bt Env Atm* *door Wedue.xlay Morning, at, $2,00 a, ‘''" - , : „10 in advance. by I.r• " - • i CO & VAN ZEtDE4II u ' ' ~.„- -,...E,1V1'1.51 - INT43- 1r!..e5...11"rE1,. A WO 3 mo. 6 Lau: 9 Lao. Jyr . 2.:,..) :,..00 7,50 10,00 12,00 ',''", ....3.7.3 8,00 12.00. 15,00 18.00 '.',''','e,,,,, . .. ... 7,00 10.(A) 15730' Z,OO 1 25,00 •••"' ' , i. . .12 00 20.00 3 0 .00 38,00 45,00 '.--''"'. ._0 00 35.00 46,00_ G 55,00. 80,00 ~, I 1,..er 0 .';1..60-50 eta. each week thereafter. 7 ~;•:re.to re and .Executers NoticPs 82,00 each. -", ...12,.1 414 of Hve hum; OA per year. •„„,.,-, __ ___ ________________ biISiNESS DIRECTORY, w . D. TERRELL dr, co., „;,!,,,y.•A li 114.3 T.. 5,, and dealOrti CrObtale • Lnultiß, 'Window alass, Paints and Oils, &c., &c. .. , „og , N. 'K., Jan. 1,1566.—1 y. W. A: 'NICHOLS. • pri;NEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW turiverly occupied - by James Lowrey, EN eII Lora, Juu. I, IS6B-Iy. S.. F. SIJAIBLIN, i.BER AND RAM DRESSER. Shop over L. V. Store. 1,1566.—1 y. Jll SIIE RAIVOOD, T ruhsliv Ar LAW. Court Street, opposite II illiaaisport, Pa. . fl - §jhu-ru._ WILLIAM tl. A:;li COUNSELOR Al LAW and Pension Agency, Main Pa:, Jun.- 1, , - , jek II N 1. 111111CCUELL, AND eQUIsTSELO4, AT _ILAW occupied by, John W. Guernsey , T,4a, Tiuga County, Penn'u. Promp to G'ullectione. 1,1, 1. L....6.-Iy. ;,), •us, WILSON & NtLES, cguN,aBL9ll4 ~,..1...91tf r rst door frottt'Bigotiey%"-oti liellkitenue) .t(crl to business entruked to their care is e unties of `Ctoga and Potter. - Liboro. Jan. 1, I 566. GEORGE iVAGIVER', Shop Drat door north of L. A. Sears's Al% Fitting, and Repair -1 Le fromptly and well„. . ~,torni. Pa., Jan. 1, 1866.-Iy. IBM JOHN H. ''.IHAIEE.SPEARE, AND TAILOR: Shop t over *me* ..re.,econd flour. _pir - Cutting. Fitting, and 141 ming done promptly and in, best style. 7,..1€40r0, Pa.. Jan. 1, 1868-1;, • PCNNSYLVANIA HOUSE, !IF MAIN STREET a THE AVENUE Proprietor. This popular Hotel, h ;en TO fitted and re-furnished throughout, rt.w yeti to the public as a first-class goi,d hostler always on hand. - 1,7”..1au. 1, .1.866.-1 y I= 1120 , . LLY, IiAVVLEY& CIIMRIIN, IItiRNEYS AT LAW, Williain4.rt: attention -",wen to collerti-n sir Pen : B,,unty aui Back Pay, and all clainis tI! NaitioLta nti•l Stale Governu:ente t,liumti. , .0. P.t . Nov. 15. 1`445—:1m. JOSEPH HANI.E'r, AND Silt/ER. I have rented , 1.0 shop lately occupied by Mr. P. C.llotg. and prepßred to shoe horses and °SOD, and to , of 4.7Tirk. fiertitinidi• to . the 1,, lurl m a .uperior enanucr. t k 'WALTON HOUSE, Gaiaos, Tioga County. Pa. H 1 , `," LliM PItuPRIVIOR. nib' is a widito ea- , y access of tb'e ,1 _,l•i hunting ground.... E.a ~-I. l ca,r,:a. pan will be spar • r .h.-1 - 10.-oturaodation of pleasure seekers and (Jan. 1-, 1846.1 J. HERVEV Eyviivq, I'ANLY AND COUNSELOR. AT LAW, tl L Building,--St. Paul St, Laltuuore. Atiurory at Law, ElKard Att'y at Law. Rev. J. Meli. D., Rev. Ilenry I) L,. con -1:. Cr , F. Grove & Co., ',this g & 1c.•,:1,,..rry, John F. M'Jilton, E4q.,ltobert S. Sutherland, - Ett [Mr. Et -LNG in 'l, trimaact- any buciimre apperlain ..,g to ri,N paper in Baltimore } 1, 1116-ly. V: Lit - S TWINGS WEBB'S DRUG STORE ‘1,1,:, CELEBRATED VEGETABLE : , ICILIAN JAIL\ I:BNEWER, cAti be bad .et ILOY't3 prng C:CEN [RATED LYE. for sale zt ROY'S' DRUG STORE FLOUR AND FEED, BUCK WHEAT FLOUR. Meal, Pork and Salt, Tea. CetTee, Candles, Saleratu.. Tobacco and e oil. Also, Markerel. - White Fish. and .t, I,y the package er pound s . CHAS. k 11. VAN VALKENEUR G. " , t.,l,born. Jun. 1, 1865. ~~T[IEELBARR..i S, CHEESE PRESS SCREWS, and scaleboards for • 'iiiesc. Fist) ✓ Powder,Powder, 4 a 4. pistol cartridges. & TUCKE R • for Miles's Patent Money Drawer. .1. , -I,t tar Ribbon Stamps an Seal '""t , iteinclitber—at Goon d Tucker's Hard- OreGnru- • - . • I) L. 12-zi ATE FOR SALE.--Twcuty-five IL r near Weibbaro, au excellent t.ll, well :ene2d, a handsome huildinvite and 'Le •.:ea !be town and vicinity. a never failing it eater tteEntll4lVP " J LIFF CKLWAS Diiihn, Dee 13, 1865'1-3to! " \ -- EW PUOTOGRAPti GALLEAY.--• ( FR -iNii SPENCER ' ' l, l•Ct "re. to .nform the ritizens of TiGga have Ijig best: epßoytiltlity ever • =area pr,.,•ure Ant;roty pea. Ferrotypes., , ie V,slte. Viznettes, and all kinds di, 1 I ,,, pular card. and colored pictures, on Elmira Street. 15, '4s—tf. F. M. SPENCER. PCBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN boob: for recoiring cutoacription to the 1 Stock of THE NORTHARN RAILWAY I ,"IPA NY. will he opened at . 10 o'clock on Set tj'l"• Fthrnary 24. 