The Tioga County Agitator
BY U. H. COBB.
Pnblished every Wednesday morning and mailed to
iberE at ONE DOLLAR AND TIFTT CENTS
par, always IN ADVANCE, i
* paper is'sent postage free to county subscri
bers, though they may receive their mall at
located in counties immediately -adjoining, for conye-
Agitator U the Official paper of Tioga Co.,
«nd circulate* in every neighborhood therein. Sub
scriptions being on the advance pay system, it
utes among a class most to the interest of adver users
lo reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as thoi. i of
fered br any paper of equal circulation in N^rtbern
Pennsylvania. . 1,. - •'
A cross on tne margin- of a paper, de lotes
that the inscription Is about to expire. . ■ f
■gT Papers will be stopped -when the subscrijHfioii
t i me expires, unless the agent orders their‘ooniii^u
»»ce - ——- \ ' - .
jisTEo »VBEJ <k S. ip. !VlE.iSor|,
i rrouNßys & counsellors at la^,
A pill attond the Courts of Tiiiga, Potter /nd
McKean counties. i [Walisboro. Jan. I, 1883.] "
DICKINSON HOUSE, ;
CORNING, N. Y. ;• v
>li,. A. FIELD,. Proprietor.
aUESTS, taken to and from the, Depot free
g f clwSrge. [Jan. 1, 1f13.]
JOHN I. MITCHELL,
ATTORNE Y AND CO UNSELL OE AT- ;,t A TV.
Tioga Village, Tioga Comity, Penn’a. , _
’ Pr.lmpt attention to Collections.. " ,
March 1, 1665.-1,. _>
JEROME B. NILES,
ATTORNEY Sr COUNSELLOR ATLI\ T,
Niles Valley, Tioga Conn tv. Fa. 1
Having ivc;i epecially licensed by the Unlive Slates
bribe Prosecution of Claime - for Peliasoni peek
Pnt and Bounties. - ■’ - -
Pnrii'-alar attention- will he gWen to that ol
pasine«s- • * i < ; J: St •
:;iic? Vajley, Feb. 15/ 1865-1 y» - v .
P£I\SiSIXVA»IA Horst,
CORNER OK MAIN STREET AND THE AVENUE,
Wellsboro, Pa.
j. W. BIGONY,. ..Proprietor.
THIS popular Hotel, having, been re-fitted
sod re-furnished throughout, is nuw open to the
pablic as a first-class house. - - [Jan. 1, 1863.] '
I>. HART’S HOlEt.
WELLSBORO, TWO a. CO. PE&NA:
THE subscriber takes thir method to inforta
bigold friends and customers that he bas-re
tamed the conduct of the old “ Crystal Fountain
anJ will hereafter give it his entire attention.
Tnaakful £*r past favors, be solicits a the
„me. DAVID HA It. .
WelUboro, Nov* 4, 1853.-ly. } . .*' -
IZAAK 1 WALTOR
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.
H. 0. VERMILYEA, Proprietor.
THIS is a new hotel located within ertr.J ac
cess of the best fishing and hunting grou' -ds in_
N'jribern Pennsylvania’/ No pains will be spa hdfor
me accommodation of pleasure seekers-and thiJtrav
•lllng public. [Jan* 1, If sB.]
’ • .i-1
A. FOLEY, V/.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, fee., .fee.,
REPAIRED AX OLD PRICES. ‘.
POST OFFICE 'BUILDING,
. NO. .5, UNWN BLOCK. - ,
Wellsboro, May 20, 1863.
H bT. Wii.liahs,
AVIL.CIAITIS & SMITH,
‘TTORNB-YS AND COUNSELORS At £AW,
BOEIfTY A PEHSION , AOEIfCY.’
Main Streets Wellsboro, Pa. ,
January 4, 1866-ly.
S, F. SfIAIBLUV,
BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER,
Sqop Over C. L. Wilcox's Store*
TVelhboru, Dec 7, 1864.
WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEL.
KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, PA. ■
THE undersigned having leased the above Hotel
tor a term of years would respectfully inform
Uie graveling public that he has put the Hotel hd first
class order lor the guests and no*p£ips
wilt be spared in the accommodation of travelers and
as far as the situation will allow,- he will keep .a Srst
class Hotel, m all things, except piioea, whic£ Will
be modeiale. Please try us and judgefor yourselves.
Knoxville, Oct. 19, 1864-tf; J. H. MARTIN;
REVENUE STAMPS.
JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy J Collector qf Mans
field, bas just received a large lot of Revenue
Status, of ull denominations, from one cent irp,to Sa.
iay person Tvishing Stanps can get them at toy office
•a Mansfield,or ol M.BULLARD, Assistant Assessor,
at Welisboro, Pa, J. M. PHELPS.
