oqe ETD. gi Cu* agitator
Publisbed every Wednesdhy Morning, at $2,00 a
year, Invariably in advance, by
COBB & VAN GELDER.
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Administrators and . Executors Notices 52,00 each.
Business Cards of five lines 55,00 per year.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
W. D. TERBELL
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers in
Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass,
Perfnalery,,Paints and Oils, &e.
C0rning.,14.4f4,4an.,
„ 1364 -4 1 7.,'„, ,3
W. A. NICHOLS.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Office formerly occupied by James LoaireY, Eeq
Wencher°, Jan. 1, /860-Iy..
att.. aiti iriffEllt WOOD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Court. Street, opposite
the Cuurt House, Williamsport, Pa.
Jan. 6, 1866-40
W1LL441.111141.,, sitkorn i
ATTORNEY . AND- COUNSELOR AT LA W ,
Insurance, Bounty and Pension Agency, Malin
Street Welleboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1866.
JOHI I. lIPITCII,ELL,
ATTORNEY AND CODNIARboiI. AT LAW,
Oftlca lately accaptel by Jelin W. Guernsey
.Ess:, Tioga, Tioge County, Paulen. Prompt
attention to Collections.
Jan 1,1.8156.—1 y.
-
5. F. Vu.solt. J. B. Nuts.
WILSON ac NILES, j
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW,
(First door from Biforke - y's, on the Avenue)—
Will attend to busbies@ curetted to their care
in the counties of Tioga and Potter.Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1866.
GEORGE, ,WA43OIUKR,
TAILOR. Shop first door north of L. A. Sears's
Shoe Shop. pir Cutting, Fitting, and Repair
ing done promptly and well.
Wellaboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1868.-Iy.
JOHN B. SHALKSPEABX,
DtAPER , -TAIL01„ shoprover.llowsm'A
Store, - second door. ' . . - 70 - Cattineriftit,g;'"iind
Repairing - done promptly and in best style.
Wellaboro, 2a.. Jan. I, 1888—/y_,
ft OBT. HAWLEY, H. H. Guam Sr.
HAWLEY & CUPIIHIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAN, Williamsport Pa.—
Special attention given to ,collection of Pen
sions. Bonnly and Back Pay, and all claims
against the .National ani State Governments.
Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 15, 1885-3 m.
JOSEPH BSA NILE Y.
BLACKSMITH AND SHOER. I have rented
the shop lately occupied by Mr. P. C.Hoig, and
am prepared to shoe horses and oxen, and to
do all kinds of work pertaining to tbo busi
ness in a superior manner.
Wtllsboro,.P.i.., Jan. 1,1566.—1 y. ,
IZA.AII WALTON HOUSE, -
Gainey, Tioga County, Pa.
11. C. VERMILYEA, PROPRIETOR. This is a
new hotel located within easy access of the
best fishing and hunting grounds iu North.
ern Pennsylvania. No pains. will be spared
for the accommodation of pleasure - seekers and
the traveling public. [Jan. 1,1888.]
J. HERVEY EWING,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
No. It Law Building,—St. Paul St , Baltimore.
REPERENCES.—Levin Gale, Attorney at Law,
Edward Israel, A tt'y at Law, Rev. WK.
Riley, D. D., Rev. Henry Slicer, D. D., Con
field, Bro. & Co., F. Grove & Co., Ludwig &
McSberry, John F. McJilton, Esq., Robert Law
eon, Esq ,5. Sutherland, Esq. Dir. Etyma is
• authorized to trenenet any business appertain.
ing to this paper In. Baltimore J.
Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
IV EIV PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.-
FRANK SPENCER
bas the pleasnre t' inforth the sititens
cpunty that they'haie the best opportunity "ever
offered them, to procure Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes,
Gems, Cartes de Visite, Vignettes, and All kinds
of fancy and popular card, and colored pictures,
et his Gallery on Elmira Stteet.
Mansfield, Nov. 1.5,, '6s—tf." F. M. SPENCER.
A B. EASTMAN,
11.• • SIC
Surgical and Mechanical Dentist,
Would inform the citizens of WelMoro and vi
cinity, that be has fitted up a desirable suite of
rooms over Sohn R. Rowen's store, No. 1, Un
ion Block, where he is prepared to execute nil
work in his profession. with a promptness and
style that will enable him to offer superior induce
ments to those requiring dental operations. All
work warranted, and at reasonable rates. Please
call and examine specimens.
Weilaboro. March 21,- 1888.—tf
DENTISTRY. •
'Nee.. C. N. DARTT,
WOULD say to the public that be is perma
nently located in WelMoro, (Office at his
residence, near the Land Office and Episcopal
Cinch} where be will continue to do all kinds of.
veek unfilled to his care, guaranteeing complete
masfection where the skill of the Dentist can
',veil in the management of cases peculiar to the
calling. He will furnish
ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
eet oriAisiy .material desired.
