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A-rrOHNETS & COUNSELLORS LAW,
will attend the Court a of Tiojn.i fotter and
3tj[eKenn counties. [Wellsboro, .1 on. 1 ,1863.]
DIGKINSOX lIOCtS,
CORSING, H. v'-,4
Slaj. A. FIELD,
O [JESTS taken to and from t&rjdepot free
of charge, • 1563.]
PdfIfSYIiVANIA SH&SE,
corner of main street AND venue,
Wellsboro, Pa”.
*_W. BIGONY (Proprietor,
THIS popular Hotel, having bbep re-fitted
aod re-famished throughout, is ppen to the
public as a first-class house. [Jfch,. 1; 1563.]
D. HARt’S HOTKI.
WBLLSBORO, TIOGa .
THE subscriber takes this metfr.ijto ioform
his old friends, apd customers IbfiShe has re-/
sained the conduct of the old “ Crjwll FoUntainJ
Hotel,” and will hereafter give it bis ehtfj'c attention.'
Thankful for past favors, life solicits ft tMewnl of thol
same. DAV& HART. '
Wellsboro, Nov. i, 1863.-ly. •
IZAAS WALTON lI©USE,'
Gainbs, Tioga County, IVa. '
H. C. YERMILYEA, ......Proprietor.
THIS is a new hotel located witbjn easy ac
cess of the best fishing and banting groands in
Northern Pennsylvania'. No pains i-Eparcd for
the accommodation of pleasure seekers s&d the trav
elling public. . [Jag.-l, 1863.]
rt WATCHES, CLOCKS AlfH
Wfc l JEWELBf^
Repaired at BULLARD'S & CO'S. B?r)R.E, ty tic
subscriber, in the besttoanner. and at as >oVr prices as
the same work can be don,® for,- by any fl'al rate prac
tical workman in the State
Wellsboro, July 15,1363.
A, FOLEY/
Watchss, Clocks, Jewelnr, ;ic., fee.,
• REPAIRED AT OLD PRjT ES.
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
NO, 5, US'ION SHOOK.'
Wollsboro, May 20, 1563. . '
E. R. BLACK,. 1
BARBER & HAIR-DB&SSER,
SHOP OVER C. Ir. WILCOX’S ' iTORE,
NO. 4 3f . UNION BIbCK.
Wellsboro, Juno 24, 1863. . (
AGRICULTURAL IHPLSTjiEMTS.
IIfOULD inform Dealers in Agrscn?.ural Imple
ments, that I hate Horse Rakes }e most ap
proved styles and 'superior Also, Hand
lUkes of a better quality than any
this section, which I will furnish in quantity de
sired, to dealers in the counties ofTtig , Bradford,
and Lycoming. D. DOUD.
Mainaburg, Nov. IS, IS_G3-9mos‘. fi ■ •/- .
BOAtiDSAN ASO
C E L E B B A T'E’Bt-
PATENT IMPEDED
INSULATED IRON ‘ RIM, AND PRAMS'
PIANO FORTEfj! p ; .
These pianos have the pure musiciV tone of the.
Wood. together witlr the strength’of.tbllronfaud are’
thus fur superior to all others. Strong
Scales, giving in connection with the - . Patent Iron
Rim, full, round, powerful, and awsef-'Hono. These
piauos will remain in tune a greater, j ngth of time
than airy other pianos known, and flj’fe warranted jar
the time of five years. The undersign fi offers there
pianos at the same prices as at thc-Taro rohms in
Albany or Now York, saving the bo'yerc.ha expense of
going there to buy, and wilt keep-theta W> tune for the
term sf three years, without chsrges.;- For-a general
description of these pianos send (tit- ..circular, cod
taining prices, stylos, Ac, I- V. itOYT,
Osceola, Pa,
Osceola, Feb. IT, ISSi. .
DRUGS Idle- IWEDICiGSES.
NO. 3, UNIOX'BLOCIf, WELLiyORO, PA.-
P. K. WILLI#IS* '
BEIGS leave to announce t« the fit Jens pf Wells
boro and vicinity, that ho,
baud all kinds of • - -
DRUGS AND MEDICINES. '
Chemicals, Varnish, Paints, Soaps, Perfumery, -Glass,
Brushes, Putty. Fancy Brandies,
Gms, and all other kink* of LiqUstj*of iho best
-quality. ‘ All kind* of- . 5 * . ,
PATEN.T MEDICINES
jack as Jayne’s Expectorant, Alterative and'Pills ;
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Helm
bald's Extract Buchu* Sarsapl&rilla ao * Rose - Wash ;
Mrs. Winslow’s Sotbing Syrup; -Pills;
Clarkes and Chcesetnan’s Pills; HaliVUalsam; Bin
inger’s London Dock Gin; HerricW’s jyjls Plas
ters; Brown's Bronchial Troches,
May 25,1864-ly. . P. R.^ILDIAMS.
