Tbe Tioga County AgllatUr:
H. COBB
BY U.
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ArfOBNEIS & COUNSELLORS i t LAW,
will attend the Courts of .Tioga, F itter and
JluKean counties. [Wellaboro, Jan, f 1853.]
DICKINSON HOUSE; ’
CORNING, N. T. ■;
MaJ- A. FIELD Proprietor.
QUESTS taken to and from the D-pot free
; f charge. [Jan. 1 1863.]
JTOHR I. niTCHEU:
Attorney and counsellor aJt law.
Tioga Village, Tioga County, PentiV '
prompt attention to Collections
March 1, 1866,-ly
JEROME B. MILES'
attorney & COUNSELLOR Af l llw,
WalUtoro, TiogsOoaatv, Fs.,' . .
Btviog b** n speciallyliosnsed by the JJnlted State*
for the Prosecution of Claims for Pensions, Back
Pay and Bounties. , .
Particular attention trill be given to tbat class of
business* —, _ ... J-B. NILES.
WoUsboro, F«b. IS, L' ‘
PlBJf If § Y£*V ABf IA . HOU^E,'
CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND THE AVENUE,
- - Wollabordr Pa.' '
j. W. BIQONI,
THIS popular Hotel, having been .^.fitted
and rs-fnrnUhad throughout, i« now ope) to the
public ai » fifit-olaas home. {Jin. 1,',^63-]
D. HART’S HOTEL..
WELLSBORO, TIOOa CO. FEZ NA.
THE subscriber takes this method to inform
' his old friends and customers that lie baa' re
sumed the conduct of the old '* Crystal'Fountain
Hotel,” and will hereafter give it Ms entire attention.
Thankful for past favors, he solicits a renewal of the
same. DAT ID aJIA'ST, -
ffelliboro, Nov. 4, 1863.-ly.
IZiAK WALTOK HOUSE,' - -
Qaiao*, Tioga County, Pa,
H. C- VERMILYEA, Proprietor.
THIS is a new hotel located withiueasy ag;
sets of tbs,best fishing and banting grounds in
Northern Pennsylvania, No pains will bo spared for
the accommodation of pleasure seekers and the trav
elling public. [Jau, 1/ 1863.]
A.' POIET,' s ■
Watches, Clocks, Jewelrvv &c ,-&c.,
P.EP AIRED AT "OLD PRICES. .
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
NO. 5,- ONION BLOCKS:'
W011tb0r0,May.20,.1863- - ' t 'V/L
H. W. WILUABS,
WILLIAMS Sc SMITH,
ATTORNEYS AND CO £7A SELOSS il T
’BOUNTY A PEJrSlO'jr'l^fejfCL
Wain Street. Wcllstor©, Pi.
January 4, 1866-ly. u/
S. F. SHAIBLO, M ■
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
Shop Over-C. L. Wilcox’s-Sto W.
Wellsboro, Dec 7, 1864.
WESTERN EXCHANGE H'fcTEJL.
KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, PA/
THE undersigned haring-leased the abbve'Hotel
for a term of years would respectfully* inform
the traveling public that he has put tha Hold in first
clan order for the reception of guests and £ b* pain*
will be spared in the accommodation of travt lore and
as far as the situation will allow,, be will kee a first
ela|i Hotel, in all things, except pi ices, wb’ och will
be modeiate. Please try us and judge for yoi fielvcs.
KooxviUe, Oct. 19,1864-tf. ' J. H: MARTIN.
H£T£ffU£ STAMPS
JOHN M. PHELPS, IJeputy Collector; o* Mans
field, has' just received a large lot of itatenne
StamijOf all denominations, from one cent jap to £5.
Any person wishing Stanps can get them &t my office
In Mansfield,or of M. BULLARD, AsilstatVAssessor,
at W«Usboro, Pa. J. M. I* IELFS.
Mansfield, May 2, 1864. ' *
P. ITEWELL, DBSTISSt,
MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNT'. •FA.,
IS prepared to operate in all the impro f Jmonts in
the various departments of filling, eitt bting, in
•erting artificial denture:, 40.
