iTlutec the act
aforesaid, r ■Z.
/« tcitjmony ichcreof, mines* my |aml 4id seal of
oSee, ithis twoaty-jirst day of Marcfi, IIG j.
|\ *\ - ■ nmn MbCHL |och,
I***l CJoomtroUer tit t&e Wren cy.
‘ 'j :'I
THE AGITATOR
VOL. X
TREES! TREES! FOE Sill.
Apple, Price 20 cts. Extra, 25 cts;
RUMJINR VA lUUTY. —EarIy Harvest, Ked As
tracban, Early Strawberry, Juneting, Early Sweet
Bough, Early \Vhite, Jenkcns' Pippeu, Golden Sweet.
AUTUMN YARIJSTY. —Autumn Baugh,Graven
fltehi, Porter, Autumn Strawberry, Hawley or Bowse,
Pear, Henry, Prince, Canada Snow, Jersey Sweet,
Stoddard, Fall Pippen, Mammoth Pippen, Hambo,
Fall Junoting, Neutral, Thomas Wells,
T VINTS3U VAHlUT'T.'— Baldwin, Kay's Bossetl,
Northern Spy, Boston Bussctt, Golden Payne
Sweeting, Bottle Green. Sweet Pearmain, Peck's Plea
sant, Bentloy Sweet, Rhode Island Greening, Hub/
bardston, None Such, Swaar, Black, Tallraan's Sweet,
Danver’e Sweet, Tompkin's County King, JEteopuj
Spitzonburg, Wagoner. Lady's Sweet, Yellow Bellr
dower, Butch Afignonne, Newtown Pippen, Ladies'
Sweet. H
CRAB . —Large yellow and red. Small, do, do.
Pearsj Frice 50c. JSxtra, ex. Price.
VARlETY *—Bartlett, Brandywine,
Bloodgood, Beurre Gifford, Carpenter, Dearborn
Seedling, Gane?l’fl Burgamot, Golden Beurre of Gil
boa, Harvest, Julienne, Madeliene, Bostiezer, Osborn
Summer, Summer Frank Ileal, Tyson.
AUTUMN YAJUJ3T7.. —Eenrre Bose, Benrre Di
el, Beurr© Ganbault, Bczi Be La Mott, JBeurxe Be
Amilis, Buffon, Cushing, Bis, Dutchees do Angou
leme, Flemish Beauty, Fon Dante do Aulomne, Fpl
toa, Henry Fourth, Louise Bonne do Jersey. Maria
de Louise, Napoleon, Onouda^o t Paradise de Antoni’
ne, Scckcl, Sheldon, Sweet Pear, Stevens' Genesee,
Urbanists, Woodstock, Ycrgalieu, Washington. "
"SVJSTfSR YARlETYt— Glout Morceau, Passe
Colmar, Winter Wadden, Lawrence, Vicar of Wink
field, Winter Nelis.
Plums, Price '5O cts.
Bleeker's Gage, Columbia, Coe’s Golden Drop, Egg.
Plum, Green Gage, Imperial Gage, Jefferson, Law
rence Favorite, Lombard, Magnum Donum, Princes
Gage, Red Gage, Smith's Orleans, Washington, Ha
ling’ Superb.
Peaches, Price 58 cts.
Beigen Yellow, Meloeoton, Crawford's Early, Early
York, Red Rare Ripe, Sweet Water, Geo. the Fourth,
Lemon Cling, Red Check Meloeoton.
Cherries, Price 38 cts.
Blatfk Heart, Black Eagle, Block Tartarian, Down
er's Lite Red, Moydukc, Guigne, Elton, Late Black,
Grfy’s Early White, Napoleon Bigereau, Amber, Yel
low Spanish, Bcauman's May, Holland Rigareau,
Golden Drop of Herrington.
GRAPES.—lsabella, Diana, Hartford Prolific, Ca
tawba, Rebecca, Delaware/ Concord, White Sweet
Water, Black Burgundy, i
* GOOSEBERRlES.—EnalUh—several varieties.
CURRANTS.—White, Cherry, Dutch and Red, *
A, B. 'H jI&CT.
Norway Spruce, Balsard ifir, Scotch Fir, American
Arborvitse, Siberian do.J Weeping Mountain Asb,
Mountain Ash, Dorse Chestnut, European Larch,
Green Porsythea, White Flowcring'Dcutzin, Graceful
Deutzja, Chinese Wiegelia, Roses, Basket Willows.