REVENUE STAffl.-
JOHN Ma PHELPS, .Deputy CttlW for of Mans
field, his just received a large h_ f of Revenue
Stems, of all denominations, from on* cent np to $5.
Any person wishing Stanps can get at my office
in M.»nafic)d, or of M. BULLARD, Ais7?tant Assessor,
at Wcllsboro, Pa. J- PHELPS.
Mansfield, May 2,.186i. > •
Wheeler’s Horse Powers’a*d Thresh
ers and Cleaners •
THE subscriber would auuouuco to
to the Threshers and Farmers ut-fioga and ad
joining counties, that ho still contin3.es-to sell the
above named MACHINES,- and .lb® .1 have the
pleasure of offering this season so ns valuable im
provements on the old machines- and 7 largo addition
the variety. I now have fur sale "-Jlailroad Horte
•Powers for cue, two, and three different
flies of Wheeler’s Rake Cleaners',?-* horse Lever
Powers, Howard’s Mower* and combined Mowers and
‘■Reapers, Smith’s Green Mountain SJainglo Machine,
-Palmer’s self-sustaining Horse fork•mjiover Hullers,
Peed Cutters. Circular and Drag Ri-vrs, adopted to
"horse powers, Horse Bakes, -tc., Ac., -
All of which -will bo sold strictly jvi. the" mnnnfae
" hirer’s price!,-adding trr.noport-.0i00,. r.-J will be war
‘noted to. give entire tatisfaction or sale. Extras
for repairing old machines kept on h. -i,d.
WM. T. MATHERS, of .Wellsb'to, and G- H.
BAXTER i, CO., of Nelson, arc toy'Msibtnnt agents
,for Tioga County, where Forks will ve kept on hand
and orders left for other Machinery '.ltl be promptly
attended to. Descriptive Circulars, "entainini price
list sent to all applicants. TEARS.
Troy, Pp., Jane 29, 1864-tf. >
HUGH •YOf'JICr,
bookseller & st^tionek.
A~NB DBA L Blt : M
American Clocks, American, Enj =fch, and Swiss
patches, Jewelry. Silver Plated ' Are. Spectacle?,
Picture Frames, ’Photographic Albtr i?. Stereoscopes,
Microscopes, Perfumery, Yankee * Igiions, Fishing
Tackle and Flies, and Fancy and 1 !; iWt Articles.
'SCHOOL BOOKS of everj pfc’ind ased in the
ConptyVconptaatly op hand and setfi jy mail dr oth
erwise, to ’ ‘
*o, % union siocr, w&iijsond, pa.
THE AGITATOR.
VOL. XI.
Pridce’s Metallc Paint, Pfizer & Co*s Chemicals,
Thaddeus David's Inks, Fluid Extracts,
Concentrated .Medicines, Rochester Peijf imery and
Cincinnati Wines and Flavoring Extracts,
Brandy, Paints and •
Whitewash Lime, Petroleum Oil,
Kerosene Lamps, Drugs and Medicines,
Patent Medicines, 1 School Books,
Stationery, Wall Paper,
Wyoming Mills Wrap- Window Glass,
ping Paper, Dye Colors,
* Famished at Wholesale Prices by
‘ W. I> TERBEII,
Corning, N. Y.
.-proprietor
NATIVE BBARBI & WINES,
MEDICAL &, COMMUNION PURPOSES.
fHIS BRANDY has been analyzed by the Meai
icai Director of the Nurai Lnfarntory at Brooklyn,
and substituted for French Brandy, (~r use in the
United States Navy. It is also used and recommend
ed by Dr. Satterloo, Medical Purveyor in New York
of U. S. Army, in the Hospital of his Department.
DRY CATAWBA WINE.
THIS WINE has all the properties of Dry Shorry
Wine.
_ THIS WINE for its mildness is adnny d for Inva
lids and for communion purposes.
Messrs, zimmermann a co., of ciein.
nati-and'New York had - formerly partnership
with N; Longworth of Cincinnati the wealthy Native
Wine producer, and therefore enables them to furnish
the best of American production, at moderate prices.
,A„ It - lIASC7.
Sold by W. D. TEP.BELL, at Wholesale and Re
tail. and by Druggists generally.
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1864-tf.
Farmer’s Catechism*
Question. ‘What is the best kind of Wooden beam
r-iow ?
Answer, The WIARD PLOW.
Qnes. Wherein docs it excel all others? .
- Ans.. In case of draft, in being less liable to clog,
and in fact it excels in every particular.
Qucs. Where is this Plow to be found ?
Ans. At the KNOXVILLE FOUXDEiY, where
they are mado, and at various agencies around the
Country. ..
