Tbe Tioga County Agitator:
BT M. H. COBB. - j s
Pnblijhodefefy Wednesday morning and failed to
„h“oriUrs at Oifß DOLLAE AND FIFTY I'ENTS
«rV“ar, always IS ADVANCE. , .
1 lie paper is sent postage free to county subscri
bers though they may receive their mail at post offices
located in counties immediately adjoining, Mr fonve-
U Tbs Aoitaioe is the Official paper of Tiog Co.,
d circulates in every neighborhood therein. '43ab-.
gcriptious being «u the advance pay system, it; |rcu
f t e « among a class' inost to the Interest of
reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as,thoio of
ferei hv an y”P i P er circulation in. Northern
pennsyl 7 *®^ 8, . , ,
a. cross ou the margin of a paper, denotes
that the subscription - is about to expire. ■ -
/•gr* Papers will- be stopped when tbe sobserf tUon*
. Expires, unless the agent orders their ponjina-
JA s. lowrey &s. r. trnso«;
i xfORNEYS & CODNSELLORS at RAW,
A *lll attend the .CpartX-of Tioga, Poktf r and
jj c gean ooanties. ~ ~.[ Wellsboro, Jan. 1, P fe.]
DICKIIiSOK BOUSE, --
.' _ i oj£ju&fl, Je ti £:C
Mu A. FIELD; Proprietor.
GUESTS taken to and from thg X)ej>ot*&ee
of charge. . [Jan. 1. 1865.]
lOBH *■ SIITCHEI.L, '
AITORKEY AFP CO UNSELL OR AT LAW.
Tioga- Village; Tioga CCanty; Penn'o-i'
Prompt attention to
March 1,15G5-— ly
JEKOME B. WIEBS,-;-:- ”'
AT TOM NET & COtiNSELtOU A T'tA'W,
WeUzborc, Tioga -Conntv, Pa-,
Having been specially licensed by the -United£tates
for the Prosecution of Claim* fo&P«&iioo£ 3 Bft6k
p,v and Bounties. ■ '
Particular attention will-he.given to that >olftes<oi
business. , . J. B. NILES.
Weflsboro, Feb. 16, 1865-ly* ‘
PESNSYILVANIA HOUSE,;
CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND THE AVENUE,
Wellsboro. Pa.
j, W. BIGONY,
THIS popular Hotel, having been ro-fitted
and re-farnished throughout, iq now open to the
public as a first-class house. ' [Jan. 1, 1865.], "
.D. HART’S. HOTEL.
WELLSBORO, TIOOh. CO. PE&NA.
THE subscriber takes this jnethod tfejJftfo'Tjn.
hi. old friends and customers t iTaTh-dh as re
lumed the conduct of-'the old “ Crystal Ifonutain
Hotel,” and will hereafter give it his’ entire atTehtio'n.
Thankful for past favors, he solicits a of the
lumc. I, v - ' DAVID j .ART.
Wellsboro. Nov. 4,1863.—1 y.
IZAAJR. ■■ ■
Gaines,.TiogaCountf;Pa,';.; ...
H. C. VERMILYEA, :...Proprietor.
THIS is a new hotel located within eh?y ac
cess of the best fishing and banting grojtnda in
Northern Pennsylvania.' No pains will bVspnredfor
tne accommodation of ploasnre seekers ahd the traV
elimg public. , - [Jan. 1,-1863.]
• A.. PO XE Y,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv, feci, -Ac.,
REPAIRED AT' OLD PRICES.- ,
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
NO. 5. UNION BLOCK.
Wellsboro, May 20; 1868. '
H. W. Williams, ' *;Wm.
willuius a smiths;
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS j.f LAW,
BOUNTY ft PENSION AGENCY.
Wain Sir eat, Wellibore, Pq*;
January 4, 1565-ly
S. F, SHAIBLIN,
BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER,
Shop OvebC.'X. Wilcox’s ; k ‘
Wellsboro, Dec 7, 1864. ‘ ; ,f
WESTERN EXCHANGE WTEL
KNOXVILLE, BOftOUOH, PA.-
THE undersigned having leased the above Hotel
for h term of
the traveling public that he baa pat the Hotel in first
clues order for the reception of gucsteahd--no £aiaa
will bo spared in the accommodation of travelers and
a* far as the situation will allow, be will keep a- .first
.',aif Hotel, in all things, except 'piices, will
toaodeiate. Please try asand judgofor youis»*lve».
Hncxville,"Oct. 19, 1864-tf. , J-' H., MAR^N.
nEVENVE STAMPS, |V
JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy CoUcctor/pf Mans
field, has Just received a large lot-of Revenue
htams, of all denominations, from one cent up to $5.
Any person wishing Stanps can got the pi at office
Id Mansfield, or of M. BULXAHD, Assistant-Assessor,
u Wellsboro, Pa. J. M. |>HB£RS.
