JOBBING DEPAIVINNISIT,,_„„
The Proprletorshace stocked the ea ablAtmen t with
s large assortment or modirrnetylos
JOB AND CARD TYPE
AND FAST PRESSES,
=;EMMMi=I
FOSTERS, HANDBILLS, CIRCULAIIH: CARDS BILL
HE ADS, LETTER LIES DS, STATEMENTS.
TOWNSHIP ORDERS, S; . te
I...eds Mortgagee, Leans, and a fall assortment of
C..r.stablra' and Justices' Manta, constantly on band.
Peoplellring at a dlibinCeCandknend unhtlythptheir
wort done pro.ptly.und rent back In return mall
AirOrtles—Boy'oblock,Second
BUSINESS DIREOTORV.
W. D. TERBELL & CO.,
wilousALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers in
Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass,
Perfumery, Paints and Oils, &c.
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1,186 f AY:
ll=
ITEM=
NICHOLS & nuTcsress,,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS ATLAW
fSCO formerly occupied by Junes Lowrey. Esq.
We. .9. Lambe. Jovv r. MITCHELL.
Wellsbora, Jan. I, 186647. ,
wiLLIAM STIITH
ATTORNEY AND 001:TIgiBLOR AT LAW
Insurance, Bounty and Penllock Agency, Main
Street Wellsbon, Pa., 5au.:1,1P66.
F. Wasos
WILSON--&- NILES,
ATTORNEYS d COUNSELORS - AT LAW,
( first door from Bigoners, on the Avenne)—
Wilt attend to business entrusted to their care
la the counties of Tioita and Potter.
Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1886.
D. ANGELL & CO.,
BANUPACTIITLERS of, and Wholesale and Re
tail Dealer in Doors, Sash, and Blinds. Also
Planing and Turning done to order-
Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa., Jan. 16. 1867-:lyfr
F. W. CLARK,
ATTORNEY At Lar—Mansfield, Tiogdoo, Pa.
May g, 1808—ly
GEORGE WAGNER,
AILOR. Shop brat door north of L. A. Sears's.
Shoe Shop.' 2 .T:it - Cutting, Fitting, and Repair
ing done promptly and wall."
Weilaboro, Pa., Sin. 1,1866-1 y:"
JOHN B. SHAHSP,EARt.
I)RAP ER AND TAILOR. Shop one door above
Smith's Law Office. 2.;Pr - Cutting, Fitting, and
Repairing done promptly and In beet style.
Wellsboro, Pa.. Jan. 1, 1886=7y
Yam: I. DIVIVESLL
AGENT for the collection ot hounty, back pay
and pensions doe soldimi from the Govern
uret. Office with Nichols and Mitchell, Wells-
Liors, re. m3O, 'BO
1/7M. GAIMEISON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT _TAW,
n Immure. Agent, Blotsttorg, Pu., over
Culdwell's Store.
iZAAIII WALTON HOUSE,.
Gaines, Tioga County - , Pa.
C. VERMILYEA, PROMETO6. This is a
nor hotel located within cagy access of the
Elting and bunting grounds in North.
ecansylvania. No pains will be spared
,
~ r the npoommodation of plc:tours seekers and
the tradating public. [Jan. 1,1866.]
Pennsylvania House,
AMARIAIT - 1121.ZTJETT PEOPItTETOR.
pllls popular lintel hits been lately renovator:Land re
furriniLsd, sad no pains will be spared to rinder its
Lip antlers acceptable' to patrons,
\Cell.boro, /fay 8.1606,
PETROLEUM HOUSE,
ESTFIELD; PA., GEORGE CLOSE, Propri
etor A now Hotel conducted on the principle
of live end let love, for tho accommodation of
the pnbltc.—Noe. 14, 1868.—1 y.
S. C. STRANG.
TORNEY AT LAW- , Amy linsinaesorzitrapt—
td to his care will receive prompPuttentioe,..
K cox villa, Pa., N0v.14,1E016.-41
GEO"tr. !Wow.
I.TIORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Law
reoceVale, Tioga Cu., Pa. Eciinti,Peneren;
and Insurance Agout. Collectioria promptly
..trended to, Office tld door 6clow Ford House
Doc 12,1886-1 y • ,
a F. SWAN,
flog County Insurance
Pa. -
A SENT for
Comparo .
June 5, ISF.
F. - S - 'HOTEL
y
7I 0 Cl' , 3A C 0.11 NT Y PA.,
attached, and en attentive hoe
aliraye in attendance. -
E. S. FARR , Proprietor. -
Blacksulith and Farrier.
J°SEPT{ MANLY would inform the citizens
of Welleberu and vicinity That be bas leased
tLe old Mack stand, on' Wthetitreet, lately De
etipteti by Mr. Ritter, where be may bo found.
prepared to eboo horses and oxen, and do all
sok pertaining to his trade. He Also is a prao
ne..l Farrier, and will treat buries for diseases.
October 24. 1666- tf
Hairdressing Shaving.
Saloon over Willcox it Barker's Store, Wells
tor°, Pa. Particular attention paid . Ir,'Lodies'
liair-cutting, Shampooing, Dyeing, etc- _Braidc.
Satre, coils, and criclies on band and mode to or
der
H. W. DORSEY. J. JOHNSON.
("OLD received on tleposite, for which cortie
kJ- cues will beLtsued, bearing interest in gold.
L. W. CLARK it CO, Bankers,
No 35 sown Tbird street. Pbila.
D. BACON, 8., late of tits ;lit
nearly four pairs of army service, with n large
iencr field sod hospital practice, has opened an
, 'll.l for the practice of trosill . aue and surgery .sin all
• Pertions from a distance can bud good
at the Pennsylvania Iltitcl alien desired.—
ill visit any part of the State In consultation, or to
rimmrFiat operstiOne. No 4, Union Block, up
~.On Wellsbere. Pa, May 2, 1§436.—1y.
ENV PICTURE GAyJERY.—
FRANK SPENCER
...3 thc pleasure - tainferMilftrelttsentreT — Tlegu
,ucty that he has completed hie
NEW PUOTOGRAPII GALLERY,
on hand to tate all kinds of Snn Pictures,
tueh us A mbrotypes, Ferrotypes, Vianettes,t'artes
13 Visite, the Surprise and Eureka Pictures; also
zeular-attention__paid to copying and enlarg
-.; Pictures. Instroctions gtsen in the Art on
• 33t.ttle terms: - Elmira St., Mansfield, Oct 1,
1,6 •
ATTOITION SOLDIERS.
vur NI. 8.-SU:ITU, Knoxville, Tloga s:ounty,
, (U. S. licensed Agent, and Attorney
soldiers end their friends tbronghent all the
nul Suites,) will prosecute and collect with an
i,csilled success,
:OLDIERS' CLAIMS AND DUES '
' nll kinds Also, any oiler kind of claim
against tbe (ilorernment bernre any of the De.
cartme_nte ertrgitzte . ..-a . , Termstiidcrate,_ All
,rainanicattons sent to ttie tiliTrerthiferrieitriq:
rcive prompt attention.. .land:. ,a.exi.
nimirrthTitx. •
C. N. DART T,
WiiLLD 13 to the pulthL that hole erten
neatly located in Well•Loto, (02, Jae
t , tlouee, near the Land Office and Eptaenpal
v. ir.hl where be will continue to do al, kind. I
rk confided to hie care. guaranteeing "'moot,
qfnetton where the ektll t the Denttet eon
I e the management of egret rull,ar to the
, lie will turpteb
ARTIFICIAL - TET.TII, -
ILt on Ity material 3t,trteL
HLLING & EXTRACTING TEETH,
tr.d,l t t on ebortct noun, and none in tic
beet end inner 13pprl , rell nty)o.