Ques. Are there any other plows made at that
Fonndry l . . ,
Ans. Yes! Biles makes various kinds of wooden
and iron beam Flows, both for flat land and side, hill,
and ho keeps ahead- of all 'other eatablisLriicnis'by
getting the BEST PATTERNS I
Tvgnrd to the COST, ' j .)
Quos. Arc Plows all that Biles irake? ? i
Ans. By no means. Ho also malies HORSE
HOES; a superb article for Corn, Potatoes, Ac.
HOAD SCRAPERS that beat the world. Cast Cul
tivator-Teeth of a very superior pattern. Shovel
Plow Castings for new lan i, and indeed almost every
thing that-is ever made at a Foundry, from a Boot
Jack'to a Steam Engine.
Ques. t ’Would you then advise me to bny there?
Ans. ‘MoSt certainly would I, for making
the best KIND of every thing, Biles* makes those
that arc the most DURABLE, and it is a cumrion cx-
his Plows havo been introduced, that
they last as long as from two to four pot at any other
shop; he has always been at tho Easiness from a
small boy and ought to know how it is done, and if
you try his wares* once, you will be ready, with me to
tell all wanting {anything m that line to.go, send, or
in some other way procure them of J. P. BILES, at
Ibe Knoxville Foundry.
Knoxville, March 30, 1863-tf. .
MRS. A. J. SOFIELD desires to call the atten
tion of tho Ladies of Wellsboro and vicinity
to her New Stock of Spring Millinery Good?, consist
ing of the latest styles of Bonnets, Hats. Head Dress
es, Caps, Ac., and a variety pf French Flowers, Shell
and Straw Ornaments, the latest njovelties in the way
of Trimmings. Infant's Hats andj Caps, Old Ladies*
Dress Caps, Grenadein Veils of &e newest shades.
Mrs. S. feels particularly grateful [for the patronage
of her friendf, and would say that she has engaged
.one of tbe best Milliners for tbe season, and is pre
pared to repair Straws in tfio best manner. She is
receiving Goods constantly from New York, and will
keep a'good assortment Her rooms will be found
hereafter Roy’s Drug Store,an the building
lately occupied by Miss Smith.
Wellsboro, April 13, 1864-tf. -
REIUOVAI*.
MISS PAULINE SMITH has removed -to th<T
bouse (late the residence of Chas. Williams,)
opposite tbe United States Hotel. I wish to inform
my customers that I have just received my
• SPRING AND SUMMER GOQDS,
and cunbelbnnd at the above place, ready to do work
in the best manner for all who may favor mo with a
April 13, 1564-tf
I have started a Millinery, Fhop at Mainsburg, to
which I invite the attention of people in that section
of the county. It will be under the management of
Miss Ellen Green. J
THIS House which baa been open for convenience
of the traveling public .for a number of years,
baa lately been newly furnished throughout and fitted
np in as as can bo found id any country or
city Hotel. The Proprietor does not hesitate in say
ing that lb9ro will bo no pains spared to add to the
comfort of his iuesls, and make it a home for them.
The of stabling for teams; and a good hostler
always in attendance, all of wbich can bo found
one mile east of Knoxville, Pa.
M. V. PHKPLB, Proprietor,
Deerfield, May 25, 1864.-ly.
Bobbed from the Safe of the T:, . a Co. Bank.
ON Wednesday night, May 25, 16.54, the following
described bonds and notes :‘
IJ3. S. 5-20 coupon Bond, 4lh scries, letter F, No.
14.71,3, for $5OO.
3 y. S. 5-20 coupon bonds, 4tk series, letter C, Nos.
36,150, 81-82, each $5OO.
17 IT. S. 5-20 coupon bonds, 4th scries, letter F,
-Nos. 73,879 to 73,895, each $lOO.
14 V: S. 5-20 coupon bonds. 4th series, letter-M,
Nos. 19.824 to 19,837, each sso;"*
3 U, S, 5-20 coupon .bonds, 3d series, letter A, Nos.
5,804 5-6, each $lOOO.
<4 XI. S. 5-20 coupon bonds, 8d series, letter A, Nos.
3,050 51-52.-53, each S5OO.
Tioga County Bank notes, old issue,- 5-s, 10’s and
20’s—$5,000, Signed by former officers of tbebnnk,
all punched through centre of vignette, and had been
retired for three years. No other notes of this bank
had Over been punched. The public are hereby, cau
tioned against purchasing or taking any .of the said,
bonds aud-nptes.’ * A. S. TURNER,
Tioga, May 28.1864. , Cashier. .
LETTERS testamentary having been granted to
#' . y k, ,>r?i*< - • 0 r Phil mder Baker,
late of EaUlvan townsbip, deo’d, police isherebyjgiven
t hose indebted to make Immediate payment ami
those ivmg cmims.toprcscntthem properly antbenti
c. to HENRY B, PARR.
