TJie Tiofffltlonnlylfl.glt^or;
BY M. H. COBB;
iWiiNs.i avery Wednesday morning afid'maUed to
~r , ,r , 1,.,;.10.vg DOLLAR ASD PrPt&CENTS*
' cr *ierayii I-N T ADVANCE. . ,} 5> ‘
1 I'd.- p ‘t ,s>r 3ent Postage tVeu to county subscribers,
;a > i-r r ‘ * r 1 •'*'****'* ibrfr mail at post- Jtficea lt>-
ci**'-i in • ,, -intiea imuaaliatcly adjoining, fo*;conven^
tj eQce
.v >ir-*.T j»i cne Official paper of/T.oga Co.,
o gi els mI i f *r= la nrery neighborhood thereto. .Sab
4.r,pt,'•&- kem;* 011 the systenif.ii circa
>''* ,u i x , -'^ Sc to the intere?t at -t.lv-ertlsers
i?.*fia<ri idrertlsers aa liberal *3 those of
tectd o.i i&y piper. ji aqua! circulation iftLNorthern.
pettisriranla. ' . ,y* . *<
23* A .rj-: /a the t a*rgl*oi a pajpfcr, denotes
[Hut tQS jis-uaptiou is übuut to expire. I):,
s*iU be supped when tbeiatscriplion
t a»e v.»»ires ; uaJese the agent orders {tyi f contiou-
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■ jls. LOWKEr* S. F.
i TIuRNTAS A COUNSELLoRj'.it.LAW,
xjL \nli aitea-l cue Courts uf :K>tter acd
hi counties. [Wellsboro, Jnn- 1, *s63.]
oicri mon Hoirsu', ;
CORN IN ii, N. Y. : z
jlaj. A. FIELD Proprietor.
aUESTS taken to and from the free
of charge’, [Jan/ 1, t ]B63,]
PifiNNSIXVANIA HOUS-S,
CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND THE; AVENUE,
WelUboro. Pa.
,T, W. BIQONY
THIS popular having be£p re-fitted
and -re-furnisbeiJ throughout, is now. 4pen to the
pablic as s first-class house [Jan't], 1563. J
D. HART’S I HO^Eji.
WELLSBOBO. \lOGs COi fENNA.
THE subscriber takes this metnocAo inform
his ol'd friends and customers that' he has rc
suuj-ii the conduct of the old “Crystal Fountain
jj .fel/' and will hereafter give it his entice attention.
Taankful for past favors, he solicits a rei\r val of the
sane. . _ DAVItt, ;HAHT;
iVellshoro, Nov. 4, 1863-ly.
IZAAK WALTON HOtSE,
Gaines. Tioga Chanty, Pa;
C. VERMILYEA, -...P-oprietor.
iTMIIS is a new hotel located tmhii ■ easy ac-
X cess of the best fishing and hunting grounds in
Northern Pennsylvania.. No pains.will be sparedfor
tee accommodation of pleasure seekers and 1 the trav
elling public. ' ' [Jan. 1863,}
A. FOLEIj
Watches, Clocks, JeWelnr, &c.,
REPAIRED AT OLD ‘
POST OFFICE BUIL&jNG,
NO. 5, UNION BLOCp
Welltbnro, May 20, 1863. b 4 ,
WESTERN EXCHASOE iHftTEL.
K.KOXVILLE, BOROUGH,
THE anieragued having leased the have Hotel
for a term of years would respectf lly inform
the traveling public that ho has put the ! otel in first
t'nss order for the reception of guests anl no pains
sill be spared in the accommodation of travelers and
as far as the situation will allow, he will iteep a first
class Hotel, in all things, except pricey, /which will
is modetale. Please try os and judgefor yourselves.
Knoxville, Oct. 19, lS64~tf- J. H. MARTIIf.
DRUGS Sc MEDICINES.
SO. 3, UNION BLOCK, WELLSBOBO,-PA.
P. R. WILLIAMS,
BEGS leave to announce to the citizen* <*f Wells
boro and vicinity, that he keeps constantly on
band all kinds of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, -• ,
Coeinicals, Varnish, Paints, Soaps, Perfumery, Glass,
Brushes, Putty, Fancy Goods, Pure Winesi-Erandies,
Gibs, and all other .kinks of Liquors of the best
All kinds of I . "
PATENT MEDICINES]
rjch as Jayne’s Expectorant, Pills,;
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Pectoral; Helm
toid’s Extract Bncbu, Sarsaparilla and Wash ;
Au. Winslowjs Sotting Syrup: Wrights Pills:
Clark's and Ctceseman's Pills y Hall’s Bin
der's London Dock Gin : Herrick's Pills l£nd Plas
ter* • Brown’s Bronchial Troches, Ac., Ac. **
May 25,180-i-ly. F> B* WILLIAMS. -
revenue stamp?.
