The Tioga County Agitator £
BY. M. H. COBB.
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JAS* IOWBEY,4e.B. F.
Attorneys & counsellors at j |aw,
will attend the Courts of Tioga, Pott Jt and
McKean counties. [Wells boro, Jan. 1, ljj3-]
JOHN I. BITCUJEU, y:
Attorney and -counsellor atxa it.
Tioga Village, Tioga County, Pcnn’a.j •
Prompt attention to Collections. '
March 1, 1865.-iy.
JEROIWE B. HILES,' V
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR
Wellsboro, Tioga County. Fan,' y,..
Having been speeially'iicensed by! the’, ;&4je«
for tbs Prosecution of Claims for Pensions, Back
pay and Bounties. , >
Particular attention will be given to that?,:lass of
business. . .. J. B. NI[yES.
Wellsboro, Feb. lb, 1365-iy* ■ ~ ‘ - ‘ ,
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSf%
CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND-THE Af INTO,
Wellsboro. Pa.
j. w. BlGONY,!..,.....Proprietor.
THIS popular Hotel, having been 16-fitted
and re-fnrniahed throughout, ia now thp
public as a first-qUes house. [Jan. 'B63.]
I>. HART’S ROTEI; -*
WELLSBORO , TlOOa.: CO. PE. >
TEE subscriber takes this method t * inform
his old friends and customers that I i .has re
lumed the conduct of the old “ Crystal f ountain
Hotel,” and will hereafter give it his entirfj'ttlention.
Thankful ter past favors, he solicits a rene ,jal of the
tame. DAVID ffART.
Wellsboro, Nov. 4, 1863.-ly. _
IZAAK waltos not SE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa!;
H, C. VERMILYEA,.... .. .Pfa|rie.tor.
THIS is a new hotel located ac
cess of the beat fishing and hunting fjamds in
Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will bos bred for
the accommodation of pleasure seekers an?.; ie-trav
elling public. [Jan. 1, <1863.]
A. FOIiET,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry* StfsJy&c.,
REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES ,
POST OFFICE BUILDi!NG,
NO. 5, UNION. BLOCK. '
Wellsboro, May 20, 1883
H. W. jWII.LIS.MS, *««*■ Smith-
WILLIAMS & SMITi J;
attorneys and counselors if LAW,
BOUNTY & PENSION AAjISNCY.
Wain Street, Wellaboro, Pi'
January 4, 1865-ly. . ;
S. F. BBAIBUN,i
barber & hair-drl&ser,
Sboi* Overt C. L.- Wu.f OXY" Si ns.
Wellsboro, Deo 7, 1864. " .
WESTERN EXCHANGE IIOTEE.
KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, %'£.
THE undersigned having leased the f bove Hotel
for a term .of years would respectfully inform,
the traveling public that ho has put the Ititel in first
class order for the reception of guests apj -fM pains
will be spared in the accommodation of t;' ivilers and
as far as the situation still allow, be will lerp a first
class Hotel, in all things, except ptices,' » Itch will
be moderate. Please try us and judge for. ftprselves.
Knoxville, Oct. ID, 1864-tf. - ■!- it- mllilli.
REVENUE STAMPS,
TOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector i'-i Mans
ij field, has just received a large lot of Revenue
Status, of all denominations, from one cent t tip to $6.
Any person wishing Scaups can get them at my office
in Mansfield, or of M. BtJLLAKD, AsaiaUM Assessor,
at Wellsboro' Pa. ■ J. M., JJtfELPSi
Mansfield, May 2, 1864. • i L .]:
P. SEWELL, DEBTin f,
MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNI ';i PA.,
IS prepared to operate in all the impm in
the various departments of filling) ext fating, In
serting artificial dentures? Ac. f
Mansfield, August iff,*lB64—ly. -
COWAIfESQtE HOVSI3.
THIS House which has been open for* citivonience
of the traveling public for a numbcV df years,
has lately been newly furnished throughou ; Wd fitted
Qp ia as good style as can be-found in any jobntry or
city Hotel. The Proprietor does .not heaifftte in say
ing that there will be no pains spared to add to the
comfort of his gueits, and make it a home 'for
The best of stabling for teams j and a good hostler
always in attendance, all of which can be foupd
one mile east of Knoxville, Pa. -
Ml V. PURPLE, proprietor,
Deerfield, May 26,18fi4.-ly.ir-i. V ' !