FILLING & EXTttACTING TEETH,
suended to on shortest notice, and done to the
best and, most approved style.
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIR
,
ky the the use of Anesthetics which are per
fectly barmiest), and will be administered in overy
ease when desired. -
Weßebore, Jan. I, 1865-3 y.
ATTENTION SOLDIERS.
WM. R. SMITH, Knoxville, Tioga County,
Pa.. (U.-S. licensed Agent, and (f Attorney
fur soldiers and their friends throngbeent all the
loyal States,) will prosecute and collect with un
mailed success,
SOLDIERS' CLAIMS AND DUES
if all kinds. Also, any other kind of claim
against the Government Lefore any of the De
prtments nr in Congress. Terms moderate, All
co mmunications sent to the above address will re
ceive prompt attention. , Jan. 11,
K ING'S PORTABLE LEMONADE is the
the tra n i
oly preparation of the kind made from
t As an article of economy, purity, and
d eliciousness, it cannot he surpassed, and is reeom •
zmenied by physicians for invalids and family
' 4 E% It will keep for years in any climate. while
its condensed form renders it especially conven
ient for travelers.... MI who use lemons are re
quested to give it a trial. Entertainments at
home, parties, and picnics should not be without
I ,i. For sale - by all Druggists and first-class
lirocers. Manufactured only by
Jan. 1, 1866-1 Loins F. METZGER;
y. No. 549 Pearl St., N. Y.
T i tUSSES.—" Seeley's Hard Rubber Truss'
cares rupture, frees the cord from all press
ure: will serer, rust, break, limber, chafe, or be
co. me filthy, (the fine steel , spring being coated
wi!b hard rubber); sprfng made any power re
quired . used in bathing, fitted to form; requires
re
po used inn
cleanest,- lightest, easiest, and best
itIEB known. Seta forpoicaphlet•
I. B. SEELEY, Sole Proprietor,
apil Cti L 447 Chesnut at., Philea, Pa.
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VOL. XIII.
D RUGS AND MEDICINES
LANG
,& WHITE,
Of MANSFIELD, Pe., have just received and
offer to
,the inhabitants of Tioga county, at the
lowest cash prices, a large and well assorted stook
of the following &et class goods:
DRUGS, MEDICINES, ,:t DYE STUFFS,
Paints, 011,=Putty and Glass, Howe .lt Stevens'
FamiliDyes, Patent Medicines, Perfumery,
Toilet soaps, Hair
-Oils and Pomades,
eohool and Miscellaneous Book's,
- Writing Paper,Envelopes,Blank .
Books, and Blank Deeds of t
all kinds, Diaries for
i
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1868,
. .
. .-.
. .
Photograph and Autograph Albums, Gold Pens
and Pocket Cutlery, All kinds of Toys,
Tobacco, Snuff A Cigays of best
- brands.
Pianos, Melodeons, ft. Cabinet Organs
V101 . .1N8, GIIITAS, ACCORDEONS,
and all kinds of Musical Instruments and musical
merchandise. AU. the most popular Sheet Music
always op hand.
=4lLtigis -
,
By specie- arrengeiniala-Wititibe largest man
nfaeturing.house in Now York, we can furnish all
styles of
INS'rp,IIMENT'S,
required in
BRASS AND SILVER
. .
Parties wishing Instruments will save ten per
cent. by communicating with- us•before parches
log elsewhere. All tristriiinents delivered
FREE OF CHARGE, AND
WARRANTED IN EVERY RESPECT.
Pianos and - Melodeons to. rent on reasonable
terms. Agents for the celebrated Florence Sew
ing Machines. LANG 6c WHITE.
11104144d;Aec.- 6,1866.44 i; . •
NEW DRUG STORE.
•
Dr. W. W. WEBB & BRO.
Maya opened a Drug and Chemical Store, -on
Main Street, lst door below Hastings, where 44
intend to keep a full assortment of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
0 - 4:ailicie of Medicinal Liquors and Winai.
PrescriPiions carefully prepared.
Medical advice given free of charge.
Welleboro, Nov.
NEW FIRM &NEW GOODSATTIOOA,
BORDEN B.RO'
Would respectfully announce to " all whom it
way concern," that they keep constantly on hand
a large and well selected assortment of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
PAINTS,
GLASS AND WALL PAPER,
DYE STUFFS, FAMILY: DYES; LAMPS,
GLASS WARE, PLATED WARE,
• euch '
ae CASTORS,SPOONS,
TEA tt TABLE, FORKS,
CARE DISHES, &c.
WRITING PAPER,
- ENVELOPES, SCHOOL BOOKS,
PATENT MEDICINES;
Tea, Coffee, Spice, Pepper, Gin
ger,Saleratus, Starch,
TOILET AND .WASHING SOAPS,
. and an endless variety of
YANKEE . NOTIONS.