The above X offer for sale at my Nursery. They
are all of-superior quality. In digging and packing,
care will be taken; and the charge for packing will
bo the cost of materials used,' Trees will be delivered
at the Tioga depot free of charge. Call at the Nur
sery, and look at tho trees for your own satisfaction.
B. C. WICKHAM,
Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.—March 9, '64-3nu
wholesale
DRI6 -ST ok is •
Prince's Metallc Paint, Pfizer & Co's Chemicals, -
Tbaddeus David’s Inks, Fluid Extracts,
Concentrated Medicines, Rochester Perfumery and
Cincinnati Wines and Flavoring Extracts,
Brandy, Paints and Oils,
Whitewash Xime, Petroleum Oil,
Kerosene Lamps, Drugs and Medicines,
Patent Medicines, School Books,
Stationery, t Wall Paper,
Wyoming Mills Wrap- Window Glass,
ping Paper, Dy« Colors,
Furnished at Wholesale Prices by
W. D TEUBBLX,
.1 Corning, N. Y.
NATIVE BRANDT & WISES,
MEDICAL & COMMUNION PURPOSES.
THIS BRANDS has been analyzed by the Meii
ical Director of tbe Naval Rabratory at Brooklyn,
and substituted for French Brandy, for use in the
United States Navy. It is also used and recommend
ed by Dr. Satterloe, Medical Purveyor in New York
of U. S. Arm,, in the Hospital of his Department.
DRT CATAWBA WISE.
THIS WINE bas all the properties of Dry Sherry
Wine.
SWEET CATAWBA WINE.
THIS WINE for its mildness is adopted for Inva
lids ami for communion purposes.
v * i
Messrs. Zimmermans a co., of cinoin.
nali and New York bad formerly partnership
with N. Longworth of Cincinnati the wealthy Native
Wine apodneer, and therefore enables them to fnrnish
the best of American production, at moderate prices.
" Sold by W. D. TERCELE, at Wholesale and Re
tail. nnchby Druggists generally.
Cqrniig, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1864-tf.
Eighteenth Collection District, State of Pennsylvania,
Comprising the Counties of Centie, Clinton, Lycom
ing, Potter aud Tioga.
NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the provi
sions of section 15 of the act approved July 1,
1862, that tbo lists of valuations and enumerations of
property subject to tax under the internal revenue laws,
taken by the several Assistant Assessors of this dis
trict, will remain open at their offices for the space of
fifteen days prior to the date fixed to hear appeals, for
the examination of all persons interested,
I will receive and determine appeals relative to er
*roneous or esecssis'e valuations or enumerations.:
In Potter county, at Coudersport, on Tuesday, May
31,1864.
In Tioga county, at Wellsboro, on Thursday, Juno 2.
In Lycoming county, at Williamsport, on Saturday,
June 4. t
In Clinton county, at Lock Haven, on Monday,
June 6.
In Centre county, at Bcllefonte, bn Wednesday,
Juno 8. *
All appeals to the Assessor must be made In win
ding, specifying the matter respecting which a decision
is requested, and stating the ground of inequality or
error complained of. GEORGE BOAL,
‘ * Assessor.
BotiWbetrg, Pa., 3fay 13,1864.-4 t
THE undersigned is agent for the sale of tho cele
brated Rochester Trout Flics. Also has tor sale
Rochester Fly Rods, Kinsey Hooks, on Snells, Reels,.
Fly Books, N. York Trout Flies, braided silk lines, I
twine and sea grass do, trotrt baskets, leaders, Ac.
Fishermen aio requested to call and examine my
stock of fishing tackle, at my shop, in the rear of
Wm. Roberts* stove and tin store.
Xi. A.,SEAES.
Wellsboro, May 18, 186-L-4t
BAKIYG SOHA * SALERATUS at
KOFS URC& 6TO»a
Hebotel? to t&e mtttmim of tst Uvtn of ifmhom the of Btfovm,
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRXGETED, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.'
Zimmennaim & Co’s.
FOB
CATAWBA BRANDT.
NOTICE OF APPEALS.
- United States Excise Tax,
Fishing Tackle,
WELLSBOBO,, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., TODNESUAY MORNING, MAY m, 1864.
Select. 2|oett*in
[From tbo Washington Chronicle.]