J~OHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector of Mans
field. has just'raceived a largo lot of Revenue
Status, of all denomination?, from one cent up to $5.
Adv person wishing Slanps enn get them at ins’ office
• e Mansfield, or of M. BULLARD, Assistant Assessor,
st lYellshoro, Fa. ■ PHULPS.
Mansilel 1, filay 2, ISA 4, , v
P. JiEWELI, DEStirf(.
UAKSFIELD. TIOGA COUKTF. PA-,
IS prepared ■Ao operate in all the improvements in
the various departments of SUing, ertsactmg, in
fsrt'ng artificial dentures, Ac. -
Mansfield.. agust 10, 3561-Iy. ~ ;
COWAXESQIfE eoitsE.
THIS House which has been open for convenience
of the traveling public fur a cumber of years,
us Uuly.bcen newly fdruUhcd throughout And fitted
-p in as pou-d *!;, le as can be found in any country or
uty iU-tel. The Proprietor docs not hesitate .in say-
that there will be no pains spayed to nild tothe
. -af »rt of his guests, end make It a home for them.
,Thebe:tof stabling for teams ; and a /good -, hostler
olwoTi! in attendance, all of which can he found
.re tr.Ho cast of Knoxville. Pa. J
M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor.
Jbcrffdd. May 25,.1564.-Iy. -
WELLSBORO HOTEL'
{Oorner Mniv Street nnd the )
Weixsboko, Pa.
B. H. HOLIDAY, Proprietor.- * ,
One of toe most popular Houses in tfte hountyi
lua Hotel is the principal Stage-house
'•“fee? leave daily as follows:
for 'h at 9 ii. m. ; For Troy, at S ft. m.; For
ci.r.'-c? Sh'>re every Tuesday and Friday 2*p. m.;
It f’ouJerspnrt, every Tuesday and Friday at 2 p. m.
511''. e? Arrive—From at 12 o'clock
F u From Troy, at 6 o'clock j). m. t.Frim'Jersey
and Friday 11 a. in. :*Frcn':Cpuders.
t st. Ti; v «,.i i-- aui-Fridny II a. nr.
N’. B.—jjfn.nv Cowden, the ‘ well-knowi I-ratler,
be f ucd nn band. ' ,
ellsbo’v. Oct. 5,TS6-l-Iy. :
HIGH YOUNG,
bookseller & stationer.
AS D DEALER IN
Clocks, American, English, and Swiss
"e:chec Jewelry.'Siker Plated Ware. Spectacles,
1 t r«rac-?. Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes,
Perfumery, Tankca . Notions, fishing
anri Flies, ami Fancy and Toilet Artie???.'
r £2** SCHOOL BOOKS of every kind aseflrinfhe
-snfy. constantly on bond and sent by mnil^oroth*
iii order.
AV >- 5. rvr,X BLOCK. VTELLSnOR0 I; PA
rcveNue stAmps-
\ Large ASSORTMENT of ReveP so'Stamps
-r*. f 'f ail dencrniiiatioi/s, just,received ;t-tbo First
7 ll '*ial Bank of WelUboro, in the-Stole building
‘‘ iJ. L. Robinson. Persons wanting Swops ere
r, 3J e *f to c-ill and get a supply. - }
• u ©Hsboro, May 25, 1864-tf.’ * i
AUDITOR'S NOTICE—The undersigned hav
ing been appointed on Auditor (o distribute the,
bands cf Administrator of-Jacob Babb, de
vril '‘ a *tsnd to tbe duties of Said appointment
7 1 ihc 9th day of December, 186-f, at the
c ®nussioners' Office, in Wellsboro, at 2 o’clock P. M
•Nov.ifi 1851. THOS.'ALLEN, auditor.
O^LXIOX.— Whereas, my wife SANORA, Aas left
and board without any jastoiiase or
it' V ? Cllt * on: * hereby forbid nil personating)* Hng or
I her on my account, a? I ?bnll pay' no lebLe of
** er c oniracting after ibis dnte- his
1 Y; . MARGIN X STWSNS.
w,J* j present, D. Q. Stove ns. mark.
Nov. 9,1864. i vf -
THE
VOL. XI.
CLOTHISG! (SLOTHING!
(One door below Harden’s Store.)
WE have just-arrived in Wellaboro with a largo
Slock of CLOTHING and
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods,
Also, HATS & CAPS, and a great assortment of
LADIES’ CLOAKS,
.) Proprietor
Which we offer to (he citizens of TTelltboro and sur
rounding couptry at
50 PER CENT. CHEAPER,
than a'ny other establishment in this part of the
country. Our object is to reduce dur
WINTER & FALL STOCK OF GOODS.
