Tne Tioga County l
Br M. H. COBB.- , - V; ■'
r ,vishsJ««rT VfeaaßsiaT mofillßg
at O.'CK DO/.LjVR AXO TTFIT CKXTS
is ■, - v ■ •
{: J p*pcr: 3 -efli j/oaujra free in bounty sar/senbcrs,
ui, retire fbeir ruffil at lu
‘V, imtaeiUU!; a for
.^rr.U.
A -iTiTJS i« the Onkial piper of Tiog* Co;,
- ii.jr-5 m every Qtfighbc.rhc.o3 therein. Hab
. vr»n ' ja the -iJranee-pay system, it circn
\x~iZ • Xjst ttP M l * interest of &drf*rti<eri
i . r , T;r.o:to aiTsrtlsers u= tiesrai a* of
r f » r '3r -1 etjaai eircaUtioc in
an.
i
A. cr.s> tlie margin'd” a paper* Jeno-tes
•: ;;|e ial*cripli-a is aioul ts empire.
t'jpsrs «Ul os stepped srhen ih.9 subscription
, ; .-• '.res., aniess the agent orders their ccntina-
.5A* f.O’.VKE* &S. w: WILSON,
4 & CoutoELLORS at LAW.
3- ~;ii »tter 1 the Courts cf Tioga, Fofftr crd
~ ; i; s -.n c-arties. [■’•TeUsboro, Jan. 1, V: iS.j
9ICKRfSON HOBSE r v y
cdßSirrs, s. y. « !
■;,i A. FIELD. ; „Projij^tqE.
,~i I'Z STS taken to and from the Dept-' free
\JT of charge. . [Jan. l.'bSs3.]
F£sssri.yA»iA Hors Er.
or main street tee AVjyuE..
1 vvcliscorb. Pa. Ti'
j tr. BIQONT, L.Froyrietor.
'TiIIS popular Hotel, flaying
j. r.nd re-fcraished thronghoat, is now opeS do th*
:fo as a £.-st-clase house. (Jan. 1, fSfc'S.j
I>; HART'S ROTEI,. -
T VZLLSSOnoi TIOGa CO. FESITA. ,
THE subscriber takes tb& method to inforro
bis rid "friends and customers that be: has’re
famii tbe conduct of the old '‘Crystal fountain
~\ ?li 1 f>n6 will hereafter give it blrectire ef%ctk>B.
fr past favors ; he solicits a of the
* ' ‘ DAVID H illT.
RVilfboro. Kov. 4, 1863-ly.
IZAAR WAtTOH HOUSig,
.Gsisssl Cssnty, Fa. ' -
g C. VERMILTEA, .Profirietor.
rpHIS is a new hotel located within «Usy ac-
I ce:s cf the best and banting gre I tils in
"»"risen* Fcuuiylv&uia. ho pains will be sp liAd for
of pleasure seekers and tlieittrav
irujVatfe. [Jan. 1, 58^.1
A. FOLET, .
fetches, Clocks, Jewelnr. kc., &e
I.IPAIEED AX OLD TEICSS: ,
OFFICE BUILDING,
yo. 5. usiok block.
May 2D, 1663. - ' -
O tiWSZT,
WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTJEE.
KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, PA'.
THE urlersignel having leased the abftve Hotel
i t e term of years would respectfully inform
:L6 traveling publi that he has put the HoUl fit first
i<SSi *ri:r for ite reception ot/gneets and no r .pains
t,.: le sj nr:-i in the accommodation cf travelers and
i • :*r ns the situation will allow, be will keep * first
~u*i H-tel, in nil ptices, whiph will
• . E'-deifttc. Please try ns and jndgofor-yourjelvcs.
Eecxri.ie. Oct- 13, 1564-tf- J.'ii. MAEXIN.
DRUGS & ®EBI(;i!IES.
*' *. TAVO-V BLOCK, WtLISBORO, PA
P. K. WILLIAMS,
T)ESS leave to announce to the citizens of.
11 vicinity, that he'fceeps cAsstantly cn
k.Lide of '? -
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, i?
'.Euiisis, Varnish, Paint?. Soaps, Perfumery, Glass.
Putty, Fancy tieeds, Pore iVines, Brandies.
. i-_-l all ether kinks of Liquors of the best
-.11 kinds of .. ■ ’ -
PATENT MEDICINES
■ f; .Jivrc's Erpcctcrant, Alteratire ant jPiiiE:
, - :r'!r;;ir. Pills end Cherry Pectoral ; Heim
i > r strac t Bnchn, Sarsaparilla and fioso SVesh;
VV w't Eolbicg Hyjnfp; Mrigbtf s 0
. -re', -.r. j Chccsemen’i*-Pills';- Hall s Ealsau)-; Bin-
L.r.dtn Boot 9in • Herrick’s Pills an i PJas
-s- Errc's Ercnchiel Troches, Ac . Ac
lier it. if,-: -inly. f. r. tf illiaMs.