Menifield, August 10, 1864-ly. '
CO WAHESqUE HQUS o<*
THIS House which baa been open for oo jvenlence
of the traveling public for a number of years,
bw lately been newly famished throughout and .fitted
ttp in at good stylo as can be found in any ( ountry or
city Hotel. The Proprietor does not hesit ,te in say
log that there will be no pains spared to to toe
comfort of hi» guests, and make il a home' for them.
The be*t of stabling for teams; v and a good hostler
slwayg in attendance, all of which can hb found
one mile east of Knoxville, Pa. - v
M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor.
Deerfield, May 26, 1864.-ly. ‘ >
WELLSBOBO HOTEL
{ Corner Hain Strtef and the'
WfiLLSßOttoi Pa. 5
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor, ; ' k
One of the most popular Houses in county,
Thii Hotel la the principal Stage-house
Stages leave dally m follows :
For Tioga, at data,; For Troy, at 8 t Jm.; For
J«r«ey Shore every Tuesday and Friday
for Coudersport, every Tuesday and Frida- -at 2 pi m.
Stages Aruive— From. Tioga* at 12- i $ p'olo.ck
|* ®.: From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. tn. s Film Jersey
Shore, Tuesday and Friday ll a. m.: Cnuders*
Tuesday and Friday II a. m,
X B.—Jimmy Cowden, the well-knotti bustler,
fouTid on band* *• '•
"eUsboro, Oct. 6, 1864-ly. - * - - * ,
HUGH YOinva,
bookseller &; statioier,
AND Z> 2AL £ B IN *
inerican Clocks, American, English, and Swiss
Jatehes, Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware, Spectacles,
nature Frames, Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes,
*«H«oopes f Perfumery, Yankee Notions, Fishing
iMbU and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet Articles.
sB* SCHOOL BOOKS of every kind used in the
bounty, constantly on hand and eout by mall oroth-
to order. ,
N o, s, umoN biocs;, wellsboro . pa.
TO FISHERMEN.
T h E tubeeriber bags leave to inform the public
that he has a fine assortment of the celebrated
ROCHESTER TROUT, FLIES,
Tort Trout Flies, Silk Braided Lines,’ Sea
rats and Hair Lines. Kinsey Hooks on.Snollt, Keels,
Gut, and a. fine lot of
ROCHESTER FLT RODS^V
*s.,'io.; «hop-in rear of Wo-, Shorts’ Tin
Store ' - -- 1. A.. SEARS,
i ■ * aJUbotp, -AprillB6s-3m. .uS-Ari? .cVI .
THE AGITATOR.
VOL. XI.
RICHMOND HAS FALLEN I
LEE HAS SPBRENPEREP, ANP. WE
HAVE SURRBNPBRBP THE EX
TEME HIGH PRICES OF .
" V GOOPS.
9 I
U— --
THE PEOPLE’S STORE,
Is now receiving additions to their stock of ■ --p.
r OOODS, BOUGHT DURING THE LATE
and they will he sold at
.Prof rietor.
■We have made arrangements to got Goods every
week, and at we keep posted in regard to
the Nta York Harlot, we shall at .
all times make the stock on
■ hand conform to ■ v ■ '
new prices, i.
. REOARDLESS OF. COST,
and-we wish It diatinotly understood, that however
- V . much others may blow, _
WE DO NOT INTEND TO BE' UNDERSOLD
BY ANY,
quality of goods ooneidered. It shall- be onr 'alm to'
keep constantly on hand a good stock.of .
suoh goods as the community -
require/ and /
SBCBL.ABXICI.KS AS WILL GIVE SATIBIAC
TION XO THE CONSUMES. ; -=
under which our bminen has constantly increased’
for the last ten years will 4Te adhered to,
. . as alto the . ' ,
| READY PAY SYSTEM
Wsr.'.'Hi Skito.
more recently adopted.. .Don't buy until
YOU HAVE EXAMINED OUB STOCK AND
PRICES. -
SIOEE DIKECTLY OPPOSITE THE DiOE4N
■ . SON HOUSE,-’. " V-
and first door east of Hnngerford's Bank,
Corning, N.-Y., May 17, 1866.
THE BIG' FIGHT having been dosed up by
Messrs.'Grant, Sherman Sheridan, £ Co.j
KELLY & PURVIS. :
volunteered for a im of extermination against
high Prices, and willbe found an trenched behind a
huge pile of, - ■ -
NEW AND CHFAP GOODS
at the old OSGOOD STAND; where their oommuni
tions with New Tork cannot be interrnpted.
