64e cop 4r/omit aotat. Is Published spray Wedn esdaye Homing; at V. - latuxisbly In a COBB & VAN GELDER. x. a. coax.) IP. C. TAX on z. .A.r.tr£11.2`213:1 , 70 . 1t..1162=113. Trat L! or Mums, oa ins, NM on Rams ia:l7 ....uts.4 • Mos. $ 2 , 00 S 2 A IO $ 15 , 1 :q 2,00 3,00 4,00 4,001 io,a3 15,00, 17,001 22.00 18,00 20.00 1 80.00 1 40,001 1K Ono Col. Enemas Csrda inserted st-the sat. of One s Uns per year; but none tnr leo stun than PAD. ea s Sperfal notices, Fifteen Cents per line; Editorii or Local Hakes, Twenty Cents per line." BUSINESS DIRECTORY. W. D. TERBELk. & CO., WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, rind dealers In Wall Paper, Kerosene Lampe, Window Glass, Perfumery, Paints and Oils, Ito , Corning, N. Y., Jan 1,1868.—1 y. W. A. PUMA' Si:WI I. IWITCIIILL. NICHOLS & MITOUELL, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW Office formerly occupied by James Lowre, Req li?sr. A. Nicnor.s. Jona I. ArtrcueL W•Usboro, Jan. 1,1866—1 y. WILLIAM H. toffirn,— ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Insnrante, Bounty and Pension Agenoy, Mein Street Wellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1866. S. F. WlLs?' WILSON & NILES, ATTORNEYS.c COUNSELORS AT LAW, (First door from Bigoney'o, on the Avenne)— Will attend to business entrusted to their can in the counties of Twin and Potter. Weßibero, Jan. 1, ma. - • F. W. OLARIC, TTOILSKY AT LAW—Mazutfield, Tioga co., Pa. May 9,1866-1 y GEORGE WAGNER, TAILOR. Shop first door north of L. A. Sears's Shoe Shop. jir.Cutting, Fitting, and Repair. ing done promptly and well. Wellabor°, Pa., Jan. 1,1866.—1 y. JOHN B. SHANSPEARE, DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop one door above Smith's Law Office- pair Catting, Pitting, and Repairing done promptly and in best style. Welleboro, Pa.. Jan. 1,1866—1 y JOHN 1. MITCHELL GENT for the collection of bounty, back pay jok and pensions due soldiers from, the Govern ment. oMco with Richole and Miiebell, Wolfe. boro, , Pa. m3O, '66 y GAZIEMSON7 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, sad lasulases Agent, Ebensburg, Pa., over Caldwell's Store. • IZAAK WALTON HOUSE, Gaines, Tina Oanaty, Pa. H. C. VERAILLYEA, PROPRIETOR. This is ■ Dew hotel located within noel access of the best fishing and bunting grounds in North. ern Pannsylrania. No pains will be spared for the apoommodation of pleasure meakers and the travning publlo. [Jan. 1, 1816.] Pennsylvitnia, House; AMABWL FCLZLETT PROPIKIIETcat. rp}llB poialar tWel has been lately renovated and re. I. furnished, and no 1/41011 veil be spared to render Its hospltalltlss eoceptable to patrons. • Welsher°, May P. INIS. - PETROLEI7III 11017 SE, WESTFIELD, PA., GEORGE CLOSE, Propri etor. A new Hotel conducted on the principle of live and let live, for the accommodation of the public.—Nov. 14, 1131113.—1 y. S.O. STRANG. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Any business entrust ed to hie care will receive prompt attention. Encrrville, Pa., 13c0v.14, 1866.—5 t vso. w. RTON, At9TOSNEY , C r :IINSELOR AT Ld W, Yaw roaorndlle Bounty, Pension, and Inin; Tim Co., Pa. anoe Agent. Collections promptly attended to. Odin 9d door below Ford Boom Doc. 12, 1886-1 y C: F. SWAN; AGENT for the Lycoming County' Insurance Company, at Ttoga, Pa. June LI, 181511.-3 m, FARR'S HOTEL, TIOCIA, TIOCSA' COUNTY, Goad stabling, attached, and an attentive hos tler always in attendance. E. S. FARR , Proprietor. UNION HOUSE [Formerly Hert's Hotel ] • MIN OR WA TKINS, Proprietor. nits house to stunted on i Moin Street, in Wetisboro, and is surrounded *itb beautiful shade trees, and hos all the necessary accommodations for loan and beast —ang. 22, ly Blacksmith and Farrier. JOSEPIi fI tdANLY would inform the citizens of WeHebert, and vicinity that he has leased the old Mack stand, on Water street, lately cm. copied by Mr. Bluer , where be may he found prepared to shoe horses and oxen, and do all work pellaining to hts trade. Lie also is a prac tical Fattier, and will treat horses for diseases October 24. I 8615- tf Hairdressing Jr Shaving Saloon over Wilcox & larker's Store, Well"- bore, Pa. Particular attention paid to Ladies Hair-cutting, Shampooing, *sing, etc. Braid', Pale, coils, and atrichea on blind and mod. to or der. Nr.'IBIINSOK. H. W. DORSEY GOLD reeeived op deposite. (or ar bleb ceMiC cetamill be Woad, gearing interert in gold. E. W. CL/ilitK k CO, Bankers, No lb south Third street, Phila. De BACON; AL a, late of Uie 2d Pa. Cavalry, after Essay font years or army 'service, with It law . es paaesea lE flald arid hospital practice, ima opened an allien for the practice of sue&lne and surgery, i¢ aU its branches. Persons fnmo a distance out And ^ood hoartUng at the Pennsylvania note l when davir— Will slut any part of the State in consultation or to iarturta surgical operatiaLle. S 0 4, Unidis Shi rk-, stairs. A - 41.0,am. Pa., May 2,1860.—1 y. NEW PICTURE GALLERY.— - PRANK SPENCER has the pleasure to inform the citizens of Tiogs connty that be has completed his NEW pfIOTOGRAPIL GALLERY, and is on hand to take all kinds of Sun Pictures, such so eitsbrorypes, Ferrotypes, Vignettes,Certes de Visite, th e Surprise end Eureka Pictures; sled particular attention paid- to copying and enlarg ing pictures. • Instructions given in the Arc on reasonable terms. Elmira St., Mansfield, Oet 1, 15613. ATTENTION SOLDIERS. ur si. B. SMITH, Knorrille, Tinge County, Vl' Pa, (11. S. licensed Agent, and Attorney fur soldiers and their friends throughout all the loyal &taw) will prosecute and collect with un rivalled theme, SOLDIERS' CLAIMS AND DUES of all kind.. Alto, any other kind of claim against the Government before any of the De partments or in Congress. Terms moderate, All commaatoation a seat to the above address will re. calve prompt attention. Jan. 17, 18156. 114,84 a, C. N. DART T, yirOtTLD say to the public that he i. r trmq _ needy located in Wellabore, (Of fre ,t his residence, -cur the Land Office and Enh.,..1, 4 1 Church) where he will continue to do nil kinds or work nodded to his care. pel•Otetting complete sattifaction where (he chill of tie Dentist rim evall to the management of cases peculiar to the canonic 114 will forniAh ARTIFICIAL TEETH, Evt on any mulerix! flrqirtel. FILLING it EXTRACTING TERTH, attended to on phorteit notice, and dare in the Le.t and rowit approved ityle. TEEIU EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAW by tho tha woo of Aniestheties which are per fectly harinlooe, and will be adtoinietcrod errs} •haw dewed. WOlobar° Jan. 1, 1866-Iy. _ _ _ MUSICAL INSTROMRNTS.