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JO. fi ELLISON', MRACTICZMG, PHYSICIAN, ConfiersT.ort, respeotfdly informs tle eieiZCZS of the Ai . lags and 'vicinity that ike promply apondto ticalls 'for prQfessional services. 'Office on Math st., is building -formerly ce. copied by C. W. Ellis, Esq. C. S. & E. A. JONES, DEALERS TN DRUGS, 'MEDICINES, PAINTR Oils, Fancy Arti6les,.snttionery, Dry Goad: Groceries, Sc., Main.st., Coudotsport, Pa. D. E. :OLMSTED, DEALER IN DRY GDODS, READY-MADE Clothing, Crockerr, Grocedes, d a, Mitan st., Cotietsport; Pa. COLLINS SMITH, BRALETL in Dry Gobtls,Groccries, Provisions, Hardware, Queensware, Cutlery, and all I Goods usually 'found in' a country Store).— Coudersport, Nov. 27, 186 t. COUDERSPORT HOTEL, . to, F. GLASSMIRE, ProprietOr, Corner o- Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot ter Co. ' Pi. ' A Livery Stable is also kept in connect tion -with this Hotel. EL I. OLMSTED, DEALER IN STOVES, TLN" it SHEET IRON WARE, Main st., nearly opposite the Court House, Condersport, Pa. 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Knox, Seq DIN BAKER, Claim Agent Conderport Pa: Jane S' - HOWARD ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA, PA. TITVCASES of the Nervous, Seminal, Drina ry and sexual systems--new and reliable iriatment--in reports of the HOWARD AS. SOOTATION—sent byl mail in sealed letter eni44ipeii;' - free of charge. Address, Dr. J SE4TALIYI:TQUGEITOIS, Howard ACME iation eta Smith Ninth Street, PhilidtlYbit, Pa. / 1 9/ / 81 4. • • _ . - , ' - . '...--'-' k ". • ''' '' '. . 4t V. - e ---- " ------ ----- -I- r- - ,-- t•SYc _- h I •_ , r ... ~, , i _ 1 .. . ..1 4, 1 l!ipt 1 . . , , . , . . . - . . THE why net Sweet Lucy, the only surviv ing child of the .Widow, was that morning to marry Capt. Edward r Burnett - , a young and haudsoine officer, who had already distinguished himself_ in the Union ser vice. LudY is not handsome but very pure and lovely in her pridal dress of pearl white gauzy texture, looped up here and there , with boquets, of the fragrant any-. , rings';l among her golden cls peep lout the white ;violet 'and moss rose bud just opening its petals .to the light. And Luey looked, dreamily, happy that spern:og, yet astonishingly indifferent== sotbf.t the bridematds protested--to her own persoaal appearance. She bad not once raised her eyes to the Sher before which they were turning her froM one side to the ether as if she were he, a moving: wax figure', placed there to show to ad. vantage the gauze and laces with which they 4vereadorning her. A rap is beard at the door. = • "Obis is -Edward—let him come in," said'Lucy, the lightest perceptible flush mounting to her cheeks at the well known i I sound. - "Oh 1. no, no 1" chimed half a doten voices " ot tilt this loop of ribbon is fas tened and the veil properly adjusted." But Edward did come to, though he paused for a moment on the threshold to contemplate the loveliness of 0(31 group: The next instant he was by Lucy's side, rumpling veil, tissues, ribbon and flowers iu onelconfused mass as he caught, her in hisiarms and pressed his lips to her now burning cheeks. "Goodness me ?" "Oh my 1" "Did you 'ever !", "Po bear !" ' ; 'The Hot tentot : to sicallow her at one Moathful !" and various other exclamations of'disgust evcaped, the group of bridemaids, who lOoked with dismay on the ino', the sunburnt but still handsome captain was Making of the bridal finery of their pet Lucy: "1 beg your pardon, ; ladies, but I couldn't resist- , the temptation," said Ed-, ward; - "there, Lucy, shake, yourself, and' you willibe just as good' as new. Who shall say the beauty of a bird is not en hanced' by ruffling its plumage?" Just at this moment Mrs. Stouington entered to say that "the guests had all arrived' and that the minister was getting impatient,", "DTS . AOre go than oydelf " said Ed- 1 , b. Debate') to Ibe f`tiqoiplos of 1110-11issehk4floi of Voiliily, i lr.itchigil qqa Web's. THE DAY I DONE. , The day is done, and the darkness 'Palls from the wings:of Night, AS a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his; flight. I See the lights of the tillage Gleam through the rein and the mist, Ands feeling of eadness comes o'er me, That my soullcannot resist: A.feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, • And resembles sorrow only • • As the mist resembles the rain. t I Come, read to me some poem, 1 'Some simple' and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the, thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distaitt footsteps echo Ts Through the corridors of Time.; For, like stialus of martial music, Their mighty thoughs suggest Life's endless toil and endeavor; And to-night I long for zee:, P l ead from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start; Who; through long days of labor, "Audlnights devoid of ease, Still heard to his soul the music ' l of wonderful melodies. 