BEPOEE WASEIHGTOIT
The skies are rent asunder with the simulated thun
der •* .
Of the brozeu-throated cannon unto cannon‘fierce
replying, '
With the swelling roar and rattle of the varying tide
of battle,
■With the moans of the.wounded and the dying.
Thousands for battle eager every bristling height be
leaguer,—
Hill find mountain, vale and woodland, with steely
death are gleaming,
Bogle unto bugle culling, smoke and, dust the skies
empaling,
And battle*riven banners wildly streaming. -
Mighty columns onward surging, forward to the foe
men urging, -
Over rifle pit and breastwork, till in war’s red fur
nace melted;.
And tbe upper and the nether as a scroll are rolled
together, -
Into chaos, with the battle-lightning belted.
By hurtling lead and iron, (swift deaths that all en
virojf,)
In Ibo awful loom of conflict the weft of victory’s
woven; ,
Prone lie the horse and rider where the gulfs are
growing wider.
Through column's which the hissing shell has clo
vjan. ■ , c
Alas, for those we cherish! They are swallowed op,
they perish,— •
Ere their eyes have seen the triumph which crowns
their grand endeavor!
But their blood shall- water Edom till it bear the
- fruits of freedom.
And tbeir sacrifice to man be a heritage forever,
Mat/ 6, 1861.
TRAPPING A RIDRDERER.
In the year 1853 I went to the Red River
country, with a view of speculating in horses,
lands, or anything that might give promise of
profitable return for a cash investment. Of
course I carried a good deal of money with me;
but knowing I was going among a wild, lawless
class, of every grade and color—among half
civilized Indians, negroes, gamblers, thieves,
robbers, murderers and assassins, with perhaps
a few settlers of some claims to hohor and ho
nesty, if they could be sifted out from the mass
—I thought it the safest plan not to seem well
off in this world’s goods. Accordingly I se
cured tiny-money in a belt about my body, put
on a very coarse, rough dress, which, by inten
tional carelessness, soon had a very mean and
slovenly appearance ; and allowed my hair and
beard to manage matters their own way, with
out any troublesome, interference of razor.or
comb. Thus prepared, and armed with two
revolvers and a bowie knife, I passed over soma
dangerous territory-in comparative safety, and
flattered myself that no one gnessed my riches
through my apparent poverty.
In fact, on two occasions, I began to think it
might have been to my advantage to have looked
a little more respectable. The first of these
was when, in traveling among the Choctaw na
tion, I found a drove of horses that pleased me
very mnch, and was told by the owner, m reply
to my question as to what he would take a head
for the entire lot, that he was not in the habit
of naming his price fo every wandering beg
gar that chose to satisfy bis idle curiosity. I
was disposed at first to put on some dignity,
but concluded, after a careful survey of my per
son, that the roan had good cause for speaking
as lie did, and so merely assured him that I
knew an individual who wished to buy horses
if he could get them at a fair price. However,
he was not disposed to believe my statement,
and so I passed him by, with the resolve that,
if nothing better turned up, I would ms kehim
a coll under more advantageous circumstances.
As the second instance alluded to was similar
tothe first, it may bo passed over without fur
ther notice.
But out of this same cause grew a very re
markable adventure, which it is my present
purpose to relate.
While passing between two settlements, over
a lonely, gloomy horsepath, leading through a
dark hemlock wood J and while in the most soli
tary part, suddenly came before me, leaping
from a thicket on the right, a human figure of
a most startling appearance. It was a mao of
medium height, but of a stout, powerful frame;
Sill covered with dirty tatters, that be appeared
to have worn and wallowed in for years. lie
had do covering for bis head or feet, ond his
skin was so coated with grime, that it was dif
ficult at a first look to tell whether he belonged
to the white race or not, ,His face, high up on
his cheeks,' was covered; with a dirty brown
beard, and his matted hair hung in wild, profu
sion all around his head,!except a little space
before his swollen, blood-shot eyes; and alto
gether he looked like a madman or human de
vil.' His hands held and swung a formidable
club; and his attitude, as ha leaped into the
road before me, was one of fierce menace and
defiance. ■. • -
I stopped, in alarm, and, while fixing my
eyes sharply on his, slid my hand into a con
venient pocket, and grasped the butt of one of
my revolvers, firmly determined to keep him at
the short distance that divided ns, or kill him
if he advanced.
