,t| 1 '""U I 'q.ljV". 1 , The TiogaOounty Agitator: By M. H. 0088. Publisher every Wodne*d*y?morningand mailed to subscriber* WJO.NB DOLLAR AND FIFTY C.BNTB per year, always IN ADVANCE. * j Tbs paper is sent postage free to county subscri bers, though they may receive their mail at post-offices located in counties immediately adjoining, for qonvo nience. . * TaE AQtTAiTOB, ta t he Official paper of Tioga Co,, and ciu-late* in e?ery neighborhood therein. 'Sub scriptions being on.the -advance pay system, it circu lates among a class most to the interest of to reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as th-fee of fsrei by any paper of equal circulation- in Nf .them /Pennsylvania. > ' * . . A cross on the margin of a paper, V*notes tbJtthe subscription is about to expire. ' i H&* Papers will he stopped when the sofas/ jption tIEM expires, nnles* the agent orders their »nce. ■; /'■ W. A. NICUOLS. Attorney and counsellor ax law-. Office formerly occupied by James Lowro Esq, wellsboro, Oct. 11,1866-Iy. ‘ f JOHN I. NITCHKLL, , Attorney and counsellor at *law. Tioga Village, Tioga County, Penn’s. Prompt attention to Collections. , March 1, 1865.-ly. 1 WILSOS A ItILEf. . ■ ATTORNEYS . & COUNSELORS -AT-f AW. (FIRST DOOR FROM BXGOKET'S, ON THE i.VIWJE) WelUborongb, P|». -i Will attend to bdsines's entrusted to their care in He counties of Tioga and Potter. [Dot! t8 J 66. S. F. Wilios. J. B. Nii.es: NOTICE.— The ,Law partflorshlp heretofoteexiat inghetween the subscribers is hereby dissolved ly mutual consent. JAMES LOWiiEY, Well.boro, Oot. 18, ’66. 8. F. WILSON. DR. W. W. WEBB, PHYSICIAN 4 SCRfiEON. OFFICE ONE Door Sooth of Fischler’s Shoo Shop, Wollebo. Jjoroagh, Pa. Particular attention ph'd 'to Op- Surgery, for euocoaa In which his experience in the Armj particularly qualifies him. [ootlB’66. JOHN 6. MANN t Attorney and counsellor at:law, Coudersport, Pa., will attend the In Potter and McKean counties. All business en trusted to his care, will recelve-prompt attention. He the agency of'large tracts of good eettlllhg land and will attend to the payment of taxes on &sy land| la said counties. ’ - • Coadorsport, Sept, 13, 1865-Iy.* ’*>■. PfiMYSItVASIA HOl^, CONNER OF MAIN STREET AND THE AT^NUK, Wellsboro. Pa, ’ - J. W. BIGONYj .Proprietor. THIS popular Hotel, having been Ire-fitted and re-furnished throughout, is now opin to the pubH?es a Ural-class boose. Argood bostlur always on hand. X^ D * 1> 1868.] D. HART’S HOTEL, WELLSBORO , TlOOd CO. PENNA. ' THE subscriber takes this method to inform his old friends and customers that he has re turned the conduct of. the old t( Crystal Fountain Hotel,” and wjll hereafter give it his Thankful for past favors, he Bolicitß-ajehewalof the eame. DAVID HA'Rlf, Wellsboro, Nov. 4, 1863.-ly. ~ IZAAK WALTOH HOUSE, Gaines, Tioga County, Pa, s. H. C. VERMIIiYEA, Proprietor. THIS is a new hotel located witbin,eaaj ac cess of the best fishing and hunting groutidß , 'in Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and-thetrav*- filing public. [Janl 1*3:888,] ; H. W. Williams, WIIXIAMS 8t SMITH,; A T TOR KEYS- ASD.^OiIS SEL OSS AV,IA W, bounty & pessios Aciarci. IHain Street, Wellsboro, Pa, January 4, 1866-Iy. ' s. f' SUAIBLIN, ', • BARBER & HAIR-DRES^R, Shop Over 0.-L. "Wilcox's StobS: Wellfiboro, Dec 7 , 1864. ' - WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEt. KNOXVILLE, BOKOUGH, Pi^ 1 f THE undersigned haying leased the for a term of years would respectfully., Inform the traveling public that he has put the Hotel in first class order for the reception of guests and no jjaips will be spared in the accommodatloiTof travelers and u far as the situation will allow, be will keej* a first class Hotel, in all things, except prices, which will be mode* ate- Please try us and Judge for yourselves. Knoxville, Oct. 19, 1864-tf. J. H. MARTIN. WELLSBOEO HOTEL (Oorjier JLfatn Street and the Avenue.) ■ Wellbboeo, Pa, B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. £ One of the most popular Houses in. the' \jnnty. This Hotel is the principal Stage-house in W' Üboro. Stages leave daily as follows: - : For Tioga, at 9a. m.j For Troy, at Ba. i; For Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday at jp. m. J For Coadersport, every Monday and Thursqjy at 2 p. m. , • J i - - i Stage* Aerive—From Tioga, at* 12 yKb'clock p. tn.: From Troy,at6 o’clock p. nu; FjrottjJerjey Shore, Tuesday and Friday II a. m.From C judera* pan, Monday and Thursday II a. mi - -... * X . * N, B.