WELLSfORO HOTJ^L
{Oomcr Main Street rtndlhc ;
Wellsboro, Pa, ; j
B. f B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. !
One of the Imost popular Houses in the couniy.
This Hotel ia the principal Wellsboro.,
Stages leave daily as "
For Tioga, at 9a.m.; For Troy, at sa. m.; For
Jersey Shore every and Fridfi, J at 2 p. m.j
For Coudcrsport, every Tuesday and Fri at 2 p.m.
Stages Arrive—From Tioga, at 1$ 1~2 o’clock
p.m.: From Troy, at 6 o’clock p. m.; 7mm Jersey
Shore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m.:
port, Tuesday and Friday II a. ip,. * , *w * -
N,B.—Jimmy Cowden, the well-kn'wn hostler,
will be found on hand, !
Wellsboro, Oct. 5,1864—1 y., y
HUGH YQUBIG, '
BOOKSELLER & STAViOIfEB,
And' Dtiicß. i-ir
American Clocks, American, , English, 4ind Swiss
Watches, Jewelry, Silver Plated Ware,- Spectacles,
Picture Frames, Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes,
Microscopes, Perfumery, Yankee 'NOturrfi, 'Fishing
Tackle and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet i
SCHOOL BOOKS of every kindled in the
County, constantly on hand and sent by tsaif or oth
erwise, to order. I- ;
NO. 5, UNION BLOCK , PA.
TO FISHEHi^^
THE subscriber begs leave to infortn :i t6e-public
that h© has a fine assortment of the -celebrated
FLUJSr |
New York Trout :FUes, Silk Braided Linos,' Sea
Grass and Hair Lines, Kinsey Hooks on Spells, Reds,
headers, Gut/Abd'A* Theriot dT ■ -
ROCHESTER FLY ROBS, '
Hooks, Ac., Ac. Shop in rear of Wm* iin
and Stove Store. L. .Cl. )^EAR§>
Wellsboro, April 19, 1865-Sm. 1 ■ > :
FOR SALK—HOUSE * LOT on Mesia'Street,.
adjoining Wright 4 Bailey’s Store, -‘W acres of
land in Delmer, between John-Gray and U-errick.
House and Lot on Covington Street.
For terms, apply to HENRY SHERWOOD/
WelUboro, May 81,1865-tL
VOL. XI
HAS FALLEN!
~ ' < J -r
LEE HAS SURRENDERED, AND; WE
HAVE SURRENDERED THE EX- :
TEME HIGH PRICES OF A
~ GOODS. ; ;
is now receiving additions to ! their stock of '■ . :
\ ‘ ’ ,l j J■■
GOODS, BOUGHT DURING THE .LATE
DEPRESSION IN PRICES,, - ! ! "
and they will be sold at
We' have made arrangements to' get Goods every
week, and. aa we keep.posted in regard to
• the;iV«w York Market, weshall at*
t aU timei make the stock on
‘ hand conform to
and we wish it distinctly understood, that however
. I * 1 mnob !
WK DO NOT, INTEND Tp BE UNDERSOLD
V.‘ ;- 3Y ANT,. ‘ "V **’ ‘ '*
• » ■ *■ -l 4 c
quality of goods considered. ■lt shall be our aim (o
keep constantly on hand a good stock’ of
such goods as the community
*- J ' require, and - ‘ j
SUCH ARTICLES AS WILL GIVE SATISFAC
, , :tion TO THE CONSUMER, - ;
THE ONE PRICE SYSTEM ; ,
V t
under which our business has constantly increased,
for the last ten yearswillhe adhered to,
as also the
more recently adopted. Don't buy until
"i " t ' - .
you - HAVE EXAMINED. OORSTOCE; AND.
• ■ prices;
STORE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE- THE DIOKiN
SON HOUSE, .
and first door cast of Hungerfprd’a Bask.
Corning, N. T v May 17, 18651
THE having-been closed /up by
Messrs. Grant, Sherman Sheridan,' A Cb.*, *
*’ :
have volnntaered for a war of extermination against
high Prices, and will be found entrenched behind a
huge pile of , . . j
r NEW AND CHEAP GOODS
at the old OSGOOD STAND, where tlWr communi
tions with New.Tork cannot be interrupted.