1866, at the Hotel of J. W. t.'4 . .rer. In the borough of Wellftborr, Tinge Penneylvmda. J. CHRISTIE. GEO. 81. TRACY, r J. W. BiGoNEr, R. kidut. Jeri. 17, 18684 YT LNG'S- PORTABLE LEMONADE is the (.1.7i preparation of the kind made from trait" As an article of scone purity, and • I ''-':' , u.ttess, it cannot be surpassed, and is recom qmentl-d by physicians for invalids-and family It will keep for years in any climate. while , nt ""th--1 " 4 rga dltrd it especially pcppren for trays:l4i: - All silk; itso leintinS "are ro rilitos4 t o 4ivo it a trial. Entertainmentiv at tt wile% and picnics should not he withitut • F , r sale .4 41 1:rfifraggiste first-class ,rocern Manufactured only by JELD. 1, 1868-I L 0141.8 F. 14 - BTZGER, I. • No, 649 Pearl' SG, N. t. ECM P. c. VEX GELDER. VOL. XIII. D RUGS AND MEDICINES .0f MAt...,IISVLEi.,D,i'a., have just received and offer to the inhabitants of Tioga county, at the lowest cash prices, a large and well assorted stock of the following first class goods: _ DYE STUFFS, . Paints, .Oil. Putty and Glass, Howe Steveas' Family Dyes. Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet Soaps, Hair Oils and Pomades, School and Miscellaneous Books, Writing Paper,Envelopes,Blank Books, and Blank Deeds of all kinds, Diaries fur , 1366, Photograph and Autograph Albums, Gold Penn . and Pocket Cutlery, All kinds of Toye, Tobacco, S miff Cigars of beat brands. Pianos, Melodeons; & Cabinet Organs 4):# a WANS, GUITARS, ACCORDROVS, 'frri r d tindi of Musical Inttrumento and musicll. merchandize. All the tno.st popnler_Rheet Mdsio alwaya on hand. . By epeoial arrengements with tho larked. man= ufnoturing hence in New 'York, we can furnish all etyle6 of J. B. Nis BRASS AND SILVER .BANDS. gal Pardk wishing Instruments will save ten per cent by communicetifig with na before purchas ing elsi#l/ore. All Inrtrnments delivered R RAIVT.6 INtE VER. Y.REaI EUT Pianos and Melodeoni to rent on reasonable terms. Agents {or the celebrited Florence Few iug Machines. LANG & Mansfield, Dec. d, 186t-Bm. MEW' DRUG STORE. Dr. W. W. 'WEBB & BRO. Have opened a Drug and Chemical Store, on Main Street. lst door below Hastings, where they intend to keep a full assortment of '" :DRUGS AND MEDICINES. A good article of Medicinal Liquors and Wines. Prescriptions carefully prepared. Ale4ical adviccziven free of charge. Millsboro, Nov. B—ly. . 11. CI:M.I4IN NEW FIRM &NEW' GOODS AT TIOGA BORDEN' BRb'S Would respectfully announce to `• all whom it way concern," that they keep constantly on hand a large and well selected'assortruent of • :2' • ; DREGi AND MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, r GLASS AND WALL: PAPER, DYE STUFFS. FAMILY 'DYES, LAMPS, GLASS WARE, PLATED WARE, I-, ENVELOPES, SCHOOL BOOKS, PATENT IveIp:DICINE,- Tea, Coffee, Spice, Pepper, Gin , - ger, saleratu&, „Starch, TOILET AND WASHING SOAPS, , Tiogn, Pa , Oct. 4, 1865-Iyos Bo . ot. Shoe and Lcather Store TFIE UNDERSIGNED having fur:med - 1 1-- a cplaTtnyrphiitiinder i #lpa* 40001 • it ~ can be found at the old stand, ; corner of Main and Mill Streets, where they will keen constantly on hand a general assortment of BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER AND of the best quality. which they will sell so cheap for -Cash, as to make it an - object for dealers to buy here MEN'S &BOY'S, CALF, KIF:k; STOGA 1100 TS: LADIES' GAITERS, BALMORAL, KID, & CALF, A:, 1; 111ISSES ,SIIOESt French and Oak Stock constantly on hand for _sale. Cash ialtrat all times-for and FURS. r. LOGRItr, knoxvillo, Pa. ItrerrArtnSON, Elmitore, ICY Knoxville, Jan. I, 1866—tf. .„ _ , . Farin for Sale .. .., , . _ • IN Elk township, Tioga County Pa., containintr I t 'StiploYing none brit - Vaperienced Workmen, 124 acres, 40 acres improved. -Said tarm-is . .._.,t u . ng i only the best materials , we' are wateretilrfnumerous springs. -A. small stream oft , ''''''' 'Bls3nt we can furnish yen ivitlgoorli'thiewili bon water safficientles churning, sawing wood, dm_, runs through the farm near-the buildings. It illl suit your customers. '' - • - a ell sitnatedfor a good dairy farm. t A portion of Every article warranted to . give entire satiefac- Con. All Bonds pecked 'in - shipiing order and it ts good grain land. Two log houses, frame— gent l by rail or otherwise. - • , . h rn and other geut biiildings thereon. A thrifty Please address. by mail,„ when list -of prices, young orchard of 71) or 80 apple, pear or plum •" Card Samples," Ac., will be forwarded. - trees. A good rscluiol house on the adjoining . farm - - The aboVe farm might be divided into .= . C. M. CRANDALL 'A CO. two 'small farms of 82 acres each. Mica $l2 per , _3l on tr 0s e, Pa: Dec. 27,'86.3m. - net e. , Terin4 •'liberal easy. A deduction sonde N. B. Ours• is the only, esiablieb.ment: that . for cash down.. !Noire of - -.-- ', , . jansinufactarei the Celebrated , , , :. ' C-11.- KELLEY. Wellsboro,Ot - -•! -•- Crandall 'Wheel...Head! : :•:, 1.7 •,. AV 31,- UPDIKE, on-tbe 'premises - 1" :__.:- • - - -• • Jan. 17, 1868 .