For perhaps a half minute we stood silently
regarding and surveying each other, and then,
resting one end of hia club on the ground, and
partly leaning forward, said, in a coarse, gruff
tone, with a kind of chuckling laugh:
“Well, mel I'a in hopes I’d got a
prize at last j hut if you’re much better off
nor me, you do’nt show it any, by - J Stran
ger who are you, and wh*ero are you from ?”
“Well,” returned I, feeling highly compli
mented, of course, to know that I resembled
sueh a villainous-looking object as himself,
“ some people call me a beggar, and I know I
do’nt pass jfor a genteel gentleman."
“ I’ll swa’ar that-—haw! haw! haw was
the chuckling response. “The world hai’nt
made much of you more’n it has of me. I see
steal in your face as, plain as daylight. Say,
what Jail or penitentiary lost you last?"',
. “ Never mind that," said I; “ probably nei
ther of ns basket onr deserts." ''".j- ■
BY K. n. 0088,
fire ell nti£.
A Speculator’s Story.
“Well, if you had been decently 1 dressed,
nnd looked like you bad five dollars about you,
I'd have knocked your brains out 1” pursued
tho villain, with a broad grin. “As it is, you
kin pars, for I can swa’ar youba’ntgot a red 1”
" Much obliged for your candor, any how.”
rsjoined I. -
He still stood before me, looking me straight
in the eye, and now seemed to be pondering
some new idea. Presently he muttered to him
self:
“ I think be might do,” A moment after be
said to me, “ I say, old feller, bow'd you like
to make a raise ?”
“ How' would I like to eat when hungry. J” I
answered, thinking it, not upjjkelyivbat the
scoundrel had some dark project in view, which,
by seeming to chime in with him, I might dis
cover. j ;
“ Well, I’ve got ti plan,” he said, throwing
down his club as if to assure me of his politic
intentions towards myself, and quietly advan
cing to my aide; “I've got a plan that will
give botb of us a heap of money, and it’ll just
take two to carry it out', , I’ve been a wanting
a pat, and if you’ll join I’ll go you halves:”
“If there’s any chance to turn a penny. I’m
your man,” said I.
“Good!" returned he; “you look like a
trnmp,‘and I’Jl bet high on you. “I do’nt
know,” he added, sharply eyeing me ; “I may
be deceived, but I think I’ll risk itl If you go
for to play a game on me, you’d better look hut
for yourself, that’s all.” -
“ Do I look like a scamp as would do that V’
returned, I, in indignant tones.
“Well, let’s take a seat down here, and talk
it over'." ' . ; -; -
Wefonnd an old dog, and sit-down; and,
after some preliminary conversation,, my. new
and interesting acquaintance unfolded to me a
most damnable scheme, the substance of which
was as follows :
He knew the country well for miles around,
and the exact position and- condition of every
settler. One man, Jiving in a rather lonely
quarter, about five miles distant, was a specu
lator in horses and cattle, which be sometimes
bought up and drove to a distant market. He
bad a good deal of money, which it was sup
posed he kept secreteddn his dwelling ; and to
get) possession of this, money was, of course,
the object in view. The trouble was, that the
man himself was a brave, determined fellow,
who always went well armed, and also had, be
sides bis wife, two grown up sons and a daugh
ter, which was a force too great for one indivi
dual to encounter. ! About a mile from him
Jived a poor widow, who had nothing worth
stealing, except her clothes, which would be
valuable for carrying ont our plan. This plan
was first to rob the widow of her clothing,
dresa me up in them, and have mo seek lodg
ings at the speculator’s bouse. Then, in the
night, when all the family should be asleep, I
was to unbolt the door, let in my confederate,
and attempt the murder of the inmates—the
robbery and burning of thd house to be the
concluding scene.
I secretly shuddered at the atrocity of the
contemplated crime, but appeared to reqeive the
disclosure with the business sir of the most
hardened wretch, enquiring as to : the amount
of money we should thus probably obtain, and
objecting to nothing-but tbo great risk that we
shoold-have to run, both before and after the
accomplishment of our purpose. I permitted
toy eager companion to gradually quiet roy
fears, and at last consented to act.' -
When everything had been settled, we struck
off into the fields to avoid being seen, and just
before dark come in sight of the widow’s house.
As my companion was acquainted with the pre
mises, I insisted that he should procure the fe
male garments—but solemnly wurned.him that
if he harmed the poor woman in the least, I
would have nothing further to do with the af
fair.