They have just received a good stock of
’ SPRING [AND SUMMER GOODS,
such as Prints, Delaines, -Bareges, Muslins, Hosiery,
Notions, Boots and Shoes; ete., in fact everything in
jhe'Dry Goods line may bo found at onr counters,
and purchased' at prices .corresponding to the into
HEAVY FADE IN;GOODS k
We also invite purchasers to examine our fine
stock of •
GROCERIES.
Can’t bo beat this aide of New York. \ .
■ Remember the place. u Osgood’s Corner.”
KELLY * PURVIS.
. WeUsboro,ApT.22, 1866-ly. ,
Letters of administration having
been granted to the undersigned on the estate of
Josiah L. Butler, late of Delmar, deceased, those in
debted to said estate are requested to make immedi
ate payment, and those having claims.-against the
same will present them to CALVIN F. BUTLER,
Delmar, May 17, ’65.61* Adm'r.—..
Rochester a n.’t. trout flies;—nmvo
Just received r
1 Gross of ROCHESTER TROUT FLIES,;
’ i do bf NEW YORK' ' «* ' "
Snells with orwithopt books, -Fly Rods, Reels, and*
Braided Silk Lines. L. A. SEARS,
Dealer urFishing Tackle, Ac.
WeUsboro, May 24,1865.
NOTICE.— Tho Supervisors of Richmond Town
ship will meet at the boose of W. B. Ripley, in
said township, on Saturday, June 10th, at- 2 o’clock
P. M., for the purpose of letting* a job on a new road
commencing at said Ripley’s and running a south
course 275 rods to intersect with the “ Old Road” on
Lamb's Creek. All interested are invited to attend.
FARM FOR SALE.—Situated pn *the Spencer’s
Mills Road from half to three-fourths of a mile
east of Whitney's Corners, in Charleston township,
and five and one-half miles from WeUsboro. . Said
farm contains about 107 acres, about 65 acres cleared,
tbe~balance valuable woodland. It is well watered
by springs of excellent water, and small creeks. The
house is two atones, comfortable, and the ontblldings
are in good condition.
There is also on said farm a thrifty young orchard
of grafted fruit, some 75* trees. Terms easy.
Apply to the subscriber, on the premises.
Charleston, May HI, ’CS. HENRY GIFFORD. •
NOTICE. —Whereas, my wife SARAH, has left
my bod 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 ARGBTBINGER.
Rutland, 'May 31, ■■ > j '2 ,
PUTTY 4 WINDOW GLASS at
BOY’S DBUG STOKE.
to the of the ©res of JF-mUam anH itie SpreaUf of fgraltfjg Reform*
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRI6HTED, • AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO < MAN’,’ SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
And so has Sie price of
DRY GOODS
THE PEOPLE’S STORE, ;
THE LOWEST MARKET RATES;
' new prices,
REGARDLESS OF COST,
READY ' PAY SYSTEM
SMITH *■ WAITE,
■ D.J. HOSTED, ) S r ,
ZIMRI ALLEN, f 6Uperv rs
Richmond, May 31, 1865-2 w. . " •
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WELLSBORO. TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE §l, 1865.
©rirjlnal ,
[For the Agitator.]
“NON EESPONBAT
A widow lives across the way.
Lonely and sad in sable weeds;
' With her own bands she clothes and feeds
■Herself and little daughter, May*
" I see ber in tbe early dawn' ’
Busy about her daily toil,
; 11 Tilling the mellow garden soil , . .
Or dressing weeds from out tbe lawn.
* Andlater'atlll l see her sit ’ '
n .With busy needie-at her dqor, • * *
• k ,. While fitful shadows oa:tbe floor I
With ©very zephyr way© and flit. 4 ‘
; The weary gurgling of ;
- The honey bee's low monotone,.
The waving shade; the pine trees’moan ' ’
The lowing* kins upon the MU, ti'*-*]
The robins in their leafy screens,
AH; all remind her of the Lost '
Who calmly sleeps with white hands oroesed,
r , . Beneath the sod at New Orleans.
Ir, ‘He r was but oh© among the ihrong' ' ' 1
Who nobly fought at Pleasant Hill,
■ And many a gallant fellow wUI ‘ , !
Be missed as sadly and as lo.ng.
But I have lost a brother, and » *
i , The widow mourns by night and day i
The father of her little May,
Who moulders in his grave of sand.
. W© grieve; but .we are proud to know,
When plunging shot and screaming shell
1 Mftde Pleasant Hill an earthly bell, ■
His fhce was ever to the foe.