Mansfield, May 2, 1864. "3
P. NEWELL, DEIfTI«T» ;
MAKSFIELD, TIOGA COUNTY, i'A., .
IS prepared to operate in all the in,
the various departments of filling, extracting,.in
kling artificial dentures, Ac. ", ’”1 - ,
Mansfield, August 10, 1864-Iy* /
COWANESItVE. ;
THIS House which baa been.open for 430 f 'eolehoe
of the traveling public for- a numbir»H' years,
-u lately been newly furnished throughout i &d fitted
: F ions good style as can bo found *in any ccuiltry or
•::j Hotel. The Proprietor doe* not hesituO in-aayi'
‘ a s that there will be ho pains spared to a-id to the
of his'guests, and make it a home i ir .them.
*2ebe«tof stabling for teams;-and a goo/ hostler
t.*ars ; n attendance, all of which can' ' a vfound
:ne mile east of! Knoxville, Pa,
J M. V. PURPLE, Proj rietor. -
D «rf.eld, May 25,,1864.-1;. ■ .. ;
wELI.SBORO ■ Kq^JL
* [Corner .Main
** Pa. ‘
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. : _
One of tbo most popular Houses iif the coUnty.
J2i« Hotel m the principal Stage-house in Welfcboro.
loavo daily as follows: f * *
, yr Tioga, at 9a. ra.; For Troy, at 3a. m; J/Tbr
‘ er **J Shore every TaeadSy*and Friday at.2p.m.;
1 ,\£ ,:, u import, every Tueedny and Friday fit Sp. m.
r Arrive— Prom Tioga, at 12 1-2 o’clock
I -.- From Troy.at 4 o’clock pr«.-r
fu^dar-and Fndayrl I a.*m.:
Tub.-i ,y an( j Priday II a. m. t ■ v
D> —Lm-nv Cowden.-the ■ weU-knoWn Pbstler,-
Oct,-&. 1864-ly. c - '' :
Hugh youwcte-:-:!
B OOgj»gfcfcißß .<V STATMIf KR.r
and’ DKaVk’e./iK. ./ - n i
Clocks, American, English, and ’Swiss,]
ttcnes, Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware; Spectacles,
Frame?,'Photographic Albnras, Stereoscopes,
Perfumery,- Yankee Kotibns, fishing
and Flies, and Fancy and toilet Articles.
r
-sauiy, constantly on hand ai>d sent-hy' mail-or ethi,
'***«, to order. -- J-;- I *
* V °- 5, Umoy BLOCK, . WKLL&BORa t J 3r 'A.
TO FISHEKjIEii; |
I3E subscriber,begs leave lo inform t e public
■*- niM be has a fineWortment of the calcinated
ROCHESTER TROUT TLIE^
Oral or * t Flier,-Silk- Braided t if-s," SeiT
t.**.* 60< * Hair Liner, Kinsey Hooke on Sntf le-Recls,
Ltiaer, < Gut, and a fine lot of
ROCHESTER FLy„ RODS, [ /
..’j Ac. Bhop in-roer-of Wm. Ro*Herts' Tin,
w^i 6 store - *• ■- - f -5
"elUboro, April l». -1866-3 m. -
'~* r
VOL. XL
HAS FALLEN 1 ;■
. And-eq has the price of
DBT GOODt
LEE. HAS - SCrRKENOBftED,
lIAVB ' SufiRENDERED THE EX
TBME HIGH PRICES OJ?
’ GOODS..
i Vi'
° * i t" '!
~ J: r . - r- -• t)*' *
*T,hE PEOPLE’S StOßEp
is noir,js«|>nng ad(Ution» t<» &eii;jtq/pTc'or ?
GOOJ>S,-/; BOUGHS '■ D.DRINiCI^
, - i b».-^RES^M.^N : mCES SJ; ,y £ J ‘
tnd thwilll)B»oMat‘~’ :r : TM'cr-.sr* rT
THE LOWEST MARKET RATES.
.'.Proprietor.
Wo Jiave made .arrangements, to got •
•week/jmjJ as -me beep potted In rdgtrd to : f
“ the" 2f*is *yo>& JS/ar&ft/wo tbidl at :'*•
LLI II-alUlnieajiuK^
band conform to
and * with - it: nnderltOQd, that however.
1,4 **• ‘^mtich'othersTflay-bloTT,' - •* ‘ 1
V . -««*. iJ , Si ■ Lj ■
WE DO NOT INTEND TO BE UNDERSOLD
j}ie murderpf Ms, Lincoln, more tban.four
yqarf after-his induction into the office of presi
dent of the poited.Smtes, is.nut tbei fulfilment
of a recent intention, nor is the guilt of it con
fined to the actual murderer and present active
accomplices'.' Soon after the first election of.