As good luck would have it, the widow was
not at borne, ond my friend managed to break
in and get the necessary clothing without doing
any further damage. The widow being a large
woman, I had no trouble in arranging the dress
so as to pass, in a dim light, for'.a tolerably re
spectable female ; and then, having agreed upon
the story I was to tell, bow I would manage
matters, ond the signal that would assure my
accomplice of till being right, we went forward
together, till we came in sight of the house to
be robbed, when I made my nearest way to the
road, and continued on olone, reaching the
dwelling about an hour after dark, and just as
the family were concluding their evening meal.
- Had my design been really 'what I had led
my villainous companion to'bclieve, I certainly
never would have gone forward with such con
fident.boldness ; but feeling my conscience to
be all right, and knowing I was acting upon a
good motive, I kept up wonderful assurance,
feeling curious to See how well I could play my
part, and to wbat extent I could carry the,.de
ception. •
I asked for lodging for the night, and for
something to eat, and was kindly and hospita
bly received. The first thing that sent the
blush of shame and confusion to my cheeks,
was the coming forward of a young lady, beau
tiful as an houri, and in a sweet, gentle voice,
asking mo if I had walked far, if I was much
fatigued, offering to take my hood, and telling
me I should soon bo refreshed with a cop of
hot tea. This was a little too much for my
equanimity. I could have got along with all
tho rest, without being especially disturbed;
but I was then a young, unmarried man, and,
though not particularly, susceptible to female
attractions in general, I thought I bad noser
looked upon so lovely and interesting a creature
before. I stammered out some unintelligible’
replies, kept my hood well drawn over my face,
and asked to be permitted to have a few mo
ments private conversation with the master of
the house.
Of course this request caused considerable
surprise—but it was granted; and as soon as
we were alone together, I told him, in a few
words, who and what I was, tho strange ad
venture 1 mot with, and disclosed in full the
plot of my road acquaintance, to murder and
rob him.- He turned pale atjhe recital, and
seemed much astonished, but begged mo not to
mention the design to his wife and daughter.—
Ho then called his two sons —strong determined
feliows—recounted the plot to them, and ar
ranged to have everything go forward os if the
scheme wore being carried out as its vile author
designed.
It took some shrewd management }o keep me
to my part, Vitboat letting the females into tb<
secret; but it was effected ; and a little before 1
midnight I cautiously opened the door and
looked out. There was my man, ready and
waiting. *
“Is nil right?” be whispered.
“ Yes, come in.” ‘
As he crossed the threshold, the father and
sons sprang npon hidi. But the fellow was
strong and desperate, and perhaps had some
slight suspicion of the truth. 'With a wild yell
be cleared their united grasps at a bound," leav
ing a large portion of his rags in their hands.
The next moment all' four of us were in chase
of the villain, as he ran across the road to gain
the cover of a wood about twenty rods distant.
“Tire!” shouted the father; “ shoot down
the scoundrel!”
"We were all armed and prepared, and, at the
word, four revolvers began to crack behind him.
But he seemed to lead a charmed life, and still
he ran on,-keeping a’short distance ahead of
us.' Once I fancied I saw him stagger ; but he
gained the woods and disappeared, and we re
luctantly ind with deep chagrin gave up the
chase.
When we returned to the house the wife and
daughter were, both terribly alarmed. An ex
planation followed, of course —the host being
disappointed in not making the capture, as he
intended, without exciting their fears. There
was no more sleep in that house that night.
The next morning wo went out to' the wood
and discovered a trail of blood. We followed
on for half a mile, and found the ruffian lying
dead, face downward, his hands firmly clenched
upon some hashes. One of the sons recognized
him as a*suspected murderer, who had a couple
of years before left that part of the country. —
He was buried with little ceremony. 1 was
warmly thanked for the part I had played to
save the family; but from no other did the
words sound so sweet to me ns from the lips of
the beautiful daughter.
The family pressed me to stay with them for
a while, and I stayed long enough to lose my
own heart and win another, •
Strange as it appears, looking back to it, the
event of that villian leaping into the road be
fore me changed my whole fortune 1 And some
times, when I gaze fondly upon my wife, I am
tempted to bless the dark and wicked design
that providentially led;me to so much happi
ness.
A military Tara.