PRICES:
OVER COATS from $4 to $4O.
BUSINESS COATS from $3 to*s2s
PANTS from $2 tn §lO.
VESTS fmm s2} > to'sB, •
Wo bought our goods a when-Gold was only L6tf
and we can afford to sell our goods cheap. i
i All our Goods are manufactured tinder our own su
pervision and can not be surpassed in quality and
durability.
We respectfully invite every one whose interest is
to be economical, to examine our
before purchasing elsewhere,
NAST & AUERBACH,
of Syracuse, N. T., and Blossborg, Pa.
Wellsboro, Dec. 14, 1864-tf. -
E. AH. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
Manufacturers of Photographic Materials,
:*A.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
501 BROADWAY, N. Y-
In addition to our main business of Photographic
Materials, we are Headquarters for the following, viz';
Stereoscopes & Stereoscopic Views,
Of these we have an immense assortment, including
War Scenes, American and Foreign Cities and Land
scapes, Groups, Statuary, Ac., Ac. Also, Revolving
Stereoscopes, for public or private exhibition. Our
Catalogue will be sent to any address on receipt of
Stamp.
PHO TOO BA PHIC ALB UMS.
We were the first to introduce these into the United
States, and we manufacture immense quantities in
great variety,-ranging iu price from 60 cents to s6o'
each. Oar ALBUMS 'have the reputation of being
superior in beauty and durability to any ethers. They,
will be sent by mail, free, on receipt of price.
Fin© Albums made to order.
CARD PHOTOGRAPHS.
Our Catalogue now embraces over Five Thousand
dlfferopt subjects fto which additions are continually
being made) of Portraits ef Eminent Americans, <ko.,
viz: about i,
100 Major-Generals, 550 Statesmen,
200 Brig.-Gencfals, 130 Divines,
275 Colonels, j\ 125 Authors,
100 Lieut.-Colonels,. 40 Artists,
250 Other Officers, , ( 125 Stage,
75 Navy Officers, 1 50 Prominent Women,
150 Prominent Foreign Portraits.
3,000 COPIES OF WORKS OF ART,
including reproductions of the most celebrated En
gravings. Paintings, Statues, Ac. Catalogues sent on
receipt of §lamp. An order for One Dozen PIC
TURES from our Catalogue will he filled on- the re
oeipt of $l.BO, and sent by mail. free.
- Photographers and others Ordering goods C. O. D
■will please remit-twenty-five percent, of the amount
-with tboir order.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY 4 CO..
Manufacturers of Photographic Materials,
501 Broadway, New York. , .
The prices and quality of our goods cannot
fail to satisfy. [Nov. 16, 1864-ly.] *
WELLSBORO ACADEMY.—The second Term
of the present school year will begm
Monday, Dec. 12, 1864.
Pupils are prepared for College, or for business
pursuits.
(for a term of 12 weeks). -
Common English Branches 4 00.
Higher English Branches ; 5 00.
Languages '. 6 00. •
Pupils designing to attend but half the term, will
b© charged accordingly.
No deduction is made/or absences, unless in cases
of protracted sickness. J. B, GRIER,
Wcllsboro, Dee. T, XS6-i-3t. Principal.
MSX.UNSHIT.--I would inform my friends in
amd around Tioga boro* that I'have opened a
shop in the dwelling formerly occupied by Miss Ra
chel Pruteraan. I will have new FALL faTYLES of
millinery goods constantly on hand.
BRAIDING & EMBROIDERY,
- MACHINE SEWING
of all descriptions, done on a first-class Grover A Ba
ker inaebitr©. Materials made up in the neatest
manner.
Tioga, Oct, 26, 1364-3t~
FARM FOR'SALE. —The undersigned wishes to j
dispose of his Farm in Covington township/ ly- }.
log on Elk Ron, about three miles from Covington d
Boro, and generally known as tbe “Wetherboej
Farm.” It ooniains about 93 acres, with about 60 1
acres improved. * - i j
The soil is of tbe very best quality of upland and
tbe cleared portion is entirely free from stumps. It
is well wetered and has good buildings. Those who
want to buy a good Farm mayhnd it to their advan- i
tago to pay this one a visit before they “settle-down.”
Good warrantee deed given. For terms apply to H. ;
fl. Potter, Middlebury Center, Pa., or to Levi Rock* i
well*, Cherry Halts. Pa. XE. POTTER. .
Washington. D. C., Bov. SO, p 564. I
M I li JL JTW E K Y .
BRAIDING & EMBROIDERY,
MACHINE SEWING,
DRESS. & CLOAK-MAKING.