Tioga, ?a., Oct. 4, 1.865-1,145.'
KNOXVII.LE
Boot, Shoe and Leather Store!
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
Tlir, UNDERSIGNED having formed
a co-partnership ander'Shi name and aloof
LOGEIRLY CO.,
can be found at the old stand, corner of Main
and Mill Streets, where they will keep constantly
on hand a general assortment of
BOOTS, SHOES, - LEATHER AND,
FINDINGS,
• - i
of the hest quality, which they will sell so cheap
for Cash, as to make it an object fur dealers to
buy here.
Oar.Stocksonaista in part of
MEWS,' BOY'S, CALF, KIP, & STOGA
BOOTS,
of our own manufacture. Alec,
LADIES' GAITERS, BALMORAL, KID,
& CALF,. & MISSES SHOES.
French and Oak Stock constantly on hand for
sale. Cash paid at all times for HIDES, PELTS,
and FURS-
TERHS-CASEI ON DRLIVERY.
I. LOGHRY, Knoxville, Pa.
J. RICHARDSON, Mona, N.Y.
Knoxville, Jan.l, 1868-tf.
Farm for Sale
IN Elk township, Tioga County Pa., containing
124 acres, 40 acres improved. Said ferm is
watered by numerous springs. A small stream of
water sufficient foe churning„.isawing wood, Ifte.;
runs through the farm near the buildings. .It is
well situated for a good dairy farm. A portion of
it is good grain land. Two log houses, frame
barn and, other out buildings thereon. A thrifty
young orchard of 70 or 80 apple, pear or plum
trees. A good school house on the adjoining
farm. The above farm might be divided into
two small farms 0t,62 acres each. Pries $l2 per
acre. Terms easy: B A liberal deduction made
for cash down. I quire of
C.
C.B. 'KELLEY, Wellsboro, or
WM. UPDIKE, or: the premises.
Jan. 17, 1866.-tf.
WHOLESALE - DRUG* STORE,
CORNING, N. Y.
- .
FIRM AND =MONO; PAINTS
AND OILS,
„- -
THADDEUS DAIiiDS' INKS , LONCEN-
TRATED MEDICINES, QIN-
=NATI, WINES AND
BRANDY, WHITE-
WASH LIME,
KEROSENE LAMPS, PATENT MEDI
PETROLEUM OIL,
ROCHESTER PER,
MESHY
AND FLAVORING RX.TRAOTS,-WALL
, PAPER, WINDOWGfLASS, -
AND DYE CQLORS,
Sold at Wholesale Prices. Buyers are requested
to call and got_ quotations before going further
Bast.
W. D. TERBELL & CO
qpraini,.N. Y 4, Jan. 1, 1866717
HEAR YE I HEAR" YE l=The Polls of
this Election. are new open.- ,
C. L. WILCOX, ,
Of 'Wellsboro, offera•for sale his entire
STOCK OP' GOODS AT COST.
All Omits who feel2anxionito make a
• - '
_ GOOD BARGAIN,
are-invited to call soon,for
DELAYS A:RE :D - AITGEROUS.
„ .
• Vail- at.the REGDIATOR," one Door satirist
the Potit'o2ce.-- `-' ' WILOOB.S
Wellahoro, Jan. 1. 29, 1866. ,
STOW IS THE .Ti3ls TO SAVE YOUR
GREENBACKS.
A great breakdown in the - price of all kinds of
Dry-= Goods.
-I have just returned from New York with a
largeand well selected assortment of
STAPLE - AND FANCY. DRY - GOODS,
which were. bought for CASH-during the late
Panic at PANIC PRICES, which I am bound to.
SELL at
PANIC PRICES.
I am selling
Good Madder Prints, 22
Best " " 25
• Extra Wide, English, ' 30
Best Muslin DeLainea, ' ' 35
1316nched. Sheeting-a, 20 to 30
Unbleached " 28 to 80
- Extra Heavy, 35
Best quality French Merino, 10 shillings
Double width Plaid Poplins, -
Yard wide Rep, 60
Best (high colored) Wool DeLains, 80
Single width Plain Poplins, - 40
Yard wide Paramatta, 40
A. Large Stock of
FLANNELS, BALMORAL' SKIRTS,
HOOP SKIRTS, CLOTHS, FURS,
NOTIONS, WORSTEDS, &c.,
A good assortment
GROCERIES, BOOTS . & SHOES, &c.
Also, a large Stock of
FEED, FLOUR & PORK, always on hand.
In foot,
ALL THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE.