A friend of ours, who has seen some service,,
and to whom we are indebted for several orig
inal stories of a similar nature which came un
der bis observation, furnishes ns the following
anecdote, the truth of which in every particu
lar he vouches for:
■ “One day while my regiment was bn duty
at Columbus, Kentucky, I received orders from
my Colonel to proceed to Memphis with two
companies of tbo regiment, in charge of some
Rebel prisoners. We embarked about 10 A.
M., on board the C. Ililmau, and immediately
sailed down.the riveri Our boat, had a large
number of passengers aboard, among whom was)
Judge L———, with whom I was well acquain
ted, and who, by the way, was a strong Union
man. He asked if I had any objection to his
conversing with the Belts. I told him not in
the least, when he went forward, and selecting
a rough,- uncouth, lank haired private from Ar
kansas, the following colloquy ensued, which
fully illustrates the intelligence of our deluded
So’uthorn brethren.
Judge. What regiment do you belong to?
Rebel. The 29th Arkansas, by G—d /
Judge. You have been in some battles ?
Reb. Well, I reckon. ,
Judge, ,My friend wbqt are you fighting for?
Reb. We’re fightin' for our rights.
Judge. Well, what are your rights, or of
what rights have you been deprived ?
Refa. I tell you we’re fightin’ for our rights.
Jodge. That’s all very well, but define tbem.
Rob. Oh, I ain’t no politician, and I hain’t
got no eddication to speak on, but I know we’re
fightin’ for our rights, sortin’.
Judge. Welf, my friend I can tell you what
you are fighting for; you are fighting to de
stroy the best Government and noblest nation
the world ever saw. Look at that glorious ban
ner! (pointing to the stars and stripes Heating
from the gaff); are you not ashamed, sir, to fire
on that beautiful flag?
Reb. Flag? I never saw that flag till I
went and jined the army.
Judge. What! yon never saw the Stars and
Stripes ?.
- Reb. No, I never did.
, Judge. How old are yon ?
'Reb. ’Bout thirty-five, I reckon.
Judge, in a tone,of stupendous astonishment.
Andyou never saw tpe Stars and Stripes before?
Reb. ’No; I told you once already.
It was a poser for the Judge. He was com
pletely floored. With mingled feelings of pity,
indignation and dismay, he paced the deck for
some time in silence. At last, stepping directly
in, front of hia incorrigible acquaintance, in a
subdued, serious tone of voice, be osked, “Did
you know, ray friend, that Christ was dead?"
Beh, evidently surprised. “You do’nt say !
Is he though ? What regiment did he belong to,
and whar mas he killed ?”
A German Infidel, at his death, passing by
all his old associates, selected, as his executor,
a Chrislian l with whom he had but a very
slight acquaintance, thus giving the highest
possible testimony to tho principles of Chris
tianity, by the confidence \jie reposed in it.
There is no natural connection between great
wealth and happiness; but great poverty and
misery are nearly related. Though wealth
wcn’t_warrant welfare, want won’t withstand
woe.
No man can be provident of hia time who is
not prudent in the choice of his company.
A good surgeon must have ait eagle’s eye; &
lion’s heart, and a lady’s band:
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NO. -39
The Crisis, Sam Medary's paper, published
at Columbus, Ohio, has the folJotrjng remark/
touching the action of the State Copperhead
Contention:
Thpra can be no doubting the fact tiaf;
any attempt to transfer the Democratk party on
to a war platform Kill be resisted with more de
termination than soma men who would sell the
country for an office, suppose, .They want
neither Lincoln nor any of his Major Generals.-
The strength, and tbs only strength of tha'
Democratic party, to last, from first has been
opposition to this war—unholy, barbarous and
ruinous.’' ■
The above is coppcrbeadism, pore arid una
dulterated of tha Vmllandigham, Long, Harris,
Wood, and Toorhees school. Opposition to'
the war is its motto, and to denounce it'ai
unholy, barbarous and unjust on the parti
of the Union, in the face of tha infamonai
atrocities practiced in the prison-houses at
Richmond, and the savage massacre perpetra
ted by the rebels at Fort Pillow, ia the work of"
these sympathizers with treason and enemies
‘of their Country. Peace is their cry and their
platform—peace at any price—peace cu any
terms which tne rebols may impose. The al-j
lusion to Lincoln and bis major generals, !