' Mansfield, May 2, 1864. ’ *
P. NEWELL, DENTISTO*
TIOGA COUNTY, PA.,
It prepared to operate in 'all the improvembntn in
the various departments of filling, extractibg,}in
itrung artificial dentures, Ac. - * -
Mansfield, August 10, 186£-ly. ; ’ '
COWANESQUE SOUSE. .
THIS House which has been open for convenience
wf the traveling public -for a number«of yfcArs,
ti: lately been newly furnished throughout and kUed
u P io «fi good style as can be found iir-any country or
!, 'J Hotel. The Proprietor does not 'hesitate in flay
•z? that there will be no pains spared to add UHhe
c-mfort of his and make it a-home- for tfysm.
best of stabling for teams ; a good bottler
iiwfiy t ln attendance, all of which can >)e fdilnd
mile east of Knoxville, Pa. ■ ’ f-
M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor. ;
Deerfield, May 25, 1864.-Ty. ]
WELT.SBOTId HtOTBL-
1 Corner Main Street and the Avenue .) .
W ELLSBORO, PA.
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. *
One of the most popular Houses in tbp bounty.
Tni« Hotel is the principal Stage-house
leave daily as follows: ‘ ' -•
For Tioga, at 9a. m.; For Troy, at 8 Fpr
Jersey Shore every Tuesday and. Jhdday at >
Coudersport, every Tuesday and Friday ati2 p-m.
-Tinr«i Arrive— From Tioga,-at 12-T' ; 2_<b , .tlock
P-jc' From Xroy, atA o’clock.p. m.: From Jersey
j 2re, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m.: From C luders-
J'-’n, Tno'd-u* and Friday II a.,m. - ' s
XB.— Jimmy Cowden, the well-known iostler,
be found on hand, ( h
"Vilsboro, Oct. 5, 1864-ly.
HUGH YOUNG, ,
Bookseller & static ier,
v ANI> DiHEA -l'N- ...
Clucks, American, English; and £wies
Jewelry, Silver 'Plated \Vare, Spectacles,
picture Frames, Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes,
JhsroicopcE, Perfumery, Yankee Notions/ Ffshipg
6 *hle and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet Articles-
SCHOOL BOOKS of every kind used mi th®
-unty, constantly on hand and sent_by mail ofoth?
Ir to order. - - 7
Ko - 5, UXWN BLOCK, WELLSBORO,
TO FISHERMEN.
PEE subscriber begs leave to inform tho public
that be baa a fine assortment oT the
ROCHESTER TROUT FLIES.- ;
p fcw Tork Trout Flies. Silk Braided Line;/ "Sea
j r&«a and Hair Lines, Kinsey Hooke on
a ders, Qut, and afine lot-of - T v .
ROCHESTER FLY RODS,
c £| C ' Shop in rear of Wm. Roberts' Tin
wf?I eSiore - " - L. A.SEAfcS. .
* elUboro, April 19. 1866-3 m. . .i /-
THE AGITATOR.
VOL. XL
U. S. T-SO Loan.
By authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, the
undersigned has assumed t the General Suhacripticrf
Agency sale of United States Treasury Notes,
bearing seven and three-tenths per cent, interest, per
onnam, known as the v t
SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN.
These Notes are Issued under date ofi June
1865, and are payable three years from that time,Jn&
currency, or unconvertible at the dptidn of thVhb!--
dor into - V"'’
U. S. 5-30 Six per cent.
COLD BEARIHC BONDS.
rf~
These bonds are worth a premium which increase*
the actual profit on the 7-30 and its exemption
from State and municipal taxation adds from one to
threeriJehvcent. .more, according to the rate .levied oh
-other'ptupjßrtyr—-Tbe-intereelrfspßyable-'in earrency
somt-annual^y‘ aitached ' toy’each-hpteT
which.pay he.cut off-and. sold lo .any 6anlt or honlterv*
. Therinterest amounts to , - »
’ One cent per ; (lay oh a $5O note. ' ■-: i.
two cents " “ . " $lOO - ", - ■
. Ton “ “ “ « ‘ssoo ",
20 “ SI II "‘,,51000 ; -
■sl , ,f V ' " “ ' $5OOO “
Notes of all the denominiuiona ’ named will he
promptly furaUilied;iipoii • receipt. ;of .subscriptions,
and the notes forwarded at ; oncer The interest to
15 th June next will be paid in advance. ’' This is
TH*i ONLY I.OAW IST. MARKET
now offered by the'Government, and it is confidently
expected that its superior advantages will make ifthe
Great Popular Loan of the People, i
: Less than $300,000,000 of the Loan authorized by
the last Congress are now on the market. The amount,
at the rate at which it is being absorbed, will all be
subscribed for within. four months, when the notes
will undoubtedly a premium, as has uni
formly been the on subscriptions to
other Loans. 1
- lo .order that citizens of every town and section'of
the Country ma^be.afforded facilities for taking the
loan,-the National Banks, State Banks, andPriyatK
Bankers throughoutthe country havegeneraJly agreed
to receive subscriptions at par. Subscribers will se
lect their own agents, in whom theyihave confidence,
and who only are tobfi responsible for the delivery of
the notes *fur which they receive orders.