- tf. • i Warranted to last TWENTY x NAREIf well-tied. (111 (L LANG & WHITE, BAND INSTRUMENTS. INSTRUMENTS, required in FREE OF CHARGE,' AND such as CASTORS, SPOONS, TEA & TABLE ,° FORKS, CAKE DISHES, &c W RIVING PAPER, and an endless variety of YANKEE NOTIONS. KNOXVILLE WHOLESALE n'CALL Our Stock consists in part of of our own manufacture. Al2o, TERMS--C Skt "ON DELIVERY. WHOLESALE DRUG' STORE, CORNING, N. Y. TIRMIS AND , hIEDIOINES, PAINTS AND OILS, - - • - THADDEgB IN?S, , CONCEN TRATED' MEDICINES, CIN- CrNNATI WINES 'AND if/ '13RA1001r;ITIIITY•y WASH LIME;: KEROSENE ' L 4141 P. PATtNI 'MEp CINES, PETRAEVM tOHESTER PER A iIIMERY AND FLAVORING EXTRACTS, WALL PAPER; WINDOW GLASS, AND DYE COLORS; - - • •. , , Sold at Wholesale prices. Buyers are requested to call and get quotations before going further Easi. , TERBELL & CO: Carving, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1.8664 y . , T.I.EAR YE I HEAR YE I—The of -1-1 this Election are - new open.' • , C.. L.. V . X,‘ Of Wellsboro, offers - for eels his entire - STO,CKDF GOODS AT COST. - All those who feel anxious to make a „ GOOD BARGAIN, • . . s are invited to call soon, for , , DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. Call at the " REGULATOR,"one Door above the Post °thee. C. L. WILCOX. Wellsboro, , N OW IS THE TIME TO SAVE _,YOUR GREENBACKS. . A great breakdownin the price of all kinds of Dry •G o o ds. I have just returned frcim New Toidi. -with a largeand well selesled assortment of • ' STAPLE• AND 'FANCY DRY- GOODS, which were bought fur CASH during the late Pnoie ta PANIC PRICES, which I auf bound to SELL at PANIC ,PIIICES`. ' - lam selling • • Good Madder Prints, , - - -22 Best '• g' ... - - -25 Extra Wide, English, . . 80 Beat Muslin DeLaines, ' 35 .121.........1..../. g.h.Ptings, . • 20 to 30- Unbleached " . - - - :-'zty'te.-att Extra heavy, ' , _ . . 4 Beat quality French Merino, lO Shillings Double width Plaid Poplins.,: _,• ' : 62i Yard wide Rep, - - 60 Best (high colored) Wool Dbl.:aids, 60 Single width - Plain Poplins, 40 1 Yard wide Parentage, ' ,• , '- 40 ' , 1 A Large Stock of -- -.. . '.. FLANNELS, BALMORAL • 'SKIRTS; HOOP SKIRTS;'" Tg,...MeeTtre'S7 -2-- " 47: ', • NOTIONS, WORSTEDS, Bcr _ I _ A good urisortinent _ GROCERIES, BOOTS & SHOES, &o. - - Also a large Stook of - • FEED, FLOUR & PORK, always on hand Lk fact ALL THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE. Customeri in want of Goods will save money by calling at Rai New-Store-and examine, Goods and 'Prices before buying elsewhere. Tioga, Jan.-1, 18416. - H, R. - FISH- , - , ANNOUNCEMENT liare , reduced the price of Flour:sl per Y barrel, Feed and meal &O cents per cwt, and shall eel!, FOR CASH ONLY, . - 4t , ` lr C. J. HILL FLOUR, WRIGHT &- 3H s BAILEY'S _BEST. WHITE . WrrEAT FLOUR, SPRING 'WHEAT FLOUR, :BUCK; WIEIEAr'FLOUR; 3-ROUND— FEED, . =CORN: - MEAL, , • BRAN, Scd., dco. - CASH PAID FOR ALL KINDS OF GRAIN. WRIGHT & BAILEY WellsborO i ls.n. 24, 1866. FLAX WIIEELS, NV IDOL - WHEELS, --WHEEL-HEADS, SNAP-REELS, FLIERS, &q;', &C I'iIIiWAYNDERSIGNED would respectfully an nmiace to the • - • • - •, I MERC}IANTS 4i:-DEALERS I of Tioga and adjoining_ conatiesObat they are ; now engaged in the Manufacture of the above named artiele2, and are prepared toluniish theta at 'THOLESA.LE PRIOZS, if• i , , , 11 ti_ill il, i i WELLSBOR.O_, PA., MARCH. 21, 1866. -BETTER' THAN GOLD. Better than grentlear, tetter'thin 'kuld, Than-rank And titles a thoueauci iOl4, , 'le a healthy :tiudy a wind at ease. t And aimple:pteddures that atsvdjii'l)letiae : . A heart that een feel tor another's And share tie jeys,with a geniaJ,glep, hirse ea - let - 101 to retold All then at . Vrottiers, is bet tet'tliatr gold. Bitter than, gold ie a conscience clear, - Though telling for bread in an "httnible Doubly rtintent audth.ealtb, .1 Braked la) ti.e lust uut.l coral orwealth ; Lowly liviAg ai,t lolly thought Adorn and rouble n pturiuurt'i cot, - 'For mind nailtui,rall in uaturs'a plan ..; Ara the genuine teat uf u geutletuttu.- r - - Better uteri gold is the sweet reidse Of' the eons of tutl when their labor-ii dole ;* Better than b=,ld ' i c the poor mitt's ' Atui the balm that drape .a hi= Aumhera deep, Brit% sleepy' draughtr to the downy' bed, Where luxury pilot% t his aaliuviiead : • Hixeitaple;.:plete latii,r deem , •- • = - A shelter road to the itirc.kof theauta. Better thanp ! id is a prattl:ing,nnutil, That in the zettluk u 1 books can A treaenie - surpateln ..kut•fialiaa ere, Ahd live with the great and good j ot .3rort , The , tiag?'t l rte ni.d the poet"., 143. 4 :The,glones . t•t'euttare pa.zed awittl" • ' The world'E grent drama ti~ili thus untold, And yielda pluounte gre.ter thou, gold. Better than gold it peaceial.hique. Where all the tires ide The shrine - Ot love, the hoareu of lite, Alallowedki masher, oi , t'itter, or ' HOWEIVO the hvoie WI) be, Or tired wittrt‘drrea LS heavell'z deeree, The bleieings - tiLit never were bought or sold, And centre them, are Letter than a~ liistttlantou. -It was in the year 1836; that i joined my regiment ns a sub, at. Bangalore.; and not lie xig:used to such a. climate, where the 'mercury rum.