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fAS.xowitev &wilsok,
t trORSTfiyS AT LAW,
3. will attend the Courts and
Jfct«4u counties. , 1868.]
JOHlftTßlteil ELL, ;
V rtOHNEY AND ■ CO UNSELL 01 A T LA w!,',
liu’gtt Village, Ttugu County"
V ■prlnipt alWnuou W 6olleetidW. ’-■ " '7l
March 1, 1865.-ly. ■ • • :■
JEROME B. -BriliK 1 "’''"" '
ATTOF.NEY-.A COUNSELLOR ?.$ DA_Wy.
■Tioga CtmntV, 1 ?s-P - !- ! 1
Haring been specially licensed by the ' kited States
f or t be Prosecution of Claims for .Pinions, ;Back
pay and Bounties. " - - .
Particular attentjqirrili be given to -that:«ia|g of
business ' ' '*■ r> ‘ vi^
Wcllsboro, Feb. 10, 1865-ly*
SSttVAUIA HOUSE, ’
COP.yKR Of THE /.VENOE,
j. W. BIGONY, Proprietor.
lIHIS popular Hotel,'having been ■-’’re-fitted
-and re-furoiehed-throoghoat, ian<*wopUa-to4bc
pablic-as a first-class house. [Jan. 1, 1863.-]
D. HAHT’S ROTElii
WELLSBORO, ~TIOG.i CQ r FEN'KA.
THE subscriber tafees this metbw' to, inform"
his old friends and customers tha ■ he.hss re
tamed the conduct of the old “Crysi d Fountain
Hotel,” and will hereafter give It his cut le attention.
Thankful for past favors, he solicits n n fewal Of the
same. DAV H) IX Alt T.
Welleboro, Nov. 4,1863.—1 y.
IZAAK WALTOS HOl/SE,
Gaines, 'Tiogu County, Pa. J
H. C. J...Proprietor.
THIS is a new hotel located within easy ac
cess of the best fishing and hunting grounds in
Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will be seated for
the accommodation of pleasure seekers and she trav
elling public. *- v [Jan. 1> *863.]
A. POIEIJ ,
WatchesfOlocka, Jewelry, &c., fee.,''
REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES,
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
NO. 5. UNION BLOQK.
Wellaboro, May 20, 1868. , .
H. W. Williams,
WILLIAMS St SlttlQF.pl,
ATTORNEYS AND OOOASELOEB AV LAW,
BO®NTS’ & PENSION (AGENCY.
Main Street, Wcilghoro.Pa.
January 4, 186a-ly.
S. F. SUAIBCIN,
BARBER Sr HAII^ORESSER,‘
Shop Over C. L. Wilcoxes Store.
WelUbpro, Dec 7, 1564. .1 4
WESTERN EXCHANGE BOTEL.
KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, 4>A.
THE undersigned having leased the ab.oye Hotel
(or a term of jenn would; respectfully
the traveling public that'he harpnt .the Hotel id first"
class order for no pains
will be spared’in the accommodation (it travelers and
si (&r as the situation will allow,' he wjll keep a. first
class Hotel, in all things, except,, pi'iecf/which. wilL
bemodeiate.' please try us and judge for joureclveA
Knoxville, Oct. 19, 1864-tf. J. U. MARTIN.
REVENUE STAMPS.
JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector of Mans
field, has just received.a large lot-of Revenhe
States, of all denominations, from' ohd'cenl up to $6.
Any person wishing Stanps can got them at my office
ie Mansfield, or of M.BULLARD, Assistant Assessor,
at Wellaboro, Pa._ yS M. Pi lELPb.
Mansfield, May t, 18(14. ."\\\ ‘ ■ '
P. NEWELL, DENTIST,
MANSFIELD , TIOGA COUNT#, FA. f j
IS prepared to .operate in. |ill. the improvements «n’
tbe various departmetita'of filing, extracting, in-*
iming artificial dentures, Ac. \ f i '
Mansfield, August 10»i564-ly.-
COWAIVESQEE HOUSE.
THIS House which has been open for convenience
of the traveling .public tor ji 7 puininer of years,
has and fitted
op in as good stylo as can be found in an;'' country or
city Hotel. l The Propriet«r does not"bit data in say
ing that there will be no pains spared t-‘ add to the
comfort of his guests, and make it a hou for them.
Ihe best of stabling for teams; and a gpjod''hostler
always to attendance, all of which cab 'be
one mile east of;Kuozvilie, Pm~: ; % -
ST. Y. PURPIife/ Proprietor.
Deerfield, May 25, 1864,-ly.