Oh, fearless heart and ready hand—
Oh Brother of my early youth
■i W hose word was synonym for truth, ■ - 1 .
I greet thee in thy, bod of sand. ;
f Thy eaim bravo face and eye serene
. We may not look upon again;
.But wo will keep thro’ joy and pain
Thy memory ever green. !
• ' N. K.
[From the. Bedford f , -
A Dyspeptic in Pursuit of a Cure.
Reader, have yon ever had Dyspepsia ? If
not, as yea value your, temporal (1 might also
add spiritual) salvation, avoid it if you can.-V
If you would escap® the horrors of “ Blui
Pill,” avoid Dyspepsia. 1
Reader, I am a haunted man —haunted iy
“Blue Pill,” or." Blue Devils,” if yonpleae.
From the earliest period of my recollectim,
this cerulean (why is it called "blue” whin
jt’s a grey as dingy as friend Aminidaft Bit
tcrntick’s old shad-bellied overcoat ?) com
pound has been familiar to my core, ■ I had or
uncle once who took it, and as he- " went; ovei
Jordan,” the name has ever been associated in
myfmind with something inconceivably borri
blci ....
But here let me narrate my misfortune. Ir
the fall of —after a' severe hitch of'Biliouj
Fere.r, and a tremendous gorge of ■ bean soup
I became slightly dyspeptic, and thought I bad 1
In medical parlance, better “ apply in time 1 ]
to a physioiarf. I did so—blood and thunder
what was my horror and consternation whel
the learned man of physic prescribed Bid
Pill. Reader, my blond fairly curdles cvd
yet when I.think of the sensation which shocfl
ed my every nerve. My hair l stood up unt!
my hat displaced from its seat on my cranium
fell bumping to the floor, and m’y eyes dilate
to the dimensions of a pair of pewter saucerl
Thinks 1, I’m a gone case and had , bette
make my will; but a moment’s reflection sod
dissipated so preposterous a conclusion, as
had nothing to will —except taking the “ PiU
at all hazards, and so I did for a mbnth, an
what do you think followed—a cure? No I
repetition of the same prescription by the ph
sician, a month longer. Well, I took it ii
months longer, and then abandoned “ Pill” ad
physician in. disguut, with all my symptom
aggravated. My next step was to apply I
another Dooter. He examined very gravel
into.my case, and after- assuring me of )
“speedy cure,” prescribed— “ Blue Pill.” j
remonstrated, told him I bad been taking it b
fore —“ not in sufficient doses," said he ; “tal
it as I have directed ; your liver is torpid, an
must be aroused.” Well, reader, t took 1
again for four months, and in all that time, hi
lieve me, 1 had not once an opportunity i
1 complain of being much better, I thank you.-)
But, on the contrary, I began to feel prett)
well used up. What was I now to do? Thing!
were growing desperate. I now decided to op
ply to an old physician who had the repotation\
i of being “some” on stomach complaints. I
"went'to see him—“ Doctor," said I, “I have
been sorely afflicted,” and here went on'to
give him-,a; description of all my symptoms,
not forgetting, ai.de tail also, as to what my for
mer advisers bad done for me. He listened
attentively until I got through, and then tak- j
ing pff his spectacles and laying them down on
the table said-—“-jcAy young man you’re hyped!”
The Cussed ofd'fool I I was’well nigh sending
an old skulfJESt.stood near, slap into bis face.
But I forbore.-.'-He continued—" go home and 1
go to work—you cat topjmuchy'and don’t ex
ercise,' enough'—take one of these- pills every
night to keep your bowels regular, and you’ll
gel- well enough " I looked at the pills—thinks
I yon infernal noodle—“ Hyped I and these
pills are myoldenemy as sure as I’m living.
But I did not" dare to trouble the lying old !
| Jackanape ahy'further, so I Ibft, and inconti
■ nently “ threw his physio to the dogs.”
I But the invalid ever feels' an incbnlrollable
i hankering to take something. ‘ I' now, though
I much discouraged, applied to the fourth, the
, fifth, the sixth, and so on through the whole
catalogue of M. D’s jn the -whole country, —
i’But success in obtaining relief was'“ non est
inventus;” instead, my ease had been grad
j nally growing more and more desperate, be
. sides I had met with insult added to' injury—
i injured by “ Blue Fill” (for they all with one
- consent, prescribed it) and insulted by being
told that I had the “ hypo." Were they blind ?