I would inform my friends in and around Tioga
borough, that I have opened a shop in the dwelling
formerly occupied by Miss Rachel Prutsman. X will
rbave new FALL & WINTER STYLES of Millinery
Goods constantly on hand.
Tioga. Nov. 23, '64-3t* MBS. XP. tTRELL,
CI.UTION. —Whereas, my wife, CAROLINE, has
left my - bed nod board without Just cause or
provocation : T hereby forbid all persons harboring or
frosting her on my account, for I shall pay no debts
of her contracting after this date.
CHARLES 1. BOEHM.
Blossburg. N0v..23, 1864-31.
EROSIBR LAMPS at ‘ !
ROY'S T>RXTG STORE, t
Srtjqtfii to flic Sfroiuliori of to* area of ifmOoiti AnO ttic of mefovnji.
‘HKEK SHALL BE A WRONG UNBIGUTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE-.
STOCK AND PRICES
MRS. J. P. URELL.
WELLSHOKO.T.IOGA BOUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MOKfJTKG, JANUAEY 11, 1865.
JWCocrllang,
MONSIEUR DDIIAMBt’S PORTRAIT.
Luuis Ner&o, a gay Parisian, about thirty
five years old, was seated one April morning
near noon, outside the Cafe de Paris, smoking
his after-breakfast cigar, and reflecting upon
the vagabond sort of life he was compelled to
lead. Here and there, in his glossy black
beard and hair, a line of silver gray was to be
seen, and rheumatic twinges began to trouble
him from time to time ; in -fact, he was becom
ing painfully aware that he nas fast slipping
beyond the, prime of JiXe, hastened On,.ton—by.
the career which his position of u wealthy
Parisian bachelor ncessarily compelled him to
.pursue.
"I must get married,” he mentally exclaim
edand his thoughts constantly reverted to
the different marriageable ladies of his ac
quaintance.
An April sun exercises as curious an influ
ence on the human bruin, .as the first kisses of
spring upon the'circulation of sap in tree
trunks and flower-stems ; hot as chilling frosts
accompany the warm sunshine, ao d|d a raw
wind, despite the sun’s bright rays, chill Nerac
to his bones, and c.wised him to sneeze.
“ God bless you,” sweetly murmured* li lady
who was passing rapidly by. Glancing at the
ntferer nf this exclamation, he noticed that
she was tastefully and elegantly attired. As
she stepped over a gutter, and lifted her dress,
a beautifully-turned ankle, he fol
lowed after her in the direction of the Made
leine.
“ There is an ankle that I would willingly mar
ry," thought Nemo : bat does it belong tp a
young girl, a widow, nr has some brute of a
husband a partial right to it ? Pnrbleu ! I
I will follow her th the Place de Concorde if
necesiary to ascertain. But bah I I bare hot
seen her face, and she may be as ugly as a
hag"
Suddenly turning to speak to a little Italian
greyhound, which was bounding franticai y
about her, she disclosed a countenance full of
charms. j -
" She is adorable,” said Nerao; “ I will fol
low to the'Barriere de I’Etoile, even.
Turning again, she so excited his admira
tion that he added:
“ Yes, even to the bridge of Neuilly,” which,
to an inhabitant of the Boulevard de Grand,
was equivalent to saying- “to the end of the
world.”
Fortunately fur Nerao, the lady:did not lead
him so far in his pursuit. Turning into the
Rue de la Title. I’Eveque, she called to her
greyhound—“ Follette, here Toilette," and en
tered a'spacious mansion in-that street.
Louis, with a smile nn his lips, and a five
franc piece in his hand, approached a commis
sionaire who was standing a little further on,
and asked him -
“ Dn you know the lady who resides in that
house?"
•• I do, was the reply.
“ Her name ?"
'• Madame Dubamel ”
“ Is she mrried ( he again asked.
“ She is a widow,” replied the commission-
aire.
“ Does she reside alone?” he again queried.
“ She resides with an old lady—rher aunt, I
think,”
•Does she walk out often?” continued Ne-
“ Every day.” he replied when the weather
i= tine, and always accompanied by her little
dog. Follette, to which ehe is so strongly at
tached-”
Louis Nerac went at once to the house, and
ringing the hell, gave his card to Concierge,
who opened to him the entrance of this Gar
den of Hesperides, and asked if he could see
Madame Duhamel. He was-sfipwii into an el\
egrtnt furnished saloon, decorated with several
splendid paintings, conspicuous among them
n portrait,, whose frame was draped with crape,
the counterfeit presentment of the defunct
Huhamel. Madame Duhamel politely’ asked
him to he seated, and waited for her to explain
the object of his visit.
" Madame,” said Nerac, after a long sileSice,
miu do not seem to recognize me?”