—Jimmy Cowden, the well-known Rill be found on band, , >■’ IVeliEboro, Oct. 5, 1864-ly.* ~ HUGH YOUNG» BOOKSELLER Sc STATIONER, ' > AND DEALER IN American Clocks, . American, English, Swiss batches, Jewelry, Silver Plated 'Ware,. SpVftaoles, Picture Frames, Photographic Albums, Sterfij Scopes, Hicroicopes, Perfumery, Yankee Notions, j iahing Ta«hle and Flies, and Fancy end Toilet Articves*. ; gsr SCHOOL BOOKS of every klnd ueed in the County, constantly on hand and sent by mail ‘or oth erwise, to order. - «' - *VO. 5, UXTON BLOCK WELLSBORO, BaL. FOR' SALE.—HOUSE*-<fc LQX on Main' Street, adjoining Wright & Bailey's Store. 50 acres of iand in Delmar, between J“hn Gray and Merrick. House and Lot on Covington. Street. ■ fur terms, apply to HE&RT SHERWOOD, Esq« « WelUboro, May 31,1865-tf. . ' ; Flour and feed, buck wheat flour, Meal, Pork and Salt, Te£, Coffee* Sugar, §oap, Candles, Saler.itus, Tobacco'and Kcrdsene OIL* ' ' i Also, Mackerel, White Fish, and Treat, the 1 package or pound.., „ 'J* : CHAS. & H. Vi N VALKENHUEG. -* VTelisboro, June 58, ,1865. Protective war claim akd pesbiok AQENCy OF THE U. S. SASITAOT COM MISSION;—AU the papers and 'cdrrespbpSencd re paired to procure Pensions, Bounty, and Rack'Pay, - Prite Money for discharged- SOLDIERS and S-ULOE.S, and for the RELATIVES of Sol Sera and Sailors dying in the service of the. Unite .1 States, Prepared and forwarded, and-the proceei« of all claims, when collected, remitted to the parties FREE °P CHARGE. • , Office 1307 Chestnut Street. Philad tiphia. Or for further information or assistance, Apply to Leer Moose Hotchkiss, Wellsboro,' S. E. Moebis, Mansfield, . Associate Managers:for Tioga County pUEE eiKOER at pONCENIEAIEi) LYE, for «aIV at’ 4 *”*'? u B.Q^E^Ra^SO?*-i !. I W«. HI SIUTiT, EOT’S DSUG EEOBE. ~ . -- '- r - ; >- VT-I— V- ♦ .-rur.- .~-gyyyy. , L .v.y- - ."T .- _ _ ~ „ THE iSTT ATOR. - 7 • 3ehoteo to the isvtnißlon of the &xtn of jFreeHom sith the Sprcsh of IDr.tUhn Beform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIQHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MOST CONTINUE vol. in. A TRUMP CARO! Great bargains!*—i would in 1 aiil confidence say to the people of ’Wellsboro and' surrounding country that I have Just returned from Now Ycpk with * ; A LARGE STOCK OF GOODS, consisting of READY MADE CLOTHING for Men and Boys. _ ’ - ■~4'. OYER ANIEUNDER SHIRTS: '■> I furnish everything to make' a man warm and comfortable. Also, A NICE LOT OF OASSIMERES, Also, a largo stock of , 't j BOOTS St SHOES for MEN, WOMEN, and CHILDREN. Hats, Caps, &c«, too numerous to msntion. All of vrhioh I OFFER FOR CASH, at pricss calculated to carry out my rnle-of business,, Small Profits and' Quick Sales I Please to call and examine my Stock. Remember the place, , THE-CHBAP CASKSTQRE,ROY’S BVTLDnfd.' Wellsboro, Sept. 20, 1866. G. P. CARD. DISTINGUISHED ARRIVAL. W. T. MATHERS Hu jut returned fromifew York, with bn enormoue Stock of , . . . , ! • rO ’,. GROCERIES & PROVISIONS, - anils offering them to the public for LESS money than they hare been sold since the WAR, GREEN TEAS—JAPANESE, OOLONG, IM PERIAL & YOUNG HYSON, ; - * of various qualities from 75c. lo s2.o(}par:lb. . COFFEES—JAVA, RIO, LAGDIRA, in-kernel Und-ail the varieties of ground Oofiees, ; SUGA RSs-.GR AN ULATEI), . CRUST, ROW DER.ED, ‘ , , ' land alj the., grades of COFFFP STOQAE6 ; also a large and splendid assortment pf j, ; . ' ' . . .7 ■ ‘ , BROWN ' SUGARS. ’ '., \ t ‘ ’ oanhof fail tb plWse customers if they, will call ;and examine our . Stock, either in price or quality. ‘ I ; T - SYRUP 4 MOLASSES, ; , , 7. varying in price from 66c. to $1,50 per gallon. FISH—WHWIJFISH, TgQUT, CODFISH, BLUB FISH, and various hinds of MACKEREL. Also, a,good-steels of. Brooms,. Market, Bas(ceta,l Corn Baskets, Axe Helves, Wash Boards', Scrub Brashes, Bed‘Cords, Door Mats. Baggy Hats, Mop, Handles, Fails; also a nice assortment of Bird Cages. The Ladies will please remember that W. T. Motif-, ers lieeps J-B-fitlattOß’s o-.l' CELEBRATED