. Customers in want of Goods will save money
:by calling at the New Store and examine Goods
and Prices.before buying elsewhere. 1 -
Tioga, Jan. 1, 1886. 'H. R. 148111.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
WE have reduced the price of Flour $1 per
V barrel, Feed and meal 50 cents per cwt,
and shall sell, FOR CASH ONLY,
C. J. HILL FLOUR, 'WRIGHT &;
BAILEY'S BEST WHITE
WHEAT FLOUR,
SPRING. WHEAT FLOUR, BUCK
WHEAT FLOUR, GROUND
FEED; CORN MEAL,
• BRAN, -
OASEI. PAID FOR ALL KINDS OF
GRAIN.
WRIGHT & BAILEY
Weßeborn, Jan. 24, 1866.
Wellsboro Marble Works. ,
ST O
interestW E L o l ? p a , -baying purc h ased
the
will
now be conducted under the name of H , Stowell,
Jr.,/ Co.
All descriptions of marble 'work executed to
the entire satisfaction of customers.
MONUMENTS OBELISKS AND HEAD
" STONES,
of the latest and most approved styles. We will
also furnish to order, -
MANTELS, TABLE TOPS, SODA
FOUNTAINS,
and all kinds of work pertaining to the business.
We intend to do our work in a manner that will
defy competition. -- -
H. STOWELL, IR; A CO.
Wellsboro, April 2, 1868.
NOTICE.—AIL persons having ensettled /ter
counts with the late firm of S. Bennet
Bons; are requested to 'call at HU/Statea Vi ei
Dimon t Randall and settle the same immedi
ately, and save costs.
DIMON & RA.RDALL.I.
Niles Valley, Marsh 2i, 1866.-90 '
ONION
SETTS for sale at
ROY'S - DRUG STORE.
WELLSBORO, PA., APRIL 25, 1866.
-Because one hives you, Helen Grey,
-- Is that a reason you should poet,
And like a March wind veer about,
And frown, and say your shrewish say?
Don't strain the curd until it snaps,
the sound heart with your wedge,
Do - n't cut your fingers with the edge
Of your keen wit; you may, perhaps.
Because you're handsome, Helen Grey s
Is that a retiznin to be' proud ?
Your eyes are bold, your laugh. fa loud;
Your_steps go usinch , g on their wey; -
But so you miss that modest charm,
Which is the surest charm of all:
Tale heedi l you may yet trip and fall,
And no man care to stretch his arm.
Stoop from Your cold height, Ilnlen Grey;
Come down, and take a lowlier place;
.Come doses), to 1111 it now with grace;
Come
_down you must, perforce, some day;
For years cannot be kept nt. huy,
And fading yearn will make yuu old;—.
'Flynt in yuurttirn will men =seem cold,
When you yuunself are nipped and grey.
. [Stout the Independent Repuldican.]
In Danger. d "Railroad Incident
A perilous and exciting life is rail
-roadingin this country. There are very
feW-men who have -iollowed the -busi
ness fora number of years, who cannot
relate- incidents as interesting and as
much fraught with danger as can the
oldest soldier or toughest salt. And yet
the romance of railroading has received
but little attention at the hands of lite
rary then. A railroader (by this I mean,-
of course, a man who is employed on
trains) will tell you a case where he has
barely escaped being crushed to death,
With as much nonchalance as you could
Mention a common, every-day occur
rence: - Having an arm, or hand, or leg
mutilated-, is so common among them,
that they have ceased to excite remark,
and the fatal accidents among employ
efifsi throughout the country in a month
can -be-'numbered- by the sec:ale. The
public:, generally speaking, do not sym
pathize with railroaders, for to their
carelessness is attributed many of the
accidents which hurl passengers from
time to eternity, and few there are who
appreciate the many instances of abne
gation 'and frequently the magnificent
heroism of individual employees, who,
at the ga e ritii?e, of their own lives or
limbs, will save a train of living freight.
It is not my intention, however, at
thepresent time, to go, into a laudation
of railroad employees, but to relate a
:circumstance which may seem to. illus
trate:the opening senten ee of this sketch.
A party of engineers and conductors
were seated around a warm stove one
cold evening - last winter, at a station
house on one of our great railroads.—
Pleasant joke - S and anecdotes were the
order of the evening, and very smart
were some of the jokes, and very inter
esting many of the anecdotes. 'Personal
adventures and hair-breadth escapes en
tered largely into the conversation, and
the whistling wind and drifting snow
dashing against the window outside,
seemed to have been forgotten by sortie
who were yet to face the storm in the
discharge of duty that night.
One loan, only, of those assembled
seemed to be serious and pre-occiipied.
He sat opal t from the others; and al
though he was generally a most jovial
companion, yet on this occasion - lie was
sad and thoughtful. He was a passen
ger-conductor, and it was his duty on
the night in question to conduct the
night express from the station to the
end of his division. . His thoughtful ap
pearance at last attracted the attention
of some harum-scarum conductor, and
soon he became the object at which ma
ny sharp sallies were aimed.