1 Such songs hare power to quiet The restless pulse of care,. And come like the benediction ; That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to, the rhyme of the poet Thti beatry of thylvoice, • And the night shall be filled with music Ana' the cares that infest the day, Shall,lfold their tents, tie the Arabs, And as silently steal away. TILE SOLDIER-BRIDE There were' wild l flouters in profusion, in bonque: and garland, scattered about the small but gentle mansion of Widow Stonington. 'Mirrors and antique picture frames were wreathed with them.; win dows were garlanued, I and even the very gobletsj- c -saving a sufficient number to { accommodate the excited guests—were made td serve the purpose of vases.' The long table with its snowy cloth, the side board, and the parlor ornamental•piece, bore a score of their fragrant ornaments, yet , queen' abOve them all, was the pure whtte baguet syringes and white thorn blo6.qinis that laylupon the dressing table in One of the { neatest little boudoirs in New England. What a stir !•, what a tumult ! what a running here and there! what 'a pattering of stippered feet{ up and down the stairs! what a flyingpf nimble fingers among hits of ribbon and tarleton 'and illusion! and COdEESPORT, POTTER COUNTY., PA., WEDNESDAY JUNE. 14; 1865. ward, resigning the bride elect to her uncle, who was to give her away. While the ceremony was ,being per formed a silent prayer goes up from the heart of the widow and tears drop thick and fast upon her furrowed cheeks, for her home will now be desolate ind eed; and when at last the two are made one the mother presses her daughter to her bosom—Uow hers no more forever—one, long moaning sob, which she tries to re• press, escapes her, and she feels that the light has'gone out from the hearthstone when the carriage . containing the newly married couple rolled away from the.door. A'month had passed Captain Burnett's absence had expired, he joined •liis regi ment taking his young bride with him-- much against his better judgement—to that desolate portion of Eastern Virginia which was soon after the scene of a terri ble .battle. But though he presented 'camp life and Marches in - their dreariest aspect to her , her reply was: 1. "'Where thou goest I will go.' Had I thought you would refuse to let me bear you company in your perils, I would not have married you." "Lucy dearest, bow can a delicate form like yours bear the tedious marches which many a hardy'soldier sinks Under and then to el for weeks on'hard, dry, often droll§ repulsive food--what a change from the delicacies you have been nurtured on." "Let me but try, Edward lam strong and brave and healthy, and will cheer fully bear all the privations yod mention, nay, more, so I may be your companion." And thus it was that the brave cap tain yielded to hie young wife's entreaties. The young bride was for-some time charmed with the novelty of camp life, and while listening to the stirring beat of the drum, as the different companies went through their Aril's, she almOst wished herself a "brave soldier boy." No prouder sight had her eyes ever witnessed than that of her gallant husband as, at the head of his brave band Of cavalry he set out fur the battle field. "And am I to ibe left behind?" she asked, as Edward I pprang from his saddlt and entered the tept to give her a part tug kiss • "Certainly, dearest. What couldwe do with a woman ou the battle field." "I feel as if I could fight too, Edward. Pray IA me accompany you." • "Not for the wide wcrld can I Consent. Sonic ill would most assuredl§ befall you; and. you would be, at least, )but a•stum- Wing Week, in our way. have given Stanton the charge of affairs here, and until I return or you hear from me, fol low implicitly 'his directions. Shotild I fall, dear Lncy," and his voice trembled slightly, "gci back to your mother without I delay." ! I Lucy's eyes were dim with tears, but she soon wiped them away to watch the littlb band which her husband led as they galloped across the wide plain. The, battle field was not far distant,and soon she heard the roar of artillery. The loud booming of cannon and the fiendish hissing of the shells, that sped - fiercer than thunderbolts through the air, set her nearly frantic. "Stanton I" she cried, going to the door, where he was buSy putting things in marching order. / "Is then; a hors/ here 7" "Ye 4, ma'am, a couple." "Then-eaddlc/the swiftest for me. I am going out far a ride." "But, mu'ain, the capta_n said-" "No mattii what.the naptain said, I must have he horse at ozice." "I hay/ no lady's saddle.". "No Matter; a saddle of any kind will do." / "But, madam---I" Stamping her little foot. "took yonder I" And she-pointed to the north-esst. "A heavy Rebel force is cawing unexpectedly, upon our .trocrps. ,With a swift horse I can reach my hus band's column and give the alarm in time to circumvent them. Now do my bidding at once !" Stanton in fear and wonder obeyed; and when he led forth the high nettled steed Lucy appeared in a regular military suit of her husbard's, With . her curls se nicely stowed away beneath the close fit ting cap, that the man in waiting could scarcely believe the boyish looking soldier before him was no other than the cap- tain's wife. "Shall I not accompany you, madam 7" he asked, as she sprang lightly into the saddle. ".I.