- to 110 degrees in the spning,. with no idea of coming down agalit till Autumn, .soon round myself an invalid, and almost 'cursed the day: that had. been tempted to leave cool.old Englandfor such..a swel tering country.. `,:',ont.e of. my - friends ad vised a trip to the .Malabar coast, and was nothing. loth to try any chtinge,'. believing even the worst I could possi bly make must be for the better. So I Procured a 'palanquin and eight good. bearers, to take a turn about, and set off forthwith, through as wild a country as-ever poor. mortal could wish to. see. -.Nothing retharitable happened till we entered.vithat. is knot% na, the - eyuard jtnigle ;,and if nothing had happened there, I .should have been tempted to indict the. w hole country as a libel ,on appearantes. r ueh a .jungle as , that may I never behold again.:! it eeds, weeds. grass, brambles and bushts were inter laced like a net work beneath gigantic trees of teak. whole bough.? interlocked and-canopied the whole, so that in many , places the t bright sunshine, of heaven never penetrated to the.earth; and-.as I was borne along in my palanquin, on the -shoulders of four timid coolies, while the' other tour walked leisurely behind; I had the satistaction of know ing was :in a perfect wilderness in inhabited by wild.elephants, wild boars, tigers, -leppards, _hyenas, jackals, and any number or-deadly reptiles, and that . if wo warc, attacked by any ferocious beasts -.1-4bould probably be deserted and left.to: rake care of • myself.. And then- fancy ume at night, with all, the howling beasts around me, attempting , to sleep atuidaill the poisonous 'eAlial ations of a malartous .region, with. will ions- of mosquitoes, moths, .and: bugs, buzzni , -, and eriorating every pore ot.tliy*body, anOyou ' Will 'orth somelaint idea d the pleasures of a sick man's journey. onehot, sultry afternooni-when We had reached s - mnewhere near the. heart ofAtte. Jungle, ds 1 was leaning .back sett of my palanquin,' and dreamily listening to the drov. - sir, mo notonous tong of the bearers; -I is ad denly aroused, and startled by tv, o , or . I three hoat,e trhmpet blazts puo , ! ceeded-from a wild or " rogue" elephant' who NrAs cras_hinv throdOi the jungle at no grett dits,ance ; but beioxe 1 had time- for a word, my attendants drop ped me widiout .ceremony, and betook themselves tonight. i leaped to any feet, with a kind, .of ,deliticua stren: w, and, knowing:chew was not a minute be tween me_ bird, eternit,, i t .1. remained wherea was,,l. plunged into tile copse, "opposite• to the., sounds 0.1 my ad . , aiming foe. f ' •• • • Fortunately fur me I 1,1 - az- Gary a few, seconds in retiCliiii‘ , the foot.of large teak tree, up which 1 began to climb as only 4.inan unify ; climb fur life. I heard the molaster crusping - down the buShes', and Making the very earth tremble' be fiaath peWerhil tread; and I went -up,-up, faster 1 - than I 'ever climbed tree before or 'expect to agaiii; - with -ev ery stitch 'of clutlie,i upon me ccanplete ly saturated•with a perspiration wrung from me , in• au agony of fear, not :so much the natural rear of death itself, as the instinctive. fear of such a-death._ I think-the-animal must have turned from a - direct course for though close up on me; as I supposed, when I began to climb,-I-had --sUccedeil hi reaching the first lintb,.at Ileast some thirty feet from' the earth, when he made his appearance; at the foot of'the tree, - snorting and bel lowing in theinostterritie manner. See ing me beyond , Iris reach, he lashed himself in-a perfect :fury, his compara tively < small like eyes shooting gleams of,tire as he cast them Upward An his-disappointed rage. Then laying, .hold of the ; tree with. his trunk, he tried his strength:: in shaking .it; but as. it . was t00..1ea,17 , f0r. him to. endanger my position; by that menus, he soon relin quished it for another. Quietly -step ping hack.a.- few paces, he measured his ground; and then witha sudden bound forward, -he strtiek the _tree a tremen dcius blow with his head and tusks. I 'as watching him closely, but only barely comprehended his design in. time to throw-my arms and legs around a limb and brace myself fora shock.— Nor was I at all too well prepared ; for the concussion - bruised me not -a little, sMd itseemecias if a few pounds : more of-force must have sent me clean from my perch: - _ But. my enemy was not done yet. Stepping-back and looking up to me, with'an expression that seemed to en quire what I thought of it, at the same time -he would assure me of _its being may the.bei...iuning of his battering op-, 4ration4 lie imturneci to the charge with increased vigor,. Ent this was 'better• prepared for him, and came not elect:V,netrg. PERILS-OF TFiIES JUDIP-Ln r L , it4l, so near being unseated as oil the first trial. Nothing disuouria s ed, he retreat ed still further and then he came down like an avalanche. It was terrible. had twined and embraced myself in every possible Wanner; but when he struck, it seemed as if the coneussiun, after first bruising me and almost knock ing the