Gentlemen," said he, " I think I
owe you an apology for being gloomy
in the - midst of so much hilarity and
good-fellowship ; but if you will listen
to me ,for a few minutes, I think - I can
satisfactorily explain the cause of my
uncongenial conduct."
"Dan's story, Dan's story," was ech
oed from mouth to mouth, and Dan
soon had a Circle of attentive listeners
around his chair. • •
"This," said Dan, " is the tenth -an
niversary of a night similar in every re
spect;—the fierce wind, the drifting
snow, and the winter's cold. Themorn
ing was just such another as we had to--
1 day. The sun shone out brightly, and
although there was but little warmth in
his rays, yet the air was bracing and
healthful, and the crisp snow cracked
pleasantly under one's foot. Most of
you know where my father-in-law lives
in this town. Well, on that pleasant
morning a few persons assembled in his
parlor and witnessed the happiest event
of my life. ' Mary and united our des
tinies for better or worse, and to this
day I have found it all better and no
worse. r •
The way of it was in this wise. Thad
an aged mother to support, Whose bus
bend had merely left her, at his death,
the small house we occupied in W—.
Mother and I had lived together since
father'S death, struggling and buffeting
with the world, until, I had arrived at
the age of twenty-fiv years, when I
found myself a freight conductor, and,
as the times went, in pretty fair circum
stances.
The-wages I received would scarcely
pay the liquor, tobacco, and other ne
cessary expenses of some of my friends
here this evening ; but what with econ
omy sobriety,_ and a strong and willing
hand,..l had accumulated- quite a little
store for ayainy day. My mother, be
coming very feeble, advised me +to look
out for a housekeeper ; , advice of ; which
I was not slow in availing myself. In
fact, I had already made a selection on
the sly,- and - the 'selection' soon made
matters 'easy as to who should be our fu
ture housekeeper.
Although my prospects were not
very brilliant, Mary, being truly attach
ed to me, .consented to become my wife ;
and having made_ up her mind to be
strictly economical, she insisted that the
marriage ceremony should take place
while 1 had to wait for my train ; and
she clapped her little hands in glee
when she - announeed to her father and
mother'that she would take her wed
ding trip in my caboose.
"Mary came down to the station a
short time before my train was to start,
accompanied by her father', mother and
a few trient.V:; and having bidden them
a pleasant good - bye, and having received
many a good wish in return, sheentered
the caboose, and we were soon merrily
Stitrt Vnetrp.
. _
HELEN GREY
BY CHRISTINA G.. ROSETTI
j istellantous.
BY P: - H. RAFTER
jogging over the road. The brakemen
seldom entered the caboose, but bestow
ed themselves on the engine, or where
yes they could procure shelter from the
wind, which hourly increased to a vio
lentstorm. Mary and I talked over our
future prospects in great glee; and I am
convinced if we had only realized one
tenth part of the good things anticipa
ted, we should at this time be the most
wealthy and happy people on earth.
"But the fierce winds and the inten
sity of the cold soon became matters of
concern to all connected with the train.
I had myself crawled over the ears, and
insisted on, the brakemen taking places
in the. cabtiose, well knowing that no
human being could stand exposed on
such a night. Drifting snow was hurled
against us from all directions, and it
soon became evident that we could make
no headway in such a storm. The brake
men with one exception went forward
abottt twelve o'clock to see if they could
assist the engineer in any way. The
engineer renewed his efforts, and to his
relief he found the train again in mo
tion.
"It was some hours later that-the en
gineer learned that the train had broken
in two, and that he had but half the
cars attached to his engine. I became
aware that the caboose was standing
still, and that in a few minutes the night
express following us would be due. I
hurriedly gave - orders to a brakeman to
go back and stop the coming train.—
Mary .having become exhausted by the
excitement consequent to the novelty of
her poliition, had gone to sleep in a snug
corner of the caboose, and, giving her a
hasty shake, and explaining to her the
danger to which we were exposed, I.
rushed forward to urge the engineer to
renewed exertions. It was then I dis
covered that the train had broken in
two, and the forward portion was no
where to be seen. I peered into the
storm, but could not even see a spark
from the locomotive; and the intense
darkness of the night added considera
bly to the other dangers by which we
were surrounded.
" On one side of the train arose high
cliff's and beetling rocks, which in open
day would have made a person giddy to
behold. On the ether, a Vast, black,
bottomless chasm, seemed to yawn im
patiently for the morsel of human and
dead freight on its banks.
"To add to the horror, I could hoar
the night express thunderingalong near
er to us than I supposed the man had
gone whom I had sent out to stop it.—
And then I realized that some accident
must have befallen him. No time could
now be lost. Nearer and nearer came
the train, loaded with human beings,
who, in another instant, would be dash
ed to atoms down the steep embankment
of the river. I lost all care of self, and
only thought of the fearful responsibil
ity of the loss of, so many lives resting
orr my head, a self-accusation which
was unnecessary, as I could be in / no
manner to blame for the circumstance.