The; have just received a goid stock of
SPUING AND .SUMMER GOODS,
enoh as Prints, Delaines, Bareges, Muslins, Hosier;,
Notions, Boots and Shoes, eta., in fact everything in
the Dry Goods lino may bo found at our counters,
and phrohased at prices corresponding to the late
HEAVY FALL IN GOODS.
We also invite pnrohasers to examine onr fine
gtook-of . i .
&BOOEBXSS.
Can*s be boat this side of New York.
Remember the place. u Osgood’s Corner.”
x. a • 7 . : KELLY £ PURVIS.
Wellshoro, Apr. 22,1865-ly.
Letters of administration having
been granted to the undersigned on the estate of
Josiah L. Sutler;late pf Delmar, deceased, those in
debted to said estate ore requested to makeimmedt.
vte payment, and those having claims againstlhe
same.will present them to CALVIN F. BUTLER,
Pelmar, May 17, *65,6t* Adm’r. ; ,
Rochester.* n. y. trout.flies^—r have
just received , . ■
‘ 1 Gross of ROCHESTER TROUT FLIES;.. ;
'. Jdo of NEW YORK " , " ’ J
Snells with or without books, Fly Rods, Reels; and
Braided Silk Lines. L. A. SEARS,
Dealer In Fishing Tackle, do.
Wellsboro, May 24,1865. 1
NOTICE. —whereas; my wife SARAH, has left
tbj bed and board without any just cause or
provocation, this la to forbid all persons harboring
or trnstipg her on my account as I shall pay no debts
of her contracting after this date,
HUGH ARGEfSINGER.
Rutland, May 31, 1865-31*
FOR SALE.—HOUSE & LOT on Main. Street,
adjoining Wright & Bailey’s Store. 20 acres of
land in Deimar, between John Gray and Merrick.
House and Lot on Covineton Street.
For terms, apply to HENRY SHERWOOD, Esq.
Wellsboro, May 81, 1565-t£.
REGISTER’S NOTICE; —Notioo is hereby given
that the following persons have settled their ac
counts in the' Register’s once of Tioga County, and
that the same will be presented to the Orphan’s Court
of »ald county, on Monday, the 6th day of June 1865,
for confirmation and allowance:
Account of Martin Eeppard, Executor of the estate
of Joseph Rcppard, deo’d.
Account of Charles Sherman, Adm’r of tbs estate
of Jpmes Dann, deo’d.
"Acoonntof 0. .Bullard, Adm’r of the estate of Mor
timer Bollard, dee'd.
Wellsboro, May 10, ’65. H. S, ARCHER, Eeg’f.
FOR, THE LADIES.—BABBITT’S CELEBRA
TED SOAP POWDER, or washing' made easy
MdataiDiTemoyoffyom Table Llnen.Nankitw, Ac.
For wit *t Roy's Drug Store. .... v ’ *
Qgfabteg to the fSurtennioti of the Mtea of iFeeehom anD tljc Sprrab of fhealthg Iftefovtn,
WHILE THEBE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL -'MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE,
• And so bag the prise of
DRY 0 0119 3
DEPRESSION IN PRICES,
THE LOWEST. MARKET BATES,
THE ONE PRICE SYSTEM
SIUITH A WAIVE,
WEILLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1865.
select Doetr»,
OXTB 3078 ABB COMING HOKE
~. . Thank God, tbo skj is clearing!
The clouds are hurrying past;
Thank God, the day is nearing;
The dawn is coming fast.
And when glad herald voices
' . Shall tell us peace has come,.
This thought shall most rejoice us,
“ Our'boy a are coming home I”
,>BOOll shall the Tolce of singing
Drown war's tremendous din; ~ .
Sboitshall the joy-bells ringing " ’
Bring peace and freedom in.
The jubilee bonfires burning
Shall soon light up the dome,
. And soon, to soothe our yearning,
Our hoys are coming home I
The vacant fireside places
Have waited for them long; !
The love light lacks their faces,
The chorus waits their song; ■
A shadowy fear baa haunted ■ (
The long-deserted room;
But now our prayers are granted,
‘ ' Our boys are coming home!