JAY COOKE,
Subscription Agent, Philadelphia. ,
Subscriptions wilt, be becelTEd by the FIRST
NATIONAL BANK of Wellsboro. ,
. March 25, 1865. r
Wm. H» Sihth,
THE NINTH NATIONAL RANK
CAPITA!., $1,000,000, Paid in;
Fiscal Agent of the United States,.'and Special
. Agent for Jay Cooke, Subscription Agent, -
WILL DELIVER 7-30 NOTES, fret of charge,
by express, in.all parts of the country, andreceive in
payment checks on New York, Philadelphia andßos?
ton, current bills, and all five per cent, interest holes,
with interest to date of subscription. Orders sent by
mail will be promptly filled.
• This Bank receives the accounts ,of l Banks and
Bankers on favorable term?; -also of individuals keep
ing New York accounts.
J. T. HILL, Cathier. Z< TJ# ORVJS, President.
Mar 8-3 ms .
ORDINANCES OF THIS BOROUGH OF TIO
GA.—At a special meeting of the Bulges*and
Council of the of Tioga, held April 4th,
1866, it was resolved,. . , ‘ ,
That the seventh (7tb) ordinance pf said Borough
be amended by adding at the end thereof “ And that
all side walks at any time required to be built by ibe
ordinances of said Borough, shall be repaired and
kept in good-repair and condition by the person or
persons who bu : lt or are required to build skid aide
walks; and in default thereof the same shall-be [re
paired by said Borough at the expense ot the person or
persons who should build or repair said.Wklks, with
an addition of twenty per cent, to the costs of snch
repairs."
" 2V*THjLI ihe sixteenth' (16th) ordinance nf ■ said
be amended so as to make the imprisonment
provided for the offense therein described any time
not exceeding twenty-four hours instead of. twelve,
and the fine for said offense, any. jam not' exceeding
twenty-five-dollars,■ instead of two,.or either such
fine or imprisonmentat the,discretion of the Burgess
or Justice having jurisdiction of sack offense.. .
3; That the seventeenth {l7th) ordinance, of said
Borough be amended by adding at the endthereof
4 ‘ and imprisonment in the Lock-up of aaid.lforough
not exceeding twenty-four hours, or either .such fine
or Imprisonment at the discretion of . the Justice or
.Burgess having jurisdiction of said.offense."
■- 4. That the nineteenth (I9th)- ordinance of aaid
Borough be so amended as that the time of commit
-ment therein provided before a bearing, may- bo
any time not exceeding twenty-fonr hours .instead of
twelve, according to the circumstances of . the* case,
and by adding at the end of said ordinance
ded that for arresting such offender or offenders, and
keeping and bringing him, her or them before the pro
per officer for a bearing, and committing them <?r jxdj
of them to the Leck-upafter conviction, the fees of the
Constable for such services,ebali not be lepsrthan one
dollar.” Jr : l i* •
It was further resolved that the following addition
al ordinances be adopted*, and* that they, together
■with' rtnrabtrve amendraents,-be -published- according
to law, Viz: .
Ordinance Twentieth (26th). : That nopersooJehall
hitch, or pdace/and permit/to Tcqaain,~< , un£-' animal,
.vehicle, or other thing, nTsucb a 'manner as to ob
/£trnct /; passage t oji any.sidewalk or crosawialk'in
the Borough of Tioga; and any* person found guilty
of such act, on vietv of, orTproof "before,-(bo Burgess
or any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction, shall
pay, a fine.of ono/jollar and costs'
Twenty-First -(2lst). That-all -fines-and. penalties
that are or may hereafter be imposed of provided for
any offense, under any ordinance of the Borough of
Tioga, shall be collected by warrant of execution, as
provided by law in similar cases..
Ch H> SEYMOUR, Burgees?
Attest: Jno. I. Mitchell, Secretary.
Tioga, April 26, 1865-3 w. .
ON HAND.—P. 8..' is on hand at his
Store, No., 3, Union Block; withja.fresh stock of
' DRUGS AND MEDICINES/ r
Perfumery/Yankee Notions, Ffrncy Articles, Patent
Medicines, Ac., Ac., bought since the- - '
Fall of Richmond,
and winch will be sofd Very cheap forcash. .
He has also on baud' Linseed Oil, White 'Lead, and
Zikc, Window Glass and fatty, Whitewash Lime,
Garden Seeds, an'd in fact everything kepi inn
DRUG STORE.