HETEOTE STAMP®. ■
T:a:; M. JHSU'3, Deputy Cc.}lectOT_cf
tt,i. bos';u!t revived a large lot of
■at. :i s’U ior.omicationf, from one cent tip to so.
r r-r-'T, tvl-ninc Stanrs can get them at JaJ offee
i;rr rf %I ■B'CLLAKD- AesimnhAsseatcr.
' j. M. PHELPS.
•7.:.a >tc.
■['T.Celi'May 2. 18*4-
P. JfEWEM-, »ESTIST.
TIOGA COPITTT, PA,
TS r.rerrnrr'i to operate in all the in
X ;fce various departments cf Uilipg- estractirgj in
••‘•ng artificial denudes. Ac.
MausUtld. August 10, 1864-ly. . ' *
COWASESQUE 1
T'EIS lipase which has been open for ccDyeniCneej
i ,f ibe traveling public for a number ol years.'
• "ciciv teen newlv furnished throughout afid £tted
: .i mtlc aVcau be f>tind in any coS.ntry.or
- Ihc Proprietor docs not heritateiS say
•-: tna: iherc trir* be no pains spared to addto.ibe
. • if*:: A his guests, end snake dt a home for .tliepi
‘:oi.e't •.! stalling for leaißs: end a good bustler
:r,r« in ptteedance, all of which can be
“ .e-.isi of Knixviiie-Pa. . i'
3J. V. FUIIPXE, Proprietor.
I scrftU. May 20 r 1?W.-ly-
uELI,SBOBO HOTEL 1
.O'-’T.er .Vain- Street *i*d ihe ’ :*
Pa,-
E. E. HOLIDAY* Proprietor. " />
iccst popular Houses In the coflnty--
’’.f 2 :.Wg :he principal Stage-house inWells^oro.
' ■ re* le'ive daily as follows t ■: ’
: : li:-a. at 9a. m.: For Troy, at Ba. m.*l jlor
•/'tty z- vre every Tuesday and Friday nt2;i. m : :
• 't.cd.*rspcrt. every ToosdayandFridcy atjjp-in.
friers Ariirr—From Tioga, at 12 1-2 j^clock
ir.m Irjy, at 6 o'clock p. m.From 1
j t Friday 11a. m.; Co'idei»-
“ A-irti.-r Fridav II a.‘m. , 5, -1‘ '
i —j.zrirrv Cr.wden, the well-kncwn hustler,
-e T::i -c hand.
.s u Get, 5, lS6f~ly. • .
HIGH YORXG*
BOOKSELLER * STATIOJfEKr
AKD SIALER IK
.~ tr *'3 r : ck 5, -American. Eajrlish, ftuf Stress
Silver Plate-l "VTare. Sp€ (tailcs,
V*-- Pbotngrapkic Album?, Stercj *cf>pcf,
1 Perfumery, Yankee Notic-us.
j Tiie-. and Fancv and Toilet. Article?.
. SCSIOOL BOOKS of every fcind uset.in lb*
’ ’--‘J- '-.'ftictlj cn hand and font by mpil pr oth-
~r:o:r block, wellsbop.o,_pa
rcvbnije stamp?..
A l ' p -5E ASSORTMENT of Revenue Jftafcpe
- h ~r t’i -inutinn?. iii?t receive! ‘r.Vtlw.r'uFl
Pan’s of Wcllsboro, in the Store bnfldiag
t ■ J - ■' I-Rnl.:r,s'>n. Persons wanting Stamps are
; ; r to er.o r.7.d "'jt £ supply.
s t> r . M„y 25. ISr.t-tf. '. s
A lit: I ■JI ■ SOTICC —tho undL-raigiiC-S ’ liar
.p-A. :i>£ 'c.n pppoir.tcd’an Auditor to dUtribt te-tbe
-4 1 ‘ ? r '^ r Administrator, of Jr,cob Babb, <3e
- ' u.' lo the dntica of fsiJ oppomfmtnt
trie Sth day* of IS€4, «T-l£e
OScc, in at 2-o'clock P. Al.
3«J. " XROS. ALLBN, Ac<&or.
—Wbareat, my wife SAKORA, left
..' T and board without any joat a> se or
- I fcticoy forbid all persoo* barbot tog or
.. “ L ? -> 7 on Civ account, a * I ahull pay no <Hbl« of
after tidi data. hi* JL
*.. MARTIN X StBVERSe
v ' f * D. G, Steveni/*' mark, ’
<♦, isei.
THE AGITATOR
9cholts to t&r eytrintfoiv of thr Rrra of JFmDom ana the Sprfsh of meforrn.
VOL. XL
CIOTM! CLOTHING!