YEAST CAKE, T. Kingsford & Sons' Corn Starch, Sage, Vermicelli,- Tapioca, Macaroni, all kinds at: '> S & t j t SPICES, GLOVES,. CINNAMON,. GINGER, NUTMEG, &o. ;; Also Black Snnff, and Tellow Snail, a good assort ment of ‘ - . -■ • ; £ FLA VOICING EXTRACTS 4 TOILET SOAPS. W. T. MATBEBB keeps odbstatftly ifin hand the bestUbranSs of Salera tus, Soda, Cream Tartar, Sal Soda for Washing; also the beat grades of , EAMILYFIGDB, CORN MEAL, ‘ r ■by the barrel or sack, the best quality, of. r ,- ; He rose tie OlfttndliHnfp oil. Th» laatbut sfat luiite nuitlin «j, v WTt. MATH. FEB - WI LL NOTtBE UNDERSOLD!! Ooodr to be ALWAYS AB-jiEEB.ESENTEO or nb.eole.. ■- ; -■ \.- •, ■> /“-'ft The Ugbeet market prise in Cash paid for ■ Batter^ and Eggs., . 1 W. X. MAT-tiiiKp. WelUboro, Aug. 25, 1866. _ " fJ3O TilE PEQPLE OF TIOGA COUNTY:— Get the beet and only authorized Life and Public Services of ABRA-HASP LINCOLN, impartial, truth ful, 750 pages, with beautiful engravings, good paper and binding—by Hon. U« X .RAYMOND, M. C. Some important things are copyrighted and cannot be hsed in any otber'work..' Wait for the Agent and see RAYMOND’S before you subscribe; ' ; . S* R. VAN -HORNE, ‘ M. JX, \ For Lawrenceville, Tioga, Richmond, Chatham. Deer field, Clymer, Westfield and other town*. * - Knoxville, Aug. 2, 1865-tf. " • *' - 'k. FOR EVERYBODY!— ’ BOO) THE HISTORY OF TEE ■ PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE CORPS; . _ i _,- •T- , , i , ■ : rTPvXSSOLCTION OF PARTNERSHIP.—Notice Compiled from. Official Documents' hy J. R. 1 If is hereby “given that the partnership lately ox- SYPHER, .Esq,,. V •, j istiog between A. I). Colo ami Henry,D. Calkins, mi .der'lhe firm of “ Col, o' S 'CaJJtins,” was dissolved on (Ute War Correspondent of the Tnbune.) • ; thp 28th day of September, 1865, by mutual consent; IKr, o. B. STOKE, 1, 1 The said Calkins baa purchased the interest of Cole, , , • . ... , „ , ‘ ' I and'will continue the business bv. himself., (of the Bucttalle) is general agent for this valuable i J ,; , 'A. D.’COLE V ‘ wprk for Tioga,.County. It ponfairis. an' thfe ntaster iioga, Oct. 4, 'OMt ’' .H&T&Y D. CAffitNS. rolls and the military history of every member of i ——. —it ~ ■ ■ that famous corps., 723 pages.' With four' jongra- at = ’ ■' - • ■ Tings bh BteeJ.' * J ,.?j j I '* - J ROY'S! BTpJBB. WELLSBORO, TIOGA OOUNTY. PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1865. TIOGA CO„ PA., IS THE PEACE. —TO KK S'ill ®ffi©'ESS CHE API A FULL STOCK ; JUST RECEIVED. Come On« and ail 1 =-• - ■ . AH » . . , ■ SEE FOR YOURSELVES. CLOTHING GOT VP TO ORDER, AND WARRANTED TO FIT. A Large Stock of OLOTHS J' ' • ’ Just Received. - • COME AND BEE : FOR YOURSELF. : , Y ffIILLSPAUGH & SHOTTS. , l . 4 ... ■ • Lawronceyillo, Oct. 4/ 1865-Iy. FIRM & NEW-GOODS AT TIOGA, BORDEN BRO S, Would respectfully” "fiCtfoflncfi all whom it may concern/".that they keep .constantly on hand £large *nd-weU. ■ . ,„i , r .-\ DRUGS AND MEDICINES, •GLASS' AND WALL PAPER, DYE STIIFFS. n '■ -V ■ . FAMILY-DYES, ” _ ' LAMPS, : GLASS’>7ARE,r: _ - j - SPOONS; TEA & TABES, v -forks, ' M cAke.dishes, WRITIMO PAPER, ;: - ; - "ENVEIX)PES.’-6GHCKHi BOOKS. PATENT MEDICINES, , .-jvicj ! j ■ u-,. ~1 Tea, Coffee, Spice, Pepper, Gin . tier, Saleraliis, Stiiicta, TOILET AND WASHING SOAPS, and an endless variety of . . YANKEE NOTIONS. Tioga, Pu., Oct. 4, 1a66-lj A 6. , Q ;•& N. HAMMOND’S NURSERY.— Dliddletmry, Tioga Co., Pa.,‘. sitoated on the Plank Kosil, four miles from Tioga. We are prepared to furnish 100,000 Fruit Trees at the following prices s " Appletrees-rlarge^size, 25 cents at the Nursery; 30- ppilfs delivered. Common site, 20 dents-at the Nur sery, 25 cents delivered. Pear Trees, 60 cents. , | ; ! r ,SpmtEH Apples. —Burnham Harvest) Early Har .vost, Chenango Strawberry, Washington Strawberry, Red Astraehan, Summer Bellflower, Summer Queen, Slimmer. King, Sweet Bow, Sour Bow, ; . Fall Apples. —Fanense, (Jravcnatein, Rambo, Rib ■rtottPippin, Fall Pippin, Republican Pippin,Hawley or Bouse, Maiden’s Blush, Large Wine, Ladies’ Sweet, tug. Lyman’s Pumpkin Sweet. . . Winter Apples.