Jjcfßt $9,1 861" >l* ‘ JPjfwiret,
Besjoteu to t&r Sgtcntfoii of ttDe Circs’ of ifm&ow suS the of H?ralth£ mrform.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIQHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
WbOLEgALE
DRUG STORE,
Zimmermann & Go’s.
FOB
CATAWBA BRANDY.
SWEET CATAWBA W INE.
ew millinery Goods.
PAULIKESMITiL
COW ANESQUE HOUSE.
£x«CKi(or } 8 'Notice,
WELLSBOEO. TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1864.
i J®CtsteUang*
NOT GUILTY—A STORY OF RSAL LIFE.
One day, a good many years ago, a young
woman knocked at the door of a little cottage
in the suburbs of the town of Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. The knock was immediately answered
by the opening of the door from within. An
aged woman, neatly dressed, and who bad ev
idently risen from her wheel, was the solo in
mate of the little cot. -
“Bless ycur heart, girl,” said the dame, as
she entered with the visitor and sat down to
the wheel again, " there must be something
particular to-day, for you did not use to knock.”
“ I was afraid some one might he with you,
mother, said the girl, who bad taken a, seat op
posite the spinner.
“And though a neighbor had been here,"
repented the dame, “ this surely wouldn’t
have have frightened you away;" But the
truth is, you have got something to say to roe,
Catharine,” ! continued the speaker,* kindly ;
“ out with it, my dear, or,d depend upon the
best council that old Hannah can give.”
The young woman, blushed, and did not im
mediately speak.
“ Has Wiliam Hutton asked you to ho his
wife ?” r,aid the dame, who easily and rightly
anticipated the matter that was in the mind of
her youthful visitor.
\ “ lie has, mother,” was the reply.
The old woman began to birr earnestly at
the wheel.
“Well, my dear, said she, after a short pause,
“ is not this but what you have long expected
—aye, and wished ? He has your heart; and
so, I suppose, it needs no witch to tell ■ what
would be the end on’t.”
This might all be very trne, hut there was
something upon Catharine’s mind which strug
gled to*be out, and out it came.
“Dear Hannah," said she, seating herself
close by the dame, and taking hold of her
hand, “you have been a kind friend—a parent
—to me, since my own poor mother died, and
1 have no one else to look to for advice but
yourself. I have not given William an answer,
and would not till I had spoken to you ; es
pecially as something—as yon once said ”
“What did I say, Catharine?” interrupted
the old woman; “nothing against the in an
.you love, surely. He is from all I have seen
and heard, kind hearted, industrious, and every
way well behaved.” ~
.“Yes, Hannah,” replied the young woman ;
“ but you once said, aftpr I bad brought him
once or twice to see you, that you did not like
those—those sorts of low fits that sometimes
fa 11_ upan.Jiirn even » company. Ihav.e. often,
noticed thenr-aince, Hannah,” continued Cath
erine with a- sigh/ ’ .
“ Plague on my thoughtless tongue for say-'
ing any such thing to ’ves you, my dear child.
Heed nut so careless a speech, Catherine. lie
was a soldier, you know-, a good many years
ago—before he was twenty —and fought for
his country. lie may hare seen sights -tbep
that make him grave to think upon, without
the least cause for blaming himself. But,
whatever-it may he, I meant not, Catherine,,
tliiit you should take sUcli a passing word to
'heart. If he has some little cares, you will
easily soothe him and make him happy.”
As the worthy datne spoke, her visitor’s
brow cleared, nod after some further conver
sation, Catherine left the cottage, lightened at
heart with the' thought that her old.friend ap
proved of her following the course to which
her inclination led her. Catherine Smith was
indeed well entitled to pay respett to the coun
sels of Hannah. The latter had never been
married, and spent the greater part of her
life in the service of a wealthy family at Nor
peth. When she was there, the widowed .mo
ther of Catherine had died in Newcastle, and
and on learning of the circumstances, Hamlah,
though a friend merely, and no relation, had
sent for the orphan girl, then about ten years
of age, and had taken care of her till she
grew fit to maintain herself by service.
At finding herself unable to continue a work
ing life longer, Ilapnah had retired to New
castle, her native place, where she lived in
horoble comfort on the earnings of her long
career of servitude. Catherine came back
with her to Newcastle, and- immediately went
info service there.
Hannah and Catherine had been two years
in these respective situations when the dialogue
which had been recorded took place.
On the succeeding expiration of her term
of service Catherine was married to the young
man whose name has been stated as being
William Hutton. He was a tanner by trade,
and bore, as Hannah bad said, an excellent
character.
The first visit paid by the new married cou
ple was to the cottage of tho old woman, who
gazed'on them with maternal pride, thinking
she had never seen so handsome a pair.