—J. B. Shahs. pit.tr, dealer in Decker & Brother and flames & Brothers piines, Mason tr. Betel% cab men organs, Trent, Linsey & Co. melodeons, and ail B. Elhaninger melodeons. Room over J. R. Bowen's store. Sept. 12, 1855. _ „ „ . „... . .... . I ..-----, ^-,. I .IX) a 1 ..."•............-- 7 ‘-----'-' + - -- • . - Thi 1 ,, ~ ) ....., ...„..... ~..., , . .. . i , , Is t , . t i 1 ot( 0 , . 4,1 t]t..t ilt iv . ,--....(k ( k J . (t t, ~.... . ..„. ._ Aar \ (4,00 , .. . H w 113.00 . 6 0 A0 '. • TH : ..i. " The. . .a..g.i.tfittcbrii. of 'Theraasiil jet ,the 33esiziamiax6 or . VlTliseie•xx.r , Dol. " .:- , . 1r - -- f'- -77-- •- * • : _ , , \';/ VOL XIV* .i VITELLSBORO, PA., JANUARY 30, 1887. AO EI 1 .10 , 190 00i 90. John W. Guerniie*, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Efavii4 returned to this county with a view of making it his permanent residence, solicits a. share of public patronage. All business en trusted to his care will be attended to with promptness and fidelity. Ol!held door south of E. S. Farr's hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa. sept. 26.'66.—tf. WELLSBORO HOTEL (Corner Main arca and the 4venue.) • Wittesono, Pe. B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor THIS is one of the most popular Housetrin the county. i rhis Hotel is the principal Stage-house in We'labor°. Stages leave daily, as follows : For Tioga, at 10 a. m. ; For Troy, at 8 a. m.; For Jersey Shore every Tnesday and Friday at 2 p. m.; For Coudersport, every Monday and Thursday-it 2p. m.. STAGES ARRIO-,-Frota Tinge, at 1314 0404 . p. From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. Fromm Je rsey Shore; Tuesday and Friday 11 a: on. t From Coudersport, Monday and ThandaY 11 Mm. N. B.—Jimmy Cowden, the-well-known host.' ler, will be found on baud. Welbboro, JaMl; 18116-:ly.' J. B. NiLcs _ W. D. LANtik . DEALSR IY • DRUGS, MEDICINES, BOOKS AND STATIONERY, PATENT MEDICINES, Perfumery, Musical Instruments and Musical Iderchsadistkof aD kinds, Fancy Goods of all kinds, &c. " MANSFIELD, PA. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded October 31, 1866.-6 m. THE THIRD LOT New Spring Goods, JUST RECEIVED AT . VAN NAME & WICKHAM'S, NIVE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW end well selected stook of goods, which we are selling very LOW FOR CASH OR REJDY PAY. Good yard wide shooting for heavy yard wide sheeting for Delainet, Standard prints from OTHER GOODS IN We else keep coneiantly on band a choice FM2IB GROCERIES, FLOUR, POltii, &o„ At very low figures. - May 30, 1866 NEW WINTER 60011S1' AT REDUCED PA7CES. Great Indueenients to the Public! NJT haviatt a big stock of OLD GOODS "th' shove off at auction, I am enabled to, take advantage of the primal, low prices, cod am rea dy to supply the public with a splendid' stoth of NEW SPRING DRY GOODS, LATEST Styled, purchased to accommodate- chi,' mar Particular *attrition 10-diin . i;ted - to my di sit-Ale *Wilt ,tifledieit' DRESS GOODS, Alpaccas, Ptiplititi;Ptinfs, D riioea, &c., &c. Added to tr'hieti I tun l citriptini a large and splendid etuek GROCERIES, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS and CAPS. &e., &C., &z., &c.. at prices to iuit the 1,000,000, at Ongood'e old stand, Wei Moro, Pa. C. B. KELLEY. April 4,1666. LAWRENCEVILLE -DRUG. STORE. TEE anderajwied hadpgparcl aced vIP/Fre--Miller; will keep a fall 'tack of DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PATENT MEDICINE'S, PAINTS, OILS, Dye Soar. Kerosene Oil and Groceries, Was will be sold at ax low priceasts any other earth- - lishment in 'the - country for cash. C. P. LEONARD. Lawrenceville, Nov. 3,18 e - To the Farmers of Toga County. siLAM now building at my temnufactory in Lawrence. ne. a sdporsOt 4 . FANNING MILE, which poiseuil pi* following edvantAiimonor another 1. It soweres oats, rat litter and foul seeds, and chessand cockle, from wheat. 2. It cleans iscsaed, take. ant yellow seed, and ►lt other semis, perfectly. - . 3, It cleans timothy sad ' It does all other saparatiog required of a mill. This tolli Is built of the hest and most durable ttm• bar, In good aryl*, and Is sold cheap for mask, or pro - dace. I will St a patent for separating oats Cron wbeat, to other =Ms, on reasonable terms. J. IT MATHER. LaterenceeMe.Octoberlo, ams-tf AVE YOUR GREENBACKS 1 AND CALL OETEN AT Nast & Auerbach's CHEM..; CASH STORE. EiLOSP,BCRO. PA, Where you can always tied 413 llest AMAMI *tech of DOMESTIC et FA NOY DRY s Ajoopp6, • LL CLOTHS, NOTION S : ,RE2I,DY•' MADE CLOTRING, - Mannflictifrodinder their uteri peivisicat. ; Ovite fitrwiskiag good., tke., &it. - In thelrmarchand tailoring eitablhibutriat thiy . de w l t t rompien ;,., W tesingTheban USW blur * of Shut all and an experteuced cutter, 1r.3 H. P. Et ~,n. [feb2l LADIES' SETS from $1.50 to 330, at deel9 FOLET'S or TIOGA, PA EMI! MEM [TEE SPECIAL NOTICE! READY-MADE CLOTHING FOR THE MULTITUDE OVER COATS! OVER COATS! HEAVY BUSINESS SUITS; FINE BL'K - SUITS, DRESS SUITS OF ALL QRADES. : : FURNISHING GOODS IN -G'RRAT VA- RTETY. "Z- ._.-I Is fully stocked with the choicest and newest styles of Garments, equal in Style, workmanship_ and material to the beet custom work, both fur ' BEAUTY OF FIT, QUALITY & ECON- 014 Y IN PRICE ebip be antirrianted NEW STYLE'S CONTINUALLY RE AIL thi untie sold, at the • 7 1X)N°4 - ST QASIi PRIDES undertike - Agiiiitor''PriziAig Office, neat doc;rio Roy'► Drag Store. Patented May 29, 1866 MIMS is an article for washing without rubbing, ex. rapt in very dirty places, which will require a very slight rub, and unlike other preparations offered for a Me purpose, wax Nor for mu ctorurs, but will leave them much watrui than ordihary methods, without the maid wear and tear. It removes grease spots es if by magic, and softens the dirt by soaking, so that rinsing will In ordinary eases entirely remove it. This powder is prepared to ACCOrtiALCO with chemical science, and upon a process peculiar to itself, which is secured by Letters Patent. It has been in use for more than a year, and hue proved itself an universal favorite wherever It has been awl. Among the advantages claimed are the following, viz It saves all the expense of map tumidly need on cot ton and linen goods. /tinsel most of tho labor of rubbing, and wear and tear. Also, for cleaning windows it is uniurpassed With one quarter the labor and expense usually required, it Imparts a beautiful glows and luster, touch superior to any other mode. No water required except to moisten the powder. , . , . Directions with each package. - And cad be readily appreciated b'y elngle * trint The cost of washing fora family of Dee or sic persons will not