I knew what the verdict of the counnu
laity would be in case of accident, and
the most oppressive thoughts crowded
through my mind in the short space of
time in which I ran towards the train.
Fortunately my ears had deceived me
as to the distance of the night express
from the caboose, and I was enabled to
get far enough to prevent a serious cala
mity, could I but attract the attention
of the engineer. But in my hurry I
stumbled over one of the rails and pitch
ed forward with much violence, the skin
being torn from my hands and knees
and my lamp becoming extinguished.
Then it was that despair for the first
time took possession of me. The pas
sengers could not be saved, and my Ma
ry would meet a horrible and revolting
fate. My first impulse was to lie still
on the track, and thus at once end all
the regrets that would follow me thro'
life, should the accident which I dread
ed take place. But self-preservation
and a last hope got the better of my
cowardice, and stepping to the side of
the track, and picking up my lamp, I
merely had time to hurl it through the
window of the engine house, when
from the intensity of my
.feelings, I
sunk exhausted on the ground.
" I have but little more to add, gen
tlemen. I should have been frozen to
death had I remained where I fall
en. But a feW men from the night ex
press had returned to search for the per
son who had given the signal, had found
me, and placing nie in a warm car 'I
soon revived. - I then learned that the
energy with which I had thrown the
lamp bad aroused the engineer to a sense
of his danger, and immediately whist
ling down break, he was enabled to save
both trains. Beyond the breaking of
the cow-catcher of his engine and a few
drawheads in the trains no damage was
incurred.
,A.by own engineer having arrived at
his next regular stopping place, discov
ered:his loss, and putting his cars on a
side switch came back cautiously to
where he had left us, and in the course
of the next day We arrived safely at the
place of our destination. The man
whom I had sent to flag the night ex
press, was discovered the next morning
by the trackmen at the bottom of the
gully near the river's edge. He was
frozen to death. His lamp becoming
extinguished, he had made a - misstep,
and was precipitated down thesteep em
bankment.
" Beyond a slight scare, and some anx
iety for my personal safety until she
again saw me, my wife was uninjured.
On the anniversary -of the occurrence,
however, the remembrance of the dan
gers through which we passed comes vi
vidly before me, and being about to take
the road to-night in a similar storm, had
called up recollections that made me
gloomy. However, boYs, ' Richard is
himself again "
And so saying, Dan entered fully into
the amusements of his companions, un
til the time arrived for each man to at
tend to his duty or seek repose.
CHOOSING A PHYSICIAN
There is an eastern story of a certain
prince who had received from a fairy
the faculty of not only assuming what
ever appearance he thought proper, but
of discerning the wandering . spirits of
the departed. He had long labored un
der a painful chronic disease, that none
of the court physicians, ordinary or ex
traordinary, could relieve ; and he re
solved to wander about the streets of his
capital until he could find some one,
regular or irregular, who could alleviate
his sufferings. For this purpose he don
ned the garb of a dervish.
As he was passing through one of the
principal streets, he was surprised to see
it so thronged with ghosts that, had
they still been inhabitants of their for
mer earthly tenements,. they most
have obstructed the thoroughfare. But
what was his amazement and dismay,
when he saw that they were all grouped s
with anxious look round the door of his
royal father's physician, haunting, no
doubt, the man to whom they attribu
ted their untimely , doom.
Sliocked with the sight, he hurried to
another part of the city, where resided
another physician of the court, holding
the second rank in fashionable estima
tion. Alas! his gateway was also,,sur
rounded with reproachful departed pa
tients. Thunderstruck at such 4 dis
covery, and returning thanks to the
prophet that he was in being, despite
the practice of these great men, he re
solved to submit all the other renowned
practitioners to a similar visit; and he
was grieved to find that the scale of
ghosts kept pace with the scale of their
medical rank.
Heart-broken and despairing of a
cure, he was slowly sauntering back to
the palace, when, in ah obscure street,
and on the door of an humble dwelling,
he read a doctor's name. One single
solitary ghost, leaning his despondent
cheek upon his fleshless hand, was seat
ed on the doctor's steps.
" Alas !" exclaimed the prince, " it is,
then, too true that humble merit with
ers in the shade, while ignorance inha
bits golden mansions. This poor neg
lected doctor, who has but one unlucky
case to lament, is then the only man in
whom I can place confidences"
He rapped; the door was Opened by
the doctor himself, a venerable old man,
not rich enough, perhaps, to keep a -do
mestic to answer his unfrequent calls.
His white locks and flowing beard add
ed to the confidence which his situation
had inspired. The elated youth then
related at full length all his complicated
ailments, and the still more complicated
treatments, to which he had in vain
been submitted.