" o.mother,' calmly waiting -
' "For that beloved son !' ’’ ,
0 sister, proudly dating
The victories he has won! ■„ ;
0 maiden, softly humming '
The lovp song while you roam—
Joy, Joy, the boys are coming—
‘ ‘ ‘ Onr boys are coming home 1 .
And yeb—oh, keenest sorrow 1
• They’re coming, but not all;
■ - Full many a dark to-morrow
Shall wear its sable pall.,
•. For thousands who arc sleeping
■ Beneath the empurpled loam;
Wool woe ! for those we're weeping, -
Who never will oome home I
0 sad heart, hash thy grieving;
Wait bat a little while!
’ With hoping and- believing
Thy woe and fear beguile. .
Wait for the joyous..meeting
Beyond the starry dome, I '-
Pot there oar boys are waiting
- . To bid ns welcome home.
The OTyatortous Floating- Jacket.
Early in the beginning of 1800—the exact
date unfortunately cannot be supplied—an
event occurred which disturbed an dalarmed the
inhabitants of the Island of Barbados. News
had been afloat some time in the spring of the
year of the mysterious death of a black fisher
man, who was, it is presumed, well known,
since bis disappearance (even in those times a
negro mpre or less was not a matter of impor
tance) created ..considerable sensation 'in the
pariah, to which he belonged, and indeed, all
over Barbadbes. It seemed impossible,.how
's ver, notwithstanding that several people were -
arrested nn suspicion, trtflz the gnilt upon any
'body. .The clothes of the murdered man—for
he-had met with, a violent death, if the testi
money of the ground steeped in blood be of any
weight—were' discovered in a wood by some
stray people,.and-were produced at a renewed
committee of'inquiry. But his jacket, which
was a coarse, knotted garment, such as fisher
men wear on some English ooaste, was nowhere
to be found ; nor oould the body of the iUTated
black be recovered, notwithstanding a rigorous
searob in all' directions. This mystery- alone
gave importance, tooths, wretched negro’s dis
appearance ; but though unsolved it began to
lose interest, and was'dying a natural death,
when, one morning, an inhabitant of St. Philip’s
parish staggered the local authorises ,by a re
port that the murdered man’s Jacket wae float
ing in the middle of Tudor’s Pond, which was
inclosed in an estate hard by the main road,
and in the centre of a field, through which, it
was approached by a narrow walk or foot
path. ■ '
Away rushed hundreds of gaping blacks and
whites to the spot; and there,- sure enough was
to be seen, floating about in the middle of Tu
dor’s Pond, a fisherman's Jacket. i
, The news spread like fire among the oanea,
(to use a local iilustratian,) and in a short time
a great crowd encompassed the pond. The au
thorities, roused by this fresh stimulus into a
hope of obtataing-some clue to the agent of the
late murder, now appeared on the scene,"but
only Just in time to see the jacket slowly sink
and disappear. - Drags were instantly employ
ed, and, after some difioulty and loss of time in
their carriage, boata arrived and were launched
into the pond. Aftersome hours of unavailing
labor the boats were pulled up on the banks,
and the crowd separated—full of ,surmises, sus
picions, theories, and of hints at Dbeah, the ne
gro’e-point d’appui of superstition. The mys
tery, however, was hot to end here: for the
-next day a large concourse assembled'at the
same timo.between eleven .and -twelve in the
morning—tot watch for, -the possible reappear
ance of the jacket. Punctually at twelve
o’clock the blue garment rose to tbe surface of
the punch Horror now fairly took possession
of the spectators; some ran for guns and others,
for tbfe Governor. i
Down came, the authorities’ wiih the chief
official. There was the jacket floating oalm-
Iy ‘ i
A boat was now putjout by order of His Ex
cellency the Governor, and its occupant rowed
j up to tbe mystery; tbe boat crept on, nearer
and nearer—till a man in the bows cautiously
extending his oar attempted to secure the jack
et. - ■
Jnst os he seemed on the point of touching
»it down it ssnk like lead. The rowers backed
; water a little and waited. The jacket, after a
| brief space, rose again in tbe same spot. This
I time the boat made a rush at it—but once more
| the thing disappeared before the oar could
reach it. -Tbe Governor now gave orders that,
on its reappearance, the jacket should be fired
, at. Accordingly the crack shots .awaited its
' rising, with their rifles' fixed in their shoulders
1 and pointed at tbe spot in the centre of the
pond. They were not disappointed—up came
; the jacket, and on reaching the surface’ a doz
;en bullets riddled it. The Jacket, however
didn’t sink; the water was white with tbe dash
| ing of the bullets and the object of their aim
was .severely agitated, but it was. not till they
i paused andtho boat approached that it sank—
j but then It went down like a stone ; and it bo
-1 nig 4>jr this time one' o'clock,. it.rose, no more
ffiifittlliing.