exceed amass arms. • . • The manufacturers of this powder are aware that many melees compounds hare been Introduced to the public which hate rotted the cloth, or fulled in remov. leg the dirt; but booting the intrtneie excellence of this article, they contideatly proclaim it as being adapt ed to meat a demand which has lobe existed, and Which b.s bretotore remained onsepplied. Manufactured by B.OVVE /c STEVENS, 280. Broadway, Boston. Also, mantfecttEtrs Of fatally dye colors. For sale b.O gmers and dealers evorxn-h.ro. oetl7, 'EE 3m Clifut 'Agency. ILI EMT SHERWOODg .1 3. HARRISON la Any's, will collect }WONT'S% RENclonll, and all other claims against the Government. Under the provisions of late acts of Congress $lOO Rxtra Bounty will he paid fireviry three years' man who served out hie full time, or was wounded in service, or was discharged hy-reasoo of the termination of the war, and to die widows] ininoe. children or pa rents of three - yeirs Med," :145(ri ititraillount*-- - will be paid to all two yearremen,and their heirs under like circumstances, end to tbraii years' men who served tercriiiire of their enlistment. _ . . _ no ease will any extra boubly: be paid what niers, than;sloo has been, previously paid. -fie claim will be entertained unless presented under RUL111: - ASID RaDDLATIONS itrned by the War Department e.ept. 22, 1866. - The Department will receive claims from Oot. 1, 1966, until April 1,1867. luesee of claims by parents under late aria of Congress for bounty, the FATHER and hinninktetiet both join in the IpereEisi Pinsipn. ' :sl.s'ptir month to every Invnlid Pentioner to taper mouth for each child under /6 years of igeof widow_ Pensioners. rees for procurhig,Extra bounty, $6 .lnercare Pension, Edo "...; collection th44th or Sept, cod 4th of . March payment+, of Pepsions,...... El • COBBLER'S EMPORIUM . • `B.Rhi,JAMIN SEEI:BY, shoe : --- maker, over • Jostottie Smith's store eb „, m ad on Main Street, would just say to - - ,the Shoeleas and Bootless—that is, , . • . that portion of them who hared° dialed, to change their condition—that he is now prepared to manufacture coarse gentle men's fine Boots, or lino gentlemen's COO3OO Boots in . astaingling a manner, and at as deas rates ea. any other establishment this side of .Whitney's Comma. Anything In the line of Shoemaking or Cobbling wiU be admirably.ttotohed on the shortest : notice. Don't -examine nly work; _it won't, beu inspection; but "go it .blind.' Be. member the place, next door, to Zhakspeare's Taller Shop.' - _ :13.-_SBELEY. • . - - - , .For .Sale. - APAB4II Of :one inutdred and tlfty acres - near Bloubarg, fifty acres cleared and the bal. knee timber lead; about SO acres river bottom, raiirmnA running through it, house, barn and ap ple orchard thereon. Also, twenty-six acres near Cherry Flatts, about eight acres cleared_ and the balance cov ered witti"pine and other timber, a 'house and a few trait trees thereon.. .Also, a house and lot in Weßebore. • Apply by letter or otherwise to E. 11. Wetmole, near Blau berg on' the premiere, or to the subscriber at Welisboro. ED. WETMORE. Dee. 5, 1886—tt PRESERVE YOUR. TEETH. -r H. RANDALL, Surgeon Dentist,.wouldne t/ pectf ally inform tbo citizens of Tiogti, Law reseevilleoind vicinities that he has located per manently at 'Siege (office over Taller's:l3)ms Store) where he may be found the first three weeka of each mouth, and will bo at Lawrenceville the last week In each Month at the resident., of Chas. Van. gorder. . - . Particular attention given to the treatment of of all &senses of the Teeth, Gums, and Alveolar procest, - - - , Oleaning,Ffiling 11. Extracting Teeth and to regulate irregular Teeth in young persons. Also, especial attention given to Fitting Artificial Teeth, Palates, and obdurators on any hind of plate desired. Ancesthetics administered and Teeth Extracted without pain In every cave where it may be eon. sideredadviaable. All work will be done with promptness, and warranted, and •tpricae consistent with the times. . . Let every one call who may need or with for good looking sett of teeth. _ _ ===EMI A DMIIIISTRATOR'S NOTlCE.—Letlers of A Isdattnlstration on the estate of Hiram Saxton, late of Tioga, decM, hare been granted to the subscriber, all persons itlebted_to the said Estate are requested to make immediate pay ment, and those having Claims or demands against the estate of the said decedent, should make the same known to JNO. L MITCHELL, Adm'r. Wellsboro, Dee. 19, 1866-6w* Stied Vottrg. I love the man whose honest heart Will bravely dare and bravely do; Who will not sia the coward's part, ' Bat, strong in right, the right pursue; Whosp knee bends pever'at the nod Of titled pomp or regal power, Ifilt bows alone before his God, With hope his crown and love hip dower Who (tares to face a world of scorn, And dares a brother's hand to span, Though dark the akin and rough the form - If gat that brother be a man ; Who strikes where'er a wrong is found, is = And brands a tyrant to Ills face; 'Nereourta applause, an empty sound, . ':,But firmly treads in virtue's trace. 'such are the men who've stemmed the tide, Who clove the troy through giant wrong, And fought triumphant, side by side, ' - 'Mid perils deep and troubles long ; !Their martyred forms are thickly strewn On many an ancient held of crime; 'Vtit.iieds of truth they've widely BOW; TO blossom rich in coming time. Amid those armies of the dead Whose legions pale and silent. lie, Their lives a passikfragranee shed, • Their' names, immortal, ne'ersball die. Disztliantous. N. ASHER ON DUTY AS A SPY - "Where is Sergeants—?" I heard a voice exclaim on the morning after My ride with the commodore's despatch. I was feeling very stiff, and but tittle refreshed with my slumbers, as I open ed my eyes and saw a head poked into the tent Which I recognised as that of - our- orderly sergeant. "Get up at once," he says, "General P—has sent for you. The bugles have sounded hours ago, and all the camp has been astir forsome time. I didn't know you had returned from your trip, for we all thought that most likely you would get shot on the road. The orderly says that `Old Bull Dog'—(the name by which the commander of our corpswas known) —is swearing like a trooper this morn ing, and in a thundering rage, so you had better look sharp." In a few min utes I was on my way to headquarters-- first however, going to saddle my little horse, but I found, to my sorrow, that poor Punch was so stiff that he could hardly move., So I jumped on one of the extras, ad was soon in the Gener al's presence.' He had a far from ami able look, and when I was shown