"No, sir.” she quietly replied.
“ Not at all ?”
“ Npt in the least."
“ Were yon not promenading the Boulevard
a short time since?"
- " Yes sir, I was/’
“ And yet you do not recognize me ?”
" I did not.”
“Do yon remember saying, 1 God hlesFybuT’
“ Perhaps I did,” she said, smilingly—but I
have no recollection-of it.”
, VV cl!;.:Madatne. you jdid utter That'expres
sion, und you made that pious and charitable
remark in mv behalf.
Madame UuTTaiiieT. gazing at her visitor Til
astonishment,. exclaimed : ....
Admitting, Monsieur, that I did, what does
it prove ?”
“’Whatdnes it prove?” reiterated -Nerac.—
“ Certainly,” replied the widow; you were
suffering undoubtedly from a severe cold I
passed by you; you sneezed; I made use
of the common-place, polite ejaculation, cus-..
tomary in such cases, of ‘ God bless yon i’
What could be more natural ?”
Then, Madame, I inn to understand that
you cast the expression at me, as you would
throw a sou into a beggar'a'hat.
“ Precisely,” she haughtily replied,
"Ah, Madame, what a cruel deception,”
said Nerac. .1
“ Deception, sir, replied the joung widow,
“I do not understand you; explain. 1 '
“ I thought—l dared to believe—l hoped—
indeed, I still hope,” stammered Nerac.
Madame Duhamel immediately rose and said,
•‘You must excuse me, sir, for listening to
you longer.” J
" But," pleaded Louis, “ will you not per
mit me to call from time to time to see you,
and enquire after your health ?”
j “My health, fortunately, is -good, and I
■receive only my friends/’
‘ “ Let me,” exclaimed Nerac, "gallantly, “be
come one of them : To aehieve" such a happi
ness 1 would brave a thousand dangers.”
AGITATOR.
ar -
Madame Duhamel made no reply, but ring
ing the bell for,her servant, said to her as
she entered TFie room, “ Marietta, show this
personate the door."
During the next three weeks Louis called in
the Rue de la Ville I’Eveque a dozen tithes at
least leaving his card each time. The day he
left his twelfth card he muttered a great oath
through his heavy black moustache, as he
turned from the door.
“ i begin," said he, “ to be desperately en
amored of this pretty widow, who still refuses
to receive me.; and marry her.l will, or avenge
myself upon her only Jove,-that whelp, PoU
ette."
He had no sooner uttered this threat,, than,
rubbing bis hands with satisfaction, he ex
claimed:
'V I have it. Victory shall be mine, and not
a hair of Foliette wit M-have to injure.”
Stepping into a Obtained
a large lump of sugar,”which he attached-taa
lona cord and hastened to the garden- of the
Tnilleries, where the young-.widow was accus
tomed to walk every afternoon. Seating him
self behind one. of the large orange trees on
the Terasse d?a he awaited her ar
rival. She, accompanied by her inseperable
Foliette”, soon arrived, and sat down on her ac
customed bench. Louis, by a use
of his sugar decoy, drew Foliette away from
her mistress to a gateway, but a short distance
off, and seizing her,' jumped into a carriage
and hastened to his lodgings, the noise of the
wheels rattling on-the pavements of the Rue
Costiglione, drowning the piteous cries and
moans of the cherished Foliette be bad so cru
elly entrapped.
Fullette’s disappearance was a great afflic
tion to-the widow. She advertised her loss
in all the journals of the day, and even had
band-bills, offeiing a.munificent reward, posted
on all the walls and fences in the neighbor
hood. Two weeks elapsed, and Madame was
almost inconsolable for her loss, until one day
Nerac called upon her, leading Foliette by a
cord
’’.Foliette 1 here is Follete I” exclaimed the
servant who answered Nerac’s ring, and ran
instantly to acqusint-lhe widow of the grey
hounds safe return.
Madame’s joy was mingled with surprise
on.seeing Nerac; embracing her dog, she in
quired of her adorer where he had found her
pet. )
“ Some two hundred leagues from here,”
he replied. j
“ Two hundred leagues,” said the astonished
widow
" Yes. Puiotiers is two .hundred leagues
from Paris. Learning that your greyhound
had. been, fttbleqjjy. a .. -..1
conveyed , thither, I, immediately on receipt
of the information, posted down there, and re
covered your cherished Foliette. Happy Fol
iette,” he murmured, “to possess such a mis-
tress,"
•• Ton must have incurred considerable ex
penso,” said,Madame Duhamel, hesitatingly
“ A mere bagatelle,” said Nerac.
” But, if I cannot offer you a reward for
ynui services, I most certainly fully repay
you,” continued the widow.