— Baldwin,, - Bailey, Sweet, Black Gillflower, Blue Pearmaln, American. Golden Russet, Roibury Russet, Rhode Island Greening, Esopna Spiteenburg, Swaar, Sweet Gillflower, Sugar Sweet, 1 : Honey Greening, Honey Sweet, Pound Sweet, Pound Sour, Peck’s Pleasant, Tollman Sweet, Tompkins Co. .King, ’ ' " Pears.— Bartlett, English Jargonelle, Blcaker’s Meadow, Bella Lucrative, Louisa Bona B Jersey, Eeckei, Beurre "B’ Amalia, Golden Beurre, Flemish Lawrence. Alia—Siberian Crab, Quinces, and .Grape jrddte— several varieties.' C. & N. HAMMONB. Middlebury, Tioga Co., Pa., Got. 4, 1866-ly. IN PARTITION.— , ’ I Notice is hereby given that a summons in partition has issued from the Court if Common Pleas for Tioga County returnable the last Monday of November next, „at the .suit of Eobert White, against Q u“lf^and-PraDklin‘T£vSmith,JTn2«eea Arbon Ann F. Mary A. Dockery, .Edwin Dyer. Anthony Solioder and Mary B. Schoder fc blis wife, Thomas B, Jacques,iSamuel B. Jacques, and Isaac S. Jacques, for the purpose of making partition of a tract of land situate in Bloas township, Tioga Penn'a; described as follows; • loginning ur a'birch at'the easterly corner of land of Benjamin thence north forty degress east two hundred aud ninety.five perches to a post; thence south two' -tnnrdred*tmd“fifteen perches to a bjj-cbj.thence south'f6rtyiB.be : )iT)d thre'o-fourths .de grees west one hundrefLand eighty-six perches to u beech north forty degrees west one hundred ; an‘d%l'r'ty-'tbfee perches and'five-tenths of a.perch to *dTteec hj 'tnence.nof th' tHlrty-seVe’n degrees' cast’2o’ grebes to a post; thence north twenty-four degrees west twenty-five, perches to the place of beginning containing two hundred and eighteen acres more or le*a, and part of a larger tract'of land surveyed in of WairanfNoV?9fl£ to Aaron Bloss said y plniatiff alleging that he with tie, defendants named ]'.together and undivided 3 Jo hold tfie"premises above f 'named.: , LEROY TABOfe, Sheriff. : PAINTS, OILS, ‘ PLATED ■WARE, -snob -as ;'cas^qrs.;.; sued lioetts?. . [There Is a majestic beauty In the'melody and sentiment of the following poem, which we seldom find. It seems to siovs and area of Itself.—Boston Transcript.] THE MOUNTAINS OP liIEB. BT JAMES a. OLABK, There's a land far away mid the stars, we are told, Where they know not tho sorrows of time \ Where the pur© waters wander thro* valley* of gold, And life iu.a treasure sublime; 'Tie the land of our God, f tis the home of the soul, Where ages of splendor eternally roll, - Where the way-weary traveler reaches his goal On the evergreen mountains of life. Oar gase cannot soar to that beautiful land. But our visions have told of its bliss. And oar souls by the gale from its gardens are fann’d When we faint in the deserts of this. And we sometimes have longed for its holy repose,. When our spirits were torn with temptations and woes. And wo drank from the tide of the river that Hows From the evergreen mountains of life. 01 the star* never tread tho blue heavens at night, But we think where the ransomed have trod, And the day never smiles from his palace of light we feel the bright smile of our God. We w/Ttraveling homeward thro' changes and gloom. To a kingdornwhereLpleasurea unchangingly bloom, And our guide is theglofy-that shines thro 1 the tomb, . , From the evergreen mountains of life. JfUtscellsng. " Oapt. Jim” Erwin. A few years ago, Capt.' Jim Erwin,-run tbe Cotton Plant'-’ from Memphis to Columbus. On one occasion the boat left Memphis crowd ed with' passengers, both deck and cabin. ‘ Among’the cabin-folks was'a well dressed individual, belonging to the “river gambling profession,” a class who aTe always on the look ■out for a .‘‘.big thing,” and often make_short . trips on steamers with good passenger lists, in search,of victims upon whom to practice their 'nefarious' 1 calling, and “ make a raise.”— - Amongtbe passengers on the lower deck was -a. family from East Tennessee, on their way to -seek a home farther-West. , .They - were poor, unsophisticated, and unscquaibted with the evil ways of the world. They had a daughter of seventeen, beautiful, confiding, and interest ing, and who, with proper education and onl -tare, would have shone resplendent in the most aristocratic - circles. . Our gambling friend noticed this family when be came on board, and finding no one in the cabin to " fleece,” be wended his way to tbe lower deck to cultivate -the acquaintance of more attractive metal.