into the room, was abusing a colonel of vol unteers. It must have been a blessing to the colonel, my arrival. "Who arc you?" the General said, when he saw me standing to attention. "Sergeant R—" I replied, "wham you sent for." "Oh, you are, are you? Very well, sergeant, I want you to cross the river to-night with Lieutenant Wilkins and a couple of men, and report to mit - ttie number of the enemy's guns at—, and any force that they may have col lected there. If you do as well as you did last night I'll remember you. Now go, and come up here again at five 0,- clock with two good men w hom you can depend upon." I went back to the camp, had in breakfast, reported to the captain that I was detailed for special servioi that night, looked at my horse (who I very much feared was crippled), walked him about a little to loosen his joints, and began to think whom I should select to take with me on my expedition. A host of names presented themselves, but the owners thereof were either too rash or too cautious for this risky ser vice.. I was wondering whom to choice when my friend Scott came up to the picket road for his team. If he'd only go,- hOwas the very man Yes, he 'was right' enough for anything; and so I booked him for one. There was an Englishman in another company whom I secured, and at five o'clock precisely, the trio were all mounted, and at the place appointed. The lieutenant, who was waiting our arrival, sprang on his horse and motioning us to follow, we started on a trot down the Missouri bank of the Mississippi. I did not like the look of this officer at all' He rode ahead of us as if he was too proud to speak to, any one who bad no shoulder straps on, and seemed to lack that manly, eon fidetdial feeling towards us which those who are sent on a dangerous errand usually exhibited one to another. To keep aloof in this way was evidence of a mean spirit ; and this, coupled with a peculiarly sneaking look he had about. him, induced me to conclude he was either a fool or a coward. Once I tried to speak to him about our arrangements, and he only replied b}r - sa,ying it would be time enough for me to speak when spoken to. "He's adonkey, said Scott, and if he does not behave himself we will go on our own hook I" "Cuss him," said Tom Robinson "I'll warrant he's not up td the work. r , For sixteen miles we rode along the river side, every now and then plunging into the fields to es cape observation from tne rebel gun boats. At the end of that distance we came to some heavy woods, into which ,we penetrated for about half h mile, when wearrit-ed at a small creek, and dismounted, hitched our horses to the tretn - , - iiiid - Sat'dciwii - Welting for orders, our officer keeping a long way off from his men. It gotquite dark, and a heavy fog Settled upon the Mississippi, so ihat a boat could not he seen from the opposite shore any distance from the land. A long time we waited, until I grew so impatient that, putting a bold face on the matter, I went up to our commander and asked him when we had better cross. . "I don't reel very well, sergeant," he said; "I think that I hurt myself on the ride down. We ought to be off new l" Looking him very hard in the faee I saw that he was as pale as a sheet, so said, "You are right, air; you are very ill and unfit to cross. Perhaps you will wait until our return. I can let you know everything that passes,. and' you can report from our account." "Thank yott," he said, very humbly ; "ram hardly equal for the work, but still I will go with. you." He was trembling violently, and I knew that be was afraid; but then, if be would go, and knew the danger and willing to enter upon the risk, it would be a_ triumph over himself. He is a brave man, I thought, who feels the danger and encounters it. So I pitied rather than scorned him, as I had done before, and went at once to set about getting our canoe ready. None of us felt very hopeful as to the success of our trip. What a pity it was that Lieuten ant,. Roberts was- none of our party! Three times had the brave fellow crossed the stream to spike - the guns, and on the third he was shot in the attempt. .A. gallant young soldier he was, and worthier of a better fate. Softly weput out of the little creek into the main stream. How quickly. Scott used the paddle. "Turn her bow a little up," I said, fortunately knowing the exact po sition of the Rebs," and not hesitating to give orders now I saw that our lien TRUE Obi:MARE tenant was at a loss to know what to do, and was every moment looking more death-like in appearance. "Stea ' dy, Scott! What is that dark object in front? Back for your life, my boy, and then turn upwards again, for it is a Confederate gunboat.' Back we go, and then up once more just in time to escape observation, for we were so near to her that we could hear one of the watch walking on deck. Now for It— right across. The current is very strong, and spite of our efforts it carries us down a long way. There is the shore—the trees come close down to the water's edge, a capital place for us to haul our canoe up. "Look to your revolvers, boys; follow me; " and then we jumped on land very quietly. Hark! there is some one about. A challenge! It is only the relief. The rebels had a pick et a little way down, and are changing guard. .."Down, every one of you, and not a word out of your mouths !" For a long time we lay quite still, and then, as not a sound was to be heard, we com menced our march on hands and knees. A little to our left is the main road, on which the Confederates are somewhere stationed. So we keep close to the wa terside. "We are lost!" whispered to Robinson, who was close by roe, as r touched something that moved, and felt the body of man; but Robinson was ou him, and his hand over his mouth in an instant. "All right! only a nigger, as scared as the devil," he says. "Out with your handkerchief, for we must save the rope for worthier game; on over his mouth, another round his arms, and then a third roundhis legs." "Bet ter let us have another," says Tom; "where's the lieutenant ?" But there is no lieutenant to be found. "Never mind, we will do better without the fool," says Scott; "the nigger makes sign as though he wants to speak ; we may as well let him, only if he says a word above is whisper, tell him that you will put a ball through his thick head." Retells us that he is a runaway, and that he knows we are Massa Lincoln's. men, and will show us the position. "So be shall, but we must not trust him an. inch out of our sight. Deep the hand kerchief over his mouth lest he should betray us." So he crawls along by_ my side for some yards and then motions me to stop—just in time too, for I heard a sentry on the top of the bank, and I smell the tobacco he is smoking in spite of regulations. "Lie low a second—we must have him, or else we can never get rip to the fort." So Robinson creeps to the right of him and Scott to the lett wbilit the "nigger" and myself quiet ly wait to see theeffect of the maneuver. Ten minutes or so pass away. I can hear the boys now oh either side of him. The sentry stops ; there goes his mus ket at a-port arms. "Whogoes there ?" he says. 