Why my appearance alone gave the lie to that
assertion. Hypo, indeed! why I waarreduced
to the “ shadow of a shad,” and looked , as
though 1 had been picked off a wreck at sea
and drawn through a gimlet hole. I wouldn’t
/.r i o'? - {i r i
AGITATOR.
BY MEDICOS.
,f r i j | f
cared at that time if his aatanic majesty had
had the whole kit, and staffed them with
“ blue blazes,” as they had me with “ blue
pills. But I was now in complete despair.—
I vent to the “ Springs”— no recuperation,
my impoverished system grew leaner and lean
er day until I was not. thicker through
the abdomen than a deal-board. At length I
waf completely “ laid upon the shelf”—took
myjbed from pure exhaustion, literally dosed
ana starved to death. I discovered one day,
whilst in a recumbent posture, that something
hard existed in tbe umbilical region of my
stomach—l examined it; it was about tbe
*vxBof a goose egg'.' "Whew! what a hubbub
ft created when I made it known. "
1 My friends immediately sent for “the doc-
,Gr" —tea. very . identical who had so
grossly insulted me in the earlier stags of my
disease. - He came, put on the same old
“specks,” and proceeded to —not an autop
aical quite—examination of the phenomenon.
After a good deal of pow-wow and • punching,
looking gage as an owl, he it a
“ concretion ” —of what? thought I—horror of
horrors,l a peck of “ blue pills” wedged up in
my gastronomical apparatus 1 He summoned
a consultation of half a dozen more of my
" Blue Pill” • heroes. They capae, examined,
pommeled, and punched at the tumour to their
heart’s content—deliberated; and then passed
sentence—“an indurated tumor in the hypogas
trium—must be removed by an .operation.”—
Postponed the same for a few days, and then
came to the jconclnsiou, unanimously, that it,
“ couldn’t be did without killing the patient.”
Just as I expected, and wished, for I was am
bitious' of a natural death, if possible, after
the amount of “ blue pill” I had swallowed.—
But, to tell the truth, I did not feel much like
dying even then, I felt like eating, and eat. I
did,, occupying one breath with the bolting of
food, and the next in denunciation of “ bine
pills” and their authors.
\ And now let the elements be hashed ; let
Very sound cease; let the sun and moon stand
lill.-tvhilst-all the inhabitants of Heaven and
Sart), with fingers to their lips, on tiptoe,
leatwhat this mighty, majestic and dignified
l‘coort»of inquiry”—this austere, sapient'and
profound body of medical intelligence had well
'nigh done. After I took to eating (for they
hod allowed me nothing-but the shadow of a
pigeon boiled down one half) the tumor.began
to disappear, and in a few days it was gone. l —
it was my backbone ! But let mo ex
plain In the spinal column there is a curve
about its middle projecting inward towards the
stomach ; I was so much emaciated that there,
was little else maferial in front, and the '-egg
nice tumor was notmng more not’less "than 'one
of the fnost prominent of dorsal vertebra. Af
ter my stomach assumed its natural distension,
of coarse, as 1 said before, the thing disappear
ed.
Let it be recorded for the benefit of future
generations that a convention of wiseacres—a
session of brilliant, magnanimous, and learned
(?)physicians of the 19th century of the world,
decided on removing the backbone of the pa
tient to cure him of dyspepsia-..
But my troubles were not ended yet, for
though materially improved by a better diet,
my dyspepsia still remained. I now deter
mined to seek a remedy on my own hook. For
this purpose I dived into medical authors op to
the eyes. But here, too, I was doomed to fresh
torture, renewed disappointment. I would take
up a boob, look at the index—run my finger
along the same until I came to the word—Dys
pepsia— refer to the page, glance over the des
cription of the disease, and hasten to the treat
ment. Invariably the first thing- that met my
eyes, sticking out in bold relief, was—“ Blue
Pill is beyond all comparison the best altera
tive that can be given.” Indignant I' would
slap to the covers of the book, and mutter to
my self—“ Blue Devils are beyond all compari
son ” the worst disease a man can be afflicted
with. “ Bliie Pills alterative I” I would con
tinue, “ yes! they'll alter a man in a very short
time so much that his nearest* friends cannot
recognize him—take all the flesh off bis bones,
and all the sense out of his cranium,” jocosely
adding, ‘ providing he has any in it.” But,
’twill never do to give it up so—never say die,
thought I, and acting under this suggestion, it
occurred to me that the study of physic in
real earnest might, perhaps, enable me to ferret
out something for my case. I would then have
an intercourse, numerically, with physicians
from the Biddy in physic to the tallest Shang
hai on the apex of the pill.' So at it I went,
and went right square through, too : attended
lebtnrea —got my “ sheep-skin: and strutted
leff with it in my packet, feeling “as large as
lie and twice as natural.”