WELLSBORO HOTBIi ;
Main Street and the Avenue.)
Wellsboro, Pa.
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor- >
One of the most popular'Houses iiiitho *fiounty.
Hotel is the principal Stage-house in.Wi dishorn.-
Stage* leave daily as follows:-. J j "
for Tioga, at 9a. m.; For Troy, at Ba. w.; For
Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Fridays at'2 p. m. j
for Coudersport, every Tuesday and Friday .at 2 p. m.
Stages Arrive— From Tioga, at 12 W 2 o'clock’
Ma.; From Xroy.atfi o’clock p- m.: F*£nnJersey
Snore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m.: Frot' Conders
port, Tuesday and Friday XI a. m.
Jimmy -Cowden, the well-knowfe r hostler,
be found on hand,
WdUboro, Oct. 5, 1864-iy. .. -
IIIOU YOUNGi
BOOKSELXER & STATIONER,
AND DEALER IS
imencan Clocks, American, English, and Swiss
patches, Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware, Spectacles,
ictore Frames, Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes,
Microscopes, Perfumery, - Yankee Notions, .PiAlbg
Flies, and Fancy.and Xollct
SCHOOL BOOKS of every kind nso i it-the
Gucty, constantly on'faand and sent by mail -ob oth
erffisc, to order. ' x ‘
N °< 5, UNION BLOCK, WEL LSBOR 0 f PS-
TO FISBEttISEN.
subscriber begs leave to inform
A that be has a fine assortment of the celebrated
ROCHESTER TROUT FLIES, ;>
q' w or k Trent Flies,’ Silk Braided LioJl, Sea
r, , e an d Hair Lines, Kinsey Books on Snells, Heels,
for*, Gut, and a fine lot oi '
Rochester fly'rods;, •,
*«-, *e. Shop in roar of Wm. Roberta' Tin
‘“instore. . .L. A. SEARS,
"dlsboro, April Ik, 1563~3m.
SALE HOUSE & LOT on •Maid- itreet,
in, ."joining Wright 4 Baiidy’p Store. 25 ;S ire, ot
a uel Ear, between John Grey end Mobr. Bk.
P an d Lot on Covington Street. ’
«r apply w HENR y SHERWOOD,. B*q
"Wiboto, May 31, 1866-tf. . ",
THE
VOL. XL
RICHMOND HAS FALLEN 1
DRY GOOJS
■a.» v.-; f .i v
LEE ,' HAS . SHREE NDERE A N p. ? >V B
HAVE SURRENDERED THE EX
'• TEME HIGH PRfOES OF . ! : r
.. , GOODS. 3 !
THE! PfeOPLE’S ~
"faibw r«o()iying ad3itton’B l'o : tteir Bti)pfe‘of ■ 5: »
/GOODS, BOUGHT DLRINQ 'THE 'LATE^
and they will be sold at . v
[ THE LOWEST MARKET RATES.
We. have made arrangement* tbf get: Good*’ every
-• ‘' week, and as wekeep poatedin regard to -
1 the New York wa shall at .•
1 all times make, the .stock on
-• , hand eonform to ~
* new prices, -
REGARDLESS. OE COST,.
-i ■€>:<.''n.~- ■ !r
and we wish it distinctly understood', that however,
much others may blow,
WE DO NOT? INTENH. TO' BE UNDERSOLD f
- . BY. ANY, - . ..
quality of gfods considered.- It shall .be- our aim lo
. keep constantly on banda good Jtock-o£ ,
such goods as the community
require, and _■
SUCH-ARTICLES AS WILL GIVE; SATXSFAC
' TION TO THE CONSUMER.
'J .. •
THE .ONE PRICE SYSTEM
Wsr. H.-Smith,
under which our business has constantly jqorvased
.for the lost.ten yean will be adherodto,
-i> . as also the ; .s
. more recently adopted! Don’t buy until .'
-YOU HAVE EXAMINED. OUR STOCK ’ AND
PRICES; t V ; , :
STORE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THB DICKIN^
.son house,; ’., i
and first door esetof Hnngorford’s Bask.