1 We,claim to have the best and cheapest stock of
-Drugs and Patent Medicines,' Perfumery, Toilet
'Soap, l Yankee -Notions, Ac,; ever 1 brought.* iir
town, and if you don’t believe it call andrexamlne
for yourselves. No. 3, Union 3lbck-, firat dodr be
low Jerome Smith. • r .. * P. R. WILLIAMS.
Wellsboro, April, 19, 1865,, :• . - . r
CASH PAXfrFOE ONION SETTS at : ’ -
ROYS JRuo STORE.
nebotea to tfce 33r tension of tbe area of if reebow anSf the Spread of healths Reform.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTBD, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY; TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
WELLSBOROj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 10* 1865.
OP THE CITY OP NEW YORK.
3sU3tellatt£*
A Kingly Pablo.
There is a story told of, an Anonymous king,
the moral of which, may be well applied by-all.
sovereigns; The old • monarch, when dying,
called his son to him, pat in his bands the seep
tor, and.asked ifho.oould toko advice as easily
as be bad taken from. his. father the symbol.of
authority. The young heir, grasping the scep
ter tightly, and . hinting at the excellence ,of
brevity in his opunsel as well as, in hi'? wit, said,
could.
I will be brief as my breath,'’ answered
the abdicating monarch, “and that is short
enough. You look upon the world, boy, as, o
bouse of pleasure : now, bear better from me,-
Woe, my lad, tuuiblea in pailfulls, and good
lucTt is only distilled in drops/’ - ‘
, The son looked down on his now silent father,’
and found be was dead.. The'new - king com
manded a - splendid - funeral, and arranged' d'
grand hunting, party'for. - the day after. He
Igughed, at the paternal smile/and to publish
its weakness and his own felimly, lie paused to’
be placed above his palace a - lafge silver hell
a rope.passed froni it to each room ho occupied.
“I'will ring it,” - said J ‘He, “ whenever-1 feel
thoroughly, happy . I have no doubt I Shall
wearyj'iiiy arnS’ and'deafe'ii the peopti’s ears,”
For a’month the bell Vas Mient: - ‘‘‘T-b’avV'Had'
my hand on the fope,” said -the king, - “ fifty
times,'but I felt that J was hardly happy
enough to proclaim it ,to-my people’; but we
have got our first difficulties, and to morrow—”
On the morrofr, ns he was boasting of the
fidelity of Ills ministers, he learned that his
friend and servant was in th&habit of betray
ing ins private dispatches to a neighboring po
tentate, from' whom the traitor received stars
and crosses, in return. The king- sighed. ’
“We shall not, then, toll the bell to-day, but
assuredly to-morrow.” ■
In' 1 the morning he rode over" to the house of
the 'mistress of his heart. “ There,'” be remar
ked to himself, os he went- along in that phce
tvhich used ta be observed by the - pilgrims of
Canter bury;and which in-l England has taken'
its-name from two syllables of the.city’s name.
“There I- have never-found' disappointment.”
What he did find ha never told; but on hie re
turn to the palace, when bis groom of the cham
ber looked interrogaforily between, him and
the bell rope, the monarch simply twisted the
latter into, a noose, and angrily muttered as ho
flung it down again: , . , ,
“ Would to heaven they were both hanging
from it together)”, ~
- On the following .day he. philosophically, re
viewed his case.
"I have been-.unreasonable.;.why should I
grievebceause 1 have been betray ed. by .aiknave
and jilted by a girl with golden hairf I have
wide dominions,'a full treasury^a mighty army,
laughing vineyards, verdant meadows, and a
people.w ho pay taxes as if theyloved me.'dnd
"God’s free air to breath-'in. ."I may be happy
yet,” added be,advancing to.the window;
“ nay, I niti,”' and he reached bis frarfd to the
rope. He was on the-very poiirtrof-binging it
with a good will, when he saw a 'sight without
and heard a voice within whiehmadabitn pause.
A messenger was at his feefr.' *“Oh, sire 1” ex
claimed'the bringer/of bad seest
the dust, the'fifes, and the gleam of arms with
out. The foe has broken in-the land; and terror
is before him, hud'' devastation - behind him !”
“ Now a corse upon tlraf brings a
wretched monarch evils like, fheser!” cried the
king who wanted to.be happy. ■;
The courtier hinted something about the
miseries of 'the people. l ~" By that .Lady_ of
Hate, whose church is in Brittany;” cHed'the
Prince, “ thou art rightT. I thought to pull
lustily at the bell, but I wilt as lustily at the
sword in my sheath; and see if" there be'’not
virtue in that. How came in the fte. and who
commands them ?” _ |
The answer to this.‘double query told him
tjiat tho ( enemy coujd ( noi have entered had;hut,
'lns dispatches been betrayed to 7tfaS invader ;
and that the van of the army was under the
command of a prince, whose was no soon
er uttered to the kirig than he exclaimed ; ” Ha,;
then I shall,fing the bell yet I’ll, have' BisTife ■
and the lady.—” - ...’