Mr. Lmcnlo,a plot yras matured fur bis qssas-.
sination -which was vaguly .rumored at the time
of-its intended execution, hot which wasoiejter
exposed in any formal manner,.and hencepever
obtained general credence. As we are inposes
sion of.some of its outlines,-and ihamoaus by
which it w,,s defeated, the mention of theeir
cumstoiiceaniay.now h« received with a degree
ofdnterest which they could nnf heretofore have
excited. It is progerto say that wa atate them
substantially as they were-reported sometime
ago,.by a gentlemap who was chiefly instru
mental in defeating the conspiracy. . Ilia com
munication, was made in the .course of a private
conversation, an.d f although -.yijbout anjinjupn
tidn yet-as. ha;s - not at.present,in
this city, and, bis ..permission i therefore cannot' !
at .once .he-obtained to . usedtis‘nwp or other
names in this publication, we make.it Jn such
guarded-form a- ipay. involve no- breach of
'presumed confidence. -
• Ip the month of. January, 1861,a,gpntleman
holding a in this, city, which made
.him a proper agent, to act on the information,
iwas, waited upon by a lady, who.stated to him
her Bjispitaons-or knuwledge—whence derived
we.are not able to, soy—of a plot to assassinate
Mr.,Xir.co!n when nn his way fron his bomein
Illinois to. Washington, to be inanguarated as
President. Thq active partita,.op some of them.,
in the business, were understood to;he in Balt -
mote,-. At all events, the gentleman considered
itlie intelligence, had., sufficient foundation to
make it,his duty to satisfy himself whether it
might-be .correct. Hp accordingly, employed «
detective officer, a man who had in his profess
ion become notable for his sagacity rand, suc
cess, to go, to,, Baltimore .and "adopt, his own
course- to defeat the parties to and plan pf, tjie
-conspiracy., ~, ,
The officer went to Baltimore, and opened,an
-office as some sort of a-broker,qr ageht„,under
an.pseumed name of..course. Being. au.pp)i'ed.
witfi. needful funds, he, made .occasions to he,
cotjio acquainted.with certain classes of. sece»:
siohiets, and by-degrees was on free and easy
terms pith .them. He. tqok each’’man in his
humor, dined and supped with some, gambled,
with others, “ treated" andseeohded dissipa
tions, in mor;‘ways thaft tiay Be' expressly sta
ted, uhtil he had secured enough ot"their confi
dence to, be familiar iyith'the partiqlShiVs of
thefr scheme. Meanwliiie it had been aseer-
on ( the line of the Baltimore Bail
rbad'that there were men engaged in militarv
drilling. Several 'other detectives were, em
ployed bjr the chief to ‘discover the purpose of
thosen f gapi z .l tiorfs ;. ahd, disguised as laborers
or fn,rm,hi£ndH, they got themsplves Wuatered
Qie of .tlle cqinpahids tit ‘ho loyal-
Sin another,] undMiprefeheii nf he-'
' to"guard . one or uidreof tho
bridges" north qf'Baltimore, was- designed for
quite an opposite purpose.
Jjt will.be remembered that some time before
Mr.' linooln set opt from his home for Washing-,
ton,‘fiis intended route thither was. published.
A paff. of the program me .was that'he "should |
visft Jlarrt burg'and Philadelpbia. .We believe |
ihitt.Mr. ‘Lincoln was not advised especially ofj
nuyipersonal danger until he wp.e about to gu ]
to .Harrisburg, and then, at .the instance of .the
.geW?fmao referred to, he' was. urged, to proceed"
without delay to'Washington. "He replied. how.C
ever, that he had promised the people of Harris
-1 burgio'anewer their invitation'and he would
!do surf it cost -him hislife. He accordingly
] vlslfed Harrisburg oh the 223' of. February, ’6l.
; 1 1 ‘was intended he should resi : there ' that evt
thing.' But-under the management- of “• the
geritlemtni, 5 ’ another arrangement was effected.
'fhe night train from Philadelphia to BaIti
sE&ISTEfe’S"NOXTCRi- L Nim'ceirit^.lJiidven ; T™ oYO Washington depart! at half past ten,
jLV that the following personshirWstrocd their acr- - o’clock in..'the evening. . 'lt was’ determined
counts in the Register’s office of Tioga County. and that" Mb Lincoln should go secret!-?' by that
that tho same will be presented to the Orphan’s Court ooj j , J u
of said county, on Monday, tho sth day of Jane 3865, the evening.qf the 22d, and_ to enable
for confirmation and'allowance: nim todo so, a special was provided to
. Account of Martiu Eoppard,Executor of tha estuto- bring him secretly Irom Harrisburg to Phila
of Joseph Reppard, deo’d. . ...deiphia. After dark, in,the, foremf city when
Aocount^^Cbarles, Eheyman, Adm’r of th« estate/ i t was,presumed he had retired to his hotel, he
- of Ao^nntof D o!'BuUard,.Adm’rof jfyaibUoniU'. ® o . c °ff i |'B l 7 ‘wk tbw special train, and came‘to
timer Bullard, dec’d. _ ' 1 '■ rtulidelphia. Meanwhile, in anticipation of
qualityof-goods considered. Itxfaailsbe.' oar aim §>
'• ; - keep constantly co hand a good-stock of ' -
such goods asHhe'cominniiity / ■ -
- . require, and . r
such articles as will hive satisfy
THE .ONE: PRICE SYSTEM
under 'which oar business has constantly'■increased
* for tho'lest ten years will bn adhered to, : _ -
*' * -as also the ' c~
READY PAY ; SYSTEM
‘ M V
more recently.«dopt»d. , Don’t bo; uptil.