. -
ILEI II EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN
e ehe nen dnm.•the;ics which are per
t..tly harmkts and will ha 131tniniStered in ever,
• ••e when desired-
Crll.l,Ar - 4;, J Am . : - 1 $ 7 86;,-1 p,
TirsteAL INSTRIJNIENTS - - a. Simi:B-
11ai.131 pear d
B , dealer in' Decker ,} - fruiter 'end
rother! piano!, diesel) & Hamlin cab
inti ..rAant, Linicy it Co. MOSICIOOOB, And
tk.x B. Simi:anger melodeon! RoOm Av! , .2 . J. R.
L , wen'a !tore Sept.-17,
LAWPfI—A new kind of lamp ter Rerosene--
ne beeakateof oliimneye--et I i FOLEY'S.
EMSEI
VOL. XIV.
John W. Guernsey,
ATTORNEY AND_ COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Haring returnedsa•tb's county with .a slew of
making it his permanent residence, solicitd a
share of public patronage; All business en
trusted to his care will be attended to with
promptness and fidelity. Office 2d door south
of E. S. Fares hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.
sept. 26.'66.-tf.
WELLSBORO - HOTEL
(Cartier Alain Strept and an Ann;inc) -
WELLSBOUO, PA.
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor
TIIIS is one of.tbo most poptilnr Houses in
the county. This !rola is gin pritiolpal
Stage-hnuso in Wellsbciio': Staiseleavo daily
as follows :
For Tioga, at 10 a., m.; For 'Fra n y t ai' 8 a. ,m.;
.For Jersey Shore every Tuesday ant Fifdai . , at
2 p. tn.; For Coudersport, every Stonditr and
Thursday at 2 p. m.
.STAGES AIIRIVE—From Tioga, arl2 1-2 o'claCk
p.m.: From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. xn.: From Jir
say.Shora, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m.: From
Coudersport, Monday and Thursday Il a. m.
N. 8.--Jimmy COwden, the wolf-known host
ler, ;rill be found on band.
Welleboro, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
3. 13. NILES
W. D. LANG.
- - -
DEALER IX . _
DRUGS MEDICINES,
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
111AT-ENT- MEDICINES; Peentoary, `Musical
Instruinente and Musical Merchandise:9f all
kinds; Fancy roods of all kinds,
MANSFIELD, - '
Physician's Prescriptions carefully coinpnanded
October 31, 1865.-6 tn.
PHOTOGRAPEIC.
E. ‘l, H. T. ANTHONY- .1.-CO.;
Manufacturers of Photograpiao...tilideßals,
W 1101.1.12 AND ErfAIL.,
501 BROADWAY, N -Y
- 1n addittoo to oar ream Pus[neje of Photographic
Materluly we ere IleetlA:leerier! for the folrowleg, ‘lz :
Stereoscopes & Stereoscopic Views
Or American - and Foreign Cities mad 'Landscapes,
Orcups, Etatuary, etc.
Stereoscopic Views of the War,
From negatives made in the various campaigns and
farming a complete Photographic history of The great
contest.
Stereoscopic Views on Glass,
Adapted for either Magic Lauterne or the Stereoscope.
Oar (Nstalogue cIII be sent to any address en receipt
of Stamp.
Photogrsiphie '4111314ns
We manufacture mote largely than any other,Lor.se,
about ".AO varieties from fin cents-to 5.50 each. Our
ALBUMS hare the - reputatton i:ll:Leing superior in
beauty and darabday to all others
Card Photographs of Goiic;rals, States-
men, Acfors. etc., etc
Our Catelogne embraces over FIVE TUOUSAND
different sutuects,inclUdtog reproductions of tha most
colfirated Engraving., l'alutuers. Statues. etc. Cato
loguee sent on receipt of luau*.
PhGtograhhers and others 'ordering goods C: O. D,
will plaits° remit .25 per ceuf of the amount with their
order. The prim.aud quitlity of our goods catmot fail
to eatisfy. I bet —9m.
NEW. WINTER GOODS f.
AT. RED tagli q"C 4.*;
INM==
Great laduCementcto IblitubJlo.!
UT having a big stock ot OLD GOODfflo
above off at auction, I am enabled to -take
adinutaga or theliresent low priocietia'd am Few=
dy to supply thii public -with ei !rplendieh3tock. of
NEW SPRING:DRY GOODS, ;LATEST
-
Stylee, purchased to accommodate this mar
ket. - - -
Perilooter attention IA directed to niy.tle,.:
eirable stock of Ladies' DRESS GOODS,
Alpecoar, Poplins, Prints, Detainee, Bco., &a,
Added to which i em offering a large
and splendid etpett of
GROCERIES, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS
and CAPS. 8:0.1 &n.; &e.,
at prices to suit tile 1,000,009, ak, gegtiiint
old staza r lYellsb6ro, Pa. ---
April 4;1886.
LAWRENCEVILLE - DM 'STORE i'
. _
• .
IgoTHE undersigned haring purchased
the Drug Store of W. O. 69illtr,ls - ill
keep a full stock of
DRUGS AND. MEDICINES„"
7 7- PATENT UNDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, '
Dye Stolle. Kerosene Oil and Groceries, which
will he cold of as low prieir no any other estab
lishweatin-the country for each.
C. P. LE9NiRIi, -
Lan-rfROOO ilk, Nov. 5,1866 —lf.
To the Farmers . _ of Tioga County.
J..ot now building at. my triannfactory, In Lavernce
-dile. n superior- - . - .•
FANNING XII,L;"
which poeeeeses the follewiegadestangee over alletber
mills: ,
I It neperntes oats, rat litter. and foul needs, and
chflis and cncnk, from wheat.
2. It ele ins fl. seed, - talras out yellow seal, eon R
other soeds, perfectly. •
; It elm" timothy seed
4. It does all other separating required of a mill.
. .
-- This mill is built of dm bast. and_ most dtlrable tim
bar in good style, sod is sold cheap for cast!, or yr•
I will - 111 a patanl:AeteZtar leparattairoili trice
wheat, to other m MR, zakzetaarkibla farms. • •
-
Lawrence:rine, Detoiatt.lo, 18664 -
SAYE YOUE ! tiIipENEAi(S! 1
• AND CALL - 0.17 EN At llfrffi'
L" • •
•
Nast & Atfekbach's
•
CIErEAP CASH STOJEi .