-.-gj
■. i - c . ■ "• i -
Corning, N. Y., ’
THE- FIGHT having- been.aluted up by
.Messrs. Qrant,Sbermaix.Bheridan, * Co.,
KELLY & PURVIS -\-t
.have.volunteered /or a.war. of extermination
high P-riceSj and-vrill ho found entrenched hfehmd a
- ; - - -
NEW AND CHEAP GOODS -
at.the old OSGOOD STAND. where their commnDU
tionawilhNew-Yock cannotbeinterrupted. : e ,
Ttoy'havo just receiveda"good stock of; • •-
/ SPRING’ 'AND' SUMMER &OODS, U
enefi as Prints, Delaines, Bareges, Muslins, Hosiery,
Notions, Boots and Shoes, etc., in. fact.everything in
the Dry Goods line may be found at pur counter.*!
and.'pnrchaeed at 'prices corresponding, to the laid
r HEAVY PALL IN GOODS.. :* i s
7 We also invito punchasors to examine' dur. fihe
stock-of; . * .. - _
GROCERIES
Can’t be beat this side of New York. . ■., , ! G
Remember the place. ,? Osgood’s Corner.” ■ ,
" - KELLY & PtJRVISj
Wellsboro, Apr. 22,1865-1 y. 11 *■; j
. f '
EOCHESTBR £ K. T. TROUT FLIES.—I havi
just received . V. :r
-■ 1 Gross of ROCHESTER,TROUT FLttss, :
i -do of NEW YORK
Snells with or without hooks. Fly Rods, Roofs, ntil
-Braided tAlk Lines— L. A. JSEABS, „ .
. Dealer in Fishing Ta?k)er,Ac. ,
:• Wellsboro, May 24, 1865., *v -■ >"
NOTICE.— The Supervisors of Richmond Town-,
ship, will meet at the house of W. B, Ripley,' in
said township, on Saturday, June 10th, at 2 o’clock
P. M., for the purpose of letting s job on a new road
commencing at said Ripley’s and running, a sooth
course 275 rods to intersect with the “ Old Road - ’ on.
Lamb’s Creek. All interested are invited to aUend.
D. J. HUSTED, 1
‘ ZIMEI ALLEN, j Sa P ErT :f«-
Richmond, Moy 31, 1865—2w_
FARM FOR "SALE.—Situated on the Spencer’s’
Mills Road from half to threc-fonrihs of ojjiilc
east of Whitney’s Corners, in Charleston'township,
and five and one-half miles from Wellshoro,’ Said
jartn contains about 107 acres, about 66 acres'cleaved,
the balance valuable woodland.' It is -well watered
by springs of excellent water, and small creeks. ’The
house is two stories, comfortable, and the outbildinga
are in good condition.
There is also on said farm a thrifty young orchard
of grafted fruit; some«fs trees. Terms easy. J
Apply to the subscriber, on the premises.’
.. Charleston, May 31, ’65. HENRY GIFFORD. ’
NOTICE. —Whpreas, my wile SARAH,-has left
my bed and board without any just cause or
provocation, this is to forbid all - persons harboring
or trusting her on my account as I shall pay nO debts
of-her contracting after this date. ' '
. • ■ ■ HUGH AEGBTSIKGBR,
. Rutland, May 31, J865-3t» -i-,, .
OONGEBSS
» > P C:.* f.
BeHoteD to tire !HrtcnoCon of tbt of iFmfcom anti tt)t SptcaS of if c form.
WHH*E THERE SHALL BE A VfRONO UNRIQHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S. INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL . CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
AudVoLas the’price of
J'i- .
DEPRESSION IN PRICES,;
READY; PAY SYSTEM- -
fAITE,
W A T E E, for sale at
ROY'S DRUG STORE.
WELLSBOkO, TIOtU COUNTY/ MORNING, JUNE 14, 1865.
V2Pioc?Uattg/ r
, THil SILENT WITNESS.