(<?”.£ ircr bchv: Harelip's Sc—c/j
XTTE hare just arrived in WelUbcro with a large
-T T Stock of CLOTHING and
Poinlshlßg Goads,
Also,. HATS <k CAPS, and a great tescrnccct of
LADIES CLOAKS,
Which'wp offer to the cilixans of Wellsboro and sur
rounding country at
§0 PER COT. CHEAPER,
than 'any other .establishment in this part cf the
country. Duf'object is to reduce enr
WINTER & FALL STOCK OF GOODS.
PEICBS:
OVER COATS from $4 to §4O. ,
BUSINESS COATS from S 3 to §25.
PANTS from §2 to $lO.
TESTS from S2J to ?«.'
AS c bought cur goods when Gold was only 1.20
and we can afford to sell cor goods cheap.
. All our Goods are manufactured under our ctm su
pervision and can not be surpassed in quality and
durability. • .
. We respectfully invite every one whose interest is
to be economical, to erannne'our"
STOCK AND PRICES
fcefere purchasing elsewhere.
IUST & AUERBACH,
of Syracuse, X*. T., end Bins?b«rg, Pe.
/Welisboro. I'ec. 14, ISs4—tf.
. E. A H. T. cfc CO.,
Tflttttifactiircrg ef Photographic ; Materials,
WHOLESALE AKp RETAIL,
501 N. Y.
In’addition lo our main business of Photographic
Materials, wc are Headquarter* ?or the following, viz :
Stereoscopes & Stereoscopic Views,
Of these we have an immense assortment, including
War Scenes, American and "Foreign Cities *nd Land
scapes, Groups, Statuary, Ac. Also, Berolving
Stereoscopes.* for public or private exhibition. Ocr
Catalogue will be sent to any address on receipt of
Stamp.
PEG TGGBAPEIO ALBUMS.
Me were the first to introduce these into the United
States, and we manufacture immense quantities in
.great variety, ranging in price from 50 cents to 850
each, Our ALBUMS have the repntation of being
snperlorin beauty and durability .to any ethers. They
srill bj sent by mail, rnrz, tn receipt of price.
Jgg- Fine Albums made to order. ,§3?
CARD PHOTOGRAPHS.
Out Catalogoe now embraces over Five Thonsand
different subjects fto which additions are continually
being made) of Portraits t-f Eminent Americans, in,
Trr> about
100 Major-Generals, 550 Statesmen,
200 Erig.-Generals,'-'-.. 330 Divines,
275. Colrccl?- 725. Anther?,
3 00 L:euL*Colocels, 40 Artists,
‘260 Other Officers, 125 S(age,
75 17&T7 Officers, _ 50 Prcmineut TVcmeD,
• 350 Prominent Foreign Portraits.' * 1
* 3.0C3 COPIES OF 'SVORKS OF ART,
including reproductions of the most celebrated En
.gravings, Paintings, Statues, Ac, Catalogues sent on
receipt of Stamp- An order for One Dozen PIG
TUH-E5 from cur Catalogue -will be filled on the re
ceipt of Si.SO. and sent by mail, free.
Photographers and others ordering goods C. 0. D.
will please remit Iwenty-fiv© per qent. of the amount
with their order.
‘ E. AH. X- ANTHONY A CO.'
Manufacturers of Photographic Materials,
' ■* cCI .Broadway, I«ew York.
1 The prices and- quality of ocr goods cannot
fk.il to satisfy. ’ {Nov. 16.1364-1 y.]
ACADEMY,—The second Term
cf‘the present school yecr will be£ln
Ulonday, Dec. 12, ISO 4.
Pupil* ?re prepared for College, business
pursuits-
TUITICK (for a term of 12 week?)
Primary Course .* „
' Common English Branches
' Higher EngJish Er»’.hches...
Languages : ...j.
Pupils designing to attend but half the| term- will
be charged accordingly. - 1 •
I\q deduction is made for absences-, unless in eases
of protracted sickness. J. R. GRIER,
'Tfellsboro, Lee. 7. 3564-3 t. Principal
IiIILtIKERY. —T would inform «:y friends in j
1 fl, and aronnd Tioga horo r that I hare opened a
abop in the dwelling: formerly oacnpied by Miss Ea- '
cUI Prntntnn. I will have new FAIL STYLES of
millinery goods constantly on hand.
BRAIDING & EMBROIDERY,
MACHINE SEWING
of-all descriptions, done on a first-class Grover £ St
ker machine. Materials made np in tho neatest
mafiuer. MRS. J. P. FE.ELL.
Tioga. Oct. 26, 1564-2i*
FARM FOR SALE.—The undersigned wishes to
dispose of his Farm*ia Covington township, ly
ing on Elk Kan. about three miles from Covington
■Boro, and generally known as lb© “Wefberbae
Farm." It contains about* 93 acres, with about 60
acres improved.