iWell, reader, I suppose you think now, that
I',ad penetrated the intricate mazes of physic,
hi wound round through every avenue and
lolyrintb, and seen fully every atom of its
-Ephantine proportions ; I was in possession
ofthat I had so long been seeking —a cure.
HI ha 11 took a cut across the fields of “ Phys
ac’i-got into the woods in an arrow, briery path
—laohed the by-road, followed it.up through
thdnud till I reached the turnpike—pursued
it-*;ot on to the plank road—struck the rail
roa'i—mounted the “ Bulgine,” and rode.like
a steak of still-burnt lightning right into the
dotts of old Esculapius himself only to see as
a anding motto, in flaring capitals —“ blbx
piJjS in torpid liver !” Reader, bring a cooper,
qmk, with his hoops—l am enlarging, expand
in', bursting I If all the artillery that ever
shok the earth had been let loose right in my
fat: if the thunders of an earthquake.-bad
ecdenly rent the air ; if the earth bad opened
atby feet, and a volcano of molten lava had
hint forth—l should not have quailed, but
tbl was to much dor my horror stricken feel-1
in|, I could “ seek the bubble reputation at
tbfcannon’s mouth” but I could not "face that
mtto. I came, I saw, and “ Blue Pill”, con
quied 1 I quivered in every muscle —mouu.
tab of my remorseless and hated enemy arose"
beke me, rolling and revolving .in all their
“ liked ugliness”—millions of minute micro
oo4s‘outof each.of which peered billions of
imi grinning horribly their, ghastly smiles,
lader, many years have passed, but the
ian has still kept my' track—he scents me
vhereso’er I go, stern, inflexible, dnrelen-
foeU
out?
>t i i
l. n I
ting ha’ll hunt’ me to “ the last of earth.” I
have practiced my profession oooly, calmly and
interestedly, but the odious compound is ex
pelled from my Pharmacopoeia—expunged—
obliterated-wiped out! I have never prescribed
it for a patient lest he, like myself should be
come a HAUNTED MAN. |
mm ttit itatf ot* ♦
[Written for Tha Agitator.]
THE BOOK OF •* JEFF.”
Now it came to pass in the one thousand
eight hundred and sixtieth year of the Chris
tian Hegira; and in the eighty-fourth year of
the Independence of “ Columbia” in the elev
enth month thereof; that all the people assem
bled together to choose one to rule over them.
And the lot fell upon Abraham, who was
also called Lincolnbecause he was a just
man, and a devout, who feared God, and es
chewed evil. And the people said Amen !
Nevertheless, there were many evil spirits
in the “southern provinces,” at the head of
whom was one “Jeff,” who is also called “Da
vis,” who refused to submit to the rule of Abra
ham.
Now “ Jeff” belonged to the great Sanhe
drim, but he straightway absented himself
therefrom, and said unto the people among
whom he dwelt ; “we will make war against
this AbraTiam.”
Now the South is a goodly land, flowing with
milk and honey, and in it dwelt the Ethiopians,
who were bondmen and bondwomen unto the
people of the South. And “ Jeff” stirred up
strife among the people; and he .said unto the
people, “Lo I if we let this Abraham rule over
.us, he will even take away our bondmen and
.bondwomen ; and we shall become hewers of
-wood, and drawers of water all our days.”
And all the southern chivalry said amen I
And Jeff enticed many others to withdraw
from the Great Sanhedrim, and to espouse his
cause, and to go up and fight against Abraham.
Now from the time before Abraham was cho
sen, .before he began to rule, was many days.
And when he began to rule, he harangued the
people, and he said unto them; “Walk ye
in the ways of your fathers and in the ways of
well doing, and it shall be well with you.”
And he said ante.the southern provinces, “ be
hold I have hot come to take away thy
and thy bondwomen, walk thou in the ways of
peace and it shall he well with thee ; but and
if thou fofsakest the' paths of peace, it shall
be exceeding ill.with thee;” nevertheless they
hearkened not unto the words of Abraham.