i- '
YOD HAVE EXAMINED ODfi-«XOCKc;AttB
‘PRICES.-6:.-s= -j
' P•P - ; •• s> i
STORE*DIRECTLY "OPPOSITE'THE'DICKIN
-1 'SON HOUSE,
and first door oast of Hnngerford’s Bank. l '
S.TIITH WiITE,
Corning, 1 7 r1866* .. t
THE BIG FIGHT having beon"dhidd‘‘hV by
Messrs. Grant, Sherman Sheridan, £ Co.,
KELLY & PURVIS
have volunteered for a war of
high Prices, and will befoond entrenched-' behind a
huge pile of ■ f
i-M •* * - : •. t s'c; v- c-»
NEW Atflf CHEAP GOODS 1
at the old OSGOOD STAND, where their communi
tlona with New York.cannot be interrupted.
They have jultjnocived a good stock of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, ..
such. affJPHnts,Dcdalnes7.‘Bareges, T’dasUps/fiosiery;
Notions,' Boots Dufact. everytfijtigin
the Dry Goods line may' Be found at ’ohf cotinTeW,
and purchased at prices corresponding to eke lute
HEAVY FALL IN GOODS.
* S *CL el. t , w/ r -
We also invite purchasers to examine bur fine
stock of t tss/z^
GROCERIES
. Can’t be beat thlr li&rpt'ss*% Yorit. ~ -c-
Kemember the place. “ Osgood’s Corner." ;
~ KELLY t JtDJtYIg.- .
' Wellsboro, Apr. 22, 1866-ly.
TAVERN LICENSES.—Notice is hereby given
that the following named persons have filed
their petition*, to ..the of
Tioga Coanty v to grantffc of
public eating houses, and th.it
a Jfoaiihg* 'gama V.MJ'. W.hVd * he^)repaid
Court, on T^edneSdiff,'the’SlSt
2 o'clock P. M.
Ikvssepsrs.
Liberty—H. H. Sheffer,* Joseph Reed.
Blossburg—Rufus Farr,* Jos. Tonkin, Jno. Shields.
Delmar—Jamesß.-Oolcs.
Elkland—Benj. Barse,* Charles Ryon.*
Weptfieid— 5. Leach.* : . . ,
Myron Nt-chols.* ” *
Covington Boro—Anson L. Johnson.
Wollsboro—6- B. Holiday,* Nelson Austin,* J. W.
Biponey.
Gaines—ll. C. Vermilyea.*
Liberty— dodroff*^
Pall Brook—W. W. Onff •
'Mansfield—AlbinusHunt.*.. „
Knoxville—G. W. Matliaon.** ~
, Bldbsburg—James Morgan,* Horace W. Holden,"
-Elijah Plummer,* Joseph P. Monell,* Elisabeth
* Conley. ~ - *~r C? j-^
Weilsboro—G. Hastings t Eo.,lVin. T. Mathers.
. Tb' Btit-t-BtIiTHE QcißtJi - »xti
" Eloss—A. L. Bodino. - : -l h"- ; **>-.
WardfJ-tAbelS. Manley.-- :l>s
W ells boro, May 10, ’65, H.S. ARCHER, Reg’r.
his coming, “ the gentlemen" had enscjred the
-TRET.A'nTKS-^BABfiltt*h. rrffVitP. a - d9t ® oti 9“ of the -Phn.idelp.hia_'and and Balti/-
F TED SOAP POWDEB,orw M hing “°F e ; ral J 1 ’ Und -®y tbe P^ ete ° ce tbat a parcaTof:
and atains removed from Table Linen, Napkfni, dc. j Im doi;p men tb one of the .Oepart;.
For rale at Drag Store. j meriW'Tn Washington ‘must be -dispalbhed By
DcOotrD to tj ftt Extension of thr area of JFrccdom atiij the Spread of Wealths UHotm.
■WHILE THERE SHALL- BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO'MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
J new" grioca.
RESARDLESS OF; COST,
BY ANY,
TION TO THE CONSUMER.'
Eating Homes.
d. r/DOFAfcBSON,- Clerk,
: ■•£<■.•:? ;p r*
4 f V
AIiITATOU.
WELLSHORO, TIOGA COUNTY, BA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY ai, 1865.