— Representing himself aa an officer of tbe boat, he told tbe old folks it was a shame to permit so innocent -and -handsome- a girl as their daughter; to ,trpvel on deck among such rough people, :and if they were not Able to bear the expense of cabin .passage, he would at least furnish their daughter a stateroom in the la dies'cabin, free of extra charge, rather than see 1 her compelled to stay with such a crowd over night, v i Being a man of good personal, address, as such characters generally are, be foand it an easy matter to impose upon the old folks, and, thinking him really an officer of -the boat, his supposed polite offer was readily accepted, and .soon after supper he escorted the modest youug lady up stairs, around tbe outer guard of the boat to the back door of his own room. There telling her to make herself comfortable that 'she was id tbe ladies’ cabin, and that whenever she desired she conld retire for the night, the young and artless girl, thinking no thing wrong, modestly thanked her supposed Mend, as he departed to amuse himself in the cabin a while. “Captain Jim” knew the com plexion of, our friend as gamblers do oards “ by tbe backs,” and be bad been watching his movements fur sometime.' Seeing how things stood, he determined to spoil “ our friend’s” fun and have a little at bis own expense.— Nearly all men have a peculiar weakness on some sniiject and “ Oapt. Jim” was no excep tion to others in this respect. His particular weakness consisted in a particular fancy for pet animals.' On tbe lower deck be kept a pair, of “ goats" and a-“pig”.running about loose. Ou the boiler deck he kept a pair of pet coons, on the.hurrican? deck. had a pet fawn and a well grown “pet bear,”, the last of which was kept chained to a post on the after part of ,tlie- roof, to keep .him out of mischief. Bruin was very, cross,and. ill natured towards every one but the Captain, and he would not let any one else fool with him. Having an idea of'what “our friend” was upto the Captain went to the room the young woman was in, and in a few words told her the true character of her, supposed friend. He told her she had better -return to her parents, inform them bow things stood, and'then stay with, them. The young woman, much surprised and alarmed, lest no time in following bis advice, and she was soon with her parents again. The Oaptaih'now proceeded to the roof, un chained hie favorite pet, led him down stairs by way of the cuter guard of the ladies r cabin, tbenoe through the back door of our friend’s room, and - quietly chained him, and then as quietly went out in front among the passen gers. The night was very cold and frosty, and “ Bruin” lost no time in making himself comfortable in our friend’s berth. A game of euchre' occupied his attention until 11p.m., when finding nearly all the passengers bad re tired, qur friend yawned and complained of drowsiness, proposing to break -up the game ’and retire, all of which was agreed to. New the Caplni'n J had informed a"few'bf L hiB friends’ about what was going* on, and of course, they were on the qui vise. After due preparation “ onf friend” proceeded-to his room where he began.to divest himself of his “ dunnage” and prepare for sleep. Bruin had appropriat ed the largest portion of the berth to himself, leaving no room for “ bur friend,” nud he be gan pushing him quietly o-:r. Not liking to be disturbed, he answered with a growl, which rather : startled “ourfriepd.” Thinking things all right, be gave his room mate another push a little harder than before. At this the bear growled a little louder, causing our friend to stop baok in surprise at such a strange noise from his companion. He nest changed bis tactics, .and, placed his hapd near the bead of the, _in. contact with’bruin’s shaggy coat, causing him to gruvcl louder than ever. “Our friend” did not wait for any further developments, but-rushed into the cabin in great alarm, jumped upon one of the dining tables, and with bis hair on end, screamed loudly at the top of bis voice. He presented ■i an appearance much like- " Diggory,” in the play, to the no email 'amusement of the captain and his friends, who were in the secret, and who now with other passengers began to gath er around to learn the cause of the hubbub.