Ahd Jeff Said unto the people of the Sonth,
“ behold we will make war against Abraham.”
And he appointed captains over bis hundreds,
and over bis thousands, and said onto the peo
ple, “ Who will go up unto the battle ?” And
the people with one accord cried out “ we will
go up with Jeff, to fight against Abraham.’)
Nevertheless, there were some among them
who said we will not go np to fight against
Abraham, nor to devastate the land of our na
tivity. Bat if thou and thine armies shall go
up, we will tarry peacably in our" tents at
home. Bat Jeff and his men of war answered
and said, "ye shall go np with ns, yonr breth
ren, to fight against Abraham.
And they compelled them to go up.
• Now Jeff and the evil spirits of the South
had for manj years cast in their minds how to
prepare themselves to subdue the mighty men
of tho North.. And Jeff, together with other
evil spirits of the South who were in the “ great
Sanhedrim,” had power to send ships this way,
and to send them that way, and they'sent them
into all ports over the face of the whole earth.
And they did embezzle the money in the land
of Columbia, and did send into the sonthern
provinces the destroying engines, which in
time of war bellow forth their thunders ; and
Abraham did find himself without ships, and
without armament, and without all implements
of war, nevertheless his people loved him and
hearkened unto his words, and he had valiant
men not a few.
And Jeff said unto his captains, go ye np
and possess yourselves of one of the strong
holds of Abraham, which lieth on the seaooast,
called Sumter by name in the province of Sonth
Carolina. !
And they went up. And lo it was garrisoned
by some of Abraham's valiant men, and they
were few in number. Then they besieged it
by sea and by land, and did compass it about,
and brought the destroying engines to bear
upon it, and after many days prevailed against
it, add those who were therein fled; in all, only a
few, souls. Thus endeth the second chapter of
the Book of Jeff, as written by Meeta Melgrove,
the scribe; and of his farther doings are they
not all likewise recorded, and shall they not all
dnly appear I
CoviNOToir, Jose 1865.
An Authentic' Anecdote. —Talleyrand was
once in the company of Madam de Steel and
another eminent French lady, whose name we
do not remember.
“ You say charming things to both of ns,”
said Madamrde Steel to him,- “which of ns do
yon like best ?”
The wily statesman artfully replied that he
was delighted with both.
“Ah I but you prefer one of ns,” continued
Madam de Steel; “suppose we were both
drowning in the Seine to-night, which of ns
would yon help first 1” . ... .
“I would extend my right hand to Madam
de Steel, and my left band to madam yonder.”
“ Yes; but suppose only one of ns could be
saved, which would you attempt to'rescue ?”
Tlaleyrand’s' diplomacy_was pushed to its se
verest teat, but not one whit discomposed he
turned to Madam de Steel, and replied—
“ Madam, you who know so many things,
doubtless know how to swim.”
The failings of good men are commonly more
published in the world than their good deeds;
andone fault of a. well-deserving man shall
meet with more reproach than all his virtues
praise * such is the force of 'ill-will and ill
nature." . - ■ .
NO. 43.
CHAPTER I.
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The following is the testimony, hitherto sup
pressed relative to the Rebel leaders, taken at
the assassination trial in Washington:
James B. Merritt testified—l am a physician,
and have been in Canada about a year; in
October and November last was in Toronto ;
met George Young there, a rebel from Ken
tucky ; also. Col. Steele, from Kentucky.—
Young said to me, “We have something of
meet more importance than any raid." Hs
told me it was determined that Old Abo should
never be inaugurated ; that they had plenty of
friends in Washington, and called Mr. Lincoln
“ a damned old tyrant." I afterwards saw
George N. Sanders and Col. Steele together.—
Col. Steele said, “The damned old tyrant
never will serve another term, if he ia elected."