The soil is of the very best quality of upland and
the cleared portion is entirely free from stumps. It
is well watered and bos good buildings. Those who
want to buy a good Farm may find it to their Advan
tage to pay this one a visit before they 41 settle down.”
Good warrantee deed given. For terms apply lo H.
H. Pot J cr, Middlebnry Center, Pa., or to Levi Rock
well, Cherry Fla tig. Pa. J. B. POTTER,
Washington, D. C., Nov. SO, 1864.
mt LLIJ E R Y.
BE AIDING & EMBROIDERY,
■ MACHINE SEWING,
DRESS & CLOAK-MAKING.
X would inform my friend* in and around Tioga
borough. Hist I Lire opened a shop in the dwelling
formerly occupied Ijv Miss Rachel Prutsman. I wiu
ijrre pew FALL 4 WINTER STYLES of Millinery
Quodf constantly on hand.
Tioga, Nov. MRS. J. P. X7RELL,
CAUTION. —Wtores-, my wife, CAROLINE, has
left my bed and board, without jo ft eanso or
I hereby forbid all persons harboring or
trusting her on my account, for I aball pay no debt*
of Tier contracting after this date.
CHARLES L BOEHM.
Elossbnrg, Nor.. 23,1891-St. ,
KEBOSINE LAMPS at
BOY’S DRUG STORE.
W Hits XHEr.E SHALL BE A WE OH Q UIsEIGH IEP, AND UN iIL “IIAHS INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATIOS MUST COKTISUE.
WEILSEOEO, TIOGA COUNT I» PA WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1864.
.$3 PO.
. '4 00.
. 5 00.
. 6 00.
m
if i‘>
select llnftrp.
[From lie Boston Commonwealth.]
EOIiGAB THE BAuE.
BY 1 . A. EOBCA3.
He sits cn his throne of gold—
Ice ancient hero grand,
He dreams of the days of old
When he ruled o’er sea and land :
Days cf trouble were they.
In-ages far away—
Days of trouble and doubt—
Bat strong was the hero’s arm.
And the hero’s heart was cfonL _
And ever they ery in rain—
“ The smoke of battle again
Bloats overland and main :
* Why starts not freza bis slumber
Holgar the Dane?"
11.
Xike a torrent of silver foam
His beard down his breast Is poured:
All clad in shining armor.
And by his side a sword.
Dreaming be waits the hour .
When man shall sorest need
The iron will, the arm of power.
The hero's thought and deed.
And therefore they cry in rain—
“ The smoke of battle again
Floats over land and main;
But startles not from bis slumber
Holgar the Dan© V 7
m.
Thus they clamor to-day ;
And thus they clamored of yore;
t( This is the hour of trial:
Would he were with ni once more I"
For ever the coward is present,
Trembles and is afraid;
And doubting, ever look* upward
For such miraculous aid :
But not in petty quarrel
Shall Holgar’s sword be gflt;
And not to champion joowards
Shall Holgar’s blood be spilt
And so they cry-in vain—
The smoke of battle again
Floata cver landiand main,
And stirs not from his slumber
Holgar the Dane !’ 7
rv.
Yet the hour foretold shall come—
The hour of peril and strife.
When the hero shall grasp bis sword.
And start again to life—
When bis eyes shall flash wllh tire,
And hia voice shall thrill with wrath.
And the foes of Freedom and of Troth
Be scattered from his path; '
And those till then who struggled
Hopelessly but fearlessly.
Shell mr.rvel at the aid from Heaven
Which guv© them victory. -
But ss yet ye shout in rain—
“ The smoke of battle again
Floats over land and main;
Yet leaps not from his slumber
Holgar the Dace
2WisttUant>.
A SoEFEIT OF PRESERVES,
“ It’s a first-rate gun. Bob, and I wonldn’t
fake —pass tbs decanter : thank yon—wouldn’t
take fifty pounds in—‘walnuts?’—No, thank
you —In hard cash for it. Let’s set —two
hares, two brafie of pheasants, and a wood
pigeon, besides your bag; and I’m certain we
should have done twice as well if it wasn’t
for the confounded poachers.”
“By the way, old fellow.” said I, passing,
but previously taking toll from the decanter—
“ by the way, the last cock assuredly belonged
to my bag. 'Winged as he was, I was sure of
him, without your pouring that second charge
into the poor brute.”
“ Nonsense, man, be would have gone clean
off. Such pieces as yours are well enough for
partridge shooting; but for a pheasant there’s
dothing like a breech loader.”