'Officer of the day," 'Robin son answers; whilst Scott is creeping nearer to him on the otherside. "Halt, officer of the day, and—humph?" He does not say any more for Scott has stopped his mouth and the two are on him, and in a moment he isbound down silent. We carry him off his regular bent, for fear of getting found out, and leave him lyingin thebushes. "Steady, boys ! that black line ahead is one side of the rebel work." Now comes the tug. "Trust the nigger," says Tom ; but he can't do It2o any good _ nn lac talo,ra nothing about it. Still, he has been very quiet on the journey, and I see by the savage glance of his eye that he is in earnest. He has a long knife in his belt; it may prove useful if we get into a row. He draws it between his fingers to feel its edge, grins horribly, and then says, "Me give 'em this!" We get a little closer, and then see a fire burning about two hundred yards from the fort. There is a sleepy-looking guard sitting behind it. Right! he can't see us through the flames. It had got very dark by this time, and showed signs of rain, so we watt to see if the weather is likely to aid us. After some minutes have passed away down comes 'The storm. What a noise it makes ! it is hail. The lazy sentry moves inside a tent. Now is the time! Over the side and into the.earthwork ! Robinson, you get in among the tents, if you can, and find out what is in them, and then back to us !" The negro springs forward, and is over in a moment. I hear a gur gle, and as I slip down the caller side see the mari, with his wild eye flashing fire, as he is drawing his knife out of the body of an artilleryman with ono hand, while with the other he grasps him by the throat. In another moment Scott and I have a gun each spiked, and make for another when wehear a voice, "Turn out the guard," and then a shot comes whizzing over our heads, and some one comes running towards us. 'Tis only Tom. "Chuck the sentry's body over, and they'll think we have plunged into the river," says Scott. "No; fling a couple of balls over—they will do quite as well." And over they go with a splash, and over the bastion ' we tumbled too, and along ourold route. "Don't run ! but on hands and knees, softly. There goes the guard into the work." "Fire into the water," says a voice, "the fellows can't have gone far." And bang goes a whole volley, and an instant after the bugles sound and the camp is astir. We have.got a hundred yards from them. "Now for it—for your lives, men, run !" Pop, pop—they have heard us and are coming in our rear. But the race is for the swift; and if so, I will defy any of them to catch our ne gro, who runs like a race-horse. Crash! What is .that ? Why, .Scott has had a fall ; but he is up again, and all right. "Give them a taste of lead if they come too close.", Here's where we left the sentry bound: What a plague this underbrush is—it makes such a row as we go through it. That confounded picket ahead is sure to heal. us. Now he challenges. No answer. Then he comes down the bank. The "nigger" ' rushes by him. "Tom," I say, for my active companion is ahead of me, 'shoot him The `Rob' does not wait to be shot, but runs for the bushes too, and as soon as he thinks he is safe, blazes away with his rifle. "The heathen has warmed my shoulder,' says Scott, who had a piece of his blouse shot away, "Never mind, if he has not killed you!" I answer. But how close the rascals are behind. "There is a great, strap ping fellow almost up to you.' I can't touch him," Scott says,_ . "my shoulder is so bad." So I turnon Mr. Confederate, and before he has time to aim, a bullet is in his leg, and he is of no more use in the chase. A smash in front. What's the matter now ? "The 'nig ger's gone tb the front over our lieuten ant" says Tom. And so he bad, for, sitting the same place we bad left him, and keeping guard over the canoe, was our commander. He gets up now, and we make for the boat. All in, and off we push. A flash of light, and then a roar of musketry, tell us that our pur suers know that we are off. We give them a parting salute by firing our re volvers, hoping that some of the balls will take effect—Hiss—his-s-s! splash— splash that gunboat has heard the noise. Thank God for the rain and the darkness! "Bang !" goes a cannon on board her, and the shot flies away ou shore. Capital! the flash showed us where she was away on our starboard. "Keep on at that game, my boy, _and you will light us over to the creek." But she does not fire again, and we hear her paddles going. They are com ing nearer ; she is bearing right down upon us. "Lie to, Tom, and all of you down and she will pass us." And there she goes steeping by raising a little swell that nearly upsets our frail bark. Now for it againlHurrah,there,s our side of the river: and soon we are ashore! It takes some time to find our horses but when we do we gallop otr. They hear us on the boat, and send a few shells across into the timber. Away we ride, and—only pull up at our ad vance picket line. Then Lieutenant Wilkins comas up to me and asks me what we have done and seen, and what report we shall give. He thinks I had better go to the general with him. When we are at headquarters, "Old Bull Dog," who is in bed, gets up and hears what we have to say. 