`want no retainers, Stanton ; stay where you are, and follow the captain's orders." Lucy did not wait for him to finish the sentence, but putting spurs to her steed . , took the route her husband bad taken, and was, after an hour's fatiguing ride, in full view of the battler She paused bat a few moments and looked back. The enemy were advancing rapidly. She looked before at the coatooding armies Sh6lls shrieked past, and the force of the artillery caused the very ground to trem. bib beneath her feet. Her steed curved his proud neck and pawed the ground, impatient to preceed. She gave him the rein, for she saw where the dense volatile of smoke was slowly rising, the form iof Edward. At all events it was a cavalry company, and she dashed boldly forward. - Nearly, deafened by the roar of artillery, and stifled by the smoke, she still kept on, until having reached Kilpatrick's divirion, she was dismounted !by the stumbling of her horse. "Will you put me on the way to Cap tain Burnett's company rfshe asked. - "To. the left," replied the soldier ad- I dressed, "but it is impossible for you to reach him." " ' i "I must see him or die in the attempt," s she cried. And she did see him, leading on his 1 1 brave but thinned company into the I conflict. - , , , She called him once, twice, thrice, ere he heeded, her, and then gave her but a I passing glance. The enemy are coming in large force from the west. Make haste and they may be taken in the gorge; tarry till they reach the brow of 1 the bill and the day is lost to you." Her' voice Must bate been strangely altered, for her husband did not recog nize it. He left his company i 6 charge of his first lieutenant, sought Kilpatrick, and in a few minutes, with his own company and reserve corps, was soon galloping off in the direction pointed out by his own, brave little wife. 1 "He did not recognize me, and it is well. It might have deterred him from going," she said to herself, yet a dizzy sensation crept over her when she looked upon 'the wounded, the dead and dying who lay in masses about her. She thought she beard a groan; she lis tened; yes she was not mistaken; half buried among the slain was a t form famil. t ier to her. She removed, asl i well as she was able; the weight that oppressed-him, and asked if he was hurt much. The soldier addressed turned his face toward her with a groan, saying, "I feel I very faint and thirsty. In the. name of Heaven - gi l ve me a drink of water; and I shall die easy." It was .s terrible task that the captain's wife impoSed upon herself—that of un strapping l andfopentng the knapsack of the dead.; Several times a mist came before her eyes, as the ghastly upturned faces of the dead met her view; but well was sbe repaid when she returned and placed a canteen to his lips. She seated herself, raised his head to her lap, and with her own handkerchief sought to staunch the wound in his tem ple. A nl i ornent after and her arm drop! ped powerless by her side ; she felt a sharp cuttiing pain about her elbow, then she-sank insensible by the side of the poor soldier, who was too weak to render her any assistance; nor - did she recover 1 her corisciusness again until the heavy tramp of soldiery announced the return -1 of Captain Burnett and his corps, who had succeeded in totally routiog the enemy. [ • - When they reached the point from whence they bad started, Kilpatrick .and his forces ( were in possession of the field. The enemy leaving their ! field pieces [ behind them and flying in all directions. "How did you get information of the i approach of the rebs r asked Kilpatrick I after having. congratulated Burnett on his success. "That is just what I have been trying to make out myself General," replied Burnett: i "As near as I could discern through the smoke; it was a boyish face and figure in a captain's uniform. .Sudgenly he paused; for his eye fell on the pallid face Of one of his own loved sol diers, and beside him—great Heaven ! could he believe his eyes r—thadrooping figure of his own wife, his Lucy, her long golden tresses, escaped from the cap,' I ,falling like a sunshine "about her, were dabbled in Mood—a sacred baptism of the good deed she had that day done. Never had Edward Biarnett's' cheek paled so before the enemy, as when he raised his wounded wife in his arms, and turning to Ailpatrick he said : "General, the mystery is solved. This is the boy captain orb warned me of the approach , ing rebel force. , in. has won for you a colonele , and for herself lasting fame, 3 :i and the thanks of all he true hearted [ Unionists r - replied thel General. And treing•as