Xow, I knew from experience that my old
friend. Jack jßaynshaw, would have his own
way if I talked for an hour ; so I made S vir
tue of necessity, and gave him the disputed
bird, which was, on the ybole, generous, see
ing that Jack bad asked the down for a week’s
shooting, and the bird in question was un
doubtedly his own, probably batched in a hen
roost, fed on the lawn, and certainly watched
over with as much, nay more, care than any
old chanticleer on the dunghill- Squire Rayn
shaw was a staunch preserver, and had been
so ever eince be came in for his uncle’s estate,
and left me the sole occupant of the second
floor chambers in Gray’s Inn.' But Jack was
’not a bed fellow. In taking prosperity to his
besom he had done so without letting it dis
place his heart; and in spite of a certain
amount of egotism, and of bis having taken a
wife to preside over the 1I«IL Jack was Jack
still; and many a happy fortnight we spent to
gether, talking over old times after dinner, and
keeping, the ladies waiting till out of patience,
whilst we, in a happy state of forgetfulness,
discussed a bottle of nectar, which, glowing
upon the old mabegany table, sent flashing
back the light of the fire in a spirit of indepen
dence that seemed to say “ I’ve not lain forty
years in bottle without having a glow of my
own that can put your evanescent light into
the shade.”
Jack got op and poked the Sre into a bright
er fit, and then made himself a shadowed and
disprdpertioned monster on the waistcoat op
posite by turning his back to the cheerful blaee,
and then tucking bis coat tails nnder his arms.
“ Now, Bob, a cheroot each, and then tea
and the ladies. Ah 1 if it wasn’t for the poach
ers there wouldn’t be a prettier bit of shooting
for fifty miles round ; there’s no such covers
in the neighborhood. But 1 believe those fel
lows of mine are cars. Jones has taken on a
new watcher this week who is to do wonders,
but I haven’t seen him yet. Hang ’em 1 I
don’t think they’re rogues, or I’d say they
were in league with some of the poaching vag
abonds. However, ‘ set a thief to catch a thief;’
I’ll take on one of the biggest poachers in the
place and make him keeper, for hang me if
I like having my game kept down in the 1 way
it has been. I was over at Stobbleton the oth
er day, and 1 could have sworn to one hare I
saw hanging at the poulter’s. The beggar
had no tail, sod I’ve secs it about the nine
acres more than once. But we’ll have the
creme de la create to-morrow, old boy. We
haven’t been to Copse Corner yet; and we’ll
have almost a battle there. You' must not a
stronger charge in that gun Of yours, and-; Fli
give yon a few — what the dtnoe was that ?”
I had beard nothing and said so.
I
“IH give yon & few shots. There again I
By jove, they’re at it in the very placesaying
which Jack rattled down the shatters end
fiong open the window. The wind swept by
in gusts, bearing with it the dry leaves upon
the gravel walk; the night was as dark as a
railway tunnel, and we stood with' onr heads
out for a few minntes attentively listening. I
wee just going to drop a hint about his being
mistaken when bang! bang” went two guns,
evidently about three quarters of a mile from
where we stood.
/‘ln my best preserve,” roared the squire;
“-in the very place—hapg. eta.” Down • went
the window. f‘ I’ll let ’em know.” Jingle,
jingle, went the bell, “ Ton’ll come with me,
Bob J”
“Of course,” said I. “ But what are yon
going to do ?"
"Going to do?" he re-echoed. “ Why,
take the vagabonds, to bo euro. Here, Thom
son he shouted to the bntler; “my shooting
jacket and hat—my boots, too, he roared after
the departing Mercury.
" No, never-mind—hang the boots I”
In less then two minutes we had slipped on
our shooting jackets and hats ; and Jack,
armed -with a constables staff, and I with a keep
er’s bludgeon, were on the point of slipping
out of the front door When a faint scream ar
rested ns; and upon turning round -I we saw
Mrs. Eanynshaw and her sister at thahead of
the stairs- The news had ascendeJ to the
drawing-room, and a scene was impending;
but Jack rushed up to his cara sposa, and
amid a torrent of expostulations and express
ions of fear 1 heard him keep op a running
fire of “ No danger—keepers—plenty of help—
constables—jail—vagabonds— quiet—care of
myself,” Ac.: and a few moments after we
were off at double quick march over the lawn,
whenthe darkness compelled us to reduce that
speed to a walk. We heard another shot
from the same direction as we issued from the
front doer, and then all was silent, with the
exception of our hurried footfalls as we has
tened on, I having, on my part, enough to do
to keep op with my companion. Our route
was very daik, and rendered none the more
agreeable by our having to squeeze through an
occasional hedge, or force oar way through a
plantation, clothed as we were about.tie low
er extremeties in dress boots and trowsers. —
However we pushed on until we come to what
seemed to be an extensive oak plantation,
where Jack began ts reoonnoiter. He stopped
at intervals to listen, but the whistling and
moaning of the wind through the half bare
trees were the only sounds that greeted onr
ears; “ tet ns go ronnd by the other side,”
he whispered at last,. “ and then we can head
them towards the village, and so cut off their
retreat. I almost wish now that I had sent
down to the lodge and brought np Jones and
the watcher, and then we should have been
sure of them.”