•- •
•
BLOSSI3I3B6._NA.,
W ilereSPß,ct/2 1
-.stoat of
• DOiiggiqi) =7: ei -,4 2iiit0r2041: - - eooDs,
nornarr,, , r,,
LOTII S, NOTIONS, lIEATiY----;;42.`::
_..- •
j,- MADEVLOTHING; r
%nut - . erce.d wider ;heir:oga aupervialon.•
Al.; Gents' taroi4hihg geode, . &a. •
In their menliant tnlioring eztahlislanent the' defy
caupetillop: L•vmg the Lot tallornof N 614 York city,
and ap txpr/ iclic,d cutter. Mr. 11. -uila.ifsb2l44l,T
A t 7
~ •,
T STICRLIN,, CHAIRMAKER,
t.) • • Turner; and'Furnitura , Dowier,
- opPesita Daitea Wagon Shop,
'MAIN STREET, .WEEtS.BORO, PA.
Orders promptly slled.and satisfaction guaran
teed. Fancy Turning done to order. ...
--Oct. 31, 1866 -v - . - J. STICKLIN
ADLOUR- FROM CHOICE W lIITILWM RAT,
ju buckwheat Boer, onto meal and read, alwayi
'on band, Call nt - therthaliettunkfillhefertetny-.
ing y',lropi,nucrteid' I enn make Iran nbjeet
for yodto'hpfti r - -- A. - _R,USSELEV,.
Mat 16,1866-tf .
T SETS from $1.60 to j3O; at- 7 .;
4.09 r ' - - FOLEY'S. •
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1 -ilk 1 r
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REABI:MADE CLOTHING
OVEift]MtATS I OVER
-k ..:
fe:
HEAVY BUSINESS SIIITS,TIN2 13I1k
SITII7, DRESS SUITS OF ALL • ,
- • 1144444
FURNISRINO.9OODS IN 'OREAVVAz -
R irry .
. ..........
• . Z I'4 i.:a.l
ftillrifratted with the choicest and newest
styles ci darmente,•equal in style, workmanship
antimalarial to thediest - eristoin stork; kith for
MtAITTY OF FIT,;(4UALI9'Y-80ECON
• OMY IN PRICE •'
shall be unsaryaseed.
itrgW : "' STYLES 'CONTRU, TALLY` 'EE
CETVED:
; ; -. .Patented May 2 "
.
Tlc";'„ l l:L'r.ryty;',',.yroir.i.m,eth-i„tuilnyvsll , N,o4
elnOrt rub, mid.melikoutherlmeperatimls.olferod:foe.ei
like purpose, MILL. NOT ROT T 1.16 MOTELS, bqt will leave
them much wrarva than ordinary nmtbedd,"withoot trai
Muni wear and tear. , -
It renieves grease spots as If by magic, rind ,softens
the dirt by soaking, so that rinsing will'hfordinary
cases entirely remove it.
This ponder is prepared In accordance with chemical
science, end upon s•process pecelleir to itself,whielhe
secured by Letters Patent It has been in use for more
tbs.. Trraind bas proved itself amtiniversal firrotlta
wheroser, it has been used. - - .
Also, Cor cleaning wtriosr.s tt 1. unsurEasseth, WiW
Mee gnarter the labor and expanse ueuelly required, it
imparts a beantitnlglogs and luster, math eppetior 1.3
ijny other olode. No ureter reqtarPil except rto'•inotmtert
the pOwder.,.
C. B. KELLEY.
",`,•191 . 31.4i> Trkvotzg-la4 lea -oY "ViTiascicom."
SPECIAL NOTICEJ
Po T}MMULTLTI/Dit,-
MI Goods will be sCild the
' 7
, —" -n •
LOWEST s:
Il
MEE
under the Agitator Printing.clifie;ntllt t door to
Roy's Dreg Store.
- We'labor°, Sept. 26, 180.
• . .. • f 1
()7i t 7 E:
CIN
' Ol VV I 1; ' N
- _ -
Among the advantagoi clamed aro Ale 1.6i10ning,,,97
It saves all'the expense of ,oap usnaliy'nsed 'on cot
ton and linot goods.
ME=
... .. .
LI/Ir.:lona It Ith each package.
J dud can .be readily appreciate& LA e aiaglo trittl. -The
coat of *eating fora family - of fire or ale parsons wilt
not exceed TESSLEE CENTS.
`The manufacturers of tine powder are aware that
many neelmorcompounds bare been introduced to the
-peddle which have rotted the cloth, or failed in remov
ing the dirt; but knowing-the. intrimele - excellence of
this article, they confidently proclaim It aslant edanh,
ed to meet tt demand which has lohp, exhaled, anfi which
has herernfore remained misapplied ; Manufactured 14
srxvinrs;
7 . •ifonibika.alaitob:j•
;. Aleo,tatolifs' cturere of Mandy dytinalOree
grocerawpd dealers et ell tvileyo t . s i,t , 3411;14.,,5prx;
Y m GATti*ltk"S`-'
I"() .0 AN FlNa' A , FIRSt ,CLASS
STOCK "OF
CIKERIESI,tIWITIMIrd
TEAS, OF ALL KINPS, COFFEE, rSU
• AR , 31 9bAt5. 5g.40,4 1 :f ?..4. .44 1 4%-
SPICES, DRIED
• -ENGLISH
_CURRANTS,"
IMASIAS/ t•- 4 11 - .
CREAM TARTAR,
PORE, FL OUR:A64,OKRROI4,IBIIIITE
FISH, CORN HEALO'BUCK-.1
8rif44.13. E./41.3VA .
ALSO EMS DWlcit E
'
bmiroa.
NAILS, -AXES, TABLE. AND4POPEET c I
CUTLERY, SHOyLO;APADES:
, ROES,_
Crpckery,Jarsaugi, , Latnpa and:Claimneys
Lanterns, Wooden-Ware of all kinds,'
.11edeivicla, Xope, Brooin . s; Pruihei
Kinds; Plug cf;,,Fine Cul .Tobacoo,
' , -Segars T. also a large variety.of • • -
Fancy Smoking Tobacco: .
In regard-WU:re salls'6l7thele giindli I bravo a
word to quy, 'confidence, of couree. , Theie
goods were purchased ter cash and wilt be sold
for daith at prices *Mali will realm _ an object
rod honsekeepens to Vttrithille:'-'-'I-nieslti to do a
Knare and feirtradinglittsiness: * Call
tee--atiturJ. Jonas' stand.
L. A. GARDNER.
1 77ellsboro, Dec. 12, 186641 -
Claim Agency.
lIENar sirkl*ooLtra J. IidtRISON
Atty . % .will.,oelleet Itotintr.s, IVelou.s,"
.and allother'claime against tho Government; b
Um's:tr.& 'prOvisiOns of late acts of Congress
' $lOO Extra Bounty
•_.,
will be,ptajd to °yeti three years' inanwho served
',out his full time, or was..yrounde4 in,uerviee, Or
108 discharged by reast;Mnf The termination of the
andlo the widows, minor children- or pets
rents of three years men,, „..• •
-s§o Extra Bounty-
will be paid to all two years' men - anti their heirs
1. underline circumstances ' and to three yearn' men
who served two years of their. enlistment.