The few years spent in the army hod given
to his ndturally good figure an rn ct manliness,
which looked as well in ope of his sex as the
slight .graceful figure, and tbefair, ingenuous
countenance of Catherine was calculated to
onb of womankind. Something of this kind
was in the thoughts of old Hannah- when
Catherine hndiher husband visited the dame’s
little dwelling. , ""
Many a future visit was paid by the same
parties to Hannah, and on each successive
occasion the old worn an looked narrowly,
though os unobtrusively as possible, into the
state of the young wife’s feelings with a moth
erly anxiety to know if she was happy. For,
though Hannah—seeing Catherine’s affections
to be deeply engaged-—bad mode light of her
own early, remarks upon the strange and most
unpleasant gloom occasionally if not frequent
ly observable iii the manner of William Hut
ton the old woman had novet been’able to rid
bar own mind altogether from misgiving '>r"’h
tho subject. For many months after Cather
ine’s marriage, however, Hannah could dis
cover nothing but unalloyed happiness in the
air and conversation of the youthful wife. But
at length Hannah’s anxious eve did , perceive
something like a change. Catherine ;seeroed
sometimesto fall, when visiting the cottage,
injofits of abstraction, not unlike 'those which
bad been observed in her husband, The aged
dame felt greatly distressed at the thought of
her dear Catherine being unhappy, but for a
long time held her peace uppn the subject,
trusting that the cloud might be a temporary
one, and would disappear.
It was not so, unfortunately, though in their
manner to each other when together nothing
hut the most cordial attention whs observable.
Catherine, when she oame alone to see Hannah,
always seemed a prey to some uneasiness
winch all her efforts could not conceal from
her old friend. Even when she boeame for
the. first time a mother, and with all the beau
t’lUhpride of a young mother’s lovo, presented
her babe to Hannah, the latter could see signs
of a secret grief imprinted on Catharine’s"
trow. Hoping by her counsels to bring re
lief, Hannah at last took an opportunity to
tell the young wife what she bad observed and
sought her confidence. At first Catherine
stammered forth a hurried assurance that she
was perfectly happy, and, in a few seconds,
belied her "words by bursting into tears, and
owning that she was very unhappy,
“ But; I cannot, Hannah," she exclaimed,
“ I cannot tell the cause—not even to you 1”
“ Don’t say so, my poor Catherine,” replied
Eahnab ; "it is not cpiiosily that bids me in
terfere.” T
“Oh, no? replied the young wife,' “ I know
you speak from love to me."
“Well, then, continued the dame, “open
your heart to me."
Catherine was silent.
“Is your husband harsh?”asked Hannah.
. “ No, no 1 " cried the wife; “ man could
not be kinder to woman than be is to me.”
“ Perhaps he indulges in drink—in private.”
Hannah, you mistake altogether," was Cath-
reply; “my husband is as> free from
all such faults as ever man was."
“My dear child,” almost smiling as ths idea
entered her head, “ you are not suspicious—
not jealous.”
“ I have never had a moment’s cause, Han
nah,” answered Catherine". “No, my griefs
are not of that nature. He is one of the best
and dearest of husbands.”
Old Hannah was puzzled by these replies,
as much as she was distressed by the now
open avowal of Catharine's having some hid
den case of sorrow ; but seeing that her young
friend could not make up her mind to a dis
closure at the time, the aged dame gave up
her inquiries, and told Catherine to think seri
ously of the propriety of confiding all tp her.
Hannah conceived that on mature* consid
eration Catherine would come to the conclusion
of seeking counsel at the cottage.
She was not wrong. In a few days after
thor coo-cmturn; uieyuuog wire. carrie to vis
it Hannah again, and after a little absent and.
emharassed talk, entered upon the subject
which was uppermost in the minds of both.
“Hannah,” said' Catherine, “I fear you
can serve me nothing—l fear no living being
can serve me. 1 Oh, Hannah ! good as my hus
band appears to be—good as he is
some dreadful weight pressing upon his mind
which destrys his peace nod mine too. Alasl
the gloomy fits which yo'u and I noticed in
him, are. not without cause, I fear.”
Catherine wept in silence, and continued :
“All that I know of this cause apises from
his expressions—his dreadful expressions—
while he is sleeping by my side, Hannah, be
speaks jn broken language of murder I of
.having a murder 1 He mutters
about.tfie streaming blood that bis band drew
from the 1 innocent victim!’ Alaa 1 I have
heard ,-.enough to know that he speaks of a
young woman. Oh, Hannah, perhaps a wo
man deceived and killed by him I”
As Catherine said this she shuddered, and bu
ried her face in that of her babe which she
carried in her arms.