“ So do I,” said I, laconically. j
“Ehl why, you’re not afraid, are you?”
“ Oh, no ; I can’t say I’m afraid,” I replied :
but don’t mneh like the job which was
speaking facts.
“There’ll be no tussle,” said Jack ; “all
you’re get to do is to bit the first fellow you
come across smartly on the right arm above
the elbow, and he’ll give in directly.”
“All right!” said I, taking a fresh grip of
my weapon, but not without sundry misgivings
that the advice I bad received might prove
worse in practice than it sounded in theory.
We had now skirted round the edge oflthe
copse, and speaking in a low whisper, Jack
said.- We’ll get over the hedge here, and beat
through the coversaying which he gave a
spring and leaped over the ditch. There was
a rustle and a crackling sort of crash, and
then the Squire’s voice gave utterance to
something that sounded uncommonly like an
imprecation. .
“ What’s wrong?” I whispered.
‘"Oh, hang itgrowled Jack.
“Well, what is it?” I reiterated
" Oh come over, I’m staked I”
I went over, but in a slower and more cau
tious manner, and found that my friend’s per
son and clothes had somewhat suffered, for he
bad jumped upon a hedge stake ; and we had
to spend five minutes at least in repair of dam
ages by tearing up our pocket-handkerchiefs
and binding up the fluttering trowsers to his
leg.
At last we set eff again, the squire leading
the way, and stopping to listen every few min
utes; after about a quarter of an Lours ram
ble up and down the narrow paths, pricking
my legs, tripping over roots, and getting smacks
in the face from the rebounding hazel, Jack
turned round to me and said : “They’re gone.
Bob.”
“ A very good job, too,” skid I, for I felt ex
cessively crusty, and wished myself back by
the fire.
“ Humph,” said Jack.
Presently the squire tripped up, and went
sprawling in among the bushes. I helped him
to pick himself op, aod we were both mutter
ing anathemas upon the darkness when we
beard a sharp crack as of a-dead branch
snapped by a passing footstep, and then the
rustling of the urderwood as though-somebody
were forcing a way through.
■ “ Kow, Bob!” said my friend*as, turning
in the direction of the sound, he groped his
way on.
I -wished tayself anywhere but where I waS,
bat there was nothing else for it, so 1 pushed
on after him, folly determined to have the first
cut at anybody I met. I had bnt little time for
thought, for there was a scuffle, oaths, blows,
and then a great brute of a fellow came st me
like a bull. There was no stopping for con
versation, and following not my preconceived
determination, I hit at him, and the bludgeon
comedown "thug” upon the fellow’s shoulder.
He roared out an oath, and in a moment my
Jtft arm fell numbed to roy aide, all thoughts
of,'[cowardice vanishing with the pain. I hit
at him. single stick fashion, and it was give
end take with ns for tbe next five minutes.—
The fellow must have had an iron skull, for I
know I caught him over it five times,-and In
return received several nasty blows and a out
mi the fiStebead, from which a comfortable
warm stream began to Cow. Just in the very
height of the conflict I heard some one come
blowing and'panting before me, and, dreading
a new enemy, I made a desperate cut at mv
adversary., I believe the blow fell upon his
hand, for his bludgeon dropped, and with a
sort of howl he turned and fled just as the
squire came limping np.
“ The field’s ours, bnt it’s no use to follow
them. Bob,” said he: " they know the coun
try; and what with that cursed hedge-stake,
and the scuffle I’ve bad, Pm about done np.”
“ Sq am I,” said F, mechanically putting my
hands in my pockets and leaning against a
tree. “ I’ve had a fellow like a mad bull to
deal with. How have yon fared V’
“Don’t ask,” growled Jack; “I’m half
killed.”
As we spoke one of my bands came in con
tact with a powder flask ; hut the other fared
better, for I drew out my little leather covered
flask, which I always fill before setting out on
on excursion, and cn shaking it I found to my
delight that it was half full. " Here, old boy,
take a pull,” said I, passing the flask.
' “ Ha!” said the squire, drawing a long
breath; “that’s like new,life. What do yon
say to a pursuit, Bob ?”
I was too busy with the, flask to answer at
.once, bnt when at liberty I returned a decided
negative. “ Which is the nearest cut home ?”
I said, giving a species of groan with the pain,
I was suffering.
“ Tou seem bad. Bob ; suppose we try a lit
tle more brandy. Now, follow me,” said the
squire ; and he led on, but very slowly, for we
limped over the ground at a very different rate
from the one at which we came.
There was very little conversation till we
reached the have, my friend merely expressing
his wonder what the fellows had done
with their guns. We went ronnd to the back
entrance, and quietly entered the dining-room,
so ns not to alarm the ladies. The botler stared
at us with astonishment, and the same per
formance was reciprocated between ourselves.