PBOU'A HVYEK’S DI4BV ‘ |
' I had spent some years io the west in- the,
ptactioei-Of my profession, and'wasotr a visit l»
m$ friends-inf'NeV England. Among 'tboSe
wl or came first oh my list of friendship,'was'
Fred. Elliott, and I arranged to -visit him as
soon as 1 could. •-Fred-,-and I had grown up
together tps-boys;- we*, bad entered : college t< -
gather,and graduated . together and when. I
commenced the.practice-of law, he entered his
uncle’s store in the capacity of book-keeper,
-with * good promise ahead. .And there was
another .between us—a near and dear oneto ds",
vyho.-were bruit orphans, and, who'had, fewret
atjs'eeliv,ipg.- I!redhad married my oyvn cousin,-
■Sweet-HanieKeone. He: had married her -since
X went away, though the.event had been upon.,
the docket a long time before. And thus I
was to meet two of my dearest friends, beneath
.the same roof. ... ■ >
i-.r
- It was just before dnsk when the carriage
left me at the house which had been pointed
out npthe qne occupied by my friend, and which
.1 at once recognized as the. former hopse of old
TimpibyElliutt, the uncle of whom 1-have spo
kep. My summons was answered by a light,
quick step on the hall floor; and when the door
whs opened I recognized the fair, fond features
-of my dearly remembered cousin. She was five
years older than when I saw her last, and grown
to be a little more womanly and a little more
'sedate'. •In fact, ; She had put on the holiest of
characters —that of a mother. The beauty; the
life, the anmination, the smiles of other years'
had not gone'; but they were elevated will,
softened by, and blended into,-that : hbble;ohar--
aeler. Arfirst sbe didnot know me, but when
I called her Hattie as I need to in the oldfn
times, she caught trie by the liand, an'd in a
tnonjentmore her soft, white arms were around
iny neck. -She was a sister to' me inheart and
soul, and with a sister’s love she greeted me. -
We went into the parlor, where an astral;
lump was already burning upon the Centre
table, and wbere a fiire was reflecting agenial
warmth from-n-polisbed grate —for it was, an
tuntn and the evening's were'quits cool.; Upon
a'chair, near by-the table, sat a little, buy of
some three years,-playing with the richly'-or
namented bridle of a-rocking horse; while:
upon the carpet was el gleesome nbiid,.not yet
■able (o walk with safety, engaged in.tumbling
a large marten muff. And these were Hattie’s
'children—two. ns bright and beautiful beings
as.over made.music in an earthly home: She
told them lhat I was Uncle Enoch. She -had
■neither slster’hor brother. no I wqs forced to be
•’(incle to her children. .1 v.. i' c - '
Where had 1 been ? ; What badT been doing ?
flow find I been ? Was ! married ? Did:: I ever
mean' iq he ?- and a hundredroorequestibos pf
‘like'character were showered upon me before: I
hadrtime to aski return. - By-and-by
Fred o»me in. There wusu eland . upon hi*-,
face when be entered the room. I saw it very
plainly ; burhitryitrhprried to his side, kissed
■■• Pi
him, and '' whispered in. bis oor. aad ili a mu-.
mentdie-l.righcenßd.up v and ■ when, hetgreeted'
ihe, ahd held my hand and'patted me upon the
shoulder, he 1 appeared' ibe same warm and
genial spirit as of the olden time. ■■
At the testable be asked after my fortunes
in the distant hn.ne I bad sought; add when 1 !,
told him I had succeeded beyond my.rnostahn-.
guine expectations, mid that material < wealth
Was fast accumulating fof me, be waa not- only
rpleasant.liat intimated .that suchbusinesaoud
such prospects would euirhim.
ri-l laughed outright at what:l .considered the
absurdity.i>f this.last- idea... It would - do very
well, 1 told Him, for a poor fellow, with : only
bis two bauds 10 help him, to get off-into the.
'western wilds;: but for. one like him, with .an
indcpednnt fortune at bis command, Id think of
such a thing was ridiculous. He. smiled ns I
■■Spike,;rtn’a'tn«ieAtlia^uhjeot-of-:'OUiiTSrsation.
•Within an hour: after we: adjourned: to'the’
parlor, 1 : was sure something bad gone wrong
.with my friend lit;:- tried to be cheerful, to
talk of uur. old prankti, and to .laugh and - joke'
as in ibe days of and as a last re
sort, endeavored to arouse himself caressing-his
.sweet children;/. Bui it would not do—l had
.seen too much.:;.Battle succeeded much better
than he did ; jet as the ■ evening, wore on, I
cpuld see there was aheavYloadujoonher heart
OS tvelh; ;> -- ;; J - . -;••• --
At length the children were abed, and thq
mother soon "Followed -them. .1, plainly heard
her sob as shpJH'u the.room, and a smothered
gponn'-wbich could not escape mo, buret froth
her husband's bosom, i Fred poked up the coals,
t took two or- three!, turns aerprs the floor,
ir which he returned and sat down-near’ me
‘-Enoch,—-be said, his face -all wrapped in
iom, “ perhaps you think I act" strangely.”
‘fl think something is the "matter with you,”
returned. “ Something must; have" gone
wrong,” “ Xou are right. Something has gone
wrong.; In,fact,” he added, as a shudder crept
oVdr'his frame,a storm has bafst-ppon me
which is tojuin me.”
" He spoke this so solemnly and steadily.'that
I knew there must be some deep meaning in it ;
and I asked him if he could tell ine bis trouble.