Hannah was shocked to hear of this, but her
good sense led her at once to suggest, lor the
comfort of tho poor wife, that it was perfectly
possible for her husband to imagine himself a
murderer in his sleep, and speak of it, with
out the slightest reality in the whole affair.
“ Ah, Hannah” said Catharine, sadly, “ these
dreadful sayings are not the result of one
nightmare slumber. They occur often—too
often. Besides, when Ffirst beard him mutter
in his sleeep of these horrible things, I men
tioned the matter to bim in the morning at
our breakfast, and laughed at it; but he grew
much agitated, and telling me to pay no atten
tion to such things, as he sometimes talked
nonsense he knew in his sleep, he rose and
wehtjaway, leaving his meal unfinished—in
deed; scarcely touched. I am sure ha does
not know {ion often he speaks in bis sleep, for
I have never mentioned the subject again—
though my rest is destroyed by it. And then
his fits of sadness at ordinary moments I Han
nah ! Hannah ! there is some mystery under
it 1 Tot continued the petir young wife; “he
is so good—and kind—so dutiful - to God-' and
man. He- has too much tenderness and feel
ing to harm a fly I Hannah, what am t to think
or to to dp, for I am wretched at present ?”
It was long ere the old dame replied to this
■ question. She mused deeply oh what had
been told her, and in the end said to Cath
erine V
“ My poor child, I cannot believe that Wil
liam is guilty of what these circumstances lay
seemingly at his door. But if the worst be
true, it is better for you to know it, than to be
in this killing suspense forever. Go and gain
his confidence, Catherine; telll bim all that
has come to your ear, and say that you do so
by my advice.”
Hannah continued to nso persuasions of the
same kind for sometime longer, and at length
esnt Catherine home, firmly ‘ resolved to follotv
the counsel :given to her.
On the; following day Catherine once more
presented herself at the abode of Hannah, and
ns soon as she had entered exclaimed;
‘■Dear mother,.! have told bim all! He
will be here soon to explain everything to us
both.”
The old .woman did not exactly comprehend
this; “Has.henot,” said sbßj “given an ex
planation then.to you.?”. - ,
! "No, Hannabj”’said Catherine, but, oh!
he is not guilty. When' I had spoken to him
as yds dteirtd’ms, he *m silent for A long
time, and be then took me in bis arms, Han
nah, nud kissed me, saying,
“My darling Catherine, I bad ought to have
confided in you long before. I have been un.
fortunate, but not guilty. Go to kind Han
nan’s, and I" will soon follow you and set
your mind at ease, as far as it- can he done,—
Had I known how much you have been suffer
ing, I would have dore this long before.”
“These were his words, Hannah. Oh, he
mnv he unfortunate.”
Hannah and Catherine said little more to
each other until the husband of the latter came
to .tho cottage. William sat down gravely by
bis wife, and commenced to tell bis story:
11 The reason of the unhappy exclamations
in sleep,” said he, “ which have weighed so
much upon your mind, my dear Catherine,
may he very soon told. They arose from I a
circumstance which has much embittered my
j peace, but which I hope, is to bo regarded as a
sad calamity rather than a crime. When I en
tered the army, which I did at the of nine
teen, the recruiting party to which 1 attached
myself was sent to Scotland, where we re
mained for a few months, being ordered
again to England, in order to be transported to
the continent. One .unhappy morning, as we
were passing out of a town where we had
rested-on our march southward, my compan
ions and I chanced to see a girl apparently
about fifteen years of age, washing clothes in
a tub. Being then the most light-hearted 1
took up a large stone, with the intention of
splashing the water against the girl She
stooped hastily, end shocking to tell, when I
threw the stone, it struck her on the bea : and
she fell the ground, with, I fear, her sk-nli frac
tured. Stupefied by what I had doc. I stood
gazing at the stream of blood gashing from
my poor victim’s head, when my companions,
observing that no one had seen us (for It was
then early in the morning), and were in a few
weeks on the continent, but the image of that
bleeding girl followed me everywhere ; and
since I came home, I have never dared to in
quire into the result, lest suspicion should be
excited, arid I should suffer for murder! For I*
fear from the dreaoful nature of the blow, that
the death of the pool crearure lies at my door!”
■ "While Hutton was relating this story, he
had turned his eyes to the window ; but what
was bis astonishment, as be Was concluding, to
hear old Hannah cry aloud “ Thank God !’’
while his wife burst into a hysterical passion
of tears and smiles, and threw herself into his
arms.
“ My. dear husband,” cried she; as soon as
her voice found utterance, “ that town was
Morpeth?” .
1 -““It was." ' ~ _
“ Dear Willlia'm,” the wife then cried, “ I
am that girl I” ■-
“ You. Catherine I” cried the enraptured hus
band, as he pressed her to his bosom.