He said no more, but' went out,
cleared the land of the foe, hung the traitor
with all his honors on, him, and “returned in
triumph. He bad so much to/employ him on.
his return, so ntd'ch ‘to meditate upon future
accomplishment; that 3 , whefi at~ : hight be lay
down upon his couch, w-eurineas upon his brow,
hut a shade of htinesfjny upon'his 7 dheeS, he
had fairly forgotten the eilvefbell in his turret,
and the ropes that depended from it.
A.nd so he grew'grey ‘and. infirm,never
turning from his work till the Inevitable Angel
looked smilingly in his face, and began to beck
.qAhim aWayA * . " ’ ■ ■ *
“He'was sitting up in, big ijpsy chair. paie as
death, but ‘still" at* hjs.“mi'nis.try;'nll his 1 eyes
(l grew dim.his head sunk tpoa;,.his'breast, and
. without was a spub&Sfvyailpng:' ■
‘ “ Whit voice's are 'tEbte ?” softly j
“ is.there yet forjne to do?” “ ,x -'i''
, . His Ch'ancellof gtobped i ovcr him as hs -'now
lay on a couch,” and Softly "whispered ;' (
“Our, father is departing from, atnobg-us,
.arid-his”“ children are at the ' threshold in
tears.””'' " - / - “ '■ :
r “Let J hem come in.V/G ’do they
really love me I 1 ’ cried” the king:
- v If there.was a, |ife tp be.puroha'sed' herei‘o
worthy'sire‘they Would witl)
,t|ieir Wood.” , r , " ’’
The'crow'd etre&nied silently In to look-once
more on the good old king, atfd to' inoaVn-his
departure. He stretched onffria handtowarJs
them, and asked.-’;" " *
“ Have I won your live, chllAren, have I won
your love ?” ‘ ,
One univeraaLaffiiwatiie-ieply, given from
the heart,.though given with soft expression,
seemed tp-bestow upon the dying monarch
new life.. Ho raised himself on tho 'couch,-
looking;like ,pn inspired saint, and tried to
speak, but failed in the attempt. None the.
lees happy, he glanced at the turret where hung
the bell,. extending bis band to the rope, guve
one pull and died with-a smile" oh his lips, he
.Ke runghißdinafaiell.y' r i ' r - h - 1 v ‘
Abraham Lincoln.
To’ show our readers in what estimation Pres
ident Lincoln is .held ;by some of . the leading
Democratic journals, who, prior to his assassin
ation, were, among his most bitter political
opponents, we give place to 'the following ex
tracts from leading editorials; i
The New York World says:
“Of the career’brought thus suddenly to
this tragic close,-it is yet too early to make any
estimate that will not require, revision. It, is
probable..that , the judgment of history will
differ, in respects from that of Mr. Lincoln’s
potemporaries ; and in no respect, perhaps, more
than in reversing the current tenor of the pub
lic thinking on what has been considered the
vacillation of his character. • It must never be
overlooked that Mr. Lincoln was elevated to. the
Presidency without .previous training; . that he
was anpvice in the discharge of high executive
functions. Confronted at the’ very - threshold
w ilii problems-'of a novelty, atid'diffi
c’oTty which-Would ’ haveaiausad the ;most-,ex;
.ppxienced statesman to.,quail, beset all sides
by the most conflicting advice, it would jaot
have been foolhardy
presumption;; .indicating unseemly levity of
character, if he,- had. affected a display, of the
samejiind of confident decision wilt which ah
old sailor, manages a cook-boat in fait weather.
If, under such oh'CnmstancdiVhe hod' played
the role of a man of'decision, be would have
forfeited all titlo to be considered a man of
sense. .When the most experienced and repu
table statesmen of the country came'to oppo
site conclusions, it is creditable to the 'strength,
solidity, and modesty of Mr. Lincoln’s mind,
that he acted with’a-'< cautious and hesitating
deliberation proportioned rather to a sense of
his great responsibilities than to a theatrical
notion of politoal stage effect. The loss of such
a tuan, in snch a crisis; of a man’who .possessed
so large and growing a share of the pnblio con
fidence,’and whose administrtion had- recently
borrowed new luster from the crowning achieve
ments of,our. armies: of a.ruler whom victory
was inspiring With the- wise and paternal mag
nanimity which sought to make the conoili
atidn'as cordial as the atrife-has been deadly:
tbe.loss'of suoh a Eresident,at such a conjunc
ture, is an afflicting dispensation which. bows a
a disappointed and stricken naticn in sorrow
more deep, aiocere-aud'universal, than ever be
fore 1 supplicated the compassion of pitying
Heaven.”