that day. The Island was now in a ferment of
doubts and fear*; scientific men (there were
not many, it must be confessed, in the Island
at that time) shook their heads after vainly en
deavoring to ■ find a natural reason for this
strange occurrence. “It must be a boas,"
they said aloud, bnt how a hoax could possibly
be worked in the centre of a pond they did not
attempt lb explain. Day after day, at twelve
o'clock precisely, the goblin jacket rose to the
surface of Tudor’s Pond’, and day after day,
eluded all efforts to secure it. The pond itself
was guarded and.svatofaedincessantiy and drag
ged thoroughly at intervals, but to no purpose
—the best swimmers in tbo Island (and in Bar
bodoes, as in the West India Islands, the inhab
itants seem to have an instinct, for swimming,
and are, as it were, to the manner born,) en
devoriug to oironmvent the delusive jacket, bnt
were-obliged to return to the shore battered
and, exhausted. , In vain, as it sank, did they
(five after, and strive to follqlw it to its'retreat—
■pahtifig. almost breathless*. they were compell
ed In odme : up. again and rest, while the provok
ing jacket'.would slowly rise before them as if.
-io.aooffing;, Visitors from various adjacent is
lands arrived—the best shots, the most noted
swimmers would try their respective skill, bnt
fruitlessly. Approaching the jacket as closely
as possible, the swimmers would dash out from
their boat apparently npon-the jacket, but they
never succeeded in catching it. Day alter day,
and .week after week, this went -on in sight of
the Governor and other .officials, and before
thousands of spectators; and no one could
batch the jacket asleep," as it "was saidl
Gradually, however, tbe pond began to dry
up, and expectation waf'faised to its height*
Nothing, however was discovered in tbe pond,
when all the water had evaporated nnder the
severe drought—though it was dredged oare
fully,- and when tbe rains refilled the baisin its
appearance entirely ceased.
■ No one as yet.has accounted in any way sat
isfactory for this startling odourrenoe, though
one or two theories were broached from time to.
titfle—one of which (suggested to the- writer of
this paper) was to tbe effect that some fish had
got-entangled in the jacket—which might.have
been thrown into the pond by' the supposed
murderers—and ao in its struggles to escape,
and for fresh air, have dragged tbe jacket to
the surface of the pond. This is fair enough,
so fat as tbe mere ’ rising of the jacket and its
elusion of pursuit are concerned, but bow was
it that it rose and sank at. precise intervals?
and bow was it that no traces wore discovered,
when the pond was dredged end dragged?—
Furthermore, is it likely that out of tbe hun
dreds of bullets actually fired into the jacket
not one succeeded in killing this entangled
fish?
Snsch Arden In Winchester.
The beautiful story of Enoch Arden has bro’t
to mind similar incidents in different parts of
tbe country. Ouf own town has been the borne
of one who realized in her experience a history
of like import. During the latter part of tbe
revolutionary war there lived in New London
a sea-captain by the name of Sanfqrd, with a
wife and one child. . They were united and
happy in the family relation, and not until the
captain had been gone ten years', and all his
other friends had abandoned all hopes of bis
return, did she cease to look for him. Then
the news of the shipwreck and total loss of his
vessel came, and made her realize her widow
hood as a sad reality. In course of time she
married a Mr. Reuben Miner, and became the
mother of another child. One day, while at
the spinning wheel, (he door opened, and Capt.
Sanford stood before her. His history was
soon told : Bis vessel was indeed wrecked, but
he; with some of the crew, were oast upon a
desolate shore and rescued by an outward
bound ship, so 'hat years bad passed in mak
ing voyages without its- being in his power to
return to bis home. But the poor woman—
what could she do ? the husband of her youth
and the husband of her mature life were both
before her. Neither spoke one word of re
proachi, hut consulted together in the most
friendly manner as to Iwhnt should be done.