" Madamq,” said Nerac, as if butt, “my
profession is not that of a dog-catcher, and
the question of a recompense or restitution
need not be mentioned in this affair. I am
already sufficiently rewarded by yonr kind wish
of some months ago! that God would bless me,
and if you only consent to receive me ns a
friend, as an acquaintance hereafter, I shall
feel myself indeed blessed.”
“By the by,” said she, smilingly, “How is
vour cold now ?”
“ The bl ssing you evoked in my favor,
Madame, effectually ‘cured me, I have not
sneezed since.” j
From this time forward Nerac was on the
list of Madame’s visiting acquaintances; she
''found, on inquiry, that he was a gentleman
worthy of admission to her saloons.
Louis soon, observed, however, with consid
erable delight, that the crape was removed
from her deceased husband’s portrait.
One morning in June, Madame Duhamel
announced to Nerac that she intended going to
her country residence to piss several months.
Nerac determined to thwart this intention, as
he could not bear to bo separated so long from
the charming widow; he feared, too, that in thp
interim of her absence, some one else might
carry off the prize he was so anxious to ob
tain for himself.
Follette mysteriously disappeared on the
day that had been fixed for the widow’s de
parture.
Maffcme Duhamel had recourse as before to
advertising and to hand-bills, .and sincerely
bewailed! the loss of her dear little pet. Ne
rac calleil every .evening, and accounted to the
afflicted widow the weaiisorae, fruitless .search
es he' had-been_ making during the day. She,
touched by his zeal in her behalf,'thanked
him heartily for his persistent efforts to recov
er the lost greyhound, and Louis was glad
to see that the portrait of the defunct was re
moved to the dining-room.
Fully persuaded that Follette was lost to
her forever, Madame Duhamel renewed her
preparations for departure. Nerac desired
her to wait yet a little longer.
“■Wait? why wait?” said the widow, “I
will never see my poor Follette again.”
“ Who knows ?” said Nerac mysteriously.
“ Monsieur Nerao,” said thje widow, “ you
have news of my poor lost bQsband .- do not
deceivame—do you know if She Jives ?”
“ Really,” ho replied, buf would you like
to have her image once mors; even if she be
dead?” f
. , " What, Stuffed?” ;
j. No, painted.” -
“ Painted, and by whom ?” j
“By .me. But painting as I do, without a I
, model,.and from her recollection only, it will,
1 necessarily consume considerable time to fur-_j
nish you the picture; yet, if you will defer
„ your departure two weeks, I , will engage' to
i present you, by that time, with a life-like por
: trait of Foillelte.”.
At the appointed time Nerao brought the
'■ promised,picturej {which, by the way, he had
painted from life hy Jadin, the rrenchJjand-
seer), and was delighted to find fhatths por
trait of Monsieur Duhamel was removed to
the ante-room.
The denouement can be safely divined. —
Instead of joining her aunt in the country,
Madame Duhamel Vrote to her to return to
Pa 1 is, and Louis Nerac was married to the
handsome widow a short time after. Among
the wedding presents be sent her was Foliette
herself, alive and well, wrapped in a splendid
Indian Cashmere.
i And now, wheif you pass along the Qua
I Conti, some day, look into the window of one
lof the second-hand shops that line it and you
I willseen portrSit on’eanvass, vt[thoiit i-frame,
| grimy, dusty, and cracked by the glaring rays
! of a Paris sun. It is, alas, the portrait of Mon
! sieur Duhamel, deceased ! i
FROM THE SoiDIEH BOYS.
From the 45tb Pennsylania Regiment.
Deo. 24, 1864.
Friend Cobb ;— We had barely experienoed
a feeling of comparative security from~intrit_
sion in our snug quarters, near Poplar Spring
Church, when the oft-repeated and much hated
order, “pack np,” in less time than it takes
to write it, converted the tranquility of our
camp into that bustling activity and confusion
invariably preceding a genuine’move. By 12,
M., having shouldered arms, accouterments,
bed, board, apd as much of our furniture as
we could stand under, the 9th corps marched
quietly away from the breastworks, being re
lieved by a part of the 2d corps. -A circuitous
march of about six miles brought os again be
fore Petersburg, near the spot we fought for
and occupied during the hot months of sum
: mer, made memorable by the famous Burnside
mine. At nine the next rooming the different
' regiments and brigades had been distributed
| in the works formerly occupied by the 2d corps.