liatiant as he islbrave, it is said, though I will not vouch for the truth, that he gave the fair lady, at parting, a 'kiss on' etther cheek. as a token of his just appreciation of her courage. • Lucy was placed in an ambulance, and with the soldier she had saved from'death, borne to the camp where both with care ' and good nursing soon became corm. lescent. Edwari of his col gi Barnett Is still in the service Siep by step he is,as he ladder of fame wigging for oending ---- himself latirels which shall neither wither nor decay. Speech of a Converted Rebel. At a meeting of Southern men io Memphis, recently, Colonel Gran, of Arkansas, spoke as follows : FELLOW CITIZENS : I am the man who drew up the ordinance of Secession in the Legislature of , Arkansas. .I . have been in the field fighting against the Unicin for nearly four years, but now I am a 1 I cagoule(' and whipped , man.-- [Laugter.] As if was gallant in going out to fight, I now propose to be gallant at surrendering and submitting to the arms of the Government that we cannot whip. [Laughter.] I have no contempt for Fed eral authority now, if I ever bad. Ido not •tbink there is a manly bosom in the South but h at, has' higher respect for Nerthern galrantry than when. we went into the fight. There may be some men in the North who may think that the South had a hand in the death, of our lamented President, but I know that the people of the South mourn over his death, and feel that they have lost , a friend. The North have maintained this conflict nobly, and the South bevel nothing to be asham eda of. I a prend i of the South--there is something in the very atmosphere that makes men great. So, .I say that the South is not an insignificant people; and if so great a people as they are cannot whip the world, who cannot come to the inevitable conclusion that the North is greater? [Laughter.] And lam not to stultify myself by saying that I have been whipped by somebody. Now it is our duty to respeCt and go back to this great national church—repent, get abso lution, and be baptized afresh. [Laugh ter.] I know we will receive honorable and just terms. When I had an inter view with the President, his heart seemed to be overflowing with love toward the Southern people. We first went out of the Union and threw down the gage of battle,and the North picked it up; we fired he first goin and took the first fort —Fort Sumter L—which was taken back a few days ago. [Laughter.] The North seemed to be unwilling to fight; they did not think we ' would fight, and so we thought of tl3eon, blit, to our sorrow , we have found outdifferent ; they seemed to spring upl, like mushrooms from all parts of th e earth. Before this war I never saw a Federal officer hardly. I never felt the slightest oppression of the Fed- , eral Government; in fact r never thought we bad one until I. went out to fight, and then I found we did have a Government. Sherman on •the Horse The following letter, dated Augusta, Ga., Sept. 14, 1864, furnishes a humor ous illustration of camp characteristics : Rev. Confederate Army; . DEAR I SIR :—Your lc ter of September 14th islreceived. I approach .a question involving a. "horse," with deference to the laws of war.' That mysterious code, of which we talk so much, and know so little, is remarkably silllnt on the thorn.' He is a beast so tempting to the soldier, to him of the wild.cavalry, the fancy ar. tillery, or the patient iufantry,that 1 find more difficulty in recovering a worthless, spavined beast, than in paying 'a millik of greenbacks so that I fear I must re-' duce your claim to one ' i of finance, and refer you to, the great Board of Claims in Washington, that may reach ykr case by the time your' grand Child becomes a great.grancl father. Privately I think it was a shabby thing in, the scamp of the Thirty-first Missouri whojtook your horse; and the colonel or his brigadier should have restored him. But cannot undertake to make ° ,, eod the, sins of omission or commission of my own colonels, or brigadiers, much less these of la former generation. "When, this cruel war is over," and peace once more, gives you a parish, twill promise; if near you, to procure oat of one of Uncle Sam's cor raltia •beast that will replace the one takentfrom you so wrongfully : but now it is impossible. We have a big journey before us, and need all we have, and, I fear, more too; so look-out when the Yanks are about, and hide your beasts,' tor my opiroon ie that soldiers are very careless in a search for title. I know that ,en. Hardee will confirm this,my advice With•great resepect yours truly. W. T. SHERMAN. Maj. Gen The following is the verdict of a negro jury :—We, de undersigned, bein a kor-, oner's jury to sit on de body ob de nigger Sarah, now dead and gone afore us, hab been sitten on de said nigger aforesaid,did on de night ob de fusteenth ob Novimber, come to def by falling from de bridge ober de riber in de said riber, whar we find he was subsequently drown, and arterwards washed on de riber side, whar we s'pose he was froze to def. Josh Billings, spys : God save the phools and•dont let therm rune out, for if wasn't for themwin men ` couldn ' t i gtt ME TERMS.