'Very well,' he says, 'go to your quarters ; you have all done your duty." Two or three days after this I was sent up to the adjutant-general's with some brigade reports, and as I was going away I asked an orderly what had be come of Lieutenant Wilkins. "Oh ! " he replies, " he took cold that night he crossed the riler with you, and has gone into the. States to join his corps." The fellow was!afraid to face any of our party again. None of us, however, said a word which could deprive him of the honor he wol i when doing duty as a MY is - goutspaubtart. MINNESOTA -ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. E=Ei (Last Article.) South of the 45th parallel, Minnesota is a capital corn-growing country, but, although much corn is raised north of this, it is hardly a sure crop. The corn is all of a dent Blass, and they might gain a couple of weeks on the season by planting northern round varieties or white that, but they appeared to be all prejudiced in favor Of the dent. "It yields more ;" " Better for eating ;" " Just as sure a crop nine times out of ten," are some of- the reasons used for planting it. The summer of '66, how ever happened to be the tenth season, when it didn't yield just as well, but was mostly cut off; while the few set tlers who planted the round yellow corn got a crop fit for grinding. Root crops do particularly well, either on prairie or timber soil. For beets, carrots, turnips, onions and potatoes, there is no better country this side of Oregon and California, and the same. may be said of cabbages, squashes, cu cumbers, and pumpkins, while even melons and tomatoes are more easily raised than in Tioga county ; but as for apples, cherries, peaches, and pears—l am afraid they will always be quoted as failures, save in a few favored locations of the southern part of the State, near large bodies of water, where careful cul tivators are meeting a reasonable degree of success with the apple. This lack of fruit is in some degree compensated by an abundance and excellence of wild plums, that I have never seen equalled, and also by an abundant supply of cran berries; add to these, wild strawberries, red raspberries. an& a wild grape some what resembling the Clinton in flavor as well as appearance, and the list of Minnesota fruit-is complete. A majority of the emigrants, espe cially Germans, prefer to settle on the prairie, and to say truth there are capi tal reasons to be given for it. In the first place, a decent crop may be raised the first season if the settler can get on his claim by the middle of April, or even some days later, and then, the ad vantage of unlimited pasturage and meadow land is an immense benefit to the beginner on a new farm. There is no pasturage on which cattle will fatten more quickly than on the free prairie, and the prairie hay is not inferior to timothy for wintering stock. I know a German who took a free homestead three years ago, who raised last summer two thousand bushels of wheat, and sold off five hundred dollars worth of stock besides—not bad for the third year on a new farm ; but he had abundant means, plenty of help, and was a Teuton of un tiring energy. Of course he goes for prairie- farming, and to say truth, the prairie farther has greatly the advan tage for the first few years. If he has the teams and necessary help he can plough up fifty or even a hundred acres l i the first season, and there is no waiting for stumps to rot, no hard work hi clear ing, but a farm ready cleared and made fo his hand, with just as much good grass, ready for use, as he can ask ; but, in this climate one must have wood, not only for fuel, but for building, and above all for fencing. Every year there Is an immense amount of fencing material burned by "prairie fires," and this must be - replaced. The timber is fast being settled, and a railroad Is in pro gress of construction from Mineapolis to "Big Stone l Lake ;" this follows the timber so far ars there is any timber to follow, and as there is little forest aside from the mrlin " Belt" extending from the Mississip i to the Minisotah, it needs no pr i m et to see that the man who secures a claim of 160 acres of wood land is doing well enough, and may beat the prairie farmer at last, especially as the timbered land is admitted on all hands to be the strongest and most en during soil. The timber is composed of elm, oak, basswood, poplar, ironwood, butternut and cherry, with, in some sections, a heavy growth of maple; and is on the whole what a Pennsylvania backwoods man would call easy clearing; also, be ing once cleared, a plough can be work ed close up to the stumps, as the room make down instead of covering the ground with an interminable network of subterranean branches which defy alike the plough or hoe. Nor must it be forgotten that the " timber claims" are well supplied with grass and hay, by marshes which answer to the "slues" of the prairie. I did not see a claim in the timber which would not give from twenty to a hundred tons of good wild hay, while on most of them a week spent -in ditela.lag would double the quantity and m improve the quality of the grass. Most men are ready to admit the ne cessity for an occasional relaxation from labor and indulgence in innocent amuse ments ; and I believe it is a fact that most men who go to a new country as as settlers, take into account the chan ces for hunting and fishing ; this is right. There is no more manly or ener gizing recreation than is to be found in field sports, and it does not inure the morals of the young or old. If, while enjoying the sport, one can easily se cure " fish, flesh and fowl" of a most wholesome quality and in abundance for a family supply, and that too where butcher's meat is scarce or not to he had at all, I submit that it is a point of real, substantial value, and well worth taking into consideration by the settler. Now, in this particular, Minnesota is hard to beat. Her numerous lakes and rivers are most liberally stocked with pike, pickerel, bass, sunfish, buffalo fish and perch, while ducks, geese and burnt are plenty in their season, and prairie chick ' ens, partridges, and rabbits, aro so abun dant that he must be a slouch with the fowling piece who cannot shoot enough in a few hours to furnish his table for a week. The deer stalking is good enough to satisfy any reasonable hunter, and the settlers in the timber mainly de: No. 5. pond on venison for their meat during the fall and winter; bear also, were klenty the past season, many being illed near the village of Hutchinson ; wild turkeys are not to be found, how ever, the climate being a little too rough for them, and the same may be said of black, gray, and fox squirrels. The red squirrel is most abundant, as all who raise corn there will admit, and he seems to be hardy in any climate this side of Hudson's Bay. One of the most attractive features of Minnesota is her interminable system of lake and river, forming a " water shed" more beautiful and interesting than can be found elsewhere on the con tinent, and offering attractions to the loverof aquatics scarcely to be surpassed. Often have I found a settler or two on the banks of a beautiful lake, a fairy like island or two rising from its crystal waters, with handsomely timbered banks,and a "site" that would set Ten nyson raving; capital fishing, splendid ducking, the best of canoeing or boat ing, and—not the first thing that looked