“Yes,” said old Hannah, from'whose eyes
tears of joy were fast dropping,” the girl whom
■you unfortunately struck, was sbe who is now
the wife qf your bosom ; but your fears have
magnified the blow. Catherine was found by
myself soon after the accident, and though
she lost lulittle blood, and was stunned for a
time, she soon got round again. ’ Praised be
Heaven fat bringing about this blessed explan
ation !” i
“ Amen,” responded Catherine and her hus
band.
Peace and happiness, as much as usually
fall to the happiest mortals, were the lot of
Catherine and her husband from .this time for
ward, their great source of inquietude being;
thus taken, away. The wife even loved -her
husband the more from the discovery that the
circumstances which had caused her distress
were but a proof of-his extreme tenderness of'
heart and conscience, and William was attach
ed the more strongly to Catherine, after find
ing her to he the person whom ho had unwit
tingly injured, A new tie, as it were, had
been formed between them.
Strangs as this history may'appear, it is true.
COPPERHEAD CONSPIRACIES.
The O. Jl JC s., tnl Indiana—Papers discovered
in the Office of Congressman Yoorhees — Gen.
Carrington’s Letter.
Some time ago copies of the ritual of the O.
A. K. were found in the office of D. W. -Ynor
bees, of Terre Haute, which naturally led to
the inference that they were tho property of
Yoorhees. He has made a denial to Col. R.
W. Thompson and to Gen. Carrington, which
occasioned the following reply:
Indianapolis. Ind., Aog. 16. 1864.
Hon. H. W. ■ Yoorhees. Member of Concrete. Terre
Haute , /nd.
I’have reofeived from you a copy of your let
ter to Col. R. W. Thompson, Provost Marshal,
and his reply. The following laconic note ac
companies them;
“ General Carrington—As yon published this
falsehood in .the newspapers. I shall expect you
to correct it, as Col. Thompson has done.”
The assumption in the above is groundless.
Toiir name is not mentioned by. me ,my re
portr, neither have I published anyth i.» about
you whatever.
You insist) upon mv mswering your note to
Colonel Thompson. The points you make are ;
Ist. “ That the office in which it is said these
papers were found, had not been occupied by
,yuu or by any one connected with you, or in
any way been under your control since last No
vember.”
2d. Yon ** desire to ascertain whether the
circumstances connected'with the. discovery of
those papers in that -office. led -to the supposi
tion that you placed them there, or was even
aware of their existence.”
Yon desire this that the people may know
the truth, and “ not that you attach any par
ticular importance to the documents.’*
The papers referred to ore 112 copies of the
Ritual of the O. A. K., a treasonable order,
.aiming to overthrow the , government of the
United States, of which yon,ate a.membey.
The gentlemen who' found theae-popers, told
me they wore found in ycur office.' ■
The following are tome of the eir^otneHßcee
Rates of Advertising.
Advertisements will ho charged $1 per square <i( id
lines, one or three insertions, and 25 ctn, for «vnj'
Subsequent insertion, Advertisement. 5 e; iv-s then 1(1
considered as a-square. Tbc^sul,Joined reus
’will bo charged forQaarter]y,llalf-yonrit end Yearly
advertisements: ’ ,
3 MONTHS, 8 MOSTITS. ISiitoins
1 Square, _54,00 SS,To $7,50
2 .do. 6,00 8,25 10,00.
3 do 8,75 10,75 12,50
i Column, Io,CO 12,00. : - 15,75
i do. 18,75 25,00 3tt,3o*
1 do. _ , 30,00 42,00 ‘ CO.fiO,
Advertisements qit having the number ol inser
tions desired marked upon them, will'lo published
until ordered out and charged accordingly
Posters, Handbills, Eill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and
all kinds of Jobbing done in country esutl.h s bß.ir.t;-;
executed neatly and promptly. Justices', Constable’.!
and other BLANKS, constantly no hand.
NO., 3.
that le(l me to Suppose they wore correct in the
supposition: ■
Your law library ahd office furniture were in
the office where these papers were found, 1
You bad declined renominatidn for Congress
and the office wns reported as not fur Tent hs
late as Apri1,,1864. ' '
The Ritual had been issued in the autumn of
1863. Your Congressional documents were in
the office where these papers were found.
Your speeches, up to March,,of your entire
Congressional career, with the John Brown”
speech, were in the office wherb these papers
were found. I 1
The correspondence of Senator Wall, of N.
J., under his front, endorsing a propesition to
furnish you 20,000 stand of Garibaldi rifles,
just imported, “ for which he could Touch,”
was in the office where these papers were found;
The correspondence of C. L. VallnndighaiD;
from "Windsor, C. W., assuring you •* our peo
ple will fight,” and that “ be is ready,” and
fixing a point on the Lima road at which to
meet you, was in the office where these papers
were found.