Our regiment was ordered to occupy some par
tially completed cabins, some, distance in the
I rear of the main line of works: These cabins,
i or huts, of which we found but the mere akel
! etone'have since been converted into comfort
| able wiqtdr quarters. The scientific and skill
! ed mechanic would be both amused and sur
* prised oriiseeing the rapidity and ease with
I which the soldier makes himself comfortable,
i Leave ns in a pine forest, with a few old axes
| and shovels, such as our well-to-do farmers cast
! away as “ played out/’ for forty-eight hours,
I and if, on returning, you don’t find us comfor-
I tably domesticated, with a good chimney and
1 fireplace to warm your toes by, it will be be
j causa we are under marching oifders, or that
j there are too many recruits amorut us.’whom
I it takes weeks to accomplish what an old sold
; ier can do in as many days. In establishing
j camps, convenience and taste are, when prac
ticable, not entirely ignnied. The streets,
, which are usually regularly laid out, are in
! tended to be swept once a day, thus keeping
! them free from all refuse and offensive matter.
The several cabins are made convenient and
ornomental to enit the taste of the occupants.
Cracker boxes make good doors, tables, seats,
&c., and if snob things are not obtainable oth
erwise, he is a poor soldier indeed who hasn’t
pluck enough to press these little necessaries
into his service. If any of you, readers, will
come down to your humble servant’s domioil,
he will find tobacco, pipes, and matches on the
shelf over the mantelpiece, and if by any
chance ho casts his eye on the shelf over the
door, he will see a couple of slices of pork, as
long as yonr arm, a whole codfish, and.about a
peek of hard tack, besides an assortment of tin
dishes— of course, as we take turns in
washing them. On another smaller shelf, over
the table, ire writing materials, pens, ink, pa
per, the last number of the Agitator, and per
haps some neatly folded envelopes with
" Wellsbofo, Pa.,” stamped on one corner.
Don’t touch it I the owner is on picket. It is
from his mother, brother, sister, or, perhaps,
from “ somebody else’s sister.” Let it be
from whom it will, when you enter a soldier’s
shanty don’t meddle with his letters, unless
yon want to get hurt.
Suspended on nails, in one comer, are our
haversacks, ready packed, and canteens filled
while in another corner near the fireplace, not
most prominent nor least useful, are the frying
pan and stjw dish, each vicing with the other
:as to which shall look the blackest: and to fin
ish off, on a shelf by themselves, are the black
ing and brush, without which no soldier’s mess
i is complete.
So for, we ha’ve been amply supplied with
fuel, such as it is,—green pine—which, how
ever, on account of the large quantity of pitch
lit contains, burns tolerably well. We have to
go quite a.distance for it, and I predict that,
I should the army winter before Petersburg, the
1 vicinity for -miles around will be stripped of
■ every vestige of timber and combustible mate-
rials.
Yonr readers have ere this heard all about
the last grand raid of the army of the Poto-
mac, on the Weldon railroad. On the night of
the 10th inst., the expedition, consisting of the
sth corps, a part of Gregg's division of cav
alry, had been gone General
Meade, apparently uneasy for the safety of the
raiders, ordered as much of onr division as
could be spared from before Petersburg, to
march as far as Nottoway river, evidently for
the purpose of protecting communication be
tween the expedition and "the main array. It
was after nine o’clock before we were fairly
off. The roads were in miserable condition,
the mud being everywhere from ankle to knee
deep. It had rained, more or less, for several
days, and continued to 'pour down in torrents
throughout that long end dismal night.
Still, on we marched, rapidly but uncom
plainingly, until 5 o’clock the next morning,
when we arrived at, and bivoonced near——.
having marched at least twenty.miles since we
set out. All were tired and footsore, and drip
ping wet. Fortunately for ns, a rail fence was
ndar by, of which we made good use. In a
few minutes hundreds of camp fires illumina
ted the pitchy darkness, diffusing warmth and
comfort among the chilled, huddling groups,
who were watching the big black kettles from
which, .we were soon supplied .with what every
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soldier bus learned to worship, when wet and
cold—a cup of hot coffee.
The forenoon was spent in drying our clothes
and blankets. Shortly after noon tbe*oth corps
began to march by on its way to camp. All
appeared to be in fine spirits, and well they
might be—-nearly every man having a canteen
full of courage (applejack), while turkeys and
chickens, mutton, fresh pork, and other good
things might have been seen sticking on the
bayonet of more than one adventurous raider.
By 2 P. M., having accomplished the dnty
assigned us, our division was returning. We
expected an easy march back, of course; but
we were- disappointed. Gen. Potter, on bis
horse, led the column with rapid strides, as
though the fate of the nation depended on our
making camp by a given hour. The number
of stragglers was prodigious. Nothing bat
sheer inability to keep up compelled these poor
fellows to fall out. Many were badly shod ;
indeed, all who hadn't good boots suffered from
wet, and consequent sore feet.