The squire was a perfect scarecrow—face torn,
*mouth bleeding, and with one eye closed ; and
upon consulting the glass I found that I was
in no better plight. Glasses were sent for;
j and-after the decanter had passed twice—
• Thompson keeping watch outside, that we
might not be discovered by the occupants of
the drawing-room—Jack stretched out hie
hand, squeezed mine, and said, “Bob7old fel
low. you’re a trump!”
Saying which he rose, and we were about to
adjourn to cur rooms, when we heard voices in
the- passage, and directly after Thompson
pushed in bis head with “Here’s Jones and
the watcher, sir; they’ve just had a fray with
poachers”—
“ And got them ?” said the squre;
“ And wants to see you about going to the
magistrate’s. They have got it horful had,
! sir!”
*• Show ’em in,” said his master.
There was at once a great deal of shoe rub
bing, coughing, and shuffling, and then in came
Mr. Jones the keeper, and the watcher. The
latter gentleman had hoth his eyes nearly
closed up, a fearful cut across the bridge of
his nose, and a tooth knocked nut- Jones was
aril whiskers and blue handkerchief, for bis
head was swathed in bandages, in addition to
which he carried his right arm in a sling.
The two m:n stood and stared, or tried to
staro at us, for a few moments, when the squire
broke out, “ Lord bless my sonl 1 where did
this happen ? Tbo scoundrels are put in
force to-night. Here, my lads, have a glass of
wine.”
The lods seemed in no way averse to tbs
glass of wine, nor yet to another. As for my
self, I sat petrified, and forgot my pain, for a
fearful suspicion bad crossed roy mind.
“ Now, Jones," said the squire, “where was
it'?”
A sort of muffled growl came from beneath
Jones’s bandages as be said, “Heard firin’,
sur, and we tracked it to be the Copse Corner,
sur, though he say at first iti were in Burnet
Bottom : and' when we got to the Corner, sur,
about ten fellows set upon us. an’ at last we
was ’fcliged to give in—wom’t we, BUI 2” Bill
nodded and grunted, and seemed to he looking
for a place wherein to espectorate.
The squire began to shuffle about uneasily
in his chair,-looking first at the keepers and
then at me. I was aching with pain and my
efforts to keep from bursting out into a guffaw.
Just then Jones turned round and caught my
eye, and I said to him, “Are you sure there
were ton, Jones ?”
The man pushed up his bandages to pet a
better lock at my battered face, then stared at
the squire, then again at me, then at Bill, and
last of all threw his hat on the floor, and ex
claimed, “ 'Well, I’m tlowed I”
The squire fumbled in his pocket for a-min
ute, and then got np, giving a groan as he did
so, and afnffed something into each of his ser
vant’s hands as he said, “ Have another glass
of wine, my lads; and, Jones, mind this affair
is not talked about in the village.” j
Jones gave a ghastly grin, and swallowed
his wine, and Bill did likewise; and in putting
down his glass dropped a sovereign upon the
mahogany, and could not see to pick it up ;
this was doneforhim by Thomson ; afterwhich
the pair sidled and shuffled out, Jones turning
round once to try and wink at me, bnt it was
am ineffectual attempt, for his right eye would
not open sufficiently for the purpose. As the
door closed I turned round to Jack, and roaring
with laughter inquired, “ What do you think
of that?”
“Oh! hang it,” said Jack.— Chambers'a Ed
inburgh Journal.
In Richmond some cannon intended for Gen.
Early in the Shenandoah Valley were directed
to “ Major General Early.” Some Union sym
pathisers there got a marking-pot and wrote
over tbe address “ General Philip Sheridan,
care of ” much to the indignation of
the rebel authorites.
An urchin suffering from the application of
the birch, said ; “ Forty rods are said to make a
furlough. I know better; let anybody get
such a licking as I have bad, and bo'll find out
that one rod makes an ocher.
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NO. IS.
The Taunton (Mass.) Eepiiblican is responsi
ble for the following story :
“A romance in real life has just come to
light and is at present the chief gossip of this
city. The facts, as related by an intimate ac
quaintance of the fortunate family, are as fol
lows :
“It appears that abent twenty-five years
ago, a Captain Brown, whose family resided in
Mattapoisett, was the overseer of the estate of
Mr. Henry E. Clifton, a wealthy gentleman of
Richmond, Ta. From some cause which stilt
remains a secret, a difficulty arose between
Capt. Brown and Mr. Clifton, in which the
former considered himself the aggrieved party.
To revenge himself for the supposed wrong,
he r-tole Mr. Clifton’s infant daughter (then
but six week’s old) on the day she wag chris
tened. The chi!4 was adopted by Brown and
his wife as their own. She was named Julia
and grew to be a woman. When only sixteen
years old, sb£ married Mr. Isaac O. Pierce, a
printer, who learned his trade in Fall River.—
Several years ago they moved to Taunton, liv
ing a short time at East Taunton, but more re
cently at the Green. Two children have been
born to them, one of whom is now living.