breath 'from my body, relaxed every nerve. Doubtless, I should have - fallen to the earth below, only that .1 was' . pretty securely balanced iu the crotch of the tree, and -havirig resisted the main shock, had' no difficulty in re taining an uptight position: On again looking down at the .eles pliant, I was surprised to see him with hie head ,fast against the tree, lashing his tail, pawing the-earth, and uttering a sort of moaning; "bellowing sound, al thogether - riot unlike a- vicious bull When about to make an attack. .1 did not at" first comprehend what had oc curred, but supposed his actions to re sult from the anger of disappointment Irina ,being . able to bring me to the grodud. But I soon had cause for rejoic ing rather than fear. -EITs. last charge had-been ;made• with so much force as to-imbed his long ivory tuskS in the tree, and he way . 1/OW a prieCher to his own brute strength. In yairi he pulidd and wrenched. 'Loaned, bellowed and lashed himself' into a, per fectfury. There he was a fast prisoner catight, as one might say in his own trap-- 7 -and if ever a poorainirtal area jus tified in rejoicing over the - misfortunes of a living creature, I think that incli -Vidnal was myself. , But I was still a prisoner also. How was Ito get down ntrue, the elephant might not be able to liberate himself in time to do me injury ;-• but I already knew enough of the terrible jungle to feel little inclination to set off[through it alone, There were ninny intricate paths branching off from the main one ~over which I had been: borne, and the mistake - of taking any one of these would most certainly be fatal—result ing in death from starvation through being lost, or death from some one of the other surrounding, perils. What would I do? It :was reasonable to hope . that some •of attendants ;would, sooner pr later. - return 'to learn the fate of their mutter ; and before venturing on anything rash, I resolved - to wait a proper time for them. Drearily passed the next three hours that I remained upon My giddy perch. above the imprisoned beast, - looking oft upon an undulating' sea of matted foil ! age, with,the hot- sun of that tropical climate pouring down on me its scorch ing rays and almost stifling me with its feverish heat. How eagerly I turned my eyes in every direction in the hope of getting a glimpse of one of my atten dants. to whom I could make known my situation.No human being was in sight, and my . wildest shouts brought no reply. should I remain where I was, or descend? We were, as I knew, almost hall a day's journey from any .settlement. and it would therefore be impossible ior Inc to reach a habitation I before nightfall, even should I he for tun ate enoug h to follow the n earest path. ,I while a - single mistake would leave toe to perish in that awful solitude. I de cided therefore to remain where I was, either till the sun of another day, or un til I could seeat least one human being capable of ai'ting as a guide. The sun was rapidly nearing the wes tern horizon, and I was despairing of any succor that day, when, my atten tion was. attracted to a commotion in the jungle, some quarter of a mile dis tant. Birds of - Yarious kinds flew up screaming and either hovered over the spot in anger, or darted quickly hi fear, and I could catch glimpsed of the deer, the elk and the buffalo bounding off in every direction. What could be the .cause of all this , disturbance? Was it some one or more of my attendants re turnitt to ascertain my fate? „Man, I knew oval almost universally feared by the wild. rthered tribe of the wilder •ness:and he animal of the brute crea tion, and n •man -was now my- hope. "Wildly , did my heart beat, and eagerly dirt I ;Aram my eyes to catch a view of my-deliverer. The line of commotion advanced slowly; but still I could • not be certain of _the -cause. Xearer and nearer it came, till at last I felt a cold thrill of terror pass throlv t th my frame, as I sud denly caught a glimpse of the sleek, , spotted hide of the royal 'tiger, slowly and softly maiming hiS way through the jungle directly towards thec tree upon which ilwas perched. .1 looked down at the elephant, and perceived that by some peculiar faculty of iri , tinct he was already aware of hi danger. He stand ing perfectly still, no longer made an effort to release himself, btit I could see the -km of his bluad back quiver, as if every nerve of his body was aneeted. . The tiger gradually drew nearer, and at la at seopped within' a few paces, as if to calcalate his chances. Then, with bristling hair, he stole aoitly round his intended victim in a broad circle, his sharp , teeth viable, and hie terrible eyes glaring with tierce - anger and des ire. Then crouching for the spring, he gave,one. fearful roar and bound and fairly landed upon the back of his help less victim, who uttered • one agonized cry—a sort of shriek and groan coca blued—that made me pity tdm, an en emy though he was. - - But his suffering§ were of short dura tion; as he could make no resistance, the tiger had matters all his own way, ;and almost in the time it takes me to I tell yotf the fact, he had torn open the throat of theziant beastand was drink , lug his full of the warm gushing blood. The sight sickened me, and I clung to the trea• with- cloaed eye and dizzy brain. . I lOoked again the terror of the jungle was making his retreat, licking his chops With glutted - satisfaction. I Jookeil down.