Original Dor try •*
“ Good by darjipg,” saddened utterance
Of a sorrow ;
r “ r trill sboh return to greet the© :' ' • ■
• 'When the victory'God'hath won. , •. q '
Can 1 leave thee f'thdu bast ever _-
- Cheered with smiles my happy k)t-$ '
r Think not m my.conntry's service «••
7 Cxpdand thoube.forgqt, -- ~
*• "FaEEWjBII dearonepQodiEatli-giren
Mauy all : fc ‘ ; .
\ Oqtyv bid{»,mp now,exchange ithem - ~
■* For a notion's Liberty/"' ~ " ;
' -->0 - T> • ’* o "'- ‘o'
Yell the deep un?pokbri sorrow, —■ *'
i 3«ar you not the -
With it* deep and earnest import—- .
“Thither patriots, one and all!"
w‘;
,1-1 r. , , f _
» G«od-by:da ! rHng’'--still isyrafted
Erom the piarchjrad tented field*,, ~ /
Wiiere the "brave ones of onKtJnion ‘
• ■ u/t CTrash'tfio power Secesgia wieldi. :r ,r
s: s/ "-v. :■’? ic \
■ dat^ißg’-—God U ?i ;
- *■- hopeful words That Northward sped''
the lengthening cypress shadows- -
: That-essayed to abroad our dead: . ;
•\ ,e Good-by darling!, jheavonly mnslc " '
i ” Filling now-£ny weary ear; - - -
, Ab! U brings such untoH rapture-7*
- . Victory, gained, and Hcayen so near.”
There is deep, heart-thrilling pathos
-In thy tone?,.angelic one;; - .» "
Death to thee hath,no more terror^.
Thou hast indeed a viotor'y won
'' *' Jr. .
: ' [From Jhe -Philadelphia Q&zelto.j
The- First -Plot to President
I. ■- - Lincoln. ; , .
;■ h
7. *
the Agitator.} - -
GOOD-BY DARXjIIS G.'*
TJ
it, bnt which might not be ready until after the
regular time of thrstartingTtf-rtrat train. By
a similar representation, the connecting- train
from Baltimore ta- Washington was also de
tained.- Owing to the. late hour at which,the
special train left. Harrisburg with Mr. Lincoln,
it did not, as was reach this city
until after the usual Philadelphia and Balti
more time. 'Mr. Lincoln was accompanied by
the offiei-r jvho had been employed in Baltimore!'
A formidable bundle of old railroad reports
had been made op in the office of the'; Philadel
phia and Baltimore company, which the officer,
duly instrueted.'Had-charge of. On the arri
val of tho-Hirflsburg train. Mr. Lin-cdlnfook
a carriage in-waiting, and with his-escort was
driven to the depot at Broad and Prime streets.
The officer made some ostentatious bustle, arri-.
ving with his parcel for wljioh the train was
detained, and passing through the depot, enter
ed the- Cars, Mr; Lincoln in hi# company. As
Mn. ;Liucoln-passcd through the-gule, the man
attending,it remarked—“ Old fellow, it's well
for you tim train was detained to night, orypu
woulff n,pjhave‘g§ne inTt.” No driejibyard the
tram bat the agent of the company and the
offlcer-khew’-of-Mr. Lincoln being in it. He
was conducted to a sleeping car, and thus-, was
kept out of the weyef—nbservirttno.
To gourd;against any possible commonica
tion by telegraph at this j time, the. circuit was
bipkan, tq be united.when it would be safe.to
do so. The plan of the conspirators. was to
break‘"or 'burn* one of the bridges north of
Balrimoveat thetime of Mr. Lincoln’s antici
pated approach on the following day; and in
the confusion incident to ■ the stoppage of the
train,'to assassinate him in the cars. Hence
the extrh'precaatioff, above mentioned, regard
ing tfie telegraph." ' .
- ■ J. M.
lii'due tim’ethe train with Mr. Lincoln reachi
e<L Waslangtbn, and he being safe, there, .the
officer,, .as prgviously-Ynstructed sent it dis
patch to “ the gentleman” that “the parcel of
documents had been delivered.” The public,
and, above all, the conspirators, awoke on the
.morningof the24th” to be astonished with the
intelligence fhat- Mr. Lincoln -had arrived-in :
Washington. It. may be well to-mention here
tiiat that thestorjof bis disguise io a “ Scotch
cap” and cloak was untrue. Ho wore his or
dinary travelling cap, und was in no . sense of
the wßrd disguised." "'
We Have given this narrative as-we received
it.essured that in no; essential -particular can ;it.
varyfrqm the. circumstantial account of "the
gentleman " to whose precautions, we believe,
■may be properly attributed the frustration of
;tbe'plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
. In ’ confffmaSiun 'of the view jhatthis plot
was within the knowledge of cettaiu eminent
secessionists in Washingtodnt may be stated
:thavivgentleman, who ‘was a member "of the
“ Pence Convention,” then in session, heard
one of. the southern- .members exclaim, when
Mr. Lincoln's arrivaljn. Washington was men-,
’tioned, “ My God I how d(d he gethere?” the
.aurpris was too significant to be mistaken, when
afterwards remembered and associated "with
other circumstances. - •
• Thp Tsr>S3CoPE.—Whati» sublime'idea I With
.the »id of. a telescope is presented to the view
such an object as-the-planet-Jupiter, a globe
fourteen hundred times larger than the world'
in which we dwell, and - whose surface wo'nld
contain a-popu lation-ona. hundred times more
numerous than «U?the inhabitants that have
existed.on our. globe since the creation! And
how is.-the sublimity of snub, anideakugmea ted.