is, no doubt, a fling at McClellan, though
the Peace Party at any price should object tot 1
him as a candidate wo cannot conceive. He
never did the rebels any harm. Ke mined
the noblest army over before that time organ
ized in the country, by exposing it to disease
and death in the swamps of the Chiekahominy,-
and permitting it to be cut up and defeated inis
detail by the insurgents—thus saving Kich-' .
tnond for them, which, bad he managed
must inevitably have fallen into our bands, for -
Jeff. Davis had already sent off his family and
packed up his trunk' to Mow. His policy and
that of his faction in the army lad to the defeat
of Pope, and the driving of our troops into tbs
defences of Washington, and laid open
land to invasion, where the drawn battle of
Antietam, claimed as his victory, was $0 fruit
less of results, that Lee marched off without
hinderance or impediment. We know there- 1
fore, of no better candidate for an ulf~n peace
party than McClellan, and think that Sam Me
dary and his Cricis are very foolish to object
to him.
Every reader of our paper will remember IhJ
inoidenl fold of the little drummer boy at the
battle of Chickamauga, who rendered himaelf
conspicuous in that hard fought battle by bis
activity and courage—first filling the office of a;
“ marker,” carrying the guidon whereby, tha
lines are formed, and nest picking op a gnn
that had fallen from some dying hands, .and
□sing it with telling effect against the butter
nuts, one of bis victims being a rebel colonels
This young soldier belonged to Newark, iOhio,
his name was Johnny Clem, and his age at tha
time he became a hero not quite thirteen years.
He was small for his age. For his more lhaa
boyish courage, Gen. Kosecrans mads him a
sergeant, and a daughter of Secretary Chaka
presented him with a silver medal, appropri
ately inscribed. lie has jnst been made tha
recipient of a neat sergeant’s uniform by soma
citizens of Chicago. Sir. Benj. F. Taylor, the
Chattanooga correspondent of the Chicago Jour
nal, in referring to the presentation of tho uni
form, thus tells the story of the shooting of tha
rebel colonel:
“ Late in the waning day, the waif left at
moat alone in the whirl of the battle, a rebel
colorfel dashed up, and looking down at him*
ordered him to surrender: “Surrender!’* bd
shouted, “yon little d-—d son of a b hi’*
The words were hardly ont of the rebels mouth;
when Johnny brought bis piece to “ oidie
arms,” and as bis band slipped down to the
hammer, he pressed it back, swung np the gun
to the position of “ charge bayonet,” and as
the officer raised his saber to strike the piece
aside, the glancing barrel lifted into range, ami
the proud colonel tumbled dead from his horse,
bis lips fresh Stained with the syllable of vile
reproach he bad flung upon a mother’s grat-d
n tbo hearing of her child !”
A Trick that Fkded Well, — A young man
was studying at college. One afternoon hd
walked out with an instructor, and thdy
chanced to see an old pair of shoes lying by
the side of the path, which appeared to belong
to a poor old man at work close by.
“ Let us bare a little amusement at his ex
pense,” said the student. “ Suppose we should
hide those shoes .and conceal ourselves in thd
bushes to watch his perplexity when he cannot
find them,”
" I can Chink of a better trick than that,’''
said the instructor. “You are rich. Suppose
you put a silver dollar, in the toe of each of
hia shoes, and than we will hide.”
The young man did so. Ybe poor man fin
ished hia work soon, and went to put on hia
shoes. You can imagine hia surprise, when
be stooped down to taka out a pebble, as ha
supposed, from the toe, and found a bright
silver dollar; and when ha found still another
in the other shoe, his feelings overcame him ;
he fell Upon his knees * looked! up t to heaven,
and ottered a long, fervent thanksgiving, irt
which ha thanked a kind Providence for send
ing somo unknown band to save from perish
ing his sick and helpless wife, and his children
without bread. Do you wonder that the young
man stood in his hiding-place deeply affected ?
Young friends when you wish to enjoy real
pleasure in witnessing the perplexity of others
see if yon cannot, some way, imitate tba stu
dent. Such tricks are wall worth being, per
formed.
IVho spends more than he should; shall not
have it to spaed when ha would.
I'ha danger being past. Gad is too often for l
gotten.
Bor what thou canst do thyself roly, not on
another. ;
Thf.re eatr never be Peace as tong, ilk
i&a GinetatWfangelv f .-.1 -**
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Won’S be Hraasfustsij
JOHNNY CLEW.
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