In no case will any extra bounty be paid when
- more thou -$lOO has been previously paid: - - • •
:,,,; 2 ,1T0 claim will be entertained unless presented
under Itaxts AZD Ilaciuxs.rtoNS:.issined_br . the
[ War Department Sept. , ;2i,lBdd. -A :..-..
The Departmen ; r eßeivO'cliiirtisa;Vii - Oci.
1, 1648, until Rah:dais : hi
parents under Into nevi of - Coniii is- foil - bounty,'
the Fintsn - and ,Nlstar It must both_je n in the
L. : Inue29,4IB:ACTOPIPAI,L-_,
. ... ~..... .. . ~.. .._
' Bl5 per month to suety ruttillid Peneionet .to
tally disabled. . .t--r.l!"' 7...:1
12 per month (or each child Milder-16,min 0
age of -widow Pensioners.
E 605 for procuring Extra `Bounty,
" Increase Peniti0a,2.i..1... - ..515.
- " Original Pensicra;tur..:;.4lo
colteatiozk lb* 4i tr pf-644.110,apd,4th,0(
_ March payment 4 of Papeions 31, _
Farm forffale.
bscriber - unkis his faiin
100 acres, 40 acres of wiiier are'
der pod improvement.. Good frame house there
on, one and a half story high ;also a newJrame.
burn; 30 By 45 feet -- 'A - thriftrigurig-iireltirtli of
apple. pear, and cherry trees; mostly grafted, 100
1e nIF Well watered by never failing , iittinte.-1-
Said farm is situated in Delmar township, on the
-road tending from Stony Fork to Finn: creett;4oi
-term tiapily to-the subscriber, on Me-ptteertli t&
L - Elfrorth, at the Bingham office. Welleboro.
ALVAN N. WEBSTER.
THE ‘largast a.Psottment of Watobes;Ciooki,
Jewelry and Plated Wire in Tioga county
me [l9decB6] POLES'S.
IVELLSBORO, PA., FEBRUARY 20, 1867.
Stject lottry.,
Sl7li st , r IDYL,
I was gazing on the sunset, -
Saininkron arnatidstile, .1 _
With _a yottng And dainty.niaiden _ .
Standing near me all the while.
11'4,wqmilpday apple bloasoma, ,
with. gleaming drops at_ rain,
And we Leant the dreamy music
-115:raiii'oOkletain"th'e',1ane..
A 17 44•110,51 0 yi . ng Wet LiTced.
,I,l4o3.hirnagd4 . 4 , Aucenr'of,
tiO s rkie - Rchec.citrii'l
T 6 1. 41 L'"
r• - •
But I only thoithbOthio'olng, i: , •" •
Ai:lathe jound:Cor Marriage pa,.
And I dreamed of all the gladness
'Tlial.Lit" - Weddlag morn would bring—
Of around and.rosy finger „ _
•Ciraled,With a golden ringl
Intile,W9 l 7 l tfUd PWPJed_diatancPs
J.Y7t9. 1 . 2 theokurch7rAt
WAthevftiden - ..t.nere..l'd wandered,
Often there,,in dreams had been.:
Whenaxo popfer, glowpd,..th,e
Silll4 reaittittponAteetileil 3 J •
And the maiden gave her promise—
Yea, her promise—with a smile.
Memory still turns to that sunset,
4 , Of that evening fondly tells,
And the morning when we listened
To the sound of marriage bells.
< 7.-Big4il3-1V041.5
; POPPING THE QUESTION
V, e have heard of many cases of "pop
lung" under singular circumstances—
the eccentric, the abrupt, the business
like, the silly . ; and - a Inindred other
styles. Of the eccentric, we could cite
the case ofa well-known merchant, who,
one day dining at a friend's house, sat
next to a lady who possessed rare charms
of conversation.. The tnerchant did not
posSestilhisfaculty -vety.„%rare de
gree, but could do that which is next
'best, he could appreciate, an apprecia
tion which he. endeavored to show by
the following mode of action ;—Do you
,like toast, Miss B—?" "Yes," respon-
AleiLtheisurprited at the
_question. Buttered toast?""That is
:strange, to do I. Let us get married.".
.There cannot be much doubt but that
the lady was taken slightly aback, a
:faat that did not prevent the marriage
from coming off in a month afterwards,
nor the accession of the lady to one of
- tfib ; finest establishments in the city.
" As a specimen of the abrupt, we shall
, cite, the case of a gentleman who had
retired from business at the age of forty,
and buiA him a beautiful._ house, deter-
I mined Po' euhy s tfe toithe titmosl; One
dayi a' fliend - ur dining With him, and
'Nil, half jokingly, "You have every
-tip:lg here that heart could desire but a
~'!,yre." "That's true. I ihust think of
.tqisaitl he, and the relapsed into silence
Sur ri few minutes, at the end of which
tlmj_ he rose, bet.:o44ll4leOdirtietLfor a .
short time, and fen the room. Ile
seiqed his hat and went instantly to a
neighbor's, and was shown into thepar
lor,, with the information that neither
the master nor the mistress was at home.
He told,the servant that he wanted nel. 7 .
the!, and '404,44d-that this
' - efte sent to him. She came, and the
gehtleman thus addressed her :—"Sa
-444, I have known you for many years,
and have just been told that I wanted a
wife, You are the only woman I know
that I should *ftiFlDlngT toitritet my
-happiness with, and if you agree we
ivlll be instantly married. What is
yoUr answer ?"
Sarah, knew the man that addressed
her . * and knew that his offer was serious,
and as well weighed artffough he had
co'niddered for a year, as she answered
him in the same spirit, "I agree."
„hlMill you be ready in an hour?" "I
"T shall return for you in that
Wile," :Which ItiO.did;:_ltffkgeritte,man
whit suggested the idea accompanying
.144 to the clergymhn's. Many years
hale passed since then, and neither
party has seen any cause to regret the
sthrupt,proposal and acceptance.
Of the btisliesti style - ,-we can cite a
ease related to us, which we know for a
true one, A young man who had suc
ceeded to the ill-kept and badly culti
heated, though really valuable farm of a
deceased uncle, saw at a glance tbattwo
things wettabseltitely necessary ; to en
able hinito succeed ; the first being - a
wife to take charge of the woman's de
partment, and the second a few thous
and dollars to stock it with. Ile could
not help thinking to himself that pos
sibly.these two great aids to his happi
ness and prosperity might be found
together, and yet, without attempting
to put his matrimonial and financial
ideas into practice, he allowed them to
haunt him continually.