like a boat or canoe about the lake ; not so much as a pig trough. - What I have written will apply pretty correctly as a whole to Minnesota, but more particularly to that portion of it lying between the Minlsotah River and the Sank Valley, and most especially to the counties of Carver, McLeod, Lin coln, Meeker, Monongalia , Kandlyohi, and the south-western half of Wright. To the emigrant who can bravely turn up his head at mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, pocket gophers, grasshoppers, and three months of annuat Arctic winter, Min nesota offers advantages not often loon I I in a new country. LITERARY TEADEILLOINS MY DEAR COBB: As we turn back ward twenty years, and reflect upon the scenes of our childhood, we find that time, though it has mellowed their rosy tints, has not - efllteed one charm from our memories. Every object of that tender age is surrouLuled by the softest of blandishments ant hallowed by the very poetry of adoration. Talk not to me of glittering wealth or of worldly fame. All the feverish joys they bring are mere illusions when compared with the happy heroes of innocent youth. Perhaps you may doubt this; yet I presume the recent enlargement of the Agitator will permit me to proceed. The majestic old elm on the .village green with seats beneath the shade For talking age and whispering loran 'mac"— gracefully waves its drooping boughs like bending plumes to each pa. ,, lng zephyr.. The humble shop of the vil lage cobbler rises, " painted on the eye of memory" to the proud altitude of one story. Thither it was at the close of one sultry afternoon I directed my weary footsteps for strap oil—and got it. I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night When the winds are breathing low And the oars are shining bright " And I can never forget while memory remains, the venerable old stone bridge with its moss-covered arch, that span ned the limpid stream that turned the village mill that ground the corn that fed the cow, that tossed the dog, that worried the cat, that caught the rat that lived in the house that Jack built. No, never Beautiful gurgling stream. (alt at midsummer's day have I seen the low ing herd seek your pure waters, and? with satisfaction and con ten tmen t neti - ed on each Intelligent countenance, drop their tails on your fair bosom and sling the water over ;heir horns. was refreshing. .• Yes, let tho rich deride with proud thrda.o . • , . These simple blel,ings of the lowly train. To me more dear, congenial to my heart Ono native charm than all the glow of mt.' But of all the endearing objects to wards which my heart yearns with un dying affection, thd old piers bottle re ceives au almiost eastern idolatry. It was benignly Iperched in a niche of the cottage where the budding promise that indites these few lines "come M time." That pieta bottle in dimensions emula ted Daniel Lambert, and boasted of a supply not even exceeded by the town pump. When the sun had climbed the highest hills that surrounded our lovely 112{111- let, and began to bless with genial lay the toil of the husbandman, then came in the sweetest morsel of my youthful pleasure—for this was about piers time. With what self-denying affection did I refuse to take my dose of piers till my younger brother was served, yes, on sev eral occasions, I actually offered hill) all my share of blessed piers, but the noble little fellow invariably refused the moi ler. Surely, life would be h -blank if bereft of these little deeds of kind ness and little words of love." Poor fellow ! As I think of his flaxen curls and laughing blue eyes, with a heart as free from guile as an angel's, is it possible to know that, disregarding through life the pious instructions of his heart-broken mother he is now in New Jerssy, and moreover a member of the Legislature? " One more Unfortunate. Weary of breath, RaAly importunate, Gone to hiedeath r Could I have been saved butthis " we may be happy yet." But no; misfor tunes come not alone. For 'twas but yestereen I met a lady friend from Berks county who knew something of our earlier joys, and appreciated our pris tine sympathies ; for she was the hired girl that helped mother give us piers when father was absent. I addressed her in poetic strains, thus : "unconscious feminino—dost live, dost survive the dear old picra bottle, the Mecca of me eye, the day dream of me adolesence, the..l.'sculapius of me 7- year-old?" She answered my Inter rogatory with a melancholy smile. mid immediately fainted away. I left. Alas! with what a sad, weird pleasure our minds revert to the objects that arc associated with the memories of joyous, blithesome youth. The echoes of child hood that come down to us thrOugh the corridors of time tell us how innocent we were, and admonish us how pure we should be. And until our hearts be come weary with beating the dead march, and are silent, we are ever turn ing backward wishing, sighing, regret ting! e4T rs, idle tears, I know not what you mean T from the depth of some divine despair X in the heart and gather to the eye., In ooking on the happy, Autumn fields, And thinking on the days that are no more." We are as well as can be expected in this part of the town. The weathct continues cool yet everything is lovely Yours truly, JOHN WEED EN \VELLSBORO, Jan. 23, 1667. 0 NEURALGIA. - Somebody gives the following cure for neuralgia: idr. sal ammonia in an ounce of camphor wa ter, to be taken a teaspoonful' at a do , -e, and repeat several times, at interval-3 of five minutes, or until the pain is relic% - ed. Half a dozen different persons have tried•the receipt, and in every case the pain has yielded. In one, the sufferer was a lady who had been affected more than a week, and her physician was ',fin able to relieve her sufferings, when a solution of sal ammonia in camphor wateit relieved her in a few minutes. JoBBING DEPABTINZST. The Proprietors hir4 stocked the establekrareat IN ilk a large aesartmeit .f modernstyles JOB AND CARD TYPE AND FAST PRISSZS, and Sr. prepared to erecete beady, cad mainly PonittS,RXIDBILL9, cram:mess, CARDS,II/LL , IMAM LETTER HEADS, STAIN:VENTS, TOWNSHIP ORDERS, Ac.,'Ac Deeds, Mortinse, Loans, 11114 a tallimmortatant of Constables' and hulloes' Blanks, constantly an head. Peon!allying at a dlatancecan depend on hantngtbetr work done promptly, and sent back in return anti 4iirOnwz—Roy'sblock, Second Yloor (Par tL• Agitator.] IGNORANCE • Ignorance has been in all ages, the stumbling block to human Improve ment and to the march of science. Its withering effects are to be witnessed from time immemorial to the present day. On