- at the elephant, and I be held a gory carcass still held to the tree by his tusks. He was dead, and' int his death was perhaps thy own salvation though I was still afraid to descend, less I phould be assailed by some car nivorous beast, attracted hither, by the smell of blood. I expected nothing but that I should be camuelled to remain there through the night ; but I bethought me to try the virtiaQ of my voice again, and shout ed ,for help. To my surpriwe and almost frantic joy, an answer was returned. I repeated my call for help, and one of my attendants made his appearance. I explained what had occurred, and by a signal of his side, L then descended, but found m2„ - self very faint, and was by two of them assisted to my palanquin, where I swooned away. It is enough to add that I passed through the jungle in safety ; though if any gentleman thinils tiattered paT self on being a hero before I left, I beg to undeceive him. I have since exper kneed some remarkable adventures, but none that have left upon my mind t4O vivid an impression of the terrible as the one I have just related. DAVID MATSON , BY JOIE!: G. ‘VitITTIER Who of my young friends have read the sorrowful story of "Enoch Arden," so sweetly told by the great English poet? It is the story of a young man who ' went to, sea, leaving ,hehind sweet young wife and a little daughter. He was cast away on a desert island, where he remained several years, when he, was discovered and taken off by a passing vessel. Coming back to his native town, he found his wife married to an - old playmate—a good man, rich and honored, with whom she was living happily. The poor man, unwilling to cause her pain, resolved not to make himself known to her, and lived and died alone. The poem has reminded me of a very similar story of my own New ' England ueighbothood, which I have often heard; and which I will try to tell, not in poetry, like Alfred Ten nysou's, but in my own poor prose. I can assure my reader that in its main parti:culars it is a true tale. One bright summer morning more than three seoreyears ago, David Mat son, which his young wife and his two healthy, barefooted boys, stood on the bank of the river, near their dwelling. They waited there for Pelatiah Curtis to come round the point with his wher ry, and take the husband and the father to the port, a few miles below. The Lively Turtle was about to sail on a voyage to Spain, and David was .to go in her as mate. _ They stood there in_ the lov'ely morning sunshine, talking cheerfully - , but had you' been near enough you could have seen tears in Anna Matson's blue eyes, for she loved -her husband, and she knew there was always danger on the sea. And David's bluff cheery voice trembled a little now and then, for the sailor loved his snug home on the Merrimac, with the dear wife and her pretty boys. But present ly the wherry came alongside, and Da vid'was just stepping into it when he turned'back to kiss his wile and chil dren once more. "In with you, man," said Pelatiah Curtis; "there's no time for kissing and such fooleries when the tide serves." And so they parted. Anna and the boys went Tack to their home, and Da vid to the port whence he sailed off in the Li vely 'flirtle. And months passed, autumn tollowed the summer, and win ter the autumn, and then spring came. and anon it was summer on the river side, and he did not come back. And another year passed, and then the old sailors and ti -hermen said that the Lively Turtle was a lost one ship, and would'never come back to port; and poor Anna had her bombazine gown dyed black, and her straw bonnet trim med in mourning ribbons, and hence forth she was know only as the Widow Matson. :Sow you must know the Mohamedan people of Algiers and Tripoli, and Mog adore and ::•:allee, on the Barbary coast, had for a long tiwe been in the habit of fitting out gallies and armed boats to seize upon the merchant vessels of Christian nations, and make slaves of their Crews and passengers; just as men calling themselves Christians in Amer ica were sending vessels to Africa to get black slaves for their plantations. The Lively Turtle fell into the hands of one ot! these roving sea robbers, and the crew were taken to Algiers, and sold in the market place as slaves, poor David Matson among the rest. When a boy he had learned the trade of ship carpenter with his father on the Merrimac, and now he was sent to work in a -dockyard. His waster, who was naturally a kind