The sapient physician was not liberal
enough to say that the prince's attend
ants had all been in error, since all man
kind may err; but his sarcastic smile,
the curl of his lips, and the dubious
shake of his hoary head, most eloquently
told his anxious patient that he consid
ered his former physicians an ignorant
murderous set of upstarts, only fit to de
populate a community. With a trium
phant look lie promised a cure, and „,,o;ave
his overjoyed patient a much valued
prescription, which he carefully confi
ded to his bosom ; after which he ex
pressed his gratitude by pouring upon
the doctor's table a purse of golden se
quins, which made the old man's blink
ing eyes shine as brightly as the coin he
beheld in wondrous delight.
His joy gave suppleness to his rigid
spine ; and after bowing the prince out
in the most obsequious manner, he ven
tured to ask him one humble.,question
"By what good luck, by what kind
planet, have you been recommended to
seek my advice ?"
The prince naturally asked the reason
of so strange a question, to which the
worthy doctor replied :
" Oh sir, because I considered myself
the most unfortunate man in Bagdad
until this moment ; for I have been set
tled in this noble and wealthy city for
the last fifteen years, and have only
been able to obtain one single patient."
" Ah!" cried the prince hi despair,
" then it must be that poor solitary, un
happy looking ghost, that is now sitting
on your steps."
Eloquent and Patriotic Iftemarks by
Speaker Colibz;
"Loyal wen only should govern a rescued re
public."
The Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker
of the U. S. House of -Representatives,
was serenaded at Washington on Mon
dayniglat'of last week, by citizens of
Indiana, and acknowledged the com
pliment in the following speech :
" I have no doubt that you, like my
self, rejoice with exceeding great joy,
and are prouder to-day of being citizens
of this great country than ever before.
There was a:time in this land of ours,
when slavery was regarded as the corner.
stone of American institutions. Thank
God that time has passed, and we build
henceforth on a foundation of liberty.
[Applause.] To-day, under the legisla
tion of the American Congress, in tle
great Republic shaped by the geograph
of a continent, and washed by the w -
ter of the two great oceans of the globe,
there is no person, rich or poor, high or
humble, learned or unlearned, who does
not live in security under the protection
of equal laws. [Applause.] lam prou
der to-day, also, of the great Union or
ganization of which I have been a mem
ber, than ever before. Its history is no
bly written in the history of our coun
try.[
Administrations. and Congresses and
parties may pass away, but the record
which the great party has made will
-shine with brighter glory on our coun
try's page than any other in the annals
of our history. - When the great rebell
ion broke out, and when our ship of
State rocked in a fearful storm and was
threatened by a terrible mutiny, the
Union organization stood unflinchingly
by our noble President, the martyred
Lincoln, in his determination to crush
the conspiracy and preserve the Govern
ment intact, and when it was prophe
sied to us by false tongues, who at the
same time shouted "no coercion," that
the rebellion could not be subjugated,
the Union loving people of the country,
forming into a mighty phalanx, deter
mined that it should be !
When your armies needed reinforce
ments, they took voluntarily upon them
selves the odium of conscription laws
and drafts, because they were necessary
for the country ! When the treasury
needed to be filled, they took upon them
selves the responsibility and odium of
tax laws, that our flag might be kept
flying in the field. They did this rely
ing upon the justice of their cause, and
went before the people and triumphed.
The enactments of that great party are
imperishable. In 1862, the capital was
disgraced by slavery, but they delter
rained that henceforth it should be free,
and with unwavering fidelity to princi
ple they placed upon the statute book
that law which never can be and never
shall be repealed, that in this capital
should be no slave. [Applause.]
In 1863, our noble and great-hearted
President issued his proclamation of
emancipation, striking with the battle
axe of the Union that powerful element
of rebel strength, and the Union party
of the country stood by him, determined
to give that proclamation vitality, as
they did by an endorsement of the peo
ple in the winter of 1864-5, when the
ci ti
constitutional amen men t was proposed,
in the Qongress of e United States,
banishing slavery fo ver from the coun4
try, as an unclean flung,. and declaring
that henceforth and forever it should be
the home of the free.
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NO. 17.
That great organization again and uni
tedly rallied to its support, and placed
that amendment on the statute laook,
and it is now the supreme law of the
land.
Again, in this great year 1866, in the
Senate chamber and in the Representa
tive hail, they have placed by over
whelming majorities that Civilfßights
bill on your statute book, which declares
that every one born on American Soil
shall have a birthright as an American
citizen. That law, misrepresented as It
has been by its opponents in Congress,
will never be repealed, and in the years
that are coming it win be the proudest
recollection and the gowning honor of
those men who stood up in the national
councils, that they gave to that Ameri
can Magna Charta their cordial support.