the dawn of creation's morn, leagued with superstition, it reared its awful head in paradise, and entailed sin and sorrow upon the world of man. I will give a few illustrations. It has al ways added fuel to clescensions by keep ing alive the flame of opposition ; it has always established despots and tyrants on their thrones, aud when there, main tained them, not •40 much through the beauty of absolute despotism, as by the masses proclaiming their right-divine to reign. It has always swelled the ranks. of the conqueror, and driven the plough share of destruction and devastation through the nations of the earth, and enabled them to build their palaces on the graves of slaughtered millions, and to.decorate them with trophies dyed In blood. It is the only friend of the sword, and the - only controlling power by which men have been enabled to bring to a consummate end their own evil deeds, and in a degree - to banish truth and knowledge from the world. It Is tile only friend of Pagan idolatry and% superstition, the only foe to Christiani ty, and the truth of its revelations. It has been the instigator of the courts of Inquisition, whose histories have al ways been written in letters of blood.— It is the only friend of the arch-fiend in carnate ; by it he will be enabled to pro duce a separation of the souls of the children of men at the judgment bar of eternity. It is the father of every im morality and vice, among the children of men, which alone can produce such a result; and is the only created power which has maintained itself without the aid of another. It has sent 30,000,000 of human beings by an untimely end, unprepared to eternity—through war, pestilence and famine. Tt has sent 30,000,000 more on the same road, and with the same prospect before them, through the use of intoil caring drinks. It has sent 95,000,000 upon the same broad cheerless path, through the Intern peranee of prodigality. It has clothed fools in the garmenti of pride, and exalted them above their brethren of clay, and prostrated them to hell. It has built a castle of super stition, a throne of presumption, and has created a new ambition and set It thereon, and given it the sword of flam ing tire, that it might desolate the earth and torture man. It has arrested the march of science by causing dissensions among its votaries, and that of Christi anity by the merchandise of V anity fair. It has caused man to be his broth yr's foe, instead of his brother's keeper. Ithas instituted deception for truth, dissimulation for honesty, and created false honor-thereby It has multiplied mor,pies, and prisons without number, the one to invent, the other to perpetn nte crime. It has left the house of God for the tents of wickedness, and the sanctum of .cienec for the pit of infa my. It has ever concentrated its forces and offered battle:when science made an assault upon its seined ranke or a break in its moss-clad walls. In short, it has created every crime known to man, and the only stain upon the soul of inan is Ignorance. EYE-sicarr.—Milton's blindne was the result of overwork and dyspepsia. One of ithe most prominent American divine; : has, for some time, been com pelled to forego the pleasure of reading, has spent thousands of dollars in vain, and 1. t years of time, in consequence of vetting up several hours before day and wtudying by candlelight. His eyes . NN ill never cet well. Multitudes of men and women have made their eyes weak for life by the too free use of their eyes in reading small print and doing nne sewing. In view of there things it is well to observe the following rules in the use of the eyes: -.void all sudden changes between light and darkness. Never begin to read, or write, or sew, for several minutes after coming from darkness to a bright light. Never read by twilight, or moonlight, or on a very cloudy day. Never read or sew directly in front of the light of a window, or door. It is better to have the light fall ob liquely over the shoulder. Never sleep so that, on first awaking, the eyes shall open on a window. Do not use the eyesight by light so scant that it. requires an effort to dis criminate. Too much light creates a glare, and pains and confuses the sight. The mo ment you are sensible of an effort to dis tinguish, that moment cease, and take a walk or ride. A a the sky is blue and the earth green, it would seem that the ceiling should be of bluish tinge, the carpet green, and the walls of some mellow , ' tint. The moment you are instinctively prompted to rub the eyes, that moment cease using them. If the eyelids are glued together on awaking, do not forcibly open them;— but apply the saliva with the finger—it is the speediest dilutent in the world; then wash the eyes and face in warm water.—Hall's Journal of Health. BELIEF BUT C0M.11027 HISTO/IN.—lsaw him at a social party. He took but a single glass of wine, and that at the re quest of a young lady with whom he conversed. I saw him next when he thought he was unseen, taking a glass to satisfy the slightest deetre formed by his social in dulgence. He thought there was no danger. I saw him again with those of his own age, meeting at night, to spend a short time in convivial pleasure. He said it was only innocent amusement. I met him next late in the evening in the street unable to reach home. I took him thither. He looked ashamed when we met. I saw him next reeling in the street. A. confused stare was upon his counte nance, and words of blasphemy were on his tongue. Shame was gone. w as pale, saw him yet once more. He wail pale, cold, motionless, and' was carried by his friends to his last resting place+ In the small procession that followed, every head was cast down, and seemed to shake with uncommon anguish. His father's gray hairs were gone to the grave in sorrow. His mother wept to think that she had ever given birth to such I:.—ft is said that frozen f at c ui be -pettily nod certainly cured by b.u.hinic and rtiLl'itig them with ker t,ene or coal oil, a fa; NV times at night before rctiiiii,4 to bed. Those who have tried it say that the feet should be w,lll.wanned be a hot -tove during and after the of the oil. and it will t.Ei erte.t a -peedS cure. Per4,.11. , suffering autu the pain of hosted feet will 110 doubt do well to give it a trial, for it is surely a very cheap rottioly sal easily applied. If a cow have a yellow and soft skin, a yellow and striped hoof, It shows that she will always give milk of an excel lent-quality, though she may yield but little of it. A cow having black hoofs will seldom give ric milk.
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