wan, did not overwork hint. He daily had his three loaves of bread, and when his clothing,was worn out its place was supplied by the co*rse wool and camel's hair worn by the Ber mer women. Three hours before sun set he was released from work, and Friday, which was the Mohammedan Sabbath, was a day ofentire lust. Once a year at the season called Ramadan, he was left at leisure for a whole week. iSo time went on—days, weeks. months and His hair bee:tine gre: - ,. He still dreamed Of his good Anna and the boys. He wondered if they still lived, whether they thought of him, andwhat they were doing. The hope of seeing theup again grew fainter and fainter, and at last neatly died out: and he resit..ned himself to his fate as a slave for lite. But one day a handsome, middle-aged gentleman, in the dress of one of his own countrymen, attended by a great officer of the Bey, entered the ship yard and called up before him the st,inerican captives. The stranger was none other than Barlow, Commissioner of the United States to procure the liberation of the slaves belonging to the Govern ment. He took the men by the hand as they came. up. and told them they were nee. you might esprit, the poor fellows were % - ery crateful; t-ome laughed, some wept for joy, someshout ed and sane, and threw up their caps, while others; with David Matson among them, knelt down on the chips and thanked God for the great deliverance. "This is a very affecting scene," said the commissioner. wipir* his eyes "I must keep the impression of it for my Colunibiad," and, drawing out his tablet, proceeded to write an apostrophe to Freedom, which afterwards found a place in this great eptc. David Matson had saved a little money during his captivity, by odd jobs and work holidays. he grit a passage to Malaga, where he bought a nice shawl for his wife and a watch for eaeh Of his boys. - He then went tothe quay. where an American ship was lying just ready to sail forßoaton. Almost the first man he saw on board was Pelatiah Curtis, who had rowed him down to the por t seven years before. He found that his old neighbor did not know him, so changed was he with hiS long.heard and .Moorish dress, wher Upon, without telling his name, he be fan to put questions about his old house, and finally asked him if he Knew Mrs. Matson. "I rather think I do," said .'elatiah?" she's my wife." "Your wife!" cried the other. "She is mice before God and man. LaroDa vid.Matson, and she is the mother of my children." "And mine, too !" said Pelatiah: "I left her with a baby in her arms. If you are David Matson, your right to her is outlawed, at any rate she and I am not the man to give her up. • "God is great!" said poor David Mat son. unconsciously repeatiug the words of Moslein subititsion. "His will be 'JOBBING DEPARTNZNT. The Proprietors haTe stocked the establishment with a large assortment of modern styles and are prepared to execute neatly, and promptly, POSTERS, HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS, CARDS, BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS, STATEMENTS, TOWNSHIP ORDERS, &.c., &c. Dew* Mortgages, Leases, and a full assortment of Constables' and Justices' Blanks, constantly on hand. People living at a distance can depend on having their work done promptly, and sent back in return mail. SkiliP•Omcz—Roy's block, Second Floor. NO. 12. done. nove her, but I shall never see her again. Give these, with my bless ings, to the good woman and the boys," and he handed over with a sigh the lit tle bundle containing the gifts for the wife and children. H a • - hands withhis rival. "Pel ati id, looking back as he left the e kind to Anna and my boys--; - "Ay, ay,.air," responded, the sailor in a careless ; taps, He watched the poor man passing up the narrow stree# until out of sight. •`lt's a hard case for old David," he said, helping himself to a fresh cud of tobacco; "but I am glad Vve seen the last of him." When Pelatiah Curtis reached home. he told Anna the story of her husband, and laid his gifts in her lap. She did u,ot faint nor shriek, for she was a healthy woman, with strong nerves; but she stole away and wept bitterly. She-lived many years, but never could be persuaded to wear the pretty shawl which the husband of youth had sent as his farewell gift. There is, however, a tradition that, in accordance with her dying wish, it was wrapped about her poor old shoulders in the coffin and buried with her. The little old bull's-eye watch, which is still in the posseision of one of her grandchildren. is now all that remains to tell of David Matson—the lost Man. . The people in some sections of this county have been asked to sign petitions to have the office-of county Superinten cleat abolished, so far as this county is concerned, and to have town Superinten dents substituted therefor. As this poli cy has been mainly urged 'as a matter of economy, and under a very grave mis apprehension of facts, the attention of those