With,tliis_upon..bismind,onrfarmer
startedupon a horse-back journey to a
distatit-part of the' country, - and upon
his'return made an acquaintance upon
the road, in the old gentleman who was
jogging the -same way. The compan
ions dined together at a way side inn,
`and i, , tratsrnizedwdeasahtly., - .' during
whielithe'Oung.man opened his heart
t,45" the elder, telling him all his plans and
aspirations, when 'the old
.gentleman
addressed the younger.:; -”I rather like
you, my friend and your honest way of
telling your story, and if you will come
and see me I shall ;be- glad. I have
three daughters, all aS good girls as ever
lived., Now, perhaps one may be the
very biveyou are looking' for; - if so, I
will do my best toward making the bal
ance of the matter agreeable. Ride over
and see me to-morrow, take dinner and
'Stay ih.the afternoon, which will give
you a fair chance to see them and
-judge." The - young' man • Instantly
agreed to the proposal, making only one
-etindition, that the young ladies should
not be inforined of the nature ofhis er
rand. This was agreed to and they sep
:hinted. ,
1 J ,
.
The next day at the appointed time,
the young man dismounted at the door
of the house of his new - friend, and was
-heartily welcome. The hour before din
ner was consumed in lcioking• over the
Wm, the young man in admiring its
keeptngi the old pne in approv,ing of,
the senailire prdetidal remarks of
the younger, when the meal was an-
Jihunced, and the three yonng ladies
and their mother were Introduced.
- They , were, - all 'us the old gentleman
•had said, fine girls, but- the youngest,
cosy-cheeked, blue eyed, and laughing
!aced. ,charmed the young farmer es
ok-er, they once
more walked out for a chat.
"Welt; ho;tt , do- You like Ins - (laugh,.
tars ?" was the old gentleman's first
Auesticin. "they are all nice girls, very
itice,asahltheyoung-man, thoughtfully.
"And which of tlieruZ,do" you like the
*liest.T' Was. the question.; "The young‘
,She-7.ier, charming-, do take
the youngest, an diby_ all odds the" pret
tieht ; and if I am toLieyodr
.you 'mnS-gt.
'never - 4112V sidd-the . ohd gentleman; se
riously_ "T nn' h Amp -hpr' ?2,
MEtS.Alit) spoken. _decidedly.
- t s -ca ur - / , 7.? •' :2. tr .
0.1:
"How much money did you say you
wanted?" "Five thousand dollars will
put my farm in excellent order, and
make it worth twenty thousand dollars
to_morraW. I must have five thousand
-11 l "give you the sum with either of
the other girls," said the old man, posi
tively ; "but I will give you three thou
sand with Kate." "Then I may as well
go hothe. Five thousand I must have
_—l h2loe 7 set my mind upon it." And I
11AVejast as strongly determined to do
only :valet I have said," was the old
gentle Man's reply ; so I suppose the
_matter is at end. However, we will ha w
s ood rends, and you must sometimes
rtm aer and see me." This ended the
Conf e '
4ce, 'and they parted. The
Young Man mounted his horse and rode
.down i niviard the road,. but just- as he
was ayout "opening the gate, idooping
from his 'saddle, the laughing-faced
Kate ;prang through the shrubbery to
save him the trouble. "Can't you ac
cept my father's terms !" "Yes, by
Gecrrgeil will, if you say so" was the
instantaneous response. "Then come
over to-morrow morning before ten
o'elock.and tell him so ;" and the girl
vanidaed like a fairy among the leaves.
The Yattrig man rode slowly home, but
he wils-en hand next morning, accor
ding to bidding, and married the fair
Kate Intwo month after.
As li specimen of the absurd, we can
not dl better than cite a case that occur
red within oar own jurisdiction, in a
country village o f Massachusetts.—
Therawas a. certain Zechariah Peebles,
a stout,,industrious, sober and bashful
farm hand, a resident of that locality.
Zack was celebrated not for that he did
say, hilt for what he did not, his silence
being a matter of marvel through all the
chattering neighborhood. Zack, with
all his taciturnity, wasnotproof against
shafts of love and was smitten with the
wholesome charms of the only child of
the Wit OW Brown, a, bright eyed, good
looklig girl possessing the same trait of
silenccas - Zack, thought not in - so emi
nent a—degree. The first time Zack
showedlais admiration for Sally was by
seizing_a large basket of cow food she
was about to carry into the stables, and
was harrying thither in a frightened
way, much as though he was taking it
from a hurning house.
After that Zack seemed to be perpet
ually ei the watch to save poor Sally
from heavier work. These delicate at
tentiene could not fail to attract the no
tice of the Widow Brown, who, really
respected the young man, invited him
into the house to spend the evening,
dividing his attention equally between
the fire, and feasting his eyes on Sally.
For two years this quiet adoration went
on, anel the neighbors wondered why,
as there - was nothing to prevent it, they
did notmarry. It neverhad been Muown
whether the idea arose out Zack's own
brain' or whether it was a hint from a
frientl,thut at last he did find courage to
pop the question. It was done in this
way :-' ,
The time was New Year's eve, and
the fair Sally had been preparing a stout
jug ormulled cider, that she might have
something to cheer Zack's heart when
he clime in. Zack came, he drank,
took his accustomed seat in the chim
ney ciirner, where he sat quietly as usual
for alew minutes, and then, without
any previous sytriptoms, he rose up to
his full hight, six feet and two inches,
putPittr.-his up: the ch imn ey 'so
_ h
'was' seen'.
waist, and delivered +ho following ora
tion : "If somebody loved somebody
as well as somebody loves somebody,
somebody would marry- somebody."
Zack remained with his head' up the
chimney after this _speech, - silent as
'death, for some minutes, untirhe' mine
forth at the earnestsolicitation of Widdsi
Brown with a face glowing like the set
ting sun. The thing was done, howev
er, and Zack and Sally were married in
a few weeks after, and we are convinced
that if either of them could be induced
to talk now, after a trial of a dozen
years, they would say that theY were
entirely satisfied with that mode_ of
popping the question.
Original citerv.
[sor tUo, Agitator.]
A SHORT STORY, WHICH IS NO
ROMANCE
'PARI"
.
Few living Auiericans have forgotten
"or will soon forget the fearful 18th of
August 1862,. the day on which more
than five hundred Innocent people—
mainly women and children—were
butchered, tortured, scalped, and out
raged, under circumstances and with at
tendant horrors at which the flesh
shrinks, the soul sickens, and which
ought to be enough to strike dumb for
ever all apologists for the " untutored
Indian."
I am not going to write a history of
the Indian outbreak of '62; many ac
counts of that horrid affair are already
before the public, differing somewhat,
as the writers saw the matter from differ
ent stand points, but all correct in the
main as to details, and .none of them
.giving more than a faint idea of 'the
unspeakable horrors of that accursed
and unprovoked butchery. When I say
unprovoked, I speak advisedly and by
the card. It has long been the fashion
of romancers to paint Mr. Indian as a
being having at least some noble attri
butes; revengeful; never • forgiving or
forgetting an injury, but also grateful,
and sure to remember and reward a ben
ad conferred on him. Lazy, perhaps,
but only because he had been taught
that labor was degrading and only fit
for squaws, while his daring and brave
ry in hunting of war were of the high
est order, and his word was always safe
to trust. This character may have.once
belonged in part to the Delawares, the
Tequots, and a few eastern tribes, but,
as applied to the western tribes it is
utterly false.