The New York Daily News. says:
“It is as if a pall overhung the laud, and in
the shadow of it dwelt a chilled and awe-struck
people.- -A-brotherhood of sorrow'-sortow so
poignant that it makes strong men weep and
veteran soldiers shudder—has brought all olass
os iimlall panioß to the drear level of compan
ions'in misfortune. " Our city looks like a vast
burial-ground, whose/ monuments are bung
with the symbols of wo, and, along whose aven
ues a millionjnourners pace silently in the sol
emn consciousness of bereavment. It is not
only the flags flapping at half-mast in the driz
zling raip, or the gloomy’vistas’df crape facades,
that leave the impression of nniyersal mourn
ing, for in the sombre looks and thoughtful
sadness of out citizens,Their" downcast.-eyes,
their-snbdued tones, we find the most impress
ive tokens of the popular distress. And, in
deed, it has rarely happened that a people have
peen visited with such cause for lamentatiou.-
Had it pleased God,’ by disease or accident, to
take from us oar Chief Magistrate, the shock
wonld, have been fees. ' But’to sae him stricken
down by the brutal rage of an assassin, murder
ed at the very threshold of the gate of peace he
was about to open, abruptly burled ifrom his
sphere of usefulness at the crisis of the Repub
lic’s fate, in such a misfortune, all that is horri
ble, and-pitiable, and. calamitous, has been con
centrated into one fatal moment to overwhelm
the country with -affliction —For the first time
Id bar-history,* assassination has. thrown, its
dagger into the political scale. Oh 1- the dis
grace of it, tbO-Shamei-of it,.the peril, if ever
that cnme ehould be identified with tha Ameri
eafrioharacter l- Lefue not believe.'for the. hon
or of the American name, that it was prompted
by-partisan malvoelence. Let it.not be as
sociated with-the record of civil -strife",! farther
than-aa the act of-a murderer whose criminal
ity goes not beyond his own individuality.”
( A Tough'Story— Stephenson,'a country
storekeeper, was one day trying to sell Joe a
pair of pigged boots' The old man gave the
particle offered a fair examination, and decided
not to purchase.
“ Nice boots,” said Stephenson.
“Yes, very nice boots,” said Joe, “ but I
can’t afford'em.”
j, . “Why, they, are as cheap,as they make,”
said Stephenson, ‘‘ only .two dollars.”
.. “ Yea, only, I don’t k’eep'.'any" hired [man,”
returned Joe. V . , -'. "
, ;i “ Hireiman ! what do you Want of a hired
man 2” .agked jStephenaQn. ‘ . j
..‘‘. if ei1,..! should Want.', a -hired man'if I
bought them boots,” said Joe, his eye twisting
up with oven, a.mpre, comical, leer thanuaual;
“ the last pair of boota l had pretty near ruined
. - ■, , ~
“ How was that?”, asked Stephenson.
Why,”., said Joe, “ all the time I wore
• them boots, I had to .take two men ‘with me
..with .hammers, one on each side, to nail on the
soles every time I lifted my feet.” ~
~ The storekeeper, made, .efforts"
bppts to joe, ~ , , . ‘ ’ 1
-iNPwi? Baked. Pbdding. —Take two quarts of
Sweet milk, and boil one quart, and while boil
-iOg Stir in as much fine Indian meal as will
make a very, stiff batter; add. ..a teaspoon of
salt. aqd. make very sweet with molasses ; but
ter a pan and-poor-the-batter- in, and pour the
remaining quart of cold milk -.oyer it, out little
bits of butter and put on the top, and bake two
'hours’in a moderate oven. . Any. person who
has never ate of it-before will think they are
’ eating" custard.— Qennaniown Telegraph .-
- - Strange it.is, bat reputations, like.hats and
'-and-cloaks, will-lash some people -twice, as long
'as othors.though the commodity come tea
thread. "■ - ’■'v-- , 1 j; ■ "
FROM THE SOLDIER BOYS.
[Published by permission.]
U. S. Steamer Nahant, )
Off Port Royal, S. C„ April 17, 1865. J
. Dkar. Mother ; I am just returned from
Charleston, where I went to witness the cele
bration of the raising of the Stars and Stripes
over fallen Fort Sumter. I went on the staff
of Commander Williams, of the Navy, who.
had command of the Naval Brigade sent from
this port. The voyage was tedious, but still I
feel amply repaid for all the exertions 1., made
to participate in a scene so fraught with inter
est to everyone. In-fact, I believe I could
have endured tenfold the fatigue for the grati
fication experienced in witnessing the hoisting
of our national emblem to its proper place over
that fort Neverin my liftr have I felt so
proud- of my country and its gallant defenders
as I diiLwhen, I saw the banner we love trium
phantly oyer, the walls of Sumter, and stream 1
ing out toward the aoduraed city of Charleston
—the nursery-of treason, and- the f apot where
thefirst gun;of’this rebel lion was fired. The
14th day of- Aptil 1861 is one that-will-long be
remembered’by the people of this country, and
will'be banded down to posterity in history as
being the. hour that proclaimed to the world
that the strife which culminated in four years
of cruel war was inaugurated. It was a day
of rejoicing in that accursed city, and the trai
tors that participated thought it the dawn of
the day of separation and final dismemberment
of the United States. They were victorious
then, and drove the starving band of Anderson
from the fort, and raised the flag of disunion
for the first time on this continent. They little
thought that four yearsgtjUdevastating and?
unrelenting war would follow, and that on the
morning of April 14; 1865, the United States
authorities would send back the same band, to
raise the same flag, over a fort and city ruined
and depopulated.