Sanders said, at the same time, “He would
keep himself mighty close if he did serve an
other term." In Montreal, in February last, I
beard Sanders name a number of persons ready
and willing to remove the President, Vice Pres
ident, the Cabinet, and soma of the leading
Generals of the United States; and he added
that there was any amount of money to accom
plish this purpose meaning the assassination of
these persons. He then read a letter, which
he said he had received from the President of
our confederacy, meaning Jefferson Davis, and
which letter justified him in making any ar
rangements that he could to accomplish such
objects. There was a meeting at that time of
these rebels and a letter was read to them, the
substance of which was that if the southerners
in the Canadas and the States were willing to
be governed by such a tyrant as Lincoln, he
(Davis) did not wish to recognize them as
friends, and that he approved of the proposi
tion to assassinate him. Col. Steele read the
letter, also Capt. Soott, Geo. Young and mil,
all rebels. ,1
This meeting was about the middle of last
February. At the meeting Sanders named
some of the persona who were to accomplish
' the assassination, and among them he named
J. W. Booth, whom I had seen in Montreal in
October. He also named George Harper,
Charles Caldwell, Esndalland Harrison. Har
old went by the name of Harrison. I heard
Surratt’s name also mentioned, and Harold.—*
There was a person named whom they called
“ Plug Tobacco.” I saw Harold in Toronto.
Sanders said Booth was heart and seal in this
matter; he was a cousin to Beale who was '
hanged, in New York. He added that if they
conld dispose of Lincoln, it would he an easy
matter to dispose of Mr. Johnson in some of
his drunken revelries; that if they conld dis
pose of the President, Vice President and Cab
inet, and that if Mr. Seward could be disposed
of, it would satisfy the people of the north, and
that a peace could be obtained ; that they had
endeavored to bring abont a war with England,
but that Mr. Seward, through his energy and
sagacity, had thwarted their efforts, and for
that reason they wanted to goti rid of him.
On the sth or 6th of April last I met Har
per, who said that they were going to the States
to “ kick up the damnedest row, such as never
had been heard of," he added that if I did not
hear of the death of Old Abe, the Vice Presi
dent, and General Dix, in less than ten days,
I might put him down as a d—d fool. That
was on the 6th of April. Ha mentioned the
nape of Booth as one of their friends there;
be said they had plenty of friends in Washing
ton, and that fifteen or twenty were going. He
had started to go Washington as early as the
Bth, together with others. I communicated this
fact on the 10th of April to a Justice of the
peace named Davidson, who, after the assassi
nation, communicated it to the government.—
Harper returned to Canada after the assassina
tion. I bad a conversation with C. C. Clay in
Toronto in February last; he spoke of the
letter of Davis, which Sanders had exhibited;
he seemed to understand the character of the
letter perfectly, and said he thought the end
would justify the means. Surratt was pointed
out to me in Toronto last February I think; I
saw Booth there two or three times and sat at
table with him once, at the St. Lawrence.—
Sanders, Scott and Steele ; they Were convers
ing with Booth, and drinking wine with him at
Sanders’ expense; I saw Harold in Canada in
February.
. Richard Montgomery testified—l knew Ja
cob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, whom I have
met in Canada a number of times since the
summer of 1864 up to this time; also George
N. Sanders, J. P. Holcombe, Beverly Tuoker,
W. O. Oleary, Harrington, Uloka, and others,
under fictitious names. Thompson had several
names, one was Carson. Clay was Holt, and
Lacy, and Tracy. Jacob Thompson said he
had friends of the confederacy all over the
northern States, willing to go any lengths, and
that he could, at any time have the tyrant Lin
coln, and any of his advisers, put out of the
way; that his friends would not consider it a
crime, and that it would he done for the cause
of the confederacy.
In January, 1865, Thompson said, at Mon
treal, that a proposition bad been made to him
to rid the world of the tyrants—Lincoln, Stan
ton, Grant, and some others; that he knew the
men who made it were bold, daring men, able
to ezeonte anything they would undertake;
that he was in favor of the proposition, but
ferred his answer until ha had consulted bii
government at Richmond; that ha was then
only waiting their approval. He thought it
would be a blessing to the people, both north
an south, to have them (the tyrants) killed. In
the summer of 1864 I repeated what Mr.
Thompson first told me to C. C. Clay, who said
that he was really devoted to our cause, and
ready to go any lengths to do anything under
the sun to save it. I have seen Payne, the
prisoner a number of times in Canada, about
the Falls, in the summer of '64, and also at the
Queen’s Hotel, at Toronto, Canada "West, where
with him. I had an interview with
Mr. Thompson; several others had sought an
interview while I was closeted, and had been
refused. On leaving Thompson’s room I saw
Payne in the passage-way, near the dOor, with
Clement C. Clay talking to him. Mr. Olay
stopped me, and finished the conversation with
this man in an under tone. When he left me