They then came to her and told her they had
concluded t.> leave the decision to herself as fo
whioh of them should 'be still' considered her
husband, and gave her twenty-four hours to
decide. She went alone and spent tbe time in
earnest thought and prayer. At the end of
that time she asked Captain Sanford he
would give np the sea and make his home on
land,if she lived with him. This he oould not
do; she then told Mr. Miner that she would
remain with him on condition that he would
sell -.his house in -New London and remove to
some inland town,’ where she would never ba
in danger of meeting Captain Sanford when he
was in port.?- This he gladly consented to do.
Captain. Sanford .left immediately on another
voyage- Mr- Miner came to Winchester and
bought tbe farm now owned by Grant Griswold
which was then-in a wilderness, and two miles
from any settlement. Hera they spent tbe re
mainder of their days... The son of Captain
Sanford, who removed here with them, settled
in New Hartford. ; Mrs. Minor was greatly be
loved—she was a lady of refinement and a true
Christian. — Winded {Com.) Herald.
Fun at Hume.— l -Don’t be afraid of a little
fun to ruin your sods. Don't let them think
that all mirth and social enjoyment most be
left on the threshold without, when they come
home at night. When once a home is regard
ed as only a place to eat, drink and sleep in,
the work is begun that ends in gambling
houses and reckless degradation. Young peo
ple must have fun and relaxation somewhere;
if do not find it at their own hearthstones,
it Will be sought at other and less profitable
places. Therefore, let the fire burn brightly
at night, and make the homestead delightful
with all those little arts that parents so per
fectly understand. Don't repress the buoyant
spirit of .your children. Half an hour of mer
riment, .around jthe lamp and firelight of a
home, blots.out the remembrance of many a
care and aunoyanoe daring the day; and the
boat aafaguard -thay oan. take with them -into
the woifld, is thf unseen influence, of a- bright,
the _■ -.s . j.,:. •• .2.1 t-.-
Catching a. Pickpocket.
A lady traveling by the land route between
New York and Boston, was unfortunate enough
to lose her purse, containing a considerable
amount of money, which was undoubtedly
appropriated by a gentlemanly person who
occupied the seat next to her, but who left du
ring the time the train was passing the city,
having managed to, pick the lady’s pooket du
ring that time undetected, as half an hour pre
vious the purse was known to bo safe.
In reoonnting her loss to a friend who was
soon after about to make the same journey,
the danger of gentlemanly appearing men
occupying the next seat to unprotected females,
and, in fact the danger of trusting to appear
ances at all, was strongly dwelt upon.
The new tourist was particularly cautioned
to beware on going through the tunnel at New
York, and being thoroughly admonished, con
cluded to keep her pocket book grasped in her
band daring that perilous passage.
The lady started; sure enough, a gentleman
, ly looking person, on tbe arrival of the train at
Springfield, solicited permission to fill the un
occupied seat beside the fair traveler, who,
accordingly to tbe rules of travel, could not re
fuse. The’stranger’s manners were those of
gentlemanly ease, (pickpockets in novels are
always so,)his costume was plain, serviceable
and adapted to traveling. He was polite; he
offered the lady his newspaper—it was coldly
declined; he volunteered a few remarks, which
received only chilling monosyllable responses.
In fact he made no progress whatever in be
coming better acquainted with his neighbor,
and evidenly giving it op in despair, occupied
himself with his newspaper and a cheap novel.
“The lady bad almost forgotten her traveling
companion, as well as the advice of her friend,
when tbe recollection of both suddenly flatbed
upon her, as the train entered the Cimmerian
darkness of the tunnel. She hurriedly fumbled
for her pocket, but the finding of a lady’s pock
et amid the folds of her dress is often a matter
of difficulty, and now in the impenetrable dark
ness seemed donbly so. Nervously she felt in
tbe direction where she supposed that appen
dage was, till at last the apertnre was reached,
and her hand thrust in to grasp and bold her
pocket book safely till the train should again
emerge into daylight, when, horror of horrors,
she encountered tbe gentleman’s band in her
pocket I
Whether to scream for assistance, to seize
the intruder, or in fact what to do, she scarcely
knew ; however, acting upon a sudden resolu
tion, she seized tbe band and held on,deter
mined to show th evillain detected in the very act
on emerging to tbe light.