■ when.wJe consider that this immense body is
revolvinigfound its axis at the rate of twenty?
eight-thousand miles in an hour, and iaflyingat
tha-s.ime; lime, through .. the region; of space,
twenty-pioe-.thoueand miles every hour, carry-,
ing along with it four moons, each of them
larger than the eurth.during . its .whole course
round .the centre.of-its: motion ! And if; this
planet, which appears only like a luminous
speck on the nocturnal sky, presents such an
angust idea, when its magnitude- and-.motions
are-investigated, what an astonishing idea is
presented to the mind , when ,it contemplates
the' size and splendor of the stin—a bo.dy which
would, contain, Within its bowelstnine hundred
-globes larger than Jupiter, and. thirteen- hun
dred thousand globes-of.tbe bulk of the earth-;
which,dortsits raj s^in 5 few' moments, to the
romotest bounds of the planetary system, pro
ducing light and color, "abd life and vegetation,'
throughout thorsorrounding worlds! And how
must our astonishment be;still increased, when
■we consider the number of such, globes which,
exist.throughout theuoiveilat;--.,timt within the
Wnge of.dhrateieseopes mure than a hundred
milHima.u£?globdB,-Bimi>ar.'.tii;. tUe sun'in size
and- splendor, are arranged at immeasurable*
distaneejromeach other, diffusing, their radi-'
ance through the immensity of space, and en
livening surrounding worlds with their benign
influence, besides tba innumerable multitude,
which out reason .tells; os, mustexist beyond
nil that is inyisibleto tbo ey es of mortals.! '
The Miller's-PjoEwtayi—A wprtby' miller,.
wishing for n-portrait of. bimsglf, applied to a
painter to'haye-it.accomplished..
“Byt.” 'said he, “I am .it very.industrious
roan,,l,want tq .be painted, as looking'out of
my .ffiih windowi-but when- apy one, looks at
me,.l, wjeh to.pop ; roy. head in, so- as.notybg,
'thought Inly or as spending toy .mughjimeiat.
the windowr”. ~ - - __
“Very well,”, saief the* painter. .“It shall
be done.lsb.” '/"/
He painted the mill and the mill window. ■'
The miller looked at it. - ...... .
“'Very well," said he. ■*But where is my
self looking oat?” ’ ' ' !; -
“Oh 1” said the painter, “ whenever ' any
one looks.at the mill,.you know' you pop your
headin', of course, to"preserve your credit for.
industry." . ' ' : ~ " ...
“ That’s right;” said the miller. “ I’m con
tent—just so. ‘ Pm in~ the mill now, ain’t'! ?
Just so—that will do.” ■ "• -
, Bad. luck is -a man with-bia hands, in .bis
breeohea pockets, a pipe in his month looking
bn fft-seft. how it will ,00me~.,. Good, luck-. is a
pan to meet difficulties, his sleeves rolled up,
and working to make it come right.
©ottpgjjonOctice.
- _■ [Written for The Agitator,]
HOW I GOT INTO AND OUT OF A REBEL PRISON.
by captain h« b. s m of tioqa county.
( Concluded .)
Unsuccessful in the first, he repeated it, ac
companied by tbeadjotant of the prison and a
small negro. They went into the basement,
and the appearance of the negro at the window
ing an adjoining horseshed, announced to us
that.tbeL tunnel had bcen -discovered, and we
had nptbing more to hope for in the way of
escapes, at least for a time. The guard was
at ones released, and strenuous efforts made to
recapture-the fugiti vest. Fifty-five oT the hun
dred and ten were recaptured, and subjected to
the most brutar.treatmen|t which rebel malioe
could invent. Many of them were kept in cold,
damp cells.in. the.basement of the prison from
ten to thirty, days, fed on corn bread and wa
ter ttjjd when they came out their shoes and
, oloSMag were covered-with ia green mould. Tn
one instance an officer was kept twenty-four
hours in a cell where Hie water '.was a foot in
depth;
We reached the basement from which the
tunnel started by taking np.tbe brick from a
fireplace’ and going down the chimney. It was
sixty feet long, running from the basement of
the prison across one street, where the horse
shed referred to made a good concealment for
the terminus. .Thence they passed through a
gate into the street. One difficulty to be got
over was n lamp in front ot this gate. The
third man oat, a Lieut. Johnston, of Kentucky,
climbed the post and extinguished it, greatly
to the relief, of bis fellow fugitives,. Every
effort was then mode by the rebels to prevent
like’escapades in the future. : An brder.was
.issued by the commandant of the prison, for
bidding us to-look out of the windows, and
instructing the guard to fire upon any prisoner
violating the .order. After this order was is
sued, 1 saw the sentinel stand with bis piece
ready for some minutes, waiting his chance to
shflot* a’ Yankee. They finally killed Lieut.