--$1.50 PER ANNTIL. Wendelt Phillips. From an addres: delivered by ibis gen• tleman in. Tremont teMple, Boston : We make a fear extracts: I . 1 / ,!"And what of him in whose preeioult blood this momentous lesson is writt sleeps in the blessings of the poor w'hOse fetters God commissioned him to break. Give prayers and tears to the desolate widow and the fatherless, but count him blesied far above the crowd of his fellow men. [Fervent cries of amen!], He was permitted himself to deal the last - stag• gering blow which sent rebellion reeling to its grave ; -and then, holding his dir t ling boy by the hand, to walk the streets of its surrendered capital, while his - eats drank in praise and _thanksgiving which bore his name to the throne of• God itt every form piety and gratitude could invent, and then to seal the sure triumph of the cause ihe loved with his own bleod .! He caught the first notes "of the coming jubilee and heard his own name in ,every . tone. Who ' among living men nifty not envy him ? Suppose that when, a boy, he floated on the slow current of the Mitt ! sissippi; idly gazing at the slave upon it ti banks, some angel had lifted the enrteiti; and shown him that in the prime of his manhood he should see this proud . em= pire rocked to its foundation in its effort \ to break thos'e chains should hiniself marshal the Costs of the Almighty in thci grandest and holiest war that %rider'. dom ever knew, and deal, with half re-, luctant hand, that thunderbolt of justice' which would smite the foul system to the dust—then die, leaving a name immortal, in the sturdy pride of one race and the undying gratitude of another—would any credulity, however sanguine, any enthu• siasm, however fervid, hive enabled him to believe it ? Fortubate man I He hair lived to do it (S.Pplause.) God has graciously withheld him from any fatal' misstep in the moment when his star touched its: zenith, and the nation needed - a-sterner hand for the work God gives it to do. How Napoleon Treated .an Artist. About-this time David painted for the, toglish Marquis of 'Douglas a standing , portrait of Napoleon, of the size of lite. fie was accustomed to paint the imperial 1, features yithout requiring Napoleon's' personal attendance. The euspe,or, I therefore, knew nothing of this portrait, i until it was brought, one day, to he Tn. ' illeries for his inspection. It rei‘resented_ his majesty in his cabinet, as,lie had risen from his desk, after a . stight spent in writing,.a circumstance / indicated by can. , dies , burning in thsif sockets. Those, t / who had seen it, c fisidered it, as far as . thel features we concerned, the most perfect resem)ok ante that had yet been - obtained. / Napoleon was delightid with it, and eagerly complimented David. "Still," said S he, "I think you have made my eyes rather too weary. This is wrong, for working at night does not fatigue me; on the contrary, it rests me. .I am never so fresh 'in the morning, as when I have dispensed with sleep. Who is this portrait for Who ordered it Z It was not I, was it ?" ."No, sire, it was intended for the Mar quis of Douglas."' "What, David?" said the eMperor,. scoOling, "is it to be given to ad Eng lishman?" I I "Sire, he is one of your Majesty's greatest admirers, and is, perbapS, the most sincere living appreciator of French artists." "Nest to me," replied Napoleon, tartly.. After a moment ho added— " David, I desire the portrait. I say I will give you thirty thousand francs for it." • "Your Majesty; I cannot change its destination," said ° David, indicating by a descriptive gesture, 'that •he had already been paid. • ! "David," exclaimed Prapolcon, "this portrait shall not be sent to England ; do you hear ? I will return your marquis his money." "Surely your Majesty would not dig. honor me;" . stammered the artist, at the same time noticingthat the emperor, hav ing e.xlianstea persuasion, was preparing for activel interference. "No, certainly ; but what I will not do, either, is to allow the enemies of France to possess me on canvas." So saying, be directed a sturdy kick at the paioting,and the imperial foot passed directly through it. Without a word, he quitted the apartment, leaving a Wonder suicken audience l behind him. David had his picture carried to his studio, and subsequently mended and restored it, and forwarded it to its owner. Ttis likely that the merit of the portrait, as a work of art and as a likenes, is now somewhat lost la the superior attractions of the patched , rent, and that its value is considerably greater as memento of his Majesty's wrath than a specimen of the sk - 11 of the artist in ordinary.—Goodrich's Cowl of Arapokom 1139 I N
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