“ During this long period Mrs. Pierce has
lived in blissful ignorance of her high parent
age, and Mr. Pierce, who took her for better or
worse, had never imagined himself the hnsband
of an heiress. , He abandoned the printer’s
trade shortly after, learning it, and for several -
years baa earned his bread by the sweat of his
brow at Nr. Mason's works in this city. This
is their history nntii within a very short time.
Now comes'the denouement.
“ Last summer, -while Rev. Mr.-Talbot, of
this city was at Saratoga, be became acquaint
ed with Mr. Clifton and wife, who, it appears,
at the breaking out of the rebellion, con-verted
their Richmond property into cash and re
moved to Baltimore. In the course of conver
sation with them Mr. Talbot remarked upon
the striking resemblance of Mrs. Clifton to a
lady parishioner of Ks in,Taunton. Nothing
in particular was thought of it at first: but on
his repeating the remark, Mrs. Clifton inquired
the age of the lady. On being informed that
she was about twenty-seven, Mrs. Clifton im
mediately said to her husband, ‘ Why, that
would be just the age of ouf daughter that was
stolen.
“ The matter now began to receive their se
rious attention. Mr. Talbot waa taken into
their confidence, and inquiry instituted as to
the reputed parents of the young lady. H.e
returned to Taunton ; had a conversation with
Mrs. Pierce in regard to her parentage ; in
formed her cf the Saratoga conversation,
which led her to ask Mrs. Brown, whom aha
had never doubted was her own, mother, if'sho
really waa such, at the same • time telling her
the reason of the inquiry. Mrs. Brown, wlho
had kept the secret of the child’s parentage
for twenty-seven years, was so overcome by the
question and the development of facts, that
she immediately became ill and died of heart
disease. Before her death, however, she ac
knowledged that Mrs. Pierce waa not her own
daughter. Capt. Brown died a number of
years ago. Within a few weeks the affair has
developed itself rapidly, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
and Mrs. Fierce have met each other ; and the
old colored woman who nursed the abducted
infant has recognized Mrs. Fierce by a mole on
her shonlderl The identity of their long lost
daughter having been fully established, Mrs.
Pierce and her husband have been invited to
live with the Cliftons and share in their wealth ;
and this they are preparing to do, having bro
ken np housekeeping and dispoosed of their
furniture.
“ The cream of this affair is that Mrs. Pierce,
is an only child and therefore sole heiress to
an estate said to he worth hundreds of thou
sands; if not millions of dollars, or as an old
friend of Mrs. Pierce expresses it, ‘ a trifle less
than two millions.’ It having been rumored
that Mrs. Pierce had applied for a divorce from
her husband, she has published a card indig
nantly denying the slander.”
Old Maids. —Should a girl be modest,
quiet, unobtrusive, adding neatness and order
to a long line of boms virtues; the active aux
iliary of her mother, and the guardian angel
of her younger brothers and sisters; the stin
ted praise is allowed her of being “ a good
girl, but old maidish.” Beauty she may, pos
sess and a mind whose rare endowments ren
der her alike the ornament and honor of her
race; a heart whose unselfish love takes in the
interest of others before her own ; yet as her
more thoughtless sisters grow up around her,
committing their children to her kind and
prudent management, tbs whispers grow loud
er on every side than she is fast becoming* an
old maid. [While thoughtless folly dances,
she may reflect, while ethers’ beauty is par
aded in gaslight and ball-room before an ad
miring multitude, hers may deepen in a soli
tude made radiant by noble deeds ; while others
lean for support on those around them, she
may rest on the strength of her own mighty
spirit, made such perhaps by the reflex wave
of the world’s selfishness, which has left her
lonely on the cold sands of its own forgetful
ness. Nay, the very virtues of her character
are turned against her ; and the meek patience,
the self forgetfulness, the reasonableness of her
life have singled her ont for censure, and by
this time she is quite an sld maid.
- Now torn the tapestry. Let sweet eighteen
be selfish, fickle, foolish : let father, brother,
home, be all forgotten in the world let boose'
bold duties be neglected for works as trifling
ns to weave the spider’s web ; let common
sense and words of wisdom be exchanged for
fashonable nonsense, and bright bloom of ear
ly beauty be worn out by late hour* and bro
ken spirits—why, she is a charming girl, a
splendid creature ! andi will soon, doubtless, be
placed in the situation which her education so
prominently fits her to maintain—the bead of
a household, when she may send for her sister,
the old maid, to pnt the practical _patt into ex
ecution, while she frets,reads novels, and dress
es still, the fortunate belle of last season.
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A Romance in Real Life-