The correspondence of Jos'eph Ruline, A ed
itor of State, declaring that he “ would like to
see all Democrats ignite in a bold and open re
sistance tp all attempts to keep ns a mated peo
ple by force of steel,” and that “ this wer isat
war against the democracy, and our only hope
is in the successful resistance of the Sdfcfh/'
wasin the office where these papers were fount].
The correspondence of E. 0. Hib’ en, who
assures you that “ the democracy art- fast stiff
ening up when this war is.to be openly declar
ed as being waged for the purpose 'of freeing
the negro,” “ which will arouse another sec
tion of the country to anps," and declaring
“ that Lincoln bayonets are shofildered. for cnM
blooded murder, was in the office where these
papers were found.
The" correspondence of J. Hardest, wfio
wants' yon “to have that hundred tlunsand
men ready, as we do not know how soon wo
may need them,” was in the office w hero tyis
ritual was found. *
1 The correspondence of J. J. Bingham, who
asks you if you ••think the South Ins resour
ces enough to keep the tJnion forces at hay,”
and says that “you most have sources of in
formation which he has not,” was in the office
where these papers were fonnd.
The correspondence of John G. Dvvis, infor
ming you that a certain New York journal
“is wonderfully exercised'about secret anti
war movements, and tremble in their boots in
view of the terrible reaction which is sure to
’-await them," was in the office where these pa
pors were found.
—J. -Tramit,- -rmo
keeps out of the way because they are trying
to arrest him for officiating in secrefeocieties,”.
inclosing tbeoatb of the K. G. G’s prior to that
of the O. A. K., was in the office where these
papers were found.
; The petition o|f C. L. Vallandighani, D. W.
.Voorbees and Benjamin Wood, in favor of two
republics and a united South, was in ihe cffica
where these papers were found.
The correspondence of Campbell, who says
" the Democracy are afraid to. let their purpo
ses out to, daylightbut that “now it is best
td work in secret, and asking your consent,”
was in the office where these papers were found.
The correspondence of E. Etheridge, clerk of
the House of Representatives, -giving official
notice that “ your credentials as member of the
38th C; ngress have been received and filed id
the proper office,” and for yon to “icome on,”
was in the office where these papers were found.
• The correspondence of George H. Pendleton,
[the Copperhead' nominee for the Vice Presi
dency] which stages that Etheridge's plan to
organize Congress, viz. : “to elect himself
Clerk and Cox Speaker,” “ though bo (Pendle
ton) will not facilitate the renomination of anv
man as clerk whose programme is for his de
feat ns Speaker,” " suggesting to yon to have
it whispered in -the ear of Etheridge to recipro
cate favors and opposition,” and do this au
thoritatively, but not as from him, &0., was in
the office where these paper* were found.
And so of B. W, Hanna, who wants a good
place in the regular army, and sq of Har.ncgnn,
and so of W J. Pierce, who “ will shmv°thu
Beasts that Lincoln baa turned oat to be mon
sters in 1864;” and so of Bigger, and Devi-n,
and Dodd, &0., whose said correspondence was
in the office where these papers were found.
These are some of “ihecir'-umstances” that
led me to believe that “ these papers,” the rit
ual of the 0. A. K., were found in yonr office.
I looked upon these circumstances as a plain
juror might be supposed to do, and not as a
statesman, and innocently supposed that such
papers as these, if spared from the fire, would
be in possession of the owner, and' that the of
fice where they were found would be that of
the owner of the papers.
And yet, with Colonel Thompson, I eheerful
; ly accept your denial, and so respond as yon
request, “ that the people may know the truth.”
Your well-wisher, Henry B. Carrington.
A Liitlb Bit of History. — % roferenco
to the CnnMitu'ions of New York, New Hamp
shire, Mnsaa* busetts, New Jersey!, Virginia,
Maryland, North Carolina, formed prior to the
date of the National Constituting and in force
at its adoption, and also to the Constitutions of
Georgia and Pennsylvania, formpd soon after,
it appears that in regard to the qualifications
ot electors for the most numerous branches of
the State Legislatures, there was no distinction
on ncctrfiut of color in those nine Stales. Con
necticut, and Rhode Island, being under the
old charters, could have none. South Carolina
hy its Constitution of 1776, allowed negroes to
vote, but in 1778 'he privilege was restricted to
.white men. In Delaware; by act of Febninrv
1787, emancipated slaves and their issue, were
debarred the privilege of voting.at elections or
being elected. And even this seems to hate
been a Violation of tbs letter 8f the Constitu
tion of the Suite. It is well known among
intelligent men that the practice of admitting
free men of color to vote, prevailed everywhere
at first among the thirteen original States, In
Virginia negroes Voted side hy side rciih allit:
men.un/il 1830.
D. W. VnORHEES.
Hvv can a gcivleroan or lalv keep thoit
>t>rd, after giving it tea friend?