..Of course he would tell me. He. was anxious
to tell roe, for J was notunlyoneof his dearest
friends, but I was a lawyer and might possibly
-assist him. ' - - . :
" " Yen know," said . be; Hthat I went'into'
business with my linoleT imothy. When f-was
v married he nade me.come and live in this
house; he put -the .whole; establishment into
I our hands, and be then boarded with : ; usi I
- lied no money—noth dollar; but- when I ftrved
him one year ..as book keep,er L he gave, me a
, good share in the business. Three years • ago
■1 he died, leaving me an estate gf abont sixty
I thousand dollars.
j v There .was no will left, or, at least such was
, supposed to be the caee : and it all came to mo,
’ aa l-waa tbe-only-blood relative living.—Uncle
Timothy had one brotbev and one sister. - .He
.;marcicd_wh.en quite young, but hiajwifo died
' without issne. His sister tparried a man named
i 'lsaac .Sfaffer r whO had one child by a former
i wife, but he neve* bad any children by my
| aunt. He died at the end of two years, leav
± -i
AGITATOR.
■> i i
ing her, no means, and she found a home with a
brother, taking her step son ‘with her.. In time
ehe died, and the boy was left in my ancle’s
charge until he was twenty-one. So much for
the sister/ The brother married, and had one
nhiid,aud_ that child was myself. My father’
died/when l was ameis child, and my mother
/hed before; I was graduated. So yoii see, I
was the only representative prtTndTe Timothy’s
blbod’’’ ’ * ; 'i ■- -
“Yes,” he replied, “and it was given tome/
and I’ took, possession, andopened a flourishing
business. Upon the etrength thereof, I have
entered society^tmd-responsible officers have
been put upon me/’ ,
“Well,” said I, as .my friend paused again,
“what has happened to disturbed dll this
' “ I’ll tell you, “he returned, starting from a
moody reverie into-which he nadlfallen.i ‘‘-You
; know t barmy-fat heran 4. Untile Timothy, „once
had a serious out.’; ;c - -i; i-\ i
J.told him, “ I have some recollec
tion of it; biit tbat wns a'great many years
ago. Wo.were boys then ”
Ay—it .was near twenty years ago,” said
Fred; but I remember it very well, for I recol-l
lept ho.w ba'dly it made mother feel. The es
trangement lasted for some years; and during
that time the bitterness was very strong. My
uncle declared that he would have nothing more
to do with bis brother, and under the influence
of this feeling he made a will conveying the
great bulk of his property to Staffer, the son
of bis sister's- husband.—You remember that,
don’tjou ?” - 1 .
; ‘‘Yes,’’ I said. And I did remember it very
well, for ft ‘made considerably talk at the' time
and more eo, because’ Staffer, who had married
Tiroblhy'Elliot’s sister, had not been considered
much of a man, and it was not generally;, sup
posed that the boy, ’whom be had left upon the
care of his wife’s relatives, gave any promise
yf a valuable life.
“ And." continued Fred, “you probably re
collect when-my father-'was very sick, Uncle
Timothy came to him and. the qnorrel was,
thrown..away, and from that- time, while-my
father lived, their brotherly love was warm and
generous.’’ '
“ Yes, I know’all that,” •
“Well, at that time my uncle spoke of the
will ho had made, and said be wqnfd destroy it,
and I believe he did. I know it as" well-as I
know anything which I did not Bee with my
owneyea. Before my. uncle died'*b6,told me
tbat.he should make no will, for there was no
njeed.of.it. He said,l was the only lawful
hpir, and thak'wa’s enough.' My uncle, died:
and 1 came fhtu- possekntn of the property ;
: ahd l have-enjoyed it,-, awr nave tried .to’ do
-.good with it ; and 1 have added something to
the original fortune, for I have been careful
.and, .prudent, , In a dark hour, however, a
storm has burst upon me'. It seemed only a
cloud at first, but it proved a" fearful one.—.
John Staffer-lias returned. * He went gway
about ten years ago—went away because my
nude would not give hiin a borne any longer—’
andhtts now, oome andhaa laid ; claim on my'
property.. He claims the whole of it!”
. “ But how ?” .1 asked, as my friend stopped,
to take breath.
“ You remember Stephen Akers, the old law-'
yer?” said Fred.■
" “ Ayi—l'Teplied, •" I know him- -very., well. ‘
He has been out.west and, done--some business
there ; but where he is knowii,
for-he proved himself, a villain."
“Ha! do you know it?” * ; ! _
'•‘Yes; but what' has'” that io do' with 1 you
now ?” • •’ “ ■ ;
“ I’ll tell you; In thefirstplace.he used to
do business here,-and my. uncle employed him
some.”-; ,h H ■■■-
“ I remember that.” .