Brutes they are, principally and final
ly. With them, -lying and stealing are
'virtues of the first order, and to enter a
house, get well fed, warmed and clothed,
then turn on the generous host, murder
and scalp the whole , family, is a deed
worthy of the greatest brave. The set
tlers on the Minnesota frontier were, to
to a great extent Germans, and rather
intelligent people too; but they had got
the Fennimore Cooper style of Indian
strongly impressed on their minds, and
could not be brought to-believe that the
ones they had warmed and fed scores of
times would be the very first to kill and
scalp them, until too late. Many, aye,
many a German mother has given the
bread for which her children were hun
gering to a lazy ; copper-colored lout,
and lived to see that lout return and
Murder her husband and children with
hellish tortures, reserving -herself for a
more horrible fate. • _•
Many a frontiersman has found it as
expensive to answer the frequent calls
for food by Indians as to support his
own family, and no settler thought it
wiee to refuse, or show reluctance in
complying even. Singly or in squads
they entered the settler's cabins at all
hours of the -day or -night, snioking,
,singing, eating and monopolizing-the
-warmest cornett to the. terror: and -dis
-eomfort of the Children, who : could
_never - be'recorielledto them: and-the
settlers endured all this cheerfully; tin
• er the mistaken notion that they were
least purchasing safety by treating
the Indians with liberal kindness.—
When the massacre commencedoome
of the settlers, who had timely warning
and might have &aped, leaned on this
need for safety, but it broke under them
—oh, so fearfully.
Government had, at great expense,
established agencies for the benefit of
these Indians at which any Indian who
chose, could be taught, fed, clothed, and
receive free medical attendance in sick
nesS. Any Indian who would conde
scend tb wear civilized clothing and cut
his hair, could have a comfortable brick
house built for him, land enclosed,
ploughed, planted, aye, and harvested
at government expense. If his red
skinned highness would assist in plant
ing or his own crops, he was
paid for his labor with liberal prompti
tude, and be was also paid for every sod
of fence he could be induced to make
on his own farm. Finally, government
gave him thelentire crop, ground it for
him, and let him Mr entirely on taxes.
I am sorry to Say that there are irrever
ent cynics on that frontier who do not
hesitate to say that if government had
expended the money in aiding strug
gling, hard working emigrants, or build
ing roads and school houses for actual
settlers instead of taxing them to coax
and pamper a gang of murderous hell
hounds, the result would have been
quite as satisfactory to the people of that
State, and it would have been just as
well for the Indians.
Almost every one who has underta
ken to write on the subject of the mas
sacre has taken the ground that it was
an impulsive thing, brought about on a
sudden, by a combination of circum
stances, the principal of which was the
nonpayment of the money annuity,
some three months overdue. All agree
that it was precipitated by murders com
mitted by the Indians under the influ
ence of whiskey, some attributing it to
the three murders committed hr the
Big woods below St. Peters, othersclaim
ing that the starting pointwas atActon,
where a man was killed by . the Indians
in a quarrel originating in his refusal to
sell them whiskey, of which they al
ready had more than e ough. That the
starting was at Acton t ere can be little
doubt, as the assertion is borne out by
the testimony of traders, who were stay
ing with the Indians and who were fa
miliar with the language, by half breeds,
and by the testimony of the Dacotahs
themselves, but the rhassacre had Leen a
settled thing for more than a year. Nor
was it incited by emissaries from the
south, as people were at one time quite
ready to believe, although war was hail
ed by the Dacotahs as a fortunate thing
for their plans, and the leaders of the
rebellion would, no doubt, have been as
ready to aid iri the scalping of northern
women and children as they were to in
troduce yellow fever and conflagration
into northern cities, or torture Union
i prisoners to death by exposure and star
' vation.
Scattered along the frontier were
many Indians who had fled to the set
tlements for safety, having become out
casts from their tribe, and these had
adopted the dress and habits of white
men to some extent, and were lcoked
upon as inimical to the tribe which had
proscribed them, but friendly to the
settlers who red, clothed, and protected
them. In most cases their offences had
been of such a nature as to make death
the probable penalty of a return to the
tribe to which they belonged, and tile
L.nt...1. upon_ them as weaned
and won fawn the Indians forever. Yet,
the sequel proved that they had each
and all been en rapport with the Dam
tails during the time of their semi-civi
-lization, and they were as ready as the
readiest with the scalping knife at the
first outbreak. One redeeming trait in
the character of these outcast Dacotahs,
however, will bear mention; they near
ly all gave timely warning to their best
friends among the settlers, which, had
it been heeded, would have saved many
valuable lives.
" Indian Charley," as he was called,
had killed a Dacotah in some drunken
spree, and by the laws of the tribe his
life was forfeited to the nearest relative
of the slain • if that relative did not
see fit to take it, then the next of kin,
_or any of the family might kill him,
and as the murdered man had plenty of
relatives, Charley, knowing it was death
to remain, ran away from his tribe and
came to Hutchinson. Here he was
treated kindly, and suffered to do pretty
much as he pleased, sponging his living
pretty equally among . the inhabitants,
doing a little trapping occasionally
when he wanted an extra supply of am
munition or tobacco, but never Indulg
ing in " compulsory labor" on any
terms.
Charley was so evidently weaned from
his tribe, and was withal so good na
tured, so friendly to the whites; that
they would as soon have expected to see
a white man engaged in the massacre as
he. His warnings to his friends were
quiet, but frequent and emphatic ; hear
ing a friend speak of selling his claim
to take another farther back, he would
say, with such a look as only an Indian
can put on, " better sell an' go way—
stay way year—big trouble bimeby."—
To another he would say, "no good buy
land here—lose 'cc money—mebbe lose
hair." Tust such warnings as these, re
peated hundreds of times, are now re
membered by the survivors of the raid,
although little heed was given them at
the-time.
As for Indian Charley, he bad all
along been cognizant of the intended
outbreak, and his part in it had long
been planned, quite to his own satisfac
tion. The wife of a merchant in Hutch
inson, a most kind and estimable lady,
Who, as well as her husband, had shown
Charley much kindness—was to be his
first squaw, the husband being first
scalped with as little pain as possible,
(as he was a personal friend).
Charley's second squaw was to be a
lady in the same neighborhood, whose
husband not being a personal friend was
to have his legs chopped off at the knee
joints preliminary to scalping, after the
manner of playful Dacotahs. But alas!
" the, best laid schemes o' mice 'an men
aft gang agley," and Charley's fell
through With the failure of the raid ;
he also fell shortly after, at Mankato, and
was brought up rather suddenly by a
villainous rope with a running noose in
it, together with thirty - -seven others
who had been taken and condemned to
die.