Darkness came, and still the column pressed
relentlessly on. Your humble servant was
making the beat time possible in a somewhat
dhoughtfuljpood, when, on looking up, he found
the column,'wittr-his- regiment, had disappear
ed ; and your correspondent was numbered
with the stragglers. 1 had plenty of company.
On both sides of the road were men lying
down, completely " bushed,” some with shoes
on and some with shoes off, being unable to
wear them on account ef acre feet. Ambulan
ces, some filled, others empty, went whirling
by us, .hut it required just so much rad tape to
get into one of those accommodating vehicles,
and the desired article was not obtainable, aa
the shoulder-strapped gentry, who alone were
competent to grant passes, were riding toward
camp its fast as possible, to avoid the cold,
which,'|as night advanced, became intense.
After several hours of tedious* marching in
.he dark and by moonlight, the sound of drums I
and irregular musketry before Petersburg, so ;
odious to us when in camp, now fall encourag
ingly on the ears of hundreds of weary, eager
listeners, telling ns camp was near at band.
By ten o’clock your correspondent was ait-
ting in hia tent, mooching bard tack and fat
pork, baring outstript many who probably oar
er reached camp, falling rictims to goerilla
atrocities.
On leaving camp the night previous we bad
orders to leave oar tents standing, ready for
reoocopation. Never was home more welcome
to returning prodigal. The march, though but
short and not very severe, ordinarily, by-its
rapidity, the nature of the roads, and the in
clemency of the weather, will be remembered
bj- miraj- irlio suffered during its progress as
never before. We are again settled, with or
ders to prepare winter quarters.
The animosity which has existed between
onr boys and the-Johnnies on this part of the
line since the capjture of the rebel pickets last
September by the 2d corps, has somewhat aba
ted, but .not entirely subsided. During the
night a constant and more or less vigorous fire
is kept up by the pickets on both sides. while
during the day Ports Hell (Sedgwick), and
Bice, in our immediate front, spit forth their
spito of fire and shell, toward and into Peters
burg, which, at this point is little moye than a
mile distant, the towering steeples of the long
enduring and sorely tried “ Cockade City”, be
ing plainly visible over the magnificent works
of the enemy. The rebels are also well sup
plied with heavy ordnance, and an. artillery
duel of magnitude is generally sure to take,
place every afternoon. Occasionally, some
poor fellow is wounded or killed by a fragment
of shell, or the bullet of the sharpshooter; but
the list of casualties has been surprisingly
small. Notwithstanding the constant firing,
deserters continue to come in, singly or in
squads. They tell but one story—sick of fight
ing, and will risk anything to get away.
Recruits continue to .come in daily. Abent
seventy, composed of substitutes, volunteers
and drafted men, have been assigned to] our
regiment, swelling onr ranks to 320 present
for duty. A new flag is to be sent from Har
risburg in place of that lost in September near
Poplar Spring Church, where a large propor
tion of the regiment was captured. A letter
has been received from the War Department,
tendering to Lieut. TJol. Gregg, now prisoner of
war, a commission as brevet-Colonel of Volun
teers, for meritorious conduct on the 30th July
last. Several changes in the organization of
the regiment are taking place; among others
Sergeant-Major Decatur Dickinson, formerly of
Co. I, hos;been.commissioned Adjutant of the
regiment. ’.He wilbmake a good one.
Sergt. Rogers, who was desperately wounded
last June,, has returned to doty, and accepted
a commission as Ist Lieutenant in Co. I,
On the 10th inst., Edward Rowe and Daniel
Smith, Co. C, 179th N, Y. Volunteers, were
bung at headquarters for desertion. They
were athletic, fine-loooking young men. One
of them coolly smoked a cigar until ordered to
mount the scaffold. Both were very cool. It
will serve as a warning to bounty-jumpers, too
many of whom have shown a disposition to
change their base to Dixie of late.
The year is about to close under auspices of
national plenty. Four years of devastating
war have failed to cool the ardor of the army
and navy, or exhaust our resources and power
to deal the finishing stroke to tho rebellion.
No unbiased mind need have cause for despon
dency. A few more such invasions as that of
Tennessee by Hood: a few more such retreats
as that of Sherman through Georgia, and the
haughty rebels who speak of Yankees only in
terms of contempt, will grasp tbirhand of
friendship, and talk no’more of war. i
The Fee.vch war or Bfctrnro Corns.—Put
into the coffee-pot a» many cups of water as
you wish to make coffee; Jet the water* boil ;:
then put in as many table-epoon-full of coffee
as there are cups of water; stir it in, and let
it simmer till the head falls; .then take it from
the fire, pour in a cup of cold water, and let
it stand on the hearth ten minutes, when it
will be quite clear. A pup of this coffee added
to a cop of boiled milk, and sweetened /Wor
ding to taste, will be found a luxury.
Veteran,