“ And it was be-wbo-made that will for’iny
unolp.” .... - -
'. , rt iecrilfectlthow.” ‘ " /
‘‘ coatinued' ■Fred', 1 “ villain
of a lawyer came hack here about 'six months
agO, arid' ere" long he' anil Staffer bad'their
beads together. In a kittle while Staffer came
and jlaid'claim to my' uncle’s • and
when "asked'what, he meant, be . produced a pa
per which appeared to" be the lust' will and tes
tament of Mr. Timothy Elliott, And Stephen
Akers swears that this is the same will which
my'uncle made many years' ago, and that' it
has been in his charge ever since. He save
that when he went away to the western coun
try ,he over looked it among his papers, and
took’ it along with him. He furthermore de
clares that He received many letters froth Mr.
Elliott, in which be requested him to be care
ful i)f the will, and keep it so that it could be
•brought to light in case of need.”
; “Of course,” said I, “ this will must be a
fraudulent one.” ' ",
” Most certainly it is,” returned Fred.
' “ And yet it has been admitted to probate,
and the judge has accepted it. 1 have appeal-,
ed, and. it goes to the Superior Court, and,'
moreover, the trial comes off tomorrow. .For
-myself, Enoch, —if I were alone ip the world, —
I would oare little, for I. could put forth my
energiesanew ; but for my wifsand children,
oh I it is hard!”
Be buried his face jn bis hands, and wept
aloud; but in a little | while he became ,calm
again," and I questioned him as I saw fit. " An-'
other witnpss to the will besides Stephen Akers
was living,' and he had testified that be believed
the instrument now produced was the one' to
which be put bis name. In shore, the case
looked dark enough, and 1 dared not give my
friend much hope'. Yeti promised to think of
the matter, and be present with him at the tri
al. - - . ■ •
On the foliowiogmoruing I got away as soon
■as possible,-, for I codld.npt beat; to hear Hattie’s
grief; .hut,i promised to. come, back again,.and
as I held her band at the door,'told here to
keep up a good heart. .1. : ...
An onole of mine, named' Ansel Forbes, »
brother of my mother, was-in town on business,
and I went to see him. He was a paper man
ufacturer, and worth a handsome property. —
I found him at the hotel, and passed a happy
hour with him ; for 1 bad been his pet in boy
hood, and it was by bis generous bounty that
I went. - through-college. -I ■ told’ him about
the trial which was coming off, and he said
he meant to be present if he could. He had
n --J/
been well acquainted with Timothy Elliott,
ahd'ho was firmly convinced that the only will
which Elliott had ever made had been destroy
ed. '
When the hour of trial arrived it was an
•nounoed that I should assist iu the case. 1
took my seat with the counsel already engaged.
As the trial went on, it certainly did look dark
enooglj for my friend. Stephen Akers—a dark,
browned, foxy looking man,- with a hair of a
-grizzled'red, which stood out like a hedgehog’s
quilla upou his small head—swore that this
will was the will which he as Timothy Elliott’s
attorney, bad made eighteen-years before, and
that he had been in possession of it ever since,
until he had lodged it -in the probate office. —
-And-be alsn sworo to the receipt of letterg from
EUkrtt, biddibglnm keep the will safe. There
was no-getting around bis testimony—it was
plain and dixeat. and wtoQuitLcot break thro’
•
- .An old man named Jackson, who had been
one of the. witnesses of the old will, testified
that hefielieved the instrument now before him
was the one to’wbich he had put his hand. He
could say that this, was his own signature.—
He was an honest old fellow, and admitted that
fie had always supposed the will had been des
troyed. •
‘ For par client we bad nothing of clear, plain
facts to help ns. We’ bad any amonnt of im
pressions and opinions in our favor. It had
: beenLthe.jmpressionj of .all.. Timothy. Elliott’s
intimate friends that the will which he bad
made had been destroyed. He bad talked to
them in that way. And yet not one of them
conld swear that they had ever heard him say,
directly, that, such-was the’ fact. In'short
though the belief in the destruction of that will
was so general and so firm, yet we eonld not
present to tbe.jury a single fact to sustain ns
in the decision.
Had the counsel for the. appellent any more
testimony to produce ?
Fred placed bis hand trembling like an as
peta, upon my .arm, and whispered—
- “ Oh_my soul 1 1 am lost 1”
. He was pale- as death, and bis suffering in
tense. As the case now stood, I could have no
hope. Whatever may have been the opinion
of the coart and’the jury upon the right and
justice of the thing, there could have been hot
the opinion opon the law and foot. My heart
sack within me.