The outbreak, as stated above, had
been long and carefully planned. The
time fixed on was October, as this would
give them time to massacre and drive
off the settlers, steal and load the teams,
and get Into winter quarters with the
plunder, while near approach of winter
would give them comparative immunity
from pursuit. Inthe following spring
they could have a " big talk" and make
a new treaty, or they could move to the
north, out of reach, and defy the ti
The plan was a shrewd one, and had it
been carried out according to the origi
nal programme must have resulted still
more more disastrously than it did; but
-the murders in the big woods and Ac
ton made it necessary to surrender the
murderers or fight, and • the head men
of the tribe at the latter place decided
to attack. All that night dusky ani:i
of death on fleet horses scoured the
prairie, all night swift messengers were
arriving at the secluded camps,
horses and messengers were leaving iu
hot baste, war dances were being per
t-on:tied, war paint was beit.g put-on,
tomahawks and knives. were being
sharpened, glths patio order, and the
NO. 8.
settlers for whom all this fiendish prep
aration was going on were sleeping in
fancied security.
Never did the fiery cross speed in the
Highlands as the red arrow flew on that
night along the fated frontier; from
north to south, from Osakis Lr , .ke to the
Red Wood, and from White Bear lake
westward to Big Stone lake, the news
was borne by messengets - on swift hor
ses in that one night. Above the Bitch
Cooley, messengers iron Acton met
others with news and o.•ders from the
chiefs near the lower Agency, and this
coincidence, which was hailed by the
Indians as a fortunate omen, no doubt
cost the settlers dearly.
And now, having roughly outlined a
few necessary facts connected with the
massacre, let us return to Jacob Kohler
whom we left on his farm four years
previous to these fearful events. It is a
fact that no class of settlers succeed in
the west better than the Germans : On
ly give a German a claim on the prairie
—for he is no ax-man and cannot make
headway in the woods—and success is a
foregone conclusion. He will even beat
a Yankee, whether it be the genuine
article from Vermont, a clock peddler
from Connecticut, or a lobster catcher
from Massachusetts bay. He enjoys it
too ; he does not seta stake far off in the
distance, to be worked up to ere he shall
allow himself leisure for happiness, but,
like a sensible fellow, takes his goal with
him right to his fireside, and enjoys life
as he goes, He works steadily without
nervous fret or hurry, knowing, that
whero nature has furnished rich pa.-
tures and meadows ready made to his
hand, and the most perfect soil, that
only needs ordinary tilth to yield al
most marvelous crops, the grand aggre
gate of rc , ults cannot bo less than satis
factory.
And so it happened that the quondam
schoolmaster, albeit unused to out door
labor, found himself growing rich and
prosperous, he could hardly tell how.—
His crops were bountiful, his stock
healthy and fat, contentment sate at his
hearthstone, and two blue eyed young
Saeons—both boys—added something
to the cares and very much to the joys
of Jacob's household. And such boys !
so strong, so healthy, and so good-na
tured, with their mother's bright eyes
and curly hairand that mother, a per
fect picture of _matronly health -end
beauty—more beautiful, Jaeob told her,
than she ever could have been as a mai
den, at which she blushed, more than
half believing him. The Kohler , ' had
plenty of neighbors too ; old neighbors
front Arnsdorf who haki come in and
settled ou their farms of 160, SO, or eN eit
forty acres ; these last having arrivell
too late for a government, claim, and
contenting themselves with buying "a
forty" from their more fortunate neigh
bors, who were always ready to -ell,
" for the sake of -good neighborhood,"
as they express it. Among the earliest
comers were Frank Ullman and his
buxom young wife Margaret, both of
them old friends from Arnsdorf,and they
were settled just across the lake, almost
in sight of Ow Kohlers, and of course,
according to old German custom, an in
terchange of visits became a thing of
weekly, nay, almost daily occurrence.
When the simple duties of the morning
were disposed of, Katherine, if the
weather was fine, frequently took her
flaxen-haired baby on her shoulder, and
leading the eldest, a sturdy young rogue
of three summers, by the hand, walked
around by the south end of the lake to
visit Margaret Ullman; then of course
Jacob must come to dinner there, u.ific
the canoe to cross the little lake which
shortened the distance by one-half, awl
on the very next day, perhaps, Man.',-
ret would tote her boy around the lake
for a return visit, and Frank Ullwan
must needs come over to the Kohlers ior
his dinner. Frank and Jacob had been
fast friends in Arnsdorf, and in theft
new homes this friendship wa.s not like
ly to grow cool; iu fact they were like
brothers ; hardly a day passed in Si, hid'
they were not together ender one pre
tence or another, " changing work,"
fishing, duck-shooting, hunting, or pad
dling about the lake; and the two
young wives were scarcely less intimate,
while the children were never satisfied
to he apart. A. most friendly feelim,
and kindly exchange of good offices wa
the rule throughout the entireneighbor
hood, which was known as "The t ;et
man Settlement"—and few commilio
ties have been more prosperously and
rationally happy than was this, when
the fearful storm of death and outrage
burst upon it, breaking it up and scat
tering it to the winds, never again to be
united - in this world.
( To be Continued,)
[For the Agitator.]
DIARY
Of JOHN L. POND, Co. A, 149th
, Rco , 'e P. V., while a prisoner in the
I hands of the Rebels.
.Apr. Ist, 18d4. Another month ha. ,,
gone and we enter upon our fifth month
of prison life; long and weary months
they have been to me, and while I have
been spared, thousands have suffered
and died in this place.
2d. The exchange fever is dying
out again ; the rebel papers blow _trot
and cold: one day it is immediate-ex
change, the next, just the contfarv,ao
we do not know what to believe.
' 3d. No exchange no prospect of be
ing liberated; it is no wonder that men
give up hope and die in despair every
day here.
4th. A Macon paper of to day says
that six hundred Confederate prisoner- ,
arrived from Fort Deleware by flag of
truce; the report has enliveneclthecamp
considerably.
stli. Some prisoners came in from
Sherman's Army; they say Hood is
badly whipped and his army cut to
pieces. The prisoners were captured at
Jonesboro this side of Atlanta.
tlth. The camp is wild with excit
ing news that an immediate exchange•
is to take place; ten detachments 2:0
men each received orders to get ready
to leave at 4 o'clock in the morning.
7th. The detachments kit here to
day ; and more are ordered to be ready
to go to night ; the camp is full of ru
mors, some that we aro going to tmoth
er prison ; some that we are going to
our lines.
Bth. About ;200 men left last night,
and about the same to-day, and more
are under orders to go to-night ; the
sick are being left behind and are in a
bad situation ; many of them are with
out any one to see after them.
9th. Others left to-day, and more are
under orders to go to-night ; they are in
a great hurry to get us out of here, have
been taking the ~ ick to the hospital this
afternoon.
ht. -About TOGO have left here up to
thia evening ; and still they are going
they can get traiuiportatic r n
for theinuhout a thomand aro at the
gate - waiting to go Gut now.
Ilth. 2406 men left thi. mornimf.—
Hundreds, of FACI-7. men arc lying 311
over the camp 3uflering and dying for
'Metz of food and care. Our detachme:it
got marching orders thi-latternoom
are in camp at ten thi.i evening.
- 12. th. Left this inornitg arriving st
Macon about noon; laid two or
threehours, are still on the road to-night.
drew to-da3s rations of corn bread and
bacon before we left.