The train rolled slowly—it seemed so slowly
on, that it appeared as if the end of that terri
ble tunnel would never be reached—she clutch
ed the intruding hand with a firmer grasp,
which mode no special effort to relieve itself,'
probably knowing bow useless would be tbe
struggle, or else; both were' ungloved, feeling
content to rest in the soft, worm clasp that
encircled it. At length, however, the train
emerged into daylight, which found both lady
and gentleman anxiously looking toward eac!
other, tbe lady’s face -wearing a frightened,
anxious expression, and the gentleman’s a cu
rious and puzzled one, as he gazed into the
startled eye; of his companion.
“ Sir I” she began indignantly, tightening
her grasp, when, chancing to cast her eyes
down; she found, oh, terrible circumstance, her
hand in the outside pocket of his coat, desper
ately grasping bis band, which it bad encoun
tered.
Tbe lady was covered with confusion at this
unlooked for turn of affairs, and the gentle
man, who was a man of discrimination, saw
that the encounter was accidental, and that
each had probably received pickpocket im
pression of the other from it. Mutual expla
nations at length ensued, and cards were ex
changed
It remains for as to add tbat the acquaint
ance thus commenced was continued, and that
the lady and , gentleman, who are both well
known in this city, were recently united in
marriage. We would not, however, advise mar
riageable young ladies, as a general thing, to
mistake .gentlemen's pockets as their own, as
the sequel may not always turn out to be as
pleasant os in the above instance.—
An Unkind Tear.—When I need to tend
store at the “ Regulator,” in Syracuse, the old
gentleman comes round one day and says :
“ Boys, the one that sells the most betwixt
now and Christmas, gets a vest pattern as a
present."
Maybe we didn't work for that vest pattern I
I tell you there was some tall stories in praise
of goods, just about tbat time. More cheek
than any of ua bod a certain John Squires,
who roomed with me. He could take a dollar
out of fa man’s pocket, when be intended to
-spend only a sixpence; and the women—Lord
bless you I—they just banded their pocket
bookS"to him, and let him lay out whatever he
liked for them. One night John woke me up
with;
"By Josh, old fellow, if yon think that era’s
got any cotton in it, I’ll bring down the sheep
it was cut from and make him swear to bis own
wool! 'Twon’tl wear out, either—wore a pair
of pants of that kind of stuff myself for a
year, and they’re as good now as when I first
put'm on I Take it at thirty cents, and I'll
say you don’t owe me anything. Eh, too dear ?
Well, call it twenty-eight cents. What do yon
say? Shall I tear U ? All right—it’s a bar
gain 1”
‘ I could feel John’s bands playing about the
bed clothes for a instant then rip! tear 1 went
something or another, and I hid my head un
der the blankets, perfectly convulsed with
laughter, and was sure that John had torn the
old sheet from top to bottom.
When I woke up next morning 1 found
alas ! nnkindest tear of all—that the back of
my nightshirt was split from tail to collar
band.
The silent accomplish more than the noisy
The. Ml of the rattlesnake makps all the noise,
.but the bead dose the woution. - ... „
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NO. 41.
ALL ABOUT JEFF. DAVIS.
A correspondent who visited Davis 4 00.,
when they arrived at Port Royal, thus des
oribed their appearance and the circumstance*
surrounding them:
In company with a number of others, in
vited by Col. Pritchard, I visited the craft con
taining the prisoners. 'We took a small steam
er, and 1 can hardly tell yon with what emotions
I approached that little area of deolc-room
having securely within its limits the remains
of the Confederacy which wo have been battling
so long. As wo swung alongside, a tall, spare
man, dressed in gray, having a wan, gaunt,
and depressed look, his whiskers and moustache
rather close ont and almost white, was walking
along the space between the deck-cabin and
bulwarks, and stopped for a moment Co cans*
a little girl very indifferently dressed, and then
passed in at the gangway door. These were
Jefferson Davis and bis daughter. I recognis
ed at onoe the features which had once graced
the Senate Chamber of the Doited States.—
Then fas had a haughty, military air. Then bo
wastha leader of the Southern party in Con
gress, dictated terms to Northern doughfaces
imperiously. Now, the State prisoner, bent
and borne down as though oppressed with
weight of care and length of years. Evidently,
he has passed through a great deal of mental
trouble for the last four years—how much of
it has had its influence, recently, in producing
such a change, perhaps no one but himself
knows. Once on board, he seemed to be the
observed of all observers. Ha waa seated in a
corner, hie wife a plain-looking lady, dressed
in black, by his side, and the two were engag
ed in perusing papers which had been brought
thim. His hat was drawn down pretty well
over his eyes, so that only when he lifted bis
face could much expression be noticed. No
one wished to be introduced to him. Two of
his children, a boy and girl, looked to be about
six and seven years of age respectively, wen
about everywhere, seemingly unconscious of
the intense interest concentrated upon their
sire.