Forsythe, of Ohio, and wounded several others.
Things soon assumed their former quiet, and
they were beginning to send same of the en
listed .men to Georgia and other places South,
'when Kilpatrick made his raid to Richmond.
He cafrio within a few miles of the city, sur
prised and captured a portion of the garrison
;of one fort. This occasioned great alarm ;
.and fearing 5s might succeed in getting into
the city.and. releasing the .prisoners, they put
a large, quantity of powder under the prison,
; and told ’us that in case our forces came in and
attempted to* release us, they would blow us to
h—yid-’ Somb-bavß-tried to dispute this; but
I have seen a-written statement of arebeloffi-.
oer to. the truthfulness of it, likewise a note,
to an officer by a.citizen of Richmond,
.warning him - to beware of the danger in case
our "forces Occupied the city'.
Nothing more nf interest occurred, save a
few special exchanges, until the 7th of May.
At noon Inspector Turner appeared, and read
;an order to us to be ready to march to Peters
burg in an hour, for exchange. We had hoped
that the Government'would release us before
the campaign opened ; and some Were jubilant
over the prospect of so speedy a release. A
few boars were sufficient to undeceive ns. We
were marched to the Danville depot, {packed
into freight oars (as filtfay.as cattle could make
them] at the rate of 50 or 60 to the car. They
’placed a guard at each door, with orders to al
low no man to get out under any circumstan
ces. The weather waa very warm, and- as
'many of na were suffering with diarrhoea, yon
can form some idea of our condition. We re
mained thus for'twenty-four hours, when we
arrived at Danville, Vo'., and halted four days.
Here we were placed in old -buildings’ which
had-formerly been, used as government store
houses. On the I2tb of May we were again
packed into the cars os before, and ordered to
Macon, Georgia. At the solicitation of many
of us, they consented to allow *two out of a
car at a time when they halted.- We were five
days on the trip, and greater suffering than
many ofua.endured can hardly, be imagined.
We arrived.at -Macon on the 17th. it is a
town of considerable importance in'the jpteri
or, the rebels having a large rolling mill and"
other public- property there; Here, instead of
being placed in prison buildings, as-we bad
expected, we were turned into a.lot containing
about three acres,,surrounded-by a stockade
fence twelve feet high. - JDn the outside of this
fence', and near the top,'was a sorVbf niatform
upon which'the sentinel ’ Walked, and“several
pieces of artillery Weta planted.' 2n the’inte
rior, of this enclosure there was nothing, save
*a few small trees and an old building, which
was reserved for hospital, purposes. For a
"time even this was a sort of relief, as.we could
again breathe the pure air—a blessing'of which
wo bad been deprived for many months previ
ous.. But. the scorching .rays, of the southern
sou soon began to do its work upon us. Many
officers fell victims to disease ; and but for the
fact that they came to our relief with a little
lumber, of which we constructed sheds, many
■more b£ as must have fallen. The rations were
little or no better than they were at Libby; all
things considered-we- were notrsd-oomfortable.
Quite a number of the officers -who escaped
'from the,train on tbs way from Richmond were
now, being brought in. Many of them had
been hunted down by negro hounds, and in a
'Slumber of cases they were badly bitten. In
: one instance the man died’ before bs got to
camp. . Some may tell ns that they would not
have treated them so bad they not escaped;
bat bo it remembered that it is a right conce
; ded to _ prisoners of war in civilized countries
to escape if they can, and is not an offence.
On-tbe I4lh of July I had-succeeded in get
ting a rebel uniform and awaited a favorable
opportunity to escape. I went np to' the gate
and rapped. The sergeant dame and opened
it, saluted me, and I passed out. I went up
to town, staid some time, got what information
I could, and a map of the country, assumed
the duties of a censcriptingofficer, and started
for Atlanta. I bad an order porporting to be
from -Gen., Johnston, ordering me to certain
'districts in Georgia bn conscript duty.
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NO. 40.
This was the first time I had breathed free
for a year; and you can judge something of
my, feelings. I found the people generally tril
ling to assist in arresting the conscripts, and
one man carried me twelve miles, and regretted
that he could not do more.
I offered him Confederate money for hi*
trouble, but. he refused to take it, saying be
wished to do something for his country. He
then gave me some papers and a letter to carry
to bia brother in Atlanta, and 1 left him. All
things went on well, and I bad already taken
about a hundred names of conscripts and de
serters, when I began to be very sick. I halted
to rest in a piece of woods on a plantation
remained there some hours and wap finally dis
covered by a negro. He manifested some sur
prise at seeing a confederate officer in that
condition, and wanted to help me to the bouse.