13th. Arrived at Augusta at daylight
Ibis morning—a kind lady brought a
basket of bread and some boiled rice
and passed it into the ears. Left Angus-
Otke tioga gm* Nitta
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COBB & VAN GELDER.
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*.Business Carcts inserted at the alto of On• Dol
lar a line per year; but nou• tor lme sum than tax.
la.N.Speziel notices, Fifteen Cants per lane; Eddorial
or Loed Notices, Twenty Cents per line,
to for Charleston at 2 o'clock and are
stopping at Branchville.
14th. Got to Charleston at daylight
and came north about 100 miles to Flor
ence S. C. This is said to be our destlna-
- - -
Von ; have had nothing to eat to-day,
are lying In the cars to-night.
15th. Were taken off the cars this
morning and into a grove in the town.
About two o'clock got on ' , the cars and
came out of town a mile and made our
escape into the woods ; are lying by for
night to come.
le. Traveled all night in a south
east direction; got so e corn from aplan
tation and roasted it 5y /Ismail fire built
in a ditch ; have staid in a swamp all
day.
17th. Traveled most of the night.
Made a tire and cooked corn and sweet
potatoes; about midnight came through
a large swamp ; traveling is very diffi
cult in this part of the country—laid In
the woods all day.
18th. Traveled most of the night; lay
down in a swamp near morning ; am
getting very lame and foot sore—rained
a little to day—crossed the Charleston
and Wilmington R. R. last night.
19th. Did not travel any last night ;
it was dark and rainy—am becoming
more weak and lame all the time, are
lying where we did yesterday.
Q.Oth. Went to a plantation to get
some thing to eat ; was recaptured, was
kindly treated by the men who took
me ; had a good breakfast before we left,
was brought to Great Pedee Station to
night.
fist. Staid at Great Pedee all day;
had nothing to eat until afternoon—the
ration cf meat is very small, got dry
bread late this evening again.
22d. Still in the same place; time
hangs hard upon our hands, rations are
light and the prospects very poor for
getting home soon. God help us if we
have to stay here all winter.
2.3 d. The same old story—eat and sleep,
we can hear no news and are the same
as nut of the world,
-
2-11.11. do ex,ebange; a lOt of rebel
sailors came on here to-day to go on
hoard a ship they arc fitting out at this
pleec.
25th. Last night was very cool, so
much so that we suffbred lying in a
building without blankets.
26th. We marched back to Florence
to day—the march was very hard to
most . - )f us ; my feet are very sore and
blistered badly, we got no rations to
night and are lying in a building in
town.
27th. Were brought out to camp this
morning : the situation of our men in
this place is deplorable, worse if any
thin; than in Andersonville. We drew
ratioic- , till; atternoon
1!‘..-tli. Have not felt well since I was
taken pi i,oner again, am very weak and
nikeiable. The rations. here will sus
tain life but a mhort time and the nights
arc getting cold for men to lie out with
no , helter.
:Nth. Drew very small rations again
to day, they give us Just enough to keep
zoul and body together. The rebel
otheeis are in getting men to take the
oath of alleziance—report says they got
lOtt names to day.
3Ot h. We drew two spoonfuls of meal,
two of peas, and eiaht of rice and about
two ounces of beef. They are recruit-
in_ , for this army again to day. Star
vation k driving a treat many to take
the oath.
Ocr. ht. Rations short as ever—last
night was cold and I slept very little,
the prospect looks dark to us prisoners.
t-iod in mercy grant that we may soon
he pxehanged.
Moved into the stockade this
uu ninu—drew no rations until night
er y hungry anall
. s 6 weak that
could hardly stand ; drew a quart of
weal, twoNroonfuls of flour and five of
molasses to night. •
Sd. i Was very hungry again to day—
.' olt,n think of that great wast i f in our
alloy and wish for some of the ork and
erael:er , that we threw away last win
ter.
4th. Drew rice, flour and molasses
to-day—we get very hungry or meat;
boiled a kettle full of rice and flour for
our supper—ate, and tried to be thank
ful to Providence.
sth. Breakfast on rice and flour seas
oned with a little molasses-drew a small
piece of beef, half a pint of meal, and
the. , iittie of beaus; starvation is the
order oft he day at present.
tali. :No change in the situation, ra
tions same as yesterday with the excep
tion of molasses in place of beef. Our
situation is worse here than in Georgia;
there will not be many left if we stay
here through the winter.
th. Drew a pint of flour and noth
ing. else to day ; nu sat. with it—weath
er quite cool for this climate. Several
hundred prisoners have gone out to
take the oath. •
dth. A cold wind blowing from the
Noah all day. Lie drew 4 spoonfuls
molasses—half a Ont, of flour, a few
beans and half pint .of hominy; no
meat, '3OO prisoners came in from Charles
ton this morning.
9th. Last night was so cold that we
could'not sleep at all, and no wood to
i k,
make a fib;.. Drew a pint of 11 half
pint of hominy, half a pint
"" flour
a teaspoonful o s g. o prom
ise- of meat to
loth. Niie old with heavy
frost. The of the' prisoners is
awful, men wig the street almost
naked and ly eryin% with cold.—
We drew flour and meal, no meat or
IllolaSses.
11th. The nights still continue very
cold, last night was hard on us again ;
if we do not get clothing sotia or get out,
of this, the most of us will perish with
cold ; rations same as yesterday minus
the salt.
12th.. Thew no rations at all to-day
have been quite hungry ate a little boiled
hominy for dinner and supper. Drew
a pint of flour and a few beans after
dark.
13th. Last night was very cold; it
seems as cold as at the North at this
time of year—drew short rations to-day,
all we got did not make a meal.
14th. Have been building a mud
house to day; did not get along very
fast, hunger keeps us all very weak ;
we got a pint of beans and %gill of meal
to-day ; weather still cold.
13th Breakfast on Mush this morn
log, worked a little ou the tent. Drew
beaus, hominy, molasses and salt ; we
can make two light meals out of to
day's rations; over one hundred men
went out to take the oath to day.
ltlth. Breakfast same as yesterday;
drew halt a pinto' meal same of beans,
weather still cold, the nights seem long
to us unprepared as we are for the cold.
17th. Have been digging roots out of
the •,wamp for wood : no ax, all we
have to (.11 with I- , an old piece of EV
hotelier h tate ; it iILV do not give us
wood toon we -hall i , u.fMr dreadiuls.
;s . talung to do but eat taw scan
iy moons and think of oar situation
and of home and dear one- 1.1: away.—
We got a small piece of beef with our
idticri-+ to day.
be Conlirtucd.)
Deacon C--bail an Irish girl who
wal decidedly verdant. The Deacon_
wa, builil,w4 .1 :Nocid-houee ou ground
which inclo,.:eci a well.
"And, ,burr," said the Ali'email help,
"ure ye goin' to move the well ?"
Observing a smile on his face she re
marked :
"Ah! wbat a big fool I be. Shure
every drag of scattier would run OULIIIO
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