“ Alexander H. Stephens, the Vice President
of the late Confederacy, looks old. He has the
same stoop, the same parohment-lika face, the
same keen eye, and the same fragile form that
characterized him years ago—only, he looks
older. His manner was subdued, bat not that
of a prisoner. He conversed freely, desiring
information upon many points, and canvassing
without reserve reconstruction and the treat
ment of the subdued South, in the way exactly
that it struck his mind, never evincing the least
ears or anxiety respecting himself personally.
“ Ex-Postmaster General Reagan is a heavy,
stout, and somewhat lethargic man, bat,' in
conversation, shows a great deal of ability..—
He desired particularly to know what policy
wonld be instituted in the way of reconstraa
tion, believing that a humane one wonld be
the easiest in order to conciliate and bold the
Sooth.” i
The ruse perpetrated by Jeff Davis to get
away from, the guard throws entirely into die
shade anything off the sort on record. When
the guard went to the tent occupied by defanot
royalty, they were met by Mrs. Davis en dis
habille, with.— ,
“ Please, gentlemen, don't disturb the pri
vacy of ladies before they have time to dress."
" All right, madam," said the oorporal, “ we
will wait till you hare on your duds."
Presently there appeared at the teat door as
ostensible old lady, with a basket on her arm,
escorted by Airs. Davis and her sister.
“ Please let my old mother go to the spring
for some water to wash in 1" said Mrs. Jeff., in
a pleading tone.
“ It strikes me your mother wears very big
boots," said the guard, as he hoisted the old
lady's dress with bis sabre, and discovered a
pair of number thirteen calf-skins.
11 And whiskers too," said the sergeant, as
he pulled the hood from her face ; and 1q 1 Jeff.
Davis, in all his littleness, stood before them.
A “ Spencer" was immediately pointed at
bis ear, and he was marched back to the tent
and placed in durance vile. “How are the
mighty fallen I" The great leader of the Con
fedracy trying to escape the clutches of justice
in bis wife's petticoats I
One more incident is all that time and space
will permit me to mention. The soldier imme
diately went to searching Davis, to see what
valuables be could find on his person, and be
sides an amount of specie fonnd a fine silver
mounted revolver, a present from a London
manufacturing company. While he was search
ing, private secretory Harrison came ap and
in very indignant tone, said;
“Ain’t yon ashamed to treat our Pmiitnt
so?” . .
“ President—hell," said the soldier. "What's
he President of t”
TBB SPECIE BTOB7 A HOAX—I
The story that Jeff Davis had with him snob
an enormous amount of specie is either a hoax,
or else he bad left it behind at Washington,
which is very probable. There was only abont
eight thousand dollars found with them as fat
as known, although several boxes have not
been searched. They were brought along,
however, and will be delivered into the hands
of the authorities at Washington. There were
found upon the person of Postmaster General
Reagan papers showing a large amount of
specie shipped for London, and these will also
be delivered to the authorities by Colonel Pritoh
ard.
Colonel Pritchard immediately formed his
lines, placing the prisoners in their own wa
gons and ambulances, and started for M««nn.
The parties were all sullen, but the ladies tried
their skill at repartee several times, and the
men strained themselves to be sarcastic.—
Davis remarked to Colonel Pritchard that, had
they not been taken by surprise, they would
not have surrendered without a fight. ■
“ You were in a very bad prediaament to
Sght when 1 saw you, dressed in your wife's
morniag-gown," drily said Colonel; and
Davis had no more to say, .
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