Were the counsel for the appellant -ready to
rest their case?
I field the will in roy band. I believed it to
be a forgery. _ I believed the' only will’which
Timothy Elliott ever madehad been destroyed,
and that Akers, in consideration of a share in
the spoils, had, from the old draft .in bis hands,
■forged' this Instrument, counterfeiting even
Jack eon’s'sign stare so nicely that the simple
old man could not disowirit. I was about
to give the, instrument up, and my last- faint
hope with it, when a.dim mark in one corner
of the sheet caught my eye.. It was a stamp—
an impression on the paper—not so large as the
point of a finger’s end, bnt I bent my bead
for- a moment, to cal) to mind something of the
past. :-
“ What is it ?” asked Fred,-who had noticed
my emotion..' r t
"Fluid him to wait, and then arose and looked
around the’chart room. Was thy uncle' there?
Yes; I 'saw him close by me.- ' I asked that Ste
phen Akers might be called to the stand again.
The; wretch. saw that I was excited, and he
-trembled a little when he started to answer to
the ballj though' he was firm enough when be
' had gained the stand.
: ■ “ Mr. Akers,” said I, controlling myself as
■I possibly could, “ you made this will.”
■ '* Timothy Elliott made it,” be replied. “I
-merely wrote it down for him as he dictated.”
“This will is dated,” said I, looking at.its
sigh -and seal, “ October third, eighteen years
ago tbib very 1 month.”
“ Certainly,” replied' Akers, that is just when
it was made."
“ And you swear that this is the identical
instrument?” ,
“ I do.”
'‘And you swear that Timothy Elliott set his
band and seal upon this paper at the time here
in mentioned?”. . _
. “Ido."- ...
.1 looked the witness in the eye. Hejmust
have read, in that look something of my
'thoughts,-for big-countenance changed, and big
knees actually shook-beneath him. '
■itold him I bad; done with him.
Then I asked that Ansel Forbes might be
called to the stand.
' What did I want with him? And my uncle
was also anxious to know why he was called
upon, for he was well known, and stood as
high as the judge himself.
“Mr. Forbes,” said I “ you are a manufac
turer of papet£i~
He said be was. - - . - .
“ How long have you been engaged in the
business ?”
He thought a moment/and then replied, “ I
entered the business in eighteen hundred and
thirty-one; so 1 have been in it just ten
years.”
“ Now sir,” said I, handing him the instru
ment which I held, “ will yon tell me; will you
tell the jury when that paper was made ?”
He took it, and the moment bis eye rested
upon it he started. He gazed upon the corner,
and then, in a bursting, amazed tone, be cried—
“l.made it myself 1”
“When? when?” I demanded.
“ It could not havp been over nine years
ago, for here is my mark—my name—upon
it as I alone have stamped paper' in ibis
country 1”
He.then showed to the court and to the jury
the mark which he bad detected. It was plain
enough now—a little oval impression, with the
name “A. Forbes” embossed in it. It was
defaced and soiled, but not obliterated.
Stephen Akers was trying to make his fray
from the court-room, but the deputy brought
him back.
Two wholesale dealers were summoned, and
when they examined the paper they at once
recognized it as Ansel Forbes's manufacture.
They knew it—there conld be no question.
And thus almost mirsculeusly, was the whole
current of the affair changed. We gave the
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case in, und in a very few minutes ire had the
verdict.
That evening Hattie - hang about my neck,
and blessed and thanked me until I fairly cried.
And fred, when be tried to'apeak of what bad
passed, at once broke down under tba weight
of joy and gratitude that was upon him. He
was safe, bis fortune was safe ; and bis wife
and little ones were still bjeased.
Some asked me bow I happened to detect
that silent witness away up in the corner of
that paper. I answered that my uncle gave me
half a dozen reams of that paper when he com
menced making it, and I had been using it
ever since, so that the stamp was very familiar
to me. The forger had selected for his wicked
purpose a sheet of respectable age ; but it had
not proved quite old enough to answer the data
he bad just put upon it.
Master John Staffer got off to sea again; -bat
Stephen 'Akers found his way to the State pH>- t
on. where for a term of years, he was forcibly
restrained from cheating his fellow men.
Astounding Revelation-
The following is the testimony, hitherto sup
pressed relative to the Rebel leaders, taken at
the assassination trial in Washington:
Sandford Conover testified as follows: lan
a native of New York; I have resided in Can*
ada since October last; was conscripted into
tbe-Confederato army, and detailed to service
in the War Department of the Confederacy, at
Richmond, under James A. Seddon, Secretary
of War ; while in Canada was intimately ac
quainted with G. N. Sanders, Jacob Thompson,
Dr. Blackburn, Tucker, Wm. C. Cleary, Capt.