who would have our school system thoroughly as well as economically ad ministered, is solicited to the considera tion of the following extract from the State Superintendent's report for 1865, page 22 : The money with which the Super intendents are paid, is not raised in the county, does not especially belong to the county, nor:doe3 it affect the amount p'd to the county for school purposes, in the remotest degree: but it is appropriated from year to year in the same way, and by the same authority, as is the amount appropriated to pay the salaries of State officers and President and Associate Judges of our Courts." Let us see what Tioga county gains by this method of paying the Superinten dent : By the Auditor General's report for 1565, pave 2.30, it appears that the en tire State tax is, in even dollars, $1545,- 643, of which Tioga county pays $6,172. It further appears by the same report, page 159, that the amount paid to all the county Superintendents, is 5.48;779. W - hat part of this amount does Tioga county pay ? It is a plain question in the simple rule of three: As the whole State tax is to the tax of Tioga county, t•lo is the amount paid by the State to all the county Superintendents to the amount paid by Tiova county. The question arithmetically stated stands thus : 5154::>6-13 $6172 :: $48779 : $193. Tioga county actually pays less than SfalO toward the salary of her county Superintendent, and the richer coun ties of the State pay the balance. But we are asked to have the office abolished only so far as this. county is concerned. Worse yet. Such a. law, if enacted, would take the $9OO annually appropriated to us and divide it among the sixty-five counties of the State, whereby we should receive less than $l5 int return Nay, still worse; while to abolish the system the State would relieve this county of but $193 State tax, to abolish it in this county alone would relieve us only of our proportion of that suns, according to the valuation of mu' property, or $3,53 for the whole county'-! Our people will next be ask ed to sign a petition to have the State appropriation withheld so fa.r as this county is concerned. Bueit is proposed to have township Superintendents in the place of a coun ty 'Superintendent. Will it he cheaper to pay thirty-fire Superintendents out of our township school funds than to have one county Superintendent paid by the State? In all candor, it may be answered, that it will cost the county live times as much as by the present system, j. e., :51000. Suppose that rea sonably competent men could be pro cured in every township who Would be for the small sum of $3O a year' on an averaae, to take upon themselves The dbtie' and responsibilities of exam ininv all the - teachers and of superin tendlie: all the schools ; would they be likely to acquire, by spending a few days, or at most, a few weeks in the year, that skill and experience so requi site to enable them to take the lead; am ong cur teachers and in our schools and institutes? Do other professional men or tradesmen become skilled and expe rienced by so short a term of practice? If we would consider the merits of the :::,uperintendency aside from the question of dollars and cents, let,us cite the authorities. Says Mr. Coburn in his annual Report above referred to, p. " Oa the first Monday in June next, the office of County Superintendent will have been in operation twelve years, and the wisdom of the plan of super-' vision by county officers is abundantly vindicated by the results in the State since its establishment. Our teachers tire better educated, our schools better taught, and the public mind better in formed on the subject of education. Wt., have better houses, more good fur niture, more apparatus, greater unifor mity in test-books, and methods of tea chinr and managing schools. Normal schools have been established, and the IN - hole system of common school educa tion made almost universally poptilar throughout the Commonwealth. " It is not claimed that these changes have beeh 't - rought exclusively by Co. Superintendents, or through their agen cy, but it is a fact that none will ques tion, who have been familiar with the history of our schools for the past ten years, that the superintendency has been a powerful agent in prothicang the results specified. This power in our ed ucational machinery, should, therefore be rendered as efficient as possible." Says Mr. Reynolds, in his annual re port for 1865, page 187: "When a school is not visited, it has lost the most valuable part of the su perintendent's labor. I realized this in my recent visits, more than ever before. W I found many pupils in schools hiqtk I had visited seven years before, re membering almost everything I then. did and said. What an opportunity to plant in these receptive minds - need JOB AND CARD TYPE AND PAST PRESSES, (For the Agitator. 3 The County Sunerrintendeticy.
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