I told him I bad only stopped to rest and could
go to the house alone. Here I made a mistake
by not telling him who I was; but like some
of the gentlemen who have such a great attach
ment Tor Queen Victoria and her dominions, I
thought the “ Nigger" was not to be trusted.
I went to the boose and asked a boy for a
drink of water;] he brought the water—re
marked that I did not look well, asked me to
walk in and take a seat. Unable to march
farther I-complied with his request.! Presently
bis father, a man about forty years of age—
came in, Unfortunately for me, be was quite
an intelligent man, and' bad been.l a Colonel
in the rebel service. I told him I was there by
request of bia son ; he said it was all right as
be was happy to extend any hospitality to s
soldier, and asked me to stay all night. Before
retiring, I inferred from some remarks made
by the old lady, that be suspected something
wrong. I knew my only hope was in refusing
to show him my papers should be demand them
—as he wouldHee that they were not what they
purported to be. Morning came, and as I had
expected, be demanded the papers. I told hipn
that as I was an officer, be bad no right to de
mand papers of mp as of citizens and soldiers,
and I should not show him my papers, that I
did not know but that he, himself, was a de
serter. ,1
He replied that if I refused to recognize his
authority to arrest me he would not do so, bat
as be was willing to render me all the assist
ance he could, he would carry, me twelve miles
to a town, where a "battalion of cavalry was.
stationed, I could hand in my list of deserters
and they would assist me in arresting them. I
knew to refuse.to ride with him would be but
to admit that there was something wrong, so I
to d him to bring round his carriage. As we
wore about to start, his wife came out and
said ; “ Now Mr. Brown, you don’t laune.who
you! re. got there, if there is any killin’ done, I
want you to kill him, —I don’t want him to kill
you.” He told her ho had known women to
do well attending to their own business, and
drove off.
1 knew that ns soon as he turned me over to
the battalion of cavalry mentioned, an investi
gation would be ordered, and the discovery of
maps and spurious papers on my person might
lead to serious difficulty. Watching an oppp!>
tunity I threw my maps and papers away, tpld
him I was a Federal officer—an escaped prison
er of war, that I did not consider it a crime! 110
escape, and hoped he wonld not attempt to
maltreat me. He said he suspected that snch
was the case, and that 1 .was from New York,
from my accent, that he had formerly been in
New York City in the law business—did not
blame me for trying to escape—would do the
same himself under similar circumstances.—
He also told me he did not think it safe to tarn
me over to the Captain commanding the caval
ry, as he was a very severe fellow, and did not
..know what bo might do. He accordingly turned
me over to a Lieutenant who was home on a
leave of absence. He treated me very well
carried me I back to Macon, and located mein
the stockadle. 1 was'soon taken with a violent
fever and at length placed in the hospital. We
had very little surgical attendance, and impro
per diet, consisting of bacon and cornmeal.—
For a long time I little expected to see New
York again. Many died around me from sheer
neglect, while one—a Captain from Wisconsin,
war literally murdered by a surgeon in attempt
ing tOjampotato his limb.
Another, a Lieutenant of the 45th New York
was shot dead in the stockade while dipping
some water from the spring to. drink. In con
nection with this, I think of another instance
of cruelty perpetrated upon Capt, Irsh of the
same regiment, by a Capt. J. Kemp Tabb, the
commandant of the prison. He bad manifested
a willingness to take watches or any valuables
which we had to sail, and give us the money
■for them. Capt. Irsh gave him ,his watch and
Hold him to sell it for $2OO, or return it. After
several days the Captain asked him for the
money ; he banded him fifty dollars, told him
that was all he could get for it. He (Irsh) re
fused to take it, and was taken out backed and
gagged for two hoars. This is bat a single in
stance of the cruelty of this Tabb. I might
tell bow freely he used his revolvers—how he
struck an officer with a musket for refusing to
do some medial service, and how he forbade a
chaplain to pray for the restoration of’peace,
the success of out arms or the President of the
United States. But his deeds are recorded in
the Great Book, which we are told shall be
opened.
Late In August, we went to Charleston, S.C.,
.and were placed in the jail yard, workhorse,
and other, places, within range of Gen. Foster’s
guns. The sound of Federal artillery was not
unwelcome to many of os who had so long been
inmates of rebel prisons,, but it was not a Very
pleasing sensation to bear a 300 pound,shell
crashing through the building, while pieces of
-slate, brick, boards, and other things were fly
ing ip all directions. In one instance a piece
of shell_weighing from ten to twenty pounds
struck the building in the third story, passed
through three rooms where thirty or fotfy ofr
cere were quartered and lodged in the base
ment. We were kept there until about the mid
dle of October, and during all this time, al
though a continual shelling of the city was kept
day and night, strange as it may seem, but
one officer was hurt, and his was bat a slight
wound in the arm by a piece of shell.
The yellow fever now began to rage fearfully.
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