— All on board were aroused. Ladies suddenly opened their doors to look out, and as suddenly closed them again, with a slight scream when they saw the “ object” in his robes du nuii. — The captain, feigning ignorance, went into the room and unchained the bear, and pretended ha had made his way there alone. He next undertoook to compel bruin to evacuate, hot he was’nt disposed to do anything of the sort; he was top comfortably fixed to think of it. Find ing he wouldn't go, be told our friend he would have to find a bed somewhere else. Upon con sultation with the clerk, he learned that every berth on the boat was occupied, and that even the floor was full—in fact, there wasn't even a spare quilt on the boat. Further efforts ware mads to induce bruin to change bis base, but without success, when “ friend” concluded to remain up the balance of tbo night. Just be fore day-light the Captain landed in a swamp near Red Foot lake where there was not a .house for miles, and politely informed “ our friend” that be had reached his destination. He begged hard to be excused from getting off 1 at-such a place and at such an hoar, but Cept. Mini was inexorable; said he knew the river well enough, and that it was the only landing where be could get off at all. Finding begging would do no good, he made a ahow with hie carpet bag as his only companion, and, no doubt, much disappointed at the result of bis adveb ture, as well as in wonder how be had been found-.out. ‘‘Captain Jim” thought him lucky to get away so easily, and he no doubt was, for after the passengers learned the true particular*, he would have been roughly handled, bad he re> moined on board. A Good Joke. A rather odd joke was perpetrated yesterday afternoon, on one of onr city photographers, withstanding his rustic looks and smart coun try sayings, which the man with the camera laughed at, played a trick which would have done credit to a New York “ confidence” man, and left the photographer in a sad plight for a few hours. The man from the country, by name George Welle, entered the gallery to have his picture taken, and as he was dressed in rather a seedy suit of clothes, and was without collar or neck-tie, be requested the photograph er to lend him bis suit while the picture wan being taken. Aa this was a common usage with the photographer when a country cousin patronized him, he doffed bis collar, neck-tie, coat, vest and pants, for tbe use of his “ sub ject,” but aa the countryman’s suit, which he was to dou for* the .moment, seemed rather too suspicious-looking for tbe artist's taste, be look ed the door of his gallery on the inside, leaving tbe key in tbe door, and, minus his clothing, he “eat” his simple friend fortbe-pioture. Tbe latter was, of. course, instantaneously taken, and the photographer rushed into his “ dark room” to place the picture in the bath.— \fhile he was thus out of sight, the country man, quite captivated with the new suit of clothes, unlocked tbe door of the gallery and was nowhere to be found when the photograph er returned. This was certainly a queer situa tion to be left in, for the countryman had by no means acted up to tbe maxim that “ fair ex change is no robbery.” About an hour elapsed, when a friend made bis appearance, was in stantly despatched to tbe Police Office, and one of the detectives, armed with the countryman’s picture, went in search of him, and had been gone some time when tbe countryman return ed, saying that he only wanted to take a walk round the city in a good suit of clothes, and that he wanted “ the picture.” Ha strongly protested bis innocence of any attempt to act dishonestly in tbe matter, and asked a lady ’who was in tbe gallery at tbe same time, to plead with the'photographer in his behalf.