I believe, coaid the plotters and instigators of
this rebellion who met in “ Institute Hall” at
Charleston, and passed the ordince of secession,
have possessed wisdom sufficient to have fore
told coming events, they wonld have hesitated
before taking the mad leap they took to satisfy
personal ambition and private gain. Could the
bloody scenes that have stained- the last four
years have passed in review before them, I
think we would never Have been summoned
from our peaceful homes to defend the honor
.and integrity of onr country. It is now bast;
and none mourn more than they. They pave
not only uselessly sacrificed life, bat ithrited
destruction of property 1 and they have receiv
ed bat a tithe of the punishment they deserve.
They may cease to rebel and become again
loyal citizensbat they can never repay the
debt they owe, nor receive thq punishment they
deserve, this side, of the grave. A just God
will deal with them according to their deserts.
They oan pay the debt incnned by reason of
their treason; hut they can never recal the
dear ones v4ho have been slain to defend a
country in which they were always prosperous,
and under a flag which always gave them pro
tection. |
Daring my stay in Charleston I put up at
the Charleston Hotel, quite a memorable spot;
-for it. was on the corner of this house that the
.first rebel flag was raised, and from the balco
ny speeches were made by prominent South
Carolina politicians, all predicting, no doubt,
a brilliant future for the Confederacy.
On the evening of the 13th the news of Lee’s
surrender reached us. Such a commotion as
followed can only be realized by those present.
Deafening cheers and shouts went op. Every
one was joyful, and all combined to see how
,'mnch noise they could make. Congratulations
were the order of the day. As soon as quiet
oould be restored, Senator .Wilson, of Massa
chusetts, was called uppn to read the account
of the surrender from the papers which had
just arrived from the North. During' the rea
jding cheers were given for Grant, Sheridan,
and the officers and men under their command
—after which the Senator was called on" for a
speech, which was n patriotic and stirring af
fair. Bands-disconrsed fine music, among the
more appropriate pieces the Star-Spangled
Banner. The old flag again i&avea triumph
antly over a land we have been four years in
reclaiming.
The evening was spent in the parlors, where
a goodly number of officers had congregated,
with a feyv.ladies. The wine circulated freely
and toasts drank to the gallant men who, for
four years have been contending for the victory
now gained.' Victory perches on our banner I
Peace is not far distant.
The morning of the I4tb dawned in beauty,
the fourth anniversary, of. lowering the flag
of Abe Union on Fort Sumter by the hand that
would in,a few hours replace, it, where. God
permitting, no other will.ever, wave while we
exist as Americans.
At %ight o’clock I went over to the fort,
where ! joined the Natal Brigade, and remain
ed till the celebration was over. At noon the
fort was filled, and the parapets lined with
an anxious, crowd. Soon Gen. Anderson, arm
in arm with Gen. GilmoreJ accompanied by
distinguished citizens and a galaxy of officers
of the army and navy, arrived. They were
greeted with prolonged cheers and mnsic. The
ceremonies were opened with the recitation of
the Te Deum, —“We praise thee, O God, we
acknowledge thee to be the Lord,” &o.
- Prayer, was then offered by Rev. Mathias
Harris, Chaplain U. S. A., who made the pray
er when Major Anderson removed bis com
mand from Moultrie to Sumter, Dec. 27,1860.
■1 quote the last clause of it as expressive .of
the desire of those wba have waited for this
day. four years:
“ 0 God, bless the good old flag of our Onion
and grant, by thy grace, and by’ the influence
of thy Hoi/Spirit, that our erring sisters may
return in peace and enjoy protection and re
pose nnder its folds.”
This was followed by the reading, by the
clergyman and. the audience alternately, of
Psalma 126, 47, 98 and 20. Maj. Anderson’s
despatch to the "Government, dated—“ Stea
mship Baltic, off -Sandy Hook, April 18,1861,”
.announcing the fall of Fort Sumter, was read
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Anderson and Sergt. Hart then stepped for
ward on the platform and unfurled the glorious
old banner amid deafening cheers. Gen. An
derson then ran up the flag, and as it reached
the top of the staff the enthusiasm was indes
cribable. There was a simultaneous rising
and cheering, and waving of hats and hand
kerchiefs. The outburst was responded to by
the bands; and thundering of guns from the
forts and fleet. 200 guns were fired from every
vessel and fort that participated in the bom
bardment. . 1
When the cheering had subsided, Gen.
