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.