Castlemau, Mr. Cameron, Porterfield, Capt.
Magruder, and others ;■ I also knew Clement C.
Clay, and Gen. Carroll of Tennessee ; I knew
Mr. Surratt, also, and J. W. Booth, and visited
these gentlemen in Canada; saw Surratt there
on several occasions, last April, in Mr. Jacob
Thompson's room, also in company with George
N*Sanders, and other Rebels in Canada; Snr- j
ratt is about five feet nine or ten inches high,
a fair-complexioned man with light hair ; I saw
him about the Cthor Ttb of April, with Thomp
son, Sanders and Booth; and at that timer he
delivered to Thompson in his room, in my
presence, dispatches from Richmond to Thomp
son, from Benjamin and from Jefferson Davjs;
the latter either a cypher dispatch or a letter.
Benjamin was Secretary of State of the Con
federacy. Previons to this, Thompson convers
ed with me upon the subject of a plot'to assas
sinate President Lincoln and his Cabinet, of
which I gave notice, before the assassination,
in the New York Tribune, the paper for which
I corresponded. I had been invited by Mr.
Thompson to participate in that enterprise.—
When Surratt delivered these dispatches from
Davis, Thompson laid his band upon the pa
pers {and said, referring to the assassination
and to the assent of the Rebel authorities,
“ This makes the thing all right." The dis
patches spoke of the persons to be assassina
ted ; Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Johnson, the Secretary
of War, the Secretary of State, Judge Chase
and Gen. Grant. Mr. Thompson said on that
occasion, or on the day before that interview,
that the assassination proposed would leave the
Government of the United States entirely with
out a head; that there was no provision in the
Constitution of the United States by which
they could elect another President. - Mr.
Welles was also named, but Mr. Thompson
said it'was not worth while to kill him ; he
was of no consequence. My first interview
with Thompson on this subject of assassi
nation was in the early part of February! in
Thompson's room in St. Lawrence Hall, Mon
treal. He then spoke of a raid on Ogdensburg,
New York, it was abandoned, bat that was be
cause the United States Government received
information of it, he said be would have to
drop it for a time, but added, “We’ll catch
them asleep yet,” and to me he said, “ Thera
is a better opportunity to immortalize yourself,
and save your country,” meaning the confed
eracy. I told them I was ready to do anything
to save the country, and naked them what was
to he done; be said, " some of our boys are
going to play a grand joke on Abe and Andy,"
which be said was to kill them;, bis words
were “ remove them from office.” and he said
that the killing of a tyrant was not murder;
that he had commissions for this work from the
Rebel authorities, and conferred one on Booth,
‘ot would confer one ■ that everybody engaged
in this enterprise would be commissioned, and
if they escaped to Canada they could not be
successfully claimed under the Extradition
Treaty ; I know that Thompson and the others
held these commissions in blank; they com
missioned Bennett Young, the St. Albans rai
der; it was a blank commission filled up and
conferred by Mr. Clay ; as it came from Rich
mond, rt was only signed “ James A. Sadden,
Secretary of War ;” Mr. Thompson called me
to examine these blanks so that I might testify
to the genuineness of Seddon's signature in the
case of Bennett Young, before Judge Smith.
The signature was genuine. In a subsequent
conversation, alter the first referred to in Feb
ruary, Thompson told me that Booth had been
commissioned, and every man who wonld en
gage in it wonld be. I had a conversaton with
Wm. C. Cleary, on the day before, or the day
of the assassination, at St. Lawrence Hall.—
We were speaking of the rejoicing in the States
over the surrender of Lea and the capture of
Richmond. Cleary said they wonld have the
laugh on fha pother side of the mouth in a day
or two. I think this was the day before the
assassination. He knew I was in the secret of
the conspiracy. It was to that he referred.
The assassination was spoken of among us as
commonly as the weather.
Before that, Sanders asked me if I knew
Booth very well, and expressed some appre
hension that Booth wonld make a fizzle of it—
that ha was desperate and reckless, and ha was
afraid that the whole thing would be a failure.
I communicated to Tax Tribune the intended
raid on St. Albans and the proposed assassina
tion of the President; but they refused to pub
lish the letter. I did this in March last, as to
the President’s assassination ;- also ■in Febru
ary, I think—certainly before the 4th of March.
Surratt delivered the dispatches in Thompson’s
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