Anderson addressed the assemblage. He
said: “My friends and fellow citizens, and
brother soldiers: By the considerate appoint
ment of the Secretary of War, I am here to
fnlfil the cherished wish of my heart through
four long years of bloody war, —to restore! to
its proper place this dear flag, which floated
here during peace, before the first act of this
cruel rebellion. I thank God that I have lived
to see this day, and to be here to perform this
last uctiveAoty to my country. My heart is
filled with gratitude to that God who baa so
signally blessed ns, who has given ns blessings
without measure. May all the world proclaim
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace
and good will toward men.” The General was
much affected and was twice nearly choked
down with emotion during his speech. Per
fect silence was maintained, and it seemed as
if the crowd were engaged in silent prayer and
thanksgiving for deliverance from hands that
were raised to dishonor and destroy.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was then intro
duced, and spoke for an hour in a most solemn
and'soul-stirring manner. You have doubtless
read the speech ere this, and will have seen
that it does credit to his intellect. That effort,
made by an orator, like the lamented Everett,
would have challenged the admiration of even
those who trampled the flag under their feet.
The Doxology and the benediction concluded
the ceremonies of the day.! I left the fort feel
ing glad in my heart that I was present to wit
ness a scene I had long anticipated; and I
must confess that my joy was only eqnaled by
that I experienced when the flag of our coun
try waved over conquered Vicksburg, in July
1863. The once prosperous city of Charleston
is now one field of desolation, and the crumb
ling walls and grassgrown streets indicate that
vengeance has overtaken the wicked authors of
the rebellion. It looks as if the war was near
ly ended, and the unhallowed rebellion soon to
be known only in history. The feeble light of
the Confederacy is extinguished. The straggle
has been a fierce one, costing the lives of many
tbonsands of gallant men. But we trust’they
have taught the rebellious'ones a lesson that
will be a warning to future generations, so that
no more war with oar own people may come
upon ns.
If this harried description of the celebration
is deemed interesting to you I am amply, re
paid.
I remain your affectionate and obedient son,
Lewis Darling, Jr.,
Ass’t Surgeon U. S. Nany.
On an evening preceding Thanksgiving, many
years ago,-two students left the college with
the most foul intent of procuring some of the
doctor’s fine and fat chickens, that roosted in
a tree adjoining his house. When arrived at
the spot, onje ascended the tree, while the other
stood with the bag, ready to receive the plunder.
It so happened that the doctor himself had just
left the bouse, with the view of securing the
same chickens for his Thanksgiving dinner.—
The rogue under the tree bearing some one ap
proaching, immediately crept away, without no
tifying his companion among the-branches.—
The doctor came up silently, and was immedi
ately'saluted from above as follows:
; “ Are you ready ?”
“ Yes,” responded the doctor, dissembling his
voice as much as possible.
The other immediately laying his hands on
the old rooster, exclaimed :
“ Here is old Prex, will you have him ?” •
“Pass him along,” was the reply,and he
was soon in the doctor’s bag. -■
“ Here’s marm Prex,” said the unconscious
student, grabbing a fine old hen, “ will you
have her?”
“Yes,” said the doctor.
“Here’s son John, will you have him?”-
“ Yes,” again responded the doctor. “ Here’s
daughter Sal, take her?” and so on until he
had gone regularly through with the doctor’s
family and chickens.
The old man walked off in one direction with
the plunder, while the student, well satisfied
with the night’s work, came down and streaked
it fbr the college. Great wsls his astonishment to
learn from his companion that he bad not got
any chickens, if he gave them to any one it
must, been Dr. Nott. Expulsion, fines and dis
grace were uppermost in tbeir thoughts until
the next forenoon, when both received a polite
invitation from their president requesting the
presence of their company to a Thanksgiving
dinner. To decline was impossible, so with
hearts full of anxiety for the result they wended
their way to the house where they were pleas
antly received by the old gentleman, and with
a large party were soon seated around the fes
tive board. After asking a blessing, the doc
tor rose from his seat, and taking the carving
knife, turned with a smile at the rogues and
said: “ Young here’s old Prex,
maim Prex, son daughter Sal,’’ at
the same time touching successively the res
pective chickens; “to which will you be help
ed ?” The mortification of the students may be
imagined.
Philosophic Discernment. —Freddy had him
there, as the story will show. Freddy is a little
one seven years growth, the son of a minister,
who, with his wife, had just strived at a new
field of labor. Hearing, his m ither say to his
father that she had been deceived by his say
ing that the parsonage was atnreo-story build
ing. when it was only a two, be said : “ M»,”
t'Woll Freddy.” “Pa is right.” “Haw. so,
Freddy?” “ The kitchen is one.” “Tea.”
“ The upper floor is two.” And the story Pa
told la three.”
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Anecdote of Dr. Nott.