And why should there be objections to
a law like that.
Every one born on the soil of the Re
public owes to it allegiance—and is it
not the reciprocal duty of the Republic
to give him its protection ? Henceforth
wherever ha this land a person shall be
oppressed or outraged, or his rights
t hh el d=wl2 erever tyranny may shake
its scepter over him—he has but to turn
to the national flag and the national
Government for that protection which
the Congress of the United States has
ordained is his right. [Applause.] We
are sometimes asked (and I know with
what solicitude•the American 'people re
gard it) why the work of reconstruction
has been unreasonably delayed.
The President of the United StOtes, in
eight months between the collapse of
the rebellion and the opening of this
Congress, was engaged in the work, in
that policy which seemed to him the
most fitting, and the Congress has been
engaged for the past four months in col
lecting testimony, in comparing opin
ions, and in action, to lay the founda
tions of that plan of reconstruction
which shall make our Union eternal as
the ages. [Applause.]
But they have already in past years
initiated a policy of reconstruction. In
18611 they placed on the statute book the
first law indicating their policy of re
construction.
The law known as the test oath, de
claring that no man should be eligible
for any federal office who could not
swear that he had not voluntarily , borne
arms against the Union, and had not
voluntarily given aid and comfort to
bloody conspiracy and treason—that
law was well understood by.the Ameri
can people, South as well as North. No
one expected that then, when the rebel
lion had its armies in the field against
the Union, any one could come knock
ing at-the doors of Congress claiming
to represent the States of Alabama, AfFii
sissippi, Georgia, North or South Caro
lina, Florida, or Texas. But it was be
lieved, that when the rebellion should
end, the men who had insultingly turn
ed their backs on Congress and spurned
their seats ; who had killed the Union
defenders, and thought to capture this
capital, would, with the assurance of
older times, demand that they should
govern the country which they had in
effectually attempted to ruin ; and that
test oath was placed there as the flaming
sword at the gate of Eden, to warn such
men that till there were fruits meet for
repentance, or bonds for future good be
havior, there was no place in those pre
cincts for them. [Cheers.]
Again, the policy of reconstruction
was indicated by Congress in the winter
of 1864-65, when it passed nearly unan
imously, and without yeas and nays, a
joint resolution that the Vice President,
in assorting the presidential votes,
should not count the electoral votes of
any State that had been engaged in the
rebellion. That was intended to pro
claim that until Congress removed their
disqualification by laws restoring them
to their rights, they should stand back.
Congress has, therefore, by these two
striking enactments, indicated its policy
of reconstruction.
But the Constitution has in still plain
er language declared where the responsi
bility of reconstruction should rest. it
has declared that every State shall be
guaranteed a republican form of gov
ernment; and in a subsequent section
it declares that Congress shall have
power to make all laws necessary_ and
proper to carry into execution all the
powers vested in it, or in any depart
ment or officer of the Government,—
This was intended to declare that Con
gress is' the only law-making power of
this land ; and by the Constitution to
Congress, and to it alone, must we look
for legalized reconstruction.
The President of the United States,
in his proclamation last May appointing
provisional Governors, declared that the
States which had been in rebellion were
without civil government. That was a
fact as palpable as the stars when, they
shine in the heavens. My regret is—
for I must speak plainly to-night—that
Congress was not at that time called to
gether. TI believe it would have has
tened the work of reconstruction, I be
lieve that Congress and the President,
by his. approval of their legislation,
would have united last summer on a
policy, of reconstruction which would
have been acceptable to both branches
of the Government, and in which the
South, seeing this concurrent action,
would have acquiesced.
The Constitution of the United States
declares that the President, on extraor
dinary occasions, may convene Con
gress, and it has always seemed to me
that last April was an extraordinary QC
casion. The President of the U. States,.
had been murdered by a rebel conspire r .
tor, and the Vice President had assumed
the presidential functions. The rebell
ion had seen its flag trampled In the
dust, and its armies had surrendered.—
It seemed to me that if ever there was
an extraordinary occasion, this was one.
But the President—and I recognize his
full constitutional authority to decide
this question—deemed that it was not
expedient to call Congress together, and
went on himself with the work of re
construction.
I believe he entered upon and procee
ded with that work patriotically, and
that he thought as an experiment, It
would be well to test it before- congr
reassembled. lam confirmed in this
belief by the messages which he sent to
the Governors of Florida and "liiiagissip
pi stating that their restoration would
depend on Congress; but Idonotthink
it resulted in devdloping loyalty at the
South.
Congress at last convened on the first
Monday in December la.st. It could not
convene earlier, for it had no power to
meet {until its regular session, unless,
convened by the President.
It appointed a committee to examine
the condition of the lte Confederate
States, and it was only one short month
ago that it received official documents
from the Executive departments, which
enabled it to know what tlanspired du-
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