— The woman’s words seemed to soften the pic ture-taker’s heart, and tbe countryman was dealt leniently with, paid for his picture, and left the gallery, rejoicing over his Inoky escape from the hand of the law. —Toronto Qlobt. A Highland Shower. —Under a bright son and a cloudless sky you suddenly catch some thing like a thud on be hat. Sartled, and luck ing upwards, some half dozen tumblerfuls of water come splash on your face. There seems to be no cause for this except that the hills seem to be covered with tinfoil, and | the son looks a little hazy, and to be leering at you— hut this only for an instant—while you are at the edge of the cloud; suddenly all becomes dark as an eclipse, while the tumblerfuls rat tle down in millions, After a couple minutes the whole stops suddenly, as with a jerk, or as if the grandmother of all buckets, as the Per sians would say, had been emptied. When you come to your senses, you see the cloud careering away like a black curtain, lifting its skirt oyer mountain after mountain, and re vealing them to the sun, while stretching over its back is a doable rainbow—not hazy and translucent like common specimens, but ail clear, as if painted on a black board, though with cobra so bright as to eat out any ever laid on by the hand of man. On year own side everything glitters in the sun as if millions of diamonds had been strown about, and over multifarious flatter mg brooks tiny irises caper away in all their finery like distracted fairies. From the steep birches in the hollows, and the fields of bog-myrtle, the hot sun pours out and dispenses a fragrance to which the odors of all the cosmetics of the perfumers’ shops are what the Dutch call them '—stinks. You have been so completely soused as if you had been dipped under Foyers; but the sensation is worth paying for, and you may have refreshing recollections of it When travers ing some shingly platonic vine district, or dry, ’ sandy plain of France or Germany. Advertisement* will be emerged SI per square of M lines, one insertion, and $1.50 for three insertions Advertisements of- leu than 10 lines considered ss a square. The subjoined rates will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements: 1 Square,. 2 do. ~ 3 do. i Column, 4 do. .. I do. ~ Advertisements not naying the number of inser tions desired marked upon, them, will be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices', Constable's and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. MO. 10. A Freedman to hist Old ITXastar. The Cincinnati Commercial publishes what it declares to be a genuine latter from a freed man to his former master, Col. P. H. Anderson, Big Spring, Tennssea. It is dated Dayton, Ohio, August 7tb, and runs as follows : " Sis:—l got your letter, and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that yon wanted me to come back and live with you again, promising to do batter for me than anybody else can. I have often felt uneasy about yon. I thought tho Yankees. wanXA hove hung you long before this for barboring rate they found at yonr house. I suppose they never beard about your going to Colonel Mar tin's to kill the Union soldier that was left by his company in their stable. Although you shot at me twice before I left you, 1 did not want to hear of your being hurt, and am glad you are still living. It would do me good to go back to the dear old home again and sea Miss Mary, and' Miss Martha, and Alloa, Esther, Green, and Lee. Give my love to them all, and tell them I hope we will meet in tb* better world, if not in this. I would have gone back to see you all, when I was working in the Nashville hospital, but one of the neighbor* told me that Henry intended to shoot me, if he ever got a chance. “ 1 want to know particularly what the good ebanoe is yonrpropose to give me. lam doing tolerably well here. I get $25 a month, with victuals and clothing; have a comfortable home for Mandy, (the folks call her Mrs. Anderson,} and the children, Milly, Jane, and Gmnday, go to school, and are learning well; the teaober says Grunday has a head for a preacher. They go to Sunday-School, and Mandy and me attend church regularly. We are. kindly treated; some times wa overbear others saying, “Them colored people were slaves" down in Tennessee. The children feel hurt when they hear snob remarks, but I tell them it was no disgrace in Tennessee to belong to Colonel Anderson.— Many Darkeys 'would havs been proud, as I used to was, to pall you master. Now, if' you will write-and say what wages yon will give me, I will be better able to decide whether it would be to ray advantage to move back again. “As to my freedom, which yon say I can have, there is nothing to be gained on thatsoora, as I got my free-papers in 1864 from the pro vost marshal-general of the Department of Nashville. Mandy says she would be afraid to go back without some proof that you were dis posed to treat us justly and kindly and we have concluded to test your sincerity by asking you to send us our wages for the; time we served you. This will make ns forgive and forgot old scores, and rely on your Justice and friendship in the future. I served you faithfully for thir ty-two years, and Mandy twenty years. At twenty-five dollars a month for me, and two dollars a week for Mandy, our earnings would amount to $11,680. Add to this the interest for the time oar wages havs been kept back, and deduct what you have paid for our clothing, and three doctor’s visits to me, and pulling * tooth for Mandy, and the balance will show what we are in justice entitled to. “ Please send the money by Adam’s Express, in care of V. Winters, Esq., Dayton, Ohio. If you fail to pay us for faithful labors in tbs post, we can have little faith in your' promises in the future. We trust the good Maker has opened your eyes to the wrongs which you and your fathers have dona to me and my fathers, in making us toil for your for generations without recompense. Here I draw my wages every Saturday night, but in Tennessee there was never any pay-day. for tlhe negroes any mqr* than for the horses and cows. Surely there will be a day of reckoning for thoae who de fraud the laborer of his hire. “In answering this letter, please state if there would be any safety for my Milly and Jane, who are now grown-up, and both good looking girls.—You know how it was with poor Matilda and Catherine.' I would rather stay here and starve and die, if it came to that, than have ray girls brought to shams by the violence and wickedness of their young masters. Yon will also please state if there has been uiy schools opened for the colored children in your neighborhood. The great desire of my life now is fp give my children on education, and have them form virtuous habits,- ~ From your old servant, JOOHDON AnSESSOH. P. S.—Say ‘ howdy do’ to George Carter, and thank him for taking the pietol from yon when yon were shooting at me. A Rehujhceho*. —We-passed the house a short time since where many years ago tfajere lived a family whose deeds, in one respeot at least, are worthy of remembrance. The hus band was a shoemaker, and diligently plied his sedentary trade. He was a man of thought and*of aspirations which were not fully satis fied in his sphere of life. His wife was beauti ful, intelligent, prudent and industrious, de sirous above ail else to maintain a pure and happy home for her family, the center of her affections and the hope of her life. In her de votedness and watchful care, she observed that her husband left his work at about eleven o’clock in- the forenoon, to visit one of the shops. The nest day he did the same. She thoughtfully considered the subject, and com muned with her own heart in silence upon it. The nest day shortly before the witobing hour, she prepared a cop of favorite tea, together with palatable little pastries, and taking them with her she unobtrusively slipped into the shop, saying os she entered that it seemed so long a time before the dinner would be ready, and her husband worked so diligently, that she thought he would relish, the preparation. A short time was spent in cheerful and pleasant remarks, when she gathered up the fragments and lelt for home. Her heart was lighted from the fact that her husband did not 1-ave his shop that day on his accustomed visit. The nest day and the nest, the attractive and sat isfying cup of tea was promptly prepared and proffered. Months passed in the same way, nod at the end of the year the shoemaker took hie wife tenderly by the band, and recounted her angel deeds, and all without one word of reproof or allusion from her lips to the faebik which s year ago he was acquiring. 'Ha had Rates of Advertising. 3 MOSTH3. 6 aosias. 12 HOSTS*, 54.00 $5.75 $7.5* .... 6.00 3.25 18.00 ..... 8.75 10.75 12.50 lO.OO 12.00 16.75 18.75 25.00 81.59 ....80,00 42.00 60.90
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